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Recent survey of coastal communities shows decrease in viable logging CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

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More than a decade after the provincial government made policy changes to BC’s forest industry, optimism about its fuGetLoggers the Peak to Go ture is waning, according to Truck Association (TLA), a iPhone app now forest contractor lobby group. available in the That is the view of mayors from coastal communities surApp27 Store or iTunes veyed by TLA for its community perspectives report on the BC coastal forest industry.

City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa participated in the survey and said that when local forest contractors fold it has a ripple effect throughout communities.

“We’ve seen contractors go out of business in Powell River,” said Formosa. “First, you see job loss. These contractors are huge, great community supporters. It leaves a big hole.”

TLA represents more than 450 independent sawmills, logging contractors, small-tenure harvesters, road builders, trucking firms, log brokers, value-added wood re-manufacturers and industry suppliers in BC coastal forest communities. The lobby group last surveyed the mayors in 2004, just as the BC Liberals launched its forestry restructuring strategy.

It was a plan that consolidated forest tenures, deregulated management practices and did away with harvest allocations that historically required BC companies to supply provincial sawmills and pulp and paper mills.

“Many coastal communities that were once heavily reliant on the forest industry are still reeling from the impacts of tenure consolidation and mill closures,” TLA stated in the report. »2

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1« LOGGERS TL A director Howie McKamey, former owner of Goat Lake Forest Products, said Powell River has not been spared from any of the transitional pain.

“Powell River has definitely had some challenges,” said McKamey. “Powell River has been hit hard by changes in logging over the past 10 years.”

Those tough times were not just the result of changing government policy, but also a holdover from the global economic collapse of 2008, he said.

“The forest industry went through a real tough period from 2008 to 2012,” said McKamey. “Not only did log and lumber values go quite low, but we all had to buckle up because contract rates dropped down to just allow survival in the whole industry.”

Contractors who had taken on debt for retooling prior to the collapse found themselves seeking creditor protection or going out of business, said McKamey.

“It’s been a tough go,” he added.

Recently, the issue for TLA has been for those contractors who survived. The price for logs and lumber has come up, but contractor rates have not, said McKamey.

“Markets have improved substantially and licensees’ profits and margins have come up, but it’s been a real struggle to get any improvement in contract rates,” he said.

While the forestry companies in the province operate through tenure agreements with the government, purchasing trees through auction or by harvesting private land, the actual logging, hauling, sorting and trucking itself is completed by contractors.

Low rates have made

HEAVY LOAD: Optimism about the future of logging on the BC coast is waning. Mayors in coastal communities and the Truck Loggers Association are asking the province to intervene.

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it even more difficult for companies to invest in new equipment.

“There’s a lot of pretty good contractors electing to get out of the business because for the investment and risk, the return is just not there,” said McKamey.

This trend is fuelling job losses that are having an effect on communities that once relied heavily on forest industry jobs.

In 2004, 88 per cent of community leaders surveyed said they felt positive about forestry’s future in their community, but in the recent survey that number has dropped down to 56 per cent.

In the latest survey, 62 per cent of community leaders said they think the forest industry is in worse shape today.

During the last decade, an estimated 70 sawmills have closed and 30,000 forestry jobs in the province have been lost.

Log-export critics say the BC Liberals’ changes to the forest practices code and creation of private-managed forest lands have only made the problem worse.

“The key issue is the structure of the forest industry,” said Ken Wu, executive director of the Ancient Forest

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Alliance. “It’s dominated by a few giant corporations and there aren’t any incentives or government regulations to stop the massive export of raw logs.”

Since 2009, provincial statistics for the export of whole, unprocessed timber has tripled in volume.

According to TLA, since the restructuring more than 25 forestry contractors have sought bankruptcy protection, including some in Powell River.

“Policy changes in 2003 have not yielded as much positive impact as expected,” stated the report.

There is consensus that more needs to be done.

People in coastal communities, both rural and urban, need to have a better understanding of the sustainability of the coastal forest industry, stewardship practices and the benefits it offers to all British Columbians, the TLA report concluded.

According to Wu, the problem is not that the government went ahead with changes 12 years ago; the forest industry had already been in steady decline since the 1980s.

While he said he has sympathy for the small operators and contractors, the blame

for the current situation rests on the shortsightedness of an industry that has depleted old-growth forests and has not reinvested in mill infrastructure to handle second-growth wood, said Wu. According to Wu, even the provincial business lobby and local governments around the region have supported the idea of protecting what is left of BC’s old growth.

“What we need to do is do more with less, and focus on the second growth,” said Wu. He added that instead of trying to market BC old growth and raw logs in China, the industry needs to find markets for valueadded, sustainable, secondgrowth products.

That is an idea mayor Formosa likes the sound of. “I always have been a huge proponent, seeker and researcher of that,” said Formosa.

While optimism about logging on the coast might be flagging right now, Formosa is not one of the mayors who is gloomy about forestry’s future.

“I don’t see it as a sunset industry,” he said. “It’ll always be here and it’s a part of what and who we are.”

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BAD TIMING: Ferry service to and from Powell River and Texada Island will be turned upside down next week as BC Ferries has put a plan in place to cover for the Queen of Burnaby during the height of summer tourism traffic. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

said Skadsheim.

This repair, the third one for the same leak, is expected to take about a week to complete and will move ships and service around in the interim, said Mark Collins, BC Ferries vice president of strategic planning and community engagement.

“The ship has oil leaking into the water and we have to bring it to dry dock as

we’re going to do the best we can to fix it.”

The Burnaby is 51 years old and scheduled to be replaced by the MV Salish Orca early in 2017.

Collins said the ferry corporation is bringing in more experts to solve the problem.

“We’re trying everything we can to do a comprehensive repair,” said Collins. “We

The Queen of Burnaby should go to its retirement right now, but we’re going to do the best we can to fix it.

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soon as we can for repairs,” said Collins. He added that last year the ferry corporation replaced the kind of oil it uses in the Burnaby with a more environmentally acceptable lubricant.

“But even using that doesn’t relieve us of our obligation to go to dry dock to fix it,” he said. “The Queen of Burnaby should go to its retirement right now, but

have no wish to go through this again, but we also have to be realistic.”

MV Island Sky will come off of route seven, between Saltery Bay and Earls Cove, and serve as the Burnaby’s replacement during the service interruption. Both vessels are scheduled to resume regular service on Friday, July 29.

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Sky will provide dedicated service between Comox and Powell River, and Powell River and Texada Island.

Schedules are tentative, but BC Ferries has said the first trip from Comox at 5:35 am will stop at Blubber Bay on Texada.

A 40-passenger watertaxi service to Texada is arranged and travel to the island during the service interruption is free of charge.

Reservations, which are also free, are recommended. BC Ferries is providing landtaxi vouchers to those on the water taxi. A 15-passenger bus will help shuttle people on Texada to the water taxi located at Van Anda.

The Texada ferry, MV North Island Princess, and the Denman Island standby vessel, MV Quinitsa, will shuttle traffic back and forth between Saltery Bay and Earls Cove.

According to Collins, all of the recent backups for North Island Princess, including a generator and a tugboat escort, will be on standby in case the ship encounters problems, such as it did last January when it was called

to perform similar duties.

North Island Princess will have its first run at 5:15 am from Saltery Bay and provide seven roundtrips throughout the day, with an extra roundtrip around midnight on Sunday and Thursday. Collins added that the early morning run will help businesses and the added frequency of runs midday will help accommodate summer tourism traffic.

“What we’re trying to do is put in as many positives as we can,” said Collins. “We admit that this is a overall reduction in service and will have an impact on the community. We’re just putting everything out there to mitigate the impact.”

Quinitsa is currently scheduled to perform three roundtrips per day from mid-morning to early evening. Collins said BC Ferries is currently training the Quinitsa crew to add more frequent trips. He added that the Quinitsa is the preferred vessel for commercial vehicles as loading is easier.

According to the FAC, both vessels will be home-ported in Saltery Bay.

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A recurring oil leak in Queen of Burnaby’s propellor seals is sending the ship for repairs and causing BC Ferries to scramble to cover ferry traffic on Powell River area runs during some of the busiest travel days of the calendar year.

Texada Island is hosting its annual Diversity Festival July 22-25 which brings more than 1,000 visitors to the island each year, so the repair comes at a tough time. Queen of Burnaby, which runs between Powell River and Comox, is expected to go into a North Vancouver dry-dock facility on Saturday, July 23, causing the ferry corporation to jostle its vessels.

“Obviously, it’s a bad situation to have the Burnaby go out in the middle of summer on a big festival weekend, but we’ve come up with a workable solution,” said City of Powell River councillor and Northern Sunshine C o a s t Fe r r y A d v i s o r y Committee (FAC) member Karen Skadsheim.

BC Ferries held a conference call with the FAC on Monday, July 18, to discuss potential solutions. Because the ferry is going out of service on the weekend, travelling to the festival will not be a problem. It is getting people off the island that may present a challenge,

City of Powell River staff have conceded to allow liquor be served until midnight once a month at special events held at dessert lounge That Sugar Vault.

Dessert lounge owner Amy Sharp is currently proceeding with an application to the BC Liquor Control Board to grant a full liquor licence, but in the meantime has been organizing special events and applying for one-off special occasion liquor (SOL) licences to serve drinks.

City director of planning Thomas Knight has the delegated authority to set the hours of liquor service for SOL licences at 10 pm, a restriction Sharp appealed last week.

Sharp said she met with Knight and building inspector Graeme Stewart on Wednesday, July 13, for a compromise. She added that she had hoped she would be allowed two midnight closings per month, but said that this is a step in the right direction. The amended restriction was granted on Thursday, July 14.

“I would like to have the opportunity to do what all the other SOL events do, which is to be able to serve until midnight or 1 am,” said Sharp. “I’m happy I was able to get one event, but I would definitely like to have more.”

That Sugar Vault hosted a summer hip-hop party on Friday, July 15, that served until midnight and Sharp said went smoothly.

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CONSTRUCTION DELAYS: Lisa Rice [left], owner of the Hair Saloon, and Danica Work, owner of Simply Bronze tanning salon, said they are both affected by disruptions caused by construction of the new library. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

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According to the businesses close to where the new Powell River Public Library will be located at Crossroads Village, construction and renovations have been disruptive and frustrating.

“The noise, the disruption, the vehicle parking, the mess, people not knowing if you’re open or not because of the construction going; it’s not great,” said Shawna Graham, owner of Flowers

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Graham’s business is on the parking lot level, almost adjacent to the construction site.

She said she has had comments from people asking how to get upstairs where there are businesses above the library. Businesses located above the new library location are now tenants of City of Powell River, who recently purchased that section of the building.

One of those second-floor tenants is Simply Bronze, owned by Danica Work.

“We’re having problems with elevator access. People are complaining. It’s hard to get up here,” said Work.

“You can’t really see where you enter. People are not

knowing if we’re open or closed.”

Work also shares Graham’s concern about the parking situation around the construction site.

“It’s hard to find parking space, there’s a huge gate through the middle of it and a big ugly hole with a pile of dirt,” she said.

According to Graham, the longer the project takes the more it deters people from doing business in the section of the mall where the new library is located. Work said it is definitely affecting her business.

Another business above the library has had to move because of the noise from construction.

“We weren’t able to run our yoga classes there because of the noise of construction,” said Terri Cramb, owner of Nourish Yoga and Wellness Studio. “We’ve had to relocate to an alternate space.”

City of Powell River is the building’s new landlord and, according to director of infrastructure Tor Birtig, the city hasn’t done the best job of keeping its tenants informed.

“Communication could have been better,” said Birtig.

“We made some assumptions that the construction crews over there were keeping businesses apprised of what was happening because they knew the intimate details of what their schedule was going to be. We made an assumption that this was being communicated and I guess it

hasn’t been communicated all that well at this point.”

Birtig said he will be meeting with city staff and Crossroads Village management in order to better provide tenants with updates.

According to business owners, the update they want to hear is when the library will be finished.

According to city and library staff, the new target date is November.

“I’m disappointed that it’s taken longer than it has,” said Graham. “I was looking forward to it being done in August. That’s a discouraging thing.”

The delays are also worrisome to Work. “It could be November. It could be January. We don’t know,” she said.

Birtig was not able to provide a firm completion date for the construction.

“Initially, the contractor said that the library would be completed by the middle of August,” he said. “At this point, I couldn’t give you a finite date. We are looking at November, but we haven’t been able to finalize that with the contractor.”

Despite delays and disruptions, businesses are positive about the potential payback when the library is eventually finished.

“I’m certainly hoping that when it’s completed it’s going to be a positive thing to bring more people into this area,” said Graham. “If they come to the library, they may come into our stores.

That’s my hope.”

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Dispensary remains open after raid A yard cart full of thanks

Police say marijuana storefront is still breaking the law

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POT SHOP: WeeMedical Dispensary Society’s open sign has been glowing again, much to the concern of local police. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

prescriptions from doctors.

The June raid was the second time the dispensary lost its marijuana supply. In the early hours of April 29 thieves smashed the store’s plate glass door and stole an undisclosed amount of product.

Since reopening after the raid, handwritten notes on the store’s door now notify the public that only adults are allowed inside and no product is stored on location overnight.

According to Wiebe, no legal mechanism exists to allow medical cannabis dispensaries to sell to the public, regardless of whether the purchasing individual has a licence to possess marijuana or whether the vendor has a licence to produce it.

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cillor Russell Brewer said there has not been any further discussion at council on amending the city’s zoning bylaw to regulate dispensaries.

On May 17, committee of the whole directed staff to prepare and present a report on what other municipalities have done to regulate business locations, hours of operations and other factors. That report from city director of planning Thomas Knight is expected in September.

“Maybe the regulatory regime will change in the interim, who knows?” said Brewer. “It really puts us in an unfair position, forcing us to regulate something we know is going to change in the future and the feds are

dragging their feet.”

Regardless of what the city decides to do, the RCMP does not take its direction from council, he said.

“They will do what they see as a priority,” said Brewer.

According to Wiebe, until the federal government changes Canada’s pot laws, police will continue to enforce them.

“We believe that marijuana use and the criminality that surrounds it harms individuals and the community,” said Wiebe. “We are tasked with enforcing the laws of Canada.”

Marijuana is regulated as a controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which prohibits its possession, production and trafficking.

COURT BRIEFS Powell River Provincial ized possession of a firearm.

Court, July 12 and 13, Breach of probation order 2016 Tina Louise Browett (born 1973) was Impaired driving Clinton James Carmichael (born 1981) was sentenced to a $1,000 fine, a one-year driving prohibition and a $300 victim surcharge for one count of impaired driving.

Unauthorized possession of firearm Christopher Thomas Fawkes (born 1973) was sentenced to a $500 fine, civil forfeiture, a mandatory 10-year firearm prohibition and a $75 victim surcharge for two counts of unauthor-

surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

sentenced to one day in jail and levied a $100 victim surcharge for one count of breach of probation order.

Margaret Rose Pettifer (born 1964) was given a conditional discharge with six months probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

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Harry Edward Allen White (born 1955) was sentenced to a $500 fine, a one-year driving prohibition and a $75 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/licence suspended.

Sean Henry McNeil (born 1970) was given a peace bond for one count of assault.

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More than a month after a search warrant resulted in seizure of a large quantity of marijuana product and one employee being arrested, a Powell River dispensary remains open for business.

On June 9, Powell River RCMP executed a search warrant at a storefront of WeeMedical Dispensary Society, located in the 4400 block of Marine Avenue.

Police seized a large quantity of marijuana, edibles and other products from the shop. A 34-year-old male employee was arrested and later released.

Although the shop was initially closed for several days after the raid, the store has been open again since the end of June.

“Our perspective is that they have reopened and they are still breaking the law,” said Powell River detachment staff sergeant Rod Wiebe. “I can’t comment on any ongoing investigations.”

At the time of the raid, police said there was evidence the dispensary was selling to clients who did not have

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Serve customers Pretend for just a minute that you own a transportation company with many vehicles. Your profits are up nearly half from the past fiscal year and you’ve identified the weakest links in your fleet: a couple of old jalopies that keep breaking down.

Brand new, start-of-the-art replacement vehicles are already in the plans, but your customers are suffering now because these unreliable junkers are still in operation.

What’s your next move?

That is exactly what BC Ferries is considering as Powell River area’s Queen of Burnaby and North Island Princess ferry vessels continue to show their age.

The Princess has reached the point where it has to be followed around and sometimes even towed by a tugboat when one engine is unavailable, a laughable forewarning to yet another mechanical breakdown.

Meanwhile, the Queen of Burnaby, which appears to be rusting from the outside in and was set to be replaced in November by the slick-looking Salish Orca, probably won’t be out In the latest in a long line of of operation until spring Queen of Burnaby-related 2017; assummishaps, the ship is being taken ing it can last out of duty for another five days that long.

In the latbeginning Saturday due to a est in a long seemingly unrepairable oil leak. line of Queen of Burnabyrelated mishaps, the ship is being taken out of duty for another five days beginning Saturday due to a seemingly unrepairable oil leak.

And we thought BC Ferries sold the Queen of Chilliwack to Fiji at a penance.

How much will it possibly get for this latest lemon?

Meanwhile, the ferry corporation reports that its profits are up more than $20 million dollars this year, at almost $70 million made in fiscal 2016 compared to $49 million the year before.

Vehicle traffic is up. Passenger traffic is up. Ridership levels are higher than they have been since the global economic collapse in 2009. All wonderful news for BC Ferries.

Back to our original scenario. You have this transport company and your fleet is aging. A couple of vehicles should really just be taken to the scrapyard. The new vehicles will be operational next year, but your customers are suffering in the meantime. You have made a pile of money compared to previous years.

So, what do you do? The answer is so infuriatingly simple. You buy a couple of replacement vehicles immediately, wherever and however you can get them. Consider those ones your backup vehicles for when the new ones are finally ready. Then you get back to serving your customers.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

LAST WEEK’S ONLINE POLL QUESTION Should City of Powell River be able to put special restrictions on new business licences based on a business owner’s history?

57% YES 43% NO This poll was answered by 164 respondents.

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Time for island support

By Leslie Goresky I live on Texada Island. When I It was smoke and mirrors. pursued non-dependent travel At the time we paid a very ex- dollars with the creation of its first arrived our local ferries were part of our highway system, al- pensive, non-Canadian CEO “coastal getaways,” and prothough we did pay a “toll” for their named David Hahn to make the moted the fleet in the appearuse. At that time we had an active fleet profitable. Instead, our ferry ance of cruise ships rather than the original highway iron-ore mine, limestone quarries and it was intended for.

North Island Princess is the logging operations.

When fares reached In other words, we a tipping point, the oldest boat in the fleet and is were actively providnumber of ferry runs now suffering more regularly ing our government were reduced, further coffers with many tax impairing the coastal with mechanical difficulties. Last dollars. CIBC had a highway. week, a tugboat accompanied bank here.

Nor ther n r ural A political play in economies have alit to ensure crossing. ways had challenges 2003 had our govHow do we invite people to our ernment “upgrade” with freight cost and the appearance of its location. Privatization island with the concern they may books by privatizing of our ferries can be be stranded along the way? the coastal ferry fleet. in the bumper sticker: It removed debt from “BC Ferries, sinking government books and put it on became so expensive many island coastal economies.” “private” books to “improve ser- residents cut back their use and/ I suggest the coast is the tourvice and shield taxpayers from fu- or changed to walk-on fares. ism jewel of BC. If you do not supture debt,” as it stated at the time.

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LETTERS » Misleading information I read that we have a new pool lift [“Complex adds lift,” July 6] to assist handicapped people and I want to thank the city for its efforts.

I would like to clarify, however, this is not a lift for wheelchair people who cannot stand. This is a device for lowering people who can walk, but cannot walk up and down stairs.

This is not a lift as would

be needed for people who need to be lifted out of their wheelchairs. There are no lifts of this type at the hospital pool or at the recreation complex.

The nearest lift in the true sense can be found at Comox Valley Aquatic Centre. It is misleading to call what we have a “lift.” A person can go online and see several of these lifts in use in most cities in BC. I believe it is time we get

a lift that all handicapped people can use with the help of an attendant. And, yes, it would also be great if we had ramp access to our pools.

Also, it would be wonderful if we had a pool for the elderly where the water is warmer, as older people like more heat; we all get old.

We have an increasingly aging population. Let us try to keep our elderly, attract our retiring public and make

our city attractive to those people.

David Redlon Gordon Avenue

Kudos to loggers Can we all agree on just how incredible the Powell River Logger Sports event [Section B, July 13] was this past weekend?

It seemed like an impossible task. Organizers wanted to revive an old event that

was likely romanticized in its absence, to effectively fill a hole in the Powell River tourism calendar.

Organizers, volunteers, competitors and crowds made this weekend at Willingdon Beach an unforgettable experience.

The newly named Loggers Memorial Bowl is a magnificent addition to the Powell River waterfront, the competitors were amazing and the atmosphere from end to

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What is your favourite summer spot in the Powell River area and why?

KEVIN HARTERY Sutherland Avenue Haslam Lake. It brings back a lot of memories as a kid. I still go there. It’s very serene and peaceful.

CHAYA STONES Joyce Avenue Fairview Bay by Saltery Bay. It’s absolute bliss.

It has the only Sunshine Coast Trail hut that’s on the ocean. I like to canoe or kayak there.

MARTIN WILLIAMS Willow Avenue Running up Scout Mountain and back over multiple sets of terrain.

You see the animals, birds and nature around you.

CINDY WILKINS Fraser Street My own backyard at the end of a dead-end street with forest on two sides.

RAY PETERS Lois Street Sunset Park. I walk my dog there. There will be other people walking the trails and at dusk there are owls and deer. Gibsons Beach is another place you can go to relax.

end of the Willingdon area was electric.

Thank you to everyone associated with this event.

You’ve done Powell River proud by bringing logger sports back to town and have once again shown how this community punches well above its weight in the quantity and quality of events, and tourism options offered for residents and visitors.

Alex Rawnsley Poplar Street

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7« VIEWPOINT the businesses that attract tourism cannot travel dollars to get to our doorstep. North survive the offseason.

Island Princess is very often late due to berthNorth Island Princess is the oldest boat in ing conflicts with Queen of Burnaby.

We also face a new economic challenge as the fleet and is now suffering more regularly 9 Wednesday.April 2.2014 | Powell Riverweek, Peak »aprpeak.com the tax rules for BC credit unions change. with mechanical difficulties.

Last Cooperative organizations grew during the tugboat accompanied it to ensure crossing.

How do we invite people to our island with depression to provide members with services not Unlike thePedestrian concern they may be stranded along the and sized pickups SUVsavailable that offrom the governments. lake it will multiaccident credit unions arefast non-profit, demoway? They have already committed many banks, ply very like it has for it is dangerous for children It was with great sadness in crosswalks, since most years. The root system is that we read about the re- of these vehicles have im- very hardy. You cannot kill cent death of the 62-year- paired visibility directly in the weed. old newcomer to Powell front of the vehicle. That Once the lake is cleared River who was struck by is why such vehicles are out you can start fresh, rean SUV on Joyce Avenue banned in Europe. stock with trout and make [“Pedestrian succumbs to I would like to think that it a nice swimming hole injuries,” March 21].

Powell River may some day like it was before. Now it is I moved with my wife and wake up to the grave injus- a swamp, not good for the two small children to Powell tice it is doing its pedestri- public.

River in 2005 and spent the an population by failing to We need to make better part of seven years address the many chronic Cranberry Lake nice again living there. traffic safety problems in and it can be done once the One of the main reasons I the city, but after having lilies are out of the lake. wanted to leave was because lived there for seven years, Cliff Lang the community’s lead- I don’t hold out much hope. Squamish, BC ers have never shown the Raymond MacLeod Cushing slightest interest in improv- North Vancouver Ignorance harms ing traffic flow and enforceIn response to MP John ment to ensure the safety Cranberry Lake Weston’s opposition to the of the many children and Lilies have taken over the wording of the Tla’amin seniors who walk and bike lake; we all understand the (Sliammon) First Nation in the community.

It is frightening to walk infestation of the matter treaty, I am disturbed by down Joyce, with its narrow [“Water lilies create cause his lack of awareness and sidewalks and no green buf- for concern,” March 26]. knowledge of the historical fer or parking lane between Now, the only way you will context of the treaty propedestrians and the many get rid of them is not by cess, especially with regard

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cratically run, invest in their communities Meanwhile, the BC Liberals are again set and pay dividends to their members. to impair smaller rural economies by inCredit unions have been integral in sup- creasing taxes on our credit unions, which porting rural communities. CIBC left ultimately will decrease their ability to disTexada many years ago due to downsizing tribute capital.

Isn’t it time the BC government stepped decisions put in place far away from our island. First Credit Union moved in to fill up and supported smaller rural economies?

Goresky residedand on Texada Island CIBC’s26]. gap. Credit unions support March “values” their are the Leslie current thehas learning construc1972. tive dialogue necessary to memberships.

He claims that the “peace, Stephen Harpersince governorder and good govern- ment, to which Weston is reach true reconciliation. ment of Canada” will be a member, truly uphold- Claudia Medina undermined by a treaty ing when first nations and Marine Avenue that allows Tla’amin to ex- other citizens who want to ercise laws that are rooted protect Canada’s environ- Recycling changes in traditional systems of ment for future generations What is the government governance that have ex- are under surveillance and isted for millennia before labelled terrorists? What planning with regard to Canada was even a remote “values” are the Harper gov- recycling [“Changes on hoconcept. To lump together ernment upholding when rizon for recycling,” March Sharia law, Québécois law, enacting Bill C-45, which 5]?

Between the ferry upsets and other “local” laws into again undermines first nathis 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 clean town. If it is made difsystemic inequalities that ter that sustain us? this treaty is aiming to adIf Weston is concerned ficult for folks, you may see dress and rectify—inequali- with the “most vulnerable” all the beautiful trails full of ties such as the Indian Act, members of Canadian so- garbage. This would undo an aspect of Canadian law ciety, why does his politi- all the work like the BOMB that was established to sub- cal party actively seek out (Bloody Old Men’s Brigade) jugate, control, distort and free trade agreements with Squad has done and others limit the rights and free- Europe and China that will to make the trails safe and doms of Aboriginal peoples, effectively render our own clean for those from Powell and which continues to this laws, national or local, null River and outside to come day. and void in the face of trade see and hike.

When something isn’t When Canadian laws tribunals that favour corpobroken, please don’t fix it. existed to criminalize tra- rate interests?

Powell River, we have to ditional ceremonies and But what troubles me

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Water bylaw urges conservation Stage indicators highlight watering limits within municipality CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

A new, four-stage water-use bylaw will help remind the public of the importance of water conservation, said Tor Birtig, City of Powell River’s director of infrastructure.

During last summer’s drought, while Vancouver Island communities went into stage-four water restrictions, Powell River residents concerned about dropping water levels at the city’s reservoir found that the city did not have similar

restrictions seen in many other BC municipalities.

Birtig said Powell River’s water consumption rates are abnormally high. Haslam Lake’s level dropped, but supply was not in jeopardy, said Birtig.

“We do have a great resource in our watershed,” said Birtig. “We get spoiled with the amount of water we have and that leads to wasting.”

In December 2015, city council adopted bylaw 2425, 2015, which sets water-use restrictions depending on weather conditions and the amount of water available in the reservoir.

The first of two water-awareness signs was erected near the old dump above Willingdon Beach on Friday, July 8. The location

of the second sign has yet to be determined.

According to mayor Dave Formosa, turning off the tap has added benefits, besides saving a finite resource.

“The more we practice turning off that tap while we brush our teeth, watering on the days we need to water and not overwatering, we’ll all save money on the city’s infrastructure costs, which will mean we don’t have to tax as much,” said Formosa.

Formosa added the community is blessed with an abundance of water, but there needs to be a reminder of the importance of conservation because the city is paying for it before it comes out of the tap and also once it goes down the drain.

Four stages

The city’s new water restrictions include four stages.

Stage one: Properties with odd-numbered street addresses may water on odd calendar days. Properties with even-numbered street addresses may water on even calendar days.

Stage two: Properties with odd-numbered street addresses may water between 12 am and 9 am on odd calendar days.

Properties with even-numbered street addresses may water between 12 am and 9 am on even calendar days.

Stage three: Properties with odd-numbered street addresses may water between 12 am and 9 am on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Properties with even-numbered street addresses may water between 12 am and 9 am on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Stage four: All forms of watering using tap water are prohibited.

Similar to how local fire departments use signs to inform the community about summer wildfire risks, the city will be using the new water-stage indicator signs to say what tier of restriction the city is

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Demand keeps wharfinger busy Experienced harbour master takes care of boaters in Lund DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Search for wharfinger on YouTube and the top three videos pertain to the word’s pronunciation: “wharf-injure,” rather than what the actual profession entails.

A wharfinger is defined as the keeper of a wharf or, as Darlene Denholm calls herself, the harbour manager.

Denholm is the wharfinger at Lund Harbour, one of the busiest small harbours on the Sunshine Coast.

“As far as the small-craft harbours are concerned, I would definitely say it’s one of the busiest,” said Denholm.

Prior to arriving in Lund four years ago, Denholm was the manager of Union Steamship Company

Marina, a private moorage on Bowen Island.

“I didn’t want to raise my kids in the city so I moved to Bowen Island,” she said.

“It was a good short step to see if a city girl could hack it. After 20 years on Bowen, I went further out to Lund.”

Being a wharfinger, according to Denholm, does not require a university degree, but certain skills, such as marine experience, can be an asset.

“I’m a sailor, so being a boater is a huge help,” she said.

In addition to knowing about boats, other job qualifications include first aid, VHF radio operation, holding a Pleasure Craft Operator Card and bookkeeping. Before becoming a wharfinger, Denholm was a bookkeeper. She said she starts her rounds as early as 5 am on some days.

“I do my monthly checklist, my dock walk, check off all of my nightly boats and also make note of any over-

night boats that may have come in after closing,” said Denholm. “I do my rounds, open the supply room, check the washrooms, clean them, if need be, and I’ll come do a bit of admin work before it starts getting crazy.”

One of the biggest prerequisites for the job, she said, is customer service and dealing with boaters, some of whom can be demanding.

“Sometimes you’re a bit insulted because it is your profession and you are a professional at what you do; at times it can be a bit frustrating,” she said.

Denholm said she also has to deal with boaters trying to dock in a small harbour with a maximum boat length of 65 feet.

“Even for the most accomplished sailors or boaters, if they’re in a new boat, it’s a challenge. It can be very embarrassing for them,” she said.

As the gateway to Desolation Sound, Lund is one of the most popu-

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Impressive yachts pass through, including the million-dollar Lazee Gal out of Vancouver, which visited the harbour recently.

The youngest of seven children, Denholm grew up in a political environment.

“I was raised in a very political, active family,” she said.

According to Denholm, her father nominated Gordon Gibson for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1980s.

“Dad was his campaign manager and mom was his office manager,” she said. “I grew up in Liberal campaign offices.”

She said she remembers former prime minister Pierre Trudeau coming to BC to campaign for Gibson when she was a teenager, often with his sons Justin, Alexandre and Michel.

“I hung out with the boys and ran around taking care of them all day,” she said.

Now that Denholm has settled into the job as wharf-

BOAT BOSS: Four years ago, Darlene Denholm took over the job as wharfinger at Lund harbour, one of the busiest small harbours on the Sunshine Coast. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

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“My dad always wished for us kids to be happy go-

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Powell River Logger Sports winners

Logger sports comes back big DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

On the official rule sheet fo r Po w e l l R i ve r L o g g e r Sports, number 11 stipulated, “Absolutely no whining.

Everyone must have fun!” From all reports, everyone did.

After an absence of 11 years, people were buzzing about the return of logger sports to Powell River, almost as loudly as the roar of chainsaws that ripped through the newly named Loggers Memorial Bowl at Willingdon Beach.

Everyone in town was talking about the three-day event; those that went and those that did not, but wished they had.

Taking place from Friday, July

15, to Sunday, July 17, logger sports drew lumberjacks from around BC, across Canada and the US and as far away as New Zealand.

Crowd favourites were the youngest competitor, 10-yearold Jake Hewitt from Scotch Creek, BC, and the oldest, 74-year-old Gordie Mauhl from Washington State.

Some of the best loggers in the world competed for Canadian and world championships and a prize purse worth $60,000.

Powell River Logger Sports organizers said they had expected approximately 6,000 people to attend the various events over the three days and, by initial accounts, they far exceeded those numbers.

Peter Colliver Memorial Chop Mitchell Hewitt, Scotch Creek, BC World Championship Chair Carve Dave MacLeod, Campbell River, BC World Championship Relay Event Stirling Hart, North Vancouver, BC, Leo Coudrau, North Vancouver, BC, and Daniell Tkach, Sexsmith, Alberta Kids Axe Throw Jake Hewitt, Scotch Creek, BC Kids Chokerman’s Race Braiden Coburn, Powell River Novice Tree Climb, Canadian Championship Julian Welp, Powell River Novice Axe Throw, Canadian Championship Brett Marquis, Powell River Novice Obstacle Pole Jeff Coburn, Powell River Novice Underhand Chop Brad Laviolette, Port Hardy, BC Novice Husky Challenge Anita Jezowski, Nanaimo, BC Intermediate Double Buck, Canadian Championship Brett Marquis and Jeff Coburn, Powell River Intermediate Underhand Chop Gordon Mauhl, Carnation, Washington Springboard Chop – two boards Darren Dean, Courtenay, BC Intermediate Chokerman’s Race Allan Knapp, Powell River Two-Man Springboard, Canadian Championship Leo Coudrau and Stirling Hart, North Vancouver, BC Ladies Nail Drive Allison Briscoe, Port McNeill, BC Open Axe Throw Mitch Hewitt, Scotch Creek, BC Open Underhand Chop, Canadian Championship Mitch Hewitt, Scotch Creek, BC Open Obstacle Pole, Canadian Championship Jesse Whitehead, New Zealand Open Springboard, Canadian Championship Mitch Hewitt, Scotch Creek, BC Open Double Buck Roger Briscoe, Port McNeill, BC, and Dave MacLeod, Campbell River, BC Open Single Buck Nick Russell, Port McNeill, BC Open Chokerman’s Race Jesse Whitehead, New Zealand Open Jack and Jill Jesse Whitehead and Katelan Steward, New Zealand Open 100cc PNE Cut, Canadian Championship Brad Laoughlin, Misson, BC Open Hot Saw, North American Championship Stirling Hart, North Vancouver, BC Ladies Underhand Katelan Steward, New Zealand Ladies Jill and Jill Sarah Mooney, Ucluelet, BC and Katelan Steward, New Zealand Ladies Axe Throw Danielle Tkach, Sexsmith, Alberta

Trophy and Jacket winners Albert Memorial Open Class All Around Logger Jesse Whitehead, New Zealand Gordon Wyatt Memorial Sportsman of the Day Nick Russell, Port McNeill, BC Liz Marquis Memorial Ladies All Around Logger Katelan Steward, New Zealand Bill Marquis Memorial Novice All Around Logger Jeff Coburn, Powell River Roy H Lloyd Memorial Intermediate All Around Logger Gordon Mauhl, Washington State, USA Chuck Forest Memorial Hardest Working Logger Leo Coudrau, North Vancouver, BC Moose Lodge #1667 Open Class Sportsman of the Day Brad Laviolette, Port Hardy, BC Celebrity Axe Throw Dave Craigen, First Credit Union

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Enjoying summertime in and around Powell River is easy. Fish are jumping, the sun is shining, lakes are calling and the mountains are cool.

Within minutes, or, depending on the desired setting, a few hours, various playgrounds are reachable around ocean and lake shores, along forest trails and on mountaintops. For the more adventurous, even more spectacular locations can be found within a day’s travel from the city.

Secret spots, off the beaten track and known mostly to locals, cannot be found on tourist maps. Everyone has their own favourite place to spend time, whether for adventure or relaxation.

When it comes to secret places, the hardest code to crack is the elusive secret fishing hole. No signs exist to point the way to where fish are biting.

According to Sam Sansalone, owner of Powell River Outdoors, some truth and some myth coincide with tales of secret fishing holes.

“What’s funny about fishing holes is, the last time I looked, the fish don’t stay in one spot,” said Sansalone.

Fishing is usually better where fewer fishermen gather, he said.

“Those are the secret spots,” said Sansalone. “If there are 10 boats fishing in one area, that spot isn’t a secret anymore.”

According to Sansalone, a secret spot needs good fishing, good scenery and has to be a peaceful place.

“There are secret spots, definitely,” he said. “There’s a few I keep to myself, but I’m of the nature of liking to share.”

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of Mahood Beach or the breathtaking cliffs at Eagle River.

Nothing indicates a route to the latter. A sign on the bridge states that Lois River is underneath, but locals know it as Eagle River, where jumpers leap past the falls into a pool below.

For hiking and backcountry enthusiasts, well-known local alpinist and rock climber Christie Dionne was instrumental in opening up the Eldred Valley to the climbing community.

For Dionne, a special place is somewhere people have to work to get to in order to receive the payoff.

“You have to go and earn it,” said Dionne. “It needs to have the wilderness intact.

It needs to be a spot where you can be alone and reflect.

It needs to have a view out.”

Dionne started venturing into the backcountry in the late 1990s. “Emma Lake Hut is one of those places that is a gem in our wilderness,” she said.

Crossroads Ridge can be found further up the Emma Lake trail. “You stand on the ridge and see the whole north and south Powell Divide from that spot,” said Dionne.

After 27 years as a BC Wildlife Service conservation officer, Andrew Anaka knows of many secret and out-of-the-way places.

“My favourite spots are off the beaten track, where I can get away from everybody

and as far away as you can get from Powell River on a backroad,” said Anaka.

According to Anaka, some places are made special by memories. “Growing up we’d go to Freda Lake in the heat of the summer and it would be cool up in the mountains,” he said. “My mother wouldn’t let us go fishing until we picked a gallon of blueberries.”

Reaching Freda Lake requires about two hours of backcountry driving, said Anaka. “If you want a spot all to yourself, that’s one of the places to go.”

Inland Lake, although not a secret, is a much shorter drive from town. “It’s just an awesome spot so close to town and so accessible,” said Anaka. “There’s a beautiful park and so much to do. It’s underused. It’s such a beautiful place.”

People are also returning to old favourite places after many years or exploring new locations, to them, that they have never been to before.

“My family has been enjoying rediscovering newly reopened beach accesses by the regional district,” said Tracey Ellis, visitor centre manager at Tourism Powell River. Accesses include new beach entry points in Lund, Canoe Bay and other spots along the highway, with signs pointing the way to each.

Tourism Powell River summer marketing assistant Stephanie Formosa is currently compiling a collection of secret or special spots.

“There are places that locals go to and don’t necessarily share with others,” said Formosa. “That’s what we’re here for. To uncover some secrets.”

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DJs and bands prep for Diversity Festival brings new music crowd to Texada Island DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

At its core, music is what draws people to Diversity Festival. On the festival’s website, organizers bill the Texada Island celebration as a gathering of diverse people, art and workshops.

However, the emphasis is on beats and bands; 62 acts will perform from Friday, July 22, through Monday, July 25.

This year’s lineup includes four acts from Powell River and another former resident who now calls Victoria home.

Devon Blasutig, performing under the name DJ Werk, will play at Shingle Beach campsite, the venue for Diversity weekend on the island known among locals as “the rock.”

Seeing his family is the biggest bonus, said Blasutig, who left Powell River three years ago at the age of 19; he is excited about returning to his roots.

“I grew up in Powell River,” said Blasutig. “That was the first group of guys, music and scene I was very influenced by, so to have Westerley and all those other people invite me back and see what I’m about

now gives me chills.”

For Blasutig, who plays Diversity’s beach stage on Friday night, the act to see at the festival is DJ Westerley, also from Powell River.

“I have to see him every time,” he said. “I just saw him at Bass Coast Music Festival up in Merritt, BC, and that was amazing.” Westerley has been playing dubstep, a genre of electronic dance music, at clubs, parties and festivals throughout Canada, the United States and abroad for 15 years.

Trevor Mervyn, who goes by the stage name Trevor Refix, is one member of another act from Powell River and was part of Diversity in 2012 as a DJ. He returns this year with his electronic band Texture & Light. Mervyn and the band’s other member, Lyell Woloschuk, perform Saturday on the live-music stage at 6:45 p.m.

After the festival, the band embarks on a 16-day, 13-stop western Canadian tour that will take them to Winnipeg and back.

“It’ll be a lot of playing and a lot of driving,” said Mervyn. “It will be Texture & Light’s biggest and furthest reaching tour.”

According to Refix, festivals are always a bigger deal than a gig in a bar where, after the set, the bar closes and the band is back on the road.

“Festivals give you the oppor-

CRAM SESSION: Lukah Bouchard is in the studio recording a new record and rehearsing with his band for Texada Island’s Diversity Festival. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

tunity to play in front of a few hundred or a thousand people,” he said. “The cool thing is, you’re there for another couple of days and you get to meet other people, artists and fans. The fact that it’s in our hometown area makes it nice, having a chance to hang out with our friends and they get a chance to see us on a bigger stage.”

Lukah Bouchard Band also makes

an appearance on the live-music stage at Diversity on Saturday.

Bouchard said he has been “super busy” in the studio and practising with his band. He hopes to have a new EP ready soon, maybe as early as Diversity.

Right now, according to Bouchard, he and band mate Ben Wayne Kyle are in the recording studio “trying our hardest to re-

lease the album for Diversity.”

Powell River’s fourth act is no stranger to Diversity. Ari Neimand, primarily a reggae DJ performing under the moniker Dubcomandante, also returns to the beach stage.

For more information, including a schedule and complete lineup of musical acts, go to diversityfestival.ca.

Behind the lens DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Born on a farm in the southeastern Kansas town of Columbus, Stanley Darland’s life has taken him to University of Wyoming on a football scholarship and the runways of international fashion as a model and photographer for the likes of Valentino and GQ. He is also a painter and sculptor. The photographer and artist lives with his wife, Rosie, south of Powell River at Palm Beach.

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Do you remember your first camera?

In 1963, I found my brother’s Olympus 10 and started shooting photos. He didn’t appreciate it so my father bought me my own; it was a Polaroid. Later, I went to New York and became a fashion model and with my

first cheque I purchased a used Nikon. I started shooting everything.

Do you have a favourite photograph?

It’s by a French photographer named Michel Momy. We met when he was visiting from Paris and I was living in my studios in New York. He shot an ad for Bloomingdale’s for a woman’s stocking. The photograph is of the leg of this beautiful, long-legged model. It was scandalous at the time. You couldn’t see above her thigh and there’s a little boy wearing a baseball cap looking at her foot. It’s so simple and it was so powerful for me.

Do you have a favourite photograph that you shot?

My favourite is the one I published in GQ. They gave me a case of Baileys Irish

Cream to photograph. All you saw was the glass and the Baileys sitting next to it and a perfect pour that splashed in and out of the glass.

What are your thoughts about the recent return to film by some photographers?

I’m a proponent of that.

Young people don’t understand the chemistry, let alone the process. The first film I developed was in a bathroom in Paris. Those experiences had great value when you went off to shoot a roll of film. If you were walking around the streets of Paris or New York and shooting film you thought about the price and shot more sparingly than people do today.

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BUSINESS »

Shellfish hatchery near Saltery Bay faces delays Permitting and approvals slow progress for Hummingbird Cove CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

A shellfish hatchery located south of Powell River, expected to open last spring, has faced delays.

Dan Dyble has been working as a consultant for Hummingbird Cove Lifestyles and said he is helping business owners Xi Ping Ding and her husband Zhiyi Chen to make their way through a myriad of licences and approvals from three levels of government.

Ding is from Dalian, Liaoning, in the People’s Republic of China, and has experience growing sea cucumbers. The hatchery is located right next to Saltery Bay Provincial Park.

“We have run into some problems,” said Dyble.

“There aren’t a lot of applications that go into the government for hatcheries and people in the government aren’t always clear, but to be fair there have been delays on both sides.”

Dyble said the more than $10-million project had hoped to get all the required ocean construction licences last fall and be able to have begun production for last spring.

Jinde Lan, who also works for Ding as her assistant, said that once the hatchery facility is complete, they will start with Japanese scallops and then move into growing sea cucumbers and geoducks.

“There’s a lot of regulations and it takes quite a bit of time to process,” said Lan. “It took longer than we expected to get our water intake line approved.”

W hen complete, the hatchery will include two longer buildings for growing seed and algae used to feed the scallops, and other smaller buildings used for water tanks as part of the flow-through system.

Intake pipes will bring sea water up to the facility about 200 metres away, then an outflow pipe will return effluent water back to the ocean several metres below the surface at low tide.

Dyble explained that very little construction in the water can be done in the summer because of the impact it has on ocean species.

“There’s a sensitivity in the

PROJECT DELAYS: Work continues on a shellfish hatchery facility south of Powell River. Hummingbird Cove Lifestyles staff has been working through licensing and government approvals to finish construction. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

water that has driven the latest delays,” he said.

The hatchery will take scallop seed and grow them under controlled conditions in the hatchery’s flow through tanks and allow them to grow to a large enough size for West Coast growers to buy.

Dyble said the hatchery will be the largest on the West Coast and allow BC

shellfish growers to purchase their seeds locally, instead of having it imported from Australia or Chile.

For decades, there has been a shortage of hatchery capacity on the West Coast, he said. “We want to have the seed be local,” said Dyble.

Construction is expected to increase in the fall and he said the company hopes to

have product for sale in the spring.

City of Powell River manager of economic development Scott Randolph said he is optimistic about the Hummingbird Cove hatchery and land-based aquaculture in Powell River. The company and the city have been in talks about expanding the project within city boundaries, he said.

“To have that level of investment in that sector in our region is significant and a good first step,” said Randolph.

He added that land-based aquaculture is a good example of an industry that can be developed in the Powell River region. “We think that is [a direction] where industry is going to go eventually.”

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SPORTS »

Triathlon set for Savary Island Event raises money for volunteer fire department DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Savary Island Fun Triathlon organizers are working to ensure the three elements of the race fit spaces and routes available on the island. Three endurance stages make up the 16th annual edition of the event: swimming, cycling and running.

“You only have so much island to work with,” said Louise Harding, race director for the past two years.

According to Harding, Savary’s fun race is close to a sprint triathlon, with the same 750-metre swim and five-kilometre run.

“The sprint bicycle is 20 kilometres, whereas ours is 13,” she said. “The lone road

on the island for the bike race is sandy and there are lots of potholes, so that’s a fun element.”

Harding has been participating in triathlons recreationally for four years. She describes a fun triathlon as having more flexibility to open the event to competitive and recreational entrants.

Savary’s triathlon takes place the same day as Ironman Canada in Whistler.

While none of the elite competitors will be on hand, according to organizers, this is the time to shine for many of the locals.

Money raised during the event is donated to Savary Island Volunteer Fire Department.

“We find it difficult sometimes to find the finances to help us buy what we need in terms of gear and there’s always upgrades that are needed,” said Savary fire chief Gareth Jones.

According to Jones, his de-

partment has a fleet of five trucks, including three the department has customized for the island.

“We have built our own firetrucks that are suitable for the island,” said Jones.

“Most are bought from manufacturers and very expensive. These roads are so narrow and bumpy, we need to have quick response, so it has enabled us to create our own firetrucks built to specs.”

Savary is a tight-knit community and the fire department plays an important role, said Jones.

“We are basically the husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, boyfriends and girlfriends of the people who live here,” he said. “The triathlon is huge for us, it’s huge for the community and it’s a jolly old get-together.”

In summer months, Jones has a crew of 25 for a population he estimates to be approximately 1,500.

One of the highlights of

RACE FOR A CAUSE: Savary Island hosts its annual triathlon this weekend, with proceeds going to the Savary Island Volunteer Fire Department. Organizers expect another strong turnout this year. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

summer on Savary, the triathlon on Sunday, July 24, includes an opening march of athletes, community brunch and pie prizes donated by Savary Island Pie Company.

Since its inception, the tri-

athlon has been held each year except for 2014, the year the firehall was renovated. Previous organizers include Carole Rogers, who started it all in 2000, Janice Dalzell and Ken and Lisa Grunenberg.

Registration is $30 for individuals or, for anyone interested in entering as a relay, $70 for a team of two or three.

To register and for more information, go to savarytriathlon.com.

Summer’s coolest event ready to rock Curling club hosts out-of-town rinks at anniversary celebration DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Hacks, hogs, hits, hards and hurries will mark the 60th anniversary of curling in Powell River at a celebratory summer bonspiel from Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July 24.

“We wanted to do a little something different,” said Don Mitchinson, one of the event’s volunteers and a participating curler, about the bonspiel’s late July timing.

Enough people have stepped up to make the event possible in 2016.

“They had one about three or four years ago, but it’s a lot of work and

needs a lot of volunteers,” he said.

According to Mitchinson, approximately 12 people were on hand preparing the ice at Powell River Recreation Complex for the 20 rinks registered to participate.

“We were hoping for 32, but there were last-minute cancellations and it’s summertime,” said Mitchinson.

According to organizers, four teams are coming from Vancouver Island and one from Manitoba.

Entries are mixed with two women and two men on each rink. Each team plays a minimum of three games and prize money will be awarded.

Some fun aspects coincide with the competitive bonspiel, such as a skills competition.

Mitchinson will be alternating as skip on a team with Norm Siren.

Other local rink members include Charlene Lockstead, director of bonspiels for the club, and Lisa Skinner.

“I like to sweep. I like both and, Norm, he likes to skip, too, so we’ll swap back and forth between skip and second,” said Mitchinson.

Because so many teams have been thrown together with different curlers in the area, Mitchinson said the island teams “will probably win because they come as full teams who play regularly together.”

Mitchinson was part of the volunteer crew working with head icemaker Chris Hearder to make sure the rink is ready for action.

Hearder said he has been making ice for 20 years and has been “paid for it for four.”

It is a skill that includes some tricks, he said.

“There’s a lot of measuring and precision,” said Hearder, “and even with all of the experience that comes with making ice, the curlers never seem satisfied. If they lose, it was the ice. If they win, the ice was maybe okay, but it’s never great.”

ICE BOSS: Head ice maker Chris Hearder prepares for Powell River Curling Club’s upcoming summer bonspiel. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

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1105 Obituaries

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A celebration of life will be held Saturday, August 6, at 6815 Klahanie Drive between 1-4 pm.

There will always be a special place in our hearts and memories of our son, brother, uncle and friend.

Geraldine “Faye” Morrison January 4, 1921 - July 6, 2016

Mom was born and raised in Vancouver, where she studied piano and voice. She later studied organ and began her career as a music teacher. She taught for many years in Vancouver before opening a home studio in Ladner, BC. She “retired” to Texada Island to be near her family and found herself teaching again.

Mom’s students became her friends and were like family to her.

Faye was predeceased by her husband Roland Morrison and stepdaugher Carol Mobley. She is survived by daughter Donna (John) Nicholl, grandson Bree Nicholl, stepson Edward (Rhonda) Morrison and her beloved dog Kristi. She will be missed by her cherished friends.

Thank you to Dr. Black, Maureen, Susan and Roxanna for your special care of Mom. Also thanks to her “girls”, the home support team who enabled Mom to live in her own home. Thank you to Dr. Delport, Dr. Mehaffey and the medical team at Powell River General Hospital. Mom was well cared for and comfortable in her final days.

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

Mechanics on Duty

6515 Commercial

PR4RENT.ca FOR DETAILS ON

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN POWELL RIVER

604.483.8200 6545 Hall Rentals

604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles

1998 CADILLAC DeVille, excellent condition, 155,000 kms $6,500 obo. 604.485.3795.

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

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

Peak Classifieds

604.485.5313 9185 Boats 17’ DOUBLE Eagle, 135 optimax, low hours, newer galvanized trailer $6,300. 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.

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.

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

Chris 604.414.3960.

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.

NEED TO Rent? For more information and pictures check out our rentals at royallepagepowellriver.ca Professional Rental Management. property-rentals@ shaw.ca

6965 Suites for Rent 9399 STITTLE Rd., spacious 2bdrm, 1.5-bath, ground level suite, relax in your private back yard with ocean view, N/S, N/P $750/mth plus shared utilities, available August 1st. For more information and photos check our website at www.coastrealty. com or phone us at 604.485.4231.

SPACIOUS 2-BDRM, in quiet, safe fourplex, tastefully renovated, N/S, N/P $750/mth includes in suite laundry and heat.

Available August 1. 604.485.1222.

6348 POPLAR ST Sat July 23, 9 am - 2 pm Moving Sale Assorted goods UPPER WESTVIEW, 3980 Westview Ave, Powell River. Moving sale. Sat July 23, 10 am - 2 pm.

Lots of Stuff! Household, tools, books, etc. Rain or Shine

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 cop­y­right 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 ad­ver­ tise­ments must be brought to the at­ten­tion of the pub­lish­er with­in 30 days of the first pub­li­ca­tion. It is agreed by any dis­play or clas­si­fied ad­ver­tis­er that the li­abil­i­ty of the news­pa­per in the ev­ent of fai­lure to pub­lish an ad­ver­tise­ment or in the ev­ent that er­rors oc­cur in the pub­lish­ing of any ad­ver­tise­ment shall be lim­it­ed to the amount paid by the ad­ver­tis­er for that por­tion of the ad­ver­tis­ing space oc­cu­pied by the in­cor­rect item only and that there shall be no li­abil­it­y in any ev­ent beyond the amount paid for such ad­ver­tise­ment. 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 fol­low­ing edi­tion. All ad­ver­tis­ing is sub­ject to the ap­pro­val of the pub­lish­er.

ATTENTION: EVENT ORGANIZERS Are you planning a cultural or community event and need another outlet for ticket sales?

8325 Sand & Gravel

The Peak office will sell your event tickets at no cost, as long as you are able to donate a pair of tickets (or more) to help us promote your event

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

Call our office at 604.485.5313 or pop by 4400 Marine Avenue for more information

1994 HARLEY FXR, $8,000 FIRM, request pictures and information meader@telus.net.

604.485.8464.

2008 HONDA CRF 70 $999; 2010 Suzuki DRZ 125 $1,999.

604.485.8355.

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

604.489.1509 for details.

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

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

604.414.3854.

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

Garage Sales

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

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CROSSWORD

HOROSCOPE Week of July 20 to 26

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DOWN 1. Electrical unit, for short 2. Even score

3. Adventurer 4. Radio operators 5. Oahu greeting 6. This minute!

7. Top military man 8. Bluish gray 9. Car for hire 10. Greater than 11. Walk in the water 19. Mature, as wine 21. Gossipy 22. Mince 23. Kent’s coworker 25. Rate 27. Frosting flavor 29. Acrobats’ bars 30. Knowing 31. Selects 34. Took aim 39. Corn portion 40. Picked out 41. Signal 43. Zone 44. Forest plant 45. Tiny flying insect 47. Jars 50. Cooking leaf 52. Provoke 53. Force open

Hurry in, these prices are for one week only

GEMINI | MAY 21 TO JUNE 21 You go on a trip on the spur of the moment. You may think about going back to school to start a new and successful career.

LEO | JULY 24 TO AUGUST 23 You are great at negotiating. Shop around and you’ll unearth some real treasures at ridiculous prices. You’re also quite capable of making compromises.

VIRGO | AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 22 This is a busy week at work or at home. Whether you’re on vacation or not, you have lots of details to think about in order to satisfy everyone around you.

SUDOKU

LIBRA | SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 22 You are in the spotlight and have reason to be proud of yourself. People hang on to your every word as soon as you start talking.

SCORPIO | OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 22 You spend part of the week at home to do things that improve your quality of life as well as your surroundings. You have a good time taking care of your homey nest.

SAGITTARIUS | NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 20 You are happy to travel a long way to be reunited with family members. You have the means to treat yourself to a great vacation.

Level: Beginner

LAST WEEK’S SODUKO ANSWER:

THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS

TAURUS | APRIL 20 TO MAY 20 A lot of responsibility lands on your shoulders and you have no time to spare. You’ll have to plan your days carefully, even when you’re on vacation, so you can do everything you want to do.

CANCER | JUNE 22 TO JULY 23 Your emotions are very intense. It’s a sign that you need a change. Your smile and love of live will reappear after a good clean-out and a bit of effort.

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. Lunched 4. Suspend 8. Hide 12. Combine 13. Burn reliever 14. Volcano’s output 15. Kind of rally 16. Cut, as a lawn 17. Felled 18. Flog 20. Total 22. Congest 24. Come to terms 26. Sultan’s beauties 28. Crude 29. A couple 32. ____-upmanship 33. Milky stones 35. Tear 36. As ____ your request 37. Food fish 38. Brewing need 40. Ruler of a clan 42. Copies 43. Crocheted blanket 46. Fisherman’s bait 48. Gambling site 49. Ski-lift type: hyph.

51. Vigor 54. Notable times 55. Make a salary 56. Slip up 57. Initial bet 58. Color rinses 59. Star’s locale

ARIES | MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19 You are surrounded by lots of people and have to raise your voice to be heard. You may feel a bit tired after this, so step back and rest a little.

CAPRICORN | DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20 You need to be patient about getting the answers you’re waiting for. You invite lots of people to join you in an interesting activity, but they’re slow to confirm their presence.

AQUARIUS | JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19 There is plenty of action in store for you. You feel more like partying than working. However, the announcement of a promotion helps you regain your motivation.

PISCES | FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20 There is some confusion in the air, and lots to do. Think carefully before leaping into action. Your imagination knows no bounds, and you might just create a true masterpiece.

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INI M L A C LO R E B M U CUC8-PACK

$ 98

3

Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVE • PH 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS TILL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT JULY 20-26

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4 Sour Cream $ 68 2

ISLAND FARMS CLASSIC

Long English Cucumbers

ISLAND FARMS

98

Bunch Broccoli

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

¢

WHOLESOME FOOD

98 10 3 14

Grape Tomatoes

25 $

FOR

98 each

Walla Walla Sweet Onion

Pepperoni

1

98

/lb 2.16/kg

Pork Shoulder Steaks

3

Multigrain Italian Bread $

1

530 g

68

Dinner Rolls

3

/lb 8.11/kg

2

White or 60% Whole Wheat Pkg of 12

$ 98

2

18 100 g

1

$ 68 Blueberry Pie 617 g

4

$ 98

4

$ 98

Frozen Pizza

Assorted

UNICO

$ 68

100 g

Italian Bread 530 g loaf

Delissio

/lb 8.55/kg

Pork Loin Roast

Regular or Jalapeño

100 g

GROCERY

$ 88 Boneless

2

Monterey Jack Cheese $

$ 48

100 g

5 lb box

¢

Salami

F R E S H D A I LY

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

FRESH

CERVELAT

$ 28

98

$

3

Hawaiian Pineapple $

PIZZA

Coast Berry Blueberries

FOR

1

$ 48

Old Fashioned Ham

LOCAL

$

/lb 2.16/kg

Regular or Light, 500 ml

each

Fresh Limes

¢

$ 98

Ice Cream Assorted, 1.65L

LOCAL

Rib Eye $ Grilling Steaks Boneless FRESH Skinless Chicken $ Thighs

11 98 5 98

/lb 26.41/kg

/lb 13.18/kg

Beans Canned540 ml Assorted,

FOR

QUE PASA

Tortilla Chips Assorted 300-425 g

2

$ 98

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Pickles

4

Assorted, 1 L

45 3 $

PLANTERS

VLASIC

$ 88 $ 98

WELCH’S

Grape Juice

2

$ 98

Concord or White 1.36 L

CERTIFIED ORGANIC KICKING HORSE

Coffee Beans

11

$

Assorted, 454 g

98

POPULAR $ RECLAIMED BEDROOM

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ON SALE NOW

$999

QUEEN BED

Matching pieces also on sale

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE