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Building permit still not issued for city-owned project JASON SCHREURS publisher@prpeak.com

With the original mid-August to October opening date for the new Powell River Public Library now upon us, City of Powell River still has not issued a building permit for the project.

The nearly six-month construction job at Crossroads Village Shopping Centre, which was originally slated to begin in March, would not be completed until February 2017, even if a permit was issued today.

The city’s purchase of the building from locally based Futurevest Investment Corporation was made official in late January after the pending sale was announced in August 2015.

Futurevest, also the contractor for the library build as a condition of the sale, was ready to break ground in March to meet its initial deadline. The company applied for building permits in February, but the city has still not signed off on them.

According to mayor Dave Formosa, the long delay in issuing permits has mostly been due to issues around the building’s stability, fire protections and applying

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CONSTRUCTION STALLED: Work on the new Powell River Public Library has come to a standstill for the past few weeks as City of Powell River staff have yet to issue a building permit for the project. JASON SCHREURS PHOTO

stringent building codes to a building that is close to 50 years old.

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Completion at least six months out 1« LIBRARY and design and build the new library with a locked-in price.

Formosa said the city received a deal at $4.9 million, when it would have cost upwards of $8 million to build a new library from scratch.

Futurevest is owned by Powell River residents Michele Sauve, Réal Sigouin and Kevin Sigouin, as well as two former residents, Francis Sauve and Fred Formosa, the mayor’s cousin.

Michele Sauve said the company was trying to provide the city with a practical and affordable solution in 2014 and it is frustrated with the delays. The price Futurevest quoted in 2014 has remained the same, she added.

“We were doing this as a favour to the city; we saw this as a good solution, and so did the people of the city, so that’s our frustration,” said Sauve. “We felt it was a way of giving back to the city that supports us.”

Sauve said most of the delays have been the result of city staff hiring consultants to review Futurevest’s plans. Sauve said the city has brought in second opinions on mechanical, electrical, structural and architectural, as well as requiring a building code review.

“We hired professionals to do their jobs and we felt they do their jobs well, and they would have to put their stamp on anything they did. You don’t usually double check on professionals like that,” said Sauve, adding that permit delays have stalled trades professionals and sub-contractors.

City director of planning services Thomas Knight said Futurevest’s original building plans were not approvable and more information was necessary. For example, an architect Futurevest hired to do the code review missed several key issues, according to Knight.

“When our building in-

spector reviewed that architect’s report, he found that it was wholly lacking in a number of areas,” said Knight. “There were some complete sections of the building code that their architect didn’t even comment on, so at that point we decided to ensure the safety of the building at the city’s cost, and we had our architect review their architect’s work. As a result, we found a number of other things to be remiss.”

While Futurevest was able to do approximately 80 per cent of required seismic upgrading under a preliminary city permit to work on the building’s foundation, it ceased activity at the site through most of the summer while waiting for further permits.

Knight said the city had no choice but to hire its own consultants to review the existing building plans.

“Would the city taxpayer want to ensure that they have a building that completely meets the geotechnical concerns and safety regulations of the building code,” said Knight, “or have a building that met the deadline and find out later that we have hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of work to

ONE YEAR AGO: Powell River officials announced on August 31, 2015, that they had a deal in place to purchase part of Crossroads Village Shopping Centre to house the new Powell River Public Library. At the time, City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa [second from left], was optimistic about breaking ground. Formosa is pictured here with [from left] Powell River Regional District chair Patrick Brabazon, former library board trustee Ron Woznow, library board chair Jon van Oostveen and chief librarian Terry Noreault. PEAK ARCHIVE PHOTO

ber was the library’s new target opening date, now less than three months away.

“I’m very disappointed that in November we will be two years after the library referendum and we’re still struggling along,” said Noreault. “This is one of those areas that is really a city staff issue and not a council issue. Council has been very supportive and it’s just a question of Futurevest and city staff not agreeing on what is required for the

sides are sitting down this week to address remaining concerns, including lifesafety issues of the north wall assembly, which separates the library from the rest of the mall, and the fireresistant rating between the first and second floors.

“We won’t sign off on anything until the lifesafety and coding issues are successfully addressed by Futurevest,” said Knight.

Formosa agreed that the issues should be resolved at

The city saw things and it needed to put its oar in the water, and it did. The contractor saw things and said it disagreed, and it put its oar in the water. Professional engineers and architects came together and now everyone seems to be satisfied, and now we can move forward.

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do in the future?”

Meanwhile, chief librarian Terry Noreault said he is beginning to receive furniture that was ordered for the new library’s original opening date and currently has no place to store it.

When seismic upgrades were deemed necessary in late June, Noreault announced that mid-Novem-

building to meet code.”

Formosa said he has recently been assured by city director of infrastructure Tor Birtig that the project will be moving forward.

Knight confirmed that if all issues are addressed, the building inspector should be able to sign off on permits

by August 30.

According to Knight, both

this meeting and previous issues, such as seismic upgrading, have already been addressed.

“The city just wanted to make sure we had the very best and safest building we could, and with the new building codes we have those responsibilities,” said Formosa. “The two sides will be reviewing blueprints

for the final time, just making sure that they have all of the changes in and things they want to tweak between the construction team, city team and library team.”

Formosa added the delay is a small price to pay for the value the city received on the purchase and build.

He added the permit issue is something many city building departments are running into with contractors due to the constant change in building codes.

“The city saw things and it needed to put its oar in the water, and it did. The contractor saw things and said it disagreed, and it put its oar in the water. Professional engineers and architects came together and now everyone seems to be satisfied, and now we can move forward,” said Formosa. “We saved millions on the building, so there’s a little a bit of pain now for all of that gain.”

Adjacent and surrounding business owners, some of which are now tenants of the city, complained in mid-July about the disruptions their businesses have seen during construction.

Further delays will only impact them more, according to Sauve, who manages the non-city-owned portion

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“As the property manager at the mall, I’m sensing a lot of frustration with tenants as well, regarding the timelines,” said Sauve. “Everyone is supportive of the library and we’re excited to see this happen, but we’re all frustrated.”

Formosa said he understands building tenants are frustrated and hopes everyone will be patient while the city and Futurevest continue forward with the project.

“I apologize to our tenants who have had to endure this,” said Formosa. “As a retailer myself, I can only say sorry, sorry, sorry.”

As for a new target opening date, Noreault said library staff are not giving the public an updated timeline until the city and Futurevest agree on a schedule.

“In the past we’ve believed things were going along well and had set a date that seemed reasonable, but now we are three months out from the new target date and work hasn’t even started yet,” said Noreault.

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Regional district works on certification for Texada Island airport CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

DISRUPTED SERVICE: Texada Island is one of many communities with suspended nighttime air-ambulance service after Transport Canada changed its certification standards. BC AMBULANCE SERVICES PHOTO

to Transport Canada,” said Storry.

McWilliam said with shorter days coming in fall and winter, Texada residents are worried the problem is far from being resolved.

A review of health emergencies earlier in the summer showed four instances

to need medical evacuation out, time is a factor.”

According to Grewal, since 2014 the air ambulance service has “cared for and transported six patients from Texada.”

Gillies Bay airport has had procedures in place for night air-ambulance service since 2010, said Storry,

Obviously, you never plan on being seriously ill, but if you are it’s nice to know there’s a system to provide support.

Right now, that’s inadequate.

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when Helijet prepared a report recommending the use of the airport for night service using temporarily deployed landing lights, also known as turbo flares, and temporary windsock lighting. Since then, Gillies Bay Volunteer Fire Department has been facilitating night landings by deploying the

temporary landing and windsock lights, he added.

But McWilliam said the community feels like it is caught in the middle of a bureaucratic fight between Helijet and Transpor t Canada.

“Where’s the practicality in all of this?” he said.

“We have a windsock, flood lights and turbo flares we put out on the runway in the pattern Helijet requested.

That’s not good enough?”

Transport Canada identified that similar to TofinoLong Beach Airport, Texada/ Gillies Bay is not certified by the federal transportation authority for night helicopter landings. Transportation board investigators identified problems with night air-ambulance service on Texada after looking into a November 2015 incident at Tofino where pilots of an air ambulance helicopter flight temporarily lost control of the aircraft and nearly crashed. Transport Canada also found night visibility problems with three

Sikorsky S-76C helicopters Helijet uses as provincial air ambulances.

While the regional district looks at having Gillies Bay certified by the federal transportation authority, BCEHS said if Helijet is unable to provide service to hospital helipads, including Sechelt, Comox and Nanaimo, among other major locations in Metro Vancouver, the provincial body may look at revoking the company’s eight-year, $104-million contract, which is due to expire in 2019.

Helijet vice-president Rick Hill recently told media that the company has an 18year history of safe medical evacuation operation and, if needed, it would look at replacing the aircraft.

