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As Canada inches closer to legalized marijuana, safety standards for dispensary-sold medical cannabis are being brought under greater scrutiny.

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While licensed producers can test their products and have been required to, dispensaries are not able to because product testing is currently illegal for them.

Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries director Dieter MacPherson said Health Canada’s mandate is to promote health, so allowing for testing of unlicensed medical cannabis should be allowed.

“Allowing for testing does nothing but provide for increased public safety,” said MacPherson. “There’s no negative downside.”

MacPherson said the reality is 350,000 Canadians access dispensaries each year already, compared to 82,000 Canadians who purchase medical cannabis through the federal government’s producers.

Dan Clarke, operator of Grassroots Botanicals Cooperative, one of two current dispensaries in Powell River, said quality control at his business is more in line with farmers’ markets than pharmacies.

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Martiquet added that another problem with a lack of testing is unknown information about the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in dispensary products such as dried cannabis or other cannabisbased edibles.

“It would be nice if it were labelled in terms of the percentage of the THC and cannabinoids in it,” he said. “That gives the buyer foreknowledge of what they can expect and what to look for.”

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Vancouver Coastal Health medical health officer for Powell River Paul Martiquet said consumers of dispensary-sold medical cannabis would do well to develop relationships with dispensary staff to better understand where the marijuana comes from and ask questions about how it was grown and what chemical fertilizers or fungicides, if any, were used in its production.

“This goes without saying, but it’s really a case of buyer beware,” said Martiquet. “These are all

Martiquet said knowledge and predictability of the marijuana products could help people take the right amount.

“That’s why we’re coming down heavy on edibles,” he said. “We believe that products are basically not measured in terms of their dosage, so people who consume edibles are not really sure what they are going to get.”

MacPherson said he agrees with the health authority.

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“There are no guidelines for dispensaries at all,” said Clarke. “Everyone is doing what they feel is right.”

Clarke explained the current supply for much of what is sold in dispensaries comes from individual growers who are licensed to provide medical cannabis for a patient registered under Health Canada’s now-defunct Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR).

Producers grow more than their patients will buy and are required to destroy the excess, but often they do not, he said.

Clarke was not able to divulge information about who his producers are, but he said that “there are several in Powell River” and he takes only a small percentage of what they grow.

He estimated that the majority of the remaining product ends up in Vancouver dispensaries or in other Canadian cities.

Clarke is able to vouch for the product sold at Grassroots because he has knowledge of where and how the cannabis is produced, he said.

Clarke said his relationship with his growers is similar to the one someone may develop with farmers who sell produce directly at weekend markets. He admitted it could be harder to do for dispensaries in other parts of the country.

Clarke said he uses a mi-

croscope to check cannabis coming in for moulds and other visible problems. If dispensaries had access to laboratory testing, it may help to improve the quality of the product across the board, he added.

Although dispensaries are currently unable to have medical cannabis tested in a licensed laboratory, licensed producers are. Testing is expensive, particularly if it is only on a small amount.

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FRANK DISCUSSION: Representatives from the region’s three local governments met for the first time inside Tla’amin Nation’s recently opened Government House for a community forum to talk about pressing issues. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Local governments agree to form social-action committee

We all have the same goal: to house the under-housed.

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River’s dropping rental vacancy rates and rising home prices. She said the plan gives each local government the tools they need to work together.

“It basically spells it all out how three local governments can bring about some change and make it better for everyone,” said Leishman.

One of the key recommendations of the social-action plan is the creation of a re-

council and legislature to pass motions to send representatives to form the committee.

“We’ll leave it at that and hopefully we’ll have updates before the next session,” said Williams.

Powell River mayor Dave Formosa told the meeting the city was already taking steps to address the problem, but would look for the regional district and

Tla’amin to create a working group to address the housing issue.

Leishman explained that the city recently agreed to provide the Community Resource Centre with Powell River Recreation Complex vouchers and BC Transit passes, one of the recommendations of the socialaction plan.

Leishman said the 30 passes, which will be distributed by centre staff to those in need, would help the city obtain a better understanding of who was homeless and what their situations were.

“Homelessness in Powell River has, up to now, been hidden, but now we see people sleeping on the street,” said Leishman. “It’s unnerving.”

Tla’amin housing manager Paula Stewart told the meeting she thought now is a good time to start talking about the three governments working together on housing, an approach that may make it easier to secure funding from higher levels of government.

“We all have the same goal: to house the under-housed,” said Stewart.

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Finding solutions to Powell River’s worsening housing shortage was top of discussion at a recent community forum meeting held Tuesday, October 11.

Elected officials from the region’s three local governments sat down together to talk at Tla’amin Nation Government House.

Periodic, informal lunch meetings have been one avenue for City of Powell River, Powell River Regional District and Tla’amin to discuss regional issues and facilitate freer communication.

On the agenda for the October 11 meeting, led

by Tla’amin hegus Clint Williams, was a discussion on the recent Powell River Community Social Plan, also known as the Tapping the Groundswell report.

gional social-action committee that can oversee a housing authority.

While all parties at the meeting agreed on the creation of such a regional committee, because the community forum is informal, elected officials were not able to pass any motions to create the committee.

Instead, all three local governments agreed to take the item back to their board,

Elected officials also talked about improving public transportation. City councillor and municipal director Russell Brewer said that similar to the community social plan, regional transportation is also an issue the three local governments should spend more time developing solutions for, particularly in light of Powell River’s aging population.

Brewer said there has been a lot of discussion on developing ride and car share programs, enhancing regional transit and looking at creating shuttle-bus service in the city.

He said he would like to see, similar to the social-action working group, another group created to act on the recommendations of the 2014 regional transportation report.

Regional district board chair Patrick Brabazon said the regional board is the “logical body to reopen the question” on regional transportation. He said he would bring the matter to the board.

“We’re all in this together,” said Brabazon, “trying to get around.”

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Legislator Tyrone Wilson will coordinate public works and legislator Lori Sparrow will administer lands and resources.

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Powell River city council and the regional district board agreed to bring the community plan issue to the community forum for discussion.

City councillor and regional district municipal director CaroleAnn Leishman introduced the social-action plan and said housing is one area where all the governments can work together to develop solutions to Powell

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A number of public consultation sessions, including one for Powell River, on a potential highway link to the Lower Mainland will assist in preparing a fixed-link feasibility study expected later this year, transportation minister Todd Stone announced Thursday, October 13. The Powell River session will happen 4-8 pm on Tuesday, October 25, at Town Centre Hotel. Ministry representatives will be on hand to answer questions and provide details about the alternatives being explored. The cost-benefit study will explore a number of options, including a highway around Jervis Inlet and a number of direct bridge connections along the coast. Civil engineering consultant RF Binnie and Associates is expected to provide its final report in late 2016.

For those unable to attend the meeting, but interested in participating, the government has posted the survey online at gov.bc.ca/ sunshinecoastfixedlink.

Submissions will be accepted until November 8.

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Work at Lafarge Canada’s Texada Quarrying ground to a halt Monday, October 17, as the company escalated contract negotiations by locking out its employees.

According to United Steelworkers spokesperson Earl Graham, Lafarge took action after mediation between the company and union in September failed to produce a contract. The union responded by rejecting a contract offer from the company, issuing an overtime ban and, later, a 72-hour strike notice.

Approximately 70 members of Local 816 have been locked out.

“The issue, as we see it, is about respect and dignity,” said Graham. “The employer is trying to take away our seniority rights. That’s the main issue.”

Lafarge communications director Jennifer Lewis said the company and

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local have had a “respectful working relationship” for the past 15 years and the company appreciates the employees’ safe work.

“We would like to see a fair agreement that meets everyone’s needs,” said Lewis. “Given the bargaining committee’s rejection of the offer and strike notice without leaving the premises, we have no option but to move to a lockout situation in order to manage our business.”

The contract expired at the end of May, though negotiations began last winter. According to Graham, veteran mediator Vince Ready was brought

in for two days at Lafarge’s request to help find a solution.

“We believe the offer made to the steelworkers bargaining committee recognizes the important role our employees play in the business, while ensuring we remain competitive for the long term,” said Lewis.

Graham said the union, which has represented Texada quarry workers since 1947, is not about to give up the fight to protect a cornerstone of the contract.

“We’re not about to give seniority rights up,” said Graham. “Without them, we have nothing.”

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A City of Powell River resolution at the recent Union of BC Municipalities conference could help the city lower its community carbon footprint.

City councillor CaroleAnn Leishman said she was hopeful for the change, not only because the resolution she spearheaded passed, but also because other municipalities in the province have been looking at the idea to accomplish similar goals.

Leishman said Powell River council members met with BC community, sport and cultural development

minister Peter Fassbender at the recent UBCM conference to explain the merits of the using the local improvement financing.

“We told him about our resolution and explained how this would be a real win if the province would give clarity to that being allowed,” said Leishman.

Local improvement charges are generally used to pay for the financing of local infrastructure, such as sidewalks, where the neighbours are willing to cooperatively pay for them. Leishman said using the improvement charges for green projects is something already permitted in Nova Scotia and Ontario.

“There just needs to be some clarification if the province will allow that financing model through the municipality,” she said.

The idea is that the city would set up a program where property owners can

apply for loans for specific improvements, such as installing solar panels, and pay them back through property taxes.

Valley Building Supplies general manager Brandon Kennedy said an average home project with 15 solar panels costs about $11,000 to install.

“BC Hydro stores credit on your account as kilowatt hours,” said Kennedy. “It works out pretty well.”

Loans for local improvements would be issued from the city and linked to the property, not the property owner, said Leishman. If the owner sold the property before the loan was paid off, it would stay with the property, she added.

Leishman said Saanich has been looking at a similar program and is planning on running a pilot program in the spring to help homeowners remove old oil tanks buried in their yards.

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Festival names director DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

After the surprise announcement that Paul Cummings was resigning as artistic director of International Choral K a t h a u m i x w, Wa l t e r Martella has been named to replace him.

According to Don James, president of the Powell River Academy of Music (PRAM), which operates the festival, Martella was chosen because of his “rich experience in choral music and organization.”

Martella, currently music director of Powell River Academy of Music, is a conductor, pianist, trumpeter and accordionist. He also conducts the Academy Chamber Choir, Chor Musica Mens Choir, Powell River Community Chorus and the Powell River Boys Choir.

“I’m going to be relying on the expertise of the people around me,” said Martella.

“There’s a big learning curve.” Martella is not an outsider to Kathaumixw, having been the festival’s music advisor in the past.

Cummings said he was pleased that Martella will be taking over. Artistic director of Kathaumixw since 2012, Cummings said he and PRAM board of directors attempted to reach an agreement.

“I never had a contract, and many aspects of my job were undefined, which was uncomfortable for me,” said Cummings. “It turns out that the executive board and I had vast differences of opinion as to how the Kathaumixw artistic director contract should look.

Negotiations stopped and I made the onerous decision to resign.”

According to Cummings, he wanted to continue as Kathaumixw’s artistic director and build on the success of the 2016 festival.

Audience attendance was up over the 2014 festival, he said.

“I believed Kathaumixw should grow, evolve and flourish in our community and throughout the world,” he said. “I’ve worked with some incredible people, participated in an amazing example of cooperation, teamwork and volunteerism, and witnessed the absolute joy of music. I appreciate the extraordinary people who rallied behind me and supported my vision of what the festival could be.”

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with Cummings was amiable. He added the search to replace Cummings began on Thursday, October 6, the day his resignation was submitted. The selection process took 12 days and PRAM received interest from individuals and organizations in North America and Europe.

Cummings will still be a member of the contingent that will accompany the Choir of the World totem pole to Hong Hong where the 2016 winning choir came from.

Cummings will also continue teaching at Powell

River Academy of Music and Brooks Secondary School where, according to School District 47 superintendent Jay Yule, he incorporated Brooks students in all aspects of the festival.

“Paul was groundbreaking in seeing Kathaumixw as a real learning experience for Brooks students,” said Yule.

“He immersed them in the planning and operation of a world-class festival, which earned them credits toward graduation and ensured all our students receive opportunities to view and take part in the festival.”

City issues library permit CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

The project manager in charge of transforming City of Powell River’s building at Crossroads Village Shopping Centre into the new Powell River Public Library location said he does not anticipate any more delays now that a building permit has been issued.

Futurevest Investment Corporation co-owner Fred Formosa said he expects the project to be complete by the end of April, but added that he will have a more specific date when the project schedule is finalized over the next 30 days.

“We don’t foresee, moving forward, that anything will get in the way,” said Formosa. “We want to get this done.”

It will take a couple of weeks to contact all the sub-contractors and set project timelines, he added.

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disagreements over what work was required to bring the structure up to current building code standards.

“It feels great to finally be moving forward on this project,” said city director of infrastructure Tor Birtig. “The city has now issued the building permit and is now awaiting a firm schedule from Futurevest on the construction of the library.”

Chief librarian Terry Noreault said his staff greeted news of the permit being issued with excitement.

“We couldn’t be happier that this is moving forward,” said Noreault.

Once construction is complete in the spring, Noreault said he expects it will take about a month for the library to move into its new space; two weeks to set up the shelving and another two weeks for the actual move.

Some of the library’s new collections, 2,000 books donated by the Friends of the Library, are expected to arrive in the next few weeks, said Noreault.

Plans are to establish a pop-up library next month in vacant space above the new location to allow the public to check out the new material.

Formosa, who grew up in Powell River, currently lives in the Lower Mainland and plans on returning here for retirement, said his company took on the project and stuck with it out of a need to help the city.

“We really want to do this for the people of Powell River,” said Formosa.

“We took this project on because they were having difficulty with projects that were too expensive, so we provided them with a less expensive option.”

Last spring, the city agreed to pay $4.9 million to former owner Futurevest for the building. Other options explored pegged the cost of a new library at an estimated $10 million.

A condition of the Crossroads Village deal was that Futurevest would also be the general contractor on the renovation project.

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Blaney reflects on first year Seniors and affordable housing top MP’s focus list CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

One year has passed since the majority of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast shifted from shades of Tory blue to socialist orange and liberal red. For North Island-Powell River member of parliament Rachel Blaney, the past year has been one of listening, learning and fighting. The Peak caught up with Blaney on her most recent visit to Powell River to talk about her first year in office.

It has been a year since you won the seat. How has the last year been?

It’s been incredibly inspiring. One of the best parts of this job is the honour you get to travel around the riding, hear stories from constituents and meet so many people working so hard. It’s been a tremendous year.

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What have been some of the challenges? What’s been the hardest part of the job?

There’s a big learning curve and travelling back and forth to Ottawa has been a significant change to my life. I’m so grateful for the amazing people who have helped me along the way.

With such a large riding, it’s a challenge to spend time in every community.

How much time have you spent in Powell River in the last year?

Quite a lot, actually. MPs are in Ottawa for 26 weeks of the year, and I have the third largest riding in BC. This week it’s two days in Powell River, one day in Port McNeill, one day in Kyuquot [northwestern Vancouver Island] and then in Campbell River and Comox for a day. It is always a challenge to get to every place. There’s been so many events all over the riding I wish I could participate in, but I can’t.

It’s great to have an office in Powell River. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback. People are able to come in and have their issues addressed quickly. I’m everywhere as often as I can, but not often enough. I’d be in every community for more than I actually am, but my staff do a great job of continuing to keep that connection strong.

When I’m in Ottawa, I still call into the riding when issues arise. I call people up and have good conversations.

We’ve had bills that people are really interested in. You just have to be creative. If your focus is to connect with your constituents, then you make it happen regardless of where you are.

How has your perception changed over the past year of what the most important issues are in the riding?

One of the first things I did after the election was send a mailout to all the households in the riding asking

people what my main focuses should be. The return on that was very significant; we received a lot of responses.

The number one concern that came up was seniors’ issues. People are very concerned about seniors living in isolated and rural communities and what that means in terms of access to services and health care.

One of the things I’m doing right now is town halls on seniors’ issues. The focus is to go out to as many communities as we possibly can to hear about each place’s uniqueness. We’re going to continue in the new year in Powell River and other communities as well.

I really want to make sure that when I speak in Ottawa the needs of the riding are very clearly stated. We’ll continue to do that. I’m going to continue to push these issues in the House of Commons.

We’re in this together. I’m the person who gets to stand up in the house and say things, but I can only do that if I’m communicating with people in one format or another.

Has it been frustrating to be an opposition backbencher MP? There are a lot of opportunities to speak up and I make sure I take advantage of all of them. I don’t have a problem crossing the floor to talk to different ministers. During question period the opposition’s job is to hold the government to account, but my job is also to represent the riding and I don’t have a problem work»7

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6« BLANEY ing with ministers to solve constituents’ problems.

We were not successful in keeping the Comox communication centre open, but we made it harder for the government to close it. I stood up and asked questions and when we made a motion in the committee to actually research this, that study went through. It happened, so it was good to see that if you keep standing up you can make action happen.

We didn’t get the results we wanted but we made them struggle to make that decision.

I can spend a lot of time wishing I was in this seat or that one, but my obligation is to the people who sent me here, the people in the communities that I serve, and I will not be deterred from that.

You have three more years in your term, what do you hope to accomplish?

Since I was elected we’ve held 19 town halls and focused on issues relevant to the riding. It was amazing in the very beginning to do the disability tax credit town halls and see some of those people, who really need it, get

the benefits. Those moments, making sure services are working, are really profound.

I’ll continue building on that.

Other things we heard very clearly that are important are affordable housing and climate change. I’m really interested in working with all parts of the community and I want people to know they can call and we can actually move things forward. We may not always

grow and build, one that has good paying jobs. I will be fighting hard to make sure rural and remote communities are not left out of that conversation.

I have a lot of concerns that urbanized communities are heard first and we forget about the small communities, but we cannot forget about them, because in so many ways it is communities our size that can get

People are very concerned about seniors living in isolated and rural communities and what that means in terms of access to services and health care.

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Seniors and Everyone Welcome Health Fair

October 25 9:30-2:30

Powell River Recreation Complex 5001 Joyce Ave

Seniors and Everyone Welcome Health Fair

October 26 9:30-2:30

Powell River Recreation Complex 5001 Joyce Ave

Texada Island Everyone Welcome

November 1 10:00-1:30

Senior’s Center in Gillies Bay Texada

Seniors and Everyone Welcome

November 2 9:30-12:30

Cranberry Seniors Centre 6792 Cranberry St

Family drop-in

November 4 10:00-12:00

Powell River Community Health 3rd Floor 5000 Joyce Ave.

Family drop-in

November 10 4:00-5:30

Powell River Community Health 3rd Floor 5000 Joyce Ave.

Everyone Welcome

November 18 4:00-5:30

Powell River Community Health 3rd Floor 5000 Joyce Ave.

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get the results we want, but I won’t give up. We’ll continue to look at what this riding needs and we’ve had an increased re-visioning, probably as a whole country, on the question of who we are in terms of our resourcebased economy. So now what? We really need to be having those conversations.

I don’t know that anyone has the answer. We have some overwhelming desire to see a cleaner economy

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Another area that I’ll be spending more time on in the coming years is income inequality. We’re looking at a world that is becoming increasingly harder for so many people to survive in. That conversation cannot stop. We need to look at what we can do differently so we don’t see so many people in poverty.

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OPINION »

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Testing for safety As long as marijuana remains illegal in Canada, we are trapped in a grey area that takes away our power as consumers.

All Canadians should have the right to know what is in the products they buy, yet because of Health Canada’s insistence that it is illegal for dispensaries or consumers to test marijuana products it also deems illegal, we are unable to find out if what we are buying is safe. Without requirements for unlicensed marijuana producers to test their products, Health Canada is also not ensuring product safety at the source.

An August Globe and Mail investigation entitled “What’s in your weed?” found that one third of samples collected from Toronto area dispensaries showed the presence of yeast and/or mould, potentially causing a variety of illnesses.

One of Health Canada’s 35 licensed producers, Nanaimo-based company Tilray, argued in the Globe and Mail report that the federal government has sat back and watched the dispensary industry flourish while not providing consumers any protection, Without requirements for or the ability to protect unlicensed marijuana producers themselves. to test their products, Health According Canada is also not ensuring to Tilray, after providing test product safety at the source. results from samples of dispensary marijuana showing the presence of pesticides not approved for humans, mould and high-levels of bacteria, Health Canada did not do anything.

Shortly after the Globe and Mail report was released, federal health minister Jane Philpott responded that Health Canada’s position on the risks of obtaining cannabis has not changed.

“These facilities are unlicensed by the federal government, illegally supplied, and sell a product that may be contaminated or otherwise unsafe,” she stated in a media release.

Philpott added that the federal government has repeatedly reminded the public that they should not purchase products from dispensaries, compassion clubs or other organizations it deems illegal.

Yet Health Canada turns a blind eye to the millions and millions of dollars worth of marijuana products sold at Canadian dispensaries every year.

It has been estimated that the more than 80 dispensaries in Vancouver alone sell between 80 and 240 pounds of marijuana product every 24 hours.

Illegal or not, dispensaries are moving a huge amount of product through their shops on a daily basis.

That product should absolutely be tested for safety with all ingredients listed, and face the same scrutiny as any other medicine we buy on a store’s shelves.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

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Prostate cancer screening crucial

By Donald McInnes On behalf of the one in eight Canadian men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and their families, Prostate Cancer Canada would like to thank the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) and City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa for their support of government-funded prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for men.

The prostate cancer mortality rate has been reduced by 40 per cent over the past two decades. This reduction is due in large part to advances in treatment and early detection, with PSA testing playing a significant role in the latter.

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will have an aggressive form that requires immediate treatment, it is also true that approximately 4,000 Canadian men die annually from the most common cancer in males.

In order to give men more than

currently have to alert men to the presence of prostate cancer at such an early stage. Once the cancer has spread outside the prostate, survival at five years drops to 28 per cent.

Each case of prostate cancer is different. There are men who could live well into old Prostate Cancer Canada age without ever needing to know they had prostate canmaintains prostate cancer cer, but there are also men screening should be who can die far too young if tailored to each individual, it is not caught early.

Prostate Cancer Canada taking into account maintains prostate cancer screening should be tailored their personal risk. to each individual, taking into account their personal a 90 per cent chance at survival, risk. We recommend men be proprostate cancer must be detected active about their health and have at a stage when it is still isolated a baseline PSA reading at age 40 to the prostate gland, and, often to get ahead of things.

For a man who does not meet times, asymptomatic.

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LETTERS » Share the wealth I was very pleased to hear the recent announcement of significant water infrastructure funding [“City receives

water main funds,” October 5] for the community of Powell River to upgrade delivery of an already abundant supply of clean drinking water.

Your neighbours across Malaspina Strait in Gillies Bay are not quite so fortunate. We are dependent, as a local improvement district, to have Powell River

Regional District support our grant endeavours.

To date, it seems providing a safe and clean water supply to folks over here is not a priority for the regional district,

so our frequent and continuing boil-water advisories continue year after year.

It would be great if our local community jurisdictions could come together to share

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Letters to the Editor/Viewpoint

If you could make one thing happen in Powell River, what would it be?

SHIANE THOMAS Serendipity Road I’d like to see the Sea Fair come back, because it’s entertainment for the family, it’s fun and my kids love it.

RENE NEWPORT Dixon Road I’d like to see more community events, maybe more music.

DOUG FLESHER Alberni Street Free ferries! Other than that, I love it here.

JAMIE SOLOWAN Craig Road More recreation for the kids and more access to the lakes and walking trails.

some of that provincial and federal largesse around, so we all have a safe and adequate supply of water.

Peter Skipper Gillies Bay Road

JENNY ALLEN TAVES (WITH SOPHIA, NINE, AND GAVIN, SEVEN) Palm Beach Road Even more things for kids to do, especially indoors, since it rains a lot. It would be great to have more options for taking the kids out.

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8« VIEWPOINT of BC criteria, the out-of-pocket expense for a single PSA test is approximately $30, plus tax.

Based on available information from other provinces, we estimate that publicly-funded PSA screening could reduce test costs to as low as $10 per test, one of the least expen-

sive medical tests available, and one that could result in a large net savings for the province.

If we assume that the 580 men in BC who died of prostate cancer in 2014 had their cancer diagnosed early and benefited from localized, conservative management, by

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not needing to provide treatment for advanced disease, this would have resulted in up to $10 million in savings for the BC government.

With the support of collective voices such as UBCM, PCC will continue to work closely with the BC government to help

find a workable solution to join eight other provinces in covering the cost of PSA testing.

Thank you again for drawing attention to this important matter.

Donald McInnes is the past board chair of Prostate Cancer Canada.

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BUSINESS »

Façade project interest increases CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Improving the character of local commercial streetscapes is an idea that sits well for Marine Avenue redevelopment advocates who hope a pilot project this summer on Vancouver Island provides local inspiration.

It is not a new concept, but since City of Port Alberni and Community Futures AlberniClayoquot launched a business façade improvement program this summer, the idea has found increased interest in Powell River.

Marine Area Business Association president Cathy MacDonald said it is something the organization has been advocat-

ing to create for several years.

“We’ve been trying to do this for quite some time. It was talked about several years ago, too, but that never really went anywhere,” said MacDonald. “As far as improving Marine Avenue, I’m all for that.”

According to program information from Community Futures Alberni-Clayoquot, the façade improvement project will help make the city’s streetscapes more appealing and give a greater sense of place. Building frontages play a large role in establishing a community’s character.

The Port Alberni project helped more than 20 businesses and property owners with grant funding and design services this summer,

providing incentive to improve the character and appearance of their buildings. Businesses received up $8,500, depending on their location.

Powell River Community Futures executive director Pam Krompocker said a potential project for Powell River has not yet been developed or seriously discussed, but it is something the agency is potentially interested in.

She said Powell River has different factors than Port Alberni and much work would need to be done to design something that works locally.

