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A large turnout at the final School District 20 board meeting forced the board to answer some tough questions and change the venue to accom-modate the vocal crowd.

Over 25 SD20 teachers and parents were on hand Monday at the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre in Trail, hoping to have their questions answered and thoughts heard.

One of the main points of contention at the meeting was the board's lack of an appearance of support for striking teachers.

At the meeting, Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay-Columbia Teachers' Union, wanted to know why it took so long for the board and senior management of the district to show outward sup-port for the teachers currently engaged in legal job action.

“We appreciate [the letter] on the board's agenda,” he said, addressing the board. “What we cannot appreciate is that it took unbelievable pressure on this board by the public, the teach-ers, and everyone else for the board to even look at writing a letter. We honestly believe this is an afterthought that this board has taken this long to do this. We appreciate that you have finally arrived at a place where the letter is important, but not saying that we didn't have the time to write a letter is a little frustrating for us to hear.”

The details of the letter, drafted in the moments before the meeting commenced, will address the concerns the SD20 school board has with a lack of bargaining, what the trustees sitting on the board would need from the provincial government – namely more funding – and asks the different groups involved to restart face-to-face bargaining, appoint a mediator for future talks and keep the bargaining out of the media.

Sasha Lesonen, a Teacher Teaching On Call, wanted to know when the letter was going to be sent out and expressed a need for more open com-munication between the board and the teachers in the district.

“I would hope that moving forward that this board would send their letter in a timely manner and make an effort to come to the schools and find out what is happening,” she said during the question and answer period of the evening meet-ing. “I know the summer has just started, but I want to see more communication happen and open communication be a key in this issue.

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

The investigation into the murder of a well known Rossland resident one month ago continues, although police remain tight lipped about any new leads.

Thomas Feeney, 75, was found deceased in his home June 5, following what Mounties have said is a violent homicide during robbery.

The status of the investigation is active and ongoing, said Cst. Kris Clark

from the Southeast District RCMP, add-ing that an experienced Major Crime team remains dedicated to the case and all resources are currently in place.

While he couldn’t speak to specifics regarding possible suspects at this point, the constable did confirm that police continue to explore other break and enters in the area that could be linked to the crime.

Rossland and Greater Trail continue to be safe communities, noted Clark,

referencing the June 9 press conference when Supt. Tim Head from the Kelowna detachment said the police are commit-ted to identifying and holding the indi-vidual or individuals responsible.

“I would like to be able to provide you with further information that might allay the public’s fears in regards to this case,” he continued.

“But I am simply unable to at this time.”

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FROM PAGE 1“Since this is the last meeting

before the summer happens and you aren’t meeting again until September, when is that letter going to go out?”

Darrell Ganzert, chair trustee of the board, assured the crowd of con-cerned teachers, a final draft of the letter would be sent to the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, the Minister of Education and the British Columbia Teachers College by the end of this week.

Many in the crowd were won-dering why the board and upper management made the decision to take away the teachers’ keys to all school buildings at the start of the job action and, as Davidoff pointed out, was the only school board he knew of that had chosen to take that action calling the move, “highly demoralizing, unprecedented and disrespectful.”

The question was directed to Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools, to answer.

“This was a decision made by me,” he said. “[The keys were taken] due to the uncertainty of the length of the strike. The last time [there was a strike], it was three days. There was a start date and a legis-lated end date. There was no debate on how long it was going to go for. This time, it is open ended. We have no CUPE support staff members cleaning buildings or to respond to issues in an emergency. We needed to minimize access to the build-ings.”

It seemed Davidoff was not satis-fied with the answer he received.

“Some of our members have been a part of this school board for over 40 years,” he responded. “Nobody can ever remember getting their keys taken away over past job actions, long term medical leaves or for any reason whatsoever except when someone retires or leaves the district. So, I won’t ask again. I will comment. This was incredibly demoralizing and incredibly disre-spectful.”

Ten per cent pay cuts were also on the minds of teachers attending the board meeting and Cindy Fry, a teacher in SD20, says the cuts were hurtful.

“You are my employer and that is a relationship I take very seriously,” she said to the panel of trustees. “I just completed my 30th year of teaching in this district. I have held up my part of that relationship and to have my pay cut by 10 per cent by you? I started work on the 15th of August this year. I worked for 50 hours before students even arrived.

That’s typical. I didn’t hear a word from any of you to protest what was done to me with my pay cut. It was very very hurtful.”

As a way of explanation, Luterbach says the cuts were done to make sure there were no issues in the future with having to dial back pay that would have already been paid out.

“We looked at the situation and we were careful not to over-pay people and have to claw back,” he said. “At that time, it was the reality. Choices were made. People were not working either on rotating strikes and then on an anticipated full withdrawal of service, we paid people accordingly to what they had worked as of that day.”

J.L. Crowe teacher Terry Jones wanted to know what the board was going to do about their lack of funding and buildings that were falling apart.

“Look at [J.L. Crowe],” he said. “It is a brand new school, only five years old and our lawns are ridicu-lous. Stuff is breaking down. These are just examples of underfunding. What has this board done over the last three years about underfund-ing? Why are we fighting the fight? We elect you to represent us and to represent students and I am not see-ing it. I am not seeing it from you guys. None of you visited us on the picket line. It’s disheartening and disrespectful. What have you done and what can you do? I don’t mind fighting the fight for our students but I do wonder why we are the only ones who are.”

After applause form the crowd for Jones’ comments died down, Ganzert responded.

“It is inaccurate to portray the board as doing nothing,” he said. “The board has continually written to the ministry asking for increased funding for education. We have sent motions to our AGM on that basis. Eighty to 90 per cent of the motions at the AGM are on increased fund-ing. It may not be what you wished for but it is not correct to say that we have done nothing.”

