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Search begins for new Valley hospital site LANDOWNERS: Have the right property? LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

About 100 people gathered in City Square in Duncan at noon on Friday in celebration of International Women’s Day, joining Cowichan’s One Billion Rising For Justice, in solidarity with 200 countries around the world to say ‘no’ to violence against women and girls. For more photos go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

Possible sites for a new hospital are at the top of the agenda for the Cowichan Valley Regional Hospital District as it issues a call for interested property owners to come forward. The hospital district last week issued an Expression of Interest inviting landowners to submit properties for consideration. “The purpose of the EOI is to identify landowners with properties that meet our site selection criteria and that fit into long term plans for the eventual replacement of Cowichan District Hospital,” Rob Hutchins, hospital board chair, said. “We want to ensure that we do our part to ensure the right piece of property is available should a new hospital for the Cowichan Valley be approved in the future.” Planning for a new hospital has been going on for some time and about four years ago, it was decided that “the best move forward is to get a piece of land and build a new hospital in a new location rather than try to renovate, add on or build a new one on the present site,” he said.

“The present site is too small. Acquiring a suitable site for a new hospital is one step in a planning process which remains in the very early stages. A new hospital for the Cowichan Valley would require regional and provincial government approval. At this time no approvals or funding are in place,” he said. But that doesn’t mean the regional hospital district isn’t saving. There’s $12 million in the kitty already, with $5 million more to come this year, Hutchins explained. Public discussion is also underway. Last December there were four public meetings to get feedback on what people wanted in a site for a new hospital. Criteria were finalized, then sent to the board in January. The hospital board also went out and asked a real estate consultant, McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd., for help in identification of appropriate properties for consideration. “Our staff now have been working on expressions of interest,” Hutchins said. “We’ve already See FIVE, Page 4

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Big manhunt nabs suspect in robbery ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

It only took RCMP an hour to track down and arrest a suspect after an armed robbery at a Ladysmith flower shop on Tuesday, March 4. Shortly before noon, a floral shop on 1st Avenue reported that a man had entered the business and brandished a knife, demanding cash from the woman working there. The man fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money. Unfortunately for him, there were multiple RCMP units working in the area that day, including South Island Traffic Services, Nanaimo Police Dog Service, Nanaimo Forensic Identification Section and the Island District General Investigation Section. The Ladysmith detachment, with support from the RCMP Operational Communication Centre called in the troops and a search was conducted. “As is often the case, there were

additional RCMP resources working in and around Ladysmith which we called upon to bolster our response to this armed robbery,” said Staff Sergeant Dave Herman, detachment commander of the Ladysmith RCMP Wednesday, March 5. “Regardless of the type of police work different officers are engaged in, a fleeing armed robbery suspect becomes their top priority, as it did yesterday.” Shortly before 1 p.m., barely an hour after the robbery, an officer with the South Island Traffic Services spotted a man matching the suspect description in the rural Diamond area of Ladysmith. Officers flooded the area, establishing a secure perimeter. RCMP Police Dog Services tracked the suspect to where he was hiding under a sundeck of a residence on Grouhel Road. The 28-year-old Ladysmith resident was taken into custody. He appeared in Duncan court last week.

RCMP and North Cowichan South End firefighters — whose hall is conveniently just across the street — were called out early last Thursday afternoon after a vehicle left the road and ended up in a ditch at the intersection of Duncan Street and University Way. No serious injuries were reported. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Site search criteria LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

What are some of the criteria that will help planners and consultants choose a good site? According to the CVRD website, the land must be: located outside of a flood plain; offer helicopter access; contain about 15 acres of buildable land, ideally already subdivided; be aligned with local government plans as to water and sewer and sustainability; offer dis-

SEARCH, From Page 1 r e c e i ve d a n u m b e r o f unsolicited enquiries. About five or six different properties have come forward, with owners saying, ‘Hey, we think this would be worthy of consideration for a new hospital site.’” The board must act fairly quickly if it is to have a choice among good sites. “We’ve had a fair amount of growth in our Valley in recent years and it’s ongoing. Potential valuable sites for a hospital are being utilized for other development purposes. In our mind, it’s better to acquire that site earlier to get the potential property put aside for hospital develop-

aster response capability; be close to populated areas, transportation corridors and fire and police and other health services; and be zoned adequately. The EOI document is posted on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid. ca. The closing date for submissions is Monday, April 7, 2014 at 2 p.m. Anyone interested can also contact Rob Hutchins at rhutchins@ ladysmith.ca or call 250-210-1471.

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ment,” Hutchins said. The process will reduce the number of potential sites to two or three and then those will come to the regional hospital board for a decision. “We definitely hope to conclude that by the end of the year, that would be a realistic timeline,” Hutchins said. Choosing a site doesn’t mean a new hospital is a done deal. The region must compete for Ministry of Health funding with other projects from across the province. “Our goal is to be as shovelready as possible. We want to have a significant portion of our funding in place by the time the hospital is built,” Hutchins said.

Business coalition urges government to rethink costly recycling changes A coalition of business stakeholder groups representing several major sectors of the British Columbia economy have announced the launch of a massive provincewide advertising campaign in 130 provincial newspapers to protest regulatory changes involving the recycling of printed-paper and packaging (PPP). The campaign calls on British Columbians to contact Premier Christy Clark and ask her to rethink a plan that turns over B.C.’s Blue Box recycling programs to an Ontario-based group governed by large multinational corporations. “For months British Columbia business owners have tried unsuccessfully to convince Minister of Environment Mary Polak to rethink the flawed plan her ministry put forth,” says Mike Klassen, B.C. director of provincial affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent

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Fire engulfs home, two adults killed NO SMOKE DETECTORS INSIDE THE HOUSE: ‘It could have made a difference: fire chief CARA MCKENNA NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

Tracy Fleming, Luschiim (Arvid Charlie) and Tim Kulchyski were among those who spoke to North Cowichan council Wednesday. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN FILE]

Council puts off docks decision amidst threats of legal action LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Threats of legal action had North Cowichan councillors deciding to have further discussions with Cowichan Tribes about allowing docks to be built on the foreshore of the Maple Bay peninsula by Sansum Narrows. A public hearing held Wednesday, March 5 as required before third reading of a bylaw on the subject, drew a fusillade from Tribes representative Tracy Fleming. She said that Cowichan Tribes was unequivocal in not supporting the idea of docks in an area that First Nations people have used “since time immemorial” for harvesting of fish and shellfish. Fleming read a letter from Chief William Seymour that threatened legal action if the bylaw passed, and called it “infringement” of Tribes’ constitutional rights. “This council will be judged by what it does. And that could be by trial in B.C. Supreme Court,” she read, adding that such action was not the band’s preference. “We request a further meeting with North Cowichan,” she said, adding “Tribes has already opposed a public road there but the main concern is the impact on the foreshore. The residents will eventually get their road but what will Cowichan Tribes get?” Fleming was followed by Tribes’ biologist Tim Kulchyski and later by elder Luschiim (Arvid Charlie) who reiterated that the Sansum Point area and the foreshore especially near Octopus Point are hugely important to and regularly used by First Nations people. After listening carefully and asking quite a few questions of North Cowichan staff, council voted by a narrow margin to postpone passing the bylaw until after another meeting can be held with Chief Seymour and his council. “I would strongly recommend that council not pass third reading,” Mayor Jon Lefebure said. “There’s a strong desire from Cowichan Tribes to continue this. I don’t believe in avoiding the tough decisions but out of respect for First Nations it’s incredibly important to have more discussion with them.” Council was stuck between a rock and a hard place, with, on one hand, the band’s real concerns and on the other, the need to deal with property owners fairly, he said. Coun. Ruth Hartmann was not in favour of allowing the docks but said she hoped to see council “finally step up to the plate and make a decision.” Coun. Al Siebring said he was “not too concerned” about the threat of legal action. “This is within the boundaries of North Cowichan. The question of title is up to the courts, not up to us. I want to see us find a way that will satisfy all parties,” he said, suggesting that a few community docks might be that solution.

Two people are dead after a fire devastated a home in Ladysmith early Saturday morning. The fire, which started around 3:30 a.m., so engulfed a house on Pictou Road that firefighters were not able to rescue the two adults inside, who were likely asleep when the blaze started, according to Ladysmith Fire Chief Ray Delcourt. Fire inspectors continue to investigate and believe it was an accident. No foul play is suspected. Several people were at the scene on Sunday afternoon, where a charred skeleton of the home was still standing. People laid bouquets of flowers beside police tape that was set up around the house’s perimeter. At least one family member was present laying a memorial but declined comment other than to say it is a difficult time. Delcour t said inspectors believe they know where the fire started but are still reviewing evidence. “The house is completely gutted,” he said. “We think the fire started in the back area of the house but can’t pinpoint anything yet.” Both the B.C. Coroners Service and RCMP were on scene with fire inspectors on Saturday. The bodies were removed from the home and the B.C. Coroners service continues to investigate. The victims’ identities and ages have not yet been released. Delcourt said the fire department knows now that there were no smoke detectors in the house. “They didn’t have any, which is sad, because it could have made a difference,” he said.

A fatal fire, which started at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, engulfed a house on Pictou Road in Ladysmith. Two adults inside died. [CARA MCKENNA/DAILY NEWS] “There are a lot of people who don’t have smoke detectors and really need to start thinking about themselves and their families. Once a fire starts, you only have three to five minutes to get out of there.” Delcourt recommends that those with existing smoke detectors test them at least twice a year to be sure they are functioning. It is often suggested that a good time to check them is at daylight savings, which was Sunday. Delcourt said the Ladysmith Fire Department provides and installs smoke detectors for free, and they only cost about $10 to purchase. “We have a concern. We talk about this quite a bit here and we’re trying out best to get people to put them in,” he said. “People can learn from these things. This horrible incident that happened on Saturday, maybe if they had working smoke detection, we could have just gone to the property and put the fire out.”

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Casinos not responsible for addicts’ losses e feel badly for people who have gambling addictions. But we absolutely don’t think it should give them the right to sue casinos when they lose big because of their illness. The B.C. Supreme Court got it right last week when it found against self-identified problem gambler Joy Ross in her suit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation and two casinos. Ross holds them to blame for gambling away $330,000. She claims they should have stopped her because she signed up for the voluntary exclusion program.

Under the voluntary exclusion program casinos use photos and facial recognition software to try to spot problem gamblers and kick them out of the casino. Not surprisingly, this is not a perfect system. Like any other kind of addict, problem gamblers can go to great lengths to try to get their fix. Other times, we imagine, it may be as simple as blending into a crowd and keeping out of the way of casino staff. What it really amounts to is that casinos are not equipped to be babysitters for folks who really need to take personal

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responsibility for dealing with their gambling problem. When it comes to addiction, other people can only do so much. It has to come from the person with the problem. Signing up for the voluntary exclusion program is a great start. But the entire weight of keeping a problem gambler from trying his or her luck cannot be put on the service provider. It’s much like alcoholics, who can still go into liquor stores and buy booze, but can’t turn around and sue retailers for breaking their sobriety. Or addicts of illegal drugs, who

can’t sue police departments for failing to stop them from acquiring their substance of choice. Systems like the voluntary exclusion program can and should be set up to try to help people with problems, but it can’t solve them for them without additional effort on their part. Voluntary exclusion programs ensure that addicts won’t be paid if they win; this ruling ensures they won’t be reimbursed if they lose. It’s akin to tough love. Keep problem gamblers outside the doors if possible, if not, remove the rewards of their addiction.

Judy of the Economic Development Commission team. It is a great pleasure to hear about some of the positive and constructive accomplishments of the CVRD staff. It’s too bad that we have to wait for some member of the public to bring these accomplishments to our attention. It would be great if the CVRD staff could initiate their own news releases about the contributions that they are making in our community. When I worked with Ontario Hydro, I learned that we were not only to do a good job, we were to be seen by the public to be doing a good job.

Re: North Cowichan and the floodplain village On Feb. 26, North Cowichan and Duncan unveiled their plans for development of the University Village floodplain. Once again, North Cowichan council and staff are demonstrating their poor leadership and decision making by proposing to develop high-density residences in what it calls University Village, knowing full well it is a floodplain. There is an old adage: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So, why would our council support building high-density homes in an area that is earthquake and flood prone? Have we not learned from the recent flood experiences in other cities such as Calgary, Fukushima, New Orleans, New York and our own town in 2009? The last thing we should be doing is increasing the density in a disaster-prone area. A catastrophic event in the floodplain would cause needless misery for those living there. It would also place taxpayers in jeopardy of being liable for this bad decision made by council and staff. The city of Calgary has been buying back their flood damaged homes and converting them to parkland to limit future liability. We have an opportunity to avoid this needless waste of taxpayer dollars. Our council just can’t seem to make the right decisions. As concerned citizens we should be replacing these councillors this November with responsible decision-makers.

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What about the people who appointed them? Wednesday’s editorial about Hubert Lacroix’s inappropriate expenses was interesting and appropriate. However, since he is the president of CBC, the suggestion that the CBC should demand his resignation seems a little difficult to follow. The president is the boss and it is unclear who in any organization is in a position to demand the boss should resign. In this particular case, it is even more unlikely to happen since the Harper government has stacked the CBC board with Conservative appointees. Indeed, Lacroix and three of the four senators mentioned in the edi-

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Recycling policy biggest threat facing B.C.’s newspapers

ritish Columbians have every right to be proud of our world-leading recycling program, built right here in this province. The achievement of the mighty Blue Box is the product of an efficient partnership between municipal governments, the private sector, and the people of B.C. It gets the job done and, at an average cost of $35 per household each year, it gets the job done at a good price. So, if the system for recycling waste packaging is working so well, why is the province so keen to “fix it” and hand it over to the very multi-national corporations who shipped us all that packaging in the first place? That is exactly what the provincial government is doing. On May 19, the government’s new multi-material recycling regulation will formally end the days of local decision-making over our Blue Box programs and hand it to some of the largest producers of plastic and paper packaging the world has ever known. Critical decisions about the province’s recycling program will no longer

be made by elected haven’t been particirepresentatives who pating in recycling and live in the communthe environment, far ities those programs from it. In fact, newsserve, but instead papers are the original by a group made up recycled product and almost entirely of publishers have taken Toronto-based execusteps, such as moving tives of multi-national to vegetable-based Peter companies who will inks, to minimize the Kvarnstrom decide who will pay environmental impact how much for the privof our product. Diverilege of collecting and processing sion rates for newsprint are a your recyclables. What is going remarkable 85 per cent, already on here? well above the government’s own The consequence will be a target. The government’s new dramatic increase in costs for recycling regulation wouldn’t do British Columbia’s businesses, a thing to improve newspapers’ particularly the province’s newsalready impressive recycling papers. In fact, we estimate that record. What it will do, however, the newspaper industry is threat- is dump a massive new cost onto ened with a bill that could come the back of a fragile industry to $14 million. That is a dramatic still challenged to stay standing. increase when you consider that While our readership is stronger newspapers aren’t required to than ever, British Columbia’s pay product stewardship fees newspapers are struggling finantoday, directly. Newspapers, like cially. Having Victoria force a all businesses, pay for these ser$14M tax on newspapers in the vices the same way all British current environment looks an Columbians do: through their awful lot like someone throwing property taxes. an anchor to a drowning person. That doesn’t mean newspapers Sadly, every single newspaper,

from large regional dailies to the smallest community weekly, in every part of the province, will be impacted. Indeed, there is no greater threat to the vibrancy of British Columbia’s newspaper industry today than the government’s new recycling policy. Think about that for a minute while enjoying your next read. It is your daily newspaper, your community weekly, that is at risk here. But the new recycling regime will not only cause a wave of damage and job losses across newsrooms everywhere, it will also have an impact on many other businesses, as well as thousands of municipal jobs that will be put at risk with the loss of local decision making for our recycling programs. And, don’t believe for a minute that this will somehow help B.C. families. The reality is that these costs will be passed on to consumers, who will now pay for the cost of recycling every time they have a box of pizza delivered, pick up a carton of milk, or buy a roll of toilet paper.

The government still hasn’t said what was so wrong with the current Blue Box program that they could only fix it by hurting local businesses and costing hard-working people their jobs. Yet, in spite of having no clear rationale, the province seems intent on gambling away the success of the Blue Box with an experiment in something they like to call “extended producer responsibility.” The ironic truth, of course, is that the government’s new hands-off approach actually represents an abdication of responsibility, not its extension. As a result, decisions about nearly every aspect of our recycling system will be handed over to a small group of big businesses based thousands of kilometres east of the Rockies. British Columbia’s environment minister may think that’s just fine, but I suspect the people of B.C. might have a different opinion. Peter Kvarnstrom is chair of the Canadian Newspaper Association and a B.C. newspaper publisher

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Dance group In the 80s closes out their colourful performance to Girls Just Want to Have fun during the Highlights Gala that wrapped up the Cowichan Music Festival on March 2. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Although snow kept a few folks at home from two of three gala showcase concerts, the crowds that did manage to attend were treated to some stellar performances as the Cowichan Music Festival wound up its 65th season. The annual music festival continues its fine tradition of encouraging Valley residents to come out and show the results of the effort they’ve put into studying dance, singing, instrumental and piano music, speech arts and musical theatre. The festival hires a skilled cadre of adjudicators to evaluate the various kinds of performers, and, based on their findings, hands out about 250 awards, too, so that the development of local talent can continue. A dedicated committee of volunteers works tirelessly to organize, marshall and present weeks of competition and three big concerts and when asked recently what keeps them coming back, several of the group said it’s the joy of watching the young people

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The BC Government is proposing to offload the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more efficient program that costs taxpayers less. Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess. The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profits will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC. And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper, or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you. How much more? Well, nobody’s saying. Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, managed locally and puts the BC environment first. So why is the BC government flipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected officials are already calling a “scam?” It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.

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incongruities that grab your attention simply by being there. CHRONICLES There, on T.W. Paterson page 194 of the classic Cowichan My Valley, are four short paragraphs so out of keeping with the main text that they seem to jump the rails. Nathan Dougan was writing of Robert McLay, patriarch of the Scottish pioneering family that settled at Koksilah in 1874, even though from time to time Robert went off to follow his trade as a miner. This meant that wife Elizabeth was stuck with having to manage a homestead with five young children. Not that he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t left her before with sole family responsibility, she having had to run a small shop in Airdrie after heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d quit the mines to sail for new opportunities in America. After two years in California he returned home to collect his family, only to have Elizabeth refuse to uproot her life and that of the children. So back to California went Bob and it was the accidental drowning of their young son Willie that prompted a grieving Elizabeth to agree to a fresh start, halfway round the world. For Elizabeth, however, the Sacramento Valley was too arid and too American; she wanted a damper environment, under the Union Jack. So off went Bob once more, to Vancouver Island and Koksilah, to establish Willow Brook Farm. The McLay house, built of lumber rafted up from Saywardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mill at Mill Bay, was one of the first in the area to be of frame construction. With hard work â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the girls sharing the gruelling toil of clearing the land with their older brother â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Willow Brook Farm steadily beat back the forest. But Bob again became restless, and he and Elizabeth separated, he re-establishing at Glenora (hence McLay Road). It was there, in his cabin beside Beaver Creek, in the spring of 1887, that Robert McLay, likely recalling his own experiences as a young miner in the Scottish collieries and California gold mines, was moved by tragedy to set pen to paper. This is where the incongruity of text comes in as Dougan suddenly mentions a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lovely May morningâ&#x20AC;? when the children of Cowichan Station were in class in the South Cowichan Bench School. They and their teacher were suddenly interrupted by George Fielding, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d come to inform them that â&#x20AC;&#x153;a terrific

Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 Esplanade Mine was the scene of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second worst coal mine disaster, May 3, 1887. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;TWP explosionâ&#x20AC;? in the No. 5 Mine at Wellington had claimed 190 lives. As it happens, Dougan has the right time frame but the wrong mine. May 3, 1887 marks the Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst coal mine disaster (second worst in Canadian history) in the No. 1 Esplanade Mine, Nanaimo. How George Fielding heard of the distant disaster without a local newspaper, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Nor do we know what possessed him to interrupt class to inform teachers and students at Cowi-

chan Station of the Nanaimo catastrophe. Did he travel the neighbourhood, a la Paul Revere, informing all and sundry? We only know, thanks to Nathan Dougan (and son Bob who published his many newspaper articles in book form in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s), that he did so on that â&#x20AC;&#x153;lovelyâ&#x20AC;? morning in May. Did any of the children have relatives at work in the Island collieries, perhaps in Nanaimo? Again, we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told. We know only that which is stated above. And that Robert McLay, former coal miner and devoted fan of the great Robbie Burns, living apart from his wife and children in a tiny cabin beside Beaver Creek in Glenora, took up his pen in tribute to his peers. We can only wonder at his thoughts as, alone in the soft glow of kerosene, the former miner who understood better than most the hardships and dangers of working underground, laboured with pen and ink to set down in words his thoughts on the horrors of a mine disaster. Robert McLayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earthly travels finally came to a close in 1915. After their lengthy separation he and Elizabeth are together again for eternity, side by side in Mountain View Cemetery. www.twpaterson.com

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FC is on to the semis

Luscombe in contention in combined

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Duncan alpine skier Braydon Luscombe is in second place after the first run of the super combined at the Sochi Paralympics on Tuesday. Luscombe finished the slalom portion of the men’s standing combined in 52.17 seconds, 1.87 seconds back of leader Alexey Bugaev of Russia. The skiers were scheduled to do the super-G portion on Tuesday, but organizers decided that conditions were better for the slalom. The super-G will go on Friday at 3:20 a.m. Pacific Time. “I came down with the leading time with

Cowichan FC is bound for the semifinals of the Jackson Cup soccer tournament, while Cowichan United was eliminated after losing their quarterfinal match. Thanks to a hat trick by Connor Crichton, FC, Cowichan’s Div. 1 team and the Jackson Cup champions in 2011 and 2012, advanced in the tournament with a 5-2 win over Saanich Fusion’s Div. 2 squad on Friday night. United, Cowichan’s Div. 2 entry, lost a much closer 1-0 game against Nanaimo’s Div. 2 team on Sunday night. FC got off to an excellent start on Friday and took the lead just 15 minutes in when Crichton scored his first, converting a corner kick by Tyler Hughes. Hughes also set up the second goal, a header by Dan Cato at 34 minutes, and Ben Robson made it a 3-0 game at 39 minutes, set up by Kevin Jones, who was making a rare start. “We were dominating the game,” head coach Glen Martin said. “We were all over them, looking really good.” At the end of the first half, Saanich capitalized on a defensive miscue and got on the board. “I was pretty upset that they scored on the last play of the half, but we didn’t dwell on it,” Martin said. Cowichan wanted to get back on Saanich quickly, which is exactly what happened as Crichton scored two minutes into the second half, then completed the hat trick 13 minutes later to make it 5-1. Martin mixed things up by putting Bram Taylor and Kevan Brown into the game midway through the second half. Unfortunately, the team got greedy, which ended up costing them as Saanich scored again. “They decided to try to score more goals instead of playing defensively and just keeping possession,” Martin said. FC managed to hold on for the 5-2 victory

Connor Crichton’s hat trick set the pace for Cowichan FC’s big win. [CITIZEN FILE] and a berth in the semis. Cowichan United outplayed Nanaimo in their quarterfinal, but weren’t able to turn that into a victory. “We played great and were the better team, but we got unlucky when they came on a counter attack,” said coach Neall Rowlings, who was back at the field for the first time in 51 days since suffering a badly broken leg in a game. Newcomer Austin Pugh had a standout game, Nick Crichton played “the game of his life,” in Rowlings’s words, Daryl Kobe played a physical game that led to him tackling two Nanaimo players at once, and goalkeeper Darian Achurch was his usual solid self. Rowlings expressed his appreciation for Ryan Flynn, who filled in as coach during his absence. United will now be supporting Cowichan FC and rebuilding for next year. FC will head to Hampton Park this Friday at 8 p.m. for their semifinal against Bays, the same team that knocked them out of the first round last year, and the defending Jackson Cup champions. “It’s the game of the year,” Martin said. “Hopefully we’ve got bigger ones coming up, but it’s the biggest one so far.”

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only two racers that went before me, so I had almost the whole field of racers to follow after me,” Luscombe wrote on his blog. “But as the course deteriorated I found myself in a better and better position to potentially do well with the solid run I had.” Luscombe didn’t finish his first two events at Sochi, the downhill and superG. Because of the conditions, none of the skiers on one leg managed to finish the super-G. Luscombe also has the giant slalom to come, with the first run on Friday night at 9:55 p.m. Pacific.

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Going into last week’s 1A provincial boys basketball championships in Langley, the Duncan Christian School Chargers had hoped to improve on their fifth-place seeding. They ended up slipping one place and finishing a respectable sixth. “The tournament pressure I think got to a couple of our guys and conversely elevated the play of others,” coach Jim Brandsma said. The Chargers opened the tournament on Wednesday with a 58-46 win over Similkameen that guaranteed them a top-eight finish. Nick Kapteyn put up 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jesse Van Wingerden had 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals, and Doug Groenendijk had 14 points, a monstrous 21 boards, and two blocks. On Thursday evening, with a berth in the semifinals on the line, the Chargers lost 68-52 to St. Patrick’s. “They are a tough team,” Brandsma admitted. “All of them are very quick and can shoot from three-point range with success, which proved to be too much for us. It was tough to match their speed and shooting for the entire game.” Groenendijk had another big game with 16 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks. Kapteyn added 12 points and 10 boards, Van Wingerden had 10 points, seven boards and four steals, and Alan Park had eight points and 10 rebounds. Friday’s game saw DCS face Kelowna Christian, the 2013 2A provincial champions, on the centre court in the Langley

Events Centre arena. The Chargers came on strong late in the game and won 68-64. “It was close up to half and then we had a third quarter meltdown and were outscored 28-15,” Brandsma said. “We came out strong in the fourth and managed to outscore them and regain the lead with 30 seconds left in the game.” Groenendijk had his best offensive game of the tournament with 35 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks. Michael Brandsma added 17 points. The Chargers’ tournament ended with a 53-46 loss to Immaculata, the defending 1A champions, in the fifth/sixth game. “I don’t know what happened, but we played our worst first quarter of the year and were down by 16 going into the second,” Jim Brandsma said. The players responded to a brief talkingto, and outscored Immaculata 16-5 in the second quarter. “If we had not blown the first quarter, we could have won and maintained our fifthplace finish from last year.” Michael Brandsma set the pace with 12 points and nine rebounds. Groenendijk added 11 points and 10 rebounds. After averaging 19 points and 14.25 rebounds over the four games, Groenendijk was named to the tournament’s first allstar team. “This season has been a really great season for all the guys,” Brandsma said. “They have grown a lot as players and young men. Some guys have really stepped it up this year and I really look forward to what next season has to bring.”

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‘Bonanza year’ as CVSA sends three to provincials KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An unprecedented three teams from the Cowichan Valley Soccer Association have qualified for this year’s provincial B championships. The U15 boys Gold team completed the trifecta on Saturday by beating Nanaimo’s Harbour City Gold team in a double-overtime thriller, joining the U16 boys and U14 girls teams that had already advanced. “We have never had three teams qualify for provincials,” longtime CVSA president Bill Keserich confirmed. “It’s a hard thing to do. This is a bonanza year for us.” All three teams won their Lower Island Soccer Association League Cups, then won the B Cup playoffs before advancing to their respective Island provincial qualifiers. The U15 boys Gold team went undefeated in LISA league play, winning all 17 games, then continued that streak through the B Cup playoffs. As B Cup champions, they battled Harbour City for the Island’s provincial berth, and won the one-game playoff 1-0. “This is the second year that Ron Lederer and I have coached

“We have never had three teams qualify for provincials. It’s a hard thing to do. This is a bonanza year for us.” BILL KESERICH, CVSA president

this great group of boys,” said coach Al Longair. “They are a strong team who have bonded very well this season, and every player has contributed unselfishly to our success. We have a solid defence, quick-paced midfielders and forwards, and two excellent keepers.” The other two Cowichan teams earned their provincial berths a week earlier on March 1. Thanks to goals by Matt Gurzinski and Lucas Grosse and heroic goalkeeping by Nathaniel White, the U16 boys Gold team defeated Gorge 2-1 to win the Lower Island B Cup after going undefeated to take the League Cup. As LISA B Cup champs, they earned the right to attend provincials. The same group won District Cups in 2011/12 and 2012/13 for four trophies in three years.

“They’ve worked really hard this year to accomplish what they’ve accomplished,” said coach Dave Doughty, who has shepherded the team through the last three seasons. “I told them in my first year that my goal for them was to qualify for provincials.” Like the two boys teams, the U14 girls Gold team also went undefeated during the regular season to win the League Cup. They then beat Bays 4-2 in overtime in the B Cup final, and dismantled Comox 6-0 in the March 1 Island qualifier. “The girls and their support systems — parents, grandparents — are all excited,” said manager Laurie Banasch. Most of the U14 girls team has been together for the last two seasons, with some new additions this year. “There’s probably a core of about 10 girls from last year, and about six new additions,” Banasch guessed. All three CVSA teams will represent the Island in the Coastal Cup tournaments on the Lower Mainland in April, followed by their respective provincial championships in July.

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Cowichan earns win in Doug Day opener KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After many delays, Cowichan’s senior women’s soccer team finally played their first game of the Doug Day Cup tournament on Saturday, and racked up a 4-2 win over Castaways. Ashley Stultz and Letitia Turlock scored early goals for Cowichan, Stultz dribbling through a few defenders to create a breakaway that she finished perfectly. Turlock then took the ball down the wing and buried a shot from a difficult angle. Late in the first half, a throw-in found its way to Nicole Pugh, who turned and fired the ball into the net. Darbi Aitchison then created a scoring opportunity but was fouled outside of the 18-yard box, resulting in a free kick that Stultz converted. Castaways managed to get themselves on the board before the half was over. In the second half, Castaways continued to increase the pressure, and scored again from a scramble in front of the net. “After that goal, our defence kept a tighter line and we were able to keep Castaways from moving too much in the middle and preventing them from getting any good opportunities,” Pugh said. Goalie Kerynne Bain made several excellent saves. Pugh appeared to add another goal for Cowichan, but it was called offside. Cowichan has two games left in the first round of the tournament, against Gorge and Saanich FC.

Heard claims three medals at BC Games recalled. “I didn’t have enough speed, and on Having already claimed the first jump I went two medals in freestyle over and cased, so in my skiing at the BC Winter second run I changed Games, Todd Heard was things up. It was pretty surprised to find out he hard to get in a good run. was getting a third. Nobody was making any Heard won silver medof the jumps, so I decided als in the slopestyle and to try the other line.” moguls events, then Prior to the BC Winter found out after returnGames, Heard had just ing home to Duncan that competed at an event he would also receive the in Ontario where he all-around gold medal. placed ninth in slope“I didn’t know they Freestyle skier Todd Heard style among 65 competiwere giving out medals tors of all ages. After the for it,” he said. Games, he was off to Silverstar for the Freestyle was held at Hemlock Valley third stop on the Timber Tour, where he Resort, an hour and a half outside of the has already experienced success this year. Games base in Mission. Heard’s Games This coming weekend, he will head to junincluded a day of training, a day of moguls ior nationals in Quebec, and in April, the and a day of slopestyle. Timber Tour will wrap up at his home In both events, only the best run of two base of Mt. Washington. counted, which Heard used to his benefit. Freestyle accounted for 11 of Canada’s 25 He fell on his first run in moguls, but man- medals in Sochi, and Heard would love to aged a great recovery. be part of future success at that level. He “My second run was great,” he said. knows just what it will take, too. It was a similar story in slopestyle. “Har d work,” he said. “Lots of “My first run I didn’t do well,” he training.”

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Bree Castle skis to biathlon bronze of new friends.” Also representing the B r e e C a s t l e ’s t wo Cowichan Valley on the days on the biathlon Island biathlon team course at the BC Winter were coaches Del McNGames were completely ish and Sharon Klein. different. Klein is Castle’s mom, “The first day was a lot which made the experibetter than the second ence even better. day,” said the 14-year-old “She tells you what Duncan biathlete, who to do and other stuff a won a bronze medal in coach would do, but its the 6k race on the first better since she’s my day, then finished fifth mom,” Castle said. in the 4k the next day. The bronze medal has On the first day, the Biathlete Bree Castle quickly become a source weather was better and of pride for Castle, who she had a good “zero” on the targets. The earlier this season won her first medal, second day, it was colder, her zero wasn’t also bronze, on the BC Cup tour in another as good, and she was tired from the previ- event at Whistler. ous day’s race. “It’s really nice,” she said. “It’s kind of Although the Winter Games were held like the BC Cup, but the medals are nicer. at Mission, the biathlon events took place It’s more prestigious.” at Whistler, a three-hour bus ride from the Unfortunately, this will be Castle’s last Fraser Valley, and athletes stayed there appearance at the BC Winter Games as she overnight between races. Still, Castle was is preparing to relocate to Quebec, which thrilled with the entire experience, par- happens to be a hotbed of biathlon. ticularly meeting the other athletes. “Hopefully I’ll do it there and get bet“There were already people I knew, but ter and do more competition,” she said. we got to meet other people and people “They have really good biathlon. A lot of from other sports,” she said. “I made a lot the Olympians come from there.”

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BC Games fantastic for Ferguson KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Although she didn’t come home from the BC Winter Games with a medal, Lake Cowichan’s Katie Ferguson had a “fantastic experience” at the massive multisport event in Mission, which wrapped up earlier this month. “If I could go back every day and relive it, I would,” said Ferguson, who played right wing on the Vancouver Island/Central Coast U16 girls hockey team. Ferguson’s team finished pool play with two wins and a shootout loss, beating North East/ Central 3-0 and Kootenay 8-0, and losing narrowly 4-3 to Fraser Valley. That put them in the bronzemedal game, where they lost 3-0 to Thompson-Okanagan, with a performance Ferguson admitted was “not very good.” Ferguson felt her team should have returned to the Island with a medal. “We should have placed,” she said. “We lost in a shootout to the team that won gold [Fraser Valley], and if they hadn’t won, we would have played for first.” Regardless of the outcome, Ferguson was appreciative of her teammates. “I liked my team a lot,” she said. “It was one of the best female teams I’ve ever played on.” Ferguson was picked for the Zone 6 team after an intense two-day tryout in January, one of nine players from the South Island Royals bantam female team picked for the final 20. The Royals will be returning to the provincial bantam female championships this coming weekend after sweeping a bestof-three Island final against their North Island rivals. Ferguson played a huge part in her team’s success, scoring twice in the first game, then burying the overtime winner in the second match. After getting a taste with the U16 team, Ferguson is hoping to represent the Island again with the U18 team when her time comes. She knows scouts were watching at the BC Games. “I hope I get noticed to go there,” she said. “You have to be invited to try out.”

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Miscellaneous • Swing Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Island Oak High School, 5814 Banks Rd. Duncan, $10 per class, $12 drop-in fee, private lessons available. No partner necessary. Info: Josef 250709-8583, jgraf5@yahoo.ca • Spring Break Puppet Show, Chemainus library, Wednesday, March 12, 11:15-noon, all ages. Craft after the show. • Documentary Night at the Library: Salmon Confidential, Monday, March 17, 6-7:30 p.m., Duncan. Film tracks biologist Alexandra Morton’s struggle to overcome government and industry roadblocks and bring info to the public to save B.C.’s wild salmon. Salmon advocate Shawna Green to introduce film and lead discussion after. Info: 250-761-7661. • Author Angela Atkins at the Duncan library, Wednesday, March 19, 11:30-noon, ages 3-8. Atkins reads from her book Owlfred and Mrs. Moogaloo, with owl costume. • Duncan library free e-reader workshops. Thursday, March 20 4-5 p.m., learn how to download e-books onto Kobos, computer and older e-readers. Saturday, March 22, 4-5 p.m., learn how to download e-books onto tablets, iPads, and wifi enabled e-readers. Call to register: 250-746-7661. • Learn about beekeeping from Paul

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Arts • Escape Artists art show and sale, March 1-April 23, The Loft art gallery, Mill Bay. Meet the Artists March 22, 24:30 p.m. Guest artists including some Printmakers Only Group members.

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Cash Back When you purchase a new vehicle

WE PAY 1/2 YOUR PAYMENTS FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS! 2014 Chrysler 200LX

NET OF REBATE

PAYMENT

18,888 OR 127

YOUR HALF

LISTEN TO THIS EVENT ON AIR!

NET OF REBATE

2014 Jeep Patriot

inc. tax

OAC

PAYMENT

16,990 OR 114

inc. tax

YOUR HALF

Stk# 14176

inc. tax

Stk# 14304

2014 Dodge Grand Caravan

2014 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4X4

with DVD!

Stk# 14371

ICBC ON SITE

FREE

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bowmel.com

NET OF REBATE

PAYMENT

27,990 OR 186 $

inc. tax

YOUR HALF

Stk# 14048

YOUR HALF NET OF REBATE

inc. tax

PAYMENT

28,990 OR $193

inc. tax

We’ll get YOU OUT OF YOUR LEASE regardless of your make or model without a penny out of your pocket

inc. tax

Smart Shoppers read the fine print: Dealer #8385. Up to $4500 more for trade negative equity on trade financed into new contract. Payments are bi-weekly 96mo, 4.49% including taxes and documentation of $399. No payments offer is deferral of payments for time specified. $5000 giveaway no purchase necessary. For Vegas/Gas card offer no two offers can be combined. We trust this satisfies concerned auto dealers in our area. *6 months no pay OAC, upon approval for deferral Bow Mel Chrysler will make 1/2 payment up to $300 max/mo. In-stock units only, no factory orders or dealer locates.

461 Trans Canada Hwy. Duncan

250-748-8144

1-800-461-5337

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen Wrap

We want to put

200

in your pocket

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250-748-8144

1-800-461-5337