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The assessed value of residential properties in Nelson has gone up an average of 5.7 per cent in 2015. Rises in each of the previous three years were less than two per cent.

“This year’s increase is fairly typical for our re-gion, not outside the norm,” said Ramaish Shah, deputy assessor for the BC Assessment Authority. “A change of from minus five to plus five percent is a stable change.”

He said most most homeowners in the Kootenay Columbia region will see modest increases depend-ing on the location.

“For example, a typical single family home in Nelson previously assessed at $315,000 was valued at $333,000 in the summer of 2015,” he said.

Increases in neighouring communities this year include Castlegar at 3.9 per cent, Slocan 2.7 per cent, Silverton 9.4 per cent, New Denver 5.4 per cent, and Creston 3.6 per cent. Kaslo is unchanged and there were a number of decreases: Salmo minus 2.8 per cent, Nakusp minus four per cent, and Trail minus 6.6 per cent.

According to BC Assessment, Nelson is the highest valued community in the West Kootenay. However, the top 30 highest-valued properties in the Kootenays are all in and around Invermere, Fernie, and Golden, topped by a $5.25 million home in Invermere.

The most expensive West Kootenay property is an acreage at 1659 Highway 3A at Four Mile, assessed at $2.4 million. The only other local properties to crack the top 100 were acreages at 15660 Fish Hawk Bay Rd. in Riondel and 10231 Twin Bays Rd. in Twin Bays on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, each valued at $1.9 million.

BC Assessment is a Crown corporation that clas-sifies and values all property in BC. Each January the corporation sends a notice to property owners telling them the fair market value of their property as of July 1 of the previous year. Municipal gov-ernments then use those numbers when applying their tax rates.

Shah said people unsatisfied with their assess-ments should call the number listed on their notice, and if after a discussion with staff they are not satisfied, they can file a notice of complaint by the deadline of Feb. 1. He said each year less than one per cent of residential owners file such notices.

You can also view bcassessment.ca for more details about property assessments.

People have a variety of reasons for participating in the annual Polar Bear Swim at Lakeside Park, but not all of them make sense.

“I think it’s insane, actually,” said Colleen Driscoll, who was dressed Friday as Kootenay Lake

Hospital’s New Year’s baby. Joined by the Mountain Spirit Team, she was participating to honour their departed friend Hazel Miller.

“She meant everything to us. She was our spirit, we loved her to pieces and we miss her so much. She died in September in her sleep.”

Miller, who lived in Nelson and worked in Salmo, was there both in spirit and in photographic form — Driscoll shared a printed out image of the pair from a past Polar Bear Swim. She handed it to her husband, city councillor Robin

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A pair of overdue skiers reported missing on Boxing Day turned up the next day tired and cold but oth-erwise safe and sound.

Nelson and Search and Rescue says they were called in after one of the two failed to meet a parter for dinner.

They were last seen in the Hummingbird Pass area in early af-ternoon. Seven searchers respond-ed along with help from South Columbia Search and Rescue.

“Members were out all night looking in the Five Mile drainage where most subjects are found,” in-formation officer Chris Armstrong said. “The team travelled all night not finding the subjects in the typi-cal location and returned in the early morning.”

On their return, searchers found the missing duo had beat them back to the parking lot. They were on the Whalesback area and hunkered down for the night, Armstrong said.

“It seemed they had equipment troubles and boot packed down in the early morning tired and cold. Our team met them at the parking lot at the same time of their return to base.”

Lost snowboarder rescued

Nelson Search and Rescue also helped find a lost snowboarder on Mount Thompson east of Creston on Dec. 27.

The 23-year-old Creston man was dropped off by a friend with a snow machine at the height of land on the mountain and went off the ridge in a direction he thought

would lead him to a road.He got lost but had a cell phone

to call for help. An RCMP dog han-dler followed the missing man’s tracks on skis with his dog and found the man, but they needed help getting out.

Three Nelson search members met the missing snowboarder and police officer in steep, dense trees. A track was set up to an old road that was accessible by snowmobile and the team led the pair out.

Injured skier rescued from Five Mile Basin

Nelson Search and Rescue evac-uated an injured skier Saturday from Five Mile Basin behind the Whitewater Ski Hill.

Armstrong said a “well-equipped ski” group was enjoy-ing the area and good conditions when a member fell, resulting in a knee injury.

Due to the location and diffi-culty of getting the injured person out of the valley before dark, search and rescue was called.

Searchers accessed the area by helicopter, but the area was un-

suitable for a landing, so the team performed a hover entry and trans-ported the injured person to am-bulance personnel at the Nelson airport.

This group was from out of country and tried to evacuate the subject on their own, fearing a rescue bill. But before things got out of hand, a local told them that in Canada there is no charge for such rescues.

Searchers respond to Kettle River tragedy

Nelson Search and Rescue was also involved in the recovery of a man who died after falling through ice on the Kettle River just east of Grand Forks on Dec. 30.

Armstrong said it’s not known how long he was in the water before his calls for help were heard.

The search was called off after dark. Around 10:30 the next morn-ing, the man was found in the river by ice rescue teams. RCMP divers recovered the body.

The victim has been identified as Thomas Charles Grubisic, 54, of Grand Forks.

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Missing skiers found on Hummingbird Pass

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Nelson Search and Rescue evacuated an injured skier on Saturday from the Five Mile Basin. It was just one of several callouts they received over the holidays. Courtesy Nelson Search and Rescue

Last year was the warmest on re-cord of the last 50 years, according to forecasters at the Southeast Fire Centre’s weather office in Castlegar.

The average annual tempera-ture during 2015 was 10.2 degrees, barely edging out the 10.15 de-gree average temperature of 1998. Records for the Castlegar airport date back to 1966.

The total amount of precipita-tion for the year was 701.4 mil-limeters, which is 93 per cent of the normal 755.5 mm. The driest year on record is 1985 with only 479.5 mm.

