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Sun seekers young and old flocked to Davis Bay on Sept. 21 to view the solar eclipse. The moon passed between the earth and the sun at mid-morning, covering about 85 per cent of the sun at this latitude. It could be seen – with special protective glasses – from anywhere, but hundreds opted to watch as part of a crowd. The Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club set up telescopes on the Davis Bay seawall, and estimated that 700 people turned up. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

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Plane crashes at Sechelt Airport On August 21 at approximately 6:30pm, Sechelt RCMP were advised that a Cessna 172 aircraft had been unable to brake fully, and subsequently slid off the runway at Sunshine Coast Regional Airport in Sechelt.

The 19 year old lone occupant was a student pilot on a flight from Langley.

The pilot's intention was to touch down briefly before making the return flight. Instead, the Cessna drove off the runway and went across a grassy area before coming to a stop nose first in a ditch in some thick bushes. Luckily there were no injuries and it appears the damage to the

plane is minor.

Sechelt Fire Department, BC Ambulance Service and RCMP were on scene quickly but found the pilot had been

able to exit the plane without assistance. Transport Canada has been notified and will be investigating the incident.

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A Cessna 172 slid off the runway at Sechelt Airport Aug. 21.

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An information meeting about a proposed homeless shelter had people lined up out the door at the Seniors Centre in Sechelt. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO Crowds spilled outside the doors of the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre on the evening of August 16, as Sechelt residents waited to get into an information meeting held

by BC Housing on their proposed new 40-bed homeless shelter.

Many residents had been expecting a formal sit-down presentation, but the meeting consisted of poster boards, representatives answering questions, and public feedback forms. By the end of the evening, 165 people had signed into the meeting, which was held in the centre's craft room, a space that only accommodates about 50 standees.

In addition to staff from BC Housing, representatives were also present from Vancouver Coastal Health, RainCity Housing, and St. Hilda's Anglican Church, which has been providing space for a temporary shelter for the last four years.

"I'm pleased that there is a strong turnout for people to express their opinions," said Craig Crawford, vicepresident of operations for BC Housing.

The proposed shelter site, at Ebbtide Street and Trail Avenue (adjacent to the sewage treatment plant), is owned by the District of Sechelt and would be leased to BC Housing. The lot is serviced and convenient to amenities and public transit. BC Housing is proposing a modular format which can be constructed

quickly before winter sets in.

Amenities provided at the new facility would include 24/7 staffing, meals, laundry, and assistance accessing community services such as health care and employment.

Clients would be helped to stabilize their situations and make plans to move to secure long-term housing.

BC Housing is also working on a proposal for High Tide Supportive Housing, a 32-unit project on High Tide Avenue, which would provide space for individuals who are homeless or a risk of homelessness. Shelter clients would be able to transition to this facility as a step towards permanent housing.

A 2009 official count by the District of Sechelt identified 54 homeless people, though other estimates are much higher. Commenting on a public Facebook thread after the meeting, outreach worker Nick Gaskin said that

he has over 100 people in his active caseload and estimates there are about 300 homeless people altogether on the Sunshine Coast.

St. Hilda's has been accommodating 15 people per night sleeping on mats on the floor in a space that was never designed as a shelter.

Comments collected at the meeting on flip charts and via comment forms will be forwarded by BC Housing to the District of Sechelt. Additional comments are still being accepted via communityrelations@bchousing.org.

BC Housing has not yet made a formal request to Sechelt to lease the land, but was asked to hold a public meeting as a first step. The project will have to apply for a temporary use permit and a building permit, which will go through the district's public process.

Donna McMahon

Apparently not everyone is happy about the proposed homeless shelter: this picture of a sign, and others like it, appeared on Facebook in the days after the information meeting. FACEBOOK PHOTO

The Local - Thursday, August 24, 2017

Bear was punched in the nose

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A young Gibsons family had a terrifying experience when a large black bear entered their house in the Franklin Beach area and was refusing to leave despite their best efforts to scare it back outside.

On August 19, Elery Froude and her two sons Camden and Ivany were at home around 5:30pm when she heard 2 1/2 –year-old Ivany yell MOM look!!! Elery turned in time to see the bear coming through her sliding glass door. The bear roamed the house going into most of the rooms and drooling all over her dining room table.

Elery locked herself and the kids in a bedroom while a family friend yelled, banged pots and shook chairs at the bear before there was a standoff as the bear stood half in and half out of the house. The family friend slammed the door on the bear before finally punching it in the nose which made

him retreat outside.

Once the door was closed, the bear began pawing at the door and chewing on the screen as police arrived. Police scared the bear into the bushes with air horns and by throwing water bottles at it. Shortly after though, the bear returned to the house and tried to open the door to the garage and chased a male down the street before he could jump into his truck.

After liaising with Conservation, it was determined that due to the bear’s aggressive actions and lack of fear of humans, it was to be put down.

The bear was put down

by RCMP and was removed

by Conservation. Sgt. Miller from Conservation stated it was an adult male bear weighing approximately 220250lbs and did not have any overt signs that it had been suffering from any illnesses that would have resulted in its unusually brazen behaviour. Submitted by RCMP

On October 11, 2017, BC Ferries will harmonize its safety practices with Canadian ferry operators relating to Transport Canada regulations that prohibit passengers from remaining in their vehicle on any closed deck on a vessel that is underway.

Since 2007, BC Ferries has been complying with Transport Canada regulations by maintaining a continuous car deck patrol. BC Ferries and Transport Canada recently re-examined the policy and in an effort to coordinate safety practices will change the application of the regulation.

On larger vessels with both an upper and lower vehicle deck, customers will still be able to remain in their vehicles on the upper vehicle deck. Customers with special circumstances may make a request at the ticket booth to be placed on the upper vehicle deck. Where this is possible, BC Ferries will try and accommodate your request.

“The regulations relate to safety, and the safety of our

passengers and employees is to vessels including the Queen a core value for BC Ferries,” of Coquitlam and the Queen said Captain Jamie Marshall, of Surrey on the Horseshoe BC Ferries’ Vice President of Bay-Langdale route.

Fleet Operations. “Last year BC Ferries staff will iniwe carried 21 million passen- tially adopt a soft approach gers safely to their destina- to enforcement by informing tions byJune keeping customers Transport June top22 - September 2017 22 -safety September 4, 2017 of4,the of-mindJune in every regulation and asking 22 -operational September Canada 4, 2017 decisionSUMMER we made.” SUMMER them to comply. BC Ferries This SUMMER new policy regarding appreciates there may be a lower vehicle decks applies small number of customers

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A large bear is seen gnawing at the door after being locked out of a house in Gibsons. Then, after chasing a man down the street, the bear was put down by police. RCMP PHOTO

Passengers banned from lower deck who request an exemption to the regulation. Exemptions to the regulations cannot be routinely granted, but employees will do their best to accommodate customers who have unique challenges or special needs that may preclude exiting their vehicle and moving up to the passenger decks.

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Editorial Opinion Wildfire wakeup call Wildfires are sweeping BC. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million — and the season is far from over.

It’s not just BC. Thousands of people from BC to California have fled homes as fires rage. Greenland is experiencing the largest blaze ever recorded, one that Prof. Stef Lhermitte of Delft University in the Netherlands called “a rare and unusual event.” Fires have spread throughout Europe, North America and elsewhere. In June, dozens of people died in what’s being called Portugal’s worst fire ever. Meanwhile, from Saskatchewan to Vietnam to New Zealand, floods have brought landslides, death and destruction.

What will it take to wake us up to the need to address climate change? Fires and floods have always been here, and are often nature’s way of renewing ecosystems — but as the world warms, they’re increasing in frequency, size and severity. Experts warn wildfires could double in number in the near future, with the Pacific Northwest seeing five or six times as many.

Climate change doesn’t necessarily start the fires — lightning, unattended campfires, carelessly tossed cigarette butts and sparks from machinery are major causes — but it creates conditions for more and larger fires. Lightning, which causes up to 35 per cent of Canada’s wildfires and is responsible for 85 per cent of the area burned annually, increases as temperatures rise, with studies showing 12 per cent more lightning strikes for each degree Celsius of warming.

The human and economic impacts are staggering — from property destruction to firefighting and prevention to loss of valuable resources and ecosystems. As human populations expand further into wild areas, damages and costs are increasing.

According to NASA, Earth’s average surface temperature has risen by 1.1 C since the late 19th century, with most warming occurring over the past 35 years, and 16 of the 17 warmest years occurring since 2001. Eight months of 2016 were the warmest on record. Oceans have also been warming and acidifying quickly, Arctic ice has rapidly decreased in extent and thickness, glaciers are retreating worldwide, and sea levels have been rising at an accelerating pace. Record high temperature events have been increasing while low temperature events have decreased, and extreme weather events are becoming more common in many areas.

Today’s wildfires are a wake-up call. If we are serious about our Paris Agreement commitments, we can’t build more pipelines, expand oil sands, continue fracking or exploit extreme Arctic and deep-sea oil.

David Suzuki

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Count me in (Re “Two Tall”, the Local, Aug.17) I just wanted to send a brief note on your frontpage picture and caption. I was one of the stilters who came over to participate in your fun parade and it looks like your coverage is based on two people, when fact there were three. I guess if you had used a pic without me in it, I would understand. But I'm right there in the pic with the blue umbrella. Kind of unfortunate, as we always

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This is the story of Little, a bald eaglet who was rescued when it couldn’t fly at fledge time.

The nest was monitored by a member of Hancock Wildlife Foundation.

Heather Johnson can view the nest from her property in Wilson Creek. By mid-June she discovered through photographs that one eaglet seemed much smaller than its sibling who fledged a whole month before Little. A photograph she took towards the end of July gave us concern that Little would not be able to fly upon leaving the nest.

When Little disappeared from the nest Aug. 9 and

stilt as a team.

Anyway, we had a complete blast participating that day.

Danielle Snow

A nightmare

On the evening of July 31 our neighbourhood was awakened at 2am to a real life nightmare. A home full of loved ones and possessions was engulfed in flames. Once the relief of knowing that everyone made it out of the house physically unharmed, our neighbourhood banded together to make sure that

eagle-calling stopped, Heather and I set out to search around the base of the nest tree, having no idea if we would even be able to walk to it through the underbrush and blackberry bushes. We managed fine and found the tree, with Little grounded below.

We took him to Gibsons Wildlife Rehab Centre, and he has since been transferred to OWL (Orphaned Wildlife Society, in Delta).

Little will have to be rehabbed there for about a year to grow in a whole new set of feathers. He didn’t even have much of a tail. He will learn to fly and catch fish there.

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the family who were only able to escape in pyjamas and shoes were warm and, most importantly, that they were surrounded in hugs and love, in hopes that it provided the tiniest bit of calm through such a tragic ordeal.

If we go back to July 29 we see the Rubio family celebrating the birthday of their oldest child and the arrival of Jessica's parents from Chile. The family was full of joy.

Then on July 31 we see the terror and sadness on the faces of the seven people who went to sleep hours earlier, to be awakened to the sheer panic of being told to get out of the house. The fire was concentrated through the roof and the fire fighters, in order to keep themselves safe, battled the fire from the outside until they could safely enter and extinguish the fire. This took several hours. Erik, Jessica, Jessica's mom and dad and Erik and Jessica's oldest child bore witness to the whole event.

As the neighbourhood came together to care for the family it was apparent that one does not understand the true devastation that is caused by watching your belongings be engulfed in flames, and the worry of the psychological impact, especially on your children. It is something that no one could imagine for themselves and now our dear neighbours and friends were living this terrible reality.

In the days following the fire the Rubio family were able to enter the rented house and pull out what little belongings were salvageable. While they do have rental insurance and belongings will be replaced we are created this page (https://www.youcaring. com/rubiofamily-900407)

The Rubio family. PHOTO SUBMITTED because when someone you know or love goes through such an ordeal every part of you wants to help in any way you can.

Financial help was the best way we felt could assist this family in trying to find a new normal for their life.

We cannot know the long-term effects that this event will have on their lives, but we can ensure that if there is any way that extra funds could assist them in this ordeal that we have done our best to help.

Andrea Holmes, Langdale (As of Aug. 22, the crowd funding page showed donations of $1,545 to the Rubio family. Ed)

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The Local - Thursday, August 24, 2017

BC Ferries to ban smoking BC Ferries announced today that as of January 22, 2018, the company will introduce a smoke-free environment on board all of its vessels and at its terminals.

This coincides with National Non-Smoking Week, which runs from January 21 to 28, 2018.

Last year, the Province amended regulations for no smoking buffer zones around any doorway, intake or open window to any public or workplace from three metres to six metres. Due to the physical space available from doors on the outer decks of BC Ferries’ large vessels and on the vehicle decks of smaller vessels, the new regulation means all vessels will need to become smoke-free environ-

ments. In reviewing our policy on smoking in remaining areas, BC Ferries is choosing to introduce a smoke-free environment on all BC Ferries properties, including vessels, terminals and other operations, to support the health and wellness of our passengers and employees.

“BC Ferries made the decision to provide a smoke-free environment for the travelling public and our employees on board our ships and at our terminals,” said Mark Collins, BC Ferries’ President and CEO. “This new policy supports the health and wellness of our customers and employees, as it helps control their exposure to secondhand smoke. We continue to focus on improving our

customers’ experience, and providing the safest working environment for our crews.”

BC Ferries is providing advanced notice of the policy change to provide passengers and employees who smoke time to adjust to this change.

The new smoke-free policy will apply to tobacco, marijuana and e-cigarettes, and is expected to reduce the number of complaints BC Ferries receives from customers related to second-hand smoke.

Announcements regarding the new policy will be made on board the vessels and at the terminals, and signage will be placed on board the vessels and on shore as a reminder of the new policy.

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Record ferry traffic BC Ferries first quarter results show passenger traffic levels were the highest BC Ferries has experienced in the past 20 years and vehicle traffic levels were the highest the company has ever experienced as compared to the same quarter in prior years.

During this quarter, passenger traffic increased 3.8 per cent and vehicle traffic increased 4.4 per cent compared to the same quarter in the prior year.

“This first quarter has been very busy for our company as we carried historically high volumes and focused on improving the customer experience,” said Mark Collins, BC Ferries’ President and CEO.

“We have added additional sailings, provided numerous fare discount opportunities and introduced efficient new vessels with modern customer amenities on-board.”

Net earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2017 (the first quarter of fiscal 2018) were $17.3 million, compared to net earnings of $27.0 million in the first quarter of the previous year.

“Our net earnings have decreased compared to first quarter last year as BC Ferries invests in this improved customer experience. We have held ticket prices stable, absorbed increased operating costs due to higher traffic and delivered additional ca-

pacity to customers. In particular, our targeted discount program has led to increased travel by some of our customers and shifted demand to previously underutilized sailings. In fact, on our major routes, there was a seven per cent reduction in overloads for passenger vehicles yearover-year despite the higher traffic levels.”

Revenues increased by 3.31 per cent to $225.9 million, primarily as a result of increased traffic volumes. Operating expenses increased by 8.8 per cent, mainly due to an increase in fuel consumption and labour costs.

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A team runs through the hops at the Persephone “beer farm” Aug. 20 near the end of the “tough kegger” race. The team is representing the Hangar Climbing Lounge in Sechelt and consists of the owner Lukas Stuebi, left front, and three members of the gym: Will Baturin, right front, Adrian Boehm, left rear, and Katja Strauss, in the white hat. A total of 37 teams ran seven kilometres carrying a 60-pound keg of water (beer would not survive the shaking) as a fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living. The race was won by a team called Lavish Dipsy Doooooodles from the Lower Mainland. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

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Pet Smarts Jane Bowers Professional Trainer

The relationship many people have with their pets is an important one. While many people who live with companion animals appreciate how their pet enhances their life, researchers continue to study the benefits of living with pets.

At the inaugural educa-

Stargazing Mercury will be very low in the E morning twilight in September. Venus will be low in the E in the morning twilight. Mars will be very low in the E during twilight late in the month. Jupiter

tional summit of PAWSitive InterAction, experts in the areas of medicine, psychiatry, veterinary studies and epidemiology came together to discuss scientific research and case studies that validate the therapeutic effects and benefits of human-animal relationships. They reported that there are social, behavioral, emotional and physical benefits to pet ownership.

Socially, pets help increase our ability to affiliate with others around us by stimulat-

ing conversation and aiding in the reduction of anxious feelings people may experience. Behavioral benefits are that animals introduce responsibility and a nurturing behavior into the lives of children as a family pet is often considered a child’s child.

Because our pets are often the center of attention, and because they are, after all, animals, they usually do things that make us laugh providing us with an emotional benefit.

Animals encourage more ex-

ercise, which results in better physical health (Pawsitive Interaction, 2002) A recent UK study revealed that people who walked dogs were consistently more physically active than those who did not regardless of environmental conditions. This study found that even on days with the worst weather conditions, those who walked their dogs had 20 per cent higher activity levels than non-dog owners and spent 30 min/day less

sedentary (Wu, Luben, & Jones, 2017) In another study, 45 per cent of owners reported that their dog ‘encouraged them to walk’ and that 66 per cent of owners felt that having their dog(s) ‘made them walk more.’ This study found that owning a larger dog, having an increased level of attachment to dog, knowing dog enjoys going for a walk, believing walking keeps dog healthy, and having high social support from family to

go walking, encouraged dog walking (Wesgarth, Knuiman, & Christian, 2016).

will be very low in the W soon after sunset but will be lost in twilight mid-month.

Saturn can be seen low in the SSW at dusk and sets in the WSW near 11pm.

Starting in September the Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club will present our autumn lecture series featuring visiting astronomers and

a variety of interesting topics. On Friday September 8, Christa Van Laerhoven will speak at the Arts Center in Sechelt beginning at 8pm.

Her topic will be “major migrations: rearranging the solar system."

Van Laerhoven is a postdoctoral fellow at UBC and has worked on various proj-

ects that involved doing data reductions, verifying candidate Kuiper Belt objects, performing astrometric measurements and astronomical imaging.

The Kuiper Belt is a disc shaped region of icy bodies including dwarf planets such as Pluto and comets beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100km (62 miles) across and an

estimated trillion or more comets. The first Kuiper Belt object was discovered in 1992 by astronomer Gerard Kuiper.

On September 11, it will be 50 years to the day that Surveyor 5 made the first soil analysis of another planetary body, our moon.

On September 18, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Regulus and the moon will form a straight line in the morning twilight.

On September 5, Planet

Neptune, the blue giant planet will be at its closest approach to earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the sun. It will be brighter than any other time of the year and will be visible all night long. This is the best time to view and photograph Neptune. Due to its extreme distance from earth it will only appear as a tiny blue dot in all but the most powerful telescopes.

On Sunday, September 10 the Pender Harbour Advisory Council hosts an exciting afternoon. Starting at 2pm all are invited to the Pender Harbour community hall to attend the first ever Pender Harbour volunteer awards ceremony, the Pender Harbour Advisory Council's annual general meeting and a town hall meeting. The vol-

unteer awards will honour volunteers within our community and acknowledge their contributions.

Pender Harbour is a community that relies greatly on volunteers for so many events, festivals, organizations and groups, services, activities and venues and so much more. Come show your support and help applaud our volunteers.

Stay for the town hall meeting and hear the latest developments on the dock management plan, PODs, youth at risk, seniors housing and more. The town hall

meeting is an important way to bring together community members from the Pender Harbour and Egmont areas so they can be informed of issues and events within the community and can have any concerns heard.

Attend the PHAC's AGM and participate in conversations around the developments in our community.

Come to the Pender Harbour community hall in Madeira Park on September 10 at 2pm and show your support for our volunteers and for our community.

Sunshine Coast ElderCollege would like to invite the community to attend our free Fall 2017 course preview on Tuesday ,August 29 10-11:30am at the Sechelt Campus of Capilano University.

ElderCollege is a community of individuals aged 55 plus with a zest for learning and exploring life as we continue to broaden our horizons. We offer a wealth of valuable course and activities through the year to the Sunshine Coast Community.

We work in partnership

with the Sunshine Coast Regional District for registration and publicity, and in association with Capilano University. Course fees have been reduced a further 12.5 per cent this year.

Fall courses are: Why Indigenous Literatures Matter, Hot Topics, iPad for Beginners, Create Stunning Photos With Your iPad, Artists in the Studio, Adventures in Travel, Trace Your Ancestors, Music to My Ears, Dialogue Circles: Towards Reconciliation, Foraging for Mushrooms, The History of Readers and Read-

ing, Canada and the Second World War, Shakespeare: Contemporaries and Conspiracies, and A New History of Life: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable.

Students can register by phone, on-line and in person: By Phone call 604 885 6801. To register on line visit the SCRD website and log on to ww.scrd.ca/recreation; or in person at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre or the Gibsons and Area Community Centre.

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Back to the Old Mine wildfire site

STARTS HERE Trails The Pender Hill trail is all about the magnificent view of Pender Harbour from the top. Added attractions are the dry, rocky arbutus dominated ecosystem.

The Suncoaster trail functions as a backbone corridor to the Sunshine Coast providing users with 37 kilometres of trail and a unique opportunity to experience its rugged nature.

Soames Hill offers impressive second growth forest trails leading to spectacular views of Howe Sound mountains and islands, Gibsons and the Strait of Georgia.

Parks Connor Park includes a large playfield with a soccer pitch and two baseball diamonds, a playground, hiking and bike trails and a bike skills area.

Cliff Gilker is a woodland park that features forest trails, unique wooden bridges spanning foaming creeks, and a multitude of waterfalls.

Shirley Macey Park offers two grass playing fields, a tot water park, and change rooms.

Playing Fields The SCRD maintains over 400,000 square feet of playing fields on the Sunshine Coast that are available for booking.

Campground Katherine Lake and Campground is a picturesque lake and popular swimming spot to enjoy for a day or as part of a camping trip.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) manages and maintains 16.79 kilometres of paved bike paths, approximately 71.6 kilometres of trails, and 102 community parks and beach accesses with a total size of 698.78 hectares. From camping at Katherine Lake, or mountain biking at Sprockids Park, to meandering through Secret Cove trails, your adventure into the natural beauty of Sunshine Coast parks starts here!

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The forestry road winds through the site of the Old Sechelt Mine fire two years ago. The salvageable timber has been removed, but the replanting is not yet complete. STEPHEN SMITH PHOTO It’s a lovely August afternoon, when we hit the bumpy, dusty forestry road towards the Sechelt Old Mine in our SUV. The dust kicks up fine as talc as trucks and ATVs pass us on the narrow passage. Everything around us is brown or ashen – I wonder why there’s no back-country closure here.

The conditions seem as dry as when the West Sechelt or Old Mine fire started on July 2, 2015. It was a fire that burned for nine days, causing smoke to cover the skies all the way to Vancouver. There was an evacuation of Carlson Point residents and the life of a 61 year-old tree-faller was tragically lost, while he was fighting the fire. The cause of the fire was suspected to be of human origin at the time.

We drive past the burnt remnants of a boat – its outboard motor casing melted – then what looks to be charred appliances. Whether these were the results of the wildfire of July 2015 or from people lugging unwanted items up to incinerate them, I can’t say.

A few Douglas firs over 100-feet-tall, their bases charred, tower over us – they alone rise out of groomed debris. They survived because of their thick fire-resistant bark. There are few survivors, probably some were lost because of candling. Part of the area that burned two years ago was in the Sunshine Coast community forest.

A community forest is intended to be for the benefit of communities, including

issuing of licences for gathering of firewood, silviculture and recreation like mountain biking trails that are built by volunteers here.

The process of issuing licences and requesting tenders for the removal of the fire killed trees started in October 2016 and was wrapped up in May of this year, according to Dave Lasser of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest. He said that it was hoped to start sooner the spring after the fires ended in 2015, but it took the extra year to work through the process.

He says there is more lumber that could’ve been removed, but then the area wouldn’t meet the Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) set by the BC Ministry of Forests. However, the revenue from the logging post-fire more than covered the cost of hiring contractors to plant the area with seedlings, according to Lasser.

I saw extremely dry brush and the occasional seedlings approximately 10 inches high of what appeared to be alders, that would normally

On August 15, a passerby noticed a young female starting a small fire on the running track behind Elphinstone Secondary School in the 800 block of Gibsons Way, Gibsons. When confronted, the female walked away and the passerby extinguished the small fire before calling police. Police attended after confirming the fire was fully extinguished, made patrols but did not locate the suspect, who is described as a Caucasian female in her twenties, wearing a cowboy hat, light coloured shirt and jeans. No further reports were received.

• • • On August 18, police as-

sisted the Halfmoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department with a campfire at a property in the 8100 block of Frances Road, Halfmoon Bay. The resident, who was aware of the complete campfire bans, didn't realize the ban applied to backyards. After the fire was extinguished, police issued the resident a Violation Ticket for Light, fuel or use fire against restriction, as per Section 10(3) of the Wildfire Act. The fine is $1,150.

• • • On August 18, police assisted the Sechelt Fire Prevention Inspector at an illegal campfire complaint in the backyard of a residence in the 5700 block of Nick-

grow back after a fire in the southern and Wormy Lake area. Lasser explains that the contracted tree planter for the southern area started later in the spring and only 30 per cent of that area was planted. The rest of the area will be completely planted with seedlings in the spring of 2018.

If we’d gone to the northern area, where 90 per cent of the tree planting is complete, we’d have seen more seedlings, but still it will be many years before this area once again looks like a forest. Close to the roads, there were no seedlings, as Lasser explains this is the last stage of the planting, called “fill planting”.

At the top of the hill overlooking Wormy Lake, there is a makeshift bench and a fire pit. There are no water sources up here, only straw-like weeds that would make good kindling if a spark would fall into them.

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A few Douglas firs survived the fire because of their thick, fire-resistant bark. STEPHEN SMITH PHOTO

Police respond to illegal fires erson Road, Sechelt. The homeowner, who had a large wood fire burning in a metal fire pit, advised he believed the fire ban had been lifted and referred to the District of Sechelt website as his source on information. Police reviewed the website and observed it is very clear in stating that any provincial fire ban supersedes any local by-laws. The homeowner put out the fire immediately and was issued a Violation Ticket as per section 10(3) of the Wildfire Act for Light, Fuel or use Fire Against Restriction, which carries a fine of $1,150.

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There were concerns about the dark colour of the siding planned for renovations of the renamed Gibsons Landing Inn, and the owner was encouraged to make the landscaping colourful. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO Makeovers for two commercial properties near the Gibsons Public Market occupied the Gibsons Advisory Planning Commission (APC) on August 18.

The Gibsons Landing Inn at 505 Gower Point Road (formerly the Ritz Inn), is presently under renovation.

Dave Tessier, project manager for the renovation, said upgrades include the addition of an elevator, sprinkler system, a new building envelope, two new walkways connecting the buildings, and improvements to units' kitchens and bathrooms.

Two elements of the renovation fell under the purview of the APC: the building's landscaping and new siding. The hotel previously had beige siding, but is being reclad in grey HardieBoard.

While APC members were very pleased to see improvements to the hotel, Aleria Ladwig expressed concern about the dark grey, noting that it did not meet Town guidelines specifying warm earth tones or muted blues and greens. "It's a big wall and it's a dark colour," said Ladwig.

However, APC member and architect Scott Davis thought the new colour scheme might work. "When

you dress up a large lady and you put her in a black dress, she looks a little smaller sometimes. You can do that with a building too. You can change the scale of a building by changing the colour."

He also noted that the new plan incorporates different textures in the siding, window treatments, and railings.

The APC recommended acceptance of the application as presented, with a suggestion to enhance the landscaping.

"We're a little bit nervous about the darkest colour that you've chosen, so I would encourage your project to maybe put some real interesting colourful landscaping in front of it because it then is a nice backdrop," said Davis.

Renovations to the property are expected to be completed within three months, so the facility will be ready to re-open in winter.

A follow-up phone call to Director of Planning Andre Boel confirmed that the owner of the hotel is interested in converting the property to residential use but has not yet made an application to change the zoning. However, Boel agreed that the difference between a rental apartment building and a hotel that rents rooms by the week or month is a grey area. Other

hotels in Gibsons have rented rooms on a long-term basis.

The other commercial renovation to come before the APC was the proposed conversion of an existing house at 444 Gower Point Road into a 58-seat Mexican Restaurant. Applicants propose to expand the front of the building to the property line, add an enclosed side patio along the south side, and finish the building with stucco and a Mexican tile roof.

"This is not a heritage west coast traditional style, it is a style that is a Mexican design in form and character," noted Committee chair Pam Robertson.

However, committee members liked the proposal, describing it as "fun", "colourful" and "funky", although they did ask the landscape designer to add elements to the landscaping that would be "a little more Gibsons" in character.

APC members also expressed concern that the proposed outdoor patio is directly adjacent to an apartment building, which could lead to conflict over noise. However, Boel noted that the variance process includes notification of neighbours, so there will be an opportunity for public input. Donna McMahon

Saturday, September 16, 2017 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Help keep our community clean!

Join us for the “Backroad Trash Bash� community clean-up of illegal dump sites from Port Mellon to Elphinstone.

Fantastic draw prizes for volunteers!

Complimentary BBQ lunch from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Recognition for long-time volunteers and corporate teams.

Meet at: Eric Cardinall Hall in Shirley Macey Park, 930 Chamberlin Road, West Howe Sound Please pre-register with the following information: 1) Name and number of participants 2) Organization, group or company name 3) If you have a: -Vehicle capable of hauling garbage -Extra seats for carpooling 4) Contact information

Report all illegal dumpsites to: A proposal to turn this house on Gower Point Road near the Gibsons Public Market, top, into a Mexican restaurant, left, was examined by the Gibsons Advisory Planning Commission.

The members asked that the designer add some west coast-style landscaping.

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• Gymnastics programs for kids age 4 & above • Gymnastics Classes • Development Gymnastics Programs • Junior Achievement Gymnastics • Petite Elite for girls • Boys Programs • Advanced Gymnastics Programs • Teens Gymnastics Programs • Fall Gymnastics Training Camps (September)

The “11 equal artists” behind the Power of Paint exhibit and sale, Aug.18-20 at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt, pose in front of their “collaborative wall” of 12”x12” paintings. Those paintings were sold for $200 each, with the proceeds funding four fine arts bursaries of $800 each.

The artists, back row from the left: Josefa Fritz Barham, Todd Clark, Greta Guzek, Marleen Vermeulen, Morley Baker, Nadina Tandy and Kim LaFave; and front row, Elizabeth Evans, Carol LaFave, Ian MacLeod and Cindy Riach. ANNA NOBILE PHOTO

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Three Sunshine Coast talents take a bow at the Rising Tide concert at the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival Aug. 18. From the left, pianist David Poon, of Gibsons, baritone Louis Dillon, originally from Halfmoon Bay, and mezzo-soprano Rose-Ellen Nichols, who grew up in Pender Harbour. For those who missed the concert, Coast Cable taped the performance with plans to show it sometime later this month and again in October when their new season begins. ANNA NOBILE PHOTO

GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS

New club

The District of Sechelt has two (2) volunteer vacancies to fill on the Community Investment Program Grant Review Committee.

Appointees to this position will review grant applications from not-for-profit organizations, based on the policy and priorities established by Sechelt Council. The term for these positions will expire November 2020.

On August 31, Gibsons will celebrate the founding of a new Toastmasters club on the Sunshine Coast. The new club — named Coastmasters — was created to address the need for an evening meeting in Gibsons, allowing more community members to participate and grow their communication and leadership skills. There are currently 22 people learning new speaking and evaluation skills in the club, with room for plenty more.

To celebrate the new club charter, there will be a public meeting held at the Gibsons Garden Hotel on August 31, at 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome to come out and celebrate, ask questions, receive demonstrations of what Toastmasters do, and listen to some talented speakers.

For more information about Coastmasters, visit https://www.facebook. com/cmtmbc/ or call Sheila Cameron at 604-740-2179.

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If you are interested in serving the community on this Committee, please pick up a copy of the Terms of Reference and an application form at municipal hall reception, or from our website at: http://www.sechelt.ca/Live/Community-Investment-Program

Applicant requirements:

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Resident of the District of Sechelt Knowledgeable about not-for-profit and charitable organizations Knowledge of local community organizations and events Be available to volunteer for approximately 1-2 days in February 2018 (approximately 6-8hrs to review all applications and 6-8hrs to adjudicate applications and listen to presentations)

How to apply:

Please submit your completed application form to Sara Tyne, Administrative Assistant, by Monday, September 11th at 4:30pm Email: STyne@sechelt.ca or In-person: District of Sechelt 2nd Floor, 5797 Cowrie St., Sechelt, BC Additional information: Siobhan Smith, Arts, Culture and Communications Coordinator SSmith@sechelt.ca or 604-740-8476 www.sechelt.ca | 604-885-1986 | info@sechelt.ca Supporting families by providing them with healthy food to feed their

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The Rogue Arts Festival returns for its second year, running August 25-27, this time in Wilson Creek. “We always wanted to be on the Clarke Farm,” says Arwen MacDonald, Artistic Producer of the Festival of their new location. “Last year we weren’t able to secure the permits in time.” Those permits include onsite camping for those who buy advance three-day passes. “We’re looking to enhance the experience for people who want to really engage with the event,” says MacDonald. The new location offers other benefits as well. Clarke Farm is located at Highway 101 and Tyson Road, with a transit stop just five minutes from the site. There will be ample and secure bicycle lock up and an evening shuttle bus service. “Between the transportation and the actual location itself, [the new site] is much more accessible for everyone,” says MacDonald.

What hasn’t changed from last year is a full line up of accomplished musicians, including locals Steve Weave, Giorgio Magnanensi, Matthew Lovegrove, Spouse, and Butler in the Hey. They’ll be joined by such off Coast talents as rockers Kitty and The Rooster, dance music duo The Imprints from Australia, and the ever popular Queer as Funk. There are also several “collective sets” programmed. “We’re bringing different musicians together who’ve never played together before, giving them a certain allotment of time and seeing what happens,” explains MacDonald. “Some may bring their usual material with others joining in, sometimes it’s a full on jam session. Some may communicate ahead of time and others may just do it on the fly.”

In keeping with the Festival’s philosophy of trying to create a space that has something for everyone, there is also an onsite art gallery coordinated by Dean Schutz featuring 11 local artists and a full weekend schedule of artist demos.

Marlene Lowden is running Freedom To Paint, a weekend long interactive painting demonstration featuring a very large canvas upon which everyone is invited to make their mark. The Workshop series has a wide offering, including Banjo 101 and How to Write A Song with Maxim Cossette. The Sunshine Coast SHROOM society will be on hand to help with mushroom identification and the One Straw Society has workshops on making healing salves, seed

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The Vancouver-based band Queer As Funk is one of the acts appearing at the weekend Rogue Arts Festival on Tyson Rd. in Wilson Creek. FUBARFOTO PHOTO paper and sprouting seeds at home. There’s also yoga, soundwalking, and human foosball, and a whole lot more. “Going Rogue is about doing things your own way,” says MacDonald. “The combination of being the first

year at the Clarke Farm with the programming, which I think is quite exceptional, is going to be a hallmark year for us. It’s going to be awesome.”

The Rogue Arts Festival runs at the Clarke Farm

in Wilson Creek August 25-27. Advance weekend passes $30/$50. Day tickets $15/$25/$35. Complete information, including schedule, location details, general Festival info and to purchase tickets, visit roguefest.ca

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August 26 Playback, Madeira Park Legion, 8pm, members $10, guests $12.50 August 26 A.D.D. with Michelle Morand, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 August 27 Historical walking tour of Lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, Pioneer Park, 10am, by donation August 27 Music in the Landing presents Australian fiddle and drum duo Little Prince, sun dial stage on Gower Pt. Rd. 11am -1pm August 27 Sechelt Hospital Foundation MedTalks on “aging well”, Rockwood Pavilion, Sechelt, 2-4pm, by donation August 27 Slow Sundays in the Creek features Dale Stavroff acoustic blues (1:15pm) and Knotty Daughters marimba band (2pm), behind the library, Roberts Creek, open mic at noon August 27 Blue Line Duo, last show, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5-8pm August 29 SC Eldercollege fall preview, Capilano University, Sechelt, 10am-noon, free August 31 Public celebration to launch Coastmasters (new Toastmasters club), Gibsons Garden Hotel, 6:30-8:30pm, 604-7402179 September 1 Dinner music by Charlotte Wrinch, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm, tips for the musician September 2 Historical walking tour of Lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, Pioneer Park, 10am, by donation September 2 Meet the artist, R.B. Wainwright, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 1-2pm September 3 Annual harvest festival with music by Brothers in Farms and bake, garlic and plant sale, Botanical Garden, West Sechelt, 11am, by donation September 3 Herbal walk and learn, with music, fundraiser for African settlement camp, 488 Central Ave. (Granthams Landing) 3-7pm, $35 advance, $45 at the door, rsvp 604-886-3385 September 3 House concert Jordyn Jackson and Shawn Fisher (Flagship Romance), 8006 Wildwood Rd., Halfmoon Bay, $20, jlussier@sd46.bc.ca September 4 Labour Day picnic, sponsored

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mance is featured in this equation. Yet, in some respects, you are very serious about what is going on. Renovations and other deep measures require diligent efforts.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Your energy levels and a sense of optimism have been boosted by the recent eclipses.

It may feel as though you have come through something of a storm these past several months. Then again, it may not be entirely over. Getting your ‘house in order’ may feel like the right thing to do so you are prepared for anything.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Getting clear on your priorities is an important theme amplified by this recent eclipse season. Basically, you will be focused on what you do and do not want and need. Deciphering the difference between them will prove important as well. This could include clearing the clutter. Cleaning-up your finances to ensure you are not losing money is also likely.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) A big boost of confidence is likely yours to enjoy now and this trend will continue.

Changes are indicated, yet they appear to be a positive activation that will touch upon

Community Futures Sunshine Coast is seeking its 2017 fall cohort of entrepreneurs whose businesses will help address social, environmental, or economic challenges on the Coast and beyond.

The Local Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (LEAP!) is an nine-week enterprise accelerator program for new business ideas. More than 30 past alumni have gone on to establish many of our well-known and loved businesses, such as the Coast Car Coop, Share-There, Care for

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In September, another eight LEAP! participants will test and refine their business ideas, explore revenue streams and profitability, crystallize community and social benefits, and begin marketing their products and services. They will be supported with curriculum offered by our partners at Simon Fraser University, and by our Community Futures staff team who make

every effort to help launch their idea into our market.

Weekly evening classes begin Thursday, Sept. 28 in Sechelt and culminate with a funfilled LEAP! launch party in late November. Cost is only $100 per participant as Community Futures and SFU are underwriting expenses related to the program for eight promising entrepreneurial leaders.

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financial, professional and public involvements. Although your work load could increase over the coming weeks, so too will your influence, and your income too.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) Definite shifts in your overall state of awareness and mode of self-expression should be increasingly evident. This eclipse season has been especially impactful for your sign. Your overall state of awareness and attitude are undergoing shifts. In turn, these are influencing your daily rhythm, approach and lifestyle, in general, and your career.

Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 22) Dreams and other features of your destiny awaiting their turn in your subconscious have received a definite nudge. Now they have begun to awaken. These are activating changes in some of your most intimate relationships especially. So, your love life may be getting a boost... or a jolt. Otherwise, creative inspirations and challenges require your unique response.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Friends and colleagues too and anyone or anything else linked to your career have been activated to play a special part in your life at this time. Home and family are also indicated. Each of these is influencing the other. In some respects, you may feel the urge to escape, while in other respects you feel rebellious and up for the fight.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your perceptions and your

beliefs are playing on each other in new and exciting ways.

You feel bold and determined as a result. This is an opening and presents an opportunity for a breakthrough of some kind. Your career and family life are both being influenced as well, at least indirectly. This is pretty big.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A deep and steady flow of changes has been underway in your life for the past 2.5 years.

The momentum of these is therefore already strong.

This recent eclipse season has activated the next important wave. Changes close to home can include endings of key relationships, personal and/or professional, renovations and your priorities in general.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your career, lifestyle and those relationships linked to

both are feeling the impact of the recent eclipses. Positively, new projects and assignments have begun. These will likely have a very positive influence on your current and future fulfillment and income. Trust these shifts and focus to cooperate with them as they will be the keys that open new doors yet.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Projects that you have been working on will come into focus for the sake of completion over the coming weeks. These are directly linked to your work and financial flow. It is important that you focus and make all the necessary efforts required, which stand to be substantial. This is an important follow-through period, so bring projects to completion now!

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Tip of the Week: As Virgo time gains momentum, the winds of change activated by the Total Solar Eclipse a few days ago will be increasingly evident by now. If you are destined to experience a direct activation, it usually begins quite quickly. However, sometimes the change is there but is not recognized for what it is. The objectivity astrology provides serves to awaken us to the currents of destiny beyond our socially conditioned perceptions and attitudes.

As of this date, Mercury in still Retrograde in Virgo and will conjunct the Sun on August 26. Mars in Leo is currently exactly conjunct the Lunar North Node. This has the effect of giving destiny a big push. Fortunately, according to the details of the chart, this extra muscle comes with a playful and sincere tone. Despite the many dramas in the world, this energy pattern is suggestive of heroism, as well.

On August 31, Mercury reenters Leo and, a couple of days later forms a conjunction with advancing Mars. The synchronicity of this is likely to manifest as the next big sensation in the headlines with strong and even revolutionary appeals for change improvement. Virgo can generally be described as the strong, silent type, despite a very sharp critical attitude, constructive and otherwise, but with Leo involved, the hermit comes out of the shadows with all the pumped personality, sparkle and dazzle of a famous talk show host.

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) By now, the destined effects of the Solar Eclipse are unfolding. They may be obvious or not so, or perhaps no planets or angles were specifically aspected so the influences will be minimal. Otherwise, something new has been conceived and significant changes in your lifestyle have begun. Positively, something very special has been activated.

Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20) What changes close to home and with family and in your closest relationships have been triggered? If the answer is not evident yet, it will be soon. Fun, play, games and ro-

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