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Cancer Pageant provides lift for worthy cause — page 11

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Tsunami debris arriving on North Island Gazette staff SOINTULA, B.C.— Another small Japanese vessel has been located intact among masses of debris accumulating on Vancouver Island’s western shores. Living Oceans Society’s Will Soltau made the discovery while on helicopter surveillance over the west coast of northern Vancouver Island Jan. 16. The small boat was approximately six meters in length, similar to a skiff found on Spring Island outside the village of Kyuquot, B.C., in August 2012.

“We landed on the beach but the skiff was too encrusted with gooseneck barnacles to find a vessel ID plate,” said Will Soltau, manager of Living Ocean’s Clear the Coast marine debris program. “We found two life jackets with Japanese writing very near to the boat so we took photos of everything and sent those to the government agencies managing tsunami debris.”

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“We found two life jackets with Japanese writing very near to the boat...”

Will Soltau, Clear the Coast

Coast, Living Oceans is organizing the drive to find, remove and dispose of marine debris from the surface to the seafloor around Northern Vancouver Island. The program is tackling ghost fishing gear, inter-tidal debris and derelict vessels— all growing issues facing coastal communities because marine debris affects ocean health.

Peter Barratt, Operations Manager at West Coast Helicopters, was piloting the helicopter on the reconnaissance trip north from San Josef Bay to the south shore of the Brooks Peninsula when the debris was spotted.

“There has always been debris on the beaches,” said Barratt, who has been flying helicopters over north-

The Japanese skiff that washed ashore with debris from the 2011 tsunami that struck Living Oceans Society the islands after a huge earthquake.

ern Vancouver Island for more than 30 years.

“But from my past experience, the amount of debris—especially Styrofoam—is really increasing.”

The boat’s location has been reported to Transport Canada, which will try to identify the vessel from the

photos.

Clear the Coast is coordinating the efforts of northern Vancouver Island volunteers, community organizations, service clubs, businesses and local governments that want to pitch in by cleaning up the local waters and shorelines. West Coast

Helicopters is partnering with Living Oceans to assess the situation on the beaches.

Will Soltau will be making presentations about marine debris to local groups throughout the winter, and will coordinate cleanup efforts beginning in summer 2013. Find

out more about Living Oceans’ Clear the Coast program where you can find an on-line debris reporting form and an interactive map cataloguing the reports and clean-up activities. Visit www.livingoceans.org and click the “Clear the Coast” link.

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WHAT WE DO: We are a non-profit society that provides recreational minor hockey in the District of Port Hardy and three First Nation Bands (Kwakiutl, Quatsino & Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw).

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High-risk facilities spark fire policy change Gazette staff The Village of Port Alice adopted a Public Building Inspection Policy change at the council meeting last week.

The policy change came as a result of recommendations from FireWise Consulting as part of last month’s inspection training services.

Administrator Madeline McDonald said under the Fire Inspection Act that the village was responsible for performing inspections, but high-risk facilities like those at the mill were beyond

staff’s capabilities.

A compromise solution was offered whereby Neucel Specialty Cellulose would provide a Letter of Assurance that the facility meets the fire code, leading to a need to amend policy to accommodate this solution.

The council approved the two motions presented; first to accept the policy change, and second, to request a letter of assurance from the mill.

Administrator’s report In her report to council, McDonald

informed councillors of “productive negotiations� with Canadian Union of Public Employees representatives on contract negotiations.

She said the groups had made much progress and, while a settlement had not yet been reached, only a single issue was outstanding.

McDonald also informed council that, further to appointing two new members to the Board of Variance, these new members would be given an orientation session to familiarize them with

Council Meeting Port Alice duties and expectations for their new roles.

Council passed a motion to donate ice time for the annual Rod Watson Memorial hockey game scheduled for Feb. 9.

McDonald informed council that all proceeds from this year’s event would be donat-

ed to longtime community volunteer Dorothy Noseworthy to assist with medical expenses. “It’s very good of them to put all of this together,� said Mayor Jan Allen.

Goose trouble The council has consulted its lawyer to check the feasibility of an unusual request made at the last meeting.

Wind Farm hauling Starting on Jan, 7, 2013 Totran Transportation will be moving Tower Base Sections for the Cape Scott Wind Farm from Duke Point, BC to Port Hardy, BC. With 2 haul units per day, starting at Duke Point at 3:00 am and proceeding north on Hwy 19, will be going though Campbell River app. 6:00 am then North on Hwy 19 to Goodspeed Road at Port Hardy.

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VIHA’s Dr. Ian Mackenzie appeared as a delegation to argue the case for an exemption to the village’s Firearms Bylaw which prohibits discharging a firearm within the village boundaries.

Dr. Mackenzie’s position was that geese in and around the Health Clinic’s helipad pose a threat to helicopter traffic and that their feces poses a public health hazard.

He argued that current methods of clearing the geese were ineffectual and that current literature promotes lethal deterrence.

The Mayor advised the doctor that the council would need time to review his submissions and to consult with legal and insurance representatives before reaching a decision.

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McNeill council approves new firefighters Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Council approved the addition of four new members to Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department during its regular meeting Jan. 21.

Garrett Chalmers, Nathan Louvros,

Rowan Metcalfe and Dave Murphy, who were each recommended by department staff, were approved in a unanimous council vote.

Community Forest meeting Council approved

Council Meeting Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney’s recommendation of the use of council chambers for the next Community Forest annual general meeting, scheduled for a date to be determined

in February.

In her report to council, Shirley Ackland noted it is Port McNeill’s turn to host the meeting, which rotates between participating communities Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill. Furney asked

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Hardy council renews scholarship purse Gazette staff PORT HARDY— PHSS Principal Steve Gray was in correspondence with the Port Hardy Council this week, requesting the district continue its support of the District of Port Hardy Community Spirit Award.

In previous years the district has offered a scholarship to a deserving student from the school, awarding a $1,000 bursary to aid future study.

“Your greatly appreciated past sponsorship has increased post-secondary opportunities available to our students, helping to shape and support their futures,” read Gray’s appeal.

The council agreed to once again offer a $1,000 award to a student who has par-

Council Meeting Port Hardy ticipated in leadership programs or who has been involved in community leadership in some form, the recipient to be decided by the PHSS Scholarship Committee.

The possibility of splitting the money and granting two $500 awards was discussed, but the council felt that $500 could disappear quickly on a few textbooks while $1,000 represented a much more impactful sum.

Councillors also praised the amount of bursaries and scholarships available for local students, Mayor Bev Parnham adding that, “North Islanders are really incred-

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Wind farm As wind farm components continue to stream to the North Island, Mayor Parnham commended the way the companies involved were handling the operation, saying Totran, the company contracted to do the hauling, was doing “an incredible job.”

She also praised the transparency of the operation, with the hauling schedule being readily available to the public.

