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The loose coalition that has been protesting for peace on Highway 19A in Parksville plans to continue their weekly gatherings, despite the end of Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan. Rick Sullivan is a spokesperson for the Oceanside Coalition for Strong Communities, one of the groups involved in the Tuesday evening protests for peace in Afghanistan. The Canadian combat mission in Afghanistan ended July 7, with nearly 3,000 soldiers beginning to leaving the volatile Kandahar region. Despite the withdrawal, Sullivan said the group plans to maintain its protest.
The Ocean Idlers Car Club is gearing up for a big show this weekend at the Coombs Fairgrounds, a new location for the 15-year-old event. Previously behind the Coombs Elementary school, the show had 178 cars and around 3,000 spectators at last year’s event. Club member Jack Biickert said the new location is ideal. Biickert said he’s always excited about the new stuff that shows up at the car show, and handing out the trophy “First Time Out.”
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Forty-six artists hit the streets in Qualicum Beach on Saturday, July 23 to participate in the 17th annual Grand Prix d’Art plein air painting race. Twenty-six artists were from out of town, as far away as Kelowna, B.C. All of the participating artists had three hours to complete a painting and ready for judging — by judges Donna Baspaly, Sherry Mitchell and Merv Brandel.
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Armoring the banks of the Little Qualicum To combat erosion under the bridge, Ministry of Highways adds rocks and roots to stabilize the banks
The Ministry of Highways is taking action to ensure the Little Qualicum River doesn’t take out Highway 19A, but they’re doing it in an environmentally responsible way. Biologist Sean Wong is working with the Ministry of Transportation on the project, ensuring that continual scouring by the river keeps it flowing under the bridge, while at the same time improving fish habitat on the stretch of river. “The river bank has been eroding on the Qualicum Beach side and if it continues to erode and laterally migrate, it will eventually hit the highway instead of flowing under the bridge,” Wong said. “That would present a public safety hazard.” Storm events in 2009 and 2010 were seen as emergency events, sparking workers to place emergency rip-
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Excavators work to armor the bank of the Little Qualicum River to prevent the washout of Highway 19A. rap to protect the bridge. Wong said the ministry is now working on a more permanent solution. “The long-term fix is to work along 200 metres
of bank to stabilize it so it continues to flow under the bridge,” he said. “While we do this we are incorporating environmental features such as large
woody debris that provides habitat, cover and complexity for coho or trout that hide in root masses.” As well, he said, workers are excavating a historic
flood channel to create an off-channel pond that will provide year-round habitat for fish. “Coho salmon spend a full year in the river, so it’s important for juveniles to have a place where they can get out of the main flows and not be swept out,” Wong said. “The pond will have areas that are one and a half metres deep or deeper in the summer, so there will be nice cool water in it.” Wong said he’s confident the stretch of river will have better fish habitat than it has currently, as the bank is fairly smooth and featureless as it stands. “The bank doesn’t have much in the way of vegetation or features,” he said. “Fish like complexity. They like variations for cover. “The juveniles have a lot of predators to avoid, such as eagles, heron, kingfishers and mink.” SEE
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As Canada’s military mission ends, protests to continue By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER The loose coalition that has been protesting for peace on Highway 19A in Parksville plans to continue their weekly gatherings, despite the end of Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan. Rick Sullivan is a spokesperson for the Oceanside Coalition for
Strong Communities, one of the groups involved in the Tuesday evening protests for peace in Afghanistan. The Canadian combat mission in Afghanistan ended July 7, with nearly 3,000 soldiers beginning to leaving the volatile Kandahar region. The mission cost Canada the lives of 157 troops and more than $11
billion. Troops have now moved to Kabul to take part in a training mission to get Afghan troops trained to the point where they can be responsible for their own security. Despite the withdrawal, Sullivan said the group plans to maintain its protest. “We talked about it and decided our position really is that Canadian troops
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should be home,” he said. “If there is a role for assisting in Afghanistan, it shouldn’t be a military one. We should support government and social services that are in need of repair. We don’t think the military was ever the appropriate assistance.” Sullivan said the group was curious how the public would respond to their ongoing protest, adding
people still appear to be expressing their support. “We’re getting as much support as we ever did,” Sullivan said. “We’re receiving a surprising number of honks. I think polling that has been done shows the majority of Canadians do not support the role the armed forces have taken in Afghanistan and they want the troops brought home.”
News Briefs PROVINCE EYES PESTICIDE BAN VICTORIA — A provincial committee will consider a blanket ban on home use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes throughout B.C. Liberal MLA Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid heads the bipartisan committee weighing the potential to outlaw the sale of pesticides and the possible impacts. Some B.C. cities already have local bans on residential use but MacDiarmid said the ability to buy a herbicide or insecticide in one area and use it in another means there are grounds to consider a B.C. standard. The Canadian Cancer Society argues long-term exposure to residential pesticides poses a cancer threat. — Black Press
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impacted by the flows.� Wong said he has worked in consultation with the Qualicum First Nation to identify any archeological sites along the bank and is consulting with the local Streamkeepers group to ensure everyone is kept up to speed. Streamkeepers spokesperson Faye Smith said she’s encouraged by Wong’s participation in the project. “Sean is including as much fish habitat as possible, given that there are a lot of hard materials going in there,� Smith said. “We have worked with Sean and the Ministry of Transportation on projects before, particularly up at Whiskey Creek, a tributary of the Little Qualicum. It’s great when Sean can get involved with projects.� news@pqbnews.com
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FEATURE Late summer means late - or no - har vest By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER
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ven as crops in some parts of the country wilt from record breaking temperatures, agricultural producers in the Oceanside area are facing a very different problem. There’s just not enough sun. The cold, wet spring and summer experienced on Vancouver Island has led to many crops being as much as three weeks late — leaving producers scrambling to catch up. Blue Heron Farms owner Kris Chand said the cool, wet conditions have hit local farmers hard. “It’s not very good,” he said. “I’ve talked to a number of people and everyone is saying this is the worst they have ever seen in the last couple of decades. For us, I would say at least 30 per cent of the raspberries and other berries are destroyed. It was just too wet and not sunny enough, so they get moldy.” Although his berry crop is only part of his operation, Chand said every crop he normally plants is two to three weeks late. “It’s not a good season for fresh produce,” he said. “Here we are in the third week of July and we haven’t seen a heck of a lot of heat. Last year we had a cold, wet spring, but towards
the end of June the weather warmed up. For the first 18 days of July, this has been one of the wettest, if not wettest, ever. It’s a combination of so much moisture and so many days that were either cloudy or rainy or drizzly. It’s a lack of heat.” Colin Springford of Springford Farm in Nanoose Bay said corn planted on higher, sandy ground is doing fine, but corn planted in lower areas is suffering badly. “In a patch where it’s a tad lower, it’s almost gone yellow,” he said. “The extra water kills some of the roots.” Springford, said he was fortunate to be able to get in his first cut of silage. “We were lucky,” he said. “We were getting in some barley for silage and got that in early on a drained field and we said on Saturday let’s cut her and on Sunday we cut it and on Monday it rained again.” Other farmers growing cereal crops were less fortunate. “Some people got their hay washed a number of times,” he said. “If it’s a moderate rain and you get the heat back you can shake it out and dry it out and get it baled up, but this year, if you get your hay rained on, you maybe won’t even get it baled.” When hay gets rained on, he said, vital nutrients are leached out of it, to the point where its
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Dawn Osborne of Omega Blue Farms shows off some of the varied produce that has withstood the cold, wet summer weather. only real use is as straw. Jenny McLeod sits on the board of the Farmer’s Institute for District A, which covers Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. She said the damage done by the cold summer depends largely on the crop being grown. “A lot of crops have been severely impacted, such as fruit crops,” she said. “There have been a lot of problems with drying out fields just to get in to plant. Crops such as
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The key to riding out the storm — or seemingly endless series of them — appears to be diversity, she said. “Our agriculture is very diverse, which is a good thing,” McLeod said. “If some crops don’t do well, others do.” That sentiment was echoed by Wayne Osborne of Omega Blue Farms. “I think diversity is the only way to protect yourself,” he said. “It’s like finances. You diversify your financial portfolio and you should diversify your agricultural portfolio.” Osborne said he practices what he preaches, raising a variety of different crops on his property near Spider Lake. “One of the beauties of our farm is that it’s mixed and we have a diversity of products, with some that do well in cooler or hotter weather,” Osborne said. “Every year we have some that lag behind and some that steam ahead.” Osborne, who raises organic turkeys and other fowl, said a couple of his birds have picked up some sniffles, slugs have attacked his peppers and his melons are slow, but he’s hopeful for a turnaround as the summer winds down. “The people who are crying the loudest are those who are practicing monoculture,” he said. news@pqbnews.com
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mprovements to local transit service have resulted in a small increase in ridership over the past year, but the Regional District of Nanaimo is missing the bus when it comes to building a relationship with potential customers. According to a performance report just released by B.C. Transit, ridership in Nanaimo was up 6.4 per cent over the past year, largely because of service improvements carrying people to and from shopping centres and the city’s south end. Improving the transit exchanges at Prideaux Street and Vancouver Island University have also helped, but these investments aren’t maximized unless they attract more people to ride the bus. Many people While an increase in ridership is always good, similar sized B.C. cities have seen far better recognize improvement: Comox Valley improved 17 per alternative cent; Kamloops eight per cent; and Prince George transportation almost 17 per cent. Transit fares account for 30 per cent ($3.6 milis a good idea lion) of Nanaimo Regional Transit System’s $12.4 million budget. By informing the public of an improved system, ease of use and cost effectiveness, ridership could improve significantly more than it has. In a time of high gas prices, expensive vehicles, high vehicle insurance premiums, costly maintenance and economic uncertainty, taking the bus for many families instead of using a second vehicle makes good economic sense. Many people recognize alternative transportation is a good idea, but they need to be sure the method they choose will get them to their destination in good time, safely and without confusion. So far, Nanaimo Regional Transit hasn’t advertised enough to the public it can do that. — editorial by the Nanaimo News Bulletoin/Black Press
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heeky though it be, I would like to amend Mister Twain’s tongue in cheek meteorological observation. I would change it to: “Everyone talks about the weather but nobody gets it right.” Environment Canada, I’m looking at you. Also the Farmers’ Almanac. And my barber. And the guy next door. And the farmer I buy my eggs from. And of course the ever-smirking, bouffant-coiffed weather mannequin who closes off the nightly TV newscast. They are, all of them, wrong, wrong, wrong. If they predict sunshine, we get drizzle. If they call for calm winds I know my windows will rattle and my roof may need shingle transplants. “Zero precipitation” in the forecast The Parksville Qualicum Beach News 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.
