Lake Cowichan Gazette, November 05, 2014 by Black Press Media Group

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The Lake Cowichan Municipal All Candidates meeting brought in a full house Monday night. Estimates were that close to 200 people attended to listen to municipal candidates discuss their platforms and answer questions from the Chamber of Commerce and the public. Candidates were seated alphabetically and asked questions in random order. Candidates spoke with passion, humour and enthusiasm.

Chamber of Commerce hosts All Candidates meeting at Centennial Hall Aspen Gainer

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The Lake Cowichan Municipal All Candidates Forum took place Monday night at Centennial Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. The hall was packed; more chairs had to be brought out and once those were filled people stood at the back of the hall. The Chamber of Commerce hosted the forum, which was moderated by George deLure. He asked the candidates a series of pre-determined questions created by the Chamber, which the candidates hadn’t heard before. Once the Chamber’s questions were finished, they opened the floor to questions from the public. Candidates answered in a way consistent with their platforms. All candidates touched on the need for a seniors care facility,

them or changing to yield signs. Lorna Vomacka: Affordable Questions from the floor Carolyne Austin: Affordable family housing. ranged from water and sewer housing for seniors and families. Bev North: People want to have costs, a new town hall building, Ross Forrest: Seniors care facility. the future of the old ranger fun and see the lighter side of life. I’ve seen too many spouses What do you (townspeople) want? station, downtown revitalization Put some drive into it, laugh a little separated from each other when and an open door policy at the they get old. I want to see people and we’ll get through. municipal office. stay together as they age. We also Tim McGonigle: “Fun’s my The municipal vote takes need to attract other partners in middle name.” A base for revenue, placeeonvNov. this year at e 15 nfrom t 8 a.m. to business apart from property taxes, and Centennial Hall Wendy Klyne: I have a vision other tools to raise funds to pay 8 p.m. To register as a resident for how I want the town to be–a for projects in town. For example, voter, you must be 18 years busy downtown core bustling with a gas tax. We need to lobby the of age, a Canadian citizen, people; a new elementary school. province for continuous funding. a resident of BC for at least UP TO Over 150 people in the community 6 months prior to voting, a Frank Hornbrook: A balanced cleaarer80+ old, so we need financial statement with no debt. resident of Lake Cowichan at anyears living. Ted Gamble: An assisted living e assisted least 30 days prior to voting, c e vKyle e nWylie IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS building, which might take and eligible by law to vote. t on the 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual Focus on planning with purpose AmountToavailable some time. In the meantime, a register on election day, for the future. I want to leave the local market in the new square, bring two pieces of signed ID. community better than it was when One piece must also have your generating local economy. GET I came here. It’s not just about Bob Day: A downtown address. UP TO business marketing program that draws new what I do for the next four years If (re)elected, what would be the Advance voting is open to clebusiness but how I lay the foundation for the eligiblePURCHASE to the area. one goal you want to achieve in the voters at FINANCING the Municipal aran FORNov. UP TO MONTHS c e next 20 years. Crevels: Eliminate most of next four years? offi ce on 5 96 and Nov.12 e Hubert vent ON SELECT MODELS IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS the stop signs in town by removing Rocky Wise: Two new ball parks. between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Amount available on the 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual improvements to infrastructure, and the need for a way to entice business into the downtown core. Each individual answered with passion, earnestness, humour or resolve, as they saw fit. Each individual also demonstrated their conviction to act on behalf of the town and serve in the way they thought would best serve the townspeople. The forum was at some points heated and at some points relaxed as candidates and the public listened and interacted with each other. Below is a summary of how candidates answered one of the Chamber’s pre-determined questions. Responses are summarized in the order they were answered.

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Town holds naming ceremony for new square Aspen Gainer

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Last Friday marked the official naming ceremony of Lake Cowichan’s new town square, which Mother Nature complemented by providing both sunshine and a rainbow. A group of about 25 people including the mayor, town council, First Nations council, the Lake Cowichan First Nations group and other spectators, gathered at Ts’uubaaasatx Square, named by the Lake Cowichan First Nations group. “The choice of the name was where we come from. We called it Ts’uubaa-asatx, the people from the front of the lake, by the rivers, by the streams. It shows that we’re the people living by the lake,” said Chief Cyril Livingstone. The naming ceremony was

intentionally kept simple, as the official opening ceremony will wait for completion of the square and attendance by all stakeholders. Livingstone blessed the square with a prayer and later expressed his pleasure with the event. “It’s a good feeling because we’ve been working with the town for quite a few years now. It’s good to have a working relationship with the Town of Lake Cowichan,” said Livingstone. Lake cowichan First Nations member Aaron Hamilton shared that about six months ago, they began looking to work with the municipality to create a symbol of the Lake Cowichan First Nations group within town, since there was nothing at that point. Town council responded by suggesting the square

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Lake Cowichan held a naming ceremony for the new town square on Oct. 31. Members from the Lake Cowichan First Nations group and Town Council were present for the ceremony. The official opening of the square will likely be held in the spring, but the square is now open for public use. The name loosely translates to ‘people by the lake.’

would be named for the Lake Cowichan First Nations. “We were blown away,” said Hamilton. Mayor Ross Forrest thanked the Lake Cowichan group who came up with the name for the square. “Council and the Town

of Lake Cowichan are very proud of our Lake Cowichan First Nations and the name that they’ve come up with because it represents especially our First Nations but also all the people of Lake Cowichan. It’s a perfect, fitting name for

our community and we’re thrilled to have this name.” Additional signs are planned for the square which will include the phonetic pronunciation of the word as well as it’s meaning. The mayor mentioned

that while this was not the official opening of the square, which he suggested might be next spring, it is now open for use and townspeople are welcome to submit applications to host events such as a weekly market in the square.

Lake Cowichan ranked best in spending report

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Directors Seek Input on Fair Cowichan Aquatic Centre Access CVRD Electoral Areas F and I Referendum November 15, 2014

CVRD Directors for Electoral Areas F and I are asking you if you want higher admission fees to use the Cowichan Aquatic Centre, or an annual tax. The tax will be calculated by the assessed value of a property. Here’s what it means for residences:

Fall 2014 Amount per $100,000 of Average Fall 2014 assessed value value Shawnigan lake Communityhouse Centre Shawnigan lake Community Centre Area F 1.66 $320,000

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means no October annual tax thep.m. continuation of higher admission Thursday, 10 but | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 10 | 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. fees. The choice isoryours. Fly like a butterfly jump like a frog! Little dancers will Fly like a butterfly or jump like a frog! Little dancers will explore ballet and movement through imagery, Voting ballet and movement basics explore basics through imagery, playful games, and fun exercises. playful games, and fun Saturday, November 15,exercises. 2014 8:00 am - 8:00 pm location: SlCC | Instructor: Nicholas Electorial SlCC Area F,| Instructor: Cowichan Bonnie Lake Sports Arena, location: Bonnie Nicholas 311 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan

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A recent report released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business ranked Lake Cowichan as the ‘best municipality in BC.’ The report analyzed municipal spending data from 20002012 from 151 BC municipalities based on operating spending and most recent spending levels per capita. Lake

Cowichan ranked first out of 151. According to the report, “Lake Cowichan is the best ranked municipality in BC, up from fourth place last year. The municipality has a 2012 per capita operating spending of $945 and is one of the few BC municipalities to have decreased its 2000 to 2012 real operating spending per capita, reducing it by three per cent.” The study analyzed the results from 2000-

2012, which spanned a number of town councils and town staff. Other key findings of the CFIB study mention that only “eight of 151 municipalities in BC have kept operating spending in line with inflation and population growth over the past 12 years. No large municipalities (population of 25,000 and over) made the list.” According to the report, Vancouver Island as a whole had the highest operating

spending growth over the past 12 years of all regions on the study. Town representatives say this is something that is positive news for everyone in Lake Cowichan and something that everyone should share in being proud of the for the community as a whole. The full BC Municipal Spending Watch 2014, which details spending of municipalities around BC, can be found at cfib-fcei.ca.

Now that you have turned your clocks back... The Lake Cowichan Fire Department would like to remind you that this is the perfect time to:

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Cowichan River tours give candidates first-hand look at threatened waterway

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Cowichan River tours are twinning door knocking by local candidates of all stripes concerned about risks to fish habitat and drought on our threatened heritage waterway. Cowichan Watershed Board’s Rodger Hunter said he tried to contact all local government and schoolboard hopefuls whose email or phone was listed on the Civicinfo site. Tours visit Cowichan Lake’s water-storage weir — owned by Catalyst’s Crofton pulp mill, and run under two provincial water-flow licences — the Stoltz Bluff bank-remediation area, and other points. “It is fantastic to be able to offer leaders who care about our community a tour where they can see and discuss our incredible watershed, and develop a firsthand understanding of the challenges and amazing opportunities that face us. “I admire the candidates who are taking time to participate in these six-hour tours to learn about our Canadian heritage river and watershed during tours we have been able to offer on selected dates between Oct. 28 and Nov. 8,” he emailed the News Leader Pictorial. “I learned two were unable to participate on a full tour because of disabilities, and I will try to make alternate arrangements for them.” The following candidates indicated that they aim to take a CWB tour during the campaign toward the Nov. 15 vote: Maeve Maguire, Wendy Klyne, Katelyn Beale, Damir Wallener, Lura McCallum, Jim Fane, Ron Waller, Beverly North, Robert Arndt, Currie Ellis, Carolyne Austin, Deb Foster, Elizabeth Croft, Roger Chin, Travis Peterson, Lorna Vomacka,

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This month will see ground broken on the town’s two new crosswalks. One will be located by Palsson Elementary at the “Friendship Trail,” and the other by the Lake Cowichan School. According to Joe Fernandez, the town’s Chief Administrative Officer, construction on both crosswalks will begin soon. “We anticipate start up before the end of November,” said Fernandez. He added that the crosswalks need to be completed before the end of the year in order to qualify for funding, and he anticipates that they will meet that deadline. “We can always apply for an extension if we need to,” said

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New crosswalks for school kids in Lake Cowichan Fernandez, but he believes that won’t be necessary. The two crosswalks will cost a total of $74,395. ICBC, who deemed the school locations to be top priority for this fiscal year, will give $25,000 towards the cost. The Ministry of Transportation approved the locations and also gave $10,000 to the project, leaving the taxpayers’ bill at $39,395. Two more crosswalks are slated to be built in 2015. One is expected to go near the RBC and the other will be by the new town square. The town will need to budget for these crosswalks in the 2015 budget, which will be done by the new council, and the Ministry of Transportation will need to approve the locations, since they have jurisdiction over the applicable roads.

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Wilma Rowbottom, Poppy Chairman of Legion Branch 210, raised the Poppy flag last Friday to officially open the 2014 poppy campaign in Lake Cowichan.

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Laurie Thomson, Kate Marsh, Randy Doman, Candace Spilsbury, Rob Douglas, Jenni Capps, Alison Nicholson, Larry Jorginson, Jeff Motley, Heather Campbell, Michele Staples, Sonia Furstenau, Kerry Davis, Peggy Bran and Hubert Crevels. “Several candidates who have been members of the Cowichan Watershed Board have participated in watershed tours and already had an intimate knowledge of the watershed and watershed-related issues,” Hunter said. Those folks include Ross Forrest, Rob Hutchins, Lori Iannidinardo, Klaus Kuhn, Jon Lefebure, and Ian Morrison. In addition, candidates Mel Dorey, Loren Duncan, Tom Duncan, Paul Fletcher, Dave Haywood, Sharon Jackson, Phil Kent, Mary Marcotte, Alison Nicholson, Al Siebring and Tom Walker have taken the tour previously. Some candidates possibly couldn’t participate because none of the dates worked for them. “If funding permits, I may add one more day to see if others can attend,” Hunter noted. Candidates can call 250-701-0143.

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Make time for remembrance In today’s chaotic world it is easy to lose sight of the sacriﬁce of others through the busyness of our day to day lives. This makes it even more important to take the time every November and pay respects to those who have fallen in service to our country, whether they served in our grandparents’ time, our parents’ or our own. I have been lucky enough to meet a number of wonderful military men and women when I worked as a civilian for the Canadian Forces at CFB Edmonton. Through that job, I met active and retired members, men and women who had been deployed all over the world during a number of wars. I met men and women who suffer from PTSD, ﬁghting every day to manage this life-long injury. I worked with a wonderful young man who had been injured in Afghanistan and had been through 11 surgeries to repair his

body. He lives every day in pain. I worked with an amazing young woman who moved up the ranks quickly because of her intelligence, poise and talent at her job, but at great cost to her personal life. Edmonton is where I met my commonlaw partner. He served more than four years as a combat engineer in a high readiness troop, waiting to be deployed. He always felt guilty when people would thank him for his service because he never went to Afghanistan. He felt he wasn’t doing enough. He was happy to deploy to the ﬂoods in Alberta and, in his words, ﬁnally do his part for his country. I feel lucky to have met so many dedicated soldiers. I feel lucky that I had the chance to embed as a journalist in two military exercises in Canada so that I could gain a deeper understanding of the exhaustive, hyper-vigilant life

a soldier must lead, even during “practice” exercises on Canadian soil. And now, as a volunteer ﬁre ﬁghter, I am trying to do my very small part for my community, to keep those around me safe and well like so many Canadians before me. What I learned from those I met is that being a soldier is not easy. It is sometimes glamourous, for a moment or two, but most of the time, for

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every military member I’ve met, it is a balancing act between too much and too little, extreme intensity versus absolute inactivity. That lifestyle puts stress on even the toughest person. But the efforts of these military members touch us all, everyday, especially in the past weeks. The deaths of Warrant Ofﬁcer Patrice Vincent and Corporal Nathan Cirillo have given us all two more

deaths to mourn, two more lives to remember. Please take the time this Nov. 11 to give thanks for the sacriﬁces of the fallen and to give thanks to the sacriﬁces of those who serve and still live in this great nation. Nov. 11 is their day, so pay your respects to family, friends and acquaintances across Canada. Lest we forget. –Aspen Gainer, Editor

Thanks and kudos Dear Editor, Please add my thanks and kudos to Judith Quinlan for her ﬁne article about the value of our local pool both for general health and rehabilitation. My surgeon and the hospital physio were delighted to hear I planned to use this ﬁne facility for my broken hip.

DENNIS SKALICKY Publisher The Lake Cowichan Gazette 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 BC Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to BC Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

However, as noted, it is expensive if used twice a week and I would like to urge Area I representative and all the voters to support the pool referendum so that we, like the rest of CVRD, can use and enjoy the pool at the same price. Yours truly, –Helen Evans

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SAYS We asked:

Will your feelings change about Remembrance Day after the recent events in Ottawa this year?

Norah Erskine “No, because I have always felt very humbled. My father was in the First World War, brothers and husband in the second. It’s always a remembrance, yet a thankful day that these people gave their lives for us.”

Gordon Croft “Yes, we will attend with much more resolve to remember.”

Bobbi Piechnik “Yes, because it brings it really close again. We remember these veterans every year, sometimes we become complacent, we go and remember but we do it once a year. This came home, to be reminded that people are still standing on guard.”

Erik Andersen “It makes me think about it a lot more. I also think it is awesome what that guy from Cobble Hill is doing, standing on guard at the cenotaph in Duncan.”

Karen Croft “Yes, they are much more poignant and much more meaningful for me.”

Grade 4 students (from left) Elijah Vaughn, James Affleck and Sarah Brown pose with principal Nicole Boucher. Last Friday LCS held a costume contest as part of the Halloween activities. Photo Dennis Skalicky

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Above: The staff and students at Palsson School held a pumpkin lightup to celebrate Halloween last Friday. Left: Stevie Svendsen from Ms. Dowler’s kindergarten class shows off the pumpkin she made last Friday.

Joanne deLure, Candidate for School Trustee District #79

I am part of ‘Student First’ We are a group of individuals from different backgrounds, beliefs who have come together because we have the same values and objectives for the student of District #79. We offer each other support. We are a team– not clones. WE ARE NOT A VOTING BLOCK!!! We will be voting independently on all the issues. The primary objective of our shared values and beliefs is that students should come first. This means we want success for every student and the focus is for students - to attain the best education possible for all. Recent Labour problems have shown lots of things wrong with our currect system - but there are things that are right as well. We have to focus on the future. Please support me on November 15 and support our team with your vote. Funded by the Joanne deLure Elections Campaign. Authorized by Dorothy Alexander Financial Agent -alexanderco@shaw.ca

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Left photo: Kennedy White won first place for seven- and eight-year-olds dressed as the Corpse Bride at the Youbou Hall Halloween Party and Haunted House. Right photo: The Youbou Crematorium made by Connie Vaughn and crew won first place in the Haunted House contest. Second place went to Kim Ring and family for their Gore Sisters Circus of Psychos. Eva Fearon and her Ghost Hotel was voted Third place.

Halloween 2014 another screaming success

Aspen Gainer

Lake CowiChan Gazette

Halloween was a busy day around the lake this year. Palsson School held a Halloween Pumpkin LightUp last Friday where students decorated pumpkins and then lit them in an assembly. Lake Cowichan School held a costume contest for students to show off their costumes to friends and family. Honeymoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department served hot dogs, hot chocolate and hosted an evening bon fire and costume contest. Youbou’s Halloween Haunted House was another success this year. Residents from around

the lake communities visited the Youbou Communtiy Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. There were many traditional costumes along with a variety of original ones, including a toddler dressed up as a mouse in a stroller decked out like a mouse trap. The Haunted House was three rooms this year, with a fourth, less scary Halloween-themed room for young children to play in. The main house was a long, winding maze complete with ghosts, zombies, a grieving widow, a mad doctor with a chainsaw sawing open a victim on his table, and little goblins hiding throughout the maze. Connie Vaughan and family created the ‘Youbou

Crematorium’ which won the contest for best room this year. Second place went to Kim Ring and family’s ‘Gore Sisters Circus of Psychos,’ and third place went to Eva Fearon’s ‘Ghost Hotel.’ There was also a costume competition will categories in all age groups. Trick-ortreaters visited the haunted house, showed off their costumes, ate hot dogs served by Youbou Volunteer Fire Department, and then wrapped things up to watch the fire works. Volunteers worked hard to make all of these events a screaming and safe success for everyone, and organizers are already looking forward to Halloween next year.

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Occupation: Retired Hometown: Lake Cowichan Favourite food: Curry Favourite activity: playing Canasta My proudest moment: each year my grandchildren were born Favourite time of day is: nap time My guiltiest pleasure is: chocolate My go-to wardrobe staple: Jeans and Shirts, Red Hat stuff In my car I listen to: Old time Rock and Roll In my fridge you’ll find: it’s full of good food If I had a $1,000,000: I’d go on a nice holiday.

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Photo circa 1983. Seven candidates all vying for positions on town council ready themselves to deliver their speeches at the local all-candidates meeting which is held before every election. From left: 23-year-old Rik Elves (believed to have been the youngest person to run for local office), *Ken Douglas, *Don Gordon, Frank Smith, *Barry Budden, *Earle Darling and *Ted Forrest (father of Mayor Ross Forrest).

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From the number of election signs spread all over town, one cannot be unaware that Election Day is just around the corner. The number of candidates running or rerunning for office of mayor, councillor and school trustee ensures that it will be, as always, an interesting election. Historically there has usually been a good turnout of voters here and a good number of candidates to choose from. This has generally been the case since our first civic election in 1944.

Today’s column will not be concerned with the upcoming elections; instead it will feature several photos of candidates from past elections. Not all succeeded in securing a position but everyone gave it their best thus ensuring that the democratic process was alive and well here in the Cowichan Lake area. An asterisk * in front of a name denotes that the candidate was, at some point in time elected to office. Swearing-in ceremony, held January 1977, for elected candidates who ran for village council and local school board in the November 1976 election. From left, newly sworn in Lake Cowichan School District 66 trustees *Dalton Smith, *Ray Bennett, *Buck Hollingdrake and *Bernice Sawkins. From right, newly elected village council aldermen *Ernie Burns and *Hazel Elves Beech. Gordon Loutet (standing between Bernice and Hazel), officiated at the swearing-in ceremony.

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470 Point Ideal $69,900

Fabulous lake views & only minutes from the boat launch. Build your home up high, enjoy the views this lot has to offer. Geo Technical report on file. A great investment!

A great South-East facing lot just waiting for your house plans. Only a 30 second walk to beautiful Cowichan Lake for fishing, Boating & swimming.

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Fabulous Lake Views! Gently sloping lot is perfect to build your dream home. No GST on the purchase price makes this lot a very affordable investment.

Marble Bay is now zoned for full time living and all owners have use of the private lakefront park with water slides and picnicking areas.

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Steps from the lake in this one bedroom mobile located in Paradise Village RV Park. There is a small addition attached to the home, a cute deck and a storage shed. Honeymoon Bay is a wonderful community to enjoy outdoor recreational activities on and around Cowichan Lake throughout the year. Priced to sell!

$289,900 320 Deer Road $399,000 10379 Arbutus Road 213,000 33 Pine Street $265,000 #59-6855 Park Ave. $105,000 BEAVER LAKE RESORT THIS HOME OFFERS LAKE VIEWS TWO C - 1 COMMERCIAL LOTS CLOSE TO AMENITIES

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Across from the lake, this well designed 3 bed/2 bath rancher is move-in-ready in the tranquil community of Honeymoon Bay. Features include arched ceilings, new laminate flooring, large kitchen w/ bright counter tops and island, separate eating nook & a pacific energy wood stove. En-suite features a large soaker tub and 3 skylights.

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Lake views from this Wonderful family 3 bed/3bath home home with 5 and only 3 years bedrooms and 4 REDUCED This 4 bed/3 bath home has a 1000 old. Modern living baths. Offers There is room for sq.ft. shop with over heights doors, with a large kitchen, radiant floor everyone here. 4 bdrm car hoist and parts room. And there SOLD wrap around deck heating, quality & 2 bath home on a is a two car garage! The home on two levels and floor tiles, Jacuzzi double south facing features tile and hardwood floors, oak cabinets and a huge outdoor deck with hot tub. The .40 acre property offers mountain views with too many features to list. Extremely well priced, tub, outside deck and fish pond. These are just lot. Offers a big detached shop, fenced garden lots of privacy and proximity to hiking trails. Tree fort included in the so don’t’ delay, this will not last long! some of the features this home has to offer. area, storage shed and many other features.

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Looking for a well Wonderful maintained home turnkey with great curb opportunity in appeal, private Bayview landscaped backyard Village. Quiet for entertaining and a separate driveway for your and private RV/Boat? This is the place for you! This 2 storey, 3 typifies this bdrm, 2 bath, open plan living is on a quiet property with tiered decks, covered deck area no-thru road close to the Cowichan River and including fire pit. 2 bed / 1 bath mobile. within easy walking distance to downtown. Don’t miss out on this one!

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Newer 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in the “Slopes”. Extremely good construction with 9’ ceiling, skylights, wood fireplace, maple cabinets - just some of the features this lovely home has to offer. You can’t beat the value on this gem!

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Lot 33 Kestrel Drive – Panoramic views on .43 Acre. Perfect location to build a cottage or residence. Lot 40 Kestrel Drive – Beautiful lake views from this affordably priced lot which is nearly ½ acre. Build your dream home! Lot 45 Blackwood Heights – Private ½ acre lot surrounded by trees. Own a piece of land on the sunny side of the lake.

Updated 4 bed / 3 bath family home on .30 acre centrally located in town. Features a beautiful kitchen with marble counter top and tiled back splash, large living room with feature fireplace and separate dining area, Brazilian teak hardwood floors, downstairs offers a large family room with fireplace & den. Don’t delay, come and view today!

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GREAT LOCATION Cute 3 bed/2bath rancher on a quiet cul-de-sac. Open design with curved archway separating the dining area from the living room, propane fireplace, skylight in the large kitchen along with a big island. Fenced & private back yard including a garden shed. Minutes from Cowichan River and shopping, this home is a great location offering both privacy and affordability.

A great way to get into the market with this well priced 3 bedroom home located on a corner lot. Upgrades include a remodelled bathroom and some new laminate floors. Large covered deck, great for BBQ’ing and a good sized back

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Appearances are deceiving. This home is entry level but has a fully finished basement. Many updates including flooring, Low Energy Windows, vinyl decking and more. This is a great family home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a big family room.

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Offered for sale as a package: the Just steps from the Trans pre-fabs are not included but are Canada Trail and walking negotiable; a wide range of options distance to all local amenities, with C-1 zoning includes: Retail, this 3 bedroom Rancher is a office, clubs/theatre, auto supply, must see. Nice sized U shaped welding-machine shop or a child kitchen, big living area with attractive brickwork around the care facility. These lots are the best propane fireplace, large open area that could be used as a Lake Cowichan has to offer!

Big outdoor deck and nice backyard. The home may need some upgrading but has many wonderful features such as a large kitchen and living room plus thermal windows on the main floor. Great house for a first time buyer / investor.

Two bedroom condo with easy access. Features include oak cabinets in the kitchen, walk in closet in the master bedroom and in suite laundry. Would make a great rental investment.

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Last Friday Pat Weaver, on behalf of the Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-op, presented a cheque for $1000 to the Cowichan Lake Food Bank, received by spokesperson Betty Sanddar. “We’re happy to do what we can do to support the Cowichan Lake area,” said Weaver. Sanddar was awed and overjoyed to hear about the donation. “I get teary just thinking about it,” said Sanddar. The food bank has had a rough go of things lately, since their home base, a space in one of the local churches, is being sold. Luckily, the Town of Lake Cowichan has come through to offer a temporary home from which the food bank can operate, the Mildred Childs Annex, next to town hall. Sanddar shares that originally the town thought they would only be able to offer it for about six months, but it might now be possible

An exciting start to the school year for students in 2014 Although the 2014 school year had begun a few weeks behind, LCS has certainly made up for lost time. Within a month, a host of fun events have taken place here, and there are more to come, as well. At the end of September, just a week after classes resumed, Tour de Rock arrived at the school, and were greeted with such enthusiasm that they had proclaimed LCS as the most welcoming of all the schools on the island that they had visited! Tour de Rock is a cancer awareness group that bicycles down the length of the island every autumn to visit schools and raise funds to go toward cancer research. LCS, as well as other people and groups in the community, raise thousands of dollars for Tour de Rock every year, by donating money, organizing hot dog sales, shaving heads, and, more recently, even the waxing of teachers’ legs! Smaller events have been taking place here at Lake Cowichan School, as well. Just two Wednesdays ago, the school hosted Pajama Day, which

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always proves to be visually interesting. In the past, Pajama Day mostly consisted of people wearing pajama bottoms to school rather than pants, but, especially since the rise of the “onezie” craze back in 2012, students can now be seen sporting full-body pajamas, usually made to look like an animal or a cartoon character, such as a zebra, lion, Totoro, or even Batman! Fun days, such as Pajama Day, are organized by the school’s hard working leadership students, from grades ten through twelve. Many of our LCS students have been or are involved in Lake Cowichan’s sister city exchange program. Next year, ten youth living in the Cowichan Lake Region (nine from LCS) will be participating in the exchange, and will be going to Ohtaki, Japan, in July, 2015. As part of the exchange, students from both countries come to visit each other’s communities, and just this month, we had twenty students, as well as six delegates and a translator, come to visit our town from Japan. The students stayed at the homes of various

community members, some of which were the homes of the families whose children are going to Japan next year. During their stay, the students visited many of Vancouver Island’s landmarks, including the world famous murals of Chemainus, as well as the world’s largest hockey stick in Duncan. On their last full day in Lake Cowichan, the Japanese delegation came to visit LCS, and was welcomed with a game of bench ball. The Japanese students also got to meet their Canadian pen pals, whom they have been writing to for the past year, which was followed by the telling of a First Nations legend, after which traditional bannock was served for the members of both the Canadian and Japanese delegations. As in the past months, make sure to be aware of more fundraisers so you can help support the Japanese exchange program, as it teaches local youth the importance of culture, as well as creating lifelong friendships that can span across the globe. –submitted by Evan Croteau

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they could stay there for closer to two years. However, as Sanddar mentions, they will always face this problem of instability unless they find a way to purchase a permanent location. She says plans are in the works for future upcoming fundraising campaigns. “Katherine made the point, and it is true, that so many people around town Photo Aspen Gainer are only two or three pay checks From left to right: Betty Sanddar, spokesperson for Lake Cowichan’s Food Bank, Pat PR Chair of Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-op , Katherine Worsley and away from needing Weaver, Cindy Vaast. Weaver donated $1000 to the food bank last Friday on behalf of the the food bank. Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-op. That’s the way the purchased items like sugar, since it has a long shelf life. economy is right fresh milk and produce. All If you would like to now,” said Sanddar. donate money or food to Sanddar says the Forest Co- of these items are purchased monthly since they are not the food bank, contact op’s donation will go to their Betty Sanddar or email monthly purchase of food like often donated. Sanddar says they welcome cowichanlakefoodbank@ powdered milk, which is quite gmail.com. expensive, and other regularly donations of powdered milk,

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victim gives the caller a 10 digit code off the back of the card, allowing the fraudster access to the funds,” describes the RCMP bulletin. The bulletin goes on to mention that a business in North Vancouver fell victim to the scam. “If it’s happening there, it’s happening here. People just might not be reporting it,” says Constable Jim Preston of the Lake Cowichan RCMP Detachment. Const. Preston advises residents to keep their wits about them if they receive such a call. Listen to the

caller, take down their name and information, and don’t be alarmed by the threat of money owing. Do not agree to purchase anything or to make any payments until you have contacted BC Hydro via the number that is on your bill statement. “Your bill will have your account information and what you’ve paid, so if you ever have any doubt, just get their information and then call yourself through your bill, and verify,” says Const. Preston. “If somebody has actually lost money or be defrauded, they can always report it to us.”

If you have’t lost money but receive a suspicious call, you can also contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888348-5358. The RCMP offer these scam prevention tips: • Scammers are counting on the fact that you will want to act quickly to prevent losing your power. • Never send money to anyone you do not know and trust. Verify the person’s identity before you take any action. • Don’t give out any personal information to an unknown caller.

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Left photo: Nora Arajs (left) and Christine (right) from Cowichan Green Community help unpack materials to build the compost bin at the community garden. Right photo: Luke (left), Andy (middle) and a group of workshop attendees help Erin Ward (second from right) build a community compost bin.

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On Saturday the Cowichan Green Community hosted a compositing basics workshop at Centennial Hall as the second in their sixsession series of gardening workshops centred around Lake Cowichan’s community garden. Thirteen participants from Lake Cowichan and Youbou attended the event, which consisted of an hour of instruction and discussion,

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followed by a work party to teach the skills learned in the class. This class focussed specifically on building a 3 part compost bin re-using readily available low-cost materials such as wooden pallets, rebar, twine and galvanized nails. Instructors Nora Arajs and Erin Ward of Cowichan Green Community discussed the many different types of composting that are out there, but stuck to the 3-bin system for simplicity’s sake, since the course was

meant to be accessible to new and experienced composters alike. Some highlights of the workshop are the importance of a lot of carbon or ‘brown’ material in your compost, (such as leaves, dead grasses, chopped up branches and sawdust) and less nitrogenrich or ‘green’ materials such as green grass clippings, kitchen waste, seaweed and the like. The ratio of brown to green should be 30 to 1 to achieve a highly functional compost.

The next workshop in the series runs on Thursday, Nov. 20 and will discuss ‘lasagna mulching.’ The instructional portion will be in the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena, and all are welcome to attend the instructional portion, the work party, or both. The class runs from 10 to 11 a.m. and the work party from 11:30 until 1:30 or completion. For more information, email Erin Ward of the Cowichan Green Community at erin@ cowichangreencommunity. org.

Teen teaches computers as part of work program Aspen Gainer

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Recently, Evan Croteau met Diane Jay at the Cowichan Lake District of Commerce for a computer lesson. Croteau is paid to learn computer skills and then teach them to Diane through an interesting initiative run by Industry Canada. The Computer Access Program, through the Government of Canada, provides computer and internet access to people who don’t have it, and teaches them skills to use computers and the internet. According to Wikipedia, those who need CAP are “Aboriginals, older Canadians, Canadians with low income or low education, francophone, new immigrants, and people in rural areas. Therefore, the focus is primarily to assist in ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’.” The CAP Youth Initiative (CAPYI) is funded through the Youth Employment Program of Canada. CAPYI seeks to teach computer skills to youth ages 15-30 and in return pays those youth to teach computer skills to others who need to learn. “It’s also an avenue to

bridge the gap between youth and seniors. Diane is fantastic for telling stories to Evan. And yesterday she came in to work on the computers and brought homemade cookies for Evan and everyone in the centre. So it’s an opportunity for the seniors to connect with the youth, too,” says Katherine Worsley, coordinator for the Cowichan Photo by Malcolm Chalmers Lake District Diane Jay picks up some computer pointers from Evan Croteau at the in the Chamber Chamber of of Commerce Visitor Centre. The ongoing Computer Access Youth Incentive program Commerce. from Industry Canada gives the community access to and helps them learn how to use The Chamber computers and the internet. of Commerce took over this helping students,” says around the Chamber, such education and employment Worsley. The program is as helping create maps and program in 2007. It was meant for anyone who needs brochures. formerly run by the Lake “The individual that we’re access to a computer. Cowichan Information Access working with, Diane, doesn’t The computers cost 15 Society, and when they shut have a computer in her home. cents per minute to use at the down, the Chamber took over She has been out of the techno Chamber. the contract with Industry loop for a while. Her daughter “It works out to $9 per Canada. is pretty proud of her wanting to hour,” says Worsley. The program isn’t just for learn now at this point in her life. Through this program, youth and seniors. And they’re making connection youth also learn a variety of “We have had students now using email,” says Worsley. skills and work on projects

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Message from the Governor General as Cpl Nathan Cirillo was laid to rest Oct. 28, 2014 YPRES—On this day when we lay Corporal Nathan Cirillo to rest, my wife Sharon and I join with all Canadians in mourning and in gratitude for those who stand guard for our nation. Each day in Canada, we ask members of our security forces to put themselves at

risk in defence of our laws, our freedoms and our very lives. As governor general and commander-in-chief, I am always humbled by those who answer the call to serve. And nowhere was this more evident than during the despicable attacks of last week. Two of our own have made the ultimate sacrifice, and we celebrate their life

and mourn their death. To the members of our military and our police and security services, and to all those who acted with such courage and professionalism over the past week, I offer my deepest thanks. I am writing this message from Belgium, where later today I will place a wreath and deliver remarks at the

Menin Gate in Ypres, where so many soldiers of the First World War were killed and wounded. As I have done at memorials throughout my trip to Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland, I speak in memory of the Canadians who served here and of all who have died in war and violence. And now, we also hold in our thoughts

and our prayers Warrant Officer Vincent and Corporal Cirillo. I have spoken with both of their families and can only imagine their sadness and grief, but I am heartened by their courage and resolve to carry on. All of Canada stands together at this difficult time. We will stand together once again during Remembrance

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REMEMBRANCE DAY PROGRAM Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210 of the Royal Canadian Legion cordially invites all members of Branch #210, serving and ex-service personnel, service clubs, fraternal organizations, youth groups and the general public to take part in and/or attend the REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADE AND SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2014

Brief Program For the parade and service

10:30 a.m. Parade forms at Firehall

10:50 a.m. Parade moves off in column of route

10:55 a.m. Parade arrives at the Cenotaph where the ceremony commences.

MEMBERS SHOULD WEAR LEGION DRESS, BERET AND SERVICE MEDALS GUARD OF HONOUR – The Admiral Mainguy Sea Cadets and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets No. 744 (Cowichan ) Squadron MASTER OF CEREMONIES ~ Mike Eckert PARADE COMMANDER – Earl McIntyre PADRE ~ Padre Ben Yablonski SOLOIST ~ Mary Popovich PIPER ~ Frank Nichol BUGLER - Brock Caplan BANDS - Cowichan Valley Pipes & Drums and the Cowichan Valley Community Band FOLLOWING THE SERVICE – Hot chocolate and hot dogs will be provided to participating youth groups in the Lower Hall of the Legion. In the event of adverse weather, youth leaders are asked to ensure their groups are adequately dressed. The health of youths on parade takes precedence over proper dress. A REQUEST TO MOTORISTS – The Royal Canadian Legion, respectfully request that the motoring public refrain from parking their vehicles on Gordon Road by the Cenotaph and Central Park to South Shore Road the morning of Tuesday, November 11th, until the ceremony is over.

Day, and honour the memory of our fallen soldiers by reaffirming our commitment to building the free and democratic society for which they died. –David Johnston Governor General (courtesy of DND website)

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17-year-old Lawrence Elves and his sister Verna in 1915, two years before Lawrence took part and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge. Verna later married Bill Palliser and lived for over 50 years in Lake Cowichan until her death in the 1990s. Lawrence lived until age 65 in Victoria.

Sitting far right: Long-time Youbou resident (the late) Colin Campbell at age 18, with other First World War soldiers somewhere in Belgium or France circa 1918. Campbell, father of local woman Anne Campbell, was born in Extension, BC (near Nanaimo) in 1899. In 1929 he moved to Youbou (about the time the new mill opened) where he and his wife raised their children. For many years he served as first aid man at the mill and throughout Youbou, providing treatment and teaching first aid to many hundreds in the community. After many years at the mill, he retired in 1964.

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Rolli Gunderson This year marks the 100th year anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. Starting on July 24, 1914 it lasted over four years, ending on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, November 11, 1918. The war was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history resulting in the deaths of nearly 61, 000 Canadians. The slaughter of so many Canadians erased the naïve idea of the honour and gallantry of war. The reality of war, which was demonstrated beyond belief, saw history refer to it as The war to end all wars, although that certainly was not the case. The success and the importance of the Battles of Passchendaele, Vimy

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and Ypres kindled a confidence and sense of pride nationally that Canada and its armed forces had proven a worthy defender on the world stage and an equal partner of the British Empire. Canada, in spite of the terrible human loss, could from then on stand proud that we had demonstrated, beyond all odds, that we could defend ourselves. At that time in history, and as part of the British Empire, it was Britain, not Canada, that made decisions relating to Canadian foreign policy. Because of Britain’s ultimatum that Germany withdraw its army from Belgium was not met, Canada automatically became an ally with –continued on page 15

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Britain, France, Serbia and Russia against Germany and the Austro- Hungarian empires. Back at home, Canadians were united. Under the new War measures Act of 1914, the Canadian parliament was given broad powers to maintain security and order during war. The Canadian Minister of Militia called for 25,000 volunteers to train in Quebec and 33,000 men showed up and at the beginning of October, 1914 Canada sent its first contingent of serviceman to Europe. And so it went. A great deal of Canada’s war effort was provided by volunteers. The Canadian Patriotic Fund raised money to support families of the servicemen who were serving overseas, military hospitals cared for the wounded and the Canadian Red Cross worked for the good of Canadian servicemen. By 1915, military spending equalled the entire Canadian government expenditure of 1913, causing the government, who choose not to raise taxes, to undertake a project that many thought

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impossible. Canadians were asked to loan money to their own government. $50 million was asked for – and $100 million was received. The government raised huge sums of money from “ordinary Canadians”. The Victory Loan campaign was a success with “Canada’s war effort being financed on borrowed money”. Recruitment continued as thousands of Canadian joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, a part of the British army. Although Canadians had lots to learn, it was recognized that they were good soldiers who fought with courage and a whole lot of selfsacrifice. By the latter years of the war, Canadian soldiers who “had struggled to achieve, and won, earned a considerable degree of autonomy from British control” (source Historica Canada). In addition to the 61,000 casualties, many more Canadian men returned home “mutilated in mind and body”. In human cost, the war had taken a whole generation of men who did not live to see the fruits of their sacrifice. Lest we forget.

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During the Second World War, the names of several Cowichan casualties appeared in a local paper, many of which had been employed at the Industrial Timber Mill (ITM) in Youbou prior to enlistment. One such young man was Sgt. Albert Patterson, who, at age 27, was killed in action Jul. 7, 1944 during the Battle of Normandy. After enlistment with the Rocky Mountain Rangers, the young man became impatient to “get overseas” and thus transferred to the 1st Canadian Scottish Regiment hoping he might get into action

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more quickly. Unfortunately for him, the plan worked but it also brought him early death while serving with the regiment. His parents were later presented the Silver Cross and ribbon by the War Department in Ottawa. The medal was a memorial to their son and the purple ribbon was to be worn by his mother, Mrs. John Patterson of Nanaimo. Another former ITM mill employee was Lt. Paul Lougheed, who was also killed in action at the Battle of Normandy in 1944. Employed as a millwright, he was among the first of the ITM employees to volunteer for service with the Canadian Armed Forces. Survived by his wife and mother, Lougheed was married while overseas, and, with his wife, enjoyed a brief furlough to

Canada about a year prior to his death. TPR Edmund Watson, step-son of (then) long- time area resident Shorty Leask, (who came to Lake Cowichan with the railway in the early 1900’s) was killed in action in Italy on Sep. 26, 1944. The 23-yearold had enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corp (RCASC) in November 1942 and was sent overseas in 1943 after basic training at Camp Borden, Ontario. Watson was also survived by his wife and family. Former Youbou resident, Pte. Roy Ovington, aged 22, was killed in action in France on Aug. 23, 1944, eight months after army enlistment. His brother Frank received his army call the same day the family received notice of Roy’s death while another brother was serving in France at the time. It is unknown if the two brothers survived the war.

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It was November 1946 and the war was over. Marjorie, an English war bride from Grimsby in the north of England, was packed and looking forward to boarding the Empire Brent, a War Bride ship that would soon depart from London. Marj and her Canadian husband Tom had married in England and were now parents of an 18-month-old son, Reggie. As the little family arrived at the docks where their ship was moored they encountered hundreds of people, mostly red-eyed weeping young wives and their young children, all saying their goodbyes to families and new husbands.

“Hysterical brides lined up travel, were enjoying the on ship rails while drowning adventure but that ended cows flounder in the water”. when a raging storm Everyone was terribly caused sea sickness among upset by the accident but the terrified passengers. even worse, because their Although Marj and Reggie ship sustained damage, were not affected, it was they would have to return still a trying time as many to London and wait for the mother and their crying next available ship. After babies were sick for days. a wait of a few days, the As long as Reggie received replacement ship was ready his big red apple every day, to go and on Dec. 4 Marj he seemed to be fine. and her son, along with A dance was planned the other wives and babies, to take place the evening boarded the ship again. before arrival in Canada, This time everything although Marj did not went off without a hitch. attend. Instead she enjoyed Marj watched the lights reading on deck, thinking it of Liverpool winking “really grand to sit there at in the distance as the night with the wind howling ship disappeared into around the mast”, while the evening sky. As the her son slept soundly in the beautiful sunset mingled safety of their with tall columns of smoke stateroom. rising from the industrial Reggie factories, she wondered made what the future held for her friends with and little Reggie. everyone, For the following nine both adults days the war bride ship and children made its way across alike. He the Atlantic without enjoyed encountering another ship. playing The passengers, for the first England, 1945, one-yearfew days of old Reggie and his parents

disembarking travellers. Marj and her son soon found themselves on a train that took them across Canada to their new life in Alberta. Later they moved to British Columbia. Marj, a petite and kind but shy English lady was destined to spend most her life in Burnaby where she and Tom had three more children. Young son Reggie (aka Reg Davis), the little boy who survived bomb shelters, Atlantic storms and the collision between the ship and the cattle boat (he slept through it all), breezed his way across the ocean and across Canada by train, to eventually settle here in Lake Cowichan where he has now lived for over 30 years.

Tom and Marj Davis. Reggie was born during the war, and he and his mother made the long trip from the north of England to board a “War Bride ship” to Canada. This is the small diary in which War Bride Marj Davis recorded her and her young son Reggie’s trip from London to a Photo and diary courtesy Reg Davis new life in Canada.

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with the other children each day. They also enjoyed their ration of chocolate bars which they purchased every few days at the ship’s commissary. They especially enjoyed the wonderful meals served each day and the extras that were provided. On the morning of Dec. 13, 1946, the ship approached Halifax harbour – Marj’s first glimpse of Canada – and what did she see but rain! The next sight was the rows of smartlooking little bungalows dotted everywhere, lovely pine trees, flags flying in the wind and the most thrilling of all….people on the dock waving and shouting ‘Welcome to Canada’ to the

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All serviceman, the husbands had not yet been discharged from service so would remain in England until discharged. The women and children would make the trip alone. Amid the happy chaos little Reggie wasn’t worried at all. After all, the youngster had spent many nights with his mother in air raid shelters during the war so the boy had learned to take it all in his stride. Filled with excitement and anticipation, the 300 wives and their 400 children (most crying babies) boarded the ship, found their staterooms, had dinner and waited for departure which was scheduled after midnight. The adventure had begun…. or had it? At 5 a.m. the following morning those who weren’t already up were awakened by a terrific bump which nearly shot Marj off her bed. Lo and behold, their ship had collided with a cattle boat in the river Mersey. The morning paper, Liverpool Echo, reported

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