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NDP LEADER VISITS PARKSVILLE
Victory predicted Adrian Dix pumps up faithful, local candidate JOHN HARDING
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NDP Leader Adrian Dix brought predictions of victory for both his party and local candidate Barry Avis when his big, orange bus made a brief campaign stop in Parksville on Thursday. “This seat right here in Parksville Qualicum is one of the most important seats in all of British Columbia,” said Dix. “We’ve got to make it happen together — Barry’s victory won’t MAY 14 just be Barry’s victory, it will be all of our victory.” Dix, as he did the last time he was in Parksville March 4, had nice things to say about the B.C. Liberals, both here and province-wide. “The Liberals have a good candidate running in this constituency (Michele Stilwell),” said Dix while surrounded by supporters — including local school board chair Lynette Kershaw — in the tight quarters of the Avis campaign office on the Island Highway in Parksville. “They have good candidates running across the province. They are good people. The premier is a good person — but this is a Liberal party that desperately needs some time in opposition.” Dix also spoke about his party’s platform in relation to education and skills training and other issues he said look more to the future than the policies of the B.C. Liberals.
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EARTH DAY: Kairos volunteers Juliana Ingrid Kratz, right, and Tess Cormack hand out free strawberry plants and other items at Earth Day celebrations in Qualicum Beach on Saturday. For more on Earth Day celebrations in parksville Qualicum Beach, please see pages A38 and A39.
REMEMBERING THE KOREAN WAR
Feigning death kept him alive
Qualicum Beach veteran flies to South Korea for tour of the republic NEIL HORNER news@pqbnews.com
War clouds are looming over the Korean peninsula as tensions rise to a fever pitch in that divided country. You would think it would be the last place on earth someone would want to go for a visit right now, but Lee Faulkner is going and he’s not concerned. He doesn’t think North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is
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going to go to war and besides, no matter what happens, it’s highly unlikely the situation would be worse than it was the first time he went. The Qualicum Beach resident jetted to South Korea on Saturday along with his wife, Alma as two of 36 invited guests who will join the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, on a tour of the Republic of Korea, from April 22 to 27. While in Korea, the group will participate in a number of ceremonies of remembrance, in Seoul, Gapyeong and Busan. See I AM GOING, page A5
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