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Kwakwala gets life support J.R. Rardon Gazette editor FORT RUPERT—In an effort to preserve a Kwakwala language “hanging by a slender thread”, local educators and social service
workers are turning for help to the experts: first nations elders. “In a nutshell, our languages are in such a critical state that, if we don’t begin to put more effort into revitalization, it’s estimated
that by 2018 they’ll fall off the map,” said Sara Child, program coordinator for Kwakwala teacher training. Surveys have revealed only a few dozen fluent Kwakwala speak-
ers among members of the North Island’s Kwakwaka’wakw nations, and the majority of those are elders
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Honouring the fallen
George Kearey of Port Hardy’s Royal Canadian Legion carries a wreath past other uniformed personnel during the Remembrance Day commemoration at Carrot Park. More images from Remembrance Day events appear in North Island Life, page 13. A O’Toole
Two arrested in Port Hardy drug raid Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Two males were arrested Thursday and will face charges of trafficking and possession of a controlled substance
after Port Hardy RCMP executing a search warrant at a local residence found “several types” of illegal drugs. Police entered the home under a
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant. The two men were arrested and taken into custody. They were later released, but will face charges of trafficking of a
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J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— The Port McNeill and District Chamber of Commerce has handed off organization of the Town’s annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony to the Gate House Community Association, council learned during its regular meeting Nov. 4. “We see it as a partnership,” Chamber director David Mitchell told councillors when asked about the change. “This is a member organization taking on this event and making it more of a complete day.” The tree lighting will be held this year Nov. 30, the same day as the large Christmas Craft Fair held at the Old School and Community Hall. While Gate House members are still working out the details, the evening is expected to include the tree lighting at Pioneer Mall, a public event at the society-run theatre and, of course, a visit from Santa. “It isn’t a cost issue with us,” said Mitchell. “It’s who’s got the resources to pull together to make it a better day. And it’s going to let the chamber focus on some other initiatives, like a buy local
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campaign for Christmas shopping.” No expansion for Community Forest Council learned the North Island Community Forest will not be expanding any time soon. The community forest is managed jointly by Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill. Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen submitted a request in September to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations for additional tenure to expand the existing community forest. Allen forwarded to Port McNeill Council her reply from Minister Steve Thomson, who indicated there is no uncommitted volume or operating area available under Bill 28, which provided for establishment of the NICF. “The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations strongly supports the continued success of NICF, while recognizing the
significant constraints on the available timber supply which currently limit the opportunity to expand the tenure at this time,” Thomson wrote to Allen. Council approved a motion to receive and file the letter. New firefighters Council approved the appointment of three new members to the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department, at the request of Fire Chief Chris Walker. The new members are Louis-Philippe Mathieu, Felipe Hirata and Donald Astoveza. MMBC deal near Work on an agreement with MultiMaterial B.C. on a recycling stewardship program continues, administrator Sue Harvey informed Council. Harvey has been working with newly hired treasurer Mark Wiber and Regional District of Mount Waddington administrator Greg Fletcher to fine-tune details on
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Immersion program sought for bands’ children from page 1 age 75 and above. With the help of funding from the First Peoples Cultural Foundation, local organizers are embarking on a five-month program to establish a strategic plan to ensure the language doesn’t go to the grave with those elders. As far as the elders are concerned, the emphasis on language education needs to jump straight to the youngest members of the bands. “Three-year olds, they absorb everything,” said elder Lucille Brotchie. “That’s a great time to teach them, when they’re learning about everything; they should be learning Kwakwala. But people like me, I’m 60, I can’t learn Kwakwala. Rita Hunt, one of the “Kwakwala Grannies” who share songs, stories and number games with preschool and kindergarten children, says to succeed, the program must be full immersion. “It needs to start in the preschool, continue in kindergarten and up to grade three,” said Hunt. “There shouldn’t be any English (in the classroom).” Language committee coordinator Sandra Sewid will visit each of the Tri-band communities between now and March, starting in Fort Rupert and moving on to Quatsino and Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw before bringing representatives of all three nations together in the hope of formalizing a long-term strategy. “There’s a lot of work going on among our nations, but everybody’s kind of doing it in isolation,” said Child. “One of the outcomes of the language gathering we had last year was that we need to start collaborating; we need to start building a plan and a strategy to save our language. Because it’s bigger than all of us.” She said the first step is educating the people
Violet Bracic, centre, gestures during a Kwakwala language immersion session at the Fort Rupert Health Centre last week. At right, the elders and other participants in the immersion sesJ.R. Rardon sion break for a group photo.
how close their language is to extinction. In the meantime, smaller language immersion sessions have been started, one for dropins each Wednesday at Fort Rupert Health Centre and another for children Monday evenings at Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre in Port Hardy. “They’re a small piece of the pie, but we need to start popping
these classes up all over the place,” Child said. “One of the things we’ve found working with the elders over the years is that they don’t consider themselves fluent, because they don’t have enough opportunity to speak the language with others. So this gives them the opportunity.” Last week’s dropin immersion session drew 14 people,
nearly double the turnout from the first session, a week earlier. All speaking must be in Kwakwala — any blurting of English results in a clothespin being affixed to the collar of the offender — but participants may attend simply to listen in if not comfortable with the discussion. The session is, however, instructional to the novice. Elder Violet
Bracic, who speaks fluently, used pantomime and pointing to objects to clearly show what she was saying, and other speakers did the same. “This immersion, it’s the second week since we started,” said Bracic. “I do think it’s gonna open up; there’s an interest gaining. I’m hoping we can coerce or coax our nieces and
nephews.” Bracic is among a number of local residents, including elders, were recruited beginning in 2010 for a teacher training program run through the University of Victoria. They are expected to be in the vanguard of the teachers taking the language to the people. The imminent opening of a new, band-run
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able to administer the grant. “Each year thousands of cats and kittens are dropped off at SPCA shelters or simply abandoned by their guardians in public areas,” says Craig Daniell, chief executive officer of the BC SPCA. “By providing communities with spay/neuter support we believe we can reduce the number of unwanted litters and help end the suffering of homeless cats.” The BC SPCA spends nearly $2 million a year on spay/ neuter initiatives across the province. Deadline to apply for a BC SPCA grant is Feb. 1, 2014. For more information, please visit spca. bc.ca/spayneutergrant to download the application guide.
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Ready or not ... The chubby, bearded fellow in the red coat has not yet made his way to the north end of Highway 19. But neither is his arrival far off. Whether you like it or not, the Christmas season is upon us, so we might as well make the best of it. Perhaps you’ve already visited the Port Hardy Hospital Auxiliary Society’s annual Christmas sale, running throughout the month at Thunderbird Mall. If not, consider visiting one of the many community arts and crafts festivals coming in the next several weeks — beginning with the annual Sointula Winterfestival on Malcolm Island. Many more fairs follow, in Port Alice, Alert Bay, Port McNeill, Port Hardy and Fort Rupert. They are the perfect opportunity to find not only a unique and hand-made gift item for a friend or loved one. They’re even a better chance to keep your shopping dollars circulating in the local community (and save the gas on that down-Island trip). If you’re bah-humbug about the idea of holiday spending, fine. You can still attend the craft fairs to mingle and visit with your neighbours and check out the edibles on offer. Lots of local entertainment is on tap as well, from Highland and ballet dance shows to a Christmas concert, tree-lighting ceremonies and, yes, the local stops by the big guy himself.
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Untangling oil pipeline politics VICTORIA – Reaction was swift and scattered after the “framework agreement” on new oil pipelines announced last week by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford. First, here’s what it doesn’t mean. “B.C. blinked,” according to one Toronto commentator, based on the popular notion that B.C. gave up its claim to a share of Alberta’s resource royalties from heavy oil. Clark never made such a claim, so it would be difficult to give it up. Her often-repeated condition of a “fair share” of revenues from any new oil pipelines is purposely vague, but after repeated protests from Alberta, Clark clarified as far back as last June that provincial royalties are not on the table. There is no constitutional way to make such a demand, a point Redford has made several times.
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NDP leader Adrian Dix and the usual chorus of professional protesters claimed that Clark flip-flopped, opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal before the election and then embracing it once she was re-elected. This is also inaccurate. Clark’s five conditions were set out before the May election, demanding approval by a federal environmental review, “world-leading” spill prevention and response capa-
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bility on land and at sea, meeting legal requirements to consult and share benefits with aboriginal communities, and the undefined “fair share” for B.C. Clark said numerous times during the campaign that the conditions have not been met, and made pessimistic noises about Northern Gateway, but she very carefully did not campaign against it. The B.C. Liberal platform also endorsed a Kitimat-area oil refinery proposed by this newspaper’s owner, and Clark repeatedly referred to that sort of industrial expansion as one of the potential “fair share” components for B.C. Here’s what Redford and Clark agreed on. Redford accepts B.C.’s five conditions, provincial royalties excluded, and Clark endorsed Redford’s proposed “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which B.C. rejected last year. Ottawa has sole jurisdicA member of
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Alcohol and the learner driver You may have seen last week’s minor media tempest regarding a grandfather who had consumed a few drinks and then hopped into the passenger seat to supervise his grandson, the learner driver. They encountered a police road check and grandpa found himself on the receiving end of an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) for blowing a fail. Who would have thought that the supervisor of a new driver needed to be sober? Hello? What does a supervisor do? The verb
supervise may be defined as “to direct or oversee the performance or operation of.” This means that this grandpa had a responsibility to both his grandson and other road users. His job was to ensure that the grandson operated the vehicle correctly and to intervene if necessary. There is no doubt in my mind that having a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 100 mg% (.10) or more is an abdication of his responsibility. The legal concept involved here is that of
being in care and control of a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or a drug. It applies for both Criminal Code and Motor Vehicle Act offences. Grandpa could have been tried and convicted criminally for his actions instead of being dealt with as an IRP. I know, I investigated and prosecuted both an impaired beginner and supervisor out of the same vehicle in the early 1980’s. So, in addition to zero blood alcohol for the new driver, the supervisor needs to have a BAC under 50
mg% (.05). Ideally, the supervisor should have a zero blood alcohol requirement too. I don’t imagine that it would be too difficult to amend the Motor Vehicle Act to include this and make the situation explicit. The author is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit www.drivesmartbc.ca. Cst. Tim Schewe (Rtd.) DriveSmartBC www.drivesmartbc.ca
&Rav s Rants e About time Port Hardy's public works staff rose to the challenge of reactivating the town clock at Market Street and Granville Friday. J.R. Rardon
Veterans get short-changed Dear editor, MP John Duncan has a lot of explaining to do. Last year, his Conservative government found money to increase spending in the Prime Minister’s Office, yet it cut funds for veterans’ funerals. In 2012-2013, after 10 years of fairly steady funding, the Last Post Fund, which helps pay for veterans’ funerals, was cut by a whopping 21.8%. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister increased his own office budget by 7.4%. Instead of money for our fallen heroes, the Harper Conservatives are spending Canadians’ tax dollars on PMO staff and spin. It has long been inappropriate that the Last Post Fund’s outdated cri-
teria excludes all but a few veterans since the Korean War, depriving them of a dignified funeral and burial because of financial means. Yet, it is simply insulting that this government has chosen to invest in additional staff to control their caucus members and their message – in the midst of the ongoing PMO-Senate scandal – instead of our courageous women and men in uniform, who have made great sacrifices in the service of this country. Mr. Duncan needs to rethink his priorities. Our veterans should be looked after with care and respect, not nickel and dimed. Yours sincerely, Jim Karygiannis, MP Liberal Party Veterans Affairs Critic
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Paradise Rave: People who love our community and work hard advocating to make it better. The more I leave/ travel; the more I can't wait to come home. We are truly lucky to live here in the middle of our rainforest ocean paradise! Erin Seto Port Hardy
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November 14 Ready, Set, Learn hosts a family reading night at Cheslakees Elementary in the gym 6:30-8 p.m. The event is for preschool children and their families to come enjoy an evening of book reading, crafts, snacks, songs and prizes. November 14 Port Alice Learning hosts a free presentation by Jackie Hildering on the ‘Namgis closed-containment salmon farm. 9:30 a.m. at Sea View School library; no registration necessary. Info, portalicelearning@gmail.com or Port Alice Learning on Facebook. November 14 Author Paula Wild (The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous) gives a timely presentation on living in country, 7-8 p.m., Port Alice Library, 951 Marine Drive. Admission is free; open to all. November 15-17 Sointula Winterfestival and craft bazaar. Live music Friday night at Whale’s Rub Pub, by donation. Saturday is the 37th annual Winterfestival craft fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the F.O. and Community Halls, Zentangle art workshop, evening variety show at F.O Hall and dance at Whale’s Rub. Weekend wraps up Sunday with presentation by local authors, 10 a.m.-noon at the Fire Hall, community lunch at F.O. Hall and another Zentangle workshop. Info, www.sointulawinterfestival.com. November 16 North Island Concert Society presents Cousin Harley, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre. High-octane trio brings rockabilly, jazz and swing. Tickets $25, available in advance at Cafe Guido and Port Hardy Museum in Port Hardy, at The Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill and in Port Alice by calling Gail Neely, 250-284-3927. November 16 Port Alice Learning hosts a hands-on Making Christmas Decorations class, 1:30-4 p.m. at the Community Centre. Course cost $7.50 and a $10 materials fee to be paid on the day of the class. Please register early so supplies may be ordered; low registration will result in cancellation of course one week prior to class date. To register or for
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November 20 Dr. Paul Spong appears in the monthly Speaker’s Corner, 7 p.m., St. John Gualbert (A-Frame) Church in Port McNeill. Discussion highlights the work of OrcaLab and its killer whale research. No admission fee; donations to benefit OrcaLab are welcome. November 23 Gate House Theatre hosts an Evening of Vaudeville, 7 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door. Better yet, have an act you’d like to share? Contact Gate House Community Association on Facebook or visit gatehouseorg.ca. November 24 Eagle View Elementary hosts its Christmas Bazaar, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. To book a table contact Angie Clance at 250949-7248 or email aclance@monk.ca. November 28 Burger and Beer night at the Quarterdeck Pub, 4-9 p.m. Tickets $15 per person, proceeds to the Cat’s Meow Society. For tickets contact Cafe Guido, Quarterdeck, Muffy at 150-949-7463, Barb at 250-949-3000 or Deanna at 250-949-6740. November 30 Christmas Showcase of Arts & Crafts, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Port McNeill Old School and Community Hall. Choice of space is limited; book early to reserve your spot. Registration forms available at Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce or call Anne, 250-956-3770 or Helen, 250956-3673. November 30 The Port McNeill Pathfinders will be holding their annual Photos with Santa from noon-3 p.m. at the Guide/ Scout Hall. There will also be Christmas Centrepieces for sale in support of the Pathfinders 2015 trip to the Guiding World Centre in Mexico. December 1 20th annual Tsakis F.C. Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., U’gwamalis Hall, Fort Rupert. Admission $2 or donation of a non-perishable food item for the Gazette Hamper Fund. Table rental $15; additional tables $5. To book a spot or for more info, call David 250-949-8830.
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Cultural modifications in a living museum people as part of their traditional use of the forest. He conveyed his knowledge, understanding and love of these groves in a way that brought to life the history of the forest and the foresters. For hundreds, if not thousands of years, Kwakwaka’wakw foresters carefully harvested bark and planks in Yukusam cedar gardens using a sustainable forestry system that was developed, tested and perfected over millennia. Not only does this system stimulate robust tree growth and healing, over time the yield can be three to six times greater than would be realized by cutting down and killing the tree. The tree survives and continues to grow while its harvested bark can be put to myriad
In August a group of us travelled to Yukusam with Seawolf Adventures. Yukusam, translated as “shaped like a halibut hook”, is also known as Hanson Island. For some, the excursion was a break from work on a burgeoning food forest garden in Port Hardy. For all, it was an occasion to visit and learn about an ancient cedar garden and a mature forest food garden. A hike through the woods led us to anthropologist David Garrick, who has lived and worked on the island for more than twenty years. His work includes researching and documenting the island’s forest groves containing thousands of culturally modified trees, trees altered by native
uses - baskets, mats, clothes, rope, nets, halibut line. The bark harvest was trans-generationally managed to ensure subsequent generations could return to the same groves, and even the same trees, for repeated harvests over hundreds of years. A special type of culturally modified tree (CMT), as a result of bark harvesting over
long periods of time, turns into a “talking drum”. This type is called a “core knocker”, and adds an acoustic dimension to CMT understanding. Whether intentionally engineered or not, such trees produce deep resonating, rhythmic sounds when the wind blows, similar to certain raven vocalizations. Their presence (and
sounds) would certainly be known to subsequent generations entering the same groves to access bark. The idea of ancestors talking to present generations through the wind and the knocking trees is a revelation. Garrick explained how Yukusam forest vividly displays history, serving as a living museum. The story begins with two patches of original ancient forest that have never been industrially logged and ends with
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Accountant honoured Gazette staff Sointula’s Daniel Cheetham, a certified accountant who splits his time between Sointula and Vancouver, has been granted a Fellowship by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, the CGA of British Columbia announced this week. CGA-Canada awards the fellowship designation in recognition of exemplary service to the Association, the profession or the community. For more than 30 years, Cheetham has been a key contributor to the success of the CGA designation and profession, CGABC said in a written release. He received his CGA designation in 1976 and became a CGA-BC employee in 1984 as the Director of Professional Services. In this position, he played a major role in the design, implementation and refinement of the Association’s continuing professional development program. In 1995, Cheetham assumed the role of Director of Administration and Human Resources and led the implementation of many vital initiatives. These include the development and launch of CGA-BC’s first website; the adop-
tion of Program 90, the first fully integrated microcomputer learning system for the accounting profession; and the implementation of a financial management strategy that enabled the Association to retire the debt on the CGA building in only 10 years. Cheetham’s other notable contributions to the Association are diverse and numerous.
They include helping to establish the CGA-BC Educational Foundation, which gives prospective students access to the financial resources for success; acting as a founding director on the Vancouver CGA-Computer User Group for the past 24 years; facilitating knowledge sharing through ongoing meetings with senior staff of CGA affiliates; and
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Applicant: Marine Harvest Canada Inc. Contact: Clare Backman 1334 Island Highway, Suite 124 Campbell River, BC V9W 8C9, (250) 850-3276 or fax (250) 850-3275 Notice is given that a Pesticide Use Permit application for the control of sea lice on aquaculture finfish has been forwarded to the Ministry of Environment for authorization. The pest control product InteroxTM ParamoveTM 50 (active ingredient Hydrogen Peroxide) will be used in the marine environment for the topical removal of sea lice from aquaculture finfish. Paramove 50 will only be used in accordance with the directions as per the product label and the PMRA. Paramove 50 will be administered by either using a well boat or enclosed tarpaulins. Tarpaulin treatments will require fish to be seined and placed into tarpaulin lined confines to contain the required bath volume with product administered as quickly as possible to attain the prescribed concentration. A maximum thirty (30) minute treatment with oxygen monitoring will ensure optimal efficacy. Tarpaulins will be removed after the timed treatment allowing sea water to neutralize the bath. Monitoring will be conducted by fish health staff ensuring treatment success and fish wellbeing. Well boat treatments will require fish to be seined and transferred to a bath pool located aboard a designated vessel. Treatment will be monitored and target a maximum (30) thirty minute dwell time. Fish will then be removed and returned to pens. Treatment water will be neutralized with sea water and released. The treatment locations are Crown land leases located in the Central Coast area in the vicinity of the town of Klemtu. The Crown land leases files Ref # 6407839, 6407840, 6406984, 6407324, 6406814, 6403484. The proposed total treatment area will be 4.97 hectares.
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Detailed maps of the specific treatment areas can be examined at Marine Harvest Canada Inc. (address above), in Klemtu at (Kitasoo Band Council Office), or visit marineharvestcanada.com A person wishing to contribute information about the treatment site for the evaluation of this permit application must send copies of the information to both the applicant at the address above and the administrator under the Integrated Pest Management Act at Ministry of Environment, Coastal Region. 10470 – 152 Street, Surrey B. C. V3R 0Y3 within 30 days of this notice.
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Cousin Harley to rock the Civic Centre Gazette staff The last time Paul Pigat performed on stage at Port Hardy’s Civic Centre, he kept to one side, seated in a chair, playing a supporting role on guitar while others took the spotlight. This weekend, the wraps come off. Pigat, who helped back the gospel/soul trio The Sojourners in that previous appearance for the North Island Concert Society, returns Saturday night as Cousin Harley, a singing, swaying and guitar-flaying purveyor of old-school rockabilly. Cousin Harley is actually a traditional rockabilly trio, comprised of Vancouver native Pigat on guitar and lead vocal, Keith Picot on upright bass and Jesse Cahill on a spare drum kit (those weaned on the Stray Cats will recognize the ensemble). The music, as described by the review on Pigat’s web-
Cousin Harley — from left, Jesse Cahill, Paul Pigat and Keith Picot — will rock the Civic Centre Saturday night.
site, comprises “classic western swing, hotrod country, surf, psychobilly, lounge and westcoast jump blues.” In other words, buckle up. The NICS is known for bringing a wide range of acts to the remote North Island but, other than last year’s notable appear-
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Pigat has backed not only The Sojourners, but artists as diverse and accomplished as Jakob Dylan, Jim Byrnes, Neko Case and Carolyn Mark while lending his own distinctive guitar sound to the proceedings. When he performed here during the 14th NICS concert season, The Sojourners were
generous — and wise — enough to allow
him his head on several intricate solos and intros to their threepart harmony. For all the technical artistry that makes him in demand as a session player, Pigat is also a songwriter and singer who excels as front man across a range of styles and genres. In addition to Cousin Harley, he performs in yet another incarnation, Boxcar Campfire, in which Pigat ladles up country swing, Jimmie Rodgers-style blues and roots music that show a softer side of the rockabilly raver. Oh, and there’s also the Paul Pigat Trio, with its be-bop jazz
instrumentals and jazz standards. Heck, the North Island Concert Society could book this guy every season and never see the same act twice. But, since it’s unlikely that’s going to happen, we recommend you catch Cousin Harley this weekend. Who knows — you may even get a little taste of some of his sonic side dishes. Tickets are $25 and are available in advance at Port Hardy Museum and Cafe Guido in Port Hardy, at The Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill, and in Port Alice by calling Gail Neely at 250284-3927.
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North Island Life A day for remembrance Gazette staff Communities across the North Island came out Monday for various commemorations on Remembrance Day. On the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour on
the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the North Island fell silent in memory of those who give the ultimate sacrifice. Here are pictures from the commemorations across the Tri-Port...
Clockwise from left: Richard George prepares to lay a wreath in Port Hardy on behalf of the Lions Club; Port McNeill Sparks Chelsie Russell and Murron Robertson watch the proceedings over a row of wreathes during the community’s Remembrance Day commemoration Monday; The colour guard stands at the ready alongside the cenotaph during Monday’s Remembrance Day commemoration in Port McNeill; Wayne and Cathy Beckett lay a wreath for the Silver Cross mother during Port Alice’s Remembrance Day commemoration Monday; Participants in the Remembrance Day commemoration in Port McNeill line up to place their poppies on the cross fronting the town’s cenotaph; Members of the Port McNeill Sparks come forward to lay a wreath in Port Hardy; Bruce Lloyd, representing the Canadian Armed Forces, places a wreath at the cenotaph in Port Alice; Jed Jackson of Port McNeill joins the lineup of uniformed personnel during the Remembrance Day ceremony in Port McNeill Monday; Mike Schnurr offers up a salute on behalf of the Shriners; John and Barb Rowell sing wartime songs at the Alert Bay Legion Hall following Monday’s Remembrance Day ceremony. A O’Toole, J.R. Rardon, Shirley Scott, Jill Cook
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Andre claims new fans with release show A review by J.R. Rardon PORT McNEILL— It was billed as a concert to commemorate the release last month of her debut CD. But Richelle Andre’s concert at Gate House Community Theatre provided the small, yet vocal, audience a sneak preview of what will hopefully be a follow-up recording. The Port Hardy singer-songwriter was clearly among friends — perhaps 40 or so — for her first local appearance since recording Claimer, a collection of nine original songs, in September at San Francisco’s Okey Doke Studio. Those fans weren’t disappointed, as Andre and supporting musicians James Lambert and Darryl Milne performed each of the nine numbers — and a new track, Blue Mountains, which was inspired by her recent recording trip to the States. If the evening had a flaw, besides the low turnout, it was the dim lighting that left the performers largely in shadow. The theatre is run by a non-profit society and its technical staff was not available to operate the ceiling-mounted spotlights. As the lights have previously been subject to tripping electrical break-
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Above left: Richelle Andre performs her CD release concert Saturday at Gate House Community Theatre in Port McNeill. Above right: James Lambert, Richelle Andre and Darryl Milne perform during the concert for Andre’s debut recording, Claimer, Saturday at Gate House Community Theatre in Port McNeill. J.R. Rardon
ers, they were left off to ensure the music was not interrupted over the course of the evening. The dim conditions provided a challenge for North Island videographer Rob Marty of Frog House Productions, who was on hand with his camera and a large boom to record promotional video for Andre. Fortunately, there were no issues with the sound. The only hiccups came courtesy of Andre’s occasional eclectic songwriting, as she occasionally was required to re-start songs that varied in time signatures and guitar tuning. Those brief interludes
were quickly forgotten when she and her trio launched into the songs from her alt-folk catalogue, from the country-tinged Wild West, Odd Romance and Phantom Love — “It’s a spaghetti western,” she said by way of introduction — to the blues of Give Me Space, to the soft-rock stylings of the lyrically arresting Claimer, Band of Thieves and Hotel Jesus. The pièce de résistance was the ethereal Violet Sea, a song
Andre had never performed in public and which producer Philip Milner insisted she record on Claimer. Her new bandmates also insisted she perform it on her current tour, which kicked off last month in Saskatchewan and which continues this weekend at The Soundgarden in Coombs. Claimer was recorded with the assistance of several Bay Area musicians, who added vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica and
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Above left: The Wild's Rosie Dugas pins a Downpour player during the two sides' matchup Sunday. Above right: Terri McLaughlin of the Juiceheads slides a pass through against Nanaimo's Islanders during the third place playoff of the Wild Women Tourney in Port Hardy last weekend.
Mainline nets winner in dying seconds Aidan O’Toole Gazette staff PORT HARDY—It took all but 47 seconds of an overtime period to separate the finalists of the Mens division at the Wild Women’s hockey tourney at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena last weekend. Mainline — a newly formed outfit comprised largely of Port Hardy Bulls and former North Island Eagles — left it to the dying seconds of overtime to snatch victory away from the Warriors in a dramatic end-to-end battle. Mainline had opened the scoring in the final minute of the first period, a Curtis Martyn pass finding Robbie Heavenor in space just inside the blue line. Heavenor looked up and rifled a shot into the net. The Warriors leveled the score midway through the second with a carbon copy. Jeff Cowles found Shelby Cockell moving into the high slot and his wrist shot tied the teams. Mainline got back in front four minutes later when a beautifully weighted pass from Heavenor lured the Warriors defence forward and gave
Mainline's Chad McKenzie fires one past the outstretched stick of the Warriors' Jeff Badger during the Mens final of the Wild Womens Tourney at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy last weekend. A O'Toole
Chad McKenzie half a yard down the right side. McKenzie still had plenty to do, but his surging run at the Warriors’ goal was inexorable, and he cut through the defence to round Warriors goalie Jason Saunders and slot home on the backhand. The advantage was short-lived, however, as 15 seconds later the Warriors struck again. Eddie Walkus was the provider this time; his long shot
from the right circle was turned away by Mainline goalie Ryan Handley, but Corey Swain was lurking at the crease and turned in the deflection. The two sides fought it out for the remainder if regular time but, despite plenty of chances at either end, goalkeeping heroics from Handley and Saunders kept the score level. The breakthrough came for Mainline with 47 seconds left,
a Martyn pass on the breakaway finding McKenzie on the blueline. McKenzie kept his composure, driving at the goal and squeezing between goalie and defender to backhand into the net. In the Women’s division the Courtenay Whalers beat out the Nanaimo Islanders to claim the top spot. The North Island’s Juiceheads had a heartbreaker, finishing third after losing out
to the Islanders in a shootout for a finals berth. With nothing between the sides after four periods, it took four penalty shots apiece before the Islanders’ Sarah Grover finally found a way past Juiceheads goalie Sarah Case to slot home the winner. It was a bitter pill for the local outfit who had fought hard all game and deserved a shot in the finals. The Nanaimo squad
had taken the lead midway through the first period, but the Juiceheads tied it up with a minute left in the period. A shot from Steph Laming from the right circle was turned away by the Islanders keeper, but only as far as Cory Pearson, on hand at the crease to finish the job. In the fourth/fifth placed game, Port McNeill’s Downpour beat out the host Wild in a tight 2-1 victory. The Downpour’s Ashlynne Moore was the hero, scoring on a tantalizing solo effort to separate the two sides. Moore collected the puck in her own zone and her weaving run carved apart the Hardy defence. Breaking through the Wild back line, Moore found herself joined by a teammate in a two-on-one. Having done the hard work, Moore took it herself, skating in from the left to drive past Wild goalie Emily Murray. The Wild had opened the scoring in the first with a solo effort from Megan Cairncross. The Downpour tied it up late in the second, Sonya Strang converting a Nadia Skokun assist.
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Peewees improve against tough side J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— The North Island Eagles peewee rep hockey team is clearly gaining on the Cowichan Valley Capitals. They’ll have to wait another week for a chance to catch and pass them. Cowichan Valley, a Tier 2 program competing this season in Vancouver Island Hockey’s third division, rolled to a 10-5 win over the host Eagles Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena in the first game of a weekend exhibition doubleheader. That win followed an 8-1 home romp by the Capitals in league play a week earlier, but Sunday’s rematch was a different story. The Eagles, riding goals from Devin White, Payton Laming and Clayton Bono and the goaltending of Michael Perez, carried a 3-3 tie into the third period before a power-
Payton Laming of the North Island Eagles flips a pass toward the crease as Cowichan Valley goalie Erik McKinnon defends at J.R. Rardon Chilton Regional Arena Saturday. play goal and two late a single league game in chance to win,” said breakaways lifted the Port Alberni this week- Marty Gage. “He was Capitals to a deceptive, end. outstanding, especially 6-3 win. Saturday’s game got at the beginning of the “I think they’re prob- away from the hosts game. But we’ve to ably the best team in early, as Cowichan have more discipline.” our division,” Eagles raced to a 4-1 first-periBack-to-back goals in coach Marty Gage said. od lead. But in Sunday’s the second period, one “But we could have rematch, Perez kept the of them on the power won that game.” Capitals off the board play, pushed Cowichan The teams will meet in the opening period in front. Laming tied again in league play and White converted the game 2-2 at 9:09 next Saturday in Port off Luke Gage assist of the second with his Alice. Meanwhile, the to give the Eagles the rebound conversion of Eagles will get back to early lead. Mandy Foldy’s point practice and prepare for “Michael gave us a shot, but Cowichan
struck on another power play to make it 3-2 at 13:35. Less than a minute and a half later, Bono knotted the score again when he gathered a rebound in the slot with his back to the net, then spun and whipped a forehand past Capitals goalie Matt Simpson. But early in the third period the peewees’ penalty troubles caught up to them again. With Cowichan skating with a man advantage, Jarrett Juch stole a pass near mid ice and skated in alone to wrist the game-winner over Perez from the circle at 2:41. The last two Capitals goals both came on breakaways, one after an Eagles defender fell down trying to prevent a clearing pass and the other when another defender lost the puck off the end of his stick and it was scooped up on the fly by Cowichan’s Hayden Plester.
Otherwise, though, the game was a backand-forth, evenly played contest suggesting the Eagles are closing the gap on the Capitals. “It was a very competitive game, and that’s all we ask from them,” Gage said. “The team is a little disappointed right now, but that’s because they thought they were going to win.” Mathew Saunders and Carson Strang added assists for the Eagles. Cowichan 10, Eagles 5 When Rhys Dutcyvich took a pass from behind the net from Saunders and one-timed it from the slot at 5:29 of the opening period, the Eagles were tied 1-1. But the
Capitals scored three straight goals to end the period, and added another early in the second to craft a 5-1 lead. Bono converted the rebound off Strang’s shot from the circle at 8:34 of the second to make it 5-2 at intermission, but Cowichan stormed out of then icecleaning break with two more goals to essentially put it away. The Eagles did find some more offence the rest of the way. Dutcyvich went end to end for a power-play goal at 15:48 of the second, Saunders scored shorthanded at 18:04, and Luke Gage capped the scoring off a Benton Browne assist with the Eagles on a 5-on-3 power play at 17:24 of the third.
Atoms tie Campbell River Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— When Campbell River’s Aiden Willis scored in the opening period and the North Island Eagles’ Tyler Roper slid home an answering goal for the North Island Eagles just eight second later, it appeared the two atom development hockey teams were set to fire up a real barnburner. But it turned out to be nothing more than a harmless wisp of smoke. With Eagles goalie Kayden Jones and his Tyees counterpart, Cameron Vaughan, rebuffing every attempt, the early 1-1 score held up for the rest of the contest as the squads wrapped up the exhibition contest at Chilton Regional Arena with a welldeserved tie. Willis got the scoring started at 9:33 of the first when he got free on a breakaway
Cole Klughart of the North Island Eagles goes over the top of Campbell River's Menoa Brennan in an effort to get to the puck J.R. Rardon during an exhibition game in Port McNeill Saturday. and managed to roof neighbour of Roper’s on the opening score, a shot over Jones to in Port Alice before the they were rebuffed by the far corner of the Watson family relo- solid goaltending. But net. But the Campbell cated — tripped him for the most part, each River celebration was up as he was shooting, team controlled its own but the sliding Roper end with steady backshort-lived. The Tyees won the gave one last punch at checking and quickly draw on the ensuing the puck with his stick cleared pucks from the face-off, but Roper and it slid just inside net area. pounced on a pass the near post as he Still, there were some attempt just outside the careened past the net. solid scoring chances, From that point, it and they came right up Campbell River blue line and beat a defender was an evenly played until the end. Roper to break in on Vaughan contest dominated by had another breakaway ahead of the Campbell the respective defenc- in the final minute but River defence. The es. On the few occa- Vaughan managed to Tyees’ Aiden Watson sions a lone attacker turn aside his shot with — a former Eagle and got free as Willis had the blocker. Moments
later, Jones somehow smothered a pointblank rebound shot by a Campbell River attacker to earn cheers and head-pats from teammates. The Eagles’ Ethan Bono got free behind the Tyees’ defence along the right boards in the closing seconds, but with the clock running down he was unable to carry the attack to the crease, and the left-handed shooter’s soft backhand from the right circle was turned aside at the buzzer. The atom development regular season begins this weekend and, fittingly, both the Eagles and Tyees will be slotted, along with Comox Valley and three Victoria-area teams, in Vancouver Island Hockey’s Division 4. The season schedule was still being drawn up entering the weekend; check the Gazette for scheduling updates.
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Gil's Girls beat Chix in overtime thriller Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The annual floor hockey tournament in commemoration of Tom Joseph and Gil Walkus Jr., held at Wakas Hall last weekend, proved that experience still has the edge over youth. But only just. In the final of the four-team Womens Division, the freshfaced strike force of Chix with Sticks had combined to take a commanding 5-1 lead over Gil’s Girls midway through the second period when the incredible happened. A pair of strikes in quick succession from the Girls completely turned the game on its head, and the Chix — who had been coasting to a near-certain win — were on the back foot for the first time as the Girls surged forward. A fourth goal soon followed and when Pamela Charlie’s strike found the net to tie the game with minutes left, the crowd roared. A late flurry from
Above left: Gils defender Brittany Johnny clears the ball under pressure from the Chix's Alisha Walkus as goalie Salla Sakow looks on. Above right: Wolfpack goalie Scott Humchitt collects a shot from Gil's Warrior Lloyd Walkus during the Mens final at Wakas Hall last weekend. A O'Toole
the Chix was repelled, in large part thanks to goalie Salla Sakow, who was quick to smother any ball that came within range and run out the clock. With honours even at 5-5 the buzzer sounded, signalling a five-minute overtime period to sort the sides. Courtenay Walkus was the hero for Gil’s Girls, firing home her second goal to complete the most unlikely
of turnarounds. The Girls were able to batten down the hatches for the remaining minutes and ride out the storm of Chix attacks to claim a hard-fought victory. “I don’t know where that came from,” said organizer Lowena Walkus. “I believe Gil and Tom’s spirits were in the air.” Charlie took the MVP for her performance, her two goals
helping her top the points total in the playoffs. In the Mens final, the newly formed Wolfpack had fought their way through a tough eight-team lineup to earn a spot against the veteran Gil’s Warriors, some of whom were fresh off the ice after competing in the Wild Women hockey tourney at the arena. The 9-5 victory for the Warriors belies
how tight the game was until the final five minutes. The two sides fought a pitched end-to-end battle for the first period, the Wolfpack looking the stronger of the two despite the 3-3 scoreline. The Wolfpack were inches away from taking a lead into the break, a crafty backhand flick on the run by George Walkus hitting the crossbar and bouncing out. The second period
Fun times at GN Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Once again, the Friendship Soccer Tournament at Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw School lived up to its name. For three days, elementary school students from throughout the North Island filled the school gym with high-flying action, laughter and, of course, smiles. Broken into sessions by age
group, the tournament featured one day of play for grade 2-3 players, another for grades 4-5 and a final round for grade 6-7 students. Each day featured halftime activities and recognition for the most sportsmanlike players. The short games were played in a round-robin format, with an emphasis on fun. No championships were awarded or playoff brackets played.
proved the difference however. The two sides went tit-for-tat in the opening minutes, going to 5-5 before the Warriors pulled away. A cheeky lift over the defender’s stick by Jeff Badger set himself up on goal and opened the floodgates for the Warriors. A move from the first-period’s theme of long-distance strikes to more crafted attacks paid dividends for the
Warriors, who quickly raced out of sight. From a 6-5 advantage with 5:49 on the clock, the side raced out to 9-5 in four minutes. As the minutes ticked down, the Wolfpack became resigned to the defeat as the Warriors ran down the clock for a comfortable win. Wallace Walkus of the Warriors got the nod as the Mens MVP for his playoff performances.
Clockwise from left: William Grant of Sunset Elementar y School turns the corner around Avalon Academy defender Emilio Monge; Daysha McKinney of Alert Bay's T'lisalagi'lakw School gets a pass off around K'ak'ot'lats'i defender Norman Janssen (12); Liam Norman of Eagle View Elementary School heads for the T'lisalagi'lakw School goal after slipping past a defender; Tyrone George of Gwa'sala'Nakwaxda'xw tries to advance the ball between K'ak'ot'lats'i defenders Kyra Dan-Clair, left, and Norman Janssen; Emma Harrison of Eagle View Elementary gets an inadvertent elbow to the chin while dueling for the ball against a T'lisalagi'lakw opponent.
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BC Coastal Ferries Community Engagement November 18 to December 20, 2013
The BC Coastal Ferry Service has been wrestling with cost pressures for more than 20 years which, if not addressed, could threaten the sustainability of the entire system. Accordingly, the Province has engaged coastal communities and ferry users from across the province on strategies to ensure the long-term sustainability of the coastal ferry network. The Province will undertake a further round of community engagement in 2013 following a province-wide consultation in 2012.
Lina Lodewijk of Sointula reaches for the nose on an Elmo toque while father Harry Lodewijk holds on during last year’s Winterfest in Sointula. J.R. Rardon file photo
A Winterfest wonderland
Gazette staff SOINTULA—The local Winterfestival Craft Fair is now in it’s 37th year, and it has never been more popular. The fair, scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 16, fills both the F.O. Hall and the adjacent Community Hall across the parking lot with hand-crafted and home-baked goods of all kinds. And if you haven’t already booked your table, it may be too late. “All the available tables have already been booked, and we’ve started a waiting list,” organizer Carmen Burrows said. The craft fair, which features hot lunch offerings from two kitchens and other concession items, is the centrepiece of the three-day Winterfest weekend on Malcolm Island. It kicks off with live music by John Gogo Friday evening, Nov. 15, at the Whale’s Rub Pub. Admission is by donation. Saturday’s events include the craft fair, a beginner “Zentangle” art workshop from 1-4:30 p.m. at the Old Medical Centre, the popular Sointula Stage Hogs variety/talent show at 7:30 p.m. at the F.O. Hall, and a dance featuring live disco funk from The TJBs, beginning at 9:30 p.m. at the Whale’s Rub. Winterfest continues
Sunday, Nov. 17, with presentations from local authors Paula Wild (The Cougar) and Rick James (Westcoast Wrecks & Other Maritime Tales) from 10 a.m. to noon at the fire hall; $10 hot lunch at the F.O. Hall’s downstairs kitchen; and another session of Zentangle with Barb Round. Cost for the Zentangle workshop is $40. For info or to register, email barb.czt@ gmail.com. For more info on Winterfestival, visit the event’s website at www.sointulawinterfestival.com.
How Input Will Be Used Input received through the community engagement process will be compiled and presented to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and BC Ferries as they plan for the long-term sustainability of the coastal ferry network. Public Open House Schedule The first 90 minutes will be a public open house. The second 90 minutes will be a question and answer session with the project team. No RSVP is required for public open houses. Community
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Hamper ramps up Gazette staff Like it or not, the Christmas season has arrived on the North Island. With Remembrance Day now in the rearview mirror, locals may turn their sights to a variety of local craft and food bazaars and entertainment options. The Gazette’s
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The next regular School Board Meeting of the Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) will be held on
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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Port Hardy meets on Mondays & Fridays at 8pm. Located at Upper Island Public Health Unit on Gray St. (rear entrance), Port Hardy, B.C. For more information call 1-877379-6652.
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PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/13
ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Service Wed., 1:00 pm Bible Study Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com
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In loving memory of Don Gordon June 2, 1948 - November 15, 2009
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 “Everyone welcome� Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORSHIP Weston Bakeries is looking for an independent distributor for the Campbell River and Port Hardy regions. Must be physically fit with prior business experience. Contact Cory for more details, 1-250-580-0135 Asking price $99,500.
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HELP WANTED SNOWPLOW OPERATOR Must be experienced, on-call basis in the Port Hardy area. Please send resume to: Box 1638 Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: •Heavy Duty Mechanics •Chasers •Hooktenders •Grapple Yarder Operators •Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers •Hydraulic Log Loader Operators •Processor Operators •Hand Buckers •Coastal Certified Hand Fallers •Feller Buncher Operator •Welder Fabricator Fulltime camp with union rate/benefits. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to office@lemare.ca.
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North Island Church Services NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresa’s Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Scott Whittemore 250-956-3909
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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year. For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737 11/13
LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE • Chaplain Services • Bible Studies • Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125
PORT ALICE ANGLICANUNITED FELLOWSHIP Reverend Wade Allen Sunday Services - 4pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services
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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Sunday Worship - 9:00am Reverend Wade Allen All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/13
GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/13
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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/13
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NOW HIRING Western Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results. We currently have the following openings:
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CLEARWATER OILFIELD Services, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta requires Class 1, 3 Vacuum Truck Drivers, Swampers. Local work. No day rating. Full benefits after six months. Fax 403-8449324.
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The award-winning North Island Gazette is seeking a graphic designer to join our community newspapers’ production department. This is a full time position for an experienced ad designer. The successful applicant should be familiar with Mac OSX and Adobe InDesign Software and ideally have experience designing ads and page layout. You must be a team player and able to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven open office environment. Black Press community news media is an independent and international media group with more than 190 community, daily and urban publications, 14 press facilities and over 160 websites in BC, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii and Ohio. Please submit your resume and cover letter in confidence to: Sandy Grenier Box 458 Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 Email: publisher@northislandgazette.com
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Join Port Our McNeill Team WAREHOUSE TECHNICIAN We are currently recruiting for an individual with demonstrated safe work habits and a positive “can-doâ€? attitude for the position of Warehouse Technician for our Englewood Service Centre. The ideal candidate for this position will have warehousing e[perience forklift certiÂżcation and a valid driver’s license. We offer a competitive compensation package and challenging work. Please view the full posting on our website at www. marineharvestcanada.com and apply as directed.
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TOWNHOUSE FOR Sale. #2-2697 Mine Road, Port McNeill. Quiet strata complex, convenient to schools and hospital. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath home, approx. 1250 sq.ft. Open plan main floor. Kitchen with built-in dishwasher, fridge, stove. Upper level has master bedroom with walk-in closet, storage room, laundry alcove with full-sized washer/dryer. Electric baseboard heat. Single attached garage with remote controlled door opener. Tidy, fenced back yard with patio, greenhouse and tool shed. $149,000. Quick occupancy. Phone 250-956-9875 or email: windonthemoon3@hotmail.com for appointment to view.
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PORT HARDY: Ground level entry 2 bedroom suite, 6 appliances, Beaver Harbour Rd. Avail Nov. 1. $750/mo. N/S, N/P. 250-902-1236.
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Gazette staff A pair of world champions and a renowned bagpiper will appear as special guests as the Team Charlton Highland Dancers host their eighth annual Celtic Christmas show Dec. 7-8. The production, which mixes traditional Highland dances with unique choreographed and costumed numbers, will include a Saturday evening show in Port Hardy and a Sunday matinee in Port McNeill. Mellisa Carnegie of Calgary, 15, competed in the World Highland Dance Competition held in Dunoon, Scotland this summer and earned her way to rank second in the world. She placed second in the sword and won the gold medal in the hullachan. The gold
L E A S E medals are made from real gold in this prestigious event. She had to compete in the qualifier in order to make it to this level, where the field is narrowed from 200 dancers to the top 20 in the world. Ross Armour of Vancouver, 21, is back for his second appearance in the Celtic Christmas production. He also competed in the adult section of the
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Performing Arts returns for its annual performance of the classic Nutcracker Ballet. Shows will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 and Saturday, Dec. 15, at Sunset Elementary. Advance tickets are available at the studio, at 325 Cedar St. in Port McNeill, and will be made available at The Flower Shoppe. For info, call 250-9564646.
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2 YEARS/40,000 KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES ON ALL 2014 MODELS**
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ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDEALERS.CA 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. */†/^/ Offers apply to the lease of a new or demonstrator 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 (1SA/G80/B30/I04), 2014 Terrain FWD (3SA), 2014 Acadia FWD (3SA). Freight ($1,600/$1,650), PPSA and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. † Offer valid only to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by GM Financial, have entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial, and who accept delivery from October 11, 2013 through January 2, 2014 of a new eligible 2014 model. General Motors of Canada will pay the first month’s lease payment (inclusive of taxes and any applicable prorate amount normally due at lease delivery as defined on the lease agreement). $0 first month lease payment means no bi-weekly payments will be due in the first month of your lease agreement. After the first month, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Insurance, license, dealer fees and applicable taxes not included. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ‡1.5%/0%/1.9% lease APR available for 36/48/48 months on a new or demonstrator 2014 GMC Sierra 4X4 Crew Cab 1SA/2014 Terrain FWD 3SA and 2014 Acadia FWD 3SA O.A.C by GM Financial. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Down payment or trade and/or security deposit may be required. Bi-weekly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. †Offer only valid from November 1, 2013 – December 2, 2013 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a GM or competitor pickup truck to receive a $2,000 credit towards the purchase, finance or lease of an eligible new 2014 Model Year Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty, Silverado Heavy Duty, Sierra Light Duty, Sierra Heavy Duty, or Avalanche. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $2,000 credit includes HST/GST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. ¥$3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the purchase and lease offers of 2014 Sierra Crew Cab, and is applicable to retail customers only. Other credits available on select Sierra models. ‡Offer only valid from November 1, 2013 to December 2, 2013 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing a Chevrolet HHR, Equinox, Tracker, Uplander, Venture, Astro, Lumina APV, Blazer, Traverse, Trailblazer; Saturn Vue, Relay, Outlook; Pontiac Montana/SV6, Transport, Torrent, Aztek, Sunrunner; Buick Rendezvous, Terraza, Enclave, Rainier; Oldsmobile Silhouette, Bravada; GMC Safari, Jimmy, Terrain, Acadia or Envoy, that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $2,000 credit towards the lease; or a $1000 credit towards the purchase or finance of an eligible new 2014 GMC Terrain or Acadia delivered during the program period. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $2,000/$1,000 credit includes HST/GST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership for the previous consecutive six months. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. †*Comparison based on 2012 Wards segmentation: Middle/Cross Utility Vehicle and latest competitive data available, and based on the maximum legroom available. Excludes other GM brands. ‡*Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and distribution. Comparison based on 2013 Wards segmentation: Large/Cross Utility Vehicles and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2014 MY Chevrolet, Buick, or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 KMs, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM Dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserve the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details.
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