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GRABBING A COLD ONE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY Hundreds of Valley residents rang in the New Year in a chilly way on Wednesday morning at Polar Bear Swims in Cowichan Bay (left), Shawnigan Lake, Maple Bay, Crofton, and Ladysmith, For video and more photos scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
School closures to soften Hydro rate hike blow LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
School districts around the province are scraping the bottom and sides of the barrel to find the money to pay BC Hydro’s upcoming nine per cent rate hike. However, the Cowichan Valley
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ing else changed in our district, the nine per cent rate hike would cost us an extra $50,000 a year,” said secretary-treasurer Bob Harper. “However, the impact of the rate increase will be softened because we have turned the heat down at
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Offer in for Keating Farm sale CARLA WILSON TIMES COLONIST
The Land Conservancy of B.C. has received an offer at the full asking price of $749,000 for the historic Keating Farm Estate in the Cowichan Valley. If all goes smoothly, the sale will close the second week in January, said TLC manager John Shields on Monday. “There are a few conditions that need to be removed as part of the offer,” Shields said. “We anticipate in early January being able to have a condition-free offer from the purchaser and we’ll be recommending that to the monitor.” TLC went into court-ordered protection from creditors in the fall. A monitor has been appointed to help get the Victoria-based non-profit society to a financially sustainable state. It owes $7.5 million and owns about 50 properties in B.C. Some of its properties have gone on the market to help pay debts. Keating Farm’s $749,000 asking price resulted from an assessment of the 27.5-acre property, Shields said. TLC bought the site in 2005, paying a similar amount, according to consultant Masselink Environmental Design, which prepared a report for the organization shortly after the purchase. The new purchaser’s identity is confidential, but Shields said
the offer is from a couple. One is a structural engineer who is planning to restore and repair the site, including the 1880s-era farmhouse. The farm has several buildings. “They want to farm it, so they are going to keep the heritage barn up to scratch,” Shields said. Keating Farm is in the Agricultural Land Reserve. It has a small wetland, and an old CNR right-of-way crosses the property. The TLC website says the farm includes a heritage orchard and fields managed for hay, grazing and mixed vegetables. Wildlife includes Townsend’s big-eared bat, Coynorhinus townsendii, which has a nursing colony in the dairy building, said Masselink’s report. The purchasers “like the idea that there are bats in the barn that can be preserved,” Shields said. A neighbour has been farming the property, he said. While opposition arose to a TLC plan to sell the historic Binning House in West Vancouver, when it comes to Keating Farm, “I don’t think there is any inherent opposition to the sale,” Shields said. Mortgage holders will recover their money through the sale, he said. “The whole purpose of our being in CCAA [creditor protection] and putting properties on the market
is to repay the people who have been creditors, whether they have been suppliers or mortgage holders. We have wanted to restore the integrity of the TLC by paying the creditors to the greatest extent possible.” Keating Farm is among the oldest in the Cowichan Valley. The first farmhouse was built on the site in the 1870s by the family of Alexander and Ann Blyth, Masselink said. Businessman Andrew Keating doubled the size of the farmhouse after he bought the property in 1888, adding it to 4,000 acres of land he owned in the Valley. Keating hired architect John Tiarks to design an English-style Great Hall and dining area in 1894. The hall is about 35 feet long and 25 feet wide and features a vaulted ceiling, a 10-foot-tall fireplace, and intricate original panelling made from first-growth fir and cedar, TLC’s website said. In 1901, Keating and two of his sons died in the shipwreck of the S.S. Islander, which sank off Alaska. T he far m had subsequent owners. Hugo and Wanda Tews bought the property in 1943 and that family held it until it was sold to TLC. The Tews operated a dairy, raised poultry and grew prize-winning grain.
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◆ CVRD BRIEFS
New name, new equipment Once remediation of the site and upgrades are complete, the Peerless Road Recycling Drop-off Depot in Ladysmith will be renamed the Peerless Road Recycling Centre to reflect its enhanced operations. The CVRD board has also voted to waive their purchasing policy to and approve $112,000 for roll-off bins and a utility cart for the facility.
Pesticides be gone? Based on a recommendation from the CVRD’s Environment Commission, the board agreed to consider looking at a ban on cosmetic pesticides. “This is an issue that we broached here at the CVRD many years ago,” Director Jon Lefebure said. “There are much increased number of jurisdictions that have now banned cosmetic pesticides and some indication that the province is supportive of that. We thought that the board should have another look.” The board will have a more detailed look at the issue during future meetings.
“It would be very helpful is staff did a review of what has happened in other jurisdictions,” Lefebure said. “I think that would be a great start.” The province of Ontario banned cosmetic pesticides on Earth Day, April 22, 2009. According to that government’s Ministry of Environment, “Ontario’s lawns, gardens, school yards and parks are a lot healthier since the province’s cosmetic pesticides ban came into effect.” Closer to home, B.C.’s Ministry of Environment did do a web-based survey on the cosmetic use of pesticides in 2009 and 2010. Work has continued through the years but has yet to result in a provincewide ban.
An eye on the water The CVRD board approved a five-year partnership agreement with the RES’EAU Water-Net NSERC Research Network through the University of British Columbia in order to conduct water quality research on Shawnigan Lake. Sarah Simpson, Citizen
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Christmas morning power outage hits more than 1,000
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Was your power out on Christmas Day? Blame the birds. For just over an hour, beginning around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, about 1,425 customers were without BC Hydro’s services after birds struck lines. The outage affected residents east of McLay Road, south of Braeburn Place, north of Koksilah Road and West of Genoa Bay Road. Power was restored by 11:30 a.m., likely saving many a turkey dinner from being spoiled.
More than 11,000 festive folks visited the BC Forest Discovery Centre this year for its annual Christmas Express event. It’s a 100 per cent-and-then-some increase over the first event seven years ago, which saw just 5,000 attend to ride the train and enjoy the Christmas displays. FDC staff says this year 50 per cent of visitors came from Victoria. Sarah Simpson, Citizen
Rising expenses ‘a relentless march, says district’s Harper From page 1 of those things. It’s a relentless march,” Harper said. The power-saving programs have brought students from many Valley schools on board to raise awareness of ways to save energy but the total results have brought a smile to Harper’s face, too. “We’re talking about six figures of savings,” he said. “Starting with the 2008/2009 year we have been aggressively reducing our electricity costs in cooperation with BC Hydro’s Power Smart program. Over the last five years, we have reduced the amount of electricity we use by 27 per cent. In 2012/2013, we would have spent an additional $211,000 on our electricity bill had we not reduced our consumption. Over the five years, we saved a total of $620,000 with our Power Smart program.” “It’s a massive amount of savings,” Harper said, crediting a two-pronged attack on energy costs. One component is the installation of motion sensors that turn heat on and off according to use of a space. The other component involves human behaviour — getting people to turn off the light switches when they leave a room. A big factor in this second aspect is how students have taken up the idea of saving energy. “I’m not downplaying the human behaviour side of it, of the changes we’re hoping to make.” Brian Branting has been leading the Power Smart program for the school district. “BC Hydro has paid for Brian’s wages but they’re decreasing that now. At one time it
Bob Harper, district secretary-treasurer was 100 per cent coverage if we met certain targets. We couldn’t just do nothing about it,” he said. “But, if we met those targets, they paid his wages. Then they reduced that to 50 per cent and I’m not sure of the timing but it will go down to 25 per cent. Part of that is in recognition that when you’ve done certain things at the startup those will continue on. You’re still getting that benefit.” BC Hydro still provides some support outside of the wage component of it. “They’ve got people who will come in and do training with our students; they’ll come in and sponsor programs. There is other work they’re doing as part of their whole initiative.” The BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) President Teresa Rezansoff has asked that Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett exempt public schools from the recently announced BC Hydro rate increases or provide an education utility rate to school districts. Collectively, projected hydro increases will cost boards of education $4,118,000 in 2014/15, and an accumulated cost of $29,465,000 over the next five years.
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Close wealth gap for health of our economy kay, something’s gone wacky. In a way that is endangering our way of life. A CBC headline earlier this week tells us that according to an annual review by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives top Canadian CEOs earned the average worker’s entire salary by lunchtime on Jan. 2. And lest you think they were lowballing the average salary, they went with a fairly comfortable $46,634, not the paltry $21,000 earned by someone working full time making minimum wage.
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have nots, with the haves a tiny portion of the population and the have nots the vast majority. The average Canadian worker’s salary has grown by just six per cent between 1998 and 2012. During that same period CEO pay has skyrocketed an astonishing 73 per cent. That’s an awfully big money drain right at the top. Sometimes the corporations in question aren’t even doing very well financially, so performance isn’t the issue. When we create this society of a few with a lot, and a lot with almost nothing, we set up an
increasingly bleak future. Without a critical mass of middle class folks making halfdecent salaries who can afford cars, homes and vacations, we set up an economic disaster. A few very rich folks cannot buy and consume enough to make up for a large number of people buying and consuming. So even more people end up on the wrong side of the balance sheet as small employers can no longer employ, and even those who are employed can’t afford to buy. We need to decrease the wealth gap, and we need to do it now.
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Public works crews work many invisible hours Dear Mr. Sawchuk re: letter to the editor Dec. 11 I am not sure if you make it a habit of following around the public works crews, I am sure that you could use your time more wisely. But if that is all that you have to occupy your time you may want to “shadow” them for more than a 35-minute coffee break that you write about. Then you may have more information to base your accusations and suggestions about contracting out this work. You would see that there are many days when these crews don’t even get a break due to
emergency situations that arise, or when they come out to calls in the middle of the night to ensure that the citizens have safe roads to travel on or water to drink and shower with. I am assuming that you as well were in A&W on Friday, Dec. 6. Did it occur to you to ask the crew why they were there so long or what they were doing that day? I am sure that if you took the same amount of time to talk to these guys as you did to write this letter that you would know they had just finished fixing one water break and were grabbing a coffee and trying to warm up from the -10 C weather before they moved on to the next water break, and based on the timeline
they were not there for 35 minutes, but yes perhaps longer than the 10-minute break they are allowed. You may also have an opportunity to see all the good that these crews do with the limited resources available to them to make the City of Duncan a better place to live. Lisa Closson Duncan
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Re: “Environmental solution not so easy” In her letter, Marja Blasé asked some good questions which I would like to answer. She asks, “As for electric cars — where does the electricity come from?” She will be relieved to know that there is no fossil fuel production of electricity in B.C. We do, however, import some electricity from outside our borders, so an electric car runs on 30 per cent fossil fuel, instead of 100 per cent, as do conventional cars. Marja asks, “(As) Hydro is going up 28 per cent in the next five years, what savings?” I own an electric car. Yes, a plug-in, 100 per cent electric car. And I can assure her that the electricity needed for me to drive to Victoria and back costs me around $2. That’s right, $2! A conventional car that gets fairly good mileage will probably cost around $15 for the same trip. When Hydro goes up as planned, I will have to pay all of $2.50! When the price of gas goes up 28 per cent (and it will!), a gaspowered trip to Victoria will cost almost $20. She asks, “What do you intend to do with all the used batteries?” I admit I don’t know the answer, but I have a question for her: What do you intend to do with all the people living on the world’s crowded coasts when sea levels rise? Before I close, I would like to throw in a big Thank You! to our municipal and provincial governments for providing EV charging stations in many convenient locations. It’s the way of the future but it should be the way of the present. Cynthia Montgomery Maple Bay
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Moving forward from unintended consequences I read with great pleasure Anne Murray’s synopsis and opinion on some of the unique issues that face the Valley and would wholeheartedly agree with her view point. When I prepared my business plan 10 years ago, there was an apparent over abundance of professionals in my field for the City of Duncan. As someone who knew the region, I thought this was wonderful as so many of my peers would be scouring the demographic data looking for favourable places to practice and Duncan would not be one of them. On the flip, or more realistic side of things, this means a lot of businesses will choose not to come here after doing the same demographic research that my peers did. Economically, it is also difficult to create one plan, or vision, for our community. As a city councillor the recent commitment by North Cowichan for the waving of development cost charges (DCC fees) in certain areas for new businesses is likely to hurt the surrounding com-
Martin Barker, Duncan councillor munities, and especially the City of Duncan. I don’t want this to be taken as a slight against North Cowichan’s decision, as it can be good economic policy to promote business development in specific regions and they are entirely entitled to make decisions based on the best interest of their electorate; however, a small community like Duncan does not have the tax base to wave DCC fees for our developments (waived fees are ultimately borne by taxpayers’ pockets). The result may be a shift of business from the Valley’s core, the City of Duncan, to North Cowichan. To me, it seems absurd that we are “competitors”. That said, both Duncan and North Cowichan have taken steps to create better communications with the initiation of twice a year joint council meetings and, currently, are working
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on a joint resolution agreement. Duncan has taken the idea of integrated servicing a step further by examining the possibility, as part of the proposed strategic plan, to look for opportunities to share services with surrounding communities in an effort to increase service and reduce cost to Duncan residents. These are very positive steps, but I am not sure they go far enough. We have a fragmented vision for our community that has many competing levels of governance that make consensus, at times, difficult. We should be examining a different form of governance for our beautiful Valley but I fear that it will never be possible without a groundswell of grass roots resident lobbying to motivate our politicians to move toward a new and better system (likely with less politicians in it). With only a year remaining to our next municipal election, now is the time to begin pressuring our elected leaders for necessary change. The views in this commentary are those of Dr. Barker and not of Duncan town council. Martin Barker Duncan
Ban on idling vehicles may help Re: Truck noise Norris Edwards is not the only person in Chemainus with a neighbour who idles his heavy-duty truck next to a bedroom window. This truck spews diesel fumes for at least 20-25 minutes before he takes his daughter to school every morning. He’s back within five to six minutes. I believe Duncan has or is considering an idling bylaw, but I’ve been told it has nothing to do with Chemainus, it’s up to the roads department who really don’t want to know. Come on Mayor Lefebure, there can’t be just two of us in Chemainus with this problem. Georgina Knight Chemainus
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Firemen who dive overboard blown into air From page 5 hold had become serious, he was officially notified of the lethal nature of the ship’s main cargo, although the reason for her being in Bombay was to discharge gold bullion — two million pounds’ worth. But few in Bombay Harbour could have been aware of the extent of her manifest: Packed into her holds were 2,000 tons of shells, torpedoes, mines, signal rockets, magnesium flares and incendiary bombs! By 3 o’clock that afternoon, the fire aboard the Stikine was growing in intensity, Mr. Todd recalling, “You could see the shell, or hull, at the after end of Number 2 hold, starting to get completely red hot. The fire brigade and their gear had done absolutely no good and it had become necessary for someone to make a decision. I’d have scuttled the ship.” Frustrated in their efforts to cut through the hull to reach the heart of the blaze, firefighters had called for reinforcements from Mr. Todd’s men, a squad of shipwrights arriving with acetylene burning equipment as the clock ticked toward the fateful moment of the first explosion. “The last time I talked to Capt. Martensz, the acting deputy manager of the docks, was about 20 minutes to 4 — 20 minutes before the first explosion occurred. I had begun to evacuate all my men at 3:30 after talking to him and deciding the ship was likely to explode.” Continuing along the docks to where the S.S. El Hind was berthed, three slips away from the Fort Stikine, Mr. Todd was speaking to ship’s chief engineer when all hell broke loose. “I just had time to say, ‘It doesn’t look to me like she’s going to blow up,’ when we saw 20-30 Indian firemen dive over the side and — Whoosh! — they were shot up suddenly, 300 feet in the air! The flame was spectacular — nine feet in diameter and bluish-yellow.
“We were like spectators — it was long enough for us to observe this flame quite clearly, when all of the harbour mud came up from the bottom and all of the firemen were killed. For a few minutes after the explosion, there wasn’t a sound — then explosion and fire everywhere. And from then on life was pure misery.” At the moment of the first, smaller explosion, Mr. Todd was standing on the El Hind’s shelter deck, the immediate concussion blowing him through a cabin door and singeing most of the skin on his chest and shoulder. Trapped in the artificial storm unleashed by the detonating Fort Stikine, the El Hind bucked and snapped at her mooring lines. Then, caught in a giant vortex, she began to slide toward the blazing Stikine! “We sort of all got together by the fiddley [entrance to the boiler room] and had a sort of conflab,” said Mr. Todd. The shaken and battered seamen, soldiers and civilians were still debating their course of action when, some five minutes after the blast, the El Hind burst into flame, at which they decided to lower the lifeboats — many of which were also ablaze. “The second explosion came as such a surprise...the dock bottom came up again and I landed on the main deck, about 30 feet below. There was debris falling, water, mud and all sorts of things peppered you from all over the place, and it was pitch black. [Later, doctors would remove 70 wood and steel splinters from his body.] “There was all this water around me and I was so shocked that it was not until I made a move that I realized that I was breathing. I was quite a good swimmer and decided to swim for it. That was one of the few times that I really prayed to God and thanked God I was alive.” (To be continued)
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Islanders set to host VIJHL All-Star Classic KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
The Kerry Park Islanders are bringing the 2014 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League All-Star Classic to the Cowichan Valley. Instead of their home arena, however, the Isles will be hosting the showcase game on Jan. 26 at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan, where they can accommodate a bigger crowd of fans from across Vancouver Island. “We hope the people of Duncan will come out and watch the best players in the league in the allstar game,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond said. While the festivities in recent years have included a prospects
game for young players and a skills competition, the Isles have opted to slim things down to a single game, making for a shorter day for the players and fans. “We’re looking forward to hosting the league this year,” said Islanders owner Mark Osmond. “Since we bought the team last season, our staff and players have worked hard to develop our program and this is a great chance to show fans in the Cowichan Valley what a great game junior B is.” The host team has already named its representatives in the game: forwards Alex Milligan and Eric Mansueti, and defenceman Colton Burt. Milligan is tied for the league lead in goals with 27 through 32
games this year, and his 43 points are good for fifth in the circuit. Team captain Mansueti has four goals and 10 assists in 29 games, and Burt has nine assists in 32 contests. The three Islanders will join players from the Victoria Cougars, Saanich Braves, Peninsula Panthers and Westshore Wolves on the South Division team. The North Division squad will be composed of players from the Comox Valley Glacier Kings, Campbell River Storm, Oceanside Generals and Nanaimo Buccaneers. Tickets for the 3 p.m. game are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $6 for children and will be available at the door.
Eric Mansueti is one of Kerry Park’s all-star selections. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
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Longtime Cowichan Thunder and Mid Island Lightning teammates Tyler Glanville, Brian Robb and Mathieu Jung will suit up for Team BC at the national U16 field lacrosse championships next September. [SUBMITTED]
Lax trio makes the cut for Team BC KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
It’s still several months away, but three lacrosse players who learned their craft in the Cowichan Valley will be heading to the U16 national field lacrosse championships in September with Team BC. Two of them, Mathieu Jung and Brian Robb, continue to play field lacrosse with the Mid Island Lightning and box lacrosse with the Cowichan Valley Thunder. The third, Tyler Glanfield, now lives in Victoria, but played with the Thunder as recently as last summer and the Lightning last winter. Although he has moved to relocated, he retains his ties with his former teammates. “It feels great to reach this point because when I knew I was eligible to try out for the U16 field
lacrosse program this year, I started to focus on training to earn a spot on the team,” Jung said. “It was one of my goals.” All three boys, as well as the other two Island representatives on Team BC, attend the field lacrosse academy at Claremont Secondary in Victoria. They were among 113 boys from across the province who attended camps in September. From that group, 65 were invited to main camp in Vancouver in October. That number was cut down to 37 for the final camp earlier this month, with a final 21 making the roster. “I feel very honoured and very excited — and a little nervous — to be chosen to help represent our entire province playing a game I love,” Robb said. Both players are hoping to take
“I feel very honoured and very excited —and a little nervous — to be chosen to help represent our entire province playing a game I love.” BRIAN ROBB, Team BC selection
their provincial team to the top of the sport in September. “I would like to help the team bring home a gold medal in 2014,” Jung stated firmly. “I have a couple of goals to accomplish while playing for Team BC,” Robb added. “To increase my skills and understanding of the game, and to win a national championship.”
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Westerns beckoning ’Rays’ Kissack QUALIFIER: Richmond
FastSwim lives up to billing KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Laura Kissack became the latest Duncan Stingray to qualify for top national-level competition when she earned a qualifying time for the Western Canadian Championships in the 200m butterfly at the Richmond FastSwim last month. Westerns — which occur at the same time as a similar meet in Eastern Canada — are the second highest level of swimming in the country, just below Senior Nationals. It’s the goal of nearly ever competitive swimmer to hit that mark. “I’ve wanted to get a Westerns time for a few years now,” said the 16-year-old Kissack. While she had previously attended Age Group Nationals, that level has swimmers in age brackets. Westerns is open to swimmers ages 16 and up. Kissack admits she’s “a little bit” intimidated but “mostly excited” by the prospect of competing against Canada’s best senior swimmers, “At this point I’m just thinking about my own times because [the other swimmers] are so fast,” she said. “I’m looking up to them still.” Among the swimmers Kissack is most excited to race against is Natalia Garriock, her Stingrays teammate who competed last year. Garriock has missed much of this season with an injury, but her times from last year carry over to this year’s Westerns. In addition to qualifying in the 200m fly,
Laura Kissack is the latest Stingray to qualify for the Western Canadian Championships. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Kissack very nearly made the cut in both the 400m individual medley and 800m freestyle. Not bad for a swimmer who started competing at the age of 10 — a little older than most of her teammates. “I’m happy with how far I’ve been able to go, seeing as how I didn’t start when I was three years old,” she said. Next up for Kissack, she hopes, are a senior national time and a scholarship to an
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American university, both of which will require a lot of work. “It’s a lot of training,” she acknowledged. “But I pretty much live in the pool.” Kissack finished the Richmond FastSwim with personal bests in all of her events, and placed in the top eight in all six of her races. Of the remaining 11 Stingrays who made the trip, two others — Desirae Ridenour and Robyn Zinkan — also recorded 100 per cent personal bests. The rest of the group included Haakon Koyote (87.5 per cent), Jeremy Kissack (83 per cent), Megan Lewis (80 per cent), Savanah Van Nieuwkerk (67 per cent), Olin Dahlstrom (60 per cent), Jasmin Marston (60 per cent), Gavin Morrison (50 per cent), Cailine Keirstead (33 per cent), and Cecilia Johnson (20 per cent). Dahlstrom finished fourth in the 50m fly to match Laura Kissack’s result in the 800m free for the Stingrays’ best placing. Van Nieuwkerk managed two top-eight results, and also recorded a provincial AAA championships qualifying time in the 100m breaststroke. Ridenour also had a provincial AAA qualifier in the 100m breaststroke. “It was very exciting to see our swimmers race amongst the best in the province with our eldest swimmers stepping up their game and the younger swimmers following suit,” head coach Leanne Sirup said. “Another positive aspect was the camaraderie that was evident between the oldest to the youngest of our group. This was especially beneficial for both Olin and Cailine, who were first timers to this level of competition.”
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Just before Christmas, Cowichan Secondary School’s junior boys basketball team headed into the holidays with a bronzemedal finish at the Oak Bay tournament. The Thunderbirds topped Surrey’s Fleetwood Park 47-42 in the third-place game, led by Player of the Game Connor Hayer, who poured in 16 points, and Noah Charles, who added 15. Also in double digits was Humza Khan, who scored 10. Cowichan started the tournament with a 56-33 crushing of Belmont Secondary in the quarterfinals. Khan was named Player of the Game for his 19-point performance, while Charles contributed 13. The T-Birds only loss came in the semifinals, where they fell 45-22 to Vancouver College. Andy Derocher was Cowichan’s top scorer with six points. The eventual tournament champions, Vancouver College went on a 14-0 run late in the second quarter and early in the third to pull far ahead. The good news for Cowichan is that they have another chance to face Vancouver College in the near future, when the Fighting Irish visit Duncan for an exhibition game on Jan. 18. “We’ll continue to work, and see where we’re at when we have the opportunity to play them again,” said T-Birds head coach Lucky Walia.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYST/TECHNICIAN Environmental Initiatives Division Regional Services Department (Temporary, Part-Time - up to One Year)
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APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT BIG RENTAL SALE CROFTON MOTEL 1Bdrm: $59/night, $299/wk, $650/mo. 2Bdrm: $79/night $799/mo with kitchen Incls everything! 250-246-9222 or 250-510-8000 1568 Chaplin St. Crofton www.crofinn.com
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An Environmental Analyst/Technician opportunity is available at the CVRD to develop and maintain an environmental GIS framework including base maps, tools and reports to support the Regional Sustainability Strategy. The maps and tools will be developed to describe the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental, social and economic realms. Predictive modeling to support scenario development for sustainability and climate projections will also be components of the work anticipated. Technical tasks include: developing maps, research, reports, field studies, communications materials, and geostatistical database work to support analysis. .
If you are interested, view the full requirements of the job on the CVRD website. www.cvrd.bc.ca
GENERAL EMPLOYMENT JOURNEYMAN Automotive Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages, relocation allowance, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefits. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403854-2845; Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.
DUNCAN TAXI Ltd. hiring permanent p/t dispatcher. Please fax resume to 250746-4987. NO DROP INS PLEASE
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TELEPHONE SERVICES DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available. Call National Teleconnect Today! 1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com
MAPLE GROVE APARTMENT $100 off 1st months Rent 3271 Cowichan Lake Rd
2 and 3 bdrm units. Heat and hot water included. Family orientated. Clean and quiet. Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d units. Indoor pet welcome. On site laundry facilities. To view 250-710-7515 or 250-748-3412 www.meicorproperty.com
SHAUGHNESSY GARDENS $100 off 1st months Rent 3251 Cowichan Lake Rd Clean 1 & 2 bdrm unit. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & linoleum, window coverings, fireplace. Quite, well maintained building with elevator & sauna. Close to schools & hospital. Pet friendly. To view 250-710-7515 or 250-748-3412. www.meicorproperty.com
TOWNHOUSES FOR RENT LAKE COWICHAN, Newly renovated 1200sqft. townhouse. N/S, 6-appliances, 3Bdrm, 2Bath. Covered carport, close to river & Lake Cowichan. Avail. immediately. 250-416-0297/ 403-8962030/ 403-347-2567 (George or Carol)
HOUSES FOR RENT 2 BR house Chemainus, suits working couple, no pets, (250)724-1397 CHEMAINUS 3BDRM ranch style house includes 5 appliances, carport, deck. n/s References reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Avail Feb 1 $1200/mo. 250-246-9736 FOR RENT, new home, 4 br, 3.5 bath, 5 appl, lrg fam room, dbl bay garage, heat pump, RV prkg, n/s, pet?, $1400. Feb 1, (250)749-3908
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$900 $1100
37-3025 Cowichan Lake Rd, Duncan #20-711 Malone Rd, Ladysmith
$750 $1500 $1575 $1650
1065 Bourban Rd, Mill Bay (55+) 1430 Belcarra Rd, Duncan 6177 Palahi Place, Duncan 1159 Bazett Rd, Maple Bay
Townhouses and Duplexes
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REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE 2 BDRM condo, Chemainus BC, wlk in closet, 2 full bath, lrg living rm, dining rm, 4th flr, elevator, approx 1400sf, South East water & mnt view, well maint bldg, cls to mall, For Sale by Owner, asking $229K, call 1-250-383-0185
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MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION GENERAL MANAGER The BC Forest Discovery Centre requires a General Manager who is accountable for the day-to-day management (operational, financial, administrative & marketing) of the facility. The general manager works effectively with stakeholder groups including industry partners, union staff, volunteers, the local Visitor Information Centre and the community. Some mechanical knowledge would be an asset. A complete job description is available at www.bcforestdiscoverycentre.com. Only applicants of interest will be notified. E-mail resumes to info.bcfdc@shawlink.ca Applications will be accepted no later than January 15, 2014, 4:30 pm.
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Why buy a GE Dishwasher?
Dishwasher
GE dishwasher have been trusted to clean dishes acrosss Canada for years. We are constantly improving wash performance, making them bigger and easier to load, all while being extremely quiet.
Top features and technologies InfiniClean™ Wash System 3 full coverage wash arms, dedicated silverware jets, 4 pass wash and dry elements, an American style hard food disposer and the removable filter from European style for best results in cleaning dishes
Steam Prewash Option Helps loosen tough baked-on soils before any cycle, virtually eliminating the need for soaking or pre-rinsing dishes
Wash Zones Offering a new level of convenience, Wash Zones make it possible to run a half load in just the upper or lower rack-including 10-1/2” plates and silverware
Sanitize Options (NSF Residential) High-temperature rinse sanitizes and reduces 99.999% of bacteria found on dishes
Adjustable Upper Rack Loading the upper rack with tall items, including plates up to 10-1/2”, is possible with an adjustment. It’s particularly convenient when choosing the Wash Zones feature to run a half wash in the upper rack
Easy Access Silver ware Baskets To help make loading silverware and small items easy, two baskets offer plenty of space, while Dedicated Silverware Jets ensure table-ready results *Not all features available on all models.
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BOXING WEEK SALE STILL ON!!