January 12, 2012

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Waterfront property District of Port Hardy maintenance worker Richard Mose inspects standing water in Storey’s Beach Sunday morning as residents look on from a driveway. A total 100.2 millimetres of rain fell on the weekend.

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Port Hardy champ found dead at home Mike D’Amour Gazette staff Former Canadian heavyweight boxing champion Ben Perlini was found dead in his Port Hardy apartment Saturday. He was 47.

“We understand it was a massive heart attack,” said close friend Kim Clarke.

“From what we can figure out, he just finished a workout when he died.”

Perlini — who won the Canadian heavyweight title in the late 1990s — was a man of sharp contrasts, said those who knew him best.

“Ben grew up with two of my sons and it’s hard to describe this guy because there’s a lot of good and a lot of bad,” said longtime family friend Joe Greif.

“He was a scrapper growing up here in Port Hardy, he was a tough kid, but he was basically a good-hearted guy as far as I knew, a personable guy.” he said.

Close friend Conrad Browne said his pal’s life was an open book.

“Benny was a different dude and I love him dearly, but he’d often do his own thing,” Browne said.

Perlini spent more than one stint behind bars because of drugs and he was shot and stabbed — once almost fatally.

But he was a survivor and recovered each time and became a reborn Christian as a result of it all, said Browne.

“There isn’t a person on the North Island who didn’t know he had demons he battled, (but) one of the things he worked hard at, especially after he won the championship, was to make amends for stuff he’d done in his past.”

Browne recalled a time in 2000 in Edmonton when he worked Perlini’s corner during a second fight with

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And, for the second time, Thomas beat Perlini.

“I couldn’t find Benny,” said Browne, who added he finally found Perlini locked in a stall of the mens’ washroom.

“He was absolutely devastated because he lost and that’s when you hug him and tell him everyone loses but he said, ‘You just don’t understand,’” Browne said.

“He couldn’t tell me what I didn’t understand, but he said, ‘You don’t understand.”

Perlini fought his last pro fight the same year.

As a younger man, Perlini had a shot as a kicker in the CFL, but that didn’t pan out.

He turned to a career in professional boxing 1995 after winning “tough man” competitions..

Browne, who sparred with Perlini and worked his

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corner in some fights, said the champ’s story mirrored that of the fictional Rocky Balboa, insomuch as both came out of nowhere to get a title shot.

Perlini made the most of his chance and won the Canadian heavyweight title in Nov. 16, 1997, according to Box Rec, a website dedicated to pro boxers.

He lost it five months later when Nanaimo’s Shane Sutcliffe knocked him out during a bout at Montreal’s Molson Centre.

It didn’t go well in the ring for Perlini after that — he dropped his last four fights, three by way of knockout. His final record was three wins — all by knockout — and seven losses, six by KO. In 2008, Perlini — a selfpublished author of several books — had plans to buy a motorhome and take it across the country to sell

Ben Perlini at the 2011 Filomi Days strongman contest.

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his message of sobriety and “right choices” to Canadian children. And maybe sell a few books along the way.

That dream never panned out. But Ben wasn’t a quitter, said his pals, and

always had something on the horizon.

Perlini leaves his mom and two sisters to mourn his passing.

Plans for a service were unknown at press time.

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North Island tax assessments up and down assessments aren’t, as some believe, arbitrary Mike D’Amour decisions.

Gazette staff “They’re just based on what people are paying The province’s tax assessments are in the mail and it’s good news if North Island homeowners for properties, of course,” he said.

“Maybe people moving into the communities are staying put, not so good if they’re looking to a number of years ago were paying a certain sell.

The province lowered values throughout the Tri- premium for anything that had a view and that port area and Port Hardy was the hardest hit with premium might have grown over the years, but it can all suddenly disappear some areas seeing a 15 one year.” per cent drop in value.

Port Alice also faces a However, some places in Port Hardy will see a • Port Hardy: -15 per cent to +15 per cent 30 per cent swing with • Port Alice: -10 to +20 property values dropping 15 per cent increase.

• Port McNeill: -10 to +10 10 per cent in some areas That means, based on a • Alert Bay: -5 to +15 and climbing 20 per cent home valued at $200,000, • Sayward: -10 to 0 in others. a $30,000 drop in price, • Zeballos: -5 to 0 Port Mcneill fared a little or a $30,000 hike, in some BC Assessments mean big increases or drops in home values. better with a 20 per cent cases.

Mike D’Amour photo “Most homes in North Vancouver Island will swing; 10 per cent down in some areas and 10 per see moderate decreases or little change in value cent down in others.

“I like to remind people the whole point is to compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY Vancouver Island regional assessor Bill fairly distribute the cost of local infrastructure,” said MacGougan.

MacGougan.

2011 COUNCIL MEETING DATES “Having said that, we really want people to look “But,” he admitted, a 30 per cent spread is on As per Bylaw No. 03-2009 - a Bylaw to Regulate the Meetings and Conduct of Council Regular Council Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every at their assessment notice and make sure we have the wide side.” month in Council Chambers at the Municipal Hall, 7360 Columbia Street. To allow for “It’s usually not that wide of a dispersion in the exemptions and that the value seems reasonholiday periods, UBCM convention dates and other events Council may, from time to terms of changes (but) it does probably signify able.” time and by resolution, change the regularly scheduled meeting dates.

“Property owners who feel that their property something going on locally.”

The meetings are governed by the Council Procedure Bylaw and Robert’s Rules But the Tri-port area is still better off than assessment does not reflect market value as of of Order. All members of the public are welcome to attend these open meetings of those in Tahsis, where assessments in some areas July 1, 2011 or see incorrect information on their Council. If desired, the public can address Council at these meetings if arrangements notice should contact our office as indicated on dropped by 25 per cent. to do so are made ahead of time.

Meanwhile, Multiple Listing Service sales sum- their notice as soon as possible in January,” said January ......... 10 .....24 February .....14 .......28 mary data released by the Vancouver Island Real MacGougan.

March ............ 13 .....27 April ........... 10 .......24 May.................. 8 .....22 June ...........12 .......26 “If a property owner is still concerned about their Estate Board showed 2011 was a solid and stable July ................ 10 August ..........7 assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, year for real estate activity on Vancouver Island.

September .... 11 October ........9 .......23 Across VIREB’s six zones, average sales prices they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) November ..... 13 .....27 December.. 11 remained virtually unchanged from what they by January 31, for an independent review by a Gloria LeGal, Director of Corporate Services Property Assessment Review Panel,” he said. were in 2010.

“It’s a fair, independent process which is the The 2011 average sales price for a home sold within VIREB’s coverage area was $341,537, first level of appeal.”

MacGougan added if folks want to contest the down incrementally from 2010’s $342,324 averassessment, they must appeal before the Jan. 31 age price.

MacGougan said that data is useful because deadline.

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2012 Assessment Roll provincial facts and stats • Total number of properties on the 2012 roll is 1,917,394, a 0.75 per cent increase from 2011.