One change she would like to see in the operation was the addition of information boards at each end of the route to alert

“North Islanders are really incredibly generous when it comes to bursaries.”

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drivers that there were rigs on the road.

“If people are aware then they’ll be watching for them,” she pointed out.

Overall though, she praised the way the operation was being handled. “I’m really quite impressed,” she said. “They really seem to be on top of

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Staff reports In the reports section of the meeting Coun.

Nikki Shaw said it was “really interesting reflecting on Idle No More. It was called a protest but for me it was less a protest and more of a unity walk.”

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The Mayor’s report highlighted the problem of contacting Winter Harbour quickly in the case of an emergency, due to the lack of cell coverage there.

She also informed councillors that the results of the aerial

surveys, performed last summer with a view to mine exploration, would be released this week, and looked forward to seeing the data.

Cenotaph Members of the 101 (North Island) Squadron and the Royal Canadian Legion appeared before council as a delegation to present their vision for a new-look cenotaph in Carrot Park.

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COMMENTARY Comments? Box 458, Port Hardy, B.C. V0N 2P0 250-949-6225 Fax 250-949-7655 or email us at editor@northislandgazette.com

Time for B.C. to go to pot Don’t expect to hear much about the subject of legalizing marijuana in B.C. when the provincial election campaign ramps up this spring.

But the catnip will be out of the bag shortly after the ballots are counted.

Former B.C. NDP leadership candidate Dana Larsen is canvassing B.C. to gather support for a petition drive later this year that would put a decriminalization referendum before B.C. voters in 2014, regardless which party is put in power.

The former head of the B.C. Marijuana Party, Larsen noted that cannabis decriminalization is already NDP policy, though he admits voters won’t hear much about it during the campaign.

Others, however are talking.

Last November, U.S. voters in the states of Washington and Colorado approved measures either decriminalizing or legalizing pot possession and use.

Closer to home, Larsen’s proposed Sensible Policing Act reflects growing support from such diverse groups as the Union of B.C. Municipalities, former B.C. attorneys general, newspapers and other media outlets and even some current and former law enforcement officers.

When it comes to devoting policing and prosecuting resources against people whose only crime is personal possession and use, we frankly have to agree. It’s time for sensible pot policy.

We Asked You Question:

Would you support the legalization of cannabis in B.C.?

Yes 56%

No 44%

www.northislandgazette.com Total votes received for this question:36 Voting deadline is Monday at 3 p.m.

New season for ‘School Wars’ VICTORIA – Like a bad reality show about a dysfunctional family, B.C. School Wars has lurched to life again for the 2013 election.

Coming soon to billboards and buses across the province: staged pictures of sadfaced kids crammed into dirty classrooms by a heartless government.

It doesn’t even matter which government. This ritual combat went on through Social Credit and NDP governments too.

Premier Christy Clark opened the new season with her promised pitch to restructure bargaining. It suggested splitting up bargaining into traditional wage and benefit talks, and a separate table and fund for classroom size and support.

Cast in her familiar role of the sullen, rebellious teenager, BCTF president Susan Lambert staged a news conference to distort and mock the government’s offer.

A 10-year deal if we

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give up bargaining wages and classroom conditions?

“Ludicrous.”

What’s ludicrous is her characterization of a formula to link teacher pay to nurses, post-secondary faculty and other government workers.

Lambert falsely claimed there was no consultation on the proposal. This reminded me how she low-balled the costs of her union’s demands by hundreds of millions during what passed for negotiations in last year’s strike

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Health care patients in Port Hardy should find better access to service with the addition of two nurse practitioners to the local clinic.

Man’s best friend is having a tough go of it on the North Island due to an outbreak of potentially deadly parvovirus. Get that shot.

season.

Behind the scenes, the BCTF executive and the school district bargaining agent had just settled on a mutual costing model. What this means is the school districts, which have to make payroll and balance budgets, have convinced the BCTF to stop misrepresenting costs.

I’ll believe that when I see it.

Before Education Minister Don McRae had even spoken, BCTF vice-president Glen Hansman was growling his reply on Twitter: See you in court. That message presumably also goes for premier-in-waiting Adrian Dix, unless he replaces the hated Liberals in May, then quickly kneels before the BCTF and extends the key to the provincial treasury.

To state the obvious, Clark and McRae staged this as a pre-election event to frame the issue. They knew their effort would be greeted as a declaration of war.

The main reason the A member of

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BCTF agreed to a contract extension with a wage freeze last year? It wasn’t the blindingly obvious fact that every other public sector union had already taken two zeroes. It was strictly tactics.

The delay sets up the latest rematch of these old warriors in the spring election. The plan is to get the dreaded B.C. Liberals out and then start working over the weaker, more uniondependent NDP. That’s who caved in earlier and gave the BCTF broad control over staffing levels, the proverbial key to the treasury.

Along with basic math and economics, a point the BCTF seems unable to grasp is that its strategy is self-defeating. Those sad kids are making more and more parents seek a better deal.

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LETTERS editor@northislandgazette.com

Hydro responds to critics Dear editor, I would like to respond to some misinformation that was recently published about the safety of BC Hydro’s smart meters.

The installation of new meters is nearing completion around the province.

To date, our installers have identified over 2,000 cases where homeowners had pre-existing unsafe meter socket conditions. All of these potential safety hazards have been repaired by a certified electrician at no cost to the homeowner.

Addressing broken meter sockets mean a safer electrical grid and this has been confirmed in a report authored by the President of the B.C. Fire Chiefs.

The report shows electrical

"We’re committed to working with customers who have concerns about the new metering system." related fires in residential structures are rare and have actually declined in British Columbia since we started installing new meters in July 2011. The report is available on line at www. ufv.ca.

BC Hydro has to meet rigorous safety standards for all of our grid equipment – including meters.

Our meters are regulated

by Measurement Canada, and are compliant with the American National Standards Institute, the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers and the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Further, the cost of the smart metering program is budgeted at $930 million and the program is tracking to be on or below budget.

We’re committed to working with customers who have concerns about the new metering system.

We know this could take multiple conversations and in the meantime we will not install a new meter without the homeowner’s

agreement.

We’re finding when we talk to people many will accept a new meter because we are able to provide them with the facts about the program.

The reality is we must modernize our aging system and the old meters are becoming obsolete.

The new meters will get the lights back on faster and safer during power outages, provide customers with tools to conserve energy and save money, reduce wasted electricity and keep rates amongst the lowest in North America.

Gary Murphy Chief Project Officer, Smart Metering and Infrastructure BC Hydro

Locals to take message to Vic. Dear editor, It has been scarcely 150 years since the proclamation of British Columbia. In this short period of time the First Nations of this province have endured near annihilation and a cultural genocide unprecedented in the annals of human history.

In making this brutally honest statement I find myself not embittered with anger but, rather, absorbed in the daily struggle of survival and the healing process of sorting this out.

