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Citizens discuss Alice future By Trish Weatherall For the Gazette Twenty-three Port Alice citizens gathered at the Sea View Activity Centre on Sunday, Jan. 17, to collaborate on ideas for the future of the village, which has seen economic difficulty since the March 2015 Neucel Specialty Cellulose mill layoffs. The meeting, named Alice in Action, was a brainstorming session for locals to share ideas, aspirations, knowledge and experience, organized by residents Pauline Steele, Susan Mohler and Bev Steffler. Steele, who in October wrote an open letter to Port Alice residents to encourage shopping locally, retired to Port Alice six-and-a-half years ago. “This place ticked all the boxes,” she said. “I love it here, I’m not going anywhere. I want to see this place survive. It might not go back to the way it used to be, but I’d like to keep what we’ve got.” Alice in Action attendees ranged in age from mid-twenties to mid-seventies, and included lifelong residents, recently retired newcomers, and a few entrepreneurs. The key topic of discussion was the need to promote Port Alice’s strengths to tourists and new residents, which were identified as the natural beauty of the inlet and surrounding mountains; a mild climate; the sheltered waters of Neroutsos Inlet for sailing and kayaking; the affordability of housing; the peace and quiet; the absence of significant crime; ocean and logging road access to the West Coast; nearby lakes; and the accessibility of wilderness and wildlife.
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Stan Hall performs “Worth More Than a Minion”, created by Leighann Ruel, to the song ‘Barbara Ann’ at the Victor’s Secret Fashion Show, Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Community Hall in Port McNeill. This was the fifth year the wildly-popular fashion show has been held. All the bras featured were created by local community members, and all proceeds from the show go to support local North Island cancer patients from Woss north.
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do everything we can to make it as easy as possible for young families.” Other topics and ideas included: • a lack of accommodation and food services • development of B&Bs, or an informal network of Air B&B type accommodations • encouraging entrepreneurs to invest in Port Alice • attracting tourists • attracting retirees • welcoming government-sponsored refugees • grooming and promoting the dike hiking trails • naming and promoting the Port Alice road as an attraction for motorcyclists Organizers of Alice in Action are planning follow-up meetings, which they hope will lead to more community involvement and development. Current actions include new promotional websites and a citizen-organized business development workshop held on Jan. 30. Steele created the website vancouverislandhiddengem.com to help market Port Alice and local real estate to retirees. Mohler is in the process creating portalicelife.ca, to promote life, events, arts, culture, and business in Port Alice. For more information contact: Pauline Steele at 250-284-6252 or Susan Mohler at 250209-2499.
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Hotel to feature smoke hole Gazette staff The new Kwa’lilas Hotel is going to be smoking. In addition to work on the inside, customized roof trusses are being installed to make the hotel resemble a big house and to allow for the addition of a traditional smoke hole. In the past, the Big House was home to four to five families at a time. The fire pit in the middle of the house, used as a source of warmth, heat for cooking and a centrepiece for ceremonial dances, needed a vent for smoke to exit. Culturally this smoke hole would also serve as an entrance point for the experienced dancers. ‘ k a w a t ’ s i Construction has also been busy gutting rooms and is in the pro-
cess of installing new drywall and upgrading the electrical and plumbing throughout the hotel. To date, six design sketches have been received from various local aboriginal artists for throw blankets, headboards and metal room dividers. Shain Jackson, the lead artist for Kwa’lilas Hotel, is in the process of digitizing the sketches for the elders to review over the next few weeks. The Elders Selection Committee consists of elders from both Gwa’sala & Submitted Photo ‘Nakwaxda’xw Rooms are being gutted at the Kwa’lilas Hotel in Port Hardy. The renoNations. K’awatsi Economic vation will also include a smoke hole - a traditional component of a Big D e v e l o p m e n t House. Corporation (KEDC), ated as a result of a mandate is to bring in Where possible, is the organization strong community revenue, prosperity, KEDC aims to source responsible for the desire to grow oppor- jobs, skills and devel- local building matehotel’s makeover. tunities for Gwa’sala- opment to the commu- rials, support local KEDC was cre- ’Nakwaxda’xw. businesses and create Its nity. jobs for the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw people and Port Hardy residents. Development Pat English at a board of direcBy Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor tors meeting Jan. 19. Editor “This is the largest application we’ve ever The amount of money Vancouver Island North Tourism (VINT) spends on marketing could be sent in,” said English, and represents “a 30 per cent increase if we are successful.” up this year. The additional dollars will have “quite a sigVINT Coordinator Joli White has submitted an application for $113,000 in funding through nificant impact on our marketing activity.” A low Canadian dollar will also have a the Destination BC Cooperative Marketing Program for 2016, said Regional District of positive effect on tourist visitations this year, Mount Waddington Manager of Economic he said.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor An application for funding through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program to renovate the Regional District of Mount Waddington office has been denied. According to the letter, “the demand for funding greatly exceeded available funds.” The renovation project was budgeted to cost $302,220, with 50 per cent ($151,110) coming from the Regional District and the balance coming from the federal government. The office plans include a new basement area and 800-sq. ft. boardroom. The old board room would be turned into
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Community TV channel could fade to black By Jeff Nagel Black Press A federal review of community access TV could lead to the shut down of Shaw Cable’s channel 4 and end televised broadcasts of city council meetings and other local niche programming. A two per cent levy on all cable TV bills now goes to community TV program development and one option for reform the CRTC is considering is to reallocate that money to local commercial television stations to help them produce more local news. That scenario could eliminate the community channel altogether, according to Metro Vancouver regional district officials who intend to speak against it at a CRTC hearing Feb. 2. “Our concern is that in its desire to assist the private sector in dealing with the challenges of a changing marketplace, the CRTC will rob Peter to pay Paul,” Metro states in a draft response to the CRTC. “The community channel is a vital element of the broadcast system and should remain so.” City council meetings in the region are often streamed online but the demise of a community channel on cable would end televised access. Metro produces its own regional issues show for community cable called The Sustainable Region as well as Metro Vancouver Close-up, which shows how municipalities and community groups are promoting sustainability and regional goals. Other local programs that might lose their place on cable TV include the provincial politics show Voice of B.C. and The Animal Show, which promotes dogs and cats up for adoption at local shelters, as well as live coverage of elections, parades and telethons. Redirecting the two per cent community access levy to commercial stations would amount to a $60 million cash injection nationally for private broadcasters. Within Metro Vancouver, it would be worth about $5 million. Metro has been critical of Shaw Cable in the past, accusing it of gradually cutting away local community-driven access to the channel in favour of its own productions, while the CRTC did nothing to stop that. “Where we once had thousands of volunteers engaged in community expression we now have less than a hundred,” the Metro paper says. Metro officials have also been irked that their Sustainable Region show usually airs in the middle of the night. The explosion of online video and the ease at which anyone can produce and post a YouTube video is part of the CRTC’s rationale for redeploying the community access levy to private news outlets. But Metro argues they are unlikely to use commercial TV time on the sort of dialogue- and discussion-intensive shows now found on community cable. It also says community programs posted online are unlikely to get as many viewers as on television, and not everyone has online access. A second option contained in a CRTC discussion paper is to provide incentives to broadcast professional local news on community channels in markets where there is no over-the-air television. That could effectively convert community channels in rural areas to commercial channels with much more advertising and less community access, according to Metro. It wouldn’t affect the Metro Vancouver area directly but the regional district sees it as a potential future precedent in urban areas. Instead, Metro will push the CRTC to mandate stronger community channels, with greater accountability for where money goes. Shaw Communications is seeking looser rules on how community channels operate and the freedom to explore alternate delivery systems, such as video-on-demand. It opposes redirection of the cable levy.
Urban drug ghettos aren’t working Communities around B.C. are struggling to cope with the continued influx of what politicians call “homelessness,” a term that suggests the problem can be solved merely by providing more homes. Taxpaying citizens see the daily reality behind the soothing euphemisms – mainly transients squatting in parks and “tent cities” blighted by drug abuse and crime, and “homeless” shelters that fill up as soon as they open. They worry that the continued costly supply of supports only invites more arrivals, particularly in the gentle climate of southwestern B.C. Their worries are well founded. In Abbotsford, a 40-bed “temporary weather shelter” made from industrial camp trailers opened in December with a $450,000 operating grant from B.C. Housing. It was full in 10 days. Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich told city council in January that his bike officers don’t recognize most of the shelter occupants from their constant patrols of local tent camps, the largest of which has been on a city-owned roadside site since 2013. In Maple Ridge, a “low barrier harm reduction” shelter was opened last fall in response to a growing tent camp and accompanying drug dealing, prostitution and petty crime. One resident noted bitterly that a mayor’s task force had identified 42 unsheltered homeless people, then found places for 77 from the camp, 40 from a closing “temporary” shelter and 40 in a new shelter. “How exactly does one house 157 out of 42?” she asked. Victoria’s camping population has gathered in an Occupy-style squat on provincial land next to the courthouse, after years of uncontrolled camping in Beacon Hill and other city parks. The city opened a shelter in a vacant Boys and Girls Club gym, complete with new indoor tents. By the time that was full, the courthouse camp was bigger than ever, with some occupants describing how they came to town for the opportunity. One said Vancouver Police gave her a bus ticket to Victoria. The North Island Gazette is published Thursdays at 7305 Market Street in Port Hardy, B.C. by Black Press Ltd. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #391275. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The latest plan by a local agency that runs Victoria shelters is to convert an old, empty seniors’ care home into a 101-bed permanent housing facility. This would also be “low barrier,” a euphemism for allowing drug and alcohol consumption in the rooms. The city has come up with around $1 million for this project, in a residential area next to a school, but it still needs millions more to renovate and run it. This would presumably come from B.C. taxpayers via our social housing czar, deputy premier Rich Coleman. Coleman pioneered this “housing first” experiment in 2007, buying up 13 century-old “single-room occupancy” hotels in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. These crumbling bedbug habitats were bought and renovated for a staggering $143 million, plus a 15-year maintenance commitment and a cop assigned to each one in an effort to contain the chaos inside. Coleman brags endlessly about the great job he has done, but how is that actually working? A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers provides a more objective assessment. Tracking 433 mentally ill homeless adults over 10 years, the study found the concentration of low-rent accommodation, food handouts, street outreach and medical supports resulted in “significant personal decline rather than recovery, as evidenced by their involvement in the criminal justice system, large increases in acute care and prolonged homelessness.” The rate of people arriving in this service-intensive hellhole has tripled in the last 10 years, a finding similar to studies of concentrated services in New York, Sao Paulo and Osaka. It’s a cautionary tale for other urban communities where this failed containment model is proposed. (Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc) A member of
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Pull up your pants, pick up your garbage Dear Editor, I am deeply ashamed of the North Island and I am not alone. At one time, there was more respect for the environment and each other. I know what of I speak. I was raised here as was my Father, Grandmother and Great-grandmother. My husband and I travel down island quite often and the garbage on the side of the road is getting more and more disgusting. And what part of ‘It is Illegal’ to drink and drive do people not understand. The ditch is liberally sprinkled with empty beer cans. There are garbage cans and recycle bins at all the rest stops and gas stations. And what on earth makes you think we want to see your dirty underwear and your butt.
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Why do you need to punctuate every sentence with profanity? Surely there are other adjectives and adverbs you could use. If anything is said, we are told you have the right to express yourself and your individuality. Well, we have the right to leave the sanctuary of our homes without being offended at every turn of a corner. So pull up your pants, pick up your garbage and wash your mouths out with soap. Have a little respect!! Sincerely, Robert McNeely Yvonne Spencer McNeely Port Hardy
Dear Editor, I would like to thank you for your coverage of the official opening of New Beginnings in Port Hardy and recognition of some of the people who have worked so hard to make this happen, also the staff at this facility who work hard behind the scene every day to make people feel comfortable and not judged. This has been a long time coming and is a credit to the North Island, hopefully things can continue to improve. If we look back only 10 years as to what was not available for addiction or mental illness a tremendous amount has been
achieved. I was present for this lovely event and was thinking about an old friend and manager through the proceedings, so it was especially special to read Chief Alfred Hunt’s comments in your article about Neil Taylor who was the manager for Mental Health and Addictions and left us too early in 2010. This event was part of his vision and I feel honoured to have had him as my manager and good friend to the end. Thank you for including Neil in the article. Yours sincerely. Trevor Haselton Port McNeill
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Instructional day invite By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Ministry of Education has mandated the addition of two non-instructional days this year to support new curriculum. The two days are being used to help teachers get up to speed on the changes. The curriculum is
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Chalet applies for extended hours By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Quatsino Chalet in Port Alice has received support from Village council to extend its hours. The Chalet is applying to the BC Liquor Control and Licencing Branch to extend their hours. Currently the Chalet’s liquor sale hours are noon to 2 a.m. every day but Sunday.
They are asking to be allowed liquor sales from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. except Sunday when they would close at 2 a.m. The change is to accommodate the market for late-night facilities during the Oscar Hickes Tournament, but the extended hours could also be used to support other events. Port Alice Major Jan Allen said at the Jan. 27
Port Alice Village council meeting that she supports the idea “because it’ll mean more business.” Councillor Christine Martin was opposed, stating that they’d be “releasing a bunch of drunks on the streets at 4 a.m.” Councillor Dave Stewart said the change wouldn’t be disrupting or impacting any resi-
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Duncan MacGregor performs Robbie Burns ‘Ode to the Haggis’ poem at the annual Robbie Burns Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 281, in Port McNeill. The dinner also featured performances from the Team Charlton highland dancers and Scott Mercs playing the bagpipes.
dents, “you’re keeping them inside till it’s hopefully time to go home.” A motion to support for the application was carried.
Alice needs to be added to signs By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Port Alice Village council met on Jan. 20 to discuss action items from the “First Hundred Days” initiatives presented in the Port of Potential Economic Development Strategy. The four initiatives set as priorities are 1: improvement or replacement of the Port Alice Sign on Highway 19, 2: a letter written to the Ministry of Highways requesting that Port Alice be added to the highway distance signs, 3: Improvements to the Marina Signage to address services available, and 4: Improvements made to the website, such as addition of printable maps, addition of keywords to create a better search presence, making the website more user friendly, and improving the photo gallery. Village of Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen said at the Village council meeting Jan. 27, that the Highway 19 signs “where it says Port Hardy and Port McNeill, should also include Port Alice.”
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New mural on the horizon
www.northislandgazette.com 7 By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor A new First Nations history murals could soon be part of the Port Hardy landscape. At their regular meeting Jan. 12, the District of Port Hardy council approved submitting an application for a $44,050 grant from Heritage Canada’s Canada 150 program. If the funding request is approved, the plan calls for a three to four-panel threedimensional mural to be carved that is the same size as the one currently located in the Port Hardy Civic Centre (about 35 feet by five feet). Once complete, the new mural will be displayed in the same location.
The district will contribute $400 in cash, and $1,000 in in-kind goods or services to the project. The murals will celebrate and educate residents about the past, and honour the history of the Kwakwaka’wakw people. The theme of the murals will be Galgapola which means “holding each other up, coming together”. The work will be done in public at the Thunderbird Mall so that people are able to watch and it is estimated that between 10 to 25 student carvers will be included in the process. The application includes a letter of support from the First Nations Relations Committee as well as from the Kwakiutl band, said
Councillor Pat Corbett-Labatt, a member of the committee. “They’re support is incredible,” CorbettLabatt said. “It could take up to six months to hear,” if the application is successful, said CorbettLabatt. “We do happen to have some of the best artists in Canada on the North Island,” said Mayor Hank Bood. Bood said he has had some very productive meetings with Kwakiutl Nation Chief Leslie Dickie and Hereditary Chief George Hunt and there is a sense that “we need to move ahead together” and that there are “so many opportunities for the North Island working together.”
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By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Stream to Sea Classroom Incubation program has started up for another season. The Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre has begun delivering eyed salmon eggs to classrooms (Kindergarten and up) all over the North Island. “After a couple weeks the eggs hatch, and then when they’re fry Tyson Whitney Photo the kids release them Michelle Sedola’s Kindergarten students at Eagle View Elementary into the stream,” said School crowd around the fish tank to get a good look at the eyed Jeannine McCormack, salmon eggs the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre delivered to them. education coordinator a salmon dissection the lucky classrooms First Nation’s culture for the Centre. and that got a delivery of as well. “It’s an annu- demonstration “The kids get to al program run all class tours of the fish eyed salmon eggs. “The program teach- take ownership of over B.C. through hatchery. Michelle Sedola’s es kids about the envi- the eggs, raise them, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans,” Kindergarten class ronment and how to and learn that if they at Eagle View keep the environment keep the environment McCormack said. clean, the fish will be The program also Elementary School in safe,” said Sedola. “It also touches on safe.” includes things like Port Hardy is one of
By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Port Hardy Secondary School is taking orders for garden sheds for residents of the community. The construction is part of a new course being offered, called Skills Exploratory, that was produced by the BC Ministry of Education with consultation from the Industry Training Authority and BC educators. The goal of Skills Exploratory is to expose youth to in-demand trades so they will be better educated to make decisions about following a career in the trades. “There are four different units to the course which are electrician, plumber/pipe fitter, carpenter, and auto mechanic,” teacher Kevin McGhee said. “Right now there are 30 kids enrolled in the class. It’s full,” said McGhee said. The students are currently busy
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Wild Heart Music is excited to present ‘Strength in Song’ with Joey Clarkson. ‘Strength in Song’ is a free music workshop focusing on songwriting, harmony and performance that is being held in schools throughout the North Island school district for the month of February. The general public can also take advantage of the ‘Strength in Song’ workshop every Tuesday and Thursday night from 7 to 8:30 p.m., for the month of February at the A-Frame in Port McNeill (adults are $30). Wild Heart Music is a non-profit program that has been bringing free choir lessons and vocal workshops to the youth of the North Island since 2013. In April 2012 after giving a performance in her home town of Port McNeill, singer/songwriter Georgia Murray was approached by many children expressing their desire to learn to sing or play an instrument. After discovering that many music programs had been removed from the schools due to district-wide budget cuts, Georgia and Deborah Murray, along with members of the Port McNeill community, had the idea to start a music program on the North Island that would be free to kids ages five to 18. In October 2012, an online auction was held on Georgia’s website to raise funds to start this free music program with a goal of $5,000. Donations from the Fairmont Empress, Mission Hill Estate Winery, Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Pacific Coastal Airlines, the Wickaninnish Inn, Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort and more were the auction items featured to bid on and all money raised went towards starting the Wild Heart Music program. After running the online auction for 10 days, the $5,000 goal was well surpassed and enough funds were raised to hire
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a choir director and start Wild Heart Music in January of 2013. Free, after-school fall and spring choir programs with concerts were held during 2013 and 2014 with incredible directors Fran Jenkins and Stephanie Eakle and the program spread from Port McNeill to Port Hardy and Sointula. Summer workshops were also held bringing in vocal coaches from both Courtney and Victoria. Georgia held a second online auction in December 2014 which raised enough money to allow Wild Heart Music to continue offering its free choir and singing programs to the North Island. The program is entering its fourth year. One of the coaches who ran Wild Heart’s summer and fall vocal workshops is Joey Clarkson, a singer, songwriter and music coach from Courtenay BC. Deborah Murray and Wild Heart Music approached several schools on the North Island with a proposal to have Joey Clarkson offer her workshop during school hours. The thought was that by having the workshop held during school hours, more kids would be exposed to the program. The proposal was accepted and now during the month of February, Wild Heart Music is using the funds it has raised to have Clarkson give her workshop at NISS, A.J. Elliot, Sunset Elementary, Cheslakees, Sea View Elementary, Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Elementary and Eke Me-xi Learning Centre. Wild Heart Music will continue holding workshops and spreading free music education programs throughout the North Island. If you would like to make a donation or receive further information, please contact Deborah Murray at 250956-3297 or deborah@nimmobay.com ■ ■ ■ ■
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with the electrician, plumber/pipe fitter portions of the course and will likely begin the six-week carpenter component in April. As part of the carpentry program, students will be constructing 6’x 6’ and 8’ x 10 outdoor sheds, and small garden sheds which will be sold to the public. “I’m open to doing something custom as long as it’s something that is small enough to move, or can be broken down and taken in pieces. I’m quite willing to go that route,” McGhee said. The sheds will be built at the school and delivered in Port Hardy only. If you are interested in having one built, please contact Kevin McGhee at Port Hardy Secondary School, 250-949-7443 ext: 3655, to discuss your needs and pricing. Please note that sheds do need to be pre-sold and a deposit obtained before construction.
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Island railway logging and a fascination with trains By Catherine Gilbert Museum at Campbell River Railway logging became an essential part of the logging industry on Vancouver Island from the 1900s right through to the 1950s. When loggers came to Vancouver Island and the adjacent islands in the late 1800s, they were able to harvest timber that grew right along the A locomotive at work in shorelines. As these stands were Initially it was depleted, they ventured smaller and midsized inland, and horses and companies that underoxen were used to haul took railway logging, the logs out and down and Howard White in to shore to be shipped. Raincoast Chronicles Railway logging devel- First Five’ remarked oped out of the need to that “Few people realize access stands of timber just how many logging that were even further railroads there were. back in the bush and “After 1930, it was before long, there were pretty well just the big miles of networks of rail outfits that had them, reaching into the inte- but before that they were rior of Vancouver Island all over the coast, with and on some of the the greatest number on other outlying islands. Vancouver Island.” Robert D. Turner in During the boom Logging By Rail, the years of the 1920s, British Columbia Story manufacturers were wrote that “all along the striving to keep up with coast and in a few inte- the number of orders rior locations, the hills for locomotives from echoed to the sound of logging companies, the whistles of the loco- and they were continumotives.” ally trying to improve
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the equipment. Even so, these steam-driven machines could break down, and maintenance on locomotives in the woods presented many problems to the crews, who took pride in their equipment and their ability to maintain it. In Campbell River during those years, International Timber Company had one of the largest logging railroad operations on Vancouver Island. These assets were then taken over by Elk River Timber Company in 1930. One of Elk River Timber’s chief camps was Camp Eight, located 15 kilometres west of Campbell River at Echo Lake.
Bloedel, Stewart and Welch had an impressive rail operation at Menzies Bay, and their railways ran from the bay reaching inland to the forest lands. Camp Five, created in 1942 on the shore of Brewster Lake, was a railway logging camp. It housed about 500 people, including 40 families, and even had its own school. Some self-sufficient camps evolved into communities - like Camp Five at Brewster
Lake, and the Rock Bay and Nimpkish Camps. Salmon River Logging brought about 200 workers into Kelsey Bay in 1938 and operated a rail logging concern. Although most workers were transient, some stayed in Kelsey Bay and became part of the community. Woss Camp (between Sayward and Port McNeill) is the only remaining railroad logging camp and operation in British Columbia. By the 1930s, only the larger companies kept trains running in the west coast forests. Just like horses and oxen, trains had their limitations. They could only be used where the terrain was relatively flat, and were unable to go up steep grades. Trucks, which made their first appearance in the logging industry prior to WWI, were becoming the preferred method of transporting logs as they could access steep inclines
of lines and trestles can still been seen in the woods in places such as Camp Lake, Loveland Bay, Goose Neck Lake and along the road to Rock Bay. To learn more come see Logging Locomotives, a photographic exhibit in the Museum’s temporary gallery, until Feb. 21.
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Pacific Timber Supply Area – Information Package Available for Review and Comment Members of the public are invited to review and provide comments on the Timber Supply Review information package for the Pacific Timber Supply Area (TSA). The Pacific TSA covers roughly 698,000 ha and is composed of 30 Blocks — ranging in size from 76 ha - 405,000 ha — on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, the Mainland Coast and the Douglas Channel.
West Coast hosts chamber Submitted West Coast Helicopters hosted the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce’s first Member to Member meeting of the year last We d n e s d a y. The event was part of an ongoing initiative by the Gaby Wickstrom Photo Chamber to West Coast Helicopters hosted the Port McNeill Chamdeepen con- ber’s first Member to Member meeting of the year last nections within Wednesday. Right, Peter Barrett toured people through the businesses the facility. tion with a brief history said Trudy Lacasse in the region and provide network- of WCH by Terrence from Sun Fun Divers. ing opportunities. Eissfedlt, both co-own- The Chamber’s next There were approxi- ers, along with Granger Member to Member mately 40-45 people in Avery. “Our tour was meeting is scheduled attendance represent- very informative. This for Thurs, Feb. 18 at 7 ing various business is a company that hires p.m. and will be hosted sectors. People were locally and supports the by Strategic Natural split into two groups; community. We learned Resource Consultants. one given a tour of the they set safety stan- For more information facility by Peter Barrett dards and maintenance see the Chamber’s weband the other given a protocols that are rec- site: www.portmcneill. PowerPoint presenta- ognized industry wide.” net.
and haul logs along steeper grades. As truck logging became increasingly popular, this spelled the demise of camp life, as men could easily commute to and from home on the roads built for logging trucks. In time, most of the rail lines were pulled up and the trestle bridges dismantled, but parts
The information package provides a general description and brief history of the TSA, and a draft of data that will be applied to the upcoming timber supply analysis. The timber supply analysis provides the province’s Chief Forester with information required to determine the allowable annual cut (AAC) — the maximum volume of timber to be harvested from the TSA — for the next 10 years.
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The Chief Forester will consider public and First Nations input, and other information required under the Forest Act when a new AAC is determined. Copies of the Pacific TSA information package are available online: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/bcts/areas/tsg/tsg-tsr.htm or at the following Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations District locations: (Please call ahead to arrange an appointment.) •
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Comments are encouraged and may be sent to: Erin Boelk, RPF, BCTS Planning Forester, 370 South Dogwood Street, Campbell River, B.C. V9W 6Y7 Fax: 250-286-9420 / Email: Erin.Boelk@gov.bc.ca Comments will be accepted until March 29, 2016.
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Down the up staircase Years ago, my wife came home one night quite excited by her new geography professor. No, her excitement wasn’t because he was tall, dark and handsome (thank goodness). He was, in fact, an elderly Scot with a passion for geography that ultimately infected his students. In his lectures he spoke from personal experience about places on the globe, because he had travelled in most of them. The lectures were laced with slides that he had taken on his journeys. He also had for that period, in the latter sixties, some radical ideas; one of them was about water. The world, he explained, with its dependence on oil, considered it as its most valuable commodity. Hundreds of billions of dollars changed hands in a
very short time to keep up with the demand. No one questioned its worth. The smallest Arabian countries became incredibly rich overnight. The western world’s dependence on the Middle East remains intact even today. There was one commodity, the professor went on to say, that would make the struggle for a stable flow of oil seem trifling and insignificant. Canada and, particularly, B.C., he said, was in the enviable position of having an incredible abundance of this commodity: fresh water. Every time I see the rest of the world casting envious glances at our water, the professor’s words come back to haunt me. The truth is, in the intervening 50 years, water has already become a more valuable commodity than oil. I can play the role as an isolationist North
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Islander with an “I’m alright, Jack” attitude while I watch city after city in crisis over its water supply; but the fact is that, in any store on North Island, a litre of bottled water often costs more than the price of a litre of gasoline at the pump! North Islanders are indeed fortunate to have fresh water without worrying about a dwindling supply. You can curse the rain if you want to but at the same time count your blessings. It’s that time of year when the stocks in the ground are being replenished (I can hear it right now replenishing via my roof). This time of year I tend to stay from the seashores in my outdoor painting excursions and head for the shelter of our forests. Even on nice days the southeasters blowing off the ocean tend to be rather chilling as you sit motionless and paint.
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This painting depicts a spot near Hanuse Beach, a two- minute drive from my studio. There in the woods, little more than a hundred metres from the seashore, it is peaceful and quiet except for the gurgling and splashing of a waterfall in the distance, created by yesterday’s rain. This seasonal waterfall, non-existent during the summer, doesn’t have a regular creek in which to flow, so the water makes its way downward in a dozen or more little freshets. The one in the painting picks its way through the forest debris until it comes to a fallen log. Here it creates a small dam and finally spills over the log as a waterfall to the next step below, only to repeat the process down the different levels that make up the hillside. The whole thing reminded me of a set of stairs. I remembered reading a novel called ‘Up the Down Staircase’. I looked for a title to my painting. Try as you might, you can’t make water flow uphill, so this painting simply had to be called ‘Down the Up Staircase’.
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NIC recognized for First Nations partnerships Submitted North Island College’s collaboration with 35 First Nations partners has been singled out nationally by
Maclean’s Magazine. The joint signing of an Indigenous Education protocol last year is recognized in Maclean’s first ever 2016
Colleges Guide. “For some colleges, the signing of the (Colleges and Institutes Canada’s Indigenous Education Protocol)
was a historic event, marked by pictures and press releases,” writes Maclean’s on page 22. “But North Island College on Vancouver
Island went one step further and had representatives of the surrounding 35 First Nations from the Coast Salish, Kwakwak’wakw
DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan: BC Hydro Power Line Corridors 2016-2021
The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Pest Management Plan (PMP) applies. The purpose of the proposed PMP is to control vegetation under, above and near BC Hydro’s power lines in order to maintain the safe and reliable delivery of electricity to our customers. This plan applies to all areas of British Columbia where BC Hydro manages its transmission and distribution system and associated power line corridors, access roads and helipads. The proposed duration of the PMP is from April 2016 to April 2021. Vegetation incompatible with the operation of the power system will be controlled using: physical (manual brushing, mowing, girdling, grooming, pruning, tree removal), cultural (compatible land use), biological (release of parasitic insects to control invasive plants), and chemical (herbicide application) techniques, or any combination of these methods. The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
aminocyclopyrachlor and metsulfuron-methyl – Navius or equivalent aminopyralid – Milestone or equivalent aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl – ClearView or equivalent aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, and fluroxypyr – Sightline or equivalent aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl and triclopyr – Clearview Brush or equivalent Chondrostereum purpureum – Chontrol or equivalent clopyralid – Lontrel or equivalent diflufenzopyr and dicamba – Distinct, Overdrive, or equivalent glyphosate – Vantage, Vision or equivalent imazapyr – Arsenal Powerline or equivalent metsulfuron-methyl – Escort or equivalent picloram and 2,4-D – Aspect or equivalent triclopyr – Garlon products or equivalent 2,4-D – LV700 or equivalent
Adjuvant products may also be combined on occasion with an herbicide to improve its effectiveness, such as: nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol – Agral 90, paraffinic oils – Gateway, octadec-9-enoic acid as methyl and ethyl esters – Hasten NT, or siloxylated polyether – Xiameter or equivalents. The proposed methods for applying herbicides include: cut surface, basal bark, backpack foliar (low pressure spray), mechanical foliar (boom, nozzle, powerhose, or wick), or injection (hack and squirt, lance or syringe) techniques. A draft copy of the proposed PMP is available at bchydro.com/pestplanforcorridors. Alternatively, it’s available in person at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby; 1401 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon; 18475 128 Street, Surrey; 400 Madsen Road, Nanaimo; 3333 22 Avenue, Prince George. BC Hydro, the applicant for the proposed PMP, is located at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8. Please contact Tom Wells, Vegetation Program Manager, at 604 516 8943 or thomas.wells@bchydro.com for more information. A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the above address within 30 days of the publication notice.
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and Nuu-chah-nulth traditions sign with them, many of whom represent remote communities that are accessible only by boat or plane. The article, Colleges Agree to be Accountable, features a photo of K’omoks First Nation Chief Rob Everson, NIC President John Bowman and First Nations representatives signing the protocol at the K’omoks Big House this past summer. “Over the years our relationship with NIC has been very progressive,” said Everson, an NIC alumni whose three children all attended or are attending NIC. Everson added First Nations inclusivity has been very popular since the federal election, but with the signing last summer, NIC proved it was “already in that space. Even before we elected a new prime minister, NIC had a great understanding of the need to include First Nations. That’s well-demonstrated by President John Bowman’s leadership and his decision to make sure representatives from all the nations were included in the protocol.” The Indigenous Education Protocol builds on the work of many people at NIC, including retired Director of Aboriginal Education Vivian Hermansen, who was instrumental in establishing
partnerships with First Nations. “NIC is privileged to work with First Nations elders, advisors and Aboriginal Education coordinators and committees, in all our communities who guide and direct our programming,” said NIC President John Bowman. “It was my honour to sign the protocol with First Nations leaders and we look forward to our continued work together.” In the past year, NIC has prioritized Aboriginal Education and Indigenization in its College Plan 2020 to create opportunities for Indigenous students. Last year also saw NIC nursing students, such as Dawn Tisdale, advocate for cultural inclusivity and Indigenous rights in nursing schools across Canada, in her role as the president of the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association. The Maclean’s 2016 Colleges Guide was prepared in collaboration with Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICAN), which represents public colleges and institutes in Canada. The issue also featured NIC’s Industrial Research Chair for Sustainable Aquaculture, Dr. Stephen Cross, for his pioneering aquaculture research. It is available at select newsstands. Both articles can be found at www.nic. bc.ca.
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on deck Tell us about items of interest to the sports community. Feb. 6-7 BackCountry Fest and Family Day at Mount Cain. The Back Country Fest is an external affiliation (organized by someone else) event. Family Day tickets are half price. Feb. 13 Snowboard Fest aka ‘The Blueberry Jam” at Mount Cain features a boardercross racecourse designed by our own Nahum Gazell. For all you lonely snowboarding hearts out there. Feb. 12-14 N o v i c e Jamboree, Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill. Feb. 20-21 Telefest is Vancouver Island’s ONLY Telemark festival being held at Mount Cain featuring a very creative telemark ski race. (Jumps, 360 Loop, Uphill component, Gates). Free your heel and your mind will follow. Mar. 3-6 Annual Oscar Hickes hockey tournament, Port Alice. Mar. 4-6 Fort Rupert Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel. Mar. 5 Initiation Jamboree, Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill. Mar. 19 Fort Rupert Curling Club Daffodily.
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The North Island Eagles were awarded the Island League Midget Division 3 Banner for winning the 2015/2016 season before their first playoff game against the Port Alberni Bulldogs, Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill. The Eagles posted an excellent 8-3-1 league record during the regular season, with 64 goals for and only 23 goals against.
Bantams place fourth in tournament By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Port McNeill Bantam Warriors battled it out with six other teams in an all weekend, house league hockey tournament, which was held from Friday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy, and they came away with a solid-fourth place showing. The tournament, which included 50/50 draws, concession, a free snack table for the players, trophies for the top three teams, and a player of the game award for each game, featured great play from the seven tough bantam teams who came from all over Vancouver Island to participate. The Warriors started the tournament off bright and early Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. against the Nanaimo Timberwolves. The Warriors played well for three periods, scoring four goals, but ultimately lost 5-4. The Warriors kicked it up a notch in their next game against the Nanaimo Lucky
7s, beating them 4-2, and then continued on winning, hammering the Nanaimo Coyotes 6-0 in their third game of the day. With the two big wins, the Warriors qualified for the third place finals on Sunday, Jan. 31, against the Campbell River Rangers. The game was a wild, action-packed showdown from the drop of the puck in the 1st period. Both teams battled hard against the boards, passing the puck up and down the ice, but it was the Warriors’ captain Jesse Lloyd who got his team on the scoreboard first with a big rebound goal at 9:59. The Rangers quickly tied it up at 7:30, and then scored again at 6:16. With 2:30 left in the 1st period, the Warriors’ Lloyd scored his second goal of the game to tie it up 2-2, only for the Rangers to answer back with two more goals, making it 4-2 as the 1st period ended. The 2nd period started off with big chances at each end of the ice, but it was the Rangers who capitalized first, scoring at
Tyson Whitney Photo The Port McNeill Bantam Warriors’ William Johnson gets past the Campbell River Rangers’ defence and takes a big shot at their goalie, Luc Barbot, during the third place finals at the house league’s Bantam minor hockey tournament Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy.
10:18. The Warriors, now down 5-2, dug deep and started to stage a comeback. William Johnson stole the puck and got a breakaway at 7:09, roofing it top shelf over the Rangers’ goalie Luc Barbot,
and then with 4:30 left, Lloyd scored a nice wrist shot goal to complete the hat trick. The Rangers added another goal at 1:06 to go up 6-4 before the 2nd period ended. The Warriors looked fired up as they came out in the 3rd peri-
od. Johnson made an excellent pass in front of the net to Reece Lloyd, who wristed it past Barbot to bring the Warriors within one. The Rangers, however, refused to break. They scored at 16:07 to go up 7-5, and held
on to the lead. Reece Lloyd got his second goal with a huge slap shot from the point at 8:56, but it ultimately wasn’t enough. Time ran out and the Rangers held on to win 7-6, taking the third place trophy from the Warriors’ grasp.
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By Tyson Whitney Reporter The North Island Bantam Eagles picked up a big 8-1 playoff win against the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo. “We had success getting to the net, but we will not win against stronger teams the way we played,” Coach Greg Fox said after the game. The Eagles’ Carson Strang netted the first goal of the game, Matthew Saunders scored at 7:17, Clayton Bono scored right after at 6:59, and Rhys Dutcyvich scored at 4:03 to end the 1st period 4-0. The Eagles poured on the offence and kept
scoring goals in the 2nd period. Dutcyvich got his second and third goal of the game at 16:40 and 11:56, and the Eagles’ captain Evan Fox scored at 9:48 to take his team up 7-0. The 3rd period was a little quieter. Nanaimo finally got on the scoreboard at 11:20, then Bono netted his second of the game with 2:01 left to seal the blowout win 8-1. Even with the win, Fox cautiously noted that the team “played a below-average game. There were moments where we played like a team and this led to a few goals. We will need to play a less selfish style of hockey if we are to win our way to provincials.”
North Island soccer AGM held Gazette Staff The North Island Youth Soccer Association’s 2016 Annual General Meeting was held Jan. 25 at North Island Secondary School in Port McNeill. Various topics were discussed, including: Port McNeill Youth Soccer will be holding their registration Feb. 1-29 at
Timberland Sports, Port Hardy Youth Soccer will be attending a council meeting Feb. 9 to confirm they can hold their registration at the Recreation Centre again from Feb. 15-29, the Mud Bowl Tournament will be officially held April 30 - May 1, and Port Hardy’s Aftershock Tournament will be on May 14-15.
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Thunderbirds slip by Wild The Sooke Thunderbirds dug the knife deeper into their up-Island rivals Tri-Port Wild in female midget hockey play on Saturday. Three weeks ago Sooke went to Port McNeill for a tournament and defeated the Tri-Port for the gold medal, so Tri-Port came to town with revenge on its mind this weekend. But it was the home team winning 3-2. After a hard-fought, scoreless first period, Kaillee Purnell opened the scoring for the home team early in the second. The Wild tied things up, but Hailey Dimock put Sooke ahead 2-1 after two. Sooke started the third period on a power play and Dimock finished a nice passing play with Purnell and Desiree Cumming to put the home team up by two. The Wild got one back late, but despite a furious rally they were unable complete the comeback.
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By Marla Hunter-Bellavia Fifteen games into the regular VIPL season, the Marine Harvest Upper Island Riptide U15 Girls soccer team holds onto top spot with one home game remaining. Riptide played Juan de Fuca in Langford Saturday for their final away game of the regular season. After two years of playing games at the City Center Park/Westhills Stadium venue with tie results, this time Riptide broke through with a 1-0 win. Notable were Autumn Lewis and Georgia Walkus who both usually play out, but filled in to share the keeper role and made some big saves in this game. Together, with the support of Riptide’s consistently solid defensive line, including Sarah Bard, Rosie Campbell, and Kayla Kalhous plus Abby Sexton who rotated in from her usual position, they earned the team’s ninth clean sheet of Jean-Marc Comeau Photo the season. Georgia Walkus performed with speed, agility, and toughness which helped the Riptide controlled most of the play team win 1-0 against Juan de Fuca on Saturday in Langford. during the game, scoring early in the first half when Ciara Halvorson was fed a beautiful ball through the midfield to beat the Juan de Fuca keeper. Supported in the midfield by Lauren Wigard, Kaitlyn Dreger, and Aisha Hunter-Bellavia, and taking advantage of the full field, Riptide built quick and precise passing runs up the wings to agile strikers like Kristen Clair to create multiple scoring opportunities throughout the game. Memorable was a cannonball left-footed kick from Riptide left-winger Frédérica Blouin-Comeau that echoed when it hit the goal post. Riptide continued to set the pace of the game, holding the ball in the opponent’s end for 30 out of 40 minutes in the second half. With league playdowns just around the corner, both teams agreed to practice their penalty kicks thanks to the kindness of the referee and linesmen Submitted Photo who stayed after the game to make the process feel Fishing Reel more official. Such gestures speak to the heart of In celebration of its 90th anniversary in 2015, PEETZ Outdoors the game and mean so much in the spirit of player launched its Artist Series of fishing reels - hand-carved by renowned development. Kwaguilth artist and master carver Jason Henry Hunt. Limited to 90 On Feb. 6, Riptide faces Storm for their final in the series, the reel features two female salmon with roe in a symgame of the regular season. Two weeks later, VIPL metrical circular pattern. Each reel is numbered and signed by the artA-Cup Playdowns begin in high pressure games ist. Born in Victoria in 1973, Jason is the son of Kwaguilth carver and where only the winner of each game advances to artist, Stanley Clifford Hunt. Following in the footsteps of his father the next round. and uncles, Tony Hunt and Richard Hunt, Jason has merged his trained indigenous artistic capabilities with a unique, recognizable style A donaThe winner will represent the Island berth in the tion from each reel sold is directed to the Pacific Salmon Foundation Provincials. for salmon conservation and habitat rehabilitation. For more information about Riptide’s elite soccer program, visit them online at riptidesoccer.ca.
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REFORESTATION NURSERY seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs and berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca
M&M Meat Shops Franchise for sale in Cranbrook, BC. Owners retiring. Busy main street location. Call Kathy Hosseini @ 1-519-895-2580 ext. 448 kathy@mmms.ca
PLUMBING FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
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SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT
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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO HADDINGTON COURT APARTMENTS PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated apartments for rent. Clean & quiet building. Free satellite. Furnished suites available. Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365
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CLERK II – PAYROLL/ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK Aecon SNC-Lavalin Joint Venture is looking for a Payroll/Accounts Payable Clerk to join our team on the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project. Based in Campbell River, BC, the Payroll/Accounts Payable Clerk reports to the Business & Labour Relations Manager, and is responsible for providing the accurate time entry of site employees and day-to-day administrative support to enable the project to achieve its objectives. Key Responsibilities: • Daily timesheet data entry into SAP for site employees; • Thorough auditing and balancing of time entered in SAP prior to payroll processing; • Ensuring applicable signatures recorded on all timesheets • Completing employee hire on packages and new hire payroll orientations; • Communications with union representatives and the respective union halls for employee requisitions Providing clerical and administrative support to the Accounts Payable department and other duties as required. Knowledge & Skills: • Experience with trade collective agreements is preferred • Related post-secondary education and payroll work experience within a construction environment is preferred • Demonstrated computer software proficiency with Microsoft Office (specifically Excel) applications and SAP software is an asset • Excellent organizational skills in order to handle multiple deadlines and tasks within a high-pressure work environment • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Proficient keyboarding and data entry skills • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information in a professional manner **ASL JV may consider applicants with a combination of education, training or experience that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully accomplish the assigned duties and responsibilities of the position in lieu of minimum educational requirements. We are willing to train the right candidate. To apply please email your cover letter and resume to: michelle.langlet@asljv.com
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KINGCOME MANOR
PORT MCNEILL
NEWLY RENOVATED Bach, 1 or 2 bedrooms. Newly furnished available. Free sat tv, over 300 channels. Phone Ron and Linda 250-956-3365 Port Hardy, BC West Park Manor & Lindsay Manor Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great view, all clean and in excellent condition. Also elegantly furnished executive suites available. Well maintained secure & quiet buildings. Close to shopping. Friendly onsite resident managers. Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email:
comehome@pineridgevillage.ca
PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse. Avail. now.Call 250-956-3440. www.portmcneill townhouses.yolasite.com
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PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability
Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S.
1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.
Call 250-956-3526.
MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent. Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454
TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS & VANS 2001 GMC SAVANNA 2500 CARGO VAN - 140 K kms. always dealer serviced, runs well, looks good, rusty rear frame. $1000 obo 250-9498959.
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SALTWATER HUSBANDRY TECHNICIAN Vancouver Island, BC
Cermaq Canada is currently looking for full-time Saltwater Husbandry Technicians to join our dynamic team. As a Saltwater Husbandry Technician you will be responsible for general farm operations including feeding and care of fish stocks. Duties would include operation and basic maintenance of auto feeders, boats and equipment in the marine environment. Application requirements • Preference given to applicants with previous aquaculture education / experience • Familiarity with the concepts of fish growth and stock management would be an asset • Safety conscious with a positive attitude, strong work ethic and the ability to perform physically demanding work outdoors in all weather conditions Position details • This is a camp-based position with 8 days on-shift and 6 days off • We offer competitive wages, corporate bonus program, company paid benefits and a matching RRSP program • Prerequisites to hiring are a fitness test and a criminal record check. • Only applicants who are legally allowed to work in Canada will be considered • Applications will be accepted to fill current vacancies and to establish an eligibility list for future employment opportunities. How to apply Please forward a resume by e-mail to Cermaq Human Resources at: careers.canada@cermaq.com, or fax (250) 286-0042. Please state Saltwater Husbandry Technician in the subject line. Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination
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