February 24, 2016 by Cowichan Valley Citizen

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Two men were hit by a slow-moving pickup truck as they crossed Jubilee Street in Duncan last Thursday. One of the men has since died of his injuries, while the other remains in hospital. Police are reminding pedestrians and drivers to make sure they are visible and aware of their surroundings. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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A 55-year-old Duncan man has died of injuries sustained when he was hit by a truck on a downtown street last Thursday. Vincent Frances Samson was one of two men hit by the pickup in the early afternoon. He was airlifted to hospital in Victoria with a serious head injury shortly after the accident. Samson succumbed to his injur-

ies in hospital on Monday. “It’s not good. We’re all deaing with sadness,” Samson’s aunt, Dolly Sylvester, said, adding that her sister also died recently, leaving the family reeling from multiple tragedies. Samson left behind a wife and two sons, as well as his mother, three sisters and a brother. The incident happened shortly after noon last Thursday when two men who were walking

toward the Human Resources office in downtown Duncan were hit by a 2012 GMC pickup as they crossed Jubilee Street near the intersection with Evans Street. The other victim, a 53-year-old man, also from Duncan, remains in hospital and was last reported in critical condition. “The vehicle was travelling at a very low speed which may have minimized the extent of the injuries to the 53-year-old man,”

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Krista Hobday said. Police are continuing to investigate the collision with help from the Integrated Collision Analyst and reconstruction experts from South Island Traffic Services. “The preliminary investigation has ruled out alcohol and mechanical error as contributing factors,” Hobday said. The driver of the pickup provided a statement to police at the

scene and has been cooperating with the investigation. Victim Services has been offering support to the families and those who assisted in caring for the injured on the roadside, Hobday added. “Police would like to remind both pedestrians and motorists to be visible and aware of their surroundings as they make their way to and from their destinations,” Hobday added.

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of operations at the quarry, a baseline water sampling program will be completed with samples taken from the runoff coming from the site, Richard’s Creek, all wells on the Pastula property and the wells of two nearby properties. “I know a lot of people aren’t happy with this project,” Dunkley said. “But we’ll do the best we can to be on top of the work there and deal quickly with any complaints.” Donna Hickey, who lives close to the quarry, said she’s still not fully comfortable with all aspects of the quarry, even after the information session. “There’s a lot of complex issues to deal with here, and my main concerns is with the impacts this could have in the watershed,” she said. “But I feel that this process was good and I’ll feel a little more comfortable with this if the monitoring of the site will be as good as they say it will be.”

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The Municipality of North Cowichan has the right to limit the maximum loads of dump trucks on the access road leading to the Pastula open pit quarry. Mayor Jon Lefebure said staff has been instructed to prepare a report on truck traffic to the quarry site, which is expected to be tabled in March. An infor ma tion session Thursday on the controversial quarry was hosted by Jim Dunkley, a regional director for the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Dunkley was fulfilling a commitment to the community to outline the operating terms of the quarry prior to its operating permit being issued. “My understanding is that we can’t do anything to directly prevent the quarry’s operation once the province has granted the operating permit,” Lefebure said to the packed council chambers in North Cowichan. “But while we can’t control the site, we can regulate and control the roads that run to it. We’ve decided to move forward with a staff report now that we know the conditions of the permit.” The issue of the quarry, first

10 truck loads a day,” Dunkley calculated. Dunkley said the quarry’s operations will be limited to Monday to Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., which he indicated should go a long way in dealing with impacts to recreation in the area, as most recreational activities usually take place on the weekends. He said the project was not required to undergo an environmental assessment as it’s considered too small. He said only quarry projects that extract more than 250,000 tonnes of material per year are required to undergo assessment. As for concerns around blasting, Dunkley said the blast contractor will be required to notify the ministry and residents within one kilometre of the centre of the quarry not less than 24 hours prior to each blasting. Dunkley said that prior to the start

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Bike station offers free fix-it tools for cyclists The Cowichan Valley Regional District has installed a bike maintenance station at Island Savings Centre. The station offers cyclists basic tools for easy fixes. This includes a pump, wrenches, hex keys and other bike tools that can be used for simple adjustments and enjoyable riding. The station is available for use by the public and is located on the west side of the building next to the electric vehicle charge stations. “The bike maintenance station is a convenient option for simple bike fixes,” said CVRD chairperson Jon

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The owners of the controversial soil dump near Shawnigan Lake have paid the back taxes owed to the province. A portion of the soil dump on Stebbings Road, which is owned by South Island Aggregates and Cobble Hill Holdings, reverted to the Crown last week after its owners failed to pay more than $22,000 in property taxes. Mike Kelly, president of Cobble Hill Holdings, said at the time that the failure to pay the taxes was “an oversight.” He said, now that the taxes have been paid, the province’s property taxation branch has sent a certificate to the Victoria Land Title office requesting the title be reinstated to the company. The government declined media inquiries on the issue, citing privacy issues. In related news, the judicial review of the project by the B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria is now in its second week. The review, which is expected to conclude this Friday, was instigated by the Shawnigan Residents Association. The SRA asked for the review as part of its efforts to have the court set aside the decision by the Environmental Appeal Board in March that dismissed appeals to stop the importation

of contaminated soil into the area. The project was previously given a permit by the province’s Ministry of Environment. But documents that came to light in July revealed a complex deal between the companies working to establish the soil facility, which the SRA alleges throws doubt on engineering firm Active Earth’s impartiality in the matter. The Ministry of Environment relied on information from Active Earth in making the decision on the permit. Calvin Cook, president of the SRA, has been attending the judicial review on most days since it began last week. He said that, considering the procedural errors and fraud allegations that have been raised since the permit was issued, the SRA hopes the court will decide to stop operations at the site as early as this Friday until a final decision is made. “We want to see the importation of contaminated soil to the area stopped as soon as possible,” Cook said. “We think we’ve presented an excellent case with tons of information, but it will be up to the judge to decide how to proceed.” Company representatives couldn’t be reached for comment by press time. Meanwhile, the soil dump site is undergoing phased improvements to its water-management program. Crews are currently working to reinforce the operation’s settling pond. When the work, which was recommended by the engineering firm Stantec, is complete, it’s expected it will greatly reduce the amount of solid materials leaving the site during heavy rain.

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The proposed site of the new hospital. [SUBMITTED] hood to deal with the density requirements of the new hospital,” Lefebure said. “There is municipal water in the area already, but we may to have to upgrade some of the water pipes. There will be ongoing consultations with the public as we develop this plan, and the public’s input and comments will be welcome.” The proposed hospital site is a short distance southeast of where Herd Road/Highway 18 intersects with the Trans Canada Highway. It’s in a residential area outside of the Agricultural Land Reserve within North Cowichan’s urban growth boundary. The site was selected from a crop of 34 potential sites iden-

tified through the combination of a public expression of interest process and a land consultant working on behalf of the CVRHD. The CVRHD is responsible for covering 40 per cent of the cost of the new hospital, with Island Health picking up the rest of the tab. The hospital district has put aside more than $21 million in a reserve fund for the project so far. “We’ve been putting aside about $7 million each year from taxes for the new hospital,” Lefebure said. “There’s still a lot of work ahead, and it may be about five years before construction begins if the project is finally approved.”

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Laws starting to catch up to cyber bullies

he Internet is both a wonderful and a terrible invention. It allows us to be connected to one another like never before, and gives us access in seconds to huge quantities of information. But it is also being used as a tool by some to maliciously cause harm to others. We were surprised and dismayed to learn from the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP that children only nine and 10 years old have taken to cyber bullying like a duck to water. We suppose we shouldn’t be shocked when we consider that

this young generation has been exposed to smart phones, iPads, laptops and all manner of other technologies their whole lives. But the age at which they have learned to use it to torment their peers is just depressing. Then again, there are certainly far too many adults who aren’t providing a good example for them to follow. Though his actions more closely resemble those of an abusive partner than an elementary school bully, the term cyber bullying immediately brought to mind the case of B.C. man Patrick Fox, who has created a web-

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site he explicitly states is aimed at destroying his ex-wife. This horrible individual has made any number of claims on the site, and perhaps most reprehensibly, has stuck the couple’s teenage son squarely in the middle by including him in every hate-filled exchange he has with the boy’s mother. So far, the legal system has not worked to stop him. The technology has run far ahead of the law. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t done anything wrong and there won’t be consequences for his repugnant behaviour.

He certainly has, and there certainly will. And that’s what we hope our youths of today can learn from this case. So far, his victim hasn’t been able to afford an attorney to take him to civil court, but we imagine all the publicity may dig one out who’s willing to take the case on pro bono. He may find it tough to find a partner after this, given how he’s treating his previous one. Anyone who employs this individual likely isn’t thrilled about it right now. And we can only imagine his friends are uneasy about the acquaintance.

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tive areas in the vicinity of the airport; in fact, virtually all airports in Canada and the United States have such avoidance procedures. Pilots are not allowed to perform the types of manoeuvres mentioned by Ms. Ramsdin — “flying round and round over town, cutting their engine [and] starting up again,” diving and backfiring. Any aircraft doing that sort of thing, large or small, should be reported to the nearest air traffic control facility which, in Ms. Ramsdin’s case, is the Nanaimo Regional Airport. A commission operates the airport; she may call 250-245-2157 to complain.

Along with excessive pay rates for employees one of the biggest wastes of taxpayers’ money in the CVRD are the tens of millions of dollars squandered over the past decade by their Economic Development department and nothing to show for it. The CVRD always tries to solve its problems and issues by new spending and more taxes and there’s lots of evidence that is not a solution that ever works. More than a year ago, after another expensive consultant’s report, the CVRD board was reminded again how wasteful the EDF has been with its million dollar EDF budget each year. Yet the CVRD continues to throw our tax money at a function that has proven worthless in improving the local economy. Our CVRD taxes would be much lower if this and other wasteful spending stopped. Now we have the befuddled CVRD board members spending more time and resources trying to decide if EDF should have a $150,000 a year manager or a cheaper coordinator. Yet the CVRD board has never stated exactly what the EDF should accomplish, or identify why it should exist at all. Like most spending in the CVRD there are never any measures of success established other than shovelling our tax dollars out the door. That’s why they now spend more than $80 million a year and employ well over 200 employees. I vote for killing this million dollar a year CVRD waste of tax money. The most important economic development functions in the Cowichan Valley are lower taxes and less bureaucracy.

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So we can only surmise that this man will eventually find himself alone, with only his hatred for company. Our laws are only now starting to catch up with our tech, but they are catching up. In many places now, for example, it’s illegal to post explicit photos of somebody without their consent. This has been a key component of previous notable cyber bullying cases like those of Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd . The change is a step forward at least in the fight.

Vancouver’s hot real estate market No pilot practises over built-up areas Re: the letter (Friday, Feb. 19) from Bernice Ramsdin of Chemainus: As a pilot of more than 35 years, presently holding a commercial licence and owner of one of the small planes that Ms. Ramsdin is so critical of, I can assure her that no pilot purposely practises aeronautical manoeuvres over any built-up area. That said, the Canadian Aeronautical Regulations state that, in an emergency, a pilot may land an aircraft anywhere. The pilot who safely landed on Highway 18 the other day has my personal congratulations for carrying out an engine-out landing so successfully. What would

Ms. Ramsdin have had the pilot do? Crash into a field full of holes or animals? Ms. Ramsdin should also know that pilots regularly practise emergencies of all sorts, from loss of electrical power to loss of engine power. They are tested on their emergency knowledge and the manner in which they carry out an emergency. Such practices are carried out AWAY from built-up areas. Knowledge of emergencies is a requirement of aircraft owners’ insurance. Furthermore, Nanaimo Regional Airport is located just northwest of Chemainus. Aircraft large and small use the only available runway for both landing and take-off. We are required to avoid noise-sensi-

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“We understand that not everyone will be in favour of the proposed Malahat LNG project, and we respect the opinions of everyone involved. That said, we want to ensure that local communities are provided accurate and up-to-date information on the proposed Malahat LNG project, LNG itself and the LNG industry...”

As the discussion about our proposed LNG project takes shape, we’re seeing a number of critics quoted in the media who continue to make inaccurate claims about the project and about LNG itself. All of us at Steelhead LNG believe in having a broad and energetic community conversation about our proposed project, and we’re certainly prepared to be challenged by those who have questions or concerns. However, we really hope it will be a discussion based on facts and science, and not on the myths and misconceptions. In the interest of getting it right, I’d like to provide some important details about our proposed Malahat LNG project on the shoreline of the Malahat Nation-owned Bamberton Industrial Lands. Together with the Malahat Nation, we are proposing to build a moderate-sized natural gas liquefaction and export facility. If the proposed Malahat LNG project moves forward, it would include floating liquefaction facilities moored to the shoreline and supporting land-based infrastructure. Currently, we’re working to submit a project description to regulators, which will initiate multi-year provincial and/or federal regulatory processes, including a rigorous environmental assessment for the proposed Malahat LNG project. Steelhead LNG is licensed to export LNG for 25 years. That’s a long-term commitment, and a big reason why we are working hard to build a project that’s right for the community, the region and the rest of British Columbia. Our proposed Malahat LNG project will contribute to

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the community, care for the environment, put safety first and deliver long-term economic benefits for the region and British Columbia. The proposed location is an active industrial site that was a cement factory for more than 100 years and is currently being used as a rock quarry, and for off-loading industrial equipment and materials. It has a deep water port and is located close to international shipping lanes, making it well suited for the proposed Malahat LNG project. We value the opportunity to work in collaboration with the Malahat Nation, who are exploring LNG as a way to realize their Nation-building goals, create important economic, employment and training opportunities for its members, and generate revenue to support important community programs. The proposed Malahat LNG project would create significant economic benefits for approximately 30 years, or the life of the proposed project, including revenue generation through taxation for regional, provincial and federal governments.

In addition, approximately 400 workers will be needed during peak construction, with approximately 200 well-paid, long term positions at home on Vancouver Island for operations, as well as hundreds of additional indirect jobs in a wide variety of sectors that will provide goods and services during construction and operation. At the same time, community engagement and consultation is as important to us as it is to the community. Announcing the proposed Malahat LNG project in advance of formally entering into any regulatory processes has allowed us to focus on initiating engagement with aboriginal groups, the public and stakeholders to begin learning about community interests, issues and concerns. By gathering feedback at this early stage, we can work to identify concerns and interests in our project description and the actual design of the facility. We understand that not everyone will be in favour of the proposed Malahat LNG project, and we respect the opinions of everyone involved. That said, we want to ensure that local communities are provided accurate and up-to-date information on the proposed Malahat LNG project, LNG itself and the LNG industry so that we can have frank and meaningful discussions over the coming months and years. Like the rest of our team, I look forwarding to working with local communities and stakeholders in the days ahead. Meanwhile, if anyone would like to receive updates and information on the proposed Malahat LNG Project, please email us at info@ malahatlng.com Nigel Kuzemko CEO Steelhead LNG

These good Samaritans went into the ditch and brought up the plastic container, Styrofoam and an old radio. These items, and more, were dumped and abandoned by someone along Thain Road, near the Cobble Hill quarry. These two carried it to their vehicle and will properly dumped it at Bing’s Creek Recycling Depot. [CHERYL TRUDELL PHOTO]

Time to unite against unfair gas pump prices I wrote about the gouging at the pumps Nov. 5, 2015. The prices slowly came down to about $.40 behind what the price of oil should reflect, to about $.92 per litre. Gas in Calgary was $.54 per litre at the same time, so we here in Duncan were paying $.38 more for the same gas. Now that the Arabs are putting a cap on oil production and the price of a barrel of oil went up to about $30 a barrel, up about $2 a barrel, which should only be a $.02 or $.03 rise at the pump, and our American-owned gas stations put the price back up to a greedy $.99.9 per litre, that’s $.09 which would be for $90 per barrel price, if the num-

bers don’t lie, so we are being gouged close to $.50 per litre today. I’m mad as hell at how we pensioners and disabled suffer when those in power put whatever price they want on gas and I guess they’ll get away with it if no one complains. Here is a forum in this newspaper to voice your complaints and see if something can’t be done to right this terrible wrong that our government wont do because the higher the price the more tax dollars we pay. I believe it’s time to start a movement called “Citizens Against Unfair Gas Prices and Price Fixing”. What do you think? Ross Calderwood Duncan

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The Cowichan Valley has a “huge potential” for a dynamic and growing tourism industry, Janet Docherty told Duncan’s city council Monday, Feb. 15. But Docherty, chairperson of the Cowichan Tourism Society, said much of that tourism potential is currently “just passing us by.” She said there are some big changes coming to the society that are intended, in part, to help consolidate the many tourism initiatives that are being carried out separately by various agencies in the valley. Docherty said the CTS has been successful in acquiring a $138,000 grant from Destination BC that should be in hand by April.

She said one of the first things the society will do with the new funding is to change its governance model. That includes increasing the number of directors on its board from seven to 13, as well as establishing committees for governance, finances and marketing. “We need expert help to achieve our goals, so we’ll be hiring a co-ordinator as well,” Docherty said. “We’ll be refreshing our brand and investing more money into a number of areas, including digital marketing, more advertising at events and festivals and more signage and research.” Docherty said the society will also begin focusing on having all tourist agencies in the region “pool our scarce resources” in ongoing efforts to increase tourism in Cowichan.

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of coal in search of a 26-yearold miner buried for a week. Then, on Feb. 24, all rescue personnel were hurriedly evacuated from the still-dangerous Granduc. It was snowing heavily again, precipitating small slides, more of which were expected imminently. Five hundred miles to the south, yet another avalanche sparked a search at the minROGER SCHMIDT, first rescuer on scene ing community of Bralorne for eight-year-old Leo Smythe who’d vanished while en route had to check to see whether there was a leg in it. You’d find to a Cub Scout meeting; it was feared that he’d been buried by a glove and have to check for snow sliding from buildings. fingers. The place was just one A week after the mountain general mess...like a bomb pit.” thundered down upon Ganduc, By this time the list of hope was abandoned for the known dead had risen to 16; 10 seven men still missing. men remained unaccounted In Ketchikan, doctors fought for. to save the frozen limbs of But the rescuers had been carpenter Myllyla, who lay inspired by the discovery in a special oxygen pressure of a carpenter — alive after tank which helped to rebuild having been entombed for 77 damaged tissues and to restore hours. Einar Myllyla, 38, was body functions. Although his uncovered by the blade of a fingertips would have to be bulldozer which was clearing amputated, he’d make a full a helicopter landing pad. He recovery from his ordeal. suffered from severe frostbite. Among the last to be injured But he was alive. had been the RCMP dog Prince Despite an improvement in who’d suffered a slashed foot the weather, which was now from metal debris while huntmild, the threat of new slides Pacific Timber Supply Area – Information Package continued. miles ing for bodies. Available Thousands for Review and of Comment Finally, in Vancouver, 175 distant, in Japan, hope was Members offor the the public33areminers invited to reviewpersons and provideattended memorial abandoned Timber Supply services for the 26 men who stillcomments trappedonattheYubari and,Review information package for the Pacific Timber Supply Area (TSA). The died at Granduc. in Coleman, Alberta, rescue Pacific TSA covers roughly 698,000 ha and is composed of Later, leader Lt.-Col. workers ripped through a wall 30 Blocks — ranging in size from 76 ha - 405,000 ha —rescue on

free when we found them.” Alex Knott, 21, told how he’d been clearing snow from the bunk house roof when the slide came. “I turned n the morning around and saw the of Feb. 18, 1965 a cook house coming right devastating avaCHRONICLES at me. I yelled, ‘Look lanche swept away the out, a slide!’ then it hit mining camp at GranT.W. Paterson me and I was buried. duc in northwestern It felt like I was being hit by wet B.C. Twenty-six men were killed, blankets — boom, boom. I was burmany of them buried alive as they ied. Then I felt a foot in my face. I slept in their bunkhouse, in the pushed up.” worst provincial mining disaster Historians remember Dr. A.R. Benson mcken’s place. wasofhis friend, Bill Rogers, who in was 35 years. for hisItrole returning officer in the naimo Benson’s next assignmy arms was pulling RCAF hangar in VancouJune“grabbed 1859 election to theand provincial t; he’dAn take his leave of the fur while heCapt. stood on my ribs”. the sawto heartrending scenes of legislature. John Swanson, panyver there, become the surgeon elected by had a majorhe Vancouver Co.were before The horrorwas of avalanche survivors Coal as they reunited only candidate, one — by Capt. Stuart, ning his own practice and investing but a fewC.E. hours afterthe a with families. Flown by charteredity offollowed registered voter. oal mine development. When he hard-onlysimilar slide buried the 26 inhabitaircraft from Alaska, “tough it was village, announced ed torock the Old Country in 1862 it ants this of a month tiny Chilean miners and construction men Earlier red that Cabrera. Mount Benson Park, as a highly respected and liked For theRegional poor South Amerfrom the northern wilderness onlyicans a portion of which actuallyitisbeing aimospilled resident. His friend, Capt. there’d be no rescue, unashamed tears...” mountaintop, is finally be of protected rge Richards, RN, hadwas complireported that not ato sign life was For some there no joy. logging bythe a conservation ted him by elated naming Mount Benson be found within three-mile While husbands and wives fromtofurther years acquisition 859. Benson Island Barkley sea of 10 ice, mudafter and its rock which had embraced, oneinwoman huddled covenant, nd and Benson Creek in Welling-softly. as parkland. swept over the village. Also, half a alone in a corner, weeping districtRadio also honour this eccentric world away, more than 40 Japanese operator Innis Kelly eer. described the killing slide: “It www.twpaterson.com miners were trapped when an explosion shattered the coal pit in was noiseless, not a sound. It was which they were working. like watching a huge white wave At Granduc, a small army of with bulldozers and cats and men TWIN CAPRICE CINEMA soldiers and bulldozers rolling on top ofwww.hollywood3.ca the crest. When it | An affiliate of Hollywood www.hollywood3.ca | An affiliate of Hollywood 3 3 Cinema Cinema grimly struggled on. Roger Schmidt, was over the men were justDuncan gone. 404 Street, Duncan been the first rescuer to Just gone, that’s all.” 24 HR Showlinewho’d 250-748-0678 reach the scene, described the Kelly had been at his makeSHOWTIMES difficult conditions encountered: shift radio for 16 hours. Initially, THE REVENANT 14A “The amount of debris in there unable to receive, he’d not even 6:20PM, 6:20PM, 9:25PM 9:25PM DAILY is DAILY beyond description. There are been sure that his frantic distress 3:00PM, 9:25 PM 3:00PM, 6:30PM, PM SAT SAT & & SUN SUN lengths of pipe; conduit, signals were being picked up. 6:30PM, 9:2540-foot KUNG FU PANDA 3 G torn up by2D the slide, is lying in Between calls, he helped look for9:30 PM DAILY 9:30 PM DAILY 200-foot-long strips. When I first missing friends. The night shift, 1:00 1:00 PM, PM, 9:30 9:30 PM PM SAT, SAT, SUN SUN arrived there he recounted, 35 men, “were KUNGsleepFU PANDA 3 G 3D I was working in 5:10 PM ing. They were buried alive. We 5:10 PM, PM, 7:15 7:15 powder PM DAILY DAILY snow up to my knees even 3:05 5:10 PM SUN 3:05 PM, PM, 5:10 PM, PM, 7:15 7:15 PM SAT, SAT, SUN with snowshoes on. The dog was got some of them out...they were H ALL and 2D SHOWS $6.50their BEFORE 6PM, $8.50 AFTER 6PMup AND ALLYou’d DAY $5.00 buried toTUESDAYS his neck... seeHa crying beating heads Sale on April 8of -the23 boot sticking out snow...you against the timbers trying to getAIR 7373732 FULLY CONDITIONED 7373732 (Conclusion) When it was over the men were just gone. Just gone, that’s all.”—radio operator Innis Kelly.

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Corb Lund and his band, the Hurtin’ Albertans, played the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre on Jan. 28, taking a packed house on a journey through his long career as an outlaw country music star, from his 2002 breakthrough, Five Dollar Bill to last year’s Things That Can’t Be Undone. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

arty hearty! Some people would seem to make a contest about how much alcohol they can drink and still function. Early in my policing career it was not uncommon to find a drunk driver with a blood alcohol level between .30 and .36. These people were truly drunk and not just impaired as most of us would start to be at the .05 level. Time to head for home and sleep it off because some of us have to be at work in the morning. Fast forward to mid morning of the next day and I stop a loaded logging truck in a school zone whose driver smelled of stale liquor. Yes, he had been out partying the night before but he thought that he should be good to go now. A quick test with an approved screening device at the roadside showed that this driver just squeaked in under the .05 limit. I could not impose any driving sanctions against him but I strongly suspect that he was not at his peak of safe driving performance just then. Since we don’t really have any accurate idea of our maximum blood alcohol concentration after having a few drinks it can be difficult to know if we can

legally drive or not. An online BAC calculator for a 180 pound male drinking that mickey evenly spaced from 9 p.m. to midnight indicates it should be about .14 at 4 a.m., the probable time of our highest BAC. We are now a 14-hour wait away from zero, and could still be at about .06 by lunchtime the next day. That’s enough to become involved in the Immediate Roadside Prohibition program if you are found driving. Does that mean you should not have a glass of wine with dinner at a restaurant? Probably not, but as with all things, it depends on many factors. That single glass of wine does impair your ability to drive to some extent. If you are tired, feeling poorly, using medication, traffic is heavy, the weather is bad, it’s night time and the unexpected happens that glass might just be the tipping point between becoming involved in a collision and avoiding one. You can choose to drink or not to drink before driving and your fellow road users are relying on your good judgment. Tim Schewe is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drivesmartbc.ca.

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Cowichan Secondary School’s Leadership Class took part in School Spirit Day Feb. 22 by wearing school colours. School Spirit Day is part of Compassion Week from Feb. 22-26, a week dedicated to inclusivity and treating others with respect. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN]

Local teams address both bully and victim KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The issue of bullying in sports came to the forefront on Vancouver Island recently when the Oak Bay High School junior boys basketball team cancelled the remainder of its season after a serious incident involving the team, which was ranked No. 1 in Victoria at the time. A photograph described as “highly inappropriate” by the

Greater Victoria schools superintendent was taken of one of the players and posted on social media by a teammate, leading to further harassment and abuse from some individuals. Although only a handful of players on the team were involved in the incident, the majority of them were award of what happened, and the decision was made by school administrators to cancel the season.

Schools in the Cowichan Valley don’t think they are immune to similar situations, and have tried to be proactive about both preventing and addressing bullying within their sports teams. Some of that involves dealing with bullying the same way one would in any school situation. “I think a few things come to mind,” said Lucky Walia, athletic director and senior boys head coach at Cowichan Sec-

ondary School. “First, when you notice, or hear about bullying, you want to make sure that the person being bullied is safe: feels heard, respected, and cared for. You also want to check in on the person involved with the bullying actions: what is going on with them, what is the context, how can you help manage their behaviour? “Next, can you help mend the relationship? What was the root

of the problem? We do have a district policy with respect to reporting, investigating, corrective actions, and addressing adverse symptoms — you would try to make use of available resources to support students.” Duncan Christian School has a similar approach that weaves in the school’s faith-based programs. See BULLYING, Page 17

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Cyber bullying is big among kids many may assume are too young to think up online harassment. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Law enforcement is standing up against bullies. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are showing their support for Anti-Bullying Day as both Const. Joe Power of the Crime Prevention Unit and Cpl. Cari Lougheed will be wearing pink uniform shirts as they teach Drug Abuse Resistance Education classes at local schools focused on putting a stop to bullying. “One trend that seems to be on the rise is cyber bullying among the younger children. Nine- and 10-year-old children are using the Internet for social media and therefore opening themselves up to cyber bullying,” said North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Cpl. Krista Hobday.

“There are age restrictions on most social media sites but they are difficult to enforce, therefore it is left up to the parents to ensure they know what their children are doing online. When such young children are online they become susceptible to child luring and other online predators as well,” Hobday added. For that reason Hobday advises parents to be very aware of what their children are doing online. “A message we would like to put out there is, if your child is using the Internet for anything; gaming, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, it is incumbent upon you to know what they are accessing and who they are speaking to,” Hobday said. “It isn’t easy to monitor your children’s online use but it is absolutely necessary.”

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‘Bullying destroys relationships and breaks down community’ LOCAL TEAMS, From Page 13 “At DCS, we emphasize that each person is uniquely and beautifully created, and as such, all people ought to be valued and respected,” athletic director Tom Veenstra said. “Coaches and school staff set the tone for how students on a team treat one another. We want our students to understand the importance of treating one another with love and respect, and coaches are vital in helping guide student athletes to put this into practice. “Bullying is absolutely contrary to what we value as a school. Bullying destroys relationships and breaks down community — the opposite of what we’re all about. We believe that we are created to live in community with one another and our interactions on and off the court need to nurture positive, healthy relationships.” As with Cowichan Secondary, early steps involve seeing if the relationship between the victim and bully can be repaired. “When bullying occurs and is confirmed, we want to take action promptly to stop the destructive behaviour of the bully and work with all involved to provide healing and a restoration of damaged relationships,” Veenstra said. “In general, as a smaller school we tend to find out about incidents of bullying fairly quickly and the strong relationships we work to develop with student athletes helps us work through these issues with them.”

Bullying situations within teams need to be addressed in similar ways to any others, according to Walia. “With respect to a team, group, classroom, you try to develop a place that encourages healthy relationship skills: having empathy, and being socially responsible,” he said. “If you can model those skills with students, and they see you handling yourself that way with others, hopefully, that’s what they adopt as their way of interacting with people in their lives. To the best that you can, you’d like to create a place where bullying is prevented, rather than trying to manage it after the fact. “For adults and students, managing emotions, and making good decisions is an important life skill. athletics provide an opportunity to learn how to work with other people, respect each other’s differences, acknowledge shortcomings, and see development and learning as a lifelong process,” Walia said. Sports teams are expected to be a microcosm

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Spookily we go, laughing all the way. Brentwood College School is presenting The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy March 1 to 5 at the T. Gil Bunch Centre for Performing Arts, a humorous take on a macabre, death-obsessed clan introduced to audiences through television and films over the last several decades. The musical takes a look at what happens when daughter Wednesday falls in love with a normal young man. “Why can’t we be an average family?” Wednesday sings as she rues parental pressure to stay true to their family’s ghastly roots. Wednesday wants to break free to be with Lucas, her well-adjusted and normal fiancé, but her father Gomez and mother Morticia, not to mention the rest of the freaky family, make every step a laugh-out-loud challenge. It all comes to a (witch’s) boil at a dinner where Lucas and his family are invited over to meet the Addams family. “Wednesday is fascinating. She goes through character changes and is very dynamic. She starts out traditional Addams family, spooky and one-sided, but she has fallen in love and it changes everything,” explained Grade 11 student Holly Collis Handford, who plays Wednesday. Auditions were held in September followed by frequent rehearsals ahead of next Tuesday’s opening

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then one dinner I was eating with my friends and Mrs. Widenmaier pulled me aside and said ‘How would you feel about being the lead in the play?’” van Wiltenburg recalled. Accepting the role has been a great decision, he said, adding that it has required really working on straightening his posture and perfecting Gomez’s Latin accent. “He’s definitely a very upright, very proper man...It’s supposed to be Latin, Spanish or Latin but it kind of went off in its own direction,” van Wiltenburg said. “He’s a very charismatic person, very passionate, very animated in a sense. There are two things he loves in this world the most, his wife and his daughter and the whole point of the show is that it’s the first time ever where he has to choose whether he supports his daughter or his wife and because of that things just kind of go out of control,” he added.

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One step forward, two miles down the rabbit hole. Queen Margaret’s School’s presentation of Alice: Tales of a Curious Girl was a brilliant compilation of Lewis Carroll’s classics Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, pivoting from laugh-outloud comedy of the absurd to compelling messages about life and growing up. “You are a very little girl,” Alice is told by numerous characters, as she slowly builds up confidence, switches size between small and big and finds that nobody in Wonderland really has all the answers. “What if we’re all mad?” Alice asks. The play by Karen Hartman weaves a narrative about female empowerment and finding one’s destiny with a roller coaster ride through the upsidedown world of Wonderland and its cast of colourful characters and creatures. An outstanding performance from Alyssa Andress as Alice anchored the show, including great singing, while her companion the Cheshire Cat was played paw-fectly by Maiya Modeste. “If you walk long enough you’ll go a long way,” Cheshire Cat tells Alice, also advising her that her preconceptions of what’s real and valid are mistaken, and getting her to try a cigar, which doesn’t work out so well. The imperious Red Queen played by Sydney McCrae cuts an imposing figure, who at one point leads the court in its judgment of Alice for forgetting her lessons and breaking other increasingly random rules. Later the queen softens

The Cheshire Cat, played by Maiya Modeste has some words of wisdom for Alice. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN]

to Alice, giving her some cynical advice. “Life is a big game of chess and you are a pawn…In this world it takes all you have just to stay put,” she tells Alice, later adding “I don’t apologize for my former tiny size, I learned to strategize like all girls do.” The White Queen played by Arrington Bricker spun Alice’s head around with her take on living backwards and defying the ordinary. “When I was your age I practiced six impossible things before breakfast,” she tells Alice. “Don’t cry, consider, consider what a big girl you are.” A host of other characters from a pair of clowns to the White Knight and the Jabberwocky kept the audience careening through each crazy twist and turn until near the end Alice encounters a nemesis who deals a blow to her expectations. As she gets to square six of the chessboard of her jangled journey, Alice is met by Hump-

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Casting call: ‘Steel Magnolias’ The Mercury Players will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. The play centres around a young beautician who arrives in a small town in Louisiana and becomes friends with a tight-knit group of local women. Performance dates will be May 25 to June 4 (eight shows). Auditions for Steel Magnolias will be held Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Mercury Theatre located at 331 Brae Rd. in Duncan. There are six roles for females ranging in age from 19 to 66. Callbacks take place Sunday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.

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Adagé dancers take the stage in Duncan

Dancers performed in a variety of pieces.

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Adagé Studio students performed styles that ranged from ballet to modern.

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The U17 Cowichan Grizzlies are headed to provincials. [SUBMITTED]

Grizzlies avenge 2015 defeat and advance to provincials in thriller KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan LMG’s Josh Cuthbert keeps the ball away from Powell River defenders. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

No surprises as LMG moves on JACKSON CUP:

Cowichan United eliminated by Lakehill KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

There weren’t many surprises last Sunday afternoon as Cowichan LMG opened their defence of the Jackson Cup — the biggest prize in soccer on Vancouver Island — with a 6-0 win over Powell River Villa at Williams Field. Cowichan, the best team in Division 1, had little trouble with the Div. 2 Powell River team. “The game went how we thought it would go,” Cowichan head coach Glen Martin said. “They played very defensive. It was park the bus, keep everybody back, and go as long as they could at 0-0.” That turned out to be about half an hour. In the 30th minute, Cowichan captain Jesse Winter banged in a goal from a scramble just outside the goal line to put his team ahead. A minute later, Steve Scott scored a similar goal. Not long after that, a Powell River player who had been handed a yellow card for chirping at

the ref was given a red card for a nasty tackle on Josh Cuthbert. That sealed Powell River’s fate. “Behind by two and down a man, it was pretty well game over at that point,” Martin said. It was still 2-0 at halftime, but Stu Barker scored in the 55th minute, and Cuthbert scored 11 minutes after that. Govinda Innes and Jordan de Graf added penalty shot goals. Somewhat surprisingly, Vancouver Island Soccer League scoring leader Paddy Nelson was held off the scoresheet despite playing an excellent game. “It’s a good sign when we get six goals from six different players and our 27-goal scorer didn’t score,” Martin said. In the first half, Nelson found himself alone in front of a wide open net, only to see his shot stopped by a Powell River player who appeared seemingly out of nowhere. “That was message to the Wiz,” Martin said. “That was his day right there. He’s played much worse than that and scored three or four goals.” The game also marked a defensive milestone for Cowichan, who got their first clean sheet

against a Div. 2 team in 10 tries going back over the last seven Jackson Cup tournaments. Sam Hutchison did the bulk of the work in goal, but Joel Wilson came in for the last 15 minutes. LMG will have two weeks off before their next Jackson Cup game on the weekend of March 4-6, when they will be back on the Williams Field turf at home against Nanaimo’s Div. 1 team. Sadly, any hopes for an all-Cowichan Jackson Cup final were dashed on Saturday evening as Div. 2 side Cowichan United lost 4-0 to Lakehill, the last-place team from Div. 1. Martin, who was on the sidelines, called it a “strange game.” “[United] outplayed them and out-chanced [Lakehill],” he said. “But every time they thought they had something going, the other team would go down and score.” Martin estimated that United controlled possession about 70-30 over Lakehill, and guessed that Cowichan had five or six chances to Lakehill’s three — even though Lakehill scored four goals. “That happens in soccer,” he said.

After a heartbreaking loss to the same team last year, the Cowichan Valley Soccer Association U17 Gold Grizzlies is returning to the provincial B Cup championships this year after a thrilling win over Prospect Lake at the Williams Field turf on Valentine’s Day. The 2015 showdown between Cowichan and Prospect Lake went all the way to penalty kicks, and the story was the same this year, surprising no one. “After eking out a narrow 1-0 game against the same team three weeks ago, we knew the game would be close,” Grizzlies coach Al Longair said. The Cowichan players got off to a fast start in the Feb. 14 game, and just missed some early scoring chances. “They kept putting on the pressure, but the Prospect Lake keeper was superb at parrying our shots” Longair said. Although the Grizzlies held the edge in possession, a quick counter-attack goal allowed Prospect Lake to pull ahead late in the first half. Prospect Lake carried that momentum into the second half, and put pressure on the Cowichan defence, but were unable to get through. It wasn’t until the last five minutes of the game that Tyler Leech was able to muscle the ball into the net to knot the score at 1-1. The Grizzlies pushed for the go-ahead goal, but it didn’t materialize, and the game went to extra time. The Grizzlies dominated the two 15-minute extra-time ses-

“We’re very fortunate to have so many committed and outstanding players.” AL LONGAIR, Cowichan Grizzlies coach

sions, and had several chances that either narrowly missed their targets or were stopped by the Prospect Lake keeper. “Late in the second overtime half, Liam Thibodeau-Perry got his foot onto on a beautiful cross that looked to be the winner,” Longair said. “Unfortunately, his shot bounced off the underside of the crossbar and bounced out.” After a frantic finish, the game went to penalty kicks. The Grizzlies had been practicing their penalty kicks, and all five shooters scored. Unfortunately, the first five Prospect Lake shooters also scored. The sixth Cowichan shooter also found the back of the net, and Prospect Lake’s keeper stepped up to shoot. Grizzlies goalie Ty Benson, who had been subbed into the game specifically for his penalty shot prowess, made the save. “There were many heroes on the team,” Longair said. “With a full team roster of skilled players, we’re very fortunate to have so many committed and outstanding players. It’s an impressive group of young men; it took every one of the 18 team members to reach this season’s goal.” The Grizzlies will play for the Coastal B Cup in Aldergrove in April and May. The provincial tournament is set for July 7-10 in Vancouver.

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T-Birds off to Islands as top seed KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Caps win two on Mainland trip, lock up third place KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals collected two wins on their three-game Mainland Division road trip last weekend and returned firmly ensconced in third place in the B.C. Hockey League’s Mainland Division. The Caps started the season with the goal of finishing higher in the standings, and sat in second place for much of the year, but ended up a little short of their aim. “We didn’t set out to get third at the beginning of the year,” head coach Bob Beatty said. “It would have been nice to have home ice in the first round, but it is what it is.” The Caps started their trip last Friday with a 7-3 win over the Surrey Eagles. They got past the Wenatchee Wild 3-2 in overtime the next night, then wrapped it all up with a 5-2 loss to the Chilliwack Chiefs. Against Surrey, the Caps gave up the opening goal just 54 seconds in, but led 5-1 by the end of the first period, and held on to that four-goal lead. “We played well enough to win,” Beatty said. “It was a good start to the road trip.” Jared Domin led the Caps with a hat trick, while Josh Adkins had a goal and four assists, and Ryan Burton scored once and added three helpers. Chris Harpur and Adam Osczevski also scored, while goalie Lane Michasiw stopped 31 of 34 shots for the victory. The Caps and the Wenatchee played to a thrilling 2-2 tie at the Island Savings Centre on Dec. 11, and last Saturday’s game — the Capitals’ first contest south of the border in more than 20 years — followed that pattern. “It was similar, end-to-end. I think it was even a little better game down there,” Beatty said. “There was a lot of neutral-zone play. I think the game was even better executed in Wenatchee than it was

here. Both goalies played well.” Three minutes into overtime, Corey Hoffman sprang Matthew Hudie, who went in and beat the Wenatchee goalie. Burton and Osczevski had the other goals, while Hoffman finished with two assists. Storm Phaneuf stopped 38 of 40 shots for his 20th win of the season. “They have a great atmosphere there,” Beatty said of Wenatchee’s Town Toyota Center. “Our guys played really well. Storm was certainly a factor. I thought our defensive zone play was pretty good, even though we gave up a lot of shots. I think we played a strong game.” The Caps closed out the trip with a rough outing in Chilliwack. “We didn’t mail it in, but we weren’t moving the puck well,” Beatty said. “We weren’t executing like we can. It wasn’t a sloppy effort, but we played them a lot better here last weekend.” Adkins and Kade Kehoe scored against the Chiefs, while Michasiw stopped 32 of 37 shots. The Caps will round out the season this weekend with a home-and-home series against the Nanaimo Clippers, playing at Frank Crane Arena on Friday and the Island Savings Centre Saturday at 7 p.m. Cowichan and Nanaimo sit first and second in penalty minutes in the BCHL, the Clippers with 1,017 and the Caps with 951, more than 100 ahead of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs and West Kelowna Warriors, who are tied for third. “It should be an interesting weekend,” Beatty said. “Both teams are locked in to where they’re going to finish, but there’s never any love lost in our meetings. I expect a couple of spirited outings, considering there isn’t a position at stake.“ By virtue of their third-place finish, the Caps know they will play the Powell River Kings in the first round of the playoffs, with the Kings holding home-ice advantage. The Caps lost 4-0 and 7-0 last time they played in Powell River.

Noah Charles scores two against Vanier. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

at the Island tournament this weekend. Cowichan will play the winner of the game between Vanier and Belmont.

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Pictured here in a recent game against the Victoria Grizzlies, Corey Hoffman assisted on two goals in Cowichan’s victory over the Wenatchee Wild, including Matthew Hudie’s overtime winner. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

The Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds will head to the Island AAAA senior boys basketball tournament as one of the top seeds after sweeping through the North Island tournament last weekend. The T-Birds, who hosted the North Island tournament, started out with a 57-49 win over Dover Bay. The game was tied at 49-49 in the late going before Zach Waddington nailed a three-pointer to put Cowichan ahead for good. Eston Unrau added another three soon after. Humza Khan finished with a team-high 15 points, while Noah Charles added 14. “A number of guys contributed in various ways, chipping in with baskets, grabbing rebounds, and keeping the ball moving on offence,” head coach Lucky Walia said. “That said, Zach Waddington and Matthew Miller did some great work defending Dover Bay’s guards. Their guards are good offensive players, who receive a lot of screens on, and off the ball. It takes resilience to keep working through those screens to make shooters uncomfortable.” On Saturday, the T-Birds clinched the tournament title with a 76-56 win over G.P. Vanier. Charles put up 27 points and boosted the offence with several nice passes. Unrau added 13 points and Andy Derocher had 10. “Andy picked up some fouls, but he did a really nice job of competing, and making Vanier’s big guy work for his shots and to get to his favourite spots on the floor,” Walia said. As the top seed from the North Island, the T-Birds have a bye to the semifinal

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Isles brace for playoff series with Cougars KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Kerry Park Islanders haven’t beaten the Victoria Cougars since March 8, 2012, consistently struggling against the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League powerhouse in the last four seasons. That last win over Victoria came in the playoffs, and with the Isles set to open the first round of the VIJHL playoffs against the Cougars, the time is ripe to end that streak. “The playoffs are a new season, so we’ll see,” said Islanders owner Mark Osmond, who bought the team in late 2012. “Win or lose, it will be an exciting series.” The series will begin Thursday at Archie Browning Arena. The teams will play at Kerry Park on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., then return to Esquimalt on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Game four is set for next Tuesday, back at Kerry Park, at 7:30 p.m. If more games are necessary, they will be played on March 3, 5 and 6, continuing to alternate locations between Archie Browning and Kerry Park. The Isles were shooting all season for second place in the South Division, which would mean both avoiding a first-round matchup with the Cougars and home-ice advantage in the first round. They sat second for much of the season, but slipped in the stand-

Kerry Park forward Keenan Eddy slips between a pair of Nanaimo Buccaneers during last Saturday’s regular-season finale. Eddy was the Islanders’ scoring leader in the regular season with 13 goals and 23 assists in 40 games. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] ings over the last few weeks. “We had good positioning, but it wasn’t to be, I guess,” Osmond said. Osmond and head coach Aaron Spotts are doing their best to rally the troops for what will be a daunting series, but one that

isn’t completely out of reach. “We keep telling the boys, ‘They’re just young men like you,’” Osmond said. “‘They’re not superheroes just because they’re wearing a Cougars shirt.’” An arena packed with fans will

go a long way to helping the Isles overcome the Cougars, Osmond pointed out. “We’ll try and win,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll get the crowd behind us.” The Isles’ last two regular-season games included a 9-2 loss to the Cougars last Thursday. The Isles were playing with a short bench due to injuries and had two defensemen kicked out. By the end of the game, they were down to 11 healthy bodies, but it wasn’t a hopeless case. “At times, when we played fiveon-five, you could see we can do something against them,” Osmond said. David Bittner and Caleb Franklin had the Kerry Park goals. Ty Rennie started in goal and allowed five goals on 16 shots over the first 31 minutes and 45 seconds. Chase Anderson relieved him and allowed four goals on 16 shots. Still short players but with pride on the line, the Isles managed to win their regular season finale 5-2 over Nanaimo at Kerry Park Arena on Saturday. “It was nice to win our final game of the year going into the playoffs,” Osmond said. The Isles got a goal and assist each from Keenan Eddy, Graham Winship and Corey Peterson, with Chris Carpentier and Tait Aptakin also scoring. Anderson stopped 39 of 41 shots for the win.

Valley climbers qualify for nationals KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Five rock climbers from the Cowichan Valley all scrambled to top-10 finishes in their age groups at the Sport Climbing British Columbia Provincial Bouldering championships late last month. “Bouldering, for those not in the know, consists of short intense routes that are done without the use of a rope,” coach James Doyle explained. “Usually the climbs are lower than 15 feet in height.” Brennan Doyle won the Youth C boys category (ages 12-13), Aidan Doyle placed second in Youth B boys (14-15), Jack Whitney was fourth in Youth D boys (under 11), and Ethan Fagan and Marc Platt finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the junior boys category (ages 18-19). Fagan and the Doyle brothers qualified to represent B.C. at the Bouldering Nationals in Ontario this month.

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For #PinkShirtDay, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m helping to stop bullying by turning the Internet into a positive place. I #PinkItForward to <Robert Barron> for <his fine writing skills>. Your turn!

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JOIN THE MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLYING ON FEBRUARY 24 false names, allowing them to covertly engage in bullying behavior. As a result, tracking down bullies can be challenging. Although cyberbullying is on the rise, there are some things that parents and children can do to help put a stop to such unfortunate instances. * Parents who feel their child is not emotionally ready for the responsibility of a digital device can hold back on purchasing a smartphone or choose one with very limited features. Some schools set strict limits on phone usage at school, and children who go only from school to home and vice versa may not have the need for an â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergency phoneâ&#x20AC;? that can open up a window for trouble. * Adolescents and teens should feel comfortable talking with their parents without the fear of reprimand. Otherwise, they may hide instances of cyberbullying or not know how to broach sensitive topics like bullying. Parents can engage in conversation with their children often and stress that the doors of communication are always open. * Teens should be made aware that cyberbullying is a very real occurrence and is not just other kids â&#x20AC;&#x153;having funâ&#x20AC;?

or â&#x20AC;&#x153;joking.â&#x20AC;? If behavior is repetitive and hurtful, it should be made public and addressed. * Parents can monitor and limit their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal accounts. Some smartphone and tablet applications can be mirrored on the main account, enabling parents to see incoming text or video messages. * A laptop or desktop computer should be placed in a shared space so that usage can be monitored. Parents can restrict tablet or smartphone usage to public areas. * When online, children should be advised not to share personal information. Social media sites may be used by bullies to gather sensitive information about a person that can be used against them at a later time. Children should be urged to keep passwords secret and to never give information such as birthdays, phone numbers and addresses to people who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t close friends. Friend lists should be restricted to only those people students interact with frequently to minimize the chance for bullying or other inappropriate behavior. * Teens who have been bullied can keep evidence of the bullying and may benefit from talking with a counselor. Cyberbullying is a growing concern ass for educators and parents and has etti et ting ngg far-reaching implications. Getting on ca an he helpp smart about this phenomenon can ullllying yiingg. staunch new cases of online bbu bullying.

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JOIN THE MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLYING ON FEBRUARY 24 Learn the early warning signs of bullyingâ&#x20AC;Ś

Recognizing cyberbullying Before social media became so prevalent, instances of bullying were somewhat easy to recognize. However, with a good majority of children now engaged in digital networking and social media, bullying may not end with the ringing of the school bell, and evidence of bullying may not be so readily apparent. According to Cyberbullying statistics from the i-SAFE foundation, more than half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying. More than 80 percent of teens use a mobile phone regularly, making it the most popular form of technology and a common medium for repeated cyberbullying. Cyberbullying takes place through electronic technology and differs from traditional forms of bullying. Cyberbullying can occur via text messaging, blogging, updates to social media sites and/or phone conversations. What makes cyberbullying more difficult to detect and remedy than traditional bullying is that sometimes this type of bullying is veiled in secrecy. Those who engage in cyberbullying can create aliases and accounts under

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Adults should remain diligent in monitoring what kids are doing online. Bullying can take place through digital devices, such as mobile phones.

Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday Feb 24th

Children grow and develop their personalities in various ways. While many youngsters are teased or receive some good-natured ribbing at some point in their school careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying. The National Education Association estimates that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Furthermore, more than 70 percent of students report incidents of bullying at their schools. Although children in lower grades have reported being in more fights than those in higher grades, there is a higher rate of violent crimes in middle and high schools than in elementary schools. According to the association Make Beats Not Beat Downs, harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school shooting incidents. Bullying can take many forms, and learning the warning signs as a parent can help prevent harassment and

potentially dangerous situations. Verbal: If your child reports being called names, being the recipient of racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, or being spoken to in an offensive or suggestive way, this can be a form of verbal bullying. Cyber: Social media, email and text messaging has become a way for bullies to spread malicious messages or photos. In the era of digital media, this type of bullying has increased considerably. Physical: Some bullies engage in physical attacks, including hitting, kicking, spitting, or other forms of physical confrontation. Destroying personal property also is considered physical bullying. Indirect: Gossiping and spreading nasty rumours about a person is another form of bullying. This type of bullying may go hand-in-hand with cyber bullying. Signs your child is being bullied Parents can recognize certain signs

that their child is being bullied at school. Bullied children frequently make excuses to avoid going to school. While the desire to stay home is something many children may express, those who are bullied may do so much more frequently. Bullied children tend to avoid certain places and may be sad, angry, withdrawn, or depressed. They may have trouble sleeping or experience changes in appetite, and bullied youngstersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; academic performance may suffer. Also, parents may notice that children return from school missing some of their belongings.

Signs your child is the bully Parents may not want to imagine their children bullying other students, but bullies do exist. Children who bully other kids have strong needs for power and negative dominance. They may find satisfaction in causing suffering to others. Some signs that your child may be a bully include: â&#x20AC;˘ easily becoming violent with others

â&#x20AC;˘ having friends who bully others â&#x20AC;˘ blaming others quickly â&#x20AC;˘ comes home with belongings that do not belong to him or her â&#x20AC;˘ getting in trouble with teachers or school administrators â&#x20AC;˘ picking on siblings â&#x20AC;˘ not accepting responsibility for actions There are ways parents can teach their children to act properly when faced with a bully. First, parents should explain that bullying is not the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fault and he or she does not deserve to be picked on. Next, parents can let children know that

being assertive but not violent with bullies may diffuse the situation, as some bullies thrive on the fear of their victims. If the bullying behaviour continues, the student should speak to an adult or authority figure. Parents of bullies may need to be especially mindful of their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behaviour. Counselling could be necessary to determine what is compelling kids to bully other students. ts. s

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