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LOGAN LAKETHE TOWN THAT REFUSES
TO BURN DOWN
TALKS TRADEPROFILE: RON CANNAN
A PENTICTON HAUNTING
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YOUR LETTERS
A Modest Proposal Regarding Deer and Other Urban Nuisances
According to at least one scientist, one reason for so many deer in Penticton these days are the miles of fencing around vineyards and orchards forcing the animals into the interstices: gardens, backyards, Main Street, and so forth. This being the case, Council might consider continuing the exclusion concept around the !"#$%&'()*+&&,%-)(')#-&'#.$/&0%'#1%&)"%&2%3*&435)&675)8'%-).3*&city to take a page from the urban centres of Medieval Europe !()"&(--.1%390$%&0%-%4)5&)#&()5&'()(:%-5&9-/&)"%&%'#-#1*+&&;&walled city has many attractions, a few of which I outline below.
Deer would cease to be a presence in city boundaries as they would be summarily shooed away from the entry gates. So too moose, bear, cougars, wild horses, and coyotes. Well, perhaps not the last; the Trickster is very resourceful.
But why stop at excluding wild animals? As in medieval times, ‘undesirables’ could be turned away by the gate guardians and sent to other places less protected from such people. The city could have its very own ‘NO ENTRY’ list just like the ‘NO FLY’ lists. Of course, there would be disagreement about who should be on the list, but that’s democracy; those who lose the argument get added to the list.
Unruly teenagers could be sent outside the gates until they shaped up though there is always the danger that being ‘sent out’ might become a rite of passage and a badge of honour, ruining the salutary effects of the punishment.
And think of the tourist possibilities! Come to Penticton for the experience of ancient Europe and Asia! No worries about crime; all those people are excluded! No vicious deer to harass your kids or cougars to snap up Sweetums! And, if your teenagers express overly abundant hormones, just escort them to a convenient gate.
The job possibilities in this scheme are quite exciting too: producing the materials for the wall, erecting it, maintaining it, 9-/&5)9<4-=&)"%&=9)%5&/9*&9-/&-(=")&93%(#.5>&0.)&)"%3%&93%&likely others. And of course, if the area is chosen for a prison, it could simply be an add-on to a section of the wall undoubtedly with huge savings for the province.
?<&'#.35%>&)39<4'&!#.$/&0%&5$#!%/&.@&9&1()%>&0.)&)"9)A5&9$$&)#&)"%&good. In any case, toll booths at the entry gates could help the City’s bottom line enormously and they’d be much cheaper than more parking lots.
Yes indeed, a walled city would seem to be the solution to a lot of problems. “Penticton, a place to live forever” would acquire a whole new meaning
Eva Durance
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;!93/8!(--(-=&-9).3%&)#.3&=.(/%>&I#5%9--%&H9-&J%>&conducts guided Wild Mushroom Safaris in the Mabel Lake area for people wanting to experience this incredible display of intriguing fungi. The full day tours are fun and informative excursions through the woods to view all types of mushrooms from spiny, white Coral Fungus to huge, bright orange Lobsters. Photographers, artists, gardeners, cooks, naturalists, hikers, mycophiles (people who like mushrooms) and anyone with a sense of curiosity will enjoy these tours.
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CONTENTS
FEATURES COLUMNS
8 Logan Lake The Little Town that
refuses to burn down
By Brenda Craig
16 !"#$%&'()#*(+,**,*-(.",/&(.,%01(
By Charles Duerden
22 The Haunt on Toronto Avenue
A Penticton Ghost Story
By Dawn Renaud
26 STAYCATIONS
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By Jim Couper
30 AWAY FROM HOME
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39 HEALTH MATTERS
Smoking Stats in Canada
Changes to Plavix recommendations
40 ARTS HAPPENING
41 COMING EVENTS
42 COMMUNITY EVENTS
44 IT’S A PUZZLER
5 FROM THE EDITOR
18 DON SAWYER
Fair Comment
20 CALVIN WHITE
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34 LISE SIMPSON
Life with George
36 BOB HARRINGTON
Critical Mass
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LOCAL LATITUDE, GLOBAL ATTITUDE
North of 50GUEST EDITORIAL: Interior taxpayers want municipalities to reduce spending: Poll
ICBA poll shows British Columbians want spending held to rate of inflation and growth Taxpayers from the Interior overwhelmingly want municipal leaders to tackle runaway civic spending, a poll by the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. has found. The poll, conducted last week by Angus Reid Public Opinion, found that 70 per cent #<&U-)%3(#3&3%5(/%-)5&9-/&ZO&@%3&'%-)&#<&[3()(5"&\#$.10(9-5&!9-)&1.-('(@9$&5@%-/(-=&held at the rate of inflation and population growth. On average, B.C. municipalities are ratcheting up spending at twice that rate. "If the UBCM agenda is any indication, municipal leaders are out of touch with the overwhelming concerns taxpayers have on civic spending across the province," ICBA ,3%5(/%-)& ,"($(@&]#'"5)%(-& 59(/+& ^,#$()('(9-5& 9-/& 9/1(-(5)39)#35& 93%& (-&H9-'#.2%3&this week thanks to their taxpayers to attend sessions on Canada-European Trade Negotiation, Medical Marijuana Licensing and Regulations, and Building Partnerships to Encourage Farming. Sadly there's not a single session on how they can hold the line on municipal spending." Municipal politicians have one place where reduced spending would get public support - wage and benefit packages for municipal workers that are an average of OL&@%3&'%-)&"(="%3&)"9-&!"9)&!#3D%35&(-&)"%&591%&Y#0&(-&)"%&@3(29)%&5%')#3&3%'%(2%+&The poll showed 68 per cent of British Columbians thought these pay rates are unjustified and municipalities should find ways to reduce them and bring them in line with the private sector. "ICBA highlighted the problem with the municipal pay and benefit issue in a special report released earlier this month - and municipal leaders tried to shoot it down," Hochstein said. "It's clear that the taxpayers - and the voters in November's municipal elections - disagree." Other poll highlights include:_& ZM`&!9-)&(-'3%95%5& (-&/%2%$#@1%-)&<%%5&9-/&'"93=%5&"%$/& (-& $(-%&!()"&)"%&rate of population and growth._& LO`&)"(-D&)"%(3&1.-('(@9$&)9G%5&93%&)##&"(="+_& PM`&9=3%%&)"%3%&5"#.$/&0%&5#1%&(-/%@%-/%-)%35(=")&#<&1.-('(@9$()(%5&)#&ensure that taxpayer dollars are well spent."Municipal politicians head to the polls this fall and they're going to be seeking the support and the votes of taxpayers," Hochstein said. "ICBA's poll found that 81 per cent of people are ready to support candidates who agree to reduce municipal spending and taxes. That tells me that spending control and tax relief isn't just good for taxpayers and the municipal budget - it's good for politicians."
Interested parties can download the poll report with detailed tables and regional breakdown from at www.icba.ca. About ICBA (www.icba.ca) The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. services and represents B.C.'s construction sector. ICBA's 1,100 members build in the multi-family residential and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) construction sectors and are involved in virtually all major capital projects in British Columbia.
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JIM COUPER is addicted to travel. His
dependence on changing scenery has taken
him (and co-dependent Lian) to the ends of
the world’s most southerly and most northerly
roads. He has visited 80 countries and written
two books: Discovering the Okanagan and The
Long and Winding Road (Highway 97). Travel
writing pays for his habit.
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excuse for ignoring her chores and sinking
into the alternate reality of a good book.
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and helping other writers hone thier craft.
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8,('"%8'9$7%56%– It’s another hot, bone dry
August day in the BC interior. Logan Lake’s Fire Chief,
Dan Leighton, is in his shiny red Ford 150, driving around
town and on patrol. His milky blue eyes, shaded by a pair
of black wraparound sunglasses, shift to a row of houses
standing against a backdrop of tall lanky lodgepole pines,
a quick glance at the road ahead and then eyes back to the
tree line again.
“See that bush back behind those houses, the trees
have to be kept thinned to the point where their tops don’t
touch,” he explains. “If a fire starts hopping from tree top
to tree top, that’s called crowning—and fires that start
crowning can get out of control fast.”
When you’re the Fire Chief in Logan Lake, BC, it’s
not house fires you worry about; it’s forest fires that make
you toss and turn at night.
A wildfire burning uninterrupted, fuelled by dry
timber can hopscotch through the tree tops at about 11
kilometers an hour, twice the pace of a brisk walk. Intense
fires can produce fire whirls that spin through the forest at
80 kilometers an hour with tornado force.
A forest fire is one thing. A town on fire is quite
another.
This morning, Chief Leighton’s attention is focused
like a laser beam on the area between the edge of the forest
and people’s houses—the area foresters call the interface.
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The Chief swings right down a pleasant little street on the
edge of town. You get a glimpse of barbed wired fencing
that has been moved up to the edge of residential property
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have grown up in the thinned or treated areas under a
canopy of pine, spruce and aspen.
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Logan Lake’s Fire Chief, Dan Leighton
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close to residential areas—less risk of grassfire that way.
We call it our ‘Cowmunity Program’” says the Chief with a
big grin. “Some people complained about the ‘mooing’,” he
says, “but I say, hey, would you rather have your house burn
down?”
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Located high on a plateau, Logan Lake is just 40 minutes
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highway that connects the interior of the province to the
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hills, covered with thick stands of timberland as far as
you can see. There are millions of lodgepole pines in the
region—the trees most affected by the relentless campaign
of the mountain pine beetle that have chewed their way
through giant swathes of BC forest.
In town, the streets are lined with neat and tidy
houses, ornamented with hanging baskets, plumped up
with the summer rush of colourful petunias, geraniums and
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hunting. There are lots of the “over 60 gang”--out for a walk
or heading down to the post office to mail a letter.
It’s typical, in many ways, of the growing number of
small communities in BC where more and more people have
chosen to make their homes, living close to the peace and
quiet of the forest, free to enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle
and the spectacular beauty and serenity that is the envy of
the world.
Of course there is no way to be sure that a wildfire
won’t come charging over the hill in Logan Lake, or any
other urban area that shares close quarters with BC’s vast
woodlands, but as Chief Leighton sees it, in Logan Lake, they
at least have a fighting chance to save the town from disaster.
“We could stand and fight,” says the Chief, a calm,
clear headed kind of a guy who’s fought everything from
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a fire fighter. “We wouldn’t have to necessarily order an
evacuation and run, we could fight it and we have.”
The Chief’s confidence might come as a surprise to
some.
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Just a few years ago, Logan Lake was tagged as the
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province. It was a fire waiting to happen.
Now after close to a decade of hard work, a forward
thinking and innovative plan of action, Logan Lake has
proven itself to be a leader in wildfire protection and set the
standard for other communities in BC.
Logan Lake has invested heavily in protecting its
town from fire over the last 8 years, spending more than
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Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
“If we are not at the top, we would be right
near the top in fire prevention,” says Logan Lake Mayor
Marlon Dosch. “A number of other communities have been
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are at the forefront of planning for urban interface projects.”
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from hundreds of forest fires filled the air. To the north, just
40 minutes away, just outside Kamloops, a column of smoke
billowed from the runaway Strawberry Hill fire, rising
hundreds of meters into the air.
“Anywhere you lived in the province you were
sitting on pins and needles. Fire could happen anywhere,”
says Logan Lake Town Councillor Al Smith looking back.,
Smith’s an energetic, solid, community guy. “I mean BC was
burning.”
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Communities were being evacuated; homes burned to
the ground, entire neighbourhoods were threatened or
destroyed.
The pine beetle infestation had turned the once
green forest into thousands of hectares of dead trees. An
exceptionally long hot summer combined with decades of
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That summer a provincial wildfire specialist
showed up in Logan Lake with a blunt and alarming
assessment of the town’s chances if a wildfire took hold
anywhere near the town.
He told us, look,” says Dirk Werring, who was the
Logan Lake Chief at the time, “If fire breaks out around here
it will be ten times worse than what happened in Kelowna.”
Many of the 1100 homes in Logan Lake had been
built within meters of the bush. With no fire break between
the forest and the community the chances of stopping the
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if a fire happened it would be bad.
The evaluation, although stunning, was hardly a
surprise.
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heightened everyone’s awareness and council was really
concerned at the time,” says Logan Lake’s Mayor Dosch.
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Logan Lake town council huddled. This was one little
BC forest town that would not go down without a fight.
Fireproofing a whole community smack in the middle of
dense forest was an overwhelming task, but for Logan Lake
Town councillor, Al Smith (left) and Mayor Marlon Dosch (right) review Community Wildfire Protection Plan map showing areas for current and future mitigation work.
Fire on the Edge of Town
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it was the only option.
One thing they did have on their side was a lot of
people around who understood forests. Among them, Tom
Lacey, a determined take-no-prisoners type of guy. He
signed on to lead the charge.
“Tom was really the driving force,” says town
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we’re in good shape now and a lot of it was Tom’s work.”
No town had ever done what Logan Lake wanted
to do, but Logan Lake was going to do it. And so, as the
province lay blanketed in smoke, Lacey and the others went
to work grid mapping their little town, learning that the
prevailing winds came from the south, studying historic fire
patterns, identifying trouble spots—places where fire might
try to break through into the community.
They found some money to hire a consultant who
helped decipher the problem, set priorities and identify
specific actions to reduce the risk of fire. They picked a few
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It would mean cutting down trees, close to town,
trees that provided shade in the summer and shelter in the
winter—and if it’s one thing Logan Lakers love, it’s their
trees.
“It was quite an undertaking,” says Mayor Dosch.
“We needed not only to commit money to the process; we
needed to get the community to buy in to the idea.”
And when Mayor Dosch says buy in, he means buy
in.
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The municipality is huge—it goes way beyond the edge
of town and the surrounding forest was loaded up with
extreme amounts of fuel. If the town could take over the
management of the forest in the area it could make a big
difference.
The priority for the Wildfire Management Branch is
firefighting on crown land, and when there is time forestry
crews will assist communities to clear interface areas that
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They could do some of the work around Logan Lake,
but not all of it.
This is a place that prides itself on its low property
taxes, and town council was about to risk upsetting a lot of
people.
To Logan Lakers the only thing worse than tearing
down trees is wasting piles of money. The town’s plan was
to invest $100,000 dollars in an arm’s length corporation
that would get into the competitive and often volatile
forestry business.
Today Logan Lake’s Community Forest Corporation
is not only a money maker, it is an integral part of the
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awarded timber rights to the 17,000 hectares around Logan
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It creates jobs in the community; it manages socially
responsible logging in the interface and reduces the risk of
fire.
“There was tremendous competition for the timber
rights, but we were desperate to thin that forest. I don’t
think we would have been in a position to get those rights
if we hadn’t done the work we did,” says Brown who is
manager of the Community Forest Corporation. “The
Minister of Forests at the time was Mike De Jong,” says
Don Brown. “All the work we were doing got the province’s
attention.”
A substantial portion of the money earned by the
Community Forest Corporation is and will continue to go
to funding mitigation projects around Logan Lake. And the
$100,000 invested has been returned to the town kitty—
ahead of schedule.
There are 60 Community Forest Corporations in
the province—their purpose is to allow communities to
have more local control over forest operations but what sets
Logan Lake apart is its focus on fire prevention.
“It has taken awhile, but we are seeing profits. One
of our goals is to take the cost of fire protection away from
taxpayers to fund wildfire protection planning and fire
proofing work,” adds Brown.
“We started off small, just to show the residents
what we could do—what a treated area would look like,”
adds Mayor Dosch. “It is not a wholesale logging operation.
There are many trees still standing. Much of the area looks
like managed parkland.”
“After dealing with the small areas we started on
larger operations and that’s where we are now.”
“It is not a fail safe plan,” says Brown. “A fire could
still come through town but the work we have done to date
will make it a whole lot easier for firefighters to defend the
community.”
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For proof of that, look no further than a recent fire in the
Acreages neighbourhood—a pocket of nicely kept, large
homes on the edge of town. Hundreds of beetle kill trees
have been felled, logged and cleared from the interface
area over the last several years and a good thing too for
homeowners.
High winds blew an extra dose of oxygen into a fire
in a dry, grassy area. Forestry crews jumped on it fast, but
it still took four hours, two pumper trucks and 15 members
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of Logan Lake’s volunteer fire department plus one water
bomber and two helicopters to make get it under control. It
could have been a disaster.
“If this area was still full of beetle kill trees we
would have had to evacuate the area. We just wouldn’t have
been able to control it, not with those high winds,” says
Chief Leighton.
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Plan it all makes sense when you consider what could be
lost. “What’s that really,” says Councillor Al Smith. “That’s
the cost of replacing four or five homes maybe.
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Logan Lake seems to have beaten its rap as the BC town
most likely to burn. Of course, the reality is that fire is a
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of forest.
And while no fire season since has matched the
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--BC forests remain flammable.
“We know that our fire seasons are getting longer
and the fuel sources in the forest are changing, possibly
because of climate change and because of the impact of the
mountain pine beetle—we have to be aware of that,” says
Steve Schell, Kamloops Fire Centre Manager.
Schell is very familiar with the hard work done by
Logan Lake and has nothing but respect for the vision and
effort of its community leaders. “I think Logan Lake has been
very proactive and is better positioned to withstand any
wildfire threat.”
A fire could still happen but the work that Logan
Lake has done changes the likely outcome. “The fire would
be less severe, firefighters would be able to bring it under
control more quickly, and because the interface areas have
been addressed so effectively, water and fire retardants
dropped from the air will certainly be able to penetrate that
tree canopy and reach the ground,” says Steve Schell.
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The town council’s wildfire committee seems to have
incorporated every possible weapon available in the battle
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the grass, to keeping the interface area pruned and cleared,
to finding a successful way for its fire prevention plan
to fund itself. They’ve even come up with a way to fund
summer jobs that fit the needs of the Community Wildfire
Protection Plan. The money comes out of town council’s
pocket, but it is well worth it.
The kids get good paying jobs close to home. It’s
hard work, no doubt about it. But they can learn a lot about
wildfire protection—and it is knowledge they can spread to
their peers.
Chief Leighton takes a sharp left and heads down a
bumpy double track trail leading towards the duck pond on
the south side of town and parks the truck.
“Logan Lake’s prevailing wind is from the south,”
says Leighton, “this is prime area for fire to come through.”
The rest of the way he’s on foot, he crosses a little
bridge and heads for a group of high school kids decked out
in orange safety vests and hard hats.
“It’s looking good here,” says Leighton in response to
the gang that proudly reports on how much they’ve managed
to do in just a day or two in the area. They’re students from
Logan Lake Secondary and they’re hired to help with the
town’s Community Wildfire Protection Program.
“After provincial forestry crews thin out the trees,
the kids prune, stack and cleanup what’s left behind.” When
winter comes, they burn the wood piles. “It provides local
jobs for kids,” the Chief says, “and it gives them a good
understanding about what wildfire can do and about fire
prevention. It all helps.”
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We’re proud of the work we’ve done and we want to
share our story with other communities. We think too
that the fire protection plan is a good selling point for our
community, just like our low taxes,” says Councillor Smith.
Logan Lake has come a long way since the summer
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flagging down cars on their way into the backcountry and
begging them to be careful in the forest.
It’s been a masterful dance through government
bureaucracy and overlapping boundaries. A kind of “ain’t no
mountain high enough, ain’t no river wide enough” strategy
that is working.
There are still ongoing grant applications to be done,
there are planning meetings across multiple jurisdictions
and the maintenance of the mitigated areas never stops.
“We’ve had to put up some money and that was
supported by the province through UBCM grants,” says
Mayor Dosch. “And, of course, it has taken us awhile to
build a team with the Fire Department, the Ministry of
Forests, Thompson Okanagan Interface Committee. We had
to define some best practices, but we have had help from a
lot of people.”
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over time that it is important to get everything co-ordinated
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and when and where,” he adds.
If Logan Lake feels like it has bragging rights, well
maybe it does.
“It took us a long time to figure out how to do this,”
says Mayor Dosch.
“I think it is important for other communities
to understand what the financial commitments are, the
manpower that is needed and to understand the challenges
we had in implementing our program. I would hope other
communities would look at us and learn from the good
things that have happened—and the bad things,” he says
with laugh.
“They say it’s going to cost $4 to $5 million to
rebuild the homes in Slave Lake,” says Leighton, sitting in
his office at Logan Lake Fire and Rescue.
There a couple of rooftop sprinklers on the bookcase—just
in case someone pops in for one.
“And then there are the schools, all the
infrastructure, all the roads, all the municipal buildings—
and how many people move away, how many people decide
they have had enough and they are out—they want to get to
a safer place?” he says.
“You have to keep on top of your Community
Wildfire Protection Plan. You have to make sure everyone
is still on the same page so you get a quick response. When
something does happen—you want to be ready to make the
right decisions—to move people, to protect their homes and
their lives.”
“When you think about it—how long does it take
for it all to be gone in a fire—maybe two days?”
It’s not going to happen in Logan Lake—not if
anyone there has their way.
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Dig into these
pumpkin facts There are many interesting pieces of trivia regarding pumpkins. Here are some things to ponder.
! Pumpkins were once believed to
eliminate freckles and were also used as a
remedy for snake bites.
! In 2007, people in Boston earned the
world record for the most lit pumpkins
with 30,128 twinkling jack-o-lanterns.
! Thousands of people participate in
pumpkin chucking, an event where air
cannons propel pumpkins thousands of
feet. Each year people compete to see
who can launch a pumpkin the farthest.
! On September 25, 2010, people in New
Bremen, Ohio, broke their own record
when they baked a 3,699 pound pumpkin,
surpassing their prior record of 2,020
pounds.
Pumpkins are a seasonal delight to many
come the fall. But in addition to being
delicious, they're also interesting.
Pumpkins are a common sight come around
Halloween. This fruit of the fall is often used in
decorating the interior and exterior of homes, but can
be an integral component of cooking and baking as
well.
Little thought is given to pumpkins and their makeup.
But pumpkin afficionados who want to know
more about these delicious gourds can dig into the
following facts.
Pumpkins are a member of the squash family that
grow on long vines close to the ground. Before
pumpkin fruit grows, brightly colored flowers
will form and then turn into pumpkins. Pumpkins
adapt to many climates and are grown on all of the
continents except Antarctica.
In colonial times, settlers and natives alike relied on
pumpkin as a staple of their diets. The British saw the
possibilities of pumpkins as a food source and brought
seeds back to Europe to enjoy as well.
Pumpkins are comprised of several parts. The
pumpkin is covered in a skin that surrounds the pulp,
or the meaty part of the pumpkin. The stem is at the
top of the pumpkin and connects to the vine. Tendrils
are thin pieces of vine that tether the pumpkin to the
ground to protect it from the wind and weather. The
inside of the pumpkin is known as the cavity and can
contain seeds and fibrous strands. The bottom of the
pumpkin is known as the blossom end because that's
where the flower started before the pumpkin formed.
Most varieties of pumpkins are edible, but some
taste better than others. Once pumpkins turn orange
they can be eaten. People bake the meat into pies,
soups and stews. It can also be used in breads and
cakes. Pumpkin puree can replace the oil in cake
recipes much in the same way applesauce can. Adding
pumpkin to recipes provides a healthy way to increase
nutritional value.
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percent of Canadian gross domestic product is generated by
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strong advocate in the drive to develop the country’s trade
is Ron Cannan, Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake
Country. As a member of the House of Commons Standing
Committee on International Trade, Cannan has worked with
his colleagues in Parliament to ratify some of the country’s
major trade initiatives.This involvement began at the same
time as his parliamentary career.
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Prime Minister [Stephen Harper] asked me what my area of
interest was,” he recollects. “Under his direction I became
involved with the trade committee and I really grew to
enjoy it, because of its diversity and the fact that Canada is a
trading nation.”
In this capacity, Cannan supports the Harper government’s
efforts to diversify Canada’s trade. Nine trade agreements
have been signed, among them, those with Colombia,
Panama (pending) and the European Free Trade Association.
These, along with the Prime Minister’s recent four-country
tour of Latin America and continuing negotiations with
India, the European Union and the countries of the Pacific
Rim have resulted in a drop in dependency on US trade
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developments provide opportunities in Kelowna-Lake
Country for forestry products, tourism and wine,” Cannan
notes. “Some wineries are already trading directly with
China.”To further spur the local wine industry, Cannan
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from Prohibition to allow the direct sale of wine to
consumers rather than through provincial liquor stores.
Other focuses include the regulatory review of cross-border
security the Prime Minister has embarked upon with
President Obama to ease the flow of Canadian exports. “We
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our first,” said Cannan.
Cannan has also been instrumental in improving
infrastructure on the ground in his riding to improve trade
and travel with initiatives such as the Kelowna Passport
Office, the Kelowna Airport Expansion, and the upgrade of
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these types of project? “It’s a team effort,” replied Cannan.
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our localchambers of commerce, the City of Kelowna, and
our three local MLAs.” He said as a Kelowna city councillor
RON CANNAN
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and began a sales and marketing career with local leading
companies including the Kelowna Daily Courier, Costco
Wholesale, Corus Entertainment, and later worked in
management for two Okanagan automobile dealerships.In
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for nine years before successfully running for federal office
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For Cannan, his most memorable moment in politics was
his initial visit to Parliament Hill. “I will always remember
that first day when I visited Ottawa as a tourist. It still feels
surreal to have the honour to serve,” he said. Despite his
obvious idealism, he remains realistic about his role and the
expectations of him. “Every MP is like a franchisee who runs
their constituency as they see fit to get the best results, and
every election you get judged,” Cannan said.
he was aware of a “disconnect” between the two senior
levels of government – federal and provincial – which as an
MP he sought to remedy. “What we set out to do has since
worked really well,” he said, explaining he meets quarterly
with the Chamber, the mayor, the city administration
and the provincial representatives. “It’s good to sit down
with those groups and discuss ideas and priorities, work
cooperatively, and from there we build a business case.”
One project underway as a result of a collaborative effort is
Accelerate Okanagan, a support program for entrepreneurs
in technology, tourism and aviation. “The art of lobbying,”
said Cannan, is “first you inform, and then persuade!”
That sense of teamwork also extends to the MP’s own family
and his staff. “We have an excellent team, comprising two
staffers in the constituency office and two in Ottawa,” he
said. “I also have a wonderfully supportive wife and family,”
said Cannan who has been married to Cindy Cannan
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grandchild on the way at the time of writing.
Family was also a factor in his choice of career in
public service. “My parents were always involved in the
community,” said Edmonton-native Cannan. “From them I
learned that if you want to make a difference, you have to
get in the game; it’s about the value of one and the power of
many!”
Ron, far right, making a celebratory toast with (far left)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture
Pierre Lemieux, Owner of Gray Monk Winery, George
Heiss (centre) after making an announcement for the
B.C. Wine Grape Council. Photo supplied.
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Anyone paying the slightest attention to US politics knows
that the escalating, frightening level of emotional, hysterical
bombast going on down there is exceeded only by the idiocy
of the content. Fortunately, because of Canada having an
independent national news network that is harder to buy
off, our sense of reality is still more or less reasonably sane.
We have also been somewhat insulated from what is passing
for political discourse in the US by a different political
style and less susceptibility to wild claims of an impending
soviet-style government takeover that starts with modest
medical reform and the occasional suggestion that assault
rifles should be just a tad harder to come by.
Unfortunately, that buffer seems to be rapidly eroding.
The masthead at the top of the opinion page in a recent
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Canadian social philosophers Benjamin Franklin and Ronald
Reagan, the latter assuring us that “there are no great limits
to growth…” And old Ben, chiming in from his 18th century
vantage point, provides us with similar wisdom: “Without
continual growth and progress, such words as improvement,
achievement, and success have no meaning.” But that’s
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just to soften us up. The headline directly below, fronting
Harvey Enchin’s column, screams “Greenest City Moniker
an Orwellian Nightmare.” (You can almost hear the
exclamation point at the end, can’t you?)
Now wondering how becoming a green city is tantamount
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a diet of black bread, synthetic meals and cheap gin, were
spied on by the Thought Police and turned in by their
brainwashed children, and where every move was observed
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But no matter; like his “journalistic” colleagues in the States,
the implication is enough. Frame “green cities” as Orwellian
and half the battle is over. Your reader has bypassed
logic and is now reacting with emotion. But stunning the
unsuspecting reader with a vicious right jab of a headline
isn’t enough. In this world of journalism as propaganda, you
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economies don’t create wealth,” the subtitle blares, “but
dissipates it, which should send a shudder down the spine
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Ooh. A chill down the spine. Scary. Creepy even. I’m
convinced.
For most readers that is about where it will stop. Enchin
has succeeded in associating Mayor Gregor Robinson (a
large picture of whom -- looking slightly seedy and shifty
-- is plastered below the headlines so you won’t miss the
connection) and his commitment to sustainable growth,
ecological responsibility, a livable city, and community
enjoyment and happiness with totalitarianism, poverty, and
irresponsible flightiness. (Of course he’s getting a little help
from the other “pantheists ruling the roost at City Hall.”)
And just in case an intrepid reader takes the time to slog
through the entire article itself, he or she will encounter a
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peregrine falcon as their “green city” symbol (“a carnivorous
predator…that has a particular fondness for songbirds”
and “carries a host of parasites and pathogens , including
the avipoxvirus, which is fatal to humans”), smears “green
economies,” and makes it clear to all of us that the only true
path to prosperity is the tried and true religion of “old-
fashioned economic growth.”
Another case in point. Did you hear about the Republican’s
having a cow when the US government decided that public
buildings should be outfitted with those new spiral CFL
bulbs? Opposing cost-saving devices as “trampling on
our right to choose” and “government forcing decisions
down our throat” might seem only comprehensible in the
context of the loony right of the Republican party. But in
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(reprinted as a “guest column” from the Financial Post), we
are confronted with this alarming headline: “Eco-Zealots
Don’t Care if New Light Harms You.” Whoa. Those damned
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Well, it seems, they (whoever they are) nearly succeeded in
forcing Canadians to use more efficient light bulbs. Yep, and
when the Conservatives delayed the decision, they did so
“quietly…so as not to enrage environmental NGOs or suggest
to Washington that Ottawa was daring to walk out of eco-
goosestep.” Whoa. Eco-goosestep. Environmental NGOs.
Aren’t those the devious buggers creating all this fuss around
their silly “theory of catastrophic man-made climate change”
just to get oodles of research grants? (Awfully good thing
those oil companies are out there spending tens of millions
to make sure we all know the real truth.) And while Foster
claims CFLs can cause a host of physical problems, he has
another idea on how these new fangled bulbs can cause
depression. “What about sensitivity to having your freedom
taken away?” My goodness. This is serious.
You don’t know the half of it. Foster goes on, “Radical
greens make no secret of rejoicing in the prospect of
reducing human convenience as they assert more control
over our lives.”
Who knew?
