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Change the law: witness drafts new Animal Welfare Bill ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Witnessing an alleged act of dog abuse has inspired Chris and Leigh Davies to try to change Canadian law. “What really sort of grinded with me in particular was the fact that despite us witnessing the incident, the dog still remained with the owner, and everybody hid behind the law,” said Chris Davies. Claims that the law isn’t strong enough didn’t sit well with him. “My reaction to that…was, well, change the law.” To tha t end, on T uesday, Jan. 21, the Davies met with

Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder and presented her with the Animal Welfare Bill, which they are very hopeful will be put before parliament to amend the Criminal Code of Canada. It’s the culmination of months of work on Davies’s part. He began with an examination of the criminal code, then moved on to examine animal rights laws around the world, with a particular focus on Europe and Australia, cobbling together a set of best practices. “Even Hong Kong has better See Animals sentient • page 4

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ford and Nanaimo-Ladysmith ridings in 2015. “After 10 years, I think it’s time to take time out for my family,” Crowder said. Crowder noted that she has “three adorable grandchildren who live on the other side of the continent,” that she would like to see more often, and that she will

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Dead puppies found in garbage bag KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Whoever left three newborn puppies to die in a garbage bag on Maple Mountain had plenty of other options for dealing with the unwanted dogs, according to BC SPCA Cowichan branch manager Sandi Trent. The puppies were brought to the SPCA on Wednesday morning after a man out for a walk spotted the bag on Tuesday afternoon. They had been wrapped in a T-shirt and stuffed in the bag, then abandoned near the popular hiking trail. “They were newborns,” Trent said. “Their umbilical cords were still attached.” It’s hard to tell, she added, but it appeared that the puppies were still alive when they were put in the bag. “It’s reprehensible that someone would leave something to freeze or suffocate to death,” Trent said. “It’s so unnecessary and such a waste.” If puppies were going to be a nuisance, their mother should have been spayed, or could have been given a mismating shot. After birth, the puppies could have been taken to the SPCA. “It could have been so different, and should have been so different,” Trent said. “It boggles the mind.” Unfortunately, finding whoever is responsible will be like looking for “a needle in a haystack,” Trent pointed out. “If anybody happens to know of a dog that was pregnant and isn’t anymore, they should contact us,” she said. “It would still

Animals like the puppies are remembered at the SPCA’s memorial garden. [SUBMITTED] be difficult to prove, if not impossible.” The puppies were gold in colour, with some white on their feet, and looked like Labs. If there is a bright side to the situation, it’s that it happens very rarely. “We haven’t seen this in many years,” said Trent, who has spent 15 years with the SPCA. “We used to hear about it occasionally, but it hasn’t happened in a long time. We still get boxes of kittens left here, but they’re alive.” The dead puppies will be buried in the Cowichan SPCA’s memorial garden as staff try to wrap their heads around the incident. “I’m horrified that in this day and age people don’t know any better,” Trent said. “It’s such a gutless thing to do, to let something die a slow death. I don’t understand that thought process.”

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Animals sentient beings: bill From page 1 laws, in some instances. It’s crazy,” he said. Davies also scoured the Internet, particularly social media, and found plenty of people who shared his passion. He then approached Crowder for an initial consultation where she told him about a bill that’s been stalled in parliament since 2011, suggesting if it would do the job, they could look at getting it kick-started. But after talking to veterinarians, SPCA personnel, rescue organizations and anyone else he could think of concerned with animal rights, he ended up rewriting his own bill — the one he and his wife presented to Crowder Tuesday. Key points in the bill include having animals declared sentient beings rather than property (“They can feel pain, they can feel stress, they do worry, like we do”), and getting rid of the word “wilful” where paired with cruelty, creating a grey area that Davies says can allow people to avoid suitable punishment. The bill proposes prison terms of up to five years for abusers and fines up to $10,000 and restitution. Davies said he thinks there’s more than enough support out there for the changes he’s proposing. In his work to get the bill ready, he has also ended up creating a what he hopes will become a database of all of the animal welfare organizations in Canada. Of those he’s enumerated thus far, Davies says they’ve got at least two million Facebook followers, all of whom would support a bill like his.

Chris Davies. [CITIZEN FILE] “I firmly believe things are going to change,” he said. “I firmly believe that people want the politicians, the courts and the government to take it seriously. Too many people walk away with a slap on the wrist, and too many people slip through the current loopholes in the law.” Davies is prepared for his bill to undergo possibly significant changes if it moves forward, as he’s realistic that there will have to be negotiation with other interested parties, such as the very powerful farm lobby. But he says even if they strip out 90 per cent of what the bill proposes, even if only one change comes of it, it’s still a step forward and a victory. “Myself and my wife Leigh, we’re not vegans, we don’t chain ourselves to fences. We’re just two ordinary people who got mixed up in an incident and we’re looking at it and we’re saying ‘This is wrong, that the alleged beater can still keep the dog with him. This is wrong’.” Society has changed, he said. It’s time for the law to catch up.

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want to thank everyone for their support. I will not be retiring. I fully expect to continue to be active in my community.” Among the things Crowder is most proud of is the fact that when she first joined Parliament, the NDP had just 19 seats and has since become the official opposition with 103 seats in the 2011 election. Crowder’s projects in Parliament have included dealing with derelict vessels, combating poverty, and backing Jordan’s Principle, a child-first policy to resolve jurisdictional disputes involving the care of First Nations children that received unanimous support from Parliament in 2007. “That’s an achievement that will be there long after I’m gone,” she said.

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Regional District asks public to Poll aims to provide weigh in on Sportsplex funding clear vision for Cow Bay SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The public will finally have a chance to voice their opinions on the funding of the Cowichan Sportsplex, and it’ll likely happen sometime between February and May. “It was over a year ago that the board asked us to go out and consult with the community about two funding models,” explained Chief Administrative Officer Warren Jones to the CVRD’s regional services committee. “Now this is back on the table, we need some sense from the board as to the role of the staff. Do we continue to go out and inform the community about the different models?” The two current models include: equal cost sharing — where everyone pays the same — and a usage-based option whereby the areas whose residents use the facility more, pay more. The reality is the difference is about $1 on the average tax bill. Also, just how the regional district uses the information it gathers is still up in the air. It could be a binding or non-binding referendum question next election but time is running out for both options. As such, most CVRD directors want the public to finally weigh in — and soon — on the years-old funding debate. “We’ve never provided that opportunity for the public to have some input and some options,” Duncan Mayor Phil Kent said. “How we move forward and how we choose to be partners or not partners should be informed by the public. The more information

Who should pay and how much? The CVRD will be asking the public this spring what they think about funding the Sportsplex. [CITIZEN FILE] we have, the better decisions we should be able to make.” North Cowichan Councillor Barb Lines was ready to hear the public’s perspective on funding the Sportsplex, and on regional recreation as a whole. “I really like the idea of funding partners determined by the public,” Lines said. “It may be that our constituents are all thinking regionally while we are not. Or some of them. Or more than we think.” Area C (Cobble Hill) Director Gerry Giles noted the Sportsplex has been funded through regional grants-in-aid for upwards of six years. The grant program was not designed for continual support. “We need to try and resolve it one way or another and not make it like [the] regional recreation [debate] which has been going on since 1985,” she said. “I think

there is a great opportunity in going out to the public and making a presentation and garnering whether or not there is public support.” Though authorized to last year, CVRD staff has admittedly not done much work around actual community outreach because they didn’t want to interfere with the public process occurring with regard to the Kerry Park Recreation Centre restoration/renovation community consultation plan in South Cowichan. “Now that the direction has been decided on the Kerry Park project, this direction from the board about going to the community is still outstanding,” Jones said. Area F (Cowichan Lake South/ Skutz Falls) Director Ian Morrison hopes to prevent the same type of confusion this time around. Morrison explained that going out to the public now would “muddy the issues” in getting Areas F and I (Youbou/Meade Creek) into the Cowichan Aquatic Centre partnership. “I would ask if it’s possible to meet with the Aquatic Centre partners again before we go out again to talk about regional recreation,” he said, adding he’s hoping to set up a meeting with the partners “within weeks, if possible.” Though not unanimous, Hutchins’s recommendation for staff to consult with the public between February and May passed. “I appreciate the position of Dir. Morrison but I think we can honour that but still get the work done,” Hutchins said.

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Inside the mailboxes of 250 Cowichan Bay residents last weekend was a poll distributed by members of the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association. The aim of the poll, according to CERCA chair Dr. Goetz Schuerholz, is to gauge the perceptions of recipients on just what it means to them to be living close to the estuary and sea. Folks at the University of Victoria initially designed the perception survey for Saanich residents but CERCA members felt the same information may prove useful in Cow Bay. “It is expected that the results of the perception poll will provide a sound basis for local development, a clear vision on the future of Cowichan Bay and its estuary, and guidance on wise land and

resource use in the target area, in particular with respect to expected impacts of climate change on local communities, estuaries and floodplains,” said a press release issued by Schuerholz. Working together with UVic’s geography department, CERCA members kept many of the generic questions asked to Saanich residents but also tailored the questionnaire to the local circumstances. The hope, Schuerholz noted, was to get all of the forms filled in and returned by the end of the month. Folks can drop off their completed surveys at the Cowichan Bay Inn. Those who submit their papers can enter a draw for prizes supplied by village businesses. Visit www.cowichanestuary.com to learn more about the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association.

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Canadian animal rights laws need more teeth eeing animals suffering and in pain is something most of us would rush to remedy. Inflicting suffering and pain on an animal is unthinkable for most. Yet there are still too many people out there who don’t feel that way, who, either through terrible neglect or outright physical abuse make life a living hell for the creatures in their care. We wholeheartedly agree with Chris Davies, who has now drafted an animal rights bill, that more needs to be done to put an end to this horrific blight on our society.

We’re not sure why some people get animals. If the plan is just to tie them up outside and starve them, or they’re so annoying to an owner that said owner regularly hits, kicks and otherwise tortures them, then it escapes us why such a person would acquire a dog, cat, or other pet. Nobody’s forcing you to keep Fido. Wouldn’t you rather your pet loved you than was afraid of you? Then there are those irresponsible pet owners who refuse to have them spayed or neutered, even though they are totally

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unprepared and unwilling to deal with the offspring. Such is likely the case that led to someone putting three newborn puppies in a garbage bag and abandoning them to die (see story on page 3). It’s inconceivable that a true pet lover would act in this way. Unfortunately, it is also true that even in the cases of most egregious abuse penalties are often relatively light, and many abusers can go on to get more pets with which to repeat the cycle. All too often a pet is actually left in the hands of the abuser.

The law currently views animals as property. This is part of the crux of the matter. After all, people can do a lot to their property before it’s viewed as crossing a line. But unlike material possessions, animals bleed and cry and die. One needn’t be a vegan to believe that animals deserve to enjoy a good quality of life, for however long they are on this Earth. It is sad but necessary that there be written and enforceable laws to force everyone to behave in a humane fashion.

MP Jean Crowder will leave big shoes to fill Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder announced Thursday morning her retirement from federal politics, beginning at the next election in 2015. One thing is certain: she will leave big shoes to fill. Crowder has represented the Valley in Ottawa for 10 years and in that time she has worked tirelessly for her constituents. She has always been ready and willing to listen and discuss any issue of concern. Her warmth and intellect will be missed.

We can survive without Alberta crude

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I’m told by friends in the oil patch that society can’t survive without Alberta crude. Well there are 35 liquid and gaseous fuels in an acre of wheat straw but the heat to break it down makes it economically not feasible; well have they never heard about sun cookers? There are about 300 gallons of oil in an acre of hemp and just by crushing the seeds the oil extracted can be used directly in diesel motors. Hemp oil has 21 amino acids, including the nine essential ones for humans that makes it comparable to the so-called perfect foods like milk and eggs. It also is used in many products including biodegradable plastic plus clothing, paper, cement and the list goes on and on. I am so sorry, but if we were as smart as people 12,000 years ago we could keep our lifestyle without killing our planet.

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Peter Nix is the anti-democratic radical Peter Nix seems to have gone off the deep end! In addition to calling the prime minister “brain dead”, Peter seems to think that democracy means the leader of the country should answer his questions directly. He then asserts that the prime minister is an “anti-democratic radical”. I would suggest that standing at the gates of a school waving placards and demanding the closure of a lawful, publicly necessary industry, one that enables nearly EVERYTHING our society does, is the sign of a true radical. That describes Peter Nix better

than the prime minister, a man who must have worked hard to get elected democratically by convincing enough people that his ideas are both sound and reasonable. He didn’t just demand we do as he says, but Peter Nix does just that. And when Peter grows frustrated that people won’t listen, what will he do then? Run for office and let folks decide if he has good sense or step up his anti-democratic radicalism? In a democracy you cannot demand to be heard; your ideas have to compete with others to see which have merit. Peter Nix’s ideas obviously do not, or else there would have been more than a handful of retirees and others

there to “protest” during working hours. This paper gives Nix a huge a sympathetic platform for what are usually nothing more than opinion rants. Rarely has Nix presented any cogent argument, critical thought, or reasonable debate instead choosing to use vitriol like “brain dead, antidemocratic radical, delusional” about those who disagree with him and to make absurd claims about “millions of lives being destroyed by a lack of action.” Given what I’ve seen, I would question Nix’s experience, understanding of the issues, and possibly his motives. Nick Caumanns Duncan

NDP proven wrong on film industry Remember how Adrian Dix promised that he was going to pump money into the B.C. film industry if elected premier? Now the B.C. film industry has had a complete turnaround, employing many without costing the B.C. taxpayers a single dime. It’s very hard to try and not laugh about the BC NDP. Reminds me of the old quote from former B.C. Social Credit premier, WAC Bennett. He said, “The NDP could not even run a peanut stand.” Joe Sawchuk Duncan

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Christmas at the Cowichan District Hospital made wonderfully festive

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I wish to offer a very large thank you to every one at the Cowichan District Hospital who planned and participated in the makings of a true Christmas Day for the patients. Apparently and sadly the hospital had more beds than usual occupied at Christmas this year, but that did not prevent a festive mood from prevailing. While visiting our mother on the 25th of December around noon, I could hear carolling in the distance. Poking my nose out of her room and glancing down the hall, I could see quite a large, strolling congregation. And eventually in they came, as many as the room could fit, with bagpipes and a violin in tow — physicians and their families — smiling, playing music and singing carols, and providing a trolley of festive treats. According to Jane Balfour, head of volunteer services, the CDH Auxiliary provided every patient in hospital with lovely little tray favours that morning, and for those without family close at hand (I believe 26 patients), a wrapped gift was also presented on Christmas Eve by members of the CDH Auxiliary. My sincere thanks go out to Drs. Leckie, Nielsen, Eberhard and Anderson and their families for taking time out of their day to help brighten the day of others too unwell to enjoy the festivities, traditions and warmth of family and friends during the holiday season. And a huge thank you to the volunteers of the Cowichan District Hospital Auxiliary for their thoughtful planning and presentation of gifts. Our mother is receiving tremendous care and we are most grateful to all of the staff at CDH who appear to work tirelessly in providing comfort and the finest of care to all patients. As someone at the hospital said to me the other day, we truly do have a Great Little Hospital.

I am writing a happy letter with a thank you attached. Three years go I adopted a cat for my daughter’s birthday and on Nov. 19, 2013 our cat just disappeared. We were devastated and extremely broken hearted. My daughter’s birthday came Nov. 26 — no Natcho. Christmas arrived — her letter to Santa wished for her cat to come home. The weather worsened and my worries and our tears grew bigger. Then on Jan. 13, 2014, I was taking out the garbage and there

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stood our Natcho Man. I picked him up gave him the biggest hug and thought “oh my, he is much heavier”. He looked so healthy, not a mat or twig on him. Someone took very good care of him through these winter months and we thank you with all our hearts. He spent the last two days with us and has left again. To the other family, please contact me if he has arrived at your place again. I know you have taken very good care of him but we love and miss him so very much. Kim (and Alissa) Textor Duncan

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, January 24, 2014

Parent bonds key to teen survival of ‘war zone’: speaker LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It’s a war zone out there and to feel the confidence that comes with safety, young people need to feel attached to their parents, said Dr. Gordon Neufeld, a Vancouverbased expert coming to speak in the Valley Friday, Jan. 31. Keeping Children Safe in a Wounding World is the title of the event, which will discuss how best to prepare children for an increasingly difficult daily life, one that we have chosen to deal with the wrong way, Neufeld said. “We’ve taken a dreadful wrong turn in our society by creating conditions and by supporting peer attachments. Because now our children are becoming very, very stressed-out even though there is no war, no really stressful scenario in our society. In actual fact, they are all looking like they’re suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder,” he said. “They’re in the battlefield and that battlefield has become much more so with the digital media. It’s just increased the amount of wounding that goes on and so it’s even more important that we restore right relationships with our children.” Neufeld will be talking about how society has taken the road of trying to alter a child’s environment, sheltering them to try to make their lives wound and stress free. But that’s not the best road to success, he said. “The main way of keeping safe is making sure ‘we matter most’, which is a function of attachment,” Neufeld said. “So, the stronger a child’s attachment to us and the safer they feel, the more we keep from shaming them and wounding them ourselves, the less hurt they are by what goes on in the outside world: the bullying, the bumps and bruises, the fail-

Dr. Gordon Neufeld [SUBMITTED] ures and so on. “So it is a function of attachment,” he continued. “It’s actually very simple. The science of resilience has been able to uncover this key but that has huge implications for us because, for the most part, in our society children’s attachments to the adults responsible for them, their parents and teachers, is much weaker than they used to be. “They are much more likely now to be attached to their peers and that’s where the problem is. The more the peers matter, the more their friends matter the more capable of being hurt, devastated, wounded by their friends,” Neufeld said. Neufeld’s view has opened a fresh window on the subject and has gained many supporters, including large numbers of parents and staff at Sunrise Waldorf School, which is bringing Neufeld for the Jan. 31 event at the Chemainus Theatre. An alarmingly increasing number of teenage suicides has legislators and parents floundering for

solutions as they anxiously look over their shoulders at the looming presence of social media in every walk of life. Neufeld’s message of the desirability of putting parents and teachers back into the driver’s seat with regards to the children in their care is popular with Sunrise Waldorf School staff. At Sunrise Waldorf School, the author and speaker is an icon, according to Devon Brownsey, director of admissions. “Our teachers do a lot of different studies from a lot of different parenting experts as part of their work with the children and Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a bit of a Canadian guru. They have been taking his video courses online with a Cowichan Valley facilitator,” she said. The Sunrise social health committee, made up of teachers and parents to study different works by different people has always had a goal to bring Neufeld to the region. They are hoping to attract people from all over the Island. “It’s quite a coup getting him to come here. He is a lovely man, a really down to earth person. He has been to Mexico and he has a European speaking tour next year but he also has a connection to Vancouver Island.” Neufeld is very interested in educating educators and parents, and will offer a question and answer session as well as a book signing, Brownsey said “He wants as many people as possible to be in on it, so he tries to make himself as accessible as possible to local people.” Admission for the evening lecture, question and answer session and book signing is $25 per person. Tickets are available online atchemainustheatrefestival.ca or at the Chemainus Theatre box office at 1-800-565-7738.

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Tap into Sapsucker secrets with festival

Tree tapping demonstrations will be part of the fun at the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival at the BC Forest Discovery Centre Saturday, Feb. 1. [CITIZEN FILE]

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The hugely popular Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival is back at the BC Forest Discovery Centre for a seventh year on Saturday, Feb. 1. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this community surges in to see how sap is tapped from local bigleaf maples and turned into syrup that rivals the flavor of any produced in the Eastern provinces. The Discovery Centre has partnered with the Sapsuckers, a group of Island maple syrup producers and this event is just about the only place people can purchase bigleaf maple syrup. With many experts from the g roup on hand, visitors can explore various aspects of maple sugaring in a fun festival atmosphere with live entertainment and the aroma of hot syrup from the evaporator filling the air. Tree-tapping demos with members of the Sapsuckers, syrup tasting and mini-workshops will occur throughout the day and property owners will be able to get start-up kits and other tapping supplies so they can go home and tap their own trees. Katherine Banman of the Sapsuckers is ready for the event. “We’ve had some warm weather but it should be fine. We’ve had a bit of a dry winter so far so the water table has taken a while to come up and it’s still not all the way up yet so we’re watching that,” she said. “The trees usually need a higher water table before they’ll give much sap. However we’ve been tapping some of the trees in the wetter areas of our

“You don’t need acreage. Sometimes even people on city lots have one or two trees...” KATHERINE BANMAN, Sapsucker

own property and they’re still doing pretty good. Overall we’ve had a year with very good quality but not too much quantity of syrup so far.” Banman said the snow pack doesn’t affect them that much. “We usually need some freezing weather followed by warmer weather and sunshine with a high water table. That’s gives the best flows of sap, to our knowledge. But the trees sometimes really surprise us,” she said. Banman said it’s quite possible to tap your own bigleaf maples. “You don’t need acreage. Sometimes even people on city lots have one or two trees and they can tap just enough for themselves. Even that sap is really great. You can make tea or hot chocolate with it and season soup and stew. You can also make rice with it and it adds sweetness and flavour,” she said. This year’s festival will be similar to previous years. “There will be tours in the sugar bush and people can learn about tapping trees in the woods and there will be power point presentations. “And this year, for the first time, we’re hoping to have videos. We just recorded two videos on how to tap a tree and they will be playing in a loop for people to watch. See Last year • page 11

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Last year attracted 1,700-plus people “Hopefully that will generate questions and be good for beginners who can then come to the presentations and ask us questions directly. The producers that are there will be able to answer them,” Banman said. Organizers at the Centre are also looking forward to the event, according to board member Steve Lorimer. “It’s a popular day. Usually during this period from January to Easter we don’t operate but we have this special event. It’s proven to be quite an attraction. I think last year there were more than 1,700 people show up,” he said.

It tends to bring in a new crowd, as well. “They have a little different interest. People are often quite surprised that we can get maple syrup from our trees out here on the west coast. It’s more common on the east coast,” he said. Bigleaf maples are really common on eastern Vancouver Island. “We have lots of them. Some people would call them weeds. They grow really well,” he said. “This is one of those things where we have interest all up and down the Island from Campbell River right down to Victoria and everywhere in between. People come by to learn more about it and to participate.”

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Doomed coal ship captain’s penny-pinching cost him dearly

he luckless Thrasher was Thrasher stuck bottom, and the victim of poor navigahard, in only three fathoms a tion, even negligence. But mile off the southeastern tip of whose? Gabriola Island. Today, the deep waters off The shock was so great that it Nanaimo are known world-wide parted the towline to the White as an underwater playground. and threw the full strain onto Numerous ship hulks having Beaver’s hawser. By the time been deliberately sunk as artifithe White’s crew could reattach CHRONICLES cial reefs to attract divers from themselves, Thrasher’s pumps T.W. Paterson afar. were being overwhelmed by the Every so often, as occurred waters flooding through her again last October with the deaths of two shattered bow and she was rapidly setmen diving near Snake Island, east of tling by the stern. Departure Bay, tragedy strikes. Faced with the reality that his ship was It’s easy to say that diving is a dangerous sinking, Bosworth ordered his men to sport. So is going to sea —and never more salvage what they could of sails, rigging, so than in the age of sail, when these fittings and furniture before they aban“sheltered” waters knew several shipdoned ship. Soon all were safely ashore wrecks of the unintentional kind. And not on Gabriola where they camped out while always during stormy weather. Bosworth rushed to Nanaimo to alert the Take the 1,512-ton American barkenauthorities in Victoria of the disaster. tine Thrasher. She was the victim not Days later, after naval divers patched of storm, but of faulty navigation, even a five-foot-wide hole in the collier’s bow negligence. Whose? Her captain’s? Or that and removed some of the coal from her of the tugboat captains who were towforward hold, an attempt was made to pull ing her? This was the question that was Thrasher free. appealed all the way to the B.C. Supreme But she stuck fast and winter storms Court for answer. finished the job. Previously, the Receiver Surely, as she cleared Nanaimo Harbour of Wrecks and Salvage had sold the hulk astern of the tugs, Etta White and Beaver, and cargo, by then half-submerged, to early in the evening of July 13, 1880, Capt. Nanaimo coal merchants Dunsmuir and Robert Bosworth had no fear of disaster, Diggle for $520. imminent or otherwise. Laden with 2,600 Capt. Bosworth, a part-owner (which tons of coal, Thrasher, only four years likely explains his frugality in hiring a old, was bound for San Francisco via the pilot) and his partners sued the White’s Inside Passage, and Haro and Juan de and Etta’s owners, alleging that their Fuca Straits. He’d not done this route masters had been negligent in towing the before but, all in all, it was just business Thrasher onto a reef. None other than as usual. But not for long. the infamous “Hanging Judge” Matthew As he later explained in court, he’d Baillie Begbie heard the case. In ruling for been unable to secure the services of a the defendants, he cited Bosworth’s econsingle large tug, the Alexander, having to omy in foregoing the services of a pilot settle, after some dispute, for the Beaver and refuted Bosworth’s having placed and the White. Despite the fact that he the onus of navigation on the tugboat believed the White to be underpowered, captains. he’d declined the services of a pilot. He Legally, they couldn’t provide pilotage relied instead upon the tugboats’ masservices, he noted. Bosworth, by refusing ters, Capt. James Christensen and Capt. to take on a pilot, had “very imprudently” Henry Smith, to tow him safely to Cape assumed all the responsibilities of a pilot. Flattery. After all, wasn’t that their job? As to the question of who was actually in Wasn’t that what he was paying them for? command of the convoy, Begbie said that In court, he’d declare that he took it for international law was clear: Bosworth granted that both masters were qualified had, de facto, complete responsibility for pilots. the “act[s] and neglects (not being violaThat night, just hours after clearing tions of duty) of those whom he chooses Departure Bay, in calm, clear weather to employ”. and while meekly tethered to her tenders, Leaving his mate in charge of the ship

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Three top jazz musicians head to Sylvan with swinging program LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Three renowned West Coast musicians are coming together for an evening of extraordinary jazz Sunday, Jan. 26 starting at 7:30 p.m. as Kelby MacNayr & Friends perform at Sylvan United Church. In an intimate and acoustically superb performance space such as Sylvan, the group should cook up a tasty night of swinging jazz standards. MacNayr is bringing pianist Ron Johnston and bassist Chuck Deardorf for the special event. Johnston has been at the top of the jazz world for over 30 years; he

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Nicole Pugh had two goals and set up another against Castaways. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Cowichan continued to move up the standings in Division 1 of the Lower Island Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer Association with a 3-1 win over Castaways at home last Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really happy with the win since we lost to them the last time we played, 3-2,â&#x20AC;? Cowichan coach Marilyn Pugh said. Jennifer Lecouteur opened the scoring on a nice pass from Nicole Pugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal was a little scrappy,â&#x20AC;? Marilyn Pugh noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the ball went in the net.â&#x20AC;?

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The Cowichan Secondary Junior Thunderbirds showed how far they have come already this season with close games against some tough competition last weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a game against Vancouver College where the margin was much narrower than the last time the teams met. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Experience against deep, athletic, physical teams is hard to quantify,â&#x20AC;? T-Birds coach Lucky Walia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Due to learning from our previous games, we played this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games with confidence, and had an idea of what to expect in terms of the speed, and physicality of the games. We were able to match what Terry Fox and Vancouver College had to offer. In their first game of the Thunderbird Invitational Jamboree, Cowichan lost 42-37 to Terry Fox. Noah Charles and Connor Hayer each had 12 points, Hayer sinking four three-pointers, and Humza Khan had eight points. The following day, the T-Birds

Aaron Margerison had two huge baskets for the T-Birds against Oak Bay. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

fell 47-43 to Vancouver College, who beat the T-Birds 45-22 in their previous meeting. Hayer again made four treys on his way to a team-high 14 points, while Charles had another dozen. To close out the tournament, Cowichan edged Oak Bay 62-60. Oak Bay banked in a three to tie

the score, but Charles drove to score at the buzzer to seal the win. He finished with 18 points, while Khan had 15 and Hayer had nine. The day before the tournament, the T-Birds visited Shawnigan Lake School for a league game, winning 47-35 thanks to 23 points by Charles and 11 by Khan.

Senior T-Birds show depth in victory over G.P. Vanier KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Offensive powerhouses Josh Charles and Travis McDonald were strong as usual on Tuesday when the Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds played host to G.P. Vanier for a senior boys basketball contest, but it was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depth that led to a 72-48 victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got contributions from other sources,â&#x20AC;? head coach Sandeep Heer noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Among our starters, Jordy Frost and Braydon Aumen did a lot more offensively than

Tengâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big debut leads Stingrays in Comox KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Chong Teng had an impressive debut with the Duncan Stingrays at the Comox Valley Aquatic Club January Jamboree earlier this month. Swimming in his first competition with the club, Teng qualified for the Vancouver Island Regional

they have in the past, and Tyler Hudson off the bench contributed offensively.â&#x20AC;? Cowichan led for the entire game, but victory wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t assured until the T-Birds pulled ahead in the fourth quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of a weird game,â&#x20AC;? Heer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We kept getting up 10 or 12 points on them, but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really break it open and get it to 16 or 18 points and get a comfortable lead.â&#x20AC;? Vanier was ranked third on the Island after the last coaches poll,

one spot back of Cowichan. This was the first meeting between the teams, however. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to expect because we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen them, but they beat Dover Bay last week,â&#x20AC;? Heer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought they must be a decent team, and they were a decent team. Some of our strengths are some of their weaknesses, and it played out like that.â&#x20AC;? The T-Birds visited Nanaimo to play Dover Bay on Thursday evening.

Championships, his time of 30.52 seconds nudging past the standard of 30.55 for the 14-year-old male 50m freestyle. His teammate, Heather Mackay, narrowly missed giving the team another qualifier. Mackayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time of 1:25.63 in the 12-year-old female 100m backstroke was just shy of the 1:25.50 standard. Teng was one of two new competitors for the Duncan team, as Sofie Bloss also made her debut in a Stingrays cap.

Of the 10 veteran swimmers, Mackay, Cate Cochrane, Lily Cochrane, Kayla Laberge, Cody Shewchuk, Olin Dahlstrom and Ty Dahlstrom all had 100 per cent personal bests. Sophie Paridaen van Veen had three personal bests, and Randi Robertson had two. Half of the Duncan contingent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bloss, Mackay, Paridaen van Veen, Teng, Lily Cochrane and Ty Dahlstrom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; challenged themselves to new races in Comox.

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The top junior B hockey players on the Island will be at the Island Savings Centre this Sunday for the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s annual All-Star Classic. Facing off at 3 p.m., the game will include a trio of Kerry Park Islanders along with the best players from the circuit’s other eight squads. The Isles will be represented by defenceman Colton Burt, and forwards Eric Mansueti and Cody Short. A 20-year-old blueliner, Burt has 11 assists in 39 games this year. Also 20, Mansueti has been the Isles’ captain for the last two years and has collected five goals

The Mid Island Lightning field lacrosse teams played their last regular-season games last weekend in the run-up to the playoffs. The U14 Tier 1 Lightning played a pair of games against North Island in Nanaimo on Saturday, winning 13-2 and 15-0. Scoring for Mid Island in the opener were Caleb Nordstrom with three, Trey Cleemoff, Jaeden Ashbee and Colton Lidstone with two each, and Devyn Zunti, Jack Chicquen, Brayden Zunti and Thomas Vaesen with one apiece. In the second game, Cleemoff and Parker Teufel had three goals apiece, Ashbee, Lidstone and Brayden Zunti had two each, and Nordstron and Vaesen added singles. The U14 Tier 2 Lightning played host to Oceanside at the Cowichan Sportsplex on Sunday, losing 17-5 and 14-4. Seth Negaard scored four times in the first game, with

All-star Colton Burt. [CITIZEN FILE] and 13 assists in 36 games this season. Short, 19, was picked for the AllStar Game after the Isles traded scoring leader Alex Milligan to the Peninsula Panthers. He has 14 goals and 11 assists in 40 games this season. Tickets for the game are available at the door: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, and $6 for children.

T-Birds give Carihi a battle KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

T he Cowichan Secondar y Thunderbirds stayed within striking range of Carihi for nearly all of Tuesday’s senior girls basketball game in Campbell River. The T-Birds trailed Carihi by just four points after three quarters, and kept it close until the final moments of the game, when the Tyees pulled away to make it 48-39 at the end. “The girls showed marked

improvement in this game, especially with their defensive intensity,” coach Jim Nugent remarked. Many of the girls played well, Nugent noted, and Sara Sangha may have played her best match of the year, with 11 points and a strong game on the boards. “There were many positives to take away from the game and overall the coaching staff were happy with the game,” Nugent added.

Runners ready for Sunday’s Cobble Hill 10K Runners can still sign up for the Cobble Hill 10K this Sunday. Hosted by the CeeVacs Road Runners, the race starts and finishes at George Bonner Middle School on Cobble Hill Road.

Clayton Vickers of the U16 Tier 2 Lightning fends off an Oceanside player during a game last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Keenan Menzel adding one. Sam Baxter, Jordan Frost, Ryan John and Devyn Zunti had goals in the second game. The U16 Tier 1 Lightning closed out their regular season with a 16-7 defeat at the hands of Pacific Rim, getting a hat trick from

Brian Robb, two goals from Chris Branting, and one each from Taylor Martin and Mathieu Jung. The U16 Tier 2 Lightning hosted Oceanside for a double-header at Evans Field on Saturday, losing 20-1 and 18-0. Chris Cassorla scored the lone goal.

Online registration wrapped up on Wednesday, but runners can register in person on Sunday. The race begins at 11 a.m. “We are expecting a field in excess of 500 runners taking on our flat, fast course,” said race director Ian Milne. “We know we will have a fast field, and could see some age cat-

egory course records fall. We look forward to seeing Geoff Martinson return to take on his course record of 30:46 set in last year’s race.” About 100 runners from the Cowichan Valley are expected to participate, with CeeVac Richard Light one to watch in the men’s 40-44 division.

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