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Hardy couple wins $2 million
By Hannah Griffin Reporter “I couldn’t sleep all night,� Bob Roulston says of the night of June 10. Bob’s wife Louise adds that the past week has been quite unusual. That evening Bob was checking his BC/49 lottery numbers online as he always does when he saw the numbers he and Louise have been playing for years were on the screen in front of him - 11,19,24,35,36,43. He called Louise over, and told her that it seemed they had just won a lot of money. “I thought it was $2-3,000, but he turned around and said, ‘we won $2 million!’�, recalls Louise. “I’m still feeling kind of numb. It’s hard to believe!� It was too late to bring their ticket in, so Bob and Louise got through a mostly sleepless, excited night and headed to Blair Thorpe in Port Hardy first thing the following morning to submit their winning ticket, a $2 million prize. Sitting in the living room of their bright, tidy Storey’s Beach home, Bob and Louise say they plan to invest most of the winnings. Not too many people have come
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out of the woodwork as often happens when people win the lottery, but they have been fielding calls from investors down Island. The two have not put too
much thought yet into how they plan to treat themselves with the winnings. Parents to three grown children, Louise, a retired employee at
Monk Office Supplies, and Bob, a former mine worker, answer quickly when asked if they consider themselves lucky. “Definitely.�
Potential changes to bus routes By Hannah Griffin Reporter An application has been made for a bus service reduction that could directly affect the travel needs of North Island residents. Greyhound Canada Transportation has applied to the B.C. Passenger Board to eliminate two routes that service this remote part of Vancouver Island. The application, made public in a mid-June bulletin from the B.C.
Passenger Transportation Board, proposed eliminating Routes F, U, and W from Greyhound Canada’s service. Route F services the Alberta border and Highway 93, Route U services Nanaimo to Campbell River, and Route W services Campbell River to Port Hardy. Route W includes stops in Sayward, Woss, Port McNeill, the Port Alice Junction, and Port Hardy.
While a lack of bus service to half of the island may seem like a dire development for North Island residents, another bus company has made a simultaneous application. Tofino Bus Services Inc. has proposed to add two new routes. The proposed Route 4 would service Nanaimo to Campbell River, and Route 5 would service Campbell River to Port Hardy. The minimum frequency of the buses travelling these two proposed
new routes would be the same or greater than the previous under Greyhound Canada. “The idea is that Tofino will take over the Greyhound services,� says Jan Broocke, director and secretary to the B.C. Passenger Transportation Board. At the time the elimination of these routes is in the application stage of the process. Written comments can be sent to the B.C. Passenger Board by mail or email by July 2.
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Nimpkish sails second season The maiden voyage of the summer BC Ferries ‘Connector’ service between Bella Coola and Bella Bella launched at high noon, on June 18 at the Bella Coola Harbour, featuring an improved MV Nimpkish, the smallest, slowest vessel in the fleet plying the third-longest route. After her winter work serving midcoast communities and a lengthy maintenance clinic this spring in the Lower Mainland, the little boat is dutifully back on the Central Coast all geared up and ready to do its job getting passengers and vehicles to and from Bella Coola, Ocean Falls, Shearwater, and Bella Bella, where it connects with the route of the big ferries between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert. Last year, the ‘Connector’ service replaced one that sailed twice a week directly between Port Hardy and Bella Coola, an 11-hour sailing that brought thousands of tourists travelling the ‘Discovery Coast Circle Route’ since the service was instated in 1996. That service involved the 115-vehicle Queen of Chilliwack, taken out of service last
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summer as a costcutting measure. In those summers, the Chilliwack also made four trips a week that took in Outer Coast ports on trips lasting 22-33 hours. Only one sailing, entirely during daylight hours, was very popular with tourists. This is the second summer that the 16-vehicle Nimpkish has been deployed as a replacement for the Chilliwack, now up for sale. Following a tsunami of passenger complaints about the trip on the inadequate little vessel - ranging from the quality of the complimentary food, to the
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uncomfortable seating on a nine-hour-plus voyage, to the constant roar of the engines, to the inaccessibility of the two washrooms a deck below the passenger area - the BC government has done little or nothing toward restoring an adequate service. Nonetheless, the crew is proud of the changes on board since last year. Topping the list is a third washroom, this one with a gel dispenser instead of a sink. Although not accessible to wheelchairs, hand bars and crew assistance make it more accessible for those with mobility challenges. Another major improvement makes the second lounge (port side) more useful. A lack of ventilation in the past resulted in heavy condensation, especially in cool, damp weather. Installing an extractor fan and replacing the carpets make the lounge more usable, and a hot and cold water dispenser eliminates the problem of disposing of plastic water bottles. In both port and starboard lounges, lights can now be dimmed, and the starboard ‘Servery’, where complimentary food is available, is better lit and a microwave oven is now available. The crew appears proudest of improvements to the outdoor
areas. Life rafts have been relocated so that passengers can use the upper outer decks fore and aft (smokers aft), with the outdoor viewing lounges providing excellent views of the car deck operations and passing scenery - often dolphins and other marine life are alongside. Finally, a bus-stoptype shelter has been erected at the top of the ferry ramp at the Government Wharf. This long-awaited development follows an offer from the BC Tourism Minister on a tour of the Nimpkish more than a year ago. Although the shelter will not be lighted, BC Ferries plans to monitor the ambient lighting with a view to lighting the shelter next winter. Doug Baker, president of Bella Coola Valley Tourism, says: “The way things were, in reality, was great. The crew was great. The scenery was great. The Chilliwack was able to handle the demand. Clearly, the tourism industry in the region can accommodate much more than the Nimpkish can deliver.� Bella Coola Valley Tourism is working with other organizations and agencies to get the marine link in the Circle Route restored to a level that would support the regional tourist industry.
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RCMP credited with saving sailors Two Sayward RCMP Mounties are credited with possibly saving the lives of two sailors taking part in an international race, whose broken boat was being driven to the rocks by high winds. On June 10, members of the Sayward RCMP were alerted that the Canadian Coast Guard were unable to assist a sailboat in distress three miles north of Sayward in the Johnstone Strait, as their nearest vessel was two hours away. Sgt. Richard Boyle and Const. Evan Hobbs set out to assist from Sayward, experiencing strong winds of 30 to 40 knots, changing tide and very rough six-foot high seas. After a very challenging 30-minute journey, Mounties located the stranded
sailors and towed their broken vessel to the Sayward Wharf. “Having been previously stationed to a detachment near the ocean, I have considerable experience operating an RCMP vessel and have yet to encounter conditions that severe,” says Boyle of the Island District RCMP. “Wednesday’s experience is one I will not soon forget. We are so glad we were able to get there in time,” says Hobbs of Sayward RCMP. The sailors, two brothers from Anacortes, Washington, were sailing their vessel in the Race to Alaska which started in Port Townsend, Washington with a destination to Ketchikan, Alaska. They had stopped in Sayward earlier in the
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Sayward RCMP are credited with possibly saving the lives of two sailors whose broken boat was being driven towards shore.
day to perform some repairs and set out before dark, hoping to sail as far as Port McNeill. Both sailors advised that the wind and seas picked up shortly after dark, causing their aluminum mast to snap in two. When asked about
the rescue, Lars Strandberk said, “I am most impressed by those officers. They went beyond the scope of their duties, braving difficult conditions to save our vessel and possibly our lives. Who knows what could have happened?”
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Vancouver Island’s frail, elderly and vulnerable residents will have enhanced access to primary health care services thanks to a $1.4 million investment in Nurse Practitioners (NPs) by Island Health. This will improve access to Primary Care for Aboriginal people, providing services to Fort Rupert, Quatsino and the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw First Nations in the Port Hardy area. Island Health will hire eight additional NPs to deliver care to high-need, under-serviced populations. “Adding Nurse Practitioners to the Island Health team will increase the number of primary care providers, enhance access to timely, primary health care in a cost-effective manner, and help decrease wait times,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. NPs add value to the health care team, said Dr. Brendan Carr, president and CEO of Island Health. “Nurse Practitioners are able to diagnose,
order tests and prescribe medications for many health conditions that in the past were treated only by doctors,” Dr. Carr said. The eight NPs will work in the areas of Aboriginal Health, HIV/Hepatitis C, locum support, residential care, Home First and mental health and substance use. Mark Schultz is a Nurse Practitioner in Courtenay. He says NPs are able to provide patients with the opportunity to receive care from a different kind of
health care provider, one grounded in nursing practice. “We combine our years of training and experience as nurses with advanced training in the prevention and treatment of disease,” he said.
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Planning for future makes sense As Port Alice struggles with the “curtailment” of the Neucel Specialty Pulp mill two recent items in the news caught my attention. I guess I interpreted the items as having to do with the success of companies who act proactively and who take care of their employees. The first thing that made me stop and think was a posting on Facebook about Costco recentby ly announcing record profits Kathy of $537 million, up from $394 O’Reilly-Taylor million in the same period last year. CEO Craig Jelinek said the secret for their success was that they paid their workers an average salary of $45,000 a year, provided them with health insurance, and let them unionize. “At Costco, we know that paying employees good wages makes good sense for business,” Jelinik said in a statement. “Instead of minimizing wages, we know it’s a lot more profitable in the long term to minimize employee turnover and maximize employee productivity, commitment and loyalty.” The second item was an announcement last week by Western Forest Products that plans to spend $30 million to upgrade its mills in Nanaimo, Ladysmith and Chemainus. The investment is part of the company’s $125-million capital strategic investment program, announced in 2013, to remain competitive and help it gain access to new markets. “Our strategy is to invest in the mills, make them extremely efficient, and then add more hours to our production facilities and that’s where we’ll see the job increase,” said Don Demens, Western Forest Products president and chief executive officer. The company will spend $28 million to modernize the sawmill, planer mill and install new automatic grading technology at Duke Point. Of that, $17 million will be spent on the planer to allow the mill to start producing specialty products for Japan and ‘appearance’ products for the North American, Chinese and other markets around the world, said Demens. The remaining $2 million will be divided between its other central Island mills. The investment comes at a time when prices are low and there is little demand from the new home construction industry in the U.S. For certain wood products there is strong competition in foreign markets from other lumber-producing countries. “Markets over the last few months have been pretty challenging,” Demens said. These stories prove that paying employees a living wage does not hurt profits and that tough times are an opportunity for companies to invest and expand what they are doing with a goal of earning more money and creating more jobs, not to close their doors and wait for markets to improve. Just like salmon, it is those who swim against the current that ensure the survival of the species.
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People need access to forestry When the Legislature rises at the end of May, the work for MLAs continues in our constituencies. And while summer feels like it has come early, many serious issues have not gone on vacation. Obviously high on many people’s list in the North Island is the closure of the mill in Port Alice. In the last week of the session I again met with the minister responsible for our land base, Minister Thomson, to talk about the need for a steady supply of fibre. That is important not only for Port Alice, but also for those who have small mills and are having no success in accessing fibre when approaching the licensees. I am regularly in touch with those involved in the unfolding problems with the Port Alice mill as well as with other North Island mill operators and continue to press for solutions. It should be remembered that Tree Farm Licences, while operated by private businesses, are working with a public resource: crown land and our trees. There has to be a fair return both in income, through stumpage, as well as access to the resource for the people and communities of the North Island. The communities of Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill also have their own community forest, the revenue from which goes back into each community. I have written to the Minister about the possibility of expanding them. I continue to raise the very real impact the changes in ferry schedules are having on the North Island. The loss of the shoulder season by the early imposition of summer season rates is hurting many local businesses. I have discussed this with the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce and we are looking at new ways to bring this to the forefront of the Transport Minister’s attention. Meanwhile other Island communities are very worried about how the latest fare increases will impact their tourist traffic. Within a few days of returning at the end of the session, I joined the Speaker of the Legislature, Linda Reid, on a 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.
tour of North Island schools, bringing our provincial Parliament into the classroom. It was great to see the engagement of the students, as well as the school staff, at Eagle View Elementary and Gwa’sala Nakwaxda’xw Elementary as they learned about Parliamentary debate and procedures. I also used the opportunity of being in Port Hardy to stop in to MLA Update chat with those mental health workwith Claire Trevena ers doing outreach with some of the most vulnerable in the community. Often the Health Authority becomes a target because of decisions made and apparent problems created, but the work this small team is doing is extraordinary and much needed. The coming week sees me in the southern part of the constituency and in Vancouver, where we are holding caucus meetings to discuss strategy for a possible summer session of the Legislature. There is talk that we will be called back for a couple of weeks in order to discuss the BC Liberals’ latest plans for the LNG giveaway. After more than two years of rhetoric they are desperate to have something to show before the federal election in the fall. However, it already is clear it won’t be the trillions of dollars of benefits promised during the last provincial election. And I will be in the south part of the constituency on National Aboriginal Day. But I wish everyone the very best on this day, in the year that St. Michael’s was demolished and the work of reconciliation took another step forward. However, I’ll be back in the ‘real North Island’ in the last week of the month to visit the wind farm and to follow up on other issues. A member of
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Recycling should not replace garbage pickup Dear Editor, This has been on my mind since garbage pickup became biweekly last year. I find it odd that recycling took the place of garbage pickup every other week instead of becoming simultaneous. I also find it odd that when the program began we were all given a pamphlet detailing proper procedure for preparing items for recycling, which Fox disposal promptly disregarded and began handing out warnings to those who attempted to follow it. Many recyclable items aren’t accepted, and anyone trying to recycle them from their home are told to
bring them to the “proper” facilities themselves, which thoroughly defeated the purpose of roadside recycling and makes it absurd that garbage pickup is lessened to make room for an extremely limited roadside recycling program. I also find it odd that anywhere with a dumpster still receives weekly pickup, such as the reserves and businesses. It is now full swing bear season and the new pickup schedule is already proving to increase scavenger wildlife activity in and around homes. Last I checked the city has a bylaw against composting, so organic material that could be composted instead
goes in the garbage, which then has two weeks to rot and attract wildlife instead of one. The cost of garbage pickup to home owners remains the same despite the service being cut in half. While I do agree that recycling is a good thing, and one that I regularly practice, it should be simultaneous with trash pickup; not replacing it. It should also be full service, or at the very least people should be given a document accurately outlining what items can be recycled, not a sloppy copy paste job that people get warned for following. Kevan Bodkin Port Hardy
Government should re-evaluate approach Dear Editor, On June 10, the Ministry of Forest and Natural Resource Operations announced proposed changes in the governance of the Great Bear Rainforests’ (GBR) some 7.0 million hectares of forests. It tells us, the public: Together the proposed 2015 Great Bear Rainforest Order and potential Biodiversity, Mining and Tourism Areas will meet the goals of reserving 70 per cent of historic old-growth forests ..., while maintaining a viable forest industry in the Great Bear Rainforest.” (Campbell River Mirror, June 10, 2015, Page 7.) What it does not tell us is that the GBR is really composed of TWO FORESTS, one in the North, made up of largely old growth, and one in the South Central portion, made up of second growth. The potential changes the Ministry proposes to adopt are the same approach to management in both forests.
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It also does not tell us that the “viable forest industry” is an oligopoly made up of two or three firms based in logging old growth. There is no area or volume for the development of a “viable forest industry” based in second growth. This volume might have been derived from the South Central portion of the GBR, but for the most part, harvesting will be put on hold until 70 per cent of the stands reach old growth status in 240 years. What about climate change? Of course, under the proposed draft orders, there is no awareness of climate change and the ecosystems of today are the same that were here when the First Nations arrived and will be here 240 years from now. To prove this, THERE WILL BE NO MONITORING OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN NATURAL STANDS. The red cedar (Thuja plicata) that is not regenerating in natural stands in the South Central portion
of the GBR is neither happening nor the demise of Alaska Yellow Cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis) in the North. Kind of ironic that society can set some seven million hectares aside to natural processes, but cannot afford the luxury of monitoring the environmental quality of this decision even at the landscape scale. It was international pressure that was the catalyst behind the governmental decision to establish the GBR in the first place. Maybe informed stress from First Nations and local people could cause the provincial government to reevaluate its approach to ecosystem-based management and adopt a more appropriate belief system based in an adaptive system of using knowledge about nature - a landscape approach to managing ecosystems in an era of changing climatic trends. William L. Wagner, PhD, RPF Campbell River
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McNeill learns about eradication plans By Hannah Griffin Reporter The Town of Port McNeill Council learned more about the specifics of knotweed eradication at their June 15 meeting. Mike Desrochers of Strategic Natural Resource Consultants gave an overview of the knotweed problem and provided Council with further information about how the invasive species can be treated and eventually removed. Desrochers first noticed knotweed when he moved to the area in 1996. “The degree of the problem has become quite alarming,” he said, telling Council that the mechanism that brings the best results is injecting the knotweed with herbicide consistently until it dies. Glyphosate will be used initially, but if genetic resistance occurs other herbicides like triclopyr could be used. Some invasive species are treated with burning; Desrochers says that burning is not a solution with knotweed as the root systems can go down seven metres with rhizomes spreading out 20 feet. Burning would be a band-aid. One reason knotweed can grow so out of control is that it does not have any natural predators, and it has extremely effective germination. Even a 1/4 of an inch of the plant dropped on the ground will germinate, meaning that when homeowners
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cut and dispose of knotweed, it just grows where they dump it. The problem is not as dire in Port McNeill as in Port Hardy and Coal Harbour, where Desrochers says it could take decades to wipe out the plant. A major concern with knotweed is that it is strong enough to damage sewer systems and roads, and can even begin growing through walls into the interiors of homes. “That sales pitch doesn’t really go good with me,” Councillor Graham MacDonald said to Desrochers. MacDonald told the group he had researched the herbicide the eradication process planned to use and had found an extensive list of countries where the chemical was banned. He went onto say that on Haida Gwaii they have been using saltwater to kill knotweed. Desrochers and other council members said saltwater can work, but at the same time it also kills a lot of the surrounding nutrients in the soil. Desrocher acknowledged that there are drawbacks to chemical use, but said that it is important to let trained professionals deal with the problem so that uneducated vigilantes do not take it into their own hands. “You’ve actually answered our request,” Mayor Shirley Ackland said, thanking Desrochers for the information.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor It appears there is an unusual visitor in these here parts. An Eastern Pacific grey whale has been spotted repeatedly in the Port McNeill/ Hyde Creek area. It’s likely there are residents on Malcolm Island and Alert Bay that have also seen him/her and that people may also be confusing the grey whale for a humpback whale. Grey whales reach a length of 14.9 metres (49 ft.), a weight of 36 tonnes (40 short tons), and live between 55 and 70 years. Their name comes from the grey patches and white mottling on their dark skin. While it’s common to see grey whales on the outside of Vancouver Island, “it is quite rare to have repeat sightings of an individual on northeast Vancouver Island,” says Jackie Hildering, humpback whale researcher and education director for the Marine Education and Research Society. “We do have a few that transit through the area to or from the breeding grounds in Mexico. Like humpback whales, they feed in our cold, rich waters,” Hildering said. “We did have one individual nicknamed ‘Dusty’ that was around for several
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months in 2010 and then for a few sightings in 2011. Grey whales can be identified as individuals by their flanks (sides) and their tails. “We at the Marine Education and Research Society have looked at Steve Jackman’s photos of the grey whale seen these last few weeks and know definitively that it is not Dusty again,” she said. As well as feeding on mysids in the water column, grey whales are the only whales in the world
that feed by sticking the side of their heads in the sand and drawing in sand and ghost shrimp, polychaete worms and amphipods. “Unlike other baleen whales, grey whales are bottom feeders and use their coarse baleen to strain out small invertebrates (amphibods, ghost shrimp, crab larvae) from the soft muddy bottom in shallow areas, leaving mouth-sized depressions in the sediment. Grey whales also feed on herring eggs
and larvae in eelgrass beds,” said Hildering. Since grey whales are so often in the shallows, feeding in sand, vessel strike is a real concern. This grey whale has been very near shore around Port McNeill/ Alert Bay/Sointula in the few patches of sand we have. “It is unlikely that boaters would expect the whale suddenly to pop up. Hence the need to be alert for the possible presence of a whale near shore and to ‘See a Blow? Go Slow!’
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Bike Safety Rodeo On Friday, June 12 Sea View School held a bike rodeo organized and put on by the Parent Advisory Committee and the Port Alice RCMP. Kids had their bikes checked by Const. Clayton Twamley and then rode through a challenging course of which they were scored on. The PAC would like to give a big thanks to Robert Cousins for designing the course. The Port Alice Lions Club and the local Thrift Store each donated $500 which enabled the PAC to buy prizes for each student along with four brand new bikes which were raffled off after the rodeo. One bike each for Pre K, K-2, 3-5 and 6-9.
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RDMW looks at makeover By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The Regional District of Mount Waddington offices could be getting a makeover. At their regular meeting June 16, Manager of Economic Development Pat English told the board that he is preparing an application for funding through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program to upgrade and expand the office. The total cost of the project would be $302,220 with 50 per cent ($151,110) coming from the Regional District and the balance
coming from the federal government - if the grant is approved, English said. The office plans include a new basement area and 800-sq.ft. boardroom. The old boardroom would be turned into offices and a second handicap-accessible washroom, said English. The plan also calls for the installation of a new hot water heating system and converting fluorescent lighting to energy-efficient LED. Council approved the boardroom expansion plan contingent on the grant being approved for the project.
Medicinal marijuana approved as farm use - little impact in North Island By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The District of Port Hardy will not be impacted by recent changes that allow medicinal marijuana as an approved farm use. Effective May 7, the Province announced a change to BC Agricultural Land Reserve that specifically identifies medical marijuana as a farm use which local governments can regulate, but not prohibit. The Province is calling on local governments to review, and if necessary, amend their bylaws by the fall of this year so there is consistency across the province. According to Director of Corporate and Development Services Jeff Long, the only Agricultural Land Reserves in the North Island are in the Nimpkish Valley and Sointula. Regional District of Mount Waddington Administrator Greg Fletcher said all of the
agricultural land reserve in Nimpkish Valley is under a tree farm licence and is used for forestry, “so it (the new legislation) wouldn’t apply in that area.� In Sointula there is only one small parcel of agricultural land reserve. The RDMW amended its zoning bylaws “prohibiting the production of marijuana for medical purposes in residential, commercial, rural and recreational zones� but to “permit the production of medical marijuana on parcels within the Agricultural Land Reserve,� said Fletcher. “So in this respect the RDMW policy is already aligned with the Provincial directive,� said Fletcher. The RDMW Board also provided for temporary use permits to be considered for medical marijuana production in areas zoned industrial, Fletcher said.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Vancouver Island North Tourism Coordinator Joli White brought a new Visitor Experience Survey ballot box to show the Regional District of Mount Waddington board of directors. White explained to the board, at their meeting June 16, that 20 of the boxes will be located around the region. Twenty posters will also be posted in various locations. “We’ve had a really amazing response from the businesses. “Everyone was so welcoming,” said White, adding that representatives from The
Sociable Scientists “were impressed by the level of enthusiasm.” People can fill out the ballots with their names and email addresses and they will be emailed an on-line survey after they have arrived home, explained White. “The survey will run through the Labour Day long weekend,” she said. People who fill out the surveys will be entered to win one of two prizes, White said. The prizes will include an experience package of a three-night stay at Great Bear Lodge and the second will be a native carving “that we can mail out to them.” The target of the pro-
gram is tourists, said White, however, the survey includes a resident stream of questions. There is an iPod mini up for grabs for residents who participate in the survey. The Visitor Experience Survey, brought to the community by The Sociable Scientists Inc., was developed in collaboration with Vancouver Island North, Campbell River and Comox Valley tourism destination marketing organizations and supported by Vancouver Island University. The $17,000 project received 50 per cent of its funding from the Island Coastal Economic Trust.
Doctors in the house By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor For the first time in years, Port McNeill has a full complement of doctors. At the Regional District of Mount Waddington meeting June 16, Port McNeill Mayor Shirley Ackland shared that two of the three new doctors just arrived in her community. An interesting fact about the doctors is that they have youngsters, Ackland said. Dr. Mehrtash Amini, Dr. Nazanin Baradaran and Dr. Joy C. Mijares will practice medicine at the Port McNeill Collaborative Clinic. The three physicians relocating to Port McNeill have completed their two-year UBC Family Practice Residency Program in Victoria. All designated International Medical Graduate (IMG) residency positions have a Return of Service commit-
ment attached that requires graduates to practise in under-served areas of B.C. for two years to help support rural and remote health care. The doctors were able to come to Port McNeill after they completing the residency program and obtained their licence from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. “We are very excited to have the physicians join our team,” said Dr. Prean Armogam, Mount Waddington chief of staff who co-owns the Port McNeill Collaborative Clinic with Dr. David Whittaker. “They will offer excellent primary health care services to our clients, provide physician coverage in the Port McNeill Hospital emergency department and share in holiday coverage,” Whittaker said.
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North Island food insecurity By Hannah Griffin Reporter Late afternoon on a quiet Thursday, the last few lingering customers inside the Port Hardy Harvest Food Bank exit through the doorway, and as the doors are locked behind them, four people gather among the couch and furniture that fill the entrance. The four people present are here to discuss an issue of critical importance on the North Island: food insecurity. Household food insecurity is defined by Hannah Griffin Photo Health Canada as “the inability to acquire or Andy Cornell, center, manager of Harvest Food Bank, laughs with volconsume an adequate unteers while preparing for a Friday hamper distribution. diet quality or sufficient other social service agencies and organizations. quantity of food in socially acceptable ways, or Harvest applies each year for a grant from the the uncertainty that one will be able to do so.” It government, but that grant is never guaranteed. is commonly related to a household’s financial “It’s a bit tenuous running your whole business means for obtaining food. on the reliance of someone giving you someAndy Cornell, who runs Harvest, Deppyka thing,” says Cornell. Although he is grateful for Lightheart, thrift store manager, Cheryl Elliott, donations, he would like in the future to introduce teacher’s aide and Treasurer and Secretary of the some revenue-generating services in the building food bank, and Randy Elliott, Pastor at Gwa’sala- like printing and copying services. ’Nakwaxda’xw Seventh-day Adventist Church, The major concern the members gathered bring are all strongly involved in the functioning of the up is the crucial need for volunteers, citing it as a food bank and thrift store that make up Harvest. “persistent issue.” Those involved in the running of Harvest see it They do have a few great volunteers at the as a critically-important resource for many deal- moment, but the amount of work involved in runing with food insecurity, but at the moment say ning and operating is still overwhelming. They that they strongly require volunteers and com- need people who can commit to a certain amount munity engagement for it to best accomplish the of hours each week on a consistent basis, and objective of feeding people. would love for more community members to get How big of a problem is food insecurity in this involved. Some things that Lightheart and Cornell area? “I think its a huge issue,” says Cornell. He would love to focus more attention on are the arrived in Port Hardy a few years and began vol- vegetable garden and providing more nutritional unteering at the Salvation Army soup kitchen. He education, but without more volunteers they are was struck, given the population of Port Hardy, spread too thin to devote the time they would like. by how many people were coming to the soup Additionally, community members could volunkitchen on a daily basis. teer to fill board of directors positions. Cornell has been working 40-hour volunteer On a Friday at noon, Cornell and other volunwork weeks for the past six months and has seen teers are in the food bank working below shelves need grow. of boxed Dole bananas and cereal, busily orga“Every week we have to go into the archives nizing food for hamper distribution. As they put and pull out cards for people that haven’t been together hampers containing food like Special K here for years, but they’re coming back,” he crackers, white onions and russet potatoes, a line explains. Unemployment may be a factor, but so of people outside the building steadily grows, is underemployment, as many food bank users snaking out towards tell Cornell that they are waiting for employment Market Street as they wait for the distribution insurance to kick in or for a call from a casual to begin. A woman and a man standing together, basis job. “There is a definitely a state of crisis as first and second in line, want to make sure that far as I am concerned.” Others in the group echo they won’t be captured as photos of the exterior their agreement. of the food bank are snapped, the man halfheartHarvest is a branch of Food Banks Canada and edly joking that he wouldn’t want his mother to is a non-profit society serving the entire Regional see him like this. District of Mount Waddington from their Port This potential sense of embarrassment or Hardy location. They are not controlled or intend- shame is something that Cornell says he tries to ed for any one religious group or demographic, minimize through the way he manages Harvest. something that the members gathered mention “I want this place to be as low barrier as it can there may be some confusion about. The thrift possibly be and still function,” he says. One way store in the front is set up to generate income to he accomplishes this is by not performing means buy food for the food bank. testing on those who come for hampers. “I want The food bank also receives donations from a people to retain all the dignity they can, and makvariety of sources, including those distributed by ing them go through a big bureaucratic process of Food Banks Canada from large corporate com- means testing is not a helpful thing when you are panies, as well as consistent and very valued trying to let people hold onto their dignity.” food donations from IGA and Super Valu in Port This is the first article in a series about food McNeill. insecurity issues on the North Island. If you have Each week Cornell buys produce and they also any ideas of other areas to explore or would just have a vegetable garden. 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Village of Port Alice Village of Port Alice PUBLIC NOTICE 2014 Annual Municipal Report annual report The Village of Port Alice 2014 Annual Municipal Report will be available to the 3x5 public for inspection on June 10th, 2015. The document can be viewed at the municipal office at 1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice BC during regular business process hours Monday to Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by visiting the Village’s web site at www.portalice.ca.
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Pupils propose perches
By Hannah Griffin Reporter At the Town of Port McNeill council meeting on June 15, the room had more of the feel of a school play than a discussion on municipal affairs as excited parents and children filled the room. Grade 5 and 6 students from Mrs. Lok’s and Mrs. Jack’s classes at Sunset Elementary School lined the perimeter of the Council meeting table and presented a proposal for eagle perch trees. Accompanied by a slideshow, students each took a few moments to share with Council why they felt there was a need for eagle perch trees in Port McNeill. The students explained that two years ago they noticed trees were being cut down by the waterside, and eagles landing on power lines instead of trees were getting electrocuted and dying. The students said that eagle perch trees would not only protect the eagles and retain them in the area, but could also bring an influx of tourists hop-
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ing to see the creatures, ideally supporting the local economy. “It’s a wonderful idea with lots of potential,” said Councillor Jay Dixon. Students presented a slideshow with relevant information and also showcased several potential models they built of what the eagle perches could look like, including one with horizontal branches that eagles tend to like. The eagle perches would ideally be five to 10 metres from open water. The students also said that they are thinking ahead to the need for sponsorship, and also acknowledged that this could be a big project with a potential need for collaboration with naturalists and biologists. Ideas for fund-raising include bake sales, bottle drives, car washes, and lemonade stands. Mayor Shirley Ackland told the students that Council would discuss the idea and would get back to them on what support they could provide. “It’s a tremendous amount of work you have done,” Ackland said.
By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The Regional District of Mount Waddington is looking into a new way to repair Telegraph Cove Road. At the RDMW meeting June 16, Operations Manager Patrick Donaghy told the board there is a section of the road that is settling and needs to be repaired. The location of the repair is the section of Telegraph Cove Road above the TimberWest dryland sort. “It would appear that the sub-base
material is not sufficiently bedded in and there appears to be some lateral displacement of the sub-base material towards the downstream bank. The loss of material is causing the road to sag on the outside edge,” explained Donaghy. It was estimated after discussions with several firms that the cost to fix the problem would be around $90,000. However, one contractor had said they could do the job using grid material for about $18,300. “I wanted to do some checking to see if this (method) has been widely
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Kites fly at annual festival
By Hannah Griffin Reporter A Kite Festival brought children and parents alike to Carrot Park on June 13. The festival celebrated kites and the windy day was perfect for them to soar. Event organizer Candy Nomeland said that her intention for the day was to get kids
and families out to the park to have fun. The activities were not limited to kite flying, as little people enjoyed rock painting, bubbles, and crafts of all kinds. “A big lovely mess,” is how Nomeland enthusiastically described the lighthearted event. The festival was the result of
significant community support, including tables and funds for kites donated by the Port Hardy Lions Club, watermelon from Overwaitea, and hot chocolate from Busy B. Prizes at the event included a huge kite, books, a phone speaker, and a Ford baseball cap from Dave Landon Motors.
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Hannah Griffin photo Micah Williams of Port Hardy partakes in the Kite Festival at Carrot Park June 13.
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round trips per week between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii from July 1 through Labour Day. BC Ferries reminds summer travellers with vehicles longer than 20 feet, the ‘Size up the Savings’ promotion is in effect on select sailings from now until Sept. 13. Customers will pay only $2 per foot additional length charge (regularly $6.35) on the Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay and the Tsawwassen - Duke Point routes. The promotion applies to Wednesday and Saturday sailings starting at 4 p.m. and Sunday sailings before 9 a.m. for both routes, departing from either terminal. For full schedule details on all routes as well as information about BC Ferries Vacations packages, visit bcferries.com.
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BC Ferries’ summer schedule started June 24 and will run through Sept. 7, with extra sailings on the major routes as well as additional service on some of the minor routes to ensure smooth sailing for summer holiday travellers. Seasonal adjustments to sailing times will also be in effect on many routes. On the Port Hardy - Prince Rupert route, the MV Northern Expedition will provide alternating northbound and southbound sailings each day (every second day from Port Hardy and every other day from Prince Rupert) from June 19 through Sept. 14. The Discovery Coast Connector will provide extra service to the mid-coast during the summer months. The MV Northern Adventure will provide five
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By David Faren For the Gazette It’s no secret that Alert Bay has plenty of history, but not everyone knows the details. This could be said of tourists and locals alike. When the Village and the ‘Namgis completed the Tides of Change economic development strategy they “identified some items that were quick starts to implement immediately,” said Heather Nelson-Smith, village administrator. One of those was a heritage sign project “that will show visitors and residents what the island was like in the past and what some of our buildings are used for,” continued Nelson-Smith. Overall 18 potential
David Faren photo A heritage sign program will be up and running in Alert Bay in July.
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Addicted to the Blue and Gold
In the world of colour there are certain combinations that create a resonance that simply cannot be ignored, even if you strained to do so. These arrangements, often termed ‘complementary’, harmonize and enhance each other to vibrate in a way which is quite outstanding when viewed. They are the mainstay of an artist’s palette, yet we are all attracted by them. They are: green and red (Christmas), purple and yellow (Easter) and orange and blue (autumn hues). Introduced in their raw clarity by the French Impressionists, most artists have practised with them endlessly and I confess that I have been totally fascinated for years with their concoctions. Each spring the orange and blue mixture comes blasting at me as I drive along the highway. The golden colours of Scottish Broom appear first and simply cannot be ignored, although many people would like to see this invasive shrub disappear, others love it as it bursts into bloom with scores of fragrant, cheery yellow blossoms. As if this display were not enough, its comple-
ment, the lupines, pop up all along our roadsides. This juxta-positioned display is an example of how powerful complementary colours can be. The painting shown here was done on Highway 19 close to Port Hardy and the airport turnoff. These are imagA Brush with es that I go back to year Henschel after year and have painted with Gordon many times. Spring is a Henschel great time of year to sit in the sun (where has it been?) and gaze at the thousands of amazing lupines that are often placed among the ‘cheery yellow blossoms’ of Broom. I guess I’m addicted to ‘The Blue and the Gold.’
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Also; A special thank you to all the staff at PHSS, parents and relatives who tirelessly gave of their time and resources to create this wonderful event. There are too many to mention all but a few deserve special recognition: Frank MacLean, Colleen Martin, Courtney Pratt, Liz Kufaas, Heather Walkus, Nadine Gough, Nadine Hunt, Martin Kufaas, Lynea Borg, Robert Fyles, Alice Myers, Winnie Anderson, Robyn Gordon & Pam Johnson. Thank you to the grade 11 parents and students. We apologize if anyone was inadvertently missed. We have had incredible support from so many people. Your continued faith in the future of PHSS grads is greatly appreciated by the parents, staff and students.
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Mini Museums visit Fort Rupert school Species at Risk will deliver essential information on BC’s endangered species to the doorsteps of communities around the province. “This is one of the most important conversations British Columbians should be having right now, and yet you don’t hear much about it,” said Gavin Hanke, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum. “We’re excited to be spreading the word and starting conversations with BC residents, on the ground, face-to-face, out in the province,” said Hanke. Over 50,000 plants and animals live in BC, more than anywhere else in Canada, but many could soon disappear forever; when we don’t act, threatened species can quickly become endangered, or worse. Over 1,500 species in BC
British Columbia is known throughout the world for its spectacular nature and magnificent wildlife, but there is little awareness of the many species under threat of extinction. The Royal BC Museum is hitting the road this summer to spark a conversation with British Columbians on what BC could lose if we don’t make big changes to our relationship with the natural world. Species at Risk was on display at Fort Rupert Elementary School in Storey’s Beach on Tuesday, June 16. Species at Risk is a new travelling exhibition produced in-house at the Royal BC Museum, with the support of TELUS, The Robert Bateman Centre and the John and Joan Walton Innovators Fund. Beginning this summer, and for the next three years,
June 27 6th annual Port McNeill Logger Sports Society Lumberjack Competition to be held on Saturday, June 27th at the Port McNeill waterfront, with the main show from 11 am to 3 p.m. June 28 Aboriginal Day of Wellness Walk/Run. 5 km walk or 10 km run on Sunday, June 28, 2015 Registration starting at 9 a.m. Walk & Run Starts at Carrot Park in Port Hardy. June 29 The Port Hardy Seniors’ Housing Society is looking for board members. We meet once a month at 7480 Rupert Street, Port Hardy, in the Seniors’ Common Room. Next meeting date: June 29 at 7 p.m.. Please come to the meeting if you are interested in volunteering on this board. For more information please call Jo-Anne Beek at 250-949-6435. July 1 4th annual Canada Day Regatta Sointula.
alone are now at risk. Change is happening much too fast and their survival, and ours, depends on the choices we make today. Housed in an inventively modified trailer and accompanied by skilled and personable interpreters, Species at Risk will visit Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan this summer, setting up shop at summer camps, community museums and other important regional partners. As a legacy component of this initiative, beautifully designed Mini-Museums will be made available to BC schools in the fall, giving students the opportunity to study four notable species at risk through actual specimens and hands-on learning. These Mini-Museums will also be included in the touring exhibition.
Submitted Photo Rachelle Linde, learning program facilitator with the Royal BC Museum, discusses one of the Mini-Museums with students from Fort Rupert Elementary School. Also on hand was Jenny Arnold from the Robert Bateman Centre.
HOT SPOTS July 1 Come down to the Alert Bay town square for music, local art, homemade goodies and more! With a ‘make it, bake it, grow it’ philosophy, the market will have a range of vendors from ‘Namgis First Nation, the Village of Alert Bay and Vancouver Island. Teaser: a few confirmed vendors include local carvers and some to-die-for fry bread (bannock). The market will be held three times this summer (July 1, July 26 and August 23) and ramped up next summer. July 3
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Event funds marine research
By Hannah Griffin Reporter Telegraph Cove’s Seahorse Cafe played host to a June 14 event raising money to further marine research and education. The Marine Research and Education Society Love Your Ocean event took place in the sunshine from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and included a photo booth with ocean-themed costumes, a make your own humpback tail magnet station, a raffle, an auction, and a barbecue. A highlight of the auction was the chance to win a fishing and whale watching trip with NHL star and local Willie Mitchell. The Marine Research and Education Society (MERS) is a non-profit organization that promotes conservation and understanding of marine life through research, education and wildlife response. They have a total of six directors with diverse backgrounds, and they also function with the
help of volunteers. “We’re completely mind-blown by the support largely from companies up here that depend on the ocean as well,” says Jackie Hildering, humpback whale researcher and education director for MERS. The afternoon also saw an “Educating Adults” puppet show intended to dispel misconceptions about certain species and teach people about the importance of conservation. Christie McMillan, president of MERS and the director of humpback whale research for the society, says the main goal of the event is to raise money to put directly into research and education. A similar event was run two years ago and was very successful, and when the chance to repeat came up this year, the MERS team seized the opportunity and began planning through the winter.
Anyone who has lived in Port Hardy in the last 50 years will be familiar with the name Robert Scott. It is prominently displayed on the former elementary school building anchoring one end of Market Street in downtown Port Hardy. A Look Back Most people who pass with Brenda this building have no McCorquodale idea who Robert Scott was, or his significance to the North Island. Robert Modal Scott was born in England around 1905. He dropped out of school at 15 years of age to start working. In 1927 he emigrated to Canada, and for the first couple of years here he worked in general stores on the Prairies. Then in 1937 he moved to the coast, and worked in a store in Quaskethi Cove, on Quadra Island, for BC Packers. Here he met his wife Eileen. Eileen was born in New Westminster, but grew up in Ocean Falls until her family moved to the Cove. During this period Scott took it upon himself to learn Chinook, a trading language used by First Nations along the coast. In 1938 he moved to Alert Bay, again to work for BC Packers. Scott used his savings to buy “Smith’s General Store” in Port Hardy in 1945 from Silas Pugh. He changed the name to “Scott’s General Store.” With the development of the airport during the war Bob Scott (as he was locally known) believed that it was only a matter of time until development came to Port Hardy. Scott built Port Hardy’s first power plant with Buster Cadwallader, and was the first to bring electricity and refrigeration to a local store. He eventually expanded to separate his grocery and hardware stores. When Dong Chong built a larger grocery store in Port Hardy, Scott sold out his grocery and concentrated on his hardware interests. Scott was the proud holder of account #1 from the first bank in Port Hardy, the Bank of Nova Scotia. Although he was an entrepreneur, it was not Scott’s business interests that endeared him to the communities on the North Island. He was a member of the local medical board, the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce, the inaugural Port Hardy Parks Board, and the District Recreation Committee. He was also a member of the Masons.
When Scott became a member of the School Board, there were two separate Boards for the Quatsino and Alert Bay school districts. He played an important role in amalgamating the Boards and reducing duplication. Scott took it upon himself to lobby the BC government for more funding for North Island schools. When Education Minister Bill Straith was travelling through Port Hardy on his way to Prince Rupert, Scott took him on a tour of Port Hardy’s small two-room schoolhouse to show him the need for better facilities. The result was that the Board secured $500,000 for each of two new elementary schools in Port Hardy and Port Alice. One of these schools, Robert Scott School, opened in the spring of 1954. The original school fell victim to an arsonist in 1974 and was rebuilt on the same site. The response wasn’t all positive though, and Scott had to make some controversial decisions. As a Port Hardy resident he heard a lot of complaining about the decision to build one high school, North Island Secondary School, in Port McNeill, but he believed it was the right location to support the tri-port area as well as Alert Bay, Sointula, and other outlying communities. Scott is also remembered as being instrumental in securing the right for First Nations children to attend public school on the North Island. He was honoured with the title “Giykumi” (Chief) by the Kwakuitl First Nation. Interested in local history, Scott personally helped to finance a history book about Port Hardy called “A Whale of a Story.” Sales of the book supported the local hospital fund. In 1973 he retired, looking forward to a quiet life at Storey’s Beach. In October 1974 he travelled on holiday to Toronto to meet with his sister from Scotland. Sadly, he choked on his food while in a restaurant. He was rushed to the hospital but fell into a coma. He was transferred to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver and passed away Nov. 14, 1974.
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Hannah Griffin Photo Kalem Thomas, 4, of Port McNeill, plays with a new shark friend during the Marine Education and Research Society Love Your Ocean event June 14 at the Seahorse Café in Telegraph Cove.
PUBLIC NOTICE TELUS IS INVITING THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AN INFORMATION SESSION AND OPEN HOUSE FOR A PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IN WOSS INFORMATION SESSION AND OPEN HOUSE DETAILS PLACE: Woss Community Hall, 4502 McRae Drive, Woss, BC DATE: Wednesday July 8, 2015 TIME: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
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SITE LOCATION: Within the Regional District of Mount Waddington off Englewood Drive in the hamlet of Woss and legally described as BLOCK T SECTION 21 RUPERT DISTRICT. COORDINATES: N 50° 12' 41.7594", W 126° 35' 45.747" TELUS CONTACT: Further information about the open house and proposal can be obtained by contacting: Jon Leugner TELUS - Real Estate and Government Affairs 2-3500 Gilmore Way, Burnaby, BC V5G4W7 Email: jonathon.leugner@telus.com
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on deck Tell us about items of interest to the sports community. 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. June 28 Aboriginal Day of Wellness Walk/Run. 5 km walk or 10 km run on Sunday, June 28, 2015 Registration starting at 9 a.m. Walk & Run Starts at Carrot Park in Port Hardy. July 11 T r i - P o r t S p e e d w a y Association race July 11 at 6 p.m. July 12 5th Annual North Island Cops for Cancer Open Golf Tournament Sunday, July 12 at 10 a.m. Seven Hills Golf & Country Club. To register: Call the Seven Hills Golf Course (250) 949-9818. For info.: Call Lisa Harrison at 250218-7158.
Dentist does double duty
By Hannah Griffin Reporter Jessica Church just finished a busy workday performing dental surgery. Now she balances with one leg on the back of a shiny black horse and the other extended straight up towards the rainy early evening sky with perfectly-pointed toes. Her hands hold grips on a harness on the back of the horse called a surcingle - as the horse canters around a circular ring at a Port McNeill area farm. Church, an energetic and chatty young woman, has a busy career as a dentist working both in Port McNeill and Chilliwack, yet she manages to devote significant amounts of time to her other passion of equestrian vaulting through her club, Fusion Vaulters. While the idea of working long, involved days that often include surgeries followed by evenings coaching and teaching may seem like too much for some, it is the contrast between her two worlds that provides the versatile Church with balance in her life.
Hannah Griffin photo Vaulter and dentist Jessica Church balances on a horse.
Vaulting, while not widely known outside of equestrian circles, is mesmerizing to watch. It is the performance of gymnastics and dance movements to music on a moving horse. The horse is guided by a lunger, the name given to a person who gently directs the horse in a circle on the end of a line that is fixed to the bridle on the horse’s head.
The surcingle has grips on it that allow the vaulter more control over their movement. Before executing moves on horses, vaulters learn on a stationary barrel similarly shaped to a horse body. Vaulters can compete as an individual, as a pair, called Pas de Deux, or as a team where six people constantly flow through a routine, with two or three people on
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Par for the Course A family team takes a break to pose for a photo at the North Island Loggers Golf Tournament on June 20. From left to right: Jerry Mitchell, Jim Mitchell, Cole Morton, Cecil Morton, and Brayden Morton. See story and results in next week’s Gazette.
the horse at a time. Although she had ridden horses competitively for 16 years, Church became involved in vaulting when she was living in Victoria attending university and volunteering as an assistant coach with a therapeutic riding program. Once she moved to Chilliwack to begin dental school, she started vaulting with a team. When they initially asked her to join, she was unsure if she was experienced enough, but joining was clearly the right move as the team ended up becoming provincial and national champions and even representing Canada internationally. In 2012, Church began Fusion Vaulters, allowing her to coach and foster a love for vaulting among her young members. Members range in age and live on both the lower mainland and on Vancouver Island, and they travel to competitions in BC and beyond, including one in the US earlier this year. On this rainy Thursday evening, Church practises on the barrels in the barn at the farm of one of her
young fusion vaulters, Mia Lambert. Church sits on one barrel and the two go through many different moves they have done together, some involving Lambert being smoothly lifted high into the air above Church’s head. In competition, vaulters perform a series of mandatory moves based on their level and then a unique freestyle routine to music they choose. Church loves the creativity this allows, clear from the breadth of moves her and Lambert display. Church, Lambert and Lambert’s mother Heather Wade guide a horse named Fin from the barn out to a circular ring. As Wade takes the lunger position, Lambert is boosted up by Church. Once she is atop Fin, he begins to walk and she puts two hands on the surcingle, draws her knees to the top of Fins’ back, and extends her right leg straight out behind her. Church explains it is extremely important to treat the horses gently when performing moves, something aided by the soft and pliable shoes vaulters wear.
Church is then boosted up by Lambert, and as Fin continues to move she stands on his back, then balances upside down with her shoulder on his back and her body in the air before making an upside down splits look easy. “I need to dispel the energy,” Church says back in the barn’s barrel room as she wipes down the white surcingle Fin was wearing. She says that she really enjoys dentistry, a job that can have her seeing more than 30 patients some days, ranging from check-ups to surgeries and requires her to be consistently aware, thorough and caring. “Your mind is just constantly working,” she says, explaining that going to stand on a horse while it is cantering is a great contrast from her days caring for patients, allowing her to engage a different part of her personality. As Lambert and Wade leave the barn with their dogs, Church gets organized to wrap up the evening. “When you love what you are doing, it does not feel like a job at all.”
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Cats bring home platinum
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Minor ball team travels
In the photograph are: from left to right back row Dawson Lamothe, Zach Noel, Josh Nielsen. Centre row, from left to right: David Hurley, Jack Hurley, Shaun McDonnell, Griffen Handley, Kayden Jones, Keenan Saunders, and Ethan Wagnor. In front is David Klatt.
Submitted Eleven children from Port Hardy Minor Ball travelled to Campbell River recently to play two exhibition games against Campbell River. The Port Hardy squad played against the Mets and the Red Sox. The boys have played together for a couple
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Local competes in Cuban fishing tournament
Submitted Photo Rob Driemel in the fighting chair with Deckhand Javier close by.
Submitted At the end of May local Port Hardy resident Rob Driemel took part in the fishing trip of a lifetime. Invited by a friend, he attended the 65th Annual Ernest Hemingway Invitational Billfish Tournament in Havana, Cuba. The event, which included fishing for four days, May 26, 27 and May 29 and 30, was a point-based, catch and release only tournament with prizes for first billfish capture, largest dorado, largest tuna and most bill fish caught. Stringent rules
regarding the catch and release of billfish were documented by registered camera/photos at the end of each fishing day. Rob Driemel, along with his fishing partner Jim Wild, were on the vessel Costa Azul and registered as ‘Team Canada’. There were a total of 25 boats registered, including 11 from the USA, the first time in 35 years that American boats have taken part in the tournament. Final results placed Team Canada in a five-way tie for 5th place, but Driemel and Wild came out way
By Hannah Griffin Reporter On June 20 and 21 drag racing took over the Port McNeill airport for the Rumble on the Runway event. The two-day event, put on by the North Island Timing Association, featured 1/8 mile drag racing and about 80 cars entered. Event volunteers sprayed down the hot tarmac amid fumes from the cars, and the volume of the machines was deafening. Firefighters kept watch in a tent near the start line. There were no accidents or
injuries over the weekend, with the only hiccup a car that blew up their transmission, resulting in a near miss as oil ended up on their wheel. North Island Timing Association racing director Bill Leong says the events are very exciting for the drag racing community. “To the people that race in the community, they love it, it’s fantastic,” Leong says, adding that some contestants book their holiday time around the events, like a few who flew in from Fort McMurray, picked up their stored cars in Courtenay, and head north. Leong adds that more and more women are entering their events. Two more drag racing events will take place July 18-19 and Aug 22-23. See results in next week’s Gazette.
Runway Rumble attracts 80 machines
Hannah Griffin Photo Cars wait at the start line during eliminations at the Rumble on the Runway on June 20.
Acronauts compete in Western Cup
Gazette staff Trampoline gymnasts from the Funtastic Acronauts competed at the Western Canada Cup June 12-14 in Port Moody. Macy Hurley placed 10th in Women’s Individual Trampoline level 1 (12+) and 17th in Women’s Double Mini Trampoline Level 1 (13+). Teammate Ashley Cadwallader achieved 12th place in Women’s Individual Trampoline Level 2 (13+). Cadwallader had tied for 10th in this category, but with the current tie breaker rules finished with a 12th place. She also placed 11th in Women’s Double Mini Trampoline Level 2 (13+), also tying for 10th place and achieving 11th place after tie breaker rules.
ahead… with trophies awarded to Driemel for the first bill fish caught and to Wild for the largest tuna. Driemel praised his whole 10-day visit: the Cuban people were friendly, the food was excellent (restaurants were in ‘locals only know about these places’ locations), the architecture, although crumbling and failing in some places, was still amazing and all the many classic cars (1957 Chevrolet, 1953
Ford, 1958 Dodge and many, many more) that you hear about really are all over Havana. At the closing tournament ceremonies Driemel was honoured to be chosen by his boat captain and the judges to receive an invitation to attend the 66th Annual Ernest Hemingway Invitational Billfish Tournament scheduled for June next year. Driemel can hardly wait to repeat this amazing experience.
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Hannah Griffin Photo Trampoline gymnasts Ashley Cadwallader, left, Macy Hurley, centre, and Cassidy Mose at the Western Canada Cup June 12-14 in Port Hardy.
Cassidy Mose placed 19th in Women’s Individual Trampoline Level 3 (15+), and 13th in Women’s Double Mini Trampoline Level 3 (15+). Mose had tied three ways for 11th place in the Women’s Double Mini Trampoline but after tiebreaker rules
placed 13th. Program Coordinator and Head Coach Heidi Falconer-Mathieson said that the team have grown as people, athletes and competitors throughout the season, and has high hopes for their futures. The Western Canada Cup was the first com-
petition at the national level for this group of young athletes. The event had more than 225 competitors with some categories including upwards of 30 athletes. The Western Canada Cup is the highest competition level for Provincial athletes.
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NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 430 Chapel St., Port McNeill: 9:00am St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., Port Hardy: 11:00am St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner of Nigei St. and Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am 11/14
ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 10:30am Sunday School and Service Tuesday 1:00pm Bible Study Healing service, last Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com 11/14
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
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
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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
FIREARMS
WANTED: FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960-0045 website: www.dollars4guns.com.
GARAGE SALES
CUL-DE-SAC GARAGE Sale62 Klakish Place-Cedar Heights, 9-2pm, Sat, June 27. Housewares, art work, furniture and more.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE Are you moving? Do you have an art project? We have roll ends!!! Various prices for various sizes at the North Island Gazette. Come see us!
SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT.
STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
STEEL BUILDINGS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our big 35th anniversary saleâ&#x20AC;? 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12140. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422 www.pioneersteel.ca
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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
FOR SALE BY OWNER
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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
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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
.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
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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
PORT HARDY: Well maintained 6-plex. Great investment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to: imagine.it@cablerocket.com
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WHOLE DUPLEX for sale1280sq ft per side, 3.5 bdrms, 1.5 bath. 9498 McDougall Rd, Port Hardy, BC. $215,000. Call (250)334-8474. h t t p : / / c o m o x v a l l e y. c r a i g slist.ca/reo/5019806389.html
HOUSES FOR SALE
8945 Granville St., Port Hardy, BC
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APARTMENT/CONDO
MOBILE HOMES & PADS
PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability
TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR
Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S. 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. 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.
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 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 HADDINGTON COURT APARTMENTS PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated apartments for rent. Clean & quiet building. Free satellite. Furnished suites available. Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365 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 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: comehome@pineridgevillage.ca
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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
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES PORT HARDY
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PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent. Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454
SUITES, UPPER 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.
3 bdrm, 2.5 bath. Excellent
LICENSED SECURITY GUARDS WANTED!
Send resume with references to: admin@ariessecurity.ca No phone calls, please
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Call 250-956-3526.
Ph: 250-949-8313
Temporary full time work for established security firm in the North Island available immediately. May be willing to offer financial assistance towards certification, but preference given to applicants holding valid BST. Must be reliable, flexible, independent with valid Class 5 license.
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School District No. 85 requires the following REGULAR positions: Posting #13: Secretary, Eke Me-Xi Learning Centre. - $25.03 per hour, 20 hours per week, 10 months per year. Posting #14: Noon Hour Supervisor, Eagle View Elem. - $20.04 per hour, 5 hours per week, while school is in session. Further information regarding Position Duties and QualiďŹ cations can be found on ourwebsite at: www.sd85.bc.ca under â&#x20AC;&#x153;Career Opportunitiesâ&#x20AC;?. Please complete a CUPE Application Form which is available at our website and quote the appropriate posting number. Closing date for applications is 4:00 p.m. July 1, 2015. SD85 thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only short-listed candidates will becontacted. These are CUPE Local 401 positions.
Apply to: Mr. John Martin, Secretary-Treasurer School District No. 85, Box 90, Port Hardy, B.C. V0N 2P0
neighbourhood, fenced yard. NP, Ref Reqd. Avail. Aug 1, $800/mo. Call 250-949-7053
TOWNHOUSES PORT HARDY-For Rent $850/mo. 3 bdrm. 1.5 bath. Avail July 1st. 250-956-3106
TOWNHOUSES
PORT HARDY: Seawind Estates, gated community, like new 2 bdrm, in suite full size washer/dryer, $700. (604)4183626, trojan12@shaw. ca
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