Ganzert agreed with Jones about the state of schools in the district and says the current condition of the buildings comes from decisions on funding cuts they can’t avoid.

“You are absolutely right,” he said. “When kids enter a school that is well maintained, their academic standards increase. We have made a conscious decision that when we are faced with cuts, to make those cuts as far away from the classroom as possible and sadly, that is our build-ings. It is a reality that we face.”

Board to send letter to Minister of Education

FROM PAGE 1Cause of death is being with-

held pending the course of a future trial, however prelimin-ary findings from the ongoing investigation led investigators to believe that this was a ran-dom incident or a crime of opportunity against Mr Feeney.

Five firearms were missing from the residence includ-

ing one described as a unique weapon with an octagon-shaped barrel and distinctive firing mechanism; an LCD tele-vision and 45 calibre ammuni-tion reloading equipment.

Police have posted detailed information and images on the provincial RCMP website in hopes of connecting these items with a suspect.

The late Feeney was born and raised in Rossland. He was a father, grandfather and great grandfather who loved to hunt and fish and enjoy the outdoors. His family immigrated from Ireland and made Rossland and its surrounding area their home for generations.

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B Y B A R R Y C O U L T E RCranbrook TownsmanKimberley’s conver-

sation about backyard chickens has been put on hold, after a deci-sion by Kimberley Council last week to

not amend the bylaws to allow urban poultry.

In November, 2013, Council received infor-mation and petitions from a local resident calling for regulation of backyard chickens

in the community. At that time, Council directed City staff to research the issue and present options for Council’s considera-tion at a future meet-ing.

Mayor Ron McRae said that at the meet-ing on Monday, June 23, there were two choices put before Council.

“One was that we further engage the community in looking at the amendments to the bylaw that would in fact allow backyard chickens,” he said. “The other option was to not proceed with looking at amend-ments. So in effect, no,

we would not entertain amending the bylaw to allow backyard chick-ens.

“The second option was the way the Council chose to go — to not proceed any further to amending the bylaw, and moving on to looking at some-thing else.”

McRae said that the basis of the deci-sion was the potential that introducing back-yard chickens had of attracting wildlife.

“Staff did a good amount of research,” he said. “We did get feedback from the public, both positive and negative. And real-ly, the bottom line was

it really didn’t make sense to introduce another attractant into the community that presents a con-flict situation with respect to wildlife — specifically bears.”

We are in the pro-cess of minimizing as many attractants as we can,” McRae added. “We just recently have taken down on city property a number of fruit trees that were attractants for bears.

“So at this point in time it didn’t make sense to introduce something that had the potential to bring more wildlife into the community.”

B Y T O M F L E T C H E RBlack Press

The B.C. government is raising speed limits around southern B.C., including a new 120 km/h limit on three remote stretches of divided four-lane highway.

The new maximum applies to the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Kamloops, the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) from Aspen Grove to Peachland and Highway 19 from Parksville to Campbell River. The Coquihalla sections get new 120 km/h signs this week, and more changes will roll out this summer as sign crews put up new limits.

In all, 35 sections of rural provin-cial highway totalling 1,300 are getting higher speed limits.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said limits are being raised where traffic studies show the vast majority of traffic is already going faster than the posted limit.

A pilot project will test variable speed limits depending on volume and weather conditions. Digital signs that can display different limits will be tested on sections of the Trans-Canada, Coquihalla and Sea-to-Sky highways.

The Sea-to-Sky Highway gets an increase from 80 to 90 km/h from

Horseshoe Bay to Squamish. Other increases are 80 to 100 km/h on Highway 3 from Manning Park West to Allison Pass, 90 to 100 km/h from Revelstoke to Golden and 100 to 110 km/h on Highway 97C from Merritt to Aspen Grove.

In northern B.C., 52 per cent of people taking part in public consultation did not support speed limit increases,

and that region will not see changes. All other regions had support, the highest in the Lower Mainland at 81 per cent.

RCMP opposed increasing speed lim-its on rural highways. ICBC representa-tives also expressed safety concerns, and will monitor areas with higher limits to see if the severity of crashes increases.

Ministry statistics show the number of serious crashes on provincial high-ways has decreased 28 per cent since 2003, from a combination of improved vehicle technology, driver education and enforcement.

The ministry accepted recommen-dations from RCMP representatives to improve signs that encourage slower traffic to move to right lanes, and to clarify winter tire rules. The ministry is changing regulations to make tires with an “M&S” (mud and snow) symbol as well as those with a “mountain snow-flake” (winter) symbol acceptable for roads requiring winter tires.

New designs for wildlife warning signs, including lighted signs for high incident areas, are being installed.

An updated sign reminding drivers to “Keep Right, Let Others Pass” is being installed, after people around the province expressed frustration about the slow vehicles in passing lanes.

B Y J O E F R I E SPenticton Western News

Two electric car charging stations in Penticton that cost taxpayers at least $8,000 were used just eight times in their first year, although proponents insist the payoff will come later.

Okanagan College flipped the switch on the stations in April 2013.

Each unit cost $5,000, with three-quar-ters covered by the B.C. government’s $2.7 million Community Charging Infrastructure Fund and the balance by the school.

The eight charging sessions lasted a total of 21 hours and four minutes, according to data supplied by the college.

Another eight stations installed at three other campuses were also infrequently used, but a spokeswoman for the school said it expected to be ahead of the curve on electric cars.

“We’ve seen this with other initiatives that we’ve undertaken, when we start maybe a little bit earlier than the general trends among the population, then people catch up,” said Christine Ulmer.

According to ICBC, there were 662 elec-tric cars insured in B.C. in 2013, but just 27 of them in the Southern Interior, includ-ing one in Penticton that belongs to Lance Johnston.

He purchased a high-end Tesla last year for “over six figures,” and said it has a range of about 400 kilometres that can be travelled with only $8 worth of electricity.

The financial advisor paid $2,000 to have a charging station installed at his house, so he only uses public facilities while travel-ling out of town. He said units like those at Okanagan College are underpowered and inconveniently located.

“They’re just there for a pinch if you can waste two hours and get a 30-, 50-kilometre range just to get home,” said Johnston. “It should be at a hotel, or where people can do other things. It should be in a public spot. You can’t go and park at the college and do anything. It’s the right idea; it’s the wrong place.”

But a spokesman for the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association said there needs to be a critical mass of public charging sta-tions before the cars gain more widespread acceptance.

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New speed limit signs go up on a por-tion of the Okanagan Connector. The Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt also goes to 120 km/h, as does Highway 19 from Parksville to Campbell River.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - The recent arrival of a family

in a Calgary neighbourhood has surrounding homeowners worried, especially since the newcomers have claws, fangs and attitude.

Two adult bobcats and their three kittens have made a home under the steps of a vacant house in the southwest Oakridge neighbour-hood.

No one seemed to know about them until a neighbour’s dog was attacked on the week-end, but managed to escape serious injury.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife is trying to contact the owner of the property, but area resident Sherri Nadeau says they’re unsure about disturbing the bobcats in case their young are harmed.

Nadeau also says until something is done, she’s worried about neighbourhood children and is keeping a close watch on her own dog.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Monday’s byelections gave Justin

Trudeau’s Liberals plenty to smile about: they bested their NDP rivals in one key Toronto riding, beat back a Conservative challenge in another and even delivered a strong showing in the heart of oilsands country.

Liberal super-star Adam Vaughan defeated New Democrat hopeful Joe Cressy in Trinity-Spadina, long a New Democrat riding once held by Olivia Chow, widow of beloved former NDP leader Jack Layton.

Further east in Scarborough-Agincourt, Arnold Chan, a lawyer and former political aide at the Ontario legislature, managed to keep the riding in the Liberal fold, beating elementary school teacher and Conservative candidate Trevor Ellis.

And in the northern Alberta riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca, ground zero in the oil-sands debate, Liberal Kyle Harrietha had some 34 per cent of the vote even as he went down to defeat at the hands of Tory candidate David Yurdiga.

“The results of these byelections have prov-en that our message is reaching and engaging Canadians,” Trudeau said in a statement.

“Liberals’ results and significant gains make clear that Albertans in particular will not be taken for granted. Voters have shown us that they believe that every Canadian deserves a real and fair chance at success.”

Only in the southern Alberta riding of Macleod were the Liberals not a factor: former journalist John Barlow cruised to victory with about 69 per cent of the vote, well clear of Liberal rival Dustin Fuller.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SHALIFAX - Environment Canada is warn-

ing that tropical storm Arthur could impact Atlantic Canada this weekend.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the storm is expected to intensify as it moves northeastward up the East Coast of the United States this week.

The forecaster says the storm will likely bring heavy rain to the region this weekend if its track remains offshore.

But it says it’s too early to rule out a direct impact.

The centre says it will be monitoring the storm closely, as most computer models pre-dict Arthur will develop into a hurricane.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SWater sloshes

around Jace Brown’s waist as he walks through his farm-yard in the far south-eastern corner of Saskatchewan, near the village of Carievale.

Brown’s land was submerged when a deluge of rain over the weekend caused widespread flooding in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba.

“We’re surrounded here,” Brown said Wednesday. “We got a lot of stuff flooded out.”

He said he thinks communities cut through roads to ease flooding north of his land and that sent water south.

“It just pushed it all in here so fast that the bridge south of here couldn’t take it.”

Everything is

under water except his house, which was saved because people in the community ral-lied to build a sandbag wall.

Carievale, popula-tion 250, was one of two Saskatchewan communities that remained cut off Wednesday. Access was also lost to the vil-lage of Gainsborough, population 300. People in both commun-ities had been urged to leave earlier in the week.

Colin King, Saskatchewan’s dep-uty commissioner of emergency manage-ment, said roads to Gainsborough were “totally impassable,” but that was only part of the problem.

“As well, many, many, many of the homes there were severely impacted with overland flood-ing. There would be basements with a lot of water in them. There could be sew-

age backup,” King said Wednesday.

Emergency offi-cials warned water levels were still rising in many areas of the southeast.

Flooding was still a threat to the hospi-tal in Melville, Sask., about 145 kilometres northwest of Regina. A rising creek behind the facility led to a full-scale evacua-tion Tuesday of more than 150 acute-care patients and long-term residents.

Patrick Boyle with the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency said there will be “significant peaks” in water systems as the flood moves down-stream, especially in the Lower Qu’Appelle River watershed, which extends from Regina to the Manitoba bound-ary.

“We’re very con-cerned about Round and Crooked Lakes in the Qu’Appelle system,” said Boyle.

“These lakes are ris-ing and we should see the peaks moving through over the next few days.”

Nearly 90 municipalities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba have declared states of emergency.

The Saskatchewan government estimated that more than 300 people were out of their homes in that province, while in Manitoba high water had forced some 500 people to flee.

M a n i t o b a Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton said at least 17 streams and rivers in his prov-ince were at historic levels. He said the province is using every flood-fighting tool available, including the Red River Floodway which diverts water around Winnipeg.

He noted the weath-er forecast is calling for hot, dry weather which will help the flood-fighting effort. The Assiniboine River was to continue rising, but permanent dikes are expected to protect the City of Brandon, he said.

S a s k a t c h e w a n Premier Brad Wall

was scheduled to tour the hardest hit areas Wednesday.

He said earlier that early estimates show the “unprecedented rainstorm and flood-ing” could cost more than the 2011 flood because it’s so wide-spread. That flood cost the province $360 mil-lion.

Brown said his cat-tle appear to be safe because they’re on a higher section of pas-ture. But it’s hard to tell how much of his crop is under water because he can’t get to at least half of it. Some land is under three metres of water. A river on his property that could normally be crossed by wearing rubber boots is now more than a 1/12 kilo-metres wide.

“The rivers down here are back the way God made them, like they’re back full, they’re back to the top. There’s no sloping grasslands, there’s no grazing on the river,” said Brown.

“They’re starting to drop, but it was quite the sight to see, that was boy. Nobody’s ever seen that, probably never will again.”

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SWINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is giving the green light to the

construction of a new $6 billion northern hydro dam.Conservation Minister Gord Mackintosh said Wednesday the NDP is

granting the Keeyask generating station an environmental licence despite the opposition of Manitoba’s Metis.

The licence is the strictest of its kind with 165 conditions attached, he said. The conditions include protecting lake sturgeon, caribou, wetlands and establishing mercury monitoring programs.

“We want to go further to protect the environment as we build Manitoba’s future,” Mackintosh said in a release.

The Manitoba Metis Federation has accused the government of running rough-shod over its rights in its haste to build the project.

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OPINION

Opposition to pipelines an attack on social programs

Every day in Canada some 100,000 kilometres of pipe-lines carry three

million barrels of oil to domestic and export mar-kets.

Yet in the midst of pub-licity campaigns by pro-ponents and opponents, most Canadians lack a broader perspective from which to measure the risk/reward balance of this cru-cial oil export conduit.

And even though con-troversy over the safe-ty of oil pipelines has coalesced around the Northern Gateway project, its advanced technology would place it among the safest ever to be built in the world.

At tidewater in Prince Rupert, the crude would be transferred into tank-ers for shipment to Asian markets. Opponents have campaigned to convince wary British Columbians that a tanker disaster is “inevitable”. Here again, perspective is important.

Each day, more than 2,000 oil tankers transport 60 million barrels to global markets. Tanker safety has improved dramatically since the infamous Exxon Valdez disaster. Industry statistics show that while

global oil shipments have almost doubled, the fre-quency of significant spills has dropped from an aver-age of nine per year in the 1980’s to just two per year in the 2010-13 period. The average size of spills has also dropped dramatically, to less than one tenth the size of the Exxon Valdez. This vastly improved rec-ord has come despite the fact the global fleet still includes large numbers of single-hulled tankers, many of which are decades old.

By contrast, Northern Gateway tankers will be double-hulled employing the latest construction and safety technology. A study by researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University concluded that spillage volume from acci-dents involving double hulled tankers averaged 60 per cent less than single hulled tankers of the same size.

The bottom line is that Northern Gateway’s tank-ers will be among the safest in the global oil tanker fleet and having them tethered to powerful tugboats while traversing Douglas Channel further reduces spillage risk to a miniscule level.

After a dozen years of planning, consultation and regulatory hearings costing over half a billion dollars, Northern Gateway has finally received condi-tional approval from the federal government. But opponents remain deter-mined to stop it.

Unfortunately, few Canadians understand how much the final result will impact them person-ally. Energy exports con-tributed some $64 bil-lion to Canada’s balance of payments last year, while non-energy exports continued their decade-long decline to a nega-tive $73 billion. And now that Ontario has misman-aged itself into “have-not” status under the federal equalization program, the four oil and gas producing

provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador) have become the sole contributors to the $15 billion in 2013-14 fiscal year equalization payments.

These payments pro-vide vital support to social programs in provinces representing more than 70 per cent of Canada’s population. In addition, the industry pays over $20 billion per year in taxes and other levies directly into the coffers of the fed-eral and provincial govern-ments.

Annual capital invest-ment of some $55 billion flows to manufacturers and contractors from coast to coast, making the oil and gas industry a major job creator, employing more than half a million Canadians.

A good news story indeed, but now those economic benefits are ser-iously threatened by lack of access to vital Asian growth markets. This lack of access has already pro-vided a huge transfer of wealth from Canadians to Americans who have been able to buy our oil for bil-lions of dollars less than its international value. And

American politicization of the Keystone XL proposal makes it crystal clear that we can no longer depend upon the U.S. as our sole buyer.

Given that the indus-try supports balance of payments, equalization grants, tax revenues and capital spending total-ling some $160 billion per year, one would think the new export infra-structure needed to sus-tain this wealth genera-tion would garner support from coast to coast. Yet even if Enbridge manages to convince the National Energy Board that it has satisfied its 209 approval conditions, there’s a very real chance that opponents will stop the project.

This would not only be an economic tragedy for our country, but also a sig-nal that Canadian resource companies can no long-er count on due process under the laws of the land. The implications of that to our national prosper-ity would be even more destructive than the loss of Northern Gateway.

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

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Companies rarely com-plain when you under-estimate their political donations, particularly

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Which is why – if you have to make that error – the last group in the world you would want to do it to is the Trial Lawyers A s s o c i a t i o n of Brit ish Columbia. Or is that the Trial Lawyers Association of BC?

B e c a u s e according to the database at Elections B.C., the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia has given $34,820 to the B.C. Liberals and zilch to the NDP, while the Trial Lawyers Association of BC has donated $18,875 to the NDP and zilch to the Liberals.

To further complicate mat-ters, donations from the one do not appear with the results of donations from the other, even though they’re both the same association. And to top it all off the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. (with per-iods) hasn’t given anything to any political party.

Then, of course, there’s the “Trial Lawyers Ass’n of BC” which gave $890 to the NDP and the “Trial Lawyers Assn of BC” that gave a further $1,900 to the NDP.

And none of the donations from those last two forms of the association’s name appear among the results for “Trial Lawyers Association of BC,” the other one ending in “British Columbia” or “Trial Lawyers Association.”

Therein lies the problem with the database at Elections B.C. Exact it is not.

It’s more akin to a treas-ure hunt where every possible permeation of a company or association’s name must be considered and sometimes conjured up from variations no one may have thought of before just to get what might approximate accurate results.

For instance, since 2005, the New Car Dealers Association of B.C. has donat-ed all of $1,000 and every cent

of it to Kevin Falcon’s 2011 Liberal leader-ship campaign. The “New Car Dealers A s s o c i a t i o n of BC” (no periods) has donated a little over $1 million.

D o n a t i o n s from the “New Car Dealers A s s o c i a t i o n ”

ring in at $1.12 million and amazingly all 120 of the dona-tions from – guess who – the “New Car Dealers Association of BC.”

But perhaps you’re curious and want to determine how much car dealers across the province have given to polit-ical parties over and above the benevolence of their industry association.

Covering all conceivable automobile manufacturer bases, you do a search for ‘Kia’ and among the 12 results is Cigar Connoisseurs which gave $500 to the Liberals.

Why would Cigar Connoisseurs show up among results for a search on Kia? Because Kiarash Kalhor is the owner. Get it? Kia...rash. Naturally, 0939090 B.C. LTD shows up as well, because Malkiat Sandhu is one of its principal officers, as in Mal-kia-t.

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Corporation has never made a political contribution in B.C., but Great Pacific Capital Corp has given $283,130.

Search Jimmy Pattison, who owns Great Pacific, and there are no results. But search Jim Pattison and $346,740 in donations appear from various companies where he’s listed as the prin-cipal officer.

FleishmanHillard (how the company actually spells its name on its website) hasn’t given a penny. Nor has Fleishman Hillard, Fleishman and Hillard or Fleishman & Hillard. But Fleishman-Hillard – with a hyphen – has donated $6,625.

Search ‘Markin’ and you’ll find that Allan Paul Markin has given $220,000 to the Liberals. Search Allan Markin and you’ll learn that through two – or maybe it’s three – dif-ferent numbered companies in Alberta he’s donated another $240,000 to the Liberals, but no hide nor hair of that Allan Paul Markin character, even though they’re the same per-son.

Part of the fault with the Elections B.C. database rests with the political parties and how they enter and supply data, part with donors who sometimes opt to use slightly varied corporate names for donations to different parties, but the bulk of it lies with the database itself.

When a search of Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia doesn’t turn up any donations from the Trial Lawyers Association of BC, but a search of Kia turns up a donation from Cigar Connoisseurs it might be time to call tech support.

Hint: suggest they look at the stemming or the lemma-tisation algorithm.

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celebrating its 100th anniversary with a year-long, country-wide tour and Greater Trail is hoping to be one of the stops along the way.

Hockey Canada announced the launch of the Century Tour that will see a 20 ,000-square- foot interactive hockey experience caravan visiting approximate-ly 100 communities across Canada.

“Our goal really as an organization is to engage communities as much as possible and be in communities that are really strong hockey communities, and also some areas that maybe don’t have as much history in the game, that we can influence and leave some legacy there for some growth in the community,” Dean McIntosh, director of events and projects for Hockey Canada, told the Trail Times.

The Century Tour will make two swings through B.C. starting with Kamloops dur-ing the Four-Nations Cup, which brings the world’s top four women’s hockey teams to the Okanagan from Nov. 4-8, and then again in May. However, where the tour will stop and what route it will travel has yet to be determined, says McIntosh.

“Certainly we have a strong affiliation with Trail from a national team perspective and club teams repre-senting us internation-ally from Trail, but also from a hosting per-spective as we’ve been there for both sledge hockey and the Junior A Challenge so we’re certainly very familiar with the community

and think it will be a fantastic community to go to, to celebrate the game.”

The Century Tour will launch in Ottawa on Canada Day and criss-cross the coun-try, wrapping up at the end of May. Hockey Canada’s goal is to engage more than one million fans over the course of the year.

Fans visiting the Century Tour will be immersed in the excitement, his-tory, and energy that is Canadian hockey, including a state-of-the-art interactive timeline of milestone hockey moments and artifacts, on-ice experi-ences on a one-third scale synthetic ice rink, programs and activities specifically developed for kids, families and newcom-ers to the game, and a celebration of both Team Canada and local community hockey leaders.

“We’re going to be locked and loaded for all of the calendar year of 2014 . . . by Aug. 1, and be able to com-municate through B.C. the communities we’ll be in.”

To date the Century Tour is scheduled to visit Brossard, Que., Calgary, Edmonton, Kamloops, Kenora, Kitchener, Montreal, Ottawa, Red Deer, Russell , Ont. , Sherbrooke, Thunder Bay, and Toronto, and another 90 or so to be named later.

“We’d be silly as an organization not to consider a commun-ity like Trail with the history it has,” added McIntosh.

The CenturyTour will leave a lasting leg-acy in each commun-ity across Canada in celebration of Canada’s Game.

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Junior golfers found themselves in and out of trouble, as Birchbank Golf Club hosts the CN Future Links Western Canadian Junior Golf championship this week, with West Kootenay golfers joining over 80 of Canada’s best junior golfers vying for one-of-six qualifying spots in the Canadian championship.

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Times Sports EditorRossland golfer Tyler McKay took

full advantage of his home course on Wednesday jumping out to an early lead at the the CN Future Links Western Canadian Junior Golf championship at Birchbank Golf Course.

McKay shot a 6-under, 66, on the par-72 Greater Trail course to take a three-shot lead on Vancouver’s Trevor Yu, Surrey’s Khan Lee, Jake Scarrow from Dewdney, and St. Albert’s A.J. Armstrong all at 3-under.

“It’s pretty good, it’s actually my new personal best at this golf course,” said McKay following the first 18 holes of the 54-hole event.

McKay parred the first three holes before birdieing four, seven, and nine to card a 3-under 33 for the front nine. He kept it going on the back nine, birdieing the 500-yard 10th hole, before card-ing his only bogey of the round on 12. He’d par 13 and 14, but the Lindenwood University student ended strong with three birdies on the final four holes to close with another 33.

“I just saw the lines pretty well on the greens today,” said McKay. “I stayed patient, made a few putts. It was one of the best putting rounds I’ve had all year,

so that probably was the putter today.”Other notables include past CN

Links champion Zach Anderson of Nanaimo who finished at 1-over, 73, Noah Luddering of St. Albert, and Cole McKinnon from Surrey at 1-under, and Matt Kadatz of Calgary who shot an even-round 72 on the day.

Armstrong was 4-over after six holes but went on to drop five birdies and an eagle in the final 10 holes, shooting a 30 on the back nine to salvage his 69.

“It’s a very strong field,” said McKay. “They have some great players up from Vancouver and the coastal area, as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan, all the western provinces are well represented.”

As for West Kootenay golfers, Carson Arcuri from Nelson was at plus-six, Rossland’s Braden McKay shot a 7-over, 79, Nelson’s Hannah Southam carded an 80, while Champion Lakes golfers Trevor and Aiden Browell were at 8 and 11-over respectively. Salmo’s Ethan Paton shot a 10-over 82.

Tyler will look to keep it going today and the final round on Friday, as the top-six will qualify for the CN Canadian Junior championships in Niagara Falls, Ont. at the end of the month.

“It was a good round, I just hope I can do it for a couple more days.”

The Birchbank course is in pristine condition for the event, with a deluge of weekend rain making for challenging rough, lush fairways, and soft greens. Players start teeing off at 7:30 a.m.

The CN Future Links program is designed to forge a link between Canada’s youth and golf to ensure the future of the game in Canada. Since the inception of the program in 1996, more than one million young Canadians have taken part in the program. cnfuturelinks.com.

Taylor McKay of Birchbank Golf Club took an early lead at the CN Links Western Junior championship on Wednesday.

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The Trail A’s squeaked by the Trail Mariners 5-3 to win the Trail Youth Baseball Junior champion-ship at Butler Park two weeks ago. The championship team includes back row from left: coach Cory Ross, Colton Miracle, Blake Haines, Derek Green, Tyler Atkinson, Jessi Greening, Brad Ross, and Steve Atkinson coach. Front: Lucas Miracle, Justin Coombes, Evan Gorman, and coach Darren Miracle.

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B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Grand Forks

International Baseball Tournament wrapped up in thrilling fash-ion with the Burnaby Bulldogs staging a dramatic ninth-inning comeback for a 6-5 vic-tory over the Everett Merchants on Monday

at James Donaldson Park in Grand Forks.

The Merchants led throughout the match taking a 5-3 lead into the seventh, before the Bulldogs would score in the bottom half of the inning, narrowing the lead to one.

The score stayed

that way until the bottom of the ninth. Burnaby’s Brendan Gaunt grounded out to short to lead off the ninth, but Colby Rossi singled and James Zamko would double putting the tying run at third and the win-ning run on second. Surprisinly, Tyler Yorko came in as a pinchhitter for centre-fielder Shawn Schaefer who had a double and three RBIs in the game. However, Yorko would deliver taking a two-strike pitch deep to bring home the walk-off winnig runs and the championship for Burnaby.

The Bulldogs picked up $20,000 for their efforts, while second place, Everett, took home $12,000; Seattle Studs and Thurston County Senators rounded out the top four, taking home $5,000 each.

Everett advanced to the final by beating the Seattle Studs 4-2, while Burnaby moved on by defeating the Thurston County Senators 4-2.

Burnaby seizes GFI

THe CaNaDiaN PRessLONDON - First

there was Canada’s Davis Cup semifinal appearance last fall. Next came Eugenie Bouchard’s trip to the final four at the Australian Open early this year.

Now Bouchard is getting ready to play

in her third straight Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and this time she will be joined there by fellow Canadian Milos Raonic. It’s the most significant achievement yet in the country’s rise as a ten-nis power as no two Canadians have ever advanced this far at one

major.“I’m sure that the

outbreak and the response back home is of much more magnitude than any-thing else that’s hap-pened or that’s res-onated,” Raonic said Wednesday after defeating Australian wild card Nick Kyrgios

6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to advance to his first career Grand Slam semifinal.

“I think not only (Bouchard) in the last two Slams, but us doing it at the same time here is bigger than anything we’ve done in Davis Cup, anything we’ve done at Fed Cup. It has a big-ger audience, a bigger meaning, a bigger rec-ognition.”

Bouchard advanced to her third straight major semifinal by defeating Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4. The result is expected to move her into eighth on the WTA rankings list Monday, equalling the Canadian-best rank-ing held by Carling Bassett-Seguso.

“I’m excited to be in the semis. But, of course, I’m never satis-fied, so I definitely want to go a step fur-ther, or as far as I can,” Bouchard said.

Raonic, a 23-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., is in uncharted territory at Wimbledon, hav-ing only reached the second round at three previous appearances at the All England Club.

Bouchard and Raonic have already advanced farther than any Canadian before them at Wimbledon since the Open era started in 1968. Raonic will play seven-time Wimbledon cham-pion Roger Federer, while Bouchard faces Romania’s Simona Halep.

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Dear Annie: I am a 76-year-old man. After 46 years of a happy marriage, my precious wife passed away four years ago.

I live in the coun-try and have become acquainted with several single women around my age who are wid-ows or divorcees and live within a 20-mile radius. I have taken a few of them out to dinner or to a play. They go with me once or twice and won’t go again. They tell me they are too busy with their grandchildren. One said, “We are too different.” Another said she is not in the dat-ing mood. All have told me that I am a real nice guy, and it’s not because of anything I did or said.

I’ve never made inappropriate advances toward these women. I’ve only asked for a little hug because I miss holding my wife. But it seems they do not want to be touched, and two of them told

me that I am expecting too much. I have never indicated that I wanted more than a hug, although I have to admit, in my own mind, I have hoped that after going out a few times, we could go a little farther than that. I’m not looking for a serious relationship. I am just extremely lone-some and would like to have a companion to go places with and be together occasionally.

I’ve never really understood women, so I’m at a loss here. I don’t own a computer, so I cannot try meet-ing women online. Do you have any sugges-tions? Please tell me what I’m doing wrong.

-- Lonesome Okie Dear Lonesome:

We don’t know what you are doing wrong. If you are giving these women the impression that you want physic-al affection, but not a serious relationship, they may not be inter-ested. Asking for hugs on a first date may be too forward, or it may frighten them. We know you are lonely, but please slow down. You might be coming across as too needy, which is not attract-ive. Get to know these women as friends first, and see where it leads. And if you are inter-ested in online dating, your local library can provide a computer.

Dear Annie: My brother’s daughter is getting married this summer. She’s having a huge wedding. All of the nieces, nephews and cousins are invit-ed except our three daughters. My brother said they have to cut somewhere.

Should I just shrug

this off? I told my moth-er that I’m so upset, I’m thinking of never see-ing or speaking to my brother again. Is this a feeling I should be hav-ing? Should I ask my brother what we did to them that they would exclude us in this way? -- Not a Happy Sister

Dear Sister: Generally, it is wise to “cut” along the same family lines, so that, for example, you invite all first cousins or none of them. However, sometimes the bride or groom has a close relationship with some cousins and not others. In such cases, if the guest list is limited, it makes sense to invite those with whom you are closest. Is it pos-sible that your children are especially distant from the bride? Have they had a falling out of which you are unaware? Unless there is a reason, we find this exclusion unnecessar-ily hurtful. We hope you can work through it.

Dear Annie: “Disgusted in N.Y.” said her 85-year-old aunt never had a bath in the six weeks she spent in the hospital. There is evidence not to bathe hospital patients using plastic tubs due to increased infection rates when tubs are not

disinfected sufficiently between uses.

As a result, many hospitals have adopted the use of prepack-aged disposable bath wipes. Often these are warmed and feel good to the patient, and it cleans them. Perhaps the hospital needs to

investigate using these wipes. -- Pennsylvania Nurse

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For Friday, July 4, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Power struggles with authority figures are likely today. This could be your boss, but it’s more likely an authority figure in the fam-ily. Be patient. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re coming on like gangbusters today, so be careful. On the upside, it’s powerful day for those of you who sell, persuade, negotiate, teach or act. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Arguments about pos-sessions or money, or how you earn money might arise today. Because Pluto is in the picture, the more you fight, the more you increase the opposition to you. Stay chill. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Today the Sun in your sign opposes Pluto, which is a strong indication that power struggles between

you others will take place. But do you really want to fight with Darth Vader? LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You are determined to introduce improvements to where you work or your health. However, your determination is relentless. Lighten up! Don’t lose your perspective because you’re obsessed. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might encounter a powerful person in a group situation today. Perhaps you are held under his or her sway, or perhaps you don’t agree with this person. Either way, he or she holds the cards. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is not a good day to oppose parents, bosses, teachers, VIPs or the police. They will be formidable. Back off and wait to negoti-ate another day. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues today because people are obsessed with their ideas. Just cool it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Differences about shared property, taxes, debt, inheri-tances or anything that you own jointly with others could be bitter today. Each party is determined to get their own way. Be cool.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might attract some-one powerful to you today. You might feel overwhelmed by them. Take note: This is a poor day to oppose others. Keep your head down and your powder dry. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your efforts to improve where you work might be thwarted by someone today. Don’t take the bait. Wait for

another time to make your suggestions. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Parents must be patient with their kids today, because everyone is obsessed with their own issues. Children might have tan-trums or hissy fits. Just be patient. You are the adult. YOU BORN TODAY You are naturally generous and giving. This is because you are a caring nurturer. You

value your roots, and you value family. You respect commitments. You are skilled at sensing other people’s situ-ations. This year, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for something new to enter your world. Birthdate of: Hiram Walker, businessman; Elie Saab, fashion designer; Pam Shriver, tennis player/broadcaster.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGWHEREAS Section 890(1) of the Local Government Act requires that a public hearing be held prior to the adoption of a zoning bylaw amendment.TAKE NOTICE, that Council will consider Bylaw No. 715 “Zoning Amendment Bylaw (C1a Zone) 2014” respecting Lots 15 & 16, Block 8, Plan NEP 2352 located at 625 & 635 11th Avenue, Montrose, B.C. A Public Hearing will be held on Monday, July 7, 2014 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Village of Montrose Council Chambers - 565 11th Avenue, Montrose.Th e owner of the subject properties has applied to rezone the property with the intent to construct an addition to the existing single family dwelling on Lot 16 and to construct a garage/workshop on Lot 15. Bylaw No. 715 would amend the current zoning bylaw through the addition of a new zone (Commercial 1a Zone – Mixed Use Commercial) which allows single family dwellings as a permitted use.

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Sunningdale 3bdrm apart-ment for sale or rent, ground fl oor, no steps, private en-trance. Cable & heat incl. Free use of W/D. Available July 1. Walk out to lawn, very private. Call 250-368-3055

TRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for sen-ior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities in-cluded. 250-368-1312.

TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

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Homes for RentGenelle 3 Bdrm House big yard, F/S, W/D, N/S

$1000/mth + utilities + damage deposit, Avail Aug 1st, Call 250-365-3918 or 608-1637

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GLENMERRY, clean 3bd.,n/p,n/s, 4appl. $850./mo. Sen-iors pref.Ref.req.250-368-9493

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Rossland $320,000

Marie-Claude MLS# 2395423

Rossland $119,900

Marie-Claude MLS# 2393618

Rossland $998,000

Marie-Claude MLS# 2398348

Trail $119,000

Marie-Claude MLS# 2393499

Rossland $199,900

Marie-Claude MLS# 2395984

Rossland $59,900

Marie-Claude MLS# 2395154

Warfield $144,900

Nathan MLS# 2395554

Salmo $289,500

Nathan MLS# 2396380

Salmo $169,000

Nathan MLS# 2396385

Warfield $209,000

Rhonda MLS# 2389662

Warfield $189,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393875

Fruitvale $164,900

Rob MLS# 2393806

Fruitvale $399,000

Rob MLS# 2397558

Renata $235,500

Rob MLS# 2215924

Fruitvale $229,500

Rob MLS# 2396677

Trail $135,500

Rob MLS# 2393731

Montrose $158,900

Rob MLS# 2397280

3.7 AcresNew Kitchen &

Move in Ready

New Listing

300 Acres Sub-dividable2 Bdrm Top Floor,

Corner UnitNew Price

House & Acreage

Lots of upgradesIncome Producer

New PriceCompletely Upgraded

5.1 Acres

10 Acres

New Price

New Price

1 bedroom, furnished

Fruitvale$199,000

Rhonda MLS# 2392778

Immaculate

Trail$179,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397878

Fruitvale$259,000

Rhonda MLS# 2398108

HUGE Lot Very Private

Fruitvale$279,000

Rhonda MLS# 2398110

Gorgeous Acreage

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Legal NoticesNOTICE OF DISPOSALName of the Tenant: Jerry Weston Davis, deceased.In the Matter of Part 6 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation B.C. Reg. 481/2003Description of the property to be disposed of: Manufactured Home # 034506, 1975 Bendix Model # LeaderAddress of the Manufactured Home Site: 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0Name and Address of the Landlord: Crockett’s Alamo Mobile Home Park Ltd., 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0

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Terry Alton250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.ca

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

Tonnie Stewart250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.ca

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

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

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

Mary Amantea250-521-0525mamantea@telus.net

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

Deanne Lockhart250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest250-368-8818c21art@telus.net

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

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

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

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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

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HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

3917 Reo Road, Bonnington$299,000

Solid home on .44 acre lot with bright fl oor plan, friendly layout and great views. Situated between Castlegar

and Nelson.Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

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

303 McAnnally Street, Trail$124,900

This is one you’ll want to see! This home has had a full overhaul in the

mid-1990’s. The mechanical, insulation, interior walls, roof and fl ooring were all replaced at that time. The whole

house has been lovingly cared for. See it today!

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

613 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$205,000

This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood fl oors, updated kitchen, and

numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and electrical.

All you have to do is move in and enjoy.

Call Jodi 250-231-2331

#203 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfi eld

$88,9002 bedroom low maintenance condo

beautifully updated and ready to move in. Lovely laminate fl oors, renovated bathroom, new modern kitchen. Exercise facility, and newer laundry on main fl oor of complex.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW PRICENEW PRICE

NEW LISTING

760 Shakespeare Street, Warfi eld

$179,000Beautifully renovated Warfi eld home

including, insulation, drywall, fl ooring, trim, kitchen counters and cupboards, wiring and panel, plumbing, fresh paint inside and out and attic venting. Quick

possession available!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

360 - 2nd Avenue, Rivervale $389,000

Perfection! This gorgeous home built in 2009 has it all, 3 bdrms 4 baths, 9 foot

ceilings, granite counter tops, hard wood, man cave, double garage and so much

more!! All this and situated on a beautifully landscaped, private lot close to all amenities. You must see to believe!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale $117,000

6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great

price. Call today to view.Call Art (250) 368-8818

1912 Hummingbird Drive, Fruitvale

$359,000 Builtin 2008-this 4 bdrm/3 bath home still feels brand new. Vaulted ceilings and lots of sunlight throughout-open

fl oor plan with lovely hardwood fl oors. Double garage and fenced yard. Move

in and enjoy.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

QUICK POSSESSION

AVAILABLE

8327 Highway 3B, Trail $499,000

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

1059 Tamarac Avenue, Trail$350,000

Opportunity knocks! 2 houses and 2 duplexes located downtown. With a few updates, these properties would make excellent rental properties. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1887 Spokane Street, Rossland $167,000

This home has had many upgrades including new fl ooring, windows,

bathroom, paint and front porch. Newer gas furnace and roof. Lots of privacy

on this, .13 acre lot with plenty of trees surrounding it and a large wood deck.

Call your REALTOR® today.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

BRING OFFERS

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

SOLD

212 Haig Street, Warfi eld$219,000

Immaculate 3 bdrm home with workshop and garage. Bright and

sparkling clean. You will enjoy the indoor space as well the private back yard and

peaceful setting. Call your realtor for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

473 Barclay Road, Fruitvale$349,000

Rare fi nd with over 15 acres with creek. Very extensively upgraded, ready to

move in and relax. Large living-room, cozy family room, updated kitchen and 2 bdrm with 3 piece ensuite. Call for

your appt. to view.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

842 Wordsworth Ave, Warfi eld $289,000

Meticulously renovated 2 bedroom home, eat-in kitchen, separate dining room,

spacious living room, several windows to enjoy the beautifully mature landscaped yard. See this one quick before it’s gone.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail $157,900

Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has

had some updates which would make this an excellent home for the family.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

BRING OFFERS

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