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Members of the Port Alice Minor Hockey Mud Sharks give a hearty team cheer for CBC cameraman Ross Luckow during taping for a Hockey Night in Canada promo on Walkabout Island last Thursday. See story in Sports, page 15.

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RD submits heritage sites J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—The Regional District of Mount Waddington announced this week it has commissioned three Statements of Significance for historic sites that will likely become the first additions to the RD’s formal heritage registry.

Alco steam locomotive 113 and the Hornsby steam crawler are not

included among the properties, though both pieces of historical equipment await only a final resolution on their display locations and could well be included later in the year.

“My hope is by the end of the year there will be five sites on the registry,” Neil Smith, director of economic development, said Tuesday.

“And that will start the process of

protecting these properties.”

The sites commissioned this week include the Woss Lookout firespotting tower, sponsored by a provincial and local community initiative for historic fire lookouts, and the Quatsino Church and Quatsino School, both of which were initially

A O’Toole Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The Kwakiutl Indian Band terminated its membership in the Nanwakolas Council and rejected the associated B.C. Government Strategic Engagement Agreement last week.

“The rejection stresses that the refusal of the province to recognize and honour Kwakiutl’s Treaty, and by extent, Kwakiutl title and rights, completely undermines the spirit and vision of B.C.’s New Relationship with First Nations,” said a statement released by the Band April 4.

The Kwakiutl were one of eight member Nations that were represented by Nanwakolas prior to withdrawal. Incorporated in 2007, the Nanwakolas’ mandate is to “facilitate dialogue between First Nations and proponents and statutory decision makers regarding resource development applications submitted to the Province of B.C.,” as described on its website.

In practical terms, the council handles the administration of the large volumes of referrals received by its member Nations regarding applications for land use in their traditional territories, and assists

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Map puts school district in its place Gazette staff PORT HARDY— School District 85 trustees, administrators and staff were joined

by Kwakiutl Band members at the SD85 office in Port Hardy for a ceremonial unveiling of a traditional territories map.

At a recent SD85 board meeting School District Superintendent Scott Benwell floated the idea of the map to Kaleb Child, District Principal of First Nations Programs, saying that the board would find it helpful to know in which Nation’s territories its schools and students were located.

The suggestion was met with approval around the table, and this week a ceremony was held to unveil the map — a copy of the version displayed in the U’mista Cultural Centre on Cormorant Island — situated in the entry to the School Board’s

Above left: Kaleb Child addresses the group assembled outside the School Board’s office in Port Hardy for the unveiling of a traditional territories map in the entry of the office.

Above right: School Board staff and First Nations representatives get their first look at the map, based on the displayed map in the U’mista Cultural Centre, which shows traditional territories and the Kwak’wala dialects spoken in each region.

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“I am reminded of one of my favourite authors, Gary Howard, who said, ‘We can’t teach what we don’t know’,” said Benwell at the ceremony. “This will remind us of who

we serve.”

Child welcomed staff and visitors to the office before Chief George Hunt led a blessing ceremony, with eagle down being spread, dancing from PHSS students, and song.

The map was then unveiled to the assembled group under a header reading “Gilakas’la,” Kwak’wala for welcome.

Child explained that the map, developed

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the territories of the Kwakwaka’wakw or Kwak’wala speaking peoples, and divided the region into dialects of the language family, with Kwak’wala speaking regions differentiated from Lik’wala and

so forth. Each dialect region is then subdivided to delineate regional and component tribal boundaries.

After the blessing, the group moved inside and had a chance to inspect the map before

joining in a meal in the School Board office.

“Thank you all.

It means a lot to be able to have such a striking and appropriate reminder of who it is we serve,” said Benwell.

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Quatse Estuary designated as protected area Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Wildlife habitat on northern Vancouver Island is better protected this week following the establishment of the Quatse Estuary Wildlife Management Area.

M o n d a y ’ s announcement by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson conserves 157 hectares of critical river estuary on Vancouver Island just south and east of Port Hardy.

The area is widely considered one of the top 10 estuary habitats on Vancouver Island, providing critical rearing and spawning habitat for all seven Pacific salmon species as well as wintering habitat to thousands of migratory birds. “North Islanders have long appreciated the dynamic ecosystem that is the Quatse River Estuary and are delighted to see the Province recognize its significance,� Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham said. “The estuary, as home to spawning salmon,

“The designation as a wildlife management area will help to conserve this important habitat and the wildlife it supports.�

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of conservation lands, including the establishment of wildlife management areas under Section 4 of the Wildlife Act.

This designation gives the ministry additional tools to manage the land and associated land uses. “Wildlife man-

agement areas help protect critical wildlife habitat,� said Thomson. “Our government will continue to seek new opportunities like this one to establish or expand valuable conservation areas.�

Several partners assist the Province with the background work required to recommend sites for designation including Ducks Unlimited

Canada, The Nature Trust of BC, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada.

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation also contributes funding to help with designations in addition to funding for day-to-day management of the sites after they are designated.

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Quatse Estuary is the third new wildlife management area established in 2013, joining new conservation areas established this year near Penticton

and Valemount. More than 244,000 hectares in the province are now designated as wildlife management areas.

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Loci, Hornsby await site from page 1 submitted for consideration in 2004, before the RDMW had established its registry.

Smith credited the work of Denise Cook, a specialist in statements of significance who has previously submitted work for the District of Kitimat Stikine heritage service, in securing the statements for the properties.

“It is my hope these three statements will set the standard for how this service operates for years to come,” said Smith. “This will give us an idea of how the process will work in the future. It’s all new for everybody here on the North Island.”

The Woss lookout is located within Electoral Area D, one of two signatories to the heritage registry established by the RDMW Board of Directors in 2011. The Quatsino church and school reside in Area C, the other member of

the registry.

Unlike those permanent structures, the Alco locomotive 113 and Hornsby crawler are portable heritage pieces. Both were secured by the regional district only after challenges from outside entities — the Alberni Valley Heritage Society sought the steam locomotive claimed by the Woss Community Association, and a private collector in Surrey held the Hornsby for several years before being forced by court order to return it to North Vancouver Island last summer.

Their statements of significance have already been completed, Smith said, and both could be on the verge of resolutions on their final resting places, pending final approval of tenure and proposals.

Woss has been approved for grants that would fund the

2.79-hectare Woss Living Heritage Park, which would have the Alco 113 steam locomotive as its centrepiece and would also include picnic and play areas, an interpretive kiosk, viewing deck and parking, with the potential future addition of trail development and other heritage placements. It awaits only approval of tenure, which has been submitted to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources office in Nanaimo.

In Area C, the Coal Harbour Community Club has already transferred tenure to the RD for property that could house the Hornsby steam crawler, a 100-year-old tracked forbearer to todays tanks and bulldozers. Its proposal has been accepted by the Regional District of Mount Waddington and, with additional amendments citing a timeline

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The timeline, forwarded by Area C Director Andrew Hory, indicates Coal Harbour would be prepared to display the Hornsby by Sept. 15 in a renovated facility that is currently vacant but once housed the Coal Harbour Community Hall.

“Hopefully, if this timeline is approved by the NIHS, the main hurdles of going forward will be fundraising,” Hory said in his amendment submission. “The lack of a firm commitment regarding the Hornsby’s final resting place in Coal Harbour has made effective fundraising difficult. Once the location is clarified, I am confident that the six months for completion of phase one is more than enough time.”

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Kwakiutl seek council with B.C., federal officials from page 1 in drafting responses.

From the Kwakiutl’s perspective, this process has become mired in “a Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare,” resulting in a breakdown of meaningful consultation and informed consent, and “the unprecedented deforestation of Kwakiutl lands.”