Community Futures, an economic development and diversification program that operates in BC communities, is support-

STREETSCAPES: Marine Avenue business advocates say they are hopeful a recent storefront redevelopment for a Vancouver Island community could also help City of Powell River make some improvements. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

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CULTURE »

Local art crawlers return to coast Powell River artists take their work to Lower Sunshine Coast DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Life is not moving at a crawl for Powell River artist Anna May Bennett right now.

“I’m on deadline,” said Bennett.

Bennett was just finishing painting four panels of a major commission for BC Children’s Hospital, which she has to deliver to Vancouver the day before joining 21 other Powell River artists to set up for the seventh annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl.

However, those artists will not be in Powell River for the three-day festival that features 300 artists at 130 venues from Earls Cove to Langdale from Friday, October 21, through Sunday, October 23.

“When Sunshine Coast Art Crawl included Powell River and Lund, we realized not the same number of shoppers were coming to see us as were on the lower coast,” said Bennett.

Last year, instead of waiting for people to come here,

she said, the group had the idea of going to where the most people were crawling: the lower coast, specifically Roberts Creek.

“Just in that four days last year most of us already knew that we wanted to do it again,” she said. “We had over 1,000 people through the door at the Roberts Creek Community Hall and a lot of really positive feedback.”

At times, more than 100 people lined up waiting to get in and see the art, she said.

The group calls itself Malaspina Artists Powell River Art Ambassadors. Last year 18 artists made the trip.

This year, 21 will attend.

Bennett said making connections is what the group does.

“I enjoy meeting the people who enjoy my work, talking to them about it and seeing people’s reaction,” she said. “It’s something I look forward to.”

After a successful solo show last year, Bennett, a landscape painter, focused most of her energies on the Filberg Festival in Comox, the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl and the children’s hospital commission.

According to Linda Williams, program director of the art crawl, which is pre-

FINAL TOUCHES: Painter Anna May Bennett is one of a group of Powell River artists who are showing their work during the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl. The artists are included in a group show in Roberts Creek this weekend. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

sented by the Coast Cultural Alliance, the feeling of south coasters toward Powell River’s artists is mutual.

“It has really worked out well and the exciting part is all of the people down here, the artists and community, get to see Powell River’s work that they

would never have seen otherwise,” said Williams. “In talking to some of the artists from Powell River last year, they were just in awe at how many people thanked them for coming and going through all the work of bringing the artists down here. It was just one of those

warm and fuzzy things, with everybody being happy that it happened.”

Powell River painter Ursula Medley said the crawl is a lot of fun for the artists, a “Roberts Creek or bust” road trip.

“Most of us stay at an old farm house in Roberts

Creek,” said Medley. “It has a huge kitchen where we all get together after the day.

It’s in the forest with a creek running through it. It’s a nice way to get together with the artists and get to know each other a little bit.”

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Legend looks back on eventful career DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

A surprise 70th birthday party for well-known Powell River musician Sam Hurrie took place on Saturday, October 15, with round two of his birthday celebrations happening on Saturday, October 22, at Red Lion Pub. Hurrie has been playing guitar for the last 57 years and has no intention of quitting anytime soon.

Looking back on your career, what are your thoughts?

Now that I’m entering my eighth decade, I’ve had a hell of a ride. The people I’ve met and the places I’ve been, all over the US and Canada and Europe, and being paid to do it, I’ve had a great run.

TAKE A PEAK: Sam Hurrie

Do you have a favourite time?

Being part of the scene in New York in the late 60s and all of the people I was able to meet and play with.

Did you ever run into the latest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan?

I never did. I ran into his mentor, a great guy named Dave Van Ronk. I got to know him a little bit because we lived close together. I never met Dylan, but I met Dave.

Why did you get off the road in 1970?

It was just getting so crazy in the States, especially with the whole drug thing. People all around me were overdosing. It was no place to raise a child, so we came out here to visit my parents and we’ve stayed here all that time.

Did you ever get involved in that scene?

Peripherally, yes. I mean, everybody had a good time in the 60s, but most people had a lot better time than I did.

If there is one, what is the highlight of your career?

The highlight would be the night we were playing at The Scene in New York, where we had a house gig for a year and a half. John Lennon and Paul McCartney came in at the beginning of the night, sat about 15 feet away from me and watched the band right until closing time.

When will you know it is time to stop performing?

I’m primarily a blues musician and B.B. King played until he was 89. Time will tell me when it’s time to hang them up. If I know I don’t have the dexterity and stamina to do it anymore, I’ll be able to hang it up and be satisfied. I don’t think it’s going to be an especially traumatic thing for me.

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Fostering a safe, inclusive community where everyone belongs and lives a good life

October is Community Inclusion Month Inclusion Powell River Employment Services supports people with developmental disabilities and barriers to employment find paid jobs within community businesses, and supports and educates businesses on how to become inclusive and diversify their workforce.

“Our expertise is to work with employers and jobseekers to figure out the best fit,” says Employment Services employment consultant Staci van Hees, “and to problem-solve issues through job accommodations to make the placement successful.”

Employment Services is now offering a 16-week skills training program called Wired 4 Success.

Participants are paid minimum wage for the duration of the program to attend four weeks of in-class training and 12 weeks of a work-experience placement.

The program is open to all community youth ages 16-30 with a barrier to employment. Inclusion is looking for applicants and businesses to host workexperience placements. For more information, call van Hees at 604.485.4628, extension 6, or email svanhees@inclusionpr.ca.

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Where do you work?

Powell River Peak, Harbourview Court and Gibsons Crossing Strata.

What do you like most about your job?

Getting out in the community and showing appreciation for others.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

The beauty and the existence.

Evan Ashopenace

Where do you work?

First Credit Union.

What do you like most about your job?

Everything! The job, the people and just getting up in the morning and going to work.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

Meeting new friends.

Where do you work?

Mother Nature, the Old Courthouse Inn and Powell River Peak.

What do you like most about your job?

I work with good people. There is always stuff to do and it gets me out of the house.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I like the people here. The trees are bigger than they are in Ontario; it’s beautiful here.

Plus, there’s no traffic.

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Where do you work?

Lang Bay Store.

What do you like most about your job?

My bosses and co-workers are really nice to me and I get to see lots of familiar faces.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I like the people and nature here. I really enjoy Sea Fair and the Blackberry Festival street party.

Powell River’s a really nice place to live.

Oliver Chiasson

Where do you work?

Rocky Mountain Pizza and Bakery.

What do you like most about your job?

I really like my job, especially the people, who are welcoming and nice to be around.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

The ocean, and being able to get around easily on my bike.

Crystal Lorenzen

Where do you work?

Inclusion Powell River Society.

What do you like most about your job?

Everything. I really like getting along with everyone, and that everyone treats each other with respect. I’ve been working here five years now and I really love it.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

Getting to see and talk to all my friends and the relationships I have with people. Also, the beautiful views of the mountains on a nice day.

Catherine London

Where do you work?

Canadian Tire and Confidential Paper Shredding.

What do you like most about your job?

It keeps me busy, there are great staff at Canadian Tire, I have made friends and I just got a raise!

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I like that it’s a quiet community and I have watched it grow to where it is today: a city.

Amanda Grassmann

Where do you work?

Inclusion Powell River and Food for Thought Café.

What do you like most about your job?

At Inclusion Powell River I do filing in the accounting office, which is nice and quiet and at my own pace. At the café it’s fun making the food and working as a team.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I like the scenery. I also like that it’s small and I live near my family.

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What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I like that there isn’t a lot of traffic and everyone in the community is really friendly to me. My support workers have really helped me out finding work and I really enjoy their friendship.

Jordyn McGregor

Where do you work?

Edgehill Elementary School.

What do you like most about your job?

I like to feel part of a staff team and enjoy working with the children.

I love when I see how excited the students get when they see me in the community.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

I enjoy living in a small community where everyone makes connections and knows each other. I like to meet with friends and also hike some of the trails in Powell River.

Mariah Hillis

Where do you work?

Tla’amin Nation government office.

What do you like most about your job?

I love the feeling of independence and being with people that I know.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

Hanging out with friends, going to Tim Hortons and being included in the community.

Fergus O’Neil

Where do you work?

School District 47 and Fergus O’Neil Recycling Services.

What do you like most about your job?

Helping residential and business clients and saving the planet, one piece of recycling at a time.

What is your favourite part about living in Powell River?

The close community and everyone knows everyone, so I am able to build my clientele.

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Advocate receives recognition Graham May tops list of Canadians championing sustainability DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

A Canadian magazine has named Powell River’s Graham May to its top 30 under 30 in sustainability.

Corporate Knights, billing itself as “the magazine for clean capitalism,” recognized May in its Fall 2016 issue.