Storry said if Transport Canada does not approve the new operating procedures that include the use of more turbo flares, the Texada airport may be forced to construct a permanent helipad, which could cost up to $100,000.

Council asks for Sugar Vault input City of Powell River council voted unanimously at its meeting on Thursday, August 18, to proceed with a public consultation process for dessert lounge That Sugar Vault’s application for a primary liquor licence.

The opening of the establishment at Crossroads Village Shopping Centre earlier this summer has been fraught with concern from nearby neighbours over the amount of noise it would produce at night.

BC Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, the provincial body that decides on and issues the licence, invited the city to participate in a public process.

A public hearing will be set and feedback will provide the basis for council’s decision to either support the licence application or oppose it.

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where air-ambulance service was needed at night, but other measures had to be taken, such as having BC Ferries make an emergency sailing to Westview, or calling Canadian Coast Guard for help, said McWilliam.

“That adds a whole lot of extra time,” he said. “When someone is critical enough

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Night air ambulance service to Texada/Gillies Bay Airport continues to be suspended, but airport authorities are working on a plan for Transport Canada approval to allow night landings.

As several major BC hospitals deal with disrupted night air ambulances, Texada residents have been without the service since January.

“It has a lot of people concerned,” said Texada Health Services Society president Rob McWilliam. “Obviously, you never plan on being seriously ill, but if you are it’s nice to know there’s a system to provide support. Right now, that’s inadequate.”

BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) spokesperson Preet Grewal said air ambulance operator Helijet International recently notified BCEHS that Gillies Bay airport is not certified by Transport Canada for night operations.

Due to Texada’s proximity to the Lower Mainland, the fixed-wing air ambulance would not be used, said Grewal.

According to Gillies Bay airport manager Russell Storry, Powell River Regional District has brought in Powell River aviation consultant Ken Glaze from VertFlight International to help develop operating procedures for night landings that are Transport Canada certified.

“Work has progressed and we’re close to submitting

At its meeting on Thursday, August 18, City of Powell River council approved the leasing of the former Catalyst administration building, located at 6270 Yew Street, to a medical marijuana company.

The 10-year lease to Santè Veritas Therapeutics (SVT) will generate $180,000 in lease revenue per year for the city and at least $15,000 in additional annual municipal taxes.

The company said it expects the facility to provide 50 jobs in the first phase of operation and generate up to $4 million in local spending.

The lease gives SVT a three-year option to purchase the building with 30 per cent of the collected lease revenue going toward the purchase price. It also includes an option for one 10-year renewal.

SVT will be responsible for all building repairs and maintenance.

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Manson bike lane worries neighbours

NOTICE OF MEETING TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE POWELL RIVER REGIONAL BOARD The Powell River Regional Board meeting regularly scheduled for 7 pm on Thursday, August 25, has been rescheduled to 6 pm. The location of the meeting has also been changed to the Northside Community Recreation Centre (formerly Lund Community Centre).

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1. AUGUST 20 7300 block Duncan Street At approximately 4:15 am Powell River RCMP attended a break and enter at a business. A MacBook laptop computer was stolen from the business. Police 1. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 continue to investigate and anyone Joyce Avenue, 4700 block with information on this crime is asked At approximately 4:15 pm, RCMP to contact RCMP at 604.485.6255 or received a report of a theft that occurred Crimestoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477). one hour prior at Rona Building Centre.

A caucasian male, described as 5’8” tall, 2. AUGUST 23 wearing a black hat and carrying a black 4700 Joyce Avenue backpack, was observed running out of At 11:45 pm an RCMP officer was the door after stealing a Dewalt 20-volt making patrols when he observed a drill. green recycle bin on fire in the alley behind a retail store. The fire department 2. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 attended and promptly extinguished the Westminster Street, 7000 block fire. There was no damage to the building In the morning, RCMP were called to or surrounding property. Anyone with the scene of a break and enter at the information about this incident is asked fuel dock of Beach Gardens Resort and to contact RCMP at 604.485.6255 or Marina. The thief, or thieves, stole a Crimestoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477). marine radio.

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Residents who park along avenue raise issue with city’s cycling plans CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Edgehill area residents are questioning a city plan to install cycling lanes on both sides of Manson Avenue, a move they say will reduce the amount of street parking available to them.

Manson homeowner Iain Livingstone raised the issue in an August 2 letter to mayor and council. Livingstone said he is aware that no bylaws have been passed yet, but he, along with approximately 18 others living on Manson between Alberni and Abbotsford streets, is worried about the impact of the lanes on parking once council makes its decision.

“The installation of bike lanes will no doubt mean no parking will be available to us when or if a bylaw to such effect is in place,” stated Livingstone in the letter.

Livingstone said his concerns go back to the spring when his son-in-law, who had parked in front of his house, was allegedly told by a city bylaw enforcement officer that parking in the bike lane was prohibited. This happened before any bylaw had been passed or notice given regulating street parking, he said.

Livingstone met with councillors Russell Brewer and Karen Skadsheim about his concerns then, but as of August had not heard if any decision on the bike lanes had been made.

“If they are going to be putting bylaws in, then they should be putting signs up, that’s for one thing,” said Livingstone. “They should be telling people.”

Brewer said he understands why some residents have been left wondering what the city’s cycling plan is.

“We missed the boat a little bit there,” said Brewer.

“We need to do a bit more

PARKING WOES: Residents in the Edgehill area of Manson Avenue are concerned an additional cycling lane will affect the availability of street parking in front of their homes.

The new lane is part of a plan to construct approximately seven kilometres of bike lanes within City of Powell River.

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sharing with what we’re doing with the cycling plan and the works that are going on.”

Not enough attention has been focused on sharing the objectives and benefits of the cycling plan with the community, or updates on the various phases of the works required and implications for residents and road users, added Brewer.

In 2014, City of Powell River completed its municipal cycling plan. With that document, the city was able to obtain three government grants for more than $338,000 to construct approximately seven kilometres of bike lanes, city manager of engineering services Frank D’Angio told city councillors Tuesday, August 16, in a verbal report to the committee of the whole.

The city’s traffic bylaw that regulates street parking has not been updated to reflect the municipal cycling plan, although a first draft of an updated traffic bylaw was presented in January and is expected to come back to committee in September, said Brewer.

“There’s going to be some

learning as we roll the plan out,” said Brewer. “There’s going to be those routes where what we’ve implemented doesn’t quite work and we’re going to have to revisit it and think about doing something different. At the same time, there may be areas where it might require changes in behaviour of motorists, residents and cyclists.”

D’Angio said city staff is looking at options for Manson Avenue residents.

With sidewalks on both sides of the road between Alberni and Abbotsford, there is less width for lanes and no gravel shoulder for parking, he said.

“We do have some ideas we’ve been floating, but we haven’t come up with anything concrete yet,” said D’Angio.

Staff will wait for the fall school term at nearby Edgehill Elementary School to begin before conducting a bike count for that stretch of road to quantify its use by cyclists before making any decisions, said D’Angio.

One option among a few, he said, is to have only one bike lane for both directions on that stretch of road.

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Tla’amin Nation government posts speed signs CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Two new Tla’amin Nation signs have been posted on Highway 101 to remind motorists to slow down while driving through the first nations community.

A 30-kilometre per hour speed limit is in effect along the provincial highway from Tla’amin Convenience Store to near the first nation’s new government house off Klahanie Drive.

According to Tla’amin Nation lands manager Denise Smith, not enough drivers are slowing down.

“It’s dangerous,” said Smith. “Up near the soccer field kids are getting off the bus and crossing the road. There’s no signage there to tell drivers this is a soccer field and a playground area.”

One of the new signs is located just before the soccer field on the east side of the highway; the other is next to Tla’amin cemetery on the west side.

Powell River RCMP sergeant Kevin Day

said he could not comment directly on the location of signs as he has not yet seen them.

He added that the department supports the idea of community signs reminding drivers to slow down, particularly in areas where children are playing, as long as signs do not obstruct drivers’ views.

“Sometimes these types of reminders do slow people down and can work,” said Day. “In this case, we try to enforce that speed zone when possible, but sometimes, especially during the summer when traffic is heavier, the problem gets worse.”

Standing on the side of the road next to one of the new signs, Smith said while incidents of excessive speed have been noted, including drivers travelling at 90 or 100 kilometres per hour, the majority of drivers passing through the community are going too fast.

“You can stand here and watch traffic and know they are not doing the limit,” she said.

“There are posted signs, but eight out of 10 drivers are speeding.”

Similar to neighbourhoods posting reminders for drivers to slow down, the aim of these signs is to request drivers to be respectful and reduce their speed.

“Sometimes the motoring public needs a bit of education,” said Day. “I’m all for that.”

COUNCIL BRIEFS City hires deputy fire chief Councillor Maggie Hathaway announced at City of Powell River’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, August 16, that Powell River Fire Rescue has brought on a new deputy chief.

The city fire department has hired Rocky Swanson for the position. Swanson comes back to Powell River after a serving as a military firefighter in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Former deputy chief Terry Peters was promoted to chief after former chief Dan Ouellette retired earlier this year.

Committee ideas go back for discussion

Willingdon lot transformation City of Powell River council passed a resolution at its meeting on Thursday, August 18, to open the gravel lot next to Willingdon Beach, known as Willingdon South, for special event parking periodically throughout the year. Council also asked staff to bring back options for removing the gravel and planting grass. The lot is the former site of Powell River Civic Arena, the town’s ice rink prior to Powell River Recreation Complex being built.

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At its meeting on Thursday, August 18, City of Powell River council decided that the idea of forming two committees for the public to participate in, one for social action and policy and the other for sustainability, will go back to the committee of the whole for further discussion.

Councillors said they favoured the idea of broad committees with working groups over organizing roundtable discussions.

On Thursday, August 25, City of Powell River councillors will take a closer look at an online interactive civic budgeting simulator designed to promote greater government transparency and citizen participation.

Citizen Budget, created by Canadian not-for-profit Open North, allows the general public to look at the impact of financial choices and educates on the trade-offs and constraints faced by the municipality.

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WARNING SIGNS: Tla’amin Nation lands manager Denise Smith said the local government is hoping new signs on Highway 101 will bring more attention to the amount of speeding going on through the first nations community. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

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It comes as no surprise that the opening date of Powell River Public Library’s new location will be delayed into 2017. Those familiar with the process of pubic infrastructure construction in this province know that large building projects are notorious for taking longer, and coming in more expensive, than first planned.

What is a shock is that renovations on the new library at Crossroads Village Shopping Centre have not even begun yet.

Seismic upgrades on the approximately 50-year-old building’s foundation are now about 80 per cent complete, but the actual renovation, estimated at six months of work, has not even commenced. With the previously established timelines, that work should have started in March.

All hope of having a new library open this fall h a s f a d e d and without building permits from the city in the hand of the contractor, Futurevest Investment Cor poration, it is difficult to set schedules and Two things are lacking deadlines for with the library project: when the library cooperation among all parties will be finished.

This presents to make it work and a sense many logistical of urgency to get it finished. p ro b l e m s . Ho w does library staff plan to move tens of thousands of books and other collections when they are not able to make any solid plans of when that will happen? Also, furniture and other interior design elements that were ordered for the original opening date are starting to come in with nowhere to store them.

Neither city staff, the arbiter of the provincial building code and owner of the building, nor Futurevest, the general contractor, are taking responsibility for the delay and instead seem to be blaming each other. This is causing a disconnect between the two parties on how to bring the building plan up to code and finally begin construction.

Where is the sense of cooperation in all of this? Furturevest has gone out of its way to give the city a good deal on the building, so why is city staff not working together with them more to expedite the project?

Considerable work has been done to promote Powell River as a place that is open for business. If the city cannot find a way to issue building permits in a timely fashion, especially on its own buildings, it does not bode well for business development.

The city needs to find a way to balance proceeding with caution with getting things done on established timelines.

Two things are lacking with the library project: cooperation among all parties to make it work and a sense of urgency to get it finished.

Without those two key elements, it is anyone’s guess how long the new library will take to open.

Chris Bolster, reporter

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By John Young The Peak’s publisher/editor was right last week when he said the issue of affordable housing is an emergency in Powell River [“Do the right thing,” August 17]. He was right again when calling for immediate action so those in desperate need of suitable housing can find it.

Last week’s cover story in the Peak [“Civic leaders seek housing answers,” August 17] included comments from a number of committed local leaders who all wish we had more data so we could target scarce resources to the best possible outcomes.

That is an undeniably wise aspiration and one that could take a long time to realize.

In situations like this (affordable housing crisis, tied to child poverty crisis, tied to political de-

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cisions of provincial and federal governments over many years) our elected officials have the responsibility to take the considerable, if imperfect, information we have and then bear down and

basic Canadian kindness, tells us that interrupting the cycle of intergenerational poverty is the best thing to do.

The most effective way to do that is to direct resources to lone parents (almost all women) living in poverty and ensure Can local governments they have suitable housing come up with necessary and low-cost, high-quality, publicly funded childcare, resources to meet among other basic requireeveryone’s needs? No, ments needed to rise out of probably not. But can they poverty.

Can local governments come up with significant come up with the resources to meet everyone’s needs? No, resources and make a probably not. But can they profound difference? come up with significant resources and make a profound Yes, of course they can. difference in the lives of many? Yes, of course they can. play god; deciding whose needs to Here are three areas where meet with scarce resources. much needed resources might be With that in mind, all the ex- found, so we can begin to address pert research, combined with the crisis. »7 MAEGAN KIMBALL

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What is your favourite neighbourhood in Powell River, and why?

MEGHAN MCALLISTER Manitoba Avenue It would be Townsite. I don’t live there anymore, but I would like to get back there one day. I love it for lots of reasons, including the houses, but mostly for the community feel.

JEN RAMSAY Highway 101 I have lived north of town for about five years, near Craig Road, but I would go with Wildwood because of the people, the school and the community there.

MARK DECORTE Church Street I definitely like Cranberry.

The people are nice and everybody is like a big family on my street, so it’s really good.

MICHELLE MCCANN Harvie Avenue Westview is the best neighbourhood because I can walk everywhere.

I live on a corner with hedges around me, so it’s like I live in a park in Westview; it’s great.

URSULA MEDLEY Dunlop Road There are so many beautiful parts of every neighbourhood. But my favourite is Lang Bay, because it’s quieter than Powell River, but we’re still a family down there. It’s a community and it’s wonderful.

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6« VIEWPOINT First: Powell River Community Forest Corporation negotiated preferential tax Fund is owned by City of Powell River and treatment for its Powell River operations. generates approximately $1 million in rev- Catalyst and its current tax status are well enue annually. The city could write a new worth reconsidering. Year-over-year foreprovision into the fund’s mandate so a dedi- gone tax revenue amounts to millions of cated percentage (50 per cent?) of annual dollars; a lot of money in any community revenue goes toward building affordable and an enormous amount if targeted to af9 Wednesday.April 2.2014 | Powell River Peak fordable » prpeak.com housing and other urgent initiatives for the housing and child poverty in Powell region.

River.

Second: Several years ago, Catalyst Paper Third: Taxes in Powell River are at the high

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sized pickups and SUVs that it is dangerous for children in crosswalks, since most of these vehicles have impaired visibility directly in front of the vehicle. That is why such vehicles are banned in Europe.

I would like to think that Powell River may some day wake up to the grave injustice it is doing its pedestrian population by failing to address the many chronic traffic safety problems in the city, but after having lived there for seven years, I don’t hold out much hope.

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end of the provincial average, while taxes in the regional district are near the bottom.

Given that our community faces a real emergency, there is an important conversation to be had about addressing this imbalance and increasing revenue.

Every one per cent tax increase in Powell River yields approximately $150,000 in new revenue. In light of the severity of challenges facing the region, tax increases may well

of the lake it will multiply very fast like it has for years. The root system is very hardy. You cannot kill the weed.

Once the lake is cleared out you can start fresh, restock with trout and make it a nice swimming hole like it was before. Now it is a swamp, not good for the public.

We need to make Cranberry Lake nice again and it can be done once the lilies are out of the lake.

Cliff Lang Squamish, BC

It was with great sadness that we read about the recent death of the 62-yearold newcomer to Powell River who was struck by an SUV on Joyce Avenue [“Pedestrian succumbs to injuries,” March 21].

I moved with my wife and two small children to Powell River in 2005 and spent the better part of seven years living there.

One of the main reasons I wanted to leave was because the community’s leaders have never shown the slightest interest in improvIgnorance harms ing traffic flow and enforceIn response to MP John ment to ensure the safety Cranberry Lake Weston’s opposition to the of the many children and Lilies have taken over the wording of the Tla’amin seniors who walk and bike lake; we all understand the (Sliammon) First Nation in the community.

It is frightening to walk infestation of the matter treaty, I am disturbed by down Joyce, with its narrow [“Water lilies create cause his lack of awareness and sidewalks and no green buf- for concern,” March 26]. knowledge of the historical fer or parking lane between Now, the only way you will context of the treaty process, especially with regard get rid of them is not by and pedestriansLetters and theshould many not exceed 350 words full-sized pickups and SUVs clipping them—you have to the tremendously negaviewpoints must be approximately 500 words barreling down the road, to put a dredge on a small tive impacts of colonization usually well above the speed barge and haul the garbage and unjust Canadian laws out of the lake, roots and on first nation individuals limit.

So many people in Powell all. Once the root of the lily and communities [“Weston River drive late-model full- takes hold of the bottom speaks against treaty,”

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He claims that the “peace, order and good government of Canada” will be undermined by a treaty that allows Tla’amin to exercise laws that are rooted in traditional systems of governance that have existed for millennia before Canada was even a remote concept. To lump together Sharia law, Québécois law, and other “local” laws into this context betrays a limited understanding of the systemic inequalities that this treaty is aiming to address and rectify—inequalities such as the Indian Act, an aspect of Canadian law that was established to subjugate, control, distort and limit the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal peoples, and which continues to this day.

When Canadian laws existed to criminalize traditional ceremonies and customs, to tear apart families, and deny Aboriginal peoples the right to vote, what “values” exactly were the Canadian government trying to uphold? And what

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be necessary.

As in all cases where urgent community need calls for new approaches to mounting challenges, political will and community support will be required for meaningful progress to take place.

John Young moved to Powell River last year.

He has an extensive background in social justice and public policy.

“values” are the current Stephen Harper government, to which Weston is a member, truly upholding when first nations and other citizens who want to protect Canada’s environment for future generations are under surveillance and labelled terrorists? What “values” are the Harper government upholding when enacting Bill C-45, which again undermines first nations’ sovereignty and protection for the land and water that sustain us?

If Weston is concerned with the “most vulnerable” members of Canadian society, why does his political party actively seek out free trade agreements with Europe and China that will effectively render our own laws, national or local, null and void in the face of trade tribunals that favour corporate interests?

But what troubles me most of all, after reading the article, is that Weston’s problematic understanding of first nations’ issues only serves to fan the flames of ignorance that undermine

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PAVING THE WAY: City of Powell River manager of recreation Neil Pukesh checks out the new pathway, part of phase two of the city’s cycling infrastructure plan, looping around Powell River Recreation Complex. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

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A paved, multi-use pathway currently in the construction phase at Powell River Recreation Complex is intended to “support active transportation,” according to City of Powell River manager of recreation Neil Pukesh.

“It’s going to be 1.5 kilometres long and should be completed in the next couple of weeks,” said Pukesh. “It’s an extension of the bike lanes.”

Funding for phase two of the project is being jointly shared by the city and the Bike BC cycling infrastructure partnership program, which provides 50 per cent of the $16,000 in funding.

According to city councillor Jim Palm, Powell River has been applying for numerous programs from the province, but is not receiving as much funding as it once did, so any funding is welcome.

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“It’s being heavily used right now, even though it’s not officially open. Joyce Avenue needs to be completed for paving and once that’s done everything should be fine.”

Paving on Joyce, also part of phase two, will connect with proposed bike lanes on Manson Avenue, said Pukesh.

“It’s an opportunity to connect trails through Millennium Park to this multiuse pathway and it’s an extension of the bike lanes,” he said.

According to Pukesh, the fact that the paved pathway is in close proximity to Powell River General Hospital care facilities is also a notable addition to the community.

“We’ve already spoken to some doctors and nurses and they’re ecstatic they can now take their clients outside and have nice walks when the weather is decent,” said Pukesh. “We’re looking at adding some benches and maybe some picnic tables along the way, too.”

Pukesh said there are also plans to put distance markers every 200 metres.

“People can see how far they walk,” he said. “It’s just shy of one mile. Maybe we will look at doing some programming, such as a one-mile run.”

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“That seems to be the only type of funding we’re getting these days, cycling and the transporting funds, so I’m happy we have that funding to be able to put it in place,” said Palm, adding that the path is a great addition to the complex.

The path runs from Joyce Avenue down over the footbridge and then takes users around the complex, past the bike park, along Complex Way and back to Joyce.

“It’s a full, continuous loop of a paved, multi-use pathway that is wheelchair accessible,” said Pukesh, adding that the path can also be used for walking, cycling, rollerskating or rollerblading and by motorized scooters.

“It’s something they can now feel comfortable using; it’s safe,” said Pukesh. “It’s going to be about three metres wide in most places; just a nice, paved pathway people can enjoy to become active and healthy.”

While there has been opposition from some residents about the continued expansion of cycling paths in the city, according to Pukesh, response to the multi-use path at the complex has been very positive.

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Townsite explores heritage values Neighbourhood’s historic character adds incentive to preservation efforts CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Powell River’s historic Townsite has quickly become one of the city’s most popular neighbourhoods, with more people buying homes there for their heritage values than ever before.

According to several community advocates of heritage preservation, this bodes well for the future of the neighbourhood and its recognition as a historic district by the federal government. Still, the neighbourhood faces challenges.

“We’ve really reached the tipping point of appreciation for the architecture in Townsite, for its character rather than a place being appreciated solely as an inventory of cheap homes that could then be turned into something else,” said Townsite Heritage Society director Ann Nelson.

While the federal government recognized the neighbourhood in 1995 as a national historic site of Canada, that designation does not bring any protection for its historic architecture.

Nelson said it is up to city government to pass bylaws to protect the neighbourhood, and while some direction is laid out in the Townsite section of Powell River’s sustainable official community plan, the residential area is not protected as a heritage-conservation zone.

Nothing is stopping someone from purchasing a home on Maple Avenue, demolishing it and building a home with infill architecture, said Nelson.

However, over the past decade Townsite has continued to attract buyers who are intrigued by its homes and interested in buying something with character that can be restored, she said.

By virtue of that, it is “just pure luck” that more heritage homes have not been lost, according to City of Powell River councillor and Townsite resident Karen Skadsheim.

Skadsheim has been a vocal proponent of seeing Townsite’s heri-

HISTORIC CHARM: This dwelling that is now the location for Townsite Heritage Society is one of many restored houses in the neighbourhood that adds to its unique character. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

tage values preserved. While parts of Townsite are covered by a development-permit area, meaning that if someone wanted to change the way a building looks on the outside they would have to apply to city hall to have plans approved, most of the residences are not inside the permit area. According to Skadsheim, that puts heritage value at risk.

“We’re lucky we’ve had this sleepy Townsite here and we’re getting some new people lately and they are interested in preserving the heritage,” said Skadsheim.

With the cost of land in Metro Vancouver and the amount of redevelopment that spurs, that city is “losing a bit of its heritage every single day,” she said. “That could easily be Powell River.”

Skadsheim points out that, like Vancouver, City of Powell River does not have any bylaws that protect streetscapes and the West Coast Arts and Craft architecture of its homes.

“The thing that has attracted these people here is because there is so much heritage intact,” said Skadsheim. “We want to make sure it stays that way.”

City senior planner Jason Gow,

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also a Townsite resident, said that a decade ago when he and his family moved to the neighbourhood it was the charm of the homes that sealed the deal.

“I really appreciated how intact the neighbourhood was,” said Gow. “It was just an amazing feature and something that is appreciated by those who come from other places where that has been lost. I credit Townsite for the reason I’m here.”

The idea of bringing in regulations that tell homeowners what they can and cannot do with their homes is not a new fight, said Nelson.

More than 20 years ago Townsite Heritage Society was poised to work with city hall to create protection bylaws. At that time, before gutting the heritage preservation branch of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, the provincial government had a well-staffed department to help communities develop local heritage protection bylaws.

The society brought a speaker in to talk to neighbourhood residents about developing a conservation plan, but Nelson said he was sent packing having been “tarred and

feathered.”

“You can’t blame people for being concerned,” said Nelson. “In hard economic times, people wonder what’s going to happen if their building is designated a heritage building or becomes located in a heritage development permit area.”

Nelson said while having a home inside a heritage area is seen by some as a restriction on the freedom to do what a homeowner wishes to do with his or her property, what communities that have created the zones have found is an improvement in sales.

“The reality is people are eager to be part of that process and have a home that is valued and valuable for its heritage,” she said.

Nelson also added that Townsite Heritage Society is primarily concerned with how homes look on the outside and how yards are landscaped.

“We don’t want to see such restrictive legislation put in place that a person cannot even change the way the stairs in their home are nailed together without referring to a document,” said Nelson.

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bylaws have been set to be too restrictive, there are also others that recognize that while the building has historic value, it is also a family’s home.

“You have to give people the absolute latitude to do whatever they want inside their house, whatever their conscience tells them,” she said. “We may disagree and be heartbroken when we see someone change something that was intact for nearly 100 years, but homeowners need to be able to have a living space that inspires them.”

Gow said the city’s planning department will start work in the fall to preserve city-wide heritage, but he said at this point he is not sure what that will entail.

Nelson said whatever form the work takes, Townsite Heritage Society will continue to provide its local expertise on how homeowners are able to restore and renovate their homes in a sensitive manner and will continue to encourage Townsite homeowners to preserve the character defining exterior elements and streetscape.

