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A CIVIL FORUM

The Civic Centre lived up to its name last Thursday.

About 70 people attended an all can-didates forum, hosted by the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce, and administrated by Community Futures Nicola Valley manager Rob Miller.

The mood was generally friendly between candidates and the audience.

It was also civil between the candidates themselves. Liberal candidate Karley Scott remarked near the beginning that the four of them had spent so much time together on the campaign trail that they joked they

were able to give each other’s introductions and opening statements.

Though the candidates may have been familiar around each other, they all stressed the importance of voting for their party on Oct. 19.

Questions, curated by Miller, included the role of the federal government in regulating gas prices, their party’s position on seniors housing and enhancing seniors benefits, attack ads, commitment to fund-ing scientific research, what to do about student debt defaults, and support for troops as well as Canada’s role on the world stage. Candidates were given two minutes to respond to each.

Judging from the audience reaction, the room was a generally even split, with par-ticular attention — both positive and nega-tive — given to Conservative incumbent Dan Albas and NDP challenger Angelique Wood, though some issues and points were met with differing levels of response.

Scott has been rising in recent aggregate local polling data, now nearly tied with Wood — Albas’s closest challenger.

Now the Liberal and NDP candidates are each hovering around 25 per cent, against Albas’s 40 per cent, according to analyst Eric Garner’s Threehundredeight.com.

The four candidates, still smiling after a long day of campaigning. Michael Potestio/Herald

David DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD

Chiefs, province reach agreement regarding biosolids research

The five chiefs of the Lower Nicola, Upper Nicola, Nooatich, Coldwater and Shackan bands have agreed upon a collaborative engage-ment protocol with the province of British Columbia.

“The application of biosolids at this time is probably not likely because of the planting sea-son, etcetera, so it gives us a window of opportu-nity to look at what the process should look like,” Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart told the Herald.

The agreement “opens the door to First Nations oversight and participation” in a scien-tific review of biosolids in the region, said a press release from the province.

According to Shackan Band chief Percy Joe, this agreement doesn’t affect the moratorium the five chiefs signed back in April that banned biosolids from the Nicola Valley.

“We still insist the moratorium is in place and should be honoured,” he told the Herald. He hoped that this co-operation would lead to changes in regulation.

“I think that as First Nations we’ve always taken the stand that we just don’t know what’s in [the biosolids], and we want to know,” he said. “There are several studies out there already that say it’s not good. We need to do the science to find that out.”

The agreement establishes three groups, or “tables.” The principals table is com-prised of the signatories: the five chiefs, Tegart, Environment Minister Mary Polak and Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad. The principals table will oversee the other two: the advisory committee and the technical working group.

The advisory committee, established by the province, is made up of representatives of the First Nations Chiefs, the First Nations Health Authority, Interior Health Authority, provincial ministries, municipal government officials, indus-try leadership and others “as agreed to.”

David DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD

See ‘Forum’ Page 2See ‘Report’ Page 3

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

God the Word, the World

Hello friends! It’s me. I thought I was nished but God is good and He has other plans. So, here I am, and I’m glad you are too.

In the world of greed, sel shness, and brutality we still have much to be thankful for. Let’s not think this is just happening. God is good and He is the One who’s providing for all our needs. We are His children and He would love to hear from us as we thank Him…verbally.

Now we have this great in ux of migrants into Europe. The countries are lling up. What a job it is to feed and house all these people. Where can these people go when there’s no place to go? It’s sad but these are the fruits of sin and sel shness.

In the reading and studying of the Bible, we nd all kinds of problems that people had because of their own doing.

In the book of Daniel, there is a story

of Daniel in Babylon, in chapter nine. He is praying for his people in Jerusalem who were going through a real problem because they were not following the word of God.

While Daniel was praying, an angel, sent him a message from God for his people. It said that 70 weeks were set aside for his people to repent and redeem themselves. Now 70 weeks is not very long, but in prophecy 70 weeks may also be translated as seventy sevens. That would amount to 490 years, which is quite a long time.

In the prophecy, God is telling His people that they need to make a change in their life. They need to start living as God has instructed them and put away their sin. He gave them a starting time for the prophecy and a time for rebuilding their city, which had been destroyed, and a time for the birth of the Messiah, the works of the Messiah an His death.

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But that didn’t stop Albas from focusing primarily on criticiz-ing the NDP, which has been representing the Conservative’s toughest challenger nationally during this campaign.

One of the more heated questions regarded biosolids, and the role of the federal government in regulating the indus-try.

Wood said it was on her radar, and wanted to restore reg-ulation. “We should not be making a watershed vulnerable to the potential medi-cal waste in human biosolids,” she said.

Mellalieu empha-sized that a solution to this problem would be in bringing many of the parties together to work through this, something that Green Party leader Elizabeth May is good at. Mellalieu praised May as an effective leader several times during the forum.

