Merritt Herald - January 15, 2015

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BREAKING THE ICE Friday was the beginning of eight weeks of skating lessons held by the Nicola Valley Skating Club at the Shulus Arena. The initiative is part of an attempt to re-establish the Nicola Valley Skating Club. The club has 29 people registered for lessons, but can accommodate up to 40. Those wishing to inquire further can call 250-378-0114. Lessons run until March 13 and will start up again in the fall. Michael Potestio/Herald

Demographics in homelessness changingThe numbers from the

2014 homeless count are in, and they show some shifts in the demographics of the people who are living homeless in Merritt.

A total of 18 people identified as absolutely homeless and were surveyed by volunteers during the homeless count in Merritt on Sept. 11, 2014.

Volunteers encountered seven youths living homeless in Merritt: two were unac-companied and five were accompanied by their single mothers.

Two of the identified

homeless people had dogs with them.

ASK Wellness outreach worker Stacy Wormell said in general, the 2014 num-bers show the proportion of homeless women and girls is increasing.

“In previous years, females have always seemed to be underrepresented. This year, it is starting to even out,” Wormell said, noting the gender balance is roughly half and half.

Volunteers also identi-fied eight homeless camps around town.

Camps that were evi-dently not accessed for some time were still counted and recorded as places

people may revisit during the warmer months after spending nights during the winter months at Merritt’s cold weather shelter.

The average age in the homeless population in Merritt typically falls between 40 and 55, and this year came in just under that bracket at 39.

Wormell said 2014 saw the deaths of about six older people with whom the office had regular contact.

However, she said the numbers are concerning given the number of deaths.

The count is run each year by ASK Wellness with the intention of connecting some of the city’s marginal-

ized with available services.Volunteers canvas the

city and ask the homeless people they identify a series of questions, including the reasons why they’re without a place to live.

They also hand out backpacks equipped with blankets, jackets, hygiene packs, first aid kits and water.

Wormell said among the reasons some of the people were homeless were addiction, abuse and family conflict, physical disability, and simply not being able to afford rent.

Wormell said a single person on basic income assistance receives $375 a

month for rent.ASK Wellness has spear-

headed the count since 2009, and has historically used a point-in-time count, wherein volunteers canvass the city on one day and col-lect data through surveys.

Then in 2013, volun-teers took a different direc-tion from ASK Wellness’ Kamloops office and did a “homeless connect.” The connect involved volunteers giving out backpacks with supplies to people who iden-tified as absolutely homeless and letting them know of services, but no data collec-tion.

In 2014, the local agency used a different approach.

Volunteers reverted back to the point-in-time survey, but also surveyed anyone who came into the ASK Wellness office on Granite Avenue and identified as homeless during the month of September.

ASK Wellness Merritt director Bobbi Parkes said using a broader timeframe allowed the society to account for certain fac-tors of homelessness that could affect the numbers from the count day, includ-ing transience given the city’s proximity to highways and simple factors such as weather.

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

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A series of vehicle thefts earlier this week in the Pooley Avenue area has Merritt police asking the public to keep an eye out for suspi-cious activities and report them to the RCMP.

Three trucks, a quad and a trailer were all stolen from vari-ous compounds and businesses in that part of Merritt, Const. Tracy Dunsmore said.

At about 8 a.m. on Jan. 11, police received a report of a stolen pickup truck from Fox Farm Road.

The vehicle was found aban-doned on Bann Street later that day.

The next day at about 7 a.m., police received word that a flat deck trailer was stolen from a property on Pooley Avenue.

RCMP also received a call of the theft of two pickup trucks from another address on Pooley that were said to have been stolen overnight.

One pickup was recovered at

the scene of the stolen flat deck and the second pickup is still out-standing, Dunsmore stated in an email.

RCMP also received a com-plaint that a quad had been stolen earlier that night from a com-pound on McFarlane Way.

Police believe all the thefts are related and are asking members of the public for any information they may have relating to these crimes.

Merritt RCMP continue to respond to numerous thefts from sheds and travel trailers around the city as well.

Residents should check their homes, trailers and sheds to ensure valuables are safely stored and marked, Dunsmore noted via email.

Information on crime can be reported to the RCMP at 250-378-4262 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Rash of theft keeps police busy

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Two hotels looking to set up shop in the Gasoline Alley area of Merritt are inching closer to being built.

The soon-to-be Comfort Inn that will be located next to the Game On pub on De Wolf Way still requires a building permit, planning and development manager Sean O’Flaherty told the Herald.

After the permit is acquired, construction can begin.

The other hotel, which is being built by a different pro-prietor and will be located on Crawford Avenue, still requires a rezoning application to come before city council for approval.

The development

permit for the 4.62-acre property on Crawford Avenue was approved by council back in October sub-ject to approval from the Ministry of Trans-portation, reception of a security bond for landscaping and adoption of the city’s zoning bylaw amend-ment 2179.

O’Flaherty said the city is still wait-ing for this hotel to have a traffic analysis completed and to receive those afore-mentioned permits

from the Ministry of Transportation. The bylaw needs approval from the Ministry of Transportation before council can vote to adopt it.

The city still hasn’t received the bond for landscaping either.

Once the hotel receives approval from the ministry and the city receives the bond, the hotel developer will receive a development permit and can then obtain a building permit, O’Flaherty said.

By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD

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GOOD MORNING!

• Lt.-Gov. sponsors youth environment program

For the second year in a row, the Merritt Centennials were movers and shakers at the nation-wide junior hockey trade deadline, which came and went on January 10.

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Recycling depot fi nds new indoor homeThe Merritt Return-It

Depot has found a new, permanent home near its former location.The facility has set up

shop at 2352 Clapperton Ave. Its previous tempo-rary site was the corner of Quilchena Avenue and

Blair Street.The new recycling facil-ity is a steel building and all sorting is done indoors. The property also has a yard that will be used for

storage.Merritt Return-It Depot

owner Pauline Warren said the new location is ready to receive recyclables, but there are still a few things that need to be completed, such as flooring and the installation of a no-touch

hand-wash station and an automatic sliding door.“Slowly but surely we’re

going to fix it up, but we didn’t want to be closed for too long,” Warren said.The depot was closed

for two weeks during the holiday season last month.The Merritt Return-It

Depot reopened Jan. 6 and will continue to collect all the same recyclables it did before, including electron-ics.

Warren said she plans to build a warehouse behind the building and hopes to start metal recycling, which will allow the depot to accept items such as refrig-

erators and stoves.She said having an indoor facility makes for a clean operation and people who come to sort their bottles aren’t exposed to the weather.

Another plus is the facil-ity’s permanence, she said, as relocation is no longer an issue.

City of Merritt planning and development manager

Sean O’Flaherty said some of the positives of the bottle depot’s new location

are its proximity to down-town Merritt and the fact the depot is on a property

zoned for recycling depots.O’Flaherty said this new location isn’t in a high-traffic area, but is in a “transition zone” between residential and commercial

areas.“We have to mitigate any issues that might arise

in a transition zone, park-ing being one of them,” he said.

He said the city is work-ing with the recycling depot to ensure it provides

parking spots on the prop-erty.

“It’s an important ser-vice and important business for our community, and now it’s well located and

should be very successful,” O’Flaherty said.The facility was in need

of a new and permanent location as its temporary use permit for its former Blair Street location — which isn’t zoned for recy-

cling depots use — was extended for one year last spring, and was about to expire this coming May. Merritt’s zoning bylaw

only allows recycling depots to operate on property zoned for service commer-

cial uses.Last August, city coun-

cil accepted a land use amendment application aimed at establishing the recycling depot at the Rai-lyard Mall. It was met with opposition at a subsequent public hearing, and the application was defeated by

city council.The recycling depot at its new location is open Tuesdays through Satur-days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

By Michael PotestioTHE [email protected]

Merritt Return-It Depot owner Pauline Warren

was hard at work last Friday. After two years of

searching, she has finally found a permanent

indoor facility for the recycling service at 2352

Clapperton Ave., pictured below.

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Merritt Return-It Depot owner Pauline Warren said the depot is ready to receive recyclables at 2352 Clapperton Ave.

After Tammy Strayer’s children grew up and moved out of her house for university, she did something her fellow empty nester friends thought she was crazy for: she filled it with the help of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Art gallery committee ready for 2015Merritt’s art gallery is

getting a bit of a make-over as it prepares for the new year.

Currently, the Court-house Art Gallery is get-ting a painting that won’t hang on the wall.

The Nicola Valley Community Arts Coun-cil’s gallery committee volunteers began painting the facility last Wednes-day.

Gone will be the bright blue walls in favour of a fresh coat of off-white paint. Old nail holes are also being patched up.

“We want to freshen it up for the new year,” gal-lery committee secretary and local painter Jean Kiegerl said.

The gallery also has its schedule set for the begin-ning of the new year.

The first show for 2015 will be an exhibit of ranch-themed water-colour paintings by Har-old Allanson, which will be on display from Feb. 27 to March 7.

March 13 the Dance to the Rhythm of My Heart show begins. This show, which is a collaborative effort by the art gallery and the Love to Dance Academy, will feature sculptures, photography and visual art, as well as costume design.

That show ends on March 28.

The gallery will host the ninth annual commu-nity art show beginning April 10, which features a variety of local artists showcasing art they’ve produced.

That exhibit will run until May 2.

“What we show is whatever comes in, basi-cally,” Kiegerl said.

“There’s always people who show up with incred-ible art, and we didn’t even know they existed in town.”

Artists can submit up to three pieces for the show, and as in years past,

there will be a variety of prizes awarded at the judged show.

Submissions for that show will be collected on April 7 and 8.

The community arts show was originally scheduled to take place at the end of January, but was moved to April to coincide with B.C. Arts and Culture Week, which will allow the gal-lery committee to apply for grant money linked to that week that they can use as prize money in the show, Kiegerl said.

Although no shows are scheduled beyond that, there are proposed

themes.May’s theme is ranch-

ing to coincide with the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association convention earmarked to take place in Merritt that month.

September’s theme is local landscapes and November’s is gifts worth giving, which involves dis-playing artworks that are all for sale for less than $100.

Kiegerl said she’s put-ting together a database of local artists to do a better job of letting artists know what show slots are available.

The art gallery is now

run by the committee in place of a gallery director, a volunteer position that has been vacant since the end of June 2014.

The gallery only had two shows over the course of a five-month span after July’s Art Walk. It was closed for the months of August, September and December.

Previous art gallery director Meriel Barber established a gallery com-mittee to support her last year and that committee is carrying on the art gal-lery’s operations.

“If she hadn’t done that, we would have really been in trouble,” Kiegerl said.

Having the committee in place ensures volun-teers are building on last year and not starting from scratch, she said.

Kiegerl said the direc-tor position is a full-time volunteer job, making it unsustainable.

The committee con-sists of six volunteers who meet once a month to co-ordinate various initia-tives.

There is still room for two more people on the committee.

Past directors handled duties such as organizing art shows, co-ordinating advertising and arrang-ing receptions for shows. These responsibilities are now divided amongst committee members.

Nicola Valley Community Arts Council president Dr. Bill Edmonds (left) accepts a $500 cheque for the non-profit organization from Investors Group’s David Brown. Submitted

Hume denies allegations from standA social worker on trial

for one count each of sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats from an alleged 2013 incident in Lytton denied all allegations against him in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Taking the stand in his own defence, Michael Hume said none of the allegations are

true. Jurors heard the complain-

ant, who can’t be identified because of a court order pro-tecting his identity, threatened to ruin Hume’s reputation in the small Fraser Canyon com-munity if he didn’t give him $200.

Hume said in court he did not comply with the man’s attempt to extort him, then gave him a ride to his cousin’s

house.The man, now 20, testi-

fied he awoke after a night of drinking in August 2013 at Hume’s Lytton home to find Hume shaving his body hair. The complainant also alleges Hume threatened him and held him against his will.

Hume was arrested while in Merritt that month.


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Next council meeting: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224

SUMMARY OF

CITY OF MERRITT SNOW

REMOVAL POLICY

This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt.

NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets..

Service Level based on Snow Accumulation:0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hoursOver 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as

may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible.

Priorities:No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police,

fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections.

No.2 Schools;No.3 Downtown Business Core;No.4 Highway Commercial properties;No.5 Residential properties

Disposal:Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways.Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road.

Sidewalk Clearing:Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays.

Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #1-15OPERATIONS OF CLAYBANKS RV PARK

The City of Merritt is seeking Requests for Proposals from qualified proponents for the managing of operations of the City owned Claybanks RV Park. The successful proponent would be responsible for managing the day to day operations of the Claybanks RV Park on behalf of the City under a three-year term contract for the period of April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018.RFP documents are available on the City’s website: www.merritt.ca and on the BC Bid website.

Completed proposals must be received in a sealed envelope and labelled:RFP #1-15 - Claybanks RV Park by 4:00pm, Friday, January 30, 2015 at:

City of MerrittP.O. Box 189, 2185 Voght St.,Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Attn. Leisure Services Manager

Any and all inquiries regarding this RFP must be

submitted in writing to:

Larry PlotnikoffLeisure Services Manager, City of [email protected]

The City of Merritt reserves the right to accept or

reject any or all proposals, modify the terms of

the proposal at any time, to waive defects in any

proposal document and to accept the proposal

which it may consider to be in the best interests of

the City. The lowest cost proposal or any proposal

will not necessarily be accepted.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2-15PROVISION OF JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR

CITY PUBLIC FACILITIES

The City of Merritt is seeking Requests for Proposals from qualified proponents for the provision of janitorial services for some of the City owned public facilities for a two-year contract for the term of March 1, 2015 to February 28, 2017.

RFP documents are available on the City's website: www.merritt.ca

Completed proposals must be received in a sealed envelope and labelled:RFP#2-15 - Provision of Janitorial Servicesby 4:00pm Monday, February 2nd, 2015 at:

City of MerrittP.O. Box 189,2185 Voght St.,Merritt, BC VIK IB8Attn. Leisure Services Manager

Any and all inquiries regarding this RFP must be

submitted in writing to:

Larry PlotnikoffLeisure Services Manager, City of [email protected]

The City of Merritt reserves the right to accept or

reject any or all proposals, modify the terms of

the proposal at any time, to waive defects in any

proposal document and to accept the proposal

which it may consider to be in the best interests of

the City. The lowest cost proposal or any proposal

will not necessarily be accepted.

WITH MAYOR MENARD

You’re Invited!

Drop-In Sessions in 2015 with Mayor Menard will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s

Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.

If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.

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BIO-WASTE = SEWAGE SLUDGEBIO-SOLID = SEWAGE SLUDGECLASS A / B COMPOST

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FACTS ABOUT SEWAGE SLUDGE !! . It was renamed Bio-Waste, Bio-Solids, Class A & B Compost

to ‘sanitize’ it and subdue public concern.

. Even after the highest level of “Composting” (Class A Compost)sewage sludge will still contain: Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Copper,Zinc and up to 25 other heavy metals. It can also contain fecalcoliform counts of 1 fecal count per gram….

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE FERTILIZER TO YOU?DOES THIS SOUND LIKE FERTILIZER TO YOU?

FACTS ABOUT SEWAGE SLUDGE !!

Cornell University Study 2009 States:“Once contaminated, stopping the ap-plication of pollutants suchas metals and many or-ganic chemicals that are insewage biosolids will notcorrect the problem. Thecontamination will remainfor decades or centuries. It is thus critical to preventthis essentially permanentdegradation.” “Thus achemical which by itself isrelatively immobile in soils(such as many metals), canmove rapidly through soilswhen other chemicals arepresent (such as organicmatter in Bio Solids).” THIS IS THE SCIENCE,WE NEED TO ACT NOW!

The Nicola Valley is currently beingtargeted as a convenient location to

dump hundreds of thou-sands of tons of SewageSludge under the guise of“Agriculture”!

The Nicola Valley does notneed this nor does it needto be the septic tank forthe rest of the province.

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DEMAND CHANGES BE MADE TO OUTDATED POLICIES & STOP THIS FROMBECOMING AN ENVIRONMENTAL / ECONOMIC DISASTER! PLEASE CONTACT: Jackie Tegart, MLA Fraser-Nicola [email protected]

Mary Polak, MLA Langley Minister of Environment1-604 514-8206 [email protected]

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The City of Merritt is in the midst of pro-ducing an action plan focused on seniors with guidelines for specific projects it can engage in.

Recently, the city’s planning and devel-opment department received a $20,000 grant from the pro-vincial government to develop an age-friendly action plan intended to create strategies to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially connected and healthy.

The action plan that will be created will include an appendix of plans for specific projects the city can tackle to improve liv-ing for seniors, City of Merritt planning and development manager Sean O’Flaherty told the Herald.

“Otherwise it’s

just a plan with ideas that doesn’t show you how to get it done,” O’Flaherty said.

He said the action plan is intended to specify design guide-lines, how to go about conducting a specific project and how much it will cost.

City council com-mitted $10,000 to help develop this plan, and O’Flaherty said he’ll be asking to include another $10,000 for this project in the 2015 budget.

The potential $40,000 price tag will be spent on costs asso-ciated with creating the document, such as consulting, writing, researching and adver-tising.

O’Flaherty said he wants to put together a plan that is ready to be implemented.

The city is cur-rently searching for stakeholders who can provide ideas and work

with the city on the plan.

O’Flaherty said he’s looking at organiza-tions such as the Inte-rior Health Author-ity, Rebekah Patricia Lodge, Nicola Tribal Association, Merritt Senior Citizens Asso-ciation, Merritt home support services and the Florentine seniors home.

Groups like these will look into ideas surrounding deficien-cies in Merritt related to senior citizens and what can be done to retain that demo-graphic and attract it to this community in the future.

He said health ser-vices are usually the top priority.

“People want to go where there’s good health support,” O’Flaherty said.

The age-friendly action plan is expected to be done by the end of 2015.

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For example, on a rainy count day, it’s pos-sible people could find places to take shelter and volunteers wouldn’t come in contact with them, Parkes said.

“People are resourceful,” she said. “We felt for our rural community and what makes us unique, we needed a unique count to be able to be more accurate and show a better picture of what homelessness looks like in Merritt.”

One thing the month-in-time count cannot account for is “hidden homelessness,” Parkes said.

Wormell and Parkes said the rate of couch surfers or people who rely on family mem-bers, friends or even strangers for temporary shelter is not known.

“It’s impossible to be accurate because the amount of couch surf-ing is so huge,” Parkes said.

The data collected from the count is com-piled into a report that’s used to lobby the gov-ernment for more sup-port and make a case for the need for afford-able, supportive housing in Merritt.

Supportive hous-

ing was chosen as the preferred housing type by 14 of the survey’s 18 respondents.

Wormell said while the idea of the point-in-time count is to collect data, it also acknowl-edges people’s freedom to choose.

“There are folks who would rather just stay outside,” Wormell said. “They feel safe there. They feel that is the best place for them.

“We help make sure you’ve got blankets and everything you need to survive.”

Wormell said this year’s homeless count saw an unprecedented level of support from local businesses and community members.

On top of the seven staff members, 10 community members, one NVIT practicum student and one person with Community Liv-ing British Columbia, a province-wide inclusion program, participated in the count.

Volunteers met at the Fireside Centre before fanning out across the city in small teams that morning.

The Fireside Centre runs a youth drop-in program from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays.

It’s also where vol-unteers reconvened after the count and served up 85 bowls of chili to community members for lunch.

The society received donations from over a dozen community groups and businesses, and used a $500 grant from the city to pur-chase supplies for the backpacks.

Even Parkes’ six-year-old son Duke was keen to help stuff the backpacks while he was at his mother’s work-place during the school strike.

“We see it from ages

six to over 60, so the demographic of people and the community support all ties back to releasing the stigma,” Wormell said. “We had 10 volunteers that day so that’s 10 more people who may look at these folks differently, may give them a tender look instead of judging or stigmatizing.

“If a six-year-old can get it, then we all can.”

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God the Word, the World

We ended last week with the thought that things in the world are going to get worse. What makes us think that will happen?

When we look at what is behind a lot of these problems, greed and lust for power top the list. Jus look at what is going on in the middle East. It is power. Unless you believe and do what you are told to, you’ll be killed. Just look at the terrible ways they are have to end life.

Nobody has more power that Jesus, and how does He go about having us obey Him? First, let’s think about what He does for us every day. What should be our response for our blessings?

We should love Jesus, for what He does. What does Jesus, Himself say about the matter? “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” He doesn’t say, “If you don’t love me, or keep my commandments then I’ll give you cancer, or some other deadly thing.” But, because Jesus loves us, He gives us a choice as to what we will do.

he Psalmist says, “Great peace have

they that love thy law and nothing shall offend them.”

Jesus gives us so many good things to eat and drink, but there are also things in the market that He never meant for good, healthy people to consume. People still choose to eat and drink these because they taste good and make us feel good (if only for a short time.) We make our own choices, not listening to God’s guidance, and then we pay the price with poor health, and sometimes a short life.

This is not all Jesus is interested in. The Bible tells of a life in Heaven that Jesus will take His people to, those who love and obey Him.

The things that are going on in the world today are signs of the nearing of the coming of Jesus. Jesus said that the Earth would be lled with violence at this time. Just look at what is going on around us.

Also, men’s hearts will be evil, continually. When we see the abuse, especially towards children, I wonder how long will Jesus put up with this? He loves all and wants all to learn His love.

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These days, you can buy just about anything over the Internet.

The online handicraft market Etsy sells oodles of spells, including life exten-sion, dream haunting, anti-aging (of course), even and revenge on an ex-lover.

You can even buy the ability to control some-body else’s will for just

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You can shell out $19 for a person’s prayers that you will win the lottery. At that price, it would be silly not to.

A love spell will set you back $300, but that’s a small price to pay when love is all you need.

Then there’s the seedy side of the online market-place, which carries with it some very serious real-world implications.

In November, an antiques dealer in Rich-mond pleaded guilty to one count of attempted smuggling after purchased two endangered black

rhinoceros horns from undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents.

The 39-year-old trav-elled to New York to meet with the agents in a Bronx-area warehouse, where he purchased the horns, then shipped them just south of the Canada-U.S. bor-der to an address in Point Roberts.

His guilty plea involved telling officers he and the people who smuggle for him have moved more than $400,000 in rhino horns and sculptures craft-ed from elephant ivory and coral from the U.S. into Canada.

The maximum pen-alty for the offence is 10 years in prison under U.S. law. Sentencing is set for

March 13.Trading in endangered

animals or their byprod-ucts supports a horrific poaching industry.

In October, two Cana-dians were arrested at a Detroit airport when over 1,000 baby turtles were discovered in their lug-gage.

The pair, from Wind-sor, Ont., was trying to board a flight to China.

Some of the turtles are endangered, and the little reptiles were stuffed into cereal boxes and rubber boots.

One of the smugglers is the same man who earlier that month was arrested at the Detroit-Windsor bor-der after being caught with 51 baby turtles taped to his

legs under his sweatpants.In Canada, the maxi-

mum penalty for animal smuggling is a six-month conditional sentence, and fines ranging from $10,000 to $150,000.

But smuggling goes beyond pets and reptiles.

An Ottawa-based Canadian Food Inspec-tion Agency scientist was arrested in August after police became aware of his scheme to smuggle a deadly bacteria to China and get rich working for a biomedical company there.

He was arrested while en route to the Ottawa airport before he was scheduled to board a flight to China.

The battle for Kennewick ManVICTORIA – My Christ-mas reading included a fascinating new book called Ken-newick Man, a study of skel-etal remains discovered in 1996 on the bank of the Columbia River in east-ern Washington.

He was an ancient hunter buried just south of B.C. almost 9,000 years ago, in the Early Holocene period following the last Ice Age. Among the oldest humans found along the West Coast of North America, he sparked an unprecedented battle by the Smithsonian Institution to examine the skeleton and publish the book late last year.

The most controversial evidence came from the skull. It doesn’t match the classic Mongoloid profile of modern aboriginal people, key to the theory that the earliest humans reached North America by land bridge from Siberia to Alaska as gla-ciers receded.

Smithsonian scientists confirmed initial reports that Kennewick Man is a closer match with early Poly-nesians, and the Ainu people who remain in Japan today. He lived until about age 40, surviving for years with a stone spear point stuck in his hip.

The authors conclude from chem-ical analysis that “Kennewick Man could not have been a long-time resi-dent of the area where he was found, but instead lived most of his adult life somewhere along the Northwest and North Pacific coast where marine mammals were readily available.”

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This suggests migration by sea, perhaps from a great distance.

The U.S. Army seized the skeleton. The scien-tists sued and eventually won the right to a brief examination. The court case exposed brutal and illegal actions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and federal departments to destroy the site and intimidate the scientists.

U.S. law demanded all remains from before European settlement be repatriated for burial by local tribes, without examination.

Umatilla tribe spokesman Armand Minthorn wrote in 1996: “We view this practice as desecration of the body and a violation of our most deeply-held religious beliefs.

“From our oral histories, we know that our peo-ple have been part of this land since the beginning of time. We do not believe that our people migrated here from another continent, as the scientists do.”

The head of the Society for American Archaeol-ogy tried to get the researchers to drop their law-suit, fearing it would interfere with fragile relation-ships with area tribes.

The U.S. Justice Department warned the Smith-sonian that lead scientist Douglas Owsley and others might be in criminal conflict of interest as federal employees suing the government. Even the White House weighed in against them.

Meanwhile the skeleton was mishandled and later stored in substandard conditions at a Seattle museum, where it remains today. Parts of both femurs were lost, and scientists were falsely accused of taking them. They had been removed by tribal representatives and secretly buried.

Kennewick Man was found as the army was in tense negotiations with tribes on salmon fishing rights on the Columbia, their demand for removal of dams, and the $100 billion cleanup of the Han-ford nuclear site.

The scientists finally won their case in 2004, with a ruling that the skeleton is so old there isn’t enough evidence to show it is related to the current tribes. The judge found the army repeatedly misled the court, and assessed the government $2.4 million in costs.

The U.S. Army still controls the skeleton and denies requests for further study. The spear point, for example, could show the location where he was injured.

One final irony. Analysis shows Kennewick Man ate mostly salmon in his later years, around 6300 BCE. These are the salmon runs wiped out by dams built by U.S. Army engineers before the sign-ing of the Columbia River Treaty with B.C.

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Investigators learned of the scheme through emails between him and a former colleague in China, who faces arrest for her role in the attempt at smuggling if she ever comes back to Canada.

He was caught with 17 vials of brucella bacteria packed in a lunchbox that would be sent overseas in his checked bag.

He pleaded guilty to 10 charges related to his attempt to smuggle the pathogen, as well as one count of breach of trust.

Brucella bacteria causes brucellosis disease, which can infect humans and animals. Cattle are especially suscep-tible to the disease.

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ary tales out there about dark magic purchases coming up shorter than promised (to whose surprise?), the dark side of the online world can facilitate some pretty serious crimes with guaranteed nega-tive consequences.

In either case, it’s a buyer beware marketplace.

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Petition against biosolidsDear Editor,

Thank you to reporter Michael Potestio for his well researched article of Dec. 11 titled Con-cern over biosolids spreading and for printing the letters to the editor addressing this matter over the past month.

The Jan. 8 letter to the editor titled Say no to sludge in Sunshine Valley mentions the peti-tion is available to be signed at Kuiper’s Meat Market. Other locations for the petition are Black’s Pharmacy, Purity Feed, Kolors Cutting Lounge, Game On Pub, Hair Shack, A&M Tandem Massage, Dr. P. Simon and Dr. Tod Smith’s offices, and City Furniture.

In Lower Nicola, petitions are located at Aberdeen Liquor Store, Courtesy Corner, Hitch’n’ Post Restaurant, Johnny’s on the Rez and also at the Packing House Restaurant in Spences Bridge.

We will have the petition available at the Lower Nicola Flea Market on Jan. 25.

The petition currently has well over 1,200 signatures of concerned citizens wanting the dumping of sewage sludge stopped in the Nicola Valley. I urge everyone to get out and sign the petition.

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Dear Editor,

This is where we have to walk to get our mail. It’s not so bad for me, but then I am not a senior, nor am I handicapped or disabled.

This picture was taken on Jan. 12, 2015, and I think speaks for itself. This is eight days after the storm. This is not anything new, but something that happens on Parker Drive every year. I guess we are only inclusive in fair weather.

I think council should be ashamed given that we pay such ridiculously high taxes. Remember that this is also our letter carrier’s worksite.

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Dr. John Guy, one of about 15 anesthe-tists in the city, said that number of doc-tors isn’t sufficient to handle the schedule of surgeries, but added the impact is only being felt “a day here or there.”

No emergency surgeries are being affected, he said.

Dr. Norm Kienitz, chief of staff at RIH, said the shortage of anesthetists will lead to about 55 patients having surgeries this month postponed.

Guy, who moved to Kamloops from the U.S. three years ago, said he believes the problem is Kamloops’ reputation outside the city’s boundar-ies, with doctors who might relocate view-ing it “more like a small town. From the outside, it doesn’t have the cachet of a Kelowna.”

But, Guy said, he believes if doctors would visit the city, they would realize, as he has, it’s an ideal place to live and work.

Health Minister Terry Lake pointed to expansion at RIH as being part of the method in attracting doctors.

“In the Kamloops versus Kelowna tradi-tion, Kelowna tends to get more headlines and more media attention, but I think that’s changing with the investments being made at Royal Inland Hospital,” Lake said.

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WAGON WESTWagon West Diner is a local restaurant serv-

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CALL TERRESA TO BOOK YOUR SPOT IN THE NEXT ISSUE!

FEATURED THIS WEEKTipping fees at all Thompson-Nicola Regional District landfills have increased.

As of Jan. 13, regular household garbage has risen from $60 to $80 a tonne and demolition, renovation and construction material now costs $160 if unsorted, but $100 if it is sorted.

TNRD tipping fees rise

THE REGION

LNG station OK’d for another year

The liquefied natural gas station will continue operating at its property behind the Greyhound bus station for another year after city council granted a one-year extension on ENN Canada’s temporary use permit Tuesday.

At its regular meet-ing on Jan. 13, city council approved the extension, which will expire Jan. 14, 2016.

Come next January, the company will no longer be allowed to operate the temporary fuelling station at its site at the Wagon West Travel Plaza.

According to a letter to the City of Merritt from ENN Canada general man-

ager of construction Perry Attygalle, the company fully intends to build its permanent station in Merritt, but has faced equipment issues.

The company anticipates being able to start constructing a permanent facility by January 2016.

Since 2014, ENN Canada has been sell-ing liquefied natural gas from a temporary fuelling station as a source of fuel for com-mercial trucks at its property behind the Greyhound bus sta-tion.

Temporary use permits can only be renewed once up to a maximum of three years.

He said the trend is for new doctors to look at large cit-ies first, noting the Interior Health Authority needs to recruit “a certain type of person for whom Kamloops is a good fit.”

Guy said the Interior Health

Authority “is working very hard, beating the bushes to find people” and Royal Inland Hospital is also aware of the situation and doing what it can to find new doctors.

In the mean-time, locums (fill-in doctors) are being brought in to provide some relief.

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Compact small rancher in a natural valley setting west of Merritt. Has been a very productive ranch with abundant water. Tons of trail and crown land surrounding area. Includes a 3 bedroom home.

#2364 $795,000

IN LOWER NICOLA

#2363 $189,900

Beautifully renovated inside & out, this spacious 4 bedrm home in situated on 0.25 acres, nicely landscaped with UG sprinklers. Home has new bathrm, flooring, paint, furnace, windows & more.

BuILdINg LOt

#2365 $88,000

Exquisite view of the Nicola Valley. 7535 sq.ft. lot completely read to build on and priced to sell. All access roads are paved, water & sewer to lot line, close to amenities.

CLOSE tO dOWNtOWN

#2367 $157,500

Charming 3 bedrm rancher with detached garage, carport & RV parking with lane access & fenced yard. Only 1 blk to shopping & school. Well cared for home with nice sized kitchen, laundry off the side & open concept living rm.

StRAtA ENd uNIt

#2366 $99,000

Two bedroom upper level apartment with in0suite laundry. Good investment opportunity. Close to downtown core and recreation facilities. Property is sold “as is”.

LARgE SHOP

#2368 $219,900

3 bedrm family home with fully finished basement, carport and detached shop/garage. Home features newer HE furnace, large living room & kitchen, 2.5 baths, spacious rec.rm, B/I central vac. Covered deck in back, fruit trees & garden area.

IMMACuLAtE HOME

#2345 $159,900

Well maintained home with 3 bedrms up, 2 baths, bright living room, large kitchen with eating area, huge family room, newer vinyl windows and appliances are includes. Private, fenced backyard with patio.

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#2019 $595,000

COMMERCIAL BuILdINg

Great location on a corner lot on high traffic street coming into Merritt. The building has approx. 7300 sq.ft. is zoned C4 with a site specific zoning to allow prof. offices. Lots of parking.

RESIdENtIAL LOt

#2362 $87,000

Gorgeous views of the valley from this lot on the Bench. Bring your ideas and build the house of your dreams. Water charge has been paid and GST has been paid. Do not delay!

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#2167 $135,000

EXTRA LARGE LOT

Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.

#2212 $148,500

FIRST TIME BUYERS

Nice 2 bedroom rancher close to downtown and seniors center with newer furnace and HW tank. Concrete foundation, and fenced private yard with shop. Quick Possession.

#2352 $54,900

OVERLOOKS RIVER

Clean 3 bedrm mobile with covered deck & parking stall. New HW tank & new motor in furnace. Home is move in ready, comes with appliances. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2324 $217,500

WALK TO SHOPPING

Large 2 bedroom rancher with 2 bathrms, living room with wood burning F/P. Fenced yard with mature trees and shrubs. Close to shopping and all amenities. Carport.

#2285 $168,500

PRIVATE BACKYARD

Cozy 2 bedroom home with newer kitchen & bathrm renovations, upgraded furnace, 2 skylights and a backyard an avid gardener would appreciate. Has 2 outbuildings and patio.

#2186 $214,900

FENCED YARD

2 bedrm mobile on 0.23 acre lot in Lower Nicola. Features include new siding, new roof & skirting and insulation and a new garage. Has enclosed deck & porch. Fully fenced yard with workshop.

#2312 $139,000

NEWER APARTMENT

Urban living in one of the finest strata developments. Nice one bedrm apartment with granite counters, shaker style kitchen cabinets & incl. appliances. Clean and ready to move into.

#2350 $269,900

INVESTORS

Large 6 bedroom home in good area, close to school. 3 bedrooms up, 3 down, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, huge sundeck, fenced backyard, skylights and double garage.

#2336 $239,900

LARGE LOT

2 bedrm panabode home on 0.32 acre lot with RV parking. Features kitchen with nook, large living rm with fireplace, full unfin. Bsmt with laundry, rec.rm & storage. Deck in back. Roof only 3 yrs old.

#2234 $229,000

IN LOWER NICOLA

Country home on 0.35 acres with creek and 24x28 detached shop with power. 2 bedrms up, 1 down, open concept, large living room, fully fin. bsmt with new carpets, paint & HW tank.

#2351 $159,900

GREAT AREA

Good starter home or perfect for retiree. Close to schools, shopping & golf course. Fenced yard, single garage. Basement has second living quarters for inlaws.

#2363 $189,900

IN LOWER NICOLA

Beautifully renovated inside & out, this spacious 4 bedrm home in situated on 0.25 acres, nicely landscaped with UG sprinklers. Home has new bathrm, flooring, paint, furnace, windows & more.

#2291 $224,900

NEED A SHOP?

3 bedroom home on quiet street close to school & park. Home has updated windows, furnace, laminate flooring, U/R sprinklers & central A/C. Shop in back is 22x30 with 220 wiring.

#2214 $299,900

EXCELLENT LOCATION

Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.

#2295 $239,000

BEAUTIFUL HOME

Immaculate 3 bedroom home on 0.27 acre lot, nicely landscaped. Home has open concept, kitchen with eating bar, skylight, dining area, living room has gas F/P, large master bedrm with ensuite.

#2346 $324,900

LARGE SHOP

This spacious rancher has 3 bedrms, 2 pce ensuite, galley kitchen with nook, large family rm with gas F/P, large living rm, office & storage room. Large detached shop with 2 bays. Lots of RV parking.

#2345 $159,900

NICE HALF DUPLEX

Well maintained home in good family area & close to school. Bright living room, spacious kitchen, huge family room, 3 bedrooms up, 2 baths, newer vinyl windows & fenced backyard with patio.

#2098 $99,900

OPPORTUNITY

Good corner lot on a quiet street with plenty of room to build a shop. This 2 bedroom home is awaiting your ideas. Home needs some TLC, but is priced accordingly.

