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Assessments show stable property value Homes located in north end show slight increase over south BY KARL YU THE NEWS BULLETIN

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Seniors’ facility grapples with respiratory illness outbreak BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM THE NEWS BULLETIN

Influenza outbreak precautions have been lifted at Nanaimo’s Dufferin Place residential care facility after test results came back negative for the illness. Early precautions, including the limited transfers of residents, were being taken last week at Nanaimo’s Dufferin Place, as residents grappled with a respiratory or influenza-like illness. Those measures were lifted Friday when test results came back negative for influenza. The facility is still

on Island Health’s active outbreak list with five residents showing symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus, or Croup, but there are no visitor restrictions. Dufferin Place is one of 16 facilities on Vancouver Island to land on an active outbreak list in the last week. According to Dr. Charmaine Enns, medical health officer for Island Health, there’s been a sharp uptick in influenza-like illness and Island Health is seeing Influenza A H3N2 affect long-term care facilities – a strain not perfectly matched in this year’s flu vaccine.

Early outbreak precautions are taken as soon as two residents come down with symptoms. Despite a mismatch in this year’s vaccine, Enns said there is still some protection and encourages people to get immunized. “The mismatch is not a complete mismatch for H3N2 so there is still value in having the influenza vaccine,” she said. “We really want to encourage, especially our health care providers, to get the vaccine to limit the likelihood of being able to transmit to the people they care for.” news@nanaimobulletin.com

With 2015 assessment notices in the mail, homeowners in north Nanaimo can expect to see greater increase in property value than owners in the south. Bill Dawson, B.C. Assessment Vancouver Island deputy assessor, characterized this year’s assessment as modest. He said a majority of homeowners in Nanaimo and Lantzville will see the values of their homes change between minus-10 to plus-5 per cent compared to last year. “The north end of Nanaimo, especially that Dover/Dickinson area, is going to be receiving increases from let’s say, three to seven per cent typically for the median assessment change for those neighbourhoods,” said Dawson. He said the south end and downtown seem to be maintaining a stable rate, with a median assessment change between zero and a 2.5per cent increase. Unlike Nanaimo and Lantzville, Gabriola Island is seeing a decrease, with the average residential assessment dropping between three and five per cent in 2015, according to Dawson. “It’s a little bucking of the trend for the local market if you consider Gabriola as part of Nanaimo and Lantzville ... [It] seems to have a consistent slippage of the assessment values, between a zero and five-per cent range,” Dawson said. He said it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact reason one neighbourhood or region is increasing or decreasing at a different rate, as the factors affecting real estate value are numerous. See ‘TAXES’ /4

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There will be a very special Hockey Day in Nanaimo this week, and over the years, there have been a lot of special days of hockey in the city. The Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association is recognizing the sport’s 75-year history in the Harbour City by organizing Hockey Day in Nanaimo this Saturday (Jan. 10). The association has been observing the milestone all season, as it unveiled specially designed vintage jerseys in the fall. “The 75th anniversary of Nanaimo hockey is a milestone opportunity for our members to celebrate our history,” said Jamie Davis,

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the association’s president. “It is fun to reflect and recognize those players, coaches, parents, and volunteers who have come before us.” According to the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association, the first organized hockey team in the city was a juvenile squad that took the ice at the Civic Arena in 1939-40. At the time, the city had one of only four covered

arenas in British Columbia, and the Clippers intermediate and senior teams became immediately competitive, winning the Coy Cup in backto-back seasons in 1941, and ’42, plus a handful of other titles during the ’40s and ’50s. The first Clippers junior team began play in the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League in 1944 and won the champion-

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The 1940-41 Nanaimo Clippers senior team won the city’s first Coy Cup provincial championship.

ship its first two years. The sport has evolved since then. Jack Prestley, a Clippers player from the 1940s, said “it was a tough game” back then, “you hit and you expected to be hit,” but not the same way players hit nowadays. “Now they come

across the ice at 80 miles an hour and they’re so fast and fit,” Prestley said. The sticks are not wood anymore, said Davis, no one uses catalogues for shin pads, and some of the rules have changed. “But we are all connected in representing our community

and our love of the game,” he said. Les Mitchell, grandfather of NHLer Willie Mitchell, scored the championshipwinning goal for the Clippers in 1945 and will be on hand Saturday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre for hockey day’s ceremonial puck drop. The midget Tier 1 Clip-

pers play the Juan de Fuca Orcas at 2 p.m. and there will be minor hockey games throughout that day at every arena, plus prizes and 50/50 draws. To learn more about the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association, please visit www. hockeynanaimo. com.

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nce volunteers finish picking up donations, the 18th annual Coins for Kids campaign will wrap up for another season. The News Bulletin fundraiser, supporting Nanaimo Boys and Girls Club and the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive, started as the Pennies for Presents campaign in 1996. With the penny’s demise, the campaign name changed from Pennies for Presents to Coins for Kids, but the idea remains the same – collect enough spare change to make sure no child goes without presents at Christmas. To date the campaign has raised more than $160,000 and the money stays in the area where it’s used to buy presents, but also coats, mittens and even food for kids

The good news is this season’s total is a substantial increase over the 2013 campaign, which brought in $4,135. Pete MacDonald, a longtime Coins for Kids volunteer and supporter always looking for ways to bring in more cash, said he hopes to drive donations by having more

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Taxes not directly impacted by assessments son said. Brian Clemens, City of Nanaimo director of finance, said generally speaking, changes in market value don’t affect the overall amount of taxes the city has. Property taxes for city residents will be determined in budget discussions expected to begin

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“Assessments are based on numerous characteristics, including a property’s size, age, quality, condition, view and location. B.C. Assessment follows the market by examining sales and ensuring the market trends are accurately considered,” Daw-

later this month. “So when we set our property tax increase ... right now it’s estimated to be 2.2 per cent based on the last five-year financial plan, that would give the city an additional 2.2-per cent revenue from all properties. Now that won’t mean every single individ-

ual property pays 2.2 per cent more. “Those that have increases in their assessment that’s higher than the average will get a higher increase and those that have increases that are less than that average will get lower,” Clemens said. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

Pet licences need renewal A dog’s tag is a critical piece of identification that allows the city to contact owners of lost or missing dogs. The city is reminding dog owners to renew their pets’ licences. A dog licence and identification tag is required for every dog in Nanaimo more than three months old and must be renewed annually. Licences cost $30 and a $5 discount is available if purchased by March 1. Owners of new dogs acquired after July 1 of the licensing year pay just $20. Dog licences can be purchased at the City of Nanaimo Services and Resource Centre at 411 Dunsmuir St., Oliver Woods Community Centre or the Animal Shelter at 1260 Nanaimo Lakes Rd.

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also slow down to 70 km/h or down to 40 km/h where the limit is less than 80 km/h. “Originally it was just police, fire, ambulance and tow trucks,” said Cpl. Norm Smith, head of Nanaimo RCMP traffic services. “Now it’s basically anybody that is technically working on the side of the road, so the B.C. Hydro guys and stuff like that, they’re all covered now. Roadside maintenance, anything like that, has to be cared for.” Smith said in some instances police have used their patrol cars to block the slow lane to protect themselves and the

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In a Toronto boarding house where almost every room offered a different drug, 14-year-old runaway Myra Perrin was offered a chance to no longer worry about life. “They [the tenants] said it will help you forget and you don’t have to worry about your life and stuff so I thought OK,” said Perrin, who was offered crystal meth and speed after running away from home where she had been abused by a relative. “It does make you forget about everything. I thought, I think I’ll do more of this.” Perrin dropped out of school. She worked as a waitress at a Toronto restaurant, but at 14, wasn’t paid much, and sold sex on the streets. It was the beginning of a life of addiction that would span almost three decades. She would overdose “quite a few times” and even get struck by a car while high on blackberry wine and cocaine, suffering internal injuries and a broken hip, tailbone and shoulder. She says she was so out of it, all she remembers is waking up in intensive care. Perrin didn’t hit a turning point until 2009 while she was living in Prince George. Her boyfriend at the time crushed and broke her leg, jaw and nose and gave her HIV knowing he was carrying the disease, she said. Perrin reached out to her family, who paid for her bus ticket to Nanaimo and arranged for her to stay at Samaritan House. She later moved into Sophia House, a five-bed supportive recovery program for women post-treatment. It closed in 2012 after a funding deficit and less-than-sustainable

occupancy rates, according to a press release from its operator, the Island Crisis Care Society. “It was just a fantastic place. It taught me how to love myself again,” said Perrin who says without Samaritan and Sophia House she’d be dead or on the streets. Now, two years after Sophia House shuttered, Island Health has announced the return of supportive recovery for women in the Nanaimo area.

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With women, when they’re healthy, their families tend to be healthier as well, so i think that we see the spinoff not just on an individual basis, but population-wise too.

Island Health, which once funded ICCS’ Sophia House to the tune of about $290,000 annually, has put out a request for proposals for a five- to six-bed supportive recovery service, where women would be able to stay an average of three months and learn problem solving to substance-use patterns, relapse prevention and good nutritional choices. Island Health is also looking for the ability to expand the service by another four beds when dollars are available. Island Health, the crisis care society and Nanaimo Regional John Howard Society agree there’s a need for the beds. All 11 supportive recovery beds for the central Island are designated for men. Women looking for the same kind of aid currently have to

seek space up Island or in Victoria. “We don’t have anything – not as far as residential programs,” said Violet Hayes, executive director of the Island Crisis Care Society, who said in a previous interview that leaving the community is challenging for women, especially if they have a family and want to maintain those relationships in Nanaimo. She calls Island Health’s announcement great. Keva Glynn, Island Health director for strategic and tertiary mental health and substance use services, said a 2013 service review recommended the beds and with the number of people coming out of detox – an average of 19 women a month – there is need. “The utilization I think is a fair question. That if we weren’t able to fill it before, would we be able to fill it now and what I am thinking and I think what others are as well is if we have stronger connections with referral agencies [like Clearview Detox] ... we will be able to fill it,” she said. Sophia House, which opened in 2010, only ever reached about 66 per cent occupancy. In 2011, it was 51 per cent full – accounting for one of the reasons it closed, said Glynn, who adds that it also didn’t offer enough supports. Island Health plans on creating connections with the detox centre, as well as employment and family transition services. According to Glynn, the supportive recovery is huge and an important component for women, giving them extra time and tools to help sustain their recovery after the physical detox. “With women, when they’re healthy, their families tend to be healthier as well, so I think that we see the spinoff not just on an individual basis, but population-wise too,” she said. The request for proposals closes at the end of January. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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Start new year on right foot The changing of the calendar on the wall brings the promise of a new beginning. Of course the baggage of the previous 12 months is carried over into January, but there’s still the feeling of a fresh start, even if it’s largely in our own minds. And it’s important to kid ourselves a little as the feel-good atmosphere of the holiday season fades, especially when facing the long, cold weeks that are about to come. Procrastination and just sheer laziness are tempting as we head out on our way into the unknown that is 2015, but it’s important to take advantage of the opportunity that a blank page represents in our lives. We may be 25, 45 or 65 but a new year, heck even a new day, always provides the opportunity to make positive changes in our lives that benefit not only us but our families, friends and communities as well. Hopefully we soaked up enough goodwill over the holidays that it carries far into the new year and we become a little bit closer to that person we want to be or at least feel we should be attempting to be. Of course there will be bumps along the road to our goals, but as they say it’s not so much what happens to us in life as how we respond to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune – or something to that effect. New year’s resolutions can be helpful, but they’re often ineffective and it’s likely some of us have broken a few already and it’s only Jan. 6. Making realistic and manageable changes in our daily lives toward long-term goals, that may or may not include resolutions, is likely a better way to achieve a happier and more satisfying 2015 for the majority of us. One thing is sure – the new year brings 365 days to realize infinite possibilities.

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It’s important to care for the Earth’s earth Goals of the UN International bloodstream infections (sepsis), Year of Soils include educatdiarrhoea, pneumonia, urinary ing the public about the vital tract infections and gonorrhoea. importance of healthy soils and The results show that these bacsupporting effective policies and teria have mutated into ‘superactions for sustainable managebugs,’ resistant to our antibiotic ment and protection of soils. medications, especially to ‘last In his book, Dirt: The Erosion resort’ antibiotics, in all regions of Civilisations, David R. Montof the world. gomery, a professor of Earth and At the same time, a new Space Sciences at the study from WashingUniversity of Washton University School FOOD ington, describes how of Medicine has MATTERS the erosion of soil due revealed that bacteto plow-based agriculria that naturally live Marjorie Stewart ture has led to the fall in the soil are very of many civilizations, unlikely to develop from ancient Greece antibiotic resistance in the Bronze Age, to as fast as the infecnow. tious bacteria. Scientists at WitwaChildren raised on tersrand University ecologically run farms have published (in Sciin central Europe have ence) their conclusion much lower rates of that “Great civilizations have allergy and asthma than urban fallen because they failed to pre- children or those raised on vent the degradation of the soils industrialized farms. The answer on which they were founded. seems to be microbes – in The modern world could suffer manure, in unpasteurized milk, the same fate.” in stable dust, on unwashed Antimicrobial resistance: food and in the soil. How soil global report on surveillance, and other farm microbes proa recent report by the World tect against allergic diseases Health Organization, confirms is still unknown, but research that bacterial resistance to is increasingly pointing to the antibiotic treatment is now a need for a new relationship with major danger to public health. bacteria. The report focuses on seven difDaphne Miller, a family physiferent bacteria responsible for: cian, and associate professor at

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U.C. San Francisco, writes in an article for the Winter 2014 issue of YES! Magazine: “I now tell my patients that food grown in welltreated soil might offer distinct advantages when it comes to scoring the best nutrients and building a healthy immune system.” Miller believes that “farmers who live on their land and feed their family from it tend to care for their soil as if it were another family member” and therefore advises her patients to “know your farmers.” 2015 is also the beginning of a four-year term for councillors in B.C.’s villages, towns and cities. All municipalities have soils bylaws, but they don’t talk about the health of soils. They talk about soil as ‘fill,’ and as something that gets moved from one place to another so frequently that we need a bylaw to regulate its movement. Because municipalities play a major role in land use through zoning, citizens could contribute to the International Year of Soils by asking councillors to take action to protect and maintain healthy soils. u Marjorie Stewart is board chairwoman of the Nanaimo Foodshare Society. marjorieandalstewart@shaw.ca

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100 per cent expected him to have done a fracking better job as a seasoned legislative reporter and columnist. By asking a lot more tough and straightforward questions, particularly on LNG,

ber of commerce ballyhoo and the downtown business people’s propaganda, Nanaimo is just a small harbour city with a pretty waterfront. There are no major attractions here. Get used to it. 6. Lock the door. 7. Now take a long, hard look at whatever possibilities there may be out there to make use of the building. Offhand I can’t I think of any, although it would have made a beautiful city hall. We can hope the new city council will have some positive ideas and the will to act.

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thing. So now is an excellent time to begin the big cutback. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Dump the entire staff. What do unionized employees and management do all day in an empty building? 2. Hire people to work shifts as watchmen for insurance purposes. 3. Turn off all lights. 4. Turn down the heat. 5. We have maybe two years left on the contract #15 to operate the place: buy it out. I’m not saying the company didn’t do the job it was hired for, it just didn’t have a product to sell. Despite all the cham-

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Re: Clark on climate, clawbacks, credit cards, Opinion, Dec. 11. I was very disappointed with Tom Fletcher’s very lacklustre Q and A with Premier Christy Clark, because I would have

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Re: Conference centre’s time is up, Letters, Dec. 24. I’m surprised at how many taxpayers are fed up with the ongoing convention centre disaster. But there is a good sign: they’re beginning to vent their disgust to the new council. The general theme, in no uncertain terms, is ‘shut it down.’ To take it a step farther, city council is finally free of the last remaining member of the infamous ‘yes committee’ that combined with city council and the chamber of commerce to edge through a two-per cent majority vote to build the

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are compensated, for what? The pork barrel we call downtown is not serving this city’s best interest. Downtown has gone from ‘red zone’ to ‘dead zone.’ It’s definitely time for a core review, and to design this city for the people who call it home, work, live and spend their hardearned cash here. Is that too much to ask from a taxpayer?

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In the local papers we got a guide to see the stunning Christmas lights provided by private homeowners. Nanaimo’s downtown was not on the list. In fact it was shameful. There is nothing to show downtown for the millions that have been chiselled from taxpayers. Tourism Nanaimo has failed the people of this city, along with all the other groups and committees that

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Predictions call for success for business community By Kim Smythe Since my stellar fortune telling last January, I’ve decided to regale you with some forwardlooking predictions for Nanaimo in 2015. First off, construction on the conference centre hotel by SSS Manhao will get underway much to the relief of many. Although it will take some time to unfold, all will declare it a beauti-

ful design and an outstanding addition to our skyline. Sometime during the year, the Hilton project will also get off the ground. How council deals with the issue of Georgia Park is not open for prediction. Will we or won’t we see a foot passenger ferry? That’s a tough one, but I’m going to say yes. This is a case of ‘so near yet so far.’ If the commu-

nity’s wishes, hopes and dreams were enough to float a boat, Island Ferry Services would be cruising already. Business succession is a major issue as so many local owner/operators approach retirement age. Many Asian investors are seizing upon these opportunities and purchasing some of our Island’s landmark businesses. The chamber

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new mayor. It’s a huge task they’re taking on for the next four years. Input and support invited, they say. Nanaimo is successfully attracting a cluster of high-tech industry. From software development for industry to gaming, robotics to web-based developments, Nanaimo will see continued growth as our community’s geographic location,

cost of living, and quality of life all attract the kinds of people making this sector prosper. Happy New Year to one and all. May your businesses thrive, may you find the right work/life balance, and may we all contribute to a successful city in 2015. u Kim Smythe is CEO of the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce.

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Year filled with economic highlights By SaSha anguS B.C.-based Lafitte Ventures, Tilray The Nanaimo region has had celebrated the official opening of another busy and evermore its production facility in April. prosperous year in 2014. As we Nanaimo city council recently quickly approach the start to an approved Tilray’s application to exciting new year, let’s take this rezone three adjacent properopportunity to reflect on three of ties. Tilray started the prepathe many highlights from 2014. ratory process to construct a This year saw the introduction new 265,000-square-foot facility, of an exciting new asset to the predicted to yield an additional Nanaimo business community – 275 jobs. The NEDC helped to SquareOne. NEDC and Innovation make the initial business case for Island worked collaboratively Nanaimo, and secured the project to bring this 24-hour co-working over three other regions in B.C. space and technology incubator that were competing as potential to downtown Nanaimo. locations for the Tilray facility. The 28-desk space at 38 Victoria The Nanaimo region became Cres. provides business people the first community outside of with a unique work environment. the U.S. to launch Townsquared The goal of SquareOne is to pro(www.townsqd.com), a free and vide the resources necessary private online network for local for entrepreneurs to be successbusiness owners, managers and ful, stay in Nanaimo, hire and employees. It allows businesses grow their company. The value to communicate more effectively, of incubators includes not only source new income streams, and the bricks and mortar, the office to create new and lasting partspace and the reduced rent, but nerships within their geographic also the programs and services, area and among industry peers. and the expertise to help move We at the NEDC are excited to individual companies and the start the 2015 business year, and tech sector forward. proud to continue striving to In 2014, Tilray Medical Canbuild a prosperous community nabis began growing, processing through economic opportunity. Ditch the and packaging forresolution sale medical-and start a Ditch the resolution startAngus a isuCEO of Nanaimo grade marijuana inside a $3-mil- and Sasha lion, 35,000-square-foot wareEconomic Development Corporaresolution start a house Ditch at Dukethe Point. The face ofandtion.

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Diane Rae to host multi-site painting exhibit throughout Nanaimo BY NICHOLAS PESCOD THE NEWS BULLETIN

recently relocated artist is about to introduce herself to her new community in a creative fashion. For the next 12 weeks, Diane Rae will be painting on a large canvas at various locations throughout Nanaimo as part of a public art project, with the first public event kicking off today (Jan. 6) at Wellington Library. “It’s a large-scale painting,” Rae told the News Bulletin. “I will be starting the painting at the Wellington Library and I will only be painting that painting during the 12 weeks.” The public art project, which is called On Site Art Interchange, is an opportunity for the public to interact, ask questions and

I wanted to challenge myself with something new.

become inspired. “My hope is that they will be inspired,” Rae said. “If they’ve been interested in doing art themselves and they have been investigating it, then this might be an opportunity for them to see that it is not such a scary process.” This is not the first time Rae, an independent artist for nearly 30 years, has held

her On Site Art Interchange. Rae previously hosted the public art series in Port Alberni last year, where she painted a picture of Newcastle Island. “I wanted to challenge myself with something new,” Rae said. “Painting is usually done so privately and I figured that after 30 years I should be able to do that openly and in an educational format.” Last month Rae, who has previously worked in Vancouver and the Interior, moved to the Harbour City from Port Alberni. “I wanted to be in a place where there were more people and a more cosmopolitan place and Nanaimo seems to be picking up so much,” Rae said. “So I thought Nanaimo would be a good place to be.” See ‘ARTIST’ /20

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Diane Rae holds a poster for her On Site Art Interchange, a 12-week public painting series that will be held at various locations throughout the city. The first event takes place today (Jan. 6) at the Wellington Library.

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MUSIC DAVE HART performs at the Longwood Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd. on Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. THE BIG MESS performs at the Acme Food Co. on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. The event is free. For more information, please contact 250753-0042.

BIG BANG BABY performs at the Well Pub on Jan. 17 at 9 p.m. STEPHEN MICHAEL KABAKOS performs as Elvis Presley in If I Can Dream at the Port Theatre on Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $41.75. For more information, including tickets, please call 250-754-8550.

KATI DEBRETZENI performs with the Victoria Baroque Players on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 311 Fitzwilliam St. Tickets range from $5 to $27. For more information, including ticket purchases, please call 250-652-0116. LUCID AFTERLIFE performs at the Cambie, 64 Victoria Cres. on Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. MID LIFE CRISIS performs at the Well Pub on Victoria Avenue on Jan. 24 at 9 p.m.

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QUINTESSENCE performs at Brechin United Church, 1998 Estevan Rd. on Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. Advanced tickets are $25 for students and $30 for adults. Tickets at the door are $25 for students and $35 for adults. For more information, including ticket purchases, please contact the Port Theatre box office at 250-754-8550 or visit www.porttheatre. com. SUNS OF GUNS performs at the Well Pub on Jan. 31 at 9 p.m. SARAH HAGEN performs at the Port Theatre on Feb. 3 at 10:30 a.m. as part of the Classical Coffee Concert Series. Tickets range from $15 to $27.50. For more information, including ticket purchases, please call 250-754-8550. LINDSAY MARTELL performs with Rodeo Drive and Nick Begg at the Dinghy Dock Pub on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include ferry ride. To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketzone.com. DALLAS SMITH performs with Charlie Worsham at the Port Theatre on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets are sold out.

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GYMNOPÉDIES/ HENRI MICHAUX: MOUVEMENTS will be held on Feb. 24 at the Port Theatre. The production includes nudity. Tickets range from $15 to $55. For more information, including tickets, please call 250-7548550.

LOVERBOY performs at the Port Theatre on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $50 to $80. BIG SUGAR performs at the Port Theatre on March 11 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50. For more information, including ticket purchases, call the box office at 250-7548550 or visit www. porttheatre.com.

EVENTS STUART MCLEAN’S VINYL CAFE runs on Jan. 28 at the Port Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The also event features live music. Tickets are $57 for adults and $37 for students. For more information, including ticket purchases, please call the box office at 250-7548550 or visit www. porttheatre.com.

COMEDY ARJ BAKER performs with Dan Quinn, Craig Campbell and Paul Myrehaug as part of the Snowed In Comedy Tour on Jan. 13 at the Port Theatre. Tickets are $35. For more information, including ticket purchases, call the box office 250754-8550. THE COMIC STRIPPERS perform at the Port Theatre on Mar. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 or $30 for a group of six or more. For more information, including ticket purchases, please call 250-7548550 or visit www. porttheatre.com.

RED LIGHTS & ROULETTE runs from Feb. 2 until May 1 at the Nanaimo Museum. The exhibit looks at the history of prostitution and gambling in Nanaimo. For more information, please call 250-7531821. HARBOUR CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL runs on Feb. 6 at the Port Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets $12.

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Rae grew up in Hamilton, Ont., and attended the University of Toronto, where she graduated with a degree in fine arts. After a few years working various jobs, Rae decided to become a fully independent artist and moved to British Columbia in the late ’90s. “I couldn’t be happy with what I was doing in other jobs,” she said. “I didn’t find any satisfaction and it wasn’t what I wanted to do.” Rae explained that painting in public is an optimal way for her to remain motivated. “This is definitely a way for me to continue to paint because it is not always easy to set yourself down and paint,” she said. “If you put a goal before yourself then backing out is more publicly embarrassing than doing it.” She said that painting in public is also a great way for her to receive constructive criticism. “One of the biggest advantages to being a student is the critiquing that goes on with the other students,” she said. “One of the things that you miss terribly when you’re on your own is people giving you feedback.” As an artist, Rae’s main goal is to inspire people to believe that they can have a say in art. “I like to make it an enjoyable experience for people so that they are not intimidated,” she said. On Site Art Interchange takes place today at 1 p.m. at the Wellington Library. For more information on Rae and On Site Art Interchange, please visit www. myartshow.files. wordpress.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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PAGE Nanaimo Gymnastics............................................................... 22 Judo Club................................................................................ 22 Taoist Tai Chi ........................................................................... 23 World Tai Kwon Do .................................................................. 23 Nanaimo Curling Centre .......................................................... 23

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Nanaimo’s longest standing mixed voice choir, to experience this thrill. Our repertoire is contemporary, classical, challenging and diverse. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings 6:45– 9:15 pm at Vancouver Island University. You can find more information at our website malaspinachoir.com, on Facebook or call Stephanie at 250729-6788.

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Nanaimo Curling Centre celebrates their Provincial Champions Junior, Women, Senior and Masters Women. Nanaimo “Rocked at Provincials” last season. We will be cheering them on again this season. Congratulations to Kesa VonOsch named Athlete of the Year by the Nanaimo Bulletin.

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Predeceased by his son Darold Flatla (1980) and his father Peder Flatla (1992). Hans is survived by his loving wife Mariel; daughters Patricia Flatla and Linda McFetridge; his son Keith Flatla (Karen) and his mother Mabel Flatla. Services to be held at a later date. Condolences may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca. Telfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Nanaimo 250-591-6644

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Clippers start year with winning ways

JR. A TEAM beats Chiefs and spruce Kings on the road. BY GREG SAKAKI The News BulleTiN

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Nanaimo Buccaneers forward Owen Dalman, left, gets past Peninsula Panthers opponent Kyle Richardson during a game last Tuesday night at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The visitors won 3-1.

Buccaneers suffering from winter blues BY GREG SAKAKI The News BulleTiN

The league schedule resumed, but the Nanaimo Buccaneers weren’t ready. The Bucs lost two games and tied one in their first week of hockey after the holidays. Nanaimo’s junior B squad lost 3-1 to the Peninsula Panthers at home last Tuesday, dropped a 6-1 decision on the road Friday against the Saanich Braves, then tied the Oceanside Generals 6-6 on Saturday in Parksville.

“Off the break it is tough coming back into the swing of things … but I defintely don’t use that as an excuse,” said Derek Bachynski, coach of the Buccaneers. “We didn’t play up to our potential, we needed better goaltending and we just need to play tougher.” He said his players needed to do a better job getting to the “dirty areas” of the ice and need to be a hard-working team and one that’s tough to play against.

Last week’s opponents were the three teams with the worst records in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, so the Bucs’ mindset might have been a factor, the coach acknowledged. “We’ve got to be consistent with playing hard and just concentrate on what we need to do,” Bachynski said. “We can’t play down to teams’ levels and sometimes we do that.” Jared Fedosoff scored the goal against the Panthers

and Carter Turnbull scored against the Braves. In the barnburner at Oceanside, Jordan Levesque had two goals, Turnbull tallied a goal and two assists, Wyatt Meiers had one and one and Fedosoff and Owen Dalman were other scorers. GAME ON … The Bucs play just one game this week, as they host the firstplace Campbell River Storm on Thursday (Jan. 8) at 7:15 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

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The Nanaimo Clippers picked up where they left off. The city’s B.C. Hockey League team won back-toback games to start 2015, defeating the Chilliwack Chiefs 2-1 on Friday on the mainland and then doubling up the Prince George Spruce Kings 6-3 the next night in the Interior. “We had a little bit of rust coming out of the break, especially in the intensity and battle side of the game [Friday],” said Mike Vandekamp, Clippers coach. “But we sort of found our legs as the game went on.” Brendan Taylor scored the first goal of 2015 just a minute into the first period, then Nicolas Carrier scored what held up as the game-winning goal midway through the third. Goaltender Guillaume Decelles was selected first star as shots were 32-22 in favour of the Chiefs. Immediately after the game the bus headed for the highway and the Clippers finally rolled into Prince George at 6:30 a.m. They tried to get enough rest, said Vandekamp, but they still fell behind 2-0 midway through the first period Saturday. Three straight power-play goals, however, turned the game around. “I just liked our overall mindset in the game,” said the coach. “We were in some penalty trouble at times …

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Bantams win international tourney One Nanaimo minor hockey team ended 2014 by winning an international hockey tournament title. The Nanaimo Clippers Tier 1 bantam rep team won the Richmond International Hockey Tournament, defeating the Juan de Fuca Orcas 3-1 in the final on New Year’s Eve. Dawson Heathcote scored two goals in the final, Rick

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Takeda had the game-winning goal midway through the third period and Josh Zary had two assists. Jaden Little was the winning goalie. The team finished with a 5-1 record at the tourney. Heathcote, Takeda, Zary and Jared Winkel all finished in the top five in tournament scoring and Austin Dendl had four wins in net.

Nanaimo also had a team in the midget Tier 2 division at the tournament. That Clippers squad finished with a 2-2 record and were edged 3-2 by the South Delta Storm in the playoff round. For information about the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association’s Hockey Day in Nanaimo this Saturday (Jan. 10), please see page 2.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort is open and skiers and snowboarders look forward to a lot of snow days up on the slopes the rest of the winter.

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Team Daniels beaten in final Nanaimo curler Marika Van Osch and her team came one win away from nationals. Delta’s Sarah Daniels rink, with Van Osch playing third, was runner-up at the Curl B.C. junior women’s championship last week at the Parksville Curling Club. The Daniels team was a perfect 7-0 until the final, which it lost 8-2 to the Corryn Brown rink from Kamloops. Daniels had defeated Brown 10-3 during the round robin, but the result went the other way in the final on Saturday morning. Van Osch was part of the Nanaimo junior team that defeated Brown in the previous year’s provincial championship.

MOUNT WASHINGTON gets blast of snowfall in time for holidays.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort is open for the winter. A blast of 65 centimetres of snow in 24 hours helped create a 113cm base a few days before Christmas. All of the front-side lifts including the Sunrise lift, the Tube Park, as well as 13 kilometres of Nordic trails and 3km of snowshoe trails are in operation. “It looks like we’re going to get picture-perfect conditions,”said Don Sharpe, the resort’s director of business operations, For more information, webcams, the latest snow report

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