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CENTS AND VEES FACE OFF The Merritt Centennials and Penticton Vees are renewing their storied rivalry in round one of the BCHLs Interior division playoffs. Action got underway on Tuesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton with the Vees pounding the Cents 8-0. Game two was scheduled for the SOEC on Wednesday. Games three and four of the best-of-seven playoff series are set for this Friday and Saturday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena in Merritt. A loud and proud hometown crowd is expected to be on hand to cheer the Cents on. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. both nights. For more on the Cents and Vees showdown, turn to page 21. Ian Webster/Herald

Cents playoff hockey this weekend No more implementation until branding open house

The farm fresh ad for Merritt displayed at city hall was not done up by the Thompson Okanagan Tour-ism Association (TOTA) or its lead contractor on the destination branding project, Terra Firma Digital Arts.

The ad, which pictures a young man and woman standing face to face in a field with a picnic blanket cover-ing their heads, was designed by a sep-arate ad agency for economic develop-ment manager Jerry Sucharyna.

The ad had to go forward to meet deadlines for an economic develop-ment magazine and the Gold Country visitors guide. The rest of the cam-paign will have to wait until TOTA gives the city its branding implemen-tation guidelines, TOTAs Simone Carlysle-Smith said.

He [Sucharyna] needed to get some ads out for a couple of publi-cations by a particular deadline, so those ads were done by an ad agency that he works with. The logo and the tagline were in production at the time, and those were released to him in order to make those ad deadlines. Those are not our work, Carlysle-Smith said.

Sucharyna said he went ahead with implementing an official adver-tisement because that was the direc-tion council approved at the Feb. 11 meeting when the new branding was adopted.

He said Merritt needed to have an ad in those magazines for marketing purposes.

Merritts always participated in those magazines and to just drop out of them, thats too big of a piece to miss, Sucharyna said.

We took a step so that we could meet their deadlines.

Carlysle-Smith said TOTA and Terra Firma Digital Arts werent able to accommodate that requirement, so the ad was done by another organiza-tion.

We werent ready to do creative because we want to set the foundation for the future rather than try to deal with short-term ads in the middle of a process, Carlysle-Smith said.

Sucharyna said there will be no other implementation of the new branding until after the open house, which takes place March 12.

We are working as closely with TOTA and Terra Firma as we can. Were working through this process and were happy to do so, Sucharyna said.

Carlysle-Smith said the open house will provide an update on some of the projects currently underway as part of Merritts recently adopted tourism plan, particularly the brand project.

Were just not getting our day in court, if you will. We just need to get there on the twelfth, Carlysle-Smith said, noting TOTA hasnt had a chance to present the destination branding yet.

The open house will take place at the Civic Centre between 6 and 8 p.m. and everything presented will be available on the website totabc.ca for those who cant make it.

Carlysle-Smith said it will feature visual samples, writing samples, the rationale for changing the branding and a profile of the target markets for the branding.

The new tagline and brand logo will be discussed at the open house, she said.

We want to make sure that theres community engagement, Carlysle-Smith said.

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In an effort to spur contract negotiations with the provincial government, the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) is playing its ace in the hole, but if its implemented, changes wont likely be seen until about April of this school year.Today, teachers across the provinces 60 school districts will take a strike vote. The vote needs at least 50 per cent approval to pass. BCTF president for the Nicola Valley Teachers Union Peter Vogt said the union is hoping for strong sup-port from teachers.I think strike votes are a fairly com-mon tactic to try and put pressure on the employer to get them to bring something rea-sonable to the table, he said, noting the BCTF has seen little movement from the government in about a year of negotiating.Vogt said if the strike is approved, it will be implemented in stages.If it comes to a strike, in the first

stage of implementa-tion teachers wont be walking off the job or be asked to cease extracurricular activi-ties. They will also still communicate with par-ents and issue report cards.Vogt told the Herald he couldnt comment any further on what steps would be taken in stage one or what job action would be taken in stage two as it is cur-rently in committee.He also said the union has no timeline for implementing stage two.

Vogt said job action wouldnt likely take effect until after spring break, which begins the third week of March.He said the results of the strike vote will be revealed on Friday, and even if its a yes, they are required to give a 72 hour strike notice.If you look at where spring break falls, you can probably draw some conclusions about whether or not theyre actually going to take action before spring break, Vogt

said. We have 90 days after the strike vote to actually give notice that were going to take any kind of job action, he said, noting that he would be surprised if the union gave strike notice any time soon after a strike vote in favour of job action.School District 58 superintendent Bob Peacock said he doesnt

foresee a quick reaction to any strike vote.I think that if you read BCTFs messages that go out to members or in the media, it talks about wanting to give the government a mes-sage about lets get seri-ous about negotiations, and so I think if thats what they say their intent is, I believe that that would be [what] their intent is, Peacock

said.Peacock said mon-etary issues between the teachers and their employers are handled at the provincial level while non-monetary issues are handled at the district level.Those non-mon-etary issues are not being discussed as of yet.

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trict level at this time regarding non-mon-etary issues. I mean theyre at the table discussing class size, composition; theyre talking salaries, things that have an impact on the budget, Peacock said.B.C. teachers have been without a new contract since June of 2013, and ongoing labour disputes have

centred on contract term, salaries and con-tract clauses related to class size and composi-tion.Back in October, Minister of Education Peter Fassbender told the Herald a 10-year contract for the teach-ers was the provinces goal, noting the need for long-term stability.

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Country is the essence of Merritt and the Nicola Valley. Its style and flavour permeate practi-cally everything that the area has to offer visitors and residents alike. This new coun-try comes with new attitudes a fun-lov-ing attitude, welcom-ing attitude, can-do attitude, ultimately a prideful attitude pride in your city, pride in your world and a desire to share that with others.

