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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, June 13, 2019 Young “Coastal Voices” Page 11

Gibsons CAO Hits Back

A House On Fire

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Water Dialogues Page 5

Logging Sale Questioned Page 6

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Thru Road Objections Page 9

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There was no one home when this house in Halfmoon Bay caught fire about 8:30am on June 9. The building in the photo was the main residence and was destroyed; a smaller cabin connected by a wooden walkway was saved. Cause of the fire, in the 5200-block Taylor Cres., is still under investigation. The fire was fully involved when the Halfmoon Bay Fire Department arrived, and firefighters concentrated on preventing it from spreading. The flames tried to ignite the arbutus trees on the left, but Fire Chief Ryan Daley said they were lucky the house was sitting out on the rock. “A house fire could cause an interface fire; it (the fire) can travel,” said Daley. “They’re saying this will be a hot and dry summer, and everybody has to be really careful.” In fact, the department was called out about eight hours later to deal with a small forest fire nearby that may have been caused by embers from the house fire. A series of public meetings this month will address the question of what can be done to reduce the threat of an interface fire on the Coast. See story page 6. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY RCMP

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Gibsons CAO blasts anti-George campaign Gibsons Chief Administrative Officer, Emanuel Machado, made a strongly-worded statement about the Gibsons Alliance of Business and Community Society’s (GABC) actions at the June 4 council meeting. The statement, delivered on behalf of Town staff, outlined continued GABC activities that Machado said have resulted in financial, workload and staffing impacts for the municipality. He said the GABC’s most recent campaign involves questioning the motives of Gibsons staff in advising council on the Prowse Road lift station project. According to Machado, the GABC asserts staff advice about the lift station is inappropriately aimed at assisting the development of The George Hotel. Staff’s recommendation is that repair of the lift station is urgent as there is a strong likelihood of a mechanical failure. This could impact sewer service and leak effluent into Gibsons Harbour. In the hours before the meeting, Gibsons held two information sessions about the Prowse project, which is currently subject to an Alternative Approval Process (AAP). This AAP allows citizens to object to the proposed borrowing of $1.75 million to retrofit the station, which handles nearly half of Gibson’s sewage flows. The AAP closes June 12. If fewer than 372 residents (10 per cent of the impacted population) file objections, the borrowing can proceed. If more objections are received, the AAP fails. Council would then need to consider alternatives, such as sewer fee or property tax revenue to pay for the project. The station was built in 1972. The need to replace or repair it and related sewer infrastructure has been on the Town’s radar since 2008.

In 2012, staff was unsuccessful in securing a senior government grant for the project. The George Hotel proposal came forward in 2013, creating the potential for the town to secure additional sewer “development cost and excess service charges” to fund infrastructure upgrades. The George has agreed to pay just over $144,000 towards the Prowse lift station. It will also pay for sewer main replacement from Winegarden Park to the station. The GABC, a non-profit coalition of community members committed to the long-term vitality of Gibsons, is opposed to The George, as currently proposed. The group believes the project violates the town’s Official Community Plan and threatens the health of Gibsons aquifer. It filed legal challenges, as well as ombudsman’s and human rights claims against the town and its staff regarding processing of The George application. GABC also requested several provincial ministries and the RCMP look into the actions of town staff. Machado said, “To date, all GABC claims made against

the town have been dismissed as unsubstantiated.” Multiple Freedom of Information requests have been filed with the town by GABC. The GABC owes Gibsons $10,000 in awarded legal costs. Machado stated that the full financial impact for town taxpayers in staff time and legal costs related to GABC activities is in the “hundreds of thousands of dollars”. Council received Machado’s statement. In response to a question posed during the meeting’s public inquiry section, Machado stated that he developed the statement on his own. He said that as CAO, it was his duty to speak on staff’s behalf. The GABC provided a written response to Machado’s statement on June 7. It states: “Mr. Machado’s rant could be characterized as a mish mash of half-truths and exaggerations, falsehoods and even slander. GABC members wondered aloud, did the CAO keep the mayor and council in the dark about this speech, yet invite the George developer and a political campaign team to witness him attack concerned citizens?” Connie Jordison

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New brewery, lounge for Sechelt At its June 5 meeting, Sechelt Council endorsed an application to provincial authorities for a beer tasting lounge at the site of a former restaurant at Wharf and Highway 101. A resolution of municipal support can now accompany Batch 44 Brewery’s application to the province for a licence to serve, as well as produce, beer at 5559 Wharf Avenue. Construction is underway at the property, which was most recently home to the Bayview Chinese Buffet. The existing building is being expanded into what had been an outdoor patio area. Façade improvements are also being done. Once completed and licensed, the new facility will include a lounge with seating for up to 78 people. The brewery is applying for a li-

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and distilleries to operate on properties zoned commercial 2. The site and a number of the adjacent properties have this zoning. Council asked questions about room for patron parking on the property. The district’s director of planning, Tracy Corbett, said the operation should not impact offsite parking. Councillor Matt McLean inquired about noise transfer from the lounge to the adjacent Legacy Transitional Housing and Arrowhead facilities. Corbett said that concerns about noise had not been voiced during the referral process. A decision on issuing the licence will be made by the provincial Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch. Connie Jordison

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Mind the falling anvil Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Last October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report indicating that global emissions are still rising despite more than three decades of warnings. Now we’re on a path to a 3 to 5 C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels by 2100. The IPCC concludes that anything above a 1.5 C rise will take us beyond our ability to “manage” the consequences, but that it’s still possible to keep global average temperature increase at or below that. The report’s urgency, coupled with the possibility of remaining within a manageable temperature, should be the driving force behind all we do from here on. Yet some federal and provincial political leaders continue to downplay or deny the reality and severity of climate disruption, loudly opposing proven measures to address it. Canada is warming even faster than most of the world. Swedish teen Greta Thunberg says political inaction is destroying her future. She refuses to listen to politicians’ words and instead judges them by their actions. Thunberg has listened to what scientists are telling us and is taking their predictions seriously. Every child on Earth has the right to say that no government is acting in their best interests. But kids can’t vote, so ignoring them has no apparent political consequences, at least until they are old enough to vote or their voting-age parents rise up and demand action on their behalf. I used to say it’s as if we’re in a car heading toward a brick wall at 100 kilometres per hour, and everyone is arguing about where they want to sit rather than looking ahead, putting on the brakes and turning the wheel. I don’t say that anymore because we’re more like a Road Runner cartoon. Road Runner approaches the edge of a cliff, then stops suddenly or turns to avoid it. But Wile E. Coyote keeps charging straight ahead and goes over the edge. Wile E. has that moment of realization when he’s suspended in air, looks down and sees he’s gone too far, then plunges to the canyon bottom. Many of my colleagues argue it’s too late, that we’re like the coyote, already over the edge, about to fall. Is that an argument for doing nothing? I don’t think so, because we still don’t really know whether we’re the coyote or the roadrunner. And even if we fall, we might be able to avoid being crushed by the falling rock or anvil. Let’s stop all the name-calling and denial, listen to the experts, seize the challenge and make the commitment to meet the IPCC target. David Suzuki

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Too soon (Re “Lock Her Up”, the Local, June 6) Your recent cover page made me cringe. I feel the charity cause is a fabulous idea. However, as a woman, what was done to Hillary Clinton is still very raw with women, not only in the U.S. but in Canada as well as many parts of the world. It was a disgusting “fake news” mantra that still resonates. Why not “Lock Him Up”? Suzanne Fairley, Elphinstone

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(Addressed to Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish and copied to the Local) As a retired professional electrical engineer I expressed my concern to you by email May 11 and 25, with my photos of an electrical cable crossing into Winegarden Park from Hyak, and a connection box lying on the ground some two metres inside the public park. I do not know if this cable is energized now but it is obviously intended to be. The connection box can be easily accessed by anyone

with a screwdriver to expose possibly live conductors within.

This morning I went to check the status of this public hazard and after taking the above photo I was confronted by Klaus Fuerniss, who questioned the legitimacy of my presence in this public park. When I asked if this equipment was his he refused to answer and questioned my concern for public safety, and he photographed me with his phone. I have served in my professional capacity for completion of a number of public buildings in Gibsons. I was surprised to find, 16 days after my last communication to you, that this accessible electrical installation was still remaining on the ground in the park, and I ask you to see that it is removed without further delay. John Roper, Gibsons

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On June 1, Half Cut & the Slackers performed at the Sechelt Legion, Branch 140. With the dance in full swing the (lead) bass player broke a “D” string. It is very rare for a bass string to break so carrying a spare is not normally done. It is nearly impossible for a bass player to play without the “D” string. After a flurry of frantic phone calls to friends who play the bass to see if there is a spare string to be had, or to borrow a bass with all the strings intact and after exhausting all of our

contacts we learned that Marilynn, Melody and Bill (proprietors of Strait Music, 5647 Cowrie St., Sechelt) had dashed off to their store and grabbed a couple different kinds of strings and brought them back to the Legion. Wow, now that is service.

More pollution We have 10 years to stop polluting our atmosphere with greenhouse gasses or face catastrophic weather changes and sea rises. Why have we, in Sechelt, voted for a council that promises to add to our pollution by making space for more airplanes and larger boats (both of which pollute more than cars or buses). We are also planning how to get more cars onto the Coast instead of improving our bus system. Have we not heard the report? Do we not believe the report? Do we think it does not apply to us? Joan Payne, Sechelt

Whistleblowers help Hooray for Hon. Darryl Plecas. What he’s done should be standard procedure for everyone working in the civil service and government. These people are supposed to work for us. We buy their equipment and pay their salaries and generous benefits. If they have nothing to hide, why is everyone so upset? Perhaps they had hopes of using their office in the outra-

Strait Music, thank you so much for saving the day. String installed, dance continued. Sincere thanks again to Strait Music from Half Cut & the Slackers. Rob Ewert, Ken Shearsmith, Brian Swanson and Mark Evans, Gibsons

geous and immoral manner of their predecessors? Can’t they understand we, the public, are ready for some genuine transparency and accountability? Federally, Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould and Hon. Jane Philpott have said “Enough!” to how business and government interact. SNC Lavalin is a huge multinational which will not go broke supplementing and extending the unemployment benefits of the workers who will lose their jobs. Hundreds of millions of our dollars given in bribes to scoundrels. Why not expropriate some of the CEO’s hard assets? Whistleblowers pay a tremendous price, often with their lives or worse. We, the less courageous, owe them untold gratitude for precious truth. And then there’s Mayor of Surrey, Doug McCallum, a politician actually trying to do what he promised. Is there a glimmer at the end of our long dark tunnel? Nancy Leathley, Sechelt

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SCRD “water dialogues” came and went More than half of the estimated 100 attendees at the SCRD’s first “water dialogue” on June 3 at Sechelt Legion left by mid-point in the meeting. It wasn’t clear if this was due to the subject matter, the presentation, the warm evening weather or the fourth game of the Stanley Cup final. The SCRD Board approved a budget of $30,000 for a public engagement process to update and seek input from citizens on the state of the areas water system. This compact process, organized by contractor Impact Resolutions, included three public sessions and gathering of online comments up to June 7. Sechelt resident Lynne Forrest commented that “Notice of these dialogues was extremely short. Many residents, both permanent and part-time, will not be available to attend.” Impact’s governance and policy specialist, former Gibsons Councillor Silas White, opened the meeting, introducing SCRD Board Chair Lori Pratt. She began her address by admitting that the ongoing water shortage was “challenging and frustrating” for all in the community. “We agree 100 per cent with the expectation that in 2019, residents of the Sunshine Coast should have an adequate year-round water supply. I accept responsibility, and the SCRD Board accepts responsibility, for the fact that we do not,” said Pratt. Pratt’s remarks were followed by a presentation from SCRD’s general manager of infrastructure services, Remko Rosenboom, who reviewed the region’s existing water system and planned initiatives to address the water supply deficit. He detailed the magnitude of projected water shortages for the summer of 2019 and onward. He highlighted the

need to expand supply and the SCRD’s projects designed to accomplish this. These include the development of a well at Church Road in Gibsons, system-wide water metering, and the construction of a one-million-cubic-metre reservoir. Rosenboom noted that the reservoir project, which is in the planning stage, is anticipated to be the largest piece of infrastructure ever built on the Coast. If the project moves forward as planned, it would be completed in 2026. Rosenboom, along with Pratt, and director Darnelda Siegers, then welcomed input from about a dozen of the attendees. Comments ranged from the need to ensure adequate water to support local food producers, to why the province rejected the SCRD’s plan to draw more water from Chapman Lake. Suggestions on restrictions on new developments and initiatives individuals could take to save water were put forward. In response to a call to end logging in the region’s watershed, Siegers explained that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest has a 25-year

moratorium on cutting in the watershed. “The other companies that are logging there are private. The SCRD has done what we can to attempt to get the provincial government to get them to stop,” said Siegers. The mass exodus occurred when the audience microphones were closed down in favour of group discussions. A second event was held at the Sechelt Legion on June 4. Director Siegers reported that session continued “well past 9pm.” An event was also held in Gibsons on June 5 (at the same time as the televised Stanley Cup Final Game Five and National Basketball Association Championship Game Three involving the Toronto Raptors). Patrick Tasci, director of Soundwerks, the local firm that provided audio services at the events, said the video of the June 5 meeting was provided to the SCRD. As of the morning of June 11, scrd.ca notes that the video recording of the June 5 session will be made available “shortly”. Connie Jordison

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Pride month proclaimed by mayors Gibsons planned addition of rainbow crosswalks where Gibsons Way meets with School and Gower Point Roads is welcome news for Laurie Lesk, the editor of the Sunday in the Park with Pride Society’s (SPPS) “Pride Guide”. Lesk attended Gibsons and Sechelt Council meetings on June 4 and 5 to witness both mayors proclaim June as Sunshine Coast Pride Month. At the Gibsons meeting, Lesk commented the SPPS has grown with the support of a “welcoming community on the Coast”. She said this has made it possible to move from a weekend of events celebrating the LGBTQ2 community to a full Pride Month that features 18 events. “I do not know of anywhere else that has Pride Month,” said Lesk. Dave Newman, Gibsons director of infrastructure services, detailed the crosswalk upgrading project at the June 4 meeting. The repainting of the three crosswalks at “five corners” in Lower Gibsons

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(adjacent to Molly’s Reach and the statue of George Gibson) should be completed later this month. The Town will be using a rainbow-hued zebra stripe design, with white borders adding to the contrast against the black asphalt road surface. In Sechelt, the television test-pattern-look coloured crosswalk located mid-point on Cowrie Street will be officially dedicated on June 15. This is part of Sechelt’s Pride Month activities. Mayor Darnelda Siegers announced this event at the June 5 council meeting, while wearing a multi-hued velvet cowboy

hat. SPPS is a non-profit society which works to create community for LGBTQ2 (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit) youth on the Sunshine Coast. It was established in 2016. That year featured the first Pride Parade on the Coast. In 2019, a Little Pride Parade will be hosted in conjunction with the Sunday in the Park with Pride event on June 23 at Sechelt’s Mission Point Park and Davis Bay Seawalk. A listing of Pride Month events and information about SPPS is available online at prideguide.ca. Connie Jordison

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Regular Council Meetings Regular Council Meeting: June 19th at 7:00pm Committee of the Whole Meeting: June 26th at 3:00pm Regular Council Meeting: July 3rd at 7:00pm

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED • The Community Forest (SCCF) has two volunteer vacancies to fill on the five-member SCCF Legacy Fund Assessment Committee. This means you get to help decide which community projects the grants should support. Email info1@sccf.ca or call 604-885-7809 for more information. • Canada Day! We could really use some help in many areas from helping children with crafts to assisting with the downtown beer garden. We will take as much time as you are willing to give us, and in return, you’ll get lunch on us! Please sign-up at secheltdowntown.com/volunteer

Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish, left, with Laurie Lesk, editor of the Pride Guide, proclaims June as Pride Month at a June 4 meeting. The next day, a rainbow-hatted Mayor Darnelda Siegers, right, made a similar proclamation in Sechelt. CONNIE JORIDSON PHOTOS

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events follow on from an initial event hosted in Sechelt by the Community Forest. Catastrophic fires occur in areas where the forest meets privately owned land – where we build our homes, businesses and infrastructure. This area of high risk is known as the urban interface and there are many areas of vulnerability on the lower Sunshine Coast. In 2018, we experienced our longest period of extreme fire hazard.

Moderated by Dave Lasser, operations manager of the Community Forest with your local fire chief in attendance, this timely event centres on a video taped June 10 featuring four speakers’ expert insights into risks and remedies specific to the lower Sunshine Coast. Experts include Bruce Blackwell, BA Blackwell & Associates; Professor Lori Daniels, UBC Dept of Forest & Conservation Sciences;

Tom Bradley, Slocan Integral Forestry Co-operative; and Brian McNaughton, executive director, Federation of BC Woodlots. You will learn what the province can do, what your community can do and what you can do. The events start at 6:30pm: June 17 at Roberts Creek Hall; June 19 at Pender Harbour Legion; June 24, Gibsons Public Market. Submitted

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The Clack Creek Gallery Forest (BC Timber Sales Blk A93884) was sold on April 30 to Squamish- based Black Mount Logging Ltd. Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF)

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examined this auction and compared it to other BCTS blocks sold in the region leading to serious questions about the legitimacy of this sale. The BCTS program has 20 per cent of the provincial timber land base allocated to it. Timber is sold through an auction-based model to determine market pricing of this natural public resource. The combined amount from BCTS’ “upset price” (the minimal value they’re prepared to sell a block of timber for), plus the “bonus bid” (what a contractor is prepared to pay for the timber over and above the upset price) is the amount Crown receives for a timber sale. Contractors set their bonus bid based on current and/or future log market prices, plus operating costs. BCTS uses this “free-market” process to determine the stumpage tax applied on other licensees logging Crown timber. “The auction model was chosen by BCTS to determine the best price for timber based on the rationale that having multiple contractors engage in a competitive bidding process results in a price driven by the market,” said Ross Muirhead, a forest campaigner with ELF. “However, the Clack Creek Forest block received only one bid, the one from Black Mount Logging. All other blocks we looked at

received six to 10 bidders. In a review of several BCTS sales from 2017-2019 there were no other sales awarded with only one bid accepted by the Timber Sales manager and interestingly, Black Mount’s bonus bid of $161,222 was the lowest one noted. It’s reasonable to ask if their bid was suspiciously low because the word-on-the street amongst contractors was that no one else was going to bid on this contentious block, so go low and it’s yours.” Said Hans Penner, also of ELF: “We compared two BCTS blocks sold in the area and found that the bonus bid on a West Sechelt block was $1.42million and a bonus bid on a block east of the B&K Rd was $602,692. The timber volume for all three blocks was approx. 28,000 cubic metres, although in our estimation the Clack Creek Forest, with 76 per cent mature Douglas-fir, has the higher quality wood. This block should not have been sold in the first place before the Elphinstone modern land use plan was completed, but the further insult is the low value the province is prepared to accept for this fantastic forest. It appears that a subsidy is being handed out to get a nasty job done that no local contractors wanted to touch.” Submitted

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Pull of the Tide Pam GoldsmithJones MP, West Vancouver Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky Country

We are fortunate as communities surrounding Howe Sound, to come together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; local and regional governments, First Nations, interested organizations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; through the Howe Sound Community Forum. The Forum was established in 2002 and meets twice a year to strengthen relationships between all the communities and share information and ideas for common goals and challenges. I make every effort to attend, as I have since 2003. In April, the meeting was hosted by Islands Trust Trustees Kate-Louise Stamford and Dan Rogers at beautiful Camp Fircom, Gambier Island. Water taxis came from Lions Bay, Horseshoe Bay and Langdale. Sixty-five of us gathered at the recently raised Welcome Pole carved by Squamish Nation Council member and artist Richard Baker, and where Squamish Nation member Joyce Williams greeted us with a welcome song to begin the day in a good way.

The agenda focused on sharing multiple environmental initiatives. Islands Trust Chair Peter Luckham presented current responsibilities of the Trust Council. I encourage you to walk through their website â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; illustrating the history and mandate of the Trust and its role to preserve and protect the trust area in cooperation with municipalities, regional districts and First Nations. Also learn about the Islands Trust Conservancy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; http:// www.islandstrustconservancy.ca/about-us/our-story/ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whose work focuses on the empowerment of property owners to protect private land and endangered ecosystems within the Trust area. In 2017 the Coastal Ocean Research Institute produced â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ocean Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Howe Sound Editionâ&#x20AC;?, a report on the status of coastal ocean health in Howe Sound. The Howe Sound Community Forum was a key partner and the Ocean Watch Task Force was established. Phase 2 of the Report is ongoing and will include a marine reference guide and an interactive map. Find out more at Oceanwise Research - https://research.

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We have reached a critical point in our battle against climate change; if direct and immediate action is not taken, the world as we know it will end. As this issue becomes increasingly prevalent in society, worldwide protests calling for effective government action have broken out. At the centre of many of these protests, passionate youth are speaking out and are no longer afraid to speak up. The protests were started by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old girl from Sweden, who began skipping school on Fridays to protest parliament on their inaction against climate change, demanding her government must act in accordance with the Paris agreement. Her determination and calls to action have been massively influential, resulting in a global, student-led movement calling for fundamental environmental policy changes. Youth on the Sunshine Coast have become involved in these protests. Some Fridays see students taking to the streets near the Davis Bay pier, striking against climate change with handcrafted signs and chants. In conjunction with the climate strikes, groups of students have gathered outside town hall in Gibsons to demand change from the local community. In

addition, a student-led forum is being organized for students to ask elected officials about issues such as climate change. This kind of student advocacy is exciting and necessary; actions that we take today will shape the lives of tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generation. While climate change has, and will have, a massive impact on everybody, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth will be disproportionately affected. Youth must take responsibility for their futures and make politicians aware that their voices count too. That is the purpose of our climate strikes. Sunshine Coast citizens face the firsthand impacts of climate change, particularly forest fires, rising temperatures, and droughts that affect entire ecosystems. We cannot be silent about these issues and expect them to be solved. As a community, we can make our voices heard by coming together and signaling we care. We are proud to live in a community where citizens are so engaged, and we are thankful to the Town of Gibsons and SCRD for providing numerous public engagement opportunities. This includes the general public, and the youth voice. The Town of Gibsons has made tremendous effort and had good success in engaging students and bringing their voices to the table. The youth councillor position is just one example. Supporting the climate strikes, talking to the students, and inviting students to events also helps maintain their voice in the community.

ocean.org/. In Ottawa, I have relied on Ocean Watch to promote numerous marine conservation initiatives. The glass sponge reefs in Howe Sound are under increasing protection by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. In 2015/16 Phase 1 saw nine closures and in April this year eight more for a total of almost three square kilometres of area protected from marine activity. The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Development Operations has been working on a multi-sector approach to assessing and managing cumulative effects. Find much more information at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/ gov/content/environment/ natural-resource-stewardship/cumulative-effects-framework/regional-assessments/south-coast/ howe-sound-cumulative-effects-project. The David Suzuki Foundation reported on the progress of the Howe Sound Marine Conservation Assessment (https://davidsuzuki.org ) and Ruth Simons provided an update on the Howe Sound

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One of my favourite parts of living next to the ocean is paying attention to the tidal fluctuations, especially when there are extremes between low and high tides. Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon. Our tides repeat themselves every 12 hours and 25 minutes, as that’s the amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once relative to the Moon. Earlier in June, we saw a big difference between low and high tides and we’ll see that again in the first part of July. During extreme low tides, you’re able to head to the beach and explore more

exposed seabed than what you’d typically have access to. If you’re in Gibsons July 3 at 12:40pm, check out the super low tide which is predicted to be less than a foot. Times and tides will vary slightly along other parts of the Sunshine Coast. Visit my website for links to local tide tables. Keeping with the water theme, another of my favourite things on the Sunshine Coast is Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park. It is a wonderful natural area with a trail system that runs through a wide variety of landscapes. There is a lot to see and do there as you explore the trails, boardwalks, bays and coves. Birds and wildlife are abundant and if you’re lucky, you might see eagles, beavers, ducks, snakes and more. The path is well marked and even has picture board signs lining the trail. These signs share information about what you may see

along the way and also provide some history on the smugglers’ hideaway. If you’re not up for the full loop on your first visit, keep left and take the shorter path which leads to a secluded ocean bay. This 15-minute walk brings you to a stunning seaside picnic spot where you can sit on a mossy rock outcropping and enjoy a nice lunch. It really is worth checking out and here are some links to more info on Smuggler Cove: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/ bcparks/explore/parkpgs/ smuggler/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Smuggler_Cove_Marine_Provincial_Park

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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS TEMPORARY WAKEFIELD ROAD CLOSURE NEAR WOOD CREEK CULVERT

The District is completing the sanitary sewer trunk line along NOTICE TO RESIDENTS Wakefield Road, theCulvert Wood Wakefield Road Closure near Woodat Creek Creek culvert from June 17, 2019 to June 21, 2019.

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Same beach. Same day. Seven hours and 15 minutes apart. We’ve been experiencing some pretty low tides for the last few weeks and on June 5 at 1:45pm, Gibsons saw the lowest tide yet - only 1.29 feet. A great time to explore the beach. TONY BROWTON PHOTOS

Children’s shoes headed to Mexico West Sechelt Elementary School has teamed up with the Canadian Medical Football Team to collect shoes for Mexican children for the team’s annual international trip to the World Medical Football (soccer) Championships. An annual event with 24 teams of physicians attending from countries as far away as Australia will congregate in Mexico this year. For the first time the Canadian team will be participating in an international service project with a local Rotary Club in Mexico. Lisa Allen, acting principal of West Sechelt Elementary ran the idea by her school’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) and they were able to collect shoes in advance of the trip. “We have been thinking about adding in an international community service project to our attendance at the World Medical Football Championship since we started four years ago,” said Dr. Paul Dhillon, a local physician. “The opportunity came up to do a joint project with the Rotary Club of Playa Del Carmen - Seaside and our local Rotary Club of the Sunshine Coast here in town also decided to contribute.”

Team Canada physicians from across the country, 37 in total, have been collecting gently used running shoes that were identified as a need by a local Mexican Rotary Club for the children in the school that they provide weekly breakfast meals to in the area of the annual conference. Trail Bay Source for Sports manager Josh Romer was providing the jerseys for the Canadian team and when he heard about the community service project decided to help out as well. Along with employee Aspen Wing, they

provided two full sets of kids soccer jerseys for the school so the children will have brand new uniforms for the school and the local Rotary Club provided funding for the jerseys as well. “We were proud to participate with the Sunshine Coast Rotary Club in providing soccer jerseys for these underprivileged youth in Mexico,” said Romer. Dr. Dhillon will be attending the tournament in early July as a member of the team, and will be delivering the jerseys and shoes to the school in person. Submitted

Preparing to send new soccer jerseys and gently used children’s shoes to Mexico, are, from the left, Aspen Wing, who works at Trail Bay for Sports and is a parent at West Sechelt Elementary, Dr. Paul Dhillon, Trail Bay manager Josh Romer, and West Sechelt acting principal Lisa Allen. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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History of West Sechelt road closure in dispute Most neighbourhoods would welcome new road pavement. But a strip of blacktop about a metre wide added on Baillie Road near Oracle Road May 23 is a “red flag” for some who live in this West Sechelt area. The repair followed the removal of collapsible bollards that limited through traffic on Baillie to emergency vehicles. They had been in that location since 2003. In April of this year, Sechelt council endorsed removing the bollards to allow unrestricted vehicle traffic on Baillie. Council said this change is temporary. To help decide on the future of the bollards, it also approved a traffic counter on Baillie between Oracle and Apollo Roads. The counter went in on May 27 and will be there at least 60 days. Area resident Sid Devries questions why the bollard

area was repaved if the removal is temporary and pending a review. He is frustrated that only Councillor Matt McLean had taken the time to return his calls and emails to council about his concerns. Julie Rogers, Sechelt’s communications manager, stated: “We have received more than a dozen emails from residents both for and against the bollards. We have responded to most. Those that asked more detailed questions might not get a quick response as it takes time to track down all the information.” “Once the traffic counter information is compiled, staff will prepare a report for council consideration. Council will also consider the comments they have received from residents before making a final decision,” said Rogers.

The removal of the bollards cost about $1,500 in staff time. The repaving cost about $3,000. Devries is concerned that the new pavement was an unnecessary expense. He believes costs to the taxpayers will go even higher if council decides to return the bollards. Sechelt has made several attempts to open Baillie to through traffic over the past six years. In reports provided at council and committee meetings, staff recommended the bollards come out as they hinder traffic flows and road maintenance. Residents in favour of retaining the bollards have made delegation presentations in response to those reports. The district’s position is that the bollards were an interim measure to lessen construction traffic impacts on Baillie during the build out of housing projects in adjacent

opment of the Tyler Heights condominium project,” he said. Devries provided documentation relating to these claims to Sechelt’s former council. He wants to see this information included on the District website, so that the public is aware of it. Another concern for Devries is that traffic bollards exist on other District roads and these have not been subject to similar reviews. As Council has no meetings scheduled for the second half

areas. Much of the development in the neighbourhood is now complete. In one area, the development density declined, with small-lot single family homes built in place of multi-family units that were planned for. In the district’s view, this will result in lower than anticipated traffic volumes using Baillie. Devries does not agree. “The bollards were never meant to be a temporary measure. They were a negotiated product of the devel-

of August, the next report on this matter is slated to come forward at the September 4 meeting. Connie Jordison

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Beautiful 3100sf West Coast timber frame OCEANVIEW home with 3 beds, 2 baths & separate self-contained suite ideally suited for rental income or home based business. Beautiful old growth fir with walnut flooring & counter-tops are just a start to the special features within this home. Enjoy watching cruise ships & other marine activity on the Salish Sea between the Sunshine Coast & Vancouver Island. Located on the Coastal Circle Route & close to downtown Sechelt, Davis Bay, beaches, Marina; A must see! Priced to Sell at more than $100,000 below the 2019 BC Assessment.

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Beautiful townhome located along the ocean shores of Porpoise Bay. Imagine walking your kayak or paddleboard only a short distance & enjoying all the wonders this area has to offer. Everything you could want in a home with gourmet kitchen that boasts soft closing contemporary oak veneer cabinets & a premium S/S appliance package. Vaulted ceilings, double car garage, master with walk-in closet & ensuite w/walk-in shower, soaker tub & double vanity sinks. Only minutes to downtown Sechelt! Built by Onni Group and Now Available to View.

This townhome is located in the beautiful Edgewater waterfront Development just minutes to downtown Sechelt. Boasting over height ceilings, gourmet kitchen, electric fireplace, patio, balcony & vaulted ceilings in the master. This seaside community has a lovely sandy beach where you can sit & enjoy the beautiful sunsets or take your kayak or paddleboard for a ride. This really is something special call for a private showing. Built by Onni Group & Now Available to View.

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The ninth edition of Coastal Voices, an anthology of writing by local students, was celebrated at a reception and reading on June 6 at the Rockwood Pavilion. The anthology is a collaboration between School District 46 and the Festival of the Written Arts. Over 250 people were in attendance as five students read from their works, including Maya Somogyi of Chatelech Secondary who elicited an admiring response from the crowd with her thoughtful poem, Echo. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adjudicated anthology drew 624 submissions with 117 being selected for publication and included the largest contingent of kindergarten writers in its nine-year history. WORDS AND PHOTO BY ANNA NOBILE

Garlic lovers alert Coast grown hard-neck garlic is starting to sprout their delicious scapes and local garlic lovers are giddy with anticipation of this tasty asparagus-textured garlic

which heralds our local hardneck harvest. When the scape turns around like a piggy tail, farmers will cut it off the garlic plant to maximize the size of the garlic bulb. Scapes are

Award-winning blues harmonica player and singer Steve Marriner entertains the crowd at a free performance in downtown Madeira Park on June 8, during the Pender Harbour Blues Festival. Marriner, based in Toronto, told the crowd he was enjoying his first visit to the Sunshine Coast. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO

incredibly versatile and one of the most economical ways to enjoy the local garlic crop. Just like the garlic they come from, there will be differences in size and taste. The first step in using preparing garlic scapes is to cut off the top bud and the woodier bottom of the scape. For a yummy appetizer, cut the scape into pencil length pieces and blanche until tender. Then wrap the blanched scapes in prosciutto and broil until golden and sizzling. Most garlic scape enthusiasts will recommend cooking and pureeing the scapes into a pesto; chop it up and simmer until tender .... From there it can be used in salad dressings, dips, pasta sauce, super garlic butter or hummus. Garlic scapes make the perfect pickle to go into that Bloody Mary or Caesar drink. The BC Day Garlic Festival returns to Persephone Brewery on August 5, 11am-4pm. Join local garlic growers, food producers and garlic lovers for a fun filled day celebrating the local harvest. Submitted

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Events on the Sunshine Coast June 13 Burger and beer to benefit Ben, a nine-year-old disabled by stroke, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5-9pm, $25 June 14 Presentation on working with acrylics, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 10am-1pm, by donation June 14 Jazz fest concert/dance with Mimosa, High Beam Dreams, Gibsons, 7:30pm, $25, sharethere.com June 14 Coffee house with Reg and Lynne, Definitely Diva and PHHS Choir, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:30pm, $10 donation June 14 Michael Landry from the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington State addresses astronomy club on measuring gravitational waves, Sechelt Library, 7:30pm, donations welcome June 15 Children’s Festival and “Duck Pluck”, fundraiser for SC Community Services Society, Dougall Park, Gibsons, 10am-2pm June 15 Tapworks Cup soccer tournament for affordable housing, Shirley Macey Park, Gibsons, 10am June 15 Father’s Day pie sale, by Grandmothers and Grandothers, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 10am June 15 Men’s group, inaugural meeting to gauge interest, Gibsons Public Library, 10:30-11:30am, men only June 15 Coast Community TV 40th anniversary open house, Elphinstone Secondary, Gibsons, 11am-3pm June 15 Jazz Fest presents Double Treble, Gibsons Public Library, 11am-12:30pm June 15 Repair cafe, Trail Bay Mall, Sechelt, 11am-4pm June 15 Jazz Fest presents Budge Schachte and Wanda Nowicki, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 12:30-2pm June 15 Deer Crossing the Art Farm 10th anniversary party with music and art, 1747 Storvold Rd., Gibsons, 12:30-4:30pm June 15 A dozen Coast musicians and singers present a tribute to 30 years of Ani Difranco, Rockwood open-air pavilion, Sechelt, 2pm, $25, share-there.com June 15 Open house with Charlie Craigan, designer of Sechelt’s killer whale banners, Artworks Gallery, Sechelt, 2-4pm June 15 Dance Works presents Spectrum adult dance company, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 2pm & 7pm, $20, kids $10 June 15 Jazz Fest presents Jazz Group of Seven, Gibson’s Public Market, 3:30-5:30pm, by donation June 15 The Ruff Cut Band, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10

June 15 Michael Red, Hol4gr4m, Mieke Jay, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $15 June 15 Dj JB entertains, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 9pm June 15 Boudoir Rouge Burlesque, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, performances at 9:30, 10 & 11pm, $25, VIP $40 June 16 Father’s Day car show, fundraiser for cystic fibrosis, Dougall Park, Gibsons, 10am-2pm June 16 Wild medicinal plant walk with Mary Boulding, Mt. Elphinstone, 10am-noon, $20, register at 778-4582451 June 16 Jazz Fest presents Katrina Bishop, One Flower One Leaf Gallery, Gibsons, 11am, by donation June 16 Celebrating Canadian composers with Creek Big Band, Whirlwind Quintet, Inspirito and Gemini, Highland Centre, 657 Highland Rd., Roberts Creek, 2:30pm, $20 June 16 Jim Foster, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 3-6pm June 17 Hair dressing 25%-off, all proceeds to staff member caring for a ccancer patient, Rainbow Room Hair Salon, 106-5710 Teredo St., Sechelt, noon-4pm, 604-885-7101 June 17 Video of four experts on the forest fire threat to the Coast, and discussion with fire chiefs, presented by ElderCollege and SC Community Forest, Roberts Creek Hall, 6:30pm June 17 Green Party of Canada nomination meeting, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm June 18 Jazz Fest presents Karen Graves and Budge Schachte, Uptown Eatery, Gibsons, 7pm June 19 French language-only culture night with songs and poetry, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7:30pm June 19 Video of four experts on the forest fire threat to the Coast, and discussion with fire chiefs, presented by ElderCollege and SC Community Forest, Pender Harbour Legion, 6:30pm June 19 Jazz Fest presents Verna Chan & Friends, Leo’s Tapas, Gibsons 7pm June 20 Summer solstice open house with food and music, Brookbank Farm, 679 Henry Rd., Gibsons, 3-6pm June 20 Jazz Fest presents Anagram + Hordes of Ords, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 7pm June 21 Jazz Fest presents Kestra with Rene Worst, St. Bart’s Church, Gibsons, 7:30-9:30pm, $20, share-there.com

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One of the highlights of the summer season, the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival, takes place June 21-23, featuring such prestigious performers as the Katherine Penfold Quintet, Dan Bruebeck with Miles Black, and powerful singer Dawn Pemberton appearing with the Sharon Minemoto trio in a tribute to the late Etta James. But the week leading up to the Festival also features a plethora of diverse talent playing various Gibsons venues. One of these, acclaimed composer, arranger, pianist and local favourite, Anna Lumiere, will be appearing with three different ensembles: Mimosa, Anagram and Hordes of Ords. Lumiere, who has been playing piano since she was nine, moved to Vancouver, on her own, from her native Switzerland when she was just 17 years old. “It was a learning curve,” recalls Lumiere, who quickly had to learn to budget her limited funds and suddenly realized it was up to her to clean her apartment. “I also didn’t speak English very well,” she says. “I got a job at a [fast food] restaurant and someone asked me for a sundae

Mimosa will play June 14 at the jazz festival. And Anna Lumiere, with the accordion, will also appear as a member of two other ensembles. DAVID COOPER PHOTO and I thought, ‘isn’t that a day of the week?’” She met harmonica player Keith Bennet who let her sit in on some of his gigs. “I didn’t know much about jazz because I had classical training,” she says, but the more musicians she met, the more gigs she played until she founded Mimosa in 1998. The band has evolved over the decades with some changes in personnel, but the core members have been together for the last 15 years and includes another Coast resident, sax player Karen

Graves. Along with Bernie Arai on drums, Conrad Black on bass, and vocalist Rebecca Shoichet, the quintet’s musical style has also evolved. “It’s more oriented toward jazz now than the ‘60s French pop we used to play,” says Lumiere. “But it’s still very audience friendly, very entertaining with lots of great melody and crafted songs with a fair amount of improvisation.” Lumiere writes most of the band’s music and their concert on June 14 will feature songs not on any of

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the band’s three albums as well as some new covers. “The band is sounding great,” she says. “I love playing with those guys and we’re still really good friends.” Lumiere met her partner, Graham Ord, also a musician, while living in Vancouver and they moved to Gibsons in 2006 when living in the city became too expensive. They bought a place just before getting evicted from their house in Vancouver. “It was a blessing in disguise,” says Lumiere. She and Ord (woodwinds) will be playing with John Rule (drums) and Sacha Faessart (bass) as Anagram. Lumiere and Ord, with their sons Bela (piano, baritone sax) and Noah (violin, trumpet), form the family quartet, Hordes of Ords. Both groups play June 20 at the 101 Brewhouse. “It’ll be Hordes of Ords meets Anagram,” says Lumiere. Music is obviously very important to her. “I love the playfulness,” she says. “With music you’re not limited by words. You have a wider array of interaction. It’s more subtle, it’s more nuanced, and when you have an audience, they’re giving you their energy and together you’re going on this journey.” The Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival week runs June 14 to June 21 at various venues. Anna Lumiere plays with Mimosa Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm at High Beam Dreams in Gibsons, tickets $25 in advance or at the door; and with Anagram and Hordes of Ords on June 20, 7pm at the 101 Brewhouse. Saturday Street Festival takes place June 22 on Gower Point Road in Gibsons, tickets $20 advance and $25 at the gate, and the free Sunday Festival is June 23 in Winegarden Park. Complete scheduling and ticket information at: coastjazz.com

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