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The office of the Auditor General for Local Government, which was thought up, conceived, and born during the Premier’s leadership campaign, has now spent $5.2 million and has produced exactly one audit. The Opposition under Leader John Horgan, pointed out the waste of public funds. After the AGLG was fired, he repeated the NDP’s recommendation that the office be housed under the actual, already established, respected, and independent Auditor General of BC. Former Liberal Minister George Abbott was about to be named Chief Treaty Commissioner for BC, to replace Sophie Pierre. At the last moment, after all the formal processes were followed, after all parties gave careful thought and deliberation on the choice, the Premier jumped in and canceled the appointment preferring to
leave the position vacant. There are days when I feel embarrassed on the part of the Legislative Assembly. George Abbott can handle a little rough patch, but our relationship with First Nations is one we can’t take for granted. A reporter from the Tyee news website pointed out how the Liberal government used announcements about Liquor Law changes to distract the public from other issues that were causing them embarrassment. Now the government’s implementation of liquor law changes has caused them more than embarrassment. Craft brewers, distillers, grocery store owners, liquor retail sales, and government liquor stores are all upset at a sloppy transition which has resulted in cost increases to consumers of all alcoholic beverages. My colleague Lana Popham, MLA for Saanich South, invited the Wounded Warriors to lunch at the Legislature. They represent soldiers who are urging governments and the public to recognize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to de-stigmatize it, and to invest in research that will help those suffering with it, and to over-come it. First responders joined us at the lunch, including John Popham, firefighter and husband of Lana, and Chief Andy Brinton of the Oak Bay Police Department, formerly Staff Sergeant of the Powell River
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Update from the Legislature. The government has heard our latest appeal for common sense action on the BC Ferries file, currently being willfully ignored by the Premier, the Minister of Transportation and the rest of Liberal Cabinet. (Recap: Everyone, including prominent Liberals, cannot believe what the government is doing to coastal ferry-reliant communities). The Opposition’s latest appeal came in the form of a Motion, debated this past week in the Legislature. MLA Claire Trevena, who represents the North Island con-
stituency, moved: “Be it resolved that this House agrees that B.C. needs a ferry system that is part of the provincial infrastructure, working for the benefit of B.C.’s economy and communities.” I was assigned to respond along with four Opposition colleagues and four Liberal backbenchers. I had not prepared any notes to guide my response because I was focused on another speech I’d been preparing the prior week. It turns out I didn’t need notes. Channeling the anger and frustration of constituents I railed at the misguided nature of the current government’s approach to essential public transportation infrastructure. Even prominent Liberal MLA’s have admitted to me that users pay disproportionately more than for any comparable service. You can find a link at www.nicholassimons.com.
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and government MLA Ralph Sultan of West Vancouver, standing in for B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake. “There will be a cultural blessing and a ceremony that will bring the healing spirit of the shíshálh people into that land and into that [hospital] building,” Craigan told The Local earlier in the day. “We’re not just changing the name, we’re bringing the spirit of our people into this whole realm, not just to the grounds, but into the hospital itself.” The shíshálh provided a midday meal for everyone before the performance of a ceremony, involving eight female singers and then eight medicine dancers from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The chief and Councillor Garry Feschuk said that no other details of the sacred ceremony could
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The signs still say “St. Mary’s Hospital,” but as far as the shíshálh First Nation is concerned, the name has now been changed both officially and in spirit. The renaming to Sechelt/ shíshálh Hospital, originally announced March 17 by Vancouver Coastal Health, was celebrated in a ceremony that the Band opened to the public at its Longhouse on Saturday, March 28. More than 200 people, aboriginals and non-aboriginals from all over the Sunshine Coast, joined in the festivities. Among the dignitaries attending were Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority COO Mike Nader and members of the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, Mayor Bruce Milne and Sechelt councillors, SCRD directors, as well as local MLA Nicholas Simons
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be recorded or reported on. Craigan recalled that in the 1960s, both the shíshálh and non-aboriginal residents wanted a new and bigger institution in the central part of the peninsula because at that time, there was only a small hospital in Garden Bay. So Craigan’s father, who was then chief, donated the land on which the hospital is built to Andy Johnson, the mayor of Sechelt. Craigan’s father later fell ill and died at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, never getting to see the local hospital built. Craigan said that before ceding the land to Sechelt, his father and the First Nation’s councillors had to fight church officials to regain title to both the future hospital property and to the land across the highway where the Raven’s Cry Theatre and the Band’s administration offices now stand, which used to be the site of a now-infamous residential school. “The oblates were trying to lay claim to all of this land and we took them to court and were successful in getting the land back.” The change of signage and labelling in and around the hospital is expected to take months to complete. “We know it’s going to take time for that transition to happen. But we’re very patient, we understand,” said Craigan. Rik Jespersen
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C-51: What is the real threat? The contentious Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act 2015, is certain to be passed by the House of Commons on its way to becoming law. We can assume that, as he must, local Conservative MP John Weston will vote in favour along with his party. Meanwhile, Weston, a smart and good-natured lawyer, has been tasked with trying to put a positive spin on this very negative misstep by the government. Weston wrote in a statement to The Local last week that C-51 has been, “designed to strike at one kind of freedom–the freedom of a terrorist to operate against Canadian interests.” But the many opponents to this legislation do not dispute that the handful of terrorists in this country must be stopped. We already have laws and systems to protect us from such madmen. The problem with the design of Bill C-51 is that it virtually neutralizes Canada’s Privacy Act. As revealed in documents now made public, the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada—leading nations of the purported free world—collect all data generated by all residents’ phone calls and internet activity. Authorities couldn’t possibly monitor it all, but they do collect it all, and can track down and examine any portion of it whenever they choose. This has been going on for years. C-51 now makes it legal. The bill also allows sharing of any gathered information about us among 17 different government departments, ministries and agencies, and with other governments. Weston also noted that the new law will not outlaw dissent, as “CSIS [Canadian Security Intelligence Service] can only investigate… dissent if it is carried out in conjunction with a threat to the security of Canada.” But who sets the standard as to what constitutes a threat? And how closely are those who set that standard overseen by any publicly accountable authority? A number of prominent Canadians who are in a position to know see this is very dangerous. Four former prime ministers— Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Joe Clark, and John Turner— along with five former Supreme Court justices, seven former Liberal solicitors general and ministers of justice, three past members of the intelligence review committee, two former privacy commissioners, every current provincial privacy commissioner; and a retired RCMP watchdog, all say that oversight safeguards are ominously weak in Bill C-51. A government that claims to be “protecting” its citizens’ freedom by gutting privacy, legalizing virtual total surveillance and permitting investigations without sufficient oversight is acting in a deeply cynical manner. The government now says it is open to making minor amendments to the bill as it’s examined clause by clause. But will minor amendments be enough to blunt its major flaws? We wish Weston well personally, but as with all Canadian governments of any stripe, the Conservatives will not be in power forever. Eventually this law will be more broadly amended, if not stopped in its tracks by challenges brought before the Supreme Court of Canada. Rik Jespersen
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I wish our local MP would show more courage in confronting his party leader’s over-the-top so-called “National Security” legislation. Michael Chong, also a Conservative MP, has shown such courage in calling for an “independent parliamentary committee with enough independence to properly review the activities of security and intelligence agencies and hold the government to account.” Chong does not believe it is wise to allow the oversight of the secret police to a small group appointed by the PM. The apparatus for ensuring the safety of Canadians is not the PM’s own private outfit. And we should be very leery of this given the shenanigans observed in the last election. Apart from the shenanigans at election time, this government has kept a Canadian child soldier in Guantanamo for eight years without charge or a fair trial. The government has been complicit in the torture of its own citizen. It has kept at least five other people in jail without charge or trial for years on end, a clear, ongoing violation of the international human rights obligations signed by Canada. It continues to detain people in violation of the basic tenets of the Canadian Charter of Rights. But perhaps we are too generous in thinking our MP is simply too timid to do the right thing. Maybe he actually supports the human rights violations and the anti-charter legislation proposed by his party leader. The late Dr. Rosalie Bertell, a nuclear medicine specialist and graduate of Harvard, warned the peace movement by saying we have a tendency the believe that governments are well-intentioned but illinformed when they go to war. She said we have to understand that sometimes they are well-informed and ill-intentioned. Roger Lagassé, Halfmoon Bay Sunshine Coast Peace Group
Near-death experience
(re “Euthanasia Abuses”, the Local, March 19) I am very sorry to read about the difficult time Barbara Willumsen’s husband had during the dying process following his final heart attack a few years ago. But as someone who came near death, I wish to share an uplifting experience. I not only got the “hamburger disease” itself but I also got a severe and deadly condition called the haemolytic uremic syndrome. Only 40 per sent survive. It clots up your blood and I ended up in total kidney failure. I was not expected to live. I felt no thirst, I felt no hunger, my body felt as flat as a pancake, rays of two different colours flitted about in the room, and a large window looked like one as small as something you might find in a bathroom. I could talk at first but then I simply lost my ability to raise the sound above a bare whisper. I remember my husband saying, “Barbara, can’t you talk louder; the doctor can’t hear you.” I found out later that my heart had been beating at twice the normal rate, but I hadn’t noticed. I felt no pain at all - no shortness of breath - I was just slipping away. Once I was on dialysis the nurse came to see if I could eat. The mashed potatoes just rolled around in my mouth. I gained a quick respect for the need for spit! I came to with my doctor and husband at my side. Later, the doctor told me that I had been almost comatose. I knew I was getting better when, a day or so later I felt my first urge to drink. I share this because there is so much sharing of the negative dying experiences. I have been in the presence of a person dying. They looked as comfortable as I felt when dying. It is important to share the good stories - they are much more common than the bad stories! I decided to see what was available online about the dying process a couple of days
ago. Please do the same and share some good stories with others. Barbara Gobbi, Roberts Creek
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Barbara Willumsen claimed that euthanasia “abuses” have crept in in the Netherlands. She offered no supporting evidence and I found this claim dubious due to the normal care with which Dutch society approaches health issues. According to Euthanasia: law and practice in The Netherlands, the medical profession in Holland “formulated a set of criteria that mirrors the criteria developed by the courts: • The request for euthanasia must come from the patient and be entirely free and voluntary, well considered and persistent. • The patient must experience intolerable suffering (physical or mental), with no prospect of improvement and with no acceptable solutions to alleviate the patient’s situation. • Euthanasia must be performed by a physician after consultation with an independent colleague who has experience in this field.” This study found that the lethal drug was prescribed or administered without the patient’s explicit request in less than 0.1% of cases. But even in the vast majority of these cases, “death was imminent; in most cases, patients were in the end stage of a malignant disease and were dying; in almost all cases patients were suffering grievously. Most patients were incompetent at the time of the decision, but, in more than half of the cases, it had been discussed with him or her while still competent.” It’s clear that the Canadian government doesn’t need five years, or even five months, to develop a workable solution. It can simply duplicate – or use as a template – existing workable solutions. And there should be no problem making this happen as quickly as Bill
C-51 reared its ugly head. If I’m suffering terribly at the end of my days, I don’t want my suffering to be prolonged indefinitely because some stranger is worried about ‘abuses’, and I expect most people feel the same way. George Kosinski, Gibsons
Victoria’s “true agenda”
The Education Statutes Amendment Act - Bill 11 purports to strengthen accountability. Bill 11, however, distracts attention from growing concerns about underfunding in BC public schools. If government truly cared about improving public education they would reverse cuts they announced in February. Bill 11 expands the minister’s ability to replace democratically elected school board members with government appointments. By centralizing control, the government forces school boards to make further cuts. In other words: implement the cuts or we’ll do it for you. This Legislation, apparently helpful in establishing a framework for teacher professional development is irrelevant; teachers across the province successfully embrace locally determined topics for their own continued learning toward improving practice and meeting students’ needs. The Sunshine Coast Teachers’ Association and our School District actively promote and support numerous meaningful initiatives. If government desires changes to professional development perhaps showing respect for teachers’ professionalism and autonomy, and providing funds for training are good places to start. While government pretends to find efficiencies their true agenda in cutting teacher positions, refusing to fund seismic upgrades to buildings, reducing administration and school support staff is ever-apparent: dismantle public education. Louise Herle, Roberts Creek Sunshine Coast Teachers’ Association President
Marsha Walden, of Destination BC, left, responded to questions along with Ian Robertson of the Tourism Industry Association of BC and Candace Campo of Talaysay Tours. Rik Jerspersen photo
The Sunshine Coast can get a bigger share of the $13-billion spent on B.C. tourism every year, especially if local business operators tune up their online presence, a panel of travel experts says. Ian Robertson, of the Tourism Industry Association of B.C., and Marsha Walden of Destination B.C., joined local tourism operator Candace Campo to make presentations at Raven’s Cry Theatre March 26 at a Sunshine Coast Credit Union-sponsored forum entitled “The Business
of Tourism.” “For anyone on the marketing side of the business, it’s a pretty changed world these days,” Walden told the audience of about 100 people. “More and more power has shifted to consumers.” Walden said the word of mouth on social media sites like Trip Advisor has, “more influence than any other single type of marketing.” Travel planning has also seen a sea-change. “There used to be a time when you’d pick up the phone and call a travel agent
and that would be the end of the research that you did, they would give you all the guidance you needed,” said Walden. “Now, 60 per cent of all travel is planned and booked independently by people with all the resources out there online today.” Walden added that visitors’ centres across B.C. continue do a very good job, but again, once visitors get to an area an increasing number of them will get out their iPads and smart phones to check out the top 10 things to do locally. “Is having a visitors’ service centre enough? Do we need to broaden the perspective that we bring to what visitors’ servicing means today?” said Walden. In a question and answer session later, Paddy Wales of the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden asked about the creation of a comprehensive online calendar for Coast events of all kinds “inclusive of every single small or large organization on the Coast.” Campo said efforts are underway to do just that and referred to Laurie McConnell of Bad Dog Design and BigPacific.com, who was in the
audience. McConnell said she is involved in building a “supercalendar” with a Vancouver technology firm who is willing to come to the Coast and talk about creating, “a calendar that is much more comprehensive than the one we’re imagining here.” With the plethora of groups on the coast, including arts, restaurants and attractions on the coast, “we probably have 50 to 100 events happening a day,” McConnell said. She added that technology exists to “split that out into various pieces,” and can include an applicable mapbased calendar so as a tourist, at any time, “you will be able to see what’s happening around you.” McConnell said she would be willing to host an online calendar event for all those interested in seeing the project completed. Rik Jespersen
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(The Grandkid, by Driftwood Players, written by John Lazarus, director David Short, featuring Brian Harbison and Laura Simons. At the Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, April 3 & 4.) I caught a preview of The Grandkid, presented at Heritage Playhouse by our own Driftwood Players, featuring Brian Harbison and Laura Simons. This is a challenging, tender, witty play by well-known Canadian writer
John Lazarus and a wonderful example of the enormous contributions of the entire production team. The set was detailed, completely convincing as the living room of a middle-class Jewish household, the costumes perfect, the sound and lighting spoton. The actors rehearsed intensely for three months to master the often-subtle dialogue. Because of the frequent scene and costume changes (toque to yarmulke, sometimes both at once), the play ran a little long, but the inter-act music was so outstanding that it did much more than distract from the shuffle. Recordings of the superb clarinetist Mark Si-
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mons (brother of Laura!) and Mazik, a Klezmer group from Montreal, filled the darkened theatre with sinuous sound and toe-tapping rhythms that added greatly to the experience. Laura Simons nailed Abby’s understated intelligence, her easy, Canadian-youth brand of physicality, her generation’s idealism and squeamishness about overt sexuality. She’s a typical college kid, but add to that her Canadianisms (Hockey! Beer!) and the Jewishness that runs deep in her psyche. Brian Harbison has exactly the right twinkle in his eye for the complex role of Julius. He is a concerned granddad, grieving widower, artist, boomer, Zionist, rake, a man facing his own mortality. He has secrets. Many wonderfully descriptive Jewish expressions are used (there was a helpful glossary in the program). I developed a real affection for these two characters. Their bond was portrayed unerringly, despite points of contention that range from humorous to deadly serious. Granddaughter and grandfa-
ther call each other by their shared last name, “Rothstein,” and have since she was a tiny girl. Some delightful quirkinesses emerge—such as “Rothstein the Snowman” which is based on the very young child’s mis-hearing of “Frosty”— and stick, the way these things do. They share games like one in which they make up new words by combining sounds. One of the best laughs of the night comes from the child Abby’s “fun” plus “lucky”. These back-in-time moments were presented quietly, throughout the production. The actors, changed into formal, “Shul”going clothes, (Abby as a grown woman), walk onto the stage from opposite sides into spotlights, and speak these memories from their own perspectives. I came away pondering politics, forgiveness, generation and gender and how much richer life is when children can really know their grandparents as people who strive, dream, fail, and have flaws, instead of just last-ditch childcare and obligatory holiday visits.
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April 5 Members-only test and tune drag racing, Sechelt airport, 1-5pm, $40 to join the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association, info: Richard at 604-230-5067 April 5 Singer-songwriter Charlotte Wrinch, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6-9pm, by donation April 10 Beginner’s astronomy night, with Royal Astronomical Society, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, donations accepted April 10 Heavy Mellow, fundraiser for Out in the Cold homeless shelter, Roberts Creek Legion, 8pm, members $10, guests $20 April 11 Job fair presented by Sunshine Coast Tourism, Band Hall (behind McDonald’s) 10am3pm, free April 11 Salmon dinner and auction, fundraiser for SC Salmonid Enhancement Society, Seniors Centre, Sechelt, 6pm, $100 April 11 Annual shoe, purse and jewellery auction, fundraiser for Ruby Slipper Fund helping people with cancer, Chatelech Secondary gym, Sechelt, 6pm, $30, VIP $100 April 11 A night of food and music with Sh-Boom and friends and a three-course dinner, Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club, Roberts Creek, 6:30pm, $40 April 11 Reading by novelist Madeleine Thien, by Sunshine Coast Arts Council, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, admission by donation April 11 Dance with Queer as Funk, fundraiser for Synchronicity Arts Festival, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, $25 April 11 Tower of Song, Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone interpret Leonard Cohen, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $20 advance, $25 at the door
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April 2 Outward Bound information session, by Tetrahedron Outdoor club, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7pm April 3 The Grandkid, by the Driftwood Players, Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, 2pm, $20 April 3 Singer Verna Chan, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6pm, by donation April 3 Musical meditation and chanting, Yoga By the Sea, Roberts Creek, 7:30-9pm, by donation April 3&4 The Grandkid, by the Driftwood Players, Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, 7:30pm, $20 April 4 Opening reception for “Azo Gold”, five artists featuring “gold”, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 4-6pm, free April 4 Opening reception for new works by painter Jennifer Drysdale and sculptor Cindy Cantelon, The Landing Gallery, Gibsons, 4-6pm, free April 4 Jazz trio Martini Madness, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6pm, by donation April 4 Tunnel Six spring tour, six musicians from six locations, by SC Jazz and Entertainment Society, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $20 April 4 Toastmasters speaking contest, Harmony Hall, Gibsons, 2-4pm, free April 4 Walk-on Dead, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $5, guests $10 April 5 Beerster egg hunt for adults, and chocolate egg hunt for kids, fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living, Persephone Brewing Co., Gibsons, 1-3pm, $25
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The Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society is excited to present the return of ‘Tunnel Six’ on Easter weekend, Saturday April 4. Tunnel Six is an international collaboration of musical storytellers and are embarking on their sixth tour of the US and Canada. Their new program of original compositions will showcase the band’s collective vision, as this year’s theme of “journeys / spaces / stories” continues the group’s evolution. Formed in 2009 at the Banff Centre’s International Jazz Workshop in Alberta, the ensemble has grown over the course of six crosscontinental tours and two
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critically-acclaimed albums into a mature ensemble blending six distinct threads into uniquely impressionistic soundscapes. With singable melodies that dare to be epic and an unabashedly emotional approach to musical storytelling, Tunnel Six tastefully blends elements of jazz, world, and folk to transport audiences from the peaks of the Rockies to the shores of the Maritimes. Showtime is 8pm, Saturday, April 4, at the Arts Centre in Sechelt. Tickets are $20, available from Strait Music, MELOmania, Gaia Fair Trade, at the door or on-line at www. coastjazz.com Submitted
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I don’t know about you, but when I see a 99 cent bag of bananas at the store, overripe and turning black, I get excited. Good overripe bananas mean delicious banana bread. I simply peel the bananas and put them in a container in the freezer. Then when I feel like a treat I whip up a loaf or two.
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Good day all Special Olympics fans! This month I will focus on Curling and Rhythmic Gymnastics, the final two sports of our fall/winter season. Curling takes place at the Gibsons Curling rink every Saturday around noon. Head coach Bill Climie and volunteer coaches Peter Metcalfe, George Proudfoot and Dave Sandness give their time to teaching the art of sweeping, sliding and putting the ‘rock’ in the circle. The athletes this season are Dustin Archer, Coco Vito, Michael Brooks, Amber Maher, Jordan McCourt, Shelly McQuaid, Bruce Stuart, Der-
I don’t think you can really go wrong with banana bread, it is pretty easy to make and everyone seems to like it. This recipe makes nice moist bread and the funny thing is that unless you tell people, no one will know that you made it without eggs or milk. The recipe comes from an interesting site, dairyfreecooking. about.com. The site is not a vegan recipe site, but has adapted regular recipes to remove the dairy. This banana bread may well become a regular food in your house, much as it is in mine.
ick Pye, Brian Ware and Josh Leskie. On February 28th, the last day of curling for this season, I travelled to Gibsons Curling Rink to get the lowdown. This was also funny hat day so I wore a silly hat to fit right in. A few athletes explained why they joined curling. Amber Maher said that it’s fun and she enjoys it. Bruce Stuart told me that he was looking for a sport to replace our ancient one of bowling and he figured it would be a new sport to try. I also spoke with Coco Vito and his friend Charlene and they let me know that Coco wanted to join an interactive team sport. He picked up the skills quite fast and enjoys being with the guys on the rink. Of course, the highlight of every season was the fun bonspiel that the team attended in Abbotsford where
Vegan Banana Bread 2 cups all purpose flour ¾ cup white granulated sugar (I prefer cane sugar) ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed ¾ t. baking soda ¾ t salt ¾ t cinnamon ½ cup plain soy milk or almond milk 1 t. apple cider vinegar 2 cups mashed banana, from about 4 large very ripe bananas ¼ cup canola oil 2 T. maple syrup 1 t. vanilla extract Walnuts (optional) they also celebrated the birthdays of Bill Climie and Michael Brooks at the Old Spaghetti Factory. On Tuesday, March 24 I went to the Sechelt Rec Centre and peeked in on a Special Olympics rhythmic gymnastics practice. Head coach Grace Gardner and assistant coach Roxy Hamilton were running the practice along with student volunteer Darianne Hunter. We are very lucky to have these fresh faces involved in our branch of Special Olympics here on the Coast. Grace has experience in the dance community and the special needs community and brings a combination of encouragement and expertise to the practices. Roxy is an Olympic experienced gymnast. The athletes who are fortunate enough to be in this class are Abby Jeffery, Linsey Davidson, Amanda Boghe-
an, Theresa Presley, Tracy Schoular, Marina Stevens and Amber Fenton. I gathered from my visit that there is much more involved than simply twirling a ribbon or rope, or sliding and bouncing a ball. There is technique, soft movements, elegant use of body and accessories. Once again I would like to make the argument for male inclusion into Special Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics. It looks like a lot of fun and hey I don’t mind tights. LOL. We all look forward to seeing the athletes’ first performance under their new coaches. They are definitely getting some top-notch lessons. That’s all for now folks, see you next month! Track & Field will be starting up as well as soccer, softball, bocce and even golf! The world of Special O never slows down!
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1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly oil a 9”x5” loaf pan and set aside. 2. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugars, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. 3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the soy milk and cider vinegar and let stand for two minutes. Add the mashed banana,canola oil, maple syrup, and vanilla extract, whisking until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing until just combined (do not overmix!). Fold in the walnuts if using and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean. Allow the bread to cool on a wire cooling rack for 20 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature. www.dairyfreecooking.about.com
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Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) is excited to welcome an early Spring on the Sunshine Coast. With the advent of warmer weather, the allvolunteer Station 12 in Sechelt /Halfmoon Bay would like to help boaters launch a safe boating season with the following helpful reminders: • Your local Marine Search and Rescue team is now offering FREE Pleasure Craft Safety Checks. Intended as a helpful vessel inspection, a volunteer crew member will conduct a complimentary review of your boat’s safety equipment. Should anything
(like lifejackets, flares, fire extinguisher, horn, strobes) be missing, outdated or nonfunctional, THERE WILL BE NO PENALTY! We simply offer an itemized list of recommended items to keep you and your family safe for the season and compliant with Transport Canada’s requirements. We want to promote safety on the water, through community awareness and boater preparedness. • Spring cleaning /restocking applies to boats, too! Your marine search and rescue team recommends a comprehensive review of your boat’s equipment and supplies before the season begins. You
can stock up on necessary safety items at Secret Cove Marina (opens April 3) and Lighthouse Marine in Porpoise Bay. • Eyes on the water: citizens who witness marine incidents are encouraged to contact to report a marine emergency call 1-800-5675111 or *16. RCM-SAR has three teams of local volunteer crews on the Lower Sunshine Coast, including Station 14 (Gibsons), Station 12 (Halfmoon Bay) and Station 61 (Pender Harbour). Community support and watchful lookouts are always appreciated.
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Joe Bradly, left, of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #109, presented President Bob Nordlund of the Gibsons Lions Club, with a cheque for $5,000. This donation will be sent to Camp Squamish so that physically challenged children may attend summer camp. The money was collected by Legion members in a penny drive. This is a record amount (half a million pennies) for the annual drive, founded by long time Legion member Ian Jacob.
or at least are ample enough to counterbalance them. Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) New realizations challenging old interpretations are prompting you to see a bigger picture. Sometimes we must first stretch our mind before we can see let alone act upon new possibilities. This process has been described as inner work. As we entertain new considerations we are pushed out, at least in our mind and emotionally, of comfortable, familiar and secure perspectives, like now. Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Finding new ways to make money and/or to realize the abundance and health you desire is now in focus. This requires the cultivation of new skills and talents and/ or the polish of existing ones. Taking key initiatives and adjusting to improve as necessary is implied. Exercising self-control to rise above lower appetites, summon inspiration to overcome apathy and cooperate to create win/win deals.
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suggest, it is good to know when and when not to engage. At deeper levels this is a summons to experience new lifestyle choices and rhythms. Sagittarius (Nov21–Dec21) The spirit of new adventures continues to rise. It is calling you to make meaningful contributions to humanistic causes. These can come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Usually in the natural scheme of things the answers to give to whom or what and how is already within your scope of awareness and reality. Ask how you can give and your will receive answers and inspirations too. Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) A steady series of rumblings and even shakes and quakes close to home continue. They are meant to push you to assert new levels of leadership and responsibility. The twist is that these are meant to be of the feminine sort where empathy, emotional intelligence and nurturance take the place of calculation, logic and command,
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The Canada Revenue Agency program to help lowincome individuals complete their income taxes is also available in Madeira Park and Garden Bay. The service, provided by volunteers, is available at the Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church office in Garden Bay on Mondays, and at the community school in Madeira Park on Wednesdays. Appointments can be made by calling 604-865-0336.
these very feelings that are goading you to new perspectives. It may be certain existing relationship patterns no longer work or serve you or others. These discomforts are leading you to new solutions and approaches. See the silver lining. Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) Circumstances in some of your closest relationships continue to activate you to assert yourself. Financial concerns and/or considerations are featured. One way or another you want certain people to pay. You may simply want them to pay their own way but you may also feel the urge to exact some revenge. Focus on getting them to pay in such a way that you are not left with the bill or other karmic returns. Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) Sweet surrender has its time and place. Ironically, while it might sound like defeat and may in fact indicate victory and wisdom too. Timing is of the essence and as the principles of the Tao and common sense as well
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moned the leader within. As is often true, leadership includes giving more. Fortunately, you feel inspired to do precisely that. Dealing with rebellious urges of late implies the paradoxical act of directing the energy to be more cooperative; a double back of sorts. Creative multi-tasking without losing focus is included in this call to take the lead. Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) Sometimes when the challenge is to ‘go big or go home’ yours are the first set of tail lights to be seen. It is hardly because you are afraid and not up to the task. Rather it is about the monumental efforts required in gladly suffering fools and tolerating control freaks. Yet while you are happy to walk away, even run, you may feel compelled to hold them… for now. Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) A process of clearing the old to make way for the new continues. It is likely less about stuff and more about old beliefs, philosophies, visions and self-concepts. Convictions we hold about ourselves and the world and our roles and duties within it can be like mountains before the sandy shores we sometimes seek. The time has come to take a few new risks that challenge the old ways. Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) Some very real stirrings on relationship fronts are causing you some concern, perhaps even frustration and stress. However, at best it is
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Tip of the Week: By now, many people are experiencing, not just feeling, the synchronistic effects of the recent solar eclipse which occurred on March 20th at 29 Pisces 27, the last degree of the Zodiac and a critical degree at that. It was also the second 29 degree New Moon in a row and was preceded by four 0-degree New Moons, the first of which was also a solar eclipse and all of these framed by a tetrad of lunar eclipses and the now much mentioned Uranus/Pluto square which will remain operative especially throughout 2015.. These signs of our times reveal that humanity is taking a sharp turn right now. The solar eclipse which occurred on the eve of the official moment of spring waxes to full on April 4th and culminates into a lunar eclipse. Moreover, it is the 3rd lunar eclipse in a rather rare series of 4. Prophets everywhere are thumping about this series which ends in a super moon lunar eclipse on September 27th as constituting a ‘sign in the heavens’ with echoes of end times on the airwaves. Altogether these are a feature of a much larger constellation of change. Often we have to step back to see the bigger picture to gain a
real sense of whether or how these might be interpreted in terms of representing powerful turning points. The final series of events and thus the sum total of their destined influence have yet to occur. September 27 and January 2016 when the 9th Uranus/ Pluto Opposition occurs will bring it to its closure. (Read more about it in my Newsletter – sign-up is free on my website.) Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) It is the presence of the Lunar South Node in your sign that is provoking you, shaking you awake. The destined purpose is to make you more aware of the give side in relationships. There are many ways to give yet those who know best how you can give are those you are giving to. This requires that you check in with them and avoid making assumptions. The time has come to fortify foundations. Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) Making your dreams reality requires you to somehow get out of the way. Doubts, inner fears and resistance, procrastination, lack of focus and the like are some of the common features of blocking our own progress. On the other hand, there is a flow and while the charging bull approach has its time and place so too does idly grazing until inner intuitions and outer signs prompt assertive actions. Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Engaging in social and cultural activities has sum-
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