By way of example the Band pointed to the fact that under the SEA, 900,000 cubic meters of lumber were harvested from Kwakiutl lands in two years by a single company under a pair of Tree Farm Licenses. The timber was valued at $60 million, with the province receiving $912,000 in stumpage fees.

“The SEA and the entire apparatus of Nanwakolas have proven far too problematic with respect to consultation, allowing government and industry coffers to grow flush

with cash while First Nations continue to grapple with poverty,” stated Kwakiutl Chief Rupert Wilson.

The Kwakiutl’s decision to withdraw from Nanwakolas received support from the MusgamagwDzawada’enuxw Tribal Council. “This decision further underlines the need for equity of process from the province to First Nations of Northern Vancouver Island,” said Chief Bob Chamberlin, Tribal Chair. “The province’s favouring of the Nanwakolas Council Society in land use decision making is at the expense of our member First Nations Aboriginal Rights.”

It is these member rights that the Kwakiutl want properly recognized. “There’s a desire by the Band Council for Canada and B.C. to come to the table and have meaningful discussion,” said

Casey Larochelle of the Kwakiutl.

He explained that the Kwakiutl are one of the fourteen Nations that

have “Douglas treaties,” a series of land purchases in the 1850’s that the courts have consistently upheld as

de facto treaties.

“When we look at the value of the minerals, the timber and so on leaving the tra-

very important that the Kwakiutl sit down with Canada and B.C. and give life to the treaty of 1851.”

ditional territories — their value and the jobs created ... it’s not acceptable in any way,” said Larochelle. “It’s

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To preserve and protect For more than a year after it established its new heritage registry service, the Regional District of Mount Waddington had nothing to show for it but a bylaw on paper.

But the heritage registry is picking up steam with three sites in Quatsino and the Nimpkish Valley commissioned for Statements of Significance this week.

The short-term value of the statements, essentially research documents, will be in getting actual sites listed in the RDMW registry. But their writing will also provide instructive in registering other sites in the future.

In essence, we have plenty of history, but no history of documenting and preserving our heritage.

This heritage registry business is about more than recording historically significant sites on paper and then stuffing that paper into a file drawer.

Registered sites qualify for funding to help preserve and display them, while the statements of significance contribute information to educate the public — including, hopefully, paying tourists.

For years, the North Island’s heritage has been carted off by collectors or allowed to rot. Thanks to the RDMW and the Town of Port McNeill, which recently established its own registry, that is about to change.

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It’s still easy being Green VICTORIA –This is the first of a series of policy commentaries on the four main parties contesting the 2013 B.C. election.

I’m starting with the B.C. Green Party, which has higher than usual hopes for the 2013 election. It was also the first to put out a substantial policy document, albeit one that is still being debated and altered.

Green Book 2013 continues the Utopian positions that only a party with no chance of forming a government has the luxury to put forward. For example, they would double the area of parks in B.C., but take 100 years to do it.

Immediately, they would almost double the carbon tax, going from seven to 12 cents on a litre of gasoline.

Greens would extend this increased carbon tax to industries such as natural gas and cement production.

Leader Jane Sterk told me she expects cement producers to adapt, rather than shut

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down as their competitive position erodes.

And what about the extra billions in carbon tax revenues? Sterk says most should continue to go to income tax reductions, as is now the case, because the purpose is to change consumption patterns, not to increase overall tax revenue.

Most, but not all.

“We think there is an argument to be made for putting, for a period of time, the increased revenue from the carbon tax into creating

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The North Island will get national exposure when Port Alice hockey players introduce Hockey Night in Canada next week.

Still no answer on what — or who — was responsible for starting the fire that damaged the Sportsman diner in Port McNeill.

the infrastructure that allows people to benefit from a carbon tax,” Sterk said.

That means transit, and potentially retrofits of homes and other buildings as well. Tax increase aside, this is essentially the NDP position too.

The Greens emphasize wind and geothermal power.

Sterk faces the awkward task of arguing against hydroelectric expansion.

A Green government would cancel the Site C dam project on the Peace River.

Sterk says it would only serve as a subsidy to liquefied natural gas exports, which she doesn’t believe will materialize as international competitors develop.

The Greens’ star candidate, University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, agrees. Both point to vast reserves of Russian gas that may well get to Asia more quickly and cheaply.

Sterk said the 35,000 existing gas wells in northern B.C. “are not going to A member of

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be shut down.” Actually, in the absence of LNG exports, that is exactly what would happen to many of them.

The U.S. has its own shale gas supplies, and is B.C.’s only current export customer. Converting transport trucks and BC Ferries to LNG fuel isn’t going to maintain the vast industry blooming in northern B.C. If one were to design a self-fulfilling prophecy that B.C.’s LNG project is doomed to fail, the Green Party platform would be a good place to start.

If Weaver, Sterk or any other Greens get elected, it will be surfing a wave of protest votes from people weary of the B.C. Liberals and the NDP. It will not be due to the practicality or even internal consistency of their polices.

It’s still pretty easy being Green.

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

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Bank on local Credit Unions for security Dear editor, What can we learn from Cyprus? A new bailout method is replacing the unpopular taxpayer grab that has worked well up until now.

European finance ministers have come up with a plan to divide banks into “good” and “bad” (perhaps they draw straws, or roll

dice) and salvage the one by shifting the deposits and liquid assets to the first while loading all the toxic debt onto the other. In a bold move to secure a prosperous future, 60% of the deposits over 100,000 euros will be collected in a onetime savings tax called the “Mandatory Stabilization Contribution” (MSC).

It’s too bad that ordinary Canadians can’t get ahead of the curve somehow, and begin to move all of their savings and make all of their deposits into a local Credit Union account, removed from the stormy uncertainty of the teetering global economy. That way, when the Federal Reserve of the United States finally allows

interest rates to rise, (causing an eruption of hyperinflation and the inevitable tsunami of bankruptcies and layoffs, leaving behind the desolation of crushed stock markets around the world), we can breathe a sigh of relief and continue on a local scale of commerce.

When our elected representatives start pounding on

their desks and vote unanimously to bring in the MSC as the salvation for our precious charter banks, we can politely shake our heads, herd these ravenous dino-

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Bright future for forest industry Dear editor, The Truck Loggers Association (TLA) recently commissioned a public opinion poll to better understand public sentiment towards the forest industry – and some of the findings are concerning.

Most notable is the “disconnect” between the perceived future of the industry (most are optimistic) and the perceived existence of forestry jobs (most believe there is a shortage of jobs).

Our concern lies in the fact that at a time when our members and other forest sector employers are growing and looking to fill thousands of positions, prospective workers in our coastal communities are looking elsewhere.

The predominant view that the future of the industry is positive is well founded. The US housing market is recovering as evidenced by lumber prices being up more than 50 per cent from a year ago and 100 per cent from when the U.S. housing market crashed in 2009. Further, housing permits for future construction have climbed to the highest level in almost five years, pointing to a sustained rebound.

The confidential poll, ‘Attitudes on Forestry’, was prepared for the TLA by Innovative Research Group and involved 409 randomlyselected coastal residents 18 years or older. Of concern, notwithstanding the positive views of the industry’s future, is that 51 per cent of the respondents indicated

there is a shortage of jobs compared to 14 per cent who said there is a shortage of workers. Further, 50 per cent said that they wouldn’t recommend a career in forestry to a family member or friend.

So what’s going on, and why do we care?

I believe there are two key reasons for the “disconnect”. First, although the industry’s resurgence has been building for months, it follows the longest and most severe housing collapse since the Second World War. Suffice to say, it takes time to make people believers again when you’ve been down for so long. Second, critics of the industry continue to promote negative impressions of our forest practices. This in turn has incorrectly convinced many of our youth that the sector is not environmentally sound or sufficiently high tech to be a priority career choice.

What’s ironic about these findings is that they come at a time when the world is increasingly focused on reducing its carbon footprint and recognizes that forest-based materials have a significant advantage over materials that are nonrenewable and/or require large amounts of fossil fuel energy to manufacture (e.g., plastic, steel and concrete). Further, efforts to maximize the value and use of forest fibre abound, such as advanced engineered wood products for tall-wood buildings, biomass to produce power and

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heat and biomass-derived replacements for chemicals and plastics.

As such, our industry is increasingly viewed as the high tech sustainable industry of the future and the related job opportunities are broad and vast. Just ask Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, who noted that over the next decade 25,000 job openings are anticipated due to retirements and economic growth alone. Or Premier Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix, who both acknowledged the sector’s workforce challenges last week at the Council of Forest Industries annual meeting and stated their respective commitment to help foster the required skill sets.

But, what to do in the short term? Many believe a comprehensive branding campaign is required to position the forest sector as a world-leading high-tech industry, a job creator and source of improving government revenues – all true attributes, but expensive to execute. A more immediate solution may lie in some of the grass roots strategies initiated by the TLA, along with Western Forest Products and TimberWest, involving support for the Alberni School District’s project-based learning program whereby students experience forest practices in the woods every day as part of their regular curriculum. Students learn core high school requirements

through hands-on learning activities in the outdoors, including maintaining a 10-hectare Christmas tree farm, offering tours of a woodlot they maintain and explaining techniques that they undertake.

The program is so successful that a similar one was launched this year in Campbell River, and we’re currently working with BCIT in the hopes they will give the students credit for their efforts if they go on to enroll in the institute. Bottom line; firsthand experience in the forest means increased interest and awareness in the many job opportunities present in the local community.

Although these programs are starting to pay off, we need to do a lot more to get the word out – to educators, to employment and guidance counsellors, and to parents – that the sector has bounced back, the longterm outlook is extraordinary and that good jobs are available in communities up and down the B.C. coast. And by “we”, I mean the forest industry, our local and provincial governments and the media. We owe it to our kids, our communities and our province.

Bottom line, if you love the outdoors, if you’re interested in the latest hightech gear, if you’re passionate about advancing environmental initiatives - then there’s a place for you in forestry.

Dwight Yochim, RPF Executive Director, TLA

Guiding the way I would like to thank everyone in Port McNeill who donated their cans and bottles for the Guide/Scout Hall Bottle Drive on Saturday. Your donations make up a huge part of the budget for our Guide/Scout Hall and we appreciate your generosity with each of our bottle drives.

And I can’t forget to thank all the volunteers that helped the Guiding and Scouting members collect and sort the cans and bottles, we couldn’t do it without all your help. Thank you all.

Cathy Griffith Co-Commissioner Broughton Strait District Guiding Port McNeill

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NORTH ISLAND April 12-14 West Coast Amusements makes its annual carnival stop on the North Island. Fri-Sun in Port Hardy at Thunderbird Mall. Rides, games, prizes, food.

April 13 Free youth art class at Gate House Theatre, Port McNeill. “Creating a super hero or villain� with Misty Trevor. 8-11 years, 1:15-2 p.m.; 12-16 years 2:30-3:30 p.m. Only seven students per session; must sign up by emailing gatehousepm@gmail.com or phone 250-9490160.

April 13 Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Gala, 6:30 p.m., Civic Centre. Live auction, catered dinner, live music by Jam Shack Araknids. Tickets $35, on sale at Port Hardy Chamber office. FMI, 250-9497622.

MEETINGS & ONGOING EVENTS • Port Hardy Museum open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am to noon, 1:00 to 5:00 pm. • 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. • Wild Heart Music Program for children and youth practices each Wednesday, 4-7 p.m., St. John Gualbert Church in Port McNeill. Free; all kids welcome. • 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.

April 13 The Hardy Bay Seniors will host a spring bake sale at the Seniors’ Centre, 9150 Granville Street, Port Hardy, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Preserves will also be available. Come out and support the seniors.

April 13 Reel North Island Film Festival presents The Sapphires, doors 7:15 p.m., show 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Secondary School theatre. Tickets $6.99 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Made possible by the sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Port Hardy.

April 14 Port McNeill Lioness host annual garage sale, 1-3 p.m. at Lions Hall. $5 for table or space, prepaid. Free admission, door prize, lunch concession. To reserve table/space or for info, call Helen at 250-956-3673.

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April 16-18 The B.C. Breast Screening Mammography Program comes to the Port Hardy Hospital. To schedule an appointment time call 1-800-663-9203.

April 19 Eagle View Fun Fair, 5-8 p.m. Great, inexpensive family fun and a wonderful fundraiser for the school. Come out and enjoy the night!

April 20 Port Hardy Museum’s Changing times in Holberg exhibit opening 1- 4 p.m. Everyone welcome. Refreshments will be served.

April 20 Wild Heart Music present the WHM Choir, with appearance by Georgia Murray in their first concerts, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. at the A-frame church in Port McNeill. For more information follow us on Facebook or call 250-956-3297.

April 20 North Island Concert Society presents the Robert Post Comedy Theatre in its annual dinner show, 6 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre. Doors open 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6, performance beginning at 7:30. Tickets $45 in advance only through Apr. 13, available at Cafe Guido, Port Hardy Museum and For Scrap Sake in Port Hardy, at the Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill, or 250-949-7778.

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Melody gives way to merriment in NICS finale Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The North Island Concert Society has wrapped up the music portion of its 2012-13 season, but it does have one last show remaining next Saturday, Apr. 20.

Instead of guitars, drums and keyboards, the Civic Centre stage will be graced by a magician, a juggler, a puppeteer, a mime, a sound-effects technician, a dancer and a comedian.

His name is Robert Post.

Post, a rubber-limbed, one-man variety show, can cover so much ground by himself that his act is called Robert Post Theatre. He will wrap up the concert society’s 15th season in its annual dinner show, which will be catered this spring by IV’s Quarterdeck Pub. Post marks the first NICS appearance for a comedy act since the society brought in the Vancouver Theatre Sports improv troupe in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Over the course of

the last performer to appear on the Civic Centre’s portable panel stage. Society director Malcolm Fleeton announced this week that NICS has been approved for $42,500 of the $50,000 it requested from a provincial community infrastructure grant to build a custom, permanent stage at the Civic Centre.

The society has previously received backing from the District of Port Hardy and the Lions Club in the venture, which would provide a surface suitable for dancers and other acts who have not been able to use the sectional stage.

“Our hopes and plans are for the stage to be ready for the beginning of next season,” said Fleeton.

An evening with Robert Post Theatre begins with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and dinner served at 6 p.m. While Post is not a musical act, a variety of jazz, swing and pop/rock tunes will be provided by the North Island Community

the evening, patrons may see him dance a tango with a pair of red long johns; portray a cooking show host battling a recalcitrant fish; drive a car in the company of his puppet, a Grade 3 version of Post himself; mime the world’s most inept burglar on a would-be break in; or play all six parts in a mini murder mystery, complete with gender-bending quick changes featuring a variety of wigs and hats.

Many of Post’s acts are accompanied by sound effects, either recorded or self-produced. He’s also a threat to juggle anything that’s not nailed down.

Post also performs shows crafted for young audiences, and has performed in thousands of schools in his career. That will continue following his Civic Centre performance, when he visits schools in Port Hardy and Port McNeill as part of the Arts in Schools program Apr. 22-23.

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Gate House serves coffee with laughs

Bill (Sequoia Coe) and Abby (Gaby Wickstrom) give captive movie star John O’Connor (Norm Bullock) a stern lecture in the original play The Coffee Clutch at Gate House Community J.R. Rardon Theatre in Port McNeill.

start,” she said. “The next one, I’d like to see kids involved. So, a larger cast and a larger group of people.”

The Coffee Clutch, which Eissfeldt produced in 2010 at the Community Hall, featured six local amateur actors. Eissfeldt and Gaby Wickstrom were the only returning members of the original cast and two others — Norm Bullock and Blake Keen — were appearing on stage before an audience for the first time.

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Keen, whose daughter, Shelby, served as assistant director and do-everything helper on the production.

“I had a super good time.”

Sequoia Coe and Jessica Derksen rounded out the cast and delivered campy, over-the-top scenestealing moments as a cynical schemer (Coe) and a ditzy blonde (Derksen).

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They are thrown together by a contest that lands them for a date in a coffee shop owned by Sunny (Derksen), and chaos ensues when Abby and Bill (Wickstrom and Coe) kidnap O’Connor and force him to redo the date after he leaves Fern in tears following their initial meeting. Keen plays the role of O’Connor’s Hollywood-based assistant and spends his time on stage largely befuddled by the small-town sensibilities of the coffee shop locals.

Proceeds from the production will go to assist the appearance of Missoula Children’s Theatre, which will arrive next month for a production of The Secret Garden featuring local youngsters. Gate House Association was recently accredited with charitable status, but the designation came too late to apply

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J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Gate House Community Association received a mixed response to its first live theatre production last weekend.

But that seems mainly due to the mixed crowd makeup in its threeday run at Gate House Community Theatre.

More than 200 people turned out over three nights to watch The Coffee Clutch, a two-act comedy written by Port McNeill author and Gate House director Terry Ruth Eissfeldt, who also directed and acted in the play.

The bulk of the crowd — 96 patrons — turned out Saturday for what turned out to be a raucous and noisy evening. The show wrapped up with half that number Sunday for a more sedate closing night. “(Saturday) there were catcalls, yelling; it was crazy,” Eissfeldt said after Sunday’s show. “It was so quiet tonight.”

Overall, though, the show proved there may well be a home on the North Island for live theatre, which Eissfeldt vows to bring back.

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Making a Bigg difference What’s the Bigg’s Deal? I’ve been asked this a lot lately: “Why are the mammal-hunting killer whales being referenced as ‘Bigg’s killer whales’ rather than as ‘transients’ as they were previously known?�

This is because a 2010 study found that the mammal-hunting ecotype of killer whales diverged from the other ecotypes some 700,000 years ago and the researchers (Morin et al) put forward that they be recognized as a distinct species.

If they are to be recognized as such, many in whale-researchworld believe it is only appropriate that the species be named in honour of the late and great Dr. Michael Bigg whose pioneering killer whale ID research in the eastern North Pacific in the 1970s and 1980s revealed killer whales have distinct populations and there are very limited numbers within these populations.

Ultimately, his research led to the understanding that killer whale populations have distinct cultures.

This knowledge, of course, had huge conservation implications. It was previously believed there were abundant killer whales in the eastern North Pacific and that they all ate salmon in addition to marine mammals; rather than the reality that there are four at-risk populations that are genetically and ecologically distinct: 1. Bigg’s killer whales are marine mammal hunters (they also eat an occasional bird and, very rarely, a terrestrial mammal).

The population estimate for this threatened population is 270 individuals that are more often along coastal B.C., with research ongoing regarding population numbers further off the coast. “Residents� are inshore fish-eating

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Detective published The vast with Jackie research has majority Hildering confirmed of their that their diet fish diet is salmon and of the includes Pacific sleepsalmon species, their er sharks and Pacific absolute favourite is halibut. The population estimate is in the Chinook.

2. The northern range of 240 to 340 “residents� are a individuals and this, threatened population too, is a threatened of some 260 whales population. more often found Through the research in northern British of Dr. Bigg, the killColumbia but also in er whales of British southeastern Alaska Columbia have been and Washington State. studied as individuals 3.

The south- longer than any other ern “residents� are marine mammal spemost often swim- cies on the planet. And ming around south- not only marine speern British Columbia cies have benefited and Washington State from this. We all have. but are sometimes Due to his work, also in the waters whereby the age, genof northern British der, diet and range Columbia, Oregon and is known for almost California. At only 87 every killer whale individuals, this popu- in British Columbia, lation is recognized as these whales “tell the being endangered. story� of global chem-

ical pollution. The work of Dr. Peter Ross examines the toxins in the blubber and indeed the killer whales of B.C. are the “canaries in the coal mine� informing the science that should shape international policies and regulations regarding toxins.

However, there is also much that has not changed since the days of Dr. Bigg’s pioneering killer whale research.

At that time, killer whales were the scapegoat for declining salmon populations and the “gold rush� on their being put into captivity was likely perceived as a favourable management tool.

Conservation costs money, not only for science and management, but also by limiting industries whose activities may negatively impact species at risk.

Flash forward some 40 years to 2013. Dr. Peter Ross’ work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada has been terminated as part of what can only be called the demise of Canada’s ocean contaminants research program. And, prior to his termination, he like so many other government scientists in Canada has been constrained in being able to communicate about his research.

The ultimate Bigg’s Deal is that one person can make a profound positive difference by replacing knowledge where fear and misunderstanding once dwelled.

However, to work against government forces that imperil our environment and suppress science in favour of short-term economic gain, it is going to take a very great many of us to make our voices and actions . . . Bigg-er.

Jackie Hildering is a marine educator, avid scuba diver, and humpback whale researcher who lives in Port McNeill. See www.themarinedetective.ca for more detail.

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Notice is hereby given that Leigh and Dennis Swanson (the Licensee) are making available for public review and invite written comment on the proposed Woodlot Licence Plan (WLP) and Management Plan (MP) for W1909 for 2013 to 2023, located on Malcolm Island The WLP provides strategies that the Licensee will follow for objectives that are set for various forest and resource values. This WLP for W1909 is a new operational plan in accordance with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) that will replace the former Woodlot Licence Plan for W1909 and W1963. The WLP is available for review by the public, First Nations and other stakeholders before the Delegated Decision Maker from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) considers approval.

The WLP, when approved, will form the basis for future development of cutblocks and roads, leading to the issuance of cutting permits and road permits, which provide authority to harvest. Stakeholders are invited to provide information about speciďŹ c resource features so that this information can be incorporated into planning of primary forest activities. The WLP may be amended as a result of written comments received during the public review and comment period which runs from April 8th, 2013, to May 8th, 2013, in accordance with section 17 of the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation. The WLP will be available for review at the MFLNRO ofďŹ ce at Mine Road, Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0,during regular business hours, & in Sointula at the Sointula Resource Centre on April 13th, 2013, from 12pm to 4pm. If interested parties are unable to review the proposed WLP during these times, arrangements can be made to review the plan during alternate hours. This advertisement serves as notice to all trappers and guide outďŹ tters regarding forest operations in the WLP area. Comments must be in writing and received no later than May 8th, 2013, at the following address: Leigh & Dennis Swanson, PO Box 350, Sointula, BC, V0N 3E0, 250 973 6948.

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Good times, unplugged Gazette staff North Island kids didn’t need a lot of encouragement to get involved when the Funmobile rolled into the area last weekend, bring skipping ropes, beanbags, hula hoops and more.

The participACTION initiative aims to improve

the health of children by encouraging a return to unstructured play.

The Funmobile stopped off in Port McNeill, Alert Bay and Port Hardy last week as part of a B.C.-wide tour to show kids that you don’t need video games to have a good time.

Clockwise from left: Jace Korhonen tries his hand at target practice as participACTION’s Heidi Lauritzen looks on during the Funmobile’s stop in Port Hardy last weekend; Autumn Lyngen tests out the tactile disks at the Bring Back Play event; The participACTION event encouraged kids to make their own fun through unstructured play; Olivia Wilson-Alway gets to grips with a multicoloured die at the Port Hardy Funmobile stop; Linden Harrison takes aim with a fistful of beanbags at the Funmobile stop in Port Hardy; Markus Onchulenko threads the needle with a beanbag at the Rec. Centre in Port Hardy.

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The grade 7 students of Eagle View will be cleaning up our community in conjunction with Earth Day and to raise funds for their trip to Camp Homewood. The students will be canvassing the neighbourhood starting the first week of April seeking pledged donations. We will also be hosting a hotdog sale just in front of Overwaitea.

With the blessing of the Thunderbird Mall Administration and donation of garbage bins from Fox`s Disposal, we will also be setting up a scrap metal bin in the mall parking lot.

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April 21 Golf Seven Hill Golf and Country Club AGM Tournament, noon golf, followed by annual general meeting at 3 p.m. Info, 250-9499818.

April 27 Baseball North Vancouver Island Baseball League season opener, Port Hardy Cubs vs. Port McNeill Rangers, 5 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

May 3-5 Youth soccer Annual Mud Bowl tournament, Port McNeill. NISS, Sunset Elementary and Cheslakees fields. Age group from tots to U18; divisional playoffs Sunday. Concession and snacks. Times tba.

Slo-pitch Umpires Ice-breaker tournament, Beaver Harbour Ballpark.

Co-ed, skins format. To sign up or for info, call 250-949-7221.

May 4 Baseball Hyde Creek vs. Port Hardy, 6 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

May 5 Baseball Port McNeill vs. Hyde Creek, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

May 11 Baseball Hyde Creek vs. Port McNeill, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

May 18-20 Baseball Sointula Invitational Tournament at Sointula Ballfield.

Concession, oyster bake, beer garden, kids playground, raffles. Fundraiser for Sointula Recreation Association.

May 25 Baseball Port McNeill vs. Port Hardy, 6 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

Lilly Jorgenson (right) and her Port Alice Minor Hockey teammates prepare a taping for CBC Hockey Night in Canada with Neroutsos Inlet for a backdrop Thursday on Walkabout Island near Port Alice. Below, Dawson Hudock answers a call for "more attitude" from CBC cameraman Ross Luckow as teammate Tyler Roper looks on at centre.

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Port Alice skaters make NHL J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT ALICE—When the Port Alice Mud Sharks’ spirits — and attention spans — began flagging during taping of a promotion for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, cameraman Ross Luckow had just the solution.

“Give me one more good one, and we’ll go have pizza!” Luckow barked, drawing cheers worthy of a TV spot.

The Port Alice Minor Hockey Association novice team, made up of sixto eight-year-old players, earned the taping last Thursday after being selected in the annual Scotiabank Hockey Kids contest. The promotion gives young skaters a chance for recognition and to be attached to an NHL broadcast by introducing the teams and CBC Hockey Night in Canada host Ron McLean.

The Mud Sharks, who were nominated by Holly Aldis, will appear on the network’s Apr. 20 broadcast.

With any luck, the promo may prove a boon to Port Alice tourism. The taped

"When he got here and saw the area, he said, 'I've got to use some of this.'"

Amanda Jorgenson

spots featuring minor hockey programs from across the country typically feature players cheering and announcing matchups from their home arenas. But when Luckow arrived one day early and spied the views in and around Neroutsos Inlet, he began location scouting with the help of local sources.

“When he got here and saw the area, he said, ‘I’ve got to use some of this,’” said Amanda Jorgenson, who has three children in the association’s programs.

So it was that Luckow found himself on a boat out on the inlet’s waters, from which he taped two small groups of players, followed by another taping — in an

ever-increasing North Island rainshower — with the full team on Walkabout Island.

On the island, named for its accessibility by foot at low tide, he subjected the youngsters to several tapings, with different scripts and backgrounds, as several coaches and parents looked on.

Aldis was rewarded for her nomination of the team

by being assigned director duties for the shoot. She was assisted by Morgan Roper.

CBC and Scotiabank provided each of the players a Scotiabank Hockey Club toque bearing the CBC and NHL logos. But as rehearsals turned into multiple takes and botched lines, the kids learned that acting was work. Their full-throated cheers tapered to moderate enthusiasm before Luckow played the pizza card.

After the taping, players, coaches and parents retired to the local community centre, where the season’s ending awards banquet was hosted. And, yes, there was pizza.

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McNeill deals trophies Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— North Island Secondary School student Thomas Symons was honoured last week with the Player of the Year trophy during the annual Port McNeill Minor Hockey Association annual general meeting and awards night.

But it took more than a few goals and assists to earn the recognition.

Symons, a Grade 10 student eligible as a bantam, skated for the midget team along with several other second-year bantams. But he also served as a referee for the year, and helped coach the club’s initiation-level peanut skaters, and those contributions were cited by association president Scott Mitchell as he presented the trophy.

The night featured individual awards — medallions sponsored

by Esso and a trophy for the Most Sportsmanlike Player — for each of PMMHA’s six agegroup teams. There were also several major annual awards presented. In addition to Symons’ selection as Player of the Year, peanut coach Sonya Strang was recognized as Coach of the Year; Marilyn May earned a plaque and a year’s

Port McNeill peanut hockey player Nathan Strang admires the Coach of the Year trophy won by his mom Sonya (left), during Port McNeill Minor Hockey's awards night last week at Sunset Elementary School. Below, atom Ethan Hunt does a jig onstage while awaiting his award.

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registration from Pat Horgan and Shirley Ackland as winner of the Tristan Jones Memorial Award; Trent Beek — like Symons a player, ref and coach — was awarded the Margaret Muzik Memorial Sportsmanship Award; and Conrad Browne, who found time to officiate games around his duties as head coach of the North Island Eagles peewees, was named Referee of the Year.

The meeting also featured elections for the 2013-14 association executive, and a veteran group will be returning. Mitchell,

vice-president Glenn Moore, secretary Carolyn Shade, trea-

surer Kevin Laird, registrar Heather Mohan, head referee John

Bramham and director Tammi Beek all return.

In addition, Dwayne Murray returns in the dual roles of head coach and equipment manager.

Newcomers to the executive include Laura McGraw as ice coordinator and Dennis Foster as director, though the PMMHA is still seeking a tournament coordinator or, preferably, two people who can share the tournament director duties.

The association also announced it will continue the practice, now in its third year, of providing a $50 rebate toward one of Port McNeill’s summer hockey camps to any player who registers by June 1 for next season. Port McNeill native Clayton Stoner will appear with the Clayton Stoner Hockey Clinic for the third year July 2-5, and Lou Lemire brings his highly regarded Hockey Skills Camp for the sixth time the following week.

Complete award results appear in Scoreboard, next page.

Note: Port Hardy Minor Hockey awards were hosted Tuesday after the Gazette went to press. Results will appear next week.

Dancers score in championships

Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy (left) and Xandr yn Frost of Port McNeill recently placed 3rd and 4th runner up in the Western Canadian Open Highland Dance Championships.

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Gazette staff Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy and Xandryn Frost of Port McNeill finished third runnerup and fourth runnerup, respectively, at the recent Western Canadian Open Highland Dance Championships in Kamloops.

The pair were part of a larger delegation representing the North Island’s Team Charlton Highland Dancers.

McCorquodale, competing in the 9-under championship, finished fourth in the Fling, third in the Sword, third in the Seann Truibhas, and sixth in the Half Hullachan en route to earning her runner-up

trophy.

Also in the 9-under class, Frost placed second in the Fling and fourth in the Half Hullachan, and took home a trophy as well.

Frost also competed in the Premiership on the second day of competition and placed fourth in the Scottish Lilt.

In the Pre-Premier division, Emma Walkus of Port Hardy competed in the Beginner-7 group and placed in the Seann Truibhas.

In the Premier 10-11 championship, Jenna Brown and Georgia Walkus both competed.

Walkus placed 6th in the Fling, Sword, and Seann Truibhas.

Adysen Verbrugge clutches her Most Sportsmanlike Player trophy during the Port McNeill Minor Hockey awards night and AGM last Tuesday.

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The Port McNeill skater, right, with PMMHA president Scott Mitchell, was awared Port McNeill Minor Hockey’s Player of the Year Award last week.

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Bell, Charlie, Jones earn Eagles MVP awards Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—A pair of high-scoring forwards and a rookie goalie were honoured with MVP trophies last Wednesday as the North Island Eagles Hockey program hosted its annual awards night and general meeting at Sunset Elementary School.

Chad Bell claimed MVP honours for the midget club, which came within a single playoff win of qualifying for a berth in this year’s Tier 3 provincial championships.

David Charlie Jr., who had a breakout season with the Eagles peewees, won that club’s MVP Eagle Trophy.

And Kayden Jones, who went from novice rec to play every game as the lone goalie for the atom development squad, earned the atoms’ MVP. Due to low turnout at tryouts last fall, no bantam team was fielded by the Eagles during the past season, but the association hopes to field teams at all four levels in the 2013-14 season.

In addition to the MVP awards, Eagle trophies were awarded at each age level to most sportsmanlike and most improved players.

The club also presented medallions, sponsored

by Esso, to the most improved, most dedicated and most sportsmanlike player in each division.

Vadim Stavrakov was returned to the club president post by acclimation during the officers election that kicked off the night, and he will be joined by returning executive members Carolyn Shade (secretary), Lito Pineda (treasurer), Tanya Kellar (regis-

trar), Leighann Ruel (equipment manager), referee assigner (John Bramham) and Tammy Bono, Sonya Strang and Ruel (directors).

Carrie Harilstad is the only newcomer, as a director, but the association is asking for parents or other volunteers to step up and help fill the roles of vice-president, head coach and ice scheduler, which were left vacant when no nominations were advanced last week.

The club recognized the contributions of Mike Bell, who stepped down after serving as both head coach and coach of the midget team; and of Kim Dutcyvich, who served as ice scheduler.

Notice was also given to the efforts of Pineda, who served despite having no child in the Eagles program during the past year, and Shade, who served as secretary of both the Eagles and Port McNeill Minor asso-

ciations.

A complete list of award winners appears in Scoreboard, below.

Clockwise from left: North Island Eagles atom head coach Marty Gage addresses the audience while his team lines up on the stage during the hockey association's awards night and AGM at Sunset Elementary School last Wednesday; Midget coach Mike Bell presents an award to Eric Kennelly of Port Alice; The midgets line up for one last group J.R. Rardon photo for parents.

Sports Scoreboard HOCKEY Port McNeill Minor Hockey Awards and AGM At Sunset Elem. School Apr. 2 Player of the Year — Thomas Symons Coach of the Year — Sonya Strang Tristan Jones Memorial Award — Marilyn May Margaret Muzik Sportsmanship Award — Trent Beek Referee of the Year — Conrad Browne Hockey Parents of the Year — Doug and Cyndy Grant Team awards Peanuts Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Sophia Downey.

Most dedicated: Maddox Peterson. Most improved: Landon Turgeon. Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Adysen Verbrugge.

Novice (Two teams) Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Brilynne Bell, Matthew Datos. Most dedicated: Skyler Evans, Kai Verbrugge.

Most improved: Shania Johnson, Blayke Barzen. Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Daunte McKinney, Garrett Beek.

Atoms Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Daysha McKinney.

Most dedicated: Ethan Bono.

Most improved: Kenneth Jolliffe.

Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Brennan Sawyer.

Peewees Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Madison Van Will.

Most dedicated: Reece Lloyd.

Most improved: Lindsey Cook.

Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Madison Van Will.

Bantams Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Cameron Grant.

Most dedicated: Nyckolas Ruel.

Most improved: Daniel Jordan.

Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Sean Pineda.

Midgets Esso medallions — Most sportsmanlike: Alex Scott. Most dedicated: Thomas Symons.

Most improved: Jesse Jackson.

Most Sportsmanlike Trophy: Denzel Pausang.

Executive elections President: Scott Mitchell* Vice-president: Glenn Moore* Treasurer: Kevin Laird* Secretary: Carolyn Shade* Registrar: Heather Mohan* Equipment manager: Dwayne Murray* Tournament coordinator: vacant Head referee: John Bramham* Head coach: Dwayne Murray* Ice coordinator: Laura McGraw Directors: Tammi Beek*, Dennis Foster. *Returning members North Island Eagles Hockey Association Awards and AGM At Sunset Elem. School Apr. 3 Midgets Esso medallions: Most sportsmanlike: Eric Kennelly.

Most dedicated: Thomas Coon.

Most improved: George Walkus.

Eagle awards: Most improved: Ethan Shaw. Most dedicated: Robby Heavenor. MVP: Chad Bell.

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Most

sportsmanlike: Tianna Walkus.

Most dedicated: Tanner Roberts.

Most improved: Travis Shade.

Eagle awards: Most improved: Michael McLaughlin. Most sportsmanlike: Elliot Furney.

MVP: David Charlie Jr. Atoms Esso medallions: Most sportsmanlike: Payton Laming.

Most dedicated: Ryan Patterson, Luke Gage. Most improved: Liem Wadhams.

Eagle awards: Most improved: Keenan Saunders.

Most sportsmanlike: Mathew Saunders.

MVP: Kayden Jones.

Executive elections President: Vadim Stavrakov* Vice-president: vacant Secretary: Carolyn Shade* Treasurer: Lito Pineda* Registrar: Tanya Kellar* Equipment manager: Leighann Ruel* Head coach: vacant Referee assigner: John Bramham* Ice scheduler: vacant Directors: Tammy Bono*, Leighann Ruel*, Sonya Strang*, Carrie Harilstad

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Soccer season kicks off Gazette staff With registrations complete, teams assigned, referees enlisted and the first practices in the bag, the North Island's young soccer hopefuls played their season openers last week-

end.

Clubs from Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Port Alice fielded teams from U-6 up to U-18 for what promises to be an action-packed season of soccer on the North Island.

Clockwise from above left: Mary-Jane Puglas prepares to kick the ball out from goal in Sunday's U-8 soccer action in Port Hardy; Port McNeill U-15 goalie Taryn Walker gets tangled up with attacker Tasha Cadwallader; Kai Verbrugge lines up a pass as Port McNeill U-8 rival Jack Barrett gives chase; Nathan Child runs into traffic in U-6 play in Port Hardy; Paisley Barolet charges during U-6 play in Port McNeill, Emilio Monge tries A O'Toole, J.R. Rardon to jink the ball past defender Alexander Schmidt in U-8 soccer.

Soccer standouts sought Gazette staff BMO Financial Group has kicked off the third year of its nationwide youth soccer program, BMO Team of the Week, and is seeking nominees of communities who demonstrate team pride, spirit, community commitment and passion for the game.

The contest, open

to youth soccer players aged 7-12, recognizes 15 weekly winners. For the next 15 weeks, Canadian soccer coaches, parents and community members can nominate their favourite youth soccer team at BMOsoccer. com. Plus, individuals who submit a nomination get the chance to earn 200 Bonus AIR

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For the past two years, thousands of kids and parents in communities across Canada have taken part.

BMO Team of the Week winners will be announced weekly starting April 17, and will receive a celebration at their local BMO branch, $500, BMO Team of the

Week tracksuits and a $500 donation to a local charity. Each of the winning teams will become finalists for the grand prize and vie for the title of BMO Team of the Week 2013 Champion, a title that is decided by the Canadian public through online daily voting at BMOsoccer. com from August 5-19.

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Interest surges in N. Island food sovereignty North Island food!

The bounty harvested from gardens, forests, and seas around and on the northern third of Vancouver Island.

Barbecued salmon, sauteed wild mushrooms, mashed potatoes, huckleberry sorbet, wild blackberry jam, garden salad, fish and chips, honey, vegetable soup... What’s not to like?

Interest in local food is undergoing a resurgence. There are a number of reasons why: taste, nutrition, health, community building, climate change, culture, history. Plus, increasing local food production and consumption is one easy way to improve the local economy. A regional approach to local food suits the North Island because when it comes to factors affecting our food supply — climate, weather, soils, transportation — this region is united. And despite

The Bee’s Knees with David Lang and Dawn Morehead our many micro-climates, when it comes to growing food, our communities have much more in common with each other than with anyone else. We know this from our experience, which is verified by readily available facts documented by Environment Canada in its climate normals statistics (1971-2000 averages).

They tell us much greater excess rainfall and generally much lower temperature and sunshine defines our difference from the rest of the island and the Sunshine Coast. This

is very significant for how, when and what we grow and harvest.

The key to increasing and improving local food production is local knowledge — sharing the large body of existing knowledge and building on that knowledge with experimentation and innovation.

In contrast to local knowledge, we are reminded of the approach taken at a meeting some years ago. An expert from the interior agricultural mainland was sent (at considerable taxpayer expense) to tell us in eloquent and painstak-

ing detail how to convert a piece of fertile, flat grassland with deep soil into a garden. Everyone was too bemused or too polite to point out that our land was either forest, with a hummocky surface produced by fallen trees, or bulldozed postextraction land with subsoil at the surface more often than not.

Perhaps we thought that this was all part of the complete lack of knowledge or understanding by the powers that be of the North Island environment.

In this column in the upcoming months we will hit the road to explore and share local knowledge about local food. We will learn from the groups and individuals who are actively working to re-create and sustain a healthy, vibrant, local, shared food culture.

One such initiative is the North Island Farmer’s Market — for-

merly the Port McNeill Farmer’s Market — founded in 2012. It’s a great place to get involved as a seller or consumer. Do you have the space and time to grow something to sell at the market? Now’s the time to plan and plant for it. Not grow-

ing your own food?

Plan to stop by the market this spring and summer and pick up fresh locally produced vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs, bread, jams. This year’s market dates and times will be available soon; check their Facebook page for the

latest information and an ongoing discussion about food security.

North Island food sovereignty, it’s the bee’s knees!

David Lang and Dawn Morehead are founding members of Grassroots Garden Society.

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The friendship of Sara Noelle Osha and Robert Alan Dalton has evolved into deep commitment and their families happily announce their forthcoming summer wedding.

The newlyweds will begin their married lives in Edmonton, AB, where they currently reside.

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Registrations are now being accepted with the DEADLINE of July 19, 2013. This is very important to remember as there is a LIMITED number of spaces that we will not exceed so early registration is strongly encouraged.

This unique outdoor event is open to ďŹ ne artists living on Vancouver Island, the surrounding outer islands and Powell River. This is a juried show but the jurying process allows for the inclusion of artists working at various levels. All work must be original and conform to show standards of acceptable media and art forms.

Further information is available on the Originals Only website at: http://www.originalsonly.ca/

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Rose White

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that International Forest Products of Vancouver, BC intends to make application the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Central Coast District OfďŹ ce for a License of Occupation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Industrial Log Handling, File Number 1414030, situated on Provincial Crown Land located at Hardy Inlet.

For a more information or to make written comments, please contact: Chris Boulton, International Forest Products Limited, 1250 Ironwood St. Campbell River V9W 6H5 250-2865009, chris.boulton@interfor.com OR Kathy Howard, Ministry of Forests, North Island Central Coast Forest District. PO Box 7000 Port McNiell BC V0N 2R0, 250-956-5006; kathryn. howard@gov.bc.ca. The review and comment period will last 30 days from April 11th, 2013.

Comments will be received until May 10th, 2013. FLNR ofďŹ ce may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Comments can also be posted at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending Please be sure to cite the Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference.

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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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Rosemary Duncan White passed away in Ponderosa Lodge, Kamloops in the early hours of Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the age of 92 years.

Born in Scotland on May 29, 1920, Rose moved from from Kokish, BC to Sorrento with her late husband, Norman Norman George White, in January of 1981. They quickly became became active in the community, Norman passed away on July 4, 4, 1986. Later Rose moved into Chase to enjoy many more more years of friendships.

She is survived by her sons, Bill (Linda) of Buchanan, Buchanan, Saskatchewan, and Duncan (Lynda) of Campbell River; River; 33 granddaughters, Michelle, Cindy and Joanne; and 3 great great grandsons; two sisters, Bunty and Alice of White Rock; as as well her two special and dedicated caregivers, Francis Young and Jacquie Everett.

Rose will be interred in St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cemetery next to her her husband. The family will have a Celebration of Life service service atataalater herlife lifeininthe theShuswap.

Shuswap. laterdate dateto tohonour honor her On line condolences may be sent to Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obituary at at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/13

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

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

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243 11/13

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

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

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 11/13

GWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SALA-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;NAKWAXDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/13

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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/13

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VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY is requesting clients to update their contact info so it may reach children and adults needing immunization.

Call 250-902-6071 Visit 7070 Market St

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.

GUARANTEED JOB placement: general laborers and tradesmen for oil & gas industry. Call 24hr free recorded message. For Information 1800-972-0209.

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

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Position Available: Full time Auto Insurance Sales & Service Representative Location: 1-7053 Market Street, PO Box 520, Port Hardy, B.C. QualiďŹ cations: Ideal candidates must possess excellent customer service and communication skills. One year experience in the insurance industry is preferred however applicants who can demonstrate in addition to the skills noted above, they are motivated, disciplined and have the ability to learn quickly, will also be given consideration.

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

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Namgis Health Centre is seeking a

Medical Clerk Responsibilities: The Medical Clerk is responsible for chart and patient related activities including: s ORGANIZATION OF PATIENT CHARTS s ASSISTANCE WITH DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS s SCANNING AND LINKING OF DOCUMENTS IN THE 7OLF -EDICAL SYSTEM

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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:

Operations Accountant Scale Specialist Bullbucker Driller/Blaster Master Mechanic 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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2 AND 4 strk small engine mechanic. Chainsaws,lawn mowers,outboards. Wage negotiable, beneďŹ ts aval.

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HOME CARE NURSE required by Kwakiutl Band Council in Pt. Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description / apply to Casey.Larochelle@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-9496066 by April 30, 2013. F/T, salary commensurate with experience. Good beneďŹ ts.

HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE! Too tired or too busy to clean?

Call Darlene 250-230-2195 Reasonable rates, commercial or residential.

Call for estimate.

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CLUXEWE RESORT Mgr. required by Kwakiutl Band Council in Port Hardy to manage cabins, campground and restaurant. Enquire for job description or apply to manager@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250949-6066 by midnight on April 12, 2013. F/T. Salary commensurate with experience.

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete ďŹ nishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Fax 780-444-9165.

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TERRIC NAMGIS BC CA Please note only those short listed will be contacted.

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The Town of Port McNeill is seeking applications for Public Works Parks and Ground Maintenance Personnel And Harbour Dock Assistants Detailed job descriptions and qualiďŹ cations may be obtained from the Port McNeill Town OfďŹ ce at 1775 Grenville Place, or on the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.portmcneill.ca Applications will be accepted until 4:00pm on Thursday April 18, 2013 at the Town OfďŹ ce.

Please apply in writing with resume to: Administrator, Box 728, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0; or fax with cover letter to 250-956-4300; or email reception.portmcneill@telus.net (Please indicate which job you are applying for)

ASHFORD TRADITIONAL Spinning Wheel, single pedal, excellent condition, extra bobbins and maintenance kit, $325 obo. Call (250)923-7629.

HOME PHONE Reconnect Toll Free 1-866-287-1348. Cell phone accessories.

Catalogue. Everyone welcome to shop online at: www.homephonereconnect.ca HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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LT 10 WOODMIZER Bandsaw with woodmizer blade sharpener and possible trailer if price is right. Call Steve 250949-6599 between 6pm and 8:30pm for more info.

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2013 Port McNeill Summer Student Employment Opportunities

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Auction - April 13th @ 11 Spring liquidation of BRAND NEW equipment! From the manufacturer to the auction block! www.KwikAuctions.com 1-800-556-5945 - (Burnaby)

FULL! COMMUNITY Garage Sale. Sunday, April 14, 1-3pm.

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HEALTH DIRECTOR required

by Kwakiutl Band Council in Pt. Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description /apply to Casey.Larochelle@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-949-6066 by midnight on April 30, 2013. P/t (0.7 FTE), salary commensurate with experience.

THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: â&#x20AC;˘ Coastal CertiďŹ ed Hand Fallers-camp positions â&#x20AC;˘ Coastal CertiďŹ ed Bull Buckers â&#x20AC;˘ 980 Operator-Dryland sort â&#x20AC;˘ Grader Operator â&#x20AC;˘ Line Machine Operator â&#x20AC;˘ 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.

AUCTIONS

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR â&#x20AC;&#x201C;including HR Admin, strategic planning, reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d at Kwakiutl Band Council in Port Hardy, VI. Enquire for job description / Apply to manager@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250-9496066 by April 12, 2013. F/T, salary commensurate with experience.

FULL TIME/PART TIME Class 1 or 3 driver with air, required immediately for Port Hardy.

Bulk fuel/off road exp. an asset. Clean abstract.

Competitive wage package w/beneďŹ ts. Send resume by fax to 250-949-6381 or email jdwork@ketacable.net NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ENSIGN INTERNATIONAL is looking for Drillers, Night Tour Pushes and Rig Managers. If you are interested in attending one of our information sessions to hear more about our global opportunities, call 1888-367-4460 to book into a session near you!

Duties include: DICTA TYPING TELEPHONE RECEPTION AND other ofďŹ ce duties as requested.

QualiďŹ cations: s -EDICAL /FlCE CERTIlCATE -EDICAL 4ERMINOLOGY course s MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS HEALTH RECORDS EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY TO WORD PROCESS FROM DICTAPHONE AND OPERATE EQUIPMENT RELATIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT s KEYBOARDING SKILLS OF WPM AND DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCY WITH -3 7ORD AND %XCEL s EXPERIENCE WITH 7OLF -EDICAL SYSTEM %XCELLERIES and Medinet an asset s EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS RELATE WELL TO PATIENTS and colleagues s FOLLOWING THE 0ERSONNEL 0OLICY APPLY CONlDENTIALITY WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAL RECORDS AND ALL INTERACTIONS WITH PATIENTS IN THE OFlCE SETTING s SHALL RESPECT &IRST .ATIONS CULTURE AND TRADITIONS AS THEY PERTAIN TO MEDICAL CARE s CURRENT #LASS DRIVER S LICENSE

INCOME OPPORTUNITY ALL CASH Vending route.

Earn $72,000/year potential, 9 secured hi-trafďŹ c locations. Investment Required $3,600+ up. Safe quick return 1-888979-8363.

LEGAL SERVICES CRIMINAL RECORD? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certiďŹ cation, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind and a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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

Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext 400OT www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED WANTED-EXERCISE weights. If you want to sell or give away any small amount will do. 250-949-7698.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER

PORT HARDY 2400 sq ft house has been totally revamped, all new wiring, heating, plumbing & all new appliances. Large private yard with good sized deck & patio. Ample room for RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, boats - has lots of potential. $255,000.

Call 250-230-7540 or 250-2300676.

PORT MCNEILL: Small 2 bdrm, 1 bath home on easy care lot, partial ocean view.

New ďŹ&#x201A;ooring and roof. Possible rent to own for qualiďŹ ed buyer. $135,000. Call 250902-9582 or 250-956-2388.

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

HOUSES FOR SALE

APARTMENT/CONDO

AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES WANTED 2010 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab 4X4 Black Clear Title 42,420 KM $16,700 milcorinne69@gmail.com (905) 664-2300

PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S. New Management 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

Call 250-956-3526.

2003 TAHOE, 29 foot 5th wheel, 2 slides, everything works, setup at the Pioneer RV Site, (Port Hardy). Asking $10,000. Call (250)897-6197.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED PORT HARDY Highland Manor â&#x20AC;˘Bachelor â&#x20AC;˘1bdrm furnished â&#x20AC;˘1 and 2 bdrms suites References Call Jason 250-949-0192

UTILITY TRAILERS

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL 4 bdrm Modular Home for rent. Town lot. Wood / Electric heat. Locking sheds nice yard. Drywall, Vinyl windows, Hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, Large kitchen side by side fridge. $780 per month available May 1st. 250-6689787.

UTILITY TRAILER 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; box.

New last Oct. 2000lbs rated.

Used to haul motorcycle. $1600. Port Hardy. 250-9497333.

MARINE

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

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

DreamTeam Auto Financing â&#x20AC;&#x153;0â&#x20AC;? Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022 www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

HOMES FOR RENT

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

Perfect for recreational property or full time living.

Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com PORT HARDY SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT 8535 Shipley. Offers are now being accepted to purchase this premier .6 acre downtown oceanfront property. One blk. from Govt. Dock. As improvements are not yet complete the price may vary as will offers. Interested? Please contact us at the property or phone Gerd 520-955-7461 or Dan 250949-1055. All offers considered.

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House?

Pretty House? Moving?

Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private.

Mortgage Too High and House wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell?

Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make payments?

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

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

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

Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT HARDY: 2 bdrm, 5 appls,cable incl. Avail imm. $650/mo. Ref. reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Nonsmoking, no pets. 250-9497702.

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

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

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2200 SQ/FT 2 storey ocean view home for rent in Port McNeill. Unobstructed ocean view. Woodstove, oil furnace, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors.

Large backyard. New 15x32 sundeck facing the ocean. Available immediately. $1100 mo. london111211@hotmail.com

BOATS 20 FT 2011 welded aluminum with 4 electric down riggers and 150 hrp optiamamx 2 stroke. A mercury 20 hrp kicker with power trim and controls. Will sell sperate. Total package $30,000. $10,00 for 150 and $4000 for 20 hrp.

Both engines still have 1 yr warranty. Very low hours. Call 250-209-0707.

SELL YOUR CAR... FAST!

AFFORDABLE FAMILY housing in Port Hardy, 3 bdrm, new kitchen, new ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, NO PETS. Comes with F/S, W/D hook up, oil heat, $750.

For further information call 250-923-4145, 250-203-2708.

TOWNHOUSES

CARS

PORT HARDY- 3 bdrms, 3 bath townhome, $800+ utils.

Contact Roy Carlton at 250973-6000. Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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with a classiďŹ ed ad Call 310.3535

of the week.

Mariah McGraw of Port Alice was ready for her close-up during her hockey clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CBC TV taping last week.

J.R. Rardon

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Fair play Above: (l-r) Grade 6 Avalon students Alana Johnston, Abigail MacDonald and Stephanie Lacasse stand with their projects at the Avalon science fair last week.

Left: Arizona Stimpson showed how to create a rainbow using a light through water in a jar during the recent Eagle View Elementary School science fair in Port Hardy.

A Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Toole, Greg Murray

Annual Business Awards & Gala will take place in the

lost city of atlantis Dive in & join us on Saturday, April 13 @ 6:30pm Port Hardy Civic Centre $35 per diver - includes dinner

live music by Live auction with big ticket items

Jam shack araknids

Silent auction door prizes cash bar