• Total value of real estate on the 2012 roll is $1,106,710,671,771, a 6.42 per cent increase from 2011.

• More than 98 per cent of property owners accept their property assessment without proceeding to a formal, independent review of their assessment.

• Assessments are the estimate of a property’s market value as of July 1, 2011 and physical condition as of Oct. 31, 2011. This common valuation date ensures there is an equitable property assessment base for property taxation.

• Changes in property assessments reflect movement in the local real estate market and can vary greatly from property to property. When estimating a property’s market value, BC Assessment’s professional appraisers analyze current sales in the area, as well as other characteristics such as size, age, quality, condition, view and location.

• Real estate sales determine a property’s value which is reported annually by BC Assessment.

Local governments and other taxing authorities are responsible for property taxation and, after determining their own budget needs this spring, will calculate property tax rates based on the assessment roll for their jurisdiction.

• BC Assessment’s assessment roll provides the foundation for local and provincial taxing authorities to raise more than $6.2 billion in property taxes each year. This revenue funds the many community services provided by local governments around the province, including the public school system.

• BC Assessment’s website provides a listing of property assessments and sales to help property owners. Go to www.bcassessment.ca and click on the e-valueBC link.

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Union falls short at local processors Aleister Gwynne Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Despite the failure of an all-out, three-month effort — including several labour board disputes — to unionize two local seafood businesses, the fight’s not over, a spokesman for the United Steelworkers Union (USW) told the Gazette. “We have full intentions of going back,� said Stan Beech, business agent for USW Local 1-1937. “That’s our goal, to get back there in 2012.�

The USW came to town in September after it was contacted by workers at Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish Inc., said Beech.

Keltic Seafoods Ltd. soon followed, he said, intrigued by the union’s incentives of better wages, more benefits, and improved safety.

The process to unionize both shops began in September with the union hoping 45 per cent of workers in each respective business would opt to vote to join the Steelworkers.

If 45 per cent of the workers signed up, a vote among them would be taken and 51 per cent of that number would have to vote “yes� to unionize before the USW could move in to represent them, said Beech.

However, the results at Hardy Buoys indicated the majority of workers were not in favour of joining a union and Keltic workers never voted at all because the required minimum 45 per cent of workers was not met.

Beech said organizers are still scratching their heads in wonder at why the push to unionize failed. “We had a group of people that we thought were supporting us and at the end they didn’t support us,� he said.

Hardy Buoys owner Bruce Dirom said he had an idea why it failed. “What the union failed to realize is that in a close-knit community there are siblings, parents, friends working at Keltic, Hardy Buoys and Marine

Stan Beech Harvest,� he said. “People get upset when people try to come between them.�

Keltic senior staff declined to discuss the matter in detail because it was “a sensitive issue.�

However, director Dale Dorwood did share a prepared statement. “Keltic’s been in business for over 10 years now and we’ve had a great relationship with all the employees at Keltic over that time period and we look forward to the next ten years,� he said.

However, a worker at one of the businesses offered his own explanation as to why the union push failed. “I think a lot of people thought it would be a lot of work and it was

only a 10 cent raise after all was said and done,� said the Keltic worker, who asked his identity not be revealed because he feared repercussions.

He also expressed concerns a yes vote would have prompted staff cuts by the management. “A lot of of new workers would have lost their jobs,� said the worker.

However, Beech said the issues were never really about money. “Like, somebody who had been hired two years ago at Keltic would be sitting at home while somebody just hired would be working,� he said. “And then there was safety issues, major safety issues that we were told about and I was asked by some people at Hardy Buoys what was the first thing I would do if we got into Hardy Buoys and I said we would have to take a strong look at safety there, too.�

Beech said during the three-month effort, four or five disputes were brought before

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the province’s Labour Relations Board by the USW. The union man wouldn’t go into detail, but did say the United Steelworkers disputed employee lists and it was “very obvious� to the union some things just weren’t quite kosher.

Beech pointed to layoffs that happened at Keltic shortly after the vote was called off, and similar lay-

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there probably before,� said Beech, who added the last effort was a tremendous learning experience.

Dirom said Hardy Buoys is prepared. “Are we happy with it? No. Are we ready for it? Yes.�

Beech said there is no date set for the next push, but it will happen “when we sit down as a group and think it’s the right time to go back in there.�

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF MOUNT WADDINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held in the board room of the Regional District of Mount Waddington (RDMW) administrative office, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:45pm for the purpose of hearing representations concerning “Telegraph Cove Holdings Ltd. Land Use Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 828, 2011�, which proposes to amend the permitted uses of the Residential – Mobile / Modular Homes Zone included in Telegraph Cove Holdings Ltd. Land Use Bylaw No. 497. More particularly, the permitted uses would be revised to exclude “Commerce�, “Recreation� and “Accessory uses� and include “Accessory uses that are clearly incidental to a residence�. One property is included in the Residential – Mobile / Modular Homes Zone and it is legally described as Lot 2, District Lot 79, Rupert District, Plan VIP61691 Except Those Parts in Plans VIP71975, VIP73514 and VIP84787 and further identified by Parcel Identifier Number (PID) 023-160586, Assessment Roll Number (Folio) 78514804.105 and is civically addressed as 1576 Bauza Creek Road.

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offs were announced at Hardy Buoys one week before the planned vote on Sept 26.

However, Dirom said September layoffs are an annual occurrence at Hardy Buoys.

Still, Beech said he and his fellow unionists are undaunted by the setbacks and intend to return in the near future. “We have a good, strong base there now which we didn’t have

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Land-based fish farm gets $800,000 lift J.R. Rardon Gazette staff A ‘Namgis First Nation closed-containment aquaculture project about to be constructed near Port McNeill was given an $800,000 boost Monday from the Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program (AIMAP).

The funding was announced Monday by Keith Ashfield, minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in Campbell River. The K’udas Closed Containment Project, which is 100 per cent ‘Namgis owned, was one of four Vancouver Island aquaculture projects to receive funding, and netted the vast bulk of the $925,000 total.

“The ‘Namgis are people of the salmon, having fished the waters of Northern Vancouver Island for thousands of years,” said Chief Bill Cranmer. “We believe First Nations are particularly wellpositioned to embrace this economic opportunity.”

The K’udas pilot project will utilize a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), which brings disinfected groundwater into salmon growout tanks and recirculates it through a filtering system. Proponents of the system say it is superior to the current dominant technology in opennet fish pen salmon farming as it prevents outflow of untreated waste into open ocean waters and eliminates possible intermixing and disease-spreading between farmed salmon and wild salmon.

No antibiotics or pesticides will be used in the pilot project.

The RAS system has been slow to take hold in the industry, in large part due to higher capital costs. The K’udas project — the name means “place of salmon” in the Kwäk’wala language — intends to prove the business viability of RAS by offsetting those costs with improved efficiency, reduced production costs and a quicker

turnaround of product from smolt to marketable salmon.

It will take 12-15 months to grow the salmon to the 3-6 kilogram weight for harvest.