Scott said she was impressed with how much this issue means to people here in the Valley. She agreed with the other chal-

lengers that more collaboration needs to happen, and that First Nations title and rights issues were under the federal gov-ernment’s purview.

Albas said the anti-biosolids move-ment was misguided in bringing this to the federal level, and pointed to the agree-ment signed by the province and the five local band chiefs, announced that day. The statement was met with some boos from the audience.

“The Ministry of Environment and Interior Health has strict criteria, however there is no public con-sultation, and that’s something we need to work on,” he said.

One question that candidates differed on was legalization of marijuana. While all of the challeng-ers said they were in favour of the move, Albas said it would be a mistake.

The forum round-ed off with an option to answer one of three questions: what would your party do to plug health care gaps in Merritt, how to ensure the pros-perity of the forestry

sector in Merritt, and how would your party encourage food security in the Nicola Valley?

Albas answered all three, pointing to the community garden in Merritt funded by a federal grant. On the forestry topic, he said that while the upcom-ing timber supply review is a provincial matter, the federal government is focused on the softwood lum-ber agreement with the U.S., which is coming due soon.

He also touched on healthcare, pointing to a 2013 federal gov-ernment program that included student loan forgiveness for health care professionals who relocate to rural areas.

Scott focused on health care, where she said premiers need to be meeting with the prime minister on a regular basis — some-thing that hasn’t hap-pened since 2009. She said the Liberals will invest $3 billion over the next three years on home care to take the stress off of hos-pitals and clinics. She also said the rising cost of pharmaceuti-cals is prohibitive.

Mellalieu said the government should be promoting healthy lifestyles, but that all of health care, from birth to death and everything in between, should be covered by govern-ment.

Wood pitched a universal pharma-ceutical program to make medication more affordable. She said the NDP was committed to building 200 new clinics across Canada, and focus on health care recruit-ment and retention.

Wood also touched on food security, tout-ing a return to small scale human intensive agriculture to prevent climate change. “We need to go back to the kind of agriculture that worked for the last 10,000 years,” she said.

The forum ran for approximately two hours.

Forum remained friendly — for the most partFrom Page 1

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From the Herald archives: October, 1997

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CRASH CLAIMS FIVE LIVES

British Columbians are still asking them-selves why the high-way tragedy that claimed the lives of five adults even hap-pened.

Police are still shaking their heads as to the cause behind the worst accident in the history of the Coquihalla Highway.

A few kilo-metres south of Merritt shortly before 5 p.m. last Wednesday, a two-vehicle collision caused a tragic, almost instanta-neous fire, that proved fatal for two seniors from the Bridge Lake area near 100 Mile House and three residents from Burnaby.

Early investiga-tion indicated that a burgundy colored Dodge Caravan, carrying Burnaby residents failed to negotiate a right hand curve in the southbound lane and drifted through the median ditch into the oncoming northbound traffic.

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This committee will advise the principals table.The technical working group, appointed by the principals table, will be

made up of senior scientists, health, medical and biology professionals and indigenous knowledge-holders to carry out the panel’s objectives.

“I’m really pleased we’re at this place,” said Tegart. “I wish we’d been here earlier, but we’re at this place today, and I’m looking forward to moving the agenda forward.”

There is also a commitment to transparency with regards to any further biosolids dumping during the talks.

Chief Joe said it’s been a long process, but he hopes this will result in a change of existing biosolids regulation. “We all know we’re creating these problems regardless of where we live, and we need to look at alternatives,” he said. “The regulations [should change] if the science proves it’s not good for fertilizer . . . We really have to seriously talk about how do we deal with it then.”

A report is expected by the end of the year.

NVIT donates funds to RCMP programsThe Nicola Valley

Institute of Technology donated $6,000 to RCMP sponsored programs to thank the members who volun-tarily teach the post secondary institution’s Law Enforcement Preparation Program (LEPP).

The funds will be split amongst three programs — the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program received $1,000, The RCMP’s Pulling Together Canoe Journey on Nicola Lake received $2,500 of the funds and the Smart Step Youth Program received $2,500 as well.

All five local ele-mentary schools and the three local First Nations schools offer the RCMP’s DARE program. Police offi-cers deliver the pro-gram to Grade 5 and 6

students, teaching them critical thinking skills to choose a drug-free life.

The canoe trip involves a two-day out-ing across Nicola Lake

with police and First Nations youth, and is an opportunity to build trust and bond between the RCMP and First Nations youth and adults.

The Smart Step Youth Association develops and delivers programs and ser-vices for youth living in communities struggling with social disparities.

The association hosts initiatives in sports, and community service such as its annual graf-fiti cleanup.

