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The grade 3/4 class at Arrow Heights Elementary joins Shaun Aquiline in the EZ Rock studio on Friday to record a series of poems they wrote about winter. Each kid’s poem will be played on the air over the next month. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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National Day of Remembrance andAction on Violence Against WomenSaturday December 6th, 2014

Saturday December 6th 2014 marks the 25th anniversaryof the murder of fourteen women at Montreal’s ÉcolePolytechnic in 1989, gunned down by a lone man because they were women. In 1991 our parliament declared December 6th as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day not only marks the anniversary of the massacre. It also serves as a reminder of women around the world that have suffered gender-based violence. More than just a memorial, it is also a call to action to end violence against women and children.

The Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society will be remembering lives lost on this day and we hope that you too will take a moment to reflect. Remembering this horrific event has become the basis of recognizing and supporting action against widespread violence committed against women in our society.

We will continue to honour the memory of the 14 women:

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recycling system in Revelstoke, including a new list of what recyclables go where and an elimination of the annual curb-side pickup fee.

The changes are occurring as Multi-Material BC, an industry stewardship group, takes over the province’s recycling sys-tem.

The first change is in regards

to what goes can into the blue bags for curbside pickup. The list includes paper packaging and printed paper; and alumi-num, steel, plastic and paper containers.

Plastic bags and other film plastic, glass and plastic foam packaging must be sorted and brought to the recycling bins outside the Bottle Depot in the industrial park.

The other significant change is that the recycling bins will only be open during Bottle

Depot hours — Monday, Tues-day, Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The good news is the cost of the program is being born by MMBC, meaning the annual fee for curbside pickup will be eliminated. Pickup will still take place on the same schedule as in the past and will be done by Bresco.

The changes take effect at the start of 2015. Full details can be seen at recycling.bc.ca/revelstoke.

Alex [email protected]

Changes coming to recycling program

The Revelstoke Museum & Archives is hosting a reception on Thursday to celebrate the completion of several projects, including museum renovations and new exhibits.

It’s been a busy year for the museum as they re-vamped the main floor space with a more open layout and improved lighting.

The museum also launched two new exhibits — one mark-ing the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mount Revelstoke National Park and the other the centennial of the start of the First World War. The Times Review wrote about the new

exhibits when they opened ear-lier this year.

“These improvements have really added to the quality of our museum,” said Cathy Eng-lish, curator of the museum in a news release. “We are receiv-ing many positive comments from our visitors about the new exhibits.”

The work was made possi-ble through funding from the provincial Resort Municipality Initiative, commonly known as the tourism infrastructure fund. The reception is being held to show thanks for the funding and to showcase the work done.

“The RMI program is designed to help grow tour-ism in eligible municipalities,” said Shirley Bond, the Minis-

ter of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, in a news release. “The new kiosks, exhibit, infor-mation panels and changes to the museum entrance provide a fresh look and will no doubt inspire people to want to learn more about the rich history of Revelstoke and area.”

The museum still has one big project in the works — Land of Thundering Snow, an online exhibit on the history of ava-lanches being produced for the Virtual Museum of Canada. Cathy English is also working on a book compilation of her brown bag lunch talks.

The reception is being held Thursday, Dec. 4, from 4–6 p.m.

Museum marking end of busy year with receptionAlex [email protected]

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We always wish we had advance warning of a serious illness about to befall us. There is .... for diabetes. It’s called prediabetes and is a sort of early alert system that says you might be moving toward a full diabetes diagnosis. This can be picked up by certain blood tests ordered by your doctor and if it shows you have prediabetes, lifestyle changes can be made to possibly avoid the disease.

People have various reasons for not getting their flu shot each year. They may say it’s not perfect so why bother? Flu vaccine has saved many lives over the years and yes, it isn’t perfect, but with so few side effects it’s worth the effort. We encourage everyone, especially healthcare workers, to get their flu shot this year.

Speaking of vaccines, there is a lot of work going on right now to

find a vaccine against Parkinson’s Disease. An Austrian company has developed a vaccine that is in very early clinical trials. It has been well tolerated and the results have been positive. Money for the research has been provided by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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Before you take it, talk about it. Good advice to follow with any medication.

The snow started falling two weeks ago. Before that, the roads were relatively dry and the driv-ing was easy — at least as far as the Trans-Canada in November goes.

Then the snow started and the accidents started to pile up — five major ones on the Trans-Canada Highway in the span of seven days, all the result of commercial tractor-trailers drivers losing control and crashing.

On Nov. 21 a semi caught a patch of slush at the side of the road and skidded out of control into an oncoming pickup west of Rev-elstoke. The lone occupant of the pickup was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The crash closed the highway for several hours.

That night, another crash hap-pened on the highway west of town. This time a semi lost control and jackknifed across the highway, blocking both lanes. It took more than six hours for the highway to completely re-open.

Four hours after the highway re-opened, at around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 22, another semi driver lost control, taking out a power pole before rolling over and blocking both lanes of traffic. It took most of the day to fix the power line and re-open the highway.

Then there was calm until late Monday, Nov. 24, at around 8:45 p.m. when a westbound tractor-trailer jackknifed across the high-way. An eastbound semi smashed

into him. The driver of the east-bound vehicle — Gary Michael Rivett, 53, of Ladysmith, B.C., died at the scene. The highway took 15 hours to re-open.

On Thursday, Nov. 27, there was another closure when a tractor-trailer jackknifed in Glacier National Park. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Then the skies cleared for the weekend and peace returned to the highway.

***Crashes on the Trans-Canada

Highway around Revelstoke in win-ter are as predictable as the snow. It’s not a matter of if, but when the first closure will happen and when someone will die. For many truck drivers, the stretch from the Skyline truck stop west of Revelstoke to Golden is the most treacherous in the country, with the heavy traffic, big snowfalls and winding roads built to 50-year-old standards.

