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The Nanaimo teachers’ union is seeking compensation for members affected by last year’s two-week spring break. Derek DeGear, president of the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, said the union filed a grievance over the school board’s decision to extend spring break and the matter goes before an arbitrator on May 24. He said the issue is that the board did not consult with the union to adjust the collective agreement to reflect the altered school calendar. “They changed the calendar, but they didn’t make the appropriate adjustments in our collective agreement,” said DeGear. “We would like to see a remedy for that.” The altered calendar mainly affected teachers-on-call and specialty teachers such as music teachers, who provide preparation time for regular classroom teachers, he said. For example, teachers-on-call had to work an extended school day – the district lengthened the work day to make up for the extra time off – but were paid the same as the shorter day, said DeGear. Neither did the district alter the number of days it considers as a full-time year for TOCs, despite taking five days out of the calendar, said DeGear, which meant employees had to work for more than a year to get a year’s experience. “If 160 days of work counted as a year for TOCs and there’s five less days in a year, we need to acknowledge that there’s 155 days in a year,” he said, adding that this is significant because raises are based on years of work. ◆ See ‘UNION’ /6
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BY CHRIS HAMLYN Nanaimo students proved handy with hammers, saws, computers and ovens at the provincial Skills Canada competition in Abbotsford last week. Four students won gold medals and another four took home silver in the B.C.-wide competitions, which are held to encourage young people to look at careers in skilled trades and technology fields. Competitions were held at the secondary and postsecondary levels in more than 30 categories ranging from welding, automotive collision repair and carpentry to graphic design and fashion technology. The gold medal winners will now compete in the national competition in Edmonton, Alta., May 13-16. Those who win at the national level qualify to join Team Canada 2013 in the world competition. Trent Arnott, a Grade 12 student at Dover Bay Secondary School, was the gold medal winner in the cabinetmaking competition. He has taken woodworking and other shop classes since he entered high school. “Wood just seems to do what I want,” he said. “I really like building stuff.” Last year, Arnott built a cedarstripped ocean kayak using offcuts from a sawmill. “It took me about a year and a half,” he said. “The first time I launched it was at the ocean. We kayaked around Newcastle. It goes straight and it’s fast.” This is Arnott’s second try at the Skills Canada competitions. Last year, he won gold at regionals, but didn’t place at provincials, although he learned valuable lessons from the experience – read the plans thoroughly before starting and select materials carefully because some of the pre-prepared wood pieces are warped. For Jamie Ruddick, a Grade 12 student at Dover Bay and winner
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hundreds of people walking around watching competitors at the provincial competition. “It helped me work under pressure more,” said Brown. “There was so many people watching me.” Silver winners are: VIU student Lauren Arsenault in baking, Nanaimo District Secondary School student Matt Pierce in graphic design, VIU student Richard Wilson in refrigeration and Dover Bay student Daniel Klatt in website development. VIU student Josie Franzen took bronze in baking. For more information about Skills Canada, please go to http://www.skillscanada.com.
Ferry service between Nanaimo’s Duke Point terminal and Tsawwassen resumes May 1. D u ke Po i n t w a s knocked out of commission Dec. 20 when the Coastal Inspiration crashed while docking, damaging the ferry and the terminal’s lower vehicle ramp. Repair costs to the terminal were more than $2 million, as well as $380,000 to the ship. A B.C. Ferries internal investigation concluded the crash was caused by an electrical component failing in the propulsion control system, which controls the pitch of the vessel. Investigators made several recommendations for the future including: increasing the distance of prearrival checks so crew members have more time to react during emergencies; and creating an alarm that would draw the crew’s attention to an issue. B.C. Ferries operated the mid-Island service to Tsawwassen out of the Departure Bay terminal following the crash, and Deborah Marshall, B.C. Ferries spokeswoman, said the transition was a smooth one. “Once we got past the Christmas holidays it went quite well,” she said. “January, February and March are a quiet period for us. Had this happened in July or August, it would have been a much different situation.”
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LEFT: Trent Arnott, a Grade 12 student at Dover Bay Secondary School, won a gold medal in cabinetmaking in the provincial Skills Canada competition held in Abbotsford Wednesday. ABOVE: Jamie Ruddick and his teammate Josiah Stefani, Grade 12 students at Dover Bay Secondary School, won gold medals in 3-D computer animation for the second year in a row at the provincial skills competition. The pair won their category at nationals last year and hope to do it again this year.
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‘She’s like an angel’ ◆ From /1 For Brockman, the events of that night are faded fragments he can’t recall. After collapsing in his bedroom, he remembers waking up in the intensive care unit surrounded by family. “I remember waking up and ‘what happened’. I thought it was a dream, but it was reality,” said Brockman. Samantha said CPR is an important skill and more people should take the time to learn it. “You never know when it could happen. You don’t even think it will happen,” said Samantha. “You can save a life by just knowing what to do.” Samantha’s quick use of CPR helped save her father’s life. Using her CPR skills at home to save a loved one was a situation Samantha never expected to happen. She thought if a situation arose, it would be at work. “It’s not something that you expect [your children] to do, but she’s like an angel,” said Brockman. During a ceremony Saturday at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Samantha was presented with the B.C. Ambulance Service Vital Link medal for resuscitating her father last April. B.C. ambulance service gives out 50 Vital Link medals a year to people who have saved a life through cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. B.C. Ambulance Service attends between 2,400-2,800 cardiac arrest calls each year. About 700 occur on Vancouver Island. Fewer than 10 per cent of people who have a cardiac arrest survive. Kelly Ross, a BCAS advanced life support paramedic, said when a situation like the ones the Brockmans experienced arises, it’s important for people to remember five important links that need to come together quickly to help save a person’s life: immediate recognition of the situation, early CPR, rapid defibrillation, effective advanced life support and integrated post-cardiac arrest care. “Probably the most important link is the CPR,” said Ross, adding that in order for effective defibrillation and post-cardiac care in the hospital, the heart must be able to respond and CPR is important to ensure that. “Without CPR, the defibrillation is nowhere as successful,” said Ross. “There is a lot of value placed on the old basics.” reporter3@nanaimobulletin.com
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Brian Gueldenstern’s idea of helping abducted children went straight up the line all the way to the premier’s office. Gueldenstern, a Nanaimo-based lineman for B.C. Hydro and father of two, said he wanted to do more to help children who had been taken from their homes. Last fall, when three-year-old Kienan Hebert was abducted from his home in Sparwood, Gueldenstern passed out copies of the vehicle description and licence plate to fellow workers, asking them to keep an eye out. At a following safety meeting, Gueldenstern suggested to his managers that workers provincewide could be advised of AMBER Alerts directly through their cellphones, an idea that made its way to Premier Christy Clark. On Friday, Clark followed through, announcing that a government-wide initiative will see 30,000 civil servants receive the alerts on their work computers and mobile devices on a 24-hour basis. Crown corporations B.C. Hydro, ICBC and B.C. Transit will also update their systems to provide the alerts to employees. “Because we’re out on the road all day long, we’re in a great position to keep an eye out for something like a specific vehicle,” said Gueldenstern. “Sometimes it’s
Nanaimo’s heritage is back in the spotlight. The Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation has redesigned the heritage walking tour brochure. “The updated heritage walking brochure is an amazing piece that showcases Nanaimo’s history throughout the downtown core,” said A.J. Hustins, chairman of NEDC. “It now has a focus on the Snuneymuxw people and their traditional land areas – Port Place/Front Street, Maffeo Sutton Park, Departure Bay and Newcastle Island. Visitors to Nanaimo will find that this brochure will be their ‘one-stop shop’ to finding all things historical in and around the downtown area.” The brochure was redesigned as a joint collaboration project with the Nanaimo Community Heritage Commission, the City of Nanaimo, the Nanaimo Archives, the Snuneymuxw First Nation and Tourism Vancouver Island. A digital version is also available at http://tourismnanaimo.com.
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child – helping them get back to their families faster, and making this tool more effective so police can do their job.” AMBER Alerts will also be spread via the provincial government’s social media sites, including the Emergency Info BC site and Twitter feed at @EmergencyInfoBC. The first phase of the expansion will be completed by May 25, International Missing Children’s Day. “As with technology everything must change or it becomes stale and forgotten,” said Dunahee. “This new enhancement to the AMBER Alert by the B.C. government is a move in the right direction. On behalf of all parents of missing children, thank you.” Gueldenstern said talking with Dunahee was an emotional experience. “Let me tell you, that’s pretty sad. I’m not a teary guy, but being around her brought tears to my eyes. She’s had 20 years of sorrow and it’s awful,” he said, adding that if it was his children in trouble, he’d want as many people helping as possible. At least one private corporation is also taking part. London Drugs will provide the alerts to its employees. Clark challenged other private sector organizations to join the government in a united effort. B.C. residents can sign up to receive AMBER Alerts by text message at www.wirelessAMBER.ca.
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NDSS students participate in international assessment BY JENN McGARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN
A group of Grade 10 students at Nanaimo District Secondary School are participating in an international assessment of how Canada’s education system stacks up against other countries. Canadian high school students have participated in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), which happen every three years, since it began in 2000. It aims to evaluate education systems by testing 15-year-old students in participating countries. This year, a group of NDSS students will join a random sampling of students across Canada in writing the assessments. “I think it’s exciting that they are part of this study,” said Lisa Peace, a vice-principal at NDSS. “It helps us determine how we’re fitting worldwide and it helps us prepare students for the future.” The tests focuses on reading, math and science, and results are only released at the provincial and national levels. Peace said about 35 NDSS students will write the English version on May 9. A week later, about a dozen of the school’s Francophone
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students will write the French language version. Student participation in the assessment is optional. B.C. students scored well above average in reading, math and science compared to their peers around the world in the 2009 assessment. Peace said the paper exams will take up the morning and a selection of the students will also write computer-based assessments in the afternoon. NDSS is the only school from the district participating this year, Peace added, and one of about a dozen schools on the Island participating. Donna Reimer, school district spokeswoman, said she only knows of one district school selected in 2009 – Ladysmith Secondary School – while five participated in 2006. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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Spring break will remain at one week for Nanaimo students next year. Trustees voted 6-1 against extending spring break to two weeks next year at a special board meeting Wednesday. The move, which would have combined spring break and the Easter holiday and added an additional four days off, was expected to save the district about $366,000, mostly in support staff wages, employee replacement costs and utilities. But Jamie Brennan, school board chairman, said trustees who opposed the extension argued the extra time off would result in economic hardships for the district’s lowest paid workers and for low-income families.
The move is not necessary, as the district will balance next year’s budget with surplus money carried over from this year, he added, and a major goal for trustees is improving labour relations – a goal that would be furthered by not reducing the hours of support workers. “We don’t need the money this time,” said Brennan. “We asked ourselves, ‘Well, why are we doing this?’” Staff suggested the money from the extended spring break could be used for initiatives such as upgrading technology in schools. But Brennan said the district is expected to finish the year with a $700,000 surplus on top of the money being used to balance next year’s budget and he wants to see that money used to start funding the technology plan. “The cost of year one of the plan is $350,000,” he said. “Personally, I’d be willing to take a chance and spend that chunk of the surplus.” Of the 2,522 responses the district received to an online survey,
78.8 per cent stated they were in favour of the extended holiday, 18.9 per cent were against and 2.3 per cent were neutral. Just over half of respondents identified themselves as parents, more than 14 per cent identified themselves as students and almost 14 per cent listed themselves as teachers. Justin Green, first vice-president of the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, said the union is not opposed to the school calendar change, as long as the district modifies the collective agreement to recognize the change. “We’re a little bit surprised actually,” he said. “We’d already started conversations with the board. There’s not too many people who don’t enjoy a two-week spring break.” Ron Farino, president of CUPE local 606, said the decision is good news. “We’re happy because they’ve recognized CUPE members as a valuable workforce in the district,” he said. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
Union wants acknowledgement of impact ◆ From /1 For music teachers and others who provide preparation time for classroom teachers, when a week of prep time is taken out of the schedule, those teachers lose a week of pay, said DeGear. Teachers aren’t opposed to extending spring break – many teachers found the extra time off to be rejuvenating for
both themselves and students, DeGear said – but the union wants the district to acknowledge the effect it had for some members. Phil Turin, secretary-treasurer, said when the decision to alter last school year’s calendar was made, staff believed a section in the School Act superseded collective agreement pro-
visions requiring the district to seek the union’s approval for modifications to the local school calendar. This section of the School Act was repealed when Bill 22 was passed last month. “We believed the School Act, section 78.1, trumped the need to get an agreement,” he said. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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Smart choices by students urged I ICBC-SPONSORED speaker presents at local schools.
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eople make choices every day – some are small, like medium or dark roast coffee, and some change lives forever. John Westhaver was 18 years old when he and his friends made choices that affected not only them, but their friends and family in tragic ways. Westhaver shared his story with a few hundred Grade 12 students at Dover Bay Secondary School Thursday, and earlier at Nanaimo District Secondary School, as part of an ICBC-sponsored speakers series aimed at helping prevent drunk driving and car crashes among youth. “I want to make sure 18 years from now, you are not standing in my shoes,” Westhaver said. His talk began at the back of the darkened room, a photo of his 18-year-old self projected on a large screen. Students craned their necks, trying to identify the voice in the dark. When he walked to the front of the room, into the light, the students were shocked. It was less of a shock than Westhaver’s parents received when they met a police officer at a New Brunswick hospital after learning of their son’s car crash. “He had to prepare them because I was badly burned and horribly disfigured,” Westhaver said. Over the past 18 years since the car crash, Westhaver endured 30-40 surgeries to rebuild his face and graft skin to burned areas. His story starts like that of many teens heading out for some pre-graduation fun on a typical weekend – he and his buddies Jimmy, Jason and Aaron picked up some beer, hopped in the car and drove to the next town to play some
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pool and flirt with girls. Although Westhaver said he regularly got blackout drunk, the friends decided Jimmy would be designated driver that night and he stayed sober. The rest didn’t, cracking beers during the drive and behaving like drunk teens do. “[Jimmy’s] trying to drive while all this commotion is going on,” Westhaver said. They took a pit stop halfway home, cracking fresh beers and getting back on the road. It’s the last thing Westhaver remembers. “The next thing I remember is slowly opening my eyes – I was in so much pain,” he said.
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losing his three best friends. “My best friend was killed and I was left behind,” Westhaver said. “But my family was there and they helped me get through it.” He told the students he was OK with standing out and with people staring, which offers him the chance to tell his story and encourage people to consider their choices. To say nothing while his friend sped into a dangerous curve or refrain from encouraging him to wear his seat-belt are choices he hopes the Dover Bay students don’t make. “It’s simple, but it’s not always easy,” Westhaver said. Grade 12 student Shaelyn Rice said that while she and her friends don’t drink or use drugs, they do drive, sometimes late at night. “It was a rather shocking story,” she said. “And it does make me think about my friends. “Those small choices – they can change your life really bad.” Students can share their good choices with Westhaver by tweeting @jmmspeaking and using the hashtag #choices2012.
B.C. government officials have warmly welcomed the federal government’s plan to leave all but the largest environmental assessments to provinces and place strict timelines on project approval decisions. Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced the changes earlier this month, acknowledging provincial requests to move to a “one project, one review” approach and an end to long, uncertain federal reviews that duplicate provincial hearings. Oliver’s ministry cited several examples, including the NaiKun Wind Energy proposal for an offshore wind farm in Hecate Strait near Haida Gwaii. The federal approval came 16 months after the province had given the project the green light. Premier Christy Clark said all the western premiers have been calling on Ottawa for most of the last decade to end the duplication in environmental reviews. “It’s good for the economy to try to make sure that we can get projects to a yes – or to a no – in as timely a way as possible, because that is good for investment,” Clark said. Oliver said there are more than 40 federal government departments and agencies that currently have responsibility for project reviews. That will be reduced to three: the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, the National Energy Board and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and reviews will be limited to two years. The National Energy Board is holding hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline proposal from Alberta to Kitimat. It is also expecting an application from Kinder Morgan Canada to expand capacity of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from the Edmonton area to Burnaby. Clark said the province will wait for the federal review to be completed before taking a position on either project. She criticized Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan for their recent statements opposing the Kinder Morgan proposal. “I think some of the mayors have decided that they know how the process is going to turn out, and they know all the information that will be presented and they’re able to tell us in advance what the risks might be,” Clark said. B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake said until the province has studied the federal legislation, he won’t be able to say whether B.C. will need changes to take greater responsibility for project assessment. But he denied suggestions that standards may be weakened.
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He couldn’t talk with the breathing tube in his throat, but he was told he suffered first to fourth-degree burns over 75 per cent of his body. He wasn’t expected to live. He learned later that Jimmy got his car up to 140 km/h and took a severe corner without slowing down to the posted speed limit of 90 km/h. “There was no way Jimmy could’ve made that corner at that speed,” Westhaver said. The car rolled, ejecting Jimmy – who wasn’t wearing seat-belt – killing him instantly. After travelling end over end, the car slammed into a telephone pole and burst into flames. Westhaver escaped – how, he doesn’t know – while his two friends died. “They were screaming for someone to pull them out of that burning wreck,” he said. What followed for Westhaver was a long, painful recovery physically and an even more challenging one emotionally. “There were times – many times – when I wanted to die,” he said. He credits his family with getting him through the physical pain and the pain of
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Wildlife needs consideration The world’s thirst for oil is poised to turn the current trickle of crude through Vancouver’s harbour into a gusher. Kinder Morgan Canada announced this month it will seek to twin its Trans Mountain Pipeline between Alberta and Burnaby, increasing its current 300,000-barrel-per-day capacity to as much as 850,000. That means the number of tankers filling up in Burnaby could hit 360 in 2016 – five times more than the record 69 crude tankers in 2010. Good for the economy. But the question on many lips involves a frightening scenario: What if there is a spill? Many safeguards are already in place. But there’s a hole in the prevention and remedy protocols big enough to sail a sizable ship through. What about wildlife? According to Coleen Doucette, vicepresident of the Oiled Wildlife Society of B.C., there are no laws compelling companies to clean up birds and animals impacted by a spill. Oil spill response usually involves containing spills with booms and collecting the oil using skimmers. If the responsible party requests a wildlife rescue response, Western Canada Marine Response Corporation may manage it or hire a professional organization to perform it. The problem is, not all responsible parties choose to respond to oiled wildlife. This loophole is particularly troubling in light of recent news that marine mammals are making a comeback in the Salish Sea after decades of decline. Thanks to conservation efforts, sea lions, seals, orcas, humpback and fin whales, dolphins and elephant seals are dramatically increasing in numbers. Our pristine coastlines and their animal inhabitants are among B.C.’s most precious resources. If the province does agree to open its shores to more tanker traffic, protection for our marine animals and waterfowl must be part of the equation. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org
Long preparation makes short work I could go on about how ridicuhad seized up. lous I think it is to waste time So that needed fixing before I and money maintaining a crop could start it. But just to get at that’s worthless except for that the mechanism I had to excavate brief period in spring that proa thick layer of old grass pasted duces a pleasant spread of green like concrete into the machine’s around the house. every nook and cranny. I could rant about how lawn When faced with such stiff fertilizer is bad for the environopposition a man reaches for ment, how growing a biological another powerful tool – the 4.5 monoculture is an horsepower pressure affront to Mother washer (more man REPORTER’S Nature, how lawns are barks), which hadn’t a waste of water. been fired up in about VIEWPOINT But the truth is I just a year either. Chris Bush hate mowing lawns. Fortunately, my wife Photographer If I could have sheep, and I just cleaned out genetically engineered the garage, so I only to keep quiet and had to dig under a eat nothing but lawn 1980s-vintage bicycle grass and blackberry wind-trainer, a pair of bushes, I’d happily live old work boots I swore on acres of green. I’d tossed on the garEaster weekend we bage the week before, finally crawled out tent poles (stuffed in from under winter long enough the work boots), an old aquarito cut the grass. um and two sets of snow tires to With a little time to spare exhume the pressure washer. between hours of long weekend Some fresh gas, about 20 pulls self-indulgence, I yanked the on the starter cord and I was mower out from under the leanblasting grass paste out from to out back. under the mower and all over When I trained for the Tour de me. Rock last year my wife took over So now I’ve got a power washer lawn mowing duties. She does a that works great, a mess on the much better mowing job than I lawn, I’m covered heat to toe in do, but machine maintenance is wet globs of grass goop and still not her forte. have no idea if the mower will Then again, it’s not mine start. either, so I was annoyed, but not With the machine flushed really surprised to find the mow- clean, nothing appeared broken er’s drive system (it’s a self-proor even badly corroded, so I pelled, 6.5 horsepower engine, retrieved my can of what I call insert Tim Allen man bark here) “spray-it-on-thick-and-hope-for-a-
miracle” stuff. No, it’s not WD-40. That’s for displacing water, dissolving gunk out of metal mechanisms solvent won’t touch and melting the latex gloves I wear – when I remember – to keep grease off my hands. Some guys swear by penetrating oil. I swear by Fluid Film, made from wool wax – or possibly a ‘natural lanolin base’, depending on whether you read the can label or the manufacturer’s online literature. It’s anti-corrosive, non-conductive, works on everything from garden tools to naval weapons systems, is non-toxic (so it really shouldn’t work on anything), smells good and priced as if each can is blessed by a host of angels working night shift at the factory. It also works like a hot damn, when applied liberally, on seizedup lawn mowers. My anticipated five minutes to gas up and start the mower had stretched to more than 90 minutes to get things running, but a tank of fresh gas and about 30 pulls on the starter cord and the mower was purring like the day I bought it on sale at the big box store. I had just enough time to cut the front lawn before friends wandered in unexpectedly with a healthy supply of gin and tonic, which put an end to any activity involving power tools for the rest of the afternoon. photos@nanaimobulletin.com
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Nanaimo News Bulletin
Education trumps extra-curriculars To the Editor, Re: Teachers vote to withdraw ffrom extra-curriculars, April 21. Why would teachers decide to withdraw from extracurricular? Why now? First, the government has left us with few legal options. More importantly, however, the public needs to know the loss of teachers providing extracurricular is a reality that has already been slowly occurring over the last 10 years. It is also the possible future of public education. The pressures in the classroom faced by many teachers in terms of growing class sizes and larger numbers
of high-needs students has already left some with no option but to stop volunteering for these activities outside of the school day. Teachers have to do this so they can continue providing students with the world-class education we have worked hard to create in B.C. As class sizes and other demands continue to grow, teachers will not be able to continue to do it all; something has to give. Unfortunately it may have to come from the volunteer time that we put in to coach or sponsor student activities. We hope that parents see
the crisis facing our public education system with the implementation of Bill 22. Parents, please ask questions. Please contact your children’s teachers and ask how many students they have in their classrooms. Ask them how many students in the classroom require individual support, but are not receiving it. Ask how Bill 22 is going to affect their classrooms in September. Then ask the government why under Bill 22 large classes will be acceptable as long as teachers will get a stipend for every additional student over already high limits.
Ask how this will create a better education for the students in the English, social studies, math, or science classroom of 33, 35, or more. Ask your MLA if this is truly educationally sound and if they would willingly put their own children into a classroom of this size. Ask the Minister of Education if he volunteers his time three to five days a week to coach kids on top of his workload. Ask him, if it is really about the kids, why is he making it increasingly difficult for teachers to do so. Kate Brooker Nanaimo
Readers respond: Feedback on news items Delegate numbers fail to tell full VICC story To the Editor, Re: Busy spring at convention centre, April 19. Anyone reading this story might assume that the Vancouver Island Conference Centre is on the right track and doing well; a modicum of research however shows that this is not exactly so. First off, the story states that 30,000 delegate days are expected this year. This is exactly the same number that was being hyped for 2011 and yet we see that only 13,980 delegate days, less than 2.5 per cent capacity, actually were achieved. Second, it is important to note that included in delegate days are those of the weekly Sunday Church service the ‘Meeting Place’. At an estimated 150 people attending per week this accounts for 6,500 delegate days during the year, almost half of all delegate days in 2011. If, a really big if, the 30,000 proposed delegates do materialize this year, it would still account for more than 20 per cent. A quick perusal of the VICC website will show that for the last six months of this year, other than the ‘Meeting Place’, only one convention and one other event are scheduled. Half truths expressed through stories such as this do nothing in moving this facility forward. We must stop looking at the VICC with eyes wide shut and dreams of a hotel as the only option of salvation. Only by openly recognizing the facility’s flaws can we then move forward to rectify them. Gordon W. Fuller Nanaimo
Dogs need their owners to fulfill role of leader To the Editor, Re: Dog owners are lazy, ignore pets’ needs, Letters, April 19. A dog and everything it does is always the responsibility of its owner. A dog cannot train itself to behave to human standards, pick up after itself or remain civil while off-leash if it has not
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been trained to do so. A dog is a reflection of his owner’s ability to lead. Most people consider their own emotional needs when acquiring a dog with little consideration to the needs of the dog. Cesar Milan states that dogs’ primary needs are exercise, discipline and affection in that order. A dog needs a leader and if the human doesn’t fulfill that role the dog will fill it. Not because the dog is a narcissist but because it’s structured in its DNA, they are genetically programed that way. It is imperative for current and potential dog owners to educate themselves on how to fulfill a dog’s needs. Exercise is the No. 1 need and it is nice that owners take responsibility and do it. Unfortunately, they are walking them incorrectly. A dog should never be permitted to walk in front, pull, and smell other dogs, people or anything without the consent of its owner and the other party. It is not up to the dog to decide what it gets to do; it is up to the pack leader which must always be the human. Placing leadership on a dog is a recipe for disaster leading to barking, lunging and aggression and can lead to death if left unchecked. Nikki Mann Nanaimo
Canine companions provide selfless service To the Editor, Re: Dog owners are lazy, ignore pets’ needs, Letters, April 19. The dog controversy seems set to go on forever and it is doubtful that either side will ever give any real leeway to the other. I have read and participated in the frustrations expressed by both dog lovers and the detractors of dogs in general, and despair of the two sides ever coming together. That said, however, I don’t believe I have ever read a dogrelated letter in the News Bulletin that spews vitriol to the extent of Tom McCartney’s latest effort. Obviously this man is not a disciple of the live and let live school of thought. His previous diatribe described an assault on his crotch by “dozens of dogs” and he has now graduated to calling dog owners narcissistic. Perhaps he should check the meaning of words before employing them. A narcissist is a lover/admirer of self, not of dogs. He goes on to describe the incredible amount of injuries inflicted on humanity by dogs without recognising the selfless services that canines also provide to the blind, epileptics, antiterrorist organisations and the police, to name but a few. He also gives no thought to the empathic friendship and companionship dogs provide to lonely people, children and people like me who just plain enjoy a dog’s company for what it is. While I have to grant that many dog owners could improve their performance and that dogs occasionally run out of control, I should point out that these numbers pale in comparison to the litter left around by ordinary people and the violence perpetrated daily by out of control kids and adults of the human, not canine variety. I hope this letter will not be misconstrued as an “ode to dog garbage” or support for any dog that runs amok. Actually, although I walk my dog daily in parks and on trails all around the city, I
can’t recall ever seeing a dog “run amok”. I truly have to wonder where McCartney spends his time that he sees things like this, not to mention his previous experience with the dozens of dogs. Please back off sir. Spend your energies more charitably than demonizing man’s best friends and their human companions, good and bad. Garry Bradford Nanaimo
Barking dogs a problem in most neighbourhoods To the Editor, Re: Dog owners are lazy, ignore pets’ needs, Letters, April 19. I read with interest the debate over dogs off leash in parks and the potential mess they make. Although everyone had a valid point, they all missed the biggest problem dogs create in a community. Living in Departure Bay near the north end of King Richard Drive, nearly everyone here has to own a dog. Nearly every dog owner here abdicates his responsibility to the community by allowing their dogs to bark. Leaving your dog outside while you go to work, and having that dog bark uncontrollably at every passerby is unbearable for your neighbours. If it’s not the one across the street, it’s the yapper in the crescent, or the lapdog barking incessantly on a neighbour’s bedroom deck. There are more dogs here than houses. Even when owners are home, they tend to acclimate to the yapping and tune it out. Dog ownership in a community comes with responsibilities. Not only to the dog, but to neighbours who contribute to the community by not breaking laws or disturbing the peace. We are not always as enamoured by your dog as much as you are. The problem is with owners who either do not know how, or don’t want to control their dogs. Hoping for understanding or a massive appeal to the Dog Whisperer. Klaus Nenn Nanaimo
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Arguments over climate get overblown To the Editor, Re: Credentials crucial in gauging authority, Argument exhibits irrelevancies and Coalition principles causes skepticism, Letters, April 21. Tom Harris was right on when he wrote that “Emotions run high as the climate debate has become intensely polarized”. Now the global warming doomsayers have returned another volley in an ongoing bunfight. One writer discredits Harris as a “mechanical engineer, not a climate scientist”. Can we also ignore David Suzuki since he’s a geneticist, not a climatologist? Or did his study of fruit flies make him a “climate expert”? How about the inconvenient Al Gore? Does his CV include climatology? I suspect it includes “wealthology”, given his price for scare-mongering speaking tours. In a country of religious freedom, is it fair to smear the “religious right”? We don’t have to agree with them, but it’s rather hubristic to categorize them with “scientific illiterates”. But, that’s common thinking among leftists. If you don’t agree with them, you must be an illiterate who “should be ashamed of your ignorance and bias” and/or “just a nutbar standing in the way of action”. No indication of what that action might be. I wonder if anyone who would “trust the credentials of those on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” knows what those credentials are. The IPCC is a lobby group more interested in redistributing wealth than honest research into the causes and effects of global warming. Their reports merit the same disregard that UN resolutions get. Eco-zealots make regular use of terms like “experts” and “world’s leading climate scientists” etc., but fail to attach names or credentials to them. That, plus a lot of hysterical overblown rhetoric, tends to eliminate credibility. In the natural sciences, if you can’t measure it, you can’t prove it. So before getting into economic insanity, how much warming, if any, is anthropogenic and how much is natural? Jim Corder Nanaimo
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A new award will honour B.C. individuals who have made outstanding contributions to or significant achievements in maritime endeavours in the province. Nominations for the S.S. Beaver Medal for Maritime Excellence, an initiative of the Maritime Museum of B.C., are open until June 29. The award recognizes outstanding achievements attainment by members of the province’s maritime community. The gold-plated medal incorporates copper from the wreck of the 19th-century steamship S.S. Beaver,
the first steamship on the West Coast. Built in Britain for the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1835, the paddle wheeler worked B.C.’s coastal waters for 53 years and was the ship that transported the HBC group that established a trading post in 1843 in what became Victoria. She carried brass cannons and used wood as fuel on her monthslong trading voyages up the coast as far north as Alaska. When gold rush adventurers arrived in the region, the ship ferried them from Victoria to the Lower Mainland. The first medal presentations will take place this fall and the museum plans to award up to three per year. For more information, please go to www.mmbc.bc.ca.
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DAYS ONLY!
3
Dairy Milk 230gr
Digestives Milk Chocolate or Rich Tea Cookies
3 2$
Heinz
6
1
99 4 Pack
Baked Beanz 415gr
Farrah’s
Harrogate Toffee 100gr
2
1 9’s
99
Each
Baked Beans
2$ for
3
3$ for
5
Hayward’s
for
5
454gr
Hayward’s
3
Red Cabbage
2
330gr
99 Each
Classic Cream of Tomato Soup
99
205gr
2$
200-215gr
for
Rowntree Cadbury
Onions
Heinz
2$
Jacob’s
Flake Bar
Hovis Digestive Biscuits
30gr or Nestle
Walnut Whip Bar
99
2 250gr
Vanilla, 1’s
Each
¢ Each
Jelly Tots 1’s
99
Each
Cherry Coke
with Fiery Jamaican Root Ginger, 330ml
330ml
Taylors of Harrogate
Oatcakes
5
Heritage
Mint Humbugs 200gr
Porrage Oats
Orginal, 250-500gr
Pearce Duff’s
2
99
2$
Each
for
275gr
100gr
5
English Mustard
Piccalilli Pickle
4
4
2$ for Batchelors
23
¢
99
Bisto
Each
Favourite Gravy Granules
300gr
¢ Coleman’s
160’s Bonus
Bigga or Mushy Peas
Blancmange Strawberrry/Raspberry/ Chocolate/Vanilla,146gr
99
Yorkshire Tea
Rough Oatmeal, 300gr
Ready Brek or Scott’s
99
¢
Nairn’s
Heinz
400gr
99
Each
Fruit Gums or Pastilles
Sherbet Lemons, Jelly Babies or Mint Favourites
Old Jamaica
99
99
Rowntree’s
Bassett’s
300gr
Branston
Each
3
or
Broad Beans
In Tomato Sauce 410gr
Butter Beans 300gr
99
180gr
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Ginger Beer
Penguin Biscuits
Heritage
99
Crosse & Blackwell
McVitie’s
Special Toffee Original
Each
Branston Original Pickle 520gr
3
Each
Crosse & Blackwell
direct from the UK!
Thorntons
400gr or 2x300gr
99
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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McVitie’s
Cadbury
for
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170gr
99
2$
¢
for
Each
Kraft
5
Paxo
Sage & Stuffing Mix 170gr
Vegemite Yeast Extract, 220gr
Fox’s
3$ for
5
2$ for
5
Glacier Mints Crawford’s
Custard Creams or Garibaldi for Biscuits
2$
100-150gr
3
Lee’s
Macaroon & Scottish Tablet Bar 60-70gr
89
1’s
¢ Each
3$ for
5 1
3
99
99
Each
Hartley’s
Ma Made
Each
850gr
3
99 Each
Tunnock’s
Milk Chocolate Tea Cakes
Dairy Milk Buttons
Pudding
5
285-300gr
2$ for
Last! While Supplies
6’s
Cadbury
Heinz
Schweppes
Original Bitter Lemon 1lt
2
1’s
99
99
¢
Tunnock’s
Coconut Covered Marshmallows 4’s
2$ for
3
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2$ for
4
Barr
Tunnock’s
Caramel Wafer Biscuits Real Milk Chocolate, 8’s
2$ for
Irn Bru
5 99 330ml
¢ Each
Schweppes
Lemonade
2 2lt
99 Each
Aunty’s
Steamed Pudding 220gr
2$ for
5
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99
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Ben & Jerry’s
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Ice Cream
3
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150,000 Q-PoWith ints Redeemed!
500ml
Frozen, 2.5kg Box
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250 Sunny D
$
5
99
Each
Citrus Punch 2.4lt
2$ for
Plus Applicable Fees
2lb
Clamshell
California “Premium”
Fresh Strawberries
3
Bakery Fresh
3
99
8” Apple Pie
Each
99
Each
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Inside Round Oven Roast
Top Sirloin Grilling Steak Family Pack, 11.00 per kg with purchase of select Ground Beef
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Sunrise Farms
Fresh Pork Side Ribs
Locally Raised BC Poultry
Fresh Chicken Wings
6.59 per kg
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Family Pack, 7.69 per kg
Family Pack, 9.90 per kg
4
PER
lb
Outlaw Burgers 2.27kg, Each
10,000
Q
points
lb
PER
lb
4 Slice Toaster
Ground Coffee 340gr
3
1kg
5
2$
99
Bob’s Red Mill
Scottish Oatmeal or Steel Cut Oats
for
Minute Maid
Orange Juice 1.75lt
5
Dairyland
Yogurt 650gr
Bob’s Red Mill
Flaxseed or Flaxseed Meal
3$
453-680gr
567-680gr
for
2$ for
5
2
99 Plus Applicable Fees
99
5
Dairyland
2$ for
5
Cottage Cheese 600-750gr
99 3
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3000
Q-Points
12x100-125gr
Diced Hashbrowns
540ml
4x99gr
649,000
Multipak Yogurt
Dole Fruit
Magic Moments Pudding
Guaranteed
Dairyland
McCain
Seattle’s Best
250ml
3500
Ranchers • 100% Satisfaction
SAVE 50,000 Q-POINTS
your day with help from QF! o t t r a t s t a e A gr
Kent Orange Juice
3000
• Vegetable Grain Fed • Produced with Pride by select Canadian
SAVE 50,000 Q-POINTS
3000
1.24kg
antibiotics & growth hormones
Stainless Steel, QF# 206
Q-Points
White, QF# 105
660gr
Kelloggʼs Eggo Buttermilk Pancakes 32ʼs
• Naturally Raised without
4 Slice Toaster
549,000
McCain Strawberry Shortcake
1000
• Canada’s #1 Angus Beef
Black & Decker
Black & Decker
bonus
lb
9.90 per kg
PER
PER
lb
PER
Sirloin Tip Oven Roast
49 49
99
Bonus Q-Points Schneiders
QF Platinum Angus
2 3 4
49
4
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lb
99
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Fresh Pork Butt Steak
Frying Chicken
Taco Tuesday, FREE Old El Paso Seasoning instantly with purchase of select Ground Beef
Family Pack, 5.93 per kg
2 Pack, 4.83 per kg
See store for details
2
Pub Style Chicken 835-907gr
PER
lb
9 99 99 4 3 99
2
19
Locally Raised BC Poultry
69
Locally Raised BC Pork
Olymel
Olymel
500gr
450gr
#1 Sliced Bacon
Simply Poultry
Wieners
Smokies 450gr
Boneless Skinless 2kg Box
6
2$ for
WIN $100 in QF Groceries
Ocean’s
Asian Seafood Fusion Frozen, 454gr
NEW
Lunch Mates & Stackers Assorted Varieties & Sizes, Each
Offer is in effect April 23 - 29th, 2012
See store for details
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Green Giant
Simply Steam Vegetables In Butter or Cheese Sauce, 250gr
VH
McCain
Heinz
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5
341ml
2 $5 for
5000
Q
points
bonus
V-8 Vegetable Cocktail
2$ for
Heinz
Beans
7
2$ for
Heinz
Tomato Juice 1.36lt
Selected, 398ml
5
Heinz
Pasta Dinners 398ml
340ml
1000
Campbellʼs RTS Chunky Soup 420ml
3500 Campbellʼs Hearty Noodles 55gr
1000 Tilex Fresh Shower Cleaner
VH
Cooking Sauce
1kg
1lt
341-355ml
for
French Fries
Tomato Ketchup Squeezable
Indian or Thai Market Sauce
2$
Each
Schneiders
Plus enter online @unclebens.ca for the national contest.
99
12 99 6 99
Bonus Q-Points
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¢
lb
Each
Each
Each
PER
NEW
Turkey Breast Fillets
Each
Grimm’s
17
Sunrise Farms Fresh Whole Grade A
Hertel’s
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¢ 99
2$ for
Plus Applicable Fees
5
946ml
¢ 99
5000 Grannyʼs Laundry Detergent 4.55kg
5000
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Uncle Ben’s - WIN $100 in QF Groceries + enter online to WIN! Kraft Dinner
Macaroni & Cheese
9
12x225gr
Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices
3
99
Kraft
Parmesan Cheese 250gr
220-240gr
Singles Processed Cheese Product
5
Uncle Ben’s
Fast & Fancy Rice Dishes
4
WIN $100 in QF Groceries +enter online to win
99
99
Uncle Ben’s
Uncle Ben’s
Rice & Sauce
250gr
Unico
2$
4
Kraft
Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese 150- 200gr
525-540ml
4$ for
5
for
NEW
Lipton Soup Mix
for
Marinated Artichoke Hearts
5
for
4
550gr
200- 225gr
Christie
Cadbury
Bits & Bites
Chocolate Bar 100gr
Ritz Fudge Covered
for
5 For
3$ for
5
2$ for
320-400gr
325gr
Mesa Sunrise, Honey’d Corn or Corn Flakes, 750gr
Selected, 750-907gr
Organic Granola
2$
Eco Pac Organic Cereal
99
for
Shirriff or Smucker’s
Jam or Marmalade 250-375ml
Unico
for
Pasta 700- 900gr
4
Unico
Vegetable Oil 3lt
Eco Pac Organic Cereal
99
Billy Bee
Adams
500gr
1kg
Pure Natural Honey
Natural 100% Peanut Butter
Tomatoes
99 NEW
Del Monte
4$ for
Gallo or Unico
5
Unico
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
99 3
for
SunRype
Mini Bites, Funbites or Squiggles
SunRype
SunRype
5x200ml
1lt
100% Juice
Fruit Rivers Cocktail or Punch
Assorted Sizes
Ripe Olives
99
99 5
¢
2 $5
4
for
5
¢
Plus Applicable Fees
Watch the Play-Offs in style with these great deals!
12x355ml
Popchips
All Natural Potato Snacks
General Mills
Chex Mix or Bugles
Dr. Pepper 12x355ml
213- 227gr
85gr
Assorted Sizes & Varieties
99
Plus Applicable Fees
for
Mountain Dew Citrus Charge
Drumstick, Bars or Sandwiches
3$
NEW
99
200ml
Nestle or Christie
Real Fruit or Frozen Yogourt Bars 12x50ml
5
99 4
¢
5
99
Selected 796ml
2 $5
5
99
750ml-1lt
Limited Edition 212gr
3$
Nature’s Path
2$
5 4$ 5 Unico
2$
Nature’s Path
Organic Instant Hot Oatmeal
9
99
Nature’s Path
Unico
for
Knorr
99
Nature’s Path
for
For
4’s
4$
Christie
3
10gr
540ml
2$
1.68kg
NEW
170ml
Christie
99
3 6 5$ 5 5 2 4 99
99
Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils
Extra Hot specials on super snacks & cool treats at QF! Cookies
5
Eggo Waffles
925gr
at Extra Special great prices! ʼ s n i x i f a t s a p t Grea
NEW
WIN $100 in QF Groceries + enter online to win
for
Ready To Serve Soup
for
300gr
NEW FLAVOURS
¢
2$
3
99
Bistro Express Rice
165gr
Primo
175-210gr
Kellogg’s
Original Roast Coffee
890ml
Disney Freeze Dried Fruit Crisps
Organic Chewy Granola Bars
Maxwell House
Miracle Whip or Mayo
Brothers-All-Natural
Nature’s Path
170-200gr
NEW FLAVOUR!
270gr
NEW
Shredded or Crumbled Natural Cheese
Kraft
2
99
Kraft
Kraft
500gr
99
Philadelphia Cooking Creme
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Kraft
Kraft
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
4
99
3999 for
Plus Applicable Fees
3$ for
5
3$ for
5
3 for
9
99 Plus Applicable Fees
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Uncle Ben’s - WIN $100 in QF Groceries + enter online to WIN! Kraft Dinner
Macaroni & Cheese
9
12x225gr
Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices
3
99
Kraft
Parmesan Cheese 250gr
220-240gr
Singles Processed Cheese Product
5
Uncle Ben’s
Fast & Fancy Rice Dishes
4
WIN $100 in QF Groceries +enter online to win
99
99
Uncle Ben’s
Uncle Ben’s
Rice & Sauce
250gr
Unico
2$
4
Kraft
Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese 150- 200gr
525-540ml
4$ for
5
for
NEW
Lipton Soup Mix
for
Marinated Artichoke Hearts
5
for
4
550gr
200- 225gr
Christie
Cadbury
Bits & Bites
Chocolate Bar 100gr
Ritz Fudge Covered
for
5 For
3$ for
5
2$ for
320-400gr
325gr
Mesa Sunrise, Honey’d Corn or Corn Flakes, 750gr
Selected, 750-907gr
Organic Granola
2$
Eco Pac Organic Cereal
99
for
Shirriff or Smucker’s
Jam or Marmalade 250-375ml
Unico
for
Pasta 700- 900gr
4
Unico
Vegetable Oil 3lt
Eco Pac Organic Cereal
99
Billy Bee
Adams
500gr
1kg
Pure Natural Honey
Natural 100% Peanut Butter
Tomatoes
99 NEW
Del Monte
4$ for
Gallo or Unico
5
Unico
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
99 3
for
SunRype
Mini Bites, Funbites or Squiggles
SunRype
SunRype
5x200ml
1lt
100% Juice
Fruit Rivers Cocktail or Punch
Assorted Sizes
Ripe Olives
99
99 5
¢
2 $5
4
for
5
¢
Plus Applicable Fees
Watch the Play-Offs in style with these great deals!
12x355ml
Popchips
All Natural Potato Snacks
General Mills
Chex Mix or Bugles
Dr. Pepper 12x355ml
213- 227gr
85gr
Assorted Sizes & Varieties
99
Plus Applicable Fees
for
Mountain Dew Citrus Charge
Drumstick, Bars or Sandwiches
3$
NEW
99
200ml
Nestle or Christie
Real Fruit or Frozen Yogourt Bars 12x50ml
5
99 4
¢
5
99
Selected 796ml
2 $5
5
99
750ml-1lt
Limited Edition 212gr
3$
Nature’s Path
2$
5 4$ 5 Unico
2$
Nature’s Path
Organic Instant Hot Oatmeal
9
99
Nature’s Path
Unico
for
Knorr
99
Nature’s Path
for
For
4’s
4$
Christie
3
10gr
540ml
2$
1.68kg
NEW
170ml
Christie
99
3 6 5$ 5 5 2 4 99
99
Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils
Extra Hot specials on super snacks & cool treats at QF! Cookies
5
Eggo Waffles
925gr
at Extra Special great prices! ʼ s n i x i f a t s a p t Grea
NEW
WIN $100 in QF Groceries + enter online to win
for
Ready To Serve Soup
for
300gr
NEW FLAVOURS
¢
2$
3
99
Bistro Express Rice
165gr
Primo
175-210gr
Kellogg’s
Original Roast Coffee
890ml
Disney Freeze Dried Fruit Crisps
Organic Chewy Granola Bars
Maxwell House
Miracle Whip or Mayo
Brothers-All-Natural
Nature’s Path
170-200gr
NEW FLAVOUR!
270gr
NEW
Shredded or Crumbled Natural Cheese
Kraft
2
99
Kraft
Kraft
500gr
99
Philadelphia Cooking Creme
Nanaimo News Bulletin 19
Look for this QR code with your smartphone for a list of Gluten Free products!
Kraft
Kraft
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
4
99
3999 for
Plus Applicable Fees
3$ for
5
3$ for
5
3 for
9
99 Plus Applicable Fees
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Freybe
Freybe
German or Italian Wine Salami
2
49
Bonus Q-Points Deli Fresh
Sandwiches & Wraps
Oven Roasted or Sundried Tomato
2 Q 946ml
2000 Bari Ricotta Cheese 250gr
3500 Johnson & Johnson Natural Baby Wash, Lotion or Shampoo 266-295ml
3500
1
69
points
Tropicana Orange Juice
PER gr
100
Canadian
2
Shaved Parmesan
Per 100gr ..............................
49
Canadian
Provolone
Monterey Jack
PER
100gr
1
Weather Permitting
Kiss My Face Toothpaste 95-96gr
5000 Dole Fruit ʻn Crisp
2ʼs
Scott White Napkins 250ʼs
3000
75 95 Szechuan Beef 8 25 Sweet & Sour Pork 5
Large
Chow Mein .................. Medium
.......
Small
.
Available at Select Stores
Fresh Hand Peeled Shrimp
99 100
Oceanwise
Lemon Pepper or Butter Herb
Talapia Fillets
Approx. 5 oz Portion Frozen or Previously Frozen
1
99 PER gr
100
for
Live or Cooked
Crab
Nanuk Cold
2
PER
100gr
6
2$
Average 2lb
Wild Sockeye Salmon Fillets
2
99
PER gr
49 PER gr
100
Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon Lox 170gr
8
99 Each
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249 199 199
Serving Suggestions
3500
Bounty Paper Towels
Vegetable Chop Suey
Family Pack, Per 100gr ..........
Fresh Halibut Steak
Frozen or Previously Frozen
89 50 6 6 ¢ PER
Per 100gr ...............................
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On the road again Popular Canadian rock band Big Wreck records and tours new album after getting back together after a decade apart BY MELISSA FRYER THE NEWS BULLETIN
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eople keep saying it’s a reunion, but Ian Thornley disagrees. He said it was a much more natural process that brought him and guitarist Brian Doherty back together after parting ways as Big Wreck in 2002. “It’s not really getting back together,” Thornley said. “We just lost touch with one another.” Either way, the band which scored such hits as The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted) and Blown Wide Open, is together again with a new album and a tour, which travels
through Nanaimo Sunday (April 29). Doherty and Thornley met while students at Berklee College of Music in Boston and formed a band with the same goal that all do – to make music. That was the case for a lot of bands in the late 1990s, but what also emerged was what Thornley described as corporate rock – a formula for hit songs that included four-chords and a catchy line about insecurity. “That’s usually reserved for the pop scene,” he said. When it came time to record a follow-up to In Loving Memory of ..., the pressure was on.
“They kept saying, we need a hit,” Thornley said. “I did not fit into that.” After the second album, The Pleasure and the Greed, the band parted ways, with Thornley establishing a new band under his last name. There, he focused on the craft of writing and produced Come Again and Tiny Pictures. It was during a Thornley show that Doherty filled in, and the reconnection between the two musicians began. Then, they recorded. Albatross was released earlier this year. “The idea was not to go in and make a Big Wreck album,” Thornley said. “We just wanted to make a record.”
The difference between the two bands is the more natural feeling of the music from Big Wreck. “There’s a little more room for jamming,” Thornley said. When the show comes to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre, it’ll be one of their first, with Thornley describing a roller-coaster ride of eras, moods and emotions. “There’s a lot of twists and turns,” he said. The show also features Rikers and The Day He Quit at 7 p.m. Tickets $35. Please call 250-754-8550 or visit www.porttheatre. com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com
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Student musicians S win at jazz festival Students in Wellington Jazz Academy can blow their horns for their performance at the B.C. Interior Jazz Festival because they were the best at – well, blowing their horns at the festival last weekend in Kelowna. The Grade 9 jazz band came tops in its category to earn a spot in the evening concert in front of a packed audience at the Kelowna Community Center Theatre. Grade 12 vocalist Taylor Manns and her quartet consisting of Josh Rey, Natasha Hoskins and Charlotte Gunn also won their category and performed at the showcase.
Art classes also open to adults
Individual award winners included Manns for most outstanding female vocalist and 35 per cent Berklee Jazz Camp Award; Amy McCartie for runnerup female vocalist; Rey for most outstanding senior woodwind soloist and 25 per cent Berklee Jazz Camp Award; Hoskins won a Capilano College $1,500 Entrance Scholarship; Ethan Olynyk for most outstanding junior rhythm player and received $125 in cash; Kenton Dyck for most outstanding junior woodwind player, receiving a full scholarship to the Kelowna Summer Jazz Camp and $125 in cash.
Choir draws on water themes A choir specializing in early music pays homage to First Nations. Island Consort Choir’s director Bruce Farquharson combined a first half of classical and sacred works prior to a second set of song which explore the mystique of water. Throughout the concert are themes of the cosmos. Included in the selections are Pachelbel’s Magnificat and Locus Iste, by Paul Mealor, who
wrote for last year’s royal wedding. Four songs attributed to First Nations by Canadian composers include Salish Song, Earth Teach Me, Nootka Paddle Song and the Great Sea. Organist Peter Orme and players from the Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra accompany the 20-voice choir. The concert, Of Water and the Cosmos, is set for Sunday (April 29), 7:30 p.m., at Brechin United Church. Admission $15 at the door.
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With three seasons of The Ron James Show under his belt, and five television comedy specials, the high-energy comedian still has something to rant about. From Mac-savvy, tattooed techno geeks to whiny baby boomers, James tackles all of it during a show at the Port Theatre Saturday (April 28) at 8 p.m. Tickets $51. Please call 250-754-8550.
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EVENTS story time for adults at Harbourfront library Tuesday (April 24), 6:30 p.m. RON JAMES comedian at the Port Theatre Saturday (April 28) at 8 p.m. Tickets $51. Call 250-754-8550. BOOKFEST at Port Theatre and other downtown venues May 5, 11:15 a.m. to 1:15
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p.m. Tickets $10-25. Call 250-754-8550.
JOHNNY INAPPROPRIATE plays the Queen’s Saturday (April 28).
NAOMI BETH WAKAN reads from new collection A Roller-Coaster Ride at Harbourfront library May 6 at 2 p.m.
GLEN FOSTER performs at the Urban Beet Saturday (April 28) at 6:30 p.m.
WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED, OLDER AND HOTTER comedy with Robin Duke, Jayne Eastwood, Kathryn Greenwood and Teresa Pavlinek at the Port Theatre May 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $49.50; $45.50/ members. Call 250754-8550.
BIG WRECK with Rikers and The Day He Quit play the Port Theatre Sunday (April 29) at 7 p.m. Tickets $35. Call 250-754-8550.
WINE, WOMEN AND CHOCOLATE fundraiser for Canadian Mental Health Association May 10, 6 p.m., at Nanaimo Curling Club. Tickets $20. Call 250-244-4042, ext. 151.
MUSIC plays jazz at Diners Rendezvous Tuesday (April 24). Tickets $20/advance; $25/ door. Call 250-7401133. NAKED GRAPES Love Guns and Don’t Tell Judy play the Queen’s Wednesday (April 25). HERBICIDAL MANIACS play Acme Food Co. Friday (April 27). JAY JAYS play the Queen’s Friday (April 27).
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PAISLEY EYE plays the Queen’s Sunday (April 29). GEO plays Troubador house concert series Sunday (April 29), 2 p.m. Tickets $15. Call 250-716-3242. OF WATER AND THE COSMOS by Island Consort choir at Brechin United Church Sunday (April 29), 7:30 p.m. Admission $15. CELEBRATION OF SONG by Island Bel Canto Singers at Port Theatre May 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $18. Call 250-754-8550.
TAMARACK by TheatreOne at Malaspina Theatre. Preview April 25 at 7:30 p.m.; tickets $21. April 26-29 at 7:30 p.m.; April 28-29 at 2 p.m. Tickets $26. Call 250-754-8550. Port Theatre May 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $40. Call 250-7548550.
ONGOING SUNDAY JAM at Patricia Hotel with Nightwatch from 3:30-7:30 p.m. All styles welcome. OPEN JAM at the Queen’s Monday. JAZZ JAM at the Diners Rendezvous Tuesdays. FEMME FATALES play Tuesday nights at the Queen’s. OPEN MIKE JAM at the Cambie on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
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JAM NIGHT at 10th Street Tavern in Southgate Mall second and fourth Friday of the month, 7-11 p.m. Hosted by Tina and the House Groovers.
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DANCE SVENGALI by Royal Winnipeg Ballet at the Port Theatre Tuesday (April 24) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $52; $48/ members; $15/students. Call 250-7548550.
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Gordon Lafleur Photography is looking for 30 to 50 mothers and daughters who would like to participate in our 13th annual “Tribute to Mothers and Daughters” portrait exhibit. The show will open May 13 at the Quality Resort Bayside (Parksville). We’d love to include a variety of age groups as well as multi-generation portraits. If this is something you have always wanted to do, please call us immediately. We will not charge a session fee for any of the participants, and portraits included in the exhibit will be available at special one-time only prices. Please call for more information and visit our website at
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Elisabeth Doreen Bevis (Nee Alexander) May 26, 1937 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 16, 2012 It is with great sorrow the family regrets to announce the sudden passing of Elisabeth (Liz) of Nanaimo, BC. Liz was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. Her life was dedicated to her family and friends and numerous volunteer commitments. Liz was a strong woman who battled decades of illness. She will be dearly missed by friends and family for her stimulating intellectual conversations and caring approach to life and people. Liz is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Robert (Bob); and her three children Brenda (Don Rodway) of North Vancouver; Wendy (Grant McCormick) of Lacombe, Alberta; and Rob (Shelley Jackson) of Vancouver; and her seven grandchildren, Duncan and Derek (Rodway); Michelle, Allyson, and Nicole (McCormick); and Mathew and Alexander (Bevis). Liz was born in Edmonton and moved to Winnipeg as a young child. She attended the University of Manitoba where she attained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree and in her early career was an elementary school teacher. She was active in the Junior League and raised her three children. As her children got older Lizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career took her on a path in business where she became an expert in income tax preparation. She was active with the University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club and sat as a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. In 1994, Bob and Liz moved to Nanaimo to care for her widowed mother, Betty Alexander. During her time in the Nanaimo area she was an active member of Probus, a Director on the Board of the Nanaimo and District Hospital (NRGH), and an avid supporter of the Vancouver Island Symphony in Nanaimo. Lizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passions for life led her on travels to various destinations including summer vacations at the lake with family. A Celebration of Life service will be held at the Fairwinds Golf Club, Nanoose Bay, BC on Friday April 27, 2012 at 1:00 pm. The service will be followed by coffee and tea. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers ďŹ&#x201A; donations may be made in memory of Liz to the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation (www.nanaimohospitalfoundation.com) or The Arthritis Society (www.arthritis.ca) Telfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Nanaimo 250-591-6644
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Notice is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Dorothy Ann Sharman, deceased, formerly of 2726 Keighly Road, Nanaimo, BC are required to send the particulars of their claim to R. L. Paisley, Executor, 105-389 12th Street, Courtenay, BC V9N 8V7, on or before July 02, 2012, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard only to the claims of which the Executor has notice.
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VIBI wants to string wins together Inbrief
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COLLEGE BALL club wins two, loses two.
The Nanaimo Coastal Windows Timbermen will pick up their sticks and start preparations for the coming season. The city’s senior A Western Lacrosse Association club opens training camp tonight (April 24) at Frank Crane Arena. “This first week of practice, we’re probably going to be, as we usually are, at the 12-15 player range and we’ll ramp it up from there,” said Earl Nicholson, Timbermen general manager. “It’s going to be nice to get going, that’s for sure.”
BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
The VIBI Mariners might have fared better than a weekend split, but a few bad innings were to blame. Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Baseball Institute team hosted the Okanagan Coyotes for a series at Serauxmen Stadium Saturday and Sunday. The M’s lost the opener 3-1, won 2-1 and 5-1, then finished with a 17-7 loss. “When we were winning, we were on. When we were losing, there might have been some slack there,” said Mike Williams, VIBI pitcher. Sunday after noon’s blowout loss is just one of those things that happen over the course of a long season, suggested M’s manager Jordan Blundell. “It’s one of 40 or 50 games that we play and every so often things don’t go your way and you’re not able to do much about it,” he said. “It just kind of piled up on us a little bit.” But it was a clear example of the inconsistency that the Mariners would
United thinking about next year
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Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners batter Jeremy Harasymchuk connects with a pitch during a game against the Okanagan Coyotes on Saturday in Canadian College Baseball Conference action at Serauxmen Stadium.
like to improve on as playoffs draw nearer. “Wins and losses are one thing, but playing good baseball every inning is more important,” Blundell said. “I think we’re in a good spot. We’ve got things to get better at, for sure, and
we know that.” In the first game of the weekend the M’s just couldn’t find enough hits and run support for starter Cody Chartrand. The right-hander threw a complete-game loss, allowing five hits, and held the lead until the
Coyotes scored three runs in the final inning. Liam Goodall and Chad Schultz had the only two hits for VIBI. The second game Mike Williams was the winning pitcher, giving up five hits and one walk over six innings. Luke Hawkins
posted the save. Goodall had a single, double and a walk, Jeremy Harasymchuk had two hits and an RBI and Cody Andreychuk hit a triple. Williams said he was just concentrating on throwing strikes. ◆ See ‘M’S’ /32
Timbermen trade former MVP Ratcliff to Thunder BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
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Former Nanaimo Timbermen MVP Lewis Ratcliff, left, plays against the Langley Thunder last season.
The Nanaimo Timbermen traded away a former MVP on the eve of training camp. The Coastal Windows Timber men senior A lacrosse team dealt Lewis Ratcliff to the Langley Thunder on Sunday in exchange for a first- and second-round draft choice in 2014. Ratcliff was permanently suspended late in the 2011 campaign by Timbermen president Hadi Abassi for missing too many games and has been on the trading block ever since.
“It’s been a long process,” said Earl Nicholson, Timbermen general manager. “We were holding out for a first rounder and that’s what we were able to get so we’re happy with the deal.” He said the T-men thought they had a different trade worked out a few months ago, but that deal fell through because it involved a player from Eastern Canada who decided not to play in the Western Lacrosse Association in 2012. Nicholson said Langley is a good location for Ratcliff. “He’s now living in Washington state so it’s got to be a team that he can get back and forth over the border.
Langley was a good connection for him.” At the time of Ratcliff ’s suspension last July he suggested to Black Press that he might not play again in the WLA, but he has indicated he will report to the Thunder. The Timbermen will open training camp Tuesday (April 24) at Frank Crane Arena. As they put together a roster for the 2012 season, Nicholson said the Ratcliff trade opens up options. “This may develop into something else that we’ve got going,” he said. “This may be Step 1.” sports@nanaimobulletin.com
Nanaimo United’s soccer season came to an end on Saturday with the elimination of the U21 men (see story page 33). So it’s time to start thinking about 2012-13. The club is putting out the call for any interested players, coaches, team managers or board members. United’s teams play in the Vancouver Island Soccer League and the Lower Island Women’s Soccer Association. Players who register by mid-June pay reduced fees. For player registration forms or coach/ manager application forms, please e-mail aljorgensen@shaw.ca.
Young runners learn from best Nanaimo Track and Field Club received Olympic-sized inspiration on the weekend. The club hosted a middledistance running camp at Rotary Bowl led by Canadian record holder and two-time Olympian Gary Reed. “This was just an awesome experience for our kids,” said Tyler Heisterman, coach of the Nanaimo club. “Working with someone of Gary’s calibre has introduced them to a whole new level of running skills, and … really motivated them.”
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A win and a loss kept the Nanaimo Pirates near the top of the standings. The Hub City Paving Pirates (6-2) split a B.C. Premier Baseball League doubleheader in the Fraser Valley against the Abbotsford Cardinals on Saturday, winning 3-1 before losing 8-4. The win saw starter Luke Skingle earn his
third victory of the season, as he threw four innings before giving way to Colby Morgan, who posted the save. Offensively, Griffin Andreychuk hit a single and a triple and Ben Dunbar was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Justin Clarkson and Brendan McCarthy also had two hits each and Ryan Smith had a double. In the second game most of the damage came in one inning as the Cards batted around in the fourth to score six runs.
Alex Rogers suffered the loss, allowing one earned run in three innings of work. Nate Odgers led the way at the plate for Nanaimo, going 2-for-3, and Bryan Odgers had a double and an RBI. GAME ON … The Pirates are home all weekend on Saturday and Sunday (April 28-29), hosting the White Rock Tritons and the North Shore Twins, respectively. Game times both days are noon and 2:30 p.m. at Serauxmen Stadium.
Peewee prospect Nanaimo Timbermen peewee B lacrosse player Brayden Turnbull takes a shot on goal during Sunday’s game against the Cowichan Valley Thunder at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
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M’s enter final stretch of college ball season ◆ From /31 “I had a bit of trouble sometimes in there – I go my first two outs and then I’d have trouble with the last one – but overall I could throw strikes,” said Mike Williams. “So I kept them on their toes with my off-speed and my fastball.” S t a r t i n g p i t ch e r Connor Russell followed up with another strong effort, throwing a nine-inning complete-game victory, giving up six hits and two walks while striking out 10 batters. Cody Phipps led the offence with a single, a double and an RBI and Cody Andreychuk and Jeremy Harasymchuk
had two hits apiece. In the finale, Reiley Grose suffered the loss on the mound. Liam Goodall led VIBI’s attack, going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Harasymchuk and Jackson McCuaig each had two hits, Andreychuk hit a triple and Aaron Witzke hit a double. GAME ON … Next up for the Mariners is a road trip to Alberta to face the University of Calgary Dinos and the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on Saturday (April 28) and Sunday. VIBI doesn’t have any more home games this season. National championships are May 10-12. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Nanaimo News Bulletin
U21s eliminated from playdowns BY ROBERT JANNING
A 20-metre blast by Colin McDonald in the final minute of timeadded-on struck the upright square-on and the Nanaimo United U21 team was denied overtime in their quarterfinal Province Cup match against the Port Moody Gunners. About 100 spectators showed up at the Por t Moody Town Centre turf field and witnessed an exciting showdown. Nanaimo coach Allan Jorgensen’s decision to start James Kenny in goal proved to pay dividends in the first half, as the Island keeper kept his team in the match with three great saves. The roughhouse Gunners scored the only goal of the opening
CALENDAR ◆ April 27 - Battlefield Fight League mixed martial arts. Port Theatre, 5:30 p.m. ◆ April 28 - B.C. Premier Baseball League. Nanaimo Pirates vs. White Rock Tritons. Serauxmen Stadium, noon and 2:30 p.m. ◆ April 28 - B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League. Nanaimo Timbermen vs. Coquitlam Adanacs. Frank Crane Arena, 5 p.m. ◆ April 29 - B.C. Premier Baseball League. Nanaimo Pirates vs.
half in the 37th minute and looked to be in complete control when they doubled their lead in the 59th minute. With 15 minutes left in the game, Jorgensen brought on the fresh legs of 17-year-old Moise Herringer. The youngster’s speed and hustle immediately created more space for his teammates, and just five minutes later Morgan Johnston was able to out-muscle two defenders and slide the ball past the reach of the Gunners’ keeper to make the score 2-1. With renewed hope, United dominated the final 10 minutes of play, however, their last-gasp efforts went unrewarded and the sound of the final whistle put paid to their season.
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Nanaimo United U21 players face the Port Moody Gunners on Saturday at Port Moody Town Centre in B.C. Soccer’s Province Cup action. The home team won the match 2-1, eliminating United from the post-season.
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