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New Port Hardy clinic taking bids • AQUA CULTURE

‘Namgis chief to speak at international conference.

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Gazette staff PORT HARDY—The longawaited integrated health clinic promised for Port Hardy moved a step closer to reality last week when Island Health announced a Request for Proposals to construct a new, 4,700-square foot facility adjacent to Port Hardy hospital.

Meanwhile, Island Health is

consulting with Port Hardy-area First Nations, community leaders, physicians and other health care providers to review the preliminary design for a new medical clinic to be built adjacent to Port Hardy Hospital.

“The new Port Hardy medical clinic will help support the delivery of integrated health care to

residents of the Mount Waddington region and is a much-anticipated addition to the range of services available to the community,” said Health Minister Terry Lake.

The building, with a projected cost of $1.6 million, will include 14 patient/clinic rooms and provide space for physicians, nurse practitioners, allied and support

staff and visiting specialists to offer a range of services.

“This facility will provide a wellequipped clinic, help us attract and retain high-quality health care providers and reduce pressure on

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Kwakiutl ramp up protest

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—The Kwakiutl First Nation successfully used a one-day protest to interrupt a logging operation off Byng Road two weeks ago.

But when logging resumed on the disputed territory between Port Hardy and the Kwakiutl village of Tsaxis (Fort Rupert), the band stepped up its action.

Last week, the Kwakiutl set up a round-the-clock protest at one entrance to the worksite off Byng Road, demanding a meeting with officials from the province and from Island Timberlands, which has contracted the logging operation on what it sees as private land.

The Kwakiutl disagree, saying the land was never ceded and that the band retains title through the Douglas Treaty of 1851.

“The people decided on this action, and the chiefs and council supported their request,” band manager Norman Champagne said Monday, as the protest entered its seventh day.

Members of the Kwakiutl First Nation wave to a passing school bus while blocking a side road in protest of a logging operation off Byng Road Thursday. The round-the-clock protest entered its second week Tuesday.

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“It’s not a blockade, but it could move to that stage.”

Rotating groups of band members have taken shifts at the access road, at a site that includes a fire pit, folding camp chairs and

banners strung between nearby trees. Other banners adorn vehicles that block access to the road.

“It takes the citizens of Fort Rupert to stand up and come out,” said Lucille

Brotchie, and elder who was joined by Kodie Wilson, Patrick Johnny and Ernie Price at the site Thursday afternoon.

The quartet waved as passing motorists honked

and returned waves of support, and vowed to maintain their occupation of the

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Cranmer to talk fish

Kwakiutl band members Patrick Johnny, Ernie Price, Lucille Brotchie and Kodie Wilson take a shift at a logging access road to protest a logging operation Thursday off Byng Road near Port Hardy.

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Court ruling appealed from page 1 site until the government and logging company agree to a meeting.

The Kwakiutl maintain the land in question falls under a survey drafted as part of the Douglas treaty between the First Nation and the crown in the mid-19th century, before Canadian federation. The band maintains it has never extinguished its title rights since the signing of that treaty, and objects to the claim on the property by Island Timberland, which purchased the land

under a private designation bestowed by the province in legislation approved in 2007-08, said Champagne.

“The Kwakiutl had unextinguished title to those lands,” he said.

“It’s what I call a highly toxic accumulation of abuses of our rights under the treaty.”

Last year, a provincial court provided a mixed ruling to a lawsuit brought by the Kwakiutl against timber operations

by Western Forest Products. On the one hand, it did not stop the harvest, but on the other it upheld the

Kwakiutl claim under the Douglas Treaty and called on the province to consult with the band on any further private action on the unceded territories.

The province, however, has appealed the ruling, which Champagne admits makes it difficult for the band to force a meeting with government officials.

“At the core of it is implementation of the court ruling,” he said.

“It’s so frustrating on our part. I’ve been out to the (protest) site myself. It’s exhausting, and it’s disappointing.”

Gazette staff Chief Bill Cranmer of the ‘Namgis First Nation will be a featured presenter at an international conference on closed-containment aquaculture in New Brunswick this April.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and The Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute (TCFFI) will jointly host an Atlantic Salmon Closed-Containment Workshop Apr. 29 and 30 at ASF’s headquarters near St. Andrews, NB. It’s the second such conference held at ASF that brings participants together to hear presentations and discuss the technology and operation of this increasingly-popular method of farming fish.

Cranmer will discuss the ‘Namgis First Nation-owned Kuterra ClosedContainment Project, located just south of Port McNeill. It is the first of its kind dedicated to growing

Chief Bill Cranmer performs a blessing song at the site of the ‘Namgis-owned closed-containment fish farm project in J.R. Rardon February 2013.

Atlantic salmon on harvest. land. Ground was broThere will also ken on the site in 2012 be further updates and the first smolts on several ongoing entered the facility in closed-containment March of 2013. That projects including precohort of fish has since sentations from Steve been transferred to one Summerfelt, from The of the facility’s large Conservation Fund grow-out tanks and Freshwater Institute in will soon be ready for West Virginia.

“We will have expertise in all aspects of land-based, closed containment systems from start-up costs and construction, fish health and welfare, organic and sustainability rankings, to marketing and promotion of the final product,” says Jonathan Carr, ASF’s Executive Director of Research and Environment. “We’ll also be talking with suppliers and marketing experts including representatives from Sobeys and Loblaws.”

Government representatives with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have also been invited to attend the two-day conference, along with industry representatives who have a strong interest in closed-containment aquaculture.

Conference participants will also be provided with the opportunity to sample Atlantic salmon grown in a land-based, closed containment facility.

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Preaching to the choir

Rev. Wade Allen addresses parents and children interested in forming a Wild Heart Music youth choir during an exploratory meeting Monday at St. Columba Anglican United Church in Port Hardy.

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from page 1 our hospital emergency department,” said Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham.

“Most importantly, the new facility combined with our innovative model of rural health care delivery will go a long way toward improving the health and well-being of our North Island residents,” she said.

A Request For Proposals for a qualified general contractor to act as construction manager for the project is posted on the BC Bid website, www.bcbid. gov.bc.ca (Document number: 13DCNI24 RFP CM). Proposals

will be received up to 2 p.m., Feb. 13.

The preliminary design for the clinic calls for a 437 square metre (4,700 square feet), single-level building on the northern side of the Port Hardy Hospital property.

Construction of a new facility is preferred over an option that had been considered to add modular units to the existing Port Hardy Medical Clinic on Thunderbird Way. The new building can be constructed without disrupting functions at the existing medical clinic and allow for close proximity to the

hospital for clinicians.

It will also allow for expansion to include integrated community services for the region.

“The clinic supports our goal of providing integrated primary care to Mount Waddington residents,” said Alison Mitchell, Senior Manager for Rural Health Services in Mount Waddington.

“This approach allows patients to access a range of services in one location and promotes increased collaboration among multi-disciplinary care providers.”

Nurse practitioner Chaundra Willms is looking forward to working in the new

facility which will facilitate collaboration and communication among the clinic team and community partners. “The design indicates more space for health care providers and patients, as well as allowing greater opportunities to welcome students and visiting specialists,” she said.

The design process is expected to be completed by late February, followed by a traditional First Nations blessing ceremony before construction begins in April. The building is projected to be completed in September 2014.

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Dr. Granger Avery retires after 40 years on the North Island After a humble beginning in 1974 on the waterfront in Port McNeill, the time has come for me to step back from active practice in Port McNeill.

I would like to thank my staff in the clinic, present and past, who have been exemplary in their service to the people of the North Island and to the hundreds of doctors, residents and students that have passed through our doors over the last 40 years. You have created a safe, welcoming and professional environment for people in need of medical care.

Since 1980, the Port McNeill medical practice has been an important part of the learning of students and residents. The hundreds of bright young minds that have become involved in rural medicine over this time is a tribute to our community’s engagement and tolerance, and I thank you very much for this. These erstwhile students are now working, scattered widely across BC, and have often acknowledged the welcome and the training they received in Port NcNeill.

In the days before there was a highway, people requiring hospital care had to travel by boat to Alert Bay; but since 1978 we have had a hospital in Port McNeill. We have developed a really cohesive and effective team in the hospital and the community, and I don’t believe that there is a kinder nor more effective hospital of our size in BC. I thank all of the hospital staff, administrative staff and the ambulance personnel, for fully backing this approach to providing health care in a rural setting with few resources.

My provincial work of 25 years to support health care in rural BC has been very productive and interesting, although time consuming. I thank all of the excellent staff at the Doctors of BC (BCMA) who have supported this, as well as my staff at the Rural Co-ordination Centre of BC. I also thank those of you who I missed supporting medically because of this work.

It is, of course, with very mixed feelings that I retire from active practice in the clinic and the hospital, but I have every faith that my last two recruits, Dr. Armogam and Dr. Whittaker each diligent, hard-working and knowledgeable, will build upon the work that has been started, and continued by so many.

Most importantly, I would like to thank my patients and friends for whom it has been a pleasure and an honour to serve as your physician.

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Hardy council hears Eagle View delegation Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Staff and students from Eagle View Elementary School packed Council chambers last week, the first of several delegations to appear before Port Hardy Council at its Jan. 28 meeting.

Teachers Sean Barfoot and Michelle Sedola explained they were seeking approval to develop an interpretative trail alongside Tsulquate River, adjacent to the school.

As stated in the pair’s proposal, “The land is owned by the District of Port Hardy and currently has several unofficial paths through the green space. The proposed area is within the newly paved Huddlestan Loop trails and essentially is reactivating an existing path.”

The project is part of a Masters of Education project for the pair, who hope the trail will provide the ideal setting for outdoor exploration and education for the students while at the same time strengthening partnerships between the school and the community.

Council heard that much of the trail requires only raking and pruning, but noted they would be seeking an in-kind donation of a danger tree assessment.

The councillors thanked the pair for their presentation and promised to forward the proposal to the Operational Services Committee for review.

Council Meeting Port Hardy former military servicemen and women.

Primarily, the organization focusses on raising awareness of and supporting sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Five of the six runners, led by Allan Kobayashi, are retired servicemen themselves. The sixth is Steve Kobayashi, Allan’s brother, who joins the team in support of his PTSDaffected sibling.

Hellberg told the councillors an event was planned for 7 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Legion as a sendoff for the runners. The next morning, the run kicks off at 6 a.m. as the runners set off for Sayward.

Hellberg requested council presence at these events and the donation of a Port Hardy flag to the team.

Deputy Mayor Jessie Hemphill suggested the event could be publicized on the District website while coun. Rick Marcotte suggested using the arena sign for the same purpose.

The deputy mayor thanked Hellberg for his presentation and commented that the Legion, “always do great work.”

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Wounded warrior Russ Hellberg came before council to invite representatives to support the Wounded Warrior Run, which begins in Port Hardy Feb. 16.

The run, hosted locally by the Legion and the 101 Squadron, will leave from Carrot Park bound for Victoria in a sixday, 600-km relay in support of therapeutic projects for

RCMP and PHFD Cpl. Brett Sinden brought councillors up to date with the local RCMP detachment’s quarterly report.

Overall, the detachment reported a slight decrease in files, with 873 from Oct.- Dec. 2013 compared to 887 in the same period of 2012.

Cpl. Sinden reported success with the local strategic objective of tackling substance abuse and drug trafficking. “Our chronic social offender program is working very well,” he said.

“Most are doing quite well compared to pre-

vious years.”

On another positive note, Cpl. Sinden informed council that the detachment was currently fully staffed. “I’ve been here for two and a half years now, and we’re fully staffed for the first time.”

He explained that the management team at the local detachment had pushed for a more balanced complement of experienced and new officers and the new makeup of the members reflected this balance.

The corporal was questioned on the one dramatic rise in his report, a jump from a single Breach of the Peace in 2012 to 20 in 2013. Cpl. Sinden explained that the

2013. The calls represented $130,000 in losses to fire and over $95,000 in saved property council heard.

Overall, membership numbers have dipped slightly with the department losing five members and gaining three for a total of 30 members.

The PHVFD were involved with a number of community events late last year, with members assisting with the Halloween fireworks display, Remembrance Day events, the Santa parade and hamper deliveries among others.

The deputy mayor and council thanked both for their presentations and efforts.

Eagle View students pose with deputy mayor Jessie Hemphill after teachers Michelle Sedola and Sean Barfoot submit a proposal to Port Hardy Council.

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What cost labour peace?

Last week, a B.C. Supreme Court justice gave the provincial government a failing grade for its handling of negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. For good measure, she then took a ruler to its knuckles.

The teachers, predictably, celebrated the decision. The government, just as predictably, appealed it.

The decision by Justice Susan Griffin, with its damning claim that the Liberal government purposely tried to force a teachers’ strike for political gain, is clearly not the end of the teachers’ battle for bargaining justice. It is, rather, just another shot over the rampart of a government that seems content to hunker down and let the union stew in its siege lines.

Both sides are quick to assert they are motivated by the desire to provide a long-term benefit to B.C.’s students.

For the teachers this seems to mean more resources; for the government it means not bleeding away the treasury on “exorbitant” labour costs.

The extra resources to shrink class size and boost staffing would also benefit the BCTF membership, of course.

Withholding those funds, on the other hand, gives the government a better shot at rolling out election-year gifts to voters or, at the minimum, selling the party as responsible stewards of the public purse.

Meanwhile, that purse apparently contains little more than lint and crumpled gum wrappers. Education Minister Peter Fassbender turned out his pockets Tuesday to announce the government’s appeal, claiming Griffin’s ruling could cost taxpayers $1 billion.

Frankly, we’re beginning to wonder what we’re paying for this constant arming of lawyers who are marched off to repel the union. The government may have the P.R. machinery to turn the public against the teachers, but the longer this goes on, the less likely that anyone “wins”.

Call an armistice. Sit at the table. Seek a solution.

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End this bloody B.C. school war VICTORIA – There are two reasons why the B.C. government must appeal the latest court ruling that damns its conduct, assesses damages of $2 million plus lawyer bills and appears to hand the B.C. Teachers’ Federation the keys to the treasury.

The first is practical politics. The legislature reopens Feb. 11, and an appeal will give rookie Education Minister Peter Fassbender the cover he will need during the daily 30 minutes of sniper fire that is Question Period.

Rise. “It’s before the courts, Madam Speaker.”

Sit. The second reason is practical economics. The 2014 budget has gone to press.

Government lawyers told the court that retroactively returning to 2001 classroom rules could cost $500m.

This union victory began when the Supreme Court of Canada invented a constitutional right to collective bargaining in 2007, based

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on “freedom of association” in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The BCTF is piggybacking on that landmark decision, in favour of the Hospital Employees’ Union.

That one was settled for $85 million.

In case there are parents and taxpayers who still believe that all would be calm had the NDP won the 2013 election, allow me to put that to rest.

NDP leader Adrian Dix took to his Facebook page

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Wild Heart Music was without a director for only 20 minutes in Port McNeill. And now it appears there’s interest in a Port Hardy choir.

With the Kwakiutl First Nation and a private logging company in a standoff, the B.C. government remains stuck on the sidelines.

a couple of days after last week’s ruling, joining calls for an apology from Premier Christy Clark. Within minutes, Dix received this caustic response from Tara Ehrcke, president of the Greater Victoria teachers’ union.

“But where was the NDP during the election campaign?” Ehrcke asked Dix. “You committed a measly $100 million – a third of what it will take to restore class sizes and less than the [NDP] platform in 2009, and only pocket change more than the Liberals’ Learning Improvement Fund of $75 million.”

Note the mindset of this prominent member of the radical fringe that controls the BCTF. “A measly $100 million.” An extra $25 million? “Pocket change.” This is the same union boss who demanded that hundreds of teachers be hired this week, and classes be reorganized in the middle of the school year to make them smaller A member of

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by one or two students.

Parents and students would endure yet another major disruption of the public school system.

And who needs an increase in rural ambulance service or drug and alcohol treatment for street kids. Let’s get those teacher-librarians back in schools, and slightly reduce class sizes to offset declining enrolment!

No government can let its unions control their own payroll, just as no private company can. That goes double for this union, which had its own obvious role in provoking an illegal strike in 2012. It made outrageous benefit demands and cancelled extra-curriculars for months before it even specified its wage demand.

Bargaining, if you can call it that, resumes this week.

Both sides need to cease fire.

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Report wolf sightings Ban flavoured

Dear editor, Early last night (Feb 3) a couple residents of Beaver Harbour, near Chatham Road, heard a dog yelping down their street, like it was being attacked. Shortly thereafter they witnessed what looked like a lone wolf fleeing the same area. The dog was located and had sustained injuries, though non-life threatening. The attack occurred inside an open carport. Local RCMP attended and conducted several patrols in the general area to ensure public safety.

Again this morning, Feb 4, the Conservation Officer Service (COS) were alerted by witnesses in the vicinity of Avalon Academy School, along Byng Road, Port Hardy, that a lone wolf was sighted walking in the general area of the school

"Any sightings of the wolf currently occupying the Fort Rupert/Beaver Harbour area, should be immediately reported to the COS, which will greatly assist them in tracking the animal's movements" grounds and neighbouring residences.

A couple hours later, the COS received yet another confirmed sighting of a wolf chasing two dogs across Byng Road near the Schoolhouse corner store. One of the dogs was a black lab; the dogs escaped without injury.

A Conservation Officer responded this morning and is presently on scene.

A few points in the interest of public safety: •It is not normal for

wolves to attack or show interest in humans; •Problems can occur if the wolf becomes conditioned to people directly associated to human food; •If people have an encounter with a wolf, they are not to turn and run, but should maintain their ground, make themselves appear large, never take their eyes off animal, pick up stick or rock, and yell at the animal to alert it to the fact you are a human and not easy prey. Slowly walk

away backwards from the area; •Immediately report the encounter to the (24/7 RAPP phone number-# 1-877-952-7277), or local RCMP detachment; •Any sightings of the wolf currently occupying the Fort Rupert/ Beaver Harbour area, should be immediately reported to the COS, which will greatly assist them in tracking the animals movements, and the potential destruction of the offending animal; • Keep pets under control on a leash, especially dogs, as this wolf has shown an interest in them; •Young children should never be left unsupervised while outside.

Kind regards, James Hilgemann Conservation Officer

tobacco in B.C.

Dear editor, To kick-off National NonSmoking Week, the Canadian Cancer Society, B.C. and Yukon, is calling on the provincial government to ban all flavoured tobacco products now in order to reduce the number of tobacco related deaths in B.C. When it comes to flavoured tobacco products there are three important facts. Most people start smoking when they are young, more than half of youth who smoke use flavoured products, and recent polling shows 81 per cent of B.C. youth ages 15-18 want to ban all fruit and candy flavoured tobacco products.

Knowing this, the solution is clear; to reduce youth smoking, we need the B.C. provincial government to take action by banning flavoured tobacco.

Flavoured tobacco products are specifically engineered to attract new youth smokers with their child-like bright coloured packaging and candy flavours. Prohibiting the sale of flavoured tobacco products is a policy that will help reduce tobacco use and reduce cancer incidence. It is a policy 76 per cent of all British Columbians (ages 15+) support.

I encourage all residents of B.C. to write or email their MLA and the B.C. Health Minister, urging them to create a provincial ban on all flavours of all types of tobacco products as soon as possible.

Sincerely, Nancy Falconer, MSc. Regional Health Promotion Coordinator Canadian Cancer Society, Vancouver Island Region

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Fostering goodwill Here’s my rave to all the North Island foster parents who year after year commit tirelessly to caring for children in our community who need extra attention when they are away from their families.

This kind of dedication is often done quietly and goes unnoticed.

We thank you and appreciate all that you do!!

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NIC workshop cultivates local harvesters Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Local food producers and harvesters interested in marketing or sharing their products are invited to register for a free, two-day workshop on Good Agriculture and Collection Practices Feb.

19-20.

The workshop, to be held at North Island College’s Port Hardy campus, is funded through the joint federal-provincial Growing Forward 2 initiative.

Those who complete the GACP workshop will

t o H s t o Sp February 8 Free Open House and Family Day Dance, Port Alice Community Centre. Old-fashioned family fun with games, crafts, sports and more, 2-5 p.m. Everyone welcome; children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent. Dance to follow in the gym, 6-9:30 p.m.

February 12 Triport Dragon Boat Society AGM, NISS multipurpose room, 7:30p.m. Anyone interested in joining the crews on the water should come and see what's in store for the new season.

February 14 Treat your special Valentine to dinner and movie, courtesy of Tia’s Café and Gate House Community Theatre, Port McNeill. 5:30 p.m. dinner at Tia’s followed by showing of Hitch, 7 p.m. at the theatre. Tickets $50 per couple;

qualify for enrolment in the GACP program.

The workshop will help participants prove they produce or collect food safely; evaluate risks to food safety; and do GACP with limited paperwork. Topics covered include help-

dinner seating limited so act early. Movie also open to those who do not attend dinner. Tickets available at Tia’s Café; FMI gatehouseca.org.

February 15 Avalon Adventist Junior Academy invites all to its performance of Avalon's Got Talent, 6 p.m. Variety show, dessert bar by donation. For more info, call 250-9498243.

February 16 Hotdog and hamburger sale, 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. hosted by the Hardy Bay Seniors, 9150 Granville St. February 16 Bottle drive fundraiser by Eagle View grade 5/6 students, collecting for their ski trip. Bottles can also be dropped at the Return-it centre in Port Hardy.

February 21 Watch an inspirational movie based on an international best-seller before it comes out on DVD at PH Baptist Church (6950 Highland Drive), 7 p.m. This movie is meant for adults and teens. $2 per person (includes popcorn). Concession with pop, chips and chocolate bars ($1 ea). FMI: www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca February 21-22 Port McNeill Figure Skating Club hosts its biennial Ice Carnival at Chilton Regional Arena. Shows at 7 p.m.

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February 22 North Island Concert Society presents Ken Lavigne, original Canadian Tenor, in its annual dinner show, Port Hardy Civic Centre. Doors open 5:30 p.m., dinner 6 p.m., music at 7:30. Additional dinner music provided by North Island Community Band. Tickets $45, available in advance at Cafe Guido and Port Hardy Museum in Port Hardy, at The Flower Shoppe in Port McNeill and in Port Alice by calling Gail Neely, 250-284-3927.

February 22 Women’s Wellness Gathering 2014 at T’lisalagi’lakw School, Alert Bay. Daylong series of interactive workshops covering fitness, nutrition, meditation and yoga with guest instructors. All ages welcome; $60 per person before Feb. 15, $80 afterward. FMI or to register: 1-514708-8685 or email jessicabarudin@gmail.com.

February 22 & March 1 Word Level 1 course at North Island College, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.. Call 250-949-7912 to register or for more info.

February 26 Mount Waddington Health Network hosts its 2014 Health Forum, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Port McNeill Lions Hall. Booth setup 9-10 a.m.; Health Network elections held during lunch. To register or reserve a booth, contact Bettina at 250-902-6090 or bettina.knopp@viha.ca.

February 27 Speaker’s Corner series, 7 p.m., St. John Gualbert (A-Frame) Church, Port McNeill. Activist Alexandra Morton will speak on salmon and the environment. No admission fee required; donations accepted.

March 8 Free concert by the folk duo of Sussana Hill and David Freeman, 7 p.m., Gate House Community Theatre, Port McNeill. All ages, no donations requested. Info, gatehouseca.org.

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• Games Day first Sunday of each month, 3-5 p.m., Coal Harbour Activity Centre. Bring a friend. Free. FMI 250-949-0575.

• PH Lions Club Bingo every Thursday. Doors open at 5:30pm.

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Cook seeks recipe to preserve wild salmon J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Randy Cook of Alert Bay kicked off the 2014 schedule of the Speaker’s Corner series last week with both a cautionary tale and a plea for cooperation to preserve the environment and its bounty for future generations.

Cook spoke to a small audience at St. John Gualbert Church last Thursday night in the latest in the series of public discussions, started last year to promote the spiritual and economic well-being of the North Island’s communities.

Cook’s presentation, which included a slideshow of photos showing seine fishing by an Alert Bay crew in North Island waters, was centred on salmon and its place in First Nations culture in B.C. But he ranged far afield, tying together environmental, socioeconomic and political factors that will steer the future for residents both locally and beyond.

“We realize the only way we can sustain anything is by working with all communities,” Cook said. “We all have a vested economic interest, but it seems everything leads

Randy Cook, left, chats with Craig Murray before his Speaker’s Corner presentation at St. John Gualbert Church in January.

J.R. Rardon to economics and the question, ‘How can environment pays for we keep (the resource) here?,’” he said. everything.

“But there’s no return “Instead, it’s ‘I want this much and you want to the environment.”

Cook painted a bleak that much.’ There’s picture of the loss never a common bond of salmon as both a saying, ‘How can we food source and cer- make sure future genemonial touchstone erations have this?’”

Descended from a for local First Nations bands, citing a dimin- lineage that includes ished local fishing fleet Alaska and B.C. Native and the loss of salm- and European anceson stocks in formerly tors, Cook began life rich grounds like the on the North Island and later moved to Victoria, Nimpkish River.

A solution to the where he worked shortfall remains elu- at the Royal British sive due to the mul- Columbia Museum. titude of causes for There, he was instruthe decline. And, he mental in changing the says, those ostensibly Aboriginal exhibits tasked with seeking from backward-lookthe answers are often ing, historical set-piecfound to be asking the es to interactive, living exhibits reflecting wrong questions.

“Sooner or later, a thriving culture still we’ve got to ask the tied to the land and

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Since returning to the North Island several years ago, Cook has devoted himself to strengthening those cultural ties through salmon, working to train new fishermen that can provide the community with both food for elders and fish for big house ceremonies.

All the while, making education a cornerstone for future generations.

“We’re trying to educate our young people to work with everyone,” he told the audience.

“It’s all our problem; it’s not a First Nations problem and it’s not a non-First Nations problem. It’s everybody’s problem, because it will impact all of us down the road.”

Cook’s presentation was followed by the documentary film Salmon Confidential, a controversial but sobering look at the work of activist Alexandra Morton’s efforts to shine the light on salmon farming and the risks it imposes on wild stocks.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014 Doors open 5:30, Dinner 6:00, Show at 7:30 pm Tickets $45.00 • ADVANCE SALES ONLY. Available at Café Guido, Port Hardy Museum, Port McNeill Flower Shoppe, or Gail Neely in Port Alice, NO TICKET SALES AT THE DOOR. ALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE For further information please call 250-949-7778 www.niconcert.ca

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February 7 Men’s hockey A League: Bulls at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Warriors, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 8 Rep hockey Playoffs: North Island Eagles peewees host Campbell River, 1 p.m., Port McNeill; Eagles midgets host Alberni Valley, 1:45 p.m., Port Alice; Eagles bantams host Alberni Valley, 2 p.m., Port Hardy.

Men’s hockey A League: Islanders at Warriors, 4:45 p.m., Port Hardy. B League: Smokers vs. Rookies, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 9 Rep hockey North Island Eagles midgets host Comox Valley, 11:30 a.m., Port Hardy.

Men’s hockey A League: Bulls at Mustangs, 5:30 p.m., Port McNeill. B League: Rookies vs.

Whalers, 7 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 11 Youth soccer Port Hardy Youth Soccer AGM, 7 p.m., Eagle View Elementary School.

February 14 Men’s hockey A League: Mustangs at Bulls, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy; Islanders at Warriors, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 14-16 Curling Broughton Curling Club’s mixed open bonspiel, Port McNeill. Draw times tba. Lounge, concession, Saturday dinner for participants.

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February 15 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Victoria Racquet Club, 4:30 p.m., Port McNeill.

Left: Bryce Noel of Port Hardy gets a running start before releasing a stone during a joint curling outing by members of the Port Hardy and Port McNeill minor hockey associations at Fort Rupert Curling Club. Right: Parker Cesaretti gives his full attention to J.R. Rardon lining up a shot at the fun day.

Atoms rock the house at fun day J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— Atom players from the Port Hardy and Port McNeill minor hockey associations put aside their on-ice rivalry Sunday to spend a couple hours in camaraderie.

Right back on the ice.

More than a dozen players — and several more younger siblings — grabbed sliders and brooms and tried their hand at curling during an event at Fort Rupert Curling Club in Storey’s Beach. The day was the brainchild of Port Hardy “hockey moms” Nicole Handley and Janet Cesaretti.

“Janet’s kids and our kids have been out to (the curling club) a few times this

year,” said Handley.

“We started thinking about inviting the kids after Christmas.

When we went to a (hockey) tournament in Nanaimo a few of the Port McNeill kids came with us, and it just snowballed from there.”

Parents from both

associations hope Sunday’s fun event, which included a pot luck lunch, can be part of an eventual resurrection of a junior curling program at North Island clubs.

Cesaretti said she was interested in getting her sons, Carson and Parker, involved in

curling, and would be willing to help with the formation of a junior program beginning this fall.

Port McNeill’s Jennie-Lynn Noël, who curls at Broughton Curling Club, brought daughter Chelsea to Sunday’s event and said she, too, would

consider getting involved depending on her schedule.

“When I was growing up in Holberg, we used to go to Port Alice (Curling Club) and curl there,” said Noël. “Port McNeill had a very active junior program, too.”

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Club is tentatively planning a junior event, possibly for March, that could include a mini, fourend bonspiel for players in grades six through 12. Stay tuned to the Gazette and Broughton Curling Club’s Facebook page for details.

Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Following an introductory meeting last month, the push to bring the Special Olympics BC program to the North Island will continue next week.

C o m m u n i t y Development Manager Bobby Debrone will return to Port Hardy for a pair of meetings aimed at bringing the goal of a Mount Waddington chapter

closer.

On Feb. 17 those who have expressed an interest in executive positions are asked to come out to the Civic Centre’s boardroom for a 6 p.m. meeting. There, Debrone and local coordinator Anita Brennan will host a session outlining executive roles and responsibilities.

Those attending are reminded to bring their paperwork along to the

meeting, both police clearance and registration forms.

The following evening, Feb. 18, an athlete information session will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Civic Centre’s Island Copper Room. Registration and medical forms will be on hand and potential coaches are invited to attend and meet with prospective athletes, caregivers and parents.

Like executive members, coaches should bring competed paperwork. Special Olympic BC policy requires all forms to be completed before progressing with training or coaching.

As an initial offering, proponents want to offer swimming and five-pin bowling to athletes aged eight and older, while those between two and six years old can take part

in the SOBC’s Active Start program.

Since 1980, SOBC has strived to provide individuals with intellectual disabilities opportunities to enrich their lives and celebrate personal achievement through positive sport experiences.

Athletes compete in one or more of the program’s 18 sports, training for regular local and regional competitions which can lead

to national and international events.

These programs rely on local volunteers stepping up to get involved with administration and coaching, training and certification, which is provided with the support of SOBC. For more information on the local chapter, check out Special Olympics BCMt. Waddington on Facebook.

Left: Zachary Noel loses his footing while Kreston Wilson continues sweeping. Right: Xander Rutherford of Port McNeill shoves off with his two-handed form.

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Left: Port McNeill goalie James Bramham gets down to stop a shot during the playoff game against Port Hardy in last weekend's house bantam tourney at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

Right: Port Hardy's Trey Morash puts a hit in on Port McNeill's Calib Allen.

Below: Clayton McDonald fires in Port Hardy's second under pressure from Cecelia Bosma.

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Local bantams face off in Hardy playoffs Gazette staff PORT HARDY— As the Seahawks and Broncos took to the field on Super Bowl Sunday, another onesided game was wrapping up in the final of the Port Hardy bantam tourney as the Bri Security Lakers swept aside the Comox Valley Pedros 8-1.

The playoffs began with a much more competitive game however, as the hosts took on Port McNeill in the seventh-place final.

A pair of late goals for the home side padded a 6-2 scoreline in a flowing end-to-end game that saw both sides get into late penalty trouble.

Port Hardy jumped out to a 4-0 lead before a pair of strikes from Kristopher Jolliffe sparked hope of a Port McNeill comeback.

Jake Heller got the home side started in the first period, skating in from the right to fire home from the slot.

A Clayton McDonald wrist shot from the left circle gave the home side a two-goal lead just before the buzzer.

At the other end, Port McNeill fashioned plenty of chances of their own, and the home side had goalie Nigel Walkus to thank for keeping the visitors blank for so long.

A pair of back-toback strikes for the home side stretched their lead early in the second. Heller doubled his tally with a shot from the right and, 40 seconds later,

a speculative Hunter Ballantyne shot from long range slithered past McNeill netminder James Bramham.

Jolliffe, whose snaking runs at the defence looked dangerous throughout, got Port

McNeill on the board soon after, his longrange slap shot flying over the stick of Walkus and into the net.

Five minutes later, Jolliffe struck again, skating right to left

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As the visitors pressed forward with the momentum, the home side got several breakaway chances with Bramham doing

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Just a minute into the third tensions boiled over and, when the dust settled from an on-ice scuffle, Port Hardy’s Patrick Traverse was sent packing and both sides had a player in the box.

Port Hardy was able to ride out the major thanks to some fine defence, but the two sides were only back to full strength for ten seconds before Port McNeill’s Jolliffe was called for a major.

The home side took advantage of the advantage — and their luck — as Justin Speck saw his shot deflect off the pads of Bramham and trickle in before the keeper could turn and cover the puck. Thirty seconds later, Brandon Tobin fired in from the slot to put the home

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Reps return home in playoffs Hickes sign-up on tap Gazette staff The North Island Eagles rep bantams qualified for the second round of the Vancouver Island Tier 3 playoffs and the association’s other two teams kept their chances alive as the playoffs opened last weekend.

All three teams — midget, bantam and peewee — traveled for the opening round, and all three return to host home games this weekend in North Island arenas.

Bantams 4, Juan de Fuca 2 Cameron Grant scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the second period, as the Eagles bounced back from an early deficit.

Grant’s first goal, an unassisted tally with 28 seconds left in the opening period, tied the contest 1-1. Josh Walkus followed with another unassisted goal at 7:05 of the second to put the Eagles up 2-1. The host Grizzlies responded tied the score again at 14:10 of the second, but Grant converted off assists from Walkus and Nathan Sandeman at 17:34 to give the bantams the lead for good.

Kenton Browne added an insurance score at 10:31 of the third, with an assist from Sandeman. Nyck Ruel nailed down the win in goal.

Juan de Fuca was eliminated from the Tier 3 North division roundrobin the following day in a 10-1 loss at Port Alberni. The Eagles will host Alberni Valley Saturday at 2 p.m. in Port Hardy in a game to determine the No. 1 and 2 seeds from the North into the Island semifinals.

On their way home Sunday, the bantams stopped off in Comox and posted a 3-2 exhibition win over the Chiefs B team. Walkus got the game-winner, snapping a 2-2 tie at 11:39 of the final period. Grant and Tanner Roberts also got goals in the contest, Emma Mitchell and Jake Grinnell collected assists, and Ruel snared his second straight win.

Midgets split Tyren Dustin and Riley Heemels scored two goals each and George Walkus scored his first goal of the season Saturday as the Eagles midgets kicked off the postseason with

a 9-2 romp at Juan de Fuca.

The midgets finished with a 1-1 record for the weekend after letting an early lead slip away in a 7-3 loss to Cowichan Valley.

Darryl Coon Jr., Tyson Cadwallader, David Shaw and Thomas Coon also scored in Saturday’s win. Darryl Coon had two assists and Dustin, Malcolm Browne, Thomas Symons, Alex Scott and Brandon Purdey each had a helper in the win.

On Sunday, Brett Walker’s first-period goal staked the Eagles to the early lead, but Cowichan Valley stormed back with four straight goals to take control. Goals by Darryl Coon and Heemels over the final two periods brought the midgets within 5-3 with 7:24 remaining, but the host Capitals pulled away with two late scores.

Dustin had two assists and Scott and Purdey contributed one each.

Drake Baron and Troy Cadwell shared goaltending duties on the weekend.

The midgets play two more this week, hosting Alberni Valley Saturday at 1:45 p.m. in

Port Alice and Comox Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in Port Hardy.

Peewees, Alberni draw Carson Strang scored a hat trick and line mate Clayton Bono added two goals as the Eagles peewees charged from behind to earn a 5-5 tie at Port Alberni Sunday.

The Eagles fought back from deficits of 3-1 and 5-3, and Michael McLaughlin used a strong finish to earn the draw in goal. The teams was hampered by 26 minutes in penalties.

“Our guys did a real good job of keeping Alberni in their zone by playing an aggressive forecheck and our defence held the line when they had to,” peewee coach Marty Gage said.

That was something Campbell River could not manage Saturday as Alberni Valley steamrolled the Tyees in the first game of the roundrobin Tier 3 North, 9-1.

The Eagles will now host Campbell River Saturday at 1 p.m. in Port McNeill, and can advance to the Vancouver Island Tier 3 semifinals with a win or a tie.

Mustangs top Islanders

Gazette staff PORT ALICE—Four straight goals over the final 15 minutes turned a see-saw game into a runaway as the Port McNeill Mustangs skated off with an 8-5 win over the host Neucel Islanders in men’s commercial hockey league play at Doug Bondue Arena.

Chris Dutcyvich posted a hat trick — including the final two insurance goals — as the Mustangs rallied from behind in the second period. Until the late flurry, neither team had scored more than two consecutive goals or led by more than one in the high-scoring matchup.

Graham McKay’s wrist shot from the circle at 4:23 of the final period had given the host Islanders their fourth and final lead at

The Mustangs’ John Murgatroyd (19) fires a shot at Islanders goalie Adam Hall Friday J.R. Rardon in Port Alice. win in net.

5-4.

Gage finished with But Marty Gage converted a point-blank two goals, Tom Cessford rebound of Glenn added a goal and Al Moore’s point shot on Rushton had a goal the power play to tie and chipped in three it at 5:24, and John assists as the Mustangs Murgatroyd followed avenged a 4-3 loss to with the game-winner the Islanders in their last from the left circle at visit to Port Alice, just before Christmas.

6:11.

Eric Kennelly notched Mustangs goalie Bob Wells, touched for five a pair of goals and goals in the first 25 min- Carter McKay and Jason utes, was impervious the Hodson each found the rest of the way to get the net for the host club.

With the teams tied 3-3, the Islanders’ Bruce Murray fired a shot from the right wing that caromed off the boards behind the net and landed on the stick of Hodson, who easily chipped it into the open net behind Wells for a 4-3 edge just 30 seconds after puck drop.

Two minutes later, the Mustangs drew even again when Cessford converted after Murgatroyd sent a pass from behind the net to Gage in the left circle and Gage promptly put it on Cessford’s tape at the far post.

The game was the only one in league play on the weekend. A meeting of the crosstown rival Bulls and Warriors in Port Hardy was deferred in favour of the Port Hardy Minor League bantam tournament Friday.

Gazette staff PORT ALICE—The deadline to register a team in the 35th annual Oscar Hickes Memorial Hockey Tournament is just over a week away.

The tourney is scheduled for Mar. 6-9 at Doug Bondue Arena,

and registration is being accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis through Friday, Feb. 14.

Competition will be held in four divisions for players 19-over: A (competitive); B (commercial); C (recreational); and D (old-timers).

Cost is $600 per team, and is payable at time of registration.

For more information, email oscarhickes@ gmail.com.

Volunteers are being sought to help run the 50/50 draws, call Penny at 250-284-6247.

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Rediscovering the wonder of childhood I was twelve. The comic I was reading had my full attention.

I think it was Archie; I am not sure.

What I do recall was my mother dragging me into the kitchen so I could do the dishes.

I was informed that if I really loved her she would not have to do this. Seemed like such a small thing but it left a mark. I had learned that love was conditional. It took me a long time to figure out that love is not conditional.

I am fond of saying that I have never met an unspiritual person. I have met numerous people who claim to be unspiritual, yet conversation has usually revealed someone without a language that they recognize as spiritual.

Experience has taught me that many folk do

not recogday. They know at a nize how very deep the attend level that this aspect they are a of themdelight and selves. life has Children much to be are natudelighted rally spiriin. They tual. They laugh with In the spirit can see the flowers delight. with and hear Get struck Rev. Wade Allen the birds. by awe.

T h e n Seek out something quiet time.

Love with wild aban- happens; something donment. Dare to changes. Instead of trust unconditionally. being open they learn Sadly, by the time to be closed. Risks most are young adults are things you avoid. that aspect of them- Life is not safe and selves has been buried you need to be wary. or chipped away by My suspicion is that moments like the one we had something to above — a moment do with that.

When each of my where they learn that love has to be earned. children was born Our children learn the first words they so much in the early heard from me were: years. They bring a “You will have difnatural sense of curi- ferent problems than osity and awe to the I do.” It was my way

of promising I would not pay my issues forward and that I would love them for who they were and not who I wanted them to be. It has been hard.

It has also been worth it.

The world we live in strips us of delight, contentment and optimism. This is not a good thing. The delight we take in the children is the delight our Creator takes in us.

It is not hard to rediscover it if we would take the time to relearn from the children what we once knew about ourselves.

Reverend Wade Allen ministers to the North Vancouver Island Anglican/ United community in Port McNeill, Port Alice and Port Hardy. wcallen@ hotmail.ca

4Paws Rescue Society board members, from left, Susan Emerson, Alexandra Shorre, James Emerson, Merrilee Tognela and Angela Smith stand with some of the raffle prizes offered during last week’s fundraising pasta dinner at the Quarterdeck Pub in Port Hardy.

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Paws and effect

Gazette staff Four paws met helping hands last week as the newly formed 4Paws Rescue Society held a pasta fundraiser at the Quarterdeck Pub. The event was a huge success, raising close to $4,000 including five spays or neuters donated by a member of the public to the society.

Organizers estimat-

ed around 100 dinners sold with up to half that many again attending and donating in support.

“The staff were amazing and handled it all very well,” said society member Alexandra Shorre.

“Lots of people donated more than we ever expected and we are so grateful for such a good turn out.”

Donations are always welcome and can be dropped off with Angela Smith at the Port Hardy Chamber office or made directly to the 4Paws account at the North Island Veterinary Hospital.

For more information on the group and the work they do on the North Island go to 4pawsrescuesociety. ca.

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LUTZ, Barry George

Mary Kawchuk was born in a farmhouse near Wakaw, Saskatchewan on November 10, 1911. She was the oldest of twelve children in the family. She moved to Vancouver in 1943, where she married Robert Pickering in 1945. They moved to Beach Camp Englewood in 1946, where Bob worked for Canfor. Their son Thomas was born in 1947. They lived at Beach Camp until 1959, then moved to Vancouver. After Bob’s death in 1979, Mary moved to Campbell River where she lived happily until she passed away on January 27, 2014. She was fortunate to be able to stay in her own home until a few days before she died. Through her long life she made many friends and kept in contact with them over the years. She is survived by her son Tom (Janet), three sisters: Jane, Nell and Stella, her brother Joe, and many nieces and nephews.

Donations in her name can be given to the Campbell River Hospital Foundation.

Arrangements entrusted to Island Funeral Services, Campbell River, 250-287-3366

September 11, 1947 – January 30, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Barry George Lutz. Barry passed away at the age of 66 on January 30, 2014 after battling cancer for the past 14 months.

Barry was predeceased by his parents, Lorraine (Babe) and George Lutz as well as his brother Calvin and sister Darlene.

Barry is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 45 years, Kathy, and their two children Tammy (Claye) and Gordie as well as his four grandchildren: Jordon, Brittney, Calvin and Shania. Barry also leaves to mourn his passing two brothers: Raymond (Ulla) and Clifford (Christine) and sister Susie as well as many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

The family would like to thank Dr. James Proctor, the Campbell River Cancer Care Clinic, the South Palliative Home Care Nursing team and the third floor nurses at Campbell River Hospital for their outstanding care.

In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Foundation or charity of one’s choice, in Barry’s memory.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the Campbell River Masonic Hall on Saturday March 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with a tea/coffee reception to follow. “There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t think of you There isn’t a moment that passes that we don’t miss you�

Sutton’s Campbell River Funeral Home 250-287-4812 www.suttonsfuneralhome.com

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PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/14

ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Service Wed., 1:00 pm Bible Study Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com

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FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org

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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10 am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 11/14

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 “Everyone welcome�

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737 11/14

LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE • Chaplain Services • Bible Studies • Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125

Applications should be in the form of a letter describing why you are well suited for the position. Letters should be emailed to the attention of Vadim Stavrakov, Triport President, at vstavrakov@yahoo.ca .

The Quatsino First Nation is seeking the services of a full-time Fisheries Coordinator.

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North Island Church Services NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresa’s Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 2nd & 4th Saturdays 10am Father Scott Whittemore 250-956-3909

Triport Minor Hockey Association is a volunteer lead organization that oversees the administration and regulation of minor hockey clubs in Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill as well as the North Island Eagles.

We are currently seeking a self motivated, well organized and community oriented person to fill the role of Administrator.

Reporting to the Triport president and executive, the Administrator’s primary duties include: registering players, teams and team officials using the Hockey Canada Registry system; acting as Triport’s liaison with BC Hockey and the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association; providing advice to Triport’s executive and members on policy and regulations; sharing information with local clubs via our website and other means; coordinating executive meetings and our AGM. Strong oral and written communication skills and proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel are required. Knowledge and love of the game of hockey are preferred but not essential.

The Administrator has limited duties March through July each year. Workload over the remainder of the year varies and is centered around key registration and administrative deadlines/dates. The successful candidate will have to have the flexibilty to adjust their hours of work to ensure critical work is completed on time.

The Administrator’s duties exceed those of a typical community volunteer. In recognition of this additional time commitment, an honorarium of $7000 per year is provided.

Fisheries Coordinator

P.O.Lodewijk, Box 5065,Owner Woss, BC V0N 3P0 Signed, Michelle COMING EVENTS

Administrator

Deadline for applications is February 17, 2014.

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PORT ALICE ANGLICANUNITED FELLOWSHIP Reverend Wade Allen Sunday Services - 4pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Sunday Worship - 9:00am Reverend Wade Allen All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill

Quatsino First Nation is located at the northern end of Vancouver Island, 13 kilometers south-west of Port Hardy, B.C. Due to impacts of natural resources management policies implemented by both the federal and provincial governments, we have established a Lands and Resources department. The management of the ďŹ sheries resource will be an integral part, and managed in a manner that is more consistent with Quatsino values and principles.

POSITION TITLE: QFN Fisheries Coordinator POSITION SUMMARY: The Fisheries Coordinator will coordinate all technical activities related to ďŹ sheries, marine stewardship, ďŹ sh habitat restoration, marine monitoring and ďŹ sh culture programs and services with the QFN traditional territories and waters.

DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Band Administrator, and in conjunction with team members from the Lands and Resources department: • •

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GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/14

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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/14

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Coordination of policy and program development in the area of ďŹ sheries management and related activities Management of QFN’s Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy agreement with DFO Management of other related contracts, including Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Environment Canada Responsibility for ensuring the safe operation and maintenance of marine vessels, vehicles and related equipment Reect Quatsino First Nation position and interests when representing at external events Support for Quatsino Council portfolio holders including developing brieďŹ ng notes and correspondence, providing technical advice at meetings, and related activities Participation in negotiation of ďŹ sheries and marine resources management related protocol agreements with neighboring First Nation communities Developing proposals for implementing marine resource stewardship goals Participation in referral and consultation processes (corporate, province, federal governments) as developed by the QFN Participation in development of human resources (QFN) in continually expanding opportunities for participation in ďŹ sheries management activities Represent the Quatsino First Nation in regional and provincial FN organizations and committees Collaborate with QFN Development Corporation in aquaculture and ďŹ sheries-related business ventures

REQUIREMENTS: • Knowledge of Quatsino culture • Extensive knowledge in ďŹ sheries and marine resources management as related to First Nation • Knowledge of ďŹ sh biology • Knowledge of Environmental impact assessment legislation • Good written and verbal presentation skills • Human resource and project management skills • Budget management • Valid BC Driver’s License • Ability to pass a Criminal Records Check EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Degree or Diploma in Fisheries Management or Environmental Sciences or related ďŹ eld and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

SALARY: Based on QFN wage scale (dependent on education and experience) Please provide two references that are directly familiar with your ďŹ sheries management work experience.

Please send application by February 28, 2014 at 4 p.m. to: Email: twilson@quatsinofn.ca Fax: (250) 949-6249

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Left: Alfred Charlie, in hat, watches closely as Trevor Hunt demonstrates the use of a carving tool during a field trip by Fort Rupert Elementary School students to the backyard of Kwakwaka’wakw carver Stan Hunt. Right: Trevor Hunt, right, and Harold Nelson help young students at Fort Rupert Elementary School begin drawing designs as part of Hunt’s artist-in-residence program in the school. Below: Hunt, centre, shows an example of his carving technique J.R. Rardon to students.

Carver makes impression on students

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— Students at Fort Rupert Elementary School were presented last year with the gift of a new school logo

by Kwakiutl carver Trevor Hunt. Now Hunt is back for a much bigger project, and this time the kids will have a hands-on role.

“We’ll be creating a s ev e n - a n d - a - h a l f - f o o t sun mask,” Hunt said as he kicked off his artist-inresidence program in the school Friday. “I’ll be the only one carving, but the kids will help design and paint. I’ve done this before at Wagalus School with a bunch of paddles, and the kids are happy with the end result because they know they’ve painted it.”

Hunt, who descends from a legendary line of Kwakwaka’wakw carvers and artists, will work with Fort Rupert Elementary students one day a week through the end of the school year as part of the Art Starts’ Artist in the

Classroom program.

The residency is funded by the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia and School District 85’s Aboriginal Education Department. It kicked off one week earlier with a school field trip to neighbouring Tsaxis (Fort Rupert), where students visited the home of veteran carver Stan Hunt, Trevor’s father, and the salmon smoke house.

On Friday, Hunt returned the favour, visiting the school for the first of a series of sessions that will result in the creation of the intricately carved sun mask and several paddles, which will be placed in the school when finished.

“We’re hoping to get the kids some authentic experiences that they can really connect to their place in Fort Rupert, as members of the community and in line with the tradition of the great art around here,” said Kevin Brand, the school’s second-year prin-

cipal. “Bringing Trevor in is really the way to do that.”

Hunt is no stranger to working with schoolchildren. He has donated his

time to share Kwakiutl cultural heritage and art at Fort Rupert Elementary, at Wagalus School in Tsaxis, and, before it was closed

in a cost-cutting measure in 2010, Robert Scott Elementary in Port Hardy.

“I’ve been going down to carve and to try to spark some interest in carving in some of the younger kids,” Hunt said. “I think it’s really good for the kids to learn to design, and learn the formulas of how to put masks together, as well.”

Part of the mandate of the Art Starts’ Program is to connect the art with other curricular areas.

“Writing is the focus we’re bringing into it,” said Brand. “So students did some pre-writing before their field trip, predicting what they might see and what they already know about carving. As they’re creating themselves, they also be incorporating some writings and blogs and that sort of thing.

“We’re planning an online photo journal, coconstructed by Trevor and the kids.”

Hunt’s initial session Friday started at the ground floor, with students

in all grade, kindergarten through Grade 7, tracing simple ovoid patterns to get a feel for the flow of design. But he admits his residency is also something of a scouting effort to help maintain Kwakiutl tradition alive.

“Say there’s a hundred kids, and there’s one kid that has that spark, to want to learn how to carve,” he said. “You influence that one kid, and 10, 15 years from now he might be the one carving. That’s all we need, to keep it going, the tradition.”

During the students’ field trip to Stan Hunt’s carving studio, the elder Hunt reinforced that message.

“That’s all part of our job, actually,” said Stan, who in 2012 completed a 42-foot totem pole that was placed in Argentina. “To make sure that one of the kids — it could be two or three, but one at least — will bite and start (carving). You never know; you might have the next Robert Davidson or Rande Hunt.”

Kak’ot’lats’i kids share song — in Gut’sa Gazette staff PORT HARDY—For the second time in as many months, listeners to the Port 1240 AM were treated to a brief Kwakwala language broadcast Monday, courtesy of an eager group of youngsters from Quatsino’s Kak’ot’lats’i School.

Just as with the December singing of a Kwakwala-language

version of Jingle Bells by students from Wagalus School in Fort Rupert, this week’s presentation came through a five-month language revitalization program designed to study and formulate programs to preserve the cultural and language traditions of First Nations peoples across the North Island.

The 16 elementary-

school-aged youngsters from Kak’ot’lats’i recited a welcome poem in Kwakwala, followed by a goodbye song in the Gut’sa dialect that is distinct to the Quatsino people.

“We start off our mornings with the entire school reciting the morning poem around the front foyer,” said Dawn Willie.

“Then, the goodbye

song, the hala’kasla, is sung after every cultural language class.”

The language revitalization program is being directed by Sandra Sewid, who is tasked with touring each of the reserves in the area and researching and promoting the state of language knowledge and instruction. The five-month program is sched-

uled for completion in March with a feast event bringing together each of the Port Hardyarea bands.

“Sandra came around to see how much we have going for language revitalization,” said Willie. “Right now, I know our principal really does want, in the future, to go towards (language) immersion in the school.”

Willie said the Quatsino reserve today has only perhaps 14 speakers fluent in the Gut’sa or Kwakwala tongue.

“Our speakers are getting up there in age.”

She said students at Kak’ot’lats’i get a half-hour of cultural or language instruction each day, courtesy of cultural teacher Ryan Nelson. Nelson com-

posed the goodbye song performed at the radio station last week for broadcast Monday.

Sewid will continue to work on the Quatsino reserve before moving to Tsulquate to work with the Gwa’salaNakwaxda’xw First Nations. The program wrap-up event date and location will be announced in the coming months.

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Birds of a feather bring birders together It’s Saturday morning. I open the curtains.

And there they are — three sets of binoculars pointed in my direction. Again.

It’s been like this for two months now, leading neighbours to wonder what is going on and if I am okay.

I am, thanks. I’m just peachy; not a feather out of place. In fact, I have a bird’s eye view of something simply wonderous from which I have learned a lot.

All the activity on my sidewalk — the binoculars; people coming from Kamloops, Calgary, Victoria, Vancouver and possibly further afield (with at least one person sleeping in his car till daylight so he could be the early bird) — it’s not about me at all. It’s about the birds. Against all odds, multiple species of really rare and exotic birds are here together in our little neighbourhood in Port McNeill.

We’re not used to

Marine Detective with Jackie Hildering having this kind of “vagrant” in our ‘hood!

It began in early December when, while on a conference call, I almost lost my mind when a brilliantly yellow-coloured bird landed in the shrub in front of my home office window; near the feeder I leave out to help the Anna’s Hummingbirds who spend the winter here. I scrambled for my camera uttering colourful nouns, thankfully having the sense to put the phone on mute. I got a picture.

I don’t know much about birds and therefore did not trust my ID. Could it be a . . .

would not have been wild animals. I have could it really be a . . . able to discern her from become even more male Hooded Oriole?! the House Sparrows attuned to how extraorThey are not supshe often hangs out dinary the wildlife of posed to be here. They with. Neighbour Jim our area is and how, should be in palm trees Nolan was the first to if you are especially in the Baja in winter notice her and teach me watchful and respectbut I dared share the to spell “Dickcissel”! ful, the reward can be photo and my timid And how exotic is so great.

ID with those I know she? Her kind winto be B.C.’s leading Clearly, the idiom bird authorities. The ters in Guatemala and “birds of a feather flock responses came back A hooded Oriole, rarely seen as far north Venezuela. together” has also been as Canada, has spent the winter in Port pretty quickly.

Bring on more bird- challenged!

Jackie Hildering ers! And more binocuThey confirmed how McNeill.

Not surprisingly, rare this sighting was.

At first I was very there is no “get up lars on the sidewalk! the birds have further Apparently, there have worried about how the close and personal” — And more neighbours heightened my wonder only been two previ- attention might disturb the phrase I loathe most wondering what on in nature and, frankly, in life as well. Why ous recorded cases of the Oriole (and me) in reference to wildlife earth was going on.

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