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The City of Nanaimo continues to withhold payment of $28,000 for a facilitator, as officials wait for invoice details about who authorized the expense. The city has not fully paid the Integrity Group, hired by the mayor last year to address an employee complaint and help council get along. Still owed is $28,000. The city announced in February that council agreed to pay the Integrity Group $20,000 instead of the $48,000 total, citing the former was in accordance with a 2015 agreement and “added to this amount” was $28,000 for work with the mayor. Coun. Bill Bestwick, then council spokesman, told the News Bulletin the mayor has been asked to provide information on the addiINTEGRITY GROUP billed tional expenditure City of Nanaimo for and no decision $48,000. Council paid has been made on $20,000 in February but whether the city wants more information will pay the rest of on the remaining the cost. $28,000 bill. M o re t h a n a month later, city officials are still asking questions and the bill is unpaid. There was no contract signed – something city officials agree – but Victor Mema, the city’s director of finance, said that is a moot point because the city engaged the Integrity Group and agreed through its actions. What he’s looking to determine, in a standard process, is who authorized the work. He has found some form of authorization for $20,000 – in a terms of reference – but said he has nothing to go by for $28,000 and has asked the Integrity Group for help on whom he can ask about it internally. City manager Tracy Samra said some invoices pertain to work with human resources for training courses and consultation on respectful workplace policy implementation, unrelated to work with council and she asked for clarification to separate costs into different files.
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Erik Christiansen has lived under the Pearson Bridge, near Maffeo Sutton Park, for six months. He wants the city to provide more shelters for the homeless.
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For the last six months, Erik Christiansen has called a patch of dirt under Nanaimo’s Pearson Bridge his home. In recent weeks the number of tents and people living under the Pearson
Bridge has increased. Today, there are three tents that occupy the area under the bridge, which is visible to those who use the Harbourfront Walkway or the Millstone Trailway. “It just grew in the last couple of weeks,” Christiansen said. “Before that it was just me and my girlfriend and one tent.” Christiansen, originally from Seattle, came to the Harbour City from the Lower Mainland back in August. He said he decided to set up a tent under the Pearson Bridge for a number of reasons.
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City issues watering restrictions Stage 1 watering restrictions come into effect Friday (April 1), but this year, residents throughout the Regional District of Nanaimo will be able to follow standard watering regulations. The city, in co-operation with other water suppliers in the regional district, recently adopted a unified approach to watering restrictions. This is the first year the city has started watering restrictions April 1. Until now, restrictions didn’t start until June 1, when most homeowners in Nanaimo started watering their lawns. “In more recent years, we’ve been seeing that creep forward until the first of May and that’s kind of consistent with what we would expect with climate change. Our warmer, drier periods start earlier and last longer,” said Bill Sims, city manager of water resources. The city and regional district now use the same classification for each watering restriction stage – Stages 1 through 4. Stage 1 consists of nighttime watering only, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., any day of the week. Stage 2, from May 1 to Sept. 30, allows even-numbered addresses to water on evennumber days of the month and odd-numbered addresses to water during odd-numbered days, for three hours only, from 7-10 a.m. or 7-10 p.m. Stage 3 requests further voluntary reductions prior to implementing a ban, allowing residents to choose where they cut back. Stage 4 bans non-essential water use, particularly automated sprinkling, vehicle washing and outdoor surface washing. Vegetable watering and drip irrigation are exempt from restrictions. Exemptions for businesses which require water for operations, essential municipal playing fields and nurseries are also exempt to minimize economic impact. Please visit www.teamwater smart.ca.
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Kyle Solberg isn’t about to accept a traffic violation ticket for failing to stop for a stop sign he couldn’t see. Solberg, a former commercial transport truck driver who moved to Nanaimo from the Lower Mainland last summer, was written up by an RCMP member March 22 after he pulled onto the Island Highway from Dorman Road. “When I got pulled I was actually shocked,” Solberg said. “I said, ‘What are you pulling me over for?’ And when he mentioned there was a stop sign there I was, like, I never even saw that stop sign and I look for these things. I don’t miss stuff like that.” For drivers approaching the Island Highway from Dorman Road, the view of the stop sign, positioned just before the E&N Trail, was obscured by a ‘right turn only’ sign in front of it. Two people died at the intersection in October 2009 when their car collided with a Southern Railway of Vancouver Island Dayliner while turning from the southbound lane of the highway onto Dorman Road. The city was named among several defendants in lawsuits that arose after a Transportation Safety Board report released in September 2010 said substandard design of the railway crossing was partly to blame for the crash. Railway crossing signs and warn-
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Kyle Solberg plans to fight in court a traffic violation ticket and $167 fine he received for failing to stop for a stop he said he couldn’t see at the intersection of Dorman Road and the old Island Highway. The city has since realigned signs to provide a clear view of the stop sign.
ing lights were subsequently realigned and upgraded. Solberg said he will challenge the ticket in court, but what’s more important to him is ensuring the stop sign is clearly visible as drivers approach the highway. After learning of the most recent issue Tuesday, David Myles, city manager of roads and traffic services, inspected the site and ordered the ‘right turn only’ sign be moved 1.5 metres to its right to clear the view of the stop sign.
“The stop sign comes under the highways’ jurisdiction and the right-turn sign could be their’s, could be ours, but in the spirit of safety, we went and moved it so there’s better visibility on the stop sign,” Myles said. Cpl. Phyllis Nielsen, head of Nanaimo RCMP’s Municipal Traffic Section, said police will notify the city of signs that are obscured, usually by foliage or trees, if they notice them. “In this case they answered really quickly and that rem-
edied the situation,” Nielsen said. “The driver, he is welcome to, if he feels he didn’t do anything wrong or was wrongly charged, he’s welcome to dispute the ticket and the officer who wrote it will have to prove that and give that evidence.” photos@nanaimobulletin.com
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Minimum wage earners in B.C. set to get boost to pay in September B.C.’s minimum wage will get an extra bump in September because of improved economic growth, Jobs Minister Shirley Bond says. Bond issued a statement Friday, saying the new rate will be announced this spring, and it will go beyond the current annual increase based on the
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An upgrade to boost safety and help the flow of traffic is coming to the Nanaimo Parkway this spring. The B.C. government announced Nanaimo’s Hub City Paving has been hired to upgrade two intersections on the Nanaimo Parkway, beginning this month. The cost is just shy of $1.2 million. The work includes creating dual southbound left-turn lanes at the intersections at the parkway’s Third Street and Mostar Road. Additional lanes will also be built on Mostar Road and Third
Street to receive traffic coming from the left-turn lanes and the signal timing at both locations will be adjusted. “We’ve seen a steady increase in the volume of traffic on Highway 19 since the Nanaimo Parkway opened in the 1990s,” said Michelle Stilwell, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum and B.C. minister for social development and social innovation, in a press release “This project will improve safety, ease congestion during peak hours, and will be especially beneficial to the large number of commuters and commercial vehicles heading in and out of town by providing more capacity at these intersections.” The upgrades were announced last year by B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone during the launch of
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John Horn, social planner with the City of Nanaimo, said the city is well aware of the tents under the Pearson Bridge, adding that there isn’t much it can do and that city has been in touch with the provincial government. “We are keenly aware of it,” Horn said. The City of Nanaimo does not allow individuals to create temporary shelter in parks or on municipal land for any length of time. “Right now our parks bylaw prohibits people from taking overnight abode in any of our parks,”
said Rod Davidson, the city’s manager of bylaw, regulation and security. “Those are the bylaws as they are now.” Last year, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that homeless people have the right to sleep in parks. The courts struck down a bylaw in Abbotsford that forbid anyone from establishing temporary shelter in city parks. Horn said Nanaimo is working toward complying with the Supreme Court ruling, but added issues still need to be worked out, such as ensuring there are no conflicts between park
users and those camping. “If you allow camping on a site, say a municipal park, if it is 6 a.m. and the yoga club shows up to do their regime on that site and there are people camping on that site, does that invite a conflict between those user groups? We are sorting through some of those things,” Horn said. Finding affordable housing or places that will rent to those on income assistance is difficult, according to Christiansen, who said that he receives $375 a month for rent on income assistance. “I don’t know where
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mayor’s office updated The mayor’s office is getting a makeover. Nanaimo city council unanimously agreed to renovate the mayor’s office with $30,000 from unused 2015 budget allocations. City hall underwent a renovation in 2013 – estimated at about $800,000 – as city staff members were moved from the old annex. It did not include work to the mayor’s office or the office of his secretary, according to Tom Weinreich, the city’s manager of building inspections, who pegs the last renovation of the office during the time of former mayor Gary Korpan and said even then it would have been a little bit of drywall. The work this year will include new carpet, paint, trim and re-upholstery of chairs that date back to the 1930s. “At the end of the day, entering a mayor’s office of a municipality of Nanaimo’s size should be befitting of a mayor,” said Weinreich, who also pointed out that city hall is on the heritage registry and there’s a duty to maintain it. The city has hired an interior decorator to help with the office makeover, which is expected to begin shortly. It will be paid for with unused budget allocations from last year, as will a $60,000 conference centre feasibility study – both considered new projects, according to a report city council approved last week. news@nanaimobulletin.com
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A lot of the challenges young amputees grapple with are in their own minds, according to 20-year-old Julian Telfer-Wan, who said the kids can be shy because they don’t know if they’ll be accepted or if they can do what others can. He helps them clear those mental hurdles. Nanaimo’s Telfer-Wan, a left-hand amputee and junior counsellor with the War Amps Child Amputee Program, was awarded a certificate by Nanaimo’s mayor and council this month for his volunteerism. Mayor Bill McKay is aware of only a couple of the certificates being given by the city and said it’s a big deal, not far off from being a Freeman of the City. “Here’s someone who’s really paying things forward
to help people who believe that they are alone, they are the only ones afflicted by the same thing that he is, the loss of a limb,” he said. “I think he’s a real credit to our community.” Telfer-Wan was born without his left hand. Never having known what it’s like to have two hands, he says it’s been normal to have one – although he later added that everything is a little harder. The War Amps, an organization that connects amputees with their peers and provides financial assistance for artificial limbs, helped him to see the normal in his situation and that he can do what anyone else could, especially with a prosthesis. He has four prostheses to help with skiing, lifting weights and kayaking. There isn’t much he can’t do, except maybe the monkey bars, said Telfer-Wan, who considers himself a role model who talks to young amputees about past experiences and how he’s able to adapt and make the
most of every situation. For seven years, he’s been a junior counsellor with the War Amps Child Amputee Program. He’s also joined regional parades to help spread the War Amps’ message on playing safe and educated children on spotting dangers in their neighbourhood. “I’ve been able to do a lot of things because of the War Amps and it’s great when I can show the younger kids that they can do them, too,” he said. “A lot of it is helping them realize they are no different from anyone else, everyone has their own barriers and challenges they go through and this is one of the hurdles we share.” He said it was nice to be recognized with a certificate, but gives credit to the War Amps. “I would not have been able to do this kind of work without them and to be able to give back to them is just, it’s great to do, because they’ve given so much to me.”
A two-per cent tuition fee increase for Canadian students is among the items in Vancouver Island University’s 2016-17 budget. The university’s board of governors approved a $139.3-million balanced consolidated budget on March 24. Tuition is a major revenue source and for a domestic student in credit-based undergraduate programs taking 30 credits in two semesters, tuition will amount to $4,260 in the 201617 year, according to the university. Tuition, together with student fees, are expected to produce $58 million in revenue. The Vancouver Island University Students’ Union expressed displeasure with the raise, especially when it is combined with a newly instituted $6.27-per-credit student services fee, which will go toward offering students access to computers and health and wellness services. Patrick Barbosa, union spokesman, said it actually amounts to a 6.5-per cent increase for students. The new services fee and tuition must be paid and go to the same place, much like GST and income taxes. Ralph Nilson, uniThose are versity president, disagreed and said new fees for the two are separate. “My comments on new services the new student fee, and we’ll be they’re not built into budget ... those tracking those this are not included because those are all year long. net-zero. Those are new fees for new services and we’ll be tracking those all year long,” Nilson said. A recommendation for international student tuition increases will come in September, Nilson said. In terms of the major expenses, the university will spend more than $100 million on staff salaries and benefits in 2016-17, something Nilson and Barbosa have no problems with. “That’s where we want to spend money,” said Nilson. “We want to have high-quality faculty and staff and to do that we need to invest in them.” “Salaries and benefits are negotiated through the collective agreement ... we support the right of workers to fair collective bargaining processes and so whatever happens there is what it is,” said Barbosa. The university’s fiscal year runs April 1 to March 31. For more, please go to www2.viu. ca/budget/BudgetPlan2016-2017.asp.
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Ferry retrofits to be done in Poland After the only B.C. shipyard in the bidding withdrew, B.C. Ferries has contracted with Remontowa Ship Repair Yard in Poland for $140 million to upgrade its two Spiritclass ferries. Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyard dropped out after being chosen as one of the three shortlisted bidders. Remontowa, one of Europe’s largest shipyards, is also building three smaller Salish-class ferries
to replace aging vessels on the Comox-Powell River and Southern Gulf Islands runs. Like the new Salish-class ships, the Spirit of British Columbia and the Spirit of Vancouver Island are to be converted to dual-fuel, allowing them to switch from diesel to liquefied natural gas. The Spirit-class conversions are to begin next year and be completed in 2019.
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Mayor initiated group’s work From /1
According to Samra, the reason for a request for information from the mayor and Integrity Group is because the usual practice is for a proposal to be signed off by the manager of purchasing and stores and for a contract that requires invoices every 30 days. Invoices would be reviewed, signed off and paid, but that didn’t happen, she said. The city received 12 months’ worth of invoices. Samra said she is hopeful both parties will provide the information needed, adding that it shouldn’t be that difficult. Coun. Gord Fuller also says he has questions and believes it should be the mayor – not council – who pays the amount owing to the Integrity Group because he initiated the furtherance of the contract without council’s knowledge. Coun. Jerry Hong said it was supposed to be a project for council to work together and if it’s anything else, he’s not interested in paying.
Mayor Bill McKay just wants council to pay the bill. He argues council did not authorize any amount for the work with Integrity Group and had no idea how much it was going to cost, but all members participated in the process that he and the former city manager initiated. “The fact was, could the paperwork have been done a little neater? Absolutely, but I trust my people to do their jobs,” McKay said. “For people to now be full of righteous indignation that they didn’t approve it, then why did you participate? You knew the process was going on, you knew we needed it and you all embraced it to the point that the hours were significantly ballooned. We went from 65 hours to about 165 hours.” According to McKay, the work was to address council behavior and a complaint from the former city manager, who felt bullied and harassed, and McKay relied on his duties under the B.C. Community Charter on assisting in the peace, order
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For people to now be full of righteous indignation that they didn’t approve it, then why did you participate?
and good government of the municipality. When asked why he doesn’t address the points of clarification being called for, McKay said it wouldn’t make a difference. The work with the Integrity Group is now being portrayed as a “witch hunt” when what it was meant to do was build relationships. McKay doesn’t believe he’ll be on the hook for the money for Integrity Group, but in not paying the bill, “they could sue us.” news@nanaimobulletin.com
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There will be a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 7 2016, starting at 7:00 pm in the Shaw Auditorium, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, to consider a proposed amendment to the City of Nanaimo “ZONING BYLAW 2011 NO. 4500.” All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be given the opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative, or by written submission, on the matters contained within Bylaw No. 4500.095 at the Public Hearing. . .
1. BYLAW NO. 4500.095 Purpose: To permit a mixed-used development with commercial and residential uses, including student housing.
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Location(s): 306 Hillcrest Avenue, 525 Third Street, and 305, 311 & 321 Watfield Avenue, as shown on Map A File No: Rezoning Application - RA000363 This bylaw, if adopted, will rezone the subject properties to permit a mixed-use development with commercial uses and residential units, including student housing. The subject property is legally described as LOTS 1 TO 2, BLOCK 2, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 1391; LOT 3, BLOCK 2, SECTION 32, RANGE OF PART OF SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 1391; and LOTS 4 TO 7, BLOCK 2, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 1391 (525 Third Street); LOT 8, BLOCK 2, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN (305 Watfield Avenue); LOT 9, BLOCK 2, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 1391 (311 Watfield Avenue); LOTS 10 TO 14, BLOCK 2, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 1391 (321 Watfield Avenue); LOT 1, SECTION 1, NANAIMO DISTRICT, PLAN 14951 (306 Hillcrest Avenue); and the adjacent closed road from Single Dwelling Residential (R1) and Duplex Residential (R4) to Mixed Use Corridor (COR2) as shown on Map A.
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WANT TO MAKE A WRITTEN SUBMISSION? If you are unable to attend the Public Hearing, written submissions must be received no later than 4:00pm, th April 7 2016, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Written submissions can be provided by any of the following methods: IN PERSON: Drop off at the Service and Resource Centre, located at 411 Dunsmuir Street EMAIL: Email should be sent to public.hearing@nanaimo.ca WEBSITE: Submit comments directly through the City’s website at www.nanaimo.ca/publichearing MAIL: City of Nanaimo, Community Development Department, 455 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5J6 Following the close of a Public Hearing, no further submissions or comments from the public or interested persons can be accepted by members of City Council, as established by provincial case law. This is necessary to ensure a fair Public Hearing process and provide a reasonable opportunity for people to respond.
If you would like more information about Public Hearings please go to the City website at www.nanaimo.ca and use the search function to find the ‘Public Hearing Information Sheet’, which contains many frequently asked questions.
This Notice is published in accordance with Section 892 of the Local Government Act. Notice Given by the Corporate Officer.
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City adopts accessibility icon
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Richard Harlow points out one of the new accessibility icons which will be cropping up around Nanaimo after city council voted to approve the new signage.
Richard Harlow was in a video conference when he heard Nanaimo city council’s vote for a new accessibility icon stream through his headphones. “I literally screamed ‘yes’ and everyone in the meeting was like, ‘whoa, what?’ They were pretty shocked when I started cheering,” said Harlow, a champion for the redesigned icon and director-at-large on the Nanaimo Disability Resource Centre board. “I was ecstatic to say the least.” City council opted to swap out old wheelchair-accessible icons with new ones over time as parking signs need to be maintained. The changed icon is a movement born out of the U.S. and arrived at Nanaimo’s door step last year as Vancouver Island University adopted the new sign. Harlow would like to see it go provincewide. The original icon was created in the 1960s and updated in 1978, according to the Nanaimo Disability Resource Centre’s website.
The current blue-and-white icon depicts an angular figure. Its sharp lines show the mechanical features of the wheelchair more than the organic features of the human being and there’s a perception the person is waiting for their wheelchair to be pushed, said Harlow. The new graphic is a figure of a person bent forward, arm flung back as if propelling the wheelchair forward. Harlow, who is legally blind, has heard feedback that the person looks happier and like the figure is zooming around on a wheelchair with his own strength and freedom. For him, the icon is about empowerment and the message is more positive. “We no longer use cripple, retard, and all these other negative connotations, yet our iconography to depict people with disabilities has not changed since 1969. I would say that we’ve made great leaps since then in the disability movement,” said Harlow, adding that this new icon to a lot of people means strength and the ability to overcome. “We are not asking for this to be done overnight because we understand that’s a cost on the system and the old icon is still universally recognizable. If we slowly change it all throughout the city then people will get less confused as well.”
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Our iconography to depict people with disabilities has not changed since 1969.
Coun. Wendy Pratt, who made the motion to adopt the new icon, considers this an update. Many things get changed over the years and this is one of them, said Pratt, who believes disabled people are becoming empowered as they seek to be included on a level playing field with the rest of their community. On an expense level it’s minimal because the city would be changing or repainting the signs anyway, she said. The City of Nanaimo will create a strategy to implement the new icon. It’s not known when the first graphic will show up on city parking stalls. To learn more about the initiative or the Nanaimo Disability Resource Centre, please visit www.ndrc.info. news@nanaimobulletin.com
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Save water; don’t be a drip
Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to waste. The City of Nanaimo is moving to earlierthan-ever watering restrictions. They used to be a sign that summer’s coming, but the city is implementing them Friday (April 1), just as spring has sprung. Water restrictions in April instead of June is part of a regional alignment. The City of Nanaimo, the District of Lantzville and the Regional District of Nanaimo recently co-ordinated their definitions of the stages of restrictions, and though each local government can determine what stage is needed, there was general agreement that April is the right time to get started on conservation. According to Bill Sims, Nanaimo’s manager of water resources, the earlier restrictions are a reflection of climate change. The solstice still rolls around at the same time every year, but the reality is that summer comes sooner than that. It’s completely reasonable that we should abide by stricter water-use rules. Though the resource seems plentiful in the springtime, we’ve seen how quickly supplies can dwindle to concerning levels, necessitating further cutbacks in our usage. Maybe if we limit our litres now, we can head off Stage 4 restrictions that would preclude us from filling up that inflatable kiddies’ pool on a hot midsummer’s day. Not only do water restrictions conserve in obvious ways, but they also can get us thinking about how we use this resource. A lot of people in other places would be envious of what comes out of our taps. Some protest to protect their water tables. As taxpayers, we have spent, and continue to spend, to ensure that we have a healthy, plentiful supply. So we would hope that people in Nanaimo will not only abide by the restrictions, but be water conscious year-round. Because if we aren’t protecting and conserving, we must be doing the opposite. And what a waste of water that would be.
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It turns out budget doesn’t balance itself The first Justin Trudeau budneeded because the country get continues the new Liberal had slid into recession. Turns government’s epic string of bro- out there was no recession, ken promises. except in oil-dependent Alberta Expanding the Canada Pension and Newfoundland, and no defiPlan went by the wayside to cit until the Liberals opened the start the year, as jacking up spending taps. payroll taxes wasn’t seen as a And what about the promise good way to respond to rising to cut the federal small busiunemployment. Then there was ness tax from 11 to nine per the national carbon price, which cent? Priming the engine of job dissolved into a vague creation and all that? commitment to keep Gone. B.C. working at it with the Not even the infraVIEWS disagreeing provinces. structure promise Now there is the is kept. Most of the Tom Fletcher torrent of red ink spending is for ongoBlack Press that washes away the ing programs, includsolemn promise that ing equalization, even deficits would be no though B.C. appears more than $10 billion to be the only ‘have’ a year, for no more province left at the than three years. moment. According to On budget day, Finance Minister Bill the B.C. government Morneau’s new guesses, deficits sent out Communities Minister will be $29.4 billion this year, Peter Fassbender with strict $29 billion next year, $22 billion instructions to bite his tongue in 2018 and a mere $17.7 billion about this busted fire hydrant in 2019 as the governing party of borrowed money. Fassbender campaigns for re-election. The announced that he and Premier budget even projects another Christy Clark are “delighted” at deficit for the year after, apparthe infrastructure spending, of ently assuming that all this borwhich the only identifiable new rowing and spending will deliver project for B.C. is a sewer sysanother majority government. tem in North Vancouver. The campaign promise was Massey Tunnel replacement? built around the claim that Nope. Transit lines in Vancouver infrastructure spending was and Surrey? We’re continuing
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preliminary engineering work. Widening the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 16 to Alberta? Maybe these will be promises for the next federal election. Fassbender tap-danced when asked why the only province with a balanced budget should be pleased about a federal pledge to increase the national debt by about a quarter. The biggest Trudeau promise of all is to rescue the middle class from the awful stagnation inflicted by the Harper years. A quick fact check takes me to Statistics Canada’s table of median family income by province. After the 2009 economic crisis (triggered by reckless debt among other things), B.C.’s median income for all family types was $66,970 in 2010, $69,150 in 2011, $71,660 in 2012 and $74,150 in 2013. That’s about the same increase as the national rate – not spectacular, but pretty good considering low inflation. Better than most of the world, in fact. Again, this government is borrowing gobs of money to throw at a problem that may not even exist. ◆ Tom Fletcher is columnist and legislature reporter for Black Press.
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
To the Editor,
young people are paying for the privilege of being a intern with the hope that it may result in a job. What about kids who can’t afford to work for free? At the end of the day, I understand that the objective is for young people to be gainfully employed, happy, healthy productive members of our society. As long as this happens, it doesn’t really matter how this end was achieved. Maybe this VIU co-op pro-
gram will help with this. At least the university is perhaps taking a look at what happens to graduates in Nanaimo. The only real job opportunities here are in trades right now. Personally, I’d like to see VIU help to position young people into being able to start their own local businesses. I see potential in computer coding and software design, for example. The real issue here, I believe, is the cost of
post-secondary education. Young people in our society start their lives with a huge albatross of debt. Just as the baby birds are ready to leave the nest, the school system which is supposed to be helping them, has in fact tied a rock around their neck. It’s not right. In other cultures this doesn’t happen. I truly believe we are doing young people a disservice.
Valentina Cardinalli Nanaimo
Daffodil pins in bloom Doctor shortage could kill us To the Editor,
April is Daffodil Month, the Canadian Cancer Society’s signature fundraising campaign, and that means very soon our canvassers will be going door-to-door in Nanaimo asking for donations. Our volunteers will be easy to recognize – just look for the bright, yellow daffodil pin on their lapels. They will also be wearing Canadian Cancer Society lanyards to identify themselves. Donations to the Society fund life-saving research, prevention initiatives and muchneeded support programs for people living with cancer right now in Nanaimo and beyond. The News BulleTiN When our The canadian cancer Society’s volunteers Daffodil Month fundraising camwith their daffodil pins paign will be held in april. please visit www.cancer.ca/daffodil. arrive on your doorstep, we hope people will be inspired to join the fight against cancer and give generously. We also encourage everyone to purchase a daffodil pin for themselves and their loved ones and wear it proudly during the month of April. The pin is a powerful symbol of hope that lets people in our community who are affected by cancer or who have lost someone to the disease know that they are not alone. Erika Stockley annual giving coordinator Canadian Cancer Society, Vancouver Island region
To the Editor,
The media has reported no family doctors in Greater Victoria were accepting new patients. Pregnant women, toddlers and babies, seniors, disabled, all without family doctors. All are forced to go to walk-in clinics where three-to-fivehour waits are not uncommon. The situation in Nanaimo is similar. The nurses’ union has been running ads asking where the promised nurses are. Turns out the province needs another 2,000 of those. How did that happen? Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals have been in office for 15 years.
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Did it not dawn on the premier and cabinet that the doctors in this province were aging, that the population was growing? What if someone had sat down 10 years ago and decided to spend $1 billion educat-
ing young people to become nurses, doctors, and nurse practioners? We would have had jobs and we would have had medical personnel and not losing productivity while people sat for hours in walk-in clinics. A couple pays $133 per month for MSP, but we don’t have family doctors. There are all sorts of things which can kill you. One of them is not having a doctor. With an election coming up, voters might want to consider their health care and the lack of doctors and nurses in this province.
Closed meetings curb accountability To the Editor,
This Nanaimo city council and government has an affinity for Orwellian wordplay. Not only do we have a mayor whose public words and in-camera words and deeds are in stark conflict, but we have a city which likes to proffer ‘open’ and ‘special open’ meetings that are in reality closed. In the past four months I counted on the city’s website 40 council meetings, of which only 17 were actually open, and 23 were
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Plan for rail and trails to coexist on Island 2016 REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS PARCEL TAX ROLL For property owners within the City of Nanaimo The parcel tax roll listing the names and addresses for all properties subject to 2016 parcel tax in the City of Nanaimo will be authenticated on April 14, 2016. The roll may be inspected on the first floor of the City of Nanaimo Service & Resource Centre, located at 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday commencing March 24, 2016. The roll contains names and addresses provided by BC Assessment, which will be used for mailing 2016 Property Tax Notices. Property owners must contact the City of Nanaimo in writing on or before April 11, 2016 if they wish to request an amendment to the roll with respect to their property for any of the following reasons: 1. there is an error or omission respecting a name or address; 2. there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; 3. an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed. Any correspondence should be addressed to the following: Diane Hiscock Manager, Revenue Services CITY OF NANAIMO 455 Wallace Street Nanaimo BC V9R 5J6 Fax: (250) 755-4440 For further information, call: (250) 755-4415
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CoNCEpt for 289-kilometre trail in planning. By John M c Kinley Black Press
The sentiment has not been uncommon in the long absence of any significant rail activity on the E&N line: “Just rip up the tracks and turn it into the best trail on Vancouver Island.” The thing is, according to Island Corridor Foundation executive director Graham Bruce, one does not have to happen without the other. He says rails and trails can happily co-exist on Vancouver Island. In fact, that is already happening and not a single tie has had to be removed in the process. “Trails are already under construction,” Bruce said. “We’ve sort of blazed new ground.” The most prominent example is perhaps the 1 7 - k i l o m e t re $ 3 6 - m i l lion paved trail partially completed by the Capital Regional District alongside the rail track from the Johnson Street Bridge to the western borders of Langford. But it is hardly alone. Similar tracks run from Chemainus to Saltair, downtown Duncan to the Cowichan Commons mall and for eight kilometres through the city of Nanaimo.
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An eight-kilometre stretch through Nanaimo is one example of a well-used trail running alongside the railway on the E&N corridor.
Work is also expected to begin in May on a sevenkilometre, hard-packed gravel trail running trackside from Springwood Park in Parksville to Coombs. It’s being built by the Regional District of Nanaimo on a budget of about $3 to 4 million. Bruce said the 30-metre right-of-way surrounding the track make these rail/ trail combos possible and railway grades of two per cent make them very attractive to hikers and bikers. Creating safety guidelines – particularly in urban regions – has been a hurdle and bridge crossings could be a roadblock to extending trails throughout the E&N’s
entire 289-kilometre network, but the concept has the attention of both the foundation and the regional districts. Ray Freeman, a consultant working on a Vancouver Island trails master plan for Tourism Vancouver Island, said the Victoria and Nanaimo urban trails work well, but he is unaware of any existing side-by-side rural trails as lengthy as what could happen here. “I’m not familiar with any specific examples off the top of my head. This is an interesting concept,” Freeman said. “Where there is a will, there’s a way.” People frequently talk about the revenue potential
of turning unused rail lines into trails. But Bruce talks about the potential of turning things around and tying trails to operating rail. The idea is marketing an operating rail line as a way for tourists to hop from one Island trail attraction to the next. “We have to market the trails as a way to go from community to community and give people different ways to explore,” he said. The Vancouver Island tourism industry is putting a lot of emphasis on capitalizing on the Island’s trail potential as a way to bring in hikers, cyclists, horseback riders and even ATV users. He said the key is a coordinated effort to identify the biggest attractions, set up the infrastructure, provide the connections and have all the options spelled out from easily accessible sources. “Rail trails are known to be travel motivators,” Bruce said. “There is lots of potential for the E&N. It’s an interesting scenario. “You have to highlight the ability to impress the authenticity of the experience and this would qualify.” john.mckinley@blackpress.ca
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EvENt hElpS people who can’t afford to pay for oral care. By Karl yu The News BulleTiN
Free dental services will be available on April 9 for people who may not be able to afford them normally. Dental hygienists across Canada will be offering services at no cost, as part of the Gift from the Heart event, which is entering its eighth year. Diane Townsend, an independent dental hygienist and area event organizer, says appointments will be available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., on Gabriola Island and Nanaimo, for teenagers and adults. Walk-in patients will not be accepted. Gift from the Heart services are for those that don’t have the financial wherewithal for oral care. In particular, Townsend said it is for people who don’t have dental insurance, haven’t been working for whatever reason, or haven’t seen a dentist or had a cleaning for a long time. “Basically, [it will be] assessment of their oral health, a cleaning, polish, fluoride, oral hygiene instruction,” said Townsend. On Gabriola Island, services
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GIFt FROM the heart provides dental services at no cost on April 9, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., by appointment. Please visit www.giftfromtheheart. ca for more information.
will be offered at 691 Unit 9, Church St. and in Nanaimo at 1145B Dufferin Cres. Townsend has secured volunteers, but could use more. “I put out about 30 e-mails ... VIU has a dental hygiene school and I’ve asked some of the instructors if any of their students would like to come and greet people, do the instruments for me, just work as a team, offer refreshments and just make it a community day,” said Townsend. Bev Woods, an Ontario dental hygienist, started the event and according to a press release, dental hygienists saw more than 800 clients during Gift from the Heart 2015. About $400,000 worth of free services have been granted during the event’s existence. To book an appointment or volunteer as a hygienist or dentist, please e-mail gabrioladental@ shaw.ca or birdental@shaw.ca. For more information on the event, please visit www.giftfrom theheart.ca. news@nanaimobulletin.com
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Nanaimo News Bulletin 13
Inmates at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre have been busy sawing away and building everything from desks, to tables, bookshelves and chairs. They are part of a project the correctional centre has recently partnered with called Write to Read, a program that provides library learning centers and supplies to First Nations communities throughout the province in an effort to increase aboriginal literacy rates. Write to Read was cofounded in 2007 by project coordinator Robert Blacker and former lieutenant governor Steven Point. The project relies on donations by local businesses, members of the public and community organizations such as B.C. Rotary clubs. Since formation, Write to Read has opened 12 libraries in First Nations communities within the province. “All of our libraries when we first started off were just books,” Blacker said. “But now we supply a full-stocked First Nations author section
of over 200 books that we go out and purchase and it is getting bigger and bigger as the years go by.” Each librar y contains books that are appropriate for the community, according to Blacker, who said the program is all about helping people improve their literacy skills. “We are not going to put books in there that they can’t read,” Blacker said. “We put books in there that are going to help them learn to read and we have the appropriate books to help them with that.” In recent months, Write to Read has been in communications with Snuneymuxw First Nation and according to Blacker, a modular library will be constructed on one of the reserves. “We have an architect and an engineer who give us their time and so we sat down and looked at designing a building for the Snuneymuxw and we are in the midst of doing that right now,” Blacker said. “Once we get all of our ducks in a row, they are going to get a magnificent building for a library learning centre.”
Blacker said the modular library learning centre will be roughly 18 metres by 6.7 metres in size and will be two levels. As with all libraries constructed through the Write to Read program, the Snuneymuxw building will be complete with Wi-Fi, computers, books and tablets, as well as furniture constructed by inmates at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre. “The beauty of what we have been doing with our First Nations communities is we go in and we sit down with them … and we find out what their bucket list is, so to speak, and what they would like to see in their library and what type of books they would like to see and we go out and get them,” Blacker said. “That’s why we have been so successful.” Blacker said the first stages of the design are done. He is hoping the library will be completed within the next 12 to 18 months. “If we keep moving at the rate that we are going, I am hoping that we can get something on the ground by mid2017,” Blacker said. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com
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Glassford said she liked art but was too impatient to hand draw or paint when she was younger. One day she found some spray paint cans in her dad’s garage and decided she was going to create something. “It took off from there,” she said. For her contribution and passion for the various art projects around Nanaimo, Glassford will receive the Emerging Cultural Leader Award during Nanaimo’s Culture and Heritage Awards Ceremony held April 13, 7 p.m. at the Port Theatre, presented by the City of Nanaimo and the Port Theatre Society. “I was shocked to be chosen,” said Glassford. Since 1998 the City of Nanaimo has given out the cultural awards to recognize the “variety of cultural activity in our community,” according to a City of Nanaimo press release. The Emerging Cultural Leader Award is meant to recognize up-and-coming cultural community leaders who live in and contribute to Nanaimo’s cultural landscape. For more information about Glassford’s art please go to www.humanityinart.com.
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bourhood a “little sense of happiness” and some people, when they walk through the lanes, are picking up garbage. She said some of these people aren’t even residents. Art can enhance and change communities for the better, she said. She started working on the project in the fall of 2014. It took her a year to create her murals in the lane, which includes three walls, power poles and the alleyway. “I was driven by love. It’s a great way to contribute,” said Glassford about why she decided to join the initiative. She’s one of several artists and community members who have contributed to the project. Glassford has worked on numerous public art projects throughout Nanaimo. People can see her art in Wisteria Lane, Cappy Yates Park and various locations in Nanaimo’s downtown core, such as her octopus painting on Fitzwilliam St. According to the City of Nanaimo’s press release these projects have helped spur revitalization and create a sense of vibrancy and place. “It’s so beneficial. This type of work is really well received by the businesses,” said Glassford.
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Curiosity fuels John Hofman’s interest in history and passion for preserving remnants of the past. For more than a decade, Hofman has fought to preserve the above-ground mining structures that remain at Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park, located in South Wellington, including the deteriorating head frame and tipple. “I have always been fascinated by why different people stayed here. Why did they do that,” said Hofman. “Why did these miners go down there?” Hofman questions why someone would want to work in a dusty tunnel and risk their lives everyday. “Imagine going down there everyday, wet and cold and damp and dangerous,” said Hofman. “This was the way of life then.” One reason Hofman said he has worked so hard to preserve the structures is because it is a symbol of Nanaimo’s heritage. There are some indicators of Nanaimo’s coal mining his-
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tory in the city, but most of the larger structures were torn down, he said. Hofman and others involved with the Friends of Morden Mine have fought for grants to restore the head frame and tipple before it gets to a point where it is beyond repair. “One day that thing is just going to implode on itself,” said Hofman. He said one reason that the project has been hard to fund
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Hook-wielding, eye-patchwearing, seafaring pirates are anchoring in the Harbour City. On Saturday (April 2), downtown Nanaimo will become a pirates’ haven during the second annual PirateFest Family Funday, part of Festival Nanaimo celebrations, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at various locations. “Last year, downtown was invaded by 400 pirates in costume ... it was pretty awesome,” said Margot Holmes, creator and coordinator of Festival Nanaimo. PirateFest, a family-oriented event, happens rain or shine and there is a mix of indoor and outdoor activities for people to attend. “We’ve expanded it to include more activities if people want to participate in different ways,” said Holmes. The day kicks off with Pirate
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Last year about 400 children in pirate costumes attended PirateFest. This year organizers have added more activities to the event.
Disguises at the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Art Lab. Attendees can create art to enhance their pirate costumes. From 11 a.m. to noon is the Musical Instrument Zoo, presented by the Vancouver Island Symphony at the Port Theatre. At noon, participants can enter the Pirate Parade and walk or cycle from the Port Theatre to Pioneer Waterfront Plaza. Activities in the plaza include a sword fighting demonstration by the Nanaimo Theatre Group and TheatreOne is presenting activities based on its
upcoming production 52 Pick Up. Members of the V.I. Raiders will be at the plaza from noon to 3:30 p.m. and the Songwaves Boys Pirate Choir will sing songs about pirates at 12:30 p.m. From 1-3:30 p.m. there are various activities being held at the Nanaimo Museum, by donation. The Nanaimo Harbourfront Library is hosting a pirate event from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Food Trucks on the Plaza is at Diana Krall Plaza from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. arts@nanaimobulletin.com
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Roberts Hall combines an electronic soundscape with folk and rock music. The band, whose members Etienne McGuigan and Brendan Holm both live in Nanaimo, is launching its debut-full length album, I’ll Send A Friend, at the Vault Café Friday (April 1) at 9 p.m. Admission is $5. “We’re going to be very excited so it’s going to be highenergy,” said McGuigan.
The album was recorded at Dante Decaro’s Shawnigan Lake studio and in Nanaimo at Chris Thompson’s studio, a member of Ah, Venice. McGuigan said the duo has a broad spectrum of musical tastes such as Bob Dylan, Califone, jazz, folk music and more. While these styles inspire Roberts Hall’s music, McGuigan said the band’s music doesn’t sound like them. “Some of the songs were written on the road while touring in the states. It was to pass the time in the van while we were driving,” said McGuigan. McGuigan said most of the time he comes up with something and then collaborates with Holm to create the song.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Congratulations to Heather Hnatiuk on her 5-year anniversary at Woodgrove Chrysler! Heather came to us five years ago as our payroll administrator and very quickly mastered all aspects of her job. Heather’s positive attitude and great sense of humor make her an absolute pleasure to work with. Heather never stresses out while she’s working – she handles every task with ease and in a calm, self-assured manner. We appreciate everything you do at Woodgrove Chrysler, Heather, and we look forward to many more happy years with you!
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! We are so fortunate, at Woodgrove Chrysler, to have such a great group of co-workers, not the least of whom is Kevin O’Byrne. Kevin is one of those exceptional individuals who can take everyone he works with to the next level. He is one of those “go to” people who are always there to help out. His customers know how gifted he is, too. They seek him out every day for automotive advice. His strong relationships with his customers have led to wedding invitations and the request of his presence at their funerals.
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Canvassers come knocking I vOLUNTeerS heLp raise money for cancer society.
Canadian Cancer Society volunteers are about to start knocking on doors for donations for the 2016 Daffodil Campaign. Throughout April, nearly 250 volunteers will canvass neighbourhoods in Nanaimo and Ladysmith for donations to support the society. In recent months, there have been several cases reported to police about people going door to door for contributions and fraudulently claiming to represent various charities. To avoid confusion, official daffodil campaign canvassers will wear name tags and carry photo identification. “Every campaign volunteer will wear a lanyard with their name on it that can be flipped around so people can see their photo ID,” said Sue Carlson, campaign coordinator. “The Canadian Cancer Society also only goes door to door during the month of April and not at any other time of the year.” This year’s door-to-door campaign officially starts Friday (April 1). The campaign also has an unofficial kick-off event, the Daffodil Tea and Fashion Show, which happens at 2 p.m. Sunday (April 3) at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256, 1630 E. Wellington Rd. Tickets are $25 per person or $175 for a table of eight. For more information about the Canadian Cancer Society, please visit http://bit. ly/1UrBtSq.
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by Dane Gibson A group of volunteers and student researchers will be getting their hands dirty in an effort to identify a wide range of plants and birds during Vancouver Island University’s first BioBlitz. The event is scheduled to get underway on April 17 at Milner Gardens as part of the 2016 Brant Wildlife Festival. VIU student researchers have been working hard to get everything ready for BioBlitz and even though it’s a pilot event, they’re expecting up to 100 community members to contribute to what they hope will become a long-term inventory of the species and biodiversity found
in the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region, a UNESCOdesignated biosphere reserve. “What a BioBlitz looks like is a bunch of teams that go out in nature with data collection forms, writing down every single species they can find in a preselected area,” said co-organizer, Sarah Lumley. “The event is meant to be fun and get people outdoors while also giving us a snapshot of the plants and birds in the area.” At the end of the day, all the species lists collected by volunteers will be entered into an inventory that will be made available to the public. “Once we have a database started we can build on the inventory each year, and start adding more locations to get a better picture
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student researchers got into the woods to practise their species identification skills before the first annual vIU BioBlitz on April 17. The BioBlitz planning committee is working hard to register 100 ‘citizen scientists’ before the event.
of biodiversity in the region,” said Lumley. The BioBlitz planning team consists of more than 10 students from various VIU departments including forestry, recreation and tourism management, community planning, geographic information systems, and geography.
While the BioBlitz is meant to be fun, Lumley emphasizes community members will be contributing to real research on
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group will blitz in the morning and the next in the afternoon. Each team will be accompanied by a VIU student volunteer and a species identification expert. “The key to making this BioBlitz successful is the number of participants that sign up. It is a fun activity for families, seniors and students alike, so we’re really encouraging people to register and fill up those spots,” said Lumley. To be a part of BioBlitz, please go to ow.ly/ZMixe or visit mabrri.viu.ca. u Dane Gibson is a writer with VIU’s communications department.
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Bronwen Leguerrier marked her 30th birthday by shaving off her hair to raise money for Nanaimo Community Hospice.
Locks shorn for hospice Bronwen Leguerrier wanted to make a difference when she and her family celebrated her 30th birthday in her hometown of Nanaimo. Leguerrier, who works in palliative radiation in Edmonton, decided to cut her long hair, donate it to the wig program with the Canadian Cancer Society and create a fundraiser to help the work of Nanaimo Hospice in the community in which she grew up. Leguerrier was grateful for the services provided to her through hospice when her father died. Leguerrier started on online fundraising campaign with a goal
to raise $300 from family and friends. Donations and heartfelt messages started pouring in and when all was said and done, hospice was presented with a donation of $1,630. “We were very touched when Bronwen contacted us telling us her plans to help both hospice and the cancer society wig program to celebrate her special day as a way of giving back,” said Jeanne Fahlman, hospice development officer. The money raised at this event will go directly to support the work of hospice in the community.
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Berwick on the Lake and the Nanaimo Curling Centre joined forces for a fundraiser bonspiel on Feb. 28 for the Nanaimo Community Hospice Society. Barbara McDougall, left, Berwick on the Lake, and Brian Askin, Nanaimo Curling Centre, present the donation to Jeanne Fahlman, of Nanaimo Community Hospice.
Directory offers information to seniors A new directory compiled by the Office of the Seniors Advocate offers families a chance to compare services offered by 292 publicly funded licensed care facilities in B.C. The B.C. Residential Quick Facts Directory lists services such as nursing, physio and speech therapy, recreation and social work, as well as the total
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A new Nanaimo John Howard Society mentorship program and Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization summer camp received part of $352,000 in grant money from Coast Capital Savings. Coast Capital Savings doled out the money to 29 organizations on Vancouver Island in 2015, through its Young Leaders Community Council initiative. The organization and society received $10,000 and $24,600, respectively. The John Howard Society helps facilitate restorative justice – where victims and offenders work together to repair harm done by a crime – and the $24,600 went towards training volunteer youth mentors and the associated startup costs of its restorative justice youth mentoring program. “What we noticed is that kids weren’t completing their agreement because they didn’t really have very
much support, sometimes there’s no support at home, sometimes there’s things going on at home,” said Kim Fagerlund, society restorative justice program manager. “What we decided we wanted to do was to give every youth going through the program a mentor.” Development of a mentorship handbook, letters of permission for youths, training for mentors, recruitment of mentors, and printing of brochures and flyers were also areas where money was spent, said Fagerlund. Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization assists children with neurological disabilities, such as autism, Down syndrome and Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the money went toward arts and crafts, recreational activities, musical experiences and general day camp costs, said Barbara Robinson, kids’ organization fundraising coordinator. Robinson said karate and a drumming circle were notable events at the 2015 camp, as well as an event with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “We also met up at Westwood Lake with the DFO’s
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learn-to-fish program and so they went fishing and it was a great thrill to be there and they’d catch these tiny little fish, but it was just so exciting and just excited faces and every kid had a great time,” said Robinson. Members of Coast Capital’s three regional youth councils are responsible for reviewing grant applications and deciding how to best allocate the credit union’s community investment funding, said a press release. Deadline for the fall grant cycle is Aug. 25. For more information, please go to www.coastcapitalsavings.com and click on the Helping Youth link in the About Us section. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com BMW Nanaimo
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NANAIMO SENIORS Accordion Band meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the Old Harewood Firehall on Fourth Street. 250-753-2730.
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Hydro crews replace poles in Nanaimo B.C. Hydro crews will replace 180 power poles in Nanaimo this year. The work is part of B.C. Hydro’s ongoing maintenance program that will see the replacement of about 12,000 utility poles over the next several months throughout the province. On average, power poles last about 40 to 50 years. There are approximately 70,000 wooden poles in the system that have been in service for more than 50 years. Power poles weaken and deteriorate over time due to adverse weather, insects and wildlife. B.C. Hydro maintains and operates a vast and complex electrical system in B.C., which includes 900,000 wooden poles that hold more than 58,000 kilometres of overhead distribution lines and 278,000 overhead transformers. Replacing power poles is one of the investments B.C. Hydro is making in aging infrastructure to improve the safety and reliability of the electricity system. To ensure the safety of our crews and the public, B.C. Hydro may need to disconnect power when replacing aging power poles. Crews will notify customers inperson, by mail or phone about these scheduled outages for maintenance. For more information on B.C. Hydro, please visit www. bchydro.com.
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Beefs & bouquets BEEF To the road maintenance in Nanaimo. Campbell River is the salmon capital and Nanaimo is the pothole capital.
BOUQUET To the paramedics who have to cut down overgrown blackberry vines and rose bushes to get to the person they have to help because the adult children are too lazy to clean up around the sidewalk, stairs and yard. BEEF Northwest Bay and Claudet roads have a lot of reckless drivers, even passing on double solid lines. Police would make a killing on tickets.
BOUQUET To Marc at Iotech for his always cheerful nature, honesty and patience in service of our computer system. The world needs more people like you. BEEF To the neighbour who used his weed eater right at dinner time on Easter Sunday. The kitchen was hot due to the cooking of the turkey and we opened the patio doors to cool down, but your noisy gas-powered machine interrupted our enjoyment of the delicious holiday meal. BOUQUET To Donna at Shear Heaven in the Bowen Road Salvation Army Thrift Store. She’s done my hair in a gazillion styles and lengths for many years, is reasonably priced and does a great job in record time.
BOUQUET To our neighbours Al and Stu for not only sharing their firewood but delivering it and stacking it too. Your kindness and thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. BEEF To the person driving up the TransCanada Highway in the truck with no tailgate and a loose dog in the back. Do you not care about the dog or the motorists behind who would be traumatized if it had slipped out into traffic? BOUQUET To Yvonne on first floor, all the nurses in palliative care, the Hospice volunteers and Dr. Kathryn King for the care they provided our grandmother during her passing. BEEF To the disgruntled mayor wannabes on council and staff collaborators. End your petty vendetta against an elected official and do your jobs. Your unprofessional public antics are demeaning to our fair city. BOUQUET To the customer in Big O Tires who visited with my golden retriever when I was getting my truck tires changed. It takes a community to raise a dog.
BEEF To animal control. I phoned, very distraught as I lost my dog, to see if someone turned her in, then I get an officer at my door telling me I have two days to get a dog licence. Not concerned at all if my dog was still missing or perhaps dead. BOUQUET To Brad at Subway at Port Place shopping centre for making a sandwich just like the pictures on the menu and being the most enthusiastic, polite submaker we’ve ever come across.
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BEEF To rude people. You can’t expect to be snarky for no reason, ask me for a favour and then expect me to fulfill it. The world doesn’t work like that. At least, it shouldn’t.
BEEF To city councillors. Although I’d be frustrated too if I failed to bring the people of Nanaimo conference business, a conference centre hotel, a luxury waterfront hotel, a multiplex, a foot passenger ferry and a modicum of decorum in council chambers. BOUQUET To the wonderful young employee at Terminal Esso who rescued me when I locked my keys in my car.
BOUQUET To Rob at Vans Garage on Townsite Road. I found out why so many of your customers take the time and effort to write you a bouquet. Thank you for your honest work. BEEF To the city for not moving on the expanding tent city under the Pearson Bridge on the waterfront walkway. BOUQUET To Derrick at Budget Glass. The service was prompt, pleasant, professional and affordable. Would highly recommend.
BEEF To the traffic lights at the Townsite and Terminal intersection. The lights going east and west take their sweet time changing, even when there is no traffic going north and south. This needs to be addressed and is extremely annoying, to say the least. BEEF To bicycle saddle manufacturers who make their saddles too hard, too soft, too wide, too narrow, too long or too short, but never just quite right except for the extremely rare well-made ones that are always way too expensive.
Submit your own Beef or Bouquet Beefs & Bouquets is a free forum to give thanks or express views on issues and events. The News Bulletin reserves the right to edit or refuse submissions. Length is limited to 40 words and two submissions per person per week. A winner will be selected at random to receive a floral bouquet from Turley’s Florist and Potting Shed. Mail or deliver to the News Bulletin, 777B Poplar St., Nanaimo, V9S 2H7 or e-mail to bulletinboard@nanaimobulletin.com. Fax to 250-753-0788.
BOUQUET To Ray and his lovely, sister, Yen, who own and operate The Saigon Kitchen. Everyone who works there is so happy. What wonderful food, friends and fun.
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BEEF To whoever stole my antique flower cart out of my yard. Nothing like kicking someone when they are down.
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BOUQUET To Code Brew at Millstone for delicious homemade food and Starbucks coffee. Even better is that profits help support health care on the mid-Island.
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BEEF To Nanaimo’s vast population of litter bugs. I just watched someone unroll their car window and throw trash into the street. Do you not have any pride in where you live or care about the health of the planet?
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BEEF To the group of seven who have caused this council to be the worst this city has experienced. The city will be lucky to survive to the next election.
BEEF Never purchase a motorhome or anything without having it checked by a reputable company. My brother-in-law was told the motorhome had only been leaking two weeks – try nearly three years. No recourse he can take, but to the couple who sold it, shame on you.
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FUNERAL HOMES
FUNERAL HOMES
Milner
Joan Fraser
(McCullough) March 8, 1938 ~ March 19, 2016 Survived by her children Doug, Jeff, Grant, Lesley McCallum No service by Joan’s request. If you so wish, a donation could be made to The First Open Heart Society of British Columbia
NOERENBERG, ANDREAS (Andy) Nov 21, 1938 Mar 23, 2016
Andy born in Stettin, Germany, immigrated to Canada with his parents, brother and met his best lifelong friend Wolfy. He is predeceased by his parents Walter and Emmi, his brother Manfred, sister in law Stella and best friend Wolfy. Andy is survived by his sister Angela, Sons, Roland and Scott all of Muskoka, his daughters Karin and Heidi of Vancouver Island. His loving granddaughters Ashley, Whitney, Brittany, Paige, Jacqueline & Robyn, his grandson Riley and great-grandson Keeper, all whom referred to him as Opa, and his nephews, Angela & Doug’s sons, Kevin, Eric, and Bryan. Andy was a humorous character, always known for his jokes and quick wit. He was a very hardworking man doing things he enjoyed, stone masonry, building houses, millwright-fabricator, and in his spare time, his passion which was music, he was a DJ and loved to sing. He loved to have endless discussions about politics, current events and the stock market. He enjoyed fishing, his garden and his special pets (aka the birds). Andy immensely enjoyed his requested recent trip to Muskoka, Ontario to have a family and special friends celebrating fond memories, photos , stories and his favorite cheesecake on March 12, 2016. Family would like to extend their gratitude to Dr. Nick Schulson, who made this trip possible, and for taking such good care of him, to the clinic staff for their ongoing support, and to Dr. Scott Takeda for understanding and providing such compassionate care, and to all the NRGH staff. Requested, there will be no service, as Andy’s last request was his family trip to Ontario two weeks ago. Dad, Opa, Andy, you’ll be sadly missed. Until we meet again Amigo
Margaret (Peggy) July 4, 1925 – March 22, 2016
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eggy passed away peacefully in Palliative Care in Nanaimo Regional Hospital. Predeceased by mom Annie Mary Milner (Hughes), dad Albert Henry Milner, and brothers, Albert and Jim. Survived by brother Jack (Lucille); sisters Pat and Sheila (Tom); and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and long-time friend Lorry. Peggy was born in Seattle but was raised and lived in Vancouver many years. She enjoyed playing basketball and softball – travelling across Canada and to Mexico to compete. Peggy moved to Nanaimo in the 70’s where she enjoyed gardening, family and especially her dogs, Misty, Dusty and Ginger. There will be no service by request. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice. The family would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the wonderful, compassionate care Peggy received from Dr. King, and all the Palliative Care, hospice, and homecare workers. First Memorial Funeral Services 250-754-8333
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e sadly announce the peaceful passing of our father and grandfather Wilf Gregory at the Lodge on 4th in Ladysmith on March 24, 2016. Wilf was predeceased by his dear wife Dolly in 1985, son Bill Richardson 2007 and grandson Scott Marrs 1988. He is survived by his daughters Vicki (Peter) Schoonbeek and Betty Marrs, grandchildren Richard Marrs, Susan Martyn, Dianne (Walter) Hastings, Bruce, Wilfred and Robert Marrs and Greg (Lise Anne) Pierce as well as many great and great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Wilf was born in Nanaimo February 17, 1922. He worked in the woods for McMillan Bloedel – Nanaimo River division until his retirement in 1984. Throughout his life Wilf was involved in many sports and he was very competitive. His younger years he played soccer and he was an avid bowler in both 5 pin and 10 pins. His final sport that he loved was horseshoes and he turned out to be a world competitor and a Canadian champion. He made many acquaintances and long friendships through this sport. He lived his life to the fullest and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. There will be a Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date.
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adly we must say that Peggy passed away on March 23, 2016 in Nanaimo Hospital at the age of 88. She was a longtime resident of Ladysmith who was predeceased by her husband, Bob and daughter, Delores. Left behind to mourn her loss are daughters Linda (Louis) and Wendy (Jaimie), grandchildren Tony, Jason, Nicholas, Teri and Olivia and special family friend, Debbie Grant. Mom touched many lives over the years and she will be sadly missed. A celebration of Peggy’s life will be held on Saturday, April 9 at the Eagles Hall in Ladysmith from 1-3. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff at Larosa Gardens in Ladysmith, where Mom spent the last few years of her life, as well as the caring and compassionate staff at the Transition Ward at NRGH, where Mom spent the last few months. First Memorial Funeral Services 250-754-8333
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In loving memory of Bradford Roy Collins March 1, 1950 March 31, 2006 Ten years, missed and loved every day. We know in our hearts that you and Ryan are in a peaceful place. Forever young.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES 13TH ANNUAL Kitty Coleman Woodland Art & Bloom Festival. Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show. Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 21, 22 and 23 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca or email 2bevzimmerman@gmail.com 250-338-6901
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There are no words that seem adequate enough to say thank you to our wonderful community, family, and friends for their tremendous support during this very difficult time in our life, the sudden loss of our beautiful daughter and sister Paige Alexandra Whitelaw. We are overwhelmed by the support and how many lives she touched, Paige gave us the most wonderful 20 years any family could ask for. Thank you for the visits, cards, flowers, food, helping with the memorial, and the generous donations for Paige’s memorial bursary fund. All the kind words about Paige, we will cherish forever and will help us on the road ahead. Your kindness & sympathy will always be remembered. Sincerely, Ernie, Nadine, Nicole Whitelaw & Family
LOST: EYEGLASSES, Sky blue/black Tiffany with progressive lenses. Blue soft pouch case - believe lost at Nanaimo airport Sat. night Mar. 19. Call 250-244-6550. LOST MALE cat, black & white, tattoo in ear, 3-4 yrs old, goes by Turner, lost in the Townsite area. Reward! (778)441-1127, 250-667-6558.
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Notice of Court Proceedings to Desirae Provo: Desirae Provo, born September 16, 1993, this is your official notice that at 9:30am on April 11, 2016, in Nanaimo Family Court, 35 Front Street, Nanaimo, BC, the Director of Child, Family and Community Service will apply to the court for a permanent transfer of custody order, pursuant to Section 54.01 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act in connection with your child, J.B.A., born June 12, 2014. You have the right to be present and to be represented by legal counsel. Desirae Provo, or anyone knowing her present whereabouts, please contact Wanda Good at the Kwumut Lelum Child & Family Services, 544 Centre Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 4Z3.
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Medforth, Douglas Lorne Sept. 1, 1957 - March 23, 2016 Beloved son of Jean and the late Gordon Medforth. Born in Nanaimo, he passed away in Port Alberni where he had lived, working for the past 40 years at Pacific Towing, following in his father’s footsteps of a life at sea. He leaves behind to mourn his two sons Kristopher (Jen) and Dustin (Sarah), two brothers Donald (Deb) and David, and grandson Morrison, all of Nanaimo; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, his special friends and riding companions Dallas & Sassy. His longtime friend through good times and bad to the very end, Chris Bangemann. “Ride on, my son.� A celebration of life to be announced at a later date.
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Nanaimo swimmers make Olympic trials I CRANE AND BOURGEOIS both qualify.
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Canada’s best swimmers will be chasing Olympic dreams next week, and a couple of Nanaimo athletes will dive in, too. Mackenzie Crane and Richard Bourgeois have qualified to compete at the Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto starting Tuesday (April 5). Crane, 18, will swim the 800-metre freestyle while Bourgeois, 23, will swim the 100m breaststroke. Crane’s whole season has been leading up to this, ever since the Nanaimo Riptides athlete identified this distance as one to target. “So this entire season has all been training for the 800, swimming it at every meet,” she said. At the Swim B.C. AAA championships at the beginning of March, she had several cracks at achieving the time standard and missed it by a second. She was able to set up a time trial a week later, and swimming against only a clock, got the time by two seconds. “It was pretty great,” she said, to achieve a goal she had long been imagining. It means she gets the valuable experience of Olympic trials. Crane will graduate from Nanaimo Christian School this spring and will attend the University of Sioux Falls
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in South Dakota in the fall. There, she will help pioneer a brand-new swim program and work toward a long-term goal of the 2020 Olympics. “I know for sure I’m probably not going to make this team this year,” she said. “In my head, I know that, so it’s just about going out and swimming the best race I can and preparing myself, getting my pace times down and making sure I do every little thing correctly…
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“I think it will be a really good experience, especially leading up for 2020, to be swimming against the best in Canada, knowing where you stand against them and how hard you’re going to have to train, how much faster you’re going to have to be in the next four years.” The pressure won’t be different than any other major meet, she said. Crane had the opportunity to train at senior nationals last year and
swim at international meets. “It’s just knowing in your head that it’s your race; you just have to go out and swim it,” she said. For Bourgeois, the Olympic trials have a different sort of meaning. The member of the University of Victoria Vikes swim team graduates this spring, so he’s reaching the end of his competitive swimming career.
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And now for something completely different. The Nanaimo Clippers, after winning two best-of-seven series to become Island Division champions, enter the B.C. H o c k e y L e a g u e ’s third round. Round 3 is unlike the others – it’s a double-roundrobin format also involving the other division champs, the Chilliwack Chiefs and the West Kelowna Warriors. “They’re both really tough teams, they both bring a lot to the table, like us, and they’re going to be competitive games, that’s for sure,” said Corey Renwick, Clippers alternate captain. “You’ve just got to go out there and play your game and just work as hard as you can because each game is do-or-die for you, almost.” The first team to three wins gets homeice advantage in the BCHL finals; the others then race to three wins to determine who else gets to go. “You’ve got to win every game, pretty much. You want to get those three wins early and hopefully before everyone else,” said Yanni Kaldis, Clippers defenceman. See ‘CLIPS’ /36
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A series is comparatively straightforward, but in a round robin, it’s harder to measure, immediately, the impacts of wins and losses because there’s an out-of-town scoreboard that factors into the equation. “If you lose a game, you don’t know if that’s going to be the game that’s going to set you back,” Renwick said. Those factors make the round stressful, but also very exciting, said Devin Brosseau, Clippers captain. “We could have home ice in the finals by Monday [or] we could be battling it out till next weekend,” he said. The matchups matter, but only so much, as any club making it this far will boast a complete team. “There’s only good teams left now,” Brosseau said. Chilliwack’s coach Jason Tatarnic caught Nanaimo’s notice when he told Black Press this week that the Clippers “like to pretend they’re tough,” but Brosseau said opponents can think what they want. “I think we are a humble and grounded team and we’ll just work hard and hard work’s going to pay off,” he said. It will take a higher level of hockey to win, the captain said, but he feels like Nanaimo has been able to raise its game as the playoffs have gone along. “Every round you’re going to go and play better teams and we truly believe that we are a better team than nine games ago,” Brosseau said. GAME ON … The Clippers visit the Warriors tonight (March 31) at 7 p.m. and host the Chiefs on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena … In the first game of the round Tuesday night, the Warriors defeated the Chiefs 5-1 in the Fraser Valley. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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Moguls skier Mei Pond medals at nationals BY GREG SAKAKI The News BulleTiN
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oguls skiing is sort of like two sports in one. There are bumps and there are jumps, and a skier has to tackle both while hurtling down a hill at high speed. Success means mastering the mounds in order to earn the air above. And that’s when the bumpy course totally changes. “You feel like you’re in mid-air, floating,” said Mei Pond, a moguls skier from Nanaimo. “You’re like, ‘oh wow,’ you can see all around from higher, and you land and you feel so smooth.” The 16-year-old landed a clean 360, and had the requisite style, speed and technique to place third on the podium earlier this month at the Canadian Junior Freestyle Ski Championships at Beaver Valley in Kimberly, Ont. It’s been a busy competition schedule for Pond, who also participated at senior nationals in Camp Fortune in Gatineau, Que., and she’ll end the season with the B.C. series finale
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at Mt. Washington this weekend (April 1-3). “I will be hoping to make podium and having my family up there watching me, because it’s on the Island, right? That’s where everything started,” she said. Pond took up freestyle because she comes from a “ski family,” she said, and she did different disciplines before falling on a jump and tearing her ACL in 2014. The following winter, a B.C. Moguls Team coach took Pond to the slopes to gauge how her rehabilitation was coming along, and saw enough to ask her on
the spot to join the team. It led to Pond winning gold at junior nationals in Vernon that season, and continuing her success this past winter. Pond, who now skis with a knee brace, said she was scared to come back to the sport after her injury, and wondered if she was strong enough. “I definitely doubted myself a little. Is it worth the risk again?” she asked. “But I worked so hard to get back, so I was like, it’s worth it. I worked this hard and I came this far.” She anticipates being part of Team B.C. again next winter, and this sum-
mer she’ll train on a water ramp in Whistler as she works toward “more difficult airs.” Pond had been able to do a 360 ever since she started freestyle and it gets better and cleaner all the time, but she’s interested in incorporating a cork 720. It’s been inspiring for the teen to tour to world-class hills and ski amongst some of the sport’s very best. “It’s pretty cool to be able to say, yeah, I skied on the same course as Mikaël Kingsbury and all these world champions,” Pond said. “It’s a cool experience.” sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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The season may Cup playdowns in have changed but April and then B.C. the sport remains the Soccer championsame. While fall and ships in July. Head winter soccer leagues coach for the Storm have now wrapped is Bobbie Taylor, up, spring leagues assisted by Harold are just about to get Bond and manager underway… Sandy Alexander. In youth soccer, On the roster are Nanaimo’s Harbour Chantelle Lee, CataCity Football Club line Magana, Mackrecently saw local enzie Belyea, Claire house teams take Krynowsky, Ava Alexpart in year-end tour- ander, Erin Jensen, naments for various Anais Smith, Olivia age levels to conclude Ory, Olivia Williams, the season. For teams Alyssa Klotz, Cassie in the U6 to U12 diviCarmichael, Cassidy sions, no scores were Byrne, Mia Bond and kept. U13 teams took Jazmine Wilkinson. part in a year-end Turning briefly to tournament hosted senior soccer, the here in Nanaimo, season has ended where HCFC’s Camfor Nanaimo United eroon squad earned men’s teams in Div. a bronze medal. 1 and 2 of the VanThe U15 teams were couver Island Sochosted by Oceanscer League, as both ide, with no standsquads have been ings kept or medals eliminated from Jackawarded. A tournason Cup playdowns. ment for U18 teams It was a great season was organized by Mid for the Nanaimo Isle and United Div. saw the 1 women’s thorpe boys’ HCFC team, report Whitecaps which capIan Thorpe earn a tured the Columnist bronze league title medal and earned while promotion a girls’ to the preteam of mier divicombined sion next Dallas and season. Portland The United players women captured silver. also had a good run Coming away with in Doug Day Cup playa gold medal was offs, edged on penalty the U18 girls’ HCFC kicks in the final by Sounders, coached Vic West. by Baden Dube and As for spring soccer, Paul Ross. Players Harbour City Football on the championClub announced a ship side were season of small-sided Mackinna Bourque, games for players U4 Megan Epps, Clauto U18 will run from dia Fletcher, Laura April 5 to June 9. Greene, Kayleigh The sessions will be Hunter, Courtney held at Merle Logan Jenkins, Amelia Kaza- Field on Tuesday and nowski, Madeline Thursday evenings. Kozubal, Richelle The emphasis will Leblond, Alaria be on development Lessard-Northrup, rather than winSelayna Lopez, Tayning, with players lor Olsen, Kaitlyn placed on different McMahon-White, Erin teams each week and O’Sullivan, Shaelynn moved around to Ross, Claire Stewart play with and against and Dava Waller. new teammates and The season is actuopponents. Fees ally not over yet for range from $60-90. the Upper Island There is still time for Storm U14 girls’ rep interested players to team. Earlier this register online at harmonth the Storm bourcityfc.com. captured the Island Whatever your championship with a sport, a reminder in 2-1 victory over Pros- closing to play your pect Lake. The title hardest, play fair, and qualifies the squad to show good sportscompete at Coastal manship.
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Swim career ends in fine fashion He has a pretty good idea of the competition he’ll be facing, and knows he doesn’t have a realistic shot at an Olympic qualifying time. “It’d be good to get a second swim,” B o u rg e o i s s a i d . “They’re not easy to get; it’s the most competitive meet in Canada.” He’d like to make the most of his last laps. He’s done a lot of them over the years, starting out with the Nanaimo White Rapids and then joining the Riptides, on to the UBC
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Richard Bourgeois competes in the breaststroke for the University of Victoria Vikes. He will race at Canadian Olympic Trials on Tuesday (April 5).
“I kind of always assumed this would probably be my last meet,” Bourgeois said. “Since my first year I was qualified, and always had my eye on it.” He was fairly satisfied with his final season at UVic, as he competed at Canadian Interuniversity Sport nationals last month and broke his own school record in the 50m breast. The 100 is very different, though, he said, as it requires both front-end speed and endurance.
Thunderbirds, the Vikes and now ending off not far from Team Canada contention. “It’s so hard to put in that work all the time, early mornings for years,” he said. “But I’m sure it will be a bit of a shock after, stopping swimming entirely.” The trials will be held at Toronto’s Pan-Am Sports Complex. The men’s 100m breaststroke event is Tuesday (April 5) and the women’s 800m freestyle is April 8. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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BALL TEAM will take on WolfPack.
The VIBI Mariners were able to win a couple games the first weekend without all facets of the game working. So they’ll try for more complete baseball as the season continues. Vancouver Island Baseball Institute hosts the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on Saturday and Sunday (April 2-3) at Serauxmen Stadium. Approaches at the plate will be a focus
after the M’s had trouble scoring runs last weekend. “You could see a little bit of nerves in our guys trying to do too much,” said Nick Salahub, VIBI assistant coach. “Hopefully that’s something that is out of our system now and one pitch at a time we’ll be able to take a nice team approach and find some more success as we go.” GAME ON … Saturday’s doubleheader starts at 2 p.m. and Sunday’s doubleheader starts at 10 a.m. Admission is free. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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March 21-25 Monday 55-plus - Al Solmie, 359 single, 770 triple; Anne McInnes, 297 single, 671 triple. Monday mixed - Larry Williams, 328 single, 826 triple. Tuesday 55-plus Shelley Couvier, 252 single, 700 triple. Tuesday mixed Chuck Smeeton, 386 single; Devon Cowie, 804 triple; Kim Sundin, 332 single, 818 triple. Wednesday classic -
Larry Cross, 333 single; Shane Hall, 841 triple; Morgan Theedom, 757 triple. Thursday 55-plus Vern Hagstrom, 280 single, 745 triple; Marlene Geiger, 287 single, 700 triple. Thursday ladies Jackie Zavaglia, 252 single; Lynda Machura, 624 triple. Friday 55-plus Darrell Johnson, 266 single; Gerald Franklin, 696 triple; M.J. Johnson, 290 single, 725 triple.
Mt. Arrowsmith Invitational Port Alberni, March 19 Level 4 - Ella Husband, third, bars, first, floor, second, all-around. Level 5 - Mylah Vanden-Elsen, third, floor; Mikenna Turenne, second, bars, third, beam. Level 6 - Nya Snikkers, third, vault, first, bars, first, beam, second, floor, first, all-around; Mila Stjepanovic, second, vault, third, bars, second, floor,
second, all-around; Brianna Rapanos, second, vault, first, bars, second, all-around; Rachel Zuccaro, third, bars. (Level 7 results were unavailable at press time.)
Canada Cup Kamloops, March 18-20 Level 5 - Adin Brenner and Blake Mould, third, synchro trampoline. Level 6 - Adin Brenner, third, double mini trampoline.
Playoff scoring: Scott Conway, Pen. Nick Jones, Pen. Sheldon Rempal, Nan. J. Kawaguchi, Chw. Tyson Jost, Pen. Brendan Harris, Wen. J. Desbiens, W.K. Kyle Stephan, Wen. Liam Blackburn, W.K. Devin Brosseau, Nan. Kyle Betts, P.R. Kale Kane, Chw. E. Brodzinski, Pen. Corey Hoffman, Cow. Quin Foreman, W.K. Charlie Combs, Wen. Yanni Kaldis, Nan.
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