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SAFE AND SOUND: Powell River’s newest family has already been made welcome. Pictured here are parents [from left] Kinda and Sharbel Azrak, grandparents Aboud and Mouna Azrak, and Kinda’s mother, Sonia Krikorian. The two boys are five-year-old Aboud and eight-year-old Sharbel. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

Syrian family receives welcome The Azraks say they are overwhelmed by area’s generosity DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

The Azrak family had lived their entire lives in Halab, Syria. Then their lives were ripped from them and they became refugees of war. They now call Powell River home.

Refugees, no more.

“We are very excited about what’s ahead for us,” said Sharbel Azrak. “Very much so.”

Sharbel Azrak, his wife Kinda, and two boys, Sharbel, eight, and Aboud, five, arrived here on Wednesday, June 22, receiving a warm welcome as they came off the ferry at the Westview terminal.

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Area’s first Syrian refugees find solace 1« REFUGEES according to Sharbel, most of the fighting in the war has been concentrated.

Sharbel was a small businessperson in Syria and his company made humus and falafel. They were still doing business while the war was being fought around them.

His business was robbed on several occasions by armed fighters.

“We feared for our lives.

We were still working because we were selling in the market,” said Kinda. “We would leave to go to work, but we didn’t know if we would be back when the bombs came. We would go into the basement of our home to escape.”

Aleppo is where the socalled “mother of battles” has been fought between the government forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, ISIS terrorists, militias and foreign-backed rebels. At the time of the Azraks’ escape two years ago, the government was in control of the city.

“The fighting was getting closer and closer,” said Sharbel. “There was an explosion just about 100 metres from our home.”

Sharbel said a bomb hit his father’s home. “There was a big explosion and my house was damaged,” said Aboud.

Sharbel, Kinda and the children left Syria on March 18, 2014. Aboud, his wife Mouna and Kinda’s mother Sonia followed.

“It was very hard to leave our home and our business,” said Kinda. “We were lucky

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PARADISE PRAISE: Kinda and Sharbel Azrak are astonished by the beauty of Powell River.

The couple and their family came to area last week as Syrian refugees. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

to have clothes when we left.

That is all that we left with, and our documents. We fled in a hurry.”

The Azraks’ journey first took them to Tartus, a port city on the Mediterranean coast which, at the time, was a bit safer than Halab. From Tartus, they had a difficult journey to Amman, the capital city of Jordan.

In Amman, people at a church in the neighbourhood where they were staying with friends said they should apply to come to Canada through the United Nations Refugee Agency that matches refugees with sponsors in Canada.

Then the waiting began.

Kinda said the family did not know if they were going to make it through the screening process or not.

The first thing they found was a sponsor. In their case, it was a joint sponsorship between Powell River’s Westview Baptist Church and Evangel Pentecostal Church.

After completing the necessary interviews and medical examinations, it took three months before learning they would be coming to Canada. The entire process took eight months.

“It was a long trip to Powell River,” said Sharbel.

“It took 47 hours. We flew from Amman to Paris, Paris to Vancouver, then to the Comox airport and, of course, the ferry trip.”

Their long journey now over, Sharbel looks back on

what he and his family left behind and what he has found.

“I feel like I am a human being,” he said. “Back home, it doesn’t feel that way. The human life is not respected.

Back there, you didn’t know when you would be killed.

It’s hard to express this, but when civil war happens, humans become like animals.

There is no value in human life. The hater has a gun, ‘let’s kill them, they are nothing’.

That’s how it is.”

Mary Josef, an Assyrian refugee from Iraq, said she has heard about many expe-

never think about it.”

If the situation did get better and the war ended, he said he would think about returning to take care of things, such as their houses, which they still own.

Other than that, Sharbel is of the same mind as his father.

“I am happy to be here,” said Aboud. “I don’t feel anything about not going back home. I don’t feel regret.

There is nothing left there.”

The family are starting out with nothing in Powell River, but are now optimistic for their future.

It was very hard to leave our home and our business. We were lucky to have clothes when we left. That is all that we left with, and our documents. We fled in a hurry.

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riences where refugees have been treated as less than human.

“An Iraqi refugee was asked how his life was?” said Josef. “The Iraqi said, ‘Our life felt like an animal’s, like a dog’s, back home.’”

Only a day and a half after their arrival in Powell River, Sharbel said his family feels like they are in paradise.

“How we are greeted here is an awesome thing,” he said. “How generous you are and how nice you are. That is what is very touching.”

As for going back to Syria to live, Sharbel said, “I would

“I started from nothing back home and I became a successful man, so I have no problem starting out again,” said Sharbel.

According to Sharbel, his thoughts and hopes are that his family members still in Syria are safe.

“We know that the Canadian government is helping lots,” said Sharbel. “I am asking the government to help them to be humans and get them out of there.

They would love to leave Syria, but they can’t. This is my wish, to help others to get here.”

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Campaign mounts against quarry near Desolation Sound Citizens take action against proposed gravel pit close to marine park

PROPOSED QUARRY LOCATION

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CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Opposition to a proposed gravel quarry near Desolation Sound is POWELL growing.

LAKE Non-profit society Save Desolation Sound formed in January after Alberta-based aggregate company Lehigh Hanson Materials applied to the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources last fall for an exploratory licence to conduct borehole testing near Desolation Sound Provincial Marine Park.

Prominent Vancouver architect and Save Desolation Sound Society LUND director Russell Hollingsworth said the area is a sanctuary.

“When you bring a large industrial RISING TIDE: Despite reassurances that the province has only given an exploratory licence for a potential quarry operation into an area, you change development near Desolation Sound Provincial Marine Park, opposition to the project is growing. PEAK IMAGE it forever,” said Hollingsworth.

“You don’t spend that kind of Canadian broadcaster and author “Desolation Sound is a unique area from the shoreline and noise not audible to park users, stated Kukulies. money on investigation unless Grant Lawrence spoke at the fundworth trying to preserve.”

“Lehigh Hanson is committed to you’re pretty sure of what you’ve got raiser and said he respects and unAccording to a Saturday, June 27, derstands the need for industry, but media release, Lehigh Hanson is con- performing these exploratory activi- underground,” said Hollingsworth. ducting a “high-level investigation” ties in a safe and environmentally According to Kukulies’ letter, min- the company needs to re-think the for the development of a 1.2-square- responsible manner,” the company istry staff consider a number of fac- project. kilometre quarry. As much as 70 stated in a media release, “and will tors when making a decision on an “I feel strongly that the Homfray million tons of gravel is estimated to seek every opportunity to minimize application, including policy, the Channel, next to our world-class application itself, referral responses oceanic jewel of Desolation Sound, is be located near Lloyd Creek, about disruption to the area.” from local government simply not an appropriate place for a five kilometres northeast of the marine park and first nations, and gravel quarry,” said Lawrence. boundary. precedent.

Adam Vallance, owner of Powell I don’t think people realize The forestry minBoth Tla’amin Nation River Sea Kayak, said his business what a gem Desolation Sound istry confirmed in a and Powell River Regional and several others depend on the June 15 letter to Save District gave conditional sound remaining unspoiled. is. I’m no activist, but I love Desolation Sound that approval for the inves“The classic view is towards the outdoors and nature. tigative licence, but said Mount Denman and the mountain it has agreed to allow that if the project moves range above Homfray Channel,” Lehigh’s investigative RUSSELL HOLLINGSWORTH SAVE DESOLATION SOUND SOCIETY DIRECTOR forward they want to said Vallance. “The quarry would application, though the have another chance to be located right in that viewscape. agreement had not yet comment. been signed.

Barged gravel would have to travel According to the release, the comHollingsworth said he is hoping right through Desolation Sound.”

“The decision on this application, for the investigative phase, will not pany does not currently have specif- that if word spreads the province Lehigh operates the Sechelt gravel influence any decisions on further ic plans for a mining operation and will not allow the publicly-owned pit and, according to the company, applications for any future opera- understands that any decision will land to be spoiled. extracts about four million tons tions,” stated Brian Kukulies, land be contingent on local consultation, “I don’t think people realize what of aggregate annually from there officer for the province’s Sunshine including involvement of first na- a gem Desolation Sound is. I’m no and its Chilliwack quarry. The comCoast Natural Resource District, in tions and community stakeholders. activist, but I love the outdoors and pany is part of the conglomerate But reassurances come as cold nature,” said Hollingsworth.

Lehigh Hanson Canada, owned by the letter.

The exploratory work is expected comfort to Hollingsworth, who is Save Desolation Sound held a fun- Germany’s Heidelberg Cement, the to start after the Labour Day week- concerned that this approval opens draiser event at the Royal Vancouver third largest cement maker in the end and drilling will not be visible the door to the project.

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Canada Post dispute Mail service could be disrupted in early July if Canada Post and Canadian Union of Postal Workers are unable to settle contract negotiations.

Postal workers in rural areas saw their contract expire on December 31, 2015, and a strike or lockout could affect 40,000 employees, including rural and urban delivery personnel.

The union cited job security, pensions and pay equity between rural and urban as pending issues in the proposed contract.

Contract negotiations officially ended on June 10 with a 21-day period before either side could take action on July 2.

In related news, Canadian Union of Postal Workers recently wrote a letter to Powell River Regional District asking it to provide input on an upcoming Canada Post review.

It is the union’s hope, according to the letter, that the review will not result in further cuts to postal services.

Library milestone Members of a non-profit society raising money for Powell River Public Library celebrated a milestone Monday, June 27.

Powell River Friends of the Library Society met at the United Church to conduct its annual general meeting and also acknowledge that it had surpassed the halfway mark on its fundraising efforts of $100,000.

“They are working hard to fill the shelves,” said assistant chief librarian Rebecca Burbank, “of which we have a lot more in the new space.”

The completion date for the new library is expected in late September to early October.

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Officials discuss fixed link Consensus favours bridges to connect coast to Lower Mainland CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Something needs to get fixed. Whether it is a road connection or the ferry service, it can not happen any sooner, according to Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons.

Simons was one of several local officials to attend

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Powell River’s first consultation on Wednesday, June 22, for the Sunshine Coast Fixed Link Feasibility Study being carried out by West Vancouver Sea-to-Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy.

Sturdy is visiting communities throughout the region asking for input for the first round of consultations. Further sessions open to the public will be organized later in the process.

“No matter what we choose, we still need to address the current miserable state of our ferry system,” said Simons. “That can’t be ignored.”

City of Powell River councillor Maggie Hathaway said that the meeting included representatives from the city, Powell River Regional District, Powell River Chamber of Commerce and School District 47.

Hathaway said the general consensus at the meeting was to support the option that included two suspension bridges to connect Highway 99 across Howe Sound via Anvil Island and the construction of a 14-kilometre stretch of new road from McNab Creek to Port Mellon. Then up the coast, a couple more bridges, a cable bridge and a suspen-

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sion bridge, to connect Earls Cove to Saltery Bay via Nelson Island.

Speaking about the consultation, regional district board chair Patrick Brabazon said that Powell River will still have to work on the scheduling issues it has with BC Ferries.

“The fixed link is coming sometime, somewhere, but meanwhile the reality is we are still dealing with the ferries,” said Brabazon.

Without having any technical or financial information for the potential links, it was unclear what new information the sessions would bring government, said Simons.

“It didn’t seem that we accomplished much more than saying which proposal seems to be appropriate,” said Simons.

The province announced

BRIDGING GAPS: Government officials are favouring a second leg of fixed-link bridges connecting Earls Cove and Saltery Bay. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

last September that it would engage in community consultation to provide government with information on preferred options for connecting the Sunshine Coast to the mainland through roads or bridges.

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MP Blaney to host defence discussion Town hall part of national conversation on armed forces

1. TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Mowat Bay Park Police received several reports of theft and mischief involving vehicles parked at Mowat Bay Park. In two cases, gas was siphoned from 1.

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consulting firm RF Binnie and Associates to compile the feasibility study. The study will provide a cost and benefit analysis for the government to consider what its next steps are.

The results of the study are expected in the fall.

That’s what we’re there to support.”

Key questions in this review ask Canadians to comment on how they feel about the country’s security in general, what roles the armed forces should play domestically, how cooperation in security with the United CHRIS BOLSTER States should unfold in the coming years reporter@prpeak.com and what role Canadian Forces should play in peace-keeping operations and conflict Canada’s defence minister Harjit Sajjan prevention. recently announced the federal government Blaney added that she already hears from would engage in a defence review. Now that the riding on quite a few different defenceprocess is coming to Powell related issues, so the town River. halls will bring people together in a larger conversation.

North Island - Powell River “Some of the issues that MP Rachel Blaney will be have come up are internahosting a town hall meeting from 1-3 pm on Tuesday, tional issues,” she said, “but a July 5, at the Royal Canadian lot of them are around search Legion in Powell River to and rescue capacity and looking at the government’s promake a presentation and provide constituents the space curement policy for the F35 and time to discuss the issues. fighter jets.”

“It will be interesting to Blaney said she rushed to hear what people in the ridhost the town hall sessions ing feel is important,” said to meet the defence departRachel Blaney ment’s deadline for feedback.

Blaney.

She acknowledged that her Feedback collected from the meeting will be forwarded to Ottawa and riding is only one of a few in the country included in the review. Blaney said she will with an active military base.

“I’m just hoping people can come and enbe watching to see what the Trudeau government does with the public’s ideas. gage,” said Blaney, “but if they can’t it does Legion president Don Silvester said his or- not stop them in anyway from contacting ganization’s members have been invited and my office to provide feedback.” the meeting is open to the public.

For more information, readers can read “We’re in favour of anything that will help the policy review at dgpaapp.forces.gc.ca/ the veterans,” said Silvester. “We don’t care en/defence-policy-review/docs/defence-poltoo much about policy changes, as long as icy-review-consultation-paper.pdf.

Blaney can be contacted at 604.489.2286. the veterans are treated properly and fairly.

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More public awareness needed to combat crisis, say officials CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

If the number of Powell River overdoses continues to accelerate, 2016 could see as many drug-related deaths as the past nine years combined, according to a recent report from the BC Coroners Service.

In the first five months of 2016, there have been five drug overdose deaths in Powell River. Between 2007 and 2015 there were a combined total of 13 deaths, an average of less than one and a half per year.

The potent painkiller fentanyl, which is becoming increasingly common, plays a significant role in the statistics.

“It’s really a serious drug and people are looking for it, so that’s scary,” said City of Powell River council-

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According to the report, fentanyl has been detected in more than half of the deaths that occurred this year. In 2012, fentanyl was only detected in about five per cent of overdoses. It is common for overdose deaths to occur through the mixing of different drugs and alcohol.

Powell River BC Ambulance chief Rob Southcott said that while his station does not keep statistics on treating overdoses, he thinks his paramedics have been attending more drug-related calls.

“What we have noticed is a greater number of instances where we’re attending and people have been in cardiac arrest too long to resuscitate,” said Southcott.

Southcott said his previous work as a paramedic on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside allowed him to track how batches of heroin that were more potent than others would result in an increase of

overdoses and deaths.

He said it was usually infrequent users who would be the ones who overdosed, something he thinks may be the case in the current fentanyl crisis.

“It’s infrequent users who are not cognizant of how strong the stuff is before they lapse into unconsciousness,” said Southcott.

widespread in the 1990s.

The previous campaign focused on providing education for parents because they did not know what it was, what it looked like or how it was being consumed, said Hathaway.

“If we can just get the word out that it is in town, and educate the kids that even a tiny bit can be deadly,”

The collapse is so quick that they can’t slow it down or call for help. It’s so fast they don’t know what hit them.

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“The collapse is so quick that they can’t slow it down or call for help. It’s so fast they don’t know what hit them.”

Hathaway said that she thinks it is time for the city to start an education campaign around the dangers of fentanyl.

She said the city has previously done this when crystal meth was becoming more

she said. “If you don’t know what something is, don’t take it. You could die.”

Southcott said that is why regular users do not inject quickly or use alone.

He added the most important factor to keeping someone who is overdosing alive is to make sure that they are getting oxygen to the brain, something a widely available overdose

drug called naloxone can help with.

“What’s phenomenally more important though is education,” said Southcott.

“Our society is a magic pill society. [naloxone] is the latest magic pill.”

Without certainty of how much fentanyl the person took it is possible that the anti-overdose drug could wear off and let the user slip back into overdose and die, he said.

However, increased awareness of risk is only one avenue to stem the number of deaths.

Powell River RCMP have also seen an increase in the amount of resources being allocated towards major drug crime investigations.

According to Powell River RCMP staff sergeant Rod Wiebe, the detachment has a three-person General Investigation Section responsible for investigating the majority of drug crimes.

He estimates that 80 per cent of their caseload is related to drugs.

“Of that 80 per cent, almost all is dedicated to targeting drug traffickers who

are dealing in hard drugs: cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl,” said Wiebe. “These investigations are resource intensive, which can be a challenge when we are resource finite.”

According to Wiebe, so far this year police have seized cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, oxycodone, fentanyl and steroids. Numerous individuals have been charged and the matters are before the courts, said Wiebe.

“While I can’t comment on ongoing investigations, I can say that recent projects we have conducted included obtaining undercover officers and outside resources,” he said. “The resulting seizure included crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin.”

One of the major drug supplies to Powell River comes from the Lower Mainland, according to Wiebe.

“Whatever trend is seen down there will eventually make its way here,” said Wiebe. “For that reason, I would caution all drug users, both addicts and occasional users, to be very careful with whatever their drug of choice is.”

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Drug dilemma Statistics are sometimes easy to shrug off, but recent numbers from BC Coroners Service detailing the number of illicit drug overdose deaths in BC so far this year are alarming, to say the least.

More than 300 overdose deaths have been reported in BC between January 1 and May 31, a 75 per cent increase compared to the same time period in 2015.

Powell River is no exception. The number of drug-related deaths locally has surged from an average of less than 1.5 per year over the past 10 years, to five overdose deaths in just six months this year.

More frightening statistics show that 56 per cent of BC overdose deaths in 2016 have been victims aged 20-39, and that over 50 per cent of all overdoses can be traced back to fentanyl.

The prevalence of the potent, synthetic drug, known to be cut into other drugs such as heroin and cocaine, has Before anything else, we need risen dramatito reframe how we think about cally since 2012 when it drug users in general. Drug accounted for users, recreational and otherwise, five per cent can be our family members, of overdose deaths in BC. friends and neighbours.

That number rose to 15 per cent in 2013, 25 per cent in 2014 and 31 per cent in 2015. We can all see the pattern here.

Enough with the scary statistics. What do we do? How do we warn recreational users and addicts alike of the increasingly dangerous drugs that can be found in our community? How do we protect loved ones and community members from ending up as another statistic from a BC Coroners Service report?

Before anything else, we need to reframe how we think about drug users in general. Drug users, recreational and otherwise, can be our family members, friends and neighbours. Although addicts often resort to criminal activity to feed their disease, drug use and criminal behaviour such as theft and violence are not intrinsically linked.

Harm reduction, needle exchanges, safe-injection sites, making overdose prevention drugs more readily available and, most importantly, educating the public about drugs will all work toward saving lives.

But beyond that, there is acceptance. Acceptance that drug use is a very real part of our community. Acceptance that some of those close to us are using drugs and are looking for our understanding and support.

If we want to avoid anyone else becoming a statistic, we need to begin with a helping hand, whatever form that might take.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

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By Rob Stokes I recently read Erin Innes’ column [“Seasonal visitors increase activity” June 15] and felt something strange. It was loss. Her loss, not mine.

Innes has lost a piece of glitter; she’s lost one of the many sharp pieces of naive innocence we all eventually lose as life marches on. She’s closing her protective arms on a life she knew and, for a while at least, refusing to acknowledge the life she knows is coming; as she should, sometimes it’s best to dig in.

But I also felt a twinge of annoyance; this confused me. When viewed as a snapshot, I’m one of the “city folk” Innes refers to. I’m one of those who tries to come to Lund every year, and when we do, we too absolutely engage “the locals.”

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But what triggered the twinge is this wide coarse brush I seem to have been tarred with. Perhaps it’s not only me that has been painted unfairly. After all, we all have roots, we all have stories, we all have our own foundation and we’re all unique.

I may be “city folk,” but I earned the right to be local and that membership card can’t be rescinded.

What is “city folk?” Yes, I live, work and raise my family in “the big smoke.” By that measure, I’m “city folk.”

But I grew up in Powell River, though south of town, not north.

I raised chickens and pigs and hauled their water in buckets every morning, gumboots slipping

in the muck that was the creek bank. I bused into school. I weeded by hand and ate kale before it was popular.

I can run a rototiller like no one can and I can point out hidden red snapper holes I doubt have been fished since I left.

I may be “city folk,” but I earned the right to be local and that membership card can’t be rescinded.

I’ve chosen a lifestyle in which to raise my kids that did not allow for my rooted geography to be called their own. By choice, I’ve put my gumboots away.

But we return every year, by car or by boat, or sometimes by both.

We stop in Lund because, in its own way, it’s home, too. When we stop we make sure we buy fuel, food, moorage, laundry, beer, cinnamon buns, fish and chips and »7

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LETTERS » Stale saga The ongoing saga of the Inn at Westview [“Quick Peak: Derelict Demolition,” June 8] is becoming stale and laughable. Previous City of Powell River councils and the current council have continued to allow the issue to drag on.

A few years ago the demolition cost was approximated at $300,000; now it’s $500,000. Did the city expect the costs would go down? Due to its inaction, the city has exposed taxpayers to possible increased costs due to its failure to address this issue in a timely manner.

According to the Peak article, the property and building assessment is $326,000.

I would assume Seaboard Hotels has been paying the taxes on this assessment and has been for a number of years, so it would seem that it wants the property

or, if it was not paying its taxes, the city would have put the property up for sale to pay off those unpaid taxes.

Seaboard wants the valuable property, but it appears it wants taxpayers of Powell River to pay for the demolition of the derelict building.

If it had any intention of demolishing the building, it would have offered the city a plan a long time ago.

I am not an accountant, but if the taxes have been paid on this property by the owner, then these taxes are a cost. Given the fact that there are no revenues from this derelict building, then this tax cost cannot be written off against revenues from the property. But, I assume these costs could be written off against revenues from Seaboard’s other businesses. So, in essence, this amounts to a tax write-off.

Again, I am not an accountant, but I do know that

these types of transactions occur.

City bylaws require that the owner comes up with a plan and present it to the city, not the city having to come up with a plan to suit the owner.

I hope this is the eventual outcome and that this plan, whatever it may be, will not end up costing taxpayers of Powell River hard-earned money.

Allan Drummond Skeena Street

Self-loathing assassin The Floridian genocidal massacre of June 12 [“Hate crime” and “Caused by a kiss,” June 15] was committed by a self-loathing assassin, not a generic hater of persons.

This auto contempt is the visceral crux of homophobia. As a young man, I tasted murderous homophobia

while a tourist in our national capital, when I was left bleeding, unconscious and for dead under a full moon one night. But through that torment I came to understand an irrefutable truth: homophobia is not a spectator sport, it is player-driven.

It is the act of holding up a mirror and screaming at the reflection.

In the year I’ve resided here, I’ve discovered Powell River to be rich in xenophobic tendencies and not at all reticent about its homophobic go-to defaults.

Whereabouts, churchy folk are particularly squeamish (organized religion being homophobia’s ugly stepsister). Except ironically, my pen won’t allow me to use the words “enlightened” and “Powell River” in the same sentence.

At the core of the human condition is ineffable mystery, sexuality its incarnate manifestation. Bestowing

labels serves no purpose, for, whatever we may be in our deepest selves cannot be captured in one convenient slogan, catchphrase or political term.

As a species of intellect our collective mandate ought be to investigate why one man’s core can cause him to respond by destroying innocent other human life. Ultimately, our entire society is implicated in this crime.

Isn’t hatred directed at self public health issue number one? I believe it is. A little homophobia goes a long way. I salute the martyrs of Orlando.

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another is interpreted for the purposes of hate.

The gunman in Orlando [“Hate crime” and “Caused by a kiss,” June 15] may have been Islam, which means “peace,” but he grew up in a culture that said it was okay to hate people who were gay, a teaching unfortunately supported by many who call themselves Christian.

I want it known, unequivocally, that I am part of a Christian faith tradition that embraces all people, that does not condemn for any reason, including sexual orientation.

I stand with my sisters and brothers who identify as LGBTQ+ and I call upon all people to do the same. For love is love is love is love is love.

May the victims of Orlando rest in peace. And may we learn to live in peace.

Reverend Brenda Nestegaard Paul Faith Lutheran Church

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Users2.2014 need | Powellthese out-of-town cops, let Powell River by the ferry harm reduction. You can’t the danger of fentanyl to know what they are them do something useful. or by plane. Security win the war on drugs. for the public. getting in to. Friends and should be increased at the family of users need to airport and on the ferries. sized pickups and SUVs that of the lake it will multi- March 26]. “values” are the current Pedestrian know what to lookaccident for.

He claims that the “peace, Stephen Harper governit is dangerous for children ply very fast like it has for It was with great sadness in crosswalks, since most years. The root system is order and good govern- ment, to which Weston is that we read about the re- of these vehicles have im- very hardy. You cannot kill ment of Canada” will be a member, truly upholdcent death of the 62-year- paired visibility directly in the weed. undermined by a treaty ing when first nations and old newcomer to Powell front of the vehicle. That Once the lake is cleared that allows Tla’amin to ex- other citizens who want to River who was struck by is why such vehicles are out you can start fresh, re- ercise laws that are rooted protect Canada’s environ- Recycling changes 6« VIEWPOINT an SUV on Joyce Avenue banned in Europe. stock with trout and make in traditional systems of ment for future generations What the government succumbs to really a nice swimming haveaway ex-from I would like to think thatanditability arepending under surveillance and have reason to stay in Lundhole and governance like yours isthat directed bit- we’re standing in theismiddle of it and need a [“Pedestrian gorgeous pottery dish we did not planning with regard to injuries,” March 21]. fortoward millennia before Powell River may some day like labelled What keep on keeping on.it was before. Now it is isted directions. ter and assuring the core of the terrorists? com- to ask need. recycling [“Changes I moved mythat wifebecause and wake swamp, goodbut forLund the Canada even Lund a remote up beto the grave injusare the Harper You are Lund,a you makenot Lund, munitywas remains, will be “values” in good hands, RobgovStokes still wears gumboots andonnohomatter But Innes,with we do of you; rizon for recycling,” March two small children to Powell tice it is doing its pedestripublic. concept.

To lump together ernment upholding when cause if we do that your friends and family is not to lament, it’s to shepherd. If passion even if some of us city folk can’t find it when where he lives, will always be from Powell River.

River in 2005 and spent the an population by failing to We need to make Sharia law, Québécois law, enacting Bill C-45, which 5]?

Between the ferry upsets better part of seven years address the many chronic Cranberry Lake nice again and other “local” laws into again undermines first naliving there. traffic safety problems in and it can be done once the this context betrays a lim- tions’ sovereignty and pro- and then recycling, what is ited understanding of the tection for the land and wa- happening? Powell River is a One of the main reasons I the city, but after having lilies are out of the lake. clean town. If it is made difsystemic inequalities that ter that sustain us? wanted to leave was because lived there for seven years, Cliff Lang this treaty is aiming to adthe community’s lead- I don’t hold out much hope. Squamish, BC If Weston is concerned ficult for folks, you may see ers have never shown the Raymond MacLeod Cushing dress and rectify—inequali- with the “most vulnerable” all the beautiful trails full of slightest interest in improv- North Vancouver ties such as the Indian Act, members of Canadian so- garbage. This would undo Ignorance harms ing traffic flow and enforcean aspect of Canadian law ciety, why does his politi- all the work like the BOMB In response to MP John that was established to sub- cal party actively seek out (Bloody Old Men’s Brigade) ment to ensure the safety Cranberry Lake Weston’s opposition to the jugate, control, distort and free trade agreements with Squad has done and others of the many children and Lilies have taken over the wording of the Tla’amin limit the rights and free- Europe and China that will to make the trails safe and seniors who walk and bike lake; we all understand the (Sliammon) First Nation doms of Aboriginal peoples, effectively render our own clean for those from Powell in the community.

Letters should not exceed andbyviewpoints be approximately 500 words of the matter treaty, I350 am words disturbed It is frightening to walk infestation and which must continues to this laws, national or local, null River and outside to come down Joyce, with its narrow [“Water lilies create cause his lack of awareness and day. and void in the face of trade see and hike. sidewalks and no green buf- for concern,” March 26]. knowledge of the historical When something isn’t When Canadian laws tribunals that favour corpofer or parking lane between Now, the only way you will context of the treaty pro- existed to criminalize tra- rate interests? broken, please don’t fix it. pedestrians and the many get rid of them is not by cess, especially with regard ditional ceremonies and Powell River, we have to But what troubles me

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Local governments report on salaries City payroll tops $10 million with over a third going to highest paid staff CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

City of Powell River and Powell River Regional District have released their statements of financial information for 2015 and, as always, staffing is a huge cost.

In 2015, City of Powell River reported a total gross payroll of $10.9 million. Of that, $3.8 million went to 37 employees who made more than $75,000 annually. Of the 37 highest paid city employees, 28 made over $90,000.

Besides a list of remuneration for staff earning over $75,000 and elected officials, the report also includes financial statements and financial reporting on business transactions conducted with private-sector vendors.

All regional districts, municipal governments and school districts are required by law to publish the report annually and make it publicly available.

The highest paid member of city staff in 2015 was Powell River Fire Rescue captain Tom Baker with a salary of $168,778.55.

Second highest was chief administrative officer Mac Fraser at $160,968.70.

Ranking third was chief

financial officer Shehzad Somji at $145,405.46.

The total stipend for all seven members of city council, including mayor Dave Formosa, was $134,622.74. Formosa was paid $39,185.84. Councillors were paid $16,187.05, except Russell Brewer, Maggie Hathaway and Jim Palm who were paid $15,625.25 each to make up for overpayment in 2014.

Meanwhile, the regional district reported that its gross payroll for 2015 was $1.3 million with just less than $650,000 going to employees who made below $75,000 per year.

Of the seven members of senior staff at the regional district, five earned more than $90,000 and two over $100,000.

The highest paid member of the regional district’s staff was chief administrative officer Al Radke with a salary of $129,327.66. Second highest was manager of community services Mike Wall at $106,037.58. Ranking third was manager of administrative services Brenda Paquin at $96,215.19.

The total stipend for the seven member board was $133,941.29. Board chair and Electoral Area A director Patrick Brabazon was paid $28,180.93. Electoral Area B director Stan Gisborne was paid $17,517.67. Electoral Area C director Colin Palmer was paid $21,143.55.

Electoral Area D director Sandy McCormick was paid $20,211.77. Electoral Area E director Merrick Anderson

City of Powell River salaries over $90,000 for 2015 $168,778.55, Tom Baker, fire captain $160,968.70, Mac Fraser, chief administrative officer $145,405.46, Shehzad Somji, chief financial officer $126,916.81, Dan Ouellette, director of fire and emergency services $126,215.50, Marie Claxton, city clerk $122,376.16, Terry Peters, deputy fire chief $116,312.75, David Ellis, fire captain $114,009.88, Tor Birtig, director of infrastructure services $113,225.30, Ray Boogaards, director of parks, recreation and culture $111,165.51, Michael Adam, fire captain $108,444.95, Bill Grantham, fire captain $105,003.07, Thomas Knight, director of planning services $103,558.16, Carl Jones, fire captain $101,417.97, Lynda Sowerby, manager of accounting services $99,000.06, Neil Pukesh, manager of recreation $98,956.02, Barbra Mohan, director of human resources $97,067.27, Christian Phyall, fire fighter $96,963.51, Mark Peckford, fire captain $94,956.88, Gregory Tait, manager of information technology $94,694.66, Glen McQuarrie, recreation facilities utility/maintenance $91,604.93, William Wedel, superintendent of public works $90,245.14, Scott Randolph, manager of economic development

Powell River Regional District salaries over $90,000 for 2015 $129,327.66, Al Radke, chief administrative officer $106,037.58, Mike Wall, manager of community services $96,215.19, Brenda Paquin, manager of administrative services $96,000.59, Laura Roddan, manager of planning services $94,461.77, Linda Greenan, manager of financial services

was paid $19,621.77.

Municipal director CaroleAnn Leishman was paid $11,236.84 and municipal director Russell Brewer

was paid $10,608.43.

Alternate regional district directors, including Alan Rebane, were paid $5,420.33.

REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD BRIEFS Public transit improvements At its Thursday, June 23, meeting, Powell River Regional District board directed staff to enter into an expanded memorandum of agreement with BC Transit. The agreement is the preliminary step in a process that will bring improved public transit in the rural electoral areas in 2018.

Texada Island air ambulance The regional district board approved $5,000 to reinstate night air ambu-

lance service for Texada Island. The board approved the budget amendment to engage local firm VertiFlight International to obtain Transport Canada Aerodrome Safety approval for night procedures at Gillies Bay Airport.

The island has been without night air ambulance coverage since February.

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The regional district board supported an application referral from the province for an 11-day Crown land licence for day two of the 2016 BC Bike Race on Friday, July 8, taking place on public land in Powell River’s backcountry.

The regional district board agreed to enter into a contract with Green by Nature to pick up, process and transport industrial, commercial and institutional materials that are within the Multi-Material BC residential recycling program.

The regional district board endorsed an application to the Union of BC Municipalities for funding to develop a regional Firesmart program and for wildfire mitigation support.

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New gateway signs have been installed that create a welcoming portal to Tla’amin Nation traditional lands and Powell River region. The pillar-like signs are set on either side of Highway 101.

“The gateway signs are the most recent and most highly visible of the regional signage-renewal project,” said Ann Nelson, one of the individuals who helped spearhead the idea with Tourism Powell River, Powell River Regional District and City of Powell River.

The signs are more than highway markers that indicate arriving or departing a place. They are 16 feet tall and are like postcards that depict a sense of the area, according to Nelson, who is the treasurer of Tourism Powell River’s board of directors.

B o t h T l a ’a m i n a n d English languages are used.

Tla’amin’s symbol of the bear and the Powell River city logos have been incorporated. Striking images of salmon, orca, heron and eagle stand out against backdrops of landscape, sunset and blue water.

The signs were not done

with a brush and a can of paint, however. The latest technology was used. Actual photographs were printed on metal, creating a shiny, reflective surface.

The animal images were first drawn by Haida artist April White. Metalwork sculptor Peter Elvy, a blacksmith and retired welder from the Powell River mill, used a plasma cutting table to make pieces of steel plate.

Those were then mounted on the backgrounds to create a three-dimensional effect.

The gateway was one part of the signage project agreed on by the city, regional district and tourism.

The newest signs are at Powell River, Lund and Texada Island and have a “consistent visual identity and a consistent aesthetic,” said Nelson.

According to Nelson, kiosks at Little River and Saltery Bay ferry terminals were also put up last year.

The kiosks, such as the new maps at the Millenium Park trailheads, are made of cedar and maps using the newest technology of graffiti-resistant, digital printing.

At the same time as the new gateway portals were being completed, eight grade 11 students at Brooks Secondary School were creating signs as part of a program to increase access to skills and trades training.

They had an assignment to refurbished signs in a short period of time that identified areas of Tla’amin lands, including signage going into

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EVERYWHERE SIGNS: New welcome signs are intended to give the impression of a gateway to Tla’amin Nation lands and Powell River region. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

Tla’amin, a reconditioned sign for the Sliammon salmon hatchery, out at Lund and around the Townsite neighbourhood.

One of those is at Marine and Lund Highway and reads, in part, “Welcome to Tees Kwat Big River (Powell River); In honour of our elders and ancestors.”

According to the program’s teacher, James Hanson, skills building was one part of the student initiative at Brooks.

“It was to lead them through the process of actually planning a project,” said Hanson. “I was really trying

to lead them through a full project development idea of getting them to understand that things don’t just happen by themselves. You’ve really got to plan what was needed.”

Just as Nelson said the new gateway portal gives area residents a sense of “our pride in where we live and our desire to share that with visitors,” the students also found a sense of pride through their project.

“Every time they go by those signs, it’s a reminder of what they’re capable of doing,” said Hanson. “It gives them a sense of self.”

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ECO is a district-wide program where students study impacts of production and behaviours on the environment.

Westland told the board that this year the focus was on the ecological lifecycle of the packaging industry.

“It was a macro lesson on everything from the extraction of resources, to producing packages to the eventual disposal,” said Westland.

Westland said she would like to see the program expanded beyond grade one to seven. Next year, she said she hopes to see ECO as part of the high school curriculum to get all students of the school district interacting together across ages and grades.

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Protect the wild places Proposed gravel quarry could destroy Desolation Sound

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Hollingsworth cited concerns over noise and light pollution that would have impacts stretching far beyond the immediate area of the quarry.

Hugh Prichard is one of the many people whose livelihood depends on the lack of industrial development in Desolation Sound. He and his wife Christine run TerraCentric Adventures out of Lund, often taking people who have never experienced wilderness before into places like Homfray Channel to see what the world is like be-

PRISTINE WILD: Sarah Point is the northern end of the Malaspina Peninsula, the start of the Sunshine Coast Trail and the gateway from Lund into Desolation Sound. ERIN INNES PHOTO

store carbon and moderate our climate, filter our water and provide the biodiversity that holds together the natural systems we need to live.

We need wilderness to show us that there are places and things that are bigger than we are, that have been around much longer than we have and will be here long after we are gone.

Human-built environ-

ments can only reflect back to us what we already know.

They don’t leave any room for mystery, for the unexpected, for connection to the larger world that makes us who we are.

Wild places are becoming an endangered species. As industrial culture uses itself up with its suicidal need to constantly grow, it is eating alive the wild places that we

need to survive.

There are so few places now where you can escape the glare of lights and the pounding of machines. We need to draw a line around those places and protect them, and then we need to be willing to hold that line.

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“This is a game-changer for Desolation Sound.” That’s what Save Desolation Sound Society director Russell Hollingsworth told me last week when I asked him about the proposed gravel quarry in the Lloyd Creek area of Homfray Channel.

When I look at Lehigh Hanson Materials’ application to rip apart Homfray Channel with sonic drilling, power lines, barge terminals and generators to support the open-pit mine, I believe him.

“To put it into perspective,” Hollingsworth told me, “Lehigh owns the Sechelt mine, which removes four million tonnes per year. Sechelt is in an industrialized area already. In Lloyd Creek, they’d have to start from scratch.”

yond the streetlights.

“Once again, the beauty and tranquility of the sanctuary known as Desolation Sound is under threat by the lure of short-term profits for shareholders in distant lands,” said Prichard.

Prichard also noted that the area is the backdrop to an adventure tourism industry that is “worth much more than desecrated earth.”

Livelihoods in Lund will be destroyed if this project goes through, and I hope that the thousands of people who have experienced wilderness for the first time in Desolation Sound, and the people who have made their livelihood helping them do so, will speak up for that resource and its importance to our community.

Doesn’t it say something awful about the culture we live in that we have to be able to put dollar signs on a wild place to make it seem worth defending?

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Kathaumixw all set to go International choir festival about to welcome thousands DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

It is held every two years because it is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. According to organizers, it is simply too big for Powell River to handle annually.

To understand the size of International Choral Kathaumixw, figures from the 2014 festival help put it into perspective.

There were 978 local hotel nights, 3,087 contracted meals, 358 billeted participants, 6,444 homestay meals, 200 local bus trips to meals, rehearsals and concerts and 500 volunteers at 2014’s five-day event.

“We are full,” said Tom Koleszar, Kathaumixw chairperson. “We are abolsutely full in terms of the number of choirs and the number of singers that we’re bringing into town. We could not take another choir. Even a small one.”

Not even the room or time could

be spared to replace a choir that had to cancel at the last minute.

According to festival organizers, an eight-member choir from Cuba had to cancel because all but one person had their visas declined.

“Being full, it adds to that extra layer of things we have to handle,” said Koleszar, such as changing concert programs if a group drops out.

While the festival has gone on since 1984 without any noticeable glitches, there are always lastminute and unexpected details to manage, according to Koleszar. He said that his job is made easier by the dedicated experience of volunteers, some who have been with the festival since its beginning.

“I had some idea of what I was getting into, but it’s been probably a little bit more than I expected in some ways,” he said. “It is a major undertaking. Especially for a town this size.”

Mel Low is one of those longtime volunteers. He has been involved with Kathaumixw since 1988, its third year.

As the festival committee member responsible for facilities, Low’s job is one of the

biggest undertakings.

Behind the scenes, Low’s small volunteer crew of about a dozen people has three weeks to turn Hap Parker Arena in Powell River Recreation Complex from an ice hockey rink into what is called the Grand Hall for three concerts: the opening gala, the awards concert and closing gala. They also have to prepare all of the other recital venues.

According to Low, things have come a long way since Kathaumixw started out in the 725-seat Evergreen Theatre more than 30 years ago.

Now there are over 1,000 chairs to place on the ice surface for audience and choirs, in addition to the 1,700 seats that ring the arena.

The space is draped in a nonreflective, black landscaping fabric to help with lighting effect and photography, lighting grids have to be hung, electrical cables strung, a special roof, built by Low and some volunteers from the mill, improves acoustics and, of course, there is the stage.

The 64-year-old Low is a retired millworker and is filled with emotion when he talks about the fes-

CHORAL MAINSTAY: As the man in charge of facilities and more, Mel Low has lived, breathed and sung International Choral Kathaumixw since its earliest years. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

tival and the dramatic and spectacular moments that have made audiences gasp over the years, particularly those with a first nations theme.

“I get very emotional,” he said. “I get all of this satisfaction of listening to wonderful orchestras play, quartets play and soloists from all over the world. I’ve always said that when they stop smiling, laughing

and having a good time, I quit.”

It’s doubtful that is going to happen anytime soon. According to Low, he is still having as much fun as he did when he started.

And as if being in charge of facilities isn’t enough, Low also sings with the men’s choir, Chor Musica.

For more information on International Choral Kathaumixw, go to kathaumixw.org.

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From choir boy to conductor DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Walter Martella joined the Powell River Boys Choir when he was seven years old. It is now one of the choirs that he conducts at Powell River Academy of Music. Born and raised here, Martella’s interest in music started with piano lessons at home, then he joined the boys choir, learned to play the accordion and, finally, the trumpet.

Martella is the music advisor for International Choral Kathaumixw and is preparing to conduct three choirs at the festival, which begins on Tuesday, July 5.

When did you start conducting?

I had never done conducting until I came back from college and university. Don James [founder of Kathaumixw] taught me and introduced me to larger choral works. He has been a mentor to me for about 24 years. I can still go to him now and ask, “How would you do this music as a conductor?”

What is the hardest thing about being a conductor?

You have to use your hands. You can’t use your voice. In rehearsal I can use my gestures, as well as my voice. When you’re doing

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a concert, there is no verbal communication with the choir. It’s all down to the hands. That’s really the special part of it, communicating with your hands and keeping everyone together.

It’s an art.

What is the highlight of your Kathaumixw experience?

It was a few years ago, when I played the accordion with orchestra and choir for the Misa Tango with Fred Sjöberg conducting. That was probably the highlight of my life, even though I conduct, play the piano and

the trumpet, occasionally.

What are you most looking forward to at Kathaumixw this year?

This year I’m going to conduct “Gloria,” one of British composer John Rutter’s larger and most established choral works. It will be sung by the 60-voice Powell River Academy Chamber Choir with organ, brass and percussion. It’s musically very descriptive from the extremes of texture, dynamics and rhythm. It’s epic.

For more information, go to waltermartellamusic.com.

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Powell River might not have an exact dollar figure for what the increase in tourists means to its economy, but tourism continues to be a growth industry.

The area is already seeing more out-of-province vehicles stacked with bicycles, kayaks, canoes and paddle boards, as well as RVs and boats. These are the signs that Powell River’s spin into tourism season has started.

“If our hotels are busy and our restaurants are busy, and we’re seeing the traffic in town, you can bet that’s a good economic-impact indicator generated by tourism,” said City of Powell River manager of economic development Scott Randolph, who estimates that tourism in the area is worth millions.

In a 2015-2019 strategic business plan for Sunshine Coast Tourism Partnership

(SCTP), working with Tourism Powell River, statistics from 2014 and 2015 show the rise in visitors and revenue begin to increase in June and then spikes dramatically, reaching the highest point for visitors, room revenues and ferry traffic in mid-summer.

“It is hard to provide hard numbers on the actual economic impact, because the data isn’t available,” said Randolph.

That data would be based on the real gross domestic product of the Powell River region, he said, which is unavailable because there’s no regional, provincial or federal body that provides those stats.

With no balance sheet to show a monetary figure, the closest the city has to having an indicator for the value of tourism is contained in two reports. Both of them support the argument that tourism is a growth industry.

The first is an excerpt of the tourism-sector profile from an economic baseline report of May 2015 commissioned by the city that said “historically, tourism has contributed between

three and six percent of the region’s economic base and significant as a source of private sector jobs and income.”

It went on to say tourism is difficult to quantify because it is not considered an industry by statistical agencies. Instead, it comprises portions of several industries such as accommodation, food and beverage, retail, transportation and personal services that cater to visitors.

The second indicator is based on calculations that the city did using Sport BC’s tourism model.

“We were able to estimate that local festivals alone, such as Kathaumixw, PRISMA, BC Bike Race and the Blackberry Festival, generate approximately $2 million in revenues in the community on an annual basis,” said Randolph.

A third indicator of the growth in tourism in Powell River is the new investments that are being attracted.

Vancouver businessperson Shih-tao Lu is in the initial stages of developing a comprehensive plan for the land he has purchased in the Powell River area, including

a destination hotel.

“My plan is to help make this city a renowned tourist destination, taking advantage of the natural beauty, eco tourism and cultural tourism,” said Lu. “Our desire is to continue to work with partners such as Vancouver Island University and the Tla’amin Nation to develop a common vision and enhance what is already here. I believe the combination of tourism, education and natural beauty can attract people from all over the world to this area.”

Tla’amin also recognizes growth opportunities for investment in tourism, according to Kelly Rankin, chief executive officer of Tla’amin Management Ser vices Limited Partnership.

“I understand that aboriginal tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of tourism in the province,” said Rankin.

Tla’amin’s preliminary plan is to bring aboriginal tourism to the Historic Lund Hotel property. According to Rankin, approval processes and public consultations must be done before any projects can proceed.

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Mountain bikers prepare for race Local teams training for annual BC Bike Race DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

It takes good habits, healthy eating, hours in the seat and a sense of humour to compete in and complete the BC Bike Race.

According to Colin Koszman, he and his race partner, Russell Brewer, have been doing that as they focused their training for the last four months.

“Russ and I have developed our own program, including working together as a team,” said Koszman. “We signed up as a team, just to motivate each other and to go through the experience together.”

They are one of two teams from Powell River who are competing in the 10th annual backcountry bike race. The other is husband and wife Brad and Patricia Winchell.

BC Bike Race is not the easi-

est experience to share, and one which Koszman and Brewer have a different opinion on how much such an endurance test punishes the body.

According to Kozman, hurting is part of the fun. Brewer, on the other hand, said, “It hurts like hell!”

Brewer said he thinks he will hurt a lot more than his teammate, based on some cryptic advice from Graham Cocksedge, an extreme athlete well known in Powell River who has done the BC Bike Race himself and holds the record for the Sunshine Coast Trail Marathon Shuffle.

“Graham said, ‘Oh, you guys are on a team. Great, great,’” said Brewer. “He pointed to Colin and said, ‘You’re going to love the race.’ Then he pointed to me, ‘You’re going to hate the race.’”

Beginning on July 6 and ending July 13, the pair will be together for seven grueling days.

“My experience so far is that it’s just getting funnier and funnier,” said Koszman. “I think that by the time we get to the end, we’ll be in a ridiculous and hilarious place.”

The race arrives in Powell River on Thursday, July 7, and takes place on Friday, July 8.

“I hope people come and cheer us on, at the start, on the course and at the finish line,” said Brewer, “and see if Colin and I are still talking to each other. I’m sure we will be. It’s only day two.”

BC Bike Race is a 300-kilometre, seven-day mountain bike stage race with 600 athletes competing from 36 different countries. It takes racers on an experience and adventure to Cumberland, Powell River, Sechelt, North Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler.

The Powell River stage, according to Koszman, is not the most difficult.

“I’m guessing it’s going to be the Earl’s Cove-Sechelt leg,” he said, “because I think it’s the most kilometres, at around 60, and the most climbing.”

Choosing the most difficult leg of the race is one point that Koszman and Brewer agree on.

“It’s probably the hardest leg,” said Brewer, who competed in the race last year. “A lot of climbing. It can be hot and dusty.”

RIDER DUO: The pair of Russell Brewer [left] and Colin Koszman plan to have fun competing in the BC Bike Race. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

Malaspina Open title goes to Qualicum golfer

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Powell River players finish with lowest net scores

BC Bike Race – Modified Schedule for Heavy Traffic Saturday, July 9

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A Powell River golfer did not take home top honours at the Malaspina Open mens amateur golf tournament on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26, at Myrtle Point Golf Club.

Of the four categories, three were won by Powell River golfers, but not top prize. That went to Matt Haddad from Qualicum Beach.

More than 100 golfers from the host club, Vancouver Island, lower Sunshine Coast and Vancouver competed in the annual tournament.

Haddad won the event with a low gross score of two over par, 146 over two rounds.

Low gross is the actual number of shots a golfer takes to complete 36 holes or two rounds.

Coming in second was another Vancouver Island amateur, Greg Palmer, from Port Alberni, who finished only one shot behind Haddad.

Chad Vizzutti and Kelsey Louie, both from Powell River, had the lowest net scores, which takes a golfer’s handicap into account.

Vizzutti won with 141 and Louie had 143.

In senior mens, Rye Guntsi had low gross

Due to the large number of cyclists and vehicles travelling for the BC Bike Race, the following modified schedule will be in effect for Saturday, July 9: Leave Earls Cove (Sechelt)

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No other customers will be transported on this sailing.

CLOSE FINISH: Qualicum Beach’s Matt Haddad won the Malaspina Open by only a single shot. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

with 153. Net gross was won by Rigue Ward.

Both men are from Powell River.

Powell River golfers Dan Dupuis, Robbie Potesta, Josh Legge, Jason Groshak and Zach Brach had been tagged to challenge for the title, but were left out of the running.

BC Ferries appreciates our customers’ support in planning their travels around these sailings to ensure the BC Bike Race participants get off to a great cycling day.

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Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere near, just around the corner. All is well.

Pamela is survived by her son John Gates and three grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be announced at a later date.

Monica Cunningham

Our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Monica, passed away peacefully on June 10, after a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of Swan Valley Lodge in Creston, BC, for the past four and a half years.

Monica was born in Brighton, England on March 6, 1921, to parents Florence May (née Painter) and William Howard Bunce. She married a Canadian soldier, Horace Joseph Cunningham, in 1942, and arrived in Canada with her young son Howard as a war bride in 1946. The family took up residence in Powell River, where three more sons were born. Monica's husband rejoined the army in 1955, which took the family to Germany, Winnipeg and then Kelowna, where Horace passed away in 1967.

Monica moved back to Wildwood, in Powell River, in 1969 and stayed there until her move to Creston in 2007.

Gardening was Mom's thing; she had ten green thumbs. She maintained a beautiful yard as well as a houseful of plants.

Monica was predeceased by her husband Horace, daughterin-law Karen and granddaughters Jacqueline and Victoria.

She is survived by sons Howard (Terri), Peter (Fay), Patrick (Linda) and David (Eleanor); grandchildren Katherine, Nigel, Amanda and Guy, and their mother Tessa; Heather; Daniel, Aaron and Shannon; and Michael; and great-grandchildren Jasmine, Tristan and Natasha, Daniel and Angela, Maria, Lane and Maggie and Claire and Sean.

A very special thank-you to Anita and Shelley for all the shopping trips, lunches, car rides and other kindnesses you shared with Mom over the years. We are also very grateful for the loving care she received as a resident of Swan Valley Lodge.

There will be a private memorial service held at a later date.

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To those who donate to the Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society in honour or memory of a loved one, we thank you. Thanks also to those who are including the Society in their estate planning. Tax receipts are issued for all donations of $20 or more. Your generosity is being used for legacy projects such as upgrades to the oncology room at Powell River General Hospital. www.brucedennistonsociety.org P.O. Box #157, Powell River, BC, V8A 4Z6

July 11, 1934 – June 17, 2016 Ted passed away in Courtenay on June 17, 2016. He was predeceased by his parents Paul and Saima Carlson, daughter Susan Carlson and his partner Jo Cain. He is survived by his former wife June Carlson, son Erik Carlson and daughter Jacqueline (John) Rice.

Ted belonged to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists and the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society of Canada.

He was a professional Electrical Engineer, graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1957 and worked for BC Hydro, Alcan and MacMillan Bloedel. In Ted’s leisure time, he enjoyed fishing (salt, fresh and stream fishing), skiing, hiking, boating, cycling, fresh air and fitness. Every season was a new adventure for Ted and most likely included outdoor activities.

A donation in Ted’s name to a favourite charity supporting outdoor activities would be greatly appreciated. Flowers gratefully declined.

A celebration of Ted’s life will be held on Saturday, July 9 at 11 am from Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation and Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Road, Courtenay, with a reception to follow in the “Garden Room and Outdoor Patio” of the funeral home.

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CITY OF POWELL RIVER 2016 Property Taxes The City of Powell River reminds property owners that the due date for payment of 2016 property taxes is Monday, July 4, 2016. A penalty of 10% (including unclaimed grants) will be added to gross current taxes remaining unpaid after July 4, 2016.

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Abuse or neglect concerns? w w w. s p c a . b c . c a / p o w e l l r i ve r

604.485.9252.

“LULU,” lovely, Border Collie mix, nice senior dog. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“MAMA,” charcoal gray, pretty, short haired young cat. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“MAVIS & April,” super nice, female rats. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“MEEKO,” sweet, short haired, gray tabby cat. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

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

“NELSON,” black and white, s h o r t - h a i r e d b o y. S P C A .

604.485.9252.

“OG,” super handsome young male Siamese mix. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“SMOKIE,” handsome, white and gray male cat, short-haired.

SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“SPRING & Brook,” beautiful, handsome, four month old male rabbits. SPCA. 604.485.9252.

“SUGAR,” sweet, mature cat, eight year old brown tabby.

SPCA. 604.485.9252.

4025 Health Services CANADA BENEFIT GROUP Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian G o v e r n m e n t . To l l - f r e e 1.888.511.2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/freeassessment.

GREY JAY #17/295 by Luke Raffin. Sold out edition. Professionally framed by Gallery Tantalus. $450. 604.534.2770 LARGE DOG crate $50; Wing Chair $75. Both in excellent condition. 604.483.3165.

PORTABLE TABLE, padded, vinyl covered, 8’ x 4’, excellent condition, multiple uses $150.

Call Rosemary 604.414.0211.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawm i l l s . c o m / 4 0 0 O T 1.800.566.6899 Ext:400OT SHOPRIDER SCOOTER, excellent condition, spare tire, batteries $2,100. 604.485.9142.

SLED QUAD trailer, 2009, 26’, V-nose, ramps, new tires, 23 7, 5 0 0 a xe l s $ 6 , 5 0 0 . G o rd 604.223.7119.

2070 Free DINING ROOM table, variety of end tables, vacuum cleaner, three dressers. 604.489.1400.

5015 Business Opportunities HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance: 1.844.453.5372.

5520 Legal/Public Notices 20 06 LAND Rover LR3, Grey 4DRSW VIN# SALAE24476A377533 Name of Debtor: Douglas Young, Amount of Debt: N/A Time & Place of Sale: N/A Intent to seize vehicle under the warehouse lien act Milan and Will Jackson 1.604.935.9352.

6025 For Sale by Owner PARK LIKE 9.8 acres on Texada, lovely turn key home with new 3-bay garage, pristine wate r, mu s t s e e $ 4 7 5 , 0 0 0 .

604.414.3613.

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

6506 Cabins 1-BDRM CABIN North of town, private, newly renovated, large d e c k , s t o r a g e , W / D, N / S , suitable for single person, available July 1 $850/mth includes hydro, satellite and internet. 604.414.0905.

6515 Commercial

PR4RENT.ca FOR DETAILS ON

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN POWELL RIVER

604.483.8200 6545 Hall Rentals

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

Al 604.483.3603, 604.414.9456.

6560 Houses for Rent 2-BDRM A-FRAME by the ocean, W/D, F/S, N/P, N/S, suitable for single $800/mth includes hydro. 604.483.9988.

2-BDRM COTTAGE, F/S, W/D, on Palm beach, prefer senior $800/ mth plus utilities. Available July 1.

1.604.868.5896.

6905 House-sitting HOUSE/PETSITTER WANTED, January and February 2017 for three weeks, north of town, references required, email house. pr1@gmail.com for more info.

6945 Rooms FURNISHED ROOM, cable, WiFi, W/D, shared facilities, large, bright suite, working or retired person $525/mth. 604.483.3104.

8220 Lawn & Garden

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

485.H E L P (4357)

help@property-maintain.com WCB and fully insured

Hire • Buy • Sell • Trade • Rent 605.485.5313 classifieds@prpeak.com

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PRISMA finale shines

8325 Sand & Gravel

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

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

9115 Auto Miscellaneous

Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles 2008 HONDA CRF 70 $999; 2010 Suzuki DRZ 125 $1,999.

604.485.8355.

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

9145 Cars 1993 CHRYSLER Lebaron, 4-dr, needs TLC, runs well, 173,000 kms $2,500 OBO. 604.485.2329.

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

9155 Sport Utilities/4x4s 2005 FORD Explorer Sport Trac, crew cab, 169,000 kms $6,600 obo or trade for a smartcar. 604.414.5886.

9160 Trucks & Vans 1998 GMC Sierra, extended cab, 305 Vortec, auto, good fuel economy, good truck. 220,000 kms $2,500. 604.223.0714.

9185 Boats 17’ DOUBLE Eagle, 135 optimax, low hours, newer galvanized trailer $6,400. 604.483.5101.

1976 ERICSON 35 sailboat, electric propulsion, cockpit enclosure, five sails, 2015 survey, nice boat $27,000. 604.485.6454, 1.250.210.0781.

1998 SEARAY 270 special edition, new engine, manifolds, head and tarp, with 2012 trailer $35,000 obo. westcoastend.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.

21’ GLASPEY, 305 Chev mercruiser, outdrive, large cuddy, flush toilet, GPS, tandem trailer $4,500 obo. 604.487.4214.

After two weeks of intense study, students of Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy (PRISMA) provided an electrifying evening to a sold out closing gala concert. Three finalists in the concerto competition stood centre stage for the first half of the program. The winner received an all-expenses paid trip to Moscow to spend a week playing with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTOS

9185 Boats 23’8” FOUR Winns Vista, 302 Cobra motor, sleeps four, lots of upgrades, with trailer $24,000. 604.414.8281.

25’ CAMPION Command Bridge, 350 Chevy volvo-dual pump, fully loaded, $13,000 spent $9,000 obo.

604.483.2267.

26’ TRENDSETTER cabin cruiser, twin motors and drives, two operating stations, good condition, needs TLC $3,000.

604.483.4171.

REINELL SPORTBOAT, 19’, 1996, with Roswell wake-board tower, re-powered, less than 100 hours, with trailer $15,000.

604.485.9692.

SEARAY 270 DR, twin 4.3 L, alpha legs, 1991, good condition, reduced $11,900. Call Chris 604.414.3960.

Concerto competition finalist Fangming Shen, from China.

Concerto competition finalist Youngki Lee, from South Korea.

French horn player Caelan Stewart, from Michigan.

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

604.489.1509 for details.

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

IMMACULATE 2010 Nash 25s travel trailer, fully equipped for s u m m e r o f f u n $ 12 , 9 0 0 .

604.414.3854.

THOR MAJESTIC Flyer, A class, gas, 30’ $15,500. 604.483.6907.

TERMS Clas­si­fied ad­ver­tis­ing is ac­cept­ed on a pre­paid ba­sis only. VISA and Mas­ter­Card wel­come. Peak Pub­lish­ing Ltd. re­serves the right to clas­si­fy ads un­der ap­pro­priate head­ings, set rates there­fore and de­ter­mine page lo­ca­tion. Full, com­plete and sole cop­ y­right in any ad­ver­tis­ing pro­duced by Peak Pub­lish­ing Ltd. is vest­ed in and be­longs to Peak Pub­lish­ing Ltd. No cop­y­right ma­te­ri­al may be re­pro­duced in any form with­out the pri­or writ­ten cons­ent of Peak Pub­lish­ing Ltd. Any er­rors in ad­ver­tise­ments must be brought to the at­ ten­ tion of the pub­ lish­ er with­in 30 days of the first pub­li­ca­tion. It is agreed by any dis­play or clas­si­fied ad­ver­ tis­er that the li­abil­i­ty of the news­pa­per in the ev­ent of fai­lure to pub­lish an ad­ver­tise­ ment or in the ev­ent that er­rors oc­cur in the pub­lish­ing of any ad­ver­tise­ment shall be lim­it­ed to the amount paid by the ad­ver­tis­ er for that por­tion of the ad­ver­tis­ing space oc­ cu­ pied by the in­ cor­ rect item only and that there shall be no li­abil­i­ty in any ev­ent beyond the amount paid for such ad­ ver­ tise­ment. Peak Pub­lish­ing Ltd. can­not be re­spon­si­ble for er­rors af­ter the first day of pub­li­ca­tion of any ad­ver­tise­ment. No­tice of er­rors in the first week should im­me­diate­ly be called to the at­ten­tion of the ad­ver­tis­ing de­part­ment to be cor­rect­ed for the fol­low­ ing edi­tion. All ad­ver­tis­ing is sub­ject to the ap­pro­val of the pub­lish­er.

The final performance of the full orchestra playing Gustav Mahler’s difficult, daring and dramatic Symphony No. 5.

Concerto winner and marimba player Trevor Barroero.

Violin player John-Paul Radelet, from University of BC.

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CROSSWORD

HOROSCOPE Week of June 8 to 14 ARIES | MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19 You are very excited to be faced with new challenges. At work or at home, you achieve something brilliant that quickly leads you along the path to success.

a

DOWN 1. Pieces of trees 2. Loaf 3. Tart 4. Movie ad

GEMINI | MAY 21 TO JUNE 21 Stress is omnipresent this week; try to avoid unnecessary stimulation, such as from caffeine. Some situations are out of your control and you need to distance yourself from them.

CANCER | JUNE 22 TO JULY 23 You take on new responsibilities at work; this is going to be profitable for you. The adjustment is not easy, but your dedication allows you to reach new heights.

5. Mound 6. Ruled mark 7. Still 8. Supplemented 9. Arrow shooter 10. So long, in London: 2 wds.

11. Beef dish 17. Pumping ____ 19. Those elected 22. Use scissors on 23. Delay 24. Wallet item 25. Pertinent 26. Mouse’s cousin 28. Coffee container 29. Word of approval 31. Student’s vehicle 32. Bombardment 34. Belongs to us 35. “____ Are There” 37. July, e.g.

38. Specialty 39. Attempt 40. Opera tune 41. Shipbuilding wood 42. Land amid water 43. Make airtight 44. Small boys 46. Enemy

LEO | JULY 24 TO AUGUST 23 Reconnect with your deeper feelings and take steps towards savouring an amazing experience. Some of these emotions may lead you to a form of spirituality.

VIRGO | AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 22 If you are unable to overcome certain emotions, you may want to consult a professional who can guide you. Any form of change is beneficial.

SUDOKU

LIBRA | SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 22 The foundations of your relationship may be shaken. You tend to make a lot of compromises, and your partner should now do exactly the same in order to save your relationship.

SCORPIO | OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 22 Physical health is often connected to that of the mind. If you suffer from a chronic health problem, perhaps you need to look for the cause in your emotions or maybe even in the distant past.

SAGITTARIUS | NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 20 You need to improve your confidence in your abilities before you can know success. If you give some room to your ego, your charisma will help you stand out from the crowd.

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. Speech defect 5. Shady 8. Feats 12. Smell 13. Bind 14. Darn it!

15. Stickum 16. Remedy 18. Worship ritual 20. Hew wood again 21. Scribe’s need 22. Atlantic fishes 23. Bodies of knowledge 26. Hurry 27. Purchase 30. Freshly 31. Wooden club 32. Dull fellow 33. Hair cream 34. Absent 35. Signs of drowsiness 36. Australian birds 38. Supporting 39. Enjoy thoroughly 41. Sightseer 45. Move 47. On the briny 48. “____ Misbehavin’ ” 49. Kind of bran 50. Happy 51. Basin 52. Mete out 53. Snaky fishes

TAURUS | APRIL 20 TO MAY 20 You may witness a situation that leaves you feeling perplexed.

Perhaps someone entrusts you with a secret that you are not very comfortable with for one reason or another.

CAPRICORN | DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20 You need stability. If you are in the middle of moving, all you have to do is ask for some affection from your loved one in order to feel reassured.

AQUARIUS | JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19 Do not mince words when expressing your disagreement.

You do not hesitate to denounce all forms of injustice, loudly and clearly. You may also address a large crowd.

PISCES | FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20 A precarious financial situation brings some anxiety. It is important to see things from a more positive perspective and remind yourself that this is only a temporary situation.

NEW LISTING

4713 Joyce Avenue

4535 Manson Avenue

5771 Maple Avenue

$279,000

$234,000

$284,800

$185,000

Spacious ½ duplex close to all amenities.

Well maintained, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, covered deck, garage and nicely landscaped.

In the heart of town your own 1/2-acre oasis in gardens and shrubs. Workshop, garage, greenhouse, covered porches and recent roof.

Spacious 4-bedroom home in central Westview. Ocean view from 16 x 19 covered deck.

Suite, detached garage and 12 fruit/nut trees.

Enjoy living in this 3-bedroom family home with full basement in wonderful Historic Townsite.

Nice ocean view from covered deck.

POWELL RIVER

604.483.8044 | don@mycoast.ca | mycoast.ca

Your home, my priority

644H36TAB

4911 B Parsons Court

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ISLAND FARMS CLASSIC Assorted, 1.65 L

Leaf Lettuce

ISLAND FARMS

Red & Green

98

Sour Cream

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

¢

Regular or Light, 250 ml

1

$ 48

Old Fashioned Ham 1lb cont.

Hunter Sausage

Strawberries

Cauliflower

Blueberries

2 1 2

1

312 g crtn

each

68 10 3 ¢ Limes

$

/lb 1.50/kg

¢

White or Whole Wheat Pkg of 6

1

$ 98

11

98

Boneless Skinless Chicken FRESH Breast

6

$ 98

OSoleMio

Frozen Pasta

/lb 26.41/kg

Assorted, 640 g-1 kg

CLASSICO

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2

$ 98

Pkg of 12

100 g

1

Cherry Pie 680 g

4

$ 98

GROCERY

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

$

Store Baked Cookies

48

$ 48

530 g

Kaiser Rolls

100 g

2

100 g

French Bread

each

/lb 1.50/kg

FOR

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100 g

68

Venitian Genoa Salami $

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68

Cabbage

Seasoned Turkey $ Breast

$ 38

$ 48 $ 98 $ 48

Rib Eye Grilling Steaks

FOR

WHOLESOME FOOD

each

Whole Watermelon

$ 98

Ice Cream

Assorted, 218

3 98 3

Chicken Thighs

$

Pork Breakfast Sausage

$

68

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/lb 8.77/kg

BICKS

Pickles

Large Selection 500 ml-1 L

$ 98

Our mismatch mattress sale continues

GATORADE

Sport Drink

$ 98

Assorted Pkg of 6, 591 ml

OCEANSPRAY

Juice Assorted 1.89 L

$ 68

TWIN MATTR ESSE STARTIN S G $198

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE