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Amidst all the excitement and buildup to the recent Nanaimo River Symposium, Gail Adrienne was forced to stifle a serious and nagging concern about her organization’s financial well-being. While the symposium itself was successful and productive, the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust, which put the event together with provincial funding and private sponsorships, is staggering under the weight of another monetary crisis. “We’ve been in this situation for a month or more and we knew it was coming, but we just needed to get through the symposium,” said Adrienne, NALT executive director, adding the board scheduled a special meeting after press time Wednesday to discuss strategies for getting through the hard times. “Unfortunately, we’ve hit the wall.” Some steps to deal with the crisis have already taken place, including indefinite layoffs for two of the four staff who run NALT’s programs, one full-time and one part-time – executive assistant Paul Chapman and Susan Fisher, manager of the Native Plant Nursery. Both continue to do some work on a volunteer basis. As a result, the nursery is closed indefinitely and the NALT Stewardship Centre has reduced its hours. “It’s really bare bones right now,” Adrienne said. ◆ See ‘NALT’ /5

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Go outside and take a deep, healthy breath – a recent World Health Organization study determined Nanaimo has some of the cleanest, most breathable urban air in the world. On Monday, the global health organization released its list of measurements ranking 1,100 cities in 91 countries for air quality between 2003 and 2010. Canada finished third in the world for best air quality, tied with Australia, ◆ NANAIMO’S AIR is in while Nanaimo the Top 10 for all cities finished in the Top with six micrograms of 10 for all cities. particulate per cubic Seven other metre, compared to the Canadian cities acceptable level of 20. made the overall Top 10, including B.C. communities of Terrace, Nelson, Kitimat and Burns Lake. Whitehorse proved to have the freshest air in the world for any urban centre, while Corner Brook, Nfld. and Fredericton residents also enjoy relatively clean air. Only the eastern European nation of Estonia and Mauritius, a tiny nation east of Madagascar, fared better overall than Canada, which registered an overall rating of 12.7, far better than the international average of 71. Ahvaz, Iran ranked the worst city, with 372 micrograms of particulate per cubic metre, while Nanaimo was measured at six. ◆ See ‘AIR’ /4

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tour de Rock an emotional journey BY CHRIS HAMLYN THE NEWS BULLETIN

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Black Press’s Chris Bush, right, and the rest of the Tour de Rock team ride out of Campbell River Wednesday.

kids had made signs with all the names of the riders and hammered them onto trees,” said Bush. “Seeing those signs really picked us up at the end of the day. ” The storm caused a power outage in Sayward but residents still managed to host a dinner for the riders and raised nearly $12,000 for cancer research. Arriving in Campbell River, the team had covered nearly one-quarter of the entire trek in three days. But Bush expects it to get tougher as they leave the Island’s wilderness and ride through towns. “We have police motorcycles blocking traffic as we go through and I’m sure it’s only going to

get busier,” he said. “But even stuck in traffic, the people seemed thrilled to see us go by. They honk, wave, yell thanks. There are so many touching moments.” The ride continues through Qualicum and Parksville, Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino this week and makes its way to Nanaimo Sunday (Oct. 2). It continues down Island next week, finishing in Victoria Oct. 7. Follow the ride: Keep up with the 2011 Tour de Rock on Black Press’s special webpage (www. bclocalnews.com/tour-de-rock/), which includes fresh stories from each community the tour passes through, a public Flickr photo gallery, videos, links to

other Tour de Rock pages, as well as Chris Bush’s blog and ways to donate. Bush is also on Twitter (@chrisbushtdr or follow #tourderock) and has been busy tweeting and blogging (http:// blogs.bclocalnews.com/bushsblog/). news@nanaimobulletin.com

Southern Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team. Tickets are $50. For more information, please call the Nanaimo unit of the Canadian Cancer Society at 250-741-8180. The riders then make a series of stops in Nanaimo Monday (Oct. 3) starting at Coast Capital Credit Union on Aulds Road at 10 a.m. and Nanaimo North Town Centre shortly after. North Town is hosting a Tour de Rock celebration from 10-11 a.m. The public can enjoy a con-

tinental breakfast, music by the Wellington Secondary School jazz band and enter to win prizes. The tour continues with stops at Coastal Community Credit Union’s Bowen Road branch at 10:40 a.m. and the White Spot on Terminal Avenue at 11:15 a.m. Downtown’s Diana Krall Plaza is the final destination for the riders in Nanaimo with food, music and entertainment available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Following a welcome from Mayor John Ruttan, team intro-

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Nanaimo Community Kitchens is taking people back to the Roaring ’20s during a night of entertainment and fundraising. The organization hosts its Roaring Twenties 20th anniversary Gala Saturday (Oct. 1) at the Bowen Park Auditorium. People are encouraged to come in costume and immerse themselves in a fun evening of good food, casino game style entertainment, a musical performance by Thrive and a live and silent auction. “It’s a great evening out with great food and entertainment,” said Anita Smith, executive director of Community Kitchens. Gala tickets are $50 and available at the Quilted Duck, Cook’s Nook, Turley’s Florist and Diners Rendezvous, or at the door. Smith said the fundraiser will help the organization continue running its programs. Although it receives government funding and grants every year it doesn’t cover all the costs. Community Kitchens teaches people to make low-cost healthy meals. It offers programs for seniors, pregnant mothers, new immigrants and more. The programs help people learn how to stretch their food dollars, safe food handling and cooking from scratch. “By cooking together we create a healthy community,” said Smith. Last year the organization offered 167 cooking sessions, more than 2,100 hours of instruction and cooked more than 4,100 meals. There were a total of 1,240 adult visits to the sessions, which includes repeat visits by some individuals. For more information about Community Kitchens please call 250-753-7470 or go to www. nanaimocommunitykitchens. org.

Ride rolls into Nanaimo Sunday for community dinner Tour de Rock riders arrive in Nanaimo Sunday (Oct. 2) just in time to clean up, catch their breath and take part in a community fundraising dinner. The event takes place at Beban Park Social Centre with the doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner served at 7 p.m. The evening includes entertainment from the Dover Bay Secondary School jazz band and a live auction with a number of items up for bid, including a day on the shooting range with the RCMP

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onths of training prepared the 23 riders in the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock for the physical challenge of cycling 1,000 kilometres down Vancouver Island. But emotionally, every stop on the Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser has been a tough one. The riders left Port Alice Sunday, making stops in Port Hardy and Port McNeill. Monday’s 140-kilometre ride, the longest of the tour, saw stops in Woss and Sayward. Tuesday, the team pulled into Campbell River and visited the Comox Valley on Wednesday. And at every community, residents roll out the welcome mat. “It is amazing to see how much [the Tour de Rock] means to these people,” said Chris Bush, Nanaimo News Bulletin reporter/photographer, and one of three media riders on the team. “It’s been extremely emotional. I haven’t left one place without tears in my eyes … not one.” Arriving cold and wet in Woss, the team was provided lunch by residents. “Their school has six or eight kids and they raised $1,000 for us,” said Bush. “When we were leaving, these young mothers were crying while hugging us and waving goodbye.” The push to Sayward saw heavy rain, strong winds and falling trees, but the riders persevered, and again the community came to the rescue. “We arrived there absolutely beaten by the weather, but some

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Air the latest accolade for city ◆ From /1 The recommended acceptable level for urban centres is 20 micrograms per cubic metre. In the report, WHO expresses concern over the worldwide prevalence of PM10

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readiness and fifth for quality of life. Adding clean air as another benefit, it speaks volumes to attracting people to live in Nanaimo.” Ruttan said the recent accolades, all of them received in 2011, will be included in future economic development packages. WHO used provincial static monitoring stations that are located throughout most urban centres. Nanaimo has two – one at Labieux Road and one at the Harmac mill. While Nanaimo’s air quality is generally excellent, Rob Lawrance, the city’s environmental planner, said some pockets of Nanaimo can experience unhealthy air when conditions are right. “A provincial mobile monitor was used in Nanaimo and it was found that there are some locations here, depending on weather conditions, depending on time of year, where air quality is not necessarily great,” said Lawrance. He attributes those pockets mostly to wood smoke and vehicle pollution, which can accumulate in some areas of the city during an inversion in colder months. According to WHO, air quality is mostly affected by motor transportation, industry, burning of biomass and coal for cooking and heating, and household wood burning. In Nanaimo, a woodstove exchange program through the city has been successful, increasing the amount of more efficient and cleaner wood burning stoves, said Lawrance. WHO performed the study to highlight concerns over deteriorating urban air quality across the globe, adding that very few cities meet its acceptable levels of air pollution. It said 1.3 million people die annually from air quality issues, 2,400 of them in Canada. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com

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River symposium creates NALT determined to carry on flood of watershed ideas BY TOBY GORMAN THE NEWS BULLETIN

A symposium designed to create a strategy for long-term protection of the Nanaimo River was a success in that it united stakeholders and initiated a flow of ideas. About 250 people packed the theatre at Vancouver Island University Friday night to hear presentations from CBC’s Bob McDonald; keynote speakers Rodger Hunter, Tom Rutherford and Craig Wightman, who have all contributed to developing a strategy for the Cowichan River; Snuneymuxw First Nation Coun. Bill Yoachim; and a presentation of Paul Manley’s newest video titled Voices of the River. Gail Adrienne, executive director of Nanaimo and Area Land Trust, which hosted the event, said the presentations provided a powerful beginning to the symposium, building energy that lasted until the three-day event concluded. “Bob McDonald’s presentation was excellent. He talked about water here on Earth and on other planets,” she said. “He had people laughing, but it could have been a very heavy presentation, very serious. He did a good job.” Yoachim discussed the Douglas Treaty, Snuneymuxw’s position on its history and relationship with the river and how SFN hopes the community will work to build a bet-

ter respect for the resource. Inspired by the presentations, about 60 attending delegates from various stakeholder groups including the City of Nanaimo, forestry workers, fisheries representatives, Harmac mill employees, VIU faculty and staff, recreation advocates and community members met in breakout groups Saturday to develop a framework for initial stages of developing a strategy to better protect the Nanaimo River watershed. Prior to the symposium, NALT created a nine-chapter, 200-page baseline of information. The baseline includes a synopsis of each interest, forestry, for example, and explained that sector’s interest in the river. Armed with a better understanding of opposing positions, breakout groups set out to develop a framework of ideas that will be developed into a longterm strategy that will serve and protect the Nanaimo River resource that so many groups depend on. Adrienne said some of the ideas created can be implemented right away, while others will be achieved in the future. “The symposium was just a first step,” she said. “It achieved all that we had hoped and maybe more.” It ended Sunday, which was also World Rivers Day, with a celebration at Maffeo Sutton Park. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com

in greater competition with other drives once the economic troubles hit. Dean Gaudry, NALT co-chair man, said despite the tough economic climate, the goals are achievable. And despite the challenges, Gaudry said there’s no chance NALT will cease to exist.

g rant funding for non-profit community organizations, Adrienne said, adding that while some funding was reinstated, environmental groups were left off the list. The recession also hurt in other ways. While NALT has relied on small sums raised through regular bottle drives, it found itself

◆ From /1 NALT is also launching a second round of Project NALT, which helped boost membership from less than 200 to more than 300 in the spring of 2010 and also increased the number of members who donate monthly from 34 to 100, bringing in more than $21,000 annually. “ We ’ r e r a m p i n g up to really push it through October and November,” Adrienne said. “It’s frustrating, how many times can you call wolf ?” The goal of Project NALT, Part II is to increase monthly donors from 100 to more than 400, averaging $10 a month “so we’re not having to cry wolf again every year, year-and-a-half.” The group is also working with a marketing specialist with Young Professionals of Nanaimo to develop a long-term fundraising plan to move toward more sustainable and stable funding. NALT was stung when the government cut back on gaming

“If there’s one thing you could say about NALT it is we are determined to be fiscally responsible,” he said. “We will operate within our means and at the moment, that just means a reduced capacity. The risk of NALT disappearing is virtually non-existent.” editor@nanaimobulletin.com

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Better use of Lantzville’s Agricultural Land Reserves could solve the community’s urban a g riculture issue, but critics say Mayor Colin Haime’s plan won’t take root. Over the last 10 months, a group of urban a g riculture supporters demanded council amend its zoning bylaw to allow small-scale farming on residential lots. In an effort to reduce conflict among neighbours, an occurrence that sparked the original debate regarding Compassion Far m, Haime explored making the 138 hectares of ALR in Lantzville more accessible for urban agriculture, by proposing smaller lots and tax incentives for people who want to make a modest living producing food. Haime said most of the properties in Lantzville’s ALR are too large for people to do SPIN (small-plot intensive) far ming economically, but too small for any effective large scale farming. He added that much has changed socio-economically since the ALR was established in the 1970s, and he wants to partner with

Friends of Urban Agriculture in Lantzville will host its final meeting in a series designed to help residents understand the challenges that urban agriculture faces in a modern world and the science behind soil maintenance. Keynote speakers for the final session include: Arthur Bomke, UBC associate professor of agroecology and vice-chairman of the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Greater Vancouver Regional District; Janine De La Salle, planner and food and agriculture systems specialist with HB Lanarc; Louise Negrave, professional agrologist; and Jenny Horn, a veterinary nurse and acting manager of VI Heritage Foodservice Co-op. The meeting takes place at 2 p.m. at the Lantzville Legion on Sunday (Oct. 2). Admission is $5 to cover expenses.

the province to establish a pilot project to update ALR uses. “When it comes to the standpoint of food security and growing food that people are talking about, it’s a great idea, there’s no problem at all with the idea of locally grown food, but Lantzville is different from a lot of communities,” Haime said. “We’ve got ALR that is currently not being used for agricultural pur poses. They become either large estate properties or, in the case of Lower Lantzville, there is a stretch of 60 acres where the people own a couple of cows. There is always going to be that pressure to

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Haime’s proposals already exist in the ALR Act. “You can already do most of the stuff that he is suggesting,” said Mostad. “ALR can already be broken up into smaller chunks and sold, it is already residential so you can already put houses on it, and his ideas behind a punitive tax are illegal. I don’t think this idea is workable at all. “In Lantzville, through residential zoning, we already have plots that are broken up into perfect sizes for small families that are between one acre and 2.5 acres that you can make a decent living on, not a great living, but a decent living. Leave the larger parcels, already in the ALR, for larger farming operations like cattle.” Mostad added that much of the ALR in Lantzville is not adequate for farming, but agrees that the size and expense of ALR land makes it inaccessible to small-time farmers. With the Union of British Columbia Municipalities annual conference taking place this week in Vancouver, Haime said he will shop the idea around to other municipalities to get a better gauge on it before taking it to provincial offices such as the Agricultural Land Commission, B.C. Assessment Authority and the Ministry of Agriculture. Mostad said while he disagrees with the majority of Haime’s proposal, he thinks it’s at least something to build on. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com

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A Nanaimo advocate wants people to experience what it’s like to be homeless for one night by sleeping in Maffeo Sutton Park. Emma Irving, a member of the Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness, has organized a camp-out in the park from 1 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 1) to 8 a.m. Sunday at the Lions Pavilion. Irving said she wants to raise awareness about homelessness in the Nanaimo community. “I always wanted to make a difference,” said Irving. She said she has spoken to many people who don’t realize the extent Fundraiser of Nanaimo’s homelesssupports ness problem. With the heated debate survival packs about social housing projects, Irving wanted Nanaimoites can to host an event that enjoy a beer and burger helps people understand tonight (Sept. 29) the struggles people and support an effort endure. She’s also hopto supply homeless ing to change people’s individuals in the city perspectives about homewith survival packs for less individuals. the winter months. “The people who are Emma Irving, going in the housing are a member of the not going to be shooting Nanaimo Working Group up the neighbourhood, on Homelessness, they are just people,” organized the said Irving. fundraiser to create Irving received her survival packs for social services diploma homeless individuals from Vancouver Island visiting shelters. University and plans to The packs are meant return next year to purto be distributed to sue a bachelor of social individuals if there isn’t work. any room at the shelter The 19-year-old is so they have supplies passionate about makto help them through ing a difference in the the cold nights. lives of people living The beer and burger on the streets. Irving fundraiser is at the has worked as a tenWellington Pub starting ant support worker and at 6 p.m. Tickets are saw first-hand how hard $15 and available at some individuals work the door. to survive. “They inspired me so much seeing how hard they are trying to survive in our culture and our community and it makes me want to make it easier for them,” she said. Irving hopes at least 60 people attend the camp-out. Those attending can bring sleeping bags, tarps or a tent. People are invited to bring food to share with others attending the event. Participants aren’t required to show up exactly at 1 p.m. on Saturday, but can join the event whenever it is convenient for them, said Irving.

Ottawa is threatening to start pulling the RCMP out of B.C. in 2014 if the province and cities don’t sign a new 20-year policing contract by the end of November. Solicitor General Shirley Bond characterized it as an “ultimatum” from the federal government in a briefing session with delegates at the Union of B.C. Muncipalities convention Tuesday. The federal move ups the ante from last month, when Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender publicly warned B.C. cities were prepared to consider abandoning the Mounties and forming a provincial force rather than sign an unpalatable RCMP contract. So far both Bond and Fassbender – who represents cities – say they want to keep the RCMP in B.C., but not at any cost. Bond said the notion of pursuing a Plan B – a provincial police force – is a “very expensive, very challenging” scenario to contemplate. Bond said the federal negotiators have walked away from the table and so far refuse to resume negotiations. B.C. found itself in a weakened bargaining position this summer after Alberta and Saskatchewan broke ranks and agreed to a new long-term RCMP contract that includes no reform of the cost-sharing formula or any movement on B.C. demands for measures to rein in the spiralling costs of policing. Worse yet, the two other provinces secured a me-too clause that gives them any improved terms B.C. might negotiate and leaves B.C. unable to cut its own deal. Fassbender cited inflated federal costs for everything from cadet training to the construction of the new RCMP E Division headquarters in Surrey. “It’s an agency that’s unaccountable,” he said, questioning why the province and local cities should have to help foot the bill for a policing building at four times the price per square foot of renting existing space. “It’s not acceptable,” Fassbender said. “To suggest that we’re just going to sign a blank cheque isn’t going to wash with any of us.” He called on B.C. mayors and councillors to lobby their local MPs and press the federal government to return to the bargaining table. Bond said she’s concerned Ottawa may want to terminate the entire contract policing model, which leaves B.C. out of step with provinces such as Ontario and Quebec that have their own provincial forces. Large cities pay 90 per cent of RCMP costs, while smaller ones shoulder 70 per cent. Civic reps want Ottawa to take on a larger share. The RCMP contract expires next spring.

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Emma Irving, a member of the Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness, is inviting people to camp overnight Saturday in Maffeo Sutton Park to raise awareness about homelessness in the city.

Working group aims to connect with city’s homeless population The Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness is trying to connect with homeless individuals on a personal level this Friday in Maffeo Sutton Park. The organization is hosting Connect Day, an event that offers individuals a chance to access services and talk to social agencies between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday (Sept. 30) in the park. “Sometimes it’s difficult for people to connect to services,” said France Tellier, a member of the group and director of programs for the John Howard Society. Tellier said Connect Day gives people a sense of inclusion in the community. The working group

didn’t hold the event last year, but decided to bring it back because of its previous popularity. The event features Vancouver Island University dentistry students who are offering teeth cleaning, toothbrushes and toothpaste as well as four free dental visits. VIU nursing students are offering foot care sessions and blood pressure checks and will also be handing out coats and socks. A free hotdog lunch will also be provided. John Horn, social planner for the city, said the working group spreads word about Connect Day through social services such as the Salvation Army, 7-10 Club and outreach workers.

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B.C.’s policing plan backfires B.C. might have shot itself in the foot with Ottawa’s gun by threatening that municipalities were prepared to abandon the venerable RCMP and form a provincial force. The remarks, made recently by Langley’s Peter Fassbender, the Union of B.C. Municipalities’ observer in contract negotiations between the province and Ottawa, came as a reaction to what many consider an unpalatable policing deal with the Mounties. While the proposed 20-year contract for policing services throughout much of the province is indeed expensive and undesirable, the comments that we’ll take our gun and strike out on our own are somewhat premature. For one, we don’t even own the gun. In Nanaimo, taxpayers foot the bill for 90 per cent of all costs to have the RCMP police our community, yet all the city really owns is the building out of which the officers are based. Everything else, from the guns and handcuffs to the cruisers and computers, ultimately belong to Ottawa. Despite the threat to form our own force, it appears no one has really done the homework on how feasible that really is. No one is presenting any numbers that show what starting a provincial force would cost, nor how it would save us money and hassle in the long-term. Solicitor General Shirley Bond called it a “very expensive, very challenging” prospect. In other words, we can’t afford it and probably can’t figure out how to do it. It’s no surprise then that Ottawa called B.C.’s bluff this week, issuing an ‘ultimatum’ that we either sign the contract or the Mounties will march into the sunset. Next time, before we go off making threats half-cocked, perhaps we should make sure we’re not taking aim at our own boots and the gun isn’t about to backfire. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

B.C.’s jobs plan bumps into reality on that announcement, saying Premier Christy Clark’s “B.C. it proves that the B.C. Liberals Jobs Plan” took some hits as she starved the regional offices. was finishing her week-long pubHe’s right on that. For example, licity tour to roll it out. the resource ministry’s regional The serious damage wasn’t from director for Skeena told the her political opponents on the left Bulkley-Nechako regional district and right. The body blows came from Europe, the United States and board this spring that he has 30 per cent less staff than five years ago. China, where the storm clouds of Some of that is a result of ending a second recession continued to duplication of forest, gather. As world leadenergy and other minisers offered up a chorus B.C. tries, but by this spring of warning about debt there were 65 indepenVIEWS and falling consumer dent power projects demand, commodity Tom Fletcher waiting for approval in markets for metals, coal Black Press Skeena alone. and petroleum tumbled Of course the along with stocks. NDP would fix that One of the few firm backlog by killing targets Clark offered off the projects, and was that eight new presumably break up mines should be up the natural resources and running in B.C. by ministry again, to 2015, with expansions or ramp up their beloved upgrades to nine more government jobs. existing mines. That is the total The NDP also jumped on B.C. arrived at after detailed meetings Liberal MLA John Les for going with the industry. But if China’s to high-unemployment Nanaimo factories slow down because fewer and suggesting people should look Americans and Europeans buy their goods, those projects can fade north where jobs are going begging. as quickly as the price of copper. Construction company Ledcor Total provincial spending for the had job fairs in Prince George B.C. jobs plan comes out around and Chetwynd in early September, $300 million. The big-ticket items looking for hundreds of truck were contributions to port and drivers, heavy equipment operarail facilities at Prince Rupert and tors, drillers, blasters, mechanTsawwassen. Another $24 million ics, surveyors and labourers for goes to staff up natural resource the Willow Creek coal mine in permit offices, which are backlogged after amalgamation of vari- Tumbler Ridge. Another job fair was held in Fort St. James around ous ministry functions. the same time, looking for equipNDP leader Adrian Dix leapt

ment operators for the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine. I had a chat a couple of weeks ago with a grader operator in Dawson Creek, working in the gas patch. Most of the pickups he sees have Alberta licence plates. So let’s say you’re an ablebodied unemployed guy sitting in Nanaimo, waiting for a job to come to you. If that’s how you think the economy works, it’s no surprise if your preferred political message is Dix’s 1960s socialist blather about the government forcibly sharing the wealth. And it’s no surprise that you’re unemployed. B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins trashed the Prince Rupert port announcement as a payoff to local aboriginal people for a potash facility. “The usual Liberal policy of giving natives a veto on new projects has got to end,” Cummins said, demonstrating again that he understands nothing about the evolution of this issue in the past 20 years. In summary, Clark’s jobs plan is to continue Gordon Campbell’s Pacific gateway strategy. The opposition parties are reheating decades-old failed options they hope will smell better than a stale three-term government. And B.C. is, as always, at the mercy of world events. ◆ Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘The body blows came from Europe, the United States and China.’

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Hostility to mental illness misplaced To the Editor, Re: Respectful citizens have housing worries, Letters, Sept. 24. It seems that every time I open the paper, I read another letter demonizing those who struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction. The letter written by Paul Pipke was particularly vile and shocking, and reinforced a totally unproductive “us versus them” mentality, which vilifies a group of people who suffer from a mental illness. Pipke seems to believe the north end is some sort of problem-free utopia, a society of innocence, into which this supposedly evil wet housing project is being injected. Unfortunately, it is not only him who needs a

reality check. For starters, addiction is mental illness, and this idea that addiction represents a ‘moral failing’ or as a symptom of evil is only slightly less dated than the burning of witches. Having a dependence on a substance, be it to alcohol, prescription or street drugs, is not the result of weakness of character, it is the result of the interplay of a host of factors, which include genetics, exposure to trauma, the early childhood environment, and exposure to drugs and alcohol at an early age. Drug addicts and alcoholics come from all walks of life. Some are ‘high functioning’, others live on the street, and there are many in between. What they all have in

common is that their brains are literally rewired to seek their substances of choice above all other considerations, and that many of them will die without ever getting clean. This is not an issue of innocence versus moral bankruptcy, it is an issue of mental illness plain and simple. Like others who are mentally ill, alcoholics and drug addicts have to deal with the additional burden of stigmatization that dehumanizes them and only makes it harder for them to get the psychological treatment they require. Progressive social policy, such as the implementation of wet housing, increases the likelihood that streetlevel alcoholics and drug

addicts will access the types of services they need to get well. It is called harm reduction. Asking someone who has no home, no access to nutritious food, and in many cases a long history of abuse, to spontaneously recover is like asking a paraplegic to stop whining and start walking. Expecting people to recover and become contributing members of society without such basic essential supports is patently absurd. The real question is: do alcoholics and drug addicts trying to get off the street want to live in a community where many are so selfrighteously hostile towards the mentally ill? Daniel Elleker Nanaimo

Harm reduction hardly a waste of taxpayers’ money To the Editor, Re: Freebies for addicts wastes tax dollars, Letters, Sept. 22. J. Sharpe implies that advocates of harm reduction and health service providers for drug addicts are merely in it for the money. According to the auditor general, about 85 per cent of our drug control budget is allocated to law enforcement and interdiction, about 13 per cent is directed toward prevention and treatment, and about two per cent is invested in harm reduction. Evidently the greedy do-gooders are in the wrong business. Studies show that interdiction is the least costeffective way to reduce the social costs associated with drug use. Law enforcement is, on balance, counterproductive. On the other hand, each dollar invested in prevention, treatment and harm reduction saves several tax dollars downstream. For example, it is much less expensive to provide clean syringes than treat Hep-C and HIV. With respect to wasting tax dollars, anyone familiar with drugs and drug policy has much more to complain

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about than the uninformed critics of harm reduction. Matthew M. Elrod Victoria

Opposition opinions based on paranoia To the Editor, Re: Social housing plan cause for concern, Letters, Sept. 24. It makes me wonder, to read the various opinions on the subject of social housing. A good many writers to

this topic seem to present with little or no fact to back them up, and a poor understanding as to which branch of government is behind these projects. Most have not a clue who the people to be housed are nor their conditions. Many appear to express opinion based solely upon some perceived paranoid fears. Yes, the 10th Avenue site is well situated – walking distance to stores, services, restaurants, transportation, VIU and a secondary school (with an excellent football team). It is near two seniors’ residences, and both single- and multiple-family housing – with new streets and homes still being built around it. It is not located “in a sparsely populated area”. Our demographics cover a wide band of ages and incomes. The southern part of the city is expanded well past the Nanaimo Parkway and getting denser. The project itself, which is close to my own home, is also undergoing expansion. Like anyone else in this fair city, those of us residing in Harewood want good neighbours. As any real estate agency

can tell you, our property values also range from moderate-to-high-to-ridiculous. In addition, we match most areas of the city with our broad ethnic blend from around the globe. Residents in social housing could be nearly anyone – perhaps your neighbours or your own son or daughter. Possibly a previous neighbour or from their extended family, or a single-parent family. It could be someone on social assistance for a wide variety of reasons (like extended unemployment or health issues). Fearing that these residents are out to kidnap and rape our children, or are untreatable drug addicts or alcoholics, thieves, violent, or that they all suffer some horrendous mental illness – such people already live in your own neighbourhoods. They come from all walks of life, religions, education, social standing, etc. So people, wake up and learn the facts. Perhaps even volunteer at a food bank for a few months – you may see that neighbour in the queue whom you’ve not seen for a while. Michael A. Connors Nanaimo

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Environmental school has lessons The kids are back in school. But for 60 students in Maple Ridge, B.C., school doesn’t mean a stuffy classroom. According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, the children, ranging in age from four to 12, will get their lessons “in parks, at picnic tables, alongside streams, under tarps and tents, in gardens, libraries, restaurants, fitness centres and even municipal council chambers.” The environmental school project, as it is known, came about in part because a vice-principal and a teacher librarian who was also studying at Simon Fraser University noticed something rather obvious: kids like getting out for field trips but don’t always enjoy the classroom experience. Clayton Maitland, a school administrator who was then vice-principal of a local school, and Jodi MacQuarrie, the teacher librarian, had been discussing ways to take schooling

the B.C. school curout of its rigid conriculum. fines. They took their It’s a really great ideas to educational idea that I hope many researchers at SFU more school districts and to the public. will adopt. As a child, People liked what much of my education the two had to say. and inspiration came SFU researchers got a from outings to go grant from the federal camping and fishing government and the with my dad in B.C. school was started. A and later council that on from includes the SCIENCE exploring researchers, MATTERS swamps community near our educators, David Suzuki home in teachwith Faisal Moola London, ers, and Ontario. students My parand their ents were families will never upset work with when I the proreturned gram. home soakAccording ing wet and to the covered in mud, carryschool’s website, the school will be based on ing jars of insects and “place and community, salamander eggs. That led me to an interest nature, ecology and in science and then sustainability, inquiry studies and a career in and possibility, intergenetics, focusing on dependence and flourthe fruit fly. ishing, imagination I’m happy that my and integration.” children have also To that end, students grown up with a love will work on projects for the natural world, that include removinspired by time spent ing invasive species from natural areas and at the beach or in the mountains, and that building duck shelters – but they’ll also follow their children are

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learning the same lessons. After all, people will not care as much about, or work to protect, something with which they feel no connection. My fellow bug-lover Edward O. Wilson, an American biologist who specializes in ants, popularized the term biophilia, meaning “love of nature”, with his 1984 book of the same name. As he explains in the book, “To explore and affiliate with life is a deep and complicated process in mental development. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy and religion, our existence depends on this propensity, our spirit is woven from it, hope rises on its currents.” Of course, children also learn better and retain more of what they’ve learned when they enjoy the process. But too many kids today spend most of their time indoors, captivated by computers, video games, and TV. Author Richard Louv coined the term nature deficit disorder to describe this phenomenon. He notes that only six per cent of nine- to 13-year-old children in the U.S. play outside in a typical week, and in San Diego, “90 percent of inner-city kids do not know how to swim” and “34 percent have never been to the beach.” If we want to protect the natural world on which our survival depends, we must learn that we are a part of it, and we must encourage our children to appreciate its wonders. Studies have also shown that spending time in nature helps with recall and memory, problemsolving, and creativity. Children (and adults) who spend more time outside are also physically healthier. And, as one of the Maple Ridge students, nine-year-old Gavin Mulcahy, told the Vancouver Sun: “We won’t be locked inside a tiny box for six or seven hours a day.” ◆ Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation editorial and communications specialist Ian Hanington. www.davidsuzuki.org

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Safety of neighbourhoods at issue with social housing To the Editor, Re: Respectful citizens have housing worries, Letters, Sept. 24. The ‘wet house’ issue is not about north Nanaimo versus south

Nanaimo. It’s about people wanting to keep their neighbourhoods safe, no matter what part of the city they live in. We all know drugs

are in every neighbourhood. What people want is to improve their neighbourhoods. We want our children and seniors to be safe. We want our

homes to maintain their value. We all want the same things. This issue is about Nanaimo council not listening to residents and taxpayers. The

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B.C. Ferries CEO David Hahn is leaving his post at the end of the year, part of a cost-cutting plan that free zes wages and reduces other executive salaries as the province’s ferry service endures a slowdown in traffic. Hahn’s million-dollar salary makes him the highest-paid provincial employee, and the B.C. Ferries board’s decision to increase

his pension added to a ary as well as taking a storm of controversy reduced pension. Hahn has argued that overshadowed the that a drop performance of three to of the ferry four per cent service. in this year’s B.C. Ferries B.C. Ferries board chairtraffic is not man Donald a response Hayes conto high fares, fir med that but fuel quitting with costs, the U.S. a year left on slump and a his contract high Canameans he HAHN dian dollar will be paid that have also no severance. Hahn said he made the reduced traffic at B.C.’s decision to go early, free inland ferries and and he also forgoes sal- airports.

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go up eight per cent. The Coastal Ferry Act currently requires B.C. Ferries to reduce the subsidy paid to keep smaller ferry routes running, and prevents B.C. Ferries from using revenue from its large, busy routes to support service to smaller islands and communities. Lekstrom said the ferry rate review will focus on affordability for ferry users and the impact of rates on tourism and other business in ferry-dependent communities. Long-time civil servant Gord Macatee took over as B.C. Ferry Commissioner this year, and his review is to make recommendations in early 2012 about changes to the legislation. Largely in response to public anger over Hahn’s salary, in 2010 the B.C. government passed amendments linking B.C. Ferries executive salaries to those of other public sector executives. editor@nanaimobulletin.com

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David Hahn’s departure as CEO of B.C. Ferries is being hailed as an opportunity to get the corporation back under direct government control. Nanaimo NDP MLA Leonard Krog said Hahn was a controversial head of the ferry corporation and he doesn’t expect many tears shed at his leaving. “I would hope Mr. Hahn’s leaving means the government is going to take its responsibilities for B.C. Ferries seriously now,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to repair the damage the rising rates have had on the Island’s economy.” Andre Lemieux, Ferry Advisory Committee chairman for Gabriola Island, said with the B.C. Ferries Commissioner reviewing the government’s user-pay mandate for ferries, the writing was on the wall for Hahn. “We knew it was coming. I personally think he did a good job for the time he was there,” he said. “Whether he’s worth the money he was paid is not for me to say.” Rising costs and a drop in ridership led to increased fares and many people taking issue with Hahn’s salary and pension. “They used his salary as the explanation for the fare increases when it had little to do with the price increases over the last eight years,” said Lemieux. “It’s more to do with the provincial goverment’s refusal to put more money into the system for the minor routes.” Donald Hayes, B.C. Ferries Services Board chairman, said in a press release that under Hahn’s leadership, B.C. Ferries was fundamentally transformed, resulting in improvements in all areas of the company’s business. A successor for Hahn is expected to be named sometime in November. Lemieux said whoever takes over Hahn’s job will have some big shoes to fill. “David Hahn is a good administrator. He did what he was paid to do,” he said. “Having used the ferry service over the last 45 years, I could see since 2003 a big improvement in service, in the mood of the employees, the quality of the ships. But only on the big ships, the major routes.” Nanaimo mayor John Ruttan said he’s pleased to see Hahn’s list of cost-cutting measures, amounting to $11 million, including his departure. “It’s a bold move on his part,” Ruttan said. “We’re all concerned about the reduction of sailings, but also cognizant of the need to be fiscally responsible. I think what he’s done is accomplishing that. “Unless something dramatic takes place, it will be even worse.”

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people to B.C. can be instructor salaries, difficult because it he added. While VIU’s sometimes involves a professor salaries are pay cut. comparable to similar Dan McDonald, VIU institutions in B.C., Faculty Association the wages are lower president, said Nilson’s than other parts of the salary is not a great country and recruitconcer n for ing qualified the associacolleagues is tion. sometimes a Members challenge. are more conStu Seifert, cerned about who re prethe number of sents B.C. administraGover nment tive positions E m p l o ye e s ’ at the univerUnion worksity, which ers at VIU, the Postsaid he would BEASLEY Secondary only take E m p l o ye r s ’ issue with Association of B.C. lists Nilson’s salary if he at about 13 per cent of received a significant the university’s payroll increase in recent compared with about 10 years, while employee per cent at Kwantlen, groups have settled for about five per cent at no increase. UFV and nearly 12 per His focus is on what cent at Thompson Riv- qualified trades instrucers University. tors are making. “You can make a hell The union is also c o n c e r n e d a b o u t of a lot more working

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istaken identity, innuendo and infidelity – all in a day’s work when you’re directing a farce. Peggy Harris and Ian Matthews co-direct the first play of the season for Nanaimo Theatre Group, a farce called Don’t Dress for Dinner. Typically, a farce is a comedy of lies, where one lie leads to another until the characters find themselves so mired in their false stories, no way out is possible. “Farces are fun from beginning to end,” Harris said. “Audiences love them.” Don’t Dress for Dinner is a French farce that tells of how Bernard, played by Wes Lazaroff, takes advantage of his wife, Jacqueline, played by Ivana Ho, and her visit to her mother’s to invite his mistress for the weekend. The couple’s friend, Robert, played by Derek Carter, decides to visit and Jacqueline forgoes the weekend with her mother to entertain their friend, with whom she’s also having an affair. Bernard tries to convince Robert to pretend he’s the one with the mistress, named Suzanne and played by Kim Charelton, while the cook, with the similar name Suzette and played by Bronwyn McNeil, is dragged into the plot as well when she turns up early and Robert mistakes her for Bernard’s girlfriend. “Everything really unravels from there,” Harris said. “It’s about the usual – people having affairs and

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Helena Jung, a cellist with the Vancouver Island Symphony, joins jazz pianist Sean Mooney for a concert featuring classical music that crosses over. Jung and Mooney, with help from bassist John Hyde and drummer James McRae, present Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio by Claude Bolling; two cello sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy. Jung vigorously pursued a more eclectic repertoire while performing on the North Island, in addition to her role in the symphony. Jung, who holds a master’s degree in cello performance from Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea, has performed with that country’s youth philharmonic, as well as Jeunesses Musical World Orchestra. Since moving to Canada in 2004, she performed with pianists such as Sarah Hagen and Glen Montgomery. Jung will have the cello’s rich tone and mellow sound on display as part of the concert featuring Bolling’s composition. The composer created a series of crossover collaborations, including the Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio, which he recorded with Yo Yo Ma in 1984.

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Acoustic special Lindsay Martell, a former Nanaimo resident, returns to the Harbour City for an intimate show at the Diners Rendezvous with Jona Kristinsson. Martell, who attended music school at Malaspina College, performed with local staple Rubber Soul before forming Moris and playing his original music. He and Kristinsson perform Sunday (Oct. 2) at 8 p.m. Tickets $20/advance; $25/door. Please call 250-740-1133.

Artists encouraged to take works to next level Two workshops aim to teach artists the steps to take their creations to the next level. Robyn Cor nelius leads a three-day workshop exploring materials and techniques in metal Oct. 14-16. Cornelius will cover sawing skills, filing and reticulation, introduce torches and simple sol-

dering techniques, and look at liver of sulfur patina to create amazing colour in metalwork. Twelve spaces are available in the workshop. Cost is $345, plus materials fee. Gwen Fox, internationally renowned for her abstract expression paintings, leads the workshop Art with

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A group of 15 young people from across Canada are cycling through British Columbia armed with an inspiring message of youth empowerment and sustainable consumption. The group performs a play called Taking Action at Vancouver Island University Oct. 13, 4 p.m., in front of the library, as part of the Otesha Project. The comedic and inspiring play shows the story of average Canadians who are choosing to be extraordinary. Audience members explore what ignites individuals to take action, and what challenges and rewards are encountered in the process. The characters in the play – and the audience – are sent on a journey toward the path to sustainability, exploring positive choices we can make along the way. The members of the travelling theatre troupe make up a mobile sustainable community and cycle from performance to performance, braving the elements, and opening conversations in commu-

Quickfacts ◆ TAKING ACTION by Otesha Project in front of library at Vancouver Island University Oct. 13 at 4 p.m.

nities about how we can live more sustainably. As they pedal more than 1,250 kilometres across British Columbia, they will explore all the ups and downs of directly addressing environmental and social justice issues through their own every day actions. Founded in 2002, the Otesha Project is a youth-led charitable organization that uses theatre to mobilize young people to create local and global change through their daily consumer choices. The Otesha Project has now performed to more than 100,000 people across Canada and won awards for its innovative and effective youth engagement programs.

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Prospects play hard Barsby Bulldogs junior bantam player Chess Soderstrom, left, fends off opponent Logan Lonsberry of the Ladysmith Steelers during a game Saturday at John Barsby Community Secondary School’s Canem Field. The ’Dawgs won 28-6.

High school football teams make final pre-season push Nanaimo’s two high school varsity football teams will try to come as close as they can to regular-season form. Both the John Barsby Bulldogs and the Nanaimo District Islanders play their final pre-season games this Friday (Sept. 30). The games were originally scheduled

for the respective school fields, but will now go one after another on the new turf at Merle Logan Field. Barsby has won all three of its pre-season games this month by lopsided scores – in its 35-8 victory last week, it tackled the Belmont Bulldogs so hard that the Victo-

ria team picked up and left at halftime. NDSS is also coming off a win, as the Isles pounded the G.P. Vanier Towhees 36-7 last week at Nanaimo District Secondary School Field. GAME ON … The Barsby Bulldogs host Edward Milne Friday at 1:45 p.m. at Merle

Logan, with NDSS playing the Mark Isfeld Ice at 4 p.m. …The following weekend the regular season starts, and both Nanaimo teams play noteworthy matchups – Barsby hosts Ballenas in the annual Border Battle rivalry game and NDSS hosts the brand-new Argyle Pipers.

The Nanaimo Clippers, in many ways, are a brand new team. So they’d love for fans to turn up for an unveiling. T h e c i t y ’s B . C . Hockey League club (0-1-0-1) holds its home opener Friday (Sept. 30) with a game against the Cowichan Valley Capitals at Frank Crane Arena. “It’s going to be a big night for our team,” said Tristan Lowenberger, Clippers veteran. “We’ve got a new locker room, a new coach. Let’s show our fans who we are and what we can do this year.” The Clippers didn’t fare as well as they would have liked in their first two games of the season this past weekend at Powell River, losing the first game in overtime, 3-2, and the second in regulation, 3-1. “We’re learning the system. It is a new system. Every practice we’re working on it and down the road it’s going to be perfect,” Lowenberger said. The Clippers see

t h e m s e l ve s a s a n energy team and want to build that identity by skating hard at all areas of the ice. “We’re going to try and be an aggressive team and play really well defensively and emphasize hard work and winning the oneon-one battles,” said B r e t t H a r t s k a m p, another vet. He noted that Cowichan played a hard-working game when it visited Nanaimo in the preseason. T he Caps already have two wins in the books this season and will be looking to maintain that momentum. “The home opener itself is always a very high-emotion kind of game,” said Brayden Jaw, Clippers veteran. “Playing Cowichan, the level of intensity’s just going to go up.” GAME ON … The teams face off at 7 p.m. Friday at Frank Crane. The Clippers then visit the Victoria Grizzlies on Saturday … Not everyone will get to participate in the home opener after the BCHL handed down suspensions for a brawl Saturday at Powell River. Nanaimo will be without Lowenberger, Colton Cyr, Josh Phillips and coach Mike Vandekamp. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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Redmen look forward to challenging game Coach Sean Roden said his team stood up to the Longhorns last week and was unlucky to lose. The defence, he said, was excellent, but turnovers were the team’s undoing. Wy l i e scored Nanaimo’s only touchdown on a punt return and Taylor Saine led the Redmen in tackles. “We proved to ourselves that we’re good enough to run with that team, for sure,” Roden said. “But we also proved to ourselves that if we don’t execute like the way

against the defendingchampion Victoria Spartans. Last weekend it was the North Delta Longhorns providing the challenge as the Redmen (3-1) suffered their first loss of the season, 14-11 on the road. “You lear n more about your team from a loss than from a win. You can’t just go and whup on the bad [teams],” said Jaxxen Wylie, Redmen kick r e t u r n e r. “ We ’ r e going to see if we can rebound.”

COMMUNITY TEAM plays at home.

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This is the part of the season that the Nanaimo Redmen were waiting for. The city’s Vancouver Mainland Football League midget team is in the midst of the toughest portion of its fall schedule, with a game coming up this Sunday (Oct. 2)

we need to, we’re going to lose games.” The Redmen recognize some of the things they can work on, particularly their mesh points in the run game. As for the opposition, Nanaimo doesn’t know for sure if Victoria’s No. 1 QB will be available to play so they’re preparing for anything but focusing on their own game. “It’s going to take this week to figure out where we’re at,” said Saine. “Hopefully Sunday we’ll show them what we’ve got.”

He said the Redmen rise to the occasion against good teams. “It’s the intensity. When you go on the field you know this team’s not going to sit down like some other teams,” he said. “It makes me play a better game because I know if I don’t play my best game, I know they will.” GAME ON … The Redmen and Spartans kick off at 3 p.m. Sunday at May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park. Admission is free. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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Nanaimo Redmen tailback Kalden Keen rushes for a first down earlier this month at Pioneer Park.

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Saturday, October 1, 2011 10:00am to 4:00pm The Central Vancouver Island Home Builders’ Association is proud to present an exciting showcase of new homes and renovations in communities throughout the region. This Parade offers new home buyers and those thinking of remodelling, an opportunity to see and ask questions about new products, technologies and outstanding designs from a variety of local Professional Builders, Land Developers and Product Suppliers.

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There will be volleyballs whizzing by everywhere at Nanaimo gymnasiums this weekend. The Vancouver Island University Invitational, the biggest high school girls’ v-ball tournament of the regular season, will be held Friday (Sept. 30) and Saturday at three different gyms. Every Nanaimo senior girls team is participating, with the Dover Bay Dolphins, Wellington Wildcats, Woodlands Eagles, Nanaimo District Islanders, Barsby Blazers and Cedar Spartans all taking the court. FILE PHOTO Round-robin action goes Friday at the VIU Dover’s Jamie Bassett serves the ball last fall. gym, John Barsby Community Secondary School gym and the NDSS gym, from noon-9 p.m. Saturday’s playoff action starts at 9:45 a.m. at all three gyms and VIU will host the championship games in the late afternoon that day.

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V.I. Raiders climb hill LANGLEY RAMS provide next test for first-place Nanaimo.

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The V.I. Raiders are making their ascent toward the top of the junior football heap. The schedule makers set things up ideally for Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadian Junior Football League team â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Raiders (8-0) play a pretty good Langley Rams team (4-4) on Saturday (Oct. 1), play the contending Okanagan Sun in the regularseason finale, then kick off the playoffs. There, the Raiders hope to move on to meet other elite teams from across Canada. They are already comparing themselves with the best teams from around the country, said Steve Pennell, offensive lineman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our level of competition is

going to increase every weekâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we know our assignments and we practise executing our plays, no matter what is in front of us, we will be successful when we play those teams at that high level.â&#x20AC;? Ashton Galloway, Raiders fullback, said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK to look ahead on the schedule as long as the focus stays on the task at hand. But as the Raiders have repeated all season long, they care more about their own game than their opponent, anyway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just go out and execute and put up points as much as we can,â&#x20AC;? Galloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as we can stick to that I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be OK. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing.â&#x20AC;? This week, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Rams. Langley has qualified for the playoffs and will be a degree of difficulty higher than the teams Nanaimo squashed the last two weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely,â&#x20AC;? said Teddy Ash, Raiders defensive end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rams are always a tougher team, a bigger, harder-banging

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Race car driver makes hall of fame Nanaimo race car driver Al Prendergast raced all the way into a hall of fame. The Greater Vancouver Motorsports Pioneers Society announced that Prendergast will be inducted into their ranks Oct. 9. He started racing jalopies in Burnaby as a teenager, raced motorcycles in the 1960s and after an injury, returned to the track and raced stock cars and modifieds in the ’70s. The society includes 165 pioneers and will add 15 this year.

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Instructor Carol Tromans and Chilean exchange student Tomas Olmedo watch Javier Raposo, from Spain, practise pushing off on the ice during a curling clinic for international high school students at the Nanaimo Curling Centre on Friday morning. League play gets underway at the club today (Sept. 29).

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The Nanaimo Curling Centre held its open houses on the weekend, and now it’s ready to fill up as many ice sheets as it can for league play. The adult leagues get under-

way today (Sept. 29), with the senior men’s league the first to take to the new ice. The curling centre’s junior program will start Monday (Oct. 3) and new junior players can still sign up. Youths are welcome to try a free session of curling to see if they like it before parents commit to a full season’s registration. For adult novice curlers, the

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VIU soccer taking tough trip MEN’S, WOMEN’S squads head back to B.C. Interior.

The Vancouver Island University Mariners soccer teams had great success on the road last weekend, and they’ll look to keep it going. Both the women’s and men’s sides scored blowout wins last Saturday in Prince George, but this Saturday (Oct. 1) and Sunday

the schedule gets tougher with back-to-back games in Kamloops and Kelowna, respectively. First up are the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack, then the UBCOkanagan Heat. “Both of those teams are well coached,” said Anup Kang, coach of the Mariners women’s team, in a press release. “We need to be ready to battle hard in both of those matches.” VIU’s soccer teams don’t play at home again until Oct. 15.

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PUBLIC HEARING Bylaw No. 1615, 2011 - Regional Growth Strategy Pursuant to Section 855(2.1) of the Local Government Act, Notice is hereby given that two Public Hearings will be held with regard to the following proposed Bylaw: “Regional District of Nanaimo Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1615, 2011”

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Retiree’s efforts a boon to literacy To the Editor, Fifteen years ago, Rotary Club of Nanaimo Daybreak’s literacy project was to build a book donation box, and deliver the collections directly to Literacy Central Vancouver Island Society. Over the years, we

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APPLAUSE expanded to four boxes in three shopping malls in the north end of the city and one in in Southgate Centre. After Rotarian Terry Akerman retired as owner of Terry’s Save-Rite stores in

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Bylaw No. 1615 This bylaw if adopted would replace ‘Regional District of Nanaimo Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1309, 2003’ and establish a new Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) for the Regional District of Nanaimo excluding Electoral Area ‘B’ (Gabriola Island) and First Nations Reserve lands (as shown on Figure 1). The proposed Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1615 will establish a regional vision for sustainable growth and represent a commitment made by the RDN and the affected municipalities of the City of Nanaimo, City of Parksville, Town of Qualicum Beach and the District of Lantzville to a course of action involving shared social, economic and environmental goals. The RGS aims to establish a more sustainable pattern of development in the region over a twenty-ﬁve year period by encouraging and directing most new development in the region within designated Growth Containment Boundaries, thereby keeping urban settlement compact, protecting the integrity of rural and resource areas, protecting the environment, increasing servicing efﬁciency and retaining mobility within the region. Bylaw No. 1615 builds upon the current RGS emphasis on growth management to include a broader range of sustainability goals that address climate change, economic development, food security, and affordable housing.

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Emergency radio association seeks additional members During major disasters such as earthquakes or fire, regular communications services including telephones, cellphones and Internet could be compromised. That’s where amateur radio operators step in to serve their community. The Coast Emergency Communications Association is looking for new members to help in case disaster strikes on vancouver Island. The organization, based in Nanaimo and staffed by volunteers, provides emergency communications services to the City of Nanaimo and the Regional District of Nanaimo in times of crisis.

Portable radios and other equipment have been acquired by the city and RDN and installed at dedicated centres for use by CECA members during an emergency. The public is invited to learn more about the association at an open house Saturday (Oct. 1) from 1-3 p.m. at 1415 Wingrove St. Members will be on hand to answer questions and visitors are invited to try their hand at making radio calls with the assistance of a qualified operator. For more information on CECA, please e-mail ceca@coastemergency.ca or visit www.coastemergency.ca.

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Breastfeeding challenge is on At first glance, breastfeeding and libraries have little in common. However, they both nourish a child’s mind and are important factors in development. In partnership with the Vancouver Island Regional Library, the Vancouver Island Health Authority invites moms, dads, babies and caregivers to learn more about the connection at this year’s 10th annual Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge. The challenge is an international event to set a record for the most babies breastfeeding at one time. The Nanaimo challenge takes place Saturday (Oct. 1) from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Harbourfront Library, 90 Commercial St. To register, please call the Public Health Unit at 250-755-6200 or the library at 250-753-1154.

Salon assists crash survivor A salon is donating two day’s worth of revenue to the only Nanaimo survivor of a fatal car crash. Adia Salon, located in Longwood Station, is donating all profits earned from appointments scheduled for Friday and Saturday (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) to the crash victim. The accident occurred in Surrey on Aug. 13 and killed two Nanaimo men – Jovan Salapura and Jarrett Swackhamer. Swackhamer’s girlfriend was also in the vehicle and injured in the crash. To book an appointment, please call 250729-6344.

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Sam a world traveller Nanaimo Airport’s official travel companion has been spotted all over the world thanks to vacationing central Island residents. S u n ny S a m h a s hitched a ride and appeared in snapshots of the Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower and other destinations around the globe. Over the past 10 weeks, central Islanders submitted more than 400 photos of their travels with the little bright yellow wobbler to win weekly prizes. The final round of voting ends today (Sept. 29) and the grand prize winner of two North American flight vouchers from Air Canada will be announced Friday. “The photo contest was a huge success,” said Mike Hooper, Nanaimo Airport Commission president. “Sam traveled to China, Afghanistan, Nunavut, the Caribbean, Tanzania, Thailand, most of Europe and several other countries. It’s an incredible testament to the way

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Metal collection sends scouts on trip to Scotland Nanaimo residents can save the environment and help send scouts to an international event in Scotland by bringing scrap metal to Steel Pacific in South Wellington. The Pacific Explorer 2012 Venture Company of 5th Tsartlip is a group formed specifically for scouts who want to participate in the Blair Atholl International Scout Jamborette in Scotland. Eighteen chief scouts and four leaders from Vancouver Island are registered to attend the event next summer. They are raising the money needed through a scrap metal donation program at Steel Pacific depots. To donate, please drop off nails, screws, broken stoves, rusted lawnmowers, dented kitchen sinks, little bits of copper plumbing, brass light fixtures and other kinds of metal to 2079 Main Rd., until Nov. 1 and mention that it is a donation to the Pacific Explorer 2012 group.

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WHAT WE DO & WHO WE SERVE We bring people and resources together to create solutions that positively impact our community, making it healthier and more vibrant. We serve all Central and North Vancouver Island from Ladysmith to Port Hardy. COMMUNITY BUILDING United Way is taking a leadership role building and integrating the strengths, assets and capacities of an entire community focusing them on a common agenda. United Way continues to participate and inspire others to join in Community Building Initiatives that focus on the development of: Healthy Children & Youth, Strengthening Families, and Engaging & Supporting Seniors. COMMUNITY IMPACT Community Impact is not describing how many individuals we provide for and serve or how many programs or partners we unite. Community Impact is involving the entire community in solution based thinking and taking a good look at the challenges facing our community and its members. That’s making a real difference. That’s creating lasting change. Our approaches are: Network of Care Services: Responding to key community issues by building an organized safety new of core community services. This has been United Way’s traditional investment approach, including direct funding to Community Partners programs and services. Community Partnerships: Addressing key community issues by getting at root causes and building preventative solutions for the long-term. Initiatives may include those that we begin, those that we start with other or those we are invited to join. Education & Advocacy: Bringing to light community issues through public education and advocacy to influence public attitudes, systems and policy with a goal to build fundamental change in our society. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT By investing in United Way you are investing in the Central and Northern Vancouver Island Region. Your dollar is leveraged with thousands of others to achieve maximum impact to fund solutions to

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our key focus “Impact” areas: Children, Youth and Seniors. The impact of your investment doesn’t end there. The return on your dollar can also be measured by the additional funding United Way unleashes from other sources – both private and government. United Way brings together people and resources to find practical solutions to problems that impact our region, ultimately affecting us all. BELIEVE YOUR INVESTMENT WILL MAKE A CHANGE! CORPORATE GIVING: Your support is crucial. We strive to invest your United Way corporate contribution in programs that meet immediate needs and also invests in focused strategies that bring long term positive change. ANNUAL WORKPLACE GIVING: Workplace campaigns are essential to the success of United Way’s annual campaign, but your workplace contributions go beyond dollars. Your organizations efforts to support United Way will make a tangible difference in the lives of local people. As an employee you will have the benefit of knowing your investment is making an impact locally, as United Way helps 1 in 4 people in our community each year. That’s an investment that will continue to give each year! LEADERSHIP GIVING: United Way Leaders have a vision for our community. By giving $500 or more to United Way, Leaders help meet immediate needs and create long-term impact for children, youth, families and seniors. The truth is you can help by becoming a leadership donor today and help someone locally. The ‘ripple effect’ of your investment will help to transform the vision of our community into a reality. INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS: United Way Days of Caring enables workplace employees to spend time working on-site at community projects. Each project promotes a deeper understanding of community issues, provides excellent team building opportunities and makes visible impact in the community. United Way Loaned Representative Program is when an organization loans an employee to United Way. They become an extension of our staff and allow us to minimize fundraising costs while maximizing donor impact to the community. Community Support: • Success By Six • Social Development Strategy Committee • Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness • AHERO - Comox Valley • Commission on Homelessness - Comox Valley • Literacy Now Nanaimo & Ladysmith • Ladysmith Interagency • Nanaimo Ladysmith Literacy Council • Campbell River Social Planning Committee. To learn more about United Way’s comprehensive work in the community, visit our website: www.uwcnvi.ca This page is brought to you by the Nanaimo News Bulletin and these proud local advertisers.

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Friday â&#x2014;&#x2020; VARIETY SHOW, hosted by the Unity Centre at 2325 East Wellington Rd., begins at 7 p.m. Door prizes, refreshments, blue grass music, storytelling and more. Tickets are $10 or two for $15. Proceeds go toward the Unity Church and Spiritual Education Centre. Contact Unitynan@shaw.ca for details. â&#x2014;&#x2020; SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT Transitions is holding a free â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;E-mail: Send Your Resumeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; learn how to send and receive e-mail for job search activities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from 9-10 a.m. at 101-155 Skinner St. To register, contact 250-714-0085. â&#x2014;&#x2020; TRINITY UNITED garage sale, 1-6 p.m., 6234 Spartan Rd. â&#x2014;&#x2020; NANAIMO DOWNTOWN Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market craft market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pioneer Plaza.

Saturday â&#x2014;&#x2020; TRINITY UNITED garage sale, 9 a.m. to noon, 6234 Spartan Rd. â&#x2014;&#x2020; BASTION CITY Wanderers Volkssport Club hosts a 10-kilometre Ladysmith walk. Registration at 9:30 a.m. at gate at end of Christy Road and the walk starts at 10 a.m. For more information call 250-756-9796. â&#x2014;&#x2020; TOASTMASTERS ON the Hill hosts a free demonstration on how to become a more effective and confident public speaker. Noon to 2 p.m. at the lower picnic area at Bowen Park, across the streert from the curling club. Bring a lunch. 250-756-9818. â&#x2014;&#x2020; SATURDAY NIGHT Dance Society dance, 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Departure Bay Activity Centre, 1415 Wingrove St. For info, call 250585-4154 or email ruthmerx@gmail.com.

Monday â&#x2014;&#x2020; NANAIMO FAMILY Life Association assertiveness skills workshop, 12:30-3 p.m., 1070 Townsite Rd. 250-7543331, ext. 716. â&#x2014;&#x2020; CHRIST COMMUNITY Church information dinner on seven-week ALPHA course that runs Oct. 17 to Nov. 28. Phone to book for dinner at 250-7293925.

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â&#x2014;&#x2020; HUB CITY Stamp Club regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Brechin United Church, 1998 Estevan Rd. Auction night, all collectors welcome. 250-245-8186.

Tuesday â&#x2014;&#x2020; SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT Transitions hosts its free Resume Foundations workshop from 1-4 p.m. at 101-155 Skinner St. To register, contact 250-714-0085. â&#x2014;&#x2020; NANAIMO/LADYSMITH Retired Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association hosts its fall luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Cavalotti Hall, 2060 East Wellington Rd. Reserve a seat at 250-753-5971.

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â&#x2014;&#x2020; NANAIMO NEWCOMERS Club. A social group for women new to Nanaimo, meets second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Presbyterian Church Hall, 4235 Departure Bay Rd. 250-585-2031. â&#x2014;&#x2020; CITIZENS ON Patrol (COPs) meets third Wednesday of the month, RCMP community police station on Prideaux Street. Volunteers needed to be the eyes and ears of the RCMP. 250-758-6535. â&#x2014;&#x2020; CAREGIVERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SUPPORT Circle. Are you caring for a loved one with a terminal illness? Drop in peer support with trained facilitators. Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m., Nanaimo Community Hospice, 1729 Boundary Ave. 250-758-8857.

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BOUQUETS OF RAINBOWS to Ryan and Rebecca of Rainbow International Restoration and Cleaning services for their professional expertise when our cottage flooded. Right from the beginning you were courteous, respectful and knowledgeable about the cleaning and restoration process. Thank you for going above and beyond to assist our family and our tenants. With gratitude, the Brown and Skytte families. THREE CHEERS to the great folks at Central Island Youth Soccer Academy. They have no wait lists or deadlines for enrolling and continually welcome new players. We are so glad that we heard about their program. HATS OFF to Ricky’s All Day Grill. My wife and l ate supper at Ricky’s for the first time recently. We were impressed with the service, quality, portions and price. Plus they have 10 per cent off for seniors. That was a bonus. We look forward to going back. BOUQUETS OF SUNBURSTS to Mid-Island Sundecks for getting our sundeck done so promptly this summer. Steve is great to deal with. Steve and Mike not only installed our vinyl ahead of schedule, but they also did it professionally and affordably. A bright spot in the renovation world. A BOUQUET OF CATNIP to Dr. Yeomans, Dr. Milton and the fabulous staff at Applecross Veterinary Hospital for their compassion and empathy for me during the passing of Kat. Your time and care was greatly appreciated.

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BOUQUETS to the men in the Costco tire department who watched our grocery cart while we went shopping elsewhere. When we returned to pick up our vehicle, they had kindly loaded our groceries and as it was a hot day had put the perishables into our ice chest. A BOUQUET OF THANKS to the gentleman who followed me home to tell me my tire was just about flat. THANKS to my neighbour Marie at Buttertubs for looking after my place. MEGA GRATEFUL pixels to Frank at Country Club Centre’s Shoppers Drug Mart. You take excellent passport pictures that passed with flying colours in Victoria. You are also an awesome supervisor. I shall furthermore extend my thanks to your HQ office. A BIG BOUQUET OF THANK YOUS to Darren and Daniel for all they did to ensure our bus stop was not so far from home. What you did is greatly appreciated. HAPPY MOTORING to the kind gentleman who left a note on my windshield informing me that my left front tire had a nail in it. I had it fixed before it was damaged. THANK YOU to the Nanaimo News Bulletin. We won tickets to see Good Timber and now Elvis. Thanks for letting us bring in hand-written entry forms instead of having to enter online. I don’t like using computers often. A HUGE BOUQUET OF ROSES to the staff at Hub International Barton

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bouquets Insurance Brokers for the quick service with a smile. Staff made my complicated moving situation a little easier. Everything was done in 10 minutes with a couple of mouse clicks and a reassurance that it would be no problem. A BOUQUET to my beautiful girlfriend for making me a wonderful dinner and helping me relax upon my arrival home after an extremely stressful and tiring weekend away. A BOUQUET to the Welcome Wagon for being so helpful and informative to Nanaimo newcomers. A ROPE BAG FULL OF BLOSSOMS to all my teammates who helped train and prepare us for our successful weekend evaluation. We couldn’t have done it with out your support, guidance and encouragement. Our success is yours also. A HUGE BOUQUET for Leah, who was at Woodgrove Centre recently when our daugher started choking and turning blue. We are extremely grateful for your help as you no doubt saved her life.

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A BEEF to my cranky neighbour who was out on her deck during the day, yelling at the trombone player to go inside his house to practise and to stop bothering her.

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A CROSSWALK BEEF to pedestrians who think they can just enter a crosswalk and cars will stop, especially on dark mornings and evenings when it’s wet out and you’re wearing all black. Drivers can’t see you and aren’t expecting you. Grade 2 rules apply: look both ways and wait for traffic to clear. If I hit you I may be charged, but you’ll be dead. A BIG BEEF to a national company that charges 30 per cent more for lower quality products and charges for things that their Island competitors give to customers for free. A BEEF. All summer I have seen dogs on the beaches at Piper’s Lagoon and Departure Bay in spite of the signs that state that dogs are not permitted on the beach. Might I suggest that the signs be lowered so that dogs can read them. A HUGE BEEF to the driver waiting for the light to change at Norwell Drive and the Island Highway recently. You were talking on your cellphone. You were in traffic, not parked on the side of the road. Are you somehow exempt from the new law regarding cellphones? I wish I had gotten your licence number and reported you to your head office, but I was in the turn lane when the light changed. Lucky you.

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June 22, 1948 ~ September 25, 2011 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Tom at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 18 years, Rosemary; daughter, Ashley; siblings: Robert (Irma), Richard (Gina), and William (Susan). A private family service has been held. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, donation may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Sands ~ Nanaimo (250)753-2032

June 18, 1985 - September 29, 2004 Seven years ago I closed my eyes So I would not see Seven years later I close my eyes And I see you so clearly Those hazel eyes and crooked smile I can hear your voice, your laugh as though you are right in front of me Memories of you are so sweet now More tears of loving remembrance than tears of loss We speak your name, your phrases And use your special lingo More often than not. So here we are, seven years later You are not forgotten, Nor can you ever be Each memory helps take the sting from our loss of you All your Family loves and remembers you. Love Mama, Gerald and Tiny

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Western Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island delivering unique, quality products to our customers in a safe, sustainable environment. We are currently seeking a fully experienced Dryland Sort Supervisor for our Jeune Landing Forest Operation, located in Port Alice, B.C.

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ACORN HOME SERVICES Home improvements. Repairs. Doors/windows. Custom made arbors, decks, sunrooms, awnings, fences & lots more! Garry, 250-591-7474. www.acornhomeservices.ca AGILE HOME REPAIR & Improvement. Fully insured, interior/exterior repairs and upgrades. Ian 250-714-8800. ALL TRADES- Home updates? Hardwood, Tile, Laminate, Kitchen & Bath Renos. All exterior Roofing, Siding, Decks & Fencing. References available. 250-722-0131. BLUE OX Home Services. Expert Handyman & Renovation Services: plumbing, electrical, carpentry, drywall, tiling, painting, lawn & garden. Refs avail. Insured. 250-713-4409. BRYAN GRIFFIN CONSTRUCTION experienced in new home construction, home renos, doors & windows , vinyl siding & soffits and more. Free estimates. 250-390-2601. EXP. CARPENTER/Handyman: Renos, Framing, Concrete formed, placed & finished Sheds, decks & fencing. No job too small. Great rates & References. Derrick 816-8646 JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER new construction, reno’s, 25 yrs. Reliable. (250)616-0990.

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Steel Buildings. Reduced Factory Inventory. 30x36 – Reg $15,850 Now $12,600; 36x58 – Reg $21,900 Now $18,800 48x96 – Reg $48,700 Now $41,900. 81x130 – Reg $121,500 Now $103,900 Source# 1G8 800-964-8335

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NANAIMO ROYAL PURPLE GARAGE SALE 90 PRINCESS Saturday, October 1st 10am-2pm Baking, Clothing & Many other items. N. NANAIMO, 6029 Breonna Dr., Sat, Oct. 1, 9am-2pm. Family Garage Sale. N. NANAIMO: Sat, Oct 1st, 9am-4pm. Moving: furniture, household items, some antiques (piano, couch). 500 Gatewood Place (Oakridge) NOB HILL area, 325 Hecate St., Sat, Oct. 1, 9am-2pm. Assortment of furniture and home furnishings donated by residents and families. Sorry no early birds, gate will be locked into parkade prior to sale. NORTH NANAIMO: 5545 Turner Rd., Sat, Oct. 1, 8am1pm. 2 Family Sale. Lots of stuff for all! NORTH NANAIMO: Sat. Oct. 1st, 9am-1pm. Multi-Family Sale! The Highlands Arbour Cres and Arbour Lane. A variety of Good stuff! NORTH OYSTER Historical Society Giant Bag & Box Sale! Sunday, Oct 2nd, 9-3. 13467 Cedar Rd. (across from North Oyster School). Huge selection for everyone. Hot dogs, pop sales. All proceeds for school restoration.

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NARSF Programs Ltd. Care Providers Needed Up to $ 3000 monthly We are looking for caregivers to provide a home environment for youth in need of withdrawal management and stabilization related to substance use. Situated in the Nanaimo, Ladysmith, or Parksville areas, caregivers will provide non-medical care and support to youth between the ages of 12 -19 years in a private, safe, alcohol and drug free home. A reliable vehicle, criminal record check, references, and participation in a care home study are required. If you are interested, have good people skills, a calm approach, and enjoy working with youth, please contact the Transitions Care Home Coordinator 250754-2773 ext 222 or visit www.narsf.org - employment tab.

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Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and reﬁnances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

TERMINAL PARK area, lrg, 1bdrm, ocean view, near all amenities. Heat & hot water incl. N/S, N/P. Avail Oct. 1st $650/$675 month 754-2484.

OCEAN VIEW, bright, quiet 1 bdrm, 4 piece bath, N/S, N/P, utils incl w/ internet/cable, W/D, professional female. $475 mo, 250-751-2454. UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, unfurn’d room, shared kitchen & bath, lndry & utils incl’d with wi-ﬁ, senior preferred, avail immed, $425, 250-753-4036.

HAREWOOD: 3BDRM upper, $1,100/mo +DD, 1/2 Hydro/heat. Pets negotiable. (250)591-0151

SUITES, LOWER

1117 BEAUFORT- 2 bdrms, $850. Ardent Properties www.ardentproperties.com (250)753-0881.

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RECREATIONAL PROPERTY RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake (70 Mile House). Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good ﬁshing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-3950599. (Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)

TOWNSITE- ADULT bldg, 2 bdrms, 2 balconies, clean & fresh. NS/NP. Available Now. $795. (250)758-4871

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES CEDAR BY The Sea, lrg 2 bdrm duplex, ocean view, F/P, W/D, covered prkg, private yard, N/S, N/P, $850 mo, avail Oct. 1, 250-722-0044. DEPARTURE BAY, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 3 level w/ garage, F/S, W/D, new ﬂooring & paint, N/P. Avail Oct. 1. Call 250758-0308 or 250-755-6784. S. NANAIMO, 2 bdrm level entry duplex, bright, spacious, renovated, priv deck/yard, beautiful garden, insuite lndry, N/S, Oct. 15 or Nov. 1, $875 + utils. Call 250-713-0128.

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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 430 STEWART- 1 bdrm, $650. Ardent Properties w w w. a r d e n t p r o p e r t i e s. c o m (250) 753-0881. CENTRAL NANAIMO. Top ﬂoor, 1 Bdrm in spotless, quiet bldg $695. Sauna. Close to ferry and to seawall. NP/NS. Ref’s. Mark/Don 250-753-8633 DOWNTOWN AREA. Delightful ocean front condo in Promenade complex, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, close to all amens, N/P, N/S, ref’s. Avail immed, $1200 mo. Call Island West Realty 250-753-8111.

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HOMES FOR RENT 1855 CRAIG (Nanoose)- 4 bdrms, $1400. Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com

DOWNTOWN: Lge 1B/R. Avail. Immed. N/P Ref’s. $650/m. Also avail. Bachelor apt. $550/m 729-1997

3 BDRM Rancher, 2 full bath, W/D, F/S, close to schools /bus/shopping, Country Club. $1100 + utils, Oct. 1st, 250751-0041, 250-668-2772.

DOWNTOWN NANAIMO: Lge 2 B/R, 1 bath, private balcony/ocean view. N/P $750/M. Also available, 1 B/R lower suite. 250-729-1997

CEDAR, PRIVATE, cozy 3 bdrm, cape cod, half acre, large deck, W/D, F/P, small dog ok, avail Oct. 1, $1200 mo, call 250-751-5215.

Ocean & Harbour Views 55+ Building 2 Bdrm Suite Ladysmith 385 Davis Road

C. NANAIMO, $1200 mo + utils, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, W/D, F/S, D/W, wheelchair accessible, fenced back yard, pet neg, N/S, Oct. 1, 250-751-1517.

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DEPARTURE BAY, avail Oct. 1, 3 bdrm, 1/2 of house, ocean view, nice deck, F/S, W/D, near amens, ref’s, $1200 mo, 250-713-8797, 250-585-0303.

HOSPITAL AREA- 1 bdrm apartment, W/D. Manager on site. $700. (250)716-3305. HOSPITAL AREA- 2 bdrm apartment, W/D. Manager on site. $800. (250)716-3305. NANAIMO: 1 & 2 bdrm adult lifestyle. Open house Oct. 7th, 11-3pm, but you don’t have to wait scoop up the best suite today. 1 bdrm $750. 2 bdrm $850. Call 250-268-7368.

HAREWOOD 3BDRM +den, 1.5baths, $1000 +60% hydro. Near schools, shopping, bus. F/S, Washer. (250)753-6273 NANAIMO (College area)- 4 bdrm house, 2 bath, garage/carport, 5 appls. N/S. Refs, 1 yr lease. $1450+ utils. Avail now. (604)552-4161.

NANAIMO (DOWNTOWN) ocean view, furnished luxury, 1 bdrm w/den condo, 3 yrs old “Vivo Bldg” $1050, inclds utils & underground parking. Call 250-510-6555.

S. NANAIMO: 2bdrm upper house, bus route, fenced yard, $850. Refs, (604)848-5719.

NANAIMO: FAMILY sized living, small or large families needed, lots of green space to grow & play. 2 bdrm only $875, 3 bdrm only $1050. Heat/water incld’d. Call 250268-7368.

OLD CITY Quarter: Character, 300sqft, street frontage, court yard. $775. (250)754-5174.

NORTH NANAIMO Must see! Updated 2 bdrm Apartment. Near Country Club Mall. Oct. 1or Nov. 1. Quiet bldg, intercom entry, on-site manager. Free H/W, From $815.

Call 250-758-1246. OLD CITY Charm, unmatched, beautiful building. Fabulous style. Clean & quiet 2bdrm condo. 5 appli’s and ﬁreplace. N/S, N/P. $850. (250)754-2207. QUARTERWAY 1BDRM level entry, 55 yrs+, $575. incl cbl., avail now. 250-616-8755.

CENTRAL NANAIMO: furn. $450. Chris 250-740-5332 contact_me@chrislesley.com

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2057 BLUEBELL- 2 bdrms, $825. Ardent Properties w w w. a r d e n t p r o p e r t i e s. c o m (250) 753-0881. 775.00 One bedroon basemnet suite, hospital area.. Rent includes heat, cable and lights. No pets and no children.phone 250 -753 -3580

BRECHIN BRIGHT, 1bdrm walkout. Recently reno’d, priv. entry. Near bus, shops, ferries. N/P. Only $600.(250)618-8842 DOWNTOWN RENO’D 1bdrm, fenced yrd $700. Utils & laundry incld. (250)591-1927 NANAIMO, NORTH- 1 bdrm, priv entrance & patio. NS/NP. $775 inclds utils & W/D. Refs req’d. (250)751-2068. N. NANAIMO: 1bdrm, $750$800, utils incl, shrd laundry, ref’s. Oct. 1. (250)758-8386 N. NANAIMO 1bdrm, beautiful bsmnt suite. N/S, N/P. Private entry, prkng, utils incl. No lndry. $700/M + DD. Avail Oct. 1st. Ref. req. (250)758-4963 N. NANAIMO: 2 bdrm. Close to Woodgrove Mall. N/S, N/P. Ref. req. $900, utils/cable/hydro incl. 390-4692 N. NANAIMO (Norasea Rd) 1 bdrm, separate entrance, close to amenities, $750 utils incld. NS/NP. Available Oct 1. 250-585-3507.

SUITES, UPPER 870 KENTWOOD- 3 bdrms, $1100. Ardent Properties w w w. a r d e n t p r o p e r t i e s. c o m (250)753-0881. BRECHIN 3BDRM, close to shop/bus/ferries. Ocean views. Lrg deck, family area. N/P. $1050/mo. (250)618-8842 COUNTRY CLUB, Loft, Heritage House, Long Lake/mall 2 blks, brand new, 700 sq ft, 1 sm bdrm ﬁts queen bed, sunken tub/stone tile, breakfast bar, all utils incl, $975 mo, call 250-668-2291. HAMMOND BAY newer 3Bdrm + ofﬁce, 2bath, bright, hardwood & tile throughout, 2 car garage, brand new appliances, mins from beach, on bus route, large living area, vaulted ceilings, avail now. $1500. NS/NP. (250)667-4330

OLD CITY QUARTER: Lge 2 B/R No Smokers, N/P, $850/m Util incl. (250)753-3337

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211 BUTTERTUBS- 3 bdrms, $975. Ardent Properties www.ardentproperties.com (250)753-0881. 3242 ADBY- 2 bdrms, $900. Ardent Properties www.ardentproperties.com (250)753-0881.

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SNOW TIRES (4) P21565R16, good tread, on GMC rims. $375.00. 1 (250)754-2042

CARS 1993 Pontiac Sunbird 191,000km. Reliable, service records avail. $800 756-1766 TOP DOLLAR Paid! Want To Buy Junk Cars & Trucks for cash. 1-250-954-7843.

SPORTS & IMPORTS 2012 FORD Mustang Club of America Special Edition. 6 cylinder, 305 HP. Grabber Blue, 600 km, satellite radio. Showroom condition. Lottery winner, $25,000. Call 250-956-2977.

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SHARED ACCOMMODATION (HOSPITAL AREA) room for rent w/walk-in closet in downstairs in quiet family home. All utils incld, shared bath & kitchen w/another renter, laundry, wiﬁ, cable, prkg, priv ent, cat ok. No partiers. Available now. $450. (250)751-8681 for more info or to view.

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