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MARCH MADNESS The Merritt Secondary School class of 2013 hit the streets for their grand march down Voght Street on Friday for commencement. Full story on page 3, more photos in section B. Emily Wessel/Herald

City facing staff shortage for summerTuesday.

Fort McMurray.“It’s a new adventure; it’s nothing against Merritt in any way,” said Sibilleau. “I had a great run here, I think I’ve contributed to some successes of the administration and council,

but an opportunity came up that I couldn’t turn down as an advancement

for my career so I’m on my way north.”

She said the job there will be a busy one.“I’ll be doing there, full-

time, what I do off a corner of my desk here,” she said with a laugh.Sibilleau said she is most

proud of the good relation-ship she’s established with council during her time in Merritt.

“To be able to establish that kind of relationship

with a council is quite rewarding,” Sibilleau said.At the meeting, coun-cil gave her a round of applause when discussing her departure. Merritt Mayor Susan Roline thanked Sibilleau for all the

hard work she has done for the city.

Noble said Sibilleau’s departure leaves a big h lto fill

“Pat’s given us some real productivity improvements and she’s invested a lot of time here,” Noble said.“That said, she has an

opportunity that’s going to fit into her long-range plans and certainly we couldn’t compete with that, so all we can do is really support has she’s s

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MARCH MADNESS The Merritt Secondary School class of 2013 hit the streets for their grand march down Voght Street on Fri

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Family of Darcie Clarke defends NCR Reform Act

Family members of a woman

whose children were murdered by

their father in Merritt in 2008 are

speaking up in support of the Not

Criminally Responsible Reform

Act.The act would change the

release reviews for those found not

criminally responsible from annual

hearings to hearings every three

years, which Darcie Clarke’s family

members say will correct an imbal-

ance in the current review system.

“What is being proposed is what

we – the families of victims all

across Canada – have been asking

for: people found not criminally

responsible get better supports than

are currently in place; the commu-

nity as a whole receives the protec-

tions [it] deserve[s]; and the fami-

lies of victims finally get more time

to heal,” reads a statement released

by Clarke and her cousin, Stacy

Galt, on the victims’ advocacy web-

site 4darcie.ca.

Allan Schoenborn was found

not criminally responsible by reason

of mental disorder for the mur-

ders of his and Clarke’s children,

10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-

old Max, and five-year-old Cordon.

Clarke and Galt have worked

with Prime Minister Stephen

Harper, Attorney General Rob

Nicholson and Canadian Heritage

Minister James Moore on the bill

for nearly five years. They say the

changes will bring victims’ rights

into balance with those of people

found not criminally responsible.

The bill passed its second read-

ing in the House of Commons late

last month with a vote of 242 to

34 and will now be reviewed by a

committee and reported on before

its third reading.

If the bill basses its third read-

ing, it gets royal assent and becomes

law. “This is a bill that reminds the

courts and provincial review boards

that victims matter. In fact, it is

more than a reminder that victims

matter — it will hopefully soon be

the law,” the statement says.

The bill also addresses imbal-

ances in the legislation surrounding

those found not criminally respon-

sible, including that there is no legal

obligation to notify members of the

community if a high-risk offender

leaves or escapes from a facility, and

treating and classifying those with

lengthy violent histories differently

than those with mental disorders,

the statement says.

In 2011, the B.C. Review Board

granted Schoenborn escorted visits

into the community from the Port

Coquitlam psychiatric facility where

he was being held. That permission

was revoked after opposition from

Clarke’s family, who said she was

living nearby.

Schoenborn’s request to transfer

to a psychiatric facility in Selkirk,

Man. was approved by the B.C.

Review Board in February, but has

yet to be carried out. Clarke’s fami-

ly opposes that move as well, saying

she has family in the Selkirk area.

Mother of triple murder victims says Bill C-54 protects victims’ rights

By Emily Wessel

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Runners convene for Merritt race

Merritt held its fourth annual

Country Run Sunday and the event

saw people of all ages participate in

the 5K, 10K and half-marathon runs.

In total, there were about 300 par-

ticipants, said event organizer Mary

Jorgensen.The 5K had 157 runners, and

the 10K attracted 100 participants.

Thirty-three people ran the half-

marathon.Former Rotary Club of Merritt

president Darch Oborne partici-

pated in the half-marathon race. The

68-year-old is an avid runner, having

completing three marathons in 53

days just two weeks ago. When asked

how he manages to run so much in

such a short period of time, Oborne

answered, “You gotta do it while

you’re young.

“Relative to tomorrow, I’m young,”

he told the Herald.

Another relatively young runner

to take part in the half-marathon

was 78-year-old Bruce Butcher from

Kamloops. He was one of the last

to cross the finish line but when the

crowd, which had amassed back at

the starting line in Voght Park, saw

him heading to the finish, everyone

cheered. Oborne even went back to

jog a bit with Butcher.

Butcher started running marathons

when he retired at age 66 and said

his daughter was a big inspiration for

him.“She’s done the Ironman [triath-

lon] and she led the way. [She] said,

‘Dad, why don’t you run?’ so I did,”

said Butcher.

Families came out to run as well.

Helen Asseltine and her eight-year-

old daughter Paige finished the 5K

race together. Her husband Graeme

and six-year-old son Isaac were not

far behind. Even her mother-in-law,

Bernice Asseltine, 82, took on the 5K

race at the Country Run.

“This was her first 5K and it was

our first time doing it together,” Helen

said about running the race with her

daughter.

See ‘Country Run’ Page 3

By Michael Potestio

THE HERALD

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OFF TO THE RACES Seven-year-old Calvin Little leads a pack of runners in the 5K at the Merritt Country Run on Sunday. The

races attracted participants from all walks of life and from as far away as Ontario. Ian Webster/Herald

Students at several local schools received a lesson in conservation last week.

The students learned about wild animals from Canada and other parts of the world through a presen-tation by Earth Rangers, a Woodville, Ont.-based con-servation program aimed at kids.

The organization’s rang-ers will travel to 600 schools across the country during the 2014-15 school year to spread their message of wildlife habitat conserva-tion.

Last week, they did a number of presentations at schools in the Nicola Val-ley, thanks to a sponsorship from Teck.

To illustrate their mes-sage, the presenters brought some animal ambassadors with them.

Crimson the red tegu brought a gasp from the crowd of students at Lower Nicola Band School on Thursday.

Red tegus are a type of lizard native to South Amer-ica. They use their forked tongues to smell, and the audience got a better look at Crimson’s flicking tongue via a camera projecting her image onto a screen at the front of the gym.

The students also heard a red tegu can drop its entire tail if a predator catches it, and then grow a new one.

Linus the Harris hawk drew another collective “ooh” from the students.

Harris hawks live and even hunt in family groups

in order to take down larger prey than they could indi-vidually, such as jack rabbits.

Students also heard about adaptations to their natural habitat — which is hot and dry — that Harris hawks have developed.

For example, they have a ridge above their eyes that acts as a sun visor, and their feathers stop well above their yellow feet.

“That’s sort of like he’s wearing shorts,” presenter Becky Young told the audi-ence. “That helps to keep him nice and cool in the hot weather.”

Timber the American marten was the next animal ambassador the students saw.

As a type of weasel, mar-tens use their scent to mark their territories.

Martens live all across Canada in both tall trees and in underground tunnels.

Students got a demonstra-tion of Timber’s jumping ability (after some gentle encouragement from pre-senter Laura Huculak) between two platforms.

The grand finale was Finn, the red fox in his first week of training to par-ticipate in Earth Rangers presentations. He was the understudy for Sonic the barn owl, who made an appearance at some of the other local schools.

The presenters also spoke about habitat con-servation for four animals facing threats in Canada: the Western screech owl, Eastern wolf, bobolink and swift fox.

While not much is known about Western screech owls’ habits and habitats, it’s estimated there are only about 500 of the small owls in the wild in southeastern British Colum-

bia.The Eastern wolf, which

is related to but much smaller than the grey wolf, is facing habitat loss and is considered a species of spe-cial concern in Canada.

The bobolink is a small black and yellow songbird that migrates to South America in the winter and back to Canada in the sum-mer to breed.

The swift fox is the small-est North American wild dog, and resides in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

After Merritt, the Earth Rangers took their message of conservation to schools in the Ashcroft area and then to Kamloops.

Earth Rangers has approximately 40,000 student members across Canada, who have raised over half a million dollars for animal habitat conserva-tion.

Left: Earth Ranger Becky Young holds Crimson, a red tegu, as she tells a rapt audience of students at the Lower Nicola Band School about the South American lizard. Earth Rangers is an Ontario-based conservation program aimed at kids, which sent two delegates to present in Merritt and area schools last week on a sponsorship from Teck. Emily Wessel/Herald

By Emily WesselTHE HERALD

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

A transfer of man-agement is coming to the Merritt airport, but it likely won’t take off with-out a fight.

After its application to renew the hangar land premise lease was denied by council earlier this year, the Merritt Fly-ing Club is now having its 25-year lease of the airport terminal building terminated as well.

City of Merritt chief administrative officer Allan Chabot told the Herald the city has filed an application to the Supreme Court for an order for possession of the hangar building at the airport.

Merritt Flying Club president Tom Fox said the club will not hand over possession of the hangar building without compensation.

City of Merritt finan-cial services manager Ken Ostraat said the city is not obligated to compensate the club for the building as it isn’t a provision of the now-expired lease.

The City of Merritt is taking over operations of the airport from the Merritt Flying Club after a report submitted to council back in May claimed the non-profit

group owed the city about $42,000 in unpaid fees and utilities.

Council decided not to renew the flying club’s hangar land premise lease, on which the club’s hangar building resides.

In a closed meet-ing, city staff was then directed by council to terminate the 25-year lease the flying club has for the airport terminal building, Chabot told the Herald.

Ostraat said the fly-ing club defaulted on the terminal building lease when they did not pay the city for the utilities the club is said to owe.

Fox said his club does not owe the city money, and the city’s claims of unpaid utility bills on the part of the club are false.

Chabot said the fly-ing club will be required to vacate the terminal building by the end of this month, and the city will assume control of it November 1.

Chabot told the Herald it’s the city’s expectation the club will vacate the building and no longer have any rights to use it, but that doesn’t preclude the city from allowing the club to use the facility on an intermittent basis in the future.

Fox said the club has a lawyer involved in this

dispute, and isn’t sure if they will vacate the ter-minal building at the end of the month as they still have questions concern-ing their club room in that building.

Since the report came out in the spring, the amount of money the flying club owes the city has been adjusted. Where the initial report stated the club owed the city about $16,400 in unpaid utilities and fees for its terminal building premise lease, the final number will be about $8,000.

Chabot said the club was credited $135 per month, which a previous city council had agreed to pay them as a main-tenance assistance cost. That totalled $2,430 for an 18-month period. The amount owed in utility fees was also adjusted after Chabot corrected discrepancies surrounding water and sewer bills.

The utility bills the club owes for the ter-minal building now are comprised primarily from garbage services, Chabot said.

As for monies owed to the city for the hangar building, which totalled a little more than $25,500 in the report, Chabot said those figures are believed to be accurate,

but the city isn’t actively seeking out those bills. He said the city is focused on taking pos-session of the hangar building.

The city hasn’t made any plans for a new manager of the airport yet, Chabot said.

The flying club still has the company Gra-ham Helicopters operat-ing out of the hangar building, which itself was in contravention of the expired hangar land premise lease, the city says.

However, no opera-tions manual exists for the airport nor does any operational agreement.

Historically, city council has managed the airport through commit-tees and by having its chief administrative offi-cer deal directly with the Merritt Flying Club.

Various incarnations of committees made a “loose” arrange-ment regarding who was responsible for the operation of the airport, but no formal, written

agreement has ever been in place with the flying club, City of Merritt public works manager Shawn Boven said.

Fox said the flying club has been manag-ing the airport for free for decades, which has probably saved taxpayers

“hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses” over the years as opposed to having civic employees manage the airport.

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NOTICE OF A MAINTENANCE POWER OUTAGE FOR PARTS OF MERRITT AND OUTLYING AREAS

In order to improve the reliability of the electrical system that serves the Merritt area, BC Hydro is planning upgrades to the Merritt substation on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. BC Hydro plans to maintain power supply to our customers while work on the substation is being conducted. Customers should only experience a brief power outage for less than 15 minutes at the beginning and at the end of the time period mentioned.

The brief outage will affect all customers in parts of Merritt and the outlying areas. This includes areas east of Douglas Street, Nicola Valley, Highway 5A, Coldwater Road and all roads off of Coldwater Road.

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters and major appliances and unplug all electronics.

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GOOD MORNING!

From the Herald archives: October 1987

Fish trap at Clay-banks

The Spius Creek Salmon Hatchery has set up a trap to catch spawning coho salm-on in the Coldwater River.

The trap, which has gone up at Clay-banks, consists of a wire fence stretched across the river, and two large cages.

The only way the running salmon will be able to go beyond the fence is into the cages, which will, of course, contain them.

According to Rob Basok, one of the crew members who built the trap, they are anticipating capturing 400 coho, which will be taken to the hatchery to lay and fertilize their eggs.

“We hope to get that many, but you can never be abso-lutely sure. It could be more, or it could be less. At any rate, we will not take any more than 30 per cent of the run.”

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FIRESTARTER Crews from Sawchuk Developments Co. work on the extension to Merritt’s fire hall, which will add a new truck bay to the fire station. Work began at the end of August and is expected to be complete by the end of November. The $450,000 addition is one of two capital projects worth about a million dollars for the Merritt Fire Rescue Department in the 2014 budget year, the other being the purchase of a new fire engine. Emily Wessel/Herald

Canadian fi lm endearingThe Nicola Valley

Film Society’s second film of the season has a story that many peo-ple in British Colum-bia could relate to: the struggle to attract a doctor to a small Canadian town.

Granted, the residents of the tiny fishing village Tickle Head, Labrador, do what would only work in the movies to get a doctor — they lie.

The town residents desperately need a doctor to secure a con-tract for a new plant, which will effectively save the town’s sinking economy.

The Grand Seduction is a remake of a Que-becois film by the same name (only in French, of course) in 2003, and retained its original writers.

Irish actor Brendan

Gleeson (Braveheart, Gangs of New York, Harry Potter series) stars as the town’s mayor, Murray French, who orchestrates a village-wide net of charm in which to catch the good doctor.

Kelowna-born actor Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) stars oppo-site as Dr. Lewis.

On the surface, the villagers’ attempts

to charm the doctor end up charming the audience, but beneath it, it’s the heart that a small community can muster for the good of the group that makes The Grand Seduction a winner.

Though not as critically acclaimed as the 2004 Sundance Film Festival award winner it’s based on, the remake’s earnest

whimsy delivers plenty of delightful moments to its audience.

Gleeson will reap-pear later in the film society’s 2014-15 sea-son as the Irish priest with a threat on his life in the much darker film and season closer Calvary.

The Grand Seduction starts at 7 p.m. in the NVIT lecture theatre on Monday, Oct. 20.

Brendan Gleeson as Murray French and Taylor Kitsch as Dr. Lewis in The Grand Seduction.

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Merritt businesses can learn how they can ben-efit from B.C.’s LNG industry this Thursday.

Peace River MLA Mike Bernier is providing an outline of the LNG-Buy B.C. program, which connects large and small B.C. businesses with LNG project proponents.

Bernier will be at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) for a luncheon information session, discussing how the liquefied natural gas industry can benefit local businesses. Attendees will hear how to pursue LNG procurement opportu-nities and how those opportunities can benefit a business.

The luncheon is co-sponsored by Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart, the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce and Community Futures Nicola Valley.

“We want people to be able to think beyond their region and to be able to think big,” Tegart said.

“It is an intention of the government that every community in British Columbia has an opportu-nity to see economic growth in their businesses on the LNG opportunity in the north.”

Tegart said the ways in which Merritt business-es can connect with the LNG industry are vast, from accounting to engineering services.

“If you produce something, or you have a ser-vice that the industry might use or might have a need for in the north, then we want to connect you with the appropriate company,” Tegart said.

The event is part of Bernier’s tour around B.C. to discuss the LNG industry.

The luncheon will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the NVIT lecture hall at a cost of $12 per person.

MLA to speak on LNG


Next council meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca

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

NOTICE OF ADVANCED POLLSThe next general local government election is November 15, 2014. Advanced Polls will be conducted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Special Voting opportunities will be conducted on Thursday, November 13, 2014 for those residents at the Florentine, Nicola Meadows, Gillis House and the Nicola Valley Hospital.

You can vote in the election in Merritt if you: Are a Canadian citizen * • Are 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Have lived in B.C. for at least six (6) months. (Since May 13, 2014)• Have lived in Merritt for at least thirty (30) days. (Since Oct 15, 2014) • Are not disqualified by law from voting •

All Merritt residents who meet these requirements can vote. It does not matter whether you rent or own your home. If you own property in Merritt but live somewhere else in BC, you can also vote in Merritt elections. This is called being a “non-resident property elector.” As such, you can vote, as long as you:

Are a Canadian citizen* • Are 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Have lived in B.C. for at least six (6) months. (Since May 13, 2014)• Have owned real estate in Merritt, registered in your name, for at least thirty • (30) days. (Since Oct 15, 2014) Are not disqualified by law from voting•

Non-resident property electors can vote only once, regardless of the number of properties they own. If there is more than one registered owner of a property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the other owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

*Landed immigrants who are not yet Canadian citizens are not permitted to vote in civic elections. *Corporations are not entitled to vote.

You are required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one must provide a signature) in order to prove residency and identity.

Acceptable forms of identification include:BC Driver’s License • BC Identification Card • BC CareCard or Gold CareCard • ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documents • Citizenship Card • Merritt Property Tax Notice • Social Insurance Card • Credit or Debit Card • Utility Bill •

Carole FraserChief Election Officer(250) 378-8614

NOTICE

JOB POSTING: Full-Time Aquatic Supervisor

The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of Aquatic Supervisor on a permanent basis at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre.

For complete posting, please visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca

Cover letters with attached resume’s and copies of qualifications should be submitted no later than 4:00pm Friday, October 17, 2014 to:

Carole Fraser,Human Resources Manager

City of MerrittPO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street

Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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ELECTION WORKERS REQUIREDAre you interested in working at the polls on Election Day Saturday, November 15, 2014? This is an opportunity to serve your community and to be involved in the election process.

Poll clerks are needed to work from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

If you wish to work at the election, application forms are available at City Hall and on the City website at www.merritt.ca. The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Preference will be given to persons with previous local government election work experience.

Polling Clerks will be paid $15.00 per hour.

All Polling Clerks will be required to attend a training session. For further information, please contact Chief Election Officer, Carole Fraser at 378-8614 or by e-mail at [email protected]

The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regu-lar council meeting agenda from Oct. 14, 2014.

Proclamation

Whereas: the pro-vincial government wishes to recognize the care, compassion and unselfish commitment of British Columbia foster families who care for children temporarily unable to live with their families and extended families; and

Whereas: foster families are an integral and valued part of a team that helps children return to their fami-lies, live with extended

families or make the transition to an adoptive family; and

Whereas: First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other aboriginal foster families help preserve the identity and unique culture and heritage of aboriginal children and youth; and

Whereas: foster fami-lies from many cultures support children and youth to understand, cul-tivate and preserve their heritage; and

Whereas: fostering is a community respon-sibility and provides opportunities for all community members to contribute to the support of children and youth; and

Whereas: our lieuten-ant governor, by and with the advice and consent of the executive council, has been pleased to enact Order in Coun-cil 903 on Oct. 11, 2002;

October is Foster Family MonthTherefore: a

proclamation be issued designating the month of October 2014 as Foster Family Month in Merritt.


PROVINCE

The BC Lung Association and guests are coming to Merritt to talk about air pollution, its impacts on health, and what individuals and communities can do to better manage the air around them.

EXPERT SPEAKERS includeDr. Michael Brauer, UBC School of Population and Public Health, VancouverDr. Sarah Henderson, Environmental Epidemiology, BC Centre for Disease Control

(Light refreshments will be provided)ADMISSION IS FREE

Got a question for our experts?TOPICS to be addressed include Forest Fires, Wood Smoke, Transportation and more.

[email protected] 1-800-665-5864

Friday, October 17, 2014, 6:30 to 8:30 pmMerritt Civic Centre, West Auditorium1950 Mamette Avenue

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How is air pollution affecting our health?

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Province adds penalty points for distracted driving

Talking on your handheld phone or fiddling with a music player while driving will cost you three penalty points in addition to a $167 fine, effective Oct. 20.

Justice Minis-ter Suzanne Anton announced the addi-tional penalty points last Wednesday, making it the same as the penal-ty for texting and driv-ing. Penalty points are also added for infrac-tions such as watching a video or programming a phone’s GPS system.

Anton said the B.C. government is also

reviewing its fines and could increase them, but not to the $1,000 fine Ontario drivers face for a first offence of distracted driving.

“I think a $1,000 fine is rather high,” Anton said.

Penalty points remain on a driving record for five years, and result in a $175 increase in insurance as soon as they exceed

three points. Fines and points for two distracted driving tickets in a year add up to at least $634. At nine points, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles consid-ers licence suspension.

Anton said there were 51,000 tickets issued last year for dis-tracted driving of all kinds.

“Ticket volumes show us that more

drivers are ticketed for talking on an electronic device than for texting and driving, and so that is where we decided to start with the new pen-alty points,” Anton said.

Distracted driving is the second biggest cause of fatal vehicle accidents, with an aver-age 88 people killed per year from 2009 to 2013. That compares to 105 deaths attributed to speeding and 86 due to alcohol or drug impair-ment.

Police can also issue tickets for driving with-out due care and atten-tion to any driver who is noticeably distracted or inattentive and increasing risk to others.

By Tom FletcherBLACK PRESStfl [email protected] ‘‘‘Ticket volumes show us that

more drivers are ticketed for talking on an electronic device than for texting and driving.’

— JUSTICE MINISTER SUZANNE ANTON

Opposition seeks details on Mount Polley details

VICTORIA – The B.C. government released its lat-est water test results from the Mount Polley mine spill area Thursday, but refused a demand by opposition politicians to release inspec-tion reports on the mine and tailings dam that collapsed Aug. 4.

Environment Minister Mary Polak said the water results showed “slightly” elevated levels of aluminum and copper in water samples from Quesnel Lake, but water remains safe to drink in the area affected by the plume of tailings in the lake.

Polak said all information related to health and safety of area residents has been made public, but she is complying with a request from investiga-tors not to release inspection reports until multiple investiga-tions are complete.

Polak released an Oct. 6 letter from B.C. Chief Inspec-tor of Mines Al Hoffman, who is supervising one investigation of the dam failure. Hoffman said investigators are examin-ing “all documents relating to the history, design, construc-tion, operation and mainte-

nance of the tailings facility” and have interviewed more than 50 people.

“I share the concern with the Ministry of Justice that the public release of information related to the tailings facility at Mount Polley may impact investigations by tainting evi-dence of persons yet to be interviewed or re-interviewed,” Hoffman wrote.

Imperial Metals issued a statement last week in response

to a Vancouver newspaper report that a 2010 inspection report described a crack found in the Mount Polley dam.

The crack was 900 metres away from the area of the August breach, and “was thought to be associated with localized settlement of loosely compacted material along the downstream slope of the embankment,” the company said.

NDP energy and mines

critic Norm Macdonald referred to reduced inspections at a coal mine in the Koote-nays, and a memo from a min-istry official in 2010 warning of the risks of reducing mine inspections.

Energy and Mines Min-ister Bill Bennett maintains that annual inspections of Mount Polley and other mines with tailings ponds were not reduced, although other inspections were reduced.

Aerial photo shows work to contain Mount Polley tailings after dam breach at the mine near Williams Lake on Aug. 4. B.C. Ministry of Environment photo

By Tom FletcherBLACK PRESStfl [email protected]


While perusing a bevy of generic stock photographs last week, I was struck by the large proportion of images that range from the unconven-tional to the downright disturbing.

Stock photos are generic photographs peo-ple in publishing can use to illustrate things. They are supposed to be clean

and edited and ready-made ways of illustrating something, communicat-ing the subject matter of the article or accompany-ing text in a quick picture.

They’re a favourite on corporate websites, blogs and advertisements.

Sometimes when I put some of our stories up on the web, I like to use a stock photo to accompany them — such as a photo of a person stretching his or her back next to an article about spinal health.

There are stock photos depicting every conven-tional situation you can think of: people walk-ing dogs, people jogging in the park, kids on the swing-set, fancy people dancing at a wedding, people fighting, people

playing board games, peo-ple playing sports, people playing instruments, eat-ing, laughing, hugging, crying — everything.

A close-up of a man rubbing his temples with his face scrunched up probably means he has a headache, and depending on the text it accompa-nies, could signify it’s a sign of stress.

Sometimes, though, they are too stereotypical.

The famous “woman laughing alone with salad” is supposed to sig-nify health and happiness, but is so heavy-handed it’s gone full-circle to mun-dane.

Really, who has ever sat in a brightly-lit caf-eteria alone, smiling ear-to-ear while shovelling a carefully-speared forkful

of foliage into their face?A smartly-dressed but

dishevelled woman with an armload of grocery bags, a toddler unhappily tugging at her pencil skirt, and balancing three file folders with her Blackber-ry in the other hand plays into the ol’ stereotype of the woman who has to fight to have it all (career and children, as it were — the horror).

For every stock photo for which you can actu-ally imagine the scenario, there are a dozen that you might not be able to pic-ture ever actually using.

Sometimes these bland photos are so inexplicable that you may wonder why they exist at all.

For example, I find the image titled “Plant-man accesses file cabinet” pic-

turing what appears to be a grey suit stuffed with let-tuce kneeling before a fil-ing cabinet to be distress-ing and utterly puzzling.

“Woman underneath a wave of laundry” features a woman surfing on a huge pile of dirty clothes that’s Photoshopped to look like it’s a cresting wave.

“Person in chicken suit” is self-explanatory, but is complicated by the jaunty stance the chicken suit wearer has.

“Caricature of a Cau-casian boy as it sits in a pizza box” is a disturb-ing one, as it pictures a baby with a cartoonishly enlarged head holding a slice of pizza with red sauce smeared on his face.

HERALD OPINION

Intense debate in Ottawa

From boring to bizarre in stock photos

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Last week in the House of Com-mons, a majority of members of Parliament including government, independents and one Green MP, voted in support of a government motion to engage in a six-month aerial combat mission against the terrorist group ISIL.

As I believe in the significant importance of this motion, I have included the full text for your review in my report online at www.danal-bas.com.

For the purposes of account-ability, I would like to share the rea-sons why I voted in support of this motion. In early October, the United Nations issued a disturbing report that documented some very serious atrocities committed by the group ISIL.

More specifically, and I quote from the UN report directly: “gross abuses of human rights perpe-trated by ISIL and associated armed groups, including ‘attacks directly targeting civilians and civilian infra-structure, executions and other tar-geted killings of civilians, abductions, rape and other forms of sexual and physical violence perpetrated against women and children, [and] forced recruitment of children.’”

This unprecedented level of sav-age brutality against innocent victims is disturbing but it is also a reality for innocent men, women and children in the region.

It should not be overlooked that there have been individuals who have left Canada to join with ISIL in these savage killings.

As I mentioned in a former MP report, this is why our government is revoking the passports of these individuals.

The question on how best to respond to ISIL is one that has been the subject of much debate this week in Ottawa.

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The Opposition has made it clear they oppose military action against ISIL terrorism and in many cases support increased humanitar-ian aid or the supply of weapons to others fight-ing against ISIL. Our government also supports increased humanitar-ian aid and will increase funding for victims of sexual violence in this region combined with other aid-related mea-sures.

However, we must also recognize that ISIL has demonstrated they will abduct and publicly behead international aid workers, demonstrating the serious challenges in administering aid against a terror organization without military support.

As a result, the gov-ernment of Canada will be joining our allies, including countries such as United States, France, United King-dom, Denmark and oth-ers in doing our part to provide military support against ISIL. The stated goal of our Canadian support is not to defeat ISIL per sé, but to dimin-ish their capacity while national and regional Iraqi ground forces in the region become better prepared to deal with this serious threat.

We do this not just to alleviate the suffering of others and to restore order; ISIL has made direct threats against Canada and we must negate their ability to train, fund and carry out missions against our country. Of our fleet of

79 CF-18 aircraft, six will be deployed, includ-ing one Polaris air-to-air refuelling aircraft and two Aurora surveil-lance aircraft includ-ing required pilots and ground personnel to support these aircraft. As mentioned in the motion, this will not be a ground combat mission involving Canada and is subject to review in six months.

The decision to sup-port this mission, in my view, is supporting long-established Cana-dian values to stand up and protect those who are innocent and most vulnerable from oppres-sion and terror. Canada, as a country, has always answered the call to stand with our allies in the fight for democracy and for freedom. Turning our back and expecting

others to answer the call to serve have never been attributes that define Canada.

I appreciate that my views on this subject may not sit well with some citizens and I welcome all views on this matter if you support or oppose our mission against the terror group ISIL.

Let us never forget the sacrifices we have made to live in a free and democratic society where we can debate and dis-cuss how we build a bet-ter Canada and best help those in need in other countries.

I can be reached at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-800-665-8711.

Dan Albas is the member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla.

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Canada proactive in response to ISIL threat

To the astonishment of the self-righteous scribes, Jesus pronounced the invalid’s sins forgiven.

Then he underscored his words of forgiveness by restoring the man’s physical health.

Faith and love, which paid the price, resulted in wholeness for a man who could boast of four faithful friends.

All of us have at least one friend who needs deliverance from Jesus, either physical or spiritual, or both.

Maybe our friend is not paralyzed or living a life of gross sin. But even people in best of health, living moral lives, need wholeness that only Jesus can give.

As we think about our desire to bring our friends or family members to Jesus, let’s ask ourselves two ques-tions:

Do we really believe Jesus can make them whole?

Am I willing to pay the cost to bring my friend(s) to him?

Wouldn’t it be great if Jesus could see our active faith and minister to our friends as he did for the four men?

Let us stand in the gap, ready to bust a hole over some roof to make it happen.

Narayan Mitra is the pastor of Merritt Baptist [email protected]

Continued from the Tuesday, Oct. 7 edition of the Merritt Herald

Faith can make people whole

Clearing air on pollution, healthThe BC Lung

Association is hold-ing a free public forum in Merritt on Friday on the topic of air pol-lution and health issues.

The forum will feature a panel of experts on the topic: UBC profes-sor in the school of population and public health Dr.

Michael Brauer; BC Centre for Disease Control environmental epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Henderson; Interior Health air quality specialist Greg Baytalan; Ministry of Envi-ronment air qual-ity meteorologist Ralph Adams; and BC Lung Asso-ciation programs

manager Dr. Menn Biagtan.

Topics for dis-cussion on the agenda include air-shed management, health effects of pollutants, and pol-lutant transport in the atmosphere.

The panellists will make presen-tations on how PM2.5 — par-ticulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter which humans can breathe in — and other types of dust affect human health, followed by a question period.

Ministry of

Environment meteorologist Ralph Adams said the issue of fugitive dust (airborne par-ticles that could be stirred up directly or indirectly from human activity) is a big concern for people in Merritt.

He said he’s hoping this forum will lead to a pro-ductive conversa-tion amongst com-munity members about whether or not fugitive dust should be a con-cern.

“Merritt needs to have a discussion about whether it

wants to do some-thing about that,” Adams said of the fugitive dust issue.

Adams said PM2.5 is more of a health concern because it is usu-ally the product of combustion, meaning it’s more chemically active and small enough to get into the bot-tom of a person’s lungs.

Fugitive dust, however, is larger dust that comes from sources such as ground-up mate-rial in mill yards and unpaved road shoulders, and is

not as chemically active as PM2.5.

“We are obsessed with PM2.5 because that’s the one that is carrying the majority of the health risks,” he said.

He said fugi-tive dust usually falls out of the air before reaching a person or gets stuck in their nose, so historically, the emphasis in health studies has been to examine the smaller dust.

“Although PM2.5 clearly has the largest health

threat, [that] doesn’t mean the others do not have any health effect,” Adams said.

“I think it’s time we decided what we are going to do, because there are things you can do to control fugitive dust,” he said.

He said the Ministry of Envi-ronment doesn’t measure the level of fugitive dust in the air in Merritt.

The forum runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Civic Cen-tre, and is free to attend.


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What the title of “Three people with napkins on heads, at dining table” doesn’t tell you is they’re toast-ing with what appears to be chicken wings.

“Men in police uni-forms riding toy motor-cycles” must have been a weird one for the photographer to shoot; likewise “Man eating steak in field with cow.”

“Couple wrapped in bandages holding hands” looks like a pair of mummies having a romantic moment in a hospital waiting room.

I have no idea in which scenario the use of “Elephant trunk coming out of gift box held by girl” would be appropriate, except maybe if the accom-panying text has to do with nightmares.

Some photos are worth a thousand words, and others need only three: what in tar-nation?

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Some pictures need only three words

The holiday spirit is springing up early in the Nicola Valley as the food bank prepares for its annual Christmas ham-per program.

Applications for the program, which sees food, household goods and even toys for kids distributed to families and people in the Nicola Valley in financial need, are available now at the food bank’s office on Quilchena Avenue.

In 2013, the program helped 590 people in the Nicola Valley.

Companies can also sponsor families or peo-ple to receive hampers.

Though it may seem early to start thinking about Christmas ham-pers, the program is vol-unteer-run and the more time volunteers have to

get organized, the bet-ter, food bank manager

Marlene Fenton told the Herald at the conclusion

of last year’s program.Those filling out

applications have a month to turn their

completed forms back in to the food bank.

The hampers are dis-tributed in December.

Christmas coming early to local food bank


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Kenny Wahl from Squamish, Aaron Neumann from Vancouver, and their 2002 Subaru WRX get some air during the Coldwater Ranch stage of the Pacific Forest Rally on October 4. The young-est driving team was Calgary’s Tanveer Dean, 18, and Michael Szewczyk, 19, in a 2000 Ford Focus. Friday’s ceremonial start on Granite Avenue was conducted by the Abilitas Foundation’s Byron (last name unavailable) and Sue Herring, along with CRC representatives Martin Loveridge and Paul Westwick. Philip Ericksen of Radikal-Videos.com in Quebec had one of his cameras capture the rally action while mounted on a drone. The Van Dokkumburg family from Merritt (from left: five-year-old twins Jewls and Kelsey, Alan, 1, and mom Larissa) pose with one of the googly-eyed rally cars at the Parc Exposé on Granite Avenue Friday. Nicola Valley Search and Rescue were out in force throughout the weekend of racing (from left: Sean Gibson, Jon Puterbough, Dan Lachapelle, Roger Edgar, Nicki Lachapelle, Jacquie Edgar and Nathan Brigden). Pacific Forest Rally organizer Nicki Lachapelle is interviewed by Q101’s Voice of the Centennials David Ashbaugh. Winners of the 2014 PFR — driver Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Alan Ockwell in their 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X. It was L’Estage’s seventh PFR title.

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The Woodlot Licence Plan for Woodlot Licence 1737, in the name of the Nicomen First Nation, located in the vicinity of Squianny Creek in the Cascades Forest District, will be available for public viewing by contacting John Childerly, RPF at the Altas Information Management of ce.

The objective of this viewing is to provide the public with an opportunity to review the plan which is in effect for the ten year period from the approval date in 2014 to 2024. This information may be important as to the effects on other resources and user groups within the immediate area of the woodlot. Comments from the public will be considered in relation to activities occurring over the duration of the plan.

To ensure consideration, any written comments must be made to John Childerly, 101-1383 McGill Road, Kamloops BC, V2C 6K7 before October 17, 2014.

Woodlot Licence 1737Woodlot Licence Plan

On March 28, 2013, at the Merritt RCMP Detachment and at the 3500 block of Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Merritt RCMP seized, at the time and location indicated, the subject property, described as: $620 CAD and an iPhone (3500 block of Voght Street), and $940 CAD and an LG cell phone (RCMP Detachment), all between 11:08 and 11:23 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property would afford evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA) and was therefore offence-related property pursuant to section 11 (Search, seizure and detention) of the CDSA. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2014-2314, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

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