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Youth council ready to lead
Twelve young Nanaimo residents chosen for advisory group By TamaRa Cunningham ThE NEwS bULLETiN
Nanaimo’s youth advisory council gives the next generation of taxpayers a chance to effect change, according to new member Cassidy Sanford. Sanford and 11 other young people from across the city were announced last week as members of Nanaimo’s first mayor’s youth advisory council, which holds its inaugural meeting on Wednesday. The committee was struck by Nanaimo city councillors last January, with an aim to give youth a say in civic We care for matters, from transthe community portation to public safety and environand we can ment. Sanford, a 15-yearimprove it and old Cedar Secondwe can make ary student, said excited to good change. she’s learn about local government and work with other youths and believes she can be a good representative for her area of Nanaimo. “I feel like we can effect the change and the city can benefit from our perspective because we are future taxpayers,” she said, adding there hasn’t been much of a chance for youths to have their voices heard. “We care for the community and we can improve it and we can make good change.” Twenty-eight contenders vied for a seat on the new youth council.
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Physical education Miley Morton, a student in the kindergarten-Grade 1 class at Quarterway Elementary school, crawls through a human tunnel to try to win a relay race during the 11th annual Health Among Us event at Beban Park last week. More than 3,000 Nanaimo students from kindergarten to Grade 4 participated in games and physical activity designed to encourage active lifestyles.
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