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Condo development offers ‘vibrancy’ Despite some reservations, council is pushing ahead what could become the Uptown’s tallest building a second bathroom, he said. Saroya needed a variance permit from city council, who gave unanimous consent at their regular meeting on Sept. 14. The permit allows Saroya to add a fifth storey to the structure, raising it to a height of 17 metres. City planner Scott Smith said the new development would add “increased vibrancy” to Port Alberni’s Uptown area. If constructed it would be the highest building in the Uptown business district. Coun. Ron Paulson expressed some concern that some of the new units would have a poor view on the back alley. Project designer Mark Garrett said a lower price-point for those

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The owner of the Beaufort Convention Centre says an ambitious five-storey condominium development will be “totally different” from the other property he owns in the Uptown business district. The proposed residential complex received council’s preliminary approval to build a five-floors on Third Avenue last week. An empty lot at 3033 Third Avenue is planned for development by Paul Saroya, who took over ownership of the Beaufort in 2011. Saroya intends to construct 40 two-bedroom, two-bathroom residential units on the upper four floors, with eight larger commercial units on the ground floor.

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The new development will different from the Beaufort, Saroya said, since the old hotel’s suites aren’t designed as residential units. The new building’s condos will include a kitchen, separate bedrooms and

units should make them marketable. While the condominium development is in its earliest stages, Saroya suggested attracting seniors to buy residences in the Uptown, where they could be close to shops. While he sees that there is potential for improving the area, he can’t do it on his own, he said. It’s difficult to find investors for Port Alberni, Saroya noted; he’ll first need to raise $250,000 in development fees. That contrasts with Nanaimo, where the city council there waives development fees for certain areas to encourage construction, Saroya said. As for the Beaufort, Saroya said he’s trying to improve security on site and has installed cameras. The relatively high crime in the

Uptown has caused problems in the past but the situation is improving, he said. A planned $9-million renovation of the old hotel structure fell through when Saroya couldn’t secure the financial backing for the project, he said. Construction on the $5-million condominiums project could start in 2017, said Saroya. It would join two other developments underway in the city’s Uptown, including a $6-million building for the Uchucklesaht First Nation at the corner of Argyle and Kingsway, and a plan for the Canada Post building on the corner of Argyle and Fourth. Martin.Wissmath@avtimes.net

LITERACY

Raise a Reader Day: Little Libraries with free books spread throughout Port Alberni KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

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A number of little libraries are about to be popping up all over town. Staff and volunteers with Literacy Alberni have just completed the construction of 25 of the popular tiny book lending stands. That, along with the help of funding, made the project possible to share free books to the public. The idea was sparked three and half years ago when Literacy Alberni’s executive director Charmead Schella was first hired. Schella was able to get the ball rolling this spring when the organization received funding from the Alberni Valley Community Forest legacy fund. From there, her husband and father-in-law spent many hours in the summer constructing the shelved stands. In total, they completed 25, which were then painted by volunteer learners, summer students and the local Girl Guides. The community-wide project is a form of guerrilla literacy, Schella said. “It is a boots-on-the-ground type thing,” she said. “It is aggressive, but lovely.” Schella feels a bit of aggression is needed these days to combat the staggering illiteracy rates. “We have nearly a 42 per cent illiteracy rate in Port Alberni, which includes the surrounding areas,” Schella said. “Looking at those daunting statistics, we need to attack literacy on every level.” The momentum is growing for the little libraries and are seen all over the world in city parks, on beaches and in public buildings. Schella envisions the same for Port Alberni, where parents can pick up books for their young children while shopping or waiting in line-ups.

Literacy Alberni volunteer Janette Johnson stocks books in one of the little libraries that will be set up in a public place for users to give or take a book. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

“The idea of owning a book is often a spark of a young child,” Schella said. “But they can be expensive.” These libraries will initially be stocked with books for all ages with donations from First Book Canada, but the idea is to keep them full by replacing those taken with previously read books. A successful example is the one that was erected at Canal Beach and receives regular use from the public. Literacy Alberni’s first one was recently placed outside of Jax Compton Store on Compton Road and within the next two weeks, Schella expects to equip many more businesses and locations with their own.

“If someone is waiting somewhere and sees a book, they can take it home for their kids or entertain them while they sit in the shopping cart,” Schella said. “It is a cohesive way of embedding literacy into everyday.” Literacy Alberni depends completely on funding and fundraising to successfully deliver its programs, including free adult literacy classes, ESL support and newcomer assistance, Adult Basic Education classes and PALS, a system designed to help parents and children with literacy activities outside of school. The work of both staff and volunteers recently earned the organization a national award. Schella

attended the ceremony in Toronto, where she received an honorable mention for best practice in adult and family literacy from the ABC Life Literacy Canada. She also took home $5,000 to use towards the organization’s sustainability. September has been a busy month for Literacy Alberni with Raise-a-Reader fundraisers. Volunteers will wrap it up today by selling newspapers for donations at various locations and will be easy to spot in bright orange t-shirts. All donations will be accepted in a community-wide effort to help encourage literacy among all ages. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net

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Arts Alberni Valley Community Band meets Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250-723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred). The Barkley Sounds Community Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884. Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Char’s Landing. Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing. AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

Sports Drop-in circuit training on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721. FLK Taoist Tai Chi Society beginning and ongoing classes Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Italian Hall. Call Marilyn at 250-723-7956. Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch. Horseshoe Club practices on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Dry

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Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages 9 to 12), meet Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442. PacificCARE free music drop-in program for children and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school calendar. Registration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed to help at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-723-0557 (call on Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) MS Port Alberni self-help group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to support those living with MS and their families. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan). Chair Fit Exercise Program for those with physical limitations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

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The Freemasons Barclay Lodge #90 meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Freemasons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328. Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855. Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780. Overeaters Anonymous meeting Wednesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info: 250-723-7486 Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

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6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in celebration of Raise-a-Reader Day at the library. Words on Fire! at Char’s Landing Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. hosted by Stephen Novik, introducing something new. Doors open at 4 p.m. for refreshments. Junior Badminton is starting Mondays and Thursdays at the Athletic Hall. Sign up Thursday, Sept. 24 Port Alberni Scottish Country Dancers open house Monday Sept. 28, 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Bring soft-soled shoes and a smile. for more info contact 250-723-0516. Cardboard Challenge, Sept. 26 from noon to 3 p.m. at Glenwood Centre. Free 2-day Advance Care Planning Workshop Oct. 19 and 21 at Echo Field House 3–5 p.m. Seats limited to 30. Call 250723-4478 to register. Dad’s Night Out Pirate Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Oct. 21 from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the library. Bread of Life harvest dinner in recognition of long-time volunteer and board chair Roy Gunter-Smith Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the BOL dining hall. Tickets available from the BOL office or Cornerstone’s Thrift Store. Boo to You, Scooby-Doo Halloween Celebration, Oct. 24 from 2-3 p.m. at the library. Kids Tech Tuesday: Learning App Afternoon, Nov. 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the library. Holiday Book Giving, Nov. 21 from 2-3 p.m. at the library. Bring and decorate a book for a collection for the Christmas hampers.

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Len Robertson, Emma Jokinen and Dan Cebuliak all plan on attending a rally at Coombs Country Candy to express their concerns against the current logging practices undertaken by Island Timberlands in the area. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

years ago. Both Robertson and Cebuliak say that the hopes of marketing the community as a tourist destination will be in jeopardy if recreational users have less to see. “They are trying to rebrand Port Alberni but with even the Hole in the Wall ribboned there will be nothing left for people to stop for,” Robertson said. “How can we rebrand the community if all the specialty areas are logged off?”

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Alberni society offers computer courses for a bargain price. The society receives and refurbishes used desktop computers, loading them with Windows 10, attaching a flatscreen monitor and accessories, to sell for $75 a pop. They need buyers, said Wagenvoort, and all the revenue goes toward funding the society’s programs. Some of the basics taught in the Level 1 course are how to work with the Windows operating system, how to download files from email – such as photographs, how to use Skype – the popular video conferencing software, and how to navigate the Internet safely. Wagenvoort took over his position with Literacy Alberni from Matt Baxter a number of years ago. Baxter, 76, now helps out by fixing up computer hardware. Baxter has been working with computers since the 1960s, and the growth in computer technology since then has been “phenomenal,” he said. Charmead Schella, Literacy Alberni’s executive director, said the society ran a digital literacy program (called “Tech Buddies”) about a year and a half ago together with the Alberni School District. The program partnered grade school students with senior residents, which helped the seniors learn how to use new technology such as tablet computers, while also teaching students “social literacy” skills, Schella said. Literacy Alberni is gearing up to re-boot the program again in January. Today is Raise-A-Reader Day, a major fundraiser for improving literacy across Canada. More information on Literacy Alberni’s programs is available at www.literacyalberni.ca.

Regulatory red tape is getting in the way of British Columbia’s LNG developments, costing the province billions in lost revenue, according to a report from the Fraser Institute. The think tank released a study on Tuesday identifying B.C.’s approval process as a hindrance to the numerous liquefied natural gas projects planned for the province. The provincial government lists 23 LNG projects in development, including a $30 billion plant 75 kilometres southwest of Port Alberni in Sarita Bay. With an estimated 10.6 trillion cubic metres of natural gas reserves waiting to be tapped, B.C. has the potential to compete with the largest international exporters of the substance in its liquefied form. But as long as the current regulatory regime remains in place, big players like Australia, Qatar, the United States and Indonesia will be in another league, according to the Fraser Institute. The report predicts that no projects will be operational by 2020, resulting in lost revenue equal to

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You’re never too old to learn how to use a computer, says a teacher with Literacy Alberni. Volunteer Bob Wagenvoort runs a basic computer course for the local non-profit literacy society, starting next week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The course is aimed at improving “digital literacy” in the Alberni Valley. Many of the students are senior residents who want to keep in touch with loved ones but are intimidated by new technology, Wagenvoort said. Wagenvoort, 70, first learned how to use a computer in the mid-1990s when he was 51, he said. “I was a mechanic and I loved to troubleshoot,” he said; and if there’s anything computers are known for, it’s troubleshooting. They break down, Wagenvoort said, and he would enjoy trying to figure out what went wrong and get it working again. The Level 1 computer course already has about 14 people signed up, said Wagenvoort, and about half of them are seniors. Although seniors today are typically much better acquainted with technology than 20 years ago, many are still uncomfortable with computers, particularly with the Internet, he noted. Other students tend to be low-income residents who don’t have computers at home, said Wagenvoort. But he recommends they get one to practice with, or else they won’t be able to apply what they learn in the course. Literacy Alberni is selling computers with the latest software

people using the trails and coming in after to sit and relax with an ice cream. Those people are important to us and it would be a shame to lose that.” “We are not against the logging,” said Robertson’s partner Emma Jokinen. “We are against the practices that are hurting the land. Once they log the area it is gone, but if they leave the trails, it has potential to improve the economy. Once we lose that we won’t get it

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Literacy Alberni instructor Bob Wagenvoort looks at a computer in refurbishment at the non-profit society on Tuesday. Literacy Alberni offers refurbished computers for $75 for fundraising. Wagenvoort teaches classes in computer basics to help people improve their “digital literacy.” [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

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The two men believe the local economy will be hit on both a large and small scale. Coombs Country Candy is regularly used as a meeting place for hikers and mountain bikers but owner Murray Lawlor said he can’t predict what will happen to his business. “It is hard to know,” Lawlor said. “It could be positive or negative. Right now I’m seeing it as a negative because we have so many

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Activism is heating up to stop logging in Valley forests. A handful of people are holding a rally on Thursday with hopes of gaining the attention of Island Timberlands and the support of others opposed to the company’s harvesting activity. Organizers Dan Cebuliak and Len Robertson said they are not against logging itself, but the practices currently used that they say pose threats to the land behind Coombs Country Candy store. Cebuliak, a concerned citizen, said he does not believe user groups were informed of the proposed logging near the lookout and consequent closing of the Log Train Trail, although Island Timberlands spokesperson Makenzie Leine said a number of parties were previously consulted. “The first time I heard about this was when someone posted the story on Facebook,” Cebuliak said. “Subsequently people started to get upset and there was a lot of response.” Just prior to the company working in the area, Leine said the harvesting would all be done by ground crew taking cuts from various small patches, similar to what they did three years ago. Originally from Port Alberni, Cebuliak started to get disheartened when he returned about 20

back in our lifetime.” Mayor Mike Ruttan is currently taking part in the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Annual Convention, where he intends to focus on the local watershed. His push is to have legislation in place that would require logging companies to inform the city of any operations at or near the China Creek Watershed. “We want to have access to our watersheds embedded into some sort of legislation,” Ruttan said. “It’s our responsibility to ensure that we continue to provide clean drinking water for the city.” While he wants measures in place to ensure the municipality is informed of what happens in the watershed, Ruttan emphasized that Island Timberlands has been cooperative as the city has regularly held meetings with the company over the last year. IT recently gave him a tour of the harvesting behinds Coombs Country Candy. “They couldn’t have been more accommodating,” Ruttan said. “They’re really taking community concerns for that area as first and foremost for any of their plans.” Organizers of the rally invite the public to show support at Coombs Country Candy this Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. Several keynote speakers have also been invited.

as much as 9.5 per cent of B.C.’s gross domestic product. “Unlike investors and others in the private sector, regulators typically do not bear the economic costs of delay,” stated the Fraser report. “The magnitude of these lost export revenues should encourage policy makers to streamline the regulatory process so that British Columbia is able to make use of its large natural gas resources.” The proposed LNG project in Sarita Bay is expected to bring huge economic benefits to the region, including 400 jobs over the plant’s 25-year lifespan. As a partnership between Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG and the Huu-ayaht First Nations, who own land for the facility in the mouth of the Alberni Inlet, the Sarita facility is designed to chill natural gas from pipelines stretching to the mainland. Steelhead has applied for export licences that would allow up to 30 million tonnes of LNG to be shipped overseas each year. Most of this product would be sent from the Sarita plant, while up to 6 million tonnes could be shipped from

a smaller plant Steelhead plans the build off the Island’s east coast south of Mill Bay. The LNG company is conducting feasibility studies on how the plant and the massive ships it would serve would affect the Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound. Different forms of cooling systems are also being explored, as government regulations require an LNG project to determine the most sustainable means of condensing natural gas into a liquefied form, said Steelhead CEO Nigel Kuzemko. With a long list of certificates, licences and permits needed for the development to be realized, the Sarita Bay project isn’t expected to produce LNG for at least eight years. Approvals are required from the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, the National Energy Board, the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, the B.C. Safety Authority, Transport Canada as well as the province’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net

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Future of plywood site now up to citizens

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hile part of an old industrial site has been converted into Canal Beach over the last two years, the rest of the land formerly used for the Alberni Plywood mill has seen little change. After several decades of operation, MacMillan Bloedel shut down the waterfront facility in 1991, selling the land to the City of Port Alberni for $1. Since then the site has been used for little more than sorting logs – except the one third that was converted into a public waterfront site. A trip to the old plywood site reveals a large pile of wooden debris sitting behind a fence, a boat randomly lying next to the surrounding brush, a rusted-out school bus and various industrial carcasses littered around the large property that once employed countless people during the mill’s oper-

The lease’s cancellation has revealed the failure of government and industry to make a future for the public land. Now direction is needed from residents to figure out what to do with the waterfront site. ations. Rows of logs stretch across the waterfront, waiting to be towed and added to the pile. While the land appears unchanged, decisions around the future of the site have filled council chambers with concerned citizens over the last year and a half, and prompted countless closed-door meetings

with city officials and potential developers. The issue became one the most prominent local news items of 2014 when dissenting voices erupted before the city entered into a 25-year lease on July 1 with the Port Alberni Port Authority. At a rate of $1,200 a month, the plan was for the port authority to sublease the land to Canadian Alberni Engineering for an expansion of the company’s shipyards. The development was heralded to build a covered facility that takes ships in from Inlet, creating a workforce of nearly 100 employees. During a public meeting on Sept. 14, it became painfully clear that all that glitters is not gold as far as the development of Port Alberni’s waterfront is concerned. There was nothing to say when city council unanimously voted to cancel the lease with the port authority after the conditions weren’t

met over the first year, including a requirement for $500,000 worth of improvements on the site. Council delayed the lease termination over the summer with hope that something might come forward, but now the land is back to where it started before the deal was drafted over a year ago. What does a municipality do with a stretch of waterfront no one else wants? Several environmental studies commissioned by the city revealed levels of heavy metals and other industrial byproducts in the soil, identifying the old plywood land as an underutilized “Brownfield site” for its contamination due to former use. But this is not an unusual quality among shorelines on Vancouver Island – particularly in east coast communities founded by coal mining. According to B.C.’s Community Charter, a municipality has

the right to discuss the future of its property away from the public eye in the interest of fostering the best negotiations with developers. This is what has happened as the city and the port authority have worked to find a future for the embarrassingly underused land next to Canal Beach – but the lease’s cancellation has revealed the failure of government and industry to make a future for the public land. Now direction is needed from residents to figure out what to do with the waterfront site; the onus is on Port Alberni’s citizens to determine a future for the municipal property that best serves the community.

many hurdles, three snorting stallions are neck and neck and neck; they have passed the halfway mark, and are headed towards the home-stretch with hardly any daylight between them. Their jockeys are dressed in blue, orange and red silks; way behind, barely out of the starting gates, is the proverbial loser dressed in Green. Yet the jockey in green insists that she gets the same recognition as the three so far ahead of her; indeed, she has been able to gain inequitable media attention, including lengthy interviews on all main television networks. She told CBC’s Peter Mansbridge that she expects to “realistically” win between 12 and 15 seats, with 6 or 7 in B.C. Global TV’s Tom Clark was rather coyly informed that she could not directly tell him how many seats she expected to win, as she’s superstitious – presume she’s thinking of 13, an unlucky number for some. CTV’s Robert Fife didn’t ask her for a specific seat number,

but she fed him the very same line she gave the others – that after the dust is settled on the racetrack she will have enough seats to become an important mediator and deal-maker between factions in a new minority-ruled Parliament. In return she would expect a complete ban on tankers carrying Canadian crude oil in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on B.C.’s coastline. Some dreams may come true, but on October 19th punters may want to remember what CTV’s veteran Craig Oliver said just a few months ago. After a coarse display of ignominious horseplay and barnyard manners by the jockey in green at the Ottawa Press Gallery Dinner, he said, “She’s always been a charming eccentric, who now ceases to be charming. The Green Party was of little consequence in Ottawa before her tirade, and even less after.”

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Low-cost housing leads to Alberni’s fire hazards Some weeks ago, a duplex half burned out, that gave me the question, why? What is going wrong? Over the year, low-cost housing has seen a bad treatment. How can one make someone see, that a $100,000 rental house or apartment is just as much a “home” as a $1-million building is a “home”? Both parties (landlord and tenant) have to take care of the property and the tenant is equally responsible. Maybe a court could be established, to appear before before one rents? I have had tenants, one couple for 13 years and another for three years who were very good. I have also had some tenants who were a pain, and then some — when one group left it took a good part of the week to clean the cookstove. One tenant destroyed the curtains and another shot three bullets through the roof, needing new

shingles. Some tenants think that all the rent is profit for the landlord, but there is property tax, home insurance, water bills and repairs to pay for, and at the end — income tax. Yes, to keep a house takes effort, and it has to come from from more than just the landlord. Yes, to keep a house a home, all must help. Jan Jansma Port Alberni

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SUNSHINE COAST

Fixed link to Gibsons considered Land route or combination of roads and bridges proposed to eliminate the need for ferry access JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

The province will study the potential for a fixed link between Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast that could allow motorists to drive to Gibsons and beyond without boarding a ferry. “Highway access is important for attracting tourism and investment,” Transportation Minister Todd Stone said Friday, adding there’s considerable interest

from local residents. “They really feel like their beautiful part of the province is being hindered somewhat, held back from realizing its full potential.” Options to be considered include bridges providing a direct route along the coast, as well as punching a new highway from Squamish northwest around Jervis Inlet and then southwest to Powell River.

That route would partly follow existing logging roads and replace what is now a journey requiring two ferries. The costs and benefits of each option are to be assessed and compared to ferry services. The province will hire consultants to carry out the study, with that work to get underway later this year. Sunshine Coast advocates of a fixed link assume it would be

tolled to recoup the costs. Oddvin Vedo, a retired economic development officer in Sechelt, says there are multiple routes that could cross Howe Sound to connect from either Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons — over either Bowen or Gambier islands — or from Porteau Cove to Port Mellon. He said the Porteau Cove route would be easier because of shallow seabed. It would require a

new 20-kilometre road on the north side, but would avoid running traffic through downtown Gibsons and avert a fight with the Islands Trust over parkland on Gambier. Vedo dismisses the long, rugged route around Jervis Inlet as an “impossible” dream. But he thinks a direct link using a combination of a floating bridge and a submerged floating tunnel will prove viable.

NANAIMO

Doctor not in for Island’s families

Vancouver Island needs 50 more MDs to meet family practice quota ROBERT BARRON NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

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laine Canellos was on the phone at 9 a.m. on Sept. 14 with the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic in a successful effort to finally attain a family doctor. Canellos and her husband Steve moved to the city from Ontario to retire a year and a half ago to their “favourite vacation destination.” They have been looking for a family doctor ever since. She said her son Nick moved to Nanaimo in 2012 to attend Vancouver Island University and it took him six months to find a family doctor. It’s estimated there are almost 12,000 people in the mid-Island region who are without a family doctor. According to Island Health, there are very few medical clinics or individual doctors in the area who have the ability to take on any more new patients. Canellos said the family moved four times to different parts of Canada during her husband’s career as a senior manager with the Canadian National Railway, but this is the first time they ever had trouble finding a family doctor. “My husband has a heart-valve defect and we’ve had to rely on walk-in clinics for medical assistance since we moved here,” she said. “These clinics have been great, but we’d rather have a regular doctor who knows us and our medical histories. We’re really pleased that we finally have a family doctor.”

There are currently eight vacancies for full-time family doctor positions in the Nanaimo area. There are 50 vacancies across the Island. Those gaps include 12 fulltime positions in Victoria, five in Parksville, five in Campbell River, four in Duncan and one in Ladysmith. There are also five vacancies for medical specialists — including emergency room doctors, pediatricians and anaesthesiologists — in Nanaimo, and 30 across the Island. But local recruiters have been working hard and successfully filled five family-doctor positions in Nanaimo during the past year that had been left open due to retirements or other reasons. They have also filled 22 medical specialist positions in the Nanaimo area in the past 18 months. As well, 18 of the graduating medical residents from the University of B.C.’s post-graduate family practice residency program in Nanaimo have remained in the community since 2009. Family doctor Jenny Tram, who just started working in the city this week at the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic, is one of the five new physicians successfully recruited to come to Nanaimo. Her addition to the seven-doctor team at the north-end clinic is the main reason that it is one of the few taking on new patients at the moment. Tram is from Ontario and was working as a family doctor in Mississauga.

Dr. Jenny Tram recently joined the medical team at the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic. [ROBERT BARRON/NANAIMODAILY NEWS]

But the young physician and her husband recently decided they wanted to settle on Vancouver Island. “Who wouldn’t want to live here?” she asked while preparing for work at the clinic where she replaced Dr. Thorston Njalsson, who is now semi-retired. “I came to the city for four days in May on a visit organized by the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice as part of a recruitment drive to bring doctors here and really liked what I saw.” But attracting doctors to come to Nanaimo is becoming increasingly difficult and competitive, as communities across the country vie to entice doctors to set up practice in them. There are three agencies in Nanaimo that work collaboratively to fill vacant doctor positions. Between them, they recruit across the province, coun-

try and the globe. They are Health Match BC, Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention program and the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice. Family physicians are independent business people and not employees of Island Health, so it’s up to each individual doctor where they choose to practise. Brenda Warren, a spokeswoman for Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention program, said the ongoing doctor shortages in Nanaimo and across the country are being caused by a number of factors, including the fact that medical school training was cut back in Canada in the 1980s. She said medical schools are now in the process of expanding their programs to meet the growing need for doctors, but

there are other considerations — including the fact that many doctors from the baby-boom generation are now retiring. “But Nanaimo is a pretty good community to attract doctors,” Warren said. “It’s an attractive place geographically with a great quality of life, and the city offers everything a family looks for, including lots of parks and opportunities for outdoor recreation. It’s also close to large centres like Vancouver and Victoria that allows them to attend medical conferences or other events nearby.” However, it’s still an ongoing struggle and recruiters have had a hard time meeting a commitment made five years ago when the government promised that everyone in B.C. needing a family doctor would have one by 2015.

VANCOUVER

Crown wants 20 years in B.C.’s first human trafficking case THE CANADIAN PRESS

A British Columbia man found guilty of luring teenage girls into prostitution should spend more than 20 years behind bars, says a Crown lawyer. Prosecutor Kristin Bryson argued in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday that Reza Moazami

should serve back-to-back sentences for each of his 11 victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 19. In the first human-trafficking conviction in the province, Moazami was convicted last September of 30 of 36 charges laid against him. The chargs included sexual exploitation, sexual assault and living off the avails

of prostitution. The court heard during his trial that Moazami recruited vulnerable girls by promising them drugs, alcohol and, in one instance, a puppy. “Crime must not get cheaper by the dozen,” Bryson told the court, quoting an earlier judgment to bolster her case.

Moazami was arrested in 2011 and spent three years and seven months in custody, meaning the Crown’s proposed sentence would amount to a further 17 years of imprisonment. A sentencing hearing was scheduled initially for early December but was delayed after Moazami fired his counsel.

Moazami testified in his own defence at his trial, saying he didn’t know the teens were underage and that he hadn’t been living off the money they earned while having sex with a dozen men a day on average. He is also facing additional charges of breaching his bail conditions and obstructing justice.

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◆ VICTORIA

◆ GABRIOLA ISLAND

Millions of sensitive records missing from ministry

Drug-sniffing dogs monitor Nanaimo ferry terminal

Woman drowns as boating mishap turns tragic

Education ministry staff have searched in vain since this summer to locate a backup hard drive containing B.C. and Yukon student information from 1986 to 2009. The computer memory disk contains 3.4 million education records, including names, postal codes, grades and personal education numbers. The drive also more than 9,000 personal education numbers for children in government care, connected to information such as health and behaviour issues. Citizens’ Services Minister Amrik Virk said Tuesday there is no evidence the information has been taken or misused.

BC Ferries is using guard dogs as security to control drug problems at the Nanaimo Harbour Gabriola Island ferry terminal. Some Gabriola Islanders have complained to see the use of dogs in recent weeks, but the carrier says the animals are needed for public safety. Drug use and trafficking has become a problem recently at the terminal that serves as a jumping-off point to Gabriola Island. Since maintaining a security presence on site the problems “have virtually disappeared,” said Deborah Marshall, BC Ferries executive director, public affairs.

One boater is presumed dead after a craft capsized near Golden Ears provincial park this weekend. A 26-year--old Surrey woman is missing and Mounties fear she has drowned after a boat she was in overturned in Golden Ears Provincial Park on Sunday afternoon. Two boaters made it to shore and found campers at Gold Creek, while the third made it to shore and headed into the Alouette campground, which was closed for the season and virtually vacant. RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the three survivors were treated for hypothermia and released from hospital.

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STEVE & TINA FAGAN along with their sons Kayler & Dennis would like to thank the Alberni Salmon Festival Committee along with Ryan Hall and his ADSS girls Rugby team for allowing us to give back to the best community on Vancouver Island. Canada’s Best Mini Donuts only deals with Canada’s best people, thank you all from my home town and we look forward to seeing you next year!

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RUGBY

Black Sheep beat Nanaimo 27–5 Port Alberni defeat rivals in first game of Times Cup season; coach optimistic MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Port Alberni is still better than Nanaimo in rugby. The Black Sheep defeated the Hornets 27–5 at the local rugby club field Saturday afternoon for the first game in the Times Cup season. Cody McClary scored two tries in the first half for the Sheep, helping to bring the score to 12–0 by half time. Newcomer Ruan Leroux scored a try in the second half. Joe Kalugin and Ryan Turner added two more and Ty Shannon scored a conversion. Coach Jas Purewal said it’s difficult to get into form in the first few weeks of the season, but the early win is a good sign of the team’s quality, which he hopes

is similar to last year’s calibre. A couple of players have gone on to university but most of last year’s roster should be back, Purewal said. Overall he’s “pretty optimistic” that the Sheep can make a run for the Times Cup and Cowichan Cup competitions this year, said the coach. Former Black Sheep player Luke Bradley is back at the University of Victoria after an eventful summer. Bradley travelled with the Canadian national rugby sevens team – the Maple Leafs – to an invitational tournament in Ireland last month. Bradley said he enjoyed the experience, which included some tough competition, in particular the South African team – the Golden Lions.

Former Port Alberni Black Sheep rugby player Luke Bradley in Team Canada colours during the final game of the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Georgia May 24. Bradley competed in an invitational tournament with the national men’s rugby sevens team in Ireland last month. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

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MLS

Closing lunch for ladies

Whitecaps, Sounders set to tangle again JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

KATHY WHITE FOR THE AV TIMES

For the 9-hole Alberni ladies low handicap group, Jani Denis won low gross as well as the lowest putts, Kelly Gauthier won low net. In the high handicap group, low gross was won by Lois Robinson, low net had a tie between Pat Dahlquist and Marj Dufour. Dahlquist also had the lowest putts. Jani Denis had a birdie on No. 14. Pars were had by Gauthier on No. 17, Bea Stuyt also on No. 17 and Denis on No. 18. Stuyt had a chip in on No. 18.

In the 18-hole ladies division low gross was won by Janice Cross with an 86, low net went to Marie Randall. Randall also won her challenge pin match with Leona Fowler. Barb Sheare won the KP on No. 4 and Cross won on No. 15. Kathy White won the special prize. Next Tuesday will be our last day for organized play. Closing luncheon will be on Tuesday Oct. 6 at noon, please let Patsy know if you are going to come at 250-724-6272. We will have our AGM meeting at 10 a.m. on Oct. 6.

The Vancouver Whitecaps want to make sure their trip to Honduras next month is only for pleasure. The club visits the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday in CONCACAF Champions League action and can wrap up first place in Group F with a victory. A win for the Sounders (1-1-1) at CenturyLink Field would give Seattle top spot, while a draw means the team to go through to the competition’s quarter-finals would have to be decided when Vancouver (1-0-1) travels to take on C.D. Olympia (1-2-0) in Tegucigalpa on Oct. 22.

The Whitecaps would like nothing more than to render that match meaningless with a victory against their Major League Soccer rivals. “Make no doubt about it, that game in Honduras will be tough,” said Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson. “It’s a little carrot for us this Wednesday (against Seattle) if we can go and get a result. We know it’s going to be difficult. They’re a good team. They’ve got a good, strong squad.” The Whitecaps saw that firsthand on Saturday when the Sounders beat them 3-0 at B.C. Place Stadium in a game Vancouver could easily have led

3-0 at halftime after blowing a number of opportunities in front of goal. “There’s always concerns whichever way you look at it after a game,” said Robinson. “We’re getting chances. We had gilt-edged chances on Saturday and we didn’t take them. We’ll take responsibility for that. “I won’t get too beat up about it because we played very well.” The Whitecaps defeated Olimpia 1-0 last Wednesday at home with a mix of youth and experience, and Vancouver is likely to deploy a similar lineup against the Sounders as it looks for a measure revenge after a disappointing weekend.

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Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-9) at Miami (Conley 4-1), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Z.Davies 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-6), 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Finnegan 1-0) at St. Louis (Lynn 11-10), 8:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 9-8) at Colorado (Bergman 3-0), 8:40 p.m. Arizona (Ch.Anderson 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 18-3), 10:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 7-6) at San Diego (Cashner 6-15), 10:10 p.m. 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Baltimore at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Vancouver Dallas Los Angeles Seattle Kansas City Portland San Jose Salt Lake Houston Colorado

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Note: 3 points for victory, 1 point for tie. x — clinched playoff berth. Wednesday's games Chicago at Montreal, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Friday's game Orlando at New York, 7 p.m.

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x-Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Montreal

MINNESOTA — Recalled OF-1B Max Kepler from Chattanooga (SL).

WINNIPEG — Signed LB Ian Wild and WR Kevin Cone.

NFL DALLAS — Placed QB Tony Romo injured reserve-return. Placed DT Terrell McClain on injured reserve. Signed RB Gus Johnson to the practice squad. JACKSONVILLE — Placed WR Rashad Greene on injured reserve-return. Resigned WR Bryan Walters. Signed OT Tyrus Thompson & LB Jordan Tripp to practice squad. Released OT Patrick Miller. TENNESSEE — Signed C-G Dillon Farrell to the practice squad. Waived TE Tevin Westbrook from practice squad..

HOCKEY NHL CHICAGO — Released Fs Hayden McCool, Radovan Bondra and Roy Radke.

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Friday's game Calgary at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Saturday's games B.C. at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Sunday's game Montreal at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.

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T—2:51. A—27,338 (41,341).

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AP TOP 25 SCHEDULE Friday's game No. 21 Stanford at Oregon State, 10 p.m. Saturday's games No. 1 Ohio St. v. Western Mich., 3:30 pm No. 2 Michigan St. v. Central Mich., noon No. 3 Mississippi vs. Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. No. 3 TCU at Texas Tech, 4:45 p.m. No. 5 Baylor vs. Rice, 3 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame vs. UMass, 3:30 p.m. No. 7 Georgia vs. Southern U., noon No. 8 LSU at Syracuse, noon No. 9 UCLA at No. 16 Arizona, 8 p.m. No. 12 Alab. vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 4 pm No. 13 Oregon vs. No. 18 Utah, 8:30 pm. No. 14 Texas A&M vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. No. 17 Northwestern vs. Ball St., 8 pm. No. 19 USC at Arizona State, 10:30 p.m. No. 20 Georgia Tech at Duke, noon No. 22 BYU at Michigan, noon No. 22 Wisconsin vs. Hawaii, 8 p.m. No. 24 Oklahoma St. at Texas, 3:30 pm No. 25 Missouri at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

MOSELLE OPEN At Metz, France 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Martin Klizan (6), Slovakia, def. PaulHenri Mathieu, Fra., 6-7 (1), 6-3, 3-2, ret. Adrian Mannarino (7), France, def. Vincent Millot, France, 6-2, 7-5. Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, def. Alexander Zverev, Ger., 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3. 9DVHN 3RVSLVLO 9HUQRQ % & , def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazak., 6-1, 7-5. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Kenny De Schepper, France, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-1.

67 3(7(56%85* 23(1 At St. Petersburg, Russia 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Tommy Robredo (5), Spain, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Benoit Paire (6), France, 6-4, 3-0, retired. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Alexandre Sidorenko, France, 6-2, 6-4.

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BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION Salmon Arm Penticton Vernon West Kelowna Trail Merritt

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7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV 3DFLĂ€F Powell River at Coquitlam, 10 a.m. Salmon Arm at Langley, 1 p.m. Penticton at Alberni Valley, 4 p.m. Merritt at Surrey, 7:30 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Alberni Valley at Salmon Arm, 10 a.m. Surrey at Powell River, 1 p.m. Nanaimo at Merritt, 4 p.m. Chilliwack at Penticton, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's games Trail at Prince George, 10 a.m. Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 1 p.m. Vernon at Wenatchee, 3:30 p.m. West Kelowna at Cowichan Valley, 4 pm. Victoria at Chilliwack, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games Cowichan Valley at Vernon, 10 a.m. Prince George at Victoria, 1 p.m. Wenatchee at Trail, 4 p.m. Langley at West Kelowna, 7:30 p.m.

At Guangzhou, China 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Andrea Petkovic (2), Germany, 6-1, 6-4. Sara Errani (3), Italy, def. Duan YingYing, China, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-5. Monica Niculescu (6), Romania, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazak., 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Danka Kovinic (7), Montenegro, 6-4, 6-2. Zheng Saisai (8), China, def. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-1. Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Wang Yafan, China, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-1, 6-3. Zhang Kai-Lin, China, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-3. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Wang Qiang, China, 6-3, 6-2. Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Yang Zhaoxuan, China, 6-3, 6-0. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-4. Denisa Allertova, Czech Rep., def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Ger., 6-3, 7-6 (3). Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-4, 6-4.

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN At Tokyo 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Carla Suarez Navarro (6), Spain, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukr., 7-6 (3), 6-2. Belinda Bencic (8), Switzerland, def. Xu Yi-Fan, China, 6-0, 6-0. Sam Stosur, Australia, def. Alison Riske, U.S., 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-0. Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Madison Brengle, U.S., def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croa., 6-4, 1-0, ret.

KOREA OPEN $W 6HRXO 6RXWK .RUHD 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Irina-Camelia Begu (1), Romania, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4. Sloane Stephens (3), U.S., def. Han Na-Lae, South Korea, 6-1, 6-1. Varvara Lepchenko (4), U.S., def. Paula Badosa, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Alexandra Dulgheru (6), Rom., 6-3, 6-2. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Nicole Melichar, U.S., 6-4, 6-2. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-2. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Irina Falconi, U.S., 6-3, 2-6, 6-0. Christina McHale, U.S., def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 1-2, retired.

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enrik Sedin sat quietly in his stall while a well-attended media scrum focused its attention on Jake Virtanen. “Big story, local kid,� the Canucks captain said to the one reporter who seemed more interested in him than the 19-year-old from Abbotsford. And Tuesday, Virtanen was a big story. The sixth overall pick of the 2014 draft was making his first appearance as a Canuck at Rogers Arena against the San Jose Sharks and the faithful were excited to see him. Then again, so was Sedin, although he wasn’t as excited when it was pointed out Virtanen had just turned four when Henrik and his twin brother Daniel attended their first Canucks’ training camp. “Thanks, that makes my day,� he said, before adding. “I think this is great. That’s why fans should be excited. I’ve never seen anything like this on this team, where you have a lot of young guys that have shown they can play. It’s good for the fans. It’s good for us older players, too.� So everybody, it seems, is excited about Virtanen and the Canucks’ other youngsters, but before the parade committee convenes, ask yourself a question: What’s the most the Canucks can expect from Virtanen this season? And that’s assuming he makes the team. Ten goals? Fifteen goals? Dare we say it, 20 goals? Now ask yourself what that will do for the Canucks’ bot-

San Jose Shark Ben Smith, centre, plays the puck towards the net while being checked by Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

tom-line? Virtanen is a bluechip prospect, but he’s no more capable of determining the Canucks’ fortunes this season than he is of solving world hunger. No, that will fall to some familiar faces on the Canucks, which means their big story this season will be the same old story. “The focus should be on the young guys,� said Daniel. Fine, but it won’t stay there. This time of year newshounds tend to get distracted by training camp stories involving the life-and-death struggle over the fourth-line centre’s job or the progress of the organization’s

bright young things. But when the live ammunition starts to fly, the Canucks will go as far as the Sedins and a couple of other veterans can carry them, and not a step farther. Last year, for example, the twins dragged the Canucks back towards respectability by returning to the point-a-game neighbourhood (76 for Daniel, 73 for Henrik) after a lost season under John Tortorella. There were other positive developments but, on the ice, the Sedins gave the Canucks a legitimate first line and a legitimate power play (ninth in the league)

while taking a ton of pressure off the rest of the lineup. Off the ice, they also did that Sedin thing, helping to restore order and confidence to a team that appeared to be broken under Tortorella. So can they deliver the same season again? Well, they turn — yikes! — 35 on Sept. 26, but if they can replicate last year, it goes a long way towards answering the Canucks’ questions. There are other considerations, most notably the goaltending. But if the twins stay in that 70to 80-point range, everything else

should fall into place. They don’t see it that way, of course, because it’s never been about them, even when it’s always about them. But, now that they’re the senior members of the firm, they do understand the importance of the standard they set. As always, they’ve reported in better shape than your average triathlete. But it goes much deeper than that. When it’s your 15th training camp, your entitled to take a day off or mail in the odd workout or practice session. But that’s never been the Sedins’ way and if you wonder if that’s important, think about the message it sends to Bo Horvat, to Brendan Gaunce, to Sven Baertschi, to Virtanen, to all the young players who have to learn about being a pro before they learn about playing in the NHL. “You’re responsible,� said Daniel. “A lot of young guys are fighting for spots. You have to work hard and play the right way for their sake, too. You can’t go through the motions. That’s wrong.� Ronnie Kenins, for example, drew in as the Sedins’ winger on Tuesday night. Four years ago, he was playing the on the Zurich Lions developmental team. Now he’s trying to crack the Canucks’ lineup as a regular and the Sedins will do their best to help the 24-year-old. “We never come into camp feeling we don’t have to show up,� said Henrik. “It’s not going to work out the way you want the first couple of games, but at least you show up and show you care. When the top guys start dropping off in the gym and at camp, it’s not easy for the young guys to follow.� And with the Canucks, they know who to follow. ewilles@theprovince.com twitter.com/willesonsports

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WASHINGTON — Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his “church of the poor� to the world’s wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over issues closest to his heart: immigration, social injustice and economic inequality. According a rare honour to the pontiff, President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters welcomed Francis at the bottom of the stairs on the red-carpeted tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland after the pope’s chartered plane touched down from Cuba. Presidents usually make important visitors come to them at the White House. Emerging from the plane to boisterous cheers from a crowd of hundreds, the smiling 78-year-old pontiff removed his skullcap in the windy weather and made his way down the steps in his white robes. He was met by a military honour guard, chanting schoolchildren, politicians, and Roman Catholic clergymen in black robes and brightly colored sashes of scarlet and purple. Joe Biden, the nation’s first Catholic vice-president, and

President Barack Obama walks across the tarmac with Pope Francis upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

his wife were among those who welcomed him. Eschewing a fancy limousine, the pope climbed into the back of a small charcoal-grey Fiat and promptly rolled down the windows, enabling the cheering, whooping crowds to see him on his way to the Vatican diplomatic mission in Washington, where he will stay while in the nation’s capital.

The choice of car was in keeping with his humble style and his pro-environment, anti-consumerism message. During his six-day, three-city visit to the U.S., the pope will meet with the president, address Congress, speak at the United Nations in New York and take part in a Vatican-sponsored conference on the family in Philadelphia.

The Argentine known as the “slum pope� for ministering to the downtrodden in his native Buenos Aires is expected to urge America to take better care of the environment and the poor and return to its founding ideals of religious liberty and open arms toward immigrants. During the flight, Francis defended himself against conservative criticism of his economic views. He told reporters on the plane that some explanations of his writings may have given the impression he is “a little bit more left-leaning.� But he said such explanations are wrong: “I am certain that I have never said anything beyond what is in the social doctrine of the church.� Joking about whether he is truly Catholic, he added, “If I have to recite the Creed, I’m ready.� He is the fourth pope ever to visit the United States. Francis’ enormous popularity, propensity for wading into crowds and insistence on using an open-sided Jeep rather than a bulletproof popemobile have complicated things for U.S. law enforcement, which has mounted one of the biggest security operations in American history to keep him safe.

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Angry Volkswagen owners demanding answers in emissions scandal PETER HENDERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Some Canadian Volkswagen owners are angry and want answers after the German automaker owned up to an organized deception that helped its diesel models slip past emissions testing in Canada and the United States. On Friday, the U.S. government ordered the company to recall half a million cars after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said VW was using software to cheat on emissions testing.

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn issued an apology on Saturday, admitting the company had broken the trust of its customers, and on Monday Volkswagen Canada suspended sales of Jetta, Passat and Golf models dating back to 2009. Audi Canada, owned by Volkswagen, said it would stop selling its diesel-equipped A3. On Tuesday, VW said the issue could affect up to 11 million vehicles worldwide. Toronto’s Jessica Lancaster owns a 2009 Jetta TDI, one of the affected

models, and the holistic nutritionist said the company’s claims about the environmental friendliness of its diesel engines were important to her. “It’s really unfair to deceive consumers who thought they were making a conscious purchase,� she said. Lancaster says she valued the integrity of Volkswagen, and often preached to her friends about how economical and environmentally friendly the car’s supposedly clean diesel technology was. Now she’s not even sure if she’ll

ever drive the car again, but the scandal has made it that much more difficult for her to get a new vehicle. “The resale value of it has plummeted, so there’s no option right now for me to even sell the car,� she said. Lancaster says the company should compensate her and the other owners for what she said is fraud, and she has joined a national class-action suit from Merchant Law Group LLP against Volkswagen.

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Finding the right wines for hard-to-match exotic food Lynette Burns The Lucky Gourmet

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ith some straightforward foods, wine pairings are often simple to identify. For example, a rich, red beef will always go well with a (mirroring) rich, red wine. And a creamy chicken dish, paired with a crisp, acidic Sauvignon Blanc, is usually a winning combination. Fundamentally, the art of wine pairing is usually based on either mirroring or contradicting the textures, chemical make-up and flavour profile of your food. But what do we do when the food itself is a cheerful chaos of flavours and texture? Thai cuisine often represents that wonderfully complex mix of flavor and texture. Some dishes are creamy, others are tangy while some are sweet, and then again some are spicy hot and others more delicate in flavour. More often than not, all these flavour components are presented at the same time. So how can we find the perfect wines to match with all that variety? A tried and true luxurious Riesling will work, but let’s try thinking outside of the box. We need a white wine with aromatic, bold flavours and with a well-developed acidity. A full mouth feel will really help rinse that oily coconut curry too. How about the Siegerrebe from Sea Star Estate Farm and

FInding the right wine to pair with the mix of flavours in food like Thai can be a challenge. Look for aromatic, bold flavours that won’t get overpowered by the complexities of Thai cuisine. [THE LUCKY GORMET]

Vineyards on Pender Island? The hybrid Siegerrebe varietal was created by the crossing of Madeleine Angevine and Gewürztraminer grapes. It’s loaded with big fruit flavours not over-powered by the complexities of Thai food. Good acidity and low alcohol content also allows this wine to compliment mild to hot spiciness. At $18.99 a bottle, this little darling could easily become your next favourite. Another excellent grape choice is Shoenburger. This Germanic hybrid is well displayed in a bottle of Zanatta Vineyards’ Damasco. Often referred to as a Van-

couver Island Favorite, this Cowichan Valley blend is absolutely perfect with Thai food. Bountiful aromas of peach and lychee leap from the bottle when you open it. Velvety texture and masses of tropical fruit flavours guarantee satisfaction. The Zanatta Vineyard’s Damasco is also great value at $17.99 a bottle. Where the Siegerrebe is an off-dry wine, the Damasco is sweeter. Start with a bottle of Siegerrebe, and then segue into the sweeter Damasco as your dinner progresses. One more wine that cannot be overlooked and needs to be considered with a Thai meal would

have to be the Wild Goose Autumn Gold. Wild Goose Vineyards, half way between Penticton and Osoyoos in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, and is located in a prime climate for lush, fruity wines. Autumn Gold could honestly be described as sunshine in a glass; a blend of three fragrant sassy grapes being Gewurztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Blanc. They give us all the attributes for a successful pairing with the varied aspects of Thai food. This little gem will be available for sampling at Lucky’s Liquor every day and is an impressive wine at $18.99 a bottle.

Pumpkin growing into a great fall spice giant LOS ANGELES — Once upon a time, pumpkin spice lived pretty much only in pies. That was a long time ago. These days, it’s a modifier on a list of foods that grows longer each fall: There are pumpkin spice lattes and breakfast cereals, doughnuts and yogurt-coated pretzels, pancakes and candy, even pizza and beer. In fact, in recent years, the number of pumpkin spice-related items introduced in restaurants and supermarkets has doubled, according to Datassentials, a company that tracks menu trends. Where did it all come from? The first reference to what we

now know as “pumpkin spice” can be traced back to 1796. That’s the year Amelia Simmons published American Cookery, regarded as the nation’s first cookbook. In it, she includes a recipe for “pompkin pudding,” a pie made with stewed pumpkin and spiced with ginger and nutmeg. As Americans moved to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution and sought to maintain a connection with agrarian life, pumpkin pie — and the spices used in it — became an essential slice of Americana. “It represents a sense of goodness, natural abundance and old values that people think are good,” said Cindy Ott, author of Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon.

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Which is why, perhaps, pumpkin spice lattes bring equal parts devotion and disdain. “It feels like it goes against these values that aren’t supposed to be commercialized,” Ott said. The pumpkin occupation already has begun. Dunkin’ Donuts is serving iced pumpkin lattes, doughnuts and muffins. Breweries from Dogfish to Coors are infusing it into beers. And chains like Einstein Bros. Bagels are selling pumpkin-flavoured bagels and shmear. Walk down the grocery aisle and be prepared for a pumpkin spice onslaught, with cookies, M&Ms, marshmallows, granola bars, peanut butter, even pumpkin spice-flavoured almonds, Pop-Tarts and pancake mix. Pumpkin-flavoured items went from reaching 6 to 14.5 per cent of U.S. restaurant menus from 2005 to 2015, according to Datassentials. National chains and fine dining restaurants are the biggest proponents of pumpkin, and when it comes to geography, the northeast tops every other region: 19 per cent of restaurant menus there featured at least one item. Pumpkin season is getting earlier each year, too. And we don’t mean the crop. At major chains,

nearly 20 per cent of all pumpkin food items now are introduced in August, when temperatures in many parts of the country still are sweltering. “That number has been slowly rising over the last couple of years,” said Jana Mann, senior director for syndicated services at Datassentials. “It used to be August was a little early and people weren’t ready.” Starbucks Corp. and Panera Bread Co. both announced in August that their pumpkin spice lattes this year would include actual pumpkin. That came following social media pressure that was critical of Starbucks for its drink’s ingredients. Either way, the drink has its fans. Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte has its own Twitter account with more than 104,000 followers. Regardless of the current attention, pumpkin spice blends have been a mainstay of spice cabinets for decades. McCormick & Company introduced a pumpkin pie spice blend in 1934. It contained cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice — the same spices used to make pumpkin pie. Through the years it became known more simply as “pumpkin spice” and it remains one of the company’s strongest sellers.

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ith summer coming to an end, families will be back to packing lunches as part of the daily routine. We hope to have at least another month of warm weather, so it is important to consider the safety of those lunches as they sit in warm classrooms or cloakrooms. Since children are more likely than their parents to suffer from a food-borne illness, it is important to pack foods carefully and make sure foods are kept at safe temperatures. Bacteria grow and multiply rapidly in the danger zone of temperatures between 4.4 and 60 C. In order to keep food cold, take it right out of the refrigerator or freezer and place it into a prechilled lunch bag. Use ice packs to keep the lunch bag at or below 4.4 C. Let foods like cooked meats, milk, yogurt, soft cheeses, salads, cut up veggies, fruit or sandwiches chill thoroughly in the refrigerator before packing them. Other foods that you do not ordinarily chill such as whole oranges or apples can also be chilled to keep the overall temperature of the lunch lower. Lunches are best if you prepare them the night before and let them chill or freeze over night. Small ice packs are a good investment for keeping foods cold. Another idea is to freeze a small water bottle to use as an ice pack and a beverage combined. When preparing lunches, wash your hands and work area, and use clean utensils. Wash all fruit and vegetables, including melons, berries and leafy greens under running water before packing them because they can be a source of bacteria. Wash all lunch containers and bottles thoroughly every day. Never re-use unwashed containers or wrappings which were already used for food. Look for insulated lunch bags which help to keep lunches cool. Small insulated containers with freezable lids work well for packing perishable cold foods like yogurt, fruit, salads and dips. When the cooler weather hits and lunches contain hot foods you will need containers designed to keep hot food at or above 60 C. Preheat the container with boiling water and let it sit for several minutes before adding the hot food. With a little planning, good equipment and making lunches ahead so they have time to chill, children will be heading to school with a safe lunch.

» Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. Reach her at eileen.bennewith@viha.ca.

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New app lets you order and pay for your coffee Americans who hate standing in line for your Starbucks fix, now have an app for that. The Seattle-based coffee chain says its mobile app that lets people order and pay in advance will be available nationally starting Tuesday. That means lattes, breakfast sandwiches and other items you want could theoretically be waiting for you by the time you arrive. Mobile order-and-pay is still rare, but could become more common as fast-food chains look to keep up with changing expectations. Taco Bell also introduced a mobile app last year that lets people order and pay in advance.

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