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• RUNAWAY ROCKS Cowichan club romps to win in Legion curling playdowns.

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Telus commits to boost in broadband capacity A O’Toole Gazette staff The North Island could soon catch up with other Canadian regions in technological terms as Telus announces plans to improve the internet infrastructure.

Port Alice residents have long complained of the lack of bandwidth available to the village, and Port Hardy residents wishing to sign up for service have recently been told that the provider is at capacity in the region.

The issue at the heart of the problem is the outdated connection between Port McNeill and Sayward. While the areas to the north and south are outfitted with fibre optic cable, the older technology used to transmit data between the towns causes a bottleneck, effectively putting a cap on the internet speed and service levels available to North Islanders.

“The quality is really substandard compared to other areas,” said Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham.

Local politicians have been lobbying hard for some time to bridge the gap. Last summer the Regional District of Mount Waddington hosted a delegation from Telus and Network BC, where the telecom representatives committed to improving the local infrastructure.

“It’s been turning into a crisis for some time,” said Neil Smith, the RD’s Manager of Economic Development.

“It’s starting to cost jobs, and it affects things like rural education,” he added, referring to the modern model for distance education which places emphasis on video seminars and group sessions as well as electronic course delivery. “It’s progressively becoming worse.”

Local politicians have made reference to the catch-22

“We’ve been aware of the capacity crunch on North Vancouver Island for some time ...”

Shawn Hall, Telus

situation on the North Island, which lacks the customer base to make telecommunications companies want to invest, yet is unable to attract investment and foster growth due to the below-average standard of internet connectivity.

Now it appears that there is light at the end of the tunnel as Telus has begun to make inroads towards laying a fibre line between Sayward and Port McNeill, a move which would vastly improve the quality of service for North Islanders.

“We’ve been aware of the capacity crunch on North Vancouver Island for some time, mostly due to the rapidly increasing demand,” Telus’ Shawn Hall said.

“We’re well into a $10 million project at the minute to fix that.”

Hall emphasized the complex challenges facing telecom engineers in bringing the line to the North Island. “It’s a massive undertaking.

It’s 130 kilometres of some of the most difficult terrain — it’s an enormous, challenging undertaking.”

The project is slated to be completed in two phases: first from Sayward to Woss Lake,

and then from Woss Lake to Port McNeill.

Hall explained a proposal has been filed with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for the first phase, and Telus expects to complete the engineering survey of the second phase and submit a proposal within weeks.

The company has two options in bringing the line up-Island — an underground line or overland on poles. Due to various considerations such as weather and the need to log back from the road to raise poles, the underground route is preferred by Telus.

Upon approval from the ministry, Telus would then begin work on digging a trench for the new line alongside the highway and laying the line, before upgrading the ‘backhaul’ segment of the network — similar to a switchboard on a phone network.

Hall was unable to speculate on how long the ministry’s approval process may take, but the hope was that it would be complete in the weeks to months timeframe.

“It’s coming,” said Hall. “We’re looking

forward to bringing more capacity to the North Island.”

A fibre line would mean a huge leap in the bandwidth available to North Islanders.

While Hall could not give specific figures — other considerations like the backhaul technology play a role — data transfer rates could improve by several orders of magnitude.

A fibre connection already exists between Port Hardy and Port McNeill, and GDF Suez is laying fibre from Port Hardy to Cape Scott at its own expense in anticipation of improved remote operations for its Cape Scott Wind Farm.

Smith greeted the news as “a huge step forward.”

“It’s a really positive step,” he said, adding he was pleased to see the company committing capital to the project. “I’m glad to see that some of the pressure and calls have borne a result.”

RD Chair Al Huddlestan echoed Smith’s sentiments.

“It’s nice to see they’ve come to their senses,” he said. “We’ve lobbied for this for half a dozen years now. The proof will be in the pudding. To have anything less that fibre in this day and age puts businesses at a disadvantage.”

If all goes to plan, work on the project should begin in the fall of this year and be completed in 2014.

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Chamber Update submitted by Cheryl Jorgenson Po Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce Manager Submissions to Update: Fax: 250-956-3131 or email pmccc@island.net “Recognition of Excellence” Excellenc Business Awards and Gala Friday, March 1, 2013 Acknowledge your local business and business/ community person this year at the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce annual Awards evening. There are so many in our township and district that are consistently serving us with “excellence”. They deserved their moment in the spotlight! They deserve the public appreciation and recognition that your nomination can bring!

Nomination forms available online at www. portmcneill.net (homepage), Port McNeill Flower Shoppe, Timberland Sports Centre and the Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce.

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In Memory

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May 3, 1931 - February 3, 2006 A million times we’ll need you A million times we’ll cry If love alone could have saved you You never would have died In life we loved you dearly In death we love you still In our hearts you hold a place That no one will ever fill

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Dr. David Baird would like to announce the transfer of his dental practice to Dr. Brian Bostrom as of January 24th, 2013.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my patients for their support and dedication over the last 33 years. It has been a pleasure providing oral heath care to the North Island.

I would encourage you to support Dr. Bostrom, and I will continue to work with him on a reduced work schedule commencing in April or May.

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Geoscience BC releases mineral data Gazette staff Following last summer’s series of aerial magnetic surveys, Geoscience BC has released its results.

The survey was conducted as part of the Northern Vancouver Island Exploration Geoscience Project, funded by Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust, to provide an overview of mining potential on the North Island. “Our goal is to increase mineral exploration and attract investment to northern Vancouver Island and I applaud Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust for producing data to show the North Island’s economic potential,� said Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour.

The project was developed to provide more data in an area described by Geoscience BC as having a strong history of mineral exploration and mining but which is today underexplored. “The results released today are the product of an airborne magnetic survey, which was flown in August and September of 2012

by Geo Data Solutions GDS. Inc.,� said ‘Lyn Anglin, President and CEO of Geoscience BC. “This survey, which maps variations in the Earth’s magnetic field strength, helps geologists interpret the geology and structure of an area, and target their exploration activities.�

Port Hardy Bev Parnham described the results as “very promising� and explained that the next step involves taking core

samples for geochemical analysis in order to provide a clearer picture of the region’s mineral distribution. “We’re hoping that more geological work will come to the North Island,� she said, adding that the potential to create new jobs and bring more people to the area was something she was excited about.

The geochemical analysis is currently being performed by Noble Exploration Services Ltd. and is nearing completion, with results expected to be announced in the near future. “Porphyry copper and related deposit types of three distinct and separate ages containing copper, iron, molybdenum, gold, silver and/or rhenium have been identified on Northern Vancouver Island,� said Jacques Houle, President of

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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

Is broadband logjam ending?

We’re not entirely sure why Telus Communications has picked this time to finally move on installing desperately needed fibreoptic wire to the North Island.

Indeed, we won’t be certain the company is actually moving until we see ground being broken.

For years local officials have cajoled, pleaded and demanded action from Telus, which has a virtual monopoly on both high-speed internet and cellular phone access in the region.

But the Regional District and municipalities have not had the leverage to pry more than promises from the company.

Neither, it appears, was the ignominy of turning away new customers due to lack of bandwidth enough to shame Telus into laying new wire.

It’s possible the carrier has just discovered its humanitarian side and chosen to budget $10 million to benefit the North Island’s business prospects and residential users.

But we wonder if it hasn’t been gently pushed along by the arrival of rival Rogers Telecommunications onto the local cell scene.

Or, perhaps, by Cape Scott Wind Farm owner GDF Suez, which is paying for its own fibreoptic line but has nothing to connect it to.

Whatever the reason, we welcome any effort that will connect the North Island to the 21st Century. Break out the backhoes.

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Stage set for B.C. senate election VICTORIA – Cannon will roar across the Inner Harbour the morning of Feb. 12 to mark the opening of the 2013 legislature session.

Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon will inspect the troops and present her inaugural Throne Speech, setting out the B.C. Liberal government’s goals for the coming year.

This ritual will kick off a legislative session that is expected to run until March 14, where the official Parliamentary Calendar shows a three-week break for Easter. Debate is unlikely to resume in April, as the election campaign will be in full roar by then.

This means there will be a grand total of 19 sitting days to push through a budget and a raft of legislation. Here’s my unofficial preview.

The pre-election budget will be presented Feb. 19 by Finance Minister Michael de Jong. Premier Christy Clark has decreed that it

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must be balanced, and the government has made extra efforts to armour itself against what will likely be the loudest debate ahead.

First, de Jong held a prebudget meeting of the government’s blue-chip forecast council in public. This provided a visual record of what happens every year, when the finance ministry solicits the same sort of independent advice as most competent democracies, and bases its numbers on that.

Then the finance minis-

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Port McNeill’s Legion Branch 281 and Broughton Curling Club combined to put on a well-received curling playdown.

North Island shoppers have one less choice for local footwear with the closing of Bood’s Bootery after 39 years in Port Hardy.

try hired former Bank of Montreal chief economist Tim O’Neill, who will act as an unofficial version of the parliamentary budget officer in Ottawa. Now that we have simultaneous oversight of child welfare and the police, the next step is to extend it to finance bureaucrats.

Regardless of party, the government has to produce a three-year set of forecasts to replace the current one.

A lot of election energy will go into competing claims about who is better at predicting the future.

Another new law to be given high priority is one setting up senate elections, to be run in connection with the May 14 provincial vote.

Alberta pioneered this, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent senate appointments included Calgary lawyer Doug Black, who won an Alberta senate election held last year.

Why would this senate reform be so urgent for the A member of

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B.C. Liberals now? Well, turnout for the 2009 election fell to around 50 per cent, a record low for a provincial vote. If that downward trend is reversed this year, it will be in large part because people are still mad enough about the harmonized sales tax and a range of other issues to get off the couch and kick some B.C. Liberal butt.

