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MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES re-open after RCMP seizes drugs and makes arrests. By TaMaRa CUNNINgHaM ThE NEwS BULLETiN

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Firefighters Justin Lynch, top, and Greg Finstad climb the support pole to string lights for the Christmas Tree atop Sugarloaf Mountain as fellow firefighters untangle wires and check bulbs Friday. The tree has been a Christmas tradition since Departure Bay volunteer firefighters first started it in the 1960s and is continued by Nanaimo Professional Firefighters Local 905.

A steady stream of customers returned to Trees Dispensary Nanaimo on Friday, just three days after police raided the Bowen Road pot shop. The dispensary is back in business, although not without challenges. The store is short-staffed with the arrest of three employees, the phone wasn’t working and credit cards were being run up manually without a point-of-sale machine. Even the display cases were looking a little empty. Where there used to be about five to six pounds (two and a half kilograms) of bud, there’s now only one or two, says store manager Anita Roy – and that’s only thanks to restocking efforts by the Trees chain, whose executives are determined to keep the Nanaimo store open. There’s also the threat of arrest for employees and patrons, but the store has still been busy, according to Roy, who says people are stocking up. “A lady picked up 15 caramel packs,” she said. Police raided Trees Dispensary, Phoenix Pain Management Society and Nature’s Source Society Dec. 1, close to three weeks after warning 11 medical marijuana dispensaries to stop selling marijuana or face potential enforcement. Dispensaries said everything was seized, including product and cash, and 16 people were arrested and charged. All vowed to re-open and there are plans to continue to press local government for regulation.

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Trees Dispensary has also been rolling out changes. Roy says Trees now conducts random testing of its products for dosage content and chemical residue. The dispensary also has customers Skype with a naturopath professional in store to get a letter of assessment. The dispensary used to ask patients to self-declare a medical condition because they wouldn’t get doctor’s referrals. Technically people could falsely claim to have a medical condition, but Roy said the trust is the same as in a doctor’s office. “There is no way a doctor can verify if you have pain,” she said, adding people don’t go to “such elaborate lies” to get a bit of pot. “They can buy pot without telling those lies. They can go on the street.” See ‘DISPENSARY’ /3

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Sex assault suspect sought Nanaimo Mounties hope the public can help identify the suspect behind an attempted sexual assault. The incident happened Thursday shortly before 4 p.m. when a 15-year-old girl was walking along the railway tracks near Pine Street and was grabbed from behind by a man who threw her to the ground. The girl was yelling and fighting back when a passerby interrupted the assault by yelling, and the suspect fled and was last seen running toward Milton Street. The suspect is described as Caucasian, mid 20s to early 30s, about six feet tall, with a slim build and had a long blonde, goatee-style beard. He was wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans and a brown plaid shirt. The victim suffered minor injuries, but did not require medical attention and is being attended to by Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services.

The City of Nanaimo dodged a boil water advisory last week as its new water treatment plan went online. The City of Nanaimo secured an interim operating permit to run water through its new $71-million South Forks water treatment plant and filtration system. The plant was ready to go online Nov. 30, but needed to get a lab to confirm water potaCHRIS BUSH/THe NewS BUlleTIN

A customer, who asked not to be identified by name, gets some help with product selection Friday from Samantha Zroback, budtender, at Trees Dispensary.

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But Trees also recognized selfdeclaration wasn’t enough, she said, and as of Oct. 1, the store has clients Skype with the naturopathic firm Naturosafe Consulting. “We wanted to take a step further to basically document in a medical fashion their ailments and get a recommendation from a professional,” she said. Patients going to Trees on Friday were looking for product to help with back pain, depression and anxiety. Those who agreed to talk to the News Bulletin said they didn’t have a prescription. Mark Merrick said he hasn’t tried to get a doctor’s prescription and doesn’t believe he’d qualify for a medical licence to get marijuana, but the people at Trees know what they are talking about and help. He’s battled anxiety for a long time and marijuana helps him relax. Jacques Rivard needs medical marijuana for his back and he doesn’t like going out on the streets to find it. “Having this, I don’t see the harm in it at all,” he said, adding the police raid was nonsense. “Why not spend more of their time going after the real crimes out there?” Another patient, who asked not to be named, self-declared depression at Trees Dispensary

Coroner names drowning victim The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of man who drowned in Chemainus Lake Nov. 25. Brayden Edward Gale, 22, of Nanaimo, died while on a fishing trip at the lake with a friend and the canoe they were in capsized. Gale’s friend was able to swim to a nearby dock, but Gale disappeared. His body was recovered by an RCMP dive team several hours after the canoe capsized.Neither of the men were wearing life jackets when the craft tipped over.

Nanaimo knowing the condition still technically exists even if he’s not currently battling it and uses marijuana more for creative inspiration, personal reflection and meditation. He should have the right to choose for himself whether marijuana is necessary for him, he said. Trees Dispensary plans to remain open even if it faces future arrests. It’s a scary possibility for Roy, who says she’s never been in handcuffs before. But she calls it a moral and ethical issue and plans to take a stand. Legalization could take “years and years” and there are patients who have saved their lives with medical marijuana, according to Roy. “Cancer patients who have saved their lives in three months, in six months, we should let them die until this becomes legal? I don’t think so.” She said if there are arrests, more employes will come to take their place in a non-violent, “Gandhian” strategy. “We will line up like lemmings,” said Roy. “I know we are not Che Guevara, we’re not the Russian Revolution and we’re not the French peasants. It’s not that glamorous, but still some of the principles apply. We want to change and the only way to do it is to push the envelope.”

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The student populations of Woodbank Primary and North Cedar Intermediate schools will merge to form one come September. Trustees approved updates to Nanaimo school district’s facilities plan last week, including a measure that will see Woodbank, a kindergarten to Grade 3 school, closing and students relocating to North Cedar Intermediate (Grade 4-7). The school will be re-christened Cedar Elementary School, taking students from kindergarten to Grade 7. While Jalene Dick, Woodbank parent advisory council president, is saddened by the school closure, she said there are benefits to being under one roof. Everyone is happy to be moving forward, she said. “Obviously losing a school is kind of a sad thing, but we’ve been torn between the two schools for so many years, with families doing pickups and dropoffs at two schools, so for that reason, I think that everyone’s

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Pepper spray used in assault An early morning assault lead to five arrests in Nanaimo on Friday. Mounties responded to a 911 call shortly after 6 a.m. from a residence on Nicol street. Police were told two men had knocked on the door of the home and when one of the occupants answered, the men pushed their way past him, pepper sprayed him and then punched him in the head. The victim fought his attackers and managed to push them back out the door. Police are recommending charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon against a 33-year-old man from ladysmith and a 30-year-old man from Quesnel. The victim of the assault was taken to Nanaimo Regional hospital and treated for the effects of pepper spray.

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Regional landfill buildings will cost $2 million An Island West Coast Developments tender for just over $2 million has been selected by the Regional District of Nanaimo for building construction at the Cedar landfill. At their Nov. 24 meeting, directors voted to award the contract to Island

West Coast, which was chosen out of six proponents. According to Larry Gardner, regional district manager of solid waste services, it is part of a berm project that has been in the works for 10 years. The berm will provide long-term, seismic stabilization for the landfill, as well

as additional capacity, but the buildings are in the way, Gardner said. He said the administration building will be “transportable units” which can be relocated if the landfill closes – its projected lifespan is 26 years. A more permanent garage building will

support long-term use. “We have to look after the site a long time after closure, like a minimum of 50 years after closure, so we’re going to need some facilities there,” Gardner said. The new buildings should be up by June.

Students learning to become caring citizens BY RACHEL STERN The News BulleTiN

Collecting Coins for Kids is about more than raising money for a good cause for the students at École Quarterway Elementary School – it’s also a learning tool as students become more caring global citizens. It helps them to be “reflective” about what is going on in their community and to learn about passing on good deeds if you’re able to do so, said Shannon AplandLim, vice-principal. Coins for Kids, organized by the Nanaimo News Bulletin and Black Press, raises money for the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island. Last year Quarterway raised $250 and this year the students want to match or surpass that amount. Students were asked to write

what the campaign means to them. Elise Cullon, 12, a Grade 7 student at Quarterway, was chosen to read her statement, in both English and French, to all the classrooms. “It’s going to a really good cause,” she said. “There are people who need help out there and if we can we should help them.” With the weather getting colder outside, it makes Cullon think of the families with children who don’t have winter jackets to keep them warm. Her home has a warm fireplace, but in the mornings when the fire has burned down to embers and there is a chill in her house, she thinks of others who can’t afford to turn on the heat or don’t have warm clothing to wear. “Sometimes I hear the rainfall and I feel bad for people who don’t have shelter to keep them dry,” said Cullon.

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Keep speaking against violence The messages hang from clotheslines throughout the community – scrawled on T-shirts and bedsheets that have been soaked by rainstorms and are barely hanging on by a clothespin. While the ink might run and the garments might blow away, we must not allow the messages to be lost. The Clothesline Project is one of a few initiatives that have been taking place locally the past two weeks as part of the United Nations’ 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Those 16 days incorporated, in Canada, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, marking 26 years since the murders of 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. One of the most important parts of remembrance, in this case, is doing what we can to ensure it does not happen again. As a society, however, we fail again and again to protect women, whether on northern B.C.’s Highway of Tears, or Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, or even in Nanaimo. According to the Vancouver Island University Faculty Association’s Status of Women committee, 3,500 women on the mid-Island seek help dealing with physical, sexual and emotional abuse and violence. If it isn’t a shocking number, it should be. We can do more to help the victims, but better still, we must change attitudes. Humans will argue and we will be faced with problems, and sometimes they’re hard, but what problems, really, do we face in our little day-to-day lives in Nanaimo that we cannot resolve peacefully? The messages on the clotheslines give voice to the issue of violence against women. Organizers say it’s important that women do not suffer in silence. It is important. There are so many who will help them if they will only speak up, and who will stand by them if they speak out. We don’t know how to put an end, completely, to gender violence, but we know how to get started. On clotheslines around the city, the answers are blowin’ in the wind.

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Re: School closures recommended, Nov. 26. I do not understand how spending any of our district monies or ministry monies on building a wing on to the Frank J. Ney site and closing Rutherford is going to benefit our children, teachers or school district on the whole. Does it not make sense to spend the money to upgrade or ‘enhance’ the facility of Rutherford elementary and adjust the catchment boundaries for Rutherford elementary? Frank J. Ney has enough development surrounding it now and in the coming months and years to sup-

I moved here from Victoria a couple of years ago, and was quite disappointed when I became aware of the lack of effective bus service in the Nanaimo area. I realize the community is much smaller, but there are some glaring File photo gaps in the logic The regional transit system of the service. I have recently doesn’t get people where they want to go, says letter writer. become temporarily disabled and had to ride the bus to get some groceries and other items and run some errands. Trying to get from the Bowen Park activity centre to Brooks Landing or to Terminal Park is a very complex procedure. Also, in attempting to access the Nanaimo Correctional Centre, the bus does not cross the Parkway; the closest it gets is to Mostar and Boban, which is 1.4km from the prison, and doesn’t arrive there until after the workday begins for most staff. There are in excess of 150 employees at the prison, and none of them can use public transit for their daily travel. I’m lucky in that my mobility issue is temporary, but if I were a senior and past the age of driving, I would be forced into a very small world indeed. In writing this letter, I’m hoping that things will change in time for me to access a fully functioning bus service when I have aged past the point of driving, without feeling confined to my home or dependent on others to manage the few errands I will need to accomplish just to run a simple life.

port its own enrolment. The north end needs Rutherford School solely based on current enrolment and future enrolment in the coming months and years. How does closing schools and spending money to re-open closed schools relate to ‘enhanced’ facilities? How does this action save money? Cedar does not have the development the north end is seeing. And yet somehow it was motioned to open a whole high school even at an estimated 48 per cent capacity. Does this not seem absurd? How is any of this justified? Erin Volen Nanaimo

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Children star in musical adaptation of Disney tale loves the character because she gets to be bold. “Tinkerbell is very sassy. I get right he cowardly villain, Captain into it,” said Joly. Hook, plots his revenge against Vannini plays Peter Pan. She likes the mischievous and childish the character because he’s a bit conPeter Pan with the aid of his ceited. pirate crew. “He brags a lot and takes charge of He’s a complicated man. Hook things. He thinks he’s the boss,” she wavers between being a wimp and a said. confident leader. Headliners’ production of Peter Pan For 12-year-old Teagan features 36 actors between Thomson, starring in the ages of six and 11. Headliners School of Per“It’s going to be a good forming Arts’ presentafamily show,” said Vannini. tion of Peter Pan, Captain “It’s funny. It’s very excitHook was a hard characing.” ter to become. He’d never Audience members can played a villain before, embark on an adventure despite being in other It’s going to with Wendy Darling and her Headliners’ productions be a good brothers to Neverland. such as Aladdin and The Thomson also portrays Addams Family. family show. Jack in Headliners’ presen“It definitely hasn’t tation of Into the Woods. been easy, but it’s been a It’s funny. The character of Jack also lot of fun,” he said. “Hook comes with his own set of is kind of cowardly when no one is challenges. Thomson has to adapt around, but when the pirates are his character’s traits to whichever there he is strong.” performer is on stage with him. One of his favourite parts is con“He has his head in the clouds. He veying Hook’s characteristics with is kind of a difficult character. There his props, such as the sword, tele- are three jacks in my mind: dumb scope, keys and hook. Jack, smart Jack and the Jack who The production is based off of Dis- wants the best for everybody,” said ney’s animated version of the story. Thomson. It features new arrangements for He acts differently when speaking songs, such as Following the Leader, to Little Red Riding Hood than the You Can Fly and The Second Star to Mysterious Man. the Right. Peter Pan shows at Vancouver For Thomson, one of his favourite Island University’s Malaspina Themoments in the play is singing, Never atre Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 12 Smile a Crocodile. at 2 p.m. Into The Woods shows Dec. “It is my main solo,” he said. 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Thomson’s Peter Pan cast mates at Malaspina Theatre. Tickets are $10 Rose Joly, 8, and Autumn Vannini, 10, per performance or $12 at the door. said the production has been a lot of To purchase tickets in advance, fun. please call 250-585-1811. Joly plays Tinkerbell and said she arts@nanaimobulletin.com BY RACHEL STERN

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Scottish dancers reel in holiday season

BRIGADOON DANCE hosts its annual Christmas concert. By RACHEL STERN The News BulleTiN

Even with rain falling in Nanaimo, the Brigadoon Dance Academy is hosting a white Christmas. On Sunday (Dec. 13), the dance organization hosts its annual Christmas concert. This year it presents Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow. “Each year it’s different,” said Diena Henry, principal instructor of Brigadoon. The academy annually presents A Christmas Eve in Scot-

land, but this year it changed the concert name. Attendees can expect to see traditional favourites such as Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. “It is a crowd pleaser ... it’s funny and gets everyone laughing,” said Henry. The finishing number of Auld Lang Syne is dedicated to Ron Skipsey. Skipsey was the father of one of the academy dancers and a school principal. The dance was choreographed in his honour. “There usually isn’t a dry eye in the house when we finish that number,” said Henry. The concert is a mixture of traditional Scottish dances and contemporary numbers.

“It is definitely a family event. It will be sure to put everyone in the Christmas spirit,” said Henry. The music is a mixture of traditional Celtic, Celtic rock and Christmas music. “There is a total variety. We are using traditional Scottish dance with upbeat Celtic and Christmas music to begin the holiday season,” said Henry. The dancers range in ages from one year old to adults. Brigadoon Dance Academy’s Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow shows at the Port Theatre Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children and are available by calling 250-754-8550 or at www.porttheatre.com.

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Actors venture into the woods for musical production A baker and his wife enter the woods at the behest of a witch to fulfil four tasks and lift a curse. Their journey is unveiled through the acting talents of students in Dover Bay Theatrix. The students

present Into The Woods today (Dec. 8) to Saturday (Dec. 12) at 7 p.m. at Dover Bay Secondary school. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The musical production includes a 31-piece student orchestra. To create more

performance parts a chorus was made. The choral parts were created by Grade 12 students Olivia Andrews, Kate Krynowsky and Hayley Farenholtz. Dakota Farenholtz is this

year’s lighting designer. “Dakota is capable and she has created some extraordinary and beautiful scenes,” said Ward Norcutt, a teacher with Dover Bay Theatrix. Michael Irving is the

musical director and student teacher Brennan Conroy and Krynowsky are the vocal directors. Tickets are $15 or $10 for students and are available at the school office or at the door.

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Singing tree comes to life Generations Church presents its 23rd annual production of the Singing Christmas Tree this weekend. This year’s production, I’ll be Home for Christmas, is a musical that follows the life the West family during the Second World War. The West family experiences joys and sorrows as it prepares for the holiday season and audience members are invited to share the journey. The Christmas tree is comprised of choir members and holiday lights. The show is Friday to Sunday (Dec. 11-13 Friday’s show is 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday’s shows are at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are free and are available at Generations Church, located at 1300 Princess Royal Ave., or The Buzz Coffee House, located at 1861 Dufferin Cres.

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Museum showcases radios

GOLDEN AGE of radio showcased in Christmas exhibit. By RACHEL STERN The News BulleTiN

In the golden age of radio, dramas and plays came to life inside people’s minds instead of unfolding on a screen. The Nanaimo Museum is shedding light on the role radio had in people’s lives before it was overtaken by the popularity of the television in the exhibit Christmas in the Golden Age of Radio. The exhibit, created by Richard Slingerland, design curator for

the museum, features radios from the museum’s collection, including some from Nanaimo Fletcher’s Furniture store. The downtown store was popular in the community for nearly 100 years. The golden age of radio was between 1920 and 1950. The exhibit features a recreation of a typical family living room during the 1930s. It includes historical information about Nanaimo during that time period and popular music of those decades. “The importance of the radio in families was the same way people gather around the television today,” said Aimee Greenaway, interpretation curator for the museum. “It’s a

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Former Foundry site refreshed as a micro-brewery and tap room BY KARL YU The News BulleTiN

There’s something new brewing at the site of the old Foundry Pub, across the street from Maffeo Sutton Park. White Sails Brewing has opened its doors to craft beer fans, offering its own brand of micro-brewed beer and for co-founder Brad McCarthy and partners, there’s room in Nanaimo for another brewery. McCarthy said there a four beers on the go right now, with three of them becoming part of White Sails’ core group that will be available year-round. “We have a lighter Session Ale for people that like a lighter beer, it’s called Departure Bay Session Ale. It’s going to be a little bit lower alcohol (4.6 per cent), very light on the hops. Very nice and flavourful,” McCarthy said. “We have a pale ale that we are calling Yellow Point Pale Ale and an [India pale ale] that’s one of my favourites, I’m an IPA guy, and it’s Mount Benson IPA – nice and hoppy, nice citrus notes coming out of it,” said McCarthy.

White Sails is a nod to the local community. We want to tie ourselves closely to Nanaimo.

There will also be a series of specialty beers that will be offered, the first of which is a chocolate porter, which McCarthy said will be offered in time for the Christmas season. “Our idea is to have up to eight different beers on tap at any given time,” said McCarthy. “We have to build up to that, it’s going to take us a little while. We’ll have our core beers and we’ll have specialty beers on tap as well. “One of the next ones we’re looking at is a black Belgian IPA, so we’re hoping to have that one for the Christmas season as well,” he said. McCarthy said White Sails Brewing is not a pub, but rather a tap room.

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“It’s even more than a tasting room,” said McCarthy. “Tasting rooms are breweries where you can walk in and have one taste per customer and pick your beers and go home. We’re going to have a tap room where you can actually come in and sit down and enjoy a bunch of different beers.” There will be snack foods available, but there won’t be a commercial kitchen, he said. As to the significance of the name White Sails, McCarthy said one only need to look around the Harbour City. “White Sails is a nod to the local community that we live in,” he said. “When you drive in from either the north or the south end on the parkway, the City of Nanaimo signs that are up there have a welcoming ocean motif, the waves and everything else like that. “We’re all about the sense of community. We want to tie ourselves closely to Nanaimo. The sailing, the harbour, you see the sailboats go by the harbour all the time ... there’s also the tie-in with the city flag that has the white sails on the city crest.” reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Handsworth Royals players Danika Ahac, left, Maya Bennett, Nicola Ros, Danielle Corrigan and Kayla Oxland celebrate match point as they defeat the Earl Marriott Mariners in straight sets Saturday in the senior AAAA girls’ volleyball provincial final at the Vancouver Island University gym. For more photos, please visit www.nanaimobulletin.com/sports.

good weekend,” said Dave Nelson, Dolphins coach. “We were really strong when we needed to be.” Dover wore its vintage teal jerseys for its last match against Lord Tweedsmuir and in the final moments of the deciding set, all Dover Bay’s Grade 12s were subbed off and presented with flowers as they left the court. “It’s just to make sure we honour what they’ve accomplished and what

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Dover Bay Dolphins libero Rachel Therrien bumps the ball during a match against Lord Tweedsmuir at the VIU gym.

The Handsworth Royals will now reign as provincial champions in senior AAAA girls’ volleyball. The North Vancouver team won the top-tier tournament Saturday night in Nanaimo, defeating Surrey’s Earl Marriott Mariners in straight sets in the final at Vancouver Island University. “It was probably one of the best feelings, knowing that all my teammates and I had worked so hard for it,” said Nicola Ros, tournament MVP. “Our last game ended the way that we deserved it to and it was just a really great experience overall.” Maya Bennett, Royals captain, said her team played “super, super well” in the final. She said the squad knew at the start of the season it was capable of this sort of finish. “And I’m so happy we got there…” she said. “We’ve been playing together for so long, we’ve got each other’s backs, we know each other inside and out. There’s nobody else I’d rather win with.” The Riverside Rapids of Port Coquitlam beat Victoria’s Oak Bay Bays in the bronze-medal match. The host Dover Bay Dolphins placed sixth. “I think we had a really

The Nanaimo Clippers extended their winning streak, with an exclamation point provided by Sheldon Rempal. The Clippers’ star forward scored five times in an 8-5 win o v e r t h e S u r re y Eagles on the road Sunday. The victory extended Nanaimo’s win streak to nine straight, as the Clips swept their weekend road trip, also defeating the Prince George Spruce Kings 5-2 on Friday and then edging the Chilliwack Chiefs 2-1 in overtime Saturday. Against the Eagles, Will Reilly, Zach Court and Corey Renwick scored Nanaimo’s other goals and Jakob Walter made 37 saves for the win. At Chilliwack the night before, it was Matt Hoover with the game-winning goal in OT. Devin Brosseau also scored and Evan Johnson was the game’s first star with 39 saves. In the first game of the road trip, Hoover scored four goals and Chris Dodero also tallied. Johnson only needed to make 14 saves for the win. GAME ON … The Clippers play the Merritt Centennials on Friday (Dec. 11) at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena.

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Kerry Park Islanders player David Bittner, left, is checked by Nanaimo Buccaneers opponent Mitch Popp on Thursday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

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Park Islanders 9-5 on Thursday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre, then handled the Oceanside Generals two nights later in Parksville, 6-2. Thursday’s contest didn’t start off as a blowout, as the teams were tied 5-5 late in the second period and the Islanders chased the Bucs’ starting goalie. Jordan Levesque led Nanaimo with two goals and two assists and Nolan Richardson also scored a pair. Trent

The Nanaimo Buccaneers busted out of a slump in a big way with a barnburner victory. After going winless over their seven games during November, the city’s Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League team is off to a 2-0 start to December. The Bucs beat up on the Kerry

were selected as the tournament’s most sportsmanlike team. Jeff Webb was named a first-team all-star and Nathan Ziemanski was a secondteam all-star. Dover lost in the semifinals in four sets to the eventualchampion Oak Bay Bays. The Woodlands Eagles senior boys

and Aled Orth was the winning goalie as his team outshot the opposition 52-31. GAME ON … The Bucs host their expansion cousins the Westshore Wolves on Thursday (Dec. 10) at 7:15 p.m. at the NIC, then visit the Comox Valley Glacier Kings two nights later up Island. The secondplace Bucs and third-place Yetis are separated by four points in the VIJHL’s North Division standings.

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Dover Bay AAA boys win bronze The Dover Bay Dolphins senior AAA boys’ volleyball team had a podium finish to their season. The squad finished third at provincials in Langley on the weekend after defeating the Moscrop Panthers 18-25, 25-23, 17-15 in the bronzemedal match Saturday. The Dolphins

Bell, Will McNamara and Chandler Bruyckere all had a goal and two helpers and Jake Calverley and Nick Gomerich were the Buccaneers’ other goal scorers. Goaltender Liam Young stopped all 18 shots he faced to earn the ‘W’ in relief. Against the Gens, McNamara led the Bucs with two goals and Calverley had a goal and two assists. Will Koop, Bruyckere and Chad Bell also scored for Nanaimo

were also in Langley, as AA provincials were held there, too. The Eagles finished 14th and Sam Harder was an honourable mention all-star. Woodlands’ senior AA girls competed at provincials in Kelowna and placed 10th. They earned wins against Smithers, D.P. Todd and West Point Grey.

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Maghakyan and Levi Thomas earned silver medals and Riley Besson and Logan Lowrence took bronze. “These novices will all be fabulous wrestlers in the next three years, but for the meantime, we hope that they can contribute some points in the team title race,” Tuck said. The team competed at the Cougar Invitational at Mill Bay this past weekend and the Island championships will be held on Salt Spring Island in February.

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City’s Winter Wonderland a chance to start skating

PARKS AND REC hosting themed ice events this month. BY KARL YU The News BulleTiN

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The City of Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Environment department’s ice skating lessons are a good way for people like Julia Sun to get active and fit. Parks and rec will be offering opportunities for skating during its Winter Wonderland event from Dec. 26 to 30.

Skating was a way for Julia Sun to follow in the footsteps of her sister, but it has also allowed her to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sun said she took up skating because it looked “cool” and she wanted to try it out. She graduated to figure skating lessons after completing beginner lessons via the City of Nanaimo’s parks, recreation and environment department. She earned her Rec Skate 7 medallion, which represents the top level of the basic learnto-skate program. She enjoys doing waltz jumps and spins, but admitted to being a little hesitant when she began. “I was scared that I would fall and break a bone or something,” Sun said. Skaters, whether at Sun’s level or not, have an opportunity to take part in skating, as the parks and recreation department is once again set to host its Winter Wonderland skating event between Dec. 26-30 at Frank Crane Arena. Just like last year, Winter Wonderland 2015 will be Quebec Winter Carnival-themed, said Gary Paterson, city arenas coordinator. There will be an ice sculpture of a chair for people to

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Frank Crane Arena gets decked out in a Winter Wonderland theme every year for public skating sessions. This year’s event is Dec. 26-30.

Quickfacts WINTER WONDERLAND free skates will be held Dec. 26, from 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m.; Dec. 27 from 1:30-4:45 p.m. and 7:45-9:30 p.m.; and Dec. 28-29, from 7:45-9:30 p.m.

take family photos in and the Nanaimo Kinsmen Club will host a pancake breakfast fundraiser Dec. 29. “It’s kind of in keeping with the whole active for life, which is a theme we’re trying to inspire to get families to come out in the grey, dark time, when it’s really rainy and miserable,” said Paterson. “This way families are more inspired to come out and recreate, leisure together.” In addition, it isn’t cost prohibitive, as it costs $1, with a number of free sessions – skate and helmet rentals are free also.

Paterson said there are benefits to skating lessons. There is a physical literacy component and it’s about balance, co-ordination, spatial awareness and dealing with speed. It’s important for children to develop those skills, he said. He hopes that the event will inspire people to take up skating lessons, such as learn-toskate and adult specialty lessons. “We’ve got a couple of new programs coming up. Our Skate Fit, which is a fitness-onice type program and we’ve got power skating, for people that want to learn a bit more about hockey and of course, a new program Rec Synchro Skate, which is kind of like synchronized swimming, but it’s done on ice,” said Paterson. For more information, please call Paterson at 250-755-7536. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Nanaimo Midweek Specials Tues. thru Sat. December 8 - 12, 2015

Locally Owned & Operated since 1984

B.c. grown extra fancy

Mexico grown

cut from rom ccanada anada aa or Better Beef

Apples

Tender Baron of Beef Asparagus Roasts

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cut from the outside round

In our Deli…

Original Wieners

Roast Beef

450 g

.97

100 g

Island Grown at Wintergreen Tree Plantation in Mill Bay

#1 Douglas

Fir Trees 5-7 ft.

$2.00 from every tree goes to “Help Fill a Dream”

Watch for our giant 16 page

FLYER

EVERY THURSDAY in the nanaimo news Bulletin

97 each

lb 10.96 Kg

Schneider’s Jumbo Juicy

Schneider’s

Reg. 5.99

lb 2.14 Kg

In our Bakery...

12 pack

• Bird’s nest • hermits • chinese chews • coconut • fruit Macs Macaroons

ocean Jewel raw

Peeled Prawns

31-40 count, 340 g

97 each

fresh Baked

25 F O R

royal gala granny Smith Spartan red Delicious fuji

.97

lb 8.75 Kg

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WHILkES STOCT! LAS

each

Bulk Glazed Fruit

30%

off at checKoutS

Chase River Marketplace: 82 Twelfth St, Nanaimo • 250-753-7545 Bowen Road: 1800 Dufferin Cres, Nanaimo • 250-591-5525 Open Daily 7 am - 10 pm

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