“That corridor between you guys and Sicamous is ridiculous on its own,” Dan Dickey told me. “Now that the snow is flying, it’s just got-ten worse.”

Dickey is a truck driver who runs the website BCTrucker.com. He frequently Tweets about highway issues and posts videos of bad driv-ers on his YouTube page.

He believes the increase in speed limits that took place earlier this year is the cause of the uptick in accidents. It’s something he pre-dicted in an interview with the CBC in October and so far he says he’s right. “My contention was as soon as winter hits, it’s going to be a

complete mess because people have no ability to control themselves,” he told me.

Gord Barr, who has been driving a truck from Kelowna to Golden for 18 years, agrees the speed limits are an issue. “They should have never done that. It’s OK in the summer time, spring and fall, but not now,” he said while taking a break at the rest stop near Revelstoke. “They should have varying speed limits so they can adjust it and people drive accordingly.”

When I reached Dickey last week, he was in Prince George, but a few nights earlier he had driven through Revelstoke on his way to Calgary. It was a period of calm in the midst of the chaos. He only drives this way if its absolutely nec-essary, he said.

“That section of highway between Kamloops and the Alberta border is probably one of the most dangerous highways as far as other motorists on the road and having to interact with them,” he said.

According to Dickey, people’s

driving habits have gotten worse since the speed limit increases. “People don’t see it as a maximum speed limit. They see it as a target speed limit,” he said.

Because the speed limit is posted at 100 kilometres per hour, that’s the speed they’ll try to drive, even if the conditions are bad. Add in a snowy, slippery road, and you get what happened last week.

“People need to slow down and be careful and be patient and real-ize you’re not commuting. You’re traveling,” he said. “There’s a dif-ferent mindset they need to have. They need to slow down, be aware of the people around them, respect the people around them and drive accordingly.”

***Clint Lenzi has spent his life

around the highways near Rev-elstoke. His father owned Sure-Haul Transportation and as a kid he would help out around the shop. Twenty-three years ago, at the age of 19, he got his Class One license and has been driving trucks ever

since. He said he knows about a dozen people who have lost their lives on the Trans-Canada. He now runs Sure-Haul, with its fleet of 16 vehicles and 17 employees.

I spoke to Lenzi to get an idea about what was happening on the highway last week. Five closures in a week, all the result of crashes involving tractor-trailers, is a lot, even by Revelstoke standards. Or at least, so it seemed to me.

What was going on? Was it sim-ply road conditions or was it the new, increased speed limits?

For Lenzi, the problems are numerous and include poor driver training, ill-equipped and improp-erly loaded trucks, slow snow clear-ing, and impatient drivers.

“It’s a lot of contributing factors, but our highway system is failing us,” he said bluntly at his office in the Big Eddy last week.

There’s no real starting point to the problem. It’s too easy to get a Class One drivers license, meaning

A tow truck removes a smashed semi from the Trans-Canada Highway following an accident last week. RCMP photo

Life on the real Highway Thru HellFive highway closures in a week is a lot, even by Revelstoke standards. I talked to some truck drivers to get an idea of what was happening as winter hit the Trans-Canada Highway.


see Trucking, page 16


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some of those,” said Dion during an open house at the community centre that evening.

The day began with a meet-ing with the city in the morning to iron out contract details and was followed by a meeting with Southside stakeholders.

“One thing that’s very impor-tant to us with the opposition we have had, we want to make sure the Southside Neighbourhood Groups’ voices were heard, and show them we care about what they think,” said Karl Jost, the president of the CVSA. “They’re going to be stewards of the park, essentially. We wanted a special meeting for them to air their con-cerns.”

The open house was held in the evening, and gave the public opportunity to hear about what New Line could do with the new park, as well as provide feed-back on what features they’d like to see. There were three posters placed on the wall with different

park elements that could be incor-porated. Participants were invited to place dots next to the elements they like the most.

“That’s going to give me an idea of priorities. We’re dealing with skateboarders, BMX, begin-ner, intermediate, advanced, bowl skaters and street skaters and all these different types of peo-ple,” said Dion. “Even in 20,000 square feet it’s hard to accommo-date everybody. Tonight is about setting priorities.”

He said many aspects will be considered when designing the park — not just what features to include. Elements like where the sun comes from, view lines into and out of the park, and how it fits with other features in Kovach Park will be looked at.

Dion will now be working on several preliminary designs that he will bring back to the city and CVSA for refinement some-time in January. He’ll return with a mostly-finished design in Feb-

ruary that will be presented to the public for feedback. After, it will be a matter of finalizing the design.

Once that is done, it will be up to the CVSA to raise money to build the new park. They are hop-ing to build a 15,000 to 20,000 square foot park. Dion said con-struction costs range from $40 to $50 per square foot, so the total cost will be about $800,000.

“Essentially after this night and after we get a first design, it’s go go go for fundraising, grant writing and just raising money,” said Jost. “We’ll essentially be shovel-ready minus the cash.”

He’s hopeful money can be raised quickly and construction can begin in a year or two.

“For me, it’s trying to get it as soon as possible,” he said. “The kids in Revelstoke have been waiting long enough for updated amenities. I want to see them have it before they’re too old like me.”

The Revelstoke RCMP is warning of a scam where people are receiv-ing phone calls offering to repair their computer.

"There has been a recent rash of these types of incidents in Revel-stoke where the caller provides the serial number to your computer and advises that they will repair for a fee," said Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky in a news release. "These have proven to be scams each time. The person is only seeking a credit card number to charge a large sum of money to your account."

Grabinsky warns these are not

legitimate businesses and to only trust your computer with appropriate busi-nesses, preferably those approved by the Chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau.

"If you have provided your credit card information to these types of call-ers please ensure to contact the police as well as contact your credit card company and advise them of the inci-dent," he said.

The RCMP is asking anyone with further information or who has been a target of this scam to contact them at 250-837-5255 or to call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The development of a new skate-park in Revelstoke took a step forward with a series of meetings between local stakeholders and designers New Line Skateparks last week.

Kyle Dion, the owner and lead designer for New Line, was in Revel-stoke on Thursday, Nov. 27, to meet with city officials, the Columbia Val-

ley Skateboard Association and mem-bers of the Southside Neighbourhood Group.

New Line was contracted by the CVSA to design the new skatepark in Kovach Park.

“Before we kick off any design pro-cess we like to get all the parameters and ideas and opportunities and con-straints, and get our head wrapped around what we’re dealing with, and seeing how the design might address

New Revelstoke skatepark enters design phaseAlex [email protected]

Karl Jost, the president of the Columbia Valley Skateboard Association, and Kyle Dion, the owner and lead designer of New Line Skateparks. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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The Community Connections Food Bank is seeking donations for its annual Christmas Hamper Program.

The program seeks to help low-income families and seniors during the holiday season by pro-viding them with hampers filled with food, gifts, toys and other necessities.

With Christmas a month away, the food bank is looking for donations such as non-perishable food, toys, books, games, cloth-ing and more.

You can support the program by:

— Making a charitable finan-cial donation;

— Donating food at Cooper's or at the basement of the Legion;

— Organizing a food drive;— Donating your Save on

More points at Cooper's;— Purchasing a $2 coupon at

Cooper's, Southside, Pharmasave and People's Drug Mart;

— Sponsoring a family with gifts & food;

— Picking an angel from the Christmas tree at CIBC;

— Supporting the toy drive at

Red Apple.The most needed items are

cans of tuna, salmon, ham and other meats; pasta, pasta sauce and tomatoes; Chunky soups, meal in a tin (ie. stew), break-fast cereals, pancake mix, fruit juice, canned milk, canned fruits & vegetables, peanut butter, jam, baby food, cereal, diapers, toilet-ries, laundry detergent, and pet food.

Other suggested items are new unwrapped toys, books, games, gift boxes of cookies, tea, cof-fee, specialty foods, calendars, magazines, notepads, pens, can-dles, napkins, kitchen towels, gloves, scarves, socks, blankets, backpacks, movie bucks, and gift cards from any local store.

Last holiday season the food bank gave out more than 180 hampers. This year, the food bank has provided food for an average of 145 adults and 30 chil-dren every week.

Donations can be dropped off at the Christmas Hamper Depot in the basement of the Royal Canadian Legion Hall daily until Dec. 23 (except Sundays) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Food bank seeking donations for Christmas Hamper ProgramALEX [email protected]

It started a few years ago when she needed help with income assistance. Jill (using a made up name) went to Community Con-nections to get help from Cathy Girling.

Over time, other problems were revealed — Jill was struggling to feed herself and her son. She couldn’t afford to keep her home heated. She began using more and more services at Community Con-nections.

“She was actually buying a bag of pellets when she could and bik-ing them to her house,” said Patti Larson, the director of community outreach for Community Connec-tions. “She didn’t have any fur-nace fuel. She didn’t have any money for pellets, which is what her source of heat was.”

The help came from local busi-nesses — Big Eddy Fuel � lled up her oil tank and Rough Coun-try Marine donated 10 bags of pel-lets. A private individual donated another 10 bags.

And as Jill sat in her now-warm home, curled up in a blanket — also donated to her through Com-munity Connections — she wrote Larson an e-mail.

“I was just sitting down to write

you a note to tell you how abso-lutely wonderful it was to have the furnace on — I started it Friday night and lay on the couch read-ing a book and it felt like Christ-mas to me,” Jill wrote. “I had for-gotten what it felt like to have a warm house – not freezing � oors – and I was so relaxed. I hadn’t even realized how much it was bother-ing me because I had just gotten used to it.”

I didn’t meet Jill and con� den-tiality obligations meant Larson couldn’t say too much about her or who she is.

Her story is a fairly common one in Revelstoke — someone who comes to Community Con-nections for one reason or another, but is revealed to have issues far deeper than the reason they sought help and so they need more help.

“With this particular person, her income had changed and we started working on that,” said Girling. “Out of that came other problems that were either a cause or associated with income.”

In winter, the issues are com-pounded as heating and food get more expensive and it becomes harder to get around. Staying warm is harder, as is going to the grocery store to buy food.

Around Christmas, the issues come to the fore. The food bank,

with the help of donations, gives out close to 200 hampers to help low-income families and seniors (see sidebar for more). The hol-iday season brings stories’ like Jill’s to attention.

Usually the focus is on the food bank, but the support for low-income people goes beyond that.

“This woman has accessed the food bank, she’s accessed housing outreach, she’s accessed our drop-in play group,” said Larson. “It’s the whole gamut of services she’s accessed over the years.”

For Jill, it meant being able to cozy up in front of a � re after going for a walk with her son, without the stress of knowing whether or not the heat would be on.

“Waking up this morning and looking out the window and seeing the frost on the ground would usu-ally send a pang of stress through my body, but knowing that we were taken care of and the house was already warm (usually I get up and light the � re to warm the house as I can’t waste pellets by running it all night) I was relaxed and happy and able to enjoy my morning with my son,” she wrote. “I don’t feel alone in the battle. I feel cared for and thought of. And to know that people care about my son is pretty much the most impor-tant thing in my life.”

ALEX [email protected]

Lending a helping hand at the holidays

Volunteers Joan Thatcher and Gloria Brown help out on the opening day of the Christmas Hamper Program at the food bank. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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Continued government inaction on zebra mussels will result in massive losses

Our grandmothers taught us not to be penny wise and pound foolish; to be aware that saving a small amount of money in the present could in fact mean that we will be spending hundreds of millions of dollars in the future. Yet, that is exactly what the British Columbia government is doing right now.

Quagga and zebra mus-sel infestations have become Ontario and Manitoba’s worst nightmares. And the same thing will happen in Brit-ish Columbia if we don’t take immediate and determined action.

Ministry of Environment documents state that ‘if zebra or quagga mussels become established in BC they could decimate sockeye salmon and kokanee � sheries as a result of the irreversible ecological challenges they could induce.’

Rate of threat is classi� ed by our government as high, yet they have done almost nothing to stop the transference of this invasive species into British Columbia’s lakes and rivers.

When faced with a simi-lar threat states such as Idaho have taken action to ensure that their waterways remain mussel free. For � ve years, Idaho has been providing an excellent example of best practice, developing cost-effective protocols and gath-ering valuable data. Idaho has established inspection stations at entrance points to ensure that boats travelling through the state are not carrying mus-sels, which can survive for up to 30 days out of water.

And it only takes one con-taminated boat to infect a water body. A single infected boat in Shuswap or Okana-gan Lake will have devastating consequences for the ecosys-tem, tourism, house prices and more. Once a lake is infected, it cannot be reversed.

In the � ve years that the Idaho program has operated, 11 per cent of boats that were discovered to be infected were destined for B.C. lakes. That is a shocking statistic. If not for the diligent work of Idaho, B.C. lakes could already be infected.

Government members will tell you that we’ve signed agreements with neighbouring jurisdictions to combat quagga and zebra mussels, but virtu-ally no money has been allo-cated to stop infected boats from entering.

It is time for British Colum-bia take responsibility for this very serious matter. We’ve been lucky so far. Now it’s time to spend a small amount

of money to ensure that boats are inspected and decontam-inated before they start an infestation that will cost this province dearly. Environment Minister Mary Polak needs to hear from you at [email protected].

Norm Macdonald is the MLA for Columbia River-Rev-elstoke and the NDP critic for mining.

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Fifteen Revelstokians were given Spirit of Revelstoke Awards for their volunteer contributions to the community.

The awards were given out at the Volunteer Fair last Wednesday, Nov. 26. The recipients were:

— Ernie Ottewell for his many years volunteering with the Rev-elstoke Heritage Railway Soci-ety and at the Revelstoke Railway Museum.

— Jackie Morris for her sup-port of Bear Aware. She has been a board member for many years, act-ing as treasurer and also volunteer-ing with various programs such as the gleaning project and helping revamp the Bear Aware website.

— Jane McNab was honoured for her work with the adult literacy volunteer tutor program, where she has spent the last four years helping adult learning improve their Eng-lish skills and welcoming newcom-ers to the community.

— Keith McNab was recognized for his work with the Revelstoke Cycling Association. As president for the past seven years, he has tire-lessly worked to improve and pro-

mote cycling in Revelstoke. — Alison McTaggart, a youth

volunteer who has dedicated time to supporting the Stoke Youth Net-work.

— Hailey Christie-Hoyle, another youth who has spent time on the Stoke Youth Network exec-utive and working with the Revel-stoke Theatre Company.

— Amanda Ringham, who is both a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer with the adult literacy program at Okanagan College.

— Brett Renaud, for his many

years of volunteerism in the com-munity. Notably, he manages the tent storage and rentals for the Rotary Club, grooms the golf course for cross-country skiers, and donates time, money and equip-ment from his businesses to all areas of the community.

— Ruth Boettger, the president of the Revelstoke Seniors Citizen Association since 2008, was hon-oured for her work recruiting new members and volunteers. She has helped increase membership and make the seniors centre a hub of activity.

— Sonny Pederson, for help-ing with the volunteer driving pro-gram, Knights of Pythias, Catholic Church, seniors centre and beyond — shoveling snow and mowing lawns for people that need the help.

— Karen Joy Armstrong for her dedication to the Revelstoke & Dis-trict Humane Society.

— Gerti Smith, Greta Speer-brecker and Sheryl Wolgram were all honoured for their work with the Revelstoke Museum & Archives, where they help organize various programs, lead tours, work on fun-draiser projects, help with research, tend to the garden and more.

15 community volunteers given Spirit of Revelstoke awardsAlex [email protected]

Spirit of Revelstoke winners. Standing, from left: Kim McTaggart (on behalf of her daughter Alison), Sheryl Wol-gram, Greta Speerbrecker, Sonny Pedersen, Amanda Ringham, Hailey Christie-Hoyle, and Ruth Boettger. Sitting are councillor Linda Nixon, and Ernie Ottewell. Missing are Jackie Morris, Jane McNab, Brett Renaud, Keith McNabGerti Smith, and Karen Joy Armstrong. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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OngOing tO December 5ART IN THE PARK 2014 This year's Art in the Park celebrates 100 years of Mount Revel-stoke National Park with the Glacier Adventure Stewardship Program. The side gallery features Journey by Jo C Willems. Show opens on Friday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Visit the RVAC site for hours.

WeDnesDay, December 3SENIOR'S CHRISTMAS BANQUET At the community centre at 5:30 p.m. $18, tickets available at the seniors centre.CRYSTAL BOWL MEDITATION Take time to relax as you prepare for the busy Christmas season. Rev. Ken Jones is leading Crystal Bowl Mediation on Wednesday evenings leading up to Christmas. At the United Church from 7–7:30 p.m.

December 3, 4, anD 6LOUDER, BOYS! TWO ONE-ACT PLAYSThe Revelstoke Theatre Company presents two new plays. Louder, I Can't Hear You is a comedy about a sometimes, sometimes humorous as-pect of life today — the fact people don't listen anymore. Boys' Play is the story of two teenage friend who, while spending the night camping beside a lake, make a decision that will change their lives forever. At the United Church. Admis-sion is via donation and all proceeds will go to Community Connections.

December 5–7BANTAM HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Come cheer on Revelstoke minor hockey hopefuls as they take on teams from throughout Alberta and B.C. Games take place all weekend at the Forum, with the playoff round on Sunday.

FriDay, December 5CHRISTMAS SEASONAL SOUNDS BY THE REVELSTOKE COMMUNITY BANDThe Revelstoke Community Band is compli-

mented with special guests from our commu-nity for vocal, flute and keyboard presentations. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre from 7–9 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 5–12, available at the Visitor Information Centre.JOANNE STACEY CD RELEASE PARTYCome here Joanne Stacey as she celebrates the release of her new album My September. At the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre at 7 p.m. Advance tickets only, available at Beyond Gifts or by calling 250-814-7324.

saturDay, December 6BREAKFAST WITH SANTA At the United Church.SANTA CLAUS PARADE The annual Christmas parade winds through downtown Revelstoke starting at 4 p.m.

sunDay, December 7MULTICULTURAL CHRISTMAS POT-LUCK DINNER Bring your favourite seasonal dish. Everyone is welcome to attend. Hosted by the Revelstoke Multicultural Society at the United Church at 3:30 p.m.

WeDnesDay, December 10BROWN BAG LUNCH HISTORY TALKJoin Cathy English, the curator of the Rev-elstoke Museum & Archives, in a talk about Revelstoke's history. Today's subject is Land of Thundering Snow — a new exhibit on the history of avalanches. At the museum at 12:15 p.m. $5, including coffee and cookies.

thursDay, December 11LOUISIANA HAYRIDE CHRISTMAS SHOW After a recent successful, sold out show in Revelstoke, the Louisiana Hayride tribute show is coming back with its annual Christmas show. Come listen to your favourite songs from the Louisiana Hayride, as well as popular Christmas classics. At the Revelstoke

Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35, available at the Visitor Information Centre or through ticketseller.ca.

December 12–20CHRISTMAS ART SHOW The Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre hosts its annual Christmas art show. It's a great chance to pick up a gift for someone. The show opens on Friday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Revelstoke Visual Arts

Centre. Visit the RVAC site for hours.

FriDay, December 12ABSTRAKT SONANCE At the Traverse.

saturDay, December 13CHILDREN'S AUTHOR READING Mieke Blommes-tein, a local children's author, will read from her books and talk about what it's like to be a children's author. At the Revelstoke Library from 3–4 p.m.JAZZ IT UP CHRISTMAS FOOD BANK FUN-DRAISER Revelstoke’s very own talented Commu-nity Choir will open the show with songs selected for their jazz and soul influences, followed by feature performances from gifted songstress Jacolyn Daniluck, trombone virtuoso Bob Rogers, multi-talented Back Alley Jazz, and the one and only Relative Jazz. These unique perfor-mances will have you swaying in your seat, singing along and leave you feeling jazzed. This is festive community occasion not to be missed and is a fundraiser for the local Revelstoke Food Bank. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the Visitor Information Centre, ArtFirst, of the Revelstoke Arts Council website.SOMEWON WHITEOUT PARTY Join the Somewon Collective for its fifth annual season kickoff and Christ-mas fundraiser party. Featuring live hip hop from Blades

The Santa Claus parade is this Saturday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. It starts at the courthouse then heads down First Street before turning onto Mackenzie Avenue and ending at Queen Elizabeth Park.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2058

The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 1585 Birch Drive from Single Family Residential District (R1) to Single Family Residential Vacation Rental District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPlease be advised that a Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers located in Suite 102 – 103 Second Street East, Revelstoke, B.C. on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. for each of the following two Zoning Amendment Bylaws:

Inspection of Documents: Copies of all the relevant documents for the proposed Bylaw Amendments will be available for review in the Engineering and Development Services Department at City Hall, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays up until Tuesday, December 9, 2014.

Public Participation: At the hearing, the public shall be allowed to make representations to the Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. All persons who believe their interest is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw.

Written submissions can be submitted to the Corporate Of� cer until the close of the Public Hearing. All persons who prefer to have their submissions available to Council members in advance as part of the Public Hearing agenda package, should deliver their submissions to the Administration Department, 216 Mackenzie Ave., P.O. Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 (Fax #: 250-837-4930 or [email protected]) before 12:00 noon on Tuesday December 9, 2014.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2059

The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 1000 First Street from Low Density Residential District (R2) to Low Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R2v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

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The Public Art Advisory Committee of the City of Revelstoke is seeking proposals for public art to be installed at 111 Campbell Avenue (The Liquor Store Building).

For more information or a Request for Proposals package, please contact Laurie Donato, Director of Parks, Recreation & Culture, at (250) 837-9351 or by email: [email protected]. Packages can also be picked up in person at the Community Centre, 600 Campbell Avenue, Revelstoke, B.C. or downloaded from the City’s website at www.revelstoke.ca. The deadline for submission of a proposal will be 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 7th, 2015.

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The Public Art Advisory Committee of the City of Revelstoke is seeking proposals for public art to be installed at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre – 320 Wilson Street.

For more information or a Request for Proposals package, please contact Laurie Donato, Director of Parks, Recreation & Culture, at (250) 837-9351 or by email: [email protected]. Packages can also be picked up in person at the Community Centre, 600 Campbell Avenue, Revelstoke, B.C. or downloaded from the City’s website at www.revelstoke.ca. The deadline for submission of a proposal will be 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 7th, 2015.

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS & BUSINESSESSNOW REMOVAL AND SIDEWALK SANDING

The City of Revelstoke wishes to advise that although crews assist property owners with clearing deep snow and sanding of sidewalks, the ultimate responsibility for keeping the sidewalks clear of snow and ice rests with the property owner whose property borders the sidewalk. (Pursuant to Bylaw #1400, 1992). This includes downtown businesses.

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of Steel, and aerial and dance performances by Circus Acts Insomniacs. Proceeds from the party will go towards the food bank's Christmas Hamper program. At the Traverse at 9 p.m.

Saturday, december 14CP RAIL HOLIDAY TRAIN The CP Rail Holi-day Train rolls into Revelstoke, with live music and more for the whole family. At the CP parking lot on Victoria Road from 4:45–6 p.m.

WedneSday, december 17

ERIC LAROCQUE Singer/songwriter Eric Larocque plays an intimate show at Castle Joe Books. At 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

thurSday, december 18CHRISTMAS PAJAMA STORYTIME Chil-dren five and younger are invited to the library in their pajamas for a fun-filled storytime featuring Christmas stories and songs. From 6:30–7:15 p.m.

Friday, december 19CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY An event for children, families and child care providers. Cookies and goodie bags will be provided. Registra-tion required by calling 250-837-6669 by Dec. 15. At Begbie View Elementary from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

monday, december 22CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS The Revelstoke Museum & Archives hosts a Greek-themed Christ-mas party. Join them for an afternoon of crafts, activities and stories. From 1–3 p.m. $4 per child.

Saturday, december 27REVELSTOKE COFFEEHOUSE HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER EXTRAVAGANZA HOOTE-NANNY This third annual concert will feature folk-jazz group The Metro Gnomes, a trio consist-ing of Jacob Verburg, Stephanie Clifford and James Clark; and Myra Morrison & the Tappala-chian String Band. They will be complemented by a variety of local talent. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, available in advance at Valhalla Pure.

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Recently, Revelstoke powerline technicians completed the success-ful relocation of a large six-foot wide, 300-pound-plus osprey nest on a BC Hydro distribution pole to its new home – a 55-foot-high nesting plat-form installed nearby on the bank of the Illecillewaet River in Revelstoke.

To move the nest, power line tech-nicians Rick Carr, Al Moloney, and Terry Dufloth first cut the power to the lines and grounded them to make it safe. With assistance from

BC Hydro’s environment staff Adam Croxall, the crew pushed grounding rods underneath the nest to create a lattice that would provide the support needed to keep the nest in one piece during the move. Then the crews used a bucket truck to sling the nest to the nesting platform and carefully lower it into place.

Ospreys are fish-eating raptors that most commonly build their nests at the top of tall, dead trees. They feel most protected when they sit above every-thing and have a clear view and easy access to their fishing spots.

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The Revelstoke peewee rep team hosted their home tourna-ment last weekend.

With the crazy weather, one team from Calgary cancelled at the last minute requiring sched-ule adjustments, and the other Alberta team struggled through road closures, arriving four hours later than planned.

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adapted graciously to the sched-uling changes.

Teams came from Lake Bonavista (Calgary), 100 Mile House, Penticton, Trail, Kam-loops and Kelowna.

After two days of round robin play, Revelstoke was undefeated and met 100 Mile House in the semifinals where there was great hockey played by both teams. Revelstoke came out on top with a score of 6-4 advancing to the final.

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stoke vs Kelowna. Kelowna was able to get up 3-0 at the end of the first period but Revelstoke battled back and it was 3-2 Kelowna at the end of the second period.

The players left it all on the ice and the Revelstoke peewee team should be proud of their excellent sportsmanship and effort taking the silver trophy with a final score of 5-3 Kelowna.

This week, the Revelstoke bantam team hosts its home tour-nament.

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Revelstoke peewee team second at home tournament

The Revelstoke Peewee Grizzlies celebrate with their silver trophy. Contributed by Revelstoke Minor Hockey

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The Revelstoke Grizzlies split its two games last week, falling to the Sicamous Eagles before defeating the Princeton Posse.

Revelstoke was in Sicamous on Tuesday, Nov. 25, to take on the Eagles in a key division match up. It was the Eagles that got the early jump, when Samuel Subert scored almost five minutes into the game.

Sicamous added to its lead in the second, getting goals from Ben Campbell and Nicholas Cug-lietta before the period was eight minutes old.

Tyler Chavez Leech responded for the Grizzlies with 6:10 left in the second, scoring a power play

goal with assists from Kyle Baron and Jackson Fulton. Carter Han-sen restored the Eagles three goal lead before the period was over.

Revelstoke mounted a come-back in the third. Zach Paxman got the Grizzlies back within two less than two minutes into the period. Then, at 6:49, Steven Fiust scored on the power play to make it 4-3. That was the end of the scoring as the Eagles flew away with the win.

On Friday, the Grizzlies made the long drive to Princeton to face the Posse. Princeton got on the board first when Eden Dubchak scored a powerplay goal.

Revelstoke would tie the game 4:30 into the second when Fiust scored his 10th goal of the season with an assist from Paxman.

The teams remained tied at one until late in the third period when Louie Federico set up Josh Pilon for the game winner.

Michael Lenko made 26 saves in net for the win.

The Grizzlies play three road games this week. On Thursday, they face the Chase Heat, who are only two points back of Revel-stoke in the standings.

On Friday, the Grizzlies head to the Okanagan to face the Kelowna Chiefs. On Sunday, Rev-elstoke heads to 100 Mile House to take on the Wranglers, who currently sit three points ahead of the Grizzlies in the standings.

Revelstoke's next home game is Tuesday, Dec. 9, against the division-leading Kamloops Storm.

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lots of professional drivers are ill-prepared to handle the rigors of winter driving on the Trans-Canada Highway. “I think what our kids have to go through with graduated licensing is far more stringent than what you have to go through to get a class one,” said Lenzi.

It’s bad roads and bad road maintenance. Snow removal seems to take longer, he said, and there are sections of high-way with cracks and compres-sions that create havoc for driv-ers. The dividing line between and eastbound and westbound lanes is invisible for half the year.

And there’s drivers who aren’t used to driving in the mountains. “There isn’t ade-quate training for that and there’s drivers out there, they don’t drive in the mountains a ton, and they get here, it’s snowing, it’s a bit of a crap-shoot,” said Lenzi.

He’s not sure the new speed limits are the reason to blame for this winter’s bad start. As far as he’s concerned, speeders will speed no matter what the speed limit is. The problem is

impatient drivers who are in a rush to get to their destination so they’re not paying enough attention to the road and their surroundings.

“I see so many things that happen just out of sheer impa-tience of being on a road that’s congested and following slower traffic,” he said. “We have a road that’s a recipe for disas-ter if you get impatient and you try to overtake a vehicle in the wrong location.”

***Are increased speed lim-

its the issue? Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky of the Revelstoke RCMP wouldn’t come straight out and say it because of the politics of the issue. “As much as I like to think if we had slower speeds people would drive better, I think it’s just the road is very busy, it gets busier all the time and there’s very lit-tle improvement done to it.”

Louise Yako, the president of the BC Trucking Associa-tion, also isn’t sure about the speed factor. She said most trucking companies said it wouldn’t effect them because of their company policies or equipment.

According to the BC Min-

istry of Transportation, acci-dents result in an average of 120 hours of closures per year between Sicamous and Golden (avalanche control adds another 140 hours).

The ministry said they are collecting data on sections of highway where the speed limits were increased but that it is too early to see if there’s any rela-tionship between the increased speed limits and highway crashes.

***The BC Trucking Associa-

tion represents the interests of commercial truckers. Louise Yako said they’ve been work-ing on three issues to make life easier, or at least more predict-able for highway truckers. The first was better information sharing through DriveBC. The second was better communica-tion during avalanche control.

The third, which is still being worked on, is the “devel-opment of highway winter maintenance standards for high mountain passes.”

While standards do exist for snow removal, “All we’re say-ing is it might make sense to have a more aggressive stan-dard for high mountain passes. It might not, but that’s some-thing that should be explored,” said Yako.

They are also pushing for mandated speed governors and a professional truck driver training standard.

“There are many qualified, skilled drivers out there but this would raise the floor for drivers who aren’t as skilled because

they haven’t been trained prop-erly,” said Yako. “Right now there is no minimum training standard for commercial driv-ers.”

***Clint Lenzi has never both-

ered to sit down to figure out what highway closures cost Sure Haul. A closure might bump work back several hours, or a day. It might cost him a customer who won’t hire him for a job out of fear they’ll get stuck in Revelstoke and won’t make it.

“It will probably sadden me to find out what the cost is,” he said.

He sees several solutions to make the highways safer around Revelstoke. One is bet-ter snow clearing. Another is higher driver training standard. A third is improved bidding processes so trucking compa-nies can’t undercut each other and they can actually make money to buy better equipment and pay their drivers more.

“Trucking is a tough racket,” he said. “If I can buy cheap Chi-nese tires at $300 or Michelin at $600, you tell me what I’m buying? I’m buying Chinese tires because that’s what I can afford.”

Most importantly is twin-ning and dividing the highway to prevent head-on collisions.

“Let’s give the public the opportunity to be in the slow lane or the fast lane. Let fast drivers go fast, let them crash,” he said. “Let’s stop killing innocent people who are in the wrong spot at the wrong time.”

Above: The rest stop just west of Revelstoke was a busy place on Thursday as truck drivers took a break following a slug-gish drive through Rogers Pass.; Right: Clint Lenzi is the owner of Sure Haul Transportation in Revelstoke.

Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

Are increased speed limits causing more crashes on the Trans-Canada?

Trucking, from page 3

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Agreement reached between power company and First Nations group

An international power com-pany has reached an agreement with a local First Nations group to develop a run-of-river power plant on Fosthall Creek South of Revelstoke.

Sorgent.e Hydro Canada and the Splatsin First Nation, which is based near Enderby, B.C., announced the signing of an Impact Benefit Agreement last

month.“In order to move away from

government funding and to bring prosperity to our people, our vision is building long-term part-nerships as the one we are signing today,” said Chief Wayne Chris-tian in a news release. “It is an honour to work with (Sorgent.e) to build the local economy.”

The agreement will see Sorgent.e develop a 15 megawatt hydro plant on Fosthall Creek, which is located about 75 kilo-

metres south of Revelstoke on the west side of Upper Arrow Lake.

The project would divert water from the creek, through the gen-erating station and then back into the creek.

It was first proposed in 2001 by Darcy Fear, who started Fost-hall Creek Power Ltd. to develop the hydro plant. In 2013, Fear and his business partner Har-old Kalke opted to partner with Sorgent.e on the project.

“We are an international group that loves to become local where it works,” said Lucas de Haro, the Chief Executive Officer of Sorgent.e Hydro Canada, in a news release.

“We are happy to be welcomed in your territory, where we want to stay with you for decades to come.”

The power plant will be con-nected to the BC Hydro grid via the Pingston Creek substation. The proponents said the proj-

ect will also include a spawning channel.

Michael Watson, a local anti-IPP activist, applauded the fact First Nations were consulted, but said the project is bigger than expected and would lead to increased costs for taxpayers to pay for infrastructure upgrades.

He said the project would “drastically alter” two kilome-tres of the lower section of Fos-thall Creek.


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VICTORIA — Geothermal energy can help power the B.C. electrical grid around the province, and B.C. should assess that option before deciding to proceed with a third dam on the Peace River, an industry association says.

The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) issued a report Tuesday detailing its latest work on geothermal sites. In addi-tion to hot springs and volcanic sites that could be tapped to provide power, the study examines “hot sedimentary aquifers” that have been stumbled upon by oil and gas drilling.

“At the risk of offending my own mother, this ain’t your grandma’s geo-thermal,” said CanGEA chair Alison Thompson at a Victoria news confer-ence.

Thompson pointed to the recent joint federal-provincial review of BC Hydro’s Site C dam project, which

noted that little research into geother-mal energy has been conducted in B.C.

The CanGEA report estimates that deep hot water aquifers and other geo-thermal sources are capable of pro-ducing enough electricity to meet BC Hydro’s projected needs, includ-ing the 1,100 megawatt capacity offered by Site C. The report calls for a one-year delay on Site C, which has passed federal and provincial environ-mental reviews and is being consid-ered by the B.C. cabinet.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said Tuesday he expects cabinet to make a final investment decision on BC Hydro’s $8 billion dam proposal by the end of December. He said geo-thermal energy has potential in B.C. because unlike wind or solar power it provides a steady source of power, but he doesn’t see it as an alternative to the dam.

“It is a good resource,” Bennett said. “We do want to use it. It will be

important to B.C. in the future. It’s not a way to get the 1,100 megawatts of electricity that we need now.”

Bennett noted that the provincially-funded research agency GeoSci-enceBC issued a request for proposals Tuesday for a study on the economic viability of geothermal resources.

CanGEA is doing its own map-ping, not just of promising sources but their proximity to roads, power lines and consumers. Thompson said the industry is also looking at combining solar and biomass with geothermally heated water to produce enough heat to fire boilers for electricity.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver said the report shows Site C should not go ahead next year, because Can-GEA projects lower cost, with power sources and jobs distributed across the province.

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This map shows the location of potential geothermal energy sites in B.C. Image by CanGEA

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Janet MarieMunro

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Janet Marie Munro. Marie passed away peacefully on November 22, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer, with loved ones by her side.

Marie was born in Victoria B.C. on Feb 9, 1940. It was in Victoria that she met her handsome sailor, and the love of her life, Jerry Munro. Marie and Jerry were married on Oct 4, 1958, after a whirlwind romance. They had four daughters and they left the Island shortly thereafter. They shared a lifetime of adventures, in Vancouver, Rock Creek, Douglas Lake, back to Vancouver, before retiring together in Revelstoke B.C.

Marie enjoyed spending her days with her best friend Jerry, and cherished her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed a good book, game shows and family time with many laughs.

Marie was predeceased by her parents Alan & Mabel Stockley and daughter Tammy Scales. She is survived by her loving husband of 56 years Jerry; daughters Roxana Hoodikoff of Vancouver, Sharon (Jack) Boruch and Yvette (Doug) Pendergast of Revelstoke; 12 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, and her loving sisters Yvonne (Bob) Leach & Carol (Ken) Heyworth of Victoria.

The family would like to thank all the amazing nurses & homecare providers for their gentle care. We would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Chris MacDonald for all his care and support throughout her illness. In lieu of flowers, a donation to a charity of your choice in memory of Marie would be appreciated.

A celebration of life will be held for Marie in the spring of 2015.

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40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB

www.rtccontainer.com

SCRAP PAPPY Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equip-ment, etc., All insurance in place to work on your property. www.scrappappy.ca 250-547-2584.

Misc. for Sale16” Subaru snow tires on rims. Set of 4. $300. Phone 250 837-3012.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Yardworks snowthrower - 12 amps - used twice. $150. Phone 250 837-3012.

Help Wanted

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Misc. WantedA Collector wants to buy your silver coins, Ingots, collectors coins, old money, o ld stone carvings, sculptures. Todd, 250-864-3521

Private Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Accumulations,Olympic Gold & Silver Coins +Chad: 778-281-0030. Local.

Real Estate

LotsWillow Inn lot avail. #1 1113 E 4th St. Approx. 90’ x 104’. Please call 250 832-6772 for further information.

Mortgages

TEKAMAR MORTGAGESBest rate 5yr-2.99%OACServing the Columbia-Shuswap

since 1976.Rates Consistently better than banks

(250)832-8766Toll free 1-800-658-2345

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1949 Laforme Boulevard

Under Renovations

1,2, 2 bdrm with den apts, furnished & unfurnished,

elevator, balconies. 2 & 3 bdrm townhouses

furnished & unfurnished, some with 4 appls. U/G covered parking, coin laundry. Flexible leases.

Short & long term.

1211 Front Street- Under Renovation

1 and 2 bedroom, balconies,secure underground

parking, elevator, sauna.Some units have

Columbia River view.Long term leases avail.

250 837-3361 or 250 837-8850

Offi ce/RetailOffi ce or Retail space for rent1,000 sq ft ground fl oor, 1st street opposite City Hall. Phone 250 837-7003

Transportation

Cars - Domestic2000 FORD truck 1995. 1999 Ford Explorer 1995. 2000 Toyota rav4 1995. 2003 Hon-da 2995. 2006 VW diesel 7888. 2006 Dodge pickup 4995. Eagleridge 855-200-3899

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