NVIT president Ken Tourand said that

it’s fantastic for their (LEPP) students to be taught by actual police officers.

“This is a small token of our apprecia-tion,” he said.

(Left to right) RCMP Const. Rose Grant, NVIT president Ken Tourand and RCMP Cosnt. Tracy Dunsmore. Michael Potestio/Herald

Michael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

Both the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club and former PGA Tour player Richard Zokol have dropped the lawsuits against each other.

Zokol, co-founded, co-designed and was chief executive of the Sagebrush Golf Course, which he left in early 2012 after a dispute with ownership.

He then launched a civil lawsuit against them in March of 2014 claiming special damages, which included a design fee of $200,000 he alleged he wasn’t paid.

Two months later, the owners

responded by filing a counter claim against Zokol for mismanaging the project in the amount of more than $42 million — the amount they claim was sunk into the course.

This past September, both par-ties reached an agreement that both claims would be dismissed without cost to either side.

Sagebrush did not open for play this season due to rezoning complica-tions that are being dealt with ahead of the course’s anticipated reopening next spring.

Sagebrush president Bob Garnett has said the owners do not want to open the course until a new owner is found.

Sagebrush and Zokol terminate lawsuits

Report expected to be ready by 2016From Page 1 Michael Potestio

THE MERRITT HERALD


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

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

open houseformer CPr lands being re-PurPosed

The City of Merritt is interested in your opinion and ideas for re-purposing the lands formerly owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and are now property of the City.In the City’s Official Community Plan, adopted by City Council in 2011, the lands are identified as Future Development which is a generic category for land holdings available for a multitude of possibilities, however somewhat focused on low intensity uses such as park or public uses.Please accept this as an invitation to attend the Open House to be held at City Hall on October 15th from 4:00PM to 7:00PM. The development of the lands will be a positive amenity for the area and turn an unsightly former rail grade into something nice.All of the proposed concepts are on the website. Go to http://www.merritt.ca/news/quilchena-avenue-stretchIf you need any further information regarding the above, please schedule an appointment by calling me at 250-378-8620. I can also be reached via email at [email protected]. Sean O’Flaherty, RPPPlanning & Development Services Manager

City of Merritt 2016 Permissive Tax ExemptionsProposed Bylaw 2202, 2015

Permissive Tax Exemptions

Roll # Owner/Occupier Civic Address Legal Description Estimated 2016

General Municipal Taxes

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The President of the Lethbridge Stake - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2451 Spring Bank Avenue

Lot B, Plan KAP 79511, D.L. 121 Section 22, Township 91 except Plan KAP 88312, and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,006.49

138000 BC Seventh Day Adventist 2190 Granite AvenueLot 10, Bloxk 14, Plan 1 D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 258.71

276000 Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Avenue

Lot 11, Block 30, Plan 717, D.L. 123, KDY SE 25ft; Lot 10, Block 30 Plan 717, D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 379.67

416005 Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops 2302 Jackson AvenueLot A, Plan 34228 D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon (exclude Residential Class 1) $ 327.24

830015 Merritt Sikh Society 2399 Chapman StreetLot A, Plan KAP 65331, D.L. 124, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,174.68

912005 Merritt Crossroads Community Church 2990 Voght StreetLot 1, Plan 33171, D.L. 124, KDYD except Plan M16802 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,048.70

963000 Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell AvenueLot 35, Plan 747, D.L. 124 KDYD except KAP47649 and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,356.48

1094002 Fraser Basin Property Society 1990 Chapman Street

Parcel B, Block 16, Plan 1, D.L. 124, KDYD ( of Lots 1&2 see KJ48015) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 449.59

1241000 United Church of Canada 1899 Quilchena AvenueLot 13, Block 28, Plan 448, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 232.14

6327500 Trustees Merritt Jehovah's Witness 1505 Sunset StreetLot 7, Plan 15455 D.L. 167 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 581.05

151000 Conayt Friendship Society 2164 Quilchena AvenueLot 1, Plan 41762, D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 6,549.50

2500 Nicola Native Lodge Society "NNLS" 2640 Spring Bank Avenue Lot 3, Plan KAP58641, D.L. 121, KDYD $ 1,977.34

1344000Nicola Valley Association of Community Living 1775 Coldwater Avenue

Lot A, Plan KAP 77597, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,791.80

1000000 Nicola Valley Cultural Society 1840 Nicola AvenueLot B, Plan 332, D.L. 125 KDYD except Plan 6875 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 4,040.51

1121000 Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary 1803 Voght StreetLot 11, Bloc 17, Plan 1, Part S1/2, D.L. 123, KDYD and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,511.68

1122000 Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary 1987 Coutlee Street Lot 12, Block 17, DL 125 $ 772.74

1777275Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation Voght Street

Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,838.31

1777280Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation 3457 Voght Street

Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,590.23

1163000 Nicola Valley Senior Housing 1926 Coutlee Avenue

Lots 1-4, Block 24, Plan 1, D.L.125 KDYD Part N of Plan 400 * Lot A, Plan 122, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,927.69

1114500 Royal Canadian Legion #96 1940 Quilchena AvenueLot A, Plan KAP60947, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,810.53

10810 Interior Community Services 2975 Clapperton Ave Lot 1, Plan KAP27426 $ 905.26

189005 Merritt Community Cinema Society 2102 Coutlee Ave Block 22; PLAN NUMBER: KAP626; DISTRICT LOT: 123; LAND DISTRICT: 25;PID 004-820-258 $ 3,028.51

1092000CRTRL Land Co. Ltd./Merritt Walk of Stars 2025B Quilchena Avenue

Lot 17, Block 15, Plan 1 D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,393.21

1087000 Merritt Masonic Temple Association2067 Quilchena Ave (class 8 only)

Lot 14, Block 15, PLAN KAP1, D.L. 125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 327.88

1341010Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1701 Coldwater Avenue Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 838, D.L. 125 KDYD $ 322.40

1364000Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1702 Coldwater Avenue

Lot AM1, Block 4, Plan 838, D.L. 125, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,672.06

6355100Nicola Valley Rodeo Association/Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association 319 Lindley Creek Road

Lot 1, Plan 34260, D.L. 176 KDYD (except Mobile Home) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 11,592.39

807500 Community Futures Nicola Valley Suite B - 2185 Voght Street

Lot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,376.06

807250 Nicola Valley Community Human Suite A - 2185 Voght Street

Lot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,796.15

744100 Merritt Curling Club 2075 Mamette AvenueLot 2, Plan 22544, D.L. 124 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 4,704.28

1553070 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6

Lot 2, Plan 29664, D.L. 174, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 769.13


Plan M9110, D.L. 174, KDYD except Plan 19948 and 29664 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 606.16


Lot A, Plan 34206, D.L. 124 KDYD & DL 180 and 181 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 18,069.17


Parcel A, D.L. 124 KDYD except Plan 33125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,776.00


Lot 1, Plan 8212, D.L. 174, KDYD except M9110, excluding Mobile Home and the buildings and structures thereon $ 650.97

TOTAL ESTIMATED GENERAL TAXES 93,614.70$

Public Notice

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Recreation Facilities and Service Club or Associations

Community Services

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Bylaw No. 2202, 2015 being a bylaw to exempt certain parcels of land and improvements from taxation for 2016, which will be considered by City Council at the Regular Council meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 and Tuesday October 27, 2015 at 7:00PM. Those persons interested in viewing the proposed bylaw, may do so by attending City Hall, Council Chambers, 2185 Voght Street.

On Thursday, October 15th, 2015 the Merritt ASK Wellness Society will be holding our annual Homeless Connect in Merritt and surrounding area. Our purpose behind the Homeless Connect initiative is to locate, support and educate those in our community who suffer from absolute homeless-ness. Our statistics will be submitted to our provin-cial government and used as evidence while our agency and those like our agency lobby our govern-ment regarding housing issues in the province of British Columbia and how the need for affordable housing and shelters in the Nicola Valley are of utmost importance.

We are extending an invitation to the staff with the City of Merritt to have the unique experience of volunteering with the ASK Wellness Society, being recognized for their volunteer efforts and to witness firsthand how important affordable and supportive housing is to our community.

At this time, we are also seeking donations of backpacks, food (non-perishables, granola bars, bottled water) clothing (toques, mitts, warm under-wear, socks, blankets, warm jackets) and hygiene products (feminine hygiene products, shampoo, soap, deodorant, tooth brushes, and toothpaste) and miscellaneous items such as grocery cards, bus tickets, etc.

Annual homeless count this Thursday

The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular council meeting agenda for Oct. 13, 2015. Full agenda at www.merritt.ca

Letter to Mayor Menard and the City of Merritt from Stacy Wormwell, co-director of operations with the ASK Wellness Society in Merritt


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Their message is simple — put smoke alarms in bedrooms, have an exit strategy in case of a fire and designate a meeting place outside a burning building for occupants to gather.

Firefighters and the Grade 10 drama class at Merritt Secondary School (MSS) teamed up last week for fire prevention week to ingrain these life-saving fire safety tips in the minds of third grade students from all over city.

This year’s theme is “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep,” which stresses that smoke alarms be

installed in every room of a household including bedrooms.

The skit involved the actors showing the importance of having smoke alarms within earshot, having an escape plan in case of a fire and other helpful tips such as staying low to the ground to avoid rising smoke.

Outside the school MFRD fire prevention officer Sky McKeown showed the students that practice makes perfect by having them find their way through their fire and life safety house — a trailer designed as a mini house for fire safety practice.

The kids practiced exiting the building through an open window and meeting at a desig-nated spot in the event of a fire.

Students shown the fire prevention ropes

Michael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD

Firefighters take questions from a group of Grade 3 students from Diamond Vale Elementary after a skit on fire safety performed by Merritt Secondary School’s Grade 10 drama class. Michael Potestio/Herald

Diamond Vale third grader Kelsey Cleaveley is directed out of a mock building by work experience firefighter Nolan Pick on Thursday (Oct.8). Pick and others from the Merritt Fire Rescue Department were at Merritt Secondary School to teach visiting elementary school students about fire safety. Phillip Woolgar/Herald

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(NC) When it comes to our health, is it possible to suffer from TMI – too much information?

About two-thirds of Canadians who are online use the web to search for health information. And almost 20% of smart-phone users have at least one health-related app. Health and fitness represents the fast-growing app category.

This explosion of health care informa-tion can be valuable for Canadians who want to take care of themselves. Yet there are downsides, like separating good infor-mation from the bad online, and the danger of self-diagnosis. Some people rely on their own findings and forego seeing a health care professional altogether.

“It’s important to be an active par-ticipant in your health, which can include researching for reputable information about conditions, treatments and personal well-being. This should never replace the insight of a health care professional however,” says Marshall Moleschi, president of the Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario (FHRCO).

In Ontario, 25 colleges regulate over 300,000 health care professionals. These

bodies are required to act in the best inter-ests of the public, and hold their member professionals accountable for their conduct and practice (see www.regulatedhealthpro-fessions.on.ca).

“If you do get information from other sources, these professionals use their skills, knowledge and judgment to decide when, if, and how to apply it,” Moleschi points out.

Here’s a guideline for using online health care information to your best advantage:

• Do some research if desired before see-ing a health care professional, to help you organize questions. Leave it to the profes-sional to provide the answers and help you understand what you’ve accessed on your own.

• Don’t rely exclusively on online infor-mation to make big choices about your health, or to decide between care or treat-ment options. As one Canadian health journal described, that information can be a goldmine or a minefield. Sometimes, online information is misleading or incomplete, and may not apply to your situation.

• Do ask a health care professional to recommend websites or apps, including ones from trusted sources (like hospitals,

non-profit disease associations, and govern-ment bodies) that have objective informa-tion.

• Don’t be afraid at your appointment to raise the information you found online. It is not a challenge to anyone’s authority. In fact, it is commendable that patients and clients want to be informed health care con-sumers.

“Being well-informed,” says Moleschi, “and having discussions with a highly-trained health care professional, will help you make the best choices.”

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“Many of us find it difficult to keep healthy, happy and energized throughout the winter,” Book begins. “There are physi-cal and emotional reactions to the season, which can cause our bodies to shut down. Being a busy professional and new mother, I’ve experienced the added stress factor that comes when you throw winter into the mix.

“Parents are stressed out and starved for time, and as a result, a healthy diet and good nutrition can easily be forced to take the back seat. As a holistic nutritionist and busy mom, I understand the importance of nutrition. I believe good health starts early and must include the entire family. Our constant on-the-go lifestyles make fast, pre-packaged and processed foods the staple for many households, and these foods unfortu-nately lack the nutrition necessary for grow-ing bodies and active adults.”

To ensure that her family is getting all the essential nutrients to stay healthy and happy throughout the winter months, Book says she always has these four supplements around:

1. Omega-3 supplements are extremely important because the human body can-not produce the fatty acids. Studies have shown that omega-3s have many benefits, such as improving cardiovascular health and cognitive development, reducing inflam-mation and stabilizing mood. Foods high in omega-3 include flax seeds, walnuts, salmon and sardines. Since these are typically not favourites for kids, you may want to talk to your health care practitioner about supple-mentation.

2. Probiotics help balance our digestive tract, which is important because it elimi-nates harmful bacteria, toxins and other waste products from our bodies. When we make poor food choices, suffer from chronic stress and are exposed to environmental toxins, the balance in favour of good bac-teria can shift. This can cause a variety of

problems, including a worsened immune system. Even if you eat well, probiotics can round out your diet for optimal health.

3. Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones and muscles. There is growing evidence that vitamin D may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, particularly colorectal and breast cancers. You can get vitamin D from exposure to sunlight, in your diet (especially if you eat foods fortified with vitamin D, such as fish or eggs), or by taking supple-ments. In Canada, from late October to March, the sun’s rays are too weak to pro-duce vitamin D in our skin, and most of us are deficient in the “sunshine vitamin” as a result. That is why the Canadian Cancer Society recommends that adults talk with their doctor and consider taking a supple-ment during the fall and winter months.

Additional tips on natural, healthy living are available at chfa.ca.

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It’s a week since the Russians began their air-strikes in Syria, and the countries that have already been bombing there for over a year — the United States and some other

NATO countries — are working themselves up into a rage about it. The Russians are not bombing the right people, they are killing civilians, they are reckless, dangerous, and just plain evil.

A statement last weekend by NATO’s 28 members warned of “the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour” and urged Russia “to cease and desist.” When a Russian warplane attack-ing Islamist targets in northwestern Syria strayed across the frontier into Turkey for a few minutes, U.S. Secretary of State

John Kerry said that the Turks would have been within their rights to shoot it down.

The weather was poor, the target was close to the border, and the Russians apologized afterwards, but NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the incursion “does not look like an accident.” So what does he think the motive was, then? Russian pilots are getting bored, and are having a competi-tion to see who can stay in Turkish airspace lon-gest without getting shot down?

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Russians are killing civil-ians with their bombs, we are told. Yes, of course they are. So is the American-led coalition with its bombs. Unless you are fighting at sea or in the open desert, there will always be civilians in the same area as the “legiti-mate” targets.

It’s particularly unbe-coming for the United States to act holier-than-thou about the use of Russian air power in Syria, when it is simulta-neously trying to explain why American planes bombed a hospital in Afghanistan last month

and killed 22 civilians. Neither Americans nor Russians gain anything by killing civilians; it’s just an inevitable by-product of bombing.

But the biggest Western complaint is that the Russians are bombing the wrong people. Contrary to American and European assertions, they are indeed bombing the “right” peo-ple, the troops of Islamic State that Western air forces have been bombing for the past year. But the Russians are also bombing the troops of the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham.

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Seeing the forest and the treesVICTORIA – There was a flurry of excite-ment in the B.C. legislature last week, as Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington released docu-ments suggesting that a multinational manufacturing company continued to buy up B.C. farms for carbon offsets after they said last June they would stop.

False alarm, as it turns out. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick clarified that three more farms in the Peace and Cariboo region had indeed been bought, but the company was merely following legal advice to close deals on farms that it had already agreed to purchase.

The company, British-based clean-ing product and pharmaceutical maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) con-firmed this. A company official reiter-ated that its program to buy farms and replant them with trees is suspended.

By the time the B.C. government became aware of this global public relations scheme, thanks to the work of NDP MLA Lana Popham and oth-ers, about 10,000 hectares of farmland was already planted with seedlings. RB initially said they were buying up abandoned and unproductive farms, but local government officials disputed that.

RB soon realized that undermining already precarious farming communi-ties was going to provide the opposite of the green publicity they sought, at least in B.C. The company told me it is now looking to switch its carbon off-set program to replanting forest areas depleted by pine beetle and fire.

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I’ll believe that when I see it, but on the face of it, this sounds almost as ques-tionable as converting farm-land back to forests. Pine forests need fire to regener-ate, so fires have been part of the regeneration of the ecosystem since the retreat of the last Ice Age.

Beetle-kill areas are already coming back, and they were never completely denuded in any case, so the notion of manual planting these areas seems impracti-cal. Most are now criss-crossed with deadfall and all but impassible.

Another situation that received little public atten-tion was a report issued late this summer by the B.C.

Forest Practices Board about forest stewardship plans.

The board reviewed 43 stewardship plans from all regions of B.C., prepared as required under provincial law by forest tenure holders on Crown land. They are supposed to deal with things like where roads go and how streams are protected.

This is the management system put in place in 2003, when the B.C. Liberal government changed its approach to forest manage-ment. Gone was the NDP’s infamous seven-volume “Forest Practices Code,” which attempted to micro-manage every detail of a timber licence, right down to inspecting for litter left at a logging site.

In came “results-based”

forest management, where licence holders had to pro-duce a plan showing stream protection and other val-ues. The Forest Practices Board has found these plans often aren’t good for much, although results are gener-ally good when they follow up with on-the-ground audits of actual timber har-vest areas.

The investigation found that many of the plans cover “vast and overlapping areas of the province, and were written using legal lan-guage that makes them very difficult for public under-standing or review.” Little has changed since a similar finding in 2006.

During that time, the forests ministry was

turned into Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, with greatly increased responsibility over wildlife, mining, gas drilling and so on.

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, who traveled the province as NDP forests critic in recent years, says the problem now is there just aren’t enough people on the ground to assess what’s going on in our huge expanse of Crown land.

Meanwhile the city media covers professional protesters issuing demands about the Walbran Valley.

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They might even bomb the troops of the Free Syrian Army, if they could find any.

Don’t they realize that these people are trying to overthrow the evil Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, whereas the cruel and deluded fanatics who serve Islamic State are trying — well, actually, they are trying to overthrow the evil dictator Assad too. This brings us to the heart of the matter.

Western propaganda makes a systematic distinc-tion between Islamic State (bad) and the “opposi-tion” forces (all the other groups). The problem is that there is really little difference between them: they all want to overthrow the Syrian regime, and they are all Islamist jihadis except for the tattered remnants of the Free Syrian Army.

The Nusra Front was created in 2012 as the Syrian branch of ISIS (now Islamic State), and broke away early last year in a dispute over tactics and turf. It is now the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. Ahrar al-Sham was also founded by an al-Qaeda member, and is a close military and political ally of Nusra. And until the propaganda needs of the moment changed, even the United States admitted that the “moderate” elements of the Syrian opposi-tion had collapsed.

There are no reliable statistics on this, but a

good guess would be that 35 per cent of the rebel troops confronting Assad’s regime belong to Islamic State, 35 percent to the Nusra Front, 20 per cent to Ahrar al-Sham, and ten per cent odds and sods including the Free Syrian Army. In other words, at least 90 per cent of the armed opposition are Islamists, and probably no more than 5 per cent are secular, pro-democratic groups.

There are not three alternatives in Syria. There are only two: either Bashar al-Assad’s regime survives, or the Islamists take over. Really serious Islamists, who hate democracy, behead people, and plan to overthrow all the other Arab governments before they set out to conquer the rest of the world.

They are probably being a bit over-optimistic there, but they would be seriously dangerous people if they commanded the resources of the Syrian state, and they would be a calamity for Syrians who are not Sunni Muslims. The Russians have accept-ed this reality, decided that it is in their own inter-ests for Assad to survive, and are acting accordingly.

The United States and its allies, by contrast, are hamstrung by their previous insistence that Assad must go on human rights grounds. They cannot change their tune now without losing face, so they don’t bomb Assad themselves, but they persist in the fantasy that some other force can be created in Syria that will defeat both Assad and Islamic State.

Moreover, the leaders of America’s two most important allies in the Muslim world, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, are determined that Assad should go (mainly because he is Shia, and they are Sunnis), and they would be very angry if the U.S. helped him survive.

That, plus American anger at Russia over Ukraine and lingering hostility from the old Cold War, is why NATO is condemning the Russian intervention in Syria so vehemently. But it is all humbug and hypocrisy.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Two options in Syria: al-Assad’s regime survives or the Islamists take over

Report on forest stewardship received little attention

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From Page 8 Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, who traveled the province as NDP forests critic in recent years, says the problem now is there just aren’t enough people on the ground to assess what’s going on in our huge

expanse of Crown land.

There are no reliable statistics on this, but a good guess would be that 35 per cent of the rebel troops confronting Assad’s regime belong to Islamic State, 35 percent to the Nusra Front, 20 per cent to Ahrar al-Sham, and ten per cent odds and sods

including the Free Syrian Army.


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CMHA and BCHL join forces NHL season opens with a BCHL presenceThe National Hockey League season kicked

off this week with no fewer than 28 former British Columbia Hockey League players listed on the opening day rosters of 22 of the member teams. Twelve different past and present BCHL franchises are represented on the list. (All players listed below played a minimum of half a season in the BCHL).

Anaheim DucksShawn Horcoff (Chilliwack Chiefs)

Josh Manson (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)Mike Santorelli (Langley Thunder/Vernon Vipers)

Boston BruinsMatt Irwin (Nanaimo Clippers)

Calgary FlamesDavid Jones (Coquitlam Express)

Carolina HurricanesRiley Nash (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)

Chicago BlackhawksDuncan Keith (Penticton Panthers)

Columbus Blue JacketsRyan Johansen (Penticton Vees)

Dallas StarsJamie Benn (Victoria Grizzlies)Jordie Benn (Victoria Grizzlies)

Detroit Red WingsDanny DeKeyser (Trail Smoke Eaters)

Edmonton OilersJustin Schultz (West Kelowna Warriors)

Florida PanthersWillie Mitchell (Kelowna Spartans)

Los Angeles KingsMilan Lucic (Coquitlam Express)

Joel Lowry (Victoria Grizzlies)

Minnesota WildGrayson Downing (West Kelowna Warriors)

Montreal CanadiensCarey Price (Quesnel Millionaires)

New Jersey DevilsTravis Zajac (Salmon Arm Silverbacks)

New York RangersTanner Glass (Penticton Vees/Nanaimo Clippers

Ottawa SenatorsKyle Turris (Burnaby Express)

Patrick Wiercioch (Burnaby Express)Andrew Hammond (Surrey Eagles/Vernon Vipers)

Philadelphia FlyersBrandon Manning (Prince George Spruce Kings)

Pittsburgh PenguinsBeau Bennett (Penticton Vees)

St. Louis BluesScott Gomez (Surrey Eagles)

Tampa Bay LightningJason Garrison (Nanaimo Clippers)

Toronto Maple LeafsTyler Bozak (Victoria Grizzlies)

Winnipeg JetsAndrew Ladd (Coquitlam Express)

The Canadian Mental Health Association and the British Columbia Hockey League have announced a new part-nership aimed at help-ing young junior-aged players cope with the on and off-ice mental, emotional and physical challenges of competing in a high level of hock-ey away from home.

The two organiza-tions have launched an initiative called Talk Today — a mental health support program designed for BCHL players and their sup-porters to learn about mental health issues, and increase their skills in order to assist players who may be struggling or at risk of suicide.

“We are excited to partner with the BCHL, to help their athletes connect with the mental health supports and resources they need to thrive,” said Bev Gutray, CEO of CMHA BC.

The Talk Today program is one of the most comprehensive mental health programs for amateur sport in Canada. It consists of several components, including mental health and suicide awareness workshops, one-to-one mental health coaches, and Talk Today com-munity awareness events.

“The BC Hockey League strives to be the best Junior A hockey league in North America,” BCHL commissioner John Grisdale said. “For us, that means supporting the physical and mental health of our athletes, as well as reaching out to our communities and helping support causes we care about through initiatives like Talk Today.”

At the heart of Talk Today is the relation-ship between each of the 17 BCHL teams and their local CMHA branches. Each commu-

nity will have a trained CMHA mental health navigator, an indi-vidual who will serve as a liaison between the two parties and will help provide referrals to community mental health and addictions support.

“Each year, our network of branches in B.C. helps over 120,000 people, includ-ing children and youth, families and older adults,” Gutray said. “Talk Today will help strengthen those com-munity connections, and reach new audienc-es with the message that mental health is possible for all.”

The announcement comes as welcome news to athletes like 16-year-old rising hockey star Myles Mattila. The Kelowna youngster has been a mental health advocate for several years following two impactful events in his life — when he didn’t know how to help one of his teammates who was experiencing mental health issues, and the death of former Vancouver Canucks’ player Rick Rypien.

“Mental health affects everyone no mat-ter what age you are,

and youth and athletes are no exception,” Mattila said. “My team-mate suddenly changed. His temper grew short, his actions were irratio-nal, and he began to be very negative. Nothing could cheer him up.”

Mattila said that player is now doing much better and getting help and support.

“It’s encouraging to see programs like Talk Today being imple-mented to help make a difference and show everyone that it’s okay to talk about mental health and mental ill-ness,” Mattila said.

Rob DeClark, chair of the BCHL’s player support program said they want to end the labeling and provide help when a player shows he is vulnerable and having issues.

“It will help reduce the stigma,” he said. “Each team will have a representative from CMHA, and at any time a player can con-fidentially access that support, and access it quickly.”

DeClark noted that young junior hockey players feel a lot of pressure as they try to advance their careers and maybe even get a

hockey scholarship to an American college or university.

“There have been many high-profile cases that have ended tragi-cally,” he said.

Talk Today stems from a pilot program that was first organized by the Peterborough Petes major junior hockey club in Ontario back in March of 2014. Twenty-four players and coaches participated in a workshop, safeTALK, which helps teach indi-viduals the importance of talking about mental health, how to acknowl-edge signs of suicide, how to seek help when they’re in need of sup-port, and how to con-nect others in need of support with mental health resources.

In the fall of the same year, the Ontario Hockey League and the CMHA announced a partnership to imple-ment the Talk Today initiative.

“Mental illness directly or indirectly affects everyone at some point in their life,” OHL commis-sioner David Branch said at the time of the announcement of the partnership.

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head coach and GM Joe Martin welcomed the news of the CMHA/BCHL joint initiative.

“I’m very happy our league has entered into this large partner-ship. Going back to all the dressing rooms I’ve been in, I’m sure there was always a teammate of mine or a player that I’ve coached who could have used a bit more help.

“We all need people to talk with. High level athletes always feel stressed by their perfor-mance. Another partner to talk to can only help.

“Here in Merritt we are lucky. We have great people who are attached to our organization who already provide sub-stantial support. Dave MaCaulay is our team chaplain. He’s always checking in with staff and players, and not just watching boxscores. He’s always wondering how are the players and coaches doing.

“Outside of Dave there is more help here, too. The citizens and fans in Merritt really care. I like that.

“Adding this large new partner to our local support group is a huge plus,” Martin said.

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TEAMWORK British Columbia Hockey League commissioner John Grisdale (far left) joined with major midget player Myles Mattila, Canadian Mental Health Association BC CEO Bev Gutray and BCHL program chair Rob DeClark to announce a partnership between the BCHL and the CMHA to run the Talk Today program with all 17 BCHL member clubs. Photo courtesy of the BCHL


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