nelson star, december 02, 2015

Convicted bank rob-ber Andrew Stevenson appeared Monday in Supreme Court in Nelson as a wit-ness for the defence of Krista Kalmikoff, who is on trial in con-nection with a spate of West Kootenay rob-beries in the spring of 2014. Kalmikoff and Stevenson were living together during the period of the robberies.

Kalmikoff ’s defence has been based on her contention that she didn’t know Stevenson was committing crimes as she waited for him in the car during the rob-beries of the Nelson and District Credit Union and the Kootenay Currency Exchange.

Stevenson pled guilty to his part in the robberies earlier this year and is serving a 10-year jail sentence.

In court on Monday, under examination by Kalmikoff ’s law-yer, Blair Suffredine, Stevenson said he didn’t tell Kalmikoff, with whom he was living at the time, about the robberies. He also said he didn’t remember the robberies.

“With the amount

of drugs I was using, I don’t remember them,” he said. “I didn’t re-member one day from another half the time.”

He said that on April 25, the date of the Nelson credit union robbery, he left Kalmikoff to go shop-ping and asked her to meet him in the parking lot at the Real Canadian Wholesale Club.

“She did not know what I was going to do,” he said.

Stevenson said Kamlikoff didn’t know about the robberies but did know he was buying and selling pills almost daily, which included selling prescription oxycontin to buy street morphine.

Under cross ex-amination by Crown counsel Sunday Patola, Stevenson explained he’d been addicted to morphine and oxy-contin since he was a teenager after getting rheumatoid arthritis at age 12, and that during the period of the rob-beries was injecting 300 millilitres of morphine (prescription and black market pills which he cooked for injection) every day.

His daily routine, he said, was to shop for

If you were driving over the big orange bridge Sunday morning, there’s a chance you might have witnessed the arrival of a feisty Spanish feline named Puss in Boots, who showed up in Nelson

just in time for Thursday’s opening of the 28th annual Capitol Theatre pantomime.

“I’m here for a bit of Christmas fun,” Boots told the Star, after being picked up hitchhiking by the Welcome to Nelson sign. “I hear there are many attractive gatos,

so I wanted to come by and check out the scene and the señoritas.”

The annual extravaganza, which will feature community members of all ages in the cast, tells the story of Colin, Boots’

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Kiesza returns toher alma materSee Page 2

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Pop superstar Kiesza (left) spent a busy weekend in Nelson, performing multiple times at Selkirk College, her alma mater. Joining her onstage were bassist Nathan Swift (top left), vocal-ist Sallie Salcedo (top middle) and keyboardist Amanda Cawley. Mitchell Hahn (above) showed off his guitar prowess with a solo. On Friday afternoon she spoke with music students, encourag-ing them to do everything they can to break into the industry. She was joined by her dog Ginga (left), who was startled by the applause and had to wait outside. See this week’s West Kootenay Advertiser for the full story.

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Nelson walks with the worldApproximately 500 Nelsonites

marched down Baker St. and con-gregated on the steps of city hall as part of the global Walk with the World climate march on Sunday afternoon, led by the newly-created Green Team from Mount Sentinel Secondary.

Residents of all ages partici-pated, including representatives from local churches, the Citizen’s Climate Lobby, the West Kootenay EcoSociety and a variety of other organizations. The crowd also included Wildflower students Phoenix and Sequoia Hayden, who marched with their teacher Krista Lynch.

Recently two other Wildflower students, Parker Hargreaves and Fiona Rooney-Fredrick, spoke to city council about the pressing need for climate action.

“I think that’s amazing that two nine-year-old girls would do something like that,” said or-ganizer Michael Jones, who put together the march with his wife Liz Barbour. In the days before the event Jones told the Star he was inspired to help after seeing the growing effects of climate dis-ruption around his home in the Slocan Valley.

“I think everyone knows how urgent this is,” he said, compar-ing the situation to that of Easter Island. “At some point someone has to say ‘Bob, that’s the last tree over there.’”

Jones spoke personally to Mayor Deb Kozak, who recently broke her elbow, but assured him the city wholeheartedly supported the event. She sent acting mayor Valerie Warmington in her place.

“What a fantastic turnout,” said Warmington. “I hope you know

how much your city supports you in moving towards a reduction of greenhouse gases and a mitigation of climate change as well as adapta-tion to the inevitable consequences of climate change we’re already seeing.”

Jones chose not to have any other speeches during the event, because he feels all that needed to be said was represented by the people in attendance.

“The march is the message,” he said.

Humans of Nelson author Ryan Oakley took a shot of the crowd to be shared with the other 600,000 people globally that marched in 175 countries.

Warmington told the crowd there’s reason for hope.

“I think we have open eyes and ears in Ottawa these days, so hope-fully Canada will take the leader-ship role it has to take on this issue.”


Mount Sentinel’s new Green Team was front and centre during the Walk with the World climate march in Nelson on Sunday afternoon, which involved over 500 people congregating on the steps of Nelson city hall in solidarity with the 600,000 people from 175 countries worldwide walking at the same time. Will Johnson photos

Mount Sentinel Secondary’s new Green Team has been making quite a splash re-cently. Formed in the wake of the school’s first annual Sustainability Day, their efforts are part of what superintendent Jeff Jones calls “the future of education.”

Earlier this year the student and staff initiative sent an en-vironmental banner to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau de-manding climate action. That landed on the front page of the Star and earned them retweets from the likes of Naomi Klein and Margaret Atwood.

Now the enthusiastic high schoolers are launching at least three new local initiatives, and last week three representa-tives from the team — Adriana Burton, Shasta Barkman and Zohara Hatfield — shared a pre-sentation with the school board.

“Our team has weekly meet-ings to discuss issues in the school, and we work together to formulate solutions and idea. We want to think of new ways to lessen our school’s impact on the climate,” Barkman told the board.

To that end they’ve begun three initiatives: an anti-idling campaign, a turn-off-the-lights campaign and a project to begin beekeeping on school grounds.

“Bees are starting to go extinct and that’s not good,” said Hatfield, who noted they heard from bee experts during Sustainability Day. “These bees are going to help pollinate the plants, and we want to create a community effort to take care of these bees.”

Trustee Curtis Bendig praised the student representa-tives, and asked how they plan to “keep the pressure on our political leaders.”

“Right now we’re trying to reach out to popular Canadians who will be able to share our message with other people. We’re trying to reach out beyond Canada,” said Burton.

Chair Lenora Trenaman praised the new logo for the team, which features a wildcat paw in a nod to the school’s mas-cot and a Canadian maple leaf. It’s emblazoned on the chest of their t-shirts and was designed by student Zack Janzen.

The team was invited to lead this year’s Walk with the World climate march in Nelson (see related story page 3), which they did with enthusiasm.

“This is a way I can channel my passion into real change,” said Barkman. “Having a group of people behind me, supporting me, makes this action mean so much more.”

The team also plans to col-laborate with the community on creating a garden on school grounds.

“All the food produced will be for our lunch and breakfast programs, or will go to food backs to promote healthy and independent living.”

They’re not going to stop there.

“Eventually I want to change the whole world,” said Hatfield.


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pills on the street every morn-ing and get high the rest of the day. Stevenson said not only did he not remember the robber-ies, he had no memory of plan-ning them, of using a sawed-off shotgun, of whether the shot-gun was kept in the house, or whether Kalmikoff confronted him about the shotgun which, according to her testimony last week, was kept for some time in

the bedroom closet. He didn’t remember when the couple moved from Salmo to Slocan.

He also said he didn’t remem-ber how much money he gained from the robberies or what he spent it on. And he said he re-members neither running back to the car in the parking lot from the robbery nor the subsequent car chase to the Kootenay Canal. He said he has some memory

of the police chase once they reached the Kootenay Canal, and of jumping off the bridge to escape the police.

Given his bad memory, Patola wondered how he could be certain that Kalmikoff was unaware of his activities.

“You said she did not know [you were committing robber-ies], but you really don’t know if she did or not, because of your

memory,” Patola charged.“That is a fair assumption,”

Stevenson replied.“You can’t know what she

knew.”“That’s right.”Stevenson’s was the final evi-

dence in the trial. Final sum-mations to the jury took place Tuesday, past the Star’s deadline. For the latest on the case, see nelsonstar.com.

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Mount Sentinel goes green

Runaway vehicles not properly secured, report findsWorkSafeBC says a dump

truck, trailer, and excavator that went over a bank in Nelson last month weren’t properly secured.

An inspection report noted that on Nov. 14, an excavator was being loaded onto a trailer connected to a dump truck that was facing down Anderson St. on a 12 per cent grade.

As the excavator was being

driven up the trailer ramp, its weight caused the trailer tongue to lift the rear of the dump truck, enough to overcome the truck’s ability to hold the unit on the slope.

The truck-trailer unit went down the road and veered over an embankment. The operator jumped from the excavator as the unit began to run away and was later taken to hospital with

non-life-threatening injuries. Although the wheel of the front trailer axle had been chocked, it wasn’t effective at holding the trailer.

Contributing factors included the wet road, pebbles on the street dropped by the city due to previous icy conditions, the steepness of the hill, and the lack of a parking brake on the trailer.

WorkSafeBC said the incident

contravened occupational health and safety regulations that re-quire operators not to leave the controls of a vehicle unattended unless secured against inadver-tent movement.

The employer, Royal E. Holdings Ltd., has been ordered to develop assessment proce-dures to ensure its trucks and trailers are secured prior to load-ing equipment.

NELSON STAR STAFF

Students and staff launching multiple

environmental campaigns following

Sustainability Day


From left, Zohara Hatfield, Shasta Barkman and Adriana Burton presented to the Kootenay Lake School board this week as representatives of the new Mount Sentinel Secondary Green Team.

Nelson’s Valhalla Pure gave away about 100 warm coats at this year’s Community Connect Day last week — not off the shelves but donated by their customers.

“I gave them directly to the people who were going to wear them, not

to an agency,” owner Sam Baio said. “It was a wonderful experience. People were so thankful. We could hear people talking about this warm coat they just got, it was like wildfire. We could feel the love.”

“We work with our vast customer base to dig out all their closets every November,” Baio

said. “It was unreal what they came to us with. Our business and our clientele are in a more fortunate position, and we wanted to share that and give people some-thing warm.”

Baio said he also got contributions from some of his suppliers.

“We asked if they had stuff that maybe had

blemishes and were not going to be sold but that were still good to wear. It’s about networking and relationships with our suppliers,” he said.

Each year the proj-ect has given away 200 coats. Those not given away at Community Connect Day have gone to local charitable orga-nizations.

A pair of Argenta sculptors took home the People’s Choice Award at Castlegar’s 2015 Sculpturewalk Gala.

Regeneration, by Christopher Petersen and Spring Shine, is made from 1,300 feet of logging cable sculpted into a hollow stump with a bench inside. It weighs around 1,300 lbs.

“We called it Regeneration be-cause we put a small cedar tree growing out of it and we wanted to kind of celebrate the way that the forest has supported our com-munities,” explained Shine. “Our cities, our communities have grown from the wood that we’ve harvested, and yet this new life is growing out of it.”

“And the materials that we used are literally used to harvest logs,” added Petersen.

This is Petersen’s third year par-ticipating in Sculpturewalk and Shine’s fourth year. They were both humbled and grateful to win this year’s People’s Choice.

“It’s a pat on the back, and in the case of Sculpturewalk and people like Spring and I who … because of our personalities, we don’t re-ally need inspiration so much for doing things, but certainly having a piece win is a great inspiration, a pat on the back, and a stepping stone for what might happen,” said Petersen.

He and Shine also won second place in the Artistic Merit category.

Charlene Covington, president of Sculpturewalk, explained that

“this category is juried by local and regional members of the arts com-munity based on a variety of crite-ria, including skill of the portrayal, use of the medium, complexity, workmanship and overall artistic merit.”

First place in Artistic Merit went to Nathan Smith from Nelson for V Formation, which also took second place in the People’s Choice Award category.

Smith’s sculpture was inspired by kinetic sculpture artist Bob Potts and was made using recycled bicycle parts.

He says that being part of Sculpturewalk has encouraged him to push himself as an artist.

“It’s so good to have a place, a platform to actually show your art. I’ve been in it for three years now and it’s really encouraged me as

an artist to explore the medium and push the boundaries, where without this opportunity, I know I wouldn’t have been able to do that,” said Smith.

The awards ceremony was fol-lowed by entertainment provided by Nelson comedians Lucas Myers and Bessie Wapp, and dance num-bers by the Circus Act Insomniacs.

With the exception of Regeneration, which the City of Castlegar will buy for its perma-nent collection, this year’s pieces can still be claimed by businesses, groups, or individuals. Purchasing or leasing a piece helps support the artists who’ve contributed.

“When we sell or lease a piece, the bulk of the money goes back to the artist, so that really helps keep the artists motivated to want to put their pieces in,” said Covington.


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Each year the City invites residents interested in serving the communityand participating in the direction that the City of Nelson takes for the future

to apply to serve on a City Board, Committee or Commission.Applications can be made online, in person or via fax.

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Community

Christopher Peterson (second from right) and Spring Shine (right) won the 2015 Sculpturewalk People’s Choice Award for their sculpture Regeneration. Charlene Covington, president of Sculpturewalk and Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff presented the award.

Coats from the Koots: ‘We could feel the love’BILL METC ALFE

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Making a better world starts with us

We live in a pluralis-tic society in which many different inter-

est groups compete for the right to determine how things go. In Nelson we have a population of just over 10,000 people, some with louder voices than others. An extremely important part of any elected representative’s job is to represent all voices both loud and soft. Transparency, public discussion and the freedom to express one’s views is at the foundation of our democracy. Emotions can run high, stances can be taken, people can even get upset.

This is democracy, this is freedom, this is how we grow and become more understand-ing of each other. This is how we collectively find our way and move closer to becoming an inclusive, caring, sustainable community that leaves no one excluded. Nelson is a commu-nity that cares. This is evident by the number of organizations and people engaged in helping others.

To each and every one of you who has taken the time to at-tend a council meeting, send an email, or write a letter, thank you! To everyone who volun-teers or contributes to help out in any way, thank you!

We are living in a time of great change and transition. We are awakening to the fact that we must pay attention to how we

treat our planet and each other. The environment, economies, politics, extreme weather events and acts of war are all influenced by decisions that we make every day.

Educating ourselves about how to be better stewards of the planet means learning best sustainable practices around our use of energy, water, transporta-tion, waste, and food.

At the municipal level this means exploring a central heat-ing plant which uses bio mass fuels, offering an opportunity for you to buy into a Nelson solar project, and supporting our ecosave program. We are investigating alternative water sources while rolling out a water conservation plan, coupled with an aggressive infrastructure

maintenance schedule.We are working to imple-

ment our active transporta-tion plan with a goal of having more people leave their cars at home in favour of walking, biking, car sharing or transit. Along with our regional part-ners we are working to reduce waste and best manage recy-cling. Advocating for local food production, supporting local markets and composting has become an important discussion around the council table.

It is important to remember that every action no matter how small, even sharing a smile or picking up a piece of litter is con-tributing forward momentum to a better world. It is easy to become overwhelmed with the speed and magnitude of world events, shrug our shoulders and think “What difference can I make?” Please, lift your eyes and look around. We are not alone. It’s an exciting time to be alive and each one of us by our choices can make a positive dif-ference.

It starts with ourselves, our families, our friends, our neigh-bours. Someone in your space right now would benefit from your smile. Go ahead, start a conversation about how we can make the world a better place and begin right where you are.

Nelson city councillor Michael Dailly shares this space each week with his council colleagues.

MICHAELDAILLY

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The new Hall St. construction in front of Bibby Orthodontics is causing problems for patients, Dr. Kathryn Bibby writes.

No dinner, but come anywayR e : “ O p s r e y

Foundation honours ex-fire chief Simon Grypma,” Nov. 27

Thanks for spreading the word about Osprey’s Community Tribute to Chief Simon Grypma (at the Prestige tonight, 7 p.m). One thing needs clarifying, though — it’s not a dinner event. There will be snacks, for sure — along with tributes, toasts, entertainment, and auction items — but it’s not a sit-down dinner.

Just come and celebrate the contributions of Simon and other first re-sponders to this commu-nity — tickets are only $10. See: ospreycommu-nityfoundation.ca

Vivien BowersExecutive Director,

Osprey Community Foundation

Hall St. project a hardship for

patientsAs a health care pro-

vider and a business in the City of Nelson I am

appalled and extremely frustrated by the lack of action regarding ac-cess issues the Stores to Shores project has cre-ated in front of my office. I made the city aware of these concerns in early September, and have sent several subsequent emails, but have yet to receive any type of reply. My patience has run out.

Due to the unplanned changes in the elevation of Hall St. in front of my office, my disabled cli-ents have been unable to access orthodontic ser-vices since mid-July. The

city seems to feel that this is acceptable, and that remediation of these concerns can wait until next year. The city has partially completed work and then abandoned it. The lack of planning and foresight in this project is astounding, especially considering how much project consultant MMM has been paid. There was no detailed plan for deal-ing with the consequenc-es to the alley or the area in front of my office, so instead it seems to have been placed in the “too hard” basket. Why are

the city managers not being held accountable?

The inaccessibility of the disabled parking space and the loss of level access is completely un-acceptable. There is no other way for clients with mobility issues to access my office. My patients must be seen every two months to progress their treatment and prevent negative consequences, but the city is denying this. Delivery access is also blocked which is impacting my staff and my business. I ask the city to please take action immediately to rectify problems this construc-tion project has caused.

Dr. Kathryn BibbyNelson

Family grateful for help

Our dear son, John F. Vincent, was reported missing during the last week of September, caus-ing our family in Ontario to be frantic with worry.

The Nelson Police Department, Nelson Search and Rescue, the Nelson Star, and the community of Nelson worked together and our boy was found and his body was returned to us in Ontario. We thank you all so very much.

John was a good kid,

held degrees in genetics and English, traveled widely and did a lot of good in this world.

A very special thanks to Cst. Jarrett Slomba from the Nelson Police Department whose car-ing and commitment in finding John formed a bridge from Nelson to Sault Ste. Marie that we will be forever grateful for.

Linda, Gary, and Kim Vincent

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Thanks to Nelson HydroOnce again I think it

is time to thank the men of Nelson Hydro who cleared the power out-age out on Highway 3A on the last snowfall. We sometimes forget how challenging it must be to clear the lines of fallen trees — particularly as we are cozy around our “wee doozie” as my Scot father-in-law used to call the comforting blaze in the fireplace (or wood-stove). Once again, thank you guys (and the gals who patiently answer phone queries).

M.A. RhodesNelson

Living on past glories in BCI often recall those

times with a group of close friends when we would reflect on our many shared adven-tures. Now, with age and arthritis comes the need to make the best of the new reality.

When I read about BC’s Premier Clark continuing to float on the past glory of a now frozen carbon tax, I can’t help but think that she too needs to step in to the new reality. The cur-rent carbon tax, frozen at $30 per metric ton, will not achieve the emis-sion reductions that are required. To be effec-tive, a carbon tax needs to gradually increase to fairly reflect the real costs of carbon on the health of the planet and to send signals to industry to help them transition to a carbon neutral economy.

The current BC car-bon tax and Alberta’s ante in of $30 per metric ton should not be inter-preted as the “final solu-tion.” It is the minimum bid to enter the game of effective climate action. In BC, if you place the minimum bid and also invest in new carbon-based industries, it be-comes clear there is no serious intent to effec-tively play the game.

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From Paris with … shoes, people power and, of course, TrudeauMontana Burgess lives in the

Slocan Valley and works as the community organizer with the West Kootenay EcoSociety. She is in Paris at the international climate conference as the head of logistics for the Climate Action Network-International delegation, the largest non-government network working on the climate crisis. Additionally, she will be coordinating with Canadian organizations attending the summit and following develop-ments and Canada’s contributions to the Paris climate deal.

Burgess has done similar work at eight previous international cli-mate change conferences. In three columns from Paris for the Star, she will cover the mood and the activi-ties in Paris, and provide insights into what the developments could mean for the West Kootenay and its citizens.

Thousands of pairs of shoes covered the Paris plaza, Place de la Republique, on

Sunday morning. These repre-sented the 400,000 people plan-ning to march in Paris on the global day of climate action before the start of the UN climate talks. As I walked around the shoes and to the monument covered with flowers, cards and art, dedicated to mourning the victims of the recent attacks in Paris, I felt an overwhelming sense of humanity and humility.

The nightclub shootings, which were the majority of the killed vic-tims of the attacks, held a concert by one of my favourite American rock bands, Eagles of Death Metal. I’ve snuck out at night on several occasions on my trips to the cli-mate talks in European cities to see other bands in this genre play concerts, because they rarely tour in Canada. If that concert had been this week, that would have been me. I would have made sure to be there. These are my people, who like the same things as me, who are my age, who share some of my values. I am mourning those who could have been me.

When I walked back over to the 22,000 pairs of shoes, including Pope Francis’ and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s, it hit me harder than ever: these shoes are also from my people, people in Paris wanting to be part the solu-tion. People standing up for those on the front lines, those most af-

fected by climate change in small island states, in Canada’s Arctic, low-income people, women, and children donated their shoes when they couldn’t march in their own streets. There’s a lot of bad news every day, but there are also a lot of beautiful people willing to risk personal comfort for the belief that a better and more fair world is possible, like the 10,000 Parisians who formed a human chain on Sunday across Paris, despite the French government banning pub-lic demonstrations.

This weekend over 600,000 people gathered in 175 coun-tries to call for real climate action and a transition to 100 per cent renewable energy economies. From the faith community, 1.8 million people signed a petition for compassionate climate action, which was delivered to the UN, all the way to the West Kootenay where over 900 people came out in Nelson, Castlegar, and Rossland to say the time to act on climate, for real, is now. This is not simply a moment; this is truly a people powered movement.

I’m filled with hope as over 150 heads of state join the UN climate summit to reaffirm their vision and commitments for climate ac-tion, not because of their words, but because they are all here with plans on the table and with citi-zens back home ready to hold them accountable and demand more.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made symbolic leaps forward already. He’s changed the title of the ministry that covers all things environmental to the Ministry of Environment and Climate

Change. This official title makes climate change in Canada an ac-cessible term, one we can openly talk about around the dinner table, and one we will take seri-ously. He’s also said that there will be a new tanker ban on BC’s north coast. This effectively ends Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, which is unwanted by most British Columbians, as in-creased tar sands outputs via BC’s north coast cannot be exported to foreign markets for processing without increased tanker traffic.

In his opening speech on Monday in Paris, Trudeau said “Canada is back.” It’s a great first step that he’s committed to work with provinces and territories to develop a pan-Canadian climate change framework following the Paris agreement, but what about during the Paris negotiations? Trudeau has committed a sub-stantial financial package to help developing countries transition to renewable energy and adapt to the impacts of climate change. However, Canada’s fair share is $4 billion per year by 2020 from public sources. A great way to find this money would be to get rid of Canada’s federal fossil fuel subsidies. There would be more than enough money to support developing countries and invest in renewable energy solutions at home in Canada.

Canadians want a global cli-mate agreement. Eighty-four per cent want the Government to create jobs in renewable energy in Canada according to a recent survey from Climate Action Network Canada. We need to transition to 100 per cent renew-able energy in Canada by 2050 to avoid the climate crisis. Cities like Vancouver have already made this commitment and are developing plans to ensure they meet this target. We need the federal gov-ernment, provincial and territo-rial governments, as well as local governments, even here in the West Kootenay, to be leaders, to be more creative and innovative and to do their fair share to ensure we can stay below 1.5 degree C by the end of the century. Otherwise, our dry winter and summer droughts that we experienced this year are going to be normal for our chil-dren and grandchildren. That is not fair and I would not want to be in that generation’s shoes.

MONTANABURGESS

Climate Comment

Site C Dam is overkill

The BC government has ap-proved the construction of the Site C Dam. This huge dam will cost BC taxpayers $8.3 billion. This dam will flood over 57,000 acres of agricultural land. Once again, there has been a lack of consulta-tion with our native people.

There are currently four court

cases put forth by the native peo-ple. They have to raise their own court costs, while we, the people of BC, are paying for the govern-ment’s lawyers. Such a large dam is not needed. Construction of smaller, local dam sites would be more cost effective, more environ-mentally friendly, destroy much less agricultural land, and would be more acceptable to our native

population after proper consulta-tion and agreement.

The amount of power that Site C will produce is overkill for the present and future times. I fear that it is too much to expect the provincial courts to rule against the government given the fact that construction has already begun.

Bob AbrahamsNelson

Community EventsTribute to Simon Grypma and Osprey

Fundraiser, to honour his many contribu-tions to the Nelson Community. No host bar, snacks, live auction, entertainment and tributes to Simon. Prestige Lakeside, 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 2. Tickets $10 at Otter Books, Stuart’s News, Nelson Fire Hall and at ospreycommunityfoundation.ca. More info: 250-352-9547.

Kootenay Restorative Justice Society AGM, Chamber of Commerce meeting room at the CPR station, Dec. 3, 7 to 9 p.m. More info: [email protected].

Nelson Grans Winter Evergreen Café, make and take a fresh evergreen arrangement with Imelda of Georama. Refreshments and handmade gifts, Nelson United Church, noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 5. More info: 250-505-2932.

Federation of University Women Holiday Luncheon, Adventure Hotel, 616 Vernon, Dec. 5 at noon. Socialize and participate in gift exchange fun. $20. To attend, email [email protected].

Hanukkah Celebration, Bigby Place, 509 Front St., Dec. 6 at 5 p.m., $15, 12 and under free. Candle making, Hannukkah lore, vegetarian putluck, live music with David Feldman and Catherine McGrath, and dancing. More info: [email protected].

The school transforms into a winter vil-lage at the Nelson Waldorf School Winter Faire, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5. Beautiful crafts, bakery, candle dipping, theatre, sto-rytelling. More info: 250-352-6919.

Christmas Tales by storyteller Justyn Rees, songwriter Russ Rosen and multi-instrumentalist Brett Zieglar on tour. New carols and old, Dec. 10, First Baptist Church, 611 5th St. By donation. More Info: 250-354-9798.

Kootenay Lake Healthcare Auxiliary Bake Sale at Kootenay Lake Hospital main entrance and emergency entrance, Dec. 10 at 9 a.m. More info: 250-352-6180.

Amnesty International Write for Rights, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nelson Library, Dec. 12. Along with thousands sent from all across the world, each letter does make a difference. Supplies provided. More info: 250-352-7600.

The Nelson Breast Cancer Support Group annual Christmas luncheon, noon, Dec. 18, Best Western, 153 Baker Street. More info: 250-551-3800.

AnnouncementsSt. Joseph School Christmas tree sale,

at Andex Rental on Government Road. More info: [email protected].

Nelson Friends of the Family now takes donations online at nelsonfriend-softhefamily.com to support families who need to travel to receive emergency or necessary medical treatment for their chil-dren. More info: 250-354-4670.

Big Brothers Big Sisters school men-toring program will be piloted this year at Rosemont Elementary. This program matches a child with a screened volun-teer to spend an hour a week with during school hours, on school grounds to do whatever engaging activity the mentor and child choose to do. More info: 250-489-3111.

Low Cost Dental applications ac-cepted the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon St, 7 a.m. to noon. More info: 250-352-6008.

Canadian Red Cross needs volunteers for one 4-hour shift per week, 614 Front St, Nelson. More info: 1-855-995-3529.

Monthly EventsPeople in Pain Support Group,

Shambhala Meditation Centre 812 Stanley St., 1:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. More info: [email protected].

La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms at 1 p.m. on

the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. More info: 250-352-3583.

Weekly EventsTaoist Tai Chi Arts Classes, Mondays

7 to 9 p.m. at Nelson District Rod and Gun Club, 801 Railway St. By donation. Free introductory class, join any time. More info: 250-509-2499.

iPad Support for Seniors at Senior Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon, Thurdays Dec. 31 to Jan. 21, free. More info: 250-505-2361.

Seniors Coodinating Society Income Tax Program for low income and se-niors at the Civic Centre on Vernon St. Tuesdays 9:30 to noon. More info: 250-352-6008.

Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus invites men of all ages to sing harmoniously. Weekly practice at Kiwanis Christie Lees Hall on Radio Ave. Wednesdays 7 to 9:30 p.m. More info: 250-352-7025.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds early morning, noon hour and evening meet-ings on specific days at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs). More info: 250-352-3391.

Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement is that you have a relative or friend with alcoholism. More info: 250-352-3747 for Wednesday, 250-352-7333 for Friday.

Nelson Hospice Drop-in Grief Support Series, Saturdays at 1 p.m., 402 West Richards St. For anyone who is ex-periencing grief due to the death of some-one they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. More info: 250-352-2337.

The Healing Meditation, gentle, guided meditation infused with the power of Conscious Co-Creation through spiri-tually realigning your thoughts and letting go of conditions. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., 507 Vernon, back door, by donation. More info: 250-229-2253.

Nelson Chess Club, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association 717 Vernon St. All ages and levels are wel-come.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). More info: [email protected] or 250-352-7727.

Parkinson Support Group meets every third Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Christie Lees Hall In Kiwanis Villa, Gordon Road. No meeting in December. More info: [email protected].


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“Art Party is an all-inclusive party for every-body in the community,” host Zaynab Mohammed told the Star after the event, noting their un-orthodox venue couldn’t have worked out better.

“It was their first time opening that space as a venue for anything other than a funeral, and it was really unique and beauti-ful. I would definitely do it there again.”

The night included performances from harpist Teyana Neufeld, who shared an intensely personal, newly-written song as well as some of

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Local writer and Selkirk College creative writing instructor Leesa Dean read the title story from her upcoming col-lection of short fiction Waiting for the Cyclone. Mohammed said the au-dience was rapt during her performance.

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EcoSociety fair showcases local talent

The West Kootenay EcoSociety is once again putting on its annual Winter Craft Fair. This year’s fair will be for just one day, Saturday, Dec. 12, so don’t miss out. This event takes place at the Central School Gym in Nelson and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All products on offer are hand-made lo-cally so you know you are supporting the local economy when you shop at this fair.

EcoSociety markets director Jesse Woodward said he was thrilled when, like last year, all 28 tables for this market sold out very quickly. “This shows that ven-dors are excited to be in this fair and that kind of excitement is really ap-pealing,” he said, adding “customers will really ap-preciate the quality and diversity of the offerings at the Winter Craft Fair

and knowing that you are supporting the local economy just makes the whole shopping experi-ence a delightful activity.”

Customers will rec-ognize many vendors from the Downtown, Cottonwood and MarketFest events also run by the EcoSociety. Like the summer markets there will be a wide vari-ety of items for sale in-cluding body care prod-

ucts, clothes, hats, pho-tography, baked goods, amazing pottery and much, much more. The Winter Craft Fair will be the last chance of the 2015 market season to shop at these market ven-dors’ stalls. If you miss this opportunity you will have to wait until mid-May when Cottonwood Community Market starts up once again for a new market season.

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NEIL MURDOCH DIVISIONTEAM GP W L T OTL PBeaver Valley 26 18 5 1 2 39Castlegar 27 18 8 1 0 37Nelson 26 13 12 0 1 27Grand Forks 28 12 14 0 2 26Spokane 28 4 20 0 4 12

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GOALTENDERS GP W L T AVG SV%Patrick Ostermann 10 6 3 0 2.37 .917Joseph Barton 14 6 8 0 3.00 .895

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SportsOne step forward, one step back for Leafs

The losing streak is over for the Nelson Leafs but a new one may have just started for the injury-riddled team.

The Leafs ended a five-game slide Friday with a 5-0 win over the Golden Rockets, but took another step back Saturday with a 4-2 loss against the Columbia Valley Rockies. Nelson (13-12-1) finished November with just two wins in nine games.

Leafs head coach David McLellan was optimistic Monday after what he thought was a positive two-game road trip.

“We had a really good week-end. We played really well,” said McLellan. “The first night played a very good game, 5-0, and basically a 2-2 tie going into the third against a good team with Columbia Valley. Other than the power play at the end of the game, we had a chance to win that game.

“With such a short bench we were really happy with how we played that game.”

Six players are currently off the roster with injuries, and McLellan said he doubted the team would get much healthier until after the Christmas break.

After a scoreless first period Friday the Leafs made a break-through in the second against league-worst Golden (2-23-3). Tyler Garcia, Kolten Nelson, Samuel Weber and Eamonn Miller each scored, while Jordan Davie added another in the third.

“We outworked them I thought in the first period quite a bit, we just didn’t score on our chances,” said McLellan. “In the second the opportunities we got we really capitalized. It was a game where a lot of the stuff we’ve been working on really came together. A really good defensive game as well and we continued that into the second game on the weekend.”

The deficit could have been much greater had the Leafs been more effective on the power play. They finished just 1-for-11 against the Rockets and 1-for-16 through both games.

Leafs goaltender Patrick Ostermann finished with 23 saves for the shutout, while Rockets netminder Brody Nelson turned aside 24 shots.

Garcia and Weber also scored for Nelson against Columbia Valley on Saturday.

Michael Cardinal opened the scoring in the second with a shorthanded goal for the Rockies (15-14-0), while Nick Hoobanoff, Colby Sherlock and Doan Smith also

added goals.Despite a 2-2 tie, the Leafs

came undone in the third. Nelson suffered a pair of pen-alties as well as 10-minute misconducts for Garcia and Matthew Sokol with less than a minute left. Sherlock and Smith put the Rockies ahead for good as Columbia Valley outshot Nelson 18-5 during the frame.

“We thought we outplayed them to be honest,” said McLellan.

Rockies goalie Giovanni Sambrielaz earned the win with 28 saves. Ostermann mean-while stopped 37 shots at the other end of the ice.

The Leafs are third in the Neil Murdoch Division and one point ahead of the Grand Forks Border Bruins with two games in hand. Nelson contin-

ues its road trip tonight against the Castlegar Rebels and Friday against the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Leafs return home Saturday for another game against Columbia Valley.

McLellan said his team will have to stay smart on the ice until reinforcements arrive.

“We’re going to have play re-ally structured and stay disci-plined in games,” he said. “We can’t afford penalties with such a short bench. So we’ve got to get healthy, that’s the big thing.”

Nelson Leafs goalie Patrick Ostermann (top photo) is con-gratulated by teammates in Golden on Friday after earning his first shutout of the season. Jordan Davie (right) scored a goal and an assist, helping his team to a 5-0 win.

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The Nelson Sr. Novice Leafs beat the Trail Troopers 3-2 and the Trail Nighthawks 3-2 in a double-header at Cominco Arena over the weekend. Goal scorers for Nelson in the first game were Larson Proctor, Miller Tedesco, and Sawam Bhabra, while in the second game Jack Boyes, Cohen Wolbaum, and Drae Hudson scored. On Sunday, Nelson lost 4-2 to the Castlegar Kings with goals from Proctor and Kale Gehermann. Pictured are (back, from left) Cash Linnen, Ryder Nash, Drae Hudson, Grady Groenhuysen, Wyatt Groenhuysen, Miller Tedesco, Jack Boyes, Larson Proctor, Sawan Bhabra, and Max Jean; sitting, Dax Dewar, Kale Gehrmann, and Cohen Wolbaum, and front, goalie Shea Andersen.

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Trafalgar teams square offTwo Trafalgar teams

played each other Monday in the final of the West Kootenay junior girls volleyball playoffs.

The A team beat the B team in two straight, 25-18 and 25-19.

Each finished first in their respective pools at Mount Sentinel on Friday night. Because they were running behind sched-ule, they decided to play the best-of-three final at Trafalgar in front of the entire student body.

“They were pretty nervous playing in front of their peers and teach-

ers but they enjoyed all the support,” said coach Staci Proctor.

Other teams at the regional playoffs were from Grand Forks, Castlegar, Mount Sentinel, Rossland, Trail and Salmo.

In the round robin, the Trafalgar A team only lost once, against Grand Forks, and won their other nine.

The B team fell only twice, to Mount Sentinel and Grand Forks, and won the other eight.

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Lions Park rink takes shapeLast week the Nelson Lions Club installed the boards for their skating rink in Lions Park, an annual project for many years. It’s the only public outdoor skating rink in Nelson. The club says it was fortunate to have many volunteers of all sizes and ages. Two volunteers started flooding the rink that night and were at it all week. If the cool weather continues there may be skating this week. Submitted photo

Holiday train returning to NelsonSinger-songwriter Jim

Cuddy, his son Devin, and country singer Kelly Prescott will headline the CP Holiday Train when it returns to Nelson this month.

Two brightly lit trains will visit about 150 com-munities across Canada and the US to collect food and cash donations for food banks.

While there’s no charge for the show, you’re asked to bring a non-perishable food item or money. All money and food raised stays in the

local community.“The Holiday Train is

an amazing expression of old-timey Canadian joy,” said Cuddy, who received the Order of Canada last month. “To be on board an old, refurbished train and travelling through the nooks and crannies of this country is an awe-inspiring experience.”

It’s the 17th year that the holiday train has rolled along the tracks and at least the third time it has visited Nelson. The show will be at the rail-way crossing at Lakeside Park on Monday, Dec. 14 from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.

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The CP Holiday Train will be at Lakeside Park on Dec. 14.

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Valerie Rose (Lane) Blakely

August 14, 1956 - November 18, 2015

Sadly missed by her parents; Luelda (Jake) Kosiancic, George Lane. Sisters; Heidi (Doug), Annette, Lorrelei (Ron), Catherine (Fred), Jocelyn (Mike), Jennifer (Walter), Jessica, brothers; Earl (Doreen), Rick (Kathy). Children; Karyn, Tracey, Joshua, Logan, Sean, e grandchildren. Many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends that called her mom.

A memorial will be held at the First Baptist Church, 611 5th Street in Nelson on Monday December 7th, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Pastor John Thwaites of ciating.

In Loving Memory

Carl Eric Olson1946-2015

We are saddened to report the sudden passing of Carl Eric Olson on November 24, 2015. Eric was born on February 13, 1946 in Nelson BC. After a long career of working for the CPR he retired in 2001.

He is survived by brother Fred Olson, sisters Anne Nelson (Jack) and Eleanor Schmidt (Allan) and sister –in-law Dale Olson, nieces and nephews: Selena Vogel, Kristen Douquette, Steven, Deborah and Sharon Schmidt, Craig Nelson, Jeanette McGhie and his cat Boots. He was predeceased by his father, Frederick Olson and his mother Esther Olson, his brother John Olson and sister-in-law Pat Olson.

Cremation has taken place as per his wishes and there will be a memorial service at a later date.

In Loving Memory

Dorothy Bennett, born December 3, 1933 in Nelson, BC, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in Penticton after a courageous battle with cancer. Surviving are her loving family, sisters, Babs of Victoria, Heather of Victoria, Sheila of Quesnel; brother Pat of Kamloops; children, Steve (Beverlee) of High River, Karen (Bruce) of Calgary, Murray (Dani) of Castlegar, Mark of Ymir and Brian (Debra) of Penticton; 13 grandchildren as well as 3 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by husband, Ken; grandson, Jesse and parents, John and Mirrie (Gould) Rogers.

Dorothy was an amazing person; mother, grandmother, wife and friend. Dorothy loved decades of travelling to visit family and friends, camping and fi shing, swimming in the summers and skiing in the winters. She loved all of nature; birds and fl owers, plants and animals, lakes and mountains. More than anything, Dorothy loved her family and friends and to laugh and have fun. She lived life to the fullest and looked at the world through rose coloured glasses. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of fl owers, donations to a Charity of Your Choice would be appreciated. Th anks to the staff at Moog and Friends Hospice House, with special thanks to Carrie and Rhonda from the Home Care Program and Tina Walter-Hughes for all her support.

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Commercial / Retail Space for Lease

The Nelson Star is moving and our current office space will be available for lease. It will be available in early 2016. The space is 1200 square feet and includes three parking spots. This would make a great location for any number of business, including as a professional office or retail boutique store. It is located on the corner of Hall Street and Herridge Lane. This is a very busy location in the downtown core, especially now that the Hall Street construction has been completed.

For more information please contact Chuck Bennett [email protected]

NOTICE OF FORECLOSUREPlease take note that on Wed, Dec 9th, 2015 and thereafter, the contents of the following storage lockers at Nelson Mini Storage, 1393 Knox Road 250-354-8289 will be sold at auction or otherwise disposed of to cover outstanding cost of storage and all fees.

Locker #19 Florence Peters of Nelson BCLocker #88 Vic Coulter of Nelson BC

Please be advised that on December 15, 2015 at 9:30 a.m., at the Courthouse in Nelson, British Columbia, located at 320 Ward Street, an application will be heard under the provision of the Child, Family and Community Service Act. The Director will apply for an order under section 41(1)(d) of the Act that your child known by the initials I. De.L. – D.O.B. September 2, 2007 be placed in the continuing custody of the Director.

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Santa Claus arrives on Baker St. via fire truck Saturday. He’s seen here during his visit last year. Tamara Hynd file photo


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friend who is struggling with affordable housing and can’t find a place to live.

The show will tell the story of Puss’ quest to transform his struggling friend into “The Marquis De Cannabas.”

“In order to move up in the ranks of the world you must lie, cheat and steal,” Boots said. “But you can do this in a way that’s still pretty nice. You don’t have to hurt people, you just slightly take ad-vantage of them.”

He will teach his friend how to do exactly that.

“We must create a facade and convince ev-eryone he is this person, so everything will be suc-cessful for him.”

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cited to share the stage with Bronwen Bird, who will play Señorita Applesauce.

“You never know who I might meet while I’m putting this plan into action,” he said. “But my heart belongs to her.”

Boots was dismissive of past versions of Puss in Boots, including Antonio Banderas’ turn in the Shrek movies. He says they’re all poor versions of the real thing.

“I am the real Puss in Boots. I would say I’m a gato that likes adventure and fun. I have some very good dance moves I can share with you. And I’m mysterious and hand-some, of course.”

Boots, whose alter ego is Liesl Forst, considers it his quest to raise funds

for the Capitol Theatre, and he will heroically fight towards that end.

This year’s pantomime is directed by Jeff Forst, with musical direction by Darren Fuss, choreogra-phy by Danielle Gibson and costumes by Kyla Hurst.

Puss in Boots opens at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. It will also go up Friday and Saturday at the same time. There will be mat-inees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

“There will be much romance and dancing and singing, plus you get to cheer for me — which is fabulous,” said Boots. “Many, many people are coming to help me tell the wonderful tale of me.”

CONTINUED FROM A1Feline hero will take audiences on Capitol Theatre quest

What putting on the Panto takes:

A cast of 55Eight set painters

Five costumersFour props people

Forty front-of-house volunteersStudents from Selkirk College

for hair and make-upThe Capitol Theatre’s staff and crew

Señorita Applesauce, played by Bronwen Bird (below left), is the love interest of Puss in Boots (Lisel Forst, right), while Iain Pardoe (middle) will play the dame. Yannick Holt-Lachance (right) enjoyed rehearsal with his castmates during rehearsal on Sunday afternoon, while director Jeff Forst ran through some warm-up exercises with them. Will Johnson photos


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