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The Alberni Valley News has been named the No. 2 paper in Canada in our circulation category by the Canadian Community Newspapers Association.

It is one of four national and a provincial award for the Alberni Valley News this year.

“I’m very excited about our awards,” publisher Teresa Bird said.

We finished second behind Pique News Magazine in Whistler/ Pemberton.

We achieved blue ribbon standing in both 2012 and 2013 in the general excellence categories.

This year we also earned Best Arts Coverage in Canada in our circulation category—an award for which we finished second in Canada in 2012.

Reporter Katya Slepian earned second place in business writing for her article last September on a shipbuilding merger between Canadian Alberni Engineering and Kamma and Blake Industries. Our Port Alberni Progress edition earned third place in special sections in the CCNA’s national Great Ideas competition. Our 2015 edition will hit the streets in June.

The Alberni Valley News’s small team has garnered numerous regional, provincial and national awards in the nine years we have existed.

ADSS rugby girls return from historic trip to Ireland.

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Players ‘craic’ up over trip to Ireland Three years of fundraising pays off for ADSS girls’ rugby team with once-in-a-lifetime tour KATYA SLEPIAN

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t was a trip that was years in the making and Ireland definitely lived up to the Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS) senior girls rugby team’s expectations.

“We’ve been fundraising for two-and-a-half, almost three years for this trip, so the girls have worked really hard towards it,” coach Ryan Hall said.

The girls’ Ireland trip spanned just under two weeks but the memories of their experience will last a lifetime.

“It was one of those once in a lifetime opportunities,” Hall said.

“We took 29 athletes and we had 54 people in total,” including parents and members of the community.

“The parents were very supportive, it was awesome. We had a nice big cheering session.”

The tour, which ran from March 5-18, had the girls staying in Dublin, Galway and Limerick.

“We started out in Dublin and had a fantastic time just getting used to the differences between Ireland and Canada, understanding their accents and just the way they do things.”

One of the highlights of the trip was two training sessions with Trinity University’s rugby coach.

“That was an amazing training session where I learned a lot and the girls learned a lot,” Hall said.

“We actually got to watch his team play in a local match and they were just amazing.”

The girls were given a tour of Ireland’s national rugby stadium, Aviva Stadium.

“We got an inside tour of their media centre and all that kind of stuff.”

After their tour, the girls got to get their hands dirty.

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Port Alberni high school rugby players prepare for the St. Patrick’s Day parade with the Cashel Rugby Football Club in Limerick, Ireland, during the final few days of their tour.

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The Armada visit the home of Munster Rugby, one of Ireland’s four professional provincial rugby teams, in Limerick. They also visited Ireland’s national rugby stadium, Aviva Stadium.

“We played a local team, Portlaoise,” Hall said.

“They were a very good team, actually the Irish champions last year and they proved to be very, very good.”

The different style and tempo of the Irish team’s play left Hall a little

worried at first.

“Our girls showed a little bit of jet lag issues and just a new country, they were tired... we ended up losing in that game by quite a bit. But it was a great little learning experience.”

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“It was fun, we learned a lot of new techniques and new plays.”

The different style of play in Ireland was apparent, however.

“They kick the ball during the game. They

played rough, a little dirty.”

According to Hall, the actual rules in rugby are guidelines “and there’s grey on each side so the way that referees were reffing plays over there was a little different than how our referees do it here.”

The girls then headed to Galway.

“Galway’s a great little city, it’s the size of Nanaimo,” he said.

While the trip was rugbyfocused, the girls had plenty of time to sightsee.

“Nice little town and shops, the girls loved shopping there.”

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off the west coast of Ireland. Inhabited by approximately 1,200 people, the team loved exploring the islands.

“It was amazing. We rented bikes for the day and got to go to the Cliffs of Moher. Some of us got to go to Glenlo Abbey which is one of the main castles there.”

For Erica Senger, 15, cycling around the Aran Islands was an unbelievable experience.

“It was one big team bonding trip, I feel like we grew from it a lot.”

Then it was back to rugby. They split their team into two in order to play two games at the same time against the Galwegians Rugby Club.

“Our rookie team lost to their rookie team by about five points and our senior team lost by 10, which is actually a very significant increase in our abilities.

Our girls showed a huge increase in skill level just in a couple days, which was amazing. It was a really good experience,” Hall said.

The team’s final few days were spent in Limerick where the girls got to parade in the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

“It was one of those once in a lifetime things that you can tick off your bucket lists,” he said.

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Love of Painting For the Love of Painting is the new Rollin Art Centre exhibit from local painter Dietrich Schlackl. Come out and see colourful depictions of local scenes and meet Schlackl at the meet and greet on April 11 from 1-3 p.m. Exhibit starts April 7.

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Nancy Wilmot gets cheeky in her undergarments to promote Fashion Fabulous, the Centennial Belles’ spring fashion show happening April 11 at Echo Centre. Tickets are $20 in advance and available for both the 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. shows at Rollin Art Centre, Capelli Hair Design and Boutique Belles Amies. A fundraiser for school breakfast programs and for the Belles.

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Easter Egg Hunt The First Baptist Church in Cherry Creek is hosting a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4 from noon to 2 p.m. Find the golden Easter egg and have a chance to win a tablet. Free hotdogs and beverages will be served.

Athletic Hall AGM The Alberni Athletic Association is holding their AGM on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Alberni Athletic Hall. New members are welcome and volunteers are always needed. Call Jane at 250-723-8344 for details.

Come on out to Char’s Landing on Tuesday, April 7at 7 p.m. and watch Silence of the Labs. Hosted by the Alberni Valley Transition Town Society, this CBC documentary investigates public funding for scientific research and its relationship to public policy. Admission is free but donations are appreciated.

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‘Cycle Alberni’ with new cycling committee A new citizen’s initiative to get more people onto bikes began on Wednesday, March 25. Initiated

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Transition Towns Society, the newly minted cycling committee is gearing up for Bike to Work week starting May 25.

