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Domestic violence programs get $120K ROBERT BARRON CITIZEN
Emergency crews mop up and investigate after putting out a fire Tuesday morning on a fishing boat moored in Cowichan Bay. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN]
Fire crews quickly douse boat blaze PAUL BRIAN CITIZEN
The Cowichan Bay Fire Department responded to a call for a fire at a boat moored at Government Wharf in Cowichan Bay around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning . The fire department reported there were no occupants on board the Arctic Fox II and
t h e f i r e wa s s u c c e s s f u l ly extinguished. “It was smoke showing from a vessel at Government Wharf. When I arrived on scene there were two individuals at the boat,” said Cowichan Bay fire chief Charles Brown. “One putting water through the window that you can see in the background that had broke
up,” he added. Crews then came to the help of these individuals and put out the fire. “We proceeded to run a twoand-a-half-inch supply line down the docks and the crew went inside and extinguished the fire,” Brown said, adding that crews searched the vessel and found nobody on board.
John Vogelaar, whose boat Double Decker is moored across from the Arctic Fox II, said both are for tuna fishing. “It’s used for tuna in the summer. These are both tuna boats,” he explained. Brown said there was not yet an estimate of damages. The cause is under investigation.
Three aboriginal organizations in Duncan will share $120,000 in provincial funding for programs dealing with domestic violence. The Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation is providing $310,000 to seven aboriginal organizations on Vancouver Island for culture-based domestic violence programs. Jane Sterk, executive director of the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, said with the high number of domestic violence incidents in the region, which has a large aboriginal population, the announcement is “good news.” “In fact, this area has the highest level of domestic violence in the province and only Abbotsford ties us on this issue,” Sterk said. “The aboriginal population here is about 11 per cent of the total, and they face the traditional problems of poverty, poor housing and a lack of job opportunities that can sometimes lead to domestic violence problems.” In fact, aboriginal women are almost three times more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence than non-aboriginal women, according to government statistics. See $70,000, Page 8
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