#1982 $169,900

INVESTORS

Side by side duplex with 100 amp service, 2 bedrms 1 bath, kitchen & living room per side. Total of 864 sq.ft. or 432 sq.ft. per side. Fenced backyard. Easy walk to shopping.

#2360 $498,900

EXECUTIVE HOME

4 bedrm executive home in desirable neighbourhood. Quality throughout, Brazilian HW floors, Merlot kitchen cabinets, F/P, central A/C. Patio in back, U/G sprinklers, 2 car garage, RV parking.

#2355 $147,000

CLOSE TO SCHOOL

Nice 5 bedrm home with single garage and fenced backyard. 3 bedrms up, 2 pce powder on main, 2 bedrms down in partly finished bsmt with laundry. New windows upstairs, new HW tank & new washer.

#2348 $99,900

GOOD STARTER HOME

Located in quiet location, across from elementary school. This 3 bedroom home ison a concrete foundation, electrical is up to code, has had some updates. Nice flat lot, hascarport and 11x12 storage shed.

#2333 $307,000

CORNER LOT

3 bedroom 4 level split home on large, fenced corner lot in Lower Nicola. Home has 3 baths, large living rm with F/P, big family rm, bright kitchen and a unfin. Bsmt for storage. Large sundeck, lots of parking.

#2319 $299,900

NEW HOME

In new subdivision, this 2 bedroom home features an open floor plan, country kitchen, master with W/I closet, 4 pce ensuite & 13x10 deck. Single garage. Includes appliance package.

#2358 $479,000

FANTASTIC VIEWS

Beautiful 4 bedrm home with 3 baths, spacious gourmet kitchen, formal dining & living room with balcony, and the fully fin. Walkout bsmt has large games room with wet bar, Lots of parking.

#2289 $319,900

INVESTORS

Good revenue property. Side by side duplex of 1600 sq.ft., 5 bedrms and 2 baths per side. New furnace, 100 amp upgrade and separate backyard. Total income is $1868. Tenants pay utilities.

#2227 $209,900

IMMACULATE RANCHER

Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.

#2248 $134,900

QUIET AREA

Spacious 2 bedroom home with bright and restful interior décor. The living room fireplace adds ambiance. Lovely well kept yard. Relax on the back sundeck.

#2344 $99,500

WHY RENT?

You could own this 3 bedrm strata townhouse in Merritt, close to shopping & amenities. Fenced yard, newer windows. Now’s the time to get your own place with low interest rates.

#2311 $195,000

UNFINISHED HOME

Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to river and amenities. This house is in the rough framing stage and a renovation will need a new building permit before completion. As is where is.

#2339 $179,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Immaculate 2 bedrm rancher with updates, living room with woodstove, new carpeting &paint, updated bathrm fixtures & paint. The nice backyard has lane access, 12x24 shop &shed.

#2292 $339,000

BROOKMERE

Great recreational area all year round. Lovely

2 bedroom home with attached double garage

with guest room & 3 pce bath. Maple kitchen

cabinets, S/S appl, island sink. RV parking.

#2343 $529,000

INVESTORS

7 strata titled townhomes, all within walking distance from downtown. Close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at only $88,167 per unit. All are currently rented. Call for full details.

#2366 $99,000

STRATA END UNIT

Two bedroom upper level apartment with in0suite laundry. Good investment opportunity. Close to downtown core and recreation facilities. Property is sold “as is”.

#2367 $157,500

CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN

Charming 3 bedrm rancher with detached garage, carport & RV parking with lane access & fenced yard. Only 1 blk to shopping & school. Well cared for home with nice sized kitchen, laundry off the side & open concept living rm.

#2283 $299,900

ON THE BENCH

4 bedrm, 2 bath home, meticulously maintained with many upgrades such as windows, doors, furnace, new HW tank in 2011, central A/C, 2 storage shed, lovely screened porch in back & more.

#2341 $174,900

HUGE YARD

3 bedroom rancher in a park-like setting with detached single garage on huge 13,520 sq.ft. lot. Home has newer vinyl siding & windows. HW tank & furnace new in 2009. Close to shopping.

#2309 $319,000

DESIRABLE LOCATION

Large family home with 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level. New paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen, HW radiant heat& 3 baths. Fenced backyard with garden area.

#2183 $445,000

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.

#2151 $219,000

ADULT ORIENTED STRATA

One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.

#2226 $339,900

QUIET LOCATION

Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.

#2320 $324,000

NEW HOME

New 2 bedroom house with 2.5 baths, open country kitchen, good floor plan. Master bedrm has 5 pce ensuite, WI closet and 10x15 private deck. Hot water on demand. Single garage.

#2163 $649,000

ATTENTION INVESTORS

4 separately titled side by side duplexes, a total of 8 units rentable. Some long term tenants. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bath, kitchen & living room, Fenced backyards. Newer roof, 100 amp service.

#2334 $57,000

WALK TO SHOPPING

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2318 $339,000

MOVE IN READY

New 3 bedrm home with great country kitchen, open plan, powder room on main, 2 full bath up, master with W/I closet & deck. Hot water on demand. Double garage. Incl. appliance package.

#2299 $229,000

RURAL SETTING

Enjoy the private setting in Lower Nicola on 0.33 acre lot with several fruit trees and is close to school. This home is perect for a starter home or retired couple. Great views off the deck.

#2278 $299,000

EXCELLENT CONDITION

1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old. 3 bedrms plus a bonus room above garage. Open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, 4 pce ensuite and a fenced backyard.

#2192 $59,000

NICE STRATA UNIT

Why rent when you can own? 2 bedroom strata unit with balcony and storage. Large living and dining room. Great for retirees or first time buyers. Strata fees are $212.70 per month.

#2340 $155,000

APARTMENT

Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.

#2349 $249,900

LOCATION, LOCATION

Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.

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#2357 $298,000

NICELY RENOVATED

Spacious 6 bedroom home, 3 bedrooms up and 3 down in a ground level inlaw suite. Large fenced yard with detached garage/shop. RV parking & garden area. Newers floors, kitchen & bathrm paint.

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133 PRIVATE ACRES

#1663 $495,000

Incredible property with unlimited rec. activities – snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, ATVing, hking. Almost surrounds Allie Lake with 2 main cabins plus 3 guest cabins.

GREAT HORSE PROPERTY

#2321 $525,000

9.88 acres with riding ring & only 5 mins. From Mamit Lake. This 5 bedrm level entry rancher with walkout bsmt has had some updates. Open concept with vaulted ceilings, 3 baths, large kitchen & big sundeck.

264 ACRES

#2246 $1,250,000

Gorgeous property of approx. 264 acres with 2 titles. Has 1 mile of Guichond Creek flowing through the property. A great variety of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR.

120 ACRE RANCH

#2364 $795,000

Compact small rancher in a natural valley setting west of Merritt. Has been a very productive rancher with abundant water. Tons of trail and crown land surrounding area. Includes a 3 bedroom home.

9.88 ACRES

#2189 $449,000

Bring your horses! Set up with 3 horse shelters, 2 round pens, 2 hay barns & tack shed. The 4 bedrm home has a new country kitchen, open design, vaulted ceilings, HW floors, gas F/P.

wATERfRONT HOmE

#2361 $998,000

Magnificent 5 bedrm home on Nicola Lake with unique open designed family area with large bedrms & family room with an extra summer kitchen. 3 floors, 2 large covered decks. Has detached triple garage & an underground boat house bunker.

OPPORTUNITY

#2305 $179,000

Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. commercial building in downtown core. New roof in 2013, renovated interior including new paint throughout. Parking in back with lane access. Great for investor or entrepreneur.

IN KANE VALLEY

#2156 $449,000

Enjoy snowmobiling & x-country skiing from this private 10 acre retreat with beautiful log home. Has wrap around deck, guest cabin, new barn with loft, and it backs onto crown land.

ON wALLOPER LAKE

#2225 $129,000

Great lakefront cabin of 450 sq.ft., recreational retreat on Walloper lake. Crown lease. Easy access off Coquihalla Hwy. Call for more details.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

#1913 $890,000

Immaculate 8000 sq.ft. precast tilt-up building on corner lot with excellent exposure. Easy access to truck route. Adjoining warehouse has bay door, loading deck office & mezzanine space.

26 ACRES

#2322 $310,000

Spectacular horse property of 26 acres just 15 mins. From Merritt. All natural grasslandwith 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great place use as rec. property or build your dream home.

RIVERfRONT

#2354 $99,000

0.91 acres fronting the Nicola River in the city limits. Within walking distance to downtown. City services not yet to lot line but with vicinity and be arranged for hook up.

13 ACRES RIVERfRONT

#2208 $299,000

A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.

INVESTORS

#2171 $850,000

Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. building with office space with one long term tenant. Great for professional offices, retail, lawyers, doctors, government agency, etc. Has approval for residential units upstairs.

1.74 AC IN THE CITY

#2190 $374,900

1.74 acres with city services and fenced, that could be rezoned to suite your needs. Property has 1 bedrm home plus a 900 sq.ft. bldg all in a park-like setting with large water feature.

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22 ACRES

#2342 $599,900

Approx. 22 acres mins. From downtown Merritt. Nicely renovated 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with new flooring, bathrms & paint. Has horse barn, 100x44 metal Quonset and new drilled well.

1 ACRE wITH SHOP

#2323 $355,000

This 4 bedrm rancher has had some reno’s of flooring and kitchen. Large 40x70 detached workshop, currently leased, all on 1 acre, zoned R1 & C2, perfect for home based business. Great opportunity.

BEAUTIfUL LOG HOmE

#2335 $395,000

4.64 acre in the country with a beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bath log home with open design living room with F/P, upgrades of new roof, new flooring, new Mill Creek kitchen cabinets & furnace heat pump. Numerous outbuildings.

ON 1 ACRE

#2306 $345,000

Great family home on 1 acres just minutes from town. 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.room down with bar. 2 car detached garage, attached single garage & sep. storage.

COmmERCIAL BUILDING

#2019 $595,000

Great location on a corner lot on main street coming into Merritt. This 7300 sq.ft. building is zoned C-4 with a site specific zoning for prof. offices, doctors, lawyers etc. Lots of parking.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2359 $89,900

Flat commercial lot zoned C-3 on one of the busiest streets in Merritt. Prime location to start your business or relocate it to a better location. Services to property line.

DEVELOPmENT LAND

#2173 $1,700,000

294 acres of development land with 2 titles and incredible views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. Located above Nicola Lakeshore Estates at Nicola Lake.

2 ACRES

#2154 $120,000

Build your home in the country. Has a drilled well of 15 GPM, power at lot line, septic approval, and driveway are in. Nice view, crown land nearby. Just 20 mins. from Merritt.

12.63 ACRES

#2047 $209,000

Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.

spius creek estates

Country living at its best! These 9 properties are located approx. 15 mins. from Merritt in the beautiful Sunshine Valley. A Phase 1 has been completed and a water report is available. 4 lots are waterfront, all have stunning views of the valley. Area offers swimming, biking, canoeing, horseback riding,motorcycling & more. GST is applicable #2216

From 9.8 to 17 Acres

Prices starting at $199,000

LARGE CITY LOT

#2272 $99,000

Residential building lot of 0.62 acres, zoned R2. Lots has potential to be made into 4 city lots or Buyer may apply for possible zoning change to higher density multi-family residential.

20 ACRES

#2301 $2,000,000

Two 10 acre lots has just come into the city.

One of the site is entering into a 2 yr lease.

Other lot will be zoned with Sale Agreement.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2356 $64,900

Light industrial bare lot, flat site, zoned M1 for your business opportunity. Easy access to truck route and just moments from the downtown core. Call for more details.

wATERfRONT ACREAGE

#2155 $170,000

Great 6 acre property to build your home or use as recreational. Mostly flat with many buildings sites, has shallow well, septic approval, hydro to property & driveway is in. Close to crown land.

OPPORTUNITY

#2137 $325,000

Good commercial building in downtown core. Approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedrm suite, currently rented. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.

wATERfRONT LOTS

#2175 EACH $900,000

3 parcels of Recreation Commercial waterfront zoned C4 for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina & more. Great opportunity to start your own resort & marina.

COmmERCIAL BLDG

#2337 $825,000

Busy location with tenant and is fully leased. Total of approx. 6600 sq.ft. 4100 sq.ft. on main, 1050 in bsmt, 1450 on top floor that could be used as living quarters. Lots of parking.

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OPPORTUNITY

#2347 $114,900

Approx. 1.14 acres overlooking the river with possible subdivision potential. “As is where is” basis. Buyers are responsible for all old buildings and house is not habitable.

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qua

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sist

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of a

$4,

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man

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201

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this

$2,

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201

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and

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cent

ive

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usiv

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nd c

redi

t val

ue d

epen

ds o

n m

odel

pur

chas

ed: $

1,00

0 cr

edit

avai

labl

e on

all

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role

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odel

s. O

ffer

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lies

to e

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nt o

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rs o

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m

odel

yea

r 199

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ar o

r Che

vrol

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obal

t or H

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has

bee

n re

gist

ered

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insu

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the

cust

omer

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ame

for t

he p

revi

ous

cons

ecut

ive

six

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t val

id to

war

ds th

e re

tail

purc

hase

or l

ease

of o

ne e

ligib

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odel

yea

r Che

vrol

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ar, S

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cro

ssov

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icku

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odel

s de

liver

ed in

Can

ada

betw

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ary

12 a

nd F

ebru

ary

2, 2

015.

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dit i

s a

man

ufac

ture

r to

cons

umer

ince

ntiv

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ax in

clus

ive)

: $1,

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cred

it av

aila

ble

on e

ligib

le C

hevr

olet

veh

icle

s (e

xcep

t Che

vrol

et C

olor

ado

2SA,

Cam

aro

Z28,

and

Mal

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er is

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sfer

able

to a

fam

ily m

embe

r liv

ing

wit

hin

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s pa

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aler

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umen

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ct G

ener

al M

otor

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Can

ada

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(GM

CL) t

o ve

rify

elig

ibili

ty. T

his

offe

r may

not

be

rede

emed

for c

ash

and

may

not

be

com

bine

d w

ith

cert

ain

othe

r con

sum

er in

cent

ives

. Cer

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itat

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who

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r in

part

at a

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wit

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pri

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er v

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ligib

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el

year

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ity

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ess

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uded

at o

utse

t of p

rogr

am; w

ill b

e el

igib

le o

nce

resi

dual

s be

com

e av

aila

ble.

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eral

Mot

ors

of C

anad

a w

ill p

ay th

e fi

rst t

wo

bi-w

eekl

y le

ase

paym

ents

as

defi

ned

on th

e le

ase

agre

emen

t (in

clus

ive

of ta

xes)

. Aft

er th

e fi

rst t

wo

bi-w

eekl

y pa

ymen

ts, l

esse

e w

ill b

e re

quir

ed

to m

ake

all r

emai

ning

sch

edul

ed p

aym

ents

ove

r the

rem

aini

ng te

rm o

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leas

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reem

ent.

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not

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sum

er m

ay b

e re

quir

ed to

pay

dea

ler f

ees.

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ranc

e, li

cenc

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pplic

able

taxe

s no

t inc

lude

d. A

ddit

iona

l con

diti

ons

and

limit

atio

ns a

pply

. GM

rese

rves

the

righ

t to

mod

ify

or te

rmin

ate

this

off

er a

t any

tim

e w

itho

ut p

rior

no

tice

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dea

ler

for

deta

ils. ¥

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er a

vaila

ble

to q

ualif

ied

reta

il cu

stom

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r ve

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uary

12

thro

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y de

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air

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ence

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uran

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ion,

PPS

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pplic

able

taxe

s an

d de

aler

fees

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ited

tim

e of

fer w

hich

may

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bine

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ain

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r off

ers.

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ay m

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xten

d or

term

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hole

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in p

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tim

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ank

are

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ster

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rade

mar

ks o

f Roy

al B

ank

of C

anad

a. †

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tion

alit

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ries

by

mod

el. F

ull f

unct

iona

lity

requ

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co

mpa

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ons remain overcrowded despite a decline in custodial sentences in recent years, and “safety and security incidents” have increased sub-stantially, a report from B.C.’s Auditor General has found.

About half of cells

designed for one inmate are double-bunked in the B.C. system, and Auditor General Carol Bellringer concludes that is a contributing factor in maintaining safety in B.C.’s nine facilities for adult inmates. Another factor in crowding is that about half of the roughly 2,500 inmates in the B.C. system on an average day are awaiting

trial or sentencing.Safety and security

incident reports have been on the rise in

most facilities in recent years, with the highest

rate of nearly 1,200 a year at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge. Nanaimo and Prince George both recorded nearly 800 incidents a year by 2012, with lower rates at Vancouver Island, Surrey Pretrial, North Fraser Pretrial and Kamloops.

The auditor’s report says one reason for the

increase is that incidents are being reported and tracked on a more sys-tematic basis. Bellringer also notes that there isn’t a clear definition of what constitutes a safety and security incident, and B.C. Corrections doesn’t have a target of what constitutes an acceptable level.

By Tom FletcherBLACK PRESStfl [email protected]

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Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said conditions in B.C. prisons are improv-ing thanks to a $185 million construction program, including an addition to Surrey Pre-trial, a new women’s wing at Prince George and expansion of Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.

A new 300-cell Okanagan adult cus-tody facility at Oliver is under construction, and expected to open in 2016. Anton said that extra space will alleviate the space shortage at other facili-ties, but it remains to be seen if the new prison will allow the removal of tent-like temporary structures that have housed low-risk inmates at Kam-loops and Fraser in recent years.

The audit also ques-tioned the availability and effectiveness of rehabilitation programs offered in B.C. prisons. The audit found that only one program, vio-lence prevention, was evaluated and shown to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

The five core pro-grams operated in B.C. provincial prisons are:

• Respectful rela-tionships, to help inmates understand and eliminate abusive behaviours

• Substance abuse management, to reduce relapse and develop healthier life-styles

• Violence pre-vention, designed to reduce aggressive behaviour

• Emotional man-agement for women

• Relationship skills for women.

Correctional centres also offer life skills, vocational, literacy and school extension pro-grams. All programs are voluntary, and with an average sentenced stay of 71 days, some inmates aren’t in cus-tody long enough to complete studies even if they want to.

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Audit questions prison programs Accused killer to remain in custody

A Kamloops man accused of murdering a woman in a North Shore apartment building last month will remain behind bars for at least the next two months.

Christopher Frank Butler was charged with second-degree murder after Deanne Wheeler was killed in a Cherry Avenue apartment on Dec.

30.Butler, 41, made a brief

court appearance by video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre (KRCC) on Monday, Jan. 12, at which time lawyers put his matter over to March.

Butler has a brief criminal his-tory, most recently a conviction for

assault in September.He pleaded guilty and was sen-

tenced to 37 days in jail and 18 months of probation, meaning he was on probation at the time he is alleged to have killed Wheeler.

In 2012, Butler pleaded guilty to assault and breach, which earned him a 33-day stay in jail.

Police were called to the apart-ment complex at 435 Cherry Ave. just after 2 p.m. on Dec. 30.

Butler was arrested a short time later and has been in custody at KRCC since.

Butler is due back in Kamloops provincial court on March 9.

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LNG plans continue in 2015 despite oil slumpThe shakeout of liquefied natu-

ral gas proposals for B.C. contin-ues, with ExxonMobil’s large-scale project for Prince Rupert moving ahead and smaller projects chang-ing or withdrawing plans.

ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil have filed a detailed description with B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office, planning for a city-owned site on Tuck Inlet north of Prince Rupert Harbour.

One of the larger of 18 B.C. proposals, West Coast Canada LNG (WCC LNG) proposes up to five floating barges for LNG load-ing with onshore support facilities, and an estimated capital cost of $15-25 billion. WCC LNG plans to start construction by 2017 and be in service by 2024.

WCC LNG sorted through a half dozen sites in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, where the larger of B.C.’s 18 current LNG export proposals are also claiming sites. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman says 2015 is when the LNG industry begins to take shape, despite a slump in oil prices and rising competition from U.S. and other gas produc-ers.

“New drilling activity in our upstream sector demonstrates investors remain confident in

B.C.’s long-term natural gas potential,” Coleman said in a New Year commentary released last week. “One of our province’s largest Crown land sales in history occurred near the end of 2014, with industry contributing more than $209 million for exploration right alone.”

Proponents of Aurora LNG Grassy Point near Prince Rupert withdrew that application to start the year, focusing on another site at Digby Island.

Also withdrawn is the Far-rell Creek raw gas processing plant north of Hudson’s Hope, a project taken over by Chinese-

owned Progress Energy. Progress is a partner with PETRONAS in Pacific Northwest LNG at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, with its investment decision postponed indefinitely late last year amid changing global energy supply and demand.

Woodfibre LNG near

Squamish is another small-scale project moving ahead, with its application for B.C. environmental assessment accepted at the end of 2014.

The public comment period closed for another large-scale pro-posal, the Shell-led LNG Canada proposal for Kitimat.

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After the dramatic amount of snow we had last week, I had numerous patients in my office with an assortment of injuries. Unfortunately, most of the injuries were pre-ventable. As a result, I was looking for more quality snow shovelling information to give to my patients and the readers of my articles.

I noticed that the health news archives on WebMD.com dating back to Jan. 20, 2011 offered some quality

information and sta-tistics. The author was Kelli Miller and the article was reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD. This article stated that shovelling snow sends on average more than 11,000 adults and children to the hospital every year.

As well, a new 17-year study published

in this month’s Ameri-can Journal of Emergency Medicine details the most common health haz-ards associated with shovelling snow.

Snow shovelling can sometimes lead to bad backs, broken bones, head injuries, and even deadly heart problems. This article mentions that not only

is the heart’s workload increased due to shov-elling snow, but cold temperatures also add to the chances of a heart attack in at-risk individuals. This hap-pened to a healthy and fit man in his mid-40s in Kamloops a few days ago.

He was a young, healthy guy who sud-

denly died of a heart attack while shovelling snow.

The researchers in this study found that overworking certain muscles, falling, and being hit with the shov-el were the most com-mon reasons people got hurt.

Muscle, ligament, tendon, and other soft tissue injuries topped the list of snow shovel-ling mishaps. Among these, lower back inju-ries were very common.

They noticed that some other common snow shovelling inju-ries included cuts and broken bones. The arms and hands were the most likely body regions to sustain a bone fracture. As well, heart-related problems made up only seven per cent of snow shovelling injuries.

However, all deaths

due to snow shovelling were caused by heart problems. As well, adults over 55 were over four times more likely than younger people to have heart-related symptoms while shovelling.

With all of this information in mind, I hope you realize that the potentially simple task of shovelling heavy snow like we had last

week can have seri-ous, even deadly, con-sequences! I suggest that you warm up and stretch before starting to shovel. As well, only do so much shovelling before taking a break. It would also help to see your chiropractor before you start shovel-ling snow so that your joints have full mobility and your muscles are not tight to begin with.

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Make a positive resolution this year

I was reflecting on the practice of mak-ing new year’s resolu-tions, and wondered if there was one that was powerful enough to send ripples of change throughout our world, yet simple enough that everyone could man-age it.

It didn’t take long for an answer to come. What if we all resolved to only speak positively about other people?

What if we ceased all judgement and criti-cism, and viewed the negative behavior of others with some com-passion, recognizing that those who behave negatively are essen-

tially unhappy with themselves?

What if we accepted that all of us are doing the best that we can given our current level of awareness, and that those who are the least pleasant to be around are the ones who require the most love and encouragement?

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This would mean teaching our children that it creates negative energy when we say mean things about oth-ers, and being a posi-tive model for them. It would mean dealing with issues openly in families, rather than

taking sides and gang-ing up against the “bad guy.” It would also mean refusing to gossip about others, and let-ting others know that you are not interested in listening to gossip.

It might also mean not creating or par-ticipating in alignments in the workplace, but rather remaining sin-cerely cordial and pro-fessional in all of your work relationships.

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enemy can make two people feel closer to one another, but is this any basis for cementing a friendship? If much of your interaction with someone is based on discussing a third party, perhaps there is not enough good stuff to sustain the relation-ship.

I cannot think of anything else that is this simple, yet so pro-found in its potential impact.

The amazing thing is that if only one per-son makes this resolu-

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This is a little like cleaning up our social and emotional environ-ments.

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We’ll all breathe easier, and it will be much better for our children.

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The Merritt Cen-tennials went into Wednesday night’s home game against the Langley Rivermen with a little bit of a different look about them.

Gone from the lineup are 19-year-olds Devin Oakes, Matt Foley and Braden Fuller. Both Oakes and Foley had their seasons end early as they are in need of surgery to repair upper body injuries. Meanwhile, Fuller has been traded to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs for future considerations.

As replacements, the Merritt Centennials have acquired three new faces, all of whom were scheduled to be in the lineup against the Rivermen on Wednesday.

On the blueline, the Cents added 20-year-old defenceman Griffyn Martin from the Trail Smoke Eaters. In his rookie season with the Smokies, Griffin played 35 games. The native of Southport, Conn. scored three goals and added eight assists for 11 points

to go along with 22 pen-alty minutes.

Up front, the Centennials added 19-year-old forward Zak Bowles from the Bulldogs and 18-year-old Stephan Seeger from the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League.

In 80 regular season games with Alberni Valley, Bowles scored 11 goals and picked up 16 assists to go along with 74 minutes in penal-ties. The Calgary-born Bowles picked up one assist in his first game as a Centennial — a 5-4 win over the Surrey Eagles last Friday.

Seeger, who hails from Stamford, Conn., played just 11 games for the Buccaneers of the USHL, recording one goal and two assists.

All the Cents’ wheeling-and-dealing took place in the days leading up to the junior hockey trade deadline on January 10. Merritt head coach and GM Luke Pierce is very pleased with his team’s new acquistions.

“With all three of them, there’s some

maturity and experi-ence in different ways,” Pierce said. “It’s not something we’re neces-sarily lacking, but it’s something we can ben-efit from.”

Pierce went on to add, “Martin is a 20-year-old. He’s played a year in the NCAA (with 2014 Division 1 national champion Union College). He’s excited to be here, and

looking forward to the challenge of helping us make the playoffs.

“Bowles has a full year of experience in our league, and he’s a good character kid that wants to play for us. He brings a ton of speed.

“Seeger’s only 18, but he’s played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (with the Moncton Wildcats), skated in the Ontario

Hockey League and most recently been playing in the USHL. There’s plenty of expe-rience there. He’s got some grit and some bite, and just wants to keep playing hockey.”

Pierce said some change can go a long way to re-invigorating a team, especially as it enters the final third of the regular season with playoffs on the horizon.

“I think [after Christmas] we got a bit stale,” Pierce said. “Sometimes, you just need to shake things up, make some changes and add a few new fresh faces. I like the way our current group fills out. I think what we’ve added will help a great deal, in some different ways.

“We are who we are now,” Pierce said. “There’ll be no more tweaking. Hopefully, the guys figure that out, and come ready to play each and every night.”

The head coach said Fuller, a Cents’ rookie from Grande Prairie, took his move to Alberni Valley really well.

“He was great about how he handled every-thing. He was first class. I have nothing but good to say about Braden, and I wish him well in the future.”

Changing topics, Pierce did not express a great deal of concern about his team’s nar-row one-goal victory over the Express on January 9. The Eagles, who have won just seven games this season, battled back from a 5-1 deficit to make a things

interesting against the Centennials on the Olympic-sized ice at the South Surrey Arena.

“The finish wasn’t as bad as it looked,” the head coach said. “We put in a good effort for 60 minutes, but maybe didn’t make some good decisions.”

Surrey’s second goal, late in the second period, seemed to give the Eagles life, and they quickly scored two more in the first five minutes of the third.

“I thought that maybe we played a bit too defensive in the late-going, and pulled back our attack,” Pierce said. “It was a good lesson for us. The guys learned that you don’t need to change your game entirely.”

Losing Jake Clifford to a fight early in the middle stanza, and then Cole Arcuri to a high hit two shifts later didn’t help matters as the Cents were forced to go with only four D’men for the second half of the game. Pierce was quite peeved about the Arcuri incident.


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The Centennials weren’t the only team in the BCHL wheeling and dealing as the junior hockey trade deadline came and went on January 10.

According to for-mer Q101 program director Brian Wiebe’s TradeCentre blog, 12 of the league’s 16 mem-ber teams got in on the action in the days lead-ing up to deadline day.

Since December 1, a total of 23 trades

were made involving 31 players. Fifteen of those trades were made within the BCHL, while eight involved transactions with teams outside of

B.C.The final trading day

was a busy one with no fewer than eight trades, three players released and four players signed as free agents.

In the Interior Division of the BCHL, every team made one

or more moves to strengthen their roster for this season or next. Merritt, Salmon Arm and West Kelowna were all active buyers, while last-place Trail was the biggest seller as it begins the rebuilding process for next year.

BCHL STANDINGS to Jan. 13

Team GP W L T OTL PTS

Penticton 41 32 6 2 1 67Vernon 40 26 11 1 2 55West Kelowna 41 21 15 0 5 47Merritt 38 21 15 0 2 44Salmon Arm 39 17 14 3 5 42Trail 39 14 23 0 2 30

INTERIOR DIVISION


Langley 42 22 15 1 4 49Chilliwack 39 23 14 1 1 48Prince George 40 18 18 0 4 40Coquitlam 42 15 22 1 4 35Surrey 41 7 31 0 3

MAINLAND DIVISION


Nanaimo 40 28 11 0 1 57Powell River 42 20 14 0 8 48Victoria 41 18 13 1 9 46Alberni Valley 38 19 15 1 3 42Cowichan Valley 43 16 25 1 1 34

ISLAND DIVISION

Cents begin stretch run with three new facesGriffyn Martin, Zak Bowles and Stephan Seeger expected to add a measure of maturity and experience to the lineup

THREE IN THE FOLD The Merritt Centennials acquired three new players in the days leading up to the junior hockey trade deadline on January 10. They are (left to right) 20-year-old Griffyn Martin (Southport, Conn.), 19-year-old Zak Bowles (Calgary) and 18-year-old Stephan Seeger (Stamford, Conn.) Ian Webster/Herald

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“It was a blatant blow to the head. Cole’s eyebrow was opened up for several stitches. It should have been a five-minute major penalty, for sure. Instead, the referee just gave him two minutes and we lose a player. I don’t agree with that.”

In the end, Pierce said, “I’m just glad we got out of there with the win.”

The Cents were expecting a physical, aggressive game against the visiting Rivermen on Wednesday. Langley beat Merritt 5-1 on November 5.

“They’re big, they

come at you hard, and they have some high-end talent up front. We’ve got to be disci-plined,” Pierce said. “With adding three new bodies to our team, we’ll want to focus on simpli-fying our game rather than worrying about or over-analyzing our opponents.”

Merritt plays twice at home this weekend. Friday, the team hosts the league-leading Penticton Vees, while Sunday afternoon, it’s the high-flying Nanaimo Clippers who sail into town for their only visit of the season.

The Clips, who are coached by the always-entertaining former

Cents’ bench boss Mike Vandekamp, are in first place in the BCHL’s Island Division and second overall in the league standings behind the Vees.

OVERTIME

Merritt’s home game against the Trail Smoke Eaters on January 10 had to be cancelled at the last minute because of bus problems the Smokies experienced en route to the game Saturday afternoon.

The third-to-last regular-season meeting between the two teams has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m.

Cents-Smokies game rescheduledFrom

With men’s rec hock-ey occupying both local arenas on the weekend, most of Merritt’s minor hockey teams were playing games out of town. Here’s the results that have been reported to the Herald:

Peewee Girls

Bianca Cavaliere’s natural hat trick (three goals in a row) spurred the Joco Transport peewee girls to a 3-3 tie with Kelowna on Sunday. No assists were reported by the on-ice officials. Janelle Gage stood tall in net.

Bantam House

Captain Tyler Mosley also pulled off a hat trick in his City Furniture bantam house team’s 7-2 win against Ashcroft on Saturday.

Other goal get-ters for the City squad were Darius Sam (2), Nikikaxni Grismer-

Voght and Roi Joe. Assists were given to Ethan Sheena-Patrick, Jesse Maunu and Dylan Stirling.

Colton Macaulay went the distance in net to pick up the win.

Atom Development

The Fountain Tire atoms traveled to Enderby over the weekend and picked up a 5-2 win over North Okanagan.

Max Graham had

two goals and two assists for the victorious Jr. Cents. Robert Sterling also tallied twice and Cortez Charters once. Additional assists were awarded to Brayden McRae Chillihitzia, Jalen McRae and Preston Laupitz.

Manjot Panghli and Nathan Willey shared the win in net.

The Fountain Tire team hosts both Penticton and Salmon Arm this coming week-end.

Novice Tournament This Weekend

A 10-team novice tournament takes over both local arenas for a good part of the upcoming weekend.

In addition to three teams from Merritt, visiting squads will be in attendance from Salmon Arm, West Kelowna, Penticton, Kelowna, Williams Lake, Kamloops and Vernon.

There is one game on Friday in town at 5 p.m. featuring the Merritt White team. They also play at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Shulus) on Saturday.

Merritt Red plays at 7 a.m. (Shulus), 11:30 a.m. and at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, while Merritt Black plays at 7 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The champion-ship games run from 7 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Sunday.

MINOR HOCKEY REPORT

Cavaliere and Mosley record hat tricks

Bianca Cavaliere Tyler Mosley

Visitors take two of three curling titlesDevils turn up the heat in men’s oldtimer hockey By Ian Webster

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The Merritt Curling Club proved to be the best of hosts on the weekend as out-of-town teams were allowed to leave with two of the three titles up for grabs at the annual Black’s Pharmacy men’s invita-tional bonspiel.

A total of 20 teams from throughout the Okanagan and Lower Mainland took part in the three-day event that boasted $3,500 in prize money.

After the final rock had been tossed on Sunday afternoon, it was the Dave Williams foursome from Chase that went home with the biggest earnings, winning the ‘A’ championship 8-3 over Merritt’s quartet of skip Bob Schmidt, third Bob Taylor, second Rick Ferguson and lead Mark Dixon.

The ‘A’ final was a tentative affair, with both rinks misfiring in the early going and stealing points from each other.

Things kind of blew

open in the fifth end. Nursing a 3-2 lead, the Schmidt team had a communication break-down that led to a hog rock and three big points for the Williams side.

The visitors stole two more in the sixth on a burned rock and another in the seventh to put the game away.

“We were just tired,” conceded Schmidt who, along with Taylor, played a big role in putting the bonspiel on. “It was a

long weekend.”“We just weren’t curl-

ing sharp when it count-ed,” Taylor added.

Next door, the ‘B’ final was an all-Vancouver affair, as the Dave Conlin rink from Langley duked it out with the Brian Gilmore quartet out of Richmond.

In a very close contest that never saw more than a one-point lead, the Conlin crew edged the Gilmore clan 7-6 in

eight ends.The ‘C’ final pitted

two Merritt rinks against one another. Both teams had to play three times Sunday in order to curl for the money at the end of the day.

The Rick Olsen rink (with Gerry Gilderdale, Doug Turvey and Jim Murdoch) jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead after two ends, only to see the Adrian Reynoldson


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A mystery goal with just 1:17 remaining in the third period proved to be the winner as the Merritt Devils defeated 100 Mile 4-3 to take the 60+ division of the Grand Pub and Grill’s Redneck Oldtimer Rec Hockey Tournament on the weekend.

None of the players on the ice or the stand-ing-room-only crowd of five quite saw how the puck popped out from the corner and found its way into the back of the 100 Mile net, but Devils’ captain Roddy Rodgers and his teammates were delighted with the out-come just the same.

The Devils’ victory

avenged an earlier 6-2 loss to 100 Mile during the round robin portion of the tournament.

The championship game was a close one from beginning to end with the Devils holding a narrow 3-2 lead at the ice clean. The visitors from the Cariboo netted the equalizer early in the second period, setting the scene for the dramat-ic ‘goal from someone’ that will be talked about for years to come.

Confirmed Devils’ scorers in the champion-ship game were Clay Martin, Gord Curnow and Randy McLean.

Goaltender Chris Johnson came on in relief of Grant Rodgers in net for the Devils and picked up the win

between the pipes. Johnson had also back-stopped the Rednecks in the 50+ division of the tournament.

It was the Kamloops Radicals who took the four-team 50+ title with a perfect 3-0 record, while Quesnel were tops in the 40+ category fol-lowing a 12-3 victory over defending-cham-pion NVIT in Sunday’s gold-medal game.

RIGHT ON THE BUTTON Skip Bob Schmidt delivers the goods during ‘A’ final curling action in the Black’s Pharmacy men’s open bonspiel at the Merritt Curling Centre on the weekend. Ian Webster/Herald

See ‘Men’s curling’ Page 26

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME (Above) Members of the local Devils hockey team (in black) and their 100 Mile opponents join forces for a group picture following their championship game on Sunday. (Top) Rednecks’ goaltender Chris Johnson, who filled in for an injured Grant Rodgers in the Devils-100 Mile game gives his two-year-old grandson Carter Oberly a tour of the ice on the weekend. Ian Webster/Herald


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foursome (with Jack Reynoldson, Bob Reid and George Mathieu) roar back with five in the third end to go on top. Things went back and forth from there with Olsen regaining the lead 7-5 after five ends, Reynoldson tying things at 7-7 in the sixth, and Olsen surging ahead by two again in the seventh.

Everything came down to Reynoldson’s final rock in the eighth end. Sitting one, three and four, the always-competitive Reynoldson

decided to play for the win and attempt to score three rather than execute a simpler angle-raise, tie the game and send things to an extra end or two.

Reynoldson’s shot was real good, but not quite good enough as he had to settle for one — thus handing the Olsen team the win, 9-8.

“That’s Adrian for you,” his good friend Jerry Canuel said after the nailbiter match. “He always goes for the win-ner.”

The teams in atten-dance at this year’s men’s bonspiel had a great time. In addition to the on-ice action, a lively shuffleboard tournament was organized by Brian Snee that mirrored the curling draw.

Winners of the shuf-fleboard showdown were the Miller and Dennis Rogalsky rinks from Richmond and Merritt respectively.

In addition, a dart board that was donated to the curling centre by Canadian Tire saw plen-

ty of action all weekend.Saturday’s banquet

was highlighted by the presentation of a jacket to curler Al McKinnon from Richmond who has attended the Merritt bonspiel for over 25 years in a row.

Taylor said that the annual men’s bonspiel simply would not be possible without the tre-mendous support of the event’s principal sponsor, Black’s Pharmacy.

“[Black’s owner] Kurt Thoms is simply amaz-ing. Without him, we

couldn’t do it.”The next event at the

Merritt Curling Centre is the ladies’ bonspiel. This year, it will be a one-day affair on January 24, with 16 teams playing three four-end games each.

The Curling Centre’s junior program is con-tinuing to enjoy tremen-dous success on Monday afternoons starting at 3:30 p.m. Look for more curling pictures from the junior program in next Tuesday’s edition of the Merritt Herald.

Men’s curling bonspiel a big success

HOW SWEEP IT IS Merritt’s Bob Taylor (left) and Rick Ferguson put some sinew into their sweeping during the ‘A’ final of the men’s curling bonspiel on Sunday after-noon. Ian Webster/Herald

Big numbers take in Mamette Lake fi shing derby

PROUD FISHERMEN Six-year-old Dustin Madore and his sister Brooklyn, 8, show off their fine catches at the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club’s Mamette Lake Fishing Derby on Sunday. Over 200 anglers took part in the annual event. Ian Webster/Herald


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Perfect conditions brought out the crowds for the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club’s annual Mamette Lake Fishing Derby on Sunday.

“We had 207 people register,” NVFGC rep-resentative Dick Kitsch said. “That’s the most we’ve had for many years.”

Anglers came from as far away as Lytton, Kamloops, Douglas Lake and all places in between, Kitsch report-ed.

A total of 210 trout were caught, along with another 40 coarse fish.

After an erroneous early-morning start to

the weighing process, all the right winners were determined and announced.

The largest trout, weighing in at two pounds 13 ounces, was caught by Eric Presley, while second place went to Dom Abbinante with a catch of two pounds nine ounces. Abbinante very generously donated his $200 winnings back to the local fish and game club. The largest coarse fish was Ian Blachford’s at four pounds eight ounces.

There were a total of seven winners at the hid-den weight of one pound three ounces.

A substantial 50/50 pot of $595 was won by Gary Serko.

NICOLA VALLEYFISH AND GAME CLUB

Mamette LakeIce Fishing Derby

ResultsTrout

1st Place - Eric Presley 2 lbs 13 oz2nd Place - Dom Abbinante 2 lbs 9 oz

3rd Place - Cam Adams 2 lbs 4 oz

Coarse FishIan Blachford 4 lbs 8 oz

Hidden Weight (1 lb 3 oz)

7 Winners Total

50/50 Raffle ($595)

Gary Serko

BACKWOODS BLISS Over 50 cross-country skiing and snowshoeing enthusiasts converged on the Kane Valley for the local Nicola Nordic Club’s annual Chili Sunday social event. Conditions were perfect for both skiers and snowshoers with pleasant temperatures, ideal snow and freshly-groomed trails. The gathering of outdoor lovers took time out from their activities to celebrate the upcoming 80th birthday of long-time Merritt resident and back-country advocate Katherine Shewchuk. She and her husband, Murphy Shewchuk, have been instrumental in the development of the spectacular Kane Valley trail system. (Right) Katherine, in the middle, and her many, many friends. (Below) The Clark and Willm families set out on a ski from the Parking Lot #2 shelter. Ian Webster/Herald

Record numbers at Chili Sunday

HOOP STARSCasidy Sheena (left) and Emmanuelle Dugas from the Merritt Secondary School’s junior girls basketball team were chosen as all-stars at a tournament in Penticton on the weekend. “Both girls were incredibly competitive all weekend and gave solid performances in all their games — outrebounding and outhustling their opponents,” Merritt head coach Tamara Slanzi said. MSS actually took two squads to the tourney — a Grade 9 team and a Grade 10 team. In addition to Sheena and Dugas, other Merritt standouts at the two-day event were Madeleine Barnes, Taryn Hack, Takarah Kubo, Jensen Cavaliere and Kerrigan Selman. Kubo sunk a three-pointer to seal a Merritt victory in her team’s final game. Ian Webster/Herald

Nicola Valley Film SocietyPresenting “TRACKS”

Rated PG on Monday, Jan. 19, 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. For more info phone 378-3974.

lower Nicola Flea marketJan. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lower Nicola Community Hall. Barter for new, renewed and homemade items. Contact Diane Van Hoof at 378-3481 for more information.

alzheimer awareNeSS moNthTo help promote aware-

ness of the disease, the Merritt and District Hospice Society has partnered with the Alzheimer Society of B.C.to provide an informa-tion session on Alzheimer’s disease and advance care planning. Tara Hildebrand from the Alzheimer Society of B.C. will talk about the progression of the disease, coping and managing strategies, and self-care. Also, the importance of a power of attorney and having a representation agreement. This informa-tion session is free to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Merritt Civic Centre, Room 2. For further information, please contact Jill Sanford at 250-378-4577.

helP reD croSSLooking for volunteers to

help 2 hours a week in the morning. If interested please call 250-378-5276

Shelter lookiNg For VoluNteerSThe Nicola Valley Shelter

and Support Society is seek-ing volunteers to fill shifts at the Extreme Weather Response Shelter located at 1937A Quilchena Ave. from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight daily. Volunteer application pack-ages are available at the Community Policing Office (250-378-3955) at 2013 Quilchena Ave.

coNayt BiNgoJoin Conayt Friendship

Society every Thursday for bingo. Doors open at 4:30 and bingo starts at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and play bingo! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

the Nicola Valley commuNity BaND Fall season of practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the music room at MSS. info: James 250-378-9894.

the commuNity choir New season has started,

come at 7 p.m. Located at Colletteville school. New members are very welcome. For more information con-tact: Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-389-2678.

riSiNg From the aSheSFire relief fundraisers

for Earth Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle dona-tions to the bottle depot.

liViNg with loSS SuPPort grouPLiving with the Loss

Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call Marilyn at 250-378-3513.

kNitwitSLove to knit or cro-

chet? Come on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.(1st Thursday of the month)

VoluNteerS NeeDeDThe Navy League is in need

of officer’s and volunteers to help out with our grow-ing Cadet Corps. Our chil-dren are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experi-ence or are interested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Sue 250-378-9880 or email at [email protected]

merritt SeNior ceNtreWeekly schedule is as

follows: Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. All sen-iors welcome.

merritt miNor hockeyRegister for the 2014/15

season at merrittmin-orhockey.com. Call 250-378-6827 for more infor-mation.

royal caNaDiaN legioNTuesday - Darts: 7 p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday - 5

p.m. Saturdays - Meat draw: 2:30 p.m.

marVellouS muttSMarvellous Mutts &

Rehoming Merritt Branch, are always looking for fos-ter families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at [email protected].

NV remote coNtrol FlyerWe are starting a new

club in town for flying model aircraft. We fly at various locations around town. New members wel-come. For more info, call Jack 250-378-4371.

Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: [email protected]

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THE CHURCHES OFMERRITT WELCOME YOU

Crossroads Community Church

Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme)

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

St. Michael’s Anglican Church

Trinity United Church

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES

Available at Creative Company2074 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, BC

Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813

Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14

Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C

Fri. Mar. 15

Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C

Sat. Mar. 16

Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C

Sun. Mar. 17

Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C

Mon. Mar. 18

Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C

Tue. Mar. 19

SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C

Wed. Mar. 20

Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C

7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 - Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015

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A Few Flurries

High: 0˚CLow: -5˚C

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Mix of Sun and Clouds

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High: -3˚CLow: -4˚C

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help us reach our goal

Would you like to see a movie theatre in Merritt, then the Merritt Community Cinema Soceity can use your help!

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Merritt Community Cinema Society and mail it to:

1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

For more information

call Rich Hodson250-378-6794

phase 2has started.

goal to reach $144,000 for

design & architect fees



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MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICESOCIETY

Children grieve too. Remember, like adults, each child reacts differently to loss. Sharing your grief with your child is one way to help

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Harold George Winfield

Harold George Win eld of Merritt passed away January 2, 2015.

He is survived by his sister Doreen Eliasson of Brockville, Ontario and his sister-in-law Mary Nommensen of Renton, Washington. He is also survived by his stepson Bill (Carole) Russell of Victoria and his stepdaughter Colleen (Keith) Adams of Kamloops: grandchildren Todd, Denise, Christopher, Jeffrey, Kelly, Michael, Robert, Michelle and numerous great grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents, his loving wife Margo, of 37 years, brothers Lloyd and John, brother-in-law El Eliasson and his stepson Hugh Russell of Kamloops.

Harold went to Merritt in the early 60’s to work for Inland Natural Gas for 10 years. He then worked for Dearborn Motors as a salesman and went on to run his own business, Cawin Motors.

Harold was a member of the North Kamloops Elks for fty years and an active member of the Elks in Merritt for many years.

A family gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of owers, donations may be made to Merritt Gillis House, 3451

Voght Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1C6, in memory of Harold.

With great sadness we announce the passing of Garry Ranger. He is survived by his beautiful daughter Kristal and two grandchildren. His loving long time girlfriend Nancy, and his furry friend Tork, also Father Leo, Brother Troy (Betty) Sister Valery, Claudette (Bruce), Debbie (David), Step

Brothers, Barry (Lisa), Danny (Char) and many Aunts, Uncles, Nieces and Nephews. With great love in my heart and sorrow of your passing, I will forever remember you my beloved son... Mom - Clara, Step dad - Claude Jackson.

Thank you to Dr. Bester and the staff at NVGH. Memorial Service for family and friends will be at the Merritt Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 16th at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of owers please donate to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Garry Ranger

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gyDecember 8th, 1960 - January 1st, 2015

On Jan. 7, 2015 Brian Colburn Cavill passed away peacefully at Merritt, BC at the age of 74 years. He is survived by his loving partner Brenda, brother Doug (Joanne) Cavill, sisters Helen (Gary) Wright, and Joanne (Bruno) Taylor, as well as many nephews, nieces and dear friends. He is predeceased by his Mother and Father, Dorthea and Charles Cavill, his brother, David Cavill and nephew, Gil Taylor.

Tea and refreshments were served at the Elks Hall on January 9, 2015. Family would like to thank Brian’s many friends for their help and kind words, as well as the nurses and doctors in Merritt and Kamloops.

On Jan. 7, 2015 BrianOolburn Cavill passed Co

Brian Colburn Cavill

Marlene Brigden of Sundre Alberta (formerly of Merritt)

passed away peacefully on December 27th, 2014 at the

age of 75 after a 2 year battle with Cancer. Marlene was born

January 4th, 1939 In Winnipeg Manitoba and lived most of her

life in BC. Marlene is predeceased by her parents Fred and Anne Mysak, brother Bill Mysak and her grandchild Andrew Tearoe, who are without a doubt, by her side now.

Marlene is survived by her husband Dennis and Lovingly remembered by her children Karen (Russ) McDonald of Sundre Alberta, Steve (Melba) Turchak, and Shelly (Laurier) Montreuil of Merritt BC and her step children Norm (Deanne) Brigden of Parksville BC, Tina (Howard) Buechert of Cranbrook BC and Judy (Tom) Tearoe of Kelowna BC She also leaves behind 12 wonderful Grandchildren and 7 precious “Great Grandchildren.

Mom had a great love of scrap-booking. She made numerous albums for the families. She especially loved to make amazing memory books of the grand and “Great” Grandchildren.

A great weekend was when she and Dennis went for a dinner out at the casino to try her luck, and often times, came out a “winner”. Mom spent many hours gardening. Her nished projects were gorgeous, neighbors and passersby stopped to admire and chat. Mom was kind and generous to all and will be greatly missed.

A “Celebration of Life” will be held in Merritt, BC in the latter part of March, 2015, which would have been mom and Dennis’ 25th wedding Anniversary.

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FIRST NATIONS SUPPORT WORKER

School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) is accepting applications for a First Nations Support Worker at Merritt Bench and Collettville Elementary Schools in Merritt. This is a temporary position, 20 hours per week starting immediately to June 25, 2015.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing counseling support, communicating with students and parents/guardians, tutoring, and cultural education.

Application forms are available at the School Board Of ce, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca , click on Jobs/Support Positions/Job Postings, listed under Job Code # 851508, and follow the prompts. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until January 16, 2015. Please forward to:

Attn: Secretary TreasurerSchool District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen)

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Emcon Services Inc., a Road and Bridge Maintenance Contractor based in Merritt, B.C. is seeking applications for an Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk maternity leave position in our Merritt office. The main function of this position will be to assist within the financial aspects at the Corporate office and to work with the management team to create “financial focus”. The position also requires an individual who can handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a busy and complex office environment, as well as, possess strong administrative skills, excellent verbal and written skills, be well organized and have Microsoft Office/solid computer experience and knowledge. Payroll experience is an asset.

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As this position requires operation of Company Vehicles, please include a driver’s abstract in your Application along with relevant education and experience.

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practitioner—Savona, BCApply your in-depth knowledge of H&S regulations, industry standards and best practices to support all pipeline area operations and help leadership meet H&S targets as you: • liaise with regulatory agencies • review and coordinate H&S reporting • provide emergency response support • support H&S project management • provide H&S training and related technical support.

Along with an H&S diploma or certifi cate (a degree would be an asset) and 6 years’ H&S experience

(or equivalencies), you ideally have your CRSP designation, excellent analytical, communication, computer and organization skills. A valid driver’s licence and driver’s abstract are required.Experience in incident investigations, project management, pipeline and gas plant maintenance and using/developing processes for managing H&S risks would be preferred.

For more information on this position and to apply online by January 22, 2015, please visit spectraenergy.com/careers.

We thank you for your interest. Please note that only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Administrative ClerkN.M.V. Lumber Ltd. is looking for an organized and proactive full-time administrative clerk.

Duties include, but are not limited to: reception, shipping/receiving, data entry, maintaining supplies inventory, providing administrative support to management and other general office duties.

Qualifications for this role include: at least 2 years office administration experience, strong computer skills, a pleasant telephone manner, excellent math skills, excellent verbal and written skills, ability to work independently and multi-task and a strong attention to detail. Some bookkeeping experience would be an asset.

Fax your resume and cover letter to 250-378-5820 or via email in PDF format to [email protected].

No phone calls please. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Career Opportunities



Help Wanted Help Wanted


Employment Employment Employment

Trades, Technical

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Searching for highly motivat-ed and ambitious individuals to work and be challenged in their fi eld. Competitive Wage & Good Benefi t Package Offered!

Please forward your resume:

Fax:(1)604-581-4104 Email: [email protected]

Visit: www.tealjones.com

Services

Financial Services

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

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Services

Financial Services

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

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

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

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

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

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

Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Misc. WantedJerrys Antiques & Things is

also Buying Rocks Gems Stones & Lapidary Equipment Give us a call and we may buy

it all. (250) 838 - 0644

Private Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Real Estate

Houses For Sale

Home and Land PackagesSpringbank Ave, MerrittCompletely Serviced

City ServicesTurn Key

STARTING FROM

$249,900.00

Call 250-573-2278Toll Free 1-866-573-1288

7510 Dallas Drive, Kamloops

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Apt/Condo for Rent

KENGARDMANOR

Move in bonus - 1/2 month free rent

For appointment call

250-378-9880

Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

Starting at $625/mth

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

SUMMIT APARTMENTSBrand new 2 bedroom apartments

References required.NO PETS,

NO SMOKING.250-280-7644

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

Clean one and two

bedroom. Starting at

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MOVE IN BONUS 1 month free rent

250-378-9880Houses For Sale

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Apt/Condo for Rent

NICOLA APARTMENTS

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250-378-9880

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Rentals

Homes for RentFor Rent: 3bedrm, Newly

Renovated house, large yard. $1,000/mth 604-454-4731

Suites, LowerLarge 2 bedroom ground level suite for rent. Close to shop-ping. Private entrance, drive-

way & Patio. Free storage shed. $825.00 month includes

utilities. Non smokes only.315-4660. Working or retired

person(s) only.

Suites, Upper2 bdrm suite, laminate fl rs, re-cently reno’d, shared laundry

$650 incl. util. Available Feb lst. N/s, N/p, ref. req.

778-228-6378

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The Fitzhugh is an award-winning community news organization in beautiful Jasper, Alberta – the heart of the Canadian Rockies. We are seeking a passionate, driven, and highly creative individual to fill the role of Production Manager with our team.

Ours is a young, enthusiastic office in a not-so-average mountain town. As soon as the rooftop pool is installed we plan to have regular Friday afternoon diving competitions. The Google compound’s got nothing on us. Working here, you’ll want to keep your trail mix close to your camera, tucked safely beside those tickets to the next local gig.

The Production Manager plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all production activities, while playing a fundamental role in the creative direction and graphic design of the newspaper and the advertising within it. You will perform essential functions in layout and design to ensure that the newspaper meets strict print deadlines.

The ideal candidate will have:Strong knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skillsAbility to execute creative designs, concepts, and layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design conceptsMinimum of 3 years experience designing for print, ideally with publishing experienceKnowledge of 4 colour print production processStrong attention to detailAbility to meet strict weekly deadlinesAbility to multi-task and utilize resources to execute tasks within a deadline oriented environmentConfidence to work independently and in support of business objectivesIllustration, photography and advertising experience a bonus

This is an amazing opportunity to fill out your portfolio and to join a fun and positive work environment.

Please forward your resume to Matt at [email protected].

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Fully Quali ed Tradesmen in..Plumbing, Heating, Bonded Gas Fitters.

Service Work & Furnace Service. Custom Sheet Metal

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PHONE: 250-378-4943 2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC

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IVAN’S SIDINGSALES & SERVICE

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It’s never too early to start planning for the future.

CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed ProfessionalConsultant on Aging

call me at: 250.315.0241

E-mail: [email protected]

Need help to create a plan to enjoy the life you desire today, & tomorrow?

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FURNITURE: LIVING ROOMMicrofibre Recliner $399 $199Ashley Recliner -micro fibre $499 $299Ashley Chair & Ottoman $499 $299Primo power Lift Chair Recliner $899 $599Ashley Chaise Lounger - Bonded Leather 3 Colors - Red/Tan/Brown $549 $3992 pc Leather Sofa & Loveseat $1999 $999True North & Woodworks solid woodCoffee and end tables 20% OffFabric Sofa $699 $369Fabric Loveseat w/toss cushions $599 $2998 pc Living-room Collection Includes: Sofa/Loveseat/Chair, 2 Lamps 3 pc Coffee Table Set $2499 $1499Primo Futton & Frame $399 $299Palliser Leather Recliner Loveseat with Console $1699 $8993 Piece Microfibre Sofa/Love/Chair $1899 $9993 Piece Black Bonded Leather Recliner Sofa/Love/Chair $2299 $1499Assorted Lamps & Bar Stools UP TO 60% Dimplex Electric Corner Fireplace $1199 $699Dynasty Wallmount Electric Fireplace $499 $399Assorted Area Carpets Starting From $99

MATTRESSESCoil Mattresses Twin Mattress $269 $179 Double Mattress $299 $229 Queen Mattress $399 $249 Pillowtop Pocket Coil Twin Mattress & Box-spring $349 $349 Double Mattress & Box-spring $499 $399 Queen Mattress & Box-spring $549 $449 Restwell Eurotop 800 Pocket Coil Double Mattress & Box-spring $999 $549 Queen Mattress & Box-spring $1099 $599 King Mattress & Box-spring $1699 $999

MATTRESSESMismatch Queen Box-spring & Mattress $699 $399Sealy Posturepedick Box-spring & Mattress - King $2799 $1499 & Mattress - Queen $1999 $999Simmons Beauty-Rest King Box-spring & Mattress $2799 $1399Primo Queen Memory Foam Mattress $799 $499Twin Foam Mattress $149 $99Single Extra-Long Adjustable Bed with Memory Foam Mattress $1299 $899

BEDROOMTrue North & Woodworks solid woodBedroom suites 20% OffBunk Bed - Twin/Twin $499 $299Bunk Bed - Twin/Double $699 $449Twin Captain’s Bed with Trundle $699 $4998pc Complete Bedroom Suite Includes: Dresser/Mirror/Chest/Hb-Fb-Rails 2 Nightstands $1999 $999Solid Pine 8pc Bedroom Suite $2999 $1699Espresso 8pc Bedroom Suite $2799 $1399

APPLIANCESMaytag 22 Cu. Ft. French Door Fridge with ice/water Dispenser $1899 $1399Whirlpool 30” Self Clean Convection Range Stainless $1399 $899Amana Built-in Dishwasher $399 $269LG Front Load Washer & Dryer Pair $1699 $1199Amana Heavy Duty Washer $449 $349Amana H/D Super Capacity Dryer $399 $299Samsung Front Load Steam Washer & Steam Dryer Pair $1999 $1499Amana 19 Cu. Ft. Bottom Mount Fridge $849 $699Maytag Self Clean Convection Slide-in Range - Stainless $1999 $999Bosch Builit-in Dishwasher $899 $549Dyson & Electronic Vaccuums ALL ON SALEFreezers STARTING AT $199

DINING ROOMTrue North & Woodworks solid wood Dining room suites 20% OffKitchen Table With 4 Chairs $599 $399 Counter Height Faux Marble Table $699 $449& 4 Stools8pc Counter Height Table & 6 Stools with Lazy-Susan $1196 $599

ELECTRONICSToshiba 32” HD LED TV w/sound bar $499 $299Samsung 32’ HD LED TV $499 $299Samsung 60” Smart 3D Plasma w/2 pair of glasses $1499 $999Sharp 60” Smart Full HD LED TV $1399 $999Sharp 70” Quattron Full HD Smart 3D LED $2799 $2299Sharp 80” Quattron Full HD Smart 3D LED $4499 $3499H/K Soundbar & Sub & 3D Blue Ray $1199 $649H/K 7.2 Channel Receiver $899 $599Samsung 310 watt Soundbar & Sub $499 $299Toshiba 40” Full HD Smart LED $669 $489Sinclair Audio Invisibar Soundbar & Sub $599 $399Toshiba 55” Full HD 3D Smart LED $1899 $979Panasonic 55” Full HD Smart LED $1549 $899Panasonic 60” Full HD Smart LED $1999 $1299Toshiba 58” Smart 3D Full HD LED $2099 $1399Toshiba 65” Smart 3D Full HD LED $2899 $1799JBL 6.1 Speakers $699 $389Samsung 1000watt 3D Home Theatre in a box w/wifi & blue tooth $599 $299Panasonic 240 watt Soundbar & Sub $449 $189Sinclair Audio Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers $599 $399Panasonic 55” Full HD Smart Plasma TV $2199 $1499Panasonic 50” Full HD LED TV $1099 $649

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