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t was a year of honours and recognition for Nanaimo residents. Individuals who worked tirelessly to improve their community received high provincial and national honours. Athletes reached the podium to stand in glory. The City of Nanaimo was recognized as having the Greatest Street in Canada and was noted as being among the best in the world for air quality. The New Bulletin looks back at some of the triumphs accomplished over the past year.

The Pacific Biological Station at Departure Bay was named a national historic event by the federal Ministry of Environment. The biological station was the first fisheries research institution in the country, established in 1908. Snuneymuxw First Nation elder Ellen White receives the Order of B.C. White, 89, is renowned as a tireless educator and advocate on cultural and women’s issues. She was among 14 people named as recipients for the 2011 award, the province’s highest honour. Michael Hogman, 24, was honoured by Canadian Blood Services at its Honour Our Lifeblood awards ceremony for donating his bone marrow stem cells to save the life of a man in Ontario. Hogman is an army reservist and a service technician for Nanaimo-based Oughtred Coffee & Tea.

Iconic Canadian radio host and broadcast journalist Shelagh Rogers was awarded the prestigious Order of Canada. Rogers, who lives on Gabriola Island, has hosted CBC Radio One programs such as This Morning and Sounds Like Canada. The Officer of the Order of Canada is the country’s highest civilian honour and is awarded for lifetime achievement and merit in service to Canada or humanity. Wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell wins three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand. She garnered gold in 100, 200 and 400 metre events, setting new event records in 100 and 200 metre competitions, and earned silver in the 800m. Dover Bay Secondary School bested hundreds of contestants in the Staples Canada Recycle for Education Computer Lab Contest to win a $50,000 tech lab for the school. The reward recognized all the green initiatives the Dover Bay Eco Club has put in place over the past few years. The school beat out close to 300 schools from across Canada. Sandra Thomson received the Honour in Culture Award from the City of Nanaimo in recognition of her decades of work to establish the Port Theatre. She worked alongside well-known and respected Nanaimo artists to fundraise more than $13 million to build the theatre downtown.

Four inductees were honoured as new members of Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame. Wheelchair athlete Michelle Stilwell, NHL player Alan Hill, soccer player Ernest “Fat” Edmunds and parks and recreation builder Larry McNabb were inducted in a ceremony at the Nanaimo Museum.

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Emma Hsueh, left, Gord Graham and Kelsi Wright of Dover Bay Secondary School’s Eco Club are revved up about recycling aging equipment in the school’s computer labs. Dover Bay won the grand prize – a new computer lab valued at $50,000 – in a nationwide contest by Staples.

The Nanaimo News Bulletin won the top prize for general excellence in the largest circulation category at Saturday’s B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association annual Ma Murray awards.

students to take responsibility for their own learning and personalize the education experience.

Commercial Street was voted the Greatest Street in Canada out of 6,000 nominations through the national contest hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners. Lantzville’s Snaw-Naw-As community took third place in the contest’s Great Neighbourhoods category.

Four men receive Canada’s Medal of Bravery from Governor General David Johnston for their attempts to rescue a crash victim who plunged into the Millstone River on Jan. 15, 2008. Michael Anderson, Glen Watts, Brent Blackmore and RCMP. Const. Shane Nicoll all entered the water trying to save 86-year old James McAllister.

Mary-Lynn Epps won Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the Association of B.C. Deans of Education. The Grade 4 and 5 Randerson Ridge Elementary School teacher has taught for more than 30 years in Nanaimo and tries to encourage her

Warni Fernando, a security guard with Casino Nanaimo, was recognized with Great Canadian Gaming Corporation’s Chairman’s Award of Merit for saving the life of an RCMP officer who was being attacked near the casino.

Nanaimo’s air quality was ranked one of the top 10 urban cities in the world for best air quality in the World Health Organization’s study ranking 1,100 cities in 91 countries. Canada finished third in the world for best air quality tied with Australia. Riley Richters is awarded the Mid-Island Science and Technology and Innovation Council’s youth innovator award. The Grade 12 student in Nanaimo school district’s Career Technical Centre program is fascinated with inventing and will finish high school with his first level of training to become an electrician. Ashtyn Lively, 12, was named the Gutsiest Citizen in British Columbia and the Yukon by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada for her efforts to raise money and awareness about the disease. She was one of six individuals named across Canada. Read the conclusion of our Year in Review compilation on pages 7-11.

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Boxing Day included a visit with emergency personnel for the passengers of a boat that overturned in Nanaimo Harbour. Four people and their dog were travelling to Protection Island from Nanaimo Monday when their fourmetre aluminum boat capsized about 100 metres offshore from the Gabriola Island ferry terminal in downtown Nanaimo. Rodney Grounds, Nanaimo Harbour Patrol officer in charge, said the harbour patrol received a may-

day call from Victoria Coast Guard Radio shortly after 4 p.m. Grounds said fortunately all aboard were wearing lifejackets. They clung to the boat for about five minutes before they waved down a man making his way across the harbour from Protection Island in a three-metre inflatable boat. “He had a three- or four-yearold with him,” Grounds said. “He actually pulled them all out of the water and was able to get them into Nanaimo where B.C. Ambulance met them and assessed them for various stages of hypothermia.” Grounds commended the man

for his actions, especially since he had a small child already on board when he undertook the rescue. Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong, Nanaimo RCMP spokeswoman, said the victims told police waves started coming over the boat’s transom and they couldn’t bail fast enough. Grounds hasn’t had a chance to talk to the victims to find out what led up to the incident, but he said waves bouncing back from the Visiting Vessel Pier after being kicked up by a 10-15 knot southeasterly wind were a likely factor. “It’s an area where you get a lot of confused sea because of swells that

come back and hit it and you get a lot of standing waves,” Grounds said. “It’s a pretty treacherous little spot, especially in a small boat that could have possibly been at or near its limit.” Armstrong said the victims were released from the scene after ambulance personnel got them dried off and warmed up. Port Authority retrieved the boat, which was claimed by its owners Tuesday. “It was a really good ending to what could have been just an absolute disaster,” Grounds said. photos@nanaimobulletin.com

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TEEN USED phone to relay coordinates to searchers. Ken Sullivan and Heather Gibb are two of more than 300 volunteers who helped with Nanaimo’s Christmas Hamper program.

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An 18-year-old Nanaimo man is no worse for wear after spending a few hours lost on Westwood Ridge Christmas Day. Eight members of Nanaimo Search and Rescue were called out at 6 p.m. on what search manager Allen Tonn described as a straightforward rescue. “The young man was hiking his usual route when he went off track and darkness fell, so he called 911,” said Tonn. “He realized he had cellphone service where he was and could see some city lights, so he stayed put. He did all the right things.” The teen used his smartphone to relay longitude and latitude coordinates to his rescuers. He was located by search and rescue volunteers around 8:30 p.m and home an hour later. “With his coordinates, we found him within 80 metres of our GPS coordinates,” said Tonn. “He was a little damp, a little cold and probably a little embarrassed, but no worse for wear.” news@nanaimobulletin.com

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A record number of people signed up for Nanaimo’s Christmas Hamper program, but all went home with food thanks to a record number of donations. Hamper registrations totalled 2,300 this year, up from 1,930 in 2010. “That equates to a total of 5,085 people, 1,700 of which are children,” said Jim Duddridge, program spokesman, in a press release. “In response, however, we were able to gather 4,837 kilograms more food than last year’s 53,000 kilograms.” There was enough food to fill the hampers as well as stock

the shelves at the Salvation Army and Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank into the new year, Duddridge said. “They say a measure of a community’s generosity is how they respond during lean times and Nanaimo came through with flying colours,” he said. More than 300 volunteers collected and sorted food donations, prepared hampers and helped distribute them Dec. 20-22. “I think the longest wait was about 10 minutes to get people through,” said Duddridge. “People showed up

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Christmas breakfast tur ned disastrous for a Nanaimo couple when their house caught fire. The blaze broke out at 880 Dufferin St. shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday just as the couple and their visitors were sitting down to breakfast, said Ennis Mond, Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire prevention officer. Mond said the fire started in Christmas wrapping paper, which the family had put behind the house for recycling. The homeowner, who decided to cook sausages and bacon on a barbecue behind the home, cleaned the barbecue’s preheated grills with a paper towel and cooking oil and then discarded the paper towel in the present wrappings. “About an hour later a neighbour came running over and said there was smoke coming from the roof,” Mond said, adding the recyclables had caught fire. Mond said the homeowner did not notice the towel might have been hot enough to start smouldering. He estimated it could have smouldered in the discarded wrapping paper for up to an hour before igniting. Flames burned into the home’s vinyl siding and up into the roof. Firefighters contained the blaze to an entertainment room, but heat and smoke caused damage throughout the home. The owners and their four visitors escaped unharmed. “They were just sitting down to eat breakfast,” Mond said. “Their food and everything else was still on the table. They all got out and called the fire department.” The home is insured, but its owners will be displaced until repairs are completed. photos@nanaimobulletin.com

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A Yellow Point couple escaped a fire with minor smoke inhalation on Christmas Eve. The fire broke out in a home in the 3300 block of De Courcy Drive about 2 a.m. Saturday. “Upon arrival there was significant heavy smoke coming out of the structure,” said Percy Tipping, North Cedar Fire Department chief. “All the occupants were out at that time, so it was just a matter of entering and extinguishing.” Tipping said the man and woman who own the home were the only people in the house when the fire broke out. “They were transported to hospital by B.C. Ambulance to be checked over for smoke inhalation, but they were released later that morning,” Tipping said. The fire appears to have started in a room on the lower floor of the split level house, but what sparked the blaze is still under investigation by fire and insurance investigators. Flames and heat extended up into the kitchen. Tipping said it took firefighters about one hour to bring the fire fully under control, get the interior of the house cooled down and snuff out any remaining hot spots, but fire crews were on the scene for several hours mopping up. “Structurally the house is fine, but there is significant heat, smoke and water damage to the inside on the whole lower floor,” Tipping said.

A Nanaimo man lost all his possessions in a fire that gutted a house Wednesday. Fire crews were called to the blaze in a single-storey rental house on Gillespie Street in south Nanaimo just before 1:30 a.m. Ennis Mond, fire i nve s t i g at o r w i t h Nanaimo Fire Rescue, deemed the fire suspicious Wednesday afternoon and called the RCMP to investigate further. He would release few details, other than the fire started at the front of the house and there was more than one ignition point. When crews arrived, smoke and flames were coming from a front window and the back kitchen window, said Mond.

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Ennis Mond, Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire prevention officer, investigates the interior of a home at 5 Gillespie Street, which was destroyed by a blaze early Wednesday. Mond turned his investigation over to Nanaimo RCMP after deeming the cause of the fire suspicious.

“The fire got up into the attic space and basically travelled the whole length of the house,” he said. Mond said the tenant, who did not have insurance and was the only person living there, was treated on scene for smoke inhalation and then taken to hospital. The tenant told fire crews that he had a cat that had not come out of the house. The cat had not been found by press time. Mond did not know if the owner, who lives in Duncan and also owns the house next door, had insurance. Dayne Hayden, who lives next door with his father, was awo-

ken by a neighbour banging on his front door. When he looked out the window, he initially thought his own house was on fire because all he could see was an orange glow. Even when he got outside and realized it was the house next door, Hayden grabbed some warm clothes and watched from a safe distance because he was worried the fire would spread. “ I f e e l l u c k y, ” Hayden said. “I hate to say it because someone did lose everything they had, but it very much could have been worse.” reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Man in gorilla mask wanted for assault A man wearing a gorilla mask grabbed a woman walking her dogs in Nanaimo last week. The incident happened at about 9:30 a.m. Dec. 21 when the woman, 20, was walking her dogs in an alley near Piper’s Pub in Nanaimo’s Hammond Bay district. Police said one of the dogs started growling just before a man, dressed entirely in black and wearing a gorilla mask, appeared and grabbed her by the arm. The dogs protected their owner by barking frantically. The man ran off when one of the dogs started biting him. The woman called 911, but police who conducted extensive patrols in the area failed to turn up the suspect, who was described as wearing black jeans, black jacket, black gloves and a brown gorilla mask and may have suffered a dog bite. This is Nanaimo’s second assault by someone wearing a gorilla mask this year. In April, a woman jogging through Westwood Lake Park was assaulted by a naked man wearing a gorilla mask, who grabbed her by the leg and rubbed himself against her. So far, police have not caught a suspect in either of the incidents. Police are reminding everyone out jogging or partaking in other outdoor activities around Nanaimo to exercise extra caution and be aware of their surroundings. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www. nanaimocrimestoppers.com.