This irresponsible fear mongering is new to Canada, and I
have to wonder to what extent the Canadian right and it’s
media hand maidens are taking signals from the right wing
“think tanks” in the States. The extreme language, appeal to
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placing of individual “freedoms” above social responsibility,
presentation of governments as totalitarian wannabes, and
the use of half-truths and distortions emulates the hate and
divisiveness being churned out by right-wing ideologues
employed by the Koch brothers and other American
oligarchs to protect their wealth and privilege. Surely
Canadians are too well-informed and sophisticated to fall for
this sort of nonsense.
Aren’t we?
Don Sawyer is a writer, educator and former Director of Okanagan
College’s International Development Centre. He lives with his wife in
Salmon Arm. You can contact Don by email at [email protected] or
by mail at Don Sawyer c/o North of 50°, Box 100, Armstrong, V0E 1B0.
For more information on Don’s writing and development work, visit his
website at www.thenortherned.com
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from such an obvious blight, despite the economic,
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Almost all of us learn this practise of denial in our
childhoods. Just as electrical house wiring needs circuit
breakers in order to prevent overload, so too are children set
up with emotional circuit breakers which kick out when a
situation becomes too emotionally inflamed. Emotionally
traumatic events or sustained patterns of chaos or pain
cause the child's psyche to flee from the awfulness, flee from
the powerlessness, flee from the terror. Thus, children who
live with domestic violence, sexual and physical abuse, or
severe neglect either disassociate from the reality or in their
minds magically replace the reality with something more
bearable. This is the only way the child can survive the
trauma. The only way the child can believe in the future. So,
the denial is a good thing because it saves the child's life.
But as we grow up, that survival mechanism becomes a
huge limitation, sometimes a force which threatens our own
individual and societal survival. In the example of addicts, if
each addict and his or her family fully accepted their illness
and its power to destroy them they would react to it in the
way we all do with a cancer diagnosis. In the case of the
rest of us, we are constantly barraged with circumstances
or happenings that scare us. Yet few of us react with a
combined sense of resolve and action to right the wrongs.
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outright deny. Sometimes we even go further and attack the
bearers of bad news.
Police misconduct or brutality? Oh well, it's a hard job
dealing with criminals. Governments that lie or kowtow to
and cut sweet deals to vested interests? Ah, you can't trust
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exploit? Hey, did you hear about the good deal at Wal-Mart.
Our security forces using torture or imprisoning the wrong
guy? Well, we have to protect ourselves. Global warming
that will bring about disaster? It's all overblown, there is no
global warming.
Inside, at some level, we know the truth and it scares us,
but our capacity for denial, overrides the fear. We slip
into it. And as adults we throw ourselves into our jobs,
our sports, our media distractions, our busyness. We keep
conversations to the trivial. We resist thinking. Reality
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absorbed in a video game as one of his drunken parents
screams at the other.
Calvin White is a retired high school counsellor who lives in the North
Okanagan. He has over 70 essays published in various Canadian daily
newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Toronto
Star, Vancouver Sun and Province. If you have any comments on this
column, you can write to Calvin White at [email protected]
or to Calvin White c/o North of 50°, Box 100, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0
Denial allows addiction to persist. Similarly with those in
positions of power at the head of companies or government
agencies, those who follow blindly the mantras of profit and
growth as though they are God's laws. They are addicted
to those ways of being and thinking, and when evidence
surfaces of the pain caused or wrongness of direction, they
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Before we react in a logical and healthy way, we need to hit
bottom. To literally be faced with crisis and feel we have
no choice but to take action. The same way it is with an
alcoholic. The great positive is that, unlike the child we
were, as adults we actually can make change occur. In the
Arab world, we see what is possible when humans reach
their critical limits. And for each human who chooses to
cast aside denial and take action, even when they aren't able
to fully change what needs changing, there is an additional
reward. They feel better. They feel stronger. They become
more capable and alive in all other aspects of their lives.
Their sense of positivity increases. This applies whether it's
a societal issue or a personal issue.
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situation. They drove parallel to the unconscious woman
so her car was forced to stay in her lane. Another man saw
what was happening. He got in front of the woman and
allowed her car to bump his. A third guy noticed it all and
boxed the woman's car in from behind. They got the car
stopped, and gave her CPR. This is what humans can do.
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The Haunt ,"%B,3,"&,%H;$".$Story & Photos By Dawn Renaud
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!"#$%&#'()#$%&*+,-"#.(#/,(0.10%(#.(#-20,#310%4,*5#you might want to steer clear of a certain house on Toronto
Avenue. It’s not hard to avoid; the peaceful little street is a
mere block long, nestled in a quiet residential area of modest
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those in other Okanagan towns and cities, but what goes
on here isn’t normal. Paranormal perhaps. Certainly a little
weird.
“Every year same thing happen, late October,”
explains the homeowner, Mme Russaud. (It’s probably not
her real name, and her accent is hard to place—Albania,
Romania come to mind.) “Hag usually show up first, sit
around on broom all day, maybe all night too. Some say she
look for children. She come nine or ten years now, but no
children now on Toronto Avenue. Probably coincidence.
Some years her sisters come too, make camp on lawn, stir
nasty brew in pot, leave bones all over flower bed.”
It gets worse. “Is oldest house on block, but when I
purchase home was not told might be graves out front,” says
Russaud. “Now tombstones pop up, coffin. Grave digger
come. He just sit, sit, sit. Waiting, maybe. People think
he not alive anymore, but sometimes see he still breathe.
Scarecrow in yard normally quiet, just do his job, now start
acting up. Let lots of birds come, too.”
Russaud says some neighbours have made a habit of
strolling past occasionally to see what’s new, but the strange
goings-on aren’t confined to the front yard. Some years, a
scientist has taken up residence in the back shed. “One time,
creepy girl show up in back flower bed, rise up now and
then like climb out over rock wall. Scare teenager. Daughter
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girl, black tangled hair very messy. I say, ‘Movie star not
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probably not go so far.’ And last year, something very bad
happen in husband’s garage; ugly thing show up in favourite
car. Husband not want to work on hot rod any more.”
Not surprisingly, Russaud says all this takes a toll
on the other members of her household. “My family start to
behave very strange. Father and mother not themselves. Age
very badly. Husband get pale, look like he need good sleep,
but our room not good for this; ghost hover over bed, peer
out at street, wave candle up and down. Makes difficult to
sleep.
My youngest daughter have same problem. She look
very sickly. Maybe just sad, moody. You know how young
people get when not have enough sleep.”
Russaud says her older daughter actually seems
to enjoy the annual happenings. “She say this all just good
Halloween fun. She dress up, go out to party. Probably
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good idea; cannot stay home watch television. Chandelier
floating around living room get in the way. Also, my sister
Olga usually come, bring cat and chicken, set up crystal ball
in family room. Sometimes just stares for hours and hours,
saying nothing. "Can be very boring.”
Last year, Russaud decided to take action. “We
cannot enjoy nice evening at home. So I say, ‘Fine, same
thing always going to happen, not stop until end of October.
Might as well take advantage.’ I talk to Judy Sentes at OSNS
Child Development Centre. I tell her plan, and she say is
good idea. So I dress in best skirt, shawl, boots and tell good
people of Penticton, ‘Cross my palm with bit of silver, and
I show you around whole yard. Look in window, see what
I got to put up with.’ Many people not too afraid to come.
They bring the children, enjoy bit of spooky stuff.”
Russaud and her daughter took the visitors
donations to the OSNS Child Development Centre, whose
annual Share A Smile Telethon takes place on the last
Sunday in October; last year the fundraiser coincided with
Halloween.
“I check with Olga, she look in crystal ball and say same
thing likely to happen again this year,” says Russaud. “So
I talk to Judy, she say yes, can always use the money help
children. So if anybody want to come I show around, maybe
you see ghost too. Bring family. Also maybe bring in-law,
houseguest, anyone else you not mind leave behind; maybe
you find them here next year.”
Although Russaud claims her yard is “probably
perfectly safe,” we’re not sure we should recommend you go.
However, if you insist, you’ll find the haunt at 754 Toronto
Avenue. Guided tours of the property are by donation from
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Russaud shared these photos, taken in previous years.
She says she’s never sure what to expect, but that it will
always be spooky.
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ARMSTRONG
St. Joseph Church Hall3335 Patterson StreetMonday, Oct. 24 9 am – 4 pmWednesday, Nov. 23 9 am – 4 pm
Pleasant Valley Health Centre3800 Patten DriveThursday, Dec. 8 2 pm – 6 pm
CHERRYVILLE
Cherryville Hall158 North Fork RoadWednesday, Nov. 16 10 am – 12 pm
ENDERBY
Enderby Seniors Complex1101 George StreetMonday, Nov. 14 10 am – 4 pmThursday, Dec. 1 10 am – 2 pm
FALKLAND
Falkland Seniors Hall5706 Highway 97Wednesday, Nov. 2 10 am – 12 pm
LUMBY
White Valley Community Hall2250 ShieldsMonday, Nov. 7 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
VERNON
Schubert Centre3505 – 30th AvenueThursday, Oct. 27 9 am – 4 pmThursday, Nov. 3 9 am – 4 pmThursday, Nov. 10 11 am – 6 pm
Vernon Recreation Centre – Gym/
Auditorium3310 – 37th AvenueMonday, Nov. 21 9 am – 12 pmMonday, Nov. 28 1 pm – 4 pmMonday, Dec. 5 9 am – 12 pm
KEREMEOS
Keremeos Seniors’ Centre421 – 7th AvenueTuesday, Nov. 1 9 am – 3 pmTuesday, Nov. 15 1 pm – 5 pm
HEDLEY
Hedley USIB161 Snazai StreetTuesday, Nov. 8 3 pm – 4:30 pm
OSOYOOS
Osoyoos Seniors’ Centre17 Park PlaceThursday, Oct. 27 9:30 am – 3:30 pmFriday, Nov. 4 10:30 am – 3:30 pmFriday, Dec. 2 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
OLIVER
Oliver Seniors’ Centre34453 – 95th StWednesday, Oct 26 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Oliver Community Centre36003 – 79th StreetThursday, Nov. 10 12 pm – 6 pmFriday, Nov. 25 9 am – 3 pmFriday, Dec. 9 12 pm – 6 pm
PRINCETON
Riverside Centre148 Old Hedley RoadMonday, Oct. 24 9:30 am – 3:30 pmMonday, Nov. 21 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
KELOWNA
Trinity Baptist Church1905 Spring"eld RoadCorner of Spring"eld & SpallMonday, Oct. 24 9 am – 5 pmMonday, Nov. 7 9 am – 5 pm
First Baptist Church1309 Bernard AvenueFriday, Nov. 18 9 am – 2 pmFriday, Nov. 25 9 am – 1 pm
Kelowna Health Unit1340 Ellis StreetSaturday, Dec. 10 10 am – 3 pmMonday, Dec. 12 1 pm – 4:30 pm
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Okanagan Sikh Temple1101 North Rutland Roadcorner of Rutland & Sumac RdFriday, Oct. 28 9 am – 5 pmMonday, Nov. 14 9 am – 3 pm
Rutland Health Centre155 Gray RoadSaturday, Dec. 3 10 am – 3 pmMonday, Dec. 12 1 pm – 4:30 pm
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Westbank Lions Community Hall2466 Main StreetTuesday, Oct. 25 9 am – 5 pmTuesday, Nov. 8 9 am – 3 pm
West Kelowna Health Centre160-2300 Carrington RoadSaturday, Dec. 3 10 am – 3 pmMonday, Dec. 12 1 pm – 4:30 pm
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Peachland 50+ Activity Centre(formerly Senior Citizens’ Activity Centre)5806 Beach AvenueWednesday, Nov. 2 9 am – 12 pm
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STAYCATIONS 48°33' 55" N
Donning a Victorian attitude seems appropriate
when visiting Victoria, B.C.’s capital.
Forts with big guns cater to visiting men while female
tourists can gambol in glorious gardens: inappropriately
sexist today, but fine 110 years ago.
For couples these divided interests often result in
divided vacation time. Rare is the male who will patiently
perambulate and pose for pictures among posies at such
famed floral sites as Butchart and Glendale Gardens. And
for how long will women climb the ramparts, explore the
dungeons and caress the cannons of a place like Fort Rodd?
Before heading in separate directions I suggest a couple
starts with an outing to Hatley Park, home of both castle and
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turret and other macho accoutrements. Outside, acres of
gardens include vegetable, Japanese, tropical, greenhouses,
ponds and streams. Statuesque artwork intermingles with
the flora; a sure female pleaser. It’s the perfect place for those
with divided interests to stroll hand-in-hand.
For my wife Lian and myself Hatley, operated by Royal
Roads University, provided the best compromise and, with
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sightseer’s list.
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government with a $4 admission to Fort Rodd and adjacent
Fisgard Lighthouse national historic sites. The first western
Canadian lighthouse, built in 1860, still operates although
the restored keeper’s premises have long been vacant. Fort
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thumbs awestruck for a day: the rest of us find several hours
of stamen sniffing. Dancing waters, displays that depict
history, Italian statues, concerts in the park and, of course, a
giant souvenir shop supplement the flowers.
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Glendale Gardens, with 10,000 varieties of plants on nine
acres, might be considered a Butchart for those without the
time or the money for the full meal deal.
Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, a great family attraction
near the Sidney ferry dock, combines education and
entertainment. With aquariums and displays it interprets
the local coastal water and its inhabitants. The highlight of
our visit was an active octopus, more than two metres in
diameter that slithered around its glass-enclosed home.
The only attraction we don’t recommend is Undersea
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offers a view of murky waters with ordinary fish. We know
tourists who demanded a refund and were refused.
A walk around the harbour, with artists, performers and
musicians offering both souvenirs and entertainment,
rates as a must do. With the parliament buildings and the
majestic Empress Hotel in the background and the harbour
and yachts in the foreground a finer stroll is seldom found.
Whale watching tours abound from the harbour, with no
guarantees of what you will or will not see. While such
excursions do not rate among my favourite outings (on good
days you spot distant backs and fins breaking the surface),
a boat trip that chugs through the harbour and along the
island-studded coast makes for a fun three hours as long as
sea sickness does not rear its pale, ugly head.
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Fisgard Lighthouse, Fort Rodd Hill
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ARUBA: MORE THAN JUST SUN & SAND
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610.7,#7.+.0%*+#'()#2)7,(0&*,#%""#08,#4,20,(#9208The ideal Caribbean vacation used to mean hours of tanning
on the beach, margarita in hand, with Jimmy Buffet crooning
in the background. Today's traveler, however, seeks
engaging and enriching activities as an alternative to
simply lounging around the hotel. The trend towards active
vacations can be seen in the growing awareness in eco-
tourism and interest in outdoor activities such as hiking,
biking and climbing. The island of Aruba is responding
to this increasing demand for active vacations by proving
that it has much more to offer than Caribbean sun and
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With an incredible marine life as well, Aruba's diversity
provides adventure for water babies and landlubbers alike.
!+-2():+#127,+#%"",*#&(),*;*%&()#2)7,(0&*,+Most visitors don't expect to find underground caves on
a tropical island. At the Guadirikiri cave, sunlight filters
through two inner chambers, providing the perfect photo
opportunity for cave explorers. The cave's 100-foot long
tunnel is home to hundreds of harmless bats. Nearby, the
Fontein cave is testimony to the island's native population.
Still-visible drawings by the Arawak Indians decorate the
cave's ceilings and are a powerful reminder of the island's
indigenous history. Couples aren't the only ones who
will want to visit the Tunnel of Love, so-called because of
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through eerie rock formations and narrow passages.
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unforgettable around –the island tour. Well-known
sites along the way include the picturesque California
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Bushiribana gold mill ruins.
The back roads of Aruba run along the rugged north coast,
passing eerie rock formations, cacti and the famous divi-divi
trees.
