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Candidates promise to invest in daycare BY KARL YU THE NEWS BULLETIN

Nathiel Stoffelsma, owner of Arbutus Grove Nursery in North Saanich, checks one of 2.5 million TimberWest Douglas fir seedlings, destined for planting on Vancouver Island. The 10-hectare facility raises up to 12 million seedlings annually for forest companies, First Nations, governments and woodlot owners in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest. CHRIS BUSH/THE NEWS BULLETIN

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urvival of B.C.’s forests might depend on the industry that harvests them as global temperatures rise. A process, loosely called “assisted migration,” is part of the federal and provincial governments’ overall response to climate change that includes genetic and selective breeding research carried out by the forest industry, government and

Genome B.C., a non-profit research organization that manages largescale research projects. Selectively breeding trees for quality, volume and pest resistance has been ongoing since the late 1940s, but Vancouver Island-based forestry companies, such as TimberWest, now also plant trees tolerant to drought conditions to ensure future harvests. “You don’t breed trees for their climate adaptability,” said Domenico Iannidinardo, TimberWest vice president of sustainability and chief forester. “You go to other ends of their ranges. They call it assisted migration. You go to Oregon, you take some Douglas fir trees from there and you start

matching them with what you think is going to be good for our sites in the next 20 years.” Thousands of years ago when the Earth was warmer, various species of redwoods covered much of North America, including coastal B.C. Their fossilized remains are still found on the Lower Mainland. As the climate cooled, redwood forests retreated south to California to be replaced by Douglas fir, western hemlock, western red cedar and other species now native to the Island. Forest ecosystems migrate as global temperatures rise and fall and can suffer along the way.

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With the federal NDP promising $15 a day child care in its campaign, affordable daycare has become an election issue. It is something that will benefit Nanaimo residents, says Kara Rafuse, an early childhood educator assistant at North Nanaimo Early Learning Centre. “It’d be a really good benefit because there’s always going to be parents that need it, especially for a lot of the times families have both parents working ... it’s always a benefit if they get help – daycare’s expensive,” said Rafuse. Sheila Malcolmson, Nanaimo-Ladysmith NDP candidate, said a similar plan in Quebec led to 70,000 w o m e n entering the workforce. “Those new 70,000 people in the workp l a c e , they then spent their income in the local economy, they got taxed by the federal and provincial government, so in the end, a $1 investment ended up creating between $2 and $2.45 economic benefit regionally,” said Malcolmson. Mark MacDonald, Conservative candidate, said the Harper government also is dealing with the issue in its platform. “The general line is that they’re trying to put more money into parents’ pockets through the universal child care benefit, so that parents can make their own decisions about child care instead of state-run institutionalized daycare,” said MacDonald. Tim Tessier, Liberal candidate, said the NDP plan will be rolled out in 2019 and most parents that need daycare today won’t see benefit. He said his party will provide a better child benefit, which equals $533 per child per month, tax free. It will allow parents to decide where the money goes.

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The Nanaimo school district said it will be more diligent following an incident where students’ personal information was accidentally given to the wrong parents. The district is using the new MyEducation B.C. system from the province and

according to Dale Burgos, school district spokesman, on Sept. 8, the district discovered there were issues with printing on student information verification forms. “It’s new for us this year and you can print the forms from that student information software. When you print off the forms, you can do a two-pager, back-toback completely fine,” said Burgos. “When it looks like you do a three-pager, what happens on the back of that third page is a new student’s

information is printed.” Burgos said the incident occurred at some of the district’s secondary schools and the issue was addressed immediately, with principals destroying forms that hadn’t yet been distributed to students. “To be on the safe side, we always have to follow procedure whenever there’s a potential that [there is] a breach,” said Burgos. “We have to let the [Ministry of Education] know, let the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner know and, most importantly,

let the families know.” Schools called families to inform them of the situation and asked that forms be returned or destroyed. Burgos said a letter from John Blain, school district superintendent, was sent home as well. To remedy the situation, schools will now print onesided individual sheets, said Burgos, and will triple-check to ensure the student information is verified by staff before being sent out. He said it will be a good learning piece. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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A Nanaimo jiu-jitsu instructor helped one of the world’s best grapplers reach the top. Robert Biernacki of Island Top Team was a primary sparring partner for Yuri Simoes in the lead-up to the Brazilian grappler’s world championship victory last month in Sao Paulo. Biernacki had previously trained at the Caio Terra Academy in San Jose back in Febru-

ary, and jumped at the chance to travel down there again this summer to work with Simoes. He was able to challenge the champ “here and there,” he said, in short bursts. “If I gave it my all, I felt like I could give him good training where I could get positions on him and force him to escape certain things,” Biernacki said. “To know that you can get to positions on a world champion is pretty damned awesome, but I don’t want to pretend like I did anything other than occasionally threaten him.” All that training together

made Biernacki become “quite invested” in Simoes’s efforts at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championship. Biernacki followed along on the Internet and screamed like crazy, he said, when Simoes won the title. Back at the Island Top Team gym at the Nanaimo Athletic Club, the instructor hopes his experiences will motivate his students. “Go out and test yourself against the very best in the world and see how good you can get,” he said. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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Island’s largest mall to invest $17 million in renovation project By Chris Bush The News BulleTiN

fied Organic Farm coowner Barbara Ebell saw produce ripen early or not much at all through the hot weather. Now there’s a bumper crop. It’s hard to say now, if you went outside, that there’s been any kind of drought, said Ebell, who has so much product she can’t imagine where her farm is going to sell it. As for pumpkins, don’t worry – there will be plenty to carve come Halloween, according to Archie and brother, Murray McNab, who planted more than 20,000 pumpkins. Some are still green. “They got ripe a little early and unless there’s a great amount of rain, they are going to be just fine,” said Murray McNab. The pumpkin patch typically opens Oct. 9, but could start a week early. For more information, please call 250-245-0666.

Vancouver Island’s busiest shopping centre north of the Malahat is about to get a major makeover. Ivanhoé Cambrige, owner of Woodgrove Centre, announced Thursday morning the shopping complex will invest $17 million to renovate the centre’s common areas, food court, entrances and exterior. Julia Dow, Woodgrove Centre general manager, listed off some of the highlights of the renovation work during the announcement. “We’re going to be relocating our guest services, so that will be removing the kiosk and putting it into a storefront location to increase the size by 1,400 square feet (126 square metres),” Dow said. “We’ll also be renovating the food court with updated amenities, all new flooring throughout the shopping centre. We’ll have new ceiling treatments, brand new lighting throughout and brand new paint inside and out.” Some of the exterior painting started in August and interior work, which will also include new restrooms, is scheduled to begin in the new year. This is the first major renovation to the shopping centre since Woodgrove was expanded and updated in 2000. Paul Fairbridge, Ivanhoé Cambrige regional director of operations for Alberta and Vancouver Island, said the renovation is an opportunity to better serve customers and invest in the community, but also to attract new business. “That reinvestment says a lot for our commitment to the property, it says a lot for our commitment to the community and, from a leasing perspective, it creates the potential for more opportunities, more retail concepts and taking an interest in the shopping centre, so it’s time,” Fairbridge said. He said the new paint and colour schemes will be chosen to reflect light, making the centre’s interior much brighter and interior lighting more efficient, reducing the centre’s carbon footprint. Charging stations for electric vehicles will be added in parking lots and wi-fi will be made available throughout for visitors. Woodgrove Centre covers 69,820 square metres, has 140 retailers and is the largest shopping centre on the Island. It draws nearly six million visitors annually. “The centre right now is producing about $540 per square foot average sales productivity. On a comparable basis, that’s significant performance and we just want to keep that momentum going,” Fairbridge said. Renovations will be complete by November 2016 in time for the winter shopping season.

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anna mcNab of mcNab’s corn maze and Produce farm, holds up ripe pumpkins at just one of the pumpkin patches that will be open to the public next month. Growers anticipate pumpkins will be fine for hopeful carvers come Halloween, despite ripening a month early.

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housands of orange pumpkins lie in beds of crisp leaves and soft soil at McNab’s Corn Maze and Produce Farm, ripe for carving. They’ve been ready since the beginning of September, a month early and far from the time people arrive at the pumpkin patch to choose a canvas for ghoulish art. Pumpkins aren’t the only produce to ripen early this year. Growers say a hot, dry season has created out-of-sequence and early ripened crops from corn to tomatoes, eggplants and berries. For the first time, corn

was harvested at McNab’s Produce Farm before it could plant its last late corn crop. “That’s shades of California,” said grower Archie McNab, who pointed out that other Vancouver Island farms had corn in late June. It’s the first time he can recall that happening at a commercial level on Vancouver Island. Dudink’s Garden and U-Pick Berry Farm was taken by surprise by strawberries ripe in the last week of May. Usually the berries are picked the last week of June, said Lavonne Garnett, wife of farmer Nick Dudink, who’s seen the season start and finish a month early. She said this year, during the drought, raspberries cooked and fell to the ground and smoke and ash from forest fires meant there were a couple days pickers couldn’t

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whether it’s university, but people need access to education,” said Manly. Liberal Tim Tessier said his party will create thousands of new co-op placements for students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, business programs and by helping employers with a portion of the cost to fill the placements. Conservative Mark MacDonald said parties are promising free education and it’s difficult for students to look past that, but nothing is free. “If students can understand that solid economic policy and giving people incentive to grow and move forward is the way to go, then they’ll vote for the Conservatives, but we’re not promising free education and I think those that do, they can say whatever they want because they’re in opposition, but no mistake about it, somebody has to pay for it,” said MacDonald.

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B.C. rEgulaTiONS some of strictest in the world. By Chris Bush

Foresters like to recreate what was there originally, so there’s even more emphasis on ensuring the species diversity is being maintained or expanded.

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he summer of 1938, one of Vancouver Island’s hottest on record, set up conditions for the Bloedel Fire that destroyed more than 30,000 hectares of timber on the north Island. Drought-stressed trees and debris left by the fire became a breeding ground for a Douglas fir beetle outbreak that further degraded the forest. TimberWest owns much of the forest land that is still recovering nearly 80 years later. Could climate change trigger similar future events? “There was a Douglas fir beetle outbreak in the ’30s which was related to drought and a fire, so there actually is recorded history of what happens if we’re not prepared,” said Domenico Iannidinardo, TimberWest vice-president of sustainability and chief forester. To hedge against effects of climate change that can weaken forests and affect productivity for decades, forest companies rely on seed orchards, such as TimberWest’s Mount Newton Seed Orchard in Saanichton, where seeds are harvested from trees adapted for drier conditions and volume growth, quality and pest resistance. Seedlings from that seed are raised by private contractors, including Arbutus Grove Nursery in North Saanich. The province and companies trade surplus seed for research. Greg O’Neill, climate change adaptation scientist with the Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations Tree Improvement Branch, said B.C. has some of the world’s strictest seed migration regulations. He said climate adaptation programs aren’t in response to future rising temperatures, but to account a mean annual tem-

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Charlotte Blundell, a harvest crew member, gathers western red cedar cones at TimberWest’s Mount Newton Seed Orchard in Saanichton. B.C.’s forest industry has operated programs to selectively breed trees for more volume, higher quality wood, pest resistance and, more recently, resilience against drought.

perature rise across B.C. of 1.2 C over the past 150 years. As a result, seed movement of a species is typically restricted to distances of 200 to 400 kilometres north and elevation changes of 100 to 200 metres – distances that would fall within the tree species’ natural distribution range. Conservative movements better ensure success of the program, but also mitigate risk of forest stress if temperature change reverts to a cooling trend.

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“There’s this evolutionary lag that’s been created over the last 150 years that we’re trying to rebalance through assisted migration,” O’Neill said. Seed movement and genetic research is watched over by the Forest Genetics Council, a Crown-corporate volunteer board with appointments made by the minister of forests. Iannidinardo is a director. “Our mandate is to oversee the province’s assisted migration and climate change adap-

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tation strategy. With that is the system that makes sure our orchards are growing the right kinds of cones and seeds and our nurseries are applying the best practices and ultimately that we monitor the success of the plan,” Iannidinardo said. New technologies, research and data-gathering methods are currently helping scientist develop a more comprehensive system, called climate-based seed transfer, to be adopted by government to better refine assisted migration, but there is already evidence for what works on hand. In the 1960s and ’70s B.C. established field trial plots across the province – there are also plots in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska – to test-grow seedlings from multiple sources to identify superior seed for reforestation. “Serendipitously, those trials now turn out to be ideal climate change laboratories … that now are guiding us in terms of what is a safe distance to go to procure your seed and what is a safe distance to move seed to account for past and future climate change,” O’Neill said. The government is also encouraging planting diverse species on reforest sites. “Foresters like to recreate what was there originally, so there’s even more emphasis on ensuring the species diversity is being maintained or expanded,” O’Neill said.

According to the B.C. Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, the mountain pine beetle infestation that peaked in 2007 damaged or killed 18 million hectares of trees – about one third of B.C.’s 55 million hectares of coniferous forest – equalling an area five times the size of Vancouver Island. Pine beetle numbers exploded after several winters failed to produce extended extreme cold periods needed to kill off pine beetle larvae and keep numbers in check. The destruction was a wake-up call that natural forest migration isn’t keeping pace with the current rate of climatic change. Without human intervention the consequences could be decades of stressed forests leading to pests infesting weakened trees and die-offs that leave large amounts of material on the forest floor, creating the potential for highly destructive forest fires. Current research efforts – assuming global temperatures continue to rise – hope to prevent those negative spirals from occurring and maintain forest land productivity. “With this we avoid the lag,” Iannidinardo said. “We avoid the forests that’ll be dying back for a few centuries before the new forest comes in. We’re going to fill that gap with our knowledge and our selected seeds.”

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Election polling a numbers game Every politician and would-be MP or MLA knows, or at least they should, that polling numbers don’t translate into seats. Polling figures from Nanos released last week show the Conservatives, NDP and the Liberals in a virtual dead heat among decided voters, with support ranging between 29 and 31 per cent. But even if that was the last poll conducted before election day, it wouldn’t necessarily mean Parliament would split exactly down those lines. There is always a huge glut of people who are undecided up until the late stages of a campaign. In a close election race, the number of people who make up their minds just before heading to the polling station is likely far more than politicians or parties would care to see. It would be interesting to know how many people use polling figures to help them cast their vote. Public media companies have for years commissioned research firms to give them the latest figures, which often get trotted out on front pages and websites as the top story for that day. Unfortunately, releasing polling data has become a public relations ploy, especially with all the parties commissioning their own polls at various times. One firm hired by the NDP came back with numbers last week that said Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was trailing an opponent by 11 points in his own riding. A poll conducted for a national media company with a far larger sample size and different methodology found Trudeau to be leading by five points. Political parties hire pollsters to come up with numbers they feel will help them. Without a doubt, if the numbers don’t flatter them, they don’t publicize them. While stats heads might find the pre-election numbers interesting, the only ones that count are on election day. So what do we take from this? Voters can do their homework on local candidates and leave the polls for the parties to play around with. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Time for a new vision of Canada’s economy The federal leaders’ debate on on social capital investments the economy focused on imporover gross domestic product tant issues – jobs, deficits, infragains, and distribute wealth structure spending, pipelines, through taxes, social programs climate change – but no one and minimum guaranteed talked about a different vision incomes. In The Spirit Level: for Canada’s economy. What if Why More Equal Societies Almost we challenged our leaders to Always Do Better, authors Richanswer the dilemma posed by ard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett American journalist Charles write that developed countries Bowden: Imagine the problem is with the greatest inequalities that we cannot imagine a future have higher rates of disease, where we possess less, but are mental illness, drug use and a more? Not being able host of other social to even imagine an problems. Reducing SCIENCE economy without income gaps makes all MATTERS continual growth is a of us healthier. David Suzuki profound failure. In Canada, we don’t with Jode Roberts A better economic question our emphasis vision would support on constant growth. the right of all CanadiOur economic system ans to live in a healthy favours short-term environment, with profits at the expense access to clean air of our long-term and water and healthy health and survival. food. It would respect Despite more than five planetary boundaries decades of trying to fix and provide the moral imperaour environmental challenges, tive to decrease growing income forests are still threatened, desdisparities. Businesses would erts are spreading and climate be required to pay for envichange is creating more frequent ronmental damage they inflict, and intense storms, floods, forcapital would be more widely est fires and droughts. distributed and ideas, such as We’re also left with income employee shareholder programs inequality that threatens our with ethically invested stocks, democracy. Since the 1980s, the would be the norm. top one per cent of Canadians This alternative economy has increasingly enjoyed the bigwould connect people to family, gest share of income growth and friends and communities, focus the least pain during economic

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downturns. Since 2009, the top 10 per cent have seen half of all income growth. The bottom 50 per cent of Canadians have not only seen declines in income growth, accounting for just three per cent of income gains, they’ve also been hardest hit during recessions. A cornerstone of our current economy, consuming goods, may give us fleeting pleasure, but it isn’t making us happier. The Canadian Index of Wellbeing uncovered some troubling truths about the connection between the economy and well-being. When Canada’s economy was thriving, Canadians saw only modest improvements in their overall quality of life, but when the economy faltered our wellbeing took a disproportionate step backward. We may finally be seeing a change in course. The climate crisis is creating a global consciousness shift, with hundreds of thousands marching to demand change. Support is growing for confronting income and wealth inequality. Imagine a Canadian election in which leaders gave us economic visions aimed at caring for people and the planet. It’s time we talked about a future when we can live with less and be happier.

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Group will keep protesting dam construction To the Editor,

Re: Arrests made at Colliery dam protest, Sept. 17. As president of Dams Direct Action Group, I want to commend all those citizens who stood up against the destruction of approximately 70 trees in Colliery Dam Park. The community is well aware that by coercing city council into implementing an expensive and needless project, all at city taxpayers’ expense, the provincial government’s real goal was to revenge itself on Nanaimo for proving that the dams would not collapse if there was a serious earthquake. It also concerns me that the RCMP arrested peaceful demonstrators without a court order, instead relying on the Trespass Act. I hope that the courts will summarily dismiss these charges forthwith. As I have no expectation that the city will reverse the many bylaw tickets handed out, my organization is offering to pay them upon request. We note that there is even more damage to the park being scheduled

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Protesters chain themselves to a tree at Colliery Dam Park. Their frustration is understandable, say letter writers.

for next year. The Dams Direct Action Group will continue to organize civil disobedience as needed.

Dave Cutts Dams Direct Action Group

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Re: Arrests made at Colliery dam protest, Sept. 17. We fully support the protesters and understand their frustration with the process. The Dam Safety Branch first said that the dams had to come out because a catastrophic earthquake would cause them to fail and 150 people would die. The City of Nanaimo paid for a professional study that proved the dams were built much more safely than the branch claimed. Now the branch claims that ‘Noah’s Flood’ will cause the dams to collapse yet limited data and no hydrology studies have ever been done. Bureaucrats are given legislative authority to make decisions based on limited data and their word is final? Perhaps the Dam Safety Branch need to be looking at more important problems like why the Mount Polley dam failed without a catastrophic earthquake or flood and how safe our other mining dams are.

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I am voting because I am very worried about the direction our beloved country is going in. I’m worried that environmental permitting has been relaxed, that species at risk are not being protected and that our present government does not listen to the average people. I am also worried about climate change and that instead of tax cuts for oil companies our government should be providing incentives for alternative energy. I worry very much about a government that muzzles its scientists. For the sake of this wonderful country, vote. On Oct. 19, let’s get out in record numbers to vote for a Canada we believe in.

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To the Editor,

By restricting Green Party leader Elizabeth May from its debate, the Globe and Mail carefully avoided any discussion of developing a sustainable economy, the role of First Nations

and women in bringing it about, the advancement of low- and non-carbon energy sources, how to plan in a world where climate change has already skewed budgets and caused mass migrations, among other economic problems. As Vandana Shiva noted, the entire economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. All three men seem to think it will be the other way around if they believe it hard enough.

Jim Erkiletian Nanaimo

To the Editor,

It appears the communist party of Canada is still supporting the NDP. The Leap Manifesto has been signed by some senior members of the party. Voters should read the Leap Manifesto. As for Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, how can anyone support a school teacher with finances? His $30 billion spending over three years means nearly $1 billion a year in interest.

J. Gilchrist Nanaimo

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What is it about democracy that sign vandals don’t understand?

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To the Editor,

It seems a shame that so many voters in this federal election will vote, not for the candidate of their choice, but against the candidate they hate. Many people seem determined to do away with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and have expressed their intention of voting for whichever candidate seems to have the best chance of defeating the local Conservative. It seems that they consider Harper

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Chemical thriller Nanaimo chemist’s debut novel filled with the unexpected

Movie night raising money for charity

UNITED WAY’s annual starlight Film Festival takes place next month at Galaxy Cinema. By Nicholas Pescod The News BulleTiN

Barfoot, the city’s Culture and Heritage coordinator. Nominations are reviewed by the Nanaimo Culture and Heritage Commission, according to Barfoot. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 17. For more information and to submit nominations, please visit www. nanaimo.ca.

Watching movies, hanging out with friends and staying up all night is nothing out of the ordinary for the majority of teens. But spending an entire night at the movie theatre with friends is definitely out of the ordinary for anyone. And yet for one night in October that is exactly what teenagers in the Harbour City will be able to do. On Oct. 10, United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island will be hosting its annual Starlight Film Festival at Galaxy Cinemas. For a small fee and under the supervision of United Way volunteers, teens can spend the entire night hanging with their friends and watching movies at the theatre. Among the movies that will be screened at the festival, which runs until 6:30 a.m., are 21 Jump Street, Anchorman 2, They get to watch Bridesmaids, Grown Ups 2, movies and hang White House out with their Down and World War Z. One of the friends all night. movie screens will be set up so teenagers can play Xbox games. There will also be pizza, soda and popcorn available throughout the night. Kyla Karakochuk, marketing and communications officer for United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island, says the event is a great night out for teenagers. “They get to watch movies and hang out with their friends all night,” she said. There will also be pizza, soda and popcorn available throughout the night. Volunteers will be on hand throughout the night to ensure that teens do not leave the theatre during the night and that they get picked up safely in the morning. The Starlight Film Festival is one of a number of fundraising events for the United Way. Proceeds from the festival will help fund the charity’s 33 Central Island region programs such as a youth suicide prevention program, in-school mentorship programs and an antibullying program. Last year the festival raised $10,500. “It is a pretty big event,” said Karakochuk, who will be on hand for a portion of the event. Teens may bring sleeping bags and pyjamas. The event is a drug- and alcohol-free environment. The admission fee is $20. Parents should drop the teens off at Nanaimo North Town Centre’s Galaxy Cinema between 11:45 p.m. (Oct. 9) and 12:15 a.m. (Oct. 10). The doors close at 12:30 a.m. There will also be a bag check prior to entry. Parents can pick up teens at 6:30 a.m. Oct. 10. For more information, please visit www.uw cnvi.ca.

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Dr. Paul Gouda holds a paper copy of his upcoming book, The Sound of High Heels. The book is expected to be released later this year.

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hen a veteran chemist’s revolutionary men’s health supplement fails on an international scale, his life suddenly enters into a period of chaos. Distraught, depressed, discouraged and dealing with his own personal issues, he takes a trip with his friend, where the unexpected occurs. That’s the basis of the chemically charged debut novel The Sound of High Heels by Nanaimo-based chemist Dr. Paul Gouda. “It is not the typical novel,” Gouda said.

Originally from Aurora, Ont., Gouda has previously written three poetry books. He has also published scientific research papers and textbooks. The Sound of High Heels is a sexually charged thriller full of twists and turns. Although the book has several graphic sex scenes, it deals with a wide number of themes including the battle of love and lust. There are also elements of science, religion and politics within the book. Gouda says he wrote the The Sound of High Heels with a poetic feel. “You’ll find that the poetry theme and spirit

comes out and is very evident in the type of creative writing,” he said. “The language, I made it as elegant and poetic as possible.” According to Gouda, one of his biggest challenges when writing the book was to resist drawing from his personal life. “The challenge was not being totally influenced by personal experience,” he said. “To maintain the line between personal feelings, emotions and production of a professional marketable, commercial product.” Gouda says he hopes his book will eventually be turned into a movie script. The Sound of High Heels

The challenge was not being totally influenced by personal experience.

is slated to be released later this year. The book is intended for adult readers. For more information, please visit www.goudabooks.homestead.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

city seeks public nominations for annual awards By Nicholas Pescod The News BulleTiN

Do you know someone who is active in the Nanaimo culture and heritage community? Whether it is a Nanaimobased artist who has achieved success on a major scale, an individual who is emerging as a cultural leader or a person or group dedicated to

the growth of the city’s cultural sector, the City of Nanaimo wants to hear about them. Until Nov. 17, the City of Nanaimo will be accepting nominations for their Culture and Heritage Awards. The awards are designed to highlight and recognize individuals, groups or organizations for their commitment and

dedication to culture and heritage in Nanaimo. The award categories are Excellence in Culture, Emerging Cultural Leader, Honour in Culture and the John Thomson Heritage Memorial Award. Recipients of the awards will be honoured during a special ceremony held at the Port Theatre in April. “It’s celebrating culture and heritage,” said Chris

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Club hosts free dance

CLUB 256 celebrates two-year anniversary with open house. BY NICHOLAS PESCOD The News BulleTiN

Two years ago, a handful of avid dancers decided there wasn’t enough dancing being done in the Harbour City. So they decided to do something about it by forming their own regular dance group called Club 256. “We came to the conclusion that there wasn’t enough dancing happening in Nanaimo,” said Club 256 president John Maher. “The Departure Bay singles dances had stopped and the Ballroom Society had cut back to once a month, so there was basically a shortage.” On Oct. 9, Club 256 will be holding its two-year anniversary party by hosting a free open house dance night at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 at 7 p.m. Maher says the open house will give members of the community an opportunity to see

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what Club 256 is all about. “We wanted to give something back on Thanksgiving,” Maher said. “It will be free admission and there will be two free dance lessons during the evening.” Club 256, which meets at the East Wellington Road legion branch twice a month, offers a variety of dance styles that includes partner dancing such as waltz, swing, salsa and tango. “We play tunes that are highenergy party tunes that make your feet want to get up and dance,” he said. Club 256 has no membership, but around 45-60 regulars according to Maher, who says it is a way to stay active and meet people. “It is a great way to stay sane as you get older ... it keeps the brain and feet connected,” Maher said. Club 256 meet on the second and fourth Friday of every month at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256, 1630 East Wellington Rd. Admission is $10 and includes a 30-minute dance lesson. For information, call 250-7585272.

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Joan Blackman knows what it is like preforming on the big stage. As a violinist, she has performed with the Vancouver Symphony, Victoria Symphony, CBC Radio Orchestra, played chamber music with groups such as the Purcell String Quartet and Penderecki String Quartet and appeared at countless festivals including the Banff Festival Orchestra. Now, Blackman will share her experiences with students in the Harbour City as a faculty member with the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music, who hired her earlier this year. “It seemed like a really good fit ... it seemed like a really nice place,” Blackman said. Blackman has no shortage of teaching experience, having previously taught at institutions such as the University of British Columbia, Kwantlen College, Vancouver Academy of Music, the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific and the VSO

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a fire under their butts and get them so enthusiastic that it will take them anywhere they want to go. “ Blackman says her prior experience as a performer will be of benefit to her students. “I spent 28 years with the Vancouver Symphony ... it was a great education in how to actually do it and to deal with

nerves,” she said. “If they [students] have nerves, I know how to help them with that.” The Internet has helped change the music industry and the way people learn instruments. Blackman says sites such as YouTube have helped make learning the violin more accessible than in previous generations and that the proper guidance, it can be an effective tool for students and teachers. “With the right guidance they can have access to the world’s best,” Blackman said. “It really augments what I am telling them.” Blackman is already enjoying her time at the conservatory and says her students have been wonderful. “It has been great,” she said. “Every student I have there has a great attitude.” arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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offerings

awesome

Pork Loin Halves Cut into Tenderloin or Rib End Chops

Previously Frozen

Sockeye Salmon Fillets

6.59 per kg

Per

100 gr

QUALITY FOODS 1 of 8 Nugget Potatoes Process

Per

Little Potato Company 1.5lbs

9 for

Kraft

Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese 12x225gr

99 Medium

Greek or Traditional Potato Salad

Happy Planet

3 Soup

500-650ml

Keylime or Mango Cheesecake

Prices in effect September 28-October 04, 2015

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Meat

Canadian

Stewing Beef

Canadian AA

11.00 per kg

Inside Round Oven Roast 1kg

Canadian AA

Center Cut

Sunrise Farms

Boneless Cross Rib Pot Roast

13.20 per kg

8.80 per kg

Canadian AA

Inside Round Marinating Steak

Single or Double Loin Pork Chops

Per

Chicken Wings

1kg

Locally Raised BC Poultry

13.20 per kg

Grain Fed Free Run

Per

QUALITY FOODS SAVE AT LEAST 50% EVERYDAY GET ONE 2 of 8 Process NOW OPEN

BUY ONE

FREE

BASSILI’S BEST LASAGNA OR SPAGHETTI

NEW OUTLET STORE PORT ALBERNI

2943 10th Avenue, Port Alberni, BC (250) 723-3397

Works out to $2.15 each

454gr

Offer in effect September 28-October 4, 2015

Products for illustration purposes only. Store selection varies.

SunRype

SIMPLE. NATURAL. AUTHENTIC.

Uncle Tom’s

Long Grain Rice 2kg

Olympic

5x200ml

Orange Pekoe Tea

8x100gr

80’s

LICABL PP

EES EF

Juice

Ty Phoo

Yogurt

Per

PLUS A

for

Mott’s

Farkay

Chow Mein or Staem Fried Noodles 397gr

for

Blue Dragon

Olympic

140ml

650gr

3$ for

Melitta

Olympic

Single Serve Coffee Cups

Organic Yogurt

Stir Fry Sauce

Krema Greek Style Yogurt

126-132gr

500-650gr

299

Fruitsations Snack Cup 6x104-113gr

2$ for

Dole

Fruit Cups

4x107ml

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Meat

Sunrise Traditional

Whole/Split Chicken Breast

Canadian AA

11.00 per kg

Strip Loin Grilling Steak

22.02 per kg

Locally Raised BC Poultry No Animal By Products Used Antibiotic Free Grain Fed

Per

Mitchell’s

Schneiders

Harvest

Grimm’s

375gr

1.81kg

450gr

Premium Centercut Bacon

Outlaw Beef Burgers

Pepperoni

Wieners

Per

QUALITY FOODS Off 3 of 8 MAKE SOMEONE’S THANKSGIVING Process Helping Purchase one of the prepared theme bags

UPSTAIRS INSIDE QUALITY FOODS IN: Comox • Powell River • Qualicum Foods • Courtenay

Blue Water Seafoods

25% Everything upstairs*

is easy

and place it in the store’s food bank bin!

*Excludes Dualit

Offer IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, 2015

SIMPLE INGREDIENTS. SIMPLY PREPARED.

Grill 179gr

Dr. Oetker

399

Beverage 946ml

McCain

Giuseppe Pizzeria

Pizza Pockets

465-900gr

800gr

for

Blue Water Seafoods

Imagine

Fillets

Selected, 450-519gr

McCain

Blue Water Seafoods

Fried Potatoes

Smart & Crunchy Alaska Pollock

900gr

299

Organic Soup

431-445gr

Rice, Almond, Coconut or Oat Dream

French Fried Potatoes

Hashbrowns Fried Potatoes

Selected, 454-800gr

900gr

for

2$ for

McCain

500ml

Imagine

Organic Soup or Broth 1lt

299

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Prices in effect September 28 - October 04, 2015 Folgers

Campbell’s 540ml

Fruit Smoothie

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

325ml

454gr

Black Diamond

Shredded Cheese 340gr

Family Size Cheerios Cereal

525-685gr

MILK

5$ for

Black Diamond

Cheestrings 336gr

Leclerc

5$ for

Imperial

2$ for

See in store for details. Excludes chocolate, organic and lactose-free.

Adams

Natural 100% Peanut Butter 500gr

1.36kg

240gr

20-24’s

LICABL PP

when you purchase 2 family size Cheerios!

Margarine

Celebration Cookies

Tea

240gr

Leclerc

Tetley

Celebration Cookies

Cheddar or Mozzarella Style Slices

EES EF

General Mills

4lt JUG

920gr

PLUS A

907gr

FREE

Happy Planet

Tribal Java

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

Chunky Soup

Black Diamond

Cheddar Cheese

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Quality Foods an Island Original

Minute Maid

Simply Orange Juice

2.63lt

Pacific Foods

Pacific Foods 946-1lt

for

Mayonnaise

1lt

890ml

Clover Leaf

Rogers

Wild Pacific, 213gr

Wild Red Pacific, 213gr

for

Italpasta

Tomato or Pasta Sauce

Tomatoes

Pasta

680ml

796ml

900gr

Chocolate Squares

Sun-Maid

Natural California Raisins

750gr

12-15x355ml

Tostitos

Potato Chips

Tortilla Chips

215-220gr

300gr

220-320gr

Nescafe

General Mill

Cocktail

Fiber 1 Bars

125-200gr

1.36lt

WHEN YOU BUY ANY

LICABL PP

Nestle

Cappuccino or Latte

for

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

Nesquick Chocolate Syrup

8x14-18.5gr

for

LICABL PP

Cheerios Plus or Gluten Free Chex Cereal

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Ruffles

Bauli

Croissant

5 EES EF

PASTA FOR PASTA LOVERS

Italpasta

for

Trueblue or Trueblack

General Mills

LICABL PP

290-395gr

1kg

170-225gr

Demerara, Best Brown or Golden Yellow Sugar

1kg

for

Rogers

4kg

Selected, 170gr

for

Icing or Berry Sugar

Granulated White Sugar

Pink Salmon

Sockeye Salmon

Flaked or Chunk Light Skipjack Tuna in Water

Baker’s

Clover Leaf

EES EF

for

Tenderflake

200-300gr

4 and 5 of 8 Pure Lard 454grProcess Spread

Hershey’s

Chipits

for

Fall in love with baking this autumn! QUALITY FOODS

Hellmann’s

Organic Soup

Organic Broth

PLUS A

EES EF

PLUS A

450gr

PLUS A

460-700ml

7x28gr or 10x13-28gr

CHIPS OR SALSA

Olivieri

Tortilla Chips

Lasagna Sheets or Gnocchi

Pasta Sauce

225-235gr

160gr or 300ml

Olivieri

for

FRESH TASTES BETTER

ON SALE THIS WEEK

Doritos

Olivieri

Nested Pasta

Filled Pasta

300gr

300-350gr

350-360gr

2$ for

4$ for

2$ for

4$ for

2$ for

299

2$ for

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Prices in effect September 28 - October 04, 2015 Folgers

Campbell’s 540ml

Fruit Smoothie

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

325ml

454gr

Black Diamond

Shredded Cheese 340gr

Family Size Cheerios Cereal

525-685gr

MILK

5$ for

Black Diamond

Cheestrings 336gr

Leclerc

5$ for

Imperial

2$ for

See in store for details. Excludes chocolate, organic and lactose-free.

Adams

Natural 100% Peanut Butter 500gr

1.36kg

240gr

20-24’s

LICABL PP

when you purchase 2 family size Cheerios!

Margarine

Celebration Cookies

Tea

240gr

Leclerc

Tetley

Celebration Cookies

Cheddar or Mozzarella Style Slices

EES EF

General Mills

4lt JUG

920gr

PLUS A

907gr

FREE

Happy Planet

Tribal Java

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

Chunky Soup

Black Diamond

Cheddar Cheese

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Quality Foods an Island Original

Minute Maid

Simply Orange Juice

2.63lt

Pacific Foods

Pacific Foods 946-1lt

for

Mayonnaise

1lt

890ml

Clover Leaf

Rogers

Wild Pacific, 213gr

Wild Red Pacific, 213gr

for

Italpasta

Tomato or Pasta Sauce

Tomatoes

Pasta

680ml

796ml

900gr

Chocolate Squares

Sun-Maid

Natural California Raisins

750gr

12-15x355ml

Tostitos

Potato Chips

Tortilla Chips

215-220gr

300gr

220-320gr

Nescafe

General Mill

Cocktail

Fiber 1 Bars

125-200gr

1.36lt

WHEN YOU BUY ANY

LICABL PP

Nestle

Cappuccino or Latte

for

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

Nesquick Chocolate Syrup

8x14-18.5gr

for

LICABL PP

Cheerios Plus or Gluten Free Chex Cereal

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Ruffles

Bauli

Croissant

5 EES EF

PASTA FOR PASTA LOVERS

Italpasta

for

Trueblue or Trueblack

General Mills

LICABL PP

290-395gr

1kg

170-225gr

Demerara, Best Brown or Golden Yellow Sugar

1kg

for

Rogers

4kg

Selected, 170gr

for

Icing or Berry Sugar

Granulated White Sugar

Pink Salmon

Sockeye Salmon

Flaked or Chunk Light Skipjack Tuna in Water

Baker’s

Clover Leaf

EES EF

for

Tenderflake

200-300gr

4 and 5 of 8 Pure Lard 454grProcess Spread

Hershey’s

Chipits

for

Fall in love with baking this autumn! QUALITY FOODS

Hellmann’s

Organic Soup

Organic Broth

PLUS A

EES EF

PLUS A

450gr

PLUS A

460-700ml

7x28gr or 10x13-28gr

CHIPS OR SALSA

Olivieri

Tortilla Chips

Lasagna Sheets or Gnocchi

Pasta Sauce

225-235gr

160gr or 300ml

Olivieri

for

FRESH TASTES BETTER

ON SALE THIS WEEK

Doritos

Olivieri

Nested Pasta

Filled Pasta

300gr

300-350gr

350-360gr

2$ for

4$ for

2$ for

4$ for

2$ for

299

2$ for

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Deli & Cheese Grimm’s

Maple Ham

Schneiders

Grimm’s

Pastrami

Bavarian or French Herb Meatloaf

Per

100 gr

Sushi

10 Piece

Schneiders

8 Piece Happy California Rolls

Medium

Chow Mein

8 Piece Alaska Rolls

Plain Harvarti

9 QUALITY FOODS 75 11 6 of 8 75 6 Process 695 95

Medium

Sweet & Sour Pork

per 100gr

Per

100 gr

Canadian

Goat’s Milk Feta Cheese

100 gr

Woolwich

Crispy Chicken Drumsticks

Fat Free or Harvest Tyme Turkey Breast

Per

per 100gr

Bothwell

Monterey Jalapeno Cheese

Medium

Dry Garlic Wings

599

Small

Szechuan Beef

Available at select stores only.

Seafood • Quality Foods

Fresh

Snapper Fillets

Per

100 gr

49 Per

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Cooked White Tiger Prawn Tails

per 100gr

Frozen of Previously Frozen

Boneless Skinless Basa Fillets

41/50 Size

100 gr

Frozen or Previously Frozen

¢ Per

100 gr

Peruvian Scallops

Janes

Breaded Fish

Selected, 580-615gr

Merckens

Chocolate Wafers

¢ Per

100 gr

Quality Fresh

Sweet Treats Jelly Beans

30/40 Size

Quality Fresh

Organically Yours

Sliced Natural, 125gr

200gr

299

Per

100 gr

Organic Raisins & Nut Mix

Hold the Salt Almonds

600gr

399

499

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Bakery

Large Kaiser Buns

Cream Cheese Fruit Sticks

Selected

Sprouted Grains Bread

8 pack

Chocolate Cake Donuts

for

6 pack

English Bay

Dempster’s

12 Pack Cookies

Signature Bread

600gr

8 pack

for

2$ for

Vanilla Slice

Cupcakes

8” Apple Pie

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10” Tortillas 8-10’s

QUALITY FOODS 7 of 8 Process 6 pack

for

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Que Pasa

Annie’s

Organic Salsa

All But Gluten

Macaroni & Cheese

420ml

Gluten-Free Loaf, Mini Brownies or Coconut Macaroons

Selected, 170gr

2$ for

Que Pasa

Cheddar Bunnies. 213gr

2$ Glad

299 399

399

for

Household

Surf

Royale

Fabric Softener Sheets

Cling Wrap

Bathroom Tissue

Island Breeze, 120’s

60m

24’s

100’s

2$ for

92gr

Glad

Sandwich Zipper Bags

Selected, 20’s

Jerky

Homegrown Baked Snack Crackers

425gr

Tea

Krave

Annie’s

Organic Tortilla Chips

for

280-600gr

Celestial Seasonings

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Drop in between 4:00 & 6:00 PM for a fresh

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99 2.18 per kg

B.C. Grown “Hot House”

1lb

O I C

for

Sunflower Bouquet

for

QUALITY FOODS 8 of 8 Process

California “Premium”

Fresh Broccoli Crowns 4.39 per kg

Per

“Taylor Farms”

Coleslaw or Broccoslaw

12-16oz

2$ 6”

5-7oz

2lb

Fresh Raspberries

for

Organic Clamshell Salads

Baby Cut Carrots

California/Mexico “Driscolls” 6oz

Washington “Green Giant”

2$ 2$5 99 1

Mixed Sweet Mini Peppers

Earthbound Farm

Per

2$ for

Natural Organics

Anthurium C

O I C

B.C. Grown

Organic Cherry Medley Tomatoes 1pt

2$ for

Mexican “Hass Variety”

Organic Avocadoes

3$ for

B.C. Grown “Extra Fancy”

Organic Royal Gala Apples 3lb

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Telethon supports child development centre The third annual Nanaimo Child Development Centre Telethon is aiming even higher this year. The event, which airs Sunday (Oct. 4), noon to 8 p.m., on Shaw TV from the Port Theatre, features performances by local musicians, dancers and youth groups, as well as prize giveaways, local celebrity appearances

and informative interviews with staff and families of the centre. Scheduled to appear are Ian Perry, John Gogo, Paul Gogo, Bobs and LoLo, and Pacific Code. The fundraiser aims to help eliminate the centre’s current wait list of 264 children. “Money raised helps provide programs and services

to children in our community while reducing the wait list for these services” said Erica Horsfield, communications officer at the centre. The event raised $28,437.50 in its inaugural year and $170,000 in 2014. To get involved, please contact michelle@nanaimocdc.com or visit www. nanaimocdc.com/telethon.

Invitation to Tender Construction Manager Meadowood Community Recreation Facility The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) invites detailed tender submissions from general contractors to provide construction management in the use of surplus modular classrooms currently located at Parksville Elementary School repurposed into the Meadowood Community Recreation Facility in RDN Electoral Area “F’ near Qualicum Bay, BC. Proposal documents may be obtained from the RDN website: www.rdn.bc.ca or by written request to Dean Banman, Manager of Recreation at dbanman@rdn.bc.ca. The tender package details all submission requirements. Submissions will be accepted until 12:00 p.m. PST on Monday, October 12, 2015. Late or electronic submissions will not be accepted. Hard copy proposals are to be submitted to: Regional District of Nanaimo Recreation and Parks Department Oceanside Place 830 W. Island Highway Parksville, B.C. V9P 2X4 Attention: Dean Banman, Manager of Recreation The Regional District of Nanaimo reserves the right to reject any or all submissions and to accept the submission that is deemed most favourable to the interests of the Regional District.

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Chinese women society supports hospital The Nanaimo Chinese Women Society held a successful charity sale in September that offered affordable household goods, an old-fashioned lemonade stand and musical performances. Continuing a tradition of health care philanthropy, society members “wanted to give back to the community” and “were touched by the number of people who attended.” The group gives credit to those who supported the sale as they helped raise $2,200.

Proceeds will assist the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation’s purchase of a specialized headlamp for surgeons using one of the two new operating rooms at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Additionally, in May close to 70 members of the Chinese community contributed almost $3,100 to the foundation’s 12th annual Run for Life fundraiser. That donation also supported the new operating rooms.

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Students interested in studying coastal resilience issues in Belize and on Vancouver Island are invited to a program launch and information session Wednesday (Sept. 30) 4:30 p.m., at Vancouver Island University’s building 200, room 203 to learn more about a scholarship opportunity. VIU will award more than $800,000 in scholarships through the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship program to 31 students. Scholarship winners will pursue research, project work and internships under the theme of Building Resilience in Coastal Communities.

the support of an adult supervisor. Each evening the teens share their experiences and discuss the Nanaimo army cadet Jeremy challenges and rewards of taking Wilson, 18, honed his leadership on a leadership role. skill during an adventure on the “It’s a really incredible thing to West Coast this summer. hear what they have to say at the Wilson was one of 16 cadets end of the day,” said McAuley. chosen to participate in the Brit- “When they are pushing themish Columbia Regional Cadet selves physically they are rememExpedition. It was nine bering and using the days of biking and skills they learned thus kayaking on Vancouver far and are building on Island and around the them – taking them to Gulf Islands. Cadets the next level.” also further developed Wilson hopes to qualtheir skills in route ify for the international planning, map reading, expedition in Chile in bike maintenance, lowthe spring. McAuley is impact camping and leading the expedition environmental stewardand said two spots ship. The trip included JEREMY WILSON are available for B.C. an opportunity to learn Cadets. about ocean marine life. Expeditions help develop “If I could say one thing to youths’ skills. Development is younger cadets, I would say stick the primary goal of the cadets with this program. The opportu- according to Capt. Cheryl Major, nities and experiences are some- public affairs officer, regional thing you can’t get anywhere support unit Pacific. else,” said Wilson in a press “We create better citizens,” she release. said, adding that the youths learn Brandon McAuley, training offi- leadership skills and gain conficer for expedition regional cadet dence. support unit Pacific, said each For more information, please go cadet on the expedition gets to to www.cadets.ca. lead one of the activities with reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com By Rachel SteRn THE NEWS BULLETIN

Library debuts new catalogue

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The Vancouver Island Regional Library catalogue will be temporarily unavailable Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. to Oct. 14 at 10 a.m. as the library introduces a new catalogue to customers and staff. Customers will not be able to access their library accounts online or make payments during this time. The downtime is needed as a part of a software upgrade and to transition customer records to the new catalogue. To assist VIRL staff with the transition, all branches will be closed on Oct. 13. Branch staff will still be available by phone and e-mail to help library customers. The new catalogue replaces previous software and includes features designed to make searching and digital resources, such as e-books, simpler and easier to access. The new catalogue will be online and available to customers at 10 a.m. on Oct. 14. Customers who have created lists in either BiblioCommons or the library’s legacy catalogue, HIP, are encouraged to visit virl. bc.ca/new-catalogue to learn how to migrate their lists as these will not be carried over automatically. For more information about the new catalogue, please visit virl.bc.ca/new-catalogue.

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Crystal Dennison, second right, Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Foundation executive director, was on hand to receive a $5,000 cheque raised by Coastal Community Credit Union branches. From left: Mark Jones, Shawna McPhillips, Ena Allen, Bonnie Bolen, Dennison and Victoria Hardy.

Foundation raises $32K

CASH HELPS Nanaimo students.

Thanks to generous donors, the sixth annual Stock the Lockers campaign raised $32,000 to help support vulnerable students. The campaign of Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Foundation raises money to provide school supplies for students whose families are affected by financial

hardship. Some of the money is used to assist vulnerable students with items such as food, clothing, shoes, glasses, dental visits, fees for field trips and grad, and other needs as identified by teachers and principals. Staples collected $15,000 in donations at the checkouts. Coastal Community Credit Union branches raised $5,000, and Wo o d g ro v e C e n tre donated $5,000 through its Perfect

Score promotion. In addition, Runners of Compassion, local service clubs, private donors and School District 68 employees contributed more than $7,000 to the campaign. Crystal Dennison, foundation’s executive director, says that in the past six years, local donors have helped raise more than $260,000. For more information or to donate, please visit the website www.NLSF.ca.

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Sarah Ann (Sally) Noonan January 9th, 1945 to September 20th, 2015 With her beloved partner George Duffell by her side, Sally passed quietly and peacefully away after a two year battle with breast cancer. Sal dealt with her challenges with incredible fortitude and dignity. Sally was born January 9th, 1945 in Regina, Saskatchewan. At the age of two her family travelled by train to Victoria, BC where they made their home for many years. At twenty, Sally met her first husband Dennis, and they moved around British Columbia and Alberta before settling in Cranbrook, BC where she raised her three girls. Sally decided to move to Nanaimo to be closer to her girls and it is here where she met her soul mate and best friend, George. Sally spent her working life within the education system and ended her career with the SD 68, Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District as the Human Resource Manager for elementary teacher staffing. Sally, a natural competitor and avid sportswoman, grew to love many sports throughout her life and made so many dear friends along the way. She had a true passion for golf and curling and served as a positive role model for her family. Her energy and passion for everything and everyone around her was contagious. Sally was knowledgeable in many areas and in particular loved reading and English history. She was an accomplished golfer and curler and spent many happy hours on the course or at the rink, She was also an accomplished quilt maker and seamstress. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much that she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t or wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put her mind to. She was a superb travelling companion to George and was ever curious about the history of every place she visited. Sally was most proud of her three girls and how â&#x20AC;&#x153;strongâ&#x20AC;? they all are. Sal took her responsibilities as a mom and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;grannieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seriously and deeply loved all of her immediate and extended family and was a loyal friend who never spoke ill of anyone. Sal believed that true happiness came from giving and she was generous with her time. Grateful for sharing her life is her very special friend and soul mate, George Duffell of Nanaimo, BC; Christine Healey and her two children, Meaghan and Jeffrey of Victoria, BC; Carolyn Stevens of Cumberland, BC and her three children, Sarah, Emily and Scott; and Julie Jansa of Sioux Falls, SD, her husband Ryan and their two children, Isaak and Reese; sister Judith Braithwaite and her family; and Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three children, Mark (Crystal and their children Hannah and Drew), Benn (Keiko and their children Maya and Taiyo) and Kim (Drew and son Tyler); and many relatives and dear friends. Sally was preceded in death by her brother Denis and her parents, Walter and Evelyn Noonan. In lieu of flowers, memorials/donations may be sent to the Nanaimo Curling Centre where George and Sally spent many happy hours perfecting their triple take outs. A highlight of their curling time together was the eight ender they â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Sally matched this by getting a hole in one in one of her golf games. Sal was treasured by her friends and family and will be sorely missed. Rest in peace â&#x20AC;&#x153;to infinity and beyondâ&#x20AC;? (TIAB) Our thanks to the good folks at the Red Cross and the home visit nurses for their kindness and prompt action in getting Sal the assists she needed to make her comfortable. A celebration of life will be held at the Nanaimo Curling Centre at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 3rd.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected and sudden passing of our beloved Scotty due to cancer. He managed to say his farewells to most of those who loved him in the limited time that was cheated from him. Iain was predeceased by his wife, Pauline and parents Frank and Margaret Wight. He leaves behind his family: wife and best friend Sandi Cousins and daughter Sandi (Shan) and kitty Brody, daughters Kimberly (Dan) and grandson, Kalem, his daughter Sandy and family, brother Jim (Allyson), sister Ailsa and brother Innes (Pam) and numerous nephews and nieces. His passing will also be mourned by our extended Dorman â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of friends and business associates. Scotty was known for his great unconventional sense of humour, but was mostly quiet and unassuming. He was a very generous soul with a heart as big as gold. He overcame many obstacles in life that took a great deal of inner strength. He possessed great courage during his last few weeks of immeasurable suffering. He was a most dedicated employee who never lost a day of work. He spent his working life in the forest industry, mostly with the Dorman family businesses. In his early teens he was trained and acknowledged as the youngest loader operator in BC. He was the school bus driver for the students in Port Renfrew where he spent the first years of his life. He excelled in every job he took on. He was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bush Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to many. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Cottonwood Golf Course in Nanaimo on Friday October 02, 2015 commencing at 2:00 pm. The family would like to extend their appreciation to all the Doctors, nurses and medical staff in the clinics and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital together with the support systems outside the hospital including the Nursesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hot Line and pharmacists. A special thank you to the Palliative Care Unit who made his final days more comfortable and allowed his family to share his last few hours with him. Donations can be made to a charity of choice, the Cancer Society, Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital or SPCA.

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GORDON SMITH It is with regret that we announce the death of Gordon Whyte Smith, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who passed away peacefully in his 87th year surrounded by family. Bud lived an extraordinary life and will be greatly missed, but fondly remembered for the many colourful stories of his life. Bud was born in Chemainus and lived his entire life on Vancouver Island. A nature enthusiast, he enjoyed a prestigious career as a B.C. wildlife officer, winning the Shikar Safari International Award for B.C. Wildlife Officer of the Year in 1983. Having proudly pioneered the technicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position, he is also well known for his ground breaking contribution to marmot conservation, and for his work in protecting the West Coast sea otter population. An avid outdoorsman, Bud was a long time member of the Nanaimo Fish and Game Club, and a former director of the British Columbia Wildlife Record Club. He also loved sports and won several trophies as a member of the Nanaimo Curling Club. Bud was predeceased by his son David and wife Shirley and is survived by his wife Marilyn, daughters Carrie Scott (Jack) and Janis Kjaer (Bjorn), grandchildren Bradley, Darren, Jordan and Hailey, step-daughters Brenda, Lezlie, Kelly and Colleen, and step-grandchildren Charley, Kayla, Alanna, Alex, Tenzin and Maggie. A heartfelt thanks to all of you who helped make Budâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last days a little brighter. A memorial will be held at the Nanaimo Fish and Game Club on October 8th from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Michael Raymond Hansen 1961 - 2015

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mike. He was born in North Delta on March 29, 1961 and in 1979 Mike moved to Vancouver Island. In 1984 he began his career with Coca Cola and spent over 30 years with that company. He was very active in sports playing baseball and walleyball. He also was a lifelong fan of the Miami Dolphins. Mike is survived by his loving wife Maureen of 29 years, Sons: David and Matthew (Tessara), Parents; Ray and Dianne Hansen, Brothers; Troy (Lori) and Derek (Kelly), grandchildren; Claire, Jace and Emma. Also numerous nieces, nephews and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Legion #256, at 1630 East Wellington Road, Nanaimo, BC. First Memorial Funeral Services 250-754-8333

Proteau M. Merle (nee: Forrest)

Merle passed away September 21st at Origins in Nanaimo after a brief battle with brain cancer. She was predeceased by her husband Bill in 1978. Left to mourn her passing are her brothers Pat (Lyn) Forrest and Harold (Margot) Forrest, sons Larry (Phyllis), Bill (Laurie) and Glenn (Tracey), and grandchildren William, Tommy, Lance and Diana. She will also be sadly missed by her many nieces and nephews as well as her dear friends of many years, Leone and Marguerite, along with newer friends from the Island Stitchery Guild, including Margaret, Karen and Louise and her recent swimming partner Linda. She also leaves behind good friends from her neighbourhood, from her years working at ICBC and travelling partners from the many cruises she enjoyed. We hope whatever comes after this, Merle has sharp needles, full bird feeders and an endless tank full of gas. A gathering of Merleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and friends will be held at the Cavalotti Lodge on Friday the 2nd of October between 1:30 & 4:30 Donations in lieu of flowers to a charity of choice.

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Nanaimo News Bulletin 27

Raiders beat Rams, clinch second place

Mariners win with shutouts

ROAD WIN gives V.I. sweep against Langley this year. BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN

The V.I. Raiders were able to go and get a big win on the weekend, defeating the Langley Rams 24-18. The Raiders came back from a 10-0 deficit to win Saturday’s B.C. Football Conference matchup at McLeod Stadium and sweep the season series against the Rams. “We went in there, enemy territory, and we got behind, but we never panicked and every facet of our game, I thought, played pretty well,” said Jerome Erdman, V.I. coach. “We stuck up for one another; we battled… For such a young group, I’m really, really impressed with how they don’t panic and how they keep sticking together.” The Raiders were opportunistic, connecting on long passes when they needed them. Nanaimo’s Arthur Fabbro had a 42-yard touchdown catch in the first half and quarterback Liam O’Brien scored two rushing TDs in the second half. V.I.’s defence bent but didn’t break and made the lead stand up. “We played a very, very good football team. Langley is good and we went into their place and we took one from them,” Erdman said. “So it gives us

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Vancouver Island University Mariners player Kaylee Dodds, right, keeps the ball away from a Capilano Blues opponent during Sunday’s match at Merle Logan Field. VIU won 4-0.

forward to a better effort in the rematch. “We had good through balls today. We just went at their defenders, we didn’t lay off at all,” Kelly said. “We tried to keep it in their end [with] high pressure and lots of shots.”

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The VIU Mariners totally shut down the competition and scored two more wins in PacWest play. Vancouver Island University’s women’s soccer team won both its matches on the weekend at Merle Logan Field, shutting out the Langara Falcons 2-0 on Saturday and then handling the Capilano Blues 4-0 the next day. It was the third straight victory for VIU’s women, who are now above .500 with a 4-3-0 record. “We’re trying to turn it around. We want to go for that first place,” said Jill Kelly, who scored two goals against Cap. “So it was really important today that we came out and made a statement.” Katie Rodgers and Savannah Jensen were VIU’s other scorers on Sunday and Kasie Lough recorded the shutout. The M’s had been upset by the Blues the last time the sides had met, so the Mariners had been looking

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Barsby Bulldogs get rammed by Mount Douglas AAA squad The Barsby Bulldogs played tough against one of B.C.’s most powerful teams. The AA varsity ’Dawgs were defeated 22-6 by the Mount Douglas Rams on Friday at Merle Logan Field. The visitors were the province’s top-ranked AAA team. Rob Stevenson, Barsby coach, noted in a press release that his team dominated the second half of the game and had chances to put more points on the board. “Our entire squad was begging for two more quarters to be added to the game. I was very impressed with our overall physicality and the

fight,” Stevenson said. Matt Cooley scored Barsby’s only touchdown and Justis MacKay-Topley had nine carries for 104 yards. Defensively, Kieren Carreck had 10 tackles and Cory Fletcher and MacKayTopley had eight each. The Nanaimo District Islanders AA varsity team lost 20-8 to the Moscrop Panthers on Friday in Burnaby. GAME ON … Both local AA varsity teams are on the road this Friday (Oct. 2), with the Bulldogs taking on Argyle and the Islanders facing Westsyde. The regular season begins Oct. 9.

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Riea Von Slasher powerbombs Mary Jane Payne against a table during their main-event match at Saturday’s Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling show at the Departure Bay Activity Centre. Von Slasher won the match.

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The Board of Education is currently consulting parents, students and the public about its Facilities Plan Update. During the next several weeks, the Board will be holding public forums to discuss the proposals in the plan. The format of these forums has been designed to encourage dialogue and discussion. At each meeting, there will be a short introductory session; a presentation; a facilitatorled discussion group on topics of importance to each community; and a short closing session.

The meetings scheduled for school zones are as follows: South Zone - Cedar Area Elementary Schools Tuesday, October 6: 7 to 9 p.m. – North Cedar Intermediate Discussion group topics will include the amalgamation of North Cedar Intermediate and Woodbank Primary schools, with the proposed closure of one of the two schools in June 2016. North Zone - Rutherford Elementary Thursday, October 8: 7 to 9 p.m. – Rutherford Elementary Discussion group topics will include the proposed closure of Rutherford Elementary in June 2017, as well as the future plans to relocate the district’s Skills for Life Program. Tuesday, October 13: 7 to 9 p.m. - Frank J. Ney Elementary Discussion group topics will include the construction of a new wing at Frank J. Ney Elementary as well as the relocation of students from Rutherford Elementary to Frank J. Ney, McGirr and Randerson Ridge elementary schools. Central Zone - Woodlands Secondary Tuesday, October 20: 7 to 9 p.m. – Woodlands Secondary Discussion group topics include the proposed closure of Woodlands Secondary in June 2016, with the relocation of students into Wellington Secondary and Nanaimo District Secondary schools. District Programs Tuesday, October 27: 7 to 9 p.m. - Nanaimo District Secondary Discussion group topics will include the relocation of district programs as well as the relocation of the Learn@Home programs (K-7 and 8-12). The plan proposes significant changes to schools in our district and it is important for the Board of Education to hear parents’ input. We hope that as many parents as possible will attend one of these forums and participate in the discussion groups.

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Nobody ever said winning a championship is easy. Riea Von Slasher, despite going through two tables, managed to defeat Mary Jane Payne and win the Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling women’s title on Saturday night in a tables, ladders and chairs main event. “The girls killed it,” said Brent LaPlante, VIPW promoter. “Hat’s off to them. That was amazing.” A good crowd at the Departure Bay Activity Centre saw an action-packed sixmatch card at VIPW’s two-year anniversary show. In the final moments of the main event, Von Slasher tried repeatedly to powerbomb Payne through a table, but although it didn’t break, the quadruple

powerbomb did more than enough damage for Von Slasher to climb the ladder and win. “It turns out when you weigh 95 cents, y o u d o n ’ t b re a k tables,” Von Slasher said of her opponent. “After that point, there was just so much abuse, either one of us could have been taken out… Weapons bring a whole new level of pain.” In other action, the Nanaimo team of B.J. Laredo and Scott Steel defeated Tony Baroni and Billy Suede by disqualification, VIPW Island champion Bishop beat Mike Shreddz, Cremator Von Slasher finished off Danni Deeds, Eddie Osbourne beat Patrick Large and Lak Siddartha defeated Krofton. GAME ON … Laredo and Steel will get another shot at Baroni and Suede, this time in a no-disqualifications street fight, on Nov. 21 at Nanaimo’s Departure Bay Activity Centre.

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Buccaneers double up Panthers The Nanaimo Buccaneers picked up three out of four points against South Division opponents. The Bucs lost 4-3 in overtime to the Westshore Wolves on Thursday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre, but handled the Peninsula Panthers 6-3 the

following night on the road. In the loss, Mitch Popp, Tyler Graham and Zach Funk scored goals, but the Bucs were penalized in overtime and the Wolves scored right away. In the win, Chad Bell, Jordan Levesque, Will Koop,

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Nanaimo Buccaneers forward Zach Funk, right, gets around a Westshore Wolves defender for a shot on goal during Thursday’s game at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

Jake Calverley, Funk and Trent Bell scored goals and Liam Young made 22 saves for the win in his return to the Bucs. GAME ON … Nanaimo faces the Victoria Cougars on Thursday (Oct. 1) at 7:15 p.m. at the NIC.

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Showcase yields win for Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers showcased some of their potential on the weekend, winning one out of two games. The Clips and the rest of the teams in the B.C. Hockey League were in Chilliwack for the annual BCHL Showcase event. Nanaimo started strongly, with a 6-0 blowout of the Merritt Centennials on Friday, but were doubled up 4-2 by the Coquitlam Express the following afternoon. The Clippers’ top line was ablaze to start the weekend, as Sheldon Rempal scored two goals and added two assists, Matthew Hoover also had a two-goal game and Devin Brosseau contributed three assists. Other Nanaimo scorers were Jordan Low and Kale Bennett and Yanni Kaldis had four helpers from the blueline. Jonathan Reinhart made 28 saves to earn the shutout. The following day, the Shipmen might have hoped for a better fate as they outshot the Express 50-27. Kaldis and Sean Buchanan scored for the Clippers and Jakob Walter tended goal. GAME ON … The Clippers play three home games this week at Frank Crane Arena. The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are in town Wednesday (Sept. 30) for a 7 p.m. faceoff, the Express visit Friday, also a 7 p.m. start, and then the Vernon Vipers will come to town Saturday for a 6 p.m. game. For ticket information, please call 250-751-0593 or visit www.nanaimo clippers.com.

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