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A new Nanaimo group is offering to throw support behind political candidates vying for seats in the upcoming civic election. The catch? You have to have an xx chromosome. The non-partisan Women in Politics launched this year to turn up talk about gender representation in government and encourage more women to run for all levels of political office. It’s offering a continued network of support whether candidates win or lose, equipping women to campaign and connecting them to experienced

female politicians. Slightly more than half of Nanaimo’s population is women, which is currently represented by two female leaders at the council table. It’s a similar story at the provincial and federal levels where Equal Voice, a national organization encouraging more female participation in politics, reports women are represented at levels of 25 per cent or less – statistics the national chairwoman calls not good enough. According to those involved in the local and national push for more female politicians, often women need to be asked to get involved, which is one of the barriers to participation, but citizens benefit when they do. They say women bring different leadership styles, perspectives and issues that may resonate with female voters.

“It just makes sense even if you don’t buy that women see things differently or women bring different things to the table. You have to recognize we are 50 per cent of the population and we should be occupying 50 per cent of the institutional seats,” said Coun. Diane Brennan, who has connected with women candidates through the new network. The group is the brainchild of Ashwak Sirri, owner of the Grand Hotel, and Pat Bugera, public relations specialist, who wanted to explore the issue of women in politics, especially with the upcoming civic election. A panel on the issue, held earlier this year, drew more than 100 people and dozens turned out to hear experiences of female politicians and get tips on creating campaigns. It struck a nerve, said Bugera. See ‘REPRESENTATION’ /4

The Nanaimo school district board unanimously approved a measure that will see $2.5 million in local capital money set aside for a new Nanaimo District Secondary School. Phil Turin, school district secretary-treasurer, recommended the motion as the new high school is a priority that falls in line with the school district’s 10-year facilities plan. The school district has met with the Ministry of Education in the past year, and while the government has stated there isn’t any money currently available for new schools, Turin said the school district will have to provide part of the funding when it does become available. “The ministry, at some point in the future, when things get good, there will be money for renovations and rebuilds and those kind of things and districts [that] have money that they’ve saved over the years, through disposition of assets etc., will be in good position to acquire funding,” said Turin. He said that in the past, school districts could go to the ministry, present their plan and state what they hoped to achieve. Now the ministry wants school districts to show it how much money they have, he said. “That’s what I’m telling the trustees ... if you want to go ahead and do the rebuild for the Nanaimo secondary school, we have met with the ministry and I recommend that you start putting this money into a separate account and that’s where it sits and that’s your money planning for the new secondary school,” Turin said. The majority of money in the local capital fund comes from sale of unused properties. The balance increased to about $2.66 million following the sale of the former Princess Royal Elementary School in September. Local capital funds can only be used for building projects, according to the school district. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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New learning centre focused on including aboriginal culture By Tamara Cunningham The News bulleTiN

The first students of Nanaimo’s new aboriginal-focused public school walked through the doors Sept. 22. Fourteen pupils were in class for the debut of the new one-room Nanaimo Learning Centre, considered the first of its kind in the province. “We are very excited,” said Chris Beaton, executive director of the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre, which coordinated the school and its services. “I mean we have been talking about this for some time, we’ve been planning for it for some time and yeah, we are eager to get started ... in working with our families.” The centre, run through the Vancouver Island West School District at the Boys and Girls Club location on Fifth Street, will follow the B.C. curriculum, but aims to see a focus on outdoor and culture-based education for children in kindergarten through Grade 3. There will also be wrap-around services with the help of community partners, including hot lunches, visits from Metis elders and beforeand-after school childcare. “We are going to walk in both worlds, where we make sure we have the kids rooted in their tradition, but also making sure they’re ready for the challenges they are going to face while they are going through our school system,” said Lawrence Tarasoff, superintendent of Vancouver Island West School District, adding the hope is to give students a strong grounding. An estimated 70 per cent of children in the school are aboriginal, but the centre is open to all children and will reflect the range of cultural diversity. “Everything we are bringing into the classroom has a cultural component,” said Beaton, who points out that it’s not about children learning things differently, it’s the way their learning environment is supported. The school was proposed by the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre last year and has included partnerships with the Mid Island Metis Nation and the Boys and Girls Club of Central Vancouver Island. When the idea was proposed, Vancouver Island West School District, which covers Zeballos, Tahsis, Kyuquot and Gold River in the North Island, saw the centre as a chance to see the effect of wrap-around services on students and have student teachers experience aboriginal learning, according to Tarasoff. There are 20 spaces available at the school, where students are supported by a vice-principal and cultural worker. The school will host a lunch and open house on Wednesday (Oct. 1), from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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Experts from around the world are on their way to Nanaimo for the ninthannual Zero Waste International Alliance Conference. The conference has been held in Switzerland, Italy, Brazil, the Philippines and elsewhere, but this year the conference makes its Canadian debut. This year’s event, hosted at the Coast Bastion Inn Thursday to Saturday (Oct. 2-4), is titled Alternatives to Incinerators and Landfills. “Each conference has had international speakers and delegates attending

and sharing information to further the advancement of zero waste,” said Dirk Becker, Zero Waste Canada spokesman. “International Waste Alliance was formed in 2002 and it’s working toward a world without waste through public education and practical application of zero-waste principals.” Organizers expect seve r a l h u n d re d p e o p l e from all over the world to attend. Decker said people from Europe, with its high population density and consumption, and Africa, where resources are scarce and recycling gleans raw materials for new purposes, drive up attendance numbers. Keynote speakers include Paul Connett, Zero Waste Canada board member and former faculty member

Nanaimo RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are trying to identify skeletal remains of a person found near the mouth of the Millstone River on the weekend. The remains were found

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“We’re going to watch carefully to see if any of the prodding we did, any of the discussion we had, had an effect in what goes on in this municipal election, but good, bad or otherwise we’re just going to keep having that conversation,” she said. “We don’t see this having a sunset.” Brennan has already noticed the group helping to facilitate conversations, including from candidates wanting to know what the issues are, what they could encounter during a campaign and sign slogans. She says she could also help connect prospective candidates to organizations likely to give support and back those who encounter difficult people in a campaign or on council. Karen Hovestad, a Nanaimo civic election candidate, would like to see the network seek out other

qualified female candidates. At a recent forum by Progressive Nanaimo she noted 16 candidates and three were women. “I think it’s going to be a real tough slog if there’s only one or two women. We really need more,” she said. For Raylene Lang-Dion, national chairwoman for Equal Voice, a group of any size generating awareness about women in politics and encouraging more women to run is great. Equal Voice plans to launch a campaign next year to equip 5,000 women in five years to run for all levels of political office. “It’s healthy democracy,” she said. “How are we supposed to be represented when we’re constantly under-represented in terms of our numbers?” For more information, please contact Bugera at 250-618-8831. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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The Nanaimo Equestrian Association is raising concerns with the new Beban Park master plan and its re-imagined exhibition park, which members say is ‘too busy’ and has elements that don’t work together. More than 200 people turned out to an open house Wednesday to view the master plan for one of Nanaimo’s largest recreational parks. The vision has been in the works for the past 12 months and showcases new additions like a bike skills park and transformed exhibition park. According to the draft plan, the exhibition space could become the heart of the park with a grand avenue of orchard trees and shaded seating, a stage and amphitheatre and multi-purpose buildings. But members of the equestrian community say the reimagined area is missing fea-

tures they’d like to see and point out that not all the amenities work together. Carolyn Stinka, a director with the association, calls the design “too busy” with the city trying to make the space for everybody, while Lesley Coultish, president of the Nanaimo Equestrian Association, points out it’s missing things they’d like to see, such as fencing around the equestrian area for safety and liability reasons, and a large parking area for events. She also points out that the plan shows their riding rings will be considerably far away from new horse barns but next door to an amphitheatre and stage. “Let’s hope there’s no rock and roll going on. It’s a huge safety issue,” she said, adding while some features of the plan are wonderful, they have to work with events that will take place on site and with consideration of users. “Having a lot of congestion and busyness isn’t necessarily going to work all together.” City parks and open spaces planner Kirsty MacDonald told the News Bulletin the focus is more on pedestrian connec-

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The Nanaimo school district is looking to amend the 2014-15 school calendar. The recent teachers’ strike led to the cancellation of the first two weeks of school and the school board is looking to postpone yesterday’s professional development day to Feb. 24 because it is too close to the Sept. 23 start of school and will lead to more class time in September. It is also looking to move the end of the first semester for district high schools one week to Feb. 6 to account for an imbalance in the number days between the first and second semesters. Exams would take place the first week of February. A 30-day consultation period will discuss the proposed amendments. Donna Reimer, school district spokeswoman, said the school board would be looking to give final approval at its October regular board meeting. At a meeting earlier this month, the school board approved a measure that will reduce professional learning community time to 16 weeks. The board originally approved learning communities in January, whereby school would let out an hour early every Monday for 32 weeks, in order for educators to discuss student learning. The May 5 Success for All Day will also be cancelled and changed to a regular school day. “I don’t think we had any thought that we would be trying to make up lost instructional time or anything like that but just to respond to the concerns of parents and teachers while still keeping some professional learning community time to get that initiative underway,” said Reimer. To participate in the 30-day consultation period, comments can be emailed to Cathy Kelt, school district executive assistant, at ckelt@sd68.bc.a or mailed to the secretary-treasurer’s office, 395 Wakesiah Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 3K6. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Cori Creba, left, and her father, Doug, refuel with vegetable juice while Michelle Stratford, Canadian Blood Services event coordinator, checks Cori Creba’s blood pressure. Friends and family came out to a blood donation clinic at Beban Park Tuesday to see Doug Creba give his 100th unit of blood and watch Cori Creba make her first blood donation.

Donor hits 100 units of blood

SuPPliES loW for distribution system. By Chris Bush The News BulleTiN

Doug Creba doesn’t remember exactly when he first started donating blood. He figures it was in 1995, when he was executive assistant to Jan Pullinger, LadysmithCowichan MLA, then the minister responsible for emergency services. The work, Creba said, raised his awareness about social responsibility. “I was working in Duncan at the time and there were [blood donation] clinics at the community centre that I went to,” Creba said. “They caught my eye.” In those days, no appointment was necessary, so it was easy for Creba to drop in two or three times each year. He now donates six times each year. The limit for donating blood is once

every 56 days. All those donations added up in the intervening years and on Tuesday Creba donated his 100th unit of blood at a Canadian Blood Services clinic in Beban Park Social Centre. His daughter, Cori, also showed up to make her first blood donation, carrying on what could become a family tradition. Donors are getting harder to come by – about four per cent of the eligible population of potential donors actually give blood. About 43 per cent of regular donors often cancel appointments or simply fail to show up. “I think it is one of those things that, if you’re not in a hyper state of awareness, you just don’t hear it until something happens to you or someone that you love, you just don’t notice,” said Michelle Stratford, Canadian Blood Services event coordinator. Stratford said Canadian Blood Services’ national distribution system ensures supply meets

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We are at the lowest inventories we’ve seen in seven years, so the cupboards are getting very bare.

demand by shifting available blood supplies where they’re needed. “We are at the lowest inventories we’ve seen in seven years, so the cupboards are getting very bare,” Stratford said. “We will continue to meet hospital demand, but we’re out there pushing hard and without donors like Doug we’d be in serious, serious trouble.” For more information, please visit www.blood. ca. photos@nanaimobulletin.com

With a decline in funding and volunteers, the Nanaimo 7-10 Club is seeking assistance from the community. The club offers free hot breakfast and bag lunches to the needy and according to Gord Fuller, board chairman, individual donations have dropped the past three years, something he believes is a symptom of the recent economic downturn. Money also comes from provincial gaming grants, service clubs and businesses. “We don’t have a huge budget. We went from $120,000 a year to, I think it was less than $110,000 last year,” said Fuller. “For us it’s a big drop, but we do plug away.” While there are a number of long-timers, attracting volunteers is a problem and Fuller said any help will be appreciated, whether it be to help serve food, with food preparation or cleanup. The club will also be hosting its inaugural Run/Walk Out Hunger in Nanaimo fundraising event on Oct. 12 at Westwood Lake Park. Participants will gather pledges and all proceeds will go toward helping the club to operate. “Registration is at 8:30 a.m. and the run will begin at about 10 a.m. and the walk about 10:10 a.m. and we’re hoping people will come up,” said Fuller. “They can register the day of the event if they want and make a donation, or they [can] get teams together and get donations for themselves or their team.” The 7-10 Club operates Monday through Friday between 7-10 a.m. on Prideaux Street and averages about 175 people a day. For more information or to sign up for the run, please go to www.nanaimo710club.com. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Mayors and councillors from around the province gathered at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to gauge their common appetite for ensuing battles with higher levels of government. Perhaps most contentious was a report commissioned by the UBCM (and its regional counterpart, the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities) and released last week that concludes B.C. missed out on about $2 billion in economic activity over the past decade because of rising B.C. Ferries fares. The resulting headlines were certainly one way to begin what’s meant to be open dialogue between provincial ministers and municipal delegates. Local leaders may have felt the report would offer some leverage in the fight for infrastructure and subsidy funding. B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone soon issued a firm rebuke of Boatswains to Bollards: A Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of B.C. Ferries, and called its timed release “irresponsible,” “unsubstantiated” and “sensational.” Stone laid out a number of indicators – the recession, U.S. passport requirements, corresponding drops in air travel between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland – that show ferry rates are hardly the only reason why people are choosing to stay home and count their pennies more often. But the ferry analysis and Stone’s quick response also reveal a more worrying trend between intergovernmental partners: a surplus scarcity often means politicians point the finger at the next door instead of seeking real solutions to immediate problems. Hiked ferry rates and our weakened economic health will remain with us for the foreseeable future. What’s needed is constructive dialogue, meaningful proposals and motivational answers that connect with citizens. The rest is just posturing. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Educate yourself on city’s election issues BY TAMARA HYND any candidate forums, read If you don’t know much about about their platforms and ask politics, your municipal govquestions. ernment or your local school It might be confusing at first board, now is the time to learn. like the first time looking at a With the elections coming Nov. topographic map with various 15, we have a month and a half contour lines, but with time, to educative ourselves on who navigation gets easier. we wish to represent us in their Local government has to governing decisions and finanwork together for their concial expenditures. stituents who pay With the new fourtheir remuneration GUEST year term for mayor with their taxes. And and councillors, it every fall they go to COMMENT amplifies the importhe 2014 Union of B.C. Tamara Hynd tance of getting the Municipalities conferNelson Star right person and the ence, held last week in right group to work Whistler, where they together as a team. have an opportunity If you think the to meet with provinchoice is obvious or cial politicians. if poll predictions Who’s in the driver’s that one party or seat is important. person will win lulls As a voter you can you into a voters’ also help hold them hibernation thinking in a cozy accountable and reward your haze that you can count on the representative(s) with praise rest of the residents to make when it is due. They are there the ‘correct’ decision for you, to represent you but it’s up to think again. you to voice your priorities to Everyone has issues that them. mean more to them than othOct. 10 is the deadline to subers. I suggest that now is the mit nominations. However, sevtime to sit in the local meetings eral candidates have already of council, regional district and announced their intentions to boards of education. Attend run and there have been a few

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opportunities already for voters to get acquainted with the newly nominated. The last voter turn out is a sad reflection of people taking the democratic right to vote for granted. Whether it’s eligible voters laden with apathy or folks simply don’t like their choices, I’m not sure. But if you’re 18 years or older, have lived in the community in which you are voting for 30 days and have been a resident of B.C. for six months, you can vote unless you have been found guilty of an election offence or are currently incarcerated. Whether you’re running for office or voting, here are some statistics that I think demonstrate the importance of getting engaged in the elections now, so you know the candidates you will have to choose from. In the 2011 local municipal elections in B.C., 29.6 per cent of voters cast a ballot. From what I gather, there could be some changes to local government this fall, or not. It’s up to you, the voter. u Tamara Hynd is a reporter with the Nelson Star.

‘Let’s have a discussion around gas tax as a potential source of revenue for B.C. Ferries service.’

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Abusive men should question themselves Re: Too many hurt in their homes, Editorial, Sept. 25. In your editorial, you address a matter that affects us all in one way or another. We clamour for safe streets, but fear going home because it’s too dangerous. Women are being abused, not just physically, but verbally and emotionally as well. We need to own that

the majority of violence is directed toward women by their male partners. This needs to be stated clearly so that men can own their part in the abuse. So, with that in mind, I would like to reword part of a sentence in the editorial that asks why women stay in abusive relationships and how they can leave. The question should rather be, why don’t men leave the

relationship as soon as they realize, or are told, that they are being abusive? What’s stopping this from being the question to ask the man when he hurts his partner? It then becomes his responsibility to seek help and support to learn how to be in a relationship without being abusive.

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R.C. Stearman Nanaimo

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Re: Councillors support $12-million Port Theatre expansion, Sept. 11. I see that Christmas has come too early yet again. But it’s not for the much-needed relief of taxpayers of Nanaimo, but but to the arts and culture idealist whose tooobvious agenda is to tun Nanaimo from a blue-collar town into the artistic and cultural centre of Vancouver Island, using tax dollars. The patrons of art and culture should have raised the money for their own expansion, not just resort to political panhandling to get what they want, never mind the effect that it has on the overburdened taxpayers of Nanaimo, more so with this very hard-hitting economic recession.

Al Munro Nanaimo

You To thestill Editor, can’t Re: Councillors support $12-million Port Theatre expansion, Sept. 11. The provincial government needs to re-write laws which govern municipalities. If Victoria restricted cities to only manage basic services like police, fire, water, sewer, roads and garbage, for example, it might stop our taxes from rising to pay for all those other projects. Re-writing laws might make some people think twice before running for office. Those who run and get a helping hand from their special interest groups which love a little extra attention once their candidates win. After Nanaimo council voted 8-1 to kick start the $12.6-million Port Theatre expansion, the city finance director presented the municipality’s 2014-18 financial plan. He raised an alarm bell warning the city has long-term planning challenges; for one, the theatre expansion they’d just approved had not been budgeted for yet. Our taxes are not being managed properly. And I don’t think we’re being governed properly, either. It’s time for many on council to leave willingly or be voted out, and their departures can’t come soon enough.

JATW 2014

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Re: Councillors support $12-million Port Theatre expansion, Sept. 11. Since the theatre society needed a $2-million co-sign from the city to get started means banks do not believe expansion is such a financially sound idea. So why are taxpayers being set up to hold the bag? Two years ago the group came knocking when they dug themselves into a $114,000 deficit. The city obliged, transferring money from the capital reserve even though taxpayers fund the theatre by more than half a million dollars per year. Would you give more money to your child if they failed to manage their allowance properly? Would you give them even more money to expand their tree fort after they screwed up managing the current one? And if the group reneges on paying back the $2 million of up-front money, does it mean taxpayers will have to cover this as well as the $4.6 million council has already approved? If there is a business plan for this madness it must not make sense or the theatre society would have gone to the banks on its own.

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Middle-income families overburdened by taxes To the Editor,

With all the tax exemptions approved by Nanaimo council, is anyone left to pay for the $9-million Linley Park purchase, the $4.6 million going to the theatre or the $2.8-million and still rising costs of the Colliery dams debacle? Owners of the two proposed downtown hotels won’t have to pay taxes for a decade, either. Looks as if middle-income families are the ones being made to pay for all the early Christmas gifts and vote-getting. Municipal, provincial and federal government buildings are tax-exempt. So, too, are churches and just about all non-profit groups. As long as middle-income residents stay quiet, we are the ones left to pay for everyone else’s free ride.

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Nanaimo’s publicly-run travel clinic is packing it in as Island Health looks to focus its resources on higher -priority public health issues and government-funded services. Island Health announced last week it plans close its Nanaimo and Courtenay travel clinics early next year, leaving travel advice and vaccinations to phar-

macists and physicians. The Nanaimo clinic and its public health nurses have been doling out travel vaccinations, advice and supplies like mosquito netting for more than 2,000 clients annually since 2007. According to Brett Hodson, the health authority’s manager of public health, it was part of nurses’ practice, despite not being government funded. Clients were charged for consultations and vaccinations. Now, he says Island Health is getting out of the fee-for-service business, which can be made available through private providers. Pharmacists, for example,

can’t immunize children under the age of five, but could hire nurses to do the work. Doctors can also provide travel clinic services. “I think given that public health priorities are increasing in importance ... here is an opportunity to really get out of the business that can be supported by the private sector,” said Hodson. “We’d like to see a specialized travel clinic move into the markets in Nanaimo and Courtenay. See physicians pick up this business as a means to support the community or pharmacists expand their services.” The nursing and administrative resources are

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Author long-listed for prestigious award

VANCOUVER ISLAND University instructor Kathy Page long-listed for a Giller.

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t said that good news travels quickly and for author Kathy Page that is exactly what happened. “I got a call from my publisher,” Page told the News Bulletin. “I could tell he was almost in tears. It made a very good start to the day.” That’s because Page, who is also a creative journalism instructor at Vancouver Island University, was told that her book of short stories, Paradise and Elsewhere, had just been long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Giller Prize is the largest award given out for fiction books in Canada. “I was absolutely delighted and surprised,” she said. “Not that I don’t think my book is worthy but there are so many good books.” Page’s Paradise and Elsewhere is a collection of short stories and was published earlier this year by Windsor, Ont., company Biblioasis. “The papers are always full of guesses as to who might be on it and it certainly wasn’t me,” Page said about the Giller Prize. “It’s a really big thing, not just for me but for them too.” Page was born in the United Kingdom and has always had a knack for writing. As a young girl she got to travel around the Adriatic Sea in the Mediterranean on a cruise after winning a writing competition. “Everywhere we went we would have a little lecture,” Page recalled about the cruise. “It wasn’t luxury cruising by any means, it was this battered old boat for precocious kids.” In 1986, Page had her first novel, Back in the First Person, published. She explained that it was around that time that she knew she wanted a career as a writer. “I think it was probably when I sent my first book off to a publisher and they bought it,” she said. “I probably picked the right publisher to send it to the first time. I was very lucky. I didn’t go through that usual process

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Kathy Page’s book of short stories, Paradise and Elsewhere was recently long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

that people go through.” Since then, Page, who moved to Canada in 2001 and resides on Salt Spring Island, has released a number of books including The Story of My Face, which was long-listed for an Orange Prize and Alphabet, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award in 2005. “There is a downside to the prizes in that they leave a lot of good people out,” Page said about awards. Page will find out if she wins the Giller Prize on Monday (Oct. 6). For more information, please visit www.kathypage.info.

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There is a downside to the prizes in that they leave out a lot of good people.

Two Nanaimo hospice volunteers are getting people to think and talk about dying and palliative care. Nanaimo Community Hospice volunteers, Margaret Murphy and Wendy Potter have teamed up to share the story of Dame Cicely Saunders, a medical professional who is often considered to be one of the founders of modernized palliative care, in a play known as Cicely! The Life and Work of Dame Cicely Saunders. The idea to create the play began nearly three years ago after Potter approached Murphy, who is also an accomplished writer that has written and performed several other pieces about the lives of important Canadian women, including Pauline Johnson, Muriel Duckworth and Sylvia Stark. The production is meant to encourage discussions about life and the process of dying. “The story of Dame Cicely [Saunders] was a wonderful way to enter into a discussion about end-of-life care and begin a dialogue,” Murphy said.

On Sunday and Monday (Oct. 5-6) Cicely! The Life and Work of Dame Cicely Saunders will be at Unitarian Fellowship Hall. A nurse, social worker and doctor, Cicely established new methods of pain control and initiated an innovative, holistic approach to caregiving for terminally ill patients and their families. “She was passionate about her vision, she really was,” Murphy said of Saunders. “She saw a need for a home for critically ill patients and for a rounded care. She literally changed the face of hospice and palliative care. … She’s a fascinating woman, and St. Christopher’s is a thriving hospice now that continues to spread the word and carries on her mission.” Cicely! The Life and Work of Dame Cicely Saunders will be shown this Sunday (Oct. 5) at 4 p.m. and Monday (Oct. 6) at 7 p.m. at The Unitarian Fellowship Hall at 595 Townsite Rd. Admission is free and the performances are sponsored by the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. editor@nanaimobulletin.com

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DEATHS

PARTNERS needed across Vancouver Island. Law will soon require breathalyzers be installed in every bar. Learn how to cash in. Call 1-800-287-3157 ext 3 breathalyzerineverybar.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS

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Franz Seraph (Frank) Ballauf Beloved husband, father, grandfather & Opa died at Nanaimo Regional Hospital on Sept. 23, 2014. Frank is survived by his wife, Ardell, his children: Frank Jr., Terri (Ron), Chris (Val), Ted (Shelly), Nancy (Tony) & Jeff (Morgan) grandchildren: Maryann, 7 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and sister Helga. A service will be held at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church, 394 Shephard Ave. on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 1:30 p.m.

John Herbert Amstutz 1937 - 2014

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Jack was taken from us on September 23, 2014 at NRGH after a tough battle. Jack was a hardworking man and adored by many. He loved to go to Skagit Casino, camping and fishing at various locations. Jack retired from BC Tel after 37 years and lived his retirement exactly the way he wanted. Survived by his loving wife Margaret, daughter Debbie Morine (Rick), granddaughter Shannon Clarke (Matt), grandson Doug Morine (Nicole), mother Blanche Amstutz, brother Joe Amstutz (Marnie), brother-in-laws Herb, Charles, Harvey and Ron Veasey and wives, numerous nieces and nephews, close friend Gerry Morgan, many great friends, and 3 spoiled companions Koko, Gator, and Ida. Predeceased by his father Frank and daughter Valinda. We will miss you and you will be forever in our hearts. Happy fishing and catch a big one. There will be no service by his request. Donations can be made to the Cancer fund in memory of Jack. First Memorial Funeral Services 250-754-8333

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Seafood Retail Program Merchandiser (Vancouver Island)

Full time coordinator for a seafood merchandising program including ad program management & department manager training in our main office in Errington, BC. Previous experience in the grocery industry with a specialty in seafood and seafood operations is required. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent operational knowledge, communication, team building and leadership skills. We offer Excellent BeneďŹ t & Incentive Programs For further details visit: www.QualityFoods.com Apply to Lyall Woznesensky : Quality@ QualityFoods.com

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARDS OF THANKS

DINES,

CORA CLARISSA The family of Cora Dines would like to thank our extended family and friends for all their love, support, and expressions of sympathy during this difficult time. We also wish to thank Dr. Davies for his care of our mom, and a special thank you to amazing nurse Tara from VIHA, whose tenderness and caring we so appreciated on momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last day with us. Thanks also to the staff at Sands Funeral Chapel for service arrangements and reception after, and to Fred Massey for conducting the service. Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing has left a huge hole in each of our hearts, but you have all helped in some way to ease our hurt. Thank you, from The Dines Family.

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of

Mark Clark

who passed away Sept. 29, 2013 We little knew that morning, God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone. For part of us went with you The day God called you home. You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are 2always at ourAds side.Archive - Standard Classified Occasions Our family chain is broken, AndMemoriam, nothing seems theofsame, Obits, Cards Thanks But as GodStyle calls #17 us one by one, The chain will link again.

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MOVING/ DELIVERIES. Stuck 4 A Truck. Quotes or hourly rate. Jason (250)668-6851.

HELP WANTED

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Help Wanted

The Lemare Group is accepting resumes for the following positions:

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An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience. Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HELP WANTED

LADYSMITH PRESS needs physically fit individuals for their continually expanding collating department. Part time positions available 8 - 16 hrs/wk, $11.25/hr. Afternoon and evening shifts - must be available Wednesdays. Benefits, profit sharing and advancement opportunities. Please submit your resume between 9 am and 5 pm in person to: Ladysmith Press, 940 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, BC or mail to: Ladysmith Press, PO Box 400, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A3. No phone calls please. We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

DUNCAN: Bibles For Missions Thrift Store is looking for an experienced Store Manager. Send resume, and references to bkjohnsonare@gmail.com

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

sought by Kwakiutl Band Council in Port Hardy. Send cover letter andresume by Oct 1. Competitive wage DOE. Enquire and apply to manager@kwakiutl.bc.ca

SPORTS & RECREATION

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PHARMACY ASSISTANT CENTRAL DRUGS is looking for a permanent, full-time Pharmacy Assistant. Applicants should have good customer service skills. We offer competitive wages with benefit package and have great hours. Apply to ďŹ le #325 c/o Nanaimo News Bulletin, 777 Poplar Ave, Nanaimo, BC, V9S 2H7.

Participants will receive a FREE 3 month recreation pass! MEND is being offered in October in Nanaimo. Call or email to learn more and register: 250-618-1271 Visit www.bchealthykids.ca to learn more.

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MEDICAL Transcriptionists needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! Website: www.canscribe.com. Send email to: info@canscribe.com. Or call 1.800.466.1535.

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

BOOKKEEPING for small businesses, weekly, monthly, quarterly, Reasonable rates. Karen 250-390-4667

CLEANING SERVICES

CLOCK & WATCH REPAIRS 3rd generation watch maker. Antique & grandfather clock specialist. Call (250)618-2962.

COMPUTER SERVICES COMPUTER PRO.$30 service call. Mobile Certified Computer Tech. Virus removal. Seniors discount. 250-802-1187. U-NEED-A-NERD Friendly onsite professional computer, website and design services. Jason is BACK! 250-585-8160 or visit: jasonseale.com

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PAINTING A-ONE PAINTING and Wallpapering. Serving Nanaimo for 30 years. Senior Discount. Free estimates. 250-585-6499

MR. SPARKLE CLEANING SERVICES â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since 1992â&#x20AC;? Roof Demossing, Vinyl Siding Window & Gutter Cleaning

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FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928

LEMON TREE Housekeeping. Home and office. Call Heidi (250)802-1984.

EDUCATION/TUTORING

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BLUE OX Home ServicesExpert Renovation & Handyman Services. Refs & Insured. Call 250-713-4409, visit us at: www.Blueoxhomeservices.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MEDICAL/DENTAL

PERSONAL SERVICES

Full-time & part-time opportunities exist at the new WestShore Quality Foods for someone experienced in sushi preparation. You will be preparing a variety of fresh rolls for in store fresh and cold sales & entertaining platters.

MEND is a 10 week family-based education program designed to help children above a healthy weight and their families get fitter, healthier, and happier.

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! www.canscribe.com info@canscribe.com 1.800.466.1535

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PERSONAL SERVICES

TREE PRUNING CHIPPING HEDGE/SHRUB MAINTENANCE Call the qualiďŹ ed specialist... certiďŹ ed Garden Designer/Arborist Ivan 250-758-0371 VIRDIGRIS GARDENING: One-off or regular tasks and more: Pruning, lawn etc., to advice and new plantings. Call Guy 250-924-1124 or see http:// www.virdigrisgardening.com

HANDYPERSONS OLD FASHIONED HANDYMAN Drywall, tile, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, full baths, Quality work. Reasonable prices. 250-616-9095.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

RENTALS

PAINTING

FRIENDLY FRANK

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

SUITES, UPPER

Small Island Painting

OAK TABLE: Antique 43â&#x20AC;? round, 18â&#x20AC;? high. Excellent condition. $95. 250-585-6499

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Ladysmith: Easy walking to downtown, the seaside, trails, 2 good sized bedrooms, electric heat incl. Located in a private setting. 30 min to ferry, N/S, N/P. 250-245-4638.

Interior ~ Exterior FREE ESTIMATES. (250) 667-1189

PATIO ELECTRICAL table heater, heats a 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; area. $65. Call 250-390-7773.

PLUMBING

ROUND MAPLE Table, 4 chairs, 2 leaves, $65. Call (250)753-1829.

RETIRED Plumber Repairs, fixture replace, H/W tanks. (250)586-9691, (250)618-4977

SEWING MACHINE- good working order, w/carrying case, $50. (250)753-2559.

RECYCLING

FUEL/FIREWOOD

CLOTHING Donation Centre,

COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIREWOOD- Call 250-468-9660. 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose).

for the Canadian Diabetes Assn.

Drop off bags of clothes MonSun at 4166 Departure Bay Rd

DYNAMITE DEANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Rubbish Removal. Prompt, professional service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Messing Around!â&#x20AC;? 250-616-0625, 250-754-6664.

Mike Gogo Cedar Products â&#x20AC;&#x153;Firewoodâ&#x20AC;? Aprox. 3 cords of dry slabs. Mix of fir and cedar. Delivered to your home $180.00 call 250-754-2276

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

GARAGE SALES

BUILDING SUPPLIES

24th ANNUAL RANDERSON RIDGE CHRISTMAS CRAFT & GIFT FAIR

RUBBISH REMOVAL

STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal Buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Fri., Nov. 21st ~ 6-9pm Sat., Nov 22nd ~ 10am-4pm Dover Bay High School

FREE ITEMS

For Information / Registration Call: Karen McHady 250 - 585 - 4474 email:kmcHady@shaw.ca

FREE: HOT tub, as is, no returns, you pick up. Call for info (250)616-9464.

FRIENDLY FRANK FOUR STERILITE under-bed container wheels 39â&#x20AC;?L x 6â&#x20AC;?h x 19â&#x20AC;?W, lid excellent condition. $50. (250)390-9235 GERBIL CAGE, water bottle, food dish, toy, etc. $25. Call (250)729-0629.

GARAGE SALE in Lantzville: St Philip-by-the-Sea Anglican Church, 7113 Lantzville Road; Friday Oct 3, 9-2pm; Saturday Oct 4, 9-11:30am. Great deals on clothes, books, household, toys, etc. Proceeds support local outreach programs.

Hamilton Beach food processor. $20. Food Dehydrator Like new. $30. 751-0455

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

IBM SELECTRIC II correcting typewriter. Exc. cond. Booklet avail., $95. 250-758-0415

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KENMORE Vacuum cleaner. Excellent Condition. $35. 250741-7424 MTN BIKE- mens 18â&#x20AC;? 18 spd, helmet inclâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, 2 new tires, $75. (250)360-1063 or davito1955@gmail.com

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A high-scoring home opener sparked the Nanaimo Clippers. The city’s B.C. Hockey League club blew away the visiting Powell River Kings by an 8-4 score on Friday at Frank Crane Arena, then got past the Victoria Grizzlies 4-3 the next night, also on home ice. “The boys definitely came out a little more fired up this time around,” said Sheldon Rempal, who scored three goals in Friday’s blowout. “It was a good win to give the fans a first look at the team.” The score was 2-2 after a back-and-forth first period, then the Kings scored a power-play goal to go up 3-2 early in the second. “That’s where we seemed to turn it up and played pretty good after we went down 3-2, and showed some resiliency there by clawing ourselves back into it and took over the game,” said Mike Vandekamp, Clippers coach. The top line was dominant. In addition to Rempal’s hat trick, Brendan Taylor scored the first goal and added two assists and Devin Brosseau chipped in four assists. Rempal said his line might have tried to be too fancy at the previous week’s showcase tournament. “We … calmed down and we started grind-

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Nanaimo Clippers forward Sheldon Rempal takes a shot on Powell River Kings goalie Brett Magnus during Friday’s B.C. Hockey League game at Frank Crane Arena. Rempal had a hat trick and the Clips won 8-4.

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The Nanaimo Buccaneers are right there among the league’s best teams after the first segment of the season. The city’s Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League club won two more games last week to finish September with a 7-1-0-1 record. The Bucs got past the Saanich Braves by a 3-1 score on Thursday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre, then outscored the Kerry Park Islanders on the road two nights later. Buccaneers coach Derek Bachynski saw great things from his team at times, but would still like to see more consistency. Sometimes Nanaimo has been able to win games with just a 40-minute effort, and the coach said players know that. “It’s a process and we’ve just got to continue on with the process…” Bachynski said. “Every day we’re coming to the rink and we’re working on something.” He’s pleased with the

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Net working Nanaimo District Secondary School senior girls’ volleyball players Laura Greene, left, and Morgan Duchen go up for a block during a match against Campbell River Christian School on Friday at the Vancouver Island University gym. NDSS lost the first game 25-17 but won the second, 25-18.

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Nanaimo Buccaneers player Owen Dalman, left, gets the puck past Saanich Braves opponent Kyle Schnettler during Thursday’s game at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The Bucs won 3-1.

team’s record through September, but the Bucs won’t sit back and admire the standings. “If we’re overconfident then we’re going to lose track of what it takes and the little things we need to do to keep improving,” he said. In the win over the Braves, Nolan Richardson, Chad Bell and Will McNamara scored

and Greg Maggio made 21 saves. Against the Isles, McNamara scored a hat trick, Bell tallied twice and Carter Turnbull and Liam Craig were Nanaimo’s other scorers. Maggio made 30 saves. GAME ON … The Bucs host the Westshore Wolves on Thursday (Oct. 2) at 7:15 p.m. at the NIC. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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The game ended with hard feelings, as a brawl forced officials to call the game with a couple minutes still on the clock in the fourth

quarter. Ridgeway said none of his players left the bench to enter the fray, and said the guys on the field tried to get their teammates back to

the sideline. “The fact that it happened at all is kind of a black mark on the whole game and the trip, but … we’re happy with the guys, with the way they handled themselves,” the coach said.

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Vancouver Island University’s soccer teams didn’t allow a single goal against on a road trip this past weekend. The Mariners men’s soccer teams defeated the Douglas Royals 1-0 on Saturday in Coquitlam, then blanked the Kwantlen Eagles 2-0 the next day in Surrey. VIU’s women’s side blew away Douglas 5-0 on Saturday, then played to a scoreless draw against the Eagles. The results mean both M’s teams are first in the Pacific Western Athletic Association. VIU’s men (7-0-2) have 23 points in the standings, more than double the secondplaced team. VIU’s women (6-2-1) are one point up on Douglas. The M’s are home Saturday (Oct. 4) to play the Quest Kermodes at Merle Logan Field. The women’s match is at 1 p.m. and the men play at 3 p.m.

Challenger ball being pitched The Nanaimo Minor Baseball Association is looking to expand its playing field to children of all abilities. Paige McLean, the association’s challenger baseball division coordinator, is looking to start up a program in the new year for kids ages 5-18 who have cognitive or physical disabilities. Participants are paired with able-bodied peers for an hour-long, T-ball style game once a week. “It opens the door for all those kids that want to do it, but just need … someone by their side to ensure that they’re safe playing the game,” McLean said. She said it’s a great time for the kids and a networking opportunity for parents. “For a lot of parents, they would never have even dreamed that their kids could be on a team like this,” McLean said. “So it’s a very emotionally rewarding experience.” At this time of year, she’s mostly trying to gauge the interest level in Nanaimo for a challenger division. She can be reached at 250667-8286.

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Mackenzie Brisbois, wine maker and vineyard manager, left, Natalie Riga and her daughter Sienna and Matt Riga check Chateau Wolff Estate’s crop of pinot noir grapes. The Rigas, from Ontario, purchased the winery on Maxey Road in December and will have their first vintage ready for the local market in 2015. CHRIS BUSH/THE NEWS BULLETIN

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ew owners have revived a dormant Nanaimo winery. Chateau Wolff Estate, once owned by Harry Von Wolff until his death in 2005, is back in production and its first vintage will be available for purchase sometime in 2015. New owners Matt and Natalie Riga moved from Ontario’s Prince Edward County where they ran a successful restaurant and learned about the difficulties of cultivating pinot noir grapes. The couple shares Von Wolff’s original dream of producing specialty wines from a small, boutique winery and purchased the estate in December. The estate’s vineyards, now more than 20 years old, have been looked after by Von Wolff’s family over the past nine years. The Rigas lived on the Island for three years prior to opening their restaurant in Ontario.

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Transportation Minister Todd Stone is proposing coastal communities turn over federal gas tax transfers they receive to shore up ferry service and help keep a lid on fares. The idea is getting a cool reception from mayors and councillors in ferry-dependent areas because it would mean the sacrifice of the federal gasoline tax money they now use to pay for local infrastructure. But Stone argued it would not be unlike the decision of Metro Vancouver cities to dedicate all of their federal gas tax transfers to TransLink for public transit. “Let’s think outside the box,” Stone said Thursday outside the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. “[Let’s] have a discussion around gas tax as a potential source of revenue for B.C. Ferries service, which would have the effect of applying downward pressure on fares.” Stone said coastal communities get nearly $30 million a year in gas tax transfers, an amount that represents about a sixth of the $180 million a year the province spends to subsidize BC Ferries operations. He suggested the redeployment of “some if not all” of that $30 million would help meet local demands for basic levels of ferry service. The proposal would need the support of local communities or else it’s dead in the water, and even then it’s unclear how it might work. Gas tax transfers are sub-

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ject to federal rules that allow the money to go only to eligible local capital projects, not to operating expenses or to provincial services. B.C. cities are lobbying Ottawa to loosen the restrictions on how the money can be spent and Premier Christy Clark said Friday the federal government should “step up” and enable gas taxes as a potential source for the ferry system. Campbell River Coun. Claire Moglove, co-chair of a UBCM committee on ferry issues, said she doubts Vancouver Island cities would agree to give up gas tax money they rely on for costly local projects such as water systems and sewage treatment plants. “This gas tax issue is a bit of a red herring,” she said. “This is a provincial transportation system that requires proper funding from the province.” She said the ferry system has 92 per cent operating cost recovery from fares. The remaining eight per

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The Island and the winery offered an opportunity to break away from the highpressure restaurant business and pursue a more relaxed way of life. “We’re starting our family and we wanted to move back out here to the Island, so we sold our restaurant,” Matt Riga said. “We wanted to stay somewhat in the industry, but didn’t want to own and operate a restaurant, so we thought maybe we’d try something else that we’d really love to do.”

Brisbois is a graduate of the University of Guelph and Niagara College who has worked with pinot noir in South Africa, New Zealand and Ontario.

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Nanaimo can help lead country toward zero waste By Ian Gartshore This is the last of a three-part series pertaining to how we manage our waste in honour of the international zero waste conference coming to Nanaimo this weekend (Oct 2-4). In the first article we gained some history of incinerators and how local citizens prevented them from taking hold in Nanaimo. Then we considered the amount of energy that is required to create the materials – far

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are now past 80 per cent. The Nanaimo Recycling Exchange and local entrepreneurs have put the area on the map: we are leaders in recycling in Western Canada. Consider the efforts of companies that dismantle buildings to reclaim the most valuable materials, a local gal who makes furniture out of old pallets, and how the Loaves and Fishes food bank is increasingly feeding the hungry with perfectly edible food previously

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