A desert in the Caribbean Arikok National Park is an
ecological preserve composed of a large swath of land,
stretching from the northeast coast inland. The National
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one fifth of the island, located at the north-eastern part of
Aruba. It entails several kilometers of walking/ hiking trails
that take the visitor to historic and cultural treasures well
preserved in a unique protected area. Sites like the Fontein
Cave, the Miralamar Gold Mines are some of the gems ready
to be explored. The island's rich crust makes it one of the
rare places in the world where you can trace its geological
origins with the naked eye. The main road lays between
hills, each with its own name and character and adorned
with surprisingly varied trees and shrubs that are well
adapted to the dry climate. Iguanas and many species of
migratory birds nest in the park while goats and donkeys
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active can explore the dunes at the nearby Boca Prins. At
dusk, parakeets and other birds bid a cacophonous farewell
to the day in Jaburibari.
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@8.9?*,1A+#;.7,#).7,*+#2#;-.B9+,#%"#08,#92+0Some of the world’s most fascinating wrecks lie just off
of Aruba’s shores, offering the best wreck diving in the
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pieces of a wreck spread out between coral formations.
Divers can see complete washbasins and pipe line systems
remaining from this oil tanker, torpedoed during World
War II by a German submarine. The California Wreck
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almost 400-feet in length, the Antilla Wreck is one of the
largest wrecks in the Caribbean. This German freighter was
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invaded Holland during World War II) in order to avoid the
ship falling into Dutch hands. Home to the nocturnal lobster
and giant tube sponges, the Antilla is also great for night
dives.
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sites in the world. Some of the more popular windsurfing
areas, for windsurfers of all skill levels, lie along Arashi and
Hadikurari Beach. In June, the Hi-Winds Amateur World
Challenge draw professionals, amateurs and spectators to
the island for great racing conditions and warm weather,
that’s why Aruba is considered “The Windsurfing Capital of
the World.” Aruba is also attracting kite-surfers. For those
who want to try this new sport or just sit on the beach and
enjoy the spectacular jumps performed by these surfers, visit
the Fisherman Huts after 4:00 pm.
Article courtesy of Aruba Tourism Board. www.aruba.com
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every year for Okanagan College students, Kal Campus. Do join us at
Halina Centre (Vernon Rec Centre, 3310, 37th Ave) every Thursday in
October, 9:30 – 11:30am. Cost: $7 each or $20 for the series.
October 6: Transforming Lives And Communities
JANE LISTER, Dean, Okanagan College, Kal Campus,
presents the college’s vision and key direction for the next
5 years, including opportunities and initiatives to benefit all
learners in our region.
October 13: Is a Moral Economy Really Possible?
CHRISTOPHER LIND, author, theologian, ethicist,
explains how our current economic crisis is really a moral
crisis. He will show how economics became separated
from ethics and how popular protest around the world has
demanded that they be put back together.
October 20: Common Sense Solutions That Help Today’s
At-risk Youth
DAVID ROSSI, award-winning youth mentor, uses stories
and humour to show us how he builds independence
and self-reliance in youth who struggle with personal,
environmental, and social issues.
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at Kal Forestry Centre, will wow you with his stories,
incredible microscopic photos, and videos of beneficial
insects around us. Learn his photography techniques too!
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A fan of my writing (thanks, Mom) recently commented upon the excellent photo of my dog that accompanies my column. My standard line about George is that he reminds me of an underwear model – he’s good looking, but not that smart. The truth of course is that he probably is quite clever – it’s his dumb humans who have failed to teach him any suitable ways of demonstrating his intelligence. George is a typical golden retriever...loving, goofy, affectionate, fun-loving, and gentle. He’s always thrilled to see me, and forgives me for any harsh words I may speak to him if I’m upset. I prepare the exact same meal for him twice daily, and he gobbles it up with sheer delight. He makes me laugh. He loves me unconditionally. Quite honestly, I prefer George to a vast number of people I know.
A friend of ours was visiting recently, and as we sat enjoying a glass of wine I couldn’t help but notice he was brushing dog hair off his pants with thinly-disguised annoyance. George sat panting up at him lovingly, and as our friend =9:%/&09'D&/#!-&!()"(#.5&/(5$(D%>&"%&59(/&c)%$$&1%&exactly what this daffy dog does for you and your kids. Why do you always have pets around? I’ve never had pets, and I’m certain my kids are none the worse for wear”.
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RAILWAY TALESBy Jack Godwin
THE RAILWAY DOCTOR
What are the personal qualities you’d like to see in
your family doctor? Would the list include someone highly
skilled in the healing arts, dedicated to patient care, willing
to listen and good with children? Those qualities describe
Dr. J. J. Gillis, the man who for many years was the official
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Dr. Gillis was born on Prince Edward Island and did
his medical training in Montreal where his surgical talents
were so obvious that he was chosen to operate on C.P.R.
president Thomas Shaughnessy. During post-operative
care, an impressed Mr. Shaughnessy told Dr. Gillis that
there were many opportunities to practice a wide variety of
medical skills in the railway construction camps of British
Columbia. The lure of the west was already exerting its
pull on the young man so he took Shaughnessy up on his
offer and settled in Merritt where he set up a practice and
ministered to the needs of the community and workers
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Dr. Gillis cared for everyone regardless of race or creed.
Chinese patients looked after his garden and natives
brought him presents of freshly killed game, while groups
of children followed him everywhere because he always had
candies in his pocket. Thomas Shaughnessy proved correct
in that railway construction brought Gillis the chance to
treat burns, broken bones and a myriad of other conditions.
With his athletic skills (he was a member of the local
hockey team) and outgoing personality he quickly became a
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However, it was Dr. Gillis’s willingness to risk his own
safety for the betterment of those in need that really spread
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birth and once while visiting a patient in Brookmere he
learned via telegraph that he was needed back in Merritt
and, with no locomotive or speeder available, Dr. Gillis rode
atop a boxcar rocketing down the long grade to Merritt--
jumping off two blocks from the hospital!
No wonder this much loved public servant was elected
Mayor of Merritt then later served as the region’s long term
MLA. Dr. Gillis truly “Merritted” great respect from the
entire community.
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My husband and I exchanged a glance and a smile. Certainly, our house is hairy and occasionally a bit ripe with Au De Damp Dog, when the boys have taken him down to the river. We have to pay for dog food and occasional vet bills and grooming bills. We can often be heard yelling “GEORGE!!” in frustration, as he jumps up on a visitor or happily chases the neighbour’s cat.
What does owning a pet do for children...how shall I count the ways! It teaches them responsibility (“the dog can’t take himself for a walk. Get the leash and take him, please. I don’t care if you don’t feel like it. And when you get back, feed him, and give him fresh water”). It teaches them to think of things other than just themselves. It teaches them to be patient and kind. It gives them a companion. It gives them a sense of pride and a sense of ownership. It’s a four-legged $(2(-=&%G91@$%&#<&$#*9$)*+&;-/&*%5>&()&'9-&0%&)"%(3&435)&$%55#-&in loss, and coping with the pain of that, and learning to move through it.
First and foremost, a child’s relationship with a pet is a beautiful, unspoken demonstration of unconditional love.F"%&0%-%4)5&#<&@%)&#!-%35"(@&93%&!%$$&/#'.1%-)%/+&;5D&anyone who works at a care home – the days that dogs or cats or what-have-you come to visit are the best days of the week. Studies clearly show that owning a pet can dramatically reduce stress in humans. Pets reduce loneliness and a sense of isolation that can descend upon someone living alone. Loving an animal is, in many ways, easier than loving a person.
I recently witnessed a lovely moment between George and one of our children. Our son was struggling with the typical teenager angst that can be so incredibly overwhelming. As I came around the corner I saw him lean over and gently scoop our dog up into his arms, burying his face into the soft silky fur. “I love you, George,” mumbled our son. He doesn’t want to say it to his Mom, but he can murmur it to the dog.
