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Canadian Mosaic Project a visual masterpieceGreg LaychakBlack Press

For over seven years Tim Van Horn has travelled around Canada greeting tens of thousands of people in the same way.

“Hi, how are you?” he asks a passerby with his two cameras slung over his neck.“Can I do a quick picture of you?”

His willing subject agrees and poses near his RV parked in front of Hope’s Memorial park.

Their picture will appear somewhere on the Canadian Mosaic. Van Horn’s photography project is to merge thousands of portraits of the country’s citizens into a huge collage that takes the shape of the Cana-dian flag.

“It’s a responsibility to unite the country in this beautiful portrait,” he says later inside his RV and living space. “Who are we? What does the face of this country really look like?”

The 46-year-old from Red Deer, Alberta. has already photographed 43,000 Canadian faces and aims to have 54,000 by the time he wraps the

next mosaic version around an upcoming “40-foot pavilion on wheels” that will soon be in the works.

It’s all for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, when the bus will traverse the country’s landscape to inspire and bring the population together, according to Van Horn.

“This one of a kind pavilion with all these portraits, text and music and flare,” he says. “There’ll be a few characters in costume and we’ll go across the country and inspire the nation. We need that for our birthday.”

Tim has crossed the face of Canada five times during his unique jour-ney, and his ambitious idea to bring together all Canadians in a mosaic, which represents citizens from every walk of life, is proving to be an undertaking worthy of praise, consideration, and is starting to garner the attention it so richly deserves.

Considering it his self-assigned creative tour of duty to his fellow Canadians and to celebrate the greatness of the country — Van Horn is truly reaching the hearts and minds of all he meets with each shutter of his camera.

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The Fraser-Cascade school district and District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) are asking for input from Hope area parents for consideration in future decisions about the potential redrawing of catch-ment boundaries.

In the wake of the C.E. Barry Intermediate school closure in June of 2014—due to seis-mic safety concerns—students were given the option to go to Coquihalla elementary (Grade 5 and 6), Silver Creek elementary (Grade 7) and Hope secondary school (Grade 7).

Participants in two upcom-ing parent forums at Hope Secondary School this month will help decide the future of Grade 7 students, catchment boundary considerations and bus route considerations.

“We were concerned about overcrowding at Coquihalla and we have a fairly new school over at Silver Creek and our numbers aren’t as big there so we had some excess space that we wanted to take advantage of to balance the schools’ popula-tions out,” said Natalie Lowe-Zucchet, secretary-treasurer of

the Fraser-Cascade school dis-trict about the solutions put into place after C.E. Barry closed.

While those interim adjust-ments were made to put Grade 7s at Silver Creek or Hope sec-ondary, there was still a wider strategy missing for the senior grade.

“We wanted to look at a long term solution for Grade 7s and where a boundary would make the most sense, which we would transition to over time,” Lowe-Zucchet said.

In the Agassiz end of the dis-trict, high school has histori-cally included a Grade 7 to 12 range, whereas in Hope it’s always been Grade 8 to 12.

Some families in this area of the district feel quite strongly about that model, according to Lowe-Zucchet.

“[Those parents] don’t want Grade 7s in [high school] but a lot of kids and families opted to go to the high school,” Lowe-Zucchet said of the recent reshuffling. “We had 30 kids at the high school this year. So one of the big issues before we even discuss where we put the bound-aries is where should Grade 7s reside?” The secretary-treasur-er added that the district hopes that parents will get a chance to

see the high school and some of the programs offered there dur-ing the open house.

A discussion about where the Grade 7s will ultimately end up over the long term would influence how best to split the catchment boundaries—though Lowe-Zucchet said they won’t be “drawing the lines” just yet, the district wants to hear back from parents about priorities.

“We have space at the high school but we also have space at our elementary schools so we want to try to accommo-date what people want,” Lowe-Zucchet said.

The aim over the longer term would be a Fraser-Cascade school district catch-ment boundary that would make sense to stakeholders. Both planning forums will take place in the commons room at Hope secondary school at 444 Stuart Street. The first meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. followed by a second on Tuesday, Jan. 26 also at 7 p.m. School Parent Advisory Committee members and all parents of current stu-dents enrolled at Coquihalla and Silver Creek elementary schools and Hope secondary school are invited to attend.

The Hope Community Recreational Project was renewed, after the existing contract was successfully reviewed and deemed worthy of continuation. After a unani-mous vote from council for Tri-West contracting, recre-ation in Hope is looking solid

for the 2016 season. "We agreed to extend the

contract with Tri-West con-tracting because it stipulated an option for additional dona-tions for work to be done, while allowing us to move for-ward and maintain a certain momentum with the bike park

— with all the dif ferent volun-teer groups on board, we hope to get a lot of mileage," said Mayor Wilfried Vicktor.

With the insurance of a pro-gressive state of the bike park, locals will get to enjoy its fun and beauty, as it acts as a major highlight for tourism.

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NewsProvince settles with fired drug researchersTom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government has reached the last two out-of-court settlements with drug researchers fired in 2012 over alleged mishandling of patient treatment data.

Researchers William and Rebecca Warburton, a married couple, have been invited to reapply for access to B.C. government health data as part of the settlement of their lawsuits against the government, deputy attorney gen-eral Richard Fyfe said Tuesday.

"Dr. Rebecca Warburton and Dr. William Warburton acknowledge that they did breach some rules and pro-cedures," Fyfe said. "The province recognizes that such breaches were motivated by their intention to further the research goals of the Ministry of Health, and not for their personal gain."

Eight researchers lost their con-tracts or jobs after allegations about use of confidential patient data in the evaluation of drugs for eligibility under B.C.'s Pharmacare program. Former

MLA Margaret Macdiarmid, newly appointed health minister at the time, accused the researchers of misusing data and having conflicts of interest, citing a police investigation that the ministry requested but never followed

through with.William Warburton, a health econo-

mist on contract, dropped his lawsuit against the ministry in May 2015, but continued a defamation action against Macdiarmid until this week's settle-ment. Rebecca Warburton was a direc-tor of research for the health ministry, fired in October 2012.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said the government is continuing to work with Ombudsperson Jay Chalke to determine how the wrongful suspen-sions and terminations came about.

Chalke was appointed last spring, and in July the government changed legislation to give him the extra author-ity he requested to investigate the situ-ation. Chalke had made it a condition of taking the case that his office be exempted from confidentiality agree-ments that had been reached with some researchers.

Five researchers were earlier paid undisclosed settlements and rein-stated. Roderick MacIsaac, a gradu-ate student, committed suicide several months after his research contract was terminated.

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B.C. Conservatives look for next leaderTom FletcherBlack Press

Dan Brooks has announced his resignation as B.C. Conservative leader, with no successor in sight.

Brooks issued a statement Monday saying he is refocus-ing on his family and busi-ness after serving as "volun-teer leader" of the troubled party since April 2014.

The party holds its annual general meeting in Richmond Feb. 20, where Brooks will officially step down.

Brooks toured B.C. in November, speaking con-fidently about candidate recruitment for the 2017 B.C. election and the need for an alternative to the B.C. Liberals and the NDP.

Brooks, who runs a guide outfitting business near Vanderhoof, was one of the party directors who expelled or censured 15 party mem-bers after they tried to oust former leader John Cummins

in 2012. Brooks took over from

Cummins after the 2013 election that saw the B.C. Liberals re-elected under Premier Christy Clark despite the harmonized sales tax debacle she had inherited.

The B.C. Conservatives were briefly represented in the B.C. legislature in 2012 after Duncan, a long-time Reform and Conservative MP, assisted in the defec-tion of Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen from the B.C. Liberal Party.

But van Dongen would soon resign from that party as well, sitting as an inde-pendent until he was oust-ed in 2013 by B.C. Liberal Darryl Plecas.

Clark is preparing to call two by-elections for seats left vacant after the October fed-eral vote, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-B u r k e M o u n t a i n .

Former NDP MLA Jenny Kwan was elected MP in the party's Vancouver East stronghold, and former B.C.

Liberal Douglas Horne lost to Liberal Ron McKinnon in the federal riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam.

Dan Brooks speaks at a resident hunter protest at the B.C. legislature, March 2015. 

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The B.C. govern-ment's quit-smoking assistance program is now available to people who drop by a pharmacy to qual-ify for free nicotine replacement products.

As of Jan. 1, 2016, participants no lon-ger have to register by calling 8-1-1 to reach the HealthLinkBC medical advice ser-vice. The program has also expanded its offerings to include nicotine inhalers and lozenges as well as gum and patches.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the changes are to make it easier for smokers to quit, or to try again if they have relapsed after using the pro-gram before. It sup-plies 12 weeks' worth of nicotine replace-ment products in each calendar year to B.C. residents.

To qualify, people must have active Medical Services Plan coverage and be a tobacco smoker or chewer.

The program began in 2011 and the province has spent $38 million on it so far. A survey of 3,000 users in 2015 found that about one in four reported quitting smoking for some period, with half of those making it a month or more smoke free. Three

quarters of survey participants reported smoking less after using nicotine replacement.

The program also covers 12 weeks of prescription drugs Zyban or Champix, with cost depending on coverage under the Pharmacare program. Details are available at www.gov.bc.ca/bcsmokingcessation or from your doctor.

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What kind of mother would leave her six-month-old baby girl with her mother-in-law, pick up an assault rifle then, with her husband, go to his workplace and brutally slaughter as many people as possible?

The tragic carnage in San Bernardino, California, last month left 14 dead and 21 injured. And the murderous perpetrators, Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook, were killed in a shootout with police.

Malik was the mother who calmly walked away from her daughter. She must have known what the outcome was going to be. She must have known that, in hours, her child would be an orphan.

And she must not have cared.According to all accounts, she radicalized her husband, was the first

to open fire, and posted her loyalty to the Islamic State on Facebook.Now recognized as a terrorist attack by all U.S. enforcement agencies,

the mass shooting in San Bernardino is the deadliest attack on American soil by Islamic extremists since 9/11.

Of course, the instant reaction was to step up gun control. Every time there’s a critical mass shooting, the cry goes up for more weapons legisla-tion. But that’s not going to happen.

There are more guns than people in the U.S. and the right to bear arms, entrenched in their Constitution, is fiercely defended. No one yet has enough ‘oomph’ to step up to the plate to repeal the Second Amendment.

But, still, President Barak Obama is adamant on the need for more gun restrictions, pointing to the absurdity that someone on the no-fly list (who can’t get on a plane) can walk into a store in the U.S. and buy a firearm. That law needs to be changed, he said.

Maybe it’s this law or that law, or a ban on this rifle or that handgun, but gun ownership is in Americans’ DNA. A Gallup poll last year found that 72 per cent of those polled think that there should not be a ban on possession of handguns.

However, 55 per cent believe laws covering the sale of firearms should be more strict and 86 per cent favoured a law requiring universal back-ground checks for all gun purchases using a centralized database across all 50 states. But will change happen? Ever since the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 when 20 children were slain, there was an outcry for more gun control. Nothing happened. There is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident – almost every day somewhere in the U.S.

“We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world,” Obama said.

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I first met Stephen Harper when he was running for the Canadian Alliance leadership in 2002.

Speaking to a group of Fraser Valley party members con-cerned that the party had split over the leadership of Stockwell Day, Harper didn’t mince words just because a local reporter had showed up on a Saturday morn-ing.  He explained his prediction that no matter who leads the con-servative movement started by Preston Manning, the national media would work against it.

“The press is owned by big-L liberals and staffed by small-L lib-erals,” Harper said. “Preston was too cerebral; Stock was not cere-bral enough. I’m not sure where I

will be, but the media will always be on the other side.”

Harper’s cold war with nation-al media is a theme that runs through his decade as prime min-ister, peaking in 2015 with the most slanted election coverage I’ve ever witnessed.

The celebration continues over Justin Trudeau’s victory, with the supposedly non-partisan fed-eral bureaucracy cheering along with much of the national media. Harper’s assessment of major newspaper ownership is no longer accurate, except for the  Toronto Star. But the dying tradition of owners looking up from their accounting ledgers to endorse a political party continued, with the Postmedia chain and the Globe and Mail pointing out that Trudeau’s rash promises didn’t add up.

Endorsements were a brief inter-ruption in the media assault on Harper’s record. His government’s

plan to welcome 10,000 refugees, unveiled way back in January 2015, was portrayed as  heartless and feeble, while Trudeau’s 25,000 by Christmas represented the gener-ous character of the true Canada.

As it turns out, the Liberals backed off to a promised 10,000 by the end of 2015, and missed that by 75 per cent. But they’ve put out a rash new promise to make it 50,000 at some point in the future, so the media’s new-found mes-sage of sunshine, hope and change continues.

Those modest $10 billion annu-al deficits that Trudeau prom-ised, and Harper warned against? Borrowing and spending will far exceed that, but we’re assured that’s because they were based on inflated Conservative financial forecasts.

In fact, independent private sec-tor forecasts are now the key refer-ence for government budgets at

the federal and provincial level. None of them predicted the fur-ther slump in energy prices that continued through 2015.

And cooking the books before an election isn’t really possible any more, thanks to the establish-ment of the Parliamentary Budget Office.That was a Harper inno-vation, along with the scheduled elections. And that Trudeau pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians and use the proceeds to finance a tax cut for the mid-dle class? That one didn’t add up either. For one thing, wealthy peo-ple have a variety of legal ways to reduce their taxable income.

Here’s an actual front-page headline from the Globe and Mail, reporting this unfortunate fact, well after the election: “The way Liberals gauged response to new tax rate explains gap.” So it was just an understandable oversight, you see.

Trudeau’s star turn in Paris, where he pronounced that “Canada is back” in the battle to control the world’s weather? The official submission from his bloat-ed delegation to the UN climate meetings was actually the existing Conservative plan, which includes phasing out coal-fired electricity generation.

Harper generally represented a preference for the individual over the state, a concept that at one time was known as “liberalism.” This was illustrated by his pref-erence for parents rather than a nanny state to administer child care. He advocated free trade, small government and low taxes. We’ll see how that legacy survives the new government and its media cheering section.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email:  tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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As MLA I wrote to the Benchers of the Law Society of BC regarding Trinity Western University. The letter below was addressed to the appointed benchers as a group, but I sent the same letter to elected benchers, using the individual addresses given on the Law Society web-site. The letter is in regard to a suggested appeal to retract a prior agreement for a law school at TWU, based on its Community Covenant.

Dear Benchers:

Thank you for your service to the legal community and to all British Columbians by volunteering to serve as a Bencher.

Although the Law Society is a private society and not part of the judiciary, your task is never-theless weighty because it sets the tone for the entire legal community in a province of 4.6 million people.

I am asking the Law Society to decline its right to appeal in the case of Trinity Western University versus the Law Society of BC, and I want to explain why.

As a Christian, I am becoming increasingly concerned about my religious rights. I also feel compelled to speak out as a private MLA on behalf of the numerous Christians who live in my constituency; many of whom have attended Trinity Western University.

Christians have retained a standard of behaviour for two millennia, and they feel that they must withdraw from behaviours they believe to be contrary to God's intention for humankind; this gives rise to various forms of 'community covenant.'  While asking members to adhere to a code of behaviour, Christians take care to affirm the value and worth of every individual, including those outside their own community.

I would ask the Law Society to consider the broader implications of an appeal. There is no logical stopping point between TWU's Community Covenant and the statement of faith of many Christian organizations. Would legal offensives against Bible colleges, independent schools, para-church organizations, churches, and finally, against individual Christians, result?  Could Christian students, for example, one day be banned from attending secular universities unless they renounce

aspects of their faith?  If the Law Society appeals, it will be contributing to a societal ethos that is threatening to the deeply-held sensibilities of Christians.

Some in the legal community seem not to realize that, in opposing the moral choices that Christians make, they themselves have taken the moral choice to actively discriminate against Christians. The choice in this case alone has already had a tangible and damaging effect; an inter-ruption in the educational career of Christian students.

As Chief Justice Hinkson indicated, there are at least 400,000 evangelicals in BC and 430,000 Catholics. He did not mention a number of other Christian denominations. There are well over one million Christians in B.C., and they are good people, nor are they about to change their views. Are they to be classed as unreasonable, and not allowed to participate fully in our society?  I think this, in itself, would be an unreasonable thought.

In a free and democratic society reasonable people can disagree about any matter they choose and live their lives accordingly. These are the precious freedoms of reli-gion, of conscience, and of association that are absent in many parts of the world. We demonstrate and define our freedoms when we disagree about things, not when we must all sing from the same songsheet.

There is room in our country for a diversity of views. This is what pluralism is all about.

I can think of few issues of public policy more important than this.  I appeal to the Society to be a bulwark of liberty and pluralism by defending the rights of Christians to believe and act according to their conscience, rather than opposing those rights through an appeal.  Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Laurie Throness

MLA Chilliwack-Hope

Trans Mountain Expansion a benefit to HopeOn December 17, Kinder Morgan Canada stood before the National Energy

Board to present our case for the multi-billion dollar expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline system.

It’s a pivotal milestone for our team and represents years of planning, sci-entific studies and meaningful consultation.

The scrutiny and rigour this Project has undergone, both inside and outside of the formal review process, is unprecedented. The input and feedback we’ve gathered has created a stronger, safer and more responsive Project. Safety is the cornerstone of everything we do, and our team has carefully developed measures to protect the health of our workers, communities and ecosystems.

And, 89 per cent of the proposed pipeline expansion parallels existing pipe-line or utility infrastructure, minimizing community impacts.

One of the exciting things about leading an infrastructure project of this magnitude is talking about the direct and lasting economic benefits it would create for communities along the pipeline corridor and all Canadians.

The expansion will create more than 123,000 person-years of employment through construction and operation of the pipeline.

The Project will also create a long-term legacy of tax revenues to support vital government services that we all rely on.

During construction and the first 20 years of operation, it will generate an additional $28.2 billion in taxes and royalties, and an additional $26.6 million in annual property taxes for local governments and reserves – that’s more than double the current amount.

The Project is anticipated to require approximately $4.5 billion in goods and services, and will result in an estimated $480 million in direct construc-tion workforce spending, such as meals, hotels and vehicle expenses, in com-munities along the route.

New opportunities will flow into sectors such as transportation, manufac-turing, engineering, legal, accounting, retail and hospitality.

Local communities and Aboriginal groups will also benefit from the agreements that we’ve signed to provide funding for educational, environ-mental and infrastructure projects.

Hope residents will see significant benefits as a result of the expansion.

If approved, the municipality will collect an additional $600,000 in taxes, bringing the total to almost $1.3 million annually.

The Project will also result in over $308 million in construction spend-ing in Hope, and workers are expected to spend close to $30 million in the District on things such as accommodation, meals and clothing. And, Trans Mountain has signed a Community Benefit Agreement with the municipality to provide $500,000 to improve the Hope Community Recreation Park.

Canada is and should remain an international model for responsible resource development and we should be proud of it.

We share the value British Columbians place on the environment, and as part of the expansion, we have proposed additional measures to further enhance our industry-leading safety regime.

This includes a $100 million investment in Western Canada Marine Response Corporation to double response capabilities for the tanker route, create five new response bases, cut mandated response times in half and cre-ate up to 100 new jobs.

The world has changed since the original Trans Mountain Pipeline was built in 1953. We need an expanded pipeline system that will provide access to new, high-paying markets.

But, communities can take comfort knowing it will be done safely while balancing social and envi-ronmental interests, addressing concerns raised by the public and unlocking billions of dollars in benefit to our country.

Today, we are more confident than ever that this is the right project, at the right time, for Canada.

Ian Anderson, President of Kinder Morgan Canada

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OpinionLori WelbourneSpecial to The Standard

Staring at a blank page before typing the first word for my col-umn reminded me of what I love about New Years: a clean slate and a fresh start.

Okay, so the slate of life can't be completely clean when we begin a new year, I know that. But it can be tidied up so the fresh start is stronger.   

That's where the beauty of resolution lists come in.  They help un-clutter our minds from all the things we want to do and organize them accordingly. Yet, this is where ugliness can also occur, when we fail with our lists, even those with only one thing on it.

I've always taken this time of year very seri-ously. My obsession for setting goals and try-ing to improve has me doing what most people want to do: get rid of bad addictions and hab-its that are holding me back. But, what's going to happen if I don't?

Our propensity as a society is to grumble about the pressures of New Years resolutions and surrender to the belief that we usually fail, so why bother with them

at all. Of course the alter-native to that is to remem-ber that it's not perfection that creates  our dreams, it's persistence.

So, you've started smoking again or you've gone off your diet already -  so what? Falling off the wagon is just part of life. Get up, dust yourself off and jump back on again.

Can you tell I'm writ-ing this article more for me than for you? I should paint "Get back on the wagon" with a few excla-mation marks on my wall to remind myself how important that is.

A few years ago I had the word "perseverance" tattooed on my forearm. I look at it often and it reminds me to keep going and stay the course.

It also reminds me to pick a nicer font with a thinner needle and dou-ble check the spelling the next time I decide to mark my body with per-manent ink.  

2015 was a tough year for a lot of people I know, myself included. That old saying that we learn more from our failures than our successes has me believ-ing I'm far wiser than I

once was. But I'm ready to learn less and succeed more in the year 2016 and I wish that for all of you as well.

The other thing I was sadly reminded of this past year is how precious life is and how short it can be  - another reason not to beat ourselves up for failing to be perfect.

A quote I have dis-played in my office says this: "Life isn't about find-ing yourself. Life is about creating yourself." Add in there: "Have fun while you do" and it's the per-fect quote.

A fresh start to a new year

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Top B.C. baby names of 2015Jeff NagelBlack Press

Olivia is the most popular name for baby girls born in B.C. for the third straight year.

The province issued its annual list of top baby names chosen in 2014.

Ethan was the top name for boys, edging out Liam, the previous year's

top choice. It's been a long run of popularity for Ethan, which has been number one or two every year since 2002. Emma, Sophia, Emily and Chloe rounded out the top five names for girls in 2014, while the other top boys' names were Liam, Lucas, Oliver and Mason.

"Not surprisingly Terry was not the most popular boys' name in British Columbia in 2014," said

Health Minister Terry Lake said.Final statistics for 2015's names

won't be available until later in 2016, but so far Olivia appears to be extending her streak, while Oliver was edging ahead of Liam and Ethan for top choice on the boys' side as of Dec. 1.

The Vital Statistics Agency report-ed 44,500 babies born in B.C. in 2014 – 22,957 boys and 21,543 girls.

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Last week's mild earthquake provided a real world test of an early warning system developed by UBC research-ers that could help B.C. residents survive a deadly quake.

Thirteen seconds before buildings began to shake at 11:40 p.m. Dec. 29, research engineer Kent Johansen already knew what was coming and that their system works.

"It worked like a charm," he said.Johansen was working late in his home office in

Burnaby when the alert came in from the network of quake sensors that have been installed mainly at Catholic schools and a few public ones in the Lower Mainland, Nanaimo and Victoria.

His computer emitted a rumbling noise pre-pro-grammed to indicate elevated shaking was imminent.

"I looked at the screen and I see the bar graph go right through the roof – 10 times more than I've ever seen in the year and a quarter that we've been running," he said. "I thought 'Holy smokes that's a real one.'"

Johansen resisted the temptation to wait for the seis-mic data flow in and instead bounded upstairs to his wife and seven-year-old daughter. He had enough time to get them both under a table before the shaking started.

If a much bigger earthquake someday strikes, the system would sound sirens at schools – it's active at 61 of them already – and offer a critical 10 to 30 seconds of advance warning for teachers to get students under their desks for protection.

Signs would also be activated warning drivers not to enter vulnerable bridges and tunnels.

A similar quake warning system is already installed at the George Massey Tunnel, complete with 'Do not enter' digital signs. They've never been triggered – the recent 4.7 magnitude quake wasn't large enough.

TransLink is also studying the feasibility of adding a warning system to close the Pattullo Bridge in the event of a quake or dangerous high winds.

More schools, including several in the Fraser Valley, are being outfitted with the technology and are expected to come online soon, joining the initial 61 sites that have received the UBC technology since 2013.

Johansen hopes to extend the same warning system to anyone via apps on smart phones and other alert methods. He's already experimenting with a text message system and automated Twitter account (@EEW_BC) to beam out alerts, though he stresses he doesn't know how much warning time is lost in transmission and reception.

Even a few seconds warning could allow surgeons to put down scalpels and lab techs to turn off gas burners.

Johansen also thinks of workers in warehouses and shoppers in big box stores where products are piled high on the walls above them who might get time to step away from the danger.

Ground motion sensors that consist of small acceler-ometers are buried underground at each detector site.

They detect a quake's primary waves (P waves) that usually cause no damage and arrive twice as fast as the slower shear waves (S waves) that break windows and cause walls to collapse.

The first sensors to detect a quake's incoming P wave –  and not other sources of vibration like heavy trucks –  relay their data to UBC’s Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, which sends an alert throughout the network and sounds sirens at alarm sites. (Animals that act strangely just before a quake are also thought to be sensing the P waves.)

How much warning there will be before the shaking starts depends on how far away the quake's epicentre is and the proximity of sensors to detect it.

The closest sensor to the Dec. 29 quake was in Victoria and Johansen figures an extra six seconds of warning would have been gained had a sensor been positioned closer to the epicentre, which was east of Sidney.

A massive subduction quake 100 kilometres off the west coast of Vancouver Island would offer the most time – potentially 60 to 90 seconds for Metro Vancouverites.

That type of monster quake could rip along the Cascadia subduction zone all the way from Haida Gwaii to Oregon. For that reason, researchers would like to have sensors on B.C.'s north coast and even offshore, but there are military sensitivities because the devices can also detect passing submarines.

"There's a cave off somewhere in the Haida Gwaii where they like to come up with submarines and hide in," Johansen said. "The Americans are concerned about having data transmitted unfiltered from there. So that's a problem. But even something on the west coast [of Vancouver Island] can give us lots of warning."

He hopes to see a much broader network of sensors over time, as well as many more alarm sites.

Early warning saves lives

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A snitch line campaign that aims to pry illegal guns from the hands of gangsters is yielding some early results after six months but it's far short of a target of getting 500 firearms off the street in the first year.

The "Cash for Guns" campaign launched last June by Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers offered a $2,000 reward for anonymous tipsters to report an illegal firearm.

It was hoped friends, family, associates or even rivals of gangsters would rat them out and help police seize their guns.

So far "dozens" of illegal guns and other weapons have been retrieved through the campaign and more than 200 anonymous tips have come in, according to Linda Annis, executive director of Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers.

She was unable to provide specific numbers or other details of seizures, arrests or rewards paid, but said the campaign has generated "excellent" intelligence for police.

"Many of the files are still under investigation," Annis said, noting there is often a lengthy lag between tips, police investigations and any charges being laid.

"We're not at the 500 goal yet – we're still reach-ing and hoping to achieve that," Annis said.

But she called the program a success, adding Crime Stoppers has been asked to extend it for another year.

Most tips to Crime Stoppers that lead to crimi-nal prosecution don't actually result in a reward being claimed for a variety of reasons, she added.

In 2014, tips to Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers helped lead to about 180 arrests but only about a dozen rewards were paid out.

Annis said she's hoping recent publicity about mass shootings in the U.S. will prompt more Lower Mainland residents to report illegal guns and "help get them off the street." Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, text to CRIMES (274637), use a Crime Stoppers iPad or iPhone app, or submit their tip via solvecrime.ca or the Crime Stoppers Facebook page.

‘Dozens’ of guns obtained via snitch campaign

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Community-based arts and cultural organizations in British Columbia can now apply for proj-ect assistance funding from the BC Arts Council to help produce local arts festivals.

The BC Arts Council is the Government of British Columbia's lead agency for arts funding and development. All BC Arts Council grants are awarded through a peer assessment process that relies on the knowledge and expertise of the province's talented arts and culture community.

Awards under this program are intended to assist with the fees paid to professional artists and techni-cians engaged for the event.

Eligible projects may include presentation of original work, existing repertoire or exhibitions, or exploration of diverse work. Festivals may feature a combina-tion of local and touring artists. Awards will provide up to a maxi-mum of $7,500. Priority will be given to festivals that engage B.C. and Canadian artists.

In 2015-16, the Province is

investing about $60 million in British Columbia's artists, arts orga-nizations and cultural institutions. This includes $24 million to the BC Arts Council -- the highest level of funding in the council's history.

The Application deadline is Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (As Jan. 30, 2016, falls on a weekend, applica-tions must be postmarked no later than Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.)

For more information and eligibility criteria, visit: www.bcartscouncil.ca

Arts groups can apply for grant

Applications for summer 2016 Not-for-profit orga-

nizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees looking to hire full-time work-ers for summer 2016 can now apply for fund-ing under the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program, announced Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl.

  “I encourage small

businesses, not-for-profit organizations and public sector works to apply for funding. This program can ben-efit both employers and those students looking to gain real world expe-rience while earning money for school,” said Strahl.

  CSJ creates summer job opportunities and valuable work experi-

ence, specifically for youth aged 15 to 30, intending to return to their studies in the next school year.

The program’s aim is also to help employ-ers create summer job opportunities that focus on priorities important to their local communi-ties, which could include special events such as sporting or cultural

occasions.The application peri-

od runs from January 4, 2016, to February 26, 2016. Applicants approved for funding will be able to hire stu-dents as early as May 2016.

For further informa-tion and to apply, please visit www.servicecan-ada.gc.ca/csj or visit a Service Canada Centre.

As B.C. students return to school after the Christmas holidays, a look back at school construction in 2015 shows how government is helping to create safe learning environments and support student achievement. Last year, government invested over $300 million to build, maintain and improve K-12 schools

throughout the province, including seismic upgrades.

As a result of B.C.'s strong eco-nomic growth and fiscal discipline, government is able to support and fund projects that make a real difference in the lives of British Columbians.

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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

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Last winter, B.C.’s coastal ski hills were dealt a cruel blow, when rain and warm temperatures forced them to scale back operations. At Hemlock Valley, north of Harrison Mills, they didn’t even open.

A few degrees colder than coastal mountains, Manning Park Resort was able to sneak through last winter — but this season has seen a huge improvement at both ski hills, with snow-falls perfectly timed for the Christmas break.

Manning’s marketing director, Robyn Barker said on Sunday, “It has been an awesome start to the season. We opened two weekends earlier than planned, on November 28, due to the amount of snow — and the skiers and snowboarders that were itching to get on their boards. 

“Our base is around a metre and a half at the moment, with clear and cold conditions. We were having Powder Alert days (over 10cm) for almost a full week at the beginning of the holidays, and now we're loving the cold, dry powder and smooth groomed runs.

“I’m pretty sure our lodgings were full through the break. Christmas and New Year’s Eve, for sure. People are already making their reservations for next season.”

Barker said the majority of their customers come from Langley, eastward, though resort staff ’s atten-dance at ski shows in Bellingham and Seattle — high-lighting the favourable exchange rate — has been attracting American guests.

“There's more snow in the forecast next week, and we're open seven days a week for the rest of the season. Alpine is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day until April 4, and Nordic and snowshoeing will go on as long as there’s snow.

“We’re celebrating a big year in 2016,” added Barker. “It's E.C. Manning Park's 75th anniversary, and we’ll have different events throughout the year that will highlight the park’s history, ecological diversity and the abundance of recreational opportunities in the park, culminating in the 75th birthday party on July 16, 2016, which is also Canada Parks’ Day.”

The resort’s website is manningpark.com.Hemlock’s director of operations, Sam Hicks said, “We

went from a worst-case scenario last year to the best sea-son I’ve seen in my ten years here.

“It’s the best in skier numbers and in conditions,” said Hicks. “We had seven days straight of early-season snow-fall, which has allowed us to flourish in the past 17 days we’ve been open. We set daily and weekly sales records over the holiday season.

“It’s a very exciting time. Our parking lots have been jammed, so people have been parking farther down the road. At the tube park, we’ve been seeing 500 to 600 tubers a day, which is phenomenal.”

Hemlock is a 20 to 25-minute drive from the #7 Highway turn-off at the Sasquatch Inn. Chains aren’t always needed — but the Ministry of Highways requires them to be carried during the winter.

Hicks said their market is basically from east of the Port Mann Bridge. “’Fantastic Family Fun’ is our slogan,” he added. “We’re kid friendly — and we even have a beginner chair, the Whistle Punk chair.”

Hemlock had its lights on nightly for skiing till 8 p.m. throughout the Christmas break, but will be scal-ing that back to Fridays only. The hill is now closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

 If the cost of skiing has kept you off the hills, Hicks wants you to know about Hemlock’s Friday Night Lights program. “A family of four can ski for $20 from 4 to 8 p.m. every Friday.”

New Years Camping Weekend after an hour of snowshoeing at Lightning Lakes on New Year’s Eve. Mission resident Graham Laurie had quite an ice build-up on his beard. Laurie and his parents camped overnight while many others enjoyed indoor lodging at Manning Park Resort.

PHOTO BY TRACY LAURIE

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Barry StewartHope Standard

Sometimes, our kids surprise us with successes in their adult lives. With others, it’s pretty clear from the outset that they will be going places.

There’s no surprise in the case of Allison McNeill, daughter of Hope resident Alvin Towriss. McNeill heard recently that she was a 2016 inductee into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, in the builder category for her work in women’s basketball.

McNeill played on championship teams at Salmon Arm, then at Sudbury Ontario’s Laurentian University, before moving on to the University of Oregon and a year of professional basketball in Germany. She then switched roles; coaching four years in B.C. high schools, 13 years at Simon Fraser University, four years at the University of Oregon and 16 years total in the National Team program as a coach, taking the women’s team to the 2006 and 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games.

Her parents saw that McNeill had a competi-tive nature when she was in elementary school in Princeton B.C. Mom, Barb, passed away in 2005 but Dad has some stories to tell.

“When she was about 10 or 11, she wanted a bag of marbles so she could play against the boys,” said Towriss, Monday. “After one or two years, she had a gallon bucket full of marbles and she donated it to the school for a fundraiser. They sold them for 25¢ a handful.

“When they had their track meets, she’d run up the road to where I was working, to show me her ribbon, every time she won a race. When she got into basketball, I think she slept with the ball most nights.”

Dad will be on hand at the Sports Hall of Fame’s reception, June 8, when the 2016 plaque will be unveiled. Fellow inductees include BC Lions general manager and head coach, Wally Buono and sports broadcaster Tom Larscheid.

No doubt, McNeill was driven to succeed — but she said it wasn’t goals that motivated her. It was pure love for sport.

“I consider myself to be a passionate, hardwork-ing, competitive person who came out of a small town and just worked hard, chasing a passion.   I really have never set goals, except to work hard and do my best at anything I take on.

“These were lessons taught by my mom and dad.  I think my induction into the Hall of Fame cer-tainly speaks to all of the work I have done, but also to the amazing athletes, coaches and staff that I have had the opportunity to work with over the years. In a team sport, no one gets anywhere by themselves.

“I have also been so fortunate to work with my husband, Mike, who has been a huge part of my success.”

The McNeills live in the White Rock-Surrey area, though Allison says Hope is pretty much her second home.

“Mike and I were away golfing when the Hall of Fame people had been trying to call me, in early December.  I received an email asking me to call Jim Lightbody, who is the chair of the Hall of Fame.

 “Mike was a little emotional when we heard the news, as we have done so much of our coaching together and he has always been my biggest supporter,” said McNeill.

“Needless to say, I was surprised and excited.  It is a huge honour.  I am just so lucky to have been able to make my passion my career. Not everyone gets to do that!   I have been able to coach so many amazing athletes over the years and they are the reason I am being

inducted into the Hall of Fame.”Now retired from coaching at the national level, McNeill has turned to coaching kids and

coaches and working to bring gender equity in sport. McNeill has given player and coaching clinics in Hope, where she has worked with local coach, Jeff Kuhn.

When he heard of McNeill’s Hall of Fame induction, Kuhn said, “There is no more deserving a person than Allison.  She is a builder and has devoted her time and energy to our programs here in Hope.   She has contributed to the sport all across Canada.   I’m so happy that she has been honoured in this way.”

Long-time SFU and Canadian national women’s basketball coach Allison McNeill (centre) and daughter of Hope resident Alvin Towriss will be inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in June. Hope residents may recognize another familiar face in the photo. That would be Hope Secondary grad Tracey Nazarchuk holding McNeill on her shoulders after the team won SFU’s first-ever berth to the national championships in 1989.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SFU ATHLETICS

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BROOKES, Arthur F.Mr. Art Brookes of North Bend, BC passed away on December 25, 2015 in Hope BC Hospice Care, at the age of 86.Art is survived by Lilly, his loving wife of 43 years, 2 daughters; Jackie (Bob) and Geri (Abe), 5 stepchildren; Barry (Kathy), Peter (Cheryl), Janet, Harry and Wendy, 22 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, one brother Bud (Diane) and a treasure of family and friends. He was predeceased by his son David and daughter Debbie.A Celebration of Life will be held on January 23, 2016 at the Boston Bar Community Hall at 11am with a tea to follow from noon until 3 pm. There will be a private interment to follow.In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Fraser Canyon Hospice Society, 1275 - 7th Ave. Hope BC, V0X 1L4.

STEEVES, AlanJanuary 29, 1925 – December 29, 2015

Alan was born in Hope where he lived, worked, raised a family, and spent his retirement. He is survived by his sons Don (Andi-Lee), Kerry (Alison), grand-children; Jason (Tricia), Leanna, Liam and Evan, great-grandchil-dren; Madeline, Ben, Patrick, Iso-bel, and dear friends Agnes and Glen. Predeceased by his son Alan and wife Mary. Alan served in the Second World War with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. At the age of 20 his baptism of fi re was at Moyland Wood also known as “Slaughter

Hill.” On return to Hope Alan worked as a faller before joining BC Tel as a lineman/installer. In his earlier years he was a skilled base-ball player, and in later years an avid curler. Alan was a volunteer fi refi ghter, member and president of the Hope and district historical society, and director of the Mount Hope senior citizens home. He was an easy man to talk to, always had a story to tell, and was as honest and genuine as the day is long. He will be fondly remembered and missed by all who knew him. No service will be held at Alan’s request.

STEPHENSON, Kevin DonaldKevin Stephenson passed away on December 29, 2015 at the Fraser Hope Lodge. He was born on May 11, 1955 in Kyle, Saskatchewan.Kevin is survived by his two sons; Johnny (Cindy), and Jason (Chrissy) and one sister; Brenda (Howard) and their families.A special thank-you to the nurses and staff at the lodge.A Celebration of Life will be held at the Yale & District Community Center in Yale on January 9, 2016 at 2:00 pm.

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