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Friday, April 11, 2014
aviation gets a boost Province makes first $1 million payment to industry at Sidney’s Viking Air Steven Heywood News staff
B.C.’s aviation industry wants to tap into a booming global market and the province is putting up $5 million to help them take off. On Tuesday under the wing of a Twin Otter aircraft built by Viking Air in Sidney, Finance Minster Mike de Jong announced his government’s investment of $1 million this year — the first payment in a commitment of $5 million over five years to the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada’s Pacific Division (AIAC Pacific). The association plans to work with the B.C. government to increase industry Steven Heywood/News staff collaboration and Finance Minister Mike enhance access to de Jong announces the international trade first $1 million of a $5 opportunities. million commitment to “Our modest con- AIAC Pacific. tribution is a first step,” said de Jong, noting there are billions of dollars up for grabs as the global aerospace market looks to double its demand for aircraft and aerospace resources over the next 20 years. Please see: B.C.’s aerospace industry, page 3
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Simon Smith Sr. and Tsartlip First Nation Chief Don Tom share a laugh during the April 8 ground breaking ceremony at the community’s gas station project on Stelly’s X Road. See page 3 for the story.
Sidney woman off to the Congo Peggy Sherwood to volunteer on Africa Mercy in the Republic of Congo Devon MacKenzie News staff
A Sidney woman is headed to the Republic of Congo this month to volunteer her time and medical expertise with the charity Mercy Ships. Peggy Sherwood, 64, is a nurse and
has worked at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital since 1984. She was also a member of the Canadian military and spent many years working as a medical professional in Canada as well as in other nations around the world. Her military job, from which she has since retired, took her to Afghanistan
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during the war where she worked in the operating room in the field. “I just think that we are very lucky to live here in North America and to go somewhere like Afghanistan and to see the hopelessness and terrible conditions those people live with, it made me want to do whatever I could to give back,” said Sherwood. Please see: Life-saving effort on Mercy Ships, page 5