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Transportation and infrastructure minister addresses local ferries Powell River-Sunshine Coast candidates use opportunity to raise concerns with Todd Stone CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Coastal ferry service has not been a part of the upcoming provincial election debate so far, but that did not stop Powell

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Stone spoke to attendees of a Powell River Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on Wednesday, March 29, at Town Centre Hotel. He reiterated highlights from the BC Liberals’ recent balanced budget, its fifth consecutive, according to the minister.

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He told the crowd of approximately 80 members of Powell River’s business community the government would continue to be prudent fiscal managers of the provincial economy.

After Stone concluded his general remarks, chamber president and emcee Jack Barr gave the audience an opportunity to ask questions.

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Ferries and fixed link lead dialogue 1« TODD STONE turn to the British Columbia government and be run as a marine highway?” asked Darwin.

Stone responded that he has advocated strongly to the federal government to increase its current subsidy for BC Ferries.

“We’re very grateful for the funding they have come forward with, but there has been no hint of that level of financial support coming from the federal government,” said Stone.

According to BC Ferries’ annual financial report from 2016, the corporation holds approximately $1.5 billion in debt.

“If there was a commitment of that level, obviously that would be something we’d be very interested in talking to them about,” said Stone.

Stone indicated that the ferry corporation’s debt presents a challenge to bringing the ferry system back into the ministry of

transportation.

“The debt implications for the province’s bottom line and the impact it would have on our borrowing costs would be significant,” said Stone, “so that is a pretty significant inhibitor for making that move.”

Speaking about the difference in financial support the federal government provides for Atlantic coast ferries compared to BC Ferries, Stone said the province has made some inroads and is expecting a $100-million commitment from Ottawa through its Building Canada Fund for ferry infrastructure development on the Pacific coast.

BC Cascadia Party candidate Reuben Richards, the most recent addition to the local election race, raised the issue of whether the minister supported the idea of resident cards for ferry travel, as BC Ferries did in the 1970s.

“How do you feel about bringing back resident cards

for local ferry users?” asked Richards.

Stone said he thought the idea seemed like a good one, but told Richards the provincial government does not have the ability to determine how BC Ferries operates.

“BC Ferries administrators will walk their ferryadvisory committees and

the Comox ferry was raised and Stone said he recognizes that keeping the ferry here overnight would be more significant to Powell River than Comox.

New Democratic Party candidate Nicholas Simons asked the minister about his remarks and said that in the past, when he asked Stone

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the ministry of transportation through all kinds of analysis as to why they are not prepared to reintroduce that kind of program,” responded Stone. “We often agree to disagree, but it’s a decision for BC Ferries to make.”

The issue of home-porting

about the issue, the minister said it was not possible.

“I’m pleased that it’s something on your radar now, I’m just wondering what has changed since you told me it was not being considered?” asked Simons.

Stone responded by saying nothing had changed

and even BC Ferries’ management had looked at the option of home-porting the ferry in Powell River.

“The challenge that they identify is the crew and costs related to where the crew wants to live and moving that crew back and forth is the cost-inhibiter,” said Stone. “All I’m saying here today, which I think I’ve been consistent with in the times you’ve asked me, is we will continue to press BC Ferries on this, as you and everyone in this room will, on how important home-porting the vessel in Powell River would be.”

BC Liberals’ candidate Mathew Wilson asked if the minister supported the idea of constructing a highway bypass to lessen traffic in some of the lower Sunshine Coast’s communities.

“I know it seems to be more of a southern Sunshine Coast issue,” said Wilson, “but the fixed link is a real opportunity in terms of Powell River’s connectivity

to the Lower Mainland that hopefully you’re supportive of.”

In regard to a fixed-link for the Sunshine Coast, emcee Barr asked about the status of the province’s study that was expected to be released in late 2016.

The ministry does not have an exact date of when it will be released but it will happened soon, said Stone.

“What I’ve wanted is to really begin a discussion,” said Stone. “There is a tremendous, untapped economic potential up and down the entire Sunshine Coast that a fixed link could go a long way to potentially unleash.”

Stone added that before the fixed link went in, much work would need to be done on existing road networks in order to connect with it.

After the breakfast meeting, Stone toured Catalyst Paper Corporation’s Powell River operations; it was the first time he had been inside the mill.

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Transportation minister announces local funding Airport, bike paths, trades education and tourism marketing receive boost CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

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Travellers waiting to sail on the Salish Orca, BC Ferries’ new, LNGpowered vessel to service Powell River and Comox, will have to wait a little longer, according to a company spokesperson.

BC Ferries public affairs executive director Deborah Marshall said that instead of the beginning of April, the corporation now expects the vessel to go into service in late April.

The company had planned to hold open houses for the new ferry, but have cancelled them because they would have added to the wait, said Marshall.

BC Ferries had to pull Queen of Burnaby out of service again for unplanned repairs in early February.

The corporation recently decided to forego the open houses so they could get the new ship into service as soon as operationally possible, said Marshall.

“We’re trying to condense the implementation schedule to get the Salish Orca into service as soon as we can,” said Marshall.

City votes on inn Ordering the demolition of the deteriorating former Inn at Westview building is going to a vote this week.

City of Powell River clerk Chris Jackson presented a motion to council last month to order the teardown of the building. If council votes to support the demolition order at its meeting on Thursday, April 6, building owner Seaboard Hotels will have 15 days to apply for a city demolition permit and then 30 days from the day the permit is granted to tear the building down.

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BC minister of transportation and infrastructure Todd Stone made close to $1.5 million in provincial funding announcements at a Powell River Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday, March 29, for a variety of programs and projects on the upper Sunshine Coast.

Stone provided some highlights from the recently announced provincial budget and addressed some community concerns around the region’s roads and ferries.

“With all of that, I do also have a few announcements that I’m proud to be in person to make,” Stone told the more than 80 people attending the meeting.

Stone announced $1.03 million for the Powell River Airport runway extension project from the province’s BC Air Access Program and said that although airports are the PROVINCIAL GRANTS: BC minister of transportation and infrastructure Todd Stone spoke at a Powell River Chamber federal government’s jurisdiction, of Commerce meeting on Wednesday, March 29. Stone announced funding for the upper Sunshine Coast and provided the province recognizes the impor- highlights from the recent provincial budget. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO “It’s great news,” said Brewer. ties on the Sunshine Coast. tant role the infrastructure plays for dedicated lanes will be built along communities.

“Lots of things are coming toTimberlane and Hemlock Street “This is a project we wouldn’t have In addition to the airport, Stone to tie the city’s bike lanes from otherwise been able to do without gether,” said Brewer. “It’s almost as if there’s a provincial election comborrowing.” also announced additional funds Westview to Townsite.

The city applied for the airport ing up.” for cycling lanes. Powell River will City of Powell River councillor Stone’s final announcement, on receive close to $184,000 this year Russell Brewer, who is also presi- grant last November. The project for bike lanes along Manson Avenue dent of the Powell River Cycling will extend the runway by 300 feet behalf of education minister Mike and, when complete, Bernier, was $103,123 over three between Cranberry and will allow larger and years for School District 47, in orWestview from BikeBC. It heavier aircraft to land. der to buy trades education equipis the fourth year in a row Lots of things are coming According to a report ment, including vertical panel saws, the city has had its grant from City of Powell convection ovens and a welding application approved, together. It’s almost as River director of infra- simulator. which has helped the city if there’s a provincial structure Tor Birtig, Powell River Board of Education to continue developing its election coming up. the added runway chair Doug Skinner said the board municipal cycling plan. length could add more appreciates the ministry’s supThe next phase of cyRUSSELL BREWER cling development, about than 1,300 available port and recognition of its focus CITY OF POWELL RIVER COUNCILLOR 7.6 kilometres of shared seats on flights travel- on developing more trades-related ling in and out of the education, something that over the and dedicated bike lanes, will be constructed on both sides Association, said after the meeting airport. past few years has been a model Stone also announced $175,000 for other school districts in the of Manson Avenue between Joyce that he was pleased with the funding Avenue and Drake Street. Shared announcements. The airport run- from Destination BC, on behalf of province. lanes will be created on Drake way extension, in particular, would BC jobs, tourism and skills training “We’re just thrilled,” said Skinner, Street to Timberlane Avenue, and have cost city taxpayers close to $1.4 minister Shirley Bond, for additional “that the province has come forward marketing funds to promote activi- with this kind of money for trades.” then a combination of shared and million.

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Motor vehicle crash south of town results in fatality Accident near McLean Road Friday afternoon claims life of 58-year-old woman JASON SCHREURS publisher@prpeak.com

A motor vehicle accident late afternoon on Friday, March 31, has resulted in one fatality, according to Powell River RCMP. The two-vehicle collision, which took place at Highway 101 and McLean Road, involved a grey jeep and a flatbed tow truck owned by Chesney Towing.

The jeep’s passenger, 58-year-old Powell River area resident Rosemary Angela Bryant, was rushed to Powell River General Hospital and transported by air ambulance to Vancouver General Hospital where she was later pronounced deceased.

The driver of the jeep, a 53-year-old male, sustained injuries in the crash and was released from local hospital Friday evening. The tow truck driver, a 57-year-old male, did not go to hospital.

According to RCMP sergeant Kevin Day, the jeep turned left off of the highway in front of the oncoming truck and was struck on the passenger side.

“Based on eyewitness accounts, the flatbed was unable to stop in time,” said Day. “According to the driver, he was driving northbound on the highway, the jeep turned in front of him, and he was unable to stop.”

Lund area resident Jessica Jennings said she and her fiancée were driving directly behind the jeep when they saw it turn in front of the truck.

“We thought the jeep was going to stop for the truck, but it didn’t,” said Jennings.

“The tow truck driver just had no time to stop.”

Jennings said they rushed over to the jeep and found the driver conscious and the

HIGHWAY TRAGEDY: A two-vehicle collision on Highway 101 on the afternoon of Friday, March 31, resulted in the death of a Powell River area woman. JESSICA JENNINGS PHOTO

passenger unconscious. The jeep had spun 360 degrees, hit a telephone pole and was pinned against it by the following tow truck, she said.

“It was a horrific crash,” said Jennings. “I’ll never get that sound of the metal and

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brakes out of my head, and just the image of the jeep doing a 360 and hitting the ditch.”

BC Ambulance Service paramedics were on the scene approximately 10 minutes after the crash, ac-

cording to nearby business owner Rachel Snyder.

“The response time was exceptional for being where we are located south of town,” said Snyder. “You see the best of your community when something horrible

like this happens.”

RCMP collision analysts from Vancouver Island have attended the scene since the crash and local police continue to investigate. Day said police have ruled out alcohol as a factor in the crash.

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Anyone with information about these or any other incidents is asked to contact the Powell River RCMP at 604.485.6255, or to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477) or go to bccrimestoppers.com.

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Alberni Street, 7100 block Police received a report of theft at Shoppers Drug Mart. Two males with brown hair, one in his 40s and the other in his 20s, came into the store, produced $100 bills at the cash register and asked to exchange them for smaller bills. While the employee provided the smaller bills, the suspects asked for the larger bill back and the bills were exchanged back and forth several times in an attempt to confuse the employee. In what, according to police, is becoming a common scam, the males were able to steal $140. Police have obtained video surveillance and are requesting the assistance of the public to identify the individuals.

2. THURSDAY, MARCH 30

Duncan Steet, 7500 block Just before midnight, Powell River RCMP received a report of someone looking into parked vehicles at Powell River Airport. Police responded, located the suspect and placed him under arrest for breaking into a pickup truck. The truck’s passenger door handle, and a handle on another truck, were damaged by the suspect. Investigators were also able to determine the 52-year-old male, a Powell River resident known to police, had stolen money from one of the vehicles. Police believe he may be responsible for several other recent thefts from vehicles. Police are recommending mischief and theft charges.

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Breach of probation Robert Corey Irwin (born 1978) was handed a $200 fine and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of breach of probation. Irwin was handed a $50 fine and a $15 victim surcharge for one count of breach of undertaking. He was also handed a suspended sentence with a one-year probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of assault.

Theft $5,000 or under Gregory George Maitland King (born 1989) was handed a six-month conditional sentence and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under. King was also handed a six-month conditional sentence and a $100 victim surcharge for

Leslie Wayne Penny (born 1964) was sentenced to seven days in jail and a $100 victim surcharge for the impaired driving charge, care or control of vehicle or vessel while impaired. Penny was also handed a $500 fine with a one-year driving prohibition and a $75 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited or licence suspended.

Driving while prohibited Jonathon Adrian Lee Robson (born 1988) was handed a $300 fine and a $90 victim surcharge for three counts of driving while prohibited or licence suspended. Robson was also handed a six-month conditional sentence, a two-year driving prohibition and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

Theft $5,000 or under Gaye Victoria Ross (born 1982) was handed a conditional discharge with one-year probation and a $100 victim surcharge from one count of theft $5,000 or under.

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Province boosts parks funding Environment ministry announces addition of park ranger and campsite upgrades CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Funding of close to $58 million for BC provincial parks will bring about the return of a full-time park ranger to Powell River, triple the number of campsites in Desolation Sound and improve facilities at Inland Lake.

Last November, BC premier Christy Clark announced $22.9 million in funding as part of BC Parks’ Future Strategy and promised tov add 1,900 more campsites throughout provincial parks and recreation sites.

Last month, the premier announced $25 million more over the next three years to hire 28 additional park rangers and provide operational services, and $10 million for a BC Parks foundation to generate revenue.

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Parks will also mean a full-time park ranger will return to the Sunshine Coast. According to a Ministry of Environment spokesperson, the province is hiring 28 more park rangers, with one for the Sunshine Coast, likely based out of Powell River. For the past nine years, Powell River has not had a park ranger.

The new Desolation Sound campsites are included in the first phase of the parks plan and will be ready for visitors this summer, according to the ministry.

Hikers and sea kayakers exploring Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park this summer will have more options for camping with the province adding 34 more sites in that location. Camping inside park boundaries is currently restricted to 11 designated sites where elevated platforms are provided to reduce impact on sensitive ecological and cultural park values.

Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park is within the traditional territories of Tla’amin Nation and Homalco and Klahoose first nations. It includes several burial sites and other areas of cultural significance.

Tla’amin’s former traditional ter-

ritory coastal stewardship manager Erik Blaney said he instigated Tla’amin’s Guardian Watchmen program as a response to the region losing its park ranger in 2008.

“We were fired up and monitoring a lot of the sites,” said Blaney.

“We were basically doing BC Parks’ job for them in their absence.”

Over the years, Tla’amin has discovered several instances of burial sites being disturbed, said Blaney.

Despite that, he said when funding for the guardian program ran out a few years ago, Tla’amin again had to rely more on provincial conservation officers to provide site monitoring.

Blaney added that cutbacks in conservation officer service resources have presented further challenges in protecting the first nation’s archaeological sites.

Bringing a park ranger back will help improve the situation, he said.

Meanwhile, work is also underway at Inland Lake Provincial Park, where BC Parks crews are reshaping the current campground, installing new picnic tables, creating new picnic areas and enlarging the day-use parking area, according to the ministry.

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SUMMER’S COMING: Powell River area campsites were recently given a boost from provincial funding to add new sites in Desolation Sound and improve facilities at Inland Lake, as well as reinstate a full-time park ranger.

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upgrades was expected to be complete on Friday, March 31. The next stage of the project will be to assess the elevated walkway on the 13-kilometre, wheelchair-accessible trail that runs around the edge of the lake.

While the province is expanding provincial parks to accommodate more visitors, City of Powell River is trying to keep campers away from

an old campsite east of the city.

City director of infrastructure Tor Birtig said his crews recently installed boulders to block vehicle access to sensitive areas near Haslam Lake, where the city’s water intake is located.

“We keep it open for people to walk there,” said Birtig, “but we definitely discourage them from staying overnight.”

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City to receive sewage plant funds Feds provide 50 per cent for phase one of wastewater treatment facility CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Regional sewers received a boost last week with the announcement of the latest round of federal and provincial infrastructure grants.

Governments of Canada and BC announced 144 projects in the province, worth $373.2 million, will be funded from the joint Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.

Of the $373.2 million, City of Powell River will receive $3.3 million toward the initial design phase of the consolidated wastewater treatment facility to be located in Townsite above the current plant near the waterfront log sort.

City council supported an application to the fund last November.

In response to the announcement, City of Powell River councillor Karen Skadsheim, who holds council’s infrastructure portfolio,

said she was glad the city’s application was successful.

“It’s huge,” she said. “Usually the funding from the federal government is 33 per cent. This is 50 per cent.”

With the federal government contributing half of the $3.3 million and the province providing a third, it leaves the city picking up the remaining 17 per cent of the cost, or roughly $680,000. That money will come out of the city’s Sewer Capital Reserve Fund.

The total cost for the wastewater treatment plant is estimated to be approximately $30 million.

The question of dealing with Powell River’s aging sewer system has been up for debate for more than two decades. Skadsheim said the announcement is a boost for local taxpayers who could have had to contribute a greater percentage toward the project.