might mean anything from monsoon rains to horizontal sleet to hail the size of Guinness-worthy gallstones. But that’s okay. Everybody makes mistakes (ask Michael Ignatieff). What galls my stones is the fact that … they never apologize. Ever! You will never hear Environment Canada issuing ‘Our bad’ corrections. Nor will the world ever witness the weather mannequin shuffling on to our TV screens murmuring “Boy, we really screwed up yesterday’s forecast.” I know, I know — I’ve crooned this dirge before. But I resurrect it today because finally (alas, too late for Mister Twain by a little over a century) somebody has done something about the
weather. Ready for a forecasting service that actually makes you feel good about impending climactic conditions? There’s an app By for that. Arthur Seriously. It’s Black called ‘Optimistic Weather’ and it’s available as an Android application that you can download for free. What you get is an accurate assessment of the current weather conditions for your locality, plus a forecast for the near future. I have no idea what’s coming down from the sky where you live right now, but according to Optimistic Weather, tomorrow will be better — perfect, in fact. How can I be sure? It’s easy. Optimistic Weather forecasts always deliver just that — sunny
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skies, balmy breezes, nary a drop of rain in sight. Even when an incoming weather system is undeniably nasty, Optimistic Weather tries to put a positive spin on it. If a massive blizzard is on the way, the app turns into a cheer leader. “Come on!” it urges, “This is not the end of the world! Maybe the storm gods will get bored and this will all just go away!” Sure, they’re lying through their rose-coloured dentures — so what? A conventional forecast that predicts tomorrow will be crappy has only about a 50 per cent chance of being right — and it’ll bum you out 24 hours before. I think the comedian George Carlin delivered the only truly accurate weather forecast in his Hippy Dippy Weatherman skit years ago: “Tonight’s forecast: dark. Continuing dark throughout the
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night and turning to widely scattered light in the morning.” Let’s be honest: tomorrow, most of us aren’t going to plant a crop, captain a fishing boat or parachute out of an airplane. Ergo, we don’t really, really have to know what the weather is going to be. What we could use — as always — is a tiny dose of good news. Voila — the Optimistic Weather app. Alternatively, we could resolve to adopt a whole new attitude to weather. John Ruskin was an English philosopher and critic whose lifespan almost duplicated Mark Twain’s. Here’s his take: “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of weather.” Sounds like a fair forecast to me.
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LETTERS Port’s fishing season is over Port Alberni claims to be the Salmon Capital of the world and then watches the recreational fishery destroyed by the bureaucrats at federal fisheries. People from all over come to Port Alberni to fish and spend countless dollars on gas, food, tackle, accommodation and is of considerable value to Port Alberni’s economy. Up until recently, the fishing in the inlet had just started to pick up after a slow start and then the attack of the canal started. On one day in particular it was difficult to traverse the inlet with the mass of commercial vessels and we personally witnessed some recreational boats trying to blockade a seiner near China Creek. In several hours of fishing we saw only several fish caught by recreational fishermen. I have fished only 10 days this year, and now it appears that the season is over because DFO has granted full rights to the commercial boats who leave nothing behind. I have been in contact with our MP and his office informs me that he has been deluged with hundreds of complaints about this. I have talked with people who have pulled their rigs and boats from Port and will be spreading the word not to return. Perhaps fisheries should have set the recreational catch limit at 10 per day if their plan was to clean out all the fish from the inlet. It is hoped that Port Alberni council will take this issue seriously as it takes a long time to overcome a negative image.
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was both amazed and amused by the bold headline above your July 15 Feature Letter Campbell Is A Good Choice, and immediately thought of the saying : “Don’t believe everything you read in the newspaper.” That adage was proven throughout the letter, signed by one Michael Berry (former High Commissioner to Australia and to Singapore) of Qualicum Beach. He started off by accusing me of being an agent for the NDP, apparently for having an opinion contrary to his; continued with glowing praise for ex-Premier Campbell and PM Harper; and ended by suggesting that writers of “such politically driven letters (a la Mr. Smith) should be asked to declare their political allegiance.” I have never met my accuser, nor held a party card of any colour. A quick Google search confirmed that someone named Leonard Michael Berry was once a High Commissioner for Canada. I wonder if the suggestion of letter-writers declaring political allegiance could possibly have been garnered from a handbook of ambassadorial notes from Berlin in the 1930s? Or could it stem from that feeling of entitlement commonly held by so many in government service, both elected and appointed? Maybe the kind of entitlement that gives the hoity-toity a right to their opinion, while the great unwashed hoi polloi should simply shut up and pay their bills? Going back to “Don’t believe everything you read in the newspaper,” I may as well believe Shirley MacLaine, and declare myself to be the former King of Siam.
Feature Letter
William Radelet Parksville
Province needs to bring its own lunch
Bernie Smith Parksville
Len Gibson Qualicum Beach
Same old barnyard odour to me Headline in the “other paper”:
Mail: Box 1180, Parksville, B.C., V9P 2H2.. Fax: 250-248-4655 E-mail: editor@pqbnews.com. Online: www.pqbnews.com
Olympics! Now used by friendly developers and a few commuters in the Squamish-Whistler area. • Hundreds of millions of our money spent on a big city building while cutting funding to education, the arts, health care and social services. • Paying 25 million of our dollars to Encana for having pretended to reduce their carbon output when the same company is developing a gas field that will add more than six per cent to the province’s carbon footprint! • More carbon tax on fuel while Premier Clark, from her remarks, supports a coal mine that is totally opposed by 99 per cent of citizens attending public meetings — and will allow Asian steel mills to make more C02 than I can believe, while endangering the shellfish industry, water quality and environmental integrity of the whole East Central Island. HST. BC Rail. Open Government? Log exports. German Ferries. HST again. The new Premier: A breath of fresh air? Same old, barnyard odour to me.
Don’t believe all that you read in the paper
Alberni Alberni, Campbell River River, Courte Courtenay and Comox. With cost of fuel transport to these more distant locales one would expect their prices to be higher. Might it be that Nanaimo and Ocenside areas have a captive audience with perhaps a better ability to be charged what the traffic will bear?
Send them in
CHRISTY CLARK A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Not! Here we have a premier who since her election as an MLA in 1996, has been an insider to Liberal prevarication. She is, and has been a part of, our say-one-thingdo-the-opposite government, which has ignored the needs of British Columbians to the benefit of big business. Consider please: • The deliberate, ongoing, destruction of BC Hydro. • A billion (say it this way: one thousand million!) in borrowed money on a highway to the Olympics that was closed for the
BC Liberal Caucus retreat in Harrison Hot Springs and tax payers pick up the tab once again. I speculate that the cost of this venue will be very expensive and will be another example of how our tax dollars are being spent. A few questions for the Liberals: how much did it cost? You forgot to provide us with a financial break down. A paid vacation at an expensive resort is something that most of us can’t afford because we are being taxed to death or have limited disposable income. Next time you might consider paying your own way, we are tired of “Dutch Treat” at the tax payers’ expense. Lead by example, be frugal with our money and if you insist that we pay for it, consider renting a local community centre and bring your own lunch.
Wayne Mossman Qualicum Beach
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• A loving bouquet to the Arrowview Kids’ Club. It has been an honour to work with you Diane, Lindsay, Betty, Ellen and Kristina this past school year. Thank you to every child and family that I have been blessed being with.
Leslie Sauer Qualicum Beach
• All the seniors taking the Marimba classes through the New Horizons for Seniors grant extend our heartfelt thanks to Fahlon, Rob, Sarah, Jocelyn, Carmanagh, Forrest, Kathy and Caitlin who assisted. Have a great summer you guys — intergenerational projects work.
Aileen Fabris Parksville
• Thank you to Quality Foods for putting in the extra bicycle rack. You sure listen to your customers.
M. Taylor Parksville
• A huge bouquet to Fairwinds for their support in making our recent Caring and Sharing Garage Sale such a success. A special thank you to Gary Dunlop, who donated so much of his time.
Virginia Brucker Nanoose Bay
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B.C. Views
he B.C. government has released its audited public accounts for what Bill Vander Zalm enthusiasts strain to depict as Year One of the Harmonized Sales Tax Apocalypse. So let’s survey this allegedly bleak landscape of shuttered hair salons and seniors hoarding pet food, waiting for Belgian bureaucrats to come calling for more. Retail sales increased 5.3 per cent in 2010. Growth has softened so far this year, but there’s no evidence it’s due to the HST. (Retail sales are mostly goods, which are mostly unaffected.) B.C.’s economy grew by four per cent, third in Canada behind those new northern tigers Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. We beat Alberta as well as have-not Ontario. The provincial deficit dropped by nearly a billion dollars, even though spending on government services continued its relentless rise with another billion-dollar increase. That’s four per cent spending growth, the same as the growth rate of the economy. But as usual, two thirds of it is health-care spending, growing closer to twice that fast. Hair salons? My barber voted No to Vander Zalm. His accounting is simpler, his price is still reasonable and customers aren’t generally prepared to start cutting their own hair. Restaurant association head Ian Tostenson predicted thousands of restaurants would close because of HST, and then mused about running for premier. Fortunately, we were spared from both of these scenarios. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon put out some spin about how tight-fisted spending control brought the deficit down from the 10-figure range. Prudence, he called it. Prune juice is more like it. It was economic growth that paid the bills, with mills and mines opening and consumers spending. Former premier Bill Bennett’s observation still applies: B.C. is a small, open resource economy in a volatile world market. Commodity markets have strengthened to
the point where even the rising Canadian dollar is being overcome. Expansion to Asia is proceeding, assisted by a long-term federalprovincial strategy that the NDP opposed. A skilled labour shortage already exists in the B.C. northeast and is forecast to spread across the province. By Tom The government’s latest labour Fletcher market survey estimates that B.C. will be in a labour shortage by 2016, and there will be one million job openings by 2020. One third of these will come from economic growth, two thirds from retiring baby boomers. Unlike next year’s HST revenues, this prediction is relatively easy to make with precision. Job growth does depend, however, on a competitive tax environment, with competition from Ontario and elsewhere. The public accounts also confirm what we found out last fall, that HST revenues have run ahead of expectations. HST haters like to claim the tax was promised to be revenue neutral. That finance ministry estimate was only for the first year, and it proved pessimistic. As with gasoline prices, external forces drown out B.C. tax adjustments in the short term. Currently it looks as if going back to the old provincial sales tax will cost the treasury about $600 million in revenue in each of the next few years. HST rate cuts are made up by economic growth. Or we can return to a 60-year-old retail sales tax developed for a post-war, pre-service economy, and continue a B.C. political debate that revolves around 30-year-old socialist ideology. The deficit will immediately jump back up to the 10-digit range. So if your HST referendum envelope is still in the bottom of your recycling bin, you might consider fishing it out and casting a No vote. They have to be delivered to Elections BC by Aug. 5. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca twitter.com/tomfletcherbc
More Vancouver hockey rioters step forward VANCOUVER — Thirty-four people have now turned themselves in to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in connection with their roles in the June 15 Stanley Cup riot. The 50-member Integrated Riot Investigation Team continues to pore over
thousands of photos and videos. And they’re now encouraging more photos, tips and information about riot suspects to be sent to a new e-mail address: riot@vpd.ca. More than 600 GB of data is being reviewed, including 15,000 images and more than 3,000 video
files equating to more than 1,200 hours of video. Those who have turned themselves in have not yet been charged. About 100 people arrested the night of the riot were previously charged. ICBC had offered to let police to use its driver licence photo
database and facial recognition software to detect matches with photos of riot suspects — to the alarm of privacy watchdogs. But ICBC officials said the VPD has so far made no such request. — Jeff Nagel /Black Press
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3.73 per kg
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Writing a novel was always in the back of Lorhainne Eckhart’s mind, but it wasn’t until seven years ago when her daughter was born that she actually sat down and put pen to paper. “You get to that point I think that you realize you want something more in your life and you want a direction,” she said. “And that idea hits you and you know you can do it so you just persevere, and I did.” Eckhart, a Coombs resident, has just published her second book called The Choice. The novel is a romantic, mystical suspense story that surrounds a Wiccan woman and the predicaments stemming from love and fate in her life. The novel took Eckhart two years to write and research, the latter a process that is quite extensive despite it being fiction, she said. “Whether it’s what the characters are doing for a living, where they live, some of the things that are going on, they are based on facts, and the author had better have done their research.” Eckhart had two literary agents with this book, one who made her change the entire location from an area in Canada to the United States. The move, said to help sales of the book, caused many more months of research for Eckhart, but in the end she learned a lot about the new
Coombs resident and author Lorhainne Eckhart site with her second book, The Choice. A third novel will be out in September. location, the Pacific Northwest, she said. Although with Eckhart’s first book she went with a publishing company, this time she chose to self-publish. Besides the time she spent writing, editing and promoting this book, she has also been working on a number of other writing projects. Recently she submitted a short story to a local publisher, part of an anthology put together by eight local authors. Her third novel will come out
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people this story.” The Choice is available in e-book format from www. amazon.com, www. smashwords.com and www.goodreads.com, and the novel will be soon be available from Quality Foods in Qualicum Beach, Chapters in Nanaimo and from Barnes & Noble websites. For more information on Lorhainne Eckhart and her books visit her website: www.lorhainneeckhart.com. reporter@pqbnews.com
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hris Bush has a bone to pick with cancer. In the last few years, cancer has taken his mother, aunt and three friends, the latter of whom were all close to Bush’s age of 53. His aunt, who died in June, is described by Bush, a Black Press photographer based in Nanaimo, as a “vibrant woman with no reason to shut down at all.” Not one to normally Special participate in the feature seemingly weekly five-kilometre Black Press local runs for newspapers on cancer, Bush Vancouver Island decided over will publish this many months special feature to participate in page spotlighting something a little police officers bigger – the 2011 taking part Canadian Cancer in this year’s Society Cops for Canadian Cancer Cancer Tour de Society Rock. Cops for Cancer The bicycle Tour de Rock. journey will take Bush and 21 Island teammates from Port Hardy to Victoria from Sept. 24 to Oct. 7 to raise money for Camp Goodtimes, a retreat for children with cancer, and pediatric cancer research. Some of Bush’s reasons for participating are selfish, some are to help others, while others still are to do his part to dropkick cancer into the history books. He wants to do it while he still can. “I’m grateful at my age to be able to do this. A lot of people can’t,” said Bush, the oldest member of the team. “I’ve always wanted to cycle the Island and this is a great opportunity. At the same time,
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Chris Bush, with teammate Sandra Holman, hopes to raise $25,000 in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. I’m helping kids and getting a better understanding of what it’s all about. It’s hard to overstate how neat this experience has been so far.” The training rides are gruelling – one in mid-July included a ride up the 18-kilometre Strathcona Parkway to Mt. Washington – but necessary to prepare the riders for the 1,000-kilometre tour that visits nearly every village, town and city along the way. Hard work, long drives to get to training sites and late dinners aside, Bush said the experience is worth it. To balance home, work and Tour de Rock responsibilities, he’s had to lean on his network
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of supporters, mostly his wife Laurie. He has also forged many friendships on the team, a group of people he describes as committed and interesting. “You really get to like your teammates a lot,” he said. Team members are made up of police, auxiliary police and media, all of whom need to raise a minimum of $5,000. Along with training rides, team members are asked to participate in community events leading up to the tour, the most notable for Bush being a visit with children at Camp Goodtimes last week. “It’s going to be interesting,” he said, before leaving for the
camp. “I know it’s going to be emotional. Any time you’re confronted with kids in a difficult situation it’s tough. I won’t know how I’ll react until I get there.” Until the tour officially begins, Bush said he’s going to continue to keep pace with the increasing demands that come with being a tour rider. He’ll continue to put the kilometres in, do his best to fundraise to meet his goal of $25,000 and continue to have fun. “You only get one shot at this and that’s it,” he said. “But I’m feeling healthy – healthy as I’ve ever been. My clothes are loose, my lungs are healthy, I’m tired but it’s a good tired.”
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Local MLAs ready for snap election NANAIMO — All three Nanaimo-area MLAs say they are prepared to run again if a provincial election is called. While the next scheduled election is legally slated for May 2013, it is expected Liberal Premier Christy Clark will call an election as early as Sept. 6 to build her own mandate, if she wins the job back. If an election is called, voters could head to the polls in early October. Ron Cantelon, Liberal MLA for Parksville-Qualicum currently in his second term, said he still has plenty of work to do to serve his constituents. “I’ll absolutely run again. We need to work on the health centre in Parksville and see it come to
fruition, though it’s headed that way,” said Cantelon, reached while on vacation. “I still want to work with partners in the municipalities with the projects they’re working on. In Nanaimo that means furthering the cruise ship terminal and the airport projects, but I’d like to try to help with the [foot passenger] ferry and a hotel complex.” Issues that could determine the timing of an election include the result of the HST referendum and whether an agreement with the teachers’ union can be reached. “There are few things that aren’t going Christy’s way at the moment, but I will definitely run again, and we’re preparing for [an election] to be sure we’re ready
MLA RON CANTELON ... government is on standby for anything from September on,” said Doug Routley, NDP MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan. “The premier’s record in dealing with teachers is pretty sketchy and I’m not sure they’re interested in having a conflict like that during a campaign, so there are a few factors that affect timing.” Routley said he is disappointed legisla-
Cantelon cost taxpayers $155,000; NDP’s Scott Fraser cost $143,000 By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER One of the basic facts about democracy is that it costs money, and this week B.C. residents got an opportunity to see just how much their MLAs are costing them when the province’s public accounts committee released the figures for members’ compensation up to March 31. The figures show Ron Can-
telon pulled in a cool $101,859 as his base pay for sitting as the Parksville-Qualicum MLA last year. Cantelon also received $15,028 for a capital city living allowance and an additional $16,578 for travel expenses. He was also paid $1,209 for his brief stint as minister of forests during that time, along with $20,372 for his service as Liberal caucus chair, for a total of $155,046.
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tion requiring fixed election dates can be so easily discarded. “[The legislation] was supposed to do away with manipulation by the sitting government and that they would set elections on a set schedule rather than tailoring it to their own interests,” said Routley. Cantelon said it’s unclear when an election might take place. “We’re on a standby; we always have to be ready. “Your guess is as good as mine, but we have two new leaders so there is some concern we need a new mandate.” Nanaimo NDP MLA Leonard Krog, has indicated he will also run again. Krog, first elected in 1991, is currently serving his third consecutive term.
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QUALICUM BEACH — The Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce is supporting the town’s creation of a comprehensive cultural plan. This initiative is consistent with the May 2011 OCP update.
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The other MLA serving Oceanside constituents is Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser, who pulled in a base salary of $101,859, along with $16,610 for a capital city living allowance and $24,628 for a travel allowance, for a total of $143,097. The MLA who billed the most for travel expenses was Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali, at $58,457, followed by Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm, at $56,223 and Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson at $49,250.
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The Royals home playoff debut didn’t go exactly as planned, but this year’s squad can hold their heads high knowing they set a high water mark for the local baseball club. At home and hosts of a best of three BC Premier Baseball League (BCPBL) playoff series for the first time in the club’s 17 year history, the Royals were in tough against perennial mainland powerhouse Langley Blaze. The pinstripes lost the opener 4-1, then saw their season come to an end in a 3-0 loss in game two. The Royals had a decent regular season that saw them finish with a club high 28-20 for third overall in the 13-team league. The Royals had the bases loaded with one out in the second of two games, but Langley brought in senior righty Tom Robson to close it out. Robson, 18, became the first Canadian selected in last months MLB entry level draft when he was selected in the fourth round by the Toronto Blue Jays. “We got beat by a better team. Plain and simple,” Royals’ skipper Dave Wallace said Sunday in a one-on-one with THE NEWS. “They out-pitched us, they out-hit us ... they’re a dominant team and they showed again why they’re the most successful team in the league.” The three-time defending league champions had the best record in the league at 37-11, but had 12 wins taken away down the stretch because the league ruled they had used two ineligible players over the course of a month. As a result the Blaze, whose
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“Clayton pitched well. We only got one hit and that was the home run. We just didn’t hit the ball, but having said that, they have tremendous pitching, and their pitchers just overmatched our hitters for the most part on the day. You have to give them credit,” said the veteran coach. “I mean Kyle Joel (Langley’s starting pitcher in game one), he struck out 14 and walked one. He only faced 22 batters (the minimum a pitcher can face in a seven inning game is 21). He pitched an outstanding game.” ‘Ish struck out seven and handed the ball over to teammate Marcus Drewry in the seventh. Things didn’t get any easier for the pinstripes in game two. Homegrown righty, 6’2” senior Mitchell Powelson earned the start in game two for his contributions this year, but the storyline was similar as Langley jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and shut the Royals down the rest of the way. Langley out-hit P-ville 8-3 in that one. The Royals committed the lone error of the game. Kevin Biro, Devon Heard and Josh Croft accounted for the Royals’ only hits. This is the third time the Royals have faced both Joel and Devon Stewart who started game two. Joel pitched a perfect game against the Royals in a tournament
game earlier this year, “so we got one hit off him this time,” chuckled Wallace. For the Parksville’s five graduating players — Deep Bay shortstop Kevin Biro, Qualicum Beach first baseman Matt Ney, catcher Jordan Dugray, and outfielders Devon Heard and Ashton Martin, Saturday marked their final outing for the Royals. Kevin and Matt both came up through the local minor baseball. Biro capped off a five-year career with the Royals that included two as a Jr. Royal. Mitchell and Marcus Drewry from Courtenay have another year of eligibility, and both are talking about coming back. Earning props from his coach was the play of 16-year-old Mackenzie Parlow. In his second season with the Royals and heading into his senior year at Kwalikum Secondary School, Parlow was pressed into service due to injury and caught most of the season including both games Saturday. Parlow gunned down three base runners on Saturday. He picked a runner off at first in game one and threw two runners out trying to steal in game two — one at second and one at third. “He’s improved tremendously this year,” said Wallace. “He plays the game
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Devon Heard goes hard to the bag after connecting for rare Royals’ single against the Blaze on Saturday. with enthusiasm, and he plays with intelligence — he plays the game the way its supposed to be played.
He loves to be out on the field, and in that regard he has a lot of (former Royal standout) Carter Bell and
Kevin Brio in him. He did an outstanding job for us, the whole year. (He) will be one of our leaders next year.” Wallace echoed what many of the fans on hand that gave the Quality Foods crew a standing ovation after the final out on Saturday. “It was an outstanding season. We have one of the smallest areas to draw players from and for us to finish third in the
league is an outstanding achievement, and it’s a testament to the players and their enthusiasm and dedication improve.” “From a winning standpoint, yes, for sure, it was great, but for me, every single season has its own special positive aspects, and that’s what we draw on. The players change every year, but all we ask is that they improve, and they do that every
year.” “It was a great season, the best Royals’ season I’ve ever seen and I’ve been involved (with the team) for over 10 years now,” Royals GM Scott Rodway said after the dust had settled. “The team played well (against Langley), they were just unfortunate not to get the bats going, but then they were up against the best team in the league probably.”
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Nabseth scholarships to seven local hockey players By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS A record number of applications made for some tough decisions, but names are in for the Jeff Nabseth Memorial Scholarship award recipients for 2011. Oceanside Minor Hockey Association set up a Memorial scholarship 11 years ago in memory of Jeff Nabseth, who was killed in a bike accident. Jeff played hockey in the Parksville area and went
on to play for the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL. According to OMHA’s Brian Hagedorn, the scholarship is open to any graduating student who has played hockey in Parksville in the previous five years. OMHA contributes $5 of each player registration fee, explains Hagedorn, in order to allow the memorial scholarship to continue. “This year we had the most applications ever,” said Hagedorn, adding, “the trustees awarded the
most amount of money and the largest number of scholarships ever. We were pleased to have awarded seven graduates a total of $3,200 in scholarships which can used for post secondary expenses.” Earning scholarships are: • Mike Tompkins. Mike also has a passion for music and plans on attending the Contemporaty Music Technology program at Selkirk College in Nelson, B.C. • Wade Van Herwaarden.
He plans on attending VIU and take the Resource Management Officer Technology program. • Jaden Schmeisser. Jaden plans on attending VIU and also to pursue his hockey career. • Kyle Fichtler. Kyle plans on attending VIU for the upcoming year with plans to transfer to UBC or UVIC. • Brett Saremba. He is enrolled in UBC Okanagan Pre-Pharmacy program and plans to complete his
Bachelor of Science at UBC, Vancouver. • Michael Foulds. He would like to become a graphic designer specializing in Digital Visual Communication. • Bryson Weberg. He is planning on attending the Bridgton Academy in Maine. “We certainly want to wish all the graduating students all the best in their future endeavour,” said Brian. sports@pqbnews.com
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QUALICUM BEACH — From the desk of Ladies 18 Hole captain Sandi Reed, comes word new member Barb Borritt shot a two-round total of 129 to clinch the Fred Sweet Trophy at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club recently. A long-running annual 36-hole net competition held over two Wednesdays, the first round was held June 22.
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David Goatley (from left) gets a welcome coating of sunscreen from fiancee Sharon Bean. Ivor Cohen sizes up his subject. Audrey Cameron uses a magnifying glass to paint some fine detail. Dianne Hay paints in a shady spot during the Grand Prix d’Art in Qualicum Beach Saturday.
David McHolm paints a picture of wife Josie and dog Oliver on Second Avenue in Qualicum Beach.
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Artists cross the Grand Prix finish line QUALICUM BEACH — Forty-six artists hit the streets in Qualicum Beach on Saturday, July 23 to participate in the 17th annual Grand Prix d’Art plein air painting race. The winner, David Goatley is a
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to pan for gold, and also share some history. Deakin said this relates to a member of the original Rath family who came to B.C. because of the gold rush. Kids can also try their hand at butter churning, take pony rides, nature walks, scavenger hunts, enjoy mini golf and a barbecue lunch. All acitvities are
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VERNON — The Communities in Bloom judges were in Vernon recently and they liked what they saw. “I was here two years ago and I’m amazed at how much has been done in that time. You get the idea,” said Peter Crawshaw, a B.C. Communities in Bloom director and judge who is City of Parksville parks and facilities superintendent. “This is something I really enjoy. You meet such interesting people and see so many innovative projects. We’re always learning things and if we can pass along small bits of wisdom, we are happy to do so.”
Crawshaw is well qualified to be a judge. “My wife and I are just garden fanatics. We love to grow things, always pushing the envelope as far as zones go. I’d say one of the most exotic things we’ve grown is the cardiocrinum giganteum, the giant lily, which grows in the southern hemisphere. It takes seven years from seed to flower and it grows nine feet tall in the last season.” The judges visit a number of local sites, including parks and other public areas, businesses, community gardens and some local private gardens. They also note how well individual neighbourhood gardens are kept. The judges consider community involvement, general tidiness of the city, landscaping, urban forestry, respect for heritage, environmental impact and the commercial and residential areas as a whole. Communities in Bloom director and judge Karri Loadman,
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a Kamloops community planner, was also on the tour which was also judging Lake Country and Kelowna. “I’m very impressed with the community-building aspect. We visited an apartment complex that had a community garden growing food and flowers. We could see how it brought people together,” she said. The provincial
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sheepishly agree that this is probably a cardinal assumption in the literary world. Go into any book shop for one specific book you’ve ordered or seen promoted, and unless you’re wearing your ultra shades or blinkers, chances are you’ll be lured from the counter to a shelf … and another shelf … and come out with no less than two books to add to your hoard. I’m speaking from experience, here, and I long ago learned that in this, as well as other respects, I am far from unique. A huge book entitled, A Gentle Madness; Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, besides justifying my addiction, has the most beautiful dust jacket — heavy, gold-embossed patterns surrounding ancient woodcuts of people absorbed in books. Guess that makes me a bibliophile — “one who loves or admires books espe-
unusual malady came into being in 1809 when the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin published his lighthearted book, “he Bibliomania; or, BookMadness; containing some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of the This Fatal Disease. Dibdin claims that what makes this ailment so formidable is that “it rages in all seasons of the year, and at all periods of human existence.” At loose ends one day between Horseshoe and Departure bays, I was trolled into the sea-going bookstore and landed by Alberto Manguel’s A History of Reading. Promises Margaret Visser in its cover blurb, “Anyone who reads will be hooked right away… It is, after all a history of ourselves, and a celebration of our favourite occupation.” Back in the fifteenth century, however, not all of us were encouraged in the pursuit of reading. Mediavel
Willi Waws By Nancy Whelan cially for their style of binding, printing, etc.” The dust jacket assures that “the passion to posses books has never been more widespread than it is today.” And that’s where bibliomanes come in — people with a craze for collecting books. The passion for books, apparently, is the only hobby known to have a disease named after it. The same sender once included in her sturdy box a whole book on the subject of Biblioholism – The Literary Addiction: the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire and consume books in excess. The name for this
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got in developing the products,” he said. “Once you start to develop and create plans for some of these new and exciting uses, there will be a wide range of new products that will spring forward from your initial development products. The high-end jobs are going to come from bio-alternatives. That’s the future.” The committee will work with industry to establish guidelines to support growth in the sector. “We don’t have a specific date, but certainly by the fall we want to report and point out the directions we see the opportunities,” said Cantelon. “A lot of the work has already been done so it’s a matter of reviewing the research and reporting to the legislature that we have to get going on these opportunities.”
by John Yap (Richmond-Steveston), includes ParksvilleQualicum MLA Ron Cantelon, Bob Simpson (Cariboo North), Eric Foster (Vernon-Monashee) and John Rustad (Nechako Lakes). Cantelon said the committee is a good opportunity to look at alternative uses for B.C.’s wood fibre. “With Douglas fir and hemlock trees, we have the best fibre in the world here on Vancouver Island,” he said. “But we’re not being as innovative and diverse as we should be with our secondary products.” He said B.C. has a research edge on the rest of the world in terms of bio-technology and must take advantage of it. “When you see logs go out, I don’t just think of lumber being shipped out, I think of bio-fibre being shipped out and we can’t afford to lose the advantage we’ve
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of another product. Living benefits This type of insurance includes three types being critical illness, long-term care and disability. Critical illness insurance pays you money if you become critically ill. This type of insurance is a valuable investment at any life stage, after all, the cost of recovering from an illness can affect everyone. Longterm care insurance provides you with the services and support you need to maintain your day-to-day activities if a chronic illness or cognitive impairment keeps you from being able to take care of yourself.
While this insurance is most likely used by people in later life stages, the planning for it should begin early. Disability insurance is important for anyone who relies on working income. Supplementing your group coverage with an individually owned disability insurance policy can provide you with benefits that address your unique needs. Whether you are single or married, you just start a family or you’re sending your first child off to university, you will want to ensure you’re property protected. Make sure you sit down with your advisor to determine the right
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“You won’t see a store being built without a grocery section anymore.” Once finished, Walmart will contend with Extra Foods and Buy-Low Foods as a full-service grocery store. Referred to as an in-box conversion, the new section will be added within the existing store but will not increase the size of the facility’s footprint. The move is expected to increase customer reten-
tion, but is also expected to continue attracting customers from Parksville and Qualicum Beach. Some departments have already been cleared of goods to make way for the expanded section. The work is expected to take four months and more than 40 workers have been hired to undertake the project. Afterward, an additional 30 employees may be hired within the store to
Walmart manager Bill Robertson. deal with the new section. The new area will be tarped off while new coolers are added, Robertson said. “Most of the work will take place at night though to minimize customer
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disruption,” he added. The configuration of the store will change and some departments will expand while others will be scaled back. How it will be played out isn’t yet finalized.
“It’s all on a schematic right now so all I see is counters,” Robertson said. “I don’t know how they’ll be merchandized yet.” Walmart stores in Victoria, Langford, Duncan, Nanaimo, Campbell River and Courtenay have converted or are converting to the super centre format. “I understand the conversion in Langford went well and that there was a lot of positive feeback from the public,” Robertson said. — Alberni Valley News/ Black Press
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Electric Vehicle Show in Vancouver where charging station vendors dominated the floor. With the prediction thousands of electric vehicles being sold in North America in the coming years, he said, charging stations will literally become a household item. For Holmquist the level 2 charging station is already a household item with the family vehicle being a fully electric
VW Beetle. At CEV the level 2 charging station is used to keep the parking lot of converted electric vehicles ready to drive. The level 2 charging stations will accompany the latest CEV demonstration vehicle which is a fully electric Ford Ranger pickup truck for municipal fleet applications. — Submitted by Canadian Electric Vehicles, www.canev.com.
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Yale treaty ratified in B.C. despite protests By TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS VICTORIA — The B.C. government has ratified a treaty for the Yale First Nation, granting ownership of disputed fishing territories in the Fraser Canyon to the 150-member community over the protests of the neighbouring Sto:lo Nation. Sto:lo representatives came to the legislature last week to warn of conflict over the fishing sites, which become part of the fee-simple property owned by the Yale once the federal government ratifies the treaty. The treaty also transfers forest and mineral rights and about $12 million in compensation. Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson cast the lone vote against the treaty, em-
phasizing he was not opposed to the right of Yale and other aboriginal communities to settle treaties. He had two objections, one of which was the few hours allowed in the legislature to debate a treaty that runs to nearly 500 pages. Simpson’s other objection was to the decision by the federal and provincial governments to proceed with the Yale treaty despite a detailed claim by the Sto:lo Nation to the canyon fishing and rack drying sites that have been used for thousands of years. Governments have set up a “race to the table” where aboriginal groups with overlapping claims can get an advantage by signing a treaty first, and that leaves the neighbouring groups to battle over the treaty in
B.C. won’t appeal class size ruling By TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS VICTORIA — The B.C. government will work with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation rather than continue a court battle over control of class size and special needs support in public schools, Education Minister George Abbott said. The government has been studying a ruling from the B.C. Supreme Court, which said the government infringed on teachers’ constitutional right to bargain with its 2002 legislation that removed class size and special needs support levels from the union contract. Abbott said the government’s legal advice was not to appeal, because of a 2007 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that struck down similar legislation altering health care support workers’ union contracts. In that case, Canada’s highest court extended the constitutional right to freedom of associa-
tion to include collective bargaining for the first time. In the school case, Justice Susan Griffin of the B.C. Supreme Court gave the B.C. government a year to work out an alternative to the 2002 legislation. The BCTF has filed thousands of grievances over class sizes and the number of students with special needs in classrooms around the province, as well as pursuing the issue in court. Abbott said he called BCTF president Susan Lambert and B.C. School Trustees Association president Michael McEvoy to say he wants to see a negotiated solution. But Abbott acknowledged the government could end up legislating new rules if negotiations don’t work. After Griffin’s court decision, the BCTF estimated that the government would have to add $275 million to the education ministry budget to reduce class sizes and provide support staff to restore conditions from 2002.
court, Simpson said. Aboriginal Relations Minister Mary Polak said the disputed canyon areas were already designated as Yale territory by the establishment of reserves under the Indian Act a century ago.
The treaty provides for temporary access by the public and Sto:lo members, so it improves on the existing situation, she said. The Sto:lo are offended by the Yale treaty partly because their people were
moved from the canyon to reserves in the lower Fraser Valley in the early 20th century. Governments of the day expected aboriginal people to abandon their traditional ways and learn to farm, but Sto:lo people continued to travel up the
canyon to fish for salmon. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom voted against the Tsawwassen and Maa-Nulth treaties in recent years as a backbench MLA for Peace River South. Lekstrom voted for the
Yale treaty, explaining beforehand that it was his duty as a cabinet minister to support the B.C. Liberal government. His earlier objections to special rights for aboriginal people remain, Lekstrom said
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HAIR STYLIST WANTED. F/T or P/T available. Clientele not necessary. Please apply in person Chez Sabine Hair Salon, Parksville. Ask for Corrie (owner).
CLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL is seeking individuals to join our team. Responsibilities: Water and soil sample collection and ďŹ eld analysis, drilling waste sampling, analysis, disposal supervision. Pre and post site assessments. QualiďŹ cations: Post secondary degree or diploma. OilďŹ eld experience is an asset. Required equipment is a reliable 4X4, lap top computer, GPS, camera. Send resume to: hr@ceslp.ca referencing contract Environmental Field Technicians in the subject line. CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmonton-based company seeks experienced concrete ďŹ nishers for work in and out of town. Subsistence and accommodations provided. Phone 780660-8130. Fax 780-444-4258; John@RaidersConcrete.com.
DELIVERY PERSONS
PHONE BOOKS Mature persons with own car, truck or van to deliver Canpages to Port Alberni area.
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The Parksville/Qualicum Beach News is looking for a responsible person to deliver in your area! Anyone who is interested in making some extra cash and getting a little exercise at the same time is asked to call The News circulation at 248-4341, ext. 260. Routes are temporarily covered. We are looking for permanent carriers for these routes. CURRENT ROUTES AVAILABLE:
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Thursday July 28th, 2011 5pm till midnight at the Bowser Legion Hall
Heath, Mills, Orchard, Pioneer & Sunset Blvd.
Pot Luck dinner followed by a Roast & Toast, ending the night with dancing No Gifts Please R.S.V.P. 250-757-8501 or ksw_is@yahoo.com
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CONTROLLER A well established Kelowna based, underground utilities /road contractor has an immediate requirement for a controller. The successful applicant will have over five years of experience in the construction field after completion of their accounting designation, CA, CGA. They will be required to perform all aspects of accounting cycle up to and including financial statements. We are an aggressive company and require a strong aggressive person that is ready to take on new challenges and grow with the company. Remuneration complete with benefit package will be consummate with experience. Please reply to the Administrator by fax at 250-7659603, or phone 250-7659601.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT: STANFORD PLACE CARE CAMPUS: Cooks: Casual positions available (cooking certificate required) Please forward resume to: Human Resources, 250 Craig St., Parksville, BC, V9P 0A7
INDUSTRIAL PAINTER: Required Immediately! Do All Metal Fabricating-Estevan SK. Seeking an applicant to paint in an industrial setting. Qualifications & Duties:-Must have knowledge of how to run/maintain an airless painter,enamel and epoxy products, working knowledge with Endura paint (sprayed preferably)We offer Competitive Wages, Benefits & RRSP programs. Apply by email kswidnicki@doallmetal.com or fax 1-306-634-8389.
MOBILE PATROL Driver Required-FT/PT. Permanent. Footprints Security’s Parksville/Qualicum operation is currently seeking experienced mobile patrol drivers for fulltime or part-time work. Must have valid security and drivers licence. Email a resume to: hr@footprintssecurity.com or by fax to 250-756-9598.
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EXPERIENCED PARTS Person required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses plus moving allowances. Our 26,000 sq.ft. store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send Resumes to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net. JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC required immediately, Grande Prairie, (NW) Alberta. Heavy Duty position, Caterpillar experience, competitive wages, benefit plan. More info: www.ritchiebr.com. Fax 780351-3764. Email: info@ritchiebr.com.
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TRADES, TECHNICAL • BRIDGEMAN/PILE DRIVER (bridgeman & welding exp.) • CONVENTIONAL CRANE OPERATOR (Cert.)
Required for Gadd Marine. Wages commensurate with experience. Please Fax: 1-250-754-3073 or e-mail: gadmar@telus.net
Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic or Apprentice Mechanic P & R Truck Centre requires Full - Time Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic or Apprentice Mechanic for our Duncan location. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket would be an asset. Excellent Wage & Benefit Package. Please e-mail resume to michele@prwstar.com or fax to 250-746-8064
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OCEANSIDE IRRIGATION DOCTOR Specializing in Repairs Spring start-ups & Fall blowouts 250-954-0551 (Parksville) 250-741-0551 (Nanaimo)
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PERSONAL SERVICES
HOME CARE SUPPORT MOMMA “Z” In Home Care, private Care Aide for hire. Will take care of all your personal needs. Please call: 250-9514819 or 250-586-5513 today!
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING
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(Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.) Notice Of
Employment Opportunity
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST (Temporary Full Time Position) External Posting
REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY UTILITIES SERVICES - WASTEWATER
The Regional District of Nanaimo has a temporary full time employment opportunity for an Engineering Technologist in the Wastewater Services Department. The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of duties which will include developing and maintaining the Asset Management/ Preventative Maintenance Program, performing data collection for various environmental programs; preparing annual treatment plant reports and maintaining the flow and septage monitoring programs. Further duties will include assisting in the development, administration and evaluation of various environmental programs, coordinating the selection and administration of contracts and consulting services and supervising consultants and/ or contractors to project completion. Other duties may include liaising with RDN departments and local governments, responding to inquiries and complaints from the public, administrative support and other technical duties as required.
We are currently accepting applications for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians. We have BC branches in Prince George, Penticton, Kamloops, Burnaby, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Nanaimo, Cranbrook, Vernon, Fort St John, Langley, Campbell River and a Yukon branch in Whitehorse. Parker Pacific is an industry leader in heavy equipment sales & service. Since 1949, The Inland Group has grown to over 900 employees & 20 locations in North America. We are always seeking talented people to join our service team and enjoy a great career path. Send resume & covering letter stating locations of interest to Lori Willcox at lwillcox@ inland-group.com or Fax: 604-608-3156
EMERALD MAID Residential/ Post Construction/ Commercial. Call 250-248-3924
J & S DESIGNS Yard and fence design. Painting, Reno’s, Finishing Work, House Washing by hand. Seniors Discounts! Free Estimates! Call John and/or Sandy 250-586-3373 / 250-228-0147
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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
Friendly in home Mac/PC support and lessons. Certified tech, 15 + years experience making technology approachable and easy to understand. All my work is guaranteed. Call
Scott @ 250-821-1994.
CONTRACTORS
POIRIER PAINTING, Residential/Commercial. Fully insured, Guaranteed Workmanship, Free Estimates. Call Dan 250-240-3528. WCB insured.
PRESSURE WASHING OCEANSIDE HOUSE and home for repairs maintenance and pressure washing. Pete, (250)927-2641.
GARDENING
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GLASSY TOUCH Window cleaning. Committed to quality service & results. Free est. Let the Sun Shine in! Call Roger 250-468-7731
*Lawn Care. *Hedge & Shrub shaping. *Cleanups. *Untidy lots & brush cutting. *Small Haul 4x4 Dumptruck. Established 1991. Insured. Call Ken cell 250-927-4769
Yard and fence design, General yard maintenance,Rubbish Removal. Seniors Discounts! Free Estimates! Call John and/or Sandy 250-586-3373 / 250-228-0147 LAWN NEED Cutting? Pesky Weeds? No time? Call Leslie, (250)752-8806. WES-COAST YARDBIRDS Lawns, gardens, yard cleanup, large dump. Pressure washing, Irrigation. Tree Pruning, Topping, Removal. Please call 250-752-9444.
CRO CONTRACTING & Handy-man Services Call Ivan 250-757-2083 Free Estimates
PETS PET CARE SERVICES PAWS OF PARKSVILLE High quality dog grooming of all breeds and sizes. Calm, quiet environment PH: Jesse at 250-927-3776
PETS PUREBRED Golden Retriever puppies ready to go, 1st shots, vet checked. $800. (250)954-3416
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This is a temporary full time Union position (35 hours per week) up to December 31, 2011 with the possibility of extension or permanent. The rate of pay for this position is $32.28 to $33.98 per hour plus 12% in lieu of benefits. Visit our website at www.rdn. bc.ca for a complete job description and more information on the Regional District of Nanaimo.
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those under www.rdn.bc.ca consideration will be contacted.
250-951-5518
J & S DESIGNS
Qualifications include a Diploma in Environmental Sciences or a related field, plus 4 years prior job related experience in a local government setting, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. The incumbent must possess knowledge of liquid waste treatment terminology, principles, practices and techniques. Strong interpersonal communication, excellent administrative/ technical report writing and conflict resolution skills and the ability to deal effectively with the public/groups/local government will be a requirement for this position. In addition, the ability to work in AutoCad and having current knowledge/experience with word processing and Excel spread sheets is a requirement.
Please send your resume with full particulars by August 1, 2011, quoting Competition No. 2011-53, to the Administrative Services Department, Regional District of Nanaimo, 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2; Fax: 250-390-4163, or email rdncareers@rdn.bc.ca.
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FENCING
COMPUTER SERVICES Inhome. Fast, friendly, efficient. 10yrs exp. Ellen 250-248-1428
Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians
Your local electrician Answering your questions Solving your problems
CLEANING SERVICES
COMPUTER SERVICES Do you love numbers and ensuring accuracy with pay? Do you have previous payroll experience? If yes, Tigh-Na-Mara Resort in Parksville may be the natural choice for your next career move! With almost 300 team members, payroll is a full-time function, working M-F. Knowledge of BC employment standards and payroll regulations is required. Ideal candidates are friendly, reliable, detail-oriented, well-groomed, and have recent extensive payroll experience, preferably with an on-line system. We offer wonderful colleagues, great perks & benefits, and a fun work environment. Qualified candidates please forward resume & cover letter to laurie.sagle@tigh-na-mara.com
PAINTING A STROKE ABOVE Painting. Commercial & Residential. Interior/Exterior. WCB, liability insurance. All jobs warranted. See what we can do! Dave 250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.
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PAT’S HOME Care Service. Specializing in Personal Care And Home Cleaning. Honest, High Performance Standards Positive Attitude. Excellent Ref’s. Welcoming new Clients. Please Call 250-228-8201.
MOVING & STORAGE 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)951-0010.
PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL & GREEN ENERGY SERVICES
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES for small business, reasonable rates, ref avail - get organized, call 250 752 3833 today.
“MAID IN SERVICE Cleaning” - Home/Office Cleaning,min 3 hrs please call Margit at 250240-9240.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
ELECTRICAL
PROGRAM STARTS SOON IN NANAIMO
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OCEANSIDE HOUSE and home for repairs maintenance and pressure washing. Pete, (250)927-2641.
FREE ITEMS
SMALL JOB Specialist. Experienced Contractor. At home or business. Small jobs a Specialty. Reasonable rates. Professional workmanship. Refs. Dave: 250-954-7877.
HAULING AND SALVAGE ALL TYPES of hauling. Small loads, garden waste, construction debris & junk. Ron 250757-2094 or 250-228-1320
HOME IMPROVEMENTS THE OUTDOOR BUILDER Decks - Fences - Sheds New or Repair Call Bob at 250-228-2895 For a Free Estimate
HOME Renovations. Decks, House Painting, 25 yrs exp. Call Ron at 250-757-9130. TODD THE BUILDER. Renos, plumbing. High end portfolio incl. dental offices; custom homes. Call 250-752-1121
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FREE MATCHING beige sofa & love seat, good condition. Pick-up only. (250)752-8640. FREE: NICE mattress, 36”x74”, iron board w/ cover. Call 250-248-8458 after 2 PM.
FRIENDLY FRANK 14’ TUBULAR STEEL driveway/farm GATE, $99. (250)586-7266.
FUEL/FIREWOOD COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIREWOOD (1999) STOCK UP NOW BEST WAY TO BURN YOUR MONEY!
Call 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose) 250-468-9660. SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com or 1877-902-WOOD.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
RENTALS
TRANSPORTATION
MARINE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
HOUSES FOR SALE
MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
COTTAGES
HOMES FOR RENT
AUTO FINANCING
BOATS
Canadian CSA Modular, Manufactured, and Park Model Homes @ US factory direct wholesale prices. Starting @ 39,824 better features + more options = best value. The Home Boys 877976-3737 or 509-481-9830 www.hbmodular.com We will beat anyone’s price. Guaranteed!
2 BDRM OCEANVIEW Cottage @ Bowser Bills RV Park, basic cable & hydro incld’d. $875 p/mo. Ph: 250-757-8880
QUALICUM BEACH, exceptional, beautiful, new house; big liv room, kitchen, solarium & deck w/ view, 2 bdrm 2 bath. For long term, $1600 mo, Sept. 1 or 15, 250-594-3121.
FREE CASH back with $0 down at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877792-0599 DLN 30309. Free Delivery. www.autocreditfast.ca.
A FREE Telephone service Get your first month free. Bad credit, don’t sweat it. No deposits. No credit checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464. GET FREE Vending machines. Customers play them like Legal VLT’s. Can earn income of $100,000.00 plus. 100% Canadian Owned. Details at www.tcvend.com Or CALL 1-866-668-6629 SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
GARAGE SALES ESTATE CLEARANCE SALE #127 Fern Road East Qualicum Beach Tues-Fri, July 26, 27, 28, & 29, 10am-3pm. Housewares, jewelry, furnishings, and much, much more! Hosted by Smart Move Services smartmoveservices.ca
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PIANO LIQUIDATION! Wholesale prices! Example: Baby Grand was $9200 -now $6200! Uprights, similar savings. Parksville Music Centre. Call 250-248-2411
REAL ESTATE ACREAGE TEXAS LAND Foreclosures! 20/40 acre tracts. Near growing El Paso- Was $16,900 (USD) now $12,900 (USD) $0 down, take over payments, $99/mo (USD) Beautiful views, owner financing, free map/pictures. 866-484-0857 (US)
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EXQUISITE SANCTUARY Fabulous 2.26 private acres with creek in beautiful Alberni Valley. Enchanting 3600 sq.ft. 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom custom built 1995 home. Outstanding 57x40 shop with own bathroom, lots of parking. Features hardwood, tile throughout, custom cabinetry. Gas fireplaces, stove, heat and hot water; ensuite with soaker tub. Thinking of a life style change? Move to Port Alberni, the Salmon Capital of the World! Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this “one of a kind” property. Asking $649,000 RE/MAX Mid Island Realty Port Alberni, B.C. John Stilinovic 250-724-4725 Toll Free 1-877-723-5660
Urgent! Elegant 2 bdrm patio home in Qualicum. In an adult community, built-in single car garage, gas F/P, 5 appls, walk in closet off the master bdrm & private backyard. Maintenance free living, smoke free home. Occupancy immediately. Open to offers, reduced again to $299,000. Please contact Merril at 1-403-443-6028.
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MORTGAGES 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
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY LAKEFRONT Properties For Sale 20 Minutes from Qualicum www.hornelake.bc.ca
QUALICUM BEACH: Cozy clean 2bdrm suite in duplex. Mins from QB, country setting. $750/mo. Avail Aug. 1st. Call (250)752-6098, (250)954-8847 QUALICUM, GREAT ocean view, bright, spacious, clean quiet upper duplex, 2 bdrm & den. New paint, 5 appl’s. $875 mo. NS/NP. 250-752-0101.
HOMES FOR RENT 3 BDRM RANCHER ON ACREAGE, 1 BATH, WOOD STOVE, SHARED HYDRO, MINUTES FROM COW RIVER/TRIAL, 15 MINS TO DUNCAN. 250-7493188
RENTALS
BOWSER, 3 bdrm mobile with addition on half acre, has shop, wood heat, avail Aug 1, $1200 mo, 250-757-9286.
ACREAGE
ERRINGTON 2BDRM $750+. NS. Pets neg. Share property, covered porch. 250-954-3750.
82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available. www.bchomesforsale.com/ view/lonebutte/ann/
APARTMENT/CONDO 2 BEDROOM APATMENT FOR RENT IMMEDIATELY, LOCATED ON TREES PROPERTY $625.00 PER MONTH 250-954-9547
255 HIRST- 2 bdrms, $925. Ardent Properties. (250)7530881. www.ardent properties.com 297 HIRST- 2 bdrms, 2 bath $1200. Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com
Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private. Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell? Can’t make payments? We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!
PARKSVILLE- EXTRA lrg, bright 2 bdrm, D/W, W/D, quiet complex. Near schools, beach, dwntwn & on bus route. Now or Aug. 1st, $800 + mo. Call 250-248-8592.
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WHERE BUYERS AND SELLERS MEET
INDUSTRIAL/ RETAIL bays. Overhead doors, ample parking. Immediate. (250)248-2295
PARKSVILLERENO’D 3 bdrm apt, ocean view, heat/hot water incld, $950/mo. Avail Now. Call (250)248-3350.
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DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
ERRINGTON - 5 bdrm, 3 bath, 3000 sq ft on shared acreage. $1500/mo + utilities. Avail Aug 1st. Call 250-927-4860 HILLIERS- 2 bdrm+ bonus room, $1000. Sm pet considered. Refs Req’d. Available now. Gesse, 250-607-8886. MODERN 2-BDRM Beachfront. Furnished, 5 appls, gas F/P. NS/NP. $1000./mo + hydro. Sept. 1 - June 30, 2012. (250)752-4153, Qualicum. PARKSVILLE- 2 BDRM, small garage, f/s, d/w, small dog ok, no cat, N/S. Available Now. $1100/mo. 250-248-8338. PARKSVILLE- clean & cozy 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. 5 appls, fenced yrd. Close to school/shops. NS/NP. $1300+ utils. Refs. 1(250)616-1757. PARKSVILLE, 1 bdrm + den, rural main flr character home. FP/porch. NS, NP, single 55+, cable. $800./mo 250-248-9648 PARKSVILLE, 3/4 bdrm, 1 1/2 baths, fenced back yd. Close to schools, hot tub, office/den, 5 appli’s., heat & cooled by heat pump, N/S, $1450 p/mo. Avail Sept 1st. 250-390-2325
QUALICUM BEACH- Modern 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher, attached double garage, in town, NS/NP. Lease req’d $1300. Avail Sept 1. 604-985-1563. RECENTLY renovated 2 storey 2400 square foot home located in central Parksville on a cul-de-sac close to town. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, family room, central air conditioning, large partially covered deck, garage, and a private backyard. Fridge, oven, range top, dishwasher, and washer/dryer included. No smoking inside permitted. Available July 1st. $1700/mth.Phone 250-248-1134
OFFICE/RETAIL OFFICE COMPLEX. 162 sq.ft. Washrooms, kitchen, parking. Immediate. (250)248-2295.
RV PADS PARKSVILLE AREA. RV pad. Wooded site. $425/mo, includes utils. Available now. 250-228-4097. WHISKEY CREEK. RV Pad on spacious private lot. $350/mo + hydro. Available immed. Call 250-752-0448.
SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING EMERALD ESTATES 1 bdrm, walk in shower, hydro & housekeeping incl. Meal plan avail. $1100./mo. Call 250390-2991
STORAGE MINI STORAGE. Large 10x12 ft. units $60. Short or long term. Immed. (250)248-2295.
MORE SPACE FOR LESS Storage Containers Currently available: 8’ x 20’ $105. + taxes. Open storage for RVs, cars, boats, trailers: $40. + taxes for first 20’ $2 each additional foot.
250-248-7100.
SUITES, LOWER
PARKSVILLE: 3 bdrm well maint rancher, newly painted, quiet street, gas fireplace, 5 appls, fenced yard. $1250/mo, incls water & sewer. Avail now. Call 1-604-986-3877.
BOWSER, NEW 1bdrm suite private entr., includes heat/ hydro/cable, NS/NP, refs req’d, Avail. immed, $600./mo., call 250-757-9669 after 4pm.
PARKVILLE. 2-BDRM cottage on acreage, avail immediately. & 3-bdrm house, Englishman River area. (250)228-3177.
DASHWOOD, 2 bdrm, N/S, free cable/internet, carport. A must see! Avail immed, $750 + half utils. Call 250-752-4641.
WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Last week 21 out of 25 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any credit. Receive a $500 gift card. 1-888593-6095.
AUTO SERVICES MOBILE MECHANIC serving the North Island. Affordable Rates. Peter, 250-895-9670.
CARS
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TOP DOLLAR Paid! Want To Buy Junk Cars & Trucks for cash. 1-250-954-7843.
TRUCKS & VANS CASH BUYER of junk cars and trucks. Over the phone price quotes. 1-250-954-7843.
MARINE BOATS OCEAN GOING Sailboat. The ideal vessel to cruise local waters this winter, a warm comfortable closed wheelhouse cutter, 50 feet on deck. One owner last 40 years, vessel is well taken care of, right down to meticulous housekeeping and spares kits. Painted, varnished and clean. No rust. Beautifully fitted galley, built-in freezer and sep. fridge. Roller furling jib, staysail. main and storm sails, most about two years old and immaculate. All rigging stainless. Engine room to eat from, new Kubota 67hp diesel gives 6 knots at about 1600 revs. Wagner autopilot: the best steersman on board. Radar. Bunks for eight; luxury for two. One electric head. Two ninety-gallon stainless water tanks and a 65 gallon utility tank. Ready to sail with complete charts and GPS, fuel in tanks, and the best moorage in West Vancouver. This is one of the ferro boats worth seeing. Photos on-line through Harbour Yachts, Fisherman’s Cove, West Van. Comes with dinghies etc., new life jackets, too much to mention. Was $140, now $90. Talk to Dan about the “Talofa Lee”, 604921-7428
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ISA CERTIFIED ABORISTS • Pruning / Hedges • Waterwise Landscaping • Property Maintenance • Tree Trimming • Lawn Renovations • Irrigation Repairs • Yard Cleanups • Lawn Cutting • And More
Seniors Discounts
YES! WE WASH SIDING BY HAND Perimeter Drain Flushing
GUTTER CLEANING Yard & Garden Cleanup & Waste Removal Interior & Exterior Home Cleaning
LANDSCAPING
TREE SERVICES
GRAVEL MART • Blue & Multi Driveway Chips • Construction Aggregates • Top Soil • Bark Mulch • Lawn Sand • Compost • River Rock
Trucks for Hire • Pick-up or Delivery LICENSED DISPOSAL SITE FOR Yard, Garden & Wood Waste
FREE SCRAP METAL DROP OFF INCL. APPLIANCES
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Free Quotes: Call Jeff or Liz
250-927-1113
911 Church Rd., Parksville Tel: 250-248-3693 Cell: 250-616-3876
STORAGE
CONTRACTORS
PAINTING
RENOVATIONS
Dogleg Road Self-Storage
• ADDITIONS • SUN ROOMS • BATHROOMS • KITCHENS • COMMERCIAL • DECKS/PATIOS • WINDOWS/DOORS • CUSTOM MILLWORK FREE ESTIMATES
586-3373 / 250228-0147
250
FIRST MONTH
“FREE”
10ft x 10ft - $85.00 5ft x 10ft - $53.00 Includes HST
For Details phone
250-752-0175 www.doglegstorage.ca
Construction - Remodeling Toll Free: 1-800-841-3766
250-752-8403
L PRO L A RENOVATING & PAINTING INC.
“You name it ... we can do it.” Professional Home & Business Renovations & Improvements
Is ‘Your’ Price Right? Quality Painting & Handyman Service Glenn
•Renovations/Repairs •Painting •Tile & Flooring •Interior/Exterior •General Contracting •Window Installations
FREE ESTIMATES
Dave: 250-954-8650
250.954.8211
•Decks & Fences •Roofing •Colour Consulting •Hardiplank & Vinyl Siding
Free Estimates
287
CALL JOHN OR SANDY
W.E.
•Top •Fall •Trim •Chip •Remove
WILSON ENTERPRISES THE TREE PEOPLE
TREE SERVICE Free Estimates. Insured.
752-6154
Serving our area since 1972.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
link
buyers and sellers
Coastal BUILDING SERVICES Cell 250-951-7675 gtredenbach@shaw.ca •Driveway Sealing •Moss Kill & Removal •Painting Specials FREE •Roofs & Gutters estimates •Fences & Decks •Power Washing •References Available
310-3535
B16 • THE NEWS, Tuesday, July 26, 2011
THE BLACK GOOSE INN
www.pqbnews.com
Barbecue and Beef-a-Rama Contest
WIN $500 WORTH OF BEEF FROM PETE’S MOUNTAIN MEATS Oceanside
UK Pub Style Restaurant OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11:30am- 10pm
CLEANING CENTRE • DRY CLEANING • LAUNDROMAT • DROP OFF LAUNDRY • GARMENT REPAIRS • ALTERATIONS • EMBROIDERY • MONOGRAMMING • WEDDING GOWNS Too busy to do your own laundry? Let Oceanside do it for you! Heritage Plaza • 250-954-2251 10A-1209 Island Hwy. East
GORGEOUS GRASSED PATIO WITH OCEAN VIEWS
Home Cooked English Food 13 UK & LOCAL DRAFT BEERS
THE
BLACK GOOSE INN
Call us: 250-586-1001 Beach Acres Resort, Resort Drive, Parksville www.blackgooseinn.com
Summer 2 for 1* For June, July & August
Bring a partner and get into the best shape of your life. General Memberships starting at $40/month. * Some conditions apply.
We Are More Than A Boxing Gym.
Unit 112 - 425 Stanford Avenue, Parksville
250-248-5511
www.genesisboxingandfitness.com
Ladybugs
Designing Nails
Gel Toes are Here!
Including French Pedicures & Toenail Reconstruction
• Free Design Service • Custom Homes • Additions & Renovations • Competitive Rates • Free Estimates
- GRAND PRIZES SUPPLIED BY PETE’S MOUNTAIN MEATS 1-250-723-7383 Port Alberni
Each week we will scramble four of the business names on this feature. Simply read through all the ads carefully, unscramble the letters and identify the businesses. Clip out the appropriate ads and mail them along with your name and phone number to BEEF A RAMA contest, c/o The News #4-154 Middleton, P.O. Box 1180, Parksville BC, V9P 2H2 to arrive no later than the Friday noon following the appearance of this feature. The first correct answer drawn each week will win a portable propane barbecue (Value $50). All entries will be kept till the end of the contest for our two grand prizes from PETE’S MOUNTAIN MEATS. You may enter as often as you like. ENTER NOW! You could be a lucky winner. All staff of this newspaper and their families and anyone under the age of 19 are expressly forbidden to enter this contest. The judge’s decision is final. No cash surrender value. GOOD LUCK! Name: ___________________________________________
THIS WEEK’S SCRAMBLE!
WEEKLY PRIZE
Portable Propane
12,000 BTU’s Push button ignition Built in lid thermometer
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Grant Ingram LAST WEEK’S WINNER: _________________________________
Walk-ins Welcome
250-951-9989 • 7-162 Harrison Ave.
Quality Built Homes by Dan Chase 240-1872
Phone/Fax: 250-954-3754
email: kanoradesign@bcsupernet.com
o t c s r i a r t A Plumbing Heating & GasÀtting Call us for expert help with all your plumbing needs!
Installation Service • Renovations Call:
250-240-3872
Chuffin Cafe Daily Dinner Specials Monday Veal Cutlets $12 00 Tuesday Chicken Burger $1100 Wednesday ½ BBQ Chicken $1100 Thursday Roast Beef Dinner $13 00 Friday 1 pc Halibut $10 00 Saturday BBQ Ribs $15 00 & all the trimmings (Includes H.S.T.)
Summer Events • Weddings
250-248-3261 180 Craig St, Parksville
Thalassa
Restaurant
NEW Fully Licensed Patio
Introducing Our New
Serving Appy’s, Cocktails & Drink Specials Lounge Open late 7 Days A Week
• Ultra Sound • Laser Surgery • Laser therapy • Digital / Portable X-Ray
Join us on August 27th in our endeavor to reach $25,000 “In One Day”
Open 6 Days a week Dr. Rhett Mortenson BvSC 250-947-9DOG (364) 2450 Alberni Highway Coombs
For Details Call: 250-594-1150 469 Memorial Ave. QB
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MechaniX GLASS DONE RIGHT! GUARANTEED!
LTD.
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Residential • Repaint Specialist • Painting - Interior/Exterior • Wallpapering
gillians@shaw.ca www.gillianmortgageexpert.ca
Ph 250-248-8894 • Cell 250-927-2277
Your Home is the Biggest Investment You’re Going to Make... Get it Right! Parksville 250-248-2220 716 E. Island Hwy.
Qualicum 250-752-5312 148 Fern Rd. East
Serving Oceanside since 1980
email: elpainting@shaw.ca
• GARAGE DOORS • AUTOMATIC OPENERS • GATE OPENERS • SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS • INSTALLATIONS
Parksville/Qualicum
250-248-7927 Garage door problems? Call the professionals