Electing senators remains a popular notion, especially with older, conservativeminded voters who identified with the Reform Party.

The first-ever senate election looks like the best available shot at boosting turnout among people who are not likely to vote NDP, and who may also be disengaged from provincial politics.

The performance of the governing party and the opposition will be scrutinized as never before.

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

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'Idle' needs modern Gandhi Dear editor, This is the time for all Canadians of good will to unite in their support of First Nations and Chief Theresa Spence, who underwent a hunger strike hoping to bring the attention of the world to the plight of many of her people.

It seems it will take a Canadian Gandhi, using the methods he employed at his time against the colonial masters in India. We need to remind ourselves that it did not take guns and violence but peaceful demonstrations and hunger strikes and defying the salt laws and reminding the people of that great land not to buy any British Empire-made textile goods. (Gandhi used the spinning wheel for one hour each day, to make a symbolic point.)

In the case of India and the British Empire it turned out to be a win-win situation. India became a democracy with English as the dominant world communication language.

What is needed for our

isolated Native communities from coast to coast and from the USA/Canadian border up to the Arctic Circle are manufacturing plants and/or small shops to produce “essential goods and services” everyone needs.

I am reminded of a recent news item regarding Bolivia. Bolivia has lithium deposits. The world needs lithium to produce batteries and wants that lithium, and now the people of Bolivia say, “Show us how to make batteries so we can process our own lithium.”

Should this, and many other examples, not be a lesson for Canadians?

Why, for instance, export all the raw materials?

Keep the oil in Canada and build the plants here that need that oil to run the plant, and, close to home, keep the raw logs in Canada and process them into lumber and furniture and then export the higher value goods to the world.

As R.B. Bennett said in 1935 at a re-election rally:

“Canada with unemployment is like a young man (or woman) on welfare. It doesn’t make sense.”

It takes land and resources for human beings to exist, and Canada has all of that in plenty. Let’s dust off the books by E. Fritz Schumacher: Good Work, Small is Beautiful, and Guide for the Perplexed.

He points out what the world needs is essential goods and services, and not an economy that produces anything under the sun to 'make money' and then forgets to distribute that money evenly to everyone, like our native population in these isolated communities, helpless by themselves and deprived of the huge land area it once took to support their age-old life style of hunting, fishing, gathering and barter.

What it takes is good government to act and not to be locked into a modern life-destroying defense industry, creating jobs for city people and forgetting that to employ everyone in the country we must put

the brakes on the goods imported and start producing for ourselves what we need, from what goes on the table in agricultural products to building material to building homes and furniture and clothing, and that takes more of a 'command' economy and not a free-for-all global 'anybody can dump their cheap goods on us' economy.

As Schumacher pointed out, any item imported that could be produced in the country that consumes it, no matter how cheap, will always be too expensive if it keeps local people unemployed and idle.

Let’s get at the root of the problems and find out why so many of the aboriginal people are not working, and then act accordingly and use a command economy approach to correct the problems — problems that should not be problems in a land- and mineral- and oil resource-rich country like Canada.

Idle no more.

Wilhelm Waldstein Port Hardy

Trash mars hike to local beach

Construction debris litters the area near Airport Beach. The photo at right shows a table hockey game and a full bag of trash were dumped alongside the trail to Airport Beach recently.

Shannon Passmore

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Dear editor, Many people in the North Island area enjoy the beauty of our beaches and forests.

But the Airport Beach area near Port Hardy sees much illegal dumping and in the past month or so this seems to have increased.

A (tabletop) hockey game has been abandoned on the trail to the Airport Beach along with a full garbage bag tossed into the bushes. There is construction garbage near the beach as well.

Very short-sighted and selfish; most of these things could be recycled free or dumped for a small fee.

We are lucky to live in such a wonderful place and it would be nice if everyone valued and cherished what we have.

Shannon Passmore Port Hardy

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Spotlight on Willie I thought folks on the North Island might want to know that Willie Mitchell, superstar ice hockey player and wild salmon advocate from Port McNeill, has been nominated as SportBC athlete of the year!

Go to the web site at sportbc.com/programsand-events/athlete-of-theyear-awards/best-of-bc/ and vote as often as you can!

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Reflecting on safety This rant is to all those who wear dark clothing at night on the highway or town streets.

I have come close to hitting several people as I don’t see them until it’s almost too late. Think ahead!

I commend those who wear bright clothing or visi-vests — if only everyone followed their lead.

It’s a simple fix and it keeps you safe.

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NORTH ISLAND February 8 Barbecue fundraiser at Overwaitea 10 a.m. -3 p.m.

Raising funds for the Rez Dogz floor hockey team. Come out and show your support for youth floor hockey.

February 11-28 Soccer registration. Port Hardy: North Island GazetteMon-Fri and Port McNeill: Timberland Sports. Cash or cheque only. Port Alice, Sointula and Alert Bay need volunteers to take registration or they will not be included in soccer.

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 16 North Island writers Garth Holden and Jon Taylor appear in Writer’s Cafe event, 10:30 a.m., Port Hardy Library branch. No admission; all are welcome, and a Q&A with the authors will be available after the readings.

February 18 Port Hardy Twinning Society hosts membership driving meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Hall. New member signing and planning for this year’s August trip to Numata, Japan are among agenda items. New members and those interested in traveling to Japan welcome to attend. Info, Leslie at 250-949-6665 days or 250-949-2315 evenings, or Pat, 250-949-6488.

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. FMI contact betterathomeVI@shaw.ca.

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Chief carries copper, Wind Farm hauling message to legislature J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— During the global day of action by Idle No More in January, hereditary chief Beau Dick of Alert Bay promised to embark on a walk the length of Vancouver Island to deliver a message at the legislature building in Victoria, and invited others to join him.

As it turns out, he does not have to walk alone.

Dick, a noted Kwakwaka’wakw artist, was joined in Port McNeill Saturday by a host of supporters who helped him by offering blessings or joining him on the trek to perform a symbolic breaking of a copper this Sunday on the steps of the legislature.

“It’s not just native people who are at risk,” said Dick. “We are all in this together.”

Dick’s “walk” is largely symbolic — due to time constraints parts of the trip are by vehicle, though he and those who have joined him are marching on foot through populated areas and visiting First Nations and big houses along the way.

The breaking of copper at the provincial legislature is also largely symbolic, he admits, though it is a historically powerful symbol within the Kwakwaka’wakw culture.

“It is used in many ways,” Dick said of the copper, which before the Indian Act of 1885 outlawed the

Hereditary chief Beau Dick prepares to begin his walk to Victoria Saturday in Port McNeill.

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The practice has At issue, as the Idle largely fallen out of no More movement has use as a shaming ritual, made clear, is the fedsaid Harry Hawkins, a eral government’s pasDzawada’enuxw First sage last year of Bill Nations member from C-45, the omnibus budKingcome Inlet, mak- get bill critics say strips ing this weekend’s ges- away First Nations ture particularly note- treaty rights while also worthy. degrading protections “People used to break to the environment. copper on one another The federal governinstead of making war,” ment is the primary tarHawkins said, noting get of Idle No More, the most extreme appli- though Dick and the cation of the ritual. other supporters note “When the big house provincial authorities was built in Alert Bay, have a role in affording all the people came stronger environmental together and agreed protection, including they would not break oversight of salmon copper on one another feedlots, or open-net any more,” Hawkins pen fish farms. said.

“I’m very apprecia-

tive of the opportunity to join you in Victoria,” anti-farmed salmon activist Morton told Dick after he performed a blessing song over a traditional shieldshaped copper placed on the ground in the middle of the crowd.

“I am seeing the wild salmon being destroyed

by European viruses in a place where I raised my two children, and I can’t take it any more.”

Dick, a hereditary chief of the ‘Namgis First Nation, began his journey by traveling from Cormorant Island to Fort Rupert Saturday to visit with his Kwakiutl First Nation relatives. He and the family members joining him on the journey then traveled to the BC Ferries dock in Port McNeill where he was joined by more well-wishers, including Morton and a dozen sign-waving supporters; Alert Bay priest Lincoln McKoen, who performed a traditional church blessing with incense, oil and water; and Hawkins, who joined Dick on the trek.

“I wanted to be here at the start of my brother’s walk,” Hawkins said. “This walk has a lot of meaning to it, for all of us.”

Today Dick is scheduled to appear in Chemainus and Duncan. The trip wraps up Sunday with a walk from the Swartz Bay ferry dock to the legislature, with the copperbreaking event scheduled between noon and 1 p.m.

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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. Friday 7-11:15 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-7:45 p.m.; Sunday finals 7:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Raffle table, concession, more.

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

Men’s hockey B League: Smokers vs. PH Oldtimers, 4:45 p.m., Port Hardy; Rookies vs. Whalers, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 10 Rep hockey North Island Eagles midgets host Juan de Fuca in Tier 3 playoffs, noon, Port Hardy.

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Pomp and romp mark playdowns J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— The Cowichan curling squad dispatched Cloverdale in a one-sided final Sunday in the BC/Yukon Command Curling Playdowns at Broughton Curling Club.

But the winners didn’t exactly lord it up, as they’ll now need some assistance from their Peace Arch Legion Chapter rivals prior to the Canadian Dominion championships in March.

Siblings Shannon and Robbie Gallaugher both curled for their father, Duncan-based skip Bob Gallaugher.

But the pair now live in the Vancouver area and train at the Richmond club whose directors include members of the runner-up Cloverdale rink.

“The kicker is, I’ve got to go back to those guys and ask for practice ice,” Shannon Gallaugher said after drawing handshakes with an 8-1 lead through seven ends of Sunday’s final.

“And Rob (Dennis) is the head chef at the Richmond club. Now it’s like, ‘oh, he’s going to spit in my food.’”

With any luck, Gallaugher will not require the services of a food tester before her family rink travels to represent the BC/Yukon Command in the March 16-21 Royal Canadian Legion curling finals in Bloomfield Station,

James Turner and Robbie Gallaugher sweep a shot by teammate Shannon Gallaugher during the finals of the BC/Yukon Command curling playdowns Sunday at Broughton Curling Club in Port McNeill. Below, Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney is flanked by Cliff Slack and Grant Anderson of Port McNeill Legion Branch 281 during throwing of a ceremonial first stone in Friday's opening ceremonies.

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PEI. It will mark the second appearance for the Cowichan rink, which placed third in the Dominion games in 2010.

Port McNeill’s Legion Branch 281 and volunteers from Broughton Curling Club certainly left an impression on the visitors during their threeday stay.

Friday’s opening ceremonies included a parade of athletes with a full honour guard, red serge-clad RCMP, and a trio of bagpipers.

Curlers were welcomed by zone commander Bonnie West and Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney before Branch

281 president Grant Anderson opened the games.

Saturday featured a skill competition, followed by a banquet

for players, Broughton Curling Club members and their guests that included live music and a silent auction for items donated by local

businesses.

“The community support has been outstanding,” said Anderson.

“We didn’t get one ‘no’ answer from anybody

we talked to about helping out.”

Sunday’s closing ceremony brought back the honour guard and RCMP, and saw both the winners and runners-up from Cloverdale receive medals, small individual trophies, and sets of paintings from local artists Heather Brown and Gordon Henschel.

“It was fantastic,” Shannon Gallaugher said of the weekend.

“You could tell the community really prepared for this event.

That’s the nice thing about these small communities that you miss living in the city.”

Cowichan’s victory avenged an earlier loss to Cloverdale in the fourth draw, a loss which sent Cowichan into Saturday’s semifinals against unbeaten Ashcroft. But the rink of the three Gallaughers and lead James Turner put away the Ashcroft quartet, then grabbed control early and never let up in Sunday’s final.

The team earned multiple-point steals in the third, fourth and seventh ends en route to the win.

Maple Ridge claimed third place in a coin toss over Ashcroft.

Port McNeill’s Branch 281 team of Tim Chester, Paul Bastarache, Chris Walker and Scott Mitchell, which was thrown together for the playdowns, did not win a match during the weekend.

Midget rally falls short in playoff opener Gazette staff Forward Ethan Shaw enjoyed a huge offensive game, but it wasn’t quite big enough to lift the North Island Eagles midgets to victory in the opening game of the Tier 3 Vancouver Island North playoffs last weekend.

Shaw scored all five Eagles goals, but a big comeback effort fell just short in a

6-5 road loss to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

The midgets return to action at home this weekend in a must-win game against Juan de Fuca. Puck drops at noon at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy, with the winner going on to the Vancouver Island Hockey League Tier 3 semifinals.

Alberni Valley entered

Saturday’s game having competed all season at the Division I level, the highest in the league. The Bulldogs jumped to leads of 3-0 and 4-1, but the Eagles began their rally on Shaw’s second goal shortly before the midgame intermission, which made it a 4-2 game.

Shaw and the hosts traded two goals each over the latter half of the second period,

making it 6-4, before the game turned defensive.

Alberni Valley did not score again, and Shaw scored off a Chad Bell assist at 15:05 of the third period to make it a one-goal game.

The loss forced the midgets into a must-win game Sunday against Juan de Fuca, which suffered an 8-1 home loss to Alberni Valley Sunday in the three-team

round-robin. The winner of Sunday’s game will take the North’s second seed into the Island semifinals. Saanich, Victoria and Sooke are the three South Island teams battling in the opposite bracket.

Eric Kennelly had two assists in Shaw’s scoring spree Saturday. Chad Bell and Malcolm Browne added helpers in the loss.

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Bantams battle in tourney Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Both North Island bantam sides can take something away from last weekend’s hockey tourney at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy.

After a three game, round-robin stage on Friday and Saturday between eight teams, Port Hardy faced off against Powell River in the seventh place game on Sunday.

Save for a two minute spell, the locals could have won the game.

Port Hardy was the better team in the first period and took a deserved lead when Riley Nelson converted an assist from Jake Heller with 9:01 on the clock.

The locals then held off the visitors and looked fairly comfortable going into the break.

The tide turned when the puck dropped for the second period, the visitors scoring directly from the face-off, leveling the scores mere seconds into play.

Thirty seconds later they took the lead with a lightning-quick attack to put the locals on the back foot.

Before the period was two minutes old Powell River added a third as a speculative

earned them a slot in the fifth place final.

The home side took the lead after Cameron Grant scored off a Jaidyn Staniforth assist in the first.

The visitors then fired home a trio of long-range efforts that found their way into the McNeill net before adding a fourth on a put-back to take a commanding lead at the end of the first.

The home side came out firing on all cylinders in the second, Staniforth grabbing an early strike off Grant’s assist as the home side took the game to the visitors.

The duo combined again midway through the period as Staniforth added a second and brought the McNeill side back within one.

The visitors found their feet again on a power play late in the period and made it 6-3 just before the buzzer.

In the third period the visitors put the game out of reach with two more strikes, finishing the scoring at 8-3.

The third place game saw the Campbell River Sabres beating the Cowichan Valley Flyers 3-0 before the Oceanside Steelers beat the crosstown Storm 4-3 in a shootout to take top honours.

Above: Port McNeill bantams' captain Jaidyn Staniforth leads by example, fighting for the puck from his knees under pressure from Campbell River Eagles players. Below: Port Hardy bantam goalie Sarah Case stops the puck from a Powell River shot during the teams' game last weekend.

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flick forward took an unfortunate deflection to find it’s way past Port Hardy goalie Sarah Case.

Port Hardy did its best to fight back but was hampered somewhat by a series of penalties and was unlucky once again in the closing minutes of the period as a long

shot found the back of the net, Case unsighted from the puck by a screen of players.

Sage Hanuse pulled one back for the home side on a breakaway effort in the third, Clayton MacDonald notching an assist, but this ended the scoring.

The local players can

keep their heads up after a fine display, the 4-2 score slightly misleading as to how close the game was.

Port McNeill’s side took the ice for the next game, playing the Campbell River Eagles after a draw with Oceanside Steelers in their opening game

Broughton hosts mixed bonspiel Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—Coming off its successful hosting of the BC/Yukon Command Canadian Legion curling playdowns, Broughton Curling Club is putting out the call to all mixed rinks to sign up for its annual Mixed Open Bonspiel.

The competition will be hosted Feb. 15-17 at the Port McNeill club. Concession and lounge will be open throughout, and a substantial prize table will await the post-bonspiel awards ceremony.

Curling begins with a 7 p.m. draw Friday.

Finals are tentatively set for noon Sunday.

To register a team or to get more info, call Nick at 250-956-2736.

ATHLETE of the Week GRANT ANDERSON

The Port McNeill Royal Canadian Legion Branch 281 president directed and organized the BC/Yukon Command curling playdowns, drawing rave reviews from visiting competitors from across the province.

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Peewees to host playoff contest Gazette staff After getting off to a rocky start in the Vancouver Island Tier 3 hockey playoffs, the North Island Eagles peewees hope to turn around their postseason when they host Alberni Valley Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

The peewees suffered a 14-0 loss at Kerry Park Saturday. The Islanders had compet-

ed in Division 2 during the regular season, which the Eagles spent playing in Division 4.

Kerry Park clinched the top seed in the North Division playoffs with a 5-3 win over Alberni Valley Sunday.

The winner of this weekend’s game will earn the No. 2 seed from the North into the Island Tier 3 semifinals beginning the following week.

Sports Briefs Triathlon PORT HARDY— The North Island Triathlon Club has resumed its winter training schedule in preparation for the 2013 season, and new members are welcome to join the activities at the pool, on the trails or on cycles.

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Swimming passes are available to club participants at $25 for 10 pool sessions. Sessions are held from 6-7:30 p.m. each Thursday and include length swimming, hot tub, sauna and free time

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Spinning sessions on the bike are available each Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Funtastic Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre in Storey’s Beach. Cost is $6.50 per session on a drop-in basis.

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J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— After a popular, 15-year run the Port McNeill Downpour women’s hockey tournament suffered its first cancellation a year ago.

To the delight of local women players, the tourney is back on the ice and ready for puck drop tomorrow evening at Chilton Regional Arena.

“We started working on it as soon as last year’s (tournament) was cancelled,” said Sonya Strang, coorganizer of the event for the local Downpour team. “We had it confirmed by Dec. 15, when we had to commit to the ice rental.”

From its start in the late 1990s, the Downpour tournament was a popular event for local and visiting teams, and by the mid2000s had developed a waiting list of teams trying to get in.

But that changed abruptly last year, after several teams were left stranded on the North Island when a mud-

Haida Way Pub Linda Cochrane performs mock CPR on fallen Port McNeill Downpour teammate Boni Sharpe during the 2008 Downpour women's hockey tournament. J.R. Rardon

slide closed Highway 19 for nearly two days in November 2011 after the women had played a tournament in Port Hardy.

Between that and another tournament set up in Nanaimo during the Downpour’s traditional February weekend, local organizers found too few teams willing to travel north to host a viable tourney in 2012.

“We got seven teams signed up this year,” said Strang. “Hopefully they’ve forgotten about the road closure by now.”

The field includes three local teams —

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the Downpour and Ice Storm of Port McNeill and the Port Hardy Wild — and a quartet of down-Island squads made up of both returning clubs, like the Victoria Furies, and first-time entrants like the Oceanside Shadowmakers.

Three games are scheduled Friday beginning at 7 p.m.

A full day of hockey will begin at 8 a.m.

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Gazette staff PORT HARDY—North Island writer’s Garth Holden and Jon Taylor will be reading their award winning short stories at the Port

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of The Ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Strata Plan No. 349, Cedar Heights Mobile Home Park, will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 4:00pm at the Quarterdeck Inn (Conference Room).

6555 Hardy Bay Road, Port Hardy, B.C.

HISTORICAL ARMS Collectors Guns-Knives-Militaria Antiques Show & Sale Saturday March 9, 9am-5pm, Sunday March 10, 9am-5pm. Heritage Park, 44140 Luckackuck Way, Chilliwack (exit 116 off Hwy 1) Buy-Sell-Swap. For info or table rentals Gordon 604-7474704 Al 604-941-8489. Check our website www.HACSbc.ca The 4th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the Ramada Convention Centre (36035 North Parallel Rd) in Abbotsford on February 7-9, 2013.

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This FSP proposes results and strategies that the NICF LP (the FSP â&#x20AC;&#x153;holderâ&#x20AC;?) set out to manage for natural resource management values including those for cultural heritage, landscape level biodiversity, soils, ďŹ sheries, water quality, aquatic habitats, stand level retention and visual quality.

This FSP is available for review and comment for a 60-day period, from February 7, 2013 until April 9, 2013. We wish to invite all members of the public, First Nations and all other stakeholders to review this FSP. This advertisement serves as notice to all trappers, guide outďŹ tters and recreation operators that the North Island Community Forest LP propose forest operations within the areas shown and described on the FSP.

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Born in Alberta, Andy grew up in Eastern Canada and lived in several provinces and all over BC before Ă&#x;nally settling on the North Island.

He loved the outdoors and its pastimes, foremost among them, baseball, Ă&#x;shing, bocce and beer.

A game of cards with good friends after a tasty dinner was Ă&#x;ne entertainment for Andy Brown.

He fought his Ă&#x;nal battle with courage and dignity and will be truly missed by his many friends and family.

Among family members left to mourn are his daughter Amber Brown, his partner Barb McBride and her children to whom he was a great dad.

We will celebrate Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life on Saturday, February 9 at 2pm at the Civic Centre.

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December 5,1958 - January 27, 2013 With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Paul James Herrling. Left to be remembered by loving wife Lori, daughters Amanda, Jennifer and Tara (Jeremy), son Lance, grandchildren Payton and Kiah, mother Esther, mother-in-law Lorraine Earp, brothers Mike (Marg), Steven, Danny (June) inlaws Kerry (Sue), Robin (Krista), Lisa (Ron) and several aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Predeceased by Father Richard Herrling. Born and raised in Sooke, B.C. where he was known as the third brother of the famed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Birling Herrlingsâ&#x20AC;? he spent over twenty years performing with the Wickheim Timber shows all over the world. Paul went on to win Titles Senior Amateur World Champion and Canadian Champion of log birling. Pauls employment in the forestry industry led him to Port McNeill where he started a family. He later returned to his hometown where he continued as a logger while raising his teenage daughters. Paul enjoyed hunting and ďŹ shing with family and long-time friend Shawn Pearson (Spoony). His humorous and social nature made everyone feel like a friend and kept us all laughing. A celebration of life will be held at 3pm Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Sooke Community Hall. Special thanks to the Sooke Hospice Society and VIHA. In Lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers donations can be made to the Sooke Hospice Society.

The FSP will be available for review at the following location during regular business hours. Please call ahead to ensure that a licensee representative will be available to meet with you.

Ministry of Forests, Range and Natural Resource Operations 2217 Mine Road, Fort McNeill, BC (250) 956-5000 Alternatively, The North Island Community Forest Shareholders and Directors are hosting an Open House March 9, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ 1 pm to 4 pm at 1775 Grenville Place, Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0 All are Welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201C; food and refreshments available!

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Please submit all written comments prior to April 9, 2013 to the attention of: North Island Community Forest LP P.O. Box 668, Port Hardy, BC, V0N 2P0 Email: info@nicf.ca

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NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT Pursuant to BC Reg 26/81 Abandonment Part Two of the Residential Tenancy Act notice is hereby given by landlord Retire West Communities, Box 2, 5250 Beaver Harbour Rd, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0.

Manufactured home, serial # 3035, currently stored at #59 Beaver Harbour Village Port Hardy will be sold on or after thirty days of this notice unless registered owners kelly McDonald take possession, establish a right to possession or make application to the court to establish the right.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Port Hardy meets on Mondays at 7:30pm & Fridays at 8pm.

Located at Upper Island Public Health Unit on Gray St. (rear entrance), Port Hardy, B.C. For more information call 1877-379-6652.

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PERSONALS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Port Hardy meets every Wednesday & Saturday at the Upper Island Public Health Unit on Gray Street at 8pm.

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The Liquor Distribution Branch invites community input on a request to establish a Rural Agency Store (RAS) at the Port Harvey Marine Resort in the community of Cracroft Island.

RASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will be established, where there is a suitable business i.e. an existing independently-owned full service general grocery store.

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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

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

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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

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HELP WANTED AVIATION WEATHER OBSERVER, P/T 1 day/week, 6 hrs/day. Set-up, release, track large balloons. $20/hr. Gr 12, data entry, WHMS, First Aid, Transportation of dangerous goods, Drivers Licence, Security check. Email resume: canadianwxgage@aol.com

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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.

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

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

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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

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NOW HIRING

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

We currently have the following openings:

Area Engineer Certified Saw Filer Certified Millwright 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:

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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.

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.

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PORTAGE College in Lac La Biche, AB, is looking for Maintenance Service Workers. For more info, visit our website at portagecollege.ca or call 1-866-623-5551, ext. 5597. www.dawson.com/

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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.

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.

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

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

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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 ofďŹ&#x201A;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.

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

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Some animals can’t bear hibernation Many believe black bears hibernate, including many biologists — one senior large carnivore specialist with the B.C. government offering the insight that bears foraging for food during winter are old or diseased bears in ill-health.

Black bears are not true hibernators like marmots or chipmunks and in many regions, such as our own temperate climate, bears are active all year round. Terms such as torpor or winter lethargy are being used to replace hibernation when describing black bear winter activity.

During a recent ski and snowshoe trip to Merry Widow Mountain, on our last day out, gliding below the sub-alpine on a gorgeous winter morning, we were

Our Backyard with Lawrence Woodall nearing the transition zone of changing to snowshoes when a 5-6 year old bear dropped down from a 10-foot rock embankment to my left. His coat was sleek, with a excellent layer of winter fat, a bear in his prime.

I was in a bit of a dopey stupor, lulled by the warmth of the sun and the crisp, glittering snow blanket that enveloped us, and to have this bruin drop in on us made our day.

We were in heaven.

What finally kicked me out of my stupor was the realization that the bear had stopped directly in my path.

He was probably in as much of a winter stupor as myself, and it was evident that physical contact was imminent until I verbally wished him a pleasant day.

Like greased lightening, all four paws seeking traction in snow like spinning all-season tires, he scrambled down the face, snow flying in all directions as he voiced his disapproval in no uncertain terms.

This bear wasn’t sickly or old, as many biologists would expect for a black bear active during winter months, and this bear wasn’t

Doesn’t this bear know it should be hibernating? Many black bears in this region stay active throughout the winter, contrary to some expectations.

Larry Woodall

an anomaly. It was just one of a few hundred I have observed during the winter months since the early nineties on the North Island, the majority of which were healthy.

Like bear behaviour, you also have to consider regional seasonal

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activity to get an accurate picture, although some senior biologists prefer to toss a generalized winter blanket over the subject.

Of course, the whole hibernation issue brings us to the question, ‘Do bears defecate in the woods?’

During winter lethargy they do not, nor do they urinate. They are the ultimate green recycling machine.

The small amount of urine produced is reabsorbed into their kidneys, while their body fat is metabolized to produce the calories and water they need to survive. Through this process they are able to maintain their bone and muscle mass.

This is unlike true hibernators such as the chipmunk. The chipmunk lowers its body temperature to almost freezing and its heart rate from 350 beats per minute to as slow as 4 bpm. It also must wake every few weeks to eat and defecate.

The only connection bears do have to the

chipmunk is that during the next few weeks sows will be giving birth to chipmunksize cubs, which are blind and very lightly furred. They are not, however, formless bits of mush sculpted by their mother’s tongue as was once believed, which was responsible for the expression, ‘licked into shape’.

Unlike adult bears, cubs aren’t toilet trained and do defecate, and like any good mother they clean up after their young. And this is where recycling is taken to a whole new level, as the sow’s tongue is used as the pooper scooper.

Lawrence Woodall is a longtime naturalist who has spent much of his life in the outdoors.

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

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3 bdrms, 3 baths, fenced back yard, wood shed.

Sandy Grenier Public Relations

Sandy is the publisher of the North Island Gazette. Joined Rotary October 2011. Married to Marc and has two children. Soccer, dancing and triathlons keep our family active.

I was invited to come out and see if Rotary was for me and my family.

It’s great being a part of a strong community minded group of people who work hard together to make the North Island a better place. Locally and Internationally. The Rotary Club is also a great way to connect and meet new people and as Public Relations help keep the community informed of our projects.

Robert Gagnon Community Service

I was approached by Gene Cadwallader approximately 2 1/2 years ago. He said that he thought I would be a good fit in the Rotary Club.

It meshed into my life without sacrificing time.

It is nice to be part of a group that is family and community minded. The fulfillment I get from giving to our community and spending time with our families is priceless.

Rotary is a club combined of business people, managers and professionals that want to serve the local and International communities.

If this interests you, contact Sandra Masales at 250-949-7338.

Guess this week’s Rotary Trivia question and you are eligible to win a round of golf from Seven Hills Golf & Country Club. Submit your answer to publisher@northislandgazette.com by Monday 5pm.

Question: Who is Paul Harris?