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Andrew Hory, Area C Director on the Regional District of Mount Waddington board, stands in the doorway of the old Coal Harbour Community Hall, which he and other volunteers hope will one day house the historic Hornsby Mammoth steam engine as an area tourist attraction. At right, The operator’s cab appears at left in this profile view of the 1910 Hornsby Mammoth steam tractor, which waits at the Lemare Lake Logging work yard south of Port McNeill.
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Tsulquate lured by tsunami siren song A O’Toole Gazette staff With local municipalities still implementing lessons learned from the pair of tsunami scares facing the North Island late last year, residents of Tsulquate Reserve in Port Hardy are taking steps to ensure the area is equipped to handle any further warnings. Bob Swain, Emergency Planning officer for the reserve, met with other Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw leaders last week seeking approval to move ahead with plans for a temporary siren sys-
tem to act as an early warning for residents. The District of Port Hardy has plans to install a more comprehensive series of klaxons in vulnerable areas but the cost — early estimates placed the price of a siren system at $80,000 — is proving a stumbling block to progress, as the district seeks the most cost-effective solution. Swain believes he has found a lowcost, if shorter-term, alternative after finding inspiration from a local business. Swain’s plan is to repurpose a pair of alarms like those used
at Keltic Seafoods to warn of an ammonia leak. While not as robust or loud as those being investigated by the district, he believes that they would fill the necessary role, alerting nearby residents of a warning simply and effectively, and at a fraction of the cost. K&K Electric has told Swain that the system could be installed at the band offices for $3,600 — a significantly more affordable price than the option being investigated by the district. “We can’t afford $80,000,” said Swain. “It’ll be a start, it’s some kind of warning.”
He explained the alarms would be installed on the offices, facing two directions to give maximum scope. Once a warning is issued he or another representative would go to the office and turn a key, signaling the alarm to inform residents to head to the evacuation centre. The alarm has a decibel level equivalent to a power saw, although the distance that the sound carries will be somewhat weather dependent. Regardless, the siren is expected to be loud enough to rouse nearby residents and trigger the evacuation.
Hellberg makes headlines A O’Toole Gazette staff Former Port Hardy Mayor Russ Hellberg made national headlines last week as the community hearings on the Enbridge Pipeline wrapped up in Vancouver. According to figures released by two environmental groups, 1,161 people spoke before the hearings on the Northern gateway project but only two spoke in favour of the project. One of those assenting voices was that of Hellberg, who spoke at the hearing in Port Hardy in favour of the proposed plan to pipe Albertan oil products to tankers on the B.C. coast. According to releases last week he and one-time Liberal MLA Dennis MacKay were the sole proponents of the plan. “I find the numbers suspect. I find it hard to believe only two of us were in favour,” Hellberg said last week, adding he did not believe that the quoted numbers were representative of public opinion. He reaffirmed his belief in the project regardless of the figures. “I think what it will do is provide a burst of economic develop-
ment along the coast. It won’t directly benefit us (on the North Island), but anything that helps development — if safe — will help us.” Hellberg said that in his opinion the benefits far outweigh the risks. “Everything we do in life has a risk,” said the former mayor, citing driving a car as an example. He pointed to figures from studies which show that oil pollution from tanker spills makes up a relatively small proportion of the total oil pollution in the sea: 12 per cent, compared to seven per cent from natural seepage. “To me it comes down to two types of people: those that believe in progress and those that want to stay stagnant,” he said. There has been no change in opinion from critics of the plan either, as Alert Bay Mayor Michael Berry confirmed he was still adamantly in opposition. Berry also addressed the panel at the Northern Gateway hearings, urging them to oppose the project. In his address to the hearing, Berry, a professional biologist for more than forty years, spoke of the central
importance that marine life and the aquatic environment in general have for the people of Alert Bay. Their position was just as straightforward as Hellberg’s: “It is not a matter of if, but when there might be a tanker or shipping disaster that would cause irreparable harm to the relatively pristine BC coastal shoreline and the open waters of the Pacific,” Berry said. Berry’s address pointed to recent disasters in other part of the world saying, “There are no standards or best practices that could mitigate or compensate
for disasters such as these along or near our coast.” He pointed out that all the Earth’s oceans are connected and any disaster has serious knock-on implications for a wide area, as pollutants enter the food chain. He and other residents summed up by saying, “We simply have far too much to lose and virtually nothing to gain,” Berry said. The panel will continue to hear opinions on the debate until June and is expected to present its recommendations to the government by the end of the year.
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Swain got approval to move forward with the plan after a meeting of the emergency planning committee last week, and is currently exploring funding options. Early indicators are that Indian and Northern Affairs Canada seems to be the most likely avenue to secure the capital. There is no clear time frame for the installation yet, but Swain
was looking to have the sirens in place in the “near future.” Once installed, a public test of the system will follow. Last year’s warnings brought a number of issues to the attention of councillors and significant changes have been made to response management in the region. As part of these changes the District
of Port Hardy created an updated tsunami preparedness pamphlet which includes information on evacuation centres and emergency planning. This brochure is currently being delivered to residents, and a digital version, along with other resources, can be found online at porthardy.ca/yourmunicipal-hall/emergency-preparedness.
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Council changes tack on heritage registry J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Four months after voting down a chance to enter into the Regional District of Mount Waddington heritage registry service, Port McNeill council performed an abrupt about-face last week. In a 4-0 vote that followed what seemed to be mixed debate, council agreed to request inclusion in the RDMW heritage registry bylaw, which would allow the Town to seek funding assistance to register, keep and maintain historical artifacts and property. The motion also included the budgeting of $2,000 to the Regional District for its share in administration of the heritage bylaw. “In October the (Port McNeill) museum came to us about this,� said coun. Gaby Wickstrom, who brought the motion. “We did talk about it at that time, but decided we didn’t want to go with it because of the money; we didn’t have the money. “But they felt it was very important to give credibility to the museum. Also, when we’re in the heritage service area, if any pieces come in that fall under that category, it will help them with funding.� The Town’s application to the RDMW heritage registry will need to be approved by the Regional District board and the electoral areas currently signed on to the registry — Area D (Woss) and Area C (Coal Harbour/ Hyde Creek/Nimpkish Heights).
Before the vote, Mayor Gerry Furney said he would be meeting with the RD board the following day in committee, and could seek more information on “whether we’re better off to combine ourselves with the RD or stand on our own.� During the discussion that followed, councillors Shirley Ackland and Chris Sharpe both recommended hearing what the mayor brought back from his meeting before making a decision, and Ackland made a counter motion to table the discussion until the next meeting. But Wickstrom reminded council she had a motion on the table and, when Grant Anderson seconded it, Ackland and Sharpe both voted affirmative without further comment. Carnival license waived Council voted to continue a long-standing tradition by waiving the normal $300 business license fee for the April visit by West Coast Amusements, but left open the possibility the tradition could end by next year. The waiver request was submitted by the Port McNeill Lions Club, which hosts WCA for its two-day stay at the arena parking lot each spring and which receives a $1,500 donation from the carnival company for its efforts. Local businessman Derek Koel objected to the waiver from the public gallery, noting the $300 comes out of the pocket of the Chamber of
Commerce, which helps local businesses. “Not everybody’s thrilled they’re coming to town and taking all the money,� Koel said of WCA. “I mean, it’s great they bring rides for the kids and all, don’t get me wrong. But the carnival coming to town doesn’t really help the town that much.� Coun. Ackland pointed out the Lions Club is involved in funding several key youth initiatives, including a school lunch program at North Island Secondary School and an annual scholarship. Council agreed to approve the waiver this spring, in lieu of WCA’s $1,500 donation to the Lions, but will research how other communities on Vancouver Island handle the issue of the license with the touring operator and review its policy based on the results. Chamber contract renewed Council agreed to renew its contract with the Port McNeill and District Chamber of Commerce to provide funding for the town’s Visitor Information Centre, but attached some verbal reservations to its approval. The contract will provide up to $20,000 of funding toward VIC operations for the period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013. That matches the amount granted last year, when the centre served more than 15,000 visitors, according to Chamber president David Mitchell. Council noted the VIC has promised a website that has not yet
Blaze guts home Gazette staff A fire consumed a home in Port Hardy this week and damaged an adjacent house. The Port Hardy Fire Department were called to the structure fire at around 6:20 a.m. Monday, and received
the call to the second home while en route to the first. The firefighters extinguished the blaze, and reported that all residents — five in one house and three in the other — got out unharmed, while fire-
fighters suffered only minor scrapes in tackling the fires. The cause of the fire was unknown at the time of going to press, with an inspector arriving on the scene Thursday to determine the origin.
Council Meeting Port McNeill been delivered, though coun. Wickstrom admitted the Chamber is partnering with the Regional District of Mount Waddington on its web portal and that has not yet gone online. Councillors also said Town administrator Sue Harvey has had ques-
tions about the timeliness and accuracy of the VIC’s quarterly reports to the town. “I’m curious where we’ve dropped the ball,� said Mitchell. “I’ve never gotten any comments and I’ve never been informed it’s an issue. I’m actually at a loss to explain that, because I wasn’t aware it was an issue for Sue.� Harvey was not in attendance at the meet-
ing. Arena project done Council received and filed a letter from RDMW administrator Greg Fletcher notifying the Town the Chilton Regional Arena condenser project has been completed under budget at a cost of $64,873. Replacing of the condenser, which Fletcher said has already resulted in improved ice
conditions and lower energy costs, had been budgeted for $70,000. The Town of Port McNeill contributed one-third of the cost of the project, with the bulk of the remaining funds allocated through Federal Gas Tax funding, Fletcher said. The RDMW manages the arena, located on Town property, through a lease agreement with Port McNeill.
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Evidence debate prompts hearing move compromise solution, Gazette staff PORT HARDY—A seeking an expedited failure to appear charge bail transcript for the generated some spir- next day. When the court reconited debate in the Port Hardy Courthouse last vened the next day and no transcript was forthweek. The counsel for the coming, the parties defence represent- agreed to move the mating William Hanuse ter to Campbell River expected to argue for with the expectation his client’s release from that the matter could be custody, claiming that dealt with more quickly there. a simple In other misunderCourt c a s e s , standing had Report A r t h u r led to the N e l s o n a c c u s e d ’s received a fine after being held. The Crown asked breaching release confor the matter to be ditions. Nelson was in a vehideferred, lacking evidence it claimed was cle which was stopped by an RCMP road check pertinent to the case. The defence objected, and the Constable perstating that the Crown forming the stop rechad had plenty of time ognized Nelson, having to gather evidence and been in attendance at that further delay was his hearing on a domesunfair to his client, who tic assault charge one had already been in cus- hour prior to the check. tody for more than two The Constable also noted the presence of months on the matter. Crown rebutted by the complainant in that pointing out that pro- case in the vehicle, in ceeding without all the violation of Nelson’s evidence was unfair to release conditions. A joint submission the Crown’s case. The Crown sought a from the counsels rectranscript from the bail ommended a $200 fine proceedings, believing in the matter, along with that the accused’s state- a victim surcharge. The Judge agreed to ment at the time undermined the credibility of the suggestion, noting the accused’s early his current defence. Judge Saunders, pre- guilty plea and limited siding over the pro- record. “It may not have ceedings, suggested a
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Coal Harbour may face Hornsby challenge J.R. Rardon Gazette editor COAL HARBOUR— From the interior of the old Coal Harbour Community Hall, skeletal winter alders can be seen stretching into a leaden sky. Not through a window, but through the roof trusses, where a portion of the World War II-era structure was removed more than a year ago. That planned demolition has been put on hold, and now a volunteer group hopes the former Royal Canadian Air Force facility can find new life as a community meeting centre and repository for the region’s rich and varied history. “It’s a big project,” admitted Andrew Hory, a local resident and Regional District of Mount Waddington director for electoral Area C. “But it looks a lot better than it did when we started.” The key to the old building’s revival, the historic Hornsby Mammoth steam tractor, currently sits in a Lemare Lake Logging works yard south of Port McNeill. And now, as the result of a vote in a council meeting last week, Coal Harbour supporters may wonder if Port McNeill provides more than a geographical hurdle between them and the Hornsby. At last summer’s end, when the Hornsby was
recovered from a Surreybased businessman’s warehouse following a six-year absence, it was accepted wisdom across the North Island that the machine, the only one ever built, was likely bound for Coal Harbour to be displayed as a cultural artifact to residents and visitors alike. And why not? The Hornsby Mammoth, built in England in 1910 and shipped to the Yukon to work in the gold fields, was rescued more than 20 years ago from a damp, bushshrouded home off a nearby Quatsino Sound beach, where it sat for more than 50 years after being brought to the North Island to work hauling timber. And Coal Harbour’s small but vigorous group of supporters has been at the forefront of the Hornsby’s recovery, from researching its background to attending court hearings to commencing renovation of a potential home for the machine. Coal Harbour is also the only community to put in an informal bid to host the Hornsby and, most importantly, has taken a pair of steps required by the RDMW and the North Island Heritage Society to qualify as host for the historic artifact. First, the community is part of an Electoral Area that has joined a heritage registry service through the RDMW,
which possesses administrative rights over the Hornsby. And, secondly, Coal Harbour is in the final stages of transferring to the Regional District the land its fire hall and the old community centre sit on, another requirement for RDMW approval. Last week, Port McNeill’s town council suddenly voted to request to join the RDMW heritage registry, raising the question of whether the town is planning to make a move to secure the Hornsby itself. “There is a movement underfoot in Port McNeill,” admitted James Furney of the North Island Heritage Society, which provides consultation to the RD. “I am definitely being torn. It’s one of those awkward spots to be in. I’m just glad there’s such an interest in the old artifact.” Application for inclusion in the heritage registry is only the first in a series of steps required to host an artifact, RDMW administrator Greg Fletcher said. A host community must find a suitable property, transfer that property to the RD, and submit a proposal that details how the artifact will be protected and publicly displayed. “We’re in the process of locating land in Woss for the Loci (steam engine 113), and in Coal Harbour the land
transfer is just a matter of time. Then they’ll be able to get their proposal together. So far, nobody was really eligible to apply for it.” Fletcher noted the RDMW board would need to amend its heritage bylaw to include Port McNeill. The board meets at the District’s Port McNeill office Tuesday at 2 p.m. Until the vote by Port McNeill last week, Coal Harbour appeared to be the de facto destination for the Hornsby. “I’m not aware of any bid other than Coal Harbour’s,” said Hory. “Certainly, Coal Harbour has been very up-front about being the location where it would be stored from the beginning. But it’s still a matter of process.” In their debate preceding their heritage registry vote last week, Port McNeill councillors were circumspect to the point of vague-
ness. The Hornsby was only casually mentioned in passing, though coun. Shirley Ackland pointedly omitted Coal Harbour’s bid for the Hornsby when she argued for the merits of a community heritage bylaw over a shared RDMW heritage service. “Right now, the areas in the heritage bylaw are Area D, which is Woss; Area A on Malcolm Island (sic) and Area C,” Ackland said, erroneously including Area A. “If we want to move forward quickly with something that helps our museum it would be easier if we did it ourselves. In Woss they have the Loci; in Sointula it’s preservation of the FO Hall. I can see what’s going to happen in the RD; it’s a lot of lobbying over what has priority.” Regardless of Port McNeill’s aims, Hory said his group will con-
tinue to work toward preparing the old community hall, though ultimately its future may hinge upon the Hornsby. The community needs the financial assistance the heritage grants can bring to replace the existing wood floor with a concrete pad suitable for placing the heavy machine. If for any reason the Hornsby is not designated for Coal Harbour’s facility, the building may yet be razed in favour of a park. But the property transfer to the Regional District will not be a waste, Hory said, since it will bring the town’s volunteer fire hall into the regional fire department service area, with its attendant financial support. But, he admits, it will be even better if a newly renovated community hall can be put to use showing off not only the Hornsby, but other historical North
Island artifacts currently housed in and around Coal Harbour. “When the property transfer is complete, if the (RDMW) board can be pretty proactive working with the involved groups, it’ll be really helpful in getting grants by designating this as the spot the Hornsby will go,” Hory said. “Right now, when we’re telling them ‘maybe it will come here,’ it’s hard for people to take us seriously.” For his time being, Hory welcomes Port McNeill’s bid for a spot in the regional heritage service bylaw. “Hopefully, we can work together,” he said. “We haven’t been assuming anything here. It does have to go through the process. If Port McNeill is interested, they’ll be putting forward their proposal, and we’ll go from there.”
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No rest for the Hornsby Perhaps it’s a good thing only one Hornsby Crawler was ever built. One can only imagine how much drama a fleet of them might cause. The 100-year-old steam tractor, the precursor to today’s tracked machines like bulldozers and tanks, lay in rusty repose alongside Quatsino Sound for nearly 50 years after being brought to North Vancouver Island from the Yukon. A group of volunteers from Coal Harbour hopes it will spend the next 50 years in more stately repose as the centerpiece of a new community museum and gathering place. When George Hoffman was forced to return the tractor from Surrey last summer, after a one-year loan turned into a seven-year custody battle, Coal Harbour was presumed to have the inside track to display the historic artifact. But last week’s vote of the Port McNeill council suggests another player may be waiting in the wings of what seemed a one-man play. The Regional District of Mount Waddington has some recent successes in the area of securing historical equipment, prevailing over Hoffman in a suit, and securing Loci 113 for Woss in its battle with the Alberni Valley Heritage Society for the steam locomotive. But those were external foes. The last thing the RD needs is a custody fight between two of its members.
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Independent MLAs have a dream VICTORIA – Imagine a province where party leaders are chosen in an independently supervised vote, with 12-year-olds, dead people and pets prevented from voting. Imagine a province where roving gangs of influence-seekers aren’t allowed to join multiple parties, and the rule is actually enforced. One where corporations and unions have to advertise in their own name instead of financing political parties and then disclosing millions in donations months after the election is over. Imagine a province where elections are held based on audited financial statements, not a collection of election promises that will be dismissed as a work of fiction by the new regime if the incumbent party is defeated. A cat joined the B.C. Liberal Party to support Christy Clark. Adrian Dix won the NDP leadership
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with the help of bags of $10 bills stapled to new memberships. As parties go to online voting, multiple PIN numbers may be activated from the same phone number or the same address. These and other glaring problems with our party-based political system were highlighted last week in a set of reforms proposed by three independent MLAs; Vicki Huntington, Bob Simpson and Abbotsford South
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A $70,000 condenser upgrade to Chilton Regional Arena will save money, and came in under budget at $64,873.
Another fire struck in Port Hardy, razing one home and damaging another. It marks the third such blaze in town this year.
MLA John van Dongen, who quit the B.C. Liberals in an orchestrated move to the B.C. Conservatives, and then quit that party soon after. Van Dongen does not have the credibility of the others to speak on integrity, given his selfserving party antics. Leaving that aside, there are some good ideas in the independents’ reform package. One is to give backbench MLAs a meaningful role in policy-making. The party voting irregularities described above could be addressed by giving Elections BC authority to supervise party leadership votes, the way it does elections and referenda. There are unknown costs for this, and other problems. For instance, should the Marijuana Party be subject to this, or the Work Less Party, should either one muster enough organization to stage a leadership contest? A member of
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The independents had high hopes for one fundamental reform, moving B.C.’s set election date from the spring to the fall. This would take a simple amendment. The idea is for the government to table the annual budget, present the audited public accounts for the previous year, then have an election that rests on tested financial statements and initial results for the current forecast. I asked Mike de Jong, the B.C. Liberal finance minister and house leader, if he would consider it. He allowed that it is interesting, but it’s not contemplated for the preelection session. That will be dominated by returning the provincial sales tax, and the usual jousting over untested spending and revenue proposals. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca
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Back to business for MLAs This week we finally return to the Legislature in Victoria. It is almost nine months after we last sat. We do not expect to be there for much more than one month this time. This is democracy, BC style under the BC Liberals; a government that will try to do anything to avoid being held accountable, but spends huge amounts of public money on advertising trying to convince citizens it is doing a great job. The latest clear effort to bypass the elected members of the Legislature was the introduction of the bill which will finally get rid of the HST and allow a return to the PST. Despite having given assurances by the government that this bill would be introduced in the upcoming legislative session and therefore subject to discussion, last autumn we were notified by a media release from the government’s communications office, that the bill will now be made public four months late and not in the Legislature. The way a parliamentary democracy works is that legislation is brought to elected legislators; we examine it, we talk to our constituents, and we debate it in the House. In some places – notably not BC – a parliamentary committee provides further scrutiny. These things matter: ignoring these essential steps, governing without
"...it will be very good to be back in Victoria to raise the concerns of our communities, which have not been heard by the government for nine months." debate and openness and pretty soon democratic rights and freedoms have disappeared. On the HST/PST debacle there’s been a litany of ways people’s trust has been exploited so perhaps it should not be surprising that the government again decided to ignore basic democratic procedures. Instead of using the Legislature, the Premier’s office gave the job over to the communications department. It is pretty busy these days. It is running a $15 million campaign at the moment to try to convince people that BC is booming thanks to a BC Liberal government; a claim being made using a number of incorrect statements. I have no doubt that people in the North Island would rather that the $15m – public money - be spent on improving conditions in the classroom, on care for our elders, on a
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jobs plan that actually has funds rather than merely hot air committed to it, on improving our highways and bringing down ferry fares instead of being spent on self-congratulatory public relations fluff. We will be bringing in legislation which would mean all government advertising has to be vetted by the Auditor General. I believe the only reason the Legislature is having an abbreviated session is that the government has to table a budget, and to break that Legislative requirement just a couple of months before the election would be one step too far. However, it will be very good to be back in Victoria to raise the concerns of our communities, which have not been heard by the government for nine months. Some of the issues I’ll be talking about are the worries that school
boards are having about trying to fund pay increases out of already strained budgets; the lack of support available to families whose children – both young and adult – have special needs; the increase in raw log exports at the cost of jobs in BC; the degradation of our streams and waterways; the lack of real jobs in the pilot jobs plan; the increasing costs of ferries, of MSP and of Hydro. And of course I’ll be questioning just why it has taken so long to move back to the PST when it took just a few months to bring in the HST. I’ll also be raising the issues around my critic portfolio, as shadow for the Minister of Children and Family Development: social workers with unmanageable caseloads, the new $192m computer system that doesn’t work properly and children’s rights. In the meantime – apart from critic meetings in Vancouver and Victoria – I will be in the constituency until the Legislature convenes in mid-February and can always be reached by email Claire.trevena.mla@ leg.bc.ca, by phone on 250-287-5100 in Campbell River or 250-949-9473 in Port Hardy. You can also “friend me� on Facebook or follow me on Twitter @ clairetrevena. Best regards, Claire
Smart Meters lead to layoffs Dear editor: Re: “Hydro responds to critics� (North Island Gazette letters page, Jan. 31): Partly due to the opposition to Smart Meters of 140,000 British Columbians, BC Hydro was recently forced to announce they are allowing their contractor Corix another year to complete
the final installations. Hydro customers, whether they’ve had the meters installed or not, are left to wonder how much this delay will add to the cost of the project, already estimated at over $1 billion. We already know the program has a cost to communities and workers. Starting in mid-December your local meter read-
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ers started receiving layoff notice, despite a past promise from Minister Rich Coleman on CKNW that they would attempt to re-train the almost 400 workers. Minister Rich Coleman and Premier Christy Clark still refuse to meet with COPE 378 as the union representing the meter readers. These are family and
community-supporting jobs and it’s shameful to see the government leave so many people behind during this change. Gwenne Farrell Vice-President Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union local 378 (COPE 378) Burnaby, BC
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history of the area. He has recently purchased a foreshore lease, and will begin building a house and medical practice in the spring. He is looking forward to a long and happy association with Alert Bay and surrounding communities. Dr. Jensen is currently accepting new patients. Clinic hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m., Monday to Friday, on a no-appointment basis. The telephone number is 250-974-3106, and Fax number is 250-974-3107. Beatrice Scow Alert Bay
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NORTH ISLAND February 16 North Island writers Garth Holden and Jon Taylor appear in Writer’s Cafe event, 10:30 a.m., Port Hardy Library branch. Free admission; all are welcome, and a Q&A with the authors will be available after the readings. February 18 Port Hardy Twinning Society hosts membership driving meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Hall. New member signing and planning for this year’s August trip to Numata, Japan are among agenda items. New members invited to attend. Info, Leslie at 250-949-6665 days or 250-9492315 evenings, or Pat, 250-949-6488. February 19 Port Hardy Community Forum on the United Way ‘Better at Home’ program. 12-2 p.m. at the Hardy Bay Seniors Centre. Local input sought on answering the question, ‘how can Better at Home best support local seniors to live independently? Refreshments and lunch provided.
FMI contact betterathomeVI@shaw.ca. February 19 Public meeting on health care in Port Hardy, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Civic Centre. Community consultation is underway to develop a new service model for health care in the North Island. Please join us to share your views and help create a healthier future for Mt. Waddington residents and communities. For more information www.viha.ca/ about_viha/community/mt_waddington. February 23 Reel North Island Film Festival presents The Intouchables, 7:30 p.m., PHSS theatre. Rated PG; tickets $8.50 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Hosted by Grassroots Garden Society; info, 250-230-4243 or email reelniff@telus.net. February 24 Non-profit Tsakis FC hosts a flea market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
at U’Gwamalis Hall, Fort Rupert. Tables $10 each, additional tables $5. Info, David McDougall at 250-9498830 or 250-230-1772. February 25 Broughton Sports Club annual general meeting in the library of Sunset Elementary School 7 p.m. March 1 7th annual Social Gala and 2012 Business Awards, Port McNeill Community Hall. Nomination deadline is Mon., Feb. 18. For info, visit www.portmcneill.net or email portmcneillchamber@telus.net. March 2 Royal Canadian Legion No. 180 Port Alice presents musical comedian Kenny Shaw. Tickets available at the legion, 250-286-3256. For more information contact Cathy Beckett 250-284-6179.
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Vision loss literacy kits at VIRL Gazette staff Early literacy programming and materials are an important part of the services offered by Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL). Thanks to a partnership with the Success by 6 Early Literacy Program for Children with Visual Impairments, library customers can now borrow three different brand new literacy kits for children with visual impairments. The themes of the kits are “numbers”, “ABCs” and “bears”. And more kits are planned. “These kits contain a variety of materials for different levels of visual impairment and include braille number blocks, puppets, tactile picture books, a magnetic board and brightly coloured magnetic numbers with braille,” says Laura Beswick, Divisional Manager of Collections and Support Services. Interested customers can
Mother Goose (Jeanette Nurmi) reads a story to kids gathered at the Literacy Day event held recently at the Book Nook in Port Hardy. J. R. Rardon request a kit and it will be kids have been part of the ing. These new kits are an sent to their local branch. library’s collection for Like the Kindergarten Kits a number of years and addition to the Kindergarten available from VIRL, these include a variety of materi- Kits and Early Literacy kits are available to all als that stimulate a child’s Kits already available at imagination and introduce Vancouver Island Regional VIRL customers. Early literacy kits for children to the joy of read- Library.
Book club sets for teens Gazette staff If you love talking about books, you will love the new book club sets for teens and kids available for all customers of Vancouver Island Regional Library. Sets of 12 books are available for a six week loan. To get started, ask your local librarian. “We are starting the collection with 31 different titles, with more titles to be added each year,” says Fiona Anderson, Director of Library Services. “These book club sets are a great idea not only for young people, but for those who work with teens and children, including teachers and club leaders.” Some of the books included in the book club sets are Alice in Wonderland, Binky the
Space Cat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Nim’s Island and The Magician’s Elephant. Each set contains 12 books, a book club discussion guide, and if available, a DVD of the story. The book club sets are kept at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Branch. Interested customers just have to place a hold and the set will be delivered to their local branch. Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) is the fourth-largest library system in British Columbia, serving more than 430,000 people on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and Bella Coola on the Central Coast through 38 branch libraries, an eLibrary at virl. bc.ca, and a Books by Mail service.
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Just for You
You are my sunshine my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. Happy Valentines day to my 2 greatest loves!
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WE Waylon Isaac, if nothing else I hope you know that I love you with every ounce of my being. 10 YEARS....... What we would give if we could say “Hello, Dad”, in the same old way To hear your voice and see your smile To sit with you and chat a while.
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Fond farewells and warm welcomes at NISS Here at NISS we have had a few changes as the new semester has arrived. We have had to say goodbye to one of our beloved teachers, and welcomed two new ones. Mr. Jay Dixon, the vice-principal, has also introduced a new Connections Program to the school. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Mr. Dan Nordin, as he has retired. He was a math and science teacher at NISS for many years. He was always kind, staying in during his lunch break to help students catch up on their work. He even had a website for parents and students to look at their marks, assignments, homework, etc. He will be
greatly missed by all staff and students, and we wish him the best on his retirement. On a much happier note we would like to welcome two new teachers to our school — Mr. Doug Abbot and Ms. Stephanie Rose! Fresh out of university, both teachers finished their last practicum here at NISS and decided to stay for a job. Ms. Rose is tak-
ing over Mr. Nordin’s position and Mr. Abbot is teaching Socials 10, Computers 8, and two remedial reading classes. We welcome them with open arms and hope they have a wonderful journey here. School District 85 has a new Connections Program for students to join “Workplace Awareness Activities� on the North Island. What a great oppor-
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North Island Life
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Out and about on the North Island Gazette staff Local residents have gotten out and about for a variety of swap meets, garage sales, fundraisers and history lessons in recent weeks. Here are a handful of images
collected by our staff and community contributors from these events. Looking ahead to this weekend, Port Hardy’s VIRL library branch will host local authors in a writer’s cafe at 10:30 a.m.
Sandy Grenier Clockwise from top left: • “Rez Dogz” Moses Walkus, David Brotchie, Martin Walkus and Isaac Williams host a hot dog barbecue at Overwaitea Foods to raise money for a floor hockey tournament trip; • Port Alice residents peruse some of the documents displayed at the Community Centre during a presentation on the history of Quatsino by Gwen Hansen and Nancy Botham; • Patti Smedley shows bargain hunters her table of wares during the recent garage sale at Avalon Adventist Junior Academy; • A number of parents descended on Eagle View Elementary School to take part in the parent’s swap meet held in the school gymnasium; and • There were no shortage of volunteers to testdrive the wares on the toys table at the EVES A O’Toole parent’s swap meet. A O’Toole
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Downpour perform in centre ring Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— The theme for this year’s Port McNeill Downpour women’s hockey tournament was circus. Fitting, really, as the host Downpour put on a high-wire act all weekend. Goalie Nicole Yorke posted a pair of shutouts and Ashlynne Moore potted eight goals as the Downpour reached their tourney championship game for the first time before taking second place with a 5-1 loss to the Victoria Furies. “The best part was not having to get up for the 7 a.m. game,” Downpour skater Cyndy Grant said after Sunday’s noon showdown with the Furies. It was the second meeting of the tourney between the top seeds, who both advanced unbeaten into the final after skating to a 3-3 tie in their round-robin matchup. Moore scored the lone goal for the hosts on a slap shot from the circle that drew the Downpour to 3-1 with 8:14 left to play. Three local teams — the Downpour and Ice Storm of Port McNeill and the Port Hardy Wild — competed in the seven-team affair. Other familiar faces
Port McNeill blueliner Liza Furney slides in front of goaltender Nicole Yorke to steer aside a shot by Victoria's Karrie Hill (left) during Sunday's championship game of the Downpour women's hockey tournament in Port McNeill. Port Hardy's Jennifer Smith stretches to collect a rebound while Oceanside goalie Heather Ling and a teammate J.R. Rardon lunge across the crease to defend in Sunday's fifth-place game.
also took part on visiting teams, including former Downpour player Erin Harrison for Campbell River’s Wild Cats and recent Port Hardy grad Emily Heavenor, who is attending university down-Island and played for the Oceanside Shadowmakers. “I haven’t gotten out to play much, and it showed,” said Heavenor, whose new club topped Port Hardy 6-2 in the fifth-place game. “But it was a lot of fun.” The fun probably peaked, as it often does, during the traditional
Saturday night social in which the tourney’s theme is unveiled in all
its glory. In this case, the party at the HaidaWay Inn featured a ring-
master, strong “man”, clowns, one gorilla and many monkeys, along
with a badly outnumbered banana. “Oh, it was a circus, all right,” Grant deadpanned. The Port McNeill Ice Storm kicked off Sunday’s finals with a chance to play their way into the thirdplace game with a victory. But their seventh-place showdown against the Victoria Blade Runners ended in a 5-5 draw, and, after Shelby Greenhorn found the net on their first shootout attempt, the Ice Storm did not score again as the Blade Runners took a 6-5 shootout win. Ashley Parker scored twice and Greenhorn, Elysian Brady and April Foster found the net for the Ice Storm. In the fifth-place game, Lisa Klatt and Janey Henschke scored for Port Hardy’s Wild, but the club had little puck luck and Henschke, who had four goals in the tourney, left with an apparent separated shoulder as the Shadowmakers took the win. Campbell River overcame an early deficit against the bottomseeded Blade Runners to edge the upsetminded squad 2-1 in the third place final. Additional scores and stats appear in Scoreboard, page 14.
Rep midgets advance with 12-3 romp J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—Eric Kennelly scored five goals and Ethan Shaw added a hat trick as the North Island Eagles midget rep hockey team overwhelmed visiting Juan de Fuca 12-3 in a Tier 3 elimination playoff Sunday. One more effort like that could lift the midgets into the provincial finals. “We came to play,” head coach Mike Bell said after the midgets secured a berth in the Vancouver Island Tier 3 semifinals. “Now we need to
go south with our ‘A’ game.” The Eagles, the No. 2 seed from the North Division, travel this weekend to play South top seed Victoria. The other semifinal pits South runner-up Sooke at Alberni Valley, the No. 1 seed in the North. Because Alberni Valley will host the provincial finals the Bulldogs have an automatic berth in B.C.’s Tier 3 championships. So any team that faces them in a prospective Island best-ofthree final will gain a provincial spot, regardless how
that series comes out. “Hopefully Alberni takes care of business this weekend,” said Bell. “If they do, and we win, then we’re in.” If the Eagles advance to provincials, it will mark the fourth time in six seasons for the 1996-born players, who have previously advanced in both the peewee and bantam divisions. “We’ve got six guys graduating this year, so this is their last kick at the can,” said Bell. “Stevyn (Ruel) is giving up his school trip to Belize so he can go to provincials.”
Ruel was solid in goal for one half Sunday as the midgets jumped to leads of 4-0 and 5-1 before the icecleaning break. Alex Howard took over in net after intermission and got plenty of cushion as Kennelly scored a natural hat trick within a two-minute span to push the lead to 8-1. Robbie Heavenor added two goals and Chad Bell and Malcolm Browne each scored one. Bell added a team-high six assists, Kennelly and Shaw had three apiece and Heavenor and fellow blue-
liner Ty Brittain each added two helpers. It was the first meeting of the year between the Eagles, who competed in the Vancouver Island Hockey League’s third division, and the Grizzlies, who spent the regular season competing in Division 2. “We spent the week in practice looking at taking care of the puck in our own end,” said Bell. “And the guys executed. It was one clearing pass after another. Then our skill took over at the other end.”
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Watson goes down to wire Hickes draws J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT ALICE— Local residents attended a fund-raiser here Saturday night, and a hockey game broke out. The annual Rod Watson Memorial has been held to benefit Port Alice Minor Hockey and other worthy causes for several years. Last weekend’s event raised more than $1,000 to benefit cancer victim Dorothy Noseworthy, the mother-in-law of Rod Watson, Jr. Watson was among a large sampling of the village to take part in the game as players, ranging from old-timers to current secondary school students. The approach was understandably low-key, onice heckling and mock ‘fights’ between the Blue team and White team participants. No scoresheet was kept, and refereeing chores were handled by local minor hockey skaters Tanner Roberts and Klyde Pausang. In the end, however, it turned out to be a closely contested and entertaining game, with the Blues rallying from a two-goal, first-period deficit and hanging on for a 4-3 win as the Whites missed a couple of last-second chances to tie. The contest drew a sizeable crowd, of all ages, who dropped donations into a bucket just inside the arena doors or ponied up for
a full house Gazette staff PORT ALICE—High interest has prompted organizers to boost the field in next month's Oscar Hickes Memorial Hockey Tournament from 16 teams to 18, and four more remain on a wait list. The tourney will be played from Mar. 7-10 at Port Alice Arena, including the popular round-the-clock session Friday night into Saturday. Finals begin Sunday, Mar. 10, at 9 a.m., with the A final set for 2:30 p.m.
Eric Kennelly of the Blues, right, eludes the clutches of Team White's Toby Roberts during the annual Rod Watson Memorial hockey game in Port Alice Saturday. Below, White goalie Doug Bondue is obscured by the puck after making a save. J.R. Rardon
tickets for a post-game puck toss, won by Martin Kernachan. On the ice, the Whites enjoyed a 2-0 lead after Jason Hodson punched
home a point-blank rebound at 8:48 of the opening period. But the Blues tallied one goal later in the period and opened the second with
another to tie it, 2-2. White took its first lead at 14:16 of the final period, thanks to a passing turnover by Team Blue at its own blue line. Michael Farrell intercepted the pass and pushed it ahead to Russell Murray, who went top shelf on goalie Doug Bondue. Less than two minutes later, Zach Cameron came from behind the net to loft a backhand from the circle that snuck just inside the far post to pad Blue’s lead to 4-3. But White wasn’t finished, even when forced into a penalty kill in the last two minutes. Engaged in a position-
ing battle with defenseman Dave Stewart in front of the Blue goal, Adam Farrell managed to tip in a shorthanded point shot by Shane Murdoch with one minute remaining to make it 4-3. After pulling Bondue a few moments later, Team White had several more chances. The best came right at the end of the game, but Rory Bondue sent a shot from the high slot skittering just over the crossbar. When the puck caromed off the back glass it bounced alongside the unguarded right post, but Bruce Murray fanned on the bouncing puck and the horn sounded.
Port McNeill Downpour Women’s Hockey Tournament Feb. 8-10 At Chilton Regional Arena Championship: Victoria Furies 5, Port McNeill Downpour 1 Downpour goal: Ashlynne Moore. Third-fourth place: Campbell River Wild Cats 2, Victoria Blade Runners 1 Fifth-sixth place: Oceanside Shadowmakers 6, Port Hardy Wild 2 Port Hardy goals: Lisa Klatt, Janey Henschke. Assist: Deana Tupper. Seventh place (winner to 3rd4th): Blade Runners 6, Port McNeill Ice Storm 5, shootout
Ice Storm goals: Ashley Parker 2, Shelby Greenhorn, Elysian Brady, April Foster. Assists: Brady, Foster. Round-robin Downpour 2, Wild Cats 0 Downpour goals: Ashlynne Moore 2. Shutout: Nicole Yorke. Ice Storm 7, Blade Runners 7 Ice Storm goals: Dara Engel 4, Greenhorn 3. Assists: Engel, Parker, Katie Jackman. Furies 7, Wild 2 Wild goals: Rosie Dugas, Tupper. Assist: Jennifer Smith. Downpour 7, Shadowmakers 2 Downpour goals: Moore 4, Marnie Godmaire 2, Chelsey Jones. Assists: Jen Hunchuk, Amy Beetham. Wild Cats 4, Ice Storm 2 Ice Storm goals: Brady, Greenhorn. Assist: Foster.
Wild 8, Blade Runners 4 Wild goals: Smith 3, Dugas, Lauren Cowles, Tupper, Henschke, Megan Cairncross. Assists: Carmen Walsh 3, Paula Klatt 2, Dugas 2, Cairncross. Downpour 3, Furies 3 Downpour goals: Moore 2, Tanna Wesner. Assist: Sasha Ward. Shadowmakers 8, Ice Storm 1 Ice Storm goal: Parker. Wild Cats 7, Wild 4 Wild goals: Henschke 2, L. Klatt, Cairncross. Assists: Walsh 2, Dugas. Downpour 8, Blade Runners 0 Downpour goals: Jamie Woodford 2, Hunchuk 2, Moore, Godmaire, Sonya Strang, Liza Furney. Assists: Emily Knox 2, Moore, Laina Hunko, Hunchuk. Shutout: Yorke.
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The Port McNeill forward scored eight goals to help the Downpour women’s hockey team to the final in their own tournament last weekend. J.R. Rardon
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Alberni ends peewees playoff run Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The North Island Eagles peewee rep team were swept aside last weekend by a strong Alberni Valley side in an elimination game in the Vancouver Island North Tier 3 playoffs. The local side held its own in the first period, but the organized visitors were able to carve out a two-goal lead to take into the break. The second saw Alberni Valley assert its dominance through orchestrated attacks, pinning the home side behind its own blue line for much of the game. The sustained pressure saw the visitors extend their lead to 7-0 before the ice-cleaning break, giving the Eagles a mountain to climb to get back into the game. After the break, the second period resumed with a bright spell from the home side, David Charlie showing a flash of individual brilliance to get the Eagles on the scoresheet. The visitors responded with a pair of their own before Charlie struck again, finding
the net off of Clayton Bono’s assist to double his tally. The game then took a worrying turn for the Eagles as the home side’s Benton Browne took a nasty hit. Browne was battling for the puck in the corner behind his own net when he was checked into the boards from behind. After the puck cleared the area and Browne remained prone on the ice the referees blew and checked on the player. Joined by one of the Eagles’ assistant coach on the ice, the decision was quickly made to call for paramedics and the refs sent the teams to their benches as a concerned crowd watched on. The ambulance crew were on the scene in a matter of minutes and, after assessing the young player, transferred him to a back board and applied a C-collar. The injured Eagle was given a round of applause as referees and paramedics transferred him to a gurney and into the waiting ambulance, while
the offending Alberni player was sent to the change rooms to cool his heels for the duration. Play resumed after the half-hour break, and the visitors added another to take a 10-2 lead into the final period. Alberni pressed home its advantage in the third, ruthlessly pressuring the home side with a relentless barrage of attacks, drawing the puck and defenders wide then squaring the puck for a shot in the middle. The tactic paid dividends as the visitors, already out of reach at the beginning of the period, notched a further six to finish up 16-2 winners. Team manager Conrad Browne said the result against the highly-rated Alberni side was “not unexpected,” and looked forward to the rest of the team’s season with exhibition games and a spring break tourney on the schedule. Benton Browne was released from the hospital the same day, having suffered only minor whiplash.
Above: The Eagles' David Charlie unleashes a shot on the turn against Alberni Valley. Charlie struck twice during the game. Left: North Island Eagles' Benton Browne is stretchered off the ice during his side's playoff defeat at the hands of Alberni Valley.
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NISS hosts hoop tournament qualifier today Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—The North Island Secondary School senior boys basketball team, undefeated at home in its brief season of play, expects a bigger challenge this afternoon when it hosts Campbell River Christian School at
4 p.m. The winner will qualify to advance to the Vancouver Island A championship tournament. NISS has a 4-0 home record, having beaten North Island rival Port Hardy Secondary twice and adding a pair of wins over Gold
River in late January. Last week, the team traveled to a North Island A zone qualifying tournament in Duncan, but finished in a tie in the qualifying standings to set up today's showdown for the Island tourney berth.
Soccer sign-up opens Getting an early jump on the 2013 spring season, youth soccer association officials in Port Hardy and Port McNeill have kicked off registration for youths from four to 18 years of age. In Port Hardy, registra-
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The North Island Community Forest LP has drafted a Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) covering the operating areas of the Community Forest. The proposed FSP covers areas on Northern Vancouver Island near Quatse Lake, Alice Lake and Marble River within the North Island â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Central Coast Forest District and is now available for public review and comment. This FSP proposes results and strategies that the NICF LP (the FSP â&#x20AC;&#x153;holderâ&#x20AC;?) set out to manage for natural resource management values including those for cultural heritage, landscape level biodiversity, soils, ďŹ sheries, water quality, aquatic habitats, stand level retention and visual quality. This FSP is available for review and comment for a 60-day period, from February 7, 2013 until April 9, 2013. We wish to invite all members of the public, First Nations and all other stakeholders to review this FSP. This advertisement serves as notice to all trappers, guide outďŹ tters and recreation operators that the North Island Community Forest LP propose forest operations within the areas shown and described on the FSP. The FSP will be available for review at the following location during regular business hours. Please call ahead to ensure that a licensee representative will be available to meet with you. Ministry of Forests, Range and Natural Resource Operations 2217 Mine Road, Fort McNeill, BC (250) 956-5000 Alternatively, The North Island Community Forest Shareholders and Directors are hosting an Open House March 9, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ 1 pm to 4 pm at 1775 Grenville Place, Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0 All are Welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201C; food and refreshments available!
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Candidates should have an accounting designation. Ideally, candidates will have 2 years experience in an accounting role in a First Nations organization, experience working with managers, strong organizational skills, strong written and oral communication skills and excellent people skills. QualiďŹ ed applicants are invited to submit resumes and related information by February 28, 2013 to: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Namgis First Nation Email: VernaA@namgis.bc.ca Fax: 250-974-5900 Attention: Human Resources We thank all applicants, however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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HANDYMAN HELPER. Must be able to use hand tools, paint, minor plumbing skills. Reliable. $12/hr to start. Job starts immediately. Contact Brian 250-230-3702.
NI SPORTSMAN Steak & Pizza House in Port McNeill is now hiring food servers. Must be willing to work some weekends. Please apply in person 1547 Beach Dr.
HOOKTENDER, F/T, Duncan, BC. Wages as per USW coastal agreement. Loader & processor experience an asset or be willing to learn to run these machines. Fax resume to 1-604-736-5320 or email to kenfraser@telus.net
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Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800. Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land. Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com
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Gardening doesn’t stop in winter Well it’s been a few weeks of winter now and so far we have iv ÀiÊ ÌÊÜ>ÃÊ «ÊÌ ÊLiÊ had an easy time of }Àii ]Ê ÕV ÃÊ1 Ìi`Ê it. I am speaking of the gardening end of it,
> >`>ÊÜ>ÃÊV ÌÌi`ÊÌ Ê of course. There have been enough clear days Ã>Û }Ê >L Ì>ÌÊvÀ ÊV >ÃÌÊÌ Ê to get some big chores V >ÃÌ°Ê ÜÊÌ >ÌÊLi }Ê}Àii Ê done around the garden, things that aren’t ÃÊiÛiÀÞ i½ÃÊV ViÀ ]Ê ÕÀÊ so easy to do during LÊ ÃÊ ÀiÊ « ÀÌ> ÌÊÌ > Ê the growing season. I started a “winter iÛiÀ°Ê7iÊ ii`ÊÞ ÕÀÊ i «Ê chores” list about 15 Ì ÊV ÃiÀÛiÊÜiÌ > `ÃÊ> `Ê years ago. I have com«À ÌiÊ>Ê i> Ì Þ]ÊÃÕÃÌ> >L iÊ pleted 4 out of 48 of the tasks on that list. i Û À i ÌÊv ÀÊ«i « iÊ> `Ê Weather seems to be the main factor that Ü ` vi° governs how much gets done in the garden over iÊ}Àii ÊÌ `>Þ° the winter. If it’s below ̽ÃÊà Êi>ÃÞ freezing for more than four days straight, the -Õ«« ÀÌÊ ÕV ÃÊ1 Ìi` energy needed to get the job done wanes. By its very nature gardening is out-of-doors and weather governs most of the activity that surrounds gardening. When it isn’t cold enough to stop a brass monkey from proliferating, chances are it will be raining. Some work can happen in the rain but, really? I like to keep gardening a happy place, something to look forward to. Working in extreme weather puts a damper on things and you stop looking forward to getting out there. One thing on my list was putting in a water supply to the further reaches of the yard. Plans for shifting the vegetable garden over
“Working in extreme weather puts a damper on things...” Ground effects with Heather Brown to make room for a lane around the greenhouse were being mulled over. It was decided that a trench could be dug and a water line laid to service both the greenhouse and veggie beds. This could be done at the same time as the lane way. Voila! A winter chore accomplished. The following winter the line was extended when we dug a trench to the top of a knoll in the back, about 100 yards from the house. We buried a water line that now services about an acre of trees, shrubs, perennials and re-seeding annuals. Before that line went in I would load up large buckets with water and haul it up there in a garden wagon. It was a chore I put off too long sometimes because it was so difficult to get up to the back fence without spilling half the water. I now have hose coiled up by the standing pipe at the summit which can be connected to lengths of soaker hoses laid out
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along flower beds and borders, around trees through out the garden. Next column I will try to cover some of the other garden projects I have on my “winter chores” list. Projects like: sorting out poor drainage in low areas; pruning, another good example; checking and repairing the perimeter fencing; cleaning and storage of planters; don’t forget cleaning out the gutters; lime/ sulphur application for eco-friendly disease and insect control; and, oh my goodness, there are still at least 40 things on that list. I will stick to the ones that we still have time to do before we swing into the spring chores. If you have some jobs in the garden you’d like to tackle this winter, now is a good time to start as most things haven’t budded up yet, so will be oblivious to what’s going on around them. Heather Mary Brown is a seasoned North Island gardener. Email questions to hmbrown@ cablerocket.com
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Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Local businesses of all sizes can get help making the transition back to the provincial sales tax (PST) through a series of live webinars hosted by The Ministry of Finance and Community Futures Mount Waddington. Community Futures provides outreach services to assist British Columbians in preparing for the new provincial sales tax (PST), which comes into effect
on April 1. Various services are offered as a part of the outreach program. The first of three live, online webinars takes place today at 10:30 a.m. and additional webinars will be held Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Thursday, Feb. 21, also at 10:30 a.m. Each session will last approximately one hour. Also, CFMW is offering this webinar at their office for those who would do not have high-speed Internet or
would like to network with other businesses interested in PST. Community Futures Mount Waddington is located at #14 – 311 Hemlock Street in Port McNeill. If you would like to join one of the online sessions, complete the online registration form at www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/ applications/PST_ webinars. For info, call Community Futures of Mount Waddington at 250-956-2220 or email info@cfmw.ca.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Prizes up for grabs for forestry students
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Gazette staff North Island students interested in getting a jump start on a career in forestry can enter to win a fourmonth paid summer job, along with an iPad Mini and a chance at an additional $5,000 prize. The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), with support from the Government of Canada, launched last week TheGreenestWorkforce.ca,
a resource tool that provides information on the dynamic direction of the industry and career opportunities on offer right across the country. The industry also launched a competition to give eight promising students across Canada a paid Green Dream Internship that includes a four-month paid summer placement at a forest products company, an iPad Mini and a chance to win $5000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The forest products sec-
tor is now a future oriented business that is brimming with opportunity. It is now hiring and offering solid careers for those who care about their future, the environment and their quality of life,â&#x20AC;? said David Lindsay, President and CEO of FPAC, speaking at PAPTACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Paper Week event held in Montreal. The contest requires students to submit a short video explaining why
they would be perfect for a Green Dream Internship. Applicants receiving the most votes for their video will get on a short list for interviews for the paid summer positions. The contest and voting period started last week and ends March 31. For more information, visit TheGreenestWorkforce.ca. You can find more information on FPACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vision2020 at: www.fpac.ca/index.php/
en/vision2020/ Under Vision2020, FPAC has a set the goal of recruiting at least 60,000 or more workers by 2020 to meet the growing demand for such professions as millwrights, electricians, engineers, sales staff, truck drivers, foresters, chemists and many more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top priorities are job creation, economic growth and longterm prosperity, so it is imperative that we match the
skills of Canadians, especially younger workers, with the needs of the employers,â&#x20AC;? said the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through our partnership with the forestry industry, we are helping young Canadians to receive the skills and training needed to address skills shortages in the forestry sector and prepare them for future careers.â&#x20AC;?
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