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Directors see pay adjusted BY KARL YU

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The Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors passed bylaws ahead of the municipal election that will increase director compensation in the next term. All directors will see their base remuneration rate of $11,855 a year increased in line with the Consumer Price Index starting the first board meeting after the Nov. 15 election. The board chairperson will receive an additional $19,500 annually while electoral area directors will receive an additional $10,985 a year with no price index adjustment this year. Base remuneration will cover up to four regularly scheduled meetings and up to one additional information seminar a month, according to the regional district. The board vicechairperson will receive $160 per meeting when substituting for the chairperson and committee chairpersons will receive $110 for every meeting chaired. See ‘DIRECTOR’ /3

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Lantzville officials have voted to tax Aspengrove School in what is being called the most extreme position taken by a B.C. municipality. Lantzville council has denied Aspengrove a tax exemption next year, with opponents arguing the school isn’t in dire straits and residents shouldn’t subsidize a private school. It’s the second time Lantzville council has called into question a permissive tax exemption for the institution, but the first time it will charge the school in full. Last year it settled on waiving more than half the land tax. Aspengrove school executives had wanted to see a 100 per cent permissive tax exemption – or about $6,000 taken off their bill – and say they are disappointed by the decision not to give them any break at all. The decision will see the school pay an estimated $17,000 in property taxes next year, which will have a “huge impact” on the school’s ability to provide programming to students, says Iain McIver, a director on the Aspengrove school board. It will also make the school the only institution in B.C. not

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to receive a tax break, according to the Federation of Independent School Associations B.C. Since 2012, four municipalities have considered removing permissive tax exemptions for independent schools but two have now granted the requests and another, the City of Victoria, has opted to reduce its exemption by five per cent a year to a maximum of 50 per cent, said the federation’s B.C. executive director Peter Froese, adding Lantzville is “definitely taking the most extreme position of any municipality in British Columbia.” The federation is lobbying the province to take permissive tax exemptions for independent schools out of the hands of local government but Froese said Lantzville’s decision is worrisome. See ‘PRIVATE’ /7

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Guilty plea nets 22 months for break-and-enter A 42-year-old man pleaded guilty in Nanaimo provincial court Wednesday for a string of thefts and break and enters. Kevin Paul Gartner was sentenced to 22 months

in jail for breaking into a home on Harewood Road on Aug. 18 and one on Nicol Street on Oct. 5. The owner of the Nicol Street home provided Nanaimo RCMP with surveillance photos,

which the police used to identify Gartner. He was arrested two days later without incident, said Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. “Investigators were

impressed with the homeowners’ security system. It had been dismantled by Gartner but because it was being monitored at an off-site location, security photos were retrieved which lead to

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the timely arrest of Gartner,” O’Brien said. O’Brien recommends keeping doors locked at all times, having an alarm system installed, getting to know neighbours and starting a Block Watch.

A bomb threat at Vancouver Island University saw roadblocks and building evacutions Thursday afternoon. The threat was made at about 4 p.m. when a call was made to the university’s international student high school building indicating a bomb was in Building 345, according to Nanaimo RCMP. About 75 people from that building and adjacent Building 350 were evacuated and police, with a service dog, conducted a search that lasted about half an hour. Nothing was found in either building. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www. nanaimocrimestopper.com.

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A Vancouver Island University program is “tailor made” to deal with home maintenance issues on First Nations reserves, according to the chairman of a senate committee. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples stopped at Vancouver Island University and Nanoose First Nation last week as part of a study of on-reserve housing. The cross-Canada study, which began last fall, has found that reserves are grappling with issues of land tenure, home inspections and government funding levels that meet population growth. Now committee members are turning to communities for examples of innovation and what’s being done right, says senator Dennis Patterson, chairman of the committee. Nanoose First Nation, for example, was looked at for its approach to modern home building and initiatives around waste reduction and composting while Vancouver Island University has trained aboriginal trades people and launched a program to train house inspectors and on-reserve housing managers. The university has recently put the housing manager program online and is in talks to expand it to Quebec. According to Patterson, the course is tailor-made to deal with challenges of house maintenance on reserves, as well as working

with national funding agencies. “All across the country we have seen the frustrations that housing managers have dealt with. It’s a very tough job,” Patterson said, adding senators have also been shocked at the lack of building inspections for new construction, which likely leads to health and safety issues. “So, I think definitely the committee will look at the programs here, which are now being morphed into online programs, as a potential for dealing with the capacity issues we’ve seen from coast to coast.” Nancy Hamilton, manager of continuing education and contract services for the university’s Cowichan campus, said the housing manager program alone started as a pilot program in 2008 and has since developed into six courses offered online. It’s meant to help managers understand their jobs, how to manage housing stock, communicate and do construction and renovation. The job has a lot of scope, she said, adding the latest group of students average 30 years old, and are required to be a technical writer, landlord and project manager for their reserves. “So that capacity and that confidence is needed, then we give them the professional development and the different communication skills because it’s huge,” she said. An interim report by the committee, including recommendations, is expected in December. news@nanaimobulletin.com

Johnstone not seeking re-election Nanaimo city councillor Diana Johnstone has announced she will not run in the upcoming civic election. Johnstone, a two-term politician, is the second city council member not to seek re-election. Coun. George Anderson is also not looking to return to his seat. “I definitely want to be able to still sit on city committees and serve my community in different volunteer capacities, but I think I want to spend more time with my family,” she said. Johnstone, who was also chair-

woman of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, said she is thankful for the appointment and is proud of the acquisitions made in sustaining parks and green spaces as well as the role she played in the vote to partner with the Port Theatre and Nanaimo Art Gallery to expand the venues, services and programs. Incumbents Ted Greves, Jim Kipp, Diane Brennan, Fred Pattje and Bill Bestwick are all seeking another term. Mayor John Ruttan and Coun. Bill McKay are both vying for the mayoral seat.

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Committee vice-chairpersons will receive $85 for every meeting chaired. Alternates, taking the place of directors, will be compensated with $80 for every meeting they attend and $70 will be provided to board members for select, scheduled standing, advisory standing, information meetings and public hearings attended. Consumer Price Adjustment updates will be made every year after 2014. A motion for remuneration revision was before the board in late August but Area A director Alec McPherson proposed a motion to refer

it back to staff in order to include additional meeting compensation for directors. He said electoral area directors have a heavier workload than their municipal counterparts, who are appointed, and was satisfied with the changes. “For whatever reason, politicians in particular are very sensitive about moving in larger steps and this particular region has been very conservative, I guess, over the years to the point that they’ve fallen way behind ... what we would call their peer group. “People are hesitant, it comes just before the election ... they get a little bit

antsy about it and they don’t move to where it probably should go to reflect at least some of how much work is involved,” McPherson said, adding he has 7,300 constituents in his area as well as Nanaimo Airport. A motion was also passed that will see an independent consultant review regional district remuneration prior to the 2018 municipal election. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Golf resort put up for sale Fairwinds is for sale. A notice on the Nanoose Bay development’s website wednesday morning indicated the property – which has 700 homes, a championship golf course, private fitness centre, trails and a full-service marina – is for sale, about three months after receiving the zoning-bylaw go-ahead to build up to 2,000 more homes. The notice indicated that Fairwinds Golf Club, the Fairwinds Centre and schooner Cove Marina will continue to operate, “business as usual.” A spokesperson for the owners, bciMC, confirmed the notice in an e-mail, saying the sale is a regular part of investment review.

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Residents of Nanaimo who have disabilities will have the chance to learn from experienced professionals as they work toward careers. The Mentor Ability is a national initiative which promotes employment of people with disabilities. Joanna Steele, a participant in the program, wants to work with children and is getting experience in that regard. “I like how I can help them develop in learning and

stuff like that and basically, I just love kids, always have,” Steele said. She has been paired with Scott Bradford, executive director of the Nanaimo Child Development Centre, with the assistance of the Nanaimo Association for Community Living, and Bradford said Steele will work with the child youth and development team and with the centre’s preschool. He interviewed her and was impressed. “She’s a great lady,” said Bradford. “She understands what the CDC is all about and she wants to give back to her community, but she would also like to find employ-

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The government plans to maintain its cap on the number of liquor stores, with 670 private stores now in operation. Liquor stores are currently restricted to relocating no more than five kilometres from their original location, but that restriction is being lifted so a licence can be sold or moved anywhere in the province. That would allow existing government or private liquor stores to relocate in partnership with grocery stores, while maintaining the regulation that no two liquor outlets can be closer together than one kilometre. Licensing to sell B.C. wine directly from grocery store shelves, a second recommendation from a province-wide consultation on liquor policy reform conducted earlier this year, is still being studied. Anton said the system “strikes a balance of added convenience for consumers and support for B.C.’s business sector, while at the same time respecting health and public safety considerations.”

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“The concern is other municipalities may look at it and say well, OK, if Lantzville can do that, maybe we can as well and this could be the thin edge of the wedge where independent schools are incurring costs where they shouldn’t,” Froese said. While municipalities are required to give tax breaks for

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Mayor madness sweeping city Nanaimo sure exercised its democratic right to run for office. This November’s civic election is shaping up to be a wild one, with nine candidates, at last count, running for mayor. It’s the most mayoral hopefuls the city has seen, and it’s a lot of names for citizens to consider when they mark their ballots a month from now. There are some political heavyweights on the list, including current and former mayors and councillors, and past mayoral contenders. With so many names, it will become more important for these men and women to distinguish themselves. In a three-way race, for example, voters – and media – might be tempted to pigeonhole candidates into the left, right or centre of the spectrum. In a nine-way race, those kind of labels mean less, because candidates now have to differentiate themselves from those with similar political leanings. A more muddled mayoral race could also mean a wider vote split, which could have interesting ramifications. A candidate who centres his or her campaign around a single issue will have a real chance to win, depending on how the rest of the vote splits. Municipal elections tend to attract a low voter turnout, and that problem could be magnified this Nov. 15. Mathematically, our next mayor could be elected with a lower percentage of the popular vote than ever before, and an ‘underdog’ candidate might have a greater chance this year than in years past. Come election night, all this is likely to cause some grumbling, from runners-up and voters alike, about the shortcomings of the first-past-the-post system, and rightly so. But maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves. It’s only the beginning of mayor madness in Nanaimo, and the next five weeks will be fascinating. Perhaps the cream of the candidates will rise to the top, to inspire us, to earn our votes and to lead our city. 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.

Fireworks or not, city has Halloween spirit It’s my most favourite time of where a giant fire would warm year. damp and cold kids, some of When folks gather together to whom were still in costume. walk through dark neighbourHot chocolate and other goodhood streets, dressed in cosies were passed around – as if tumes, to knock on doors and the kids didn’t gather enough demand candy from strangers. sweets that night – and the It’s also a time to carve up mood was celebratory, like a plump, round squash into terlast-ditch outdoor event before rifying faces, lit from within by winter set in. candles. People add spiderwebs According to the Library of to their homes and plot graveCongress, Halloween was the yards on their front end of the year for the lawns. Celtic people and corEDITOR’S They share ghost responded to the harNOTEBOOK encounters and watch vest and preparations Melissa Fryer their favourite horror for winter. Kind of like Managing editor films while munching New Year’s Eve with a on all the candy supsupernatural aspect. posedly left over from The rituals and trick-or-treaters. beliefs of the preAs far as rituals go, Christian Celts turned Halloween is one of into some of the same our most interesting. rituals that we celUntil a few years ebrate today. People ago, fireworks could built bonfires to speed be heard piercing the night sky the souls of those who died in from sunset to sunrise. A ban the previous year on their way reduced that considerably, but to other worlds. They gathered it’s pretty common to hear the animals, fruits and vegetables pop-pop of Roman candles in for feasts. the days leading up to HallowJust a few days after Halloween. een is Guy Fawkes Day, when In my youth, we were less bonfires are lit to remember the interested in fireworks and man executed in the 1600s for more interested in the bonfire. trying to blow up the British After trick-or-treating, families parliament. I’ve often heard the would head to a central square, proximity of Guy Fawkes Day,

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and the Island’s strong British origins, as the reason for the enthusiasm for fireworks on Halloween, but I can’t find much documented research to support that. Makes sense, though, as an explanation. Halloween might be designed to appeal to children the most – the costumes, the candy – but it also offers one of those rare opportunities for adults to have some fun, too. Like the kids, adults can choose to be anything they want on Halloween – doctor, Mad Hatter, vampire. When was the last time adults gave free rein to their dreams? While Christmas traditions often carry the expectation of gifts and time, driving expenses beyond budgets, Halloween can be all about the individual, offering creativity and expression for all ages. Although I’d continue to give out candy – it’s not worth the risk of cleaning up toilet paper, pumpkin guts or eggs the next day. Often during the coming rainy months, we’ll hunker down in our homes, away from our neighbours and friends. These rituals offer an excuse to get together for some childish fun. editor@nanaimobulletin.com

– Jani Drew, Regional District of Nanaimo emergency coordinator, on the Great B.C. Shake Out, page 4.

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To the Editor,

Re: Women must demonstrate leadership, Letters, Oct. 7. This letter writer says that “neither of the women on our present council have distinguished themselves as qualified decision makers.” I wonder if this observation is influenced by the fact that Diana Johnstone and Diane Brennan stand on difference sides of issues from the writer. I observe that all members of council need to demonstrate leadership. As an engaged member of our community, I think that we benefit from having women on council. I see Johnstone and Brennan as qualified decision makers who consistently make well-thoughtout and measured decisions which support all members of our community.

Terre Flower Nanaimo

Waste levels well above zero To the Editor,

Re: City calling on residents to cut down to zero waste, Oct. 9. A two-week challenge will begin later this month, apparently. Residents will be asked to keep track of waste and find a place for it other than the garbage can. Well, you are certainly encouraging folks to dump their garbage anywhere but in the appropriate receptacle. So where should

we dump our garbage? In the streets? In the parks? There are already mountains of garbage just thrown around this city as it is. Such a shame as this is a beautiful city, or could be. Rather than going on and on about garbage pickup at the curb, the city should try and organize garbage pickup along the streets and in our beautiful parks.

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Theatre tickets cost all taxpayers To the Editor,

Re: Port Theatre expansion an asset to city, Letters, Oct. 2 Everybody is in favour of transparency. Politicians should post their expense claims and charities should divulge their administration expenses. Perhaps Port Theatre tickets should show the ‘true cost,’ factoring in all the taxpayer provided capital and operating subsidies, along with the amount charged to the ticket purchaser. That way everybody would know the amount paid by taxpayers – most of whom are not attending the performance. If council has more than $4 million of taxpayers’ money burning a hole in their pockets shouldn’t subsidized housing for the poor and the homeless be a higher priority than Richard III?

S.I. Petersen Nanaimo

B.C. is poised to become a major player in the global energy sector. Proposed liquefied natural gas facilities and exports could ensure economic prosperity for decades. It is important to proceed carefully now to ensure that we get the best possible deal for the people of this province. Our premier claims we should trust our current government to accomplish this because it negotiated a good deal in the teachers dispute. Can she possibly be serious? To compare negotiations in resolving a mere labour dispute to those with the economic, environmental and social benefits and risks associated in dealing with a foreign energy giant on a scale that involves tens of billions of dollars is absurd. A bad deal could not simply be renegotiated in a few years when the contract expires. A good deal here would provide thousands of long-term jobs for B.C. workers, apprenticeships and training for B.C. youth and huge longterm economic benefits. A bad deal would line the pockets of already wealthy corporations while leaving the B.C. people behind.

Dennis M. Kalack Lantzville

Federal, provincial downloading to blame for higher city costs To the Editor,

Re: CUPE might be running your city hall, Opinion, Oct. 2. Tom Fletcher’s column was based on a shoddy report done by the provincial government about pay for municipal employees. Fletcher and others are dealing with a solution in search of a problem. The solution is to force a provincial-government-controlled bargaining model on locally elected city councils. The problem? Well, that’s what Fletcher and others are working on creating. The provincial report acknowledges there are limitations in the data to

support analysis of municipal pay. The report goes on to reach grand conclusions anyway. Compensation for police and fire fighters, and even B.C. Ferries and TransLink, is lumped in, even though local governments have no control over compensation for these groups. It is true that the cost of local government has gone up. The bill for downloading of costs by senior government onto local governments has been huge, driven either by provincial or federal regulations or provincial control. Over the last decade, CUPE’s wage settlements with local governments

have tended to mirror settlements negotiated in the private sector. If you check with B.C.’s statistics agency, you will find both CUPE and private-sector agreements have been lower than the growth in the province’s gross domestic product and lower than the increase in average weekly wages for the province as a whole. Fletcher’s column serves as a free plug for the Christy Clark government’s ham-fisted solution in search of a non-existent problem.

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Fab Fall Savings

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Cadbury

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Crush Rainbow Pack, Schweppes Ginger Ale or Dr. Pepper 24x355ml

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8.80 per kg

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8.80 per kg

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5000

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Chocolate Bar

Licorice

100gr

180-200gr

Crustini 256gr

5000 Dempster’s

Home Bakery Baguette

for

283gr

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Akava

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2$ for

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80’s

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5000

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5000

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Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin Chops

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Locally Raised BC Poultry Grain Fed Free Run

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450gr

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for

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158-233gr

170gr

5000

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Cookie Chips

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Daystarter Gourmet Sausages

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Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs

8.80 per kg

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250ml

175-200gr

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Shake ’n Bake Coating Mix 140-184gr

7,500 Maxwell House

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3000 Molson

0.5% Alcohol Beer 6x355ml

7,500

2$ for

3$ for

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Nestle

Original Coffee Mate 170gr

3000

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10kg

Rogers

Granulated White Sugar

4kg

Fall Baking Time!

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Red Rose

Oats

144’s Works out to $4.50 each

Butter

Five Grain Granola

454gr

700-750gr

Pillsbury

Lactantia

4$ for

Ragu

Pasta Sauce

630-640ml

4$ for

for

Saputo

Mozzarellissima Ball

340gr

Kraft

Parmesan Cheese

250gr

McCain

Unico

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700-900gr

Traditional Crust Pizza

for

Melts Slices

Lasagna or Spaghetti & Meat Sauce

907gr

2$ for

Swanson

99 SunRype

Kraft

540ml

Family Classic Frozen Dessert

340gr

500ml

Plus Applicable Fees

for

Nature Valley Oatmeal Breakfast Squares or General Mills Fibre 1 Delights Bars

125-175gr

2$ for

Beverage

360-455gr

Breyers

Caramels

Jam

Peanut Butter

1kg

1.36lt

Hungry-Man Dinner

Mmmm.... Dessert Time!

3lt

Kraft

Process Cheese Product, 1kg

Bassili’s Best

Perogies

Vegetable Oil

796ml

1kg

454gr

Unico

Tomatoes

Cheemo

Unpasteurized Honey

Armstrong

416-433gr

Bringing Taste Home! Pasta

600gr

96-108gr

Folgers Gourmet Selection K-Cups

Oatmeal Crisp Cereal

311-465gr

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320gr

Cheese

300gr

Shredded Cheese

Keurig

425-505gr

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Wild Red Pacific, 213gr

Wild Pacific, 213gr

General Mills Edge or Nature Valley Protein Cereal

Pure Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

2$ for

Sockeye Salmon

Pink Salmon

2 Clover Leaf

Clover Leaf

Flaked or Chunk Light Tuna in Water Skipjack, Selected, 170gr

920gr

Hershey’s

Gluten Free Dough

405-447gr

Selected, 390-500gr

for

Cream Cheese

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Classic Roast Ground Coffee

Cheerios Cereal

300-400gr Works out to $2.00 each

250gr

Folgers

General Mills

Digestive or HobNobs Biscuits

2$ Rogers

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Orange Pekoe Tea

750gr-1.1kg

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Granola Bars

Selected, 160-230gr

for

Fruit Flavour That Rocks!

Mott’s

Fruitsations Snack Cups

Welch’s

1.36lt

Mott’s Fruitsations

Grape Juice

Prune Nectar

100% Natural Apple Juice 1.82lt

6x110-113gr

1.66lt

3$ for

4$ for

2$ for

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10kg

Rogers

Granulated White Sugar

4kg

Fall Baking Time!

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Red Rose

Oats

144’s Works out to $4.50 each

Butter

Five Grain Granola

454gr

700-750gr

Pillsbury

Lactantia

4$ for

Ragu

Pasta Sauce

630-640ml

4$ for

for

Saputo

Mozzarellissima Ball

340gr

Kraft

Parmesan Cheese

250gr

McCain

Unico

Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils

700-900gr

Traditional Crust Pizza

for

Melts Slices

Lasagna or Spaghetti & Meat Sauce

907gr

2$ for

Swanson

99 SunRype

Kraft

540ml

Family Classic Frozen Dessert

340gr

500ml

Plus Applicable Fees

for

Nature Valley Oatmeal Breakfast Squares or General Mills Fibre 1 Delights Bars

125-175gr

2$ for

Beverage

360-455gr

Breyers

Caramels

Jam

Peanut Butter

1kg

1.36lt

Hungry-Man Dinner

Mmmm.... Dessert Time!

3lt

Kraft

Process Cheese Product, 1kg

Bassili’s Best

Perogies

Vegetable Oil

796ml

1kg

454gr

Unico

Tomatoes

Cheemo

Unpasteurized Honey

Armstrong

416-433gr

Bringing Taste Home! Pasta

600gr

96-108gr

Folgers Gourmet Selection K-Cups

Oatmeal Crisp Cereal

311-465gr

NEW!

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320gr

Cheese

300gr

Shredded Cheese

Keurig

425-505gr

5 3 3 Fab Fall Savings

Saputo

General Mills

Elias

Wild Red Pacific, 213gr

Wild Pacific, 213gr

General Mills Edge or Nature Valley Protein Cereal

Pure Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

2$ for

Sockeye Salmon

Pink Salmon

2 Clover Leaf

Clover Leaf

Flaked or Chunk Light Tuna in Water Skipjack, Selected, 170gr

920gr

Hershey’s

Gluten Free Dough

405-447gr

Selected, 390-500gr

for

Cream Cheese

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Classic Roast Ground Coffee

Cheerios Cereal

300-400gr Works out to $2.00 each

250gr

Folgers

General Mills

Digestive or HobNobs Biscuits

2$ Rogers

Early Bird Specials!

McVitie’s

Orange Pekoe Tea

750gr-1.1kg

Quality Foods

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Clover Leaf

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Selected, 160-230gr

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Fruit Flavour That Rocks!

Mott’s

Fruitsations Snack Cups

Welch’s

1.36lt

Mott’s Fruitsations

Grape Juice

Prune Nectar

100% Natural Apple Juice 1.82lt

6x110-113gr

1.66lt

3$ for

4$ for

2$ for

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Fab Fall Savings

Pastrami

Fat Free or Harvest Tyme Turkey Breast

per 100gr

Bonus Q-Points Irish Balrney, Dubliner & Reserve

Cheese

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Lyona or Beer Sausage

10,000 Cashmere

Ultra Luxe Bathroom Tissue Double Rolls, 2ply 8’s

Grimm’s

Kentucky Chicken Breast

200gr

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Cheese Slices

99 per 100gr

German Butter

160-200gr

Scotties

399

Multi Facial Tissue 6x94’s-126’s

Gain

Ocean Mama

Pre-Sliced, 85gr

per 100gr

49 per

Available at Select Stores

22 95

Dinner for Two

Egg Roll

1 99

100gr

Frozen or Previously Frozen

White Tiger Prawns

Smoked Steelhead

48-60’s

per 100gr

31/40 Size

Powerball Dishwasher Detergent

Swiss Emmenthal

Large Deli Salad

·Greek ·Sweet Bean ·Coleslaw Vinaigrette

Ling Cod Fillets

2.95lt

Finish

per 100gr

Bagged Summer Sausage, Wine or Pepper Salami

Fresh

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Schneiders

per 100gr

Previously Frozen

Skinless Halibut Fillets

per 100gr

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Fab Fall Savings Old Fashioned Donuts

White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread

Large

Kaiser Buns

Selected

Calabrese Bread

2$ for

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8 Pack

8” Blueberry Pie

4$ for

6 Pack

Cream Puffs

2$ for

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Annie’s

Selected, 170gr

Nature’s Path

Organic Granola

Selected, 325-350gr

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Raw Shelled Hemp Seeds, 227gr

3$ for

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Greek Yogurt, 275gr

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Brown Gold

Lowney

Bridge Mix

Real Cup Coffee Pods

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10gr

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Ontario native Frank Meschkuleit is finding success as a puppeteer and voice actor after years of working unsatisfying jobs.

Puppeteer voices his way to success

POPULAR CHILDREN’S show Toopy and Binoo arrives at the Port Theatre tomorrow as a live stage production.

BY NICHOLAS PESCOD The News BulleTiN

If you’re a parent of young children then there is a good chance you’ve seen some of Frank Meschkuleit’s work, or at the very least, heard his voice. That’s because for almost a decade, the puppeteer and voice actor has been the voice behind Toopy, a vivacious mouse on one of the most popular children’s television programs, Toopy and Binoo. “Toopy is a character who is so optimistic and so ready to follow his imagination wherever that takes him and his buddy Binoo,” Meschkuleit said. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), Meschkuleit’s voice will echo inside the Port Theatre, when the popular television show comes to life as a theatrical production called Toopy and Binoo: Fun and Games. Although the production features live actors, Meschkuleit’s voice was

pre-recorded in order to maintain consistency. “This is a great chance for parents to take their kids to a theatre where they’re going to have fun,” Meschkuleit said about Toopy and Binoo: Fun and Games. “This is the perfect place to take them because they can run and yell and scream and point.” Toopy and Binoo first aired in 2005 and is based on Canadian author Dominique Jolin’s best-selling books of the same name. The show is centred around the adventures of Toopy and his friend Binoo, who is a small cat. Since airing, Toopy and Binoo has morphed into an extremely successfully Canadian-produced children’s program, having aired in countries around the world and has had various theatrical spinoffs. “Kids seem to love it,” Meschkuleit said. “I think it is a combination of the beautiful artwork and the

great colour palette and just the unending optimism and friendship and whimsy of the two characters.” Meschkuleit’s journey into voice acting and puppeteering began nearly three decades ago after he auditioned for a role as a muppet in the 1985 film Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird. “To watch adult men and women play for a living was such a moment of awakening for me,” said Meschkuleit, who was once a salesperson for Sears. “The jobs I’d held till that point ... didn’t give much back. You left the day feeling a little metal taste in your mouth.” Although Meschkuleit is best known for voicing Toopy, the Mississauga, Ont., resident has been a puppeteer in a number of films such as Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Max Payne, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Scary Movie 3. He said that voicing Toopy has provided him with a great amount of satisfaction. “Toopy has been a great ride for me,” he said. “I think as a freelancer you

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To watch men and women play for a living was such a moment of awakening for me. can never say you’re sorry about a show that has run for 10 years that involves you. That is a terrific honour and a privilege to be a part of.” Toopy and Binoo: Fun and Games will take place at the Port Theatre on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.50 and $28.50. For more information, please visit www.porttheatre. com. For more information on Frank Meschkuleit, please visit www.puppetsandvoices.com and for more information on Toopy and Binoo please visit www.toopyandbinooontour.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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Overcoming fear can be funny

Young actress scores nomination Local actress Sydney Howlett has been nominated for her performance in a short film. Howlett is up for a Joey Award in the category of young actresses between the ages of 13 and 19. Howlett picked up the

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nomination for her role in Game Companion and is one of five youth actresses in all of Canada to be nominated for the award. For more information, visit www.joeyawards.com/2014 nominations.

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Actors, James Dean, left, Laura Buechler, Kelly Kijek, and Derek Carter star in the Nanaimo Theatre Group’s production of Larry Shue’s The Foreigner. The production opens on Oct. 16 at the Bailey Studio. COMING SOON!

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An Englishmen who finds himself in rural Georgia and is forced to overcome his fear of talking to strangers is the basis behind the Nanaimo Theatre Group’s newest production, The Foreigner. “It’s about a pathologically shy man who is plunged into a situation where he has to behave so much against his own personality,” said director Sheila Coultish. “He finds out he quite likes it.” The Foreigner is set in 1982 in the Southern United States and focuses around Charlie Baker, a British man who pretends he can’t speak English. “ I t ’s e x t r e m e l y funny, so if you want to laugh out loud then come see it,” Coultish said. “They will have a very pleasant evening with laughter.” The Nanaimo production stars Laura B u e c h l e r, D e r e k Carter, James Dean, Susan Evans and Kelly Kijek and was produced by Joan Roszmann.

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Dad on September 30th at Nanaimo Seniors Village. Dad was born in Birmingham, England in 1921. He served in the British Medical Corps during WWII. After the war Dad and his wife Connie moved to Gabriola Island and later to Nanaimo. Dad was predeceased by Connie in September 2010. He is survived by Bob, Margaret (Michael) and Trevor (Marty); grandchildren Debra, Dan, Kenton, Ian, Justine and great grandchild Aylah. Dad will be remembered for his love of fishing, golf and hours spent in the garden. There will be no service but a family get-together will be held at a 106775 later date.

Rossiter, Eric Roy December 28, 1926 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; October 5, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather Eric Rossiter. Eric passed away peacefully at 87 years of age with his family by his side. Eric was born in Victoria BC, and was a police officer with Victoria City Police from 1947 to 1958. He met Maureen Smith a nurse at St Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, they married in 1952 and subsequently had three children. In 1958 Eric left the police force to work for Shell Oil in Victoria. He was transferred to Nanaimo in 1972 and retired in 1984. Eric was involved in music his whole life. He joined the Victoria Boys Band at the age of 12 and was involved in various other bands, most notably the Victoria Shrine Band and the Nanaimo Concert Band. He was also involved in BC hockey as a referee for 17 years. After retiring from refereeing, he spent many years with the Nanaimo Clippers as time keeper and goal judge. Eric is survived by his brother Jack (Lil), son Gary (Laura) and daughter Janine Beaudoin (Claude). He also leaves many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his loving wife Maureen in 2011 and his daughter Sharon Hawker in 2005. Many thanks to the nurses on the 5th floor and in palliative care at NRGH for the excellent care they provided. No service will be held at his request. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the BC Breast Cancer Foundation. We will miss you, Dad!

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Mary Angela Tuma passed away in Nanaimo on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at the age of 90. Mary is predeceased by her husband, Gerry Tuma, and her brothers, Jack, Pat, Charlie, and Oliver Powers. Mary is survived by her two sisters Margaret Walters and Annie Malboeuf. Mary will be lovingly remembered by her many nieces and nephews, friends and family. We will miss her a great deal. Instead of flowers please donate to the Alzheimer'sÂ Society. Service will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 1:00pm First Memorial 1720 Bowen Rd in Nanaimo, BC.

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our dear Marilyn. Piano teacher, bird watcher, and Bookworm owner, she was a graceful, kind soul. She will be greatly missed by her friends and family. She leaves behind her husband Michael of 48 years. Children, Christopher Whipps (wife Melissa, children Amelia and Evelyn) and Kirsten Hoyer (husband Christopher, children Michael, Larissa, and Nicholas). Sisters Glenna Redlich and June Degenstein. In-laws Lawrence and Susan Whipps, Tom and Joanne Whipps, and Joan and John Brears. Many nieces and nephews and extended family. Predeceased by her sister Margaret, and parents Stuart and Edith Joiner of Vulcan Alberta where she was born. We will remember her love, kindness, grace, and incredible strength in the face of a lengthy illness. Donations may be made to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation. A small family service has already taken place. Condolences may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca Telfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Nanaimo 250-591-6644

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Gymnastics school chosen club of the year Inbrief

PROVINCIAL BODY picks Nanaimo club after strong results. BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN

The Nanaimo Gymnastics School is head over heels after learning it has been selected as Gymnastics B.C.’s Club of the Year for 2014. Megan Conway, the club’s coach, doesn’t know what criteria were used in the decision making, but said medals were probably a factor. The school’s nine athletes at provincials combined for 18 medals. “That’s a pretty good average…” she said. “They did really well at the B.C. championships last year and all the other competitions, as well.” Nanaimo GymnasTHE NEWS BULLETIN tics School’s tramEmily Mould and Cosette Teghtmeyer are two poline and tumbling of Nanaimo Gymnastics School’s standouts. program has only been around a few years, but has garnered the After a 2013-14 that brought kind of results that raise a championships and now a club’s profile. club of the year distinction, Cosette Teghtmeyer, who the gymnasts are already lookdoes both artistic gymnastics ing ahead. Teghtmeyer preand trampoline and tumbling, dicts 2014-15 will go well. said the club of the year hon“I think we’re all prepared our is exciting, and adds team and positive and ready,” she spirit to what is sometimes an said. individual sport. For more information about “In artistic, you don’t really club programs, including get to do team events and recreational trampoline and then with your team in T and tumbling, please visit www. T, you actually get to compete nanaimogymnastics.ca or together,” she said. phone 250-740-0330. She and some of her teamsports@nanaimobulletin.com

Jiu-jitsu athletes dominate on mats Island Top Team choked out the opposition to win at the Vancouver Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships. Eli Wyse and Corey Burton won gold medals and Cal McDonald took silver at the competition Oct. 4 in Richmond. Wyse won his purple belt division in style, submitting his opponent with an arm-triangle choke at the end of a 30-minute submission-only, no-time-limit final. Burton used another signature Island Top Team move, the shotgun sweep, to help him dominate all his opponents. McDonald lost his scoreless final by decision.

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mates spend up to 28 hours a week at the gym, training in the mornings before school, then coming back in the afternoon to put in more practice. “They’re a lot of fun; they work hard…” Conway said. “They have had to learn how to get along and other life skills, goal setting and planning and keeping everything on track.” Teghtmeyer said the team shows good dedication. “It’s a lot of time, it’s a lot of work, but it’s all worth it in the end,” she said.

Thanksgiving delays sports Because of the Thanksgiving weekend, the News Bulletin can’t serve up a full helping of sports. Due to early deadlines necessitated by the long weekend, scores from the last few days were not available at press time. The Nanaimo Clippers, Barsby Bulldogs and Nanaimo District Islanders were some of the teams in action locally, while the Kona Kup provincial championship cyclocross race was also held this past weekend in Nanaimo. Vancouver Island University’s soccer teams played road games. Please look for sports coverage online at www.nanaimobulletin. com/sports or pick up Thursday’s issue of the News Bulletin.

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Cosette Teghtmeyer of the Nanaimo Gymnastics School practises on the trampoline Friday morning at the club’s facility.

Last-minute goals sink Nanaimo Buccaneers

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Nanaimo Buccaneers forward Jordan Levesque takes a shot on goal during Thursday’s game against the Victoria Cougars at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The visitors came back to win 4-2.

The Nanaimo Buccaneers couldn’t quite fend off a late Cougar attack. The Victoria Cougars broke a tie game in the last minute of the third period and beat the Bucs 4-2 on Thursday night at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. Nanaimo built a 2-0 lead on goals from Carter Turnbull and Chad Bell, but Victoria scored a

couple of powerplay goals to tie it. The visitors went ahead with 54 seconds to go and then iced the game with an empty netter. GAME ON …

The Bucs played the Peninsula Panthers on the road Friday after press time. Nanaimo hosts the Comox Valley Glacier Kings this Thursday (Oct. 16) at 7:15 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

Clippers fans don’t have to wait for the weekend for the next chance to cheer. The Nanaimo Clippers host their first midweek game of the B.C. Hockey League season this Wednesday (Oct. 15) as the Powell River Kings come to town. Game time is 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena and tickets will be available at the door.

VIU golfer wins PacWest title VIU Mariners golfer Matt Haddad carded the best rounds this season in the PacWest. Haddad earned the Pacific Western Athletic Association’s overall title with an average of 72.5 strokes per round. In addition to his championship, he is the PacWest Player of the Year and a conference all-star. The captain of the M’s begins nationals today (Oct. 14) at the Club de Golf Lorette in Quebec City.

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Dance program teaches youngsters co-ordination

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Geraldine Potter will be teaching the city of Nanaimo parks and recreation department’s creative Movement class, which incorporates spatial awareness and basic ballet elements for pre-school children.

A new dance program from the City of Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Environment department aims to get three- and four-year-olds working both their brains and bodies. Creative Movement will begin Nov. 4 at the Harewood Activity Centre, running every Tuesday morning until Dec. 16, and according to instructor Geraldine Potter, it is hoped that participants improve co-ordination, listening skills and spatial awareness. It will involve movement, imaginative and creative games and basic ballet elements, she said. “We’ll take them on (an imaginary) safari; when they go on the safari they dress and they learn to use their elbows and their head and their knees and they’ll use ground level, so they’ll go low to the ground and high up,”

said Potter. She said that the program will also give students the opportunity to learn different forms of movement. “We work on learning how to move in a room without just going in circles, because little kids tend to get in a room and they want to run in a circle, because they don’t understand the concept of moving in a diagonal, or jumping in polkadotted or straight lines or zig-zags, spirals,” Potter said. The participants will be doing exercises where there is imaginative play and they’ll be learning concepts at the same time, according to Potter, and kids will benefit. “It teaches a lot about co-ordination. Children have an interesting time learning about where all of the different parts of their bodies are and how they can actually use them, so it really helps the children that don’t have a lot

of motor skills,” she said. Children love to move and the classes will allow them to learn to move while moving to music at the same time, she said. “It teaches them about different rhythms in the music. I do 3/4, 2/4 (time signature) and we learn about that and we do clapping rhythms, so rhythmically, it’s really great for them,” she said. In addition, Potter has extensive ballet training. She completed a teacher’s course at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and furthered her teacher training in France, attaining a French national training certificate and has 20 years of experience as a teacher. For more information on Creative Movement and other recreation activities, please go to the parks and recreation section of the City of Nanaimo website, www.nanaimo.ca, and view the activity guide. There will be sessions in the new year as well. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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The British Columbia Youth Parliament is on the hunt for 95 young men and women to debate service projects for youth in the province. The organization, sponsored by the Youth Parliament of B.C. Alumni Society, a non-profit organization, is calling on community and youth leaders across the province to nominate exceptional young people to take part in this opportunity. Youth would gather in Victoria during the Christmas break to debate and implement service projects for their peers in B.C. “BCYP is education

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Frozen Beef Patties 5 lb Box

In our Deli…

Genoa Salami

or Italian Sliced Meats, 500-600 g

Wild Rose

Herbal Detox An Easy 12-Day Cleanse Program

99 EACH

Old Fashioned Ham

100 g

Gio

EACH

Schneider’s

.97

EACH

In our Deli...

Western Family 2X Ultra

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Chinese Mandarin Oranges 5 lb Box

EACH

Oriental Sun

2.95 L

97 EACH

Canadian AA or Better

T-Bone Grilling Steaks

97 lb 17.53 Kg

Angie’s

Kettle Corn

Sweet & Salty Popcorn 198 g

While t Stocks Las

2 500 F O R

Chase River Marketplace: 82 Twelfth St, Nanaimo • 250-753-7545 Bowen Road: 1800 Dufferin Cres, Nanaimo • 250-591-5525 Open Daily 7 am - 10 pm