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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, August 23, 2018 Former Local Reporter Turns To Politics

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Pot Users To Hospital Page 3

Ancient Tree On Display Page 5

Octopus & Kelp Page 7

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Two different car washes had two different reactions when the SCRD moved Aug. 13 to Stage 3 water restrictions, which prohibit the use of SCRD water to wash cars. The Splash ‘N Shine Car Wash in Sechelt closed down – although it has since reopened using rain and well water. But the Seamount Shell car wash in Gibsons (inset) continued to operate “in contravention of the bylaw.” See story page 3. CARI MILLER PHOTOS

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Water restrictions: a tale of two car washes The Splash ‘N Shine Car Wash in Sechelt has resumed operating with well and stored water after being forced to close due to SCRD water restrictions.

However, the Seamount Shell car wash in Upper Gibsons – using SCRD water in Zone 3 – has continued to operate. Gibsons CAO Mani Machado said Aug. 20 the Shell car wash is “currently in contravention of the bylaw by continuing to operate”.

The owners did not respond to a Local email requesting comment.

The SCRD Stage 3 water restrictions, which came into effect Aug. 13, ban the use of water for washing cars. A previous exemption for commercial car washes was removed by the SCRD in 2017.

Tom Hirst and Yvette Laviolette, owners of the Splash ‘N Shine, expressed frustration when they were forced to close. It was the “only business being asked to close”, said Yvette, despite

being “ranked 15th for water consumption out of the businesses in the SCRD that are metered.”

“Stage 3 restrictions typically last about two months; that represents about 20 per cent of our annual revenue,” Yvette added.

But by Aug. 20, the car wash was open again, using a system of pumps and tanks with collected rain water, and well water.

Yvette said, “the SCRD based their decision to close us on a 20,000 litres a day water usage, when that amount is what we use on our busiest days. Even if we use that number, it represents 1/10th of one per cent of the total water used in the district. It is difficult to see the logic of shutting us down when other businesses like hotels and car detailing operations continue to operate as usual.” Both owners were quick to add that, “We have no issue with the other businesses that continue to operate or the

SCRD, we just don’t think we are the problem or the solution to the water shortage.”

The owners bought the business back in 2009 because it had won an award for showing innovative and responsible water use. Since purchasing the wash, the owners have added “a rain water system to further reduce the amount of water consumption.” The car wash also “has a system in place that filters the waste water six times before it enters the storm system to filter out the chemicals,” said Yvette. “We are doing our very best to be good stewards of water.”

Yvette added that, “We have voluntarily shut down during Stage 4 water restrictions in the past and despite what was reported in the media, we have never asked for an exemption from the SCRD. When the SCRD asked us to send information about water management at the Splash ‘N Shine, we thought we were working with them

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The Splash ‘N Shine car wash in Sechelt was forced to close Aug.13 when SCRD Stage 3 water restrictions came into effect. However, the shop has since reopened using well water and stored rain water. CARI MILLER PHOTO

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7:50 pm 8:45 pm pm Langdale to Earls Cove terminal is 84 km (52mi), plan on9:45 approximately 90 minutes driving time.

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A Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) spokesperson has confirmed that several youth visited the Sechelt Hospital emergency department over a recent one-week period after using cannabis, due to psychosis or mental health concerns.

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Editorial Opinion

Global tipping points In the midst of worldwide record heat, devastating wildfires, droughts, refugee crises, and torrential rains and flooding, some particular disturbing headlines have hit the news. “Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible ‘hothouse’ conditions”, the CBC announced.

As CBC explained, “Scientists from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the University of Copenhagen, Australian National University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said it is likely that if a critical threshold is crossed, several tipping points would lead to abrupt change.”

The study, “Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene,” confirms global warming has accelerated during the current epoch, when humans have become a driving force in geophysical changes to Earth.

The most troubling part of the research, published in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”, is its prediction that, beyond a 2 C rise in global temperature above pre-industrial levels, “intrinsic biogeophysical feedbacks in the Earth System” will kick in, accelerating warming and its consequences at an even greater rate than we’re currently experiencing.

Beyond a 2 C increase, tipping elements could be activated, “raising the temperature further to activate other tipping elements in a domino-like cascade that could take the Earth System to even higher temperatures.”

A well-known feedback loop occurs when polar and glacial ice melt, exposing dark land and water, which absorb more heat than ice and snow, accelerating warming and melting more ice.

The research is profoundly disturbing. But the media coverage often missed or downplayed a crucial element: the solutions the report outlines toward a “stabilized Earth pathway.” This “would require deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, protection and enhancement of biosphere carbon sinks, efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, possibly solar radiation management, and adaptation to unavoidable impacts of the warming already occurring.”

Because our current socioeconomic system is “based on high-carbon economic growth and exploitative resource use,” the study’s authors argue that “changes in demographics, consumption, behavior, attitudes, education, institutions, and socially embedded technologies are all important.”

They also warn, “if a planetary threshold is crossed toward the Hothouse Earth pathway, accessing the Stabilized Earth pathway would become very difficult no matter what actions human societies might take.”

In other words, we have to act now.

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The upcoming Oct. 20 mayoral and council election sounds like the last election.

It will be big business builders and big money against donations from Sechelt individual voters.

So, what do we remember from the last two elections and can we learn something from it? In the 2011 election the defeated council ran a balanced budget and had saved around $20 million for a new sewage plant that was to be built on industrial land.

The new city government rejected all of this and decided to build a $28-million experimental French sewage plant that no one from our then-city government went to see in operation in France. Now we find out the fancy greenhouse-looking French sewage plant runs at the same EPA standard as the $20 million plant. Also, it was built in middle of dense city housing and not on the large lot L industrial land.

This required a $7.4-million loan that will run until 2024.

Bob Evermon, Davis Bay

(Re “Pull of the Tide”, the Local, Aug.9) I am the archivist at the Sechelt Community Archives and I would like to make a correction regarding the Pamela Goldsmith-Jones article Aug. 9.

She stated that the Sechelt Community Archives are located in the Rockwood Lodge as they ran out of room in the Sechelt Public Library. The Archives have been housed in the Sechelt Public Library for 21 years.

(But we are looking for a larger space.)

Ann Watson, Sechelt Public Library

Chicken and egg We are having a poultry swap at the Roberts Creek Hall on Sat. Aug. 25, 9:30amnoon, in order to raise resources for the food bank.

It’s poultry farmers who come out with birds they don’t want to carry through the winter, or just left-over chicks and teen birds, to sell for cheap to other people at the swap. We also welcome those farmers who just want

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The Cook and Book Club for teens at the Sechelt Library wrapped up on August 14 with a BBQ cooking session, complete with BBQed pizza, corn, veggie skewers, and strawberry milkshakes. The program ran for four Tuesdays with financial assistance from the Friends of the Sechelt Library. Teens learned how to cook and discussed the latest books out for teens in 2018. Left to right in the photo are Quentin, Mira, Pearl (summer student, Sechelt Library), Sam (Sechelt Library staff ), Megan and Sarah. PHOTO SUBMITTED

to bring some of their fabulous farm eggs and sell them.

This way even the non-chicken enthusiast can come get some real farm fresh eggs and everyone is happy.

For entry we are suggesting a donation of $10 or two dozen eggs to donate to the food-bank.

Currently the food bank spends over $500 on eggs alone each month. Our end game is too start a program where we drive bi-weekly to farms who will sign up and pledge one or two dozen eggs to donate to the foodbank. We will have a volunteer at the poultry swap to sign up farmers for the egg drive.

There is lots more info at: www.facebook.com/ groups/scpoultryswap Chad K. Brignall, Sechelt Poultry

Family fun day The Sunshine Coast Rod and Gun Club is hosting its 2nd annual Family Fun Day on August 25, 10am-2pm, at 4384 Parkway Dr., off Field Rd. in Wilson Creek. Last year’s event was a great success and this year’s event is stacking up to be lots of fun.

Everyone is welcome to participate in the family-friendly activities and displays for all ages. The entry fee is $5 per person, and kids under 12 are free. All proceeds go to the benefit of the Sunshine Coast Food Bank.

Fun-filled activities include kids’ games, archery demonstrations, a historical arms display, fly casting demonstrations, tours of Chapman Creek Hatchery and kids fishing, a medieval sword fighting demonstration (with costumes), a chance to try your hand at throwing an axe, plus much more. Kids 10 and over can shoot supervised in the indoor range.

Come meet the BC Conservation Officer Service and

the RCMP. WildSafeBC will teach you how to properly use bear spray.

Lunch is free for kids under 12 and there will be draws for lots of great door and raffle prizes.

More information can be found at www.sunshinecoastrodandgunclub.com.

Linda Waddell, SC Rod and Gun Club

A fan of forests I love being in the forest and very much appreciate the hard work that has been done by Elphinstone Logging Focus and other volunteers to create educational trails for users.

I mourn the loss of these forests and trails, logged by the Community Forest and other organizations, and despair of the future with less and less forested areas to enjoy and supply us with much needed oxygen and other benefits of intact old growth forests.

Why don’t we create more tree farms and log them instead of using old growth to log? When are we going to wake up to the realization that mankind, to survive well, needs forests, not to exploit endlessly, but to enjoy and celebrate.

Sally AJ Abraham, Roberts Creek

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McMahon running for SCRD board Former Local Weekly reporter and long-time Elphinstone resident Donna McMahon has announced she is running for Area E Director of the Sunshine Coast Regional District in this fall’s municipal election.

“The next four years are crucial for regional government. Major decisions must be made about our water supply, garbage and recycling, and we’ll be living with those decisions for decades to come,” said McMahon.

McMahon has lived in Elphinstone for 22 years and is deeply involved in the community, having worked for or volunteered with many organizations across a wide spectrum of interests. Her background includes three years as executive director of the Gibsons & District Chamber of Commerce, three years with the Connecting Self-Employed Women for Success project of the Community Resource Centre and 12 years as the administrator

for the Sunshine Coast Film Society. She sits on the loans and investment committee of Community Futures Sunshine Coast, and won the BC Library Trustees Association’s Super Trustee Award in 2013 for her eight years of contribution to the Gibsons Public Library board.

A writer with both fiction and non-fiction publications to her credit, McMahon worked for the last two years as a reporter and photographer for the Local Weekly, a position she resigned in order to run for office.

“I got tired of sitting on the sidelines,” said McMahon. “I spent the last two years attending SCRD, Sechelt and Gibsons council meetings, so I’m completely up to speed. I know the issues. I know the people. And I have the communications skills to keep residents of this area in touch with what their government is (or isn’t) doing.”

As a first step in her commitment to improved col-

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Former Local reporter Donna McMahon is running for the SCRD in Elphinstone. PHOTO SUBMITTED

laboration among elected officials, she has organized a workshop with Elections BC on campaign financing rules.

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Ladwig running for Gibsons council A Gibsons woman has announced that she is running for a local council seat in the October municipal election, saying she wants to “help ensure a liveable future” for the Town.

“There’s no place like Gibsons, and in the 10 years I’ve lived here, I’ve come to deeply appreciate how lucky we are to call Gibsons home,” Aleria Ladwig said Friday.

“This is a great place to live. I want to keep it that way and help ensure a liveable future here for everyone.”

Ladwig, 43, a working mother of two young children, has served on the local Advisory Planning Commission (APC) for four years, which she said has given her a better appreciation of challenges facing Gibsons.

“There’s affordable housing, increased growth, and

aging infrastructure, to name just a few. I believe the choices we make over the next five to 10 years will significantly influence how our community evolves,” she said.

Ladwig is an ecosystems officer with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. She said she works from her Gibsons home office three days a week and commutes to the DFO in Vancouver the other two days. Commuter ferry service to the Lower Mainland is an issue Ladwig wants to pursue.

Ladwig said other issues she wants to emphasize includes advocating for Highway 101 upgrades; planning for solid waste disposal; and smart management of the town’s continuing growth.

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Of octopus salad and kelp flakes Persephone food truck and Farm to Feast chef Ann Meyers partnered with Nature’s Chef, Tom Kral visiting from Sooke on Vancouver Island, to create a memorable fourcourse dinner from the West Coast’s bounty.

About 30 people paid $95 each for the feast at the Persephone Brewery in Gibsons Aug. 16.

First on the menu was marinated octopus (caught by a Roberts Creek fisher around the islands of Haida Gwaii) salad with a dressing

made of spruce, rosemary and nasturtium vinaigrette, followed by a roasted tomato gazpacho with spot prawns (also caught by the same Creek fisher), pickled bull kelp and bachelor buttons.

The main course consisted of locally-farmed sturgeon (smoked) with spot prawn bisque, kelp kraut, kelp flakes and uni butter.

Dessert was a flavour explosion with parts salal berries and grand fir.

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With hot weather, people are heading out on their watercraft to try to beat the heat, and in many cases, taking along alcoholic beverages.

While most people are aware that it is illegal to be impaired and operate a boat, many do not know that it is also illegal to consume or possess alcohol in an open

Learning to ride On August 19, police attended a single motorcycle incident in the 14300 block of Highway 101, Pender Harbour, after witnesses reported a southbound motorcyclist had failed to negotiate a curve and slid down an embankment. Fortunately, the unimpaired rider was able to climb

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Provincial government regulations restrict the consumption and possession of open liquor to boats that the public do not have access to and that are equipped with permanent sleeping accommodations, permanent cooking facilities and a permanent toilet.

If these conditions are not met on the boat where alcohol is being consumed or possessed, people could face a fine of $230 for consuming liquor in a public place.

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The smoke from wildfires has blanketed the Sunshine Coast, along with many areas in BC, for a couple of weeks now, reducing visibility and giving the sun an orange halo. The photo of the ferries, above, was taken from the Langdale ferry Aug. 19; the view of the sun was taken Aug. 18. The federal government’s air quality health index for the area has fluctuated between “moderate” and “high”. However, a spokesperson for Vancouver Coastal Health said the emergency department at Sechelt hospital, as of Aug.17, had not seen an increase in respiratory issues. CARI MILLER PHOTOS

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Housing sales down 30 per cent July’s residential housing sales in Metro Vancouver reached their lowest levels for that month since the year 2000.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) – which includes the Sunshine Coast – reports that residential property sales in the region totalled 2,070 in July 2018, a 30.1-per-cent decrease from the 2,960 sales recorded in July 2017, and a decrease of 14.6 per cent compared to June 2018 when 2,425 homes sold.

Last month’s sales were 29.3 per cent below the 10year July sales average.

“With fewer buyers active in today’s market, we’re seeing less upward pressure on home prices across the region,” Phil Moore, REBGV president said. “This is most pronounced in the detached home market, but demand in the townhome and apartment markets is also relenting from the more frenetic pace experienced over the last few years.”

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The total number of properties currently listed for sale on the MLS® system in Metro Vancouver is 12,137, a 32-per-cent increase compared to July 2017 (9,194) and a 1.6-per-cent increase compared to June 2018 (11,947).

“Summer is traditionally a quieter time of year in real estate. This is particularly true this year,” Moore said. “With increased mortgage rates and stricter lending requirements, buyers and sellers are opting to take a wait-and-see approach for the time being.”

For all property types, the sales-to-active listings ratio for July 2018 is 17.1 per cent. By property type, the ratio is 9.9 per cent for detached homes, 20.2 per cent for townhomes, and 27.3 per cent for condominiums.

Generally, analysts say that downward pressure on home prices occurs when the ratio dips below the 12 per cent mark for a sustained period, while home prices often experience upward pressure when it surpasses 20 per cent over several months.

The MLS® Home Price Index composite benchmark

price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver is currently $1,087,500. This represents a 6.7-per-cent increase over July 2017 and a 0.6-per-cent decrease compared to June 2018.

Sales of detached properties in July 2018 reached 637, a decrease of 32.9 per cent from the 949 detached sales recorded in July 2017. The benchmark price for detached properties is $1,588,400. This represents a 1.5-per-cent decrease from July 2017 and a 0.6-per-cent decrease compared to June 2018.

Sales of apartment properties reached 1,079 in July 2018, a decrease of 26.5 per cent compared to the 1,468 sales in July 2017. The benchmark price of an apartment property is $700,500. This represents a 13.6-per-cent increase from July 2017 and a 0.5-per-cent decrease compared to June 2018.

Attached property sales in July 2018 totalled 354, a decrease of 34.8 per cent compared to the 543 sales in July 2017. The benchmark price of an attached unit is $856,000. This represents a 12.1-per-cent increase from July 2017 and a 0.4-per-cent decrease compared to June 2018. Submitted

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Natural asset bookkeeping in Gibsons Other municipalities in Canada – and the world – are looking to The Town of Gibsons for advice on managing nature as an asset. Gibsons was the first municipality in North America, and possibly the world, to pass guidelines that recognize nature, such as the Gibsons aquifer, as an asset. Similar to the way a municipality would consider an engineered roadway or sewer system as an asset, Gibsons considers the natural ecosystem, such as water and trees, as an asset that delivers valuable goods including timber, fish and essential services, like drinking water.

According to a recently-published report by the Town of Gibsons, and in collaboration with the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, municipalities are increasingly recognizing the value of natural assets that “can provide equivalent or even better services (e.g. storm water management, flood protection, drinking water) then engineered assets”. Nat-

ural assets can provide these important services at “a fraction of the cost to engineered assets”, but they require strategic planning and funding for maintenance and upkeep.

The report adds, “many local governments are looking for a systematic process for making strategic and operational decisions about municipal assets over their lifetime.”

For example, “the Town of Gibsons determined that the stormwater services provided by ponds in White Tower Park have a value of $3.5-4.0 million if they had to be replaced by an engineered asset, a cost that can be avoided through regular maintenance in the Park.” By establishing natural asset management guidelines, new funding streams including provincial and federal opportunities open up to help defray the costs of maintaining and repairing them. This strategy has allowed the Town to “integrate natural assets into core decision-making including Development Cost Charge

Bylaws… (and the ability to) draw a funding stream for their improvement and, in some cases, their rehabilitation.”

Gibsons first started developing this innovative approach in 2009, “and in 2014 the Town passed a ‘municipal asset management policy’.” In response to interest from other municipalities, the Town has shared their knowledge to date in a guide that was published this year called, “Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management: The Town of Gibsons’ experience in financial planning and reporting.” The Town also publishes a blog about their experiences. Mani Machado, CAO for the Town, says, “We’re aiming to translate enthusiastic interest in our home-grown approach into real-world practice in municipalities and asset management organizations around the world.”

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Two of the 60 animals the SPCA moved to the Lower Mainland from its shelters in Quesnel and Williams Lake in the face of the wildfires. Buttons, the Shih Tzu shown on the left, was moved from Quesnel, and Marsha the calico cat was evacuated from Williams Lake. The SPCA has also set up an emergency shelter in Price George for animals in need of temporary care when their homes are evacuated. The BC SPCA is asking for donations to support efforts to rescue and care for animals during the wildfires emergency at spca.bc.ca/emergencyalert PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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Join us for the “Backroad Trash Bash” community clean-up of illegal dump sites in the Pender Harbour area.

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Red Cross donations will be matched To help people affected by the wildfires that are burning around BC, the Province of British Columbia will match all donations to the Red Cross, up to $20 million.

“The Red Cross is on the ground, helping people and communities affected by the wildfires burning around the province,” said Jennifer Rice, parliamentary secretary for emergency preparedness.

“The Province is supporting this critical work by matching contributions to the Red Cross, so donations will go even further.”

The Canadian Red Cross works with the Province, local authorities and First Nations leadership to help people and communities impacted by the wildfires.

“We know people in BC and across the country are concerned and want to help.

Donating to the Red Cross is a great way to do that,” said Doug Donaldson, minister of forests, lands, natural resource operations and rural development. “Our government is doing everything we can to support firefighters and emergency responders,

The Red Cross is helping communities and individuals cope with the wildfires. The BC government says it will match donations to the Red Cross up to $20 million, until Oct. 12.

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August 25 Blue Line Duo, The Old Boot Eatery, Sechelt, 6:30-9pm August 25 Music in the Landing presents Walter Martella Band, Winegarden Park, 6:30-8:15pm, free August 25 Jim Foster, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 7:30-10:30pm August 25 RevoluSon, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 August 26 Historical walking tour of lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, leaves Pioneer Park 10am, by donation August 26 SC Rod & Gun Club family day with food and demonstrations, fundraiser for food bank, 4384 Parkway Dr., off Field Rd., Wilson Creek, 10am-2pm, $5, under 12 free August 26 Music in the Landing presents Knotty Dotters, Sundial stage, 11am-1pm, free August 26 Slow Sundays in the Creek presents Loose Endings ukulele enthusiasts (noon), Jon Van Arsdel and Michael Maser (1pm) and ReelTime (2pm) behind the library, Roberts Creek, noon-4pm, free, plus a stained- glass kaleidoscope workshop (1pm), $25 includes materials August 26 Grant Olsen, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 1-4pm August 26 Opening reception for exhibition by Paula O’Brien & Bruce Edwards and Alison Taylor, SC Arts Centre, Sechelt, 2-4pm August 26 Acoustic garden concert with Deanna Knight & the Hot Club of Mars, 995 Grandview at Mahan, Gibsons, 7-10pm, $1520 sliding, 604-255-9449 August 26 Dance with Playback, Pender Harbour Legion, 8pm, members $10, guests $12.50 August 29 Muse open mic, with announcement of post card story contest, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7:30pm August 31 Lunch with MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Pender Harbour Legion, noon, $12, rsvp to Rotary.Club.Pender.Harbour@ gmail.com August 31 Night market with vendors, beer garden and kid’s movie, Gibsons Public Market, 4-9pm August 31 Anna Green art show and sale, with music and refreshments, Molly’s Seaside Market, 287 Gower Pt. Rd., Gibsons, 5-8pm August 31 Music in the Landing presents Karen Graves and Budge Schachte, gazebo on Gibsons public wharf, 7-8pm, free September 1 Music in the Landing presents Steve Schwabl Duo, Pioneer Square, 11am-1pm, free September 1 Sechelt Summer Music Series presents Katrina Bishop (noon) and the Rakish Angles (1pm), library lawn, free

Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

The Rogue Arts Festival runs August 24-26 at Clarke Farm in Wilson Creek. “Going rogue,” a philosophy that the Festival is known for, is about doing things your own way. The third annual Festival includes a variety of musical acts while also providing showcase opportunities for other forms of creativity and invention. This year’s Festival features over 80 musicians as part of their Main Stage series. Local performers include perennial jazzy favourites Funktete, finger pickin’ guitarist Joe Stanton, and heavy metal hard rockers, Fir. Off Coast performers include MonkeyDragon, with Emmy- and Juno-nominated composer Adham Shaikh, joined by Buckman Coe and Andy Cakes for a whirl-wind musical tour through dub, funk, ska, and electronica.

With queer grit rockers Parlour Panthers, and folksters

Blues rockers The Marwills will be appearing at the Rogue Arts Festival as part of their BC tour to promote their latest album, A Mother’s Worry. PHOTO SUBMITTED Sky Paralell, Rebecca Lappa and Samson’s Delilah also featured, there’s sure to be a musical beat for everyone. In addition, the festival sponsors “collective sets,” putting bands together on stage who have never played before, just to see what they’ll come up with. One such set features blues rockers The Marwills in collaboration with electronic

music guru Bousada.

But this three-day festival has always been about more than the music. The Rogue Art Gallery features local artists Dean Schutz, Simon Haiduk, Hawkfeather Peterson, Francine Desjardins, Wendy Watkin, Emma Wetherill, Ben Tour, Autumn Skye Morrison, and Blake Drezet. Marlene Lowden’s “Freedom to Paint”

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is a weekend long, interactive painting demonstration as she shares some of her mark-making ideas. Participants are invited to help paint a large canvas that will be on site. There will also be workshops on improv jamming, open tuning a guitar, permaculture and plant medicine, building an earthship, and rain water harvesting, just to name few. For the more sporty-minded, human foosball and morning yoga are just a couple of the activities to choose from.

The Rogue Arts Festival runs August 24-26 at the Clarke Farm, Tyson Road, Wilson Creek. Evening, day and weekend tickets $25-$90, available online or at the gate.

Camping onsite available for weekend pass holders. Parking for cars and bicycles available on site, but the Farm is also easily accessible by local bus and the Festival has organized a shuttle with pick-up and drop-off points in Gibsons, Sechelt and Halfmoon Bay. Complete information at www.roguefest.ca

Green forum BC Green Party MLAs Sonia Furstenau and Adam Olsen will host a community forum in Gibsons on Aug. 23 at the Heritage Playhouse from 7-9pm.

Furstenau and Olsen will host a community forum to discuss the first year of the BC Green caucus working collaboratively with the BC NDP minority government.

The MLAs will hear concerns and questions from residents regarding the key issues in their community, which will inform the BC Greens as they enter the Fall legislative session.

The entire event is open to the public.

The MLAs will also meet with local community groups, and attend a luncheon hosted by the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce earlier in the day at the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club in Roberts Creek.

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The Staggers & Jaggs, from East Vancouver, will be appearing at the Rogue Arts Festival on Sunday, Aug.26, appearing with Parlour Panther around noon and then closing the festival in the afternoon. The band promotes its “hauntingly nostalgic” sound, “taking influence from prohibition era parties, blues, jazz and punk rock.”

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Please note that some of the parts are for older adults, so we are certainly auditioning adults for these parts. However, it is also possible that we may cast young people to play the older adults, depending on the audition turnout.

The band Shred Kelly will appear on the first day of the Rogue Arts Festival, closing the show Friday night, Aug. 24. The band promotes its high-energy, folk-tinged music that has “seamlessly fused traditional instrumentation with modern rock”.

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Ruby Lake Resort & Cogrossi Family 25 Year Anniversary Celebrations!!

Sunday September 2, 2018; 5 pm - late at the Ruby Lake Amphitheatre

This quartet received a standing ovation Aug. 17 for a spirited performance of Brahms.

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The Pender Harbour Music Society celebrated its 14th season in style with packed houses and excellent music over the weekend with its Chamber Music Festival.

On Friday night, Aug. 17 Ji eun Jenny Lim (violin), AlexanderTselyakov (piano), Yariv Aloni (viola) and Brian Yoon (cello) gave a spirited performance of Brahms’ “Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto” to a standing ovation.

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How age affects smell, taste Aging comes with several sensory changes, many of which people expect. Loss of hearing or diminishing vision are widely associated with aging. But one’s senses of smell and taste may diminish with aging as well.

The senses of taste and smell work in concert. The sense of smell is vital to personal health, not only because inhaling pleasant aromas can provide comfort and stress relief through aromatherapy and help trigger important memories, but also because smell enables a person to detect the dangers of smoke, gas, spoiled food, and more. The U.S. National Institute on Aging says that, as a person gets older, his or her sense of smell may fade, and that will also affect taste. The Mayo Clinic says some loss of taste and smell is natural and can begin as early as age 60.

Adults have about 9,000 taste buds sensing sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami flavors, or those corresponding to the flavor of glutamates. Many tastes are linked to odors that begin at the nerve endings in the lining of the nose. Medline says the number of taste buds decreases as one ages, and that remaining taste buds may begin to shrink. Sensitivity to the five tastes also begins to decline. This can make it more difficult to distinguish between flavors.

Similarly, especially after age 70, smell can diminish

A reduction of the sense of smell and taste is a natural part of aging, but it can be an early indication of more serious problems. METRO CREATIVE PHOTO due to a loss of nerve endings and less mucus in the nose.

With the combination of the reduction of these important sensory nerves in the nose and on the tongue, loss of smell and taste can greatly affect daily life.

Changes in these senses can contribute to feelings of depression, diminish one’s enjoyment of food and cause harmful conditions, such as extreme weight loss from disinterest in food to problems associated with overusing salt or sugar.

Although aging is often to blame, loss of smell and taste also may be tied to early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. Cancer treatments, medications, lack of saliva, colds, flu, and other factors may contribute to sensory loss. Changing medications

or treatments may help.

It’s important to bring up diminished flavors or smells with a doctor to rule out something more serious and to determine what might help restore pleasure from smells and flavors. An otolaryngologist, or a doctor who specializes in diseases of the ears, nose and throat, may be able to help fix the problem, though some people may be referred to a neurologist or another specialist.

Continuing to use one’s sense of smell and taste by cooking, gardening, trying new flavors, and experimenting with different aromas may help slow down the decline these senses. Although age-related loss of taste and smell cannot be reversed, some such cases may be treatable.

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Can cannabis inhibit some cancers?

Attitudes about marijuana are changing. Such changes are reflected in legislation that has legalized marijuana in many areas – including Canada as of Oct. 17 – and, in some instances, unofficially decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in other places.

Shifting attitudes about marijuana, also known as cannabis, may be attributed to various factors, including medical research. Though research studying the effects of marijuana on recovering cancer patients is ongoing, cancer patients and their families may be curious about the potential for cannabis to assist in their recoveries.

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What are some other potential effects of cannabinoids?

The NCI notes that research has shown that cannabinoids may be able to do more than relieve cancer patients’ pain and inflammation. While additional research is necessary, the NCI says cannabinoids may be able to block cell growth. The NCI points to studies in mice and rats that have shown that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth

and blocking the development of blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Cancer is marked by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells, so the potential for cannabinoids to block that growth is a significant benefit. In addition, the NCI cites laboratory and animal studies that have shown that cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.

receptor positive and estrogen receptor negative breast cancer cells showed that CBD caused cancer cell death while having little effect on normal breast cells.

Societal attitudes about marijuana are shifting, and ongoing research regarding its potential benefits in treating cancer may be changing the way the medical community views marijuana as well.

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Studies have shown that cannabinoids may have an effect on various types of cancer, including breast cancer and liver cancer. The NCI notes that a laboratory study of delta-9-THC, the main active cannabinoid in marijuana, in liver cancer cells indicated that the cannabinoid damaged or killed the cancer cells. Another laboratory study of CBD in estrogen

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In lieu of white bread, refined pastas and sugar-laden baked goods, all of which can reduce serotonin levels,

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19) Discovering what makes you special has been a strong background theme for well over a year. This focus has been especially emphasized in the past several weeks. The remains some flow of inspiration yet. But now it is time to implement these into expression. If all you did was play more, that’s great. But if you want to do more with it, now is the time to do the groundwork.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20) A process of reconnecting to your core nature continues. As you do, you discover just how passionate you truly are. It is tempting to mistaken slow-but-sure Taurus as a docile creature until the realization of the charge of the Bull is reconsidered. Fire runs through your veins and is the element that pounds in your heart.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Playful, artistic, versatile, clever, whimsical, witty, impish and curious are keywords that many will recognize in your personality. That you can also be righteous and opinionated is also in there. All of these attributes are being activated now. With awareness, you can bring the best of these to the fore and soften the edges on those that get you into trouble.

Cancer (Jun 22 – Jul 22) A busy cycle begins and it will get progressively busier over the coming few weeks. Making key changes and investments continues.

These could include ticking off activities on your bucket

so, pay attention to your energy levels and avoid trying to over deliver. Meanwhile, opportunities continue to knock and you are determined to act on them.

Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21) Fresh starts in your public and professional life could well imply a breakthrough, or a promotion and raise or a sudden and unexpected turn. Generally, it looks like it is in your favor but the closer details of your destiny and circumstance could produce unexpected results too. Dealings with others may be rather challenging of late and you are wise to keep an open mind.

Sagittarius (Nov 22–Dec 21) This week begins on a rather high note, even though your workload may be a bit heavier of late. This trend to more sober and serious at work will continue this week and for the coming few. So, it will seem like summer is ending early for you. Yet, there will remain opportunities for social perks to see you through so stay alert and make the most of them.

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Virgo (Aug 24 – Sep 22) The Sun entering your sign is like the gunshot at the beginning of the race.

As ready as you may be, it may seem like you are off to a slow start. But this will soon change and you will be able to make up for lost time, but it could take a couple of weeks. To compensate, focus on your communications and negotiation processes with other key players.

Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22) A retreat cycle has begun. The urge for it will grow progressively over the coming weeks. In the short term, you still feel social and eager to express yourself. If

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