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Alzheimers Awareness month has arrived in HopeErin KnutsonHope Standard

January marks Alzheimer Awareness month, and Hope residents are on board to demonstrate their support for the important and highly stigmatized health is-sue by becoming Dementia Friends.

Dementia Friends are committed to learning about dementia, so they're bet-ter able to be supportive and inclusive when dealing with the illness, which has rapidly become one of Canada's most urgent health concerns.

"People aff ected by dementia continue to live in and be part of our communi-ties, and we can support them by helping them stay connected in ways that are meaningful to them," said Cyndi McLeoad, support and education coordinator for the non-profi t organization Alzheimer Society of B.C. Chilliwack-Hope.

According to statistics, three out of four area residents, know someone living with the debilitating disease.

"Th rough individual action we can raise awareness of dementia and reduce the stigma attached to it," said McLeod. Better coping mechanisms with the illness have been a positive result of the Society's advocacy to city councils and local busi-nesses, which help inform people about the symptoms of Alzheimers.

Th rough proactive engagement with the community and education, stigma surrounding the illness is becoming less of a concern in the lives of family members and those coping with the disease. Having an outreach program that addresses social isolation while encouraging patients to reach out to others, is part

of a success strategy to manage the disease."It's important that people have an understanding, and that we dispel some

of the myths surrounding the illness, so they know that a diagnosis doesn't mean the end of life — we do our best to support individuals on their own journey," said McLeod.

Care groups are also off ered to help suff erers cope with memory loss and dis-orientation. "Each case is diff erent — we judge the individual as one incident, and we don't lump them into a group," said McLeod.

Th ere are many aspects to the illness that can be a detriment to communica-tion, thinking patterns and the completion of everyday activities, but it is pos-sible to live well with the disease. Th e Alzheimer Society of B.C.'s Chilliwack-Hope branch aims to help residents navigate the terrain of the illness together with their care-givers.

"Knowledge can easily translate into action at home and work," said McLeod. Since it's inception in 1981, the Society has supported people living with

dementia and one of its successful programs called First Link, connects people aff ected by dementia with the information they need. Th e Society also has a host of support services and programs such as Minds in Motion (which helps to keep people engaged mentally and physically, while experiencing symptoms.) Th ere are also dementia education sessions to help with the diff erent stages of the illness.

Hope residents can fi nd out about upcoming education sessions by contacting Cyndi McLeod at 604-702-4603, cmcleod@alzheimerbc.org, and visiting www.alzheimerbc.org.

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Many home owners are stunned at the jump in their property value, but just imag-ine if the increase was measured in the millions.

Some of the priciest properties in the Fraser Valley have gained more than $2 million, according to data released Tuesday by B.C. Assessment.

The highest assessed single family house in the region is at 2021 Indian Fort Drive in Surrey and its value leapt $2.4 mil-lion or 25 per cent from $9.5 million to just over $11.9 million.

A White Rock house at 13616 Marine Drive shot up by almost $2.8 million or 30 per cent, from $9.1 million to $11.87 million.

When acreages are included, the high-est assessed residential property in the Fraser Valley (into which B.C. Assessment includes Surrey and Richmond) was a Surrey acreage at 17146 20 Avenue that gained nearly $2 million to $16.15 million.

And the priciest property in Langley

Township – an acreage at 19683 0 Avenue –  saw its assessment rise 31 per cent or $2.4 million to $10.06 million, from $7.6 million.

Explore our interactive map at bclocal-news.com/news/364302281.html to see the 50 highest assessed homes in the Fraser Valley.

Surrey houses dominate the region's top 100 list, which includes only a few other properties further east –  four acre-ages in Langley Township ranging from $4.8 to $6.1 million and one in Chilliwack's Columbia Valley valued at $4.6 million. Five properties on the list exceed $10 million.

The most expensive home in B.C. over-all was Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's Vancouver house at 3085 Point Grey Road, now assessed at $63.87 million, up 10.9 per cent.

Apart from that house and from $51-mil-lion James Island off Sidney, the top 10 highest value homes in B.C. are all in Vancouver and exceed $29 million.

According to B.C. Assessment, detached houses in urban areas of the Fraser Valley typically gained five to 25 per cent, and

more rural houses were up or down by as much as five per cent in most cases.

Strata units in the Fraser Valley gained between zero and 10 per cent, while com-mercial properties increased five to 25 per cent. Homes in the Kawkawa lake area of Hope have gone up a whopping 300 per cent, which is cause for concern for property owners.

Home values have jumped up to $1 mil-lion dollars and above in some cases.

Bigger increases were more common in Greater Vancouver, where detached houses were up 15 to 30 per cent and strata units were usually up around 10 per cent. You can look up any B.C. property's assessment at evaluebc.bcassessment.ca.

The new 2016 assessments are as of last July 1. "This is a snapshot in our rear-view mirror," B.C. Real Estate Association chief economist Cameron Muir said. "Home prices have probably gone up 10 per cent across the region since then."

Muir said strong demand and a dimin-ishing supply of increasingly scarce single detached houses triggered the "pretty significant gains" of 2015.

Properties in region, valued above $10 million

Feds won’t halt pipeline twinning reviewJeff NagelBlack Press

The federal Liberals are revealing little of how they intend to revamp the system to review new oil pipelines, a promise made during last year's election.

Natural Resources Canada indicated it won't short-circuit the National Energy Board review of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline twinning, which enters oral hearings next week and will be allowed to proceed to deliver a recommendation by a May 20 deadline.

"The National Energy Board is conducting a thorough, science-based review of the proposed project," department spokesperson Micheline Joanisse told Black Press by email. "The Government of Canada will await the recommendation from the Board before making a decision, or making any further comments on the proj-ect."

The federal response came after the B.C. government told the NEB that Kinder Morgan has not met the five conditions set out by the province.

Opponents of the $6.8-billion pipeline project had hoped the province's stance would trigger more decisive federal action.

Prior to forming government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had vowed to modernize the NEB to restore public trust to the process and Joanisse reiterated that pledge to introduce "credible and robust" environmental and regulatory reviews.

"Our plan will include a transition period for projects currently under review to provide some certainty through the moderniza-tion process," she said. "No project proponent will be asked to return to square one."

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said the federal Liberals sud-denly seem to be taking a different tone on the project's review now that they're in power.

"When now-Prime Minister Trudeau was running he said this process wasn't science-based, that it was in fact ignoring impor-tant environmental issues, that it wasn't considering climate change," Corrigan said.

"I don't see how this government can be in Paris claiming to be part of an avant garde movement to try to deal with climate change worldwide and at the same time say that the National Energy Board, which is full of hacks from the oil industry, is doing a science-based review."

Corrigan said the NEB process is fundamentally flawed and can't be fixed with minor tweaks or some sort of secondary panel review to plug gaps in the first one.

The new government has inherited an NEB that includes several board members appointed or reappointed by the Conservatives in the dying days of their mandate.

Among them is Steven Kelly, a consultant who previously worked for Kinder Morgan preparing the economic case for Trans Mountain. He isn't sitting on that review but his appoint-ment in July, effective Oct. 13, led to a delay in the review while his evidence was replaced. A new report from the NEB on a public engagement tour it conducted last year contains various pledges from the federal regulator to improve public trust in its work. They include full public consultation on company emer-gency response plans – a contentious point in the Kinder Morgan review – and improved disclosure of information to the public, through an online pipeline incident map and NEB inspection reports. A regional office has also been opened in Vancouver.

It acknowledges environmental protection is the public's top priority, as well as pressure from local governments for more comprehensive and integrated emergency response prepara-tions. The NEB is having to rapidly adapt to a new era of intense public scrutiny, the report says, calling it a "perfect storm" of public expectations and opinions.

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The B.C. government is close to releasing its plan to provide "world-leading" prevention and response to land-based oil spills, but that prog-ress isn't enough to change its opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Environment Minister Mary Polak announced Monday the province's final submission to the federal review of the project confirms it still has not met B.C.'s five conditions for approval of heavy oil pipelines.

Polak said she is preparing to present legislation this spring to establish new stan-dards for land protec-tion, after discussions with Trans Mountain operator Kinder Morgan Canada and other com-panies. B.C.s final sub-mission to the National Energy Board contin-ues to recommend the

pipeline twinning not be approved, but Polak said that is not the final word.

"We have been encour-aged by the number of government and indus-try leaders who have also

taken up the challenge and accepted the need to proceed along our five conditions, but we have not at this time seen evi-dence in the NEB hear-ing process that those

conditions can yet be met," Polak said.

B.C.'s five condi-tions, presented in 2012, include NEB approval, "world-leading" land and marine spill preven-tion and response, meeting legal obliga-tions to aboriginal communities and an unspecified "fair share" of provincial benefits from any new heavy oil pipeline project.

Kinder Morgan

issued a statement Monday saying it con-tinues to work with B.C., but requirements for aboriginal consultation, spill prevention and rev-enue sharing can't be met by the company alone.

The project already faces 150 draft condi-tions from the NEB, in what Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson has called "the most highly scrutinized pipeline project by the NEB in history."

The NEB is expected to hear intervenor argu-ments starting Jan. 19 in Burnaby, including affected municipalities.

Vancouver is also opposed, arguing that a seven-fold increase in

crude oil tanker traffic on Burrard Inlet repre-sents an unacceptable risk.

The Trans Mountain pipeline has been operat-ing one line for 60 years, running from northern Alberta through the B.C. Interior at Kamloops to its marine terminal in Burnaby.

A branch line runs south to supply oil refin-eries on the coast of Washington state, and the pipeline has already been twinned on the Alberta side.

Kinder Morgan is hoping for an NEB deci-sion to recommend pro-ceeding by May. Final approval is up to the fed-eral cabinet.

B.C. opposed to Trans Mountain expansion

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Vacant seats for B.C.Tom FletcherBlack Press

Byelections will be held Feb. 2 to fill two B.C. legislature seats left vacant after MLAs ran in the recent federal election.

Former Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan resigned her provincial seat July 8 and  was elected MP in the NDP stronghold of Vancouver East in the Oct. 19 election.

Former B.C. Liberal MLA Doug Horne gave up his Coquitlam-Burke Mountain seat on Aug. 14 to run for the Conservatives, and lost the federal seat of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam to Liberal Ron McKinnon.

With the two vacancies, the B.C. Liberals hold 48 seats and the B.C. NDP 33, with two independents, Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington and Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party.

B.C. NDP members have nominat-ed Jodie Wickens, executive director of the Autism Support Network, to run in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Melanie Mark, who has worked in the office of the Representative for

Children and Youth, is running for the NDP in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.

The B.C. Liberals have nominated Joan Isaacs, an investment advisor, for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain and Gavin Dew, a communications consultant, for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.

The B.C. Green Party has nominat-ed Pete Fry, a web and communica-tions specialist, for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Joe Keithley, a musician and former member of the band D.O.A., to run in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.

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“With our growing population, both locally and regionally, it’s great to see more flight options being offered out of Abbotsford,” said Mayor Henry Braun.

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FVRD to consider landfillThe Fraser Valley Regional District board is

expected to vote in February on whether to give the go-ahead to a proposed landfill for contami-nated soil in the Chehalis River Valley.

Statlu Resources has proposed to extract gravel from a site 10 kilometres up the Chehalis Forest Service Road and back-fill it with reme-diated soil sourced from contaminated sites like gas stations, car repair shops and dry cleaners.

Around 80 people attended a public meeting in December, with most voicing opposition to the proposal, which would be located about half-a-kilometre from the Chehalis River.

Statlu’s proposal calls for between 350 to 1,000 tonnes of soil to be dumped at the site each work day. In a technical assess-ment commissioned by the company and delivered prior to the meeting, a consulting firm reported that the soil could contain “residual petroleum hydrocarbons, chlori-nated hydrocarbons, and heavy metals.”

But Statlu president Earl Wilder said the material is “not a hazardous waste,” and presently dumped else-where in the Lower Mainland with less care than his plan envisions.

Statlu’s technical assessment envisions a double-bottom lined fill site, with a wastewater purification system to treat effluent.

“Due to the distance between the effluent discharge point and the Chehalis River and that the minimum daily flow in Chehalis River is more than 1,000,000 times of the effluent flow, we consider it to be a low potential that the discharge of treated water will have a significant impact on the Chehalis River,” the technical report states.

Wilder said the chances of a spill were one-in-four-hundred million, more ten times less likely than a lottery win. Having trucks transporting material both to and from the site aims to improve the economic fea-sibility of the site. He said the project would create jobs and other economic benefits for the region.

Downstream, though, there is concern about the proposal. A local resident expressed concern that prob-lems at any soil landfill up the valley would impact the river and the drinking water of those down river.

“I can see the creek from my house and it feeds the water supply for the whole subdivision down here,” he said. “It’s something of a concern to everybody down here.”

In its November report, FVRD staff also expressed some concern with the plan, which follows several oth-ers from Statlu, including a now-abandoned proposal that would have seen automobile residue disposed of at the site.

Planner David Bennett wrote that the remoteness of the site would reduce conflicts with residents, although truck traffic would still be seen. But he also wrote “the Chehalis River Valley is viewed as a wilderness area that supports resource extraction, tourism, recreation and ecological functions. A landfill is not consistent with this view.”

Area C director Alec Niemi said he hasn’t taken a position on the proposal to allow others to make up their minds independently. He noted, though, that the company has “a pretty good sales job on their hands” to convince local residents to back the project.

“They’re coming into a watershed, they’re coming into a rainforest.”

Wilder, though, said opposition to the plan is based on misinformation.

“The fuss is way out of control because of a lack of knowledge,” he said. “It’s the best site in the whole Lower Mainland that’s ever been discovered.”

The FVRD’s electoral area services committee will receive a report next week. Subsequent reports are expected in February prior to a vote on the necessary rezoning for the project.

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Like any year, 2015 had its share of good and bad, tragedy and beauty, hope and despair.

It’s difficult not to get discouraged by events like the Syrian war and refugee crisis, violent outbreaks in Beirut, Paris, Burundi, the U.S. and so many other places, and the ongoing climate catastrophe.

But responses to these tragedies and disasters offer hope. It became clear during 2015 that when those who believe in protecting people and the planet, treating each other with fairness, respect and kindness and seeking solutions stand up, speak out and act for what is right and just, we will be heard. As Syria descended deeper into chaos during 2015, people in many wealthy nations called for blocking refugees. But many more opened their hearts, homes and wallets and showed compassion. Governments responded by opening doors to people who have lost everything, including family and friends, to flee death and destruction.

Shootings and the inevitable absurd arguments against gun control con-tinued south of the border, but many people, including the president, ral-lied for an end to the insanity. And while the U.S. presidential race remains mired in bigotry, ignorance and a dumbfounding rejection of climate sci-ence, many U.S. citizens, including political candidates, are speaking out for a positive approach more aligned with America’s professed values.

And in 2015, voters here and elsewhere rejected fear-based election campaigns that promoted continued reliance on climate-altering coal, oil and gas.The fossil fuel industry and its supporters continued to sow doubt and confusion about the overwhelming evidence for human-caused cli-mate change and to rail against solutions, but many more people marched, signed petitions, sent letters, talked to friends and family, demanded action from political, religious and business leaders, and got on with innovating and implementing solutions.

The public appetite for a constructive approach to global warming led Canada to shift course in 2015, taking global warming seriously enough to make positive contributions at the Paris climate conference in December. The resulting agreement won’t lower emissions enough to prevent cata-strophic warming, but it’s a significant leap from previous attempts, and it includes commitments to improve targets. If we want to heal this world we have so badly damaged, we must do all we can. Although many necessary and profound changes must come from governments, industry and other institutions, we can all do our part. For the climate, we can conserve energy, eat less meat, drive less, improve energy efficiency in our homes and busi-nesses and continue to stand up and speak out. Political and economic gain have to take a back seat to preserve this small blue world and its miraculous life and natural systems.

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The B.C. govern-ment is considering a payment deferral program for mines’ electrical bills, to help keep mines running during an

extended slump in metal and coal prices.Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett is taking a

proposal to cabinet that would allow mines to defer a por-tion of the BC Hydro bills, with repayment to begin when prices of copper and other mineral commodities reach a certain stage.

Imperial Metals announced this week that Huckleberry Mine. a copper-gold mine south of Smithers, is suspend-ing pit operations and laying off 100 of 260 employees. Bennett told Black Press the continued slump in world commodity prices means more job losses are on the way.

Electricity deferrals were used by the NDP government in the 1990s and Social Credit in the 1980s. Bennett said unlike the NDP program that varied rates with commod-ity prices, he is proposing that mining companies repay deferred funds with commercial interest, with no net bur-den to taxpayers or BC Hydro ratepayers.

“If we can’t figure out something to help reduce oper-ating costs, there’s going to be not just layoffs, there’s going to be mines shutting down,” Bennett said. “I don’t

expect bankruptcies and I don’t expect shutdowns forever, but you definitely would see temporary shutdowns until commodity prices come back. And you may see that anyway, even with the program.”

The province loses income tax rev-enue and BC Hydro loses power sales when industries scale back or shut down, which would put pressure on government services and BC Hydro rates. That gives the province incentive to use a deferral program, he said.

Bennett vowed that the rate deferral would not be approved if BC Hydro price caps in the current rate plan were affected.

Hydro rates jumped nine per cent in 2014, followed by annual increases of six, four, 3.5 and three per cent in the 10-year rate plan. Starting with the proposed four per cent increase in 2016, the independent B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) is reviewing if rate increases can be lower than what is capped in the rate plan.

Red Chris Mine in northwest B.C. began operation this summer after protests and multiple reviews of its tailings facility. It processes one of the world’s largest copper-gold deposits, but low commodity prices threaten operation for this and other B.C. mines.

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LettersTurning to others in a time of need

Who does one turn to when in need? In the case of Our Last Hope Animal Rescue Society, we turned to Stephen Yeung, owner of the Hope McDonald’s and president of the Hope District Chamber of Commerce.

We needed to have a fundraiser to help us pay veterinarian and boarding bills and a host of other expenses not covered by adoption fees and we needed it quickly. Stephen stepped up and graciously offered up his restaurant.

Keep in mind that this was the first week of December when we approached him – he gave us two weeks from December 7 through December 21, for the fundraiser to take place, with our volunteers manning the drive-through booth and the front of the restaurant to help out and answer questions of customers about our group.

It was a phenomenal success thanks to the generosity of all the regulars and visitors. We raised $1,000 in a matter of two short weeks (Stephen topped up the actual donated amount). Plus, we got the inside view of how a McD’s works and we must say we were incredibly impressed by the willing-ness of staff and management, pitching in and helping to promote the fundraiser. More importantly, we got to see how teamwork and attitude work together to produce success in a fast food restaurant where timing is literally everything.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped represent us. Thanks to the staff for putting up with us for two weeks. Thanks to the shift managers for being so accommodating. Thanks to all the people who chipped in to help Our Last Hope Animal Rescue Society. Last but not least, thank you Stephen Yeung, for being such a giving and gracious resident and businessman in our town. It’s people like you who take a leadership role by setting an example for other business people.

We couldn’t do what we do without the support of the community and people who care.

Sincerely,

Jeneane Ruschiensky and Sharlene Harrison-Hinds Our Last Hope Animal Rescue Society

Orphan tails wagged in delight when Hope District Chamber of Commerce President, Stephen Yeung, opened his local McDonald’s restaurant to raise funds for his pawed pals in need of forever homes.

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An additional word on ChristmasI grew up in Britain during the War years

and the times were very “lean” – I remember our stockings hung at the end of our beds (four children in the family) and that was for all the gifts we would receive – small gifts – usually involving articles of clothing that were needed. The big treat was an orange at the toe of the stocking and a sixpence to spend – after a great deal of thought!

My husband and I were at our children’s

homes over the holiday season and were awed by the huge Christmas trees (in fact TWO in one of the homes) – and the amount of presents piled under the trees – as well as the empty stockings hung with care for Santa’s deliveries. We spent five wonderful days with our children and grandchildren – sharing lots of love and joy and then headed home.

We unloaded the car and I busied myself unpacking when  my husband came into the

room  with tears in his eyes. He handed me a home made card which had been delivered with our paper – inside was a picture of our paper deliverer with these words ‘Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store.... maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more. I wish you a wonderful Christmas Season’ The Papergirl.

This is a card which will NOT go into the recycling bin – but will go into my

‘box of treasures’......This young girl reminded me of those early Christmas mornings – so grateful for the few presents and so happy to be surrounded by love.

Carol Chaulk

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Bleak picture for B.C. homeownersThe most recent report from the Canadian Federation

of Independent Business report on municipal and city spending paints a dismal picture for the average B.C. homeowner. Since 2003 the average municipal or city government has increased its spending by an average of 49 per cent while the average population growth compa-rably, has only increased by 13 per cent. If these same gov-ernments had kept their operational spending in line with the rate of inflation and population growth, they would have saved each property owner, on average, $8,035.00 in municipal taxes over the ten year period ending in 2013. This represents $8.2 billion in excess spending, represent-ing a rate that is unsustainable, reports the CFIB.

One of the worst in the Province, is our own commu-nity of Hope, B.C., which is ranked 134 out of 152 cities/municipalities.  Hope's real operating and spending per capita growth has increased 91 per cent between 2003 and 2013.  This is the worst performance of all the 32 cit-ies and municipalities in the Vancouver, Coast Mountain

District. If you then add in 2014, and last years 2 per cent increase in property taxes, combine it with this years rumored 4-5 per cent increase, Hope's spending will have increased an astronomical 100 per cent since 2003.  This is a tragedy in the making.

When you consider that Hope's population growth in this time period has actually decreased by 7 per cent, it represents a real operational spending growth of 77 per cent between the years of 2003 and 2013. The change in municipal per capita spending in Hope from 2012 to 2013 alone, was 33 per cent. Hope will be now spending well above  $2000.00 per capita, per year.

It has now become imperative that our Mayor and Council begin to take immediate and remedial action in correcting this abysmally headed consequence. Some of the CFIB Corrective measures are:

1.) Municipal spending increases be limited to popula-tion growth and inflation.

2.) Identify Core and Non-Core spending, and limit spending to Core issues, until a sustainable route is determined.

3.) Municipal Governments should negotiate leverag-ing of Public Service Wages and close the gap between the Private and Public Sectors, of which there is currently a 16.7 per cent gap in favour of the Public Sector.

4.) The transparency of financial data reporting should be improved, and financial reports should be reported to the Municipal constituents on a continual basis through-out each year.   This would create an atmosphere of accountability, and remove any temptations of compla-cency. An ongoing criticism of Municipal watchers in Hope is the lack of access to true financial data, as yearly budgets are held far too close to the governing bodies chests.

5.) That a new Independent Auditor General be cre-ated for Local Municipal Governments with a fully liaised Municipal Representative.

Art Green

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OpinionLori WelbourneSpecial to The Standard

Tyler Trammell-Huston was violently mauled to death by his half sister’s three beloved pit bulls on January 4 and people are outraged. As always with pit bull attacks, the victim and the owner are being blamed. Pit bull apologists are saying Tyler must have done something to provoke the dogs, and people in general are saying Alexandria Griffin-Heady should never have left the nine year old boy alone with them in the small RV in Yuba County, California where they lived.  

Hypocritically, many of those crucifying her are the very same individuals who promote pit bulls as safe fam-ily pets and “educate” others with various untruths such as the nanny dog myth. Alexandria was part of their advocacy. On October 7, 2014 she posted on Facebook a video of a baby in it’s bouncy chair and a pit bull puppy jumping up to cuddle. Above that picture she wrote these words verbatim: “Too all pit haters, or people who dislike the bread due to being violent, here is a fun fact. Anybody know what they were originally bread for? Anybody? The nanny — to look over and protect the babies. #Lovemypit”  The video came from entertainer Josh Paler Lin whose post was shared over 2.5 million times, often accompanied by similar sentiments expressed by Alexandria. There are people who truly believe the type of canine that’s been ripping children apart since at least the 1800s was bred to be a nanny dog. 

This claim, along with loads of others presented by the influential pit bull lobby is an absolute lie. It appears to have started from an article written in 1971 in the New York Times in which Lilian Rant declared they were a nursemaid dog. Lilian was the president and magazine editor for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of America and was trying to polish up their image.

What she shared was a fable. For hundreds of years pit bulls were purpose bred for bull and bear baiting and then dog fighting. Explosive aggression without warning is their genetic specialty. That’s why they’re the number one choice for dog fighters and the number one killer canine of people and animals.  

The notion that Alexandria should be exonerated for subjecting Tyler to her dangerous pit bulls because she believed the nanny myth isn’t acceptable to many. They think she should be charged with child endangerment, manslaughter or second degree murder since she was repeatedly informed of the facts and chose to ignore them. Others argue she’s an unwitting victim of the powerful pit bull lobby, brainwashed to deny the truth as countless others have. It’s preposterous to some that any-one could believe the nanny myth with the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but even university educated, mature individuals - some of them famous - have publicly shared this belief.  In 2013 the pit-bull advocacy group Bad Rap debunked the myth. This admission came right after a two year old was horrifically decapitated by his trusted family pit bull of eight years. It also came in the wake of over 100 children being torturously mauled to death by pit bulls in the 10 years leading up to that point. Despite their well publicized announcement, the term nanny dog is still used incessantly, and children continue

to be needlessly killed and mutilated. Pit bulls can be adorable, goofy, clownish and lovable,

and millions have experienced only that side. This makes it difficult to imagine their pet ever acting on their genet-ics and doing what they were created to do. Most pit bulls will not attack, but there is no way of knowing which ones will and which ones won’t. 

In the last eight years since the pit bull lobby ramped up their promotion and propaganda of the “misunder-stood breed”, there’s been an 830% increase in disfiguring and fatal attacks on humans in Canada and the U.S. In 2007 there were 78 attacks. In 2015 there were 648. 

The human fatalities from dog attacks totalled 41 last year, 33 were inflicted by pit bull type dogs, two by Rottweilers, and six by breed unknown, which are usually pit bull type dogs.  Without a doubt the case of this completely preventable death belongs in the courts. Alexandria’s lawyer said charges could be laid against her, but prosecutors would have to prove she wilfully allowed the attack to happen. Child Protection Services should be sued for allowing Tyler to live with inherently dangerous animals, and legal action against organizations and indi-viduals from the well-funded pit bull lobby should also be taken. Pit bulls were purpose bred for jobs that are now a felony across Canada and the U.S. The breeding of them needs to be outlawed, and the owners of grandfathered pit bulls need to carry six figure liability insurance and abide by regulations to keep the public safe. 

Less than three per cent of the population owns pit bulls. Politicians who knowingly put the special interests of this group’s risky desire to own a dangerous dog, ahead of the lives of others, should be expelled from public office. Less than two months ago Alexandria posted on Facebook her gratitude for the opportunity to raise Tyler. “I know he will do amazing things. God wouldn’t have made such an amazing boy to just be ordinary. In my life during all the bad I wondered why I was here — I know now it was to care for him.” She will not be able to care for him anymore, and he will not be able to grow up. But his tragic story will help save the lives of others who will instead choose a safer breed of dog. Tyler Trammell-Huston will never be forgotten, and hopefully his devas-tated sister will help spread the truth.

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CommunityHistory in Hope 1975

District takes heavy snowfall in strideA heavy snowfall and some minor slides forced

closure of both the Trans-Canada and Hope-Princeton Highways early on a Sunday morning, in January of 1975, but otherwise the winter weather had been taken pretty much in stride.

The C.N. passenger train from the east was 12 hours late on Sunday, and Monday's train was 24 hour behind schedule, but this was because of the blizzards on the Prairies. In the Canyon there was only one small slide.

The Highways department officially closed the Fraser Canyon at 6:12 a.m. Sunday and Hope-Princeton at 6: 35 a.m. Sunday. The Hope-Princeton was officially opened at 2:52 p.m. Sunday and the Fraser Canyon at 3:19 p.m. Sunday.

The Trans-Canada west of Hope was also closed that Sunday morning, but the alternate route via Agassiz, was always open.

Travel in the canyon between Yale and Boston Bar was restricted to convoys of one-way traffic until Monday morning.

In Hope all streets were opened on Sunday, and by Tuesday things were considered to be in good shape, with snow being hauled away from the downtown area. Some lanes were not plowed because they were narrow and there was no place to put the snow.

Residents were asked to put garbage cans at the front street while lanes were plugged, and to park cars paral-lel on all streets where there was snow in the centre.

Total snowfall in Hope from January 8 to 13 was 30.6 inches, with the main snowfall beginning Saturday eve-ning and reaching almost 23 inches by 10 a.m. Sunday.

This was the largest single snowfall in several years, but it was light snow. Minimum temperature was six

above zero Fahrenheit on Friday.The Hope-Princeton was never blocked in the area

handled by the Hope crew. On the Trans Canada there were small slides just north of the Yale tunnel and six miles north of the Yale, points where major slides were common.

No vehicles were trapped by the slides.The crew had the Williams Logging grader working

between Yale and Spuzzum and the G. and F. Logging grader working between Hope and Yale as well as their own grader and five plow trucks.

A new innovation for men working in the Canyon were beeper radios that would signal their position if they were buried in a slide.

The snowfall was not only unusually deep for a single fall, reaching 26 inches in the Canyon, but also covered a very large area.

The highways Department had 23 men on staff at Hope during the winter, on 24-hour duty, with George Truax, in overall charge and Joe Angle and Arnold Tourigny handling the afternoon and evening shifts.

Boston Bar had less snow, at 16 inches, but highway crews counted 14 slides between Yale and Boston Bar. They had one lane open by 10: 30 a.m., Sunday morn-ing, but convoyed traffic went through only at three hour intervals. As well as preventing collisions on the one-way sections, the convoys gave crews time to load the snow and get it off the road.

The C.N.R. had an engine with a plow going through the Canyon in front of each passenger trains to see that there were no slides, but normal traffic kept the tracks clear of snow.

Rare burrowing owl found next doorA rare burrowing

owl that crash landed in Chilliwack last week didn't make it despite some valiant efforts by rescuers.

The small owl was found outside a salon business on Vedder Road on Dec 29.

He was spotted by Gente Bella Salon and Spa staff who then called the Delta-based Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (OWL) in the hopes the bird could be nursed back to health.

A volunteer with OWL drove out to Chilliwack to pick up the injured bird of prey but unfortunately he was found to be critically injured, possibly from head trauma, and succumbed to his injuries, said OWL spokesperson Mindy Dick.

"We're not sure what happened to him. We think he may have hit the window," she said.

They thought, from the descrip-tion, it might be another type of small owl, the northern saw whet owl."It was a bit of a surprise to open the box and find a burrowing owl."

The endangered owl species is red-listed in B.C. and on the Species at Risk list in Canada.

The Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of British Columbia describes a burrowing owl as "a short, fat, little bird on stilts, about the size of a pop can."

This type of owl was extirpated in B.C. by 1980, but a dedicated group at the BOCSBC has been raising the owls in captivity and releasing them into the wild in the Okanagan and Nicola Valley.

They've banded thousands of bur-rowing owls as juveniles, and reintro-duced them in an effort to boost the

population up to self-sustainable lev-els, said president Mike Mackintosh.

"Last year was our best year for returns in significant numbers to B.C., with 50 coming back," he said. "It's almost a breakthrough after hov-ering around 20, or 25 birds every year. So we're keeping our fingers crossed for this year."

They don't have any specific data on the little adult male burrowing owl found in Chilliwack. It's unusual to hear of a possible window strike, which isn't as common as say high-way strikes in the Interior for these owls.

"It was sad he didn't make it. We were interested to hear that it wasn't banded," said Mackintosh.

Maybe it eluded the banding as a juvenile or it could have been a wild specimen that followed some other owls back to B.C. from points south, he said.

It's hard to put a number to the burrowing owl population in B.C., since it varies depending on the time of year. This bird might have been

flying south for the winter.Burrowing owls have been found

in several unusual locations across B.C., aside from the more than 1,500 artificial burrows built by the con-servation society. These range from croplands, golf courses, roadsides, and airports, to dump sites and urban neighbourhoods.

The owls bunker down in make-shift shelter, such as abandoned pipe, crevices, foundation footings and even building overhangs. Small returning numbers back to B.C. dur-ing migration are the biggest prob-lem they face. "Sometimes they take up residence in the States and never return."Anyone encountering an injured or orphaned bird of prey, is asked to contact OWL, which is operated on donations.

"It is unsafe to handle these birds without the proper safety equipment and training. OWL is on call seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.”

Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. describes the burrowing owl as ‘a short, fat, little bird on stilts, about the size of a pop can.’

Photo courtesy of the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C.

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A new scientific study shows that high concentrations of a variant of the most feared salmon virus in the world have been detected in Cultus Lake.

The paper published by the Virology Journal confirmed the discovery of a new European strain of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) after tests on more than 1,000 farmed and wild fish, including cutthroat trout  living in Cultus Lake.

The findings may provide new insight into impacts on Cultus Lake sockeye, considered Canada's most endangered Fraser River sock-eye population, say the reports authors, includ-ing researchers Alexandra Morton and Dr. Rick Routledge.

Although detection of the ISA virus was three-fold greater in farmed salmon compared to wild salmon, the European ISA virus genetic sequence was detected in 72 per cent of the Cultus cutthroat trout.

"This raises the questions: Is ISA virus impact-ing Cultus sockeye and other B.C. wild salmon populations? And at what cost to Canadians?" asked the report authors in a release.

The findings are the first published scientific evidence that ISAV, which is related to the influ-enza virus, is present in B.C. fish.

Federal government attempts to restore Cultus sockeye through fishing bans, enhance-ment and habitat restoration over several decades have been unsuccessful.

"The potential that viruses such as ISAV are contributing to widespread decline in sockeye salmon populations cannot be taken lightly," states co-author Dr. Rick Routledge. "The findings in this paper should lead to development of more sensitive screening for this specific virus."

Routledge told Black Press he isn't sure why the Cultus Lake fish samples had such high concen-trations of the variant of ISAV.

"But I am hoping and am optimistic that the new federal government will take this matter seri-ously and encourage their scientists to pursue it with vigour," said the researcher.

When ISAV was found in Chile in Atlantic salmon eggs, there was no effort to contain it. In 2007, it spread rapidly, causing $2 billion in dam-ages and outbreaks continue.

Unlike in Chile, B.C.'s wild salmon are an economic driver, adding billions of dollars to

the economy through tourism, commercial and sports fishing.

So an outbreak would have "severe conse-quences" for B.C. as well as the Northwestern United States and Alaska.

The researchers were not allowed access to Atlantic salmon from farms for testing and so all farmed salmon samples came from markets in British Columbia. But the hope is they will be able to test Atlantic salmon.

"This was a difficult strain of ISAV to detect, because of a small mutation," says co-author Alexandra Morton, an independent researcher. "It is easy to see how it was missed, but we have cracked its code."

Canada needs to learn from the Chilean situation.

"In my view, this work gives B.C. and our U.S. neighbours the opportunity to avoid tragic consequences."

When Morton and other researchers released preliminary results showing the presence of ISAV in 2011, the government countered that the virus was not in BC.

"Yesterday we published our results on over 1,000 samples including farmed salmon from supermarkets," wrote Morton on social media. "No one can know how this virus will behave in our wild salmon but it has caused terrible prob-lems everywhere in the world.”

NewsMost feared salmon virus found in Fraser Valley

The findings of a new study that shows the presence of a salmon virus in B.C. may provide insight into impacts on Cultus Lake sockeye; Canada’s most endan-gered Fraser River sockeye population

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Tom FletcherBlack Press

Avatar, the future-fantasy blockbuster that beat  Titanic  as all-time Hollywood box office champ, has finally been unseated by the latest Star Wars space opera.

I watched  Avatar  on TV over the holidays for the first time since its 2009 release, and was able to see past the bombastic special effects to examine it for what it is, an anti-capitalist propaganda film.

Psychopathic military commander teams with evil mining executive to blast and slaughter their way to a chunk of rare mineral, ridiculously named “unobtainium.” Giant tree, home of high-ly evolved Na’vi people and their delicate jungle ecosystem, is toppled for sadistic fun and profit, before nature’s collective strikes back.

Canadian director James Cameron helped the global anti-develop-ment network use the movie in its celebrity attack on the Alberta oil industry. Now the story line is being employed again in B.C., in an effort to revive the 1990s “war in the woods” that led to the creation of Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.

Protest tactics are being refined. Targeting just outside the boundary of the vast park established 20 years ago, giant trees are named and an Avatar-style narrative of unbri-dled greed is spoon-fed to urban media.

There’s a “Tolkien Giant” now, although I’m reliably informed it is not one of those trees that gets up and walks around in the  Lord of the Rings  movies. This tree is also protected from logging, as are most of the poster trees used for pro-paganda and fundraising.

The network uses multiple front groups.

V a n c o u v e r - b a s e d Wilderness Committee stages urban protests and issues news releases, while Ecojustice lawyers fight forest company injunctions against direct actions that disrupt legal logging. An employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, appar-ently coordinating media and protesters.

A 1990s remnant called Friends of Carmanah-Walbran issued a state-ment Nov. 9 announcing “autonomous action” by three protesters to dis-rupt logging. Not their guys, you understand, just masked individuals willing to lock themselves to equipment or wander into a road-building blast zone, forcing work to stop for safety reasons.

These are among the actions that forced the logging company to go to court for an injunction.

Cast in the role of evil corporation is Teal-Jones Group, a B.C. forest com-pany trying to operate

in what is now the most environmentally restrict-ed forest in the world. It keeps about 2,000 people employed in logging and its sawmills in Surrey, where investments have been made to handle second-growth coastal timber as well as what little old-growth they are allowed to harvest.

Protesters have dubbed their latest target, the tiny 3.2 hectare cutblock 4424, “Black Diamond Grove” for media and fundraising purposes.

Teal-Jones forester Chris Harvey provided me some information to counter protester claims. Block 4424 isn’t being logged, although it was permitted last fall. Protesters are targeting other operations, none of which are in the conten-tious Walbran “bite” area next to the park.

Teal-Jones has not only received permits and worked with envi-ronmental organizations, its operations are inde-

pendently certified by the Canadian Standards Association.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge granted an exten-sion of the injunction pro-tecting Teal-Jones’ opera-tions on Jan. 4. The judge wasn’t swayed by protest-ers packing the Victoria courtroom, and upheld a 50-metre safety zone around working equip-ment in the Walbran Valley until the end of March.

A Wilderness Committee spokes-man with no evident forestry qualifications was appalled. He will no doubt continue to issue news releases and write his own version for left-wing fringe publications that seek to perpetuate an urban culture of revulsion for logging.

Tom Fletcher is legis-lature reporter and col-umnist for Black Press. Email:  tfletcher@black-press.ca  Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc

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Women encouraged to stay activeStaying healthy and active is

important and fun for girls and young women. Sport groups throughout British Columbia have been encouraging more girls and women to join leagues and clubs, or to participate in programs that promote this type of lifestyle.

"viaSport envisions an active, healthy British Columbia where sport inspires a field of possibili-ties for all. Research shows that girls and women are underrepre-

sented when it comes to participa-tion and opportunity in sport,” said CEO of viasport, Sheila Bouman. Specialized grant funding can make all the difference in developing and sustaining a life-long love of sport and physical activity. We're thrilled to be a part of creating opportuni-ties for girls and women in com-munities across B.C."

Girls Only (GO) and Forever Active Bodies (FAB) 55 plus are examples of the types of grants,

along with Local Sport Program Development (LSPD) funds, that strive to make sport more acces-sible to people of all abilities.

This latest round of fund-ing administered by viaSport, the Provincial Government's lead agency in the development and promotion of sport and physical activity in the province, is made up of 34 grants that provide more than $60,000 to clubs and programs around the province.

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The recent cold snap created excellent skating conditions on some of Hope’s local ponds and lakes during the holiday break. Emma Pearce and her dog Maggie enjoyed a skate on Starret’s Pond (near Bristol Island,) in spite of the cold. Some lakes remain only partially frozen and care should be taken before skating to make sure the ice is strong enough to support weight.

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School District #78 and the District Parent Advisory Council for SD#78 invites all parents of students enrolled at Coquihalla

Elementary, Silver Creek Elementary and Hope Secondary to attend one of two school catchment planning forums:

Forum #1: Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 7:00 pm

Forum #2: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 7:00 pm

Both forums will be held at: Hope Secondary School, Commons Room 444 Stuart Street, Hope BC During each forum a School District #78 consultant will present the following topics for feedback from the parent community:

• Boundary Review considerations for 2016/2017

• Grade 6/7considerations for Coquihalla Elementary and Silver Creek Elementary

• Grade 7 considerations for Hope Secondary in 2016

• Catchment Options for Bus School Route considerations

The meetings are intended to receive input from the community of schools on grade con guration issues and school boundary considerations for future school years. Parents of pre-school children are also welcome to attend the forums.

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The BC Games Society and Coast Capital Savings have teamed up once again to support the pursuit of achievement and leader-ship through a bursary program.  Athletes (and youth coaches and offi-cials) taking part in the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games can apply to receive one of 16 bursaries in the amount of $500. 

The program was first offered at the 2014 BC Summer Games with over 250 applicants for the bursary.

The bursary is intended to recognize athletes who have achieved in sport and education but, more importantly, go above and beyond in their commu-nities through leadership and volunteer activities.  Youth coaches and offi-cials (under 19 years of age) who are attending the Games as part of a devel-opment opportunity are also welcome to apply.

“Coast Capital Savings is excited to sponsor these bursaries as part of our commitment to building richer futures for youth in our communities,” said Wendy Lachance, Director of Community Leadership at Coast Capital Savings. “The dedication these

young people show in pursuing excellence as ath-letes, students and com-munity leaders is inspira-tional.”

Coast Capital Savings is a valued Corporate Partner of the BC Games Society and has made a promise “To help build a richer future for youth in our communities.”   Coast Capital delivers on this promise through initiatives that support health, build self-reliance and confi-dence, and inspire youth to become leaders.  Sport is an avenue to achieve all of these and the BC Games

provides young athletes, coaches, and officials from across the province with an important competitive opportunity and excep-tional experience to learn about teamwork, goal set-ting, friendship, and com-munity excellence.

“BC Games athletes commit significant time and energy to their sport,” said Kelly Mann, President and CEO of the BC Games Society.  “We hope that this financial support of our young participants, who are leaders both on and off the field of play, will help give them an extra boost to

continue to make a differ-ence to their sport and in their communities.”

Athletes (and youth coaches and officials) who have qualified for the 2016 BC Winter Games can apply for the bursary by completing the online application form at www.bcgames.org. 

A reference letter from a coach or teacher must be included.  The deadline for applications is February 8, 2016 and winners will be announced at the Closing Ceremony of the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games on February 28, 2016.

Youth Bursary program launched

A total of 16 bursaries are available for athletes participating at the 2016 Penticton BC Winter Games.

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A study by Simon Fraser University health sciences professor  Dr. Julian Somers reveals that a growing number of those experiencing longstanding home-lessness and mental disorders in the lower mainland (Vancouver/Downtown East Side) have migrated from elsewhere.

Service use records of more than 400 homeless individuals with psychiatric comorbidities were analyzed to examine patterns of geographic relocation, as well as health, justice, and social welfare ser-vice utilization.

“Many of those who we tracked dur-ing the study are experiencing long-term deterioration in health and social wel-fare,” says Somers. “Despite increasing involvement with public services, they remain exposed to serious health and social risks associated with poverty.”

Over the past 10 years, the num-ber of those coming from outside the lower mainland rose from 17 to 52 per

cent. Their involvement with health, jus-tice and social assistance services also increased significantly during this time.

  The study also  suggests that migra-tion into urban regions with a high con-centration of services may not necessar-ily lead to effective pathways to recovery.

Similarities can be seen with migra-tion patterns into the Hope area, where a plethora of social services are availalbe to help individuals in this type of situa-tion; however, that being said, programs like that offered at the Thunderbird Motel are unique to the area, and offer an ideal model, as to settings that are condusive to the health, healing, and reintegration of individuals back into society. The Motel is a unique luxury that most urban areas can take note of, but may be lacking in accessibility with lack of land space to accodmodate the rural type of model the Thunderbird has realized with great success.

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New ways of learning in B.C.Mike BernierMinister of Education

This past fall, B.C. stu-dents and teachers contin-ued to prepare for success in a changing world as classrooms began phasing in new curriculum that will make B.C.'s world-leading education system even better.

The new curriculum still focuses on the basics - reading, writing and arithmetic. But those are being taught in a way that students also learn the col-laboration, critical think-ing and communications

skills they need to succeed in our changing world.

Teachers, students and parents all benefit when learning becomes more flexible. If your child is pas-sionate about space travel, starting a business or pro-ducing videos, teachers can tap into that passion and help students build their learning around it.

Our education system is already recognized as one of the top three internationally. Why do we need to change? In part, because technology is transforming the way we live and it's changing

the way kids learn. With information at the press of a button, the education system that worked for us years ago is not as effec-tive as it used to be for today's young learners.

With labour stability in the classroom, parents expect us to focus on mak-ing sure their children have the skills they need to thrive in college, univer-sity and the workplace. We continue to work with the BC Teachers' Federation and other educational partners to phase in new curriculum and support teachers.

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FinanceCanadians demonstrate fiscal optimism

Kim InglisFinancial Expert

  According to a recent survey done by Franklin Templeton, Canadians are generally quite optimistic about their future, with 92 per cent looking forward to retirement.  On the whole, Canadians are planning on traveling, spending time with friends and family, and pursuing hobbies.  Despite the optimism, 82 per cent are concerned about paying expenses in retirement. Specifically, 43 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 55-64 years old are concerned about managing retirement income to meet expenses.

  A good chunk of this concern can likely be attributed to remaining scars from the financial crisis. As a result, a lot of investors have been taking on excessive risk, jumping into the markets, fully exposed but without a strategy. They’ve moved heavily into equities, hoping to hit home runs and rebuild retire-

ment nest eggs. This is risky behavior for any investor, but espe-cially for those nearing or already in retirement.

 However, contrary to the old saying, desperate times do not call for desperate measures. For investors, these times call for rational analysis and planning. Investing too heavily in equities without maintaining a properly balanced portfolio is a sure-fire way to further shrink an already reduced nest egg.

  The planning begins with reviewing asset allocation and re-balancing.  Investors must assess the level of risk present in their portfolios and determine whether it is suitable for their particular situation. They need to go back to the basics of finan-cial planning and create a healthy balance between cash, fixed income, and equities.

  Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, has a rule of thumb when trying to determine a conservative asset allocation. He recommends holding the same amount of cash and fixed income as your age in years.  That is, a 70 year-old’s portfolio

should have 70 per cent in cash and fixed income.  The basic premise is that younger investors can handle more risk because their earning power is greater and they have a longer time hori-zon.  Conversely, older investors are no longer in their peak earn-ing years and therefore preservation of capital becomes much more of an issue. Of course this is merely a guideline, so adjust-ments ought to be made according to individual risk tolerance and preferences. 

 Within each asset class, tactical changes should take advantage of short-term trends and opportunities. For instance, investors, might change the maturities in their fixed income portfolio based on the positioning of the yield curve or, depending on the envi-ronment, either increasing or decreasing their exposure to higher yield corporate bonds. Instead of irrationally reacting to market events, investors must soberly assess their holdings, stay focused on the horizon and remain true to their long-term goals. Taking uncalculated risks in a volatile market is not smart investing.

The start of a new year often inspires self-improvement, but can also involve a cash crunch that comes right after the holiday spending spree.

Thanks to grant money now available for students entering the University of the Fraser Valley’s Upgrading and University Preparation (UUP) programs, financial help can be pro-vided for those looking to improve their life by upgrading their education in 2016.

“I want people who wish to upgrade their education to know that help is available for those who need it,” said Dr. Sue Brigden, Dean of the Faculty of Access and Continuing Education.

“I want them to know that grant money is available to help them pay for their education. They should also know that because a grant is not a loan they will not have to pay any funds they receive back in the future.”

Thousands of dollars are available this winter through the provincial Adult Upgrading Grant and the UFV Upgrading Grant.

The grants, which are tiered, provide different levels of financial assis-tance for people of vari-ous incomes and needs. Some students could be given a grant that cov-ers the cost of tuition, while those earning less could be given one that covers the cost of tuition, books, and sup-plies.

Depending on their income, some appli-cants may still be required to cover small-er dues, such as student union fees.

“We encourage all people to apply because most students are awarded a grant that covers the cost of tuition, at the very least,” Brigden said.

UUP runs courses during the Fall, Spring, and Summer semes-ters. Applications are accepted throughout the year so — provided seats are available — students can apply for entry and start courses during the first couple of weeks of a semester. For those who cannot begin in January, some may be able to enrol in courses starting in March or May.

Chilliwack’s Shadi Chaychi is using her grant money to con-tinue working towards becoming an engineer – a goal she couldn’t real-ize without UFV’s UUP.

“It’s been a great experience. All the teachers were great, and the most important thing is classes are not too big, so teachers can help all the students,” she says.

“They offer grants for low-income people, which is helpful, and they have a great advi-

sor to help with any questions. I’d recommend these classes to everyone who wants to go back to university, especially

those who haven’t been to school for a long time.”For more information on UFV’s UUP, and for requesting grant assistance, please visit

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Black Press is partnering with the Miss BC, Miss Teen BC and Mrs. BC Pageant this year as its official media sponsor.

The partner-ship means that women interested in participating in the pageant can upload and share their information online through the contest page on any Black Press website throughout the province.

Pageant orga-nizers will then be in touch with the applicants to provide further information lead-ing up to the pageant weekend, which takes place July 1 to 3 at the Chief Sepass Theatre in Fort Langley.

The final pageant takes place July 3 at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public, as well as being broadcast on Shaw Television.

Black Press will cover and report on the pageant, where three women will be named Miss BC, Miss Teen BC and Mrs. BC. Other regional titles, such as Miss Fraser Valley and Miss Northern BC, will also be presented.

See video highlights from Miss BC 2015.Creator and producer Darren Storsley emphasizes

that this is not a beauty pageant, but a “development program.”

There is no maximum age limit to participate nor are there height or weight restrictions.

“There is something in this for everyone. Some girls who are on the shy side and not outgoing want this program so that they can get some skills and confidence in all the workshops and training we offer, while others are excited to be part of a huge TV production,” he said.

Photo Album highlights from 2015“Some girls are very vocal and want a venue to

share a passion … and this is a great way to get an important and passionate message out there.”

Leading up to the final pageant, all contestants receive professional training in areas such as public speaking, interview skills, media relations, model-

ling, manners, and even self-defence.They also attend a leadership seminar run by

female leaders in the community.The women compete in a private judge’s interview,

an on-stage interview, sportswear and evening gown presentations, a sponsor costume introduction, and charity fundraising.

The charity of the Miss BC Pageant is the Cops for Cancer Tour of the Canadian Cancer Society. Since 2007, the pageant has raised more than $250,000 for the cause.

Storsley said he is proud of the road the pageant has travelled over the years.

“In the end, it is about giving back, reaching out, creating leaders and providing a venue for women to take leadership roles across B.C.”

For more information, visit missbc.ca. The public is invited to log on and vote for their favourite con-testant for the People’s Choice Award closer to the pageant date.

2015 WINNERSMiss BC – Shatki Shunmugam of VancouverMrs. BC – Shalini Gambhir of VancouverMiss Teen BC – Shalom Reimer of Fort LangleyMrs. Charity BC – Zana Gray of BurnabyMiss Fraser Valley – Kirti Singh of SurreyMiss Greater Vancouver – Chiantelle Rey of VancouverMiss Lower Mainland – Questa Lee of RichmondMiss Vancouver Island – Katelynne Herchak of VictoriaMiss Northern BC

Pictured are winners of the 2015 Miss BC; Miss Teen BC and Mrs. BC Pageant. The pageant takes place again this July.

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Barry StewartHope Standard

One door closes, anoth-er opens.

Some 60 local dance students were left without a place to train at, last August, when instructor Carla Bayes had to close her No Limits studio, due to a health concern in her family.

A few parents got involved and soon Crystal Luck’s mom, Juanita Alexander agreed to front the funds to secure a location and establish a new dance school. Silver-Hope Dance Academy’s new home is in the suite beside the Hope Subway restaurant. It started out as a short-lived Chicken Delight restaurant in the mid 1990s and has been mostly vacant ever since.

There are many renova-tions still to do — but at least they’ve got a practice space and they’ve been able to keep some of the instructors who worked at No Limits.

Luck is now the regis-trar and manager of the academy, aided by par-ent volunteers Michelle Richardson and Jenny Waddle.

“We’ve got seven instructors,” said Luck. “Liam Mackie and Delaney Hawkes are back, after competing in Italy.”

The two Chilliwack-based dancers competed in the IDO World HipHop, Electric Boogie and Break dance Championships in Italy in October of 2015. Hawkes and her senior hip hop team finished in fourth place, while Mackie and his junior team cap-tured silver.

Instructors cover hip hop, jazz, tap and ballet styles as well as “acro” an acrobatic mix of jazz and gymnastics. Choreographing and one-on-one private lessons are also offered.

“Giada Clemmens is from Hope and she leads our com-pany dancers in strength and conditioning,” said Luck. “They have to take that as part of their curriculum.

“Karry Kozak-Fedorek owned her own dance studio in Chilliwack for many years and now she teaches at five studios. She covers hip hop, acro and jazz.”

Isabella Alton is also from Chilliwack and she teaches

ballet for in Hope. She has danced competitively for over 10 years.

“Our junior instructors, Alyssa Goglin and Tahnee Waddle are from Hope and they trained at the No Limits studio,” added Luck. “They

teach beginners’ ballet and hip hop and they continue to train under Delaney and Liam.”

The academy’s doors are open Monday through Saturday — and Mackey holds two Sunday sessions

per month for the boys’ and girls’ performance hip hop teams. “Our recreational dancers might only have one lesson per week but our com-pany dancers take 5 to 7 les-sons per week and private lessons on Saturdays.

“Some of our dancers will be going to the Synergy competition in Mission on April 1,” said Luck. “We think there will be three going but it could be as many as ten, if they are ready by the compe-tition’s enrollment date.

Dancing to their own tune

Talia Richardson practices her leaps at the Silver-Hope Dance Academy, in preparation for a competition in Mission. The academy is looking for new students; see contact information at the bottom of the story.

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The Hope & Area Transition Society is a non-profi t organization which provides programs and services to individuals affected by social issues. The Society is seeking applications for the position Staff Relief (permanent) at the Jean Scott Transition House.

The preferred candidate will possess the following skills and qualifi cations:• Knowledge and understanding of support and crisis counseling related

to family violence issues. • The ability to demonstrate assertiveness along with both professional

and personal boundaries. • Excellent verbal and written communication with the staff team,

including confl ict resolution.• Effi cient time, organizational and stress-management skills. • Flexibility and ability to assimilate into the staff team, along with

being able to work independently with little or no supervision and be comfortable working alone

• Must be willing to work a variety of shifts and carry a cell phone.• Ability to pass and maintain security clearance, carry a valid driver’s

license and have a dependable vehicle.

Along with resume send a letter of interest indicating how you meet the qualifi cations stated above to:

The Hope and Area Transition SocietyAtt: H. Garfi eld-ManagerBox 1761 Hope, BC V0X 1L0www.hopetransition.org

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5 IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory

Shirley ArakiJan. 3, 2014It’s been 2 years since she’s gone,

and I miss her very much.

Love Mits

6 IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

Auxiliary to Fraser Canyon Hospital

and theFraser Hope Lodge

Memorial FundDonation envelopes can be picked up at the Fraser Can-yon Hospital Gift Shop and Fraser Hope Lodge info board.All donations will be solely used to purchase equipment for our local hospital and lodge.Donations will be receipted and an inscribed card will be sent to the bereaved.

Thank you for your support

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 COMING EVENTS.21st Century Flea Market, Jan 17, 10am-3pm. 3250 Commercial Drive Vanc. Info: 604-980-3159. Adm. $5.

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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115 EDUCATION

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

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Local HVAC company hiring for the following positions: sheet metal In-stallers, foreman, ticketed “B” gas fi tters, gas fi tter apprentices. Must have a valid driver’s license. Email resume to heatingteam@gmail.com

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

QUALIFIED Tax preparer required for busy Chilliwack Tax kiosk. Please contact by email kel-ly@hnicga.ca or call 604.856.4141

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Foreman & RiggersMagnum Industrial Services Ltd. specializes in professional indus-trial moving and rigging services.Foreman/Lead Hand- Must have leadership skills, experience in in-dustrial moving & rigging. Clean drivers abstract required.Industrial Movers/Riggers- F/t, experienced and clean drivers abstract required.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

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218 BUSINESS/OFFICE SERVICE

Have you been denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefi ts? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help you appeal. Call 1-877-793-3222 www.dcac.ca info@dcac.ca

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

221 CARPENTRY

L.HISLOP CONTRACTING, custom woodworking solutions, complete renovations. Call 604-869-3449

130 HELP WANTED

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

245 CONTRACTORS

BARCLAY FLETCHER CON-TRACTING, complete home reno’s, additions & more. (604)869-1686

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Self-serve: blackpressused.ca Career ads: localworkbc.ca

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS ......... 1-8COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS .. 9-57TRAVEL .................................61-76CHILDREN ............................. 80-98EMPLOYMENT .................... 102-198BUSINESS SERVICES ............ 203-387PETS & LIVESTOCK ............... 453-483MERCHANDISE FOR SALE .... 503-587REAL ESTATE ..................... 603-696RENTALS .......................... 703-757AUTOMOTIVE .................... 804-862MARINE ........................... 903-920

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1367 for the property at 19700 Klassen Rd.

If you consider that this proposed bylaw amendment affects you or your property, you have the right to:

• Inspect the staff report and the proposed amendment bylaw at the District of Hope Municipal Hall during regular offi ce hours. The Municipal Hall is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays.

• View the staff report and the proposed amendment bylaw presented to Council at the December 14, 2015 meeting available on the District of Hope’s website at www.hope.ca.

• Submit your views and comments to the District of Hope by letter, fax or e-mail before 12:00 noon on Monday, January 25, 2016 and/or attend the Public Hearing to make your views known to Council when the Mayor asks for comments from the public.

John Fortoloczky, Chief Administrative Offi cer

Inspection of Documents

MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016 AT 7:00 PMIN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MUNICIPAL HALL

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Council will hear the views of the public at the above referenced meeting in order to assist them in deciding whether the proposed amendment bylaw should proceed.

INTENT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BYLAWTo rezone the property at 19700 Klassen Road from Rural (RU-1) to Light/Service Industrial (I-2) in order to permit a truck stop and associated uses.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY (see location map below)Lot B Plan 31084 Except Plan 39120, PID 001-775-782, 19700 Klassen Road

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

260 ELECTRICAL

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275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

CANYON CARPETS, 326 Wallace St., Hope. For all your fl oor cover-ing needs! Call 604-869-2727

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

284 HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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300 LANDSCAPING

GLEN TRAUN LANDSCAPING, Commercial & Residential yard maintenance. Call 604-869-2767

320 MOVING & STORAGE

INTEGRITY MOVERS, moving & delivery services. We’re not satis-fi ed until you are. (604)860-5277

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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338 PLUMBING

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374 TREE SERVICES

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377 UPHOLSTERY

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387 WINDOWS

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PETS

474 PET SERVICES

Is your pet in need of spaying or neutering?

S.N.Y.P. (Spay or Neuter Your Pets) can help. We are a local, registered charity providing fi nancial assis-tance to people in need for spaying and neutering dogs/ cats. S.N.Y.P. works in part-nership with Dr. Madsen at Coquihalla Veterinary Ser-vices.

Please call 604-869-9474 for details or drop in to

591-C Walllace St. to pick up an application.

477 PETS

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GERMAN SHEPHERD PUP. Work-ing line. Black. 12 wks old, 1 left. $750. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

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560 MISC. FOR SALE

REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replace-ment guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDING SALE. “REALLY BIG SALE-YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 21X22 $5,190 25X24 $5,988 27X28 $7,498 30X32 $8,646 35X34 $11,844 42X54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

563 MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms?Have unwanted or inherited fi rearms in your possession?Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland fi rearms community since 1973.We are a government licensed fi rearms business with fully certifi ed verifi ers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up anappointment 604-467-9232 Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

REAL ESTATE

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

New SRI Manufactured homesSingles $74,900. Doubles $94,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

HOPE, 1 & 2 BEDROOM APT., for rent $575 - $650, Park Royal, heat & hot water inc., balcony, covered parking, 55, NP, NS. Best Loc Hope. Ref’s required. Call (604)860-0236 Linda or (604) 825-1444

HOPE, 2 bdrm apt., adult oriented complex, 4 appliances, newly re-no’d, electric heat, N/S, N/P.

(604)869-9402 or 604-869-1432

HOPE, Large 2 bdrm apt in newer im-maculate building, rarely available, for rent now. Brand new fl ooring throughout, fresh paint, spotlessly clean, f/s & d/w, in-suite laundry room plus shared avail. Includes parking, gas fi replace, covered balcony, extra storage, with res. caretak-er in adult-oriented quiet build-ing. N/P, N/S or loud noise per-mitted. Ref’s Req. Your safety and peaceful enjoyment is our top priority. $895 month.

Call 604-860-4559

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

HOPE, 1 bdrm duplex, 5 appl, cen-tral location, N/S, small pet OK. $650/mo + util. Call (604)860-5500

733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

HOPE, 2 Mobile Home Pads for rent in senior’s community. Call Gordon 604-240-3464

HOPE, Silver Hope Mobile Park. Cabin, Mobile homes, and R/V pads for monthly rentals, cable in-cluded. Call (604)869-1203 or (604)860-0652

736 HOMES FOR RENT

HOPE, 1 bdrm furnished or unfur-nished mobile home in a Senior’s Community. We are part of the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. Call Gale 604-860-3578

HOPE, 3 bdrm townhouse 1 1/2 baths, fenced back yard, F/S, W/D, attached storage area. Rent in-cludes heat. N/P, N/S. Call 604-869-9402 or 604-869-1432

HOPE, Large Mobile Home, 14’ wide, 2 bdrm with large patio, in Senior’s community. We are part of the crime free multi-housing pro-gram. Available immediately. Call Gale 604-860-3578

750 SUITES, LOWER

HOPE, Large, bright & updated 1 bdrm bsmt suite in house near Kawkawa lake. Private entrance, shared laundry. Utilities, internet & satellite incl. Ref. req. Avail. now. No pets. $700/mon. + deposit. Call 604-217-5358

TRANSPORTATION

812 AUTO SERVICES

HOPE AUTO BODY, complete colli-sion repair & restoration. www.ho-peautobody.ca Call (604)869-5244

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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851 TRUCKS & VANS

KEY TRACK AUTO SALES

Abbotsford30255 Cedar Lane

DL# 31038 604-855-0666

2002 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr, auto, loaded, STK#749. $2,900. 2003 HONDA CIVIC, auto 4 dr sedan loaded STK#666. $4,9002004 ACURA EL 1.7 4dr sedan leather, sunroof, loaded STK#724. $5,900.2007 TOYOTA YARIS, 4 dr, auto, sedan, STK#734 $5,900.2005 HONDA CIVIC, 4 dr, au-to, loaded. STK#710. $6,900.2005 HONDA CIVIC, 4 dr, au-to, loaded. STK#672. $6,900.2009 FORD FOCUS 4dr,sedan loaded, auto STK#687 $6,900.2004 HONDA CRV. 4dr, fully loaded, auto, Only this week! STK#747. $6,900.2008 HONDA CIVIC 4 dr auto, loaded. STK#691. $7,900.2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 4 dr, sedan, auto, loaded, STK#696 $7,900.2007 PONTIAC TORRENT 4 dr, AWD, fully loaded, only 99K kms. STK#657 $9,900.2011 NISSAN Versa 4dr auto, h/bk, loaded, STK#721 $9,900.2004 ACURA MDX 4dr auto, 7 psgr, loaded, DVD, Navigation STK#254 $10,900.2013 HYUNDAI ACCENT. 4dr auto, fully loaded, Only this week! STK#750. $11,900.2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA4 dr, auto, fully loaded. STK#721 $12,900.2012 NISSAN ALTIMA. 4dr, auto, fully loaded, low kms. STK#746. $13,900. 2012 HONDA CIVIC 4 dr, auto, loaded, STK#695. $14,900.2008 CHEV 1500 LT. Crew cab, 4X4, auto, short box, fully loaded. STK#600. $16,900.

33166 South Fraser WayDL# 40083 778-908-5888

2004 MAZDA 3 Auto, 4 dr, Only this wk! STK#673 $4,900.2004 DODGE CARAVAN 7psgr, loaded STK#525 $2,900. 2003 FORD FOCUS 4 dr, au-to, Aircared, STK#545, $2,900.2003 HONDA ODYSSEY 7psg full load, runs good, Aircared STK#530 $3,900.2007 CHEV UPLANDER 7 psg fully loaded. STK#473 $4,500. 2002 FORD F150 crew cab 4X4 auto, fully loaded, short box. STK#686 $5,900.2008 KIA RONDO 4 dr, auto, 7 psgr, leather, runs good, STK#424. $9,900.2009 TOYOTA COROLLA 4 dr sedan, loaded. No trade. STK#504. $10,900.

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