“I generally don’t turn down nominations for these recognitions,” said May. “I don’t think it speaks directly to my accomplishments; I don’t consider myself a business person.”

The exciting part for May, he said, was to appear alongside Canadians, including astronauts, policy-makers, engineers and scientists, several of whom he has worked with before.

According to May, that list represents the millennial generation, the most well-educated generation in history.

“It’s a very engaged generation, at least that’s the side of it that I see,” he said. “The state of the world literally depends on us.”

His role in being a part of the sustainable generation, he said, was shaped in Powell River.

“Most of my decisions and actions are guided by the lessons I learned in my hometown,” said May. “One thing I always say to people is that you won’t protect what you don’t love and you won’t love what you don’t know. In Powell River, I was very, very lucky to grow up with nature everywhere in my life.”

According to May, he discovered his passion as a teenager at Brooks Secondary School.

“We have an extraordinary environment here and we celebrate it quite deliberately through some of the outdoor education programs at Brooks, like Coast Mountain Academy and Leadership

Ecology Adventure Program [LEAP],” he said.

May was a student with the first LEAP graduating class in 2007 and was back this year to teach for the 10th anniversary of the program “that changed my life when I was 14,” he said.

According to his course instructor Ryan Barfoot, May has won a number of national awards.

“He also wins the award for requesting more reference letters than anyone else in my life to date,” said Barfoot. “I am going to start telling committees to just Google him.”

May is currently attending law school at University of Victoria.

While he does not see himself as a clean capitalist, he said he was comfortable with associating himself with Corporate Knights.

“Do I see myself as someone who is going to change the world through capitalism? Probably not,” he said.

“I don’t think that’s my role.

I’m more interested in regulation, law and education.

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However, I know capitalism is one of the most important forces shaping our world.”

May has spent the last five years of his life travelling and living all over the world, in places such as Turkey, Egypt, Greenland, the United States and China, where he spent a year at Yunnan Normal University studying Mandarin. He said

the experiences of those travels made him a better British Columbian.

“He brings a worldly perspective to a town that can often feel small and insular,” said Barfoot.

May said he is excited to be back home, where he feels he can really contribute and start building a life.

“My hope is, after law

school, I’ll be in a position where I can start finding a home, raising a family and maybe doing some of this work on a local, British Columbian, or even a Powell River scale, instead of a more global one,” said May. “I need to start feeling that I can contribute to the place I love the most, which is the coast.”

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Society recognizes homeowners DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Annual awards for homes and gardens were presented

by Townsite Heritage Society on Saturday, October 15.

The awards, presented by the society since 1992, are a revival of the former Powell River Company’s tradition of presenting annual garden awards.

“The purpose of the awards is to foster, through a gentle and good-natured competition,” said society director Ann Nelson, “pride in the tradition of beautiful, bountiful gardens and to encourage homeowners to restore, rehabilitate and cherish their character buildings.”

The society promotes the preservation of Townsite, which was designated a National Historic District of Canada in 1995, one of seven in the country and the only one in western Canada.

Due to efforts of the society and residents who work to retain the authenticity of the neighbourhood, Townsite residents have been restoring original buildings from the turn of the century in a renaissance of sorts, according to Nelson.

“So many incomers are

now taking the leap and peeling off the ‘60s stucco and ‘70s vinyl siding to reveal the original siding underneath with truly beautiful results,” she said.

Not all Townsite homes are of the original Arts and Crafts style from the period, having been updated with modern materials.

According to Nelson, many homeowners are removing modern windows installed in the 1980s and 1990s and replacing them with replicas custom-made for the architectural heritage that distinguishes Townsite and makes the neighbourhood such an attraction.

“There are people who are drawn to the Townsite, some don’t even know why,” said Nelson. “They just know that it feels right.”

It felt right for Calico Clark and Guy Chartier, who moved to Powell River from Singapore in 2010 because of a Townsite house.

“We came up one summer,” said Chartier. “We looked at houses, went back to Singapore, quit our jobs and we bought the house.”

According to Chartier, after that trip, they knew Townsite was where they wanted to be.

2016 Townsite home and garden award winners GARDEN AWARDS Spring Fling - 5491 Maple Avenue, Doreen Berrington and Lee Coulter Most Improved Mixed Border - 5456 Maple Avenue, Ross and Shirley Munro Most Improved Garden - 6270 Sycamore Street, Sonia Zagwyn and Steve Calvert Best Garden Structure - 5824 Willow Avenue, Akene Mori and Richard Becker Best Mixed Border - 5374 Laburnum Avenue, Ralph and Mary Johnston Best Garden Overall - 6324 Poplar Street, Ron and Anne Walter Best Kitchen Garden - 5608 Marine Avenue (lower house), Tom Gottselig Best Container Garden - 5553 Maple Avenue, Isabelle Southcott Best Commercial Garden - no award this year Lifetime Achievement Award - Maria Ochenduszko, 6302 Oak Street Honourable Mention - Guerilla Gardeners, Andy Davis, Richard Light and Larry Weaver HOME AWARDS Grand General -5400 Maple Avenue, Guy Chartier and Calico Clark Grand Heritage Award - 5410 Laburnum Avenue, Steve and Stephanie Miller Most Improved Home - 6354 Oak Street, Nicholas Simons and Scott Scobbie

“I remember looking it up online and thinking the house was so cheap and we knew we needed to live somewhere,” said Clark.

They call their home Maison Bleue. “It’s quirky,” said Clark. “The floors are sloped and the walls have given us some issues in the last year.”

According to Clark, the house is a labour of love and if more needs to be done, “we borrow more and fix up more. I will never leave this house.”

Andy Davis has his own labour of love in Townsite or, as he said, his nirvana, “my personal peace of mind.” For the last 24 years, after the heritage society had a horticultural assessment done, Davis has been the lead volunteer in the restoration and maintenance of the Triangle Gardens on Marine Avenue.

According to Nelson, the gardens are significant,

AWARD WINNERS: Recipients of this year’s Townsite Heritage Society Home and Garden awards included [back row, from left] Ron Walter, Anne Walter, Calico Clark, Richard Becker, Mary Johnston, Steve Calvert, Guy Chartier, [front row, from left] Doreen Berrington, Maria Ochenduszko, Andy Davis, Isabelle Southcott and Tom Gottselig. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

not only for their heritage value, but for community cooperation.

“The city ended up having a park they didn’t have the

manpower to maintain,” she said, “so this is one of the most outstanding examples of cooperation in a volunteer agreement between

CUPE, for letting us do the work on city property, the city for letting us do city work on city property, and a volunteer organization.”

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The Open Houses will present preliminary study findings on potential future fixed link connections between the Sunshine Coast and the Lower Mainland.

Communities, stakeholders and the public are invited to attend an Open House to learn more about the preliminary study findings and to provide their input. Project team members will be available to provide information and answer questions. Public and stakeholder feedback will be included in the final report submitted to government to help determine the feasibility of a fixed link.

Open House Schedule Community Squamish West Vancouver Powell River Sechelt Gibsons

Date and Time Tuesday, October 18 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 20 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 25 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 26 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 27 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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SPORTS »

Kings win twice on road Cam Donaldson picks up seven points on road trip DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Back home after two long road trips, Powell River Kings head coach Kent Lewis said his team is better than its current record of nine wins and seven losses indicates.

Kings last road game on Sunday, October 16, resulted in a 1-0 win over Prince George Spruce Kings. Lewis said it was a real test of character for the team and goalie Mitch Adamyk, who, according to the score sheet, stopped 51 shots to earn his first shutout of the season.

“Shots on goal were heavily inflated, however, it doesn’t take away from the game Adamyk played,” said Lewis.

“He was very solid and very deserving of first star. You need that on a really tough road trip, a long haul and tired bodies. He stood tall for us.”

Kings opened the trip on Friday, October 14, with a lopsided 6-2 win over Coquitlam Express that snapped a two-game losing streak before falling 6-4 against Merritt Centennials on Saturday, October 15. Adamyk played all three games after fellow goalie Brian Wilson suffered a minor back injury in practice.

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BOX SCORES 8(W)-7(L)-1(OTW)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 vs COQUITLAM EXPRESS SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 2 1 3 6 3/7 Coquitlam Express 1 0 1 2 1/3 1st: 5:49 Cam Donaldson (9) ASST: Andy Stevens (5), Johan Steen (4) 13:13 Tristan Mullin (7) ASST: Jonny Evans (9), Johan Steen (5) (PP) 2nd: 2:18 Jonny Evans (4) ASST: None (PP) 3rd: 0:26 Cam Donaldson (10) ASST: None (PP) 4:24 Kyle Betts (3) ASST: Hunter Findlater (2) 19:11 Kyle Betts (4) ASST: Cam Donaldson (4) SHOTS Powell River Kings Coquitlam Express

1 2 3 TOTAL 16 13 11 40 7 6 5 18

GOALTENDER TOI SV/SH ON OFF Mitch Adamyk (W) 60:00 16/18 1st/0:00 3rd/20:00

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 vs MERRITT CENTENNIALS SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 1 1 2 4 1/6 Merritt Centennials 1 4 1 6 1/5 1st: 12:43 Cam Donaldson (11) ASST: Jonny Evans (10), Tristan Mullin (9) 2nd: 0:13 Tristan Mullin (8) ASST: Cam Donaldson (5) 3rd: 8:18 Cam Donaldson (12) ASST: Liam Lawson (5) 17:29 Jonny Evans (5) ASST: Cam Donaldson (6) (PP)

PAD SAVE: Powell River Kings goaltender Mitch Adamyk faced 51 shots in a 6-4 loss in Merritt on Saturday, October 15. Kings won twice on the three-game road trip and are now home for a pair of weekend games at Hap Park Arena.

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up four goals and three assists on the trip and was named first star against Coquitlam and second star in Merritt.

Donaldson sits alone in first place among BC Hockey League rookie scorers with 18 points and is second overall in goals with 12.

Despite being in second place in the competitive Island Division, the coach said he is not happy where the team is now.

“To be honest, we’re just a couple of games above 500; we’re better than that,” said Lewis. “We have to work

harder and get better defensively.

We’re better than our record and that has to fall on the coach’s shoulder to improve it, and we’re going to do that.”

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GOALTENDER TOI SV/SH ON OFF Mitch Adamyk (L) 34:12 26/31 1st/0:00 2nd/14:12 Matteo Paler-Chow 23:16 17/18 2nd/14:12 3rd/17:28

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 vs PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL PP Powell River Kings 1 0 0 1 0/1 Prince George Spruce Kings 0 0 0 0 0/4 1st: 18:14 Josh Coblenz (1) ASST: Hunter Findlater (3) SHOTS 1 2 3 TOTAL Powell River Kings 8 3 10 21 Prince George Spruce Kings 25 12 14 51 GOALTENDER TOI SV/SH ON OFF Mitch Adamyk (W) 60:00 51/51 1st/0:00 3rd/20:00

Troubles continue for Villa soccer club Coach takes responsibility for team’s poor record DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Weather warnings and uncertain ferry schedules that resulted from last weekend’s series of storms were partly to blame for Powell River Villa losing its third game of the Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL) season, according to head coach Mario Paul. The club dropped a 4-1 decision to Vic West FC in Victoria on Saturday, October 15.

“Conditions were less than ideal for this trip to Victoria,” said Paul. “We were unsure the trip would go ahead at all. A stress-

ful drive down the Island Highway gave us very little time to prepare before the game and we came out flat.”

However, the real reason for the loss, said Paul, is the team not having the ability to play the way it needs to for the full 90 minutes.

According to Paul, uncharacteristic mistakes by Villa’s defence gave Vic West the early advantage.

“Within 15 minutes, it

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was 3-0,” said Paul, adding that the goals were preventable. “Our guys refused to back down, battled to regain their composure and finished the half in control of the game.”

The second half was much better for Villa, said Paul.

Both teams scored one goal, with Kye Taylor putting the ball into the net for Villa.

“Slow starts seem to be plaguing us so far,” said Paul.

After five games, the loss puts Villa’s record at one win, three losses and one tie for four points and sev-

enth spot in the competitive Division 2 of the VISL. Villa’s goal differential is minus three, with eight goals against and five goals on the plus side.

“The results are certainly not reflective of the effort from my guys,” said Paul.

“They play hard and train hard. I need to shoulder the responsibility here, as the coach, and find a way for us to achieve the results we need to be successful. There are still lots of games left to get the job done.”

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Rookie flourishes at university

In the second week of the Pacific Western Athletic Association 2016/17 soccer season, Powell River’s Billy Bagiopoulos was in seventh spot among the league’s leading scorers. One week later, the 18-year-old Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners rookie midfielder had jumped to third place.

By week four Bagiopoulos had taken over as the league’s top scorer. With seven goals in six games, he has held that position since September 26. Four of those goals came in a lopsided 5-1 win over Quest University Kermodes on October 2.

Bagiopoulos’ high school coach is not surprised by his former player’s ability to score in bunches during his first year at university.

“He’s very passionate about the game and dedicated to it. He’s very talented,” said Brooks Secondary School senior boys soccer coach Tony Rice. “You take that hard work and talent and put it together and I’m not surprised at all.”

Bagiopoulos is not originally from Powell River. He first showed up in the halls and on the turf at Brooks in 2013. Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, he

of goals for us,” said Rice.

“That was a real successful team and he was a big part of it.”

In addition to scoring goals for Brooks, Bagiopoulos also scored for Powell River Villa, where he played his community soccer. Now he’s scoring goals for VIU and adjusting to a new level of play.

“There’s still lots to learn,” said Bagiopoulos, an assessment his varsity coach Bill Merrimen also made of the rookie’s play.

“Technically, and the way he finishes a ball, he’s very good,” said Merrimen. “He still has some things to work on because he’s so young, but you can’t coach or teach that calmness he has around the net. It’s up to him how hard he wants to work and where he wants to take his game.”

According to Merrimen, he could see Bagiopoulos play in the Vancouver Whitecaps organization in a couple of years.

“He’s more than capable of doing so,” he said. “I can see him getting there and once he gets into that, the door opens up.”

According to his current and former coaches, the rookie sensation lives and breathes the game.

“He has that personality to go with it, too,” said Merrimen. “He has no ego at all, which is huge as well.

That’s why he has a lot of potential, because he has that willingness to learn and take criticism as well as encouragement.”

Bagiopoulos said there is also a kind of pressure he has to learn to take; the pressure he puts on himself.

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moved here with his older sister and mother during that country’s financial upheaval.

He said his mom, who grew up in Powell River, asked her children if they wanted to move because of the crisis.

“We were old enough to understand the situation in Greece and understand we would have a better life here,” said Bagiopoulos. “It was hard to leave family behind, that was the hardest part, so much family, so many friends. My childhood is there, everything.”

There was culture shock when he first arrived, he said. Everything was different, except for the universal game of soccer.

According to Rice, soccer gave Bagiopoulos an instant group of friends at Brooks.

“We see it now with a lot of our international students who come in and start playing on our school teams,” said Rice. “He had a group of people to meet and hang out with.”

According to Bagiopoulos, the curiosity his fellow classmates had about the new Greek student also helped him fit in.

“Everybody was friendly and everybody wanted to know about me because I’m Greek and they thought that was interesting,” he said.

“Everybody came up to me, talked to me, asking me questions.”

Rice said Bagiopoulos played on the senior boys team that finished sixth at the BC School Sports provincial championships in 2014.

“He was a key member of that team and scored a lot

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SMALL BUSINESS WEEK October 16 to 22, 2016

Pop-up stores begin to emerge Short-term retail outlets contribute to growing economy when rental space is available DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com POP-UP PROPRIETOR: Elaine Steiger is a co-partner, along with Christine Konopelski [not pictured], in The Nutcracker, a pop-up store on Marine Avenue. Pop-ups are are most often used by businesspeople selling seasonal products. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

Pop-up stores have not started to proliferate in Powell River, but shortterm retail stores that open for a day or

week, here today and gone tomorrow, could contribute to the revitalization of Marine Avenue and other high-traffic areas in the city.

According to small business owners, their representatives and realtors, landlords’ willingness to lease short-term spaces is one issue standing in the way.

“There’s a growing need for space for temporary pop-up stores,” said Linda Wegner, small business representative on Powell River Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors. »22

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21« POP UP STORES Pop-ups first started springing up around the turn of the century as temporary shopping stops for the younger market demographic.

In fact, the idea that gave rise to the pop-up, a term coined in 1997, was described as an “ultimate hipster mall.”

Temporary stores are often used to sell seasonal products, such as costumes and decorations for Halloween, Christmas and other holiday occasions.

In Powell River, only a few have “popped up,” because short-term leases are, according Wegner, too hard to find.

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That was the experience small business owner Elaine Steiger had when she opened her pop-up store, The Nutcracker, last year.

“I had a really difficult time finding space when I wanted to open up the store,” said Steiger. “I even had two real estate agents looking and they received the same answer.”

The answer from landlords, said Steiger, was no.

“Landlords wanted fulltime, long-term leases and those places are still empty,” she said.

Local real estate agent Ross Cooper said he is perplexed about there being a large inventory of commercial space, but finding landlords willing to lease for a pop-up are few and far between.

“Traditionally, in the commercial-leasing business, they feel that perhaps

they’re going to miss out on an opportunity,” said Cooper. “My experience is that people who have commercial space are not willing to give up a month of it and pay expenses for someone occupying a month.”

According to Cooper, larger players in commercial real estate, “find that an income of 30 days is just not enough for them to look at it.”

However, taking a chance on a pop-up store could lead to the long-term lease the landlord is after, which is what Steiger said she hopes will happen with The Nutcracker, a hybrid of the pop-up.

Rather than just one retailer using the store, several share the co-operative space, selling specialty items, imported clothing, artisan breads and baking.

Another pop-up waiting to move into a permanent space is 32 Lakes Coffee Roasters, currently located

in the old Bank of Montreal building in Townsite.

A pop-up store is a place where its entrepreneur can do market, product and location testing and possibly lead to starting a low-costmodel permanent business.

Relish Interiors on Marine Avenue started as a pop-up store.

“The intention was that I was only going to be here for three months and that was four years ago,” said owner Leah Rourke. “I opened the last week of October intending to close at Christmas.”

It is unlikely, however, that pop-ups will pop up like whack-a-moles at a midway or amusement park.

“It’s not without its own challenges,” said Rourke, “because you have a very short time to get word out to the community who you are, what you are and where you are, before you’re gone.”

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In a city the size of Powell River, the majority of businesses could be considered small, but one type of business growing rapidly and in need of support is home-based business, according to local business experts.

Powell River Chamber of Commerce manager Kim Miller confirmed more than 60 home-based businesses are already members of the local business organization.

“I’m not shocked,” said Miller. “I know we have a lot of homebased businesses. When we do the Powell River Chamber Commerce Business Awards we get tons of nominations for the home-based business category.”

While many home-based businesses remain unlicensed with City of »24

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Powell River, the chamber is encouraging owners to legitimize and come into the spotlight.

“A lot of home-based businesses prefer to remain below the radar,” said Linda Wegner, small business representative on the chamber board. “Although I can understand, to some extent, because their revenue stream can be so low or they look upon their businesses as hobbies. In a sense they cheat themselves out of the benefit of having a licensed business in the city.”

Wegner recently completed a report on home-based businesses in the city and found that, licensed or not, they are an integral and growing sector of local business. She said the nominal city licensing fee and membership cost for the chamber are small prices to pay to gain legitimacy throughout

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“I just want to encourage home-based businesses to do everything they can to get their businesses known in the community,” said Wegner. “If you want exposure to the local market, get out there and let your name be known. Come and join the chamber and take part in community events under the name of your homebased business.”

According to city economic development manager Scott Randolph, all businesses are encouraged to attain city licences, whether home-based or not. Randolph said the growing number of homebased businesses points to a strong local economy, just as large businesses do.

“It’s self-employment. They are generating revenues that help to pay for numerous things at the city, as well as contributing to the tax base,” said Randolph. “Having selfsustaining home-based business is as important a contributor to our economy as larger enterprise.”

Miller said the chamber is always willing to support home-based businesses owners to bring their ventures to the next level, including opening a storefront, if that is something they are planning.

“There are a whole variety of things we can help them with,” said Miller. “We can help them find commercial space and get them in contact with property owners, then there’s the networking and social events we do each month, but we can also help

them with things such as medical plans and insurance plans if they need them.”

Powell River Women in Business is another local group that strives to offer a support network for all types of businesses, including home-based ones.

Events such as the upcoming Artisan and Entrepreneur Show hosted on Saturday, October 22, at Cranberry Seniors’ Centre, in association with the chamber of commerce, is just one example.

“We recognize that one of the biggest challenges home-based businesses face is not having a setting to showcase their products and/or services to potential customers,” said Powell River Women in Business president Leah Rourke. “The show was in response to that need and will provide a one-stop venue for many local home-based and small businesses.”

Trade fairs and business events provide home-based business owners with op-

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“These types of events are really important for the community to get out and attend as well,” said Wegner, “to find out what home-based businesses are out there.”

Wegner has run a homebased business herself for the past 15 years, writing research material for industrial stockbrokers. She said the chamber of commerce treats home-based businesses with the same importance as any other business in Powell River.

“Obviously, they don’t have the same voice and clout as a larger employer, but I am voice for them on the chamber now, and that wasn’t there before,” said Wegner. “One of the things the chamber is looking at is changing some of their events so home-based owners can get to them. For example, a lot of mothers can’t get out to noon-hour meeting because of their kids, so we’re trying to adapt.”

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Victor E. Cole

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HANNAH, Hugh October 3, 1933 - October 14, 2016 It’s with great sorrow we have to announce the passing of Hugh. He will be greatly missed by wife Roz, 3 children Richard, Colin (Liz), and Heather (Matt) in Scotland, brother Matt (in Langley) and grandchildren Brittany, Zachary, Kayce, Nyomee, Nykee, Kristofer, Alexander, Gillian and Louise (in Scotland). He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews. There will be no service by request of the family. There will be a memorial at a later date.

Ronald Herman Johnson 1955-2016

With sadness in our hearts, we write of the passing of Ronald, of Powell River, at the age of 60.

Ron was predeceased by his loving parents Ruth and Herman Johnson.

He is survived by his siblings Donna (Neil), Lynne (Glen) and Mike (Chris), as well as many nieces and nephews he loved deeply.

Ron grew up in and around the Powell River area before spending 30 years working at the pulp and paper mill. He had a fond love of music and movies. We will miss him dearly. A celebration of life for Ron will follow at a later date.

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July 5, 1930 – October 4, 2016 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Frankie. She died suddenly and unexpectedly while walking close to her Kitsilano home in Vancouver. She will be greatly missed by her four children–Karen, Terri (Phillip), Bill (Bev) and Bob (Liz), her grandchildren Delaney and Lindsay, her brother Harold (Alice) and her sister Doreen, the extended Cochlan and Carson families, and her many friends.

Frankie was born in Fort William, Ontario, to Ethel and Herbert Carson. As a young teenager, she, her sisters June and Doreen, and brother Harold moved to Powell River, where they attended Brooks High school. While at Brooks, Frankie was a member of the Upper Island championship women’s basketball team and worked summers at the Royal Savary Hotel. At 23, Frankie married Jack Smith Cochlan and started a family in the butterfly-shaped house on Marine Avenue in Westview.

After her husband’s early death at 38 years of age, Frankie continued to raise her four children while working for MacMillan Bloedel. Following her retirement, Frankie moved to Vancouver where she resumed her position as the loving anchor of the Cochlan family. Frankie greatly enjoyed walking, gardening, reading, volunteering for those less fortunate, and watching her granddaughters grow up to be lovely young women.

Frankie was a devoted and strong mother. She was a role model for not only her own children, but also for those who had the pleasure of knowing this thoughtful, happy and gracious woman. Frankie will be remembered for her inner strength, determination and positive energy.

Her sarcastic wit likely was noted by some, but her kindness was felt by all. Her love for and dedication toward her children was enduring and extended to their spouses and friends. We will miss her deeply, but Mom understood Helen Keller’s belief, “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

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Born in Quesnel, Vic came to Powell River in 1943 with his father Clarence, mother Sarah, brother Bill and sister Patricia.

He died peacefully at home in his sleep.

Vic played sports with gusto, coached his son’s teams and enjoyed watching sports on television. He loved music, especially classical and opera, and listened to music to relax.

An avid outdoors man, he loved biking, fishing, hiking, photography, climbing and skiing. Vic felt at home in the mountains. As an Air Cadet he obtained his private pilots’ licence. He loved flying, which lead him to build his Osprey 2 airplane. Vic was well known for his lifelike wood carvings of people, birds and animals and for his wood turnings. He also ventured into carving rock. He was also known for his quick wit, his keen sense of humour, his risqué jokes, his animated story telling and his love of a great laugh.

Vic is survived by his wife Shirley, daughter Corrie (Rob), son Scott (Michelle), grandson Mason, granddaughter Emily and a large extended family and many good friends.

From our family, heartfelt thanks for their caring and help go to Dr. David May and Dr. Blake Hoffert, as well as the palliative care nurses, physiotherapy, occupational therapists and the home care staff.

A celebration of Vic’s life will be held Saturday, November 5, from 1-4 pm at Myrtle Point Golf Club. Please bring your favourite memorabilia and stories about Vic to share with everyone. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Powell River Community Health Centre-Palliative Care Program, third floor, Powell River General Hospital, 5000 Joyce Avenue, Powell River BC, 604.485.3310.

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1999 PONTIAC Sunfire 2-door, green, 2.2 litre, automatic, 151,00 kms. Very well maintained. All season tires. $1,300 OBO. Excellent condition snow tires on rims 195/65R15 Nitto SN2 (set of 4) $300 OBO. 604.414.9432 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 Firm.

604.485.4925.

GARAGE KEPT, driven 3 months a year, red, supercharged, 1990 VW Corrado, new tires and brakes $4,500.

604.487.9705.

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15-PASSENGER BUS 23’, formerly Heather Tours, excellent condition safety inspected, view photos at heathertours.com, asking $30,000. 604.483.3551.

485.H E L P (4357)

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Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles 2001 KAWASAKI 650 XLR, Enduro, runs great, good tires, new front brakes $1,950.

604.414.8428.

2003 JEEP Liberty 4x4, excellent condition $5,500.

604.578.8080.

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.

1993 SEARAY 440 Express Bridge Cruiser, excellent condition $150,000. Chris 604.414.3960 or Rob 604.223.0259.

1998 SEARAY 270 special edition, new engine, manifolds, head and tarp, with 2012 trailer $ 2 9 , 5 0 0 o b o. we 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.

8325 Sand & Gravel

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604.483.8200 6545 Hall Rentals FOR RENT: Senior Citizens Association has two halls plus a meeting room available to serve you. Reasonable rates.

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6560 Houses for Rent 2 - B D R M , M O B I L E h o m e, spacious clean, W/D, DW, N/S, beach access, available November 1 $875/mth.

1.604.837.9334.

3-BDRM, 2-BATH house in Stillwater, large yard, gardener preferred, N/S, available November 1 $900/mth plus utilities.

1.604.612.0470.

3-BDRM COTTAGE, beach access, W/D, F/S, D/W, microwave, clean, suits quiet person, available November 1 $875/mth. 1.604.837.9334.

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

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

604.485.2234

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9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 2001 CORSAIR fifth wheel, 32’, 2-slides, A/C, vacuum, clean, eve r y t h i n g wo r k s $ 14 , 0 0 0 .

604.489.1509 for details.

2002 5TH-WHEEL, Titanium 29E34RL, excellent condition, $6,000 in solar, $17,000 OBO. 604.485.9109.

2015 SALEM 27’ dbud travel trailer, fully loaded, large slideout, walk around queen bed $22,500 FIRM. 604.485.2834.

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 fun $12,900. 604.414.3854.

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CROSSWORD

HOROSCOPE Week of October 19 to 25

a

DOWN 1. Blue 2. Bard’s work 3. Butt into

4. Strong feeling 5. Oak starter 6. Cowboy’s gear 7. Do better than 8. Edition 9. Gummiest 10. Thin 11. Breakfast favorites 17. Not closed 19. Charged particle 21. Submit to 22. Put down asphalt 23. Prized 24. Five’s follower 26. Amount of money 28. Send by post 29. Tiny 31. Harbor boat 32. Cutting tool: 2 wds.

34. Tousle 35. Hive-dwelling insect 37. Tenant’s agreement 38. Lightheaded 39. Munch 40. Volcanic flow 41. Bride’s headwear 43. Maple’s fluid 45. Iron source 46. Apt 47. Promos

SUDOKU

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!

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

ACROSS 1. Tender 5. Painter’s work 8. Land surrounded by water 12. First man 13. Dove’s murmur 14. Doe’s mate 15. Dealer’s car 16. Conflicting 18. Exhaust 20. Hockey disks 21. Choice 24. Track down 25. Certain nobleman 26. Wickedness 27. Mischievous being 30. Tied 31. Prom wear 32. Suitor 33. Supporting vote 34. Silent 35. Bathroom feature 36. Snail’s kin 38. In a kind way 39. Sherlock’s finds 41. Contended 42. Pestered 44. Love seat 48. Preholiday nights 49. Assistance 50. Hot and dry 51. Walk in the water 52. Layer 53. Soaks

3930 Padgett Road

Lot 12 Krompocker Road

6402 Hillcrest Avenue

ARIES | MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19 A huge success or some sort of recognition awaits you. A promotion or a change of direction is in store for you. If you were sick recently, you’ll soon regain your health.

TAURUS | APRIL 20 TO MAY 20 You have the opportunity to acquire property that will give greater latitude to the whole family. At the very least you’ll transform your life so that it’s more efficient and harmonious.

GEMINI | MAY 21 TO JUNE 21 Be sure to recharge your phone or your computer every night.

Otherwise, you may risk having an important communication interrupted the next day. Your young children will ask you to drive them here, there and everywhere.

CANCER | JUNE 22 TO JULY 23 You have much to say for yourself and express out loud what others only think. Your comments won’t be very tactful if your better half spends money unnecessarily.

LEO | JULY 24 TO AUGUST 23 You’ll be amazingly energetic. Everything is urgent and you’ll have to act quickly to avoid a disaster. At work, a promotion will make you very happy despite all the changes and the added stress.

VIRGO | AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 22 You finally finish an interminable task at work or at home. It’s important to take a break before starting something else. If you don’t, your health may suffer.

LIBRA | SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 22 You’ll be relieved by the verdict if you or a loved one has been waiting for the result of a medical exam. Finally you can sleep soundly and your anxiety fades.

SCORPIO | OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 22 You encounter a few problems this week, within the family or at work. You’ll need to adjust your schedule because of a big promotion. You leap at the opportunity because of the salary that’s offered to you.

SAGITTARIUS | NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 20 It’s time to start planning your Christmas vacation. You need to reserve early whether you go with family, friends, a lover or alone. Organizing everything will likely be difficult if you leave it to the last minute.

CAPRICORN | DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20 At work you’ll be given responsibilities relating to international concerns or training. You’ll experience some difficulties in making yourself understood by people who do not speak your language well.

AQUARIUS | JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19 You’ll give special importance to your life partner this week.

It’s clear that your love life needs a bit more spontaneity to recapture the original magic and passion in your relationship.

PISCES | FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20 You need to make a huge effort in order to finalize some negotiations and conclude an agreement that will suit everyone.

Drastic changes are needed for you to improve your health.

Lot 5351 Emmonds Road

$179,900

$574,000

$439,000

4.5 south-facing acres north of town.

Ready to build your dream home on with great exposure, gently sloping and all cleared. Minutes from Lund and short drive to town. No zoning, no building permits required.

Spacious, two-family home on sunny corner lot. Each level has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with extra soundproofing between floors.

Full, partially finished basement also has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is plumbed for a kitchen area.

Rare 44-acre, ocean-view acreage north of town.

Year-round creek, some pasture and fenced with barn/hay storage.

Close to beach.

POWELL RIVER

604.483.8044 | don@mycoast.ca | mycoast.ca

644H52

$750,000 24.47 acres, gently sloping to the west. Non-ALR with loads of potential for farming or subdivision. Lots of sun, minutes from town, and close to Hammil (West) Lake. Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home

Your home, my priority

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Cottage Cheese $ ISLAND FARMS

Broccoli Crowns ¢

98

Assorted, 500 g

ISLAND FARMS 1L

WHOLESOME FOOD

Green Cabbage

Freybe Lean Mild Capicolli $

Russet Potatoes

2

98 68 68 ¢

¢

21

¢

/lb 1.50/kg

/lb 2.16/kg

$

Mandarin Oranges

5

Beets

3

Panini Buns

98

¢

1

$ 98

Italian White or Italian Whole Wheat Pkg of 6

Pizza

/lb 8.77/kg

Assorted, 555-630 g

Chicken,P200ieg s

Hot or Mild

Top Sirloin Grilling $ Steaks

6 48 6

Beef or Turkey

1

$ 28 Raisin Pie

3

$ 48

680 g

$

/lb 15.39/kg

$ 48 Boneless Skinless $ Chicken Breast

/lb 14.29/kg

4

$ 98

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Granola Bars

Assorted, 175-210 g

on the purchase of 5 or MORE qualifying KitchenAid ® Appliances**

20 15

Juice

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Assorted, 900 ml

Assorted, 432

1

$ 98 $ 98

3

$ 48

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Pasta and Sauce

Assorted, 111-167 g

35 $

FOR

SAPPORO ICHIBAN

Noodles

Assorted, 100 g

54 $

FOR

27 $

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DUNCAN HINES

FOR

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5

35 1

98

FRESH

25

100 g

$ 98

SWANSON FROZEN

5

Pkg of 6

98

GROCERY

DELISSIO FROZEN

/lb 12.08/kg

Assorted Strudels

100 g

1

100 g

White or 60% Whole Wheat, 530 g

$ 98 Top Round Baron of Beef Roast

2

100 g

48

Full Fat Pizza Mozzarella$

Store Baked Bread

/lb 2.16/kg

each

Smoked Turkey $ Breast

F R E S H D A I LY

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

Italian Sausage

48

/lb kg 1.5ea0/ch

$ 98

5 lb box

FOR

Made Fresh In Store

1

$ 48

Black Forest Ham

/lb 2.16/kg

Ambrosia Apples

Large Lemons

Buttermilk

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

98

SAVINGS % INSTANT on the purchase of 3 or 4

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