In the past it has been common to have infrastructure grants split 33 per cent each between the federal, provincial and municipal governments, she said.

“We’ve applied for funding in the past, and now I’m kind of glad we didn’t get it,” said Skadsheim. “It kind of worked out.”

The city will again be applying to federal and provincial governments for project construction once plans are created. City director of infrastructure Tor Birtig said the grant is a big step for the project.

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When completed, the plant, which will also process Tla’amin Nation’s wastewater, will reduce the number of discharge outfalls into the Salish Sea by three.

According to the statement, the city will begin the process to issue its call for tenders from qualified engineering firms to start the design work.

M e a nw h i l e , Po w e l l R i ve r Regional District board chair Patrick Brabazon announced at the board’s monthly meeting on Thursday, March 23, that the regional government had also been successful in its grant application for Lund sewer upgrades.

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“That’s a huge chunk to go into a major piece of our infrastructure, which has just been aging and deteriorating for a long time,” Brabazon told the board.

After the meeting, regional district chief administrative officer Al Radke said the money will be used to upgrade the system’s pumps, which have been infiltrated by rising sea levels.

The objective of the upgrade includes reducing power consumption, extending infrastructure lifespan and improving effluent discharge to meet or exceed current environmental regulations, among others, said Radke.

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School District 47 is stepping up video surveillance of the students riding its school buses.

School district transportation supervisor Matthew Hull notified parents in an email Sunday, March 26, that the district had begun the process of installing cameras inside each bus.

“We decided to look into the use of cameras on buses at the request of parents and drivers,” said Hull. “Most districts have now moved to having the digital cameras on board.”

The cameras will help combat vandalism and bullying on the buses, said Hull. A recent transportation funding announcement from the province allowed the district to undertake the fleet-wide project, he added.

Five of the school district’s buses have been outfitted with a video system that records images and audio to a

secured hard drive on each bus. The rest of district’s buses will be outfitted with the system over the summer. Cameras for all buses will cost approximately $20,000.

Each bus has three cameras, two mounted at the front facing back and one at the rear facing forward.

This is not the first time the school district has placed cameras inside buses.

Approximately 20 years ago, it installed tape-based video surveillance systems, but they required daily maintenance and the tapes did not last very long, said Hull. The new system records up to 30 days before overwriting older files.

Powell River Board of Education had previously instituted a policy for use of video surveillance in buses that addresses student privacy and who has access to the footage. Hull said the policy is available on the board’s website for the public to read.

Parents of students who

use the bus will be reminded each year of the surveillance and stickers have been placed inside buses notifying riders they are being recorded.

“A lot of this is to just to establish the reality of what actually happened during an incident,” said Hull, adding that bus drivers do not have access to the footage.

James Thomson Elementary School representative to the district parent advisory committee (DPAC) Siona Rounis said while there has not been any discussions around bus cameras among the DPAC, she expects the issue to be raised. But as a parent who sends her daughter on the bus, she said does not take issue with the cameras.

“Like a car dash cam, you may never need it, but that one time it’s needed you have it and it’ll protect everybody,” she said. “This isn’t an invasive or a big thing. It’s just a natural progression with us modernizing the buses.”

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Provincial election hot-seat: part four Powell River-Sunshine Coast candidates offer health care improvements

Leading up to the May 9 provincial election, Powell River Peak is asking each of the candidates in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding a series of questions. So far we have tackled issues of transportation and resource development, and this issue we look at health care. This week also marks the addition of BC Cascadia Party candidate Reuben Richards, who threw his hat into the election ring early last week.

Q: What can be done to improve health care services in Powell River?

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He a l t h care in Powell River can be improved by providing reliable, affordable access to a diverse range of health care providers, such as nurse practitioners, a range of health care approaches and proactive treatments, such as physiotherapy and massage, mental health care and addictions management. All of these improve recovery, reduce the need for more costly acute care and provide a better quality of life.

Community-based health care, specifically smaller health care organizations that are flexible enough to quickly respond to individual needs, is also key to maintaining and improving health.

The job of government is to support reasonable, evidence-based decisions that structure the delivery of health care according to the specific needs of each community. The current health care structure under Vancouver Coastal Health has created a lack of local funding and community input into health care service delivery. Having smaller, community-based organizations would allow our community to advocate for, and have a direct impact on, our own health care.

In addition, an integral part of any health care discussion is healthy, balanced food. Food is considered medicine in most traditional healing modalities. Our care homes and hospitals should be encouraged to source local, fresh food. Food is vital to our wellbeing and should be non-negotiable when determining suppliers in all of our health facilities.

A BC Green government would also eliminate the severe MSP premiums system and shift the cost of our health care system into a fair and equitable, tiered income tax system where premiums are based on a person’s ability to pay.

In addition to raising three wonderful children, Kim Darwin was a legal assistant for 16 years before opening her own mortgage broker business. She is president of the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce and was the elected provincial council secretary for the BC Green Party for two and a half years. She is an herbalist, having studied traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbal medicine.

Nicholas Simons BC New Democratic Party

Mathew Wilson BC Liberal Party

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We have excellent fa c i l i t i e s a n d dedicated professionals in all areas of our health care system, and we have robust standards in a community where residents are all connected through our geographical isolation.

But one current unmet need in Powell River is emergency addiction treatment programs for people needing low-barrier, enhanced admission. Over the past 16 years our social safety nets have been so slashed that one year into an opioid overdose crisis we have not expanded our capacity to respond.

Health care services for older adults have been badly underfunded, leading to a dramatic increase in for-profit privatization. Large corporations have found a footing in our long-term care sector. BC ranks eighth among the 10 provinces in health care spending per person, which is startling considering our elderly demographic.

BC’s Seniors Advocate found that 91 per cent of care homes failed to meet our provincial standards, and 100 per cent of for-profit homes failed. A responsible government would recognize this as a problem that needs addressing.

Also, a study released last week demonstrates the failure to invest in home care over the past 16 years has left our seniors with less access to home and community care than they would have had in 2001.

Despite clear promises in the last two elections, our government has not ensured that everyone has a family doctor.

This failure strains other parts of our health care system and leads to poorer health outcomes.

O u r health, and that of our loved ones, is critically important. BC’s Liberal government has made significant investments in health care.

A $606.2-million investment has been made in two new North Island hospitals that provide health services to Powell River residents. We also use St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, which is being replaced.

Locally, the government made a $400,000 investment in hospice care, ensuring everyone has compassionate care as their life’s journey draws to a close.

I toured Willingdon Creek Village and Evergreen Care Unit facilities, meeting with many of the residents, care aides and nurses. The Liberal government has committed to increase seniors’ care to 3.36 hours per day, resulting in 36 extra hours of care per day, and 16 to 20 fulltime jobs at both facilities.

Many younger citizens are struggling with mental health and addiction issues, and they will benefit from $165 million in mental-health funding, including $5 million in startup costs for the new BC Centre on Substance Abuse, and $2 million for annual operating costs, as well as $45 million for the Ministry of Children and Family Development to provide resources for mental-health counselling and treatment.

When it comes to health care, we can always improve. As your MLA, I will advocate for much-needed specialized services, such as psychiatry, speech therapy and physiotherapy, support the current focus on doctor attraction and the greater delivery of health-care funding for our community needs.

Health care services could be improved in Powell River by hiring more doctors. The recent donation from Jim Pattison of millions of dollars to St. Paul’s Hospital is an indication that we are lacking federal and provincial funding. Health care services are not funded equally across the country.

We are the only province that charges a flat rate for MSP premiums. BC should eliminate the MSP; it is unfair and unnecessary. MSP is a regressive tax because it consumes a larger share of income for lower-income people than those with higher incomes. A family making $40,000 a year pays $1,800 a year, the same as a family making $400,000, a gross disparity.

People making a higher-than-average wage typically have their MSP premiums paid by their employer, while people with precarious jobs, low wages and no benefits plan are left having to pay for themselves.

MSP rates have doubled since 2001.

The province collects almost as much from MSP as it does from corporate income tax. These hikes coincided with major income tax cuts that benefited upper income British Columbians the most.

These premiums enter general revenues and the amount they raise cover only 13 per cent of what BC spends on health care. There is no reason we can’t replace revenues collected from MSP with fairer taxes so that we fund health care the same way we fund public schools, policing and other public services.

We would pay a little more income tax, but savings on MSP would outweigh the cost for all but highest-income families.

Nicholas Simons was first elected MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in 2005.

Before entering politics, Simons spent more than 15 years working in health, justice, social services and child welfare, including 10 years as director of health and social services for Sechelt (shíshálh) First Nation. Simons, an accomplished cellist, is also a past president of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.

Raised on the Sunshine Coast, with family in Powell River, Mathew Wilson currently lives in Roberts Creek and is father to two daughters. He works for the federal government; 10 years in Ottawa, most recently five years commuting to work in Vancouver. Among his many experiences is five years negotiating agreements with first nations on resource economic development and residential school claims.

Reuben Richards was born and grew up in Powell River. His family consists of his wife and three teenagers: two boys and a girl. He has worked in the forest industry on the Sunshine Coast his whole life, the past 20 years as a log scaler. Two years ago, he took a position with Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

He also has a market garden, growing garlic.

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Character team At Powell River Kings’ annual awards banquet Friday, March 31, one thing was clear: nobody wanted to be there, including front office staff, bus drivers and even the anthem singer. As for the players, they wanted to be in uniform on the ice that night, not dressed in suits and saying goodbye to teammates and billets who had become like family, or to a town they had come to love.

The junior hockey organization endured 60 BC Hockey League regular season games and 11 more in the playoffs before a heart-wrenching game-seven double-overtime loss to Victoria Grizzlies ended its season. But there’s always next year.

More often than not, sports deal agonizing blows. More teams lose than win. We leave it to the ficklest fans to be sour and grumble about the Kings bowing out in the second round. They are not loyal to the team, true believers and followers of this community-owned organization. If they were, they would know the Kings are more than wins and losses.

Head coach Kent Lewis doesn’t recruit stars to become Kings. He It takes a special kind of wants, in his own words, “good kids.” kid to play for Powell River He looks for grit, Kings, one who is a team determination and player and a volunteer. discipline.

Lewis has built one of the best programs in junior hockey. It takes a special kind of kid to play for Powell River Kings, one who is a team player and a volunteer. On the ice, his teams have always made the playoffs and the players who have played here have done very well outside of hockey. Off the ice, they have become better people from their enthusiasm for what makes this place great: the bond of community and qualities of character.

The six 20-year-olds who ended their junior hockey eligibility are all going on to post-secondary school. Throughout the season, unlike many hockey players who are mocked for being inarticulate and aloof, we found the Kings to be intelligent, generous of their time and grateful to community, all qualities that make great players and even greater role models for young kids who idolize them.

The Kings are good kids made better by playing in Powell River and for Lewis and his coaching staff. Each of the graduating players said playing here was the best experience of their lives.

Lewis is old school and his roster has always been filled with players who have depth of character and commitment to community. We see and cheer for them on the ice. We should also cheer for what the Kings do for Powell River.

David Brindle, community reporter

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So much for global warming

By Bill Lytle-McGhee You’ve probably heard it more than once, or even thought it during the recent spell of frigid weather in Powell River: “Well, so much for global warming.”

In reality, a relatively short period of cold weather, while it may be connected to the concepts of global warming and climate change, is not the direct result. Many other continually changing factors influence our daily weather. During the same recent period there were many examples of unseasonably warmer weather at more northern latitudes.

Whatever changes occur, they are not evenly distributed, are very difficult to predict, and can move temperatures in either direction at local levels.

Perhaps the warmer air bubble in the Arctic last month pushed

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the cold air mass in our direction. After all, the atmosphere is a fluid that has no borders and a perfect example of how all things are connected.

The recent history of our present condition of climate change began when scientists estab-

Drawing conclusions about climate changes based on a few days of weather is a bit of a joke. lished a link between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with what is referred to as the “greenhouse effect.” This is a mechanism by which the sun’s radiation is not given back to space easily because of the blanket effect of greenhouse gases.

Gradually, the whole earth sys-

tem of atmosphere, oceans and land heats up. As this heat energy is retained, it contributes to changes in ocean currents, atmospheric circulation and surfaceland temperatures, all of which create the earth’s climates.

These climates are now at great risk of alteration due to human activities, as is common vegetation and the ability of farmers to grow the crops they have been accustomed to, thereby threatening food supplies.

A word on the distinction between weather and climate, and why they are quite thinly related on a daily, or even seasonal basis. Climate is a variety, small or large, of weather conditions during all seasons, but it is viewed over considerable lengths of time. It is about the patterns of the weather over a period »9

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LETTERS » All expressions currently in vogue were presented to City of Powell River’s finance committee on Thursday, March 23: incubator, accelerator, technology-related startups, entrepreneurial climate and a detailed building material and labour cost list [“Tech incubator hangs on grant,” March, 29].

The presentation was lacking details on the vital elements of a new startup incubation process, including educational programs, instructors, professors and students, research, academia mentoring, funding and taking research to the market. How these basic required elements would be provided was not detailed.

Only the least difficult element was discussed, floor space, which in Powell River is not hard to find.

University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton has been building artificial neural networks since 1970s. In 2013, Google acquired his neural network startup and hired him. He now splits his time between Google and the university.

The point is that education/ research elements are critical

for new startups and generally occur near major universities, with known hotspots in Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver.

The incubation period for these startups is not days, but years. When various political platforms pick up the concept, the horse has already left the barn.

The proposed Townsite tech hub is not a project I would support with my tax dollars. The proposal lacks a plan for the critical elements of education, research and funding support.

In addition, I would find it difficult to support the request for $200,000 on the basis of using city funding for private development.

Paul McMahon Invermere Court

Costs hinder travel My children, who are grown and have their own families, want to come to Powell River and see where I was born and raised. The problem is the cost of having to take ferries to get there [“Ferry report eyes fares,” March 29].

My daughter called to see about fares and found she would have to spend

hundreds of dollars just for ferries. Her family is on a budget and that money can go a long way for them. My other children would have to pay the same amount, and my wife and I also, but that would be less because there are only the two of us.

That money could be spent in shops and activities rather than being sucked away by the huge cost of taking a couple of ferries.

Now they are considering another fee increase. Those costs will never go down.

There is a group wanting to put a highway across to Squamish. I cannot help but believe that would be a boon to Powell River.

People would be able to come more easily by way of what would surely be one of the most scenic drives one could take, and it would open up a less time-consuming and more economical way for Powell River-ites to travel through the province.

With the current mode of travel, you lose a good part of a day to go about 100 miles. How will we pay for it?

The model is already in place if you look at the Coquihalla Highway; it was a toll road.

The same can be done on this one, and people would

come. There are few places on Earth as gorgeous as the upper Sunshine Coast.

Ferries equal no tourism and choke the economy of the area. We cannot afford it. I wonder how many others there are and how much that number increases as the fees go up?

Michael Clarke Residence unknown

Get facts straight Due to the Peak’s inability to report facts on the issue with the Savary dog death [“Police arrest man with Savary animal shooting,” March 15], and the one-sided and creative writing of the following issue’s Viewpoint [“Savary Island dog will be missed,” March 22], I decided to write in with the other side of the story.

Not all islanders are outraged by the outcome of this story. There are dozens of incidents with dogs running free and out of control yearround, chasing the deer to their deaths. It is the inconsiderate dog owners who are to blame for not controlling their animals.

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COMMENT OF THE WEEK » PEAK WEBSITE USER DEREK HILDENBRAND Spending $200,000-plus for office space run by school admins might not be the best investment if you want to attract tech/internet people/startups to Powell River.

For example, I’m one of those internet guys who moved to Powell River last year.

Tech people who work online have no reason to go to or look for an office/incubator when choosing a place to live.

It really makes no difference because everything is done online.

Tech incubator hangs on Powell Those who can afford a lifestyle from working online are more into advanced niches in their markets and would not River Community Forest grant benefit from having an incubator run by local school admins.

You need serious talent, millions of dollars to invest in startups and reputable innovators managing the place to even think of starting up an incubator. If not, it will just be an admin building with nothing to offer.

If you really wanted to attract tech to Powell River, the money would be better invested in a solid marketing plan to get the word out about Powell River by holding conferences, bringing in speakers and getting on the front page of national news outlets. Giving tech people a reason to come to Powell River will produce far better results compared to spending $200,000-plus on office space. Or, you could run a national contest for all startups with a $50,000 relocation prize.

All I’m saying is there are far better ways to spend $200,000 if you want to develop the tech industry in Powell River.

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8« VIEWPOINT ricanes, landslides, storm surges and elements of weather that cause severe damage.

Damage, destruction and death attributed to climate-change-induced extreme weather events has already been severe, with billions of dollars in direct property damage and thousands of deaths worldwide. The current drought in Africa threatening

the very survival of millions is a clear example.

All of this points to the need for all of us to do our part to support climate change initiatives, big or small, because what we do here in Powell River can have an impact everywhere.

Bill Lytle-McGhee is a member of Climate Action Powell River Society.

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thentic way of learning, he added.

For the last several weeks, outdoor-education teacher Matt Duggan has been taking students outside of the classroom to a salmon stream to rid the area of invasive species, such as ivy, holly and laurel.

Duggan said the children have been learning that those plants choke the life of cedar trees, which are essential to the health of the creek and salmon.

Consequently, the class fulfills the school’s approach to its purpose in Powell River, according to Gee. “The key thing at our school is we’re wanting to be community servers,” he said. “We have a heart for this town. We love it in Powell River and we want to serve our community.”

As part of that, said Gee, students such as Connor McFadden, 11, learn that serving the salmon habitat also serves the community.

“I would like to learn a lot more out here,” said McFadden. “I like going on hikes and helping the environment.”

As part of the salmon project, McFadden is learning subjects such as math in a different way due to the implementation and integration of the new BC school curriculum, according to Gee.

“It’s very organic in that it lends to integrated learning,” said Gee. “The subjects all cross over. These kids integrated their art projects on the theme of first nations art, and they made crib boards, so they integrated math within that.”

Gee said before the outdoor component of the program was added, students spent a month in the classroom learning about what the native and invasive species were, then how to discriminate between the two, before actually going out along the stream, pulling out and cutting down plants.

“They have motivation to help protect the environment,” said Duggan. “We look at it as being stewards of creation. They all understand it because they’ve been able to see it and do it.”

What students learn about salmon habitat and conservation will, in turn, be taught to others when the class takes its experience to Science World in Vancouver in May, according to 10-yearold Elise English.

“We’re going to go and help teach people about what we’ve been doing in Powell River,” said English.

“Then they can try to make a difference in their own town.”

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First year of self-governance

Tla’amin celebrates first anniversary Nation looks for opportunity, stability and transparent government in early years JANET MAY Peak contributor

MONUMENTAL YEAR: Tla’amin Nation community development officer Roy Francis [left] and hegus Clint Williams have seen the beginnings of large-scale change within the first nation over the past year since it became self-governing last April. JENNIFER DODD PHOTO

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A year ago, on April 5, 2016, Tla’amin Nation became a modern, self-governing nation within Canada. Minutes before midnight, its citizens threw pages from the Indian Act into a bonfire in front of the nation’s governance house.

Sparks and pieces of paper-ash rose into the sky as Tla’amin people were liberated from 150 years of policies that had undermined their independence.

As he left the bonfire that night, Tla’amin citizen Melvin Mitchell was enthusiastic and full of energy.

“I am a free man for the first time in my life,” said Mitchell. “All my life the [Indian Act] has been over my head and tonight I am free. Can you imagine?” »12

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He began by looking back to Tla’amin’s 2007 comprehensive community plan.

“I remember the early days of formulating that plan, it was like a dream, a visionary piece of work,” said Francis.

“We invited a whole lot of input. We try to make a commitment to that plan, it captures our goals, our organizational structure. It is our roadmap.”

Tla’amin’s new administrative structure is based on four house posts described in that plan. Each house post has a member of the government executive assigned to it and a team of resource people who work together on strategic goals.

A positive indicator for Francis’ community service team is the recent reduction in Tla’amin citizens who are on social assistance. Francis said Tla’amin’s social assistance files have gone from 200 to fewer than 60 in the last four years. Part of his job is to reduce that number further, by training citizens for new jobs that are possible under the final agreement.

Tla’amin now enjoys the powerful combination of ownership of resources and lawmaking authority on its land.

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sembly will take place in May. Francis said he is looking forward to the event.

“Our government and program people will be in front of the community reporting and updating on activities and plans for the upcoming year,” he said.

“The community is invited. We will have a big meal and over a couple of days roll out information in each of our program areas. We are bringing people home who live in the cities. It is a good social thing to do as well.”

Leadership and citizens acknowledge the people who came before them, who believed and prayed for the return of self-determination for Tla’amin. Elders supplied their knowledge, and members prepared and planned for self-government. Francis feels a great sense of satisfaction in realizing those plans.

“This time last year we had a good sense of what we wanted to do, but it was still an unknown,” said Francis.

“Now we are using it, finding a comfortable pace for ourselves and being openminded in adapting that plan so it continues to grow. It is a wonderful place for us to be and we are enjoying it.”

Tla’amin invites Powell River residents to its governance house on Wednesday, April 5, to celebrate its first birthday.

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project would also mitigate river floods, such as the one in October 2014, which damaged the salmon hatchery lower down the river.

A fundamental change in Tla’amin housing also took place in the past year.

Families gained title to land and homes where they have been living and there are new opportunities for property ownership in Teeshosum. Individuals used to rely on the nation for housing and there was a long waiting list. Tla’amin citizens can now apply for mortgages at banks; the nation co-signs and secures the loans.

Tla’amin plans to award land within the community to citizens with mortgages, starting with 15 serviced lots between Tla’amin governance house and the health building.

Tla’amin’s constitution also addresses conflict of interest and financial reporting.

“The community wanted a transparent and accountable government,” said Williams. “The measures are in there pretty clearly, there is no misinterpreting the steps people want to see happen.”

Tla’amin’s government is required to hold an annual general assembly where citizens are able to see audited financial reports, hear reports from each of the house posts, ask questions and make recommendations. The first general as-

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age Tla’amin’s young people to return from colleges and universities.

“We are building a program to bring them into some of the work areas and provide an environment where they have support and can thrive,” said Francis. “We have a real emphasis on building capacity for our teams, and in the community at large, for those jobs coming out of the new and growing areas of business that our final agreement brings.”

Tla’amin has expanded access to wood on its land and experience in forest management. The nation has already engineered harvest blocks and signed contracts for 16,000 cubic metres of wood to be harvested in the coming months.

After years of discussions, Tla’amin is on the brink of opening a new log dump near the Catalyst Paper Corporation mill, said Williams. He said he sees it as an asset for Tla’amin logging and other customers. The nation also has plans to build a barge facility on the same footprint and possibly a fuel depot, said Williams.

Another new initiative is a hydroelectric project at the outflow of Sliammon Lake. Feasibility and environmental impact studies are being done around a plan to modify the existing dam and build a facility that would produce around three megawatts, enough to power the houses in Teeshosum. The

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“When we burned the Indian Act, a whole new positive feeling came to the nation,” she said. “It was so good to burn a system that hurt us.”

By contrast, the nation is now governed by elected legislative leaders and has control over its own laws and resources.

“We are in a much better place,” said Tla’amin hegus Clint Williams. “The Indian Act wasn’t a document that enabled us to prosper. Now we can plan ahead and gen-

erate our revenue with our resources and send it where we need to. I really like the breathing room. This opens the door for doing bigger and better things for our community.”

Last April was a time of monumental changes, according to Tla’amin community development officer Roy Francis.

As chief negotiator for the Tla’amin treaty, Francis’ job was intense. But, today, Francis feels relaxed; he has time to share with his family and go fishing. His job involves implementing the Tla’amin Final Agreement (2016), a document he knows inside out.

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Over the first year of Tla’amin Nation being selfgoverning, its relations with the other two government bodies in the region, City of Powell River and Powell River Regional District, have not changed drastically from what they were before, according to Tla’amin hegus Clint Williams.

“We were already progressive with our relationship with the city and regional district; we’ve worked on improving the relationship,” said Williams. “There isn’t that much change because we worked on this years in advance and all of that preparation work on relationbuilding and just being good neighbours has paid off for where we’re sitting today.”

The connection between Tla’amin and the regional district has the most overlap in governance because the district includes electoral areas that occupy traditional Tla’amin lands.

According to regional district chair Patrick Brabazon, the relationship between the two governments has been excellent and respectful, prior to and during the last year.

However, by choice, Tla’amin does not officially sit at the regional district table yet and Williams said he is not in a rush to join.

“We’ve just come out of a very paternalistic document: the Indian Act,” said Williams. “We’re celebrating one year returning to selfgovernment and to go stepping back into a paternal relationship with the regional district isn’t where we want to be at this moment, unless

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there is some attractive reason to be there, then maybe we’ll entertain it. For the time being, we’re enjoying our independence.”

Brabazon said he wants Tla’amin to join the district board but, at the same time, he said he recognizes that patience is in order.

“They have their new government and I’m sure they are up to their ears in making it work,” said Brabazon.

“At the same time, I have so much I would like to do with them that will simply have to wait upon their own ability and capacity to do it.”

According to Williams, a number of projects will involve discussions between the three governments and open lines of communication are important to accomplish them.

Williams also said wastewater treatment, and reducing environmental effects from four existing outfalls into the ocean, will be a cooperative project between Tla’amin and the city.

Williams said the goodwill between neighbours and lines of communication

between the three governments will pay off for the region.

“Will we agree 100 per cent all of the time? Not likely,” Williams said.

However, according to Williams, Powell River area has better relations than any of the other communities neighbouring Tla’amin to the north, east, west or south.

“This community is miles ahead in many regards and communications are open in respect for the culture,” said Williams. “We’re on a really good path with that.”

City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa said, from the city’s point of view, the relationship with Tla’amin has not changed from prior to self-government and the new nation being in control of their own destiny, culture and assets.

“I’m sure there will be our differences, but who doesn’t have that?” said Formosa.

“We’re always able to sit down and talk about what the issues are and work them out as they arise, but I’m not seeing too many speed bumps ahead.

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De Mira said the activity guides are designed to foster specific skills. Activities such as making paper planes or cutting out shapes using scissors can help children build their fine motor skills, she added.

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Amundsen said the program will also aim to serve families who are isolated from their communities.

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Amundsen said Bond to Literacy is in its first year, “so we’ll see how the community becomes involved with it.”

The program is also taking place in other cities across BC, including Vancouver, Kelowna and Houston.

As a facilitator, and alongside others from across BC filling similar roles, Amundsen attended a threeday workshop led by HIPPY Canada.

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“We’re calling it HIPPY Literacy, because we don’t want people to be confused with our existing BOND program for young families,” said Powell River Family Place facilitator Maria de Mira, “but it has nothing to do with the hippies of the ’60s; HIPPY stands for Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters.”

According to de Mira, parents and caregivers are children’s first and most important teachers.

“This program is about empowering them for that role,” she said.

Local HIPPY program facilitator Diana Amundsen, a mother of three, said it is a great opportunity to prepare kids and their parents for kindergarten. The program starts April 7 and runs for 12 weeks.

“Every week we look at a new book for the parents to read with their kids,” said Amundsen. “We go through it together and then go through an activity package the parents can use to further engage their kids with the books.”

According to Amundsen, books are carefully chosen to provide a collection that focuses on quality, ease of reading, story messages and multiculturalism.

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Computer wizard connects with community PEAK PROFILE: Joseph McLean

Business owner grew up on the internet and uses knowledge to help others DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

In the summer of 1984, Joseph McLean was a backwoods wild-child who climbed trees and ran through the woods. That year, while driving through BC in a Ford Supervan looking for a back-to-nature homestead where a mom could raise her young son away from the city, mother and son found Lund.

McLean was six years old.

“My mom got this little chainsaw, cut down the trees and we built our cabin,” said McLean.

When he came into town in those days, McLean said he would max out his library card, grab all the books he could find and read one per day in that little cabin in the woods.

At first, he read by kero-

sene lamp, then propane, followed by electric light powered by a generator and then right into the future with solar power.

In 1988, everything changed when his father bought him a computer, “a 16-pound” laptop, according to McLean.

“I became the second person in Lund to have a computer,” he said. “I was this ‘proto-nerd’ who had this computer. I was very hightech, but only when it was a sunny day, because of the solar power.”

Five years later, McLean said he was attending a private, alternative, high-tech and groundbreaking school in Vancouver called Virtual High, which is now defunct.

“I grew up, cut my teeth, as it were, on the internet,” he said. “I was into the internet in sort of a cyberpunk time when people really thought, perhaps too much, about what the internet was going to do to change the human condition.”

After two years in Vancouver, McLean said he returned to the Lund cabin, but without internet access.

In his self-described, logical, problem-solving way, McLean said he connected to the internet by jerry-rig-

ging a phone line, spliced together with duct tape strung through beer bottles for two kilometres, all the way to the nearest telephone pole.

“Solving problems is really awesome, and my analytical mind really enjoys solving logic problems with computers and nailing down issues,” he added.

McLean moved into Powell River from Lund in 1999 and bought a building on Marine Avenue in 2000, where he opened his business, Full Solution Computers. He’s still there, living upstairs with his wife Katie, whom he met at Virtual High, and their two young sons, sixyear-old Ryan and threeyear-old Kevin. The business operates on the lower floor.

Former Powell River Peak publisher Joyce Carlson watched McLean become a businessperson, husband and father over the years.

The Peak was the first to pay McLean for his computer skills and Carlson said she remembers his command of technological change happening very rapidly.

“At that time he had really long hair and would wear this really long trench coat,” said Carlson. “I thought, ‘Wow, is he really from earth? Maybe he’s from

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outer space.’ He was so absolutely brilliant at what he did. He is the most amazing human being. I figured out after a while that he was not an alien.”

Today, McLean could be the prototypical poster boy for the Generation X-ers City of Powell River is hoping to attract through its resident-attraction program as a new economic driver for the region.

McLean checks off all of the boxes: he owns a computer business and prop-

erty, has a young family and a passion for the outdoors, which, in his case, involves trail running through the woods.

“A lot of the ideas I have about stuff come to me, not too surprisingly, when I’m out there running around and not on Facebook or fixing someone else’s computer problem,” he said. “I see Powell River as diversifying. It’s halfway to becoming a butterfly, but you don’t know what sort of butterfly it’s going to be yet.”

Powell River in the 1980s was still very much a mill town, and if the mill closed at that time, it would have been the end of the town, said McLean.

“That has changed a lot and the changes are healthy for the town,” he said.

“Powell River perhaps has a little bit of an identity crisis, which I don’t necessarily think is a bad thing, because it gives you the opportunity to define yourself. What that is, I’m not sure.”

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Designer debuts new fashion line IONATAN WAISGLUSS Peak contributor

From a young age, Adella Zeller was interested in the arts.

“I’ve been drawing since as long as I can remember,” said the Powell River-born fashion student.

To culminate her four-year program in fashion design and technology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Zeller will showcase her clothing line at BC’s biggest student fashion show in Richmond.

Zeller, who grew up in the Myrtle Point area with five sisters and one brother, is poised to graduate from the program this May after unveiling her fashion collection: Partial Objects.

“My mom raised us all, so I had a lot of women in my life,” she said.

As a feminist, Zeller said her clothes are designed with women in mind.

“They are for women who are active during day, so they are comfortable, with stretch in the fabric,” she added.

According to Zeller, her fashion line is largely inspired by her mother’s character.

“It’s inspired by bold women,” she said, “and I’d never seen my mom shy away from anything.”

Among her inspirations for style, Zeller credits the look of the ’80s, adapted for the local climate.

“The outer wear is waterresistant, because it rains so much on the coast,” she said.

By the time she was in grade 12, Zeller’s six siblings had moved to Vancouver Island.

“I knew I wanted to leave and find work on the island,” she said.

For a few years, Zeller pursued horticulture, working as a gardener and cashier in

RUNWAY READY: After completing studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Powell River-born designer Adella Zeller will present the results of her creative process in a fashion show this May. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

various garden stores. Later, she worked as a camera assistant on film sets, loading film, cleaning equipment and measuring parameters of a given shot.

“I was the person who clapped the stick at the beginning of the scene,” she said.

In pursuing her career, Zeller said she wanted to do something creative, but be paid reliably. Living in Vancouver, she felt drawn to issues and work related to mental health.

“We were on welfare growing up, living in poverty,” she said, “so I was aware of mental health and related issues.”

Zeller became involved with Portland Hotel Society, a non-profit providing housing and other services to individuals who are poorly served in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community.

“I was hesitant to go into that field, because I know the work can be intense, but the pay was good for the background required,” said Zeller.

After 15 years of working in the mental-health sector, Zeller said she felt ready for a change.

“It might seem like a big jump from mental health to fashion, but for me they’re related to who I am and where I come from,” she said.

Zeller studied fashion arts at Vancouver Community Colle ge, and later at Kwantlen.

“I learned not just how to draft and sew, but also things like Photoshop and Illustrator, which helped provide that bridge to industry,” she said.

Kwantlen design instructor Shirley Calla said Zeller’s background can be see in her work.

“Adella brings a depth of life experience to her designs that enriches her creative process and is evident in her resulting graduation collection,” said Calla.

While her immediate family is no longer in Powell River, Zeller said she does still have a few uncles living in town, and a number of friends.

Powell River artist Kerensa Haynes met Zeller in 2004 when they were both living in Vancouver.

“She’s a multitalented artist,” said Haynes, “and one of those people who is a natural when it comes to style.”

Talking about her long and varied career, Zeller said it can be hard for creative people to find and settle in a career path.

“Many people go toward security, and that’s important,” she said, “but it’s also important to find a career that keeps you curious and interested, and to seek that balance.”

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Exhibit explores meaning of death Artists tackle afterlife questions with new collected works DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Naming an art exhibition is not, as some might think, randomly generated. A great deal of effort goes into describing a show.

Artists and curators will often fall back on the colon, a two-title formula, which allows for a few words of definition so the reader has some idea of what the show is about.

For instance, the subject matter of Dead: The Transformation, a new show

by Powell River painters Amber Friedman and Adam Cramb, seems to be clearly described by the title. It is about death, a creation that transforms to nothing, according to the artists.

“Adam had been using the word ‘dead’ for the last couple of years in his artwork and I always saw it around town,” said Friedman. “It didn’t mean anything to me and, besides meaning noth-

ing to me, I was sometimes perplexed. What does it mean? Why does he write that everywhere?”

According to Cramb, he was opening up ideas and language to things that were non-traditional and relatable to individual experiences.

“We’re educated to the fact that a word means something over time, but it’s up to us to identify it to our own experience,” said Cramb. “I was trying to open it up to the fact that we don’t need to take it so seriously, even to question what it is that’s upsetting.”

Death became personal for Friedman last year, she said, when her father, whom she was close to, passed away.

“I had been working on a series of paintings the week before my dad died and they were slightly haunting,” she said. “Haunting was one of the words that was coming up in my paintings. After my dad passed away, all of a sudden the word ‘dead’ had a lot of meaning.”

The meaning of the word is decidedly negative in western society. It is fundamental to Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which have all attempted to answer with

promises of a life after death.

In naming their exhibition Dead: The Transformation, while not religious in meaning, Friedman and Cramb do tackle the fundamental question that underlies “dead,” not as an end or a beginning, but as a transformation. They said it is a question and a statement.

“We didn’t want to just call it ‘Dead’ and leave it at that,” said Friedman. “We thought we’d give people a little bit more, so we tried a few different titles and really thought Dead: The Transformation gave more insight into what dead can mean.”

Friedman, who describes her style as freestyle batique, a method that uses wax applied to dyed fabric, will have 15 pieces for the show. Cramb plans to exhibit 10 and said he hopes to celebrate death in his works.

“As an artist, you want to apply all emotional experience into your work,” he said. “The idea of dead includes everything. It’s just another symbol we can interpret on our own terms.”

Friedman said there are many aspects to what death and dead can mean, not just the loss of a person, but also

DEAD ON DISPLAY: Visual artist Amber Friedman joins painter Adam Cramb in a joint exhibition examining the concept of death. The show opens the evening of Thursday, April 6, at Vancouver Island University’s Powell River campus. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

parts of ourselves. Society does not want to face death, she added.

“As a culture it’s not something we talk about,” said Friedman. “We talk about the weather, but yet we’re

all affected and part of death and the transformation of people dying in our lives, and even parts of ourselves dying. It’s happening to all of us, but we still talk about the weather.”

Dead: The Transformation opens from 7-9 pm on Thursday, April 6, at Malaspina Exhibition Centre, Vancouver Island University Powell River campus, and runs until May 2.

Beat goes on for motivated musician From hiding behind drum kits filling in for local bands such as Razorvoice, Lukah Bouchard Band and Silver Atlas, Powell River musician Austin Parise has moved up front to play bass, most recently with Tyler Bartfai and The Stowaways and Ben Wittrock’s Razorvoice. Parise, also a former member of longtime pop-punk band Potential Union, is one of a handful of people around town who calls bass their thing. Parise is currently working on a solo album and will hook up with Wittrock on Friday, April 7, for a Razorvoice performance at McKinney’s Pub.

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Where are you most comfortable, in back of the band on drums, or up front on bass and vocals?

It is easier hiding behind the kit. I’m more proficient on bass, which is weird, because it wasn’t until I started jamming with Tyler Bartfai, Rob Reed and Ben

Wittrock that I kind of fell in love with the bass. When I started playing drums with Lukah Bouchard Band, I then started focusing on the bass and fell in love with it all of a sudden.

What instrument did you start with?

Drums were my very first instrument. I didn’t have a drum kit or drumsticks. I always liked hitting on the Sears catalog with chopsticks or whatever I could find.

I’d have five of them and pretend they were different parts of the kit. Some were thinner, some were thick; they had different tones.

When did you first sit behind an actual kit?

One day in band class, I think it was grade four, the teacher asked, “Who here plays drums?” I just put my hand up not really knowing what the heck I was doing and they put me on a kit. I’d never been be-

hind a kit in my life.

What do you like about the bass?

It’s just so fun to play. You just pick it up, you’re goofing along, then you lock in with the drummer and there’s just that feeling you get when you’re locked in. It helps playing with great drummers. I get to play with Rob Reed, and just playing with him is such a treat because he makes it so easy to flaunt a nice groove. He’s just a killer musician.

What is the groove of your solo record?

I’ve been working on the poppunk stuff. I want to bring it more to an accessible kind of audience.

I’ll be back as frontman and picking up my guitar again. I’d like to have a band behind it.

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

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Kings coach reflects on playoffs DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Looking back on his team’s 2016-2017 BC Hockey League (BCHL) season, Powell River Kings head coach Kent Lewis said his biggest highlight was the hometown fans.

For game six of the BCHL Island Division final at Hap Parker Arena against Victoria Grizzles, 1,400 people packed the building, only to see the green and gold drop a 4-2 decision in the best-of-seven series.

Kings may have lost that game, and the series in a heartbreaking 2-1 doubleovertime loss in game seven, but Powell River is seeing a renewed interest in the hockey team, according to Lewis.

“You could feel it,” said Lewis. “That was kind of cool.”

Lewis said the game seven loss was not his biggest disappointment of the season.

It was mistakes in the 5-4 overtime loss at home in game four, when Kings held a 2-1 series lead, that stood out as a turning point, he added.

“My disappointment was with game four,” said Lewis.

“That was a game uncharacteristic for any of my clubs at that point in a season. To

make the mistakes we made cost us that hockey game.”

Kings still had a chance to close out the series in six games after playing their best game of the playoffs in game five in front of goaltender Brian Wilson, who posted a 3-0 shutout to put his team ahead 3-2 in the series.

“Game six was game six; it was full of emotion,” said Lewis. “We didn’t handle that emotion well. We didn’t deserve that game.”

As for the series loss, Lewis said he has been there many times before.

“I’ve always been proud of my teams,” he said. “The buyin is always there. Whether or not you’re good enough or lucky enough or all of the above, we keep knocking on the door. We keep coming close. It can be pretty bitter.”

The end of the season was also bitter for his players, particularly for six 20-yearolds who played out their junior elig ibility : Jake Kohlhauser, Tristan Mullin, Curtis McCarrick, Liam Lawson, Johan Steen and Wilson.

Kohlhauser, the Kings’ captain who played two seasons with the club, said losing game seven in double overtime was tough for everyone.

“You see that puck go into the net and it’s like, ‘Holy cow, it’s done,’” said Kohlhauser. “We had a really good team this year. It’s disappointing to see what happened. It would have been nice to keep going, but it was not in the cards.”

Kings brought in Wilson

MOVING ON: [From left] Tristan Mullin, Curtis McCarrick, Brian Wilson, Liam Lawson and Jake Kohlhauser have finished their junior hockey careers with Powell River Kings. As 20-year-olds, they have played out their eligibility and will go separate ways, some to further their educations at Canadian universities or at colleges in the United States. ALICIA BAAS PHOTO

and he ranked among the top BCHL goaltenders throughout the season. The veteran said the final goal in game seven was a shock and, four days later, it had still not set in. For Wilson, the season was over and a chapter of his life, junior hockey, had come to an end.

“At the time it just feels like another goal against,” said Wilson. “Usually, you wake up the next day and you’re right back to work. It wasn’t until the next day when we arrived back in Powell River and you realize you’re not waking up tomorrow morning to go to the rink.”

This season was no dif-

KINGS’ FAREWELL: Tristan Mullin, one of five Powell River Kings who played out their junior hockey eligibility this season, had a strong post-season as one of the team’s leaders on and off the ice. Mullin plans to pursue a career in agriculture. KEVIN LIGHT PHOTO

ferent than other years, according to Lewis. He has yet to win the Royal Bank Cup, which is awarded to the top Junior A club in Canada.

With the season behind him, he said he’s looking ahead to replacing the players who will be moving on, some to commitments at American colleges and others to universities in Canada.

“We’ll make some announcements soon,” said Lewis. “We have a lot of work to do. There’s a good core

on the back end and a good core of forwards returning.

We have to fill in the empty spaces with some size, grit, character and some scoring.

We have the ability to return some pretty prolific players as well. It’s going to be a work in progress until first skate at camp.”

Being a King is demanding, said Lewis. It requires players to be serious and places demands on their character and discipline.

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Kings held an annual awards banquet on Friday, March 31. Winners will be featured on the Peak Weekender’s Scene Around Town page on Friday, April 7.

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Earth Month events run through April April is Earth Month in Powell River; the month to make a difference, change a habit or two and be more conscious of the actions we take and their reactions on our planet.

Before anyone says, “One month? It should be every day,” I agree. Every day would be great.

How about Earth Year in Powell River for 2018?

Let’s take a look at what Earth Day (April 22 each year) is all about, because that lays the foundation for Earth Week and Earth Month and, hopefully, Earth Year.

Earth Day was first celebrated 47 years ago, April 22, 1970. It was inspired by an oil spill in California the year before. At the time, United States senator Gaylord Nelson responded to the damage by forming an initiative to create a day of recognition and education about the planet. The idea caught on,

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particularly at universities where a common focus formed for earthcentric activism.

Earth Day helped create environmental standards, government legislation and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Change happened because of one person acting on an idea almost five decades ago. Since then, Earth Day has been celebrated worldwide.

When I first arrived in Powell River, Lund was leading the charge for Earth Day. I attended several events at the Lund Gazebo. I hear, too, that Tla’amin Nation held celebrations on its beachfront. As those events diminished, an annual Earth Day event was hosted in Powell River. From there, a team

of volunteers created Earth Week.

Last year was our first Earth Month, and this year is our second. For an updated calendar of events taking place throughout the month, or to add your own, visit earthmonthpr.ca.

If you are looking for things to do on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, look no further. There are lots of options: -Start the day off by supporting local vendors at the Uptown Winter Market, 10 am-12:30 pm at Community Resource Centre on Joyce Avenue. This market is a great resource for locally baked, grown and sourced food.

-Lund Gazebo will be abuzz with activity from 12-6 pm with a plant/seed exchange, nature art installations and crafts, eco information about the Lund farm co-op, climate change, emergency shelters and forest-fire awareness.

There will also be free trees to give away. Music and dancing will take place at the gazebo 8 pm-12 am the night before. Attendance is by donation with proceeds supporting the salmon-enhancement project.

To participate, contact Christine at cmorgan.pmichaud@gmail.com.

-At Willingdon Beach’s Rotary Pavilion, Powell River will celebrate Earth Day from 12-4 pm.

Details are being worked out but organizers Climate Action Powell River hope to have music, an eco trade show, vendors, community groups and an Earth Day quiz.

Contact coolhomes.pr@gmail.com to participate.

-Prayer, song, readings and sacred circle dance take place during an all-faiths liturgy to reaffirm our commitment to care for and nurture all creation. Join the Caring for Creation, Earth Day ecumenical prayer service, 4 pm at Sycamore

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Commons, St. David and St. Paul Anglican Church in Townsite.

-Remember the standing room only at last year’s eCouture Wearable Art Fashion Show?

Organizers have expanded their event location to Dwight Hall, which is expected to be packed too, so don’t be late. Event starts at 6:30 pm. It is a highlight of Earth Month and supports a more conscious consideration of apparel.

You can look fabulous in the latest handmade, locally sourced, creatively created creations.

Wherever your environmental ethics take you, you can and do make a difference. Happy Earth Month.

Janet Southcott is a member of the Earth Month Team and sponsoring organization Climate Action Powell River. Become involved with Earth Month at earthmonthpr.ca.

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Matilde Massullo With love and sadness we say goodbye to our wife, mother, zia/ auntie and friend Matilde. She was born in Bagnoli del Trigno, Italy, and passed away Monday, April 3, at the age of 85.

Matilde is survived by her loving husband Alfredo and devoted daughter Anna.

Special thank-you to Corinne and Scott for sharing their children Garrison, Austin and Hope, and all of our other family and friends for their love, support and prayers.

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Mass of Christian burial will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, April 6, at Church of the Assumption. Prayers will be held at 5 pm on Wednesday, April 5, also at Church of the Assumption.

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5520 Legal/Public Notices

REQUEST FOR QUOTES POWELL RIVER SOCIAL PLANNING PROGRAM 1220-20-0460 The City of Powell River is requesting quotes for the Powell River Social Planning Program. Scope of service would entail development of a social planning program partnering the three local governments of the region: City of Powell River, Tla’amin Nation and Powell River Regional District.

Quotes will be accepted up to 3 pm local time on April 21, 2017, at City Hall, 6910 Duncan Street, Powell River, BC, V8A 1V4.

Request for quote packages will be available Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at City Hall, address as above, or on the City of Powell River website at www.powellriver.ca. Inquiries may be made to Mac Fraser, Chief Administrative Officer at 604.485.8601.

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6040 Lots & Acreages for Sale 1 PARCEL - Prince George, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 344.742 +/- title acres. 165 +/- cultivated acres.

980 +/- sq. ft. mobile home plus additions. Jerr y Hodge: 780.706.6652.

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Special Occasion Liquor Licences (PUBLIC OUTDOOR EVENTS) The City of Powell River is now accepting applications for Special Occasion Liquor Licences for Public Events on City property in 2017.

All applicants must meet the following qualifying criteria to be considered by the City of Powell River. a) A society or organization organizing a public exhibition, game or contest involving athletic skill or sports, where private or professional gain is absent, and which, in Council’s opinion, would be for the City’s advantage; or b) An organization considered by Council to be contributing to the interest and advantage of the City; or c) An organization celebrating an event of public interest.

The total number of available days for Special Occasion Liquor Licences on City property for the year 2017 is 19.

Applications must be received at least 30 days in advance of the event. A $50 non-refundable deposit must accompany the application. Deposits will be applied to the daily user fee.

City approval of all applications is subject to approval by the Liquor Control Board and the RCMP.

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Applications must be addressed to the attention of the Recreation Manager and will be accepted up to 4 pm on Friday April 28, 2017, at Powell River Recreation Complex, 5001 Joyce Avenue, Powell River, BC, Canada, V8A 5R2.

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The Lands File for this application is 2409133. Comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Comments will be received by Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 28, 2017. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations may not consider comments received after this date. Please visit the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at www.arfd.gov. bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information.

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Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVENUE • 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT APRIL 5 TO 11

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each

ISLAND FARMS 1%

Chocolate Milk

Ambrosia Apples

98

2L

ISLAND FARMS VANILLA PLUS

Ice Cream

If it doesn’t say Island Farms . . . it isn’t.

¢

Assorted, 1.65 L

WHOLESOME FOOD

Organic BaggedgSalad

1 lb crtn

Long English Cucumbers

CALIFORNIA

Strawberries

3 3 23 150

$ 98 $ 48 each

Green Onions

68

¢

98

¢

/lb 2.16/kg

each

1

2

Mushrooms $

98 /lb 6.57/kg

Italian Sausage

3

Panini Buns

White or Whole Wheat Pkg of 6

2

$ 48

Pkg of 6

HUNGRY MAN FROZEN

Dinners Assorted, 455 g

$ 98 /lb 8.77/kg

7 48 6

Top Sirloin Grilling $ Steaks Boneless Skinless $ Chicken Breast FRESH

48 /lb 16.49/kg

/lb 14.29/kg

100 g

1

$ 48

2

$ 98

Assorted, 1.75 L

Hot or Mild

3

Croissants

Orange Juice

Boneless Pork Loin Roast or Chops

100 g

530 g

MINUTE MAID

/lb 8.77/kg

2

100 g

$ 48

Italian Bread

GROCERY

$ 98

68

Hungarian Salami

F R E S H D A I LY

P E R S O N A L S E RV I C E Made Fresh In Store

2

100 g

FOR

ORGANIC JUMBO WHITE

Oven Roasted Turkey $ Breast

$ 38

$

each

Zucchini Squash

Hunter Sausage

1

$ 48

Old Fashioned Ham

/lb 2.16/kg

LOCAL

3 $ 98 4

$ 68

Banana Cream Pie 560 g

5

$ 48

2

$ 98 VLASIC

KRAFT SALAD

Pickles

Dressings ml

Assorted, 1L

3 25 3 Assorted, 475

$ 98 HAWAIIAN PUNCH FRUIT

Juice

Assorted, 1.98L

1

$ 98

FOR

CHRISTIE’S

Crackers Assorted 175-454 g

25 $

FOR

Care is helping families thrive

WHIRLPOOL CARES

$ 68

$

SAVE UP TO

MCLARENS KENT

Sweet Gherkins

1

$ 98

Sweet Onions or Manz Olives, 375 ml

45 $

25%

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On Qualifying Whirlpool Major Appliances* LIMITED TIME OFFER: March 30- April 26, 2017

SAVINGS EVENT

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE