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A light in the darkness More than 200 people turned out Friday night in Port Hardy for a candlelight vigil in memory of Cindy Scow, who was killed Sept. 9. Participants marched from Carrot Park to the crime scene on Tsulquate Road, where they placed their candles in a shrine following singing and a short thank-you speech from family.

At left, Michael Perez looks up after placing a candle at a shrine set up for Scow. More photos appear on page 9.

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Logger fatally injured in accident Gazette staff PORT ALICE— A man has been killed while working at a logging site near Port Alice.

The BC Coroners Service has identified the man as Toby Lee Childs, aged 38,

from Sooke. Childs was working as a faller for Lemare Lake Logging at Cleagh Creek, near Mahatta Camp, when the accident occurred on the morning of Thursday, Sept 13.

According to the BC

Coroners Service report, Childs was felling trees on an uphill slope when something went wrong. He was found by co-workers and pronounced deceased at the scene.

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The Coroners Service confirmed that the family had been notified of Child’s death, and expressed its condolences to the family.

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More pay for kids to play J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—In its first meeting of the 2012-13 school year, the School District 85 Board of Trustees approved first, second and third readings of bylaws that will provide provincial funding to upgrades of playground equipment and to a carbon-neutral capital project expected to save the district money on its electric bills in the future.

Under Capital Project Bylaw No. 126522, the district will be awarded $75,000 for a pair of school playground upgrade projects. These include a $50,000 replacement of aging or unsafe equipment at Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy and another $25,000 for repair of equipment at Sunset Elementary School in Port McNeill.

Trustee Jeff Field asked whether all or part of the funding could be used to reimburse the Eagle View Parent Advisory Council, which raised money to pay for new playground equipment installed earlier this summer.

Secretary-treasurer John Martin noted the new funding specifically addresses older equipment at Eagle View which has identified as requiring

School Board replacement or upgrade.

“Once this is approved, I’ll be meeting with both PACs to see what their plans are,” Martin said.

Under Capital Project Bylaw 126487, the district will receive up to $45,307 in capital funding for energy efficiency improvements. The money is part of a $4.7 million province-wide fund designed to assists districts that did not benefit from a previous capital program to compensate districts for the cost of carbon offsets.

“Our plan is to use these funds to increase the energy efficiency of our schools,” secretary-treasurer John Martin told trustees. “Three schools will be fitted with new, energyefficient fluorescent bulbs and ballasts, resulting in significant long-term electric savings.”

Both bylaws received unanimous approval from the members of the Board.

Enrolment falls Trustees, administration and teachers all expressed concern about initial enrolment figures for SD85, which are well below projected attendance estimates.

Local schools receive pro-

vincial funding based on a perpupil cost, and if the numbers do not rebound by the end of the month the district could face belt-tightening or restructuring of classes.

“Across the school district we’re in decline,” Superintendent Scott Benwell admitted. “Overall, we’re 76 students down from projections in the spring, and that represents a significant decline. We remain hopeful those numbers will turn around.”

The district has until the end of September to submit its enrolment figures to the province, and Benwell said the district will work with administrators and staff at each school in advance of any adjustments that may result from decreased funding.

“I have to tell you, it took me a little by surprise,” North Island Teachers’ Association president Fred Robertson said of the degree of the enrolment decline. “And there are cuts that are going to have to be made, I guess. “(But) I think the last place you should cut are classrooms,” he added, noting primary class size went up following the last round of budget cuts in SD85.

“There needs to be a serious look at the district as a whole.”

Mugging for the camera Tori Romas, Bree Evans and Gates Purdy take a break at the Mug and Muffin Morning at Eagle View Elementary. The event was an opportunity for parents to meet the teachers and staff Sandy Grenier of the school.

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Expo seeks biz boost J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— Local businesses and entrepreneurs have a unique opportunity to network and to showcase themselves before the full range of potential North Island employees at next month’s debut of the Career Expo, said the director of the Regional District of Mount Waddington’s Coordinated Joint Workforce Initiative.

Penni Adams, whose duties wind down when the two-year, provincially funded programs ends, said the Oct. 26 Career Expo at Port Hardy Civic Centre will gather large and small employers, service organizations, training and educational institutions, and job seekers under one roof.

The event is cohosted by Community Futures of Mount Waddington, North Island Employment, the Port Hardy and District and Port McNeill and District Chambers of Commerce, North

“Small businesses are our major employer on the North Island, when you combine all of them.”

Penni Adams

Island College and the North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society.

“This is more than a traditional job fair,” said Adams. “Yes, it’s for students, but it’s also for the unemployed, for those seeking a career change, and for those who may be re-entering the workforce after taking time off to raise a family.

“It’s a broad spectrum, and we’re encouraging businesses to become partners in sharing with the community what their needs are.”

The deadline to register a booth or interac-

tive display at Career Expo 2012 is Sept. 28.

There is no exhibitor fee, which should benefit the small businesses Adams is hoping to bring in along with the large employers already committed to the event.

“Small businesses are our major employer on the North Island, when you combine all of them,” she said.

“But it is harder to involve them, because they’re out there trying to make their living every day. We just want to emphasize this is a way for them to promote themselves, as well.”

The objectives of the Expo cover the gamut of work and business in the region, from providing employment, training and education information to potential employees to connecting businesses to businesses.

Among those already registered are Western Forest Products, Neucel Specialty Cellulose, Strategic Forest Management, Marine Harvest, West Coast Helicopters, Visions Learning Centre and North Island College.

From further abroad are Vancouver Island University, Geoscience BC mineral explorations and the Industry Training Authority, which provides apprenticeship information and which, Adams believes, is appearing north of Campbell River for the first time.

A welcome reception will be held for exhibitors on the eve of the Expo, beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Port McNeill Community Hall.

Fire ban lifted in District Gazette staff The summer ban on open fires and fireworks has been lifted for the Mount Waddington Regional District, though a warm and dry fall has prompted its extension in much of the Coastal Fire Centre

region, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations announced last week.

This prohibition, which has been extended through Oct. 15, is intended to help prevent human-caused

wildfires and protect public safety.

This prohibition applies to all areas within the Coastal Fire Centre, with the exception of the SkeenaQueen Charlotte, Mount Waddington and Central Coast regional

districts.

Please check with civic authorities for any restrictions before lighting a fire. More information about open burning regulations and fire prohibitions can be found at: www.bcwildfire.ca.

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The Corporation of the Village of Zeballos ZEBALLOS

NOTICE OF TAX SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, that unless the taxes owing are paid, the following properties in Zeballos will be sold by Public Auction at a Tax Sale to be held Monday September 24, 2012 commencing at 10:00 am at the Village Office, 157 Maquinna Avenue, Zeballos, BC ROLL NUMBER

STREET

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

UPSET PRICE

2.560

621 KENO CRES

Lot 13, Plan 34143, DL 53 Nootka Land District

$3,366.80

60.000

137 MAQUINNA AVE Lot 5, Block F, Plan 4524, $4,414.47 DL461, Nootka Land District

Prospective purchasers of tax sale property are reminded that a tax sale property is subject to taxation under the Property Purchase Act on fair market value of the property to be paid at the end of the redemption period when the title is transferred to the purchaser.

E. Lovestrom Collector

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Mayor Jan Allen returns to chair Alice Council Gazette Staff PORT ALICE— Mayor Jan Allen returned to chair the Port Alice Council meeting after an extended hiatus due to illness.

In her first full meeting since May, the Mayor’s first order of business fittingly involved an update.

Administrator Madeline McDonald advised Council on the current progress of several public works projects which began over the summer in Port Alice.

One of the largest projects undertaken was the improvement of the culvert at Copper Coast. The culvert was installed after a slide took out the road in 2010. When the road was

repaired the culvert was installed to allow water to continue to flow beneath.

On inspection early this year, the culvert was found to be in need of some work, to halt erosion and to allow the waterway to be passable to fish, something a threemetre drop was preventing.

Since fish passage is federally and provincially mandated, the Village retained River Bank Resources to create a step-pool complex to the culvert to reopen the waterway.

The work was completed at the end of August , and is now considered passable to fish, and stable enough to handle future storms.

In other projects, road

Council Meeting Port Alice patching and the Marine Drive sidewalk projects have been completed.

The new Zamboni pad at the arena is largely complete, with the concrete pad itself in place. The project was slightly expanded to add a concrete path from the pad to the arena doors.

• In her Administrator’s report, McDonald advised Council that it would soon need to appoint new members to the Village’s Board of Variance and Development.

McDonald explained the

one member passed away and another left the community. The third member has requested that he be replaced if possible, due to limited availability.

McDonald advised Council, which is responsible for appointing members to the Board, that the issue of restoring the Board to full capacity would need to be addressed in the near future.

• After receiving a copy of a letter from the Village of Granisle to Premier Christy Clark with regards to disability benefits payments, Council moved to draft their own letter on the issue.

The Granisle Council

Village is required under the Local Government Act to maintain a Board of Variance in the municipality, and in Port Alice’s case the Board must be comprise of at least three members.

The role of the Board is to adjudicate in cases where a property owner seeks a relaxation of zoning bylaws to remedy a perceived hardship.

The Board has to operate within Zoning bylaws, but any relaxations it does grant carry a good deal of weight, and its decisions cannot be undone without a supreme court decision.

The current Board is in need of members after

echoed a position taken by the District of Kitimat, urging the Province to increase the Persons with Disabilities benefit.

The letter urged an increase to a minimum $1200 per month, arguing that this figure better reflects the cost of living in B.C. Port Alice Council moved to draft its own letter to Premier Christy Clark supporting the position of Kitimat and Granisle. Councillor Marc Brackett suggested Port Alice’s letter recommend tying any increase in benefits to inflation in order to avoid the same issues repeating in the future.

Reserve’s land request prompts dialogue Gazette staff Council sought dialog after learning of a request to expand the Kwakiutl Reserve at Fort Rupert.

Council heard that a formal request had been made to the Department of Justice from the Kwakiutl Indian Band for an additional 32.1 hectares adjacent to the Kippase Indian Reserve No.2 at Fort Rupert. The First Nation requested the land in order for a new school and community purposes.

The DOJ contacted the District of Port Hardy since the District has a right of way on the requested parcel of land

and the DOJ are unable to grant land with an encumbrance on it. The DOJ asked if the District would release the right of way, which is for the purpose of sewer lines, but the District declined, seeking an alternative agreement.

Council were in favour of opening up a direct dialogue with the First Nation to seek a mutually acceptable solution to the impasse.

Mayor Bev Parnham noted that there had yet to be direct contact between the two parties on the issue, since the initial request, query, and rejection had been done through mail.

Council moved to arrange a meeting with

Council Meeting Port Hardy the band to seek an inperson discussion on the issue.

•The District of Port Hardy’s Chief Administrative Officer, Rick Davidge has been appointed to the fourmember Aquaculture Working Group for AVICC. The Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities represents the interests of local municipali-

ties, providing a unified front, and allowing the voices of local governments to be heard more easily. The AVICC recently asked for representatives to serve on an Aquaculture Working Group, and District of Port Hardy Chief Administrative Officer Rick Davidge was one of the four selected for the group.

Council congratulated Davidge on his appointment to the position.

•Council approved the Transmission Line Agreement with the Cape Scott Wind Farm project, granting a statutory right of way for the power lines to run from

VILLAGE OF PORT ALICE NOTICE OF TAX SALE Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act (Section #405) public notice is hereby given, that unless the outstanding taxes are sooner paid, the following property in Port Alice will be offered for sale at a public auction. The Tax Sale will be held on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Municipal Office Council Chambers at 1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice BC.

FOLIO

STREET ADDRESS

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

TOTAL UPSET PRICE

788015 788015

900 Marine Drive Port Alice, BC

Lot 1, Plan 33045, DL 2137 Rupert Land District

$5,842.59

80000.42 80000.420

#42-1191 Marine Drive Port Alice, BC

Bay #42, Manufactured Home, DL 2137 Reg. #30076, Rupert Land District

$8,509.29

80000.68 80000.680

#68-1191 Marine Drive Port Alice, BC

Bay #68, Manufactured Home, DL 2137 Reg. #33842, Rupert Land District

$2,733.54

#94-1191 Marine Drive Port Alice, BC

Bay #94, Manufactured Home, DL 2137 Reg. #52879, Rupert Land District

$1,659.24

80000.94 80000.940

Prospective purchasers of tax sale property are reminded that a tax sale property is subject to taxation under the Property Transfer Tax Act (Sec. 420 [4]) on the fair market value of the property. This tax is to be paid at the end of the redemption period when title is transferred to the purchaser.

Gail Lind Property Tax Collector Village of Port Alice

the wind farm to the BC Hydro sub-station.

The agreement will allow the project to begin clearing and erecting the transmission lines that will connect the power generated at the Cape Scott site to BC Hydro’s

grid.

The District of Port Hardy will receive a $121,500 payment from the project, $100,000 on account of the right of way, and $21,500 on account of the timber that will be cleared to

allow the lines passage.

The Wind Farm project is scheduled to begin producing electricity next summer, its 55 turbines providing 99mW of renewable energy— enough for 30,000 homes.

TOWN OF PORT MCNEILL NOTICE OF TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE YEAR 2013 The Council of the Town of Port McNeill is proposing to continue to exempt by bylaw, certain properties from taxation for a one-year term commencing January 1, 2013.

The following properties are exempted by the Community Charter, Section 220 (h) (buildings set apart for public worship, and the land on which the building stands):

Property

Address

Estimated Tax Exemption

Bishop of Victoria

430 Chapel Street

$1,800

United Church of Canada

155 & 175 Cedar Street

$3,300

Full Gospel Church

2450 Catala Place

$3,600

Port McNeill Baptist Church

2501 Mine Road

$3,600

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2551 Mine Road

$3,400

Port McNeill Jehovah’s Witnesses

2651 Mine Road

$1,900

The following properties are exempted by the Community Charter, Section 224 (2) (a) (land or improvements that are owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit corporations) and (b) (land or improvements that are owned or held by a municipality, regional district or other local authority and used for the purposes of the authority):

Property

Address

Estimated Tax Exemption

Broughton Curling Club

2203 McNeill Road

$13,900

Royal Canadian Legion

2631 Mine Road

$2,400

Guide/Scout Hall

420 Shelley Crescent

$2,700

Port McNeill Lions Club

2897 Mine Road

$3,300

North Island Community Services Society

1503 Broughton Boulevard

$2,000

Broughton Strait Campground

550 Southeast Main Road

$2,000

F. Albert Sweet, CA Treasurer

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Ready to Rock?

Ready or not, here they come.

The riders of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock arrive on the North Island this weekend to kick off the annual 1,000-kilometre ride to Victoria to benefit cancer research and treatment.

You can bet the community of Port Alice is ready.

As the jump-off point for the event each year, Port Alice pulls out all the stops for the riders with an impressive seafood dinner and fund-raising auction Saturday night.

On Sunday morning, the riders saddle up and swing through Port Hardy, stopping at Carrot Park long enough to meet the public and catch their breath before hitting the road south.

The next stop is Port McNeill, and organizers there are ready, even if Sunday afternoon’s Tour de Rock Block Party at Black Bear Resort was put together in just the last couple of weeks.

Thank recently arrived constable Amron Russell, a former tour rider, for the McNeill event, which includes a cookout, kids games and face-paining and another meet-and-greet with the riders.

Russell is an example to all that the Tour de Rock is not a spectator event. Participants put in months of grueling training to raise funds to help children and others battling for their very lives.

Historically, the North Island has been very generous to the Tour. Let’s keep it up. Get to Port Alice, or to Port McNeill’s block party. Have a ball. And bring your wallet.

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Participation — and money raised — were both on the upswing at this year’s Terry Fox Run in Port Hardy.

Well done, folks.

The death of a logger at a remote camp last week reminds us of the danger inherent in our resource-based industries.

Stakes go up in B.C. gas gamble VICTORIA – Mike de Jong’s debut as B.C. finance minister was a grim one.

The first financial update for this election year projects a $1.4 billion decline in natural resource revenues from Kevin Falcon’s one and only budget in February.

Most of that is from declining natural gas revenues in the next three years.

And it’s not just the price of gas that’s lower than the finance ministry’s array of private sector experts had forecast.

The volume of B.C. gas sold is down as well, as abundant new sources of shale gas come on-stream in the U.S. As with oil, that’s currently the only market Canada has.

De Jong announced a hiring freeze for government staff, and a management salary freeze across health care, universities and Crown corporations as well as government operations.

He hinted at an even harder

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line with unions, as the government’s largest employee group continued selective strike action.

This, and the familiar vow to rein in travel and other discretionary spending, won’t come close to replacing the lost gas revenues.

Asset sales, which Falcon came up with in a desperate effort to dig the government out of its huge sales tax hole, won’t show up on the books until next year, if they go ahead at all. Raising taxes or fees? Forget it. It’s

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either cut programs or run another deficit.

The one glimmer of hope in what de Jong called the “ugly” resource revenue picture is that natural gas revenues don’t have much farther to fall. And then there is the light at the far end of the tunnel, exports to Asia where the price remains much higher.

That project took two important steps forward last week. Spectra Energy and British multinational BG Group unveiled plans for a third major pipeline to bring northeast gas to the coast, this one to a site near Prince Rupert proposed for a liquefied natural gas facility.

And on Friday, the Haisla Nation and the B.C. government announced a land use agreement to develop another LNG export facility on the Douglas Channel near Kitimat. Two proposals in that area have already received federal export permits and financing from A member of

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global energy players, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean companies.

One of the bills jammed through by the B.C. Liberals in the hectic legislative session this spring was to do away with another of those federal-provincial overlaps that make industrial development so slow and difficult. Ottawa has sole authority to regulate reserve lands, but agreed to delegate that to B.C. and the Haisla, allowing them to pioneer the latest agreement.

At the centre of Premier Christy Clark’s much-promoted jobs plan is the target of having three LNG export terminals and associated pipelines in production by 2020.

That now looks like a more realistic target. But the jobs and revenues won’t arrive in time to save the B.C. Liberals from their current predicament.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS editor@northislandgazette.com

Money not the solution for many homeless Dear editor: I am watching CBC news this evening and the problems that Atira is having in Vancouver with social housing. Many people are homeless due to untreated or under treated mental

health issues and addictions. Giving them money for an apartment will not solve the homeless problem for most, as many people become homeless due to their inability to live in an apartment successfully.

Some party and disturb other residents. If they smoke and drink to excess, there is a risk of them falling asleep and causing a fire. If they do hard drugs, they cause many more problems.

I have spoken to some

older male homeless people who tell me they prefer not to have to pay hydro bills and rent. Some say they would prefer to live in tents. This is why I think places such as Maple Pool, where people live in camp-

ers, might be better than apartment living or social housing for some.

I realize this is a complex problem, but wanted to point out the above to some who have suggested using money set aside for hous-

ing to help homeless people rent apartments.

Not many apartment managers would permit homeless people to rent from them either.

Marilyn Crosbie Comox

Sick of the blame Dear editor, My name is Keith. I’m the character with the motorized bicycle and trailer, the guy with the too-friendly dog. I live on my boat at Fisherman’s Wharf.

In the past few months I have been accused of stealing someone’s bait, not picking up after my dog, and, yesterday, Sept 11, of stealing a wallet and bicycle.

I am tired. Tired of the harassment; tired of being accused of things I didn’t do; tired of feeling scared

and intimidated.

I have to do something to try to alleviate this problem so I’m putting out this letter.

I publicly give permission for the RCMP to search my boat with or without a warrant or warning. With or without a complaint.

I have nothing to hide and I’m tired of feeling threatened and accused. I am not going anywhere, I’m going to stay right where I am, but the intimidation has to stop.

Keith Dorward Port Hardy

Big thanks for the spruce-up Dear editor, Market Street is certainly looking sprucer these days.

Thank you, James Emerson, all the volunteer helpers, various Port Hardy businesses and the Chamber of Commerce. You are making a difference!

Jane Hutton Port Hardy

Drive-in convenience

A driver jumped the curb at Supreme Convenience last week, coming to a stop just before the front door. Only the wooden post on the top step stood between the car and customers inside the store. No one was hurt in the A O'Toole incident.

High carbon tax to make us all breathe easier Dear editor, B.C. mayors are asking the government to spend money collected from the carbon tax on “green” projects. A great idea, but I would go further by asking for even higher carbon taxes.

Wow, you say, higher taxes, great.

OK, I do realize that most people think that taxes are bad — and higher taxes worse. If that is your opinion, please hear me out.

Even as dead bodies piled up in city streets, pre-industrial Europeans

did not know the cause or solution to horrific epidemics that killed millions and destroyed the quality of life in many cities. As a result, pit toilets continued to be built close to drinking water wells – a really bad idea.

But a scientist, Louis Pasteur, used a microscope to show that deadly and unseen bacteria existed in water that looked clean.

