Merritt Herald - September 23, 2014
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Over half a million students in B.C. are back in school today for the first full day of the 2014-15 school year. Schools reopened in Merritt yesterday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for most students for orientation, and today marks the first full day of classes. The teachers’ strike, which had been going on since June, ended Thursday night when members of the BC Teachers’ Federation voted 86 per cent in favour of ratifying a tentative agreement with the BC Public School Employers’ Associa- tion. The agreement includes a wage increase of 7.25 per cent over six years, down considerably from the teachers’ union’s first request of 13.5 per cent. Teachers will see their first pay raise — 3.25 per cent — come into effect on Jan. 1, 2015. The agreement also includes $400 million to hire 850 new teach- ers each year for five years, as well as $108 million set aside in a griev- ance fund to settle outstanding union grievances accumulated when the province removed class size and composition terms from the teach- ers’ contract in 2002. Even with litigation ongoing, the relationship between the province and teachers in the BCTF is more functional than before, Premier Christy Clark said in an announce- ment last Tuesday. The deal is retroactive for one year, so essentially signals five years of labour peace, Clark said. The money to pay for the new contract comes from the Ministry of Environment and the BC Liberals won’t raise taxes, Clark said. At its regular meeting on Sept. 17 — the day before the deal was final- ized — trustees for School District 58 said they were pleased both sides had reached a tentative agreement. Trustee Dave Rainer said the six-year plan affords enough labour peace to outline educational goals at short-term, mid-term and long- term intervals, while trustees Gordon Swan and Leah Ward said employee relations are top priorities for them going forward. School District 58 superintendent Steve McNiven said enrolment in the district is down from projections partly due to the strike, as parents shuffled their kids to the band schools and to the local distance education school while other schools remained closed. The preliminary enrolment report indicates SD58 has 1,907 students this year (not including SCIDES), which is below the projec- tion of 1,930. McNiven told the board he expects to see some movement in those numbers once families settle into their school year routines. “No doubt there’s going to be some bumps in the road for us returning to normality,” McNiven said. “But I’m pleased we’re getting close.” In all, 31,741 ballots were cast by B.C. teachers, representing 27,275 teachers who voted yes to ratifying the agreement. That means 4,466 teachers voted no on the agreement, while another approximately 9,000 in the union’s 41,000-strong mem- bership did not vote. The bus schedules for Merritt and Princeton are available online at sd58.bc.ca. ZONING BYLAW UPDATE PAGE 2 2014-15 BCHL PREVIEW PAGE 9 UBCM UNDERWAY PAGE 5 Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905 MERRITT HERALD merrittherald.com bcclassified.com TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS FREE 1701 Voght St., Merritt, B.C. (250) 378-4215 www.merritthomehardware.ca LET THE EXPERTS HELP YOU YOUR HOMETOWN FLOORING AND INSTALLATION EXPERTS! WE OFFER A LARGE SELECTION OF FLOORING INCLUDING TILE, LAMINATE & CARPET Nicola Valley students return to school By Emily Wessel THE HERALD [email protected] Teachers’ strike settled, class back in session Students return to Merritt Secondary School for orientation on Monday, Sept. 22. Michael Potestio/Herald
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Over half a million students in B.C. are back in school today for the first full day of the 2014-15 school year.
Schools reopened in Merritt yesterday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for most students for orientation, and today marks the first full day of classes.
The teachers’ strike, which had been going on since June, ended Thursday night when members of the BC Teachers’ Federation voted 86 per cent in favour of ratifying a tentative agreement with the BC Public School Employers’ Associa-tion.
The agreement includes a wage increase of 7.25 per cent over six years, down considerably from the teachers’ union’s first request of 13.5 per cent. Teachers will see their first pay raise — 3.25 per cent — come into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.
The agreement also includes $400 million to hire 850 new teach-ers each year for five years, as well as $108 million set aside in a griev-ance fund to settle outstanding union grievances accumulated when the province removed class size and composition terms from the teach-ers’ contract in 2002.
Even with litigation ongoing, the relationship between the province and teachers in the BCTF is more functional than before, Premier Christy Clark said in an announce-ment last Tuesday.
The deal is retroactive for one year, so essentially signals five years of labour peace, Clark said.
The money to pay for the new contract comes from the Ministry of Environment and the BC Liberals won’t raise taxes, Clark said.
At its regular meeting on Sept. 17 — the day before the deal was final-
ized — trustees for School District 58 said they were pleased both sides had reached a tentative agreement.
Trustee Dave Rainer said the six-year plan affords enough labour peace to outline educational goals at short-term, mid-term and long-term intervals, while trustees Gordon Swan and Leah Ward said employee relations are top priorities for them going forward.
School District 58 superintendent Steve McNiven said enrolment in the district is down from projections partly due to the strike, as parents shuffled their kids to the band schools and to the local distance education school while other schools remained closed.
The preliminary enrolment report indicates SD58 has 1,907 students this year (not including
SCIDES), which is below the projec-tion of 1,930.
McNiven told the board he expects to see some movement in those numbers once families settle into their school year routines.
“No doubt there’s going to be some bumps in the road for us returning to normality,” McNiven said. “But I’m pleased we’re getting close.”
In all, 31,741 ballots were cast by B.C. teachers, representing 27,275 teachers who voted yes to ratifying the agreement. That means 4,466 teachers voted no on the agreement, while another approximately 9,000 in the union’s 41,000-strong mem-bership did not vote.
The bus schedules for Merritt and Princeton are available online at sd58.bc.ca.
ZONING BYLAW UPDATEPAGE 2
2014-15 BCHL PREVIEWPAGE 9
UBCM UNDERWAYPAGE 5
Nicola Valley’s News Voice Since 1905
MERRITT HERALDmerrittherald.com bcclassified.com
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS FREE
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YOUR HOMETOWN FLOORING AND INSTALLATION EXPERTS!
WE OFFER A LARGE SELECTION OF FLOORING INCLUDING TILE, LAMINATE & CARPET
Nicola Valley students return to schoolBy Emily Wessel
Teachers’ strike settled, class back in session
Students return to Merritt Secondary School for orientation on Monday, Sept. 22. Michael Potestio/Herald
www.merrittherald.com 2 • TUESDAY, September 23, 2014
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Canadian Firearms Safety CourseZoning update corrects errors
The City of Mer-ritt’s zoning bylaw is getting a new look.
The proposed changes are aimed at correcting errors and making the zoning bylaw a more clear and concise document.
Merrittonians will have a chance to give the rewritten bylaw a second look at an open house on Oct. 14.
Last Tuesday, the city held its first open house to showcase the proposed zoning bylaw, and saw about 25 members of the public stop by to view the changes.
City of Merritt planning and develop-ment services manager Sean O’Flaherty said there are two compo-nents to the bylaw — the reconfigured zone mapping and a rewrit-ten text portion.
Seven zonings would change under the new bylaw.
Along Canford Avenue, there are some houses zoned as a park, which would change to R2 or Resi-dential zoning under the new bylaw.
Fairley Park near Cleasby Street is another area zoned in error. It’s zoned as Residential, but will be rezoned as a P1 for park, while a corner of land along Blair Street and Nicola Avenue will change from City Cen-tre zoning to Service Commercial zoning.
A chunk of land behind Burgess Road would be rezoned from Residential to Institu-tional and Public Use land, and a church along Charters Street will have its zoning changed from Com-mercial to Institutional and Public Use. Also, a commercially zoned area at the end of Voght Street — across the bridge to Collett-ville — will change from Commercial to Residential zoning.
The city bought and fenced off a piece of
property from School District 58, where the Kengard Learning Centre is located, and under the proposed bylaw, that portion is being rezoned from P1 for school zoning to P3 for public utility.
“A lot of this stuff is house cleaning,” O’Flaherty said. “These are things that have been mapped in error for 10 years or more, and we’re just cleaning them up.”
The revamped writ-ten portion of the zon-ing bylaw underwent the most changes, and is more clear and con-cise than the current bylaw, O’Flaherty told the Herald.
More definitions have been added to the new proposed zoning bylaw.
The current bylaw has six pages of defini-tions, whereas the new one has 13 pages.
“A lot of times you’d be looking at the regulations and you’d want some clarity on what a certain word meant or a phrase, so you’d flip back to the definitions and there wouldn’t be anything there,” O’Flaherty said.
Davin Shillong, project manager with MMM Group, the company responsible for helping to rewrite the bylaw, said there are terms in the exist-ing bylaw that don’t have definitions, mak-ing the document open to interpretation.
“What we’ve done to enhance this draft zoning bylaw that’s going forward for pub-lic hearing in October is we’ve added defini-tions, so generally
all of the uses within these zones should be defined so that there’s a clear understand-ing of what exactly is meant by that term,” Shillong said.
The new, written portion of the bylaw has example diagrams in its pages, whereas the current bylaw does not.
An example of this displayed at the open house shows two pictures regarding the vision clearance requirement showing that a corner lot must have the triangular portion of the property that borders streets clear of any obstacles more than one metre tall.
O’Flaherty said the updated bylaw is more clear on where cargo containers can and cannot be placed in the city.
Cargo contain-ers will be allowed in commercial and industrial zoned areas. A cargo container will be allowed in a resi-dential area if it has proper drainage, ven-tilation and resembles a shed. In the current bylaw, cargo containers are prohibited in resi-dential zones, Merritt Mayor Susan Roline told the Herald.
Under the proposed bylaw, fabric car ports can only be set up in the back yard of a property and not the front yard.
There will be fewer zonings under the new bylaw. P2 zoning — or church zoning — has been consolidated into P3 zoning, which is defined as Institutional and Public Use. C7 zoning, or Tourism
Commercial, was elim-inated altogether as it was deemed redundant as its uses are covered under other ‘C’ zon-ings, Shillong said.
O’Flaherty said one reason the bylaw need-ed to be changed was because of a number of site-specific amend-ments that had made the zoning bylaw con-fusing and wordy.
Merritt resident Doug Neustaeter attended the open house and said overall, he thought the new bylaw was clear and helpful.
O’Flaherty said people can contact him at the City of Merritt at 250-378-8620 with concerns regarding the new zoning bylaw.
Home-based business bylaw
bumped process back
The City of Mer-ritt’s home-based busi-ness bylaws were taken out of the zoning bylaw and revamped after city council’s instruction to review the rules and regula-tions surrounding home-based businesses back in 2013.
When the suggested changes were brought back before council, they were denied.
Having a slice of the city’s zoning bylaw taken out and looked at separately essentially delayed the process of revamping Merritt’s zoning bylaw in its entirety.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
Bylaw amendments shown at open house
www.merrittherald.com TUESDAY, September 23, 2014 • 3
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GOOD MORNING!
From the Herald archives: September 2001
Cents split openers
It was a busy weekend for the Merritt Centennials.
There was a notch in the win col-umn, a notch in the loss column, and a notch in the belt for another Icebreaker.
Centennials’ fans had to figure the Penticton Panthers would come out on fire Friday night.
The last time the Panthers saw Mer-ritt was when they were on a bus head-ing home from a humiliating end to their season.
Buoyed by their hometown fans, they were out to avenge the bad taste left behind.
But even with facing nearly a full team of returning veterans, MacKay felt the Cents were outclassed.
“I felt we played pretty good, for the most part,” said MacKay. “Except for about 10 min-utes when we ran into some trouble, we kept pace with them the whole way.”
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City breaks ground at Central Park
The soil has been turned and crews are on site to begin con-struction of the half-million dollar Central Park improvement project.
On Friday, the City of Merritt held a groundbreaking cer-emony, which drew about 40 people to the future site of Central Park’s 200-by-85-foot lacrosse box.
The lacrosse box will come equipped with lights, basketball hoops and a multi-purpose playing surface that can be flooded and used as an ice rink. The lacrosse box is being built on the cur-rent site of the sand volleyball court, which will be relocated to Rotary Park.
In addition to the lacrosse box, the improvement project will see the current washrooms at Central Park removed and replaced by a new 1,100-square-foot washroom and conces-sion building.
Excavation at Cen-tral Park will begin Wednesday and the construction areas have been fenced off, but people can still use the rest of the park. City of Merritt leisure ser-vices manager Larry Plotnikoff told the Herald the construc-tion begins as the last tournament of the year booked for Cen-tral Park was held this past weekend, and no other events are being booked at Central Park until the spring. The current washrooms are no longer available for
use, he said.Project manager
Don Campbell of Ice Developments — the contractor for the proj-ect — told the Herald that come December, Merrittonians will be able to ice skate at the multi-purpose lacrosse box. Campbell said the lacrosse box will be equipped with lights to allow for use at night.
The project is expected to be finished by the end of 2014.
Campbell said the sand volleyball court will be moved first, and then excavating the site of the lacrosse box will begin. After that, the area for the concession stand will be excavated. The sand volleyball court will then be set up at Rotary Park, which will also have its construction area fenced off. Construc-tion of the lacrosse box will be underway after that, he said.
Merritt Mayor
Susan Roline told the Herald it feels great to see this project take its first steps, especially the replacement of the washrooms as the current ones are not suited for people with disabilities.
“It’s going to be nice having proper
facilities in one of our busy, busy parks,” Roline said.
She said people have volunteered both their labour as well building materials, which should help keep costs down.
Campbell said the company is still figur-
ing out how volunteer workers will be used, but said they will likely be called on to set up the boards of the lacrosse box.
A local hotel owner even donated rooms to house workers for the duration of the project, he said.
Rose Grant, presi-dent of the Nicola Valley Minor Lacrosse Association, told the Herald the new facility will allow the associa-tion to start its season a month early, mean-ing the lacrosse season will kick off in March rather than in April.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
Phase 1 of project includes lacrosse box/rink
Merritt Mayor Susan Roline and a member of the Nicola Valley Thunder put the first two shovels into the ground on the site of what will be a regulation-size lacrosse box at Central Park come December. Michael Potestio/Herald
Blueprints for the washroom and concession building were on display at the groundbreaking ceremony alongside the plans for the new lacrosse box (below). Michael Potestio/Herald
www.merrittherald.com 4 • TUESDAY, September 23, 2014
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
The Local General Election is set for Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect one (1) Mayor and six (6) Councillors to City Council and three (3) School Trustees to the Board of School District No. 58.
The official list of candidates will be announced October 20, 2014.
INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL?Nomination packages including information and nomination forms will be available at City Hall starting on Friday, August 22, 2014.
To qualify to be nominated, a person must be:Age eighteen (18) years or older on November 15, 2014;• A Canadian citizen;• A resident of British Columbia for the past six months; and• Not disqualified from voting in an election in B.C., being nominated, • elected or holding office
You do not have to live within the municipal boundaries of the City of Merritt.
You must be nominated in writing by two (2) qualified electors of the City of Merritt in order to run for Mayor or Councillor or School Trustee.
Nomination forms must be filed in person during the Nomination Pe-riod which runs from 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30 to 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014.
Those who may be interested in running for Merritt City Council can receive in-formation about Municipal government, the role of Council, time commitment of a Council Member and what to expect if elected.
Contact UsCarole Fraser, Chief Election Officer 250-378-8614 [email protected]
CITY OF MERRITT NOTICE OF 2014 TAX SALE
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 254 of the Community Charter, properties listed hereunder will be offered for sale for recovery of outstanding property taxes on Monday, September 29, 2014, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber at the Merritt City Hall at 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C., unless delinquent taxes plus interest thereon are sooner paid. Payment for either settlement of outstanding taxes or purchase of property at Tax Sale shall be Cash, Money Order, Certified Cheque or Bank Draft. The minimum bid on a property will be the upset price for that specific property and is subject to change until the time of the Tax Sale.
It should be noted that the sale is not final and that the purchase is subject to redemption within one year from the day the annual sale began. Redemption price will be the upset price at time of tax sale plus any taxes paid by the purchaser, plus interest as set by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development on the preceding and on any surplus bid.
NOTE: Purchase of a Tax Sale Property is subject to tax under the Property Transfer Tax Act. The tax is based on fair market value and calculated at a rate of 1% on the first $200,000.00 of value and 2% on the balance.
Delinquent Properties as of 10:00 am September 19, 2014ROLL # CIVIC & LEGAL ADDRESS UPSET PRICE 2.1 2502 SPRING BANK AVE - LOT: A; PLAN : KAP57842; LOT: 121; $ 14,479.85
10.948 2928 TELEMON PL - LOT: E; PLAN : KAP36400; LOT: 122; $ 5,723.43
11.022 2951 TELEMON PL - LOT: 7; PLAN : KAP39460; LOT: 122; $ 1,630.25
65.07 2653 PRIEST AVE - LOT: 14; PLAN : KAP11984; LOT: 123; $ 9,633.65
768 2301 NICOLA AVE - LOT: 20; BLOCK: 5; PLAN : KAP1; LOT: 124; $ 5,761.38
1778.85 2761 EAGLE CRES - LOT: 21; PLAN : KAP81662; $ 5,216.61
8026.225 1991 MORRISSEY ST - LOT: 15; BLOCK: 2; PLAN : KAP11233; $ 4,472.65
1090 2049 QUILCHENA AVE - LOT: 16; BLOCK: 15; PLAN : KAP1; LOT: 125; $ 12,997.70
558 1590 GARCIA ST - LOT: 1; BLOCK: 2; PLAN : KAP7816; LOT: 123; $ 7,251.09
11.198 SAGE PL - LOT: B; PLAN : KAP31990; LOT: 122; $ 4,113.81
1778.618 2732 GRANDVIEW HTS - LOT: 5; PLAN : KAP60575; $ 4,050.19
6257 1401 PINE ST - LOT: 1; BLOCK: 4; PLAN : KAP561; LOT: 126; $ 6,857.92
1291 1399 PARCEL ST - LOT: 1; PLAN : KAP1652; LOT: 125; $ 10,604.34
870.058 MERRITT AVE - LOT: 1; PLAN : KAP38721; LOT: 124; $ 16,109.34
870.06 2350 VOGHT ST - LOT: A; PLAN : KAP26552; LOT: 124; $ 145,450.67
1778.23 4153 AIRPORT RD - LOT: 2; PLAN : KAP77831; $ 111,722.77
1778.86 DEWOLF WAY - LOT: A; PLAN : KAP83942; $ 22,933.38
10.789 2869 CRANNA CRES - LOT: 39; PLAN : KAP22549; LOT: 122; $ 9,158.64
1801.153 1737 JUNIPER DR - LOT: 4; PLAN : KAP30638; LOT: 180; $ 13,545.06
BEN CURRIE, DEPUTY FINANCIAL SERVICES MANAGER
CITY OF MERRITT (250)378-4224
JOB POSTING: Building/Plumbing Inspector
Applications are invited for the position of Part Time Building/Plumbing Inspector for the Planning & Development Services Department in the City of Merritt.
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca
Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 03, 2014 and should be addressed 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.
Roads & Utilities Working ForemanApplications are invited for the position of Roads and Utilities Working Foreman for the Public Works Department in the City of Merritt.
For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca
Detailed resumes attached with a cover letter will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2014 and should be addressed to:
Carole FraserHuman Resources ManagerP.O. Box 189, 2185 Voght St.
Merritt, BC V1K 1B8Or by e-mail: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Temporary Road Closure
Friday, Oct. 3: 4-6 pm 2000 block of Granite Avenue
PACIFIC FOREST RALLY
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Thank You!The City of Merritt values the dedication and
contributions of the many volunteers involved in making our City a better place for all.
Pursuant to the Council Committee Policy Section 1.4.4, all Council Committee appointments expire on September 30th in the year of a general local
election; and as we are all aware, 2014 is the year of the next general local election.
At this time, City Council would like to extend a gracious THANK YOU to all members of the community that provided dedication,
personal time and effort by being involved and participating on Council Committees.
The dedication and participation of volunteers is the strength of a community and the
City appreciates the strength of our community members.
570 business licences so far this year
VIP BONUS
Morgan Hepper took home the $100 bonus prize from the City of Merritt’s Venture Investment Program for her business, Little Lemon Baby Outfits.
The program saw area youth propose and operate businesses over the summer with help from the City of Merritt.
Submitted
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Business licensing
To date, there are 570 licensed businesses operating in our city, leaving 53 outstanding businesses from 2013 to either make inactive or collect the 2014 licence fees.
One of the big advantages of having a business licence in a
city is you are protected from outside businesses that move in under the radar. Our bylaws are clear in this respect and this office continues to be vigilant in order to keep the playing field level for everyone.
July’s new business starts were steady, with six businesses added to our corporate commu-nity while August saw an unprecedented leap to 14 new business starts.
This number represents a record to as far back as can be researched, fur-ther supporting a strong economic upturn in our city.
Businesses have, in the last two months, filled vacancies in the commercial, indus-trial and tourism sectors, including the Diacarbon pellet plant, hotel and conference centre, Mer-ritt Green Energy Proj-ect, and Kekuli Cafe.
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‘Vaping’, party buses among UBCM issues
The growing popu-larity of “vaping” with electronic cigarettes instead of smoking tobacco is among the topics up for debate this week at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention.
Harrison Hot Springs has a resolu-tion before the annual gathering of mayors and councillors that calls on the province to regu-late the use and sale of e-cigarettes and similar vaporizers.
Health officials fear e-cigs are too easy for children to get and that, while they may reduce the damage of smoking for nicotine addicts, they act as a gateway into smoking for others.
The B.C. Healthy Living Alliance argues
there’s inadequate research on health risks from toxins or potential nicotine poisoning from inhaling the vapours.
It wants the same restrictions on smok-ing and tobacco sales slapped on e-cigarettes, so they can’t be sold to minors, advertised or used in public places where smoking is banned.
Their use to defy public smoking bans risks unravelling a “powerful deterrent to tobacco use” and could “lead to renormaliza-tion,” says the alliance, whose members include UBCM, health authori-ties and other organiza-tions.
It also recommends a ban on candy and fruit flavours that appeal to youth, enforced stan-dards for the “e-juice” liquids and that e-ciga-
rettes look different from traditional ones.
The battery-powered devices are also some-times used to discreetly ingest cannabis instead of smoking marijuana.
Several other public safety issues are also before UBCM this year.
Resolutions from Vancouver and Maple Ridge call on the prov-ince to crack down on party buses, which have become notorious as rolling nightclubs for under-age drinking.
The provincial gov-ernment warned the industry last year to police itself or face regu-lation after a 16-year-old youth died in Surrey after riding a party bus, but Vancouver’s motion says nothing has been done.
Lower Mainland cities are also jointly calling for the province
to retool its latest reform of the B.C. Ambulance Service to create a new integrated emergency response service that includes firefighters.
They say their fire department first responder costs have climbed due to the pro-vincial decision not to send ambulances speed-ing to as many calls with lights and sirens – a change that’s left some patients waiting longer.
The province con-tends the downgrading of less urgent calls has enabled faster, priority response to the most serious emergencies.
Burnaby wants UBCM delegates to vote to oppose Kinder Mor-gan’s proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline twinning. The city is fighting the pipeline company’s attempts to access Burnaby parkland
for route design.Another Burnaby
resolution would oppose Fraser Surrey Docks’ planned coal export ter-minal pending further independent assessment of coal dust health risks and formal public hear-ings.
The project was approved by Port Metro Vancouver last month and is expected to begin construction soon, despite substantial oppo-sition.
Other issues on the agenda:
• A call from Victoria for the province to share any gains in liquor tax it reaps through looser liquor policies to bolster liquor licence inspec-tions, addiction treat-ment, policing and late night transit service.
• A Maple Ridge call for the province to set up sobering centres for
the severely intoxicated to reduce pressure on local first responders.
• A call from New Westminster for Ottawa to accelerate the phase-out of older, substandard tanker train cars and that they immediately be banned from carrying danger-ous goods. The least
crash-resistant DOT-111 tankers – the type that exploded at Lac Megan-tic – have already been pulled from dangerous goods service. The fed-eral government in April ordered the remain-ing ones used to haul crude oil and ethanol be phased out or upgraded within three years.
By Jeff NagelBLACK [email protected]
Regulation call for e-cigs, now used to defy smoking bans
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We all have a moral compass that points us in the direction we’ll take in all kinds of situations.
But some situations have so many complicat-ing factors thrown in that even the most empathetic people may have trouble deciphering what’s “right” — officially, in the sense of Right and Wrong.
A situation like that just came up in Manitoba, where a man was driving himself and his pregnant wife back to their home in rural Manitoba after a shopping trip in Winnipeg in March.
They were travelling on long stretches of highway when the woman began having painful, close-together contractions.
She had been warned by her doctor that natural childbirth would put her and her baby at risk.
However, she is still five days away from the sched-uled date of her C-section, which is still another week before she’s due.
Knowing his wife and their unborn child are at risk, the man puts the
pedal to the metal to get them to their hospital, where her medical records are kept.
He soars at speeds up to 170 km/h while his wife is in distress in the passen-ger’s seat.
While he’s going at breakneck speed, he gets pulled over.
He is slapped with a $1,000 speeding ticket. The traffic stop takes 15 precious minutes.
The police officer offers to get them an ambulance, but they refuse. The officer urges them not to speed as they continue on their way.
Their speed creeps up again and they are pulled over again about 30 min-utes later. They get another speeding ticket, and are
convinced to wait for the ambulance the second offi-cer phones for them.
They wait approxi-mately 15 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.
In the end, they make it to their hospital of choice, which contained all of her medical records explaining the situation.
Both she and the baby make it out of the emer-gency C-section and are now in good health.
But the couple is unhappy with the big tickets they were given for speeding in a medical emergency.
Shortly after the inci-dent, the man appealed the ticket before a justice of the peace, armed with a doctor’s note supporting
that his wife and child were in medical distress and it was reasonable for him to rush to their hospital, given the situation.
The judge dropped the ticket to $400.
Then, about three months after the original incident, the man gets called in for a hearing with the provincial insurance company, which is normal procedure for excessive speeding cases.
He ends up leaving that hearing with his driver’s licence suspended for five months. Before he can get it back, he’ll have to take a safe driving course and could face licence renewal fees of up to $1,000 a year.
HERALD OPINION
Riding out of the shadows
Who would have thought con-versations about mental health chal-lenges and triumphs would create such a stir in our communities this past spring?
Maybe it had something to do with bringing a common experience out of the shadows. About one in five Canadians experiences a mental ill-ness or substance-use problem in their lifetime.
It may also have had something do with an Olympic champion leading the pack — Clara Hughes.
Clara’s Big Ride for Bell Let’s Talk, a national bicycle tour, conveyed a clear message: Talking is the best way to start breaking down the barri-ers associated with mental illness.
Many people living with a mental illness say the stigma is worse than the symptoms they feel.
Experiences of stigma (negative labels) and discrimination (the behav-iour that results from these negative labels) are the greatest barriers to liv-ing a fulfilling life.
Stigma and discrimination are bar-riers that prevent many from seeking help.
Stigma often comes from fear and misunderstanding of people with mental-health illness.
There are many ways you can help reduce stigma and discrimination in your community.
Educate yourself and others about mental illness.
The website heretohelp.bc.ca is a good place to start for information.
Mental health first aid courses are also available in many communities and can improve your mental health literacy, skills and knowledge to help people in your community.
Meet and talk with people who can share their experiences of mental illness and recovery.
Be aware of your attitudes, behav-iour and language.
See a person beyond their mental illness, for who they are, their dreams and unique qualities.
Making moral choices in moral conundrums
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And still, it’s not over. He has hearing this week to appeal the licence sus-pension.
It is easy to say what you would or wouldn’t do in this situation, or to condemn or condone the actions of others when it’s not your life, your partner’s life, or your baby’s life at risk.
The issue has proved quite divisive, as evidenced by the nearly 700 com-ments one version of the story posted online has accumulated.
Could they have waited
for an ambulance the first time, which is a vehicle that can speed legally under the control of driv-ers trained to be calm in emergency situations?
Could they have stopped at a different, nearer hospital?
Could they have afforded to spend those minutes being still instead of getting her closer to the emergency room of the hospital with knowledge of her situation?
Nobody can say with any certainty at what point a few minutes would have been the difference between life or death —
for the woman, the baby or both — but in the end, everybody made it out alive.
It is widely known that excessive speeding is dan-gerous, and not just for the occupants of the vehicle, but for everybody on the road.
While I sympathize with the family’s plight — no doubt full of panic, fear and frustration — exces-sive speeding also puts lives at risk.
There is no allowance in the Motor Vehicle Act for speeding if passengers or drivers are in a medi-cal emergency. Ambulance
personnel are trained to deal with medical emer-gencies and stabilize patients for transport to hospitals.
At the same time, I imagine a licence sus-pension is difficult for a 32-year-old father of two living in the country to work around, and would probably be difficult for most people who rely on their ability to drive legally to get from point A to point B.
With so many factors to consider in the extraor-dinary circumstances around these speeding tickets, it is almost luck of
the draw when it comes to which factors will weigh most heavily on a hearing officer’s or justice of the peace’s decision.
In all, the man ended up with his licence sus-pended for five months, and his speeding ticket reduced to $400.
Paying a huge fee for licence renewal and jump-ing through hoops to get an allowance to drive to work will be a challenge for this young family, but I say count your blessings and let the chips fall where they may after this hearing.
We will see if a magis-trate agrees.
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Veterans deserve betterDear Editor,
I was so tired of the teachers’ strike. In my opinion, they don’t care about the students. If they cannot live on what they make, they are liv-ing beyond their means.
What about the poor person who makes minimum wage and if it weren’t for them, you would all have to do things for yourself — like the waitress who waits on you, for one example.
There are many others who work for minimum wage and you feel they don’t deserve a raise?
Think of others for a change instead of your-selves.
If there is anyone in this country who is deserving of better income and treatment, it is our veterans.
Lorraine Brown AldrichMerritt
Focus on the positive. Mental health is only one part of who people are.
Let’s recognize posi-tive successes in people’s lives.
Be inclusive of every-one. People with mental health and substance use problems have a right to an equal part in society.
This includes access to jobs, housing, recre-ation and other services.
Finally, on the theme of stigma reduction and promoting community discussion, was World Suicide Prevention Day.
This year, the Cana-dian Association for Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health Commission of Canada partnered to promote this year’s theme “Con-
necting Canada.” The theme is intend-
ed to highlight that being connected with oneself, with others, and a community is critical to one’s sense of hope-fulness and well-being.
Continue the conver-sation well beyond the events of World Suicide Prevention Day.
And, remember, help is available.
If you or someone you care about is cur-rently in crisis, call 1-888-353-2273 (1-888-353-CARE) or go online to crisiscentre.bc.ca and http://youthinbc.com/ for more information.
Jenny Green is a Kamloops-based community health facil-itator with Interior Health. Reprinted from the Thursday, Sept. 18 edition of Kam-loops This Week.
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Merritt’s Crossroads Community Church is hosting a performance by Tanzania’s En-kata choir on Wednesday evening.
The choir is stop-ping in Merritt as part of its nine-week North American tour Why Such Fear?
The tour will take the choir from Washington State to Virginia. The tour is a fundraiser for an expansion to the Maasai’s school in Orbili, Tanzania, for which there is more demand than available spaces. Funds raised will also go toward teacher accommoda-tions and bathrooms.
The performance
will feature songs writ-ten by the Maasai in their native Maa lan-guage and Swahili.
The name of the tour reflects the choir’s message that there is positivity to be found
everywhere.Choir member
Naitapuaki Lengina was a young woman
married off as the fourth wife of an old man who died, leav-ing her to care for her
children alone. She took positive steps for them, helping to build a school so they could
get an education.The performance
starts at 7 p.m. on Sept. 24.
Tanzanian choir performance Wednesday
Driver fatigue possible cause of tour bus crash
The tour bus crash on the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt last month was likely caused by driver error, a Ministry of Transportation investigation has found.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone said speed and mechanical failure were both ruled out as potential causes of the crash, which saw a tour bus skid on its side, injuring all 56 people aboard.
The ministry is awaiting a final police report on the crash before review-ing the length of time a driver can work without a rest.
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Each year, the sports writers from all of the BCHL Interior Division‘s home communi-ties collaborate on an early sea-son preview of their respective teams — the key returnees, the hot new prospects, and the perceived strengths of this year’s squad.
Below is the 2014-15 season preview, presented to you alpha-betically by team name.
MERRITT CENTENNIALS
Key Returnees: F Diego Cuglietta (19-37-56), F Gavin Gould (13-16-29), F James Neil (10-19-29), F Adam Tracey (12-14-26), D Shane Poulsen (7-19-26), D Jake Clifford (4-14-18)
Rookie Sensations: Head coach and GM Luke Pierce and his assistant Joe Martin once again spent the summer looking for offence. They found some gems in Americans John Shiavo (94) and Michael Ederer (96), along with home-grown talent Braden Fuller (95) and Nick Fidanza (96). Shiavo, from Long Island, N.Y., is a latecomer to ice hockey hav-ing grown up playing the inline version of the game. He has unreal hands and a nose for the net. He attended the New York Islanders development camp this summer. Ederer, another New Yorker, put up big num-bers (30-23-53) with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres of the OJHL last year and is committed to St. Lawrence University in 2015. Fuller, from Grande Prairie, and Fidanza, from Kamloops, both excelled in the KIJHL last season. The former netted 17-24-41 with the Beaver Valley NiteHawks, while the latter posted 21-27-48 skating for the Chase Heat. The Cents’ revamped blueline has added imposing Matt Foley (95) from Longmeadow, Mass. and promising 1997-born youngsters Tyrell Buckelly (OHA Varsity Reds) and Cooper Prechal (Princeton Posse). This year’s unheralded sleeper could be 17-year-old Colin Grannary from Delta.
Strengths: All good things start in goal, and the Cents’ off-season acquisition of 20-year-old Jonah Imoo from the Powell River Kings bodes well for the 2014-15 campaign. The BCHL veteran and 2013 World Junior A Challenge participant has outstanding abil-ity and tremendous leadership qualities. The return of 11 veterans from last year’s team should bring both stability and maturity to the ranks, while the new, young blood will contribute a considerable amount of fresh enthusiasm and energy. Injuries and illness deci-mated the Cents’ roster last season
and crushed their playoff chanc-es. If the team can stay relatively healthy this time around, look for good things from this group.
Coach’s Quote (Luke Pierce): “We are once again excited to get the BCHL season underway with a solid group of veterans and prom-ising new recruits. We have what appears to be a very mature group of players with experience win-ning at many different levels of hockey. Our division looks to be even stronger than last year, and we recognize the daunting chal-lenge it will be to get ourselves to the top. We will once again rely on our depth and experience to guide us through those challenges, and are excited about what lies ahead this season.”
PENTICTON VEES
Key Returnees: F Matthew Serratore (5-9-14), F Steen Cooper (9-32-41), F Riley Alferd (7-17-24), F Jack Ramsey (9-16-25), F Cody DePorucq (20-18-38) F Cam Amantea (10-7-17). D Patrick Sexton (3-6-9), D Jarod Hilderman (1-7-8). G Hunter Miska (19-12-2, 2.26 GAA, 2 SO, .915 SV%).
Rookie Sensations: Tyson Jost (97) helped the Okanagan Rockets major midget team earn bronze at the Telus Cup. Jost racked up 44 goals and 88 points in 36 B.C. Major Midget League games. Jost, who potted a hat trick against Alberni Valley in the Bauer BCHL Showcase on the weekend, was invited to Hockey Canada’s U17 hockey challenge develop-ment camp with Vees teammate, defenceman Dante Fabbro. Also 16, Fabbro is the 2013 Hockey Now B.C. Minor Hockey Player of the Year. He tallied 22 goals and 61 points in 38 games with the Vancouver Northwest Giants. Defenceman Miles Gendron was drafted by the Ottawa Senators last summer. Gendron is six-foot-two, 180 pounds. He brings skill to the Vees’ blue line with an “effort-less skating stride.” Lewis Zerter-Gossage, considered more of a playmaker than shooter, scored a hat-trick against the Surrey Eagles in an 11-2 win at the Showcase. Zerter-Gossage is six-foot-two, 190 pounds and played for Kent School last season and helped his team win the Founders League title. Zerter-Gossage is committed to Harvard University for 2015-16.
Strengths: The Vees will pos-sess a strong transition game as they play with speed. Vees coach and GM Fred Harbinson said when they have the ability to cre-ate turnovers, they will be heading into the offensive zone in a hurry and putting teams on their heels.
Coach’s Quote (Fred
Harbinson): “We have a lot of young players that I think are just gong to get better with time. This is one of the deepest teams we’ve had. Healthy competition within your group is always a positive. It’s something that you usually find on championship teams. I think our guys know that if you want to play and get the ice time, you have to be hungry, hungry on the net, hungry in the corner and extremely hungry on the back check.”
SALMON ARM SILVERBACKS
Key Returnees: F Thomas Plese (10-17-27), F Taylor Maruya (8-16-24), F Colton Thibault (5-9-14), D Andrew Farny (4-23-27) G Angus Redmond (11-18-0, 3.33 GAA, .899 SV%)
Rookie Sensations: The Silverbacks have added two local boys with WHL pedigree in Shane Danyluk and Carson Bolduc. Danyluk, a centre, played 248 games for the Prince Alberta Raiders, scoring 77 points. Left-winger,Bolduc played 121 games in both Prince George and Kamloops. Calgary native F Nick Josephs played two seasons for the Junior B Kelowna Chiefs, amass-ing 151 points in only 74 games.
Strengths: A young but mobile defence, led by Andrew Farny and Cole McCaskill, will help to bol-ster a fast, skilled offence with a lot of depth that is capable of get-ting scoring from all four lines. Adding Bolduc and Danyluk is a major boost to the size and lethal-ity of the ’Backs offence.
Coach’s Quote: (Brandon West): “I’ve been real ly impressed by the level of skill and character shown by our players throughout camp and preseason. We have addressed our team’s concerns, and have taken positive steps forward.”
TRAIL SMOKE EATERS
Key Returnees: F Scott Davidson (16-19-35), F Bryan Basilico (16-16-32), F Jake Lucchini (8-18-26), D Zane Schartz (3-15-18), G Adam Todd.
Rookie Sensations: The Smokies will ice plenty of rook-ies this season but early stand-outs include former USPHL player Charlie Zuccarini (95)
and 16-year-old Robbie Johnson up front, defencemen Sheldon Hubbard and Jeremy Lucchini, and goaltender Brett Clark from the Keystone Cup winning Beaver Valley Nitehawks. High expecta-tions also surround Army com-mits Bryan Gerstenfield (D) from Connecticut and Ryan Swanson (D) from Minnesota, along with Brown commit Conner Wynne.
Strengths: Trail may be look-ing for an element of surprise with 10 rookies in their lineup, but coach Nick Deschenes has mined some legitimate talent, including eight players with commitments to NCAA Div. 1 schools. He has also acquired veteran players like Trail natives Craig Martin (Alberni) and Dallas Calvin (Vernon), Harlan Orr (Alberni, Salmon Arm), and Coquitlam’s Victor Dombrovskiy who played two seasons with the Langley Rivermen. Mix in the returning veterans and talented rookies, and the Smokies should have balance throughout the line-up.
Coach’s Quote (Nick Deschenes): “To be competi-tive is our goal. Our mission is to get Trail back on track and in the playoffs. We’re going to push as hard as we possibly can all year. There will be setbacks, but hope-fully overall we’re going to come out where we want to be.”
VERNON VIPERS
Key Returnees: F Liam Coughlin (18-27-45), F T.J. Dumonceaux (7-13-20), D Riley Guenther (6-17-23), D Kenny Citron (1-6-7), G Danny Todosychuk (11-9-1, 3.15 GAA, .902 SV%).
Rookie Sensations: Thomas Aldworth of Keller, Tex. and Luke Voltin of Blaine, Minn. will join Liam Coughlin of Boston on the Vipers’ all-American top line.
Aldworth pocketed 3-1-4 last season with the Tri-City Storm of the USHL and 3-3-6 with the Lone Star Brahmas of the NAHL as an 18-year-old. Voltin supplied 3-11-14 with the Lincoln Stars of the USHL and 1-3-4 with the Minot Minotauros of the NAHL. Both are adjusting well to life in Canada.
Jarrod Schamerhorn will be opening night backup goaltender for Todosychuk. Schamerhorn spent last season with the Portland Winterhawks and the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL and went 2-1 with the Merritt Centennials.
Strengths: The 2013 RBC-host Vipers have 16 new play-ers on their roster, so it will take time for the team to gel. In for-wards Liam Coghlin (18-27-45) and TJ Dumonceaux, defencemen Ken Citron and Riley Guenther,
and veteran goaltender Danny Todosychuk, they have a proven nucleus of talent and leadership to build around. The last-minute hiring of Mark Ferner as the new head coach is an unexpected bonus. Ferner guided the Vipers to back-to-back Royal Bank Cup wins in 2009-10.
Owner’s Quote (Duncan Wray): “After reviewing several extremely well qualified candi-dates, the file that kept coming up to the top of the pile was Mark’s. He is familiar with the organiza-tion, has worked closely with both Todd Miller and Kevin Kraus and will therefore fit seamlessly into the program. I am very pleased to welcome Mark back into the fold, and I look forward to work-ing with him again.”
WEST KELOWNA WARRIORS
Key Returnees: F Liam Blackburn (17-26-43), F Jason Cotton (23-36-59), F Jordan Masters (19-21-40), G Andy Desautels (27-15-2, 2.57 GAA) D Ryan Ivey (2-4-6).
Rookie Sensations: Forward Kade Kehoe, (96), joins the Warriors from the Saskatoon midget AAA Contacts, where he scored 25 goals and 53 points and displayed a physical side with 111 penalty minutes in 40 games.
Like Kehoe, forward Josh Bly (96), also hails from Saskatoon, but played midget hockey last sea-son in North Battleford where he tallied 65 points in 41 games.
At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Rylan Yaremko will bring size and physicality to the blue line bri-gade. Yaremko had 19 points in 31 games last season with the Grande Prairie midgets.
Strengths: Goaltender and co-MVP Andy Desautels (94) was a workhorse between the pipes for the Warriors last season. With a largely new defensive corps in front of him, he will likely need to be sharp again in 2014-15.
The club’s offensive punch rests with Liam Blackburn, Jordan Masters and Jason Cotton — a trio of skilled players who will also provide veteran leadership.
With seven defencemen not returning from last year’s team, the blue line will be the Warriors’ biggest question mark heading into 2014-15.
Coach’s Quote (Rylan Ferster): “We have a lot of new faces, so it’s going to take some time to figure our what kind of team we are. We’ve been happy with our leadership group — the guys who we expect to lead us. When push comes to shove, they’ll need to show the way for us. It will take time to build some chem-istry and see how that unfolds.”
Annual BCHL Interior Division preview
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Full-time Child Protection Worker
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The Child Protection worker strives to ensure the safety and well-being of children while helping to preserve the family unit, assessing preventative support and maintenance programs to preserve families where possible. This position is to provide strong leadership in advocating rights and jurisdiction of those family units.
Requirements:
BSW and at least 3 years related experienceMust have C6 Delegation under the provincial children protection legislationInterviewing and needs assessment skillsMust have excellent interpersonal intercommunications skills, both written and oralKnowledge of local First Nations customs and culture an assetMust have a valid BC driver’s license and reliable transportation
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Desired Quali cations:Fully quali ed and experienced to teach Grades 8 to 12• Certi ed teacher: Ministry of Education Teacher • Regulation BranchExperience working in First Nations community an asset• Be culturally sensitive and possess a high degree of • exibility and initiative
Ability to organize and manage student courses, • schedules and maintain accurate student recordsExcellent communication skills/planning/organizing/• decision making/positive team player/ computer skillsSalary to commensurate with experience•
Teacher’s AideMonday – Friday (hours to be determined)
Desired Quali cations:Experience working in a school and/or with children and • youth would be an assetEnergetic, hard working and enjoy working with children • are positive features.High school diploma and related post-secondary • education preferred.Criminal record check requirements• First Aid training would be an asset.•
Postings will remain open until lled.
For more information and/or to send resume contact:
Carol Holmes, PrincipalEmail: [email protected]
Administrative/Archaeology Administrative Assistant
Employment Opportunity
Duties and Responsibilities include:Answer and direct general phone inquiries in a • professional and courteous manner;Relay voice mail and e-mails from the general • mailbox to the appropriate staff members;Deal with incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, and • packages;Order of ce supplies;• Provide administrative support to the manager • and other staff;Assist researchers and eld crew members as • needed;Assist with the co-ordination of the ow of • information with other organizations such as: Bands, Developers, forest licensees, government agencies, & consultants; Create & maintain consistent spreadsheets, • tracking systems and ling systems; Control and maintain eld equipment inventory • and supplies; Communicate with staff (Field crews, GIS techs, • Researchers, Bookkeeper, and Manager).
Quali cations, Knowledge, and Requirements:Knowledge of archaeology, land and • environment, management and/or First Nations issues an asset;Knowledge of various computer programs incl. • Microsoft Word, Publisher & Excel; Knowledge of Nlaka’pamux language & culture, • an asset; Valid driver’s license & reliable vehicle; • Be a self-starter and able to work on own and as • part of a team; Have good communication skills; • Ability to read and write English pro ciently.•
Deadline for Applications: October 2, 2014 - 4:00 pmRate of Pay: Dependent upon experienceStart Date: ASAP
Send resume and cover letter to:
Attention: Brenda Walkem Esh-kn-am Cultural Resources Management ServicesBox 2159, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 or Fax: 250-315-0084 or
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