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This map shows the layout of the Revelstoke Adventure Park proposed by Black Tie Properties for the Gree-ley area, which is about ten kilometres east of Revelstoke on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Revelstoke Adventure Park map via ILMB
Revelstoke-based development company Black Tie Properties has unveiled plans for an ambitious out-door adventure centre in the Greeley Meadows area called the Revelstoke Adventure Park.
The phased � ve-year development proposes a wide gamut of outdoor activities targeting passing motorists. The activities include mountain biking trails, hiking trails, zip lines, a bungee jump, tree top adventures, a mountain bike rental and repair shop, a mountain shuttle, a retail shop, rock climbing, a sky swing, an Ogo park (giant in� at-able balls you ride inside), river raft-ing, a ‘� shpipe’ endless-loop water-slide, horseback riding with stables, a driving range, a bike pump park, a mountain lodge, chairlifts and an RV park and campground with about 150 treed sites, among several other attrac-tions.
The Times Review � rst reported on the concept in May of 2012 when it was in early development. The con-cept was a mountain bike park, but the developers were reluctant to release other details at that time. A manage-ment plan for the proposed Revel-stoke Adventure Park was posted on the Province of B.C.’s Integrated Land Management Bureau’s website on Jan. 30, 2013.
Black Tie Properties, through their
holding company Illecillewaet Devel-opment LP, plan to locate the park on 100 hectares of privately owned land in the Greeley Meadows area, in addition to 283 hectares of Crown land adjacent to the private property, including the northern foot of Mount Mackenzie.
Black Tie Properties Chief Operat-ing Of� cer Jason Roe pointed to his experience in several businesses in Revelstoke, as well as time spent in Queenstown, New Zealand, a well-known adventure tourism centre.
In a statement, Roe said the venture was a “passion” of his: “I’m excited to get to this step in the development of the Revelstoke Adventure Park. It will be a one-of-a-kind attraction, cre-ating a greater awareness for Revel-stoke, further enticing visitors to dis-cover our vibrant community through-out the spring, summer and early fall months.”
The Greeley area is located about 10 kilometres east of Revelstoke on the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a rel-atively � at area bounded by the high-way and the Illecillewaet River on one side and Mount Mackenzie on the other.
The proposed Revelstoke Adven-ture Park (RAP) is divided into two phases. The developers hope to begin construction on phase one in 2013. This will include biking and hiking trails, zip lines, the bungee jump, tree top adventures and retail shops. The
Large Revelstoke Adventure Park development proposed for Greeley areaProposal includes mountain biking, zip lines, chairlifts, tree top adventure, rafting, horseback riding, driving range, bungee jump, RV park
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park will utilize a mountain shut-tle to access the bike trails and ziplines and other mountainside attractions when the � rst phase is completed.
According to the manage-ment plan, the second phase will be developed over years 2–5. The second phase includes the remaining activities listed above.
The proposal is for a summer park only, operating from May to October.
The proponents cite a recent Ministry of Transportation study that notes Trans-Canada High-way traf� c past Revelstoke dou-bles in the summer compared to the winter. “RAP‘s prime loca-tion on the Trans-Canada High-
way will allow it to bene� t from the seasonal increase in vehicle traf� c on the highway,” states the management plan. “This combi-nation of activities and accessibil-ity from one central location will make this a unique offering in Canada. An increase in demand
RAP, page 2
Kootenay—Columbia riding set to expand westward
Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo could join the Kootenay—Columbia riding, at the expense of Nakusp, if the recommendations made by the BC Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission pass the House of Commons.
The commission tabled its report with the House of Commons on Monday, Jan. 28. The report modi� es the boundary of the Kootenay—Columbia riding to include the Nelson, Salmo, Kaslo and the surrounding area. It also lops off Nakusp from the rid-ing and joins it with the new riding of South Okanagan—
West Kootenay.The proposal is sure to
be controversial in the West Kootenay, where local politi-cians have argued against the move that would split Nelson from its neighbouring cities of Castlegar and Trail. At a hearing in the fall, residents in the West Kootenay argued strongly against the changes,
however the commission has left Nelson in Kootenay—Columbia in its � nal report.
The new boundaries will be studied this spring by a House of Commons com-mittee that will accept MPs’ written objections, which will then be sent back to the
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MP Wilks, page 19Illustration by Annalee Grant/Black Press
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The Rocky Mountain District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating its list of registered Equipment for Hire in the Selkirk Service Area for the fiscal year 2013/2014, which begins April 1, 2013. This area includes Perry River east to Golden and south to Brisco on Highway 95 (not including Glacier National Park), and Revelstoke north to Mica Creek and south to Trout Lake on Highway 23.
All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Revelstoke will be receiving invitations to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year by mail by the end of February.
Any individuals or companies who were not registered in 2012, but wish to have their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in person or by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.
Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance, or up-to-date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.
Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.
The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list. Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.
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for adventure recreation has been recorded by the Revelstoke Visitor’s Information Centre. Their statistics indicate that adventure recreation is the second most popular topic for which visitors request information, the first being accommodation.”
Since the development of Revel-stoke Mountain Resort, Revelstoke is renowned as a winter tourism des-tination. However, the summer tour-ism season is arguably still larger than the winter trade.
Roe said there was a possibility of linking the development to Revel-stoke Mountain Resort, but it would depend on an agreement with RMR. “It’s definitely part of the larger scope,” Roe said, adding the timeline for that was “25 years out.”
Roe hoped the development would help shorten the tourism off-season. “[it] helps Revelstoke and the resort have a four-season location,” he said.
In its proposal, Black Tie esti-mates 167 employees will be required to operate the park, includ-ing 25 instructors and guides at the mountain bike park, 22 employees in retail and registration and 25 in food and beverage.
The proposal would require about three kilometres of new roadway. Several of the attractions will require logging.
Revelstoke AdventuRe PARk PRoPosAl detAils:
The mountain biking trails will be accessed by mountain shuttle during phase one and chairlift during phase two. Riders will choose a course according to their ability and will be required to wear safety gear. Roe emphasized the need for a world-class facility: “There’s a lot of good builders in towns here already,” he said. “We want the best working on it. Revelstoke has got fantastic biking as it is, but a lot of people still drive through [Revelstoke].”
The proposal calls for two chair-lifts. One will be 1,500 metres long and will transport people to the bun-gee centre. The other is 240 metres long and will transport people to the tree top adventure centre. The con-struction schedule calls for chairlift construction in 2014.
A ‘mountain coaster’ is a downhill cart that follows two set courses. Rid-ers operate it using a brake.
The proposed bungee jump is a 55-metre freefall from a 12-metre platform that extends over a cliff face on the side of Mount Mackenzie.
The “Tree Top Adventures” is a wire course in the trees that includes climbing nets, bridges, ropes, swings and zip lines. Guests are harnessed in. It takes about 2.5 hours to com-plete the course, depending on skill.
The zip line from the bungee cen-tre is 1,400-metres long. In addition, “trail zips” are accessed from a trail system and range between 20 and 450 metres long.
The rock climbing course is made of bolted climbing routes ranging from 15 to 35 metres in length.
The helicopter tours will start and end at Revelstoke Adventure Park.
The “sky swing” is a pendulum between two 30-metre poles.
The “fishpipe” is a rotating barrel water ride – a stationary waterslide.
A pump park is a continuous-cir-cuit bike course featuring humps and bumps where riders use gravity and momentum to ride continuously.
Guided horseback riding will hap-pen on dedicated trails.
The proposal states rafting on the Illecillewaet River won’t require new riparian facilities. There are two pro-posed courses. One starts in Albert Canyon and ends at Revelstoke Adventure Park. The other starts near the Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk; this route requires additional approval from Parks Canada.
***Several environmental concerns
are listed in the proposal. The pro-posal states a creek on the property is non-fish bearing. Two stream cross-ings will be required – their exact locations are to be determined.
Water will be transported by water dispensers. Sewage will be carried
through portable sanitation units.The site plan outlines plans for
a proposed 4.1-hectare man-made lake.
The plan has now been submit-ted to the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Oper-ations for review. The application includes an Adventure Tourism Ten-ure Application.
A spokesperson with the City of Revelstoke’s engineering department said the city hadn’t yet received refer-rals on the project. The spokesperson said the city wouldn’t be able to say until next week if the project would have any impact on the city’s water treatment plant or watershed, which is located in the Greeley area. The proposal is located outside of city limits.
Columbia-Shuswap Regional Dis-trict Area B director Loni Parker said the regional district hadn’t received the referral from the province yet. She expected it within a few weeks.
She said the timeline, including the proposed phase one this year, was optimistic. “I think that is a little tight given how things work with land referral,” Parker said. “It’s a large project and it will definitely have to go through some processes.” Parker noted the Shelter project at Shelter Bay is just going to public hearing now, despite being on the table for many years.
Noting she hadn’t seen the refer-
ral yet, Parker said the plan would likely involve a change to the area’s Official Community Plan, a referral to the Advisory Planning Commis-sion, an application for an Agricul-tural Land Reserve (ALR) removal with the Agricultural Land Commis-sion, as well as zoning amendments.
Roe told the Times Review that the zoning was already zoned for back-country recreation. He said they had an application before the Agricul-tural Land Commission, but that the resort could operate even if it wasn’t approved because the proposed oper-ations are not within the ALR. Roe said his company has been working through the process for two years and hoped to be able to begin construc-tion in 2013, not begin operations then.
Roe said now that the proposal had reached an approvals phase, they’d take a wait-and-see approach. After that, he hopes to bring together local businesses to work together on development.
“We’re definitely confident,” Roe said of the business plan. He said the highway traffic amounted to six mil-lion passing vehicles a year, a big opportunity Revelstoke Adventure Park plans to tap into.
***The RAP management plan and a
series of maps is available on the Inte-grated Land Management Bureau’s website.
City, regional district awaiting RAP referralsRAP, from page 1
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For a Revelstoke civic engineer, it’s the most dreaded flush of the year. Skiers, snowboarders, sled-ders, permanent residents, visitors, seasonal workers, visiting relatives, seasonal residents and anyone else who happens to be in Revelstoke on the busiest day in the Christmas season – they all flush their toilets at about the same time after sunrise. Can the system handle it, or will it burst at the seams?
How many people are in revelstoke on peak tourism days?
How many people live in Revel-stoke? And how many are here on any given day during the summer
and winter tourism seasons? The question has been up for debate in recent years.
The City of Revelstoke’s ongo-ing Integrated Community Sus-tainability Plan (ICSP) process has zeroed in on some new numbers after working with tourism industry stakeholders on a head count.
ICSP consultant Cindy Pearce unveiled some of the study’s find-ings at the Jan. 24 Columbia Basin Trust meeting in Revelstoke. She noted an outflow of residents under 24 and over 45, and an inflow of people aged 25–44.
The total number of residents in the City of Revelstoke and CSRD Area B has remained the same at about 7,720. On the busiest day of the tourism season, however, the number of visitors, seasonal res-idents and temporary residents is
between 5,000 to 6,000 people. That makes the total an estimated 12,700 to 13,700 people on peak days in the summer and winter.
ICSP consultant George Penfold worked with tourism stakeholders to count hotel rooms, campsites and seasonal workers to come up with the estimate by averaging occu-pancy numbers. He also noted there are still more peak occupancy days in the summer than the winter.
“I’m not sure about how much appreciation there is of what that number is and how significant it is in terms of infrastructure,” Penfold told the Times Review.
While residents have questioned the city planning department’s pop-ulation projections – especially after there was next to no change in the City of Revelstoke between 2006 and 2011 Canada Census numbers
(7,230 in 2006 and 7,155 in 2011), the count of temporary residents points to infrastructure needs greater than our resident population.
Penfold also noted an anecdotal trend in other ski towns of some per-manent residents cashing out when ski resorts are announced. Eventu-ally, everyone who wishes to leave goes, and population numbers start to climb. “Has the bulk of the out-flow happened and will there be net gain?” he wondered of Revelstoke, noting new families moving for the lifestyle amenities available here.
“The scale of the amenities [Revelstoke can] offer in the town are probably higher than they would be without those non-perma-nent residents,” he said – snowmo-bile trails, Nordic facilities and the diverse variety of restaurants here are a sampling of some things that
wouldn’t likely be sustainable with-out the tourism trade.
What about the black window syndrome – vacation homes left empty for most of the year? Pen-fold said it was harder to quantify due to the way census data is col-lected. There were 526 residential units with non-residential mailing addresses in Revelstoke, includ-ing new strata condos at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. This amounts to about 10 per cent of residences in Revelstoke and area. However, many may be rental properties that are occupied year-round.
For those interested in learning more on the topic, the ICSP con-sultants will be presenting a final community review of the ICSP at the Revelstoke Community Centre on Feb. 21 in conjunction with the Revelstoke Farm & Craft Market.
ICSP study zeroes in on Revelstoke population, visitor countAAron [email protected]
Parents argue the case for French Immersion program in Revelstoke
About 15 parents came out to a special school board meeting on French Immersion in Revelstoke on Friday.
The meeting was arranged so Stephanie Melnyk and Vanessa Morrow could present their case for having French Immersion in Revel-stoke to the Board of Education.
Fifteen parents and a number of children came to the meeting to lis-ten, provide support and voice their opinions as well.
Melnyk and Morrow have been strong proponents of the program since the 2011 school board elec-tions, where they succeeded in pushing the matter to the forefront of the campaign.
They started their presentation by relating their own experiences with French Immersion – Mel-nyk in Uxbridge, Ont. and Morrow in Thunder Bay, Ont. They both touted the benefits it provided them in life both personally and career-wise.
“In my working career, having bilingualism on top of the skill set that I had, gave me the pick of proj-
ects,” said Melnyk.They pointed out that with the
consolidation of Begbie View Ele-mentary and with two schools hav-ing two kindergarten classes, it would be easier to start the pro-gram.
“That makes it easier because you don’t need to have a school that’s entirely French Immersion and would displace English stu-dents for that catchment area,” said Morrow.
However, the meat of the presen-tation was on the numbers – nota-bly, they presented information that indicated more interest than was show to the trustees at their meet-ing in January.
They showed initial enrollment would be in the low- to mid-20s for the first three years and that pro-jections based on expected future attrition and growth would remain sustainable throughout elementary school. It is only in high school where the numbers would drop below 20 students per class, but Morrow and Melnyk said cohorts could combine for French Immer-sion credit classes to make it more sustainable.
They also contrasted numbers
with the 2008 study, when French Immersion was turned down by trustees.
“The last study was done dur-ing a period of low births and low enrollment,” said Morrow. “Now we’re in a period of increasing births and enrollment, so that’s pos-itive.”
For trustees, the question was not about the quality of the pro-gram, but the sustainability of the program.
“One of the things that’s been made very clear for us is if we’re going to start up French Immer-sion, we’re going into it with the full understanding we’re making a 12-year commitment,” said Alan Chell, the chair of the Revelstoke school board.
He said parents would have to complete the survey that was cir-culated in November and bring it into the school district office. “We have to have that firm commitment [if] we are going to make this suc-cessful.”
District superintendent Mike Hooker said he needed to hear from parents directly to get a proper idea of numbers.
“Our numbers don’t match yet
because people haven’t brought any more surveys to the district office,” he said. “We really need to hear directly from people. It’s not good enough for them to tell you they’re interested. They have to fill out a survey and get on our database.”
A number of parents chimed in with their support for French Immersion. Kendra Von-Bremen said one big factor for a lot of par-ents was what school it was going to be offered at. If the school board gave a definitive answer on that, parents would be more likely to
respond yes or no.One father from Quebec said he
saw the benefits of English Immer-sion there and that it could be bene-ficial even if it was just run through elementary school.
The board of education is plan-ning on looking at the numbers again and voting on whether or not to start the program in the coming weeks.
“I think you’d be surprised at how strong the numbers actually are,” said Melnyk.
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School trustees and parents listen in on a presentation on French Immer-sion at a special school board meeting on Friday.
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An exciting new opportunity is coming to Revelstoke. Habitat for Humanity Kelowna, a leader in building affordable housing for those in need, is pairing with the Revelstoke Community Housing Society in this pilot project. Pauline Hunt has ALS, a progressive and debilitating illness that causes paralysis and requires costly patient care in its latter stages. The aim is to renovate the Hunt family
home to make it wheelchair accessible and suitable for Pauline’s future care needs. Funds paid back by the Hunt family will generate monies for future projects in Revelstoke.
Want to get involved? You could:1. Make a financial donation to the Home for the Hunts community fund at any Credit Union in Canada. No tax receipt will be issued for these gifted amounts, and the family will not have to repay them. Revelstoke Credit Union Transit #27510, Branch #809, Member#333144, Chequing.2. Make a donation of materials or trades. A charitable tax receipt can be provided for the value of these donations. Contact Cindy Pearce at 250-837-3966 or [email protected]. Make a charitable donation to the project via Habitat For Humanity Kelowna. A charitable tax receipt will be issued for the full amount of your donation. The family will repay these donations via a loan, generating monies for future projects in Revelstoke.Mail a cheque payable to Habitat For Humanity Kelowna, PO Box 25031, Mission Park PO, Kelowna, BC, V1 W 3Y7. Please write ‘’A Home for the Hunts” on your cheque.Contribute online at: http://habitatforhumanitykelowna.ca/support/A-Home-for- the-Hunts/4. Collect your pennies for our Penny Drive, with donation cans around Revelstoke.5. Volunteer during construction in the spring/summer of 2013. Contact Joel Olsen at 250-814-1627 or [email protected]
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The City of Revelstoke planning department is looking to update its sign bylaw following complaints the approval process is slow, confusing, overly-bureaucratic and maddening for new business owners.
On Jan. 31, the department unveiled its review process at a pub-lic open house.
The city proposes to streamline and simplify the approval process by establishing clearer guidelines and paperwork, including “one-page”
guidelines for each kind of sign and a simplified sign checklist.
The review, prompted by com-plaints from business owners and by lobbying from the Revelstoke Cham-ber of Commerce, also contains sev-eral new signage rules – many of them more restrictive than the cur-rent bylaw.
New or revised proposed rules include:
-a ban on billboards in city limits.-new rules restricting what’s
allowed on existing billboards.
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Facing criticism, city sign bylaw under review
Business owners, politicians and city staff attend a Jan. 31 open house explor-ing proposed revisions to the city’s sign bylaw. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
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It’s our first BC Family Day
Monday, February 11, 2013
Celebrate!Enjoy time with your family
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Family Literacy Day at Beg-bie View Elementary School featured a delightful costume parade. Students were chal-lenged to dress up like their favourite character from a book.
The youngest boys favoured iconic comic superheroes like Batman, and costumes inspired by working trades – such as
Bob the Builder. The youngest girls had broader inspirations, but there were quite a few prin-cess-themed costumes.
Harry Potter characters dom-inated the middle grades. There were several Harry Potters, some Hermione Grangers and possibly a Severus Snape.
Character inspirations included Little Red Riding Hood, Pocohantas, Pippi Long-stocking, the Paper Bag Prin-cess, assorted wizards, elfs,
pirates, witches, detectives and hockey players (presumably from literature).
Teacher-Librarian Eleanor Wilson helped coordinate many events last week as part of Fam-ily Literacy Day on Jan. 28. Story time at lunch saw older students read to younger ones. Grizzlies hockey players came in to read to students. There were story games at lunch. The Revelstoke Reads ballots were collected and are being tallied.
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Begbie View Elementary kindergarten students dress up as their favourite character from a book for Family Literacy Day on Jan. 28. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
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-revised guidelines for allowable fascia sign sizes.
-a new rule stating under-awning signs must be two-sided.
-a reduction in maximum sign heights in the city.
-a reduction in the allowable area of window signage.
-new restrictions stating posters and signs advertising community events can only cover 10 per cent of total window area.
-a rule saying sandwich boards may be maximum of two-feet wide and four feet high. Sandwich boards can be 50 per cent chalkboard or paintboard.
***The Jan. 31 open house turned
into a town hall meeting, where planning department staff heard two main veins of complaint.
The first was that the sign approval process was a Kafkaesque odyssey rife with unanticipated bureaucratic delays, unclear, odious paperwork and complicated, costly multi-step processes.
A local sign manufacturer noted one of his clients had sent him back to the drawing board several times for a large metal sign at great expense.
A real estate agent said the city process to approve his canopy sign had superfluous steps; once he sub-
mitted his design, the city asked for a fabric sample of the basic flat-black material and an engineering report for the small canopy. He said the manufacturers were surprised: “’We’ve never done one in our lives and we’ve done thousands of signs,’” was their response.
City planning director John Guen-ther defended the process, saying many business owners had smooth processes and could even access funding through the city for a sign design consultant. He encouraged business owners to come speak with the planning department at the out-set.
The second area of criticism focused on the rules themselves. There was a spectrum of opinion. Some advocated laissez-faire pol-icies; business owners should be able to do whatever they want. Others noted the existing policies favoured a heritage look that may not be appropriate for each business (although this point was disputed by planning staff).
Most agreed that rules were nec-essary, but argued they lacked the flexibility required to suit individual businesses’ needs. Others more or less favoured the status quo – if the rules and process were clearer.
The city’s planning department is seeking public input on the review by Feb. 15, and is targeting mid-March for completion.
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Part three of an ongoing column and story series exploring the Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild maternity penning plan.
The mandate of the North Colum-bia Environmental Society (NCES) involves promoting the biodiversity and ecosystem health of the North Columbia Valley as integral to the social, physical and mental well being of the inhabitants of this valley and the citizens of Revel-stoke. Therefore, it was within our mis-sion to assist in the recovery of endan-gered species in this area. The mountain caribou is listed as threatened federally and endangered provincially. It is also an umbrella species with thirteen co-occurring species in the ecosystem. As such it has been deemed to be important to the biodiversity and ecosystem heath of this valley. Further, the mountain car-ibou ecotype is unique in the world, as is the Inland Temperate Rainforest where this iconic species is found.
Thus the NCES has been involved in the recovery of mountain caribou for the last seven years. The NCES sat on the multi-stakeholder Mountain Cari-bou Recovery Committee of the City of Revelstoke and has been an active mem-ber of the Mountain Caribou Project, a
coalition of nine environmental organi-zations who worked for the conserva-tion of mountain caribou leading up to the Provincial Recovery Plan of 2007. Since then, the Mountain Caribou Proj-ect has been a member of the Progress Board overseeing the Mountain Car-ibou Recovery Implementation Plan (MCRIP). However, as detailed in the preceding two columns on Revelstoke Rearing in the Wild (RCRW), despite the provisions of the Recovery Plan, the Columbia North Herd, and to an even greater extent the Columbia South Herd, are declining.
So when the idea of a maternity pen for the North Columbia Herd was pro-posed, the NCES was keen to partici-pate. One of the strengths of this project from our perspective is that it promises to build up the herd without being very intrusive. That is, the pregnant cows are not moved far from their herd and then are released back to their herd with their calves.
Another positive about this project is that it has been a truly grassroots initia-tive. From the first meeting of four or five interested parties over coffee in a local restaurant, I have watched this idea grow, gradually involving all the differ-ent and sometimes divergent interests which touch mountain caribou. Many groups have promised or are already contributing “in kind” services or dona-tions. I have been impressed to see that when push comes to shove, if there is a common goal or good to be achieved, this community seems to come together to accomplish it, locally. Perhaps this is due to the isolation of the community, but for whatever reason, it is impressive and heartening to see.
As the NCES has an on-going
involvement in environmental education in the community both for youth and the general public, it made good sense for us to offer to contribute in this area. It is our hope to be able to support education about this maternity pen project at the elementary and secondary school levels.
As part of this experience, we plan to involve school children in the collec-tion of lichen to feed the pregnant cows and later the calves in the mat pen. This may be broadened to involve parents or other interested members of the public as well. We are modelling our efforts on the successful Chisana maternity pen project in the Yukon, where school chil-dren were involved in the collection of lichen. We also plan to have a presenta-tion on the maternity pen project as part of our speaker series.
The NCES is very excited about the Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild project and is proud to be a participant. It is a privilege to work with all par-ties in the community on such a positive common goal.
***Virginia Thompson is a director of
the RCRW and chair of the Mountain Caribou Committee of the NCES. I has a doctorate in adult education on eco-psychology and environmental philoso-phy.
The Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild project is competing for $100,000 in funding through the Shell Fuelling Change program. To be suc-cessful, RCRW needs community members to visit the RCRW page on shellfuellingchange.com, sign up and vote. Google ‘Improving Mountain Caribou Calf Survival - Maternity Penning’ and vote before the April 30 deadline.
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Corin Raymond celebrates Canadian folk artists on latest albumToronto-based singer-songwriter coming to Revelstoke to promote latest album of songs by unheralded Canadian writers
If you’ve spent some time checking out Revelstoke’s folk music scene, you’ve no doubt heard the song Old Fort Mac, with its refrain, “I won’t go back to old Fort Mac no matter how much you paaaayyyyy...”
The song has become a sta-ple for several local bands. It was originally written by Winnipeg songwriter Rob Vaarmeyer, who taught it to Corin Raymond, who played it at the Cameron House in Toronto, where Denis Sever-ino, the organize of the Revelstoke Coffee House, was in the audi-ence. Severino asked Raymond for the lyrics, and now the song has made its way across the country.
“I can guarantee that 20 years from now you’ll hear Old Fort Mac at every camp� re where there’s guitars in this country and I’ll be very proud to say I had a hand in,” said Raymond on the phone from Toronto.
It’s that type of sharing of music that Corin Raymond loves, and what he’s celebrating on his latest album Paper Nickels, which he released late last-month in Toronto, and is now bringing out
west, starting in Revelstoke this Wednesday, Feb. 6, with a show at Benoit’s Wine Bar.
Paper Nickels is a double-CD of 20 contemporary Canadian folk songs Raymond learned while touring across Canada the past 10 years. The album is a labour of love – both in terms of the songs he played and the 144-page book-let that comes with. The book includes the lyrics, chords and sto-ries behind each song.
“The book is something that you can’t really imagine unless you have it in your hand,” said Raymond. “The book is an explo-sion of enthusiasm and folklore. I can’t explain it. The reason I made the book was so I can give it to people and not have to try to explain it.”
The book also explains per-haps the most unique aspect to the whole project – the fact it’s being paid for in Canadian Tire money. The story behind that stems from a song Raymond wrote with Vaarmeyer called Don’t Spend it Honey, with the chorus, “Don’t spend it honey/Not the Cana-dian Tire Money/We save it for so long.”
When he started playing the song in Alberta, people started giv-
ing him their Canadian tire money. By the end of 2011 he had $60 col-lected and he was going to spend it at a Toronto bar that accepted it at par. That’s when he found out that the Rogue Music Lab accepted Canadian Tire money at par, and he started a caper to pay for the $7,330 recording bill in the fake currency.
“The whole thing is a perfect storm,” he said. The campaign got national press coverage and when we spoke last Friday, he was only about $900 short of reaching his goal, “which is like a miracle in itself that I’m that close.”
Raymond said he loves a good song, no matter who writes it, and he hopes Paper Nickels will spread the word about the folk talent that exists in Canada that you’ll never hear on the radio.
“I wanted this book and this album to be a little piece of musi-cal lore that people could look back on year’s later and say there’s a little window that existed in the roots scene at that time,” he said.
Corin Raymond is at Benoit’s Wine Bar on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Tickets are $20. You can read all about the Canadian Tire money caper at www.dontspendithoney.com.
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OngOing tO MOnday, Feb. 11REVELSTOKE SPIRIT FEST eleven days of events and activities for everyone as Revelstoke celebrates its winter spirit.
Wednesday, February 6BROWN BAG HISTORY on snow festivals and snow queens. enjoy a talk on Revelstoke’s history by Cathy english, the curator of
the Revelstoke museum & archives. 12:15 p.m. $5.SENIOR MIXED BOWLING TOURNAMENT Get your team together for this bowling tournament at the Cabin. 12:30-4 p.m.LAST DROP SKI RACE Come test your skills against friends. at Revelstoke mountain Resort. 1 p.m.WING EATING CONTEST How many chicken wings can you
eat in one sitting? Come find out at the Big eddy Pub. 7 p.m.OPEN MIC AND WAITANGI DAY Cel-ebrate new Zealand’s national holiday and hear some great local talent. at the last drop at 7 p.m.REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Chase Heat. at the Revelstoke forum. 7 p.m. $10.CORIN RAYMOND this alt-country singer-songwriter has had his songs covered by Blue Rodeo, amongst others. Come for an intimate show at Benoit’s wine Bar. 8-10 p.m.
thursday, February 7FARM & CRAFT MARKET find crafts, produce, baked goods, and more at the winter market. at the community centre from 12-5 p.m.ABBA AGAIN tribute to the legendary pop band abba. Beautiful blended harmonized vocals, exciting eye-catching choreography, glittering costumes with platform shoes... and a touch of humour. 7:30 p.m. $15.SHANE PHILLIP this always-popular master of didjeridoo serves up a hypnotic rhythm that gets the crowds dancing. at the last drop at 9:30 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at the door.DELHI 2 DUBLIN this exciting band blends fiddle music with indian Banghra beats. live at the River City Pub. 9:30 p.m. $10.
Fridays, until February 22PARENT & TOT DROP IN AT THE NOR-DIC SKI CLUB Parents provide cooperative childcare of infants and toddlers and go ski. Bring a snack, diaper bag and cell phone. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 250-837-6768 for info.
Friday, February 8YOUTH BATTLE OF THE BANDS Come watch Revelstoke’s best young bands compete for some great prizes and accolades. at the com-munity centre at 8 p.m.TOP BLOKE NIGHT Come for round two of the Revelstoke’s top Bloke competition, featuring a fashion show and talent show by the top Bloke finalists. at the last drop from 7-10 p.m.
saturday, February 9SNOWBOUND FTX the Revelstoke cadets take part in some winter camp living, including snowshoeing, avalanche training, GPs, con-structing an arctic tent and other winter survival skills. the public is invited to come watch at mt. Begbie elementary, starting at 10 a.m.AVALANCHE AWARENESS DAY learn about avalanche safety at the Boulder mountain Cabin during the day, and then head to the last drop at night for some presentations and more at a fundraiser for the Canadian avalanche Centre.TEAM SCREAM RELAY RACE Come out for a fun cross-country ski race at mt. macpher-son. this year’s theme is star wars, so come dressed up if you dare. ski one lap of classic and
one lap free technique. you can enter as a team or solo. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m., the race starts at 11 a.m.CHILI COOK OFF who makes the best chili in Revelstoke? decide for yourself as local restaurants cook up their best and serve it for all to enjoy downtown. from 2-5 p.m.OUTHOUSE RACES Join with some friends to build your outhouse and race it down mack-enzie avenue. or just come watch the spectacle. starts at 3 p.m. BEST IN SHOW the Revelstoke Canine search & Rescue hosts a dog show on mackenzie avenue from 3-4 p.m. see how your dog stacks up.DOWNTOWN RAIL JAM Check out Rev-elstoke and beyond’s hottest ski and snowboard jibbers as they tackle this rail jam right on mackenzie avenue. 4-9 p.m.ANYTHING GOES ART SHOW a group exhibition at the Revelstoke visual arts Centre. Come bid on works by local artists created on 20” X 20” canvases. opens at 6 p.m.REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. nelson leafs. at the Revelstoke forum. 7 p.m. $10.RED EYE EMPIRE this sublime-influenced reggae-rock band takes the stage at the River City Pub. starts at 10 p.m.DAFUNKTONE live at the last drop. 10 p.m.
sunday, February 10NORDIC SKI CLINICS the Revelstoke nordic ski Club offers cross-country skiing clubs at mt. macpherson. $20 per session, from 9-11 a.m. or 1-3 p.m. THE AMAZING RACE find a teammate and take part in this race around Revelstoke. starts at 11 a.m.THE SWING MONKEYS Revelstoke’s hottest big band hits the stage at the last drop. at 6 p.m.SPIRIT FEST WRAP-UP PARTY Come for a free spaghetti dinner as spirit fest finishes up at the community centre. from 6-8 p.m.
MOnday, February 11CORDWOOD CURLING at the forum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.FAMILY SWIM Come out to the pool for some family day fun. 1-4 p.m.
tuesday, February 12 JEREMY FISHER this folk-drenched singer-songwriter and Juno nominee comes to Revelstoke to promote his latest album. live at Benoit’s wine Bar. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13RSS JAZZ PRESENTS “A NIGHT OF HEART & SOUL” Come and hear the high school’s two jazz bands perform a mix of jazz, latin, funk and rock, with some vocals mixed in. in the Rss common area from 7-9 p.m.
A proposed bylaw allowing chick-ens in some Revelstoke neighbour-hoods is still under development.
About 75 people gathered for an North Columbia Environmental Soci-ety film and information night on chickens at the Revelstoke Commu-nity Centre on Jan. 29.
NCES representative Sarah New-ton told the Times Review said the process was going well: “We’re really happy that we’re working with the
city and they seem quite supportive.” She said it is important to develop a “strong bylaw” that deals with issues like animal health and bears. She added the city is being proactive on climate change issues and local food production like rearing chickens is an important part of that.
Chris Selvig, an assistant city plan-ner, said the department is completing a timeline for the bylaw that city coun-cil will review before it’s released to the public. He said general workload in the planning department has length-ened the chicken bylaw process.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGThe City of Revelstoke Planning Department will be hosting a public information meeting on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013. The meeting will be held in Council Chambers located at Suite 102 - 103 Second St. E. at 12:00 p.m.
The intent of this meeting is to review the application for a ‘Liquor Primary Transfer of Location’ from Revelstoke Motor Inn (Eagle Pass Enterprises Ltd.). The applicant has requested to move the existing Stokers/Traverse liquor primary license from 112 First Street East to 310 First Street West. The move will include an increase of the total interior capacity (occupant load) from 150 (existing Stokers/Traverse capacity) to 250 (previous Outabounds Nightclub capacity) and a change of hours of liquor sales as shown below:
Present Hours of Liquor Sales: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. (Mon – Sun)
Proposed Hours of Liquor Sales: 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. (Mon – Sat) 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Sun)
Please submit written comments in regards to the proposed change to the City of Revelstoke, Planning Department, Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 or email: [email protected]. Please ensure that your name(s) and civic address are included on the submission. Petitions will not be considered. Submissions will be received until 2:00 p.m. on February 12th, 2013. Should you have any questions in regards to the above, please contact the Planning Department at (250) 837-3637.
Chris SelvigAssistant Planner
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COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
The City of Revelstoke invites applications from residents to serve as members of the Economic Development Commission (EDC). The purpose of the EDC is to provide advice and suggestions to the City of Revelstoke and the CSRD Area ‘B’ Regional Director with respect to promoting economic growth and stability in the Revelstoke area. Commission members are volunteers selected for their interest, previous experience, knowledge, skills and ability to represent the population of the area.
If you are interested in applying, please submit a letter noting your interest and a brief outline of your quali� cations. This can be mailed to the attention of Teresa LeRose at the City of Revelstoke, Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0, or e-mailed to [email protected] no later than 4:30pm on February 8, 2013.
For additional information, please call the Alan Mason, Director of Community Economic Development at 837-5345. Thank you for your interest.
COMMUNITY HERITAGE COMMISSION VACANCIES
The Heritage Commission is presently looking for new members who are passionate about Revelstoke’s built form, cultural, and natural heritage and want to contribute their Heritage or applicable experience/knowledge. To apply, please submit a letter of interest (1 page max), including any heritage or applicable experience/knowledge, by February 27th, 2013 to the Deputy Director of Corporate Administration.
By Mail or Delivery: Box 170, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0By email: [email protected]
If you have any questions please contact:
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Outhouse Races return to downtown Revelstoke
The Revelstoke Outhouse Race is returning to where it belongs for this year’s Spirit Fest – Mackenzie Avenue downtown.
“I’m calling it the Historic Down-town Outhouse Race because there is quite a history of outhouse races in Revelstoke,” said organizer Michelle Cole. “The first one we were able to find documentation about was in the newspapers from 1976.”
That year, the RCMP won the race and brought the Margaret McMahon Trophy with them back to the detach-ment. The race was organized by the Kinsmen Club as part of Snowfest.
The trophy was named after a city councillor who donated some money for the trophy.
“She was really a who’s who of Revelstoke from that time,” said Cole.
The trophy was handed out each year but the last known recording of the trophy dates to a 1986 picture in the Revelstoke Review, where it was being held by Susie Cameron. Orga-nizers have been searching for the tro-phy to hand it out this Saturday.
“We got a hot tip yesterday to check the basement of the Regent,” Cole said on Friday. There was no word as of press time if they found it.
Cole is hoping to restore the race to its former glory, when hundreds of people would line Mackenzie Avenue
to watch the festivities. However, when we spoke, she said only the fire department had registered.
“At this point I’m needing last-minute Revelstoke to come up with a few registrations,” she said. “It really would be great to
see a great show of community support, both in the audience and the participants.”
The deadline to register is Fri-day, Feb. 8, at the Chamber of Commerce office on Campbell Avenue. The Kootenay Car Share
Co-op is the official organizing team for the event.
“We’re doing it because it has a transportation theme,” said Cole, who runs the car-share pro-gram in Revelstoke. “A loose transportation theme.”
A scene from the 1976 Outhouse Race on Mackenzie Avenue. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
The Revelstoke Quilters’ Guild donates four quilts to the Revelstoke Hospice Society following an End of Life workshop last Wednesday. The quilts will be given to palliative care patients that hospice supports. From left: Sarah Dar-val from hospice; Sharon Cain and Marie March from the quilters’ guild, Jill Holloway from hospice; Darlene Dabell, Irene Scarcella, Sheila Crowe, Mary Bradshaw and Diane Frost from the quilters’ guild; and Vivian Mitchell from hospice. Contributed
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Revelstoke is a destination for people from around the world who are drawn to our moun-tain culture and mountain sports. It is also home to many immi-grants who come for work or for our small-town lifestyle and end up staying. In the 2011 Census, residents listed 27 foreign lan-guages as their mother tongues in addition to English, French and Cree. These included several African and Chinese languages, Korean, Japanese, Punjabi, Taga-log, Spanish (from Latin Amer-ica), and Hebrew, in addition to numerous European languages.
At no time of the year is that diversity celebrated more than during the annual Carousel of Nations organized by the ded-icated volunteers of the Revel-stoke Multicultural Society. On Saturday, Feb. 2, almost a hun-dred people waited patiently for the doors to open for this much-anticipated event that welcomes diverse residents and tourists to share their ethnic food, dance and music and in the process to make connections and share stories.
While the bagpipes and drums of the Revelstoke Highland-ers Pipe Band belted out Mairi’s Wedding, enthusiastic visitors honed in on their favourite ethnic foods. Soon the entire commu-
nity centre hall was packed with people. There was a long line-up for the Ukrainian perogies from the Buns and Beyond booth and people were taking second help-
ings of Kevin Feng and Lu Si’s Chinese dumplings.
In all, 11 cuisines were repre-sented, including French Cana-dian tortières, and aboriginal ban-
nock and stew, with debuts by Cuban, Mexican and Italian chefs. For some, having a booth was a way of promot-ing the many ethnic restaurants and food stands in town, but many individ-uals, couples or groups also prepared food as a way of sharing their culture. Lu Si explained, “Most Western peo-ple know about China either 100 years ago when it was very undeveloped and poor or now when it is very mod-ern but has pollution and high build-ings. We want people to know more about Chinese culture and people and to taste real Chinese food. I think Rev-elstoke welcomes different cultures,” she added.
Aboriginal culture and history was well-represented at the event. Acknowledging the long historical aboriginal habitation and use of the Revelstoke area, Michelle Cole of the Revelstoke School District’s Aborigi-nal Committee, opened the celebration with a Mohawk song. A well-attended workshop by the Red Sky introduced aboriginal theatre, and a lively return performance by Li Jigeurs Mechif, a Metis dance and cultural troop from Golden, brought the children onto the dance floor.
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Top left: Youngsters try their hand at Chinese calligraphy at the Eng-lish as a Second Language Settlement Assistance program booth.Top right: Les Jigeurs Mechif from Golden, B.C. perform a traditional dance, one of an extensive and diverse set of songs and dances from the troop. Bottom right: Hanna Park (left) with Ji, Maimi Im and Steve Jung serve traditional Korean food, including Kimpam. There were a total of 11 different food booths that helped pack the main hall at the Revelstoke Community Centre.
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Carousel of Nations celebrates Revelstoke diversityLaura StoveLFor the revelstoke Multicultural Society
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battle of the bandsFriday, February 8th
The Canadian Avalanche Centre in downtown Revelstoke is a hive of activity these days, with 11 fore-casters producing daily bulletins, software developers, a communica-tions team, and staff co-ordinating youth outreach and snowmobiler outreach programs – all with a bud-get of about $1.3 million.
It’s a far cry from a decade ago, when the centre didn’t exist, and public avalanche safety was run by the Canadian Avalanche Asso-ciation – an organization of ava-lanche professionals that spent a small amount of money on pub-lic safety initiatives off the sides of their desks.
The public avalanche bulletin put out by the CAA stemmed from the InfoEX, a service used by com-mercial backcountry skiing opera-tors to share information about ava-lanche conditions. It was started in 1991 as a response to an avalanche that killed nine guests skiing with CMH in the Bugaboos.
As word spread about the InfoEX, backcountry skiers started to call the Canadian Avalanche Association office in Revelstoke for information about conditions.
“The demand grew up by word of mouth so the CAA, as an altruis-tic organization, said we’d do what we could,” said Clair Israelson.
As a result, the CAA started pro-ducing public avalanche bulletins, but in a very haphazard manner, said Israelson.
“We were trying,” he said. “It was perhaps once a week, but we tried to do it more often whenever we could, but it was pretty haphaz-ard.”
They eventually started produc-ing them more often. By the win-ter of 2002–03 they were producing three bulletins per week for five dif-ferent regions of British Columbia. On top of that, Parks Canada had long been producing avalanche bul-letins for the national parks.
In 2002–03 the CAA spent $255,000 on public avalanche
safety programs. The organization received $30,000 from the B.C. government, $75,000 from fund-raising through the Canadian Ava-lanche Foundation, and the rest came out of CAA revenues.
When the La Traviata and Con-naught Creek avalanches struck that winter, killing seven people each, there was a media outcry for more support of public avalanche safety programs. “It was something no provincial government could ignore,” said Israelson, who cred-ited Mohini Singh, a reporter with the CBC in Kelowna, of leading the charge even before the two trage-dies.
In response, the B.C. govern-ment commissioned a review of public avalanche safety programs. The report, prepared by Bhudak Consultants, was published in June 2003 and recommended the estab-lishment of a national avalanche centre that would operate as a not-for-profit, with funding from pro-vincial and federal governments.
“A National Avalanche Cen-tre should build on the knowledge, expertise, and contacts of avalanche professionals employed by indus-try, not-for-profit organizations, and government operations to deliver credible, effective, and technically competent public avalanche safety programming,” the report stated.
That fall, Rich Coleman, then the B.C. Solicitor General, announced $375,000 in funding over three years for the centre. A few months later, the Federal gov-ernment announced $525,000 in funding over three years. In the fall of 2004, the Canadian Avalanche Centre was formally launched in Revelstoke. It was set up as a pub-lic-private not-for-profit, with gov-ernment funding and corporate sup-port. The Alberta government pro-vided $100,000 in funding starting in the spring of 2005.
It’s initial budget was a tad more than $500,000 – at the lower end of what was recommended by the report, but an amount that forced the CAC to budget prudently.
“There was a really long list of
things that we wanted to do and then there was a much smaller list of things we could afford to do,” said Israelson. “If we’d be given a whole bunch of cash right from the get go we might have been a little less frugal and prudent.”
That winter, the CAC produced three bulletins a week for six dif-ferent regions – the South Coast, Northwest, North Columbia, South Columbia, Kootenay-Boundary, and South Rockies – and a weekly bulletin for the North Rockies. Now, it produces daily bulletins for 12 regions and less frequent bulle-tins for other areas of the province.
“I don’t think there was a lot of expectations,” said Karl Klas-sen, who joined the CAC as a fore-caster in 2004 and is now the acting Executive Director. “For the first few years the centre was operat-ing everyone was just trying to fig-ure out what needed to be done and how best to do it.”
***Figuring out what to do was first
on the list. For that, Israelson said they went to every other national avalanche centre around the world to see what the best practices were, and then “we stole shamelessly the best from everybody.”
“Really, the biggest challenges were establishing the priorities of the things that would be most effec-tive and developing those pro-grams,” he said.
The bulletins were one of the first focuses, and a team of dedi-cated forecasters was put in place to do the work. According to the CAC’s 2004–05 annual report, the first winter they issued 620 ava-lanche advisories, 430 forecasts, 21 information reports and three spe-cial warnings.
They also held backcountry ava-lanche workshops in Calgary and Vancouver that attracted more than 300 people each, and launched Ava-lanche Awareness Days, a series of educational events in mountain communities across Canada, with a signature event in Lake Louise.
“With 11 fatalities during the 2003–2004 winter and only six this
Out of the snowTen years ago, Two avalanches 11 days aparT killed 14 people, including seven school children. The Tragedies sparked a firesTorm of conTroversy and led To a slew of changes in Terms of public ava-lanche safeTy in canada. in The Third parT of our series, The Times review looks aT The developmenT of The canadian avalanche cenTre.
A member of the Canadian Avalanche Centre works with some snowmobilers during the first Avalanche Awareness Day in January 2005. Revelstoke Times Review file photo
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songs in the Mechif language, a combination of Cree and French, and performed acrobatic dances with brooms, belts and scarves. The troop, which includes mem-bers aged three to 76, started seven years ago when leaders Davene Dunn and Karen Nagao brought a Metis ‘jigeur’ to teach a workshop in Golden. “People were coming out of the cracks to attend,” she said. The perform-ers’ pride in their culture is evi-dent but this wasn’t always the case. “My mother’s generation was not proud of their heritage,” Dunn said. “Now we are proud. I am dancing for my mother.”
Sixteen visiting students from
Ono Cho, Japan, resplendent in their traditional Hapii robes, pre-sented a dramatic and athletic tra-ditional fisherman’s dance. This was part of an annual exchange between students from Ono Cho, Revelstoke’s sister city, and the Revelstoke Secondary School.
One of the highlights of the events was a spectacular perfor-mance by the Latin soul band Locarno. The rich mix of Mex-ican and Cuban rhythms kept the audience dance – some even while they were serving food. Locarno went on to perform at the Last Drop Saturday evening, sponsored again in part by the Revelstoke Multicultural Society.
In addition to workshops on Scottish dancing and folk dancing
and the opportunity to try Chi-nese calligraphy, the Revelstoke Museum and Archives showed off Revelstoke’s multicultural and ski history and fiddler Donna Peterson gave visitors a chance to try out her grandfather’s fid-dle. Yuko Fujimura, the organizer behind the creation of thousands of origami cranes to commemo-rate the devastating 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche, taught Japanese origami. “It’s very cool to make a flat square paper become 3-D,” she said. “I want to see children do more and more of it.” That way, “they might be interested in learning about Japan.”
For locals and visitors the fourth annual Carousel of Nations provided a chance to celebrate
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past season, the 10-year trend in avalanche fatalities in Canada decreased this year for the first time since 1993,” they wrote in the report. “Although it’s too early to determine if this is a long-term trend in accident reduction, the work of the CAC has certainly helped to increase public avalanche awareness and may have helped reduce accidents.”
***Over the years, the CAC has expanded its
bulletins, producing them more frequently and for more regions. They also launched ADFAR – Avalanche Decision Framework for Amateur Recreationalists. That project resulted in the introduction in 2006 of the Avaluator, a tool designed to help decision making by linking the avalanche danger rat-ing to terrain. The tool was further developed and in November 2010, the CAC launched the Avaluator 2.0, which further refined the tool by creating a scoring system for people to use to calculate the avalanche conditions and terrain characteristics. “All of that stuff is to me a very significant shift to how we give the public recreationalist the skills and the knowledge they need to make informed deci-sion,” said Klassen.
The ADFAR project also resulted in changes to Avalanche Skills Training (AST) courses; more emphasis was put on ter-rain than making snow profiles. The Avalua-tor provided a better way for for backcoun-try users to match avalanche conditions to the terrain, and how to make those choices became a bigger part of the AST courses.
“Those are concrete tools that people can use at levels of ability to help them plan their trips and make decisions in the backcountry that are informed and help them manage their risks,” said Klassen.
Over the years, backcountry use has exploded. Here are some statistics from the CAC’s annual report for 2011-12:• According to Parks Canada, the number
of skiers in Rogers Pass more than dou-bled from 2009 to 2012.
• More than 1.4 million avalanche bulle-tins were read – a 20 per cent increase
from the year before.• The number of snowmobilers buy-
ing passes from clubs in Revelstoke, Sicamous, Squamish and Valemount went up by 14 per cent.
• Almost 7,000 people took AST courses last winter.
All those numbers point to ever-increas-ing use of the backcountry, but one prob-lem that CAC faces is just getting a grasp on how many people are out there. The numbers above don’t encapsulate the vast number of people heading into the mountains from areas where there is no easily-monitored access.
Still, avalanche professionals take pride in the fact that despite the increased use, the number of fatalities has declined the past three years. So far this winter only one person has died in an avalanche in Canada – a sur-veyor who was killed in October while work-ing in near Stewart, B.C.
“We should be pretty proud of the fact the education and outreach programs and fore-casting are playing some role simply by rais-ing people’s awareness and giving them bet-ter tools to make decision,” said Klassen. “I think the centre has been unqualified success based on that alone, significantly more people in the backcountry and fatalities going down, as a percentage.”
***Grant Statham, who was hired by Parks
Canada in 2003 to improve their public ava-lanche safety programs, said one of the goals when he started was to increase the “cultural awareness” of avalanches. Events like the backcountry workshops, Avalanche Aware-ness Days and youth outreach programs go a long way towards doing that. They actively work with the media to relay the avalanche danger and put out special warnings.
“My sense is that in British Columbia and in parts of Alberta, most people have heard the word avalanche,” said Statham. “They hear it on the news all the time or they see it in the newspaper. They might not know where the weak layer is but they know there’s ava-lanche danger in B.C. and that they should be
paying attention. that was really our goal, to make broad awareness.”
Israelson called the public awareness the CAC has created “a huge step forward.” He said he remembered someone on the CAC Board of Directors once saying that when he heard an avalanche forecast on the radio, he would consider the CAC a success.
“When I was a kid growing up in B.C., you never heard about avalanches. It just was simply not on our radar,” he said. “This pub-lic awareness, that it’s something that’s part of our B.C. winter, I think is a huge step for-ward. It’s a little thing, but I think it’s a pretty big thing.”
***Going forward, most people I spoke to
talked about the importance of terrain man-agement as where the focus needs to be. Sta-tham said the CAC has taken the terrain rating system developed by Parks to a “new level.” Now, he said there’s lots of room to improve the way people manage terrain.
Klassen said coming up with more tools to help people pick the right terrain on the right day is the future of avalanche education. The CAC has developed an online trip planner designed to help people make decisions when they go to places. They have mapped out and applied ATES ratings to many popular back-country areas. Now, he said, they need to cre-ate tools so that even if there’s no ATES rating and no bulletin for an area, people will have the tools to make smart choices.
“When you look at the number of moun-tainous areas in British Columbia, the diver-sity of the users and the diversity of the use patterns and then the amount of money that’s it takes to produce the data stream that’s required to produce an accurate avalanche forecast at any given time, I don’t think we’re ever going to see all the mountainous areas have an avalanche forecast,” said Klassen. “We need to give people tools that help them in places that have no avalanche forecast or for that matter where there is no terrain rat-ings.”
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Austin Donaldson, Brayden Beckley and Dylan Ossman crash the net to score the eventual game-winning goal in the Revelstoke Grizzlies 4-1 win over the Grand Forks Bruins on Friday. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Last minute loss to Sicamous prevents perfect weekend for Grizzlies
A near-perfect weekend just eluded the Revelstoke Griz-zlies after the team gave up two goals in the � nal two minutes to Sicamous on Sunday afternoon.
The Grizzlies played three games in three days over the weekend, defeating the Grand Forks Border Bruins 4-1. the Chase Heat 4-3 in overtime, before losing to the Sicamous Eagles 2-1 on Sunday.
On Friday. in front of another big crowd at the Revelstoke Forum, TJ Christensen scored a shorthanded goal at 11:03 of the � rst to give Revelstoke a 1-0 lead over Grand Forks. In the sec-ond period, Austin Donaldson scored on a goal-mouth scram-ble and Dallas Flockhart scored on a de� ection to put Revelstoke up 3-0 – a score that was much more � attering to the Border Bru-
ins than the play indicated.The teams traded goals in the
third period, with Donaldson notching his second of the night to clinch Revelstoke’s win.
On Saturday, Revelstoke trav-elled to Chase to face the Heat. The teams traded goals in the � rst, with Tyler Reay getting one for Revelstoke and Shelby Kostyshen scoring for Chase. In the second, Chase took a 2-1 lead at 10:21 of the frame but Brayden Beckley evened it up only 78 sec-onds later. It was a similar story in the third, with Nicholas Fidanza scoring for Chase at 17:23, only for Brodie Buhler to tie the game only 12 seconds later.
The rest of regulation was scoreless, sending the game to overtime, where Austin Donald-son played the hero role.
On Sunday, Revelstoke went to Sicamous to play the Eagles. Despite being outshot 55-27,
Revelstoke managed to stay in the game all the way. The game was scoreless going into the third period, when Kent Hendrickson scored for Revelstoke, assisted by his brother Cody and Aiden-Sil-zer Hooker. The Grizzlies held the lead until there was 95 sec-onds left, when Corbin Marcotte tied the game for the Eagles. Then, 58 seconds later, Brad Crump got another puck past Revelstoke goalie Aaron Brandoli to give Sicamous the win.
The Grizzlies have another three game week coming up. On Wednesday they host the Chase Heat. On Friday they play the North Okanagan Knights in Arm-strong and on Saturday they host the Nelson Leafs.
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M a y 2 0 1 2 — W e e k 4 You don’t like to pitch a fit, but if you want to be heard, that’s what you’re going to have to do. Make your stance known, Capricorn. Only then will you get the action you seek.
Attention, Aquarius. Someone close to you has something to say, and they need you to listen. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.
It’s a tall order, Pisces, but it’s not impossible. Gather your supplies and the troops and get crackin’. A report receives glowing reviews just in time.
Please, Aries. You are a go-getter, but sometimes you go too far. Keep that in mind this week as you work with others to get a project off the ground.
Stop dragging your feet, Taurus. You know what needs to be done, so do it. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can move on to something you really want to do.
Pragmatic Gemini. You’re always looking to get things done well in the shortest time possible, but sometimes just won’t work. Patience is key.
Clarify, Cancer. Make certain you are understood on all accounts this week. Leave nothing to chance. A friend drops by with an unusual request.
Bickering rarely solves anything, so put a stop to the madness the first chance you get, Leo. You will get nothing done if you don’t.
A loved one has a meltdown, and you’re left to pick up the pieces. You can do it, Virgo, and you will do it well. A new do lifts spirits in more ways than one.
Clam up, Libra, and you will regret it. Prepare to present your idea and watch the sparks fly. The to-do list nears completion with an addition.
A change in attitude picks up the pace, and the team finishes well ahead of schedule. Bravo, Scorpio. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed.
What’s that, Sagittarius? Your pleas are falling on deaf ears? Perhaps it’s your method of presentation. Be bold, and you’ll get what you seek.
Aries, expect others to gravitate toward you this week. Your decisions will carry extra weight and others will look to you for guidance and support.
Taurus, you’re thinking of creative ways to pass some time, but relaxation might be the best solution. Use the down time to recharge your batteries.
Gemini, hold your tongue to avoid stepping on other people’s toes this week. Reserve your comments for when people ask for them, and you’ll be happy you did so.
Cancer, mixing business with pleasure could prove disasterous. Better think again before you take this route in the next few days. Romantic ties may break if you let them.
Leo, it may be time for a complete makeover. You’ve earned the right to some indulgence, so treat yourself to a mini-vacation and some pampering.
Virgo, you’re very good at marching to the beat of a different drummer. But sometimes it can be to your advantage to fall in line with the pack if it serves your best interest.
Not every day can be an exciting day, Libra. If you make the most of what you’re working with, you can make boring moments a little more enjoyable, especially with friends.
Scorpio, expect to tackle work projects with renewed vigor this week. That extra hop in your step will enable you to get everything done without breaking a sweat.
Sagittarius, speak your mind when others ask your advice. Don’t be afraid to share your opinions, even if those opinions are bound to ruf� e some feathers.
Capricorn, this week provides the perfect opportunity to reconnect with old friends. Use some unforeseen downtime to do just that and enjoy the much-needed respite.
Aquarius, others prove especially grateful of your efforts this week. Be gracious when accepting praise and spread some of your own as well. Wednesday proves to be fun.
Pisces, you have a lot of supporters who want to help you with whatever they can. Make the most of this generosity.
CLUES ACROSS 1. Sleeveless Arab garments 5. Make somebody laugh 10. Doctors’ group 13. Afghan Persian language 14. Indian dresses 15. Publisher Conde 17. Loud noises 18. Threefold 19. 6489 Ft. Greek mountain 20. Holds outerwear 22. Expressed pleasure 23. Hawaiian � oral garlands 24. Unhappy 26. Belonging to a thing 27. Tooth caregiver (abbr.) 30. A public promotion 31. Levels to the ground (alt. spelling) 33. Nursing group 34. Set aside for a purpose 38. Slightly wet 40. One of #1 across 41. Any competition 45. Verify 49. Lyricist Gershwin 50. Bangladesh capital before 1982 52. Potato state 54. “Weighing Gold” artist Gerard 55. Australian Racing Board 56. Type of health insurance 58. Pierce with a knife 60. Southeast Asia Treaty Org. 62. Outer garment storage room 66. Genus cuniculus 67. Speak 68. Language, a.k.a. twi 70. Smudge made by soot 71. Amber is one 72. Stand to hold articles 73. Midway between S and SE 74. Satiates 75. One who colors clothes
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3. River in Florence 4. Plant � ber that makes rope 5. Spanning 6. 1978 Turkish massacre 7. Acid causing gout 8. Drops underwater 9. Midway between E and SE 10. Dwarf buffalo 11. Five iron 12. Valuable owned items 16. Small amounts 21. High, green or iced 22. 6th Jewish month 25. Macaws 27. Male parent 28. The king of molecules 29. Golfer Snead 32. Swedish krona 35. Express pleasure 36. Resource-based economy 37. A waterproof raincoat 39. Red China 42. Furnish with help 43. Criminal Records Of� ce 44. ___ de cologne 46. Repeat sound 47. Stonestreet character 48. Baby cats 50. Sleep reveries 51. Ancient calculating device 53. Constitution Hall org. 55. Vipers 57. Plant structure (alt. spelling) 58. Gymnopedis composer Erik 59. A slab of lumber 61. Modern London gallery 63. Kiln 64. All right 65. Ceremonial staff of authority 67. Many not ands 69. Norwegian money (abbr.)
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M a y 2 0 1 2 — W e e k 4 You don’t like to pitch a fit, but if you want to be heard, that’s what you’re going to have to do. Make your stance known, Capricorn. Only then will you get the action you seek.
Attention, Aquarius. Someone close to you has something to say, and they need you to listen. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.
It’s a tall order, Pisces, but it’s not impossible. Gather your supplies and the troops and get crackin’. A report receives glowing reviews just in time.
Please, Aries. You are a go-getter, but sometimes you go too far. Keep that in mind this week as you work with others to get a project off the ground.
Stop dragging your feet, Taurus. You know what needs to be done, so do it. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can move on to something you really want to do.
Pragmatic Gemini. You’re always looking to get things done well in the shortest time possible, but sometimes just won’t work. Patience is key.
Clarify, Cancer. Make certain you are understood on all accounts this week. Leave nothing to chance. A friend drops by with an unusual request.
Bickering rarely solves anything, so put a stop to the madness the first chance you get, Leo. You will get nothing done if you don’t.
A loved one has a meltdown, and you’re left to pick up the pieces. You can do it, Virgo, and you will do it well. A new do lifts spirits in more ways than one.
Clam up, Libra, and you will regret it. Prepare to present your idea and watch the sparks fly. The to-do list nears completion with an addition.
A change in attitude picks up the pace, and the team finishes well ahead of schedule. Bravo, Scorpio. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed.
What’s that, Sagittarius? Your pleas are falling on deaf ears? Perhaps it’s your method of presentation. Be bold, and you’ll get what you seek.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSFIRE TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is inviting proposals from quali� ed proponents to develop and administer a comprehensive training program for the Regional District’s 13 rural � re departments within Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’.
Proposals clearly marked “REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - FIRE TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES” will be accepted until 2:00pm local time on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at the of� ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District located at 781 Marine Park Drive, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P1.
Proposal documents and further information are available online on the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca, BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, Civic Info website at www.civicinfo.bc.ca and at the of� ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (at the above noted address during regular of� ce hours).
This project has a maximum annual budget of $60,000. Any questions regarding this Request for Proposal document can be directed to Phaedra Turner, Administrative Services Coordinator at 250-833-5916.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality in the proposals received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the proposal which is deemed most advantageous.
Fax submissions will not be accepted. The lowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted.
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call for project proposalsColumbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives and Affected Areas ProgramsThe City of Revelstoke and Electoral Area B of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District are accepting project proposals for funding consideration from Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs.
Application guides and forms are available at:• Business Information Centre - 204 Campbell Ave.• Request to [email protected]• CBT website: www.cbt.org.
For more information about preparing your project proposal, contact Debra Wozniak at 1.250.837.5345. Deadline is 4:30 p.m., Monday, February 18, 2013. Late applications are not eligible for consideration.
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The Revelstoke Nordic Ski Team bus was be a bit heavier on its return trip from the Teck BC Championships in Prince George last weekend.
Twelve Revelstoke athletes com-peted with the best of the best in Brit-ish Columbia and came away with lots of hardware to show for their efforts.
Temperatures hovered around zero making waxing a critical part of race preparation. Once again, Revelstoke’s wax team rose to the occasion.
Here are the Revelstoke medal win-ners from Saturday’s classic ski events:• Jaclyn Elliot: Peewee Girls 2 km
race – silver• Nelson Luxmoore: Peewee Boys
2 km race – bronze• Miika Park: Bantam Girls 2.5 km
race – gold• Hayden Mallett- Bantam Boys 2.5
km race –bronze• Alana Brittin: Midget Girls 5 km
– goldSunday’s events were all skate ski-
ing relay teams with groups of three athletes competing together for an overall time. Revelstoke’s Midget Girls team was the only one to reach
the podium, finishing second.Coach Matt Smider was very proud
of his team’s performance. “In addi-tion to the added pressure of com-peting at a championship event, ski-ers faced a challenging course com-prised of lengthy climbs and technical descents,” he said. “Watching our ath-letes rise to the occasion at Otway was quite a testament to their mental and physical strength. This event will boost our confidence heading into the second half of the competition sea-son.”
On Saturday evening, there was a banquet held to present aggregate awards for the BC Cup Series. The following Revelstoke skiers received awards:• Jaclyn Elliott: Peewee Girls – 2nd• Nelson Luxmoore: Peewee Boys
– 3rd• Miika Park: Bantam Girls – 2nd• Hayden Mallett: Bantam Boys –
2nd• Alana Brittin: Midget Girls – 2nd
Not in attendance, but still receiving awards were:
Emily Suchy: Female Sit Skier – 1stMegan Evans: Junior Girls – 1stFor full Revelstoke results, visit
www.revelstoketimesreeview.com.
Sarah NewtoNrevelstoke Nordic Ski Club
RNSC returns from BC Championships with medal haul
The Revelstoke Peewee Grizzlies fend off a last-minute push by Clearwater during game two of the best of three series on Saturday at the Revelstoke Forum. Revelstoke won game one 6-2 in Clear-water on Friday. On Saturday, they jumped out to a 4-1 lead, only to see Clearwater score two goals in the final five minutes to make it close. There was a mad scramble around the Revelstoke net in the final few seconds, but the Grizzlies defense stood strong to preserve the win. The team takes on Chase in round two. The series begins this Friday in Chase. Game two is Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10:55 a.m. in Revelstoke, and game three is Sunday, Feb. 17, in Chase, if necessary.
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Peewees advance in playoffs
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Morris CharlesTessaro
Mr. Morris Charles Tessaro passed away in Revelstoke on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 at the age of 72 years. A Celebration of Life service will be held for Morris in the Spring or Summer of 2013.
n lieu of owers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children, 100-2629-29th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 2N9, in memory of Morris. This fund will assist children with hearing and speech disabilities.
Morris was born in Mission, B.C. on April 3, 1940 and had been a resident of Revelstoke since 1972. He worked in sawmills most of his life as a planer man. He was a member of the Revelstoke Elk’s Club and a former member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Morris enjoyed spending time in his garden or out on the water shing.
He is survived by his wife Diane of Revelstoke; two children: Stuart Tessaro (Chantel Ingram) of Burnaby, Jacqueline Tessaro (Jeff Schroeder) of Cochrane; 2 grandchildren: Jordan and Katie Schroeder of Cochrane; his mother, Betty Harris of Kamloops, one brother, Gary (Pat) Tessaro of Vernon and one nephew Cale Tessaro of 100 Mile House.
Messages of condolence may be sent to thefamily by visiting Morris’ obituary at
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Cremation arrangements are in the care ofBrandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke
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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANGraymont’s Pavilion Plant is accepting applications for an Industrial Electrician. Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required:
Lime Plant.
environment.
Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: [email protected] or Graymont Pavilion Plant
Attn: Dan BuisP.O. Box 187
Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
Employment
Help WantedAVAILABLE immediately for busy Volvo/Mack dealership located in Salmon Arm, BC. Journeyman or equivalent ex-perienced parts counter appli-cant. Full time with competitive wages and benefi ts. Vol-vo/Mack an asset but will con-sider other OEM experience as equivalent. Forward re-sumes to [email protected]. Suitable applicants will be con-tacted for an interview.
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Employment
Help WantedHIRING LOCAL DRIVERS to transport railway crews.
Vehicle & training is provided. Class 4 driver’s license is
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Contact Wolf Bigge: [email protected]
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Trades, Technical
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Help WantedJourneyman HD mechanic required for oilfi eld construc-tion company. Duties will in-clude servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equip-ment. The job will be predomi-nately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the fi eld. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.
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OUR backcountry ski lodge islooking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and forward think-ing chef. The successfully ap-plicant must have previous ex-perience preparing daily meals for at least 22 guests and staff. The chef’s responsibilities in-clude managing a busy kitch-en, setting menus and main-taining a sanitary work space. Our helicopter accessible lodge, operates between July 1 to Sept. 15 / Dec. 27 to late April. $20/hour + free room and board will be provided while on shift. Please send your resume to [email protected]. Only successful applicants will be contacted. Thank you.
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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANGraymont’s Pavilion Plant is accepting applications for an Industrial Electrician. Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required:
Lime Plant.
environment.
Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: [email protected] or Graymont Pavilion Plant
Attn: Dan BuisP.O. Box 187
Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
Employment
Help WantedAVAILABLE immediately for busy Volvo/Mack dealership located in Salmon Arm, BC. Journeyman or equivalent ex-perienced parts counter appli-cant. Full time with competitive wages and benefi ts. Vol-vo/Mack an asset but will con-sider other OEM experience as equivalent. Forward re-sumes to [email protected]. Suitable applicants will be con-tacted for an interview.
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Contact Wolf Bigge: [email protected]
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LabourersPORTAGE College in Lac La Biche, AB, is looking for Maintenance Ser-vice Workers. For more info, visit our website at portagecollege.ca or call 1-866-623-5551, ext. 5597.
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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANGraymont’s Pavilion Plant is accepting applications for an Industrial Electrician. Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required:
Lime Plant.
environment.
Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: [email protected] or Graymont Pavilion Plant
Attn: Dan BuisP.O. Box 187
Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
Employment
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commission for consideration. The final realignment will be submitted to Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer in September.
Kootenay—Columbia MP David Wilks said he supported the changes, though he expected his BC Southern Interior counterpart Alex Atamanenko to oppose them.
“I expected most of it to happen,” he said. “I’m not opposed to any of it. The commission had a tough job to do. They had to try and get every riding up, and that’s what they had to do.”
He did note that expanding the rid-ing would create additional challenges due to the fact he would have to rep-resent more communities (should he win re-election).
“Having said that, I’ve made a promise all along that if I am re-elected in 2015 – and I do plan to run – that I would have an office in Nelson as well as Cranbrook, and that would assist the riding immensely,” he said.
David Raven, the Mayor of Revel-stoke, said the changes would likely mean the community sees less of their MP.
“Right now he’s been very accom-modating and he’s spent more time in Revelstoke than most of the MPs in the past little while,” said Raven. “We’ve appreciated to have that con-tact and it would be a shame to lose that.”
The new Kootenay—Columbia riding would have a population of 107,589 people, 2.7 per cent above British Columbia’s electoral district quota.
According to the commission’s report, they looked at keeping the rid-ing as is, but it would have had a pop-ulation 16 per cent below the quota without the changes.
“Submissions encouraged the Commission to keep Nelson, Castle-gar and Trail in one electoral district,” the report states. “However, such a combination would have resulted in an electoral district with numbers well above the electoral quota.”
It goes on to say they were encour-aged to keep Nakusp and area, New Denver and the Slocan Valley in the same riding.
The result basically chops the exist-ing BC Southern Interior Riding in two – sticking Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo with Kootenay—Columbia; and creating the new riding of South Okanagan—West Kootenay, which includes Nakusp, Trail, Castlegar, Fruitvale, Grand Forks, Penticton and Osoyoos.
The B.C. Southern Interior riding has traditionally been an NDP strong-hold, while Kootenay-Columbia and the south Okanagan are traditionally Conservative, meaning the proposed changes could have significant polit-ical implications. They add almost 20,000 people from heavily-NDP areas to Kootenay—Columbia, which could have an impact on future elec-tions in a riding that the Conservative Party (and the Reform Party before it) has dominated for 20 years.
John Chisamore, the president of the Kootenay—Columbia NDP riding association said the changes should be helpful to his party.
“Is it going to be enough to get us up close to the Conservative num-bers?” he said. “I know that when we did look at it, it wasn’t going to be enough but it would give us a better chance.”
Atamanenko is in Russia on a trade mission and was unavailable for com-ment. Under the new alignment, how-ever, the NDP politician would lose Nelson, a party stronghold, to the Kootenay—Columbia riding.
That would hurt his chances for re-election, said political observer Wolf Depner.
Atamanenko, “is going to be in a much tougher spot now. If Nelson falls out of his riding, that’s a good chunk of his vote there,” said Depner, a former journalist who’s now a doc-toral candidate in political science at UBC Okanagan.
The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission reviews the boundaries of the federal ridings every 10 years. B.C. gained six new ridings this time – one on Vancouver Island and five in the Lower Mainland.
The commission is composed of Justice John Hall, Dr. Peter Meekison, the Chancellor of Royal Roads Uni-versity; and Stewart Ladyman, a for-mer school administrator.
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Revelstoke’s Brittany Evans fin-ished second amongst Junior Girls in the free technique race at the Eastern Canadian Championships in Naker-tok, Ont., last weekend.
Evans, who is training with the Alberta World Cup Academy in Can-more this winter, completed the 10 kilometre course in 29:13, about 36
seconds behind winner Sophie Car-rier-Laforte
Evans also finished sixth in the 15 kilometre classic race, four minutes back of the winner Kendra Murray.
Brittany and her sister Megan will be racing at the Western Cana-dian Championships in Grand Prai-rie, Alta., from Feb. 22–24, and at the Haywood National Championships in Whistler from Mar. 23–30.
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This past weekend was a fast one for the Revelstoke Ski Club’s racing teams. Athletes 15 years and older were invited to a speed camp at Apex Mountain near Penticton, BC.
The younger athletes, 11–14 years old, attended a speed camp at Silver Star Resort near Vernon.
Speed camps aim to teach the skills of downhill and super-G in a safe and methodical way. The courses are broken down into sec-tions, so the skiers can train in stages
before tackling the entire course in timed runs. Their speed is also mea-sured using radar guns at certain points along the course.
At Apex, the older athletes trained alongside and learned from some of the best instructors and ski racers, including national team
alumnus Jeff Hume and legendary coach Don Lyon.
The weekend was an “awesome experience,” said Coach Milan Arsovski.
“Giving the kids a chance to work with athletes and coaches from Alpine Canada increased their con-fidence immensely. I could see their skiing getting better day by day. I was so proud to see those youngsters
shredding some tuck turns at more than 100/km per hour.”
At Silver Star, the approach was similar but on a gentler incline for the younger racers. Coach Donald Hall had high praise for the venue and the opportunity.
“It’s pretty amazing to have a 1.8 km long course all to ourselves, with such excellent safety procedures. This is where the kids start to learn
how to handle real speed, which is an integral part of ski racing. This course allows us to approach high speeds carefully, in a controlled setting.”
For the racers them-selves, the weekend’s speed training has been a real boost to confidence. “The Apex camp got me to where I need to be for this season’s super-G races,” said Mitch Smith, a consistent top-5 finisher at U16 technical events.
“This camp was a lot of fun,” added Max Scharf, another very strong RSC U16 racer. “I have never had the chance to ski a real downhill course before, and that was a great experience. It gave me a lot more con-fidence and I feel more comfortable on my skis at high speed, which is good.”
FIS racer Emily Unter-berger echoed her team-mates’ enthusiasm. “We don’t get to ski speed very often so it was great to get some more expe-rience,” she said. “Even though the snow was a lit-tle soft, all the volunteers and coaches did their best to keep the track in good shape for us, so a big thank you to them.”
At Silver Star, U14 racer Linnea Allain hit 90 km/hr, the fastest speed of the younger racers. “It didn’t even feel that fast,” said Linnea. “We practice each section and really get to know the course, so it’s not scary at all. I’m going to go faster next year.”
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