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Search for rower called off Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The search for a missing boater in the waters north of Port Hardy was called off late Tuesday afternoon after four days, the Joint Rescue Coordination

Centre in Victoria announced.

The man, who is more than 70 years old, was attempting a solo journey from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy in a small rowboat.

He was last seen departing

Aristazabal Island, approximately 140 miles north of Port Hardy, on July 11.

The man has not checked in with his family, and searchers found no sign of the rower or his vessel in

the four days of searching.

“That (search) area’s been saturated heavily,” said Cpt. Ray

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CUPE contract ratified

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Jail-n-Bail raises funds for local Tour de Rock rider.

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• Touching base

Blue Sox outlast Port Alice for slo-pitch tourney title.

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•Going long

Woman to start 12 marathons in 17 days in Port Hardy.

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Opinion Page 6 Letters Page 7 Sports Page 11 Classifieds Page 12-14

Elizabeth Maundrell waves while pedaling her boat float in the annual Filomi Days parade in Port Hardy Saturday. See more Filomi Days images in North Island Life, page 10, and online at www.northislandgazette.com.

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Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Six more school districts and more than 2,600 support staff workers, including members of Vancouver Island North CUPE Local 401, have recently ratified new collective bargaining agreements, the provincial government announced last week.

The agreement covering 199 support staff workers with School District 85 was announced in June, shortly before the end of the school year. The SD85-CUPE 401 agreement was ratified early in July and approved by the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association July 16.

“We’re happy,” said Joanne Welch of Port Hardy, unit chair for the SD85 support staff workers. “We ratified it quite fast. Our membership came out in the summer to make sure it was done.”

The term of the new agreement for each district is from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2019. It provides for a 5.5 per cent wage increase over the five years of the term, with potential for additional increases if

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Port Hardy man dies in single-vehicle crash Gazette staff A Port Hardy man was killed and a female passenger hospitalized following a single-vehicle accident near Woss July 14.

Earl Hovey, 69, was found deceased at the scene after the Jeep Wrangler he was driving veered from the southbound lane of Hwy. 19 and over an embankment.

A 49-year-old female passenger managed to make her way back up to the roadside and flagged down a passing motorist. A 9-1-1 call was relayed to RCMP at

12:18 p.m., but it was unclear how much time passed between the crash and its discovery.

“The victim was not wearing a seat belt,” said Sgt. Craig

Blanchard of the Port McNeill RCMP. “The passenger, who was wearing a belt, managed to get out despite her injuries and get help. We want to remind people to

always wear their seat belts; it does make a difference in accident situations.”

The woman was taken to hospital in Victoria with undetermined injuries that

were believed not to be life-threatening, said Blanchard.

The victim’s nextof-kin were notified, and the cause of the incident is still under investigation.

Plane crash victims lucky to survive

Gazette staff BELLA BELLA—Four victims of a plane crash and fire on a remote island shoreline Friday all survived, thanks in part to the fortunate nearby presence of an RCMP ship in the area at the time of the crash.

RCMP West Coast Marine Service members just happened to be in the community of Shearwater near Bella Bella when the Beaver float plane crashed and burst into flames just above the high tide line just before 4 p.m. July 11.

The ship’s crew received a Mayday Relay on their VHF The wreckage of a burned Beaver float plane rests on the beach near Radio indicating a float plane Bella Bella after crashing Friday, July 11. Four passengers aboard the had crashed and was on fire plane were treated and transported by RCMP and Coast Guard person- just north of St. John Harbour, near the south entrance of the nel.

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“This location was just over one hour from the location of the Patrol Vessel Lindsay,” Cpl. Dave Tyreman of the North District RCMP in Prince George said in a written release. “Realizing that time was of the essence for the injured, Sgt. Rob Pikola had Cst’s Roe and Judd deploy a 733 rigid hull inflatable fast-response vessel, which allowed them to arrive on scene within thirty minutes.”

The fast-response boat was followed by the Lindsay, which arrived in just under an hour.

“Due to the quick response of our members involved, everyone on the downed Beaver float plane received medical treatment within thirty minutes of the crash,” said

Sgt. Pikola. “Not only was it fortunate that we were close by, but there was a fishing charter boat in the area that had six medical doctors on board from the Williams Lake and Vanderhoof area.”

Several other Coast Guard resources were deployed in the incident, including the Cape Farewell, two fastresponse vessels and a Search and Rescue helicopter and Buffalo aircraft. Members of the Lindsay were able to assist with the transport of two of the four people from the crash. The more seriously injured passengers were transported by the Cape Farewell to Bella Bella hospital.

The aircraft was burned beyond recovery, the RCMP reported.

HAFI Funds Home Modifications for Disabled Man When Lorie and Walter bought their home in Port Alberni 13 years ago they slowly began renovating the unfinished basement to accommodate Walter’s changing needs as his muscular dystrophy advanced.

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Nanwakolas council inks MOU Campfire ban now in effect Gazette staff COURTENAY—The Nanwakolas Council of First Nations and the Coast Forest Products Association signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Monday in a move both parties said will further strengthen their longstanding collaborative partnership.

The MOU is aimed to increase participation in coastal forestry by Nanwakolas Council’s seven member Nations, as well as to strengthen security of tenure and fibre supply for the industry. The parties call Monday’s signing a significant milestone in further defining the partnership over the next three years.

“We are pleased to be signing this agreement

with Coast Forest and its member companies,” said Dallas Smith, president of Nanwakolas Council. “Our Nations have been working collaboratively with the forest industry at both strategic and political levels for some time now, not only to build much-needed certainty on the land base, but also to help ensure that our communities are able to share in the benefits and opportunities that the industry brings.”

The Nanwakolas Council is a joint initiative among a consortium of Kwakwaka’wakw Nations, include the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw, whose claimed traditional territories encompass a substantial swath of the North Vancouver

Island and B.C. Coastal Mainland region.

The MOU outlines several key deliverables that both the Council and Coast Forest will address in the coming months.

This includes working with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) and the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation (MARR) to secure additional forest tenure and increase revenue sharing agreements so that Nanwakolas Council member Nations receive increased forest revenue, jobs and direct participation in forest planning and operations.

“Coast Forest and its member companies rely on security of ten-

ure and fibre supply in order to operate and provide livelihoods to more than 38,000 people throughout the province,” says Rick Jeffery, President and CEO of Coast Forest Products Association. “The signing the MOU today is significant. Not only will it align the interests of Nanwakolas and Coast Forest members to deliver the benefits of developing a sustainable, renewable forest resource, but it is symbolic of the years that industry and First Nations have worked together and of the future we are now forging together.”

The Nanwakolas and Coast Forest intend to present the Province of British Columbia with options that will pro-

Grant to cover lost wages from page 1 the B.C. economy exceeds the annual forecasts set by the Economic Forecast Council during the last four years of the agreement.

CUPE members under a ratified agreement will also benefit from an employee support grant, which reimburses each employee for all scheduled work

hours for which the employee has not otherwise been paid during the BCTF strike.

The first phase of the grant covered the period through June 30. A second grant is in effect from July 1 through the end of November, Welch said.

“It’s good that we’ve ratified it, because it gives us some options if (the teachers) are

fied agreements cover support staff workers in SD38 (Richmond), SD53 (Okanagan Similkameen), SD61 (Greater Victoria), SD67 (Okanagan Skaha) and SD83 (Okanagan-Shuswap).

To date, more than 6,800 support staff workers in 16 school districts have fully ratified agreements in place.

still off,” said Welch.

“But we’d like to see them back.”

The BCTF strike continues, with no talks scheduled between the union and BCPSEA negotiators.

The agreements with the CUPE locals were ratified under the B.C. government’s 2014 Economic Stability Mandate.

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Gazette staff With warm, dry conditions continuing across B.C. and wildfires raging in several areas in the province, all open burning (including campfires, Category 2 open fires and Category 3 open fires) have been prohibited as of July 17, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources announced last week.

The ban will apply in all areas of the Coastal Fire Centre except the “fog zone” and Haida Gwaii.

This prohibition will remain in place until October 15, or until the public is notified that it has been rescinded.

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Following this, a final, definitive agreement will be made with the intent that all aspects of the agreement will be implemented within one to two years.

“This relationship has evolved from adversarial to one of respect and that shares mutual priorities – we have captured this in the MOU,” said Smith. “We will continue to work together to help advise the province on the development of sustainable but economically viable forest policy that will continue to see this resource help create jobs and contribute to the economy for generations to come.”

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RCMP takes over missing person case from page 1 Jacobson of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. “It’ll be turned over to the RCMP as a missing person’s case now.”

On Saturday, the

Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron initiated a search of the vast stretch of water and coastline north of

Vancouver Island in an attempt to locate the boater.

The search was overseen by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria and included a CH-149 Cormorant

helicopter and CC-115 Buffalo airplane as well as three Canadian Coast Guard ships and two rescue boats.

Members of Port McNeill’s Civil Air Search and Rescue

unit, including pilot Bill Velie, were also involved, searching the smaller islands of the straits and serving as spotters on the military aircraft working north of the Island.

Any members of the public who were in the area north of Vancouver Island since 11 July and have seen this man or his rowboat, or who have any related informa-

tion, are requested to call Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (Victoria) at 1-800567-5111 or Prince Rupert RCMP at 250627-0700.

HOT SPOTS July 25-27 Alert Bay SeaFest, including ArtFest and MusicFest.

Vendors, crafts, games, art, food and entertainment throughout the weekend; MusicFest on Sunday featuring numerous acts; for info visit alertbayseafest.com or call Brenda at 250-974-2404.

July 26 Freshwater-saltwater fishing derby, hosted by Port McNeill Baptist Church. Weigh-in noon-5 p.m. at Baptist Church on Mine Road, followed by pot luck and prizes. Largest salmon, cod, ground fish and trout; additional prizes for largest fish caught by youth. Info, Dave Purdy at 250-956-4144 or Joe McDonald, 250956-3345.

July 26 Sea Wolf Adventure Tours hosts Aboriginal dancing and singing performance on the Telegraph Cove boardwalk, 7 p.m. Admission by donation with proceeds towards the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw School culture program; make it an evening out by enjoying the salmon barbecue on the boardwalk for dinner and then strolling to the end of the boardwalk for the dancing.

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August 3 Telegraph Cove’s annual fishing derby to benefit the Kokish Hatchery Salmon Enhancement program.

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August 9 North Island Farmer’s Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Hyde Creek Petro Canada station. $5/table, must provide own table and canopy, if desired. For info or to sign up, call 250-956-2527 or email pmfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

August 10 Folk/bluesman Dave Spinks performs, 7:30 p.m., Whale’s Rub Pub in Sointula.

August 2 Telegraph Cove hosts its annual Crafts on the Boardwalk Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Local and visiting vendors featuring a wide array of arts, crafts and wear-

August 11-13 Wild Heart Music of Port McNeill hosts free “Music of the Heart” summer youth singing program, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed-Fri at St. John Gualbert Church.

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(Too) lazy days of summer The telly, the boob tube, the idiot box. Call it what you will, it’s consumed way too much of my time in recent months.

I’m ashamed to admit that, lately, entire evenings that would have been better spent walking in a park or with my nose buried in a book have somehow melted away in what feels like minutes.

Despite the recent stretch of beautiful weather, between the TV and my laptop, I confess I often find it next to impossible to pull my gaze from the magnetism of a glowing screen.

It’s sheer laziness, and not at all conducive to good health — I recognize this.

The worst part is, it’s not at all how my brother and I were raised.

Growing up in Port Hardy and Pouce Coupe (near Dawson Creek) we certainly didn’t spend hours sitting, slack-jawed and glassy-eyed, in front of the TV. We were too busy running around in the woods behind our house, building ‘log cabins’ that never actually made it past our knees, and racing down homemade ziplines which, in hindsight, probably weren’t the safest. But then safety wasn’t our chief concern, with the wind whipping our shaggy 1970s hair-dos in our faces.

In Port Hardy, especially, there were regular neighbourhood games of kick-the-can, road hockey matches and long afternoons spent combing the beach for whatever new treasure the tide had washed ashore.

And if there was somewhere we wanted to go, we usually got there under our own steam, on bicycles with tires that barely had time to cool off between rides.

Today, the great outdoors has far more to compete with than it did when we were kids.

Television on northern Vancouver Island in the ’70s offered the CBC and, after a certain point, a test pattern.

In the ’80s our world expanded exponentially, with the introduction of cable and the awesomeness that was MTV. And, of course, programming now goes round the clock on 200 channels.

Add to that online gaming, smartphones, and tablets, and today’s kids stand a slim chance of enjoying an active childhood.

Forty years ago, ParticipACTION was already telling us — on television, where else? — that the average 30-year-old Canadian was in worse shape than a 60-year-old Swede. It’s scary to think how we’d stand up to that test today.

Perhaps it’s time to put down the remote and walk away.

Five kilometres or so should do the trick.

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B.C. back in black, deep in debt VICTORIA – When the audited public accounts confirmed a $353 million surplus for the last fiscal year, B.C. Liberal political staff were quick to remind reporters of the NDP’s main theme from last year’s election campaign.

“It underestimates the costs in a whole bunch of ministries and we’re going to have to review that because all of the decisions that we propose in our platform will have to be implemented,” said then-leader Adrian Dix, describing the NDP’s plans to tax and spend more.

Skeena MLA Robin Austin targeted health care in the budget debate: “Bearing in mind that our population is actually increasing, bearing in mind that our population is aging, I think it’s very unrealistic to think we can actually limit health care expenditures to 2.7 per cent.”

As it turned out, health care spending grew by just

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over two per cent. It still went up by $360 million from the previous year, but after annual increases of six or seven per cent had become the norm, this is quite an achievement. New agreements remain to be negotiated with doctors and nurses, so we’re unlikely to see the same cost control results for the current year.

Education was the only other ministry to receive significant extra funding last year, up $299 million despite continuing enrol-

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A contract between SD85 and CUPE support staff workers has been ratified. Now, it’s time for the teachers to get a deal.

Despite the return of the North Island rains, a campfire ban remains in place. Remember to load the camp stove for your next campout.

ment decline. Like health, the education budget goes up every year, and these increases, along with strong student performance results, expose the rhetoric of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation about a cash-starved system for what it is.

But the biggest fabrication of last year’s election was the “debt free B.C.” slogan emblazoned on the side of Premier Christy Clark’s campaign bus.

The public accounts confirm that the province’s total debt rose to just over $60 billion, the latest of a series of increases since 2008. The much-touted balanced budget is on the operating side, while the province continues to pile up debt to pay for the Port Mann mega-project, hospitals, schools and other big infrastructure.

“Debt free B.C.” was not an outright misrepresentation, merely one of the most far-fetched promises ever delivered in the hisA member of

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tory of B.C. politics. The legislature is to convene in October so the B.C. Liberals can pass a taxation framework for the nascent liquefied natural gas industry, which the government hopes will generate the revenues to ultimately pay off the province’s $60-billion mortgage.

Along with the public accounts, the finance ministry released a list of surplus land sales. The sale of 50-odd properties, some of them closed schools, netted the provincial treasury about $310 million, which accounts for most of the surplus.

Was this “selling off the family silverware to try and balance the books,” as now-NDP leader John Horgan termed it before the election? It’s certainly not a revenue source to be matched next year.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca.

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North Island is not a relative term Dear editor, A letter to Dan MacLennan, Island Health Communications: Dan; Thank you for your news releases on the progress of the two new hospitals

being constructed in the Mid-Island area. They are not being built in the North Island.

The North Island currently has four hospitals (Alert Bay, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill) and some

clinics, all of which offer a wide variety of services to the people of the true North Island. More seriously challenged patients are sent to the Mid-Island hospitals or to the hospitals in the South Island or even Vancouver.

Inclusive hiring ups bottom line

With challenges filling positions and higher costs for doing business, organizations and businesses employing people with disabilities are turning social issues into business opportunities. These opportunities can translate into lower costs, higher revenues and increased profits.

Recent studies show 82 percent of workers with a disability score average or above average in performance ratings, have average to above average attendance records, and 55 percent of employers say they work harder than other employees.

Ajay Caleb from Rotary District 5050 is gradually spreading the word to Rotary clubs across B.C. to dispel myths about the capabilities of people with developmental disabilities in the workplace.

“Case in point is a North Delta accounting firm that recently hired a young man who has autism for recycling and filing duties. With job support staff provided at no cost to the employer, within weeks his hours had increased and he was given additional responsibilities.

He has become a valued member of their team.”

Currently, of the close to 19,000 people with developmental disabilities living in B.C., only about 16 per cent have jobs. A recent study by Community Living BC (CLBC) showed the average work week for a person with a developmental disability is 13 hours; only seven per cent reported working 40 hours or more.

The Community Action Employment Plan, a collective effort of community agencies, government, employers and people with developmental disabilities, is a three-year strategy guiding work locally and across the province to help create more jobs across B.C. for adults with developmental disabilities.

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In the central and upper Island, a pilot project is underway to test the plan locally. Successes to date include the establishment of job supports in Port Hardy and surrounding communities through North Island Community Services Society (NICSS) for the individuals CLBC serves, and activities to directly reach out to employers, including a series of employment success stories appearing in this paper in the near future.

A plan is also being created to help the North Island think strategically and proactively about how to hire more people with developmental disabilities. Barb Legg, CLBC regional employment coordinator, is inviting the local business community, Rotarians and Chamber members to join the team.

“My hope is the Port Hardy and surrounding business communities will join us so we can capitalize on energy and creativity, address unique challenges and opportunities together, and help create greater employment opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.”

Given that many people may not know about inclusive hiring practices, in January 2014 a new website, www.employmentforall. ca, was launched. Employers, job seekers, service providers and family members are encouraged to use the website to access user-friendly information, videos, success stories and planning tools to help inform and inspire.

Employers interested in joining the employment planning group meetings taking place in Port Hardy can contact Barb Legg at Barbara.

Legg@gov.bc.ca. If you are an employer looking for employees, contact Michèle Papp, NICS, at 250-902-7220 or nics-se@hotmail. com or fill out the employer form on www.employmentforall.ca.

Those of us entrusted with speaking for and caring for the people of the true North Island have the ongoing responsibility and the ongoing challenge of maintaining and improving our North Island institutions.

We are anxious to maintain and improve our facilities and the security of these services, for our widely­ spread North Island population.

We reserve the right to use the correct term 'North

Island' to describe and hopefully improve our North Island facilities.

With best wishes for the continuing success of your Mid-Island facilities.

Gerry Furney Mayor, Port McNeill

Cell phones Frank McLean, left, and Jessie Hemphill lobby for bail money while RCMP Cst. Tara Wilson stands guard during a Jail-n-Bail fundraiser for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock during Filomi Days in Port Hardy Saturday. More than $1,300 was raised in just two hours.

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Cove craft fair goes Wild

Gazette staff T E L E G R A P H C O V E — Va n c o u v e r Island has the highest density of cougars and also the highest rate of attacks on humans. And chances are, if you spend any amount of time in the woods, a cougar’s seen you while you’ve been totally oblivious to its Alynn Shanks of Nanaimo looks over repurposed lures at presence. the table of Marty Jewell and Patti Evans during the 2012 That’s a scary thought.

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Dancing planned at Cove Gazette staff TELEGRAPH COVE—Sea Wolf Adventures will celebrate its first anniversary this weekend with the second annual traditional dance performance at Telegraph Cove Resort & Campground.

Sea Wolf, which offers cultural tours and water taxi services out of Telegraph Cove, celebrated its launch in July last year with a similar display of local dance, song and culture on the boardwalk.

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Fish On! Filomi fun

Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Carrot Park teemed with people last weekend as Port Hardy hosted its annual Filomi Days festival.

Between the parade, the music, the plane rides, booths, kids’ games, street hockey, fishing derbies, slo-pitch and the dance, there was an array of enter-

tainment on offer.

And that was just Saturday. The fun continued Sunday with even more activities.

Thank you to all the volunteers and organizers who put in the hard work to make the weekend such a success.

Here are a few of our favourite moments...

Clockwise from above: The logging truck of Western Forest Products negotiates the tight turn from Gray to Market Street during the Filomi Days parade in Port Hardy Saturday; Crowds flocked to Carrot Park for the Filomi fireworks finale Sunday night; Stephen Ralph paddles back to shore in the Home Hardware Boat Building and Race Sunday; Kelly McLaughlin hoists the halibut caught by her cousin, Michael McLaughlin, during the Filomi Days Fishing Derby at Bear Cove Saturday afternoon; The Purple Pirate shows off his dance moves during a performance Saturday at Carrot Park; Hailey Ranger and Brooklyn Cox peer out from a fire engine during Saturday’s parade; Bethany Noel gets into the spirit of the Highland dancing show with a little help from Kathleen Nelson in front of the entertainment stage Saturday.

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July 26 Motor sports Stock car racing at Tri-Port Speedway, 6 p.m. Concession, kids play area, more. $5 adults, $3 youth, $2 seniors.

Fishing Freshwater-saltwater fishing derby, hosted by Port McNeill Baptist Church.

Weigh-in noon-5 p.m. at Baptist Church on Mine Road, followed by pot luck and prizes.

Largest salmon, cod, ground fish and trout; additional prizes for largest fish caught by youth. Info, Dave Purdy at 250-956-4144 or Joe McDonald, 250956-3345.

July 25-27 Slo-pitch Annual Woss Lake Fire Dept./Rec Centre Tournament. Co-ed format with costume contest, massage therapist, Saturday night dance featuring live music from Big Daddy. Dance tickets in advance only; check Woss Lake Fire Dept/ Rec Slo-pitch tournament Facebook page for details.

July 31 Slo-pitch Port McNeill Slopitch League playoff final, 7 p.m., Centennial Field.

If-necessary game 8:30 p.m.

August 2-3 Golf Annual Donny MacLeod Memorial tournament, 9:30 a.m., Port Alice Golf & Country Club.

No scorecards and few rules, just the way Donny played.

Barbecue, more. To register or for info, call the clubhouse at 250284-3213.

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Sox tops Alice in wood bat finals Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Sunday’s finale of the annual Filomi Days wood bat slo-pitch tournament saw the Blue Sox hold off Port Alice to claim the top spot with a 7-3 victory.

Solid fielding was the order of the day in the traditionally low-scoring format, and both sides closed the door in the early stages.

The Port Hardy outfit broke the deadlock with a three-run third inning haul, and an Ethan Shaw triple to right field brought in two more in the fifth

to give the Blue Sox a relatively comfortable lead.

Port Alice staged something of a comeback in the late going, two runs in the penultimate inning adding to a single in the fourth to keep the pressure on at 5-3 going into the seventh.

The Sox drove home two more at the top of the inning before shutting the door on the visitors to take the win.

Blue Sox’s left fielder Shaw got the Most Sportsmanlike Male award for his performance, while Port

Alice first baseman Katie Senciw took the Most Sportsmanlike Female.

Earlier, The Bush Cats topped the ‘B’ Division with a win over Ump Yours. The Cats’ James Crawford got the Most Sportsmanlike Male award, with Ump Yours’ Linda Charlie getting the nod for Most Sportsmanlike Female.

The ball diamonds get a respite next weekend before the start of the Men’s Fastpitch and Women’s Slo-pitch leagues the week of July 28.

Port Alice third baseman Ken Bradshaw loses his grip on the ball on an attempted tag as the Blue Sox's Tony Knighton runs for the plate.

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Sharpe hot off the line at Rumble

Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— No driver was hotter than Chris Sharpe, who reached the bracket finals in both the pro and super pro classes in Sunday’s Rumble on the Runway drag-racing series event.

Well, perhaps his car was hotter.

Sharpe outdueled Bill Jamieson of Victoria for the Pro-class victory, then waited in queue through a round of Sportsman heats while his Chevy cooled enough to run the Super-Pro final against Nanaimo’s Glenn Kennedy.

“Man, it’s so hot,” Sharpe said while monitoring the temperature of his engine and transmission back in the pits. “You can run double heats if they’re spread out, but when you get down to the finals it’s like you’re running hot laps.

“But I have no complaints.”

Sharpe fell short in his bid for double titles in the third round of the six-race Rumble series, but it had nothing to do with overheating. His slow jump off the green light provided Kennedy the gap he needed to slip

The car of Chris Sharpe of Port McNeill, right, leaps from the starting line in his Super-Pro final heat against Nanaimo's Glenn Kennedy during the Rumble on the Runway drag races at Port McNeill Airport Sunday. The final races of the 2014 Rumble series will take place at the airport Aug. 23-24.

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through for the win, his second in two seasons of competing on the eighth-mile strip at the local airport.

“Chris gave me that race,” said Kennedy, driving a Plymouth Barracuda that won in its debut here a year ago. “He was right on his dial-in (time); it was all on the tree.

“I had some luck, but that’s the way it is in this sport. It’s a matter of who makes the fewest mistakes.”

The third series event was actually rained out Saturday after the first three passes by Sportsman and Proclass drivers. The North Island Timing Association attempted to squeeze both race 3 and race 4 into Sunday afternoon, but ran out of time midway through the final session. Race

4 will be made up when drivers return for the fifth and sixth Rumble on the Runway sessions Aug. 23-24.

Sunday’s event provided a solid showing for hometown drivers.

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appearance in both the Pro and Super-Pro finals, Port McNeill driver Jordan Mackay advanced to the Sportsman final before settling for second place behind Port Alberni veteran Ron Clark.

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10:30Saturday am - Morning Worship Services Church -Office 9:30am Bible250-956-4741 Study groups Stan Rukin service 10:45amPastor - Worship/Praise Youth Pastor: Taylor Wednesday @ 7pmSteve - Prayer meeting Cell: 250-527-0144 Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Office hours:Christian 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Offering Education Visitors always welcome 250-949-8243 www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/14 11/14

NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHristCHURCHES CHurCH aNgliCaN Father Scott Whittemore Alert Bay 250-956-3909 Sunday Masses Sunday Services - 10 am St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 430 Chapel St.,Port McNeill: 9am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng 1-250-974-5844 Rd., Port Hardy: 11am Warden Flora Cook St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner of Nigei St. and 250-974-5945 Marine Dr.,Warden Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Joan Stone Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: 250-974-2234 Saturdays 10am 11/14

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seveNtH-day adveNtist PORT MCNEILL CHurCH BAPTIST 4680 Byng Rd.CHURCH Port Hardy 2501George Mine Road Pastor Hilton Sunday 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 9:45 amâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone (Sept-June) - Sunday School welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

11:00Saturday am - Worship Service Services 7:00 pm -- Bible Evening Fellowship 9:30am Study groups Youth Group Wed 7:00 pm 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Studies are scheduled the year.

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LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE Port mCNeill CENTRE BaPtist CHurCH s #HAPLAIN 3ERVICES 2501 Mine Road s "IBLE 3TUDIES Sunday s 3PIRITUAL #OUNSELLING 9:45 am s 7EEKLY !! 'ROUPS (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00Granville am - Worship Service (8635 St. Port Hardy) 7:00 pm 250-949-8125 - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm 11/14 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH year. & Highland Corner of Trustee For information contactam Morning Service 11:00 Pastor Purdy â&#x20AC;˘ 250-956-4737 PlusDave regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 11/14 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca ligHtHouse Pastor: KevinresourCe Martineau CeNtre 11/14 â&#x20AC;˘ Chaplain Services PORT ALICE ANGLICANâ&#x20AC;˘ Bible Studies UNITED FELLOWSHIP â&#x20AC;˘ Reverend Spiritual Counselling Wade Allen â&#x20AC;˘ Weekly AA Groups Sunday Services - 4pm (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 1-250-949-6247 250-949-8125 Box 159, Port Alice 11/14 You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services 11/14

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Namgis Education Board of Education Job Posting Grade 2/3 Teacher Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lisalagiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lakw School Position Available August 25, 2014 Employment Opportunity Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lisalagiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lakw School is currently looking for a Grade 2/3 teacher. This is a full-time position for the 2014-15 school year with the possibility of continuing in the following years.

This is a band operated independent (Group 2) school. It enrolls approximately 100 students from Nursery to Grade 7. It employs 15 staff members and the average class size is 14. The facility is modern and was built in 1994. The school is very fortunate to have good, caring people on its staff. There is great support from the parents, Band Council, and the School Board Authority. We have an excellent benefits package and live in a beautiful location.

The successful candidate should have the following skills and experience:

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ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN Port Hardy BaPtist UNITED CHurCH Reverend Wade Allen Corner of Trustee Highland 9190 Granville St.&Port Hardy Morning 11:00 am Phone Service 250-949-6247 activities 11:00Plus a.m.regular Sundayfamily School and Service Office: Wed., 1:00250-949-6844 pm Bible Study www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Healing Service first Sunday Pastor: of the Kevin month,Martineau 7:00 pm 11/14 Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available NortH islaNd CatHoliC columbac@uniserve.com CHurCHes 11/14 Father Scott Whittemore 250-9563909 CHURCH FULL GOSPEL Sunday Masses 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 430 Chapel St.,Port McNeill: (across from Firehall) 9am Sunday St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., 10:30 am - Morning Worship Port Hardy: 11am Church Office 250-956-4741 St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner Nigei St. and Pastor Stan of Rukin Marine Port Alice: YouthDr., Pastor: Steve Saturdays Taylor 5:00pm Cell: 250-527-0144 Alert 65 Hemlock St.,Mon-Thurs 2nd & 4th: OfficeBay: hours: 10am-4pm Saturdays Visitors always10am welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/14

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PORT HARDY Port Hardy CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FellowsHiP atCHristiaN Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St at Providence Place, 7050 Sunday Worship 10:30 amRupert & 7 pmSt Tuesday Prayer Sunday Worship 10:307:30 am &pm 7 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Callpm the church Tuesday Prayer 7:30 for time and- Call placethe church Midweek Biblestudies for250-949-6466 time and place Pastor George & Karen Ewald 250-949-6466 Pastor(home) George250-949-9674 & Karen Ewald E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca (home) 250-949-9674 11/14 E-Mail: pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca PORT ALICE ANGLICAN-11/14 UNITED FELLOWSHIP Port aliCeWade aNgliCaNReverend Allen uNited SundayFellowsHiP Services - 4pm Reverend Wade Allen 1-250-949-6247 Sunday Services 4pm Box 159, Port -Alice 1-250-949-6247 You are extended a special invitation to Box PortServices Alice share159, in our You are extended a special invitation to11/14 share in our Services 11/14 ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH st. JoHN gualBert 250-956-3533uNited aNgliCaN CHurCH Email: gualbert@uniserve.com 250-956-3533 Sunday Worship - 9:00am Email:Reverend gualbert@uniserve.com Wade Allen SundayAll Worship - 9:00am Welcome Wade Allen 175Reverend Cedar Street Port McNeill All Welcome 11/14 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill GWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SALA-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;NAKWAXDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;XW 11/14 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH gwaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sala-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nakwaxdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;xw at entrance to Tsulquate Village seveNtH-day adveNtist (8898 Park Dr) CHurCH Saturday/Sabbath at entrance to TsulquateSchool Village 10:00 am-Sabbath Park Dr)Service 11:15(8898 am-Worship Saturday/Sabbath Pastor Randy Elliott 10:00250-230-1885 am-Sabbath School cell 11:15 am-Worship Service 11/14 Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/14

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Regional District of Mount Waddington 2013 Financial Statements Public Review Opportunity

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Rogers Communications Inc. of British Columbia, intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), Nanaimo District Office for a Utility License of Occupation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; needed to service a Communications Site adjacent to the town of Port McNeill, File Number 1414202, situated on Provincial Crown land located at NW Âź SECTION 7 TOWNSHIP 1 (CROWN LAND).

For more information or to make written comments, please contact: Michael Braunstein, Standard Land Company Inc. (Agents for Rogers Communications Inc.) at 610 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 688 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1P1.

Email: commentsbc@standardland.com. The review and comment period will last 30 days from Thursday, July 24, 2014. Comments will be received until Monday, August 25, 2014. FLNR office may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Comments can also be posted at: http:// www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index. jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending Please be sure to cite the Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at FLNR office.

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Pursuant to Section 814.1 of the Local Government Act, the Regional District of Mount Waddington 2013 Audited Financial Statements will be presented to the Board at a public meeting to be held on July 29, 2014 at 12:00pm at the Regional District of Mount Waddington 2fÂżce, 2044 McNeill Road Port McNeill BC.

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Public Notice Public Hearing on the OďŹ&#x192;cial Community Plan Bylaw No 759, 2014 Scheduled for Wednesday August 6th, 2014 at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Village OďŹ&#x192;ce located at 15 Maple Road.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday August 6, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers of the Village OďŹ&#x192;ce in Alert Bay located at 15 Maple Road for the purpose of hearing representations concerning: t #ZMBX /VNCFS OďŹ&#x192;cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 759, 2014 t 1VSQPTF PG #ZMBX In general terms, the purpose of the Bylaw is to adopt a new OďŹ&#x192;cial Community Plan for all lands within the boundaries of the Corporation of the Village of Alert Bay (the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) and repeal Bylaw No. 589.

The new oďŹ&#x192;cial Community Plan is a statement of objectives and policies to guide decisions on planning and land use management, within the Village, respecting the purposes of Local Government.

AT THE HEARING the public will be allowed to make representations to Council or present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw and will be aďŹ&#x20AC;orded reasonable opportunity to be heard.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforementioned â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OďŹ&#x192;cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 759, 2014â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and related documents which have been or will be considered by the Alert Bay Council may be inspected on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Website or at the Village oďŹ&#x192;ce during regular business hours Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm (excluding statutory Holidays) Written Submissions will be accepted up to 5:00pm on Wednesday August 6th, 2014 to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Written Submissions can be provided by any of the following methods:

By Email: oďŹ&#x192;ceclerk@alertbay.ca In Person: Village OďŹ&#x192;ce 15 Maple Road

By Fax: (250)974-5470

By Mail: Village of Alert Bay Bag Service 2800 Alert Bay, BC V0N1A0 All Submissions must include your name and street address. Submissions cannot be accepted after the Public Hearing. All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For more information, please contact the Village OďŹ&#x192;ce at 250-974-5213 or via email at oďŹ&#x192;ceclerk@alertbay.ca

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NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE LOCATION: Georgie Lake Forest Service Road in the Vicinity of Port Hardy off the Holberg Road PURPOSE: Bridge Replacement over the Tsulquate River at approximately 0.5km DATES: July 24th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aug 2nd 2014 approximately (+/- 2 days) Road is expected to be closed to all traffic starting July 24th due to Bridge removal and replacement. Expect limited small vehicle (under 5 ton) traffic by July 30th in controlled incidents with full opening to all industrial traffic commencing August 2nd.

Any questions or concerns please contact the North Island-Central Coast Natural Resource District Office at 250-956-5000

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Namgis Education Board Job Posting Principal Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lisalagiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lakw School Position Available August 15, 2014 Alert Bay, British Columbia We are accepting resumes for a full time position of school principal at Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lisalagilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;akw School. Our school is a First Nation Independent Level II school with under 100 students from Nursery to Grade 7 with a professional/ paraprofessional staff of 15. We offer a full academic/ cultural program that is complimented by computer-assisted learning. We have an excellent benefits package and live in a beautiful location.

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Runner sets marathon challenge for charity Gazette staff PORT HARDY— For most of us, running a marathon would be the ultimate test of fitness; perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime feat.

But not for Jacquelyn Janzen.

The Black Creek woman will run the equivalent of 12 marathons in just 17 days when she departs Port Hardy next Thursday, July 31, aiming to arrive in Victoria August 16.

“In the past two years running has become a passion of mine, and I want this passion

port them. My dad was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) twelve years ago, and a good friend with Lupus last year.

I have seen in many ways how these diseases affect their everyday lives.”

Janzen is a relative newcomer to running, completing her first marathon in Victoria last spring after taking up running to help relieve the stress of

Jacquelyn Janzen to have a purpose,” Janzen explained on her blog. “I’m choosing to run the length of Vancouver Island to encourage two people I love and the organizations that sup-

university. That race cemented her love of running and sparked the idea of the Islandlong challenge.

In order to complete the journey within the time frame, Janzen will have to complete 42.2km — the distance of a standard marathon — on each of the 12 scheduled running days. She plans to run back-toback marathons and rest every third day

along the journey.

“In order to do this 12 times in 17 days it is important that I pace myself, which means I walk as well as run,” she explained.

“My ‘formula’ is that I run for four minutes, and then walk for a minute. And I do this over, and over, and over again.”

Along the way Janzen hopes to raise money and awareness for the Multiple

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Janzen will leave from Port Hardy’s Carrot Park at 8:30 a.m. on July 31 en route to Port McNeill for the first leg of her journey.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

HBC ‘point blankets’ on the North Island When the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) established Fort Rupert in the mid1800s, its immediate interest was in mining coal for use on the new steamships serving the California gold rush.

It soon became apparent that a reliable supply of coal was going to be difficult to obtain in the area, and the HBC tried to break even on Fort Rupert through trade with First Nations.

There were only about four coastal HBC trading posts at that time, and First Nations from coastal and interior areas travelled great distances to bring furs, fish, and other items to barter.

Fort Rupert faced stiff competition from trading vessels, which would anchor in Quatsino Sound, Shushartie or Nahwitti and intercept First Nations who would barter until they had obtained the best trade

A Look Back with Brenda McCorquodale for their furs.

Fort Rupert did not trade liquor, and employees lamented to their superiors at Fort Victoria that the best furs often passed them by because First Nations would bypass Fort Rupert and trade at Fort Victoria or in the United States, where it was not uncommon for half the value of a trade to be redeemed in rum.

One of the most popular trading items from the HBC were their iconic ‘point’

blankets. Point blankets originated in the late 1700s, when the HBC purchased large quantities of blankets from mills in England in various widths, ranging from twofeet, eight-inches wide to eight feet wide. In order that the size of the blankets could be ascertained when the blanket was folded up, a series of lines were standardized which were woven into the blanket denoting its size. A 1 point blanket was the smallest, and a 3 point blanket was the largest.

HBC blankets were made of felted wool, which was water resistant, did not unravel, and could be cut to use for various purposes.

The blankets were available in a number of colours. White and blue were the most popular on the North Island, and the smaller blankets (1 to 2 ½ point) were preferred.

Blankets served as

First Nations members are shown posed with stacks of Hudson’s Bay Company point blankets at a potlatch in this undated photo.

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a form of currency, and the value of other items was often measured in terms of the number of blankets for which an item could be traded.

One of the iconic images of the potlatch were heaps of trade goods amassed prior to a potlatch for distribution. When bar-

tering for a bride or making an important announcement, it was not unusual for hundreds or even thousands of HBC blankets to be piled in front of the First Nations village at ‘Tsakis to be given away by local chiefs as a show of wealth and generosity.

One of the more

controversial issues related to HBC blankets had to do with the smallpox outbreak on the Coast in the mid 1800s, when there were reports that unscrupulous traders removed diseaseridden blankets from villages and re-sold them, in effect transmitting the disease to

new populations.

Correspondence from Fort Rupert to Victoria at one point noted that the daughter of a South Island HBC employee had been accidentally kidnapped at San Juan (probably as a part of ongoing raids between various First Nations).

Her captor paddled her all the way to Fort Rupert, but felt that he should probably give her back, and returned her scared but in good condition. The clerk at the Fort gave him six HBC point blankets to thank him for her safe return.

B r e n d a McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island history enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at storeysbeach@gmail. com. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at undiscoveredcoast. blogspot.ca/.

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