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North Cowichan’s election, like the municipality itself, was big and many-faceted, but at the end of the night Saturday, Nov. 15, Jon Lefebure again emerged victorious from a tight mayoral race. His 3,234 votes edged past challenger John Koury’s 3,018 with third candidate Damir Wallener receiving 1,411. Lefebure said he was excited and happy to be continuing as mayor. “I especially like the fact that we have some bright new faces coming both at the council table and the CVRD,” he said. The campaign itself he called “challenging” but added he was grateful for all the support he received. “We took the high road and stayed on track with having a progressive approach to local government,” he said. Lefebure said he’s also looking forward to working with the new council. “It’s a balanced council across all viewpoints. I think that’s a very good formula because you really don’t want everybody singing from exactly the same songsheet,” he said.
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Firefighters work to stifle flames that razed a barn full of hay, a house trailer and antique farm equipment on a farm in Glenora last Friday. A community fundraiser is underway to help the family that was hit hard by the fire. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Glenora barn destroyed in blaze KATHERINE DEDYNA TIMES COLONIST
A Glenora farm family is reeling from a huge fire Friday that claimed the family dog and destroyed 6,000 bales of hay, a large dairy barn, house trailer and many pieces of historic farm equipment. Friends and family, meanwhile, have set up relief efforts to get the family through the next steps. No one was injured and flames did not reach the two homes on
the 63-acre McLay Road property, including one under construction by Colten Ellison, 25, great grandson of original owner Andy Ellison, who arrived from Alberta in 1947. “It’s something I never believed would happen to us,” said Colten’s father, Ken Ellison, 54, who grew up on Ellison Farm. “I’m shaking now,” said Ellison, who on Friday evening was able to see the hay still burning from inside his home. “The fire-
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Vote brings stability at City Hall Island Savings members vote ‘yes’ on merger KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Voters in the City of Duncan brought back Mayor Phil Kent for a fourth term, along with four incumbent councillors and two new faces. “Our electorate is always right, and they returned a good balance on council,� Kent said. “I’m very pleased.� Kent easily beat challenger Peter Lockhart Gordon 845 votes to 256. On council, Tom Duncan led all 14 candidates with 596 votes, and will be joined by Michelle Staples (587 votes), Roger Bruce (551), Michelle Bell (526), Sharon Jackson (498) and John Horgan (467). Jackson will be back for her seventh term on city council, while Duncan will begin his third term, and Bell and Staples are back for their second terms. Bruce and Horgan are newcomers to the table. Incumbents Martin Barker and Joe Thorne missed being re-elected, finishing seventh and eighth with 408 and 370 votes, respectively. Rounding out the group were Travis Peterson (363), George Nielsen (356), John B. Garrison (290), Katelyn Beale (266), Gordy Heppell (174), and Bobby Cole (114). New councillor-elect Bruce was thrilled with the results. “I didn’t really know at all how it would pan out,� he said. “There were a lot of good candidates
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running; it was great to have a big group.� Bruce is anxious to begin his four-year term, which starts when council is sworn in on Monday, Dec. 1. “I’ve known Michelle Staples for a long time, and Sharon Jackson,� he said. “It will be great to come up with some creative ideas going forward. They are all very nice people. It was a good process, and I’m looking forward to the next four years.� Turnout in Duncan was 31.4 per cent, down very slightly from 32.9 per cent in 2011. Voters also weighed in on a pair of non-binding referenda, voicing their approval for studies of amalgamation with North
Cowichan (554 to 502) and for the restructure of current city boundaries (567-480). North Cowichan voters also approved studying amalgamation (4,446-2,065). It will now be up to the respective councils to decide the next step. “We’ll have to analyze that a little bit as a council and at our next joint meeting with North Cowichan and look at specifics and decide on a course of action,� Kent said. “It indicates that people are open to looking at studying amalgamation, but they want options as well. Ultimately, both councils will have to agree; I think doing this separately is not feasible.�
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forward to the new challenge with some different faces and different perspectives.” Forrest has two holdover councillors —Bob Day (649 votes) and Tim McGonigle (521) — and a pair of newbies — Carolyne Austin (525) and Lorna Vomacka (565). “I think that’s a good healthy way to go. You’ve got a little continuity to carry over while bringing in some new people,” he said. Asked what he thought of the campaign, Forrest said he doesn’t like campaigning. “When you campaign, you have to say ‘me’ or ‘I’ and that’s just not the case. I’ve started some things and Bob has and Jayne [Ingram] has and Tim has and Frank [Hornbrook] has so the credit should go to all five people.” Forrest said he’s heard lots of talk from
Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest, now with three victories under his belt, was both grateful and humble at being re-elected. Although Duncan and North Cowichan’s incumbent mayors knew by 9 p.m. that they’d campaigned successfully, he, and the rest of the candidates running in the west Cowichan community, had to wait a long time to see the results of the election. “It took a while; we finally heard about 10:30,” he said. Forrest, with 593 votes, defeated challengers Wendy Klyne (392) and Kyle Wylie (102). “I’m happy to be back, obviously. I thoroughly enjoyed the six years that I’ve had with the same group but I’m looking
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Valley colleagues about elections being “the silly season” but he’d never actually seen it himself until this year.
“But I think in the overall scheme of it, the election was a very healthy thing for our community,” he said. Lake Cowichan, like many small communities, often gives the lie to talk about lack of interest among voters. “I think we had a pretty good turnout yesterday, about 1,100 people. That’s pretty decent. I think everybody should vote if they get the opportunity but I know a lot of people were away,” Forrest said. “However, I saw a lot of new, young voters out which really encourages me. There were some as young as 18 years old, voting for the first time, and I think that’s great. I know we had way over 100 new voters. That’s probably 10 per cent of our vote and I think that’s great,” he said. Lake Cowichan also voted against contributing to the Cowichan Sportsplex by a 618466 tally. Forrest and the rest of council will be installed at the beginning of December.
Douglas tops council polls LOTS OF NEW FACES, From Page 1 After the election, Koury, too, praised his workers for their efforts. “I am proud of my team who nearly won the day and ran a stellar, principled campaign,” he said, adding that he expected a close race. “I am very grateful for the citizens of North Cowichan who supported me this election and over the years of my service to them. I am presently plotting my new course,” he said. There was a real melee for council seats in North Cowichan with 20 candidates tussling for six seats. Rob Douglas topped the councillor polls with 3,466 votes, followed by former mayor Tom Walker with 3,391 and council veterans Al Siebring with 3,053 and Kate Marsh with 2,987. Douglas, who was successful in his second attempt at a council seat, thanked his team. “We had probably 40 people volunteering, knocking on doors, making phone calls, organizing coffee parties. That support really made a huge difference.” He also credited a new social media campaign with creating a buzz among younger
residents, bringing some of them out to the polls. Douglas said he heard interesting issues raised when door-knocking. “It was great to meet people and talk to them face to face. It gives you a different picture than you see in the letters to the editor. Taxes and spending were issues but when you talk to people on their doorstep there were other issues as well. Water was one that certainly came up a lot,” he said. Maeve Maguire garnered 2,485 and Joyce Behnsen picked up 2,277 to round out the new council. Close behind but not quite making the cut were Paul Fletcher and Greg Robson, followed by Dave Haywood, Ron Waller, Jenni Capps, Lura McCallum, George Gates, Jim Fane, Nick Caumanns, Peggy Bran, Jagtar Singh Mann, Heather Campbell, Laurie Thomson and Jeffrey Motley. Also on the ballot was the question: Are you in favour of conducting a study to explore the costs and benefits of the amalgamation of the municipalities of North Cowichan and Duncan? Voters decided to go ahead with that exploration by a tally of 4,446 to 2,065.
Antique equipment lost to fire GLENORA BARN, From Page 1 He was dreading older brother Colten’s reaction to the loss of the antique farm equipment, which he displayed at the annual Cowichan Exhibition. Colten was in Salmon Arm at the time of the fire. Until a dozen years ago, the Ellisons raised dairy cows, but now keep 34 head of beef cattle and eight Holsteins. The cattle escaped from the barn, thanks to a neighbour who used his excavator to knock in one end of the structure and curtail the blaze, giving the animals an exit route. “We just have to go forward,” said Ken, who was happy his father, Don Ellison, 79, was able to save a few of Colten’s antiques, stored in the barn. The dog, Maggie, belonged to Colten’s wife, Breanne.
The 63-acre farm supplied 7,000 to 8,000 bales of hay annually to the equine program at Queen Margaret’s School. Ken Ellison doesn’t know where they’ll get hay now. “[The school] may have to import it from Washington state or the Interior.” The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Fundraisers for the family have been set up at the Island Return-it Bottle Depot in Duncan and at the Alpine Bottle Depot in Langford. Email money transfers can be sent to gordcrys@telus.net. For more information, visit the “Fundraiser for the Breanne and Colten Ellison Farm Fire” group on Facebook. With files from Kevin Rothbauer, Citizen
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The sun highlights the haze hanging over Mt. Tzouhalem in the Cowichan Valley over the weekend and continuing into this week. [NINO MORANO PHOTO]
Haze hanging over Duncan prompts air quality advisory ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN
An air quality advisory and open burning restrictions issued by the provincial Ministry of Environment and Island Health last weekend are continuing into the week as a haze hangs in the air over the Cowichan Valley. People with chronic medical conditions are being told to postpone strenuous exercise and stay indoors if they are within 15 kilometres of Duncan city hall. “Exposure is particularly a concern for infants, the elderly and those who have diabetes, and lung or heart disease,” the press release states. Fine particulate concentrations averaged over 24 hours were 31 micrograms per cubic metres as of 8 a.m. Monday morning, exceeding the provincial objective of 25 micrograms. The pollution is coming from wood smoke, commercial and industrial activities and motor and marine vehicles. “There are a lot of different sources for fine particulates,” said Earle Plain, air quality meteorologist with the Ministry of Environment. The problems come in the winter when everyone ramps up their usage in response to colder weather, whether its idling their cars longer or industry having to use more fuel for their processes. “All those things add up,” he said. The Cowichan Valley wasn’t subject to air quality advisories until a few years ago, but Plain
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Al Watson, manager of Thrifty Foods in Duncan, right, hands over a cheque for $500 to kick off the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign in the Cowichan Valley to the Salvation Army’s Kettle Coordinator Don Bazinet, local ministry director Dave Maandag and family services coordinator Sonia Bento. The Kettle Campaign begins Friday, and organizers are still looking for volunteers to man the kettles. To sign up for a shift, call 250-732-2275. The national campaign has set a $21 million goal, with funds going to Canadians living in poverty. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
Children in spotlight Nov. 20 ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN
A s N a t i o n a l C h i l d D ay approaches on Nov. 20, Cowichan Valley childcare advocate Mary Dolan is urging everyone in the community to educate themselves and tell government that education and care of young children is an investment, not a cost. “It affects all of us,” said Dolan. “It’s like trying to build a house without a foundation,” she said of trying to build a future for our country without a strategy and systems in place to take care of Canada’s children. Dolan has long championed the idea of a universal, low-cost, childcare system along the successful Quebec model. She’d also like to see an increase in maternity and paternity benefits for parents who would like to stay home longer with their children in their formative years. “All of us need to become aware,” she said, because “families are struggling.” Parents have the right to go to work to try to better conditions
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for their families, she said, but right now the supports for that with regard to childcare are inadequate. “The needs of children in Canada are not being addressed,” Dolan said. “Children have the right to a home and culture and education, and many of them are not even getting the necessities of a good meal.” People need to know, she said, that while the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was signed in this country, it has not been enacted. A plan by the provincial government to give a small tax credit for every child under six starting next year is “really not improving the lives of children in the way that we would hope,” said Dolan. “I think the money could be better used to go into a system of quality, affordable care and learning for infants and toddlers.” It won’t help people who have money find a childcare space, she said, and it won’t help low income families because even with the government money they won’t be able to afford the
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top-up. The provincial government announced Monday that through a capital funding project where childcare providers could apply for money to build or add on to facilities, B.C. will see 1,006 new licensed childcare spaces, including 18 infant/toddler spaces at Jitterbugs Childcare in Cowichan Bay. That facility received a grant of $125,013. Dolan is dispensing blue ribbons with pink hearts (heartstrings) that people can wear in acknowledgement of National Child Day. They have long been made by Growing Together Child and Parent Society to raise awareness. Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver is searching for information about the following interred who may also be Rights Holders of unused plots .Anyone with knowledge of the following please contact myra.mvc@gmail.com Bernstein, David Louis- Born in Victoria, Nov. 19, 1921 to George and Laura (nee Copeland). Died July 26,1922. Forcimer, Benjamin Nathan - Born in Austria Jan. 2,1869. Settled in Nanaimo. Died in Nanaimo Feb. 26,1914. Occupation: Watchmaker. Franklin, Violet - born March 27,1898 in Wellington (North Nanaimo) to Barney & Sara Weinrobe (nee Zarbesky) Husband: Sigmond. Siblings: Birdie, Gertrude, Nathan & Saul. Died Nov. 7,1979.
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Fresh faces good, voter turnout disappointing
he votes have been tallied and there are plenty of new faces in local government in the Cowichan Valley. While most people probably didn’t see everyone they voted for win a seat, most also probably saw at least a few of their preferred candidates for municipal government and school board make it into office. We think there’s every reason for optimism for the next four years. It’s really encouraging to see plenty of new young faces, from Rob Douglas and Maeve Maguire in the Municipality of North
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Cowichan, to Matteus Clement in Area C of the Cowichan Valley Regional District and Kerry Davis in Area A. On the CVRD new blood also comes in the form of Alison Nicholson for Area E and Sonia Fursentau for Shawnigan Lake. Joyce Behnson adds her voice to North Cowichan, and Roger Bruce and John Horgan take seats in the City of Duncan alongside incumbent councillors. We hope the new faces and new perspectives will bring new ideas and a fresh outlook with them. We hope to see optimism, a willingness to work together, and
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good debate — though we’d like to see somewhat less of the kind of acrimonious confrontation that left a blemish on the last term. But we’ve got a bone to pick with the public. Where were you all on election day? What could possibly have been more important than helping your community decide its future? You couldn’t have taken a few minutes out to vote? Because that’s all it took. And yet, an appallingly small number of people cast their ballots. In North Cowichan, of 23,598
eligible voters, only 7,779 bothered. That’s a paltry 33 per cent. In Lake Cowichan the numbers were better with 1,100 of 2,206 voters casting ballots for almost 50 per cent. But how sad is it when the best turnout is a little under half? The City of Duncan had even more disappointing numbers, with 1,144 of 3,641 people voting, amounting to just 31.4 per cent. Eighty-seven people took the time and made the effort to run for office this year — a huge number. Yet the voters continue not to do their part. We’ve got to do better, for the future of us all.
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Mexicans confront police about missing student protestors Windstorm damage and invasive English ivy Like all residents of the south Island we witnessed with wonder the destructive power of last week’s windstorm, doing without power for a day and a half. For those like us without the benefit of a generator it was a time to hunker down. It served also as a reminder that we are blessed to live in a part of the world where natural destructive events are few and far between, and when they do occur we have the infrastructure to quickly respond and put things back together. Thank you to all the Hydro crews and tree service people. Thanks also to Shawnigan Lake School for opening the
connection which afforded the only access to the west side of Shawnigan Lake. On another note, the front page of last week’s paper featured a photo of a large tree that fell on a house on Coronation Avenue. One couldn’t help noticing that the base of the tree was covered with what appeared to be English ivy. This invasive plant has been with us for so long that it is taken for granted. Chances are, however, that it was as much the ivy as the storm that caused to tree to come down. Having worked in the forest health field for 28 years I’ve had some experience with this plant pest. Though not technically a parasitic plant (it uses the tree only for support), it is a fierce
competitor for the resources that immediately surround the base of the tree and, as it grows, its diffuse root system robs the tree of water and nutrients, leading eventually to the tree’s death and/or its getting toppled in a windstorm. To rid trees of ivy one needs only to cut through all of the stems of the plant close to ground level. The aerial shoots will then die and eventually release their grip on the tree, thus facilitating removal. Any new shoots can easily be snipped while still small. Without leaves to provide energy the root system will inevitably die. Rod Garbutt Shawnigan Lake
Mr. Aiken should clarify that drivers in bad weather should only illuminate their rear taillights, side markers, and front signals which is one click above the unused position of your light switch and one click below your full headlight switch. Older vehicles just need to pull their light switch out one position, not two. Too many drivers are running their nighttime headlights during the daytime which is a major distraction given the power of some vehicles’ headlights. Studies have proven that excessive illuminated lights have played a factor in many daytime accidents due to drivers’ depth perception being affected by bright headlights coming at them, affecting their judgment as to how far and how fast the illuminated vehicle is approaching. If you cannot see a vehicle in the day, and if you cannot see a vehicle with daytime running lights during the day, then you will not see a vehicle with nighttime headlights on during the day, so you better give up your licence for the sake of others. Stu Walker Saanichton
Hydro did great job during storm I would like to send out a BIG thank you to all the BC Hydro crews that worked so hard and so long to restore our power back to us during last week’s storm. Considering that a vast area was affected, amazingly many of us had our power back in six to 12 hours. Well done. Wilma Maxwell Cobble Hill
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he front page of this year’s Hunger Count says what many Canadians are thinking “Why do we need food banks in a country as rich as Canada”? The sad truth is that the number of people using a food bank today is still 25 per cent higher than it was before the economic downturn. Six years later, too many people still live at or below the poverty line and need help each and every month to find enough food to eat. Children make up over one-third of food bank users — a number that is greatly unchanged from previous years. We are not ending child poverty, we are sustaining it. A truly shocking number is that the number of people using food banks each month has not dropped below 700,000 for 15 years. For rural food banks, some
Taking credit for the sunshine means accepting blame for the rain Much has been made of the Town of Lake Cowichan’s ranking in the recent CFIB report on fiscal management. What hasn’t been highlighted is that because the reporting period ended in 2012 full implementation of current parcel taxes, recent labor settlements, and additional maintenance costs from grant projects were not included or that previous sewer spending obligations were paid off during this time making spending look artificially low. A major factor in the current favourable ranking is the deferral of needed spending on long-term infrastructure namely water, sewer, and yes, some type of Town Hall upgrade. In short, the report shows only what was spent, not what it was (or should have been) spent on, or how efficiently it was spent. As with a household spending is about choices. [Former] Councillor Hornbrook noted that addressing aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance will require significant expenditures requiring hard choices between services and increased taxes in the not too distant future. How will we address this com-
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perplexing statistics at the federal level. emerge. In British 2. Address the Columbia, nearly half extremely high levels of all people assisted of food insecurity in by food banks live Canada’s north. alone. And the num3. Replace the stigber above age 65 is matizing and ineffectover six per cent. ive social assistance That means more bureaucracy at the COMMUNITY seniors are finding provincial level with a REPORT it hard to afford or basic income adminisJean Crowder access healthy food. tered through the tax This is very concernsystem. ing as our population ages, par4. Provide more effective supticularly here in the Cowichan port to low-income families Valley. with children by replacing the It is one of the reasons I supcurrent alphabet soup of federal port increasing the Canada child benefits (CCTB, UCCB, Pension Plan, so we know that etc.) with a strengthened Child as people retire, they will have Well-Being Benefit. enough money for a modest 5. Help Canadians with low levstandard of living. Without that, els of literacy to upgrade their a person’s health can suffer. skills for the jobs of today. What can we do? Hunger I would add that here in the Count 2014 has five recommenCowichan Valley protecting dations, a mix of federal and traditional sources of local food provincial responsibilities: — including salmon runs on the 1. Invest in affordable housing Cowichan River, is another goal
Children make up over one-third of food bank users... We are not ending child poverty, we are sustaining it. JEAN CROWDER, MP Nanaimo-Cowichan
that can help prevent hunger. As your member of parliament I have spoken on the need to maintain current support for affordable housing and to support purpose-built rental housing with the tax system. If people can pay more affordable rates for housing, it provides more dollars for food. If you think there are other solutions to food insecurity, I would like to hear them at jean@jeancrowder.ca Jean Crowder is the member of parliament for NanaimoCowichan. She can be reached at 250-746-4896.
I wonder if other community members agree that with the loss of our Mt. Tzouhalem landmark (the cross), comes a wonderful opportunity to re-think what Cowichan considers a “major landmark”. How about we replace it with a symbol that is more representative of our community? Some suggestions include a statue portraying the battle between the Thunderbird and Killer Whale, or a statue representing peace, or anything else that isn’t acutely religious or faith based. Yes, the cross has historical significance, but why not represent that in a plaque on the top of the mountain instead? Emma Kay North Cowichan
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ing rainstorm? We have heard we have no debt, but there is debt on the fire hall and related equipment? Debt isn’t bad in itself but we should acknowledge it before spending more. Grants can provide an excellent opportunity to provide amenities at lower cost if utilized prudently, but like any sale flyer the lure of free money can be tempting until the credit card bill comes and you can’t afford the basics. Lots of things are nice to have but they all cost money and we need to ask if we really need them. Giving in to the temptation to buy more than is needed because of a discount defeats the initial advantage. Such “partnerships” as they have been described are not as free as they seem or as we have been told when all the bills and increased operating costs are considered. While the initial costs may look small per household they add up, are often ongoing, and increase over time. Amenities are nice but painting the front door shouldn’t be the top priority when the roof and pipes are leaking. Pushing things off into the future just creates the inevitable cash crunch (just ask BC Ferries). As we have seen, cost sharing based on initial estimates does us no good when costs come in higher and
the town has to absorb all the increase and finish the project under future years’ budgets to maintain the appearance of staying on budget, squeezing out other needed spending. Budgets are only meaningful if you keep within them. I believe we need some form of Town Hall upgrade and applaud various councils for setting money aside, however this is not the same as approval to proceed. What confidence can we have in a $1.2 or $1 million estimate if it is not certain if such a major renovation can be done on the site? As seen with the town square and other projects, estimates are often wrong and not in a good way. Would it not have been prudent to bring an expenditure of this size forward on the ballot for approval in combination with water and sewer upgrades to provide a more complete picture of our situation? This would have been a good demonstration of the communication and collaboration we hear about. In addition to trying to attract tourists and new businesses we should market our community’s relative affordability to attract new residents to broaden the tax base and generate customers for our local merchants. Keeping taxes low by keeping spending in check is a part of this and
while not as glamorous as cutting ribbons is really what a town council can control and should focus on. The mayor and some members of council have become all too comfortable spending on the “nice to haves” and it is time for a change so we can put the credit card away until we need an umbrella.
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Intercultural Society mourns Prihar It is with deep sadness that all those at the Cowichan Intercultural Society remembers our dear friend and Vice President Amrik Prihar. Amrik’s positivity was infectious. He was friendly, passionate and full of energy. Amrik had a lovely sense of humour — laughter seemed to follow him where ever he went. He was passionate about his work of educating the community on the merits of diversity and was ever excited about the future of the CIS. Words cannot express the loss of Amrik. He is dearly missed and we are so thankful for the time that we had with him. Staff and board Cowichan Intercultural Society
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The 1865 case of the defaulting bank accountant, part 7
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n last week’s Chronicle, Dr. Trimble; the accountant, he Trimble and two of George said, was “suffering from halluCruickshank’s “keepers,” a cinations, misconceptions [and] neighbour and a friend, testiself-accusations” but hadn’t fied as to his mental state while mentioned the bank embezzlehe awaited trial on a charge of ment specifically. having stolen $5,000 in gold coin Cary: “His mind and brain from his employer, the Bank of were effected [sic] by his illness; British Columbia. a person so suffering cannot CHRONICLES This is 1865, we must remembe depended upon. If the stateT.W. Paterson ber, when a defence of insanity ments made by the patient were at the time he allegedly took proved by subsequent evidence, the gold and/or later when he confessed, I would not call them hallucinations.” was, in effect, breaking new legal ground. Mrs. King, the Cruickshanks’ servant, D.B. Ring is his counsel and Att.-Gen. then testified that her employer had George Cary is prosecutor. accused her of having tried to poison him, Today, it’s Cary’s turn to question Walter “of wanting to roast his wife alive, and Edwards who’d just testified that Cruickthat I was constantly tipsy. He frequently shank, whom he’d known for three years got up at night and went into the other as a loving and affectionate husband and room. He accused himself of murder father, had confessed to forgery and murand forgery and all kinds of things. He der, removed all his clothes at one point, appeared to hate his wife and often shook and threatened his wife and servant with his fist at her. He was not very violent. a chair. His mental state had become so One day, [he] waved a box of lit fuses over bad, in fact, that Mrs. Cruickshank had his head. He was very ill when I left on been urged to leave the house. March 16th.” Cary confined his examination to Cary established that the fuses incident establishing that Cruickshank had never occurred a fortnight before she quit. discussed the bank affair with Edwards. Dr. Powell had also attended CruickThen Dr. Davie stated that he’d attended shank in consultation with Dr. Trimble, to Cruickshank once at the request of Dr. a week after the preliminary hearing. “I
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have heard Dr. Trimble’s evidence and quite agree with it.” In answer to Cary: “Mr. Cruickshank might recover his mind in three days;” he’d heard of other such cases. Dr. Helmcken had found Cruickshank “labouring from congestion of the brain” and he concurred with the medical evidence presented in court. He believed Cruickshank to be “more or less insane”. This concluded the defence. Cary proposed to call contradictory medical testimony. Ring: “Pray don’t let indiscretion overrule your judgement.” Cary: “Oh, but I will, though. I will prove it to be incorrect.” Apothecary David Lang: “I frequently had interviews with Dr. Trimble after the first illness of Mr. Cruickshank; he told me what was the matter with Mr.
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Cruickshank.” When Ring interjected, Cary said he wanted to explore “a point upon which Dr. Trimble was unable to speak positively, and to explain a fact that he could not remember”. When Chief Justice Cameron ruled this to be immaterial, Cary tacked by having Lang describe his own dealings with Cruickshank. At least once, “He was in a state of complete composure, not in any way excited. I had several interviews with him. The first time I saw him was on the morning after his illness at the Colonial Hotel [the first reference to this—TW]; he was then composed. I conversed with him but not on the subject of his confession. He spoke very earnestly and naturally on matters of business. He said these things [sic] were pressing strongly on his mind... He spoke to me several times afterwards on business matters. I saw him nearly every day, sometimes oftener,” once at Cruickshank’s home; he was composed and they’d discussed the bank affair. This brought an objection from Mr. Ring “to this question at the present stage” and Justice Cameron concurred. Cary: “What was your opinion of Mr. Cruickshank’s state of mind?” Lang: “My opinion was that Mr. Cruickshank was labouring under some kind of depression, but his conversation was rational.” (To be continued)
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Sherlock takes the stage in Chemainus ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN
The Chemainus Theatre Festival is combining a Christmas classic with a classic detective in their holiday production Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol. As the name suggests, the show is a pairing of the famous detective, much embraced in recent years in various television and film adaptations, with the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Holmes takes on the Scrooge role in this play by Seattle’s John Longenbaugh, a re-imagining of both stories that the actors in Chemainus’s production call both heartwarming and fun. “It’s surprising how well it works,” said Wade Bogert-O’Brien who plays Holmes’s faithful partner Dr. Watson, along with three other roles in the tale. “There’s some great, really clever uses of both.” “The script is really clever,” concurs Matthew Hendrickson, who is at the Chemainus Theatre for his first show in Canada since 1990. He’s lived for years in London, but with his mother living in Nanaimo, he welcomed the chance to be near her for the Christmas season, and took on the role of Inspector Lestrade, as well as several other minor parts. The show, Hendrickson said, “is all about Holmes.” It’s set after Holmes, played by Mark Uhre, has resurfaced after having been presumed dead for three years. He is tired of solving crimes and is determined to take an early retirement. Nobody can
figure out what is bothering him. The detective then goes on to face the ghost of his enemy Professor Moriarty, the memory of his lost love, the chaos that results from abandoning his work and a terrifying future. “Before morning he must deduce where his higher purpose lies,” said theatre marketing manager Michelle Vogelgesang. It’s Holmes and Watson like you’ve never seen them before, said Bogert-O’Brien, as the playwright has added elements of his own to the characterizations. With both elements of humour and drama, it’s a show for everyone, he said. “It’s a really uplifting, delightful sort of holiday, affirming the human spirit kind of a show,” Bogert-O’Brien said. “People will get an idea of the spirit of Christmas and that whole being good to our fellow human beings that is very easy to forget at this time of year amidst all the buying of things,” confirmed Hendrickson. Also starring are Michelle Lieffertz as Mrs. Hudson, Tim Machin as Moriarty, Jonathan Mason as Young Holmes, and Jess Amy Shead as Becky. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol runs from Nov. 21 to Dec. 31. You can get tickets by calling the box office at 1-800-565-7738 or visit chemainustheatrefestival.ca You can also book a table for the buffet lunch or supper in the Chemainus Theatre Festival dining room, so you’re just steps from your seats.
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Over 50? Looking for entertainment at Lake Cowichan? On Saturday, Nov. 22, enjoy a coffee house night with the Cowichan Swing Band directed by Mike Simkins, with old time and current listening and dancing music from 6:30 to 8:30. It all takes place at the Seniors Activity Centre by the post office. The cost is $5 at the door with proceeds going to the band. The canteen will have refreshments for sale. “In December we hope to do a Christmas theme on Saturday, Dec. 20 followed by other local performers for 2015,” said organizer Elvin Hedden. Lexi Bainas, Citizen
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Sherlock Holmes (Mark Uhre), top left, talks with Dr. Watson (Wade BogertO’Brien) while Inspector Lestrade (Matthew Hendrickson) listens in the Chemainus Theatre’s new production. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
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New Kaatza show a travesty — on purpose LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Valley chanteuse Cari Burdett performs in a gyspy jazz cabaret before a big crowd at Sylvan United Church Saturday, Nov. 15 in a prelaunch celebration for her upcoming album, ‘Magnolia’. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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A packed house greeted Valley chanteuse Cari Burdett for the Mill Bay stop on the pre-release tour for her album, Magnolia. The wonderful acoustics of Sylvan
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United Church were a great backdrop for her “dramatic gypsy cabaret” performance, which, true to what she calls the gypsy in her soul, featured a varied international selection of songs in five languages. She’s been dreaming of this album for a long time but in the past year and a half she’s seen it come to fruition, Burdett told the crowd. Backed by a fine combo of Miles Black on piano, Marc Atkinson on guitar, Richard Moody on violin,
Sean Drabitt on bass and Kelby MacNayr on percussion, she moved seamlessly from dreamy selections to European songs, to popular standards such as Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now. Note: performing on the upcoming album but not on tour are Quinn Bachand, Adrian Dolan and Joby Baker. Burdett is also running a cyber crowd funding campaign that is raising funds to cover the remaining costs of the production, mixing and mastering. Check out www.igg.me/at/Cari Burdett.com for a link to a video and the Indigogo Campaign.
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A Dickens Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts is quite a title and it aptly describes the Kaatza Lakeside Players production that kicked off Tuesday night and continues until Nov. 23. Written by Mark Landon Smith and directed by Barbara Simkins, this show offers lots of fun. Here’s how group publicist Kyle Wylie describes it. “From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old traveling troupe embarking on their 15th annual farewell tour of the Dickens tale. As with all theatre companies, the drama backstage often exceeds that which the audience sees. When the fading diva throws a hissy fit and locks herself in her dressing room, mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results,” he said. The play runs at Lake Cowichan’s Centennial Hall in evening performances until Nov. 22 starting at 7 p.m. with 1:30 p.m. matinées on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available at Footwear Centre in Lake Cowichan at 42 South Shore Rd., and are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and youth, and $5 for kids under 12. Doors open at 12:45 and the curtain goes up at 1:30 p.m. for the matinées and 6:15 and 7 p.m. for the evening shows.
Better together, choirs promise LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
The Island Soul Choir and the Duncan Choral Society are collaborating in a special concert entitled Better Together Saturday, Nov. 22. Island Soul Choir is unlike any other choir on Vancouver Island. It rehearses just once a month, in large part because music director Karla Mundy has to travel from Vancouver. As a result of the extended time between rehearsals, the choir attracts singers from all over Vancouver Island — from Port Hardy to Bamfield to Victoria and the Gulf Islands. That’s lots of soul. The repertoire of soul music includes gospel, spirituals, world music, blues, pop, soul and R&B. This show will be the first Duncan performance for Island Soul Choir, and as they team up for an evening with the Duncan Choral Society, another chorus made of many ages and skill levels, they share one thing: they all love to sing. However, to make the event more about Duncan than Island Soul Choir, the concert will be a fundraiser for Providence Farm, celebrating its therapeutic community for adults and seniors with mental health and age-related illnesses, brain injuries and developmental challenges. Better Together will be presented by Island Soul Choir and Duncan Choral Society on starting at 7 p.m. at Duncan Christian Reformed Church, 930 Trunk Rd. Providence Farm will host a reception following the concert. Tickets are on sale for $15 each at Volume One Bookstore, Providence Farm and Ten Old Books. Tickets are also available at islandsoulchoir.com and, if available, they will also be sold at the door.
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Young Musicians in choir at Bench Elementary School are getting very excited to perform with an orchestra. The choir is learning the song Walking In the Air from the video The Snowman by Howard Blake. Choir director Marg St. Cyr is thrilled her students will be performing Dec. 6 with the Cowichan Consort. Knowing the lyrics, the melody, when to watch the conductor and stage deportment and discipline are just a few of the many aspects of performance the students are learning. “They love the song and have lots of enthusiasm,” she says. COURTESY COWICHANMUSICTEACHERS.COM
Harry Manx. Boy, there’s a blast from the past for his Cowichan fans. Acting Cowichan Theatre publicist Nikki Nilsson remembers. “It’s been a long time since Harry Manx first came to the Cowichan Valley, performing at Longevity John Falkner’s first 50th birthday party on a flatbed trailer in L.J.’s yard on Gibbins Road. “That night, I was treated to music I had never heard before and when I asked Harry if I could buy a CD, he said he hadn’t yet recorded an album but was planning on it. Now, 12 recordings later, we are blessed as listeners to hear his unique style of music that is so exquisitely played. At a live performance experience, we are mesmerized by his talent and delivery,” she said. Others who can’t reach back that far will still treasure the memory of the night in 2003 when he shared a Cowichan Theatre show with blues diva Rita Chiarelli. But that, too is a quite a while back. Manx is coming back to the Cowichan Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 22 starting at 7:30 p.m., bringing what Nilsson called his “bewitching and deliciously addictive” music in a solo stop at the Cowichan Theatre. Manx’s music is unique, blending folk melodies from India, slide guitar blues and even gospel. Tickets are $32 or $28 for Cowichan Folk Guild members. Get them by phone at 250748-7529 or online at cowichantheatre.ca or drop in and buy them in person at the Cowichan Ticket Centre.
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It’s a great time to be in the automobile business especially here in B.C It’s also a terrific time to be a customer of one of BC’s New Car Dealers Not only are sales reaching record levels across Canada and BC, the vehicles our members’ customers are buying have never been safer or more environmentally friendly. The choices for consumers, from colour and size to make and By Blair Qualey model, are continuously growing and improving, with the design of new cars and trucks taking the sheer fun of driving to a level not seen in a long time. This boost in sales and choice also has several spinoff benefits beyond profits for companies and great rides for drivers. The auto industry, which includes dealerships and automotive service and supply companies, generates hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity each year. At the New Car Dealers Association of BC, we represent more than 360 New Car Dealers in
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It’s pretty incredible what puppets can accomplish. As part of a team-building exercise, each member of the Shawnigan Lake School senior girls field hockey team was randomly assigned the name of a teammate, and given the task of creating a puppet in that teammate’s image. Before the final of last week’s provincial AAA championship, the player had to tell the rest of the team why that teammate was important to her. It just happened that backup goalie Holly Henderson was given the name of starter Leigh Campbell, someone with whom she was in direct competition all season. Nevertheless, Henderson came up with a long, sincere list of great things to say about Campbell, moving not only the rest of the team, but also the coaching staff. “That really summed up what the girls had worked for,” coach Kelly Koepp said. “They’re all in it together.” It was that kind of dedication to the team concept that allowed Shawnigan, who voluntarily moved up to AAA this year after winning two AA provincial titles in the previous three seasons, to unseat three-time defending champions Handsworth with a
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The Shawnigan Lake girls celebrate after capturing the provincial AAA field hockey banner with a 4-0 win over Handsworth last Friday. [SUBMITTED] 4-0 victory and take home the AAA banner. Shawnigan knew it was an ambitious move to step up and compete with the largest schools in the province, and hadn’t fully expected to bring home the banner. “In AA, we always felt confident we could get to the top floor,” Koepp said. “In AAA, we thought we had a good chance, but we weren’t as confident because the competition has more depth.” The Shawnigan girls swept their way through pool play, beating South Kamloops 4-0, West Vancouver 4-1 and Heritage Woods 2-0 before knocking out Gleneagle 4-0 in the quarterfinal. It took another degree of preparation to get the team ready for the semifinal against perennial power South Delta, Koepp admitted. “It turned out to be one of those games,” she said. “South Delta is a tough team to play; they’re a physical team, and they play a style that for whatever reason, our group finds challenging.”
Shawnigan prevailed once again, winning 1-0 on a goal by Maria Lorenz-Meyer, and setting up the final with Handsworth. “We knew when we got to the semifinal that the girls would play well if we got to the final, but they went above and beyond our expectations,” Koepp said. Shawnigan had faced Handsworth twice this fall, winning 1-0 on a late goal at the UBC tournament, and losing on penalty shots at the Bridgman Cup. “It was a real testament to the girls that they came away with two really close scores against Handsworth, and then beat them 4-0 in the final,” Koepp said. “In the four weeks since we last played Handsworth, they took a big step; they learned a lot in four weeks, and that’s tough to say about a high school team because the season is so compact. “It was a tough loss at the Bridgman, and the girls didn’t want it to happen again. They all came together and did things in that
game that they hadn’t done in the season.” Despite the score, Koepp said it was close between the teams, with Handsworth generating their share of chances and moving the ball well in the Shawnigan zone. Paula Justice scored two penalty-corner goals in the final, and Caecilia von Georg also found the net twice. Shawnigan will lose six graduates from this year’s team, including Casey Crowley, the captain for the last two years and a member of the junior national program. “It will be hard to fill those shoes,” Koepp admitted. “You notice on the field that she’s a good player, but because she just goes out there and does her job every day, you don’t always think about her; she’s such a well-oiled machine.” Also departing are Nicole Fredrickson, Tannis Potter, Jacqueline Self, Louica Unger and Arielle Fraser. Key returning players will include both goalies, as well
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as assistant captain Tai Williams and Maria Murray, both of whom will have increased roles on next year’s squad. Shawnigan will have to compete at the AAA level for at least two more years, and has applied to host the 2015 provincial championships along with Cowichan Secondary and Frances Kelsey. Regardless of where the tournament is held, Shawnigan plans to be part of it. “We fully intend to get there, but that’s the thing about high school sports: every year is a rebuilding year,” Koepp said. “It remains to be seen what we have to work with.” Cowichan and Kelsey also competed at the provincial tournament last week, and ended up playing for ninth and 10th place, a game that Cow High won 1-0. Cowichan had been in a threeway tie for first place in their pool, but the tiebreakers put Cowichan into third place and out of the championship bracket.
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Tyler Hughes digs LMG out of a two-goal hole KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
With the game on the line last Saturday, Tyler Hughes almost single-handedly preserved Cowichan LMG’s unbeaten record. Cowichan was trailing host Comox Valley United 2-0 going into the second half when Hughes took over and led his team to a 2-2 draw. “Tyler went into professional mode,” head coach Glen Martin said. “He was turning it on like you wouldn’t believe.” Hughes started carrying the ball and whipping passes from the left side, one of which found Brad Thorne, who buried the ball in the net for Cowichan’s first goal. Hughes later scored the tying goal himself on a free kick, replicating a play from earlier in the year where he didn’t wait for the ref to mark off 10 metres, but instead just booted the ball from where he stood, catching Comox off guard. As a result of Hughes’s heroics, Cowichan remains without a loss on their season record, the tie being the first blemish. Part of the reason Cowichan didn’t record its 11th win of the campaign was the fact that they
Shown when Cowichan hosted Comox in September, Brad Thorne had one of LMG’s goals against the same team last weekend. [CITIZEN FILE] had just 13 players at the game, and that the team hasn’t been training as hard as it did earlier in the year. “We got there with plenty of time, so it wasn’t weary legs, and it wasn’t the cold weather,” he said. “Both teams had to deal
with that.” Ten minutes into the game, Cowichan committed a “terrible soccer sin,” giving the ball away to Comox. “They walked right in and scored on their first shot of the game,” Martin related. “We kind
of dug ourselves a hole.” Comox’s goal marked the first time this season that Cowichan had trailed in a game. LMG played better until late in the half when a defensive breakdown allowed Comox to sneak in and score again. At halftime, Cowichan was trailing an inconceivable 2-0. In the second half, Martin changed to a 4-4-2 formation with Craig Robertson, a longtime Bays player who started this season with Vic West making his Cowichan debut at left back. After about 20 minutes, Hughes switched places with Robertson and started his tear, getting Cowichan back in the contest. Cowichan nearly managed to pull off the victory. Paddy Nelson beat the Comox goalie with about three minutes to go, but his shot glanced off the crossbar. On the last play of the game, the goalie made a save off Hughes, but the ball bounced to AJ Kambere, who was stopped on his attempt. “We were lucky to tie it, but we could have won it, too,” Martin said. Cowichan will try to get back in the win column next Saturday when the team visits Lakehill at Braefoot Park.
Interior trip leads to three losses for Caps KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
The Cowichan Valley Capitals returned home winless from their three-game trek to the Interior last weekend. Cowichan fell 5-2 to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Friday, 4-1 to the Penticton Vees on Saturday, and 6-4 to the Merritt Centennials on Sunday. The Caps found themselves trailing the Silverbacks 3-0 after the first period on Friday, but came back in the second period to get within one on goals by captain Kyle Horsman and recent addition Adam Osczevski, who scored his first goal as a Capital. Unfortunately, the team allowed two more, including an emptynetter, in the third period. Cowichan goalie Matt Zentner was strong, making 32 saves on 36
Captain Kyle Horsman scored twice on the three-game trip. [CITIZEN FILE] shots, while the Caps managed 24 shots on the Salmon Arm net. Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey product and former Cap Steen Cooper had a goal and an assist for the Vees in what was most
likely his last game against his former team as he is set to head to Minnesota State University next season. After a scoreless first period, the Vees found the net twice in the second and went up 3-0 on Cooper’s third-period goal before affiliate player Steven Fiust, summoned from the junior B Revelstoke Grizzlies, got the Caps on the board. Penticton added an empty-netter with 36 seconds left in the game. Lane Michasiw made 38 saves on 42 shots in the Cowichan net, while the Caps managed just 11 shots in the game, including just two in the second period. Osczevski and Kade Kehoe — acquired together from the West Kelowna Warriors on Nov. 14 — scored first-period goals on Sunday as the Caps went ahead
2-1. Merritt scored three straight to kick off the second period before Osczevski stemmed the tide with a shorthanded goal, his second marker of the game and third of the weekend. The Centennials scored again late in the second and early in the third before Horsman capped off the scoring. Back in net for the second day in a row, Michasiw made 36 saves on 42 shots. The weekend also saw the return of veteran forward Thomas Gobeil to the lineup. After recording six points in six games early in the season before missing the next 13, Gobeil was held to one assist against Merritt in his return. The Caps will be back on their home ice this weekend, playing host to Trail on Friday and Salmon Arm on Saturday. Both games begin at 7 p.m.
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After a nine-game audition as an affiliate player, Ryan Hogg has secured himself a full-time spot on the Cowichan Valley Capitals’ 22-man roster. T he Duncan na tive, who doesn’t turn 16 until Dec. 3, hasn’t recorded his first B.C. Hockey League point yet, but he has made a positive impression on the Caps’ coaching staff. “Ryan is a young player with tremendous potential,” said Cowichan head coach and general manager Bob Beatty. “He is a good skater with good puck skills and a high hockey IQ. Ryan is very coachable and highly motivated with a work ethic and will to succeed consistent with the identity we need to create. We are confident he will be an exceptional player for the Caps for a very long time.” Hogg played his minor hockey in the Cowichan Valley until last season, when he spent his first year of midget with the Burnaby Winter Club program. In addition to his nine games with the Caps, Hogg has also appeared in 10 contests with the junior B Kerry Park Islanders, scoring twice and recording five assists.
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®The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ‡Cash price of $12,959/$24,859 available on all remaining new in stock 2015 Elantra L 6-speed Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD models. Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,795. Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E. and a full tank of gas. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2014 Accent 5 Door L 6-speed manual/2015 Sonata GL Auto with an annual finance rate of 0% for 96 months. Weekly payments are $33/$59. $0 down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,595/$1,695. Finance offers exclude exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Financing example: 2014 Accent 5 Door L 6-speed manual for $13,744 at 0% per annum equals $33 weekly for 96 months for a total obligation of $13,744. $0 down payment required. Cash price is $13,744. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,595. Example price excludes registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $4,635/$3,835/$7,000 available on in stock 2015 Elantra L 6-speed manual/2015 Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/2014 Veloster Turbo 6-speed manual. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. ♦Prices of models shown: 2015 Elantra Limited/2015 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T Limited AWD/2014 Accent 5 Door GLS Auto/2015 Sonata Sport 2.0T are $27,244/ $41,444/$20,744/$32,694. Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,795/$1,595/$1,695. Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ▼Fuel consumption for new 2015 Elantra 2.0 Limited (HWY 6.7L/100KM; City 9.7L/100KM); 2015 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T Limited AWD (HWY 9.8L/100KM; City 12.9L/100KM); 2014 Accent 5-Door GLS Auto (HWY 5.2L/100KM; City 7.6L/100KM); 2015 Sonata 2.0T Ultimate (HWY 7.4L/100KM; City 10.4L/100KM); are based on Manufacturer Testing. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. ∆The Hyundai Accent/Elantra received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among small/compact cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS). Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Propriety study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.▲Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov).‡†♦ΩOffers available for a limited time and subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Visit www.hyundaicanada.com or see dealer for complete details. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.