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Ladysmith skater headed to nationals Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
Sarah Kedves of Ladysmith was a flower retriever for some of the top figure skaters in the country when the Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held in Victoria in January 2011. She’ll be back at the nationals this January in a much different role, as she and her partner Lucas Pallard of Nanaimo will be representing B.C. and competing against 11 other teams for the Canadian novice pairs title. They’ll have their own flower retrievers when they compete at the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships Jan. 18-25 in Kingston, Ont. Kedves, 14, and Pallard, 18, fly to Kingston, this Friday (Jan. 16) and will have a couple of days to get used to the time difference and get used to a different ice surface before skating their short program Tuesday, Jan. 20 Pallard have and their long program Wednes- been skating day, Jan. 21. The event will be together, and live streamed online at www.dai- this season, lymotion.com/skatecanada. they’ve been Kedves and Pallard qualified for training fullthe nationals after representing time with the B.C./Yukon at the Skate Canada Racquet Club Challenge in Montreal in early of Victoria. December and finishing 12th. Kedves is feeling confident as This is the first time either skater the national championships get has qualified for the highest level closer. of competition in Canada. “I feel like we were ready two Kedves has been skating since weeks ago; we’re kind of just she was three and is a product now running programs for carof the Fuller Lake Skating Club, dio,” she said. “I’m confident we while Pallard has been skating can do lots of clean programs. since he was eight. They became We’re just going to go and run a a team while they were both program.” skating in Nanaimo, and Kedves’ Kedves says she gets nervous in former coach suggested they try the warm up, but when it’s time skating pairs together. to actually compete, she’s not reThis is the third year Kedves and ally that nervous.
Figure skaters Sarah Kedves of Ladysmith and Lucas Pallard of Nanaimo will be representing B.C. at the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships Jan. 18-25 in Kingston. They’ll be competing against 11 other teams from across the country for the national novice pairs title. TOP PHOTO SUBMITTED, LEFT PHOTO BY LINDSAY CHUNG
Kedves is probably most looking forward to the team room, where all the skaters from BC/Yukon gather, and there is food and games, and they broadcast the competition. Pallard says he doesn’t feel nervous as they head into the competition, and he is looking forward to travelling to Ontario. “I’ve never been, so that will be interesting, even if it is in the middle of winter,” he said. “The arena is the same one that hosts the Skate Canada International, so we’ll be skating on the same
ice surface as people like Joannie Rochette, Patrick Chan, and Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison.” This season, Pallard and Kedves have been working hard to increase the value of their lifts, throws and spins, such as having Kedves doing a cartwheel out of a lift instead of coming straight down, or making their spins last longer. “You can do an element and it’s worth something, and you do variations that increase the value,” explained Pallard. “We’ve been working on those a lot this
year because the elements are the same. It will be interesting to see more in-depth what can be improved on for next year.” In the past month since competing at Skate Canada Challenge, they’ve added more difficulty to their lifts and changed their spin to try to up the ante on their elements. Pallard thinks one of their strengths is their twist, as it is quite consistent. Pallard feels that in the three years they’ve been skating together, he and Kedves have grown in many ways. “We get along better, our connecting steps between elements have improved, and we communicate more without having to talk — it’s a connection kind of thing. That’s something you can’t really learn; it either comes, or sometimes it never does,” he said. In Victoria, Pallard and Kedves skate two to three hours a day, six days a week. The club coach is Deena Beacom, although she works more singles skaters, and their head coach is Matt Willis, who also does their choreography. Pallard and Kedves spend a lot of time on the ice with assistant coach Luke Laurie. Kedves feels they’ve improved in their elements while skating in Victoria. “We’ve improved a lot,” she said. “We get along really well. Our throws are really good, and our lifts are pretty good.” When it comes to competitions, Kedves says she likes the feeling of giving her all on the ice. “I like getting off the ice and being like ‘that was the best I could have done,’” she said. “That’s a good feeling.”
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Ladysmith council getting close Police arrest to reviving Board of Variance youth in Lindsay Chung
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Ladysmith council has begun the process of reviving the Board of Variance, but more information is needed before council takes the step of adopting a new bylaw for the board. Council considered a draft updated Board of Variance Bylaw during the Jan. 5 council meeting and ended up referring the matter back to staff to get more answers before proceeding after a number of questions came up. The Local Government Act requires that any local government that has adopted a Zoning Bylaw must, by bylaw, establish a Board of Variance. Ladysmith’s first Board of Variance was established in 1962, and a new bylaw was adopted in 2000 that states a threemember board meets on the third Thursday of each month if required. According to Sandy Bowden, the Town’s director of corporate services, Ladysmith’s Board of Variance has not met since the 1990s or early 2000s, as no applications have been submitted for consideration by the board. Since 2000, the legislation pertaining to Boards of Variance has changed, and staff has recommended that council repeal the current Board of Variance bylaw and adopt a new, updated bylaw. In Ladysmith, the Board of Variance is made up of three individuals appointed by council who have expertise in areas such as urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, building design and construction, professional engineering, and law. A property owner applying for a minor variance has a choice whether to apply for a Development Variance Permit through council or apply to the Board of Variance. A decision made by the Board of Variance is final, and an applicant cannot appeal the board’s decision to council. At the council meeting, Coun. Rob Hutchins raised a number of concerns about the wording of the bylaw. The bylaw speaks to individuals applying for minor variances, but Hutchins noted that there is no definition for “minor variance.” “I don’t see a definition of minor,” he said. “Who makes that determination?
It’s my understanding from the legislation that individuals can choose to apply to council for a variance or apply to the board of variance, so what defines minor?” City manager Ruth Malli explained there is no definition for “minor.” “The legislation is provincial,” she said. Bowden told council this is an issue that Boards of Variance throughout the province struggle with. “There is no definition; it’s very subjective,” she said. “It’s all very individual, and it’s up to the board to determine that.” Mayor Aaron Stone wondered if the Town could create its own definition in its bylaw, but Bowden said it isn’t recommended. “The lawyers certainly don’t recommend putting any kind of definition in,” she said. “It’s very, very difficult to narrow it down, so I’m not really sure how you would define it.” Hutchins wondered if the Town could provide information such as an example of a minor variance to help illustrate the meaning of “minor variance.” “If it is subjective, how, in the best interest of the community, can we ensure that the term ‘minor’ is respected?” he asked. Bowden suggested examples of what a minor variance is and additional information about the meaning of “minor” could be part of the policy or in the terms of reference for the Board of Variance, and Stone wondered if it would be possible to establish guidelines that would help define some of the terms, like the Town has done for its Zoning Bylaw and Development Permit Areas. Hutchins also raised an issue with the wording that states that at least 10 days before the date set for a Board of Variance hearing, the secretary of the board must mail or deliver a notice of the hearing to the owners and occupants of the land that is adjacent to the land that is the subject of the application. He wondered what “adjacent” means, noting that, typically, when a Development Variance Permit application comes to council, all property owners within 60 metres of the applicant’s property are notified.
Bowden told council that her understanding is that it refers to abutting properties. Council expressed a wish to expand that to include more properties. “If we were to say adjacent in our bylaw would include adjacent properties plus properties within 60 metres, it would give more opportunity to the public to provide input,” said Stone. Coun. Duck Paterson noted that the government guidelines did say that definition could be altered, and he agreed with Hutchins that the notification area should be 60 metres, just like it is for Development Variance Permit applications. Hutchins also questioned the fact that the board may close to the public all or part of a hearing, in accordance with Division 3 of Part 4 of the Community Charter. He had never come across this. Bowden explained a Board of Variance must follow the same closed meeting rules from the Local Government Act that apply to all boards and advisory bodies. She has personally never seen a Board of Variance close a meeting. Hutchins wondered if council could not allow the board to close meetings and wondered why the Town would be permissive. “The legislation allows for it,” said Bowden. “I don’t think we can prohibit them from holding a closed session if there’s an extenuating circumstance under which it meets the criteria for closed meetings.” Coun. Carol Henderson wondered why a whole section of the legislation wasn’t included in the draft bylaw, as she felt that if she was a property owner coming to the board of variance or council with a variance application, it would help guide her more. Bowden explained the initial draft of the bylaw came from the Town’s lawyers, and they did not include all of the legislation so they could keep it concise. Other information that is missing from the bylaw could be included in a set of guidelines or policy document, she noted. Staff will find answers to council’s concerns and bring the draft bylaw back to council at a future meeting.
New group forms to help non-profits Staff Writer THE CHRONICLE
A new group created to support the Cowichan Valley’s not-for-profit sector will be launching next week. Networking for Non Profits will launch Wednesday, Jan. 21, and it is a merger of three similar groups: Leading Edge (for Executive Directors), Volunteer Management Group, and Cowichan Fundraisers Exchange. The group will be open to any organization, not for profit or for profit, who be-
lieves that our community is better served through connecting, communication and collaboration, according to a press release. “Many of the Valley’s organizations currently work with limited staff and find it can be quite isolating,” Anne-Marie Koeppen of Volunteer Cowichan said in the release. “This new group is designed to share skills and resources, as well as provide support to each other.” The group will be driven by the suggestions and topics of interest by those who attend.
Plans include regular during National Volunteer speakers for professional Week. development opportuniNetworking for Nonties that are often beyond Profits launches Jan. 21 the budget of smaller orga- from 10 a.m. to noon at nizations. Sands Reception Room Members will meet about on Trunk Road in Duneight times a year for work- can. After a discussion shop-style training on a about the group’s vision variety of issues identified and plans, Rick Juliusson by the members, as well of FreeRange Consulting as networking and sharing will lead a training workresources. A $5 to $10 do- shop on Donor Cultivation. nation will be requested to Doors open at 9:40 a.m. for cover refreshments and a coffee and networking. small stipend for speakers. For more information, or The group is also plan- to register for the event or ning social evening mixers join the mailing list, visit and a joint volunteer ap- www.FreeRangeConsultpreciation event in April ing.ca/Networking.
alleged LSS stabbing incident
RCMP reassures people that the community and the school are safe Staff Writer THE CHRONICLE
Ladysmith RCMP have made an arrest in relation to an alleged stabbing at Ladysmith Secondary School that took place on Dec. 19. On Tuesday, Jan. 6, working with Ladysmith Secondary School staff, Ladysmith RCMP investigators arrested one youth offender for assault with a weapon. The weapon allegedly used in the stabbing was subsequently seized and placed into evidence, according to a press release from the RCMP. “The alleged offender was well known to the victim at the time of the offence,” Staff Sgt. Dave Herman said in the release. “The motives behind this incident are highly unusual and do not place any other member of the student body or staff at risk. Ladysmith RCMP reassure the community that the student body and staff at Ladysmith [Secondary] School are safe.” The youth offender arrested was interviewed by RCMP investigators at the Ladysmith RCMP Detachment before being released to parents and will appear in Youth Court in Duncan on Feb. 26. Ladysmith RCMP had responded to a complaint of a stabbing at Ladysmith Secondary School at 11:55 a.m. on Dec. 19, shortly before the high school closed for the Christmas holidays. “At that time, little
details were known as information provided to RCMP investigators by the victim of the alleged stabbing was highly questionable and confounded investigators for some time,” stated Herman. “There were no known witnesses to this act.”
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In a press release following the incident, the police reported that the student who reported the alleged stabbing was in the crowded hallway and headed to the bathroom during a break between classes when he felt “a sharp pinch in his back.” The student’s back started to hurt, and when he asked a teacher to look at it, a wound was found. The student was sent to the Ladysmith Community Health Centre and required one suture to close up the wound, which reportedly measured five millimeters wide by four millimeters deep.
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Memorial for a martyr Sunday 13th annual Joseph Mairs Memorial takes place Jan. 18 in Ladysmith Staff Writer THE CHRONICLE
Labour martyr Joseph Mairs will be honoured this weekend in Ladysmith during the 13th annual Joseph Mairs Memorial. A trade unionist and a coal miner, Mairs died in 1914, a month short of his 22nd birthday, after being arrested by govern- Coal miner and trade ment troops during unionist Joseph Mairs the Occupation of is honoured each year Ladysmith. during the Joseph Mairs “This struggle which Memorial in Ladysmith. coal miners on VanThis year’s event will be couver Island waged was for the eight- Jan. 18. PHOTO SUBMITTED hour day, health and Fellow Men.” safety regulations, To honour Mairs, and union recogni- the Joseph Mairs Metion,” the Joseph morial Committee Mairs Memorial organizes a memoCommittee states in rial each year. The a press release. general theme for the Mairs rests in the day is “Our Common Ladysmith Cemetery Condition.” beneath a cairn his This year, the fellow miners erect- 13th annual Joseph ed in his honour with Mairs Memorial will the inspiring inscrip- take place this Suntion: “A Martyr to a day (Jan. 18) at 1 Noble Cause — The p.m. at St. Mary’s Emancipation of His Catholic Church
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Linda Wicklund of Ladysmith won the freezer full of meat, which was the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club’s latest fundraiser toward rebuilding the Transfer Beach playground. The fundraiser raised $2,200 in December. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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A new fundraiser helped the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club get $2,200 closer to its goal of rebuilding the playground at Transfer Beach Park. In December, the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club held a raffle draw for a freezer full of meat to raise funds for the new playground. The winning ticket belonged to Linda Wicklund of Ladysmith. “This was quite a successful project,” Kinsmen member Duck Paterson said in a press release. “As it was a different idea, we weren’t sure how it would go, but it turned out to be very well received. We have been trying to come up with different fundraisers, and this one proved to click.” Paterson says they raised just over $2,200 for the new playground with the raffle. “We’re not as close as we’d like to be to the $172,000 price tag for the new one,” he said. “But every little bit counts.” The Kinsmen and the Ladysmith Rotary Club have agreed to work together to accomplish this project. “With the Rotary on board, it is going to
be a huge help,” said Paterson. “They have quite a few more members than we do and an opportunity for different ideas as well. We plan on doing different events, as well as doing stuff together. Not only is it a broader opportunity to fundraise, but it’s also an opportunity for both clubs to meet and enjoy fellowship.” Paterson says they are looking for all groups in the community to get together, as Transfer Beach and the playground are a total community asset. “If we can get that kind of involvement, we can guarantee that we can have the new playground there by this summer,” said Paterson. Paterson says the Ladysmith and District Credit Union has committed $10,000, and McNab’s Corn Maze has donated $1,000 already. The Ladysmith Native Daughters Post #7 have donated funds as well. “We are getting some individual donations, and anybody who wishes to donate can go to the Ladysmith and District Credit Union and just tell them the funds are for the Transfer Beach Playground,” said Paterson.
People who would like to help can also take their returnable bottles and cans to the Junction Bottle Depot, where an account has been set up to take funds for the playground. Paterson says that with all the commitments they’ve received, it looks like they have about $105,000 towards the playground right now. “With the wear and tear and age of the existing playground at the beach, we hope that we can pull off as much fundraising as possible to have a new one there by this coming summer,” said Paterson. The Kinsmen and Rotary clubs, along with Oceanview Community Church, are planning another “Eggs Benefit” fundraiser, which will take place June 14. Paterson says Oceanview Pastor Darin Phillips approached the Kinsmen and asked about doing a third Eggs Benefit because it is so much fun. If anybody would like to donate to the playground or would like more information, Paterson invites them to call him at 250-2452263 or call Joe Friesenhan from the Rotary Club at 250-245-2646.
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Thanks to everyone who helped save Echo Heights Forest Editor:
After more than eight years of trying to persuade North Cowichan council to preserve the 52-acre Echo Heights Forest, a great compromise has been reached. In June 2014, North Cowichan council voted in favour of preserving 91 per cent of the forest as park. Some years back, council was hoping to develop 50 per cent, so 91-per-cent-park is absolutely marvelous. The birds, bees and trees and all the living things that make up this forest will continue to impress us all with their beauty. If you would like to visit the forest, there are two entrances: one on Echo Heights, and another at the top of Channel Boulevard in Chemainus. There is a wonderful network of trails. In May, the blue camas lilies blossom. You can see them just a few feet from the street at the Echo Heights entrance. Thank you to everyone (a huge number of people) who contributed to saving this forest. Diana Hardacker Chemainus
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y Christmas reading included a fascinating new book called Kennewick Man, a study of skeletal remains discovered in 1996 on the bank of the Columbia River in eastern Washington. He was an ancient hunter buried just south of B.C. almost 9,000 years ago, in the Early Holocene period following the last Ice Age. Among the oldest humans found along the West Coast of North America, he sparked an unprecedented battle by the Smithsonian Institution to examine the skeleton and publish the book late last year. The most controversial evidence came from the skull. It doesn’t match the classic Mongoloid profile of modern aboriginal people, key to the theory that the earliest humans reached North America by land bridge from Siberia to Alaska as glaciers receded. Smithsonian scientists confirmed initial reports that Kennewick Man is a closer match with early Polynesians, and the Ainu people who remain in Ja-
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tense negotiations with tribes on salmon fishing rights on the Columbia, their demand for removal of dams, and the $100 billion cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site. The scientists finally won their case in 2004, with a ruling that the skeleton is so old there isn’t enough evidence to show it is related to the current tribes. The judge found the army repeatedly misled the court, and assessed the government $2.4 million in costs. The U.S. Army still controls the skeleton and denies requests for further study. The spear point, for example, could show the location where he was injured. One final irony. Analysis shows Kennewick Man ate mostly salmon in his later years, around 6300 BCE. These are the salmon runs wiped out by dams built by U.S. Army engineers before the signing of the Columbia River Treaty with B.C. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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In our nation’s Parliament, the Speaker of the House of Commons calls the next speaker from the floor: “The Honourable Member for Nanaimo-Cowichan.” New Democrat Jean Crowder stands at her seat. She is small in stature, but fierce in her appeal to the majority Conservative government. As the NDP critic for Aboriginal affairs, she is summarizing findings of a report on violence against First Nations women. Her final statement is unrelenting: “It is Canada’s shame that indigenous women and girls have never been made a priority, by any government.” Crowder was two years into her first term as municipal councillor for North Cowichan when she was asked to run federally for the NDP. She was elected to Parliament in 2004, along with fellow freshman Jack Layton, and has remained in office since. Crowder redefines the image of the Canadian politician. She is 5’2 inches tall. Slight. Female. Of the 308 members of the House of Commons, this 41st parliament of Canada has 76 female MPs. Crowder is unapologetic in advocating for more women in politics. Her stories about being disregarded as an MP because of her sex are both funny and telling about the expectations the public still has — in 2014 — of what our political leaders look like. Crowder’s 11-year political career comes to an end this year when we go to the polls in our newly defined Langford-Malahat-Cowichan riding. Before she leaves office, I wanted to capture some of her lessons learned and memories during her successful career. This is Part 1 of a two-part feature. Please watch for the second half in next week’s paper. ***** MM: Were you involved in community work before you were elected to municipal council? JC: I’d been a community activist. I’d been at protests and was involved with various groups. I’d been always small-p political but never was interested in running for office. MM: Because? JC: I didn’t see myself as a politician. I didn’t see it as something I had the skill set for or the aptitude because I saw it, at that time, as being combative, aggressive, nasty, and I just didn’t see that was a sandbox I would play in. What happened was North Cowichan council had a rezoning application to put in a gas-fired generation plant. They were going to zone a piece of property Heavy Industrial—they had to change the zoning to allow that to happen. That was 2002. The council was all male. They had hearings at the community centre. I’m making these numbers up but it just shows you the imbalance. Five-hundred ninety-nine spoke against the application and one spoke in favour. But the council sat on the stage and looked completely disinterested. Maybe they weren’t but they looked it. MM: Your impression. JC: That was how it felt from sitting in the audience. And so a number of people said we need women to run for council. We need women’s voices at the table. And because I’d been involved in various community things people would say, “You should run!” I laughed. Except that what happened was a group of three women all agreed that we would run for North Cowichan council together so we had a support network. The two other women dropped out so I was left standing. Barb Lines did end up getting elected at the time, and so did Ruth Hartmann. MM: How was your first campaign? JC: I was pretty naive. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. I had a team that helped me. We knocked on doors, and went to all-candidates meetings, and went to the farmers’ market, and I did all the things you should do. I had no expectations of winning and people thought of me as a long shot because I hadn’t been involved in council at all. Then I won. MM: Were you comfortable at council? JC: A ridiculous thing to say, they weren’t ready for women on council. We had no place to put our handbags. It was the mundane stuff. It was like, “Oh wait, we have women on council, what do we do with them?” MM: Now you need two sexes going to the bathroom. JC: So it was a different experience for staff and council members to all of sudden have all these women — for the first time. MM: What year was that? JC: 2002! MM: That doesn’t seem that long ago. JC: They had had women elected previously, but not many, and never half the council. MM: How did you end up running federally? JC: I was frustrated at council with the fact that so many decisions were made somewhere else that impacted directly in our community. And then people approached me to see if I was interested in running provincially and federally, but I said “no” provincially.
MM: The first campaign you were naive. On this campaign? JC: I’d had the basic bones of the campaign experience with municipal. A federal campaign ramps it up in scope and magnitude and issues, of course. And you have a way bigger team and you need to spend more money. It’s more sophisticated, you know with media and those kinds of things. But I had an experienced campaign team because people here had worked on successful provincial campaigns for a number of years and so they were able to translate that into the federal campaign. Having that support from people is huge. There’s no way you can do this on your own — nor should you think you could. That part of it was easier in some ways because there was such a team. It was harder in some ways because the issues are so big. MM: And could you speak to them? JC: Well, I’m a policy wonk. And I had somebody doing research for me. That was one of the team members’ tasks. We would be paying attention to issues in the media and they would do research to find out what other people said, and you know, Google is a wonderful tool. And so I felt fairly comfortable with talking about a variety of things because of that research capacity within our team. MM: Were you an NDP supporter from the beginning? JC: I’ve been an NDP member off and on since university. MM: How do you devote yourself wholly to one party platform? What if you think a decision the Conservative party made was a good one? JC: I think you support the decision parties make when you can align yourself with them. Because of how our electoral system works, it’s very difficult to not align yourself with a party. MM: Don’t you think that’s a drawback? JC: I think it’s a drawback when you have a first-past-the-post system. I don’t think it’s a drawback when you have proportional representation because when you have proportional representation you’re going to find many more avenues for collaboration across party lines. We would have to fundamentally change our electoral system in order to not have parties. I think it’s far easier to move into proportional representation, which then allows for that cross-fertilization to happen. But right now with first-past-the-post, it’s everyone for themselves. It’s a completely dysfunctional system. MM: That dysfunction I think is one of the reasons people don’t engage in it. I don’t think people trust that you’re going to meet constituents’ needs because you’ll meet the party’s needs first. JC: Well that’s not true, actually. I have a broad cross-section of the community that supports me. Obviously I do; party members are only a tiny portion of the population so I had 20,000 people vote for me and most aren’t party members. What people perceive with me, and will perceive for many people, although I’m running as an NDP candidate, once you run for Parliament, you represent the whole riding. MM: You don’t represent the NDP members only, but I think you answer to the NDP leader before you answer to your constituents. JC: I’ve voted against our party on matters, or I’ve abstained and so have other colleagues. MM: Without repercussion? JC: I haven’t had repercussion. Sometimes there are repercussions for other members, but it depends what the matter is. We are generally not whipped. We are whipped on matters of confidence — because that’s going to bring the government down — we’re whipped on matters of human rights. So on the same-sex marriage bill when it was being debated, we were all going to vote for it. One member didn’t vote for it and there were sanctions for it. She opted to sit as an independent. MM: Interesting. JC: But that was her choice. She wasn’t forced out of the party. The sanction was she wasn’t going to get question in Question Period for a period of time and she wasn’t going to get statements and then should could come back into the fold. MM: And do all of you think that’s fair? JC: Yep, that’s fair. You get to tell the leader what’s in your head. Sometimes you change the leader’s mind on issues. I think it’s fair. Generally speaking, we’re not whipped on votes. Generally speaking, I support where we go on pieces of legislation because we’re usually bringing the New Democratic point of view to it which I support — you know social justice, environment — I don’t generally disagree with where we’ve gone on a particular issue. Where I have disagreed, I’ve either abstained because I haven’t felt strongly enough to vote against it, or I’ve voted against it. And I haven’t had repercussions. People are clear when I run what my stance is on women’s right to choose, on the gun registry, on same-sex marriage, which are in line with the party. I think what’s important is you’re clear with people about where you come from with those issues, and they can decide whether or not to vote for you. MM: Question period. It seems like a show. JC: It is. I’ve only been there since cameras were introduced but apparently it completely changed. The government likes to remind us that it’s question period not answer period. So you rarely get answers to anything. MM: What a waste of time. JC: It is. I think the one small value in question period is you get to ask questions that need to be asked about particular issues. You may not get the answers, but at least it’s on people’s radar that you need to pay attention to this issue. Apparently, there are other parliaments in the world where the speaker makes the government answer. That would be a refreshing change. MM: Wouldn’t it. JC: It’s pretty frustrating as a person asking a legitimate question and getting nothing for an answer. 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Conversations about terminal illness and caring for people who are dying aren’t easy or comfortable. But they are necessary, and a story-theatre presentation coming to Ladysmith later this month hopes to make it a little bit easier to start having those conversations. Margaret Murphy and Wendy Potter, who are both volunteers with the Nanaimo Community Hospice Society, have created a 60-minute story-theatre celebration of the life of the woman who is considered the founder of modern hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders. Saunders started a worldwide movement to provide compassionate care for the dying. A nurse, social worker and doctor, she established new methods of pain control and initiated an innovative, holistic approach to caregiving for terminally ill patients and their families. Murphy and Potter celebrate her life in CICELY! The Life and
Work of Dame Cicely Saunders, which they will present Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. at Ladysmith Little Theatre at 4985 Christie Rd. Tickets are $10 at the door, and tea and goodies will be served. There will be a discussion with the audience after the presentation. In the presentation, Murphy, an accomplished storyteller who has written and performed several pieces about the lives of important women, plays Dame Cicely, speaking at age 80 about her life and work, while Potter, who has worked on dozens of lighting designs for the Ladysmith Little Theatre and is a volunteer board member, plays Narrator, giving background and contextual information. Saunders opened the first hospice, St. Christopher’s, in 1967. According to Saunders’ obituary in The Guardian, St. Christopher’s was seen as the first hospice to bring tighter teaching and clinical research, pain and symptom control, and compassionate care. According to The Guardian, Saunders
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Find fun, fitness and friendship with Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
The Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club’s motto is fun, fitness and friendship. And Tracey Scanlan and Diane Burt, who paddle with the Tuesday and Thursday evening team, say dragon boating offers all that and more. The Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club has a few openings for new paddlers as it enters its sixth season, and Scanlan and Burt think there are many reasons to give the sport a try. The Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club was founded in 2010, and Scanlan and Burt both started that year. Scanlan joined the club in July 2010. She and her husband had moved here from the Mainland, and she was feeling unhappy and lonely. “I didn’t know anybody here, and I didn’t like it here because I didn’t know anybody,” she said. “I was ready The Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club is recruiting new paddlers for to leave.” its sixth season and will be holding a registration and social Jan. Scanlan’s husband saw an 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the LMS Welcome Centre. FILE PHOTO ad for the Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club and encouraged paddling, she hadn’t thought belong to the club have many her to join. She joined, and of dragon boating one way or different characteristics. she’s so glad she did. the other. She associated it Members range in age from “I’ve gotten a lot of close with breast cancer, as many their early 30s to their 80s. friendships from it,” she said. teams are breast cancer sur- “I’m really shy when I don’t “It’s great. There are a lot of vivor teams. The Ladysmith know anybody,” said Scanlan. socials. I know a lot of us re- Dragon Boat Club is not a “These ladies, they come from ally like the social aspect, but breast cancer club, although all walks of life, and it’s so we get a good workout too.” there are survivors on the friendly. We try to help each Burt joined the club in April teams, and the club does other out.” 2010. make a donation to breast Scanlan and Burt both feel “I think there are different cancer research each year. the club is very welcoming to reasons for why people go, Both Scanlan and Burt say new paddlers. but you can gain a multitude they enjoy dragon boating be- “It’s wonderful,” said Burt. of things,” she said. cause it’s social, it’s a work- “When you first start, you can Susan Erickson and Denise out that is enjoyable, and it get intimidated, but we’re alPearson came up with the feels good to be out in the ways still learning better techidea of starting a dragon boat fresh air. niques. It’s not something you club in Ladysmith, and Burt “Sometimes, I’ll come home have to get right away — you recalls that Erickson phoned from work and not want to go, just have to work with it.” her and asked if she was in- but I’ll go and be so glad I did,” “Everyone’s endurance level terested. In March 2010, they said Scanlan, who is a direc- is different,” added Scanlan. went up to Nanoose to try tor/treasurer for the club this “The coach we have, she slowout dragon boating and were year. ly builds your endurance up placed in boats with experiThey agree the chance to ex- each practice. You don’t feel enced paddlers. plore the Ladysmith Harbour uncomfortable. All the ladies “I wasn’t sure how seawor- is also a real positive. are really encouraging.” thy I would be,” said Burt. “The Ladysmith Harbour is Burt says they have a won“It was one nasty day in Na- the most beautiful harbour,” derful coach, who focuses noose. I got out of the boat said Burt. “It’s so amazing. on teaching paddlers proper and said to Susan, ‘I got out Our coach will say ‘we have techniques so they won’t hurt of the boat without trouble, a nature moment’ and lose themselves. so I guess I’m in.’ I was at that everyone’s attention. We “You don’t have to be in topstage in my life where I need- see some amazing boats out notch shape,” she said. “You ed to do something for myself, there, and the wildlife [is get there.” and I decided that was a good amazing]. The seals follow us. The Ladysmith Dragon Boat place to do it.” It’s a lot of fun.” Club offers the chance to join Burt says before she started Burt says the women who a more recreational team that
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does not enter any races or a team that enters one or two Vancouver Island races a year. Although there are two teams, Scanlan and Burt say everyone feels like a member of one big club, as the teams do all their socials and events together. “We really try to be that club atmosphere, all of us, even though we have two separate teams,” said Scanlan. “There is no ‘us’ and ‘them;’ it’s ‘we.’” The Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club feels it’s important to give back to the community. The club docks its boat at the Ladysmith Maritime Society (LMS) Community Marina and tries to give back to the society as well. Dragon boaters volunteer at LMS events such as Kids’ Pirate Day and do what they can to help out. “We have had wonderful support through LMS,” said Burt. “LMS is a non-profit society, and so are we. You have to give back to your community, and we have lots of fun.” Registration for the Ladysmith Dragon Boat Club takes place Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Ladysmith Maritime Society Welcome Centre. There will be a social at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting and registration starts at 7 p.m. It costs $125 to join the Monday evening and Thursday morning team, which does not enter any races. If you are interested in racing, the Tuesday evening and Thursday evening team will enter one or two races on Vancouver Island during the season, and it costs $150 to join that team. Fees include professional coaching, steering clinics, boat insurance, moorage and storage. All paddlers need is whatever clothing they like to exercise in, and they are encouraged to get their own personal flotation device so that it fits properly, but the club does have five extras. As well, the club has used paddles that new paddlers can use. Burt says bringing a pair of gloves is nice for comfort, as well. Paddlers are asked to bring water bottles and to not wear perfumes, as some members have allergies. The dragon boat season goes from April to September, weather permitting.
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DUPLEXES/4PLEXES UPDATED oceanview 2 bedroom lower duplex, hydro extra, non-smoker, references req’d $900/mo. 250-739-0912.
MOBILE HOMES & PADS TIMBERLAND MOBILE Home Park; 2 mobile home lots for rent at $450/mo; 1 on Family side and 1 Seniors. Call (250)245-3647.
HOMES FOR RENT 4-BDRM HOUSE in Ladysmith. Close to all schools. Oil heat, W/D Hook-up. Oil & hydro not incld. Avail. Feb. 1st. $1050./mo. (250)245-4869.
ALL PROPERTIES RENTED WANTED Quality Rentals to add to our Property Management Portfolio JOHN BOOTH 250-245-2252 Royal LePage Property Management www.royallepagenanaimo.ca
STEEL BUILDINGS / Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100. Sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206; www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
SUITES, LOWER
REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS/INSPECTIONS
528 1st Ave. Ladysmith, BC
LADYSMITH: 1 bdrm, private patio/entr, shared laundry 4 appls, N/S, N/P, $750 incl. utils & internet. Avail Feb 1st 250-245-5007. Ladysmith: Freshly painted 2 bedroom in a convenient location now available. Hydro and parking included. N/S, N/P. 250-245-4638.
SUITES, UPPER BACHELOR suite available, hydro, basic cable and internet included $500 per month. 250954-9547
Mill Bay/Duncan 250-743-3306 Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343
PLUMBING
COMMERCIAL SPACE avail. at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.
SNOW TIRES: 215/70-R16 as-new mounted on GM alloy wheels to ďŹ t Astro or Safari van. $400. ph:778-356-3565
* Gutters * Windows * Siding * Moss Removal * Pressure washing
A SERVICE PLUMBER. Licence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Discounts. After Hour Service. Call Coval Plumbing, 250709-5103.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
TRANSPORTATION FOR SALE BY OWNER TRUCKS & VANS
FOR SALE BY OWNER with option for rent to own. Million dollar ocean city view call for information 250-753-0160
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 2 bedroom apt available, located at 1365 Alberni Hwy, Parksville. $650 per month. 250-954-9547
2000 GMC Savana Van. 105,585 km, Auto V8, AC, Suitable: tour/taxi co., church grp, sports team, seniors home, “trades� van, Reduced to $4750. 250-246-4684, view at 3298 Cook St, Chemainus.
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Ladysmith: 1200 sqft 2 bdrm downtown, 5 appls, 11’ ceilings, total reno. Adult unit, NP, 250-245-2283. Meicor Properties Chemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $650 incl heat & hot water, available now. N/S, 1 small pet welcome. 250-709-2765. www.meicorproperties.com
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CLUES ACROSS 1. Mandela’s party 4. Gives up territory 9. Yellow edible Indian fruit 11. Storefront coverings 14. King of Huns 15. Atomic #18 16. Jive talk for ignored 18. D. Tartt’s third novel 23. Three-toed sloth 24. Gained through effort 25. Macaw’s genus 26. Helps little firms 27. A large group of pheasants 28. Baby bed 29. English dictionary (abbr.) 30. Yellow-fever mosquitos 32. Liquify 34. Add a supplement 38. Insistence on traditional correctness 39. Milk, butter & cheese 40. = to 10 amperes 43. Mined mineral 44. Greek god of war 45. Don’t know when yet 48. Fellow 49. Detailed criteria for a piece of work 50. Special Spanish dish 53. Atomic #46 54. CBS This Morning hostess 56. Rubber tree genus 58. Pa’s partner 59. A tiny bubble in glass 60. Lost light 63. Surface boundary 64. Islands 65. = to 1/100 yen CLUES DOWN 1. Subside in intensity 2. __ Hale, Am. revolutionary 3. Leafstalk herbaceous plant
ANSWER to THIS WEEKS PUZZLE
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4. Price of a ride 5. 1/2 an em 6. Execute or perform 7. Narrative poems 8. Breathe deeply and heavily 10. 1/40 inch button measure 11. Morally reprehensible person 12. For instance 13. Members of U.S. Navy 17. Crown 19. Old English 20. Libyan dinar 21. Goddess of the rainbow 22. Catch 26. Fern spore mass clusters 28. Music disc 30. All without specification 31. -__, denotes past 32. A young canine 33. Biblical Sumerian city 34. __ Hitler 35. Marched in a procession 36. Patchy in color 37. Trauma center 38. Time after midday 40. The expanse of a surface 41. Develops into 42. Equally 44. 4th month (abbr.) 45. Nervous & taut 46. Emits blood 47. Assert without proof 49. Saturates in liquid 50. No. Italian river 51. Article 52. Mayflower cooper John 54. Filippo __, Saint 55. Begetter 57. Old Dominion state 61. Raised railroad track 62. Point midway between N and E
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Total Price including freight, excluding Road Ready Package and taxes. PAYMENTS based on total price including freight and taxes less 10% down (or equivalent trade-in value). Variable interest rate at the time of calculation 6.99% on approved credit (OAC), DLR#8996 amortized over *390 bi-weekly pymts/5/15 term, **520 bi-weekly pympts/5/20 term, ***260 bi-weekly pymts/5/10 term, ****130 bi-weekly pymts/5/5 term. Zero down option available on request ( on approved credit). ◆
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98 ea.
Cedar, Ladysmith, Chemainus, Duncan
LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS Your Island Community Grocers since 1977
1020 1st Avenue
3055 Oak Street
1824 Cedar Road
550 Cairnsmore Street
250-245-3221
250-246-3551
250-722-7010
250-748-2412
Open Daily from 7:30 am - 9:00 pm 100% Locally Owned & Operated • We deliver! (See store for details) We reserve the right to limit quantities • Pictures for illustrative purposes only
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