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EDUCATION

Potential Cow High split still an option LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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Reaction to the proposed legalization of marijuana

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he contentious subject of splitting Cowichan Secondary into two different schools is still under consideration, even if it’s not on the front burner.

The idea was first raised in January but an outraged response from parents and students has pushed it off the board of education table until November.

Schools superintendent Rod Allen told trustees at a special school board meeting Jan. 19 the district wanted to split the big school into two distinct operations instead of its present configuration as two campuses of the same school.

Asked April 21 wha t has happened to that idea, Allen said, “We were looking at that amongst a variety of other things. We are still looking at what is the best configuration to achieve our needs. We were never just looking at configuring into two. That was one of the options we were looking at, absolutely.

“The conversation about a correct structure is still alive and we have said we would bring that back, based on parents’ requests, in November.”

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MARIJUANA

Pot plans leave plenty of questions ROBERT BARRON CITIZEN

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ophie Reid said she knew the legalization of marijuana in Canada was inevitable.

But now that the federal Liberal government has finally announced plans to legalize and regulate marijuana in Canada by the spring of 2017, Reid is not sure what it will mean for her and her business.

Reid is part owner of the Cowichan Valley Access Centre, one of two medical marijuana dispensaries currently operating in the Cowichan Valley.

The other is WarmLand Cannabis in Mill Bay. “I’m excited about the government’s announcement,” Reid said. “(Prime Minister Justin) Trudeau said he would invest in the middle class, and that’s what we are, so we see this as a fulfillment of a promise.”

Reid said she began operations on Allenby Road near Duncan, located within an unincorporated electoral area within the Cowichan Valley Regional District where business licences aren’t required, last summer.

She and her partner decided to set up shop there after being refused a business licence to open in downtown Duncan.

Reid said it’s “hard to say” what will become of CVAC as the government and nation move toward legalization, but she hopes the authorities will allow the business to stay operating until final decisions are made.

“We are allowed to operate under current zoning bylaws, we don’t sell to minors and we pay our taxes,” she said.

“Even the police that I’ve talked to are open to us being here.”

The Liberal government will launch a task force within the next few weeks to closely examine and evaluate every aspect of their goal to legalize, regulate and

Sophie Reid is the co-owner of the Cowichan Valley Access Centre on Allenby Road. [ROBERT BARRON/CITIZEN]

“Trudeau said he would invest in the middle class, and that’s what we are, so we see this as a fulfillment of a promise.”

SOPHIE REID, business owner

restrict access to marijuana within the year, as well as give the government advice on designing the new system.

“We will task them with a very specific set of questions around how it will be produced, where it will be accessed and sold and around questions of taxation,” Health Minister Jane Philpott said last week.

Chris, who did not provide his last name, owns two “bong” shops in Duncan that cater to providing pipes, papers and other paraphernalia used by marijuana users.

He also said he’s looking forward to the legalization of pot in Canada, but he has no intention of

supplying the actual drugs in his stores.

“I expect that once marijuana is legalized, it will be sold in every cold beer and wine store, so everyone else will be wasting their time,” Chris said.

“But I believe that business in my stores will increase substantially.

“Many people won’t try it now because it’s illegal, but the day it becomes legal, more people will try it and they’ll need the products I sell.”

Dr. Paul Hassleback, the medical health officer for the mid-Vancouver Island area, has been visiting municipal councils in the Cowichan Valley and across Vancouver Island in recent weeks talking about the dangers and costs of substance abuse, including marijuana.

He said that pot provides a few proven health benefits, but also provides health risks.

“Compared to other prescription drugs, we’re not finding a long list

of medical benefits from marijuana,” Hasselback said.

“I compare marijuana to alcohol, in that’s it’s not used mainly for its medical components.”

Duncan Coun. Sharon Jackson said she believes the city will adapt to the new legal regime well.

“Over the next year, we have to have conversations with our merchants and citizens so we can get their feedback on how we should proceed,” she said.

“For example, should we treat the dispensaries like liquor stores and have only so many with rules around how far apart they can be? I think most Canadians will accept the legalization of marijuana as long as there are rules, like it shouldn’t be sold right next to an elementary school.”

Jon Lefebure, the mayor of the Municipality of North Cowichan and the chairman of the board at the CVRD, said the sale of pot is still considered illegal, so North Cowichan doesn’t currently

hand out business licences to pot dispensaries.

Lefebure also said last week’s announcement will lead to “significant changes” in the regulatory regimes governing pot operations within the year.

“My personal opinion is that the so-called war on drugs has been an abject failure and we have to try a new approach,” he said.

Mike Coleman, a retired lawyer and former Duncan mayor, has dealt with many cases involving marijuana in his career.

He said he believes the federal government’s timetable of legalizing pot within the year is “doable” but there are many contentious issues that must be dealt with first.

“It’s easy for the federal government to legalize it and send out instructions as to how it wants the process to proceed, but the devil in the details,” Coleman said.

“For example, some people are calling for expunging the criminal records of those convicted of possession and releasing those who are in jail for the crime, but many people in jail for possession have also been involved in major drug dealing as well, so it can become very complicated.”

Then there’s the multitude of grow-ops operating in B.C. and across the country that smuggle their products into states in the U.S. where pot is still illegal.

“There’s a tremendous market there that (the growers) may not want to give up easily, so there’s a lot of issues that must be dealt with as we move forward,” Coleman said, adding he even expects laws like no smoking in public could be challenged by pot smokers who want to celebrate legalization, which would mean they are breaking other laws.

“There’s a lot of anxiety to get this done, but it’s important that we focus on getting it right, rather than how fast we can do it,” he said.

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ill school bus fees go up? Will Valley students still be bused to their schools of

choice?

No changes are set for September 2016 but the Cowichan Valley school district board of education has acknowledged that they have to talk about those subjects in the fall. Trustees, faced with a $3.3 million funding shortfall, were taking their first look April 21 at ideas for balancing their 2016-17 budget.

District secretary-treasurer Jason Sandquist, while presenting a list of suggestions, intentionally left “busing fees” blank because he knew the subject would generate discussion.

A survey of parents, which generated only 162 responses, indicated that the majority of those folks favoured the idea of increasing busing fees, but it was a very small sampling of opinion and there was no way of knowing if their children even took the bus, he said.

Trustee Cathy Schmidt convinced her colleagues that the talk should happen well before any changes were made because she saw some difficult decisions looming over the horizon in the coming years.

“I really feel this is a conversation we need to have. We’re at that point now where we are

Busing remains a contentious issue in the Cowichan Valley school district. [CITIZEN FILE PHOTO] “I’m starting to struggle in my soul,” she said.

“These kids need support; they need programs. So busing needs to be reviewed. And maybe as a board, instead of increasing the bus fees, we could leave them as they are and review what would happen if we only bused to home schools, not all over the district.

Can we save some money that way and put it back into programs in years to come?” she asked. “Can we afford to look at kids and say, ‘You can’t have that

paying an awful lot of money for transportation. When we went to [provincial school trustees’ convention in Vancouver recently] we learned that a lot of districts are struggling with busing and they were only busing to home schools. And they were struggling to afford that. When they found out what we bus, they asked, ‘How are you guys even able to afford it?’” she said.

Schmidt said balancing programs against bus trips was worrying.

program but you’ll get a ride to school.’ The idea is: there’s a dollar on the table, which way do you want to go? I’m really struggling with the busing fees knowing what we have to do this year.”

Trustee Rob Hutchins asked her, “You’re talking about not doing anything for this budget?

You wouldn’t want to try for some relief now?”

Schmidt said, “No. If we’re looking at an overhaul for next year.

My personal opinion is to leave the things the way they are now

and have a real conversation in the fall on what we’re going to do about busing.”

Trustee Elizabeth Croft said that she shared that concern and said that she agreed with Sandquist that just because some of the people who sent in surveys liked the idea of increased busing fees, it was “not a mandate to raise them.”

But, giving students choice is important, she said.

“We can no longer build schools where every single one of them has a shop or has all the resources that students might need; the next question is that they have to be able to get there in order to have choice. We might look at a small increase this year. I think it’s certainly worth a discussion.”

Trustee Candace Spilsbury said that any changes in the busing situation should be approached carefully.

“However it looks on paper it’s not an easy transition for our staff. Even getting general acceptantce of bus fees was huge,” she said, adding that “it’s very late in the year to make changes.”

Sanquist agreed with Spilsbury about the difficulty of getting the public to deal with any changes in busing.

“We’ve taken three years to get to a place where we’re not receiving angry phone calls,” he said.

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POLICE

Man dies after Saltspring scrap A 36 year-old man died after a fight on Saltspring Island early on April 22.

At approximately 4:20 a.m., Saltspring RCMP were called to a fight on Richard Flack Road.

When they arrived, police found the man unresponsive to CPR that was being performed by two other men, one of whom was suffering from non-life threatening injuries.

The officers continued CPR until paramedics arrived and all the men were transported to hospital by ambulance.

Shortly after arrival at the hospital, the one man was pronounced dead.

The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia has been notified and are investigating if the actions or inactions of police are connected to the man’s death.

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EDUCATION

Parents voiced their concerns over ‘split’

Councillors worried about lack of time for preparation of plan ROBERT BARRON CITIZEN

The short amount of time being given to develop a neighbourhood plan for the Bell McKinnon Road area is raising concerns among councillors in the Municipality of North Cowichan.

Staff in North Cowichan were directed by council in March to prepare a neighbourhood plan for the mainly rural-residential area by July.

That’s because three properties on Bell McKinnon Road were selected by the Cowichan Valley Regional Hospital District last August to potentially house the new, approximately $350-million Cowichan District Hospital.

So staff had been instructed to develop the neighbourhood plan in conjunction with the rezoning application for the potential new hospital site to determine the implications of the project, including the need for new sewer and water lines, in the area.

But Coun. Al Siebring said last week that it took two years to develop a neighbourhood plan for Crofton and a year-and-ahalf to develop one for Chemainus.

“Now we’re trying to cram this into fourand-a-half months,” he said.

“This hospital rezoning is driving the bus on this neighbourhood plan and I’m afraid that we’re compressing this thing a little too much for the folks in the neighbourhood to have a say. The plan should be a priority, but it needs to be done right.”

Coun. Maeve Maguire said she also has concerns around making a decision on the

This hospital rezoning is driving the bus on this neighbourhood plan and I’m afraid that we’re compressing this thing a little too much for the folks in the neighbourhood to have a say.”

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neighbourhood plan based on the timelines given to prepare it.

“I’m just not comfortable with that,” she said.

CAO Dave Devana said council had been told in the past that the municipality is “committed to a high-level local area plan” for the neighbourhood.

“If you want to dive in deeper after the high-level plan is presented, council can do that,” he said.

“At this point, we’re just trying to get a reasonable amount of comfort that a hospital can fit into a long-term plan for that area. I believe we can do that by July.”

Jon Lefebure, mayor of the municipality, said in a previous interview that construction of a new hospital is still likely five or 10 years from beginning, but the goal of local governments, and the CVRHD, is to be prepared with a site and money in the bank should Island Health declare Cowichan next in line for a new hospital.

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However, things did look more definite when the idea first came up on Jan. 19, at a quickly-called special open board meeting that only addressed that one subject.

There, Allen reminded the board that part of the change made in the spring of 2013 when the government-appointed trustee was in place was the reconfiguring of the entire district, with elementary schools going to a kindergarten to Grade 7 set-up and secondary schools taking students from Grade 8 onward. This eliminated at one stroke the middle school system the district had tried to build up for several years and left Quamichan Middle School free for a new use.

Since September 2013, Cowichan Secondary has been joined at the hip to Quamichan, utilizing the facilities of both.

However, Allen told the trustees in January, while that system has worked “it is not optimal.”

An alternative model of setting up two distinct Grade 8-12 schools was suggested, allowing for two different kinds of programs to be offered: a performing arts school and another with a science-technology focus. The idea was to look at bringing in such a change by September 2016.

Allen also told trustees at that time, “both research literature and experience tell us that smaller schools with more manageable cohort sizes allow for stronger relationships between staff and students, improve academic performance, more easily respond to student choice and learning needs and have stronger connections to parents and the community.”

Trustees then voiced several concerns but Allen reiterated that the goal for the project was indeed September 2016.

“I would like to bring that information back to you on Feb. 2,” he said.

The board gave him the go-ahead.

It was also decided to hold an information session on Jan. 28 to tell the public about the idea. That meeting was never held, however, because of immediate blow-

ALLEN back from parents.

According to Caroline Kirman, president of the district parents advisory council, parents were stunned to read about the decision and swung into action quickly to voice their concerns.

Parents are demanding deeper, fuller consultation, rather than simply a presentation of a solution, Kirman said at the time, pointing out that if that public session had been held, the feedback would have been “very reactionary and emotional” because “you can’t give people a week’s notice before such an important discussion. Many people were blindsided.”

The idea that such a change could have been in place by September was another sore point.

The reaction at at a meeting of the school’s PAC was blunt. It was along the lines of, “Are you kidding?” Kirman said.

Discussions this November will have to address concerns from parents, students and teachers about whether science courses would be available at both schools, what would happen to French immersion classes, and whether students would be able to graduate with their friends.

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Superintendent: Outdated methods must change LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

“A change is gonna come.”

— Sam Cooke Cowichan Valley schools superintendent Rod Allen told a group of about 40 parents and educators on Monday night that schools have to turn their methods upside down to get students where they’ll need to go in the future.

Children in school now will have about seven discrete careers in their lifetimes, so it’s no good preparing them for jobs that exist in the workplace today, he said, at a special session hosted by Ecole Mt. Prevost and the District Parent Advisory Committee.

“It’s no longer what you know but how do you apply it?” he said, warning parents against wanting their children to absorb a lot of

ety from universities to the world of work has started saying they need people who can use knowledge, can collaborate, and follow a project through, he said.

All sides of B.C.’s education field are working together to produce a new curriculum for all subjects.

New provincial tests are also being developed, he said. In the Cowichan Valley school district, the open learning co-operative has been a

facts because courses that follow that pattern are no longer useful.

“Take Science 10. Your kids are not learning science in Science 10.

It’s become a Trivial Pursuit course with a Trivial Pursuit exam,” Allen said.

Part of the problem has been tests that require students to parrot what they’ve learned in instantly-outdated texts but, in recent years, every corner of soci-

provincial leader in showing how the new style works.

However, big changes mean teachers must be re-trained and, during a Q&A session after Allen’s talk, some parents at the meeting were concerned that students were missing instructional time this year because of it. Others asked about helping at-risk students, preparing students for university, and how classes will be graded.

EDUCATION

Trustees continue their efforts to pare $3.3 million from budget Cowichan Valley school trustees are on their way to paring $3.3 million from their 2016-17 budget.

Shifting of the student-educator ratio up to 17.8 from 17.27 means a saving of $1.25 million but another $2.05 million will come from a variety of other changes.

The board of education met in committee April 21 to look at budget suggestions from secretary-treasurer Jason Sandquist.

They’ll start by taking $750K from a projected surplus but

another $240K can be trimmed by some shifts at the district’s administrative centre.

They also have to consider some increases like making room for a probable hike in salaries for so-called “excluded staff” who are outside the district’s union structure. Principals and vice-principals, for instance, have gone six years without a raise.

“Some vice-principals are earning less than some teachers,” Sandquist said.

He said they also need to put more money into the district’s elementary schools, which are starting to burst at the

seams and need more clerical workers.

Sandquist’s job has been tough this year because wholesale cuts and changes were made in 2013.

Trustees, especially Cathy Schmidt, sought more information before making a decision on Sandquist’s idea of saving up to $250K in adult education.

Trustee Candace Spilsbury said she hated having to increase the SER but hated even worse that prog rams would be affected.

The board will review an actual proposed budget at their public meeting on Thursday.

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OUR VIEW

Are we ready to take big money out of politics?

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he numbers can’t be surprising but they are interesting nonetheless.

According to a new poll from Insights West (sponsored by the non-profit Dogwood Initiative, based out of Victoria) , B.C. voters overwhelmingly support a ban on corporate and union political donations.

Dogwood Iniative is a citizen group calling on the province to “ban big money” in politics.

The survey (you can find the full results online) showed that 86 per cent of British Columbians polled would favor bans on the corporate/union donations

before the next election.

The commonly held belief is that the bigger the war chest, the better the chance of winning - in almost any election.

Is that democracy in action?

The report also states that B.C. is the last province in Canada to allow unlimited donations from anywhere in the world, including in municipal elections.

The survey shows this leaves members of the public more than a little cynical about the role of ordinary citizens.

More than two-thirds of adults polled (68 per cent) believe citizens are not influential in shap-

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ing policy in this province.

The most influential group is corporations (90 per cent).

Ranked in order of influence were corporations, lobbyists, foreign investors, unions and then the citizens themselves.

Seems a little backward, no?

Exactly how are citizens suppoed to trust political leaders if they believe the outside influence is that strong - and they feel their own input is so undervalued?

A total of 77 per cent of British Columbians polled said it is time for a ban on out-of-province donations and 76 per cent said they

would support a cap on personal contributions.

Respondents favouring a cap were asked to name an annual limit for the amount a person should be able to donate to a political party. The average response was $709, less than half the limit at the federal level.

Only 10 per cent agree with allowing corporations and unions to spend as much money as they want to help politicians win elections.

At least two-thirds support implementing specific regulations to take the big bucks out of politics.

Basically, folks believe the system is broken.

If citizens in a democracy basically have little faith in their own actual power, that’s a problem.

Obviously, it takes money to run any campaign.

But it shouldn’t be the primary factor in anyone’s ability to get themselves elected.

What remains to be seen is how quickly the political powers give up their war chests – and how much of a fight they will put up to get citizens to where they want to be.

Levelling out the playing field is long overdue.

it would ring, And never wherever I’m not.

son he was elected which is to provide sound governance and leadership.

He promised much but has delivered little and for all of the bluster about openness, honesty, transparency and accountability what we are seeing in reality are the well established Liberal traits of wasteful spending, deception, lobbying and a veritable litany of broken promises.

The lack of clarity and transparency with the Liberal budget, for example, has drawn much fire from critics including the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s lack of judgment in attending a Toronto law fund raiser is hardly consistent with the government’s own guidelines on accountability.

Matters important to the economic well being and security of Canada such as decisions on pipelines and security issues are

being trumped by less important and even controversial typically Liberal priorities such as legalizing assisted suicide and marijuana.

Additionally troubling is the mainstream media’s obsession with T rudeau trivialities, photo-ops, dress style and the like and a profound reluctance to ask the hard questions.

An interesting Angus Reid poll that has been running for months asks the question “Will Trudeau do a good job as PM?” A scant 19% believe he will while 67% say no with 13% willing to take a wait and see posture.

Trudeau and the Liberals are doing precious little to in any way alleviate the growing scepticism with which the public views the political establishment.

Re: ‘Slow shift away from land line use’ (Citizen, April 20) I concur with Mr. Aldous on the topic of land phones.

Oh, give me a phone, without fluff I don’t own, Where I’ll hear what my caller will say, Where seldom is heard a garbled-up word, At a price I am able to pay.

How often at night, with buttons all bright, And my glasses are out in the car, I have sat there amazed and I thought as I gazed, That the dial was much better by far Phone, phone out of range, Busted car and I’m out in the hay, Or I’m stuck at the store and it’s home in the drawer, But, the battery is dead, anyway.

If I had my way, my phone it would stay, On the wall in the hall with a stool.

When it called with its ring, I’d go straight to the thing, Not go chasing around like a fool.

And friends that I love, would know where I was, And would picture me there with a smile.

It’s small things like this, that I know we all miss, That made our existence worthwhile.

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Soundtrack of youth loses another familiar voice The Temp Dearly beloved We are gathered here today To get through this thing called life...

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or those of us of a certain generation, the funeral-like organ intro and solemn baritone intoning at the beginning of the song ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ can immediately transport us back 30 years.

Electric word life It means forever and that’s a mighty long time But I’m here to tell you There’s something else The after world If given a school assignment to memorize a portion of a poem, we’d moan and complain and never remember a single stanza.

Yet decades later, we can still easily recall every syllable of this song.

A world of never ending happiness You can always see the sun, day or night It becomes almost like the soundtrack of your youth. Certain songs evoke instant memories.

So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills You know the one, Dr. Everything’ll Be Alright Instead of asking him how much of your time is left Ask him how much of your mind, baby ‘Cause in this life Things are much harder than in the after world Many of you reading this are reading these italicized lyrics in the voice of music icon Prince. (If you weren’t before, you’re certainly doing it now).

In this life You’re on your own And if the elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy, punch a higher floor Prince died on Thursday (adding an interesting subplot to what happened to be my birthday) at age 57. Tributes continue to pour in, with others far more eloquent than I offering insight to his unique genius and impact on the world.

We’re all excited But we don’t know why Maybe it’s ‘cause We’re all gonna die

“Prince. ‘Erotic City’.”

“You can’t listen to that. That’s disgusting. Throw that away now.”

“But he’s saying ‘funk’...”

I never did throw it away, just used more discretion from there on out. I often wonder what Mum would have done if she ever listened to my NWA stuff.

Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down Oh, no let’s go!

Go crazy

I have several specific memories of Prince, spanning three decades, a tribute to his staying power (one of the reasons My most shameful Prince anecwe probably all assumed he’d be around dote came a couple of years later. forever).

Blinded by a surge of The first time I ever saw testosterone, I somehim was on Saturday Night how allowed a couple Live. Odd little dude. Didn’t of lovely young ladies really give it much more to convince me to dress than a passing thought. like the Purple One for But strains of ‘Little Red a lip sync contest. They Corvette’ playing in the would be (bandmates) background every day as Wendy and Lisa. we approached the familiar They did me up right.

Herd Road/Bell McKinnon Purple coat. PenRoad schoolbus dropoff cilled-in ’stache. A borpoint in Duncan proved a rowed electric guitar. game-changer.

My inner monologue ‘Erotic City’ 45 single The odd little dude was putwas an interesting ting out some interesting tunes. argument.

Prince also provided my first exposure to “You are a freaking idiot.” a special kind of censorship.

“Yeah, but they’re really cute.”

I had gone to Duncan Radio and Elec“They are. But you’re still an tronics and purchased a 45 (remember idiot.” those?) of ‘Let’s Go Crazy’. I also picked I was terrible. I did get a couple of up a few of the little yellow things that you folks holding up their lighters (as stick in the middle of the smaller records. opposed to today’s cellphones) durDid you know those are called “adapt- ing ‘Purple Rain’ but that was likely ers”? I didn’t, until a few days ago. out of pity.

I got home, fired up the old hand-meWe didn’t win. I never did make down home stereo (complete with the any inroads with “Wendy” or “Lisa” 8-track slot) and listened to it a few times. but there was one significant silver My Mum heard the din, came upstairs lining - no pictures of said incident and asked “what’s that you’re listening appear to exist. to?”

My last funny memory involving “Prince. ‘Let’s Go Crazy’.”

Prince came in 2011. He played a “Catchy.” concert at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, and myself You better live now and my son’s Prince-obsessed mom Before the grim reaper come knocking on weren’t going to miss it. your door A stark reminder of my own advancing age were some of the A few days later, slightly bored after other audience members. having listened to the song 347 times, and All kinds of 40-something ladies not yet having purchased the entire ‘Pur- somehow stuffed into purple spanple Rain’ album, I figured I’d listen to the dex pants that hadn’t seen the light B-side, ‘Erotic City’. of day since the ’80s. And shouldn’t Well now. Back in those days, naughty have seen the light of day. words weren’t exactly inserted into every Old, fat guys dressed in garb that tune. So when I had this particular song cranked, the reaction from Mum was a little different.

“What are you listening to????!!!?”

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I would have needed a bunch of booze to even think of sporting decades earlier.

And the topper... a bus load of folks from a seniors care home, walkers and all, unloading out front to come in and get their funk on one last time.

And get their funk on they did. It was the single-most impressive musical display I’ve ever seen.

For pure personal enjoyment, nothing will ever surpass young, liquor-fuelled me taking in AC/DC or Guns N’ Roses back in the day.

But in terms of pure performing and musical skill, I have never seen anything like Prince – and never will again.

Hang tough children He’s coming He’s coming Coming Take me away!

Philip Wolf is a regional editor for Black Press. He can be reached at philip.wolf@black press.ca

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Kyle, owner of Duncan’s Dominion Lending Centres Vintage Financial, is opening a second business called Living Your Truth Life Coaching for women.

“She started her business with just a rented desk and built it up to what it is today.”

Vineyard hosts grand opening and open house Emandare Vineyard’s winery and tasting room will be holding its long-anticipated grand opening and open house on the weekend of April 30-May 1.

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Glenda Osborne-Burg is the chairwoman of the new Lake Economic Activity Development group.

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“Simply put, Emandare Vineyard is our home and we are privileged to work alongside nature to capture a glimpse of this place in every bottle,” the Nierychlo said in a statement.

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Kyle was unavailable for comment, but her assistant Sinead Sorenson said Kyle has a wealth of experience from her work as a mortgage broker and a female entrepreneur for the past 14 years.

Sorenson said Kyle is just about completed her life-coaching certificate and will officially launch her new business in May. She said Kyle will continue to run Dominion Lending Centres Vintage Financial as well as her new business.

“Maria has a true passion to help other women with their lives and their careers,” Sorenson said.

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Public meeting at Glenora Hall to discuss agriculture and food lands Richard Bullock, the former chairman of the Agricultural Land Commission, and Harold Steves, considered the “father” of the Agricultural Land Reserve, will hold a public meeting in Duncan on Thursday, April 28.

They will be speaking on the present-day challenges that face agriculture and food lands in B.C. The preservation of agriculture and food-production lands in B.C. is being challenged by urbanization and land development, and both speakers will address the issue.

The event will be held at the Glenora Hall, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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controversial development project for Berkey’s Corner will be able to proceed without an assessment

by Environment Canada, councillors in the Municipality of North Cowichan decided in a 5-4 vote on April 20.

Coun. Kate Marsh had asked for the project, which will see a neighbourhood commercial centre built near Berkey’s Corner, be put on hold pending information from Environment Canada on the status of species-at-risk on the approximately two-hectare site.

Marsh said the property is in a Coastal Douglas fir ecosystem and contains rare Oregon ash trees and possibly other rare or endangered species that she would like to see protected.

If council had agreed to allow the study, the decision would have triggered another public hearing for the new information to be presented.

Hall Pacific, a Vancouver-based development company, was given permission by the municipality last month to build a development at the site that

MARSH will be anchored by a number of national chain stores, including a grocery and drug store, as well as a number of smaller, more local tenants.

“There could be other species-at-risk on that property as well,” Marsh said.

“The assessment would only take about a week, wouldn’t cost anything and it would be good to know what

other species are there as well. There’s no hurry for the project to proceed so I think there’s time to do this.”

But Coun. Tom Walker said the issue of Oregon ash trees on the property had already been dealt with in a staff report.

He said he’s concerned that allowing the study to take place would probably set a precedent that would require similar assessments on all development applications in the municipality.

Coun. Al Siebring agreed and said that allowing the environmental assessment on the property would be “overkill.”

“In a sense, the whole municipality is in a Coastal Douglas fir ecosystem, so are we going to do environmental assessments like this on all development applications?” he asked.

“I thik we have good (environmental) regulations already in place in the municipality.” » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to editor@cowichanvalleycitizen.com.

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The Cowichan Valley Regional District and the Lake Cowichan First Nation are developing ways to work together better.

The two organizations has recently reached an inaugural protocol framework agreement that will be signed in a ceremony on the First Nation reserve on Friday, April 29.

They have agreed to collaborate on economic development in a “mutually beneficial” way, according to officials at the regional district, and participate in local initiatives to protect and sustainably manage the resources within the Cowichan Lake watershed, among other issues.

Jon Lefebure, chairman of the board at the CVRD, said the LCFN is considering a number of developments on its land that could have some impacts on the district, and the band realizes, “as does the regional district”, the importance of “easy and positive” relationships with each other.

Aaron Hamilton, the operations manager for the First Nation, said details of the developments the LCFN are considering will be made public “in due time.”

“The CVRD, along with the Municipality of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cowichan Tribes about a decade ago, but this is the first agreement I’m aware of that has been signed between the CVRD and a First Nation since,” Lefebure said.

“The Lake Cowichan First Nation is an energetic band trying to move ahead economically and in other ways. As we move forward, this agreement calls for both the CVRD and the First Nation to talk about issues that impact us mutually and see where we can help each other.”

Lefebure said there are numerous First Nations in and around the CVRD, and the district is talking to at least one other, that he declined to name, at this time to set up a similar agreement.

But he said each First Nation has its own issues and aspirations, so each agreement that is reached will be “unique and individual” to the band. Hamilton said it’s “paramount” to both sides to be on the “same page” in future talks and negotiations on development, and other issues.

“The guidelines that we established in the protocol agreement as to how we treat each other are already in use,” he said.

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The Blue Grouse Winery in Duncan was named the “Judges’ Choice- Best Overall Entry” at the 9th annual Vancouver Real Estate Board’s Commercial Building Awards ceremony, held April 21 in Nanaimo.

Blue Grouse Winery also won the “Award of Excellence” in the hospitality category at the event, which featured 40 buildings as finalists in 12 categories at the

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If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise? It will if it lands on your car.

This writer narrowly escaped that fate driving along Cowichan Lake Road near Riverbottom Road Saturday, April 23 when, about 10 a.m., two trees simply began to fall over the roadway.

She successfully stopped her vehicle and after her hands

stopped shaking, she wondered if this is a common occurrence.

According to Leon Bohmer, Mainroad operations manager, trees fall over frequently, for many reasons.

“You just never know. It could be somebody’s changed the land behind them, too. We clear more trees than we take down,” he said.

“You get wind storms, rain events. If we notice a danger tree somewhere, a recent lean

or something like that we’ll go there. Of course, it also depends on where the tree is.

A lot of them are on private property. And any place where it’s been recently logged behind the trees, the wind is more of a factor because the windbreak is gone.

“That can make quite a significant difference.”

Traffic was diverted for four hours Saturday while the blockage was cleared.

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Walk, run or hike for hospice this Sunday at Providence Farm CITIZEN

Everyone in the Cowichan Valley is invited to walk, run or hike for Cowichan Hospice at Providence Farm on Sunday, May 1.

This annual event brings people to Providence Farm when it is at its most beautiful, for a two or four kilometre walk around the trails. A labyrinth at the edge of the woods is popular for those who do not wish to tackle the trails. And there’s a barbecue lunch for everyone to enjoy.

There are prizes of local dining and entertainment for fundraising and the top fundraising team wins an evening out together at a Reel Alternatives movie and the Craig Street Brew Pub. Cowichan Hospice supports more than 800 people each year who are facing advancing illness or grief. An emailed note tells the story of one mother’s journey with grief.

er over time, it’s that your back gets stronger to support that burden”. My back is stronger and I owe that to the wonderfully kind and compassionate people I have met at Hospice: staff and fellow travellers.

Hospice has given me a chance to breathe and feel like I can dance in the rain again. The journey since September 2011 has been extraordinary.

I give thanks to you and the wonderful folks who have helped make the journey for me a gentler one.

Yours truly, Chris

Dear Shelley, I believe the time has come where I can say that I will bow out of the monthly meeting. Over two years ago, during one of our group gatherings, someone said “it’s not that the burden gets light-

It is hoped that that the fundraiser will contribute $26,000 to Hospice care for the region.

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More than 70 projects were eligible this year for the awards, which celebrate the best in commercial, community and industrial buildings north of the Malahat on Vancouver Island, which were completed in 2015.

C o w i c h a n B ay ’s T h e C a n nery-Seaside Living won in the Multi-Family Apartment category at the event.

OCEANFRONT LOTS FOR SALE The Municipality of North Cowichan gives notice pursuant to section 26 of the Community Charter that it intends to sell 5 rural oceanfront building lots on the Maple Bay Peninsula. These lots are located approximately 10 minutes from Maple Bay Village, 20 minutes from Duncan, and 1 hour from Victoria or Nanaimo. These lots offer outstanding scenic views of Maple Bay, Sansum Narrows and Salt Spring Island. They are serviced by a new public road, and power to the lot lines is anticipated to be available within 18 months. Purchasers will be responsible for drilling wells and developing their own onsite sanitary disposal systems. The 5 lots range in size from 1.05 acres to 1.32 acres. Information is available at northcowichan.ca/landsales.

Bids must include a certified cheque in the amount of $1,000 (will be returned if the offer is not accepted). The minimum acceptable bid for Lots 16 to 18, 20 and 22 is $335,000 each, plus GST. Sealed bids must be clearly marked “Offer to Purchase Land” and be delivered to Mark Ruttan, Director of Corporate Services, at the address below, by 3:00 pm, May 31, 2016.

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Clockwise from top left: Elliot Houlston from 3 Second Heat shows off his therapeutic heating pads at the Home and Wellness Expo on Saturday, April 23. Next, Shirley Wilson of Watkins fame is a show veteran, Stella Gordon of Cedar Valley Memorial is ready to help with funeral planning, Noel Wilson of Price’s Alarms talks about safety around the home, and Chris Wilson of the Sundeck Centre explains the advantages of his Tufdek product. This year’s three-day show, at the Island Savings Centre, which was expanded to include many vendors of wellness products and services, drew good crowds eager to get the latest information as the spring renovation season swings into high gear. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN PHOTOS]

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When theatregoers hear the title of the upcoming play by Frances Kelsey Secondary’s senior drama class, they might wonder.

The evening features You Have the Right to Remain Dead by Pat Cook and you’re invited to join the fun through April 29 in the school’s own theatre.

The show is a murder mystery, a comedy, and a drama where characters interact with the audience to solve a dastardly homicide.

And it’s interactive.

“Yes, it’s audience participation,” said director Sue Higbie. “It means the audience is involved and can say who they think the murderer is.

They can make suggestions during the show.”

The cast will actually stop during the performance and ask the audience: who dunnit? she said.

This is not Kelsey’s first attempt at interactive theatre but it’s been quite a few years since the last time the school tried the concept, according to Higbie.

“I picked this one because it sounded like a good show for students but it was more than just that.

We’ve been having trouble with our lights for a couple of years now; they flash on and off. When I read this play, it said in the script: ‘We’re having problems with the circuit’ so if the lights go on and off, it’s part of the show. It’s perfect; it’s ideal. We have to keep plugging in different lights because some of them will stop working.”

The senior acting class, which is made up mainly of Grade 12 students but also includes Grade 11s and a few Grade 10s, have been rehearsing this play for only about a month.

“They started a couple of weeks before spring break. We’ve been really busy this year,” she said.

HIGBIE “They didn’t have enough students for a Grade 10 drama class so they were put in with the seniors, which was a bit of a shock for them, but the ones that have survived are doing well. I’ve been trying to get as many Grade 12s in as possible, because this is their final year,” she said.

So what’s really happening onstage?

The audience settles down to solve a mystery as a narrator explains a few of the ground rules and what to look for in the presentation.

Then the armchair sleuths get to meet Fat Daddy, a rich, annoying southern gent with an equally conniving family. Sound like a prospective victim? You’ll see.

And you’ll also get to guess among a great group of prospective murderers.

There’s plenty of choice: Sweet Mama, Daddy’s wife, Hyacinth, the daughter who’s always cleaning the guns, the browbeaten Earl or his amorous wife Savannah. And what about Clete the handyman, who’s found his way inexplicably into the will?

And who has actually died after all? So many questions, especially with the audience grilling the cast and vice versa.

Showtime is 7 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Get them at the door.

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Singer helps raise money for farm and folk guild and Providence Farm members.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the event begins at 7:30.

For more information and tickets contact the Cowichan Folk Guild by phone 250-748-3975 or email admin@cowichanfolkguild.ca.

Tickets are also available at Volume One Books in Duncan and at the Providence Farm office.

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ward-winning singer Mark Stuart performs in the acoustically beautiful surroundings of the Providence Farm chapel on Friday, April 29.

The concert is being held to raise money for the Cowichan Folk Guild as well as Providence Farm itself.

Stuart is often seen touring with his wife singer songwriter Stacey Earle, but this time round he is touring Canada solo.

His show consists of storytelling, flashy guitar chops and original songs delivered with a soulful singing voice, according to CFG publicist Bobbie Blue.

The co-owner of Gearle Records, Stuart has produced many albums, but a busy touring schedule has him continuously traveling throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and the U.K. The Cowichan Folk Guild is a dynamic organization dedicated to bringing great music to the Cowichan Valley community throughout the year.

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The Farm is a working organic farm that also provides a variety of innovative programs for individuals with mental health or

developmental challenges.

Learn more at providencefarm. wildapricot.org Show tickets $25 or $20 for CFG

Attention guitar players: Stuart will also present an acoustic guitar workshop on Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m at Providence Farm to inspire beginner and intermediate acoustic guitar players.

It’s a chance to learn how to play the guitar in a solo setting, learn how to be an effective accompanist, learn the must-know licks and chords, and Stuart will also share some valuable tips about using a capo.

The fee is $25 per person.

For information and to register for the class call 778-455-4710 or email bblue@islandnet.com.

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Vancouver Island’s largest open art exhibition and sales will be held at the Island Savings Centre inside the Cowichan Suite and the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s Portals gallery starting today, Wednesday, April 27.

This exciting show runs through Sunday, May 1 and the arts council’s efforts ensure that a large number of the Valley’s artists and artisans to showcase their original works.

The show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Busy trombonist comes to Crofton The Island’s busiest trombonist, Nick La Riviere, who performs somewhere almost every day, is bringing one of his bands, Soul Source, to Crofton on Sunday, May 1 for an afternoon of hard-driving classic R&B. The 19-piece band, which includes a bevy of vocalists, saxes, brass and a five-piece rhythm section as well

as La Riviere’s trombone, has been rehearsing for weeks in anticipation of this performance on the Crofton Hotel Pub stage.

La Riviere promises an afternoon filled with soulful favourites, golden oldies and vocals for listening or, better still, dancing on the pub’s hardwood dance floor. Musicians are invited to sit in during a jam session in the final hour of the afternoon.

The concert is part of the Jazz at Crofton series, which runs every Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the pub, at 1534 Joan Ave. Admission is $10.

Drop-in evening planned for interested singers Dynamic choir director Ann

Antonides has a great idea up her sleeve: a drop-in evening for choir singers suffering from springtime withdrawal.

“Some of our members [in her own Freedom Gospel Choir] have said: ‘Oh, it’s such a long stretch from May to September, when choir starts up again.’ They miss choir.

I think on Tuesday nights in May and June I’m going to do a drop-in sing-session with fun songs, not necessarily gospel numbers. They’d have recorded backups or be a cappella songs. It would be $5 a time. I think I’ll start it on May 10. People wouldn’t have to be from our choir; it would be for those who just want to drop in and sing harmony. I was looking at ‘California Dreamin’ for

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This is a great chance to enjoy music by Bach, Britten, Grainger, Rutter, Hamlisch, Mozart and more played by a group of enthusiastic musicians of all ages.

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YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK Dylan Blainey is age six and goes to Drinkwater Elementary.

He takes piano lessons from Susan Davies. Dylan is in his second year of Music for Little Mozarts which he does very well in with help from his grandmother. Dylan is following in the footsteps of his big brother Daemien, who took the same piano course.

Dylan enjoys dance music as well.

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The 10th annual In Bloom Wildflower Festival at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve at 1241 Maple Bay Rd. offers a beautiful chance to see the wild side of Cowichan on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Organizers are hoping for the biggest turnout yet to see the meadows in full bloom.

Since the Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired the Elkington House property in 1999, an enthusiastic group has brought about some amazing changes,

turning a piece of land that was overrun by Scotch broom into the Garry oak meadow seen today.

The Preserve is normally closed to the public, so In Bloom is a rare opportunity to explore it.

Visitors can enjoy a nature walk, take home seedlings, listen to traditional stories from a Cowichan elder, check up on the bluebird project, learn the property’s history, and enjoy a hayride.

Visitors should park on Maple Bay Road, then walk to the end of Aitken Road to enter the preserve.

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Cook was a hero despite sinking Young Victoria man earned praise for his brave actions and demeanor before he ‘drifted off to his death’ T.W. Paterson

Chronicles (Conclusion) eading Cook Thomas McIntyre of Victoria “clung to the side [of the raft] about half an hour then said goodbye, waved and winked feebly, and drifted off to his death.”

Half an hour after HMCS Esquimalt vanished beneath the waves, victim of a torpedo, several aircraft passed overhead, prompting survivors to yell frantically and wave shreds of uniform to attract the pilots’ attention. But the planes passed on.

Already the frigid Atlantic had thinned their ranks, relentlessly dragging down one exhausted sailor after another, some will-

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ingly crawling or slipping off the floats to end their torment.

It was a full, killing six hours after the minesweeper sank before another ‘sweeper, HMCS Sarnia, chanced upon the scene when returning from an anti-submarine attack. By then, for more than half of Esquimalt’s crew, it

was too late.

A hero of the sinking was 25-year-old McIntyre.

He was praised for having laughed and joked with his shivering, near-naked and oil-covered crewmates as they huddled on a raft after he’d helped several of them aboard with an encour-

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H i s b o dy wa s eve n t u a l ly recovered and shipped home for burial.

McIntyre, who’d enlisted with the Fishermen’s Reserve then served three years with the RCNVR, wasn’t the first of his family to be lost.

A brother, Hugh, had joined the U.S. Merchant Marine and was declared missing after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Yet another brother, Chief P/O Angus McIntyre, had a ship sunk under him in the Mediterranean in 1943.

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He, however, had been rescued and at the time of the Esquimalt’s sinking was serving out of England.

Another Victoria man, P/O John C. Knowles, was among the missing of HMCS Esquimalt.

He’d enlisted in the RCN in 1940 when 17 years old and served in ‘sweepers and corvettes in convoy duty in the North Atlantic.

A brother, William Knowles, was with the 1st Btn., Canadian Scottish Regt.

Also reported missing were Victorians Leading Coder John H. Stafford, Warrant Engineer James Elder Roberts, and Leading Seaman Richard Partington.

Two other local men were lucky: Kenneth Bexrud, Stoker First Class, and Edward Dempster, Able Seaman, were rescued.

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‘U-190’ sunk in same waters that held ‘Esquimalt’ ESQUIMALT, From Page 17 Her torpedoing was not the first time in the closing months of the war that U-boats had penetrated to “practically within gunshot range” of Halifax, Canadian headquarters for the North Atlantic sea war. Previously, HMCS Clayoquot was sunk off the Nova Scotian coast and

several merchantmen were also attacked. Of Canada’s five minesweepers lost in almost six years of fighting, three of them in quick succession, Clayoquot, Esquimalt and Guysborough went down near the end of hostilities.

With V-E Day the hunt for those U-boats which hadn’t surrendered went on, an RCN despatch report-

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2016 VIBE Awards (Vancouver Island Building Excellence)!

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Vancouver Island (CHBA-VI) is pleased to announce the Winners for the 2016 VIBE Awards.

The 2016 VIBE Awards Gala was held on Saturday, April 16th at The Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo and MC’d by CTV’s Bruce Williams with entertainment

by Tidesman Barbershop Chorus and the Vibrant Dance Studio. This special event celebrated all of the finalists and the high level of excellence that the VIBE Awards honour.

The VIBE Awards showcase the best in residential construction, design and renovation on Vancouver Island and are recognized as Vancouver Island’s premier residential housing awards program.

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ing, “While the war against Germany has ended, patrols will be continued for an indefinite period... An untold number of U-boats still are lurking in the North Atlantic and fanatical commanders may strike one last blow before their fuel and food are gone.”

Two days later, a navy spokesman said, “In view of the fact that German submarines are known to have been operating off the east coast of Canada, there is a possibility some of them will return to east coast Canadian ports to surrender...”

The Colonist reported that high-ranking naval officers had been ordered to Shelbourne and Lunenburg, N.S. “in case U-boats turn up”.

After sinking the Esquimalt, Oberleutnant Reith had been forced to lie submerged for a frustrating week as Canadian surface craft attacked him

with depth charges. It wasn’t until April 30 that he was able to slip away and begin running for home.

On May 11, 1945, three days after the war ended in Europe, Reith received word from the German High Command of the nation’s unconditional surrender and he was ordered to give up his ship. Surfacing, he radioed his position to the Cape Race radio station. That night he was boarded by parties from HMC Ships Victoriaville and Thorlock about 350 miles southeast of Cape Race.

This had been the U-190’s sixth war cruise since she was commissioned at Bremen in September 1942 and Esquimalt was her second victim.

Given a “roving commission,” Reith had stalked the approaches to Halifax Harbour and made several unsuccessful attacks on shipping before chancing upon

the minesweeper.

In June 1945 the submarine was commissioned in the RCN as HMCS U-190 and sailed for Halifax.

Upon arrival she was carefully examined by specialists and underwent repairs before embarking on an exhibition cruise which took her to Montreal, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Gaspe, Pictou and Sydney, under the escort of HMCS Thetford Mines.

Upon return to Halifax she spent the next two years being studied by naval experts and she was used to demonstrate the lethal acoustic torpedoes.

Paid off in July 1947, the U-190 was sunk in Operation Scuppered off Nova Scotia.

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Walk honours Frank Leggat to help ‘make memories matter’ CITIZEN

Frank Leggat devoted his life to family, friendship, and farming. He sowed the seeds of care and compassion in all three pursuits.

So it’s fitting that he’s the honouree for the Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s for the Cowichan Valley. The fundraising event for the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. takes place on Sunday, May 1, with the theme “Make memories matter.”

Residents can participate, donate and volunteer at www. walkforalzheimers.ca.

Leggat was born and raised on a family farm in Manitoba and went on to raise livestock and

“Memories make us who we are,” LOREE L’ANSON, Walk co-chairwoman

640 acres of seed crops. He and wife Frances lived on the family farm, sleeping in the bedroom in which he had been born.

The Leggats retired to Penticton, where they started the first Friendship Force club in B.C., to promote “a world of peace is a world of friends.”

Later, when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, they moved to Duncan to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

Cowichan Valley residents can honour Leggat, and support

other local families living with dementia, by taking part in the event, or making a donation.

“Memories make us who we are,” says Walk co-chairwoman Loree l’Anson.

“When you walk, you honour those who have passed and support our work to provide help and hope to those living with the disease today.”

Walk registration takes place at 10 a.m.at Cowichan Sportplex, 5847 Chesterfield Ave. The Walk begins at 11 a.m., and follows an outdoor route.

Volunteers are also needed.

For information, visit www. walkforalzheimers.ca or contact l’Anson and Watson at 250749-6778 or goldenpond@shaw. ca.

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Duncan motorcyclist airlifted to hospital CHRIS BUSH NANAIMO NEWS BULLETIN

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to Vancouver hospital after he collided with a car at the intersection of Nicol and Needham streets in Nanaimo Monday morning.

“So far, we know that the motorcyclist was northbound and a black Honda was southbound,” said Cpl. Phyllis Nielsen, head of Nanaimo RCMP’s Municipal Traffic Section. “The Honda made a left turn from

Nicol onto Needham Street and the motorcyclist collided with the Honda. It looks like the motorcyclist put the bike down just prior to the collision and therefore the motorcycle slid a long distance.”

The motorcyclist, a 54-yearold man from Duncan, suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown by air ambulance to Vancouver.

Nielsen but did not have an update on his status.

Police sent driver of the Hon-

da, a 23-year-old man from Nanaimo, home. He was not injured.

“Right now there is no indication of any alcohol or drug involvement,” Nielsen said.

Nicol Street was closed from Haliburton Street to Needham Street for about four hours while police investigated the scene.

The Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services is providing support to all those involved.

The investigation continues.

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BIG BREAKFAST Above, mom Jenn Tyler took this snapshot of daughter Katie enjoying organic pancakes, maple syrup and fruit at the breakfast put on by the Duncan Garage as a fundraiser on Earth Day for the SRA (Shawnigan Ratepayers Association). Below left, Jacquie Taylor, front, helps plant native riparian plants along Averill Creek on Earth Day, while Elizabeth Bailey, from the Cowichan Land Trust, holds a plant in the background. Below right, Malcolm Taylor helps with the planting. [ROBERT BARRON/CITIZEN PHOTOS]

In 2016 Day of Mourning will be held on Thursday, April 28 with a ceremony at 10 a.m. at Lake Cowichan to mark the occasion.

The annual Day of Mourning has now grown into a worldwide event observed by unions, labour councils, municipalities and even national governments. It is observed in nearly 100 countries worldwide; it has been formally endorsed by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the Parliament of Canada officially recognized the Day of Mourning in 1991.

The Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council will host two Day of Mourning ceremonies on April 28: the first is at Lake Cowichan’s Woodworkers Memorial Park at 10 a.m., with another in Nanaimo in Pioneer Plaza on the waterfront at noon. For anyone in Victoria that day, a big event is also scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the lawn of the Legislature.

Labour representatives and politicians will be speaking in Lake Cowichan about the hazards of the workplace, and what can be done to improve worker safety.

Also the Kaatza Museum in Lake Cowichan will open the Bell Tower School building after the ceremony.

Refreshments will be served there and the famous display of forest industry photos by Wilmer Gold will be on display.

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tla’amin nation Congratulations to the Tla’amin Nation for becoming the eighth First Nation to enter a new era of reconciliation by implementing a modern treaty with Canada and British Columbia.

With this achievement, Tla’amin will strengthen their culture, government and destiny for a more prosperous future for their families and the Powell River region.

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PROVINCIAL MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

LMG moves into second round KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

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owichan LMG is on to the provincial quarterfinals.

In a rematch of the Jackson Cup championship game earlier this month, Cowichan defeated Bays United 3-1 on Saturday afternoon to get through the first round of the B.C. senior men’s A Cup soccer tournament. “ We p l aye d q u i t e w e l l ,” Cowichan head coach Glen Martin said. “We got stronger and better as the game went on. When you give us a lot of time and space with the ball, we’re going to do things with it.”

The score flattered Bays, as Cowichan dominated the contest, but it was actually the Victoria team that got on the board first, finding the back of the net in the 18th minute on a long throughball finished off perfectly.

“It was totally against the play,” Martin said. “It was our fault, a giveaway.”

Although giving up the first goal in a soccer game can be disastrous, Cowichan responded well to the mistake, as Keevan Webb evened the score less than a minute later.

“The nice thing about it was the way we reacted to [the Bays goal],” Martin said.

The score remained knotted at 1-1 at halftime, but Cowichan dominated the rainy second half.

Cooper Barry scored the eventual game-winner on a free in the 60th minute, and Josh Cuthbert, who came in as a substitute in the 70th minute, scored five minutes later on a phenomenal individual effort.

“That was an amazing goal,” Martin said. “Josh dribbled around the box, and no one could catch him.”

Holding the upper hand,

Jordan De Graf gets past a Bays United defender during Saturday’s 3-1 Cowichan LMG win. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Cowichan closed out the game well.

“We kept going at them,” Martin said. “We had chance after chance after chance.”

A lot of those chances were generated by strikers Paddy Nelson and Jordan De Graf, who, almost miraculously, were held off the scoresheet.

“For Paddy and De Graf to not score in that one was incredible,” Martin admitted.

At the other end of the field,

Cowichan goalkeeper Joel Wilson made a couple of big saves over the course of the game to keep his team alive.

“He didn’t have a whole lot to do, but he was good when called upon,” Martin said.

Wilson hadn’t started a game in more than a year, so the confidence from Saturday’s victory will help out going into Cowichan’s next game, this coming Saturday against Vancouver club Croatia SC.

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Croatia is just two years removed from winning the provincial championship, so Martin isn’t expecting anything easy.

“It should be a real challenge,” he said. “They look like they’ll be a young, fit team. Our pace will pick up.”

Croatia finished fifth in the Vancouver league this year, but they finished sixth in 2014 when they went on to win the provincial title. The team beat Abbotsford 5-4 in overtime in

Over the last 26 years, Chevron Golfers Against Cancer has raised more than $515,000 for the Cowichan Valley branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The group is looking to keep adding to that total this year, with the 27th edition of the fundraiser on Friday, June 10.

The event will take place at three courses: Arbutus Ridge Golf Club, Cowichan Golf & Country Club, and Mount Brenton Golf Club, with 15 tee times at each course, starting at 9:30 a.m.

The entry fee is $125 per golfer,

“The tee times are provided by the golf courses, so this greatly enhances our ability to contribute to the Cancer Society.”

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which includes golf, a dinner at Arbutus Ridge, and a donation receipt for the net amount after the cost of the dinner and the prizes is deducted.

“The tee times are provided by the golf courses, so this

greatly enhances our ability to contribute to the Cancer Society,” organizer Ray Wheeler explained.

The event is open to both individual golfers and teams. Golfers can indicate their course preferences, and tee times are allocated based on the entry fees that are received earliest.

Businesses throughout the Valley and Victoria have contributed items for live and silent auctions, and other businesses have provided sponsorships.

For more information on sponsorship or entering the event, contact Wheeler at rayjen02 @shaw.ca or 250-743-5277.

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Athletes compete in the swim portion of the Breakers’ Splash ‘n’ Dash Aquathon at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre on April 17. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Splash ‘n’ Dash a success Max Vaesen carries the ball for the peewee Bulldogs against Gordon Head, while teammate Nico Harris comes in to provide some blocking assistance. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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The peewee Cowichan Bulldogs were outnumbered but not outworked when they played host to the Gordon Head Raiders on Saturday.

The Raiders brought with them twice as many players as the Bulldogs were able to muster, and that advantage played out in a 28-8 loss for Cowichan.

“It’s a challenge playing against a team that has more

than twice as many players on it,” Bulldogs manager Jaymee Shea said. “There was some good things happening on the field and some of the same inconsistencies unfortunately as well.”

The Bulldogs kept the Raiders off the scoreboard for the first half of the game, and the Cowichan defence was strong with the exception of the four long plays that led to the Gordon Head touchdowns.

The return of Jesse Kwasny, who caught the Bulldogs’ lone touchdown, helped spark the Cowichan offence to some sustained drives and a newly discovered passing game.

The junior bantam Bulldogs had their scheduled game against Gordon Head cancelled.

Both the peewee and junior bantam Cowichan teams have road games in Campbell River next Saturday.

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Brentwood College School placed third and Cowichan Secondary School finished sixth at the provincial high school girls rugby sevens championship in Victoria on April 15 and 16.

“I would say we were very unfortunate not to be in the final,” Brentwood coach Marius Felix said. “A set of difficult circumstances prevented that from happening.”

The Island champions and defending provincial champs, Brentwood lost to Oak Bay in the semifinals of the provincial competition. Oak Bay went on to win the final 38-0 over Lake City from Williams Lake, while Brentwood won the third-place game 27-7 over Valleyview Secondary of Kamloops.

“It was a pretty straightforward game for our kids,” Felix said of the third-place game. “I was really proud of the kids. They played hard all weekend. The disappointment of not getting in the final makes for a tough rebound game. They put it behind them quickly.”

Felix gave credit to all his players for performing well over the two days of competi-

Cowichan’s Kendall RaymondStevens and Emily Lindsay were named to a B.C. high school allstar team. [SUBMITTED] tion, led by standouts Mckenna Haz, Avi Sharabi and Denise Roy. Brentwood also got Danika Elias back in the fold after she missed the Island Sevens while playing with the national U18 XV team in England.

The Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds went 2-2 in pool play, then beat Earl Marriott in the plate semifinal behind two tries apiece from Brigitte Reid and Emily Lindsay. They lost the plate final 29-5 to G.P. Vanier, with Lindsay accounting for the lone try.

“We are a young team who is quickly gaining experience, but our lack of game time and experience against more developed sides shows,” Cowichan coach Brad Skene said.

“It is exciting that we can be explosive and effective against most teams in the province, but when we face the toughest teams we struggle to find our shape and lose confidence. As a group, we need to execute, perform and trust each other when the pressure comes.”

Brentwood players Haz, Sharabi and Roy, and Lindsay and Kendall Raymond-Stevens from Cowichan were picked to play on the BC High School Girls Rugby Association allstar team that played the Thunder Aboriginal Rugby Team during intermission at the Canada Sevens tournament in Langford on Sunday, April 17.

The B.C. all-star team, coached in part by Skene, won 29-5.

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École Cobble Hill captured the award for top school and the Sidney Piranhas finished as the top team as the Cowichan Valley Breakers introduced two new awards at their third annual Splash ’n’ Dash Aquathon on April 17.

Athletes from throughout the Cowichan Valley and the rest of Vancouver Island took part in the event, with a swim in the Cowichan Aquatic Centre pool and a run on the track at Cowichan Secondary.

“We put a lot of planning and safety into this event, and it is our way of community building and introducing competition to young [athletes], not only from Cowichan, but from nearly half of Vancouver Island.” Breakers co-president Wade Smith said.

This year’s Splash ’n’ Dash consisted of several different events: the Tiny Splash (25-metre swim and 250m run), the Short Splash (100m swim and 1km run), the Mini Splash (50m swim and 1km run), the Standard Splash (200m swim and 2km run), a relay event (500m swim and 2km run), and the Crash ‘n’ Splash (50m swim and 2km run).

“The Tiny Splashers started off the day right by tearing up the course and finishing strong, despite some initial butterflies and the odd trip on the run,” Smith said. “The grand finale, while crossing under the Ceevacs’ finishers archway, produced huge smiles and confidence building pride for all the participants, volunteers and spectators. There were many teary eyes amongst parents as they watched their children take that next big step, or reach that next big goal.”

Winners of the Tiny Splash were Torsten Hopkins and Aevin Myette, the Short Splash was won by Tessa Hunter-Siebert and Marcus Hogan, Yukari Stevenson and Robert Argo won the Mini Splash, Team Leblanc won the relay, and the top spots in the Standard went to Aniela Hagen and Cam Laturnus.

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The future of the junior A Cowichan Valley Capitals appears bright after dozens of potential players turned out to the team’s spring camp earlier this month.

“There were some good young prospects,” Caps head coach and general manager Bob Beatty said. “And that’s what a spring camp is all about.”

Straight out of camp, the team committed to two players: forward Nick Wilson and defenceman Jake Keremidschieff, both from the Delta Hockey Academy prep team.

The five-foot-seven, 155-pound Wilson had 22 points on 13 goals and nine assists over 34 games last season while the fivefoot-eight, 160-pound Keremidschieff scored six goals and assisted on 16 others for 25 points in 36 games. Delta finished atop the Canadian Sports School Hockey League prep division standings.

“They’re good young players, and I think they’ll fit in quite nicely,” Beatty said.

“There are a few more that I think will make the team, but we can’t fill up our roster this early in the year.”

Although he didn’t get a commitment with the Caps, Shawnigan Lake School prep forward Jackson Doucet got a good look from the Cowichan brass. Doucet was called up for the Caps for two games as an affiliate player last season in the midst of a 20-goal, 20-assist season for Shawnigan.

Doucet finished second in Shawnigan prep scoring behind another Capitals prospect, Duncan product Ben Berard.

“He’s certainly got a future with us at some point,” Beatty said of the Victoria-raised Doucet. “We’ll have to see how

“There were some good young prospects, and that’s what a spring camp is all about.”

BOB BEATTY, Capitals head coach and GM

that plays out for next year.”

Beatty noted that his will have several moves to make in the off-season, as they will be losing several graduating players, and forced to move some players to get under the B.C. Hockey League limit of six 20-year-olds.

“We will turn over about half the team, or close to it, anyway,” Beatty said.

Many products of the Cowichan Valley and Kerry Park minor hockey systems, and players who have skated with Shawnigan’s hockey program over the last two seasons, were in attendance, and Beatty liked what he saw on that front as well.

“There were a number of other quality local kids,” he said. “And some young ones, some 15-year-olds at the camp, that certainly have a future in junior hockey but are a year or two away from playing.”

The entire Capitals staff was in attendance, along with evaluators Brian Lundberg, Neil Sanders, Derek Topping and Dan Whiteford, as well as junior B Kerry Park Islanders head coach Aaron Spotts, who was doing double duty, helping the Caps scout talent while also looking for players for his own team.

Next up for the Capitals are some camps in the U.S., Including a repeat of the event in Lansing, Michigan that helped the team land 2015-16 contributors Jared Domin, Matt Hudie and Josh Owings.

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Trail series kicks off at Cobble Hill The Vancouver Island Trail Running Series kicked off the 2016 season on April 9 with a stop at Cobble Hill.

The first event in the six-run series included two distances: the 12-kilometre short course, and the 21km long course — known as the Gutbuster in honour of the series’ former name.

First place out of the 124 runners who finished the short course went to Matthew Winkler, with a time of one hour, eight minutes and 51.9 seconds. In second place was the Ceevacs Roadrunners’ own Cory Ramstead at 1:09:01.0, while Warren Beattie placed third at 1:10:35.3.

The top female runner, at sixth overall, was Shawnigan Lake’s Nancy Baxendale.

The second female runner was Brittany Brooks at 1:19:04.5, followed by Katja

Tinnemann at 1:24:16.5.

Isaac Allen of Shawnigan Lake School was the first men’s U19 runner at 1:22:00.3, and Mady Martin, also from Shawnigan, was the first women’s U19 runner at 1:24:45.0.

A total of 87 runners completed the 21km Gutbuster, led by Derek Vinge and his time of 1:48:42.5. Shane Ruljancich was second at 1:49:15.2, and Andrew Russell placed third at 1:52:39.9.

The first female runner at the longer distance was Lindsey Chamberlain, who placed 12th overall with a time of 2:16:16.5.

Cheryl Davies was next at 2:24:05.5, and Tara Pollock was third at 2:27:29.4.

The second race in the series will take place at Mt. Tzouhalem on May 7.

Other races are scheduled for Western Speedway, Transfer Beach, Mount Washington, and Burgoyne Bay.

Runners set off on the Cobble Hill race, the opener of the Vancouver Island Trail Running Series, on April 9. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, on January 2, 1917, she will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her family. She was predeceased by her husband Ralph and her daughter Susan Temple. She is survived by her daughter Geraldine Thompson, sonin-law Barry Temple, grandchildren; Angella (Aaron) Taylor, Sarah (Todd) Hayward, Ben (Sarah) Temple, Michelle (Jason) Dickerson, Evan Temple, and eight great grandchildren.

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KRIWOKEN, Pearl Ann (nee Owen) March 4, 1927 – April 21, 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Pearl Kriwoken who was born March 4, 1927 in Prince Albert, SK. She was the daughter of James and Rose Owen (deceased), sister of Joyce (Bader), Joan (Gaudette), John and Frank (deceased). Pearl is survived her children Lorne (Nel, Chalerm, Thanwa), Lynn (Greg, Kristen, Katie), Layne (Kevin), and much loved nieces and nephews.

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Margaret (Peggy) Bowcott Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario on June 26, 1932 and passed to heavens gate April 15, 2016 after a lengthy illness.

She is survived by three of her children; Bill (Tauni), Kathie, and Corrine; 12 grandchildren, 3 great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews, brother Francis Dixon, sister Joan Albert, and sister-in-law Lorraine Mills.

In addition to her husband John (Jack) Bowcott, whom she was married to for 60 years, she was preceded in death by son, Darrell Bowcott and numerous sisters and brothers.

Mom grew up during the depression in a family of 11 children and she was a telephone operator in the 1950s. She met her husband Jack in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Soon after they met he went to the Korean War, mom waited for his return, and in 1954 they were married in Victoria, BC. They moved to Crofton, BC in 1964 where all their children were raised.

The one word to describe our mother is selfless.

She was a fantastic mother who provided and cared for her immediate family members and grandchildren to a fault. One of the things we remember is powdered milk, and the secret chocolate syrup to disguise it. Mom’s roast beef and yorkshire pudding on Sunday kept us coming back home well into our adult years. She offered unconditional love to all her children and enjoyed having the family all together. Her independence and one of the highlights of her life was when she started working at age 45 at the Doghouse Restaurant in Duncan, BC, where she worked as a server until her retirement. Mom can be fondly remembered for her love of dogs, she had her best friend Emily (Emmy) the yorkshire terrier by her side right to the very end.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday May 1st from 2-5pm, at Mike’s Cafe, 1587 Joan Ave. Crofton BC. “Mom we Promise to Live our lives to do justice for the sacrifices you made.”

A thought of sweet remembrance from one who thinks of you.

Re: The estate for GIACOMO VACCARO, deceased, formerly of #18 - 6250 Palahi Road, Duncan, British Columbia, V9L 6Z3.

Donna Lavern Shaw

May 20, 1954 - April 19, 2016 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.

Donna was born in Chemanius BC, the Eldest daughter of Donald Andrew Shaw and Margaret Sinclaire Shaw.

She will be remembered by her son Travis Shaw, grandson Wyatt, Brother Ian Shaw (Kathy) and Nieces Erin (Ben, Aila, Kaya), Lora (Jeff) and many friends.

Donna’s great love was the outdoors, her family and dog Neika. She often was found with a fishing rod in hand at her favorite spot Reinheart Lake. Sharing fishing stories, drinking wine and lots of Laughter with her friend Jim. Her spice for life, rich sarcasm, feistiness and gift for saying it as is, will be missed by many.

I’ve finished life’s chores assigned to me.

So put me on a boat and headed out to sea.

Please send along my fishing pole.

For I’ve been invited to the fishing hole.

Where every day is a day to fish.

To fill your heart with every wish.

Don’t worry or feel sad for me.

I’m fishing with the master of the sea.

We will miss each other for awhile.

But you will come and bring your smile.

That won’t be long, you will see.

Till we’re together you and me.

To all those that think of me.

Be happy as I go out to sea.

If others wonder why I’m missin!

Just tell ‘em I’ve gone fishin.

We love you Donna. Gone but never forgotten.

A celebration of life will be announced at later date.

Your Community, Your Classifieds.

Call 1-866-865-4460

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS INFORMATION CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE. NO Risk Program STOP Mortgage and Maintenance Payments Today.

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PERSONALS WHERE ARE YOU? At Blood donor clinic, you asked volunteer to find info on Family tree, but did not leave your name.

Ross, Robinson and Cook research done. Call Theresa (250)245-9257.

LOST AND FOUND LOST - “Harley Davidson� jacket on Trans Canada Hwy. between Chemainus & Duncan on Monday, April 18, about 6pm. 250-210-1453 or 250-710-6463.

LOST: LAKE COWICHANLarge male cat.

Grey with white socks and bib. Answers to Freddy. Lost near Country Grocer. 778-549-9293.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government.

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Protected Territories. Interest Free Financing. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629. Website: WWW.TCVEND.COM HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing?

Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today For Assistance: 1-844-453-5372.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HELP WANTED

PRODUCTION WORKERS Canada’s Largest Independently owned newspaper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Ladysmith location.

This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of newspapers and advertising supplements.

REQUIREMENTS: • Prior bindery and/or machine operator experience would be an asset • Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks • Must be able to lift up to 15 lbs and stand for long periods of time • Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment • Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail âœąAfternoon and evening shifts 8-16 hours per week. $11.25/hr

PERSONAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HELP WANTED

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

PART TIME SALES CLERK WANTED

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Experience an asset. Must be available for Saturdays.

Knowledge of health food industry required; computer knowledge. Duties include: customer service & sales; stocking shelves.

Food Safe certification a plus.

No phone calls. Submit resume in person to: LYNN’S VITAMIN GALLERY

Att’n: Mgr, #4 -180 Central Rd., Duncan, BC

RCA’S and LPN’S

Local Seniors Retirement Community requires part time/casual RCA’s & LPN’s.

Both positions require the usual certification. Must be available for all shifts.

Drop off resume in person to: Halliday House 188 McCarter St., Parksville, BC email: judithritson@shaw.ca

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

URGENT

Currently hiring Home Care Aids.

UNIQUE HOME HEALTH CARE 250-715-1094

LADYSMITH PRESS 940 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1G1

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

Looking for a plainer man. Ability to do set up and sharpen knives. Call Murray at 250-715-1678.

PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 A Week Mailing Brochures From Home! No Experience Required. Helping home workers since 2001!

Genuine Opportunity. Start Immediately! www.MailingProject.net

P/T BAKER Wanted- Fast paced self-starter is needed.

Will train. Available to work any days. Apply with resume: Mason’s Store, 1855 Renfrew Road, Shawnigan Lake.

WORK WANTED HUSBAND FOR Hire. Nothing but the best - Carpenter, Plumber, Painter, Electrician, Pressure Washing. Just ask my wife. Call 250-709-1111.

PERSONAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES

SALES POSITION AVAILABLE for Floor Covering Centre in Salmon Arm, BC. Potential candidate must have experience in the industry.

Apply by resume only via email to ashtonfloors@shaw.ca

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Apply at:www.credit700.ca

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS FOODSAFE COURSES Level 1. April 23 & May 21, 2016. $75/person. Location: Island Savings Centre. Register online: www.saferfood.ca or 250-746-4154 HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTATION SPECIALISTS are in huge demand.

Employers want CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Train with Canada’s best-rated program. Enroll today. www.canscribe.com 800.466.1535. info@canscribe.com.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your workat-home career today!

START A NEW CAREER in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Information Tech. If you have a GED, Call: 855-670-9765

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

on Osborne Bay

Seeking experienced servers with bartending skills. Full or part time up to 30 hours per week. Must be available days/evenings and weekends.

We are coming to our busy summer season and we are looking for a fun and easy going person to join our great team.

Showroom pub is busy with Sunday Jazz and shows on weekends.

Please e-mail resume to suegivens2002@yahoo.ca or by fax: 250-748-1850

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

STARTING APRIL 8, SHAWNIGAN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTRE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Accepting Aggregate OFFICE ASSISTANT ELECTORAL AREA – COBBLE HILL Materials for CRecycling

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For more information or to apply, view this FOR MORE FOR MOREINFORMATION INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: opportunity on the CVRD website, www.cvrd.bc.ca, Brian Farquhar, Manager, ParksHotline & Trails at Division, Planning & or Development Department at Call complete the CVRD Recycling 250-746-2540 for details including locations, 250-746-2620 toll-free 1-800-665-3955 or visit www.CVRDrecycles.bc.ca qualifications, and application instructions.

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• Bereavement Coordinator • Development Admin.

Assistant • Community Development Assistant. (summer) For all three job descriptions visit: www.cowichanvalley hospice.org Apply with resume by 3 pm Friday, April 27, 2016 to: gh.cvhs@shaw.ca

MORE INFORMATION Materials community accepted include: advice to thehave CVRD on matters regarding parks and trails within the Cobble Hill IfFOR you reception and clerical experience, enjoy community.

Drop off aggregate materials for recycling at: and casual, on-call meeting and working with the public, The purpose of the meeting is to hold nominations and elections for three (3) positions for fits lifestyle, joining our team. aBinJs Creek 6oliG :aste 0anaJePent CoPple[ twoyour (2) year term on theconsider Cobble Hill Parks and Recreation Commission and to review

MISC SERVICES HUNT Contracting Ltd. We are back in Cowichan Valley building new houses , shops , decks , and renos. Please give us a call for a free quote .

Dave Hunt hunt52009@live.com 250-7106741

TOTAL RENOVATIONS

Carpenter will do additions, Carports, Decks, Siding, Flooring, Painting, Finishing, Plumbing, Fences Pres-washing, plus more.

All work guaranteed.

PLUMBING

CUSTOM HARDWOOD FLOORING

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

PETS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

For estimate call 250-710-5712

CLEANER with 25 years exp. has a few more openings.

Move in-out, after construction. Quick, reliable, insured non-smoker. Ref. available 250 213-6832

BUSINESS SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

LANDSCAPING

COWICHAN Hauling & Moving

AFFORDABLE MOWING, WEEDING and HEDGE WORK. TOP QUALITY WORK. LAWNS FROM $30 CALL or TEXT FOR A FREE QUOTE 778-788-2492

Have you been denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits?

The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help you appeal.

Call 1-877-793-3222 Website: www.dcac.ca Email: info@dcac.ca

FOR ALL your cleaning, cooking and laundry needs. Island Domestic has experienced housekeepers. We also do apartments, offices and one-time cleans. Serving Mill Bay to Ladysmith. Bonded, Insured, WCB, registered with DVA. 250-710-0864. www.islanddomestic services.ca

Professional installations of solid, engineered hardwood floors, laminated, vinyl plank, etc. Over 20 yrs. experience.

(250) 597-8335 HAULING/JUNK REMOVAL MOVING & DELIVERIES SMALL DEMOLITION JOBS

Insured

PET CARE SERVICES DOG SITTER. Reliable, devoted, for small dogs. Short or long-term stays, fenced yard.

Chemainus. (250)246-3813.

PETS REMEMBERED

HELP WANTED

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Detailer/Shop Clean-up CARSTAR Duncan Isherwood currently has an opening for a Detailer/Shop Clean-up position in the autobody shop. Candidates for this position must hold a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s license, be efficient, organized and a team player.

We offer excellent compensation, initial and continuous training and advancement opportunities.

Join the leading team and be part of North America’s largest and fastest growing auto body repair network. Interested applicants can send their resumes to: duncan@carstar.ca Thank you for your interest, only successful candidates will be contacted.

RESPONSIBLE CARRIERS WANTED & P/T OR ON-CALL CARRIERS

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: 250-715-7783 COWICHAN BAY DC519773 – 78 papers Alder Glen Rd 4620-4651 Austin Pl Cedar Glen Pl Glen Rd Maple Glen Rd McGill Rd 4660-4677 DC519774 – 51 papers Fenwick Rd Gillis Rd Pritchard Rd 1735-1845 Wilmot Rd DC519777 – 87 papers Buena Vista Pl Cowichan Bay Rd 1530-1600 Regatta Pl DC519784– 50 papers Pritchard Rd 1700-1730 SHAWNIGAN LAKE DC519994 – 68 papers Decca Rd Inn Rd Morningstar Rd Widows Walk SPECTACLE LAKE/MALAHAT DC519944 –70 papers Spectacle Lake Mobile Home Park Section A 1-42 & Section B 1-38 DC519945 – 39 papers Spectacle Lake Mobile Home Park Section C 1-36 & Section D 1-10 LAKE COWICHAN DC519814 - 64 papers Eldred Rd Grant’s Lake Rd Natara Pl DC519828 -40 papers Hammond St Hemlock St King George St Sahtalm Ave Stevens Cres Stone Ave DC519836 - 65 papers North Shore Rd 3-134 Wilson Rd Park Rd DC519846 - 56 papers Berar Rd Fern Rd Sall Rd South Shore Rd 232-350 HONEYMOON BAY DC 519880 - 63 papers Beach Dr March Rd Paul’s Dr South Shore Rd First St Second St Charles Pl

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS HOME RENOVATIONS. Deck work, carpentry, flooring, plumbing, eaves trough-cleaning & rubbish removal. Small moving jobs. Sr. Discount. Ian 250-743-6776.

250-748-9150

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

(for emergency situations)

HELP WANTED

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

A SERVICE PLUMBER. Licence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Discounts. After Hour Service.

Call Coval Plumbing, 250709-5103.

CLEANING SERVICES

Interested parties can email jobs@ladysmithpress.com or drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

EXP. PAINTER WANTED Must have own vehicle. Seasonal work. Interior, exterior & prep. Ken at 250-246-2640

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts.

We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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New construction, renos, and maintenance.

Call James: 250-710-4714

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PASSED ASSED AWAY 22 APRIL 2016 Visitors to Duncan Animal Hospital may remember Jack the gentle guy who was often found sleeping on one of the benches.

Well, Jack died Friday, a victim of the evil crab, cancer. He was twelve. What you may not know is Jack was the star in a series of children’s books titled: Jack and the Boys. The story theme originated from an episode in Jack’s life when he spent the night on Salt Spring Island after chasing rabbits and missing his boat ride home.

Jack had a good life with his owner and hero Fraser: fending off bears on the beach at Tofino, hiking, fishing (and eating fish hooks), sneaking into the Brig with the guys, killing raccoons (the slow ones), and eating literally anything carbon based.

You gave way more than you got Jack. We’ll miss you.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

RESPONSIBLE CARRIERS WANTED & P/T OR ON-CALL CARRIERS

(for emergency situations) WANTED

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: 250-715-7783 COBBLE HILL DC519500 – 54 papers Springwood Mobile Home Park DC519505 – 44 papers Champagne Dr Clearwater Rd Lefran Rd Red Baron Pl Red Oak Dr Satellite Park Dr DC519506 – 91 papers Cobble Hill Rd Fairfield Rd Fisher Rd Garland Ave Holland Ave Watson Rd Verner Rd DC519508 – 40 papers Terrace Place Mobile Home Park Fisher Rd DC519509 – 90 papers Braithwaite Rd Rolmar Cres DC519515 – 63 papers Beatrice Way Bonnie Pl Carlton Dr Cheal Pl Dale Pl Nora Pl Sylvia Pl DC519517 – 55 papers Dougan Dr Hutchinson Rd 1126-1475 Verner Ave 3455-3492 DC519519 – 33 papers Aros Rd Grandfield Rd McAlpine Rd Peach Rd White Cap Rd DC519521 – 40 papers Ellison Pl Inverness Pl Judge Dr 4100-4135 St. Catherine Dr DC519540 – 47 papers Cedarwood Rd Cowerd Rd DC519542 – 76 papers Cowichan Bay Rd 1465-1495 Jims Cres Mindy Rd Nelson Pl Robson Rd Sears Rd Wood Rd Telegraph Rd 4327-4390 DC519566 – 36 papers Allan RD Hutchinson Rd 935-1044 Keeling Pl Ravencrest Rd MILL BAY DC519670 – 69 papers Baptist Rd Homewood Pl Keparo Rd Meadow Pl Meredith Rd Mutter Rd Voutrait Rd

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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RENTALS

AUCTIONS

BUILDING SUPPLIES

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

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APARTMENT/CONDO

Massive Restaurant Equipment Auction Live - April 30th @ 10am

www.KwikAuctions.com 7305 Meadow Avenue, Burnaby, BC - Shipping/Storage Available Massive New & Used Equipment Liquidation 4 Convenience Stores, lease returns, 6 mo old restaurant 2 Pizza Shops including Hobart 60 qt Mixer, Convection Ovens, Combi Ovens, Ice Cream Dipping Cabinets & Soft Serve machines, Dozens of pieces of NEW Refrigeration & Cooking Equip.!!

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20X20 $5,444 25X26 $6,275 30X30 $8,489 32X34 $10,328 42X50 $15,866. One end wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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Custom cut.

Good to burn.

CALL 250-710-1640 OR 250-710-1976 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

R FOASE LE 11,402 sq. ft. steel frame warehouse in industrial park area of Cobble Hill, BC. Clear span, ample power and plenty of yard space. Net rent is only $7.50 psf and op and tax costs are $3.00 psf. The yard is paved and secure with fencing around the perimeter. Great opportunity for industrial user who wants affordable space with only a short commute to Victoria, Duncan or Nanaimo.

Contact Peter Tanner at Firm Management: 250-544-2300

Cowichan Bay Moving Garage Sale 4658 George Road Sunday, May 1st 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Household Goods & Miscellaneous DON’T MISS THIS! Cowichan Family Life Thrift Store

*3 DAY SALE*

75% off all clothing 25% off everything else.

531 CANADA AVENUE Last Thursday, Friday, Saturday of every month April 28,29, 30th.

10 am - 5 pm.

Stocked up & replenishing throughout Sale!

DUNCAN: Sat, Apr. 30 & Sun, May 1. 8-2, 760 Watson St, off Mckinstry. Assort Household, tools, diecast collectibles, jewelery, etc!

GARAGE SALE

Sat., Apr. 30 * 9am-1pm 1568 Pauline St., Crofton Furniture, Books, Clothing.

No Early Birds before 8am

*KIWANIS FLEA MARKET* EVERY SAT. FROM 9AM TIL 2PM. Girl Guide Hall: 321 Cairnsmore St. For info phone Pat at 250-748-1200 or Dave at 250-746-3616

MOVING SALE

DOWNSIZING SALE Saturday, April 30 8:30 am - 3:00 pm 4 - 1584 Adelaide St., Crofton

Misc, some tools, some furniture

8605 North Shore Rd., Lake Cowichan Fri, Apr. 29 & Sat., Apr. 30 9 am - 3 pm Everything Must Go!

MOVING YARD SALE

Duncan - Moving Sale 5310 Kosilah Road A Few High End Items, General Household Items

Saturday, April 30th & Sunday, May 1st 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sat., April 30 * 9am - 4pm 6589 Birdseye Dr. household items, clothing, vacuums, purses, woodworking tools, misc.

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2885 Boys Rd Sat. April 30th 8:00 a.m. (units: 249, 251, 255, 270, 275, 280, 287, 294, 304, 321, 430, 440, 710, 916,455,475 & 920). Baked goods, Plants & misc household items. Rain or shine!

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 12.5 MASTER Sears 27� dual stage 13.5 torque snowblower. $700 obo. Echo power pruner, PPT-230, hedge clipper attachment & extra saw chain attachment, $500 obo. Rigid 12� compound Miter Saw # MS 1250, $200. Echo 30� hedge clipper, $350 obo.

Sears 5.0 HP 14� tine width counter rotating times 944.622552, $500 obo. Billing Goat vacuum/chipper TKD512SP shedder kit P/N 890209 connector 890045, $1,100 obo.

Call (250)7467990.

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation.

Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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WANTED

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& Accessories from 50’s/60’s Records / LP’S

250-380-7022

BACH. SUITE - DUNCAN

1 and 2-br; balcony; F/S; heat & hot water; 1 bldg only; parking; pets considered. $550 to $775 per month.

AVAILABLE NOW CALL 250-748-7764

HOMES FOR RENT LAKE COWICHAN- 3-bdrm duplex, avail May 1, f/s, heat incl Laundry rm, garage. $900.

(250)715-5810, (250)748-4253

TRANSPORTATION

REAL ESTATE

CARS

FOR SALE BY OWNER 3-BEDROOM mobile home for sale by owner,. In Lake Cowichan. 1-250-749-3022.

CHEMAINUS GARDENS. Small 1-bdrm home with wraparound deck & small garden in back. I yr old. Asking $71,000.

Immediate occupancy possible. Call 1(604)354-5421.

2003 TOYOTA Matrix- 1 owner, all service receipts avail, new brakes, all oils & filters changed. 8 tires, 4 winters on rims. $4,900. (250)924-4545.

2012 Honda Civic "59).'Ă– Ă–2%.4).' Ă–3%,,).'

REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping.

Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

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CONNECTING BUYERS AND SELLERS 1-866-865-4460

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STK150391

$21865

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2014 Dodge Dart SEE

2012 2 0112 2 chrysler 300

2002 Toyota Highlander

Auto. Power group.

2008 GMC Acadia

Auto., V6 AWD

WAS $17,990

WAS $21,990

WAS $8,995

WAS $16,990

Stk# 6503

Stk# 6522

Stk# 150176B

Stk# 14722A

NOW

15,775

$

NOW

20,500

$

NOW

5,975

$

NOW

14,595

$

2011 ram 1500 st

2012 Fiat 500 Sport

2014 Dodge Journey SXT

2014 dodge dartt WAS $17,990

WAS $28,990

Stk# 6504

Stk# 150540A

NOW

14,475

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

*vehicle not exactly as shown

2010 Dodge Journey SXT

Auto, power group, leather interior

WAS $19,990

WAS $21,990

WAS $21,990

WAS $18,995

WAS $18,990

Stk# 150311A

Stk# 14805B

Stk# 14701C

Stk# 150437A

Stk# 150560B

Stk# 6404A

NOW

NOW

NOW

NOW

NOW

NOW

21,750

*vehicle not exactly as shown

15,575

$

2013 Dodge Grd Caravan

20,500

$

2013 toyota tacoma

Auto., power group low 15,000 kms.

16,500

$

2014 Jeep Compass Sport

Double Cab, V6, auto local owner, 65,000 kms

16,500

$

14,750

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

2015 Chrysler 200

2015 Chrysler 200C

4Cyl., Auto, A/C

Auto., loaded, low 15,500 kms.

WAS $33,990

WAS $22,990

WAS $29,990

WAS $20,990

WAS $19,990

Stk# 150538A

Stk# 160173A

Stk# 150223A

Stk# 6478

Stk# 160017B

Stk# 150002A

NOW

16,750

32,500

2009 jeep liberty north WAS 18,990

NOW

$

4x4, auto., power group, panorama sunroof

$

NOW

23,500

$

2004 chrysler sebring ltd

NOW

18,975

$

2011 Dodge Ram 1500 Q/C

Auto, V6 power group, air, tilt power sunroof

2010 Dodge Ram 1500 C/C

4x4 Diesel Dually, auto power group tow group

Laramie 4x4 Hemi., power group 78,000 kms.

WAS 7,990

WAS 35,990

WAS 54,990

WAS 35,990

Stk# 160178A

Stk# 6523

Stk# 6467

Stk# 6520

Stk# 6510

$

NOW

44,975

2009 gmc sierra 1500 c/c 4x4

NOW

6,500

$

2006 ford f150 xc

Hybrid Auto., Leather interior Tonneaus cover

NOW

30,975

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

2009 hyundai elantra gl

V6 auto

$

$

52,975

2014 dodge dart

Auto power grp AC 120,000 kms.

$

NOW

$

NOW

30,975

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

2014 fiat 500 l

6 sped, manual, black top package

2014 fiat 500 l

6 speed, auto power group

6 speed, manual, power group

WAS $26,990

WAS $10,990

WAS $10,990

WAS $23,990

WAS $24,990

WAS $24,990

Stk# 6505A

Stk# 6515

Stk# 160084A

Stk# 6508

Stk# 6509

Stk# 6502

NOW

21,975

$

NOW

8,975

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

2015 jeep wrangler un ltd.

NOW

9,500

$

20,975

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan

2012 fiat 500 sport

Auto power grp leather interior

5 Spd power grp

Auto., leather, power group only 7,500 kms.

NOW

$

NOW

21,750

$

fiat 500 l

NOW

21,750

$

2012 Kia Optima

6 speed, auto power group

2011 dodge ram 1500 Laramie

4Cyl Auto power grp air tilt cruise leather interior

Hemi, auto Crew Cab 4x4

WAS 44,990

WAS 12,990

WAS 19,990

WAS 24,990

WAS 15,990

WAS 37,890

Stk# 160050A

Stk# 160112A

Stk# 6439

Stk# 6506

Stk# 160044A

Stk# 160131A

$

NOW

42,975

$

$

NOW

10,975

$

$

NOW

17,250

$

$

NOW

21,750

$

$

NOW

13,750

$

Auto, low low kms 35 yes 35!

16,750

2012 dodge ram 3500 slt

Laramie 4x4 Hemi, power group 62,000 kms

*vehicle not exactly as shown

NOW

$

WAS 46790

$ *vehicle not exactly as shown

15,975

Crew Cab 4x4 $

NOW

16,750

*vehicle not exactly as shown

2014 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT

Stk# 6501B

$

NOW

$

V6, Auto, power group, sunroof roof rack

2014 Dodge Dart SE

Auto., low 25,100 kms.

WAS $19,990

$

SVEN

26,500

WAS $24,990

$

BLAKE

NOW

$

2009 Dodge Journey RT

Auto, power group

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

2013 2 013 Ram 1500 st crew cab 0

Auto. uto uto.

2013 Dodge Grd Caravan SE

5 speed, power group

Auto., power group

Auto, power group 7 passenger seating low 123,000 kms

|

$

NOW

32,775

$

Smart shoppers read the fine print. All prices and payments are net of all incentives, promotions, rebates and are plus taxes, levies and $495 documentation fee. Vehicles are for illustration purposes only and are not exactly as shown. *Weekly payments based on 96mo. Term, 4.49% APR through BMO dealer partner rates, $0 Down On Approved Credit with varying terms based on model year, and are plus taxes, documentation of $495. See dealer for details. All reference to finance and finance promotions is OAC. All vehicles not exactly as shown.

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