In our efforts to understand we find ourselves in the same predicament as our fellow man; discovering that no matter who, what or where we are we are subject to issues that effect us all.

Depleted fish stocks, dying oceans,

polluted water ways and atmosphere, melting ice caps, disappearing old growth forests and contaminated soil, economic systems negligent to ecology; a political system insensitive to our basic needs — neglecting equal rights for proper healthcare, housing, education and opportunity, leaving us in poverty, homelessness, social assistance, etc.

In view of all this, there are those who are well aware of the connectedness of these matters, who can sense the changes taking place and bear witness to a new age of hope and consciousness — a time when responsibility falls clearly into our own laps and where, perhaps, “human dignity� may be restored to us who have been suppressed and subdued to submission. We must

rise above corruption, untwisting our values to show us a better way.

It is time to take action — idle no more!

So, in the spirit of cultural preservation my families and I will embark Feb. 2 on a journey from our homelands on the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the legislature building of B.C. in Victoria.

We will conduct a copper cutting ceremony, breaking the chains that bind us, freeing our hands so that we may create a better future for our children.

No matter age, race or location — each one of us has a part to play and only together we shall rise as one.

Please join us.

Beau Dick and family Alert Bay

Family thanks locals for help Dear editor, On behalf of Junelyn, my daughters and myself, I feel compelled to thank all those who went out of their way to lend a helping hand in our time of crisis.

Words cannot express enough our appreciation for the help we received. To the volunteers who acted swiftly and professionally

to put out our house fire; to the generosity of those who provided us food, clothing, bedding, a roof over our heads and much-needed funds, we thank you.

You have touched our hearts. It was through the selfless acts of all who have helped us that we felt the true meaning of community.

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As I write this note from the home of a person I only just met, yet who trusts my family and me fully in her home, we are truly blessed.

Thank you again, good Samaritans. Your benevolence has turned the page on this family’s adversity.

Yours is our inspiration, the catalyst we will use to

rebuild.

In the future we will have many challenges to face.

Greater will be the reward of knowing we overcame these trials in such an awesome community. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Thank you, everyone.

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Reaching out I am contacting you, about a person's kindness.

As you know, in 2011 I was mauled by a grizzly bear. Well anyway, when I got to the Port McNeill hospital I was still under the influence of strong pain killers.

A lady came to me then, shook my hand, and said she would be right back.

She returned about an hour later and had a gift for me — a ceramic cup. I would like to thank her for her kindness.

People are special when they reach out without thought and give words of

encouragement to people going through tough times.

And there was one doctor I did not have a chance to thank for his great work in saving my life — Doctor Blackburn, a great doctor.

Johnny Johnson Port Hardy Thanks for leadership We wanted to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to Jackie Hildering who has been an exceptional volunteer leader for nine years with the NVI Young Naturalists Club. Thank you.

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February 12 St. Columba’s Church hosts its Shrove Tuesday pancake and sausage supper, 5-7 p.m., Port Hardy. Cost by donation to annual church fundraiser.

February 19 Port Hardy Community Forum on the United Way ‘Better at Home’ program. 12- 2 p.m. at the Hardy Bay Seniors Centre. Local input sought on answering the question, ‘How can Better at Home best support local seniors to live independently?’ Refreshments and lunch provided. For more information contact betterathomeVI@shaw.ca.

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March 1 7th annual Social Gala and 2012 Business Awards, Port McNeill Community Hall. Nomination deadline Feb. 11. FMI email portmcneillchamber@telus.net.

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MEETINGS & ONGOING EVENTS • Port Hardy Museum fall hours - now open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Gift shop closed January for maintenance. • 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 250-230-1376. • 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. • The Port Hardy Seniors' Housing Board is looking for volunteers to become a board member. We manage the Rotary Seniors' Centre on Rupert St. Evening mtgs held approx. once a month. FMI Jo-Anne Beek 250-949-6435 or Robert Fyles 250-949-2360. • Toastmasters Club every Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. at North Island College in Port Hardy: Toastmasters Club, info Sandra Boyd 250-902-0523.

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Cannabis reform advocate Dana Larsen, left, speaks with Jeremy Patterson and Ryan Lamont during a meeting at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.

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Larsen: Decriminalize pot J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Dana Larsen was unable to secure the NDP leadership as a platform to reform marijuana prohibition laws. But he’s doing everything he can from the outside to see cannabis decriminalized in British Columbia in the next few years.

“I’ve been working on this a long time, and I never thought, ‘We can legalize this in B.C. in next few years,’” Larsen said Sunday during one of two North Island stops on a provincewide tour to gather support for a petition drive to put a referendum on the ballot next year.

“I always thought I’ll be lucky if I’m alive when this happens.

But everything seems to have clicked in the last couple years.”

Larsen, who helped form the Canadian Marijuana Party and the B.C. Marijuana Party in 2000-01 before joining the B.C. New Democratic Party in 2003, failed in a 2011 bid for the provincial NDP leadership job.

He is currently touring B.C. with the Sensible BC campaign, with a particular emphasis on rural areas. The tour is to promote the Sensible Policing Act in advance

Dana Larsen, centre, speaks with attendees in Port McNeill during a meeting to gather local support for a referendum to J.R. Rardon reform marijuana legislation.

of a planned petition drive in September to get the cannabis decriminalization referendum on the ballot in 2014.

He held one meeting Saturday in Port Hardy before meeting with a small group at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill the following day.

“We filed the law in September with Elections BC,” Larsen said. “They agreed this law is valid, which already is a big victory because when Adrian (Dix) and Christy (Clark) say, ‘No, it’s the federal government’s jurisdiction; we’re helpless,’ we say, ‘No, Elections BC, your own government lawyers said this is a valid law. We can pass it today.’

“We don’t have to have a referendum.

The referendum is just because (politicians) are gonna say, ‘No.’”

The Sensible Policing Act would essentially call for provincial law enforcement to ignore the bulk of federal laws prohibiting possession and personal use of marijuana.

“The law tells police under the act to spend no more time or resources on searching, seizing, detaining or arresting anybody on possession of cannabis,” Larsen said.

Eventually, Larsen said, he hopes to work toward a further legalization including regulations on growing, selling, distribution and taxation.

The purpose of Larsen’s current tour is to both inform the public and to gather volunteers or “captains” in each region to begin registering people that can be called to sign the referendum petition when it is resubmitted to Elections BC this September.

Larsen pointed out 10 per cent of registered voters in each of British Columbia’s 85 electoral districts must sign to get the referendum on the ballot for a 2014 referendum election.

“To get a referendum on the ballot is difficult,” he said. “We have to do it in a 90-day period; we have only three months to get those signatures.”

Larsen has been heartened by endorsements from the Union of B.C. Municipalities last August and subsequent endorsements by the Vancouver Sun and several Black Press publications in B.C., along with polls that show majorities of B.C. citizens in favour of taxing an regulating use of cannabis and opposing criminal records for its possession.

In November, the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado each passed referendums to decriminalize marijuana, and Massachusetts became the 18th U.S. state to approve the use of medical marijuana.

“If Washington and Colorado can do it, then surely we can,” said Larsen. “We should have done it first.”

To register or for more information, visit www.sensiblebc.ca.

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Beware of The Rotary Club Corner dog virus Leading up to 100 years of Rotary in BC, these spots highlight member profiles of the Rotary Club of Port Hardy

Gazette staff North Island veterinarian Dr. Michael Paul is alerting local dog owners to recent cases of parvovirus on the North Island.

The virus can affect all dogs but is particularly dangerous to young or small dogs, as well as particular breeds such as rottweilers or dobermans.

It can be easily and inexpensively prevented through vaccination, which is routinely given to puppies along with distemper and hepatitis shots at nine weeks and followed by a booster three weeks later. This vaccination is then good for three years.

The virus initially presents with lethargy and loss of appetite, and progresses to vomiting and diarrhea, especially bloody diarrhea as the virus attacks the intestinal lining, causing extreme dehydration, sepsis and, in many cases, death.

As well as being preventable, the viral infection can often be treated successfully by veterinarians, but catching the infection in its early stages is a key factor.

Clients of the North Island Veterinary Hospital can call the clinic to check the status of their dogs’ vaccinations, and the virus can be diagnosed through a simple test with the results returned in ten minutes.

Vaccination remains the best protection against the virus.

“It’s and easy and inexpensive prevention,” said Dr. Paul, noting that it’s much cheaper and more straightforward than the intensive treatment required once the virus has taken hold.

The virus is not spread through direct dog-to-dog contact, but is highly contagious and spreads through direct or indirect contact with the feces or vomit of an infected animal.

There have been two recent cases of the virus at the hospital. One case involving a lapsed vaccine while the other dog had received the nine week shot but had not been given the booster.

Owners are reminded to keep their vaccinations up to date to prevent the spread of this and other contagious viruses.

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Brenda McCorquodale has been a member of the Port Hardy Rotary Club for about 12 years. She works at the DFO. Brenda is married to Doug and they have 4 girls, three of whom have grown up on the North Island. In her spare time Brenda is a history buff, writing a monthly column for the NI Gazette. She is also President and Competition Secretary for the Mt. Waddington Highland Dancing Association, and Port Hardy Rotary’s Youth Exchange Coordinator. Brenda enjoys the service and social aspects of Rotary.

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An uplifting evening Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—With a canister of confetti and flurry of feather boas, more than a dozen local men strapped into women’s bras and strut their stuff before an appreciative audience in the second Victor’s Secret Pageant at the Community Hall.

The event, organized by Cheryl Verbrugge, featured the uniquely decorated bras donated last summer to the Bras for a Cause fundraiser hosted by Flower Shoppe owner Lyn Skrlac.

Each contestant appeared twice before a panel of judges, showing off a different bra while competing in evening wear, swimwear, talent and question-andanswer categories.

Glenn Moore was crowned Mr. Victor’s Secret

by Tammy (Beech) Beek, the last Miss Port McNeill, after portraying a 1960s hippie in his first trip down the runway, then crooning the Randy Travis hit Forever and Ever (Amen).

First runner-up was crowd favourite Kelly Jones, who got so carried away with his striptease routine that he removed even the bra he was supposed to be showing off. Second runner-up was Don “Harpo” Rudd, who donned a curly blonde wig and nylons to shake his stuff as the crowd

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The show was sold out for the second straight year as the audience contributed to cancer research and to benefit local patients by buying tokens to toss to

their favourites or bid on raffle baskets donated by local businesses.

Verbrugge said about $8,100 was brought in, pending payment of expense.

Clockwise from top left: • Scott Mitchell gathers donations during the swimwear portion of Saturday’s Victor’s Secret pageant; • Steve Verbrugge swears judge Les Beech to secrecy after bribing him; •Pageant winner Glenn Moore croons

to the audience; •Logger Ray Bono is ready for work; • “Santa” Clint Ewen fires confetti into the crowd; • Organizer Cheryl Verbrugge is presented a bouquet by Jon Lok as participants applaud.

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Help for Hardy health J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— Two new nurse practitioners have been hired to provide primary care at the medical clinic in Port Hardy, the leading edge of a wave of 45 new nurse practitioners funded through a government initiative.

Health care efforts on the North Island will now return to a focus on getting more physicians to Port Hardy, which has struggled with emergency room coverage in recent years due to chronic physician shortage.

“We need three more physicians in Port Hardy,” said Alison Mitchell, Vancouver Island Health Authority manager of rural health services for the Mount Waddington Region.

“As part of our local working group’s recommendations, there has been an additional $30,000 allocated to a physician recruitment agency specifically for Port Hardy.”

Port Hardy currently has three physicians, who must bring in locum, or temporary, physicians to cover gaps in emergency room oncall scheduling.

As the doctors must juggle regular clinic hours with ER coverage, patients in Port Hardy have been faced with onerous wait times

to be seen.

“We’ve been told that patients calling for an appointment were being given a two- or threeweek wait time for a visit,” said Mitchell.

“We’re hoping the nurse practitioners will ease that load.”

The additions bring to four the number of nurse practitioners working in and around Port Hardy, including one dedicated to aboriginal health and another to mental health and addictions.

The search for additional physicians has also taken a step forward with the aid of the recruitment agency, Mitchell said.

The local working group was briefed by the area’s coordinator to the recruitment agency during its meeting Monday.

The group was told 11 candidates have been identified as potentially suitable for the North Island and will be strategically targeted for additional interviews.

“These are physicians who have specific experience in rural health or aboriginal health, or who prefer working in smaller communities or in areas with outdoor recreation potential. We have no commitment yet, but we’re certainly working on it,” Mitchell said.

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Just for You

Thank You We have so many people to thank after our house fire last week.

Our heroic babysitter who got the children out to safety and called the fire department.

The very efficient and capable Port Hardy Fire Department.

All the friends and neighbours who came with help. There were so many acts of kindness.

We are grateful to you all and we are lucky to live in such a supportive community

Thank you from the Bruner and Onchulenko families

A HUGE THANK YOU! To the Community Members of the Mt. Waddington Area & our partners. You are amazing. Thank you for coming together to support our community.

Your generosity helps us make the following possible: The Lighthouse Resource Centre ~ Hot Lunch Program, Mental Health & Addiction Services, Extreme Weather Shelter, Emergency Assistance, Advocacy, Spiritual Care, Recovery Groups, Computers & Telephone Services, Income Tax Preparation, & Volunteerism.

