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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E R Times Staff

Only two months into his term, Trail Mayor Mike Martin has already landed a one-of-a kind civic duty.

He'll be sporting a safety vest, acoustic ear-muffs and handheld beacons when he helps mar-shal the first commercial Kelowna-to-Trail flight at the city's airport Monday at 1:40 p.m.

Once passengers are given the red carpet treatment off the Pacific Coastal aircraft and welcomed to the Trail Regional Airport, airline staff will be on site for a ribbon cutting and cake slicing celebration.

Martin's day doesn't end there however, because he and wife Debbie will be boarding the inaugural Trail-to-Kelowna flight that departs at 2:15 p.m. and lands at Kelowna International Airport about 40 minutes later. The event marks the first time there has been a regularly scheduled flight from the West Kootenay to the Okanagan epicentre, although the incentive has been in the works for awhile.

“When I started (with Pacific Coastal) about four years ago, the very first trip I made was to Trail,” recalled Keith Boothroyd, the company's sales and marketing director. “When I got off the plane at the airport, the very first person I met, asked, 'When are you going to fly to Kelowna?'”

The opportunity to add the route, which offers round trip flights six days a week, only recently became available after Pacific Coastal shuffled its schedule that now includes a regular service from Victoria to Prince George.

“It wasn't easy to do because of our limited number of aircraft,” said Boothroyd. “But re-doing our schedule allowed us some wiggle room, so we are responding to the most common request we have heard from the Trail and district community.”

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Slocan Valley artist Evelyn E. Kirkaldy opens her first solo exhibit tonight in the VISAC Gallery from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend the opening reception and view the showcase, “Wild Images,” which features 15 acrylic layered and intricately textured paintings.

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Income inequality highest in Rossland: reportB Y L I Z B E V A N

Times StaffRossland is a community made

up of professionals, seasonal tour-ists and service sector jobs, result-ing in income inequality – one of the highest in the Columba Basin.

According to the 2014 State of the Basin Report, released by the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (CBRDI), Rossland, along with Fernie and Sparwood, have the highest disparity between before tax

incomes among residents. Jonathan Buttle, econom-

ics instructor at Selkirk College and researcher at CBRDI, says in Rossland, it is social demographics that have an impact on how income is distributed.

“My suspicion is that (income inequality) is being driven by the high number of professionals,” he said.

“Looking at the demographics in Rossland, there is a high level

of well-educated people compared to the provincial average and hav-ing that education provides high income potential.”

Income equality is measured by individual, not by household.

Buttle says that the children and spouses of the professional high income earners feel less pressure to earn high wages.

“There is also a lot of service activity going on up in Rossland with Red Mountain and everything,”

he said, adding that there is less income potential in the tourism industry, a large chunk of Rossland's workforce.

“You've got a lot of itinerant workers coming through the resorts and hotels and those will provide lower incomes, like in a roving ski bum situation. They aren't looking for the high income positions, but rather, jobs with more time to go and play.”

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Warfield’s parking bylaws are up for review after pleas from a local business owner at the village’s most recent council meeting.

A draft of an amendment to the current bylaws was proposed Wednesday after Frances Lloyd of the Cornerstone Café and Deli told councillors the way the business district parking lot was plowed limited customer access to her business. Cars parked long-term in the lot were preventing plows from removing all of the snow.

“On Monday, it was down to two cleared park-ing spots,” she told council. “I just want to know what protocol is, what they plow first, and if they can come and just tell the people to move their vehicles so all that can be plowed out.

“It would probably take 10 minutes. It is now the third day and there are still a couple of cars that haven’t moved. What is the bylaw?”

Currently, the Warfield bylaw states that park-ing is limited to 24 hours in that area, but gener-ally isn’t enforced.

Councillors discussed different options for ensuring snow removal and what to do about vehicles that were parked in spots for days, allowing snow to accumulate.

“Past practice isn’t always best practice,” said Mayor Ted Pahl.

It was Councillor Shane Ferraro who initially proposed limiting parking hours during the day to keep parking spots open and available to plow.

“Make it between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., two or three-hour parking, on that whole block from the Kootenay Savings down to Frances’ at the Cornerstone,” he said. “I think that would solve a lot of problems. We want to make sure that all the customers can get in there and go have a coffee, or go to the liquor store or whatever.”

It was ultimately decided that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., parking on that block would be limited to two hours.

Enforcing the bylaw amendments was the next issue. Warfield has a contract with the Commissionaires to patrol just a few hours a week.

“Can we get (the Commissionaire) to work 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week for a little while,” asked Mayor Pahl. “It would be better than a couple hours a week randomly.”

It was decided to contact the Commissionaires to ask about more hours to enforce the new bylaw amendments.

After the discussion about long-term solu-tions, Lloyd wanted to know what could be done about the snow removal in the lot over next few days – a quick fix.

Councillors decided to put out signs, already owned by the village, as soon as possible, and the snow would be removed by the end of the week.

“We have the signs and we can call whoever is on call tonight and get them out there,” said Mayor Pahl.

The discussion finished with council ask-ing Chief Administrative Officer Vince Morelli to draft an amendment to the current parking bylaw and contact Public Works to put out plow-ing notification signs.

B y S h e r i r e g n i e rTimes Staff

The increasingly faceless world of toll free help lines and online services can pres-ent a host of difficulties for a certain sector of society – those with learning dis-abilities.

The province is rolling out more incentives this year for people receiving disabili-ty assistance (PWD, meaning Persons with Disabilities) that sound good on paper, but maybe aren't so helpful in practise.

Effective Jan. 1, the annu-alized earnings exemption is being touted by the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation as a flex-ible program that allows those on PWD to earn more money.

And there's an additional push for those individuals to visit web services rather than head to a ministry office for help to administer or com-plete the detailed routine paperwork.

Sounds good, but not so fast, says Sheila Adcock from

downtown Trail's Career Development Services. “They started really pushing last year by sending every-body a letter in the mail,” said Adcock. “It may work for some but the trouble is that once you're signed on, there's no getting off it and that's why you have to be careful.”

Collecting PWD requires a lengthy screening process and confirmation of diagno-sis for medical issues wheth-er physical, mental or invis-ible, like certain learning disabilities. Most people with lifelong conditions can't go it alone, they need an advo-

cate to guide them through the ministry's complex and ongoing process.

Adcock discussed the story of one person who signed up for the annual earning exemptions program last year after he received a ministry letter by mail.

Individuals on PWD receive just over $900 monthly from the govern-ment, she explained, but they can earn $800 each month, or $9600 yearly without being penalized.

“Anything over that amount is taken off dollar for dollar,” she said. “That might be great for someone who only works seasonally, because they can earn up to $9600 for, say, a four month period.”

This particular man, however, works part time throughout the year. By working regular hours, he earned the maximum, $9600, before the end of September.

“So in October, he comes in to see me and says he cannot pay his rent and he has an eviction notice,”

explained Adcock. “His car was going to be repossessed which meant he would lose his job. For three months, he had no disability assistance,” she noted. “The only money he had to live on was from his part time job – and he almost lost that.”

Advocating for her client, Adcock contacted the minis-try to have the man removed from the program so he could go back to success-fully budgeting $1706 ($906 PWD, and $800 from his job) each month to cover rent, food, and transportation.

“I contacted the ministry and said you need to can-cel this because he can't do this,” she explained. “They said once you've signed up for it, you can't cancel.”

After a conundrum of problems which included reaching out to the ombuds-man service, the man was removed from the list. This year he's back to work and any earnings over $800 will be removed from his PWD each month.

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Province pushes for changes to disability assistance

Parking bylaws up for review

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Dustin Stringer from Western Auto Wreckers in Nelson was on site at Cedar Ave. and Spokane St. Tuesday morning to give a broken down city bus a hitch to the repair shop.

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Montrose income evenly distributedFROM PAGE 1

Income inequal-ity is measured by something called the Gini coefficient – a numbered ratio determining how far apart incomes are in a community.

In Rossland, the Gini coefficient is .475, a relatively high disparity.

Montrose, a com-munity at the bottom of the CBRDI list, has a Gini coefficient closer to .37, show-ing incomes are more equally distributed.

A Gini coefficient of 1 would mean that one person in a com-munity earns all the

income, while the rest earn nothing – an extreme example.

