GAZETTE NORTH ISLAND
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48th Year No. 37 THURS., SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
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Stoner hunt irks Coastal Nations
Black Press Port McNeill NHL player Clayton Stoner was legally licensed to hunt a grizzly bear in B.C. when he took a boar during a family hunting outing in May of this year. But his hunt generated controversy last week when the Coastal
First Nations released graphic photos of a bear’s discarded carcass in the Kwatna estuary as part of a documentary film designed to end bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. Other photos, published last week by the Vancouver Sun, show
Stoner posing with the severed head of a grizzly bear, and decked out in camouflage fatigues. The bear’s nickname was ‘Cheeky’, and it was being documented by filmmakers from Coastal First Nations (CFN). Last year, the CFN banned bear hunting
on its territories. The film was screened Sept. 4 at Telus World of Science. “I grew up hunting and fishing in British Columbia and continue
See page 4 ‘Stoner defends hunt’
• IN PLAIN SIGHT
Port Alice author to discuss new novel in book club event. Page 9
• A REAL BLAST
Men’s Open tourney goes down to playoff at Seven Hills. Page 13
Flower power
• IN MIDWEEK
Documentary follows carver’s pole from Fort Rupert to Argentina. Midweek, inside LETTERS Page 7 NORTH ISLAND LIFE Page 12 SPORTS Page 13 CLASSIFIEDS Page 17-19
Amarys Vose of Port McNeill is left wide-eyed by the winning sunflower entry in the Mount Waddington Regional Fall Fair Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill. See more fair J.R. Rardon coverage in North Island Life, page 12.
All’s cool with the pool — for now Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The local swimming pool is back up and running on its regular fall schedule after a leak was discovered and patched late last month. The pool schedule got off
to a late opening and closed for a weekend several days later while staff and investigators searched for the source of a leak that was causing hundreds of litres of water a day to drain from the nearly 40-year-old
facility. Eventually, a leak was discovered in an expansion joint of the pool’s shell and was patched with a special underwater silicone putty. “The next step now will be to wait and monitor to
see how well it works,” Port Hardy Recreation foreman Gord Wolden said. “We found a leak and we patched a leak, but we don’t know whether it’s THE leak.” Wolden said the pool was scheduled to reopen
NEW HOURS - CLOSED TUESDAYS
following the weekend inspection, whether or not the source of the mystery leak was determined. Following patching of the leak, staff committed to re-opening the pool for regular hours.
Sunday: 4pm - 8pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11am - 8pm Friday & Saturday: 11am - 8:30pm
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