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The beach at Eaglecrest is disappearing and Qualicum Beach will follow suit, says resident Jim Cross. A breakwater shaped like a hook at French Creek Marina may be to blame, said Cross, who has owned his property in Eaglecrest since 1987. “It was pretty much all sand on Eaglecrest (beach) in those days,” said Cross. He said he’s not satisfied by the responses he’s been getting to questions he has posed to the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “In 2008 we started to worry about the beach,” said Cross. “The sand was going away and more and more rocks were showing. But the dramatic change came a couple of years ago (when the hook-shaped breakwater was built).” Cross said sediment moves with the storms of the Strait of Georgia, generally coming from the southeast and pushing up Island. During those storms, “you can just watch the stuff (sediment) go by,” says Cross. “But as they kept changing the breakwater, we believe they changed the flow of sediment to the beach.” Cross started writing letters to marina management and the DFO a couple of years ago. While he has received some reports from the DFO about the marina and sediment flows, he said he has not been educated in relation to the reasoning for the construction of the hookshaped breakwater that he believes is causing Eaglecrest’s beach to disappear. See DFO DENIES, page A4
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CHIEFLY BLOOD: Phlebotomist Heather Kenny preps Parksville Fire Chief Doug Banks Tuesday afternoon at Parksville Community Centre as the chief gears up to donate blood in support of Canadian Blood Services’ Sirens for Life winter campaign, running until Jan. 31. To give blood, make an appointment on the CBS website: www.blood.ca.
PARKSVILLE MAYOR CALLS IT A ‘POSITIVE PROJECT’
Timmy’s to add seats and a patio AUREN RUVINSKY
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Parksville’s busy Tim Hortons is looking to double double its drivethru and add more seating. “This is a really good, positive project,” summed up mayor Chris Burger of council’s unanimous support Monday of a development permit application. With a long term lease on a a 1,200
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A 46 sq.m (500 sq.ft.) addition will be built on the front of the building, expanding seating from 51 to 85 plus an outdoor patio with 16 seats. Tim’s will also add a 16 sq.m (176 sq.ft.) walk-in freezer on the back of the existing building, which will be retained. See WORK WILL BE DONE, page A4
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