North Island Gazette, January 10, 2013

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Thank You Toy & Rod Run MarketPlace IGA (David & staff) Super Valu (Justin & staff) Overwaitea (Craig, Franco & staff) ShopRite-Alert Bay (Kim & staff) FP Foods (Bill, Diane & staff) Sointula Co-op (Tosha, Francine & staff) Sointula Lions Club (Lawrie Garrett) Port McNeill Lioness Port McNeill Lions Club (Frank & Sue Shelley) Port Hardy Lions Club (John Tidbury) Port Alice Lions Club (Audie & Sandy Tamburini) MacKay Whale Watching (Donna) Kingcome Health (Farron) Andy Morin Lyn & Joe Skrlac for starting the successful Christmas Tree Campaign & collecting items afterwards Port McNeill Flower Shoppe Port Hardy Return-It Centre Denny & Mina Seto (Seto’s Wok & Grill) CIBC (PH & PM) ScotiaBank of Port Hardy Coastal Community Credit Union (PH & PM) Ministry of Forests, Land & Natural Resource Operations Cafe Guido Keta Cable Port Hardy & Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce The Port 1240 Thunderbird Mall (Sandra Dyer & staff) Fields Stores (PH & PM) Peoples Drug Mart (PH & PM) The Bargain Shop (PH & PM) Smyth’s Tru Hardware Rexall Drugs ShopRite-Port McNeill Port Hardy Rotary Club Quatsino Band Kwakiutl Band Namgis First Nation (Diane) Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw First Nation Kwicksutaineuk Band Tsawataineuk Band Salvation Army Lighthouse Resource Centre Harvest Food Bank (Cheryl) Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish Port Hardy Volunteer Firefighters Hamper Board (Kevin, John, Sandy, JR, Don & Cathie) Pathfinders Students & staff at PHSS & SD 85 Dunlop’s Home Hardware Create for a Cause organizers Debbie Huddlestan Danica Poje Strussi family Harrison family Pohl family Martineau family Darlene Haydamack Alice & Jessica Myers Stacia Johnson Jaylon & Madison Grenier North Island Crisis Centre Ministry of Children & Family office Government Agent Office North Island Gazette staff All the businesses that took part in the Christmas Tree campaign: East of Java Macandale’s Island Foods Bo-Banee’s Timberland Sport Centre Port McNeill Coastal Community Credit Union

CIBC - Port McNeill Port McNeill Post Office Peoples Drug Mart - Port McNeill Clothes Inn Port McNeill Library West Coast Helicopters Mount Waddington Community Futures The Bargain Shop - Port McNeill Subway - Port McNeill Haida Way Motor Inn ShopRite Marine ShopRite/Rona MarketPlace IGA Strategic Forest Management Bangles Progressive Diesel V-Echo’s Fields Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce Hamper Donations Priscilla O’Neil ...................................Snuggies & exercise videos Provincial Employees Commission Services Fund ................$217 Colin & Lynda Allison ............................................................$200 Community Futures Mount Waddington BBQ .....................$1200 Port Hardy Liquor Store Tins..................................................$345 Mavis Gordon ............................................................. Food & $20 St. Columba Church ................................................................$100 Create for a Cause .....................................Food, Toys & $1327.80 Linda Northy ........................................................................... Toys Toy Run ................................................................................... Toys Marty & Sharon Whitehead ....................................................$100 Quatesi Northwest Pacific Construction .................................$200 Superior Concrete ...................................................................$200 Creative Edge Salon & Spa .....................................................$100 Mary Borrowman ..................................................................$1000 Larry Bruner............................................................................$100 Schurr/Fedorak........................................................................ Toys 20/20 Port Hardy Group - Barb & friends ................. Toys & $290 Quatesi Investment & Development .......................... $200 in Toys Lily Podlesnik ......................................................................... Toys John & Pat McCart..................................................................$100 D&D&H Contracting Ltd .......................................................$100 Quatsino Band.......................................................................$2000 McDoudell .............................................................................. Toys Linda Boyce ............................................................................ Toys Shirley Dougall .......................................................................Food Ministry of Forests, Land & Natural Resource Operations ................... $2225, Gift Cards, Food & Toys Robin & Richard Gerstmar ..................................................... Toys Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Port Hardy ............$100 Chester & Alana Check...........................................................$100 North Island Eagles Midget Rep. .....................Toys, Food & $444 St. Bonaventure Catholic Church............................................$200 Cluxewe Resort ....................................................................... Toys Aaliyah & Ethan Stewart ..........................................................$50 Port Alice Thrift Store .............................................................$500 Keta Cable ...............................................................................$500 Port Hardy Rotary Club Members ........................................$1745 Port Hardy Rotary Club matched its member’s donations with proceeds from auction ..................................$1745 Romanoff Estate Buyers .........................................................$228 Malcolm Island Lions Club ....................................................$500 Better Buy Blinds......................................................................$50 Brenda Loerke ...........................................................................$75 North Island Eagles atoms .........................................Toys & Food St. John Gualbert Church Port Hardy ........................Food & Toys Dave Gough .......................................................................$104.15 Irene Paterson.......................................................................... Toys WFP Englewood (Woss) .......................... Food, Toys & Bakeware Reinforest Riders .............................................Toys, Food & $100 Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nation ..........................................$1000 Paul Getman DBA PG Enterprises ...........................................$50

K&K Electric ..........................................................................$500 Herb Saunders Contracting .....................................................$500 Judy & Robert Fyles ...............................................................$100 CUPE Local 2045 ...................................................................$500 St. Columba Church ................................................................$233 Scarlet Point Seafoods ..........................................................$1000 Rainbow Country Daycare .........................................Food & Toys Gordon Wolden .......................................................................$300 Strait Shooter Photography .......................................................$75 District of Port Hardy................................................ Food & $175 Fort Rupert Curling Club ........................................................$500 Hardy Builder’s Supply...........................................................$500 Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish ................................................$181.63 Black Bear Resort ...................................................................$500 Ken & Kathy Bedard..........................................Food, Toys & $25 Ivan Hormoth ............................................................................$50 Eagle View Elementary Staff ..................................................$200 Kwagis Hydro Project ............................................................Food Norkan Construction ...............................................................$500 Stepping Stones Childcare Centre ..........................................Food Gordy Deans .............................................................................$20 The Griffith Family ................................................... Food & $100 Irene Clayton...........................................................................$100 North Vancouver Island HOG Chapter ...................................$500 Penny Brent ................................................................... Misc items Whitney Family.......................................................... Toys & $100 WFP-Holberg ..........................................................................Food Donald Felkey .........................................................................$100 George Kearey ........................................................................ 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Toys & $100 Angus & Liam Fenton-Passmore .............................. Food & $180 Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish & Staff...................... Food & $352.78 Red Hat Divas ......................................................................... Toys West Coast Falling ..................................................................Food Dazy Weymer & Chrystal Menzies.........................................$500 Zumba Port McNeill ...............................................................$200 C.A.B. Industrial .....................................................................$300 Pacificus Biological Services ..................................................$150 Port McNeill Coastal Community Credit Union ....................$105 Namgis First Nation ..............................................................$6000 11 Anonymous Donors ............................................ Toys & $1220 Hamper Tins ............................................................................$995 Port Hardy Return-It Centre (bottles) ...................................$2000 All those who had a donation box or money tin at their business.

All those individuals who helped deliver, wrap & sort presents & food.

Special thank you to Cathie Poje & her amazing team!

Sorry to anyone that we may have inadvertently missed.

The support for our 33rd year was absolutely incredible.

The North Island is a very special place.

This year we were able to deliver over 550 hampers on the North Island thanks to your support.

We raised $44,006.06 & counting…

All the best of health & happiness for 2013 - Thanks again for your continued support!

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Tsunami warning for N.I. Gazette staff Another evacuation alert roused some North Island residents from their beds last weekend, as a tsunami warning was issued for a short time early on Saturday morning after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaska coast.

Evacuations had begun on the North Island when the warning was cancelled shortly afterward, after it became apparent to authorities that no damaging waves were imminent.

The warning was issued for the B.C. coast after the earthquake struck west of Craig, Alaska, it meant the area was likely to be hit by a wave causing ‘significant widespread inundation’, but was later withdrawn as it became clear that the waves were too small to pose a threat.

Regional PEP coordinator Cori Neilson

“If you don’t have an emergency kit, get one. Also remember to include a list of contact numbers in the kit — both key local contacts and numbers for outside the area.”

-Cori Neilson

said that she was still looking into the events of the weekend but “from what I’ve seen things went pretty smoothly.”

She said that emergency planners were taking the lessons learned from the warnings and moving forward, refining their plans so that, should a tsunami make landfall, the region will be as well prepared as possible.

She said that the difference in response

between this warning and the last was “a lot more monitoring of the situation rather than swinging into action.”

She explained that many factors go into anticipating the expected level of an incoming wave, from earthquake type and location to the level of the tide.

“The biggest thing going forward is communication,” she continued, adding that a lot of work had been

done since the last tsunami warning to ensure that contact information for key people in the area was up to date.

For the public Neilson’s advice was simple: “If you don’t have an emergency kit, get one. Also remember to include a list of contact numbers in the kit — both key local contacts and numbers for outside the area.”

She added the importance of a family emergency plan since an emergency could happen at any time and there is no guarantee that phones or the internet will be available, or that your family will be together when it happens.

For advice on drafting an emergency plan or making an emergency preparedness kit go to the government website www.getprepared.gc.ca and follow the links there.

Map showing the site of Saturday’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake in relation to the B.C. coast and Vancouver Island.

U.S. Geological Survey

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Court date set Gazette staff Dakota Dillon Johnny has a court date set for Jan. 14 at the Campbell River Law Courts.

The Port Hardy man is facing a murder charge in relation to the death of 28-yearold Cindy Scow.

The mother of seven was killed in an abandoned house on Tsulquate Road on the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw Reserve in Port Hardy

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Randy Kozlowski of Port Hardy performs during an acoustic open mic night hosted at J.R. Rardon Cafe Guido last month.

Top volunteers sought C O U RT E N AY — MP John Duncan is reminding community members that the call for nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards was recently announced by the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development (TBC).

“The Government of Canada is proud of all the Canadians whose voluntary work enriches our communities and exemplifies all that makes Canada such a great country,” said Minister Finley.

“The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards are a celebration of their leadership, dedication, innovation and expertise.”

The call for nominations is open between December 20, 2012, and March 1, 2013.

The regional component recognizes individual volunteers or groups of volunteers, businesses and not-for-profit organizations.

The national component is divided into two categories: one for lifelong achievement and one for new

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volunteers.

Award recipients will be recognized at an award ceremony, and can identify an eligible not-for-profit organization to receive a grant for $5,000 (regional award) or $10,000 (national award).

“The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards recognize the contributions of volunteers, businesses and not-for-profit organizations that help make communities stronger,” said MP Duncan. “There are many deserving award

The owners, staff and merchants fo the Thunderbird Mall would like to thank the following companies and people for donating their time and equipment to help get the “Community Christmas Tree and Kim’s Special Star” in place and lit up. ~ K&K Electric ~ Fox Disposal (Kerry) ~ Hardy Builders’ Supply (James) ~ Western Forest Products ~ Home Hardware ~ Guy Hogan & Gerald Elliott Your time and efforts are truly appreciated

recipients in this region, but someone must nominate them.”

A nominator may be any person or organization with direct knowledge of the nominee’s contribution.

The first recipients of the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards were recognized at an awards ceremony held on December 14, 2012, in Ottawa.

