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While B.C. Ferries and the provincial government announced ferr y route cuts recently, it appears none of N a n a i m o ’s f e r r y terminals will be closed. Reductions to ferry sailings, including some for the Gabriola Island run, were announced last week and while there was talk of possible closures to either the Duke Point or Departure Bay terminals, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone said that isn’t the case – for the time being. “ T h e re a re n o plans at this point to close down either of the terminals in Nanaimo,” Stone said during a conference at the Nanaimo Port Authority office Tu e s d a y. “ W h a t we’re committed to, which I announced a week and a half ago, was we are undertaking further analysis with B.C. Ferries on the two terminals here, as well as Horseshoe Bay and Tsawwassen.” u See ‘CUTS’ /6
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mas. “A lot of our families are struggling and just not able to make ends meet,” said said Sarah Foster, director of operations for Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island. “We give them the money so they can have Christmas.” Since the campaign began in 1996, the coin drive raised more than $160,000 in Nanaimo alone. Black Press newspapers across the Island organize coin drives in their respective communiies. Last year the coin drive took in more than $8,100 in donations from the Nanaimo community. The goal this year is to surpass that. Coin drop locations include the Nanaimo News Bulletin office (777 Poplar St.) InPrint, John’s Bedroom Barn, Northridge Fitness, Sink or Swim Scuba, La-Z-Boy, Royal LePage (Brooks Landing), Coast Realty (Downtown), ICBC Driver Licensing Centre on Metral Drive, Cline Medical Centre, or Quality Foods (University Village). Coins can be dropped off until Dec. 19. For more information, please call 250-753-3707.
Nanaimo Mounties are investigating at least five cases where 19-year-old women became sick after they were allegedly slipped the date rape drug in their drinks at local nightclubs. In each case the women started feeling dizzy, confused and nauseous within 15 minutes of ingesting drinks bought for them by unknown men. Police said the symptoms are commonly associated with GHB – gamma-hydroxybutyric acid – also known as the date rape drug or liquid ecstasy. The first incident was reported Oct. 20 after a victim and her friends were at a nightclub and had drinks bought for them by someone they didn’t know. Fifteen minutes after consuming the drink one of the women started hallucinating and feeling sick. She called her boyfriend to pick her up and reported the incident to police the next day. Two more women reported severe memory loss after drinks were given to them by an unknown man Oct. 30. Two more 19-year-old women went to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Nov. 6 after they had drinks purchased for them and felt sick, dizzy and confused immediately after drinking those. Both women in the last incident remembered little from the evening until early the next morning. GHB has been used medically as a general anesthetic and to treat an array of medical conditions. It is odourless, tasteless and virtually undetectable when mixed with alcohol. “There are two things we want to look at here,” said Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. “The first is we’re fortunate these assaults did not carry through to a sexual assault and, secondly, there’s a strong educational component here. Females in the bar – we’re never ones to tell them what not to do. They’re adults. They can make decisions on their own. There are, however, some consequences associated with that. One is, if you’re accepting drinks from people you don’t know, you don’t know what’s in the drink.” Police are not saying which nightclubs the incidents happened in, but O’Brien said if five cases have been reported it’s likely more incidents that have occurred. As for possible sexual assaults related to GHB ingestion, O’Brien said very few sexual assaults are ever reported to police. Investigators are reviewing video surveillance from the establishments in which the reported incidents occurred. Anyone with information about these or similar incidents is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Rob Anderson, director of Salvation Army Nanaimo ministries, fills an emergency food hamper from the organization’s food bank on Nicol Street. Coins for Kids donations help keep food on the table for children from underprivileged families and pay for presents to put under the tree for children Christmas morning.
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often comes in too close to the current year’s deadline and thus can’t be used until the year after. Many years it has been money from the coin campaign that has made the difference, she said.
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by Suzanne Samborski, previously the city’s senior manager of recreation and culture. There will also be a new social planning and protective services branch and parks and culture will merge with an expanded environmental section. Ten per cent of the management staff has been cut, including the general manager of community safety and development. The shift leaves only Tom Hickey, general manager of community services and Ian Howat, general manager of corporate services, in charge of a team of eight directors. A n d re w Tu c k e r, director of planning, and Per Kristensen, director of information technology will be taking buyout packages but accord-
ing to the municipality, the majority of the positions axed will be by attrition. “[This is] about trying to cut costs in areas that we had the ability to streamline,” Swabey said. “Only time will tell whether the cuts are too deep or whether it’s the right amount of management staff and [if] we can deliver the services and communication as effectively as council and the community needs based on the staff we have.” Nanaimo city council endorsed the plan in a closed council meeting last week. Mayor John Ruttan calls it progressive and while city council didn’t specifically ask for the reorganization, he said it wanted to cut costs and looked at senior management as a way to do it. news@nanaimobulletin.com
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Englishman searching for descendants of letters’ authors
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A man in England hopes the Information Age will help him unite First World War era letters with the descendants of the woman who wrote them. Jeff Coleman, of Watford, Britain, has been storing some family history in his attic for the last 30 years or so. The problem is, the history is of someone else’s family, which he has been trying to track down. In 1918 a small, locked suitcase was left with the Midland Bank – now HSBC – in Watford, located just north of London, for safekeeping. More than 60 years passed and the case was never claimed. It came to the bank staff’s attention in the 1980s during an audit when staff discovered they couldn’t trace the case’s depositor Florence Kilburn. The case was opened to see if it
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Jeff Coleman hopes to reunite letters dating from the First World War with the authors’ descendants.
contained anything of value and information that might help locate its owner. What bank staff found were bundles of letters from Kilburn, who was born in 1896, to Stanley Victor Isaacson, born 1898, Kilburn’s boyfriend serving with the British Expeditionary Forces in France during the latter part of the war. Since the letters had no monetary value and the bank was unable to track down Kilburn, they would have been destroyed, but Coleman took it upon himself to try to find the couple. In the ’80s Coleman had extra time on his
hands to do a little investigative work. He read some of the letters, which mostly contained day-to-day news about friends and family and even took it upon himself to visit some of the addresses on the envelopes, but knocking on doors turned up raised eyebrows from people who, for the most part, had only moved into the homes recently or had simply never heard of the Isaacsons or Kilburns. Ultimately, Coleman’s initial investigation came to a dead end, but it was before the Internet. “It just seemed such a shame just to
throw these things away,” Coleman said. “We didn’t have all the Ancestry’s and the Find My Past’s and all the things that we’ve got today.” Time passed until a family friend with a flair for genealogy decided to help out and discovered Kilburn and Isaacson emigrated to Canada. Isaacson resumed employment at the Midland Bank after the war in 1919, but left again in February 1920. Kilburn and Isaacson travelled from Liverpool, Britain, to Montreal in 1920 where they married on June 27, 1921 at St. John Evangelist Church. They eventually moved to Nanaimo and lived at 255 Stewart Ave. Stanley died in 1985 and Florence died in 1988. Florence’s last known address was 118 Wakesiah Ave. in 1986, said Sid Norman, a member of the Nanaimo Family History Society, who helped Coleman gather Nanaimorelated information about the family. Norman discovered the couple had
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a son, Richard, in 1923 whose name surfaced on a 1974 voters list that showed him living in Nanaimo with his wife Mary and daughter Patricia at 2973 Hammond Bay Rd. But that trail soon turned cold too and Norman was unable to find further links to possible
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Survey seeks feedback on Nanaimo’s business climate The Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation is reaching out to the local business community to gather feedback on Nanaimo’s business climate. The Business Conditions Survey is being sent out this year to
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u From /1 We’re specifically looking at Routes 2 (Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay) and 30 (Duke Point to Tsawwassen) to determine whether or not there are opportunities there to achieve some additional savings on a go-forward basis,” Stone said. The cuts to the Gabriola Island run included the last two sailings of the day, which some residents said would make things inconvenient, especially for people working night shifts. Affected residents will have a chance to voice their concerns and give feedback as there is another round of forums currently taking place. “The overall objective is to save $19 million per year with the service reductions,” Stone said. “Which specific sailings are affected is certainly open for discussion. That’s why we really want to encourage feedback from coastal communities.” The open house for Gabriola will take place Dec. 10 at The Haven, 5-8 p.m.
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Vancouver Island University will showcase services and programs from local organizations that serve people with disabilities at an upcoming information and technology fair. The event happens at the Nanaimo campus Tuesday (Dec. 3) as part of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a worldwide campaign with the theme: Break Barriers, Open Doors for an Inclusive Society for All. At least 14 community organizations will be presenting at the fair, which is open to the public to raise awareness about services and technological advances that help open doors to higher education and mainstream life in general for people with disabilities. VIU has more than 600 students registered with its disability services department, which provides equipment and other support to help ensure students’ success, such as interpreters for hearing impaired students, notetakers for the visually impaired, electronic devices, computer programs and quiet rooms for writing exams. Lianne Smithaniuk, a braillist, transcriber and illustrator, carries out the meticulous and time-consuming task of converting conventional textbooks for visually impaired students. This semester Smithaniuk is converting textbooks for just one student taking chemistry and statistics. Braille was never designed to create
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Lianne Smithaniuk, VIU braillist, transcriber and illustrator, touches a depiction of a molecule diagram on a page she translated into braille from a chemistry textbook. A PIAF tactile image making machine at left heats the dark dots printed on the specially coated paper, causing them to form raised bumps that create the braille patterns.
illustrations and its coded raised patterns representing letters and numbers take up far more space than conventional text. Smithaniuk often finds herself charting new territory when she tries to represent in braille illustrations and diagrams created for a visual world. How does one represent a diagram with liquid in a flask as a raised textural pattern in braille? Even converting a simple direction arrow symbol is a challenge that must take into account
the gap in frames of reference between Smithaniuk, who sees in the conventional sense, and a student living in a world without vision and “sees” characters through her fingertips. “We take for granted that pictures give us more information and it certainly helps people learn concepts,” Smithaniuk said. “Arrows we take for granted as well, but a blind person has to learn how to read them. It doesn’t necessarily look like it’s pointing to something. She
gets used to seeing them after a while and then sometimes I have to describe [objects in the diagram]. I can’t necessarily expect her to make sense of what these forms are.” The pages of braille translations are first laid up with a computer, then printed on a specially coated paper, which is passed through a PIAF machine – a tactile image maker – that heats the paper coating and causes the printed dots to bulge up to form the braille word and illustration patterns. Recent technological advances, such as Livescribe pens, are helping too. The pens look like regular ink styluses, but have built-in audio recorders and write on special paper. The student take notes and later can tap on key words and the pen will replay the related portions of a lecture. VIU also has Ubiduo devices, wireless keyboard communication units hearingimpaired students use to communicate with anyone when there are no interpreters on hand. Debra Hagen, coordinator of disability services for VIU, said in a press release there are more than one billion people worldwide with some form of disability, including many students on Canadian campuses who do not disclose they have a disability for fear of being stigmatized or discriminated against. It’s especially true for students with invisible disabilities such as mental health issues or learning disabilities. Events like International Day of Persons with Disabilities will, hopefully, break down some of the barriers those students face. The event takes place in the upper cafeteria, building 300, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, please e-mail disabilityservices@viu.ca. photos@nanaimobulletin.com
City will use e-Town Hall forum to discuss potential deal on foot ferry project By Tamara Cunningham the News bulletiN
Nanaimo city officials will put the $2.5-million question of Island Ferries’ proposed partnering agreement to the public during its second-ever e-Town Hall meeting. Nanaimo city council is launching an e-Hall meeting on Island Ferries on Monday (Dec. 2) to help gauge the public’s appetite for a 60-minute foot ferry service and a deal that would see the city forgo thousands of dollars in revenue over the next five years.
It is also creating a new policy to help guide future e-Hall meetings. The city has been seeking taxpayers’ feedback on Island Ferries’ proposed foot ferry since plans were first revealed in late October. Now people will have the chance to join a live discussion on the service and the company’s bid for a partnership deal with the City of Nanaimo. According to Island Ferries’ managing director Bob Lingwood, a deal is critical, not only providing start-up support and long-term tenure for the company but showing investors the
importance of the service to economic development. Under the proposed agreement, Nanaimo would help the company incubate by crediting it $500,000 a year for a total revenue loss of $2.5 million. After five years, the city would collect its full revenue shares of $700,000 annually from the lease, passenger fees and parking. The ferry service is also asking for a 20-year lease and site servicing to the tune of $125,000. “This is an opportunity for council to sit down and listen to what our community has to say about an important issue
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Restructuring brings benefits It sounds as though some of the corner offices at the new city hall annex are going to be up for grabs. Nanaimo’s city manager Ted Swabey announced this week significant restructuring to municipal departments, including the elimination of several senior management positions. It’s hard to know, today, what sort of effect the shakeup will have on the delivery of services to residents tomorrow, but it seems as though these changes will be for the better. It helps that the restructuring sounds sensible. Separating arts and culture from parks and recreation is something that probably should have been done long ago. Theatres and sports fields simply appeal to different users and they require different approaches and different kinds of decision-making. So we like the idea of the city refreshing its departments, but what we really like is that this isn’t just about appearances – there is action, too. The city intends to reorganize a handful of its mandates and services while at the same time managing to reduce some of its highest-paid positions in the process. We taxpayers can always use a break, but we rarely get it. There are invariably dams to patch and reservoirs to dig and coal holes to fill, and none of these projects come cheap. If we can save $1 million a year on senior staff salaries, of course that will help when it comes time to try to balance a budget. In difficult economic times, private companies are sometimes forced to lay off staff, and they find a way to continue to get the job done. We should have every expectation that our municipality will handle any staffing challenges just as deftly. We just have one question, though. In retrospect, did we need to build so many corner offices at the annex?
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Carbon neutral program is sinking Two days after Energy Minister and health authority budgets Bill Bennett announced the each year. demise of the Pacific Carbon B.C.’s school districts are still Trust, the public accounts paying $5 million a year to offset committee convened at the such nefarious activities as legislature to pound a few heating their schools. But now more nails into its carbonthe money goes into a “Carbon sequestering coffin. Neutral Capital Program,” and Assistant Auditor General districts have to apply to get Morris Sydor was there to their money back for emissiondefend his report from last reducing projects. March that concluded How is that school the B.C. government program going? Here B.C. was not “carbon are some examples. VIEWS neutral” in 2010, The Coast Tom Fletcher because the trust Mountains School Black Press paid $6 million for District around hastily arranged offset Terrace paid $66,452 projects that were not for carbon offsets last valid. year. It got back most An Encana Corp. of its three years of gas flaring reduction offset payments as a project at Fort Nelson grant to complete a and a forest preserve boiler upgrade for its in the Kootenays Kitimat high school. would have proceeded Abbotsford and Nanaimo without assistance from $25 school districts each have to a tonne carbon fee imposed pay about $100,000 a year. on hospitals, universities, They got money back for colleges and until last year, school boiler upgrades as well, school districts. In fact they did although local school officials proceed without this subsidy. say that would not likely The government continues to have been the top priority for deny this, but not many people spending, if it hadn’t been for outside the international carbon the program that forces districts offset sales racket believe them. to spend grants immediately on The Pacific Carbon Trust’s emission reduction. functions will continue, Bennett Surrey school district paid said. Instead of a board of out $585,000 last year, and also directors and 18 staff, five upgraded boilers. Vancouver’s people headed by an assistant pitch this year was for three deputy minister will evaluate electric cars. projects and bestow millions Leaving aside the distortion taken from college, university of spending priorities caused
by this restrictive tax-andspend scheme, what happens when they run out of boilers to upgrade? And has it occurred to the government’s “carbon neutral” braintrust that those new boilers are still burning natural gas? This program is about to be foisted onto universities and hospitals. Presumably our carbon czars know that 40 per cent of B.C.’s human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation, and a few electric cars for school district staff aren’t going to change that. In hindsight, this “carbon neutral government” scheme is perhaps the worst single idea implemented in 12 years of B.C. Liberal government. Gordon Campbell’s grand vision of a province where government sets the green standard and the private sector economy follows has simply not worked. The NDP presented a motion in April 2012 to relieve hospitals, colleges and universities of their carbon offset obligation. The idea was supported by a B.C. Liberal backbencher, who argued that B.C. should also scrap the carbon tax and quit pretending it can change the climate. His name? Bill Bennett. u Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
‘This program is about to be foisted onto universities and hospitals.’
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Seniors deserve free ride on ferries they can maintain their profits – whatever the cost. We need a change of government provincially and federally that protects Canadian people’s rights, resources, dignity, small businesses, health, safety and individual economic stability before it’s too late.
Karen Hodgson Gabriola Island
B.C. Ferries employees shouldn’t sail for free To the Editor,
Re: Ferries need watchful board, Editorial, Nov. 26. It seems that B.C. Ferries has done everything it can to cut back on expenses and try to become profitable or at least reduce the financial bleeding – everything, that is, except making even the smallest effort to
trim staff, bloated salaries and perks. So far, every saving measure has impacted only their customers. While I don’t think it particularly unfair that seniors should lose their free rides and now have to settle for a substantially discounted fare, I have to wonder why B.C. Ferries employees retain their freedom to travel without payment. Seniors are considered fortunate to get any kind of break on the ever-increasing cost of riding a ferry while the comparatively affluent ferries employees do not have their benefit changed in the same way. Should Ferries employees have free rides curtailed to the same conditions as seniors, not only would justice be done, but the ferry corporation could see a substantial financial return.
Garry Bradford Nanaimo
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Re: Signs do little to mitigate flood risk, Nov. 26. The signage is a very important part of this process. Just look at the warning signs and sirens that are used in cities on the coast and in the city of Port Alberni. They work very well. All one has to do is look all along the coastline here in Nanaimo and you will see signage that warns of a tsunami. It hasn’t hurt the values of all the waterfront properties in Nanaimo. The thing that is very important to
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remember is when one sells their home they must disclose that the property in in a flood plain. This isn’t something new in B.C. If this affects one’s property value, there is recourse when you get your tax notice where you can appeal your taxes and have them lowered. The whole coastline of B.C. is a flood plain. The city is doing the correct thing by posting this type of notice.They are saving lives, people.
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of staff will be dismissed via incineration. Apparently the uproar of spending hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars to get the best administrator in B.C. to not work has been forgotten by the perpetrators with the series of staff gutting in recent months and now multiplied this week. It will be interesting to see exactly how much of our tax money
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Re: Report shows venue potential, Editorial, Nov. 14. So let me get this straight, the Bulletin thinks taxpayers should fund an arts district so guests will have something to do while staying at a tax-subsidized hotel. The next thing ratepayers will be underwriting is a ferry to get patrons here. Which council is contemplating. Is anyone paying taxes and not commandeering funds to keep every project afloat?
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kept low by using a “rate smoothing” account that defers more than $1 billion of the utility’s debt. That account won’t begin to be paid down until after 2020. B.C. Hydro CEO Charles Reid said the latest rate increases are driven mainly by a large increase in capital spending, including seismic refits of old dams at Campbell River and Ruskin, turbine expansions at two Kootenay power dams and other upgrades. B.C. Hydro’s “big build” era of 1973 to 1982 produced rate increases totalling 113 per cent. B.C. Hydro cited an annual survey by Hydro Quebec that shows B.C. Hydro customers currently pay the third lowest rates in North America. Montreal and Winnipeg customers pay less, and Seattle and Miami residents pay slightly more. NDP energy critic John Horgan said Bennett avoided the impact of private power purchases on B.C. Hydro’s rate increases. “We’re going to have increased debt for the next five years,” Horgan said. “They’re going to continue to take a dividend from a company that can’t afford to pay one, and the consequences for people are going to be higher costs.” Bennett said the 10-year plan calls for the government to “wean itself off” dividends from the utility, but the five years of reductions don’t start until 2018. The government has instructed B.C. Hydro to shut down the gas-fired Burrard Thermal generating station in Port Moody by 2016, saving an estimated $14 million a year. The forecast electricity surplus over the 10-year plan allows that, but the facility will continue to be staffed for its grid stability function, Reid said. tfletcher@nanaimobulletin.com
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Nanaimo’s composting site is in a dire financial situation, says a group of investors looking to purchase the facility. Dave Hammond, part of the prospective ownership group, told the Regional District of Nanaimo board at its Monday meeting that his group has advanced International Composting Corporation $150,000 in the past six weeks to cover operating costs, equipment repairs and the first steps of an odour management plan, including covers for external compost pipes. The smell has long been a complaint of residents and the regional district asked that changes be made. “Without this money, the plant would not have been able to receive and process the organic waste from the green bin program or commercial suppliers,” Hammond said. “The odour control plan has not moved forward simply due to a lack of money.” Hammond said his group is looking to rework a deal with
the regional district in order to complete the purchase of the Maughan Road composting facility and are seeking a five-year renewal term added to the current contract, which they asked to be increased by $300,000 per year while the group commits to completing the odour management plan by this spring. “We are ready to invest in excess of $1 million in the plant, to complete the odour management plan, as agreed with the RDN, to complete the current maintenance and upgrades and to pay many of the outstanding local accounts payable,” said Hammond, adding that the group had the financing commitments for the money but it was conditional on an amended agreement with the regional district. He said the group is required to personally guarantee financing and prepared to “shoulder the financial and operational risks” related to composting plant operation. The goal was to have an updated, odourcontrolled efficient plant which can operate sustainably on a long-term basis. The regional district board voted to have staff complete a report before committing. According to Dennis Trudeau, regional district general manager of solid waste, the report
will be completed by the end of next week. It will examine what works are being promised by the group, as well as proposed tipping fees and potential contract extension dates. He said the operation is feasible as the facility has been operating for eight years. “A lot of successful operations, if they have one component that is not working, the whole thing can be seen as a failure,” Trudeau said. The operation takes in food and wood waste and produces a compost product. Some odours from the site have been going past property boundaries, said Trudeau. “It’s been successful but there’s just some additional odour controls that needs to be put in place and it can be seen as 100 per cent successful operation,” he said. Bryan Imber, co-founder of the International Composting Corporation, was reached for comment but had not responded in time for press. Hammond and the group have been shareholders in the corporation since its 2005 inception. In the absence of the composting facility, compostable material would be shipped to the landfill. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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Lot depth variance was approved for a proposed subdivision near Oliver Woods Community Centre on property that was part of a land exchange between the city and school district. City council approved the variance development permit at its regular meeting last week for land on Rutherford Road and Oliver Road, which is in the preliminary stages of
being developed into a 34-lot single-dwelling residential by Insight Holdings Ltd. The variance was necessary as the land is situated near wetlands and a buffer zone of 15 metres is needed to ensure the wetland is within a proposed park area. Nanaimo school district owned the 8.4-hectare property but gave six hectares to the city in a land exchange to be used for the park land and for future road access between Linley Valley Drive and Rutherford Road. The school district sold the 2.4 hectares to Insight Holdings for the development in a $1.5-million deal.
“We had a number of acres at that site – it’s actually Oliver Road – and we had originally proposed to build a secondary school there but due to there being restrictions on the use of that property by the city and [a nearby] old folks’ home, we couldn’t do it,” said school board chairman Jamie Brennan. Despite the development variance p e r m i t a p p ro v a l , there still needs to be approval of a subdivision application, but the variance will allow for 22 of the
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Age 74 Born Cumberland, B.C. November 9, 1939 James died November 23, 2013 in the Palliative Care unit of NRGH with his family close-athand. Jim was predeceased by his parents, Angelo (Angie) and Elizabeth (Toni) Cormons. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Kathleen (Kathy); sons, Jamie (Denise), Chad (Julie); much-adored grandchildren: Myles, Melissa, Calvin and Ambrose Tierney, all of Nanaimo. Jim’s passing followed a brief but stubborn battle with cancer. The family would like to acknowledge the excellent and compassionate care that Jim received, from the ambulance paramedics, while in emergency, and on the fourth floor of NRGH. A special thank you to the nurses, doctors and volunteers in Palliative Care. Jim was fortunate to have as his own physician, Dr. Brian Calvin, and the family wishes to thank Brian for his long-term care and friendship of Jim. In Jim’s earlier days, he was an avid sportsman, excelling in a wide variety of sports – especially Soccer, Fastball and Lacrosse. For many years, Jim also enjoyed hunting and freshwater fishing. He had many fond memories of time spent at Horne Lake. Jim’s working life was spent mainly in the forest industry and he enjoyed working in many remote locations on the Coast. In later life, he enjoyed socializing with many good friends at the “Well.� There will be no service or flowers at the request of Jim. If anyone wishes to make a donation in his memory, please choose NRGH, Palliative Care Unit, 1200 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo, B.C. Condolences may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca Telford’s of Nanaimo 250-591-6644
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Isabella “Lalla� Born on May 13, 1917 in England, passed away in her sleep on November 17, 2013 in Nanaimo, BC. She is predeceased by her husband, Frank “The Sheriff� in 2005. Lalla is survived by her adopted family, Bruce and Brian Frith and their families and extended family in England.
Passed away on November 21, 2013 at the age of 82 years. Dorothy was an active member of the Eagles Club in her younger years, becoming a life member in Ladysmith. She also served as a volunteer to the Girl Guides of Canada for many years. Dorothy, and her husband Elmer, owned and operated several businesses in Ladysmith and Nanaimo, including the Holiday House Motel in Ladysmith and Dells Groceries in Nanaimo. Dorothy is survived by her husband of 62 years, Elmer; her daughters, Leslie (Fleming) and Lorie (Rose); and by her five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She enjoyed the time she was able to spend with her family and grandchildren, especially during summer vacation and holidays. Dorothy will be missed by her family and friends.
Lalla worked for the Admiralty in England during WWII, and after moving to Nanaimo was part of the building of the Harmac Mill. Lalla’s final career was working for the Sheriff’s Office in Nanaimo. Frank and Lalla were long time members of the Nanaimo Yacht Club for many years. A Private family service will be held at a later date. Flowers gratefully declined. For those so desiring, donations can be made, in Lalla’s memory, to the Kiwanis Village, Nanaimo. Sands ~ Nanaimo (250)753-2032
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HORNE, Ronald Gordon
December 1, 1911 – November 21, 2013
It is with great sadness that after a valiant fight, Ron has lost his battle with cancer. Ron was a loving and devoted husband and father and will be greatly missed by his wife, Cindy; daughter, Danielle; son, Shawn; sisters: Barb, Colleen (Jim), and Bobbi (Gary); his many nieces and nephews; Cindy’s family and his many friends and co-workers. Ron was predeceased by his father, Merv; mother, Nora; sister, Kerry and sister, Bonnie. A very special thank you to Dr. VanRensburg, Dr. Carlson and Dr. Kenward; Barb and Nancy of Home and Community Care, the Palliative Care doctors and all the nurses (Angels) at the Palliative Care Unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. There will be a Celebration of Life for Ron on November 30, 2013 from 1-4pm at the Moose Hall, 1356 Cranberry Avenue, Nanaimo, BC. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation (Palliative Care & Healing Garden).
Very sadly, Dorothy passed away just 10 days before her 102nd birthday. She was predeceased by her husband of 73 years, Joe, and granddaughter, Roxanne Denslow. Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Marjorie Denslow (Clarence); son, Lon Gaspardone (Sandra); 2 grandsons, Greg Denslow (Chris), & Darryl Gaspardone (Twila); 1 granddaughter, Michelle Woodruff; 5 great-grandsons: Chris Woodruff (Amber Gael), Kyle Woodruff (Dannielle), Chase Denslow (Tina), Jordan Denslow (Simone) and Spence Gaspardone. Dorothy led a very active life and was extremely proud of her 50 year involvement in Nanaimo Altrusa Club. Dorothy was also a driving force behind the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive. Special thanks from the family to the wonderful staff at Malaspina Gardens and to Dr. Forrester. A private family service will be held for Dorothy. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice.
October 15, 1959 ~ November 2, 2013
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QUEEN SIZE mattress & box spring with frame. Scandinavian design 8 yrs old. $300. Call 250-248-7911 SHERATON DINING chairs (5), $400; Piecrust coffee table, $150; Queen Anne bench, $150; 2 Occasional chairs, $150. (250)390-2805
FUEL/FIREWOOD APPROX 2.5 CORD loads of dry slab wood. Delivered. $160. Call (250)754-2276. COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIREWOOD- Call 250-468-9660. 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose).
FURNITURE CANADA MADE solid maple dining room suite. Extends to 90�. Incl. 6 chairs, glass door china cabinet w/hutch; corner cabinet/hutch $950. 6 Occasional vintage side tables; drop leaf coffee table; small circular table. Royal Albert Memory Lane complete service for 12 ppl. Call 250-8900662 for appt. CHRISTMAS SOON come and see a good bargain; loveseat, 2 seater, skirted, high back, well upholstered, soft sage green $375 and much more. Call (250)586-8922. DINING SET with buffet and six chairs (2 captains) plus two leafs. Solid wood. Mediterranean style. Call 250-752-9548 or 250-248-7771 MATCHING coffee and end table with glass tops, table lamp and Westland 16-17’ boat cover. 250-667-1022 MOVING MUST Sell- Metal bar height dining room table (glass top) + 8 chairs, $400. good condition. Call (250)5863624 for info and viewing. QUEEN ANN leg 4 seater sea foam green French Provincial sofa tufted back, w/matching chair, like new, $600. Tea wagon fruit wood, w/2 drop leafs & drawer, $99. Computer swivel chair, $45. Large filagree mirror, $100. Wrought iron sofa table, (tiled top), $40. RV cover, 34’ to 37’ Class A or C, new, $300. (250)758-6975. QUEEN MATTRESS SET! Brand New - Pillowtop. $200 each. (250)713-9680
GARAGE SALES 5078 VISTA VIEW Cres, Sat, Nov 30, 9am-? Moving Sale! Drill press, scroll saw, grinder, household goods, sm tools, no toys! No early birds!
MEDICAL SUPPLIES HOSPITAL BED. Elec. Rotec. Multi-Positional. W/ 6� Invicare(waterproof covered) mattress. 4 dual pos. side rails. Head/ft boards. Only used 38 days. $1900 Firm. 250-2873930 WHEELCHAIR, 17x15.5, new $175. Stanneh straight chair lift, $1000. Power lift chair, new, $650. (250)760-7009.
Meicor Properties Chemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625, available now. N/S, 1 small pet welcome. 250-246-1033. www.meicorproperties.com
ELECTRIC BED, twin-size, older style, in excellent shape. $150 obo. 250-748-9804 Exquisite China/Glass & Crystal, 8 pce Punch Bowl Set,hand & elec.tools, Drapery Rods & Glide Rollers, African Animal Carvings,2 Briefcases,Elk,Deer Hides, pipes & tobacco, men’s jewelry, fireplace insert, 91 Explorer(parts),Toque’s,Saddle, Air compressor,Seed spreader, Ballantine Flavour Crisp Chicken Machine, Wine btls & filter pump,Childs 4pc kitchen playset, Walnuts,Squash & Garlic! 250-248-4495.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 29 ROYAL DOLTON Dolls, Ashley, Office Furniture ($2500),Robert Bateman Print, & Bev Doolittle Print, 64� Tall Floor Centurion Safe. Call 250-228-1362
DOUBLE ELECTRIC Bed, with remote control, headboard & mattress. Exc. cond. $1000. (250)751-7941, Nanaimo. DOWNSIZING wool rug 5 x 7, collectors 4 porcelain dolls, Denby dish set, Pen Delfin plate, glass salad bowl set, 3 English plates, oak organ stool, Ken Christmas print, star bucks world mugs (14oz), gramophone & variety of records. 250-586-5528 ELECTRICAL GENERATOR: Homelite model, 2500watt. $250. (250)713-6653 ELECTRIC MEDICAL bed, foot, head and height raise, mattress new, has only been used with foam topper and mattress cover on it, has 2 sets of foot and head boards, 1 set dark other light, has attachable side rails. Retail$2500, excellent condition. Sell, $1000. (250)751-1714.
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Consignment Clothing - Bridal & Formal
RETIREMENT SALE EVERYTHING MUST GO!
40 - 50 - 60% off
From T’s to Gowns... All Racking, Counters, Hangers, Mirrors & Shelving Starting Dec. 2nd until the store closes, Dec. 21st
418 Fitzwilliam St., Nanaimo
250.753.0537
REAL ESTATE ACREAGE I WANT to buy a small acreage of one to five acres. Southwest, West, or Northwest of Nanaimo probably on gravel road or trail. No services on land of any kind required. I am strong and healthy, able to provide security if required. I pay cash, or any deal that works for you. kenwsinc@live.ca
APARTMENT/CONDOS Grape press, wood w/ metal stand, 21�w27�h. Grinder, fits wheelbarrow. 4’x2’ plastic container. 5gal clear glass bottles. $500 for all. 250-709-9979 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?
AUSTRALIAN THEMED Christmas Light Display- 6 White Boomers, Emu, Platypus, Koala, Santa and sleigh, $500 obo. (250)756-6125. BLUE RECLINER, several lamps, TV (smaller, ideal for bdrm), small night table, downhill and cross country skis, downhill ski boots, reiki table. Call (250)752-8806. BROWNING 2000 Semi-Auto Shot Gun. $550/obo. Arrowsmith Golf Membership. $4800 reg price selling for $3200/obo. Excellent Xmas Gifts. Call 250-240-0007
QUALITY GARDEN SHEDS Gazebos, pergolas, follies, greenhouses, studios, storage & more. Call 250-951-0855
INDUSTRIAL BUILT log splitter. 30 ton, pull & electric start, Honda 13 hp with lift table. For more info call Doc 250-2468111 LARGE COLLECTION of rebuilt bicycles. Large quantity of fishing gear. Antique china cabinet w/glass front & other furniture items! 250-748-8270 LARGE GLOBE w/light, $20. Webster dictionary 4x11, on stand, $20. Goose down duvet, queen size, $50. Portrait of a pretty lady, gold framed, 30x20, $20. Antique car collection displayed in frame, $50. Hospital bed, hardly used w/linens, $750.(250)751-2142. LOVESEAT, RUST colour, good condition. $50. Luggage, 5-piece, burgundy, used 2 times, $50. Freezer, apt. size $50. Lazy Boy carpet, burgundy/turquoise/gold multi-coloured 5’x7’ $50. Nanaimo 250619-9517, 1(250)655-1213.
2-BDRM, 1 bath condo with ocean and mountain views. Corner unit with large deck & gas F/P. Quiet, secure adult bldg with elevator. Includes 5 appliances. For more info or viewing call Jim at (778)4211310 or Ted at (250)723-8089, Pt. Alberni. Asking $175,900.
ATTENTION SENIORS Central Duncan 954 sq.ft. second floor. Reduced to $151,900, 55+ building @ 650 Dobson Rd. Call 250-815-0866 NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd floor condo. 1500 sq.ft. LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 underground parking spaces. Maintenance fee includes hot water/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. $339,900 (250)753-9123
DUPLEX/4-PLEX OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, Nov 23 & 24 1-4pm. New Duplex’s For Sale 5909 & 5911 Stone haven Rd in Stone Manor Estate’s (behind Hospital). 1850sq ft each, 3 bdrms, 4 bath, 5 appls and much more. $209,000. Call Gord (250)710-1947.
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L-SHAPED jeweler’s showcase, 72�x72�Lx22�Dx44�H, comes complete with lockable display area plus drawers and shelving in one area. The cabinet is very solid however it needs some TLC. Price as is $195 or ask us for a price quote to restore it to its original beauty. (250)246-4409 NEW KINECT X Box 360, 250 gb hard drive sensor - includes everything - wireless controller, head set, adventure game, etc. Retail $399.99 asking $325. Call 250-937-1542
CUSTOM BUILT- this house is in its own category! Featuring a covered cedar back deck, stamped concrete surface, accessible from living, kitchen and master bedroom. Granite counter tops, dual wall ovens, 5 burner gas range proudly stand out in an open layout to the living room, formal dining and breakfast nook. 3 bedrooms, main bath, powder room, ensuite & laundry on main floor. Flooring is hardwood & marble. Master bedroom is exotic hardwood and heated marble in the ensuite. Basement boasts 9’ ceilings, walk out, 3 framed bedrooms, two rough plumbed bathrooms & ample space. There is a large concrete room underneath the garage accessible from main area in basement. Above the garage is an attic room just for storage! Homes heating/AC system is geothermal. Basement walls are constructed with ICF (insulated concrete forms) as well as spray foam joist ends, creating an extremely energy efficient home! This home will not disappoint! 1749sqft main flr, 1749sqft bsmt+ 400sq ft concrete rm under garage. Elaine, 250-964-7434, Elenore, 250743-4477. 956 Gillespie Place in Mill Bay, BC
VARIOUS SECOND hand household items at Red’s Emporium. Furniture, tools, dishes, etc. 19 High St, Ladysmith. Call 250-245-7927.
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NORTH NANAIMO- 107 Harpooner Place (off McGirr) 2100sq ft, 4 bdrm, 3 bath, ocean mtn views, cul-de-sac, close to schools, lrg fenced yrd, new kitchen & roof, beautiful deck, lot size 7600sqft. $389,000. (250)756-6125.
HOUSES FOR SALE
UNDER NEW MGMT. 1275 Dufferin Cres. 1 & 2 Bdrm from $675/mth Call 250-740-1002
UPPER LANTZVILLE- 1 bdrm in detached Carriage House. F/S, WD, hydro and internet incl. Quiet! NS/NP. Long term, $750. Call 250-716-6797
COTTAGES PARKSVILLE: LUXURY all seasons cottage. Indoor pool, hottub. Fully furn, 3 bdrm, 2 bath beside Rathtrevor Beach. 250-334-9443, 250-792-0174
DELUXE 1329 sqft rancher. 2 bedroom + den, 2 bath, dbl garage home. Spacious master bedroom has walk-in closet, ensuite has heated tile floors. Open living concept w/ gas fireplace, house also has a heat pump. Appliances & window coverings included. Landscaped front & back yard w/sprinkler system. Close to hospital & downtown Duncan. 10 yr New Home Warranty is in effect. 1 (778) 429-8645 DOWNTOWN NANIAMO: Luxury Waterfront Lifestyle; Elegant 2 Br, 2 bath condo, ocean, mountains, marina views. Lagoon, clubhouse, gym, swimming pool. Walk to Sea wall, near Port Theatre. Reduced for quick sale $349,000. Call 250-591-7800 agents welcome.
33’ CONVERTED Trawler with 6 cylinder Isuzu deisel engine with 2100 hours. Ready to fish or cruise. Good electronics, Survey valued at $25,000. Sell for $8500. Call Jim at (778)421-1310 or Ted at (250)723-8089, Pt. Alberni. For more info or viewing.
GREAT STARTER or retirement house. 2-bdrm, 1 bath with full walk-out basement. Freshly painted and updated. New roof. Carport in front and alley access to 24x30 garage. Large yard with fruit trees. For info or viewing phone Jim at 778-421-1310 or Ted at 250723-8089. Pt. Alberni. Asking $165,900.
MOBILE HOMES & PARKS LANTZVILLE MOBILE home, dble wide w/upgrades, on lrg lot. 2bdrm, 2bath, W/D, F/S. Kids & pets OK on approval. $70,000 firm. No Agents Please! (250)816-0102
HERE’S YOUR HOME BASED BUSINESS w/2.5 car garage & separate driveway in downtown Parksville. Includes fully remodelled 3 bdrm home with legal 1 bdrm suite ($750/mo) & great tenant who wants to stay. Garden & shed, small studio and exceptional landscaping, separate driveway can park RV’s etc. $359,900. (250) 954-0227.
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 1681 BOUNDARY AVE Manager 250-618-4510 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Seniors Welcome! Large 2 BR. Suites Immed. & Dec. 1
LADYSMITH: SEMI-OCEANFRONT 6.5 treed acres, 2600 ft. 3bdrm home. Water view every from every room. $419,000. (250)245-8950
Close to Hospital and bus, elevator, wheelchair accessible. Special incentives for seniors. Early move-in on some suites. Free Storage (depends on availability) CALL TODAY AND START PACKING!
DOWNTOWN NANAIMO- 1 bdrm furnished, city/ocean view, quiet bldg. NS/NP. Refs. (250)753-1930. Location, Location! Walk to mall. 2 bed, 2 bath rancher in Ladysmith. Heat pump, wood fp, built-in vac. Sunroom, new windows, great home for seniors. $255,000. 250-245-1484.
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CLOSE TO VIU and Hospital: large 3 bdrm suite; big, bright & beautiful. 2 bath, W/D, D/W, garage, 2 living rooms, NS/NP $1100. (250) 585-2235. HAREWOOD: 2 bdrm sxs duplex, quiet tenants, F/S, W/D, microwave. $850 incld’s hydro and util’s. NP/NS. Avail imm. Ref’s req’d. (250)753-1657 HAREWOOD SXS, 3bdrm, 1.5baths, F/S, W/D hookup. N/S, N/P. Ref Req. $900. Avail Jan 1st. (250)714-6948
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PARKSVILLESPACIOUS “Windsor Court� 1 level strata patio home, totally updated, 2 bdrm, 2 bath end unit, within walking distance to dwntwn, beach, Oceanside Health Centre and other amenities. Drive by #7 454 Morison Ave or call (250)586-3624 for viewing. $237,900.
NANAIMO: CLEAN, quiet 1 bdrm suites. Hot water incl’d, on bus route. $545/mo. 1 yr lease, ref’s & credit check req’d. Avail. Dec 1. Call 250754-8411. NANAIMO: QUIET, clean and comfortable 1 bdrm. Central location, views, intercom, elevator. Free hot water. N/S, N/P. Refs. $650/mo. Call Mark/Don 250-753-8633.
$600 & UP A lovely 1650 sq ft rancher on .46 acre corner lot in a quiet, friendly rural neighborhood, close to storries beach&oyster rv. nicely landscaped,fenced backyard,garden,dogpen,new flooring,countertops,updated fixtures,bright D/R 3 bdrms,1.5 bth+ fam rm,mud rm,attached 19x11 shop, forced air natural gas heat. $287,000. 250-9233150
Meicor Properties Ladysmith: bachelor unit avail now $590/mo incl. heat & hot water, sm pets ok. 250-9246966. www.meicorproperties.com
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
POTTER’S WHEEL for sale. Excellent condition. Asking $500.00. Please call to view 250-897-3142. SEARS “FREE Spirit� treadmill, $800 obo. Entertainment centre, solid oak, fits 36� TV, $135 obo. Delco Car dolly, new tires and tilting ramp, $1000 obo. (250)723-8636.
MOBILE 14X56 w/8x12 addition in well maintained 55+ Upper Lantzville park. Lrg bdrm, kitchen & living room. 2yr old roof, furnace & oil tank, kitch counters & appliances. 14-6820 Parklands Place. $48,500. (250)390-3200
HOSPITAL/BOWEN AREA 1 & 2 Bdrms, adult bldg, security cameras. New windows, flooring. Near shops. Sm pet ok. $695+ FREE Heat & H/W. Call 250-753-6656
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HOMES FOR RENT ARE YOU paying $1200+ for rent? You could own a new 1600 sq.ft. townhouse with new home warranty for similar payments. Stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, garage & more. If interested, call (250)754-5327 EAGLE CREST- Qualicum, amazing ocean view, 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath Rancher, lrg garage. $1300+ utils. Contact Virginia, vdevries@shaw.ca VIU & University Square- recently reno’d, 3 bdrm, 2 full baths, 2200sqft. $1195. + utils. Pet? Steve, 250-667-3009.
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Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or admin@resortonthelake.com
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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE
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TRUCKS & VANS
DEPARTURE BAY, lrg room; shared kitchen, bath, laundry. Cable, hydro, prkg incl. N/S Close to bus. $495/mo. (250)760-0842 Avail. immed.
2004 PONTIAC Sunfire, 93,000 km. Good condition except chip on windshield. $2800 obo. (250) 746-4264
NORTH NANAIMO: Attention Students/Working Professionals: fully furnished room, nice, quiet area. Own bathroom, cable, FREE WiFi, shared kitchen and laundry. N/S, N/P, no partiers. $550/mo. Avail. immediately. 250-756-9746
2009 HONDA Civic EXL 4 door automatic. Leather heated seats, sun roof. 52,000 km. Power group, A/C, garage kept. $14,900. (250)722-3535.
SUITES, LOWER CHEMAINUS: 1 bdrm, lower level, new kitchen cabinets & carpeting, private entrance & patio in quiet setting, ocean view N/P, N/S util. incl. $725 (250) 416-0062 DEPARTURE BAYBrand new spacious 2 bdrm level entry. D/W, own laundry. $950./mo inclds internet. Avail now or Dec 1. NS/NP. Refs. Call 250-802-9135.
SPORTS & IMPORTS CHRIS CRAFT Engines For Sale. 2 Chris Craft 350 cid gasoline engines. Matched pair left hand and right hand rotation. Circa 1965, rebuilt in mid 1980’s and kept in storage ever since. Bore: 030 Mains: 010 Rods: 010 Bore: 030 Mains: 020 Rods: 020. Asking: $1600 for the pair (obo). Contact: (250)245-3004
Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402
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NORTH NANAIMO: Bright 1bdrm basement suite in newer house. Full size kitchen w/appliances, lrg living room, full bathroom, no laundry. Quiet neighborhood, walking distance to beach, Woodgrove Mall and other amenities. N/P, N/S, No Parties. Refs Req. $725 utils incl. (250)734-3477
1956 CHEVROLET WAGON $22,500. 350/Automatic, new floor pans, body mounts, carpets, seat foam, sound proofed floors, one of a kind wooden rear deck, collector plated a must see. Ralph @ 250-752-9855
TRANSPORTATION AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS
GOODYEAR SNOW tires (4) 215/60R17, low mileage. $250. (250)758-5585
1990 TOYOTA Camry, 156,000k, recent brakes, good tires, runs excellent. $1895. 1 (250)753-6273 or phone cell (250)797-2671
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1998 23’ Wanderer Lite 5th wheel. Sleeps 6, N/S, double sinks, tub, shower, microwave, awning. Lots of storage excellent condition. $6000 OBO. 250-748-1304
1992 BUICK REGAL, must sell! Ex. running order. Tilt wheel, cruise control, 2 new tires. New alternator, water pump, serpentine belt. AC & heater totally redone. $1100 obo. 250-748-0066 lv msg
37’, 1999 Mountain Aire Motor home, dinning room slide. Great for snowbirds heading south. $33,500. Call (250)7520742.
VOYAGER conversion from solo bike to Trike kit. requires further adaptation parts for your bike model. Was $5,000 now $1,500. 1(250)713-6653 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE
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2001 Pontiac Grand AM, 4 dr. Immaculate condition, Gold color, 104K, AM/FM w/CD player, garage kept. Ask $4250. (250) 715-0875
1996 SPORTSMASTER 23.5’ 5th Wheel. Lrg 2-door fridge, stove w/oven, microwave, lrg shower, AC, awning, new rubber roof, metal siding. $6,400. 1 (250)740-3935
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2005 JIMMY- 2 door, 4x4, 1 owner, 80,000 km, excellent condition. $6000 obo. Call (250)390-9369. CHEV high-up 5 ton & Ford 4x4 bush box, for cash or trade on small 2 wheel drive pickup. (250)732-3239
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TRUCKS & VANS
1991 Mazda MPV, seats 7, V6, fully loaded, 1 owner, 218,000 km, $995. Runs well. 250-748-1528 or 250-7327090 5TH WHEEL: 2001 22’ Komfort, 1 owner, 1 slide, sleeps 6, full bath w/tub & shower, full size fridge w/freezer, $9700 obo. 250-748-8202
2004 MAZDA B2300, 72,000 km. Mint condition inside & out. Runs perfectly. Automatic, canopy, A/C, overdrive, ABS brakes, alloy wheels, framemounted trailer hitch, AM/FM/CD player, passenger air bag on/off switch. Price $10,500. Bob at 250-743-6686 to view or for further info.
1998 RANGER 4x4 super cab XLT. V6 standard. Power group. Tow package. No rust, good condition, runs great. $5,000 obo. Estate sale. Call (250)616-6410.
MARINE ACCESSORIES MARINER BOAT Motor, 30 HP, does not run, $150. Call 250-245-2456.
BOATS CAL-20 Sailboat. Great shape, 5 sails incl. new genoa. Bottom painted Aug.’13. VHF. Keel upgraded. $2700 or $3200 w/ Yamaha motor, obo. 250-709-5089
1999 DODGE Pickup- 6 new tires, front end joints replaced, Cummins diesel engine. 250758-8930, 604-815-9075.
2003 5 speed PT Crusier- timing belt, A/C, Michelin tires. $3400. Call (250)746-0007.
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Snowbird or Full-time. Well cared for 33.5 ft Montana 5th, 3 slides, huge, bright living space, W/D, lots of storage, generator. (778)418-4000 or email: fsartor@shaw.ca for more info & photos
1991 FORD P/U F250, 4x4, XLT, Lariat, 351 Auto Tow Package, canopy, boat racks. $2500.00. 250-336-8600
2009 SUZUKI Scooter, 650cc, Heated seats/grips, auto/ manual trani. Lots of storage & low mileage. $6,000 obo. 250713-6653
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ESTATE SALE. 1993 Gulfstream Sun Voyager 34’ widebody deluxe model, Cummins diesel auto. 4-speed. Allison transmission. Power jacks. Refurbished in & out. New fridge 2012 Low miles. Flat-screen TV. Excellent stereo. Awning with privacy curtain & window covers. $25,000. 250-335-1515.
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‘97 SOUTHWIND STORM.34 ft Class A Gas GM 65,000 miles, big slide A/C’s. Levelers, gen.set, queen bed walk around. Too much to list. Come & look. 778-455-4589
2004 F150- 5.4 L, Heavy Duty, tow pkg, 103 , box liner, super cab, truck tires, Island truck, well maintained. $7200. Call 250-586-4716. 2005 EXT. Venture Van, garaged, 96,000 km’s. Original Owner. Excellent condition. $8,900. 1 (250)758-2078
ENDURANCE 35. Custom built. Launched 1984. Must be seen to be appreciated. Asking $89,000. 250-468-9931.
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“We’ve got to go into someone else’s gym and we’ve got to play in front of their fans and we’ve got to win two games in two difficult places,” he said. Shayna Worthington, M’s player, said the team is excited to take its first overnight road trip of the season. “It will be a chance to bond some more, so it’ll be fun,” she said. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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Barsby Bulldogs player Kyle Vollet, left, chases a Windsor Dukes opponent during a game earlier this season at Merle Logan Field. The AA varsity ’Dawgs play for a provincial championship this Saturday (Nov. 30) in the Subway Bowl at Vancouver’s B.C. Place stadium.
side, we know them first-hand now, too … There are tweaks we can do to our scheme.” Defensively, the ’Dawgs will game plan mainly against Eagles running back A.J. Blackwell – “He’s going to have Bulldogs hanging all over him,” Stevenson said – without
sacrificing other coverages. On offence, Barsby will be playing without its primary weapon as running back Brandon Parker is injured. Kyle Vollet is likely to be the feature back, with Tyler Harvey also expected to see some carries.
The coach said the offence may need to pace itself differently since both Vollet and Harvey are full-time defensive players, but he thinks the ’Dawgs will be able to move the football. “We still have our offensive line intact, we still have our quarterbacks,
we still have our receivers,” he said. “We have a pretty dynamic offence. We can score on you a bushel of different ways, and do it quickly.” He predicts a fast football game, filled with big plays and guys going full tilt. “I definitely feel we can do it,” said
Harvey. “We showed that we could beat them before. They kind of know what we are all about now so they’ll be a stronger team. So we’ll see what happens.” Cole Virtanen, Barsby receiver, said his team is preparing to face the best team it’s played all season. “To say that we can beat all the best teams to win the championship would be amazing,” he said. That’s the goal, and it’s graspable, and there’s just one more game day, now, for the Bulldogs to go get it. “We need to savour this moment in time because you only get it once with this exact group of people. And at the end of the day it will come and go…” said Stevenson. “It’s a very, very special thing.” GAME ON … The Bulldogs and Eagles kick off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
Mariners look for more wins before final buzzer of fall BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
The VIU Mariners will enjoy the holiday break no matter what, but more so if they can maintain their perfect records. Vancouver Island University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams (6-0) have one more weekend of Pacific Western Athletic Association action this semester.
The M’s are on the road to play the Douglas Royals on Friday (Nov. 29) and the Langara Falcons the next day. VIU’s hoops teams have used home court to their advantage, as five of their six games so far have been played in Nanaimo. Matt Kuzminski, coach of the Mariners men, said last season his players seemed to lose focus at this time of year and lost a
game before the break that they shouldn’t have lost. He said this year’s group is mature and he doesn’t expect them to let up. “During the games, [we need to] control what we can control – effort,” Kuzminski said. “And the score will take care of itself.” Bill McWhinnie, coach of the VIU women’s team, said playing on the road is a different sort of challenge.
Clippers, Grizzlies colliding The Nanaimo Clippers have been able to beat most of the league’s best teams, but they do still have one grizzly bear on their back. This weekend the Clips will try to earn their first win this season against the Victoria Grizzlies. Nanaimo hosts Vic on Friday (Nov. 29) at Frank Crane Arena, then heads down to Bear Mountain Arena the next night for a rematch. The Grizzlies have defeated the Clippers four times already in 2013-14, though it’s been more than a month since the last meeting between the teams. “The’re a very hardworking team, probably one of the hardestworking teams we’ve played,” said Brendan Taylor, alternate captain on the Clippers. “We’ve got to work hard against them.” He said he doesn’t think the Clippers are psyched out, having lost to the Grizzlies so many times. “I think we just maybe haven’t had our best games against them,” Taylor said. “But we’re going to be ready to play this week.” Clippers captain Scott Prier said his team needs to “bear down,” no pun intended, and stick to its system. “I don’t know what it is about that team that we’ve had so much trouble with. I don’t really think they’re better than us…” he said. “We’ve just got to believe in ourselves, stay focused throughout the game and engaged and we’ll be fine.” GAME ON … The Clippers and Grizzlies face off Friday at 7 p.m. … On Sunday (Dec. 1) the Clips host the Coquitlam Express at 2 p.m. at the Frank.
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The Bulldogs are back in the big game. John Barsby Secondary School’s AA varsity football team plays for a provincial championship this Saturday (Nov. 30), taking on the Carson Graham Eagles in the Subway Bowl at B.C. Place stadium. Barsby has been a powerhouse program for a long time, but it’s never a given that it gets to end a football season under the dome. “You can’t overstate how rare it is to get in these games. It’s a major deal,” said Rob Stevenson, Barsby coach. “The next one may not come around for years, you just never know. It’s a perfect storm to get there and you need a more perfect storm to win it.” Certainly the winning conditions are there – the ’Dawgs have already beaten the Eagles this fall, a 21-0 shutout just five weeks ago. “Carson’s going to come back with a better plan of attack against us and a better idea of our athletes and style of play,” Stevenson said. “On the flip-
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The Nanaimo Redmen have been low on roster numbers all year, but they have everything else it takes to win football games. They have size, skill and spirit, they play to their system and they play scrappy. And it’s gotten them all the way to the championship game. The Redmen take the field Sunday (Dec. 1) in Langley to face the North Surrey Bears in the Vancouver Mainland Football League midget final. “There was only one goal from the beginning, and that’s to get to the game that we’ve got on Sunday,” said Sean Roden, Redmen coach. The finalists are evenly matched – so evenly matched that their one meeting this fall was a tie game. “They’re a really fast team; they’ve got a really fast defence but we’re a bit more harder hitting than they are,” said Chae Faickney, Nanaimo lineman. “I think it will be a good game.” Austin Lyle, Redmen quarterback, said when the teams met earlier this season, both sides were missing some players. “We have ours back; they hopefully have theirs back. I think it’s an even match,”
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he said. “We were both the underdogs coming into [last] week and now we’re on top. It’s just going to come down to who wants it more, who’s going to play hardest.” Lyle said offensively, his team will keep pounding away with the power run game that’s been working well. Defensively, Roden said the Redmen will need to have a totally different game plan than in the semifinals because they’ll be facing a more balanced attack from the Bears.
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Members of the Nanaimo and District Sharing honours as most inspirational playLacrosse Association recently met to recognize ers on the squad were Dayton Popham and successes from the past season and to begin Logan Seymour. From that same team, Sean planning for the new year. My thanks to presiPye was picked as most sportsmanlike player dent Brian Boas for passing along the annual and Stephan Gosau as most improved over general meeting’s highlights… the year. Receiving awards from coach Todd The awards portion of the AGM began by Manns’ midget A team were Rhys Bibby for honouring three players from each team. most inspirational player, Max Creighton for From the peewee C squad led by coach Gordie most sportsmanlike and Logan Davidson for Walls-Good, winners were Connor James as most improved player. most inspirational player, Byron White as most From the peewee girls’ team coached by Farsportsmanlike and Colby Young as ren Ferguson, Jayne Nystrom was most improved. Coach Todd Jones most inspirational player, Sierra thorpe saw winners from his peewee B team Howden was most sportsmanlike report named as Brendan Olson for most and Madison Rypma was most Ian Thorpe inspirational, Aidan Jones for most improved. Columnist sportsmanlike and Jake Moreno for Mike Nicholls was head coach for most improved. the bantam female squad this past Winners from the peewee B2 squad season. That team recognized Emma coached by Ken Gregory were most Young as the most inspirational inspirational player Zack Giszas, player. Named as most sportsmanmost sportsmanlike player Fletcher like was Sophie Scobie, while Shayla Falk and most improved player Will Frinton was most improved. Hawthornewaite. Chosen from coach Individual honours from the Chris Bowman’s peewee A team from midget female team coached by last season were Chase Heslop for most inspiRoss Angelucci went to Jenna Rafter as most rational, Jayden Tomiyama for most sportsinspirational player, Hannah Boas as most manlike and Evan Soucy for most improved. sportsmanlike and Sophie Vanderlee as most Awards from Jason May’s bantam C squad improved player. went to Connor Olson as most inspirational Representing the junior women’s squad player, Hugh Joly as most sportsmanlike and coached by Rick Geddes, most inspirational Avin Golobar as most improved. From the ban- player was Morgan Theedom, most sportstam B team coached by Bruce Merner, the most manlike was Shai McNulty and most improved inspirational player was Ian McMahon-Pointe, on the year was Kourtney Prevost. while Nathan Anderton was most sportsmanA number of other prestigious awards were like and Wes Cholach most improved. Winners presented. In a future column we’ll acknowlfrom the bantam A team, coached by Steve edge those winners. Bishop, were Isaac Bevis as most inspirational, Whatever your sport, a reminder in closing Maneel Jaswal as most sportsmanlike and Con- to play your hardest, play fair, and show good nor Reid as most improved. sportsmanship. Turning to the midget level, the midget C u boys’ team was coached by Darren Angell. Ian Thorpe writes about sports Thursdays.
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V-ball Mariners brace for league’s best T h i s c o m i n g w e e k e n d ’s matchup shapes up as maybe the best women’s volleyball of the season at VIU. Vancouver Island University’s women’s team (10-2) hosts the undefeated Fraser Valley Cascades (12-0) on Friday (Nov. 29)
and Saturday at the VIU gym. Friday’s match starts at 6 p.m. while Saturday’s action goes at 1 p.m. In men’s play, VIU (5-7) plays UFV (5-7) at 8 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday. M’s leftside Zach Grigg is the reigning PacWest Athlete of the Week.
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Cedar Spartans girls play for their school one last time It’s quite possibly the last provincial championship ever for the Cedar Spartans, so the motivation is sure there. Cedar Secondary School’s senior AA girls’ volleyball team begins play today (Nov. 28) at provincials in Surrey, following a runner-up finish at the Islands a week and a half ago. A win over host
Brentwood College in the semifinals advanced the girls to the big dance. “They played outstanding … They knew it was do or die at that point,” said Trisha Randen, co-coach of the team. “Since the beginning of the season we said we want to make it to provincials, we want to medal at provincials. As soon
as we won that match they were just over-the-moon excited.” Since then, players have shown an eagerness to try to get even better so they can peak at provincials. “Cedar’s closing and this is the last year we get to represent our school. It’s sad,” said Randen, a Cedar alumnus. “But
we’re determined and we’re all going in with the mindset that we’re taking that banner home.” The Nanaimo District Islanders senior AAA girls and boys and the Dover Bay senior boys are also playing at provincials and Dover’s junior girls played at provincials last week.
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Mattress Myths Explained by John Rogers, President, John’s Bedroom Barn
Myth No 1: No-flip mattresses are best If there is one thing I am absolutely convinced of, it’s that mattresses need to be two-sided so they can be flipped to wear evenly. When I was growing up, mattresses lasted 10, 20 years or more - so why don’t they last like that now? Well, in that era we built mattresses with brute force, top quality foams and springs, and we made them two-sided so you could turn them over to give one side of the mattress a chance to recover from the use it was given. Mattresses were built to benefit customers by giving them years of comfortable service.
Myth No. 2: Memory foam is the way to go Memory foam can indeed be a way to go, but it’s not be-all and end-all solution to a good night’s sleep. I’m not a fan myself, but I have thousands of clients that love it. Memory foam can be quite warm even though some are touted as being cooler and can breathe – personally, I’ve never found one type cooler than another. Also, not all memory foams are created equal; there are quite a few brand names and types. If you like a soft sink-in feel then it can be OK - as long as it’s not in a no-flip mattress. A big problem with memory foam is that a lot of it is poured offshore, so there are no environmental controls (see Myth No. 3). Another problem with off-shore foam products is that typically they’re compressed to fit into a box or a shipping container – and that’s not good. Foam cells aren’t exactly round – they’re made up of small struts, much like a geodesic dome. So when a foam mattress is machine-rolled or vacuum-packed into boxes or containers, a tremendous number of those struts get damaged. This greatly reduces the elasticity and life of the foam.
Myth No. 3 Foam that off-gasses is no big deal That “new foam smell” is something I hear about a lot. Foams made offshore have been reported to be very offensive in odor and toxicity. When it comes to imported foam products, there are few restrictions as to how they are made or what they are made with, and few controls on what can be imported into Canada. There are, however, many restrictions guiding what we can make in Canada and the US.
The majority of our foam products and mattresses are tested to extremely high standards. For your family this means: 1. Low VOC’s. Volatile Organic Compounds are a major component of air pollution, and certainly a concern for indoor air quality. 2. Made without ozone depleters. CFC’s (Chlorofluorocarbons) deplete the ozone in the upper atmosphere. That ozone provides a shield from the sun’s energy. 3. No PDBE’s. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers have been linked inconclusively to some chronic illnesses in cats and humans. 4. Produced without lead, mercury and heavy metals. While these aren’t common materials in foam production, they can sometimes be found in some offshore products. 5. No formaldehyde. Need I say more? 6. Made without prohibited phthalates (pronounced “thal’âtes”), that are mainly used as a softening agent in some consumer products.
Myth No. 4: Long warranties are good Repeatedly I hear that “insert brand here” has a 10, 15, 20+ year warranty, but what does that warranty cover? The majority of warranties I’ve seen cover “1 ½ – 2 inches of visible height loss.” A great example of why that type of warranty is a rip-off is an old couch. We’ve all sat on a couch where your knees end up higher than your behind. The cushion has lost all of its ability to hold you up; however it’s still as thick as the day it was made. Look for a realistic warranty that covers excessive softening. Even if the warranty is prorated, it’s still better than “visible height loss.”
Myth No. 5: Made in Canada? Is it really? Both the furniture and mattress industry are notorious for stretching the truth. Canadian content laws state that if 51% of the product is made in Canada you can use this moniker. As often as not, though, a lot of the furniture and mattress components come from offshore, typically China. A true label would read “51% Canadian, 49% other.”
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he colour of the sky in Russ Morland’s world is blue ... and pink, yellow, and sometimes red. It’s a world he dubbed Lurklandia, a place where the little monsters he creates can roam and frolic to their dark hearts’ content. Morland was on a two-week vacation when the land for his signature characters – lurkers – began to take shape. He sketched a few mountains in the background. “It started off as background filler and now its the main attraction,” Morland said. “It really came out of nowhere – I’m going to run with it a bit.” He hosts his first art show of the landscape paintings at Electric Umbrella,
his tattoo shop and gallery in the Old City Quarter. The show opens Saturday (Nov. 30), 8 p.m. to midnight, and remains on display until February. His signature style is brightly coloured, fantastical characters with clever sayings, that’s been evolving over the years. His sketches have tightened up, making his art more directional. “I wouldn’t even sketch anything – I would just paint,” Morland said. “It was really subconscious in a way.” Although still containing subversive elements, his artwork is becoming more usuable for commercial purposes. “It’s becoming more commercial, which is what I want it to,” Morland said. “I want to make a living off my art, which I don’t think is a bad thing to say.”
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With companies like My Pakage buying designs for underwear lines, a toy company producing one of his lurker characters and further clothing design possibilities, Morland said he is realizing the goal he’s had since the age of seven. He studied art design, graphic design and fine art before a two-year tattoo apprenticeship, which he credits for introducing him to varied artistic
styles. Each client was a mini-project completed from concept to design in a short time frame. “It taught me more about art than any other courses,” Morland said. The show on Saturday will consist of prints of his latest work. He’s keeping the originals in anticipation of art shows in the U.S. in the new year. But he constructed a life-size Lurklandia in the gallery to help visitors get inside the artwork. “They’re supposed to be fun and enjoyed for what they are,” Morland said. Morland will be giving away a goodie bag of Lurk prints, stickers and pins for the best photo of guests at the show. Post the photo to Instagram, with the tag #lurklandia, and follow Morland at @thelurk1. editor@nanaimobulletin.com
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Musicians with Winter Harp bring not only harps, but also flutes, percussion and medieval instruments to perform carols, songs and stories in celebration of winter. The annual concert at the Port Theatre has become a tradition in Nanaimo.
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It all began simply enough in the late 1980s, when Lori Pappajohn and Alan Woodland started annual Christmas concerts featuring harp and readings at the New Westminster Public Library. Now, Winter Harp is one of Western Canada’s most beloved holiday traditions – and it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary this season. Twenty years of standing ovations, rave reviews and a record number of sold-out concerts. Over the years, tens of thou-
sands of people have made attending Winter Harp their annual tradition. Join this worldclass ensemble of harps, flutes, medieval instruments, and percussion for a concert of heartwarming carols, songs and stories in celebration of winter. The musicians, in rich medieval attire, perform a hauntinglybeautiful selection of music from wellknown carols to Celtic, medieval and world music. The stage is set with candelabras and breathtakingly beautiful backdrops. Two concerts will be held at the Port Theatre on Dec. 14 – a matinee at 3:30
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is all about – the proceeds go to the local food bank. “To see the smiles in the audience and the joy on their faces makes it all worth while,” Bogle said. “Not only is the concert for the audience enjoyment but it has become a part of my Christmas.” The band performs at Beban Park and will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items to donate to the Salvation Army food bank. For more information, please visit www.nanaimoconcertband. com.
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JIM BYRNES with Babe Gurr at the Queen’s Saturday (Nov. 30). Doors 8:30 p.m. Tickets $25/advance; $30/door. ELECTRIC KOOL-AID plays the Well Pub Saturday (Nov. 30). THE HIGH ART OF SINGING by Island Consort chamber choir at Brechin United Church Sunday (Dec. 1) at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $18; free/under 12 at the door.
HOWIE JAMES and the Howlettes perform at Country Club Centre Thursday (Nov. 28) at 2 p.m. THE BIG MESS plays Acme Food Co. Friday (Nov. 29), 7-10 p.m. CAMBIE CARRIE and the Terminal Band Aids play the Queen’s Friday (Nov. 29). Doors 8 p.m. Tickets $10/ advance; $15/door. Followed by Party Inc.
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THE CHRISTMAS ROSE Island Bel Canto Singers concert Dec. 7, 2:30 p.m., at Departure Bay Baptist Church and Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Nanaimo Ecumenical Centre. Tickets $15; free/children under 12. LITTLEHEAD plays the Harewood Arms Pub Dec. 7. BLUES CHRISTMAS PARTY with Lazy Mike and the Rockin’ Recliners at Harewood Legion Dec. 12, 8 p.m. to midnight. Call 250797-2500.
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Children capture spirit of Disney musical Red Room Studio actors stage two productions for audiences
A modern Disney classic comes to life on stage with the help of some child actors. Red Room Studio produces the story of Mulan, a young heroine who disguises herself as a man to take her aging father’s place in the army. The production features Matthew Wilder and David Zippel’s songs from the film, plus music specially composed for the theatrical adaptation by Broadway composers Stephen Schwartz and Jeanine Tesori. Follow the adventures of Mulan and her friends as she learns that to truly make a difference, you must be true first to who you are. Mulan takes the stage at Malaspina Theatre Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 7 at
2 p.m. That same weekend Red Room’s teen actors will takle the popular musical Chicago – the same production that featured on Broadway for 17 years, garnering six Tony Awards and a Grammy. In Roaring ’20s Chicago, Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap – until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Arrested and sent to prison, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the American Dream – fame, fortune and acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a score that sparked legendary staging by Bob Fosse.
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Young actors Piper Faux, left, Minghao Chen, front, Brie Anderson and Katie Vandekamp will help bring the popular modern Disney fairytale Mulan to life with two shows Dec. 6-7 at Malaspina Theatre. Red Room Studios will also produce Chicago with a set of teen actors Dec. 7-8.
Chicago runs Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m., at Malaspina Theatre, located at Vancouver Island Univer-
A draft of the Cultural Plan for a Creative Nanaimo is available online at www.nanaimo.ca. More than 1,000 residents gave their input into this process expressing their vision for a successful and culturally vibrant Nanaimo. The open house takes place at the Nanaimo Museum, 100 Museum Way.
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Beefs & bouquets BOUQUET To Erin Dahle. Not only does she do an amazing job taking care of my son at her daycare, but she spent four hours painting our new baby room after a long day of work. Friends like her are one in a million. BEEF To the person(s) who stole my daughter’s cellphone and wallet at the VIU library. May karma be with you. BOUQUET To all the bouquets printed in the Nanaimo Bulletin. So good to see how many more positive bouquet comments are submitted than the negative beef comments. BEEF To the people who use the term “budge” improperly. The correct word is butt – as in “May I butt in front of you,” or “He butted into line in front of me.” Budge is a word used to denote that something is difficult to move, as in “This car won’t budge.” BOUQUET A purry bouquet to Dr. Mary Jane Bowie at Island Veterinary Hospital for her excellent care of Luna, her eye is getting better thanks to your treatment. BEEF To the local security company that loads its drivers up so that they can’t even have a break. BOUQUET To Abba Flooring and especially T.J. for his excellent customer service. Thanks for the great carpet remnant. My dog is happy to have dry feet when he comes in through the doggie door. BEEF To our low-life neighbour who tells kids not to come to our house to trick or treat. BOUQUET To the crossing guard at the Estevan and Brechin intersection who is so full of joy as she works. Smiles, waves, and her happy spirit makes my morning every day on my way to work. BEEF To the loss of the penny. We taxpayers might be happy but shoppers aren’t. Either the store absorbs the penny or charges it
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BOUQUET To Paradise Island Foods of Nanaimo. A packet of cheese from the supermarket had a flaw in the processing; as the company was local, we drew it to their attention. Much feedback and we were compensated with a large variety of mixed cheese packets – absolutely brilliant customer service. BEEF To the lady in the white minivan who had five German shepard dogs running loose at Chase River. They attacked me, bit me, knocked me off my bike into the blackberries. You then left without asking me if I was OK. BOUQUET To the person who found my car keys and left a note on my door handle of the whereabouts. You made myself and grandchildren happy. BEEF Where’s the beef? Can you please dish out some more meaty, spicy beefs? Bouquets are fine but beefs give us a chance to vent when life serves us tougher cuts. BOUQUET To everyone who wears a smile – I’m smiling back at you. BEEF To all the joggers, walkers, cyclists and motorcycle riders out there. Please wear bright colours, especially at dusk and when it’s dark. Motorists would hate to harm you, but you are almost invisible when you’re wearing dark attire. Please help us to keep you safe on the roads. BOUQUET To Doug from The Irrigators. Thank you for your prompt arrival and for taking the time to talk to my husband and giving him information and advice. BEEF To the underwear store for blaring the most annoying Christmas carol ever on Nov. 16. I would have refused to shop there that day if your underwear weren’t so darn comfortable.
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BOUQUET To the gentleman who picked up my wallet at the post office on Terminal Avenue and returned it to me. BOUQUET To those who kept the Halloween tradition in 2013 alive for the children. Such happy children including our Harewood teens who were understanding when the goodies ran out. BOUQUET of red poppies to Ian, a patron at the Black Bear Pub for buying Bill his dinner on Nov 11. More than 70 years of being a veteran and I have been thanked many times for serving our country in the Second World War. It was my privilege. I am the lucky one for sure. BOUQUET To Petroglyph Animal Hospital. When my dog was ill and I was unable to bring him in myself, they went out of their way to help me and picked him up from my home and stayed open late.
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Today’s teachers need to know more about aboriginal students, including their languages, in order to help improve student success rates in B.C. schools. That’s a message Lorna Williams, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning at the University of Victoria, will deliver during an informal presentation at Vancouver Island University Thursday (Nov. 28). Williams and Geraldine Manson, VIU elder in residence, will share their experience and knowledge of First Nations languages and discuss the role of universities in language research. Their talk, part of VIU’s Respectful Research: Its Meaning in Practice speaker series, is open to everyone, including teachers, principals and others with an interest in First Nations education. Williams’ research at UVic involves studying language in indigenous communities, indigenous perspectives on teaching and learning, and indigenous science and environmental knowledge for school curricula. “To be a good teacher, you need to know something about your students,” Williams said. “One of the ways to improve the success rates among aboriginal children in B.C.’s education system is to make sure that school teachers learn about their future students.” According to Williams, there are aboriginal students in all school districts in B.C., and, in some districts they make up more than 50 percent of the student population. For this reason, Williams is contributing to changes in the school teaching cur-
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LA-LA Land auto extravaganza LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Auto Show is full of eye-popping sights and some even include cars! It’s not difficult to have your head turned but it is a challenge to pick one’s top picks but I’m for the challenge. Nissan GT-R Nismo Nissan stole the show with not only one of the fastest cars in the world but the fastest man in the world. Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Usain Bolt was on hand as Nissan’s Director of Excitement. Usain was clearly taken with the new GT-R Nismo, there were also promises to get him one to replace his gold coloured GT-R. Power has been pumped up to 600hp taking this new Nismo version to 100 km/h in just two seconds. Look for the new GT-R in the spring of 2014. I suspect Usain will get his a bit earlier. Chevrolet Colorado The mid-size pickup truck market has been all but abandoned by the domestic automakers over the last few years leaving this category entirely to Toyota and Nissan with the Tacoma and Frontier trucks. Wait until next year and the choice will include the all-new Colorado from Chevrolet. Building off the success of the all-new full-size Silverado, the engineers have taken the same approach to this new truck. On the economy front, eventually there will be three engines to choose from. Out of gate, there is the base 2.5L 4-cylinder engine or a 3.6L V6. Subaru WRX Fans of the Subaru WRX will be very excited about the arrival of an all-new car but maybe a bit disappointed that this production model
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Nanaimo News Bulletin B13
How to get noticed at the auto show Tinseltown. Hollywood. L.A. No matter defining exterior features. what you call it, it’s a city of millions In regards to its body, it’s more rigid and it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. than before and you’ll also find it has a But not if you’re attractive, have a “factory tuned” enhanced suspension. great body and well, you shine. With The aero package, which not only looks hundreds of vehicles showcased at the good, also improves road holding, Los Angeles Auto Show, it takes a lot to minimizes the negative impact of drag, stand out amongst the plethora of spar- while giving the car a menacing and kling sheet metal, which muscular appearance. is constantly detailed by If you’re a luxury German vehicle and you show workers. have a worldwide debut If you’re a sexy snake, in LA, chances are you’ll that’s automatic grounds draw quite the A-List for attention. The SRT crowd. The all-new Viper GTS was on display, Porsche Macan did such but it wasn’t just any a thing, with visitors old venom-producing such as Jerry Seinfeld reptile. It came with the You don’t get and professional tennis Anodized Carbon Special any faster on feet player, Maria Sharapova. Edition Package. Aside The Indonesian word for from 640 horsepower than Usain Bolt. and 600 lb.-ft. of torque And if you’re next to tiger, it’s the first Porsche in the compact SUV being produced from its Nissan’s GT-R, that’s segment. Or you could handcrafted, all-aluminum 8.4-litre, mid-front an even more potent say it’s the baby brother V10, it comes with the to the popular-selling combination. first-ever use for the Cayenne. Either way, Alexandra Straub Chrysler Group’s unique they’re both have some metallic matte exterior spice to them! colour. And exclusivity Two renditions of Macan is the name of its game. will be available: the Only 50 will be made and they’ll be Macan S and Macan Turbo. Standard available as of January, 2014. features include active all-wheel drive Speaking of fast things, you don’t get and the Porsche double-clutch transmission (PDK). The Macan S is powered any faster on feet than Usain Bolt does. by a new Porsche-designed 3.0-litre And if you’re paired next to Nissan’s V6 bi-turbo engine that puts out 340 fastest production GT-R to date, that’s horsepower. The Macan Turbo hosts a an even more potent combination. 3.6-litre V6 bi-turbo engine and emits Godzilla takes on the NISMO (aka NISsan MOtorsport) badge with a healthy 400 horsepower. Purrrr. helping of 600-horsepower and some Practical and eye catching? – You might
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roof mounted antennas supporting GPS and Satellite radio along with custom gullwing doors (which replaces the standard sliding doors), but there’s a party waiting on the inside. Alongside the custom ST seats, there’s a sleeping area and a 55-inch TV. Maybe I will try my hand at camping again, but only with this van! It wouldn’t be a California auto show without a special edition Jeep Wrangler.
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Complete with bronze satin gloss accentuated 18-inch wheels, a matching grille, and other dark parts, the Wrangler Dragon Edition is sure to heat things up. If the bronze bits weren’t enough of a giveaway, the large dragon graphic on the hood will surely let you know that this mythical creature means business whether on or off road. alexandra.straub@drivewaybc.ca
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Nanaimo News Bulletin B15
Building blocks for cars of the future push-button remote. The vehicle While most driving enthusiasts can be automatically positioned do not recognize the advent in or be removed from a tight of a self-driving car as a good parking stall situation. That certhing, drivers who have to tainly beats crawling in or out of endure crowded urban parking the rear hatch, when there’s not lots and the drudgery of stopenough room to get in from a n-go highway commutes, on a daily basis, probably have a very side door. This new system builds on Ford’s current different view. active park assist The fully autonomous car may feature, which never become a is restricted to reality for nonparallel parking technical reasons. situations and We are, however, uses ultrasonic seeing layer upon sensors. layer of new Using similar sentechnologies that sor and automatThese sensorcertainly move ed vehicle control based technologies things along in technology, Ford that general diengineers are also make driving safer rection and could today and they could working on an make it techniadvanced obstacle cally feasible, and also be considered avoidance system. perhaps producas building blocks for The concept tion feasible on a an automated driving vehicle detects restricted basis. slow-moving system. The new Ford or stationary Edge Concept obstacles in the Bob McHugh revealed at Los same lane ahead Angeles Auto and warn the Show included two interesting driver. If the driver fails to steer automated driving technology or brake, the system automatiadvances that are currently cally brake and steer the Edge under development by Ford ... around the object. self-parking and obstacle avoid- “Democratized technology” is ance systems. an expression used frequently by What’s different about this adFord engineers. It’s about making vanced self-park technology is leading-edge technologies, which that it allows an owner to do it traditionally took a long time from outside the vehicle with a to trickle-down from expensive
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Adaptive cruise control and collision warning with brake support is available on 10 Ford models. The system uses radar to detect moving vehicles immediately ahead and modifies cruising speed if necessary. Blind Spot Information System Available on 13 Ford models. Radar sensors in the rear corners monitor the spaces next to and just behind the vehicle. On
the road, these sensors trigger a warning light in the mirror when there is another vehicle in the driver’s blind spot. All of these sensor-based technologies make driving safer today and they could also be considered as building blocks for a more comprehensive automated driving system. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca
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BY IAN HARWOOD The new Volvo XC60 has a sleek profile with sweptback headlights and raised hood give the sport ute a smart look and you don’t have to be Swedish to enjoy it. You have to hand it to the Europeans for their incredible automotive designs and attention to detail. The wheels are a standard 19-inch with an option to go with 20s, which I prefer. They really fill the wheel wells in quite nicely. Volvo has a history of having some of the safest automobiles out there but who knew they were this comfortable? My tester, XC60 T6 AWD Platinum, came equipped with fully adjustable heated leather bucket seats; leather clad 3 spoke steering wheel, center armrest with cup holders, and a leather clad shifter knob. The back seats are 40/20/40 split folding. I really like the use of aluminum for the inlays and the fabric that extends all the way up the B-pillars, nice touch. A high performance audio system by Volvo comes with aux and IPod jack, and is Bluetooth capable plus its Sirius XM ready. The touch screen allows you to browse the internet, stream your playlist and get travel directions. The power under the hood is a 3.0 litre, inline 6 cylinder with dual overhead cam, 24 valve, turbo charged and a six-speed, geartronic auto transmission. The T-6 model features paddle shifters. An impressive 325
able on 11 Ford models today. This uses a forward-facing camera to scan the road surface for lane markings. The system evaluates if the vehicle is drifting out of its lane and alerts the driver by vibrating the steering wheel. If the driver does not respond, the system provides steering torque to nudge the vehicle back toward the centre of the lane.
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I want to scream when I am stuck behind a car that fails to signal an intent to turn left until the traffic light turns green. It has to be one of the most inconsiderate acts, especially in congested areas. It’s also an offence, which carries a $121 fine and two-point penalty. Considerate drivers would realize their error and drive on. Ha! They don’t exist. What drives-u-crazy. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
Volvo’s vehicles are comfortable, not just safe. horsepower with 354 pound feet of torque is squeezed out of this straight six. Traction control is standard on the 2014 model and the torque vectoring system helps reduce under steer by applying brakes to the inside wheels when accelerating out of a curve in the road. Speaking about safety, the available technology package includes collision warning with full auto brake, cyclist detection, pedestrian detection, land departure warning, and distance alert. Pretty much anything dangerous gets in your way, this vehicle is going to tell you about it and react automatically. Standard safety equipment includes Whiplash protection seating system, Tire pressure monitoring system, Side impact airbags, Driver and front passenger dual threshold airbags, Side impact protection and Inflatable side curtain air bag.
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The coolest cars ever
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Inbrief
Thursday, November 28, 2013
NON-PROFIT FAIR TRADE STORE
community
Open until Dec. 24th!
Gaza resident shares views
• GIFTS • ACCESSORIES • COFFEE & CHOCOLATE • CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
A volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, a nonviolent pro-Palestinian organization, speaks about her experience in Gaza Thursday (Nov. 28). Eva Bartlett lived in Gaza for five years and published what she saw of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the area. Her talk, Gaza in Crisis: An Eyewitness Report, takes place at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. The event is sponsored by Mid-Islanders for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.
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Suzanne Anton, minister of justice in B.C., presents the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Award for Individual to Nanaimo’s Chuck Campbell, president of Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers. Campbell was recognized for his work to build Crime Stoppers from a little-known organization in Nanaimo to a provincially recognized program.
Fundraiser successful due to generous donors Academy trio. The Board of DirecThe evening would tors of the Nanaimo not have been such a and Area Land success without our Trust would like generous donors. A to thank everyone special thanks to the who was involved following businesses in our recent Wine and individuals who and Cheese donated to Soiree funAPPLAUSE the silent draiser on auction Nov. 7. and raffle The event, held prizes: Alberni on the mezzanine Outpost, Anne Kerr, floor above Lucky’s Arrowsmith Bikes, Liquor Store, had a Art Knapp Plantland, full house of 66 peoBackyard Wild Bird ple entertained by and Nature Store, Big the Wellington Jazz Rock Brewery, Co-Op To the Editor,
Gas Bars, the Cutting Room, Dean Gaudry, Deryck Cowling, the Firehouse Grill, Fran Picken, Gina’s Cafe, the Great Canadian Oil Change, Home Hardware, the Land Trust Alliance of B.C., Lucky’s Liquor Store, the Nanaimo Sausage House, Patty Mitchell, the Port Theatre, Ron LePage, St. Jean’s Cannery, Superstore, Susan Murphy, Thirsty Camel, The Bay, Valhalla Pure,
the Windward Pub, and Wholesale Sports. Thanks also to the land trust’s dedicated volunteers and staff.
Jennifer Davidson NALT board member
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Thursday COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS support group meets Nov. 28, 7 p.m., at 3-2350 Labieux Rd for Handling the Holidays. Call 250-585-1536. MASTECTOMY DAY at B.D. Mitchell Prosthetic and Orthodic Services, 1175 Duffering Cres., Nov. 28, 1-7 p.m. Call 250-7541442.
Saturday CRAFT SALE at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 250-753-8128.
Ongoing WhIMSICAL SCRIbES, a writer’s group reborn, meets every second and fourth Friday of the month. Everyone is welcome to listen or share work. 250-5853348. NANAIMO MENTAL Health and Addictions Advisory Council meets the third Monday of every month at 528 Wentworth St. from 10 a.m. to noon. Anybody with an interest in mental health and addictions is welcome to attend. MuSIC FOR Tots program runs Tuesdays from
9:30-10:15 a.m. for children one to four years old at 4235 Departure Bay Rd. Call 250-758-2676 for details. GREEN DRINkS, a group interested in sustainability and the environment, meets fourth Wednesday of every month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Vault coffee bar. CLOGGING CLASSES take place at Cedar Community Secondary School every Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For details contact 250-722-2953. ASTRONOMY SOCIETY meets fourth Thursday monthly at 7 p.m. at Beban Park Social Centre. Public welcome. Visit www.nanaimoastronomy.com. Educational services available for schools and businesses. hEART OF the Island Chorus meets Wednesdays from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Lantzville Legion. 1-866-9238119 for details. hOLD’EM Poker River Riders host ongoing free games Saturday through Thursday at various locations. Visit www.riverriderspoker. com for details. Bring donation for the food bank.
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wishing to affiliate can contact 604-576-9734 or e-mail ecbayer@ shaw.ca.
welcome new members who have ability to read music and some singing experience. 250-758-0263.
SENIOR PEER counselling recruiting volunteers 60-plus years of age. Training begins Sept. 15 at Nanaimo Family Life Association. Contact 250-7543331.
COuNCIL OF Senior Citizens Organizations is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Organizations or individuals
bOWEN PARk Tennis Club plays doubles tennis under the lights Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 pm. Lower courts, Bowen Park. All skill levels
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SATuRDAY NIGhT Dance Society hosts dances at the Departure Bay Activity Centre first and third Saturdays of each month. Doors open at 8 p.m. and dancing goes from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. 250-5854154. NANAIMO ELkS No. 26 meets third Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10, 129 Harewood Rd. 250-741-8308 for details.
welcome. 250-7586841.
month at the Ashlar Masonic building at 101 Commercial St. Details at 250-7582852.
NANAIMO LIONS Club meets first and third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Village at 1233 Kiwanis Cres. Prospective members are welcome to attend a meeting for a meal and an evening of fellowship. Call 250-3900730.
DEALING WITh the Dragon anger management course for men. An eight-week course with flexible start times. Runs every Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre, 418D Fitzwilliam St. Pre-registration required at 250-7161551 or e-mail info@ nanaimomen.com.
ORDER OF the Eastern Star Nanaimo chapter No. 43 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each
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Nanaimo News Bulletin B21
Thursday, November 28, 2013
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Nanaimo News Bulletin Thursday, November 28, 2013
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Heart and stroke foundation seeking canvassers The following are opportunities at Volunteer Nanaimo. For more information, please call 250-7587121 or go online to www.volunteernanaimo.ca. Volunteer
Nanaimo is located at 3-2350 Labieux Rd. u HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION – February canvassers needed to register for two- to four-hour shifts
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY – Community Daffodil Steering Committee volunteers who are friendly, outgoing, organized and have strong communication and
or canvass online to help the foundation collect donations during February’s Heart Month campaign. To register, please call 250-7545274 or online at www. heartandstroke.ca/help.
record-keeping skills. Required to serve from November through to the April 2014 Daffodil Campaign Committee. Includes sale of pins, cut flowers, door-to-door campaign and Daffodil
Day events. Working with other committee members to determine sales sites, promotions, event planning, recruitment, record sales and reconcile donations, and other related duties. TELUS STORE OR AUTHORIZED DEALER
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Job-specific training, volunteer orientation, optional workforce leadership program, ongoing support. Please contact Anna Glenny at 1-800-663-7892, ext. 226 or e-mail virvolunteerengage@ bc.cancer.ca
GLOBAL VILLAGE NANAIMO – Volunteers required in the store at 1808 Bowen Rd. for November and December. Ability to interact with customers, assist on sales floor, some cashier work always with another volunteer. Floor and cashier training provided. Shift of 3.5 hours every other week. No criminal record check required. Please apply to Joan Hiemstra at 250-618-5546 or e-mail gvnanaimo@gmail.com. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – ReStore help. Volunteers with good customer service, friendly and outgoing to assist re-store customers. Contact Judy Huston at 250 -758-8078, fax 250758 8096 or visit the store and ask for Dave Deimling. Commitment of 40 hours per year and steel-toed shoes/boots are mandatory. VOLUNTEER NANAIMO – Christmas Angels 2013 Program. Would you like to be a Christmas angel and bring joy to a family in need this holiday season? If you would like to adopt a family (small or large), please contact Volunteer Nanaimo at 250-7587121 or e-mail vn@ volunteernanaimo.ca and we will match you with a non-profit agency who will connect you with the needy family. The program runs until Dec. 13. CAMP QUALITY – Puppeteer School Program is a non-profit organization looking for volunteers – retired teachers, nurses, etc., to join the school program. Puppeteers will perform about once a week in March, April and May 2014. Volunteers are asked to apply now and puppeteer training will be provided in January. An RCMP criminal record check is required and cost will be reimbursed. Please contact Gerry Prouten at 250-758-9487 or e-mail grbesprout@shaw.ca for more information.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Nanaimo News Bulletin B23
VIASPORT CELEBRATES SPORTS DAY IN CANADA: NOVEMBER 30, 2013
Try a new sport for Sports Day in Canada! In the week leading up to RBC Sports Day in Canada on November 30, communities across British Columbia are hosting a variety of events for citizens to learn about and participate in a new sport. In honour of Sports Day, ViaSport wants to inspire B.C. to explore more than 60 provincial sport organizations and hundreds of clubs that deliver sport for all ages and abilities in our communities, all year round! No matter your age, skill level or where you call home, sport is your connection to friends, fun, learning and a general sense of wellness in your everyday life. There are opportunities for everyone through sport, whether you’re a beginner, advanced or adaptive athlete, a child or senior, or perhaps someone who isn’t sure where to begin. ViaSport is your easy connection to the resources you need to get started.
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Play ViaSport The power of sport can invigorate communities like no other event or activity can, and ViaSport is passionately committed to the ongoing development of sport and opportunities for physical activity in every community across British Columbia. In time for Sports Day in Canada, ViaSport is launching the Play ViaSport online resource, your one-stop connection to trying out the diverse menu of sport available in British Columbia. Play ViaSport is your link to over 60 provincial sport organizations and their affiliated clubs who work together to deliver regular sport programming in communities throughout our province. What are you waiting for? Now’s your chance to Play ViaSport!
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