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Farmers’ organizations plan merger Legislative changes and volunteer retention Get the Peak to Go reasons for amalgamationiPhone app now DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

FUTURE FARMING: Powell River’s aging farm societies are moving toward amalgamation, a positive step for young farmers such as Funky Beets Farm’s Rob Gilchrist. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO $479,000 EMERALD LANE

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The two organizations that represent farmers in the Powell River area have, for the most part, overcome their differences and are planning on getting back together.

There were years that the Powell River and District Agricultural Association (PRDAA) and the Powell River Farmers’ Institute (PRFI) were at odds, so much so that the PRDAA split from the PRFI. Get the Peakjoked to Go Alan Rebane, “We’ll call it local politics. Or how about in-fighting?” iPhone app now PRFI president for the last three years. Rebane Creekside Farm, a availableowns in the livestock farm in Paradise Valley.

App Store or iTunes “It’s a small town and somebody didn’t see eye to eye with the other person,” said Rebane.

When he joined PRFI about five years ago, Rebane admitted he found it shocking that there was still bitterness between the two sides.

The institute was founded 101 years ago and is the oldest of the two organizations. The agricultural association began in 1933.

According to Gary de Casmaker, new PRDAA president who also operates Eternal Seed and Garden Centre, nobody has been able to enlighten him as to why it was necessary to have two organizations in the first place.

“We know that in the past there was some bad blood,” said de Casmaker.

“The two organizations have been in opposition for some time and never were able to get their act together.”

For the most part, the two groups are now seeing eye to eye and are taking steps toward amalgamation. The big reason is both organizations are faced with the same problem many community non-profit societies in Powell River confront: not enough volunteers to go around.

“Volunteerism is a strange thing,” said de Casmaker. “There’s a lot more work required than there are volunteers to do it.”

The makeup of the existing boards of directors for the PRDAA and the PRFI shows a lot of overlap.

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organizations,” said de Casmaker. “I would say 50 per cent of each organization’s board is a member of the other organization’s board.”

One of the new farmers in the region is Rob Gilchrist, who moved to Powell River in 2008. Gilchrist owns Funky Beets Farm south of town and is a member of the PRDAA and PRFI. “In an ideal world, I’m a stakeholder so it’s important to me to maintain some sort of involvement with associations,” said Gilchrist. “I can’t just put my head down and farm blindly without making a contribution back to my community, because I think the two things need each other in order to survive.”

A similar survival instinct is behind the merger of PRDAA and PRFI. The institute started talking about an amalgamation three years ago. The agricultural association took the idea to its members within the last year and the hope is to have the merger completed by this summer.

The new BC Societies Act is expected to come into effect in November and that is placing a sense of urgency on the amalgamation between the two agricultural societies.

If the PRDAA were to remain its own entity, it would have to change its constitution and bylaws in accordance with the new act. However, because the PRFI is governed under different provincial legislation,

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the Farmers and Womens Institutes Act, the new amalgamated farmers’ organization would be under the auspices of that act.

“If this merger can be a c c o m p l i s h e d b e fo r e November, then we can avoid that major hurdle,” said de Casmaker.

Rebane and de Casmaker said they hope the amalgamation of the two organizations will benefit Powell River farmers such as Gilchrist. Gilchrist agreed the joining of the regions’ two farming organizations is a good thing.

“Farming is harder than I thought it would be, but it’s getting less difficult now. I was fantasizing about farming more than I was thinking about it as a career choice,” he said. “The more people are together, that can strengthen our voice.”

That voice could also be made stronger with more money. PRFI has $80,000 in the bank that, according to Rebane, has been sitting there for 20 years.

PRDAA sees an opportunity to invest those funds in the agricultural grounds and buildings, which it owns

and operates with revenue primarily from the Powell River Open Air Market, said de Casmaker.

“That’s a real farmers’ kind of solution,” said de Casmaker. “I’ve got money.

I’ve got land. Let’s play.”

Some members of the PRFI don’t see it that way, however.

“That is a way a lot of them look at it, which bothers me a little bit,” said Rebane. “Some look at it as they’ve got the land that we could do stuff with, and the others look at it as they’ve got the money. We want some of that money. Some of the old guard still thinks some of that money should be part of the agricultural association.”

Rebane has a hard time justifying hanging onto that money and still being a society, even though the farmers institute is governed under legislation that allows it to make a profit. He said the agricultural grounds and the farmers markets are good investments. Young farmers are, too.

“The farmers institute should be an arm that helps distribute money to young farmers,” said Rebane. “I’m fully in favour of that.”

Despite some grumblings from members on both sides, there is not much opposition to the planned amalgamation.

“Not yet, so far,” said de Casmaker. “Everyone seems to be interested and in favour, but put any three farmers in a room and you’re going to get three different opinions.”

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Test accuracy raises senior-driving questions Examinations remove approximately 6,000 BC drivers off the road each year CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

no knowledge or experience with, he said.

“Of course she failed,” said Dignard.

In 2012, after public pressure, the province agreed to change the process to give seniors the ability to take a road test if they did not pass the computer touchscreen test.

With the help of Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA

Seniors self-regulate their driving and often have wiser decisionmaking processes than younger drivers.

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Nicholas Simons, Ahern was able to take a road test, which she passed in 2012.

She regained her licence for a year, but then she was asked to go in for a reassessment and has been fighting to regain her licence ever since.

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In 2010, Ahern was one of the first seniors over 80 years old to take the DriveABLE test in Courtenay, said Dignard. She thought she was going there for a road test, but when she arrived, she was faced with a computer, something she had

safe, but she’s a great driver,” said Dignard.

A c c o r d i n g t o RoadSafetyBC, the reason why this level of testing is required is drivers aged 80 and older are involved in more crashes per kilometre than almost any age group, and they are also more likely to die in those crashes.

While that is statistically true, Simons said the statistics also show seniors are safer drivers because of the number of years of experience behind the wheel and, when they do drive, they do not go far and do not drive in conditions they are uncomfortable in.

“Seniors self-regulate their driving and often have wiser decision-making processes than younger drivers,” said Simons.

Questions have been mounting about the lack of consistency and accuracy in the testing. Simons said the issue needs more attention because it takes good drivers off the road and leaves bad drivers on the road at about a 50 per cent accuracy rate.

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Simons said the testing seems to be a response to a perceived problem and a stereotype of elderly drivers.

“Seniors have been treated badly by the current system in place,” he said.

Simons continues to question the need for the assessments, saying the province brought the tests in without the science to back the claims of their effectiveness.

He added that the tests have still not been peer-reviewed.

According to Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, of the 3.2 million drivers in the province, approximately 150,000 are assessed for medical fitness to drive annually.

This includes drivers aged 80 and older and drivers with known medical conditions. Approximately 4,000 drivers are found medically unfit to drive; approximately 2,000 drivers do not comply and have their driver’s licence cancelled; and approximately 800 drivers voluntarily surrender their driver’s licence.

City of Powell River councillor Russell Brewer has been awarded le Cornouiller D’or, or golden dogwood, for his commitment to Francophone affairs in the region.

Awarded each year for the past 14 years by BC Francophone Federation to a federal, provincial or municipal public servant in recognition of distinguished service in the area of Francophone affairs, the awards were given out during Francophone Day celebrations in Vancouver on Friday, March 18.

“It came as quite a surprise,” said Brewer. “It is definitely an honour to be awarded this.”

Brewer has been president and treasurer of Club Bon Accueil in the past and sat on the parent advisory committee for the École Côte-du-Soleil for many years.

Powell River’s French club and community centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year.

Those awarded must have contributed to the development and support of the Francophone community in their respective city, including services and initiatives in French.

Setting it straight In our March 16, 2016, article “Grieving families speak out” we mistakenly reported that Eric Toneff was an apprentice at Stubberfield Funeral Home.

While Toneff did work there, he did so as an already licensed funeral director.

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Four years after the BC government agreed to make changes to the way it assesses the driving of seniors in the province, the issue of computerized testing continues to raise questions among Powell River residents.

Some local seniors who have been taken off the road say they have been treated unfairly. One of those voices comes from 86-year-old resident and pianist Myrna Ahern, who has been fighting for the past five years to get her licence back.

“I can’t do what the community needs me to be doing without being able to get there,” said Ahern. “I’m sick and tired of this.”

Ahern said not having a licence has made it hard for her to play piano for seniors at Evergreen Extended Care Unit, Powell River General Hospital and several area churches.

Ahern’s friend Richard Dignard has been alongside her during the battle and said it has been difficult to watch her suffer through bouts of depression and a loss of independence.

“She’s a prisoner in her own town,” said Dignard. “It seems mind-boggling that these people can’t see what they are doing when they take licences away.”

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Non-profit group founded by Judi Tyabji issues social media statement

by the NDP on March 10 during question period in the provincial legislature and the subsequent public response.

“This series of media and social media attacks have all come from people who are traditionally associated with the NDP or environmental causes, and the nature of the negativity is escalating,” the statement DAVE BRINDLE claimed. community@prpeak.com The controversy resulted from a Freedom Less than three weeks after the New of Information (FOI) request made by the Democratic Party levelled conflict of inter- NDP into Pebble in the Pond’s Tanned, Wild est allegations against Pebble in the Pond and Woolly project, funded through the Environmental Society president Judi Tyabji BC and federal government’s Job Creation in the BC legislature, a notice has been post- Partnership (JCP) program. The original ed on the society’s Facebook page that the JCP grant for $126,600 was announced in non-profit has been dissolved.

June 2014. It was extended for a total of The statement reads, in part, “On March $181,635 invested in the project.

14, 2016, at the regularly “The documents released scheduled meeting of the through freedom of information, and my colleagues’ Board of Directors of Pebble questions about what those in the Pond Environmental documents revealed do not Society, the board unanimously voted in favour of constitute an attack,” said this motion: In order to proNicholas Simons, NDP MLA tect the society and its acfor Powell River-Sunshine complishments, the board of Coast. “British Columbians directors has unanimously have a right to know how agreed to dissolve the society $181,000 of their money got effective immediately.” spent.”

The post also touted the The society board appointed Tyabji project supervisor society’s many successes in Judi Tyabji of Tanned, Wild and Woolly. education and advocacy for She did not step down as environmental sustainability president of the society while employed as in the Powell River region.

According to City of Powell River council- manager, collecting a salary of $67,000. lor Karen Skadsheim, who was an original The society’s social media statement also director on the society’s board when it was claimed it received negative attention durformed in 2008 and stepped down in 2010, ing its involvement with efforts to protect there is more to dissolution of a society than Lot 450 from logging.

“In the spring of 2015, Pebble in the a motion from the board.

“As I understand it, in order to dissolve a Pond came under partisan attack by peosociety, you have to hold a general meeting,” ple in Powell River for its work to protect said Skadshiem. “There’s some specific re- the urban forest,” according to the statequirements through the [BC Society Act], in- ment. “These people were involved in cluding an affidavit from the directors, and other groups working to protect the trees, there needs to be a liquidator appointed to and they targeted Pebble in the Pond, aldispense with the assets of the society and leging a connection to the Liberal provinreport to the membership what’s happening cial government.”

Requests for comment from board memto those assets.”

The statement from the society board cited bers of Pebble in the Pond were not returned conflict of interest allegations against Tyabji by press time.

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AUGUST speeding and23 failing to stop at a stop sign; 4700 Joycedemonstrated Avenue the driver signs of alcohol At 11:45 pm and an subsequently RCMP officer failed was consumption making patrols whenbreathalysers. he observedThe a two portable roadside green bin on fire vehiclerecycle was impounded for in 30 the daysalley and behind retail store. department driver’s alicence seizedThe for fire 90 days. attended and promptly extinguished the fire.

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Tla’amin Nation chief Clint Williams reflects on two decades of community-driven work

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How has Tla’amin been supported by other first nations that have gone through this process?

All the modern-day treaty peoples have been very good in providing advice and experiences they went through with implementation; the Tsawwassen, Nuu-chah-nulth and Nisga’a have all been great. We have a pretty good sense of what to expect. I don’t think you can script everything, but we’ve had some very good help.

Having gone through this process

Dynamic business idea We can help you climb the mountain to TURNING POINT: Tla’amin Nation chief Clint Williams speaks to the Peak about where the first nation finds itself the week before independence from rule under the Indian Act. PEAK ARCHIVE PHOTO

for more than 20 years, do you have any advice for first nations who may be considering pursuing a treaty through the BC system?

One clear message I’d like to get out there to other first nations is that we will share our experiences and knowledge and we’re thankful to those who shared theirs. We look at it as a kind of paying it forward. We will speak and work with any nation that is looking for our advice or help, but the big thing is I don’t want the other nations in the province or in Canada to think we are going to be the poster children for the BC treaty process. We’ve opted into this because of the challenges we’ve had with all the land and resources being tenured off, and to make sure the people can better themselves from the resources within our traditional territory.

How have you found working through the BC treaty process?

There’s been a lot of frustration along the way. Some of our people feel we should not have been in this process in the first place and that has confirmed a divide in our community. It showed with the ratification vote.

How will you work to heal those divisions?

Through the whole process, just because someone was a “yes” voter on the treaty, we are not going to treat them any different than someone who voted “no.” You want to make sure fairness, equality and opportunity are provided to all of our people, not just those who were supportive of the process. We respect their opinion, but we followed through with the mandate we received from the ratification vote.

Any last thoughts on where things stand currently?

You just start getting a little emotional thinking about people who were there at the beginning of the process, but are no longer with us: all the elders, staff, community members and board members who participated. This really has been community driven. You just want to think back and thank them for all their contributions, whether they were for the process or against, their information was helpful in delivering our message to the BC and Canadian governments.

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Tla’amin Nation chief Clint Williams, his council and staff, have been working at a feverish pace, preparing the necessary laws and regulations to have in place for Tuesday, April 5; the day Tla’amin’s treaty is enacted.

The treaty is 20 years in the making and will place Tla’amin in a very small group of first nations in the province to have successfully concluded the BC treaty process.

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Unfortunate ending The latest and potentially final chapter of the Pebble in the Pond Environmental Society saga has unfolded in an unfortunate fashion.

The non-profit society, founded by former Liberal MLA Judi Tyabji and local environmentalists in 2008 to reduce the amount of plastic garbage in the community, announced via social media on Wednesday, March 23, that its board of directors unanimously approved to dissolve the society, effective immediately.

After conflict of interest allegations from the New Democratic Party in the provincial legislature on March 10, Tyabji and Pebble in the Pond have been publicly criticized in relation to a Job Creation Partnership project for a sheep-tanning business that tanned less than 150 of the proposed 1,000 hides, selling less than 40. The project paid Tyabji $67,000 while she remained president of the society.

The society’s social media post claimed Pebble in the Pond was dissolving in part to the “partisan attacks” it has received in the past two years regarding involvement in efforts to save It is a shame that even in its Lot 450 from dissolution, Pebble in the Pond logging and the recent tancouldn’t have done the right nery business. thing and bowed out gracefully.

As of press time, no official statement has been issued by the society, other than a Facebook post to the 406 people who like the page. The post stated the board of directors unanimously voted in favour of a motion presented at its March 14 meeting to dissolve the society. Nine days later, the post was made announcing the decision, but also detailing the ways in which the society claims it was attacked by those “traditionally associated with the NDP or environmental causes.”

This is not the way any non-profit society should be dissolved.

Using its dissolution as an opportunity to fire back at detractors on social media only lessens the importance of the work done by the society since its inception eight years ago. Some of the efforts made by the society around waste reduction in the community, including a previous project to encourage the use of cloth bags over plastic, were successful in engaging residents around environmental issues. The society also worked with School District 47 and Powell River Historical Museum to provide education around plastic waste. This work has been diminished by the society’s recent actions.

Another issue is a society cannot just make a motion at a regular meeting to dissolve. There is due process outlined in the BC Society Act, including holding a Special General Meeting for membership and properly dispersing any assets the society holds.

It is a shame that even in its dissolution, Pebble in the Pond couldn’t have done the right thing and bowed out gracefully. The lengthy social media post announcing the decision degenerated into a tirade against its detractors, claiming partisan attacks and political motivation as a reason for the society’s downfall.

Unfortunately, the work done by the society to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the community has taken a backseat to politics. We now have a defensive post on Facebook as its lasting legacy.

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Better eating one small step at a time

By Paul Martiquet With March coming to a close, it’s a good time to review our eating habits. After all, March is Nutrition Month and most of us could still learn a few new things about nutrition.

Making big changes in our habits are usually challenging and often lead to failure.

A better idea is to make small changes. These lead to small successes, which add up to big successes.

To that end, Dietitians of Canada are asking us to make just one small change in how and what we eat, one meal at a time.

Before getting too far ahead, we should consider how to make goals easier to achieve. Research and experience has shown that when you make a goal and share it with people around you, it is far more likely to be accomplished.

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Any number of small changes can help you eat better and more nutritiously. is to fill your plate with more vegetables; choose fruit as a snack; or change to whole grain bread. And yes, quality matters, so start the day with breakfast to give your body the energy it needs.

Plan ahead and make extra food so you can pack homemade left-

overs for lunch or have a meal ready for another day. By seasoning your food with flavourful herbs and spices you can reduce how much salt you consume, another example of a small but effective change.

Mindful eating takes the oftenrushed process of meals and pulls it back a bit. Do this by focusing on the foods you are consuming, the texture and the flavours. Avoid eating in front of the television or computer. Instead, immerse yourself in the flavour of your food and enjoy it, one bite at a time.

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LETTERS » Nonsensical demand Excellent article [“Viewpoint: Leave doctors out of assisted death,” March 23], I couldn’t agree more. Most physicians choose their profession because they care for people and work to heal their patients wherever possible. If this is not possible, then to make their lives as comfortable as possible.

Now it seems our lawmakers expect these same people to kill their patients. Perhaps there are those among us who wouldn’t have a problem killing someone, but I think most of us would.

It makes no sense to me for the state to demand that the person to whom I entrust my health care, my life, should in certain circumstanc-

es have to kill me.

I would not have any confidence in a doctor who could do that.

Kathy Kiernan Highway 101

Equal representation Nice to see an increased level of diversity in the Peak. I appreciate seeing

articles on the front page [“Urban art sparks debate,” March 23] that normally would have been relegated to page 10 or not printed at all.

It is important for media to represent all segments of society equally. Not everyone is going to like or agree with all articles, and that’s okay, we don’t have to.

However, with few exceptions

(hate speech, for example), we should ensure all voices are heard rather than a select few.

If the Peak only printed articles everyone, or the majority, liked and agreed on, it would be a pretty boring, close-minded and oppressive newspaper.

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What can be done to reduce the number of impaired drivers on Powell River roads?

TRISH NORRIS Willingdon Avenue When people go out to drink more people need to step forward as designated drivers.

DOUG GRUNDLE Kiwanis Avenue More patrols and roadblocks are necessary to reduce the number, and more awareness of the problem.

RIC TATTERSALL Cambridge Bay, Nunavut To reduce the number of drunk drivers the government should shut the bars down a few hours earlier and provide more education on the penalties and fines.

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6« VIEWPOINT choices on hand for meals and snacks: put out a fruit bowl; keep a bottle of water at your desk; prepare cut veggies and keep them at the front of the refrigerator.

It might also be time to try something new or even creative. Maybe it’s time to experiment with new foods and flavours. Any number of small

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Unfair tax dumping of garbage in the they are taking to resolve I understand that City of creek gully that later became this environmental threat Powell River Council recent- the playing fields of the old to Myrtle Creek? ly came under attack from Max Cameron Secondary Jack Dice, Butedale Avenue Herb Gawley, Padgett Road supporters of the residential and J.P. Dallos schools. flat tax. I am writing to exMyrtle Creek remains a press my support for coun- salmon-bearing stream and Bill protects cil’s decision to get rid of the its watershed is the source security tax over seven years [“City for the domestic consumpI’ve stood with City of council reaches taxing deci- tive wells of Paradise Valley residents. This creek has Powell River’s mayor, counsion,” March 11].

The flat tax portion of our not yet been destroyed, cil, and the people of Powell property taxes is clearly un- but its water quality has River on countless occafair and results in a greater been jeopardized by an- sions. Our relationship has tax burden for those less other ill-advised action of typically been informal, yet another generation of friendly and effective. I am able to pay.

May I remind council that city fathers who approved grateful to receive their the flat tax was allowed by the stockpiling, in the head- thoughts (albeit expressed the provincial government in quarters of Myrtle Creek more formally than usual) 1989-90 because the practice (at Powell River airport), on Bill C-51 [“Council supof assessing property only of 20 years of Willingdon ports resolution,” April 22].

It is important to note every two years resulted in Beach incinerator ash. This dramatic jumps in property ash was tested as early as Bill C-51 is designed to provalues—and assessed values. 1995 and it was shown to tect Canadians’ security so It now assesses property ev- have exceedingly toxic lev- that we can enjoy our freeery year and that problem is els of copper, lead and zinc dom. Yes, it is designed to largely solved. The flat tax is a [“Concerns about airport strike against one kind of solution to a problem that no landfill bubble to the sur- freedom—the freedom of a terrorist to operate against longer exists. We will be well face,” October 2012].

The environmental risks Canadian interests. rid of it.

Hugh Cooper posed by this stockpile Bill C-51 updates the Atlin Avenue have finally been recog- powers of CSIS (Canadian nized by the province and S e c u r i t y I n t e l l i g e n c e by the previous mayor and Service), which have barely Stream

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ALLY VEENHOF Selkirk Avenue Drivers should have to surrender their car keys when they go into a bar and the police should set more roadblocks and patrols.

DEREK SCOTT Highway 101 That’s tough. It doesn’t seem like any measure goes far enough. Maybe stop selling booze or put breathalyzer ignition switches in every car.

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its capacity to parallel other Western democratic nations, such as Sweden, Denmark, France, Australia and the US. The proposed approach would include safeguards, such as judicial authorization—this is not found in many allies’ legislation, which rely on executive authorization. Canada’s approach would require court warrants, which are typically slower and more cumbersome than executive approval, when the proposed activity contravenes charter rights or would otherwise be contrary to Canadian law.

Given that the bill treats the economy as a matter of national security, some have expressed the concern that peaceful protest demonstrations against things like LNG, pipelines, or logging will be treated as terrorist acts under Bill C-51. The bill originally stated that activity undermining Canada’s security “does not include lawful advocacy, protest, dissent and artistic expression” (Section 2 (i)). However, the bill has

changes can help you eat better and more nutritiously. Make a few simple changes, then build on them for surprising, and healthful, results.

Paul Martiquet is the Medical Health Officer for Rural Vancouver Coastal Health, including Powell River, Sunshine Coast, Sea-to-Sky, Bella Bella and Bella Coola.

distinction between a terrorist act and a peaceful act— one that might infringe on the law, but not be a threat to national security.

This is a modest bill that increases protection against immodest violence and other unexpected threats against Canadian security.

John Weston MP for West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

council reaches taxing decision,” March 11].

A common tax rate (or percentage) based on property values seems much more equitable. Those who have the economic means to own and maintain more valuable property should, in a civil society, be willing to pay more based on the value of their holdings. With children going hungry in Canada—and even in Powell River—it seems reasonable to me that those who have more, would be motivated to pay a little more to ease the burden on those who are less fortunate.

I understand a group of individuals disrupted a recent budget consultation meeting to attack City of Powell River Council’s reasonable plan to reduce the flat tax over a period of seven years in order to re-establish fairness in taxation as laid out in the 2014 sustainable official community plan.

(Interestingly, the previous council was also committed to eventually eliminating the flat tax.) I think council is to

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I think most people would agree that taxation for the common good is essential.

I think most would also agree that systems of taxation must be fair. But what is fair? Is it fair if those who have earned less, inherited less or acquired fewer assets are expected to pay the exact same amount as those who have earned more, inherited more or acquired more assets? This is what a flat tax means—that everyone (regardless of economic means) pays the exact same

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REGIONAL BOARD BRIEFS

Supports herring protection PRRD board voted unanimously to follow Tla’amin Nation chief Clint William’s request to send a letter of support to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and fisheries and oceans minister Hunter Tootoo citing local concerns regarding the opening of a commercial herring fishery in the first nation’s traditional fishing territory.

“We do understand that many Powell

depot in Van Anda open two days per week.

Multi-Material BC, the provincial non-profit organization overseeing paper and package recycling in the province, had said the Van Anda depot provided a higher level of service to the island than other communities and requested the regional district shut it down. Residents upset with that petitioned the PRRD to maintain the depot with operating funds from the regional district.

Aids bus service application

Receives transit expansion notice

PRRD board passed a motion to draft a letter to BC Passenger Transportation Board to support in principle a private bus service on the Lower Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Connector Ltd. requested PRRD provide the support to help speed up the company’s application for provincial approval.

Details on the service were not provided in the request, but director Patrick Brabazon said it was a good idea to send the provincial government the letter anyways, because whether or not this company is the one to provide the service, it is urgently needed.

BC transportation minister Todd Stone sent a letter informing the PRRD board that there would be money made available to look at expanding Powell River transit service.

PRRD chief administrative officer Al Radke confirmed that BC Transit will be starting to look at implementing some of the service expansion proposals that were put forward in last year’s transit review.

Approves Texada recycling plan PRRD directors approved unanimously a recommendation from committee of the whole that the regional district provide a satellite recycling

Funds community resource centre PRRD board approved a recommendation from the committee of the whole to provide $25,000 to Powell River Employment Program Society to assist with the 2016 operations of its Community Resource Centre. Funds will be granted from the general grants in aid fund.

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Directors of the Powell River Regional District (PRRD) board adopted its financial plan during its March meeting.

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Based on the 2016 completed assessment roll, PRRD property owners will see an approximate $10 increase in the mill rate. At the time of the financial plan, only the 2016 completed assessment roll numbers had been released, but actual taxes will be based on 2016 revised assessment roll expected soon, said Linda Greenan, PRRD manager of financial services.

Depending on where rural residents live, they may see larger increases in parcel taxes. Those who pay for the Lund sewer will see their parcel taxes increase by $73 and those who pay for the Myrtle Pond water system will see a $324.50 increase.

River and area residents are also in support of our views, as they recall the commercial fishery that devastated our local seasonal herring spawn,” wrote Williams in his request.

The directors also voted in favour of supporting the City of Powell River’s draft motion to place a moratorium on commercial herring fisheries on the BC coast. That motion will be presented at the upcoming Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities conference held in mid-April.

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Board passes on road project Texada Island residents were told by Powell River Regional District (PRRD) Electoral Area D director Sandy McCormick that they would have to live with the results of a fall survey, which led the PRRD board to cancel the widening of Gillies Bay Road.

Former Texada director Dave Murphy came to PRRD’s Thursday, March 24, meeting looking for answers regarding the reinstatement of funding for a cancelled road-widening project on Texada.

At the board’s February meeting, Murphy submitted a 165-name petition and re-

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quested that PRRD reverse its decision on the road-widening project.

Murphy said he wanted to make sure the project was reinstated before this year’s budget was passed and became upset when he realized this had not happened at the March meeting.

“There was no debate, no discussion. What happened?” asked Murphy.

At the February meeting, Patrick Brabazon, PRRD chair and Electoral Area A director, accepted the peti-

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Murphy returned for the March board meeting to ask why, despite accepting the petition, the project had not been discussed further.

McCormick explained to Murphy that Texada residents would be held to the results of the survey it had conducted last fall on whether they supported the project. She said she actually supported the road widening, but felt it was more important to support the public consultation process than change direction because of an after-the-fact petition.

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Federal finance minister Bill Morneau’s 2016 federal budget forecasts big deficits over the next five years or more to pay for the Liberals’ election promises, but with a lack of timelines, the benefits of the spending may not come soon enough, according to the Powell River Chamber of Commerce.

The federal Liberal government passed its first budget on Tuesday, March 22, projecting a $29.4-billion deficit and promising billions in new spending to help kickstart Canada’s economy.

Chamber of commerce vice-president Cory Carr, who also works as an investment advisor, said he is concerned Morneau did not provide a timeline on when the deficit would be paid down and the timeframe involved with the funds.

“They’re doing the right thing in investing the dollars in the economy,” said Carr, “but it’s going to take some time for the benefit to trickle through.”

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“It’s great that that’s on the books, but if you look at when we need the influx of jobs and projects, it’s between now and two years,” he said.

Despite concerns around timelines and short-term results, Carr said he likes the fact that the government has put money into infrastructure.

“It’s one of the best places to spend our money,” said Carr. “If we’re going to go into deficit, it’s one of the best tools to stimulate the economy.”

The Liberals have pledged to spend $120 billion over the next decade on infrastructure projects, focusing first on transit, water, waste management and housing.

Carr added he was pleased to see the government was looking for solutions to the record unemployment happening as the Alberta oil industry tanks.

One of the key projects Carr said he is hoping the federal government will chip in on is connecting Powell River to the rest of the mainland with a road.

While the plan to put people to work on infrastructure projects may take some time, the Liberals provided some short-term increased benefits for families, those on employment insurance (EI), students, seniors and first nations, among others.

The Liberals’ Canada Child Benefit will provide monthly tax-free payments starting July 1 and replaces

the Conservatives’ universal child-care benefit. It will provide up to $6,400 a year per child under six and $5,400 for those between six and 18 years old for those households with income under $30,000. The benefit amounts per child will be reduced progressively for those households with incomes over that threshold up to $190,000.

Also, EI changes will mean it is easier to qualify for benefits. Students will see their federal grants increased by 50 per cent to $3,000 for low-income students and $1,200 for middle income.

North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney shares Carr’s concerns with the potential for smaller rural centres being passed over.

“In this changing economy, there is a need for real action and smaller centres across Canada deserve more help,” stated Blaney in a media release on March 23.

Blaney stated that the budget has some hits, but also includes some significant misses for Canadians who may not be considered middle class.

Blaney is welcoming the government’s plan to add almost $950 for seniors’ guaranteed income supplement (GIS).

“The concern is this amount is for seniors making $4,600 or less, with the GIS decreasing for those who make more and no increase at all for incomes about $8,400,” she stated. “This just does not provide the level of support required.”

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Garden in works Freshly placed property markers delineate the angles and edges of what was once a vibrant, productive, large community garden serving the population of Lund, starting sometime around 1920 until approximately World War II. On one, sometimes two, sides of the triangular white survey stakes is the word “lease.” Landowner Steve Lawn recalled a conversation he and his wife Diane had with Karl Larson, then in his 80s, back in the early 1990s.

“He said, ‘It would make an old man very happy’ if we [would] let it be Lund’s community garden again,” said Steve. “Di hugged him and looked over his shoulder at me and said, ‘We promise.’”

Steve brought up the idea at a 2014 public meeting for the Powell River Regional District (PRRD) Electoral Area A official community plan (OCP).

The idea for the garden was presented at a Lund Community Society meeting and a committee was struck including Sandy Dunlop, editor of The Barnacle, Lund’s quarterly publication.

The Historic Lund Hotel was built in 1905 by the Thulin brothers. As the population in Lund grew, the hotel flourished. By the mid1920s a gardener was on staff and he farmed the area where Lund Automotive and Outboard now stands.

Produce from that garden

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was used by the hotel, while produce from the neighbouring community garden, now bordered by Emil and Finn Bay roads, supported the over 250-strong local population.

Decades ago, drainage channels were dug by hand and Thulin Creek, which went across the land, was rerouted along the perimeter.

Back then, “It was a different era,” said Steve. The garden is now covered in hardhack (Spiraea douglasii), a shrub with shallow roots that form a thick mat at the surface.

The updated Area A OCP was adopted in December 2015. In it, the entire garden has been designated as riparian area, governed by the Riparian Area Regulations and Fish Protection Act, and is a Development Permit Area I under the Local Government Act. Dunlop said her group totally supports the riparian regulations, but wishes legislation did not stand in the way of the garden. Steve remembered the PRRD being very excited about the idea in 2009, before the regulations were put in place. “[We] are just recreating something that for parts of four decades was Lund’s community garden,” said Steve.

PRRD manager of planning Laura Roddan said the

community garden idea has come up at various Area A OCP public meetings.

“This concept of a community garden came up over and over again and everybody likes the idea,” said Roddan.

To comply with the riparian regulations and development permit application, there will need to be a 30-metre setback from any water courses (wetlands, streams, lakes, creeks) on the property, said Roddan.

This will limit the size of the garden, but it will allow the users to access the historical, rich, food-growing soil. The 30-metre buffer could be relaxed if a qualified environmental professional decides as such in a riparian area assessment, according to Roddan.

Area A director and PRRD board chair Patrick Brabazon is enthused about the garden.

“I thoroughly support the idea of a community garden,” said Brabazon. “I will help any way I can.”

For now, Steve and the Lund Community Society are going ahead with a lease agreement and then they will apply for the development permit.

The permit paperwork is a hiccup in timing, as avid gardeners were wanting to start digging this spring, but the community garden should start to re-materialize in the heart of Lund in the near future.

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Construction continues on the Warehouse in Townsite Investor’s pet project hangs on the fate of a climbing wall DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

After delays in construction, Townsite investor Steve Brooks is putting to rest some of the rumours surrounding his mall property on the corner of Ash Street and Marine Avenue, to be called the Warehouse.

“I’m going for a balance of entertainment and artisan businesses in the space,” said Brooks.

The building was first unveiled as Powell River Stores in November 1941. Brooks’ project would be in keeping with the tradition of its original purpose, as a focal point for Townsite residents to shop and socialize.

The building has a long history with the boom and bust years of the old mill town.

“I’m trying to make it a really unique and interesting building, and leverage all the history,” said Brooks.

According to Ann Nelson, longtime Townsite resident and editor of Karen Southern’s second volume in Townsite Heritage Society’s House Histories and Heritage three-part series, the building has had several past owners.

“Each of them have had grandiose ideas about what they wanted to do and have

not been able to follow through,” said Nelson.

Brooks believes his approach to the site will be successful because he has not rushed to completion. The enormity of the project was unexpected, he said.

Brooks purchased the property and the 40,000 square-foot building in 2011. He will not reveal how much he spent buying it, or the cost of engineering and construction necessary to get it to a point where he can start talking publicly and in more detail about his plans.

“I’m not a developer, I’m only one person,” said Brooks. “I have a consulting company. I can’t channel a lot of my consulting income into these projects. All of the buildings I own, the old Bank of Montreal, the federal building [occupied by Townsite Brewing] and the Warehouse, it’s just me. It’s my pet project because I love Townsite.”

Most of the work on the Warehouse last year was on seismic upgrades and rebuilding walls, he said.

The Warehouse has a lot hanging on a proposed climbing wall in Powell River. On March 14, the group behind the indoor wall officially became Powell River Climbing Co-operative (PRCC). The co-op has applied for a grant of nearly $170,000 from Powell River Community Reserve Fund (PRCRF) and an answer is expected within days. If the grant is approved, construc-

LONGTERM PROJECT: Steve Brooks said he is passionate about Townsite and hopes to open the Warehouse, including an entertainment venue and artisan shopkeepers, by 2017. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

tion of the wall can begin at the Warehouse.

“If we get the grant, we will move ahead as fast as we are able,” said PRCC founding member Tracy Raftl.

Brooks said he has been waiting to hear if the climbing co-op receives financing. The group hopes to open in the summer, which would be ahead of Brooks’ timeline.

“It’s an important tenant, just from a balance of entertainment and artisan I want in the building,” said Brooks. “Our design of the whole west wall is actually

dependent on the climbing wall. It’s crucial.”

Other planned tenants include 32 Lakes Coffee, Raincoast Kombucha, a tap house-style restaurant, entertainment venue/nightclub and local food market.

Smaller, local artisans Brooks would like to see open and fill the Warehouse are a cheesemaker, pizzeria and ice-cream stand.

A maker-space, which has grown from the doit-yourself culture, is also envisioned, he said. Tools and equipment would be made available to people

wanting to make their own arts and crafts.

“It’s going to create a nice community space,” said Nathan Jantz who, along with his wife Margo, owns 32 Lakes. “It’s going to be a showcase of a lot of the different small companies that are transitioning the Townsite area.”

Brooks knows Powell River residents, particularly those of Townsite, want to know when the Warehouse will open, but even if the PRCC gets its funding and becomes an anchor tenant, he isn’t in a hurry.

“I don’t want to open until I’ve got a critical mass of businesses in the building and I don’t want them to fail,” he said. “I don’t want 32 Lakes to staff a front counter, to only have a few businesses in the Warehouse and, as a result, not have the walk-in traffic and to ultimately fail.”

The PRCRF grant to the climbing co-operative is the key to the Warehouse opening date, said Brooks. If the PRCRF grant falls into place, opening day would either be at the end of this year or early next year.

Break your PLASTIC HABITS during Earth Month with APRIL’S PLASTIC-FREE CHALLENGE! The Challenge? Refuse new plastic items starting April 1. Keep all the plastic you are not able to avoid and wear it to the April 29 presentation of OceanGybe’s documentary Tide Lines. Contact letstalktrashteam@gmail.com with any questions.

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CULTURE »

The Arts Council

Powell River Council for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Folk band returns

Invites applications for its spring 2016 grant program. Any organization involved in arts, culture or heritage in the Powell River community may apply for support for a local project.

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Application deadline is 4:30 pm, Friday, April 15, 2016 Grant awards will be announced by Sunday, May 1, 2016

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Return of Roses and Raspberries is coming soon Email yours to publisher@prpeak.com

Children’s bad dreams are usually about scary animals, abandonment, monsters, bugs, being eaten, getting lost and toys that come to life, not about becoming a music teacher.

“My nightmare as a child was that I was going to become a music teacher,” said Eric Wright, cellist for the classical-folk band The Fretless.

Currently on tour, the quartet will play Powell River Tuesday night with Karrnell Sawitsky and Trent Freeman on violin, Ben Plotnick on viola and Wright on cello.

Wright started out studying classical music, “but there was always this little mosquito in my ear,” he said. “My father was in an old-time band playing guitar and fiddle. He taught me fiddle tunes from a pretty young age and I always loved it.”

Wright said he never considered a cello would fit in a fiddle band. While studying pre-med and philosophy in university he decided he was doing the wrong thing and dropped it all to follow his fiddling dream with The Fretless. His grandmother would be pleased, said Wright.

“The really funny thing is, I remem-

ber my grandmother saying, ‘You know Eric, don’t become a doctor, become a musician, where you know you can make money,’” he said.

The Fretless have made folk-music followers take notice. Its 2012 debut album Waterbound received a Western Canadian Music Award (WCMA) for instrumental album of the year, and international group of the year and ensemble of the year honours at the Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA).

In 2014, the group won the WCMA instrumental album of the year and ensemble of the year at the CFMA for its self-titled album The Fretless.

The style of classical folk played by

the band is nouveau chamber, taken from Celtic, Metis, old-time Canadian and America fiddling tunes and arranged for a classical quartet with the finished songs coming out as new folk, said Wright.

According to Wright, the textures and unique sounds The Fretless bring to new folk separates them within the genre.

“We can have the viola and the cello filling up the low,” he said. “There’s not the usual guitar, bass and violins you’d see in a sort of a normal string band.”

The Fretless play Cranberry Community Hall 7 pm on Tuesday, April 5.

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Saturday, April 9, 10 am to Saturday, April 23, 4 pm Located above Nancy’s Bakery in Lund Open 10 am – 4 pm Wednesday to Sunday

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CLASSICAL FOLK: The Fretless, including core members [from left] Karrnell Sawitsky, Eric Wright and Trent Freeman, last performed in Powell River in 2012 during a tour promoting its acclaimed album Waterbound. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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SPORTS »

Villa tracks new talent Soccer club on the lookout for new players and volunteers SHANE CARLSON shane@prpeak.com

With the 2015/2016 season now complete, Powell River Villa soccer club shifts its focus to the future. After a seventh finish in Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL) Division 2 standings, one goal set at the start of the season was accomplished.

“Staying in Division 2 was the number one priority and we did that; it was something we talked about at the beginning of the year,” said Villa coach Chris McDonough.

Another goal set by management and players was to place among the top four teams in the division, but circumstances, including player turnover throughout the year and a youthful roster, led to a change in expectations as the season went on.

“We had a lot of young players this year; the core of our team is under 25 years old,” said McDonough.

“Our personnel changed a little bit, but we’re happy with how we finished. Seventh is not too bad, but obviously we would like to have placed higher.”

Villa avoided relegation to Division 3 by finishing with a record of three wins, seven losses and six ties within the 10-team division.

“We could have been higher in the standings with some better performances; there were a lot of opportunities missed,” said club president Jamie Zroback. “This is a league where ties kill you; one point for the draw and three for a win, so when you tie a lot of games, it really hurts.”

Filling the roster is always a challenge, with younger players moving away for school and players who join the team while attending college in Powell River only being available for four to five months.

“There was turnover from last year, too; we probably lost 10 players,” said McDonough. “We brought in some new players and some short-term guys from Camber College; we won’t get them back, but hopefully it can be a source of personnel for us moving forward.”

The organization continues to

focus on developing younger players through youth teams in Powell River, with hopes that some will become regulars on Villa’s roster in the near future.

“We have a pretty good eye on who is coming up through the system and what players might be able to fit into our team,” said McDonough.

Despite remaining at the same level, Villa’s competition will change by 40 per cent next season, as two teams promoted from Division 3 and two relegated from Division 1 will join Division 2, presenting a challenge for coaching staff and players as they face unfamiliar opponents. A veteran group of experienced players including Dean Thorsell, Kye Taylor, Rob Devlin and Daniel Paul will help in that area.

“Those guys have been with the club a long time, 10 years-plus for most of them,” said McDonough.

“Then we have a younger core of guys like Nick Van’t Schip, Matt Liknes and Braxton Leask.”

With the core of the team returning and, according to McDonough, continually improving, Villa’s challenge will be to fill gaps created by departing players with new recruits and retain as deep of a pool of available talent as possible.

When necessary, the club utilizes alumni players now based on Vancouver Island and former players who play for the mid-Island U21 team.

While losing players to Vancouver Island teams is a regular occurrence, the opposite happens on occasion. Rookie Curtis Denniston moved to Powell River from Nanaimo prior to the season; the son of former Powell River Kings and Powell River Regals hockey player Heath Denniston became an important fixture on the roster.

“Curtis was probably one of our top players last year,” said McDonough. “He will be a focal point for our team the next couple of years.”

Jeremy Prosser was the only other rookie on the 2015/2016 roster.

“We hope to have a few more rookies next year, local guys who can hopefully jump up a level to play with us,” said McDonough.

Looking into the future, McDonough said the club’s onfield, long-term goal is to eventually earn Division 1 status again, while the immediate goal is a top four finish next year. It has been a decade since Villa last played in the top VISL flight.

COMING BACK: Powell River Villa veteran Daniel Paul [right] is part of a core of players returning to the club when Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 2 play resumes next season. ALICIA BAAS PHOTO

“We were in Division 1 for two years, in 2005 and 2006, then we were relegated to Division 2,” said Zroback.

McDonough added that the team is aiming to challenge for the top of Division 2 next season.

“We had moments and glimpses this year, but consistency from week to week was something we had challenges with; we’re pushing to get better and improve,” he said.

Off the field, recruiting of another sort is at the forefront of planning for the coming season. With financial obligations to the league to meet for each season, the club is always on the lookout for more assistance from an organizational standpoint.

“We can always use help, it’s been the same people every year for the last while,” said Zroback. “We’re going to be looking at bringing more people on

board for next year.”

Interested volunteers can contact Zroback at jamie@landquest. com for more information.

The field at Timberlane Park continues to be another challenge for the club. An inconsistency of where and when home games are played has directly affected revenue resources.

“Since the track was put in, we haven’t played a full season [at Timberlane],” said Zroback. “The city is figuring out why the grass is not rooting, so it is uncertain if we’re going to be on Timberlane, or back to Cranberry next year.”

The club previously played at Brooks Secondary School for a season and postponed or cancelled several games at Timberlane this and last season due to weather conditions. While wind resulting in ferry cancellations cannot be controlled, having a depend-

able, regular field to play on is essential. Its current backup field is the former elementary school is Cranberry.

“It’s just having the same option available, because on a Thursday night you’ve already advertised in Wednesday’s paper,” said Zroback.

“If Timberlane closes Thursday night and then you move to Cranberry, a lot of people don’t know where the game is; it is not the best scenario.”

The club hopes to have field-related issues sorted out in time for next season.

“The city was great; they made Cranberry available to us,” said Zroback, “but we’re hoping to play the whole season at Timberlane next year.”

After a one-month break, training for players resumes in May. VISL regular season play begins in September.

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Lund Shellfish Festival May 28 and 29

Lund Community Society is now accepting vendor applications

FINAL BATTLE: A Nanaimo Clippers defender takes down Powell River Kings forward Kyle Betts in the dying minutes of game four of the BCHL Island Division final at Hap Parker Arena last week. Kings dropped four straight games in the best-of-seven series, including a 3-2 game four setback. ALICIA BASS PHOTO

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Despite 27 seasons behind the Powell River Kings, the Fred Page Cup, awarded annually to the BC Hockey League (BCHL) playoff champion, still eludes the club.

The realization comes one week after the team’s season ended at the hands of the Nanaimo Clippers in a second-round playoff sweep. As many players depart Powell River, some for the final time, we look back at one of the more streaky Powell River Kings teams in recent years.

Through September and into October, Kings were off to a fantastic start, cruising to seven straight wins, beginning in Nanaimo on the second weekend of the season, and ending in West Kelowna in mid-October.

However, that season-high run was quickly followed by a season-high six game losing skid, which included a 180-minute stretch without scoring.

“You have to look at who we had going in and a big question for us this season was who was going to score,” said Kings assistant coach Brock Sawyer. “We were in a lot of the games in that stretch, like a 7-5 loss in Cowichan where bounces didn’t go our way; we had to rely on scoring by com-

mittee and that shows with a high number of guys in double-digit goals.”

Through November and December, the league began to take notice of a more consistent and deep Kings team. Jeremy LeClerc earned BCHL player of the week honours on November 29, while both Kyle Betts and Carter Turnbull were selected to represent Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge.

“Such a cool experience to put the maple leaf on; I can’t say enough about the experience,” said Betts upon returning from a gold medal performance at the tournament. “To do it with Carter was fantastic, too. I can use this experience and apply it here, I’ve seen what makes a team successful and learned a lot of valuable lessons from the coaching staff.”

Following a longer-thanusual Christmas break, Kings returned with four convincing wins. First, a New Year’s Eve doubleheader sweep against Alberni Valley, followed by a 2016-opening sweep of Nanaimo. The games set the tone for Powell River in the stretch drive as the team had its sights set on first place in the Island Division.

“It’s not anything special, we just have to play a solid game. Be disciplined, play with great energy, find that line between staying on the ice and being in the box and just play the right way,” said Kings head coach Kent Lewis about the start of the new year.

The run was quickly halted and fans were reintroduced to a streaky and inconsistent club in early January. Three losses on a Vancouver Island road trip were followed by a pair of gutsy wins and a fantastic effort in defeat through a road trip versus interior teams.

Following back-to-back road trips, Kings settled in for a season-long nine-game home stand, where the team collected points in every game, posting a record of 7-0-1-1.

Into February, the hunt for first place was alive, but just barely. A doubleheader in Nanaimo midway through the month summarized the season in a nutshell; Kings shutout Nanaimo 4-0 in the first game, only to fall the following night and hand the Clippers a division title.

The club finished in second place at the end of 58 regular season games, and headed to playoffs for a 15th consecutive year. Kings stumbled in game five but ultimately edged past Cowichan Capitals in six games, setting up a rematch with Nanaimo.

In round two, back-toback three-goal losses in Nanaimo put the Kings into a hole to start the series. They would never recover, ultimately dropping two more close contests in Powell River to bow out in a four-game sweep.

Kings will hold a spring camp in Kamloops at the end of May. Main camp for the 2016/2017 season is scheduled for at the end of August in Powell River.

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A celebration of Sunny’s life will be held Friday, April 1, at 1 pm, upstairs at Royal Canadian Legion.

Raymond George Leech April 20, 1938 - March 25, 2016

Ray passed away peacefully in the early morning of Friday, March 25, in Powell River. He was predeceased by his mother Jean, father Albert, wife Beverly, brothers Bill (Barb) and Laurence (Marnie), sister Donna (Casey) and son David.

Ray is survived by brothers Gordon, Ron (Janice) and Wayne (Joy), daughters Mona (Dan) Trottier, Julie (Ralph) Birchard and Lisa (Brian) Cooke, son Destry (Shelley) Adams, grandchildren Jennifer, Kevin, Kris, Kaitlyn, Karis, Taylor and Paige, great-grandchildren Abby, Malarry, Isabella, Brandon and Madison as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Ray moved to Powell River in the early ’60s to start work in the evergreen business, which he enjoyed for more than 40 years.

Working outdoors is what Ray loved, he was a true bushman; the outdoors was his office. He loved to curl, watch hockey and baseball and made many trips to Reno with family and friends.

Please join us Saturday, April 2, at 2 pm upstairs at Carlson Community Club to celebrate Ray’s life.

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NOTICE COUNCIL MEETING DATE CHANGE The Council meeting that was scheduled to be held on Thursday, April 7, 2016 has been rescheduled as follows: Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Council Chambers, City Hall Marie Claxton City Clerk

CITY OF POWELL RIVER

NOTICE

Special Occasion Liquor Licences (PUBLIC OUTDOOR EVENTS) The City of Powell River is now accepting applications for Special Occasion Liquor Licences for Public Events on City property in 2016.

City of Powell River BOARD OF DIRECTORS Powell River Waterfront Development Corporation Powell River Power Development Corporation The City of Powell River invites applications from interested individuals to serve as volunteer directors of the Powell River Waterfront Development Corporation (PRWDC) and/or the Powell River Power Development Corporation (PRPDC). The Board of Directors of PRWDC and PRPDC are each comprised of at least three members.

As the sole shareholder, the City is required to annually elect a Board in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation for each corporation and the Business Corporations Act, SBC 2002, c. 57.

The City is seeking Board members that have a range of experience, skills and interests in fields that support the decision making needs of the respective corporation, while also representing broad community interests.

Qualifications: Directors must have relevant experience, skills and interests to serve effectively.

• examples include a background or expertise in law, finance, or business.

• ideally at least one board member for PRWDC has experience in real estate, property management or land development.

• ideally at least one board member for PRPDC has experience with power generation.

Directors must have high personal integrity, intelligence and good judgment.

The term for these positions runs annually from the AGM. The 2016 AGMs are tentatively scheduled for May 5th. The positions are volunteer unpaid positions.

Interested individuals are invited to submit a letter and resume detailing relevant skill, experience, interests and qualifications, by mail or e-mail to: Marie Claxton, City Clerk City of Powell River 6910 Duncan Street Powell River, B.C. V8A 1V4 info@cdpr.bc.ca

All applicants must meet the following qualifying criteria to be considered by the City of Powell River.

If sending by email, the subject line must state: Board of Directors of PRWDC or Board of Directors PRPDC as applicable.

a) a society or organization organizing a public exhibition, game or contest involving athletic skill or sports, where private or professional gain is absent, and which, in Council’s opinion, would be for the City’s advantage; or

Applications must be received by 4:00 pm on Friday, April 15, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Corien Becker, Interim Chief Financial Officer, at cbecker@cdpr.bc.ca or 604.485.8639.

b) an organization considered by Council to be contributing to the interest and advantage of the City; or c) an organization celebrating an event of public interest The total number of available days for Special Occasion Liquor Licences on City property for the year 2016 is 19.

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

City approval of all applications is subject to approval by the Liquor Control Board and the RCMP. Applications must be addressed to the attention of the Recreation Manager and will be accepted up to 4 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Powell River Recreation Complex, 5001 Joyce Avenue, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, V8A 5R2.

An information package for interested applicants may be viewed on the City's website www.powellriver.ca.

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1040 Card of Thanks

1230 Work Wanted

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous

5015 Business Opportunities

6965 Suites for Rent

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Powell River Lawn Bowling Club 95TH Anniversary

ANYTHING HAULED, rubbish, garbage, all odd jobs, spring clean up, roof moss removal.

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DRAW WINNERS Peter Carter grand prize, Joanne Gisle, Trudy McCracken, Stewart Holmes, Anna Scott, Rhonda Parsons, Carey Van Es, Telis Savvardis, Dianne Albert Joanne Holmgren We would like to thank everyone who participated in purchasing tickets

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1215 General Employment FARM WORK OVERSEAS: dairy, beef, sheep, crop farms & horticulture operations host & employ young Canadians ages 18-30. Work, Travel, Experience! International Rural Exchange: office@irecanada.ca 306.489.4407 www.irecanada.ca MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1.855.768.3362 to start training for your workat-home career today!

NOW HIRING, servers, bartenders, front desk, housekeeping, please email resume to generalmanager@lundhotel.com ROCKY MOUNTAIN Pizza and Bakery are looking for customer service people, if you are creative, hardworking and responsible, with some food background, this is the job for you.

Training will be provided, also looking for a part-time relief baker’s assistant. Apply Monday to Friday after 2 pm and ask for Mark.

HOUSE CLEANING - professional and efficient - excellent references - $25/hr - Small homes 2 - 3 hours Call 604-413-0580 mariah@helpinghandspr.com www.HelpingHandspr.com SMITH & Son Roofing and Renovations now accepting bookings for spring roofing season, top quality metal or asphalt supplied and installed at affordable rates, free estimates.

Call Kevin 604.413.1438.

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2055 Firewood S E AS O N E D D RY a l d e r $180/cord, seasoned dry fir $200/cord. 604.486.6971.

1215 General Employment

Hospice Coordinator Powell River Hospice Society is looking for a hospice coordinator.

One year, part-time contract position, 10-15 hours/week.

If interested, email crcjlance@hotmail.com for more information Closing date April 5, 2015 • 4 pm

BLACK SAMSONITE suitcase, good condition, 30x22” $20.

Call 604.483.3393.

OIL TANK, new Roth, eco DWT Plus 3”, 620L, 2/3 full, used six weeks, tank and oil $1,000 firm; push mower, Troy Built 18”, year old, sun faded $100 firm. 604.414.0004.

POLE BARNS, shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation.

Call John at 1. 4 0 3 . 9 9 8 . 7 9 0 7 o r j c a m e ron@advancebuildings.com PORTABLE TABLE, padded, vinyl covered, 8’ x 4’, excellent condition, multiple uses $150.

Call Rosemary 604.414.0211.

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604.485.0514.

SLED QUAD trailer, 2009, 26’, V-nose, ramps, new tires, 237,500 axels $6,500. Gord 604.223.7119.

STEEL BUILDING SALE...CLEAR OUT PRICING IN EFFECT NOW! 20X20 $5,444 25X26 $6,275 30X30 $8,489 32X34 $10,328 42X50 $15,866. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1.800.668.5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

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604.485.5313 2145 Wanted OSCILLOSCOPE, CONTACT Steve Dow, 604.487.4295 or email ve7tech@shaw.ca SATELLITE DISH, older style, will dis-assemble if necessary, call Douglas at 604.487.9156.

USED LUMBER in good shape, for garden, reasonably priced. 604.485.7747.

6505 Apartments/Condos for Rent 1- AND 2-BDRMS available, quiet, N/S, senior oriented building, $650/mth and $800/mth includes heat. 604.485.2662.

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

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6515 Commercial RETAIL SPACE, 1,200 sq ft on Willingdon, asking $750/mth plus GST. 604.485.7444.

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

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Mechanics on Duty

9160 Trucks & Vans 2012 CHEVROLET Silverado 1500 42,200 kms, W/T 1500 REG CA 4.8 8Cyl Eng. 8ft box, line-X, Large fuel tank, Locking fuel door, Canopy, Mud guards, Rain Guards, Bug deflector, Seat Covers, excellent condition, fully maintained, - Make an o f f e r . o b o 6 0 4-4 1 4-7 2 8 8 morrismoser@yahoo.ca

9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 2009 24’ Cougar trailer, 1/2 ton series, loaded, new batteries, radial tires $16,500. 604.483.2068.

26’ TRIPLE E Topaz, 5th wheel, excellent condition, air conditioning, solar panel $17,900. 604.485.6550.

THOR MOTORHOME, 30 ft, asking $18,000. 604.483.6907.

2085 Garage Sales POWELL RIVER UNITED CHURCH, TRINITY HALL corner of Michigan Ave and Crofton St Fri April 1, noon - 4 pm Sat April 2 9 am - noon

604.485.7927 9145 Cars 2000 FORD Crown Vic, excellent condition, 4-dr sedan, white, low mileage, 68,467 kms/410,802 miles $6,000.

604.485.2594.

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2007 TOYOTA Camry XLE fullly loaded, moon roof, navigation system, 81,000 miles $12,000 obo. 604.414.8595.

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