In Montrose, chief administrative officer Kevin Chartres, says the low Gini coeffi-cient for the village could have to do with the high number of residents on a fixed income.

“Montrose defi-nitely has a lot of retirees,” he said in an email to the Trail Times.

“Thirty-nine per cent of our Home Owner Grant applica-tions are for over 65s. The numbers for the Montrose Recreation Commission’s annual

retirees and seniors dinner increase every year.”

In the long term, a high income inequal-ity could eventually lead to less money being invested back into the community, known as economic leakage, and even social unrest.

“ E c o n o m i c a l l y , you tend to have higher savings rates with people with higher incomes,” said Buttle.

“Some of that income earned in the community is syph-oned off. A high level of leakage and you might wind up with

social schisms and essentially a disinte-gration of communi-ty, if it were to go far enough.”

Buttle says the situation in Rossland isn’t severe enough at this point to expect a social impact of that nature.

“I don’t want to overplay it, but we are talking about a community where the income distribu-tion is fairly healthy despite the dispar-ity of incomes,” he explained.

To view the 2014 Snapshot of the Basin report, visit www.cbrdi.ca.

FROM PAGE 1Excluding Saturdays, flights

are scheduled to depart the Kelowna airport at 1 p.m., arriv-ing at the Trail Regional Airport at 1:40 p.m. The aircraft will depart from Trail at 2:15 p.m. arriving back in Kelowna at 2:55 p.m.

“We have carved a niche for ourselves and what we are doing is finding ways to connect com-

munities in the province, and that’s exciting,” said Boothroyd. “We know who we are, and who we are not. There’s no point in going to try and take on the big hairy gorillas and the big destina-tions,” he chuckled.

“We’re better in the hinter-lands providing really good ser-vice to people who need it in the smaller communities.”

Flights to land in afternoon

FROM PAGE 1“If someone works

consistent hours and gets to keep an extra couple hundred dol-lars a month, they will end up in trouble,” said Adcock. “In this case, he had no idea and didn’t know what

to do. He just about ended up in the psych ward because of all the stress.”

Another aspect that has persons with dis-abilities having less face-to-face contact with ministry workers, is the province’s push

for people to access services through the web or over the phone.

“It’s not for anyone who has any kind of learning disability,” said Adcock.

“You have to be computer savvy and have a home computer, and some don’t even have a phone.”

Setting up govern-ment services online requires a host of applications that need to be completed, such as acquiring a BC ID card.

All of the programs require specific codes and passwords, which can confuse almost anyone.

“Even for the aver-age person, the pro-cess is daunting, scary and complicated,” she added.

The latest statistics for B.C., according to the most recent living wage study is that for people to live above the poverty line in this province, they must earn $20.10 per hour and anyone bringing in less than $18,421 is considered low income.

According to a prov-ince news release, the new annualized earn-ing exemption is a result of a successful pilot project, which was introduced to 1,500 in 2013.

Process daunting, says social worker

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The City of Trail in cooperation with the J. L. Crowe High School Grad Class will be conducting a pick-up of Christmas trees throughout Trail.

On Saturday, January 17th and Sunday. January 18th, students will pick up trees where you normally put your refuse out for collection and at designated drop off areas within each neighbourhood. The trees will be transported to the McKelvey Creek Landfill site to be mulched.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCHURCHILL, Man. - A town

in northern Manitoba is out of gas and it’s not clear why.

There has been no gasoline for sale in Churchill since Tuesday.

Residents are frustrated, air-port travellers have been strand-ed without rides into town and some businesses are at a stand-still.

Townsfolk woke up Wednesday to signs posted on the door of T & T Services gas station that the gas pumps were not in service.

Word spread quickly through the town of about 900 people located about 1,700 kilometres from Winnipeg, that the gas sta-tion in town had no gas and none was coming from the nearby tank farm owned by Denver-based rail company Omnitrax.

Sandy Johnson, who owns Churchill Taxi, said his com-pany’s two storage tanks for gas-oline are both drained and three of his four taxicabs are out of gas and parked.

Johnson said there is no one to retrieve and deliver the gas from the Churchill Marine Tank Farm, also owned by Omnitrax, a 50-million-litre petroleum stor-age facility located at the Port of Churchill.

“I guess our cabs will be out of business pretty soon because our tanks are empty and the gas station tanks are empty, too. Yesterday, we filled up three cars at the garage but they were empty last night.

“All I had today was one car and it’s only got half a tank and that’s it,” Johnson said.

He said he heard two work-ers were not driving the trucks to deliver gas because they were threatened, but he didn’t know by whom.

“I talked to a guy with some-thing to do with Omnitrax... I asked him if we’re going to get any gas and he said not until that problem is solved in Churchill. I said, ‘what problem?’ and he said some of the guys were threat-ened,” Johnson said.

An RCMP spokesman said police are aware of the allega-tions of threats but need people to come forward with infor-mation and contact the force’s Churchill detachment.

Mayor Michael Spence is away and did not respond to voicemail messages and a text message on his cellphone or at his office in Churchill.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SEDMONTON - A

former Opposition member who recently crossed the floor to join Alberta’s gov-erning Tories says Mounties have stepped up security at his home and office fol-lowing a phone threat to kill him.

“I have received several disturbing emails and phone calls over the last couple of weeks, including a death threat left on my personal voice mail,” Rob Anderson posted to his Facebook page.

“The RCMP has been very thorough throughout this pro-cess and has provid-ed increased security and monitoring of my office and personal residence.”

Anderson, who now sits as a backbencher, could not be reached and a spokesperson for Premier Jim Prentice declined comment.

Alberta RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Josee Valiquette wouldn’t say if an investigation is under-way.

Earlier this week, Anderson announced he will not seek re-elec-tion, in part because of

the angry reaction that followed his decision last month, along with eight other Wildrose party members, to join Prentice’s Progressive Conservatives.

The move left the official Opposition with five legislature members compared

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOttawa teenager Nora Sharmarke was only

ten when her journalist father, Canadian Al Iman Sharmarke, was killed over his coverage of Islamic extremism in his native country of Somalia.

For Sharmarke, the targeted attack Wednesday against the journalists of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris hits close to home. The aspiring nurse said she understands the motivation of such reporters to take the risks they do - her father’s final words were that his attackers would not silence him.

“It’s absolutely astonishing that the people who committed these crimes claim to do it in the name of the religion that I follow, that my father followed. It’s disgusting,” said Sharmarke, 17.

“He lived and died for freedom of expression, just to see this happening is devastating.”

Al-Shabaab member Hassan Hanafi Haji was arrested last summer in connection with Sharmarke’s murder and that of several other reporters fighting for free expression in Somalia.

Al Iman Sharmarke is just one of several Canadian journalists who have faced threats and violence over the years, at home and abroad.

Former Journal de Montreal reporter Michel Auger, who covered the crime beat including Quebec’s biker gangs, survived being shot six times outside the newspaper’s offices in 2000.

Tara Singh Hayer, founder of the Indo-Canadian Times, was assassinated in Surrey, B.C. in 1998.

He had been an outspoken critic of Sikh sep-aratist extremism, and had been trying to help bring to justice the terrorists behind the 1985 Air India bombing.

“You can’t allow this to discourage you because journalists do a very important job to keep our democracy alive,” son and MLA Dave Hayer told the Vancouver Sun this week.

“We have to encourage and support our journalists all over in all different types of media.”

Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan, who

has also investigated Sikh extremism, received faced numerous threats as she delved into the Air India file, as did the CBC’s Terry Milewski.

“I didn’t want to bend to that, because obviously if more journalists would get threat-ened, it would be a successful strategy,” said Bolan, who still receives threats as a crime reporter covering Vancouver’s gang scene.

“I felt obligated to carry on.”Bolan reports some threats to authorities,

and she’s had different levels of police protec-tion over the years.

But she says it’s often difficult in today’s era of social media to suss out which ones to be afraid of - an issue she thinks newsrooms should be actively discussing.

The veteran reporter also worries about an attitude that views journalists as responsible for the danger they encounter - a notion that has crept into discussion over Charlie Hebdo and its provocative cartoons.

“I also think that sometimes police tend to dismiss threats that journalists receive because we’re the kind of people that are walking into trouble - ‘Well, you can mitigate the problem if you just walk away from trouble,’ but we do have the constitutional right to do our jobs.”

Nora Sharmarke in Ottawa says that although her father, and so many other jour-nalists last decade, were killed for their work, he was right about not being silenced.

Al Iman Sharmarke had started up a media network called HornAfrik and hosted a radio show. His family now helps to train journalists who want to work there.

“Now today in Somalia there are broadcast-ing corporations all around, and that wasn’t the case when he started HornAfrik,” she said.

“He had the first radio station in Somalia, broadcasting across Somalia. What he did really lived on.”

Journalism has made some targets in Canada as well


OPINION

Look before you jump into a scamAs much as I enjoy

my weekly visits with the local RCMP staff sergeant to get

the police news, it is also the source of frustration. It is not uncommon to learn of yet another scam that has relieved yet another member of our community of what is often a signifi-cant amount of money.

Not always, but all too often, the scams involve computers. You get a phone call that your computer has been infected with viruses and that the caller’s firm will remove the threats — for a price. Or perhaps an email arrives from an unfamiliar address, trying to lure you into clicking on a link or downloading a file — for your own benefit, of course. Another common one comes in form of a message from “your” bank, claiming that there is a problem with your account and inviting you to click on a link to “update” your information.

Some of the more suc-cessful scams come by tele-phone and don’t involve a computer at all. They play on our concern for family members. Someone at the other end of the line claims to be a grandson or nephew who is travelling

and has become involved in some sort of legal issue that requires immediate payment of a large sum to keep them out of jail. Please send by Western Union or provide a credit card number.

These scams are often so obviously bogus that they defy belief. The spell-ing and sentence structure in emails, for example, is often a dead giveaway that the message origin-ates not at your bank but in a far away country that has banks of callers trolling the world for unsuspecting, innocent and downright naive victims.

Mixed in with all these opportunities to have a modern-day con artist relieve you of your hard-earned savings are legitim-ate calls, too. A few months ago I received one from the bank that administrates a credit card I use most often for online transactions. In this case, the caller identi-fied the name of the bank and provided his own, then said that I had made a pur-chase that had been flag-ged for security purposes. Would I provide my credit card number to confirm that I had indeed made the purchase? When I refused to provide the information

the caller was unfazed, and then offered an alterna-tive. Provide my mailing address and birthdate. Her demeanor on the phone was calm and co-operative, and she was happy to pro-vide a phone number that I could call back on. I did so, then provided the informa-tion requested. I was then asked if I had indeed made a hotel reservation in the U.S. through a website. I had indeed. OK, then, we are approving the trans-action. My hotel reserva-tion worked as planned.

Last week I got a call from the same bank. This one referred to the previ-ous issue, then said that the security department wanted to confirm that I had made another charge to my account, this one for tickets on Southwest

Airlines. I had, only 10 minutes earlier. The trans-action was approved and the caller recommended that when I was on my trip out of the country I could avoid any questions about my card use by calling the number on my credit card and informing them of the dates I would be travelling. Debit card providers often recommend the same prac-tice.

I like the idea that my credit card provider is aware of unusual trans-actions that could indi-cate that my card or the information on it had been stolen.

But how to know when these things are scams? It’s not always easy. But legit-imate callers will always provide you with a way to confirm their validity and easiest is to get a callback number. Banks don’t use email to contact their customers about account issues. Your “grandson” should be able to answer personal questions that would confirm his identity. Microsoft does not call you to let you know you have a problem with your com-puter. No legitimate busi-ness asks you to click on a link or to download infor-mation without giving you

information about why you should do so.

The easiest way to find if something is a scam is to Google for more informa-tion. Just type in some key-words, hit enter and chan-ces are you will find sources explaining the scam. Snopes.com is another good source. It keeps an updated list of what are urban legends, scams and legitimate enterprises, and provides sources for its information.

The best advice I can give, though, is one of my own personal guide-lines when I am faced with unusual information: “Don’t just do something, stand there.” Don’t feel compelled to overreact or respond to demands or requests immediately. Ask for information about how to reconnect with the call-er. Close the email without clicking on anything. Take some time to think about the requests, ask friends or family members, maybe even give the police a call. Protect yourself by not simply believing what you hear or read. Don’t be the next sad story I report in the police news.

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got harsh and extreme. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked the anti-immigration movement in her New Year speech, saying its leaders have “preju-dice, coldness, even hatred in their hearts.”

The “anti-Islam-isation” protests all across Germany on Monday fizzled out in the end. 18,000 people showed up at one rally in Dresden, where the weekly pro-tests by the Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West (Pegida) began last October, but that hardly counted because there are few Muslims – indeed few immigrants of any sort – in Dresden.

A n t i - i m m i g r a n t sentiment in Western countries is always highest where there are few or no immi-grants. In big German cities like Hamburg, Berlin and Stuttgart that do have large immigrant popula-tions, the counter-demonstrators out-numbered the Pegida protesters ten-to-one. But the debate is not over.

Germany is taking in more immigrants that ever before: some 600,000 this year. That’s not an intoler-able number for a country of 82 million,

but it does mean that if current trends per-sist, the number of foreign-born residents will almost double to 15 million in just ten years. That will take some getting used to – and there’s another thing. A high propor-tion of the new arriv-als in Germany are Muslim refugees.

Two-thirds of those 600,000 newcomers in 2014 were people from other countries of the European Union where work is scarce or living standards are lower. They have the legal right to come under EU rules, and there’s really nothing Germany can do about it. Besides, few of the EU immigrants are Muslims.

The other 200,000, however, are almost all refugees who are seeking asylum in Germany. The number has almost doubled in the past year, and will certainly grow even larger this year. And the great majority of the asylum-seekers are Muslims.

This is not a Muslim

plot to colonize Europe. It’s just that a large majority of the refugees in the world are Muslims. At least three-quarters of the world’s larger wars are civil wars in Muslim countries like Syria (by far the biggest source of new refugees), Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya.

Many of these refugees end up in other predominantly Muslim countries (like Lebanon, where between a quarter and a third of the popu-lation is now Syrian refugees.) But Europe is relatively close, and a much better place to be if you can get there: each asylum-seeker who is accepted by Germany gets free accommodation, food, medical care and clothing. Adults also get $160 a month. Moreover, if they make it to Europe, the war cannot follow them.

Every country has an obligation to accept and protect legitim-ate refugees seek-ing asylum, but in practice some dodge their responsibilities. Last year the United Kingdom, which has 65 million people, accepted less than half as many refugees as Sweden, which has 10 million people. But even the best-inten-tioned countries, like Germany, are starting to show the strain.

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mock the fears of Germany’s “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West”- only 5 percent of Germany’s popula-tion is Muslim.

But 9 percent of the children born in Germany in recent years have Muslim parents because of the higher birth rates of Middle Eastern immi-grants.

If the current wave of asylum-seekers con-tinues – and there is no particular reason to believe that the Syrian civil war will end soon – then Germany will add another two mil-lion Muslim immi-grants to its popula-tion in the next dec-ade. And they too will have higher birth rates than the locals.

With its cur-rent asylum policy, Germany could be 10 percent Muslim ten years from now. You might reasonably ask: what’s wrong with having a 10 percent Muslim population? But it’s hard to think of a Muslim country that would welcome the relatively sudden arrival of a 10 percent Christian minority with equanimity.

And special thanks to the Islamist thugs who committed the massacre at “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris on Wednesday for mak-ing it even harder for Europeans to see the difference between

terrorist fanatics and ordinary Muslims. Most Europeans still try to see things in proportion and not judge all Muslims by the acts of a few, but they are failing more frequently. People are people, and their toler-ance has limits.

Even in Sweden, the most heroic-ally open country in Europe, where they are expecting more than 100,000 asylum applications this year,

former prime minis-ter Fredrik Reinfeldt said just before last September’s election: “I’m now pleading with the Swedish people to have patience, to open your hearts, to see people in high distress whose lives are being threatened. Show them that openness, show them tolerance.”

Once more, the Swedes did that. The mainstream parties, all of which share that vision of Sweden, have

formed a coalition government that is pledged not to slam the gates shut on asylum-seekers. But the anti-immigration party, the Sweden Democrats, more than doubled its vote and became the third-largest party. Even in Sweden, time is running out on tol-erance.

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An editorial from the Hamilton SpectatorIt’s never nice to watch someone’s fall from

grace, even if that someone is Julian Fantino, who has done little to earn compassion and empathy.

That’s not to say Fantino didn’t need to go from the veterans affair portfolio. The depart-ment of defence and his ministry have so badly poisoned the relationship between the Harper government, veterans, families and current mil-itary personnel, something had to change. But what does his ouster really mean?

It means team Harper is in full-throttle elec-

tion mode. Trying to salvage veterans’ affairs and meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne after months of ignoring her meeting requests are both signs that the government is already campaigning. The Conservatives need vets and they need Ontario.

What Fantino’s demise is not is a substan-tive change to how the government deals with military personnel including vets. When govern-ment policy changes to reflect and honour the sacred trust between it, veterans and the military in general, then we’ll see if Harper and friends mean business.

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It is with great sadness that we tell you of Pat’s sudden passing at home on Sunday 4th of Jan 2015.Pat was born in Burr Oak, Kansas in the summer of ’42 to Wilber and Maxine Clemons. She graduated from White

Rock High School in Mankato, Kansas class of 1960 and had been able to stay connected to friends, family and class

mates with many trips back for Memorial Day and high school reunions (16 kids in the class).

Pat was predeceased by her folks Wilber & Maxine, infant daughter Melony Lynn, brothers Jerry (Carol) and Bill (Dorothy) and sister Leanne as well as son-in-law Sandro Guercio. Pat is survived by her loving husband of 40 years Vern, son Tim in Kansas City, Kansas, daughters Carla in Quesnel, Kristina (Paul) in Kamloops, Sherri (Randy), and Tambi (Tom) from Trail, sister Linda in Boise, Idaho and brother Barry (Jenny) in Seattle, Wash., 11 grandkids and 4 special great-grandkids, as well as nu-merous nieces, nephews, cousins and life friends both here and around the country.Pat and Vern met quite by chance in Spokane, Wash. 18 Mar 1971 and “THAT WAS IT”. They were married on the 8th of June 1974 in the outdoor chapel at Tweeds-mere scout camp in Fruitvale to the sound of Gordon’s bagpipes and the delight of gathered family and friends. Pat had trained as an LPN in Spokane and worked at Sacred Heart in Spokane as well as the Colville hospital. After she and Vern were married she worked at Woolco in Trail and later with Vern at Parslow Lock & Safe. Smart and with a good measure of “Clemons Kansas stubborn” she was able to do most anything she put her mind to, a fabulous cook, talented cross stitcher, “best wife” and SUPER MOM. With Vern in the local militia unit and with kids in the Army Cadet movement it was only natural for Pat to get involved, she spent several years as a commissioned offi cer on the cadet instructor list completing her Captain qualifying course 19 March 1977.Pat was always a Believer but was led to the Lord in the fall of 1985 by Pastors Dave and Beth GOFF while she and Vern were attending a couples retreat, put on by the Fruitvale church Dave and Beth were pastoring, several months later pastor Dave (former scrum half and Vern’s teammate with the Trail Colonials rugby club) baptized both Pat and Vern. Pat’s life centered on the kids and grandkids and they were without a doubt her great-est joy and proudest accomplishment.Pat and Vern loved to travel together, poke around in antique shops, and spend time at the family cabin on the Arrow lakes in Shields and hold hands together.After some signifi cant medical issues Pat suffered a massive stroke in July 2012 and spent the next 5 months in hospital both here in Trail as well as Kelowna. Pat’s recovery while not complete was due in large part to the heroic efforts of Pat’s doctor Jennifer Cochran and Robin Sofanoff the head nurse on medical fl oor at the Trail hospital who worked hard to provide all the medical support available to get her home. THANK YOU!I want to acknowledge with great humility the debt we feel as a family to Dr. Susan Benzer, Dr. Jennifer Cochran, Dr. Mike and the whole emerg dept. team who bailed us out so many times over the last 6 years Pat had been ill, as well as everyone on 2nd fl oor surgical, and 3rd fl oor medical, from the cleaners, porters, lab staff, kitchen team and all the nursing teams who treated Pat with such care and compassion. You have truly BLESSED us both, THANK YOU.A celebration of Pat’s life will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Branch #11 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Trail, BC. at 11:00 am. Pastor and friend Brian Henry of the Fruitvale Christian Fellowship will handle the service followed by a luncheon provided by the ladies from the church. Interment and grave side service at the Moun-tain View cemetery will then take place for any who wish to attend. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.As an expression of sympathy donations can be made in Pat’s name to the Kootenay Boundary Hospital Foundation at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online to www.kbrhhealthfoundation.caYou are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

It is with great sadness that we tell you of Pat’s sudden passing at home on Sunday 4th of Jan 2015.Pat was born in Burr Oak, Kansas in the summer of ’42 to Wilber and Maxine Clemons. She graduated from White

Rock High School in Mankato, Kansas class of 1960 and had been able to stay connected to friends, family and class

mates with many trips back for Memorial Day and high school reunions (16 kids in the class).

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The man hailed

as a hero for stopping an attack on Parliament Hill has been named Canadian ambassador to Ireland.

But in characteristic fash-ion, Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers remains humble about the appointment.

The 58-year-old is cred-ited with killing a man who’d stormed into Centre Block in October after killing a soldier at the National War Memorial.

The next day, Vickers was greeted by an impromptu honour guard of MPs and Parliament Hill staff as he led the daily procession back into the House of Commons, where he was given a lengthy standing ovation.

He’s since gone on to be honoured by world leaders and the international media.

Vickers has never spoken at length about the day.

In a statement, he said he is sad to leave his colleagues and friends on Parliament Hill.

“As a Canadian with family on both sides hailing from

Ireland, there could be no greater honour,” he said of his appointment.

“I am humbled by the invi-tation to serve my country in this way.”

Vickers is an Irish-Canadian from New Brunswick who had a lengthy career in the RCMP before joining the House of Commons security staff in 2005 and becoming sergeant-at-arms in 2006.

“Kevin Vickers has shown profound leadership and dedi-cation to the security of Canada and its national institutions,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement making the announcement Thursday.

“His extensive experience working with Parliament, as well as his bravery and integ-rity, will serve to deepen close bilateral relations between Canada and Ireland in the years ahead.”

NDP Foreign Affairs critic Paul Dewar said Vickers will be missed on Parliament Hill:

“For the last eight years, Mr. Vickers has been a strong and reassuring presence in the

House of Commons. I know that he will continue to rep-resent Canada with poise and honour as a diplomat.”

Vickers will replace Loyola Hearn, a former Conservative MP and cabinet minister who was appointed to the position in 2010.

In his statement, Vickers thanked Canadians for the sup-port they have given him.

“You have my word that I will do my best to represent you in Ireland with pride and dignity.”

The Speaker of the House of Commons said deputy ser-geant-at-arms Pat McDonell will handle security for the time being.

“Kevin Vickers has built a remarkable security team that does us proud each and every day,” Andrew Scheer said in a statement.

“He has forged personal con-nections with many parliamen-tarians, and so while this news is welcomed as an excellent recognition of his skills and abilities, we are somewhat sad to see him leave.”

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Over $46,000 was raised for Critical Care at the 2014 Snowflake Gala. Scotiabank employees Heather McWhirter (left) and Sarah Mcauley (right) present a $5,000 cheque to Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation through their company match program. Thank you to all who supported the Snowflake Gala!

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Elvis

Presley fans have gathered at Graceland in sub-freezing temperatures to celebrate what would have been the late sing-er’s 80th birthday.

Priscilla Presley, who was married to the rock ‘n’ roll

icon, and their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, joined fans from around the world for a cake-cutting ceremony Thursday outside Graceland, Elvis’ long-time Memphis home. They also sang “Happy Birthday” in 15-degree weather.

Priscilla and Lisa Marie

Presley thanked fans for brav-ing the cold weather and keep-ing the singer’s legacy alive.

Elvis Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He moved to Memphis with his parents at age 13.

He died Aug. 16, 1977 in Memphis at age 42.

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The Trail Lions Club presented donations of $500 to each of the three local food banks. Funds were raised through the club's annual food raffle of gift certificates. (Left to right Lion Denzil Cooke, Edith Pitman, Anglican Church, Cindy Dunstan, United Church, Linda Radtke, Salvation Army/Kate's Kitchen and Lion Wayne Richards.

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We all know that smoking is bad for you.

Tobacco kills more people than alcohol and all other illegal drugs combined. Given it’s promin-ence as a major killer and the fact that 70 per cent of smokers say they want to quit smoking in the next six months, why is it that so many people struggle to stay smoke free?

Well, in many ways the healthy choice isn’t always an easy choice. Unlike other addictive drugs, tobacco can be easily accessed at every corner store and it is used openly in many out-door public spaces.

Often people who are trying to quit using an addictive drug find that exercise (such as a brisk walk) and participating in activities with friends can help dramatically. However, some smokers find that these tasks are more challenging than they initially thought.

Triggers and temptation can be everywhere and that makes it harder to quit. Plotting out a walking path might mean trying to avoid passing by stores that sell tobacco or public places where

smoking is permitted. Even going to the local hockey game or visit-

ing a hospital or community clinic might mean having to walk through a wall of smoke to get into the building.

Smoking is everywhere and that can be very challenging for people who are trying to quit. Treating tobacco like other addictive drugs can reduce the number of people dying from its use. Research has shown that smoke free environ-ments and bylaws help smokers quit. They also send a clear message that we take addiction seriously.

Our communities can play an important role in helping smokers quit and live healthier and longer lives by adopting smoke free bylaws and promoting smoke free environments for resi-dents.

To learn more about smoke free environ-ments visit: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Documents/Smoke%20Free%20Bylaws%20Factsheet.pdf.

Jeff Conners is a tobacco reduction coordin-ator with Interior Health.

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An ailing Beaver Valley Nitehawks team heads into the weekend with two important div-ision games, travelling to Spokane to face the Braves on Friday before returning home to host the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Saturday.

The 24-9-1-4 Hawks have lost just once in 11 games but illness and injury has taken it’s toll on the Neil Murdoch division leaders.

Top scoring defenceman Andrew Miller and one of their most dynamic forwards, Jace Weegar, are out indefinitely with injuries, and a good portion of the team has been afflicted with illness over the holidays.

“We had a whole bunch of guys sick, so we’ve been practicing with less four guys every night and hopefully we got it through our team now and we’ll be healthy for the weekend here,” said Nitehawk coach and GM Terry Jones.

Miller, who has nine goals and 23 points in 37 games, is expected back in a month, but Weegar’s status remains uncertain, and with the trade deadline looming on Jan. 10 and the finalized roster date set for Feb. 10, the Hawks may be compelled to make a move.

“I think what what we’re going to do is stand pat with out roster, but if Jace over the next few days, before the deadline, you know if we have some idea (of his injury status), we might go after another forward,” said Jones. “But we’re happy with our roster, we’re happy with the guys, they are working hard. We hadn’t any intentions of making any big moves, but just with the injuries it’s something to consider.”

The Hawks beat the Braves 6-5 in overtime on Sunday, and if the standings stay as they are, the Nitehawks would face the fourth-place Spokane Braves (19-16-0-4) in the first-round of the playoffs, but Jones doesn’t expect the Braves, who are just four points back of Castlegar (21-14-1-3), to remain there for long.

“They are a good team, and they’ve given us as much trouble as anybody so I won’t be sur-prised if they move up in the standings.”

The Hawks will play the last-place Bruins in three of their next four games, and while Grand Forks has not won in 18 games, Jones says the Hawks aren’t about to take them lightly.

“The players last night talked about having an approach to really being prepared and ready and really working on our game over the next bit of time and make sure we don’t overlook anybody.”

With the trade deadline imminent, the end of the season is not that far away for the Nitehawks, who have just 14 games remain-ing and their final game scheduled for Feb. 15. Going down the stretch five points up on the Nelson Leafs (21-10-2-4), the Nitehawks will look to refine their game in preparation of another lengthy playoff run.

“Honestly, we think we have a chance to be successful, so everything we’ve been working on we have to fine tune,” said Jones. “The fine details of our game are the things that will carry us. I think that’s what we are going to do is really fine tune our faceoff play, our neutral zone play and our power play and special teams . . . Losing Miller hurts us and losing Weegar hurts us. We lose two guys that are on our power play unit so we’ve got some adjustments to make there.”

Puck drop against Grand Forks goes at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Beaver Valley Arena.

B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor

The hockey Gods have not been kind to the Trail Smoke Eaters of late, as another point was ripped from their clutches in a last minute 3-2 loss to Salmon Arm on Wednesday.

The victory over Trail was the Salmon Arm Silverbacks sixth win in a row, which included a 3-0 shutout over league-leading Penticton Vees on Saturday and a 7-1 drubbing of West Kelowna Warriors last Friday. Silverback forward Bryden Marsh provided the heroics when he redirected a Riley Booth point shot past Smoke Eater goalie Brett Clark with 1:48 to play in regulation for the 3-2 victory at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm.

The goal spoiled a solid performance from Clark who faced 40 shots. The win puts the Silverbacks (16-13-3-5) just two points behind the Merritt Centennials for the final playoff spot in the Interior division.

“We competed, I mean I can’t be disappointed at all with our effort,” said Trail Smoke Eater coach and GM Nick Deschenes. “We had a lead going into the third, we got the goaltending we need-ed, we were playing with an edge, and we were battling.”

After a scoreless first per-iod, Trail jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal from Bryan Basilico scoring his ninth of the season with assists to Jeremy Lucchini and Harlan Orr. Craig Martin, in his first game back since suffering a lower body injury against Coquitlam Nov. 15, put the Smokies up 2-0 when he tipped in a Robert Johnson shot, but the Smokies couldn’t hold the lead as the

Silverbacks struck for three straight goals to hand Trail its fourth loss in a row.

“They definitely took momentum over in the last half of the game and I thought we could have done a better job managing that . . . You have to control your fate a little bit better, wheth-er the first minute of the game or the last minute of the game, you really have to have the same intensity and approach.”

Marsh started the come-back at 13:55 of the middle frame when he beat Clark to draw the Silverbacks with-in one. Then after Johnson

was called for tripping, the Silverbacks Carson Bolduc would score at 7:24 of the third period with one second remaining on the power play to tie it at two.

The Smokies had a chance to go ahead when Salmon Arm’s Phil Middleton took a holding penalty with seven minutes remaining but the power play couldn’t get one by Zach Dyment or score in the final 108 seconds when Clark was pulled for an extra attacker.

Despite the loss, it was a good bounce back game for the Smokies after being overwhelmed by Vernon on

the weekend in a 6-4 loss. But the Silverback victory may have been the dagger in the Smokies playoff hopes as they now sit 12 points back of Salmon Arm and 14 points out of the fourth-and-final playoff spot.

“It’s probably more dis-appointing because we really need these wins. We’re not in the middle of the pack, where we can afford these. Things have to go our way. But until you’re mathematically out, I mean any team above us can slump and we can do the opposite because we really are in all these games”

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Trail Smoke Eater forward Craig Martin returned from injury, scoring in a 3-2 loss against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Wednesday at Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm.

By Jim BaileyTimes Sports Editor

The Jan. 10 roster dead-line looms large for the Trail Smoke Eaters whose playoff hopes are waning after four-straight losses and one win in 14 games.

Being all but out of the playoff picture, and eight-of-nine committed Smoke Eater players set to move onto NCAA teams next year, the Smokies provide fertile ground for teams looking to make a concerted run in the playoffs.

“We are in a position where you can say we do have a few assets, and there has been interest from various teams in the B.C. league and the Alberta league,” said Trail GM and coach Nick Deschenes.

Unfortunately, Trail’s top and more experienced players like Charlie Zuccarini, Jake Lucchini, Ryan Swanson, Scott Davidson, Craig Martin, and Bryan Basilico and goalies Adam Todd and Brett Clark, may be on the block.

Deschenes does not relish the position his team is in, but will likely give an older player the opportunity to be part of a playoff run if a deal is appropriate.

“It’s one of those things where if you’re selling a home you are not going to sell it to the first buyer. If you have two or three willing to make an offer, you have to wait it out a little bit and hear who is going to come to the table with the best offer. You know players try to put the puck in

the net and we’re trying to build the best team.”

As of Thursday afternoon, no Smoke Eater trades were reported. However, Merritt traded the rights of Montrose native Luke Bertolucci to Alberni for 19-year-old for-ward Zak Bowles. Bertolucci plays for the WHL Edmonton Oil Kings.

According to the BCHL, the Jan. 10 date is a release deadline; no players can be released after Jan. 10. However, up to Feb. 1, avail-able players can be added by BCHL teams if there is room on the roster. Each BCHL team must get their rosters down to a maximum of 22 carded players by Jan. 10. and a minimum of 20 carded play-ers.

The absolute deadline for inter-league trades (i.e. BCHL to AJHL) is 6 p.m. PT on Jan. 10 while the absolute deadline for trades within the BCHL is 8 p.m.

Trail has 21 players on their roster after releasing Paulsen Lautard who returned home for personal reasons, and will suit up with the Summerland Steam of the KIJHL.

“We’re looking but noth-ing has transpired,” said Deschenes. “We are in the position we are in and just like the top teams, everyone is looking to get better.

“We are turning over a lot of players (next year), and that’s going to leave a lot of opportunity, and we want to be competitive . . . Everything is still to be determined.”

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matches, Trail carried three leads into the third period, and were tied with Vernon with five minutes left in the game, but could not manage a point. For the Smokies the compete factor is there, but the results are elusive.

“I think we are really close,” said Trail assistant captain Jake Lucchini. “We’re losing one goal games, and two goal games which is tough but hopefully we’ll overcome those soon.”

The Smoke Eaters play the Alberni Valley Bulldogs tonight before heading to Merritt to take on the Centennials on Saturday. Alberni (18-13-1-3) is holding down the fourth playoff spot in the Island div-ision two points back of Victoria, and beat the Smoke Eaters 5-3 in Trail’s trip to the Island Oct. 11.

“They played us extremely well.” said Deschenes. “I think they play a little differ-ent at home than on the road. We’ve got a lot bigger ice surface and I think we’ll be sure to take advantage of that and be com-fortable back at home. The last time at home

we got a win so hope-fully we can bring the same excitement and energy to the building . . . then we’ll have a chance to redeem our-selves against Merritt on Saturday in another huge four-point game.”

Face off is at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Cominco Arena.

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with great quarter-backs who all own Super Bowl rings, the four NFL teams host-ing playoff games this weekend have a little something else on their side: an extra-ordinary home-field edge.

Seattle has the racket of Century Link, Green Bay the mys-tique of icy Lambeau. Denver’s mile-high altitude and NASCAR offence benefit the Broncos. And the Patriots appreciate the biting winds and bit-ter cold of foreboding Foxborough, where that hoodie sure comes in handy.

The four host teams are a combined 30-2 at home this season; each is at least a touch-down favourite in the divisional round.

In the last decade,

only two other sea-sons, 2005 and 2011, featured collective rec-ords that good among the four hosts who sat out wild-card weekend, according to STATS.

Interestingly, in neither of those posts-easons did any of the four win it all. Sixth-seeded Pittsburgh won in ‘05 and the Giants won as a fourth seed to close out 2011.

This year’s four-some includes the Broncos and Packers with perfect home rec-ords, but not the top seed, so the road to the Super Bowl might not even go through Denver or Green Bay.

Seattle’s lone home loss was a 30-23 hic-cup against Dallas during the champs’ early-season stum-ble. The other defeat was a giveaway: New England’s 19-7 loss to Buffalo in the season

finale with the No. 1 seed already secured by the Patriots.

“Unnerving,” is how Richard Sherman describes the sound in Seattle, which can get so loud that the Seahawks’ defence has to find creative ways to make checks and calls.

Panthers tight end Greg Olsen played at Seattle with the Bears a few years ago and left with his ears ring-ing. He said he expects an even louder sta-dium Saturday night: “Playoff game, coming off a Super Bowl, I can only imagine.”

Denver quit being such an intimidating place to play after John Elway retired with two rings. It’s a big deal again since Manning’s arrival in 2012.

“Our fans have been great ... I think they cause problems for other teams,” Manning said, echo-ing sentiments in Massachusetts, Washington and Wisconsin. “Players just feed off that energy when you’re playing at home. I think it makes a big difference.”

Throw in the no-huddle and the lung-searing altitude and you can see why the Broncos are 24-3 at home with Manning, including 17-1 over the last two seasons.

“Playing up-tempo and then the altitude out here can really give

a defence fits,” said C.J. Anderson, who knows it’s working when defensive line-men interlock their knuckles behind their head, heaving between snaps.

Indy defensive end Cory Redding argued the altitude effect is “all in your head,” add-ing: “it’s a bunch of uh, stuff.” But Colts coach Chuck Pagano knows better. He grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and played at Wyoming, which is about 2,000 feet high-er than Denver. So he knows how the thin air can affect teams. Still, he decided against fly-ing into Colorado a day early.

“Yeah, we mulled it over, but we figured sticking with the rou-tine and having a nor-mal week was better,” he said.

One of Denver’s three home losses under Manning came in the playoffs two years ago when Joe Flacco heaved a tying 70-yard rainbow to Jacoby Jones in the final minute of regu-lation. Flacco’s seven road playoff wins are the most in NFL his-tory and includes two triumphs at Gillette Stadium, plus a 23-20 loss in which Billy Cundiff missed a short field goal at the end.

Flacco doesn’t get all the fuss over the home field.

“It’s tough to tell people why you’re not intimidated,” Flacco said. “I think it’s kind of funny that people would be intimidated at any point in any game against anybody. It’s just not in our nature. We’ve played in a lot of big football

games and this is no (different).”

So the Ravens will, as usual, swagger into their opponent’s sta-dium Saturday.

“I look around all the time at the crowd when you first come out of the tunnel,” Ravens receiver Torrey

Smith said. “I like the boos. I like to see all of what’s going on, see what kind of tradition they have. . . You would love to be home. But playing away, just the challenge of trying to quiet down the crowd is something that you love as a competitor.”

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B y C h r i s s t e d i l eCastlegar News

The City of Castlegar and CUPE Local 2262 have offi-cially come to an agreement over strike issues and signed a new six-year deal, ending the strike.

Consistent issues had been around since before August 2014,

and while an overtime ban was launched mid-August, full-fledged strike action was not taken until November 8. The strike was the first of its kind in Castlegar in more than 60 years.

The new agree-ment is retroactive to February 2013 and includes a 10.3

per cent total wage increase over six years. Specifically it provides a 35 cent-per-hour increase for the first year fol-lowed by annual wage increases.

It also includes a 15 hour per month cap on city paid time for union investiga-tion and settling of

union grievances, improved benefits, an expedited grievance review process.

As well, the two parties have agreed to take action on out-standing grievances and participation in a BC Labour Relations Board sponsored rela-tionship enhance-ment program.

Job security lan-

guage as recom-mended originally by the mediator in November was placed into a Letter of Understanding to the Collective Agreement.

Mayor Lawrence

Chernoff said, “I thank council for its resolve in achiev-ing a deal that is fair and respectful to the employees and to the residents and busi-nesses of Castlegar.”

“We’re happy to have our workers back, especially in light of the recent weather. We recognize that this has been dif-ficult on our employ-ees, citizens and busi-ness community. I am pleased that council kept in view the best interests of our com-munity over other considerations,” he added.

Chernoff con-tinued, “I can tell you, there were some personal attacks that I wasn’t happy about, but that’s not what I’m looking at now, we’re looking to move forward into the future. It’s always a learning experience. It took more time than anyone thought it would but it was

handled fair and hon-estly and at the end I think we came out with an equitable con-tract for our employ-ees.”

CUPE Local 2262 president Leford Lafayette said union members are looking forward to getting back to work keeping Castlegar city servi-ces running safely and smoothly.

At Monday’s city council meeting Chris Barlow, Director of Transportation and Civic Works said workers were out at 3 a.m. plowing and salting the roads and will continue to do so to make driving safer for everyone in Castlegar.

CUPE 2262 mem-bers do a wide range of jobs including keeping roads and sidewalks clear, main-taining public parks and outdoor rinks, the water treatment plant and services for the public at city hall.

“We’re happy to have our

workers back, especially in light of the

recent weather.”

Lawrence


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“The people who sat in dark-ness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned” (Matt. 4:16; Isa. 9:2).

St. Matthew tells us today that when Jesus returned to Galilee and dwelt in Capernaum, he ful� lled the prophecy of Isaiah that “the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea ... Galilee of the Gentiles--the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned” (Matt. 4:15-16). This area of Galilee was the ancient region of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, about whom Isaiah had prophesied that they would see a great light. Jesus ful� lled this prophecy because he was this great light. He was the light of

God incarnate on earth as a man to manifest this light to us and to illuminate all who believe in him.

“In him was life, and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). “The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world” (John 1:9). The divine light itself became man and dwelt among us for our illumina-tion. He came to forgive our sins that darken our heart and sadden our spirit; and even very small sins can do this to us. He came to cure us of this suffering, to save us from this darkness and sadness, and to illuminate our hearts with his own light. Indeed, in Jesus Christ “the Dayspring from on high has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace” (Luke 1:78-79 NKJV).

“A holy day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations and adore the Lord. For

today a great light has come upon the earth” (Entrance Antiphon). This is what hap-pened in the incarnation of God on earth to save us from our sins. This is the salvation that dissipates the darkness that covers our spirit because of our sins, and that removes from us the guilt that sad-dens our spirit. Christ came to save us from this; that is, from our sins.

The angel told Joseph in a dream that Mary “will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Jesus does this by his death on the cross (1 Cor. 15:3), where he himself bore our sins (1 Pet. 2:24) and suffered their just punishment (Gal. 3:13) instead of us (Rom. 8:3-4) so that those who believe in him might experience relief from the depression caused by their sins.

This relief takes place par-ticularly in the sacrament of

reconciliation (Matt. 18:18; John 20:22-23) that restores peace and light to our heart, when we have lost them by sinning, even in small things. Thus Jesus Christ is our advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1), interceding for us (Rom. 8:34; Heb. 7:25; 9:24), being the propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2).

Thus Jesus Christ is the great light that shines for us who were sitting in the region of the shadow of death because of our sins. If from now on we follow him, we will walk in his light, and no longer in darkness (John 8:12). But if we fall into sin again and the consequent sadness, he will be there for us to save and il-luminate us, when we repent and confess our sin, invoking the merits of his death on the cross.

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T h e C a n a d i a n P r e s sVATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has celebrated

a Mass in memory of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, decrying the “human cruelty’’ that people are capable of.

Francis asked for prayers for the victims at the start of Mass and said “we also ask for those who are cruel so that the Lord may change their heart.’’

Francis also sent a one-line tweet from his bPontifex handle: #PrayersforParis.

The Vatican has sought to mend relations with Islam that were initially strained under Pope Benedict XVI. Francis has a long history of pro-moting interfaith dialogue.

During Thursday’s Mass, Francis said: ``The attack yesterday in Paris makes us think about so much cruelty – human cruelty. ... Let us pray, in this Mass, for the victims of this cruelty.’’

T h e C a n a d i a n P r e s sVATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ upcoming

trip to Sri Lanka and the Philippines is shaping up as an all-English affair.

The Argentine pope plans to deliver all 11 speeches and homilies in English in a major break from his Italian and occasional Spanish norm.

Francis tried out his English a few times during his pilgrimage to South Korea last summer. The Vatican said at the time that the try-out was such a success _ Francis even managed to crack jokes off-the-cuff in English _ that he would use it more during his second Asian foray.

Francis arrives in Sri Lanka Jan. 13 for a two-day visit heavy on calls for reconciliation after the country’s quarter-century civil war. He then flies to the Philippines on Jan. 15 to visit the region hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan. He returns to Rome Jan. 19.

Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday that five separate open-air popemobiles would be used during the trip. Francis has eschewed the covered, bullet-proof popemobiles that his predecessors used overseas in favour of open-topped vehicles that he can easily get down from to greet the crowds.

While Francis isn’t expected to make any major overtures to China during his trip, he will once again fly through Chinese airspace, giving him the opportunity of sending a new greeting to President Xi Jinping. Vatican proto-col calls for such telegrams of greeting for each country the pope flies over.

Francis sent an initial telegram to Xi on Aug. 14 when he flew through Chinese airspace en route to South Korea. It represented a new step in the Vatican’s delicate diplomatic dance with China, which severed relations with the Holy See in 1951 when the Communists took over. Beijing had refused to let St. John Paul II’s plane fly overhead when he last visited the Far East in 1989.

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Dear Annie: My parents are getting divorced after 22 years of marriage, and it seems to be strongly affecting my mother in a terribly negative way.

Mom has told me that she has contem-plated suicide twice Once, she even held my brother’s gun to her head. Everyone in the family, including my grandmother, my aunts and even my boyfriend, thinks Mom needs counseling.

So how do I suggest it without making her think I’m calling her “crazy”? And another problem is the cost. Mom may refuse to go because it’s too expen-sive. Do you have any suggestions that may help? -- Concerned Daughter

Dear Daughter: All mentions of suicide should be taken seri-ously. You are right that your mother could ben-efit from professional help, and it doesn’t need to be expensive. Tell her you are worried about

her and it might help if she talks to someone about her feelings.

Free and low-cost help is available through local churches, gradu-ate school counseling departments, medi-cal school psychology departments, United Way, the YMCA, the YWCA, The Samaritan Institute (samarita-ninstitute.org), NAMI (nami.org) and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (sui-cidepreventionhotline.org), and through sup-port groups such as the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalliance.org) and Recovery International (lowselfhelpsystems.org). Do a little research

on her behalf and make a suggestion, includ-ing a website or phone number, so she can get the help she needs. You could even offer to go with her.

Dear Annie: We recently hired a young woman at our busi-ness. Like many other 20-somethings, she doesn’t understand per-sonal boundaries. May I use your column to give her some advice?

Dear Miss New Hire: Welcome to our com-pany. You got the job over five other highly qualified candidates, which means you are both smart and lucky, but you still have a lot to learn. If you work hard here, you can go far.

Let me tell you a couple of secrets: You are no longer in college. Standards may have changed, but it is still not acceptable to bring all of your problems into the office and discuss them at length. Twenty minutes complaining about your roommate is

excessive. So is another 20 minutes on your boy-friend’s ex, your sister’s drinking, your mother’s bodily functions and who you slept with last night. Not only are you wasting time, but you are disturbing others. And they will repeat everything you say to everyone they know -- including your boss.

You would be so much better off asking questions and learning the workflow and the purpose of procedures. You are the only one who can make your career path a good one. Start now. Look down the road to where you want to be. If your path continues as it is, I give you six months here. -- W.A.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) People in authority will be impressed with your sugges-tions today, especially if they relate to cutting costs and making improvements. Not to worry, because you see ways to do this! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Someone might con-vince you of his or her way of thinking regarding poli-tics, religion or racial issues

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Hip with hip-hop stars and seniors tooWhen Chrysler resurrected the 300 nameplate (originally sold from the mid 50s until the late 70s) back in 2005, it was met with the kind of enthusiasm of which automakers can only dream.Hip-hop stars all the way to seniors chose the car with aggressive exterior styling and full-size dimensions. In fact, the 2005 Chrysler 300 wasn’t just a sales hit — it won more awards than any other vehicle to date. When Chrysler updated the car for 2011, the intention was to make the car less “brutal” looking, making it more ele-gant and sophisticated. This was achieved by opening up the glass area for better outward visibility and minimizing the bold front grille. Now, for 2015, Chrysler is retracing its choices and going back to a blunt look again.LooksThe people who drove the 2005 model welcomed some of the changes made in 2011. The glass area was improved by 15 per cent and the top of the front window was raised, making it easier to see traffic lights. This has not been adjusted for 2015; the revisions are kept to the front and rear of the 300. The most noticeable update is the return of a big, bold grille, which is 30 per cent bigger than the aggressive grille found on the 2005 model. The way it is integrated is more polished, thanks to three distinct grille inserts depending on the trim level. The S trim (seen above) receives more black trim, not just on the grille, but also the side window trim and smoked 20-inch alloy wheels. This car has some of the attitude of the Dodge Charger in a slightly more upscale package. Other refinements include LED lighting for daytime running lights, rear tail lamps and available LED fog lights. The rear bumper has been raised slightly to make it look less heavy and integrated exhaust tips help refine the look.

Inside It is amazing to see how much has changed inside a modern sedan in the past 10 years. When the 2005 Chrysler 300 was introduced, the company was still addicted to hard, cheap looking plas-tic. Today, the 300 is fitted with upscale materials and the latest infotainment. The changes for 2015 include a new in-strument cluster display that is bold and bright. My preference would be to have the ability to dial down the brightness of the glowing instrument rings during the day, something that can be adjusted at night when the headlamps are on. The award winning 8.4-inch uConnect infotainment screen is standard on all trim levels and it is a snap to learn. Also included now, on all models, is the rotary transmission controller, something that becomes second nature after a few days of use. The rest of the interior is tailored depending on the trim. The sportier S

model is covered in black with bold white stitching. It is the top Platinum models that get the opulent diamond stitching in the seats, a two-tone leather steering wheel and open grain wood accents.Drive The reason for the standard transmission controller is the standard 8-speed automatic transmission for both V6 and V8 equipped cars. The base engine is the same 3.6L V6 with 292hp. The optional 363hp Hemi V8 is a powerful upgrade but this car is no longer available with all wheel drive (AWD), this is something previous V8 owners didn’t choose in great numbers, so it was dropped. The 300 is now available with a sport setting for the transmission, engine management and steering feel, taking advantage of computer algorithms to extract the most out of the car’s strong engines. Unlike the sportier Dodge Charger, there is not an adjustable

suspension but the S model does run on 20-inch wheels and tires making it feel very connected to the road. This will not be the choice of traditional luxury buyers; they will like the more upscale 300C for grand touring.VerdictStarting at $37,395 and maxing out at $45,295 for an AWD platinum V6 model, there are many trims to choose (V8 equipped cars run roughly $2,000 more). The base is the value leader, the S is the sporty model, with standard 20-inch wheels, and the 300C Platinum is the one featuring the opulent interior. Chrysler believes that the S model will be the volume leader thanks to the aggressive black trim and chunky wheels. This is a surprise because the Dodge Charger is based on the same platform and has the whole “bad boy” attitude in spades, something the 300 looks to be mimicking. The top Platinum would be my choice because it’s interior is so different from the Dodge, something that truly separates the two cars plus it has all the latest safety features including the autonomous braking system when a crash is detected. Much has changed in 10 years for the 300 but the same goodness that was in the 2005 model is still here; it is the refinement that makes this a modern sedan.The LowdownPower: 2.4L 185hp or 2.0L Turbo with 245hpFill-up: 9.8L/6.7L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $23,999-$34,799

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‘‘Much has changed in 10 years for the 300, but the same goodness that was in the 2005 model is still here; it is the refinement that makes this a modern sedan.’’Zack Spencer

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By IAN HARWOOD

If you leave your vehicle with your tools or valuables in it for just a moment and you might as well advertise free equipment for the taking.At job sites, fences have to be erected to keep people out and many end up hiring security guards so crooks can’t get at the valuable building products at night.Despite the level of awareness for the need for tighter security at building sites,

too often it doesn’t extend to the vehicles used to transport the valuable equipment and materials.I have seen trucks and vans with upwards of $50,000 worth of equipment lying on the floor without any real security.People that drive open bed pickup trucks have a real challenge when it comes to security.You can buy a canopy and secure it that way, but sometimes you need to carry large and unusual shape objects and the

rear gate of most canopies are not de-signed to be left open while driving.There are a few ways you can solve this problem. One way is to install a permanent toolbox that mounts to the rails of your truck box, and has either two lids or one large lid that opens from either side or back to front. These toolboxes are avail-able in plastic, steel, and aluminum.I recommend steel or aluminum, which will cost you between $550 and $850. This type of toolbox works well for people that

carry smaller amount of tools and supplies around.If you transport larger amounts of these items, then I suggest a job-site box, which is a large container that can be left at a job site. They are very secure and come in a variety of sizes.Van drivers can outfit their vehicles with shelving units down one or both sides. These also come in differing sizes and con

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www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™

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770 Tennyson Avenue, Warfi eld$235,000

Warfi eld Charmer! This 3 bedroom home offers lots of space and main fl oor laundry. Central air-conditioning and electric fi replace add to

comfort. Great parking with paved driveway and double carport. Low maintenance exterior with vinyl siding, steel roof, low maintenance yard.

Quick possession possible.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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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

425 8th Avenue, Montrose$329,000

Extremely quiet location with privacy.Beautifully upgraded including,

kitchen, living room, dining room, familyroom, 2 full baths, 3 bdrms and than

800 sq ft of decks! Double carport andheated work shop!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

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

1894 Mountain Street, Fruitvale$60,000

Prime 66x105 building lot in Fruitvale alongside newer homes. Nearly fl at,

excellent mountain views, serviced and ready to go. Excellent value here!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

55 Hazelwood Drive, Trail$179,000

Sunningdale market for excellent price. Very clean, great fenced yard,

detached garage, 3 bdrm 1 bath. Quick possession available.Call Terry 250-231-1101

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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

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804 Redstone Drive, Rossland$369,000

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

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8327 Highway 3B, Trail $469,000

Move into this stunning home and be sit by the fabulous custom-designed

inground pool this summer! Fantastic package includes Brazilian Cherry

Hardwood fl oors, pleasing fl oor plan and lots of space. 3 bdrms, 3.5 baths and 2 gas fi replaces all on 1/3 of an acre. Call

for your personal viewing. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

#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

1823 Kootenay Ave, Rossland $180,000

Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable home situated

on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden. 2 bdrms and a full walk-out basement. Plenty of parking for all the

toys. Bright and sunny Call Christine (250) 512-7653

3590 Aster Drive, Trail$350,000

One-owner custom built home. This home is a classic, with interesting architecture, quality construction and prime location. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, large rec room, workshop

and lots of great storage. The roof is brand new, central air-conditioning, u/g

sprinkling. On nearly 1/3 of an acre at the end of a cul-de-sac.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

B y A r n e P e t r y s h e nCranbrook Townsman

Five B.C. mountains made The Active Times’ list of the 50 Best Ski Resorts for 2014-2015 in North America.

Four of those five mountains are in relatively close proximity for Kootenay skiers including Red Mountain Resort.

With more than 600 ski areas all over the continent Active Times used available statistics, industry lists and expert opin-ions to narrow the list down to

103. They then asked skiers and snowboarders to vote on those 103 resorts to get to the top 50 resorts for the 2014-2015 season.

Red Mountain Resort took the #31 place. The Rossland-based resort boasts 4,200 acres of skiable terrain and last year put a lift to a whole new peak, adding another 1,000 acres. The resort offers 890 metres of ver-tical descent and receives 7.6 metres of annual snowfall.

Fernie Alpine Resort took

#39. The list noted that Fernie was chosen as it attracts many different levels of skiers and snowboarders to the wide var-iety of trails they can chose from. The clearly marked runs make it no problem for new-comers to find their way around.

Revelstoke Mountain took the #22 place. Revelstoke has the longest vertical descent of any resort in North America at 1,713 metres. It is also the only resort in the world to offer a centralized hub that includes

gondola, cat-skiing and heli-skiing infrastructure.

Big White came in at #18 on the list. It is the third largest ski hill in B.C. and the highest summit in the Okanagan. The resort has 2,765 acres of ski terrain, with 38 acres of night time skiing. It also has some of the highest snow records in the region. The village also offers ski-in, ski-out accom-modations.

Whistler Blackcomb took the top of the list. The Active Times

noted that the popularity helped in the decision, as did the two side-by-side mountains that give the resort the most skiable acres on the continent, with 8,172 acres. The mountains offer vertical drops, 16 alpine bowls, more than 200 marked trails and six terrain parks. The resort also receives on average 11.74 metres of snow a year.

For the full list, check out The Active Times‘ 50 Best Ski Resorts for 2014-2015 in North America.

Red Mountain listed among top-50 resorts in North America

trail daily times, january 09, 2015

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