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Land gift: Director wants more information about property From Pg. 1

the property. Wooden structures serve as informal bridges crossing the water filling the bottom of the ravine.” Hansen recommended the regional district board of directors accept the land gift as it would have no financial impact on the regional district and protecting the site as green space would have ecological, social and economical benefits.

But the board, at its Wednesday meeting, was reluctant to accept the property. Are a D D i re c tor Brenda Leigh, whose jurisdiction the property falls under, said she wanted more time to “fully investigate where this property is.” The board agreed to defer the issue to the next board meeting on March 26. Hansen, meanwhile, said that if the board

does decide to accept the land gift, regional district staff are recommending the property be added to the organization’s parks inventory. “Impact to insurance costs will be minimal and will therefore not have budget implications,” Hansen said. “Future budgets will include provision of funds for board consideration to provide signage, investigation and removal of invasive

trict that there is room for improvement. “I’m not saying we have any ‘quick fixes’ to help Strathcona Regional District reduce worker injuries and absence duration, but we would be happy to meet with you, your safety advisory (if you have one) and/or your safety committee, to see if there are any suggestions to be made,” Cook said. Bienvenu acknowledged that in 2009 the number of claims among Strathcona Gardens staff were among the lowest in the province and at that time there was a contracted safety officer on site on a regular basis. Bienvenu said while he doesn’t want to jump to conclusions, there will be further investigation. “Both the association and WorkSafeBC have been contacted to obtain further details regarding the 2013 claims,” Bienvenu said. “There are a number of related fac-

tors to consider around employee claims and it’s important that the information is analyzed before reaching any conclusions or making recommendations. “Inspections, assessments, crew talks and training programs have b e e n i mp l e m e nt e d and management and the JHSC (joint health and safety committee) will continue to work towards improvements in these areas to reduce the risks of injury for staff,” he added. “Strathcona Gardens is committed to continuously improving its occupational health and safety performance. It is a good business practice and the responsibility of all staff.” Bienvenu said regional district staff will prepare a full report of the Workers’ Compensation claims for 2013 and bring that to the Strathcona Gardens Commission for recommendations.

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ousness of the report.” According to the report, the injury rate in 2013 for local governments with 20 to 99 employees was 4.25 while in comparison, the Strathcona Regional District’s was 15.87. The report also indicated that it’s taking longer for injured employees to return to work than it did previously. The time lost due to injury in the Strathcona Regional District increased from 46 days in 2009 to 319 days in 2013. Finally, in 2009 the regional district had a 31 per cent merit ranking for WorkSafeBC assessment while in 2013 the organization had a two per cent demerit ranking, and paid nearly $54,000 in assessment fees. Cathy Cook, executive director of the B.C. Municipal Safety Association, suggested in her letter to the regional dis-

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saac Poulton stood before a judge Wednesday and insisted the vehicle he was driving had barely grazed a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. But the magistrate was having none of it. “You have been found guilty of the crime of dangerous driving causing death,” he told Poulton sternly as his Timberline Secondary School classmates laughed. “Hey, I thought she was was going to live,” Poulton said. “I think she’s fine. I was going, like, 10.” The judge — and Poulton’s “victim” — were nothing more than bytes in a simulated computer program set up at Timberline for a daylong distracted driving workshop for Grade 11 students. But the matter of driving while texting, phoning or engaging in other distracting behaviours is deadly serious. “You can see what we’re trying to accomplish here,” said Caroline Robinson, ICBC Safety Coordinator for Mid and North Vancouver Island. “So many kids are wedded to their phones, and this shows them the very real dangers of trying to use them while driving.” The program was jointly hosted by ICBC and the Campbell River RCMP, who performed mock sobriety checks and had students navigate an obstacle course wearing goggles. The distracted driving simulator, making its first appearance at Timberline, utilizes a steering wheel with turn signals and accelerator and brake pedals. Students view and navigate an urban street system with

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Timberline student Dayton Scammell, right, reacts as he rear-ends another vehicle during a distracted driving simulation hosted by ICBC and Campbell River RCMP at Timberline Secondary School Wednesday.

all its traffic, pedestrians and other obstacles on a large computer screen. The action really heats up when a digital “friend” slides into the passenger seat and begins a constant stream of patter, including demands for the driver to call and text his boss to explain why he’s late for work. On top of all that, drivers had Robinson barking reminders and classmates over their shoulders laughing and pointing. So how long does the simulation run? “It depends on how far they get through it,” said Robinson. “Not many get through to the end.” As Sage Lim attempted to text and

drive, a classmate looking on said, “Whoa, you just missed that dog!” “Dog?” Lim replied, looking up from the phone. Diana Camerin, Timberline Career Facilitator, coordinated the event and giggled through many of the simulations. “That dog has died over and over again,” she said. On a more serious note, Camerin said, the ICBC is a program designed to educate students who are just beginning or about to begin their driving careers on the dangers of — and laws against — distracted driving. “We’ve done a great

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Left-lane laws not necessary B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation is hogging the left-hand lane, speeding toward another misplaced priority. Minister Todd Stone’s announcement this month that the province is looking at legislation targeting left-lane hogs on the highway is populist pandering, it’s unnecessary and it’s undesirable. Stone suggests left-lane huggers are particular to British Columbia, coincidentally the province in which he happens to commute to work. Apparently, everyone who drives slower than our transportation minister is a slowpoke and everyone who drives faster than him is a maniac. This isn’t a law for which British Columbians have been clamouring – it seems to have appeared in our rear-view mirror from out of nowhere. One imagines the minister turned red with road rage recently, stuck behind some driver who We say: Sounds failed to accelerate to like Todd Stone B.C.’s new 120-kilometres-per-hour highway had a bad speed limit. commute to work Stone says ICBC statistics and RCMP traffic reports show that failure to keep right causes a lot of collisions, but we suspect that the impatient drivers who surround the cautious ones are every bit as culpable. Must our roads suit only the fast and the furious? Already the B.C. Liberal government has raised speed limits, conditioning motorists to race at Mach 1. Any crackdown on left-lane hogs is going to empower tailgaters and road ragers and cause car crashes. The province has been erecting signs along the highways gently reminding motorists to keep right; that should suffice. Personally, we’re OK with the drivers who plod along in sub-compacts that limit pollution, and if they can’t quite rev up to 120 km/h, well, we’re pretty sure most of them will move over to the right lane just as soon as it’s safe to do so. Yes, the left lane is there to get us where we’re going, faster. Or we could just leave the house a couple of minutes earlier. -Black Press

Letters ● Robron turf would become redundant Plans by the Wewaikai First Nation to develop a major recreation facility at their Quinsam Crossing site will have four soccer pitches - two of which will be of artificial turf and four ball diamonds. This is going to attract many visitors and will be good for the city. I’m sure many citizens of Campbell River will now trust that the council will do the right thing and agree that the all weather field at Robron Park will not now go ahead, thus saving the taxpayers a couple of million dollars. Jane Davies

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Ideas for revamping B.C. transportation Dear Premier Christy Clark; I am writing to you to offer a solution to the various transportation issues that are currently plaguing B.C. taxpayers and businesses as well as government organizations at all levels. Despite the excellent efforts of the many good people involved with the various transportation related authorities in B.C. and the copious amounts of money being spent on transportation infrastructure, net improvements are marginal and the drivers and commuters of BC – especially the Lower Mainland – remain frustrated and dissatisfied. I submit that the reasons for the current sub-optimal transportation infrastructure improvements and driver/rider dissatisfaction are many: 1. There is no single provincial transportation authority to provide high level planning of all aspects of provincial transportation development and operation. 2. The current profusion of different transportation authorities operate within independent mandates with little or no inter-authority planning or cooperation.

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3. Each transportation related authority is responsible for raising its own project capital and operations funding. 4. The various transportation authorities are comprised of a mixture of provincial, municipal, and private corporation resources. 5. There is no equity in the application and implementation of provincial transportation projects. The Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges (both very large, expensive projects) have tolls. However, other large transportation projects such as the Sea to Sky Highway, Kelowna Floating Bridge, Kicking Horse Canyon Bridge, etc. have no tolls. The Kootenay Lake ferry and the many river ferries around the province are free but BC Ferries users pay exorbitant fares to use ferries that are part of the same BC and federal highways system. Based on the above, I suggest that a more integrated approach to provincial transportation needs to be taken starting with the establishment of a provincial transportation authority to oversee all types of provincial land and water transportation. This new transportation authority should be

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A special ceremony will be held in Campbell River to commemorate Canada’s contribution towards the end of Nazi Germany rule in the Netherlands during World War II. Pieter Koeleman made a presentation to council at last week’s Monday meeting to explain the significance of the event. “On May 5, 2015 it will be 70 years ago that the Netherlands were liberated by the allied forces, ending a five-year long

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Originally the day was commemorated every five years but in 1990 the day was declared a national holiday in the Netherlands and has since been celebrated every year with parades and festivals held in most Dutch communities. Koeleman said in Campbell River the Dutch community has been quietly celebrating for years. “Since 1995 the Dutch people, the people of Dutch descent and so many with Dutch connections come to the cenotaph to commemorate the liberation, to commemorate the sacrifices but also to commemorate the values of freedom and peace,” Koeleman said. “It was a special moment in 2005 that the group presented to the Royal Canadian Legion, and also the citizens of Campbell River, a special cairn that was put in the cenotaph.”

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t was not the typical location for an art gallery, but Campbell River Hospital pulled out all the stops Sunday as it debuted its Art in the Hospital Initiative with a public reception and tour. The unique initiative came together in recent months through the joint efforts of hospital staff, the Campbell River Arts Council and several different community groups and volunteers. Campbell River Seniors Society president Helen Whitaker, an Alberta transplant who had helped establish an arts program and gallery at a hospital in Edmonton, brought up the idea with local artist Jill Paris Rody while taking a class from Rody. Meanwhile, Dr. Caitlin McFadden had contacted Ken Blackburn of the Arts Council on behalf of hospital staff and patients — including her mother. “I’ve worked in hospitals for 30 years, and never noticed how dismal it was until my own mother was brought in as a patient,” said McFadden. “I started phoning any artist I knew, but it was like herding cats until someone put me in touch with Ken.” When Rody put Whitaker in touch with

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Artist Jill Paris Rody, facing camera, describes art created by students in her class for head injury victims during the Art Path tour at Campbell River Hospital Sunday.

Blackburn to share her suggestion for an “art path” in those same corridors, he realized he had stumbled onto a “serendipitous” opportunity, as he said in his welcome remarks at Sunday’s reception. “The idea was generated by night staff here,” said Blackburn. “They have to take patients on walks but they have nowhere to go. So why not have stations (of art) that they could take patients to see?” The art itself is an eclectic mix, ranging from pieces by professionals like Paris Rody and Curtis Wilson to fingerpainting from Kwanwatsi pre-schoolers. Artists include students at Carihi and

head injury patients in a special class taught by Paris Rody. The pieces are comprised of basic paintings or watercolours matted and framed to hang on the walls, full-coverage door murals by Paris Rody, and large, hanging aboriginal banners draped by Wilson in a stairwell window.

“Some of it is in very public areas, and some is in patient areas,” said Blackburn. “The art walk is trying to service not only patients in the hospital, but also staff and visitors. So those three considerations were all in mind with this path.” The works will remain for six months, then be

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transferred to the Bank of Canada from the Bank of Montreal on Dec. 31, 1987. When accounts become defunct any unclaimed balances are transferred to the Bank of Canada. The last known transaction date is Sept. 1, 1977 and the account is registered to C.R. Roller Skating Society. “They used to be a roller skating club in Campbell River and they had an executive and they have almost $700 sitting in the Bank of Canada,” EmsleyLeik said. “We would like them to donate it to the new Rink Minx of Campbell River, but we need to find the executive.” The Rink Minx searched through the archives at the Museum at Campbell River and have come up with the names of people who sat on the executive. They’re hoping that someone from the public may know one or

two of the members and can put them in touch. Those names are: Grace Brown (president), Denise Dionne (vicepresident), Thelma Navid (recording secretary), Isabella McKenzie (corresponding secretary), Helen Schmuland (treasurer), and Ev Bergsma (instructors rep). The Campbell River Roller Skating Club was founded in 1963 thanks to Iris Millmore, a skater from Britain who was instrumental in establishing the club. The club offered roller skating lessons to children and other aspiring skaters and held a highly-anticipated annual event, Roller Follies, at the old community hall to showcase the club’s skating abilities. The Roller Skating Club was a co-ed mix of all ages, from children to seniors, but the club disbanded sometime around 1971 shortly after Strathcona Gar-

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Reeling from their first loss in the 2015 VIJHL playoffs and trailing Comox Valley 3-0 late in the second period in their own arena Saturday night, the Campbell River Storm needed a spark. What they got was a conflagration. Veteran winger Josiah Friesen scored a natural hat trick as the Storm fought back to tie the contest, then lifted the game-winner into the top corner of the net early in the second overtime as Campbell River claimed a 4-3 win over the Glacier Kings and took a commanding 3-1 lead in the teams’ best-of-7 North Division finals series. The Storm can close out the series with a win tonight at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. “Friesen’s the reason,” Storm head coach Lee Stone said. “I think the coolest thing is, his mom and dad are up here right now. You can’t script it any better.” Friesen, a 20-year-old from Surrey in his final year of eligibility, did not win the game alone. But he did play a major role in kick-starting a moribund Storm club that had managed just one goal in its previous five periods, was coming off a 2-1 loss in Game 3 one night earlier, and was being outshot 16-11 nearly 35 minutes into Wednesday’s game. He did it by barrelling off the wing following a faceoff in the Comox zone and crashing the net hard in what has become something of a trademark move in these playoffs. That charge resulted in an ice-breaking goal that not only put the hosts on the scoreboard at 13:44 of the

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second period, but restored the mojo the team had used to run away with the best record in the North in the regular season. The Storm went on to outshoot the visitors 42-29 and dominated all but brief stretches of the third period and overtime. “After the first period our captains went in the (locker) room and tried to settle everybody down,” Friesen said. “It was, ‘Look, we’re not playing good. We gotta step it up; we gotta turn things around.’ I figured I couldn’t ask that of my teammates if I

couldn’t do it myself.” Reece Costain and Kobe Oishi got assists on the goal, and the pair also assisted when Friesen drew the Storm to 3-2 with a one-timer from the high slot at 18:42 of the second. Then, just 37 seconds into the third period, with the Storm skating in the waning seconds of a power play, Friesen backhanded the rebound of Will McNamara’s point shot past Glacier Kings’ netminder Zachary Straza. Costain added his third assist on the play. The score remained 3-3

through regulation and a 10-minute overtime. Following a flood of the ice, the teams returned for a 20-minute, sudden-death overtime. But it didn’t take nearly that long. Just 1:16 into the period, with the Storm controlling the puck in the Glacier Kings’ zone, Oishi appeared to score on a shot that lifted the crowd and Storm bench to its feet while firing up the arena foghorn. But the referee waived off the goal immediately. “I thought it went in, everyone on the ice thought it went in, and everyone in the

stands thought it went in,” said Stone. “But I kinda said on the bench, ‘Guys, it doesn’t matter. We’ll score two, we’ll score three, it we have to.’ At that point I think we were all really confident.” On the ensuing faceoff to Straza’s right, the Storm won the draw and worked the puck behind the net. When it was knocked toward the point, Campbell River defenseman Trevor Bottomley took possession and dropped a quick pass to Friesen at the bottom of the right circle. From a steep angle, he lifted the puck over Straza’s right

shoulder and inside the near post at 1:41 of the fifth period to spark the real celebration. “Botts made a great play and I just wanted to throw it on net,” said Friesen. “I wanted short-side shelf. (Straza) was cheating back door, so I actually had quite a bit of room over the shoulder.” The Glacier Kings took a 1-0 lead on Derian Hamilton’s power-play goal at 18:01 of the first period. Colton St. John made it 2-0 at 5:33 of the second, beating Storm goalie Jesse Michel with a tap-in at the right post. Midway through the second, a long line drive from beyond the blue line floated over Michel’s glove and into the back of the net. That apparent score was nullified because the Glacier Kings were offside, but Michel was replaced by Riley Welyk, who has carried the bulk of the team’s workload between the pipes for the past two months after Michel suffered a lowerbody injury. The switch did not pay immediate dividends, however, as Comox maintained momentum. Welyk was left on his own for a breakaway by the Glacier Kings’ Grant Iles, who roofed the puck to make it 3-0 at 13:36 of the second. “After Riley let in that third one, I went back and I told him, ‘We’re coming back,’” Friesen said. “‘You shut the door from here on out; we’re coming back.’” And he was as good as his word. Puck drops on Game 5 tonight at 7:30 p.m. Should Comox Valley extend the series, Game 6 would be played in Comox Saturday night. A Game 7, if necessary, would be back in Campbell River Sunday.

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Gold-medal sweep leads CRGA Riley Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean sweep in the Level 3 (13over) classification paced the Campbell River Gymnastics Association at the Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational in Surrey last week. The club sent all of its boys and its level 8 girls to the competition and returned with three allaround gold medals and two more all-around podium finishes. Michael swept the rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar, pommel horse and floor exercise and added the all-around for a haul of seven gold medals in the boys level 3 division. For the Junior Olympic Level 8 girls, both Brooklyn Batch and Reese Wheeldon claimed all-around gold. Wheeldon won in the 2001-02 age group, while Batch

won the 2003-04 class, and was closely followed by teammate and silver medalist Chloe Doyon. Janika Scriba completed the four-member CRGA Level 8 girls squad, which won first place in the Level 8-9 combined categories despite having the smallest team in the competition. Scriba placed fourth all-around at JO Level 8 (2001-02). Liam Deagle added another top-three all-round honour for CRGA, claiming bronze in the boys Level 4 (over 13) competition. Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational Gymnastics At Surrey CRGA Results GIRLS JO Level 8 (2003-04) All-around: 1. Brooklyn

Batch; 2. Chloe Doyon. Balance beam: 2. Batch; 3. Doyon. Uneven parallel bars: 1. Doyon; 2. Batch. Vault: 1. Batch; 2. Doyon. Floor exercise: 2. Doyon; 3. Batch. JO Level 8 (2001-02) All-around: 1. Reese Wheeldon; 4. Janika Scriba. Beam: 2. Wheeldon; 3. Scriba. Bars: 1. Wheeldon; 5. Scriba. Vault: 3. Wheeldon; 7. Scriba. Floor exercise: 1. Wheeldon; 4. Scriba. BOYS Level 4 (13-over) All-around: 3. Liam Deagle; 5. Quinn Kuschel-Ross. Rings: 4. Kuschel-Ross; 5. Deagle. Parallel bars: 1. Deagle; 2. Kuschel-Ross. High bar: 2. Kuschel-Ross; 3. Deagle. Pommel horse: 1. Kuschel-Ross; 5. Deagle. Vault: 4. Deagle. Floor exercise: 2. Deagle.

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Riptide U15 boys repeat Island title It was a case of dejà vu all over again when the Upper Island U-15 Boys faced Saanich/Fusion for the Island A Cup Championship at the Comox Sports Centre turf this month. For the second straight year, the two teams squared off for the Island title and provincial berth, and for the second time, the game went to penalty kicks before the Riptide prevailed, 1-0, to retain its crown. “What a performance! The boys played some fantastic soccer,” head coach Bruce Mitchell said. “A special heartfelt thanks to our back line of John (Samuels), Shohei (Iwamoto), Brook (Gronmeyer), Dawson (Kipp) and Dylan (Robertson). They were up

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Lifter hoists gold Campbell River’s Kaiya MacNeill-Payeur has been competing in powerlifting for less than a year. But that’s been more than enough time to earn the local gym owner a berth in the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s National Championships next month in Newfoundland. The owner of the Crossfit O’Twelve gym, who competes as Kaiya McPay, swept the squat, the bench press and the deadlift in last month’s Winter Open Powerlifting competition to claim the gold medal and earn a berth in the April 6-11 nationals in St. John’s. “I am so honoured to be able to bring something to Campbell River that not only helps RCMP, football players, powerlifters, wrestlers

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Improving seniors’ financial literacy is critical – but, as the report says, it’s not enough. Seniors (and those who will one day be seniors) also need expert support, direction and advice they can trust – and that makes a professional advisor a critical member of their financial team. *http://www.fcac-acfc. gc.ca/Eng/financialLiteracy/ financialLiteracyCanada/strategy/ Documents/seniors_financial_ literacy_consultation.pdf This column, written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), and Investors Group Securities Inc. (in Québec, a firm in Financial Planning) presents general information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact your own advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant.

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BEST MORTGAGE BROKER BEST FOR PLUMBING & HEATING ❑ PAUL STAPLEY ❑ RIVER CITY PLUMB/HEATING ❑ JILL COOK ❑ CARLSON’S PLUMBING ❑ MIKE PARKINSON ❑ SERVICE PRO PLUMBING & ❑ ROB FUCCENCCO HEATING ❑ TRICIA MCINTOSH ❑ KILGOUR’S PLUMBING SERVICE BEST NON PROFIT OR SERVICE GROUP ❑ ED ROSSE PLUMBING ❑ CR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ❑ VAN ISLE PLUMB/HEATING ❑ CAMPBELL RIVER BCSPCA ❑ WILLOW POINT PLUMBING ❑ CR ROTARY - NOON CLUB & HEATING ❑ CR ROTARY - BREAKFAST CLUB BEST FLOORING STORE ❑ KINSMEN ❑ BPWN ❑ LAYED RITE FLOORING INC ❑ IMMIGRANT WELCOME ❑ CR FLOORS CENTRE ❑ BOB’S FLOORING CANADA ❑ CR COMMUNITY ❑ UNITED FLOORING FOUNDATION ❑ WESTCAN ONE ❑ YPCR BEST FOR LANDSCAPING ❑ CR VOLUNTEER SOCIETY ❑ SHORELINE ARTS ❑ DJ’S LAWN AND GARDEN ❑ CR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ❑ STRATE SCAPES ❑ CR SPECIAL OLYMPICS LANDSCAPING ❑ HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ❑ A NIJHUIS LANDSCAPES ❑ CRHISS ❑ CURT’S LANDSCAPING BEST CHILDCARE CENTRE ❑ LADYBUG LANDSCAPING ❑ FOREST CIRCLE CHILD CARE ❑ SEAHORSE EDGING, ❑ CARI’S INFANT/TODDLER PATHWAYS & CURBS ❑ KIDS CONNECTION BEST SPA ❑ QUADRA CHILDREN’S ❑ EDEN STREET SPA MAGIC MOMENTS MONTERSORI ❑ APPLE MINT DAY SPA ❑ HUMPTY DUMPTY NURSERY ❑ TANGLES HAIR & DAY SPA ❑ CHRISTIAN LIFE CHILDREN’S ❑ MERLE NORMAN DAY SPA ❑ LEISHMAN CHILD CARE CENTRE ❑ APRIL POINT RESORT & SPA ❑ WILLOW POINT OUT OF SCHOOL ❑ STUDIO 10 SALON & DAY SPA BEST ADVENTURE TOUR COMPANY ❑ INDUSTRY SPA ❑ HURRICANE JACK BEST OPTICAL/EYEWEAR ❑ CR WHALE WATCHING TOURS ❑ DESTINY RIVER ADVENTURES ❑ IRIS ❑ DISCOVERY MARINE SAFARIS ❑ MAYCOCK OPTICAL ❑ EAGLE EYE ADVENTURES ❑ CR OPTOMETRY ❑ ABORIGINAL JOURNEYS ❑ WALMART ❑ COASTAL EYECARE BEST GOLF COURSE ❑ SUPERSTORE ❑ SEQUOIA SPRINGS GOLF ❑ STOREY CREEK GOLF BEST PET CLINIC ❑ SARATOGA BEACH GOLF ❑ CR VETERINARY HOSPITAL ❑ QUADRA ISLAND GOLF ❑ MERECROFT VETERINARY ❑ RAINBOW GOLF ❑ COASTLAND VETERINARY BEST FISHING CHARTER ❑ DOGWOOD VETERINARY ❑ GREENWOOD ANIMAL ❑ BOTTOM LINE FISHING ❑ SPRINGLINE CHARTERS ❑ EDEN CAT VETERINARY ❑ ABSOLUTE SPORTS FISHING BEST BAKERY ❑ MID ISLAND FISHING ❑ STEINERS BAKERY ❑ A RIPPINGALES FISHING ❑ DAVE’S BAKERY ❑ FISHING STORIE CHARTERS ❑ THRIFTY FOODS BAKERY ❑ ARCHER’S FISHING ❑ QUALITY FOODS BAKERY ❑ PENIUK’S SPORT FISHING ❑ OVERWAITEA BAKERY ❑ TALL TALE CHARTERS ❑ BREW UNTO OTHERS ❑ STEVE SHELLEY FISHING ❑ ABORIGINAL JOURNEYS BEST FOR YOGA ❑ PROFISH ADVENTURES ❑ BIKRAM YOGA BEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ❑ PRANA YOGA YIN CENTRE ❑ COAST REALTY GROUP ❑ FLOW YOGA STUDIO ❑ RE/MAX CHECK REALTY ❑ OCEAN MOUNTAIN YOGA ❑ ROYAL LEPAGE ADVANCE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER ❑ OJ PROPERTY MGMT ❑ EIKO JONES ❑ WILLOW POINT REALTY ❑ ERIN WALLIS ❑ MEICOR REALTY ❑ LEE SIMMONS ❑ NORTHERN PROPERTY MGMT ❑ LISA MURPHY-QUIGLEY (REIT) ❑ JAMES HEADRICK BEST GYM/FITNESS STUDIO ❑ INGRID THOMAS ❑ VI FITNESS CENTRE ❑ PORTER PHOTOGRAPHY ❑ CLUB FITNESS ❑ BLUE TREE PHOTOGRAPHY ❑ CAMPBELL RIVER FITNESS ❑ CURVES BEST ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ❑ CR SPORTSPLEX ❑ HOULE ELECTRIC ❑ STRATHCONA GARDENS ❑ MR. ELECTRIC BEST DANCE ORGANIZATION ❑ APPLE ELECTRIC ❑ URBAN DANCE ❑ ANCHOR COVE ELECTRICAL ❑ RAINCOAST ❑ B CONNECTED ELECTRICAL PERFORMING ARTS ❑ GODDESS BELLY DANCING BEST KITCHEN/BATH ❑ CR DANCE XTREME ❑ CANADIAN TIRE ❑ TARA SCHOOL OF ❑ HOME HARDWARE IRISH DANCING ❑ YOUR KITCHEN DEPOT ❑ HOOPNOSIS ❑ GOURMET ESSENTIALS ❑ SOLSTICE DANCE STUDIO ❑ SIGNATURE OILS ❑ RIPPLE ROCKETS SQUARE DANCE CLUB BEST LOCAL WINEMAKER/U-BREW BEST MARTIAL ARTS CENTRE ❑ WILLOW POINT WINES NEW ❑ WINE WITH US ❑ PURE MARTIAL ARTS ❑ CR WADO KARATE CLUB ❑ NORTH ISLAND BREWING ❑ CR CASK KARATE ❑ HOME BREW FACTORY & ❑ CR SHOTOKAN KARATE WINE BOUTIQUE ❑ CR JUDO CLUB ❑ CR BOXING CLUB ❑ CR SHITO-RYU ❑ NORTHWEST SHITO KAI

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Hot time in the old town Saturday night for Fashion Inferno 2015

sell out crowd had a great time at Saturday’s Fashion Inferno and raised $15,000 for the Firefighters Burn Fund. This amazing fashion event at the Campbell River Community Centre showcased some of Campbell River’s finest local clothing stores. Besides the fashion show, there was also a Dinner & Dance, champagne reception, door prizes and silent and live auctions. A pair of $1,300 diamond earrings donated by Pacific Chocolate and Preston Jewellers was raffled off. All of city council took a turn on the runway and firefighters from Nanaimo travelled up-Island to help out. The event was presented by Campbell River fire fighters, members of IAFF Local 1668.

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Clockwise from top left: MC Jenn O (Jennifer Oag) from 2day FM gets a lift from firefighter Andy Stewart; Kayla Smith is escorted onto the runway by Kelly Bellefleur; The fashion sense wasn’t just on the runway as attested by this table of ladies in the audience; Two gals from Sweet Tease Burlesque get a little nautical.

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SAT, MAR 14 • 12-2 302B-670 S ISL HWY $203,000

SAT, MAR 14 •1-2:30 2675 SEYMOUR PL $344,000

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The cadets of 363 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, Campbell River gather around a newlydonated wall hanging of their squadron crest, donated by Grant Signs through the general manager, Jonathan Calderwood. Calderwood was a Warrant Officer with 353 Mile Zero squadron in his younger days and he and Grant Signs are supporters of the Air Cadet movement in B.C.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black Creek Community Association AGM reflects a growing relationship with local farming and food distribution. The public is invited to a free night of presentation and panel discussion focused on meeting the changing needs of Black Creekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local food industry. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided. Small-farms activist, and agrologist, Arzeena Hamir will present will a comparison between Black Creek and Richmond BC, where she

worked to enact three interventions that radically changed the farming community and the purchasing of food. The panel discussion, always lively, includes four locals with extensive farming experience in Black Creek: Siriol Paquet, Mike Huxam, Fred Doberstein, and Oscar Kreutziger. The Black Creek Community Centre has been offering an increasing number of workshops to meet the demand for agriculture training, bringing in both local and visiting instructors.

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Summer Swim Club Thursday, March 26th 6:30-8pm in the lobby of Strathcona Gardens

$250 for 3+ months of swimming Registration fees payable by cash or cheque

Call us today and advertise your CLUB!

250-287-9227 Campbell River Youth Soccer

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FIRST JOB? Drop in or call and register to be a carrier today!

to be held at Nunns Creek Park Saturday, March 14th & 21st from 10am-2pm weather permitting - watch website for alternative location

Tykes T-Ball Tadpole Mosquito Pee Wee Bantam Midget

age 4-5 age 6-7 age 8-9 age 10-11 age 12-13 age 14-15 age 16-18

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Volunteer Executive Members Needed! Let us know what you can do for CRMBA

Contact Amanda Doherty amanda.doherty@shaw.ca or call 250-923-8518 for a mail out of the registration package

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Spring 2015

REGISTER ONLINE! Tots-U12 (Birth Years 2003-2010) U13-18 (Birth Years 1997-2002) (interlocked with Comox) Registration ends March 28

Call Kevin for details 250-287-9227 #104-250 Dogwood Street

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REGISTRATION & FIELD PREP

Black Creek includes a significant amount of ALR, as well as many farmers, from large scale to hobby farms. Open to members, as well as anyone from the surrounding communities interested in the state of the local agriculture economy. The 2015 AGM takes place Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Black Creek Community Centre, 2001 Black Creek Rd. For more information call (250) 337-5190, email info@blackcreekcc.com, or visit blackcreek-cc.com, or like them on Facebook.

A registration/payment day will be held

Sat, March 28 at the clubhouse from 10am to 2pm Register at: crysa.bc.ca Email: crysaa@shaw.ca Phone: 250-286-6660

Spring Break Camps - Register NOW! Intermediate Camp All ages For riders looking to improve their skills! Learn: care for assigned horse, March 30-April 2 dressage lesson, pole/jump lesson, 9am-1pm stable management, learn show prep & participate in mini dressage $300 +GST & hunter show. 8 students.

Beginner Camp 5-12 yrs old April 7-10

For the horse crazy: a week of fun filled time with horses for riders in the beginning stages of learning to ride! Riding lessons, stable management, games, crafts & farm work, horse show prep & participate in a mini-show. 12 students.

9am-noon $250 +GST

2105 Shetland Rd (just off Peterson/Willis) Campbell River

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had great success when the bite is on and those after the lunkers had 4 and 5-pound trout break off while other days have been slow. Reginald Lake is catch and release only on the fly and this lake has a great fish population for those out fishing on the fly.

Local anglers who go after steelhead in March and April are in for a great fight if you can find the right drift in our local rivers.

Reading about steel heading and doing it is two different things. Some of the older retired rods say that steel heading is not what it used to be. I meet regularly with Graham Kelly who gets out and lands a fish and he keeps his spots on any given river a secret.

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Keeta Lake a few minutes north of Sayward was last stocked in 2007 and is fishable from shore. This may be a great spot to cast out a fly and reports are that fish around 12 inches are common.

Graham Kelly with a catch and release Steelhead

Most fish are caught drifting lures or artificial worms or even a fly. For most guides who fish the area go to the Gold and Campbell River and the Salmon River can be a great spot when fish are hooked. A 29-pound Steelhead on the Salmon is a big catch but 21 or a 25-pound fish will be a catch to be proud of. The Vancouver Island fish hatchery on Wednesday stocked Echo Lake near Campbell River with over 600 catchable trout and while fishing

from shore can be fun it may take a few days to let the fish settle in. Last week I found that a small dry fly tied on a number 14 hook was getting action. I still think that deer hair is a popular material to play with and a Tom Thumb fly even on a bigger size will catch fish all year.

I received reader feedback on the lure I found in a tackle box that was made at the Last Resort Tackle Company in Edmonton. The Flattened penny with the Lords prayer engraved on it was made in 1987 and to my knowledge the company no longer exists.

Early season fishing action has been slow on Echo and Beavertail but the shoreline can be buzzing with surface fish hanging around the weed bed. I found that from dawn to 11 am is the best time to fish and the late hours before sunset can be good.

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