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Budding aerospace engineer William Ferguson, 6, assembles his latest winged creation during a Lego Club session Monday night at the Warfield Community Hall. The weekly club features one-hour ses-sions for ages five-to-eight and nine-to-12. Also see photo on Page 16.
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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff
Word from the Trail mayor is that city council is preparing to meet with Warfield to talk recreation, but not Beaver Valley just yet.
“Given the complexity and unique nature of each participant, it is the city's intention to deal with this matter on a sequential and priority basis,” says Trail Mayor Mike Martin.
Given that the Warfield agree-ment is currently active but expires in June, Martin maintains the city's goal is to settle with the former prior to negotiations with officials from Montrose, Fruitvale or the regional district's Area A.
“On the conclusion of discus-sions with Warfield, the city would be more than willing to enter into discussions with BV PARTS (Beaver Valley Parks and Recreation Team Society),” he added.
With four new politicians at the table, Trail council is working inter-nally to learn the ropes regarding the historic and present recreation dissent, but there's still a long road ahead.
“I didn't realize how complicated this matter was,” said Martin. “And with four new people on council we've had to go through a massive education. But we've gone through our first review and we do have every intention of speaking to the other potential participants.”
Trail's stance comes on the heels of Beaver Valley's one-year exer-cise to gather information regarding how often residents from that area are using Trail facilities plus other demographics.
“Our reimbursement program was very successful and accom-plished exactly what we wanted,” said Ali Grieve, Area A's director. “Which was to establish the true cost of accessing the service in Trail,
See NUMBERS, Page 3
B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff
With a warming trend and rain on the way this week, the local forecaster could be a little more in the know than Punxsutawney Phil and or Shubenacadie Sam.
With traditional fanfare, the famous American and Canadian groundhogs saw their shadows Monday morning, which means six more months of winter is on the way.
But according to Jesse Ellis from the Castlegar weather office, a coastal low pressure system surrounded by a south-westerly flow, means warm air will be passing over head in Greater Trail bringing near or above seasonal temperatures and sunny skies.
“Overnight on Wednesday we will see light precipitation,” he explained.
“Depending on how warm the temperatures get, it could be rain or light snow. At this point, I am leaning toward light rain.”
That transition will lead into a more active pattern of rain in the valley and a mid-level eleva-tions Thursday and throughout the weekend, Ellis added.
A wet February follows a month that was drier and warm-er than usual.
January began with a bang from an Arctic outbreak and the month's lowest temperature, -12.4 C on Jan. 3.
That system set the stage for the month's heaviest snow dump on Jan. 4, and a new record for total daily precipitation, or 24 millimetres (mm) of melted water equivalent, on that day.
However, the associated snow accumulation, 34.2 cm fell short of the record set for any one day
See PRECIPITATION, Page 3
Trail set to talk
recreationBeaver Valley releases its reimbursement numbers
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If both of these declara-tions are true, an overcall can be made. Furthermore,
an overcall does something subtle that every bridge player should recognize.
If one’s part-ner makes an overcall, one must make an immediate assessment. With two or less cards in partner’s suit,
one tries to be a defender. With three or more cards
in partner’s suit, one tries to be dummy if the level is not too high. The Law of Total Tricks and an honour
assessment can be used as guidelines.
Honour assessment is as follows. Wasted honours that are unlikely to promote an honour in partner’s hand or honours that are in the pocket (finesseable) tell one to defend and not to push the opponents too eagerly.
The Bidding: East, with 13 HCP’s, opens One Heart. South makes a One Spade overcall, and West rais-es partner to Two Hearts. North, by not passing, makes a cardinal sin by fall-ing into a double misfit at the three-level. Double fits increase the value of the hands, and a double misfit torpedoes the contract. East doubles to take advantage of the situation. Doubles after a fit has been found are for penalty.
South, makes a second cardinal sin by running to three Spades which also gets doubled.
The Result: Three Spades is down two, and
three Clubs is down three. So, by running, South saved a trick, but it is generally accepted to let partner play the doubled contract unless he redoubles.
An SOS redouble asks partner to run to a different suit. This type of redouble only applies to the person being doubled. However, if the partner of the person being doubled redoubles, it says “Partner we are mak-ing this.” Far from the case here.
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The J.L. Crowe Variety Show hits the stage in Charles Bailey Theatre Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Principal David DeRosa reminds the community about this annual opportunity for staff and students to come together for one night and share col-lective talents. The show creates a positive buzz throughout the school leading up to the night and lingers for weeks after. And it's a way of giving back and shining the spotlight on the positive and fun of high school. One teacher will receive the Golden Apple award and all funds raised go toward scholarships for Crowe students. For more information call the box office at 368.9669.
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Nelson city council voted to overturn the contentious down-town dog ban at Monday night’s meeting, simultaneously vot-ing in favour of legislation that will levy fines on pet owners who fail to properly clean up after their pet, leave their pets unattended or walk them down-town off-leash.
The bylaw amendment passed the first three readings and is planned to be adopted at the next council meeting in March.
“Usually if it passes the first three readings that’s the green light. I’m not anticipat-ing a bump in the road or any major opposition, but one never knows,” said Mayor Deb Kozak, who was thrilled with the outcome.
Kozak reminded council during the debate that she was the one who initially introduced the idea of overturning the dog bylaw. The issue received oppos-
ition on the previous council, but many of those elected in November election campaigned on promises to bring it to an end.
“This is clearly a polariz-ing issue,” said councillor Anna Purcell.
Having heard plentiful feed-back on the issue while cam-paigning, she felt compelled to address the issue head-on.
“It felt important to me that we plan this for success as much as possible, and I feel like this proposed change takes care of a lot of my concerns — like having a six-foot maximum leash, you can’t tie them up, you have to clean up after your pets — these are provisions I feel confident are a good direc-tion to go in to remind our-selves the streets of Nelson are for everybody.”
And though much of coun-cil was supportive of Purcell’s comments, councillor Robin Cherbo spoke out strongly against overturning the ban.
“I don’t think it will be a suprise to anyone to find out I’m speaking out against changing the dog ban. I would like to see it stay how it is. I think it’s a concern for seniors, having dogs on Baker Street, with tripping over leashes. We have very narrow sidewalks.”
Councillor Janice Morrison said she initially supported the dog ban, but now feels differ-ently.
“What this was about was economic development and tourism,” she said, noting that she’d repeatedly heard during her campaign about business owners concerned about the ban’s effect on the city’s tour-ism reputation.
However, they were equally concerned that Nelson would need a bylaw “with teeth” to address problematic pet owner behaviour.
Everyone present other than Cherbo voted in support of over-turning the bylaw, while coun-cillor Bob Adams was absent.
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Kevin Chartres, Montrose's chief administrative officer, is moving on from the position this week after six years of service. Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk presented Chartres with a token of appreciation during Monday night council. Bryan Teasdale, the regional district's manager of infrastructure and sustainability has been hired for the job, effective Feb. 18. Teasdale previously held the position from 2006 until 2008.
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FROM PAGE 1actual usage, demographics, how many families are participating and finally, what services are most utilized.”
The statistics were released to the public during a town hall meeting in Fruitvale Tuesday evening.
Last year, $53,000 was paid out in reimbursements to residents in the Beaver Valley through the recreation commission.
That’s a far cry from the previ-ous five-year agreement which had the three communities combined, paying the city $200,000 annually, indexed for inflation.
Additional information shows that of 286 households seeking reimbursement, most (48 per cent) were from Fruitvale; 30 per cent, Montrose; and 22 per cent living in Area A.
Of those users, demographics reflect that the majority of people accessing Trail’s pool and fitness facility are ages 51-60, followed those aged 31-40, then adults ages 21-30.
Children up to 10-years old are the most active pool-only users
at the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
The reimbursement program will continue for those residents, said Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk, at the Monday night meeting, add-ing that the pay-out turnaround is generally between three and five days.
Beaver Valley chose not to renew an agreement with Trail in December 2014, after the city didn’t provide specifics of costs related to facility usage.
How the city moves forward is yet to be determined, but a cost-sharing formula will probably be the guideline.
“The city will most likely be looking to negotiate on the basis of a set of principles that would support any financial request and this approach could be influenced by any preliminary position that B.V. is willing to advance,” said Martin.
“We are anxious to secure long term agreements with our neigh-bours which will ensure the estab-lishment of sustainable recreation services for the benefit of all resi-dents across our region.”
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The BC Coroners Service has con-firmed the identity of a man who died fol-lowing a police shoot-ing in Castlegar last Thursday.
Waylon Jesse Edey, 39, of Yahk was shot
following an encoun-ter with RCMP offi-cers which occurred near the east end of the Kinnaird Bridge on Highway 3 in Castlegar.
He was transported to Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital in
Trail, but succumbed to his injuries a short time after his arrival at hospital.
The BC Coroners Service and the I n d e p e n d e n t Investigations Office (IIO) continue to investigate this death.
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FROM PAGE 1in the month, noted Ellis.
That record remains with the great winter storm of 1969 when 43.7 cm of snow blan-keted the area with-in a 24-hour period. People who were living
in Trail 46 years ago may remember liter-ally being snowed-in, and in the days follow-ing, city streets piled shockingly high with the white stuff.
“It’s possible that in 1969, on either side of that day, they also
got a good schlack of snow,” explained Ellis. “Either that, or every-one was shorter back then” he joked, refer-ring to historical pho-tos from that year. “But that didn’t happen this year. Other than Jan. 4 there wasn’t a whole lot on either side of it.”
The month’s over-all precipitation mea-sured 57 mm com-pared to the typical 76 mm of combined rain and snow.
Jan. 31 was the warmest day, 6.5 C, which rounded out the first month of 2015 at more than one degree above the norm.
In the Trail Times story, “Hospital board reviews 2015 priority projects,” (Trail Times Feb. 3) the West Kootenay Regional Hospital District's share of the $7.7 million budget is $3.08 million. Last year, the board approved $780,000 towards Kootenay Lake Hospital's new emergency power system upgrade. Taking that amount into account, this year's requisition is $2.3 million and not $3 million as previously reported.
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Surrey North Delta LeaderA Surrey couple
planted homemade p r e s s u r e - c o o k e r bombs outside the B.C. legislature building in Victoria on Canada Day 2013 knowing they would kill and maim people, Crown pro-sectors allege.
Monday marked the first day of the trial for Surrey resi-
dents John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, who are charged with mak-ing or possessing an explosive device, con-spiracy to commit an indictable offence and knowingly facilitating terrorist activity.
The case is being heard by a 14-person jury in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
The Crown con-tends the RCMP inves-
tigation into Nuttall’s and Korody’s activities began in February 2013 and continued – with the involvement of undercover officers – until the pair’s arrest on July 1, 2013.
Prosecutor Peter Eccles alleged the couple, who had recently converted to the Muslim faith, planted explosives in two garden containers outside the legislature timed to go off at 10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. on a day when thou-sands of people were expected to be there to celebrate Canada’s birthday. The blast, said Eccles, would have sent shrapnel flying 150 metres (500 feet) and would have hurt and killed bystanders.
The bombs did not explode.
“The police made sure of that,” said Eccles. “If they (the accused) had their way, they would have gone off.”
Eccles said the police investigation included two under-cover operatives: one posing as an Arab busi-nessman sympathet-ic to extremist jihad and another who had access to weapons and explosives, to “test the resolve” of the accused.
The bombs, the jury
heard, were planted at the legislature at 5 a.m. on July 1.
The Crown said the court will hear audio recordings and see video surveillance.
In the audio record-ings, said Eccles, Nuttall can be heard praising the Boston Marathon bombings of April 2013, calling the accused in that inci-dent martyrs. Nuttall allegedly says he wants something bigger than that event and plans to build similar pressure-cooker bombs filled with nails.
Eccles said surveil-lance of a conversa-tion between Nuttall and Korody will be presented in which Nuttall talks about what will happen after their alleged plot takes place.
“Within 48 hours, we’re going to be lis-tening to the news and hear the aftermath,” Nuttall allegedly tells his wife. “This is going to rock the world. Al-Qaeda Canada – that’s who we are.
“As of today we’re mujahid. We’re secret agents.”
Eccles said the Crown doesn’t contend the pair was a sleeper terrorist cell or that al-Qaeda even knew anything about them,
but that they acted on their own.
In another conver-sation, the Crown says the two talk about the damage the nails in the exploding pressure cookers will do, with Korody suggesting that marbles could be used if they can’t find ball bearings.
The two allegedly built the bombs in a hotel in Delta.
Two days before Canada Day, one of the undercover offi-cers who could provide the explosives advised Nuttall and Korody to ensure they weren’t being pressured, that they’re “acting from the heart.”
They assure him, the Crown says, that they want to do jihad and want the mission to proceed.
In their open-ing statements, the defence lawyers for Nuttall and Korody told jurors intention and context will be key in the case.
Nuttall’s lawyer, Marilyn Sandford, quoted from a con-versation between the accused, where Nuttall warns Korody they can’t “screw up” again or their affiliate (who’s actually an undercover agent) will “turn from a real nice guy to a
monster.”He suggests to
Korody that perhaps there’s a contingency plan that involves them in “cement galoshes at the bottom of the ocean.” He tells her “We can’t f--- up.”
Mark Jette, Korody’s lawyer, said jurors must listen to how his client became “ensnared” in the police investiga-tion, and noted her health issues and use of Gravol and meth-adone for drug addic-tion would be touched upon as part of the evi-dence.
Nuttall’s mom, Maureen Smith, attended the trial start and spoke out-side court to media. She said both her son and Korody have ser-ious disabilities and are mentally incap-able with conspiring to concoct such a crime.
“It’s all made up, it’s just horrendous,” she said, alleging it’s a gov-ernment set-up. “The Canadian government wants... to say ‘oh look, we’re doing our job, look at these terror-ists’.”
Smith said she still maintains Nuttall is “100 per cent inno-cent.”
The trial is sched-uled for 18 weeks and to resume Feb. 10.
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The study commissioned by the govern-ment says an estimated 34,000 fewer people experienced issues with gambling in 2014 compared to seven years earlier, but that is not the case for youth.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong says addi-tional research into addiction from the University of Victoria has prompted the gov-
ernment to focus on prevention programs for younger people.
He told a responsible gambling conference that the province has come up with a plan to address the health risks of gambling among 18- to 24-year-old youth.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - John Baird made it official
Tuesday morning, telling a hushed House of Commons that he is stepping down as Stephen Harper’s foreign affairs minister and leaving federal politics.
Baird, grinning broadly to a standing ovation from around the Commons, said he is optimistic about the future of the country and boasted about Canada’s stand-ing on the world stage.
But he said it was time to quit after two decades in elected politics, that he will soon be leaving his MP’s post in an Ottawa riding, and that he will not run in a federal election later this year.
Baird also appeared to confirm the suddenness of his departure, which broke like an earthquake in the frozen capital on Monday evening.
The leak of his pending resignation caught even some of his senior staff off guard, as they were not expecting the news to emerge so soon. Sources say Baird, 45, has no firm private sector gig lined up.
“Mr. Speaker, last night I spoke to the prime minister and informed him I was standing down from cabinet,” Baird told the packed chamber, with Harper seated just to his left.
“I expressed my intention not to run
in the next general election in the new riding of Nepean and I also expressed my intention to stand down as member of Parliament for the Ottawa West-Nepean in the weeks ahead.”
In a press release, Harper said he accepted Baird’s resignation “with great regret and affection.”
“John has always been willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting in my various cabinets and has assumed daunting new responsibilities with unsurpassed energy, commitment and professionalism, never losing sight of the fact that he was serv-ing the Canadian people,” said Harper’s statement.
Baird, known as a pugnacious debater with sharp partisan elbows and a close confidant of the prime minister, acknow-ledged his reputation and said he’s learned a great deal since entering electoral pol-itics in Ontario in the mid-90s as a twenty-something flame thrower.
“To make a difference - really make a difference - you can’t be defined by parti-sanship or ideology,” he said.
A parade of cabinet ministers, Conservative backbenchers and opposition MPs lined up to shake Baird’s hand or hug the popular minister after his address, bringing Commons business to a standstill for 15 minutes.
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar, a fellow Ottawa MP, paid tribute to Baird’s work.
“He found his best footing as minister of foreign affairs, in my opinion,” said Dewar.
Marc Garneau, the Liberal critic, expressed the common feeling of surprise at Baird’s departure from politics.
“I’m still trying to understand why you are leaving,” Garneau said in a direct address to Baird across the Commons aisle.
Baird is just the latest high-profile minister to abandon Harper’s cabinet as the government faces its third shot at re-election after nine years in power.
Jim Flaherty resigned as finance minis-ter shortly before his death last April, and former CTV anchor Peter Kent left his post at environment in the July 2013.
Conservatives are painting Baird’s sud-
den departure as a savvy and uncontro-versial move to the business world after decades of public service.
Green party Leader Elizabeth May had another take.
“When a minister of the Crown feels his advice is not welcomed by a prime minister, when everything is run out of the Prime Ministers Office, I think it is hard for anyone to play the role of loyal soldier,” May told reporters.
The mystery of Baird’s sudden depar-ture from politics is matched by his cha-meleon-like political persona.
Former Liberal MP Bob Rae - whose association with Baird dates back to their days in the Ontario legislature in the 1990s - took to Twitter to call him a “bombastic, mean-spirited, vicious, eloquent, gener-ous, smart, cantankerous, hardworking, ingratiating, effective, human.”
Last night, Conservative MP Larry Miller tweeted: “Hope what I’m hearing about MP John Baird not running is false He’s been a gr8 FA Minister Hope he’s gonna help Kevin Rudd fix the UN & WHO.”
Baird was recently asked by the head of a new international commission to help him reform the United Nations World Health Organization because it responded too slowly to the Ebola crisis.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SSAINT JOHN, N.B.
- The City of Saint John, N.B., declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the third storm in less than a week pum-melled the port city overnight and left its streets choked with snow.
Mayor Mel Norton said it was the first time in almost three decades that the city declared a state of emergency, which allows the city to ban on-street parking so that plows can clear heaps of snow that have reached levels not seen in recent years.
The state of emer-gency will be in effect for up to a week in the city’s southern penin-sula, he said.
The latest storm has left 126 centi-metres of snow on the ground, Environment Canada sa id . Normally, the city has 15 to 20 centimetres of accumulation for this time of year.
Claude Cote, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a jet stream just south of Nova Scotia
combined with a num-ber of storms develop-ing off the U.S. East Coast have contrib-uted to the inordinate snowfall.
“We just happen to be in that sweet spot,” Cote said.
Many of the streets in Saint John were impassable early Tuesday and others were so clogged with
snow that emergency vehicles were having a tough time getting around, creating a risk to public safety, city officials said.
People were walk-ing on the street because sidewalks were not plowed.
E n v i r o n m e n t Canada said a low-pressure system tracked northeastward over the Maritimes late Monday, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind-chill values near -30 C.
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Foreign affairs minister announces he’s leaving politics“To make a difference –
really make a difference – you can’t be defined by
partisanship or ideology.”
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OPINION
Everything has its peaks and valleysPeak oil is so last
year. Now we can worry about peak everything: peak
food, peak soil, peak fertil-izer, even peak bees.
Let’s start small. We depend on bees to pollin-ate plants that account for about one-third of the world’s food supply, but since 2006 bee colonies in the United States have been dying off at an unpreced-ented rate. More recently the same “colony collapse disorder” has appeared in China, Egypt and Japan.
Many suspect that the main cause is a widely used type of pesticides called neonicotinoids, but the evi-dence is not yet conclusive. The fact remains that one-third of the American bee population has disappeared in the past decade. If the losses spread and deepen, we may face serious food shortages.
Then there’s peak fer-tilizer, or more precisely peak phosphate rock. Phosphorus is a critical ingredient of fertilizer, and it is the eightfold increase in the use of fertilizers that has enabled us to triple food production worldwide from about the same area of land in the past sixty years.
At the moment we are mining about 200 million tonnes of phosphate rock a year, and the global reserve
that could be mined at a reasonable cost with cur-rent technology is esti-mated at about 16 billion tonnes. At the current level of production it won’t run out entirely for 80 years, but the increasing demand for fertilizers to feed the growing population means that phosphate production is rising fast.
As with peak oil, the really important date is not when there are no eco-nomically viable phosphate rock reserves left, but when production starts to fall. Peak phosphate is current-ly no more than forty years away – or much less, if fertilizer use continues to grow. After that, it’s back to organic fertilizers, which mainly means the urine and faeces of ten or twelve billion human beings and their domesticated ani-mals. Good luck with that.
Peak soil is a trickier notion, but it derives from the more concrete con-cept that we are “mining” the soil: degrading and exhausting it by growing single-crop “monocul-tures”, using too much fer-tilizer and irrigating too enthusiastically, all in the name of higher crop yields.
“We know far more about the amount of oil there is globally and how long those stocks will last than we know about how much soil there is,” said
John Crawford, Director of the Sustainable Systems Program in Rothamsted Research in England. “Under business as usual, the current soils that are in agricultural production will yield about 30 percent less...by around 2050.”
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 25 percent of the world’s soils that are cur-rently under cultivation are severely degraded, and another 8 percent mod-erately degraded. (Even “moderately degraded” soil has lost half its capacity to store water.) And the only way to access new, undam-aged soil is to deforest the rest of the planet.
All of which brings us to the issue of peak food. And here the concept of “peak” undergoes a subtle modifi-cation, because it no longer means “maximum produc-tion, after which yields
start to fall.” It just means “the point at which the growth in production stops accelerating”: it’s the peak rate of growth, not actual peak production. But even that is quite ominous, if you think about it.
During the latter part of the 20th century, food pro-duction grew at around 3.5 percent per year, comfort-ably ahead of population growth, but the dramatic rise in crop yields was due to new inputs of fertiliz-ers and pesticides, much more irrigation, and new “green revolution” crop varieties. Now those one-time improvements have largely run their course, and global food production is rising at only 1.5 percent a year.
Population growth has slowed too, so we’re still more or less keeping up with demand, but there are signs that food production in many areas is running up against what researchers at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in a report last year called “a biophysical yield ceiling for the crop in question.” Production of the food in question stops rising, then may even fall – and extra investment often doesn’t help.
The “peak” in this con-text is an early warning that there will eventually be a complete cessation of growth, possibly followed
by an absolute decline. Peak maize happened in 1985, peak rice and wild fish in 1988, peak dairy in 1989, peak eggs in 1993, and peak meat in 1996. (The num-bers come from a recent report by scientists at Yale, Michigan State University and the Helmholtz Centre in Germany in the journal “Ecology and Society”)
More recent peaks were vegetables in 2000, milk and wheat in 2004, poultry in 2006, and soya bean in 2009.
Indeed, 16 of the 21 foods examined in the “Ecology and Society” report have already peaked, and production levels have actually flattened out for key regions amounting to 33 percent of global rice and 27 percent of global wheat production.
So we are already in trouble, and it will get worse even before climate change gets bad. There are still some quick fixes available, notably by cut-ting down on waste: more than a third of the food that is grown for human con-sumption never gets eaten.
But unless we come up with some new “magic bul-lets”, things will be get-ting fairly grim on the food front by the 2030s.
Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are pub-lished in 45 countries.
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additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multi-national that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 mil-lion under the North A m e r i c a n Free Trade A g r e e m e n t and won! Canada was forced to repeal the ban, apolo-gize to the company and pay an out-of-court settle-ment of US$13 mil-lion.
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Quebec imposed the moratorium in 2011 pending an environmental review of the controversial gas-and-oil drill-ing practice. A U.S. company headquar-tered in Calgary, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is suing the federal government under NAFTA for $250 mil-lion. A prelimin-ary assessment by Quebec’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement found fracking would have “major impacts,” including air and water pollution, acrid odours and increased traffic and noise. Fracking can also cause seismic activity.
According to the CCPA, Canada has been sued more often than any other developed nation through investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in trade agreements. Under NAFTA, “Canada has already lost or settled six claims, paid out damages totalling over $170 million and incurred tens of mil-lions more in legal costs. Mexico has lost five cases and paid damages of U.S.$204 million. The U.S. has never lost a NAFTA investor-state case.”
NAFTA does, how-ever, have a watchdog arm that’s supposed to address environ-mental disputes and public concerns, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. But Canada is blocking the commission from investigating the impacts of tailings ponds at the Alberta oil sands.
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Defence, the Natural Resources Defense Council and three people downstream from the oil sands asked the CEC to investigate whether tailings leaking into the Athabasca River and other waterways represent a viola-tion of the federal Fisheries Act.
According to the complaint, the tail-ings ponds, which are actually much lar-ger than what most people would think of as ponds, are spill-ing millions of litres of toxic liquid every day. Environmental Defence says the CEC found “plenty
of evidence that oil sands compan-ies were breaking Canadian law and lots of evidence that the Canadian government was failing to do any-thing about it.”
It’s the third time in the past year that Canada has prevented the commission from examining environ-mental issues. Canada earlier blocked an investigation into the protection of polar bears from threats including climate change and one con-cerning the dangers posed to wild salmon from B.C. fish farms.
Trade agreements are negotiated in the best interests of corporations instead of citizens. On top of that, federal and provincial govern-ments keep pinning our economic hopes on volatile oil and gas markets, with little thought about how those resour-ces could provide long-term prosperity. Recent plummeting oil prices show where that leads.
These priorities are screwed up. We end up with a boom-and-bust economy and the erosion of social programs as budgets are slashed when oil prices drop. Skewed trade deals allow cor-porations to override environmental pro-tections that haven’t already been gutted, and create a labour climate in which wages, benefits and working standards fall.
It’s time for Canada to recognize that a diversified economy and citizens’ right
to live in a healthy environment are more important than facilitating short-
term profits for for-eign and multination-al corporations.
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By Breanne MasseyTimes StaffA procession of animals ranging from dogs and cats to hamsters and even horses is being held this weekend.The annual blessing of the pets cere-
mony is being held in the St. Andrews Anglican Church at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Last year the event pulled in nearly $100—its average—with just over 20 dogs and cats (and a fish and a teddy bear) coming through the doors to be blessed.
Most people see their pets as part of their families, said Elliot.
“So they want them to be blessed as well,” he said.In return, the church asks for a cash
donation at the door which they, in turn, forward to the Trail and District SPCA office.
The event is open to all pet owners, not just those with paws and fur. However, Elliot did not comment and
only smiled when asked about whether the church confines could accommo-date livestock.This custom is conducted in remem-
brance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures. Francis, whose feast day
is Oct. 4, loved the larks flying about his hilltop town. He and his early brothers, staying in
a small hovel, allowed themselves to be displaced by a donkey.Francis wrote a Canticle of the
Creatures, an ode to God’s living things.
“All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.”
And there was testimony in the cause for St. Clare of Assisi’s canonization that referred to her little cat.The blessing runs Sunday at 4 p.m.
in the St. Andrews Anglican Church.
By TiMes sTaffThe Trail Daily Times has announced a major publishing change as of next week.Beginning Oct. 1, the Times
will no longer be printing a Monday edition.The decision has been a tough
but necessary one, explained Times publisher Barb Blatchford.
“The bottom line is it’s due to the economic climate – not the local but national trends.“I want to stress that the sup-port from local businesses is as
strong as ever.”However, declining revenue from national advertisers has forced the change in the printing schedule.
“The decision is a strong move to secure our longevity and eco-nomic viability in the commun-ity,” Blatchford added.She explained that the change
to end Monday printing will allow staff the man hours to continue to properly meet the demands of the Times online and print product.For print subscribers, the
Times will extend their subscrip-tion expiry date to compensate for the change.However, there will be no
impact to the online subscribers.“We will continue to post news to our website daily,” said Blatchford.
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Cannon Neil Elliot, right, of St. Andrews Anglican Church instructs a group of dogs and children on the upcoming blessing
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Reformpondered for high school graduation
By TiMoThy schaferTimes StaffThis will be on the final exam.What the Ministry of Education requires for those who are set to graduate from high school is changing, but people have a chance this Monday night in a public meeting to determine what that will be.
Called a Community Conversation about the Future of Graduation Requirements, the Monday night meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Monashee Room of the Castlegar Community Complex for all of School District 20, including Greater Trail.
One of the key components of the current edu-cational system is the graduation program (grades 1-12) and its requirements, said Bill Ford, SD20 (Kootenay Columbia) director of instruction.
“There have been big conversations about what an educated citizen needs to look like in the 21 Century,” he said. “(And this) will help inform what that will finally look like at the end of the day.”
Facilitated by Andy Leathwood, School District 8 (Kootenay Lake) director of instruction, the night will start with a presentation, followed by table talk on five questions the ministry has framed.
There will also be response forms to be filled out at the meeting, which will be collected and sent to the Ministry of Education.Ford said the move to change graduation was
connected to all change the ministry is currently in the midst of, including curriculum and support for innovation However, he could not say exactly what was coming down the road for graduation.See MINISTRY, Page 3
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EDMONTON - A pipeline worker attacked by a cou-gar in northwestern Alberta says he could feel the animal sink its teeth and claws into his head.
Stephen Campbell, who is 31, received 30 stitches and gashes to his face and neck.
Part of his ear had to be amputated.
Campbell was attacked Friday about 90 kilometres south of Grande Prairie.
He and some co-workers were clearing the area for pipes to be welded.
Three of the work-ers came to his aid and
he was eventually able to escape the 36-kilo-gram cougar.
“I felt a weight on my back and I thought, initially, one of the boys was com-ing around to horse around,” Campbell recalled Monday. “Then I felt the cougar bite into my skull and sink its claws into the sides of my face.
“I thought I was going to die.”
Three of his co-workers tried to fight off the big cat.
“They were beating on it with skid hooks and their bare fists … They said it just looked at them like, `I don’t care. Get away
from me’ and it kept attacking me.”
Campbell said he was able to throw the animal to the ground and they all ran into their truck. The cou-gar, he said, waited under their trailer.
Another colleague’s shoulder was injured when the cougar jumped on him when he left the truck, Campbell said.
A medic arrived to treat Campbell and an ambulance took him to the Grande Prairie Hospital.
RCMP were called to shoot the cou-gar. Dan Laville with Alberta Fish and Wildlife said officers
are using DNA analy-sis to confirm that the cougar that was shot is the same animal that attacked the worker.
Campbell will need reconstructive surgery on his ear. He said it’s too soon to say if he’ll return to work.
“I haven’t slept properly since. Every time I close my eyes, all I see is that thing.
“It was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
He said he’s thank-ful to be alive and to the workers who helped him.
“Those three gentlemen ... I thank them every day. They saved my life.”
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - Naheed Nenshi
of Calgary has received an unexpected birthday gift after being named the No. 1 mayor in the world by an international urban research institute.
Nenshi, who was nomin-ated by Calgarians and other Canadians, has been awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize.
The urban research group says he has become the “most
admired mayor” of any large Canadian city.
It describes him as an urban visionary who doesn’t neglect the nitty-gritty of local gov-ernment. It says Nenshi is a role model to many in North America and Europe for deci-sive management, inclusivity and forward thinking.
The mayor of Ghent, Belgium, was the runner-up.
The only other North
American mayor to make the Top 10 in the honours given out every two years is from Houston.
“What a great surprise. What a great birthday present even,” Nenshi said Monday on his 43rd birthday. “I understand there were scores of people who wrote in letters of recommen-dation, who wrote in their own comments. To me that’s very humbling.”
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Arlington handed Allstar its sixth loss in a row, dealing a blow to any regular-season-title aspira-tions the team enjoyed when they led the league a month ago.
The Arlington’s Jeremy Robinson scored a hat trick and added two assists to lift the Big A to a 6-5 victory over Allstar on Saturday. Robinson opened the scoring five minutes in on a pass from Kevin Santori, but three straight Allstar goals by Colton Semenok, Tim Boucher, and Evan McKay would give Allstar a momentary 3-1 lead. However, the ‘A’ worked their way back. Robinson, a former standout for the Mount Royal College Cougars, sniped a set up from Pat Iannone 19 minutes into the first, and would assist on a Darryl Zol goal before the period was out to make it 3-3.
The Arlington’s Kirk Davis netted the winn-ner 12 minutes into the second period, taking a pass from Derek Harkema and Robinson to put Arlington up for good. Robinson would net his hat trick three minutes later, and Fruitvale native Iannone closed out the scoring early in the third for his league-leading 38th goal and 84th point. Robinson’s five-point night puts him six points back of his linemate with 20-58-78 for second place in league scoring.
Three points separate second place Allstar and fourth-place Arlington, while OK Tire moved to within two points of second with a 5-4 win over Allstar on Thursday. Re/Max meanwhile is running away with top spot and looking for its
second straight regular-season title, having won five games in a row including a dramatic victory over Gericks on Thursday. The fifth place Gericks sits six points out of playoff contention with time running out on the season.
Re/Max continued its torrid pace thanks to a late third period goal by Thomas Abenante that lifted the realtors over Gericks 6-5.
Re/Max jumped out to a 2-1 lead on goals from Devyn Hill and Luke Russel. Dyne Parker made it 3-1 before Nathan Stanton replied for Gericks five minutes into the second. But two goals from three-time TCHL scoring champion Graham Proulx made it 5-2 for Re/Max midway through the second. Stanton would cut the lead to 5-3 and Eric Hill would score his second and third of the night to tie it 5-5 four minutes into the third period. Re/Max’s Abenante then tallied his 26th of the season on an unassisted effort in the game’s final minute to give Re/Max its league-leading 16th victory.
In a last-goal-wins match up, Tire’s defence-man Paul Matteucci fed Jeff Sidey who broke a 5-5 tie with his ninth goal of the season just seconds left in the middle frame to give the OK Tire the win over Allstar on Thursday. Troy Palmer had two goals and an assist while Matteucci and the team’s most prolific scoring defenceman, Darrin Kissock, added the other goals for OK Tire. Kelly Sidoni, Evan McKay, and Scott Morrisseau each had a goal and an assist for Allstar.
TCHL action continues on Thursday night, with Arlington playing Re/Max at 7:15 p.m. and Gericks facing off against Allstar at 8:30 p.m.
By Times correspondenTThe Kootenay Savings Super
League saw the Jr. Men’s Team Umpherville, with Spenser Soukeroff at the helm, continue their stellar play against the Kootenay Zone’s B.C. Senior Men’s curling representative Team Nichol on Thursday at the Trail Curling Club.
Skip Myron Nichol got his team out of the gate quickly jumping out to a 5-0 lead after three ends. Undeterred, Soukeroff led his team back with his own draw for three in the fourth, followed by steals of two in the fifth and sixth ends to lead 7-5. The juniors were looking to steal again in the seventh, before Nichol made a double take-out to score three. Then Soukeroff, star-ing at three guarded Nichol stones, drew to the pin for one in the eighth to tie the game. Nichol blanked the ninth after Soukeroff made a double kill with his last rock, setting up an exciting 10th, that saw Soukeroff draw around three guards to the top four-foot, that Myron tried to follow, but came up inches short for a 9-8 Team Umpherville win.
Skip Ken Fines kept his team in contention early against Team Horning, with a delicate tap through a port to lay two in the third tying the game. Then after rubbing a guard trying to draw for two, leaving Horning an open hit for three in the fourth, he bounced
right with a delicate raise tap off the four foot to lay three with his first stone. After Horning’s last rock hung out, chipping his own out of play, Skip Ken drew to the four foot for a big four-ender and a 6-5 lead. Horning regained the lead with a deuce in the sixth, then stole the seventh, eighth, and ninth ends for an 11-6 win.
Team Castlegar Hyundai, with Rob Nobert back in the skip roll, waged a back and forth affair with Team Ferguson. The teams traded singles in the first two ends, but in the third end, after Nobert’s last rock overcurled and racked on a guard, skip Rob Ferguson had an open draw for three. The game was almost over in the fourth, with Team Ferguson laying five, Skip Nobert, with a lot of help from his sweepers, drew to the eight-foot for his one. Hyundai then stole two in the fifth to tie the game at four.
With the game tied at six, Team Hyundai forced Ferguson to take one in the eighth, followed by a Ferguson steal in the ninth to be two up, coming home without the hammer. Team Hyundai couldn’t keep it clean, allowing Ferguson to draw to the back of the four-foot to lay one, but Nobert again made a crucial shot, this time following Fergies path with just back ring weight, skinning the guard to tap the shot stone off the four-foot to count two and an exciting 8-8 tie.
Jim Bailey photos
The 118th Rossland Winter Carnival’s Rail Jam received plenty of oohs and ahhs from a large crowd on a sunny Saturday, as skiers and boarders performed a litany of stunning acrobatics at the Queen St. and Columbia Ave. course.
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BCHLAll Times Pacific
Interior Division G W L T OL PtPenticton 48 37 7 2 2 78Vernon 47 30 14 1 2 63Merritt 46 25 19 0 2 52W Kelowna 49 23 20 0 6 52Salm Arm 48 21 19 3 5 50Trail 46 15 28 0 3 33
Island Division G W L T OL PtNanaimo 48 33 12 0 3 69Powell R 50 25 16 0 9 59Victoria 47 21 16 1 9 52Alberni 46 22 19 2 3 49Cowichan 50 18 28 2 2 40 Mainland Division G W L T OL PtChilliwack 46 28 16 1 1 58Langley 47 26 16 1 4 57Pr George 48 23 20 0 5 51Coquitlam 48 19 24 1 4 43Surrey 48 8 37 0 3 19
Tuesday’s results N/AAlberni Valley at Victoria, 7
p.m.Vernon at West Kelowna, 7
p.m.Wednesday’s gamesTrail at Merritt, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Chilliwack at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.
Friday’s gamesNanaimo at Alberni Valley,
7 p.m.Coquitlam at Prince George,
7 p.m.Vernon at Victoria, 7 p.m.
West Kelowna at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.
Penticton at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.Langley at Powell River, 7:15
p.m.Merritt at Trail, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 7Langley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.
Coquitlam at Prince George, 7 p.m.
West Kelowna at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.
Vernon at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.
Penticton at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.
Salmon Arm at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.
Surrey at Trail, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, February 8
Langley at Victoria, 2 p.m.Penticton at Alberni Valley,
2 p.m.Surrey at Salmon Arm, 3 p.m.Vernon at Chilliwack, 5 p.m.
National Hockey LeagueAll Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
GP W L OT PtTampa 51 32 15 4 68Montreal 49 32 14 3 67Detroit 50 29 12 9 67Boston 50 27 16 7 61Florida 48 21 17 10 52Ottawa 48 20 19 9 49Toronto 51 22 25 4 48Buffalo 50 14 33 3 31
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT PtIslanders 49 32 16 1 65Pittsburgh 50 28 14 8 64Rangers 48 29 15 4 62Wash 50 25 15 10 60Philad 51 22 22 7 51Jersey 50 19 22 9 47Columbus 48 21 24 3 45Carolina 49 17 26 6 40 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division GP W L OT PtNashville 49 32 11 6 70St. Louis 49 32 13 4 68Chicago 50 31 17 2 64Winnipeg 52 26 18 8 60Dallas 49 23 19 7 53
Colorado 50 21 18 11 53Minnesota 49 23 20 6 52 Pacific Division GP W L OT PtAnaheim 50 32 12 6 70San Jose 51 27 17 7 61Calgary 51 28 20 3 59Vancouver 48 27 18 3 57L.A. 49 21 16 12 54Arizona 50 18 26 6 42Edmonton 51 14 28 9 37
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss
GolfWorld Golf Ranking
Through Feb. 1 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.662. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.623. Bubba Watson USA 7.414. Adam Scott AUS 6.955. Justin Rose ENG 6.256. Sergio Garcia ESP 6.157. Jim Furyk USA 6.058. Jason Day AUS 5.649. Jordan Spieth USA 5.5210. Matt Kuchar USA 5.1811. Martin Kaymer GER 5.1112. Rickie Fowler USA 5.113. Jimmy Walker USA 4.7914. H Matsuyama JPN 4.4415. V. Dubuisson FRA 4.216. Patrick Reed USA 4.217. Billy Horschel USA 4.1818. Phil Mickelson USA 3.9919. Brooks Koepka USA 3.8420. G. McDowell NIR 3.8121. Zach Johnson USA 3.722. Chris Kirk USA 3.6123. D. Johnson USA 3.5424. Bill Haas USA 3.3825. Hunter Mahan USA 3.3826. J. Donaldson WAL 3.3127. C. Schwartzel SAF 3.2228. Kevin Na USA 3.229. Ryan Palmer USA 3.1630. Lee Westwood ENG 3.15
A10 www.trailtimes.ca Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Trail Times
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&Yoga is on Sundays at the Montrose Hall from
6:45-8 p.m. at $10 drop in.Chito Ryu Karate is on Mondays and
Wednesdays at the FES Gym. Youth ages 6-8 are from 6-6:45 p.m., ages 9-12 are from 6:45-8 p.m. and ages 13-18 are from 8-9 p.m. Saturday classes are at the Fruitvale Hall from 10-11:30 a.m. for youth and adult.
Kids Indoor Soccer goes Wednesdays at the FES Gym. Children ages 3-5 are from 4-4:30 p.m. Current session runs until Feb. 11 and next session begins Feb.18.
Zumba is on Mondays at the Fruitvale Hall and on Thursdays at the Montrose Hall from 7-8 p.m. The time will change to 6:30-7:30 p.m. start-ing Feb. 12.
Tiny Tots Skating goes Monday and/or Thursdays at the BV Arena from 1:30-2 p.m. Cost is $40 for the 8 classes. Please dress your child in a helmet, snow pants and mittens.
Kids Time with Sticks and Pucks is on Feb. 1 from 5-6:15 p.m. and Feb. 14 and 21 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bring your child 8 and under skating with their hockey sticks. Nets and pucks are provided. Toonie admission.
For more info, please call Kelly at 367-9319.
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Drop in for YogaTrail Little League Baseball will hold its
annual general meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11 at 2141 Columbia in Trail. The meeting invites all residents interested in supporting Minor age 9-10 and Major age 11-12 baseball in Greater Trail.
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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SBEAVER CREEK,
Colo. - Anna Fenninger of Austria added a world championship super-G title to her Olympic gold medal, winning the event Tuesday on a shortened course and in blustery conditions.
Fenninger found the perfect line and finished in 1 minute, 10.29 seconds. Tina Maze of Slovenia was second, 0.03 seconds behind, and American Lindsey Vonn was third, 0.15 seconds back despite a wind gust standing her up early in her run.
Vonn, the favour-ite in a race near her hometown of Vail, momentarily had the lead and the capacity crowd went wild, ring-ing cowbells and wav-ing American flags. Her boyfriend, golfer Tiger Woods, saw Vonn’s name topping the leaderboard and instantly yelled out, “Yes!”
It didn’t last long,
though. Maze was the next skier down and took over the top spot, silencing the crowd.
Three racers later, it was Fenninger on top, ending Maze’s reign as world champion. Fenninger also won the event at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 19th and Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., was 28th.
Moments after bursting across the finish line, Fenninger fell to the ground and buried her face in the snow.
“It was an amaz-ing emotion,” said Fenninger, the reign-ing overall World Cup champion. “I cannot say what this means.”
With the whip-ping wind and blow-ing snow, the race was delayed 30 minutes and the start moved down the hill, elimin-ating a steep portion. That favoured the more technical skiers.
“It was not easy to ski with the wind,” said Maze, who earned
her seventh medal at worlds. “But today was the first day I put down the run that I wanted. It’s a lot of waves, a lot of terrain, I’m really happy I could bring down this run.”
This was Vonn’s first event at worlds since a bad crash two years ago in the super-G at Schladming, Austria, tore ligaments in her right knee. She tried to make it back in time for the Sochi Games last February, but missed those Olympics because of a second knee operation.
Leading up to worlds, Vonn said she was treating this big event in front of a hometown crowd almost like her Olympics.
As she nervously waited in the start gate - a headwind mak-ing her pony tail blow backward - Woods stoically stared at the big screen, his eyes shielded behind sun-glasses. He was warmly dressed, too, but not
wearing the skeleton-patterned mask he donned in Italy when he surprised Vonn after she broke the record for most World Cup wins by a female skier.
That’s also the day Woods got hit in the mouth by a camera and lost a tooth. This time, he stayed close to Vonn’s mom and out of the way.
Although Vonn crossed the finish line in first, she had a feel-ing it wasn’t going to be enough, especially after encountering so many wind gusts along the way.
“I thought I skied pretty well,” Vonn said. “I’m happy with the way I skied. I’m happy with the result. I just wish the weather was a little bit better.”
Vonn gets another chance Friday in the downhill, and the weather is supposed to be less windy.
“I just want a fair race and another chance to get on the podium,” Vonn said.
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Dear Annie: I have a family history of car-diovascular disease and lost my mom to a heart attack when she was only 32.
To be preventive about my own health, I had something called a vascular wellness screening: a check of my arteries for athero-sclerosis, the plaque that builds up in our arteries as we age. The tests were easy, pain-less and held at a local church. I had some mild blockage in the arteries of my neck, but nothing serious at the time.
Two years later, my doctor recommended that I repeat the tests. This time, my left neck artery was significantly blocked. This signaled to my doctor that my heart arteries could be blocked, too, and tests showed that to be true. With my family history, there was no doubt that I was at high risk for heart attack and stroke, but I wouldn’t have known without the
screening.I encourage people
to get their arteries screened. Most people don’t think about the health of their arteries or know the word “ath-erosclerosis,” but get-ting these tests could help you know what is going on inside your body before something serious happens. Work with your doctor, and share your test results so that he or she can use them to help you stay well for as long as possible. -- Joan P. in New Jersey
Dear Joan P.: Thank you for this timely information. February is American Heart Month. Cardiovascular disease is the leading
cause of death in this country. Those who have a family history of heart disease or stroke and feel that a screen-ing would be beneficial should contact their doctor or any local hospital or university health center to set up an appointment. For more information on American Heart Month and how to maintain a healthy heart, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at cdc.gov/Features/HeartMonth or the American Heart Association (heart.org).
Dear Annie: My wife’s college roommate visited us for five days. She turned out to be the Visitor from Hell. Here’s what happened:
She strongly recom-mended that we take her to a certain restau-rant that serves great food. We took her three times, at her request, and guess who paid the bill. My wife prepared all the other meals, and our guest never once offered to take us out.
In addition, she didn’t even bring us a small hostess gift, which, although we didn’t need one, would have been thoughtful and appreci-ated.
During her entire stay, this woman bragged nonstop about everything she has done and will do. She used my computer several times and had me print out one article after another for her person-al use. I tried to be nice, but by the fifth day, I lost it, especially when she asked my wife to wash her dirty clothes.
Before leaving, this inconsiderate guest expressed the wish to return next year. My wife puts up with her eccentricities, but I can’t. What do you suggest? -- Frustrated Husband
Dear Frustrated: Unless your wife is will-ing to ask her friend to stay at a hotel for at least part of the visit, nothing will change. There’s no reason you both have to put up
with this guest. Let your wife enjoy a few days with her ex-room-mate while you visit family or friends else-where, either for part or all of the time she’s there.
Dear Annie: This is for “Tolerant in the Land of Enchantment,”
who pointed out the necessity of blowing one’s nose when eating red and green chili at Christmastime in New Mexico. “Tolerant” is obviously a transplant to our area.
First of all, it’s chile, not “chili.” Chile start out green on the vine
and turn red when ripe. In New Mexico, both are popular. When ordering chile, some folks can’t decide which to get and order “Christmas,” which means both red and green chile, regard-less of the time of year. -- A Northern New Mexico Native
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For Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) An old friend or someone from your past might give you good information that helps you make future travel plans. Or this information might help you with medicine, the law or higher education. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a good day to talk to people in author-ity -- bosses, parents, teach-ers and VIPs. In particular, people want to nail down who is responsible for what, especially financially. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a good day to make long-range plans for travel or anything related to higher education, pub-lishing, the media, medicine and the law. You’re in a sen-sible frame of mind, and you won’t overlook details. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Discussions about shared property, taxes, debt, inheri-
tances and insurance mat-ters can be settled today. People are serious about wanting practical results. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Someone older or more experienced might have excellent advice for you today. Perhaps you will act as a teacher for someone, or someone will be a teacher for you. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You will get a lot done at work today, because not only will you pay attention to detail, you also will keep working until the job is done. Your powers of con-centration are excellent. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a good day to explain sports-related events to peo-ple or to teach children. You might want to make future plans for social occasions. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Talk to family mem-bers today to discuss how
to approach house repairs in order to fix what needs to be repaired where you live. These discussions will please you, because you want solutions to problems. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an excellent day to study something, because you will not overlook any-thing. Furthermore, you have focus, endurance and a desire to finish what you begin.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) If shopping today, you will buy only practical, long-lasting items. You don’t feel frivolous about spending your money today. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might be conscious of flaws in everything you look at today. This is why you have an urge to improve things or make a situation better.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your research skills are top-notch today. You find it easy to focus on what you are looking for. Duty comes first. YOU BORN TODAY You are insightful and have strong opinions. You know how to appeal to the emo-tions of others. Whatever you do, you do with a grace-ful style. This year some-thing you’ve been involved
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1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. BRAN2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required. D NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , 2 BDR HOUSE WITH GARAGE: 75x110’ lot, zoned commercial, 2 blocks from downtown Kaslo, $199,000. Call 250-353-2595.906 CEDAR AVE, SALMO: 3bdr, 1.5 bathrooms, double wide modular, 60x120 lot, paved driveway, 2 car carport, f/s, w/d included, natural gas furnace, central air, storage shed, partially fenced yard, $140,000.FAMILY REUNIONS. 50 acre ranch in Southern Oregon. Sleeps 26, all in beds. Check VRBO.com Listing #. Fish/hike/raft/hunt. Near Crater Lake. GRANDVIEW HOUSING STRATA DUPLEX: 105-4200 Grandview Dr, Castlegar. To view contact Elmer Verigin
Real EstateSOUTH CASTLEGAR, $159,000: Cozy, renovated, 2bdr house, large lot, f/s, w/d, woodstove/electric, carport, deck, 24hrs to view. *MORTGAGES - GOOD OR BAD CREDIT: Purchases/Renances, 100% Financing, Debt consolidations, Construction, renos, Private Funds. Rates as low as 2.20% oac. Call Krista, 2652SQ.FT. EXECUTIVE HOME: Overlooking the Columbia River on a quiet street in Castlegar. Priced to sell at $349,000. BRAND NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , ESTATE SALE: Cozy 4 bdr, 2 bath, Panabode home on approximately 1 acre in Kaslo, excellent condition, very clean and sound, 2 sunrooms, 2 pellet stoves, main oor laundry, paved driveway, walk out basement, $219,000. FSBO, 2BDR 1.5 BATH, ON HALF ACRE, WINLAW: Near all amenities, for more info
RentalsROBSON (CASTLEGAR) RIVER FRONT: 1 bdr, semi-furnished private suite, $650/mo. utilities included. WEST TRAIL APARTMENTS: 1bdr & 2bdr, ns, shared laundry, newly renovated, rent negotiable. 1 BDR NEWLY RENOVATED: Riverfront, basement suite, downtown Castlegar, f/s, w/d, dw, ns/np, $700/mo. +utilities (or furnished & serviced, $1600/mo.), available Mar. 1. Stacey
1 BDR WITH DEN: Lots of light in quiet house, laundry/utilities included, South-end, Castlegar, $650/mo.1BDR BASEMENT APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, available Feb. 1, $550/mo. utilities included. 1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. 2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required.
For Sale By Owner2-3 BDR HOUSE,YMIR: F/s, w/d, dw, wood/electric heat, hi-speed/satTV, Feb.1, $800/mo.+utilities.2BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: W/d, np, references, $650/mo. +utilities. 2ND AVE, TRAIL: 1bdr suite, ns, quiet working adult, laundry, garage, utilities included, available now, $750/mo. 3 BDR HOUSE: On 2nd, Trail, close to Gyro, available Jan. 1st, ns, $800/mo.+negotiable. 3 BDR ROSSLAND HOME: All appliances, replace, enclosed garage, $950/mo. 3BDR MOBILE, KRESTOVA: On acreage, wood & electric, w/d, ns/np. 3BDR TOWNHOUSE, GLENMERRY: Clean, appliances, furnished, laminate oors, carport, rec room, municipal parking in rear, $1000/mo. +utilities. 6 MILE, NORTH SHORE, NELSON: 2 bdr, for mature adults, ns/np, $900/mo. +utilities, references. BACHELOR SUITE IN BALFOUR: All utilities included $600/mo. BEAUTIFUL 4BDR, THRUMS: Acreage, 2.5 baths, ns/np, references required, mature/responsible, Jan. 1, $1500/mo. +utilities. CASTLEGAR 1 BDR +DEN BASEMENT SUITE: Walk-out, on bus route, ns/np, $675/mo. inclusive. CASTLEGAR AREA 2 BDR MOBILE: Ns/np, $800/mo. +utilities. CUTE 3BDR FURNISHED TRAIL HOME: C/w dishes, cookware, bedding, BBQ, zero maintenance yard, ++); $1400/mo. includes 5 high end appliances, utilities, wireless internet, HDPVR, ns/np, references required, available immediately.FOR RENT ON THE EDGE OF KASLO: Small cozy log cabin. Quiet, peaceful, setting suitable for quiet, ns/np, suited for single, responsible person, $600/mo. +utilities. FURNISHED 2 BDR HOME, SOUTH CASTLE-GAR: Now available, $850/mo. +utilities.
KASLO, BRIGHT 3BDR 1.5 BATH: F/s, w/d hookups, close to hospital/school, covered deck, internet/cable included, $850/mo. LARGE 1 BDR UPPER DUPLEX, HERITAGE APARTMENT, NELSON: Near downtown, ns, w/d, hardwood oors, clawfoot tub, covered deck, full sunlight, $900/mo.+utilities, available now, references required.LOVELY NELSON APARTMENTS AVAILABLE! Some rent controlled, including water & hydro, references required. NELSON, 3BDR, 2BATH HOME: Airy, close to all amenities, absolutely ns/np, reference required, $1250/mo. +utilities.ROBSON 3BDR HOUSE: Very clean, big yard, near school, church, bus stop, f/s, ns/np, refer-ences, $1150/mo. 250-365-2920(msg).ROSEMONT BACHELOR SUITE: Available Feb. 1, ns/np, $650/mo., includes utilities, cable & internet. SLOCAN MOTEL APARTMENTS, $500-$750, fully-furnished, large kitchen units, manager onsite. SMALL 2 BDR HOME, DOWNTOWN CASTLE-GAR: Ns/np, w/d, f/s, $825/mo. +utilities, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Furnished 1bdr +ofce home, available immediately, $800/mo. +utilities. THRUMS: 3 bdr apartment, $850/mo. +utilities.
Homes For RentUPPER KASLO, COZY 1 BDR CABIN: Furnished, beautiful view, ns/np, responsible single adult, reference.S. CASTLEGAR 2BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Newly renovated, ns, pets on approval, laundry, references, $725/mo. utilities +internet included. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, OOTISCHENIA: Quiet single, No pets or smoking, w/d, $600/mo. including utilities, D.D.-$300. 1 BDR APT: Balfour, fully-furnished/equipped, lake & mtn view, sun deck, ns/np, $695/mo. inclusive. 1 BDR SUITE, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, references required, $625/mo. utilities included. 1BDR APARTMENT, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Heat/hydro included, ns, references, $675/mo. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: Private entrance, backyard, available Feb. 1, shared laundry, ns/np, references. 2 BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Very large & clean, gorgeous lake view, 15 mins from Castlegar, ns/np, $750/mo. includes electric. Travis, 2 BDR MOBILE HOME, 6-MILE, NELSON: Available immediately, ns/np, references, $950/mo., includes utilities. 2-3 BDR DUPLEX, SALMO: Available immediately, np, f/s, w/d hookups, $700/mo. +utilities.
2BDR APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Bright, spacious, f/s, laundry, close to amenities, nsnp, $725/mo. +utilities. 2BDR HOUSE ON 5 ACRES: 5 minutes south of Kaslo. Looking for responsible, cleatenant(s), $650/mo. +utilities. 250-354-16983 BDR HOUSE, NELSON: Newly refurbisheperfect for family, close to schools, $1500/mo. Contact Colleen or Nick, 250-229-2333 or 250-229-4771.3 BDR MAIN FLOOR HOUSE, CASTLEGARNice, updated, 5 appliances, double garage$950/mo. +utilities. 250-365-5896.3BDR HOUSE, NEWLY RENOVATED: Withlarge yard, Slocan City, available Jan. 1, $90mo. +utilities. 250-365-7574.3BDR MOBILE: In Sunny Bridgeview CrescOotischenia, close to all amenities/college, $750/mo. +utilities. 250-365-3733.3BDR, 2BATH, ROSSLAND: Spacious Heritage home, hardwood oors, large privayard, available Feb. 1. 250-368-1066.AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: Newly renovatefully furnished 1 bdr, 1 bath basement suite,centrally located in Castlegar, close to storeshops and bus routes, 1 car parking availabcable and internet included, ns/np, $750/moincluding utilities. 250-365-6772.BALFOUR WATERFRONT: 1 bdr apartmentall utilities included, laundry, Jan. 1, semi-furnished $625/mo. 604-315-5632/604926-7362 [email protected], SUNNY, QUIET BACHELOR SUITE: In family home, private entrance, newly renovated, ns/np, $595 utilities includ250-365-1465.CASTLEGAR 1BDR PLUS DEN: Available immediately, on bus route, w/d, garage, separate entrance, ns/np, $700/mo., utilitiesincluded. 250-229-5703.COZY TRAILER: In quiet nature setting, 15 minutes west of Nelson, in friendly commun$390/mo. includes heat & electric. Sorry, nodogs. 250-359-8280.DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Renovated 3bapartment, laundry, ns/np, quiet couple/famiavailable immediately, $1150/mo., utilities included. Rent negotiable. 250-365-4914 (leave msg).FRUITVALE, 2BDR: Remodeled, w/d, $595/mo. 250-367-9676.GLADE 2BDR HOUSE PLUS WORKSHOPNewly renovated, on riverfront acreage, $1150/mo. +utilities. 778-962-0044, [email protected] 1 BDR SUITE: 5 minutes from Nels$1000/mo. utilities included (+extras). 250-84767. Available Feb.1.LARGE 4BDR HOUSE ON ACREAGE, SLOCAN VALLEY: Bright, hardwood oors, woodstove, large kitchen, garden, private/qu$990/mo. 250-355-0035.LOWER KASLO: Nice, clean 1bdr suite in heritage four-plex, close to beach, 2 decks,
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Trail $169,000Nathan 250.231.9484
Warfield $189,900Nathan 250.231.7575
Rossland $699,000Marie-Claude 250.512.1153
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Rossland $59,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153
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Rossland $279,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153
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Fruitvale $249,000Nathan 250.231.9484
Trail $149,000Nathan 250.231.9484
Rossland $344,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153
Fruitvale $219,500Rob 250.231.4420
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GLENMERRY, 2bdrm apt, F/S, Laundry, No Smoking, No Pets. Avail. immediately. $525./mo.250-364-2786
GLENVIEW APTS. Spacious, quiet 2 bdrm. apts. available. 250-364-2401ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-5030, 250-231-9777TRAIL, small 1 bedroom apartment, Rossland Ave., 3 blocks from town. Washer/dry-er/ fridge/stove. No smoking, No pets. Clean and quiet. In-terested applicants will be re-quired to fi ll out an application form and supply references. $550./mo. Heat not included. Available March 1st. Phone 250-368-1361WARFIELD, 1bdrm. condo. Laundry on site. Free parking. N/S, N/P. Available. immedi-ately. $550./mo. + electricity. 250-229-4149WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888W.TRAIL, 1bd. plus, semi-en-closed balcony, pet friendly. 1Blk. to Downtown, $595./mo. 250-368-6076W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main fl oor. f/s,w/d,d/w. $700./mo. plus utilities. 250-368-1015W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. New renos: doors, windows, stove & paint. $600./mo. 250-551-1106
TownhousesGLENMERRY, Clean 3bdtownhouse, covered parking, F/S, D/W, central air. NS. No Pets. $925./mo. Available immed. Ref.req. 250-367-9607
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493-3800(250)
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542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall
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860-2600(250)
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707-2600(250)
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365-6455(250)
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352-7258(250)
CRANBROOK101 Kootenay St. North
426-8927(250)
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860-2600(250)
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707-2600(250)
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860-2600(250)
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493-3800(250)
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542-3000(250)
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707-2600(250)
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(250) 314-9944
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WilliamsLake KELOWNA
2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880
ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall
(250) 377-8007
ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.
(250) 377-3773
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall
(250) 542-1496
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
A16 www.trailtimes.ca Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Trail Times
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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818
www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™
WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.
NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!
NEW LISTING
710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000
Brand new spacious home a few steps from walking and x-country trails and Redstone golf course. This 4 bdrm, 3 bath home features 2 car garage with ample storage area, rec room spacious
living area. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour.
Call Richard (250) 368-7897
2705 Columbia-Kootenay Road, Rossland
$670,000Overlooking Happy Valley, this extensively
updated home has so much character and charm. Spectacular views, bright
kitchen, private sundeck and fi replace. All this on 1.13 acres. Price includes a separate 2 acre parcel too. Call now!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
531 Turner Street, Warfi eld $169,000
Built in 2009, this compact charmer is perfect for single, couple or empty nesters that want
modern open concept, low maintenance living. Home features vaulted ceilings, heated
garage, private yard and comes with New Home Warranty. Call now before its gone.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1354 Mountain StreetTrail
$239,000Are you looking for a home that feels and looks like new
at a very reasonable price? This home has to be seen!
Overlooking the City of Trail, this fabulous
home has been very substantially renovated. New
wiring, plumbing, insulation, heating
system high ceilings, open fl oor plan and
modern look.Call Mary M
(250) 231-0264
1926 Daniel Street, Trail$129,000
The Seller has done a great job of renovating this home, but was unable to fi nish the inside. This engineered renova-tion is to the stage of needing drywall and fi nishing. The outside is done, inside has new wiring, plumbing, insulation. Come
take a look!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
926 Black Bear Drive, Rossland$229,000
Spectacular 2 bdrm home situated on .27 acre treed lot. Completely renovated with wood stove, new kitchen, fl ooring,
bathroom, exterior deck, wiring. Close to the ski hill, plenty of hiking, biking and
riding trails right at your back door.Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING
3918 Reo Road, Bonnington$575,000
Extraordinary park-like 1.72 acres. 3 bed, 3 bath home is detailed to the
max. Foyer with skylight, large kitchen, separate dining room, sunken living
room, wood-burning fi replace. Geo-thermal heating, roof 2009,
hot water tank 2010, low-e windows. Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
1399 3rd Avenue, Trail $129,000
Solid 3 bedroom home close to schools and gyro park.
Call Terry 250-231-1101
Trail 1 bdrm reno’d lower suite .....$500 2 bdrm reno’d upper suite ....$800 3 bdrm reno’d house ............$750 2 bdrm reno’d upper suite ....$750 1 bdrm + den spacious unit ..$650Montrose 2 bedroom upper fl oor of house .......................$800/mo.
Great rentals available now!If you have a property you would
like professionally managed, call to set up an appointment.
Terry Alton 250-231-1101Tonnie Stewart 250-365-9665
FOR RENT
1950 Phoenix Avenue, Rossland$74,900
Great price for this fantastic 90x100 building lot with south east exposure.
This lot has road access, and services are close by. Private location yet still close to
town. Call your REALTOR® today!Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW LISTING
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
1970 Oak Street, Trail$69,000
Good starter home or investment ! Long term tenants in place for investors and many upgrades. This home is a bright 2 bedroom, 1 bath, a deck with a view. With the low interest rates payments
may be $400/mo or less OAC. Why rent when you can buy?
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
NEW LISTING
Guy Bertrand photo
Olivia Fillmore digs through an assortment of Lego blocks for the perfect piece to add to her creation (above) during Monday night’s Lego Club at the Warfield Community Hall. The weekly club features two age groups beginning at 6 p.m.
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