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High-ability elementary students across Nanaimo are learning together for the first time this year. Jan Thorsen, the district’s part-time gifted/enrichment resource teacher, started a new program for students in Grades 3-7 who could benefit from an extra challenge in the classroom. The students, divided by grade level, are taken to an empty classroom at the former Dufferin Crescent Elementary School site for one day a week over a fourto six-week period. Thorsen spends the time developing problem-solving, critical thinking and research skills, and encouraging creativity. But most importantly, she provides a gathering place for like minds. “The biggest thing is for these kids to come together,” said Thorsen. “It’s
lonely being the only. They need a peer group that challenges them, accepts them and understands them.” Thorsen describes the type of students who benefit from her enrichment challenge program as those with an advanced vocabulary for their age, out-ofthe-box thinkers with sometimes unusual ideas who are often asked to be tutors or leaders for their peers. “These kids aren’t seen as needing a tremendous amount of help in the classroom,” she said. “They get frustrated sometimes. This is one way of providing these students with extra opportunities.” In previous years, Thorsen would go out to schools and provide enrichment activities for whole classes or groups of students, but a pullout enrichment challenge program in another district gave her the idea to bring the kids to her. “Travelling from school to school is hard,” she said. “You can only do so much with two and a half days a week.” ◆ See ‘ENRICHMENT’ /5
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A new tool is available for Nanaimoites to compare how Nanaimo Regional General Hospital stands up to different hospitals across the province and country. The Canadian Institute for Health Information developed the tool to create a set of standardized, comparable hospital performance indicators. People can access the online resource at www.cihi.ca to look at how their hospital stands up to others on measures such as deaths after a major surgery, readmission rates following knee and hip replacement surgeries, and caesarean section rates. Jeremy Veillard, vice-president of research and analysis, said the organization worked on the reporting tool for a number of years and the response since launching it on Wednesday was overwhelming – 15,000 people viewed results in the first 15 hours after launch and staff tripled the capacity of the web server in an effort to meet demand. It gives health professionals practical information on where they stand compared with others and how they can learn from facilities that are doing better in a particular indicator, said Veillard. ◆ See ‘RESULTS’ ‘ /5
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Armed Forces members face weapons, theft charges Two members of the Canadian Armed Forces from Nanaimo are in custody and face criminal and weapons charges. The arrests stemmed from a police investigation into a break and enter of a fast-food restaurant on Dec. 24 when a large quantity of money was taken. Cory Damian Wagner and Ryan Kevin Verhoeks, both 20, were arrested without incident at their residences on Wednesday at about 6 p.m. Verhoeks was allegedly found in possession of six firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Verhoeks’s firearms were licensed, but several were not properly secured and did not have trigger locks. None of the ammunition was properly secured. Verhoeks faces 13 charges, including break and enter, theft over $5,000, two counts of careless storage of a firearm, eight counts of possession of prohibited devices (ammunition magazines) and one count of uttering threats from Verhoeks allegedly threatening people who knew of his involvement in the break and enter. The undisclosed amount of money taken during the break and enter was not recovered. Wagner was charged with break and enter, theft over $5,000 and one count of uttering threats. Both men remain in custody and will appear in Nanaimo provincial court today (April 10).
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Brian Gueldenstern, B.C. Hydro technician, scales a utility pole on Bastion Street to remove a protective cover from a wire bundle. B.C. Hydro crews took the opportunity to replace the pole, which cut power to the Coast Bastion Inn, while the hotel upgraded and serviced equipment in its electrical transformer room. The hotel was closed from 11 a.m. Thursday until early Friday morning. Volker Grady, hotel manager, said early April is traditionally a slow period for the hotel and a good time to undertake the work.
meeting tonight (April 10). The district is receiving public input on the proposed change starting at 6 p.m. at the District Administration Centre on Wakesiah Avenue. Three people are scheduled to give presentations. Staff estimate that extending spring break would save the district about $366,000. By combining the Easter long weekend and spring break, schools would be closed for an additional four days, as Good Friday is
After three years and what seemed like a monumental fundraising task, the Gabriola Health Centre nears completion. “It’s taken just over two years to raise $1.4 million,” said Nancy Nevison, chairwoman of the health centre auxiliary. “We’re a few dollars short, but we’ll get there.” The three-bed urgent care and medical clinic will see two physicians move in next month and begin treating patients in June. An official opening is scheduled for August. The clinic includes room for up to four doctors and the clinic is trying to recruit physicians to relocate to the rural island, said Nevison. After a $100,000 grant from the Vancouver Island Health Authority last week, plus smaller donations, about $80,000 is still left to raise. “Every donation helps,” Nevison said. The clinic also received a donation from the Gabriola Ambulance Society, an organization which provides free ambulance services and medical equipment in the home to speed recovery. The ambulance society paid for a helicopter landing pad next to the clinic’s urgent care room. Nevison said the new location will cut off about 20 minutes from the journey. “That’s a huge lifesaving difference in time,” she said. The health clinic is hosting an open house to dedicate the helicopter pad to the ambulance society on April 28. People can pick up a brown bag lunch and cake after touring the new facility. Nevison said she expects a large group of supporters from Nanaimo, including people with health issues who left Gabriola to be closer to medical services. “Maybe now we’ve got this they’ll move back,” Nevison said. For more information, please visit www.ghcs. ca.
already a statutory holiday. The extra time would be made up by adding about 30 minutes to each school week. Tonight’s public meeting is the first of several meetings to deal with aspects of next year’s budget. On Wednesday (April 11), staff will present a draft budget to trustees and April 17, the board will collect feedback from the public on the 2012-13 budget. Those wishing to make a presentation
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Results for Nanaimo Enrichment, special education changing show good and bad ◆ From /1 He said CIHI officials do not expect the public to use the tool to shop around, as people generally just go to their local hospital, but it will enhance the transparency and accessibility of information. “People should be more comfortable with their health care system if they know this sort of information is publicly available,” said Veillard. There was no hospital doing better or worse than the others on every single indicator, he said, and a risk adjustment taking into account differences in patient characteristics, such as age, ensures the tool compares apples with apples. Results for NRGH varied depending on the indicator and on the year – information is available in many instances going back four years. Positive results included that Nanaimo perfor ms above the national average number of hip fracture surgeries within 48 hours of admission for the past two years. The rate of nursing-sensitive adverse events for medical patients (urinary tract infections, pressure ulcers, in-hospital fractures and pneumonia) was lower than both the provincial and national averages last year. On the negative side, 90-day readmission after hip replacement surgery was higher than the provincial and national averages. Dr. Bob Burns, executive medical director for population and community health with the Vancouver Island Health Authority, said it is useful for the health authority to see where it stands on a national perspective. If the report shows a hospital drastically behind in one area, it would probably spur staff to take another look at that area, he said. The report measures readmission
rates, which is one thing the health authority pays close attention to because this can be a marker of whether the care initially provided was appropriate, said Burns. He said health officials already exchange information about best practices both formally and informally, but if the report found a hospital that was excelling in a certain area that local professionals didn’t already know about, staff would probably take a look at what is happening there. “Any time we’re developing standards, we’re looking around to see who’s got good standards we can emulate,” said Burns. Shannon Marshall, VIHA spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed response that the tool can be used to identify potential opportunities for quality improvement. The CIHI data shows that the rates for Island hospitals are generally good, she added. Mike Old, Hospital Employees’ Union spokesman, said this type of tool can be used by the public to hold the health authority accountable for the quality of health-care services they provide. “We’ll also use it to try and push for better service,” he said. One indicator that is missing is the rate of hospital-acquired infections, which is an indicator of how clean the hospital is, said Old. Such an indicator would enable the union to ask if the hospital employs enough cleaning staff and if training is good enough, he said, adding that this has been an issue in Nanaimo in the past. A B.C. Centre for Disease Control report about a Clostridium difficile outbreak at NRGH, which lasted from July 2008 to May 2009, found insufficient cleaning staff to meet the daily needs of the facility and inadequate training. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
◆ From /1 Bob Esliger, district principal of student support services, said the students benefit because rather than a 40-minute lesson or just being given more work, the students spend the school day with an enrichment teacher in a classroom where all her resources are handy. Delivery of enrichment pro g rams in Nanaimo has changed in recent years. When Thorsen was first hired as a gifted/ enrichment teacher 12 years ago, there were five such teachers at the elementary level and a teacher in each high school who had some hours devoted to enrichment activities. Now, Thorsen is the only gifted/enrichment resource teacher for elementary students – her position was cut to part-time from fulltime in 2009 – and the secondary students are served in different ways, such as honours courses, distance education, academies and a partnership with Vancouver Island University that enables senior students to take university courses while still in high school. Esliger said the province used to give the district funding targeted specifically for gifted students, but about six years ago, that money was removed and the amount of funding per student was increased to allow schools to provide extra support.
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Two significant events sparked William Cope’s dream of becoming a doctor – a rare childhood illness that left him partially paralyzed and his father’s battle with Parkinson’s disease. His dream is about to become reality. Cope was accepted into Cornell University’s prestigious Weill Cornell Medical College, an Ivy League medical school in New York City. He’s one of about 20 students selected from more than 6,000 applicants. The class will ultimately be made up of about 100 students. “I am very excited,” said Cope, a 22-year-old bachelor of science graduate of Vancouver Island University. Since graduating from VIU last June, Cope has spent the past year applying to medical schools – four in Canada and 18 in the U.S. He attended at seven interviews COPE schools in the U.S. and was accepted by four. He was also invited to interviews at the University of B.C. and University of Toronto, but withdrew from both in favour of Cornell. “I chose Cornell because it’s among the absolute best medical schools in North America and is affiliated with New York’s top hospital as well as the top cancer hospital and orthopedic hospital in the nation,” said Cope. While growing up in Qualicum Beach, he was a typical carefree kid with a passion for BMX racing. His life changed when, at age 13, he suffered a cerebral aneurism (bleeding in the brain) caused by a staph infection. Spending a month in B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver and a month at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital temporarily paralyzed on his right side, gave him plenty of time to observe medical practitioners at work. Those early interactions with health care professionals sparked Cope’s desire to become a doctor. That desire became stronger when his father Bruce was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2005. Last year, father and son, both avid cyclists, pedalled across Canada and raised $10,000 for Parkinson’s research.
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Testing drivers’ abilityy sensible There are always at least two ways to look at something. Was the DriveABLE program unfair to seniors and, when the B.C. government announced changes to the program, was it an admission of mismanagement? Or was the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General doing a good job of listening to British Columbians and making common-sense adjustments? If you answered C (both of the above), you are correct. Requiring British Columbians who have reached 80 to prove they are still capable of driving safely is itself driven by the concept that operating a vehicle is a privilege, not a right. Our faculties dim with age. The safety of 80-plus drivers is at stake as well as that of any other motorists or pedestrians who cross their path. Having doctors refer seniors with cognitive challenges to the office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles makes sense. Seniors and their supporters were justified, though, in criticizing DriveABLE by following with a 45-minute computerized touch-screen test to gauge seniors’ cognitive abilities. If they failed, they could lose their licence. Seniors complained a computerized test was unfair considering they are unfamiliar with such technology. And compelling them to travel to centralized locations for testing ironically might have forced them to drive there. Seniors who fail the cognitive exam will now be offered a road test, which will be combined with computerized results. The government said it is considering adding new testing locations, as well as making mobile testing available. Assuming new locations are actually added, these are sensible adjustments that show the government is listening to our concerns. Or they’re an admission the program, which the Liberals introduced as well as they did the HST, was originally botched. Or both. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org
Taking a shot at vaccination myths BY KRISTINE SALZMANN There’s a whooping cough outbreak in the Fraser Valley and parents of babies don’t seem to be alarmed. At least, not many of the ones I’ve talked to. I’m not advocating all-out panic, but I’d like to know moms and dads are getting vaccinated. As we’ve been warned since the outbreak began in early December, pertussis can be fatal to infants. Health officials are urging adults and youth who are in contact with young children who have not had the pertussis vaccine in the last five years to get vaccinated. According to Fraser Health, three-quarters of children who get the disease catch it from their parents, and more than half of infants under one year old end up in the hospital. Fraser Health’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Paul Van Buynder told me a baby girl was recently released from hospital who spent eight of the first 10 weeks of her life with whooping cough. I’ve heard a number of vague and uninformed excuses for avoiding vaccination, and as the new mom of a chubby-cheeked cutie-pie vulnerable to such contagious diseases, this concerns me. Yet I’ve never felt knowledgeable enough to express that concern to fellow moms and dads, telling myself I’d be wrongly criticizing a parenting decision that is
theirs to make. I admit, before the birth of my baby girl I gave nary a second thought as to whether my own immunizations were up to date. It just wasn’t a priority, so it hardly seems fair for me to look down on others now. But what if their decision not to get immunized is putting my daughter at risk? Since I’m no expert, I spoke with Dr. Van Buynder about a few of the more common misconceptions. No one gets these diseases anymore so there is no need to be immunized. “We are becoming the victims of our own success,” said Van Buynder. The better the vaccinations and the higher the vaccination rate, the less people remember the diseases and their consequences. However, there are countries where vaccine-preventable diseases are still common. Van Buynder pointed to the 2010 Winter Games as a recent example of what can happen if we slack off. A few international visitors to Vancouver during the Olympics brought measles from overseas, and an outbreak followed the Games. The shot can give you the disease it’s meant to protect against. Most vaccines, including the one for whooping cough, are not prepared from live organisms and will not cause diseases. A few, like the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine, are made from a live
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attenuated (weakened) virus and only cause disease on very, very rare occasions. Vaccinations are linked to autism. The 1998 report by a UK doctor that supposedly linked the MMR vaccine to autism has caused farflung damage to public opinion of immunizations. Researchers have since debunked his research – unfortunately, that news has travelled much more slowly. The doctor has been stripped of his medical licence. Vaccines contain mercury, which is toxic to your health. Today, most vaccines do not contain mercury, said Van Buynder. While the flu shot does have a trace amount of mercury (in a preservative called thimerosal), it’s less than one-tenth the mercury found in a can of tuna, he said. To keep this in perspective, pregnant women are told to limit their tuna intake to one can per week because of the developing fetus. “I think the most important thing for people to understand is many vaccines have some mild side effects – a sore arm, mild fever,” Van Buynder said. “But the reality is the disease is much, much worse than the vaccine.” The next time a parent tells me they aren’t vaccinating themselves or their children, instead of staying silent, hopefully I can alleviate some of their concerns. ◆ Kristine Salzmann is a reporter with the Surrey-North Delta Leader, a Black Press newspaper.
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City’s dog problem perpetuated by too many irresponsible owners To the Editor, Re: Dog owners should pay annual fees, Letters, April 5. Dog owners want more rights but refuse to act responsibly in regards to their dogs to earn them. All this ode to dogs is pap and has zero to do with the issue at hand – untrained, out-of-control dogs forcing people to interact with them. That is the only issue. Animal control offered all those getting tickets for their dogs being off-leash a chance to forgo any payment and instead have the $150 go toward a sixweek intensive obedience training course. How many took them up on it? A few, almost all just paid the fine. This speaks volumes about how irresponsible and lazy dog owners are as a whole, not just a few bad apples, but the clear majority of them. This attitude is why the crackdown has come about due to the general public being fed up with dog owners who have zero credibility as they continue to spout comments that their dogs are as good as gold when the opposite is clearly the case. That dog owners as a norm intentionally hang blue bags with their contents in the bushes and small trees right by the trails at eye level speaks volumes as to their character or lack thereof. All our lives we are taught, don’t go up to pet a strange dog
as you, the dog owner and even the dog never know how it will react. That cuts both ways as to the dog approaching you, as again, nobody knows how the dog will react. This puts the person in danger of being attacked and bitten as well as having to go through this over and over again. I don’t need, over my walk, several dozens dogs in all jumping up on me, sniffing my crotch, approaching me and forcing me to interact with them. If I wish to do so, that should be my prerogative, not the dogs. Tom McCartney Nanaimo
Expert panel needed to analyze treaties To the Editor, Re: First Nations chiefs prepare city, province to talk treaties, April 7. I agree with Vancouver Island University president Ralph Nilson in that, “It’s important in any of these kinds of dialogues that there be information, education, etc”. We need more information on the many native treaties we keep hearing so much about, especially on their validity. Hopefully, VIU’s Aboriginal Speaking Series won’t just produce a lot of politically correct commiseration, which only
serves to perpetuate a victim mentality among natives. I would suggest some expert legal input to this series. Preferably, y a panel of judges who could thoroughly analyze all of the treaties to determine their validity. Then determine how much would be offset by the hundreds of billions of dollars given over the decades to the Assembly of First Nations to provide for native programs – tax dollars that the federal auditor general still has no authority to audit. There is no denying that native land claims need to be settled, but in B.C., the claims are twice the size of the provincial land mass, so need some weeding out. I’ve read of a Specific Claims Tribunal comprised of six judges for faster, binding settlements, but so far it appears the only ones getting rich are lawyers and consultants. Once claims are settled, however, we should devote our ‘speaking’ efforts to native independence. AFN national Chief Shawn Atleo has some very good intentions, but can he gain a consensus from more than 600 other AFN chiefs, some inclined to be militant, and many not willing to give up power and wealth created under the current system? Lots of luck. Jim Corder Nanaimo
Union’s ‘Blue Community’ effort an attack on beverage industry To the Editor, Re: City, RDN urged to become ‘blue’, April 5. The Blue Communities Project is not an environmental initiative – it’s a political campaign being waged by CUPE against the Canadian beverage industry and its 13,000 employees. Paul Moist, CUPE president, has acknowledged this in correspondence that was recently published in both the Simcoe Reformer and Owen Sound Sun Times. In referring the matter to staff for a report, Nanaimo city council and the Regional District of Nanaimo clearly recognize this resolution for what it is: a Trojan horse-like treatise developed solely to encourage municipalities to ban the sale of bottled water in their facilities under the guise of human rights and infrastructure management. Nanaimo Coun. Ted Greves and others who led the referral should be commended for exercising critical, independent thinking in the face of an over-
ly simplified, factually incorrect, feel-good resolution prepared by CUPE and the Council of Canadians about complex matters that either eliminates future viable policy alternatives or extends well beyond the city’s and the region’s legislative authority. We don’t believe that privatization is a threat to water sustainability, municipalities or CUPE. About 97 per cent of the world’s water treatment facilities are government-operated. That’s not likely to change soon, if at all. The private sector has proven no more adept at running these facilities than the public sector. The bottled water industry has no interest in this matter, other than to advocate to government at all levels the need to invest in Canada’s water and sewer infrastructure, where there is now a $31-billion repair deficit, resulting in more than 1,500 boil-water advisories across the country last year. We agree with CUPE and the council that water is a human
right. Where we draw the line with them is their misguided and misleading attempts to ban the sale of bottled water in public facilities. Bottled water does not compete with tap water. More than 70 per cent of Canadians drink both. They consume tap water at home and bottled water on-the-go for proper hydration and better health. Purchasing bottled water does not impact much-needed investments in Canada’s water and sewer infrastructure. Canadians pay local, provincial and federal taxes with the expectation that a portion of those funds will be invested to properly maintain their municipal water systems. They spend their disposable income on a myriad of consumer items, including bottled water. We remain hopeful this matter, once reviewed by staff and council at the city and RDN, will be received with no further action taken. John B. Challinor II Nestlé Waters Canada
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150ml
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454gr
4
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5
3$ for
227-510gr
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7
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Imperial
5
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4
99
99
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2 $5
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750gr
700-750gr
99 3
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for
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144’s
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250ml
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3$
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5
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99
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100’s
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300gr
398ml
1.36kg
for
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Multi Facial Tissue
Refried Beans
Margarine
5 $5
White Swan
Scotties
Old El Paso
Rice Sidekicks
Pasta Sauce
for
6x94-126’s
5
2$ Ragu
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99
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150-200gr
6
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2
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99
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2$
630-640ml
1kg
1kg
125-133gr
Dinner Kit
Crunchy Taco Shells
124-136gr
Cheez Whiz
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Old El Paso
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450-500gr
3$
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SuperMoist Cake Mix
4 99
160-230gr
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for
15
Betty Crocker
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2$
4
99
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370-400gr
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9 99 99
540-680ml
Pizza Mozzarella Cheese
Shredded Cheese
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320gr
454gr
4
99
Campbell’s
4 796ml
for
Kraft
5
3$ for
227-510gr
3$ for
99
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6
White Swan
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6’s
7
5$
5
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4$ for
5
for
Imperial
5
4
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4
99
99
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for
Rogers
5$ for
5
10kg
Betty Crocker
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2 $5
3$
2 $4
for
for
for
Rogers
Sun-Maid
Natural California Raisins
Five Grain Granola
750gr
700-750gr
99 3
Rogers
Red Rose
1.35kg
for
Purex
2x Ultra Liquid Detergent 2.95lt
144’s
Ryvita
Marmalade or Lemon Curd
Wholegrain Crispbread
250ml
Selected, 200-250gr
3$
99 5
2$ for
5
for
5
Spring cleaning is in the air with these great prices!
Liquid Cleaner
Clorox
Clorox
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1.41-1.77lt
Regular, 2.8lt
Airwick
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NEW
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2
4’s
2 99
NEW
99
Robertson’s
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5
Oats
99 2
Knorr
5 $5
9
99
All Purpose or Bread Flour
128-153gr
99
Ultra Packs Laundry Detergent 23’s
99
5
3$
¢
Betty Crocker
Pure Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Lipton Cup a Soup
Purex
100’s
Hershey’s
300gr
398ml
1.36kg
for
Napkins
Multi Facial Tissue
Refried Beans
Margarine
5 $5
White Swan
Scotties
Old El Paso
Rice Sidekicks
Pasta Sauce
for
6x94-126’s
5
2$ Ragu
2’s
99
432-461gr
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99
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150-200gr
6
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5
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2
5
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99
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2$
630-640ml
1kg
1kg
125-133gr
Dinner Kit
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124-136gr
Cheez Whiz
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Old El Paso
Knorr
450-500gr
3$
Old El Paso
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4
SuperMoist Cake Mix
4 99
160-230gr
Look for a FREE 2lt Coca Cola offer on specially marked boxes!
99
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for
15
Betty Crocker
Granola Bars
2$
4
99
Habitant
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370-400gr
¢
Bari
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Armstrong
Nature Valley
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
6
99
99 3
3$ for
5
3$ for
5
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1
10 Pack Crispy
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PER
New York Style
Sunrise Farms
Corned Beef
Roast Turkey Breast
1
1
99
10,000
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Astro Tzatziki Dip
49
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100
Kraft Cheese Pizza Mix 850gr
2000 Apetina Feta Cheese 250gr
5000 McCormick Gourmet Bouillon Cubes 105gr
3000
Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2
Gruyere
49 PER gr
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Colgate 360 Degrees Manual Toothbrush 1ʼs
5000
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Marble Cheddar
Almond Chicken Chop Suey Medium
Sweet & Sour Pork.. Medium
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95 575 149
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Fresh Ling Cod Fillets
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100
69
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99
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Palmolive Dish Soap
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349 399 199
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100gr
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250gr
3500
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49
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600-680gr
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499
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540-620gr
210gr
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69 PER
100gr
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5000
Arrowhead Mills All Purpose Baking Mix Gluten Free, 793gr
68gr
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650gr
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Band celebrates music history Originns of Nanaim mo Concert Band traced to 19th-century estabblishment of Harbour City BY M MEL MELISSA ELIS ISSA SA FFRY FRYER RYER ER THE NEWS BULLETIN
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n the midst of the Second World War, the Nanaimo Concert Band boasted a decades-long history – one not even a war could erase. As the bright, young men of Nanaimo sailed to foreign shores, teens and children were recruited to fill out the band’s ranks. That’s when Al Campbell joined, as a lad of just 12 years old, and played in the band ever since. “I’m still playing, as a matter of fact,” he said. A Nanaimo judge found a trove of old instruments which he donated to the band, at the time rehearsing in an old hall in the Nob Hill area. “For some reason, I got ahold of a cornet,” Campbell said. The band master, who was also a cornet player, taught the new musicians all they needed to know as the band continued playing dances and parades throughout the war years. Back then, many of the musicians worked in the coal mines, said Campbell. After practice, the musicians would
head tto head o the the nearest near ne ares estt pu pub b fo forr a fe few w be beer ers, s beers, which, the miners told him, “keep the lungs clear.” Coal miners and mine managers were a foundation for the band in its early years years, said Shari Barker, the band’s historian and clarinet player for 30 years. The band started in 1872 under the leadership of Rev. James Reynard, who arrived in Nanaimo a year prior as director of St. Paul’s Anglican Church. After meeting with some of the new city’s leaders, including Nanaimo’s first mayor Mark Bate, the band formed and instruments were ordered from Britain. On Queen Victoria’s birthday in 1873, the brass band gave its first public performance. Since then the band played Empire Days and during visits from royalty, as well as Remembrance Day – every single one. In its early days, the band was almost entirely brass – trumpets, trombones and tubas – based on the English model. Reeds – clarinet and saxophone – were added later. “We used to get all the arrangements from Britain,” Campbell said. The band also got a fair few of its play-
ers from ers from E Eng ngla land nd, to too. o M usic us icia ians ns w eree er England, Musicians were recruited from the old country to work in Nanaimo’s coal mines while also playing in the city’s brass band. town ” Barker said. said “It almost ran the town,” “It was a lot bigger back then.” The band was the centre of the social network, playing dances and social gatherings. After the No. 1 mine explosion in 1887, which killed 150 miners, the band hosted a concert to raise money for the widows and children of miners killed in the blast. The band celebrates its 140th anniversary with its annual spring concert at the Port Theatre Sunday (April 15), 2:30 p.m. In the lobby will be an historical display detailing the band’s progression as well as photos and artifacts, like uniforms, trophies and Mark Bate’s silver trumpet, on loan from the Nanaimo Museum. “Even as a teen, I was interested in the band’s history,” Barker said. Nanaimo Concert Band will play a selection of pieces, from classical music, to big band and showtunes. Greg Roberts, on trombone, and Morris Macklin, on trumpet, will play Celine Dion’s song The Prayer. For possibly the only time in his 71-year
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history, Campbell won’t be playing in a concert, due to recent surgery. But he’ll be at the concert in support of his fellow musicians, who he describes as family. “I’ll get to listen for the first time,” Campbell said. Tickets for the concert are $15 and available through the Port Theatre ticket centre by calling 250-754-8550 or visiting www.porttheatre.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com
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More dramatic films than ever were chosen for the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. The two-day event sees 13 films from Vancouver Island and Vancouver-based filmmakers telling their stories in 12 minutes or less. “This year we got some of the most interesting and original films,� said Johnny Blakeborough, festival organizer. “We have a good mix of comedy, drama and some animation.� A screening of all 13 short films is set for Friday and Saturday (April 13-14) at Malaspina Theatre. The first night will see a question-andanswer panel following the films, while the second will see awards handed out to the best films. It’s the seventh annual festi-
val and more than half of the films selected by the threeperson jury are by directors who’ve never submitted previously, said Blakeborough. That includes two high school students from Dover Bay Secondary. The selected 13 films include: Nature’s Snare by Jamie Ruddick and Jamie Richardson; What He Left You by Brady Cackler; One Last Thing g by Tash Baycroft and John Gardiner; The Way We Mend d by Linley Subryan; To The Sea by Catherine Parker; Close Your Eyes by Todd Jones; The A B C’s by Michael Chen; Tartar Sauce by Michael Chen; The Daring Defibrillatorr by Corrie Peters; Split Decisions by Graham Stark; A Temp At Crime by Malcolm Johnstone; Rush by Blair Dykes; and Informational Presentation by Graham Stark. In the past, the festival was dominated by comedy and animated films, but this year saw an increase in dramas, possibly because of the timelimit increase from 10 minutes to 12. “It’s difficult to tell a good,
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dramatic story in 10 minutes – in any time limit, actually,� Blakeborough said. One of the goals of organizers was to have the festival act as a networking opportunity to bring directors, writers and actors together. More collaborations are happening through connections made at previous festivals, with the Nanaimo Film Group established and growing. “I can do more to facilitate that but I do see it happening,� Blakeborough said. The film screening begins at 7 p.m. Tickets $15 at Nanaimo Arts Council gallery, House of Indigo, the campus Nanaimo Art Gallery and online at www.visff.com.
EVENTS REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL screens at Malaspina Theatre Tuesday (April 10). Doors 6:30 p.m. HERART OPEN HOUSE community art program Tuesday (April 10), 6:30-8:30 p.m., at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. Call 250-7530633. JOHN PINETTE comedian performs at Port Theatre Thursday (April 12) at 7 p.m. Tickets $47.50. Call 250-7548550.
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Pirates put first win in books I BASEBALL TEAM splits doubleheader against Victoria.
VIBI brings back wins from trip BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
Opening day at the ballpark had a little bit of everything, including, most importantly, the first win of the season. The Nanaimo Hub City Paving Pirates split a doubleheader against the Victoria Mariners on Saturday at Serauxmen Stadium, losing 3-2 in extra innings before winning the rematch 8-3. “We were a little disappointed at the outcome of the first game, but we were extremely happy with how we came out and responded to that in the second game,” said Alex Rogers, Pirates pitcher. The first game of the 2012 B.C. Premier Baseball League season was a marathon 12-inning contest. The teams brawled in the eighth inning after a hard collision at home plate, boosting the intensity the rest of the way. The M’s went ahead by a run in the 10th inning and the 11th, but both times the home team tied it and extended the game. GREG SAKAKI/THE NEWS BULLETIN Pirates manager Doug Rogers said his squad didn’t execute, Nanaimo Hub City Paving Pirates second baseman Griffin Andreychuk fields a grounder and throws to first base during the premier-league baseball team’s home opener Saturday at Serauxmen Stadium. The Pirates split the stranding 12 baserunners. “We had a chance to win in doubleheader with the Victoria Mariners, losing 3-2 and winning 8-3. three different innings before The fact that the Pirates got the it even got to extra innings…” run while walking two men and The Pirates got on the bats he said. “Guys get too excited. striking out seven. early and often in the rematch. win and padded their stats bodes It’s the first game of the year; Doug Rogers said his starter Brendan McCarthy had a huge well moving forward, Skingle they’re all amped, which the was right around 100 pitches. game with two doubles, a single, said. “It gives us confidence now. We brawl proved.” “We were watching him closely three RBIs, two stolen bases and Colby Morgan suffered the loss but he was feeling good.” four runs scored. Chris Faber can start a winning streak from on the mound, allowing one hit The right-hander said the loss had two hits and an RBI and here,” he said. GAME ON … The Pirates’ homeand no earned runs over two reminded the team about its goal Bryan Odgers hit a single and a stand continues this coming relief innings. Griffin Andrey- of 10 losses or fewer in 2012. double. Luke Skingle threw the com- Saturday (April 14) and Sunday, chuk had a single and a double “Losing the first game of the and Ben Dunbar had two hits year, that’s not a very good start plete-game victory, giving up with the Victoria Eagles and the Whalley Chiefs, respectively, visand a walk. to that,” Alex Rogers said. “So seven hits. “I felt good,” he said. “They iting Serauxmen Stadium. Game The loss spoiled a notable we took it upon ourselves to will pitching performance by Alex ourselves to win. There was no were hitting me a little bit but it times are noon and 2:30 p.m. both Rogers, who went 10 innings, way we were losing that second happens. As long as we got the days. sports@nanaimobulletin.com win, I’m happy with it.” allowing seven hits and one game.”
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Mariners get breaks at ballpark ◆ From /24 “It was one of those games where maybe some of the breaks that we hadn’t got earlier in the season, we got in that game,” said Jordan Blundell. “And we were able to capitalize on those opportunities.” Dallas Monk led the way offensively with three hits and four RBIs while Cody Phipps had three hits, three RBIs and four runs scored. Aaron Witzke had a single, a triple and two walks and Cody Andreychuk
had a single and a double. Cody Chartrand threw 5 1/3 innings for the win, striking out eight. The win over PBA saw the M’s score two runs in the eighth to tie it, then push the winning run across in the ninth. Andreychuk had a single, a triple and an RBI and Liam Goodall had a single, a double and an RBI. Luke Hawkins threw three shutout relief innings for the win. Monk had two hits and two RBIs in the
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◆ April 15 - B.C. Soccer championship playdowns. Nanaimo United U21 vs. North Vancouver. Merle Logan Field, 2 p.m.
◆ April 14 - B.C. Premier Baseball League. Nanaimo Hub City Paving Pirates vs. Victoria Eagles. Serauxmen Stadium, noon and 2:30 p.m. ◆ April 15 - B.C. Premier Baseball League. Nanaimo Pirates vs. Whalley Chiefs. Serauxmen Stadium, noon and 2:30 p.m.
◆ April 21 - B.C. Rugby Union. Nanaimo Hornets vs. Surrey Beavers. Pioneer Park, 2:30 p.m. ◆ April 27 - Battlefield Fight League mixed martial arts. Port Theatre, 5:30 p.m.
loss, with Phipps adding two hits. Reiley Grose was tagged with the ‘L’ on the mound. The finale featured a big hit, as Andreychuk pulled a “nodoubter” three-run home run to left field, said Blundell. “It was really good, it really pumped the guys up,” said the manager. “That was the difference. “We were down 3-2 and we get a big hit.” Jeremy Harasymchuk had three hits and an RBI and Connor Merilees had
two hits and an RBI. Kyle Wannamaker was the winning pitcher, throwing three no-hit innings while striking out three. GAME ON … VIBI will head right back to Kamloops this coming weekend to play games against the TRU WolfPack and Okanagan Coyotes on Saturday (April 14) and Sunday. The following weekend, April 21-22, the M’s host a four-game series against the Coyotes at Serauxmen Stadium. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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MMA event will feature two hometown favourites
Two Nanaimo Impact teammates will be stepping onto the Battlefield. The Battlefield Fight League mixed martial arts card on April 27 features Nick Hinchliffe in the main event, and it also includes
H i n ch l i f f e ’s N a n a i m o Impact MMA teammate Eli Wyse on the undercard. Wyse will be taking on Morgan Bentley. Wyse is an amateur fighter, but Impact trainer John Punt said his pupil
is a step above most amateurs. “His striking is fierce,” said Punt. “His mental game is probably his strongest attribute. He’s probably mentally stronger than most any of the fighters
that I have trained. He’s a warrior.” Battlefield promoter Jay Golshani said Wyse is undefeated in Vancouver but has yet to win in his hometown. “So he’s trying to get his
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first win in Nanaimo on our show, so it’s a big fight for him,” Golshani said. The Battlefield Fight League 15 event will be held at the Port Theatre. For ticket information, visit www.bfltix.com.
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Old Knights hosting hockey The Nanaimo Old Knights will demonstrate their chivalry with another charity hockey tournament this week. The old-timers’ hockey team hosts its third annual tourney starting Thursday (April 12), with proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society. Sixteen teams will play games at Frank Crane Arena and Cliff McNabb Arena. The first game is Thursday at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane, pitting the Mad Dogs against the Nanucks. First action for the Knights is against Chemainus on Friday at 8:15 p.m. at Cliff McNabb. For a full schedule, please visit www.nanaimoldknights. com.
Track athletes try to fund trips Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes hope a bottle drive will help get the new season on track. The club is hoping to raise money to help its youths participate in more mainland meets in 2012. “The experience gained from going up against a larger pool of competitors is invaluable to young athletes trying to reach their full potential,” said Tyler Heisterman, the club’s coach, in a press release. The bottle drive is Saturday (April 14) from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Athletes will be making the rounds that day, but anyone is asked to help out by dropping off cans, bottles, jugs and drink boxes at Rotary Bowl stadium. For information about the club, visit www. nanaimotrackandfield. com.
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