“The industry is developing new technologies that will make our country a world leader in aquaculture and create jobs and opportunities here at home,” said Ashfield.

“We are proud that our government can play a role in supporting this innovation.”

The pilot project will be located on ‘Namgis traditional territory just south of Port McNeill, near the Hwy. 19 crossing of the Nimpkish River. It will initially produce between 260 and 290 tonnes of Atlantic salmon, with the first harvest set for September of 2013.

The project will accumulate valuable data to help determine the commercial viability of the emerging fishfarming technology on North Vancouver Island and enable the design for a full-scale commercial facility on the site.

The site has been cleared, and construction is scheduled to begin later this month or early in February.

The pilot module of

Photo submitted Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Keith Ashfield joins Chief Bill Cranmer of the ‘Namgis First Nation, Derrek Yee of Fanny Bay Oyster Company and Simon Wuan of Maplestar Seafoods during Monday’s aquaculture funding announcement in Campbell River Monday. Below, a schematic of the RAS closed-containment technology. five growing tanks in a steel-clad building, is expected to be completed in August and the first Atlantic salmon smolts introduced into the quarantine tank in September.

The project will purchase all smolts from certified disease-free Canadian broodstock.

The smolts will spend an additional four months in quarantine before being introduced into the growout tanks, and will under- lighted four Vancouver ect; Fanny Bay Oyster receive $31,000 from aquaculture Company will get AIMAP to develop a go additional disease Island testing throughout the projects. Pfizer Animal $63,000 for new tech- new suspended-net Health in Saanichton nology and equipment; system for raising geoproject.

Monday’s funding received $32,000 for a and Maplestar Seafood ducks.

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closed-containment pilot, which completed Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency screening and a comprehensive risk assessment in 2011, has received funding from several sources.

During his speech Monday in Campbell River, Cranmer credited Sustainable Development and Technology Canada and the Coast Sustainable Trust for financial support for construction and operation.

The project is also supported by DFO’s Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation, the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the Province of British Columbia, through the Investment Agriculture Foundation.

Tides Canada is a critical partner, providing both direct funding and technical advice through the U.S.-based Freshwater Institute.

Total capital cost for the project is $7 million. Once up and running, the facility will be staffed by four employees providing 24-hour, seven-day-aweek coverage.

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COMMENTARY Comments? Box 458, Port Hardy, B.C. V0N 2P0 250-949-6225 Fax 250-949-7655 or email us at editor@northislandgazette.com

Home is where the assessment is British Columbia released its tax assessments for provincial properties this week, showing a wide fluctuation in values for homes and lots on the North Island.

This is merely a precursor, of course, to release of the annual tax bill that will reflect — or, in some cases — magnify — the changes.

While admitting the fluctuation in local values is unusual, Vancouver Island regional assessor Bill MacGougan told the Gazette the figures are strictly market-based. But in towns the size of ours it is a bit perplexing that one homeowner can see a 20 per cent spike in value while a neighbour a few streets over might see a 15 per cent dip.

The best way to lift everybody’s property value, of course, is to make it attractive to potential buyers. Since these buyers necessarily must come from outside the area, it is critical to make the North Island an attractive destination.

Whether providing amenities to coax Port Alice millworkers to move their families north, solving the maddening issue of inconsistent access to emergency medical care, reversing the trend of recent and potential school closures, or introducing new industry or technology, like the ‘Namgis First Nation’s closed-containment pilot project, the value of our homes in the future will be dependent on the value of our communities.

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www.northislandgazette.com Total votes received for this question: 40 Voting deadline is Monday at 3 p.m.

Once again volunteers make a difference.

This time Port Hardy Baptist church members and friends help children far away.

Up or down is the question for homeowners wondering where their homes place according to the new property assessments.

Progress Board served B.C. well B.C.’s economy occupies a great deal of time in political debate.

Former premier Gordon Campbell set out to change that in 2001 with the establishment of the B.C. Progress Board. Independent directors established six “core targets,” environmental, health and social indicators as well as economic measures, and tracked them annually with comparisons to other provinces.

This created a 10-year database that doesn’t exist anywhere else. But it hasn’t exactly been flattering, a sign it has been kept free of political interference.

Premier Christy Clark’s decision to replace the Progress Board sparked another round of political blame-storming. The NDP was accustomed to jumping on the rankings and trumpeting the ones that cast the B.C. Liberals in a bad light.

Media often focus on the political horse race rather than details of dull old poli-

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cy. When the board’s annual reports came out, they typically covered the political fight and glossed over the findings.

The key flaw with the Progress Board turned out to be its emphasis on provincial rankings. B.C. ranked first for the entire 10 years in health and environmental conditions, and near the bottom in a complex measure of “social condition” that was often oversimplified as poverty.

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B.C. to seventh in 2008 and ninth in 2009.”

Does this mean the NDP government of the 1990s did a bad job, or that the B.C. Liberals did better and then screwed up? It could be spun that way, but there are external factors involved.

The B.C. Progress Board didn’t just do rankings. Its policy suggestions were implemented in regulatory reform, energy self-sufficiency, creating community courts and UBC Okanagan, and proceeding with the Site C dam.

Martin notes the successor organization, the Jobs and Investment Board, will carry on the performance monitoring and “hold government’s feet to the fire,” in particular on its ability to attract investment. It’s time to stop arguing about the level of poverty and find new ways to alleviate it.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

In his final report, board chair Gerry Martin noted B.C.’s improvements in economic output and income were large, but didn’t move up the rankings because other provinces had similar success. Crime is part of the board’s “Social Condition Index,” along with low-birthweight babies and long-term unemployment. This has been a favourite of opposition critics.

But they won’t tell you the whole story, through the NDP 1990s as well as the B.C. Liberal 2000s: “B.C. ranked sixth in the Social Condition Index in 1990, improved to third in 1993, but deteriorated through the rest of the 1990s and into the next decade such that it sank to last place for 2001 and 2002,” the final report says.

“Improvements between 2002 and 2007 saw B.C. reach fifth place in 2006 and 2007, but rank changes on low birth weights and longterm unemployment brought A member of

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Champion's death is unfortunate Dear editor, In the days since and the weeks to come there will be a lot of rumours and speculation over the untimely passing of Ben Perlini Jr. I just hope that the community as a whole will remember some of the truly amazing things that this individual has done to put Port Hardy on the map.

Ben and I became friends during a very exciting time in his life, a time when he needed someone to punch in the face and body on a regular basis — for those who aren’t following, he was training for boxing matches — and I and a number of others were more than happy to oblige.

Ben had already accom-

plished a number of physical feats before this time: he had tryouts with a couple of CFL teams as a place kicker, won the Western Canadian arm wrestling heavyweight title, and competed and won a number of “Tough Man” competitions.

It was during this time in his life when he was approached to turn pro and try to make it as a boxer.

While training in Vancouver Ben had an unfortunate incident where he was stabbed on the downtown streets and was left to die on the curb with his insides on the outside.

This is when Ben chose to have a relationship with his Lord and saviour.

