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Students from area schools got to try their hand at rowing traditional First Nations’ canoes in Port McNeill May 21.

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Residents rally to save OrcaFest

By Hannah Griffin Reporter After the Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce announced it was unable to organize OrcaFest 2015, a Port McNeill resident has stepped up to ensure the event takes place.

Chamber of Commerce President David Mitchell explained in a letter released in May that due to funding cuts, the Chamber is directing attention and resources on reorganizing and restructuring a new “memberdriven focus” for the business community.

As a result, Mitchell explained that they would be unable to organize OrcaFest 2015, ■ ■ ■ ■

but invited any members of the community or group to take the lead instead.

Jilly Laviolette has been spending a lot of time at home recently with her two-month old daughter. She noticed through social media posts that OrcaFest was in jeopardy this year, and decided to form a committee to rescue the event.

Laviolette says that she loves her town and has a lot of passion for it, which inspired her to take it upon herself to make OrcaFest work.

Once people found out what she was doing, everybody seemed to want to help. “It has been a huge, overwhelming pouring of sup-

port,” she says.

OrcaFest began in 1999 when the Lady Lions and The Chamber of Commerce came together to start a festival, with the early years including a parade, potluck and lemonade stand. Sixteen years later, Laviolette is trying to retain many of the elements that people love about the festival, while adding new components that make it exciting and fresh.

As Laviolette has just recently become involved, she is not at this time able to give too many concrete plan details, but says that her goal with the “Tides of Change” themed festival is to “bridge the old and the new.”

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Van Isle barbecue approved

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Gazette staff The District of Port Hardy has given the green light to a request from the chamber to use part of Carrot Park for a barbecue for participants in the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race.

Sailors are expected to arrive in Port Hardy late in the afternoon

on Thursday, June 11 and dock at Seagate Wharf.

“It’s a big deal really,” said Councillor Rick Marcotte, of the event that happens every other year. “It’s a good idea if we support it,” Marcotte said.

Council unanimously approved the request.

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Look Way Up Submitted photo Caitlin Hartnett, Jozi Child and Joshua Terry share food and knowledge across cultures as part of NIC’s Indigenous and International Food Project.

Creating a culture of food security When Jozi Child shares a jar of t’lina with a new friend, she is sharing a sacred gift.

The coveted condiment is a rare delicacy in Kwakiutl culture, rendered from the oil of the eulachon fish and considered a symbol of cultural wealth.

“T’lina is definitely the most treasured food,” said Child. “It’s hard to come by. If you get it at a potlatch or feast you know you’re getting a really good gift.”

Sharing traditional food is more than just nourishment. It’s a vital means to build community, connecting individuals to the land and to each other. NIC’s Indigenous and International Foods Project is making this connection.

“Over the past year, interest in food security has increased considerably in our region,” says NIC instructor and project co-coordinator, Caitlin Hartnett. “Our goal was to begin to plant the seed of sustainable solutions by educating our community about our own position with food security, and the position of those around the world.”

With this in mind, Hartnett and colleague Leslie Dyck gathered Diane Bell, Kwakiutl elder; Julia Falla-Wood, international mentor; Joshua Terry, former NIC student; and Jozi Child, youth liaison for the Kwakiutl Band Awinakola Project to share food and knowledge across cultures.

Participants met weekly, sharing food while discussing ways to build intercultural intelligence. They researched international food systems, discussed global citizenship, equity, and social justice, and analyzed how these factors interconnect with themes of food security, locally and globally.

They then invited the community to share in a multi-cultural feast that included traditional Chilean, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Peruvian cuisine prepared by NIC ESL students, alongside Kwakiutl foods prepared by the project group and generous volunteers at U’Gwamalis Hall in T’saxis, Fort Rupert.

Joshua Terry grew up in the North Island, but didn’t have a clear understanding of local Indigenous food systems until he took part in this project. He was both nervous and excited to learn about traditional Kwakiutl food preparation as he had previously relied heavily on the grocery store for food.

“I was really excited to have the opportunity to learn in an environment that feels so safe,” he said. “I had been hesitant to ask questions because of cultural sensitivities. Being invited to be part of this project felt like a trust extended.”

Child and Terry learned how to prepare clam fritters made from clams that participants dug, shucked and prepared themselves under the guidance of Kwakiutl elder, Rupert Wilson Sr. This was a highlight for Child.

“It’s something that I’d wanted to do for so long that I had a hard time sleeping the night before,” she said. “The time flew by. It was really nice doing it with Rupert, especially once he started telling us his stories.”

Without the knowledge base to identify, harvest and prepare local foods, Indigenous food systems risk being supplanted by generic food production, with dire consequences such as chronic disease, obesity, and depression.

Indigenous Kwakiutl foods, such as barbecue salmon (known regionally as t’lubakw), is a nutritious, easy to prepare, abundant food source.

“If we ever got cut off from the grocery stores that is what I’d be cooking every night for my family,” said Child. “It’s so easy.”

NIC’s Indigenous and International Foods Project was funded by NIC’s Department of Aboriginal Education, and NIC’s Global Learning Innovation Fund which provides up to $5,000 per project to foster awareness of global issues. Child and Terry created a digital story to highlight what they learned through the project, available at international.nic.bc.ca/ connectglobally/projects/food.

District of Port Hardy Public Works employee Richard Mose puts up a windsock and replaces the whirley gig on top of a flag pole at the Twinning Garden in Carrot Park. “Koinobori”, carp windsocks, decorate the landscape of Japan from April through early May, in honour of Children’s Day (originally Boys’ festival) on May 5. In Japanese culture, the carp symbolizes courage and strength because of its ability to swim up a waterfall.

Gilford elects chief/council

Gazette staff Gilford Village citizens elected their Chief and three new Band councillors to a three-year term on Friday, May 22. Robert Chamberlin was reelected Chief Councillor, along with council members Tamara Alfred, Rick Johnson, and Robert Scow.

Chamberlin was first elected Chief Councillor of Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation in 2005.

Previous councillors were Herb Chamberlin and Sandy Johnson. The

number of councillors went up this year, because the band membership reached the 300-plus mark. Gilford Island, home to the First Nation of Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, is located North of Vancouver Island between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet.

The Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation is part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw tribal grouping and they speak the Kwawala language.

Fireworks at meeting

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The District of Port Hardy will be lighting up the skies for Filomi Days.

Instead of giving a cash donation to the Filomi Days committee this year, the District will be paying for the fireworks which have a price tag of about $10,000.

“That’s a really good

idea,” said Councillor Pat Corbett-Labatt.

Council was assured the entire amount would be used. “John (Councillor Tidsbury) likes to make things go boom,” joked Mayor Hank Bood.

Council is still waiting on an audited financial statement from the committee, which is required by all groups seeking funds from the District. “There’s

Sacred Wolf run

Gazette staff The Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre will be hosting a walk/run again this year for Aboriginal Days on June 14.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. with the walk/ run starting at 10 a.m. and ending about 11:30 a.m. This year, the group would like to host the event at Carrot Park.

At their regular meeting May 26, District of Port Hardy council approved the request.

some doubt about this last time (2013),” said Bood. “There was a possibility of some of the (District) funds not being dispersed as they should have been,” Bood said.

“We have a fiduciary responsibility to make sure that money is used appropriately,” Bood said. Council postponed making a decision on another request to increase the number of port-a-potties at the event. According to Director of Financial Services Allison McCarrick, the district needs to find out if the Filomi Days committee plans on offsetting some of the cost. “It’s expensive,” McCarrick said, adding the cost to clean three is $50 or more for one day.

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Oceans Day raises awareness “Oceans provide 80 per cent of our oxygen as well as food and medicine, but are in peril.

Each of us can help.” said Stephen Freitag, executive director of World Oceans Day. “World Oceans Day is June 8, Oceans Week is June 1 to 8. Everyone in the world lives on a watershed flowing to an ocean, so everyone can help our oceans each day,” continued Freitag.

Carbon dioxide is at an all time high in our oceans, yet we expect our oceans to generate oxygen for us.

No oxygen, no life on this planet.

Solution: Reduce our carbon footprint by walking, biking or taking public transit.

Reduce our water and energy consumption. Stop dumping chemicals into the ground and into our drains. Every city has a hazardous waste depot.

National Geographic reports eight million tons of plastics

enter our oceans each year, some from North America through rivers and lakes.

Solution: Keep all plastics away from shorelines. Have fun doing a shoreline cleanup with friends and family.

Friends of the Earth state one billion gallons of raw sewage goes into our oceans yearly.

Ottawa, Victoria and others still allow raw sewage into waterways.

The report card on environmental habits of the cruise lines is a rude awakening. Solution: Tell our governments to take serious action to preserve our environment for our grandchildren and great grandchildren.

We can chose a cruise line with a top environmental track record.

Boaters and beach goers are responsible for 70 per cent of the styrofoam entering our waterways and oceans, killing marine life.

Solution: Never use sty-

rofoam fenders on boats or docks, it breaks down too quickly; use fenders and life rings made of a tougher material.

Replace styrofoam picnic plates and cups with reusable containers.

The David Suzuki Foundation and others are warning us some salmon and shellfish farms are having a serious negative impact on the breeding grounds of other species and our environment.

Many fish are on the endangered list.

Solution: We can avoid eating fish which are on the endangered list and avoid salmon and shellfish farmed using methods which harm other species and our environment.

Ask before we purchase. Let these industries and retailers understand we care.

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Barbecued Salmon

Rupert Wilson prepares some sockeye salmon to be barbecued the traditional First Nations way over an alder open fit fire. The treat was part of a special event hosted by Sunset School in Port McNeill May 21 which also included rides in traditional native canoes.

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Why I’m coming home

By David Suzuki We all have favourite spots, places close to our hearts that evoke our most profound memories. Many of mine are along B.C.’s coast. These places have welcomed and honoured me, their marine life has fed me and the beauty of their ecosystems has humbled me. Taking part in protests at Windy Bay on Haida Gwaii in the early 1980s brought me closer to the people and places of coastal B.C., shaping my understanding of the fundamental relationship between culture and nature.

I’m excited to visit some of my favourite locations in June, as I accompany filmmaker and University of Winnipeg professor Ian Mauro for screenings of his film about climate change in British Columbia. After earning a PhD from the University of Manitoba, Ian moved to the Arctic where he made a film with Inuit elders on climate change impacts they were experiencing. He then moved to Atlantic Canada and filmed fishers, hunters, First Nations leaders, farmers, municipal politicians and local businesses to show how climate change is already affecting their communities, economically and socially. As one businessman said, “If you don’t believe climate change is real, just look out the window.”

I joined Ian on a tour of Atlantic Canada to screen that film and was struck by the power of his message. I asked him to do one on B.C., where milder winters have led to a devastating outbreak of mountain pine beetles. When I talk to friends and family in Skidegate, Alert Bay and Bella Bella, they tell me about the changes they’re seeing from a warmer environment.

Scientists predict B.C. will warm by 2.4°C in summer and 2.9°C in winter by 2100. We’ve heard how global warming and ocean acidification are already affecting Vancouver Island shellfish. We know periods of lower summer water flows are taking their toll on agriculture, ecosystems, fish and natural resource industries. Warmer water in the Fraser and other rivers is harming migrating salmon. A sea level rise brings risks of coastal flooding, infrastructure damage and saltwater intrusion into groundwater.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. I’ve also witnessed other dramatic, but positive, changes in this region, including recognition of First Nations’ rights and title as evident in the Tsilhqot’in First Nations Supreme Court decision a year ago, moves to conserve the Great Bear Rainforest and blueprints for marine plans in the North Pacific Coast led

by First Nations and the provincial government. Coastal communities are taking charge of their future. I’m encouraged that municipal leaders in Comox, Courtenay, Tofino, Ucluelet and Queen Charlotte have passed declarations supporting the right to a healthy environment, joining a cross-Canada movement to protect the people and places we love.

Canada needs a national vision to deal with a changing climate and mounting pressures on the environment and our economies. With more than 10,000 years of environmental stewardship to draw upon, West Coast communities can teach us a lot about recognizing healthy ecosystems as the foundation of long-term sustainability. We have to move beyond the false notion that a healthy environment and strong economy are incompatible. After all, clean technology is the fastest-growing sector in Canada, and alternative economic visions that include renewable energy are moving communities toward long-term sustainability.

I’m looking forward to hearing about your community’s vision, successes, challenges and ways of supporting each other. The stories we share will shape the future for our children and grandchildren.

This is a “coming home” tour for me, and I’m honoured to be a guest in your community.

Is BC a Third World backwater

VICTORIA – We might call ourselves Super, Natural or even The Best Place on Earth, but how is B.C. viewed around the world?

Ever since U.S. billionaires and their environmental clients decided more than a decade ago to supervise our society, the impression that British Columbia is a primitive colonial backwater in need of “saving” has only been reinforced.

In late April, the province and coastal aboriginal leaders announced completion of marine planning areas for Haida Gwaii and the North and Central Coast. U.S. activists knew about the announcement weeks before the legislature press gallery did, and a documentary crew was sent up to advance the narrative of the saving of the “Great Bear Rainforest.”

Within minutes of the announcement, the World Wildlife Fund website trumpeted the creation of the “Great Bear Sea,” continuing the penchant of outsiders for renaming large parts of B.C. to fit their marketing strategies.

Unlike the “Great Bear Rainforest” land use deal of 2007, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Greenpeace were not represented. Instead, Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan sat beaming in the audience.

McMillan’s role in directing U.S. foundation money to B.C. has prompted him to declare himself “a principal architect of the Great Bear Rainforest project,” although in the early years he and his staff (currently 24 people) stayed behind the scenes while Sierra, Greenpeace et al took the credit.

At the event, two aboriginal leaders gave a nod to the real funder of the ongoing effort to “save” the B.C. coast, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Gordon Moore is a co-founder of Intel Corp., maker of most of the world’s computer processor chips, now spending his vast fortune on the Amazon basin, B.C. and other “threatened” places.

Other Silicon Valley and Seattle billionaires helped finance the original effort, and a strategy document surfaced in 2008 The North Island Gazette is published Thursdays at 7305 Market Street in Port Hardy, B.C. by Black Press Ltd. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #391275. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

describing their plan to de-market the Alberta oilsands by creating a blockade against energy exports on our Pacific coast.

That campaign has featured a fake cancer study and grossly exaggerated greenhouse gas claims compared to U.S. coal and oil production.

The effort has since expanded to natural gas, with false horror stories about “fracking” finding a receptive global audience. Last week I wrote about the plan by British manufacturing conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser to buy up farms in the B.C. Interior and replant them with trees. Contrary to my description, “RB Trees for Change” isn’t participating in the dodgy European carbon credit market.

They’re just doing it for global marketing purposes, covering pioneer-cleared farms of our colonial backwater with forest for 100 years so they can advertise their soaps and cold pills as carbon neutral. Another 10,000 hectares of B.C. “saved” from destruction by benevolent foreign interests!

Back to reality. B.C.’s Auditor General issued a report last week calling on the province to do more to prevent the “cumulative effects” of industrial development. A familiar example of this is the struggle to maintain caribou herds in northern B.C.The B.C. government mustered a response from the multiple ministries that have worked on this since 2010.

Among other things, they noted that 90 per cent of B.C.’s vast area is now covered by regional land use plans created to manage cumulative impacts. A whopping 37 per cent of B.C. is designated as parks and protected areas for environmental and cultural values.

Maybe that’s still not good enough, but it’s better than anything I can find in Europe or the U.S. That’s particularly true of California, home of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, a pipeline spill, heavy oil refining and gridlocked freeways.

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Port Alice plan draws criticism

By Hannah Griffin Reporter At the Village of Port Alice council meeting on May 27, the room was packed with council members, residents, and representatives from Western Forest Products (WFP) occupying all available seating and standing room, gathered to hear new developments about proposed logging within the village boundary.

Some residents are concerned that the proposed logging could lead to landslides and serious consequences for nearby residences.

The meeting began with a delegation from WFP making a presentation about proposed logging on blocks 43738 and 43696.

Representatives from WFP present were Planning Manager Jim McDowell, Senior Operations Planner Jonathan Flintoft, Jeune Landing Area Planner Chris Peterson, and Jeune Landing Manager Vince Devlin.

Flintoft was the main speaker for the delegation.

This issue began with an application for a development permit

by WFP in March to allow them to harvest timber owned on land they own.

However, the land in question is within a Development Approval Information Area. In their original application package, a Terrain Stability Assessment (TSA) report was included for blocks 43738 and 43696 as well as the roads that WFP would potentially develop.

This report was then given a peer review by Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd., who recommended a Risk Assessment study to

determine how much of a potential hazard there may be to nearby homes. WFP provided this Risk Assessment report on May 8, after which Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. gave a written response to WFP’s application and reports on May 21 that includes several recommendations.

At the May 27 meeting, Flintoft and the other representatives explained some of their views and the details of the proposed logging project. They said that if a development permit was issued, WFP would begin work about three months from that point.

WFP also elaborated on some more details, including that the whole program would be mechanical, which means that it would disturb the terrain less than other development techniques. They also said that they would need to consider details like increased traffic on Marine Drive and notifying residents in advance of blasting.

Other details include dealing with fire hazards as the area is faces west and handling debris, as burning it is not a good option.

The May 21 geotechnical review by Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. provided five recommendations and conclusions to the council.

They acknowledged that there is a history of landslides in the area, including through the area where the proposed harvest blocks are. They also mentioned that if public safety is a downslope consequence, then “a high level of due diligence is required...”, and recommended that a Landslide Risk

Assessment should be completed to address both the hazard and level of risk associated with the development.

After the delegation from WFP, Mayor Jan Allen opened the room up to questions, with a preface that “this is not normal,” as question period generally occurs at the end of the meeting. One resident said that she was extremely concerned about her house shaking and falling rocks.

WFP representatives responded by saying that they would be using “less volatile” blasting products that will result in smaller blasts and minimal vibrations. In response to a question about whether the potential logging would remove material that would create a buffer against landslides, WFP echoed what they wrote in their May 8 Risk Assessment report; that they believe that a landslide above the proposed development would reach the ocean even if the area were not harvested because of the size of the slide

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and the velocity of material.

Resident Robin Mackenzie spoke next, asking “Why are we waking up the giant?”

He said that he did not understand why WFP would log this sensitive area when they have so much other land, before asking if the town needed a repeat of the 2010 slide that cut off the main road through town. “Keep everybody safe. Leave the road and leave the town alone,” he said.

After Mackenzie spoke, Allen brought the conversation to a close.

“If we don’t go forward and ask for an LRA [Landslide Risk Assessment], we wouldn’t be doing our due diligence as council,” adding that she suggests that Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. carry it out as they now have familiarity with the proposal.

Mayor Allen concluded discussion of the issue by making it clear to the council and those gathered that council has not yet given WFP a development permit and is still asking for more information.

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Late-night hours raise funds for mental health

By Hannah Griffin Reporter The Bargain! Shop (TBS) stores in Port Hardy and Port McNeill participated in an all-night event that supports mental illness assistance in Canada on the evening of May 29. The partnership is between the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Red Apple Stores Inc., which owns TBS. The CAMH Darkness to Light event saw participants nation-wide gathering throughout the day in homes, at work, and at their favourite local haunts to bring awareness to the issues of mental illness and addiction.

The Port Hardy TBS stayed open until midnight, while the Port McNeill location was one of the 48 locations throughout the country that stayed open all night, shuttering doors at 6 a.m. Late night shoppers were able to enjoy $5 off any purchase of $25 or more, with more sales on snacks, DVDs, craft books and other products.

At the Port Hardy location, a small but steady stream of shoppers entered the glass doors before 9 p.m., including a trio of pre-teen boys very excited to each purchase a six-pack of pop. After 9 p.m. however, a store representa-

tive said traffic slowed down significantly.

At the Port McNeill TBS, store manager Michelle Monk said the event was a huge success, with the last customers leaving around 3 a.m. A bake sale and chili sale accompanied the event, and Monk says about $500 in donations were received. Monk added that many attendees know and care about people with mental illness, or have suffered themselves, and that they showed up to give valuable support.

Donations brought into either location from the event will make their way to the CAMH headquarters in Toronto. Money raised through this event will go towards funding CAMH’s most urgently-needed services, including increased access, new research, and projects that will improve mental health care country-wide.

An important component of the event was that participants were encouraged to speak freely about mental illness and addiction leading up the evening, in an effort to move towards decreasing the long-standing stigma towards these issues. Details on the amount of money raised throughout the evening were not available at press time.

Hannah Griffin photo Young customers walk into the Port Hardy branch of The Bargain! Shop on May 29 where the location was taking part in the Darkness to Light campaign to support the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH.)

Delegation raises accessibility concerns

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor “We all need a safe route to travel,” Eddie Lagrosse told District of Port Hardy Council at their meeting May 26.

Lagrosse, Dorothy Smith and Donna Lee, appeared as a delegation to talk about accessibility issues in Port Hardy.

Lagrosse said when he talks about accessibility he means not only for people in wheelchairs and on scooters, but for people on bicycles and pushing double strollers.

Lagrosse expressed his concern that many people riding scooters around town have never had a driver’s licence

and therefore do not know the rules of the road.

He felt a solution to this issue would be for the municipality and the RCMP to team up to put on a clinic similar to ones that are done for youngsters riding bicycles.

“That would help to keep the streets nice and safe,” Lagrosse said.

Lagrosse pinpointed areas he felt are a concern for people. These include the sidewalk near the post office and the stretch from Market Street to Park Drive and Granville Street.

“You can’t get in the post office with a regular wheelchair,” said Smith.

“Somebody needs to

talk to somebody with disabilities before they do these repairs, before things get upgraded,” Smith said.

While many facilities in town have electronic doors, some are still not accessible to everyone because of sharp turning corners, etc.

Not being able to get into a building on their own takes away a person’s independence and lowers their self esteem, Lagrosse said.

Lee, who has lived in Port Hardy for 16 years, said her main safety concern is the curb and parking spots at the apartment buildings across from Port Hardy Secondary School on Park Drive.

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Mayor Hank Bood acknowledged that getting around Port Hardy can be a challenge for those with mobility issues.

Bood had the opportunity to try it in a wheelchair the last time he was mayor.

“It’s a real education,” he said of his attempt.

Councillor Rick Marcotte agreed that there are a lot more scooters around town and that perhaps the district could revisit the issue of handicap access.

Councillor Jessie Hemphill said the district took part in the Measuring Up program

in 2010 which helped communities assess and improve how accessible and inclusive they are for people with disabilities, seniors and others with similar needs and she wondered if that report should be pulled and the issue be referred to the District’s Operational Services Committee.

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Services Jeff Long said B.C.’s Building Codes were updated in 2012, but “there hasn’t been a lot of new development” in Port Hardy where those guidelines can be taken into consideration.

“You’re giving us something to think about,” said Bood, adding the district has a limited budget to work with.

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Oodles of Noodles Attendees dine on noodles at the St. Columba’s Anglican United Church Noodle Night. Proceeds from the $8 noodle dinner went towards purchasing a new sign for the church.

The Fall Fair is happening this year in Port McNeill on Sept.

12-13. A small group of experienced committee members has already done some organizing, and they would love to have more volunteers join them. There are a multitude of jobs available, both big and small: decorating, organizing exhibits, raffle prizes, sign-making, children’s activities, etc.

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putting up decorations, etc. And of course we’re going to need lots of judges on the Friday night - no experience required! The committee will also be looking for groups or individuals who may wish to volunteer for less active jobs like ticket tables and taking in exhibits.

There may be opportunities for groups to raise funds by taking on a job at the fair - please contact the committee for suggestions.

Businesses and organizations can start planning their booths, and non-profit groups can start working on how to use a fair booth to raise funds (selling food, bake sales, games,

etc.) and/or recruit new members.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at the Port McNeill office of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 2217 Mine Road. New board members are still welcome, and yes - you can be a volunteer without being given a title on the committee. All helpers are welcome, now or closer to the fair.

Exhibit lists and booth rental forms are now available at the following locations: libraries in Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill, the Port Hardy and Port McNeill Visitor Centres, the Hobby

Nook in Port Hardy, and the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations in Port McNeill.

Parents - need a project for your children for a rainy day during the summer?

Pick up an exhibit list - there are hundreds of craft ideas for children of all ages. Don’t forget to take lots of photos over the summer as they are our fastest expanding section.

Forms should be available soon on our website: www.mountwaddingtonfallfair.ca.

Please call Christina at 250-956-4400 or Brenda at 250-9497778 for more information.

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By Hannah Griffin Reporter The 4th Annual Sointula Canada Day Regatta will see an array of colourful sailboats and a festive spirit on July 1 to celebrate the country, sailing, and the town’s beautiful marina.

Four years ago, event organizer Ivana MacDougall and her partner were approached by the Malcolm Island Lions Club with the idea of putting on a regatta-like event.

MacDougall was born in England, and emigrated to Canada in 1971. She became a citizen in 2008 and loves Canada Day. She thought that a great sailing event on the nation’s birthday would be perfect. Apart from the personal appeal that the event holds for her, MacDougall also feels that the regatta is a way to attract tourism to Malcolm Island and encourage yachters and boaters to visit. With the fishing industry not what it used to be, “tourism is something that as an entire community we are starting to focus on.”

Event planning begins around January and some of the pre-work includes applying for a grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage, gathering donations, and obtaining sponsors.

The first year of the Sointula Canada Day Regatta saw about four sailboats taking part in what to this day remains a friendly race, as well as a few vendors and some great public support. Four years later, the event has grown significantly and now features many vendors, local artists, Mounties, a Coast Guard booth, dragon boaters, live music, a pancake breakfast and a beer garden. Sailors are encouraged to dress their boats however they want, and there is a prize for the bestdressed boat.

And MacDougall’s favourite part?

“It’s O’Canada for sure. And the cake cutting, and the 1:30 sound-off of the regatta race. It is spectacular when all their sails are up.”

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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Port Hardy Museum Curator Jane Hutton gave a humourous and engaging presentation on the facility she manages to District of Port Hardy council May 12.

In 2014, the museum had 4,579 visitors which was down a bit from 2013, Hutton said.

The trend continued in the gift shop. Profits were way up in 2013 and down by about 25 per cent in 2014.

While the number of visitors was down, Hutton kept busy making over and planning various new exhibits.

Last April, she said, the museum had a temporary exhibit focused on prospecting and mining. This exhibit is now a permanent one.

The museum’s latest exhibit, focused on health care on the North Island, opened April 26. It will run until September.

“What we’re planning now for this next season is a short exhibit around Remembrance Day,” said Hutton said.

Another temporary exhibit currently in the planning stages will focus on textiles.

“I have borrowed a collection of children’s smock dresses” for the exhibit which is expected to open in November and run until next summer.

A small exhibit about the Carrot Campaign that resulted in Highway 19 being built to the North Island has been set up in the visitor area at the museum.

The Carrot exhibit is proving to be educational for those who wonder why there is a large carrot in Port Hardy’s oceanfront park.

“Oh that’s what it’s about,” they exclaim, said Hutton.

Over the last year, the permanent sea and First Nations exhibits were updated and the museum has been busy having some new display cabinets built and

finding ways to make use of vertical space.

Hutton plans to renovate the commercial fishing exhibit.

The gift shop also received a makeover.

“Ninety-five per cent of what we have in

there is First Nations art,” she said.

Despite last year’s dip, the museum has come a long way.

In 2005 when Hutton took over “we were in dire financial straits.

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to bring me envelopes so I could mail letters,” she said.

Hutton also asked council about coordinating to celebrate the Municipal District of Port Hardy’s 50th anniversary next year.

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Telegraph Cove from station to mecca Today Vancouver Island’s northeast coast draws visitors who want to experience its pristine beauty and view the abundant wildlife.

Telegraph Cove especially, has become a renowned tourist mecca.

In 1909 however, when Alfred Marmaduke Wastell first came to the area, Vancouver Island’s north coast lay silent and virtually empty - its scattering of inhabitants were Indian tribes in their villages and a handful of white people. (Time and Tide: A History of Telegraph Cove - Pat Wastell Norris).

Wastell, commonly known as the ‘Duke’ settled with his wife in Alert Bay, across Johnstone Strait from Telegraph Cove. At that time, no one lived at Telegraph Cove, in fact “It was my grandfather who named it Telegraph Cove,� Wastell Norris said. This was in response to a request from the Superintendant of Telegraphs, who in 1912, wanted to complete a telephonetelegraph line from Campbell River to northern Vancouver Island. He agreed to Wastell’s recommendation to set up the telegraph station in the protected cove, but required a place name, and Wastell obliged. The first lineman, Bobby Cullerne, was installed there that same year, and his job was to patrol the shore and protect the lines, which instead of being up on poles, were simply strung from tree to tree.

The cove saw very little activity until 1929.

Just on the verge of the Great Depression, the Duke’s son Fred Wastell and his wife Emma moved from Alert Bay to Telegraph Cove to settle on a 400-acre parcel of waterfront property that the Duke had received in lieu of payment of a debt. It wasn’t entirely undeveloped at that time; in the mid1920s, the Duke and a group of Japanese had already built a salmon saltery and sawmill there. There was however, a lack of power and no accommodation.

With help from Fred’s uncles, who ‘could build or fix anything’ housing was constructed for Fred and Emma and a crew of workers. A water system and generating plant were set up and the mill was upgraded. Pat Wastell Norris explained that her parents lived “in a three-room shack perched on a bluff above the harbour,� and that during their first two years there it seemed to rain ceaselessly. The winter was so cold that the harbour froze over.

Soon Pat was born to the young couple, followed by a second daughter Bea. They hired a nanny from Hardwicke Island by the name of Helga Edward, who was affectionately known as Hug. Helga’s daughter Shirley Murray, who spent her early years at Telegraph Cove, told the story of how her parents met there: “My father Malcolm Carmichael, known as Mac, was a fisherman.

He came up to Telegraph Cove and began courting my mother Helga, who was the nanny for the Wastell family, the people who owned the sawmill. He would stand on the deck of his boat and play the violin, and my mother would come down and stand on the dock to listen.�

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This eventually led to a proposal, and they were married at Cape Mudge. Mac was hired as head sawyer at the Telegraph Cove mill in 1937 and shortly afterwards Shirley was born at St. George’s hospital in Alert Bay. The family lived in a float house situated on the opposite side of the bay from the mill and across from the school. To get to the school, Shirley would be rowed over by her mother, or she would walk along the boom sticks to the point where the sticks met the mill’s gangplank.

Her father would meet her there and if there was a gap, Shirley would have to jump across and trust that her dad would catch her.

She remembered going to Alert Bay about once a month for supplies and she and her younger brother were delighted with having ice cream from the Chinese gro-

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The family was living in Telegraph Cove during the war years, an unsettled time which dramatically changed the nature of the village, and the focus of the sawmill’s activities.

In the early 1940s, there were several Japanese families living there and one of Shirley’s best friends was a Japanese girl. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Canadian Government began evicting Japanese families from the British Columbia coast. Shirley recalls that her friend suddenly disappeared one day, and she didn’t understand the reason why.

It was at this time as well, that the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed some of their men at the cove, and they commandeered the sawmill so that they could manufacture their own building supplies.

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For several years after the war, Telegraph Cove remained a coastal enclave only accessible by boat, but by 1956, Fred Wastell had managed to put in a road to connect the community to the rest of Vancouver Island. Many of the original mill workers’ homes remain on the boardwalk surrounding the cove and have been turned into quaint accommodations by Telegraph Cove Resorts; looking like a snapshot of days gone by.

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In Cumberland, Liv Humphrey of Port Hardy competed in the Primary class and placed fourth in the Pas de Basques and second in the Pas des Basques and High Cuts.

Paisley Barolet of Port McNeill competed in the Beginner U10 class.

Kaia MacKay of Port McNeill also competed in this class, and placed second in the Highland Fling and third in the Scottish Lilt.

Kayley Clair of Port Hardy competed in the Beginner 10 & Over class and placed second in the Highland Fling and Scottish Lilt, fifth in the Sword Dance, fourth in the Strathspey and Highland Reel and Flora McDonald’s Fancy.

Madison Grenier competed in the Novice under 11 class and placed

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Kristen Clair of Port Hardy competed in the Novice 11 & Over category.

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Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy competed in the Premier under 14 group. She placed first in the Highland Fling, Seann Truibhas, Strathspey and Highland Reel, Laddie and Hornpipe and won the aggregate award for the category.

At the Victoria Highland Games, McCorquodale competed in a Premier 11 & Under group.

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Real life survival quest in Quatsino Sound The upcoming television show Alone, filmed in Quatsino Sound, is reminiscent of a real life survivor event that happened in 1939.

In December of that year a fish packer called the Great Northern No. 5 was travelling in the area off Estevan Point, just North of Clayquot Sound, when it was disabled in a storm.

The packer dropped its skiff, and then without a radio to make a mayday call, drifted north for two days.

The shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engineer, Ted Barnard, was swept overboard and perished, and the boat was smashed to pieces.

The remaining two sailors, Captain George W. Skinner and his son Hugh Skinner, managed to stay afloat clinging to pieces of the cabin of the ship.

Father and son finally washed onto the rocky beach in the area around Lawn Point. Unfortunately a search which had been launched focused

on the area south of Brooks Peninsula.

George Skinner was weak and injured, and Hugh stayed with him for two days trying to find food and to make a simple shelter.

Eventually Hugh decided to try to get back to civilization, and set out hiking the beach in a northerly direction, leaving his father lying in the brush near the beach.

Hugh hiked for five days before he was finally spotted by a Ginger Coote Airways plane which was a part of the search for the missing Great Northern No. 5 that had been expanded to include Quatsino Sound.

The float plane was unable to pick up Hugh, but did land in Winter Harbour, where a fisherman agreed to take his boat out to pick up the lost sailor.

After he was rescued he was flown to the hospital and eventually transported to Vancouver, where he had to have two toes

A Look Back with Brenda McCorquodale amputated.

When Hugh was located he told the searchers where he had left his father, and searchers enlisted the help of a number of trapper/guides to scour the shoreline.

Unfortunately the weather at the mouth of Quatsino Sound was too rough for the searchers to be taken to the location by boat, and they had to hike into the area. It took them three days just to get the spot where Hugh had been found.

On January 4, 1940, 21 days after Hugh had left him lying in the bush, George Skinner was found by the searchers. He

was barely alive, and had lost a significant amount of weight. He had survived by sucking water from moss within reach of the spot where he lay. It had rained every day of his ordeal.

The searchers sent up a signal and a plane dropped supplies for the victim and his rescuers.

It was three more days before the weather calmed down enough for a boat to get in to rescue them from the secluded beach. George was

Hugh Skinner returned to the fishing industry, and fished along the coast for many years. ( B r e n d a McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island history enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to share, email her at storeysbeach@gmail. com. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at undiscoveredcoast.

of Port Alice all received commendations for their role in rescuing the lost men.

In part, the commendation read: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hampered by winter gales, and working on an extremely dangerous coast, the efforts of Cpl. Howe and Constables Winegarden and Lockwood were worthy of the best traditions of the Force.â&#x20AC;?

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immediately taken to the hospital in Port Alice via a sister ship to his own, the Great Northern No. 1, owned by the Francis Millard Company, and then transferred to Vancouver suffering from â&#x20AC;&#x153;exposure, starvation, and contusions generally.â&#x20AC;?

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June 7 Tri-Port Speedway Association race June 7 at 1 p.m.

June 11 Celebrating Senior, free aquafit, senior swim.

June 18-21 Father’s Day Classic Slo Pitch tournament coming up June18-21.

June 20-21 Golf Seven Hills Golf and Country Club Loggers’ tournament.

June 21 Tri-Port Speedway Association race June 21 at 1 p.m.

June 27 Port Alice Golf Club, Men’s Open June 27-28.

June 27 6th annual Port McNeill logger Sports Society Lumberjack Competition from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port McNeill waterfront.

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Teens get the jump on trampolining

By Hannah Griffin Reporter It is 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and while many teenagers still have hours of sleep ahead of them, Eileah Cotter, Cassidy Mose, Ashley Cadwallader and Macy Hurley are awake and sitting close together outside of a building near Storey’s Beach. The teens stand when their coach Heidi FalconerMathieson arrives and unlocks the door to Funtastic Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre.

These girls are the Funtastic Acronauts, a dedicated and closelyknit team of trampoline gymnasts. Once inside the gym, the girls sit amidst trampolines and other gymnastics equipment in the high-ceilinged room and intermittently stretch and catch up. Trampoline gymnastics is an Olympic discipline that sees athletes performing multiple somersaults and twists. Double mini trampoline allows for

more acrobatic performance with athletes doing one exercise on a mini-trampoline and another on the landing mat. The Funtastic Acronauts recently competed at provincials in Port Moody from May 15-17. Hurley placed 19th in trampoline, tied for 6th in finals, and overall placed 10th.

Mose placed 10th in mini and 10th in trampoline, Cotter placed 23rd in trampoline and 20th in double mini, and Cadwallader 19th in double mini and 23rd in trampoline. FalconerMathieson explains that nerves kept the girls from doing as well as they had hoped at provincials. Mose echoes this, saying that the hardest part of competing is standing in front of the judges. While anticipating the upcoming Western Canadian Cup June 12-14, FalconerMathieson explains that the team is working on training to compete and not letting the stress of

Hannah Griffin photo Funtastic Acronauts member Eileah Cotter flies through the air during a Saturday morning practice.

the event get to them.

“They are going to go into Westerns feeling like the underdogs,” she says, explaining that this attitude may help them be more relaxed.

Following warm-up the girls stand and while they begin to get ready to jump, they reflect on what their favourite part of competing is.

“Travelling. And the

food!” says Cotter, explaining that they have a Boston Pizza tradition. Mose loves meeting all the people at events. The foursome take turns launching off the trampoline into the air, ponytails and limbs flying while FalconerMathieson stands and watches, periodically giving encouragement and advice to her team.

“These are some of the strongest girls at the high school,” she says proudly, noting that Hurley can bench press 110 pounds. As she speaks, Mose and Cadwallader scurry up ropes that hang floor to ceiling, posing happily at the top. FalconerMathieson says that the team is about way more than just trampolining.

As well as the obvious benefit of keeping the teens busy and engaged, this is a group that also learns the importance of taking care of each other, responsibility, and self-sufficiency. “I make them responsible for each other,” she says.

“Teaching them to be a person, to be a family and how to get by in the world.”

Soccer teams converge on Hardy for Aftershock event

By Hannah Griffin Reporter Over May 29-31 youth North Island soccer players and their families converged on the playing fields at Port Hardy Secondary School for the Port Hardy Aftershock 2015 Tournament.

The all weekend soccer showdown had a large turnout, and the enthusiasm lasted until early Sunday evening.

Games began Friday night and continued until the finals Sunday afternoon.

All games were seven aside and had two 25-minute halves. The round-robin format saw teams with a win gaining three points and a tie gaining one point. The players ranged in age from three to 17, and both girls and mixed teams competed.

Supporters filled a strong line of fold-up chairs along the edge of the playing field to watch game after game, and many children who had already played or were in between games gathered to

check out other teams play.

While both days began cloudy and chilly, they burned off into bluebird skies and perfect early summer soccer playing weather. A food station was set up to keep hungry players and their supportive parents well fed. Scores from the weekend games were as follows: Friday 6 pm PH1 vs PH2 (Girls): 2-1 7 p.m. PH1 vs PH2 (Mixed): 2-1 6 p.m. PM1 vs PM2 (Girls): 1-1 7 p.m. PM1 vs PM2 (Mixed): 0-5 Saturday 8 a.m. PH1 vs PM2 (Mixed): 1-5 9 a.m. PH2 vs PM2 (Girls): 2-0 10 a.m. PH2 vs PM2 (Mixed): 1-2 11 a.m. AB vs PH1 (Mixed): 4-1 12 p.m. PH2 vs PM1 (Girls): 2-3 1 p.m. AB vs PH2 (Mixed): 1-3 2 p.m. PH1 vs PM1 (Mixed): 2-1 3 p.m. AB vs PM2 (Mixed):

3-7 4 p.m. PH1 vs PM1 (Girls) 4-1 5 p.m. AB vs PM1 (Mixed): 3-2 Sunday 8 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th place (U15 Girls)-PH1 vs PM1: 3-1 9:15 a.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place (U15 Girls)-PH2 vs PM1: 1-0 10:30 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place (U15 Mixed)-PM1 vs PM2: 2-1 11:45 a.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place (U18)-PH2 vs PM1: 4-0 1 p.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place Hannah Griffin photo (U18) PH1 vs PM2: PM2 win Dexter Lash-Burrows, left, of Port McNeill 1 and Daniel 2:15 p.m. Final (U15 Mixed) Jones of Port McNeill 2 fight for the ball during a Sunday AB vs PM1: 2-5 U-15 morning game.

3:30 p.m. Final (U18) PH2 vs PM2: 4-2 1st Place: PH1 (Girls)- PM1 vs PH2: 0-1 4:45 p.m. Final (U15 Girls) 1 p.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place 2nd Place: PH2 PH1 vs PH2: 3-1 U15 Mixed (Mixed)-AB vs. PH2: 1-2 8 a.m. PH1 vs PM2 (Girls): 2-0 2 p.m. Final (Girls) PM2 vs 1st Place: PM1 9 a.m. PH2 vs PM1 (Mixed): PH2: 0-1 2nd Place: AB 5-0 3 p.m. Final (Mixed) PM2 vs U-12 Girls 10 am. 1st Place vs 4th Place PH2: 3-1 1st Place: PH2 (Girls)-PH1 vs PM2: 0-1 2nd Place: PM2 U18 Mixed 11 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place 1st Place: PH2 U-12 Mixed (Mixed)- PM2 vs PH1: 4-2 1st Place: PM2 2nd Place: PM2 12 p.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place U15 Girls 2nd Place: PH2

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Triathletes triumph in Comox Submitted The 10 and 11 year-old mini triathlon relay team competed in the recent Comox Tri-K Triathlon held on Sunday, May 24.

The North Island Road Runners placed first in their division.

The team comprised of swimmer; Madison Grenier, cyclist; Ethan Hunt from Port McNeill and runner Tianna Freund of Port Hardy.

Their total time was 29:34. Swim distance was 150m (six lengths), bike 5km, run 2km.

This was Madison Grenier’s eighth triathlon, but the first time that she didn’t compete as an individual doing all the events herself.

This was a first-time experience for Ethan and Tianna and before we left the event they were already asking to sign up next year.

The Comox Tri-K Triathlon is a very organized and well run triathlon.

This was their 32nd year for the event.

Jaylon Grenier also placed first in his division of 15-17 years.

He is 15 years old. His total time was 41:38. Swim distance was 300m (12 lengths), bike 10km, run 3km.

Jaylon also received the Paul Ervin Memorial Trophy for the top junior male triathlete 17 years and under.

Submitted photos The North Island Road Runner mini-triathlon team placed first in the 10 and 11-year-old division. From left to right, Ethan Hunt, Tianna Freund and Madison Grenier.

Jaylon Grenier received the Paul Ervin Memorial Trophy presented by his widow Bonnie Ervin.

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Radio reporter rides

Submitted For the first time, Hilary Eastmure is on the other side of the interview.

Eastmure, 26, is a reporter for 91.7 Coast FM - she’s also the only media rider taking part in this year’s Tour de Rock fund-raiser for cancer and one of just three riders from the central/north Island.

“It’s weird,” she said of being the subject of a story instead of the one telling it.

“But it’s also exactly what I signed up for and I want to leverage my position as the only media rider to get as much publicity for the tour as possible because the event deserves it.”

Tour de Rock is a two-week bike journey in which a team of police officers and select media riders cycle from the north end of Vancouver Island to Victoria, a distance of about 1,000 kilometres.

The team stops in various communities in an effort to raise money to fight child-

hood cancer. Since 1998, the tour has raised more than $20 million for the Canadian Cancer Society, specifically funding pediatric cancer research and programs.

“I’m really touched by the cause,” said Eastmure.

“We’ve all been touched by cancer in one way or another... but I can’t imagine having a child with cancer that seems like the ultimate injustice.”

Eastmure said the tour will be her first multi-day bike ride, but she’s in good hands.

Eastmure is training for 12-days of consecutive cycling with Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman, who completed the tour two years ago.

Eastmure said she trains three days per week cycling anywhere from 30 to 100 kilometres on top of a fulltime broadcasting career with the radio station.

Foreman said the tour is an “overwhelming commitment” with riders starting to

train in March.

“As summer stretches on it’s not only three days a week (training), but it’s also a commitment to fundraising, things you need to organize and public events... we talk to prospective riders about how much time and energy it takes,” he said.

“You really have to throw yourself into it for six months of your life and do it for the kids.”

Eastmure covered Tour de Rock in 2013 as a reporter and she’s wanted to take part in the ride ever since.

It’s especially meaningful to the Elora, Ontario native because she’s doing it in part to honour a longtime familyfriend, Marilyn Koop, who passed away in April 2012 from cancer.

“When I first found out about Tour de Rock I wanted to do it,” she said.

“And not because I wanted to see the Island north of Campbell River but because I want to be a part of this

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crazy, awesome journey.”

Eastmure’s fund-raising goal is $15,000. heastmure@917coastfm. com. To follow Hilary Eastmure’s blog about the tour visit: www.tourderock. mycoastnow.com.

Tour de Rock (sponsored

by Black Press) riders are slated to stop in Parksville the evening of September 24 en route from Port Alice to Victoria. Stay tuned for more details.

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Hope abounds at Relay for Life

By Hannah Griffin Reporter The Port Hardy Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Event held on the evening of May 23 drew a huge crowd, many dressed powerfully for the event’s superhero theme.

Participants looped the Port Hardy Secondary School track from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. in teams that fundraised leading up the event.

Organizers began preparing early in the day, and by the 6 p.m. kickoff the event area was full of North Island superheros, delicious local food, and tents

belonging to different community groups.

One of the organizers, Sabrina Dent, said that the event, now in its 10th year, has organizers beginning to plan in September. Shortly after 6 p.m. a welcome and a warmup from First Choice Fitness staff kicked off the event followed by cancer survivors dressed in yellow T-shirts completing a Survivor Walk that saw them walking under paddles held up by the Dragon Boat team. After the Survivor walk, the rest of the Relay participants joined in.

Each team had to

have someone on the track the whole time, and a baton was used to trade off between teammates. “This gives people an idea of what it’s like to walk in a cancer survivor’s shoes for one day,” said Dent, adding that “cancer never sleeps.”

The evening included a kids event, a bouncy castle, and an energetic performance by the Team Charlton Highland Dancers early in the evening. Attendees sustained themselves over the evening with fresh popcorn, fruit, chili, beef barley soup, scones, hot dogs from Overwaitea, and the savory salmon burgers, tacos and creamy macaroni salad provided

by Marine Harvest.

The grand total raised at the event was $19,188, and the individual raising the most money was Dianna Sexton at $1,320. The top three teams that raised the most money were Bernie’s Dream at $2,630, Ash Kickers at $2,105, and Marine Harvest at $2,027.

The award for Team Spirit went to Marine Harvest, Best Dressed was Overwaitea Cheerios, and the Best Costume was Eddie

White.

The spirit present early in the evening continued as the sun went down. Paper bag lanterns with heartfelt messages lined the

perimeter of the track, providing a soft glow for the relayers who remained until midnight. Several fires burned near the tents dotting the track, and

children played soccer in the middle of the field.

As the night drew to a close, only a fraction of the earlier crowd remained on the field,

but the mood was still festive as Relayers walked with candles, glow sticks and headlamps, all in the name of supporting the fight against cancer.

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FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Cell: 250-527-0144 Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/14

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 11/14

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor Okumu Lomudak 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone Welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243

PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St. Sunday Worship 10:30am & 7:00pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30pm Midweek Biblestudies Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail: pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/14

PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP Sunday Services - 4:00pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services 11/14

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00am - Worship Service 7:00pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00pm Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy â&#x20AC;˘ 250-956-4737 11/14

LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE â&#x20AC;˘ Chaplain Services â&#x20AC;˘ Bible Studies â&#x20AC;˘ Spiritual Counselling â&#x20AC;˘ Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125 11/14

ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Please call for worship times All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/14

GWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SALA-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;NAKWAXDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00am-Sabbath School 11:15am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/14

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FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928

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REAL ESTATE

BUD HAYNES, Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Firearms Auction. Saturday, June 13, 10a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Denny Harding Estate, Sask. Store Dispersal. Over 200 new guns.

Website, catalogue w/pictures. Phone 403-3475855 or 780-451-4549; www.budhaynesauctions.com. www.WardsAuctions.com.

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.95 ACRE UNIQUE 4 bd 2300 sq ft split level home. Peaceful and private. 35 fruit trees and grapevines. Walking distance to town, school, golf and trails. Ocean, mountain and city view.

(250)286-0634. www.991petersen.com

MID ISLAND AUTOMOTIVE

SWAP MEET Sunday, June 7th, 8am-2pm Parksville Curling Club in the Parksville Community Park. â&#x20AC;˘ Cars & Parts â&#x20AC;˘ Antiques & Collectibles â&#x20AC;˘ Concession Free Parking $2 Admission Sponsored by: LAIRD WHEATON GM NANAIMO

3 BDRM APTS for rent in Harbourview. $750-$800/mth. No pets/ smoking/ partying. Credit check/refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Free grocery card/half month rent free with lease. Call Mike 250-230-3375 PORT HARDY: Well maintained 6-plex. Great investment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to: imagine.it@cablerocket.com

WHOLE DUPLEX for sale1280sq ft per side, 3.5 bdrms, 1.5 bath. 9498 McDougall Rd, Port Hardy, BC. $215,000.

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LEGALS

7175 HIGHLAND Dr., Port Hardy. 2,520 sq ft 4bdr home.

2 landscaped lots joined. 2 door garage. Walkout basement/suite. 250-949-8922 or www.island.net/~ďŹ shnet. Asking $336,000.

HADDINGTON COURT APARTMENTS PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated apartments for rent.

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Professional building. 2 & 3 bdrm. Small dogs allowed. Taking applications. Call 250-949-0192.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HAND FALLERS Gold River & Woss, B.C. Complete job details can be viewed at: http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/ourpeople-employment/careers/ Western Forest Products Inc. is a margin focused integrated company safely producing lumber from coastal forests.

The next regular School Board Meeting of the Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) will be held on

Monday,November June 8th, 10, 2015 at 6:00pm Monday, 2014 6:00pm School Board Office, Port Hardy This is a public meeting.

All interested parties are welcome.

LEGALS

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Lions Gate Forest Products Ltd. of Port McNeill, BC, and Gwaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nak Resources Ltd. intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island Central Coast District Office for a License of Occupation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Industrial Log Handling, File Number 1414275, situated on Provincial Crown land located at Mereworth Sound for a Log Dump Site.

For more information or to make written comments, please contact: Josh Hiebert, 3341 Mine Road, Port McNeill, BC, Email jhiebert@lgforest.ca OR Jennifer Barolet, MoFLNR, Email Jennifer.Barolet@gov.bc.ca.

The review and comment period will last 30 days from May 19, 2015. Comments will be received until June 19, 2015. FLNR office may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Comments can also be posted at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending Please be sure to cite the Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at FLNR office.

HELP WANTED

If you believe that you have the skills and qualifications that we are looking for, please reply in confidence: Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com As only short listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company. Please visit us at www.westernforest.com

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RENTALS

RENTALS

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE

Call Karin to view her Karin Moeller Karin Moeller featured properties of the week 250.949.0145 250.949.0145

KINGCOME MANOR

PORT MCNEILL NEWLY RENOVATED Bach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.

Newly furnished available.

Free sat tv, over 300 channels.

Phone Ron and Linda 250-956-3365

801 Nimpkish Ht.

2194 BEACH

6,226 sq. ft. 3 bed, 2 bath, home & art gallery. Must see!

3970sq. sq.ft., ft.,55bed, bed,33bath, bath,large largefamily familyoror2 3970 in-law suite.

Waterfront! suites.

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PORT HARDY- Airport Rd. 2 bdrm. $550. Quiet, NS/NP. Ref req. Call 250-949-6319 Port Hardy, BC West Park Manor & Lindsay Manor Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available.

Well maintained secure & quiet buildings.

Close to shopping.

Friendly onsite resident managers.

Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email:

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8300 Devon

5840 SCOTIA

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1934 CHELAN

4 bed, 3 bath, 2 street access!

4Totally bed, 3private bath, 2family street home! access!

$229,000

$323,400

62-7100 Highview

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

SEAWIND ESTATES; 2 bdrms, 1 bath in great cond.

W/D, Deck. Ref. req. Available now. $700/mth. Call 250949-7079 before 7pm.

924 924 sq. sq. ft., ft., 22 bed, bed, 22 bath, bath, woodstove, woodstove, land land included. included. Move Move in! in!

$104,900 $104,900

1,045 1,045 sq. sq. ft., ft., 33 bed, bed, 22 bath, bath, woodstove, woodstove, 6 mths feefee. paid.

A good price! pad pad rental A good price!

$39,900 $39,900

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HELP WANTED

We are actively seeking a skilled journeyman technician preferably with Ford experience and specialty training to diagnose and repair Ford Cars and Trucks as well as all makes. Skilled third or fourth year apprentices will be considered.

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R acts as Deputy Approving Officer with respect to applications for subdivision and as Chief Election Officer for elections;

Job Duties / Qualifications:

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Dave Landon Motors requires a journeyman Automotive Technician to join our Ford of Canada dealership. Our family run dealership has been in business for over 44 years and is the recipient of multiple Ford of Canada Presidents Awards for sales and customer satisfaction leadership.

TOWNHOUSES

23â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CITATION Class-C motor home. 1987 Ford, 168,000 miles. $4,000. Good condition.

Located in Port Hardy. Call (250)949-7676.

HELP WANTED

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R processing requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

R have strong organizational, management and communications skills;

PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454

TRANSPORTATION

R supervising employees in the Corporate Services and Bylaw Enforcement / Building Inspection Departments;

The preferred candidate will:

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PORT HARDY- Bright spacious 3 bdrm upstairs suite in duplex next to Avalon School.

Byng Rd. Shared laundry room downstairs. Good carpets, NS, NP, Avail June lst. $700/mob. 250-230-1236.

The District has a challenging and unique career opportunity available for a versatile individual as a member of its senior management team. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director of Corporate & Development Services is responsible for the statutory duties in accordance with section 148 of the Community Charter. The Director also advises staff and Council on legislative affairs as well as undertaking contract administration and matters associated with risk management. In addition, this position processes applications and documents related to land use planning and development, manages the building inspection, bylaw enforcement and animal control services, and acts as staff liaison person for the emergency preparedness and fire protection services. As a member of the senior management team, the Director assists the CAO in the provision of effective team oriented leadership for the District and becomes responsible for a variety of projects and initiatives as they arise.

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MOBILE HOMES & PADS

DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES with the DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY

R preparing reports to Council and its committees; 2,424 2,424 sq. sq. ft., ft., 44 bed, bed, 44 bath, bath, 22 woodstoves, woodstoves, Gorgeous Gorgeous by by the the beach! beach!

PORT MCNEILL- 3 bdrm in 1/2 duplex, 2 bath, all app. included. Great view. Showing by appt only. Leave msg at 250-230-2111. NS/NP. Ref required. Available now.

HELP WANTED

R drafting agreements, bylaws, contracts, leases and policies;

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

HELP WANTED

Duties include, but are not limited to:

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Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartment includes stove, fridge, washer, dryer & micro.

Clean, comfy, quiet & upgraded. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value). Available Now. $650+ hydro with a 1 year lease. Pets considered.

Call 1-250-949-8855. www.twoceans.com

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DAVE LANDON MOTORS LTD. 7150 Market Street, Port Hardy (250) 949-6393

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2013 FORD SUPERCREW 4X4

4X4

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Stk #D18064

250-871-2125

605 CROWN ISLE BLVD. Across from Costco | DL #40192

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$

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2015 MITSUBISHI LANCER

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24,699

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33,242

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RTY

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36,455

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