As a result, local governments established a water tax to fund the disinfection of drinking water. People lived, the economy prospered, cities thrived – and

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a great environmental and human crisis was stopped.

So after that experience, we now know that we should not pee into our drinking water. And in the same manner, we now need to stop peeing carbon dioxide into the air as quickly as possible in order to prevent our climate, and our kids’ future, from being destroyed.

A water tax was used in Europe to provide healthy drinking water, in spite of opposition from property owners. And high carbon taxes are needed now to

provide clean air, in spite of the constant messaging in the media that taxes are always bad. We must prevent the breakdown of our climate to allow our economy to thrive — just like providing clean drinking water did for those European cities.

Our supply of air is limited - if the earth was an onion, the atmosphere would be as thin as the last layer of skin. So we must stop the polluting of our air by phasing out the burning of fossil fuels.

A carbon tax could be

given back to individuals at year end, like a dividend. Or it could be spent on green projects to clean our air.

Either way, it will encourage consumers to buy products using the least amount of oil or gas, because those products would be cheaper.

In B.C., we have a small carbon tax. But we need a more comprehensive and larger carbon tax on all types of fossil fuels, at all points in the economy, and by all levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal.

So let your politicians

know that you favour high carbon taxes. And if your neighbours or friends say you are nuts, tell them the story about those early Europeans who stopped dying when they started paying a water tax needed to disinfect their drinking water.

You can contact individual politicians or the provincial finance committee which is asking for public input about a carbon tax in BC at betterfuturefund.ca/ about.

Peter Nix Maple Bay

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Hot Spots

September 20-21 Circus Gatti appears at Wakas Hall, Tsulquate Reserve, Port Hardy. Shows 7:30 p.m. Friday, 4:15 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. Free kids’ tickets at many area businesses.

September 22 Indoor multi-family garage sale. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the Port Hardy Baptist Church. Books, baking, household items, clothes, electronics, toys and much more! All proceeds will go to the PH Baptist Church building project.

SEAVAC Home Economics Room. Machiko Maruyama, Port Alice’s ‘ex-pat’, will bring her sushi making skills straight from Japan. There will be a $15 materials charge for this course. Call Colleen at 250-949-7912 ex. 2863 to register.

MEETINGS & ONGOING EVENTS

September 22 Tour de Rock seafood dinner and auction, 5:30 p.m., Port Alice Legion. Tickets $20, available at the Legion. Meet the riders in this year’s Cops for Cancer ride and help out a good cause.

September 29 Fall Funkin’ golf and curling event hosted by Fort Rupert Curling Club. Nine holes scramble golf starting 9:30 a.m. at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club, followed by barbecue and four-end curling matches at the club in Storey’s Beach. $40 registration covers greens fees, lunch and prizes. No experience necessary; curling equipment provided. Info, Brenda, 250-949-7379.

• Port Hardy Museum fall hours - now open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Float Camp Life exhibit held over to December. • Quatsino Museum & Archives is open Friday to Sunday from 1:00pm-2:00pm. FMI quatsino. museum@recn.ca • The German Edelweiss Cultural Club meets Thurs. at 7pm in PH Inn Pub. FMI 250-2301376. • Lions Bingo every Thurs. @ Civic Centre.

Doors open at 5:30pm. • Every other Tuesday: Footcare clinic at Hardy Bay Seniors 9-5pm. FMI 1-888-334-8531. • Third Sunday of every month: Hamburger and hotdog sale from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Hardy Bay Senior's Centre, 9150 Granville St. • Overeating Anonymous (OA) meetings. FMI call Julia at 250-949-7069 or Ann at 250-9028244.

September 22 101 Squadron will dedicate a memorial to the victims of the 1944 crash of the Dakota 966, 1:30 p.m., Port Hardy Airport. Info, Russ Hellberg, 250-902-1234.

September 23 Cops for Cancer pancake breakfast, 8 a.m., Port Alice Community Centre. Cost by donation; join the riders and crew and send them off on the start of the 2012 Tour de Rock.

September 23 101 Squadron holds its annual Battle of Britain Parade to remember the flyers who perished during the Battle of Britain. 10:30-11 a.m. at the Carrot Park Cenotaph. Tour de Rock riders scheduled to arrive at the close of ceremonies.

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Forestry week kicks off will be the guest speaker Thursday, Sept. 27, for a presentation on the black-headed budworm, the pest responsible for the red hillsides around many parts of the North Island.

The presentation will take place beginning at 7 p.m. at Gate House Community Theatre in Port McNeill.

Two days later, the theatre will host another buggy feature sure to delight the younger set.

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Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— National Forest Week returns next week, and organizers of local community activities plan to let it bug them as much as possible.

The North Island’s forestry professionals from the Ministry of Forests office are putting on a schedule of events to commemorate the week by recognizing the value — and risk — in our creepy, crawly forest friends.

Provincial entomologist Jennifer Burleigh

a story from the perspective of an ant, will show beginning at 2:30 p.m.

The week will also feature multiple field trips and presentations for local schoolchildren, from kindergarten through Grade 10.

Primary grade students will be visited by forest professionals — accompanied by Smokey Bear — for an interactive, age-appropriate presentation.

Intermediate grades have a chance to take a guided, interactive for-

est tour capped by a barbecue lunch at Marble River Recreation Site.

“In 2008 we started using a collaborative approach to National Forest Week, involving professionals from industry, consultants and the government,” said Lisa Brown, who is helping coordinate MOF activities. “The coolest part of this is the number of volunteers we have participate every year.”

A year ago, more than 40 volunteers participated, Brown said.

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Owners of the aforementioned parcels of real property have until 10:00 am on September the 24, 2012, to pay the delinquent taxes plus interest to remove their land and/or improvements from the Tax Sale. Parcels with delinquent taxes outstanding will be sold by public auction at the Council Chambers of the Village of Alert Bay Office located at 15 Maple Road in Alert Bay BC at 10:00 am on Monday September 24, 2012. The upset price is the lowest amount for which the Village may lawfully sell each parcel. Payments must be made in cash, by certified cheque, by money order, Visa, Master card, Debit or a combination of all 6 immediately upon the completion of the Tax Sale.

Personal cheques will NOT be accepted.

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Roll # 72.000 - Royal Canadian Legion Branch #198: Lot C, Plan 7953, Section 53 – under section 224(2)(a) of the Community Charter. Section 224(2)(a) states as follows: land or improvements owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit corporation, Assessed Value to be exempt $150,200 Roll # 27508.478 Historic Alert Bay Development Corporation Fishing Pier: District Lot 1709 and Block A of District Lot 2032 under Section 224(2)(i) of the Community Charter. Section 224(2) (i) states as follows: land or improvements owned or held by an athletic or service club or association and used as a public park or recreation ground or for public athletic or recreational purposes.

Assessed Value to be exempt $57,100 Roll # 34.000 Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (Glad Tidings Church): Parcel A, Block 6, Plan 2282281, Section 53, Rupert Land District of L 6 PL 4408 Cormorant Island PID #006-117236 – under Section 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter states as follows: in relation to property that is exempt under section 220(1) (h) (buildings for public worship) an area of land surrounding the exempt building. Assessed Value to be exempt $97,300 Roll # 142.000 Bishop of Victoria (Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church): Lot 2, Plan 17887, Section 53, Rupert Land District, Cormorant Island PID #003-849-066 - under Section 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter states as follows: in relation to property that is exempt under section 220(1)(h) (buildings for public worship) an area of land surrounding the exempt building.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Left: Deborah Emery of Alert Bay performed Sunday at St. John Gualbert Anglican Church during the congregation’s Raise the Roof thank-you party Sunday afternoon.

Above: Celebrants meet while enjoying dessert, tea and punch in the remodeled annex at St. John Gualbert (A-Frame) Church.

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Singer hits high note at church thank you party J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— For most of the past year, the congregation of St. John Gualbert Anglican Church has worked to raise a new roof on the distinctive A-frame building.

Sunday, they kicked back and let Alert Bay singer Deborah Emery raise the roof inside.

Emery, supported by a recorded track of backing instruments and occasional vocals, wowed a full house with a wide-ranging set of gospel, R&B and soul music Sunday at the Raise the Roof Concert and Thank-

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“This building today is a statement, that we’re proud of where we are and proud of where we’re going.�

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you party.

In addition to the music, guests had a chance to meet the new minister, Rev. Wade Allen, and enjoy a reception featuring tea, punch and desserts in the recently remodelled and expanded annex to the church, work that was performed in conjunction with the

roofing of the structure originally built in 1963. “When I came up last October, before all this started, it was obvious a lot of work was needed so that people would feel comfortable here,� said Allen, who started as pastor June 1, as work was in full swing. “This building today is

a statement, that we’re proud of where we are and proud of where we’re going.�

The $120,000 project, which included new electrical wiring and heating, was spearheaded by Craig Murray, with help from his wife Deborah and a cadre of volunteers.

The remodel of the bookstore and expansion of the annex was performed by contractor Bob Koop, who attended Sunday’s party and chatted with

guests following the concert.

Funding was aided by a series of concerts held over the preceding 10 months at Gate House Community Theatre, including a well-received show by Georgia Murray and Friends. The Victoriabased Murray was a

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North Island Life Fox family fun Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Around twenty-five North Islanders came to the Port Hardy Secondary School track this weekend to take part in their own Marathon of Hope.

The twenty five represented an improvement on recent years, explained Pam Johnson, who was on hand at the high-school track collecting donations and selling Terry Fox memorabilia. Altogether the local Terry Fox Run raised over $720 for the cancer research charity this year.

Last Friday, students at Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy were turned loose from class for their own Terry Fox Run, a series of laps around the soccer field.

Terry Fox suffered from osteogenic sarcoma which resulted in his right leg being amputated in 1977. Seeing the suffering in the cancer ward, he set out to raise awareness of the need for more research into finding a cure for the condition. In 1980 he set out to run across Canada, spreading his message and attempting to raise $24 million— $1 for each Canadian.

Although the run ended after 143 days, when the cancer spread to his lungs, the fundraising didn’t, and in 1981 the Marathon of Hope reached its goal of $24.17 million. Fox died four months later.

Clockwise from left: Eagle View students high five teacher Richard Starr during Friday’s Terry Fox Run at the school; locals walked, ran, and biked around the PHSS track in Sunday’s community Terry Fox Run; Scotty, Maggie and Effrey Sedgemore hand over a donation to Pam Johnson; Kylie McDonald blazes through a lap Friday at Eagle View; Elizabeth Maundrell speeds through her laps on the track, J.R. Rardon, Sandy Grenier, A O’Toole Jordis Sinden snaps a shot of Dave Stephenson while they run.