As for last month, the total pre-cipitation of 135.6 mm was 150 per

cent of normal, while the average temperature was 1.4 degrees milder than normal.

“As is typical of December it was an eventful month as numer-ous Pacific systems pushed across southern BC,” wrote forecasters Ron Lakeman and Jesse Ellis in their monthly roundup of statistics.

The first half of the month was relatively mild and especially wet, with 112.6 mm of rain and wet snow recorded in the first 12 days. However, even with the almost 35 cm of snow that fell during that pe-riod, there was only a trace of snow on the ground by mid-month. A record daily high temperature of 10.5 degrees was set on the 9th. The

coldest temperature was minus-8.9 degrees on the 17th.

In the second half of the month, temperatures were cooler and snow was still frequent but much lighter. The greatest daily amount was 11.6 cm on the 20th. The local snow-pack was measured at 15 cm on New Year’s Eve.

The record for the most precipi-tation in December is 195.1 mm, set in 1996, of which 169.5 mm fell as snow. The driest year on record was 19.9 mm in 1985.

The warmest temperature ever recorded for the month was 11.6 degrees on Dec. 27, 1980 and the coldest temperature was minus-30.6 on Dec. 30, 1968.


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Gas leaks after vehicle strikes homeNELSON STAR STAFF

No one was hurt but damage is estimated at $10,000 after a ve-hicle struck a house on Perrier Rd., shearing off the gas meter.

Nelson Fire Rescue Services said it received the call about 8:40 p.m. Friday and crews arrived to find natural gas flowing freely from the pipe. They learned an elderly woman was still inside the house.

The Nelson Police Department evacuated nearby homes.

“With the protection of a fire hose the crew was able to safely shut off the valve that was below meter to stop the flow of gas,” as-sistant chief Mike Daloise said in a news release.

“There was still a significant amount of natural gas inside the house and the removal of the oc-cupant was of high priority. When the second crew arrived on scene to provide back up protection, the first crew entered with their self-contained breathing apparatus and

was able to locate and remove the occupant to the care of an ambu-lance crew.”

RCMP are investigating the

cause of the accident.Daloise said FortisBC also re-

sponded to the incident, in addi-tion to the other agencies.

A vehicle struck this home (inset) on Perrier Rd., shearing off the gas meter (above) and causing a leak. Courtesy Nelson Fire Rescue

2015 was warmest year locally since 1966NELSON STAR STAFF

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled Kootenay Lake on New Year’s Eve according to a report from the US Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Program.The shake was reported 34 kilometres east of

Nelson, near Boswell.No damage was reported.

One local politician says BC Hydro made the right call in abandon-ing the idea of dredging Grohman Narrows to increase flood protec-tion, while another says she’s not surprised but remains worried about future water levels.

The company an-nounced just before Christmas that after nearly three years and $700,000 worth of stud-ies, it’s pulling the plug on the project to deepen the Kootenay River bot-tleneck.

“I believe that BC Hydro probably made the best choice,” said Regional District of Central Kootenay Area E director Ramona Faust, who represents com-munities along the West Arm of Kootenay Lake and the Kootenay River.

“The variable un-known impacts for the amount of flood protec-

tion and power benefits was difficult to measure. I hope flooding can be managed within existing agreements by timing and cooperation.”

Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak, meanwhile, said BC Hydro’s decision makes sense to her, al-though she still has con-cerns.

“There was so much pushback from the com-

munity and a deep suspi-cion it was BC Hydro try-ing to make more money. It didn’t matter what we said about how the whole thing came about, people were very leery. That’s understandable. A lot of people were around when the [Columbia River Treaty] dams went in. There was some mis-trust and fear around what might happen.”

However, Kozak said from her perspective, those who worked on the project were genuinely interested in the pros and cons, and while the project would have re-sulted in some additional power generation, it was weighed against the cost of the project.

Kozak said she re-mains concerned that climate change will mean more big rain events, such as the ones of 2012.

“I don’t know how often flood events will happen, but it would be nice to have the ability to control the water flow. We’ll have to prepare for what might come down the pipe, but there is some uneasiness. I’m not so sure what’s going to happen.”

BC Hydro said the cost of the project — $21 million to $68 million for low to high volume exca-vation scenarios — could not be justified by the amount of flood control

it would provide, 22 to 60 centimeters (nine inches to two feet).

BC Hydro looked at the project in response to calls from local politi-cians after the high water of 2012 that resulted in the highest water levels on the Kootenay River in nearly 40 years.


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RDCK director underwhelmed by Canfor deal

The regional district director for rural Kaslo isn’t thrilled with the sale of the Meadow Creek Cedar forest license to Canfor.

“It is very unfortunate that the sale does not include the mill, which means we will be seeing the logs shipped right out of the area, losing any local employ-ment opportunities for process-ing,” Aimee Watson said.

“In an economically depressed area that was further damaged by the management of this license, the sale of the tenure without the mill is not good news.”

Still, Watson said she and Kaslo Mayor Suzan Hewat are eager to meet the new owners to discuss their plans regarding both jobs and management of the tenure.

“We still hope to see the ten-ure properly managed and that the resources pulled from the area provide an economic benefit to the people of North Kootenay

Lake,” she said.Canfor bought the license,

which has an annual allowable cut of 96,513 cubic meters. It plans to keep 40 per cent for its own use and sell the remaining 60 per cent to Porcupine Wood Products of Salmo, subject to government approval.

However, the Cooper Creek property where Meadow Creek Cedar’s sawmill stood until it burned down in late 2014 re-mains under the ownership of Dale Kooner.

Canfor’s nearest mills are in East Kootenay. A Porcupine rep-resentative said more details will be forthcoming once their part of the arrangement is approved.

The license has been repeat-edly suspended and threatened with cancellation due to misman-agement.

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Bylaw not the answer to panhandling problem

Happy 2016! I hope this new year holds much good in store for you.

