Fighting force Canadian soldier bridges cultures to help rebuild a nation. PAGE 21 Differing mediums Artists have similar gift to depict West Coast. PAGE 29 Fire sale Junior Timbermen trade six players after rough start to season. PAGE 7
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Lunney calls for review of coastal cuts BY TOBY GORMAN THE NEWS BULLETIN
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New Westminster Salmonbellies players Tyler Crompton, left, Scott Rouse and Nenad Gajic and Nanaimo Timbermen player Cory Conway all vie for a loose ball during Sunday’s Western Lacrosse Association game at Frank Crane Arena. The home team won 10-8; it was the first regular-season win over the Salmonbellies in Timbermen franchise history. For the full story, please see page 29.
LRB ruling in favour of both teachers, employers BY JENN McGARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN
Teachers are pleased with last week’s Labour Relations Board decision that said the union can continue directing teachers not to participate in extra-curricular activities. The ruling, released on Friday, stated that activities such as coach-
ing, instructing or supervising student performances, sports teams, clubs or field trips, or attending graduation or awards ceremonies – when these activities are not related to a course or undertaken for marks – are voluntary and extra-curricular. It also stated that the B.C. Teachers’ Federation must not tell members to withdraw from activities that are
required of teachers such as schoolbased team meetings, parent-teacher interviews, district committee meetings and Education Ministry initiatives. Teachers also have the right to participate minimally in meetings with principals and other administrators. ◆ See ‘TEACHERS’ /3
Nanaimo-Alberni Conservative MP James Lunney says further review is needed before one Canadian Coast Guard base and three communication centres, particularly the marine communications traffic services base in Ucluelet, are cut from federal funding. Lunney made the comments to Nanaimo’s Wolf radio station on Thursday, adding he is concerned about his government’s plans for the closures. Lunney has been a strong supporter for coast guard services since first elected in 2000. He criticized the Liberal government in 2001 for cutting coast guard services at the time, arguing then they were an important asset in fighting terrorism. LUNNEY “I’ve asked for a hold to be put on those changes because I’m particularly concerned about the changes out [MCTS Tofino],” Lunney told the Wolf. “Because that monitors all the traffic coming into one of the busiest traffic lanes on the coast.” Lunney added that pulling 25 good jobs out of a small community creates problems for his constituents, and that the current location is the best to safeguard marine traffic along the coast. “I think some of the decisions may have come from bureaucrats in Ottawa and we need a little more reflection,” he said. The changes were outlined as part of the cuts made in Bill C-38, the federal budget. In all, 10 of 22 coast guard communication centres across the country are scheduled to be closed over the next three years, along with the base in Vancouver’s English Bay. ◆ See ‘BASE’ ‘ /4
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