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Never has there been a better time to heed a parent's warning to pay attention in class and stay in school.

High school is free, but upgrad-ing is not, says the provinces's education minister, noting that he thinks it's reasonable to expect adults who've already graduated to contribute to the costs.

British Columbians enrolled in Adult Basic Education (ABE) seek-ing a diploma or improving high school grades, have headed back to class tuition-free for the last seven years. And since 2012, a federal-provincial immigra-tion agreement had students learning English as a second language (ESL) at no cost.

That's all going to change in three weeks.

According to a Thursday news release from the Ministry of Education, a number of changes to prioritize the K-12 sector has lead to an over haul of public post secondary educational opportuni-ties. Meaning, on Jan. 1, colleges and other respective institutions can charge tuition fees for all adult upgrading courses and ABE, includ-ing ESL programs.

Additionally, beginning May 1, anyone who already holds a high school diploma but wishes to upgrade, will have no choice but to pay for their courses.

Locally, there are over 500 stu-dents taking basic adult courses at Selkirk College campuses, includ-ing about 50 who are enrolled in adult special education classes.

The college's Trail campus cur-rently has almost 100 students who could be affected by these changes in the future.

The news is a blow to many of the area’s students, says Mathew Jameson, an ABE Selkirk College

student who sits as chairperson of the Local 4 student union.

“For myself, I am going into psy-chology next year,” he explained. “I did graduate from high school, but through ABE I can take the first level course for free before I start college next fall.”

Adult basic and upgrading class-es can lead someone down a dif-ferent career path, Jameson con-tinued, adding that the ministry's announcement denies a student's right to a better life through educa-tion.

“'Education is a right' is one of our long standing campaigns,” he said. “Students in the Kootenays who rely on Selkirk College to pro-vide free adult basic education are

being betrayed by the BC Liberals. Tuition free adult basic educa-tion is a necessary part of an equitable educa-tion system.”

Early last week, the Ministry of Education confirmed school dis-tricts across the prov-

ince will receive a bump of money to cover costs related to the new teachers' contract – so news that funds will be taken from another branch of learning could be detri-mental for mature students.

“From what I have read, post-secondary institutions will be able to charge up to $320 per part-time course including ABE,” noted Jameson. “That's quite an increase from zero, and will leave a lot of people out in the cold.”

Fortunately for Selkirk College students, the institution hasn't charged ABE fees since 1998, and has no plans to do so for its next semester.

The college has included ABE courses within its current fis-cal budget and maintains further details are required before any changes will be considered.

“There is very little informa-tion on specifics available at the moment,” explained Angus Graeme, Selkirk College president.

“In the meantime, there are no plans on the part of Selkirk College to apply a tuition fee to ABE courses

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B y T i m e s s T a f fColin James will be back performing in Trail

over 10 years after his last show in the Silver City.

“Up Close and Personal...The Acoustic Tour,” brings James, along with special guest Chris Caddell, to the Charles Bailey Theatre on May 8.

Over 700 concert-goers will have the chance to see James perform some of his classic hits like “Voodoo Thing,” Cadillac Baby,” and “Into the Mystic.”

The Kootenay Concert Connect is hosting the show, which was scheduled because of public pleas to add another date to James' tour.

“We had this show in Nelson and many other areas in 2013,” said Kootenay Concert Connect president and general manager F.J. Hurtak.

“I have been asked by many residents of the West Kootenay, particularly Trail and Castlegar, to bring this show back to the region as tickets sold out very quickly for the 400-seat Capitol Theatre in Nelson. The routing at the time did

not allow us to do a second show.”Tickets for the intimate and acoustic show

will be available starting at noon on Friday at the Charles Bailey Theatre box office for $45.

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B y L i z B e v a nTimes Staff

The Canadian Red Cross is looking for Trail volunteers for its Disaster Management Program.

Volunteers would respond to a fire, a flood, or other personal disaster, to lend a hand to those affected by the disaster. Currently, the program is recruiting some Personal Disaster Assistant Team volunteers for the area through an open house today at 3 p.m. at Trail's Selkirk College campus.

The event is for those who are interested in lending their time and expertise to the team.

There are two different catego-ries the Red Cross covers when it comes to assisting with a local disaster: relief and recovery. Both are taught in the training courses offered to volunteers.

“One course teaches how to pro-vide relief, which covers immediate needs after the disaster and then there is recovery, which starts three days after the event,” said Mary Nishio, a member of the Nelson Disaster Management team.

“If you think of the High River floods (in 2013), the relief part was immediately giving people shelter, warm clothing and food. After that, it is all about the recovery – help-ing people to start getting their life back on track. We try to provide the basics: things like a stove, a fridge – it just depends on the need of the situation.”

Nishio says a position on the Disaster Management team can fit in with anyone's experience. There is always something someone can do.

“I am 65, I am still healthy and I am a retired psychologist,” said Nishio. “I have many years of expe-rience in many different areas. I see it as recycling my skills.

“We have doctors, retired nurs-es, retired EMS (workers), but you don't have to (have medical train-ing). We also have teachers and more. It is a wide variety of people. It is a wonderful group of all ages and experience.”

Joanne Caldecott is also a Disaster Management volunteer and joined the organization just

after the Kerr Apartment fire in Nelson in January 2011.

“It was in early 2011 when I came on board, following the Kerr Apartment Fire and the first day I was in Nelson (in 2010), the Redfish Grill burned down and I wasn't expecting a fire every other month,” she said, adding that see-ing Nelson come together after the two disasters is part of what made her want to join the Red Cross as a volunteer.

“I was so impressed with the way the community rallied togeth-er and I wanted to be able to play a part in a meaningful way and it really spurred my interest.”

Caldecott says fitting the vol-unteer and training time into her hectic daily life is easy because of the nature of the work she does and the lesson it can teach her kids.

“For me, the Red Cross values are values that you can integrate into your daily life and as a parent, you really want to integrate those values into your children's life,” she said.

“I hope that when the time comes for my children to look into volunteer opportunities, the Red Cross is something that they would want to step into.

“I do believe in philanthropy being a key part of our lives and really encourage my kids to play a role in our community and get out there.”

Nishio says that anyone can join up and keep their work local, or travel across the country to lend a hand. For example, the Nelson team had members in High River, Alberta during the June 2013 floods.

“Our volunteers are trained to respond locally, within B.C. or even across Canada,” she said. “Some only respond to personal disasters in their own community, especially volunteers with small kids at home, but being a Red Cross volunteer lasts a lifetime. When we see some-one who needs help, we step in.”

The Canadian Red Cross will be in Trail for the open house to answer questions anyone may have about joining the organization and the type of the volunteer work and training involved.

The event runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 900 Helena Street in the Red Cross Room at Selkirk College's Trail campus.

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FROM PAGE 1during the coming winter semester in any of the commu-nities that we serve.”

Beginning April 1, the annual adult upgrading grants, meant to cover tuition and textbooks and incidentals like transportation and child care, will increase 33 per cent to $7.6 million.

Low-income earners will have grants available, but if the student is above the province’s income threshold, then the onus is on him or her to pay. However. students who were previously above the allowable earnings mark (up to 10 per cent), could be eligible for a grant to cover half their tuition fees.

If the adult students pursue a dogwood diploma or upgrade classes in their respective school district, then the tuition remains free.

But that opportunity is only available in Grand Forks, mean-ing students elsewhere in the West Kootenay will have to pay to upgrade in other post-sec-ondary institutions.

Grants available to low-income earners

B y a L i c i a W a L L a c e Rossland News

Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) held their annual general meeting (AGM) on Nov. 26 where they presented the approved Plan of Management (POM) for the Rossland Range Recreation Site. The site encompasses the mountainous area between Red Mountain Resort and the sum-mit of Mt. Crowe. The terrain in the recreation site lends itself to numerous non-motorized uses in both summer and winter, comprising of alpine skiing, snowshoeing, and mountain biking amongst other activities.