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The drive was one of 50 held across the

province on that day, which resulted in an estimated 352,288 pounds of food being collected for food banks throughout B.C. On the North Island, more than 30 volunteers contributed 130 hours of service to benefit the food bank.

“It was great to see how the residents of our communities came forward to support our project,” said Andrew Rolfson, BCTFD Executive Director.

“The success can be credited to communities selflessly working together donating time, talent, and means to

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Delighted with the amount of aid given, Cheryl Elliot, director of the Port Hardy Harvest Food Bank was very appreciative of receiving the muchneeded contributions from the community.

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Summer in Port Alice is pretty as a picture The best kept secret on North a dazzling array of alders lined Island is a town that has been up like soldiers along the creek written off so many times and that runs alongside the highway. has risen to live again that it How many thousands of alders should be called “Phoenix”. The are there??? My second reason town is one of the prettiest on the to paint in Alice is to have an whole island and enjoys a com- excuse to go to the Victorian munity spirit second to none. Steakhouse. Why is it that I The town is, of course, Port always forget to take a lunch?

Port Alice gets really warm Alice. in summer (I swear I have painted they grow bananas).

Alice a number of Often I have gone times over the years, to paint there on one always trying to find of our Port McNeill a view that is a little foggy mornings different from the to find the sun had thousands of phoarrived early. The tos that have been park at Port Alice taken by photograincludes the boat phers from everydocks and rambles where. Alice is so A Brush with along beside the photogenic that it Henschel ocean for quite a is really hard not to with Gordon ways. On this hot take beautiful, picHenschel day I set up to paint ture-postcard phoat the opposite end tos; and why would of the park under a you not? Especially true along their famous sea walk, nice shady old hemlock, watchwhere every turn engenders a ing the park being enjoyed by great view of plummeting moun- kids from nine to ninety. I used tainsides along an inlet sprinkled all my “hot colours” to try to capture the moment, trying to hurry with The Frigon Islands.

There are two other good rea- before the sun peeked around the sons why I like to go to Port hemlock. Then I would have to Alice to paint. Firstly, I love the escape to the cool restaurant!

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Clockwise from top left, Xandryn Frost of Port McNeill leaps during the premier 8-12 sword dance at the fourth annual Mount Waddington Highland Competition Saturday in Port Hardy; Mollie Johnson and Winona Stead of Port Hardy take in the action from the bleachers; Emily Walker of Port Hardy and Frost share a laugh with Ross Armour of Vancouver; Kaitlyn Saunders, Emma Walkus and Sarah Tupper of Port Hardy compete in the Primary 5-6 division.

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Dancer step lively in Hardy Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Emma Jensen of Port Hardy and Heather MacKenzie of Port McNeill were among the big winners Saturday as the Mount Waddington Highland Dance Association hosted its fourth annual regionwide Highland Dance competition at Port Hardy Secondary School.

Jensen earned the aggregate points title in the Intermediate 12-14 age group and also won the Sandra Gunson Trophy for highest point total among all Intermediate competitors.

MacKenzie similarly earned top honours in the Novice 12-over division, and won the Pat Prestwich Trophy

for top overall points among all Novice-level competitors.

Sydni Burns of Port Hardy also won an aggregate title, claiming top overall points in the Beginner 10-over class.

The competition drew

more than a hundred competitors from across Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and from as far away as Calgary. It was backed by more than a dozen sponsors, including title sponsor OK Tire of Port Hardy and travel

sponsor Pacific Coastal Airlines.

Additional local winners in individual events included Emma Walkus of Port Hardy, Kylie McDonald of Port Hardy, Randi Ward of Port McNeill and the GoGo Girls, mem-

bers of Team Charlton Highland Dance made up of Port McNeill and Port Hardy dancers, who claimed the top spot in the team choreography competition.

Results appear in Sports Scoreboard, page 19.

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September 22 Hockey Port McNeill Minor Hockey hosts all-girls jamboree, 10:30 a.m.1:45 p.m., Chilton Regional Arena.

All girls ages five+ welcome, no experience necessary. Pre-register at Timberland Sports; info, Lisa 250-9562224.

September 29 Golf/curling Annual Fall Funkin’ golf and curling tournspiel, 9 a.m. Rinks compete in nine holes of golf in a scramble format at Seven Hills Golf & Country Club, followed by four-end curling matches at Fort Rupert Curling Club in Port Hardy. Combined low-gross and curling results determine winning teams. To register or for info, contact Brenda at 250949-7379 or visit Fort Rupert Curling Club on Facebook.

September 30 Stock cars Tri-Port Speedway season points series f inale, 1 p.m.

Concession, kids play area. Info, Theresa, 250-949-7273.

October 9-11 Curling Free curling clinic at Broughton Curling Club, Port McNeill, 7 p.m. each evening.

New curlers can get instruction from club members; equipment provided. Info, Nick, 250-956-2736.

November 30December 1 Curling Bill Gurney Memorial Men’s Bonspiel at Broughton Curling Club, Port McNeill.

Goaltender Sagel Hall dives for a stick save on a backhand by Payton Laming as goalie coach Jason Saunders looks on last Thursday during North Island Eagles atom development tryouts in Port McNeill. Tiering play begins this weekend for Eagles teams.

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Canada gears up for national sport day Gazette staff North Islanders are encouraged to show their support for sport Saturday, Sept. 29 on Sports Day in Canada.

Now in its third year, the program is a national celebration of sport, from grassroots to high-performance levels, in communities across the country.

Sports Day in Canada is present-

ed by CBC Sports, Radio-Canada Sports, ParticipACTION and True Sport, working with national sporting organizations and their networks of coaches, athletes and enthusiasts across the country.

It’s an opportunity for all Canadians to celebrate the power of sport to build community, fortify our national spirit and facilitate

healthy, active living. Sports Day in Canada is generously supported by Sport Canada and is expanding its reach in British Columbia thanks to a first-ever provincial partnership with BC’s Ministry of Health.

In 2011, 1,300 organizations and nearly a million Canadians “got in the game” and took part.

Sept. 28 is national Jersey Day, a national day to show your love and support for sport by wearing a jersey, team or club uniform to school, work or play. From municipal council chambers to office buildings and classrooms across the nation, we envision a sea of Canadians wearing their hearts on their sleeves on national

Jersey Day. In the week of September 29, organizers will hold a blitz of Sports Day in Canada events, with community-wide festivals, tryit days, open houses, games, competitions, meet-and-greets, tournaments, fun runs, spectator events and pep rallies that celebrate sport at all levels.

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Organizations, communities and schools are encouraged to register their events on the Sports Day in Canada website, so Canadians can search for local events near them.

O'Connor wins again Gazette staff The last time Port Hardy stock car driver Lawrence O’Connor competed at Grays Harbor Raceway in Washington, he left the track in an ambulance with his Harris modified racer nearly totaled after it was struck during a caution.

Suffice it to say, his return to the track last week went much

better.

O’Connor wrapped up the Sept. 8 by winning the USRA Modified feature main, then was joined by the track girls for a smiling photo with the victor’s trophy.

O’Connor, nicknamed Sir Lawrence by track denizens, piloted his No. 27eh car into the lead in a daring three-wide pass of Scott Miller and Craig

Moore following a restart on lap 22 of the 30-lap race. He had previously led the race from laps seven through 15 before surrendering the front position to Miller, of Shelton, Wash., on an earlier restart.

With his victory, O’Connor became the third repeat winner in the USRA Modified season series at Grays Harbor Raceway.

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McNeill hosts all-girls hockey jamboree Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Hoping to build on the success of a first-year female hockey program last season and entice more girls into the sport, the Port McNeill Hockey Association will host its first all-girls hockey jamboree Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Chilton Regional Arena.

Designed as a fun introduction to the sport, rather than a competitive event, the jamboree will include

a series of fun activities on and off the ice, and lunch will be provided.

All girls five years and older are welcome, and no experience is necessary.

Helmet, gloves, skates and stick are required, but may be provided if needed.

Pre-registration is available through today at Timberland Sports in Port McNeill. Those who miss the deadline can check on the availability of spots by calling Boni at 250-956-

"It will be a mix of age levels ... it's more about skills development."

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New girls program Port McNeill Minor Hockey plans to begin an Intro to Girls Hockey program beginning Oct. 14, with practices held once

per week each Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

The program runs through mid-March, with a cost of $100 per player for the full season.

The program hopes to build on the successful Tri-Port peewee girls team

formed last year, but in a less-competitive environment.

“This new group will be more of an introductory program,” organizer Lisa Brown said. “For some of the kids who haven’t played before, we’re hoping an all-girls environment is something they may feel more comfortable in. It will be a mix of age levels and it won’t be for teams or a game schedule; it’s more about skills development.”

Glen Day is tapped by teammate Daniel Hovey entering turn three during heat racing Sunday at Tri-Port Speedway. Below, Day spins out across the track following the collision.

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Hovey on top after tight contest Gazette staff PORT HARDY— A smaller-than-usual field took nothing away from the action at the first of two makeup days for rained-out events at the Tri-Port Speedway.

An initial field of five was reduced by one when Brock Shore blew his transmission, with the remaining four drivers left to fight for the points.

Two drivers immediately set out their intentions to make the most of the smaller field as Daniel Hovey took the fast time for the day while Glen Day took the Trophy dash. The pair battled for the top spots all day as Day took the

second place total.

Doyle’s points haul moved him to fifth for the season.

There will be one more make-up event at the Speedway to cap off the North Island stock car season, to be held Sunday, September 30.

Day Points Daniel Hovey- 103 Glen Day- 86 Justin Reusch- 70 Ryan Doyle- 59 first heat, holding off Hovey, Justin Reusch and Ryan Doyle respectively.

The second heat saw Hovey get revenge, beating Day to the top spot while Reusch and

Doyle again chased the pair.

The main event proved to be a repeat of the second heat with the race finishing Hovey, Day, Reusch, Doyle, with the day’s

points total in the same order.

Day retained his grasp on the season’s point lead and Hovey’s strong racing moved him to just six points behind Reusch’s

Season Points Glen Day- 465 Justin Reusch- 407 Daniel Hovey- 401 Paul Weeks(4)- 219 Ryan Doyle- 159 Robbie Robbins-129 Brock Shore- 77 Paul Weeks(44)- 58

Girls who have previously played co-ed hockey are also welcome to try out the Intro to Girls Hockey program.

Brown said the competitive team started last season under coach Boni Sharpe will continue as a bantam club this season, with many of the same players.

“We’re hoping some of the bantam girls will help come and coach and rolemodel,” she said.

A TH T HLE ETES TES off the h W ATHLETES Weekk LAWRENCE O’CONNOR The Port Hardy stock car driver claimed his second USRA Modified feature main title at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash.

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4th Annual Mount Waddington Highland Dance Competition Sept. 15 At Port Hardy Secondary School Top 5 by class Primary 5-6 Pas de Basques: 1. Daisy Swallow, Langley; 2. Emma Walkus, Port Hardy; 3. Gracie Lange, Courtenay. Pas de Basques and High Cuts: 1.

Swallow; 2. Walkus; 3. Lange.

Fling: 1. Walkus; 2. Swallow; 3.

Lange. Sword: 1. Swallow; 2.

Walkus; 3. Kaitlyn Saunders, Port Hardy.

Beginner 6-9 Fling: 1. Megan Welsh, Courtenay; 2. Kylie McDonald, Port Hardy; 3. Cailyn Collins, Comox; 4. Jerzie Cheetham, Port Hardy; 5. Claire Nolli, Duncan.

Sword: 1. Welsh; 2. Nolli. Seann Truibhas: 1. McDonald; 2. Welsh; 3. Collins. Lilt: 1. McDonald; 2.

Nolli; 3. Welsh. Flora: 1. Collins; 2. Nolli; 3. Welsh. Aggregate: Megan Welsh, Courtenay.

Beginner 10-over Fling: 1. Randi Ward, Port McNeill; 2. Sydni Burns, Port Hardy; 3. Shreya Narayan, Port Hardy; 4. Freya Moosbrugger, Comox; 5. Aysha Stewart, South Royston. Sword: 1. Burns; 2.

Moosbrugger; 3. Ward; 4. Kalina Cotter, Port Hardy; 5. Shelby Keen, Port McNeill. Seann Truibhas: 1. Ward; 2. Burns; 3.

Keen; 4. Narayan; 5. Wigard. Lilt: 1. Burns; 2. Ward; 3. Moosbrugger; 4. Stewart; 5. Danielle Wigard, Port Hardy. Flora: 1. Burns; 2.

Ward; 3. Moosbrugger; 4. Keen; 5. Wigard. Aggregate: Sydni

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Novice 7-11 Fling: 1. Cheyenne Mackeil, Duncan; 2. Karissa Birch, Duncan; 3. Madison Cote, Campbell River; 4. Abigail Gibeault, Comox; 5.

Kaitlyn Dooling, Comox. Sword: 1. Birch; 2. Mackeil; 3. Mollie Johnson, Port Hardy; 4. Dooling; 5. Kaitlyn Dreger, Campbell River. Seann Truibhas: 1. Birch; 2. Mackeil; 3. Eileah Cotter, Port Hardy; 4. Cote; 5. Gibeault. Lilt: 1.

Birch; 2. Mackeil; 3. Bailey Cook, Campbell River; 4. Gibeault; 5. Johnson. Flora: 1. Birch; 2.

Cotter; 3. Mackeil; 4. Gibeault; 5. Dooling. Aggregate: Karissa Birch, Duncan.

Novice 12-over Fling: 1. Heather MacKenzie, Port McNeill; 2. Delaney Robson, Duncan; 3. Catherine Symons, Port McNeill; 4. Abby Brown, Cowichan Bay; 5. Katie Lange, Courtenay. Sword: 1.

MacKenzie; 2. Lange; 3. Brown; 4. Clare Robertson, Powell River; 5. Emily Dreger, Campbell River.

Seann Truibhas: 1. MacKenzie; 2. Robson; 3. Symons; 4. Lange; 5. Brown. Lilt: 1. Robson; 2.

MacKenzie; 3. Symons; 4. Brown; 5. Robertson. Flora: 1. Robson; 2. MacKenzie; 3. Robertson; 4. Cailin Tyrrell, Powell River; 5. Lange. Aggregate: Heather MacKenzie, Port McNeill.

Pat Prestwich Novice Confined Highest Points: Heather MacKenzie, Port McNeill.

Group Choreography 1. GoGo Girls, Team Charlton Highland Dancers.

Individual Choreography 1. Cameron Kearns, Courtenay.

Intermediate 7-11 Fling: 1. Taryn Neligan, Shawnigan Lake; 2. Kennedy Plumb, Cobble Hill; 3. Abigail McCorquodale, Port Hardy; 4.

Mackenna Lee, Parksville; 5.

Jenna Brown, Port Hardy. Sword: 1. Plumb; 2. Neligan; 3. Kaitlyn Welsh, Courtenay; 4. Brown.

Seann Truibhas: 1. Neligan; 2. Plumb; 3. Livia Wallace, Cumberland; 4. Brown; 5. Lee. Laddie: 1. Plumb; 2. Neligan; 3.

Lee; 4. Welsh; 5. McCorquodale.

Lilt: 1. Plumb; 2. McCorquodale; 3. Neligan; 4. Wallace; 5. Brown.

Aggregate: Kennedy Plumb, Cobble Hill.

Intermediate 12-14 Fling: 1. Emma Jensen, Port Hardy; 2. Sarah Chapeskie, Victoria; 3.

Shawndelle LaChance, Nanaimo; 4. Kayla Champis, Courtenay; 5. Tyresa Bramham, Port McNeill. Sword: 1. LaChance; 2. Chapeskie; 3.

Jensen; 4. Bramham; 5. Emmalee Smith, Victoria. Seann Truibhas: 1. Jensen; 2. Chapeskie; 3.

LaChance; 4. Smith; 5. Champis.

Laddie: 1. LaChance; 2. Jensen; 3.

Chapeskie; 4. Smith; 5. Champis.

Lilt: 1. Jensen; 2. Chapeskie; 3.

LaChance; 4. Champis; 5. Smith.

Aggregate: Emma Jensen, Port Hardy.

Intermediate 15-over Fling: 1. Sophia Lazaroff, Powell River; 2. Hayley Ferguson, Nanaimo; 3. Alison Chapeskie, Victoria. Sword: 1. Lazaroff; 2.

Ferguson; 3. Chapeskie. Seann Truibhas: 1. Lazaroff; 2. Ferguson;

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Laddie: 1. Ferguson; 2. Lazaroff; 3. Vincent. Lilt: 1. Ferguson; 2.

Lazaroff; 3. Tessa Friman, Port McNeill. Aggregate: Sophia Lazaroff, Powell River.

Sandra Gunson Intermediate Confined Highest Points: Emma Jensen, Port Hardy.

Premier 8-12 Fling: 1. Cameron Kearns, Courtenay; 2. Megan Ball, Calgary; 3. Xandryn Frost, Port McNeill; 4. Georgia Walkus, Port Hardy; 5. Madison Lagan, Courtenay. Sword: 1. Kearns; 2.

Frost; 3. Ball; 4. Lagan; 5. Megan Handley, Qualicum Beach. Seann Truibhas: 1. Kearns; 2. Lagan; 3.

Ball; 4. Frost; 5. Emma SimardProvencal, Parksville. Blue Bonnets: 1. Lagan; 2. Kearns; 3.

Ball; 4. Frost; 5. Handley. Village Maid: 1. Kearns; 2. Lagan; 3.

Zoe Crookshank, Powell River; 4. Handley; 5. Simard-Provencal.

Aggregate: Cameron Kearns, Courtenay.

Premier 13-15 Fling: 1. Melissa Carnegie, Calgary; 2. Rachel Bramley, Nanaimo; 3. Kacie Brittain, Port McNeill; 4. Anissa Jahromi, Nanaimo;5.Tayah McRae-Marlatt, Errington. Sword: 1. Jahromi; 2. Ceitinn Cusson, Nanaimo; 3.

Samuelle Simard-Provencal, Parksville; 4. Sydni Long, Powell River. Seann Truibhas: 1.

Carnegie; 2. Bramley; 3. Brittain; 4. McRae-Marlatt; 5. Jahromi.

Blue Bonnets: 1. Carnegie; 2. Bramley; 3. McRae-Marlatt; 4. Jahromi; 5. Brittain. Village

Maid: 1. Carnegie; 2. Bramley; 3. Jahromi; 4. McRae-Marlatt; 5. Brittain. Aggregate: Melissa Carnegie, Calgary.

Premier 16-over Fling: 1. Ross Armour, Vancouver; 2. Cassandra Karras, Errington; 3. Cameron Collins, Vancouver; 4. Jillian Peacock, Comox. Sword: 1. Armour; 2.

Collins; 3. Samantha Beach, Nanaimo; 4. Karras. Seann Truibhas: 1. Collins; 2. Armour; 3. Peacock; 4. Beach. Blue

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Challenge Hornpipe Premier 16-under 1. Melissa Carnegie, Calgary; 2. Cameron Kearns, Courtenay; 3. Rachel Bramley, Nanaimo; 4. Anissa Johromi, Nanaimo; 5.

Tayah McRae-Marlatt; 6. Madison Lagan, Courtenay.

Challenge Hornpipe - Premier 16-over 1. Cameron Collins, Vancouver; 2. Cassandra Karras, Errington; 3. Samantha Beach, Nanaimo.

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Bonnets: 1. Karras; 2. Collins; 3.

Beach; 4. Armour. Village Maid: 1. Peacock; 2. Karras; 3. Collins; 4. Armour. Aggregate: Ross Armour, Vancouver.

Challenge Hornpipe Intermediate 1. Kennedy Plumb, Cobble Hill; 2. Emma Jensen, Port Hardy; 3.

Taryn Neligan, Shawnigan Lake; 4. Livia Wallace, Cumberland; 5.

Shawndelle LaChance, Nanaimo; 6. Sarah Chapeskie, Victoria.

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— Susan Brenda Lynn Swanson December 21, 1957 – Sept. 24, 2007 Its been five years since our world changed, Our lives go on without you But nothing is the same We have to hide our heartache When someone speaks your name Sad are the hearts that love you Silent are the tears that fall Living without you is the hardest part of all You did so many things for us Your heart was so kind and true And when we needed someone We could always count on you The special years will not return When we are all together But with the love in our hearts You walk with us forever Miss you dear friend.

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Area art patrons enjoy McNeill show

Above: patrons view works by local artists in the Port McNeill Lion’s Club’s Night Out with the North Vancouver Island Artists’ Society. At right: Ruth Maas of Vancouver peers back at a portrait of an eye painted

by Misty Macqueen Smith J.R. Rardon

McNeill Lions Club hosted the second annual Night Out, featuring works by members of the North Vancouver Island Artists’ Society (NVIAS) and other artists. For $15, patrons were treated to winetasting, cheese, snacks and desserts and were entered into door prize drawings. They also, of course, got to view a range of styles presented by a variety of area artists.

“We do this as a community service,” Lions Club organizer Frank Shelley said. “It’s a

chance for the artists to show their work, and it’s good publicity for us as well.”

The Night Out provided NVIAS newcomer Gladys Latty a chance to participate in an art show without having to feel self-conscious about her work.

Instead, she brought and displayed works by fellow Port Hardy artist Rita Grier, who was unable to attend herself.

“I’m not showing anything here, because I’m new at it,” Latty admitted.

Not everybody was new, of course. The lineup of well-known, veteran artists whose work was displayed included Gordon Henschel of Nimpkish Heights, Heather Brown of Hyde Creek and Lyn Barton of Port Hardy, president of NVIAS. “Last year’s turnout was probably about double what we have here, but otherwise it’s been good,” said Barton, just after closing the sale of an original painting. “I don’t know if sales will be as good as last year, but we are selling. So no complaints there.”

Most of the works seemed to have a North Island orientation, from Barton’s paintings of St. Olaf’s Church in Old Quatsino to Brown’s depictions of the historic buildings of Telegraph Cove, to Henschel’s wide-ranging coverage of remote areas both well-recognized and off the beaten path.

Misty Macqueen Smith took a different tack, presenting a large collection of vividly coloured fantasy scenes, including several versions of a single, large eye in closeup. The eyes do not always get a welcome reception by visitors to her home, however.

“Some people don’t like to come into my

house,” Smith said with a laugh. “They get nervous that they’re being watched all the time.”

Milligan clearly had the smallest display — a single, large original acrylic painting and

several print copies of a coastal scene. She paints much more, she said, but most of her painting is done while wintering in Arizona, where the scenery is probably as surreal

to North Islander’s as Smith’s fantastical images.

“I’m not going to bring my cactus pictures here,” Milligan said.

“Who’s going to buy a cactus in Port Hardy?”

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J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Lorraine Milligan never made her living as an artist. But the Port Hardy woman has been living it up with paints and canvas since retiring six years ago.

“I used to paint a bit when I was younger,” said Milligan, “but then I got busy raising a family and working, and just didn’t have the time. So I started again.”

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Hardy to be Bear Aware Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The District of Port Hardy is hoping to earn B.C.-certified Bear Smart status with a variety of measures designed to reduce human-bear conflicts in and around the local community.

Among the steps taken by the District is replacement of public waste receptacles with bear-proof containers and an education campaign to inform residents on ways they can reduce the incidence of problem bears.

“The District of Port Hardy is committed to reducing the number of human-bear conflicts, both for the safety of our citizens and the health of our wild bears,” Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham said. “The Bear Smart program has provided us with good, sound information and recommendations that we are implementing as we can.”

As a result of several incidents involving bears in Port Hardy this summer — particularly at large dumpsters used by businesses and apartment complexes — the District has begun working in conjunction with Fox’s Disposal, the local waste-disposal service, to reduce the availability of attractive wastes.

“The odours from garbage, over-ripened fruits, pet foods, bird

feeders and other wastes tend to draw bears into our towns, increasing the risk of human-bear conflicts,” said Mac Willing, the local Bear Aware community coordinator.

“Human-bear issues tend to be deadly for the bears, as many garbage-habituated bears are destroyed.”

Willing suggests several tips regarding management of attractants, including: • Keep garbage in a location inaccessible to bears. If you don’t have secure storage, you can freeze smelly food items until collection morning or take garbage directly to the landfill; • Bird feed, along with pet food, is attractive to bears, but birds do not need additional feed in summers. Bring feeders in until November so they don’t become bear feeders; • Compost, chickens and pet food, if managed improperly, can all become bear attractants; and • Remove potential food items from inside vehicles and campers.

Every year a number of North Island vehicles are damaged by black bears attempting to or gaining entry to reach food.

Willing said that residents can learn more about identifying and managing bear attractants at www.bearaware.bc.ca.

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Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that International Forest Products Limited of Campbell River, BC, intends to make an application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island Central Coast for a Foreshore Licence of Occupation – Industrial, Log Handling (14 Sites), File Number 1413676, situated on Provincial Crown land located in the Rivers Inlet area.

Donna is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Marvin Wilson, Daughter Debbie Richards (Greg), Sons Perry Wilson (Leanne), Lance Wilson (Lynne) Brothers, Jim Williams (Shirley), Allan Williams (Gloria), Grandchildren, Dustin & Tayler Richards, Ryan & Riley Wilson, Shelby & Kaitlyn Wilson and her four legged furry friend, Bailey.

For more information or to make written comments, please contact: Peter Strickland, International Forest Products Limited, 1250 Ironwood St. Campbell River V9W 6H5; Peter.Strickland@ interfor.com OR Cyndy Grant, Ministry of Forests, North Island Central Coast Forest District. PO Box 7000 Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0; Cyndy.Grant@gov. bc.ca. The review and comment period will last 30 days from September 13, 2012. Comments will be received until October 13, 2012. FLNR ofďŹ ce may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Comments can also be posted at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending

A celebration of life to be held at Port McNeill A-Framed church Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

Please be sure to cite the Applicant’s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference.

In lieu of owers; the Family asks that a donation to the Port McNeill Hospital or a cancer society be made.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at FLNR ofďŹ ce.

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Take Notice that the Regional District of Mount Waddington, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C., intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Service Centre for a Sponsored Crown Grant – Institutional with respect to Provincial Crown land located in the Community of Woss as shown on the map below as Block P, Section 21, Rupert District, for regional park purposes.

Take notice that International Forest Products Limited of Campbell River, BC, intends to make an application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island Central Coast for a Foreshore Licence of Occupation – Industrial, Log Handling (10 Sites), File Number 1413675, situated on Provincial Crown land located in the Rivers Inlet area.

The Land File Number that has been established for this application is 1413999. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at Suite 142, 2080 Labieux Road, Nanaimo, B.C., V9T 6J9, or emailed to AuthorizingAgency@gov.bc.ca Comments will be received by MFLNRO until November 3rd 2012.

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PORT ALICE ANGLICANUNITED FELLOWSHIP Reverend Wade Allen Sunday Services - 4pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/12

WE BUY GREENS CEDAR. 27/lb PINE/FIR .32/lb Robbins Wreaths 1060 Spider Lake Qualicum Phone 250-7579661 email: robbinswreaths@yahoo.com

TRADES, TECHNICAL AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for welders, due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20 km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for ten 3rd Year Apprentices or Journeyperson welders. We offer best wage in industry. 3rd Year Apprentice $28-$30/hour, Journeyperson $32-$35/hour, higher with tank experience. ProďŹ t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company.

Good working environment.

Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at ofďŹ ce: 780-8462231; fax: 780-846-2241 or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca production@autotanks.ca Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform.

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY Equipment Technicians. Due to a steady growth in our industry we currently have multiple positions open for our ďŹ eld service division. Mining and large construction equipment experience is an asset. We offer very competitive wages and beneďŹ ts. Apply: ofďŹ ce@dutchmen.ca

Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. ConďŹ dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

LOCAL ROCKY Mountain House company looking for day rate and hourly Vacuum Truck Operator. Must have current oilďŹ eld tickets, up-todate drivers abstract. BeneďŹ t package. Fax 403-845-3903.

SECHELT WASTE Company seeks Heavy Duty Mechanic to manage shop operations and the maintenance of all equipment. Submit resume to 604-885-4247 or directdisposal@dccnet.com

PERSONAL SERVICES HEALTH PRODUCTS CASH BACK - $10 for every pound you lose. Lose weight quickly and safely and keep it off, results guaranteed! Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800854-5176.

FINANCIAL SERVICES DROWNING IN Debt? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru settlements.

Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. Toll Free 1 877-5563500 www.mydebtsolution.com GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple.

Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

HELPLEGAL WANTED

HELPLEGAL WANTED

CRIMINAL RECORD?

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES WE WILL design a sleek professional website for your business.

Call us at 604-307-6489. YOU NEED IT!

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FREE ITEMS FREE recordable VHS tapes (home recorded movies, documentaries etc.) A truck load, you pick up. (250) 927 1963.

Please no calls after Sept. 23, they will be gone.

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE bcclassiďŹ ed.com LEGAL HELP WANTED

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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Sunday Worship - 9:00am Reverend Wade Allen All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/12

GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/12

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PICKERS

JOURNEYMAN AUTOBODY position available immediately at brand new modern dealership. Lots of work, great pay, beneďŹ ts, great Northern Saskatchewan community. Apply to Rob Dron at admin@shellbrookchev.ca or call 1-800-667-0511.

LEGAL SERVICES CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certiďŹ cation, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind and a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresa’s Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909

INCOME OPPORTUNITY EARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy computer work, other positions are available. Can be done from home. No experience needed. www.HWC-BC.com

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FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org

North Island Church Services

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled Days Off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051

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ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Service Wed., 1:00 pm Bible Study Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com

NI SPORTSMAN Steak & Pizza Restaurant in Port McNeill is seeking experienced servers. Please apply in person.

EDITOR. THE Sundre RoundUp, a 2,000 circulation weekly, requires an experienced editor. Sundre is 110 km northwest of Calgary. Full beneďŹ t package. Apply: Lea Smaldon, 5013 - 51 Street, Olds, AB, T4H 1P6. 403-556-7510; lsmaldon@olds.greatwest.ca

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HELP WANTED An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilďŹ eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

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Reach most sportsmen & women in BC advertise in the 2013-2015 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulation Synopsis! The largest outdoor magazine in BC, 450,000 copies plus two year edition!

This is the most effective way to advertise your business in BC. Please call Annemarie at 1-800-661-6335. or email: ďŹ sh@blackpress.ca

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS LEARN FROM Home. Earn from home. Medical Transcriptionists are in demand. Lots of jobs! Enroll today for less than $95 a month. 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com admissions@canscribe.com

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES D&J Isley and Sons Contracting Ltd. in Grande Prairie, AB. is looking for BUNCHER, SKIDDER, FORWARDER and PROCESSOR Operators If you are looking for full time work, please submit your resume to hr@isley.ca or fax 780532-1250

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Counsellor required to work with children and youth who have witnessed family violence and with women who are or have been victims of violence. CWWA Counsellor responsibilities include providing counselling and emotional support to children, their families and caregivers, individually or in a group setting; developing and delivering public awareness/information sessions and educational support materials; maintaining positive relationships with other service providers, schools and agency team. The STV Counsellor assists women in identifying, understanding, and overcoming the effects of violence in their lives. It is critical that this person be able to demonstrate ethical thinking, respecting the diversity of our North Island community.

Required QualiďŹ cations: s ! "ACHELOR S DEGREE IN #OUNSELLING OR RELATED lELD OR AN APPROPRIATE COMBINATION OF education and training. s 3HOULD HAVE SOUND KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE AREA OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND children. s 0REFERRED BACKGROUND AND SKILLS INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS RECENT SUPERVISED CHILDREN S counselling, in addition to direct counselling experience with women who have experienced abuse. s /THER ASSETS WOULD BE ART AND PLAY THERAPY EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING IN trauma counselling; knowledge of First Nations culture; experience working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. ! VALID DRIVER S LICENSE AND OWN VEHICLE AS WELL AS A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK ARE REQUIRED !S A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT BENElTS package and work in a supportive, exible environment.

2ESUMES MAY BE SENT TO

0ROGRAM -ANAGER North Island Crisis & Counselling Centre Society "OX 0ORT (ARDY "# 6 . 0 &AX Email: reception@nicccs.org

Deadline for applications is Friday, Sept 28, 2012

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

FOR SALE BY OWNER

REAL ESTATE

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest ďŹ rewood producer offers ďŹ rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997. Make money and save money with your own bandmill.

Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

PORT MCNEILL 1701 Beach Drive. 3 Bedroom/2 Bath + ofďŹ ce. Beautiful Ocean view!

New Kitchen. Priced below assessed value: $249,900. Immediate Occupancy. Call 250956-4661.

7175 HIGHLAND Dr. Port Hardy. Selling 2520 sq ft west coast style custom home.

Open plan with ďŹ nished walk out basement/suite. 2 dr garage and 2 landscaped lots joined. Asking $347,000 OBO. See www.island.net/~ďŹ shnet or call 250-949-8922.

7299 THUNDERBIRD WAY. Totally renovated. 3 lrg. bdr.

New appliances. Large shop.

Hardwood oors throught. $169,500. 250-884-7409.

CAYCUSE Very rare 5 acre treed park-like Property with well-maintained furnished home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake.

Perfect for recreational property or full time living.

Reduced to sell $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call 250-745-3387 or 250-478-2648

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOUSES FOR SALE

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

PORT MCNEILL - Must Sell!

Renovation in progress. 2100 sq.ft. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, new laundry room w/ washer & dryer. New perimeter drains, roof in great shape. All new windows & exterior doors. large sunny backyard & great view.

Tons of potential. $160,000 or make us a reasonable offer. Call 250956-3816 or 250-956-2135.

PORT MCNEILL, 5 bdrm, 2668 sq ft, water view, carport, 12’x16’ shop, boat shed, F/P, new roof, deck, cul-de-sac, $280,000 obo. (250)956-4547.

RANCHER FOR SALE Move in ready!

3 bdrms, 2 baths, huge garage/shop on a corner, fully fenced lot.

New kitchen, close to schools, pool, arena & downtown.

Only $195,000.

Call Lisa at 250-949-0409.

PORT MCNEILL-Ocean view 3 bdr, 5 appl, 1.5 bath. All laminate ooring upstairs, hot tub, pool table, wrap around deck with large workshop underneath. $139,000. Call 250956-3417 or 250-902-8182.

HOUSES FOR SALE

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PORT MCNEILL, small 2 bdrm, 1 bathroom, partial ocean view, new roof and ooring, easy care fenced yard, great starter or retirement home. Asking $135,000.

Possible rent-to-own for qualiďŹ ed buyer. Call 250-956-2388 250-902-9582.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

TRADES, TECHNICAL

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassiďŹ ed.com

COAL HARBOUR- Oceanside retreat on N. Vancouver Island. 1750 sq. ft. 2 bdrm, 2 full bath, ďŹ nished basement, deck, sauna, hot tub and new roof in 2011. Pad rent $300/mnth. All appliances included. Auto/boat shed.

Fishing, boating, crabbing at your doorstep. $39,500. Call 250-949-6643 or 250-949-0527.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

We’ll take care of it Vancouver Island InsuranceCentres is a dynamic and expanding General and Life insurance brokerage with 13 locations throughout Vancouver Island. We have been tailoring the insurance needs of our customers for over 100 years on Vancouver Island. VIIC is prepared to offer an excellent team-focused working environment coupled with a competitive salary and beneďŹ t package.

Position Available: Full time Auto Insurance Sales & Service Representative Location: 1-7053 Market Street, PO Box 520, Port Hardy, B.C.

NOW HIRING Western Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results.

We currently have the following openings:

Area Planner Certified Millwright Millwright/Planerman Tech Stacker Operator/Utility Man Production Foreman

QualiďŹ cations: Ideal candidates must possess excellent customer service and communication skills. One year experience in the insurance industry is preferred however applicants who can demonstrate in addition to the skills noted above, they are motivated, disciplined and has the ability to learn quickly, will also be given consideration.

Please send your current resume along with a covering letter detailing why you would like to join our team to: Meagan Cadwallader, Branch Manager mcadwallader@viic.ca by 1 October 2012

HELP WANTED LEGAL

HELP WANTED LEGAL

On-Call First Nations Support Workers

Detailed job postings can be viewed at

http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careers PORT HARDY 2400 sq ft house has been totally revamped, all new wiring, heating, plumbing & all new appliances. Large private yard with good sized deck & patio. Ample room for RV’s, boats - has lots of potential. $255,000.

Call 250-230-7540.

WFP offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package. If you believe that you have the skills and qualifications that we are looking for, please reply in confidence to:

Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com

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HELP WANTED

District of Port Hardy

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS OLDER 12 x 68’ 70’s mobile in fair condition located in Woss Lake. Free to anyone who will take it away. I have original hitch and axles. (250)2028309

HELP WANTED

Recreation Facility Attendant Part-time casual position.

For full description visit

www.porthardy.ca or call 250-949-6686 HELP WANTED

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER

REAL ESTATE

Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nation is accepting applications for On-Call First Nations Support Workers for the Port Hardy area.

QualiďŹ cations and Experience: s 3ECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION WITH $OGWOOD #ERTIlCATE OR EQUIVALENT s /NE YEAR OF POST SECONDARY EDUCATION APPLICABLE TO WORK SITUATION INCLUDING COURSES IN &IRST .ATIONS 3TUDIES !NTHROPOLOGY %NGLISH -ATHEMATICS

3OCIOLOGY AND 0SYCHOLOGY s %XTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF +WAKWAKA WAKW CULTURE s !BILITY TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH SCHOOL STAFF &IRST .ATIONS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES s !BILITY TO ASSIST SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL WORK IN THE AREAS OF -ATHEMATICS ,ANGUAGE !RTS

3OCIAL 3TUDIES AND 3CIENCE s !BILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT ORAL AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS s !BILITY TO USE A COMPUTER WORD PROCESSING FOR RECORD KEEPING AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS s 'OOD INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS s 4WO TO THREE YEARS RECENT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH &IRST .ATIONS STUDENTS s 3UCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ARE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK 0LEASE SUBMIT OR FAX APPLICATIONS FAX TO 'RACE 3MITH BY September 28, 2012 AT THE 'WA SALA .AKWAXDA XW "AND /FlCE AND include cover letter, resume and 3 references &OR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT 'RACE 3MITH AT

HELP WANTED

School School District No. 85 requires the following following positions: Regular Regular Posting Posting #18, #18, Noon Hour Supervisor: Supervisor Port week, Port Hardy Hardy Sec., Sec., $19.16 per hour, 4 hours per week, while while school school is in session.

Posting Noon Hour HourSupervisor Supervisor: Posting #19, Noon AJ week, AJ Elliott Elliott Elem., Elem., $19.16 per hour, 5 hours per week, while while school school is in session.

Temporary Temporary Posting Noon Hour HourSupervisor Supervisor: Posting #20, Noon Eagle per week, week, Eagle View View Elem., $19.16 per hour, 5 hours per until until return return of of the incumbent.

Further Duties and and Further information information regarding Position Duties QualiďŹ cations at: www.

QualiďŹ cations can be found on our website at: www.sd85.bc.ca “Career Opportunitiesâ€? sd85.bc.ca underunder “Career Opportunitiesâ€?

Please complete complete a CUPE Application Form which Please which is available available at at our website and quote the appropriate is appropriate posting number. number. posting Closing date date for applications is 4:00 p.m.

Closing Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Wednesday, SD85 thanks thanks all applicants for their interest, however, SD85 however, only short-listed short-listed candidates will be contacted. There only There are CUPE CUPE Local Local 2045 positions. are Apply to: to: Apply Mr. John Martin, Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Mr. School District No. 85, Box 90, Port Hardy, B.C. VON 2P0 Box CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Emcon Services Inc., Road and Bridge Maintenance contractor, is looking for Auxiliary Equipment Operators for the current winter season, preferably with experience operating snowplows and sanding trucks. Operators are needed for Denman and Hornby Islands, Comox Valley, Campbell River, Cortes and Quadra islands, Gold River, Sayward, Woss, Tahsis and Port Hardy.

QualiďŹ cations include: • Valid BC Driver’s Licence (minimum Class 3 / air). • Proven highway trucking experience • Experience driving tandem axle vehicles and • Operating a variety of transmissions • Pre-employment drug screening QualiďŹ ed applicants are invited to submit rĂŠsumĂŠs, along with photocopy of driver’s licence, an up-todate driver’s abstract and references to substantiate driving experience to: Emcon Services Inc., 3190 Royston Road PO Box 1300, Cumberland, BC V0R 1S0 FAX: (250) 336-8892 Email: island@emconservices.ca *Please specify the area that you would be able to work*

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

HOUSES FOR SALE

APARTMENT/CONDO

AUTO FINANCING

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 1996 JIMMY 4x4 New battery & brakes.

Runs well.

Located in Port Hardy. $2500 obo.

Call Bev 250-949-9458.

SEAHAVEN APARTMENTS 7070 Shorncliffe St. Oceanview 2 bdrm suite.

Fridge/stove, balcony, blinds, private parking stall, locker, laundry on premises.

Quiet, adult building, non smoking, no pets.

References required.

Inquiries contact Janet cell 1-250-230-1462.

MARINE BOATS

TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apt., all apartments include F/S, W/D, pots and pans, towels and linens. Clean, comfy, quiet, reno’d, repainted and upgraded. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value).

Available immed. $800 mo, $750 mo with a 1 year lease.

Call 1-250-949-8855 or email: info@twoceans.com

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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APARTMENTS FURNISHED PORT HARDY Highland Manor •Bachelor •1 bdrms furnished or unfurnished On the 4th floor Move in incentive on approval References Call Jason 250-949-0192

COTTAGES HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House?

Pretty House? Moving?

Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private.

Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell?

Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!

Call: 1-250-616-9053 www.webuyhomesbc.com

LOTS WATERFRONT lot in Coal Harbour. Gently sloping .3 acre, services to lot. $139,000 Priced well below assessed value. 1-250-377-3381

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY Sun Peaks Duplex For Sale

Each side: $449,000 5 bdrms.

3 bath, front & back decks. Exc. revenue opportunity We work with agents! 604-626-7100 www. northrockhomes.ca/peak-2-creek

OCEANVIEW COTTAGES for rent in Port Hardy

Includes satellite TV, internet, jacuzzi bath, No pets.

(250)949-7939 www.bearcovecottages.ca PORT McNEILL: Hyde Creek furnished 1 bdrm suite, selfcontained with kitchen, private country setting.

Amazing ocean views, very clean, cozy & warm. Laundry, hydro, satellite TV & wireless access incld’d. N/S facility. Ref’s req’d.

Avail. Oct. 1 - May 31. $800./mo. 250-956-2737.

25X9 HERRING SKIFF. Double hauled. Excellent condition. Open to offers or willing to trade for an alum. boat with cab. Call 250-949-9611.

CARS 1990 PLYMOUTH Voyageur.

Lots of recent repairs, new brakes, rad, fuel pump, exhaust.

Good running order. $700 OBO. Carol 250-902-0887.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

Your Community

Classifieds can take you places!

PORT MCNEILL 3 bdrm house. Avail. Oct 1st. 2 baths, large yard, great view and lots of parking. Ref req. $900/mo.

Call 250-230-3054.

24’ 2005 Mallard. Port Hardy area. Nice layout with lots of great features. $10,000 OBO. Call 250-902-0878.

STORAGE

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island.

1-(888)331-3279

FREE BROCHURE. Kings County “Land of Orchards, Vineyards and Tides”. Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Live! Work! Start a business!

Toll-Free: 1-888865-4647, www.kingsrda.ca

PORT HARDY 3 bedrooms for rent. Available immediately.

W/D, new paint. Ref. req. Call 250-902-2226, 250-504-0067.

2002-FORD EXPLORER XLS. Runs excellent. 157,000 kms.

Reduced to sell $4,999 OBO. 250-287-2009.

Call us today • 388-3535 •

An active part of your business and our communities. Let me help your business get business.

Together we can help the North Island stay strong and grow!!

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO PORT HARDY: Airport Rd 2 bdrms, quiet. NS/NP Refs. $525. Oct. 15. 250-949-6319.

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS

PORT HARDY- 2 bdrm apt in Beaver Harbour area, in suite laundry. Available Oct. 1st.

N/S. $700. 250-949-6084.

WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in September $500 cash back.

We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.

HOUSE FOR rent on acreage in Sointula, 2 bdrs, 2 bath, with buildings for storage, close to amenities, avail. Oct. 1, $975 obo. Call 250-974-3875

TOWNHOUSES

Phone Rick 250-956-4555

16FT MISTY RIVER 30 hrp and 6 hrp outboards.

Doesn’t leak. $3500 OBO. 20FT MALIBU Recent work to engine. $5000 OBO Call 250-902-0878.

HOMES FOR RENT

OTHER AREAS

Well managed 1 & 2Bdrm suites. Gym & sauna on site. Call for availability.

16 1/2’ fiberglass boat & galvanized trailer. Comes w/ 2 electric down riggers, GPS chart blotter, Eagle depth sounder, CB, compass, 2 Honda outboards: 7.5HP & 50HP. Runs good. $5800 Call 1-250-205-1218.

Give me a call at Lisa Harrison Sales Rep

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250-949-6225 or email me at: sales@northislandgazette.com

ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. bcgmcdealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. */x/†/††Offers apply to the purchase of a 2012 Sierra Ext Cab (1SA) and 2012 Sierra Nevada Ext (R7H) equipped as described. Freight included ($1,495). License, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offer available to retail customers in Canada. See Dealer for details. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. GMCL, Ally Credit or TD Financing Services may modify, extend or terminate this offer in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See GMC dealer for details. x$7,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit available on 2012 Sierra Ext Cab 1SA & 2012 Sierra Nevada Ext (tax exclusive) for retail customers only. $9,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit on cash purchase of 2012 Sierra Ext Cab & 2012 Sierra Nevada Ext. Other cash credits available on most models. †0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by Ally Credit for 72 months on new or demonstrator 2012 Sierra Ext Cab 1SA & 2012 Sierra Nevada Ext. Down payment, trade and/ or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $10,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $138.89 for 72 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $10,000.00.††0.99% Purchase financing for 84 months 2012 Sierra Ext Cab 1SA & 2012 Sierra Nevada Ext on approved credit by Ally Credit. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $10,000 at 0.99% for 84 months, the monthly payment is $123.27 Cost of borrowing is $354.62, total obligation is $10,354.62. Down payment and/or trade may be required. Monthly payments and cost of borrowing will also vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Biweekly payments based on a purchase price of $23.495/$26,695 with $2,688/$2,499 down on 2012 Sierra Ext Cab/2012 Sierra Nevada Ext, equipped as described. WBased on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. ^5 year/160,000 km (whichever comes first) Powertrain Component warranty. Conditions and limitations apply. Based on most recent published competitive data available for WardsAuto. com 2012 Large Pickup segmentation. See dealer for details. ^^Whichever comes first. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. 9Offer only valid until October 1, 2012 (the “Program Period�) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra (1500-3500), Chevrolet Avalanche / Colorado / S10; GMC Canyon / Sonoma; or Isuzu Light Duty Series, or any competitive pickup truck with a pickup bed. Qualifying customers will receive a $1,000 credit towards the purchase, lease or factory order of an eligible new 2012 or 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, Avalanche or GMC Sierra or 2012 Chevrolet Colorado or GMC Canyon which must be delivered and/or factory ordered (factory order applies to 2013 MY only) during the Program Period. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $1,000 credit includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details.incentives available on GM vehicles. See your local GM dealer for details. GM reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer and/or the program for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.

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Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The road leading to San Josef Bay, Cape Scott Provincial Park, Raft Cove and Palmerston will be closed until the week ending Sept. 21 due to ongoing road maintenance, the Port McNeill and District Chamber of Commerce announced Friday.

Alternative suggestions for travel to park destinations include Winter Harbour, Side Bay or Grant Bay, though these are recommended only for vehicles suitable for service on logging roads.

For directions to the suggested alterative park destinations, or for other attractions, check with your nearest visitor centre.

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Black Press is proud to be an official sponsor for the 2012 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, with news reporter Kyle Slavin on the 18-member tour team as a media rider. To follow Kyle Slavin’s Twitter updates from the final weeks of training and throughout the ride, follow @TDRKyle.

ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Sunday, Sept. 23 and ends Friday, Oct. 5 in Victoria.

Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs.

HELP OUT: Donations can be made at www. copsforcancer.ca FIND OUT: To catch up on all the Tour de Rock news, photos and videos, go online to:

www.bclocalnews.com/ tour-de-rock

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Bob McDonald and Matt Webb may not be cops, but they understand the reason for Tour de Rock

The tour’s

Special Guests

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he Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team’s two guest riders this year both have deep connections to the cause.

Bob McDonald has helped train riders for the past four years. Matt Webb is a childhood cancer survivor who has been a junior team member for 15 years.

Both have found themselves on an emotional and physical journey in the fight against pediatric cancer.

Bob McDonald Edward Hill/Black Press

Having helped train Tour de Rock riders since 2008, McDonald knows how challenging the 1,000-plus kilometre cycle down the length of Vancouver Island can be. But, he said, it’s nothing compared to what some kids go through every day of their lives.

McDonald’s motivation to help raise funds for pediatric cancer research comes from close to home.

His granddaughter, Lochlyn, was born with Costello syndrome, a genetic disorder that delays growth. Having the syndrome makes five-year-old Lochlyn more susceptible to cancerous tumours.

“She was in the hospital for the first 98 days of her life and we weren’t sure she was going to make it,” the 67-year-old Sidney resident said.

“She’s now just turned five ... and so far, so good. She’s doing really well.”

McDonald, known as Bobfather to

Matt Webb, left, and Bob McDonald have a connection to Tour de Rock. teammates, isn’t new to the Tour de Rock circuit. His son, Saanich police Const. Rob McDonald, was a rider in 2007. And for the past four years, the father-son team has worked with the riders, preparing them for the two-week trek.

Being asked to ride with this year’s team was just a way for McDonald to stay involved and contribute more to the cause, he said.

“It’s just so exciting,” he said.

Matt Webb Webb’s memories of his childhood cancer come in flashes. Three months before his fourth birthday he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma.

For two years he was in and out of B.C.

Children’s Hospital in Vancouver in a cycle of chemotherapy and recovery. The Easter Seals House was his home away from home, but he’s thankful his memories of the time are dim.

“It’s a half-dozen single frame images in my mind. Nothing more,” said Webb, 20, now 15 years cancer free. “That in itself is a blessing.”

Indeed, the gruelling regime of chemotherapy was almost fatal. By chance, his doctors realized the chemicals had eaten a hole in his large intestine. That outcome helped doctors establish new protocols for treating kids with chemotherapy.

“They had to stop the treatment early. It would have killed me for sure, even if the cancer didn’t.”

Born and raised in Saanich, and in the same house his great-great grandfather built 110 years ago, Webb is one of the few people to directly experience both sides of Tour de Rock as a childhood survivor and junior team member. When Tour de Rock offered the invitation last Christmas, he eagerly jumped onboard.

As a 15-year junior rider – a child who has cancer or cancer in remission – Webb has lived Tour de Rock as long as he can remember.

Webb said he’s looking forward to experiencing Tour de Rock in the 27 stops that dot the Island.

“I’m used to the overwhelming response in Victoria each year,” he said. “But up Island, (riders) are blown away. Little communities give so much, some give more than bigger communities. I’ve heard so much about it I’m eager to see it myself.”

Involved in the community with pride.

We’re proud of our staff’s involvement in the well-being of our community through countless hours of volunteering and support of local events. Giving back rewards us all.

In support of the Cops for Cancer, Tour de Rock.

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