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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Pre-race injury keeps Cowichan’s lone runner away from Boston Don Bodger
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he only known valley runner registered for the Boston Marathon, rocked by two explosions that killed three and wounded more than 175 Monday, did not participate in the race due to injury. David Vanderline, a member of the CeeVacs Road Runners, could not be reached for comment about the incident. But Vanderlinde’s neighbour Sabine Deininger Bell confirmed on the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial’s Facebook page he had intended to race in Boston, but couldn’t. “He is OK, as he Crystal Poland: didn’t go,’’ noted in Boston Deininger Bell. There was an estimated 30 Vancouver Island runners in the marathon. Loved ones and relatives were scrambling for information after news of the incident broke. Many of the injured coming into the finish at the time of the blasts around the four-hour mark were recreational runners. All of the top runners had long completed the race. The largest number of people, however, were gathered around the finish at that time, waiting for everyone to come in. Several of the injured people required amputations to their lower extremities from ball bearings and nails planted in the devices. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blasts. Investigators are in the early stages of determining what happened and don’t have any suspects yet. The race is popular with marathoners around the world and many runners from the Cowichan Valley have done it over the years. more on page 6 £
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Kaley Powell, 23, pulls a shot of espresso while working at Coffee on the Moon. She’s among a demographic having difficulty finding jobs in Cowichan — a situation a new pair of Cowichan job guides is aimed at correcting.
New job guide aimed at better connecting employers with youth Tyson Jones
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he Cowichan Valley has higher unemployment rates than the rest of British Columbia and younger generations are taking the brunt of employment challenges, according to the Community Options Society. But help may be on the way. The Employer-Youth Engagement Project led by Selena Martin of COS has assembled two employment guides created from surveys conducted in the valley. The goal of the guides is to identify and com-
bat barriers for youth employment in the valley. One guide targets youth, the other, possible employers. “We engaged in the project as a means to gather information as to what the barriers facing youth are,” Martin said. “We really wanted to create a tool that could be used, not just a bunch of information — the guides are something tangible and easy to read.” The project, completed at the end of March, says youths ages 15 to 24 face the greatest challenges obtaining jobs in the current market. While unemployment rates for B.C. average 6.3%, rates for southern coastal B.C. —which includes the Cowichan Valley Regional District —
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