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••• Overnight on Oct. 15, police attended a mischief complaint after the caller noted a vehicle parked in the 700 block of Park Road, Gibsons,

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Police noted the suspect(s) left behind a number of muddy paw prints on the exterior and that the fast food wrapper strewn interior was ripe with the smell of rotting food. Police are attempting to locate the registered owner, and the Conservation Officer Service has also been notified about the incident.

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Marathon hearing for School Rd. housing The public hearing on bylaws for the proposed supportive housing project at 749 School Road in Gibsons on Oct. 17 was a four-and-ahalf-hour event. When Mayor Bill Beamish adjourned the hearing at 10:30pm, 61 of the just over 200 people who attended had voiced their opinions.

Roughly equal numbers spoke for and against the bylaws required to allow a 40-unit, three-storey building to permanently house people at risk of homelessness on the former RCMP detachment site. The bylaws would amend the zoning and Official Community Plan designation of the property. The zoning change would permit high-density residential use of the land and consolidate the two lots at the site into a single parcel.

Several speakers asked the Town council to look at a property exchange and allowing BC Housing, the organization proposing the facility, to build in another location. The federal government granted the School Road site to the Town in February 2019 specifically for housing those facing homelessness. If not used for this purpose, the Town will be asked to pay assessed value for the property, which is estimated at $638,000.

Those speaking in favour of the project cited a need for the proposed facility. Many said the community has a “crisis-level” lack of affordable housing for low-income seniors, people with substance addictions, those with disabilities and others.

Numerous speakers against the bylaws said the location, near schools and

an established single family residential neighbourhood, is inappropriate for supportive housing. Others voiced were concerns that future tenants will not be prohibited from possessing and using drugs or alcohol on site. Increased site density, the look of the proposed units and the process used to bring the proposal public were also criticized. Several owners of single-family homes near the site stated that they believed their properties would be devalued if the facility was built and operated as proposed.

One speaker stated council would need the “wisdom of Solomon” to make decisions on the bylaws and the future of the site. Another, former Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk, told council: “I’m glad it’s you and not me up there.” Janyk spoke against the proposed bylaws and said council should look for another site.

Several presenters asked council to focus on input received from Gibsons residents, and to give less consideration to submissions made

by people living elsewhere.

Twenty people were pre-registered on the speakers list before the doors of Gibsons Royal Canadian Legion Hall opened for the hearing. A handful of people who had put their names on the list at the event left before their turn to speak came around. About 50 members of the public stayed until the hearing ended.

Town staff reported receiving 198 written public submissions in advance of the hearing date; 158 of these indicated support for the bylaws and the remainder stated opposition to it. A petition in opposition containing 438 signatures was also received.

Town staff noted that the petition signatures had not been validated. Additional written submissions were accepted at the event.

Consideration of third reading of the bylaws will come before a future Council meeting. Council meeting agendas are posted in advance on gibsons.ca.

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Former Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk was among dozens of speakers at the public hearing on the supportive housing project proposed for School Rd. He said council should find another site. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO

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Stakeout nets burglary suspect On Saturday Oct. 12, at approximately 2am, Sunshine Coast RCMP made an arrest in relation to the commercial break and enters that have plagued the community.

Since July 1, RCMP have responded to a large number of commercial break and enters from Roberts Creek to Pender Harbour, with the majority in and around Sechelt.

The suspect(s) have targeted rural businesses and have returned repeatedly and despite pro-active work by officers, the suspect(s) have gone untouched – until now.

Early Saturday morning, frontline police officers on duty made the decision to stake out at the Blue Ocean Golf course on Ripple Way, Sechelt in hopes the suspect(s) might make an appearance. While on the property, a male matching the description of the suspect in other break and enters arrived and walked past police officers hiding outside. After a brief foot chase, the suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

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to be processed, the suspect was released on strict conditions including to abide by a curfew. The suspect, a 32-year-old male from the Sunshine Coast will be reporting to a bail supervisor and will be closely monitored by police.

Further arrests are expected.

“I am incredibly proud of the work my officers have been doing to move this investigation forward. This was the break we needed. Now the hard work begins” said Staff Sergeant Poppy Hallam.

“We have reason to believe the suspect was not acting alone and we are still processing mountains of evidence,” said S/Sgt. Hallam.

“Although we believe this suspect was involved in the majority of the break and enters, we cannot say that he was involved in all of them and we need the public to remain vigilant and do what they can to protect their property and report suspicious activity.

These investigations can be quite challenging and I would like to say thank you to the people who have come forward and helped our officers

gather evidence to support charges. It truly takes a community to come together and get things done.”

If your business was victim to one of these break-and-enters, you may receive a phone call from a police officer looking to formalize statements and information to prepare the case for court.

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From the mouths of babes Something unusual happened at the public hearing in Gibsons on Oct. 17. Two school-aged speakers took to the microphone.

I’ve attended at least 50 local public hearings over my past year with the Local, plus a 20-year career in municipal government on the Coast. The Chief Administrative Officer of Gibsons has been with local governments in BC for close to two decades and was also at the hearing. Neither of us could recall past incidents where children made presentations as part of the public hearing process. This may have happened, but it is certainly not the norm.

Chalk it up to Greta Thunberg or changing parenting styles but Coast children are now speaking out, publicly.

The speakers list at the Oct. 17 public hearing was projected onto a screen and revealed that each child’s presentation followed that of an adult speaker with the same residential address. Common sense would dictate that this was a parent, guardian or other adult involved in that child’s life.

(Both children, and their adults, spoke in favour of approving supportive housing on School Rd.) I’m a parent. Raising a child taught me that children can be brutally honest. People, including children, can also say what they believe others want them to say. Be it compliance, a desire to be accepted or a fear of reprisal, some may opt to mask their own views and speak in support of their influencers.

I don’t know if that happened on Oct. 17. Both young people, who appeared to be under the age of 12, displayed some raw nerves in making their statements before council, as did some of the adult speakers. I commend all who faced public speaking fears to say things that were important to them at the hearing. But, if any speakers, and especially children, were under undue influence to make statements, that is a problem for me.

I get a similar uneasy feeling when I see children in the background at photo opportunities that feature spokespeople at rallies. Have they been trotted out to show age diversity in support for the cause, or to pull at public heartstrings?

I’m all for raising children who are aware of issues, be those global or local. Their true views should be part of planning for the future. There are gentler ways for the views of youth to be brought forward to elected officials besides putting them in front of a microphone and a crowd of more than 200 people at a public hearing.

Government works best when citizens are engaged in the decisions that impact them. But that engagement needs to be genuine, on the part of the government – and the people involved. Connie Jordison

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I was in awe of all the work and research by the Gibsons taxpayers that went into the 60-plus presentations to council at the School Road supportive housing hearing Oct. 17. There must have been hundreds of hours of citizens’ time spent so they could make their five-minute presentations to council.

During the break I checked out the submissions the council received before the hearing. There was a three-inch binder filled with hundreds of pages of submissions. I was overwhelmed. I realized right there that there was no way the mayor and council could have read them all. Then there is The George, Gospel Rock, Oceanmount etc. All contentious proposed projects in Gibsons that must have generated that much or more correspondence for

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each project.

I then knew why all the emails I sent to the mayor and council about an important neighbourhood issue had gone unanswered and the issue hasn’t been addressed.

I felt sorry for the mayor and council. They must feel so overwhelmed.

I was impressed with the presentation by the previous mayor, Barry Janyk, passing his experience in office to the new mayor and council.

His message to council, to make sure they take all the citizens into consideration with their decision, sounded good to me.

David Hayward, Gibsons

Where is Trellis?

With all the current rhetoric about housing and development, I’m wondering if anybody remembers the Trellis project. Specifical“The Last Supper”?

If only the fellow in the middle had sat up, spread his hands, and appeared saintly for a moment. Still, eh?

Andy Fielding, Sechelt

ly, do we remember the commitment made by Vancouver Coastal Health, in June of 2016, to enter into a contract with Trellis Seniors’ Services to build a “private-for-profit” 125-bed Long Term Care Facility?

At the time, VCH declared the need for beds to be sufficiently acute that there was no time to waste, and it was necessary to turn the whole project over to a private contractor. Trellis gave a timeline of about 18 months to get their facility up and running. And yet, here we are today, three and a half years later, with no shiny new facility, no additional beds and apparently, no signed contracts to even start building.

What happened? Granted, there have been a few bumps in the road. The proposed original site had to be abandoned because it was not suitable to the community, and a secondary proposal was initiated by the Sechelt Indian Band to provide land at Wilson Creek. Sources at the SIB tell us that they have not as yet signed a contract with Trellis.

It is a well-known fact that recruitment and retention of nursing staff has been an issue since VCH made their ill-fated announcement.

Nurses and care aides are reluctant to relocate to the Sunshine Coast, largely because of the uncertainty of jobs, of employers, and of wages. Even the training courses for care aides at Capilano University have attracted few participants.

And after all the initial, wildly enthusiastic press releases and announcements

by VCH and their representatives, we have had a year of conspicuous silence.

Perhaps Trellis has “folded their tents and silently stolen away”. If so, where does that leave us? The need for LTC beds is still there. Indeed, after three and a half years, that need has become

even more acute, and the population continues to age.

Answers, anyone?

Marilynn Green, Gibsons

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(Re “Prepare for bullies”, editorial opinion, the Local, Oct. 10) “The message is simple: there can be no tolerance for bullying,” wrote the Canada Safety Council. The well-written article focusses on school children, but fails to address the examples being set by adults in our society. I believe that bullying is about seeking power, while not respecting other people.

Anyone who witnessed the federal leaders tv debate saw some prime examples of bullying behaviour.

Don’t listen to others and speak loudly while they are talking, so that no one else can understand what is being said. They are after power and feel they don’t have to respect other people’s opinions or their right to speak. Moderators tolerated this behaviour continuously while we sat and wished they would shut up and listen.

This so-called debate was a fine example of adult hypocritical behaviour. Youth are told to keep to a much higher standard than they witness in much of our adult society.

Terry Clark, Roberts Creek

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Gospel Rock project proceeds Gibsons council approved three development permits for Gospel Rock Village at its Oct. 15 meeting. Council also announced it will be looking to strengthen review processes for similar permits moving forward.

The Gospel Rock development on Chaster Road received design approval for a 50-room hotel and 97 multi-family residential units.

Forty-nine of these units are in an apartment building and the remainder in townhouse blocks. Development approval for 60 single family residential lots, also planned for the site, remains outstanding.

Councillor Annemarie De Andrade’s request for the amended permit applications to go back to the town’s planning and development committee failed. She was concerned with the size of the proposed structures and the overall plan. She called it a mega-project and stated that the expertise of architects who sit on the committee was needed to ensure the new designs addressed the changes that were asked for.

Councillor Stafford Lumley

stated he felt the project had undergone enough scrutiny and it was time to let the development more forward.

Mayor Bill Beamish asked for corrections to a number of inconsistencies in the draft permits as presented on the meeting agenda.

Following the permit approvals, Beamish said that the council is looking at the level of reviews provided by the committee. Currently the committee provides recommendations to council after initial application reviews.

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A tree protection bylaw is another initiative that could change how land developments proceed. Staff acknowledged that because the town does not have this bylaw, it has few powers to regulate tree cutting on private property.

De Andrade succeeded in securing agreement from the Gospel Rock developer to add design features to mitigate the impacts on birds of the proposed buildings on the 47- acre site.

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“It’s been a hard time for the logging and forestry industry and hard to be competitive on the market,” Chernis said, noting that high stumpage and a decline in international demand are contributing factors. “We’re getting hit from both sides and we’re still trying to survive.

We appreciate the shíshálh Nation is trying to support us; it’s not an easy time for logging,” Chernis said.

Jordan Louie, forestry general manager of TsainKo, who oversaw the project, said three bids were received and the winning bid was Suncoast Lumber & Milling.

“With the downturn of

mendation to hold back some 2019 legacy funds. SCCF’s ability to replenish the fund in 2020 is in question as logging operations are on hold pending forest stewardship plan approval.

Since 2014, Sechelt has retained $1.1 million of SCCF revenues in a statutory Community Legacy Fund reserve.

Council has asked staff to draft a policy for spending money from this fund.

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Also at the meeting council resolved to raise funds for Sunshine Coast Community Service’s (SCCS) Sechelt Food Bank. It will be matching donations made by staff and council members in the final months of 2019, up to a value of $10 per person. With approximately 60 staff and seven council members, this

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Parcel K was logged after it was determined to be a fire hazard, following several calls to the Sechelt Fire Department this summer, where an encampment for homeless people was being set up. The risk to the overall community was severe and the Nation acted.

The Nation has no immediate plans for development of the property.

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Forestry funds for roofs 2019 Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) Legacy Fund grants worth $285,000 were approved at Sechelt council’s Oct. 16 meeting.

Projects funded include roof repairs for both the Sunshine Coast Art Centre and the Roberts Creek Community Hall, each awarded $100,000. The Pender Harbour Health Centre was granted $40,000 towards the purchase of a wheelchair accessible van. A $35,000 grant will go to the Rotary Club of the Sunshine Coast to install publicly accessible automated external defibrillators.

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Logs sold to local mill Wood from the logging of a property owned by the shíshálh Nation adjacent to the Sechelt Hospital has been sold to a local mill. The 2.2 ha property was logged after it was determined to be a potential fire risk to the greater community.

Wood from the logging was sold to Suncoast Lumber & Milling located in Wilson Creek, which employs three shíshálh Nation members.

Rafail Chernis, chief financial officer for Suncoast Lumber, said 372 cubic metres of wood was purchased. It will be sorted as dimension lumber, to be used for fencing or decking. A portion will be sold to the local community and a portion will be sold in

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will cost the District less than $700.

This effort will be accompanied by a challenge from Mayor Darnelda Siegers to other area local governments to consider similar programs.

It will be suggested that those organizations direct any funds that they collect to the Coast food bank of their choice.

Councillor Alton Toth suggested the campaign, to build on the success of the annual SCCS Food Bank fund raising drive held in September.

Councillor Matt McLean was supportive of Toth’s intent but questioned if taxpayers’ funds should be contributed to a non-profit organization outside previously established and approved processes.

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My son, who just turned five, and started kindergarten this year, tells me he wants to be a chocolate farmer.

He plans to have a rocket to take him to work every day, because he knows that you can’t grow chocolate here on

the Coast. He tells me that he plans to live at home with his momma. Bless his heart.

We all have a vision, a plan for our future. Success looks different to each of us. The Board believes in leading by example, learning by doing

and thinking outside the box.

Our Vision: We are a community engaged in life-long learning and educational excellence.

Our staff are planning some exceptional experiences to learn and grow across

the Coast over the next few years. From guest speakers to core competencies, our staff are engaged in their own professional development.

Our students are engaged in marine and environmental education and activism. They

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are deepening their understanding of climate change through age-appropriate discussions and lessons. The Board supports an environmental action plan for our facilities and our communities, saving 1,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide from our environment over the last four years.

We are actively discussing a Local Education Agreement with the shíshálh Nation to further support Indigenous culture in our schools. Our students are expanding their career opportunities with two of our train-in-trades programs, Professional Cook at Elphinstone and Auto Service Technician at Chatelech.

The board is grateful for partnerships with community schools across the Coast.

They are doing incredible work to support families.

The BC Children’s Mental Health Literacy Team has selected SD46 as one of the five rural districts interested in working together to support mental health literacy in our students and communities.

We are actively engaging our parents through our Parent Advisory Councils and District Parent Advisory Councils engagement dinners, strategic planning presentations and a learning series for parents through the family engagement committee. The board is committed to engaging with local government to plan for the future of our communities.

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” Joel A Barker.

Info kiosk

The District of Sechelt has placed a visitor information kiosk inside Trail Bay Mall to provide additional visitor services to tourists in convenient locations.

Last year, council directed staff to explore more ways to provide visitor information services. Three kiosks will be located in high traffic areas with longer hours than the staffed Visitor Information Centre. The remaining two kiosks will be installed in the coming weeks. This pilot project was accomplished in partnership with Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT).

Julie Rogers, communications manager for the District of Sechelt stated, “These kiosks will provide services to our visitors who may not go to our staffed Visitor Information Centre. It isn’t a replacement to that service but a complement to it, encouraging longer visits and more opportunities for tourists spend locally.”

Annie Wise, marketing director for Sunshine Coast Tourism stated, “These kiosks will provide us with additional data on what information people are looking for while they’re here so we can better serve their needs and support an exceptional travel experience.” Submitted

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Looking for “women who care” The Coast’s chapter of the unconventional philanthropy group “100 Women Who Care” is looking for new members. The organization’s next meeting is slated for Nov. 18. Spokesperson Ria Quershi is hopeful that the group can reach the goal of recruiting 100 regular members to help fund the work of registered charities on the Sunshine Coast.

The group meets once every four months. Attendees make a $100 donation at each meeting. They hear five-minute funding request pitches from three local non-profit organizations.

Attendees each get one vote on where the funds gathered that evening should go. The pooled donations are awarded that night to the organization that received the most votes.

“Although there is a winner at every event, there really are no losers,” said Quershi.

In her view, the events provide valuable networking sessions for both the charities and the women involved.

She said it is not unusual for attendees to reach out to the charities that were not funded, to make personal dona-

tions or to provide them with information on other funding opportunities.

She notes that part of what makes the organization unique is the more personal and less bureaucratic approach the group takes to philanthropy. “We pride ourselves on efficiency,” said Quershi. The organization has no overhead costs. Funds collected flow directly and immediately to meet real needs, with all funds used on the Sunshine Coast. There are minimal restrictions on who can apply and how the funds must be used. There are no lengthy forms or review processes for those that apply.

Groups that have received funding in the past have included the Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitations Centre, the Bellies and Babies program of Sunshine Coast Community Services and the Coast’s Mentoring in Violence program.

The presenters for the November meeting have already been selected. Their names were drawn from a listing of those signed up with the 100 Women organization.

Registered charities who are unsure if they are included on this list should contact the organization, at www.100wwcsunshinecoast.ca to ensure they are eligible for subsequent events.

“100 Women Who Care Sunshine Coast” has about 60 registered members. At past meetings, it has welcomed 25 to 40 others who were trying out membership. Those that cannot commit a full $100 are welcomed to band with up to four others in a single membership.

The Sunshine Coast chapter of the organization was launched in 2016. It was spearheaded by then District of Sechelt Councillor Darnelda Siegers, who became aware of a similar program on the Lower Mainland.

The concept was developed in Jackson, Michigan in 2006. There are currently more that 350 chapters of the organization worldwide. The groups focus on providing an opportunity for women who are busy with other demands in their lives to be involved in and contribute to causes in their communities.

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Success stories at Arrowhead Saturday Nov. 2 will be a Gala Night “Riding the Wave of Hope” for the benefit of the Arrowhead Clubhouse in Sechelt. There will be fabulous food from the Blue Heron Restaurant, music by Martini Madness, door prizes (including a ferry package for two to Victoria with accommodation for two nights), and energizing speakers including Dr. Marius Welgemoed, head of psychiatry at Vancouver Coastal Health Sechelt, who is said to by “charismatic and funny.”

The Gala – at the Seniors Activity Centre in Sechelt – will offer the opportunity to participate in the success stories of some of the Coast’s most vulnerable people, people like “Dave” and “Matt” and Suzanne, who live with chronic mental illness and are Clubhouse members.

Dave (not his real name) was living in a tent in a cemetery when he became a member at Arrowhead. He got support, showers, somewhere to do laundry, and food. More importantly, he received belief, trust, acceptance, and empowerment. He became the Arrowhead tech wizard and helped set up the internet for members. He’s now in Vancouver studying climate change engineering.

Matt (not his real name) lives with schizophrenia. He regularly has to spend time in the psychiatric ward. He was sleeping on the streets and at the homeless shelter.

He’s been taken advantage of, had all his money and possessions stolen, and been dragged into street drugs. Six months ago, Arrowhead staff encouraged Matt to apply for

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Real Estate Market Minute

Tony Browton RE/MAX City Realty

According to the provincial government, roughly 98 per cent of businesses in BC are small businesses and I can’t imagine a better place to own a business than on BC’s spectacular Sunshine Coast.

Today I am talking about Gibsons and why this is a great community in which to live, work, and invest.

Gibsons is the southernmost community on the Sunshine Coast and is home to roughly 4,600 people. It also services a large rural region comprised of an additional 13,000 residents.

Despite its modest size, Gibsons boasts big-city amenities like fibre-optic high speed internet, public transit, and has even played host to large film and television productions.

Gibsons is divided into two regions – Lower Gibsons and Upper Gibsons. Lower Gibsons – or the Landing as it’s sometimes referred to – is on the water and is comprised of chic, trendy restaurants, galleries, and shops.

This is also where you’ll

find Gibsons’ harbour. The harbour is home to commercial fishing boats from late fall to early spring.

During the summer months, tourists and pleasure vessels flock to the area.

The Landing is the first stop many tourists make when they visit the Sunshine Coast and as such, commercial space is always in high demand.

Lower Gibsons is also where the town’s municipal office is located. Whether you have questions about a business licence or zoning requirements or special permits, this should be your first stop.

Upper Gibsons is the town’s commercial and industrial hub. Here you’ll find shopping complexes, national chain stores, and medical and emergency services. It’s home to the high school and elementary school. There’s also a light industrial park that’s home to businesses like boat builders, auto repair, and equipment rental.

Whether you’re looking to own a stylish boutique, an automotive body shop, or anything in between, the community is eager to embrace and support your new venture. Gibsons has an active chamber of commerce that boasts 220 member

businesses.

From a business perspective, investing in Gibsons makes a lot of sense. But when you factor in community and lifestyle, making Gibsons your home is an absolute no-brainer. In 2009, the United Nations-endorsed LivCom award was presented to Gibsons for being the world’s best town. In 2005, Gibsons pure, unchlorinated water was named the best in the world. You’re minutes away from world-class hiking, scuba diving, mountain biking, and almost any other outdoor activity you can think of. Gibsons has a low crime rate; warm, sunny summers; and some of the mildest winters in Canada.

I’ve traveled all over the world and BC’s Sunshine Coast is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. Whether you arrive on the ferry, a sailboat, or float plane, Gibsons is the gateway to the Sunshine Coast and has positioned itself as an economic hub and driver of growth for the entire region.

Tony Browton is an award-winning Realtor who lives and works on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

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An ambulance passes under a tree knocked down by a storm Oct. 16 on Lower Rd., near Geddes Rd., in Roberts Creek. Lower Rd. was later closed while the tree was removed. JOHN GIBBS PHOTO

This is International Bat Week As Halloween approaches, bat enthusiasts around BC are celebrating bats by participating in International Bat Week (Oct. 24-31). As Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project Leader Michelle Evelyn explains, Bat Week is all about appreciating and helping these amazing animals.

“Bats in BC help control agricultural and forest pests, as well as mosquitoes in our yards – but now bats need our help” says Evelyn. “The conservation of bats in BC has always been important, since over half the species in this province are considered at risk. With the continuing spread of White-nose Syn-

drome in Washington State, bat conservation is more important than ever.”

Caused by an introduced fungus, White-nose Syndrome (WNS) has spread to 33 states and seven provinces in North America, decimating bat populations along the way. “Luckily, WNS has not yet arrived in BC,” continues Evelyn, “But we are preparing for its arrival by raising awareness about bats, working with landowners who have bats in buildings, enhancing bat habitat, and monitoring populations.”

To help bats during Bat Week, students from four Sunshine Coast schools will

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be working with the Wildlife Project to build bat houses.

Residents of all ages are also invited to come build their own bat house at one of the upcoming community workshops, from 11am to 3pm: Oct. 27 (Frank West Hall, Gibsons), Nov. 3 (Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay), and Nov. 16 (Pender Harbour Community Hall, Madeira Park). Monitoring for WNS will continue this winter, with reports of dead bats or sightings of winter bat activity requested starting Nov. 1.

You can report sightings to coastwildlife@gmail.com or 604-989-1007.

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Sarah will be joining her dad Kenan, as part of the MacKenzie Real Estate Team.

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Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

The Driftwood Players present Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet), a comedic re-imagining of Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Romeo and Juliet for a three-week run this fall. The play, written by Ann-Marie MacDonald, has become one of the most successful Canadian plays written in English with over 100 productions in Canada, the US, Europe and Japan, and was winner of the Governor General’s Award for Drama in 1990. It follows Constance Ledbelly, a “spinster” academic, whose PhD thesis claims that Shakespeare stole the ideas for two of his best-known plays from another author who had originally written them as comedies. In the midst of a personal crisis, Constance falls down the rabbit hole of her office garbage can to find herself at the turning points of the Bard’s plays, saving Desdemona and Juliet

from their tragic fates, and interfering with the course of narrative events to great comic effect. Along the way, sexual and gender norms and women’s roles are explored as Constance’s journey is ultimately one of self-discovery.

Tasked with bringing the mousey Constance to life in this production is local thespian Mary Beth Pongrac. “I have a lot in common with Constance,” says Pongrac.

“She lives alone and has cats.

She can be very timid and doesn’t stand up for herself.

When I was younger I was a lot like that. But she can also be very strong.” Pongrac has only been on the Coast since July 2018, but was very active in community theatre in Ottawa. The presence of a strong local theatre company was an important factor in Pongrac’s decision to move here. “I love acting,” she says. “I really like being someone else for a while.” A big fan of MacDonald’s work – “the woman is a genius” – Pongrac jumped at the chance to audition for the role of Constance. “That was the role I wanted,” she says. “What Constance goes through and does in the play,

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how she learns from other women, all strong female characters, how she transforms – I just love it.” The role is a challenging one, in part because Constance is almost always on stage, so there are lots of lines, but there also several physical aspects to the role and the comedic timing needs to be precise.

“I knew the role was going to be a challenge,” says Pongrac.

“But I wanted to be in an Ann-Marie MacDonald play and it’s the role of a lifetime.”

Pongrac was also attracted to the themes of the play, even more than 30 years after its release: the role of women, on stage and off, and how women are still not as recognized as their male counterparts, especially in academia and business. “Things haven’t changed as much as some of us think they have,” she says.

Pongrac stresses that having read or studied Othello and Romeo and Juliet isn’t essential to enjoying Goodnight Desdemona. “You don’t need to know those stories,

The cast of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), from the left, Rozanne Pilbeam (Desdemona), Mac Dodge (Othello and Nurse), Mary Beth Pongrac (Constance), Elizabeth Hood (Juliet and Soldier), Gabriel Ryan (Romeo and Ghost). On the floor is Richard Austin (Chorus and Iago). PHOTO SUBMITTED because the humour is there no matter what,” she says.

She looks forward to bringing this “brilliant” play to Coast audiences. “There’s a little bit of dancing, a little bit of singing, some sword-play and I

think they’re going to laugh.”

Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet) runs at the Heritage Playhouse October 24, 25, 26, November 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30pm and 2pm Sunday matinees Octo-

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Tickets $25 for adults, $15 for students, available online at share-there.com, Blackberry Shoppe, Melomania, and Strait Music. More info at driftwoodplayers.ca

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Nominated for three Oscars including Best Actress for Melissa McCarthy and Best Supporting Actor for Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is a bizarre, compelling tale about Saturday real-life biographer, Lee IsraNovember 2nd el, and her descent into alcoholism and artistic deception.

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McCarthy gives a moving, insightful performance as this fabulous, flawed heroine; she is wonderfully paired with British actor Grant.

After becoming known as a New York Times best-selling celebrity biographer, Israel suddenly finds herself in a type of limbo. Her agent Marjorie (Jane Curtin) seems incapable of rescuing her from the looming abyss of nothingness. Desperate for money, Israel turns to booze and forgery.

Set in New York in the 1970’s and 80’s, this is a biting portrayal of the kind of eccentric that New York can (and did) produce. Described as “a horribly fascinating, true-life black comedy”, it is also a film about dignity. It illustrates how even a stubbornly independent person, such as Israel, is forced finally

Melissa McCarthy was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a biographer who descends into alcoholism.

And her co-star, Richard E. Grant, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. ALL STAR/FOX SEARCHLIGHT PHOTO to admit that she too needs people.

The Sunshine Coast Film Society (SCFS) will screen “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” on Monday, Oct. 28, 7:30pm plus Wednesday Oct. 30, 7:30pm, at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, and Satur-

day, Nov. 2, 2pm., at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt.

SCFS members: $5, others $9. All annual memberships & Gibsons tickets can be purchased online at www.scfs.ca or at the doors. Sechelt tickets available at the door.

Submitted by Bette Chadwick

Climate crisis wisdom Jan Zwicky and Robert Bringhurst, arguably two of Canada’s most celebrated authors, will be reading Nov. 2, 7:30pm, at the Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Robert Bringhurst is a man of letters, both literally as the author of “The Elements of Typographic Style”, and figuratively as the writer of a wide body of works in linguistics, poetry, cultural history and translation in ancient and modern languages.

Bringhurst’s work on North American oral literatures, most notably “A Story as Sharp as a Knife” on the great Haida myths, has been described by Margaret Atwood as “a book of wonders”.

Jan Zwicky is a philosopher, poet and musician whose po-

etry is known for its acute musicality and great rhythmical skill. Her latest works in poetry, “The Long Walk”, and philosophical essay, “The Experience of Meaning”, bear witness to our current environmental cataclysm and cultural collapse. Yet her work never sinks into despair.

Together, Bringhurst and Zwicky have written a powerful little book entitled “Learning to Die: Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis”. Briefly, Bringhurst describes the enormity of the crisis, while Zwicky, using Socrates as her example, offers a way of facing the ultimate catastrophe with “the absence of fear and the refusal of despair”.

Admission is by donation.

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Artist Philippe Sokazo showed off his colourful work in his Garden Bay studio (venue #181) during the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, Oct. 18-20. More than 300 artists were featured at 186 venues. JANE COVERNTON PHOTO

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Mars still in Libra does suggest that you could opt for the slow lane or even park it, altogether. Yet, Venus also in Scorpio indicates that you are in a curious mood and would make the effort if you could add something of value to your lot. Mercury is poised to turn retrograde also in your sign which may actually help to sharpen your focus.

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This is a time of decision.

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