“When it comes to understanding the aesthetics of the neighbourhood,” said Nelson, “we’re the best equipped.”

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Only blackberries grow more abundantly around Powell River than apples.

Apples, plums and pears are everywhere, ripening on backyard trees and in old orchards; so much fruit and so little time to pick.

“It’s a pretty good year for fruit trees,” said Skookum Gleaners volunteer manager David Parkinson. “A lot of people have more fruit than they can deal with.”

Skookum Gleaners is part of Skookum Food Provisioners’ Cooperative, an organization started in 2009 to promote more self-reliance through people growing food for their own needs and for family, friends, neighbours and the community.

According to Parkinson, last year was not the best year for fruit in general; his volunteers were only out to 17 picks, but this year is different.

“Already we’re up to 30 or 31,” he said.

Gleaners pick fruit and nuts off trees on private land, split a share of the harvest with the tree owners and, according to Parkinson,

“pretty much always there is some share of it that goes to the community, to people who can use it.”

That is where the Skookum project bares the most fruit: for the community. Fruit, nuts, and vegetables are given to community organizations that provide services to help alleviate poverty and hunger in Powell River.

Parkinson said no matter how much food is delivered to social agencies in Powell River, they will take it.

Partners that distribute the fresh food include Salvation Army, Inclusion Powell River, Family Place, Community Resource Centre (CRC), Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society and Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Salvation Army has a food lineup open to anyone twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. “It gives us the opportunity to provide a healthier option to people who may not be able to afford that,” said Salvation Army captain Krista Loder.

Powell River Action Centre Food Bank, the largest distributor of food in the region, has recently gone through organizational restructuring. It hopes to be able to include a program to make fresh, local food available, something not currently possible.

After seeing so much fruit going to waste, Jack Saunders became a volunteer gleaner this year.

“I thought getting this fruit and being able to give it to the CRC, Salvation Army and other organizations was really kind of spectacular,”

GLEANING SEASON: Jack Saunders [left] and Simon Nattrass, volunteer members of Skookum Gleaners, pick the last of the apples to be shared between them, the owner of the tree and community social-agency groups.

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said Saunders, who added that he does it “because it’s a good thing.”

Another benefit of the gleaner program is to keep bears away from residential fruit trees, said Saunders.

According to Parkinson, Skookum Gleaners could harvest and distribute more strategically, but it is a matter of capacity. There is more than enough fruit, but a limited number of pickers and community organizations can only take so much, he said.

According to Powell River Food Security Project coordinator Vanessa Sparrow, Skookum is doing as much as possible to overcome limits and barriers to how food is distributed to social agencies.

“What Skookum Gleaners

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is doing is fantastic, just in terms of people’s backyard fruit and nut trees,” said Sparrow. “The system they have in getting trees picked and the bounty distributed is one element of getting more of the food grown here on the plates of more people.”

Parkinson said he has 60 pickers on his volunteer list, but half of those or less have been involved with any of the harvests so far.

“We have a few real hardcore folks who go out picking because they like it and have time on their hands,” he said. “They probably take a bit of fruit, but they’re in it for donating the fruit to the food banks.”

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Preserving stocks kitchen shelves

STOCKING UP: Preserving food such as pickles for winter consumption is time consuming, but also a valuable part of country life. ERIN INNES PHOTO

WHERE THE ROAD BEGINS Musings on Lund

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about everyone around Lund being busy canning applesauce, pears and wild berries such as blackberries and huckleberries. From her tone, it was obvious Huber took it for granted that everyone reading would know what she meant.

That made me wonder how many of us out here are still doing this. Rural living has changed in the last few decades. Everything from the price of land to the daily cost of living has gone up.

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A few nights ago, making pickles kept me up way too late. A gigantic pile of cucumbers are waiting on the counter for another batch and more apples than I want to think about need saucing.

The end of summer means marathons of preserving to make sure I have something to eat this winter.

With so much food to be preserved at this time of year, sometimes I run out of ideas. I called around to a few neighbours to ask what everyone else was making.

My neighbour, Kristi McRae, told me she has pretty much given up regular pickling in favour of lacto-fermenting, using salt.

“For one thing, it’s less work,” said McRae. “The food is raw so the nutrients are preserved a lot better, plus it’s probiotic.”

Other neighbours are making sauerkraut, and dilly beans in brine, as well as the same sort of bread-andbutter pickles I was ladling into jars at some ungodly late hour that night.

I wondered what other sort of preserves folks made around here, so I went to the Lund Barnacle archive to see what could be found. An article by June Huber in the summer 1989 issue mentions catching salmon and cod in the Lund harbour in the 1920s and salting them in a crock for winter.

Huber also wrote in the fall issue that same year

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Mountain biking impacts local economy Interest in backcountry cycling benefits community DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Over the past two years, a change in attitude has evolved toward mountain biking and its lucrative market for tourism destinations such as Powell River, according to people closely associated with the industry and the sport.

Even with a gap in data to support conclusions about the positive economic impact mountain biking has on a community, Russell Brewer, Powell River city councillor, president of Powell River Cycling Association and a competitor in this year’s BC Bike Race (BCBR), said a study would confirm that with more and more mountain bikers hitting regional trails, more money is being cycled back into the local economy.

“It would be great if we could get a sense of the numbers,” said Brewer, “but we see it just from the amount of time we spend out on the trails and the number of people we run into; and they are coming from all over the place. It’s anecdotal, for sure, but if I compare this year and the last two with the last five years and the last 10 years, there’s no question it’s up.”

A July analysis of the sport’s economics in the online publication Pinkbike determined that mountain bikers were predominantly male, between 25 and 45 years old; 19 to 25 year olds were the second largest category. A majority had household income levels greater than $80,000. The average stay at each location was 3 to 5 days and the

BIKE BOOM: Economic returns resulting from the annual BC Bike Race stage held in Powell River have been a significant factor in attracting more mountain biking tourism to the area. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

average spend per day was between $60 and $100, including accommodations, food and recreation.

“A number of studies have come out over the years,” said Tourism Powell River marketing director Paul Kamon. “The one often citied is the Sea-to-Sky economic impact study done in 2006 with Mountain Biking BC, which is the mountain bike tourism association. It is going to get an update at the end of this year so we’ll have fresher, more relevant data coming, but ultimately it points to mountain biking as being a lucrative sector in tourism and that mountain bikers typically spend more money than other tourists and stay in a region longer.”

According to Kamon, when an economic-impact study relevant to this area is done, numbers will show a reflection of the growing

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“This is a big part of the Sunshine Coasts’ primary attraction, we have yearround mountain biking because our region is at sea level and our climate is quite moderate,” he said.

“We don’t have snow.”

The other draw to Powell River, according to Brewer, is the trails, mostly in and around the Duck Lake protected area where a BCBR stage takes place every year.

The stage is a favourite of its competitors who, in turn, spread the word about local mountain biking.

“Powell River has a lot of the classic, cross-country terrain that families are looking for, too, not necessarily the extreme stuff,” said Brewer.

According to Kamon, in addition to BCBR popularity that brings 600 competitors to the region, the Coast

Gravity Park near Sechelt is an example of the future of mountain biking on the coast.

“It’s the first purposebuilt mountain bike park in North America,” he said.

“It’s not built on ski infrastructure. It’s built as a mountain bike park and open year-round.

In Powell River, Kamon points to trail building and the BCBR as being part of this area’s biking infrastructure, which includes the bike and skate park at Powell River Recreation Complex. All are part of the investment in the culture of mountain biking, “which is a bright light in the tourism sector,” he said.

As far as actual numbers are concerned, according to Brewer, until Powell River can conduct its own study or a combined study of the lower and upper Sunshine Coast, this area will have to

take data from other places, such as the Sea-to-Sky study, to get a sense of what is happening.

“Sea-to-Sky is the second one to be done so they’ll be able to compare with the last one and extrapolate what that might be for an area like us, but it would be nice to do something local, even if it was exit surveys or trail surveys,” said Brewer.

Kamon said more data is always better because it provides a legitimate economic argument that compels local governments to contribute continual investment to keep the sector healthy, take care of the environment and create a healthy culture where Powell River can benefit.

“There’s maintenance that needs to be done,” said Kamon. “It’s one thing to build a trail, it’s another thing to maintain a trail. If we have more users coming

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Another economic impact derived from mountain biking is that it may entice people to move here. According to Kamon, the bigger return is with Powell River’s resident-attraction campaign.

“It’s important that we recognize these amenities: mountain bike trails and mountain bike culture contribute to what is also drawing young people to the coast,” said Kamon. “We need young people to keep our communities alive and mountain biking is a part of their life and lifestyle.

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Fiddler up for music award Canadian Country Music Association nominates former Powell River resident Julie Kennedy DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

I f Julie K ennedy wins the 2016 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) award for fiddle player of the year, she joked that she might send her sister Carli up to accept and “nobody would know the difference.”

If they were to do that, the audience might very well be fooled because, as their group name Twin Kennedy suggests, the sisters are identical twins.

According to Julie, she and Carli have successfully switched a few times, but did not fool anyone when they were growing up in Powell River.

“We never could pull it off because everybody knew there were two of us,” said Julie.

The twins started their musical career playing in the Kennedy Family Band, with their dad and younger sister.

“We would play for the cruise ships that would visit Powell River and we played at Canada Day and Sea Fair and all kinds of things,” said Julie. “That’s how we had our start performing.”

Julie said not only do she and her sister finish each other’s sentences, they also read each other’s minds musically and are very similar in what they like and where they choose to go in a songwriting session or studio.

“That’s a great thing because you don’t

end up butting heads to make musical decisions; you like the same things,” said Julie. “When we were choosing songs for our new album we wrote down our top picks from over a hundred tunes we had written and we chose the same top six.”

In addition to touring together for weeks on end, the sisters live together, splitting time between Nashville, Tennessee, and Sooke on Vancouver Island. It’s a way of life that cannot easily be described, said Julie.

“You just have kind of a built-in best friend, at least that’s how it’s been for us,” she said. “We both wanted to do the same thing as a career and be a group together.

You have somebody who understands you, you never get tired of it. It’s a wonderful thing to have in your life.”

Julie is up against some veterans and repeat nominees from last year’s CCMAs, including fiddler of the year Denis Dufresne, former winner Shane Guse, Ali Raney and Tyler Vollrath.

“I remember looking up to older kids in the fiddle groups and then when you go away to school you look up to people on the big stage and dream of the day when you get to play up there,” said Julie.

“Now to be recognized along with many of those people you looked up to is really exciting.”

Both sisters will attend Country Music Week together in London, Ontario, from September 11 through to the night of the award presentations on September 18.

“We’re going to have a blast,” said Julie.

Twin Kennedy also returns to Powell River on Saturday, September 30, at Max Cameron Theatre. Tickets are $35 and available at the Peak office. For more information, go to twinkennedy.com.

FIRST-CLASS FIDDLER: Nominated for Canada’s top prize for country music fiddle players at this year’s Canadian Country Music Association awards, Powell River’s Julie Kennedy lives life at home, in the studio and on the road with her twin sister Carli. JESSE EDMONDS PHOTOGRAPHY

Sculpture and painter stages exhibition DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Award-winning author, painter and metal sculptor Guillermo MacLean, known as Mac Lean in art circles, moved to Powell River with his wife, Sandra Lopez, in the spring. His visual work is described as abstract, expressionist and organic.

MacLean’s sculpting is architecturally inspired and functional, such as tables and chairs, and his paintings are abstract/ expressionist. A major showing of MacLean’s works are currently on display at 32 Lakes Coffee Roasters and Café in Townsite.

What do you remember from your childhood that influenced your art?

When I was seven years old, I made all of my toys, because my family was very poor. My father,

a Scottish guy and a dentist in a small town, had eight kids, so I didn’t have money to buy toys.

My father gave me a hammer and wood from boxes for tomatoes and the like. He brought me those empty boxes and said, “Make your toys.”

How do you compare that with the sculpture you do today?

What I do is add, to the contrary of another sculptor who removes, such as from a big stone. All my life I have added in the sense that now, when I weld, I put things together.

Which do you prefer, painting, sculpting or writing?

My wife is the sculptor, my true lover. You have to have only one lover, but sometimes you have to have two, so my two lovers are Sandra and my painting.

Who has influenced you as an artist?

There are so many. Some of them have influenced me in an aesthetic way. If I have to choose one, it is my friend Anthony Caro [a modernist abstract-metal sculptor], who made me look at the way you confront art. He was an important and major artist in England. Anthony died three years ago. His influence on me was in the sense of how you confront art as a human being; from the heart. I learned from him the process. Maybe in your life you do 10 things and you make eight that are terrible, but two that are beautiful; that is part of the process.

What is art?

Art is liberty. It’s freedom.

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Veteran goaltender fills role between pipes Powell River Kings strong at every position going into training camp, says coach DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Goaltending might not always win hockey championships; teams need to score goals, too. But guys between the pipes can steal wins, swing momentum with a big save and carry teams into and through the playoffs.

Powell River Kings hope newly acquired veteran goalie Brian Wilson will help them go deep into the 2016/17 BC Hockey League (BCHL) postseason.

After a disappointing playoff run ended with Nanaimo Clippers sweeping the Kings in a best-ofseven, second-round series, the local club was left without a returning goaltender heading into training camp, which opened Monday, August 22.

Last season’s tandem, comprised of Jeff Smith and Stefan Wornig, has moved on. Smith is about to start his college career at St. Cloud State and Wornig was traded to Prince George Spruce Kings in April.

After a trade with Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, the hole in net has been filled.

“We’ll have three good goaltenders at camp,” said Kings head coach Kent Lewis. “Brian [Wilson] will be the lead hand and it’s his task to be the number-one guy.”

Lewis said he likes the depth at the goaltender position, with Wilson and prospects Mitch Adamyk, 18, and Matteo PalerChow, 17, all at camp.

With this season being his last year of junior eligibility, Wilson likes the trade that brought him from Okotoks, where he filled a backup role last year and faced a similar situation this year with the Oilers starting goalie returning.

Wilson wanted to be a starter in his final year and said he is ready for the challenge.

“Last year my goalie partner had an awesome year,” said Wilson.

“He ended up getting a lot of playing time. I’ve experienced the big minutes before and I’m ready to get those back.”

According to Lewis, Wilson has worked with coaches that Kings goalie coach Brett Magnus is familiar with; that connection has proven positive.

Wilson agreed the Kings will be a good fit for him.

“The organization has pumped out a lot of good goalies in the last few years and I’m excited to be a part of that,” said Wilson. “I know [Lewis] demands a lot from his goalies and that’s perfect. He’s really going to push me this year.”

Lewis said he will be pushing every player and the team is strong at

NEW NETMINDER: Going into Powell River Kings training camp, recently acquired veteran Brian Wilson will be the hockey club’s starting goaltender. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

every position as camp starts.

“We have a good nucleus of returning defence,” said Lewis. “We have a strong returning core of forwards and we’re adding in some really good players. Main camp will be very competitive in the defensive position and we’re going to have some tough decisions to make there, and also with the forwards. Our depth up front is very good.”

Four defencemen return from last season: Andy Stevens, Brandon

Kennedy, Jack Long and Jake Kohlhauser. That core will provide Wilson with a solid blue line.

“I’ve heard we have some big guys on the back end,” said Wilson. “I know the Kings have a reputation of being a good defensive team, which is always exciting as a goalie to be coming into that.”

After an injury late in the offseason, Wilson is fit and ready for camp.

“I had a high ankle sprain just recently,” he said. “I didn’t miss too

much time in the gym. The last few weeks I’ve been on it almost every day, so I feel as prepared as ever.”

According to Lewis, he has a great group of players at camp and the veterans are more determined than ever after the way last season ended.

“Guys are feeling a little upset about that, so they’re coming in with good energy and good focus,” he said. “We want to be the best team in the country and it’s time we do that.”

Texada Island race benefits community Run the Rock organizers expect up to 100 runners in marathon DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Last-minute signup excuses for Texada Island’s Run the Rock have covered the gamut over the six years the annual race has been held.

According to race director Rob McWilliam, runners have used everything except “my dog ate my homework” to gain entry into the

event after the registration deadline has passed.

“Registration doesn’t close until midnight on August 24 for the full and half marathons,” said McWilliam.

“We usually get a flurry of last-minute registrations from local runners.”

This year’s race will be held Sunday, August 28.

According to McWilliam, a number of runners are from outside of the region, but he would like to see more locals.

“There’s lots of good distance runners in Powell River but, unfortunately, we don’t seem to see a lot of them coming,” he said.

“I’ll see more of them in

Vancouver than here.”

Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island will be represented with participants. Three runners from England and two from Belgium will also take part.

In addition to full and half marathons, an eight-kilometre race is also scheduled.

“Those who miss the deadline are usually the ones who say, ‘I didn’t know the deadline was so early,’ and ‘I’ve run a number of marathons and would be an asset to your event,’” said McWilliam.

The real beneficiary for the race is the small Texada community. Run the Rock

raises cancer-support funds for those among the approximately 1,000 residents who need it. The race has raised more than $500 each year.

“If we’re lucky we’ll have up to 100 runners,” said McWilliam. “It’s a fairly small event that fits into the character of the island.

People enjoy coming over and find it very friendly because it’s quite personal.”

Small, personal and tough. With its location on Texada, known as “the rock” by locals, the race’s name is intended to play on the fact that rock-hard mental and physical toughness is required to complete the

run. Race organizers push that image with the branding slogan: “Are you tough enough?”

McWilliam said Comox’s Janet Green, who has come every year and has won the most marathons of any Canadian woman can vouch for the event’s toughness.

“She describes it as the toughest road marathon in Canada,” said McWilliam.

“We’re kind of proud of that. We figure if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it in style.”

Green walked the half marathon in 2013 due to injury, but has run the full marathon every other year.

“It’s tough because you go up a thousand feet from sea level and it’s on logging roads and sometimes it’s hot,” said Green.

According to McWilliam, the eight-kilometre race was added to allow for more community participation.

The shorter distance enables walkers, parents pushing strollers and children on their bikes to have a great time as well.

McWilliam said the half marathon is a more pleasant run than others he has done and the eight kilometre is just for fun.

For more infor mation or to register, go to runtexada.ca.

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Gina was predeceased by her parents Patrick and Agnes Kendrick, her partner Herb Crabtree and good friend Brenda DeGraag. Left to remember her are Maureen’s family and the Lynch and DeGraag families, especially Nicole, Brendan, Kate and Roy DeGragg.

Gina was the “Food Bank Lady” to generations of Powell Riverites who met her. She brought the agency from empty shelves 24 years ago and turned it into a going concern on a volunteer basis. She was proud of her achievements both there and with her time with the New Democratic Party.

Gina had a great sense of humour, a big warm heart and a love for reading, watching English mysteries, crocheting and puzzles. She had a soft spot for people who were troubled and often “adopted” them until they were back on their feet. Gina loved languages and managed to pick up Maltese on vacation many years ago; it stayed with her all this time. She was also attempting Coast Salish, “one word at a time.”

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Randy Bruce Carter September 8,1955 August 24, 2014

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We think of our wonderful brother every day.

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“MICE-A-PALOOZA!” sweet, tiny baby mice seeking mouse f r i e n d ly h a b i ta t s. S P CA 604.485.9252.

“ROMEO,” super cute, 4-year old Pit Bull terrier, stop by to meet this handsome white and tan guy SPCA. 604.485.9252.

removes moss and algae removes lichen and fungus foam spray applied no pressure rinse biodegradeable help@Roof-Wash.ca WCB and insured

INVITATION TO TENDER TEXADA MEDICAL CLINIC UPGRADES

604.485.9252.

“ZACK,” five year old chesapeake bay retriever mix, Handsome black and white boy seeking home with mature family. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

485-HELP (4357)

POWELL RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

LOST/FOUND a pet? Adopt-apet? Pet behaviour problems?

Abuse or neglect concerns?

ROOF DEMOSSING ECO-friendly product

5520 Legal/Public Notices

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian G o v e r n m e n t . To l l - f r e e 1.888.511.2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/freeassessment.

5015 Business Opportunities HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Ar thritic Condi-tions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking Dressing?

Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 Re f u n d .

A p p ly To d ay For Assistance: 1.844.453.5372.

6505 Apartments/Condos for Rent 1-BDRM SPACIOUS apartments, some with ocean view, seniors welcome, N/S, one cat okay $640 - $700/mth includes hot water, high-speed internet and full cable. 604.483.4499. www.mapleviewestates.com

Land Act Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Interfor Corporation of Campbell River, BC, intends to make application to the Province of British Columbia for a License of Occupation for Industrial Log Handling and Log Storage purposes, covering unsurveyed foreshore or land covered by water being part of the bed of Bute Inlet, together with that part of District Lot 1812, Range 1 Coast District containing 3.06 hectares more or less, situated on Provincial Crown land located near Southgate River – Bute Inlet.

The Lands File Number for this application is 2411802.

Comments on this application may be submitted two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at: www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp where details of this application, including maps can be found.

2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200 – 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations until September 26, 2016.

Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be provided to the public upon request. For information, contact the FOI Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations regional office.

6506 Cabins 1-BDRM, CABIN, North of town, private, newly renovated, large deck, storage, W/D, N/S, suitable for single person, available now $850/mth includes hydro, satellite and internet. 604.414.0905.

6515 Commercial

8220 Lawn & Garden POWELL RIVER LANDSCAPING AND LAWNCARE Commercial and Residential since 1989 • Expert lawncare • Expert hedge trimming

Seniors’ discount available

PR4RENT.ca

Call Mark today 604-578-1964

FOR DETAILS ON

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN POWELL RIVER

604.483.8200 6545 Hall Rentals

FOR RENT: Senior Citizens Association has two halls plus a meeting room available to serve you. Reasonable rates.

Al 604.483.3603, 604.414.9456.

HEDGES TRIMMED 485.HELP (4357) WCB and fully insured

6560 Houses for Rent 1-AND 2-BDRM fully equipped c o t t a g e s f o r r e n t , n i g h t l y, weekly and monthly rates. No pets and N/S. Please call 604.487.9534.

Check seabreezeresortbc.com for more information.

2-BDRM, COZY house south of town, near Black Point, F/S, DW, W/D, references and deposit required, one small pet okay $875/mth includes heat and hydro. 604.485.2435.

4-BDRM, 2-BATH with wheelchair access, quiet no thru street, large yard, located in central Westview, $1,400/mth plus utilities, security deposit and references required.

604.483.8050.

6945 Rooms SINGLE ROOM, located in Townsite, suit single or student, shared kitchen and bath, N/S, N/P, no drugs, available now $400/mth. Call Steve 1.778.867.1456.

6965 Suites for Rent 1- B D R M , 1- BAT H , exe c u t i ve suite with view and deck; 2bdrm, 1-bath basement suite visit parpro.ca 2-BDRM, WESTVIEW, spacious, bright, clean, F/S, W/D, N/P $725/mth and affordable utilities. 604.483.1633 or kathybowes@shaw.ca BACHELOR SUITE, fully furnished, centrally located, available September 1, N/P, N/S, suits single person $850/mth. 604.485.4494.

6975 Wanted to Rent SMALL HOUSE or cottage, wanted, mature, reliable, worki n g c o u p l e , N / P, $ 6 0 0 $700/mth. 604.413.1888.

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PROPERTY MAINTAIN Lawn and landscape Garden bed prep and weeding • Moss removal and dethatching • Hedge and shrub trimming • •

485.H E L P (4357)

help@property-maintain.com WCB and fully insured 9115 Auto Miscellaneous

Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles 20 01 KAWASAKI 650 XLR, Enduro, runs great, good tires, n ew f ro n t b ra ke s $ 1 , 9 5 0 .

604.414.8428.

YAMAHA 125 BWS Scooter, like new, windshield, luggage rack, low kms, economical, enjoyable riding. 604.483.9884.

9145 Cars 2005 HONDA Civic SI, 166,000 kms, one owner, fully loaded including dash GPS, RV towable, $7,000 OBO. 604.487.9092 or 604.223.0642.

2006, 300C SRT8, one owner, fully loaded, auto, 425 HP, excellent condition, very fast $14,000 obo. 604.483.2267.

2015 TOYOTA Corolla LE, 7,000 kms $19,000 Fir m.

604.485.4925.

8325 Sand & Gravel

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

604.483.8007 SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTS TOPSOIL • QUARRY ROCK SLINGER TRUCK • GRAVEL TRUCK EXCAVATIONS • LAND CLEARING

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8325 Sand & Gravel Wide assortment of construction aggregates including our own quarry products. We have the equipment & services to complete any job, including our slinger truck!

4240 Padgett Road Monday to Friday 7 am – 5 pm Saturday 9 am – 4 pm

HOME-BASED BUSINESS DIRECTORY Banking On It Bookkeeping

TandRContracting.ca 9145 Cars

9185 Boats

2007 MAZDA 3, 4-dr, 259,000 highway kms, excellent condition, dark grey/black interior, sun roof, fully loaded, $4,500.

1.604.818.1758.

GARAGE KEPT, driven 3 months a year, red, super-charged, VW Corrado, new tires and brakes $4,500. 604.487.9705.

2 5 ’ CA M P I O N Co m m a n d Bridge, 350 Chevy volvo-dual pump, fully loaded, $13,000 spent $9,000 obo. 604.483.2267.

9160 Trucks & Vans 1999 GMC Safari van, AWD, two rear seats, 176,000 kms $2,500. 604.487.9956.

9185 Boats 1976 ERICSON 35 sailboat, electric propulsion, cockpit enclosure, five sails, 2015 survey, nice boat $ 2 7, 0 0 0 .

604.485.6454, 1.250.210.0781.

1998 SEARAY 270 special edition, new engine, manifolds, head and tarp, with 2012 trailer $ 2 9 , 5 0 0 o b o. w e s t c o a s t end.com 604.413.2099.

19’ SILVERLINE, 300 hp outboard $8,500; 16’ K&C, with a 40 Mariner $3,500; 17’ fiberglass with 90 Johnson $800.

604.483.7973.

22’ LINWOOD, crew boat, depth sounder, radar, brand new kicker $15,000. 604.414.5792.

23’8” FOUR Winns Vista, 302 Cobra motor, sleeps four, lots o f u p gra d e s, w i t h t ra i l e r $24,000. 604.414.8281.

SEARAY 270 DR, twin 4.3 L, alpha legs, 1991, good condition, motivated seller $11,400.

Chris 604.414.3960.

9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 2001 CORSAIR fifth wheel, 32’, 2-slides, A/C, vacuum, clean, everything works $16,000.

604.489.1509 for details.

30’ FORD RV, 1988, A/C generator, new tires, A/C, runs great $5,500 firm. 604.223.2702 or 604.487.9938.

IMMACULATE 2010 Nash 25s travel trailer, fully equipped for summer of fun $12,900.

604.414.3854.

THOR MAJESTIC Flyer, A c l a s s , g a s , 3 0 ’ $ 15 , 5 0 0 .

604.483.6907.

2085 Garage Sales 6239 COLUMBIA ST Sat Aug 27, 8 am-1 pm Potted plants, garden ornaments, collectibles and more 7021 TOFINO ST Sat Aug 27, 9 am - 1 pm Assortment of Indoor and outdoor household and shop items

Crazy Quilt Cottage

Fabrics • Notions • Patterns • Threads Tuesday to Friday • 10 am-5 pm deborahjenkins@shaw.ca 6952 Duncan Street 604.485.5668

Crazy Quilt Cottage

604.485.2234

Aaron Reid Certified Professional Bookkeeper aaron@bankingonit.ca 604.485.3758

J.R. Watkins

Jo-Al Meilleur mjoal@shaw.ca 604.414.4634 jrwatkins.com/consultant/jmeilleur

Seacret

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*Some restrictions apply. Not all classifieds are applicable to this rate. Only private party word/line ads apply to this rate. **Maximum 52 issues in either the Peak or Peak Weekender

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CROSSWORD

HOROSCOPE Week of August 24 to 30 ARIES | MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19 Some of your family might invite you to sign up for a very special, ongoing activity in order to keep fit over the winter. It won’t hurt to go along with them.

a 5. Error 6. Hill insect 7. Mink wrap 8. Subjects 9. Schooner 10. Strong impulse 11. MTV viewer 19. Family member, for short 21. Pencil remainder 23. Pale purple 24. Long scarf 25. Leather punch 26. Hair goo 29. Provoke 30. Lace 31. Humpty Dumpty, e.g.

33. Salesman’s model 35. Glinted 38. Luxury vessels 40. Historic time 43. Portion out 44. Actress Dickinson 45. Blubbers 46. Author Twain 47. Approve 49. Otherwise 50. Opposite of buy 51. Ball holders 54. Solar body

LEO | JULY 24 TO AUGUST 23 You’re pretty dynamic and there’s a good chance that you’ll find ways to spoil yourself. Your friends invite you to take part in some great activities.

VIRGO | AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 22 Stress could really get to you. Take a step back once in a while in order to relax and see the situation from a better angle. Your thinking will benefit from it, too.

SUDOKU

LIBRA | SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 22 Your friends may invite you for a relaxing weekend or your life partner suggests a romantic getaway. In reality, any sort of break is going to be beneficial.

SCORPIO | OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 22 You have to shoulder some important responsibilities, but they greatly improve your prospects at work. You’ll have to do some overtime in order to complete all your projects.

SAGITTARIUS | NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 20 Your boss might suggest some type of training course, which opens the door to a more promising future. A really great trip is also in the works.

Level: Beginner

LAST WEEK’S SODUKO ANSWER:

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9X9 grid, broken down into nine 3X3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

CAPRICORN | DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20 September is a time of renewal. As you return to school or get back to the routine of work, take the opportunity to seriously reconsider your lifestyle.

AQUARIUS | JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19 You don’t always feel comfortable in crowds. However, the responsibility of bringing people together to participate in a major event falls squarely on you this time.

PISCES | FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20 At work and at home, you’re confronted by a lot of work and small details that need to be dealt with urgently. Don’t hesitate to ask other family members to give you a hand.

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

10021 Kelly Creek Road

7137 Kemano Street

5397 Evans Avenue

$530,000

$299,000

$89,000

$399,000

Private hobby farm located in the Kelly Creek area. Beautiful 3.69 acre, gently sloping south facing acreage, all set up for horses with shed and barn/tack room and riding ring.

Spacious family home in terrific neighborhood. Two bedrooms up and a two-bedroom suite down.

Private rear yard, large decks, double carport and potential ocean views.

Level, sunny ¼ acre building lot located in Cranberry with services to lot line. Only a few minutes’ drive to complex, hospital, school and shopping.

Ready to build on.

Well maintained character home on 0.57 acre in central Westview.

1½ story home has an in-law suite, private pool and creek.

Main floor has been completely renovated.

POWELL RIVER

604.483.8044 | don@mycoast.ca | mycoast.ca

4294 Westview Avenue

Your home, my priority

644H444a

DOWN 1. Furthermore 2. Satisfy 3. Scored on serve 4. Marry again

GEMINI | MAY 21 TO JUNE 21 You have to travel more than before. You spend a lot of time on the phone or on social networks. You are very curious and have a lot to say for yourself.

CANCER | JUNE 22 TO JULY 23 You end up with a mountain of files to process at work. This puts you under some stress, but, fortunately, you will receive some additional income from it.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

ACROSS 1. Not nearby 5. Sail-holding pole 9. Nevertheless 12. Parasitic insects 13. Dividing preposition 14. Raw mineral 15. Large quantity 16. Cease to go 17. Iron or Bronze 18. Senior 20. Heed 22. Variety of language 24. Sack 27. ____ lodge 28. Hotel offering 32. Had unpaid bills 34. Sprite 36. Ship’s jail 37. Narrow lane 39. Brewery brew 41. ____ party 42. Eye makeup 45. Kiss 48. Most sensible 52. Majestic tree 53. Leftover dish 55. Boundless joy 56. Half of a bikini 57. Faithful 58. Florida Key, e.g.

59. Heavens 60. Convey 61. Snaky fishes

TAURUS | APRIL 20 TO MAY 20 It’s hard to get you out of the house. You organize your love nest exactly the way you want it by putting all the necessary resources into it. This is your path to happiness.

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Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVE • PH 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS TILL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT AUGUST 24-30

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A LWAY S F R E S H

ISLAND FARMS VANILLA PLUS

Beefsteak Tomatoes ¢

Ice Cream 1.65L

LOCAL

ISLAND FARMS

Sour Cream

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

98

Regular or Light, 500 ml

WHOLESOME FOOD

Italian Prune Plums

Gala Apples

MONTREAL STYLE

Lettuce

Red or Green Leaf

98 1 98 ¢ $

68

Bulk Carrots

68

¢

¢

/lb 3.70/kg

/lb 2.16/kg

Spinach

/lb 1.50/kg

23 $

Corned Beef

2

$ 28

23

FOR

$

2

$ 98

Pkg of 6

SunRype Apple Juice 1.89L

PARKAY

FRESH

3

Imported

New York Striploin Steak

Beef Roast

10 48 5

98

$

Round $ 68 Top Baron of /lb 8.11/kg

3

$ 48

530 g loaf

100 g

4

Premium Cookies Assorted Pkg of 10

4

$ 98

GROCERY

/lb 8.55/kg

Chicken FRESH Thighs

Cheese Bread

2

$ 98

Or Coconut and Chocolate, 560 g

FOR

$ 88 Pork Loin Chops

100 g

Banana Cream Pie Cheese Buns

100 g

$ 48

F R E S H D A I LY

P E R S O N A L S E RV I C E

3

1

Cervelat Salami

$ 48

100 g

chch eaea

Avocadoes

Beer Sausage

1

$ 48

Honey Ham

/lb 2.16/kg

5 $ 48 2 $ 68

/lb 24.21/kg

$

/lb 12.08/kg

Margari8-1ne.36 kg

25 $

FOR

QUAKER

GranoladBars

rfries Supe 650 g bag

Assorte

3 25 2

1/4s or soft tub, 1.2

$ 99

CLOVER LEAF

Sockeye Salmon 213 g

4

$ 98

$ 98

$

FOR

MINUTE MAID FROZEN

Orange Juice

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$1,498 set

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REGULAR $2,999

MCCAIN

23 $

FOR

PURITAN

Stews Assorted 410 g tin

23 $

FOR

SAVE UP TO

2$750%

LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE

REGULAR $3,499

FLOOR MODELS ONLY

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE