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Forget about the dog days of summer, local conservation officers are still dealing with bears – a lot of bears. “So far, since April 1, we’ve received 211 calls about black bears,” says Steve Petrovic, “and that’s just for Campbell River.” Locally-based conservation officers cover the whole North Island where black bear populations are thriving, unless they get a taste for garbage. When bears find an easy source of protein from leftover meat, fish and even used diapers, they keep coming back for more. And when that frequently happens, conservation officers are called in to trap and dispatch the “problem bear.” That’s what happened near the end of June to a male black bear that was “bin diving” in garbage cans between Doyle and O’Leary roads, located near the Campbell River and Quinsam rivers. “There are a lot of families and kids in this neighbourhood…it was a serious problem,” says Chris Thompson. Thompson and his family reside in a townhouse complex on Doyle. It’s mostly young families renting units that don’t have much space for basic storage never mind garbage. As a result, table scraps and dirty diapers went into the trash and then outside. Thompson says the complex has no “bear proof ” commercial bin to deposit trash and the owner/manager does not intend to get one. “We have babies and diapers, where are we supposed to store this stuff ? In the laundry room where we have our clean clothes and is basically our only storage space?” he says. When the bear got a taste for easy pickings, it kept returning – at all hours of the day and was even seen drinking out of children’s wading pools. Fearing for their safety, residents started calling conservation officers. Starting in May, Petrovic says they received 13 complaints from Doyle Road residents. Finally, near the end of June, conservation officers set up a culvert trap on nearby O’Leary. “The bear was caught and destroyed,” notes

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Petrovic. But that didn’t end the problem. A sow and her two cubs continue to skirt the properties on the green space behind the complex, and Thompson says they’re still keeping kids out of the yards.

Petrovic has advised the residents to haze the bears and make loud noises to scare them off. It may have worked because Thompson reports he hasn’t seen the cubs for several days. As well, after the male

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Councillor questions proposed soil remediation plant KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

A proposed soil remediation facility near McIvor Lake has the attention of at least one city councillor. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Coun. Larry Samson voiced his concerns surrounding an 18,100 square foot facil-

ity planned by Upland Excavating to remediate contaminated soil. Specifically, Samson wanted to know if the project would pose a risk to the city’s drinking water. “We’ve heard that there’s a concern of a connection between McIvor Lake, which is part of our watershed,

and the aquifer that lies below the Upland pit,” Samson said. “I’m wondering if during this environmental consideration, if that is one of the things that will be looked at and when can we expect this to go back to council?” Samson was referring to comprehensive environmental consider-

ations that the city will require from the developers if the project gets to the development permit stage. Amber Zirnhelt, the city’s acting general manager of operations, said before it gets to that stage the application first has to be vetted by the province which is in the process of review-

ing a waste discharge permit. As part of that process, a technical environmental report has been submitted and city staff have provided comment to the province. “This matter rests with the province,” Zirnhelt said. “They will be looking at health

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Devastating health report is a call to arms We’re hoping that everybody reading our front page story is as shocked as we are and as shocked as city councillors appeared to be when Health Officer Charmaine Enns delivered what We say: We are can only be described as a devastating report on Campbell River’s state of failing our most precious resource health. It’s easy to roll along happily in our lives thinking everything is hunky dory – our children but when you get a report like that it shatters all illusions. At least, it should. Campbell River has some significant health problems and as a community, as a society, we need to take

this report seriously and, what’s more, take action on improving it. Never mind Money Sense’s skewed best city in Canada ranking – which always puts Campbell River at the lower end – this is a ranking that means something. Drug and alcohol consumption is an epidemic but what’s worse is how we’re failing our children. Reporter Kristen Douglas wrote: “Enns said cultural and societal factors that a person experiences through their first five or six years of life have a huge impact on the type of decisions a person will make throughout their life and often determine their place in society. And in Campbell River, the statistics show that often children are struggling from

a young age. ‘“Campbell River children rate lower for standards of reading and writing to their counterparts in B.C. and the rest of the Island and the Campbell River area has a high rate of kids in need of care,” said Enns, noting that in Campbell River, 23 children per 1,000 kids require protection compared to 12 per 1,000 kids in the rest of B.C.’ If that doesn’t make your heart sink, you probably don’t have one. We are failing our weakest citizens our most precious resource. This isn’t a warning, this is a call to arms. What are you, individually, what are we, collectively, willing to do about this?

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Just some clarifications regarding Tom Fletcher’s column, Life after the Tsilhqot’in decision (B.C. Views, July 9). 1. Federal and provincial authority may vary with the strength of an aboriginal title claim, as Fletcher contends, in the sense that the obligation to consult and accommodate is proportional to the strength of the claim. But this is not so once aboriginal title has been proved in court (as the Tsilhqot’in have done). Once such title is established it is no longer a matter of a “claim” and the aboriginal owners must consent to any development proposal respecting their land – unless the government supporting such a development meets the stringent constitutional test for limiting aboriginal rights and title in the absence of consent. 2. A finding of aboriginal title does not necessarily “lock in” communal ownership. Just as treaty First Nations may agree to convert land to fee simple title, aboriginal title holders may agree to surrender land to the federal Crown on the condition that it be re-conveyed to them for the purpose of conversion to fee simple. I suspect that obtaining such agreement is no easier in the former scenario that the latter, but it may be. 3. The Tsilhqot’in had a long history of keeping others out, and were the only First Nation that was hostile even to the fur trade. But they did not fight a war in the 1860s to defend their territory from a “wave of gold seekers.” They expelled everyone. Hamar Foster, QC Professor of law, University of Victoria

City’s gem of a park could use a great new facet

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Under the tipping point of the Big Dipper we gather to laugh and to share a great time. Families, friends, neighbours and happy strangers play and mingle as the sun dips below the trees of Willow Point Park to its inevitable “melting point” in the ocean beyond. As twilight descends, a cool breeze picks up out of the north and out come the jackets and blankets, about to be covered in bits of popcorn and splashes of soda. It’s almost 10 o’clock, but the kids are still wide awake and the park is practically filled as The Lego Movie finally begins on the giant inflatable screen. It’s Sunset Cinema night in Campbell River and thanks to the folks at Coastal Community, we’re enjoying this evening

together for free. The outdoor movie night is always a big hit when the weather’s right, yet this is just my first time. It’s a terrific community event and it’s just one more facet that makes Willow Point Park a true gem of the city. The park was hardly that when I first arrived in Campbell River way back in 1990. At that time it was just a few ball fields, tennis courts and not much else. But the community leaders and planners of the day had a vision to create a multi-faceted community park in the centre of Campbell River’s fastest growing area. What they started has continued to grow and flourish. Proper playing fields for soccer, baseball, football and rugby came first, followed by the Sportsplex complex where

I’ve played squash, racquetball, badminton, volleyball, worked out, danced at big events, and sat in at boring meetings. Much more goes on there too, but the building continued outside as well. The all-weather gravel field and lights went in, followed by beach volleyball, bocce and basketball courts. Volunteers have also left their stamp on the park. A couple guys started the much-used disc golf course and Campbell River Rotarians built the wonderful new water park. On Wednesday night, before the movie began, our team played its last slopitch game of the season on the upper ball field. After celebrating our win, I walked along the path towards the big screen and passed by the much-maligned allweather field.

It’s hardly ever used because sliding on gravel hurts, yet it’s the only playing field outside the Nunns Creek baseball field that has lights. Then, once again, I thought about the city’s plan to spend millions to build a new turf field and install lights at Robron Park. You know, the home to the unused lacrosse box and tennis courts where cold winds always seem to blow. I’ll say it one last time: The money should go to Willow Point Park. The all-weather field is desperate for a make-over. In fact, two turf fields could go in that space. Sacrifice the upper ball field for more parking, build new changerooms and, voila, Campbell River’s gem of a park becomes an even more valuable asset to this community. paulr@campbellrivermirror.com

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Water bans Council Tuesday granted City Manager Andy Laidlaw the power to authorize water bans at a moment’s notice. With the recent warm, dry summer weather, Campbell River residents have already exceeded the city’s 765 litres per second that is allotted for domestic water use. Residents used more than 800 litres/second at the end of June and beginning of July which

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Residents call for more stop signs on Alder KRISTEN DOUGLAS

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Alder Street is still feeling the fallout from the reconfiguration of traffic lights on Dogwood Street, according to one resident who told council Tuesday the residential street has become dangerous. Ted Haylow thanked council for putting up the new four-way stop at Alder and Merecroft but said more safety measures are needed. “Since the reconfiguration of lights on Dogwood Street, Alder Street has become extremely dangerous,” Haylow said. “People speed and do not drive with due care and attention.” Haylow asked council to add a four-way stop at Alder and Evergreen, citing the city’s Transportation Plan which acknowledges that fewer traffic controls attract

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Four-year-old Kiara Schiefele “tickles the ivories” on the Downtown BIA piano, set up outside RBC on Tuesday. Look for the colourful, piano downtown and try your hand at making beautiful music.

drivers to Alder. “It says the lack of intersection controls, particularly between Merecroft and 9th Avenue, has been noted as contributing to the attractiveness of Alder Street as compared to Dogwood, which has six traffic signals over this stretch,” Haylow said. He added that with upcoming construction on the new hospital, traffic is only going to get worse on Alder. Coun. Andy Adams suggested council refer the issue to one of the city’s commissions as well as city transportation staff – a suggestion

that was approved by council. “There may be a pending need to take a serious look at this,” Adams said. “The announcement from Island Health that Birch Street will be closed between Evergreen and 2nd for an extended amount of time during construction will have a significant impact on traffic flow in this area.” Coun. Larry Samson said it’s clear four-way stops do have an impact, noting that according to last year’s ICBC stats there were three or four crashes at the Alder and Evergreen intersection,

and zero at Merecroft and Alder. The Merecroft fourway was requested by Alder residents last year. Haylow said problems, though, still persist. Amber Zirnhelt, acting general manager of city operations, told council Tuesday night that city staff are in the middle of an Alder Street corridor review which is expected to identify any needed improvements. “We’re looking at all the different intersections as part of that review and we will be coming back to council, likely later in the fall, with that,” Zirnhelt said.

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CARIHI GRAD 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & DEBT OF GRATITUDE Jane Kolmatycki – Carihi Counsellor Maralyn Lloyd - Carihi Counsellor Sean Toal – Carihi Principal Laird Ruehlen - Carihi Vice-Principal Carihi Admin Support School District 72 – Barry Kegler & Gang Lori Olsen – Strathcona Gardens Kim Saunders THANK YOU FOR QUALITY SERVICE Real Canadian Superstore North Island Co-op Purdys Chocolates Top Quality DJ Aroma Coffees Steiner’s Bakery & Coffee Shop Dairy Queen Campbell River Panago Pizza Tim Hortons Campbell River

THANK YOU FOR GENEROUS DONATIONS Marine Harvest Canada Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish Inc. BC Liquor Stores Target Employee Volunteers Campbell River Garden Centre Warren Andrews

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THANK YOU FOR KIND DONATIONS Baily Western Star Trucks Inc. Starbucks Coffee Company Campbell River Bowling Alley Thrifty Foods Pure Wrestling Association Seymour Pacific/Broadstreet Properties Booster Juice Columbia Ice Campbell River Boatland WalMart Campbell River Rose Bowl Restaurant Grant Signs Momentum Fundraising

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Recreating the Neil Diamond legend

is voice may not be what it used to be, but Neil Diamond can still sell out concerts and provoke girlish screams from the audience. His charisma was – and still is – legendary. Joey Purpura has lived and breathed Neil Diamond since 2004, travelled across the country and parts of the Caribbean with his tribute show Diamond in the Rough. “I’ve always been able to do voices, as long as I could remember,” said the 39-year-old. “When I found out I could do a pretty good Neil Diamond, my friends encouraged me to go on stage.” The singer wasn’t on Purpura’s radar growing up and so he really started from the ground up. In 2002, the Torontobased impersonator began researching the singer’s life, studying his every move, song and story behind the music. He found a Las Vegasbased designer able to

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replicate Diamond’s glittery costumes of the mid-70s. “I wanted to research his life because I not only sing his songs, I tell a story and highlight his life just to make it more interesting,” said Purpura. He searched for little known facts about the singer. For instance, Diamond grew up in the same neighbourhood as Barbara Streisand. They went to the same school and sang in the same choir. Purpura also discovered Diamond was a pre-med student and was six months and 10 credits short of a premed degree when he abandoned his studies to pursue music. “He recorded and released a lot of albums and so he has a huge back log of music,” Purpura said about the singer’s international appeal. “And he continues to tour. His music is very diverse and his songs, as one biographer said, cut through your heart and soul, making you feel his

Joey Purpura tells music legend Neil Diamond’s story in his tribute performance coming to the Campbell River Legion Aug. 30

pain, anguish and joy.” Diamond was never a heartthrob, but an artist revered for his songwriting and story telling. See for yourself on Saturday, August 30 at

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Carter Johnson entertains with piano favourites in Quadra festival

Carter Johnson, local piano prodigy, will perform Piano Favourites from Throughout the Ages at the Quadra Community Centre on Saturday, July 26 at 6 p.m. Philip Hansen, Quadra Island Festival of Chamber Music Director, will join Carter on cello in Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano opus 69. “Spellbinding”, “magical”, “electric”, and “vibrant” are words used to describe the playing of 17-yearold Johnson. Johnson began studying piano at the age of five with Shelley Roberts in Campbell River. His accomplishments include prizes in numerous competitions and festivals, including First Place in the Ruth Scott Chopin Competition and the Virginia Graczak Competition, and several prizes at the provincial festival for many years. In July 2011, Carter was BC’s single representative at the CFMTA National Piano Competition in Regina. Each province sent one competitor under the age of 25. Not only was Carter the youngest competitor by a large margin, but he advanced to the final round and won Second Place. The festival runs from Wednesday, July 23 to Sunday, July 27 in a variety of venues. Tickets are available at Works of H’Art; Yellow Dog Trading Company; and The Music Plant in Campbell River. Info: www.quadrafestival.com

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Campbell River anglers are enjoying the chinook fishing and limiting out within a few hours.

locals and tourists fishing for the fun of it. So far, just three springs have been caught off the pier, but the scoreboard will start lighting up with new catches of pinks, springs and coho. Just south, there are lots of springs and coho being caught on the south end of Hornby and Denman islands, as well as at Kitty Coleman. Big plugs fished deep get big fish. Some larger fish are being caught in Port Hardy with catch reports hitting

the high 20s. Halibut fishing has been steady with fish caught in 300-325 feet of water. Those driving up to Port Hardy will have a short traffic delay at the Woss turnoff.

The lakes this time of year can be a bit slower for trout fishing. As the heat comes, the bite can be off. Trolling Leos Wedding Band or a Flatfish can get you a trout if your deep. On the fly, the old standard Carey Special in green, yellow or black can get results if fished in early morning or late evening. A great catchand-release river is the Elk close to Gold River. The best way to fish the Elk is floating the river and finding the hard-toget at pools.

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I was in the Sayward area last week and the water levels are low on the Salmon River. The Nimpkish River is the lowest I have seen in years. Sea-run cutties can be caught on the fly and there is a summer run of steelhead and resident rainbows.

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