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Growing opposition to billionaire’s big dock project Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons says all points of view need to be heard prior to any decision on a massive private dock project at a local property owned by Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson.

“I hope the province takes into consideration the concerns of local residents and that the process is one in which the First Nations have an opportunity to be involved,” Simons said at a Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce meeting January 23.

Wilson, a co-founder of the apparel manufacturer Lululemon Athletica, has applied to build a 2,498-squarefoot dock and two breakwaters, each over 3,100 square feet, off a property at 11329 Sunshine Coast Highway in Middlepoint, between Half-

moon Bay and Madeira Park.

“I don’t see this as something that’s going to be approved very quickly, that’s for sure,” Simons said.

The decision is in the hands of the Integrated Land Management Bureau, which is under the jurisdiction of B.C. Forests and Lands Minister Steve Thomson.

At its regular meeting Jan. 22, the Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District accepted a committee recommendation to forward to the provincial government a list of concerns and conditions about the proposed dock development.

Among the concerns are possible encroachments on setbacks from neighbouring properties, the threat posed to the dock by windy weather, possible harmful effects on marine ecology, and that the proposal “does not remain sensitive to views and impacts on neighbours.”

The SCRD noted it has received 10 letters of concern about the dock project from neighbouring property owners, and that the Egmont/ Pender Harbour area Advisory Planning Commission does not support the application.

Shíshálh Chief Calvin Craigan was quoted Jan. 22 as saying that the dock project would have to be approved by the Band before it could go ahead.

Craigan said the First Nation’s property rights have been infringed on for generations and the shíshálh will have jurisdiction over the Sunshine Coast foreshore once a reconciliation agreement with the provincial government is ratified.

“I don’t think the Sechelt Nation is going to let anything happen without appropriate consultation,” said Simons. Rik Jespersen

British Columbians will celebrate Family Day on Monday, February 9, 2015 with free activities offered by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

The SCRD is offering the following free activities on Family Day: Public Swimming at the Gibsons & District Aquatic Facility from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., and at the Pender Harbour Aquatic

& Fitness Centre from 1:00 4:00 p.m.

Free public skating will take place at the Gibsons & Area Community Centre from 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.

The SCRD is also offering on February 9 free access for families to the Dakota Ridge Winter Recreation Area. Due to the nature of the road to Dakota Ridge, access will be restricted to four-wheel drive vehicles with chains. “We recommend that families

carpool in order to maximize our parking area,” says Carolyn Mortensen, SCRD Park Services Manager.

The YMCA is also providing a day of outdoor fun for your family at Camp Elphinstone from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The SCRD office on Field Road will be closed on February 9 and transit will be operating on a Sunday schedule. Submitted

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Editorial Opinion

Do you know someone who deserves the Order of BC? It’s time for someone exceptional in your community to be considered for the province’s highest honour - the Order of British Columbia - which recognizes outstanding achievement and distinction in a variety of fields.

Since its inception in 1989, the Order of British Columbia has recognized 370 British Columbians from various sectors and regions of the province, including: • Baljit Sethi, advocate for immigrants and

for equality (2011) • Dr. Robert Thirsk, astronaut, mechanical engineer and physician (2012) • George Bowering, First Poet Laureate of Canada and historian (2004) • Ellen White, social activist and medicine woman (2011) • Diana Krall, jazz vocalist and pianist (2000) • Trevor Linden, NHL hockey player & humanitarian (2003) “For 26 years, we have recognized the outstanding contributions and achievements of our citizens with the Order of British Columbia, our province’s highest honour,” said Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor and Chancellor of the Order of British Columbia. “I encourage you to nominate those individuals in your community whose leadership and passion for the betterment of humanity contribute to our quality of life in British Columbia and beyond.”

British Columbians are encouraged to consider the exceptional citizens in their communities and nominate an individual for appointment to the Order of B.C. Any B.C. citizen can submit a nomination.

An independent advisory council, chaired by the Chief Justice of British Columbia, will consider nominations, and successful nominees will be recognized at a special ceremony hosted at Government House.

Any resident of B.C., or former long-term resident, who has demonstrated outstanding achievement, excellence or distinction in any field of endeavour benefiting the people of the Province or elsewhere is eligible to be nominated. Fields of endeavour may include community leadership, business, labour, industry, volunteer service, professions and other occupations, arts, sports and others. Federal, provincial and municipal elected representatives are not eligible for appointment to the order while they remain in office. A person may not be appointed to the order posthumously unless the Advisory Council recommends the appointment to the Lieutenant Governor in Council before the person’s death.

Nomination forms and submission instructions are available by email: orderofbc@gov.bc.ca, telephone (250) 387-1616 or online: www.orderofbc.gov.bc.ca/. All nominations must be submitted to the Honours and Awards Secretariat office in Victoria by March 6, 2015.

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions ‘A silly comparison’

(re “LNG gets thumbs down”, the Local Jan.22) Panelist Dr. Eoin Finn presents a confusing story on the dangers of LNG shipping.

While his statement of the comparison of the thermal equivalent of an LNG tanker contents being equal to 72 nukes is more or less correct, so would be the thermal equivalent of a shipload of stove wood.

It is a silly comparison, since there is no way an LNG tanker could explode and liberate the whole thermal value of the cargo.

A simple search on Wikipedia explains that there have been no explosions involving LNG tankers. There have been some explosions involving shore facilities or production plants. The writer of this letter is a professional chemical engineer who was involved in consulting work on LNG plants in Arzew, Algeria and cryogenic gas plants in Thailand and Utah.

James E. Leeper

‘Biodiversity window dressing’

(Open Letter to Dave Lasser, Ops Manager Sunshine Coast Community Forests , copied to the Local) On the Sunshine Coast Community Forests (SCCF) web site, under ‘Forest Stewardship Plan’, I read the following high-level statement: “Biodiversity will be managed on landscape and stand levels within the CFA tenure area.” Further to that statement I have a few questions which I hope you can clarify.

When referring to ‘managing’ biodiversity, what models does SCCF use in assigning a metric to biodiversity levels within your operating areas?

Biodiversity should include all of the ‘environmental services’ that an intact forest provides. To that end, does SCCF know the carbon sequestering levels provided by each of the forests that are

about to be logged?

The SCCF statement sounds all good and fine, however there appears to be no scientific rigor applied.

When Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) looks at SCCF’s logging operations they all occur in heavily logged out watersheds where a certain amount of biodiversity existed pre-logging (the baseline), and then over time biodiversity levels have declined as forest and vegetation was lost due to industrial-scale logging. The Sunshine Coast’s natural legacy (biodiversity) is the image that is promoted to attract visitors, and new residents. Local tourism is a solid, long-term industry. Unfortunately, there is a clash of interests between the competition of these resources.

One is sustainable approach, the other, a rip and ship approach. ELF senses that some of the SCCF statements regarding biodiversity are mere window dressing, since they’re not backed up with 3rd party models or studies.

Ross Muirhead Elphinstone Logging Focus

Harper ‘selling fear’

Every security company shill knows that before they can sell a security system they must first sell fear. They must convince the buyer that they live in a dangerous world and that there are nasty people just waiting to steal the accumulation of their hard work before they can be sold the salve for their fear: the security system. For only X$ per month they too can buy ‘peace of mind’.

Stephen Harper’s re-election bid has taken a page out of the security sales manual.

He is selling fear to Canadians in order to re-package himself and his government as the salve, the ‘peace of mind’ Canadians want and need! [Not to be confused with actual peace.]

Harper is telling Canadians that radical Islamists have

declared war on Canadians and that we have reason to be fearful of threatened terrorism. Even though Canada already has ample laws to deal with such criminal acts, Harper intends to introduce new and improved anti-terrorism laws. Those laws are more about selling Harper’s re-election than they have to do with actually protecting Canadians.

Harper is also selling fear at the community level and is offering up a re-elected Conservative government as the salve that gives peace of mind. The latest Conservative Party mailer, crafted in the PMO and sent to every home in every Conservative held riding across the country, localized with the photo-shopped image of the respective Conservative MP, is a case in point. It reads: “What’s being done to help keep my family safe?” and “Our government is committed to helping make communities safer.” Really?

Despite statistics that show violent crime is significantly decreasing in Canada and despite statistics that show we live in more peaceful times internationally, we are being sold fear. Why? For Stephen Harper’s re-election.

That’s crass!

Jef Keighley,Halfmoon Bay

‘Too much ranting’

Roberts Creek resident Frank McElroy’s letter (‘Contrary to Democracy,’ The Local, Jan. 22) was very generous with advice for the Town of Gibsons.

I have attended numerous Gibsons Council meetings over the past several years, always as an observer (and I should make it clear that I am a resident of Area E, Elphinstone). Perhaps Mr. McElroy was at those meetings? What I observed was one antiGeorge person speaking at every meeting, at most if not all Inquiry periods, usually prefacing her questions with

a political preamble. On one particularly distressing occasion, I was present when one opposed to The George stood during the second Inquiry period and spoke (ranted) against the project. When he was told his time was up, he kept on ranting. He was challenged by a Councillor, then by the Mayor, and again told his time was up, but he wouldn’t stop or share the mike or time with anyone else. The mike was turned off, he continued yelling, was asked to leave which he finally did. One of his supporters followed him out, shouting with her fist raised “just wait until November.”

Mr. McElroy indicates that Council supports The George.

What I observed was Council consistently saying they were waiting for reports on the project’s impact on the aquifer, the economics, the current health of the harbour, and so forth. Being open-minded until all information is received not “proGeorge.” This is the unbiased approach elected officials should take towards a major project in their community.

I would like to invite the people from Roberts Creek, Area E and Area F who pay their taxes to the SCRD to attend meetings at the Field Road offices so they have a point of comparison. They could also use any “face to face” time allotted to them to inquire about concerns they may have for issues impacting their areas. I suspect the SCRD must be quite happy to have their resident taxpayers focusing on what’s happening in Gibsons rather than on what’s going on in their areas.

It’s high time for the residents of Area E, F and Roberts Creek to respect the Council elected by the residents of Gibsons, and allow the Town’s residents to speak for or against their Council’s decisions and proposed legislation.

Celia Fisher, Elphinstone

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Public input sought for large development mulate ideas and brand new combinations nobody ever thought of,” said Hofstatter.

The 170-hectare (420acre ) property, located south of Sandy Hook, had been dubbed Silverback by the previous owner, Porpoise Bay Developments. The company had proposed 1,600 building lots and a golf course, which were never developed.

SSC Properties paid $11.75 million for the property in 2014, Principals in the company include Hofstatter, former Sechelt mayor John Henderson, Clark Hamilton, Rob Barrs, Randy Knill, Glenn Hafey, and Mark Sager.

Hofstatter said that, using ideas from the workshop and other sources, he hopes to present some design guidelines for the property to Sechelt Council this spring.

Rik Jespersen

Minister hears recycling complaints

Environment minister Mary Polak, left, got complaints about the MMBC recycling regime at her lunch with local Liberals. John Gibbs photo Environment Minister Mary Polak says the recycling system under Multi Materials B.C. (MMBC) is a work in progress she hopes will be improved.

Communities all over the province are complaining about the long list of packaging items that are not accepted for recycling, she told a group of Liberals in Sechelt Jan.23.

“It’s not lost on us,” she said. “It does not fall on deaf ears...we are absolutely looking at this.”

Her comments came at an invitation-only lunch with 20 Liberals at Lighthouse Pub, after Vel Anderson of Gibsons made “a presentation” by showing Polak a number of the items not accepted

by MMBC - including books, paper towels, plastic shrink wrap, zip-lock bags and garbage bags.

And Sunshine Coast Regional District chairman Garry Nohr told the minister that he gets constant complaints about the MMBC system, rivaling complaints about the ferry system.

Said Polak: “Don’t think we (the provincial government) have washed our hands of it.

There is more we need to do.”

However, in a later interview, Polak was unable to say how the government would be able to change MMBC - a non-profit organization supported by the industries that create the packaging - other than through persuasion.

The government, in effect,

The first Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association (SCDRA) general meeting of 2015 will be held Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 7pm, at the Davis Bay Community Hall.

The SCDRA will also hold its general elections at this meeting.

Sechelt Council has approved six dates for the drag racers to use the airport, including two dates for racing open to the public: May 24

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provides certification for MMBC but does not control how it operates, she said.

Polak said she hopes the system will improve over time. Also she said people may have thought previously that some items were being recycled when they were actually being sent to the landfill, and they are now surprised because MMBC is being strict about what it will accept.

Those attending the lunch included Gibsons Mayor Wayne Rowe, SCRD Area A (Egmont and Pender Harbour) director Frank Mauro and Nohr.

The Liberal government has designated elected members to act as “political buddies” to non-Liberal ridings in an effort to improve future electoral chances. Polak is the buddy assigned to Liberals in the Powell River Sunshine Coast riding held by Nicholas Simons of the NDP. John Gibbs

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Invitation to Public Consultation & Visioning Workshop • • •

What do you value about Sechelt as a community?

What would give the new neighbourhoods a sense of “place”?

What would make this neighbourhood work as a part of Sechelt?

You are invited to a public workshop to help inform the vision for the 400-acre East Porpoise Bay site.

Join us for a variety of creative, participative exercises aimed at addressing issues that will help us frame our community’s needs.

The Seaside Centre Saturday, 7 February 2015 1:00-4:00pm Please RSVP to help us plan our space and refreshments, by pre-registering at:

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who haven’t had a chance to hear what we’ve been hearing to help us fit it together and really move forward with something that belongs to everybody,” Hofstatter said.

Questions the organizers are asking participants to consider include, “What do you value about Sechelt as a community?” And, “What would make this neighbourhood work as a part of Sechelt?”

Hofstatter said a Squamish company, Rockandel & Associates, will help facilitate the workshop with a unique method called “graphic recording.”

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The business group that will help develop the former Silverback property in East Porpoise Bay is taking a further step in getting public participation in shaping the project.

Sechelt Sustainable Community Properties (SSC Properties Ltd.) has issued an open invitation to a “public consultation and visioning workshop” at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt on Feb. 7.

The event will run from 1 pm to 4 pm.

“Through newspaper ads and our website we’ve been asking for and collecting the ideas and concerns of the community for the last few months and this is the culmination of that,” said SSC’s Vice-President of Business Development, Werner Hofstatter.

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Sechelt’s new Water Resource Centre was to be virtually fully operational and processing the district’s sewage on its own, following the scheduled shutdown of the old Ebbtide St. treatment plant on Jan. 28, according to project manager Paul Nash.

Nash told District Council in a Jan. 21 update that sewage had been trucked in from the Dusty Rd. collection facility earlier this month to serve as “seed sludge” to test the systems of the Water Resource Centre (WRC). The water exiting the plant was cleaner than that coming out

of the old plant, said Nash.

He said that earlier this month, the WRC had been hooked up to the sewage system and began doing a share of the treatment work along with the Ebbtide plant.

The virtually odourless treatment process operates on about one-quarter of the electrical energy that the Ebbtide plant required.

Plants grown in an in-facility greenhouse and which will help clean the effluent at a secondary stage are scheduled to become part of the treatment process during the week of Feb. 2.

“We haven’t got the plants in yet. They’re a few weeks away,” Nash told Council. “The Water Resource Centre can meet its performance requirements without a single plant being installed. They help the efficiency of the process and the ultimate capacity of the treatment plant, but in terms of the water quality, we can achieve that without them.”

A membrane system providing a third stage of treatment, and which will screen particles down to a size of 20 nanometres (20 billionths of a metre), is scheduled to be brought on line on Feb. 13, he said.

The bio-solids that are removed in the process will be used by Salish Soils as part of the company’s production of compost.

Nash said the $25-million WRC construction project, built by Ontario-based Maple Reinders, is right on budget and will officially come to an end March 13.

The development has required 2,095 cubic metres of concrete and has taken 20 months and 75,000 manhours to build, with only two lost-time days, said Nash.

The project has been the subject of intense debate since its inception, with critics arguing the technology wouldn’t work and that its

purported advantages over conventional sewage-treatment technologies were overblown.

Residents in the immediate vicinity were also incensed that the WRC was being built beside the Ebbtide plant property rather than in east Porpoise Bay, as the district had originally planned.

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Save energy

FortisBC and the Business Improvement Areas of B.C. (BIABC) are teaming up once again to promote energy conservation during “Turn Down the Heat Week” February 1 to 7, 2015.

On the Sunshine Coast, a number of businesses in the Sechelt Downtown Business Association will turn down the heat at work and at home and wear sweaters to help promote energy conservation. They will also collect sweaters and other warm clothing items to be donated to the Salvation Army.

For the last two years, the campaign – in a couple dozen communities – has collected more than 10,000 sweaters, twice the original campaign goal, and those were donated to local charities in need. Sechelt last year collected 638 sweaters, and is aiming for 950 this year.

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Housing for seniors a top issue, advocate says

B.C.’s Seniors Advocate says she was wrong about the one thing she expected would be the top priority of seniors as she has toured the province.

“I thought I was going to hear, ‘we need more residential care beds!’ That isn’t what I heard,” Isobel Mackenzie told a standing-room-only meeting at the Sechelt Band Hall Jan. 20.

“Housing was the numberone issue,” Mackenzie said.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Police incidents report January 20-27 Break & Enters / Shoplifting Early on January 21, a theft occurred at a business in the 5500 block of Wharf Avenue, Sechelt. Three male suspects ran into the store, grabbed several bags of chips from the rack and then fled on foot.

All the males were described as being late teens, ranging in height between five foot ten and six feet. One male was wearing a black hoodie and red balaclava, the second wore a grey hoodie and a brown plaid shirt and the third male, a light coloured sweater and jeans. One of the staff threw a cup of tea on the third male, staining his sweater. Police recovered one of the stolen items as well as the third suspect’s stained clothing. Police are reviewing surveillance footage. Anyone with any information about this theft is asked to contact RCMP, reference file 15-389.

On January 23, a break and enter to a building near Sinku Drive and Skupa Avenue, Sechelt, was reported after a passerby noticed lights on when the building should have been closed. Police attended and located a group of teens inside the building.

Several of the teens fled the scene, but police detained a few of them. Police found some damage to the door and locking system. The matter has been referred to the Youth Liaison and First Nations Community Policing officers.

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April asresults the from province’s firstever Seniors Advocate, said that many seniors are consales@thelocalweekly.ca cerned about eventually running out of income, and the implications that would have 1x1 for their housing.

“Another thing I heard,” she said, “Was, ‘I’m very afraid I’m going to run out of money. And as a consequence of running out of money, I’m going to run out of choices.

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Avenue, Sechelt, and stole a Thefts from vehicles Sometime between Janu- purse that had been left in the ary 1 to 7, a thief stole a glove box. The black “Coach” Husqvarna faller’s chainsaw, purse contained a brown 2 x .5 model 372XP from the back “Fossil” wallet and other perof a truck parked in the 5700 sonal items and identificablock of Sutherland Road, tion. The owner later found Halfmoon Bay. The saw is a the contents of her wallet, newer model, had the initials except the cash, buried near “E.B.” written on the top and a ditch along Sechelt Inlet a special steel bar attached Road. to it. Police caution residents Traffic Incidents that items such as chainsaws On January 22, a two veand power equipment are hicle collision occurred in the very to thieves, ...andappealing get results from your advertising!

1100 block of Roberts Creek and should be removed from Road, Roberts Creek, after Contact sales@thelocalweekly.ca vehicles if possible. Residents should also record serial the first vehicle tried to pass numbers and model informa- a second vehicle. The first ve2 x .75 tion for their valuable equip- hicle merged back in the lane ment, as this key information behind the second vehicle can increase the chances of after failing to make the pass items being returned, and successfully, and then when charges being laid against the second vehicle slowed down, the first vehicle was those responsible.

On January 20, a possible unable to slow down in time break and enter in progress to avoid a collision. The driver to vehicles parked in the and one of the passengers of 4800 block of Laurel Avenue, the second vehicle were takSechelt, was reported after en to hospital for assessment witnesses saw a female try- but the driver of the first veing to gain entry in vehicles. hicle was unhurt. The driver It appears the female did en- of the first vehicle was issued ter at least one vehicle and a Violation Ticket for Follow cause significant damage to Too Closely. the interior as well as take a Serious Crime number of items. The suspect A male in Madeira Park rewas identified and police re- ported that during the night covered most of the stolen of Thursday January 22, a items. The file is still under male known to him shot at his investigation. truck near the intersection of Overnight on January 24, a Francis Peninsula Road and thief gained entry to a vehicle Warnock Road. No one was parked in the 5700 block injured, and there is not beof Surf Circle, Sechelt, and stole a plastic bag with loose lieved to be any ongoing risk change and a USB adapter to the public, however anyfrom the glove box. Police lo- one in the area at the time cated the empty bag and the who heard or saw anything USB adapter jammed into suspicious is asked to contact the gas tank of another ve- Cst Mohr with the General Inhicle parked nearby. A second vestigations Section, at (604) similar incident was reported 885-2266. Anyone with more after a thief gained entry to information wishing to rean unlocked vehicle parked main anonymous can also in the 5600 block of Trident contact Crimestoppers.

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Assistance is available to qualifying homeowners, residential tenants (renters), small business owners, farm owners, charitable organizations and local government bodies that incurred more than $1,000 of uninsurable damage during the period December 8-12, 2014, and that are situated within the geographic boundaries of: Lower Mainland: Delta, City of Douglas First Nation Fraser Valley Regional District Gibsons, Town of Lions Bay, Village of Mount Currie Nation North Vancouver, City of North Vancouver, District of Pemberton, Village of Richmond, City of Samahquam First Nation Sechelt, District of Skatin First Nation Squamish Lillooet Regional District Squamish, District of Sunshine Coast Regional District West Vancouver, District of Whistler, Resort Community of

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seniors are renters, and the low increase in the amount of rental accommodation outside of the Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island is a problem. That’s a fact the government is “going to have to come to grips with,” said Mackenzie.

“The private sector is not going to come in and build condominiums that can be rented out the way they’ve done in the Lower Mainland.”

The Advocate’s mandate is to make recommendations to the provincial government on behalf of seniors, but she noted that she cannot force the province to act.

But, Mackenzie said, “I am a very impatient person,” and she is committed to being heard.

Mackenzie expects to be making the first of several recommendation-packed reports to the government soon.

She also said the limits to her powers also extended to one other chronic issue she heard about repeatedly up and down the B.C. coast: “I cannot fix the ferry system. That is not in the mandate.” Rik Jespersen

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Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie spoke in Sechelt Jan. 20.

ning out of choices, I’m going to find myself in residential care, and that’s not where I want to be.’”

Mackenzie said that although many seniors own their homes and are mortgage-free, that doesn’t pay the bills.

“Your day-to-day living isn’t determined by how much your house is worth, it’s by what your income is.”

Mackenzie said she might recommend to the government that it subsidize payment deferral programs similar to property tax deferral system. That could help senior homeowners pay for house repairs or other major expenses.

“You shouldn’t be forced out of your home into assisted living because you can’t afford some of the repairs and maintenance for your house,” she said.

Rather than going to the expense of moving cashstrapped seniors into assisted living, it could be more cost effective for the government “if they subsidized you to a lesser degree in your own home,” said Mackenzie.

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On January 27th Canada celebrated Family Literacy Day. At the Gibsons Library we celebrated by inviting families to drop by the library to play and learn together. We provided board games, craft projects, puzzles and snacks to keep everyone’s energy up. The message of Family Literacy Day stresses the importance of taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with a child. These simple activities are crucial to a child’s development. Even

just 15 minutes a day can improve a child’s literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well.

Literacy goes beyond a person’s ability to read and write, literacy is the skills you need to live your life at any age; skills such as math, financial literacy and digital literacy.

At the Gibsons & District Public Library we aim to help people with literacy skills daily. Whether it is hosting programs for new immigrants, encouraging people to learn new skills through our knitting group, conversation classes, computer training, or providing programs for children from babies to teens, or simply borrowing a great

book to read and share with a friend, we have something for everyone.

This year at the library we are welcoming back our student computer tutor, Ian. He is here to help everyone brush up on our digital literacy skills. If you need help navigating your tablet, smart phone, signing up for a twitter account or downloading a library ebook, Ian is here to help!

To book an appointment with Ian and to find out more about library programs and services drop by the library, visit our website: gibsons. bc.libraries.coop or call us at 604-886-213. Remember all library programing and services are free.

The Sunshine Coast Chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will meet at 7:30 PM, 13 February 2015,, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt. Our speaker will be Dr. Kristen Larson, Associate Professor at Western Washington University. Kristen got her BS at the University of California at San Diego

in1993 and her MS and PhD at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in1999.

Dr. Larson’s Topic will be “Dust to Dust: The Life Cycle of Stars”: Understanding the dust in the interstellar medium, the stuff between the stars, is key to understanding how stars form and what happens when stars die. This talk will illustrate some of the proper-

ties of interstellar dust and how local dust changes our view of the distant universe.

Progress on current research to map the location of dust clouds in our own Milky Way Galaxy will be presented.

Check out the Sunshine Coast RASC site at: http:// www.coastastronomy.ca/ for contact and schedule information. Submitted

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January 29 Celebrating community and culture potluck dinner, shíshálh Longhouse, Sechelt, 5:30pm, $10 per person, $25 family of four, reservations at 604431-7555 or nancy_denham@ sunshine.net January 30 Grant Olsen, live music with dinner, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm January 30 Artesia coffee house, local musicians Brison Geue, David J. Taylor, Anna Lumiere and Serena Eades, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10 January 31 Dance with Jim Taylor, Seniors Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7-10 pm, members $10, nonmembers $15 January 31 Baffle of the Bands, with Bits of String, The Country Boys, the Midds, FatFish Creek, Bold Kelly and Muffdusters, fund raiser for improvements to the hall, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, $15 January 31 CD release with Ken McBride, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $20 January 31 Northern Convergence, sublime vocals and wild electronics, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 8pm, $10-$20 January 31 Dance with Playback, hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, $5 members, $10 guests January 31 Railtown Sound System, a seven-piece dub reggae sound crew, with dj sets by The Funkdealer, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, $7 members, $14 guests February 1 John Reischman & The Jaybirds, bluegrass, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 2pm, $20 advance, $25 at the door February 2 "Return of the River", a documentary look at a community’s efforts to remove dams, part of the Green Film Series, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, by donation February 3 A tasting and guided tour of olive oil with the Sunshine Coast Olive Oil Company, Sechelt Library, 2- 3:3pm, free but you must pre-register at 604-885-3260 or info@ secheltbc.library.ca February 5 "Return of the River", a documentary look at a community’s efforts to remove dams, part of the Green Film Series, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, by donation February 6 "Love is Strange", part of the Queer Projections film series, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, $8.50 at outonethecoast.ca, $10 at the door February 7 Annual Bob Marley birthday bash, with the Hoolicans, Randeesh, Mz Jeevious and DJ Nils, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, $6 members, $12 guests February 7 Five Alarm Funk, nine-piece party band, Roberts Creek Hall. Fundraiser for Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival, 9pm, $25, available at Laedeli, MELOmania, Strait Music and at coastjazz.com February 7 Heritage Tea on “Main Street”, tea, music and heritage displays, by the Sechelt Downtown Business Association, 5699 Cowrie St., Sechelt, 2-4 pm

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A grand piano at the Artesia Coffee House The Coast Cultural Alliance presents the first Artesia Coffee House of the year on Friday, January 30th at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. We are bringing out the grand piano to start off the year and are featuring a great line-up of local musicians.

Starting the evening will be a young composer/pianist, Brison Geue. Brison has won many awards with the Sunshine Music Festival over the years for his playing and

we look forward to his new compositions.

Next up David J. Taylor, a multi disciplinary artist, record producer, audio engineer, singer, songwriter performing on guitar and piano.

David has now added visual artist to the list and has a piece in the Friends of the Gallery Exhibition currently showing in the gallery.

The last set will feature ‘Sostenuto’ meaning ‘sustained’, is a duo of Anna Lumiere, piano and accordion and

Serena Eades, violin. From Argentinean Tango to Brazilian Choro, French Musette to contemporary original works, Sostenuto is a worthwhile treat for the senses.

Learn more at www.sostenuto.ca Tickets are $10 at the door which opens at 7:00pm, music starts at 8:00pm. Come early to get a good seat, view the current art exhibition and enjoy ‘treats by Trish.

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Breaking the dams and setting a river free The Annual Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival winter fund raiser is being held at Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, February 7th with doors opening at 9:00pm. The band Five Alarm Funk is back and in full frenzied force.

Five Alarm Funk is Vancouver’s own 9-piece afro-funk orchestra. For more than ten years the band has brought their relentless grooves to clubs and major festivals across Canada. Intense horn lines and percolating afrobeat guitar combined with the interplay of four percus-

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sionists create an unstoppable dance party. To describe it as a sexy wall of sound would be an understatement.

Rhythm, funk, jazz, reggae and blues all packed into a tight sonic thud. These guys are a prime example of an act that makes playing a show look like fun.

The tight unity that FAF exhibits at each show really cannot be understated. From the coordinated dancing to the multiple sections performing in unison without outdoing one another, FAF is like a symphony orchestra on

psychedelics. The really good kind.

After 5 years they are back at the Roberts Creek Hall and tickets are going fast.

The cost is $25 in advance from Strait Music in Sechelt, MELOmania in Roberts Creek and Laedeli in Gibsons.

The 20th annual Gibsons Jazz Festival June 19-21st is produced by the Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society. More information from www.coastjazz.com.

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What are the possibilities when a community comes together to make change for the better? In the film Return of the River, First Nations, environmentalists, government, industry and community members work together to set a river free and bring hope for the future. Return of the River opens the spring season of the Green Film Series on Monday, February 2 at the Gibsons

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Heritage Playhouse with a second showing on Thursday, February 5 in Sechelt at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, both showings at 7:30 pm. The Wood Duck Bus is scheduled to bring people from Madeira Park to the Sechelt screening.

With stunning photography and historical background, this film follows a community effort to bring down the dams

on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. The river is the ancestral home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, who witnessed firsthand the impact of two dams on the river and its legendary fish runs. The tribe led the campaign to take the dams down and a century later they are watching their dream come true.

Co-directors John Gussman and Jessica Plumb who spent four years filming this story state, “Return of the River offers a story of hope and possibility amid grim environmental news. A discussion will follow the film including an update on Site C dam.

Admission is by donation.

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Tip of the Week: As the 4th of 4 New Moons in a row each at zero degrees of their respective signs and concluding a 4-Element deep base beat culminates to Full Moon in Leo (Feb 3), we have reason and opportunity to reflect upon the bigger picture. The first of the 4 was a Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, the sign of purification

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BOOKKEEPER / PAYROLL CLERK A busy Medical Clinic in Gibsons is hiring an experienced Bookkeeper/Payroll clerk on a permanent part time basis.

The individual should have a strong understanding of Sage Simply accounting, demonstrate proficiency in the application of Outlook, Excel and Word. Strong understanding of payroll applications and current rules and regulations. Knowledge in ADP payroll system is an asset.

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, organize workload and prioritize, work under pressure with interruptions, work independently and as a member of a team.

If you are interested please submit your resume with references by February 6, 2015 to: Office Manager - Gibsons Medical Clinic Unit 211 - 1100 Sunshine Coast Hwy, Gibsons, BC, V0N 1V7 Email: gibsonsmedical2@gmail.com Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

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Advertising Sales Representative The Local Weekly community newspaper, in Sechelt, BC is looking for another enthusiastic Advertising Sales Representative to work with our great Sales Team. While experience would be an asset, we’re looking for a Sales Rep who: • Is fun, outgoing, observant, loves people and is energetic • Owns a reliable vehicle and cell phone • Works to deadlines and is organized • Is willing to learn something new and interesting • Is able to think quickly, develop creative solutions and has a good memory • Is good at spelling, grammar and punctuation • Is conversant with computers • Works well alone and with a supportive team • Has a good attitude and willingness to follow direction Advertising Sales is an important part of our business and we are looking for someone who will not only provide outstanding service to our clients but will develop a relationship of trust with them.

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intent You are being invited to a union of hearts and a communion of souls.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) Rare and penetrating insights are igniting your mind. These may even be the inspiration of profound perceptions illumined by poetic verse. Yet, they are also causing you to dig deeper and to clear away old, limiting, perhaps inherited and/or socially conditioned beliefs and self-concepts.

Beyond the debris and dust that this process may produce, sublime beauty awaits your recognition.

Some call it soul.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) Some investments are certainly better than others.

While at other times the value and reward comes from clearing the clutter and closing old accounts, as in ‘less is more’. With less ‘busyness’ you can devote more time to what truly feels important. This is a call to cultivate new commitments worthy of your time and testimony to your spirit

seeking genuine balance, harmony and intimacy.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) An atmosphere of new beginnings both within you and in your world should be apparent by now. The time is right to see through and beyond familiar perspectives.

Exploring new opportunities and trying new angles is implied. This is also a call to invest more time and energy into your personal life. Aim to deepen bonds with the one(s) you love.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) An inner awakening is underway. Beyond simple dreams, this impulse is destined to awaken you to realities in the material realm. Yet, it is also moving you to expressions of love and kindness and healing too. While these will likely be directed to others, they are also meant to include you.

Although perhaps difficult, a spiritual initiation is taking place within and for you.

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well be upon work, health and lifestyle; your closest personal relationships and home and family probably also require your deepened determination to be and do better yet.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) A creative, inventive and innovative cycle continues.

Entertaining yourself and others with new perspectives and possibilities is implied.

Themes of healing are also woven into the plot and these are linked to the body/mind matrix. This holistic approach to health emphasizes the convergence of body, mind/ attitude, emotion/balance and overall energy flow. Aim for synthesis to get your mojo going.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) A good deal of shifting and shaking and stimulating and awakening is keeping you busy close to home. Beyond your residence consider that home is where your heart is, literally. This is a call to weave imagination and inspiration to create an atmosphere of peace and calm and sacred

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In this dawning Age of Aquarius, humanity is experiencing a collective wake-up call. It is saying: hey you multidimensional beings, souls incarnate, now is a good time to set aside for a precious moment or two your interests, attractions, daily duties and distractions and come to an even fuller realization yet that our planet is undergoing an evolutionary crisis and you can and ideally will do something about it.

Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Dreams and visions of greater harmony in your closest relationships are dancing in your mind. Yet, the music comes to a sudden halt when the sobering realities involved are acknowledged.

Yet once they are the music can begin to play again. The key to opening the first door is to be aware and let the significant others in your life know that you are aware and willing. This is how to say ‘I love you’ in action.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) Shifts and changes in the world are influencing your public and professional life. Likewise, these outer changes are quite possibly shaking your personal life. A third scenario includes social activities of late cutting in on your home and professional life. In any case, the emphasis on your public and professional life is receiving fresh activations now.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Delving into philosophical reams is stretching your perspectives. It is likely this will lead you out of familiar territory. At worst, this may leave you feeling rather overwhelmed and even lost. Positively, you will experience fresh inspirations available for creative selfexpression. If you are really fortunate, you will undergo a heart opening that will produce a deep sense of communion.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) Sometimes it is better to be silent, to listen more or perhaps to meditate or to research more than express, like now. Outer circumstances triggering inner realities or the other way around are activating a kaleidoscope of new perceptions. Digesting all of these will take time.

Meanwhile, the prospect of making key investments for the future is leading you to learn more.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) Invitations and perhaps a push and prod or two are prompting you to reach out.

Habitual modes of perception and interpretation are changing and rather quickly as a consequence. This presents a challenge to see yourself and the world and in the world in new ways. The more flexible and willing you are the easier it will be.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) The emphasis now is upon improvement.

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