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Dave Lawrence, left, owner of That ’50s Barber Shop, sporting a handlebar Movember moustache, checks out the locks on El Martel, prostate cancer survivor who will be donating his hair to raise cash for prostate cancer research.
Razors tossed into trash for Movember BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM THE NEWS BULLETIN
Faces across the Harbour City are bristling with new moustaches this month as the annual Movember campaign kicks off. The charity movement has thousands of men across the globe tossing out razors at the start of November to begin a 30-day long effort to grow a ’stache. The event is all about sporting a mo’ to raise awareness and donations for prostate and testicular cancer research and in Nanaimo, men are taking up the challenge.
That ’50s Barber Shop owner Dave Lawrence was shaving off beards last week as men prepared for the contest and said the event seems to have just “blown up.” “It seems each year this movement gets bigger and bigger and more people take part in it,” he said. “It’s exciting at the end of the month to see so many guys with these little moustaches ... and the money being raised is ... staggering.” The Canadian Movember campaign raised $42.6 million in 2012 thanks to moustachioed men and their supporters. And while campaigners
are eager to raise the bar on donations, they are also enjoying the fun of growing a mo’ for a good cause. “There is a little bit of an embarrassment to it ... and I enjoy that side,” said Adam Hawryluk, president of the Young Professionals of Nanaimo. It also doesn’t take much to get involved in the fundraiser, he said. “In fact, it’s a lack of action that means you are involved. All you have to do is not shave.” This is Hawryluk’s fourth year in the contest and he said this time he is aiming to raise $2,500. ◆ See ‘FUN’ /9
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Ruttan, the majority of council is reserving judgement until Duke Point is announced as an official candidate for an incinerator – a declaration Metro Vancouver is expected to make BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM this month. THE NEWS BULLETIN Until then, he says council will collect information and Reserving judgement on a talk to people on all sides of the potential Duke Point garbage incinerator issue. incinerator is a “very good It is a process applauded by move” by city politicians, says the Nanaimo Chamber of Comthe interim CEO for the Greater merce, which urged council on Nanaimo Chamber of Com- Monday to give more considermerce. ation to the project Nanaimo city counbefore rezoning the cil opted against land or opposing taking an immediate community investstance on a proposed ment. To shut the Duke Point waste-todoor on an indusenergy incinerator trial project withduring an open meet- Investors, out further discusing Monday, despite sion would have options to oppose developers ... sent the wrong the project. message to other would start City officials called potential investors, for a report last July to take that said the chamber’s outlining ways they interim CEO Kim could eliminate the as a blanket Smythe. potential for a new statement. “The message $500-million garbage they would have incinerator at Duke Point and been sending [other potential the possible effects of that investors] is we don’t know decision. what the playing field is and This week city staff mem- we are willing to change or bers proposed options ranging move the goal post at any time from the municipality prohibit- depending on who the loudest ing the project through rezon- voice in the room is,” Smythe ing to declaring its opposition said. to Metro Vancouver. Council “Investors, developers – opted to receive the informa- whatever – would start to take tion. that as a blanket statement.” According to mayor John ◆ See ‘SUPPORT’ /8
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