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Permit granted for SIA soil dump LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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A man is dead and a 67-year-old woman is missing after a possible boating incident on the Cowichan River Tuesday night.

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sive ground search yesterday from the location the couple was last seen, and if the lady actually went into the water, we went to a location on the river where she wouldn’t actually be able to get by.”

Extensive searches were conducted Wednesday and Thursday, involving the Lake Cowichan See Search teams • page 11

Fury, legal action and a call for financial help in fighting the government followed an announcement by the Ministry of Environment (MoE) Aug. 21 that South Island Aggregates will be allowed to dump dirty dirt in the Shawnigan watershed.

Leading the charge with appeals are the Shawnigan Residents Association (SRA) and the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD).

Both groups announced Wednesday that they are launching appeals; both are asking that the decision be overturned and that a stay in the granting of the permit be issued.

A statement from CVRD board of directors chair Rob Hutchins said, “The Shawnigan Lake Watershed is the source of drinking water for more than 7,000 people. I am extremely disappointed in this decision by the MoE for potentially putting the community and the environment at risk. The CVRD opposes this permit and believes the Ministry has not considered the substantial public comment and opinion opposed to the issuance of this permit.”

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Tribes reaching out to Mulaqw after violence sparks concern SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A barbecue on Mulaqw Road is a small first step but Cowichan Tribes leadership hopes it’ll get the ball rolling when it comes to developing feelings of safety and security in the neighbourhood.

The cookout is hosted, in part, by the Community Safety and Justice department and is on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from noon until 3 p.m.

Last week several Tribes members expressed unease about what they say is increasing tension on the part of the reserve just south of Boys Road.

Calvin Swustus (Swutth’tus), community justice coordinator and band councillor, said while there have been some serious crimes in the area, the neighbourhood isn’t as bad as it seems.

“You get the odd call here or there that makes it sound like it’s a bad neighbourhood but really it’s not,” Swustus said. “If we have a few people getting in trouble, it makes it look like the whole community is a problem but it’s a very small percentage that hit the headlines.”

Even so, Swustus acknowledges members of the community need some reassurance from the band.

“Cowichan’s community safety is a priority,” he said.

Swustus said Tribes leaders have met with each other and have been in contact with police after two violent incidents on reserve land in late July.

“The police have made their arrests and have [recommended] charges,” Swustus said. “It’s not like we’re not doing anything about it. It’s a crime and we’re leaning on the police to do their police investigation. We’re look-

Calvin Swustus, community justice coordinator, says they are taking neighbourhood concerns about violence in the Mulaqw Road area seriously. [CITIZEN FILE] ing at a few months down the road before we see what’s going to take place in court.”

Six young adults have been charged in relation to those crimes.

Meanwhile, new community safety coordinator Angela Underwood is hard at work reaching out to members of the community, especially in the Boys/Mulaqw Road area.

The barbecue is the continuation of Underwood’s series of neighbourhood gatherings throughout the reserve in which she invites residents to meet and touch base.

“What we decided after last week’s news is to take the barbecue down to Mulaqw and meet with them to discuss what their concerns are down there,” Swustus said. “It’s not just violence, there must be other concerns

there they are worried about.”

Underwood has distributed surveys in advance of the event but they will also be available on the day for residents of Mulaqw Road and neighbouring streets.

“We all agreed that this can’t be the end,” Swustus said. “We need to then work on those surveys to figure out how to address the concerns. We need to go back and have more meetings with the residents.”

Swustus said the feedback he’s received from citizens is that they are upset because it’s people they know that are causing the problems.

“People we’ve grown up with, known all our lives. People are saying where are their parents? Why aren’t they being held accountable for their children’s actions? Or the grandparents for their grandchildren’s actions? That’s the way we grew up. We were under the microscope of our grandparents and parents all the time. This goes back to what are their teachings at home?”

Swustus grew up in the Boys Road area.

“I know what it’s like to live down there,” he said. “As long as you have a good rapport with your neighbours you’re going to be okay. It’s grown vastly since I was a young boy. There are more young families living down there, more people coming and going, visitors and this is what happens.

Issues happen.”

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Formaggia was heading home, along with four other Alpine Club hikers, having spent several days backpacking on the remote Hesquiaht Trail.

The hikers were aboard a de Havilland Beaver plane that crashed minutes after takeoff about 85 kilometres from Tofino.

Formaggia was seated behind the Air Nootka pilot, who perished in the crash. One other passenger, Charles Turner, aged 63, died Friday of his injuries.

The plane was in flames when Formaggia was helped out of the wreckage by another passenger but had to wait several hours in the wilderness for rescue. The plane had been heading to Gold River, about 40 kilometres to the northeast.

Transportation Safety Board investigator Bill Yearwood said the fire that started after the crash may have been a key factor in the deaths of Turner and the pilot.

Saltspring Island acupuncturist Lali Formaggia is recovering in Royal Jubilee Hospital from injuries sustained in an Aug. 16 floatplane crash northwest of Tofino that killed the pilot and a passenger.

“Lali suffered a broken humerus bone [in her upper arm] and third-degree burns on both legs that are requiring extensive skin grafts,” said a posting Tuesday evening on sharespring.ca, a website that helps raise money for community causes.

“It will be a difficult and painful road to recovery,” said the posting by Adam Huber, who describes himself on the site as a close friend of Formaggia.

The site lists $7,000 as the amount it hopes will be raised in the next 30 days.

Mike Contardi, a founder of the fundraising platform, said in speaking with Huber he believes that Formaggia would be off work for “many months.”

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CITIZEN of the month Editor’s note: We have so many exceptional people living in the Cowichan Valley, those who go well above and beyond, donating their time and talents and business resources to a variety of causes and programs for the betterment of our communities, and the Cowichan Valley Citizen wants to celebrate them. So, starting now, we will be profiling a “Citizen of the month”, to recognize the efforts of some of the people that make our Valley the great place it is to live. If you have suggestions for a Citizen of the month, send it to us at news@ cowichanvalleycitizen.com

Chad and Heather devoted to community they now call home MIKE D’AMOUR CITIZEN

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and did four barbecues at elementary schools for their fun fairs, with all the proceeds going back to the school.

“We support local, not for profits,” said Heather. “For example, we did a barbecue for a local dance school that was trying to raise money to send the kids to a big dance competition,” she said.

“Anything big or small, we try and help.”

But there are times Mr. Mike’s can’t help.

“We have to say no to some people, sometimes it just doesn’t work out timing-wise or we’re already booked or whatever,” Heather said. “But most of the time we try to do as much as we can — we give out lots of gift cards for silent auctions and things like that.”

In all, the Conrads spend about $15,000 to $20,000 per year to help local organizations and schools raise more than $40,000 per year.

“People are appreciating what we do, and that feels good,” said Heather, who was instrumental in starting the Cowichan Valley Performing Arts Foundation about a year ago.

The efforts have not gone unnoticed and Chad accepted the Black Tie Excellence Award for Business Achiever of the year in 2010 — just one year after opening the restaurant.

Now, Duncan — and the rest of the Valley — is home sweet home for the Conrads.

“It dawned on me it would be weird to go grocery shopping and not run into someone I know — I find I have to allow an extra half-hour for chatting time when I go out,” Heather laughed. “It’s really nice and something we’re not used to, coming from a larger place, but before you know it, it becomes your way of life. I see why people like small towns, I get it now.”

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“We’ve set roots down here and our kids are really involved with things here,” she said. “We actually had a recent opportunity to move back to the Mainland and we decided not to because we wanted to stay — we live in a great neighbourhood, we really like the community and the schools and we’ve met a lot of people.”

The decision to stay is also good news for the rest of the Valley, which is richer for the Conrads’ involvement with their adopted community.

Since the Conrads arrived about four years ago, they have given thousands of dollars and countless hours back to the community that supports them.

And how they came to be part of our community was a lucky happenstance.

The pair — parents of seven-year-old Chloe, and Lucas, three — met while both were employed at a Mr. Mikes restaurant in Coquitlam, said Heather.

“I was serving and Chad worked in the kitchen and we were both going to university.”

Chad soon moved to the corporate side of the franchise and became manager of operations for a couple of years.

Then the couple was approached to open a Mr. Mike’s in the Valley.

“Chad and I had talked about opening our own restaurant, but we thought it would be a few years down the road,” Heather said.

“We’d just gotten married and Chad travelled a whole bunch and was gone quite a few times a year for weeks at a time and, well, the timing (to open the restaurant) was right.”

The couple opened the restaurant in July 2009 and almost immediately became involved in the community. “[We] started doing fundraisers and that evolved into a community support program we run that is, basically, a title we’ve given to all the work we do,” Heather said.

And a lot of work it is. Earlier this summer Chad hauled out the Mr. Mike’s grills

“It dawned on me it would be weird to go grocery shopping and not run into someone I know — I find I have to allow an extra half-hour for chatting time when I go out. It’s really nice and something we’re not used to, coming from a larger place, but before you know it, it becomes your way of life. ”

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Pot campaign heads to Duncan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Sensible BC Director Dana Larsen is bringing his marijuana referendum campaign to Duncan.

“This is an issue whose time has come,” he said. “Having Washington and Colorado vote to legalize last year and having the Union of BC Municipalities supporting legalization last year, the time has come but unfortunately having our politicians lagging behind the people on this one, we have to go to a referendum.”

His Duncan visit is part of a whirlwind tour of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast for the activist. He’s visiting 15 towns in six days to promote the campaign action on legalization.

He’ll be at the Craig Street Brew Pub in Duncan starting at 7 p.m.

Saturday evening, Aug. 24, looking to sign up canvassers and volunteers for the effort.

Larsen has prepared legislation called The Sensible Policing Act, which would effectively decriminalize marijuana by stopping B.C. police from making searches or arrests for simple possession.

His law would also call upon the federal government to repeal marijuana prohibition, so that B.C. can legally regulate its cultivation and sale.

The proposed law has been accepted by Elections BC, and

Dana Larsen [SUBMITTED] Larsen will have 90 days to collect signatures from 10 per cent of the registered voters in every electoral district, beginning Monday, Sept. 9.

But he needs registered canvassers to collect the votes; hence the drive to find those volunteers.

“It’s easy to register as a canvasser,” said Larsen. “It just takes two minutes to fill out the form for Elections BC.” More information is available online at SensibleBC.ca “We have supporters all over the province and definitely have some in Cowichan. We’ve got some local organizers in the area who have been doing a good job.

I’m looking forward to meeting them and signing people up,” Larsen said.

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The period for signing up voters starts soon and Larsen expects his team to finish around Nov. 3 before sending in all the signatures in to Elections BC. Canvassing is not hard.

“There is no minimum number of signatures they have to get.

I keep telling people if they can only collect 10 or 20 from their friends and family that’s a great start,” he said.

Canvassers are allowed to collect signatures in any public area so a sidewalk, or a park, or any public space is allowed.

“We’ve got about 60,000 people on Facebook and 50,000 on our email list. That’s not all we need but that’s a good head start to help get our people some easy signatures.”

There are 85 electoral districts and the signatures needed range from 2,500 to 5,000 people, depending on the population. The campaign’s total target for the province is half a million signatures.

Larsen is “cautiously optimistic” about the outcome “This is by no means a done deal. It’s a very, very complicated and huge effort that’s involved but we are building up a lot of good awareness, a lot of good support. People are really getting excited about it. It’s certainly possible but only if a lot more British Columbians come out and help us make history.”

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Bylaw in the works to allow secondary suites in City of Duncan KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The City of Duncan is making progress toward allowing secondary suites.

A proposed bylaw covering secondary suites has been drafted and will be up for public scrutiny in the near future, with the aim of passing the bylaw in late 2013 or early 2014.

According to documents presented to council by city planner Michelle Geneau at last Monday’s monthly meeting, legal secondary suites would significantly improve the selection and affordability of housing in Duncan, something both necessary and part of the Official Community Plan.

Secondary suites both within primary residences and “garden suites” in accessory buildings are covered under the draft bylaw, but “carriage houses” — suites built atop existing garages — are precluded because they would exceed height limitations for accessory buildings and have greater impact on adjacent properties. Council would still be able to permit carriage houses on a site-by-site basis.

The draft policy will be presented to the public at an open house that has already been scheduled for Sept. 30, and will be posted to the city website, with links on

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“They can see the bylaw in draft form,” said Mayor Phil Kent. “We are looking for feedback that might provide input for a change in the bylaw.”

The bylaw would likely go before the Committee of the Whole in October, with the first two readings by council in November, and final reading in December or January.

There are currently six legal secondary suites in Duncan. A count in 2010 established that there were at least 15 illegal suites at the time, and likely many more.

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Province’s permit feels like lack of respect his is why people hate the government.

A huge outcry by the majority of a community, backed by the local government, no less, is dismissed for the financial interests of a single company.

Something is clearly broken that this can take place.

And this kind of thing seems to happen over and over and over again.

As the permit to South Island Aggregates to dump massive quantities of contaminated soil within the Shawnigan Lake watershed is finalized, we cannot help but be reminded of another

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occasion where the will of the people was thwarted.

We remember well the universal outcry against the closure of Cowichan Lodge as a seniors facility.

The Lodge was a beloved home to seniors who could no longer live in their own houses, and during the process we at the Citizen did not hear from a single, solitary person who was in favour of shutting it down.

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the Lodge was closed.

The entire fiasco was conducted in such a deliberately underhanded way it made us want to join the tinfoil hat brigade — the conspiracy theories were, after all, the truth of the matter.

Obviously a seniors facility is a different kettle of fish than dumping contaminated soil into a watershed, but the similarities between how public opinion was brushed off are stark — and depressing.

Rallies of hundreds of people aren’t enough to sway the decision-makers?

That feels like contempt.

What does it take, then, to force the provincial government to respect the views of those they are supposed to be serving?

We do not expect this kind of dismissal in a democracy.

This type of thing seems more suited to some kind of totalitarian state.

We understand that sometimes governments have to make unpopular decisions.

No matter what it is, it’s unlikely you’re ever going to make everybody happy.

And sometimes true leadership means doing what you think is right, rather than simply doing

Trade agreements working against us

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what is popular.

We can respect that.

Perhaps the process that has granted SIA their permit was done according to the rules and regulations.

If that is the case, the process needs an overhaul, sooner rather than later.

It is terribly frustrating when our local government has its hands tied and cannot act to protect its citizens from things that may do harm to our area — like allowing contaminated soil dumping. SIA isn’t the only site within our boundaries. We may well ask, where will it stop?

Rail not economically justifiable In the Aug. 16 Cowichan Valley Citizen, Jean Crowder states that “Islanders CLEARLY want passenger rail service”.

The Islanders I’ve spoken to CLEARLY do not want the extra tax burden associated with an underused and heavily subsidized rail service.

To think that you could get up at 4 a.m. to catch a 5:30 train to Victoria, work all day and be home by 8 p.m. must surely be a tantalizing enticement for a commuter!

The Island rail committee speaks of a maximum subsidy by Via of only $1.8 million per year, plus the initial investment in

upgraded equipment.

Ask yourself, why would Via be wanting to put any subsidy towards the rail line?

On top of that, there is the $30 million or so required to upgrade rail beds and trestles before we have a safe and sturdy system for our 158 passengers daily.

It all sounds very comforting when you think of spreading the tax burden between the feds, the province, the regional districts and the municipalities, but guess what? All this money comes from one source — you, the taxpayer!

You want a truly economical and widely accepted use for the E & N rail bed? Fill the space between the rails with gravel and I’ll bet you will see constant and welcome use by cyclists and ped-

estrians all along the line, at very little further cost to taxpayers.

Not only that, but think of the savings to our medical system from getting some of us off our butts!

You want a truly useful commuter rail system on the Island, set it up between the Western communities and Victoria, where there will be many commuters and the service might even pay for itself.

If there is a business case justifying the enormous cost of perpetuating this dinosaur why haven’t we seen it?

CLEARLY, it is not justifiable on economic terms.

Michael Smith Ladysmith

Re: Gerry Masuda’s letter on the cost of trade agreements I fully agree with everything Gerry says in his letter and would advise people to be aware of the upcoming talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

This trade agreement will undermine access to fundamental medicines by extending monopoly protections for large pharmaceutical companies, will undermine indigenous rights and human rights, will create a race to the bottom on working conditions, environmental standards and all kinds of public relations.

They will allow companies to sue over loss of expected profits if they are denied access to a market. For example, a company in Delaware is suing Canada for $250 million because they wanted to frack in Quebec, where the provincial government has banned fracking.

Already there are a few countries, mainly in South America, who agree to sign the trade agreements but with the provision that there will be no court cases of companies suing the government.

We need to call for more transparency from our federal government before any of these trade deals are signed.

Donna Cameron Duncan

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Garbage collection worked for 36 years On Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, three homes at the north end of North Cowichan’s Watts Road did not receive garbage or kitchen pitchin pick up.

We telephoned the municipal office but could only leave a recorded message. With the recent inconsistent pickup time we did not realize that something was amiss until too late for the office. Besides the most important missed garbage message, we included a message expressing our concerns about the bear we saw in our back yard in the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Our garbage pail had been invaded twice during the week.

We then stored the garbage in our carport as suggested by the conservation officer.

At 8:50 Monday, Aug. 12, we received a call from a person who said he would call back after he questioned some other person. We were called by the assistant operations manager at 11 to inform us that our garbage would no longer be picked up in front of the houses as it has been for the past 36 years.

He then gave the all-too-often North Cowichan autocratic response, i.e., “Take no account

of other people’s opinions domineering stance.”

It appears this edict was not totally thought out, as now two 80-year-old homeowners (one is 87) and the third home are now being forced to carry their garbage pails down from their homes and down the slope in front of our properties to the turnaround because of this despotic, milquetoasty decision.

It appears that the snap decision was made to possibly earn merit points for his office or for himself. This again points to a sham decision that was made to satisfy, as we have been led to believe, a question apparently asked by a driver about the safety of backing up the short slope in front of our place.

The slope is 98 feet long on a paved road with a rise of 9.6 degrees before the flat loading area. If it was indeed a query from one of the drivers that sparked this poor decision then driver training should be offered to that individual.

We feel it is a totally unnecessary deviation from a proven garbage collection course of action that over the last 36 years has proven totally functional and has not had one incident or near incident that can be related to safety or any other mishap.

We need alternatives like E&N rail line With we the people of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands with regard to transportation on the Island and the Gulf Islands: maybe it is about time we on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands started thinking of the Island and the Gulf Islands as an independent province within the confederation of Canada.

A number of citizens have asked for a rail system between Victoria and, say, Campbell River, which is already there and not being used, and geographically you are only halfway up the Island.

It seems to me nothing is being done. I thought the legislators were going to work on our problems, such as our rail system and ferry system. There was a time on Vancouver Island when there was a good rail system and good ferry system. I thought second to none. One step forward, two back.

As the carnage increases on our Island Highway the government is talking about money for more asphalt on the Malahat Highway — clear cut and pave it. Steer manure.

We should be looking for money for alternative forms of transportation such as the E&N railway which lies dormant. It could service every community on its line and beyond.

The ferry system is much the same. It used to serve every island in the Gulf Islands and from Vancouver to Nanaimo and Vancouver to Victoria. One step forward, two back. More steer manure.

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We must use the rail line, says Walt Hatcher of Ladysmith. [CITIZEN FILE] Crump, then president of CPR, can go just as fast in one direction as the other.

On time and on schedule certainly, but how fast? Twenty miles an hour or 30 miles an hour, you would get there as fast as any automobile on our killer highway up and down the Island. Starting the bud car from both ends of your system daily would see fares next to nothing or comparable to the cost of your gasoline in an automobile.

P.S.: Mike Harcourt, one-time premier of B.C., called Vancouver Island the Big Island. I call it the Rock Island and the steer manure stops either from the east, west, north or south. The steer manure stops here.

Walt Hatcher Ladysmith

Timberwest should apologize to Youbou As a resident of Youbou for 50 years, I am a strong supporter of conservation and the environment. I am very much against the CVRD using the $5,000 from the Area I Nature and Habitat Fund to assist Timberwest with the construction of a truck wash.

This is very poor PR for the CVRD. If Timberwest wants to improve their public relations with the residents of Youbou, they should step back from the $5,000 and apologize to the people of Youbou for the dust and mud and get on with solving the real problem.

Howard Smith Youbou

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by Bill Dumont on the CVRD Bill’s comments are on the mark as was his previous comments on size of the CVRD. It is apparent that high priced personnel, quality, quantity, well thought out and executed plans are not guaranteed as the theory dictates. Time to replace salary scale by half or more, and go for common sense personnel with interests of community foremost.

Put that to the people in the next election, perhaps sooner!

Bob Conibear Duncan

The rear view monitor system on the trucks has only bettered safety in the backing up process.

In the short period of time this decision/change has come about it has to be a “behind the desk” decision.

Fundamental courtesy of notifying the affected residents of this change had not been offered for discussion, nor had notification been given, further proving it was a snap decision.

All the drivers over the past 36 years have been professionals and safety was always foremost in their minds. The most popular approach to our roadside garbage pails placed in the flat area in front of the three houses was

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to back up while making their turnaround in the round area at the bottom of the slope and then back up the short incline to the flattened loading area and then drive down the roadway.

Others chose to drive up and back down to complete their route. When snow or ice was ever a factor on the slop, the residents managed to shovel a path and leave our containers at the turnaround below.

The people in our group of three homes are now wondering what other services will be arbitrarily withdrawn from us.

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Jason Walker, SRA spokesman, said his group was “not shocked but profoundly disappointed”. Given that there is only a small window for starting an appeal, the residents association has hit the ground running.

“Our lawyer today has moved forward with notice of appeal to the Environmental Appeal Board,” Walker said.

As well, we will be applying for a stay to ensure that soil is not dropped into our watershed until the matter is heard before the board,” he said.

“We have 30 days and that’s why the SRA decided to engage legal counsel ahead of time. Our research is done, our appeal is ready to go,” he said. “Now, we need the public’s help. This is a very expensive process and the burden of it is on the backs of the people of Shawnigan Lake.”

Walker urged the public to step up with legal fund donations.

“Visit our website: thesra. ca. We believe in liveable, drinkable, swimmable water as a fundamental right for everybody.

“Having a contaminated soil dump in our drinking watershed is not a decision that helps families in Shawnigan Lake and it’s also an imminent threat to our economy. This is a money grab by a big gravel company and it’s not right,” Walker said.

Bruce Fraser, regional area director for Shawnigan Lake, said he thought the decision was made months ago.

“All the MoE has been

doing is adding conditions to the permit to sweeten the pot,” he said.

Fraser said he is frustrated that the entire approval process swings around technical issues, sidestepping the concerns of local people.

“It’s engineers talking to engineers, hydrologists, geologists. And they all say ‘Oh yeah, it’s technically feasible. We can reduce the potential risks down to potentially acceptable levels.’

Except that acceptable to us is quite a different matter than what’s acceptable to them.”

To Fraser, as to many others, there is only one issue: “there is no technical justification for putting a contaminated soil facility in the headwaters of the community drinking supply.”

The impression of business-as-usual given by this permit approval doesn’t bode well for other dumping applications in the future, he said.

What is particularly galling to the regional director is what he called the “unbelievable cynicism” of announcing the permit “in the dog days of summer when vast numbers of people are on holiday and most local governments are stood down for holidays.”

Fraser said that, although the permit claims that such a decision is not made in the political arena, the time is coming soon when provincial politicians must be ready to step up. “ S e n i o r g ove r n m e n t should have the wit to understand that it is goring an entire community and that, in our democracy, that should be seen to be

illegitimate,” he said.

South Island Aggregates said in a release Wednesday “the company is pleased it now has approval to treat and landfill waste soil at its Stebbings Road facility,” saying it follows “rigorous environmental and technical assessment” over two years by SIA, demonstrating that the process is safe.

SIA president Michael Ke l ly s a i d h i s g r o u p appreciated the feedback and comments received from the public and other stakeholders. “[We] have incorporated this feedback into our final design and monitoring program,” he said.

This monitoring is now included in the permit, accompanied by a notice that states, “considering the high level of interest shown from the agencies, the public and interest groups” that SIA is obligated to disclose publicly the results of its monitoring.

The approval statement from the province said that, although concerns were raised by the public about effects on the watershed, “the final decision was based on the technical merits of the proposal.”

In addition, the MoE included other strictures, telling SIA to treat discharge water to provincial drinking water standards, take extra samples and bring in an environmental management system to document onsite activities.

Finally, the permit said, “ t h e M i n i s t r y wo rked with the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) and SIA to ensure concerns around air and water quality were satisfied.”

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Search teams scouring land, water From page 1 RCMP, the RCMP dive team, and Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue. A police dog was brought in, and a helicopter crew scanned the river and its surrounding area all the way downstream to Duncan.

Although much of the search has concentrated on the water, crews haven’t given up on the possibility that the woman remains missing on land.

“If she’s not in the water, you

The RCMP dive team searches the Cowichan River for a missing woman. A man’s body was found floating in the river Tuesday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

would think by this point that we would have come across her, or someone would have come across her, or she would have sought help,” said Olsen. “But we’re not closing that door.”

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You know summer is reaching its climax when the 104th annual Cobble Hill Fair is just around the corner.

This year, the hugely popular event will be held Saturday, Aug. 24, bringing everyone out to the fairgrounds, halls and fields for a super day of family fun.

The event has been scaled back to only the one day again, according to George Baird, president of the Shawnigan Cobble Hill Farmers Institute.

In previous years, there has been a big outdoor concert on the Friday night before the fair, but that’s been discontinued. “We found we actually were losing money on it. And another thing is that down on that horse field, it’s quite low there, and about 8:30, 8:45 p.m., people start leaving because they are getting cold because they probably didn’t dress warm enough. The dampness rises. Then, we just don’t get as many volunteers as we used to, either, and it takes volunteers to run something like that,� he said. “So, we’re back to one day and we’ve got lots of exciting things happening.�

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“So, we’re back to one day and we’ve got lots of exciting things happening...Last year on fair day we had 5,000 people through the gate and the previous year it was 3,200,�

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one favourite sight when they go to Cobble Hill. “One fellow’s bringing a boar and some gilts and we’ve got a sow with piglets coming. For little kids, that kind of thing means a lot,� Baird said.

The animals, and all the fairstyle fun have been packing ’em in. “Last year on fair day we had 5,000 people through the gate and the previous year it was 3,200,�

Baird said. “And we’ve got more food vendors; that seemed like an area for improvement after last year. They wanted more food vendors. There’s lots of good things happening.

The Duncan & District Vintage Machinery Society will be there with different tractors and their saws, as long as we can get some

logs,� Baird said.

They’ve got permission to use the Commons area across Fisher Road from the fairgrounds and to close that part of the street again this year, he said, pointing out that with the amount of vendors, it will help again with space. “We’ve also got the sheepdog demonstration and then the duck driving demonstration, too. They use the border collies and herd up the ducks. The ducks can be quite aggressive, too.�

And there’s going to be even more in that area, according to the Farmers Institute’s fair chair, Jamie Clarke. “New too this year, we have Andrew Poland’s crane. I got wind of something they do in connection with Kali Yoga. It’s called silks. They suspend their performers from Andrew’s crane and do a demonstration of yoga with silks.

I first heard about it at Evergreen School’s Children and Apple Pie. They will do a morning and afternoon show. “And in addition, Andrew is donating that, for a couple of dollars, he can send a couple of people up 70 feet in the air in the man basket. They’ll be able to get a pretty See See scarecrow • page 13

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Tour de Rock rider, Cst. Jenn Prunty, now serving in the Victoria area, enjoys some time with her junior rider, Amelie McLean, at the Beverly Corners Show & Shine at the Cowichan Sportsplex Sunday, Aug. 18. For video and photos from the event, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Former Duncan constable pairing for Tour with Valley’s Amelie McLean LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock fundraising event is gearing up for its 14day bicycle tour of Vancouver Island with some pre-tour events, including a stop in Duncan.

Victoria-based RCMP Const. Jennifer Prunty (formerly of the Duncan detachment) proudly introduced her junior rider, the Cowichan Valley’s Amelie McLean, to the crowd as the Tour de Rock riders included a stop at the Beverly Corners car show in their training schedule Sunday, Aug. 18.

“It’s fantastic riding for somebody like this; it really gives meaning to what we are doing,” she said afterwards, leaning against her bike, with McLean beside her.

The riders raise money to help fund Camp Goodtimes, a special place where children with cancer and their families can enjoy holidays together in a safe environment that allows them camp time as a family.

“It also puts a face to Camp Goodtimes.

We went there, to Camp Goodtimes, as a team about four weeks ago so we got to experience what the kids get to experience over there. We got just a taste of it and it was just fantastic. I was surprised to learn that the families get to go as well and that just brings a really neat element to it, too, that they can just relax and have fun as a family and not have to worry about being sick all the time,” Prunty said as she spent some time talking quietly with the young girl, whose brave battles with her disease have inspired many in the Valley.

McLean, a little overawed by the occasion, said she was happy she got to have Prunty as her senior rider.

Meanwhile Matt Kercher of Lake Cowichan, a teenaged cancer survivor who is graduating from junior rider ranks this year, told the crowd how he has benefitted from being able to enjoy summer fun at Camp Goodtimes and how much he appreciated getting to know many of the Tour de Rock riders who have helped pay for the camp over the years he’s been going to it.

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good view of the fairgrounds. The proceeds will probably go towards the roof on the hall.

“In addition, we’ll have the Mill Bay Fire Department returning and Chuck from Mill Bay Towing brings over a couple of cars so the firemen will be chopping up a couple of cars with the Jaws of Life,” Clarke said.

On Saturday, it all starts with a pancake breakfast. The cooks fire up the griddles at 7 a.m. and before long, it will be time for the Cobble Hill horse show, which starts at 8:30 a.m.

Streetside action heats up with the annual parade at 9:30 a.m.

It’s a chance to march around the fairgrounds, showing off decorated bicycles and even mini-floats, and possibly even winning prizes.

The official opening takes place on the outdoor stage behind the hall at 10 a.m.

Take note of that time, because that’s when the exhibits inside the hall are open for viewing, too.

These feature everything from photography and quilts to fruit and vegetables, home baking and handicrafts of all kinds.

And don’t miss the always competitive flower show.

The miniature horse show starts at 10:30 a.m. and the Women’s Institute Tea begins at 11:30 a.m.

The SPCA pet show is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. with the Fast and Furious Scarecrow Building Contest starting at 1 p.m.

A poetry contest and a sheep dog demonstration are also being organized.

In the fields, look for the livestock and 4-H shows, children’s games, the hay bale toss,

The antique machinery display is a favourite with old and young alike. [CITIZEN FILE] Daisy the Cow, vintage machinery, a demonstration of blacksmithing, and historical and educational displays.

Onstage, organizers have lined up magician Donald Dunphy, the Kathy White Dancers, the Washington Brothers, the Ukuladies, Mary Egan, the Pretty Heart Parkers, a puppet show, Kate and Shayde, the Cowichan Valley Cloggers and the Smiley Family.

Anyone interested in helping the Flash Feed Mob effort to help Valley food banks is encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation to the Cowichan Valley Regional District or South Cowichan Rotary Club booth at the fair.

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It all started with babies and contaminated milk LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

When you go to the Cobble Hill Fair Saturday, Aug. 24, you definitely will see the efforts of members of the Shawnigan Cobble Hill Farmers’ Institute but there’s another, quieter group that’s been stalwartly working at the fair, too.

They are the members of the Cobble Hill Women’s Institute, those hard working gals who put on the extremely popular tea in the Cobble Hill Hall at every fair.

Longtime member Jessie Anderson was first involved with farmers’ group but then decided to try the Women’s Institute.

“It is completely separate from the Farmers’ Institute. We don’t have the same mandate from the Ministry of Agriculture. We even have our own bylaws,” she said.

Margaret Baird, another longtime member agreed.

“And we have different beginnings. Ours goes back to contaminated milk,” she said.

Anderson takes up the story.

“In those days, all the babies in that area started dying after the mothers stopped breastfeeding them and put them onto regular milk. They got what was called at the time ‘summer milk fever’, perhaps caused by unpasteurized milk.”

Adelaide Hoodless of Hamilton, Ontario, was forced to take notice.

“I guess when her 18-month-old son died of it, my thinking is she said, ‘this is enough. Farmers have

Cobble Hill Women’s Institute members, including, back row, from left, Laura Baird, Lois Turner, Linda Bilkoski, and in front, Jessie Anderson and Margaret Baird, display their fundraising cookbooks. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] an organization so they can learn how to farm better. Women need an organization so they can learn to take care of their families and homes better’,” Anderson said.

Baird added, “It started in Ontario and spread from there.”

••• The group’s focus is more about things around the home than any-

thing related to a farm.

“Of course, our big thing right now is the Cobble Hill Fair and getting ready for that,” Anderson said. “But we at Women’s Institute have other things we support, too.

In fact, we started the first fund for the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver and the Queen Alexandra Solarium, which was here in

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“We still support the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health, as it’s called now. They have kept all the history there right from the start, and they always say how much they appreciate the Women’s Institute for what they do. We started with it.

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helped as well, of course, but that started because a young girl had tuberculosis and her mother couldn’t find any help for her and went to the Women’s Institute.”

The centre moved to Victoria eventually.

“They used to have a tea, to which we were invited, and all the former patients and workers could come. They would tell their tales, and it was so good. It really was eye-opening,” she said.

••• Laura Baird, another Cobble Hill Women’s Institute member said, “The original solarium was where Brentwood College is now.”

Anderson continued, “The doctors who were pushing for it at the time thought the seashore with the fresh breezes was the best place possible for them. They had a big long verandah where they pushed these beds out and the children slept out on the verandah.”

But aside from offering financial support to facilities such as the solarium, Anderson said most of the W.I. efforts in Cobble Hill involve catering of some sort.

“We’re a small group, 13 people.

We don’t have a big work force,” she said.

One of the Cobble Hill group, and someone from the Somenos and Royal Oak Institutes, have put a cookbook together, said Laura Baird.

“A young local girl did a lot of these drawings which I think are great. That’s just something See Institute raises • page 16

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A dancer in the Golden Age women’s division. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

An entrant in the Tiny Tots division dances during the Khowutzun Warmland Intertribal Pow Wow held at the Siem Lelum Fields last weekend. Hundreds of dancers and drummers representing a wide variety of First Nations groups convened in Cowichan Tribes territory from Friday to Sunday for the annual gathering. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

A dancer in the men’s Golden Age division. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

A youngster in the Tiny Tots age division dances from the heart.

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“We also have conferences.

We have an Adelaide Hoodless Luncheon to celebrate the founder; the different institutes on Vancouver Island take turns. This year we went to Saltspring. They have quite an active group,” she said.

The various Women’s Institutes also hold competitions, a spring conference and a fall workshop.

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The Women’s Institute has been around for a long time, in a lot of countries but it often looks squarely in the face of some very modern issues, Anderson said, explaining that these include such hot topics as the question of genetically modified organisms, controversial issues that really affect members of Women’s Institutes around the world as big corporations become heavily involved in the food chain, affecting farmers and their families.

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“We sent them some money so they could buy tools and seeds so they could plant a yam crop. So that’s in the works right now,” she said.

“They are also refurbishing an old sugar cane shed and will turn that into a community centre. They were able to level the field and seed it and now they

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‘Burrard’s Inlet’: Sewell Moody’s legacy of foresight part 1

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e was way ahead of his time but didn’t live to see his dream fulfilled.

“Sale of the Burrard’s Inlet mill — The sawmill recently owned by Mr. J.C. Smith was sold on Thursday by his creditors’ assignees. It was purchased by Mr. Moody for the sum of $6,900.”

This brief business notice, back in 1865, announced the start of a remarkable career in pioneer provincial commerce, that of the farsighted American financier, Sewell Prescott Moody.

His career was to be cut short, however, in a tragedy made all the more poignant by the message he sent from beyond the grave.

But Moody’s real legacy is that of foresight. He’d been among the first, and among the few, to recognize the future of “Burrard’s Inlet” when it was no more than a rainforest. In those days, when New Westminster was capital of the mainland colony of British Columbia, and Victoria capital of Vancouver Island and the commercial leader of the entire Northwest, the brash young Yankee’s predictions were greeted with scorn.

Yet, within 20 short years, the future became apparent even to the scoffers and, although Moody didn’t live to see his dream come true, today his faith in the province’s future is recognized by historians.

When Capt. George Vancouver had poked about Burrard’s Channel in the late 18th century, he learned to his disappointment that the Spanish had arrived first. Nevertheless, he proceeded to name many of the predominant geographical features and described the inlet: “From Point Grey we proceeded first up the eastern branch of the sound, where, about a league from its entrance, we passed to the northward of an island which nearly terminated its extent, forming a passage from 10 to seven fathoms deep, no more than a cable’s length in width. The island lying exactly across the channel, appeared to form a similar passage to the south of it, with a smaller island lying before it.

From these islands, the channel, in width about half a mile, continued its direction about east. Here we were met by about 50 Indians, in their canoes, who conducted themselves with the greatest decorum and civility, presenting us with several fish

Hospital invites community for fun fair The community is urged to head to the hospital this Friday (today) — but staff and administrators promise you’ll have a fun time.

The CDH fun fair, taking place in front of the main entrance, is set for noon to 4 p.m.

There will be plenty for families to do, and chew.

On deck is a barbecue, popcorn,

Not even the visionary Sue Moody could have foreseen this as Burrard Inlet’s future! —TWP cooked, and undressed, of the sort already mentioned as resembling smelt.”

With HMS Discovery’s departure, the inlet returned to normal, its only inhabitants the Squamish and Musqueam tribes.

Not until the mad rush up the Fraser River by gold seekers almost a century after did this forest draw the fleeting attention of passers-by. Even the Yorkshire potter John Morton, its first settler, tried his luck in the gold fields before becoming interested in reports of clay deposits near Coal Harbour. Upon discovery that the clay was, in fact, sandstone, the undaunted Morton decided to homestead and, with fellow Forty-Niners Bill Hailstone and Sam Brighouse who’d accompanied him up the Fraser as partners, Morton pre-empted 550 acres in what’s now Vancouver’s highly-priced West End. Their struggle against the wilderness was, alas, doomed to failure and the partners moved on in search of wages. For a time, they were able to rent their rancherie until it was lost to fire. It remained for two entrepreneurs named Hicks and Baker to point the way, in 1862, by salvaging the power plant from a wrecked steamer and setting up a tiny mill on the North Shore.

They cut an impressive 10,000 feet of lumber in their first day

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of operation.

Which also was their last day of operation as their creditors foreclosed.

Such was the price of prophecy. Although few realized it at the time, Hicks and Baker had attempted to harvest one of the richest stands of timber in the world; a seemingly limitless jungle of fir, cedar, hemlock and pine that would ultimately have to give way in any circumstance to a birthing metropolis.

That same year, T.W. Graham and Co. of New Westminster gambled that they’d succeed where Hicks and Baker had failed, and took a lease of 500 acres on the North Shore.

Graham’s company obviously enjoyed greater operating capital than had the partners and soon erected a water-powered sawmill and named their tiny settlement, Pioneer Mills. Within months, the sternwheeler Flying Dutchman loaded the first cargo of 500,000 board feet, and the great logging boom was on, albeit not without further hiccups. Although cutting 40,000 feet of lumber daily, Graham

also failed and sold to Royal City grocer John Smith who set a record when he shipped an amazing 278,000 feet of lumber and 16,000 pickets in a single cargo to Australia.

For all that, Smith, too, had to sell, to a Victoria businessman from Maine. A timber cruiser back home, “Sue” Moody had become involved in the infant logging industry by hauling rafts of timber from Burrard Inlet to Victoria. His S.P. Moody and Co. became the fourth venture to try for the golden ring on the North Shore.

But only after a rocky start (literally) when his scow, the Matilda, stranded off Cadboro Bay and, with its cargo, became a total loss. The Colonist declared that “much sympathy is expressed for Mr. Moody, who has only recently [re]built the mills, and was about to commence operations”.

Despite this setback, and with buyers in Victoria, Nanaimo and the Royal City, Moody, Nelson & Co. as it was now known, proceeded with plans to build a world-wide network of markets. Moody visualized a steady stream of ships calling at Burrard Inlet to load B.C. lumber for ports of all nations. When, almost immediately, he succeeded where his predecessors had failed, he put Burrard Inlet on the map.

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Herbie D dominant at Longacres ‘MAGNIFICENT RIDE’:

Cobble Hill-raised horse wins prestigious Emerald Downs race KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

When horse enthusiasts George Robbins and Herb Doman bought their mare, Chilli Chines, together, they had no idea that one day her foal would win the “Kentucky Derby of the Pacific Northwest.”

Much to Robbins’s surprise, Herbie D, named in honour of his partner who passed away in 2007, finished in front of the field at the prestigious Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, last Sunday.

“It was quite a thrill,” said Robbins. “It was one of those things that happens once in a lifetime.

And he was raised in Cobble Hill.”

Chilli Chines shared a birthday, April 9, with Doman, which is what persuaded the duo to buy the mare. While she herself was too difficult to race, Robbins had high hopes for her offspring.

“I said to Darcia [Herb Doman’s daughter, who now shares ownership], we’ll breed the mare, and if it’s a colt, we’ll name it after your dad,” Robbins recalled.

The union of Chilli Chines and Orchid’s Devil indeed produced a

Herbie D’s co-owner, George Robbins, shows off the trophy from Emerald Downs and a copy of the Seattle Times trumpeting the big win. Scan with the Layar app on your smart phone for video of the race. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] colt, but it wasn’t obvious from the start that he was racing material either.

“As soon as he was born, he was a handful,” said Robbins. “That’s why he got gelded.”

At two years old, Herbie D was

still a problem child and was taken out of training. By his three-yearold year, he was named Horse of Year in B.C. Now five years old, Herbie D has been racing lightly this year because of a torn tendon in his leg. In four starts this year,

he has three wins and a third, boosting his record to 10 wins in 13 lifetime starts, including the Longacres Mile.

A big entourage, including more than 20 people: Robbins, Darcia Doman, Gilker, and jockey

Amadeo Perez among them, and Herbie D’s buddy, a retired racehorse named Turbo, made the trip south to Emerald Downs. Starting in the 10-hole, the plan was to get Herbie D into the lead fast.

“In a mile, from the gate to where you hit the first turn is very short,” said Robbins.

Herbie D was on board with the plan, visibly bouncing like a boxer as he prepared to run. “When he lined up to race, he pushed his nose against the gate,” Robbins recalled. “And when they opened the gate, he was gone.”

Perez had Herbie D in the lead from the start, and turned him loose after the first turn.

“It was a magnificent ride,” said Robbins.

With a $200,000 purse, the Longacres Mile is the biggest race in the Pacific Northwest. It functions as a qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Mile, but because Herbie D wasn’t nominated for the Breeders’ Cup series, trainer Robert Gilker is still trying to confirm the horse’s eligibility.

“Who would have ever believed that we would have ended up with a horse eligible for the Breeders’ Cup?” Robbins laughed.

Another Herbie appears to be on his way, as well. Chilli Chines was bred with a stallion by the name of Second in Command, producing a horse appropriately named Herbie 2, who Robbins hopes follows in his namesake’s shoes.

Former Capital Boucher ends a fascinating career WELL-TRAVELLED:

Goalie decides it’s time to hang ‘em up KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

From the Cowichan Valley to the professional leagues on three different continents, hockey has taken Nick Boucher on a whirlwind trip, one that finally came to an end last spring when the former Capitals goalie announced his retirement.

This will be the first fall since he can remember that he won’t be preparing for the upcoming season, and he’s not sure what to expect from that.

“I imagine it’s going to be a strange feeling to not be in training camp,” he said from Fort Wayne, Indiana. “I’ve talked to a lot of former players, and they all say they miss the camaraderie.

I’m sure when guys start to filter into town I’ll think more about it. I imagine I’ll definitely miss it

Nick Boucher, who played for the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the late 1990s, makes a save for the Fort Wayne Komets. [SUBMITTED] going forward.”

When those players do start arriving in town and doing informal skates, however, Boucher suspects he might be invited out if there aren’t goalies in the mix, and it will be tough for him to say no.

“My body is a little bit beat up,”

he admitted. “But I’m sure if they need me I can muster up enough to suit up.”

Boucher joined the Capitals in 1997/98 and was shocked by the leap from the midget ranks, specifically by the expectations of Cowichan’s coach at the time, Morey Gare.

“I remember how demanding he was,” said Boucher. “You go through minor hockey, but when you get to junior, it’s a different animal. Winning is the only thing that matters. Being a 17-year-old kid right out of minor hockey, I had no idea what junior hockey was really about.”

Still, Boucher emphasizes how much he learned from Gare.

“The work ethic, the professionalism he instilled in me, helped me moving forward,” he said.

After his junior career, which also included a portion of a season with the Fort Saskatchewan Traders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, Boucher went on to a standout career at Dartmouth College, which got him drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2000. In 2003, he moved from the college ranks to the Penguins organization.

“Obviously, coming out of college and being able to skate on the same ice as Mario Lemieux was a great experience,” he recalled.

“You never get a sense of how big

and how fast he was by watching on TV. That was obviously a thrill.”

After a few years in the Penguins organization, during which he wasn’t able to crack the big team, he headed to Europe for a season, playing first with the Basingstoke Bison of the Elite Ice Hockey League in Great Britain, then with the Tilburg Trappers, where he won a Dutch league championship.

“At the point when I went to Europe, my window of opportunity [in the NHL] had pretty much closed. I wanted to go travel and play hockey in places other than the U.S. and Canada.”

He returned to North America in 2007/08, joining the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League, and later of the Central Hockey League. Still, his travels continued as he went Down Under to play for the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League in the 2010 off-season.

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Top athlete earns scholastic honours KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Although she was a captain for the Camosun College Chargers women’s basketball team last year, Cowichan Secondary School grad Brianne Larson remained focused on school ahead of sports.

Her commitment to both resulted in her winning a Pac West Academic Excellence Award for women’s basketball, which the league presented to just six athletes at the school.

It takes a lot of work to maintain an A average while playing collegiate sports, said Larson.

“You have to be pretty dedicated.

I love school, and achieving good grades has always been important to me. Playing basketball is a bonus. It’s fun and I enjoy it.”

About to go into her third year with the Chargers and the last year of her Pre-Medicine Associate Degree, Larson thinks her team could be a strong one this year.

Last year, the young team made it to provincials but lost their first game despite being the host team for the tournament.

After hockey shows him the world, goalie picks Indiana From page 21

Brianne Larson has her head in the game — and in her books. [SUBMITTED] Most of the players are returning this year with more experience behind them.

Larson’s academic program typically takes two years, but she stretched hers into a third because of her athletic pursuits.

“It has definitely been worth it to play basketball,” she said.

With a plan to head to the next level of her education after this

coming year, Larson isn’t sure if she will continue playing basketball.

She will almost certainly be leaving Camosun, and a schedule of six courses per semester will prohibit athletic pursuits. That decision will have to be made later, though.

“I’ll see where it takes me,” said Larson.

“It was a good experience to go over there on someone else’s dime,” he said.

Pro hockey in Australia is around the same level as junior B in Canada, said Boucher, due in large part to a limit of four import players per team.

“There are just not enough guys in Australia playing the game,” he said. “They need more than just four imports if they want to improve.”

After six seasons in Fort Wayne, including the 2012/13 campaign which he had to sit out because of injury, Boucher decided to hang up the skates and retire there, where he is now working as a mortgage broker.

“I obviously miss Vancouver Island; I don’t think you can find a better place to live in the world,” he said, and he should know. “But having spent so much time here, and as transient as my life has been since I left B.C., after six-plus years, it

Nick Boucher began to feel like home.”

Boucher is still tied to hockey, helping with youth teams and working as a goaltending consultant with the Komets.

With more than 60 years of history, the Komets are entrenched in the Indiana city, and more than 60 players have chosen to settle there after their careers.

“Fort Wayne is known as a place that takes care of players after they retire,” said Boucher.

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The top masters-level cyclists in British Columbia are coming back to the Cowichan Valley for their final race of the season on Sept. 1. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cycling masters ride into the Cowichan Valley KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The province’s top cyclists over the age of 30 have been in the Cowichan Valley for the last two weeks as the BC Masters Cycling Association has held a pair of competitions in the area.

On Sunday, Aug. 11, the Velo Cowichan 40km Time Trial was held, with its base at Duncan Meadows golf course.

With a time of 57:18, adjusted to 1:08:38 for his age standard, Brian Marsh emerged as the top cyclist, finishing first in the standings both in terms of actual time and age standard. He was followed in the age standard standings by David Steen, Paul Auton, Chris Wilberg and Kerry White.

Rounding out the top five in actual times were Auton, Kelly Jablonski, David Huntley and Andrew Attwell.

Cyclists in the time trial ranged in age from 32 to 78.

Last Saturday, many of the same cyclists took part in the Lake Cowichan Road Race, which took them on a hilly 63km loop from Saywell Park to River Bottom Road and back. Brian Geerts completed the circuit in 1:54:20 to finish first, followed by Mike Sevcov, Roy Quade, Ian Smith and Peter Stevenson.

The BCMCA will be back in the Valley for its final event of the year, a 65km Australian pursuit that starts and finishes at Cherry Point Vineyard on Sept. 1.

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