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Cougar shot in Port McNeill J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL—One cougar was treed and shot last Tuesday near the area where an RCMP corporal and his wife were attacked by a cougar while walking their

Injured heron gets lift from concerned citizen in Port Hardy. Page 9

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small dogs one day earlier. But another cougar is believed to remain in the general area of Port McNeill and, as of Tuesday this week, had eluded Conservation Officer Service attempts to catch it using a live trap.

Last week’s killing came at the end of two days of multiple cougar sightings in and around town, which prompted the lockdown of local schools and daycare centres and led to a search involving the CO service and a cougar dog han-

dler. “It is believed the destroyed cougar was the same cat involved with the conflict on (Monday),”

See page 3 ‘Cougar remains on the loose’

Sayward logger killed on job Gazette staff SAYWARD—A 39-yearold Sayward man died Monday after being struck by a falling log, WorkSafeBC said this week. Darren James Wilson was part of a crew, contracted by Herrera Enterprises of Campbell River, cutting timber for shakes as part of a cedar salvage project. The workers were operating in a remote area off the Eve River Main logging road north of Sayward. He suffered critical injuries in the incident late on the morning of Oct. 21, and died before he could be transported from the area to hospital, the B.C. Coroners Service said. “Our fatal and serious incident officers are investigating this incident,” WorkSafeBC communications officer Megan Johnston said Tuesday afternoon as the Gazette was going to press. “Telecommunications are an issue in that very remote area, and our information at this time is very preliminary.” The Coroners Service is also involved in the investigation.

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Man medevaced after bike accident Gazette staff A man thrown from his motorcycle in Rivers Inlet late Saturday was airlifted to hospital by an RCAF Cormorant helicopter crew from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron in Comox early Sunday morning.

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Victoria and the helicopter crew was joined by an advanced-care paramedic team from BC Ambulance. The helicopter left 19 Wing Comox at approximately 12:30 a.m. Oct. 20 and flew direct to the remote town, approximately 130

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Cougar remains on the loose in Port McNeill from page 1 Conservation Officer Steve Petrovcic said. “It is believed the cougar observed in town (Monday) evening is a different cat.” The adult male cougar was destroyed about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, near the Cedar Park Resort golf course at the east end of Mine Road. The CO service was called by a woman who noticed her dogs barking at the base of a tree and looked up to see a cougar climbing an adjacent tree, said Cst. Chris Voller of Port McNeill’s RCMP detachment. After the CO service called the RCMP, Voller and Cst. Amron Russell went to the site and were joined by dog handler Tom McKenzie and a civilian, Chase McLeod, who was already on the scene with a rifle. The officers contacted the CO which, after getting a description of the cat and learning how close it was to the site of an attack on

and that played an integral part in the decision to destroy it.” The day before, offduty RCMP Cpl. Carl McIntosh and his wife Katherine were walking a remote stretch of Mine Road with their Chinese Crested dogs shortly before noon when they were stalked and approached by a large cougar. “I was terrified,” said McIntosh. “But, in hindsight, it was

impressive how he kept the tactical advantage at all times. He kept our dogs upwind so they never scented him, he cut off our egress by getting between us and the woods, and adapted to the situation rapidly. “I’ve dealt with a lot of scary people in my job, but I’ve never seen anyone adapt to a situation like that.” The couple finally escaped the stalking cougar with a little

MOVEMBER Chase McLeod of Port McNeill poses with the large male cougar he shot under supervision of RCMP last Tuesday at the end of Mine Road. Cst. Amron Russell

humans the day before, authorized its shooting. Two shots by McLeod took the cougar down and McKenzie’s Plott hound located it. “We took some basic biological measurements and then disposed of the animal,” said Cst. Voller.

“It was a very healthy looking, adult male, approximately 125 pounds. The most troubling thing was that it wasn’t emaciated and didn’t have a reason to be going after human prey. But it was acting aggressively toward people,

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luck — the sudden arrival of local logger Shane Murdoch in his truck. Then, last Tuesday morning, Petrovcic got a report of another cougar sighting near the high school. As he and McKenzie scouted the nearby woods with the dog, Sunset Elementary and Little Stars Daycare Centre were notified and both were placed on lockdown while the search

went on. On Wednesday School District 85 sent a notice to families of students in Port McNeill, notifying them of pickup and drop-off protocol for students. “We’re asking folks to be extra diligent,” said Petrovcic. “Scan well ahead of yourself when walking, and if you do see a cougar use our call centre number, 1-877-952-7277.”

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Coal Harbour man killed in ATV accident Gazette staff COAL HARBOUR—A Coal Harbour man killed in an ATV crash Oct. 10 was commemorated last Friday in a memorial service held

at Quattishe Hall on the Quatsino Reserve. Richard Cameron “Cam” Davis, 22, who grew up in Coal Harbour, was studying at the Nicola Valley

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DFO issues unsafe shellfish alert

Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Customers of a private seller offering shellfish through a social networking site in Port Hardy are urged to discard the product due to risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning and/or gastrointestinal disease, Fisheries and Oceans Canada cautioned this week. DFO said various shellfish products may have been offered by the private distributor in Port Hardy, through a Port Hardy Buy and Sell group page on Facebook.

Advertised products for sale include fresh whole butter clams and possibly other species in 40 kg portions. The products were for sale online, but may have also been distributed through other mechanisms, the DFO announcement said. There is no identifying packaging or product code on these items. These products may have been distributed throughout the Port Hardy area. As of Friday DFO was not aware of the products being made available through retail loca-

tions or restaurants. Currently there have been no illnesses linked to these products. Anyone who may have purchased or been provided these products should not consume them, and discard them. Cooking will not destroy the toxins associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning. The products were harvested from an area closed to shellfish harvesting, said DFO, and were not processed at a government-approved facility. All bivalve shellfish sold in B.C.

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report their illness to their local public health office and see a physician if symptoms persist or become severe. Call the 24-hour HealthLink BC Line at 8-1-1 for more infor-

mation. If you have any information, please contact the Port Hardy DFO office at 250-949-6422, or the 24 hour toll free Observe, Record and Report (ORR) line at

1-800-465-4336. Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are available at local DFO offices and at the DFO website: www.pac.dfompo.gc.ca/psp.

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COMMENTARY

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Be careful out there In light of the recent attack of a Port McNeill couple by a cougar — and with another cougar known to be lurking around town — it seems a good time for a reminder that we should all remain vigilant for wildlife when we’re out among it. This is not to say live in a state of fear or shut yourself indoors — we don’t live on the North Island because we want to close it out. RCMP corporal Carl McIntosh, one of the victims of last week’s attack, believes in changing our environment — such as with timber clearcuts close to town — we are opening the door to new forms of wildlife. Even before last week’s cougar encounter, he said he had seen black bear and wolves near his Mine Road home. And a few days after the attack, he was visited by a bull elk. Last year, 81-year-old Jessie Roland of Port Hardy had to shoo off a bear that wandered into her house. Every time we step out our doors, however, we’re in these animals’ homes. If you meet a cougar that seems to view you as occupying its pantry, your first priority is to make it clear you are not prey. Make yourself as big as possible. If in a group, clump together and raise your arms. Always face the cat and make loud, threatening noises. With luck, it will choose to retire to the den.

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B.C. oil spill study misinterpreted VICTORIA – The release of the B.C. government’s detailed study into oil spill response capability off the West Coast created the usual brief wave of media shock and horror. This just in! If crude oil spilled in the Dixon Entrance, the storm-tossed sea lane north of Haida Gwaii, the combined resources of Canadian and U.S. containment and collection response could only recover an estimated four per cent of it. And that’s in the summer! The winter recovery rate would be more like three per cent. How could anyone even consider running oil tankers through that pristine B.C. coastal area? It’s crazy! Here’s the big fact clearly stated in the study by U.S.-based Nuka Research and Planning Group, and ignored by most of the media and public. There are hundreds of tankers filled with crude oil sailing through these stormy seas

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every year. It’s been going on since Alaska North Slope crude was developed in the 1970s. A lack of crude oil spill response capability has existed this entire time, without a whisper of protest or media attention, even after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster near the oil’s point of origin. The current narrative, hammered home is that only Canadian oil is a threat. The Sierra-GreenpeaceFo r e s t E t h i c s - D o g wo o d

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Merrilee Tognela, the patron saint of animal rescue in Port Hardy, was at it again last week, helping a heron get to a rescue centre.

Another logger’s death reminds us that as much as we rely on the forest as a driver of our economy, it can exact a heavy toll.

gang, a sort of billionairebankrolled green Team America, has worked hard to promote the falsehood that “tar sands” oil is vastly worse than that nice fairtrade Alaska stuff. Their claims about acidity and abrasiveness of diluted bitumen didn’t hold up, and it’s still hotly contested whether the heavy oil in diluted bitumen would float, emulsify or sink in sea conditions. When the federal government announced a study to determine what spilled bitumen would do in North Coast waters, that too was attacked by the Green Party as a secret scheme to prop up Enbridge’s pipeline proposal. So it’s a scandal when you don’t know the answers, and it’s a scandal when you try to find them. Crude oil is, pardon the expression, organic. Spills produce a huge spike in oileating bacteria that leads to an increase in fish populations at a certain stage. This was documented in a A member of

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1994 book called Degrees of Disaster, written by an expert who stayed on in Valdez for four years, long after the TV cameras and grandstanding politicians went home. Victoria-based Dogwood seized on a 2012 Nuka study done for the Haisla Nation at Kitimat, which found that in ocean conditions that are present more than half of the time, there would be no immediate way to respond to a spill at sea. Dogwood’s “no tankers campaign director” hinted that this information was intentionally left out of the B.C. government study, and the media ate it up. No tankers? Better check again. Dogwood’s mission is clearly not to protect the B.C. coast from oil spills. If it were, they would be protesting the ongoing risk from Alaska tankers. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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Vote to tax pot profits Dear editor, Three reasons why you should vote to decriminalize marijuana: If people are of age to drink, smoke cigarettes and pot, they should be able to go to the liquor store to make those purchases. I would even add buying lottery tickets there. Why should pot dealers make all the money, when it could be going toward our health care and education systems and, of course, to those who are vulnerable? Let’s put real drug dealers in jail, and let the RCMP have access to funding to do so. Our world changed in the ‘90s. Computers made their way into our homes,

"Why should pot dealers make all the money, when it could be going toward our health care and education systems and, of course, to those who are vulnerable?" people around the world started to quit smoking and, while that’s a good thing, people still smoke today. What many of us don’t realize is, while cigarette companies sold fewer cigarettes, our government stopped receiving the revenue it used to make when more people smoked. Whether many of us like it or not, people are smoking pot and will continue to do so. We need to free

up the RCMP to deal with real criminals and not tie up our court system. As for people who say we don’t want to see marijuana taxed, here is some good news: What is the profit margin on an ounce of pot? If you pay $200 an oz., the dealer is making the profit. How is that benefitting you as a taxpayer? We need to take all these pot growers and turn them

into honest taxpayers. If we decriminalize, we could use the regulations the federal government has now, tax it and put the money to good use. More importantly, we would have taken pot out of children’s reach. Make it law that if you supply booze, cigarettes, liquor or marijuana to our children, we’ll see you in 10 years when you get out of jail. To sign the Sensible BC petition requesting a referendum to decriminalize marijuana, contact me at lagrosse@telus.net or visit my Facebook page. Eddie Lagrosse Official canvasser, Sensible BC Port Hardy

Good Samaritan's kindness leaves volunteer in awe Dear editor, Being the manager at Harvest Food Bank gives me a good dose of humility every day. But on Oct. 18, wow, I was left in awe of one person’s kindness extended to others. Let me explain: Our clients receive one distribution of food monthly. It contains basic essentials plus donated items. The food bank relies heavily on donations from individuals, businesses and food drives, as well as B.C. Food Bank. We also

"Such a gracious act reminds me of how amazing humanity can be." run a second-hand store and purchase essential items from its revenue each month. One of these items is a large quantity of eggs. On Oct. 18, toward the end of the food bank run we began to run out of eggs, so we divided what was left into half-dozen trays to go the distance. But by

the end of the afternoon we were completely out of eggs. A client came in to us late in the afternoon requesting assistance, and another individual who had received a full quota of eggs earlier in the day and who was in the store, offered to divide her dozen eggs and share with

the client. Still later, another client requiring assistance came into the food bank. Again, the same individual insisted on giving her remaining eggs to help another person in need. Such a gracious act reminds me of how amazing humanity can be. To all who may help us help others, a sincere thank you from all of us at Harvest Food Bank. Suzanne Galitzine Manager, Harvest Food Bank

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About time Can we get the clock in the center of town working? We are trying so hard to vamp up our little town in these trying times and it's a sad reminder of when things were better and working. Mary Tobey Port Hardy

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Holey unacceptable roads Dear editor, The District of Port Hardy must do something about the condition of the streets in town. I ride a scooter to get around town, and, with my legs, it’s hard to move when it regularly gets stuck in the deep holes along the edge of the

"I had to move over to avoid a car and drove into a hole in the broken pavement." pavement. My left arm was already broken, and I almost overturned on my right last week at the intersection

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of Granville and Rupert when I had to move over to avoid a car and drove into a hole in the broken pavement.

It’s not only me; some day a kid might be riding a bike there and get killed. The District is supposed to take care of that. We pay the taxes, they can take care of it for us. Stan Olejnick Port Hardy

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October 25 Halloween Howl, 7-11 p.m., Port Alice Community Centre. Best costume prizes, spooky fun, family dance. Concession available. Tickets $5 per goblin; $15 per goblin family. Info, 250-284-3912. October 25 Huckleberry House hosts a Halloween-themed fun fair at Cheslakees School, 5:30-8 p.m. Costumes welcome, concession. October 26 Gate House Community Association hosts an interactive play, Forest of Magic: Mystery of the Wizard’s Daughter, 6-8 p.m. at Gate House Theatre. Cost by donation, arrive any time before 7:45 and join with cast members on a journey to solve the mystery. October 26 Port Hardy Minor Hockey hosts a fundraising Halloween dance, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., Civic Centre. Prizes for best costumes; grand prize an HD flat-screen TV. Tickets $15 or two for $25, available at Mars Diner in Providence Place. October 27 Port Hardy Baptist Church hosts dinner and a family friendly movie, 6950 Highland Dr. Shows at 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., with dinner served from 5-6 p.m. Cost $2 includes popcorn; additional concession available. Children must be accompanied by an adult. October 29 Halloween swim, haunted house and ghoul snacks at

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A juvenile blue heron found at the side of Byng Road by Jeff Brent Jr. stares back from a dog kennel last Friday while awaiting transfer to the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Centre in Comox.

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Giving a bird a lift Gazette staff PORT HARDY—A juvenile heron was not the first avian passenger Merrilee Tognela has driven downIsland. And it likely won’t be the last. “She rescues all the animals from up here,” Chelsea Landy said as she watched Tognela, a local realtor, load the apparently injured bird in her apartment’s parking lot Friday. The bird was found by Landy’s husband, Jeff Brent Jr., as he

returned home from work Thursday evening with co-worker James McLaughlin. The heron was at the side of the road as they passed, and they backed up to check whether it was alive. When it did not fly off or run away at their approach, the men decided to pick it up. “They thought it might have been hit by a car,” said Landy. Brent first went to the local veterinary hospital, where staff

said they don’t take wild birds, but passed along the number for the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Centre in Comox. After keeping the bird at home overnight, the couple posted a message asking if anyone could drive the bird to the centre Friday. Tognela, who previously had driven an injured seagull to the centre, responded quickly and drove to the couple’s apartment to pick up the bird.

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No need to face challenges alone It was raining. Again. Truth be known, I was enjoying the sound of the rain on the roof. Then there was a shout from the basement. “What is going on? There is water coming in under the door!” I rush downstairs to see a line of water creeping across my new laminate floor. Turns out, my perimeter drain has failed and water is backing up. The drain is plugged, but the water coming off the roof does not know that. The rain continues to fall. Three hours later the blockages are cleared — there were two of

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Rev. Wade Allen them — and the water is free to run again. The rain, of course, stops. For three hours, five people worked frantically to manage a flood while the day marched on. In some ways it didn’t seem fair. About the only gifts I could see at the time were the “family time” we were

having and the knowledge that my hair goes curly after being rained on. Or is there more? In the rush to be helpful my three teenage boys forgot about electronic toys, sibling rivalry and eating. Carol, my honey, organized the adventure inside while I worked to resolve things outside. As a team, we worked together to keep a problem from becoming a disaster. Together, we were able to accomplish something that, faced alone, would have had a very different outcome. At the end of it all

2nd Annual North Island

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First and foremost, a huge thank you to everyone who got involved with this pet photo contest. All the money raised from entries will go to the Cat’s Meow Society and the North Island Animal Shelters. Huge thanks to the businesses who supported the contest, through prize donations and advertising sponsorship. Below is a guide to outline the rules and how to vote for your favourites! How it works: The entries for the pet contest are pictured on the centre pages and are also on the North Island Gazette’s Facebook page with larger photos. Voting will be through Oct. 31st. Prizes: The top ten (10) photos with the most votes/likes by the deadline will be narrowed down to be judged by a panel to chose the top 3. First place will receive $100 cash and there will be prizes for second and third as well. Voting: There are two ways to vote for your favourite pictures. First, the photos are online at the Gazette’s Facebook page. Simply give a ‘Like’ to whichever photos you like. What if you see another one you like? Like it too. You can like as many as you want online. Alternatively, if you don’t use Facebook, you can phone in your top three to the Gazette. Each photo has a corresponding number in the paper. If you phone in your vote you MUST give the numbers of your top three picks to a staff member. Staff are not supplied with the pet’s name, owner’s name or the name of the photo submitter— the only information they can use to cast your vote correctly is the photo number. Votes must be given to a staff member, those left on answering machines will NOT be counted. Office hours are 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday and the phone number is 250-949-6225. Winners: The votes will be tallied up after the deadline of Oct. 31 and the winning pictures will then be displayed in the paper Nov 7. Good luck if you entered!

was a sense of accomplishment and pride. Odd feeling to attach to pumping water out of the basement and watching it flow down a drainage ditch. Or was it? I had trusted Carol and the boys to manage inside while they had counted on me to resolve things outside. There was no complaining about who was working harder than who. No talk about

being tired or cold, although I am sure they were both. We did what had to be done. Yes, carpet got wet. Yes, the dog tracked water upstairs. Yes, now there is more laundry to be done. Yes, my new flooring is a mess. However, at the end of it all was a sense that we had managed well. We had relied on each other and found out again that we could depend on one another

when it mattered. Later, as I sat in my chair having a coffee and celebrating family, the flood reminded me of those other “floods” of our lives: Loss. Separation. Grief. Suffering. Times when reality reduces our living to the bare essentials. Times when events force us to face the starkness of life. Are we alone in this journey called life? When the water broke

free and gushed out, the rain stopped. The sun broke through. As I sat in my chair I remembered that, if we have our eyes open, we find we are surrounded by moments that remind us we are not alone. Reverend Wade Allen ministers to the North Vancouver Island Anglican/United community in Port McNeill, Port Alice and Port Hardy. wcallen@hotmail.ca.

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Tell us about items of interest to the sports community. October 25 Commercial hockey Warriors at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

October 30 Curling Port Alice Curling Club hosts the last in its series of free, dropin curling sessions, 7 p.m. Instruction for beginners and available ice for practice. No cost; all are welcome. Info, Port Alice Curling Club on Facebook. November 1-3 Minor hockey Port McNeill Minor Hockey novice tournament, Chilton Regional Arena. Concession, raffles, 50/50, more. Info, pmmhctournament@ gmail.com. Dodgeball Co-ed tournament at Quatsino Band Hall, Coal Harbour. Teams of eight players, minimum of two women; teams requested to have costume theme. Maximum 16 teams - first come, first served. To register or for info call Raymond, 250-2302897. November 6-8 Indoor soccer G w a ' s a l a 'Nakwaxda'xw School hosts its annual friendship tournament, 10 a.m. each day. Grades 2-3 Wednesday, 4-5 Thursday, 6-7 Friday. November 8-11 Floor hockey In Commemoration of Tom Joseph & Gil Walkus Jr. tourney, Wakas Hall, Tsulquate. Men's and women's divisions, ages 14-up. Entry $200/team men, $150 women. Info, call Lowena, 250-2301472.

Left: Zach Cameron of North Island Secondary, left, and Tristan SwainWalkus of Port Hardy contest a ball during Thursday's friendly soccer meeting at Port Hardy Secondary School. Above: Port Hardy goalkeeper Quinton Wamiss slides for a save as Denzel Pausang of North Island Secondary and teammate David Shaw charge in. J.R. Rardon

NISS rallies to overcome PHSS Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Clifford Glendale assisted on the tying goal and then scored the gamewinner as the North Island Secondary School senior boys soccer team rallied from behind for a 4-2 win over Port Hardy Secondary last Thursday in Port Hardy. The friendly match was a final tuneup for both teams for this week’s provincial qualifying Island A championships in Victoria. With NISS trailing 2-1 in the 55th minute, Glendale sent a long through pass ahead to teammate Zach Cameron. Port Hardy goalkeeper Quinton Wamiss sprinted out from his net to try to beat Cameron to the ball, but Cameron won the footrace and, after Wamiss slid to the ground, easily chipped the ball into the open net. Just three minutes later, Cameron and Glendale reversed roles on a textbook

Left: Evan Gordon-Valan of NISS, left, and Brett Walker of Port Hardy Secondary chase down a ball in front of the NISS net during the senior boys soccer matchup. Right: Leo Stoner of North Island Secondary School tries to catch up with a high pass at PHSS Thursday

give-and-go play for the game-winner. Glendale dropped a pass from the left wing to Cameron near the end line, then sprinted between two defenders toward the goal. Cameron delivered a return pass that caught Glendale in stride for a low, 15-yard laser just inside the near post. Glendale added a

second goal to wrap up the game’s scoring in the 63rd minute, taking another long through pass and eluding a pair of defenders to send another 15-yard strike home. The final goalscoring flurry capped a game that began in tight, defensive fashion. The teams were scoreless until the 28th

minute, when Port Hardy’s Brett Walker took advantage of a turnover deep in the Norsemen’s end and pounced for a 10-yard shot in traffic. NISS goalie Moses Smith deflected the ball but could not prevent it from crossing the goal line. NISS struck back just a minute later, with Devin Williams

dribbling through the defence before driving a 20-yard shot from the centre of the field over the head of Wamiss, leaving the score 1-1 at halftime. Less than five minutes into the second period, Walker struck again to give PHSS its second lead of the game, 2-1. Once again working in traffic in front of the NISS

goal, Walker benefitted from some nifty passing by teammates to find himself with room to slip a quick shot into the net. Both teams traveled Monday to Victoria for the Island A championships, with two berths to the Provincial A Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at St. John Brebeuf Regional School in Abbotsford.

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Left: Port Hardy Secondary School's Rebecca Crooks spikes after Ella Waring (2) sets the ball during the Whalers' recent game against North Island Secondary School. Above: The Whalers senior girls volleyball side huddle in for their team cheer. Kimberley Kufaas

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Whalers eye Cowichan tourney Gazette staff PORT HARDY— After making a strong start to the season locally, the Port Hardy Secondary School girls volleyball players will hit the road to test themselves against down-Island competition. PHSS teacher Levin Prong is in his first year of coaching but brings a wealth of playing experience to the role. “I played a lot of volleyball all through high school in Powell River,” he said. He and his squad of

12 players had a steep learning curve, playing their first game at home against North Island Secondary School two weeks ago, just days after Prong took on the coaching role. The Hardy side narrowly lost out in that one, NISS taking two of the three games. “The first game I’d literally been on the scene two or three days,” said Prong. “By the second game I knew our strengths and played our most competitive lineup.”

The Whalers got their revenge last week, sweeping the return series in Port McNeill. They didn’t get it all their own way however. PHSS comfortably took the first game 25-9, but NISS came alive in the second, taking it down to the wire before the Whalers emerged 28-26 winners. “NISS gave us a run for our money,” said Prong. “It was a real nail-biter.” A lineup change for the third game restored

the PHSS advantage and the ladies took a much more sedate 25-15 victory. The PHSS side isn’t content to rest on its laurels, however. Prong and the side have been hard at work, practising four lunchtimes a week in preparation for the Lake Cowichan ‘A’ tournament, Nov. 15-16, and the coach is quietly optimistic about his team's chances. “I think we can be competitive — as long as we keep practising hard,” he said. Regardless of the

outcome, the enthusiastic side — a mix of seniors and juniors — will relish the court time. “I’m very much enjoying getting back into volleyball,” said the coach. “We’ll definitely continue (the volleyball program). I’m really proud of the teams we’re producing on the North Island.” Prong also praised his assistant coach, Kim Kufaas, for her efforts. “She’s stepped up to the plate in a big way. She’s been there at every game, every practice.”

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The Alert Bay striker finished with two CONNOR SCOTT goals — including the game-winner — The an Port McNeill midget skater and and assist as NISS topped PHSS in atom assistant coach was named Player senior boys soccer action. of the Year during Port McNeill Minor J.R. Rardon Beginners are invited put their skills into action. Hockey’s annual awards night. The newcomers were unani- to join club members next

Curl clubs open doors Gazette staff All three local curling clubs have hosted drop-in clinics this month, allowing prospective newcomers a chance to try out the sport and giving returning players an opportunity to get some practice time ahead of the upcoming season. Fort Rupert held its event last week with veteran John Maday giving a beginner’s tutorial to newbies, explaining technique and scoring to the half-dozen who came out to try the sport. Maday was joined by other Newcomer Nick Adair regulars who then gave indifollows instruction from vidual instruction before dividAndy Quant in Port McNeill ing up for a four-end miniThursday. J.R. Rardon game to allow the beginners to

mous in praising the opportunity to get on the ice. “It was good,” said Ivory Daffurn of her first rink. “It’s kind of like golf — but colder.” In Port McNeill, Broughton Curling Club members hosted their annual free clinic for three days last week. Veterans including Andy Quant, Don Riehl and Nick Russell helped guide newcomers, some of whom came on multiple nights. There is still one more opportunity to get on the ice and give the sport a try. Port Alice has hosted a series of clinics this month, with one more left on the calendar.

Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. for a free session. For more information on the clinic see the Port Alice Curling Clubs’ Facebook site. All three clubs begin their season the first week of November, with the first bonspiel, the Fort Rupert-hosted Ladies Open, scheduled for November 15-17. Maday also said that Fort Rupert planned to host Friday night drop-in curling at the Fort Rupert Club throughout the season. For more information see the Fort Rupert Curling Club’s Facebook page.

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Peewees cruise to win in pre-season exhibition J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— It took some time for the North Island Eagles peewee hockey team to get its offence into gear Saturday in a preseason exhibition game against visiting Comox. It took hardly any time at all to pile up the goals once it did finally click. Rhys Dutcyvich notched a hat trick and Devin White added two goals and an assist as the Eagles came from behind and cruised to a 6-2 win over the Chiefs at Chilton Regional Arena. The Eagles (5-4) spent most of the first half of play skating in the Comox zone. Yet they trailed 1-0 after one period and man-

aged just a 1-1 draw during the mid-game ice cleaning break. “At the break we told them they weren’t playing as a team,” head coach Marty Gage said. “In the second half they did that. That was our best passing performance, by far. Some of the passes out there (Saturday) were at a level we hadn’t seen before.” None of the peewees’ goals were cheap, nor did they come on breakaways or odd- Devin White of the North Island Eagles duels Dylan Usher-Alksne man rushes. Rather, of Comox during the teams' peewee rep exhibition game at every score came off Chilton Regional Arena Saturday. J.R. Rardon a snappy pass, and half winner with an end- Devin’s voice and just of them earned two itself. to-end rush that led passed it to the front — After Dutcyvich gave assists. to White’s one-timer you can hear Devin’s the peewees their first In the thick of the voice over anything.” from the slot. lead with his second attack was the Eagles’ That goal, at 5:46 “I just saw an opengoal at 18:03 of the defence, which showed of the third period, ing and skated up second period, bluea sudden penchant touched off a flurry of behind their net,” said liner Elliot Furney set for scoring when the three goals in just over Furney. “Then I heard up the eventual gameopportunity presented

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Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— With only one midget hockey team on the North Island this season, the players are going to need all the help they can get to find game action this season. They got their first taste Sunday courtesy of the North Island Eagles rep bantams in an unofficial scrimmage at Chilton Regional Arena. With insufficient turnout to establish a midget team in the Port Hardy Minor Hockey Association this season, the Port McNeill program — which already includes players from

Alert Bay and Port Alice — has opened its doors to Port Hardy players wishing to skate this season. “We’ll have the (Port Hardy) guys with us when we have our tournament here,” Port McNeill midget coach Ed Symons. “And we’ll be able to take some of them with us when we play in tournaments down-Island.” But the regular-season matchups normally played between the rival programs are off the table, which gave Sunday’s non-checking contest added importance to the midgets from each community.

four minutes, including Dutcyvich’s third and a point shot by defenseman Tianna Walkus that wasn’t even meant to be a shot. Walkus basically flung the puck toward the crease, where a pair of teammates were camped. Both missed on attempts to redirect its path, but the screen was enough to allow the puck to slide past Comox goalie Avery Kampen. “I was just trying to shoot it in front of the net so they had a chance to hit it in,” Walkus said. “Then I saw it just kind of slowly roll in.” White capped the scoring by converting from the low slot on a pass from behind the net by linemate Ryan Patterson. The third

member of the line, Luke Gage, got the second assist. “We gave Devin the digger award for the game,” said Marty Gage. “His work ethic changed the momentum of the game. We call his line the ‘lunchbucket’ line because they work hard all the time.” Mathew Saunders tallied three assists, Patterson finished with two and Carson Strang added a helper. Michael McLaughlin nailed down the win in goal for the peewees, who open league play with games in Port McNeill Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday in Port Hardy at 9 a.m. Their opponent was still being determined as the Gazette went to press this week. Klyde Pausang of the Port McNeill midgets leaps to avoid North Island Eagles bantam Josh Walkus during the teams' scrimmage Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena.

With the rep bantams drawing a bye on the opening day of the Vancouver Island Hockey League Division 3 season, the same two clubs will meet in a rematch this Saturday at 11 a.m. at Chilton Arena. With no midget goalie available Sunday, Eagles netminders Nyck Ruel and Nigel Walkus both played the whole scrimmage, switching sides at halftime. PMMHA president Scott Mitchell and North Island Eagles head coach Andrew Laming served as referees as the midgets edged the bantams 8-7 in the back-andforth contest.

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Mustangs back in saddle Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Chris Dutcyvich and Reed Allen each notched hat tricks Sunday as the Port McNeill Mustangs kicked off their North Island Commercial Hockey League season with an 8-2 romp over the visiting Neucel Islanders at Chilton Regional Arena. The Mustangs blew Lucas Woo of the Neucel Islanders, left, has his shot attempt broken up by Port McNeill Mustangs defender the game open with four unanswered goals in the Dustin Roocroft Sunday. J.R. Rardon

final 15 minutes after Carter McKay scored on a point-blank shot at the post to bring the Islanders within 4-2 at 3:59 of the last period. Dutcyvich restored the two-goal lead a minuteand-a-half later when he skated through the circle, decked goalie Ryan Stewart to the ice and potted a short-range shot. Glenn Moore followed with a wrist shot from the slot at 10:20

and Allen scored backto-back goals in the final 1:22 of play to wrap up the scoring. Allen added three assists for a six-point evening. Joe Murgatroyd also scored for the Mustangs and Bob Wells picked up the win in goal. Chris Brennan scored for Neucel with 1:09 left in the opening period after the Mustangs had jumped to a 3-0 lead. Zach Swanson assisted

on both Islanders goals. Al Rushton contributed three assists for the Mustangs, Murgatroyd had two helpers, and Shay Peterson, Tom Cessford and Moore added assists. On Friday, the Port Hardy Bulls traveled to Port Alice and rallied with a goal in the final minute to force a 3-3 draw with the Islanders in the season opener. No game details were available.

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s HealtHyti pcorner As October rolls along, the days grow shorter and the fog and rain come more often, and Halloween gets closer and closer. Monsters and witches make the rounds; bringing home pillow cases filled with candy and treats. It can be hard for a parent to know how to properly handle the masses of chocolate bars and chip bags that end up in the house following this sweet holiday.

There is a temptation to hide the candy and only allow a few pieces for your child, but this can make candy into a forbidden food that your children will want more than they need. Ellyn Satter, a well-known dietitian, discusses this very issue in her book Your Child’s Weight: Helping without Harming. Instead of keeping very close tabs on the candy try this: allow your child to eat as much candy as they desire the night of Halloween, and the following night, without comment. After that candy can be a part of normal meals (one or two pieces) or snacks (allowing one or two pieces with a glass of milk or fruit). This makes candy into just another food, and helps your child have a healthy relationship with food itself.

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A review by J.R. Rardon PORT HARDY— Entering its 16th season of bringing acts to the area, the North Island Concert Society has welcomed Juno Award winners and internationally renowned acts. Some of them have drawn upward of 300 fans, and wowed local audiences with their virtuosity and songcraft. Saturday night at the Civic Centre, a group of 20-something performers may well have relegated them to the shadows. Everything Fitz, an Ontario-based family group featuring a trio of award-winning fiddlers and step-dancers, is hardly a household name on the West Coast. But the group blew away a crowd of about 150 in a memorymaking show of music, dance and polished showmanship. Siblings Julie, Kerry and Tom Fitzgerald, ranging from 20-24 years old, front the group with fiddles and custom-made tap shoes. But their show is far more than a night of jigs, reels and bluegrass. All those genres that typically showcase the fiddle were on display, to be sure. Irish traditionals like Lynch Rock, Danny Boy and Brenda Stubbert’s Reel. American bluegrass standards, including Bill Monroe’s Big Mon, Alabama Jubilee, Fly in the Pudding and Bill Hicks’s Fiddle Patch. But Everything Fitz ranged across a wide swath of the popular music spectrum, featuring well-known songs ranging from the Tennessee Waltz to Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful

World to Bobby Darin’s Things to Orange Blossom Express, in which members of the group employed their violins to portray a cow, an ambulance and a diesel locomotive. Oh, and there were “novelty” numbers that featured Tom playing a fiddle through his legs, Kerry playing upside down, Julie switching to left-handed fiddling, and then fingering two fiddles at once — while dancing — as Tom and Kerry worked the bows. Oh, and Tom showed off a recently refined technique in which he reversed his bow to create a chorded effect on the Wizard of Oz classic Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The family group, which also featured mother Pam Fitzgerald on keyboards, was missing two regular members for Saturday’s show. Older brother Tom (25) and father Paddy, who supports the rhythm section on bass, were, as Kerry explained in her introduction of the group, “at home working real jobs.” In their place, Everything Fitz employed two more 20-somethings, guitarist/vocalist Nate Douglas and drummer/ violinist James Law (“My adopted children,” Pam joked) for their current tour of the western U.S. and Canada. With all due respect to the Fitzgerald family group, the replacements provided the Port Hardy audience with an unexpected bonus. Douglas and Law are both members of an Ontario alt-Celtic combo, The High Drive, and that group’s influence was clearly on display when the two were joined by Tom Fitzgerald for an

unlikely funk version of the Animals’ House of the Rising Sun that drew whoops from the audience. Douglas also stepped to the fore on vocals with the Pogues’ Dirty Old Town, as well as Darin’s Things. But this was not simply a music concert. It was a visual event as well, with step-dancing numbers including a chair dance — with drumsticks — featuring all three siblings, a dance-off between Julie and Tom (“She won,” Tom admitted), and a solo dance by Julie that saw her continue speeding up the tempo until the crowd was roaring its approval, before she upped the tempo yet again. The spirited dancing suggests that, in Everything Fitz, everyone’s fit. Let’s be clear — this was not a show based on innovative instrumental improvisation or ground-breaking songwriting. The players, stepped in the world of competition fiddling and dancing, delivered highly polished, tightly choreographed entertainment around established and beloved music. But it never devolved to the trite or the contrived. For one night at the Civic Centre, everything fit(z) for the NICS audience. The society’s next show features Vancouver-based guitarist and singer Paul Pigat and his rockabilly combo, Cousin Harley, Nov. 16. Check www. niconcert.ca for tickets and more info. To see Everything Fitz in action, visit www.northislandgazette.com and check the videos link.

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many nurses and doctors at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ICU and Vancouver General Hospitals, who took such wonderful care of Tina. We would especially like to thank the outstanding VGH ICU team for their tireless and compassionate efforts to make Tinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last days as comfortable as possible. We would also like to thank the Liver Transplant Team (especially Alexia and Polly) for their best efforts on Tinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR Gwaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sala-Nakwaxdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;xw Nations, invites applications for the position of Executive Assistant to the Chief Negotiator. This is a term position. For further details, please refer to: www.gwanak.info Please send resume, covering letter and three professional references, by November 1 to: Colleen Hemphill, at: chemphil@telus.net

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Emcon Services Inc, Road and Bridge Maintenance contractor, is looking for Auxiliary Equipment Operators for the current winter season to perform a variety of winter related road maintenance activities including operating snowplows and sanding trucks.Â Operators are needed for Comox Valley, Hornby Island, Denman Island, Campbell River, Gold River, Port Hardy, Sayward and Woss area.

Being one of a kind, Tina touched the lives of many throughout her long and memorable career as an educator in the Comox Valley, North Island and Richmond School Districts. Sculpting the minds of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth was her true passion. Tinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bold and vibrant personality made having a dull moment around her impossible. She always had time to listen and laugh at your story and give advice when she felt you needed it. She loved life, her family and her friends. Once you were a friend, you were family.

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She was a loving, caring, strong, brilliant and creative woman. Tina was predeceased by her mother Mary Thomas and her brother-in-law Mike Murray. She is survived and will be dearly missed by her father Bill Thomas, daughter Emily, her husband Pat, sister Terry Thomas, brother David Thomas (Malin Persson) and their children Katrina and Jens, her aunt Elsie Arnold, mother-in-law Joan Murray, sister-inlaw Heather Murray and her nephews Russell and Bruce Murray. She will also be missed by her best friend Cathy, as well as numerous other family, friends, students and colleagues especially her teaching partners Jan and Kim.

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