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Leadership comes from within

New Hupacasath councillor remembers her roots while looking to her band’s future. KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

rowing up in the Alberni Valley, Jolleen Dick always wanted to be a leader. “I took the leadership course three times in high school,” Dick said with a laugh. “It was fun, it was volunteering, it was being part of the community.” Taking that course paid off sooner than Dick could have expected at the time. At only 24 years old and fresh out of the tourism program at Vancouver Island University, Dick is set to bring change to the Valley. On April 4, Dick was elected to the Hupacasath First Nation council. The Valley-born and raised Dick will not only be the communications coordinator and founder of the Sunset Market at the Victoria Quay but also one of the youngest ever Hupacasath First Nation councillors. But while she might be young, she’s spent her whole life soaking in what a leader should be. “My late grandfather was always a leader. He was a hereditary chief,” Dick said. “Growing up, I didn’t really know what that meant, the difference between traditional leadership and elected leadership.” To Dick, the difference is in how the leaders are prepared. “Hereditary is a bloodline so you’re groomed from an early age. You’re taught who you are, you’re taught your relations, you’re taught to be humble.” While she’ll be an elected leader, those lessons have stuck. “To me the No. 1 thing is that a leader is humble. A leader inspires and a leader brings ideas to action.”

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Jolleen Dick, the newest elected member of the Hupacasath First Nation council, has her eye on increasing aboriginal tourism and economic development.

Her grandfather was Hugh Watts, who died in early April. Watts believed in always having faith and that’s something Dick has made a mantra of. “Whatever you’re doing, always have faith in it.” Growing up with a hereditary chief, or a ha’wilth in Nuu-chah-nulth, taught Dick more than she ever realized as a child. “I guess I didn’t realize the extent of my grandfather’s history in Nuu-chah-nulth territory.” To her, he was just her grandfather. But as Dick grew up, graduated high school and moved onto university, she realized the impact

‘There’s so many vacant seats where Hupacasath can have a voice and we need to at least be there for the conversation.’ – Jolleen Dick he’d had. “He played a major role.” Watts worked as an Indian government advisor during his tenure with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal

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Council (NTC). “He went to each individual community and consulted with everyday people, so he became well known all along the coast. Then he worked at the hospital... I just didn’t realize the extent of influence he had.” Seeing her grandfather connect with people in their communities helped her redefine her definition of networking. “I used to think of it as just business networking but network is just building relationships.” As a small nation of about 300 people, Dick sees the Hupacasath’s relationship outside of the community as essential for

further growth. “Doing our own thing, off to the side, I guess it has worked... we lived sustainably for thousands of years... but I think the time and the climate and the atmosphere’s right for us to come out of our shell a little bit more. “I think the No. 1 thing is relationships because that’s how you get things done. You can’t do things by yourself. You need support from other first nations, from other governments because we’re all in this together.” While Dick sees the withdrawal of the Hupacasath from outside life as a possible symptom of having lived through

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the residential schools, she thinks that enough time has passed that it’s time to reach out. “I think my generation, and maybe the generation above me, we weren’t as harshly affected by the residential schools. We’re growing up in better environments which allows for better thought processes and a little less pain from residue from harmful effects from those schools and those harsh times.” Forging new relationships is just part of Dick’s effort to challenge the status quo. “Why do we do things this way right now?

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SD70 to close Eighth Avenue and Gill KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Eighth Avenue and Gill Elementary Schools will close at the end of the school year following a unanimous vote by SD70 school trustees during a budget meeting in Tofino on

Tuesday night. “Closing schools is a last resort chosen by any school board when faced with chronic underfunding and fewer students,” SD70 trustee Rosemarie Buchanan told the Alberni Valley News. “This year’s decision

was made after careful examination on several possible solutions and the board and administration felt tonight’s decision was the best solution.” With Eighth Avenue and Gill closing, E.J. Dunn and A.W. Neill Middle Schools will

be converted to elementary schools to accommodate the population of the closing schools. Following the plan laid out by SD70 superintendent Greg Smyth earlier in the budget process, SD70 will convert to a K-7, 8-12 system in

September. While the school closures took into account the convenience of getting students to their new schools, school bus routes may need to be adjusted due to the new configuration. According to

Buchanan, the Strong Start program currently at Eighth Avenue will move to either Maquinna or E.J. Dunn. The school district has yet to make a decision as to the possible relocation of VAST. The school

district has looked at closing Gill and Eighth Avenue for several years now and Tuesday’s vote marks the end of a long, arduous school district reconfiguration process. reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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WEST COAST GENERAL: | Emergency room expansion put on hold until 2018 KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

West Coast General Hospital’s emergency room expansion has been put off until 2018, according to director of planning for Island Health Chris Sullivan. Sullivan said that while Island Health had identified the

emergency room other hospitals on the expansion Island. as a priority “Our in 2014-15, boilers “some other at Royal things have Jubilee cropped [Hospital up that are in Victoria] very high could fail priority.” at any time, These so we’re PENNY COTE projects looking include to replace that for infrastructure at $6.5 million, and our

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electrical energy plants at Nanaimo Hospital we’re at capacity and if there’s a failure that’s another problem as well,” Sullivan said. Another cost that’s cropped up is a revised medication distribution strategy. “We’re looking to change our method of giving medication to our patients based on a barcoded system,” Sullivan said. “Basically, the right time, the right drug, the right person, the right dose. So that’s a very expensive project as well.” Sproat Lake electoral area director Penny Cote questioned the lack of funding in capital reserve for repairs and replacements of hospital equipment. Continued / A7

The city’s 20152019 financial plan is almost ready to be adopted following its third reading at city council on Monday, April 13. According to director of finance Cathy Rothwell’s report, the average home in Port Alberni will pay three per cent more in taxes this year based on an assessment value of $185,876. The residential tax increase hasn’t changed since the last time it was brought before council in March. The assessment for an average home in Port Alberni dropped from $187,064 in 2014, leading to a $2.6 million decrease in total assessed value for residential class properties

despite $8.9 million in new residential construction. The city is expected to collect about $21 million in property taxes in 2015. Residential properties will pay about 59 per cent of that total, while industrial properties will pay 23 per cent and business class properties will pay 17 per cent. Large capital expenditures include repaving 220 metres of Ninth Avenue for $176,000 and 220 m of Argyle Street for almost $500,000. Despite the continuation of the city’s commercial container garbage pickup being subject to heavy debate at earlier budget meetings and a 46 per cent drop in operating costs for container waste pickup, $315,600 for a replacement container

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garbage truck was included in the capital expenditure program. Other large capital projects include $2.5 million for Dry Creek flood protection (onethird to be paid for by the city), $210,000 for Abbeyfield House roof replacement, $280,000 for the first phase of the Coal Creek sewer outfall and $173,000 for upgrades to the vehicle bridge over Kitsuksis Creek. Street sweeping will be cut back by $25,000 and focused on main streets while only planters currently in storage in the city’s parks yard— no new items—will be installed along the Johnston Road corridor. The adoption of the financial plan bylaw and the introduction of the tax rates bylaw is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 20 at 5 p.m. at city hall. reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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Rugby Playoffs Come on out and watch the Alberni Black Sheep take on the Cowichan Piggies in the Cowichan Cup semi-final on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. at the Black Sheep Rugby Club.

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Come on out to the country dance with Backstage Whiskey at the Cherry Creek Hall on Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.. The night is a fundraiser for the Funding Alberni Valley Arts Society. Tickets can only be bought in advance and are $20 each from Elite Dance Academy, Re/Max Mid-Island Realty and Port Alberni Pawnbrokers.

A young participant learns how to knit in 45 minutes at the 2014 How-To festival at Echo Centre. Learn a whole bunch of things in 45 minutes or less this Saturday, April 18.

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Come on out to the second annual How-To Fest at Echo Centre on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Packed with 20 different sessions on everything from social media to fitness to board games, there’s sure to be something for everyone. Sessions are 45 minutes or less and admission is free. For more information, call Echo Centre at 250-723-2181 or visit www.portalberni.ca/2015-how-45-fest.

The Spring into Fashion show and dinner takes place at the Starboard Grill on Tuesday, April 21 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $35, available at Boutique Belles Aimes and $3 of each ticket will go towards the Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada. Tickets are limited so reserve early. For more information, call 250-723-0966.

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School closure considerations require reasonable and informed enrolment projections. To assist in developing accurate enrolment projections and to comply with SD70 school admission policy, registration for the 2015/16 school year will occur in two phases:

The Young Professionals of the Alberni Valley are hosting their April mixer at the Capitol Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17. Admission is $5 and bar opens at 6:30 p.m. Come on out to mix and mingle and find out what the Young Professionals are all about.

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Grant brings PCU-WHS program to business KATYA SLEPIAN

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Efforts to help workers in federally regulated private sector industries return to work through the National Institute for Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR) got a boost last Thursday thanks to the federal government. Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women Dr. K. Kellie Leitch was at Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health and Sciences to announce $125,000 in funding for a project that is designed improve return-to-work and disability management efforts. “The focus is to focus on federally regulated private sector spaces to integrate individuals

with disabilities back into economy,” Leitch said. The $125,000 will go towards a “multi-year project to develop an audit tool that will be used in federally regulated spaces to reintegrate Canadians that are injured in the workplace back into their workplaces,” she said. “It’s a tremendous awareness opportunity,”PCUWHS president and executive director of NIDMAR Wolfgang Zimmerman said. “The employers in Canada that are under federal jurisdiction are the largest employers in the country. All of our banks, transportation companies, media companies... in that regard it has now reached from coast to coast to 300 employers.”

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MInister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women Dr. K. Kellie Leitch announced a $125,000 grant at PCU-WHS on Thursday.

According to city economic development manager Pat Deakin, Port Alberni will also reap indirect benefits of the PCU-WHS funding. “When companies are looking to settle in an area they look to

see what’s available in the community for education. Here we have a new state of the art high school, a very attractive college and a niche university that is on the leading edge of return-to-work

programs.” Then there are the direct benefits of having a world renowned program and university in town, Deakin said. “Obviously, attracting students to the community and

giving students an opportunity to see the area and decide that they might want to stay here for longer than just the period of time that they’re getting their training.” And where there are students, there’s a

need for teachers. “The university attracts a number of professionals on staff. These are individuals who are well paid, have a great education and they in turn influence their circle of friends and their network.” The funding comes through the Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity (WORBE) program, a new program designed to support employers subject to the Employment Equity Act. “The Employment Equity Act looks at integrating women, Aboriginal Canadians, individuals with disabilities as well as new Canadians into the economy,” Leitch said. reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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YEAR IN REVIEW: | Fire department had a 12 per cent increase in call volume. KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Port Alberni’s firefighters were kept busy in 2014—about 12 per cent busier than 2013, according to the Port Alberni Fire Department’s annual report. “For reasons I don’t know, 2014 was a busier year,” fire Chief Tim Pley told council at their April 13 meeting. It was a six-year high, with calls from 2009-2013 not exceeding 1195, while 2014 saw 1272 calls. The increase was primarily due to medical calls, Pley said. “Again, I can’t explain that except that there were more ambulance calls in the city than we’ve experienced in previous years.” Top three times for calls were 3 p.m., 1

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Fires only made up 11 per cent of the fire departments 1,272 calls in 2014.

p.m. and 11 a.m. while the least busy hours were 4 a.m., 5 a.m. and 2 a.m. respectively. Half of the calls in 2014 were medical responses, which Pley has said in the past is about average in a given year. A further 14 per cent of the calls were for fire alarms and 11 per cent were rescues. Structure fires made up only

three per cent of calls last year and fires overall only made up 11 per cent. Last year also showed “a marginal... improvement in turnout times over 2013,” Pley said. According to Pley “the standard for medical response is to be rolling within 60 seconds 90 per cent of the time and

for fire is to be rolling 90 per cent within 80 seconds.” The fire department achieves those standards 80 per cent of the time, Pley said. “It’s a really tough standard to meet and I give credit to our people who are meeting it on a very regular basis.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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Council balks at Clutesi Haven lease renewal The City of Port Alberni is considering ending its lease, or at least modifying the terms, with the Port Alberni Port Authority at Clutesi Haven Marina. The last time the port authority signed a lease for the land was in 1994 for $1 a year. That lease was up in 2014. Re-leasing the Clutesi Haven Marina land to the port authority for 20 years is “unacceptable,” Coun. Chris Alemany said at city council on Monday night. “It’s been too long that the Clutesi Marina Land has sat there unused and undeveloped,” said Alemany, adding that “a parking lot is not good enough.” As operating the marina and boat launch is an “essential service,” Alemany said, the agreement should be rewritten to

allow PAPA access but not to lease them the land itself. “We can simply guarantee them access, much like they have access to Centennial Pier through Argyle Street, and then we can do what we hope we can do with that land... develop it, make a park, whatever. Have a community process to develop that.” Coun. Dan Washington counselled against “pulling the rug out” from under the port authority and instead suggested staff “meet with them and encourage them to do some development down there.” Following a meeting between the city and the port authority, city staff had prepared a motion to renew the lease for Clutesi Haven Marina to the Port Alberni Port Authority for 20 years at a rate of $1 a year. Included in this lease agreement was

a new clause stating that the city and the port authority would “mutually agree to pursue a commercial development on the land which is compatible with the existing marina use and maximizes opportunities for tourism/commercial activities on the lands.” However, Coun. Sharie Minions said that the clause wasn’t enough to push the port authority to develop anything on that land. “It doesn’t seem like the port authority is really overly interested in developing that portion of land so although we have the development clause [in the lease agreement], it doesn’t give any time frames that they need to develop the land in or any real specifics,” Minions said. She added that she was concerned “the land is just going to sit there

for another 20 years.” According to city manager Ken Watson, the city has leased Clutesi to PAPA since the late 1960s. The marina building that used to stand on the site was demolished in June 2012. Watson said that the last development plans for the Clutesi land involved the proposed Tsu-ma-as Transformation Centre. The controversial cultural centre proposal was a joint venture between the Hupacasath and Tseshaht First Nations, the port authority and the city. Watson said that “several incarnations” of the plans for the transformation centre developed between 2007 and 2009 but nothing was ever finalized. Council agreed to table the motion to enter a lease with the port authority pending further discussion.

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How-To Fest comes to Echo April 18 KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The second annual How--To in 45 Fest is coming to Echo Centre on April 18. Packed with 20 different sessions for all ages, there’s sure to be something for everyone. “There’s a wide variety of topics.

We’ve got some fitness focused sessions including yoga, a workout and personal planning session, stuff do with iPads,” city recreation programmer Nathan Kwan said. “It’s all over the map. The idea was to make it broad so that hopefully we’d get something for

everyone.” The How-To Fest was inspired by a similar library event in Kentucky. “It just seemed like a fun way to show the community what kind of knowledge,” Nathan Kwan said. “We also have the Lime’N food truck coming.” Last year, 300 people came to the event

co-hosted by the city and the Vancouver Island Regional Library. This year, the event takes place on Saturday, April 18 at Echo Centre. Sessions are 45 minutes or less and admission is free. For more information, call Echo Centre at 250-723-2181 or visit www.portalberni. ca/2015-how-45-fest.

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“It seems to me that a boiler would be something that the hospital would have had a reserve fund for...for it to be in an emergency situation

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of funding the boilers but had come up short. “We spent probably two years trying to identify those alternate routes and we were unsuccessful

in finding anything that would not be considered capital. It’s not a surprise that it’s a priority, it’s a surprise that we’ve had to squeeze it into our capital plan.”

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Beauty more than panel deep What does beautification mean to you when you think of Port Alberni? We wish Port Alberni’s city council would answer that question cohesively. Mayor Mike Ruttan announced last week that the city will pay $35,000 to renovate the exterior of city hall, while spending thousands more to renovate the mayor’s office. In the next breath council cut $25,000 from the street sweeping budget and $25,000 intended for new planters around the city (they did agree to pull out some extraneous planters stored in the public works yard and place them strategically around the city). We agree the mayor’s office is in need of more than Band-Aid repairs. We’re not so sure about the exterior. What confuses the issue is the Coulson Group’s generous $100,000 donation of cedar panels to complete the job. Wayne Coulson says we need a city hall we can be proud of; somewhere we can host potential investors and not be embarrassed that we’ve shoved all our dirty laundry under the bed, so to speak. We say the city needs to take more pride in itself. A few people with a few brooms can help ease the pain of losing street sweeping time. Cracking down on derelict buildings can help with another facet of beautification. We would suggest volunteers helping with planters or hanging baskets, but we saw that kind of program a few years ago and not even a week had gone by before planters were vandalized. Where do you think the city should start with beautification? E-mail us your signed opinion at editor@albernivalleynews.com — Alberni Valley News

B.C.’s treaty cash cow may dry up TOM FLETCHER B.C. Views

ICTORIA – The B.C. Treaty Commission and its federal and provincial financiers put on a brave show last week, celebrating a “milestone” in negotiations for a modern treaty with five Vancouver Island First Nations. A regional group representing the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T’Souke, Malahat and Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nations have reached the “agreement in principle” stage of negotiations with Canada and B.C., after 20 years of treaty talks. This is similar to the treaty finalized in 2007 with another five-member Vancouver Island group called Maa-Nulth First Nations. The Te’mexw Treaty Association agreed to accept 1,565 hectares of provincial Crown land and $142 million in federal cash to settle its historic

aboriginal title. Alas, agreement in principle is but the fourth of sixth stages. Now a platoon of lawyers takes over from the roomful of negotiators to produce the final legal text. It will be years before this treaty can be presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if it ever is. These elaborate ceremonies will never be viewed the same again after the release of federal treaty advisor Doug Eyford’s report last month. The Te’mexw event seemed to have an extra urgency after Eyford’s observation that much of this costly activity has become a job creation program for those involved. These Vancouver Island communities deserve credit for setting aside their own territorial disputes. It’s more than most have done. Eyford

concluded after a long summer of meetings last year that many treaty negotiation teams in this province and across the country show no such inclination. In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there is a “conspicuous lack of urgency in negotiations” and “sharp divisions” between parties, most of which have been at the table for a decade or more, Eyford found. This is what has come to be known as the “aboriginal industry,” where lawyers and consultants have a seemingly endless supply of lucrative work, much of it of questionable value. For some aboriginal participants, attending treaty meetings year after year is the best paying job they have ever had. Indeed, a common feature of the province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that their

‘These elaborate ceremonies will never be viewed the same again...’

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leaders demand meetings, and then demand to be paid to attend them. This latest Vancouver Island treaty, assuming it is ever finalized, would at least in part replace the Douglas Treaties, signed by B.C.’s colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s. These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its Metchosin territory. One of the biggest missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federallyregulated fisheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwilling to offer shares of salmon. Hunting and fishing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties, and reaffirmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Yes – 6.7% No – 93.3% This week’s question: Are you satisfied with the decision SD70 made to close Eighth Avenue and Gill Elementary Schools?

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Gov’t crackdown on treaty process Sharing these rights, particularly salmon, while maintaining conservation of fish stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases neighbouring aboriginal communities, have been able to manage. Eyford’s findings, and the B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staffing a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little

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progress, have sent one overdue message. If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Re: Label not appreciated, Letters, March 19. What makes Mr. Berg think he is such an expert in everything pertaining to this town? He knows nothing about McLean Mill and they will be in a difficult way this year trying to manage on such a small budget. The fellows that work for some pay out there haven’t even had a raise for 10-plus years and the money they do earn is very low compared to anyone else doing similar work. They don’t complain either, and they all work hard—so do all the volunteers. If that mill was static, it would look in no time just like it did originally when they first decided to save it, rebuild and bring it back. The mill is there to show the public the way it was—it’s not meant to profit. If it was decided to run it full time, all the parts would not take it and most of the parts you cannot get anymore. Running the mill how they do is enough. Tourists from every corner of the world have been here

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and love the whole program, from the train station to the steam donkey and the mill hauling up logs to make lumber. This mill is the only complete display like that in all of North America, and we have it. Mr. Berg, the “armchair accountant” does not know what is best for this town. We need things to do here for our tourist friends. Per population of this town it only costs taxpayers about a dollar a month or $13 a year to operate the mill. You can’t buy cigarettes or a case of beer for that small amount. How can that be so terrible?

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Bill C-51 too secretive To the Editor,

The Harper Conservative government has not been held accountable for dozens of breaches of Canadian law. Bill C-51 will ensure that we will no longer be informed about the outrages they will continue to commit in our name. Our country is in shambles. Our children cannot afford an education. Our young cannot find jobs. Our seniors wait for months and months and years for decent health care. Our international reputation has been destroyed. We must

stop Bill C-51. We have apparently lost the power to hold these criminals to task. We cannot give them the ability to perpetrate further crimes in secret. James Lunney has already been the incredible shrinking man in terms of standing up for us. We must stand up for ourselves...finally. I encourage Canadians to learn more about how we can work together to stop “secret police” Bill C-51 at: StopC51. ca. Lorna LeBlanc, Port Alberni

Canadians ‘get it’ about Duffy

Despite what some politicians hope and political pundits may think, Canadians get it: the whole scandalous Mike Duffy senatorial trial is about misuse of public money for partisan purposes. And what an education we’re all getting in the process, aren’t we? When senators barely wait for the ink on their appointment to dry before bellying up to the taxpayers’ trough, and when it’s revealed just what taxpayers are paying for, Canadians get it. Canadians get it when senators are claiming for expensive orange juice and whining about “cold Camembert” while the federal government cuts health-care transfer payments to provinces, resulting in increased waiting-lists for medical care and more. At the same time, Canadians get it when income taxes for the country’s most wealthy are cut (because it gets votes). Even cold Camembert and broken crackers sound more healthy and appetizing. Liz Stonard, Port Alberni

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change the look of city hall,” Ruttan said. “We’re extremely pleased that the city would honour us in putting the product on the building,” Coulson said, adding that he feels that the change “is necessary for the community.” Due to city hall’s listing in the Port Alberni Heritage Register, concerns were expressed by the city’s heritage commission that re-cladding the exterior of city hall with the cedar panelling would significantly change the documented appearance of the building. However, as the Port Alberni Train Station is the only building on the register with actual legal protections against changing its appearance, the only action necessary for city hall would be a rewriting of the Statement of Significance. The statement is what justifies the building’s place on both the provincial and national heritage register, parks, recreation and heritage director Scott Kenny wrote in a report to city council. Coulson said that upgrading the exterior of city hall is essential to promoting the community. “You want it to look as good as it can. You want to clean the ripped carpet off the floor, you want to take the paint stains off the ceiling and you want to invite your guests

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Voting for a Green candidate in this year’s federal election won’t split the vote and guarantee a Conservative win, Green Party of Canada leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May said when she visited Port Alberni on Saturday. “I’ll tell you what happens when the Greens have a good chance of winning. People who usually don’t see a reason in voting turn out to vote.” May was in town to support Green Party candidate Glenn Sollitt of Qualicum Beach, who is running for the MP’s seat in the new riding of CourtenayAlberni. When May ran in Saanich-Gulf Islands in

2011, approximately 75 per cent of eligible voters turned out to vote. That’s almost 15 per cent higher than the national voter turnout of 61 per cent. “A whole lot of people who are usually turned off by politics got excited,” she said. It’s the 40 per cent of voters who didn’t turn out in 2011 that May is hoping to capture now. “That’s the largest voting block in the country. We need to reach out to every Canadian voter and say ‘we’ll work for you, we’re not like the others.’ “Right now the Greens are on a roll on Vancouver Island,” May said, citing polling results on the Island as more than 21 per cent in favour of the Green Party.

“What we need to do between now and the election is have people open their minds to the possibility that they can elect an MP that works for them. That’s what the Greens offer—a commitment to real democracy.” May said that the perception of an antilogging Green Party shouldn’t turn off a forest industry heavy Alberni Valley. “We’re really committed to sustainable resource economies and the forest industry’s a really important part of that,” May said. “We need jobs, we need a sustainable economy. How do we re-imagine a forest industry so we can be competitive?” Key to that, according to May,

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on the exterior of the old Woodward’s garage [Coulson’s building on Third Avenue and Mar Street] and that’s been up quite nicely for the past couple of years and it hasn’t weathered at all,”

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and a five per cent share to the City of Port Alberni. While the project is an example of how to start a successful partnership, Dick believes that it could have progressed better. Victoria Quay, currently used only for the Dick-founded Sunset Market—a partnership between the Hupacasath and the chamber of commerce—is

another space she’d like to see utilized more efficiently. “Yes, you can always go big but the little things still count.” She’s aware, however, that developing on her nation’s traditional land may be more complicated than for other nations. “Hupacasath traditional territory has been taken over by the city of Port Alberni pretty much

and we share with neighbouring nations. So I don’t know what we can do and if overlapping territories are going to be a preventative measure for us.” But before she makes any major decisions, Dick wants to engage with her community and see what it is that they want. To some degree, that’s part of her role as communications coordinator. But it’s

also a way for her to learn what her people want. “Community engagement is essential to community development. You’ve got to know what the people want to do and what they’re willing to do to improve their quality of life.” One thing Dick is sure about is that the Hupacasath need to focus on Aboriginal tourism development.

Through her previous work at the visitors’ centre, she’s seen the interest in it from tourists and being involved in the city has shown her that it’s something locals are keen to see too. “I just want to see change, I just want to see community engagement and I think I can accomplish that as a councillor.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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It was a case of quality not quantity for Alberni Wrestling at the national championships in Fredericton, NB this year. The quantity was Alberni Wrestling only sending three ADSS wrestlers to the Cadet/ Juvenile Nationals this year as the event was across the country and costs were high. The quality was all three local wrestlers making the finals of their respective weights and bringing home medals. Grade 12 wrestler Nolan Badovinac won his third national title by taking gold in the 76 kg Juvenile Men’s Division. First year Cadet Aaron Badovinac (Gr. 9) took a silver medal at 69 kg Cadet. Michel Kurucz (Gr.

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12) captured silver in the 60 kg Juvenile Women’s division. Nolan later competed in the 76 kg Juvenile Greco Roman style and despite having little experience at this style he won silver. Aaron also wrestled

in the FILA National trials for wrestlers in grades 10-11 and placed fifth. Current Nanaimo coach, Alberni alumnus and Island head coach at the Nationals Andrew Tuck was thrilled with the Alberni results.

“The Alberni wrestlers led our Island and the B.C. team in Fredericton,” Tuck said. “They are outstanding representatives of ADSS and the Alberni Valley. Nolan is a natural leader who is highly respected by all of the BC team.” “On the mats he was incredible. He was dominant enroute to his gold medal and is clearly one, if not the, top juvenile wrestler in the country at any weight.” There will be little rest for some of the Alberni wrestlers as they hope to send a small contingent to the very tough US Western Regionals in Las Vegas in early May. Before that happens they have two fundraising events, including motorcross.

The Port Alberni Black Sheep will host Cowichan Piggies in the semi-final of the Cowichan Cup this Saturday, April 18 at the rugby club on Argyle Street. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Despite how well the Black Sheep have been playing this season, Cowichan is

no pushover, coach Jas Purewal said. “Of all the teams we’ve played they’ve given us difficult matchups,” he said. “We’ve got one win and two really close losses to them. They’re the only team that has a better record.” The key for the Black Sheep will be to keep up their speed and produce a faster

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The Alberni Airborne U15 volleyball squad shows off the bronze medals they earned at the Island finals.

Airborne earn bronze medal match and this time it did not go to three sets— Alberni swept them in two straight to win a bronze medal. “There has been tremendous growth in both their skills and mental toughness since the beginning of the season,” coaches Carly Whitmore and Erin O’Doherty said. “They were not ready to settle for fourth place and it was great to see them fight for every point and really dig deep to win bronze.” The Airborne’s two setters, Rebecca Donahue and Julie Korver hustled hard to ensure the set was there for the front row to hit.

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Korver served the game-winning bronze medal point after the Victoria coach called a strategic timeout when the score was 24-23 for Airborne. Laurel Davidson was a consistent passer in the back row and was a powerhouse in the front row as a power hitter. “Every girl brings something to the team and together they achieved a welldeserved bronze medal.” This is the first time a U15 team in Port Alberni has placed at Islands. The team will be competing at the provincial championships May 1–2 in Abbotsford at the Tradex Centre.

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The Alberni Airborne volleyball team dug deep at the U15 Vancouver Island championships at Alberni District Secondary School last weekend and came out with a bronze medal. The Airborne started off the tournament playing the second ranked team from Nanaimo and won the first set 25-18. They fought hard but dropped the second set in a close 22-25 battle. In the tie breaking third game, Airborne lost 11-15. It was uphill from there. Airborne won the first set to Victoria 25-15, lost the second set 12-25

The first-ever GIN regatta will fire up during this year’s 10th Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race. Vancouver Island’s marathon yachting race will mark its 10th edition with a record number of competitors and the inaugural Gulf Islands Nanaimo (GIN) Regatta, set to sail this June. Van Isle 360 happens once every two years and has become “the race” to sail in on the west coast of North America, says owner Jeffrey Motley, who’ll see boats as far as California and New Mexico at this year’s event, including one once owned by American’s Cup competitor Dennis Conner. The race got its start in 1999 with the Ambassador’s Edition, with 14 yachts looping the Island. Between June 6-20, there will be a record 52 boats and around 500 sailors participating in the 10-leg contest which starts and ends in Nanaimo.

pancake breakfast at the M.E. Mills Landing pier. The public can see the racers off and follow their journey on Van Isle 360’s online race tracker (http://goo.gl/ HnMZ9D). It’s an “exceptionally challenging” competition, says Motley, who sees it test the preparation of boats and crew communications and relations. Racers go from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. day after day. “It’s a real marathon of competition,” he said, adding sailors also face currents along the inside passage and it’s not uncommon to have gale-force winds on the outside. New to the event this year is the participation of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, which will host sailors and launch the regatta for the first time this year. More than 200 sailors are expected to make the dash from Victoria to Nanaimo in the inaugural GIN Regatta June 19-20. GIN will happen every year, alternating as part of Van Isle 360.

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Shelly Sevigny from Shelebrations displays her handmade creations for your celebrations at the business fair at Cherry Creek Hall last weekend. Booths were set up around the hall from home-based businesses.

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Chamber finalists announced The nominations are counted and the finalists have been announced for the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Community Excellence Awards. Here are the finalists: Social Media—The Funk Trunk, Jim’s Clothes Closet and

Walk the Coast. Health and Wellness—Ozzie’s Cycle, Alberni Natural Health Group and Sandra Gentleman. Youth of the Year — Caleb Savard, Eric Gill, Daniel Tsai. The Green Award— Ryan Dvorak, Eco Dry Cleaners and Sun Coast Waste. Rising Star Award—

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Lance Lapointe and Dan McMillan. Volunteer of the Year—Bill Surry, David Hooper and Bob Cole. Business Excellence Award—Pete’s Mountain Meats, Gone Fishin’ and West Coast Home Hardware. Citizen of the Year—Patty Edwards, DeWayne Parfitt and Theresa Kingston. Guests will be able to bid on a travel package to The Clearwater Lake Lodge and Resort west of Williams Lake. Funds raised through the bids will be redirected to the charity of choice for the 2015 Citizen of the Year. The chamber’s Community Awards of Excellence will take place Friday, April 24 at the Italian Hall, 4065 Sixth Ave.

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ARTS: | New non-profit organization sets its sights on preserving, promoting performing arts and participants in the Valley.

Days With the Arts is the Community Arts Council’s biennial studio tour of the Alberni Valley and it’s coming up quickly: April 25–26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. More than 20 studios and public venues will feature 50 local artists doing their thing. A wrist band for the whole weekend is just $20 and gets you entry into the sites as well as some extras. A single day wrist band sells for $15. Both are available at the Rollin Art Centre and Echo Centre. In the meantime, the Coulson building at Third Avenue and Mar features a sneak peek of some of the artists in its display windows.

Banner program thinks expansion

Arrowsmith Rotary and the Rotary Arts District have kicked off the annual art banner program for 2015. This year they are hoping for more than 80 new banners as they would like to see banners stretching from Eighth Avenue all the way down to Harbour Quay and Centennial Pier. Register to paint a banner by May 15 (forms are available at the Rollin Art Centre). The cost is just $10 per banner. All equipment and supplies will be provided. Painting will take place from May 21–25 at the Kinsmen Community Centre on the exhibition grounds.

Words on Fire features poet

Poet Winter Darbey is a featured guest at Words on Fire open mike Thursday, April 30 at Char’s Landing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., words start at 7 p.m. Bring your enthusiasm.

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A group of dance parents in Port Alberni are hoping to support performing arts in the community with a new society. FAVAS—Funding Alberni Valley Arts Society— incorporated as a society in December with five directors (Tana Cole, Sara and Simon Fox, Erin Parker and Jen Wallman) and about 15 members. “Our goal is to promote the performing arts to the youth in the Alberni Valley by providing awards, scholarships, bursaries, workshops, training and performance opportunities,” Sara Fox said. “We had an interest

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FAVAS board of directors are Tana Cole, left, Simon Fox, Sara Fox, Erin Parker and Jen Wallman—all parents of dancers wanting to promote performing arts of all types.

in starting our own performing arts festival. You have to start somewhere and this is what we’ve finally done.”

While most of the participants are dance parents, anyone from the performing arts is welcome to join. The focus

will be on everything from dance to theatre to music. “We wanted to expand opportunities for all the kids in the Valley, outside

of our own dance studio,” Wallman said. The society started with a small loan as seed money and are raising funds as well. “Our eventual goal is to provide scholarships or bursaries for people who can’t afford it—like KidSport,” Cole said. Continued / A23

Iconic silkscreens reveal secrets of our past SUSAN QUINN

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An iconic collection of Canadian pride is currently on exhibit at the Alberni Valley Museum. The Sampson-Matthews Project: Art for the Nation features work from wellknown Canadian artists such as the Group of Seven and Emily Carr, in a exhibit curated by Ian Sigvaldason of Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art on Salt Spring Island. The prints, silkscreens on cardboard produced from 1942–63, were part of

◆ ART FOR THE NATION featuring the SampsonMatthews silkscreens, is on display at the AV Museum until May 6. The museum is open until 8 p.m. Thursdays.

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‘Village In Winter’ by Thomas Keith Roberts is an iconic Canadian print contained in the Sampson-Matthews collection, on exhibit at the Alberni Valley Museum.

a publicly sponsored effort by Sampson-Matthews to contribute to building Canadian identity. “The idea was to make people appreciate the aesthetic of Canada,” museum director Jamie Morton said.

“When you talk to people, they remember seeing these images...it’s fairly evocative stuff.” One image, Mist Fantasy by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, founding member of the Group of Seven, was also made into a 15-cent postage stamp in 1973 to commemorate MacDonald’s 100th birthday. Thomas Keith Roberts focused on everyday urban and rural life in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, which appealed to Canadians. Continued / A23

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Many of the pieces are based on oil paintings, and many of the originals are in the National Gallery in Ottawa, Morton said. “It’s pretty exciting.” Sigvaldason has also produced a book on the exhibit. Curator Kirsten Smith has assembled catalogues detailing each of the paintings

and the backstory for each artist. Borrow one and take it around the exhibit to learn more about each silkscreen print. Art for the Nation will be on display at the AV Museum until May 6. This is the only out-of-town exhibit the museum will display this year. The next show, Pirates, opens in June.

Country night for FAVAS From / A22

“We have tonnes of great ideas. We just have to do our fundraising and go from there,” Fox said. FAVAS will hold a “country night” fundraiser this Saturday, April 18 at Cherry Creek Hall with the band Backstage Whiskey. Tickets are $20 and available at Elite Dance Academy (5100 Tebo Ave.),

Re/Max Mid-Island Realty (4994 Argyle St.) and Port Alberni Pawnbrokers (4549 Gertrude St.). They will not be available at the door. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. No minors. For more information, e-mail favassociety@gmail. com or go online to favassociety.wix.com/ favas. editor@albernivalleynews.com

Rollin getting busy with events MELISSA MARTIN Arts Around

The Rollin Art Centre’s current art exhibit, ‘For the Love of Painting’, featuring the work of retired art teacher Dietrich Schlackl, will run until May 2. Schlackl is showcasing his oil on canvas, family and community-themed paintings.

Garden blitz Saturday

Calling all gardeners: the Rollin Arts Centre needs your help. We are having a morning dedicated to working in our “nNative Garden” at the Rollin Art Centre this Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m. Local landscaper, Val Deakin, will be on

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hand to work in our garden which is in dire help and needs some TLC. We are looking for volunteer help for a few hours to get our garden back to looking beautiful. If you are interested in offering a few hours to help weed, dig, prune and general help in our garden, please stop by the Rollin Art Centre this Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Please bring along your own gardening tools and a friend.

Extra day for book sale The Rollin Art Centre’s annual giant book sale is only a month away. We have added an extra day this year; mark your calendars, May 8 from 6–8 p.m. and May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are still in great need of all your gently used books, as donations are low. Please help support this

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wonderful fundraiser for the Community Arts Council and the Rollin Art Centre by dropping off any “like new” books. Our donation box is located at the Rollin Art Centre, inside, under the staircase in the wooden box.

Jukebox Faves from choir

The Barkley Sounds Community Choir presents “Jukebox Favourites,” their upcoming spring concert, on Sunday,

April 26, 2:30 p.m. at the Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS) Theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 available at the door or at Rollin Art Centre (cash only) Echo Centre, Salmon Berry’s and Blue Fish Gallery. Special guest Anna Lewis will play the fiddle, featuring Dennis Olson on guitar. For more information call Sylvia @ 250-723-7185.

Timbre! Choir of Port Alberni, presents “We Got Rhythm” on Sunday, May 3, 2:30 p.m. at the ADSS Theatre at 4000 Roger St. This concert completes Timbre’s 42nd season and will literally include something for everyone—Canadiana, Celtic, Animation, Peace and Broadway. Get your tickets early as our concerts often sell out. Tickets are on sale in Port Alberni at Rollin Art Centre, Echo Centre, Finishing Touches, Salmon Berry’s, choir members and if still available, at the door. Tickets are $15 for Seniors/Adults and $5 for Students/Children. Melissa Martin is the Arts Administrator for the Community Arts Council, at the Rollin Art Centre. She can be reached at 250724-3412.

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