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Islanders call for ferry protest solidarity Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR

Hundreds of Quadra Islanders are heading to Victoria next week to protest rising BC Ferries fares and service cuts. They will join people from across the province in a Defend Our Marine Highways Rally on the front lawn of the B.C. legislature. Jim Abram, director for Area B (Quadra Island) said he hopes Campbell Riverites will join in. “I can’t express how important it is for the people of Campbell River to come to this demonstration, they are in fact affected,” Abram said. “The number of dollars that go into the Campbell River region from the outer islands is in the tens of millions of dollars per year.” Abram said the last report, which was from a few years back, was $16 million per year. “It’s very important,” Abram said. “Campbell River wants to embark upon a regional tourism initiative Continued on Pg. 3

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No one was hurt, but two pets died after a fire broke out in a rental unit of a four-plex on Monday morning. However, four people have been forced out of their home as a result of the blaze at 1750 Lynn Rd. “A second escape route (Mond ay) mor ning proved to be instrumental for one person, who could not leave through the main door because of a wall of fire,” said Fire Chief Ian Baikie in a news release. “He quickly closed the door and left his unit through a second exit route. Acting on his quick thinking allowed

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make it clear to the B.C. government that this is not a coastal issue, it is a provincial issue and the provincial government is going to suffer,” Abram said. “More than one-third (38 per cent) of the provincial economy comes from coastal communities.” Abram said the rally, which could see thousands of people attend, includes a lengthy list of speakers such as the mayor of Victoria, the chair of the Metro Vancouver regional district, two First Nations speakers, and the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce board chair. Abram said the whole situat ion cou ld b e resolved if the government would listen to the will of the people and bring BC Ferries back under the B.C. ministry of transportation. “Until the government wakes up and treats our marine highway in the same manner as the terrestrial highways, BC Ferries will never be sustainable,” Abram

said. “We are the marine highway and need to be treated as such.” Jef Keighley, chair of the BC Ferry coalition, said all coastal residents want is to pay their fair share. “C o a st a l Br it i sh Columbians take no issue with paying our fair share of the provincial highways budget, which includes free inland ferries,” Keighley said. “But we do take issue with being double-dipped and being forced to pay up to 98 per cent of the operations costs of BC Ferries

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that includes the outer islands, and they want to be the aquaculture hub. Those depend on the ferry service.” Abram also noted that 60 per cent of Walcan’s 150 employees come from Campbell River to Quadra Island each day for work at the plant. But that’s getting harder for those employees as ferry fares are increasing (a 3.5 per cent fuel charge hike in January and a fare hike of four per cent April 1) and the government is planning to eliminate the last sailing each day leaving both Quadra Island and Campbell River. Abram said the rally, which takes place this Tuesday, March 11, is to let the government know that these are issues that are affecting the entire province. To drive home that point, the rally will include not only coastal community representatives but those from the Lower Mainland as well. “I expect what this protest is going to do is

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on top of our provincial highways contribution. Our coastal ferries are our marine highways and should be funded as part of the provincial transportation system.” T he D e fe nd O u r Marine Highways rally takes place Tuesday from 11-2 p.m. Four buses will transport anyone who would like to go for a donation of $10 or more, round trip. The buses leave the Quadra ferry terminal on the Campbell River side at 6:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.

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cers, but other times he seems to have no trouble hearing or understanding others. It is also hoped the assessment will determine if the McKay has the onset of dementia. Nevertheless, McKay is considered a danger to young people and is bound by a 10-year probation order preventing him from hanging around school yards or anywhere children 16 and under may be. The order stems from convictions from recent sexual offences. In June 2011, he was arrested outside the downtown Community Centre after grabbing the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl. Then, in July 2012, while living at his son’s home, a 12-year-old girl – a friend of McKay’s

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grandson – arrived at the home and offered her $40 to have sex. She reported the incident and McKay was arrested and denied bail. He remained in custody for almost a year during which time, four different psychological assessments were conducted on McKay to determine his fitness to stand trial. He was first found unfit to stand trial, then fit, then unfit again and finally, in June 2013, fit to stand trial. Two months later, McKay pleaded guilty to two sex offences. He was released shortly later, but on Nov. 30, McKay was arrested again for breaching probation when he was found outside the Community Centre where he’s

not allowed to be. McKay was held in custody, awaiting trial, but on Feb. 13, the Crown dropped the charge because video surveillance showed McKay just using the bus stop outside the Community Centre. However, on Feb. 19, a police officer cruising Dogwood Street spotted McKay seated on a concrete barrier at Carihi, just as school was letting out. Again McKay was arrested for breaching probation and during the investigation police also learned he had been stopping in front of Phoenix Middle School. McKay’s explanation was that he was making the daily walk from the shelter on Evergreen Road to the downtown probation

office and usually made several stops to rest his legs. However, a friend who accompanied McKay on their Feb. 19 stroll along Dogwood told police there was no reason to stop right in front of Carihi and they could have stopped elsewhere to rest. As a result, McKay pleaded guilty to breach and received 12 more days of jail. This will amount to eight days after he serves two-thirds of his sentence and that will allow McKay to undergo the assessment scheduled for March 14. “It’s in everyone’s best interest,” said McKay’s lawyer Angie Penhall. Upon his release, McKay is still bound by his original probation order.

Island institutions create post-secondary alliance The presidents of Camosun College, North Island College, Royal Roads University, the University of Victoria, and Vancouver Island University signed an agreement today creating the Vancouver Island Public Post-Secondary Alliance. As signatories to this alliance, the five institutions will join forces to further the social and economic prosperity of Vancouver Island and the province of British Columbia through a commitment to collaboration and cooperation. Together the five institutions make an essential contribution to the lives of Vancouver Island residents and its many communities, meeting the full range of postsecondary education

and training needs of its residents. Recognizing the individual purposes, mandates, obligations and autonomies of the five institutions, the presidents confirmed their commitment to collaborate on initiatives that: n Improve students’ ability to access Vancouver Island’s full range of post-secondary education and training and to seamlessly move between institutions; n Meet the educational and regional employment and training needs of Vancouver Island and BC communities; n Stimulate job creation and investment on Vancouver Island and in the province of BC; n Increase the participation and success of aboriginal learners; n Enhance the abil-

ity of Vancouver Island residents to participate as citizens of a global world by growing international education and the internationalization of institutions; n Create new knowledge through research and innovation that strengthens the communities of Vancouver Island and beyond; n Share resources to expand and enhance the programs and services of each institution; and, n Advocate for postsecondary education and training for Vancouver Island, the Gulf and Northern Islands and the BC coast. North Island College’s President John Bowman stated, “North Island College views the alliance as particularly beneficial to our region.”

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Full house at city hall can’t convince council to go GE free KRISTEN DOUGLAS

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An overflow of people in city council chambers Tuesday wasn’t enough to convince council to declare Campbell River a genetically engineered (GE) free zone. Advocates of a GE free community rallied the troops for Tuesday evening’s council meeting, with nearly one hundred people descending on city hall, which prompted city staff to scramble to set up overflow chairs outside council chambers. Inside, members of Campbell River’s Agriculture Support Group as well as a high school student and a long-time resident with a math degree all spoke to council to ask city officials to pass a resolution declaring Campbell River a GE-free zone. Morgan Ostler, a member of the Agriculture Support Group, said there are worldwide concerns about the use of genetically engineered fo o ds sur rounding food safety and human health. She said while the group is unaware of any local farmers using genetically engineered seeds, declaring Campbell River free of genetically engineered prod-

ucts could boost agricul- don’t have the staff time.” C ou n . R on Ke r r ture in the region. Ostler told council argued that staff could that moving to a GE simply report back to free community “would council on the impact have a strong appeal to to city operations of organic farmers look- going GE free, but Kerr’s ing for uncontaminated motion was defeated by land for which to estab- council. Mayor Walter Jakeway lish their business.” B u t agreed with council Moglove THEY SAID IT: that it was w a s n’t c o n an issue too “...the topic is vinced bro ad for so far beyond and felt a city council. the scope of decision “I believe local governon banthe topic ment that we ning GE i s s o f ar shouldn’t even beyond the products go there” would be scope of – Mayor Walter local govbetter left Jakeway ernment that to senior levels of we shouldn’t governeven go ment. there,” Jakeway said. The Union of British “We’ve got enough to Columbia Municipali- worry about.” ties has already passed Prior to that verdict, a resolution asking the council heard from not province for a GE free only Ostler but TimB.C. and Coun. Claire berline Earth Club stuMoglove thought the dent Avy Willis and issue would be best dealt Alex Nicholl who both with within that type of encouraged council to forum. make Campbell River “Not one of us on GE free. council would have Nicholl, who read the wherewithal to go from a paper written by through all the scien- biologist Sonia Nicholl, tific literature and be the said there is a degree arbitrator of the scien- of uncertainty when it tific literature,” Moglove comes to GE products. said. “The federal gov“A gene that is inserted ernment has not done (into a genome) at ranany research. That’s dom is likely to now be where the research under a different regulashould be done. We tory system from where

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court rulings and studies debunking what he refers to as GE myths. He said that a ban on GE crops in Europe was struck down by its highest court for a lack of evidence that the crops are causing harm to humans or the environment. Wager noted that although 14 B.C. communities have passed GE free resolutions, there is no scientific evidence to support that it’s needed. “It is true that Richmond passed a resolution a year and a half ago for a GE free zone but they asked the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority for their opinion prior to making that declaration,” Wager said. “This is what they got back: ‘there is no evidence that Health Canada approved GE foods and food crops are any less safe for human health than non GE varieties. There is no public health reason for a ban on genetically engineered trees, plants and crops.’ Council chose to reject that opinion.” Wager said Health Canada has stated that “the over whelming body of scientific evidence continues to support the safety of genetically modified food.”

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SUNDAYS Al-Anon 7:30p.m. 7th Day Adventist Church, 300 Thulin St. Barb 250-923-5537 or Judy 250-923-1653 Center for Spiritual Living Meditation: 10:00am & Celebration: at 10:30am. Willow Point Hall. All welcome.

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Artists’ Reception and Talk with Andreas Rutkauskas, Glenn Clark, Peter Corbett Fri. Mar. 7. Art gallery in the Tyee Plaza. 7:30pm. Jr. Hockey Semi-Finals- ~ CR Storm vs Victoria Cougars. Fri. Mar. 7. Strathcona Gardens. 7:30pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. Storm office: 250-830-0979 Flash Mob Dance - One Billion Rising - In Honour of International Women’s Day. Sat. March 8. Rose Harbour, 1116 Dogwood St. 2:00pm. Public Meeting re: BC Ferries Crisis Sat. March 8. CR Labour Hall, 840-14th. Ave., Behind Save-On Foods. 2:003:30pm. Speaker: Claire Trevena, MLA. Sponsored by BC NDP Constituency Association. All are welcome! Lego Day at the Museum Sat. Mar. 8. 1-2:30pm. Movie theme! 250-287-3103 to register. North Island Highland Dance Competition Sat. Mar. 8 at Timberline Secondary School. 9:30am-approx. 3:00pm. BBQ Fundraiser Sat, Mar 8. In front of Quality Foods. 11:00am-3:00pm. Hosted by The Ecole Phoenix Grade 8 Quebec Trip students. Hot dogs & pop by donation. Super Saturday drop-in art program. CR Art Gallery. All ages welcome – bring nature/landscape photographs. All other materials provided. 250-287-2261 “Waldhorn”, Brahms Horn Trio Sun. Mar. 9. Black Creek United Mennonite Church on Enns Rd. Tickets avail at 250923-2420, (Adults $20, Students/Seniors $15) Disability Tax Credit Info Session Mon. Mar. 10. Community Centre. 10am-11:30am. Free but please register by calling 250-286-1161 or 250-923-9711. Growing Great Tomatoes Mon., Mar. 10. Black Creek Community Centre from 7:00 – 9:00pm. Tips and techniques. $30 per person. Call to register: 250-337-5190 Compassionate Friends meeting Wed. Mar. 12 at Robron Centre, 740 Robron Road. Doors open 6:45pm. Meeting: 7:00 pm. For info or to talk please call Judy at 250-923-2485. Valentine Dinner and Dance. Sat. Mar. 15. Eagles Hall, 1999-14th Ave. Silent & Live Auction. Dancing to Rick Benn. Tix avail at Eagles (250-287-4990) & CR Hospice office(250-286-1121). www.crshospice.org

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Two energetic women trying to open a mountain bike skills facility hope to have land secured by the summer and a world-wide program up and running by spring. Wendy Ravai and Beth Pechter are working in collaboration with the River City Cycling Club

to open a facility to host cycling programs and provide youth with training grounds. Ravai spoke to council Tuesday night for help with finding the perfect location. “We would prefer a piece of land that’s naturally treed, with good openings, with drainage and slopes,” said Ravai who added they are looking for a spot close to

Campbell River’s existing trail network, such as the Snowden demonstration forest near highway 28. “We’re asking to find that land by June 2014.” Ravai said she and Pechter have been in discussions with Ross Milnthorp, the city’s manager of parks, recreation and culture, regarding potential sites. Milnthorp told council a number of pieces of

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property are being considered. “We’ve identified some locations. Some locations are on provincial land, some are on city land,” Milnthorp said. “We need to whittle those down.” While finding the right site is still a work in progress, Ravai said her group is now in the middle of finishing up securing the Sprockids program for the spring.

The eight-week after school program teaches kids essential mountain biking skills under the guidance of certified instructors and has been taught around the world for 20 years. Ravai told council that securing a mountain bike skills facility will be a huge boost for Campbell River. “It’s a great way to encourage kids to be

healthy and active and in the outdoors and it attracts new riders and promotes the skills of existing bikers,” said Ravai. There are currently between 35 and 40 mountain bike skills facilities across B.C. and that number continues to grow. Ravai said the vision for Campbell River is to build a facility with a

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Hope the weather will spring ahead too As we desperately search for signs of spring, and the turning of the calendar to March obviously doesn’t count based on this week’s weather, there may be good news on the We say: We’re horizon. That’s right. This weekend, whether ready to put this you or Mother Nature is ready for it, winter behind us we switch to Daylight Savings Time. Hard to believe? You bet considering already the winter weather of late and the fact that some of us remember golfing at this time last year around these parts.

The fact that they bumped up Daylight Savings Time by a few weeks several years ago is also a factor but it’s sure taking people by surprise in 2014. The bad news is that we spring ahead this Saturday night/Sunday morning and lose some sleep in the process but the good news is it’s lighter longer after work and spring-like activities must be around the corner, right? Experts at UBC say go to bed earlier on the day of the time change because you’ll likely get up at the same time no matter what the clock says. Also it helps the body get used to losing that hour of sleep

as soon as possible. And the short-term loss should be worth the long-term gain in saving energy, better driving conditions in the evening hours and just the sensation that spring will be sprung on us soon, along with all the outdoor activities that await us in British Columbia. Not to mention the meteorologist says the temperature could be in the double-digits by the weekend. The rest of Canada may still be mired in winter but we’re ready for spring, darn it. Bring on the time change. – Black Press

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I’ve been wondering what the economic and social impacts of the B.C. government’s cutting of BC Ferries services (and raising of fares) are going to be? I’ve been wondering if the government has conducted any assessments of these? I don’t recall seeing any government studies to that effect. But I have heard that some young families are leaving the islands and that some businesses could be failing because of the cuts. Grandparents might not be able to afford to visit their families. Rates (and executive salaries) have gone up and ridership has gone down. What about the effect to tourism? I think that the so-called BC Ferries “consultations” with people in coastal communities were a sham. Why bother having them at all if people are not going to be listened to? Minds were already made up. BC Ferries needs a plan. The ferries need to be available, and affordable. And the people of our coastal communities deserve to be listened to. Let’s invite the Minister of Transportation to come ride on our ferries and tell him that we value our ferry system, and that we want to be acknowledged. We don’t want service cuts and rate hikes! See you at the public meeting this Saturday, March 8, 2 p.m. at the Campbell River Labour Hall on 14th. Ave. Hugh Smith We welcome your opinions on stories and issues published in our pages as well as issues of broader concern encountered elsewhere. Please keep your letters brief. We reser ve the right to edit for length and liability. E-mail them to editor@ campbellrivermirror.com

Fill up the Brindy and cheer the Storm to victory!

Paul Rudan No, really

I’m going to miss tonight’s Storm semifinal playoff game, but there’s no reason you should. Got tickets to Jesse Cook at the Tidemark which is just about sold-out, but I’m betting you can still get seats to see the Storm. That was never the case in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Storm was in a class by itself in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. Just about every home game was a sell-out and the arena was jam-packed for each and every playoff series which Campbell River typically won. The Storm was so good through this period that other teams were forced to get better just to keep up. Up until the Storm came on board, the league was

generally for over-age midget players who just weren’t good enough for Junior A or Major-Junior. Unfortunately, as the rest of the league got better, Campbell River came down to earth, so to speak, when different owners took over the club. The commitment to excellence was no longer there and it showed. The Storm became average and so did the attendance at Strathcona Gardens. The Storm still out-drew more fans than the rest of the league, but it wasn’t the same feeling in a half-empty arena. And the Brindy became very quiet too with not a whole lot to cheer about. But this season has been different – it’s almost like the Storm of old. They’ve won with speed, scoring, defence, excel-

lent goaltending and, most importantly, great team play. Talent, though, isn’t enough to win hockey games and a ton of credit for the Storm’s success goes to head coach Lee Stone and his staff. However, the biggest difference has been new directors Kevin and Linda Spooner, and Wes Roed. They have revived that spirit of excellence and that feeling has been embraced top to bottom in the organization. And Kevin’s enthusiasm for the team is so infectious. At the end of the second period in the last series against Nanaimo, Kevin just about body-checked me in the stands as he went racing down to harangue the ref who had made a few dubious calls against his beloved Storm.

It wasn’t an angry confrontation, just a passionate owner giving the ref a piece of his mind – like any fan. After the series win, Kevin was really jacked up about the semi-finals against Victoria Cougars and then he turned around to survey the stands. There was a decent crowd, but a lot of empty seats. “These kids are playing really good hockey right now, let’s fill this place up!” he said. I agree. The Storm is a fun team to watch and the series against Victoria will be a good one. The club has done its part to get better and now it’s time for the rest of Campbell River hockey fans to do their part. And one last thing, it’s okay to make a lot of noise.

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The New Prosperity mineral deposit near Williams Lake is described by the industry as one of the largest in the world, containing 5.3 billion pounds of copper and 13.3 million ounces of gold. The Harper government’s decision to reject open-pit mine development for a second time is seen by elected officials in the Cariboo region as a disaster. One of Quesnel’s sawmills is preparing to close for good, and I’ve been told there is more to come as the post-pine beetle era unfolds. Here in the B.C. capital, the decision is mainly viewed as a huge mistake. Taseko Mines is going to court to show that the federal panel used the wrong design when reviewing the company’s expensively revised plan. The province has

permitted two successful as the Nemiah Valmines that operate in the ley: forests, wild horses, same area, one of which minerals and all, in a is run by Taseko. 339-day trial that ended In Ottawa, in 2007. this is a Their case Supreme suffered a setCourt of Canback at the ada test case B.C. Court of over who owns Appeal, and the land and is now before the mineral the highest wealth undercourt. Aborigineath. nal rights have In traditional been estabTom Fletcher Canadian law, lished, but this B.C. Views the province would be the owns it. This was high- first clear title. lighted in the recent Ts i l h q ot’i n t r i b a l discussion between B.C. chair Joe Alphonse was Premier Christy Clark pleasantly surprised and Alberta’s Alison to see Taseko turned Redford over royalties down again. He said from oil. the Tsilhqot’in National Six aboriginal com- Government is releasing munities make up the its own mining policies Tsilhqot’in Nation, which soon. has a long and bitter his“We welcome opportutory of resistance against nities to look at projects the Crown. They almost that are environmentally won a declaration of title sound and we need ecoto 40,000 hectares known nomic opportunities,”

Alphonse told the Williams Lake Tribune. Somehow efforts to move mine waste rock from Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) to a sealed storage site two kilometres away are not e nou g h to prote c t groundwater, although they are sufficient at the nearby Gibraltar and Mount Polley mines. And Alphonse makes it clear this mysterious environmental problem will be solved once he and his fellow chiefs have control of the resource. A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on aboriginal title is required to settle this. If some limited form of title is at last defined for the treaty-less majority of B.C., or at least Tsilhqot’in territory, the fate of the mine may become clear. Conventional wisdom on this is that the mining company didn’t try

hard enough to establish a working relationship with the Tsilhqot’in. For his part, Taseko CEO Russell Hallbauer says the chiefs refused to meet with him, which isn’t surprising from a group that doesn’t recognize the B.C. forests ministry either. Here’s a sample of the volume of evidence that may determine the future of B.C. Archeological studies presented at trial

details of her death that you wrote about were known to the family, but perhaps they learned them first from your story. In either case, to now have the horrific scene described in such specifics in the very public forum of the Mirror, seems an added and cruel burden for them all. Those in the courtroom for the trial, including

the Mirror reporter, were given that evidence by necessity. However, that does not mean the general community wants or needs those details. The report of the trial could certainly have been written in a different style, one which was serious and informative but without the sensational tone. I can’t think what it might have been, but was

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