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Tyler Desmond Fong escaped from custody during a trip to hospital in Victoria for medical treatment. [SUBMITTED]

Police search for escaped convict SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Fire Prevention Week gets a colourful kickoff at Cowichan Commons on Saturday, Oct. 3. as fire departments turn out in force for big display of their latest equipment. Here, from left, Iain Anderton Teasdale, Becky Teasdale and Bella Anderton Teasdale visit with Craig Newnham of the South End department. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

A man connected to crimes in the Cowichan Valley has escaped from custody.

Tyler Desmond Fong had been incarcerated at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre but fled from correctional officers while at Victoria General Hospital for medical treatment on Sunday, Oct. 4.

Fong made his escape shortly before 8 p.m.

He was serving time for a string of property crime offences in the Ladysmith and Nanaimo areas.

“Fong has a history of fleeing from police,” said a press released issued by West Shore RCMP spokesman Const. Alex Bérubé. “During his escape, Fong is alleged to have stolen a vehicle from the VGH parking lot, causing a minor collision with a

motorcycle as he fled.”

West Shore RCMP are directing the search.

A Caucasian male, Fong is 31 years old and stands six-feet-one.

He’s about 205 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.

The stolen vehicle is a brown 2000 Chrysler Concord four-door sedan, with a B.C. licence plate: 166 RGC. There is an arrest warrant out for Fong, who will be facing new charges of Escaping Lawful Custody, Assaulting a Peace Officer, Mischief, Theft of Vehicle and Dangerous Operation of a Vehicle. “If you know the location of Tyler Fong, do not engage him, and call 9-1-1 immediately,” Bérubé said.

Those who wish to alert police about his whereabouts anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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2017 ferry dock rebuild will shake up service LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Thetis and Penelakut Island residents could be riding a water taxi in January 2017 while their ferry terminal gets a needed rebuild, according to Thetis Island’s member of the Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC), Keith Rush.

Last week, he shared some of the latest news on the project.

FAC members met Stephen Mayall, terminal construction project manager, on Sept. 25 and learned that “the trestle, ramp, pontoons and wing walls will be replaced, making the resulting structure highway legal at 63.5 tons on eight axles,” Rush said.

Demolition/construction will begin in the autumn of 2016 and the berth will be closed for eight to 10 weeks, starting in early January 2017.

“We had a good discussion on what alternate service might look like,” Rush said. “There will be a 40- to 50-person water taxi that will run (ideally) on the existing schedule and service Thetis, Penelakut and Chemainus. At peak times such as the school runs a second 15- to 20-person water taxi may be added if necessary.

“Vehicles will go through the Crofton terminal. The details such as schedule and vessel still need to be worked out. For example, it is possible that the Quinitsa, which currently services Denman Island and will

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be replaced later this year with a cable ferry, will be used. The Quinitsa has a 50-car capacity compared to the [current] Kuper’s 32,” he said.

“Again, this is only a possibility.

The travel distance is considerably longer and will need to be dovetailed into the existing Crofton-Vesuvius run. The actual sailing times and schedule are still to be worked out.”

BC Ferries is expected to meet again with the local FAC and other key stakeholders in midto late-November of this year in Chemainus, and an initial alternate service plan will be developed, according to Rush.

After that, ferry riders can expect a series of public open houses in the late winter or early spring, both in Chemainus and on

Thetis and Penelakut Islands.

“The open houses are for public feedback as they work through the details of the closure plan.

They will be looking for any details unique to Chemainus, Thetis and Penelakut,” Rush said.

Finally, in September 2016, there will be information sessions on Thetis, Penelakut and in Chemainus.

Those info sessions will communicate the finalized plan with all the details well ahead of the dock closure so “people have plenty of time to prepare for the eight-10 week closure during which they will be using the water taxi and a less frequent and longer ferry run to Crofton.”

Construction crews will start to show up in Chemainus in September/October 2016.

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Steelhead LNG has successfully applied for a licence to transport liquified natural gas from the Malahat LNG project’s proposed floating liquefaction and export terminal at Bamberton.

The application and four others, the remainder for the Huu-ay-aht First Nations project near Port Alberni, were approved by the National Energy Board but still need to be scrutinized by the Governor in Council before final approval is granted.

“We welcome this decision by the National Energy Board, which represents a significant milestone for our company and our projects,” Steelhead LNG CEO Nigel Kuzemko said. “We’ve made tremendous strides in progressing our projects over the past year, including our announcement of Malahat LNG, our agreement with Williams subsidiary Northwest Pipeline LLC to commence with the design and approval process for a proposed natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, and our agreement with Höegh LNG, for Höegh LNG and Bechtel to perform the pre-front end engineering and design work for Malahat LNG.” All told, the five licences would permit the export of up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year for 25 years from the two proposed Island LNG projects — six million tonnes per year is allocated to the Malahat LNG project alone.

“Today’s approval is excit-

ing news, as it represents one of many steps in the process ahead for Malahat LNG and the proposed Steelhead LNG facilities on Malahat Nation lands,” Malahat Nation CEO Lawrence Lewis said on Friday. “This proposed project represents a significant opportunity for Malahat Nation to demonstrate and exercise its inherent right to self-determination, the protection of its aboriginal rights and title, and a meaningful role in environmental stewardship and reclamation of the marine resource so important to its people.”

Announced Aug. 20, the Malahat LNG project promises to create upwards of 200 high-paying long-term jobs once the floating liquefaction facility and complementary land-based operations are up and running, in addition to “hundreds of additional indirect jobs on Vancouver Island in a wide variety of sectors, as well as specific training and employment opportunities,” according to a press release.

Steelhead LNG and the Malahat band believe there would be a “significant” economic impact as a result of the project, including “up to 30 years of revenue generation, from construction to operation to decommissioning, for local, provincial and federal governments.”

Controversial from the start, the project has already received opposition from neighbours, other citizens of the Cowichan Valley, the nearby Tsartlip First Nation, and Green Party candidate Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi.

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‘Suicide disease’ sufferer fighting for awareness Lee Shanks wants to help raise awareness of an agonizing condition she and other suffer from — trigeminal neuralgia, or TN. The third anniversary of International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, today, Oct. 7 and landmarks and buildings around the world will light up in teal for the cause.

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NOTICE TO ELECTORS WITHIN THE WHOLE OF THE COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY FOR CVRD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BYLAW NO. 3931 [Arts & Culture Initiatives Service]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), proposes to adopt “CVRD Bylaw No. 3931 – Arts & Culture Initiatives Service Establishment Bylaw, 2015”.

BYLAW SUMMARY If adopted, Bylaw No. 3931 will allow the CVRD to annually requisition up to the greater of $130,000 or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax of $0.01029 per $1,000 of net taxable value of land and improvements to support Arts & Culture initiatives and programs within the regional district. The maximum cost to residential property owners within the CVRD with a residential property assessed at $100,000 would be $0.85 per year, as set out in the table below. The complete bylaw is available for review at the CVRD office, located at 175 Ingram Street in Duncan, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays.

A copy of the bylaw is also available on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca.

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Net Taxable Value (Land & Improvements) $100,000

Maximum Annual Cost Per Residential Property Owner $0.85

Number of Electors in the Services Area 60,388

10% of the Electors 6,038

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY The CVRD may adopt this bylaw unless at least 10% of electors within the regional district indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the CVRD office no later than 4:30 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 2015. The Elector Response Form must be in the form established by the CVRD, and only those persons who qualify as electors of the Cowichan Valley Regional District comprised of Electoral Areas: A - Mill Bay/Malahat; B - Shawnigan Lake; C - Cobble Hill; D - Cowichan Bay; E - Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/ Glenora; F - Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls; G - Saltair/Gulf Islands; H - North Oyster/Diamond; I - Youbou/Meade Creek; and the City of Duncan; District Municipality of North Cowichan; Town of Ladysmith; and Town of Lake Cowichan are entitled to sign. Electors may qualify as either resident electors or as non-resident property electors, as follows: Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of the CVRD for the past 30 days or more.

Non-Resident Property Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in the CVRD for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector. NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit a response form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be.

If less than 10% (6,038) of the area electors submit an Elector Response Form, the bylaw will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the CVRD Board may adopt the bylaw. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the number of area electors is calculated at 60,388.

Elector Response Forms are available from the CVRD, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8, Phone 250.746.2500 / 1.800.665.3955, e-mail jbarry@cvrd.bc.ca OR on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca

“You don’t know me, but perhaps you’ve seen me. I’m the woman bound up in a head scarf like it’s the middle of winter, but on a beautiful summer’s day. I’m the woman in the store you witnessed drop to her knees, screaming in obvious agony, then stand and walk on minutes later like nothing happened. I am the woman in the store looking like she just woke up — no makeup and hair all akimbo — and you wonder why I’m not embarrassed to be seen like that. I am the woman who looks ‘normal’ that just stepped out of a vehicle sporting a ‘disabled’ sticker, and you wonder if I’m lazy.”

That woman’s name is Lee Shanks.

The 51-year-old Shawnigan Lake wife and mother has trigeminal neuralgia, or TN, and lives much of her life in quiet agony.

The Mayo Clinic describes trigeminal neuralgia as “a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain. If you have trigeminal neuralgia, even mild stimulation of your face — such as from brushing your teeth or putting on makeup — may trigger a jolt of excruciating pain.”

Shanks wants the Cowichan Valley — and the world — to know about the third anniversary of International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, today, Oct. 7. Landmarks and buildings around the world will light up in teal for the cause.

It’s not known what, if any, landmarks on Vancouver Island will show their support by lighting up with teal on that day but in the Lower Mainland, you will see B.C. Place Stadium, Telus Science World, Jack Poole Plaza, the Canada Place Sails, Vancouver Convention Centre, Port Metro Vancouver, Telus Science Centre, Lafarge Fountain in Coquitlam, and City Hall in Port Moody lit up.

Shanks said she’s going to start fighting for a dedicated awareness day for the relatively rare condition because the more people know about it, the more people know they don’t have to suffer alone.

“It is literally known as the worst affliction known to medical science,” she said last week.

“It’s kind tough,” she added in a giant understatement. “People with TN live in constant pain. There’s never a day where I’m not in pain and I’ve been like that for years.”

A former journalist turned government communications manager is now on permanent disability and copes day-to-day as best she can with what they dub the “suicide disease”, raising two boys ages six and 13 and caring for her four-year-old autistic great nephew on a small farm with ducks, chickens, geese, dogs, cats and a hamster. Her husband has been a pillar of strength for years, oftentimes doing much of the heavy lifting.

“I parent from the couch sometimes,” she admitted.

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cair be elected as Canada’s next leader, the party would form a cabinet committee with him as the chair.

“That upper level committee is going to examine all the interactions that the federal government has with First Nations and make sure we are respecting aboriginal rights and titles and so that we’re forging a new way forward right from the top,” MacGregor said.

He also noted that within 100 days of being in office, the NDP would call a national enquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women.

The NDP would also implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

The drying up of the Cowichan River in summer is an important issue to solve, but in concert with other pressing issues in Cowichan and beyond, he explained.

“Because the river’s got such cultural significance for Cowichan Tribes. That’s part of a larger plan where we want to improve essential infrastructure on reserves across Canada — housing, roads, drinking water facilities, those all need a lot of work” he said. “We have so many First Nations people that are living in conditions worse than a third world country right now, and I think it’s pretty shameful.”

Improvements to aboriginal education are also a priority as is not leaving the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work to gather dust on a shelf.

“We do want to implement those findings, in consultation, just to make sure we’re doing it appropriately,” he said.

Liberal candidate Luke Krayenhoff said the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was “very powerful” and a good way to help deal with the emotional wounds

of the past.

At the same time, he is very conscious of the fact that the TRC made a number of recommendations for current and future governments to consider as a way of moving forward and determining how not to repeat past wrongs.

“I completely support that process and I’m really glad it took place,” he said.

It is crucial, he added, that the next federal government start to implement those recommendations as a show of good faith in the process and the Canadians it represented.

One of the Liberal Party’s commitments to First Nations, he said, is to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, with special emphasis on women and children’s rights. The policy resolution that includes this commitment also vows to implement provisions in the 2005

Kelowna Accord, which sought to improve education, employment and living conditions for Canada’s aboriginal people; and recommendations from the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Noting that the Douglas Treaties are in place on the South Island and that other treaties remain outstanding, Krayenhoff pointed to agreements with the Nisga’a and the Tsawwassen nations as good models with which to move forward on other unsettled land claims.

“It has been shown around the world that if you want to bring economic prosperity to an area, you’ve got to have certainty around land title,” he said, adding that doing so allows First Nations to create businesses, improve housing and education and further develop community.

First Nations firm priority for all parties NDP candidate Alistair MacGregor is not shy about saying any work his party does with regard to First Nations issues has roots in current NDP MP Jean Crowder’s office.

Crowder is the NDP’s aboriginal affairs critic.

“It was through a lot of her work over the last few years that we really developed our policy platform on this,” he said. “She travelled from coast to coast to coast and really listened to a lot of people. The hard work she did is really reflected in this policy.”

MacGregor said the NDP want to establish a new era of relations with First Nations.

“That comes with starting at the top where we’ve used the term ‘Nation to Nation’ to describe our approach,” he said, explaining that should Tom Mul7234343

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Volunteer firefighters are community heroes

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fter one of the worst summers for fires in recent memory, many people have a whole new appreciation for the destructive power of fire.

Many also have a whole new appreciation for the service our volunteer firefighters provide to us.

Or they should, at any rate.

While many of the bigger brush and forest fires end up under the purview of the B.C. Forest Service (who do great work in what is often tough terrain!) the initial assessment and triage often falls to our local volunteers, as it did when a fire hit

Highway 18 near the golf course.

Our firefighters are true community heroes, jumping to the call at all hours of the day, whether it’s 2 a.m. or supper time.

They routinely save people’s lives, and protect their belongings.

Then there’s the training time and community education that goes with the position.

Sadly, we also saw this summer that there are a distressing number of people who have no respect for anyone, causing fires either through self-absorbed and idiotic carelessness or deliberate

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criminal intent.

Whether it’s dropping cigarette butts onto tinder dry grass at the roadside or into the leaves on a forest path when there hasn’t been rain in three months, or whether they decide in spite of all of the regulations it’s okay if they have a campfire.

Or perhaps it’s the moron setting off fireworks at 11 p.m. because hey, they’re doing it in the middle of the road and they’ve done it plenty before so they know exactly what that cheapo firecracker they got from the shifty looking guy in the trailer will do.

What could possibly go wrong?

It’s impossible to police everyone all the time, so we rely on people showing a modicum of good judgement and we hope in the future that those who didn’t this summer have learned a lesson and will do better from now on. Luck only lasts for so long, after all.

But now we’re heading into winter and the ground is cooler and greener and some rain has made things less dire.

But we’re also at the time of year that people start to light up their fireplaces against the cool evenings and mornings, and fire

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up the woodstoves.

Have you had your chimney checked? Did you clean things out? It’s important to do so because fire isn’t just a summertime concern. In winter, house fires can be even more likely as we light candles, and plug in space heaters.

Now is a good time, too, to review that escape plan with your family, so that if a fire does start, the most important things — the people you love — are as safe as you can make them.

We’d like to give our volunteer firefighters a break for a few months, what do you say?

Pleased to see investment in bike lanes Re: Mike Welsby’s letter stating that bike lanes on Government Street are not needed: I am a cyclist who rides on Government Street regularly from my home off Gibbins Road to get downtown. I am delighted with the new infrastructure of lanes, signs and stencils. I feel as if my right to be on the road is now recognized and accommodated safely. These changes will encourage other less experienced riders to get out of their cars and onto their bikes. Drivers are now made aware that cyclists are allowed to share the road, and even take the full lane where it is too narrow for both.

Two aspects of these changes

merit special mention. The first is the new wide lane going up the steep part of Government hill. Bicycles are going slowly up this stretch, and because of that they tend to weave more than usual. Before the changes I have had some close calls at the pinch points beside traffic islands.

Now I have plenty of room, and the vehicle traffic flows as smoothly as before.

The second is the addition of signs at the Gibbins roundabout indicating that bikes and cars go into the roundabout single file, taking the lane. This makes a huge difference for cyclists turning left to go up the hill past the hospital as it prevents them being cut off by drivers going straight through on Cowichan Lake Road. My wife was cut off

like that by a pickup which went up on to the inside curb to get past her, almost hitting her.

I would like to point out that, contrary to popular belief, these roads are paid for by property taxes, not gasoline tax, so bicycle riders are paying their share of the cost, while taking up much less space with no pollution. I am happy to see some of my tax money going to infrastructure that has a direct benefit to cyclists for a change.

I commend Duncan and North Cowichan for the effort and money they are putting in to make cycling safer, thus encouraging alternatives to cars, and benefiting the planet.

Alan Philip North Cowichan

The CVRD is empire building again. This time they want to pick up garbage and compostables. A survey will be placed on your blue bin and you will be asked to increase your taxes again. They spent $1 million dollars the last time around to purchase the noisiest trucks around and hired drivers for same to pick up recyclables. This saved $1 a year in this area. Imagine what they would spend in order to drive private businesses out with more trucks and personnel.

We won’t receive the survey as my bin is full of water and is being used to test the survivability of the gray squirrels that I catch in my live trap.

We save up our recyclables until there is enough to take to Bing’s creek. Fisher Road is closer but we can’t reward an outfit that creates odours that we have to endure. We also take our garbage there three to four times a year and spend about $20 for the year. We compost our kitchen scraps and garden trimmings.

Why do we have to pay for more services that we will not use?

We are not a city and we have the ability to take care of our own waste. Pretty soon the CVRD might be coming back and want to be the landscaping company because there are too many lawnmowers and whatever else one can think of that we do for ourselves or hire a private contractor for, such as garbage and compostables pick up.

Ed Aiken Cobble Hill

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By now most of us are thoroughly fed up with the endless round of politicians who say what they think we want to hear, the media that focuses on headline-making missteps, and the barrage of negative attack ads or fear mongering flyers from the Conservatives.

But while we grit our teeth and tough it out for another two weeks in this, the longest campaign in recent Canadian history, we should remember who engineered this overly long election period and why.

Stephen Harper, whose Conservative Party had the biggest election war chest, (thanks to the fundraising efforts of people like Senator Mike Duffy), needed a longer election period so that the rules governing election finance would allow him to spend the money from all of their wealthy donors, and eclipse the messages of their rival political parties by sheer volume..

He said he needed more time because he needed to explain the complex issues facing Canada to the voters.

Instead of doing that, he has focused on appealing to our most primal response: fear.

He is playing on our fear of “the other”, by magnifying the issue of the two Muslim women who want to wear their niquabs when they take the oath to become

Canadian citizens.

He also is trying to escalate our fear of terrorism by implying that ISIS will be invading our homes.

These manufactured issues blot out discussion on the real issues we should be talking about, like his government’s poor track record on the economy, where he tried to turn Canada into a “fossilized” fuel petro state, or tried to give away our sovereignty through trade deals like CETA and the TPP, or his refusal to recognize and take meaningful action on climate change, (although he has tried to take credit for the efforts of the provinces to cut our carbon emissions).

The additional money that the Conservatives have to spend will doubtless increase the barrage of negative ads in these last weeks of the campaign, as the Conservatives try to overwhelm our reasoning capacities and bludgeon us into supporting them.

Money buys air-time on TV and radio, and excessive spending by one party drowns out the right of every citizen to hear a diversity of viewpoints so that they can make an informed choice on election day.

I trust that Canadians are smarter than he thinks and will realize that what we most have to fear is another five years of an antidemocratic Harper government, and will support the candidate who can offer us

both meaningful change and also be most likely to defeat the Conservatives.

Nancy Clegg Cowichan Bay

Future of healthcare should be huge election issue Where is the meaningful political discourse around our treasured universal healthcare system? I have yet to hear that any political party is willing to fully reinstate the 2004 Heath Accord between the federal and provincial governments, which expired last year.

The present Conservative government failed to renew the Health Accord in 2014 and has no intention of doing so in the future. In fact, Stephen Harper has met with the provinces once in the last 10 years and over the course of 2014-2027 they intend to cut $52.6 billion dollars from federal health care funding.

These cuts will leave more seniors without residential care, community patients struggling on their own and sick people lined up in the hallways of our already overburdened hospitals.

The practice conditions for nurses, already stretched to say the least, will further erode and these same nurses will continue to struggle in providing the quality health care that Canadians have

received for generations.

It does not have to be this way. There are other policy choices available if the electorate votes for the candidates who commit to better funding and a political will to work with the provinces to strengthen the public health care system now in place.

Although not perfect, our universal healthcare system is the envy of much of the world and to lose it would put an additional increased financial strain on the Canadian middle class family, who is already contending with record debt levels.

I will be asking the federal candidates in my riding how will your party strengthen medicare and oppose healthcare privatization?

Will your party support a national drug plan?

What are your party’s plans to improve seniors care? How will you improve mental health services?

As a Canadian citizen and a nurse, I realize we live in a global environment with many important issues that need solutions, financial and otherwise; however, I also believe that public healthcare in Canada is at the core of who we are as Canadians and an integral part of our cultural foundation.

When you vote on Oct. 19, please carefully consider how you want to access our healthcare system now and in the future.

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But most people don’t know Shanks is even suffering. And while she goes through “good phases� of time, other times are unbearable.

These days she’s in a good spot and is able to participate in her young family’s lives more instead of being a spectator.

Other days are not as good. “It manifests itself in many different ways from feeling like my jaw is caught in a vice clamp to feeling like someone is stabbing me in the ear or trying to cut out my eye with a paring knife,� she said. “I can get all of those or one of those or some of those and some I get on both sides of my face.�

The worst, she said, is the classic TN symptom, it feels like a lightning bolt shooting behind her left brow. “That’s the one that can knock me to my knees. Everything else I can sort of fake my way through,� she said. “And I wish I were exaggerating. But I’m not. TN affects the nerves in your face, essentially sending your brain the wrong message.

A mere kiss can be excruciating. Putting on makeup or brushing my hair is not always an option. Neither is brushing my teeth. Having a shower can feel like standing in acid rain.�

One of the misconceptions about trigeminal neuralgia is that it only affects older people. While it’s more likely to occur in women and in people over 50, young people are suffering too.

Shanks said her first “lightning bolt� struck her when she was 23. “In hindsight, they actually suspect it started in my teens,� she said.

Currently, there are courses of pharmacology treatment, surgical intervention, alternative medical treatment, botox,

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Lee Shanks suffers from TN. [SUBMITTED] nerve blocks, implanted nerve stimulators, supplements, diet and individual choices of distraction to help alleviate the pain.

But none of them are permanent.

None of them are a cure. “If people have ongoing facial pain that they’re having difficulty getting diagnosed, whether it’s related to dental issues or their ears or their eyes, really push for a neurological assessment because TN is misdiagnosed so often and the medical community knows very little about it,� Shanks said. “Quite often we find ourselves educating our doctors.�

Bolstered by a strong sense of community online through various Facebook support groups, Shanks said she and other sufferers are able to not just support each other but educate each other about different approaches that different doctors are using that they may never have heard of otherwise.

The number one thing about being part of that online support network is that it lets people know they are not alone. “That is huge when you’re fighting something that is so debilitating,� she said. “We’re called TN Warriors,� she said. “We battle every day. That’s our battle. And we have life in between.�

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As for the proposed Steelhead LNG project on Malahat Nation lands in Mill Bay, Krayenhoff said if it meets the threepronged criteria, which is: First Nations approval, passing the environmental review process and getting community licence or social buy-in from the greater community, then there’s no reason the Malahat people should be prevented from pursuing that form of economic development.

Krayenhoff’s LNG view is a stark contrast to that of Green Party candidate Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, who has been vocal in her opposition.

Hunt-Jinnouchi, who has been both a successful businessperson and elected chief of the Quatsino First Nation, admits there are many challenges around economic opportunities for aboriginal peoples in Canada. “But I’d say a common denominator, whether we’re talking about B.C. or Manitoba, is aboriginal rights and title,� she said.

An example of the Green Party’s commitment to First Nations, she said, is that both the federal and provincial branches of the party sent letters to the provincial and federal governments and the RCMP, supporting the Unist’ot’en people — who oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline — in their right to require consent for the use of their lands. “It was telling that no other party has supported them, and this is a longtime public standoff,� she said. “What I find is we make our commitments explicit and we actually walk the talk. That’s what makes me very proud to be standing with the Green Party.�

As for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its 94 recommendations, she said, “As much as that report brings that dark history out of the shadows, it also brings us an impetus to come out of the shadows like never before.�

Aboriginal people in Canada have long been living under colonial and paternalistic policies of governments, she said, but she was struck by the public reaction to the TRC and its findings. “The response of Canadians across the country — and people seem ready to say ‘let’s deal with this’ — I haven’t seen that in my generation,� she said. “I see that as such an opportunity, and I think the Green Party is the right party to move that forward. We make very straightforward statements and commitments, not motherhood statements.�

Conservative candidate Martin Barker said the current government has taken a number of steps to help First Nations people and improve their lives already. “We have included aboriginal people within the same protections under the

Canadian Human Rights Act. It was also Prime Minister Stephen Harper who made a public apology for Canada’s residential school system, the only prime minister to have done so,� Barker said. “This included a four year Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a one year extension, there was also a $2.2 billion reparation fund.�

He said the Conservative government has focused on improving opportunities for self-governance for First Nations, by creating the First Nation Funding Authority which provides low cost borrowing for infrastructure needs, which generates economic opportunities locally. “It was through this program that the Malahat band was able to use to purchase the Bamberton property,� Barker explained. “The Conservative government has been consulting with First Nations to responsibly develop resources. The energy and mining sector are by far the largest employers of aboriginal people across Canada, providing economic development opportunities for a number of communities.�

He further touts that since 2006 six modern treaties have been signed.

Health is an important component of supporting those living on First Nations reserves, Barker said. “That is why our government invested over $2.5 billion on First Nations health, and $330 million invested in accessible clean water on reserves,� he said. “Overall the latest budget showed an increase in First Nation investment of 33 per cent.

This includes annual funding to build 400 homes and renovate 1,000 homes on reserve,� he said.

Candidate Alastair Haythornthwaite and the Marxist-Leninist party considers Canada’s First Nations as independent and sovereign. “We will establish relations on a new basis of respect and equality, as Nation to Nation relations,� he said. “In all matters, agreement must be beneficial to both sides. No stronger party should coerce another into one position or another, but rather, any agreement will be based on a dialogue between equals.�

He said the history of colonialism in Canada, with the attendant marginalization of First Nations and their people, is a blot on our history and energetic measures must be taken to move past that shameful legacy and into a new era of respect and equality. “Canada needs a modern constitution, free from the entrenched privileges of wealth and race,� he said. “Communities will play a central role in the creation of that constitution and the First Nations will be part of that process.�

As a first measure, the Marxist-Leninist party calls for an immediate inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women.

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It’s a slogan to die for: “Pay for your ticket with blood!”

Chris Gale, manager of the BC Forest Discovery Centre, laughed last week when he talked about the special promotion.

“We came up with the saying: Halloween Train: ‘Pay for your ticket with blood’. We had to get the idea vetted through the legal department of Canadian Blood Services first, but, it’s so great.

I hope it goes viral.”

It’s a simple concept.

Anyone who gives blood at a blood donor clinic in Mill Bay, Duncan or Nanaimo will get one ticket for a free ride on FDC’s Halloween train.

“You can actually pay for your ticket in blood.

We came up with that idea,” he said.

And it’s not that they have to push the idea of the Halloween Train that hard. It’s already a big draw for the Forest Discovery Centre but it was too good an opportunity to miss.

“It raises the profile of both of us and that’s always great,” he said.

Want to visit a blood donor clinic and earn your individual ticket?

They’re scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 7 and Thursday, Oct. 8 from 2-7 p.m. at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan; on Monday, Oct. 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mill Bay Community League Hall at 1001 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd. and, finally, in Nanaimo on Oct. 20-22 from noon to 7 p.m. at Beban Park Social Centre on Bowen Road. You can book your appointment at www. blood.ca or by calling 1-888-236-6283.

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COMING up in Cowichan Enjoy garden tour of England here in Duncan Carrie Nelson, president of the Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society, is extending an invitation to gardeners and others to its Oct. 7 meeting at St. John’s Anglican Church hall in Duncan at 7:30 p.m. for a virtual tour.

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This left the trustees with a sticky dilemma. They confined themselves to the issue of discipline rather than get into the opposing accounts between parent and principal, and unanimously declared themselves to be “in favour of the rule” made against speaking in the hallways. However, “This Board considers the punishment inflicted on Miss Horne for a breach of School Rules was altogether too severe for the nature of the offence committed, viz: speaking when forbidden, and the Board hereby condemn corporal punishment in the Girls’ Department except in extreme cases.

“Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to Mr. A.G. Horne and Miss Gardiner.”

So much for school discipline back in 1887. Perhaps trustees, in showing their support for Miss Gardiner’s harsh administration — not once did they express dissatisfaction with a stick “a yard and a foot long” being used on children — they were making up for a school inspector’s report of some years earlier. John Jessop had condemned the Nanaimo school, the Boys’ division then run by J.C. Young and the Girls’ by a Miss McLeod, because children wandered into classes throughout the day and were “somewhat disorderly, and but little attention paid to the teacher. Discipline and arrangements of studies very deficient... The school room of the worst possible description.” www.twpaterson.com

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When the others unable to lift so had left, Miss Garmuch as a small diner drew forth a teapot, so swollen “stick about four were her hands. By feet long” and delivevening she was ill ered “three heavy with fever. blows on each hand, ow times have CHRONICLES raising large wails changed. and bruises on the Today corT.W. Paterson thumbs and wrists”. poral punishment By the time Emily got home is not only out of fashion in she was unable to lift so much the school system but out of as a small teapot, so swollen bounds legally. This is a far were her hands. By evening cry from the case of discipline she was ill with fever. which challenged Nanaimo Asked her side of the story, school trustees in October Miss Gardiner stated that, 1887. several weeks before, she’d The five-man board, under imposed a rule of total silence the chairmanship of former that “the pupils should march mayor Mark Bate, already had into and from the schoolrooms a situation with another parin a quiet and orderly manent, W.L. Jeffrey, who’d filled ner”. There’d been several entire newspaper columns instances of students violatin a letter to the editor coming this edict, despite resulting plaining that his son had been detentions, and she’d warned set back four grades by his the girls that she’d “whip teacher to avenge himself of a personal grievance against the them” if they persisted in breaking the rule. father. He was at the special When she caught Emily meeting to carry on his case Horne speaking to Nellie Gibbut was informed that he’d have to await the next meeting son, she “got a stick a yard and a foot long” from another while the board dealt with a teacher’s room and delivered charge laid against Miss Garthree “cuts” (quote) to each diner, principal of the Girls’ hand. She concluded by sayDepartment. ing that she didn’t think the Well-known citizen A.G. punishment to be “in the least Horne had formally comsevere”. plained that Miss Gardiner Also present at the trustees’ had “most unmercifully” meeting was Mrs. Horne. She beaten his 14-year-old daughtold how she’d visited the ter Emily. Apparently, Emily, school to “remonstrate with while entering the school, Miss Gardiner for the brutal murmured to her friend Neltreatment” of her daughter. lie Gibson that her hairstyle Not only had the principal was slipping. The alert Miss “greatly insulted her,” but had Gardiner either heard her promised to punish Emily “10 or saw her lips move. Either times as much” if she again way, it meant punishment as broke the rules. Miss Gardiner speaking in the hallway was stoutly denied having insulted expressly forbidden.

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As you travel and shop around Duncan this month you will see the red United Way logo displayed in many stores’ windows and doors.

Local businesses have been asked to help us “Paint the Town Red” in support of United Way Cowichan, the community campaign, and the over 20 local programs and services that we help to fund.

Our goal is to raise $250,000 this year. A quarter of a million dollars for the Cowichan community. This is not just a United Way campaign. This is your campaign, because this is your community. We want everyone in Cowichan to have a chance at being healthy, successful and contributing members of society. This is what United Way funded programs strive to do. All donations made to United Way Cowichan stay local and are invested into programs provided by many Cowichan region organizations. Every donation, no matter how large or small, makes a difference and will impact those around us.

So when you see those United Way logos in your travels this month, take a look to see if there is a coin box in the store where you’re shopping and consider making a donation.

Some businesses are also doing their own special promotion within their store where a portion of the proceeds will go to the campaign.

If we haven’t made it to your store or business yet, please contact the United Way Cowichan office at 250-748-1312 to register and for more information.

Also, please join us on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Duncan Best Buy store, where their staff will be holding a barbecue in support of the Cowichan community. You can also visit our website and make a donation online (www.cowichanunitedway.com). Remember; Local Giving, Local Results. Together, we are possibility.

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Romance is in the air as the Palm Court Light Orchestra opens its 29th season with a performance in Duncan Sunday, Oct. 18.

Conductor Charles Job said the group’s offerings this season remind him of the British popular pianist Albert Semprini who used to introduce his BBC Radio series with the words “Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones”.

The Oct. 18 show, at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, sees the welcome return of Sidney tenor Sunny Shams, accompanied by his fiancée, Mexican soprano, Shadan Saul Guerrero.

“This is a delightful programme with more than a hint of Andrea Bocelli and Katherine Jenkins,” Job said.

Accompanied by the orchestra, the pair will sing arias and duets from Puccini’s operas Tosca, Gianni Schicchi and Madam Butterfly.

Also included will be Vilja from The Merry Widow, selections from The Student Prince and Rossini’s tarantella La Danza.

The finale will include The Drinking Song from La Traviata and a special arrangement of Armando Manzanero’s Somos Novios (It’s Impossible).

Saul Guerrero has sung with the Vancouver Symphony, at the Bard on the Beach Festival and with UBC Opera and Shams’s engagements include performances in the Czech Republic as well as appearances with the Victoria Symphony and Vancouver City Opera.

Sultry soprano Shadan Saul Guerrero joins a Valley favourite, tenor Sunny Shams for a romantic Palm Court show Oct. 18. [SUBMITTED] The orchestra selections include Ar thur Sullivan’s Overture to Patience, Minuet

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“Why should I go to the dentist if I do not experience tooth pain?”

Many people have this misconception that they should only visit the dentist when they experience pain. However, waiting until one experiences pain is too late for a tooth to be easily corrected. In fact, prolong dental pain is realistically a death sentence for the tooth.

The anatomy of the tooth prevents early communication of dental health. When prolonged dental pain occurs, major work is required to save the tooth.

A tooth’s anatomy can be compared to your finger. The outer shell of the tooth is the enamel comparable to your finger nail. Much like your nail, this layer is dead, meaning it has no nerve endings or rich blood supply. Unlike the nail bed, enamel does not grow or regenerate. Any decay or cavity occurring at the enamel will be undetectable to you because it will not exhibit any pain. Detecting decay in the enamel by your dentist would be very cost

effective as it usually requires a small filling. The next deeper layer of the tooth is the dentin, which behaves much like your nail bed or skin under your nail.

This layer is alive with nerve endings and supplied with blood. When a cavity penetrates to this depth, bacteria will thrive. Pain symptoms are not always experienced depending on the amount of nerve endings and depth of penetration.

The last layer is called the pulp chamber which can be compared to your blood vessels and nerves of your finger. Once bacteria reaches the pulp chamber one is very likely to experience pain. Essentially, prolonged pain may indicate that the life of the tooth is jeopardized.

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Folk Coffeehouse goes English, Celtic LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Shane Koyczan reaches audiences in a special way with his unique and powerful spoken word performances. [SUBMITTED]

Olympic poet ready to hit Duncan stage LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Spoken-word star Shane Koyczan brings his latest release to Duncan Thursday, Oct. 15 with a show at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre starting at 7:30 p.m.

The world took notice of Koyczan during his performance of We Are More at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

M o r e r e c e n t l y, K o y c z a n ’s anti-bullying To This Day project video went viral reaching over 14 million views.

His newest output, Silence is a Song I Know All The Words To is a thought provoking piece that looks at cyber-bullying and explores the effect of this new breed of abuse on the digital generation.

In addition to offering a riveting stage performance, Koyczan will make himself available to meet his public, signing his books after the performance.

Tickets are $32.50 each at the Cowichan Ticket Centre.

Call 250-746-7529 or go online to cowichanpac.ca to book your seats.

Knacker’s Yard will headline the Cowichan Folk Guild Coffeehouse on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Held at Duncan United Church, the event kicks off with an open stage at 7:30 p.m. with the name group to follow.

Knacker’s Yard was formed by a group of friends who wanted to perform a wide range of primarily traditional Celtic and English folk songs, instrumentals and ballads.

To this end they have mined the repertoire of Ewan MacColl, Enoch Kent, Andy Irvine, the Dubliners, the Pogues, the Bothy Band and more.

Music lovers will hear tales of lost love and betrayal, emigration, the misdeeds of ramblers and rakes, hard drinking and hard living, sea shanties and workers’ songs.

Admission is $10 or $5 for CFG members.

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◆ COMING TO DOWNTOWN DUNCAN

Artists partner up for downtown event The annual artwalk entitled Under the Red Umbrella hits the Duncan streets Thursday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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their doors and showcase a local artist of their choice, signifying their participation by placing a red umbrella out in front of their establishment.

It’s all about encouraging evening shopping and exploring in the downtown core while supporting the Valley’s

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Salute to our volunteers With photos by Malcolm Chalmers

Cover photo by Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen

THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS!

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Chemainus From left: Neil Rukus, Shea Dewit, Brat Constable, Kevin Hardy, Krista Rukus, Michelle Rodger, Ken Denham, Miria Devesa, Ron Sharp, Jordan Maher, Al Irwin, Stephen Flagg, Andrew Rozenboom, Mike Bewcyk, Eric Thomsen, Justin Harrison, Kevin Millard, John Joe, and Andy Beam.

Not in photo: Meghan Bailey, Darryl Brouwer, Dan Dusseault, Scott Fair, Nick Kornet, and Rick Sketchley.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Fire Chief Neil Rukus

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From left: Jamie Greenwood, Ken Rukus, Mat Ludvigson, Blair Johnson, Geoff Backman, Jim Atkinson, Bill West, Stacay Davidson, John Ward, Anthony Rukus, Lee Burridge, Chris Friss, Andy Friss, Zack Delure, Cam Farquhar, Dean Puckett, and Rick Smith. Not in photo: Joe Bailey, Lindsay Bailey, Bruce Farquhar, Jeff Funk, Anthony Georgeson, Craig Gerrard, Brent Gerrits, Eric Johnson, Shelby Kelly, Dave Martin, Michel Mierzwinski, Jared Roberts, Jason Thompson, Dennis Vadeboncoeur, Kevin Way, and Owen Webb.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

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South End From left: Darrin St. Amand, Jason Hammerer, Ron Delcourt, Neil Hamilton, Thyren Garde-Jacobs, James Dubinsky, Rob Windsor, Brad Coleman, Ralph Mayea, Craig Newnham, John Poland, Jamie Fredrickson, Malcolm Vale, David Tucker, Barry Hoag, Russ Penner, Adam MacRae, Rob McDowell, Chief Scott Henning, Todd Simonson, Corey Neen, Bob Logie, and Jeff Lane.

Not in photo: Craig Douglas, Gord Stone, Perry Bracken, Mike Smith, Rob Sutton, Steve Finch Ian Clements, and Kevin Louden.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Fire Chief Scott Henning

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Honeymoon Bay From left: Terry Hind, John Hind, Jim Caldwell, Lt. Shane Gaiger, Anthony Woodsworth, Shay Atleo, Hailey Nickell, David Hind, Mike Cantin, Alex Teo, and Deputy Chief Ray Ware.

Not in photo: Chief Keith Bird, Lt. Shawn MacMillan, Blake Sprague, and Scott Flemming.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Chief Keith Bird

Mesachie Lake From left: Brad Smith, Deputy Chief Owen Robertson, Paul Zalinko, Randy Lindsay, Samantha Oliver, Jordan Gibson, Colton Walters, Ragan Eve, and Chief Gary Eve. Not in photo: Bill Bergan, Tyson Allnutt, Kirk Kleinke, Casy Van Dalen, and Nick Sohye.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

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Caycuse From left: Bruce Maher, Rick Johnson, Jode Roach, Laura Couch, John Pereira, Carol Pereira, and Chief Ron Couch.

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Lake Cowichan Front row: Monroe Grobe, Ray Bourassa, Gary Miller, Brad Kochanuk, Dave Mountain, Tyson Smith, Tom Denninger, Adam Elliott, Greg Elliott, Al Fawcett, Cory Robertson, Doug Knott, and Doug Calsen.

Back row: Billy Robertson, Devon Loewen, Jim Segee, Stephen Vatcher, Greg Smith Tyler Knott, Doug Janzen, Mark Johnson, Bill Hieta, Bill Robertson, and Steve Vatcher.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Chief Doug Knott

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Back row: Ed Vanherwaarden, Derrick Carlson, Regan Carey, Aspen Gainer, Preston Schedel, Dave Sutfin, and Justin Vaughn.

Not in photo: Jeff Abbott, Lt. Bill Cheal, Grant Daly, Kim Smycniuk, and Ken Wilde.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

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Sahtlam Chief Randy Busch, Nathan Williams, Regan Wright, Eric Clifton, Mike Lees, Shane Kaila, Tony Jackson, Paul Slade, Ron Taylor, Murray Androsoff, Harvey Radons, Jen Lindquist, Lona Maas, Chris Stringer Rick Callander, Wally Garnet, Deputy Chief Doug Wells, Julie Wells, Belinda Jackson, Erin Eccelston Rose Rogan, and Jade Scott.

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Duncan Front row: Closson, D. Bossons, A. McKinlay, T. Mchieli, S. Ollson, R. Olaussen W. Elvins, L.Bennett, D. Hamilton, and Deputy Chief A. Sanderson.

Back row: K. Arscott, K. Woodley, W. Ruiter, J. Van Wieren, J. Kerrone, C. Tromp, C. Clarke, and D. Ellison.

Not in photo: Chief M. McKinlay, Capt R. Starke Capt W. Watson, Lt. C. Irving, Lt. C. Adams, B. Maheu, G. Wikkerink, B. Cannon, P. Darling, J. Baan, A. Leonard, R. Campbell, and T. Poirier.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Fire Chief Mike McKinlay

Cowichan Bay From left: Curtis Frueh, Dave Frueh, Steve McCaffery, Fire Chief Charles Brown, Darin Forrest, Brad Doran, Phil Cuthbert, Steve Frueh, Graham Frueh, Pam Stemire, Paul Randall, Andrew Frueh, Rod Ketota, Dallas Wigmore, Mike King, Tyler Frueh, Thierry Larminay, Phillip Van Huizen, and Robert Miller.

Not in photo: Pat Hoskins, Colin Gaw, Brice Phillips, Cam Ferguson, James Shepherd, Dave Ferguson.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

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A Very Big and Heartfelt to all the Firefighters that worked tirelessly through the summer to keep all of us safe and sound

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Shawnigan Lake From left: Jesse Leech, Brad Clark, Alex Labute, Miles Peterson, Brett Malcolm, Cpt. Wes Hyde, Josh Collard, Tom Cook, Bud Brazier, Lt. Tiffany Newman, Kelsey McDaniel, Alan Sutherland, Darian Slater, Heather Plumb, Samantha Froom, Trevor Pyne-Mercier, Clay Brown, Tim Taylor, Keica Bremner, Chief Keith Shields, Dean Stennes. Not in photo: Dept. Dave Bremner, Cpt. Stu Trotter, Lt. Derek Porter, Lt. James Dickinson, Paul Mead, Chris Gingell, Scott McMillan, Paul Gallagher, Dave Clark, Nathan Boyne, Ken Napier, Stu Wood, Jordan Feenstra, Courtney Vermette.

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[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

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North Oyster From left: Brian Eagle, Jayson Layman, Connor Layman, Sean Durrell, Tony Marcotte, Ron Strazza, Mark Smith, Nigel Ramer, Kris Hill, Florian Schulz, Peter Lynn, Fire Chief Jason de Jong.

[MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTOS]

Chief Jason de Jong

Malahat Bob Bell, Ryan Carveth, Kim Covington, Warren Danforth, Louise Fraser, Robert Fraser, Neil Gibbs, John Halliwell, Rick Hills, Mike Hladky, Branden Howell, Betty Johnstone, Jake McFarlane, Ann Nightingale, Cam Patterson, Nick Patterson, Rob Patterson, Tanya Patterson, Brenda Philips, Dave Philips, Justin Philips, and Greg Sadler.

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Special thanks to the firefighters that risk their lives to protect our property and keep us safe.

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The Municipality sincerely thanks all the firefighters who dedicate their time and energy in protecting our communities.

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On Saturday, Oct. 24, from 4-10 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 25 from 3-8 p.m. get into the spirit of the year’s most haunted holiday with a trip to the Ladysmith firehall.

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Scott’s pair leads LMG to comeback win “You don’t [come back] very often in our league, especially against some of the top teams in our division.”

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

In what some jokingly called his “last game of freedom” for Cowichan LMG, striker Steve Scott scored twice to spur his team to a 3-1 comeback win over Vic West last Saturday.

Scott, who is getting married this week, scored Cowichan’s first goal to tie the score at 1-1, then added the eventual game-winner later on as the team took sole possession of first place in Div. 1 of the Vancouver Island Soccer League.

“You don’t do that very often in our league,” head coach Glen Martin said of the come-frombehind win. “Especially against some of the top teams in our division.”

Cowichan trailed Vic West 1-0 at halftime, putting themselves in a tough spot.

“In our league, of course, scoring first is everything,” Martin noted.

Ten minutes into the second half, however, Scott took a long cross from Paddy Nelson and beat the Vic West goalie with a header for his first goal of the year.

“That was a huge goal,” Martin said. “You can tell they dropped off a little bit.”

Goalie Sam Hutchison made a couple of key saves to keep it at 1-1, and Scott scored again at the 64-minute mark, slamming home a free kick.

GLEN MARTIN, Cowichan LMG head coach

Steve Scott (18) beats the Vic West goalie to the ball to score a header for Cowichan’s first goal of the game and his first of the season at Finlayson Park last Saturday. [TODD BLUMEL PHOTO] “That kind of goal will break your spirits,” Martin said. “They didn’t have much of a push after that.”

With about 20 minutes left, Josh Cuthbert took a laser pass from Tyler Hughes and scored a beauty to make it 3-1. Cowichan held on to that lead until time expired.

The first-half deficit was surprising for Martin, whose team outplayed Vic West in the early going.

“We had a lot of possession,” he said. “We were all over them.”

Vic West, however, absorbed the pressure well and didn’t give up a lot of quality scoring chances.

Around the 30-minute mark, they took the ball against the flow of play and floated a cross into the Cowichan box to beat Hutchison.

A l t h o u g h h e a l l owe d h i s first goal in four games with Cowichan, Hutchison had a strong outing, making a few big saves in his first real test.

Martin had warned him before the season that there would be a lot of games where he didn’t face any shots at all, and that was the case in the first three matches of the season. Despite being untested thus far, Hutchison was ready when it happened.

Elsewhere on the pitch, Kevan Brown was named game MVP after an outstanding outing at centre midfield.

“He was in on the action, controlling the game,” Martin said.

Cowichan sits alone in first place in Div. 1 with three wins and a tie, but the injury bug has struck a few players in the last week.

“With a small roster, that’s not a good thing,” Martin pointed out. “[Carrying a small roster] is okay if nothing happens to you.”

Cowichan will be back in action this Friday, hosting Gorge at the Ladysmith turf at 7:30 p.m.

This year’s Gorge squad is much improved over last season, sitting fifth in the division.

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BCHL, CMHA launch mental health initiative KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Kerry Park’s Nick White battles a Campbell River player in front of the Islanders net during last Sunday’s game.

A new partnership between the B.C. Hockey League and the Canadian Mental Health Association’s BC Division is designed to help players and their supporters learn about mental health and increase their skills in order to help players who may be struggling emotionally or at risk of suicide.

“We are excited to par tner with the B.C. Hockey League, to help their athletes connect with the mental health supports and resources they need to thrive,” CMHA BC CEO Bev Gutray said as the program, Talk Today, was announced.

Talk Today is being called “one of the most comprehensive mental health programs for amateur sports in Canada.” Its components include mental health and suicide awareness workshops, one-onone mental health coaches, and community awareness events at games.

“The B.C. Hockey league strives to be the best junior A hockey league in North America,” BCHL

commissioner John Grisdale said.

“For us, that means supporting the physical and mental health of our athletes, as well as reaching out to our communities and helping support causes we care about through initiatives like Talk Today.”

Each BCHL team will have a CMHA mental health navigator serving as a liaison and helping to provide referrals to local mental health and addictions support.

They will also work with teams to help promote mental health awareness in the community.

“Each year, our network of 14 CMHA branches in BC help over 120,000 people including children and youth, families and older adults,” Gutray said. “Talk Today will help strengthen those community connections and reach new audiences with the message that mental health is possible for all.”

Talk Today builds on the success of an initiative of the same name launched in Ontario in 2014 as a partnership between CMHA Ontario and the Ontario Hockey League.

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Inconsistent Isles beat Storm, eaten by Wolves KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Much to owner Mark Osmond’s chagrin, the Kerry Park Islanders sandwiched a pair of strong outings against one of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s top teams — the Campbell River Storm — around a lacklustre performance against the Westshore Wolves, a team he feels they should be beating.

The Isles beat the Storm 3-2 in Campbell River last Friday, and lost to the same team 5-2 — including two empty-net goals — at home on Sunday.

In between, they lost 6-2 to the Wolves at home.

“Friday I liked,” Osmond said.

“We played 60 minutes of hockey and won 3-2. The next night, in our arena, against a team we should be beating, they played like chumps.”

In Campbell River on Friday, the Isles took a 1-0 first-period lead courtesy of Ryan Paisley.

After the Storm tied the score midway through the second, Zack Smith restored the Kerry Park lead. Campbell River again drew even early in the third, but that lasted less than two minutes before Corey Peterson scored the eventual game-winner.

Peterson finished with a goal and two assists, while Paisley and Smith each had a goal and one helper. Chase Anderson

“We can play with them.

That’s what’s frustrating.

We play a great game, then we don’t show up for the next one.”

MARK OSMOND, Kerry Park Islanders owner

earned the win in goal, stopping 35 of 37 shots.

Back home the next night, the Wolves opened the scoring, but Paisley scored to send the teams to the dressing rooms tied at 1-1. Paisley staked the team to a brief lead early in the second, but it was all Westshore after that. The Wolves scored two more in the second and three in the third. Ty Rennie was saddled with the loss despite a 40-save performance.

When the Isles hosted the Storm on Sunday afternoon, the final score was 5-2, but a pair of empty-netters belied how close the game actually was. The teams were knotted at 2-2 until the last 15 seconds of the second period, and Campbell River led just 3-2 until the Isles pulled Anderson late in the third.

“What was amazing to me was that Campbell River played only three lines,” Osmond said. “They had seven healthy scratches in the stands. We saw their top line every second shift.”

Smith and Kyle Green scored

on Sunday, while Anderson made 34 saves on 37 shots.

The way his team played against Campbell River both times was what Osmond wants to see every game.

“I liked the effort,” he said.

“We can play with them. That’s what’s frustrating. We play a great game, then we don’t show up for the next one.”

The 20-year-old veterans, like the line of Paisley, Peterson and Smith, and the youngest players aren’t the issue, Osmond said.

“It’s the middle ones that’s the problem,” he said. “I hate losing when we don’t play well, and so do the coaches. How do we transfer that to the players?

It’s a consistency thing as well: if we play the same way every game, we’ll win more than we lose. They’ve proved to themselves that they can play with good teams and win.”

The Isles have just one game this weekend, hosting the Peninsula Panthers on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The following weekend they have home games against the Saanich Braves and Oceanside Generals, and after that, a three-game with two against Peninsula and one against the Victoria Cougars.

“I’m going to challenge the guys to win the next five games,” Osmond said. “There’s no reason we shouldn’t go the next five games without winning.”

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Going .500 on a three-game road trip is often a good thing.

Not for this year’s Cowichan Valley Capitals.

“It could be worse, but we’re not celebrating,” head coach Bob Beatty said.

The Caps won 5-2 against the Prince George Spruce Kings last Friday, tied the Coquitlam Express 3-3 on Saturday, and lost 4-2 to the Langley Rivermen on Sunday.

The end of the Langley game proved particularly troublesome as the Caps, trying to hold on to another tie, gave up the go-ahead goal with six ticks left on the clock, then surrendered an empty-netter in the final second.

“We were seconds away from making [the trip] a lot better,” Beatty lamented. “It should be a lesson. We had all the momentum

going into the last couple of minutes. We had a powerplay late in the game and we had some good chances. Then we had some good, solid chances five-on-five in the last minute, but we failed to pick up a man on the backcheck, and a guy drove to the net and put it in with a few seconds left.

“It’s a hard lesson; maybe it was magnified because of the time, but it can and does happen throughout the game.”

After a scoreless first period, the Rivermen took the lead midway through the second, then added another goal early in the third.

Business at a

Patrick Geary and Ayden MacDonald had powerplay goals to get the Caps back in position to at least salvage a point from the game before the late collapse.

Storm Phaneuf, playing his third game in net in as many days, made 30 saves on 33 shots in yet another outstanding effort.

The weekend started off with a win, although Beatty wasn’t particularly excited about the game in Prince George.

“That was our sloppiest game of the road trip,” he said. “We had a terrible first period, just turnover after turnover.”

The Caps trailed 1-0 after the first, but improved gradually over the game. Jared Domin and Ben Verrall scored in the second, and Luke Santerno found the net in the third before Ryan Burton sealed the deal with two late goals, including an empty-netter.

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for the win.

On Saturday, Geary opened the scoring, but the Caps found themselves down 3-1 midway through the second period. Geary’s second of the game got Cowichan back within one, and Matthew Hudie tied the score in the third.

“Late in the game we had some glorious chances to win it, but we weren’t able to execute,” Beatty said. “We did show some character, battling back from down 3-1.”

Including overtime, Phaneuf played 70 minutes against Coquitlam, stopping 31 of 34 shots.

Phaneuf had to play all three games on the weekend as Lane

Michasiw was sidelined with an illness. In starting the bulk of the Caps’ contests so far this year, Phaneuf has been extremely reliable.

“His approach to the game is solid,” Beatty said. “He’s a competitor. He’s been very good for us.”

The Caps have another busy weekend coming up as they host the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday at 7 p.m., visit the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Saturday, then host the Surrey Eagles on Sunday at 2 p.m.

It might be early in the season, but the divisional games against Victoria and Alberni are still huge.

“We’re ahead of both those teams, but we’d like so spread the gap instead of narrow it,” Beatty said. “We’re well aware of how hard it is to make up points come January and February.”

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IN-HOME CAREGIVER in Cowichan Bay for lady with MS. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment.

40 hrs. per week $10.95 per hour. Duties: bathing, dressing, using hoist, housework, meal prep.

HS graduate. Start Nov 2015, 3 yr contract. Please send resume to: davidg82@shaw.ca.

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30 yrs experience.

FOR ESTIMATE CALL 250-710-5712.

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Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Assistant Secretary-Treasurer The Cowichan Valley School District invites applications for the position of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. A detailed job description can be viewed at www.sd79.bc.ca under Employment Opportunities – Excluded. The deadline for applications is 4:30 pm on Friday, October 9, 2015.

FANTASTIC HOUSE CLEANER 29 yrs cleaning experience Professionally trained Relais & Chateaux also 4&5 Diamond Hotel/Resorts.

Own supplies, hard-working, friendly, reliable and efficient.

Tons of refs. Highest quality work at an affordable rate.

Beds, laundry, and all-natural by request.

Please email mclemente@shaw.ca call 250-715-1185 For all your cleaning, cooking and laundry needs. Island Domestic has experienced housekeepers. We also do apartments, offices and onetime cleans. Serving Mill Bay to Ladysmith.

Bonded, Insured, WCB, registered with DVA. 250-710-0864. www.islanddomestic services.ca

RESIDENTIAL CLEANING Are you looking for an cleaner with 15 years experience? Openings for bi-weekly, monthly, or one-time deep cleaning.

CALL 250-597-8957 COMPUTER SERVICES ABLE COMPUTER REPAIR In-home service. Senior’s discount. Nico 250-746-6167

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PLUMBING A SERVICE PLUMBER. Licence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Discounts. After Hour Service.

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FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.

PETS

APARTMENT/CONDO LOVELY 2 bdrm suites in seniors oriented building, Central Duncan. Heat incld. NS/NP. $800. Please call Resident Manager at 250-732-0342.

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You’ll think we’ve gone mad deals. Call now and get your deal. Pioneer Steel, 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES 2-BDRM, LOWER duplex. 5 appls, storage, French doors to back yard; walking distance to town, no stairs. $1100./mo Avail Nov. 1st. (250)746-8182.

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT HOME SUPPORT required for elderly person in Mill Bay area.

F/T- 34 hours/week. $11$19/hour. Housekeeping, meal prep, some gardening. Optional accommodations available at no charge on a live-in basis.

Note this is not a condition of employment. Fax resumes: 1780-406-5505 or email to: leisurecrafts@shaw.ca

HAULING/JUNK REMOVAL MOVING & DELIVERIES SMALL DEMOLITION JOBS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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PLENTY TO SAMPLE AND SAVOUR IN COWICHAN

Not all moonshine is cooked up in bathtubs and not all elixirs are alcoholic. Melinda Dives of Moonshine Mama’s Elixirs and Tonics, offers tastes of her product during Savour Cowichan at the Community Farm Store south of Duncan. Driven by her own fight with cancer to find new ways to health and vitality, Dives experimented with those favourite foodie ingredients: turmeric, limes, lemons and ginger. Her favourite way to drink it: pour an ounce over ice as an aperitif or digestif. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Living with Stroke, eight-week interactive program to help stroke survivors and caregivers, Oct. 2-Nov. 20, Fridays 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Duncan library. Register: 1-888-473-4636.

• Prevost Veterinary Clinic open house Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m., to celebrate Animal Health Week. Learn about pet welfare, socialization, dentistry, nutrition, guided tours, scavenger hunt, face painting. Leave pets at home. Location: 1057 Canada Ave., Duncan.

• Cowichan Intercultural Society offers Food Safe level one course, Oct. 9, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $30. Course often required or preferred by employers in food services industry. Register with Cowichan Intercultural Society: 250-748-3112.

• Cowichan Intercultural Society presents advice session on improving your employment outcomes with Gaya Laflamme, head of Human Resources for the Municipality of North Cowichan. How to write a resume, cover letter, impress in an interview. Oct. 22, 7-9 p.m. Info: 250-748-3112.

• Craft Fair, Oct. 31, Duncan Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government

St. Book your table now, $15. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Lake Cowichan Golden Agers’ Fall Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

At 50 Plus Activity Centre, 55 Coronation St. Vendors needed, table rental $15. New and used items, baking, crafts. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Canadian Firearm Safety course (non-restricted and restricted) starting Friday, Nov. 13, Duncan. Registration and information: Mike 250748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@ shaw.ca • Cowichan Intercultural Society presents basic automechanics and tips on how to buy a good used car with Ryan Gough, automechanics teacher at Cowichan Secondary. Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m. Info: 250-748-3112.

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre pancake breakfast Saturday, Oct. 10, 9-11 a.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre pot luck birthday party Saturday, Oct. 17, 5-8 p.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich Wednesday, Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Cen-

tre blood pressure clinic Wednesday, Oct. 21, 9:30-11 a.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Halloween Dinner and Dance, Oct. 31, 6-10:30 p.m., tickets $20, on sale starting Oct. 1 at the centre, Tuesday-Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Info: 250-924-4865.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre muffin mornings Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30-11 a.m. except Wednesday, Oct. 21.

• Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

Recreation • Cowichan Kayak and Canoe Club meetings second Tuesday each month except July and August, 7:30 p.m., socializing time 7-7:30 p.m., Seniors Activity Centre, Duncan.

Next meeting Oct. 13. Refreshments provided. Info: cowichankayakand canoe.wordpress.com • Cowichan Intercultural Society presents Art Healing Series, Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m., Mill Bay Library.

Meet to paint, draw, sketch and create art pieces. Info: Francoise francoise@ cis-iwc.org or 250-748-3112.

• Duncan Badminton Club, Tues-

days and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., October through March Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and competitive. All welcome.

Info: 250-746-4380.

• Youth rowing program, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, for ages 10-14.

Get some rowing experience with summer staff Thursdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. $10 dropin fee, call ahead to reserve a place: 250-746-4955.

• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables.

• Cowichan Fly Fishers meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Air Cadet Hall, Gibbins Road.

Doors open 7 p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: www.cowichan flyfishers.com

Meetings • Cowichan Valley Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month, next meeting Oct. 14, 7 p.m., St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan. Illustrated presentation by guest speaker Ann

Nightingale: Birds in Your Backyard: Attracting Birds to Your Garden Throughout the Year.

• Alpha at Duncan Christian Reformed Church, dinner and conversation, ask anything about life, faith and God, Thursdays, Sept. 24-Nov. 19, info: 250-748-2122 or crc.pastor@shaw cable.com • October meeting of the Cowichan Valley Arthritis Support Group Monday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m., St. John’s Church Hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan. Speaker: Lifeline on their safety service.

• Cowichan Historical Society meeting Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church hall, Duncan. Speaker: Bill Wilson on history of soda water manufacturers. All welcome.

• Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous is here to help.

Meetings are Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings. For meeting times call 250-746-9366 or go to www.oa.org/membersgroups/ find-a-meeting/ • The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Come meet other collectors and see and hear about collections. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

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