Ending last year, councillor Robin Cherbo wrote about panhandling and poverty in his column and as a start to this year I have decided to do the same. In particular, I have been thinking about the motion for a bylaw adapted from provincial safe streets legislation which defines and regulates aggressive panhandling and also bans panhandling near businesses and public amenities. If passed, it will give bylaw officers the authority to fine non-compliant panhandlers as an alternative to en-gaging the police and judicial system as is currently the case.

The motion is in response to reports that businesses are losing customers because of the high number of pan-handlers on the street. Although the proposed bylaw does not include new restrictions on panhandling, it may allow for more day-to-day enforcement of existing restrictions. Of concern are the unintended effects on panhandlers of more day-to-day enforcement of restrictions.

Research elsewhere has shown that restrictions increase the vulnerability of panhandlers by reducing their income and their connection to community. Studies report increased participation in higher risk activities (theft, drugs, prostitution, etc.) amongst people trying to cope with the loss of panhandling income. These factors make it harder for people to improve their situation and promote the poor mental health, substance abuse and other symptoms sometimes associated with poverty.

Not surprisingly, efforts to regulate panhandling have been challenged re-

peatedly on constitutional grounds for discriminating against those living in poverty. The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear the constitutional challenge but lower courts have gen-erally found in favour of regulation as long as there remains reasonable opportunity for people to publicly ask for money.

Safe street laws have thus endured but after 15 years of regulation and en-forcement, cities across Canada contin-ue to struggle with ever higher levels of panhandling and other unwanted street activity. Courts are too overwhelmed to prosecute such minor offences and even when prosecuted and penalized, those with few alternatives continue to repeatedly engage in panhandling and other poverty-related offences. Where bylaws are in place and fines issued, the problems persist as most municipalities also lack capacity to respond effectively.

The reality is that more and more people are unable to generate an ad-equate income. Consequently, research-ers and practitioners on all sides of this issue agree that regulation and enforcement are not enough and that improved and targeted employment, social service, treatment and public education are required. I would further echo councillor Cherbo and suggest that living wages and higher social assistance rates are also needed.

Undeniably, it is in everyone’s best interest that business districts thrive and that people feel safe on the streets, but in achieving these goals we can do better than simply making pov-erty invisible. Many communities are striving for new and better approaches to address panhandling and poverty more generally.

Nelson’s new street culture collabora-tive aims to bring together the knowl-edge and creativity of everyone involved in and impacted by panhandling and other street activities. I believe this effort represents an exciting opportu-nity to open our hearts and minds so that no one loses and everyone gains. As always I look forward to hearing your thoughts and encourage your input to the discussion in advance of the proposed bylaw being considered.

Nelson city councillor Valerie Warmington shares this space weekly with her council colleagues.

panhandling problem

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Don’t fall off the turnip truck in pursuit of Wi-Fi

Re: “Nelson council backs Shaw’s free Wi-Fi,” Dec. 9

Thump.That’s the sound of Nelson city

council falling off the back of a turnip truck after voting in favour of Shaw’s offer of free Wi-Fi in public places.

But it’s free! Valued at $100,000 and it’s being offered to Nelson out of the goodness of their little corporate hearts.

Thump.When was the last time you ac-

cepted an absolutely free gift? How did it work out for you? Okay, stop laughing. Don’t even schoolchildren know better than to accept candy from strangers? And don’t Nelson citizens have a right to know what is really at play here and what they are really getting themselves into? Otherwise the city looks like it just fell off the back of a turnip truck.

Thump.But it’s safe! The city has a

document from Health Canada that says so.

Thump.Would that be the same Health

Canada who thought that asbestos was a grand idea only to be overturned by the World Health Organization? The same Health Canada who first said that tobacco was dandy and DDT like candy only to be sheep-ishly corrected by the WHO over and over? The same Health Canada who now love Wi-Fi in spite of the fact that the WHO classified Wi-Fi as a carcinogen in 2011 alongside DDT and leaded gas? Say what?

We don’t spread DDT on our playfields, do we? Not unless it’s given free by a corporation? Yet council wants to spread Wi-Fi in all public places. Oh, but they have a document.

Thump.It matters not that the Canadian

Medical Association, our doctors in other words, chastised Health Canada this year saying that it’s “a disaster to public health.” One scientist said that given the over-whelming evidence that wireless radiation is harmful, Health Canada staff are either “unwilling or not competent to make evaluation of the current literature.” The CMA went on to reveal that James McNamee, who wrote Health Canada’s safety code, has also co-authored academic papers with scientists who openly

accept payments from the wireless industry.

Thump.At a time when the emerging

trend is for businesses and cities to market themselves as Wi-Fi Free Zones, council goes all in?

Thump.We better hope that council gets

wise to the ways of the world, oth-erwise we will all be falling off the back of the turnip truck together.

Thump.Gerry Moore

Nelson

The war on climate change

It is easy to see why there has been pushback against the urgency of reducing climate change when we see the inaction of state govern-ments and the absence of genuine alarm from the corporate media. The truth of the matter is that if we wish to save our environment and ultimately our civilization, extreme action is needed.

We can no longer trust our na-tional or provincial governments to act in our best interests. Change must come from people at the local level. All towns, cities, and mu-nicipalities must initiate radical social and economic changes in their spheres of influence and thus exert pressure on governments to do the same.

The people must rally behind environmental organizations, such as the EcoSociety here in the Kootenays. By donating time and money to such organizations, we can implement changes to attitudes and behaviour that are at the root cause of waste and pollution.

First of all, we can denounce the “new global economy” as being a tool of the financial sector in order to rob individual countries of their autonomy and to rapidly steal their natural resources. We can accomplish this by supporting more local businesses and by initiating and developing more cooperatives in order to make our community more self-sufficient in the areas of food production and green power generation.

In the area of transportation we could facilitate, perhaps through municipal or provincial grants, the purchase of a green transit system and provide local incentives that would encourage people to transition to electric or even hybrid vehicles.

More affluent home owners could be asked for donations to help pay for energy upgrades to financially challenged home owners — we are all together in this mess.

Perhaps a cooperative movement could be initiated to transform all existing lawn areas into productive food gardens which then could supply all Nelsonites with fresh produce. Add more community greenhouses to this and you would be able to provide meaningful work for all of the “un” or “under” employed people in our community.

Most importantly, people must be informed of the true causes of global warming: greed and social inequalities. Through town hall meetings and seminars we could help to change attitudinal behav-iours that are obstacles to solving the most important issue facing humanity today.

Wayne SavardNelson

Red lines and common grounds

Negotiations are difficult by nature. Managing negotiations between 195 countries is nearly impossible. This was the dilemma facing the negotiators of the Paris climate summit. To solve it they brought in a unique management strategy.

The trick to getting through over-complicated negotiations comes from the Zulu people of South Africa, called “induba.”

Instead of repeating stated po-sitions, each party is encouraged to speak personally and state the “red lines” they are unwilling to cross. While telling others their hard limits, they must provide solutions to find common grounds.

“Including everyone and allow-ing even hostile countries to speak, achieved a remarkable breakthrough,” writes The Guardian. An historic first, the agreement was adopted without objection.

As Ottawa now turns to reaching a detailed national climate strategy with the provinces by early March while also moving toward a North American agreement, it would do well to utilize this effective strategy that brought consensus to vastly different nations. After all, we may be a diverse population, but we are one Canada.

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Curt Doyle should have been shaky.

Coaches told the 16-year-old rookie goaltender, called up by the Nelson Leafs from the major midget Kootenay Ice last week, that he was expected to win against one of the KIJHL’s elite teams Thursday afternoon.

But instead of showing his in-experience, Doyle put on a star performance that included two save-of-the-year candidates as a new-look Nelson Leafs defeated the Beaver Valley Nitehawks 7-4.

“It’s great to be out there,” said Doyle. “The boys just treat me great and it’s awesome.”

Only the night before Doyle made 40 saves in a 6-5 loss to Beaver Valley in Fruitvale. He got the nod again Thursday and made two saves that had every-one in the Nelson and District Community Complex buzzing.

With the score tied at four, Doyle foiled an early breakaway in the third period. Then, with just over four minutes left, he went post-to-post on a pair of saves to keep Nelson ahead by one.

Leafs coach Mario DiBella, who earned his first win as the team’s head coach, said the latter of Doyle’s highlight-reel saves was the turning point.

“Players gain confidence when they see the goaltender make big saves and Curt made a number of great saves today,” said DiBella. “You see that the players, even when they were down 4-2, never felt like they were down and out.”

Doyle, who finished Thursday with 32 saves, is head-ed back to the Ice, but DiBella said there’s a chance he’ll return for another game before the sea-son is over.

The goaltender’s perfor-mance wasn’t the only one worth talking about.

Nicholas Ketola looked like a hurricane on the ice for most of the game, and his hustle re-warded the team with two quick goals in the second period that tied the score at four.

Jordan Davie had two goals as well, Andy Fitzpatrick scored the game winner, and Blair Andrews and Austin Anselmo each added singles for the Leafs (15-20-1).

Sam Swanson, Blake Sidoni, Allan Pruss and Jace Weegar replied for the division-lead-ing Nitehawks (25-6-4), while Tallon Kramer turned aside 27 shots.

The Leafs roster hardly looked like a team that limped

through a disastrous start to the campaign, and it was Ketola who shone brightest. The forward was buzzing all night with sev-eral chances including an early third-period breakaway. He said the improved team atmosphere helped his performance.

“Definitely more positive. It’s way more positive in the locker room and on the bench,” said Ketola. “When we have a bad shift [DiBella] just tells us to keep going and we do. We’re playing good right now.”

DiBella was happy to return the compliment.

“Outstanding performance. [Ketola] really took some of what we worked on this week in practice to heart and went hard to the net and scored two beautiful goals.”

A positive first period for Nelson included goals by Andrews and Davie as well as two successful penalty kills and plenty of offensive pressure. One bad giveaway led to Swanson’s

goal, but the Leafs went into the intermission with a 2-1 lead.

The good vibes ended quick-ly in the second period. The Nitehawks’ three-goal run start-ed with a backhand by Sidoni at 17:11 that tied the game at two. Then, right after killing off a 5-on-3 Leafs man advantage, Pruss jumped on a shot that put Beaver Valley ahead by one. Less than two minutes later Doyle gave up a big rebound to Weeger who capitalized at 8:19 for a 4-2 lead.

That set the stage for Ketola to save the Leafs from a disas-trous period.

Ketola tipped in a shot by Miller for his first goal at 2:58, and his second just 45 seconds later on an easy tap-in tied the game at four and fired up the crowd. Then Fitzpatrick’s goal at 8:04 in the third gave Nelson a lead the suddenly tenacious team wouldn’t concede.

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Senior Citizens’ Association meet-ing 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6., 717 Vernon Street. Refreshments served, and activities include bridge, cribbage, dominoes, chess, euchre and snooker. More info: 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Learning in Retirement starts its winter/spring session Jan. 8. Registration at 9 a.m. at the Selkirk Silver King Campus. At 10 a.m., meet the instructors and learn about multi-session classes this semester.

Council of Canadians (Nelson Chapter) regular monthly meeting Jan. 9. at 10 a.m., 101 Baker Street (downstairs). More info: 250-352-9871.

West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group meeting Jan. 18, 2 to 4 p.m. at Kiro Wellness Center, 1500 Columbia Ave, Trail. Topic: Prolapsed stoma. More info: 250-368-9827.

Ymir Snowfest: pancake breakfast, music, fun, games, obstacle races and slid-ing hills, Feb. 6. More info: 250-357-9555.

Weekly events

Breastfeeding Drop-in Support by a public health nurse Tuesdays 10:30 to noon at the Nelson Health Centre, 2-333 Victoria St. More info: 250-505-7200.

Taoist 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 Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon, Thursdays Dec. 31 to Jan 21, free. More info: 250-505-2361.

Seniors Coordinating Society Income Tax Program for low income and seniors 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.

Nelson Healing Rooms, a place for con-fidential prayer, Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 711 10th Street, free. More info: [email protected].

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 experienc-ing grief due to the death of someone they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. More info: 250-352-2337.

The Healing Meditation, gentle, guid-ed meditation infused with the power of Conscious Co-Creation through spiritu-ally 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 welcome.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 in-vites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuf-fleboard, 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 meet-ing in December. More info: [email protected].

Djembe drum circle every third Monday night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay, 7 p.m. $5. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums.

Monthy Events

People in Pain Support Group, Shambhala Meditation Centre 812 Stanley St., 1:30 p.m. the first 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 1:00 on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. More info: 250-352-3583.

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

Low Cost Dental applications accepted the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon St, 7 a.m. to noon. For 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.


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Kootenay Lake Hospital’s Colleen Driscoll was once again dressed as the New Years baby for this year’s Polar Bear Swim, and this year she was swimming in memory of her friend Hazel Miller, who passed away earlier this year.

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It was a somber bus ride for the Nelson Leafs.

They had just learned that then-head coach David McLellan and assistant Greg Andrusak had each resigned. Now they were on their way to what should have been a romp against the lowly Spokane Braves before the holiday break. Except no one felt very festive.

Leafs forward Levi Hulston said the news shocked the struggling team, which had only just ended a seven-game losing streak the night before. “Nobody really saw it coming. It came without warning,” he said.

The trip south only got worse.Nelson fell apart in the third

period against Spokane on Dec. 16. In-game injuries to Kyle Chernenkoff and Cole Arcuri meant the team had just three defencemen to play with, and the Braves pounced with three goals en route to a 4-2 win.

“It was a mess,” said Hulston. “We started pretty well, I think. We tried to do the best we could. Although we had guidance on the bench we had to be as self-focused as we could be. It was a bit of a challenge.”

The loss, injuries and sudden lack of a head coach gave the players plenty to think about on the way home.

“It was quiet on the way [down],” said Jordan Davie. “It was quieter on the way back.”

The Leafs gathered last week for their first practices under new head coach and general manager Mario DiBella. Sean Dooley has returned from McLellan’s staff as assistant coach, and former Leafs player Isaac MacLeod is back in an as-sistant coaching role.

The team had just days to adjust to DiBella’s coaching style and plays before facing the Beaver Valley Nitehawks on the road Wednesday. Goaltender Patrick Ostermann, who was able to ruminate on the turbu-

lent month during a holiday trip to Mexico, said having DiBella with the team helps even if they are essentially starting from square one midway through the season.

“We see that he’s moved guys onto the next level and he’s had success. So it’s good for us to see that. For sure it’s something helpful,” said Ostermann. “It’s not the question of he’s a new coach, new here, new everything for him. He’s been here before. He knows the environment al-ready.”

Still, DiBella has his own challenges.

The former coach of the Leafs from 2000-02 needs to quickly learn what his players are capa-ble of and decide what to do with the team’s two player cards prior to the Jan. 10 trade deadline.

“The main challenge is just trying to implement our systems that we want to run with,” said DiBella. “They aren’t used to me, I’m not used to them, so it’s a bit hide-and-seek, who can do what we want to do in a short period of time. Who’s going to respond, who’s going to step up to the challenges that are being presented to them.”

There are also more Leafs ready to step up now than there were before the holiday break.

Forward Rayce Miller and de-fenceman Max Daerendinger,

two key players out with inju-ries since November, have been cleared to play. The team has captain Austin Anselmo back following his two-game suspen-sion and DiBella is also taking a broad look at all his roster’s resources — major midget goal-tender Curt Doyle and reserve player Reese Tambellini were also called up to the team.

Nelson is fourth in the Neil Murdoch Division, four points back of third-place Grand Forks and, crucially, 17 points ahead of last-place Spokane heading into tonight’s game against the Braves. That means, if nothing else, the Leafs will start play under DiBella in the playoff race. The season, according to Ostermann, isn’t a write-off.

“I don’t believe so. I think we got hit by the injury bug for the first half of the year. We just really couldn’t get in a groove and things weren’t really going how we wanted,” he said. “But with the team we have we defi-nitely can win games. I believe we are going to turn this season around and we’re going to do really good this second half and turn it around and do well in playoffs.”

There were plenty of smiles on the ice near the end of a prac-tice that by DiBella’s admission began roughly as players tried to understand his plays and shake

off the holiday rust.The hardest part of the sea-

son, the Leafs hope, is now be-hind them.

“With the distractions of the coaching, with the hurt D-men, you’re going to have to find a way to win games in this league and we haven’t been doing that all of December,” said Davie. “So hopefully with new coaches we can find a way to overcome anything that’s thrown at us. Anything.”


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The Nelson Leafs take a knee as new head coach Mario DiBella (inset) explains a practice drill. Tyler Harper photos

FOR THE RECORDA story Dec. 23 (“Mario DiBella returns as Leafs coach, GM”) erroneously stated that DiBella won

a championship with the Nelson Leafs. In fact, the team won the KIJHL title in 2000, a year before

DiBella started, under the coaching of Rob Wright.

West Kootenay residents can now visit the community complexes in Nelson, Castlegar, and Creston as well as the fitness centre in Salmo with one pass for a unified price.

Individually those centres each have their own pricing structure, says RDCK community services manager Joe Chirico, but having the same price for a pass at all centres is in demand.

“We have been hearing from peo-

ple who want this,” he says.Chirico says it will especially suit

people who live more or less equidis-tant from two of the centres, such as Slocan Valley residents.

The pass will also come in handy during the period that the Nelson pool is under renovation.

“There are people who carpool once or twice a week from Nelson to swim in Castlegar,” he said.

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Amy MacKay found love on a Frisbee field.

Fifteen years ago MacKay joined an Ultimate Frisbee team at the University of Victoria because she had a crush on one of the players. The ploy worked — MacKay ended up dat-ing her now-husband Lee, and when the pair moved to Nelson five years ago they brought Frisbee with them.

Now Amy and Lee, who started the latest iteration of the Nelson Homegrown Frisbee team, take their two chil-dren to around 10 tour-naments a year with the team on their own dime.

“We really love Ultimate. There’s some sacrifices to be made but it’s all worth it,” Amy said.

Nelson Homegrown meets every Monday night, 8 to 10 p.m., dur-ing the winter at the Nelson indoor soccer facility to play pickup. Homegrown has, to MacKay’s knowledge, a history that stretches back 20 to 30 years. She estimates the cur-rent squad has included around 150 people at various points.

Nelson Homegrown, according to MacKay, is

named for the feeling the team and city is a home for all. And yes, it’s also a bit of a pot reference as well.

“There’s no harm with a little tongue in cheek,” she said.

The team recently re-turned from winning a November tournament in Mexico City, and sev-eral players also compet-ed with different teams a week later in Puerto Morelos, Mexico at the Pan American Ultimate Championship.

“We totally kicked ass,” said MacKay. “We spread the love the Homegrown way. We won the tournament and won the party and won the spirit award. We made a lot of new friends.”

Frisbee was invent-ed in 1948 by Walter

Frederick Morrison, and Ultimate Frisbee was first played 20 years later at a high school in Maplewood, N.J. Opposing teams of seven pass the disc as they move up a field either to score in an end zone or — as Homegrown plays during the winter — into a net.

Three aspects of the sport make it unique from others: it can be played co-ed, it’s self-refereed and it relies on what’s called Spirit of the Game to maintain decorum and reward positivity.

“You try to not only have as much fun as you can but you try to make it really fun for other people too,” said MacKay.

Kate Rustemeyer joined Homegrown

when she moved to Nelson three years ago. She said the group draws a variety of people inter-ested in the sport.

“What’s nice about Nelson is there’s a whole range,” said Rustemeyer. “Some people are super serious and some people aren’t, and they can get their serious competitive fix at tournaments, and then anyone can show up [in Nelson]. We’ve got people who are just brand new.”

MacKay said new players are sometimes intimidated by how hard Homegrown plays even though they try to make the group as inclusive as possible. They are always looking for re-cruits, but MacKay said the team could especially

use more women on the field.

Roster concerns aside, the team feels like a fam-ily to her.

On a trip to Italy in 2014, she decided she wanted to do something for her husband. During an impromptu time out both teams formed an aisle and provided a tie for Lee and a veil for Amy. Their son and daughter joined in to play flower girl and ring bearer. They’d already been married for seven years, but Amy wanted to add a few new Frisbee-related vows.

“I promise not to clog up the cutting lanes of our lives,” said Amy to Lee, before play resumed and she threw him a pass for a score.


The Salvation Army in Nelson would like to thank the community and its many donors, both private and corporate, for a very successful Christmas fundraising campaign. Over 300 food and toy hampers were distributed to local families in need. Major Robin Borrows of The Salvation

Army says “we are very busy throughout the year feeding approximately 1100 people through our hot breakfast, school lunch and Food Bank programs. These are real people in our community who rely on The Salvation Army on a daily basis”. “We accept donations of cash and food year long as the need is not only at Christmas. All funds raised by The Salvation Army stay in this community to help people here in Nelson and the surrounding area.”

As the local member and representative of Food Banks BC and Food Banks Canada, The Salvation Army received a wonderful donation on December 14th as the CP Rail Holiday Train rolled into Nelson and presented the organization with an $8000.00 cheque. “It was an exciting event for us and the community” says Major Borrows, “and a special thank you needs to go out, and for their continuous support yearly, to Save On Foods who provided sweet treats to those in attendance, 103.5 Juice FM who provided much needed and appreciated hot chocolate. Also participated was Practicar Rentals who provided a truck to collect over 1500 pounds of food and the Nelson City Police and the City Of Nelson looked after traf� c and the event location”. It was complete community participation that made this a great evening for all.”

The Salvation Army’s Kettle Drive was a huge success made possible by the volunteer hosts who provided many hours of service in collecting funds in the well-known 125 year old Kettle Drive. Many of Nelson’s service clubs hosted Kettles throughout the 30 day drive. Thanks to the Nelson Tramway Society, Nelson Lions Club, Rotary Daybreak Club, Nelson Rotary Noon Club, Nelson Gyro Club, Telus Community Ambassadors, Beta Sigma Phi. This year Scotiabank matched donations over two Fridays up to $5000. There were many other individuals who helped host the Kettles on Baker St and in the Chahko Mika Mall.

Major Borrows says “The amount of trust the community puts in The Salvation Army is humbling. This is evident by the large number of people who give of their time and � nances to help us to help others and to give hope to those who seem to have lost hope.

The Salvation Army wishes all a very merry Christmas and blessed New Year!

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Skiing is an incredible sensation, whether it is the thigh-deep powder that creeps up and over your shoulders, giving you a full-body tingling sensation, or the firm groomers that accept the pressure of your edges and push back at you giving you the sensation of flying. What about your other senses? The sound of the tinkling hoar frost, the screech of edges losing ground on an icy day, of laughter in the trees just when you thought that you had the run to yourself.

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The Nelson Food Cupboard premises were a flurry of activity on Dec. 22 as volunteers packed and gave out holiday hampers for 500 community members living on low incomes.

“We are so fortunate to be able to make these great healthy food hampers for people in and around Nelson who are struggling to make ends meet,” said food cupboard coordinator Marya Skrypiczajko. “The reason we’re able to do this it because of excellent community support in terms of food and fi-nancial donations, as well as vol-unteer labour.”

The hampers were packed high with all the fixings for a special holiday meal, plus staples to help people throughout the rest of the week, including fresh bread from the Kootenay Bakery and Au Soleil Levant, coffee from Oso Negro, fresh produce from the Kootenay Co-op, dental products from many of Nelson’s dentists, home baking from various school groups, and much more.

“Contributors clearly appreciate the opportunity to be involved,” added Skrypiczajko.

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“This donation was also made possible thanks to three differ-ent co-op suppliers: Discovery Organics, Pro Organics and Cawston Cold Storage, who do-nated $850 worth of organic mandarins, apples and yams. It is important to the co-op and its members that we contribute to building a strong community for all of Nelson’s residents, and one of our principle missions is to pro-vide access to abundant, organic

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Now that the holiday hamper program has wrapped up, staff are looking ahead to 2016 and organizing for what is expected to be yet another busy year. Their food bank will continue to be open two days per week, and their customers will be encouraged to take part in their food skills and gardening programs.

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Moola, who was also joined by his son Rohan, acknowledged the annual polar dip is somewhat ill-advised, and not for everyone.

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August 6,1930 - December 27, 2015

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It is with great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Louis, a devoted husband, father, brother, grandfather and uncle. His loving wife of fi fty-six years, Joan, predeceased him April 1, 2008. He leaves behind his children, Pat (Lorinda), Kim (Scott), and Randy (Morven), and one brother, Bert (Connie), as well as four grandchildren, Rob, Kalyn (Ed), Kevin and Ryan. One niece, Tannis, and three nephews, Michael, Chris, and Kevin, also mourn his loss.

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A Good Man Gone

Brian Michael PettsFebruary 10th, 1949 – December 27th, 2015

Brian was born in Calgary, AB to parents Arthur and Gladys Petts. Brian

passed away in the Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, BC after a courageous battle with cancer. Brian was an athlete in high school, attending near Calgary and in Edmonton. He and his parents farmed in both Alberta and Ontario. He loved the farm life. When the farm was sold, he went on to a career of transport driving, long hauling in the eastern and southern US. He loved the warmth and palm trees of the south. He fell in love with the East and West Kootenays, working here for six years. Brian had a beautiful voice and loved to sing. He enjoyed football, movies and a friendly game of pool. Mostly he loved being on the road. Predeceased by his father Arthur, mother Gladys, brother Gordon and wife Rose. He will be sadly missed by his partner Sharon, son Lee and brother Alan. A special thank you to Dr. Reinecke, Dr. Malpass and the wonderful doctors and nurses at both Nelson and Trail Hospitals. A celebration of Brian’s life will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.caMegan Johnson of � ompson Funeral Service has been entrusted with the cremation arrangements.

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Charles Carthy Henderson (Chuck) passed away suddenly

December 14, 2015. Chuck was born in Kitchener, Ontario

on March 27, 1960 to Ann Barbara Carthy and Charles Henderson. In 1981 Chuck moved to Vancouver, BC to live closer to his mom and sister. � is is where he started his insurance career and was able to sail the ocean, hike the mountains, ski in the winter and camp in the summer. In 1988 Chuck and his fi rst wife Christine moved to Nelson. � ey had two children, Lauren and Michael. � ey family spent lots of time on Kootenay Lake in their sailboat or out camping. Many weekends were spent at Pilot Bay with some of the other sailors. Both kids learned to walk on the sailboat so became very sure footed and also loved to sail or race with their father. When the kids were young, they would be tucked away in the cabin and out of the way so that Chuck could try to get across the start line fi rst not to mention the fi nish line when they were racing. Over the years Chuck was a member of the Rotary and was named a Paul Harris Fellow. He also served on the board for Habitat for Humanity for a number of years. Chuck made many good friends through Rotary, Habitat for Humanity and particularly the Kootenay Lake Sailing Association. Chuck will be remembered for being very friendly, having a kind heart and his quirky sense of humor. His insurance knowledge made him a highly respected part of the community. Chuck was very proud of both children and was able to walk his daughter down the aisle/fi eld to be married in 2013. Chuck’s greatest joy, other than sailing, was the relationship he had with this grandson Liam. Grandpa Chuck was one of Liam’s favorite people and Liam would cuddle, tease and hold Grandpa’s hand. Chuck was deeply loved and will be remembered by his daughter Laura Jones (Dustin), his son Michael Henderson, his mom Ann Carthy, his sister Joanna Cannon (Dan), his nephew Joel Cannon and his grandson Liam Jones. He is also survived by an aunt, an uncle, in-laws from his fi rst marriage and his fi rst wife, Christine.A celebration of life will be held in the spring. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to Habitat for Humanity. Megan Johnson of � ompson Funeral Service has been entrusted with the cremation arrangements.


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Nelson’s branch of Habitat for Humanity needs you. While suc-cessful builds have been orchestrated in the past (creating homes for four Nelson families), the local branch is currently in dire need of volunteers to keep things moving and to plan new builds in our town.

Nelson’s only member of Habitat for Humanity, Kathy Fair, explains that the program is a “hand-up” to home ownership, not a “hand-out.”

“And it’s self-perpetuating,” she says. “All of the mortgage payments go into the ‘fund for humanity’ and are used for future projects.”

The program allows hard-working

families to enter into an affordable financial partnership with Habitat for Humanity and make mortgage payments based on 25 per cent of their income, with no interest and no down payment. As part of their partnership with Habitat, they are also required to contribute 500 hours of sweat equity toward building their home or volunteering in this com-munity.

“The interest-free loan makes it affordable for families,” Fair says. “If you buy a house through a bank, you’re almost doubling the price of the house by the time you pay it off. A $200,000 house costs a Habitat family $200,000, and not a penny more.”

Habitat for Humanity “believes

access to safe, decent and affordable housing is a basic human right that should be available to all,” Fair says.

In 2015, the Boston Consulting Group conducted a study of the so-cietal effects of Habitat for Humanity in Canada or the “social return on investment” in communities with Habitat homes.

The research concluded that “for every $1 spent about $4 of benefits accrue to society.” And the benefits aren’t just financial, they’re human. The study showed Habitat home-owners were able to find better employment and increase their in-come, make 60 per cent fewer trips to the food bank, and lead healthier lifestyles.

Empowered by their new situ-ations, habitat homeowners were shown to engage more with their communities, showing higher voting and volunteer rates.

Educational opportunities and performance for children in Habitat homes also improved considerably, showing lower high school dropout rates, and an increased number of university graduates.

Potential projects and where you come in

The Nelson chapter needs a man-agement committee: a team of indi-viduals to brainstorm new and inno-vative opportunities, jump through

regulatory hoops, and help current Habitat homeowners navigate the logistics involved in transitioning from renting to owning their Habitat home.

Nelson currently has four Habitat houses and an empty lot that can be built on. “The empty lot,” says Fair, “is the most exciting part.” Building in Nelson is always an interesting challenge. The build will be tough due to the nature of the physical space, so there’s lots of room for creativity.

You can email Fair at [email protected] for more information. An information meeting will be held in Nelson on Jan. 16 for those inter-ested in forming this team.


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CHRISTINEPEARSONSalesAssociate

593 Baker Street, Nelson, BC250-505-8015

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Each office individually owned and operated

What are the advantages of Developing a Rental Suite?

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ROSLING REAL ESTATE

Well, the obvious one would be to increase the value of your home; however, the big picture doesn’t stop there.

The other benefits include having a mortgage helper. A rental suite could allow you to stay in your home once you’re on a fixed income. Secondary Suites also allow families to stay together; by providing a home for a family member, and keeping family connected. At times’ a Legal Rental Suite can help you to meet the criteria needed to qualify for a mortgage.

Based on “A Guide for Local Governments,” put out by the Ministry of Community and Aboriginal Women (revised in 2005), they studied several B.C. communities, including The City of Nelson. Due to Nelson’s geographical constraints for development, low rental vacancy rates and the fact that Nelson is a College Town, the City of Nelson encourages Secondary Suite Development. Having Secondary Suites enables our town to meet housing needs, while preserving the character of our community.

In summary, if you’d like to explore these options further, don’t hesitate contacting me, and I’d be happy to assist you with exploring the options most suitable for your needs. If you want to investigate further; head on down to talk with your local City Planning Department representative, or if you’d like to purchase an existing property that has a suite, come and talk to me, I’d be happy to assist you in your search.

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Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program Coordinator

Yes, there are still panels available, but not many. � e pre-sale phase was extremely successful

and the size has been expanded to o� er 240 panels in total, which is just over the 50kW array size. Please contact me for more information or visit www.nelson.ca/solar.

� e greenest energy is the energy not used. If you have opportunities to conserve energy then that is what I encourage you to do. � e home energy evaluation is one of the best ways to determine where heat is escaping and what rebates are available for energy upgrades.

Energy Savings Tips can be found at nelson.ca/ecosave.

Low income? Renters or owners can see if they qualify for free energy upgrades, including insulation and refrigerators. Also, if you live in an apartment building please contact me to � nd out how your unit can receive some free energy upgrades through FortisBC.

Contact me for more information on any of the above information.

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Nelson Hydro Customers:

Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program [email protected]/ecosave

Q Can I still invest in the Community Solar Garden?

Dr. Michael BrennanB.Sc., D.C.

384 Baker StreetNelson, BC V1L4H5

(250) 352-5135www.activebalancechiro.ca

Satellite clinics in New Denver & Nakusp

What is laser therapy and what are the benefits?

Cold Laser Therapy or Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a treatment that utilizes

specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue and to help accelerate the healing process. LLLT is absorbed by your tissues where it helps your cells to produce ATP(the major molecule our bodies use for energy). ATP fuels the processes of cell repair and regeneration. LLLT can also stimulate blood flow and decrease inflammation to injured areas as well as promote angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels. LLLT is not painful. Most people feel nothing at all during the treatment. Because LLLT affects cell regeneration/replication it is not currently used with people who have cancer or are pregnant. New research is being conducted to see if laser can be used to help treat certain types of cancer. LLLT has been shown to be effective with both acute and chronic injuries.

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Of� ce (250) 229-5711Cell (250) 505-5850 Fax (888) 628-2867

[email protected]

� ere are several things you can do to ensure your credit remains in good standing. Following are Five steps you can follow:

1) Pay down credit cards. � e number one way to increase your credit score is to pay down your credit cards so they’re below 70% of your limits. It is best to never get beyond 70% of what your credit limit is. 2) Limit the use of credit cards. Racking up a large amount and then paying it o� in monthly instalments can hurt your credit score. � e best bet is to pay your balances down or o� before your statement periods starts. 3) Keep old cards. Older credit is better credit. If you stop using older credit cards, the issuers may stop updating your accounts. As such, the cards can lose their weight in the credit formula and, therefore, may not be as valuable – even though you have had the cards for a long time. Use these cards periodically and then pay them o� . 4) Address any disputes with creditors right away. Always dispute any mistakes or situations that may harm your score right away. If, for instance, a cell phone bill is incorrect and the company will not amend it, you can dispute this by making the credit bureau aware of the situation. Letting something small build up will have a severe a� ect on your credit score and will be something that will haunt you for many years!5) Never miss a payment! To receive the best service and ensure you are always getting the best � nancing for your needs don’t hesitate to contact me anytime, I’m here to help you!

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