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Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to a packed crowd at Brentwood College during his visit to the Cowichan Valley Tuesday, Jan. 7. For more photos from the event scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Harper becomes first PM to visit in 60 years ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Excitement was high in the Cowichan Valley as Prime Minister Stephen Harper headed to the Warmland for the very first time Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Harper addressed a packed house at Brentwood College’s Crooks Hall, which was stuffed to its capacity of about 600.

“We’re making good decisions,

we’re making a better Canada and by the way we’re also investing here in Vancouver Island in British Columbia — this province that is so vital to our future,” Harper said as he told the crowd how his government has been working hard, and with great success, to create jobs, improve conditions for First Nations, and keep the Conservatives’ election promises.

He told the crowd he is the first

sitting prime minister to visit the Cowichan Valley in 60 years to pay an official visit.

“It seems like every 60 years or so we get a prime minister in Cowichan,” confirmed John Koury, president of the Cowichan/Malahat/Langford Conservative riding association.

Before heading to Brentwood, Harper and his retinue made a stop at the historic Kinsol Trestle with

scouts, Girl Guides and TransCanada Trail representatives.

They gathered in anticipation of a funding announcement and were not disappointed.

In a press release from the prime minister’s website it was announced that over the next four years the Trans Canada Trail, 24,000 kilometres long from coast to coast, public contributions will be matched by the government,

one dollar for every two raised by the Trans Canada Trail up to $25 million.

The goal is to have the trail finished by 2017, Canada’s 150th anniversary.

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Early arrival for Valley’s first baby of the new year KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

It came as a complete surprise to Shawnigan Lake mom and dad Samantha Fairfield and Blair Wallace that their daughter, Kinsley Ann Wallace, was the Cowichan Valley’s New Year’s Baby for 2014.

For one thing, she wasn’t born until late in the day: 7:49 p.m., to be precise.

“I was a little shocked that there wasn’t another baby born yet,” Fairfield said.

For another thing, Kinsley Ann wasn’t expected for another few days. She wasn’t due until Jan. 6. And Fairfield had just made the drive to the Cowichan District Hospital the day before, suffering from the flu. “I went home, my water broke, and that

was it,” she recalled.

Labour started around 10 a.m. on Jan. 1, and while it lasted nearly 10 hours, Fairfield said the whole experience was “pretty easy.”

“The actual pushing part was about 20 minutes,” Wallace noted.

Kinsley, who weighed in at eight pounds and one ounce, will benefit from having all her grandparents in the Cowichan area, as well as big brother Mason, who turns three in March.

While Mason had to wait to get a glimpse of his new sister because of mom’s illness, he was definitely looking forward to it.

“He is excited to meet the new baby,” Fairfield said.

City commits to transit rebates

Samantha Fairfield and Blair Wallace were surprised the learn that their bundle of joy was the very first baby of the new year born in the Cowichan Valley. Kinsley Ann Wallace made her appearance on the evening of Jan. 1. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

The City of Duncan has extended its Transit Pass Rebate Program for another year. Beginning in May 2012, the city began a 50 per cent rebate for residents who purchased monthly transit passes. The rebate was expanded to 100 per cent for 2013.

Council agreed in December to continue the program for 2014.

The objectives of the program, Director of Finance Talitha Soldera said in her recommendation to council, are to increase ridership, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and obtain information from residents on barriers to transit use. The program has had a low number of participants, reaching a high of seven in March, July, August and November of 2013.

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A bad flu season has Island Health officials recommending vaccination.

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H1N1 outbreak puts seven in hospital SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Seven people were admitted to Cowichan District Hospital with influenza during the last six weeks, according to Island Health.

Six have since been discharged.

The patients are among 48 in the health authority’s service area admitted to various Island hospitals since Dec. 1, with 29 of those admissions occurring in the last week alone.

“All patients tested positive for influenza A (subtype H1N1). The number of patients who remain hospitalized across Island Health at this point is 24,” said spokeswoman Valerie Wilson in an email.

While no outbreaks have struck schools or long-term care facilities since Dec. 1, Wilson said an increase of influenza activity was evident over the holidays and that trend is expected to continue through January.

The health authority urges those most at risk for contracting H1N1 (folks under 65 years old with chronic health conditions and children under the age of five) to be vaccinated.

“This year’s vaccine will protect against this circulating strain and we strongly encourage those in the most at risk groups to get immunized if they haven’t already,” Wilson said. “Island Health strongly recommends that you get your flu shot if you haven’t already. Proper hand hygiene is also very important for preventing the spread of influenza.”

Twelve per cent more vaccine has been dispensed this year so far compared to last year, Wilson noted.

Protests gathered outside Brentwood College School on Tuesday afternoon to protest a number of hot button issues in advance of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s arrival to speak at a private Conservative Party function. For more photos and video of the protest, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Protesters greet Harper at Brentwood SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Several dozen protesters stood outside the gates at Brentwood College School chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, Stephen Harper’s got to go!” at a bus carrying media as it entered the campus ahead of the prime minister’s arrival Tuesday afternoon.

Just an hour before, the group had swelled to upwards of 200 angry citizens, from Cowichan and afar — all taking the opportunity to voice their opinions about the nation’s leader, as he stopped in for a Conservative Party gathering at the private school.

From relatively local hot topics like contaminated soil dumping in the Shawnigan Lake watershed, to broader issues such as pipelines to national issues like the downsizing of Canada Post, protesters took the chance to make their voices heard, despite not technically getting a glimpse of the Man of the Hour.

Kieran Horsburgh, an 18-yearold Maple Bay resident, said he never thought he’d have the

Kieran Horsburgh, 18, travelled from Maple Bay to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper outside the gates of Brentwood College School on Tuesday afternoon.

Victoria resident Laura Weileby said the prime minister is ‘raping and pillaging Canada and exploiting it for all it’s worth,’ and that’s why she decided to protest Tuesday.

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opportunity to protest Harper so close to home.

“I was actually quite surprised.

I only found out on Facebook last night and I thought hey, okay, I’ve got something to do tomorrow,” he explained.

Horsburgh’s reasons for attending the protest were broad.

“Stephen Harper’s got a lot of evidence stacked up against him and he refuses to talk to people in general, which is kind of his ignorance,” Horsburgh said. “Just his general way of doing business is very flaky and his answers are never complete. Ever. If he gave straight answers it would be one

thing but you’ll never get one.”

Victoria resident Laura Weileby’s reasons for making the trek over the Malahat were more concrete.

“My dislike of Harper and everything he’s doing to our beautiful country brings me out,” she said.

“Harper is raping and pillaging Canada and exploiting it for all it’s worth.”

Weileby said she, too, learned about Harper’s visit to Brentwood College School on Facebook Monday night and made sure to clear her schedule to be there. She was present during the protest’s peak around 1 p.m.

“It was great. It was inspiring,” she said. “He’s pretty disliked around here. It’s too bad we didn’t have more notice. I would have liked to see another 100 or 200 out here for sure. I would have liked to see all of the Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island out here.

One more year. Can Canada survive one more year of Harper?”

Harper spoke to a crowd of 600 and a literal busload of media once inside Brentwood College’s Crooks Hall.

Visit a boost to riding From page 1 the summer of 2014 might finally see Canada’s leader take in some of the Valley sights.

But that changed early in December. “‘I’ve got him coming out in six days’,” a representative of the prime minister’s office told him, Koury recalled.

Things changed again when just before Harper was set to arrive Nelson Mandela died, leaving world leaders every-

where clearing their schedules to make time to honour the revered statesman.

The trip was rescheduled for January, excellent timing from the riding association’s perspective, said Koury. Due to federal boundary changes, Langford has been added to the Cowichan riding, and so a new riding association has just been formed. Koury said the presence of the prime minister is an “excellent” way to launch the new organization.

Supporters rallied to hear Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his visit to Brentwood College Tuesday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Duncan approves secondary suites After a lengthy process, Duncan city council formally approved secondary residential suites at its Dec. 16 meeting.

“It’s something that has been in the community plan for some time,” Mayor Phil Kent pointed out.

“We wanted to move forward carefully.”

The bylaw amendment allows for secondary suites inside single-family residences and garden suites — free-standing buildings located behind primary dwellings. It both legalizes suites that are in place already and opens the door for new suites.

Secondary suites will improve affordability, Kent noted, and help the city increase density in its core.

For homeowners, it will make mortgages easier to pay off, and seniors could benefit from being independent longer.

“It does provide an opportunity for many people to stay in their own homes,” Kent said.

Council conducted a number of open houses to seek public input on the amendment. The top concern was the impact on parking in residential areas, which was addressed by the requirement of an onsite spot for each suite.

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Duncan, Lake Cowichan, North Cowichan and Ladysmith have partnered with their neighbours to ensure a smoother flow of business across central Vancouver Island jurisdictions.

The four Cowichan communities are among 12 in the mid-Island region that established a Mobile Business Licence agreement. North Cowichan adopted its bylaw on Dec. 4 but the program was officially kicked off Dec. 19 in Parksville.

When the agreement comes into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, it will allow certain businesses (plumbers, electricians, architects, general contractors and mechanical engineers) to more effectively move about the Island and provide their services.

The agreement allows businesses to

buy just one licence instead of having to get non-resident permits for each different municipality where they work.

“At Bayshore Construction, we have projects and clients throughout the Central Vancouver Island region. With Mobile Business Licences in place, we can now spend less time on paperwork and more time working hard to provide exceptional service for all of our customers,” said owner Rob McGorman.

“Thanks to all of the municipalities and the Province of B.C. for simplifying the process. Not only is it easier to do business in the area, it also creates a business environment where we can thrive.”

In addition to the four CVRD communities, Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, and Qualicum Beach have all signed on. Similar agreements have

been reached in other regions throughout the province and the Yukon.

Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business said working with local governments to expand the Mobile Business Licence program is a key commitment in the B.C. Jobs Plan.

“The B.C. government is committed to working with local governments to find ways to support businesses and streamline processes in every community.

Mobile business licences cut red tape for contractors and others who may work in more than one community, and we will continue to work to get other municipalities to adopt the program and reap the rewards,” she said.

Visit www.resourcecentre.gov.bc.ca/ mobile.html to learn more about the Mobile Business Licence program.

Exclusion allows marsh site development SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A hurdle has been cleared in the tentative plan to construct a new RCMP detachment on farmland bordering Beverly Street — but it may be for naught should council opt to chart a new course.

The Municipality of North Cowichan has learned that the Agricultural Land Commission has granted the exclusion of a 1.78- hectare (4.4-acre) site near York and Beverly Streets from the agricultural land reserve (ALR).

It means that portion of marshland can now be developed, but whether citizens will see North Cowichan/ Duncan’s much-needed replacement RCMP headquarters constructed there remains to be seen.

Removing the land from the ALR was a hurdle that needed clearing at some point if council wanted to proceed with that site, North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure explained, noting there’s more to it.

Mayor Jon Lefebure “It’s not a case of where it’s now excluded and there will be a development hap-

pen there,” Lefebure said. “Council had only asked to exclude this property so they could consider it for an RCMP site, but at our next meeting it will be looked at with other options.”

More possibilities have emerged after considerable feedback from members of the community opposed to building near to or in the Somenos Marsh area.

North Cowichan’s leadership will discuss next steps at the Jan. 15 council meeting.

Mum on what those other options could be, Lefebure noted “council doesn’t have that information yet.”

North Cowichan has a “no net loss” policy on ALR land, meaning in order to remove the parcel from the ALR, the municipality must find another suitable one to include. This is its own policy, not a requirement of the ALC. Considered separately, the ALC did approve the municipality’s application to include into the ALR a 3.26-hectare (8acre) site on the north side of the nearby dike.

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Junior council getting revamp KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Big changes are coming to the City of Duncan’s long-running Junior Council program.

The teacher that ran the program at Cowichan Secondary School has left, and it will now be run through Safe Youth Cowichan, where it will be open to “youth” between the ages of 15-22 from throughout the Cowichan Valley.

Seven youth from Safe Youth Cowichan will be selected by Safer Futures to serve

Led by drummers, these eager young people are leading a walk for a safer community, from Boys Road to the Trans Canada Highway and along Statlou to Theik and Mulaqw Road in an initiative called a “Safety March,” spearheaded by Cowichan Tribes. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

March launches Safe Youth Cowichan into public eye LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Community Safety and Safe Youth Cowichan, a pair of networking groups whose aim is increasing the feeling of community safety, especially for the Valley’s youth, held a special walk Saturday, Dec. 14.

Following a group of elders, they walked, drumming and singing, from Boys Road to the Trans Canada Highway and along Statlou to Theik and Mulaqw Road in an initiative called a “Safety March,” spearheaded

by Cowichan Tribes.

Franya Jedwab of Cowichan Women Against Violence’s Safer Futures committee said she was delighted by the turnout for the march.

“The event Saturday was a Cowichan Tribes event that we worked on together.

“We are still talking together with them.

We worked very cooperatively together on this event and on a dialogue, which took place at the House of Friendship, which was quite well attended by everyone who went on the walk. I thought it was a great turnout; people were very respectful and it was well supported,” she said.

Safe Youth Cowichan is now approaching municipal governments with an eye to increasing the group’s profile with the public.

“That’s a direction the youth themselves have wanted to go in. It wasn’t a necessity, but it was something they were interested in,” Jedwab said.

The young people are a mixed group.

“That’s the beauty of it. There’s such diversity in personalities and a wealth of background experiences,” she said.

Safe Youth Cowichan arose after a series of youth dialogues in 2012 following a safety review undertaken by the regional district’s Cowichan Safety Advisory Commission.

There were 11 dialogues in 2012 and more than 340 young people took part. Information was gathered at that time on areas that felt safe and why, or unsafe and why.

Currently, there is a partnership between Cowichan Women Against Violence Soci-

ety under Jedwab’s agency Safer Futures and Community Options Society.

The two groups are coordinating Safe Youth Cowichan. “We have gathered a team of 10 youths of various and diverse backgrounds, youths from all walks of life and at a variety of ages. We are currently working with the communities of Lake Cowichan and Ladysmith to reach more youths to conduct dialogues,” she said.

Safe Youth Cowichan is continuing to work on neighbourhood action projects.

“Currently, one of the projects focuses on the University Village local area plan and the Trans Canada Highway. Safe Youth Cowichan has been conducting safety audit walks in these areas and working closely with North Cowichan and City of Duncan planners,” she said.

The group’s research shows that while many young people are employed and involved in recreation, arts and volunteerism, there are still many who are not.

In response to the murder of 16-year-old Tyeshia Jones and the subsequent Take Back the Night Walk, the CVRD Community Safety Advisory Committee identified regional concerns about youth victimization and crime and prioritized a youth safety review in the region.

Federal officials have also identified a series of indicators that a young person could be at risk.

These include: negative attitudes, values or beliefs; low self-esteem; substance abuse; poverty; low literacy; homelessness; presence of neighbourhood crime; lack of positive role models; children who witness violence; lack of services; unemployment/ underemployment; family distress, violence; racism; mental or physical illness and leaving institutional/government care.

The next steps for Safer Futures, CWAV Society and Community Options Society involve continuing to work in partnership with various agencies towards more community engagement and the unearthing of a successful strategy to help young people feel safe and successful where they live.

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as junior council, and will begin the process in February, with their official annual meeting set for May 26.

Council also agreed to allocate $3,000 from the 2014 budget to support a Junior Council initiative, subject to council endorsement.

Safe Youth Cowichan currently has about 12 to 15 youth signed up, about half of whom are from Cowichan Tribes.

They will be going to schools early in 2014 to recruit more members for the program.

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OUR VIEW

Leader’s visit demonstrates changing times s Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes his very first visit to the Cowichan Valley, we cannot help but reflect on how the times have changed.

We recall a stop by then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to a small hamlet in Nova Scotia.

He appeared and spoke briefly at a local park. Where things were really different is that the public was simply allowed to show up and join the crowd.

There were no security checks, or thoughts that someone with camera gear might be trying to hide a bomb or other weapon in the electronic bits and pieces.

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When he was finished speaking, Chrétien walked the line of sawhorses that had been set up to give him a path, shaking hands and engaging in brief exchanges with people who crowded around for the chance to see the prime minister.

Regardless of political stripe, people wanted to meet the man who ran the country.

Those were the days when the worst that would happen was that a politician would get a pie to the face if a detractor got around security personnel.

Maybe the miscreant would get put in a Chrétien headlock.

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No Canadian prime minister has ever been assassinated.

One of the great things about that is that Canadian prime ministers have seemed pretty approachable for the average person when they did appear in a town near you.

Then again, at that time you could also board a plane carrying a bag full of nail scissors, and a full body scanner wasn’t even a glint in the eye of a security officer.

With the fears about terrorism now so pervasive, it is a shame that our leaders have lost some of that casual approachability.

A question we should ask ourselves is whether these worries are truly grounded in reality, or whether we have allowed fear to shape our behaviours in undesirable ways.

The prime minister has always had security, and always will.

That’s just common sense.

Politics does tend to get folks hot under the collar and there are also the nutbars to contend with, who will latch on to any kind of public figure.

But we’d like to see a return to the days when we weren’t all so afraid of one another.

Caution, not isolation.

Many of the letters and editorials I have read concerning the outcome of the Pompeo/Gillespie case can be characterized as vitriolic or alarmist, so I write to express support for Judge Wood’s findings.

Constable Pompeo made a serious mistake and the consequences for Mr. Gillespie are grave, but the matter has been weighed by one qualified to do so. Those who would have the officer punished to the maximum extent available seek revenge not justice, while those who opine that the public face danger when encountering the police mistake fair comment with cant.

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Wasteful transit rides are never ‘free’ In spite of the CVRD having one of the worst performing transit systems in B.C. and taking millions from local taxpayers to keep it going, they continue to give away “free bus rides” on a regular basis. More than 95 per cent of residents never use the buses.

It is dishonest for governments to trumpet a heavily subsidized, mostly empty transit system as providing free services to anyone.

Who gave these guys the right to squander our money?

These so-called freebies simply force taxpayers to unwillingly put more tax money into the

system while a very few enjoy not paying for their transit ride.

Same goes for free skating/swimming at the huge money-losing recreational facilities.

The CVRD gives a 75 per centplus subsidy to those who use their cultural and recreational facilities.

In South Cowichan the Kerry Park arena is the largest single tax spender in the area.

It’s now budget time and a good time to take a fresh look at the CVRD forcing taxpayers to pay for wasteful practices and services and mostly empty buses.

Users should be paying the full cost if they demand these extra services.

That’s what the CVRD requires for sewer and water and many

other services they provide. But for some reason they love giving away tax money for transit, culture and recreation and the hundreds of thousands of grant dollars they dole out each year without much thought or accountability from their $60 million-plus of tax spending.

Our taxes would be much lower if they were consistent in policy.

Let’s have full disclosure when some new service is planned as to its exact taxpayer cost and who really benefits from politicians giving away our money. A bit of honesty would help as well when advertising something as being “free”!

Re: Dumping trash on public land Surely the answer would be to have at least one day a year free at the various city-owned dump facilities.

This surely wouldn’t cost any more to the city than collecting the dumped trash.

Ontario many years ago had a similar problem and solved it with two free days a year.

Unfortunately, new councillors were elected and reversed it, hence back to trash dumping.

On the other hand, why not put gates on the hiking trails? Many of the trails I use have gates which I don’t find a problem.

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POLAR BEARS SPOTTED IN CROFTON THIS NEW YEAR’S Brave souls find out just how cold the ocean waters are off of the village of Crofton on New Year’s Day during the annual polar bear swim. It was a quick dip for many, then out as fast as possible. Brrrrr!

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Deniers duped by denial machine

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lmost every week a letter from Mark Williams is printed in your paper denying global warming. Mark has taken it upon himself to try and convince others that climate change and global warming are not real.

This week he told us to read a recent survey by the American Meteorological Society which would support his point of view.

I couldn’t find the survey which he referred to but I did find this on their website: “Warming of the climate system now is unequivocal, according to many different kinds of evidence.

Observations show increases in globally averaged air and ocean temperatures, as well as widespread melting of snow and ice and rising globally averaged sea level. Surface temperature data for Earth as a whole, including readings over both land and ocean, show an increase of about 0.8°C (1.4°F) over the period 1901-2010 and about 0.5°C (0.9°F) over the period 1979–2010 (the era for which satellite-based temperature data are routinely available).

“Due to natural variability, not every year is warmer than the preceding year globally. Nevertheless, all of the 10 warmest years in the global temperature records up to 2011 have occurred

since 1997, with 2005 and 2010 being the warmest two years in more than a century of global records.

“The warming trend is greatest in northern high latitudes and over land. In the U.S., most of the observed warming has occurred in the West and in Alaska; for the nation as a whole, there have been twice as many record daily high temperatures as record daily low temperatures in the first decade of the 21st century.

“Climate is always changing.

However, many of the observed changes noted above are beyond what can be explained by the natural variability of the climate.

“It is clear from extensive scientific evidence that the dominant cause of the rapid change in climate of the past half century is human-induced increases in the amount of atmospheric greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and nitrous oxide.

“The most important of these over the long term is CO2, whose concentration in the atmosphere is rising principally as a result of fossil-fuel combustion and deforestation. While large amounts of CO2 enter and leave the atmosphere through natural processes, these human activ-

ities are increasing the total amount in the air and the oceans.

Approximately half of the CO2 put into the atmosphere through human activity in the past 250 years has been taken up by the ocean and terrestrial biosphere, with the other half remaining in the atmosphere.

“Since long-term measurements began in the 1950s, the atmospheric CO2 concentration has been increasing at a rate much faster than at any time in the last 800,000 years. Having been introduced into the atmosphere it will take a thousand years for the majority of the added atmospheric CO2 to be removed by natural processes, and some will remain for thousands of subsequent years.”

Climate change is very real as are climate change deniers. I think Mark Williams and many others would do well to google “climate change denial”.

They will find a number of very interesting sites which will explain to them how they have been duped by the denial machine.

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Six pumpout stations unreasonable New bylaw regulations in Cowichan Bay target sewage discharge from liveaboard boats. Great, most boat owners seem happy.

However, each marina with liveaboards needs to arrange a pumpout system. Let’s visualize what that would look like.

CVRD management has suggested each marina should have a pumpout station.

In its extreme, that would involve six pumpout stations with sewer lines running seaward from shore. Some lines would exceed 200 metres. Six pumpouts along with 6x200 m (1.2 kilometres) of sewer line is ridiculous. In our current weather, the contents of these lines would be frozen, and therefore, blocked. We currently have two pumpouts available in the bay. They are often unavailable or inaccessible.

Let’s explore a less ridiculous solution. The Nanaimo Harbour Authority has a floating barge immediately adjacent to their docks. I believe it is free, and very easily accessible to ALL boaters (resident and transient). The original cost of this barge was in the $25,000 range.

The waste is then transported ashore. Victoria Harbour Authority uses a mobile pump out vessel. Other pumpout vessels exist (Humpty Dumpty and

the Fecal Floater).

Another solution would be to install a pumpout station on the outside (unused) of the Fisherman’s Wharf floating breakwater. This would be easily accessible to ALL boaters (both resident and transient).

Non-mobile boats are already legally prohibited from discharging waste into the ocean.

These people have readily available existing shore facilities at each marina.

The CVRD management team indicated that there were no funds available to implement these regulations. It seems ironic that we can afford a bird watching platform, a marine kayak park and a nature center — none of which seem to be used. I believe that the CVRD has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars conducting environmental water studies. Is something running amok here?

We seem to have a lot of professional employees in the CVRD hierarchy. Can they be put to use finding workable and affordable solutions that achieve all of our desired goals?

Six pumpout stations, each separated by 100 metres, could get us noticed in the Guinness book for some kind of record.

At the very least, we could make Anderson Cooper’s (CNN) “Ridiculous List”.

Currie Ellis Cowichan Bay

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Two shows launch Redwood Green album, Orca LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Redwood Green has played various venues, including Rock of the Woods.

Now, they are headed to the Orca Showroom. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Popular Valley band Redwood Green is kicking off 2014 with a two-part CD release party Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Orca Showroom at the Travelodge Siverbridge Inn. “We’re looking at doing two shows in one day,” said drummer Luke Cuthbert. “It’s probably one of the first big events that Long John [Falkner] is putting on at the Orca Showroom so it’s going to be a learning experience for him as well as for us.”

The guys are starting the day with an all-ages show for their younger fans and family while later on, starting at 9 p.m., they’ll be back for a party for their peer group.

The cover charge for the matinee show is $10 while tickets for the second, later show are $12 each, or $10 if you get them in advance.

Cuthbert said that the band, all old friends, are raring to perform.

“We first started about two summers ago. We’ve known each other since we were a lot younger. A few of us actually played hockey together,” he said.

How Canadian is that?

“That’s how we first met, playing recreational hockey. I was playing in Sound and Science [another Valley band] before that. The three other guys — Colin McNicholls, Mark Gough and Sean Marcy — were in an acoustic band for a

“It includes songs we’ve been doing since the start of the band with a few others as well.”

LUKE CUTHBERT, Redwood Green

while and they asked me to come jam with them.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into. All I knew was I had played hockey with them back in the day.

But, the first jam I had with them, I loved it and basically ever since we’ve been playing as a full-on band and we’ve been gigging tons lately, trying to fund the album.

“We’ve finally got it released at last. It’s been exciting for the three other guys; it’s their first time being in a professional recording studio. It was definitely a learning experience for all of them,” Cuthbert said.

The album was recorded at Zak Cohen’s Woodshop Studio and Malcolm Owen-Flood of Small Town Villains did the production.

Those heading to the Redwood Green shows can expect to see some other exciting acts as well.

“We have our good buddies from Victoria, Fins Out, coming to open for us at the matinee. I went to school with some of them as well.

They’re a surf/punk kind of band; they’re tons of fun.”

Later on, Victoria band Moose for Now and Fins Out will join Redwood Green for the big party.

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“That’s when we decided to have a matinee show as well because we want to get the younger crowd as well,” said Cuthbert. “We’ll be doing our CD release show last.”

This is Redwood Green’s first album and Cuthbert said their hopes are high.

“It includes songs we’ve been doing since the start of the band with a few others as well. Our single, the one we will be sending out to radio stations and all that, is one of the newer ones.”

Having the CD launch in a goodsized room is going to be great, he said.

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The Evil Sheriff (Nick Millar) and his guards, (Cassidy and Delaney Marat) look high and low for Maid Marian in the Shawnigan Lake group’s delightful pantomime. [LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN]

Robin Hood a fun romp LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

After a rich and filling dinner, everyone is yearning for a light, fluffy dessert and the Shawnigan Players dished up a beauty in their post-Christmas pantomime, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. The Mercury Theatre was rocking at each and every performance of this holiday delight, which featured all the expected drollery that goes with the world of panto: cross-dressing, slapstick humour and lots and lots of audience participation.

Nick Miller as the Evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Grant Mellemstrand as his boss, the Evil Prince John, had the crowd booing and hissing from the get-go but the audience also really got into watching the antics of Daisy the Cow (Tristan Sparks and Max Menu) and Robin Hood (Hannah Gallacher) and the Merry Men, most of whom didn’t seem that merry and all of whom were not that bright.

Maid Marian (Delphine Menu) and her nurse, Jemima Gusset (David Brockhurst) stole everyone’s hearts with their performances and Jim (Lauren Cooper) and Ellen-A-Dale (Emily Brockhurst) and Will Scarlett (Nicholai Harris), Friar Tuck (Bob Ingarfield) and Little John (Bill Levity) provided additional strength to a stellar cast.

Although pantomimes are all about fun, that this cast also deserves a special pat on the back for the clarity of their diction.

Even sitting in the back row, we could hear everything, and with all those puns, double entendres and silly asides, this extra attention to an important detail by every cast members made the performance all the more entertaining.

Putting on these shows during the holiday season involves a considerable sacrifice of home time for the cast and crew but it’s hoped the warm appreciation they get from the audiences shows that everyone is grateful for a panto to round out the holidays.

Nurse Jemima Gusset (David Brockhurst) makes one of her unforgettable entrances in the crowdpleasing Christmas season production of Robin Hood and his Merry Men at the Mercury Theatre.

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“If I remember correctly, The drifting craft came as the another couple of guys had tried answer to their prayers, and putting a lifeboat fire out when they were quick to throw a rope the second explosion put the ladder over the ship’s side. Then boat on top of them, splitting the two dozen or so survivors, one man’s side open. We all got including the seriously injured, on the boat deck, where quite a boarded the craft and, started bunch of us released him and its engine and navigated their got him to the fiddley, I think — I way through the debris-choked forget exactly...” harbour, miraculously fleeOnce again clustered about the ing through the Red Gate and entrance to the boiler room, the towards the city. ragged survivors were convinced The sight which greeted him as that the end had come. As most he stumbled through the dockwere injured, the fires aboard the yard gate remained indelibly El Hind increasing in intensity, impressed upon his memory, 30 “we couldn’t see much chance of years later. With a “hissing infergetting out. Some chaps were in no” all about him, needled with a really bad state, one had a bromore than 70 slivers of metal and ken spine, the chap from the boat wood, he’d staggered through had stomach damage.” the gate, to be met by thousands Just then, someone made a of troops lined up in formation, cheering discovery in one of awaiting orders to fight the fire. the ship’s cabins: cigarettes As it turned out, they had and some water. Refreshed by a quite a wait as “it was quite a smoke and drink, the survivors while before anyone could get in again debated their course of — some things continued to burn

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The aftermath of the explosion of the freighter Fort Stikine, that devastated Bombay Harbour in 1944. [WIKIPEDIA] for three months”!

As for Mr. Todd, he was hospitalized for two weeks, when he returned to work. His initial duty proved to be a gruesome one, identifying some of the dead. Making his way from the charred, ruptured remains of one ship after another, he attempted to identify human remains, most of which had been reduced to little more than lumps of ash and were identifiable only by their dog tags. Then, that hideous task completed, he was able to turn his attention to repairing the harbour by pumping out the dry docks and overhauling those ships worth salvaging.

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from the [Fort] Stikine’s stern was blown one and a-half mile away, there were anchors and things blown all over the place.

Only a small amount of the Fort Stikine was left, the Jalapadma, the famous Scandia Company’s biggest ship, which had been berthed 50 feet astern of the Stikine, was blown on top of the dock. She was 500 feet long, about 12,000 tons and fully loaded. The army cut off her bow section and let it drop, then cut up the rest and hauled it away in trucks.

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According to the records, the Allies lost 35,000 tons of precious shipping in Bombay Harbour.

Not to mention the loss of 800 lives and 3,000 injured.

Describing the cotton bales from the Persian Gulf as being three times the size of a bale of peat moss, Mr. Todd recalled that they’d been stacked two bales high and covered the docks for acres. These had continued to burn for weeks. Fortunately, most of the warehouses were built of stone and, loaded with food stores, survived almost intact. But it was a full seven months before the harbour resumed full operation.

“When we drained the harbour, we found quite a few things in the mud: dead oxen [used to move 60 per cent of all goods], and almost all the gold bullion [two million pounds’ worth] which had been aboard the Fort Stikine.”

Much of the residential district, immediately adjacent to the harbour, mostly comprised of stuccoed houses, had been destroyed also. Mr. Todd marvelled at the memory of burning “sulphur all over the place...About June 14, the monsoon started but the sulphur seemed to thrive on water — it took almost three months to completely put the fires out.

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Isles lose two key players, then three games KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

It’s just a week old, but 2014 hasn’t been a good year for the Kerry Park Islanders.

Within the first four days of the New Year, the junior B hockey club lost two of its better players, then lost three consecutive road games, earning just a single point.

“It wasn’t a good start to the year,” team owner Mark Osmond admitted. “We had a two-week layoff; maybe we shouldn’t have not done anything for two weeks.”

Prior to their first game of 2014, the Isles learned that first-line forward Braedan Cross and toppairing defenceman Taylor Armbruster would be jumping up to the junior A ranks with the B.C. Hockey League’s Trail Smoke Eaters, moves that are bittersweet for Kerry Park.

“It’s awesome for them, and awesome for the program,” Osmond said. “But it’s kind of crappy this time of year. We were hoping to put a run together.”

With improved play in November and December, the Isles were aiming for second place in the South Division and a better playoff berth. Unless they can replace Cross, their second-leading scorer, and Armbruster, those plans are in jeopardy. And this isn’t a good time of year for junior B teams to be hunting for talent.

“There aren’t many players out there we can go after,” Osmond acknowledged. “It’s tough to replace those kinds of players in this league. The trouble with junior B is that we’re a development

Kerry Park’s Cody Short (picured in a game last month) scored three goals in the Islanders’ 5-4 loss to Oceanside last Saturday. [CITIZEN FILE] league for other leagues, but we want to put a quality product on the ice.”

The Isles won’t be holding a fire sale, but Osmond has let his local products who are in their final years of junior eligibility — such as Alex Milligan, Tylor Branzsen and Eric Mansueti — know that he will consider trading them to contenders if they want it.

“I’ve told them, ‘We won’t trade you unless you ask,’” he said. “‘It’s your decision; we won’t me making it for you.”

The team fared no better when it came to actually playing

games, beginning with a 7-4 loss to the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Thursday.

“We beat them the last two games, so they really wanted to beat us,” Osmond said.

The Isles trailed 2-0 after one period and 6-1 after two. Branzsen had two goals and one assist, while Milligan and Francis Slicer had one of each, and Cody Short had two helpers. Jackson Jane started the game in goal and lasted two periods, making 29 saves on 25 shots before Leighton Williams came in and stopped four of five.

Against the Saanich Braves on

Friday, Slicer opened the scoring for Kerry Park, but by the three-minute mark of the middle frame, the Isles were down 4-1.

Mansueti made it 4-2 late in the second period, and Branzsen got his team within one early in the third, but the tying goal never materialized.

Mansueti and Branzsen added assists to their goals, and blueliner Tyler Fraser recorded two helpers.

Williams went the distance in net, making 26 saves on 30 shots.

Finally, the Isles wrapped up the weekend with a 5-4 overtime loss to the Oceanside Generals, despite

a natural hat trick from Cody Short. Short scored twice late in the second period and again in the third to force extra time, but the Generals managed one more late in the second overtime period after the Isles were denied on a penalty shot.

“Cody has played really well for us,” Osmond said. “The puck just sticks to his stick. He works hard every night. He’s stepping up this year, for sure; he’s consistent.”

Milligan had the Isles’ other marker and set up one of Short’s, while Slicer and Kyle Green had two assists apiece. Jane returned to the crease and had a stellar outing with 43 saves on 48 shots.

Skating for the Generals, Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey product Ryan Hogg scored his first junior B goal in his second game, and caught the eye of Osmond, who wished he had signed Hogg as an affiliate.

“He’s a solid little player for 15,” Osmond said. “He wasn’t out of place.”

The Isles have been using a pair of Cowichan midget APs of their own for the last few games, with Seth Davis and Keegan Bisset getting plenty of work and possible chances at regular roster spots.

Both players did double duty over the weekend, playing in a tournament with the midget Tier 1 Capitals as well as for the Isles.

The challenging stretch for the Isles continues this Thursday with a visit to the Cougars in Victoria.

On Saturday, they will finally return to their home arena to host the Braves at 7:30 p.m.

Starts stymie Caps on road KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals returned from the holidays to a sluggish start against the Surrey Eagles last Friday, and continued that trend through the next two games of their first weekend of 2014.

When all was said and done, the Caps finished with losses to Surrey and the Langley Rivermen sandwiched around a tie with the Coquitlam Express.

Just over 12 minutes into their game in Surrey, the Caps trailed 30. Although Cowichan managed to cut the lead to a single goal three times, Surrey prevailed 6-4 in the end.

“We played well but couldn’t catch them,” Beatty said. “We made the game close, but not close enough.”

The pattern continued, roughly, as the Caps tied Coquitlam 4-4 on Saturday and lost 6-2 to Langley

on Sunday, trailing the Rivermen 5-0 before they got on the board in the third period.

“I would say that was the general story for sure,” Beatty said. “Even the Coquitlam game we didn’t start well. Our starts were less than desirable all three games.”

Against Surrey, Dane Gibson led the way with two goals, Jordan Topping and Clint Filbrandt had singles, and Jarrett Brown had two assists. Mason Malkowich came up big in Coquitlam with two goals and one helper, while Brown and Matthew Berry-LaMontagna had one goal apiece and Gibson had two assists. Berry-LaMontagna and Brayden Gelsinger provided the offence in Langley.

Beatty singled out several players for their efforts over the weekend, including Malkowich (“I thought he played well and rose to the occasion”), Brown, Colton Kehler, the line of Topping, Sam Curleigh and Daniel Wanner, and

Gelsinger. Unfortunately, that wasn’t what the coach was looking for.

“It’s a little late in the year to be really happy about individual performances,” he said. “We’ve got to put it together as a team and put some wins together.”

The Caps will try to turn things around as they play a key divisional matchup with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs at 7 p.m. this Friday.

“Obviously it’s a huge game on Friday night, with Alberni just two points behind us,” Beatty said. “It’s definitely as big a game as we’ve had all season.”

On Sunday, the Cowichan Caps plays host to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.

“They’ve got a good team,” the coach said. “Their top line is certainly explosive. We’ll try and shut them down; they seem to be out every other shift. They rely on one line, but they’re definitely a solid team.”

Caps captain Kyle Horsman wins a faceoff against Penticton earlier this season. [CITIZEN FILE]

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T-Birds take positives from challenging SMUS tourney KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Brad Thorne, left, and Jesse Winters are among five players from Cowichan FC named to the VISL all-star team. Four more will play for the Div. 2 all-stars. [CITIZEN FILE PHOTOS]

Rowlings to lead VISL Div. 2 all-stars KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan’s senior men’s soccer teams will be well-represented at the Vancouver Island Soccer League all-star festivities at Victoria’s Hampton Park this Saturday.

Five players from Division 1’s Cowichan FC were named to the VISL team that will play a similar team from the Fraser Valley circuit, and another four were selected from Cowichan United for the Div. 2 squad that will face the Div. 3 all-stars.

On the sidelines for the Div. 2 all-stars will be Cowichan United player/manager Neall Rowlings, assisted by Cowichan FC coach Glen Martin and Saanich Div. 2 coach Justin Smith.

“Because we won the league last year, I was asked to be the coach of the Div. 2 allstar team,” Rowlings explained. “I brought

in the first-place coach, Justin, from Saanich, and Glen for his past presence in this type of game.”

Representing United are goalie Darian Achurch (“Without him, we wouldn’t have been as successful as we have been”); captain Jose Muro; Jordan Korven, who missed time with an injury but still leads the team with six goals; and Jacob Ready, one of the team’s younger players who has stepped up and played every position this season.

Cowichan FC has had Tyler Hughes, Jesse Winter, Brad Thorne, Steve Scott and goalie Joel Wilson selected as all-stars. All five are veterans of past all-star games.

“We’re well-represented,” Martin said.

The VISL and FVSL top-division all-stars will meet at 2 p.m., followed by the Div. 2 and Div. 3 teams who square off at 4 p.m.

The Cowichan Secondary School Thunderbirds may have won only one of their four games at the St. Michael’s Invitational senior boys basketball tournament in Victoria last weekend, but head coach Sandeep Heer didn’t come away unhappy.

“It was pretty good,” he said. “There were a lot of positives from the weekend that we can take going forward. I think the biggest thing we gained from the weekend was that we played with a higher intensity, and that will help us down the road.”

It’s not that the team has lacked intensity thus far, he noted, but that the players were getting used to the senior level.

“For some of them in Grade 11, the jump from junior to senior is pretty big,” Heer said. “They needed time to adjust. This weekend, they played hard and played with a lot of intensity. We played some close games, and that bodes well for the rest of the year.”

The T-Birds started the tournament with a 66-58 loss to host SMUS last Thursday.

Player of the game Josh Charles put up 26 points for Cowichan, and Travis McDonald added 15. Later that day, they fell 74-52 to Claremont, led again by Charles, with 18 points, and McDonald with 13.

Charles again paced the team with 15 points and McDonald chipped in 13 on Friday as Cowichan beat Sheldon-Williams Collegiate of Regina. Kain Melchior was named player of the game.

Placing third in their pool, Cowichan met Lambrick Park in the fifth-/sixth-place game. Despite a tournament high of 29 points by Charles and 10 more points from Jordan Frost, the T-Birds were nipped 69-61.

The SMUS Invitational is known for bringing in top competition, and this year was no exception. Claremont, Cowichan and Oak Bay are the top three ranked AAAA teams on the Island, and SMUS and Lambrick Park are the top two AA squads.

“We’ve had a tough schedule so far this year,” Heer acknowledged. “The guys are starting to get more consistent and rising to the challenge.”

The T-Birds don’t play again until Jan. 14, when they host Alberni District in their first league game.

“We want to start the league on a positive note,” Heer said. “If we can carry over the way we played last weekend, I think we can be successful. We’re looking to transfer that intensity to our league games and be consistent that way.”

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MARKING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST The shepherds find the Holy Family in the stable, just as the angels told them they would, so they go in to see the Messiah for themselves during the annual Nativity Pageant put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Duncan.

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DAVID MARQUET CREATING LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL Chanteuse Sara Marreiros and bassist Andre Rempel perform Snow by Anna Hostman and E.D. Blodgett at the first of two packed Winter Solstice concerts near the end of December. For more photos and video of the event, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Solstice events packed the house LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Evening closed in early Saturday, Dec. 21 as the year turned at the winter solstice but music lovers enjoyed a special day of concerts in Mill Bay. Aimed at brightening spirits, two special cabaret events held at Sylvan United Church drew packed houses despite the rush towards Christmas Day. The performers included Cari Burdett (singer), Adrian Dolan (multi-instrumen-

talist), Marisa Jackson (dancer), Corbin Keep (cellist), Sara Marreiros (singer), Richard Moody (violin), Alex Rempel (bass) and Marilyn Rummel (harp).

The selections ranged from popular songs to original compositions to traditional songs from many countries and included a moving dance to Schubert’s Ave Maria.

“This concert is an offering for all of us to open our hearts and allow the magic of the returning light to further awaken us,” Burdett said.

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While proceeding to Vancouver, she’d been rammed by an American ship and had to return to Prince Rupert for repairs.

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