Visit www.pm.gc. ca/awards for more information about the awards and to access the online nomination form.

Correction A court report in the Dec 27 issue of the Gazette incorrectly stated the date of Johnny’s hearing and claimed that he was in custody.

Johnny was not in custody at the time, but had been released on bail.

The Gazette regrets these errors.

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After a scheduled Jan. 8 court date was put back at the request of the defence counsel, a new date of Jan 14 was set for the accused’s trial confirmation hearing.

A trial confirmation hearing is held in order for the Crown and defence counsels to confirm readiness for trail and to set an expectation of the length of time required

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Thank you to everyone who participated in anyway to make the 2012 Christmas Showcase a success.

Exhibitors Shoppers Town of Port McNeill Businesses that decorated their shops to welcome the out-of-towners The Media See you in 2013 for the Spring Garage Sale — Port McNeill Lioness’

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Teen found by Hardy cops Gazette staff A teenager reported missing from Nanaimo was found safe in Port Hardy last week.

Nanaimo RCMP issued a request for the public’s assistance after 15-year-old Darian Walkus’ guardians reported him missing on Jan. 2.

He had disappeared Darian Walkus was from his residence on Hardy by local RCMP. Bird Sanctuary Drive not unusual for the in Nanaimo on Dec. teenager to be away 22, and, while it was for days at a time, the

found safe in Port Photo submitted length of his absence caused concern for his well-being, with the

RCMP statement noting that Walkus was involved with “highrisk activities�.

The release suggested he may have left Nanaimo for the Central or North Island.

Happily, only a day after the notice was issued, the teenager was located by Port Hardy in local RCMP. Further details on his discovery were not released.

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Hardy hears siren song During a regional emergency preparedness meeting held following the earthquake off Haida Gwaii and resulting tsunami warning last October, Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham emphasized the need for the District to prepare itself for the next such emergency.

“We’re here, and it’s coming,” she said. “We may not have another one for 60 years, or we may have one in 60 minutes. We just don’t know.”

Well, now we do know. And last weekend’s quake and tsunami alert originating off the coast of Alaska was a lot closer to that 60 minute figure than the 60 year one.

Since the October wake-up call, the District has taken a proactive approach to its own emergency readiness. A freshly updated brochure with evacuation routes and emergency centres has been designed and was printed in the days before the most recent quake. Port Hardy Fire Rescue volunteers quickly mustered and returned to low-lying areas to begin an evacuation before the alert was called off.

But, as was the case in the October quake, the provincial emergency system was behind the times, and it was nearly an hour before it notified local emergency coordinators of the alert.

The District is looking into the viability of sirens, like those in place in Port Alberni and Tofino. A full set of emergency sirens for Tsulquate, Port Hardy, Storeys Beach and Fort Rupert could run to a couple hundred thousand dollars.

The trick, as always, will be locating those dollars.

And we probably don’t have 60 years to find them.

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Port Hardy RCMP located and returned a 15-year-old who was reported missing from his Nanaimo home since Dec. 22.

Last weekend’s tsunami alert was an instant replay of one months earlier. But provincial notification remains stuck on tape delay.

A real hero for aboriginal people VICTORIA – The century-old plight of Canada’s aboriginal people is back in the public eye, thanks to protests dubbed Idle No More.

As with Occupy protests last year, the demands are vague. One of the claims, repeated in media coverage of protests, is that the federal government is moving to end the historic Indian Act restriction against selling reserve land.

A look at the federal legislation, Bill C-45, shows this is not the case. Amendments ease restrictive provisions for leasing reserve land, which remains property of the Crown held in perpetuity for the aboriginal community.

This change was initiated

by B.C. aboriginal leaders so they can follow the trail blazed by one of the most entrepreneurial chiefs in Canadian history.

His name is Ron Derrickson, and he served six terms as chief of the

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Westbank First Nation near Kelowna. One of my first big reporting assignments was covering a Royal Commission into his administration’s business affairs in the mid-1980s.

There had been 17 federal investigations before that, stemming from local claims that Derrickson was just too successful.

The commission was chaired by John Hall, then known as the Crown prosecutor who put serial killer Clifford Olson away, and

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now an appeal court judge.

Derrickson testified that his approach to the Indian Affairs bureaucracy was simple. He did business, and if they didn’t like it, they could tell him. Reserve land can’t be sold, so he leased it, offering people a lowcost way to enjoy the sunny Okanagan.

His business plan was also simple. Drive to California and see what they’re doing.

Drive back and do it here.

A 2007 profile of Derrickson by Greg Fjetland in Canadian Business magazine describes how he came by his approach to Ottawa.

He grew up “dirt poor, living in a tar paper shack.”

His family name was Tousawasket, until the local Indian Agent drew an Anglo name out of a hat.

He and his brother were the first aboriginal kids to attend public school in Kelowna. Racist bullying drove his parents to move him to a residential school in Washington State.

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He dropped out in Grade 9, toiled on farms, learned to weld, and worked his way into ranching, real estate and politics. He never gave up or backed down, ever.

The Hall commission and all previous government probes concluded that he did nothing wrong. Derrickson sued his local accusers and won, and Ottawa began to change its racist, paternalistic ways.

Which brings us back to today. Derrickson’s pioneering work is still changing the Indian Act for the better. This effort is under dishonest attack from people whose legacy is mainly incompetence and failure.

Protesters demand more unearned public subsidy, and a petulant soup-only strike is celebrated as an act of bravery.

Choose your own hero.

I’ve chosen mine.

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

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Tree is raised for the kids Dear editor, OK, someone has taken a lot of time to make known what everyone already knows: the Port McNeill Christmas tree was not great! Every year it is a crapshoot as to what tree will arrive in town; this year was not a good one.

It should be noted that if you are complaining to the Town and the Chamber of Commerce you barking up the wrong tree! The Town provides no support

or money for the tree. The Chamber provides moral support, but again, no money. It is due to the goodwill of volunteers that there is even a tree downtown.

Every year I organize everything that has to happen and I get what I get.

I have old lights to work with and if I use too many I blow the fuses. There are no ladders or buckets to get around the tree so the lights go on vertically while the tree is on the ground; it is

the only practical solution.

But the most important piece of information is, I don’t put up the tree for you or any other adults of Port McNeill, nor for the Town or the Chamber – I put up the tree for the kids.

Not one kid has ever looked up at any of the Christmas trees past when lit up and said, “That tree sucks.”

No, they look up at this big tree covered in lights and are amazed and then Santa shows up and their

Christmas is in full swing.

For the people who want a $10,000 Christmas tree, it won’t happen in this town.

And all the guys in town should buy the volunteers a beer, because no matter what they bring home for a Christmas Tree, they can always say, “At least it is better than the one downtown!”

Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!

Miles Trevor Port McNeill

Tree provides wee little tall tale Dear editor, Once upon a time!

In the “Happy New Year” issue of our local weekly newspaper there were some great stories and wonderful photos of young and old North Islanders, happily enjoying themselves as they prepared for Christmas.

Sadly, there was one story about the Christmas tree, which is erected each year at the Pioneer Mall by volunteers on behalf of the Port McNeill and District Chamber of Commerce.

This year’s tree did not come up to the usual high quality that we have come to expect in our Christmas tree. But there is an explanation which I am at liberty to tell you about.

There is one area in our

forest which is noted for the beautiful trees that grow there. That is where our tree usually comes from. This area is near the Cluxewe River and is also well-known as the home of a family of leprechauns who have lived there since I came to Port McNeill way back in the 1950s. These “little people” are often mistaken for Fairies, and can sometimes be observed fishing for their supper in the river. Their homes are under the roots of some very big trees.

When the loggers went to get the tree this year they met the head leprechaun who was very sad and not in his usual happy mood.

On being questioned he told them that one of their

happiest trees had been very sick and was not going to survive the winter. All the leprechauns agreed that they would arrange for it to become the chosen one for this Christmas and they had the tree all trimmed and ready to go.

The kind-hearted loggers could not bring themselves to refuse the tree’s dying wish. With the help of all the leprechauns they loaded the tree on to the truck and made their way back to town. In their excitement they loaded the tree backwards and didn’t realize until they got to the mall that many of the weak branches were bent the wrong way. They erected the tree and quickly covered as much of it as they

could with dozens of bright Christmas lights.

Most of the people who volunteered to get the tree, transport it and decorate it, were happy because the tree was happy, which is really what Christmas is all about.

The leprechauns come in every night to visit the tree and if you are lucky you might be able to see them.

Be sure to visit the tree and have your photo taken there. Make a wish while you are there and you are bound to be lucky.

This applies particularly to happy young people and to older people who are young at heart.

Gerry Furney Mayor, Port McNeill

What's in a name? Spelling Dear Editor, Congratulations, you have done it again. I refer to your article published in the North Island Midweek on Jan. 2, 2013 and in particular to the title on page three “Veronica’s triple victory”. I would also refer you to your publisher and ask her about my penchant for the correct spelling of a persons name.

You, and I say you, because you are responsible for the content of the newspaper, have changed

the name for some reason, of the young lady in the photograph from Veronica to Amanda, effectively spoiling her moment in the sun. As there seems to be no resemblance in my mind between Veronica and Amanda there is no excuse for the error other than a distinct lack of proof-reading.

While on the same subject and the same article you have also misspelled the names of some other students, in particular

Letters to the editor

Matthew Macdonald (note lower case), Serenity Galiteine (sic) and Devon Gullacher.

I have checked my copy of the winners from all the schools that I forwarded to you and I am sure Mr. Wood of Avalon School also gave you the correct spellings of the pupils.

Young people in this day and age deserve all the help and respect they can get especially when they are thrown into the Limelight and “We” in the Legion

try to give it to them. So should you.

Thank You. Yours truly.

George Kearey, Branch 237, Royal Canadian Legion, Port Hardy

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Thanks for the hand Thank you to a young gentleman in a black car that stopped to help me change my flat tire in the North Island Lanes parking lot.

Carla Reusch Port Hardy Cheers to change I would like to “cheer” or “rave” for the Gazette!

I was so happy to read in the paper on Jan. 3 about the new format. I am excited to see the editor brushing off the dust and shining up something that makes our North Island special. Good for you! Here’s to constant improvement for life on the North Island.

Jessica McLaughlin Woss Boo to poo This is to address the age-old topic of responsible dog owners. During

the holidays we get a few days where the sun comes out and going for a walk to the park is possible.

However, the number of dog owners who do not clean up after their pets seems to be growing, or maybe the few who don’t clean up are getting out more.

Whatever the case, it’s getting very frustrating to go to the park for a walk in our green spaces and have to be looking down all the time to avoid the piles. Maybe our municipality should take a cue from Port McNeill and put up some bag dispensers; it sure can’t hurt.

I don’t mean to be a fecal agitator but, come on, people, clean up after your dog and think of others for a change. Let’s keep our green spaces and parks clean in 2013.

Tim Bird Port Hardy

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Editor’s note: Serenity Galitzine’s name was spelled correctly in the article. The Gazette regrets the misspellings of the other students’ names.

The goal is to publish every letter, so keep them brief, clear and to the point. Be hard on the problem, not the person; skip quotes except where readily confirmable; accept editing for length and legality. Include full name and home community (plus phone number to confirm authorship). Mail, fax, email or drop off c/o the editor by 4:00 pm Friday.

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January 11-12 Gate House Community Theatre presents Hotel Transylvania, a family friendly, pre-release animated film. Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 2:30 p.m. matinee.

January 19 North Island Concert Society presents Headwater, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre. Vancouver-based roots/folk string band with pop songwriting sensibilities.

Tickets $25, available in advance at Cafe Guido, Port Hardy Museum and For Scrap Sake in Port Hardy, at the Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill, or by calling Gail Neely at 250-284-3927 in Port Alice. Tickets also available at the door. More info, www.niconcert.ca.

January 20 Dinner and a movie at Port Hardy Baptist Church. 3:30 p.m. (doors open at 3:00 p.m.) and 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.). 6950 Highland Dr. Cost is $4 (includes hotdog, pop, chips, popcorn & movie).

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January 26 Reel North Island Film Festival presents Still, 7:30 p.m., PHSS theatre. Ages 19+; tickets $8.50 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Hosted by Grassroots Garden Society; info, 250-230-4243.

January 26 Parent swap meet and sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Eagle View Elementary School, Port Hardy. Early bird table rentals $15 until Jan. 17, $20 after Jan. 17; to reserve table or for more info call Gladys or Jan at 250-949-3031 or register and pay at Stepping Stones Childcare Centre (at Robert Scott School). Donated items gladly accepted; pickup can be arranged by request.

January 28 Gate House Community Theatre hosts a membership and informational meeting, 7 p.m. at the theatre in Port McNeill. Info at gatehouseca.org.

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February 23 Reel North Island Film Festival presents Blackbird, 7:30 p.m., PHSS theatre. Ages 19+; tickets $8.50 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Hosted by Grassroots Garden Society; info, 250-230-4243.

March 9 North Island Concert Society presents the Woody Holler Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz in the Saddleâ&#x20AC;? featuring old-timey country swing, cowboy classics and yodeling. Tickets $25, available in advance at Cafe Guido, Port Hardy Museum and For Scrap Sake in Port Hardy, at the Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill, or by calling Gail Neely at 250-284-3927 in Port Alice. Tickets also available at the door. More info, www.niconcert.ca.

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Use either one or mix them.

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The design would ideally represent the area (natural resources & wildlife).

Logo name is: Port Hardy Minor Hockey Club (Please note that each division names their teams. There is no overriding club names).

The winning design will receive one year registration for the player of their choice. We also require a signed release agreement with the artist.

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The NISS Drama students will be putting on a play later this month.

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Gavin Baumbach and Tabitha Chapman will be sharing the role of Aladdin. The beautiful Princess Jasmine will be played by Kate Pineda and Emily Johnson.

With a cast so full of character and life, it is sure to be an unforgettable performance.

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At risk of death by a thousand cuts The Enbridge Northern Gateway hearings plan was to give the illusion of a transparent process.

Of course, the federal Conservatives don’t like the word illusion, but based on last week’s comments that the feds would, “do what is good for Canada,” just read between the lines.

Not, “do what is good for B.C.” In other words, the pipeline is a done deal; money speaks louder than dead wildlife. Everyone speaks of jobs and money, but what of the wilderness and wildlife? Who speaks for them and their welfare?

There’s an old Cree proverb that world governments should take to heart: “Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”

And let’s give the International Panel on Climate Change some blame. In 2007 they gave free rein to countries such as India and China to evolve their standard of living, thus the governing body of Canada can justify its position of pumping as much oil and natural gas as they’ll take in the name of environment stewardship.

For you folks with short memories, the IPCC basically stated that CO2 emissions

This subspecies of blue heron, listed as a species at risk since 1997, is among the B.C. wildlife that could be impacted by the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.

Lawrence Woodall

Our Backyard with Lawrence Woodall needed to be lowered immediately, back to the early 1990 levels. Not surprisingly, depending on what stats you look at, the planet has increased its CO2 emissions by 10% since 2007.

B.C. cannot afford to go down the pipeline road. At present, we have the greatest biodiversity in North America, the largest

variety of species, nine climatic zones, and more than 600 ecological communities.

Compare that to Alberta, which has the least wildlife biodiversity in Canada due to widespread alteration of natural habitat, resulting in smaller populations and ranges. Alberta contains a disproportionate number of threatened and endangered species in relation to the rest of Canada. This is the same province that wants to push its wasteland values upon our rich and diverse province.

An example of this degradation is the grizzly. Government biologists over the years stated all their

new infrastructure and pipeline layouts on each new project would have minimal impact on wildlife populations, but gradually the minimums add up.

As the saying goes,

death by a thousand cuts. The 2010 grizzly census found 691 bears in Alberta, the majority in National Parks, of which a good percentage range into BC. The eastern slope grizzly study noted that the population was in steep decline with a more than 80 per cent cub mortality. This was due to sows with cubs not crossing government biologist-approved travel corridors under infrastructure to prime feeding habitat, leading to starvation of cubs. Pipeline impacts on elk and caribou has also been negative.

If B.C. doesn’t stop Enbridge’s pipeline, it will only be another cut to bleed our biodiversity, and one day our children’s children will wake up to a wasteland created by thousands of industrial cuts that have “minimal impacts,” as the experts say. All created

in the name of money.

Only then will the Cree proverb have any meaning and value.

Lawrence Woodall is

a North Island-based guide and outfitter who has spent much of his life in the outdoors.

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North Island Life Nothing like a nice swim

Gazette staff A few brave souls (or, just possibly, still slightly intoxicated souls) lined up on the shoreline in Port Hardy and Port McNeill for the annual Polar Bear Jump and Swim on January 1.

These hardy individuals marked the first day

of the year by leaping into the less-than-tropical waters off our coast for a quick dip.

This year, the veteran polar swimmers were joined by a fresh crop of young jumpers and swimmers.

Whether they return next year, however ...

Clockwise from above: Kenneth McDonald takes a running start and hurls himself into the water at the dock in Port Hardy during the town’s annual Polar Bear Jump; Jaylon Grenier takes a refreshing dip off the floating dock in Port Hardy; Cheyenne Inglis hesitantly steps off the floating dock as a diver prepares to catch the brave youngster; Odin Gjertsen contemplates the idea of a plunge into Port McNeill Harbour moments before the annual Polar Bear Swim; Sequoia Coe of Port McNeill was first to splash into the sea during the annual Polar Bear Swim at Port McNeill Harbour; Proud dad Marc Grenier takes shivering daughter Madison to find a towel after she followed Marc’s lead in taking a dip on the first morning of the year in Port Hardy; Tiffany A O’Toole, J.R. Rardon Fischer and Chelsea Lee break the surface of the water after jumping from the dock at Port McNeill Harbour.

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January 11 Men’s hockey A League: Warriors at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

January 11-13 Curling Fort Rupert Curling Club annual mixed bonspiel. Saturday dinner, lounge and concession, prizes. Game times tba.

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Minor hockey Port McNeill Minor Hockey midget tournament, Chilton Arena. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, finals 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

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January 12 Men’s hockey B League: WC Rookies vs. Mainline, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

January 12-13 Minor hockey Port Hardy Minor Hockey peewee tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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January 13 Men’s hockey B League: WC Rookies vs. Port Hardy Old-Timers, 5:15 p.m., Port Hardy; Stars vs.

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January 18-20 Curling Broughton Curling Club annual ladies open bonspiel, Port McNeill.

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January 19 Rep hockey North Island Eagles peewees host Campbell River, 2:15 p.m., Port Alice; Eagles midgets host Victoria, 2:30 p.m., Port Hardy.

Players from the Warriors and Bulls along with members of the Walkus family pose with Gil's No. 10 jersey on the ice following the 3rd annual Gilbert Walkus Jr. memorial game in Port Hardy.

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Warriors notch seven in memorial game Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The Warriors notched up another win for Gilbert Walkus Jr. at the former number 10’s memorial game last weekend.

The Don Cruikshank Memorial Arena stands filled up Saturday afternoon to watch the Port Hardy Warriors face off against the Port Hardy Bulls in the 3rd annual memorial game.

After the Warriors’ Brian Texmo welcomed the crowd, players and spectators observed a minute’s silence before Walkus’s son Braden won the ceremonial puck drop and went one-on-one with Bulls goalie Colin Hunko, stylishly shimmying before bringing the puck across to his right and slotting home.

He then moonwalked back down the ice to the cheers of the appreciative crowd.

At one stage, it wasn’t certain that the Walkus family, now living in Vancouver, could make the game.

The Warriors surprised the family by offering to pay for Braden’s bus ride.

Braden’s mom Crystal went one better, surprising the Warriors by driving up for the

Above left: Brad Zealand of the Bulls steers the puck past the outstretched stick of Brett Demoe in the lead up to the Bulls' second goal. Above right: Bulls goalie Colin Hunko dives for the puck as the Warriors' Leslie Walkus looks for the decisive touch.

Below: Braden Walkus slots the puck past Bulls goalie Colin Hunko with style to kick off the Gilbert Walkus Jr. Memorial game last weekend.

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game. “Bra[den] kept bugging me to come, so in the end I just drove up to surprise these guys,” she said.

“I’m so happy to be here.”

The players made it a great game for the spectators, the 7-2 score belying how tight the game was for long periods.

After a scrappy start from both teams, the Warriors seemed to settle first but couldn’t find a way through the Bulls’ defence. The Bulls began crafting their own chances, getting the puck into the Warrior’s zone but unable to find clear shots.

Then the Warriors’ Shelby Cockell came

alive and broke the deadlock with 12:14 on the clock. A long pass straight up the middle

by Brett Demoe split the Bulls’ defence and Cockell pounced on the puck to slot home.

Twenty seconds later, he repeated the feat with a carbon copy of the first, Eddie Walkus the supplier this time.

Six minutes later,

Cockell completed his hat trick with a clinical solo effort.

The Bulls can never be accused of a lack of heart, and Cockell’s third seemed to shift the Bulls’ game up a gear. Surging forward with a purpose, the Bulls began linking up in the final third, forcing the Warriors onto the back foot and find-

ing more chances.

They were rewarded with two minutes left in the period, Shawn Desrosiers supplying Brad Zealand with a shot, Zealand making no mistake with the finish.

A minute later, the Bulls were right back in it as a rare defensive error from the Warriors led to a second goal. Lucas Noel pounced on a Warriors defenseman who was a little overconfident in turning his back while taking the puck behind his own goal.

Noel stripped the puck and supplied Richard Burgess, who coolly put the puck into the roof of the net just before the ice-

cleaning break.

The second half was a tight, end-to-end affair, both sides carving out half chances.

It took thirteen minutes to break the impasse, and even then it took a double penalty on the Bulls before Texmo reopened the Warriors’ account with a goal-seeking missile on the power play.

Then the floodgates opened, as Walkus bundled one in, Corey Swain added another, and Walkus struck again to make it seven.

As Texmo said after the game, “It was good hockey. There was some good forechecking and backchecking. We started playing more as a team towards the end.”

Both sides came to play, and it made for a entertaining game to watch. Immediately after the final buzzer, both teams took to the ice with members of the Walkus family for photographs, and front and centre was the No. 10 jersey of the man it was all about.

From the turnout and the players’ obvious respect, it was clear that this is one legacy that will last on the North Island for a long, long time to come.

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Bantam girls claim silver Gazette staff The Tri-port bantam girls hockey team reached the championship game of the Oceanside girls hockey tournament for the second straight year and went to a double shootout before taking the silver medal with a 3-2 loss to Sooke Dec. 29 in Parksville.

“It was an exciting finish,” coach Boni Sharpe said. “And we only had nine skaters. It goes to show you just how gifted the North Island skaters are. They’re an amazing group of girls.”

The Wild Onez opened the tourney with a 3-2 loss to Sooke, but bounced back impressively with a 7-2 romp over Oceanside. The squad then earned a rematch with Sooke in the championship final with a 2-0 win over Cowichan Valley. That contest was scoreless until Randi Ward and Tiffany Watson

a scoreless, five-minute overtime skating 4-on-4, then went to a five-player shootout. Sooke scored with its first shot, then both goalies shut down their opponents until Kerrigan Sharpe scored on Tri-port’s fifth and final shot to tie it again.

The teams then went to a sudden-death shootout, which Sooke finally ended with a score on its second attempt.

“Nobody could shoot twice in the shootout, and we only had nine,” Boni Sharpe said.

“If it had kept going, we would have had to bring Sarah Case out of goal to shoot.”

In the opening game, Kerrigan Sharpe and Watson each had goals and Ward and Mercedes Trevor added assists.

In the win over Oceanside, Trevor had a hat trick, Ward scored twice and Mitchell and Watson each scored goals.

The Tri-port bantam girls Wild Onez pose with their silver medals following their runner-up showing in the annual Oceanside Girls Hockey Tournament in late December. Front row: Sarah Case, Emma Mitchell, Kerrigan Sharpe, Becca Spafford. Back row: coach Jamie Keamo, Emily Keamo, Rebecca Bosma, Tiffany Watson, Randi Ward, Mackenzie Murgatroyd, Mercedes Miles Trevor Trevor and coach Boni Sharpe.

both scored in the final 1:31 of the third period.

The Wild Onez played from behind in the final, getting a goal from Emma Mitchell to

tie it 1-1 in the second period and another from Kerrigan Sharpe in the third to knot the score 2-2.

The teams played through

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After a 10-2 loss to Comox in the 6 a.m. game on opening day, the peewees played to a 6-6 draw with Saanich and defeated Oceanside 8-7 on David Charlie's goal with 3:11 remaining.

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Bill was predeceased by daughter Gail Anderson in 1999, parents Andrew and Catherine, sister Nancy Howe and brother Andrew.

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COMING EVENTS

A Celebration of Life was held at Piercy Funeral Home on January 5, 2013.

A memorial coffee will be held in Sointula at a further date.

In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, donations in Bills Memory can be made to YANA Courtenay or to the Sointula Cemetery Fund c/o Box 51, Sointula, B.C. V0N 3E0.

The next regular School Board Meeting of the Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) will be held on

Monday, January 14th, 2013 6:00 p.m.

School Board OfďŹ ce, Port Hardy This is a public meeting.

All interested parties are welcome.

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HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

ARCTIC CO-OPERATIVES Ltd. is currently recruiting management positions for various Co-op locations in Nunavut. We provide relocation assistance, subsidized accommodations and group benefits.

Please forward your resume: fax to: (204) 632-8575. humanresources@ arcticco-op.com Visit www.arcticco-op.com for more information.

FARM, Fishing, Hunting, Property Manager: Year round. To manage and maintain a 685 acre working farm with pheasants, cattle, dogs, hay and tourism accomodations.

Semi retired welcome. Hands on management. mk@skeenameadows.com

LIVE-IN NANNY needed for two children ages 3 & 8. Must be reliable, non-smoker, nondrinker. FMI 250-902-0501 or cell 250-902-8803.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

TRADES, TECHNICAL

LICENSED LOGSCALER. Scribner exp. an asset. NVI location. USW rates apply. Mail resume to Box 441, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0.

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:

SERVERS/COOKS Full-time and part-time Northern Lights Restaurant in Port McNeill Apply in person or call 250-956-3263

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician. Hanna Chrysler Ltd in Hanna, Alberta needs a few more good people. Busy, modern shop. $25-$31/hour + bonus, benefits. Great community. Inquire or send resume. Fax 403-8542845; Email Chrysler@telusplanet.net PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

Millwright Heavy Duty Mechanic

PERSONAL SERVICES

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www.bcjobnetwork.com PLACES OF WORSHIP

PLACES OF WORSHIP

PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/13

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

11/13

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

11/13

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10 am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 11/13

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243

11/13

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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PERSONAL SERVICES

HEALTH PRODUCTS

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PLACES OF WORSHIP

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact 0ASTOR $AVE 0URDY s

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE AT LAST! An iron filter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Sine 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. www.bigirondrilling.com ATTENTION FORD RANGER AND MAZDA TRUCK OWNERS For sale in Port Hardy Class 3, frame mounted receiver Hitch.

8 months old.

Paid $220 new Asking $150.

250-949-8928

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LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE s #HAPLAIN 3ERVICES s "IBLE 3TUDIES s 3PIRITUAL #OUNSELLING s 7EEKLY !! 'ROUPS (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125

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GWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SALA-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;NAKWAXDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 11/13

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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 11/13

HOUSES FOR SALE

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

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

ROTEC ELECTRIC bed. Dbl size with night light under bed.

New foam core mattress. Mattress has 2 different firmness counts. Includes set of flannel sheets. $500. Call 250-9496544.

STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal Buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100. Sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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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!!

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 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

FOR SALE BY OWNER PORT MCNEILLPerfect Starter! 3 bdrms, 1 bath, big shop/garage, nice yard, good street for kids. 2550 Cassiar Place. $129,900.

Call (250)230-0276.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

PLACES OF WORSHIP

11/13

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE BIG BUILDING Sale... This is a clearance sale you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to miss! 20x20 $3,985.

25x24 $4,595. 30x36 $6,859.

35x48 $11,200. 40x52 $13,100 47x76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

FUEL/FIREWOOD

North Island Church Services NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909

REAL ESTATE

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Give me a call at Lisa Harrison Sales Rep

GAZETTE NORTH ISLAND

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

smile... of the week.

Jaylon Grenier, Mason Masales and Elise Quest hoist Santa during Port Hardy Rotaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caroling outing before Christmas.

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

HOUSES FOR SALE

APARTMENT/CONDO

STORAGE

AUTO FINANCING

PORT HARDY Airport Rd 2 bdrm, clean, quiet. NS. Refs. $525.Avail now.250-949-6319.

1 HEATED Storage unit left.

9x13. Call 250-956-4659.

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS

SUITES, LOWER

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse.

Perfect for recreational property or full time living.

Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com SUBSTANTIALLY RENOVATED 12’x60’ Mobile home.

Move in cndt. great Starter/In law accom. New roof, New gas furnace, 100amp services.

W/D, F/S incld. This mobile has all papers required through MHR. Pre Christmas Special $15, 000 delivered price Comox Valley 250-7025699

HOMES WANTED

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OTHER AREAS 20 ACRES Free! Buy 40-Get 60 acres. $0-Down, $168/mo.

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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO PETS WELCOME - Quiet 2 bdrm apt near Airport. Private Parking. Small backyard. Ref. Req. Call 250-949-7189.

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

Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT MCNEILL3 Bdrm townhouse, close to schools & hospital. Avail first week Feb. 250-956-3440. www.portmcneilltownhouses.yolasite.com

PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S.

New Management 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

Call 250-956-3526.

WEST PARK MANOR & LINDSAY MANOR in Port Hardy Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available.

Well maintained secure & quiet buildings.

Close to shopping.

2 year rental history and credit check required.

Friendly onsite resident managers.

Lisa & Richard.

Call 250-949-9030 or email for info & pictures: wpark_lindsay@ cablerocket.com

GREATER PORT Hardy area: Fully private, above ground, 1bdrm suite, newer ocean view home, across the street from beach. High ceilings. Hardwood. Tastefully furnished. No excessive drinking. Avail soon, $445 (meals can be nego if needed) 250-949-9970 PORT HARDY 2 bdr basement suite. Separate entrance. Includes hydro and Sat tv. Very private and quiet. Full use of laundry.

One car secured garage bay for additional storage. Full use of fully fenced backyard, sundeck/patio and fire pit.

Large open living area with modern updates. No smoking indoors. Pets and children considered. $900/mth.

Call 250-949-1213 for appointments. Avail Feb. 1st.

TOWNHOUSES SEAWIND ESTATES town home. 3 bdr, 1.5 bath. W/D, $850mth. 250-949-7079.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO FINANCING

CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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WOODGROVE GARDENS New reno, 2bdr, 5 appliances, cable, sep. entrance. $650 and up. Avail now. Kelly 250230-8363.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $283.00/ month Call 250-956-2355

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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with a classified ad Call 310.3535

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ONLY 7 UNITS LEFT!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

2012 MODEL

YEAR END EVENT 2012 FUSION 4DR

2012 F350 4X4 CREW LARIAT

2012 FUSION SE 4DR

, s AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s CRUISE s ALLOYS MORE

, DIESEL s LEATHER s TR TOW s CAB STEPS s v WHEELS MORE

, s AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s CRUISE s SPOILER s ALLOYS s RED CANDY COLOUR

MSRP $72,349

MSRP $26,349

MSRP $26,949

2012 Model Blowout! $

2012 Model Blowout! $

2012 Model Blowout! $

55,602

#12067

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

2012 F150 4X4 LARIAT

, s AUTO s NAVIGATION s OFF ROAD PKG s CHROME PKG s MOONROOF s LOADED

19,940

#12075

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

2012 F150 4X4 XLT

, s 8,4 s AIR s PW s PL s CRUISE s SYNC s FOG LAMPS s LOCKING AXLE

20,561

2012 F150 LARIAT 4X4

MSRP $41,399

MSRP $61,219

2012 Model Blowout! $

2012 Model Blowout! $

2012 Model Blowout! $

43,967

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

28,263

2013 F150 4X4 CREWCAB XLT

Fully Customized!

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 GMC 1500 4X4 CREW

AIR s PW s PL s #$ MORE

AIR s PW s CRUISE s#$ s 2HINO LINING MORE

LOADED CAR s LEATHER s AUTO PARK SYST MORE

Like New!

13,900

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;10 TAURUS LIMITED

LOADED s LEATHER s ALL WHEEL DR

Just

in

25,995

$

Total Price: $57,935 Ford Rebate: -$7,000

Total

50,935

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 HYUNDAI ACCENT

$

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

$

One Only!

#12050

27,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 ESCAPE XLT FWD

SPD s PW s PL s AIR sPS MORE

12,796

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 FOCUS TITANIUM

23,900

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 F150 X/C 4X4

,ARIAT s ROOF s LEATHER s CANOPY s LIKE NEW

$ OLD S28,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11 FIESTA SEL 4DR

AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s LOW KM S

13,660

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;08 MUSTANG COUPE

6 s SPD s LEATHER s VERY CLEAN CAR

15,955

$

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

%CO BOOST 6 s MAX TR TOW PKG s NAVIGATION s v WHEELS s OFF ROAD PKG MORE

MSRP $59,259

#12033

#12076

47,416

#12056

PLUS $1000 COSTCO REBATE

365 HP Eco Boost engine Locking axle Power Conv group Pro-comp 6â&#x20AC;? suspension lift kit General grabber 35 12x18 tires Fuel offroad racing wheels KC hilite light bar PIAA offroad driving lights Ventshades Bug deflector Bushwacker fender flares ATS chrome & matte runningboards â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11 EXPEDITION MAX

LIMITED s LOADED s $6$ s LEATHER s KM S

45,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;10 FUSION SEL 4DR

AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s CRUISE s MOON ROOF MORE

15,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11 FUSION SEL 4DR

AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s CRUISE s PS

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in

15,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 EXPLORER SPT TRAK

6 s AUTO s AIR s PW s PL s CANOPY s 8

D L O S16,760 $

Remaining 2012 models are selling below cost! Only 12 11 10 9 8 7units remaining! Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this opportunity!

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