The committee hopes that the momentum gained from encouraging

people to get out of their cars and onto their bikes for one week will carry through the summer to the fall Bike to Work week. The committee includes representation from parks and recreation, the Port Alberni

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The committee’s next meeting will take place at the Coastal Community Credit Union on Wednesday, April 7 at 7 p.m.

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• Parents meet every Tuesday, 7pm, Smitty’s • Car Wash: April 18th and May 23rd at the Redford 7-11 from 10-2 • Prom 2015 Raffle Basket: tickets available. Prizes for top male and female sellers.

• Spring Flower Sales: forms due back April 21st • Purdy’s Chocolates: still have some available for sale • Farmers Market: Parents available at Spirit Square Farmer’s Market at Harbour Quay Sat April 4, 11 & 18 from 9-noon selling chocolates, raffle tickets and spring flowers.

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Mayba said that while Bike to Work week would be the group’s first event, he hopes to work in conjunction with the city and create a

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Former reporter Wawmeesh G. Hamilton, who contributed to our national standing prior to leaving for the University of B.C. to pursue a Masters in Journalism, won several writing and photography awards in six years with us.

Editor Susan Quinn has won numerous provincial and national writing awards during her

tenure with the News, including the 2014 Gzowski Life Literacy Award, and three other newspapers she has worked for in the past 28 years.

Last year reporter Christopher Sun earned gold for investigative journalism from the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association. This year, Katya Slepian has also been nominated

for her investigative journalism surrounding the 10th Avenue crossing issue.

Winners for the BCYCNA awards will be announced in April.

National awards will be handed out in May. We remain committed to delivering the best in-depth community news to our readers in print and online. editor@albernivalleynews.com Twitter.com/AlberniNews

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Huu-ay-aht First Nations is a self-governing First Nation implementing the Maa-Nulth Treaty since April, 2011. Our government offices in Anacla and Port Alberni deliver services to Huu-ay-aht living on Treaty Settlement Lands (TSL) and living away from home.

Welcome, sister city

The Maa-nulth Treaty means many things for the Nation. Whether it be in the realm of culture, politics or business, we are seeking to build relationships – cooperating with communities, organizations and companies on common goals and collaborative efforts.

Port Alberni Mayor Mike Ruttan, centre, and Coun. Denis Sauve present Abashiri delegation leader Saito Hideyuki with an RCMP belt as a token of appreciation, Monday morning at city hall. Thirteen students and three adults from Abashiri in Japan spent a whirlwind visit in Port Alberni, continuing our sister city partnership.

We believe in the concept of hishuk tsa’walk (“everything is one”) - the concept that everything is connected. We stand ready to work towards our own success and a bright future. With our own Constitution and laws that reflect our own values, the Huu-ay-aht First Nations is equipped to take the steps to build a politically, socially and economically successful community.

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The treaty has brought the opportunity for growth and expansion in our Anacla and Port Alberni government offices, and we are searching for four individuals to add to our team of dedicated staff in this new era of ownership and self-government.

JOB LISTINGS: PROJECT SCHEDULER

Location: Port Alberni & Anacla Government Offices Salary Range: $36,400 $49,400 Position Summary: The Project Scheduler will work with the Project Coordinator to produce project schedules, assists with project estimates and will review the scope of work. You will also support the Huu-ay-aht Strategic Plan in day to day consultation with the Senior Project Manager/Economic Development Officer.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Location: Port Alberni & Anacla Government Offices Salary Range: $36,400 - $49,400 Position Summary: The Project Coordinator synchronizes all the operations involved in the successful completion of Huu-ay-aht projects and you will also support the Huu-ay-aht Strategic Plan in day to day consultation with the Senior Project Manager/ Economic Development Officer.

FINANCE CLERK

Location: Port Alberni Government Office Salary Range: $36,400 - $49,400 Position Summary: The Finance Clerk will provide support to the Comptroller in the day to day functions of the finance department.

COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

Location: Port Alberni Government Office Salary Range: $33,579 - $36,400 Position Summary: The candidate for this position will be responsible for enhancing communications and engagement between Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) and Steelhead LNG and 1) the citizenship, 2) government staff, and 3) Huu-ay-aht Development Corporation (HDC). Assist with various questions and concerns regarding the proposed LNG project for Sarita Bay.

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TRAVEL AND EVENTS COORDINATOR

Location: Port Alberni - Anticipatory Staffing Salary Range: $36,400 - $49,400 Position Summary: Coordinating and managing all event and travel related services for Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) Government and Administration including travel bookings, expense claims, cost allocations, event planning, logistics and coordination.

VISION - The Huu-ay-aht envision a strong, self-governing and self-reliant Nation. Iisaak will guide us as we work together

to foster a safe, healthy and sustainable community; where our culture, language, spirituality and economy flourish for all.

MISSION - As a leader among First Nations, the Huu-ay-aht will create certainty for its people and generate wealth for financial independence by providing economic opportunities, social, cultural and recreational programs for all Huu-ay-aht.

Closing dates begin on April 3, at 4:00 p.m.

For more detailed information about these postings, go to our website at www.huuayaht.org

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We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Please email your covering letter & resume to HR@huuayaht.org, by fax 250-728-1222 or mail att: Human Resources Manager, 3483 3rd Ave, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 4E4.

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Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney has quit the Conservative Party of Canada and has asked to sit as an independent MP. Lunney has come under fire in recent weeks for his stance on evolution, and for coming to the defence of an Ontario Progressive Conservative member who stated publicly that he does not believe in evolution.

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be questioned. Such ignorance and bigotry cloaked in defence of science is as repugnant as bigotry of any other origin.”

A staff member in Lunney’s Ottawa office said he was unavailable for comment before the News went to press.

“I am withdrawing from the CPC caucus voluntarily; the decision is entirely my own,” Lunney stated, adding that he will continue to vote in line with Conservatives.

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religious beliefs in a statement released Tuesday, stating that he believes Christian world-views are being stifled politically as well as professionally.

He lashed out at his critics and at the media, who he claims created a “firestorm of criticism and condemnation.

“In a society normally proud of embracing difference, the role of the media and partisan politics in inciting social bigotry and intolerance shold

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Inbrief Quay to see new aquatic stewardship centre The Hupacasath elections for chief and council take place on Saturday, April 4 at the Hupacasath House of Gathering. Graham Sayers and incumbent Stephen Tatoosh are running for chief and four people are running for the three council spots.

Survival Kids come to Alberni

The Port Alberni RCMP are bringing their survival program to the Alberni Valley after starting it in Bamfield a year-and-a-half ago. The program aims to teach kids responsibility in day-to-day life through outdoor survival skills.

Kiwanis Week proclaimed

April 6-12 was proclaimed Kiwanis International Centennial Week by city council.

Victim services funded

Victim Services will receive an extra $11,000 from the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, bringing the ACRD’s total 2015 contribution up to $26,000. While the city had been asked, council said that it was more fitting to fund it from the ACRD as victim’s services fund the whole of the Alberni Valley and Bamfield.

Committees keep meeting

The inaugural meeting of the climate change and food security committee will take place in the city hall committee room on April 2 at 4:30 p.m. and the McLean Mill advisory committee will meet at McLean Mill on April 9 at 7 p.m.

A new aquatic stewardship centre could be set to open at Harbour Quay this summer if city council amends a zoning bylaw permitting such a use.

During a public hearing on Monday, March 30, council heard a proposal from West Coast Aquatic to amend the “waterfront commercial” zone to include stewardship centres as one of its uses.

West Coast Aquatic intends to take over the space vacated by Clock Tower Gallery last year, in the Marine building at the quay.

City planner Scott Smith said the rezoning would not impact any of the other businesses in the building or others zoned as waterfront commercial.

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The proposed WCA stewardship centre would be housed in the space vacated by the Clock Tower Gallery last year.

“The proposed centre is an excellent fit with the overall Harbour Quay and would be an important addition to the Alberni Valley that would be of interest to tourists and residents alike,” Smith said.

“The stewardship centre would highlight and educate on a very important natural resource in the Alberni Valley.”

Sheena Falconer, project manager for the WCA Stewardship Association, said the aquarium would include eight tanks and mimic the life cycle of salmon and other aquatic life.

“The vision is to look at it like it’s the life of salmon, so starting out in fresh water and then go along the outside edge of the space

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Late immersion is intended for English speaking students who did not start Early French Immersion in Kindergarten but would like the opportunity to become bilingual. Parents do not need to speak French. Students will be self-sufficient within a month into the program. You will be amazed!

When registering your child in your catchment area school, please ensure that you have the child’s Birth Certificate and Care Card, and proof of residence in that catchment area.

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and excursions in the Alberni Valley and Barkley Sound area.”

The stewardship centre will be open year round “but the displays will change periodically, both for peoples’ interests coming in to see the displays and also to reflect the needs of the animals at certain times throughout the season.”

Falconer assured council that the stewardship centre would operated “to the highest ethical standard of animal care, so I think everyone can feel good about what happens there.”

Although they’ve had a few delays, Falconer said that WCA is hoping to have the stewardship centre open sometime this summer.

School closure considerations require reasonable and informed enrolment projections. To assist in developing accurate enrolment projections and to comply with SD70 school admission policy, registration for the 2015/16 school year will occur in two phases:

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According to a WCA press release, the $370,000 project will be funded with $140,000 worth of grants from the Island Coastal Economic

Trust, with the other funding sources to be determined in the coming weeks.

During the public hearing, Falconer told council that “the tanks are designed to be quite interactive so that people can pop their heads up into the tanks and fish will be swimming around them.”

The centre will be interactive and include tablets, microphones and the chance to interact with live specimens to fully engage visitors.

Smith said that the new stewardship centre would require “extensive renovations to the inside of the building.

“The centre will serve as a launch pad to learn about interpretive trails and other attractions

As of April 1, 2015 parents may apply to transfer their child from one school to another school as a cross boundary student. Decisions regarding cross boundary applications will be made following school closure decisions and only where space permits.

For further information on student admissions and school choice, please contact the school principal or refer to Policy 500 at www.sd70.bc.ca.

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New highway needed now Trouble with treaties has deep roots Is the provincial government giving Port Alberni lip service with its promise to initiate a business case review on an alternate highway route? We fervently hope not.

It was more than coincidental that one week after transportation and infrastructure minister Todd Stone announced B.C. would spend $100,000 on the study, Highway 4 east of Port Alberni was closed for nearly three hours due to a logging truck crash.

Thankfully, no lives were lost when the truck lost its load on an S-curve on the highway, at a point where no detours could be expected. A barricade went up at the bottom of the Hump as RCMP prevented people from leaving town until the mess was cleaned up.

Determining whether this is a regular occurrence or a rarity is a moot point: it shut down our only way into and out of the city, and it’s not the first time this has happened.

The late Charlie Haggard proved there is a viable alternate route into the Alberni Valley, and his detractors have identified another. Every time the road is forced to close due to an accident or weather is more proof that a second route is needed.

Can you imagine what Highway 4 will be like if the Huu-ay-aht/ Steelhead LNG plans go through and we only have one highway? Or if our population grows even a few percentage points?

The time to talk about the new route passed a decade ago. It’s time to act.

— Alberni Valley News

TOM FLETCHER B.C. Views

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ICTORIA – Why did the B.C. government suddenly slam the door on their old friend George Abbott, after spending months recruiting him to head up the B.C. Treaty Commission?

The instant media narrative, embraced by a shocked Abbott and then by NDP leader John Horgan, was that this was payback for grievances nursed by Premier Christy Clark from the 2011 B.C. Liberal leadership contest.

Done on a whim, Horgan said after a week grilling Clark and Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Clark is suddenly a sore winner, lashing out, wrecking two decades of careful and costly treatymaking.

Like many instant media narratives, this one makes no sense and is almost certainly wrong.

If Clark was resentful

about the roasting she may not include the B.C. received from leadership Treaty Commission. rivals Abbott and Kevin “There have been some Falcon, she had an odd results, but four treaties in way of showing it. She 22 years for $600 million appointed Falcon as is not enough result,” finance minister to drive a Clark said. “We have to be stake into the harmonized able to move faster, and sales tax, and Abbott as we have to find a way to education minister to include more First Nations fashion a pre-election in the process.” truce with the ever-hostile That $600 million is teachers’ mostly union. Both loans, from completed the federal their unlikely government tasks and to First retired as Nations to heroes of the finance treaty party in 2013. talks. Of – Christy Clark every $100 Outgoing chief treaty spent trying commissioner to honour the Sophie Pierre was as century-old duty to sign dismayed as anyone at the treaties across B.C., $80 is news of Abbott’s demise. a loan from Ottawa, $12 is While the two were in a grant from Ottawa and transition meetings, Pierre $8 is a grant from B.C. learned that she was not The plan was for being replaced, leaving First Nations to repay the federal-provincialtheir loans out of cash First Nations Summit settlements made to partnership of 22 years in them for 100-odd years of a shambles. uncompensated resource Clark went further when extraction, which is questioned by reporters now accepted as being about the sudden reversal. contrary to British and The future of aboriginal Canadian law. relations in B.C. may or It was the blunt-

‘...four treaties in 22 years for $600 million is not enough...’

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spoken Pierre who first acknowledged this hasn’t worked. Some of the 50 First Nations stuck at the treaty table have borrowed too much to go on, she said last year, calling for an “exit strategy” that forgives debt.

The probability of the B.C. government making this decision without talking to the federal paymaster is exactly zero.

I’m told the province’s clumsy timing had something to do with Ottawa’s late demands.

I asked Clark if her plan to settle land claims faster was anything like the 2009 attempt by Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister Jessica McDonald to negotiate a provincewide deal declaring aboriginal title. Clark sidestepped the question, saying only that the 150 B.C. First Nations not at the treaty table need a say and a solution too.

(McDonald now faces a similar legal gridlock as the Clark-appointed CEO of BC Hydro, trying to build the Site C dam.)

Continued / A9

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Mailbag: Feedback on terrorists and terrifying trucks

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QUESTION of the week

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Bill C-51 vital to Canada: MP To the Editor,

Did the City of Port Alberni make a good decision by turning down the Westporte Park purchase?

Yes – 55.9% No – 44.1% This week’s question: Do you think Bill C-51 security measures are necessary?

Vote at: www.albernivalleynews.com See us also on Facebook.com

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Process needs to be re-set From / A8

Pierre, a veteran administrator from the Ktunaxa Tribal Council in the Kootenays, made a prophetic statement when her term as chief commissioner was extended three years ago. She said if Ottawa isn’t prepared to give federal negotiators a

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realistic mandate on compensation and sharing of salmon rights, they should “shut ’er down.”

Her advice may have been heard after all.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Re : C-51 ‘extremely dangerous’ bill, Letters, March 26.

A recent letter

by Dan Cebuliak regarding the new Anti-terrorism Act, is replete with misinformation on this issue.

The need for this legislation has been tragically highlighted by events around the world, from France to Australia to Canada.

ISIS and its members have declared war on Canada. They have specifically targeted us, urging supporters to attack “disbelieving Canadians in any manner” and vowing that we will not feel secure even in our homes. That’s why we are introducing a series of measures that will help prevent

terrorism.

ISIS is spreading terror throughout the Middle East through a “convert, flee or die ultimatum”.

People have been subjected to a brutal and barbaric campaign of sexual violence, murder, and intimidation.

Our proposed legislation will criminalize the promotion of terrorist attacks, giving law enforcement an additional tool to counter radicalization and recruitment.

Presently, the ability to arrest someone who is, in general terms, advocating or promoting the activity of terrorism does not exist.

Currently, the threshold for arrest in the Criminal Code is specific to someone who knowingly instructs, directly or

indirectly, any person to carry out a terrorist activity.

The bill will give our courts the ability to order the removal of online terrorist propaganda when hosted in Canada, disrupt terrorist plots before they can be carried out and share information across federal agencies and departments.

We reject the argument that every time we talk about security, our freedoms are threatened. Most Canadians understand that their freedom and security go hand in hand and they expect us to protect both.

There are safeguards in this legislation to do exactly that.

James Lunney, MP

City should restrict trucks To the Editor,

I was the first person to respond to the accident last year at Steampunk Café and Coffee House on Third Avenue in which an elderly man backed across the road.

I can say for a fact that the reason was he panicked when a dump truck was coming up the road, and “gunned” the gas to get out of the way (I calmed the man down for almost 20 minutes).

I regularly see fully loaded logging trucks use this two-block stretch.

It makes no sense in that there are many elderly people doing their banking here.

I propose that the city take the lead and make a decree to “our” staff to keep the heavy trucks off this two-block section.

T. Stefan, Port Alberni

Baird timed jump perfectly To the Editor,

With a notable degree of stealth, former foreign affairs minister John Baird recently slipped into his platinum federal pension parachute and leapt out the back door of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s wallowing airship.

There is no way of knowing if Baird feared for his political life, but we now know he timed his jump perfectly and landed safely in the luxurious board room of Barrick Gold, the largest gold mining company in the world.

Obviously Baird has an affinity for precious metals in all their varied forms.

Ambitious people with a craving for the good life often do.

Lloyd Atkins, Vernon

Did you get ‘Lucky’ in the Alberni Valley?

SUSAN QUINN Quinn’s Quips

The text came into the office to an unnamed recipient, from an unnamed source shortly

after midnight on Wednesday. “Check out The Heart of Vancouver Island on Facebook RIGHT NOW”, it said.

So we checked it out. “Come get lucky—Visit the Alberni Valley,” the page stated,

hawking the “unique municipal brand” and “partnership” with Lucky, the beer that Cumberlanders are famous for drinking.

In amongst a photo gallery of a couple kissing, some cans of Lucky on the beach and a picture of

Mayor Mike Ruttan’s head on someone else’s body that I will never be able to unsee, was a link to the new “branding”: comegetlucky. com. The tagline: Mountains. Ocean.

Rivers. Forest.

Seriously friendly

locals.” A slick advertising campaign, right?

After a flurry of excitement in the newsroom, I pointed out the date to the unnamed recipient.

Now tell me: did you “get Lucky” in the Alberni Valley too?

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Take some time to breathe in the absolute glory of creation; beauty astounds us everyday and especially on these days so filled with sunshine and tree blossoms.

May we join with all of creation singing songs of praise --- The heavens and all the earth declare the glory of the Holy. ( Psalm 19)

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Sunday Worship Service -10:30 am Wed. 9:30am - 11am Bible Study Everyone welcome to worship with us at the 7th Day Adventist Church at

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4766 Angus Street, Port Alberni

Pastor: George Pell

GOOD FRIDAY: JESUS WALK 9:30 AM FOLLOWED BY STATIONS OF THE CROSS 10 AM SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL 8 PM SUNDAY EASTER COMMUNION 10:15 AM

Phone: 250.724-4921 Trinity Church Port Alberni

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Thursday, Apr. Apr. 02, 02, 2015 2015 -- Alberni Alberni Valley Valley News News Thursday,

Huu-ay-aht, Steelhead host LNG town hall “We want to get this right” was the overwhelming message from both the Huu-ay-aht and Steelhead LNG during their town hall meeting in the Best Western Barclay Hotel where around 100 people packed the conference room on March 31. Chief councillor Jeff Cook said it was essential to the Huu-ay-aht that any company they partnered with on development in their treaty lands shared their values and

ideals.

“One of the things that attracted us to them is that they came to us first and said ‘you know, we’ve this idea about an LNG project, what do you think?’”

That collaborative approach is something that the HFN want to stick with going forward. “We’ve always said, we want to improve the lives of our people but not only our people; we want to improve the lives of the people that we live around.”

Steelhead LNG manager of community

Tiffany Murray said HFN’s openness to partnering with Steelhead was a driving force in deciding to pursue the LNG facility at Sarita Bay. “It’s something that’s very unique and special to us,” Murray said, adding that it “set us off on a good working relationship and really allowing us to move forward and explore the project together.”

Steelhead and HFN signed an opportunity development agreement in May 2014 and the HFN voted to move into

Join us: New Board Member Wanted The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) is looking for a new public representative to join its Board in the FWCP’s Coastal Region.

phase two at the people’s assembly at the end of November.

Phase two, Coun.

John Jack said, is the “feasibility phase.”

The engineering, traditional land use, socioeconomic and environmental studies that will take place during this phase, Jack said, allowing Steelhead and the HFN to answer the “1001 questions a day” that will come up.

Jack said that one of the questions to be answered is what happens to the site after the LNG facility shuts down, adding that a contingency fund will be opened to fund the site’s return to a greenfield state—something that was met with approval from the crowd.

The FWCP is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife impacted by BC Hydro dams.

Rally for healthcare

Local Hospital Employees Union chair Wendy Kerr speaks to citizens, federal NDP candidate Gord Johns and NDP MLA Scott Fraser who rallied in front of West Coast General Hospital in support of increasing healthcare spending.

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The city held a public hearing regarding the proposed rezoning of four parcels directly north of the Tim Hortons on the corner of 10th and Redford.

City planner Scott Smith said the advisory planning committee initially had some concerns about the development, however, “the applicant did submit revised plans.”

Some of the main revisions to the application were the reduction of access

ALBERNI CHAMBER UPDATE The Envelope Please … amongst much fan fair at a gala evening. Proceeds raised from The excitement is building as

event April 24 at the Italian

auctioning the package will be

the time draws near for the

Hall. Drinkwater’s Social House

donated to a local charity as

Alberni Valley Chamber of

will make their Alberni Valley

determined by the citizen of

Commerce Excellence Awards

debut with a catered dinner

the year.

Gala April 24th.

and decor that promises to be

This year the chamber received fabulous. Drinkwater’s is also hundreds of nominations from the title sponsor for the event. the community and after careful The chamber of commerce consideration and interviews by has also secured a prize

Nancy Wilmot, right, was named Citizen of the Year in 2014. Pam Craig of Arrowsmith Rotary presented the award.

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points from three to two, changed configuration of the convenience store to a more long, narrow shape and an allowance for the gas pumps to move further back from 10th Avenue.

The surrounding area is a mix of residential and commercially zoned properties, the latter of which could pose a concern.

“I firmly vote no and I urge council to vote no as well,” said Jeff Vigneux, who lives adjacent to the proposed development.

Continued / A19

DATES TO REMEMBER Wednesday, April 15th @ 5:30pm: Business AFTER Business Chances Rim Rock with Huu-ay-aht FN, Steelhead LNG, Port Alberni Port Authority Friday, April 24th @ 5:30 pm: Community Excellence Awards Italian Centre

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According to Povey, justifications for cutting the commercial service don’t take into account the cost of commercial container bin pickup at city facilities.

“There’s also the containers at all the city facilities—the Multiplex, ball parks, public works yard, city hall—there’s containers and they’re not paid for, it’s not worked into any of the budgets.”

Povey said that the non-city facility commercial container truck customers are off-setting the costs of the servicing of city facilities.

However, city manager Ken Watson said that customers were not being overcharged to compensate for the price of city facility garbage collection.

“Currently the bins that are getting picked up from the

city facilities would roughly cost, and this is a lowball figure, $61,256.”

The city charges $31 for a weekly three-yard bin (2294 litres) and $62 for a six-yard (4587 litres) bin, with extra pickup fees of $47 and $94 respectively, public works clerk Sharon Janzen said.

According to Pete Bitter, city utilities accounting clerk, the city has 255 commercial bin customers. Povey also believes that while private haulers within the city presently keep their container bin rates at or below city levels in order to compete, those rates would increase if the city stopped container bin pickup.

“If they’re paying $40-50 a pickup [outside city limits], what do you think is going to happen within city limits once the container truck’s gone?”

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Property tax increase at 3 per cent—for now KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Property tax rates within the city of Port Alberni are proposed to increase by 3.0 per cent, following a special budget meeting on March 30.

The decision isn’t yet final pending the passing of the financial plan and property tax bylaws at the end of April.

The city started with a 2.8 per cent increase when budget discussions began in January, dipped to 2.2 per cent and are now hovering around 3.0 per cent.

According to city manager Ken Watson, this was based on opening the SPCA on Mondays for $16,000, an extra half-time economic

development office position for $50,000, planters on Johnston Road for $10,000, city hall wooden siding for $35,000, tsunami system speaker upgrades for $43,000 and online streaming of council meetings for $15,000. Upgrading the aging telephone system in municipal government buildings and a new dedicated vehicle for the bylaw enforcement officer was approved from ERRF and will have no effect on taxation in 2015.

At the March 30 meeting, the manager structure pay review was approved for a cost of $50,000, despite concerns being raised that a review had been done just four years ago.

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No other locations Garbage decision in South Port: Co-op must be made soon “They would likely work for the field houses or some of the other locations that have less frequent pickup.” Kenny said that if the city got rid of its commercial bin pickup, a facility like the Multiplex would either require contracting out of garbage collection services or the conversion of a smaller city garbage truck that would allow it to pick up hydraulic bins at larger city facilities.

The conversion would cost $3000 and each hydraulic bin would cost $5000 each. Watson said that the decision to discontinue commercial pickup could still be reconsidered later.

Cicon reminded council that replacing the truck has come up before and that “it isn’t something we can delay for much longer just based on the condition of the equipment.” reporter@

From / A18

“There are four residential lots that you’re going to make into one commercial lot when there’s a commercial lot just south of Redford.”

According to Ray Dol, president of Alberni Co-op Gas, the development site was chosen after 18 years of looking for a suitable location in South Port.

“By no means is this just an ‘oh look there’s a piece for sale, let’s grab that and run with it.’ We have looked at a tremendous amount of properties.”

Dol added that “unfortunately, in our little town there’s not a lot of good sites to work with.”

The former Petro Canada site would not work for what Co-op had in mind, he said.

“It was not a good, viable, safe location. It had some significant traffic problems...there’s a reason why it closed.”

Michele Vigneux, Jeff’s wife, stated that “it’s a little disturbing that a gas station is going to go right beside me.”

She said that she was frustrated that throughout the process so far, no one had come to speak with her or her husband in person.

“Environmentally, I have grandchildren, children, I do not want tanks situated right beside me. I do not want to grow a garden in my yard anymore. The value of my house has now gone down and nobody in this room, nobody would want to live beside a gas station.”

Dol said that “it’s unfortunate the immediate neighbour is not happy to see it go in. I don’t know how to even make them feel happy about it.”

However, Dol

did defend Co-op’s environmental standards.

“Our facilities are the highest class out there, we have no environmental issues at all. Everything that’s installed underground is all double-walled and monitored 24 hours a day.”

Dol also said that Co-op would put in either a fence or a hedge between the gas station and the neighbours in consultation with them.

“It’s only fair to consult with them.”

According to Smith, “even if the proposed rezoning [from residential to commercial] is approved, the applicant would still need to come forward with a development permit for city council’s approval and that’s where we would get into final site design.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

Sun Coast Waste Services, Nicklin Waste Services and Progressive Waste Solutions, who provide commercial bin pickup in and out of city limits, could not be reached for comment by deadline.

While switching city facilities that use the three- or six-yard commercial bins over to residential garbage carts (either 80, 120 or 240 litres)has been suggested by city engineer Guy Cicon, Povey said he doesn’t see that working for many of the city’s larger facilities.

“That is not going to work, especially for the Multiplex and then you’re going to have to contract container truck pickup.” Director of parks, recreation and heritage Scott Kenny said that even the larger residential garbage carts are “too small for what we need” for the larger city facilities like the Multiplex.

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No trail closures planned KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Island Timberlands will continue to restrict public access to its land if illegal dumping or vandalism continue to damage their property or threaten the security of their personnel, says Island Timberlands manager of sustainable timberlands and community affairs Morgan Kennah.

Illegal activity, including vandalism, theft and the dumping of “copious volumes”

of garbage on Island Timberlands land have led to the company implementing extra security measures due to the significant costs they have incurred.

“We have a 24-hour mobile security team in place to monitor and address some of the concerning activity we are experiencing,” Kennah said in an e-mail. The company has come under fire from people unhappy that IT has been locking some of its gates, preventing access. but Kennah

assured that “trails on Island Timberlands property are not imminently threatened to closure.”

RCMP Cpl. Jen Allan said that the Port Alberni detachment has 14 illegal dumping incidents on file between January 2014, though not all on IT land. In terms of prosecuting any possible offenders, “ideally what we would get would be a vehicle description with a licence plate and a description of the person dumping the material,” Allan

said. However, if personal documents are found in the garbage, the RCMP is able to initiate an investigation.

“Just because their personal documents are in the garbage doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re the source of the dumping, but it’s certainly a good place to start.” Kennah said that IT “will continue to provide for respectful recreational opportunities” and that IT encourages the public to share their concerns.

‘No’ to Canal Beach spending in 2015 KATYA SLEPIAN/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

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Heidi Reinikka of the Young Professionals of the Alberni Valley weeds during a work party at the YPAV’s Dry Creek Community Garden on Sunday. The grand opening for the community garden will take place on Sunday, May 3 from noon to 2 p.m.

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Digitizing the city’s GIS system was approved at a cost of $40,000, while a $30,000 external marketing contract with the Chamber

of Commerce was deferred until discussion could be had with Alberni Valley Tourism.

Council said no to spending $250,000 on Canal Beach.

“I don’t know that I would ever support $250,000 of taxpayer money going into this,” Coun.

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“In all good conscience I can’t go to the taxpayer for $250,000 this year,” he said. Citing his experience in fundraising for the Multiplex, Paulson said that “I believe that there are ways of getting those projects done and not totally on the taxpayers.”

While service groups had previously been called upon to help fix up Canal Beach, Coun.

Dan Washington said that a lack of security at the site was an issue. Speaking after the meeting, director of parks, recreation and heritage Scott Kenny said that the restrictive covenant on the site “prohibits overnight stays, so we’d have to clear that with Western Forest Products.”

Regarding the Tseshaht, who own the land to the south of Canal Beach, Kenny said they’d been approached.

“I’ve had discussions with them and the people that I’ve talked to have absolutely no interest in opening that up to the public.”

The financial plan bylaw will be introduced during the April 13 council meeting.

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EJ Dunn tops in hoops Denis wins low gross KATHY WHITE

Pitch n’ Putt

The ladies enjoyed another beautiful day on Alberni Golf Course this week: a bit wet under foot but we golfed in our short sleeves.

In the nine-hole low handicap division

Jani Denis won the low gross. Kath Stolth won low net and low putts were shared by Julie Swaney and Kelly Gauthier. In the high handicap division Lauralee Edgell won the low gross and the low putts.

Julie Swaney had a chip-in on No. 10.

In the 18-hole ladies group Janice Cross

won low gross with 86, Carol Hastings won low net with 75. For the closest to the pin on No. 2 Gayle Rhodes was the winner and on No. 11 Patsy Gauthier took home the prize.

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The girls’ basketball team from EJ Dunn celebrates ‘March Madness’ Alberni Valley style, with a championship.

greater nail-biter, ultimately decided by three points in the girls’ favour.

What makes this story even more extraordinary? The EJ Dunn girls entered the tournament as a true Cinderella team, facing three consecutive tournament opponents that they were unable to defeat during the regular season.

The 10-game regular

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by EJ Dunn Boys coach, Craig Brooks, and featured six teams from four schools.

Outstanding players on defence, for this championship squad, were Dianna Sorensen, Mary Napachee, Catherine JoeThompson, Arrianna Ward, Kionna Little, and Sydney Chase.

Offensively the team saw contributions from Gerrelyn

Barney, Cadence Fraser, and Chelsea Joe-Thompson. The Match MVPs were Babae Williams, Shawna Williams, and Diana Sorensen.

Tournament MVP, Chantal Tate, dazzled the crowd by raining three-point shots.

Brooks received help from both Neelam Parmer and Mike Roberts from ADSS, in running the play-off tournament.

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The EJ Dunn Girls Basketball team started their Spring Break and capped off their season by winning the Port Alberni Middle School Championships, hosted at ADSS. The format was a single day playoff tournament, which pitted the girls against the EJ Dunn Boys team in the opening round, before the girls advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the EJ Dunn Girls faced the Haahuupayak Girls squad, who went undefeated in regular season play. It was a spirited contest, with the outcome in doubt until the final seconds of regulation.

Prevailing in the semi-finals led the Dunn girls to face a Haahuupayak Boys squad in the finals.

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Emily Carr’s ‘Indian Church’ is one of the SampsonMatthews silkscreen prints that will be on exhibit at the AV Museum.

New exhibit features historic silkscreens The Alberni Valley Museum will be the first Vancouver Island venue to host an exhibit of the national Sampson-Matthews silkscreen prints.

This collection was assembled by Ian Sigvaldson of Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art on Salt Spring Island.

The prints, produced

from 1942–63, “were part of a concerted effort by SampsonMatthews to contribute to building Canadian identity,” museum curator Jamie Morton said.

The exhibit will open on Saturday, April 4 and will only be in Port Alberni for one month, until May 6.

The Rollin Art Centre’s next art exhibit begins April 7 and will run until May 2. Mark your calendars for another beautiful art exhibit, featuring retired art teacher, Dietrich Schlackl.

Schlackl will be showcasing his oil-on-canvas and watercolours, themed family and community.

The title for this exhibit is, “For the Love of Painting”.

Join us in the art gallery on Saturday, April 11 from 1-3 p.m., for refreshments and to meet Schlackl and talk about his love of painting.

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The Rollin Art Centre’s annual giant book sale takes place over two days, Friday, May 8 from 6 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Our donation box is located at the Rollin Art Centre, inside, under the staircase in the wooden box.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located at 3061 Eighth Ave.

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Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 available at the door or at Rollin Art Centre (cash only), Echo Centre, SalmonBerry’s Emporium and Blue Fish Gallery.

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Tsunami Hawgs fundraiser

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Timbre! Choir presents “We Got Rhythm We Got Music.

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Tickets are now on sale at Rollin Art Centre (cash only), Echo Centre, Salmonberry’s, Finishing Touches, choir members and at the door, if available.

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Shea finds his own voice on stage NICHOLAS PESCOD SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

When singersongwriter Scott Shea went on a spiritual trip to the other side of the globe, he got more than he bargained for.

“I broke my foot in Thailand in the jungle.

I had to walk for three days with a busted foot with bamboo crutches and I had blisters under my arms,” Shea recalled. “I got heat stroke in India and almost died. I got shot at in Cambodia. There was tons of stuff that happened.”

Despite all the trouble, Shea’s eightmonth global journey had a profound impact on his life.

“It was life changing.

I felt really moved,” he said. “It gave me a different handle for living in Canada and what potentials we have.”

In the years following Shea has been realizing his potential as a musician.

On Friday (April 10), Shea will perform at Char’s Landing. His stop in Port Alberni is part of a tour that will see Shea play to crowds in British Columbia, Ontario,

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Quebec and the Maritimes.

“Port Alberni, I am excited,” he said. “I am really excited. I can’t wait to get out there.”

Shea grew up in Aurora, Ont., and became involved in music at an early age thanks in part to his father, Red Shea, who was an influential guitarist and is best known for his work with Gordon Lightfoot and Ian Tyson.

“They used to call me Hollywood back in high school,” Shea said. “I was always singing and humming and making up little tunes and limericks all the time. It just seemed to be what I loved to do.”

Shea said despite his father’s reputation, he wanted to discover the guitar on his own.

“I wanted my dad to teach me, but I didn’t,” he said. “I didn’t like the idea of my dad teaching me. I liked the idea of me doing it on my own, which is kind of the way he has always been.”

As a teenager, Shea met and fell in love with a girl while skiing in Vermont. The two quickly became an item and he moved to Goshen, N.Y. to live with her.

“I ended up doing a bunch of landscaping with her father and then on the weekends we would all go down

to Ocean Grove and Asbury Park [N.J.].”

It was during those trips to the Garden State that Shea would bring his guitar and busk along the boardwalks.

“It was mostly cover tunes ... but I was playing some of my original stuff,” he said.

After nearly a year of living in New York the two broke up and Shea returned to Canada, where he formed a band called The Sheas with his brother.

“My dad taught my brother and he was so good that having him on board just made me look better,” he said.

Shea said that his father, who died in

2008, never pressured him into music and actually discouraged him from pursing a career in the industry.

“As a matter of fact it was the complete opposite. He loves music but he hated the music business. He couldn’t stand it. He didn’t like the way it was run and he thought it was very dishonest,” Shea said.

“He didn’t put a lot of emphasis on us to do music. He knew that is what I wanted to do but he didn’t go out of his way to help in any way.”

During The Sheas’ life span they would release an album called Zero to One and opened for Big Sugar and Blue Rodeo.

“You know, of course, as brothers, things kind of went sour and my wife got pregnant and I had to find a real job,” he said.

After taking time off from the music industry to work and travel the world, Shea decided to get back to performing live shows and doing what he loves. “Writing songs is just something I do,” Shea said. “I can’t think of anything else I want to do.”

Last year Shea released his first solo record, Let it Storm, which was recorded at Arlyn Studios in Texas and was produced by Gordie Johnson.

He said the record has a Gordon Lightfoot feel to it simply because of his father’s influence on him.

“I have that Lightfoot sound because I know my dad was responsible for a lot of it. I think that being his son I think that is in me and I can’t help it,” Shea said.

“The last thing I want to do is be my father.”

Rock at the Rainbow The Rainbow Room plays host to a pair of hard rock shows on Friday, April 10.

An all-ages show from 6:30–9:30 p.m. features Nanaimo rockers The Distributors and As Ash Fell, a female fronted slower doom rock trio formed in Port Alberni. As Ash Fell is now based in Nanaimo with Port Alberni’s own Ashley Kep on lead vocals and bass guitar.

Opening the show is local metal band Forever Frost.

Tickets cost $5 at the door After that at 10:30 p.m., As Ash Fell and the Distributors do it all over again for a 19-plus show.

Cover charge is also $5 for this show.

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Wondering Reviewer Shereen Platthoff

Choosing this month’s book was a challenge, I must say. There always seems to be tons of great books coming out in spring, and this year is no exception. But there are only so many I can read, and let’s be honest; if I tried to buy them all, I’d be flat broke! But all that aside, I still had to find a book. After looking around for a while, I came across Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins. Though not actually new, it looked interesting, so I sat down to read the first few pages. I was immediately sucked into the story. Not only was it intriguing, but I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard in the beginning of a book! The story starts when teenage witch Sophie Mercer casts a love spell that goes . . . a little bit wrong at her highschool prom. Soon after, she’s shipped off to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for witches, faeries and shapeshifters. After only one day, she has a crush on a gorgeous warlock, three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a vampire roommate, and a mysterious ghost who seems to be following her around. Narrated in a snarky irreverent voice, Sophie tells the everyday trials that come from attending a school for magical mayhem-causing students.

Even at serious parts of the adventure, I still found myself chuckling at Sophie’s regaling of life at Hex Hall. And the story’s not the only fun part about this book! The cover is reversible – meaning I actually spent ten minutes looking at it before I realized it was upside down. Which is something I will deny if questioned. But all is not as light as it seems. When two students are found near death, Sophie must get to the bottom of the mystery to prove a friend innocent. But what she finds may change everything she knows, and not necessarily for the better.

Titles in the series: Hex Hall • Demonglass • Spell Bound • School Spirits

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But prior to parading, the girls played their fourth and fifth matches of the trip.

“We played the Cashel Girls’ Rugby Football Club as well as another team that came from out of town to play us.”

Though the girls didn’t win the games, Hall was proud of their performance.

“A long tour, six rugby games in total.

Our girls showed a little bit of fatigue and we ended up losing both of those games by about five points, which is amazing.”

While the tour was phenomenal, the trip home was a little less so.

“It was not fun. Our flights were delayed and it ended up being a 31-hour trip home.”

Hall was proud of how the girls represented Port Alberni and Canada overall.

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amazing. Great representatives of Canada, they made us very proud.

Everywhere we went we were told how nice and polite our girls were. We hope to do another tour in the near future.”

The benefits for the girls weren’t just rugby related, Hall said.

“As a coach, it’s awesome to see girls grow. Many of our girls had never flown before, some of them had been off of Vancouver Island maybe a dozen times.

Even myself, I’d never been to Europe.”

The team went with Irish Rugby Tours and were well taken care of the whole trip.

“We got a tour guide and a bus driver from the moment we got off the plane and they were with us 24/7 till we got back on the plane so it was just fantastic.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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