Ben’s relationship with

"Ben and I became friends during a very exciting time in his life, a time when he needed someone to punch in the face and body on a regular basis ..." his Lord is like everyone else’s — a very personal and individual process.

Some of the things we do may not make sense to others but ultimately we will have to atone for it.

Ben was home recuperating from his wounds when we met and he chose to stay in Port Hardy and continue his boxing.

We trained together on a daily basis, many days making do with what and

where we were.

Ben was supported at this time by a number of businesses and people here on the North Island and I know how very important that support was to Ben. Ben went on to win by KO — he beat George McFall in Winnipeg — his first fight he and I had trained together for.

He then went on to win

by TKO over Don Laliberte in Nanaimo, and then he

was presented with the opportunity to fight for the Canadian Heavyweight Championship in Edmonton.

This would turn out to be a rematch with George McFall and Benny did it again. He overcame tremendous adversity and knocked him out again!

Port Hardy’s first ever heavyweight champion of Canada!

Through all of the media interviews and time spent in the public, Ben was always telling anyone who would listen he was from Port Hardy on the north end of Vancouver Island, he was extremely proud to be from here.

Ben was not the most

technical fighter, but boy did he have a punch! Ben went on to have a few more fights against some pretty interesting competition; Trevor Berbick, Shane Sutcliffe and a number of other really tough customers.

I am not writing this to tell you what you should or shouldn’t think about Ben, I only want you to know that he was proud to be from here and tried his best to represent our community well.

In boxing when a fighter passes on the bell is tolled 10 times in his honour.

Benny, I will ring the bell.

Conrad Browne Port McNeill

Back off Smart meter job loss not 'voluntary' the tabloid headlines Dear editor, Re: Your recent headline: Sicko Sentenced.

I have enjoyed reading the Gazette for 30 years.

A sleazy headline like this does not belong in a reputable newspaper.

By all means report the news, but please please do not lower the the Gazette’s journalistic standards to tabloid level.

Thank you, Brian Voth Lund, B.C.

Dear Editor, Re: Spin won’t outsmart smart meter research, Jan. 7.

In a recent letter, David Field invited smart meter opponents to “do some research” and stated that COPE 378’s opposition to the program was misplaced because our members “are being re-assigned or seeing their positions eliminated through normal attrition, saving taxpayers millions of dollars”.

I’m inviting Mr. Field to do some face-to-face research.

I’d like him to meet with our meter reader members who are losing their jobs because of smart meters. They are not being offered other work.

There is no preferential hiring or re-training. The pink slips start next month. And the savings Mr. Field is talking about? BC Hydro could pay all of their meter readers for the next 60 years with the money they are wasting on smart meters.

Mr. Field should try to tell a room full of people who don’t

know how they will support their families three months from now that they are leaving their jobs voluntarily.

When smart meters were first announced in 2007 we started asking for a transition to new work for meter readers.

We believe when technology changes you don’t leave people behind. BC Hydro turned a blind eye and successive premiers and Ministers of Energy refused to meet with us.

So we did our research into the program. At each turn we

found studies that contradicted the conservation goals and return-on-investment claims.

Then the provincial government pulled the program from the oversight of the BC Utilities Commission. Added to this was the undemocratic manner with which smart meters have been forced on BC Hydro’s customers.

Mr. Field should be ashamed of himself.

Gwenne Farrell Vice President, COPE 378

Quit bickering and build regional hospital Dear editor, Re: One hospital right decision (Comox Valley Record, Dec. 30) As a family which must bear the expense and challenge of residing in Victoria during the week while a loved one receives radiation treatment which is not available north of Victoria, we heartily support B. Funk’s letter of Dec. 30 recommending a single, large, full service hospital for North Island.

Our population is rapidly

expanding and we desperately need a full service regional hospital which would serve all of the medical needs of the residents of North Island from the Comox Valley up to Port Hardy.

Most people who live in North Island just do not understand how poorly equipped and prepared our local hospitals in Campbell River and Comox are until we are faced with a life threatening or life altering medical need and

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this is not going to improve with the acquisition of two new local hospitals in these communities. Yes, our local hospitals do a great job for routine everyday issues but when serious or more medically challenging illness strikes, we must inevitably go south to Victoria or even Vancouver for adequate service.

This can be financially challenging for anyone especially for low income families. One must bear the cost of dual resi-

dence if treatment is day care and even if the patient is hospitalized a family member will wish to live and attend nearby.

Ask any local medical practitioner and he/she will confirm that we would all be better served by a single regional hospital rather than two minimally staffed and equipped local hospitals.

We dodged a bullet when the feds nixed the Ryan Road site because of the air corridor. Let’s get off our parochial, self-serving

bandwagon and demand a single, regional, full-service hospital capable of serving all of our medical needs in North Island from the Comox Valley to Port Hardy.

As for location, it should not matter if it is in Campbell River, the Comox Valley or halfway between the two communities. Location criteria should be determined not by pandering local politics but by affordable land acquisition, ready availability of infrastructure and

accessibility.

As for distance, the Comox Valley and Campbell River are a mere 45 minutes apart. Big deal!

Many people are farther away from their hospitals in Vancouver and Victoria and people who must travel all the way down from Tri Port must shake their heads at our selfish dog-in-themanger demands for local preference.

Win Hunter Courtenay

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DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION The District of Port Hardy hereby gives notice of a development plan application for the purposes of constructing a transmission line through a portion of District lands with legal descriptions of the NE ¼ of Section 35, Township 9, Rupert District except that part in Plans 28379, 29736, 21010, 31011, 32031, 33030, 37136 and 38071 and the SE ¼ of Section 35, Township 9, Rupert District except that part in Plans 31875, 37136 and 38800 and The SW ¼ of Section 36, Township 9, Rupert District except that part in Plans 31875, 32031, 33939, 35022, 38800 and 40003.

The Application has been provided by Cape Scott Wind Farm as part of the process for entering into an agreement for a Statutory Right of Way and will be considered by District of Port Hardy Council at its regular meeting at the District of Port Hardy Municipal Office, 7360 Columbia Street, Port Hardy, BC, on January 24, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

J.R. Rardon photo Jaylon Grenier of Port Hardy stands with the Specialized Dolce Elite racing bicycle provided by the Willie Mitchell Classic for him to ride in triathlon competitions.

Mitchell Classic puts local youth on fast track Gazette staff PORT HARDY—It has been more than six years since Willie Mitchell and a group of his NHL pals hosted the Willie Mitchell Classic at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club.

But the benefit event keeps on giving back to North Islanders.

Jaylon Grenier of Port Hardy, an 11-yearold aspiring triathlete, got a big boost from the Classic last summer when it awarded him a new racing cycle and a practice spinner.

Previously, Grenier had competed in triathlons, which combine swimming, bicycling and running, with a heavy mountain bike.

After his mailed application to the Mitchell Classic was approved, Grenier’s family passed along Jaylon’s height and weight information to Mitchell’s wife, Megan, administrator for the Classic Fund. She then ordered a Specialized Dolce Elite racing cycle, which was custom designed to fit him and shipped to Port Hardy from Simon’s Cycles in Comox.

Together with the spinner, the value of the cycle was nearly $1,800.

In his first competition after getting the

“This (bike) is way better. You can go, like, 30k (per hour)...

Jaylon Grenier

bike, Jaylon had his first medal finish in a triathlon, placing third in the Shoreline Orthodontics Tri-K Triathlon in the Comox Valley while knocking more than two minutes off his biking time from the same race the previous year.

“This (bike) is way better,” said Grenier.

“You can go, like, 30k (per hour) on the new one. I could go maybe 15 on the mountain bike. Plus, the new one I can lift with my pinky.”

Best of all, he won’t have to trade in the cycle as soon as he grows.

“Some research was put into the bike,” said Jaylon’s mother, Sandy Grenier. “The smallest adult bike was purchased so he could have it for as long as possible.”

The family had hoped to purchase the cycle locally but the customized racer was not available on the North

Island and was purchased from Simon’s Cycles in Comox.

Mitchell, who grew up in Port McNeill before going on to a career as an NHL defenseman, created the Classic as a way to provide financial assistance for youth on the North Island to further and achieve their athletic and academic goals.

The event included a golf tournament, evening gala and both live and silent auctions. Donations to the Classic’s fund came from participants and business sponsors, and the fund continues to support young North Islanders in athletic and academic endeavors.

“Since 2006, the Willie Mitchell Classic has awarded approximately $18,000 to youth in North Island Communities,” Megan Mitchell said.”

That funding includes both direct contributions and assistance with gear and registration fees for minor hockey players who otherwise would not have been able to afford to play.

“I think it’s great they help people who probably don’t have enough money to buy things like a $2,000 bike and spinner,” said Jaylon.

Filmmaker Colin Minihan of Port McNeill went on to win the Much Music Video Director of the Year Award after receiving a high-definition video camera from the Mitchell Classic fund as a 19-year-old.

“It’s a camera I was happy to get because I was broke, out of film school and without it I would have been stuck shooting on SD for awhile longer,” Minihan told Christine Albrecht in an online interview in 2010. “I did film my first Much Music breakout videos on that camera. It’s a great camera — pretty beat-up now, but it still works.”

Mitchell, who is in his second season with the Los Angeles Kings after playing four seasons for the Vancouver Canucks, also continues to support Port McNeill Minor Hockey by donating signed game jerseys for its tournament raffle tables.

Applications can be made to the Willie Mitchell Classic fund by emailing williemitchellclassic@hotmail.com. There are no deadlines to apply.

For more info, visit the Willie Mitchell Classic Facebook page.

Persons who consider they are affected by the application will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council in person at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Director of Corporate Services to the District of Port Hardy Municipal Office by 4:00 p.m. on January 24, 2012.

Gloria Le Gal Director of Corporate Services District of Port Hardy Box 68, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 glegal@porthardy.ca

DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY NOTICE OF STREET CLOSURE, REMOVAL OF HIGHWAY DEDICATION AND DISPOSITION OF LAND In accordance with sections 40, 41 and 94 of the Community Charter, the District of Port Hardy hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt a bylaw to close to all traffic a part of Gibraltar Street that comprises 770.5 square metres as shown outlined in black on the sketch below (the “Parcel”), and remove its dedication as highway. The Parcel was dedicated as highway by Plan 3571.

Bylaw No. 03-2012, a Bylaw to close a portion of Gibraltar Street in the District of Port Hardy and remove its dedication as highway, will be considered by District of Port Hardy Council at its regular meeting at the District of Port Hardy Municipal Office, 7360 Columbia Street, Port Hardy, BC, on January 24, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Persons who consider they are affected by the bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council in person at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Director of Corporate Services to the District of Port Hardy Municipal Office by 4:00 p.m. on January 24, 2012.

In accordance with sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the District of Port Hardy further gives notice of its intention to sell the Parcel to Keltic Seafoods Limited for $9,300.00, subject to acquiring property that Council considers will provide public access to Hardy Bay that is of at least equal benefit to the public.

The proceeds of the disposition will be paid into a reserve fund pursuant to section 41 of the Community Charter. Keltic Seafoods Limited intends to consolidate the Parcel with the adjoining property that it owns, located at 8555 Gibraltar Street with a legal description of Lot 6, Section 36, Township 9, Rupert District, Plan 15229.

Gloria Le Gal Director of Corporate Services District of Port Hardy Box 68, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 glegal@porthardy.ca

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•The next Addictions Planning Committee Meeting is Jan. 25, at the Port McNeill Community Hall from 5:30 p.m to 8:30p.m., not at the U’gwamalis Hall on Jan. 11 as previously reported.

• In the Jan.5 issue of the Gazette in a story headlined: Wandering bear shot dead, Larry Woodall was identified as an employee of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Mr. Woodall is indeed known for his expertise with bears, but does not work for the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Gazette apologizes for the errors. ††

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Health officers back legal marijuana Jeff Nagel Black Press A group of B.C. public health officers has joined a growing coalition of policy leaders urging the legalization and taxation of marijuana.

The Health Officers Council of B.C. voted to endorse Stop the Violence B.C. and called for regulation of illegal substances like marijuana to reduce the harm from substance use and the unintended consequences of government policies.

“The Health Officer’s Council and other experts are not saying that marijuana should be legalized and taxed because it is safe,” said Dr. Paul Hasselback, a Vancouver Island medical health officer who chairs the council.

“We are saying that proven public health approaches should be used to constrain its use.

There is now more danger to the public’s health in perpetuating a market driven by criminal activity.”

The coalition argues prohibition has failed and enforcement has little impact on drug use, merely fueling the $7-billion illegal pot industry that

experts say is directly linked to the spike in gangrelated killings since 1997.

A report released by Stop the Violence says teens find it easy to buy marijuana and pot use among them is up considerably since the 1990s, despite heavy spending on drug enforcement.

“By every metric, this policy is failing to meet its objectives,” said Dr. Evan Wood, a Vancouver doctor and founder of the coalition.

By regulating the market, he said, the distribution and use of marijuana would be more controlled and would also eliminate organized crime from the equation.

It would also provide a source of tax revenue in the hundreds of millions, he added.

Cannabis arrests in Canada climbed from 39,000 in 1990 to more than 65,000 in 2009, according to the coalition.

An estimated 27 per cent of young B.C. residents aged 15-24 used pot at least once in 2008, according to one poll.

Four former Vancouver mayors have also backed the coalition.

A B.C. grow-op: medical health officers say criminalization has failed to keep marijuana away from young people.

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Folks involved in the Port Hardy Baptist Church’s Operation Christmas Child have plenty to smile about after they surpassed their own goal of filling 60 boxes. photo supplied

Shoebox program a success Kathy Klatt Special to the Gazette This year Port Hardy Baptist Church participated in the program called Operation Christmas Child.

The program is run by Samaritan Purse, an organization that helps the needy all over the world and, starting in September, the organization prepares for their biggest program of the year.

Operation Christmas Child sends shoeboxes full of toys, personal items and school supplies to needy children all over the world.

This year the congregation of our church participated in this program and we set a goal to fill 60 boxes — we surpassed our goal by filling more than 100 boxes.

Each box cost about $30 to send — $7 of this goes to shipping.

So, we needed $1,800 dollars to reach our goal.

We did several fundraisers, including a hot dog sale at Overwaitea where we raised $600. We thank Overwaitea for donating the supplies.

Other businesses gave us discounts on the items we bought in their store.

The Bargain Store was very generous giving us the most discounts, so we would like to thank them.

We also had others that donated money to make a banner for our fundraising.

We would like to especially thank The Hobby Nook, Jim’s Hardy Sports and Overwaitea.

A big thanks to all those who donated and all the people from the community that helped us fill the boxes so they could be sent out by the deadline. Good job everyone!

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J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The North Island Concert Society is nearing the midpoint of its 14th season of bringing high-quality music acts to the area.

But Saturday’s show at the Civic Centre will be the first of its kind.

Cuban-born Adonis Puentes will bring a six-piece band for a vigorous evening of Afro-Cuban roots, salsa and timba music evoking the rhythms of his birthplace. “This would be a first,� longtime NICS executive Malcolm Fleeton said of Puentes’s world beat sound. “There have been quite a few people in town I’ve talked to who said, ‘I’m going to come and see this.’�

The concert, the second in the 2011-12 concert season, starts at 7:30 p.m.

Puentes is a multiinstrumentalist, com-

poser, singer and bandleader known for his showmanship and tight, original musical arrangements.

The sound is heavily percussive, with bongos, congas and timbals all helping drive a beat behind horn, piano, bass and Puentes’s smooth vocals. “It’ll get your toes tappin’, for sure,� said Brian Hicks, current NICS president. “I caught him when he performed with his father and brother at the Tidemark (Theatre, in Campbell River), probably 12 years ago.

Bringing an element like that, his world music, really expands our diversity.�

Puentes was born into a musical family and began learning at an early age from his father Valentin, a guitarist and music teacher. He and his twin brother, who performs as Alex Cuba, first played in Canada in

Adonis Puentes and his band appear at Port Hardy’s Civic Centre Saturday.

1995, at the age of 21, in a band that included Valentin.

Three years later, Puentes returned to Canada to stay, and currently lives on the West Coast.

He and his brother earned instant acclaim

— and a Juno nomination — with their first recording, 2001’s Morumba Cubana.

That effort earned the duo a West Coast Music Award and a Canadian Independent Music Award.

In 2005, Puentes

recorded his first solo CD, Vida, which brought radio play across Canada. The video for the hit Commerciante reached Much More Music’s Top 5, and the album earned Puentes Island Music Awards for Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year.

North Island audiences have periodically been treated to new songs by NICS performers in recent years, and that may well be the case again Saturday as Puentes is reportedly in the process of putting together his second solo CD. Tickets for the concert are $25 and are available in advance in Port Hardy at The Hobby Nook, Port Hardy Museum and Cafe Guido, in Port McNeill at the Flower Shoppe, and in Port Alice by calling Gail Neely at 250-284-3927.

The concert society is also offering its

last-chance upgrade to a season ticket, which would be good for the final four shows of the

final season.

For more information, visit www.niconcert.ca.

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January 13-15 Minor hockey Port McNeill midget tournament at Chilton Regional Arena.

Concession, raffle table, 50/50 draws.

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Curling Fort Rupert Curling Club’s annual Mixed Open Bonspiel.

Concession, lounge open. Info on Fort Rupert Curling Club Facebook page.

January 13 Commercial hockey Bulls at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Warriors, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

January 14 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atoms vs. Peninsula, 2 p.m., Port Alice; Eagles bantams vs. Powell River, 3:45 p.m., Port Alice.

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B League hockey North Islanders at Port McNeill, 7 p.m.; Stars vs. Smokers, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy.

January 20-22 Minor hockey Port McNeill atom tournament at Chilton Regional Arena.

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Midgets level Alberni Valley J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— North Island Eagles midget coach Rob Brittain has always liked the make-up of his team. And it’s even better when the entire team is suited up.

Forward Robert Cahill returned from a three-game absence to score the game’s first two goals and captain Robbie Heavenor returned to the blue line following a lengthy illness as the Eagles rolled to a 5-3 Vancouver Island Hockey League win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena.

It was the final home game of the regular season for the midgets, who will wrap up Division 3 league play with road games the next two weeks before the playoff schedule is set.

“They jumped out pretty well,” Brittain said after his squad rolled to a 4-0 lead and dominated most of the game before the Bulldogs closed the gap with a pair of late goals. “Some of the guys were a little heavy, though. One of ‘em told me he gained eight pounds over the holidays.”

So, a final conditioning tune-up may be in order before the postseason. Heavenor, who has finally gained back the nearly 15 pounds he lost during a bout with mononucleosis, was a welcome addition on defence even if he still needs to build muscle strength.

And Cahill, who missed one game to suspension and two more to a family vacation, added some punch on offence as the midgets kicked off 2012 with a win.

He scored the first goal by skating in alone and shooting from the slot after teammate

J.R. Rardon photo North Island Eagles midget Ethan Shaw levels Alberni Valley's Daryl Defraitus during the Eagles' 5-3 win over the Bulldogs Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill. Below, Eagles forward Robert Cahill only appears to be issuing a spanking to Alberni Valley's Matt Mcleod after the two collided going for the puck.

"Overall, the guys are playing well right now."

Rob Brittain

Chad Bell had poked free an Alberni clearing attempt with 3:31 left in first period.

Cahill made it 2-0 in the second after the rebound of an Ethan Shaw backhand kicked right to his stick and he sent it back in.

That score held until the mid-game ice cleaning, when Brittain switched goalie Stevyn Ruel for Troy Cadwell.

Shaw and Tyson Cadwallader added goals following intermission to push the lead to 4-0.

Alberni got on the board with a redirect of a point shot on the

power play in the final minute of the second, and closed to 4-2 on Liam Mcleod’s wrist shot from low in the circle after he beat the Eagles’ defence on the corner.

But the Eagles continued to limit the visi-

tors’ opportunities by controlling play, and took a 5-2 lead when Malcolm Richards fed Eric Kennelly in the slot for a one-timer with 1:21 left.

“The whole team, I thought, did really well,” said Brittain.

“We’ve been working on our breakout and they did a great job with that. And our penalty kill was good — which we needed.”

Brittain added that discipline will be a point of focus going into the final weeks of

the season, so that the midgets can avoid those shorthanded situations.

“Overall, we’ve got to work on our power play a little bit, and just fine-tune the special teams play in general.

But the guys are playing well right now.”

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Peewees win 5th straight Atoms roll J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The North Island Eagles peewee hockey team did not play a game over the recent Christmas holiday break.

But the peewees didn’t collect any rust, either.

Kenton Browne scored a hat trick and Josh Walkus added two goals Saturday as the peewees kicked off the new year the same way they ended the old one — with an 8-3 Vancouver Island Hockey League win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

The Eagles, who finished up 2011 on a modest three-game winning streak in midDecember, pushed that streak to five Sunday with a 5-3 exhibition win in a rematch with the Bulldogs. Browne had four more goals Sunday, including the tying and game-winning goals as part of a natural hat trick.

“I wanted a break, and I wanted the kids to have one, too,” peewee coach Brian Heller said of his squad’s absence from the numerous tournaments held over the holidays. “I wanted them to have some time off to let some of the stuff we’ve been teaching them soak in. And you could see the difference this weekend.”

In both games, the Eagles fell behind

J.R. Rardon photo Josh Walkus of the North Island Eagles goes airborne Sunday at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena after being hooked by Alberni Valley's Kyle Hodson, bottom.

Alberni in the early going. On Saturday, they trailed 1-0 entering the second period before Browne scored to kick off a flurry of five consecutive goals in the period.

On Sunday, the Bulldogs led 2-1 early in the second period before Browne’s topshelf wrist shot from the slot started his three-goal run.

That continues a stark turnaround from the peewees’ early season struggles. The team is made up heavily of first-year players, and Triport Minor Hockey had no atom development program the past

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two years.

“It was just a question of would our second-year kids hold the line until the firstyears caught up,” said Heller. “Looking at who we had and how they came to practice, I had a good feeling it would happen. Now those first-year kids are stepping up, and that’s let the second years take it up a notch.”

Nyck Ruel, the team’s only goalie, backstopped both victories.

Clayton McDonald, Sean Pineda and Nathan Sandeman added goals for the Eagles in Saturday’s win, which produced

scoring from all four lines. Nigel Walkus had two assists, and Taylor Ranger, Josh Borg, Tim Alfred, David Charlie, Browne and Pineda had one each.

On Sunday, Pineda staked the Eagles to a 1-0 lead by converting off a Sandeman assist five minutes in. But Alberni knotted the score late in the first and jumped ahead with another goal early in the second. Browne sandwiched a pair of goals around the mid-game ice-cleaning to put the Eagles back in front, and buried a breakaway shot in the opening minute of the third to make

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it a 4-2 lead.

Alberni Valley drew within one on a score three minutes later, but Browne added another tally on a power play with 7:35 to go, giving the peewees plenty of breathing room when the Bulldogs tacked on the final score on their own power play at 14:53.

“You saw early in the year, when they’d get down a goal or two, their heads would drop and they’d lose confidence,” said Heller.

“But now, they just pick it up and come out hard. This time of year, it’s all about mental toughness.”

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Gazette staff The North Island Eagles atom development team got off to its traditional fast start Saturday in Comox.

This time, the atoms never let up.

The Eagles scored the first four goals of the game and went on to a 7-3 Vancouver Island Hockey League victory over host Comox.

“You could tell watching our team warm up, they were ready for this one,” atom coach Marty Gage said. “It was typical for our team to jump out to a three- or four-goal lead. The difference Saturday was the fact we survived the ‘dreaded’ second period, as one of the kids pronounced.”

The Eagles got their goals from seven different players, and goalies Michael McLaughlin and Avary Miller shared duties in net.

Luke Gage, Clayton Bono, Mathew Saunders and Liem Wadhams punched home first-period goals to start the game. After the Chiefs got one score late in the period, the teams played a scoreless second. The Eagles tacked on three more goals in the third.

“Our aggressive forecheck, hard back check, stellar defensive play and great goaltending was everything we, as coaches, expect to see,” Marty Gage said.

ATHLETE of the Week KENTON BROWNE

The Port McNeill forward scored a hat trick Saturday and added a four-goal effort Sunday as the North Island Eagles peewee hockey team swept the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to run their winning streak to five games.

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Warriors roll in Walkus Memorial Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Wearing his late father’s No. 10, young Braden Walkus took the ceremonial puck drop and skated in to score the first goal in the second annual Gilbert Walkus Memorial hockey game Friday night.

The rest of the Port Hardy Warriors, wearing No. 10 patches, kept up the momentum as Gilbert’s former team went on to an 8-5 win over the Port Hardy Bulls before a large crowd at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

The game commemorates Gilbert Walkus Jr., one of the North Island Commercial League’s top players when he died along with two other people in an apartment fire on New Year’s Day in 2010.

His widow, Crystal, was presented Gilbert’s framed Warriors jersey in the inaugural game a year ago. This time, she and son Bryce looked on from the bench as Braden, who plays for the North Island Eagles atom development team, took the puck drop and sent a shot past Bulls goalie Barry Wilson.

The goal went onto

J.R. Rardon photos Braden Walkus, the oldest son of the late Gilbert Walkus Jr., fires a shot past Bulls goalie Barry Wilson after winning a ceremonial puck drop to begin the second annual Gilbert Walkus Jr. Memorial hockey game Friday in Port Hardy. of the same name, postthe scoreboard to give in the closing moments. two goals each for the ed a pair of wins over McNeill sweeps the Warriors a 1-0 Jake Colbourne also Bulls, who fell behind It’s a new year the Neucel Islanders advantage before the found the net for the 6-2 in the first perigame started, but it did winners and added two od but rallied within and they have a new in a home-and-home 7-5 with 4:17 to play. name, but it was the series. not decide the outcome assists.

The Mustangs travQuinn Mellow Curtis Martyn also had same winning result as the Warriors got last weekend for Port eled to Port Alice and plenty more offense also had two assists, a goal.

Brad Zealand assisted McNeill’s entry in the notched a 6-4 win and Brayden Demoe, throughout the night. over the host Islanders Shelby Cockell, Brett Demoe, Jordan on three of the scores, commercial league.

The unbeaten Port Friday night, then Trygg Carlson and Nicholson and Shelby while Aaron Gaborysh, Corey Swain scored Cockell contributed Scott Williams, Lucas McNeill Mustangs, scored the final six two goals each, and singles. Cole Morton Noel, Richard Burgess formerly known as the goals Sunday in a 7-2, Swain narrowly missed earned the win in goal. and Jordan Campbell Ice Devils before sur- come-from-behind win Andrew Laming had one helper apiece. rendering that moniker at Chilton Regional a hat trick when he was to the old-timers squad Arena in Port McNeill. stopped on a breakaway and Marty Gage had Wilson took the loss.

On Sunday, the teams skated to a 1-1 draw in a tight, defensive first period, and Port Alice took a 2-1 lead when Neucel’s Daniel Farrell snuck a wraparound past goalie Bob Wells two minutes into the second period.

That apparently lit a fire under the Port McNeill skaters, who dominated the rest of the way. Chris Dutcyvich tied it off a nifty crossing pass from Al Sharpton, and John Murgatroyd got the game-winner with the second of his four goals in the contest.

Kurtis Grant tallied on a backhand while rushing in from the left wing and, after back-to-back goals by Murgatroyd, set up Jarvis Walsh for the final goal of the game.

Rushton finished with three assists, Grant and Shae Mattice had two, and Murgatroyd, Walsh, Bill Rushton and Clint Cadwallader had one each.

Mike Schofield added a goal for the Islanders, who got assists from Jason Hodson and Rory Bondue. Adam Hall took the loss in goal.

No scoring details were available from Friday’s series opener.

Downpour women's tourney cancelled J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—Any hockey team will have its highs and lows over the course of a season.

The Port McNeill Downpour women’s season, though, suffered a dizzying fall from the highest peak to the lowest valley in the span of a couple weeks.

On the heels of their run to the championship of the annual Port Hardy Wild Women’s Tournament in late November, the Downpour were forced in mid-December to cancel their own traditional tournament, which would have taken place next month at Chilton Regional Arena.

It is the first cancellation for the tournament, which has run for 15 years and which, as recently as last

"Our tournaments were a little extra-special, more of a social event ..."

Lisa Brown

season, had a waiting list of teams lined up to take part.

“A lot of the down-Island teams aren’t coming up,” Downpour organizer Barb Drennan said. “All these teams that have come up year after year, and they decided for one reason or another they couldn’t make it this time.”

Seven teams had originally committed to the tournament, which would have

Photo credit Port McNeill Downpour teammates congratulate Kathy Walker, second from left, on her goal during the 2009 Downpour Tournament in Port McNeill.

been played Feb. 17-19.

Reasons given by the teams for withdrawing, Drennan said, were travel expense, shortage of experienced players and commitment by

team members.

But she believed the November landslide that closed Highway 19 and left three women’s teams stranded for two days in Port

Hardy also played a role.

“I believe for a couple of teams it made the difference whether or not they came,” Drennan said.

Three participants who elected not to travel to Port McNeill were the Nanaimo Black Ice, the Courtenay Whalers and the Comox Breakers. All three were in Port Hardy last fall when the landslide struck.

Only Port Hardy, the crosstown Port McNeill Ice Storm and one Victoria team were left committed to the tournament when Drennan and her teammates reluctantly submitted the cancellation to Chilton Arena.

“To be fair to the arena, we decided to give them two months notice,” Drennan said. “That’s a lot of ice time.”

The Downpour tournament was known as much for its social functions — including a large Saturday-night party — as for its hockey. The hospitality made it a popular draw and just one year ago left Drennan holding 10 down-payment cheques for a tourney with just eight available spots.

Now, just 12 months later, the Downpour couldn’t get half as many teams to commit.

“It’s very disappointing,” forward Lisa Brown said.

“It’s our one opportunity to host a tournament and have the teams visit, which to me is more exciting than going down-Island to play.

“Our tournaments were a little extra-special, more of a social event that other teams don’t offer.”

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PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S. 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments, furnished or non-furnished. Clean & quiet. Hot water & cable included.

Call 250-956-3526, 250-230-0079.

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APARTMENTS FURNISHED PORT HARDY Highland Manor •Bachelor •1 bdrm •1 bdrm furnished Move in incentive on approval References Call Jason 250-949-0192

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PORT ALICE SHOPPING CENTRE Business is Great!

We have a number of units of various sizes for lease.

300 sq. ft. & up.

Contact Steve Edwards at Colyvan Pacific 604-683-8399

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Short walk to town.

Pads for rent.

Water, sewer and garbage included. $258.00/ month Call 250-956-2355

HOMES FOR RENT HYDE CREEK/Port McNeill, 2 bdrm trailer on acreage, available immediately, pets ok. $800/mo. Non smoking. Call 250-230-1493.

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AUTO FINANCING Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

PORT MCNEILL oceanview home for rent. Upper level, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, fenced yard, covered parking, new deck, pet-friendly and ideal for family - $700/month Available Now. call Andre: 250-2300852 or Joanna 250-999-6011 PT. MCNEILL: Ocean view home, 3 bdrm, lrg yard, ample parking, 5 appl’s, hardwood floors, N/S, $850/mo + util’s.

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GREATER PORT Hardy area: Fully private, above ground, 1bdrm suite, newer ocean view home, across the street from the beach. High ceilings. Hardwood. Tastefully furnished. No excessive drinking. Avail. now.$495.Marie 250-949-9970

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted!

We BUY Scrap Batteries from Cars, Trucks etc. $4.00/ea. & up! Free pick-up Island Wide. Min. 10 (1)604.866.9004 Ask for Brad

PORT Hardy. 1 Bedroom Ground floor, Furnished, Bright. Laundry and Internet incl. NS, NP. $500. 250-9020773

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

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PORT HARDY Large 3 bdrm condo, secure building & caretaker on site. W/D in unit. N/P, N/S. Avail imm.

Heat & hot water included. $725/mo. Ref. req. Lease options. Call 250-949-7085 after 5pm.

My business is to help you grow your business.

PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S. 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments, furnished or non-furnished. Clean & quiet. Hot water & cable included.

Call 250-956-3526, 250-230-0079.

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SEA WIND Estates Port Hardy: 2 b/r, 1 bath, newly reno’d condo, F/S, W/D, N/P. Avail immed. $650/m. Very safe and secure.

Jeff 250-591-1641 email: calderjeff75@yahoo.ca

To find out how I can help you increase sales, give me a call at Carrie Stone Sales Rep

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Orange you glad for ham recipes?

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Appetite’s Delight with Kellie Dukes was totally flying by the seat of my pants when I came up with this idea. Lucky for me, it actually worked and we didn’t have to order pizza or Chinese.

The lovely twist this dish has is that the oranges are absolutely delicious as a side dish, not to mention the pan drippings make a tasty sauce.

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350ºF. Score the top of the ham and set aside.

Slice the ends off the oranges and slice three of them into ¾-in slices.

Place these slices in the bottom of a 9-in x 9-in casserole dish.

Place the cinnamon sticks on top of the oranges and then the scored ham on top of the oranges and cinnamon sticks.

Slice the last orange into ¼-in. slices and

skewer to the top of the ham with toothpicks.

Place the whole works in your preheated oven and cook for 40 to 50 minutes.

Once the ham has cooked 20 minutes, place the syrup and spices in a small pot.

Bring to a simmer and reduce by half, this will take about 20 minutes.

Remove the ham from the oven and remove the oranges from the top only.

Pour the syrup mixture over the top and place back in the oven for another 10 to 15 minutes or until the internal temperature is 140ºF. Remove from the oven and baste with the syrup mixture that is in the bottom of the casserole dish.

Thickly slice and serve with some of the pan drippings and a slice of the roasted orange.

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• 4 - oranges • 1 - 3-in cinnamon stick, broken in half lengthwise • ¾ cup - Voisin’s Pure Canadian maple syrup — or the best quality maple syrup that you can find.

• 1 - tsp ground cinnamon • 1 - tsp ground allspice • ¼ tsp - ground cloves • Pinch of nutmeg Preheat oven to

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