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It will take months before the terminal at Duke Point can be repaired following a hard landing on Dec. 20 by the MV Coastal Inspiration. The Super C class Inspiration struck the berth at a speed of about five knots, following what is suspected to be an electronic malfunction. The collision caused damage to the ferry’s bow doors and the terminal’s lower vehicle ramp. B.C. Ferries and the Transportation Safety Board are both continuing investigations into the accident, which caused minor injuries to eight passengers and four crew members. T he MV Coastal Renaissance, a sister ship to the Inspiration, replaced the damaged vessel. The Duke Point t e r m i n a l re m a i n s closed, and B.C. Ferries is running both Horseshoe Bay and

Tsawwassen routes out of Departure Bay. Darin Guenette, B.C. Ferries spokesman, said there is no concer n regarding the Renaissance’s electronics. “Of course, anytime you’ve got a vessel that has sister ships, if something mechanical happens, we check the other ones for issues, but there is no concern,” he said. The Duke Point terminal was established in 1997 to accommodate larger vehicles like tractor-trailers, buses and delivery vehicles. Louise Yako, president of the B.C. Truckers’ Association, which represents about 1,200 commercial fleets, said it’s too soon to tell how the change will affect truckers once the holiday season is over, but early indications suggest goods are moving well. “We probably won’t see the real results for a couple of weeks, once the regular routine begins again,”

said Yako. “Delivery of some goods to the Island may be delayed but they haven’t been disrupted. I say that because B.C. Ferries has assured me that the capacity for commercial vehicles, total capacity between the Island and Lower Mainland, has been maintained. There is still the same amount of space available on those ferries for trucks.” Prior to Duke Point

being built, Departure Bay served as the terminal for both Horseshoe Bay and Tsawwassen routes. To alleviate traffic congestion at Departure Bay, B.C. Ferries extended a 50-per cent fare discount for commercial vehicles weighing over 5,500 kilograms on the Tsawwassen to Schwartz Bay route Dec. 27 and Jan. 3. Yako said the offer appealled to a number

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Airline pricing rules take off Imagine going to a restaurant for a $5 steak dinner, but when you get there you discover being seated at a table will cost you $5, a surcharge of $7 for the plate and utensils and another $4 for the server to take your order. Add on the tip and HST and suddenly your cheap meal has become an expensive night out. That’s how Canada’s airlines have been allowed to operate. It’s marketing strategy: advertise only the base AIRLINES MUST now cost of the ticket – with full price of that ticket, be up front the including all its various and advertise surcharges, fees and taxes full price of – revealed when the purchaser is about to commit. their flights. Consumer advocates have been complaining about it for years. In fact, the federal government did do something about it, adding the “allin-one” airfare advertising clause to the Canadian Transportation Act in June 2007. But lobbying by the airlines, which claimed the new pricing policy would put them at a disadvantage to foreign airlines who could continue to advertise only their base fares on their own websites, has delayed its implementation for years. That’s about to change. European airlines have been required to advertise the complete cost of a ticket since 2008. In January, American airlines will also fall in line with all-in airfares. The competitive disadvantage argument no longer exists. So why will Canadian consumers have to wait another 12 months for a five-yearold law to finally be enforced? While it’s likely that only the most naive traveller believes they could actually travel to England for $99, requiring the airlines to be up front when advertising their fares will empower consumers when making the best choice for their travel spending.

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B.C. NDP leader Dix buoyed by 2011

Here are excerpts from my Increase corporate taxes to 2008 year-end interview with B.C. levels. Bring back a corporate NDP leader Adrian Dix: capital tax and use that to fund TF: There was a lot of cheering student grants. Have I missed at your convention Dec. 10 when anything? federal NDP leader Nycole AD: In January and February, Turmel said that B.C. shouldn’t many people criticized those have to pay Ottawa back the $1.6 proposals, especially the one billion HST transition payment. returning corporate taxes to 2008 That hasn’t been your position. levels. And then the government Isn’t this a mixed adopted, briefly, those message for the public? proposals in May. So B.C. AD: No. In the federal I’m delighted that I’m VIEWS election campaign, moving the political the NDP advocated debate in a positive Tom Fletcher for that position, and direction. Black Press they said that if they I defy you to name were elected, and of any opposition leader course it was the late in any jurisdiction in Jack Layton who put Canada who has been forward the argument as specific on taxation that B.C. would not as I have 18 months have to return the before an election. money, would we have You’re going to see our voted at that time to detailed program in get rid of the HST. Obviously, advance of the election. while the NDP did extremely At the NDP convention I well in that election, we didn’t spoke at length about the key win. Mr. Harper won. He says we issues of our time, about the have to pay the $1.6 billion back things that I’m campaigning for and the Liberal Party of B.C., right now, including improving Ms. Clark and Mr. Campbell’s skills training in our province, party, signed a very bad deal for addressing issues of inequality, B.C. that we’re stuck with. addressing the fact that raw log TF: You replaced Carole James exports are out of control in the this year. At the root of that province. situation was a complaint about I get criticized on some days a policy vacuum in the B.C. NDP. for being too specific and too I put it to you that that vacuum policy-oriented, so I’m delighted still exists … to hear your criticism that I’m AD: [laughs] I guess I can’t not specific enough. count on your support. TF: The B.C. Liberals leapt TF: I’m making a list here. on your recent statement about

potentially increasing income taxes for high earners. This sounds like [federal NDP leadership candidate] Brian Topp’s suggestion of a new top tax bracket. Is that what you were saying? AD: On personal income taxes, I think because the B.C. Liberal Party has continually increased costs on middle class people, for example, shifting the hydro burden onto residential customers, and subsidizing industrial customers. They’re raising MSP premiums, raising ferry fares, raising long-term care fees, they have specifically gone after the middle class. I don’t think there’s really personal tax room there for middle-income people. That’s my view and my position. TF: So does that mean increasing taxes for higher income people? AD: No. I think what you have to do is first of all look at the fiscal situation closer to the election and be clear about that. *** The interview also touched on the NDP teaming up with Bill Vander Zalm, and the future of socialism. You can find the full text on this newspaper’s website by pointing to the Opinion tab and clicking on B.C. Opinions. ◆ Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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students and use technology more efficiently. The debate on whether to accept or extinguish the harmonized sales tax took a step toward dirty politics this week. Three ‘Vote YES Extinguish the HST’ signs in Ladysmith, one in Nanaimo and one in Campbell River were altered to read ‘Vote No Extinguish the PST’. Nanaimo school district staff are working to recover some of the money – and special needs support – lost following an audit of special needs services by Education Ministry staff earlier this year. Nanaimo RCMP are hoping they have nipped the spread of aboriginal gang activity in the bud after arresting several people associated with the Redd Alert gang. The city and Harmac mill owners are working on a joint venture to ensure local residents have an emergency water supply in the event the current source, the south fork of the Nanaimo River, can no longer provide an adequate or safe supply. Nanaimo Mounties have a man in custody believed to be responsible for several motor vehicle thefts in recent months. Nanaimo’s David Wang hopes to start a movement of community discussions about the HST to help resi-

dents examine the issue. A woman jogging on Victoria Road had a disturbing encounter with a man driving a pickup truck. A familiar sight at Nanaimo Airport is about to take off for greener pastures. The bright yellow former RCAF Canso A (PBY flying boat) is being rescued from 10 years of neglect to become a display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore. After a high-energy day of creativity, innovation and silliness, Superette Foods took the final heat in the Nanaimo Child Development Centre’s Silly Boat Regatta in just two minutes, two seconds. Improved transit service has resulted in more people riding the bus in Nanaimo. B.C. Transit’s annual report, released Tuesday, indicates ridership in the Harbour City is up 6.4 per cent to 2.62 million riders annually. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Jeffery Scott Hughes gets underway in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo. Nanaimo’s Nathan Barlow posted the second-fastest winning time in history at the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race.

Barlow reached the finishline bell in one hour, 11 minutes, 54 seconds to win the race for a second time. City council voted to encourage the provision of electric vehicle infrastructure through its municipal design guidelines, which will eventually encourage building codes and parking bylaws to enable facilities that can recharge electric vehicles.

AUGUST Nanaimo RCMP are investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman. Police and paramedics were called to an apartment on Wakesiah Avenue after a family member discovered the woman’s body in a bedroom of the apartment. Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP Jean Crowder says her party remains strong and united despite health concerns for its leader Jack Layton. Two Nanaimo men are heading to Vietnam as guest speakers at the International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange. Enhanced information sharing between health and police officials in emergency situations is one of five recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the death of Jeffrey Scott Hughes. Continued /8

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Ferry service between downtown Nanaimo and Gabriola Island will be disrupted for at least the remainder of the weekend after the trestle at the Nanaimo B.C. Ferries terminal gave way, dumping a Royal Paving truck full of asphalt into the water. Telus Communications Corp., Rogers Communication Partnership and Bell Mobility Inc. filed a petition through the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association to the Supreme Court of British Columbia Tuesday challenging the city’s ability to impose a levy on an industry governed by

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Worries that the economic recession has affected the overall health of Island residents are highlighted in a report from the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s chief medical health officer.

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Nanaimo Mayor John Ruttan wants to finish what he started in his first term as mayor, announcing Wednesday he will run again in November’s elections.

Excitement is building across the city as the 2011 Tour de Rock’s visit to Nanaimo draws near. A group of citizens hopes their rally will help chart the future course for Nanaimo. Organizers of the Community Vision Rally invited Ken Melamed, mayor of Whistler, and Mike Harcourt, former B.C. premier and Vancouver mayor, to share their experience planning communities for the future with the goal to spur discussion about Nanaimo’s identity and goals.

More than 1,000 new Vancouver Island University students got an idea of what to expect in the months to come at a student orientation day. As teachers ready themselves for the first day of job action, the Education Minister isn’t holding much hope talks between the teachers’ union and the province will end in a negotiated settlement quickly. A man who stood defiant on a logging road to block clearcutting in the Clayoquot will see his legacy of sustainable forestry continue. Merve Wilkinson, founder of Wildwood in Yellow Point, died last week at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. He was 97. A Nanaimo woman charged with dangerous and impaired driving following a 2008 car crash was urged to stay in Victoria rather than drive to Nanaimo in snowy road conditions hours before the crash. Snuneymuxw First Nation elder Ellen White was among 14 people named Friday as recipients of the 2011 award, the province’s highest honour. A Nanaimo mother was tailgating and switching lanes repeatedly in the minutes before her vehicle was involved in a horrific car crash in December 2008, a witness testified. A section of steel structural beam from the World Trade Center will be displayed at Nanaimo Fire Rescue’s

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museum in Station 1 at 666 Fitzwilliam St. Nanaimo Fire Rescue applied for the artifact when it was made available. Summer took its sweet time arriving on the south coast of B.C. and won’t be sticking around for much longer. Fire officials are reminding the public to be careful with cigarette butts and campfires as a result of the recent hot, dry weather. A Nanaimo man died following a motorcycle crash. Maquinna Marriott and Jessica Davis, who founded Bella and Charlie Designs more than a year ago, travel to California to show off their bib and blanket creations in a ‘gifting suite’ prior to the Emmy Awards. The latest project in the provincial government’s Housing

First initiative could see up to 40 social housing units built at 6025 Uplands Dr., near Nanaimo Fire Rescue Station No. 3 on Hammond Bay Road. School startup was relatively smooth in Nanaimo this fall, considering teachers began job action on the first day back to class. A smouldering chair is responsible for a dramatic fire that gutted one north-end house and severely damaged another. There were no major injuries despite the early hour of the fire, as neighbours and two passing taxi drivers stopped to ensure the occupants and animals in both houses got out safely. Nanaimo will join other B.C. municipalities and regional districts in expressing its concerns to B.C. Hydro and the province over the mandatory installation of smart meters.

Nanaimo’s next city council will inherit a minimum pay raise of 24 per cent spread over three years. Fire officials boarded up a house on Newcastle Avenue after piles of material too close to a wood stove ignited. Ennis Mond, fire investigator with Nanaimo Fire Rescue, said an elderly lady, whom he described as a hoarder, lived in the house with her dog. Nanaimo school trustees have a long list of concerns about the way school districts are funded that will be included in a report sent to the province later this fall. A new provincewide initiative aims to divert more than two million appliances from being tossed in landfills. Go outside and take a deep, healthy breath – a recent World Health Organization study

Liberal MLA Ron Cantelon is eager to discover what issues are hot topics for seniors in B.C. as he takes on a new role as parliamentary secretary for seniors. A Nanaimo parent is floored the school district has grounded international field trips. The province’s new high-tech, miniature hospital-on-wheels rolled into Nanaimo. The $5-million Mobile Medical Unit was on display at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital throughout the day. Tourism Nanaimo Society has started shutting its doors for good. A free workshop will help parents talk to their preschoolaged children about their body parts and sexuality in general, as well as answer any sexual health questions parents have. Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a violent attempted robbery at Country Club Centre after a clerk and several others were attacked with bear spray. Continued /10

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◆ From /9 A woman had to jump out a second-floor window to escape a fire that burned through her townhouse.

The province is going ahead with an independent review of B.C. Transit, following complaints levelled at the Crown corporation by more than 40 municipalities.

Nanaimo council took a step back to reassess its improvement plan for Maffeo Sutton Park, the same night it redesignated back to parkland nearly one hectare of land at the former Civic Arena site.

A suspect and a bystander were treated in hospital for bites after a foot chase between Nanaimo Mounties and a suspect took a dramatic turn.

An early-morning foot chase by a Nanaimo Mountie was needed to arrest a suspect in a stolen car.

A family dog trapped inside a burning house on Jingle Pot Road emerged alive from the rubble hours later as an excavator began taking apart the destroyed building.

Nanaimo Fire Rescue members are man enough to wear pink, especially when it raises money and awareness for breast cancer. Property that was scheduled to be the site of a sprawling golf resort is now in the City of Nanaimo’s hands. Two properties at Oceanview Resort and Golf Course, formerly Cable Bay, were purchased by the city last Monday at a tax sale after the property’s owner, Canadian Property Investments, failed to pay about $100,000 in taxes over the past three years. More than 150 healthcare workers at Nanaimo’s Malaspina Gardens face an uncertain future as they worry their jobs could be contracted out. Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said he regrets having to cancel a planned address to a Vancouver Island University political youth group, but said he had no alternative after learning admission fees would be used for political fundraising, which goes against his office’s policy. Unemployment rates in Nanaimo have dropped to single digits, but demand for services remains steady at city employment assistance agencies. All charges have been dropped against a Nanaimo man accused of bear-spraying several people during an attempted robbery. No single message could

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A small but loud group of north-end residents opposed to how the city has handled the Housing First project had its first opportunity to publicly address council.

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Island rail supporters are worried the future of passenger rail service on the Island could be in jeopardy. The concerns were raised as VIA Rail’s Dayliner cars were hauled onto a barge, headed to eastern Canada for refurbishment. The Nanaimo branch of the Archaeological Society of B.C. is close to becoming a thing of the past, but an emergency meeting earlier this week sparked some renewed interest in the organization. With a sweep of a broom and a little last-minute cleaning, Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank’s Farquhar Street warehouse is officially open for business. A Nanaimo resident concerned that a lobby group supporting specific municipal election candidates breached the Local Government Act was turned away by the RCMP after trying to file a complaint. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved the Gabriola Radio Society’s application to broadcast at 98.7 FM. This is the second time the group has applied – the first application in 2009 was opposed by Rogers Media. Continued /11

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director Barbara Hourston has stepped down.

Lawyers rallied in front of Nanaimo Courthouse Wednesday to protest cuts and underfunding to B.C.’s legal-aid system. Similar rallies took place in Vancouver, Victoria, Kamloops and Penticton.

Garrett Paquette’s family raised more than $116,000 during the Movember fundraising campaign, creating a lasting legacy for the young man who died in an ATV accident last month.

Some schools are cancelling Christmas concerts or holding them during the day this year due to teacher job action.

Telus plans to build a 60-metre wireless communications tower in south Nanaimo.

Shaun Alexander McGregor, centre, who was wanted for several outstanding warrants, was arrested following a chase through an apartment building on Townsite Road. McGregor’s shirt was destroyed when he was bitten on his right arm by a police dog.

A Nanaimo school trusteeelect says she will not take an oath of office because she is fighting for legislative changes that would require all school board candidates to undergo criminal record checks.

Home Depot initially asked the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign to leave its property in accordance with corporate policy, but changed its position after public outcry.

The old Mount Benson school site is being used as a school again. Nanaimo school district is leasing a wing of the building to an independent school.

Anglican Church for the funeral of a friend Thursday. The march was in honour of Cpl. Ian Patrick Philip, who died after a long battle with cancer.

The city has taken its first steps to get Occupy Nanaimo protestors to vacate Diana Krall Plaza by issuing bylaw infraction tickets.

Canadians concerned over the federal government’s tough-oncrime stance took their message to the politicians.

Andrew Harris certainly set the bar high for his Canadian Football League career. In only his third year in the league, the former V.I. Raiders star played a key role in the B.C. Lions’s 34-23 Grey Cup win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was named the game’s Most Valuable Canadian.

Video footage of at least eight rare Roosevelt elk passing through a controversial cutblock in Nanoose has sparked a renewed call from environmentalists to halt logging in the area.

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Jennifer Merilees, left, and Jim Stewart, of the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, present Dawne Anderson, of the Salvation Army, with a cheque for $500 on behalf of 130 Nanaimo Realtors who attended their annual Christmas party. The Realtors also donated a number of unwrapped gifts to the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive.

of January Brechin Lanes will donate 25 cents from every shoe rental to the Canadian Cancer Society in support of breast cancer research. To add some fun to the event, all adult rental shoes at Brechin Lanes will be pink during the campaign. Brechin lanes is at 1870 East Wellington Rd. For more information on the campaign, please go to www.brechinlanes.ca. For more on the Canadian Cancer Society, please go to www.cancer.ca.

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istorical author Lynne Bowen researches B.C.’s Italian community for her latest book. David Gogo releases his new album Soul Bender, featuring original blues music and a Michael Jackson cover song. Western Edge Theatre leads a Canada-wide reading of Homegrown, based on the playwright’s relationship with one of the Toronto 18 terrorism suspects, in protest of the federal government’s decision not to support the Summerworks theatre festival in Toronto. The government denied the funding decision was tied to the festival’s presentation of the play in 2010. Green Mountain Music Festival returns with a full day of musicians such as Bison BC and Bend Sinister raising money for Cystic Fibriosis Foundation of Canada. Nanaimo Arts Council laid off its executive director after losing a $60,000 gaming grant for a youth program.

multi-media theatre production, opens in the Shaw Auditorium for a two-week run. Tom Wilson, member of Junkhouse, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey Osmond, performs his solo material at Diners Rendezvous. Anna Lyman and her ukelele group perform a free concert at Maffeo Sutton Park to introduce audiences to the tiny instruments.

AUGUST Artist Russ Morland organizes a Paint and Skate at Diana Krall Plaza, where he paints a skateboarding ramp before professionals and amateurs use it to show off their abilities. Folk music legend Sylvia Tyson reads from her first novel Joyner’s Dream at Harbourfront library. The Houserockers, a staple on the Nanaimo music scene, reunite for a charity gig at the Queen’s. 1980s glam rock band Prism headlines the entertainment lineup at Vancouver Island Exhibition.

Author Chevy Stevens releases Never Knowing, the second N novel for the former realtor. Her first, Still Missing, was a New York Times bestseller.

Howie James is inducted into the Western Swing Music Hall of Fame in Washington state.

Old-time logging, which put food on the table and kept businesses running on the Island, is retold through poems and songs. Good Timber: Songs and Stories of the Western Logger, a

An open casting call seeks extras with character for a big budget movie shoot later in the year. Dozens of hopefuls line up at the Coast Bastion Inn for a background role in Autumn

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Summertime Blues Festival moves to Maffeo Sutton Park, featuring Downchild Blues Band and Jim Byrnes at the three-day event.

Eight one-act plays run over four days in the Fringetastic Theatre Festival, the first fringe-style event in Nanaimo since 1997.

CBC character Red Green returns with advice for young men and how to create handy gadgets out of duct tape during a show at the Port Theatre.

Nanaimo Youth Choir earns a silver medal at the National Music Festival in Ottawa.

Gu Xiong uses rivers to express his experiences in China and Canada in an art exhibit at the campus Nanaimo Art Gallery.

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Gabriola, Nanoose host studio tours OCTOBER Gabriola Island’s annual Thanksgiving studio tour reaches its 15th year. Nanoose Bay artists follow suit with a smaller studio tour of their own. John Mann’s solo music is much more personal than his work with Spirit of the West. He performs at Diners Rendezvous. Crews with Autumn Frost production wrap filming after two days at the Cassidy Inn near Nanaimo Airport. The film is widely rumoured to be the next Superman film.

Canadian pop group Neverest learned from the best while on tour with New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys prior to their solo tour across the country. Photographer Mike Yip widens his focus from birds to include flora and fauna of the Gulf Islands in his new book Denman and Hornby Nature. Pianist Ian Parker joins the Vancouver Island Symphony to play a Tchaikovsky piano concerto. Big Sugar makes Nanaimo a stop on its Canada-wide tour with Wide Mouth Mason.

Halloween becomes a week-long celebration with theatre, dance and music events leading up to the big night of trick or treating.

Last Night of the Proms, a British patriotic concert tradition, is recreated by Vancouver Island Symphony. Moscow Ballet stages The Nutcracker at the Port Theatre, a ballet traditionally produced at Christmas.

Western Edge Theatre stages The Dishwashers, a play about workers in a restaurant, in Acme Food Co.’s basement.

NOVEMBER Vancouver Island University theatre students stage a classic retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Schmooze Productions moves into its new home at Nanaimo Centre

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Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $0/$0/$500 and freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,550/$1,600 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. **From Dec. 16, 2011 to Dec. 30, 2011, receive 0% APR purchase financing on new [2012 Fiesta (excluding S), 2011 Focus (excluding S), 2011 Fusion (excluding S), 2011 Mustang (excluding Value Leader, GT500 and Boss 302), 2011 Taurus (excluding SE), 2011 and 2012 Edge (excluding SE), 2011 Flex (excluding SE), 2011 Escape (excluding I4 manual), 2011 Expedition]/[ 2012 Expedition]/[ 2012 Focus (excluding S), 2011 Fiesta (excluding S), 2011 Ranger Supercab (excluding XL), 2011 and 2012 F-150 (excluding regular cab XL 4x2 and Raptor), 2011 and 2012 F-250 to F-450 (excluding chassis cabs), 2012 Fusion (excluding S), 2012 Mustang (excluding Value Leader, GT500 and BOSS 302), 2012 Taurus (excluding SE), 2012 Flex (excluding SE), 2012 Escape (excluding I4 Manual)] models for a maximum of [36]/[48]/ [60] months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $30,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 60 months, monthly payment is $500, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $30,000.Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. † From Dec. 31 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012, receive $500/ $1,000/ $1,500/ $1,750/ $2,000/ $2,250/ $2,500/ $3,000/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,500/ $5,000// $5,500/ $6,000/ $6,500/ $7,000/ $7,500/ $8,000/ $8,500/ $9,500/ $10,000 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2011 Focus S, 2011 Edge SE, 2011 Explorer Base, 2011 Escape I4 Manual, 2011 and 2012 E-Series, 2012 Fusion/ 2011 Fiesta S, 2011 and 2012 Explorer (excluding Base), 2012 Fiesta (excluding S), 2012 Flex SE, 2012 Transit Connect (excluding electric)/ 2011 Mustang 2dr Coupe V6 Value Leader, 2011 Flex SE, 2011 F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader, 2012 Edge (excluding SE)/ 2012 Mustang V6 Value Leader/ 2011 Ranger Super Cab XL and Regular Cab FEL, 2012 Focus (excluding S), 2012 SuperDuty Chassis Cabs/ 2011 Fiesta (excluding S), 2011 Transit Connect (excluding electric)/ 2011 Fusion S, 2011 Taurus SE, 2011 Edge AWD (excluding SE)/ 2012 Fusion (excluding S), 2012 Flex (excluding SE)/ 2012 Escape (excluding I4 Manual & V6), 2011 Focus (excluding S), 2011 and 2012 Mustang V6 (excluding Value leader)/ 2011 Edge FWD (Excluding SE), 2012 Escape V6, 2011 Escape (excluding I4 Manual & V6), 2011 SuperDuty Chassis Cabs, 2012 Mustang GT, 2012 Taurus (excluding SE), 2012 Expedition/ 2011 Fusion (excluding S), 2011 Escape V6, 2011 Mustang GT, 2011 Flex (excluding SE)/ 2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2), 2012 F-250 to F-450 Gas engine (excluding Chassis Cab)/ 2011 Taurus (excluding SE)/ 2011 Ranger SuperCab (excluding XL), 2012 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew/ 2011 Expedition, 2011 F-150 Regular Cab non 5.0L and non 3.7L (excluding XL 4x2)/ 2012 F-250 to F-450 diesel (excluding chassis cabs)/2011 F-150 Super Cab and Superr Crew non 5.0L and non 3.7L/ 2011 F-250 to F-450 gas engine (excluding chassis cabs)/ 2011 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) 5.0L and 3.7L/ 2011 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew 5.0L and 3.7L/ 2011 F-250 to F-450 Diesel engine (excluding chassis cabs) - all Raptor, GT500, BOSS302, and Medium Truck models excluded. 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in Vancouver, getting shut out 2-0 by the Langley Blaze, then getting shut out again 1-0 by the Coquitlam Reds.

The V.I. Raiders win their Canadian Junior Football League season opener 39-13 on the road against the Langley Rams. Receiver Andrew Smith makes six catches, three of them touchdowns, finishing with 149 yards.

JULY The Nanaimo White Rapids host their annual Canada Day weekend invitational swim meet at Bowen Park’s Kin Pool. Approximately 100 swimmers from the local club compete.

The Nanaimo Palladian Pirates junior baseball team wins one of its four games at the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League championships at Serauxmen Stadium. The North Delta Blue Jays win the title.

The Vancouver Island Rookie Roller Derby Tournament is held at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The Terminal City Roller Girls defeat the Reign Valley Vixens in the final, 212-73. The Nanaimo Island Stone Timbermen junior women’s lacrosse team places second at provincials, falling 5-0 to New Westminster in the final. The Nanaimo U16 rep girls’ soccer team wins the provincial championship in Penticton, defeating Coquitlam Metro Ford 4-1 in the final. Emily Shires scores a hat trick. The Nanaimo Timbermen junior A lacrosse team is eliminated from the playoffs, swept two games to none by the Victoria Shamrocks. The V.I. Raiders hold main camp at Port Alberni’s Bob Dailey Stadium. The Nanaimo Hub City Paving Pirates win the pennant as the B.C. Premier Baseball League’s regular-season champions, finishing with a 34-14 record. It’s the

Nanaimo Timbermen player Scott Ranger, right, goes to the net during a Western Lacrosse Association game at Frank Crane Arena. Ranger was named the WLA’s Most Valuable Player in 2011.

Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club members Randy Fred and Shirley Cole compete at the Blind Bowls Association of Canada championships in Kitchener, Ont. Fred wins gold; Cole, silver.

first pennant for the Pirates since 2001.

AUGUST

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The Nanaimo Clippers hold a weekend orientation camp at the Nanaimo Ice Centre so that new coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp can get a look at the roster he inherits.

The Nanaimo DBL Timbermen win their playoff series against Royal City in a two-game sweep. The deciding game is a 10-9 victory in which Ryan Dietterle posts a hat trick.

Nanaimo Track and Field Club athlete Madison Heisterman sets a B.C. record in the 800-metre race at a series event in Victoria, crossing the finish line in two minutes, 24.10 seconds. Mountain bike racer Steve Smith of Cassidy wins the Canadian open downhill race at Crankworx at Whistler.

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Nathan Barlow wins the great bathtub race in near-record time.

Nathan Barlow wins the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race. He completes the course from Nanaimo Harbour to Departure Bay in one hour, 11 minutes, 54 seconds, the second-fastest winning time in history. Nanaimo Timbermen president Hadi Abassi suspends star player Lewis Ratcliff indefinitely, with two games left in the Western Lacrosse Association season. Abassi felt the former league MVP had missed too many practices and games. The T-men go on to lose their next game 12-11, eliminating them from playoff contention.

The Wheatsheaf fastball club wins the Softball B.C. provincial B championship in Victoria, defeating the Sooke Loggers in the final. The Blair McKinnon Celebrity Flag Football Charity Game is held at Caledonia Park to raise money for various causes. The Budget Red Sox win the Nanaimo Senior Men’s Fastball League championship, defeating Palladian Development two games to one in the final. The scores in the threegame series are 2-1, 1-0, 1-0. The Nanaimo Hub City Paving Pirates are eliminated from provincials

The Nanaimo Coal Miners place third at the Baseball B.C. championships in Kelowna, winning three of their five games at the tourney. The DBL Timbermen are eliminated from the post-season, losing the finale of a best-of-five series against the Ladner Pioneers, 7-3. Kristian Hrabowych wins the Nanaimo Amateur golf tournament at the Nanaimo Golf Club by five strokes. The Nanaimo Diamonds midget B girls’ fastball team wins Softball Canada’s Western Cana-

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Ball State basketball player Jesse Berr y scores a lay-up.

dian championship in Medicine Hat, Alta. The Diamonds go a perfect 8-0 and Cody Hibbert bats .700 at the tourney. Thomas Oxland wins the 800-metre race at the Legion Canadian Youth Athletics Championships in Ottawa, Ont. Marita DeSchiffart wins the 1,500m steeplechase. The Nanaimo Clippers make a blockbuster trade, sending Gerry, Myles and Leo Fitzgerald and Jesse Ursic to the Prince George Spruce Kings in exchange for Trevor Fitzgerald, Josh Bryan and Scott Milnthorp. The Vancouver Island University Mariners men’s basketball team plays an exhibition game against the NCAA’s Ball State Cardinals. The Cards win 101-67. Brandon Jones scores 16 points for the M’s. Nanaimo athletes win 14 medals at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops. Canoe racers Liz Kraft and Natasha Cross each win two gold medals, as does golfer Mark Valliere. Continued /25

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Seasons have storybook endings Nanaimo athletes win dozens of medals at the B.C. Seniors Games in Trail, Rossland and Castlegar. Heidi Bromley and Nancy Ryan, both swimmers, win seven and six gold medals, respectively, and track athletes Barry Sparkes and Joe Giegerich win three gold medals apiece. Curling skip Garry Smith and his team also win gold, scoring an eight-ender in the semifinals. The Nanaimo Pirates peewee AAA all-stars win Baseball Canada’s Peewee Western Championship at the Serauxmen Sports Fields, defeating the Abbotsford Angels 7-0 in the final. Josh Burgmann is the winning pitcher and Owen Yarocki hits a home run. Eleven Nanaimo athletes complete the Subaru Ironman Canada triathlon in Penticton. Stefan Jakobsen completes the

2.8-kilometre swim, 180km bike ride and 42.2km run in nine hours, 55 minutes, 24 seconds. Nanaimo White Rapids swimmer Stephanie Taekema wins gold in the 100-metre breaststroke at provincials in Richmond, setting a new B.C. record with a time of one minute, 13.64 seconds.

SEPTEMBER The Nanaimo Clippers open training camp at Frank Crane Arena, with 40 players taking to the ice. The Nanaimo Redmen start their Vancouver Mainland Football League season with a win, defeating the Langley Stampeders 21-7 on the road. The City of Nanaimo officially opens the new artificial turf surface at Merle Logan Field

at Beban Park. The Barsby Bulldogs AA varsity football team takes the field after the opening ceremonies and defeats the Holy Cross Crusaders 36-0.

Nanaimo United’s Div. 1 men’s soccer team loses its Vancouver Island Soccer League season opener, 1-0 at Juan de Fuca. The Okanagan Sun accuse the V.I. Raiders of tampering in the Nanaimo team’s acquisition of former Sun player Mitch Thompson at the B.C. Football Conference’s transaction deadline.

The VIU Mariners men’s and women’s soccer teams both start their Pacific Western Athletic Association seasons with wins in North Vancouver. The M’s men and women both beat the Capilano Blues by 3-1 scores. Wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell, NHL player Alan Hill, soccer player Ernest “Fat” Edmunds and parks and rec builder Larry McNabb are inducted into the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame. Byron Trajan, Erin Burrett, Joel DeSchiffart, Rebecca Bassett, Felipe Edora and Kim Gagliano are the winners at the Run for the Mountain six-kilometre race at Westwood Lake Park.

The Nanaimo Clippers lose their first game of the B.C. Hockey League season, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Powell River Kings on the road. Trevor Fitzgerald scores a gametying goal with 30 seconds in regulation to force OT. The North Island Silvertips start the B.C. Major Midget League hockey season with a pair of wins at the Nanaimo Ice Centre over the Kootenay Ice, 3-1 and then 10-3. The wins are the first for new coach Dan Lemmon.

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Thank You! The Ferns Association, Little Ferns Early Learning Centre and the Young Parent Program wish to thank: 1) Studio Zack: Jennifer & Zack 2) Trina Belyea of Island Timberlands 3) Jennifer Bradley & the VIU Secret Santas 4) Georgina Hayward of HSBC 5) Tammy Galvin: Laird Wheaton & Newcastle Nissan 6) Grandma Kay of Nanaimo Elks 7) Al & Kathy Smith: Rotary Club of Nanaimo 8) James Duffy: Serauxmen Service Club 9) Corinne Stewart & Rosanna Duffy: Zonta “ladies” 10) Erin Vansteen: Nanaimo-Ladysmith

Schools Foundation 11) Clint Howard: Paciﬁc Mustand Club 12) Lantzville Ladies Auxilary 13) Grandma Joyce: Winﬁeld BC for our knitted sweaters 14) Nicole Hindman: Kit n’ Caboodle Quality Childrens Consignment 15) Quality Foods: University Village 16) City of Nanaimo, Parks & Recreation & Culture 17) Nanaimo Ministry of Children & families 18) The many friends in our community!

For the support of “Christmas presents” & hampers, swim/skate passes, children’s baby clothes, books, toys, groceries/grocery cards & hand knit blankets, hats, scarves. Funds to buy our 3 quad buggies, encourage & support our teen parents & to continue our daily hot lunch program to keep our tiny friends happy, warm and tummies full. In other words, you each have been a great part in allowing us to continue to do great things for young children and families at Little Ferns. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Amy Collum, Little Ferns Board and team.

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The Barsby Bulldogs AA varsity football team wins its season opener, beating Ballenas 41-21 at John Barsby Community Secondary School’s Canem Field. Over at Nanaimo District Secondary School field, the NDSS Islanders Tier 2 varsity football team kicks off its regular season with a 45-0 win versus Argyle.

The Dover Bay Dolphins senior boys’ soccer team wins the Island championship, shutting out the Claremont Spartans 2-0 at Merle Logan Field. Keegan Lang scores the championshipwinning goal.

Vancouver Island University’s women’s and men’s volleyball teams start their Pacific Western Athletic Association seasons with wins over the College of the Rockies at the VIU gym.

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B.C. Football Conference championship, shutting out the Langley Rams 44-0 at Caledonia Park.

Spencer Crowley wins two silver medals in rowing at the Pan American Games in Gaudalajara, Mexico and Jennifer Park wins silver in bowling.

Nanaimo District and Dover Bay secondary schools win Island championships in cross-country running. ND’s Miryam Bassett wins the individual championship.

Trevor Fitzgerald is named captain of the Nanaimo Clippers.

The V.I. Raiders lose to the Saskatoon Hilltops 38-28 in the Canadian Junior Football League’s Jostens Cup national semifinal at Caledonia Park.

Nanaimo hosts a full weekend of cyclocross racing, with the Cross on the Rock championship at Beban Park one day, followed by a series race at Bowen Park the next day. The V.I. Raiders win their sixth straight

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The VIU Mariners men’s and women’s basketball teams both win their season openers against the Langara Falcons at the VIU gym. The men win 87-68, led by Jacob Thom, who scored 26 points, and the women win 81-51 led by Jocelyn Jones’s 24 points. The VIU Mariners men’s soccer team takes bronze at nationals in Quebec City. Jared Stephens and Stephen Ewashko are chosen tournament all-stars. Swimmer Adam Rahier wins gold at Para Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, finishing first in the 100-metre backstroke. He also wins two silver medals at the Games. Former V.I. Raiders star Andrew Harris scores the first touchdown of the 99th Grey Cup and goes on to win Most Valuable Canadian honours as his B.C. Lions defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 at B.C. Place stadium. The Nanaimo District Islanders Tier 2 varsity football team wins the first provincial championship in school history, a 28-21 victory over the Howe Sound Sounders in Burnaby. Jacob Cheng scores two touch-

downs in the win and Dustin Wall rushes for 177 yards. The Nanaimo Redmen are defeated 37-8 by the White Rock Titans on the road in the Vancouver Mainland Football League semifinals.

DECEMBER The Barsby Bulldogs junior varsity football team wins the provincial championship, beating the Mission Roadrunners 22-20 in the Subway Bowl at B.C. Place stadium. Kyle Vollet and Brandon Parker earn player of the game honours. Later that day, Barsby’s AA varsity football team loses 16-12 to the Mission Roadrunners. The Cedar Spartans, Dover Bay Dolphins and Nanaimo District Islanders senior girls’ volleyball teams all reach their respective provincial championships. Shima Karate students win 28 medals at Karate B.C. provincials in Burnaby. Hannah Darmadi wins three gold medals to lead her team. The Nanaimo Hornets Div. 1 men’s rugby team wins the Cowichan Cup first-division Island championship, beating James Bay 36-21 at May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park. Ryan Bradley scores three tries in the win. Nanaimo Curling Club skips Kesa Van Osch and Steve Waatainen qualify for Curl B.C. provincial championships.

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