I suppose life without George would be cleaner, quieter, and fresher smelling. But when he plops his soft head in my lap 9-/&=9:%5&.@&9)&1%&!()"&)"#5%&03#!-&%*%5>&-#-%&#<&)"9)&5).<<&seems to matter.
Lise Simpson has lived with her family in Armstrong for 14 years, and would not return to the Coast for any sum of money in any global currency. She is a terrible poker player, and becomes alarmingly agitated if delivered late to an airport. She enjoys pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
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DBJ@%S!EC%L!C8G Critical Mass
By Bob Harrington
Economist Lester Brown, in the latest book of his Plan B
series, states that “socialism collapsed because it did not
allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism
may collapse because it does not allow the market to tell
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ignores the obvious truth that human overpopulation may
already have reached plague status.
Dr. Alan Watt once told a New York City audience that,
“You didn’t come into this world at all. You came out of it,
in just the same way that a leaf comes out of a tree... Our
world is peopling, just as the apple tree produces apples,
and the vine grapes.” He explained that, if we are intelligent
beings, it must be that we are the fruits of an intelligent
Earth, symptomatic of an intelligent energy system, for one
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we are intelligent products of a sentient Earth. If we wish
to “survive” in what is likely an intelligent cosmos, we must
heal planet Earth, which we have been steadily maiming.
Reducing our population is essential.
Today’s economic problems will remain unsolvable as
long as the illusion is maintained that Earth can support
an infinite number of people. Scientists understand that a
species can remain healthy only as long as its population
does not exceed the environment’s carrying capacity. World
population six centuries ago, in 1500, was just 400 million.
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one century has now mushroomed to almost seven billion.
Physicist Fritjof Capra, in The Web of Life, states that
“scarcity of resources and environmental degradation
combine with rapidly expanding populations to lead to
the breakdown of local communities and to the ethnic and
tribal violence that has become the main characteristic of
the post-Cold War era.”
It is an ecological maxim that species are healthiest in
under-populated habitats.
A homocentric focus enables people to assume they
own Earth and can extract from it whatever wealth and
amusement will sate our boundless avarice. We are trapped
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production of goods and the number of potential consumers.
In Collapse, Jared Diamond repeated the Malthusian
insight “that population growth proceeds exponentially,
whereas food production increases arithmetically.” This
was exemplified in Rwanda’s genocidal bloodbath. A
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each individual for growing food declined from one-fifth of
an acre to one-seventh. Forest growth could not equal the
demand for firewood, the traditional cooking fuel. People
started using crop residues such as straw as cooking fuel.
Soil fertility then declined from lack of needed organic
matter. Land scarcity contributed to the massive attack
by Hutus on Tutsis, which led to the massacre of 800,000
people, mostly Tutsis. Entire Tutsi families were slaughtered
so that no survivors would be left to claim the available land.
Today’s focus on the economy largely ignores the problem
of human numbers and the Malthusian consequences: war,
famine, and disease.
The economic focus also ignores Plato’s insight that a stable
society can be preserved only if deeply moral philosophical
concerns guide advances in technology. Lulling materialists
with a never-ending cascade of new toys, our industrial
society has foolishly felt itself exempt from judicious moral
restraint and so has recklessly set the stage for disaster.
In his book Ecological Ethics, Patrick Curry, senior lecturer
at Bath Spa University, informs readers that a studious
neglect of population problems has become a modern
characteristic. He advises that England’s present population
of 60 million people is twice what the nation will be able to
support as energy problems grow more severe. He quotes
an Optimum Population Trust researcher who states that
only by extravagant use of fossil fuel can England support
its present numbers and that, as such fuel runs out, the
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England as well as North America there is “little evidence”
of public concern or political awareness of this problem.
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Alan Weisman, in The World Without Us, states that every
four days the planet’s population rises by 1 million, and that
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Humanity has eliminated predators, introduced sanitation,
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and has thus unwittingly accelerated population growth.
Sometimes increased knowledge can become a two-edged
sword. In Seeds of Change, Henry Hobhouse writes that
the British in India became supersensitive to the impact
of malaria. When India’s population was 150 million, each
year a million babies under the age of one year died from
the disease and another million between one and 10 years
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by recurrent fever. Malaria, Hobhouse conjectures, was a
population control factor. The British answer was to invent
the Wardian Case (terrarium) and import thousands of
cinchona trees to plant in India’s Nilgiri Hills and thereby
making quinine available to the native people.
The population of India has now risen to 1.1 billion.
Yes, our species’survival has been enhanced, but to an extent
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their skills. Controlling our numbers is now a procedure we
have usurped from Nature, but continue to ignore, and the
ecological consequences are calling us to account. A terrible
fate awaits humankind if we do not grasp the reality that
Earth provides a limited carrying capacity for all species –
and act on that knowledge before it’s too late.
As J. Anthony Cassils points out, “The good news is
that populations that grow exponentially can shrink
exponentially.” If all fertile women, worldwide, were to have
only one child, global population would drop one billion by
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An awareness is growing that our planet is becoming
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repeatedly published full-page advertisements stating that,
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water, food, housing, recreational sites, and other resources
are a natural result of increased population.
Recent examples given by UN Earthwatch clarify this
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the use of 540 tons of construction supplies, 18 tons of paper,
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chemicals.
More examples could be given, but consider this salient
point about increase in consumption-population ratios: “In
the U.S., total consumption of virgin raw materials was 17
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We must choose between starting now to reduce our
population, or move rapidly toward apocalypse.
(Bob Harrington lives at Galena Bay, B.C. His latest books
are Testimony for Earth and a new edition of The Soul
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at www.hancockhouse.com
Unlimited population rise on limited planet is untenableCurbing our numbers as urgent as curbing climate change
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HEALTH MATTERSAccording to new statistics released today, the smoking rate in Canada has /3#@@%/&)#&7Z`&(-&6Q7Q+&F"(5&(5&)"%&$#!%5)&level ever recorded, according to annual 3%5.$)5&#<&)"%&6Q7Q&\9-9/(9-&F#09''#&r5%&Monitoring Survey (CTUMS).
"The numbers announced today are encouraging, as they show more Canadians are making the healthy choice when it comes to smoking," said the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health. "I am particularly encouraged by the numbers when it comes to youth."
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CTUMS, a national survey conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Health \9-9/9&5(-'%&7NNN>&@3#2(/%5&%55%-)(9$&input to the development of sound and effective tobacco control policies and programs, as well as their evaluation.U-&6Q7Q>&)"%&=#2%3-1%-)&(1@$%1%-)%/&)"%&Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed At Youth Act in response to an increase in little cigar smoking among *#.)"+&;''#3/(-=&)#&\FrCV&6Q7Q>&)"%&-.10%3&#<&*#.)"&9=%/&7L&)#&7N&!"#&reported smoking little cigars in the past OQ&/9*5&(5&M`>&9&5)9)(5)('9$$*&5(=-(4'9-)&/%'3%95%&<3#1&)"%&39)%&#<&P`&3%@#3)%/&(-&6QQN+
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SMOKING IN CANADA HITS ALL TIME LOW
The Harper Government gave !nal approval for tough new warning labels on
cigarettes and little cigar packages, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister
of Health, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans A#airs,
announced today. Tobacco manufacturers and importers have been given until
March 21, 2012 to transition to the new labels, while retailers will have until June
19, 2012 to ensure all packages on their shelves feature these new labels.
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Health Canada is informing health professionals and patients
of updated recommendations involving the use of Plavix in
combination with a class of drugs known as proton pump
inhibitors (PPIs). New evidence has shown that while PPIs
do interact with Plavix, not all reduce the effectiveness of
Plavix to the same degree.
Plavix (the brand name for clopidogrel) is a prescription
blood thinner used to prevent blood clots that could lead to
heart attack or stroke. It is given to patients with a history
of heart-related problems, such as heart attack and stroke,
to prevent future events. PPIs are prescription antacids used
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