Over time — 12 years in fact — it became obvious that the not-for-profit community group needed a POM. The recreation site boundary has been shrink-

ing with crucial grizzly habitat on the decline and less space for the public to play.

“The boundary has been squeezed by a local cat operator and the community feels like the area is getting pinched. It is really important we don’t lose these places,” said Les Carter who is on the FORRS board of directors.

The provincial govern-ment — Recreation Sites and Trails Branch of the Ministry of Forests — to be exact, requires a POM to designate a recreation site. Now that the POM has been adopted, the community has a designated site for out-door leisure pursuits.

“Over the years it became apparent that something more was needed in order to pro-vide a secure future for public

recreation in our hills… all in aid of gaining official status for our traditional playground,” the POM reads.

Those with experience in the Rossland Range estimate that recreational use of the area within the site has increased 10-fold over the past decade.

The plan aims to consolidate Surprise Hut and Eagle’s Nest Hut into a newly built shelter, located between the two exist-ing huts.

Carter equates these huts to “a health care plan to motivate people to get out.”

These are social huts that give people a positive destina-tion, a place to socialize and give security to new users, older people and families. These shel-ters are key to bringing out large numbers of the public.

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to test their blood sugar levels.The Health Ministry says PharmaCare coverage of blood glucose test

strips will be restricted on Jan. 1, following a similar change in Ontario in 2013.

The ministry says the change comes after research showing that people who have Type 2 diabetes and don’t use insulin can safely test their blood-sugar levels less often.

In the new year, PharmaCare will cover 200 to 400 strips a year for those patients, and up to 3,000 strips annually for patients on insulin.

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Health Minister Terry Lake says the money will be used to support an insulin pump program for young adults.

B y J o E F R I E SPenticton Western News

Nearly two-thirds of rural residents would rather pay higher user fees than see their taxes go up to pay for facilities in neighbour-ing municipalities, according to a new cit-izens’ survey.

Sixty-four per cent of people polled by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen preferred the idea of a two-tiered

rate structure so those who use public facili-ties elsewhere pay their fair share.

However, the RDOS director for Naramata has reservations about a two-tired system since it could be hard to administer and dis-courage visitors from using facilities like Penticton’s pool.

“If I think about myself going there with my son, it’s roughly $9 if we want

to swim for an hour. If they’re going to charge me more based on my ID, I might not go and they’ll lose out on that revenue,” said Karla Kozakevich.

She also noted her area already con-tributes grant money to Penticton-based groups such as the Shatford Centre, and called for more detailed polling on what out-of-town facilities her constituents actually use and what they’d be willing to pay before exploring the idea fur-ther.

Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit agreed.

“The West bench already does do $25,000 for the pool and the library, but of course that’s a very old agreement, so that potentially could look at being upgraded,” he said.

Jakubeit added that he’d like to reopen talks later with direc-tors of neighbouring RDOS areas, perhaps

in time for the 2016 budget cycle, and look for a way to maintain and ensure fairness of the current single-price system.

“To go with higher user fees just becomes a lot more divisive and I think there’s prob-ably ways around it, so I think we need to revisit that conversa-tion,” he said.

Residents on the West Bench and in Naramata reported the highest quality of life among people in the eight RDOS rural areas, according to other results from the citizens’ survey.

Respondents in those two areas rated their quality of life at an average of 8.6 out of 10. The lowest average score for quality of life was a seven out of 10 recorded in Hedley and rural Keremeos.

The RDOS saw its average score dip to just six out of 10 when it asked rural residents to rate the value it pro-vides for their tax dol-lars.

The survey was based on telephone polling of 400 people in April. The RDOS conducts the survey every two years.

B y A N D R E A P E A C o C kVictoria News

Members of the Monarchist League of Canada are speaking out against Mayor Lisa Helps and her decision to not pledge allegiance to the Queen on inauguration day.

“The crown is the symbol in our country of law and order, of our constitution, of our rights and free-doms, and I think it’s expected that our mayor would pledge allegiance to that system,” said Bruce Hallsor, co-chair of the Victoria branch of the Monarchist League of Canada.

Hallsor said if Helps had an issue with pledging an allegiance to the Queen, she should have brought it up as a discussion beforehand.

“We just had an election. It could have been raised as an issue, and people could have had an informed vote,” said Hallsor. “If people are going to disrespect our traditions and our heritage, they should have been upfront about it during the election.”

Although he lives in Saanich, Hallsor said he knows many Monarchist League members live in Victoria and voted for Helps. He said if they had known what was going to happen on inaugura-tion day, it would have absolutely affected their votes.”

“Nobody has a problem with a debate and with people having dif-ferent opinions, but for somebody as their first act right after an election disrespect our constitu-tional form of government without any articulated reason that makes sense, having not told voters that this is what they were going to do, is disappointing.”

When elected as a councillor in 2011, Helps pledged allegiance to the Queen. She said back then she hadn’t given it much thought.

“To be honest, as councillors, we were just given these things and [told] ‘do this’ basically,” said Helps.

It wasn’t until the end of the day last Wednesday, the day before the inauguration meeting, that Helps brought up the idea to the coun-cillors of leaving out the oath of allegiance.

However, councillors Chris Coleman, Pamela Madoff, Margaret Thornton-Joe and Geoff Young said they wanted to take the pledge.

Despite the negative feedback, Helps said it was not her intention to offend or protest the monarchy.

“It’s not about being anti-mon-archist or republican . . . but it’s just I think as a local elected offi-cial, we’re required to affirm an oath of office to serve our com-munity, and I think that’s what they ceremony should be about,” said Helps. “Other councillors made other decisions and I wel-come that.”

Coun. Ben Isitt was the only councillor to also not pledge alle-giance to the Queen when he was elected in 2011.

“I believe in democracy, and I can’t reconcile being accountable to the people who elected me and having these other loyalties to a hereditary bloodline,” said Isitt. “What if there was a disconnect between what the public told us and what the Queen or her repre-sentatives told us? Where would we fall? For me, since I’ve only taken one oath, it’s an easy decision. My oath is to the people.”

There’s no requirement for B.C.’s municipal councillors to swear allegiance to the Queen, and several Capital Region municipal-ities don’t at all, including Saanich, Esquimalt and Oak Bay.

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Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and breach of trust.

Thibault entered the pleas in a Quebec City courtroom this morning.

The charges were laid after a joint report filed by former prov-incial auditor general Renaud Lachance and his federal counter-part at the time, Sheila Fraser.

The document suggested more than $700,000 in alleged improper expenses had been claimed.

Thibault held the

provincial vice-regal post between 1997 and 2007.

Her trial heard the money was allegedly spent on several items including gifts, trips, parties, meals and ski-ing and golf lessons.

Quebec court Judge Carol St-Cyr ruled last summer against a pair of motions filed by Thibault’s lawyer, who argued the case should be dismissed because the accused benefited from royal immunity. Lawyer Marc Labelle contended that meant she was not a civil servant and therefore could not face crim-inal charges.

The judge wrote

that, according to constitutional law, the lieutenant-governor does not enjoy the same benefits as the Queen.

St-Cyr also noted that under the Constitution, the lieu-tenant-governor is a civil servant, adding such an affirmation is even posted on the lieutenant-governor’s website.

Thibault took the stand after the rul-ings. Before she did, she vowed to defend herself “so the truth can be known.”

“I am 75 years old and . . . I don’t want to leave behind the image of a woman who, after

having given every-thing, tainted an insti-tution as important as that of the lieutenant-governor,” she told reporters at the time.

Thibault testified that her days were busy and sometimes she awoke at 2 a.m. to fulfil her duties as the Queen’s representa-tive in Quebec.

“For me, every-thing was an official

function,” she said repeatedly throughout her testimony, adding her responsibilities went above the official agenda filed as a court exhibit.

Thibault testified she had little to show financially for her time as vice-regal - a divorce ate into her savings and she now lives on a $30,000 pension.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Some of the big-

gest job cuts at Veterans Affairs in recent years have been in the disability awards branch - the division targeted in a recent aud-itor general’s report for taking too long to decide on the benefit claims of ex-soldiers.

Departmental performance reports stretching back to 2009 show that roughly 897 positions have been eliminated across Veterans Affairs, with 33 per cent coming out of the section that administers pensions and awards.

Those same records show the health and rehabilitation branches also took a sizable hit - roughly 372 positions during the same time frame.

Commemorations, the div-ision that celebrates past wars and maintains memorials, was reduced by 17.2 per cent, while

internal services - Prime Minister Stephen Harper described it last week as “backroom administra-tion” - lost 71 positions, just 10.1 per cent.

“We have taken resources out of backroom administration from bureaucracy. We have put it into services,” Harper said Wednesday during question per-iod.

“There are more benefits and more money for veterans than ever before, and more points of service. That is called good administration, good govern-ment, and it is good service for the veterans of this country.”

As late as Friday, the Harper government was continuing to insist the reductions, part of an overall effort to eliminate the federal deficit, were not coming at the expense of ex-soldiers.

“We make no apologies for reducing bureaucratic expenses

at Veterans Affairs Canada,” said Conservative MP Parm Gill, the parliamentary secretary to the minister, Julian Fantino.

“The opposition wants to increase government bureau-cracy. We are increasing front line support for Canada’s vet-erans. We recently announced eight new front line mental health clinics for Canadian veter-ans. While the NDP defends the unions, along with the Liberals, we are defending Canada’s vet-erans.”

The majority of the staff cuts in the disability and death compen-sation branch took place between 2010 and 2013. That section also underspent its budget allotment by $121 million, according to a 2013-14 departmental perform-ance report.

There’s a direct connection between the job cuts, the auditor general’s complaints about bene-

fit application wait times and the $1.13 billion in budget alloca-tions that have gone unspent since 2006, said Liberal MP Frank Valeriote.

You can’t spend the money or process the applications if you don’t have the staff, said Valeriote, who accuses Harper of misleading Canadians by saying the cuts were administrative in nature.

“It is indefensible,” he said.“Internal services, the back-

room position of which the prime minister spoke on Wednesday when he said they’re in the back-room, the cuts were minor in nature. So, let’s make no mistake and let’s be very clear: He lied.”

The Union of Veterans Affairs Employees confirmed the job loss numbers, but noted that there is a knock-on effect when disabil-ity claims are delayed, which can also contribute to lapsed

funding. Other benefits, such as health care and re-establishment to civilian life, don’t kick in until a disability is approved.

There was $33 million in underspending on that area in the last budget year.

A spokeswoman for Fantino said that the number of cli-ents served by the department declined to 205,213 in 2013, which is about a 13 per cent drop from where it was in 1994. Some of the reduction can be attribut-ed to the passing away of Second World War and Korean War vet-erans, a trend that’s expected to accerlate in the coming years.

Fantino faced multiple calls to step down last week, but Valeriote said he expects the Conservative strategy is to run out the clock on Parliament’s latest sitting and hope the anger blows over during the Christmas holidays.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - A Toronto police officer who

was found guilty of assaulting a protester dur-ing the G20 summit four years ago is appeal-ing his conviction.

Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani was con-victed last September of assault with a weapon for using excessive force during the arrest of protester Adam Nobody on June 26, 2010, on the lawn of the Ontario legislature. He was sentenced to 45 days behind bars, though he was almost immediately granted bail.

His lawyer, Alan D Gold, says the officer was in a fluid and dynamic situation where he didn’t have the opportunity for calm reflection. Gold says the trial judge didn’t adequately consider the mental state of his client during the incident, which lasted about a minute.

The trial judge found Andalib-Goortani hit Nobody several times with his baton while he was already on the ground, surrounded by other officers in the process of arresting him.

The trial judge had also said the officer had shown no remorse and noted his name tag and badge weren’t visible during the arrest.

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OPINION

Social media and the rise of the distracted thinkerA decade has passed

since Blackberry led the transform-ation of mobile

phones into e-mail and internet access devices, now called smartphones. By the end of 2014 over 1.7 billion-some 40 per cent of global mobile phone users will own smartphones.

In that breathtakingly brief period, the smart-phone has transformed society in unimagin-able ways. The most widely cited impacts are social. Pervasive e-mail and text messaging, the phenomenal popular-ity of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube plus the vast amount of information accessible through search engines such as Google see many users virtually unable to avoid using their smart-phone for more than a few minutes.

This condition has become known as internet addiction. It infects chil-dren as young as two years and it’s well on its way to infecting a large part of the post-smartphone gen-eration.

What does this have to

do with business? A great deal, since

those who grew up in the age of smartphones will eventually comprise Canada’s entire work-force. How can people who’ve spent almost every waking minute moment fixated on their gadgets learn thinking skills such as problem solving, stra-tegic planning and disci-plined time management?

Psychological studies don’t paint an encour-aging picture.

When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading and hurried, distracted thinking. Surprisingly, one of the clearest enun-ciations of the problem comes from an internet veteran.

Two years ago Joe Kraus, a partner at Google Ventures, sounded the alarm. “We are creating . . . a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated . . . We threaten the key ingredi-

ents behind creativity and insight by filling up all our gap-time with stimu-lation.”

Another very import-ant business skill is inter-personal communication. With Facebook, Twitter and cell phone inter-actions, this is surely the most socially connected generation in history. But as personal as these seem to be, they shield the user from face-to-face inter-action.

And given the oppor-tunity for face-to-face interaction users often prioritize their phones over the people right in front of them.

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle states, “We are lonely, but fearful of

intimacy. Digital connec-tions offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friend-ship. We expect more from technology and less from each other”. This helps explain why employers are finding new recruits very bright, but awkward and deficient when working in teams or interacting with customers.

Studies by psycholo-gists and neuro-biologists point to the conclusion that the internet device revolution is actually rewiring brains. Kraus puts it this way: “We’re radically over-developing the parts of quick-think-ing, distractible brain and letting the long-form thinking, creative con-templative, solitude-seek-ing, thought-consolidat-ing pieces of our brain atrophy by not using them . . . that’s both sad and dangerous.”

It’s dangerous socio-logically because con-stantly distracted people who are incapable of “long-form thinking” will have difficulty managing their own lives. And it’s dangerous economically because business success

in a globally competitive world requires undis-tracted focus, analytical accuracy, creative prob-lem solving, innovative thinking and team-work-ing skills.

The internet brain seeks to fill all “gap” time twittering, tex-ting, e-mailing, follow-ing Facebook “friends”, watching just-occurred news and, if there’s any spare minutes left, playing video games. Is it possible to re-wire the internet addicted brain?

As with other addic-tions, the cure lies in admitting the addiction and then having the deter-mination and self-disci-pline to change.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see “internet with-drawal” retreat centres emerge as a new business opportunity. And busi-nesses should be adding “long-form thinking” to employee development programs. The survival of their enterprises may depend upon it.

Gwyn Morgan is a retired Canadian business leader who has been a director of five global cor-porations.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SLOS ANGELES - “The Hunger Games:

Mockingjay - Part 1” continues to dominate the domestic box office, but awards season hopefuls “Wild” and “The Imitation Game” proved their might with impressive limited release showings on this sleepy post-Thanksgiving weekend.

In its third weekend in release, “Mockingjay - Part 1” earned an estimated $21.6 million. Lionsgate’s penultimate chapter in the massively successful franchise has now earned $257.7 mil-lion domestically.

DreamWorks Animation’s “Penguins of Madagascar” took second place with $11.1 million in its second weekend, while the raunchy Warner Bros. comedy “Horrible Bosses 2” claimed third place with $8.6 million.

The fourth and fifth place spots went to Disney’s animated “Big Hero 6” and Paramount’s space odyssey “Interstellar,” which earned $8.13 million and $8.0 million respectively.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW YORK - The soundtrack for “Frozen” and

Pharrell’s viral “Happy” are the year’s top-selling album and song on iTunes.

Apple announced Monday that Taylor Swift’s “1989,” just released in October, is behind “Frozen.” Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories,” Sam Smith’s “In the Lonely Hour” and the “Guardians of the Galaxy” soundtrack round out the Top 5 albums.

“Frozen” is the year’s bestselling movie and season three of “Game of Thrones” is the top TV show.

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The International Monetary Fund’s October 2014 econom-ic outlook publication

contains a chapter devoted to infrastructure policy and finan-cing.

One of the points it makes is that investing in certain categories of infrastructure assets – particularly transpor-tation, communi-cations and energy infrastructure – can strengthen the foundations for long-term pros-perity by expand-ing the economy’s productive capacity and improving the competitive position of local industries engaged in global commerce. According to the analysis by IMF economists, there is often a positive “supply side” effect from well-targeted, efficiently-delivered investments that lead to a higher level of infrastruc-ture capital stock.

The benefits of stepped-up spending on economic infra-structure were also highlighted at the recent G-20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia. At the con-clusion of the Summit, the G-20 leaders committed to a Global Infrastructure Investment Initiative to address the world-wide need for improved infra-structure services.

Government plays an important role in developing and financing infrastructure. Because the “social return” from investing in infrastruc-ture typically is greater than the “private return” that would accrue if the investment was made by a for-profit owner, his-torically a substantial share of infrastructure has either been directly supplied by the public sector or else delivered through public-private partnerships or by regulated industries (e.g., electric utilities).

However, in recent decades, governments in many advanced economies have cut back on spending to build and main-tain infrastructure, with such

spending falling by one-quar-ter measured relative to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the major industrial coun-tries collectively. Closer to home, Canada is grappling with ongoing infrastructure-related pressures affecting munici-palities, health care, and the energy and transportation sec-tors.

Now would seem to be an opportune time for govern-ments (and others) to allocate additional resources to building and rehabilitating infrastructure assets. To begin with, there is still some slack in the Canadian econ-omy. More import-

antly, borrowing costs, as evi-denced by the yields on 10-year government bonds, are hov-ering near record lows – run-ning at less than 2.5 per cent for the federal government, and in the vicinity of 2.6 to 2.8 per cent for most of the provinces. These low yields are striking, given that expectations for future inflation in Canada are firmly anchored at 2 per cent.

In a recent development that attracted little attention, last month the federal Department of Finance announced that Ottawa has issued $1 billion in 50-year bonds, with a coupon that will generate an annual return of 2.57 per cent. This comes on the heels of two pre-vious issues of “ultra-long” fed-eral bonds earlier in the year. As the Department of Finance observed in the accompany-ing news release, “Locking in additional low-cost financing for 50 years benefits Canadian taxpayers and is consistent with the key objectives in the [gov-ernment’s] medium-term debt strategy.”

In the current financial environment, the “real” or infla-tion-adjusted cost of borrowing for credit-worthy governments is less than 1 per cent. Rarely in history has money been so cheap, at least for high-quality borrowers.

But not everyone is in a financial position to increase investments in long-lived physical assets. The Canadian government, fortunately, is. At one-third of GDP, the federal government’s accumulated debt is both manageable and rela-tively low by international stan-dards. Worries over fiscal sus-tainability need not constrain Ottawa from directing addi-tional funding toward priority infrastructure projects, particu-larly projects judged to have a significant economic payoff. Some provincial governments also have fiscal room to under-take additional infrastructure development should they wish to do so.

The Harper government has indeed given a higher priority to capital spending on infra-structure through its 10-year Building Canada Plan, as well as a suite of other programs focused on areas such as broad-band, wastewater, border infra-structure, and transportation. A number of provinces have followed suit, while others are retrenching on capital spend-ing.

For governments with strong balance sheets, there is an argument for doing more. Most economic forecasters are convinced that, by the end of the decade if not before, 10-year government bonds will be approximately twice as “expen-sive” as they are today, as meas-ured by their market yields.

While government policy-makers understandably want to maintain solid credit ratings and ensure that debt is carefully managed, it is important to rec-ognize that the era of astonish-ingly low interest rates will not last indefinitely.

Stated differently, doesn’t it make sense to accelerate cap-ital spending on infrastructure assets that will be required within the next decade and beyond, when the cost of money is expected to almost double within three to four years’ time?

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President of the Business Council of British Columbia.

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An editorial from the Hamilton SpectatorThe RCMP and the federal government are

wrong to keep secret the video left by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the man who went on a murderous rampage in Ottawa.

Originally, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said he hoped to release the video, which he says offers a lucid rationale for Bibeau’s attack and links Canadian foreign policy and his “religious” beliefs. Now police are backtracking, saying more investigation is needed. The parliament-ary Speaker’s office says nothing will be released until after a lengthy security investigation, and then only a partial transcript if anything.

Why? Security at Parliament Hill has been

tightened greatly. Police and security personnel have had ample time to study the video and learn what they need to from it. There is no indication of any accomplices or links to other suspects. If there are legitimate security reasons for with-holding the video, say so. If there are fears of a backlash against Muslim or other populations, say so. But maintaining an indefinite blanket of secrecy just raises questions and suspicions. Does the video paint a picture of the attack that differs from the government version? Would its release weaken support for Canada’s role in the war?

Canadians should not be prevented from see-ing first hand what motivated the attacks that horrified all of us.

Shooter video should be released

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Was born on March 23, 1928 in Trail, BC and passed away with his family at his side on

December 5th, 2014 at KBRH.He is survived by his wife of 63

years, Vell; his children Larry (Anna) and Joanne (Brent); grandchildren Nathan (Robyn), Loren (Lisa), Allyson (Jesse) and Jason (Rita); great grandchildren Madison, Jonathon, Brayden, Logan, Carson and Savanna, also his sister in law Marilyn and her family.Stan loved playing cards, curling, gardening and working with stained glass. He was an avid sports fan, and especially enjoyed watching hockey. Stan loved and was very proud of his family.A Memorial Service will be held on � ursday, December 11, 2014 at 11:00am from Beaver Valley United Church in Fruitvale. Gwen Ziprick of Alter-natives Funeral and Cremation has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence by visiting the fami-ly’s register at www.myalternatives.caAs an expression of sympathy your donation to either � e Heart or Stroke Foundation at www.heartandstroke.bc.ca or the BC Children’s Hospital at www.bcchf.ca would be greatly appreciated.

Stanley Kenneth ‘Stan’ Langille

Steven was born in Halifax, NS May 14, 1955

and passed away suddenly in Trail, BC on December 2, 2014. Steven is survived by his two sons, Bryant (Sarah) & Matthew (Ana), his aunt Joyce Cook, his extended family members, and his special friend Lise. Steven was predeceased by his parents Jim and Anne and his brothers David and Daniel. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. He will forever be in our hearts. At his request, no funeral service will

be held. For those who wish, a donation to a charity of your choice would be appreci-ated. You are invited to leave a personal

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Jerry McQuary, with his wife by his side, on December 2, 2014 at the age of 70. Jerry is survived by his loving wife Judy,

children Richard (Jen) McQuary, Rhonda (Sean) Black, Colleen

Provan, Leah (Tom) Carmichael, Matt Cleaveley, Stacey (Tom) Cleaveley, mother Iona McQuary, brother Jim (Karen) McQuary, sisters Gloria (Alec) Denysiuk, Judith (Andrew) Elliott, sisters-in-law Maryanne Bai, Debbie (Gordon) O’Genski and Judy B., grandchildren Bree-Ann, Trevor, Kevin, Shayna and Rachel. Jerry is also survived by his nieces and nephews Dale (Joanne) McQuary, Christine (Steve) Bryant, Darby (Taya) Higgins, Valerie (Marvin) Scott, Tiffany (Dawn) Ledbetter, Reuben (Heidi) Bai, Gentry (Jacquelyn) Konkin, Samantha (Trevor) Fennell and Tracee (Bryan) Zelke and families, and by his devoted little dogs Sugar and Rascal. Jerry was predeceased by his sister Denise Higgins, father Delbert, father-in-law Sam Konkin and mother-in-law Nellie Konkin.Jerry was a man who loved life. No matter what was thrown his way, his positive attitude and wicked sense of humor would get him through it. He loved to tinker in his garage and could fi x anything that needed a repair. If someone needed help, he was there, with a smile on his face and jokes to be told. Jerry’s passion was fi shing. He spent many hours with his wife Judy on their boat at Kootenay Lake, and with his fi shing buddy Leo Leavitt on the Columbia River.We would like to thank the paramedics and police that responded to Jerry at Goose Creek Road the night he passed. Also a big thank you to Dr. Blair Stanley and his staff for the years of wonderful care you gave Jerry, and to all of the KBRH staff that touched his life. And a special thank you to Rich and Verna-Gean Higgins for being there during a very diffi cult time. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, December 14th, 2014 at 2pm at the Montrose Hall. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Jerry’s memory may be made to the KBRH Health Foundation - Critical Care, 1200 Hospital Bench Road, Trail BC V1R 4M1 or www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SMANCHESTER, N.H. - A video

game pioneer who created both the precursor to “Pong” and the electronic memory game “Simon” has died. Ralph Baer also was lead-er of the team that developed the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console.

Baer was a longtime resident of Manchester, New Hampshire. The Goodwin Funeral Home confirmed Monday that he died at his home

Saturday. He was 92.Born in Germany, Baer escaped

the Holocaust with his family.As chief engineer for Sanders

Associates, now BAE Systems, he started working on what he called “television games” in the 1960s. That led to “The Brown Box,” which was licensed by Magnavox and came out with The Odyssey in the 1970s.

Baer received the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush in 2006.

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In August, many descendants of Luigi and Carolyn Schiavon held a family reunion in Trail. Friday evening 164 cousins enjoyed a traditional Italian meal at the Riverbelle and on Saturday 190 cousins picnicked  at the Birchbank Picnic grounds. There were 4 generations present from the local families of Cavallin, Ferro, Secco, Guglielmin, Schiavon, Pastro, and many cousins from back east and the US representing the Kosiancic and Borsato families.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Former journalist

and federal privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips has died. He was 84.

A statement from his family says he died of kidney failure on Saturday in Penticton, B.C.

The statement says he suffered a stroke in June.

Phillips worked for a number of media outlets during his career including CTV news in the 70’s and

80’s.Among his other duties he host-

ed the CTV show “Question Period.”He later served as Canada’s pri-

vacy commissioner between 1991 and 2000.

Phillips was invested in the Order of Canada in 2010.

After leaving the office of the pri-vacy commissioner, Phillips retired to B.C.’s Okanagan region to be near his two daughters.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SROME - Pope Francis is praying

that humanity be free of any “slav-ery” to material things as he visited Rome’s swank shopping area near the Spanish Steps.

Shoppers crowded into the square Monday to see Francis keep an annual appointment that marks the Dec. 8 Catholic feast day hon-ouring the Virgin Mary and the traditional start of the city’s holiday shopping season.

Wearing a long white coat in the chilly early evening, Francis prayed that “humanity be freed of all spirit-ual and material slavery.”

He stood before a flower-adorned statue of Mary atop a towering col-umn and expressed hope that in the run-up to Christmas, people would “go counter-current” by concentrat-ing less on themselves.

Francis wants the church to pay more attention to the poor and others on the margins of society.

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GANDER, N.L. - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe was briefly in Newfoundland on Sunday and pined for absent friends through Twitter.

Crowe tweeted out to his friends Alan Doyle of the band Great Big Sea and actor Allan Hawco that he was disappointed to land in Gander and that the pair didn’t drive to meet him, adding: “Guess I’m partying alone.”

Crowe also tweeted out selfies with no one in the background, joking that he was “Battling through the crowds for my public appearance in Gander, Newfoundland.”

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By Jim BaileyTimes Sports Editor

The old adage, ‘it gets late really early’ is about to apply to the Trail Smoke Eaters if they can’t halt a four-game losing streak this weekend.

The Smokies suffered a 9-5 drubbing at the hands of the Vernon Vipers on Saturday night, and likely deserved better on Sunday, but squandered a 3-2 third-period lead in a 5-3 loss to the Powell River Kings, falling further out of conten-tion for a playoff spot.

“The effort was bet-ter Sunday than it was on Saturday night,” said Smoke Eaters assistant coach Craig Clare. “I think what we’re lacking right now is execu-tion and really just a consist-ent effort.”

Powell River’s J.J. Coleshaw scored the win-ning goal on a power play 3:56 into the third period when he tipped in a Jacob Pritchard point shot to give the Kings a 4-3 lead.

The loss drops the Smokies nine points out of the fourth and final playoff spot currently held by the Merritt Centennials, who took 5-of-6 points on the weekend with two wins and a an overtime loss.

“For our group it’s time to hopefully just re-energize here and understand where

we are at in our division and where we need to get to,” said Clare. “We’re not out of this thing by any point, but we need to turn it around quickly to give ourselves an opportunity to get back in the playoff picture.”

The Smoke Eaters came out flying against the Kings and it seemed two points was almost a certainty facing a short-handed and road-weary Powell River team. The Kings were coming off a 3-1 loss to Penticton on Saturday, and a 4-3 OT loss to Surrey Friday, and playing without top for-wards Jarod Lukosevicius, and Kurt Keats, defence-man Carmine Buono and goalie Stefan Wornig who are attending the Western Junior A Challenge selec-tion camp in Calgary. Kings’ Coach Kent Lewis said there was no way to replace four of his top six players, so was very happy with the result.

“We needed a gutsy effort, and we told the guys, ‘no excuses,’ we’re minus a lot of big guys in our lineup and we’ll just go out and play our game,” said Lewis. “It was greasy . . . We have to find ways to win ugly ones, and today, I’m proud of the effort, and the penalty kill.It gives us three points out of six on the road, which is average, but contemplating

we only had one coming into today, it’s a good day.”

Trail forward Dallas Calvin opened the scoring on the power play, tipping in a Zuccarini slap-pass from the top of the circle to give the Smokies a 1-0 lead. But Powell River responded at 16:34 when Johnny Evans jumped on a rebound and lifted it over a sprawling Adam Todd.

The Kings would then take the lead on the power play, as Pritchard wheeled from behind the net and wristed it by Todd to make it 2-1 with two minutes remaining in the first per-iod.

The Smokies drew even in the second when Paulsen Lautard finished a 2-on-1, firing in a pretty behind-the-back pass from Kienan Scott with 3:12 remaining in the middle frame. The Smokies dominated the game over the first two periods out-shooting the Kings 27 to 16, but were tied at two heading into the third.

With 50 seconds remain-ing in a penalty to Pritchard to start the final frame, it took Calvin only 33 seconds before netting his second on the night and fifth of the season. The Trail native took a Jake Lucchini feed and labeled the top corner with a wrist shot from the high slot

to beat Powell River goalie Brett Magnus and give the Smokies a 3-2 edge.

The lead was short-lived, however, as Pritchard scored 26 seconds later to tie it, and after Coleshaw’s winner, Mitchell Hawes would add an insurance marker jump-ing on a loose puck to make it 5-3.

The Smokies had two power play chances in the final seven minutes to get back in the game but could not generate any sustained pressure, even with a 6-on-4 advantage after pulling Todd with over three minutes remaining.

“There’s no easy answer,” said Clare. “You got a team coming in that is probably tired and a little bit short manned. We were all over them for the first 10 minutes and really the game could have been over at that point, but they hung around, and hung around, they gained some confidence and built off their energy, and every mistake we made ended up in the back of our net.”

The Smokies outshot the Kings 37-29, with both teams going 2-for-5 on the power play. Kings goalie Magnus was first star, Jeremy LeClerc second star and Trail’s Lautard third star.

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By Jim BaileyTimes Sports Editor

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks shut out the Grand Forks Border Bruins 4-0 on Saturday, thanks in part to an injec-tion of the new and the old into the lineup on Saturday.

Trail forward Michael Pruss scored on a power play at 16:46 of the first period converting a Jace Weeger pass to put the Hawks up 1-0. The Pruss goal, his second of the season and sev-enth point, would prove to be all that B.V. needed.

“We had a solid effort,” said Nitehawks coach Terry Jones. “I’d like to think that we probably could have scored a few more goals in the game, we had a lot of opportun-ities, but we didn’t give up a lot of opportunities, and when we did Drake (Poirier) was very good so it was great to see him get a shutout.”

The Hawks welcomed back defenceman and Trail native Walker Sidoni to the lineup. A physical and mobile defenceman, Sidoni scored two goals and seven assists in 37 games for last year’s Keystone Cup winning team, while accumulat-ing 68 minutes in penal-ities. The Hawks also picked up Devin Nemes from the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, who responded with two points in his first game as a Hawk.

“Walker’s first game back was just amazing, just a rock-solid perform-ance,” said Jones. “And Devin Nemes also had a great start getting two assists in his first game.”

Nemes notched his first point setting up Sam Swanson to make it 2-0 at 6:56 of the first, before Mitch Foyle netted his 17th of the season on a

short-handed effort to put the Hawks up 3-0 before the period was out.

Jacob Boycuk rounded out the scoring at 3:06 of the second period, with assists to Nemes and Brody Jennings.

The Nitehawks outshot the Bruins 36-24 with Poirier get-ting his 10th win in net and first shutout of the season.

Beaver Valley also finalized its roster, releasing three players, Alberta natives Kevin Henley

and Jarod Broderson, and Vernon’s Hayden Chase, in order to meet the Dec. 1 carding deadline.

“It was really tough,” said Jones. “The guys totally bought into what we’re about and our culture, and how they worked, and were great guys off the ice as well, so it’s always difficult.”

With all the pieces in place, the Nitehawks will look to gain ground on top spot when they face the Castlegar Rebels on Wednesday in Castlegar. The Rebels, at 18-9-1-0-3 for 40 points, are five points up on the Hawks and a point behind div-ision-leading Nelson at 18-7-2-1-3, however, B.V. has three games in hand on both teams.

“I’ve been happy with the group all year,” added Jones. “You hope you don’t have to make big changes, and I think we’re still very happy with our guys’ effort, it’s been unreal all year long. We’re building, heading in the right direction, and the bottom line is that I like how we’re working on and off the ice.”

The Nitehawks return to the Hawks Nest on Friday to host the Sicamous Eagles and travel to Fernie Saturday for a game against the Kootenay-Conference leading Ghostriders.

Hawks blank Border Bruins

Jim Bailey photo

Trail Smoke Eaters forward Dallas Calvin nets his first of two on the night, but the Smokies would come up short on Sunday, losing to the Powell River Kings 5-3 at the Cominco Arena.

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hard on a forgettable

effort against the Vipers where Vernon jumped out to a 5-1 first-period lead on their way to a 9-5 victory.

Lautard was a bright spot for the Smokies getting the third-star nod in both weekend matches. The Midway native had a goal and an assist against the Vipers, while Jake Lucchini had a goal and two assists, and Calvin picked up three help-ers. Connor Brown-Maloski, Connor Wynne, and Zuccarini

netted the other goals for the Smokies, while Trail native Riley Brandt had a goal and an assist for the Snakes. Luke Shiplo picked up four assists for the Vipers, while Thomas Aldworth scored twice, and Blaine Caton had a goal and two assists.

The Smokies play two games at home this weekend, host-ing the West Kelowna Warriors on Friday and the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Lautard stars in losing effort

The West Kootenay Bantam Wildcats won the Tier 1 Division in the Haley Wickenheiser World Hockey Festival in Calgary last week. The Cats rolled through the round robin with two wins, one loss and a tie, that set up the final against Sherwood Park, the team that beat them in the round robin. The Wildcats battled hard and came up with a 2-0 win to take the title. The weekend featured a meet-and-greet and picture with Haley Wickenheiser and her Olympic gold medal (above left) along with Wildcats Camryn Haines and Cali Piche. The team is made up of girls from Trail, Rossland, Fruitvale, Castlegar, Grand Forks, Edgewood, Kaslo, and Nelson.

Bantam Wildcats Win gold Senator coach first casualtyTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - Less than 18 months after being honoured as the NHL’s coach of the year, Paul MacLean is out of a job.

The Ottawa Senators fired MacLean on Monday after an 11-11-5 start, though the problems team executives had with the coach extended back into last season when the Senators missed the playoffs.

Senators general manager Bryan Murray told a news conference Monday that assistant Dave Cameron will be the new head coach of the team.

“I’ve had some tough days late-ly,” said Murray, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment and watched longtime Senator Daniel Alfredsson retire last week. “This is one of them.”

MacLean, the first NHL coach to be fired this season, wore out his welcome among Senators players with tactics that led to many games in which they were outshot. Through 27 games, Ottawa has given up the second-most shots in the league behind only the Buffalo Sabres.

Murray, who broke the news to

MacLean at 9:30 a.m. Monday mor-ning, said he had grown frustrated watching the Senators struggle with turnovers night after night.

In parts of four seasons the Senators went 114-90-35 under MacLean, making the playoffs in his first two seasons.

MacLean won the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL coach of the year in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season after leading a team ravaged by injuries to Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson and Craig Anderson to the playoffs.

The Senators have the lowest pay-roll in the league at US$56,280,726, according to CapGeek. They’re 10th in the Eastern Conference.

MacLean, a 56-year-old from Antigonish, N.S., who previous-ly served as an assistant to Mike Babcock in Anaheim and Detroit, was in the first season of a new three-year deal.

Murray said after last season, he felt MacLean deserved a chance to redeem himself.

“I was really in his corner to come back,” he said. “Sometimes you have a bad year.”

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW YORK - “Peter Pan Live” didn’t exactly

fly for NBC.The three-hour live musical starring Allison

Williams reached 9.1 million viewers Thursday night, or just under half the audience that watched “The Sound of Music” last December, the Nielsen company said on Friday. The unexpected crowd of 18.6 million people last year had NBC swiftly looking for another live production.

Viewers drifted away from “Peter Pan Live” as the evening went on. During the first half hour, Nielsen said 11.4 million viewers were tuned in. But it dropped every half hour so that 7 million people were watching the final scenes.

The musical made a social media splash, how-ever. Twitter said there were 457,000 tweets sent out about the show.

‘Peter Pan’ draws less viewers

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T h e C a n a d i a n P r e s sHere’s another reminder to be careful on the

web if you can’t watch a big season finale as it airs live. Sometimes you might need to avoid the web completely to dodge spoilers.

AMC infuriated some “Walking Dead” fans last week after it posted a spoiler-filled image on its Facebook page before west coast viewers had a chance to see the mid-season finale.

As Entertainment Weekly reports, the net-work had to apologize for spoiling a very big moment from the show. If you still haven’t seen the finale, don’t click this link, which contains details about the spoiler:

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Leisure

Dear Annie: My hus-band, “Ricardo,” is a naturally curious man. He usually asks ques-tions in a charming manner, showing genu-ine interest in family and friends.

We have a teenage son. Ricardo often asks him probing questions about his girlfriend, which upsets our son. I totally get that Ricardo is interested and con-cerned for our son, so often I try to smooth the waves and attempt to let Ricardo know that he is being too pushy. I try to say this in a light-hearted way during the conversation in order to defuse the tension.

This infuriates Ricardo. He says I am undermining his paren-tal authority. Annie, our son is a fine, outstand-ing young man. He does well in school, has great friends and participates in meaningful activi-ties. It’s not as if he is up to something just because he doesn’t want to talk about his girl-friend. He just wants

some privacy.I only intervene in

these conversations when I see the ten-sion rising and my son getting frustrated or angry. Ricardo has told me that I should mind my own business and tell him in private what I think and not do it in front of our son. Is he right? It makes me feel that I’m not being supportive of our son. Should I just walk away from their conversation and keep my feelings to myself? Right now, I have an upset son and a furious husband. -- Stuck in the Middle

Dear Stuck: You both need a new approach. Grilling a teenager about his social life will

backfire every time, and Ricardo should know better. And when you intervene, even with good reason, Ricardo thinks it makes him the bad guy in front of your son. Have a private conversation with your husband and tell him that peppering the boy with questions will sim-ply make him clam up and become resentful. It’s easier to get infor-mation when you aren’t trying so hard. (Perhaps he remembers his own teenage years.) The two of you should instead agree upon a silent signal when his ques-tions get out of hand. In return, promise to share what you learn.

Dear Annie: Do you know why I’m not interested in sex with my husband? It gives me no satisfaction. My husband’s idea of sex is 30 seconds of satisfying himself. He is boring, boring, boring.

My husband is a controlling person, so if I initiate sex, he isn’t interested. It always

has to be his idea. I’ve read everything I could about having a good sex life and tried for years to please him. But he thinks sexual pleasure is only for him and the rest is a tool to pun-ish me. I’ve told him how I feel, but he is never wrong and can’t handle criticism. He refuses counseling. Sometimes, I wonder whether he is gay.

I had an affair, and the sex was wonderful, but I broke it off. Now I’m considering divorce in the hope that I can find a man who believes that sex ought to be fun and enjoyable for both partners. Boring sex might be a reason some women lose interest. That’s my two cents. -- Tired of It All

Dear Tired: Dissatisfaction can be a reason to avoid sex, but your real prob-lem is a husband who doesn’t care that you are unhappy. His dis-interest in your con-cerns goes beyond the bedroom. Whether or

not you divorce, please get counseling on your own so you can bet-ter navigate the rocks ahead.

Dear Annie: “Dumfounded Niece” was upset that she hadn’t received any acknowledgment of the flowers she sent to her

aunt’s funeral.My mother sent

flowers to the funeral of her brother in another state. When Mom asked my aunt whether the flowers looked nice, she was told they never arrived. Our local flo-rist discovered that the flowers had never been

sent from the florist in the other state. -- Arlene in North Dakota

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to annies-mailbox@comcast.net.

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For Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) For the next few weeks, it will be easy for you to impress authority figures. In fact, some of you might strike up a flirtation with or take a friendly interest in someone, like your boss. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel for pleasure will appeal to you in the month ahead. You might develop a romantic interest in someone from another background or a different culture. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Gifts, goodies and favors from others will come your way in the month ahead. Keep your pockets open, and be ready to say “thank you.” CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners and close friends will improve in the month ahead because fair Venus is opposite your sign. This creates an atmosphere

of cooperation, courtesy and friendliness. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do whatever you can to make your workspace look more attractive in the next few weeks, because this will please you. In addition, a work-related romance might begin. Oh my. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) The month ahead will offer you opportunities for romance, flirtations, playful times with children, enjoyable sports events, the arts, movies and vacations. It’s fun city for Virgos! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Opportunities to entertain at home as well as redecorate where you live will come to you in the next few weeks. All family relationships will be warmer and happier. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You can make money from your words in the next month. This bodes well for

those of you who write, teach, act, sell, market, train or pro-mote for a living. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) In the next few weeks, you might be able to boost your income. However, you cer-tainly will be tempted to buy beautiful things for yourself and loved ones. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The month ahead is the perfect time to shop for ward-

robe goodies for yourself, because you will like what you see in the mirror. When you like yourself, you buy flat-tering clothes! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Enjoy solitude in beauti-ful surroundings during the next few weeks. Give your-self a break during this busy, popular time. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Relations with others,

especially in group settings, will be especially warm and friendly during the next month. This is a good time to mend broken fences and make new friends. YOU BORN TODAY You often are devoted to your beliefs, and you have a strong inward sense of calm. You are poetic and spiritual, and sometimes otherworldly, which might confuse others. You dis-pense authority with kind-

ness and sympathy. This year your success lies with others. People will ben-efit you. Therefore, make friends and join clubs and organizations. Help others, because you will be helping yourself. Birthdate of: Raven-Symone, actress/voice actress; Kenneth Branagh, actor/director; Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Your horoscopeBy Francis Drake

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Wherever you are restingI hope that you can see,

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1201 Columbia Avenue, Trail$169,500

Location, Location, Location! This home is located close to hospital, shopping, schools and Gyro Park.

MLS#2401023

3354 Laurel Crescent, Trail$198,500

This is one of the nicest townhouses in Glenmerry.

A must to view.MLS#2402056

#15 - 500 16th Avenue, Genelle$49,900

Located in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park just steps away from the Columbia River. Perfect

starter or retirement home.MLS#2401489

4750 Highway 3, Salmo$225,500

Country roads take me home to this 1 1/2 storey mountain side chalet. Located on .83 of an acre

MLS#2400334

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Employment

Work WantedRESIDENT FARM Supervisor available spring-fall. Start-ups. Diversifi cation. Succession. Sales, purchasing and shop experience. Ranch. Nursery. Vegetable. Greenhouse build-er. Fair Spanish. Bob Crocker 604-842-2378.

Services

Health ProductsRESTLESS LEG Syndrome & leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years. Website: www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

Financial ServicesARE YOU $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help re-duce a signifi cant portion of your debt load. Call now & see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783.GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

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

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-71081-778-298-3192 8am-5pm

Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale6” Jointer on solid cast iron stand $100.; Older Dewalt ra-dial arm saw, runs great $40.; Lowrey full size electronic or-gan, good condition. $75. 250-367-6532Brunswick Pool Table, regu-lation size; Ibanez Electric Acoustic guitar; student 1/2 size violin; tube type Traynor amp; full size violin; Dayton Steel toe work boots, new, 8” tops, size 8. 250-367-9473STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Accumulations,Olympic Gold & Silver Coins +Chad: 250-499-0251. Local.

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleFRUITVALE, 75ACRES. Near Champion Lake Golf Course. $240,000. 250-367-0274

Commercial/Industrial Property

RESORT VILLAGE of Candle Lake, SK. Newly renovated restaurant on a .47 acre lot 2nd fl oor residential, 3 bed-rooms. Sale incl: land, build-ing, equipment, business. Call 306-929-4999.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1/2 MONTH FREE RENT

WANETA MANORSuites

Avail NowPlease call

250-368-8423

Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

Ermalinda Estates, Glenmer-ry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/eleva-tor. N/S, N/P. Ongoing im-provements. Ph.250-364-1922

E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, Coin-op laundry available. 250-368-3239

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-368-6761

Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo. 250-368-5908

Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $750./mo. 250-368-5908

PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897

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Fruitvale $194,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $549,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $159,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $138,500Nathan 250.231.9484

Trail $98,000Nathan 250.231.9484

Trail $169,000Nathan 250.231.9484

Rossland $299,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153

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Rossland $49,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153

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1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000All Pro Realty Ltd.

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt........ ext 25

cell: 250-368-1617Mario Berno ........... ext 27

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz ...... ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Thea Stayanovich .. ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ......... ext 31cell: 250.368.1268

Keith DeWitt .......... ext 30cell: 250.231.8187

Denise Marchi ....... ext 21cell: 250.368.1112

Joy DeMelo ............ ext 29cell: 250.368.1960

Fruitvale$299,000

MLS#2398796

1.63 ACRES

Trail$145,000

MLS#2401562

GREAT VALUE

Fruitvale$415,000

MLS#2400193

OVER

3 ACRES

Trail$152,500

MLS#2392393

4 BEDROOMS,

2 BATHS

Emerald Ridge$475,000

MLS#2401938

WHAT A VIEW

Fruitvale$164,500

MLS#2399412

GOOD PRICE

Fruitvale$339,000

MLS#2401444

BRAND NEW

Fruitvale$99,500

MLS#2398668

Warfi eld$154,900

MLS#2400263

Trail$198,000

MLS#2401224

COMPLETELY

UPDATED

Annable$165,000

MLS#2398114

A-1

CONDITION

Waneta Village$279,000

MLS#2401438

MOVE IN

READY

Montrose$252,000

MLS#2398986

FANTASTIC

KITCHEN

& BATHS

Montrose$170,000

MLS#2400676

GREAT VALUE

Rivervale$137,900

MLS#2399619

RIVERFRONT

Christina Lake$129,000

MLS#2400289

GOOD

CHRISTMAS

PRESENT

Montrose$194,500

MLS#2397502

UPDATED

RANCHER

Fruitvale$169,000

MLS#2400266

BIGGER THAN

IT LOOKS

Warfi eld$226,900

MLS#2400061

Sunningdale$229,500

MLS#2400474

NEW PRICE

Ootischenia$590,000

MLS#2401091

HORSE

PROPERTY

Trail$154,900

MLS#2398210

REDUCED

Shavers Bench$187,500

MLS#2399352

RANCHER

Sunningdale$249,900

MLS#2401213

LARGE

ADDITIONWe have building lots

in all areas!Rivershore ...........$184,500Montrose ............... $73,500Creekside ............... $89,5002.32 Acres .............. $99,500Near Red Mtn. ..13.13 acresMontrose ............... $70,000Montrose ............... $64,900Fruitvale (5 lots) ....$50,000ea

BUILDING LOTS

East Trail$154,900

MLS#2394974

BEST BUY

Waneta Village$239,000

MLS#2397976

STRATA

Sunningdale$249,999

MLS#2400708

REDUCED

Fruitvale$289,000

MLS#2400541

GREAT

LOCATION

Fruitvale$249,000

MLS#2400708

GREAT HOME

Waneta Village$329,000

MLS#2394130

STRATA

Trail$150,000

MLS#2397410

SO

CHARMING

Trail$129,900

MLS#2399453

GREAT VIEW

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-5030, 250-231-9777

SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, n/p,n/s. 778-515-1512 250-368-5695

TRAIL, 2 Bedroom condo, $725./mo. incl. electricity; ele-vator, F/S, laundry room, free parking, NS/ NP. 250-364-3978

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. Best kept secret downtown Trail. 250-368-1312WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888W.TRAIL, 1 bd. apt. Quiet adult only. $450./mo. +utilities. Damage Deposit $225. Coin W/D in building. References. 250-231-5271, 250-512-7913

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentW.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $580./mo. 250-551-1106

W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main fl oor. f/s,w/d,d/w, air conditioning. $700./mo. plus utilities. Avail. Jan. 1st. 250-368-1015

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 1379 2nd Ave., small 1bdrm., w/garage, lots of parking. No smokers. No pets. $600./mo. +utilities with $600. damage dep. Available imme-diately. 1-587-227-9858

E.TRAIL, (across from Aquatic Centre) 2bd. 1bth. completely renovated, avail. furn. or un-furn. Jan.1st. N/S, N/P. Ref. preferred. 250-368-1351

TRAIL, 2BD., N/S, N/P. Available immediately. 250-367-7558

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for RentTRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, off street parking, nice view. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850. 250-365-5003

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for RentTRAIL, 4 b/r home, 1 reno’d bathrm, central A/C, f/s/w/d, ns,np, full bsmt, rv carport, nr Aquatic Ctr, 1534 4th Ave. $1200. + util. 250-364-3978

TRAIL clean 3bdrm. N/S, N/P. References required. $850./mo. 250-231-1101

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Rentals

TownhousesGLENMERRY, Clean 3bd townhouse, covered parking, F/S, D/W, central air. NS. No Pets. $900./mo. Available now. Ref. req. 250-367-9607

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Mark Wilson250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.ca

Tonnie Stewart250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Jodi Beamish250-231-2331jodi.beamish@century21.ca

Mary Martin250-231-0264mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust250-368-7897richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea250-521-0525mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig250-231-2710bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest250-368-8818c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss250-231-4522dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan PowellChristina Lake250-442-6413powelldanielk@gmail.com

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441 Whitman Way, Warfi eld$575,000

Gorgeous custom built home with high quality fi nishings, fantastic kitchen, open fl oor plan and beautifully landscaped yard.

Great parking with huge garage and workshop area. An excellent family home with room for everyone. Come see it today!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

414 2nd Avenue, Rivervale$159,000

This bright cheery home features upgraded, kitchen, bathrooms, fl ooring, roof, wiring, plumbing, most windows,

tastefully decorated, beautiful decks and low maintenance landscaping, and garage. Such a fabulous little package! Call now!!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1604 Wilmes Lane, Trail$119,000

This 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers great outdoor living with a lovely deck out front and a large covered deck at the

back. Both bathrooms have been recently renovated, among other

upgrades. At this price it will go quick!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1665 Maida Road, Christina Lake $94,900

Excellent retreat -fantastic fl at comer lot - ideal building site or place to locate your trailer or fi fth wheel- water -septic

- power are all done!Call Mark (250) 231-5591

435 10th Avenue, Montrose$229,000

4 bdrm 2 bath well cared for home with RV covered parking and single car

garage/workshop. Newer roof, upgraded bath, laminate fl ooring, central vac, some upgraded windows and wood/electric furnace or zone controlled

baseboards. This is a great package.Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

1880A Kootenay Ave, Rossland $349,500

This is a unique fully furnished turn-of-the-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original character.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

#16 - 891 Monte Vista Drive, Rossland

$85,0002009 single wide manufactured home

situated in quiet Paradise Mountain park. Stainless steel appliances, dark wood

kitchen cabinets, 2 full baths, bright and sunny living room, storage shed, patio

area and parking. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

SUMMER RETREAT

1756 4th Avenue, Trail$159,000

This solid home has great shop/garage and low maintenance yard. There are 3 bdrms on main, 2 baths and very large rec. room. A few updates and you will

enjoy your new home. Quick possession possible.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

745 Dickens Street, Warfi eld$199,500

Beautifully upgraded. You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel

appliances, and wood fl ooring. The charming dining room has french doors to large deck. Living room and dining

rooms also have wood fl ooring.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2498 Hwy 3B, Fruitvale Rural$299,000

Duplex with 25 acres and barn. Side by side offers 3 and 2 bdrms.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

1850 Daniel Street, Trail$165,000

3 bdrm 2 bath extremely affordable home on double lot. Off street, covered

parking, new appliance package, nothing to do but move in and enjoy!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

804 Redstone Drive, Rossland$399,000

This near new home is built in a contemporary style with 3 bdrms,

2 baths and an open fl oor plan. The exterior is tastefully fi nished with low maintenance in mind and has 8 years

left on the 10 year new home warranty.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown TrailFor Lease

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air

conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing

businesses with good foot traffi c.Call Art (250) 368-8818

Liz Bevan photo

It may have been rain-ing and cold outside, but things were heat-ing up in the Trail Indoor Market on Saturday afternoon, a part of the Silver City Nite celebra-tions. Crowds filled the empty Liquidation World space to buy homemade jewelry, soaps, baked goods and more. The market is running again this coming Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Indoor market draws

a crowd