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Smoking bylaw changes to come Vancouver Coastal Health and City of Powell River work toward updating existing rules DAVID BRINDLE reporter@prpeak.com

Stricter anti-smoking laws will be brought before City of Powell River council in 2018 as a result of grassroots persistence. Vancouver Coastal Health tobacco reduction coordinator for Powell River Nathan Jantz initiated the changes

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“The voice of the citizen is very powerful in that it specifically led to me to trying to implement some changes in the tobacco bylaw,” said Jantz, “and that is going to have a lasting impact on our community forever.”

In February, south-of-town resident Jo Thomas, who said she rides the Powell River Regional Transit System Route 12 Stillwater bus at least twice per week, wrote a letter to city council asking about bylaws for BC Transit’s bus loop at Town Centre Mall.

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“Because I’m an asthmatic, I start coughing right away; I do have a reaction,” said Thomas. The north end of the mall should have no smoking whatsoever, she added.

At a regular meeting in February, council directed staff to send a letter to mall management requesting the smoking area be moved. Management declined, according to councillor Rob Southcott.

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City to step up enforcement 1« SMOKING BYLAW Southcott.

The move to change Powell River’s smoking bylaw goes back to November 2016, when Jantz presented to council, encouraging it to increase the restriction on public smoking as it currently exists, according to Southcott.

“Our restrictions on where people can and can’t smoke in public are consistent with other coastal communities,” said Southcott.

The move to stronger bylaws determines what is acceptable and does not glamorize the act of smoking, according to Vancouver Coastal Health medical health officer for Powell River Paul Martiquet.

“We are seeing decreasing smoking rates in Powell River, whether it’s specifically attributable to no-smoking bylaws, I’d like to say there’s a component, but there are other factors as well,” said Martiquet.

Jantz and Southcott said the changes will be brought before council in January.

“It will be stricter than most municipalities and be in line with other leading communities,” said Jantz.

According to Jantz, recommen-

dations include increasing the distance from doorways and airintake vents of public buildings, including businesses, from six metres to nine metres and no-smoking within six metres of all parks, which encompasses playing fields, Willingdon Beach, walking trails and all public greenspaces.

“That is very common in BC in the major city centres already,” said Jantz.

Another recommendation would ban smoking on all patios, not just on those restricted to ages 19 and over, where smoking is currently allowed.

City clerk Chris Jackson and Jantz confirmed that the city had received inquiries about smoking close to the mall bus stops.

“The technicalities are that it’s not illegal for people to be smoking where they are unless it’s within six metres of the doorway,” said Jantz.

Jantz added that the current bylaw bans smoking at a bus stop if the stop is enclosed and is suggesting a change.

“I removed that terminology from the bylaw to say it would be any bus stop,” said Jantz, “so you can’t smoke within nine metres from any bus stop, whether en-

closed or not.”

At least one implication of the change is that the mall could face fines, according to Southcott.

“They would need to move their smoking area and then their security would need to patrol the location,” said Southcott, “and if there were violations and complaints then the mall would be fined by the city. That’s where it’s headed.”

The current bylaw stipulates that if it is not being enforced, the business responsible is ticketed, not the person.

The city employs two part-time bylaws officers who are responsible for all city bylaw ticketing. If changes to the smoking laws suggested by Jantz are accepted by the city, one of the recommendations could help pay for enforcement through a tobacco-retail licence fee.

“This is a common thing across Canada, but this would be a first in BC,” said Jantz. “Any tobacco retailer in Powell River would have an annual licence fee to sell tobacco and that money could go toward bylaw enforcement and youth prevention, two areas where the money typically goes in other municipalities.”

Fees range from $200 to a $1,000

HEALTHIER ZONES: Powell River Regional Transit System user Jo Thomas has been lobbying City of Powell River to restrict smoking at Town Centre Mall beyond the legal, designated smoking area. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

per year, according to Jantz.

Martiquet said he sees the fee recommendations as a positive step.

“It’s an interesting concept and I would support it if it has the role of decreasing access to tobacco,” said Martiquet.

Jackson said when he brings the bylaw forward, he will be asking council about an enforcement policy. A solution might be to col-

lapse a number of different bylaws, including nuisance, animal control, property maintenance and smoking into what Jackson called a “good neighbour bylaw.”

“Rather than doing eight different reviews over time, let’s just take a lot of these bylaws and collapse them into one if we can,” said Jackson.

“Then we’ll have one rather than eight that we need to enforce.”

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In a media release, the couple said they plan to build a larger house to accommodate visits from their six children and 14 grandchildren.

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NON CONSENT: City of Powell Powell River director of infrastructure Tor Birtig appeared before the city’s committee of the whole on December 5 to recommend council attaches a letter of endorsement to Powell River Regional District’s Solid Waste Management Plan when it is presented to the provincial ministry of environment, but the bylaw to pay for regional service has been rejected by city council. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

on additional costs of up to $83,000 for no increase in service-level provisions to city residents,” said Brewer.

“To add another cost burden for services our residents aren’t receiving is not respectful. I can’t support it.”

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ute approximately $460,000 in operating costs. Lasqueti has its own service and pays approximately $140,000.

The new bylaw would move the disposal service from the existing two-area model to one.

To add another cost burden for services our residents aren’t receiving is not respectful. I can’t support it.

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The bylaw comes with increased costs to electoral areas A, B, C and D and the city, with Lasqueti Island receiving a significant reduction, according to Jackson and Brewer.

Under the existing service model for waste disposal, electoral areas A, B, C, D and the city collectively contrib-

“They want to combine the service areas, but keep the plans separate,” said Jackson. “We don’t know what that cost is. The [Lasqueti] plan hasn’t been finished; it’s not at the stage where there’s been a lot of numbers analyzed.”

Total taxation from all of the electoral areas and the

city would be approximately $600,000, with the city’s contribution at 50 per cent.

Under the proposed bylaw, the increase in cost from the city’s 2017 tax contribution would be approximately $83,000.

“The regional district would adjust taxes, so every year the city and electoral areas A, B, C and D would increase and Lasqueti’s would drop,” said Jackson. “In the end, Lasqueti is getting a net benefit by reducing their taxes for solid waste and everybody else is going to pay.”

Another concern for council in Jackson’s recommendation is a significant increase to a tax requisition amount.

The regional district is requesting it be set at $1.2 million, double the current limit.

“One electoral area, the biggest paying one, is asking to provide more rationale or be more conservative,” said Jackson. “The regional district has to look at that

and the weighting value they want to have on these arguments.”

The vote will not be weighted, a system where decisions are based on population, which favours the city.

“To get the amendment bylaw through, that would be a two-thirds single vote,” said regional district administrative officer Al Radke.

“Weighted votes are only taken at the financial level when it involves the fiveyear term budget.”

Council’s decision sends the bylaw back to the regional district to consider seven more fiscally conservative and equitably reasonable amendments, according to Jackson.

Brewer and fellow councillor and district board member CaroleAnn Leishman both said it is unlikely to be approved.

“After this,” said Leishman, “there’s no other input from council.”

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City of Powell River council moved to approve a letter of endorsement for a new regional solid-waste management plan at its meeting on December 7, but due to financial implications to taxpayers did not consent to a bylaw that would pay for the plan.

“There are a lot of rabbit holes related to this one,” said city councillor and finance committee chair Russell Brewer, one of two municipal directors who sit on the regional board.

City clerk Chris Jackson gave his non-consent recommendation to a proposed Solid Waste Water Management Conversion and Service Establishment bylaw that was approved by council.

“It’s not straightforward,” said Jackson. “The main idea is it’s a [Powell River] Regional District bylaw to try and create a service in which they can collect revenue from the electoral areas and the city.”

The proposal includes converting a supplementary letters patent defining the regional district’s garbage disposal service to an updated and current wastemanagement service bylaw.

“It doesn’t seem like moving to a conversion bylaw would cost anything,” said Jackson. “It’s a good idea in principle.”

The bylaw is not a good idea in terms of cost to the city, according to Brewer.

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NDP releases fixed-link report Consultants complete feasibility study for connecting Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland DAVID BRINDLE reporter@prpeak.com

Reaction to the release of the provincial government’s report on the feasibility of building a fixed link between the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland has been mixed.

The report by RF Binnie and Associates, ordered in 2016 by the previous Liberal government at a cost of $250,000, was made public on December 7.

It concluded the four options, including a road link between Port Mellon and Squamish; a bridge across Howe Sound; a bridge link from Saltery Bay to Earls Cove; and a road from Powell River to Squamish were technically possible but did not forecast enough financial benefit to proceed.

“The report answers the

questions people had,” said Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons. “I don’t think the issue has been completely addressed, but it gives us better information than we’ve ever had before as to the cost-benefit analysis. It’s clear at this point that people want better ferry service.”

The only link to receive strong public support was the Howe Sound option, with 45 per cent of people who responded to a survey supporting the idea.

The report did not look into a concept promoted

by Third Crossing Society advocates, who propose a link from Vancouver Island to Alberta via the TransCanada Highway, by upgrading existing logging roads, tunnelling through Mount Casement and new road construction.

The Binnie report did not address or consider any of the benefits of a third crossing, according to Third Crossing president Gary Fribance.

“The report is pretty much as we expected it to be,” he said. “It hasn’t really advanced things very much.

They established terms of reference that really didn’t

have anything to do with the third crossing.”

Third Crossing was critical of the terms of reference used by the consultants.

When the society asked for the terms to be expanded it was refused, according to Fribance.

“We will be making a significant statement after we have reviewed the matter in some considerable detail,” said Fribance. “We have substantial knowledge of the issues. It’s not just about connecting Metro Vancouver and Powell River.”

Fribance said he is not surprised by the report because it was limited to four scenarios and contained nothing in line with a third crossing of the entire province to Vancouver Island.

“They never looked at any of the benefits we proposed,” he said.

The Howe Sound bridge option was estimated to cost approximately $2.7 billion, compared with $722 million for Langdale-Horseshoe Bay ferry improvements, including new vessels and capital costs.

Costs are just estimates, according to Powell River Regional District Area Electoral Area C direc-

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1. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Joyce Avenue, 4500 block RCMP received a report of mischief at a business that occurred sometime during the previous night. Upon arrival, police observed that an unknown person had spray painted a graffiti tag on the rear wall of the business.

2. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Algoma Avenue, 4600 block RCMP received a report of a theft from an unlocked vehicle that occurred sometime during the previous night. The 1995 Ford Explorer was parked outside a residence at the time. A Dual x DVD model 136BT stereo was stolen during the incident.

3. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Kamloops Street, 6900 block RCMP received a report of theft of fuel from two vehicles that occurred sometime during the previous night. The Ford F-150 and Dodge Dakota were parked outside residences at the time.

Gas and diesel were siphoned from both vehicles.

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tor Colin Palmer, who also serves as Third Crossing Society vice-president.

The society went before the regional district in May to request $4,000 in funding to go toward efforts to advance its plan, but was rejected until the fixed-link study was released. With the conclusions contained in the report, Palmer said he anticipates there will not be funds forthcoming from the

district.

“People in Powell River now will have to realize we’re going to be totally dependent on the ferries,” said Palmer. “The ferries are going to cost billions.”

Simons said the NDP government will focus on improving transportation infrastructure, but that will not include fixed links.

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electric dam mega-project has left the party and its caucus divided and was met with disappointment by Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons.

On December 11, premier John Horgan made the announcement that construction at the Peace River Valley site will continue.

“The premier was given two bad options and we chose the one that I wanted less for so many reasons,” said Simons. “I’ve been up to the Peace River Valley, I’ve spoken against this dam and my opinion hasn’t changed.

I’m heartbroken about it.”

The government debated continuing or halting the project midway through construction.

The decision to restart Site C after $2 billion had already been spent weighed heavily on the decision, according to the government announcement. Cancelling would have increased hydro rates and limited spending on other capital works.

take place and my expectation is that it will review everything to do with ferries,” said Simons. “We’re going to be looking at making sure the public has some say and the public interest is protected in how BC Ferries is run.”

Simons said the announcement of the ferries review could come as early as the week of December 18.

“The premier obviously believes this is better than the option of cancelling it and it’s okay to have differences of opinion,” said Simons.

Originally budgeted by the previous Liberal government at $8.9 billion, estimated cost of completion is now $10.7 billion. Site C is the most expensive public works project in provincial history and several contracts for its construction are over budget.

Environmentalists and some first nations in the Peace River Valley are opposed to the decision, with labour unions and the construction industry strongly in favour.

Two indigenous communities will be taking legal action to stop construction that will flood 5,500 hectares of land, displace farmers, affect indigenous communities and destroy wildlife habitat.

In the interest of the public, the government had no choice but to go ahead, according to Simons.

“The previous government made every effort to get this project beyond the point of no return,” said Simons. “It was explicitly stated that was the goal.”

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Management system installed in February fails to live up to expectations

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“The organization we purchased it from led us to believe that it could make this happen and it was never resolved, so we had to make a very difficult decision and terminate our agreement with the company,” said Pukesh. “That will end as of December this year.”

Councillor CaroleAnn Leishman said when she has made bookings for facilities at the recreation complex, there were always errors.

“There were booking issues where I showed up for a skating practice and there were hockey teams on the ice,” said Leishman. “This happens a lot.”

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not be implemented until August 2018.

Mayor Dave Formosa said it was a complicated situation and he felt the right decision was being made.

“They went with something that was innovative and when you deal with innovation you’re dealing with new, and new comes with risk,” said Formosa. “They tried a new product with savings to the community and at the end of the day it turned out to not be.”

Costs associated with the purchase include one-time fees of $17,184 for implementation, $26,000 for a designated staff member to lead the implementation, a

support fee of $2,600 and $7,935 for technology translation fees from August to December 2018 for a total amount of approximately $53,759.

“On a yearly basis, it’s not that bad,” said Formosa.

“We’ll get good reporting and solid financial information into our offices.”

Annual operating cost for the new software will be approximately $19,000 per year, $3,000 more than the application being replaced, but with no increase to taxpayers, according to Pukesh.

“This is all part of our operating budget,” he said. “We have some room in our budget to make this happen.”

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New management software will be purchased for Powell River Recreation Complex to replace software installed just 10 months ago.

Excitement over serverbased software introduced in February was short-lived, according to City of Powell River manager of recreation Neil Pukesh.

“Unfortunately, it was just a startup company that really wasn’t prepared to tackle what we needed to do,” said Pukesh. “It was a disaster.”

Pukesh appeared before the city’s committee of the whole on December 5 to request that the parks, recreation and culture department be given authority to purchase new cloud-based software.

The committee fasttracked the request to council and it was approved at the December 7 council meeting.

The software installed earlier this year did not meet expectations on a number of levels, primarily on the back end with financial accounting, reporting, processes and workflow, resulting in inefficiencies, according to Pukesh.

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Site C debacle Premier John Horgan’s announcement to proceed with the Site C megadam was met with an extreme range of reactions. The bottom line is the NDP had the opportunity to put the project to pasture, but instead chose to proceed with it, now estimated to cost more than $10 billion.

Within minutes of the announcement to continue building the BC Hydro dam in the Peace River Valley, the government was met with a threat of injunction to halt construction and civil action for treaty infringement by the West Moberly First Nations and Prophet River First Nation.

First nations leaders are calling Horgan’s decision to carry on with the mega-dam construction a betrayal. Many consider it another grand election platform hastily shoved aside while ecosystems are destroyed and constitutional rights of indigenous peoples, such as hunting and fishing, are violated.

The cold reality is the Site C dam will destroy indigenous lands and displace farmers while flooding more than 5,000 hectares of the Peace River Valley.

Horgan also seems to have ignored research that Cue the announcement that points to the Site C will now cost nearly $2 rapidly debillion more than originally creasing viability of hydroanticipated and is behind its electric dams. schedule completion of 2024.

Researchers have found few of these projects ever deliver the positive returns seen with other energy alternatives.

Also, Oxford University researchers found that engineers underestimate the costs and scheduling of these large-scale dams and projects often go drastically over budget.

Cue the announcement that Site C will now cost nearly $2 billion more than originally anticipated and is behind its schedule completion of 2024.

The only positive news from Horgan’s announcement to proceed with the dam, besides attempting to salvage the billions already spent, is that more than 2,000 jobs will be saved as the project ploughs forward.

But in the argument of jobs versus the environment, the environment always loses. It is so unfortunate that Horgan and his (now-former?) Green buddy Andrew Weaver did not come up with a more environmentally conscious source of jobs and energy, and find a way to absorb the billions already sunk into Site C. Was it truly past the point of no return?

Christy Clark’s Liberals dug this Site C hole that we are now in. John Horgan’s job, in the eyes of many who voted for him, was to dig us out of it, not dig us deeper.

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Fixed-link fail makes ferries only option

By John Gleeson Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons is probably correct when he says the longawaited fixed-link study will not bring definitive closure to the debate. But in reality, it should, because no government would seriously touch a fixed link to the Sunshine Coast with a proverbial 10-foot pole.

Not in this life, anyway.

Four options were studied in depth. None of them perform strongly “from a financial feasibility perspective.” Three of them, ranging in estimated cost from a minimum of $2 billion to $5 billion, are non-starters, not just because of the cost, but also because the two road-based scenarios come with negative net user benefits due to added travel time, vehicle operating costs and roadway

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collisions.

The best of the bad lot, the Anvil Island bridges scenario, would cost between $3 billion and $3.4 billion to build, operate and maintain. And that’s based on a toll rate equivalent to exist-

The best of the bad lot, the Anvil Island bridges scenario, would cost between $3 billion and $3.4 billion to build, operate and maintain. ing ferry fares. Calculated over a 25-year lifespan, subtracting such nebulous items as salvage value, the study pegs the cost at $2.7 billion.

That’s still almost four times

higher than the $722 million needed to keep the Route 3 ferry service running during that time, including new boats and all the bells and whistles. Stacked up against those costs, the study concludes, user benefits for the Anvil Island route would be “relatively small.”

So the numbers don’t work and don’t even come close to working.

The takeaway is that the Sunshine Coast is a ferrydependent community and BC Ferries is our marine highway. There’s no getting away from it. The reasonable demand that the ferry service be funded and recognized as part of the transportation system coalesced about four years ago into a powerful grassroots campaign that briefly united BC’s coastal communities »7

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CROSSWORD

The plan to wrest this urban forest out of the Agricultural Land Reserve, as recently proposed by our city council, seems like deja vu all over again [“City council considers Sino Bright School land swap,” November 29].

Perhaps our council has forgotten that many residents are strongly opposed cutting down the forest near their homes to build the Sino Bright School.

Many were so upset by this planned project in 2016 that they wrote to the Agricultural Land Commission, which was probably one of the factors when the ALC refused the city’s application.

Now our council has decided to up the ante and offer possibly twice as much cityowned land to the ALR so 30 acres adjacent to Brooks Secondary School can be developed. The obvious question here is: why?

Thirty acres for the proposed project is surely far in excess to build a school.

Thirty acres is 1,300,000 square feet, enough to build 24 regulation soccer fields.

Given the fact that most of the 30-acre site will have exceptional ocean views once the trees are cut down, I

have no doubt the land surplus to the school project will eventually end up as luxury-home building lots.

Councillor Rob Southcott has stated that “Sino Bright has demonstrated its commitment to work with Powell River and not view the region as simply a place with less expensive land.”

I would respectfully suggest that less expensive land has everything to do with Sino Bright and their local political/business supporters hanging on to this project like a dog with a bone.

If Sino Bright truly wants to work with Powell River, perhaps it can find a site that isn’t covered with trees.

The derelict former Inn at Westview building comes to mind.

Sino Bright will be exempt from paying property taxes, as is the case for all schools, if this project goes ahead, inspite of it being a for-profit private business.

Residents of Powell River will need a lot more factual information to support this project as it now stands.

Steven Grover Algerine Place

[“Police respond to graffiti increase,” November 29].

Very much like yelling profanities to the deceased at a funeral, it’s also lazy.

The graffiti creator doesn’t create their own space to express their opinion, they use someone else’s.

By the way, Mr. Schreurs, I wish to comment on your editorial [“Art versus vandalism,” November 29], specifically Luke Ramsey’s idea about “someone walks into an art-supplies shop and paints on a blank canvas with a price tag on it. Does the shop owner yell ‘vandal’ and contact the law or proclaim ‘art’ and try and sell the canvas or offer the artist an exhibition?”

No, he yells, “Thief!” The blank canvas was for sale.

If the someone pays for the canvas, they can put whatever they want on it. Now the art-supplies store has a damaged product.

If the store owner wishes to make lemonade out of this lemon by selling the stolen vandalized canvas, who could blame them?

Henry Hill Bowness Avenue

Lazy graffiti

Confusing sauna situation

Graffiti is someone expressing their opinion

It was interesting to

read about Powell River Recreation Complex and cost sharing by the regional district and city hall [“Governance options considered for complex,” December 6] I wondered why it took so long for the complex to get the sauna open.

Management explained the work that had to be done to me, as if that was supposed to explain why it was taking so long.

It doesn’t sound like the complex is even interested in making money as they must have lost hundreds of dollars a day because the sauna was not open. Is this not one way operational costs are covered?

They’ve taken the higher diving board out and their explanation is that it was 40 years old and unsafe, as if metal, steel and cement ever wear out. What are they going to replace the higher diving board with? Should there not be more public consultation on this?

Maybe next year they will want to build a whole new pool. It doesn’t sound like city hall and regional district are too concerned about keeping costs down.

Daniel Rajala Harvie Avenue

6« VIEWPOINT around a common cause. That’s why the former Liberal government tried to change the channel by commissioning fixed-link studies, first for Gabriola Island and then for the Sunshine Coast, the two hotbeds of marine highway activism. They knew the outcome going in, but they wanted to shut us up.

Now we’re being told to wait five years to have acceptable service; to

start paying the same rates for parking as other routes, even though our service is substandard; to hope and pray the New Democratic Party keeps its election promise to cut fares by 15 per cent, while BC Ferries keeps squeezing passengers for reservation fees that represent a much higher net fare increase; and to believe the federal government is sincerely looking

at subsidizing our ferries to the same degree it has for Atlantic Canada since confederation, although it doesn’t ever get around to doing it.

The fixed-link ploy ended not with a bang but a predictable whimper. But we don’t have to. Let’s not.

John Gleeson is the editor of the Coast Reporter in Sechelt.

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COMMUNITY »

BRIGHT DECORATIONS: Ron and Linda Diprose’s illuminated home in Westview is one of many in the region that bring joy to young and old Powell River area residents. SARA DONNELLY PHOTO

Holiday lights illuminate city SARA DONNELLY community@prpeak.com

As days become shorter and darker, colourful, sparkling lights around the community are a welcome sight for many.

Winter Solstice on Thursday, December 21, marks the day the sun will set a little after 4 pm in Powell River. By then, holiday lights will shine all

over town.

Already, there are many places to see lights, including local businesses, BC Transit’s red-nosed, antlered Santa bus, large trees lit up on Marine and Joyce avenues and Powell River Recreation Complex’s Winter Wonderland.

For many, touring the

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community to marvel at the decorating efforts on neighbouring homes, boats and even trucks generates the most excitement.

A Facebook group entitled Powell River Christmas Lights alerts locals to the best and brightest displays to check out, and provides a platform to share pictures and appreciation.

Another page dedicated to Ryder Spick’s Christmas truck has close to 800 followers and lets people know where the vehicle will be next, and when. In addition to bringing wonder and delight, Spick accepts non-perishable donations to Powell River Action Centre Food Bank.

Areas described as “mustsee” on the Facebook

group pages include Chilco Ave n u e i n W i l d wo o d , the area between Maple Avenue and Oak Street in Townsite and Toba Street in Grief Point.

Residences of note include Ron and Linda Diprose’s house on Manitoba Avenue and Lisa Cooke’s home on Tanner Avenue. The Diproses start hanging lights in November.

“Between my wife and I, it takes about 140 hours to set up,” said Diprose. “It takes me about a day to do the roof. I’m one of the crazy Christmas people.”

Cooke, whose home is behind Springtime Garden Centre, said it takes time and a lot of equipment, including 15 totes of lights, to make the house and

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surrounding yard shine so bright.

“It takes us probably a good three days to set up,” said Cooke.

Cooke and Diprose said seeing the happiness their light displays bring to children is their main motivation for the efforts.

“I love seeing the kids’ reactions,” said Cooke.

Diprose said he creates the display with his three-yearold grandson in mind and gets a kick out of the other youngsters who take in the sights.

“We’ve had a couple of kindergarten classes come through and the parents said, ‘Wow!’ A lot of people really appreciate it,” said Diprose. “I’ve had about a dozen people walk up our lane in the last two days thanking me.”

Cooke said large light displays she remembers as a child growing up in Powell River inspired her to create her own. “ When I was growing up there was a house on Manson Avenue and Field Street, that was the inspiration,” said Cooke. “I kind of always wanted to be that place, and over the last few years we have been.”

Cooke said her display will be lit up from December 15 onward.

A Christmas lights bus tour will run December 17 and 18, meeting at 6:30 pm at the main entrance of the recreation complex. Tickets are $5 per person or $16 per family and can be reserved by calling the complex at 604.485.2891.

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Kings donate time SARA DONNELLY community@prpeak.com

POWELL RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT POWELL RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT The Powell River Regional District will meet to consider the proposed 2018 budgets and 2018-2022 Financial Plan at the Committee of the Whole, Regional Hospital District Committee of the Whole and Planning Committee meetings between December 2017 and March 2018. Meeting dates and times can be viewed on the Regional District website at powellriverrd.bc.ca.

GIVING BACK: Powell River Kings Josh Coblenz [left] and Matteo Paler-Chow recently volunteered for the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign at Save-On-Foods.

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all the community relations stuff, those guys are busy,” said Porchetta.

Standing commitments include helping at the Youth Resource Centre on Wednesdays, with a Thursday reading program and at the soup kitchen at Church of the Assumption every Friday.

During the holiday season the team loads hampers for Powell River and District Christmas Cheer Committee, participates in the Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign and hosts skating events.

“The skates are always nice,” said team captain Gavin Rauser. “We just did one with exchange students and it was kind of awkward at first because you don’t really speak the same language, but once you break a few barriers it’s great to get to know people.”

An event that is particularly rewarding for the team, according to Rauser, is skating and carol singing with

seniors from Willingdon Creek Village.

“They have their wheelchairs and we kind of push them around in the Winter Wonderland,” said Rauser.

“The guys always enjoy that.”

Lewis said the tradition of the Kings in the community is a win-win as it benefits not only the town but also the players.

“These are teenagers, for the most part, and they’re learning valuable skills about getting out and helping, and also people skills,” said Lewis.

It is a feeling not lost on the players, according to Rauser.

“As a player it’s nice to give back because everywhere you look someone wants to support the Kings,” said Rauser. “It’s just nice to get those smiles and be recognized out in the community.”

For more information about Kings volunteering in the community, contact Porchetta at kingsmarketing@shaw.ca.

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Community involvement goes well beyond playing home games at Hap Parker Arena for the Powell River Kings. The Junior A hockey club is just as busy off ice in Powell River with volunteer commitments.

Head coach and general manager Kent Lewis said he believes giving back is as vital a component in a player’s skill set as any other, and good citizenship is something he works to instil in the team.

“It’s part of being a King,” said Lewis. “We tell kids in the recruiting process that we’re very involved in the community and that our guys are highly respected for it.”

Kings marketing and community relations manager Nadine Porchetta said because the majority of players are from out of town, volunteer activities help them to integrate.

“We’re a small community and it’s really important for them to support the town that’s supporting them,” said Porchetta.

Lewis and Porchetta said the players are eager to help out and engage locally.

“They’re a great bunch of guys,” said Porchetta. “Every year we have a new crew and they’re told right away what the expectations are for community involvement and all of them are always on board.”

This makes for a packed schedule for players who are still in high school or taking university courses.

“Between their schedule for hockey, workouts, office training, school and then

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Builders seek permits to increase multifamily housing availability DAVID BRINDLE reporter@prpeak.com

Plans for two new multifamily condominium developments will add 39 new units to City of Powell River’s strained real estate market if approved by city council at its regular meeting on December 21, according to developer Tod English.

“There’s a need for condo living in every community and we really haven’t had a condo here since the late ‘90s, and nothing of size,” said English, who has proposed an expansion of Pacific Point Condominiums on the corner of Joyce Avenue and Tofino Street.

A second condo developer, Abalone Development, is also before council seeking support for issuance of a development permit at Fernwood Avenue and Duncan Street.

City senior planner Jason Gow said he expects other housing developers to come forward in 2018.

“There’s definitely another 40 to 50 units being proposed,” said Gow. When the housing market is hot, as it has been in Powell River for the last few years, realtors become excited whenever new inventory is added.

“Multi-unit development is encouraging because it brings many units right onto the market,” said Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board president Neil Frost. “We need all forms of housing, from single family, to larger apartments to rentals. I’m encouraged by any development, but I do like the multi-unit aspect of these ones.”

Powell River’s increase in housing sales has allowed that market to open up, said Gow. “We’re encouraging it,” said Gow. “It’s a diversity of housing stock, which is important to us.”

English said the bottom line is the development community having confidence in the community’s growth. He said the Pacific Point project will not start until half of the units are sold. Units are also available for rent.

“If you don’t have a community outlook of economic prosperity,” said English, “it’s very difficult for a builder.”

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Townsite book project continues with new volume Author Karen Southern pens second instalment in heritage series SARA DONNELLY community@prpeak.com

When author Karen Southern started to research the history of heritage homes in Powell River’s Townsite neighbourhood in the early 1990s, it was a natural complement to her work at Powell River Historical Museum and Archives, and something she said was of great personal interest.

“I was working in the museum at the time and found I really enjoyed helping people find their roots,” said Southern. “It was fun to help them find their grandma’s house.”

After securing funding from Heritage BC in November 2001, Southern began a book project.

She was joined by editor Ann Nelson, who also helps with marketing and securing funding for the project, in 2002. Published by Townsite Heritage Society, House Histories and Heritage, Volume I - The Vanishing Buildings was released in 2013.

Now available to the public, House Histories and Heritage, Volume II - The Old Town is the second in a planned series that will include four volumes.

What began as a fairly large undertaking nearly doubled in size as the work progressed, according to Nelson.

“In the beginning, Karen believed the project would be about 900 pages altogether, three volumes, nice and tidy, a piece of cake,” said Nelson. “Here we are 15 years later and we’re going to be close to 1,500 pages when we’re done.”

The team working on the book project includes Robert Dufour, who managed layout and photos, and Doug Mobley, who worked on sourcing and scanning the photos, as well as attributions and indexing, a task Southern said amounted to close to 100 hours of work.

Aside from the meticulous research involved in the project, changes in technology since it started led to challenges. Dufour and Mobley converted all the files from WordPerfect to InDesign, which they said took hours and required some creative problem solving.

“It has not been a painless process,” said Dufour.

However, Dufour is quick to point out that being involved in the project has also been very rewarding.

“It’s a very complex design project, but it’s one of my favourite things to do,” he said.

Mobley said as someone who was not born and raised in Powell River, the project been enlightening.

“As an import, I’ve learned a lot

about the town,” said Mobley.

Among the interesting details uncovered by the research is the number of different residents some of the houses had over the years.

“At least 90 to 100 households changed hands every year,” said Southern.

One house on Cedar Street has had close to 80 families call it home since being built. Cedar Street was also something of a mini United Nations, with nine different nationalities living on it at the same time during its early days, said Southern.

Much of Southern’s research came from censuses, phone and city directories of the time, but a personal account from an original inhabitant of Henderson House, built for Powell River’s first doctor, gave a voice to the research.

“Doctor Henderson’s greatgrandson contacted me and asked if I wanted his grandmother’s diary,” said Southern. “That was very interesting and it settled a couple of questions we had.”

Southern said she hopes her work will be of interest to many.

“People tend to go back to their roots and want to see the house their grandfather lived in or mother was born in,” said Southern. “I think it will stimulate that once it becomes known you can find this out.”

Southern credits the people who are currently restoring the old houses and breathing life back into

TEAM EFFORT: The editorial team for the second volume of Townsite Heritage Series: House Histories and Heritage, Volume II - The Old Town, including [top left] Doug Mobley, Robert Dufour, [bottom left] Ann Nelson and author Karen Southern, recently gathered at Henderson House. LINDA NAILER PHOTO

the area.

“The Craftsman-style buildings were absolutely beautiful; you could have lifted any one of those out of Manager’s Row and put it into Shaughnessy [Vancouver] and it would just fit perfectly,” said Southern. “We’ve been so lucky to have people come and restore these old houses and put so much effort into it.”

Copies of House Histories and Heritage, Volume II - The Old Town are available at Henderson House, Patricia Theatre, Paperworks Gift Gallery, Powell River Historical Museum and Archives and Powell River Visitor’s Centre.

A book launch takes place from 1-3 pm on Saturday, December 16, at Henderson House, 6211 Walnut Street.

Musician rekindles inspiration off grid SARA DONNELLY community@prpeak.com

Canadian musician Tom Holliston has been associated with several punk rock bands over the years, including Nomeansno, The Hanson Brothers and Show Business Giants. Now based in Lund, Holliston has released four solo records since 2002. Holliston and Toronto-based musician Selena Martin play at Red Lion Pub on Sunday, December 17.

TAKE A PEAK: Tom Holliston

Are you originally from Powell River?

I’m from Victoria and I’ve lived up in Lund for about four years. Prior to that I was in Vancouver for many

years. I wanted to get out of Vancouver, which I don’t miss at all. I came to a point in my life where I just wanted to not live in a big city anymore. It wasn’t my town anymore.

When did you first get into music?

I started playing live in 1985, gradually kept working at it and began to have some success, and then did quite a bit of touring for 20-odd years. Some projects ended in about 2013, so I decided I wanted to take a break from touring because it was just too much. I decided to put the guitar down for a while in October or November 2016; I just wanted to try other things and that benefited

me greatly. I lived off music for more than 20 years and it’s a full-time job. Not everybody thinks of it that way because they just think about the show or the record, but there’s a lot more that goes into it, and when you learn how to do something particularly well, sometimes it can be at the expense of other things. So even though it was kind of stressful, I’m glad I gave myself the challenge to learn how to do some other things as best I can with varying degrees of success.

Who or what inspires you now?

I don’t really look to music to find inspiration. I don’t listen to a lot of pop music; I mostly listen to classi-

cal, which I guess I’ve been doing for the last 15 or 20 years. What inspires me is seeing someone passionate about doing something.

Seeing somebody, anybody, able to do anything well is exciting.

What’s going on for 2018?

I’ve recently started playing again and feeling inspired. The thing that really got me going again is my friend Selina Martin, with whom I’m playing. We’ll be playing in Powell River and Lund in December and doing a European tour together in March.

For more information, go to facebook.com/ tomholliston.

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SPORTS »

Kings drop two straight road games KINGS BOX SCORES 18(W)-9(L)-2(T)-2(OTL)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 VS NANAIMO CLIPPERS SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 2 1 1 4 1/4 Nanaimo Clippers 0 1 0 1 0/7 1st: 10:27 Jonny Evans (7) ASST: Gavin Rauser (18), Ben Berard (17) (PP) 10:45 Ben Berard (16) ASST: Hunter Findlater (3), Josh Coblenz (12) 2nd: 5:52 Andy Stevens (4) ASST: Jonny Evans (20), Kyle Kawamura (12) 3rd: 18:15 Ben Berard (17) ASST: None (EN) SHOTS Powell River Kings Nanaimo Clippers

1 2 3 TOTAL 11 7 5 23 5 15 13 33

GOALTENDER TOI SV/SH ON OFF Matteo Paler-Chow (W) 60:00 32/33 1st/0:00 3rd/20:00

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 VS COWICHAN VALLEY CAPITALS SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 1 0 1 2 1/5 Cowichan Valley Capitals 1 2 1 4 0/3 1st: 16:36 Kevin Obssuth (14) ASST: Andy Stevens (14) 3rd: 8:41 Ethan Kimball (9) ASST: Kevin Obssuth (12), Carmine Buono (17) (PP) SHOTS 1 2 3 TOTAL Powell River Kings 14 11 9 34 Cowichan Valley Capitals 13 13 8 34 GOALTENDER Matteo Paler-Chow (L) Matteo Paler-Chow (L)

TOI SV/SH ON OFF 58:18 30/33 1st/0:00 3rd/18:18 01:13 0/0 3rd/18:47 3rd/20:00

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 VS VICTORIA GRIZZLIES SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 2 2 0 4 0/2 Victoria Grizzlies 3 4 0 7 0/4 1st: 8:35 Josh Coblenz (5) ASST: Callum Volpe (7), Ben Berard (18) 9:29 Kyle Kawamura (9) ASST: Nathan Kelly (7) (SH) 2nd: 8:07 Gavin Rauser (9) ASST: Callum Volpe (8), Ben Berard (19) 15:54 Kevin Obssuth (15) ASST: Neal Samanski (4), Mitchell Williams (4) SHOTS Powell River Kings Surrey Eagles GOALTENDER Matteo Paler-Chow Derek Krall (L)

1 2 3 TOTAL 9 11 12 32 8 9 8 25 TOI SV/SH ON OFF 08:49 3/5 1st/0:00 1st/8:49 51:11 32/37 1st/8:49 3rd/20:00

Hockey club loses to Cowichan and Victoria after win in Nanaimo DAVID BRINDLE reporter@prpeak.com

Powell River Kings lost back-to-back BC Hockey League games for only the fourth time this season during a recent road trip.

After posting a 4-1 win over Nanaimo Clippers on December 8, Kings dropped a 4-2 decision to Cowichan Valley Capitals on December 9 and fell 7-4 to Victoria Grizzlies on December 10.

Kings had not lost two games in a row in over a month.

“We were missing pieces, but what we were missing on the weekend were some brains and some compete,” said Kings head coach Kent Lewis.

Forward Carter Turnbull, one of the team’s leading scorers, and veteran goaltender Mitch Adamyk were missing from the lineup.

Both players are on Team Canada West’s roster at the World Junior A Challenge.

Lewis said Turnbull and Adamyk’s absences are not the only holes in the roster.

“We’re missing other guys, too,” said Lewis. “Ben Thomas has only played a period, but he’s going to be a

very good player for us, Nick Abbott has been out a long time and Jack Long brings us something we need more of in the locker room and on the ice. We miss that spunk.”

The game in Cowichan matched the first-place Kings against the lastplace Capitals in the Island Division. Capitals had only won four games before beating the Kings.

“It was a real hungry Cowichan team and our guys didn’t match the hunger,” said Lewis.

Kings forward Ben Berard overtook Turnbull as the Kings leading scorer and continues to be a dominant presence on the ice. Berard picked up five points over the weekend with two goals, both against the Capitals, and three assists. His season total of 17 goals and 19 assists for 36 points places him in ninth spot in league scoring. Berard is averaging 1.16 points a game.

Kevin Obssuth scored twice while Jonny Evans, Andy Stevens, Ethan Kimball, Gavin Rauser, Josh Coblenz and Kyle Kawamura also added goals for the Kings.

With Adamyk unavailable, Matteo Paler-Chow carried the workload between the pipes for Powell River.

He turned away 32 shots against Nanaimo and was named the game’s first star.

Paler-Chow earned thirdstar recognition against Cowichan.

Kings remain in first place

SPORTS BRIEFS Villa wins away match Powell River Villa soccer club picked up three points in Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 3A action with a 1-0 win at Victoria West Beavers on December 9. The team finished the first half of the season in third place with 10 wins, two losses and a tie.

Midfielder Julius Ulrich scored the game-winning goal, his last for Villa before returning home to Germany.

Goaltender Mathew Liknes recorded his third shutout of the season.

Villa took a strong lineup of 13 players to Victoria and played a dominate game, but were unable to finish on a

number of chances, including a penalty kick in the final 30 minutes.

Three Villa players are among the division’s top-10 scorers at the midseason point: Jake Kenmuir is second with 11 points, Ulrich has seven and Kye Taylor has four.

Villa returns to action with a home game against Prospect Lake on January 14 at Timberlane Park.

Regals lose twice Powell River Regals lost two home games against Kelowna Sparta in West Coast Senior Hockey League play December 9 and 10.

Regals trailed 1-0 after two periods on Saturday before its roster of young, local players was overcome by Sparta and dropped a 6-1 decision.

The home team was outshot 45-22 the following afternoon and shut out 10-0.

The team’s record is now one win and three losses; its 2018 schedule has not been announced.

Meanwhile, members of the Regals’ 1997 Allan Cup national championship team were in attendance as the club was recognized at City of Powell River council’s meeting on December 7. Regals were inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame earlier this year.

BRIGHT SPOT: Powell River Kings forward Kevin Obssuth picked up three points with two goals and one assist during the team’s recent three-game road trip against BC Hockey League Island Division rivals. ALICIA BAAS PHOTO

in Island Division standings with 40 points from 18 wins, nine losses, two overtime losses and two ties. The team is three points ahead of the Clippers.

“We need heads screwed on here and to not squander more points,” said Lewis.

Kings finish 2017 with a tough schedule over the final six games. The team hits the road again for another three-game series from

December 15 to 17.

“This weekend we’ll be putting some good young players on the ice who haven’t seen action yet,” said Lewis.

“I believe that will help us.”

Kings return to Hap Parker Arena for the last home game of the year against Nanaimo at 5 pm on Friday, December 29, prior to closing out the month with a pair of games in Port Alberni on December 30 and 31.

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1105 Obituaries

Florence Roseanne Mikkelson July 29, 1930 - December 8, 2017

Florence passed away quietly at Willingdon Creek Village on December 8. She leaves behind to mourn her husband of 62 years Walter, her daughters Karen (Scott) from Edmonton and Susan from Kitchener, and her son Paul from Port Hardy.

Special thanks to the wonderful staff at Willingdon Creek.

No service by request.

Ed Hatch

September 24, 1951 - December 5, 2017 After a long courageous battle, and with the full moon shining, hand in hand we said goodbye to our loving partner, Dad and Papa. Ed Hatch passed peacefully on December 5, 2017.

Ed was predeceased by his dad and mom, Bob and Bernice Hatch. Ed is survived by his loving partner Marnie, daughters Krystal (Chris), Shelby, Sarah (Steve) and Rebecca (Giancarlo), and his cherished grandchildren Madison, Chase, Taylor, Nathan, Markus and Sydney. Ed is also survived by his siblings Dan (Sherry), Shelley (Jason) and many nieces and nephews.

Ed had a great love of life and family, and a passion for the outdoors: boating, hunting, biking and hiking. He could often be found exploring in the bush with his cherished puppy Cooper.

A celebration of life will be held at 1 pm on Friday, December 15, at Dwight Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Please search for the Ed Hatch tribute page or enquire with family.

1100 In Memoriam

Terri Lynn Miller (Hogan) August 9, 1957 December 15, 2003

I thought of you with love today But that is nothing new I thought about you yesterday And the day before that too Your memory is a keepsake, with which I’ll never part Because I hold you in my heart.

In loving memory, Brian and Derek Miller

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Christ Centered Christmas Celebration Friday, December 15 4 pm-8 pm PR Reformed Church 4372 Padgett road Come see our 4-C family event Food, crafts, music, videos live nativity Admission by cash donation or food for hamper. for more information call Heather Farrell-Sketchley 604.485.5878

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Wednesday, January 3 7 pm Poplar Room • Powell River Recreation Complex

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Request for Proposals: Willingdon Beach Campsite Caretaker Services Ideally, the City of Powell River (City) is requesting proposals from qualified couples but will also accept proposals from individuals interested in providing caretaker services throughout the year (the “Proponents”) for the City-Owned Willingdon Beach Campground in the City of Powell River. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued by the City of Powell River Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture Services, 5001 Joyce Street, Powell River, BC, V8A 5R2, Canada.

When and Where Proposals have to be Submitted Proposals will be accepted up to December 20, 2017, at 3 pm PST to: Department of Parks Recreation and Culture Service Counter (Powell River Recreation Complex), 5001 Joyce Street, Powell River, BC, V8A 5R2, Canada.

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YRC Youth Leaders Powell River Child Youth and Family Services Youth Leaders create and participate in programming for youth ages nine to 12 focused on friendship, inclusiveness and community building at the PRCYFSS Youth Resource Centre (YRC).

Youth Leaders will also create and participate in the distribution of promotional material for YRC activities.

Qualifications: YRC Youth Leaders are students in Grade 12 or university/ college (grade 11 student with excellent qualifications may be accepted) who can work in a team environment engaging with youth ages 9 to 12. Youth Leaders must take and follow direction, lead other youth, listen and learn, be punctual, be responsible toward commitments, be creative, solve problems, be compassionate, empathetic and inclusive, be able to engage and involve youth who may have barriers and be able to use a computer, including relevant software.

Ability to create posters/flyers and to record/edit video will be viewed favorably.

Terms: Approximately five to seven hours per week. The positions will finish at the end of the school year. Work hours are after school on weekdays, including Wednesday evening. Wage is $16/hour.

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1215 General Employment

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6040 Lots & Acreages for Sale ACREAGE FOR sale. Three minutes from city centre on Allen Avenue, fruit trees, $299,000. 604.483.1632.

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2145 Wanted RIDE-ON lawn mowers, running or not, cash for some.

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3560 Pets LOST/FOUND a pet? Adopta-pet? Pet behaviour problems? Abuse or neglect concerns? spca.bc.ca/pow-ellriver 604.485.9252.

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604.483.8200 6965 Suites for Rent MODERN 2-BDRM apartment, fully furnished, with utilities, near the airport, N/S, N/P, $1350. 604.414.0414.

9115 Auto Miscellaneous 2004 OLDSMOBILE Alero 147,000 kms. 4 winter tires, new plugs and wires, cracked front bumper, real deal at $1,470 OBO. 604.223.3478 FOUR SNOW tires and rims, 17” 225/45 R17, Nittosn2 91T, they fit a VW Jetta, and have 80 per cent tread life, $500, OBO. 604.485.7292.

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604.485.7927 9145 Cars 1995 CAMARO, V6, 5-speed, $4,000 OBO, lots of new parts. Call Mike, 604.223.0914.

9155 Sport Utilities/4x4s 1988 SUZUKI Samurai 4X4, soft-top, manual transmission, rebuilt engine, Weber carburetor, in running condition, $3,900 OBO. 250.203.0401.

9160 Trucks & Vans 1991 FORD Aerostar van, lots of new parts, new tires, brake pads and discs, new wiring harness and new four-prong spark plugs, runs well, for parts, $700. In Powell River, 250.702.3740.

CONTINUOUS GUTTER truck and inventory, turnkey operation with tools and people, $10,000. 604.414.8595.

F250 4X4 supercab, 218,000 kms, $4,500. 604.485.1277.

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16’ HOURSTON Glasscraft, comes with Roadrunner trailer, 50-horsepower Johnson outboard, great shape, comes with fishing gear, $3,200, 604.483.4587.

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E V I N R U D E 15 - H O R S E POWER, boat motor, older model in running great condition, only ran in fresh water, $550. 604.486.0083.

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604-483-3184 MUST SELL, 28’ fiberglass cruiser, suitable for live aboard, trailer included, four-cylinder diesel engine, $12,000 OBO. 604.414.4483.

WESTSAIL 32, new Beta diesel engine, dodger, GPS, VHF, 12-volt fridge, hot water, diesel stove, moorage paid until 2019, $24,000 OBO. 604.485.2935.

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This Friday, December 15, It’s going to be a PARTY! 95.7 Coast FM - Gitta, Bobby and Kim will be broadcasting live from 2pm-6pm, while Gitta May, Doug Rugg and friends PLUS Denis from Denis & The Menaces will once again be entertaining us with their amazing musical talents! Tasty treats, coffee & hot chocolate compliments of Safeway.

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Let’s Stuff the Trailer Powell River!

You can drop your donation off anytime between now and Friday, at Safeway.

Last year's total was $36,000 and our goal is to beat it.

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