The Salvation Army Mt. Waddington Community Ministries focuses on social services helping to provide the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, and emergency assistance. This includes addressing such needs as homelessness, addictions, abuse, food security and advocacy. The purpose of all our programs and services is to meet people “where they are at” without judgment. We offer these programs and services in a warm, friendly and safe environment that helps us to foster relationships that are nurturing and loving.

2012 Statistical Data for the Lighthouse Resource Centre Through the generous support of our partners and community, we were able to serve:

Christmas Kettle Campaign ~ We surpassed our goal and raised $15,000. Thank you to the volunteers, community, business, media and hosts (Overwaitea Foods, & the Liqour Store) for giving so generously and helping us exceed our fundraising goal.

Hot Lunch Program– Meals Served (20% increase)

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Volunteers ~ Community Members help us every day by giving precious time and energy to ensure our services can be delivered to those in need.

Emergency Shelter Stays (Includes Clothing – Clients Served

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Overwaitea Foods ~ Thank you for donating all the items on our Christmas Lunch “Wish List”, we were able to serve 144 turkey lunches… with all the trimmings.

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February 1 Men’s hockey A League: Mustangs at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice.

February 1-3 Curling BC-Yukon Command Legion Playdowns at Broughton Curling Club, Port McNeill. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. finals Sunday.

February 2-3 Minor hockey Port Hardy Minor Hockey bantam tournament at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Saturday, finals 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Sunday.

February 3 Men’s hockey B League: Rookies at Pioneers, 7 p.m., Port McNeill; Whalers vs.

Smokers, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 4 Youth soccer Port Hardy Youth Soccer executive meeting, 7 p.m., Eagle View Elementary School and Port McNeill, NISS, 7 p.m.

All parent volunteers, potential coaches and officials welcome.

FMI, 250-949-8928.

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

February 8-10 Women’s hockey Port McNeill Downpour tournament at Chilton Regional Arena. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, finals 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sunday. Raffle table, concession, more.

February 9 Rep hockey North Island Eagles peewees host Tier 3 playoffs, 2:30 p.m., Port Hardy. Opponent tba.

Men’s hockey B League: Smokers vs. PH Oldtimers, 4:45 p.m.

NISS romps to hardcourt sweep J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Forced to adjust their style of play by a midgame officiating change, the North Island Secondary School senior boys basketball team hung on for a 47-36 win over Gold River after giving away most of a 22-5 halftime lead Saturday at the NISS gym.

The Norsemen closed out a doubleheader victory over the visitors with a 58-42 win in the afternoon rematch to improve to 4-0 in exhibition play.

“I think the guys were getting better at playing with tight officiating,” NISS coach Casey Mork said. “And this is a good thing.

It’s going to be like that when we go downIsland.”

The opening game of Saturday’s doubleheader tightened considerably after Gold River coach John Levering grabbed a whistle to assist with officiating chores after NISS had run wild for two quarters. In the third period, the visitors suddenly found their rhythm and closed within 32-26 as the Norsemen were whistled for a series of fouls, three-second violations, traveling and other calls that had escaped notice in the early going.

“Because we had a big lead we kind of let off a little bit,” NISS forward Brad May said.

Aidan Horgan of North Island Secondary School, right, goes over Gold River's Reade Levering for a rebound Saturday at NISS. At right, Brandon Pelletier of NISS, left, drives through the defence of Gold River's Ned Taylor.

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“And we were getting a little tired, because we only had two players on the bench.”

Teammate Juan Camacho was somewhat less charitable, noting that Levering seemed to save all his whistles for the NISS players while sparing the Gold River contingent.

Mork came down somewhere in the middle, but noted the

"I think the guys were getting better at playing with tight officiating. And that's a good thing."

Casey Mork

tighter play-calling will only serve to help his squad when it travels to play, first in a four-team round-robin this Friday, then in the

Island A championships Feb. 21-23.

“It was a really good game for the guys,” Mork said after Aidan Horgan scored 20

points and Camacho added 14 in the doubleheader opener. “When we go down-Island, everything’s going to be called. The teams and officials there are a lot more technical, and every single foul will be called.”

In both games, NISS ran to early leads, only to have Gold River charge from behind to close the gap. In the opener, Gold River closed within 32-28 on Brandon Curr’s basket to open the fourth quarter. But Camacho scored on a drive, then May fed Horgan for an inside bucket to make it 36-28 with 8:32 left.

From that point, Gold

River never got closer than six points.

In the second game, even with Levering handling a whistle from the start, NISS bolted to a 14-4 lead midway through the first period behind the inside-outside attack of Horgan and guard Brandon Pelletier.

By the late second period, however, Gold River used a 10-5 run to close to 25-23. Then Camacho hit a threepoint shot to make it 28-23 and, after Camacho and Gold River’s Kolby Amos traded baskets, May drained another threepointer to give NISS a 33-25 halftime lead.

Youth soccer clubs set volunteer meetings Gazette staff Port Hardy and Port McNeill youth soccer clubs will hold their respective executive meeting Monday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. The Port Hardy meeting takes place at Eagle View Elementary, and the Port McNeill meeting will be at NISS. Coaches and parent volunteers are needed to guide

teams of players ranging from age five to age 18, during the upcoming spring soccer season. An assistant coach or manager will also be needed for each team, and posts on the executive will also need to be filled.

A separate season for fouryear-old tots in Port Hardy may be held if somebody steps up to take it on.

Sports Briefs If enough volunteers cannot be found, the season will be at risk of not happening.

For more information, call 250-949-8928.

Hickes berths fill fast The 34th annual Oscar

Hickes Memorial Hockey Tournament has filled all 16 available spots, and a waiting list of teams is forming.

Organizer Russell Murray noted the $600 registration fee for each team must be paid in advance. After Feb. 1, teams on the waiting list will be offered spots of teams which have registered but failed to pay the fee, he said.

The tourney, open to players 19-over, will be held Mar. 7-10 at Port Alice Arena. Teams will play in four divisions: competitive, commercial, recreational and oldtimers.

Cheques are payable to Oscar Hickes Society, Box 66, Port Alice, BC, V0N 2N0. Info, oscarhickes@ gmail.com.

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McNeill hosts Legion curling playdowns J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Port McNeill Royal Canadian Legion Branch 281 has not entered a rink in the BC-Yukon Command Legion Curling Playdowns for more than 10 years. But hosting the 2013 championships this weekend at Broughton Curling Club should kick-start a long-term involvement in the games.

“We’re planning to enter it from now on,” said Grant Anderson, the branch commander who has spearheaded organization of the Feb. 1-3 playdowns. “I’m hoping the job we’ve done gets around to the rest

of the branches and the different zones and brings it back to the forefront. The (playdowns) had been slowly dying off.”

The resurrection will start modestly, with no more than eight rinks from other B.C. and Yukon Territory branches participating. They will, however, get the red carpet treatment from local volunteers, which include Broughton Curling Club members.

The playdowns will feature opening ceremonies Friday beginning at 9 a.m. at the club and wrap up with closing ceremonies following the finals Sunday.

A skills competition

will be held Saturday afternoon following the qualifying draws, and that evening a banquet for players and Broughton Curling Club members will be hosted at Port McNeill’s Community Hall.

Anderson has also arranged a tour of the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre in Port Hardy for visiting curlers and their guests.

When the BC-Yukon command sent out invitations last January for local branches to host various events, Port McNeill initially glossed over the curling playdowns.

But when no other branch submitted an application to host

the games, Anderson looked a little deeper into what would be required to host the playdowns at Broughton Curling Club’s four-sheet arena.

“We thought there was no way we’d be able to host it, thinking there were, like, 40 teams or so,” Anderson said. “Then we found out, no, it’s generally eight or 10 or 12 teams. Well, we can hold that here.”

After gaining approval from the executive and general membership of Branch 281, Anderson went ahead and submitted the application in February of 2012.

Port McNeill’s selection as host

was approved by the BC-Yukon Command in June.

“We’re looking forward to this weekend,” said Mike Balcke of Broughton Curling Club, whose members will run the concession and lounge and maintain the ice for the playdowns. “We actually talked about this years ago. From our point of view, it’s nice to be able to be involved in these kinds of events.”

The last big competition hosted by the club, beyond its own bonspiels, was the Pacific Cup qualifying bonspiel more than 12 years ago. Balcke said the club is trying to put together a bonspiel for North Island

fire departments this March, but that it is difficult to bring largescale events to Port McNeill.

“We’re not really big enough with four sheets to do a lot of the big competitions,” he said. “And we are a bit off the beaten path.”

This weekend’s playdowns are the qualifier for the Royal Canadian Legion’s national championships, to be held in Prince Edward Island.

Tim Chester, who will skip the local rink that includes Paul Bastarache, Scott Mitchell and Chris Walker, has no expectations of making that trip, but did admit his

foursome has committed to it in case they win.

The four do not compete together in regular league play, though Chester said they are all currently active in the sport.

“We’re going to have fun and we’re going to be good hosts and we’re going to welcome all the teams that are coming to kick our butt,” Chester said. “We actually had to sign a form saying we would curl all the games and, if we won, that we’d go to the (national) playdowns.

“We don’t have any expectations, but I guess if we win, we’ll go. We signed and said we would.”

Peewees lose game but close gap J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—Aside from a bit of special teams difficulty, the improving North Island Eagles peewee rep hockey team had plenty to feel good about despite a pair of exhibition losses to Comox Valley’s A team last weekend at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

The peewees let a 3-2, second-period lead slip away Sunday in a 6-3 loss to the visiting Chiefs. Three of the final four Comox goals came on the power play.

One day earlier, the Eagles were within 3-2 before Comox scored a pair of late goals in a 5-2 victory.

The peewees, who competed in the Vancouver Island Hockey League’s Division 4 this season, begin the Tier 3 playoffs against Kerry Park in the Cowichan Valley this weekend. Against Comox, they were facing a squad tested by higher level, Division 3 play through the regular season.

“Definitely the kids had a positive effort in the challenge of playing up to the next level,” assistant coach Chad Mackenzie said. “Going into the playoffs, they know they have to put their best effort into every shift.”

Sunday’s final score was similar to a 6-2 loss to Comox early in the season, but in that earlier meeting the Chiefs thoroughly dominated en route

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The puck flies as Aimee Brucker of Comox, left, and Benton Browne of the North Island Eagles peewees battle for possession during their game Sunday in Port Hardy.

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to a 6-0 lead before the Eagles scored a pair of late goals.

This time, the host club took leads of 1-0 and 2-1 on goals

by David Charlie in the first period and early second period, and jumped in front 3-2 on Clayton Bono’s wrist shot from the bottom of the circle shortly after the mid-game ice cleaning.

Moments later, though, the team was whistled for the first of what became a series of penalties, and the Chiefs tied it at 12:28 of the second.

After going up 4-3 on a shot from the high slot through a heavy screen of traffic at 9:03 of the period, Comox grabbed a two-goal lead on another power-play score past

Eagles netminder Michael McLaughlin.

The Eagles had their own man-advantage chances in the third, including a 5-on-3 opportunity, as Comox was whistled for five penalties in the period. But despite a vigorous forecheck and several quality opportunities, they were unable to cut into the margin.

Then, when the Chiefs found themselves on another powerplay, they got one final goal to close out the scoring.

“The thing we saw is our team never gave up,” Mackenzie said. “That’s one thing we stress to them all the time, and we’re proud of that effort.”

Devin White had two assists for the Eagles and Benton Browne added a helper.

Comox 5, Eagles 2 After a scoreless first period Saturday, the Chiefs got a pair of goals in the early part of the second to take a 2-0 lead into the ice-cleaning break.

But Carson Strang scored an unassisted goal shortly after the teams returned to the ice to make it 2-1 and, after Comox score again to start the third, White drew the Eagles back within 3-2 off a Dutcyvich assist at 8:33 of the period.

That score held until the final four minutes of the game, when the Chiefs clinched it with two more goals.

The Port Alice forward enjoyed a breakout game Saturday, scoring two goals in the North Island Eagles atom development team’s victory.

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Atoms tune for tourney with win J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—The North Island Eagles atom development hockey team played perhaps its best allaround game Saturday in dispatching the Saanich Braves 6-1 Saturday.

With a big tournament coming up this weekend in Campbell River and the playoffs on the horizon a few weeks later, it comes at a good time. “That was our most unselfish game of the year,� head coach Marty Gage said. “Every goal came off a pass, and every player had a good game.�

Even with that qualifier, Aiden Watson of Port Alice stood out in a performance that netted him a pair of goals. “That was a breakout game for Aiden,� said Gage. “His confidence exploded and he was a backchecking machine.�

Goalie Kayden Jones was also solid, missing a shut-

Men’s Commercial Hockey League

Standings Through Jan. 30 Team Warriors Mustangs Islanders Bulls

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Friday, Jan. 25 Islanders 2, Bulls 1 Mustangs at Warriors, ppd Saturday, Jan. 26 Warriors 9, Islanders 0 Sunday, Jan. 27 Mustangs 8, Bulls 0 Friday, Feb. 1 Mustangs at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice Port Hardy ‘B’ Hockey League Standings Through Jan. 30

Tynan Klein-Beekman of the North Island Eagles atom development team gets off a shot while being tripped up by a pair of Saanich defenders Saturday in Port Hardy.

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out on a minor slip-up after the Braves’ Kyle Erickson carried the puck behind his net. As Jones turned to his left to guard that post, Erickson reversed course and beat a defender to deposit a wraparound into the open side of the net.

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Otherwise, Jones and the Eagles controlled the contest from start to finish. Ryan Patterson added two goals, Mathew Saunders had a goal and two assists, Tynan Klein-Beekman added a goal and Payton Laming and Rhys Dutcyvich added

two assists each.

The Eagles jumped out quickly, scoring three goals in the opening period. After Erickson got his wraparound at 9:12 of the second to pull Saanich to 3-1, the Triport squad promptly got the lead back to three

goals when Klein-Beekman converted off Saunders’ crossing pass just 12 seconds later.

Liem Wadhams and Luke Gage added assists for the Eagles, who sit in third place in the VIHL’s Division 3.

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First Nations decimated by smallpox The arrival of European traders brought many new diseases to the North Island, including measles, smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, and sexually transmitted diseases.

The most ravaging of these was smallpox, spread through droplet infection, usually through personal contact but also through contact with items like blankets. Taking a month to run their course, symptoms included the presence of small sores all over the body and a high fever.

Smallpox may have first reached the Pacific Northwest in either the 1520s, as a part of the Northern Hemisphere smallpox pandemic, or dur-

A Look Back with Brenda McCorquodale ing the first recorded coastal pandemic of the 1770s. There was some oral history reported to anthropologists that blamed the disappearance of the Hoyalas peoples of Quatsino on an epidemic illness around this time.

Ethnographer Franz Boaz noted that there is a Kwakwaka’wakw word which means a

man whose body “was covered all over with mouths which laughed and shouted all the time.” This is believed to refer to the presence of smallpox sores.

In 1847 Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, George Simpson, reported after a trip to the North Island that “curiously enough, they (Kwakiutl) have been exempted from the small-pox.” Simpson noted that the HBC was in possession of a vaccine, which they offered, but local Chiefs refused.

Simpson noted that they did not push the issue, feeling “that our medicine would get the credit of any epidemic that might follow, or perhaps the failure of the hunt or

Fort Victoria circa 1860, the location where the smallpox epidemic outbreak occurred.

Photo submitted ing the large populathe fishery.”

First Nations did not tion of First Nations possess quinine, which who had come to trade.

Europeans success- Many of these peofully used to treat the ple were in the early stages of active infecactive disease.

For the North Island tion as they travelled the major blow came home to the North in 1862, when a small- Coast, Haida Gwaii, pox outbreak in Fort and the North Island.

Victoria resulted in They spread smallHBC officials banish- pox along their travel

routes. The first case was reported in March and by December the epidemic was over.

Unfortunately the official journal from Fort Rupert for the year 1862 has been lost, but the reports of many ships’ captains in the area at the time report the ravages of the disease. They note that “hundreds were swept away within a few days” and “the tribe native to that section was nearly exterminated.”

Young and healthy people were largely affected, which had an impact on reproduction rates for communities.

Survivors were identifiable because of their extensive scarring.

An 1850 census of First Nations in the area placed the

Kwakwaka’wakw population at about 8,850, and in 1866 the estimate was 3,750, which would be an overall loss of 53%.

Some anthropologists have commented that it is remarkable that First Nations cultures were able to retain so much of their knowledge and cultural traditions with the loss of so many community members.

B r e n d a McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island history enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at storeysbeach@gmail. com. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at http://undiscoveredcoast.blogspot.ca/.

Traditional Scots supper celebrates poet's birth Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Royal Canadian Legion Branch 281 had a packed house last weekend for its annual Robbie Burns Dinner.

The crowd was treated to a display of highland dancing to set the mood before Duncan MacGregor paraded the star of the show — a haggis — among the tables.

MacGregor then performed a rousing rendition of the Scottish bard’s famous “Address To a Haggis” from memory before revealing the innards of the “great chieftain o’ the puddin-race” to the assembled guests.

Above left: Xandryn Frost and Emily Walker perform a highland dance prior to the Burns supper at the Port McNeill Legion last weekend. Above right: Duncan MacGregor spills the innards of the haggis during the traditional 'Address To a Haggis' at the Port McNeill Legion's annual Burns supper.

A O'Toole Burns himself is per- ‘Address To a Haggis’ Haggis is an inte- which is then minced This was followed by a traditional Scottishthe Selkirk Grace from themed night honour- gral dish of any Burns with suet, onion, oat- haps the most widely- and ‘To a Mouse’ are Branch Chaplain Rick ing the Ayrshire-born supper, a traditional meal and seasonings celebrated Scottish fairly well known, it Ivens, the prayer also wordsmith, held on or Scottish staple of before being stuffed poet, and a cultural is his song ‘Auld Lang around his birthday, sheep’s heart, liver, lung into a sheep’s stomach icon in his native land. Syne’ that most people attributed to the poet.

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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:

Certified Millwright Millwright/Apprentices Certified Saw Filer Heavy Duty Mechanic Detailed job postings can be viewed at

http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careers 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

OFFLOADING SUPERVISOR This part time contract position reports to the general manager of the Quatsino Economic Development Limited Partnership.

The successful applicant must have experience in the ofoading and transportation services and should have current certiďŹ cates in the operations of forklifts and hiab. A valid drivers license is required. The workload will vary depending on the time of the year.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES s -AINTAINING CONTACT WITH BOATS REQUIRING ofoading services and providing equipment, materials, services and staff to meet the ofoading schedule. s $IRECTING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DISPATCHING

routing or tracking of transportation vehicles. s -ONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE ACCESS TO THE wharf during ofoads. s %NSURING THE EQUIPMENT IS CLEAN AND IN GOOD working order. s 0ROVIDING THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE BOAT captain, trucking company and accounting ofďŹ ce. s 0ROVIDING TRAINING TO EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED s #OMPLYING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES and procedures as well as safety rules and regulation.

4HE START DATE FOR THIS POSITION IS -ARCH ! cell phone will be provided.

Please provide a resume and salary expectations to: Quatsino Economic Development LP !TTENTION )RENE - 0ATERSON 'ENERAL -ANAGER Fax: 250-902-0638 or email manager@qfnedc.ca

by February 15, 2013

Heavy Duty Journeymen Mechanic Looking for Heavy Duty Journeymen Mechanic to work in a heated shop.

Day shift work, four on, three off.

Responsibilities: s 2EAD DIAGRAMS SCHEMATICS FOR WORK PRACTICES s -AINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ALL MOBILE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING ' SCRAPPER DOZER LOADERS 4ELE HANDLER AND HELP OUT IN PLANT WHEN NEEDED s ,UBRICATE SERVICE DIAGNOSE REPAIR ASSEMBLE

AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT TO COMPANY STANDARDS s +EEP CURRENT OF CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY s 0ROVIDE GUIDANCE TO LESS EXPERIENCED OPERATORS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL s #ONFER WITH MANAGER ON A REGULAR BASIS ON ANY deďŹ ciencies.

Experience & Essential Skills: s 6ALID $RIVER S ,ICENCE s *OURNEYMAN #ERTIlCATE 2ED 3EAL s YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH DIESEL ENGINES AND OFF ROAD EQUIPMENT s %FFECTIVELY USE THE #ATERPILLAR %4 AND 3)3 programs s 3OURCE LOOK UP AND ORDER PARTS Education: 'RADE 4HE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS DISASSEMBLE AND REASSEMBLE COMPONENTS AND MAINTAIN ALL MACHINERY BASED ON COMPANY STANDARDS Essential Skills: 3AFETY CONSCIOUS GOOD ORAL COMMUNICATION WORK WELL IN A GROUP ENVIRONMENT

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Attention: RooďŹ ng & Siding Installers Calgary’s # 1 Exterior’s company will be in your area recruiting for the following positions: skilled Roofers, Siders, Eavestroughers, Foreman & sub crews . Our RooďŹ ng & Exteriors Manager’s will be on the Island on Fri, Feb 1st and Sat, Feb 2nd. Please call Donavan at (587) 228-0473 to schedule a interview during those dates.

For more info link on the link: http://www.epicrooďŹ ng.ca /about-epic/careers.html 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.

APARTMENT/CONDO

DAVE LANDON Motors has an opening for an Automotive Salesperson. This is a full time commissioned position and comes with a full beneďŹ ts package. The position requires a commitment of time, energy, constant learning, proďŹ ciency with new technology, ambition and t he ability to excel in customer service. If you have these skills needed to succeed, please email you resume to dlsales@telus.net.

TRADES, TECHNICAL PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume by email to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE. SHORE MECHANIC – F/T Heavy Duty Mechanic CertiďŹ cate or equivalent w/5 yrs exp. www.westcoast tug.ca/shore-mechanic

Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilďŹ eld construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the ďŹ eld. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta.

Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: • Coastal CertiďŹ ed Bull Buckers • Grapple Yarder Operators • Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers • Heavy Duty Mechanics Fulltime camp with union rates/beneďŹ ts. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to ofďŹ ce@lemare.ca.

LOCAL FISHING resort is seeking a summertime guide.

Guide must have all Transport Canada certiďŹ cations, SVOP, ROC, MED, Marine First Aid, CTAG a bonus. Competitive wage. Please forward your info to teaka44@hotmail.com.

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PERSONAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES

NI SPORTSMAN Steak & Pizza House in Port McNeill is now hiring food servers. Must be willing to work some weekends. Please apply in person 1547 Beach Dr.

RN and RCAs Sunridge Place A Residential Complex Care facility in Duncan is recruiting for a .80 FTE evening Registered Nurse, and casual RCAs. If you wish to be part of an enthusiastic team who are making a difference in the lives of seniors, please send your resume to apply@sunridgeplace.ca Thank you to all applicants for your interest in Sunridge Place, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

INCOME OPPORTUNITY ATTN: COMPUTER work.

Work from anywhere 24/7. Up to $1,500 part-time to $7,500/ month full-time. Training provided; www.highincomesfromhome.com

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AVAILABLE MARCH 1 1 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2 Bedroom Apartment • Ocean view with balcony • Quiet adult building • Fridge, stove, blinds, locker, parking parking stall stall • Laundry on premises • Non-smoking, no pets • References required Ask about our move-in incentive incentive Contact Jeannette for your appointment appointment to to view view 250-949-8501 • cell: 250-230-1462 250-230-1462 tjjoh@telus.net Email: tjjoh@telus.net

PETS EQUESTRIAN HYDE CREEK, older well behaved horse for lease. Appropriate for ages 8-80. Willing to train the right person, looking for a committed rider, $200/mo. Call (250)956-3440.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FUEL/FIREWOOD 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.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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JOTUL F100 approved Parlour style Woodstove. Heats up to 1000 sq.ft. Ornate but efďŹ cient top or rear ue outlet.

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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.

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Call 250-956-3526.

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MOBILE HOMES & PADS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

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

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HOMES FOR RENT STOREY’S BEACH - oceanfront property for rent. Original “Storey� family home. House located directly on Storey’s Beach. 3 bdrm, appliances, lawn care included, 1 1/2 baths. Rent plus utilities. Ref req’. Avail furnished by arrangement. Avail Feb. 1. For more information contact: patolczak@rogers.com.

For viewing & info contact smarty2@telus.net.

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BUYING - RENTING- SELLING www.bcclassiďŹ ed.com Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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.

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!!

SELLING 1276 sq ft, 2 bedroom home + loft in Sointula, B.C. With 5.14 treed acres; an added value!Caroline 250973-6294

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Future Eagle Taylor Saunders of Port McNeill, 5 months, visited Port Hardy’s arena to watch brother Mathew’s hockey game Saturday.

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Little ones live it up on Literacy Day Gazette staff From The Little Blue Truck and The Wolf’s Chicken Stew, to hot new titles such as Scaredy Squirrel and Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, children’s books are keeping young learners entertained and excited about reading all over British Columbia.

To help celebrate the joys and benefits of reading, last Sunday was designated Family Literacy Day in British Columbia.

In Port Hardy, the Book Nook hosted a Literacy Day program for children that included readings and games from Mother Goose, a crafts table, face-painting, snacks and more.

On behalf of Education Minister Don McRae, the official proclamation was made at the Richmond Public Library

by John Yap, RichmondSteveston MLA and Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology.

“Reading together as a family is both enjoyable and beneficial in so many ways,” said McRae. “Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teachers and by fostering literacy activities in the home, they help shape the future success and quality of life for their

Lucas Burridge of Port Hardy, 23 months, enjoys reading with his mother, Melinda Romas, during Sunday’s B.C. Literacy Day event at The Book Nook in Port Hardy.

Below, Mother Goose (Jeanette Nurmi) shares an interactive reading with Preston J.R. Rardon Downer of Port Hardy, 4.

children.”

As part of B.C.’s Education Plan, the ministry has dedicated an additional $10.7 million to advance early reading strategies and practices for kindergarten-to-Grade 3 students. A recent international study has shown that B.C.’s Grade 4 students are among the world’s top readers at their grade level and had the highest average score in Canada.

Family Literacy Day is the largest national family literacy initiative in Canada.

Mecca Humphrey of Port Hardy stamps on her art project at the crafts table during Sunday’s Literacy Day event at the Book Nook.

Royal Canadian Legion Br. 281 Port McNeill hosts

January 31 — February 3, 2013 Broughton Curling Club Everyone Welcome!

Friday, February 1 9:00 am: Parade of teams Opening Ceremonies 10:00 am: First Draw 1:00 pm: Second Draw 3:00 pm: Third Draw

Saturday, February 2 9:00 am: Fourth Draw 12:00 pm: Fifth Draw 3:00 pm: Tie Breaker Draw (if necessary) followed by skills competition

Sunday, February 3 9:30 am: Final Playoffs Parade of teams Awards presentations Closing Ceremonies