The brand alludes to the notion of a country stamp of identity and authentic-ity we know how to do country, and we are the experts but it will be a country experience uniquely relative to the evolving realities of the com-munity. This country with attitude appeals to the soul and the restless spirit in us break out of the ordi-nary, find your special place or thing to do and go for it. Merritt suits this image of a heritage community with a contemporary lifestyle. Merritt has its own unique culture, heritage, recreational opportunities and environment. These characteristics add up to country with a Merritt attitude, a Merritt personality.

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Tell me a little bit about yourself.

Currie: I started wanting to join the fire department when I was a kid. There was a program called kids@computers for the Toronto Fire Department and it helped underprivileged kids get access to a computer in their home, and up until that point my family had never had a computer, so it was kind of big. And having a fire department drop off a computer at your front doorstep is pretty cool. They let us

basically go to their little training facility and put on their gear, climb on the aerials [ladder truck] and everything so since that experience I was hooked. Immediately after high school I did preservice firefighting and considering how young I was and everything, I knew going out of it that it would be really, really difficult for me to get a job. So I decided to go into personal training because what happened was I was training a buddy at the gym and the manager approached me. From there, I got in to personal training and then I went into the Fire and Life Safety Systems Technician Program for further education and I didnt get to finish it because I got hired here.

So you were always kind of on the path to being a firefighter from when you were a kid. I guess that covers how you got involved in WEP and how you heard about it.

Currie: One of the guys from my preservice program got into this,

and I had heard about the Big White program prior, too. And I did more research on it and I found that this was in a city rather than a resort town, so I decided that this would probably be the better fit for me and it just happened that this program was hiring beforehand, so I decided to go with this one. And, luckily enough, I got an interview and I got the placement.

What initially drove you to being a firefighter? Was it just the program in Toronto or was it before that?

Currie: Actually, when I first started off, my first career that I ever wanted to do was an infantry soldier. I actually started really researching the infantry and everything when I was in preservice, and it just so happened that I applied for a job as a firefighter in the military and they ended up calling me in and they wanted to pursue. What happened was they had mislabeled a job application or something online, so I thought that they

were hiring firefighters and instead they were hiring infantry, and they wanted to push my application towards infantry rather than firefighting. However, I was enrolled in preservice and at the time my mind was dead set on that. So luckily, I chose not to pursue the application, and here I am today.

Whats your first impression of Merritt?

Currie: Prior to this, the only place Id been was Nova Scotia, and I havent been anywhere but Buffalo in the United States, so flying in was a pretty cool experience for me. Its a small town, but at the same time I see a lot of potential for growth and everything here. I prefer small towns, actually. I come from a bigger city and sometimes it can get a little too busy for my liking. I like the atmosphere here. Really, really nice people, even when it comes to crossing the street. In my area, if you try to cross the street, theyll run you down, right,

whereas here, theyll wave you on. Its just a lot more laid-back, nicer atmosphere in my opinion. Everyone knows each other and everyones friendly.

What do you hope that this WEP program leads to?

Currie: Ideally, any department would be great. Beggars cant be choosers, and its really, really difficult to get into a fire department; however, I do miss home. Id prefer to work for Toronto Fire, simply because its one of the biggest fire departments in Canada. However, I am most likely applying to Markham this week and Im applying to Oshawa as well. So basically any Ontario department, but all in all, its whoever hires me first. I just want to work as a firefighter and thats my career aspiration.

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Recently, I came across a list of 150 journalism clichs posted by the Wash-ington Post.

The list is that publica-tions ultimate Do not use list.

Among the problematic words and phrases: probe

when used as an uncom-fortable substitute for inves-tigation and table as a verb, as in council tabled the motion.

Clichs are clichs because they are so over-used that they have become embedded in our thinking and the language around particular situations.

They are widely thought to signify lazy writing.

They make their way to the backs of peoples minds, where they lurk there until the unsuspect-ing writer must somehow indicate that a city council has postponed making a decision on a motion and does so by writing the ulti-mate offence: they tabled

the motion. Of course, the Wash-

ington Post poked fun at itself. The list included [Anything]-gate, espe-cially if youre writing in the Washington Post and parlor game, which the lists introduction uses to describe the act of picking out clichs for Post staff.

Im sure it was no acci-dent that the stock photo paired with the article was a heavy-handed visual as well: a Scrabble board with tiles spelling the word clich, minus the accent of course.

Some clichs are worse than others, if the measure of value is subtlety. Usu-ally, clichs are obvious and

that is their crime. They are shortcuts where writers should be striving to phrase things in new ways.

Regardless of how much I dislike clichs, I do feel there is a time and place for them in journalism. If its accurate and it reads OK, why not use it?

Why not stick with the shortcut instead of the long way around?

When it comes to cre-ative writing, I say rewrite all the clichs. But creative writing often has one key luxury journalism does not: time.

As the clock ticks down to deadline, we want to get the information together in a story thats clear, concise,

accurate and easy to read.In creative writing, it

makes sense to use differ-ent language where clichs would do in less literary circumstances.

Im not advocating that we all start using clichs lib-erally and in every scenario, but at the end of the day, I hardly think using them is a terrible offence on the part of journalists. Why mess with a phrase that is direct, generally accepted, and conveys what we need it to?

As the clich goes, if it aint broke, dont fix it.

(And in case you were wondering this column is utterly and completely (like this) riddled with (and that) clichs on purpose.)

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VICTORIA The New Prosperity mineral deposit near Williams Lake is described by the industry as one of the largest in the world, containing 5.3 billion pounds of copper and 13.3 million ounces of gold.

The Harper governments decision to reject open-pit mine development for a second time is seen by elected officials in the Cariboo region as a disaster. One of Quesnels sawmills is preparing to close for good, and Ive been told there is more to come as the post-pine beetle era unfolds.

Here in the B.C. capital, the decision is mainly viewed as a huge mistake. Taseko Mines is going to court to show that the federal panel used the wrong design when reviewing the companys expensively revised plan. The province has permitted two successful mines that operate in the same area, one of which is run by Taseko.

In Ottawa, this is a Supreme Court of Canada test case over who owns the land and the mineral wealth underneath.

In traditional Canadian law, the province owns it. This was highlighted in the recent discussion between B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Albertas Alison Redford over royalties from oil.

Six aboriginal communities make up the Tsilhqotin Nation, which has a long and bitter history of resistance against the Crown. They almost won a declaration of title to 40,000 hectares known as the Nemiah Valley: forests, wild horses, minerals and all, in a 339-day trial that ended in 2007.

Their case suffered a setback at the B.C. Court of Appeal, and is now before the highest court. Aboriginal rights have been established, but this would be the first clear title.

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Tsilhqotin tribal chair Joe Alphonse was pleasantly surprised to see Taseko turned down again. He said the Tsilhqotin National Government is releasing its own mining policies soon.

We welcome opportuni-ties to look at projects that are environmentally sound and we need economic opportunities, Alphonse told the Williams Lake Tri-bune.

Somehow efforts to move

mine waste rock from Tez-tan Biny (Fish Lake) to a sealed storage site two kilo-metres away are not enough to protect groundwater, although they are sufficient at the nearby Gibraltar and Mount Polley mines. And Alphonse makes it clear this mysterious environmental problem will be solved once he and his fellow chiefs have control of the resource.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on aborigi-nal title is required to settle this. If some limited form

of title is at last defined for the treaty-less majority of B.C., or at least Tsilhqotin territory, the fate of the mine may become clear.

Conventional wisdom on this is that the mining company didnt try hard enough to establish a work-ing relationship with the Tsilhqotin. For his part, Taseko CEO Russell Hall-bauer says the chiefs refused to meet with him, which isnt surprising from a group that doesnt recognize the B.C. forests ministry

either.Heres a sample of the

volume of evidence that may determine the future of B.C.

Archeological studies presented at trial describe 18 roasting and/or pit depressions at Teztan Biny. Its not clear if these were for seasonal food prepara-tion or for pit houses, which would indicate a more per-manent settlement at the lake. Nor is it clear whether these cultural depressions have been identified as

being of Tsilhqotin origin.Oral histories are also

uncertain. Tsilhqotin wit-nesses testified that Teztan Biny has been used in the 20th century as a hunting and fishing camp.

The mine was rejected due to ill-defined cultural as well as environmental con-cerns. B.C. residents could finally see some answers this year.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Dear citizens of Merritt,

I spoke at the council meeting on Feb. 25. I was shocked at the confron-tational and negative behaviour from some audience members. While my husband and I are extremely unhappy with this new tagline that has nothing to do with our official Flourish under the sun, I want to make change by being involved and helpful. Being con-frontational while having nothing to add to the conversation is not helpful.

While I believe that the city has gone horribly wrong with not only the target market and this tagline (and I fear to see the visuals), those who want change need to be involved in the pro-cess, not just heckle from the back of the room.

My husband and I chose Merritt. We love this area and are making connections. We are dismayed at the lack of interest by the community and committees in it to work together. If the goal is to infight and make bad feelings between the members of our community, then maybe the tagline does fit. I saw a lot of negative attitude that night and I didnt like it one bit!

Lindsay FehrMerritt

Dear Editor,

My old dictionaries, Webster and Oxford, describe attitude as a feeling or opinion toward a person or thing, and a person of a set mind. In modern day, atti-tude has morphed to mean opinionated, aggressive or even belligerent. As a tourist, I would not want to stay or even stop for a visit at a town that shows me attitude. As a resident for over 40 years, I feel insulted.

Glen ArendtMerritt

Dear Editor,

I tried my best to hold back, but I just couldnt resist.

Country with attitude? More like council with attitude, Id say. Seriously, what is this? Like many other Merrittonians, I am appalled by this new branding of our town. I am sure most of the arguments have been made by others, but lets reiterate:

How is this the best option? Who was this task force? Why wasnt it presented to the public in a proper forum? Where was our say? And, God forbid, what are they thinking?

Who are the marketing genius-es responsible for this? While its great to have an edge, you dont

want your citys brand to be ris-qu. You dont want to leave any room for it to be taken the wrong way. And attitude is probably the easiest word to do just that. That word initially comes off negative to everyone. If you have to explain your slogan and tell people why its actually a good thing, then its not a good brand! (Mr. Christy, you make dirty cook-ies. Uh, what? But dirty means good!)

This is where council is sup-posed to have good judgement. Youre supposed to be conserva-tive. Realize the potential respons-es, consequences, uproar, etc. that could arise. Look at some of B.C.s other brands Kamloops is the Tournament Capital; Kel-

owna, the Orchard City; Nelson, the Queen of the Kootenays; Pen-ticton, the Peach City; and Surrey, the City of Parks. Do you think any of those cities would consider attitude a better alternative?

Perhaps I am missing some-thing. Is council trying to pull a Miley Cyrus maybe? Is this some attempt to make a transfor-mation from a sweet little country town to an edgy, attention-seeking city?

But I get it. Were all used to it by now council does what they want. Thats their attitude.

Nik VischschraperAn embarrassed Merritton-ian from London, Ont. (The Forest City)

Attitude abundant at meeting

Cant resist commenting

Word choice insultingIn the photo titled To the rescue on page 3 of the Feb. 27 edition of the Merritt Herald, the ice rescue technician doing the practice rescue was incorrectly identified. Pictured is forestry technician Nathan Brigden.

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A local medical mar-ijuana user is dreading April 1.

Thats the date she will no longer be legally allowed to grow her own pot to treat her chronic pain.

The patient, who spoke with the Her-ald on a condition of anonymity, said she is dreading the end of the final month that shes legally able to grow her own medicine.

She has had Crohns disease since she was 18. Crohns disease can cause inflammation in any part of the gas-trointestinal tract and causes a wide variety of symptoms, primarily abdominal pain, diar-rhea and vomiting.

It can also cause other complications, including inflammation of the eye, skin rashes and arthritis.

She has had three surgeries for her Crohns disease and has been in and out of hospitals for most of her life for various con-ditions associated with the disease.

She also has anxi-ety, osteoporosis and arthritis.

Now, at 53, she says marijuana is a treat-ment that works for her and her symptoms, but shell have to stop it.

As of April 1, the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation replaces the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations.

Under the old rules (MMAR), people could be licensed to grow cannabis for personal use, and others could be licensed as third-par-ty growers to produce for a maximum of two people each.

Under the new regu-lation, the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulation, there will only be one way for people prescribed marijuana for medical purposes to access it: through Health Cana-das licensed producers. With that change comes an increase in the price of the pot from about

$1-$5 per gram to an estimated $7-$12.

That price hike has some medical marijua-na users concerned.

Basically, the gov-ernments forcing me if I dont want to do anything illegal to go on heavy-duty pain pills. I cant afford to buy it from the big licensed producers, she said.

As of Tuesday, there were nine approved licensed producers.

The patient lived with her Crohns dis-ease and its symptoms for decades before med-icating with marijuana.

Before she started using it for medical purposes, the patient said her experience smoking marijuana was short-lived, when she used it recreationally during a teenage phase.

Then I got mar-ried, the kids started coming, and it died away. It just happened naturally. We just didnt do it, she said.

In 2004, one of her co-workers in the Lower Mainland intro-duced her to smoking pot for her gut pain. He was HIV positive and used it to treat his symptoms.

She said after a few puffs of a joint, the

severe pain in her gut was gone.

I could tell my guts still werent work-ing right, but it wasnt something you wish you wouldnt have to go through. It was toler-able, she said.

But the pain and her anxiety caught up with her in 2009, when her health symptoms forced her to leave work.

Now she lives on a combination of pension and disability benefits.

She relocated to Merritt just under three years ago for its more affordable housing prices and for a change of scenery.

Nearly two years ago, she applied for a licence to produce marijuana for personal use.

It took about $2,000 to get the setup going and her marijuana growing.

Its hard work for me to deal with the plants and stuff, but thats part of my therapy too. I love gardening, so for my depression, Im under my lights in the winter, Im gardening, and Im feeling good about doing that and produc-ing my own medicine, she said.

I wake up sore, but

Im used to living like that. But I have my tea, and after about an hour and a half, I turn on my volcano, she said.

The volcano is a device that vaporizes cannabis so the THC is extracted and the patient breathes it in through a bag.

I dont want to smoke the joints and all that other junk in there, she said of joints.

The patient said she also makes butter with her cannabis that she uses in cooking.

She said its helped with secondary conse-quences of her Crohns disease as well, includ-ing stimulating her appetite.

It helps me to nourish my body too, because it makes me want to eat something, she said. Foods done a number on my head because its meant pain to me so often. Its pretty hard to put food in knowing its going to hurt.

She doesnt know exactly how many grams shes prescribed per day, but pegs it at around 15.

Besides marijuana, she is on two antide-pressants and one pain-killer to help her sleep

at night. Being 53, she said

she doesnt want to spend the remainder of her life on painkill-ers, which she fears will be her only affordable option come April 1.

Having to give up being able to work, and having self-esteem and depression and confi-dence issues ... thats what I have to live

with, she said. Mari-juana just works for me, for everything.

I dont want to have to be on heavy-duty painkillers and ruining my kidneys and liver and whatever else, she said.

She is one of about 30,000 people in Cana-da who have licences to produce marijuana for personal use or for up

to two others, but who will have to give them up and are expected to destroy their plants when the new regula-tion takes effect.

Using marijuana for pain relief is a part of her everyday life and one that makes her medical issues tolerable, she says.

God the Word, the World

It was harvest time on the homestead. The man was coming off the fi eld with the wagon. His wife and three year old daughter were standing and waiting for him. They could hear the wagon coming along.

The little girl said, Can I run to meet Dad?

The mother replied, Yes.

When Dad came home there was no girl with him. They tied up the horses and ran around looking for the girl. They were calling and calling, but no little girl. Dad rode to town to report her missing to the police.

There were no phones then but the next day a group of men, dozens of them, formed a line about eight feet apart, and walked along. They looked behind every bush and under fallen logs, but they still didnt fi nd the girl.

The search went into the next day and the police went to see a camp of fi rst nations to see if they had seen her. Two young men joined the search party. The nights were cool. It was starting to get dark as the two young men were on their way back to camp. They were walking along the trail, then suddenly stopped.

The one said, Did you hear that?

The other answered, Yes. And that is no animal.

They moved toward the sound. There, just a few feet off the trail, was the little girl, trying to get under a log for protection and warmth. She was getting ready for night three. For three days she had eaten nothing.

They picked her up and took her home. What happiness for all of them! Imagine the joy when the boys knocked at the door and someone opened it to see the girl alive! In this country of bush, bears and the odd wolf...who looked after the girl? God had sent an angel and looked after her. God loves His people.

When I look at the world today, it is almost like being lost in the bush. Where do we go? He has given us His word and prophesies and there we fi nd things that tell us where we are. We are nearing the end of time. Jesus is coming.

We need to take the word, ask and He will show us where to go. God says, My word is truth. Lets remember that. He wants all to fi nd Him for we are all His children.

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The patient said the stigma around medical marijuana use is get-ting in the way of her treatment.

For example, she spoke anonymously because she doesnt want her neighbours or other people in Merritt to know and judge her situation, she said.

You get a lot of people in Canada not understanding people like me, she said.

Its not that every-body who has their medical marijuana licence is selling it and making a ton of money, taking advan-tage; and were [not] all potheads who are useless and do nothing. I use my pot so that I can do things, she said.

In a letter to clients of the medical mari-juana program, Health Canada wrote the program was widely open to abuse and posed safety risks to those allowed to grow marijuana in their homes, including risks for home invasions, fire hazards and toxic mould.

Health Canada also says people growing marijuana for medical purposes are tempted by selling it as a means to supplement their income.

Thats not my mistake. Thats not my fault. For the govern-

ment now to take away my medicine and say I cant do my own medicine I cant afford to buy it. Im on disability, for cry-ing out loud. That was the whole point of me growing it, so that I could afford it and so I wouldnt have to go out and illegally buy it, she said.

Im a good person. Ive never been in trou-ble with the law. Ive never had a speeding ticket, she said.

Come March 31, the law requires medi-cal marijuana patients who used to grow their

own to destroy their plants and their stocks. The letter from Health Canada recommends rendering the marijua-na unfit for consump-tion by blending it with water, then mixing it with cat litter to mask the odour before put-ting it in the garbage.

The patient started taking down her grow-ing setup about a month ago, but said shes going to start growing again and wait to see what her next instructions are at the deadline.

For now, she hasnt made a decision on

what her next medi-cations will be, but expects her limited income will prove a barrier to accessing product from licensed producers.

I cant pay for my other medication because I cant afford it, she said.

She said continuing to grow it is an option the change in access is forcing her and others like her to look at.

Dried marijuana is not an approved drug or medicine in Cana-da. The government is obligated to provide reasonable access to a

legal source of mari-juana to patients who are prescribed it by a doctor.

There are about 38,000 Canadians who are authorized to possess marijuana for medical purposes.

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Scott Miller Age: 23 Hometown: Lucknow, Ont.School: Texas A&M Fire Recruit Academy/Certified NFPA 1001 FF 1 and 2 Previous employment: Contract firefighter (Bruce Power, Ontario)Hobbies/interests: Staying active/playing hockey

Tell me a little bit more about yourself. Youre the only one on here whos past experience is being a contract firefighter.

Miller: I come from a small town, Lucknow, Ont. I grew up on a farm, basically helped out on the farm my whole life. Most of my jobs have consisted around farming, or a bit of construction. I went to school in Texas. Out of school, I got a job within a couple months at Bruce Power, which is the worlds biggest nuclear power station. There its not so much firefighting, its more medical calls and fire prevention and checking over the station and we respond to every call, lots of training.

Why did you want to become a firefighter?

Miller: I just liked the lifestyle, I guess. I was big into competitive sports throughout my whole life, and

I like the team atmosphere and I like the hands-on, active lifestyle, the training, the adrenaline, I guess. I like to drive heavy machinery.

Tell me what you think of the WEP program and how you first heard about it.

Miller: I got laid off on Oct. 31 of last year and the closing date for this was Oct. 31. I just happened to find out about it online and then a guy that was in on overtime that day with my crew, he was part of the first WEP class here, so [I] just happened to talk to him about it more and then decided I was going to apply that day, and its been great. Its better than school, really, because you get the hands-on aspects. Youre living the lifestyle and doing it every day.

Youre from a small town. What do you think of Merritt so far?

Miller: I like the small town aspect, I like how everybody knows everybody. You know your neighbour. Everybodys friendly too, so its been easy to fit in and to know people, so thats a plus. [It] makes the transitioning a lot easier. [From] day one I felt comfortable here.

What would you like to do with this experience?

Miller: Id like to be on a career fire department full-time, either in Ontario or B.C.

Have you applied anywhere yet?

Miller: I applied to Delta before I came here, but since I had the Ontario licence it kind of got quashed.

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Meet Merritts new WEP fi refi ghtersWe approached the City of Merritt in November 2012 to be a part of a case study pilot project to roll out our regional strategy.

The tourism plan was approved by city council last November.

Theres a much big-ger picture at work here than just the destination branding, but that is the main focus of the open house in terms of reporting on how far were at in terms of the tourism plan implemen-tation, Carlysle-Smith said.

TOTA and Terra Firma Digital Arts are producing samples of how to incorporate the new brand and a book of branding guidelines that summarize the rationale and creative direction of the new

brand for the City of Merritt to consult.

She said she expects that book to be finished by the end of March. The branding book and samples is where TOTAs job will end and then the city will take the new branding forward with implemen-tation.

Part of our deliver-ables is a brand book. That actually contains all of the designs, the rationale, the look and feel of how creative should be done for the destination. And within that, we have a website homepage design com-ing, the new visitor guide with the newspa-per and also signage, Carlysle-Smith said.

We do want a sam-ple of what the visitor guide could look like, what a sign could look like, what your website

homepage should look like. We definitely have those in as samples, but were not actually doing any. Were just showing you samples, Carlysle-Smith said.

With the new brand-ing tagline and logo completed, the next step is to focus on the style of copywriting, which the advisory com-mittee is reviewing.

Carlysle-Smith char-acterized the writing style as descriptive and evocative.

She said the logo and tagline are not the finished product of the branding, which is being rolled out in stages. Carlysle-Smith said TOTA steers the brand based on feedback its received at every step in the process, which included an online sur-vey, workshop, and task force.

You have to learn from each stage that you go through before you progress to the next stage, and I think thats what people dont real-ize. They dont realize were still working on this right now, they think its all done, she said.

Carlysle-Smith said the new destination branding Country with attitude is geared toward two main mar-kets: international trav-ellers and residents of the Lower Mainland.

She said they want to attract people from international destina-tions who fly into Van-couver and travel to Alberta and back.

What were trying to do is get them to stop in and see whats unique about each of our com-munities in the area, Carlysle-Smith said.

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Adam CourtAge: 21 Hometown: Brampton, Ont.School: Conestoga College, Ontario/Certified NFPA 1001 FF 1 and 2Previous employment: Heritage restoration (mason/painter)Hobbies/interests: Rugby/sports

You were a mason before doing this. So my first question: why this program, why firefighting?

Court: Its that simple feeling you get of just helping out people every day and doing the best you can. Its just this feeling I get inside every day I wake up and I feel like its something I was meant to do for the rest of my life.

Was it always like that for you? When did you decide that firefighting was the way?

Court: It was when 9-11 happened. I dont know why, but Ive

always been intrigued by that, and how the firefighters sacrificed their lives. Its pretty heroic and its brave of them to do that.

Tell me a little bit more about yourself.

Court: I was a mason and painter. I used to restore old churches [in] downtown Toronto. We had a nice church there, it was about 200 feet up in the air and we also did two water towers, and they were pretty large ones, too. Other than that, my background, I also used to work with special needs students when was it? in grade school, Grade 8. Ive always loved doing that, and I was kind of a bad kid growing up, Ill be honest, and then teachers told me I had to go join this thing with the special needs students and I ended up being their mentor in the process, and being their best friend. It gave me a better understanding of who they are.

So why the WEP program?

Court: My co-ordinator for Conestoga College thats where I went to

school he got back to me, it was during the summer, and he told me about this program and how great it was, a lot of people getting hired out of it, like four out of five students usually get hired out of the program. I was in contact with TO (training officer) Johnston for a very long time, always updating him on the courses I was receiving and such. Ill go anywhere to be a firefighter, it doesnt matter where it is, but this just caught my eye. This was it.

What are your future plans?

Court: Short-term is just staying here, concentrating on furthering my skills, and my education and my training. Long-term, I would like to work for Brampton Fire Department. Ive lived there my entire life and its kind of where I want to settle down, so thats my long-term goal, and Ive already been in contact with the chief there because of the boot drives Ive been to with him. And hes really interested, so hopefully thats something I can work out eventually.

What is your first impression of Merritt?

Court: Im from a bigger city obviously. Its a change, which is nice.

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FORWARD - #14DANIEL NACHBAUR

GO CENTS

GO!

hardware building centre

Home

Locally Owned & Operated

1701 Voght St.250-378-4215 www.merritt

homehardware.ca

Hometown: Merritt, BCDate of Birth: August 29, 1995Height: 63 Weight 190lbs.


DEFENCE - #7DANE BIRKS

2380 Nicola Ave. Ph: 250-378-2211

Fifth Geier AutoCONGRATULATIONS!

Good luck in the PLAYOFFS!

Hometown: Kamloops, BCDate of Birth: August 12, 1995Height: 511 Weight: 175 lbs.


FORWARD - #8DIEGO CUGLIETTA

1802 Chapman St. (250) 378-5147

Community its who we are.BARTON INSURANCE

Play Hard, Play Safe!

Hometown: Okotoks, ABDate of Birth: June 14, 1994Height: 60 Weight: 170 lbs.


FORWARD - #15SAM JOHNSON

DINE IN - TAKE OUT

3663 DeWolf Way Ph: 250-378-5320

HOURS OF OPERATION 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Hometown: Brecksville, OHDate of Birth: December 8, 1994


DEFENCE - #22JAKE CLIFFORD

1803 Voght, Merritt BC 250-378-9100

PROUD TO SUPPORTthe Merritt Centennials!

THRIFT SHOPNicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary

Hometown: Hancock, MIDate of Birth: January 29, 1994

Height: 61 Weight: 168 lbs.Stats: GP 40 W 19 L 15 GAA 2.48 SV% .918

GOALIE - #31DEVIN KERO

GOOD LUCKin the

2013/14 Playoffs!

e-mail: [email protected]

2187B Coutlee Ave., Merritt

250-378-6990

Hometown: Kelowna, BCDate of Birth: March 23, 1995


GOALIE - #35JARROD SCHAMERHORN

www.nvit.ca 250-378-3300

Hometown: Toronto, ONDate of Birth: July 10, 1993Height: 61 Weight: 195 lbs.


DEFENCE - #24JASON BIRD

DOWNTOWN MERRITT: #120 1700 Garcia St. Railyard Mall 250-378-5217

Congrats Cents! Way to work hard and play hard!

Hometown: Minneapolis, MNDate of Birth: February 2, 1995


FORWARD - #9ZACH HARTLEY

We have all your ofce supplies!

And thousands of items from our catalogue with next day delivery.

Get your Customer Loyalty Card for your discount on office supplies!

1951 Garcia Street 250.378.6882

8:30 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday | 10 am - 2 pm Saturday

OWN THE ZONE!

Hometown: North Vancouver, BCDate of Birth: April 27, 1996Height: 58 Weight: 150 lbs.


FORWARD - #16GAVIN GOULD

1901 Quilchena Ave 250-378-0307

CONGRATS CENTENNIALSON MAKING THE PLAYOFFS!

Hometown: Prince Rupert, BCDate of Birth: January 22, 1995


FORWARD - #17DEVIN OAKES

Office: (250) 378.6311 Mobile: (250) 378.7579www.millcreekdesign.ca Merritt, BC

GO CENTS!

Hometown: Squamish, BCDate of Birth: February 16, 1996


DEFENCE - #25MALIK KAILA

www.nvit.ca 250-378-3300

SHOP: 250-378-5395 2795 Pooley AvenuePARTS: 250-378-3765 1101 McFarlane Way

If you can dream it, we can build it!Safety Hydraulics Parts & more!

Toll free: 1-866-378-5395www.alpha-weld.com

Good LuckGood Luck in the BCHL playoffs!

PAINT THE TOWN RED. Display this page & have a chance to win one of 2 pairs

of PLAYOFF tickets for Saturdays, March 8th Game

Serving the Nicola Valley since 1960.

Good Luck in the BCHL Playoffs!

1301 Nicola Avenue 250-378-5121

HEAD COACH&

GENERALMANAGER

LUKE PIERCE JOE MARTIN HAYLEY HILLASST. COACH

&ASST.

GENERALMANAGER

ATHLETICTHERAPIST

&EQUIPMENTMANAGER


GO CENTS! From the entire crew at Stoney Lake Lodge

Great season boys! Now one game at a time.

www.therediscoveredwoodfl oor.comcell: 250.378.1984

2 0 1 4 O p e n f o r P u b l i c P l a y *

Ask about our LOCAL RATES program

* Some restrictions apply (see website for details).

E: [email protected] Tel: 250-378-9555 Web: www.SagebrushClub.com

G o C t sssssGG o C e n t s GO CENTS!PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR BOYS.

KAL-TIRE 2601 NICOLA AVE, MERRITT, BC V1K 1B8 250-378-5141

PAINT THE TOWN RED! Display this page and have a chance to win one of 3 pairs of PLAYOFF tickets to Saturdays March 8th Game.


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Hometown: Merritt, BCDate of Birth: January 1, 1993Height: 60 Weight: 170 lbs.


FORWARD - #18PAYTON SCHAEFER

posts FRESH MEATS & DELICheering on our

Merritt Centennials!2051-E VOGHT STREET 250.378.5817

Hometown: North Vancouver, BCDate of Birth: March 21, 1993Height: 60 Weight: 168 lbs.


FORWARD - #27SCOTTY PATTERSON

Freshly baked bread Fresh food Low fat

Great tasting Custom made

OPEN DAILY: 7am - 10 pm

2190A Voght St.3623 DeWolf WaySecond Location 378-3646

Proud to support

our Merritt Centennials!

Hometown: Canton, MIDate of Birth: May 31, 1994Height: 60 Weight: 185 lbs.


DEFENCE - #3WAYLAND WILLIAMS

Canada CafeCanada CafeCanadian & Chinese Restaurant

2055 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5551

Lunch Buffet: Monday to Friday: 12:00 - 2:30 pmDinner Buffet: Friday to Sunday: 5:00 - 8:00 pm

In Support of th e Merritt Centennials

Hometown: Surrey, BCDate of Birth: January 22, 1993


FORWARD - #11SEBASTIEN PARE

Proud Supporter of the Centennials

Carrie Ware, BSc, [email protected] Quilchena Avenue,P.O. Box 700Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Tel: (250) 378-2215Fax: (250) 378-6061www.carrieware.ca

s#ORPORATE0ERSONAL4AXESs"USINESS#ONSULTINGs'34034PAYROLLCOMPLIANCE

Hometown: Port Coquitlam, BCDate of Birth: February 26, 1993Height: 510 Weight: 182 lbs.


DEFENCE- #2TYLER MARTIN

Serving Merritt for over 20 years

2663 Granite Avenue, Merritt BC 250-378-4531

Specializing inAuto & Residential Glass

Hometown: Sleepy Hollow, NYDate of Birth: October 15, 1995


FORWARD - #10ADAM TRACEY

2037 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-2155

Blacks PharmacyFriendly Prof essional Service From People Who Care

In Support of theMerritt Centennials

Hometown: Kamloops, BCDate of Birth: February 17, 1994


DEFENCE - #4SHANE POULSEN

250-378-2929

DiagnosisxpertEfrom the people who care about your car.

2152 LAUDER ST - BAY 3 &

4

DCS AUTO

on making it to the BCHL Playoffs.

Hometown: Surrey, BCDate of Birth: April 22, 1996


FORWARD - #12RHETT WILLCOX

Congratulations to the Merritt Centennials!

2760 Forksdale Rd. 250-378-1841

Hometown: White Rock, BCDate of Birth: January 25, 1995


FORWARD - #19JAMES NEIL

GOOD LUCK IN THE BCHL PLAYOFFS

www.tbmcleaningandrestoration.comTF: 1-877-612-0909 250-378-9410

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Hometown: Coquitlam, BCDate of Birth: December 4, 1995


FORWARD - #21JEFF WIGHT

250-378-4618www.grandpubandgrill.com

Sun-Wed: 11AM to 11PMThurs-Sat: 11AM to Midnight

GOOD FOOD, GOOD SERVICE, GRAND TIMES!

BRING YOUR NOISE MAKERS AND HELP CHEER ON THE CENTENNIALS!

Hometown: West Seattle, WADate of Birth: September 30, 1995


FORWARD - #14DANIEL NACHBAUR

GO CENTS

GO!

hardware building centre

Home

Locally Owned & Operated

1701 Voght St.250-378-4215 www.merritt

homehardware.ca

Hometown: Merritt, BCDate of Birth: August 29, 1995Height: 63 Weight 190lbs.


DEFENCE - #7DANE BIRKS

2380 Nicola Ave. Ph: 250-378-2211

Fifth Geier AutoCONGRATULATIONS!

Good luck in the PLAYOFFS!

Hometown: Kamloops, BCDate of Birth: August 12, 1995Height: 511 Weight: 175 lbs.


FORWARD - #8DIEGO CUGLIETTA

1802 Chapman St. (250) 378-5147

Community its who we are.BARTON INSURANCE

Play Hard, Play Safe!

Hometown: Okotoks, ABDate of Birth: June 14, 1994Height: 60 Weight: 170 lbs.


FORWARD - #15SAM JOHNSON

DINE IN - TAKE OUT

3663 DeWolf Way Ph: 250-378-5320

HOURS OF OPERATION 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Hometown: Brecksville, OHDate of Birth: December 8, 1994


DEFENCE - #22JAKE CLIFFORD

1803 Voght, Merritt BC 250-378-9100

PROUD TO SUPPORTthe Merritt Centennials!

THRIFT SHOPNicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary

Hometown: Hancock, MIDate of Birth: January 29, 1994


GOALIE - #31DEVIN KERO

GOOD LUCKin the

2013/14 Playoffs!

e-mail: [email protected]

2187B Coutlee Ave., Merritt

250-378-6990

Hometown: Kelowna, BCDate of Birth: March 23, 1995


GOALIE - #35JARROD SCHAMERHORN

www.nvit.ca 250-378-3300

Hometown: Toronto, ONDate of Birth: July 10, 1993Height: 61 Weight: 195 lbs.


DEFENCE - #24JASON BIRD

DOWNTOWN MERRITT: #120 1700 Garcia St. Railyard Mall 250-378-5217

Congrats Cents! Way to work hard and play hard!

Hometown: Minneapolis, MNDate of Birth: February 2, 1995


FORWARD - #9ZACH HARTLEY

We have all your ofce supplies!

And thousands of items from our catalogue with next day delivery.

Get your Customer Loyalty Card for your discount on office supplies!

1951 Garcia Street 250.378.6882

8:30 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday | 10 am - 2 pm Saturday

OWN THE ZONE!

Hometown: North Vancouver, BCDate of Birth: April 27, 1996Height: 58 Weight: 150 lbs.


FORWARD - #16GAVIN GOULD

1901 Quilchena Ave 250-378-0307

CONGRATS CENTENNIALSON MAKING THE PLAYOFFS!

Hometown: Prince Rupert, BCDate of Birth: January 22, 1995


FORWARD - #17DEVIN OAKES

Office: (250) 378.6311 Mobile: (250) 378.7579www.millcreekdesign.ca Merritt, BC

GO CENTS!

Hometown: Squamish, BCDate of Birth: February 16, 1996


DEFENCE - #25MALIK KAILA

www.nvit.ca 250-378-3300

SHOP: 250-378-5395 2795 Pooley AvenuePARTS: 250-378-3765 1101 McFarlane Way

If you can dream it, we can build it!Safety Hydraulics Parts & more!

Toll free: 1-866-378-5395www.alpha-weld.com

Good LuckGood Luck in the BCHL playoffs!

PAINT THE TOWN RED. Display this page & have a chance to win one of 2 pairs

of PLAYOFF tickets for Saturdays, March 8th Game

Serving the Nicola Valley since 1960.

Good Luck in the BCHL Playoffs!

1301 Nicola Avenue 250-378-5121

HEAD COACH&

GENERALMANAGER

LUKE PIERCE JOE MARTIN HAYLEY HILLASST. COACH

&ASST.

GENERALMANAGER

ATHLETICTHERAPIST

&EQUIPMENTMANAGER


NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

Nicola Valley Women in Action will celebrate a milestone this Friday with its 10th annual Celebrate Women event.

The event honours women who make a difference in the com-munity, and is recogni-tion of International Womens Day, which takes place on Saturday.

Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon will be one of 10 honourees, and is slated to speak at the event.

The event starts at 6 p.m. on March 7 at

the Civic Centre, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. The Nicola Valley Community Band will perform for the half-hour leading up to the start of the celebration.

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Celebrate Women Friday

School District 58 is asking for public input on its new strategic plan with a series of meetings.

The public con-sultation process will determine the strategic priorities for the next five years.

To begin the pro-cess, the district is offering a short survey online at sd58.bc.ca until March 10. Survey participants are asked to identify 10 potential priorities from a list of 15 devised by the stra-tegic planning advisory committee.

Some examples of potential priorities are student engagement, teacher learning, per-sonalized learning, student well-being and technology.

School District 58 superintendent Bob Peacock said the online survey is the first step in the strategic plan-ning process, which will be carried on by the strategic planning advisory committee.

The group will get together and massage that information. Also, theyll be out talking to partner groups. Theyll bring that all back to the advisory group and do some more massag-ing, he said.

The strategic plan-ning advisory com-mittee will develop a method to determine the districts priorities and prepare a draft plan for public distri-bution.

At the same time, the group will also review and update SD58s purpose, mission and values statements based on feedback from the con-sultations.

Peacock said the districts vision, mis-sion statement and educational philosophy havent been updated for about 12 years, so the timing was right to revisit them.

Education has changed over that time, and we just want to make sure what we say we stand for is in line with where educa-tion is today, he said.

Peacock said there were no specific factors leading to the update.

It was just a timing thing, he said.

Seven meetings with partner groups are slated between March 31 and April 9, while community-wide meetings in Princeton and Merritt are slated for April 14 and 15, respectively. The loca-tions of the meetings were not determined by press time, but will be posted on the

school districts website (sd58.bc.ca) on its stra-tegic planning page.

Partner groups include students, par-ents, future parents, support staff, teachers, RCMP, and health and

social agencies. Peacock said once a

draft is devised, there will be a larger meet-ing for all the partner groups to come togeth-er and go over the plan again. Then, once that

feedback is incorpo-rated, the revised plan will go to trustees.

Past priorities were improving the gradu-ation rate, numeracy, literacy and aboriginal education.

This is really the first time weve sat down and tried to put together a strategic plan expanding that far, Peacock said.

Peacock said he hopes people will take

the district up on the offer to participate in the strategic planning process.

For more informa-tion, email [email protected] or visit sd58.bc.ca.

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

[email protected]

School district seeks input on priorities

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