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Police officers stand watch as a towing company hauls the white SUV of a 90-year-old man out of the water beside the Mill Bay ferry terminal on Friday afternoon. The man drove off of the ferry ramp Friday morning, dying in the crash. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
Eighty-nine-year-old John William Barton, of Saanich, has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as the victim after a deadly crash at the Mill Bay ferry terminal on Friday morning. Barton was pronounced dead at the scene after driving his SUV through the secure terminal and into 20 metres of water, according to regional coroner Matt Brown. “Indications are that he likely drowned, pending further investigation,” Brown said, not wanting to completely rule out other causes until the investigation is complete. Bar ton’s family has been notified. The incident occurred during the morning commute and resulted in the closure of the BC Ferries Brentwood-Mill Bay route for the remainder of the day. “At approximately 8:10 a.m....a vehicle drove through a secured barrier gate at the top of the trestle at a high rate of speed at the Mill Bay terminal,” said a BC Ferries press release. “After breaking through the closed gate, the vehicle travelled down the trestle and launched itself off the ramp into the water.” Witnesses described the vehicle flipping over, landing on its roof, and then sinking at the foot of the terminal. BC Ferries said the MV Klitsa was not involved in the incident. It had left the dock, bound for Brentwood Bay, five minutes earlier. See DELIBERATE, Page 9
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After several years on the shelf, plans to develop 13.5 hectares of land in Chemainus known as the Artisan Village have reemerged. Developer Chris Clement put the project on hold in 2012 but a new comprehensive development plan is in the works and while still in the early stages, a public open house was held this week to reveal preliminary plans and to gauge public support. “It was well attended,” North Cowichan development services director Scott Mack said. “There was a significant turnout. Overall, I think it was well received.” The new Artisan Village incarnation aims to “create a unique mixed-use predominately residential neighbourhood utilizing open space, quality architecture, and the site’s natural beauty,” according the plan. The pedestrian-oriented neighbourhoods located on either side of Hermit Park and Askew Creek would also offer a small commercial component aimed at complementing what the town of Chemainus already has to offer. The potential for assisted living and community care facilities and various other permitted uses also exists, in addition to a multitude of housing options including the likes of duplexes, townhouses and more. Unlike the last plan, however, this one includes single-family homes.
“Staff only got to speak to a certain number of people but the general feeling seemed to be positive...” SCOTT MACK, development services director
“What Chris has applied for effectively broadens the range of potential uses and densities by introducing an area of single family residential lots/homes in the first phase. The [original] plan suggests that the entire project would be multi-family oriented,” Mack explained. “Staff are in support of the proposed amendments on the basis of the increased mix and type of housing that the developer will be able to provide.” The overall plan remains in the spirit of the original Artisan Village development vision. Decades ago, when times were tough and economic times were uncertain, the people of Chemainus began to look for ways to expand their economic base. The emergence of the worldfamous Chemainus murals and construction of the Chemainus Theatre Festival kicked off a wave of economic development and with it, a desire emerged to promote local artists. It was then that the original Artisan Village concept was born. “It was planned as an inter-
national campus intended to accommodate artists and artisans from around the Pacific Rim with studio and workspace and a venue to market art,” said the comprehensive development plan. “The concept is to continue to recognize the artistic side of Chemainus while at the same time providing a mix of housing.” But construction based on the primary plans never happened as the economy and markets fluctuated. To this day, the original metal gates and sculpture are the only physical reminders of those plans. The features would remain if the new project proceeds. Thus far, community engagement on Clement’s new plan has generally been positive. There’s still a ways to go — including more public consultation. “Staff only got to speak to a certain number of people but the general feeling seemed to be positive in terms of the proposed changes,” Mack said of the open house. “I think a lot of people saw the merits of the expansion of uses and a broader mix of commercial and residential uses within the subject property.” The next step in the public process, Mack noted, will be for council to hold a public hearing at the next council meeting on Oct. 7. There the general public will have the opportunity to provide feedback and input regarding the proposed changes.
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A minor hockey team was left without its cell phones, ball caps and one youth even had to go home shoeless, after what police are calling “a brazen theft” from the Cowichan Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The incident occurred sometime after 7:30 p.m. “The young men were doing what they were supposed to be doing, getting exercise and building team spirit while playing Canada’s favourite sport,” said Cpl. Krista Hobday, the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP’s spokesperson. They did not, however, remember to lock their dressing room’s door, which is standard protocol while they are on the ice. The oversight unfortunately made way for thieves to move in.
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The Annual Tax Sale will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, September 28, 2015, at the Municipal Hall, 7030 Trans Canada Hwy, unless Delinquent Taxes and Delinquent Interest are received at the Municipal Hall before 10:00 am Monday, September 28, 2015. The following properties are subject to Tax Sale: Folio 00642-001 00642-002 00642-003 00642-004 00642-005 00642-006 00642-007 00642-008 00642-009 00642-010 00642-011 00642-012 00642-013 00642-014 00642-015 00642-016 00642-017 00642-027 00642-028 00642-029 00642-030 00642-031 00642-032 00642-034 00642-035 00917-012 01931-000 02076-003 02076-004 02076-005 02076-006 02076-008 02076-009 02076-011 02076-015 02076-016 02076-017 02076-019 02076-020 02076-027 02076-028 02076-029 02076-030 02076-031 02076-032 02076-033 02076-034 02076-035 02076-036 02076-037 02076-038 02076-039 02076-040 02076-041 02076-042 02076-043 02076-044 02076-045 02076-046 02076-047 02076-048 02076-049 02076-050 02076-051 02076-052 02076-053 02076-054 03505-028 03690-011 05061-021 05198-000 05316-014 05377-000 05613-000 05687-005 06244-000 06729-000 07368-000 08004-000 08006-000 08020-000 08053-061 08888-002 09083-001 12107-055 12267-010 12308-000 12390-000 15556-020 16241-000 26339-000 27512-000 28249-000
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A Vancouver-based call centre has been deemed the “best option� for emergency calls originating from central Vancouver Island. According to a CVRD press release, a recent independent study commissioned by the City of Nanaimo and the Regional Districts of Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley, who jointly own the Central Island 9-1-1 system, recently determined that transferring the Primary Public-Safety Answer Point portion of 9-1-1 response would result in considerable cost savings and also provide access to additional staffing resources and the necessary expertise to satisfy current and future technical requirements for 9-1-1. In other words, it’s more efficient to ship calls out to Vancouver first. “The study concluded that
resist a major earthquake and be self-sufficient for 72 hours before being put through to the required agency. The new internal system will have no impact on the public’s experience when calling 9-1-1, they stressed. The switchover will occur on Nov. 17. “E-Comm staff have managed more than 15-million incoming 9-1-1 calls in our 16-years of service,� said David Guscott, E-Comm President and CEO. “We are committed to ensuring residents of the Central Island continue to receive high-quality, responsive services 24-hours a day.� E-Comm currently manages approximately 1.25 million 9-1-1 emergency calls each year from across British Columbia. Its service is 24/7, 365 days a year and has a number of back-up provisions to ensure the continuity of 9-1-1 call answer services in a variety of scenarios.
TEMPORARY USE PERMITS Applicable to the Cowichan/Koksilah Official Community Plan Area The Cowichan Valley Regional District Planning & Development Department is holding a Public Meeting to discuss the possible benefits and potential impacts related to the issuance of Temporary Use Permits in the Cowichan/Koksilah Official Community Plan Area. DATE: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 TIME: 7:00 pm PLACE: Eagles Hall, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan, BC The Public Meeting will focus on Provincial legislation and CVRD policy respecting Temporary Use Permits with the goal being to inform the community and receive input on the use of Temporary Use Permit powers in the Cowichan-Koksilah Official Community Plan. Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD considers the author’s address relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. Please contact the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, or the Recording Secretary at the time of submission. For more information on disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Rob Conway, Manager, Development Services Department, or Katy Tompkins, Senior Planner, Community & Regional Planning Division, Planning & Development Department, at 250-746-2620 or by email ds@cvrd.bc.ca. FOLLOWING the Area E Temporary Use Permit discussion, an additional discussion will be held on the Cowichan Aquatic Centre applicable to Electoral Area E.
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E-Comm has the ability to handle large spikes in incoming 9-1-1 call volume due to the size of the centre and its staffing model,� says Mike Dietrich, Nanaimo’s manager of Police Support Services. “Combined with its built-in redundancies, we agree that E-Comm provides the best option for the Central Island 9-1-1 partnership both technically and operationally, particularly as the overall 9-1-1 system in Canada evolves in the future,� Dietrich added. PSAP is just the first point of contact for 9-1-1 callers. They will still speak with Island-based call-takers once transferred to dispatch centres located in Nanaimo (fire), Courtenay (police) and Victoria (ambulance). But first, they’ll hear from E-Comm staff who work at a purpose-built facility in Vancouver that’s designed to
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Editor’s note: This is the first story in a weekly feature we will be running up until voting day to help people get to know where the federal election candidates and their parties stand on a variety of issues important to Canadians. Each week we will tackle a different issue.
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we need to hold back more supply at the lake. That involves raising the weir. I’d like to see some action on that file,” he said. MacGregor also talked about the Malahat First Nation’s LNG plans briefly, saying, “That announcement was a surprise for everyone. I have heard from the Tsartlip First Nation and, in the background, from members of Cowichan Tribes that there is a lot of uneasiness about this.” He then said the current push from higher levels of government towards oil and gas development could be seen “as the easy route to quick money” for impoverished First Nations communities. “Bamberton is so beautiful; that specific tract of land could have a whole bunch of different uses outlined for it,” he said. The Green Par ty sees the environment in connection with employment, so jobs created
must be sustainable and renewable, said Green Party hopeful Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi. “We’d like not to have so much resource extraction per se but rather to create alternatives. The Cowichan Valley is uniquely poised in this regard because these discussions are far advanced in comparison to the overall riding. With the weather, our water security, our food security, dealing with drought: we need to take some bold stands and take some strong actions to protect the environment and to protect our coastline,” she said. The group approach is seen in dealing with the drought in the Cowichan River. “The Stewardship Roundtable is an excellent source of sharing of information. Greens propose a robust budget around estuaries and fish and working with First Nations. The federal and provincial government need to
step up immediately to address the immediate need: raising the Cowichan Lake weir,” she said. Hunt-Jinnouchi said that, while backing the Malahat Nation’s move towards economic development, she saw their proposed LNG project as short-sighted. “There hasn’t been collaboration with their neighbouring nations or communities,” she said, but added she could see the pressure being brought to bear from both federal and provincial governments. Liberal Party candidate Maria Manna said the environment is in a delicate situation that will require teamwork moving forward. “Our earth is so tender right now, it’s too fragile, we cannot be selfish,” she said. Her party, under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, is looking to build a national strategy where the provinces would work dir-
ectly with the prime minister to shape policy that would encourage “cleaner and renewable” technologies. Manna said this would help create more jobs in those energy sectors. When asked about pipeline projects, she said a Liberal government would only agree with them if there was a “stringent environmental process.” “We can’t compromise the environment or our lands.” She said they would need to be “absolutely safe … You cannot take any risks.” In the case of pipeline projects, Manna added, the government needs to work closely with aboriginal groups and communities. “We need to make sure the land isn’t compromised,” she said, adding there would also need to be “social licensing” before a project could be supported.
Water to natural gas: candidates weigh in LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN AND KATHERINE ENGQVIST NEWS GAZETTE
The environment is a topic that could well influence voters in the federal election, and local candidates hoping to win the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford seat on Oct. 19 are staking out their territory on issues that range from renewable energy to pipelines. NDP candidate Alistair MacGregor calls climate change “the overarching issue of this century” and points to its effect in the riding. “We have seen a pretty sharp drop in our river levels and extended drought periods. That is something our federal government will need to take a very serious look at and implement actions to combat.” MacGregor said he’s been listening to stakeholder concern about the Cowichan River. “There is a real consensus that
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omething has gone awry in education, demonstrated by two occurrences last week. It’s not so much even the occurrences themselves that prompt such concern, it’s the non-solutions to the problems. One is the much-publicized incident of the 14-year-old Texas boy who was arrested for bringing a clock to school that he had made to show his teachers. The other was right here in Canada, where a hearing-impaired student at Memorial University had his professor, essentially, refuse to teach him because some kind of alleged
religious belief allowed her not to accommodate his disability. Both occurrences have prompted outrage from the general public, but it is telling that neither institution where the occurrences took place have reacted satisfactorily, even under the glare of the media spotlight. First, the clock. Ahmed Mohamed built the thing at home — a pretty admirable feat — and even showed it to an engineering teacher at the school, explaining exactly what it was. Nevertheless, the school’s administration went nuts and decided it must be a bomb. The
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kid deserves extra credit, not an arrest and interrogation. The stupidity of the school cannot be overstated. Clearly, even a quick chat with the engineering teacher would have cleared up any misunderstanding. But more disturbing still is that to this day, in spite of words of support from everyone from U.S. President Barack Obama to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the school refuses to admit it did anything wrong. It’s an insane and out-of-touch reaction. The school seems to care far more about bureaucracy than it does about the learning
of their students. Then there’s William Sears who couldn’t take the course he wanted, and paid for, at university because the school has some kind of backward and ridiculous accommodation with professor Ranee Panjabi who refuses to wear an FM transmitter device so that he can hear because supposedly it clashes with her Hindu beliefs. The professor has yet to say anything to the media and the school hasn’t clarified exactly what in her religion should allow her to discriminate against hearing-impaired stu-
What happened to supporting the common good?
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dents (this is not the first time this has happened with this professor) but it’s clearly nonsense to employ somebody who refuses to do their job. And part of her job is to teach students — all of them. It’s hard to fathom how the use of a device to allow a student to hear would violate any reasonable religious tenet, but if it does that should be the professor’s problem, not the student’s. It seems a monumental failure that the school allows this situation to continue, apology or not. So failing grades to two schools this week.
Harper government undermining democracy Recent letters from Trudy Thorgeirson and Liz Newton are right to point out the dangers inherent in the two major trade deals that the Conservatives are touting as proof of their economic acumen. Both the TPP (Transpacific Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will have very real negative economic consequences for farmers, prescription drug users, local firms competing against large multinationals for local municipal contracts, etc. However, one of the most harmful clauses included in both treaties, is the one that gives companies the
right to sue governments directly, through international trade courts, for compensation for laws that they say threaten their business interests. As well as costing our governments hundreds of millions of dollars in payouts to these companies, these investor/ state clauses also subvert the democratic right of people to make laws that reflect the things that are important to us, like clean air and water, an unpolluted environment, jobs for local people, and so on. In effect, these clauses give foreign corporations the power to overturn our laws. The Harper government has also demonstrated this disregard for democracy in many other ways over their time in
office: proroguing Parliament when faced with the probability of defeat; the use of huge omnibus bills, supposedly about the budget, but which, in reality, have gutted environmental laws, etc., that are rushed through Parliament with no time for proper debate; the “Unfair” Elections Act, that made it harder for many people to vote; the robocalls scandal in the last election, where non-Conservative voters were directed to the wrong polling booths, and on and on. This election, we must regain control of our democracy by voting to ensure that we defeat the Harper Conservatives. Nancy Clegg Cowichan Bay
Re: Area E and the Aquatic Centre I am a resident of Area E and I will be happy to pay a little more in taxes to maintain the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. It seems to me that we are losing the spirit of generosity and compassion that has been the Canadian way of life through the nearly 75 years I have been here. Lately there is more and more expression of self-interest — people are saying, if it doesn’t benefit me directly I don’t want it. We need to go back to the times where we all thought more broadly about society as a whole and not just ourselves. Because we feel that food production is important we have created a system of lower taxes for active farmers. The rest of us pay more to compensate. We all pay school taxes even though we might not have children. In Area E we pay taxes for the library, transit system, parks and trails, Kinsol Trestle, community centres, hockey arenas and a range of other community projects whether we use them or not. It is called being part of a community and contributing to the good of all our citizens. The Cowichan Aquatic Centre is no different. We need to support it for the common good. Lynn Curtis Duncan
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Canada does share some responsibility for Middle East strife Canada should accept Middle Eastern refugees on humanitarian grounds, but we should also do so in recognition of our complicity in creating the conditions these desperate people are fleeing. Led by the United States, Canada and some European nations have bombed, invaded and overthrown governments throughout the Middle East,
in an arc of destruction extending from Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, across Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan to the shores of the Arabian Sea, in Pakistan. A century of such military “interventions”, together with Saudi Arabia’s export of religious fundamentalism and our unconditional support for Israel, have combined today to create a wave of refugees in search of that which no longer exists in their homeland; peace, security and opportunity.
Canada is certainly not responsible for all the suffering in the Middle East, but we have had a hand in it. It is time that Canada reject the empire building and sense of entitlement which led western nations to meddle in the region, and to work with the United Nations to reestablish security and freedom in the Middle East so that its people can live and prosper in their own homeland.
Catch and prosecute person defacing signs Someone is continuing to deface public property in downtown Duncan and along side roads in the area. This public vandalism is the placement of “Harper” stickers under stop signs, in a pathetic attempt against PM Harper. In our democracy, we are enti-
tled to vote, but not to deface public property to promote our cause. We should place cameras to catch this malicious person, but of course this same person would protest cameras! This destructive individual must be caught and punished in the full extent of the law. Elisabeth Gelb Duncan
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Carbon busters like me know it’s not easy to discuss a neighbour or friend’s responsibility to restrict their personal carbon emissions. Without pissing them off. After all, don’t people have rights? Many feel, strongly, their right to burn fossil fuels, especially when travelling for pleasure. In my municipality of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island, vehicles cause over 70 per cent of all carbon emissions; a huge number that excludes vast emissions from holiday flyers, cruise ship vacationers and three-day gamblers burning fuel to get to an already over-heated Las Vegas. But climate change threatens to destroy our climate and society, so do we have the individual right to burn fossil fuels? What about our collective right to a safe environment? During my low-carbon trip in Europe, I was in Holland when the Dutch court ordered its own prime minister to act responsibly, and more forcefully, on climate change; saying society has the right to be protected from carbon emissions — a right to climate justice. In England I saw a sheep’s parchment in beautiful Salisbury Cathedral — the Magna Carta. This 800-year-old document constrained an individual King’s right to absolute rule, and so advanced democracy; climate justice would likewise constrain our right to burn fossil fuels, and so heal our planet. Both good ideas. Fast forwarding in history, smokers once felt a right to burn cigarettes in public spaces. Like the king, they were stopped; this time by government funded anti-smoking campaigns, public pressure and legislation. And now in this present time, some people still feel entitled to high-carbon travelling; even knowing the destructive impacts of carbon emissions on a finite atmosphere. Now, I apologize for comparing some citizens with an unjust king, or inconsiderate smokers; but the right to burn fossil fuels must be restricted for the good of society. The Magna Carta gave medieval society political justice to counter a repressive king; now society needs climate justice to counter devastating climate change-related storms. But just talking about our entitlement to high-carbon travelling is tough for most politicians. Even my municipality’s Climate Action and Energy Plan excludes discussion of carbon pollution caused by vacation travellers. It’s too politically dangerous. But climate change is real, and more important than any politician’s career. So let’s suck up our guilt, anger and entitlement; face the truth, and our responsibility, about the consequences of climate change to our society. Chariots had none; but cars now have seat belts. So a restriction of individual rights is
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For the record Duncan’s Ruby Currie has won the Eternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary’s Nellie Cooper award for highest producer when it comes to bringing in new membership or 2014/2015.
The award originated in Nanaimo but this year, thanks to Currie, it will reside in Duncan at Branch 2546. We mistakenly spelled her name wrong last week and apologize for th error.
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I n ke e p i n g w i t h wh a t ’s become tradition, the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s board is offering up complimentary rides on specific days on Cowichan’s conventional and handyDART transit in the coming months. The first ride-for-free day comes Oct. 19 — federal election day. “The election day is all about doing what we could do at local government to make sure that people that want to vote can get to their polling place if they are within our transit system,” Regional Engineering Services Committee chair Ian Morrison said. The committee considered extending the free bus offer
to advance polling days but logistically it didn’t work as those locations have yet to be announced. “It would have been extremely difficult to make that happen,” he said. The second ride-for-free day comes on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11. The week before Remembrance Day (Wednesday, Nov. 4 through Tuesday, Nov. 10) will also be free for all veterans and armed forces personnel. “Remembrance Day we’ve done for a number of years, and the extension of that for the veterans [and active armed forces personnel] for the week is a good thing to do,” Morrison said. “It’s supportive and it’s recognizing the people that have served and are serving.” The decision came from the
Aug. 26 Regional Engineering Services Committee meeting and was given the green light during the CVRD board meeting Wednesday night. In the past, free rides were also given out around Christmas shopping time but that’s not going to happen this holiday season. “We looked at the numbers from previous years and came to the realization that it didn’t increase ridership,” he said. “There wasn’t a net benefit of getting people out of their cars and onto the bus.” He said they’ve received no complaints about that decision. Visit www.transitbc.com or call 250-746-9899 for schedules and other information related to the Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System.
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NOTICE OF TAX SALE Pursuant to Section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held at the Council Chambers, City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 am unless the delinquent taxes plus interest are sooner paid. FOLIO NUMBER LEGAL DESCRIPTION PID CIVIC ADDRESS UPSET PRICE Strata Lot 1, Section 17, Range 6, Quamichan 000‐179‐671 1B – 380 Brae Road 2,019.11 0498.0010
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Program aims to MEND families SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Getting active and learning about lifestyle habits and nutrition is something your family can do together thanks to a free program being held at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. The MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) program offers children aged 7-13 and their caregivers an opportunity to get together twice a week with a group of like-minded families for fun and information, according to Jill Amy, the Aquatic Centre’s fitness programmer. “Raising healthy kids is hard; MEND can help,” Amy said. “That’s why North Cowichan is offering this free program that supports children and their families in becoming more active and healthier through interactive group sessions.” Worried your children are spending more time in front of the screen than on their feet, playing? Want to brush up on your nutrition knowledge? If you desire a helping hand in making your family healthier this program may be for you. Sessions run on Monday and Wednesday nights between 6 and 8 p.m. for 10 weeks, beginning Sept. 28. While the goal is to come away with knowledge and improved lifestyle habits, and of course to accomplish something as a family, the prize at the end is equally impressive — a three-month family pass to the Aquatic Centre for completion of the program. Space is limited, so contact Jill Amy at 250-7463306 or jill.amy@northcowichan.ca soon to find out if MEND is right for your family.
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‘Deliberate act’ TRAGEDY, From Page 1 The ferry was about a mile and a half out in the inlet at the time. Officials do not believe the driver was trying to make that ferry. Instead, Capt. Jamie Marshall, B.C. Ferries vice-president of fleet operations, said reports indicate the incident was a deliberate act “because it broke through a secured barrier and over an apron that was fully stowed in the upright position.” Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall confirmed it was a white SUV. The vehicle had veteran’s licence plates. “It’s very tragic,” she said. A press release issued by Shawnigan Lake RCMP Cpl. Greg Pask said the RCMP West Coast Marine Service, Vancouver Island District RCMP Underwater Recovery Team and the Mill Bay Fire Department were “successful in recovering the driver and only occupant, along with his vehicle from the water.” An inflatable bladder helped raise the vehicle to the surface. A tow truck hauled it to shore. Ferry service resumed at the Mill Bay-Brentwood Bay route on Saturday, with traffic control workers present to ensure a smooth and safe return to operations.
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Conservative Martin Barker sees the Malahat Nation’s proposed LNG facility as a potentially positive step for the First Nation. “Myself, and the Conservative Party will always support the efforts of First Nation people in achieving prosperity and accountable self-governance. The Malahat Nation has made prudent use of the First Nation Funding Authority to create opportunity for its people.” The road to the potential LNG plant and underwater pipeline “will require considerable consultation and study, and then the meeting of very strict safety and environmental standards as is the practice in Canada,” he added, but refused to comment further until he has heard the arguments for and against. That said, Barker said his party understands that tens of thousands of Canadian jobs depend on a thriving energy sector. “The natural resource sector, directly and indirectly, employs 1.8 million Canadians, many in skilled, quality jobs. Resource development generates $30 billion annually in revenue and is the largest employer of First Nations people,” he said. While Conservatives try to boost Canada’s clean energy sector, strengthen Canada’s record on conservation and deliver good Canadian jobs plans for the future must continues to address these concerns, he said.
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Henry Road watermain replacement causing delay
The welcome sign at the entry to Cowichan Lake from Highway 18 looks good from a distance, but, say town staffers, don’t let that fool you. The marker, made primarily of wood, is getting old and the wood has broken down to the point where the sign will need replacement sooner rather than later. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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Cowichan Lake’s iconic Two Bears entrance sign is nearing the end of its useful life, Lake Cowichan town councillors heard last week. Nagi Rizk, the town’s superintendent of public works and engineering told the finance and administration committee on Sept. 8, “I just want to bring to your attention that it is not in good shape. The wood is falling apart. There is rot in the logs there. “We have no wood left to screw the bears into. It looks good when you drive by but we maybe
need to have a discussion about what you would like us to do,” he said. Lake Cowichan CAO Joe Fernandez agreed with Rizk. “The topic came up at the advisory planning committee and that group might not be a bad place to have people look at design ideas. The entrance to town is something we should really be looking at,” he said. At the same time, the town should possibly consider what to do with a triangular median in the nearby intersection. “The town is also looking at the idea of beautifying it but the issue is that there is no water
supply to the median. When you drive down that road into town it just doesn’t look good,” Fernandez said, adding that even miniature palm trees had been discussed. Rizk pointed out that getting water across a highway posed some problems. “I think it will be good to have a design for the sign and for the median. We have water up to the bear sign but no farther. It is do-able to trench across to the median,” he said. Coun. Bob Day asked, if “considering how much traffic there might be at that intersection from time to time” that the
transportation ministry might want to do a traffic study to see what alterations they might like to do. He was referring to an application to move the huge Sunfest country music festival from North Cowichan to a spot along the Youbou highway about two kilometres west of the intersection under discussion. Rizk said there was always the possibility as well that the former sawmill site at Youbou might be developed. Councillors decided to have a look at some ideas for the entrance sign at their next public works meeting.
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Traffic has already been disrupted but for how long is still unknown. The water main running the length of Henry Road in Chemainus needs replacing and crews set to work doing just that on Sept. 8. Nearing 50 years old, municipal staff believe it’s at the end of its lifespan and would be vulnerable in a seismic event. North Cowichan adopted a bylaw on Aug. 19 giving them the power and authority to borrow up to $864,000 to fund the replacement of approximately 1,400 metres of 300mm diameter municipal watermain. The plan to borrow the funds had passed a 30-day quashing period without any public challenge. David Conway, director of engineering and operations said traffic will be affected once the work begins. “There’ll be some disruption but traffic will remain with at least one lane in each direction,” Conway said. “There’ll be some delays but no full road closures.”
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DATE PLACE
Thursday, October 1, 2015 TIME 7:00 pm Glenora Community Hall, 3660 Glenora Road, Duncan, BC
PUBLIC HEARING #1 (Bylaws No. 3942 and 3943)
Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3942 proposes to amend Cowic Community Plan Bylaw No. 1490 by: 1. Redesignating That Part of Section 8, Range 2, Quamichan District, Lying to the Way of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company, Except Parcel A (DD38 and Parcel C (DD89280I) Thereof, and Except Parts in Plans 4701, 6992, 7049, 7 (PID 009-656-448), as shown outlined in a black line and labelled “Subject Prop Forestry Industrial to Forestry. 2. Removing reference to the above described property and Lot 1, Section 8, Rang Plan 12309, except those parts in Plans 22890, 23708, 25003 and 29157 from Pol Forestry Industrial PUBLIC HEARING #2 Development Permit Area and deleting Figures 10 and 11. PUBLIC HEARING #1 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3938 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3942 Zoning Amendment Bylaw ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3939 No. 3943 proposes to amend Electoral Are ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3943 Station/Sahtlam/Glenora Zoning Bylaw No. 1840 in order to rezone That Part of (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA E – COWICHAN STATION/SAHTLAM/GLENORA) (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA E – COWICHAN STATION/SAHTLAM/GLENORA) Quamichan District, Lying to the East of the Right of Way of the Canadian Nort Company, Except Parcel A (DD38366I and DD56015I) and Parcel C (DD89280I) NOTICE is hereby given that two Public Hearings will be held as follows to consider the above noted Amendment Bylaws: Parts in Plans 4701, 6992, 7049, 7867, 8335 and 25654 (PID 009-656-448), as show line and labelled “Subject Property” on Map 1, from I-2 (Heavy Industrial) to F-1 (Prima
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DATE Thursday, October 1, 2015 TIME 7:00 pm PLACE Glenora Community Hall, 3660 Glenora Road, Duncan, BC
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PUBLIC HEARING #1 (Bylaws No. 3942 and 3943) Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3942 proposes to amend Cowichan-Koksilah Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1490 by: 1. Redesignating That Part of Section 8, Range 2, Quamichan District, Lying to the East of the Right of Way of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company, Except Parcel A (DD38366I and DD56015I) and Parcel C (DD89280I) Thereof, and Except Parts in Plans 4701, 6992, 7049, 7867, 8335 and 25654 (PID 009-656-448), as shown outlined in a black line and labelled “Subject Property” on Map 1, from Forestry Industrial to Forestry. 2. Removing reference to the above described property and Lot 1, Section 8, Range 6, Sahtlam District, Plan 12309, except those parts in Plans 22890, 23708, 25003 and 29157 from Policy 14.4.4(a) from the Forestry Industrial Development Permit Area and deleting Figures 10 and 11.
Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3943 proposes to amend Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora Zoning Bylaw No. 1840 in order to rezone That Part of Section 8, Range 2, Quamichan District, Lying to the East of the Right of Way of the Canadian Northern Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3939 proposes to amend Electoral Area E – Cowi Pacific Railway Company, Except Parcel A (DD38366I and DD56015I) and Parcel C (DD89280I) Thereof, and Except Parts in 4701, a new Special Light Industrial 1A (I-1A ) Zone and rezon Bylaw No. 1840 byPlans creating 6992, 7049, 7867, 8335 and 25654 (PID 009-656-448), as shown outlined in a black line and labelled Range “Subject 6, Property” on Map 1, from Plan 1275, except parts in Plans 9717 and 28381, w Quamichan District, I-2 (Heavy Industrial) to F-1 (Primary Forestry). 3050 Allenby Road, as shown outlined in a black line and labelled “Subject Property” Residential (R-3) to Special Light Industrial 1A (I-1A). The purpose of OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3942 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3943 is to replace the current Heavy Industrial zoning The purpose of OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3942Map and2Zoning Amendment Bylaw N with zoning that is more compatible with adjacent land uses. the current Heavy Industrial zoning with zoning that that is more compatible with adjac PUBLIC HEARING #2 (Bylaws No. 3938/3939) Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3938 proposes to amend Electoral Area E – Cowichan-Koksilah Official Community PUBLIC HEARING #2 (Bylaws No. 3938/3939) Plan Bylaw No. 1490 by: 1. Amending the land use designation of Lot 4, Section 14, Range 6, Quamichan District, Plan 1275, except Community parts in Plans 9717 Official Planand Amendment Bylaw No. 3938 proposes to amend Electora 28381, (with a civic address of 3050 Allenby Road), as shown outlined in a black and labelled “Subject Property” on Map 2, from UrbanPlan Bylaw No. 1490 by: Koksilah Official Community Residential to Industrial, and amending Schedule B (the Official Community Plan map) accordingly; 1. Amending the land use designation of Lot 4, Section 14, Range 6, Quamichan Distr 2. Including the subject property in the Koksilah Development Permit Area, and changing Figure 15 parts of the Offi cial Community Plan28381, (with a civic address of 3050 Allenby Road), as in Plans 9717 and accordingly. black and labelled “Subject Property” on Map 2, from Urban Residential to Indu Schedule B (the Official Community Plan map) accordingly; Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3939 proposes to amend Electoral Area E – Cowichan-Koksilah Zoning Bylaw No.the 1840 by creating a 2. Including subject property in the Koksilah Development Permit Area, and chan new Special Light Industrial 1A (I-1A ) Zone and rezoning Lot 4, Section 14, Range 6, Quamichan District, Plan 1275, except parts Plan in Plans Official Community accordingly. 9717 and 28381, with a civic address of 3050 Allenby Road, as shown outlined in a black line and labelled “Subject Property” on Map 2, from Urban Residential (R-3) to Special Light Industrial 1A (I-1A).
The purpose of these changes is to ensure that the land use designation and zoning for this property are in accordance with the legal uses of this property, and that any future development of this property will be subject to the provisions of the Koksilah Development Permit Area guidelines. The purpose of these changes is to ensure that the land use designation and zoning f At the Public Hearings, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an Public Hearing #1 (Amendment Bylaws No. 3942/3943) is to be held by Director A. Nicholson, Director I. Morrison and accordance with the legal uses of this property, and that any future development o opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Director K. Kuhn as delegates of the Board. Public Hearing #2 (Amendment Bylaws No. 3938/3939) is to be held by subject to the Director provisions of theandKoksilah Development Area guidelines. Regional Board. Prior to the Public Hearings, submit written comments on the Bylaws by: Director A. Nicholson, L. Iannidinardo Director I. Morrison as delegatesPermit of the Board. Decisions concerning Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District office, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8, until 4:30 pm on Thursday, October 1, 2015 The public should not assume that correspondence submitted on the proposed Bylaws prior to commencement of the statutory notification period on, September 21, 2015, will be made available to the Regional Board. Please be advised that the CVRD Board cannot receive correspondence or comment following the close of the Public Hearing. For further information, please call the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620. Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD considers the author’s address relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. Please contact the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, or the Recording Secretary at the time of submission. For more information on disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955.
the adoption of Bylaws No. 3942/3943 and Bylaws No. 3938/3939 will not be made until the record of Public Hearings the Public Hearings, is At presented to the Board. all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an
present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the P comments on the Bylaws by:
A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the Public Hearings, and other Fax: 250-746-2621 documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department office:
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on, Monday, September 21, 2015, be to made available to the Regional Board. Please that pm, the Monday CVRD Board cann From September 21, will 2015, Thursday, October 1, 2015, between the hours of be 8:00advised am to 4:30 comment following thethe close of the Hearing. Formay further callwebsite the Planning & Development De through Friday. A copy of Bylaws andPublic supporting material also information, be viewed onplease the CVRD at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282
Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public rec meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD c relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone num FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information d Public Hearing #1: Rob Conway, Manager, Development Servicesor Division, Planning & at the tim Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, the Recording Secretary information on disclosure, contact CVRD FOI Coordinator or 1-800-665-3955. Development Department or the Public Hearing #2: Bevat 250-746-2507 Suderman, Planner I, Development
Services Division, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620 or 1-800-655-3955
Public Hearing #1 (Amendment Bylaws No. 3942/3943) is to be held by Director A. Nicholson, Director I. Morris delegates of the Board. Public Hearing #2 (Amendment Bylaws No. 3938/3939) is to be held by Director A. Nicholson Director I. Morrison as delegates of the Board. Decisions concerning the adoption of Bylaws No. 3942/3943 and Byla made until the record of Public Hearings is presented to the Board.
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A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the Public Hearings, and oth considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at th & Development Department office: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC
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Little remains of forgotten Vancouver seagoing heroine Years after, a survivor would breathe. Some survived by say in simple tribute: “Gallant hunkering down in swampy men were those sailors.” areas with wet blankets over here’s a little bit of Vanthem, by jumping into wells, couver history in the by “burrowing their faces” murky waters off the (and little else) in the earth, yet others by immersing northern end of Thetis Island. themselves waist-deep in False Near the bones of the equally Creek or Burrard Inlet where ill-fated collier Miami (hence CHRONICLES a current of cool air close to Miami Reef on our charts), the the surface of the water saved sailing ship Robert Kerr takes T.W. Paterson them. One mother had threather unintended rest more than ened to throw her children in, preferring, a century after having her bottom ripped she said, to see them drowned than out. burned up. The 1,200-ton British bark first made “Chunks of flaming wood as big as my public notice in September 1885 when she leg were flying over us and dropping in was the victim of a lesser event, having the town,” a survivor related. “St. James become stranded off San Juan Island. Church was afire minutes after the conSold at auction, she was repaired but her clusion of morning service. The new glorious days of sail were over. As had Presbyterian Church was burning before happened to so many other ladies of canthe buildings near the fire, a flaming firevas, she was cut down to a coaling barge brand from the sky must have dropped and hauled about by tugboats. upon its roof. There was a man driving It was in this ignominious and unlikely horse and wagon, [they] perished in the role that the old Kerr became a heroine centre of the road. Two iron tires and on Sunday, June 13, 1886. some ashes were all that was left of man, In just 45 minutes the newly-coined horse and wagon. City of Vancouver was swept from the “The fire went through wooden sidemap — ”WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE” walks faster than a man could run...” as one newspaper put it — when a fire Those who couldn’t commandeer rowstarted by brush-clearing railway crews forced residents to flee for their lives. The boats, canoes or find room aboard air quickly filled with smoke and flying embers, making it all but impossible to See THEY HAD LOST, Page 14
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Riparian work key to watershed Editor’s note: If you haven’t met “Flo” yet, this superhero is visiting Cowichan communities this summer, helping us face down a severe drought and water restrictions. Cowichan Watershed Board summer student Lauren Frost reports in weekly as Flo visits local watershed heroes to learn more about their work. Name: Rai Mullin Occupation: Summer student, Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society (CLRSS) Why Flo Likes Him: Riparian Restoration Hero
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lo: Hi Rai. I understand you are here for the summer to help with lake and river stewardship. How do you like it? Rai: I love riparian restoration. It really pays in ways that you wouldn’t imagine. When you get to go back the next year and check out the sites, and see that it looks great and the plants are doing well, it gives you a really good feeling about the whole project. Flo: CLRSS is an amazing organization that does so much to restore lakeside vegetation all summer to improve the fish and wildlife habitat around
this summer? Rai: My favourite project would be the hardest one: Jake’s at the Lake. It may have been very difficult digging, but it is a focal point for the entire town of Lake Cowichan to see. It really shows how much hard work we pour into this, and how much it means to us. It also proves that, in the long run, the work we do looks great for both the watershed and for the entire town. Flo: What will you look back on when you’re older and feel great about? Rai Mullin [SUBMITTED] Rai: I’ve always loved the forest as a kid, so when I look Cowichan Lake. Thank you for back and I see all the plants helping them! Can you tell me grown up and natural, it will why this work is so important? Rai: The work that we do is so have a really great look and feel to it, knowing how importimportant because the entire ant it is for the ecosystem. watershed depends on this. Flo: If you could ask every The lake is the beginning. All the water that runs off into the Cowichan region resident to do one thing for our watershed, lake continues down the river, what would it be? affecting the rest of the waterRai: I would ask every single shed. The riparian habitat also prevents erosion, provides food resident to learn something new about the way our waterand cover for fish and wildlife, shed functions — something and provides shade. Without that they haven’t thought the riparian restoration, the about or put through their water that runs through could mind before — and think about be polluted and damaging to why it happens, how it hapthe ecosystem. pens, where Flo: What is your favourite , 7:00–8:30 PMit comes from, and what they can do about it. project or accomplishment of
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duties for another quarter of a century until March 4, 1911. make-shift rafts padBound for Vancoudled logs or began ver with 1,800 tons swimming for the of Nanaimo’s finest anchored coal hulk, to fuel the CPR’s Robert Kerr. Empress of Asia, she The first to attempt was under tow of the to board her, howCHRONICLES steam tug Coulti as ever, was rebuffed they approached the by a watchman. T.W. Paterson northern tip of Thetis Later described as Island. But the Coulti’s master an “insect,” he was quickly was off course and towed the convinced to stand aside as an hapless Kerr onto a reef. Salestimated 150 to 200 refugees vagers succeeded in recovering swarmed aboard the old ship. some of her cargo before declarHuddled on the Kerr’s worn ing her a total loss and abandondecks, whose off-duty crewmen ing her. did what they could for them, Fred Rogers, retired diver they had to watch as their homes and businesses burned to and author of two books on B.C. shipwrecks, explored her the ground with the loss of an estimated nine lives. Years after, bones in 1960. Her wooden hull, he wrote, had lost its “graceful a survivor would say in simple lines and most of her coal is tribute: “Gallant men were scattered over the reef. A few those sailors.” feet from her stern her cast-iron By mid-afternoon a fleet of capstan and aft deck rest half tugs and small craft began takburied in shells. ing them to the north shore. “It Near the bow, her long forewas tragic,” eyewitness Alice mast lies on the starboard side, Crakenthorp, then 22, recalled heavily covered with marine long after. “They had lost everygrowth.” thing. Many of them didn’t He and his companions recovknow where their children were. Their shoes were charred, for ered little more than some brass they had been walking through plate and drift pins, the heroine burning embers. We did what of Vancouver’s great fire having we could, gave them supper, been stripped of much of her and at bedtime took them to the gear when she was reduced to a Masonic Hall where they slept.” coaling hulk. The blackened Kerr quietly resumed her coal-carrying www.twpaterson.com LITTLE, From Page 13
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The 147th Cowichan Exhibition is over. I thank the Citizen Newspaper for their coverage of the annual Fall Fair, it is much appreciated and helped to make it a success.
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Aspiring actress snags two Joey nominations LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Cowichan Valley actress/ filmmaker Angie Hawes has been nominated for two Joey Awards. Now 15, it was the film Mind Game Demon that she completed as a 14-year-old that earned her the recognition as one of Canada’s top young actresses and filmmaker/directors. Hawes wrote, directed and starred in the film but she’s not resting on her laurels. Just one month ago she finished filming Team Teenettes in Nanaimo with award-winning director Brian Morelan. And she’s hard at work on projects of her own as well. Hawes said Saturday that she only heard about the nomination herself on Thursday. Her seven-minute film, Mind Game Demon, which can be easily found on YouTube, is downright creepy. She laughed at that description. “Thanks. That’s what I was aiming for.” The production looks pretty polished but she’s new to the game of filmmaking. “It was my first-ever film actually. I have a lot of friends who are in the business, though, and I’ve learned quite a bit from them. I’m actually working on my second short film now and writing my script for my third,” she said. Asked if she’s planning a career in film, Hawes had a ready answer. “Oh yeah, absolutely.” Mind Game Demon was shot mainly in the Cowichan Valley. Many people will recognize the site of the first scene: the Laughing Llama II store on the Trans Canada Highway. Hawes came up with the scary concept behind the film in a way that seems simple, if you’re a budding director. “I was lying in my bed one night and I was scared because I’d just watched a horror movie. I heard this noise and as I turned my light on I thought: ‘How scary would it have been if I saw something and it turned out to be me?’ I had all these ideas in my head. I was scaring myself. You know how you do that sometimes when you’re trying to sleep? I pretty much took those scenarios and wrote a story about it.” The combination of pacing, camera angles and her own acting really work together to make for a frightening flick. “I did try to give it my all,” she said, adding that most of the
filming was done with a Canon T3i. There are other members of her family in Mind Game Demon, too. We wondered if Hawes had to twist their ams to take part. “Oh, oh, you bet! It was my first short film so I didn’t want to get other actors involved in case it turned out to be really, really bad. I didn’t want them thinking they’d wasted their time. So, I was looking around going: ‘Hey mom, hey dad’. My dad really enjoyed it although he didn’t look at his lines too much. My mom really didn’t like it but I thought she did a good job. It came out so well on film just because we really are a family.” In addition, Hawes has just wrapped up filming of Team Teenettes in Nanaimo, and she’s longing to see the finished product. “It’s a hoot. It’s a comedy about superhero movies. They’re almost done editing it, which is crazy because there’s so much to do with that: CGI and green screen and everything. We only finished in the summer. The people are really dedicated. It was really fun to film because I was the fearless leader,” she said. All the Teenettes are intentionally one-dimensional characters, which only adds to the fun, according to Hawes. “Each one was inspired by a different big character in movie history. Mine was Batman: the Adam West edition of Batman. My character was so one way, where nothing can go wrong. It was the stereotype to the max! But the characters, the actors knew it was a stereotype and were kind of joking about it. I’ll be really excited to see it finished.” “It’s going to be going to a bunch of film festivals, including some local ones and even a bunch in India. But it will probably be a year before it’s actually released. Before that, people will have to check out the film festivals,” she said. Brian Morelan of Nanaimo, her director for Team Teenettes, is delighted to see Hawes recognized for her talent and hard work. “I plan to promote her and the film next year. Angie is very focused. I see her going far with this career,” he said. Morelan himself has a lot at stake at this year’s Joeys. “Six of my other actors from my film last year, Mining Moon, are also nominated,” he said. Now that she’s seen the indus-
try from both sides of the camera, where is Hawes going: film director or actor? “I’m hoping to go into acting,” she said. N o m i n e e s f o r t h e Jo ey Awards, like Hawes, come from across Canada and get to enjoy all the excitement of a red carpet entry and a gala recognizing them as the best of young Canadian artists in the film industry at a big event held in Richmond on Saturday, Nov. 14. Along with a real red carpet, the event also features a buffet lunch and — the young people’s favourite last year — a candy buffet before the actual awards ceremony. Every nominee will receive a special T-shirt, medallion, program and $25 gift certificate to Shoreline Actors Academy along with a swag bag, while the actual winners will also take home a trophy. The hosts for the event will be Michelle Creber, whose credits include Strange Empire, Supernatural, Smart Cookies, Killer Among Us, The Haunting Hour and Eureka, and singer/actor, musician Gabriel Brown, AKA Black Gryph0n. Between them, the pair have an album coming out in 2016. Elizabeth McKinnon, the Joey Awards founder, comes from a background in film and television herself. But, she said Saturday, she thought there was really a need for this kind of night for Canadian young people. “There is one in the States but it’s not all about Canada. Even here we have Leos and Geminis and all that but the kids are rarely recognized. So I thought it was really important to recognize their hard work. “I started it kind of on a whim and was hoping we’d get 50 or maybe 70 people to come and we had 250 and sold out the venue. So this year, we’re going even bigger,” she said. Special entertainment for the gala will be provided by the B.C.-based dance duo Lucky Aces (Andree Bonifacio and Reyond Lucky Ancheta), who have appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres TV show to rave reviews. Hawes will be going to Richmond for the event with her family. “I’m really excited and especially to meet the other nominees from my categories. They are in real films in Vancouver and all that and I’m already a fan of their work so I’d really like to meet them. It’s going to be awesome,” she said.
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Showroom looks to expand downstairs LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Long the proprietor of the Duncan Showroom, in two different locations, Longevity John Falker now aims to open a street level venue. [CITIZEN FILE]
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Following the success of this summer’s 39 Days of July, Longevity John Falkner has decided to take the Duncan Showroom to the street — street level that is. He’s keeping his upstairs venue at 133 Station St. and expanding to include a ground floor club he’ll be calling Duncan Showroom - Downstairs. Having just turned 65, Falkner said he decided he needed to pursue his dreams, and listen to those music fans who found the 24 steep steps up to his Showroom were simply a bridge too far. Amazingly, just as he decided to enquire about the possibility of getting the downstairs space, the tenants — Indigo Children’s Consignment — had given notice that they would be moving out at the end of September. “It was serendipity,” Falkner said. Now, he’s launched an ambitious fundraiser on indiegogo. Check it out at https://www.indiegogo. com/projects/support-duncan-arts-and-cultural -development and make a donation. Over the past 12 years, the Showroom in its different locations has offered varied programs for a variety of patrons and in the past year, has seen viewership on the club’s upstreams increase from 3,600 to 23,500. Falkner said he expects the Duncan Showroom Downstairs Club to offer diverse programming: from biweekly stroller dancing for young moms and their toddlers to early evening concerts for elders and special needs in the community. “I’m not looking at the after midnight crowd, though. We won’t be serving liquor,” he said. “It will be about people, mainly over 35, who want to come out and dance, when it’s appropriate. I hear there are still lots of them around.” Falkner is aiming at providing a downtown gathering place for the arts and cultural community that would also include an all-day cafe featuring such fun items as morning spam and eggs, organic oatmeal and cinnamon toast, and daytime and evening gourmet hot dogs, popcorn with various toppings, desserts, hot chocolate and more. However, he is holding firm to his vision of an all ages, no liquor venue both upstairs and downstairs.
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The Duncan Showroom Upstairs would still be open because it’s proved itself to both audiences and touring performers. “It’s still a gem on its own. The acoustics are fabulous. It’s just a very special place. We still plan to hold some shows there, and it would also be available for meetings, recording, live streams on our very own Duncan Showroom Internet TV and for private functions as well,” he said. But he discovered, in talking to the folks who attending the fourth annual 39 Days this summer that there are people who long to be included but who just can’t get upstairs to the Showroom as it now exists. And there are changes he could add in a different space, such as building an elevated stage so that people who want to stand up front by the stage could do so without blocking the view of those patrons who wish to sit. So, he’s stepping up with a new idea for a street level venue and putting his own financial foot forward. However, there’s a lot of work and expense ahead to get the venue up and running. Hence the indiegogo campaign. “Please help us along financially,” he urged everyone who liked the 39 Days of July and want to see more going on in downtown Duncan. There are incentives for donations, too, ranging from discounts on admissions to free Live at the Duncan Showroom compilation CDs. And Falkner wants to meet personally with anyone who has more than $2,000 to give so projects can be discussed. What is needed is $25,000 for renovations to secure “assembly occupancy” status plus $2,400 for five year lease. In addition the first and last month’s rent required Oct. 1 add up to $5,040 and there is also a “substantial deposit for Hydro” needed at the new location that same day. Falkner estimates that $10,000 will be needed for operating costs “while we get settled into programming” at the new downstairs location. But, the brick structure, which dates back to 1909, has a lot of possibilities and within two to three years, he said, he hopes to own the building outright.
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Get ready to follow the Polka Dot Trail as you discover the Chemainus Valley’s talented artists and artisans. A big group of them have joined together to offer a special self-guided tour Oct. 2-4 so why not get some friends together and spend a day (or two) getting to know who’s creating what in your neighbourhood? Taking part are Art and Daphne Carlyle, Linda Westrom, Fred Law, Colleen Wike, Peggy Grigor, Val Galvin, Lorraine Taylor, Cim MacDonald, Treva Hinchcliff, Diana Durrand, Tracy Taylor, Sheryl Sawchuk, Morgan Bristol, Beverley Maahs, Will Walker, Mary Ann Gerwing and David Whittles. A useful brochure is available in and around Chemainus or get the map at polkadottrail.com and hit the trail for some exciting gift-buying.
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Chemainus concert to raise funds for farm animals Attention animal lovers: a concert has been scheduled to help a group dedicated to helping rescued farm animals. On Saturday, Oct. 3 from 7-9 p.m., at the Chemainus United Church at 9814 Willow St., you can enjoy the music of the Chemainus Legion Community Band and the Free Radical Dixie Band. You can see what the fundraiser is supporting if you drive through Chemainus and notice the animals out in the field in the 9200 block of south Chemainus Road. Admission is by donation. All proceeds go to RASTA (Rescue and Sanctuary for Threatened Animals) which is now located on Vancouver Island. Lexi Bainas, Citizen
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PROPOSED “LAKE TOWN RANCH” MUSIC CONCERT/CAMPING/OUTDOOR RECREATION SITE Bench Elementary School’s Bria Grounds is OF PUBLIC MEETING Applicable to Electoral Area I NOTICE – Youbou/Meade Creek 10 years old, and sings and plays drums. She participated in a music recital recently and likes PROPOSED “LAKE TOWN RANCH” MUSIC CONCERT/CAMPING/OUTDOOR RECREATION SITE rock, pop, dance, andATaylor Swift. Electoralthe Area I – Youbou/Meade Creek public meeting will be held as Applicable follows toto consider proposed Lake Town Ranch Music Concert/ Camping/Outdoor Recreation Site:
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has increased healthcare transfers to the provinces by 70 per cent and has made commitments to continue increasing healthcare transfers into the foreseeable future.” He also said that by enacting income splitting for seniors, the Tories have ensured that one million Canadians are no longer on the tax rolls, including low income seniors. The Conservative government has also increased tax-free savings account limits to $10,000. “This is a vehicle which is
allowing seniors to extend their retirement incomes,” he said. Barker also expects to see the establishment of a $2,000 single seniors tax credit that will extend additional annual tax relief to nearly 1.6 million single and widowed seniors in Canada who have pension income, if the Conservatives are re-elected. He also pointed to “a strong, growing economy with balanced budgets” as ways to protect social programs and health care spending. New Democrat Alistair MacGregor said senors issues really matter. “We owe something to the people who built Canada: the chance to age with dignity. The NDP wants to tackle that. We want to boost the Guaranteed Income Supplement and put seniors out of poverty,” he said. MacGregor said the NDP wants to address high cost medicines. “One of the things we’ve advocated for is a national pharmacare plan. If you use the federal government’s bulk purchasing
power, you can drastically reduce the cost of prescription drugs. There are estimates that we could reduce it by about $9 billion a year,” MacGregor said, adding, “The danger with high prescription costs is that sometimes people on low incomes will skip their medication and that can lead to really bad complications.” MacGregor sees the aging workforce as a challenge for the next prime minister. “I see immigration as an important factor to make sure we have the healthy demographic range,” he said. “We want to strengthen the Canada Pension Plan further so that people who contribute have a safe set of earnings when they retire and bring the age of qualifying for old age security back down to 65.” Liberal candidate Maria Manna is particularly happy that her party would also move the retirement age back to 65. She also wanted to make it clear that the Liberal Party is not planning to cut income splitting for seniors. “These are people who’ve worked hard all their lives; they deserve that. To take anything away from them is just not fair,” she said. And for single, low-income sen-
iors, Liberals plan to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement by 10 per cent, Manna said. “That will provide up to $920 extra for them each year,” she added. Manna said that while the Liberals don’t have a policy directly about the cost of medications, “I do know that we want to make them more affordable for seniors.” One of the special things about seniors is that many are forward-looking, she said. “I have noticed when talking with seniors about voting that they have a very progressive way of thinking. Many have said: ‘We want a younger government and younger, fresher minds in government because we want young people to be active and involved in the betterment of Canada.’ And, of course, they want young people to vote. I was really impressed with that.” T h e G r e e n P a r t y ’s F r a n Hunt-Jinnouchi said her party’s seniors’ strategy includes a guaranteed liveable income, which would address the financial challenges that seniors have, ensuring that everyone is at a certain level above the poverty line.
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Seniors hold a special place in the hearts of all politicians because they vote. The candidates in the running for the Cowichan-Malahat-Lanford seat in the Oct. 19 federal election are all eager to share their vision for helping seniors in the Cowichan Valley and across Canada. Conservative hopeful Martin Barker pointed to his party’s record. “The Conservative government
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A third of people caring for a frail senior at home are in distress, and yet some provincial supports such as adult day programs remain under-used, according to a new report from B.C.’s Seniors Advocate. A survey of health assessments for 30,000 B.C. seniors found that the majority of those who report fatigue and other stresses from caring for a relative or friend aren’t using provincial programs. B.C. offers three kinds of respite services, adult day programs, respite beds in care facilities that offer care for up to 30 days at a time, and home support visits from care aides. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie said availability of programs is better in urban areas than rural ones, but in general B.C. offers less respite care than Alberta and has more unpaid caregivers reporting distress. Mackenzie says increasing availability for adult day programs could reduce emergency visits from complex home care patients by a third, and hospital admissions by half, detecting medication
or other health problems before they produce a hospital visit. One puzzling result from the survey is that while there are waiting lists for adult day programs in B.C., one out of four spaces is empty each day. Mackenzie said there may be logistical problems with home care patients, such as a need to attend medical appointments at the same time as the day program is offered. Mackenzie isn’t suggesting government-paid substitutes can replace volunteer caregivers, most of whom are spouses or other relatives, but says they should have more opportunities to take a break. Health Minister Terry Lake said the province has increased investments in home health services over the past 10 years, and is working with health authorities to shift from hospital to home-care as the population ages. Mackenzie said the number of adult day program clients and days utilized has declined in the last three years, and the number of respite beds at care facilities also appears to be down. The report is available at www.seniors advocatebc.ca
National dementia strategy PROMISES, From Page 22 “We have announced our national pharmacare plan, which would reduce the cost of prescription drugs and which would save a lot of people money,” she said. “In addition to that you know we want to create a national dementia strategy. Of course that will take discussions with the experts in the field but we know our seniors population is growing and we want to ensure that seniors are able to live at home as much and as long as possible and
to put supports in place for that. Also, you know there is the important and sensitive question around end of life choices, which will also require a lot more conversation,” she said. These issues hit hard in northern or rural communities because “access to services and housing is not there,” Hunt-Jinnouchi said, suggesting that co-ops may be one answer. Helping seniors to retrofit their homes so they can stay at home is also a Green Party seniors strategy.
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July 3, 1974 - September 6, 2015 The family and friends of Bryan are broken hearted with his sudden passing. We will all miss his laughter, smile and big hugs. He was such a loving kind person who will be so missed by his parents Earl and Wendy‌ big brother Jim.. big sister Paula (Duane), his soul mate Melissa Joe, much loved daughters Grace and Megan, his in- laws Melvin, Brenda and family, best buddy Adrian Castles, Loving Father many aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. We all have our special memories to hold on to. Bryan excelled in construction; give him lumber and nails and he would build you anything you want. Bryan's work lives on all over Saltspring Island and Vancouver Island. Bryan also had a passion for cooking for big or small groups of loved family and friends, with love in every bite. We will miss our wild and crazy guy .A celibration of life will be held for family and close friends to share memories.
James “Jim� Alexander Cameron HOLLAND, Richard Henry
(November 28, 1943 – September 9, 2015) It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Richard Henry Holland, suddenly and peacefully on September 9, 2015, with his family by his side at Cowichan District Hospital. Rick was born on November 28, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is survived by the love of his life, wife Aileen Holland of 51 years, his children Peter (Sara) and Christopher (Serene) and cherished granddaughter Brianna, his Aunt Gail who was like a sister to him, and his faithful dog Misty. Rick lived in Victoria for many years and then moved his family to Crofton where, with the help of his sons and wife, he built his dream home overlooking Osborne Bay. Rick valued hard work and was a welder by trade. He worked at the Victoria Shipyards and Crofton Mill. In retirement he loved to tinker in his workshop on his vintage cars, fix houses, and go fishing and crabbing. Rick and Aileen visited many places in their motorhome and also travelled to over 75 countries. Rick was generous with his time, enjoyed teaching his sons and many people his trades’ skills and could always be relied upon when family and friends needed help with a project. He had a passion for life, enjoyed meeting new people and had a wide circle of friends from many walks of life. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Rick’s name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or a charity of one’s choice. Everyone who shared in the joy and fun of knowing Rick is invited to a Celebration of Life on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the Crofton Community Centre, 8104 Musgrave. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com
November 8, 1950 September 15, 2015
James “Jim� Alexander Cam Cameron, 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was born on November 8, 1950 to Lorne and Shirley (Wilson) Cameron.   Jim will forever be remembered for the love he had for his family. He always offered a big smile and warm hug or hand shake to those he was close to; leaving them feeling truly cared about. He could be counted on to offer a hand or an ear, always knowing exactly what to say with a gentle voice of reason. Jim, known for being very active in the community, treated everyone with kindness and loyalty and had the ability to see the best in everyone he encountered. He left this world with a positive attitude making sure that those around him knew exactly how much he loved them. Jim will be lovingly remembered by his partner Mickie Acierno, sons Chris Cameron, Todd Cameron, daughter Stacy (Jeff) Middlemiss, stepchildren, Natalie (Josh) Gamache, Adam (Melissa) Acierno, Nikki Acierno; grandchildren, Raven, Eperly, Dailynn, Cayden, and Nolan, siblings, Wendy (Rick) Elliott, Cathie (Kevan) Griffith, sister in-law Verna Cameron as well as many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Lorne and Shirley, and brother Ric. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1pm, Sunday, September 27 at the Ladysmith Eagles Hall, 921-1st Avenue. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com.
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We are saddened to announce the assing ssing of George Raymond SSt passing Stecko att Royal Jubilee Hospital in Vict Victoria, BC. C. George was a gregarious and enerous nerous man with a great sense sens of se generous humour who loved telling ing stories, interacting with wit ot others y. and cherishing his family. We have been blessed ed to have ave George as a husband, husb father, grandfather and friend and d his memory memo will rem remain in our hearts. Celebration of Life to be held on September epte 26th, 2 2015 Details at: http://www.earthsoption.com/obituaries/ obituary-listings?obId=622552#/celebrationWall
Garriock, Shirley Margaret (Gooding) March 21, 1919 – Sept 08, 2015 Shirley passed away peacefully at Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan; where she spent her final 3 weeks. She was able to remain in her home at Maple Bay until that time, as was her wish. Shirley was born at King’s Daughters Hospital in Duncan. Her maternal grandparents were William and Sarah Duncan. The city of Duncan was named after William. She was the niece of Kenneth Duncan the city’s first mayor. The Duncan’s homestead was where Sands Funeral Home now stands. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St John’s Church. She was a graduate of Nursing at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria and served as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II in Britain. Mom returned and married David (he soldiered in Vernon and Vancouver) in 1945. He predeceased her in 1998. They lived in North Vancouver and retired early to Maple Bay in 1974 (her sister Joyce died that year). She is lovingly remembered by her children Brenda (Ashley; son Gavin), North Vancouver; Robin, North Vancouver; Cathie ( Jim) Kamloops; John (Shauna) Maple Bay. Granddaughters Tamara, Natalia and Taylor; grandson Shawn (Laurel) and many cousins, nephews, nieces and friends. Over the years Shirley was very active with the garden club, art club, Cowichan Lodge, her church, pastoral care and the Legion. She loved entertaining and the tea pot was always ready. Many thanks to Dr Gilbert, nurses on the second and third floor of the Cowichan hospital and mom’s special friend Vicki Halme. In lieu of flowers a donation may be sent to the Alzheimer Society or C.N.I.B. A memorial service will be held at 1pm Saturday Oct 3rd at St John’s Anglican Church, 486 Jubilee Street, Duncan, BC; with Reverend Clara Plamondon officiating. Sands of Duncan 250-746-5212
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CARDS OF THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US ... following the death of Jason Jordan, we would like to express our sincere thanks for the condolences. We also send our gratitude to the Duncan RCMP and Victim Services. Doug & Marilyn Mitchell Joe & Carol Jordan & families Cary Ann, Jared, & Jackson Gary & Pauline Jackson & families.
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Emily Moore The family of Emily Moore are sorry to announce her passing on Monday Sept. 14, 2015 at 94 years of age. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert “Chub� Moore, and son, Peter. She is survived by sons Tom (Marjorie) and Bill (Elaine, deceased). She was also predeceased by her only brother Peter and sisters Margaret, Evelyn, and Lena. She is survived by four sisters, Marion, Ollie, Louise and Hazel. She is also survived by her grandchildren Tom (Jennifer), Tracey (Brian), Jeff (Dorota) and Dene, and daughter-in-law Reyna. She leaves 13 great grandchildren and one great grandson. Mom was born in Angusville, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver Island with her husband in 1941 where she remained. She taught school for 24 years, beginning in the original Koksilah school in Duncan, then on to Alexander school also in Duncan, and finally at Georgia Avenue school in Nanaimo. Emily and Chub were very active in minor baseball in Duncan, making many lifelong friends along the way. She enjoyed her retirement in Port Alberni and said she would always be happy as long as she could see Mt. Arrowsmith every day. We will miss her very much. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, Sept. 25th ~ 2:00 pm Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4109 Kendall Ave, Port Alberni. Reception to follow at P.A. Lawn Bowling Club, 4255 Wallace St.
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GLENORA TRAILS HEAD PARK CARETAKER SERVICES OVERVIEW The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) Parks & Trails Division invites proposals from interested parties for park caretaker services for Glenora Trails Head Park located in the Glenora area of the Cowichan Valley. RFP Documents Request for Proposal documents may be obtained as of Friday, September 18, 2015, from the Cowichan Valley Regional District, Planning & Development Department, located at 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, and the CVRD website at http://bc-cowichanvalley.civicplus.com/index. aspx?NID=1486 and on BC Bid. PROPOSALS Proposals will be received by Ryan Dias, Parks Operations Superintendent, Cowichan Valley Regional District, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8, until 2:00 pm, Monday, October 5, 2015, in sealed envelopes clearly marked “Glenora Trails Head Park Caretaker Services Request for Proposals No. 2015-PRK-004�. SITE MEETING Interested parties are encouraged to attend a site meeting at 4284 Robertson Road, Duncan, BC, on Friday, September 25, 2015, at 10:00 am that will provide a tour of the park caretaker residence and overview of duties (Note: park caretaker contract does not permit pets as a condition of caretaker residence occupancy). PROPONENT INQUIRIES Request for Proposals inquiries must be directed by email to Ryan Dias, Parks Operations Superintendent, Parks & Trails Division, Planning & Development Department at rdias@cvrd.bc.ca
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CLASSIC GENEROSITY With mom Emily Ratcliffe coaching, six-year-old cancer survivor Grace Martindale, left, throws out a ceremonial pitch during the Cody Classic slo-pitch tournament at Waldon Park in Glenora last Saturday. Founded in 1999 to benefit Cody Swain, who was battling cancer, the tournament has continued to raise funds for 17 years for kids dealing with childhood cancer. Organizers Wes Swain and Norm Morgan, above present Charlaine Lumb of the Cowichan District Hospital maternity and pediatric unit with a cheque for $30,345 that will be used to purchase a variety of necessary supplies for the unit. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Captain-less Caps trounce Kings KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Without their captain and leading goal-scorer in the lineup, the Cowichan Valley Capitals regrouped last Friday and cruised to a 5-1 home win over the Powell River Kings. Adam Osczevski, the Cowichan captain and captain and reigning B.C. Hockey League Player of the Week was serving the first half of a two-game suspension for checking from behind following an incident in the Sept. 12 win over Port Alberni, the same game in which he potted four goals. “It was surprising,” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty admitted. “Alberni sent in a [video] clip for supplemental discipline he didn’t get a penalty on.” Osczevski’s absence led to some line-juggling by the Capitals bench boss, as affiliate Steven Fiust drew into the lineup and 16-year-old rookie Shawn Kennedy found himself in Osczevski’s spot on the top line with Kade Kehoe and Ryan Burton. Those changes didn’t slow down the Capitals. “We got scoring from all four lines, which was great to see,” Beatty pointed out. Burton opened the scoring in the first period, and Daniel Wanner, Patrick Geary and Kyle Topping all found the back of the net in the second before the Kings finally solved Cowichan goalie Storm Phaneuf. Burton added his second of the game on a third-period powerplay, with Kehoe picking up his second assist of the contest. “Obviously, they’re a tough team to play against,” Beatty said of the Kings. “They play a physical game. But we got some puck
Moments before scoring his first BCHL goal last Friday, Capitals forward and Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey product Kyle Topping beats a Powell River player to the puck along the boards. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] luck, and our goaltending was outstanding.” The Caps were outshot 33-23, the third time in three games that the game sheet has listed a higher shot total for the Capitals’ opponent, but that fact doesn’t worry Beatty. “That’s not a concern,” he said. “If they were out-chancing us 2-1, I think we’d be a little concerned.” The Caps are off to a 3-0 start for the first time since the 2007/08 campaign, but Beatty is quick to point out that it’s still very early in a long season. “There’s still a lot of work to do,” he said. “There are lots of
areas we’d like to clean up. We’re not getting carried away with ourselves; it’s only three games.” This weekend, the Caps will head to Chilliwack for the annual Bauer BCHL Showcase. Traditionally held at the very beginning of the regular season, the Showcase was moved back this year in order to give the teams some time to get in game shape. Beatty believes that will lead to a better product for the scouts who attend the event in droves. “I think it will be better,” he said. “There is more structure to the teams.” While the benefits to the Show-
case are obvious, in that it allows the scouts to see the teams in one place, Beatty acknowledges it isn’t a perfect situation. “It can be a bit of a distraction,” he said. “Sometimes the players try to do a little too much; they’re more interested in what they’re doing than in the success of the team for that weekend.” Still, the coach believes his group can focus on the task at hand and play the way they need to in order to win as a team. “We have good leadership and enough selfless players to go out and play a good team game,” he said. “The points do count in the
standings, so it’s pretty crucial.” At the Showcase, the Caps will play the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday afternoon and the Vernon Vipers on Sunday morning. The Caps don’t know a great deal about either team going in. “We’ll have to do a little homework and get prepared,” Beatty said. “We know some of their traditional tendencies, but not a lot of their personnel.” According to Beatty, Osczevski will be able to play the Showcase games, then sit out the first game of the Caps’ Mainland Division road trip on the first weekend of October.
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Kerry Park rookie forward Tanner Tiel guides the puck between a pair of Victoria Cougars players during last Saturday’s 5-0 loss for the Islanders. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
After a promising opening back-to-back defeats for Isles KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
After a promising opening weekend, the Kerry Park Islanders lost some momentum in their second week of Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League play with back-to-back losses to South Division rivals. The Isles fell 3-1 to the Peninsula Panthers on the road on Friday before losing 5-0 to the Victoria Grizzlies at home on Saturday. According to Islanders owner Mark Osmond, the effort was definitely lacking on Friday. “They might as well have not gotten off the bus, half the team, because they weren’t ready to play,” he said. “They’ve got a bit to learn about that.” The Isles trailed 3-0 after two “awful” periods before they came out stronger in the third frame and finally got on the board on a powerplay goal by Ryan Paisley. “That was a good period, but you can’t play one period of a game and expect to win,” Osmond said. Goalie Chase Anderson played his first game of the season, stopped 30 of 33 shots, while the Isles managed just 14 shots on the Peninsula net. Things weren’t any better
against Victoria on Saturday, but maybe because the Isles had too much life. “We took too many penalties again, and you can’t play that team from the penalty box,” Osmond said. Including five 10-minute misconducts, the Isles accumulated 73 penalty minutes to the Cougars’ 26. Too often, the Kerry Park penalties came in retaliation to misdeeds by the Cougars. The Cougars, Osmond said, have always been good at goading the Islanders into taking bad retaliatory penalties. “The day our guys realize that is the day we beat Victoria,” Osmond said. “[The Cougars] are not going to get the calls against them.” The Islanders were badly outshot once again, 49-16, as Ty Rennie was kept busy in the Kerry Park net. “No two ways about it, they are a very good team,” Osmond said. “But they are beatable. It’s just a matter of staying out of the penalty box, and playing five-on-five for 60 minutes.” Osmond remains insistent that this is the season that the Islanders will beat the Cougars, something they haven’t accomplished in more than three years.
“We’ll get there at some point, he said. “It’s a matter of putting a few wins under our belt. We have some winnable games coming up, and if we can put a few wins together, that will give the guys some confidence. There’s lots to learn from the last few games.” Prior to last weekend’s games, Isles made two separate trades with the Westshore Wolves. Goalie Leighton Williams, who returned from a junior A tryout in Ontario only to find the Isles already committed to Rennie and Anderson, was shipped to Westshore for future considerations in one deal. The other trade, also for futures, saw forward Tyson Malloch sent to the Wolves where he will get a chance to play with his brother Jacob. To round out the roster, the Isles signed forward Parker Ellis out of the major midget ranks, and they will get veteran Corey Peterson back from a suspension this coming weekend. The Isles will visit the Westshore Wolves this Wednesday, then play back-to-back home games, against the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Saturday at 7 p.m. and the Saanich Braves on Sunday 3 p.m.
Cowichan Valley motocross riders took the top two spots in the 50cc class at the Westcoast Minicycle and Junior Championships (Race No. 4 in the Victoria Championship Series) last weekend. Owen Spooner of Lake Cowichan finished first, followed by Ethan Picard of Duncan in second, while Owen Hopewell of Nanaimo placed third. [SUBMITTED]
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First win for women’s rugby team KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Despite missing some key starters, Cowichan’s senior women’s rugby team beat Comox 63-14 last Saturday to pick up their first win of the season. Cowichan made the trip north with 17 players, but ended up playing with 14 on the field when that was all the home team could muster. After
some back-and-forth play early on, Cowichan managed to pull away around the 20 mark and never looked back. Michelle Moore led the attack with three tries and four conversions, Nenagh McCulloch, Sherry Spence and Rebecca Kerswell each scored twice, and Ashley Smith and Bristine Gibbons each had one. Moore and Smith were named Players of the Game by Comox, but
there were several other players who contributed to the win. “Even though they didn’t make it on the board, Jenna Bugden, Jamaina McLeod and Quinn Battie assisted in many of the tries that were scored,” Spence noted. The Cowichan women will be on the road again this weekend, visiting league newcomers Castaway Wanderers in Oak Bay on Saturday.
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LMG bit by lack of early scoring KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Steve Scott puts his head on a corner kick during Cowichan’s tie with Comox last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Despite dominating their Vancouver Island Soccer League Div. 1 home opener against Comox Valley United last Saturday afternoon, Cowichan LMG had to settle for a scoreless draw. “We should have scored a bunch of goals early and we didn’t, and it came back to hurt us,” Cowichan coach Glen Martin said. “We were all over them: pressure, pressure, pressure. And we didn’t score. How we didn’t score one goal in that whole game is unbelievable. Their goalie had a good game, but we weren’t finishing and our decision-making was a bit off. We gave a couple of points away.” Martin estimated that, over the course of the game, his team had about 15 “decent chances” to score, but just couldn’t convert. “It was just one of those days; we just had trouble scoring,” he said. “It was a very frustrating
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game. We didn’t have the killer instinct.” In their own end, LMG did come away with a clean sheet after their defence played well in front of goalkeeper Sam Hutchison, who has yet to allow a goal through his first two VISL matches. Comox had their best chance to score in the second half after captain Jesse Winter was fouled from behind without a call from the officials, but Hutchison made a key stop on that play. Martin was frustrated with leaving a clear-cut victory on the field. “That team was ready to be beat, and we let them off the hook,” he said. “We didn’t really play very good soccer. We didn’t build the play up very well.” Despite last Saturday’s result, there is still reason to be optimistic early in the VISL season. “We haven’t been scored on yet,” Martin noted. “And we’re
“That team was ready to be beat and we let them off the hook.” GLEN MARTIN, Cowichan LMG head coach
still tied for first place.” Next up for LMG is a road game against the Vancouver Island Wave, who were promoted from Div. 2 where they played last year as the Victoria Highlanders. It will be a challenge for Cowichan, facing a young team playing on a big field. Still fielding a small roster, Cowichan could have both Dan Cato and Kevan Brown back in the mix this weekend. In Div. 2, Cowichan United lost their home opener last Saturday 2-1 to Prospect Lake Black, getting their lone goal from Bram Taylor. United will be at home this Saturday at 6 p.m. against Nanaimo.
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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from September 1 to 30, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. Φ0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2015 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541F) with a selling price of $17,652 is based on monthly payments of $174 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $3,000 cash discount. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Δ$750 Celebration Bonus amounts are offered on select 2016 Sorento, 2015 Soul and 2015 Optima models and are deducted from the negotiated cash purchase, finance or lease price before taxes. Offer available from September 18 to 30, 2015 only while supplies last. Amounts vary by trim and model. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) is $20,702/$24,752 and includes a cash discount of $5,750 including $750 Celebration BonusΔ/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Soul 1.6L LX+ MT (SO553F) with a selling price of $29,332/$20,632 is based on monthly payments of $286/$163 for 60/60 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $1,800/$850 down payment and $750/$750 Celebration BonusΔ and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,163/$9,758 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,431/$9,275. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Soul SX Luxury (SO758F)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $27,295/$34,895/$42,095. The Kia Soul received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The 2015 Rio/2015 Forte/2015 Rondo were awarded with the Clef d’or “Best in Class” by L’Annuel de l’automobile 2015. Visit www.annuelauto.com for all the details. The 2016 Sorento/2015 Optima/2015 Sedona/2015 Soul were awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2016/2015/2015/2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 2015 Kia Soul awarded ALG Residual Value Award for highest resale value in its class. Based on ALG’s residual value forecast for the 2015 model year. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. The all-new 2016 Kia Sorento was awarded the ‘iF Design Award’ for its outstanding design. The ‘iF Design Award’ is one of the world’s most important prizes for excellence in design, www.ifdesign.de. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.
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