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Police raided a cannabis dispensary on Wednesday, one of two that opened in Campbell River only last week. Trees Dispensary on 14th Avenue was raided at 2 p.m. April 6 and Mounties seized all money, cannabis flower and cannabis extracts on site. Campbell River Trees branch manager Ben Hinton was detained and released without charge later in the afternoon. “We were a bit surprised with the rapidity with which the RCMP obtained a search warrant,” said Trees Dispensary spokesperson Alex Robb. “It was a bit fast.” Campbell River RCMP said the search warrant stemmed from a

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Trees medical marijuana dispensary opened in Campbell River last week and was raided by the RCMP Wednesday.

report of alleged illegal cannabis sales at a shop in Campbell River. Drugs believed to be marijuana, as well as cash and equipment were seized from the location during the execution of the search warrant. “Campbell River RCMP is con-

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Approximately 100 concerned citizens swarmed the Strathcona Regional District offices Wednesday to learn about a proposed First Nations reserve on York Road they say blindsided them. Peter Sprout, a retiree who lives in the York Road area, said the process has been unfair. “I get the confidentiality agreements but it just seems like a backdoor deal and we’re going to take it on the chin,” Sprout said, adding that the proposal will put his property – that he poured his life savings into – in jeopardy.

“I have no issue with anybody buying private land, whether it be First Nations or anybody, but I do take issue with the petition to turn it into reserve lands,” Sprout said during the regional district’s meeting of electoral directors Wednesday. “Call it bias or not but there is a stigmatism associated with a reservation. It will devalue my property.” Sprout is not alone. Spray painted messages that say ‘No Rez’ have popped up on Sold signs marking the property and on York Road. The graffiti appeared shortly after plans for the reserve came to light publicly last week after the Tlowitsis First Nation asked the regional

district for a letter of support for the nation’s proposed land development of five lots on the north side of York Road, west of Craig Road. According to a report by Aniko Nelson, the regional district’s parks and planning manager, “a number of communications have occurred over the past two years between senior staff and the Tlowitsis First Nation regarding the potential purchase” of the TimberWest lands, with the most recent meeting taking place on Dec. 8, 2015. During this meeting, Tlowitsis Nation Chief John Smith advised the Area D Director Brenda Leigh and regional district staff that the

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he city is keeping an eye on Campbell River’s medical marijuana dispensaries which opened their doors last week. Bylaw officers have already visited WeeMedical Dispensary Society which is offering marijuana products from a storefront on 13th Avenue but the operators say they welcome the scrutiny. “I want everybody to feel comfortable. We’re not sneaking in,” says Joel Wilson, the co-operator of WeeMedical’s Campbell River arm. Campbell River has now joined the ranks of B.C. communities that are being forced to deal with these operations in the absence of clear legal standing. Port Alberni has seven marijuana dispensaries and WeeMedical was one of them, opening last fall under the threat of prosecution from the city’s RCMP detachment. The police and the city have since backed off of those threats and the city has actually issued a business licence to WeeMedical in Port Alberni. Wilson understands why it went down that way in Port Alberni. The dispensaries are in a kind of regulatory limbo and cities have no experience with licensing them so the rules are being made up as we go along. The whole issue escalated last fall with the election of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who promised to legalize marijuana. That legalization hasn’t come through yet but a lot of pot dispensaries are not wait-

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new federal laws. Robb said they got wind of WeeMedical’s imminent opening in Campbell River and entered the market as well. Medical marijuana products can be obtained by patients with a prescription from a doctor or some other official documentation from a health professional indicating they are being treated for a condition for which marijuana is believed to be able to help (such as cancer, epilepsy or glaucoma), Robb said. Clients become members of a society which is allegedly able to dispense marijuana products for medical purposes. Both WeeMedical and Trees have members who obtain their products in outlets in other communities, like Nanaimo. They both noted that customers were coming from Campbell River and other North Island communities and decided to open outlets here to serve those communities. In the raid on Trees’ location on 14th Avenue in Campbellton, police confiscated everything but edible products. Trees spokesperson Alex Robb believes this is significant. “Notably, the RCMP in Campbell River did not confiscate any of the edible marijuana products offered for sale at Trees Dispensary,” Robb said. “Remaining on the shelves after the police raid were THC-infused oatmeal cookies, brownies, and raspberry chocolate bars, and cannabidiol (CBD) infused caramels.” Recent court decisions have called into question how illegal various products are, Robb said. The police’s actions indicate that they view cannabis flowers and cannabis extracts as illegal but Robb said the edible marijuana products were left behind and are still available from their dispensary which is still open. On Dec. 1, the RCMP raided the Trees Dispensary branch in Nanaimo. Three employees were arrested and charged with possession with the intent to distribute. On April 5, one day before the Campbell River raid, Tousaw Law received confirmation that the charges on the three employees of the Nanaimo Trees location had been stayed, and the bail conditions were removed. The Crown may choose to pursue charges at a later date. The Nanaimo Trees Dispensary location has remained open since the raids.

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Joel Wilson is one of the operators of WeeMedical’s new Campbell River outlet. The medical marijuana dispensary opened last week and is one of two operating in town. It’s competitor Trees Dispensary was raided by police Wednesday.

ing any longer and are pushing the agenda. WeeMedical operates as a society and as such, Wilson says, they don’t need a business licence. They’ve begun following a path in Campbell River that they’ve walked in other communities in the province like Nanaimo, Sechelt, North Vancouver and Port Alberni. “We’ve gone through eight of these other stores. We’ve gone through the exact same issues. It’s a new thing coming to communities right?” Wilson says. Usually, right off the bat, police and bylaw enforcement say “No,” Wilson says. “We work with them. We’re not there to be ‘no we’re coming in and that’s it.’ We’re going the other way,” Wison says. But, he says, “The law needs to be changed.” The City of Campbell River’s position is that the sale of marijuana is illegal.

“We have been monitoring the situation as have the RCMP,” says City Clerk Peter Wipper. As reported on Page 1, Campbell River RCMP raided Trees dispensary on Wednesday. The item will be on city council’s in-camera agenda at Monday’s council meeting to update councillors, he said. In-camera proceedings are not open to the public or the press. “We’ve made it clear that federal law does prohibit the sale of marijuana, so they’re not allowed to do that,” Wipper says. “Until such time that the federal government changes the rules, it will be the city’s position that the use of a marijuana dispensary would be illegal.” Wipper said that, so far, WeeMedical has been complying with the city’s regulations. They are selling products and paraphernalia that can be used

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TimberWest property would provide a central home base for up to 100 members of the Nation in an effort to establish a home community for its members. The Tlowitsis Nation currently consists of approximately 425 members who are spread out among the remote coastal areas of northeastern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland inlets. Bob Solc, vice-president of the Area D Ratepayers Association, took Area D Director Brenda Leigh to task for not informing her constituents about the proposal sooner. “Why didn’t our director stand up and call a meeting immediately?” Solc asked. “ There are still people in our community that know nothing about it and they need to be advised immediately. An elected official is here to represent the people, they need to come forward

to us.” Leigh said when she met with Chief Smith the proposal was in the preliminary stages and she was not legally permitted to say anything. “The proposal seemed very preliminary and speculative,” Leigh said. “There were no detailed drawings, no engineered reports, no data provided that would indicate that this proposal was anything other than speculative. “All the printed information that was given to me was stamped ‘confidential’ and I knew that any land purchase for ‘fee simple’ ownership remains confidential until it is ready to be released by the applicant.” D ave L eitch, t he regional district’s chief administrative officer, confirmed Leigh’s statement. He said the Tlowitsis First Nation and the province had had lengthy discussions for nearly two years about finding

land for the Tlowitsis but the regional district was not involved until recently, when it was asked for a letter of support for the proposal. “There is not a veil of secrecy, this is the process we have to go through,” Leitch said. “I apologize that it’s not a better one.” Leitch’s explanation, however, did not settle other concerns voiced by those who live in Area D (the rural area just south of Campbell River city limits) such as loss of property values, and potential cost increases to taxpayers for fire, water and sewage services that would need to be available on the Tlowitsis Nation reserve. Terry Honig said there are env ironment a l, water, septic, drainage, site access, traffic, and safety issues that all need to be addressed. She also pointed out that fire protection “could be another huge issue” and that there “will be no school

to attend” with School District 72 making the decision last month to close Oyster River Elementary. Wayne and Cheryl Anderson, long-time residents of York Road, said they have several concerns with the industrial plans for the reserve. “We are a rural community and would like to remain that way,” they wrote in a letter to the regional district board. “We also have questions on how it will effect our property values and taxes.” Resident Dave Fried agreed. “I’m deeply concerned about my quality of life down the road,” he said. “Property values are going to plummet. I’m really upset about the whole thing.” Leigh attempted to calm everyone’s fears by telling the gallery that the Tlowitsis’ purchase of the TimberWest lands is “subject to” the federal government approving

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the Nation’s application for Addition to Reserve and therefore is by no means a done deal. Chief Smith, however, said the “Tlowitsis First Nation has reached a deal with TimberWest through its Couverdon subsidiary for the purchase of lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of their York Road properties” and that the Nation is in the final stages of completing its application package for additional reserve land. Leigh, though, said it’s still far from over. “I wish to make it clear that until the public consultation process happens with Area D people, there is no done deal,” Leigh said. “I am not in favour of locating an Addition to Reserve at this point because, as far as I am concerned, the consultation has not begun.” Area C Director Jim Abram said he also was not prepared to sign off on a letter of support. “I could not in good

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conscience write a letter of support as has been asked,” Abram said. “As far as I’m concerned, yes, we do have grave concerns. My concern is more to do with the deletion of a large area of Area D and the loss of tax revenue. “This will not only affect Area D, it will increase the burden to all other electoral areas, since we will have to make up the loss from that area that is deleted.” In the end, the four directors on the Electoral Area Ser vices Committee directed its

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Oh, how I missed having enthusiasm The days are getting nicer – more often, anyway – and the sun has come out to play on a more regular basis, meaning I once again can start to consider doing all of the things I haven’t been. That’s right, Campbell River, spring has sprung – and I couldn’t be happier about it. While I do love the rain (some few of you may remember a column from a couple of years ago where I told you to go dance in it and celebrate its value), even I have to admit that it gets dreary after a while being surrounded by grey skies and not making certain kinds of plans just in case you’ll have to cancel them. It affects your mind and sucks away your enthusiasm for wanting to accomplish things. As I explained to someone just a few weeks ago, I had gotten to the point where I was saying things like, “I want to want to do things again.” I was past the point of not

wanting to do things and had Not the kind of car washmoved on to not even wanting ing you do when you get gas to want to do things. and the pump asks you if you But no longer! want a car wash, so you press Huzzah! yes and go through the swirlThis weekend – should the ing brushes and spraying water sun be shining, and come out the as is expected other side. MIKE’S No, I mean – I will be taking my golf clubs out the kind where onto the lawn, sityou get out ting down with a your bucket and cloth and bucket, sponges and and giving them brushes and put a good shining some effort into in preparation of getting in the making my first wheel wells and tee time of the nooks and cranyear. nies. T h a t ’s m y Maybe I’ll annual signal to vacuum out the myself that winter floors and seats, is officially over. and give it a nice After that, I’m going to build coat of wax, too. some raised garden beds in my Then I’ll go for a nice walk in back yard. the woods. I’ve got plans for a nice Oh, how I missed walkarbour or pergola for back ing around in the woods. It’s there, as well. not that I haven’t done that I’ll wash my car. since the fall, or anything, but

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According to BC Stats (bcstats.gov.bc.ca), there are 4,707,000 people living in our province. According to BC Transplant (transplant.bc.ca), there are 978,530 registered organ donors in the province. Those numbers are much too far apart. That’s barely 20 per cent of the B.C. population that has bothered to put aside the two minutes it takes to become a registered organ donor. That’s it. Two minutes. You can register online, today, in less time than the average prime time TV station break lasts. It’s painless, selfless, and you could be saving a life. There is an odd, unexplainable disconnect between the percentage of people in B.C. who are proponents of organ donation, and the percentage of us who have taken the time to register as organ donors. BC Transplant reports that 95 per cent of British Columbians support donation. So why We say: Becoming organ is it only 20 per cent of us have registered? an organ donor There are currently 562 takes very little people in the province time and effort awaiting organ transplants. Last year, 21 people died waiting. Part of the problem last year was, of all the people who died in our province, only 95 were registered organ donors. How many of those 21 would still be alive today, had more people registered as organ donors? Granted, B.C.’s per capita numbers are better than the national average, but no matter how you dress it up, 20 per cent still means four out of five people have not registered to be organ donors. The most practical solution would be for Canada to adopt the “opt out” system for organ donation, meaning unless you specifically deny donation, you are considered automatically registered. But until such a system is in place, transplant patients must rely on “we, the people” to do the right thing, and register as organ donors. Go to transplant.bc.ca and register to be an organ donor today. It might well be the most heroic thing you will ever do. Last year, 21 families were unnecessarily shattered. We can lower that number. Two minutes. That’s all you need. It could save a life. Maybe more than one. -Black Press

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they haven’t been the kind of outings where you plan it in advance with a few friends, pack a lunch, and intend to spend a whole day adventuring, because for the last few months, you just couldn’t know if that was a thing that could happen with any level of comfort. There’s no reason to do it if you’re going to be miserable by the end of your outing, after all, because that’s the opposite of what that kind of activity is supposed to do. Maybe I’ll go find a waterfall I’ve never seen. I like waterfalls. I’ll bring my camera and, despite not being what anyone would consider a “nature photographer,” I’ll get something that I can submit to the Arts Council’s 9th Annual Photo Show for consideration. That’ll be cool. No matter what I end up doing, though, it definitely feels nice to want to want to again, I gotta say. See you in the sun.

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Information on highway hydroplaning sought MORGAN OSTLER

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The question to be asked is whether the new highway is the safe route to Nanaimo that we had fought for all those years ago? Hydroplaning accidents are now occurring in multiple areas of the Inland Island Highway (IIH). These frightening events can happen almost anywhere between Parksville and Campbell River. The deep groves in the roadway caused by logging trucks and industrial traffic and the increasingly larger pools of water are more evident as the years roll by. Drivers with local knowledge may maintain a safe 80-90k speed during rainstorms but it’s the ones who careen past at 120-140 k/ph that cause us to hold our breath.

Careful drivers have taken to edging along the white centre line rather than risk the dangers of water filled ruts. Surely a highway that is correctly engineered should shed water rather than gather in great pools? There is a case presently being heard in the B.C. Supreme Court at Nanaimo. It involves a mother and son who were severely injured when their vehicle flipped over after hitting a pool of water north of the Parksville Weigh Station. The case opened last summer and is not expected to close until this June. Even then it may be another year before we hear the judge’s decision. It is 15 years since the new highway officially opened in Sept 2001. It was a joyous celebration, the results of a 36-year

lobby that resulted in a beautiful four lane road to Nanaimo. It was built to replace the old coastal highway with its many twists and turns and its shocking accident rate. How ironic that now during rain storm events on the IIH many local drivers prefer taking the old road rather than risk the terrors of hydroplaning on the upper highway. There are reports of hydroplaning accidents and animal kills happen-

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City’s new tourism model to possibly include hotel tax KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

The city is considering the feasibility of implementing a hotel tax in Campbell River – one of the last few holdouts on the Island in charging such a tax. The tax is being considered as part of an overhaul of the city’s tourism model. Mayor Andy Adams said in a city news release that a tourism plan is currently in the works and that plan

includes a hotel tax which would have to be approved by the provincial government. “The five-year plan will be submitted to the province, alongside an application for a local hotel tax to fund expanded tourism marketing, which is supported by the majority of the local accommodation sector,” Adams said. But Wayne Dzuris, owner of the Friendship Inn, disagrees that there’s a high level of

support. He said a hotel tax will only hurt the smaller businesses and is unfair to innkeepers. “We’d be up for it if it was everybody,” he said, adding that all tourism operators including restaurants and gas stations should also have to charge a tourist fee. “Put us on the same playing field. Don’t pick on just one group, it’s not fair.” Adams said the purpose of charging an extra fee on accommo-

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Since January 2016, the Campbell River RCMP have executed three search warrants in relation to two separate investigations regarding individuals accessing child pornography through the Internet. The first investigation resulted in police finding a number of explicit images and videos. Timothy DeCaigny, a 59-year-old resident of Campbell River, has been charged with Possession of Child

nity to apply for the tax,” Neufeld said. “We’d be gauging support for that movement.” Neufeld said that if successful, the tax would typically be set around two per cent, though he added the province is currently considering increasing hotel taxes to three per cent of booking costs. Neufeld said the tax would go towards helping grow the tourism industry in the Campbell River area. The city floated the

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idea of a hotel tax several years ago but pushback from innkeepers at the time killed the initiative. Cadence consultants will be holding informal, drop-in discussions with tourism operators this month to determine whether there really has been a change of heart this time around. Neufeld said the city is hoping to have its tourism plan completed and ready for send-off to the province by the end of this summer.

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CARVE A LEGACY Can you create the new Logger Mike? COMMUNITY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2016

Requirements to apply: • The carving must be completed by June 26, 2016. • Final touches can occur on site at Frank James Park, June 27 to 30, following the Transformations on the Shore carving contest. • Wood for the carving will be supplied. • Carver must have demonstrated artistic experience and arrange for a facility in which to complete the work. • The selected carver will be paid $7,500.

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Interested carvers should direct questions and apply (supply references and send photographs of previous work) by noon, April 19 to recreation programmer Linda Nagle. Reach her by telephone at 250-923-7911 or by email to linda.nagle@campbellriver.ca. The successful carver will be chosen by a committee with members from the Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society and City staﬀ.

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Habitat planning another build KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Habitat for Humanity is in the planning stages of building more homes for Campbell River families and is eyeing another build this fall. Pat McKenna, executive director for Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North, asked city council recently about the availability of any city-owned land. “We would like to ask council to consider donating further land to Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North,” McKenna said. “Your land will satisfy requirements for more families in Campbell River realizing their dream of ownership.” McKenna said Habitat can build homes accommodating two, four, six, eight or 10 families with property ranging from

.15 of an acre (for a duplex) to one acre (10 families). McKenna said receiving land donations from the communities Habitat serves allows the non-profit to reach its goal of eliminating poverty. Habitat has previously built a duplex on citydonated land on Maple Street and is in the process of constructing a duplex on property donated by the city on the corner of Dalton and Westgate roads. Habitat also completed a duplex on Hilchey Road last year. The homes provide affordable housing to those who would typically not qualify for, or be able to afford, a conventional mortgage. The homes come with a mortgage that is based on 30 per cent of

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CANYON VIEW TRAIL, ELK FALLS PROVINCIAL PARK Due to significant trail reconstruction works, sections of the Canyon View Trail will be temporarily closed and inaccessible to ensure public safety. Signs will be posted at the closed trail sections. All other areas of the Canyon View, Station View and the Millennium trails will remain open. Access to the Elk Falls Suspension Bridge will not be affected by these closures.

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Rooms in the Coast Discovery Inn are being completely renovated and given a fresh new look over the course of this year and some of those new rooms have opened this week. The first phase of a $2-million renovation at the hotel is almost done. Construction work to renovate the marine wing rooms and hallways began in January and this work is nearing completion. This renovation will be done in three stages and will continue into 2017. Stage 2 will be the hallways, public areas, D.I. Restaurant and Lounge and the meeting rooms. The third stage will be the tower rooms, which will be getting the same complete renovations as the marine wing, as well as brand-new windows and the addition of air conditioning. Owner Sukhy Bains hopes people will be amazed by the major changes and the hotel’s new fresh and modern look. “’Whoa!’ that’s the word I want to hear from people,” he said. Bains says this work was due. “It’s a 40-year-old property and they’ve done pieces here and there but never done any proper renovation, so it’s time to do the renovation,” he said. Bains expects the first phase to be completed at the end of this month. Right now, this first phase of construction includes renovating 40 rooms, some of which

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The rooms at the Coast Discovery Inn are being completely renovated with new beds and bedding, lighting, bathrooms and artwork. Currently, the rooms in the marine wing are being renovated and some of the new rooms opened this week.

opened this Wednesday. local suppliers, like Bob’s “Basically, in the Flooring Canada for the rooms, carpet and we are tiles. Epic gutting Design StuTHEY SAID everyIT: “Basically, dio Ltd. is t h i n g ,” wrapping in the rooms, s a i d the room we are gutting d o or s i n Bains. everything. “Except woodgrain. Except keepkeeping In this the tubs, phase, the ing the tubs, the rest of the rest of the health club the stuff is is also being stuff is new, new, the renovated. the carpets, carpets, Bains says beds, bedding, t h e y a r e b e d s , lights, bathbedding, putting in rooms, vanilights, new tiles, b a t h new wallties, toilets, rooms, everything, the paper and vanities, new equipartwork.” toilets, – Sukhy Bains, ment and everyowner, Coast this work thing, the Discovery Inn should be artwork.” done by the All the end of this rooms will also have month. new high-standard furBains hopes this major niture. renovation will bring the Coast Discovery Inn hotel up to a high stanis working with local dard and will modernize designer Denise Mitch- the interior. ell and is using mostly The hotel has 88

rooms and six meeting rooms. “On the physical side, the building is in pretty good shape,” said Bains. “I have no issue with the physical side, but just the interior makeup needs to be done. It was due.” Bains says service for the public won’t be disrupted during the renovations and it will be business as usual. For example, when the restaurant is being renovated, it can be shifted to another room so the service can still continue. “Service will be provided as normal,” said Bains. As well, Bains says the work takes places in the daytime so it doesn’t disrupt guests in the evening. Bains, who has owned the hotel for about 10 years, says this renovation has been in the planning for quite a while.

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A Look at our Community Builders David Vanstone

David Vanstone was a pioneer, logger, and merchant who arrived in Campbell River at the turn of the century to pursue a career in the community’s booming logging industry. In 1921, David and his wife Eliza and purchased waterfront property on the north side of the Campbell River and moved there with their seven sons. He began at this point to transition out of the logging industry and into farming and other businesses. Mr. Vanstone purchased the local general store in 1926 with his business partner Allan Cross. In the coming years he purchased several properties and contributed to the construction of downtown Campbell River. He was also a financial backer for a long list of local businesses. He was known to tear up debt notes of businessmen who passed away leaving family behind, not expecting their widows to pay back the debt. To learn more about this influential and generous man, visit the Museum at Campbell River Archives or go to www.crmuseum.ca.

Charles Thulin

Charles Thulin and his brother Fred moved to Campbell River from Lund in 1904 to expand their business activities. They soon opened the community’s first hotel – The Willows, which was considered by many to be the beginning of the village of Campbell River. Shortly after the hotel opened, together with partner Elmer Hagstrom, the Thulins opened a small store, which was replaced in 1907 by a bigger store, The Campbell River Trading Company Store. In the same year, a large new wharf opened, making Campbell River a regular port of call for passing steamships. Mr. Thulin opened a larger and more opulent Willows Hotel in 1909. Shortly after its construction it burned to the ground, and a third Willows Hotel, even more sophisticated than the second, opened July 1st, 1910. Campbell River’s hospital was a passion of Charlie and his wife Mary, and together they donated the land and fundraised for the building of the town’s first hospital. To learn more about this dedicated community-builder, visit the Museum at Campbell River Archives or go to www.crmuseum.ca.

Roderick Haig-Brown

Roderick Haig-Brown was an avid fly-fisher, pioneering conservationist, acclaimed author and magistrate. Internationally renowned for his writing, he published 25 books and over 200 articles and speeches. His writings have influenced ecologists and others interested in the evolving relationship between people and nature. He was born in England, and in 1936, he moved with his new wife Ann to Campbell River where he settled into his writing career. His passion for environmental conservation made him an outspoken advocate for the natural environment. In 1942 he was appointed country magistrate for the region, a position in which he was respected for his compassion and sense of justice. Through his writings and activism, his voice was heard well beyond the community he called home. In 1977 a park established along the Adams River was named after Roderick in honour of his dedication to conservatism in the province. Recently, he has been declared by the Canadian government as a Person of National Historic Significance. To learn more about this compassionate and thoughtful environmental advocate visit the Museum at Campbell River Archives or go to www. crmuseum.ca or www.haig-brown.bc.ca .

Mike King

Mike King was raised on a farm in Michigan in the 1840s, after which he ventured to Campbell River with his brother, Jim, where he became one of the earliest timber cruisers in the area. Mike married Mary Cowie and moved his family to Victoria. He retained his land in Duncan Bay in the hopes of staking a claim of Elk Falls for the development of HydroElectric generation. His company, the Campbell River Power Company, was successful in staking a claim of the falls, but unfortunately, Mike did not live long enough to see through the project’s development. Aside from being an avid hiker and entrepreneur, Mike was a strong advocate for the construction of a bridge that would connect Campbell River to the Mainland via the Seymour Narrows. To learn more about Mike and his ambitious plans for Campbell River, visit the Museum at Campbell River Archives or go to www.crmuseum.ca.

Jim English

Jim English started out as the owner and operator of the store and Fisherman’s Lodge at Oyster River, where it is said he made his stake bootlegging during the prohibition era. Also known as “The Bishop”, Mr. English purchased the Quinsam Hotel in 1924. The beer parlour at The Bishop’s establishment was a favourite with loggers when they were out of camp. In 1926 this successful Campbell River businessman expanded the Quinsam to include a restaurant and barbershop. Prior to the opening of a government liquor store in Campbell River, Mr. English rented a corner of the Lilelana Pavilion building to sell liquor, as well as ice cream. He was always ready to help a man in need, to give him a bed and a meal, or to put up bail. To learn more about this charismatic and resourceful man, visit the Museum at Campbell River Archives or go to www.crmuseum.ca.

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MEN at Work Social Media We’d like to think we’re pretty good at engaging with our audience here at the Mirror. Before the advent of social media, newspapers used to have to rely on “Letters to the Editor” in the actual mailbox – remember those? – and people coming through the front door of the office to complain about something they read within the pages of the publication to know if we were reaching people in any meaningful way. These days, however, we can look at actual numbers. More than 12,500 people have “liked” us on Facebook or followed us on Twitter, implying that they would like our content to show up in their feeds on those platforms. They don’t all get to see everything we post, of course – because Facebook decides what content people see in their feeds despite what people themselves say – but they have declared that they would like to. (Hint: If you want to see more of our posts in your News Feed on Facebook, click “Like” on one of them once in a while. Or better yet, if you like our content, “Share” one of our posts. Actually interacting with our content tells Facebook you want to see more of them. It also helps us determine the kinds of stories and photos people are wanting us to keep posting.) We think one of the reasons we have so many followers – relative to other local news sources in our area – on the most used

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ampbell River’s Mike Becherer, like many kids growing up in the 1980s – the boys, at least – got hooked on professional wrestling at a relatively early age. “It was great,” Becherer says, sitting on the edge of a ring at the Navy League Hall on 13th Avenue. “It was the Hulk Hogan era, and we’d build little rings in our back yards with poles in the ground and put ropes around them, and make up characters, and our parents were all, ‘what the hell are they doing?’” he says with a laugh.

One of those kids from the backyard eventually went off to Ontario to attend a wrestling school in Ontario, “and I was all, ‘Wait, you can actually do something with this?’ So when I graduated, I phoned him up, and he said it was worth it, so off I went, too,” Becherer says. After two years of training, he opened a school out there himself, too. “It was going okay,” but he wanted to get home. So he came back to the Island a few years ago, joined up with Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling, and went on tour with them while he figured how to make something

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Student Nolan Clark plays “the bad guy” as Mike Becherer struggles to free himself from the ropes during a training session at the Navy League Hall.

work in Campbell River. That dream became a reality in March when he opened the Campbell River Pro Wrestling Academy. He’s been setting up a ring in the Navy League Hall every Friday morning, tearing it down Wednesday nights for the Cadets to use the hall on Thursdays, and then doing it all over again Friday mornings for the past four weeks – and he couldn’t be happier about it. “I dreamed about this as a kid,” he says. “Wrestling is my life, and now, I get to be where I want to be to live it.” There’s no set schedule for how the school runs, because he works it on more of a “membership” basis, where students pay $150 to register and a $100 per month membership fee – and then come as often as they want. “The Navy League has been fantastic to let us in here so much at a really good rate. They’re making it so I can do it, really,” he says. Nolan Clark comes down from Sayward, “as many days a week as I can,” he says, flipping is long hair out of his face, beaming after an afternoon practice session with Becherer. “I love wrestling,” he says. “I grew up watching it and wanting to do it, and, being from Sayward, there was really just no opportunity to do this, and I never thought there would be. And then all of a sudden Mike showed up, and I started

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helping out with shows and eventually started training with him, and now he’s got this school. It’s fantastic.” Becherer says there was an understandable drop in wrestling’s popularity when “the cat got let out of the bag about the matches being predetermined. People started looking at it as ‘fake,’” he says. Then Mixed Martial Arts began gaining in popularity, because people saw it as a “real” alternative to wrestling, Becherer says. “So we have to do our best to bring back the magic,” Becherer says. And the small independent wrestling organizations like his are are doing that pretty effectively, he says. “Some small groups are getting 150 people out to watch in small towns, which is pretty awesome. Some of the bigger ones

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are pulling 1,500 people for some events.” And he attributes that to the audience interaction – the “suspension of disbelief ” factor and theatricality of what they do. It’s not just a fake fight, Becherer says, it’s theatre, and when it works, it’s extremely engaging for those who are watching. While it’s not just a fake fight, Becherer says, it’s not just theatre, either. There is also a ton of athleticism involved. “We have to work hard on the technique of our craft,” he says. “You can learn how to do it really well so it’s safe for everyone – and to minimize the pains you have at night,” he laughs again. “But when you come off that top rope,” he pauses to think of how to say it, “well, let’s say no matter how perfectly or properly you do it, it’s not going to tickle.” If a match is too cho-

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reographed, he says, it takes the audience out of the moment, so there’s an aspect of improvisation, as well. “We’re not making a match for ourselves, we’re making a match for the people who came to see it. We can’t do a ‘rehearsal’ so to speak, because if we come out and they’re not interested in what we’re doing … well, the whole point of doing this is to let people come out after a long week of work, sit back and enjoy what we’re doing, and be a part of it, as well.” Anyone who wants to see what they do should watch for the ring to pop up at various locations around town in the coming months. “We’re going to have a show at Salmon Fest, which will be great,” Becherer says, “and we’re also thinking we might try to set one up for Can-

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Submit your League’s stats to: sports@campbellrivermirror.com Monday Night Men’s 10 Pin Bowling Week 30 Standings Week Quarter Boston Brutes 32 194.5 Buddy’s 19.0 136.5 Da Bears 15.0 98.5 Leeson Lake 33.0 195.5 C. R. Bowling Ctr 23.0 169.0 Alley Cats 9.0 103.0 Clippers 20.0 126.5 Storries Creek 37.0 119.5 Not Pensioners 32.0 169.0

YTD 739 744.0 743.0 770.0 684.0 672.5 675.5 671.5 678.5

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Leeson Lake Da Bears Leeson Lake Storries Creek

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Randy Guttormson 268 Shane Konkle 709 Randy Guttormson 317 Randy Guttormson 795

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Flyers King Pins The “EH” Team King Pins Hank Modras Hank Modras Doug Ellis Herb Baines Lisa Gribble Lisa Gribble Norma Killin Darileen Barker Allan Bradshaw Shirley Focht

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Mar. 31 Standings

Campbell River Bowling Centre owner Ian Fong (centre) made a special presentation to Monday Men’s League bowlers Shane Konkle (left) and Allan Bradshaw on March 7 to recognize them for bowling perfect 300 games.

Pts This Week 29.5 25.0 17.0 29.5 19.0 15.0 12.0 23.5 31.5 18.0

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Thursday Seniors 5 Pin Bowling

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Team Name This Qtr Aztec 185.5 C&C 154.0 A Spare I Guess 149.0 Bowlderdash 144.0 The Gimps 127.0 Chucking Awesome 122.0 Killer B’s 118.5 Whatever Works 116.0 Alvin & Chipmunks 113.5 Wingnuts 90.5

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GP G A PTS P/G

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Josh Coblenz Colin Blake Braeden Cyra Alex Rosolowsky Keenan Scardina Alex Brewer Carter Hikichi Kobe Oishi Trevor Bottomley Gage Colpron Austin Steger Cole Slaney Dylan McCann Reece Costain Michal Holub Aaron Brewer Joe Gage Darryl Senholt Ryan Grills Will Warm Brett Kinley Ted Brennan Nolan Welsh Christian Brand

16 16 13 16 15 15 15 16 16 10 13 13 13 12 13 16 14 16 13 5 0 1 2 7

# PLAYER NAME 30 Jake Mullen 29 Riley Welyk

8 6 4 8 3 3 2 4 2 5 3 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 11 9 2 7 6 7 4 6 2 3 5 1 3 3 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0

17 17 13 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0

GP W SO SV% 8 8 0 .944 9 2 0 .886

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Men’s Team Scores Q. Legion-12 vs Eagles-0 Freddie’s #1-9 vs Riptide #1-3 CC #1-8 vs CC #2-4 Finning/Eagles-7 vs CR Legion-5 Freddie’s #2-7 vs Riptide #2-5 Mens Teams G F A Curling Club #1 27 214 110 Quadra Legion 27 208 116 Finning/Eagles 27 201 123 Freddies #1 27 174 150 CR Legion 26 163 149 Curling Club #2 26 157 155 Riptide #2 27 140 177 Freddies #2 27 131 193 Riptide #1 27 119 205 Eagles 27 101 223 High Scores Mike Downey 135 Nelly Gilette 125 Dave Hill 121 Dave Wilson 121 Gary Kernovich 114 140s Roy White 1 180s Mike Arndt 1 Roy White 1

VIJHL PLAYOFF Standings North Division Team GP Storm 16 Buccaneers 8 Glacier Kings 4 O. Generals 0

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OTL PTS 1 21 1 9 1 1 0 0

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OTL PTS 1 25 1 9 1 5 0 4 0 0

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Rosie Pollitt, right, reaches for a Westshore tag last weekend as the Campbell River Athletic Association’s Mini Rugby players competed in the Vancouver Island Rugby Union’s Shawinigan Lake Jamboree last Sunday, showcasing their skills, speed and sportsmanship.

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ack to Back Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions!! It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? The feat hasn’t been accomplished since 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 by the Richmond Sockeyes, and we have every intention on being the first to do it in almost 15 seasons of Junior B Hockey. When I look back at our historic run last season I recall vividly the amazing fan support we had in Mission for the Cyclone Taylor Cup. We played four games at last year’s tournament that all felt like home games due to our unbelievable fan support. I cannot begin to express to everyone who follows along in the paper, watches online, or travels down to this year’s tournament, that the Campbell River Storm players thrive and need to succeed for our fans. Whether it is the endless noise when we kill penalties or the boisterous ovation when we enter the arena, it is noticed and helps provide a fire in our boys that help lead us to victory. Thank you to Campbell River and all of our countless fans. Remember, if you make the trip down to Victoria this year... bring your cow bell, bring your voice box and get ready to cheer on what we hope will be Back to Back Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions!!

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GAME 1: Thursday, April 7, 2016 • 4:00 p.m. Mission City Outlaws vs. Campbell River Storm Archie Browning Sports Centre

GAME 3: Friday, April 8, 2016 • 4:00 p.m. Mission City Outlaws vs. 100 Mile House Wranglers Archie Browning Sports Centre

GAME 5: Saturday, April 9, 2016 • 4:00 p.m. Campbell River Storm vs. 100 Mile House Wranglers Archie Browning Sports Centre

GAME 2: Thursday, April 7, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. 100 Mile House Wranglers vs. Victoria Cougars Archie Browning Sports Centre

GAME 4: Friday, April 8, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. Campbell River Storm vs. Victoria Cougars Archie Browning Sports Centre

GAME 6: Saturday, April 9, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. Mission City Outlaws vs. Victoria Cougars Archie Browning Sports Centre

Congratulations and good luck to our home town heros!

GAME 7: Sunday, April 10, 2016 • 10:00 a.m. BRONZE MEDAL GAME Archie Browning Sports Centre GAME 8: Sunday, April 10, 2016 • 2:00 p.m. GOLD MEDAL GAME Archie Browning Sports Centre

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support of the building or not,” Kerr said. “Would it have been my choice? No. But I know the builder is a quality builder. I’ll be supporting it. It’s not my personal taste but it’s a good looking building and it’s sure a heck of a lot better than what we have now.” Plans for the building include variances in the façade, particularly on the sides visible from the street, as well as changes in siding materials and colours to help define different areas within the building. Spr uce t r im and beams are proposed to run along the building and also to highlight entrance and balcony features to meet the West Coast theme guidelines in the city’s Sustainable Official Community Plan. Matthew Fitzgerald, planner for the city, said the layout of the site is

challenging because it does not allow the developer to site the building adjacent to the sidewalk. “The building will be sited parallel to the north property boundary in a similar manner to the Comfort Inn hotel,” Fitzgerald said. “While this works with the parcel’s shape, it may not maximize the ocean view potential for the building. On the north side, the four-storey Comfort Inn building restricts the views to a relatively narrow cone, while the Tyee Plaza building will restrict the views for the south units to a slightly wider cone, but only for the top two storeys.” Coun. Charlie Cornfield said it’s unfortunate the building won’t capitalize on the view but said he still supports the project. “To me, I think that would be a selling point

but I think that’s their business,” Cornfield said. “I’ll leave it at that.” Mayor Andy Adams said he’s pleased to see the development come to fruition. “Council’s strategic priority is to get residential housing in our downtown core, that has been first and foremost,” Adams said. “This is the first developer looking to do significant residential in the downtown core.” Fitzgerald echoed those sentiments. “On a macro level, this is an exciting development which will see some of the first rental apartment units being added to the downtown area in many years,” he said. “This is compounded by the fact the proposal reuses a long vacant site and adds a new use to the Tyee Plaza shopping centre.”

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The hunt is on for salmon and herring and when the bait is found, the fishing begins. Matt Conelley from Courtenay also hunts down the salmon and will often get out to water that was fished commercially years ago and will have good catch reports. The herring showed up at Qualicum Beach just last week and the word spreads rapidly to the fishing community. Fishermen can limit out at Shelter Point and the area around Denman Island has had good catch reports coming in lately. I recently spoke with Dan Fear at the Kelsey Bay RV Campground and a group from the Courtenay area who had been out fishing reported battling tide. Fishing was slow but prawns were great. There are a number of commercial fishermen in the Campbell River area who fish for a living and are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to giving out fishing tips. When it comes to setting out prawn or crab traps, most sporties will fish in the same depth of water

A handful of prawns caught in deep water by Andre Poulin.

– usually around 350 feet of water. André Poulin fishes deeper in depths of close to 650 feet of water. Crabbing is better and crabs have harder shells and are moving from 120 feet of water to 80. Deanna Collins from Royal Lepage Advance Realty has given me an update to the Fishing Derby in Campbell River June 11. There have been inquiries from out of province asking if the derby is open to them and yes it sure is. The first prize is $5,000 dollars

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