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A double gold medalist on the track, Michelle Stilwell is accustomed to speedy achievements. Eighteen months into her first job as an elected official on any level, the Parksville-Qualicum MLA took her place in the inner circle of the provincial government on Monday. Stilwell was sworn into cabinet as the Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation, replacing fellow Islander Don McRae, who resigned for personal reasons last week. “I have lots of reading and briefing binders to go through,” Stilwell told The NEWS on Friday shortly after learning about her promotion and recently returned from a vacation with her family. “I’m well rested and ready to hit the ground running.” Stilwell said she wasn’t sure what to expect last week when her phone indicated she was getting a text from Premier Christy Clark. “You know it’s either good or bad when the premier is texting you,” she said. Stilwell replaces Comox Valley MLA McRae, who told the Comox Valley Record he was resigning due to a family health concern. “When you’re a cabinet minister, you get the province owning you a bit,” McRae said Friday, his 45th birthday. “I spent a lot of my time, when the legislature was not sitting, visiting stakeholders around the province. I think that’s a really important job as a cabinet minister, but at some stage you want to make sure you’re there for your family. Family health is super important to me.” McRae gave Stilwell a vote of confidence. “”I’m excited for her,” he said. “She’s a great new MLA. I have full confidence in her.” See STILWELL, page A5

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Members of the Phoenix Pain Management Society marched to Parksville city hall on Thursday to speak with Mayor Marc Lefebvre about policing priorities around medical marijuana.

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Eight medical marijuana users went to Parksville city hall Thursday in support of a compassion club, but were told “municipalities have little power over the issue,” by Mayor Marc Lefebvre. The supporters and patients of Phoenix Pain Management Society like John Whitlock asked that the city “considers asking police to shift their priorities, based on the people’s will.” (Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter was scheduled to appear before Parksville city council Monday

night. See Thursday’s edition of The NEWS for a report on that meeting.) With a federal election on the horizon, and marijuana legislation in flux, The NEWS asked candidates about their stance on Phoenix’s Parksville location. Vancouver Island North incumbent Conservative MP John Duncan, who is running in the new CourtenayAlberni riding that includes Parksville Qualicum Beach, said he’s “not a fan” of pot dispensaries. “We (the Conservative Party) have moved to ensure these kinds of facili-

ties are not in existence so any that are in existence are only there because people are choosing to ignore the law,” said Duncan, adding the government has “created circumstances for the production of medical marijuana (through Health Canada).” He said Health Canada has a “distribution methodology and anything else is improper and not legal.” Duncan said “in contrast certainly to the Liberal position,” he doesn’t support legalizing marijuana in the future. See TORY APPROACH, page A5 Also See EDITORIAL, page A10

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Canada Day in Parksville will return in the same format as the past several years after the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce agreed to be the umbrella organization for the city’s biggest annual party. “It’s awesome, I’m very excited,” said Bonnie Wallis, the chair of Canada Day event last year when it was organized by the Rotary Club of Parksville PM. “I’m glad the chamber stepped up to the plate.” The Rotary Club decided not to take on the responsibility this year and the events, which attract more than 10,000 people to the downtown and Community Park every year, was in jeopardy. “This means Canada Day is going to happen this year,” said Wallis, who will chair the Canada Day committee once again, this time under the chamber’s umbrella. She is also the chamber’s presidentelect. “Without the chamber, it was on the chopping block.” The chamber said it was asked to assume responsibility for the organization and production of the popular Celebrate Canada Day Festivities by the Rotary Club. In a news release, the chamber said its board of directors passed a motion at a special board meeting Jan. 26 accepting the responsibility. Anyone wishing to participate as an event volunteer or sponsor contact the Chamber at 250-248-3613 or Wallis at 250-586-1934.

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A STAB AND A TOAST: Master of ceremonies Malcolm Mackenzie, left, gets ready to stab the haggis presented to him by David Agar at Legion Branch 49-Mt. Arrowsmith’s Robbie Burns Night on Jan. 31. This is Mackenzie’s third time addressing the haggis at Branch 49. He replaced longserving Tom Waller, who Mackenzie described as his “predecessor and mentor.” Aside from bearing the haggis, Agar also delivered the Toast to the Lassies that evening.

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Compliance Energy has re-submitted its application for a coal mine less than 50 kilometres from downtown Qualicum Beach. In May of 2013, the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) rejected the company’s application for the proposed Raven coal mine, saying “the application does not contain the required information and (the EAO) has decided not to accept the application for detailed review.” Compliance CEO Stephen Ellis said Monday he’s confident about this application. “We believe we have answered the questions that were asked and have put in a good application,” said Ellis. The EAO now has 30 days to tell Compliance whether its application will be accepted. If the EAO accepts the application, a 180-day review will be initiated, which includes a public comment period. Reaction to the news Raven was back on the table was swift. Comox-based CoalWatch issued a news release Monday morning saying it is gearing up for a review process.

“With no evidence of social license being granted by the residents of the Comox Valley or Port Alberni, many may have thought the Raven Coal Mine Project had gone away,” said CoalWatch president John Snyder. “However, Compliance Coal seems intent on moving their project forward despite the ever increasing headwind of opposition from Vancouver Island residents. CoalWatch will also be putting together an expert technical team to review the Application/EIS and pinpoint issues of concern.” On its website (www.theravenproject.ca), Compliance says it expects to hire up to 200 workers during construction and create up to 350 full-time jobs. The underground operation would be centred about five kilometres west of the Buckley Bay ferry terminal and the coal would be stored and shipped out of Port Alberni. Ellis spoke about the employment possibilities on Monday, especially in light of the layoffs in the oil sector. “With everything else that’s happened in the economy, how good would some jobs be here?” he said.

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Pacific Shores’ iconic aquarium has moved north and officials are hoping to have it up and running next month. The 22,700 litre saltwater tank, thought to be the largest privately-owned aquarium in B.C., now belongs to Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Field Marine Station. “We hope to have the free-standing aquaria up and running in time for special events we have planned during the annual Brant Wildlife Festival in March,” said Brian Kingzett, VIU Marine Station manager. Kingzett said the donated equipment will be “reused” and “repurposed,” in line with the station’s green building principles, for the station’s research and educational programs. Earlier this month, the glass tank was dismantled at the resort in Craig Bay. Pacific Shores’ general manager Tanya Ogmundson explains it was a tough decision as the tank was a central part of the resort for 12 years, but the mounting upkeep costs were unmanageable. “The aging equipment that supported the aquaria required extensive upgrading to ensure that the sea life was maintained in good health,”

Ogmundson said. “Due to the significant costs involved in the required upgrades … the continued operation of the aquaria was no longer sustainable.” She said staff will certainly miss the opportunity to view sea life on a daily basis, but the decision was made in the best interests of the marine creatures. The sea life, which included different kinds of salmon, rock fish and other West Coast marine animals like anemones, urchins and starfish were caught and held under a Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) permit and were therefore released under DFO supervision. According to Pacific Shores’ Andrea Williamson, the fish, who were released into Craig Bay, “swam in a circle about the size of the tank for a while then swam off.” But not everybody was released back into the ocean, Wolfie the wolf eel was sent to the Vancouver Aquarium for breeding and is currently in quarantine. When the tank was first installed, the 3.5 cm-thick acrylic tank had to be lowered into the restaurant in three parts before the roof was finished. Three weeks ago, when the monumental tank was removed, it was cut into many sections of several hundred pounds each. VIU marine station staff haven’t finalized what kind of sea life will live in the aquarium next.

Crash claims life of local teen An 18-year-old Parksville woman died in a traffic accident Sunday morning. Oceanside RCMP report that around 9:50 a.m. a blue Dodge pickup truck, driven by a 17-year-old woman, lost control while passing a car in the southbound lanes of Highway 19, just past exit 51. “She briefly left the highway to the left and then over-corrected and swerved back across the lanes,” states a news release issued Monday morning by the RCMP. “The truck collided with a car, pushing it off the road. The truck then left the roadway to the right side and collided with a large traffic sign. After striking the sign, the truck rolled several

times before coming to a rest.” The lone passenger in the truck, the 18-yearold, was killed. The 17-year-old driver of the truck suffered minor injuries, as did the driver and passenger in the other car who were transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital by ambulance. No names have been released and the RCMP provided no further details. The highway was only closed temporarily as traffic was diverted into the left lane and able to continue with the assistance of flagging staff. Central Vancouver Island Traffic Services is still investigating. Any witnesses who have not already talked to police, or have further information, call Cpl. Elston at 250-954-2951. — NEWS Staff

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Duncan said his government has “been quite professional in how we’ve addressed the issue (of medical marijuana).” However, Liberal Party candidate and former Parksville city councillor Carrie Powell-Davidson said “the Conservative’s approach to marijuana is failing our communities.” She insisted “our broader message is going to be on the failure of the Conservative policy … the system is clearly broken and the Liberals are going to address it.” While she said the Liberal’s “clear solution” is to tax and regulate marijuana in the future, Powell-Davidson wasn’t on board with Phoenix’s set up. “If they are not a legal operation then the answer is no (they shouldn’t be allowed to operate within Parksville),” she said. “It’s unfortunate that this business, or service, has been deemed illegal but I’m not going to second guess the RCMP.” Like Powell-Davidson, NDP candidate Gord Johns blamed the Conservative government for “failing” Canadians and “launching the war on drugs.” Johns said “in terms of a compassion centre (or marijuana dispensary) when it is well-run, it can be a trusted source for people to get medicine … No Canadian should have a criminal record for marijuana use.” Asked if Phoenix should be allowed to operate within city limits despite being illegal, Johns

said “each individual dispensary is different and I think it’s unfair for me to comment … it’s a national issue and local governments and law enforcement are left in a grey area because of our (current) federal government, the war on drugs has failed.” He said he wants to see marijuana decriminalized in the future claiming “historically the NDP has been leading the charge on marijuana for four decades … it’s clear this conversation needs to happen sooner than later.” Meanwhile, Green Party candidate Glen Sollitt said he supports the legalization of marijuana in Canada. “Clearly prohibition is not working,” said Sollitt. “I can’t identify enough problems with marijuana to continue to make it an illegal substance, it does less damage than other stimulants that are legal.” He pointed to what he called “the successes” of marijuana legalization in some American states, saying “it’s a model that clearly can and does work and it’s incumbent on us to move in that direction.” That being said, in terms of Parksville’s dispensary, Sollitt said “I don’t support an illegal operation and I don’t think it’s fair to ask the RCMP to look the other way, I don’t think we should treat any law that way.” The Phoenix Pain Management Society members marched to city hall Thursday with Nanaimo singer songwriter Cameron

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Phoenix Pain Management Society supporters John and Teresa Whitlock rode their scooters as part of a march to Parksville city hall Thursday to speak with Mayor Marc Lefebvre about medical marijuana. Read their story below.

Gunn signing “Please Mr. Mayor, can we have our medicine,” after a promise the previous week to attend every scheduled Coffee with Council drop-in meeting until Mayor Marc Lefebvre changes his stance on the dispensary and directs Oceanside RCMP to “de-prioritize” the operation. “Your issue really is with the federal government, you should be going to the MP’s office,” Lefebvre told the group, reiterating previous statements that, “I and the rest of the city can

do absolutely nothing for you, it’s not within our purview, it’s not within our jurisdiction.” Asked “If it was in your purview would you do something about it?” Lefebvre said “I’d have to listen to the RCMP, he’s (Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter) my commanding officer, he’s the chief of police for the city of Parksville and I have an obligation to respect what the chief of police gives me in terms of advice.” “In other cities the RCMP have changed their priorities,

where they’re not prosecuting these people,” said society managing director Akil Pessoa. “Can you please have this conversation and have the RCMP reallocate their resources?” The Phoenix supporters said they will keep going back Thursday’s at 2 p.m. until the city is willing to allow the compassion club to remain open, which Pessoa said is not distributing medical marijuana in Parksville, but helping patients get it from their Nanaimo branch.

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“After you’ve taken a lot of opiates and codeines, you remain in bed all day, you can’t get up, get any exercise, or get out of the house,” said medical marijuana user John Whitlock during last Thursday’s rally for Phoenix Pain Management at Parksville city hall. He said finding medical marijuana to help manage his pain after an operation for a fused disc in his back, “opened up a door. It allows me to get out of bed and

make it through the day.” He said unlike pharmaceuticals, which “you are prescribed to take three times a day or whatever, no matter what the pain, you don’t take (cannabis) all the time, you take one when it’s necessary.” “If it’s bothering you, can you still tolerate your pain level? Then you go and have a puff and that will settle you down. At night you take another variety and you can get to sleep.” “We’re in limbo and we feel lost,”

he said of the current changing federal laws which mean they are supposed to get larger quantities from a select few large scale producers who operate by courier. “But I like to see the product and buy as much as you need,” said John’s wife Teresa, who said her condition has improved 200 per cent since she started using cannabis pills for fibromyalgia. “We’re too old, we don’t go out to bars, or hang out behind the high school where we’d be picked up as perverts,” John said.

“We don’t have many ways to get it.” “A person can go into Phoenix (in Nanaimo), buy $10 worth and settle themselves down for a couple days and come back when they need,” John said. The Whitlocks joined other patients of Phoenix Pain Management in asking the city and mayor of Parksville to let a compassion club, or dispensary, operate despite being illegal, pointing to the public support shown by polls, petitions and the intentional lack of enforcement by police in some bigger cities.

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Stilwell, 40, is married to Mark and they have one son, Kai. She said she expects to be in her constituency as much as she has been in the last 18 months. “I hope you’ll see just as much of me,” she said. “We seem to be able to find that work-life balance.” The premier made the announcement through a news release on Friday. “I fully support Don McRae’s difficult and courageous decision to step away from the additional responsibilities of

executive council at a time when chair and parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health for he needs to focus on his family healthy living and seniors. She and his constituents,” she said. will relinquish those roles now. “Michelle Stilwell has excelled Stilwell said her new job is to at everything she has done, including as our caucus chair. She head a ministry “that helps peowill continue to provide a strong ple gain their independence.” voice from Vancouver Island in The Ministry of Social Developcabinet.” ment and Social Innovation is STILWELL Since being elected in May in charge of the province’s so2013, Stilwell added a number cial assistance programs, often of responsibilities, including caucus called welfare.

There are often calls for an increase to the monthly payments for those on social assistance in B.C. “We have to acknowledge that we have a comprehensive social safety net in B.C.,” she said. Stilwell, like McRae was, will be the lone Island-based MLA in cabinet. She said she was scheduled to meet with the new municipal councils in Parksville and Qualicum Beach this week, but those meetings have been postponed.

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Island Timberlands is logging 25 hectares of their land between Hamilton Marsh and the Inland Highway, leading to concerns about the popular wilderness area. “We want to make sure the public knows what’s going on,” said local birder Sandra Gray. “It is private managed forest land and we’re harvesting second-growth timber,” said Island Timberlands spokesperson Morgan Kennah, of land between Hilliers Road South, Highway 4 (Alberni) and the Inland Island Highway, near the Qualicum Beach exit. Gray said residents were worried they are trying to sneak the logs out at night, but Kennah said they are following provincial requirements by doing the work at night when there is less disruption to traffic in the area. Kennah said the public can use the land as long as people are respectful and obey signs to stay out of areas like that currently being harvested. “We’ve allowed public access to Hamilton

Marsh for several years and we work closely with the Brant Festival which we allow to have an activity there every year for the festival,” said Kennah. With over 257,000 hectares of forest on Vancouver Island, Kennagh said Island Timberlands typically has multiple harvesting operations going on at any time and choose where to harvest based on many factors like weather, soil condition and the current needs of the market. The company also considered the timing of the Brant Festival, bird patterns and tourist traffic in scheduling this current local harvest, she said. “We have no development plans at this time,” she said of the property. She said the company plans to keep managing it as forest and is not currently scheduled to log closer to the marsh, across Hilliers Road from the current work. Of the 25 hectares being harvested she said the company typically leaves about 25-30 per cent as buffers along riparian areas, water features and some single trees for esthetics. “They will be logging within five metres of the edge, which is way too close for comfort,” Grey said, pointing to efforts to fundraise and raise awareness to make Hamilton Marsh a park.

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Cy O’Leary was a minor hockey referee in the 1970s in the Lower Mainland, a time when Philadelphia’s Broad Street Bullies were winning Stanley Cups and Punch MacLean’s New Westminster Bruins were brawling their way through junior hockey seasons. The 80-year-old Parksville resident only remembers tossing an unruly fan out of the area once — a woman he said screamed at him for about an hour. “As a referee, I imagined I had nine layers of skin,” O’Leary said last week.

O’Leary said he doesn’t this disrespectful behaviour believe banning all spec- from this small number of tators from minor hockey our minor hockey spectagames for a weekend is a tors, VIAHA will have no good idea. It was something other option but to ban all floated by the Vancouver Is- spectators over the course land Amateur Hockey Asso- of a weekend to show peociation (VIAHA) recently in ple what the future of our light of what it said has been game will look like if we do an increased level of abuse not put a stop to these very hurled at few diso f f i c i a l s I hope the media attention r u p t i v e that’s been given to it will p e o p l e ,” and playwake those parents up ers. Humphrey “That wrote. ANDREW COPLEY will never T h e work,” said memo got O’Leary. “The kids, they media attention across the want their parents there, country and had people they want them to see them talking about the issues in and be proud of them.” arenas up and down the IsVIAHA president Jim land. Humphrey sent a memo to Oceanside Minor Hockall member associations, ey Association president including Oceanside Minor Andrew Copley said the Hockey, earlier this month association has faced a few about the no-spectators unruly-parent issues this idea. season, “but it hasn’t been “If we are unable to stop any more or any less than in

previous years.” He said the memo issued by Humphrey “definitely upset a few parents.” There are about 400 youngsters playing minor hockey in the Oceanside association. As for those parents who insist on verbally abusing young officials from the stands, Copley said he believes Humphrey’s memo may have some positive effect. “I hope the media attention that’s been given to it will wake those parents up,” he said. O’Leary, the retired referee, said he used to try to settle the issue of unruly and loud fans with measures on the ice. He used to give the young players some suggestions. “Don’t look up at them, but when play stops, look up at them and smile.”

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PV weed priority

arksville Mayor Marc Lefebvre is in quite the pickle. On Thursday, eight people with signs and their own version of Bob Dylan showed up at Coffee With Council and asked the mayor what he was going to do to help his constituents who use marijuana as medicine. Lefebvre is the mayor of a city. He is not a Member of Parliament who helps make laws or a lawyer or a doctor or a police officer. Our experience with Lefebvre has shown him to be a compassionate man who cares about the less fortunate in our community. He has been a champion of accessibility issues, for example. He is from a generation that generally does not question authority or, if he did, that feeling died soon after Woodstock. There isn’t much Lefebvre can do about marijuana laws in this country. However, he can no longer say he is powerless, a stance he’s been trying to take since we broke the story about the medical marijuana dispensary setting up shop in his city. Lefebvre has been saying he takes his advice from the chief of police on this matter. Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter’s view is marijuana is a controlled substance and the possession and/or distribution of such is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada. True, for the moment, and we don’t believe we’d want a chief of police to say anything other than he will enforce the criminal code. However, from time to time, city council meets with the chief to talk about priorities. They discuss problems of the day and the need to shift enforcement priorities to or from one problem or another (graffiti, theft from vehicles, etc.). The criminality of these certain acts has not changed in the criminal code, but they change in frequency and the people paying the freight (taxpayers) could suggest their police force deal with the most pressing issues. Lefebvre, along with city council, could if they wish direct the RCMP to back off any medical marijuana dispensary. It’s up to Hunter whether he will, or can, pay attention to that request. Hunter was scheduled to appear before council last night, after our press time. Until he’s done that, Lefebvre cannot continue to say there’s nothing more he can do about this issue. — Editorial by John Harding

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MEASURE SEAWEED SCIENTIFICALLY Having lived at the water’s edge at the entrance to Baynes Sound for more than 20 years has been a privilege as well as an education. Every year, I gather many trash cans full of seaweed to place upon my seaside veggie garden. One year, I had the bright idea of covering the whole front lawn with the stuff. I was putting it on about a foot thick when I turned around and looked at the large area I covered I began laughing. A kabillion bugs were jumping out of the seaweed and heading towards the beach a few feet away. I often wonder how they knew which direction to go? One of your recent letter writers (‘Seaweed is good business,’ Cliff Walker) was incorrect in several areas I would like to address. Dr. Ian Birtwell, retired DFO scientist, did an academic peer review of published documents pertaining to seaweed and came to his conclusions. This is not anecdotal story telling like the above paragraph. Its scientific data reviewed and restated for public knowledge. Science does not generally put undergrad students on short, two-month-long projects to study and reach conclusions upon which business will be allowed to change the environment significantly as is being done with a Ministry of Agriculture grant to Clamshell U to hire some students to flag seaweed and see that it floats and re-floats after every storm. A real scientific study would take several years of undertaking, and employ real scientists. I do acknowledge that after we complained to high heaven about the destruction that these people did to our community garden they participated recently in cleaning up and restoring the area. Much appreciated by the Deep Bay community for sure. But the tracks from their machine are still visible in places. This indeed is raw resource extraction abusing our community and greatly affecting the ecology of local beaches as well as the oyster and shellfish industry. One thing that people don’t realize when they smell the rotting seaweed on the beach is that this is a natural process... the seaweed eventually is broken down by feeding bugs, crabs, critters (bear, deer, otter eat it) and the next storm even washes what’s left back into

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CLEAN YOUR CHIMNEY FOR FIRE SAFETY

On January 15 my tenants had a chimney fire. I would like to thank our local volunteeer fire department for its prompt and courteous response. I would also like to stress the importance of cleaning your chimney once in awhile during heating season. My tenants were fortunate not to lose their home. LAUREL LACEY Dashwood

SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

What is wrong with using marijuana? Nothing. It is a person’s freedom to choose to smoke tobacco, drink alcohol or eat sugar. These highly-addictive items cause a myriad of expensive health and social problems, but are legal. Two are heavily taxed by the government. Marijuana, while safer, remains illegal in Canada. In 1972, the national commission of Marijuana and Drug Abuse found that marijuana isn’t entirely safe, but its dangers have been overstated. Twenty-three U.S. states and D.C. have enacted laws to legalize medical marijuana. In 2014, the Canadian government changed the law, no longer allowing medicinal users to grow their own (almost free), forcing the purchase from a pricier Health Canada-approved grower ($5-12 per gram). People living with disabilities/illness are less able to afford this more expensive (market price?) medical marijuana. The Phoenix Pain Management Society offers medical marijuana by donation, with a prescription. Marijuana has been credited as effective treatment for many ailments, such as: cancer effects (pain, anorexia, nausea, etc.), MS, Crohn’s disease, glaucoma, hypertension, chronic pain and epilepsy. Studies show many other health benefits, limited

here by space. Marijuana is known as a recreational drug, but it has many positive uses in health care. In 2010, 925 million people were hungry, struggling to get food let alone health care. Marijuana is a fast-growing plant able to provide all these health benefits — why not use it? Keep it in the hands of the people and out of the pharmaceutical realm. It is an affordable treatment that without free access many of those in need can not afford. Legalize it. Allow folks to use it as necessary. I stand beside Phoenix strongly, as it is life or death for some. HALEY SUDLOW Parksville

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CATSPAN THANKS Last month, we wrote you about a cat rescue project that CatSpan was working on in Fairwinds. Due to a misunderstanding, our traps had been taken, and along with our best chance of rescuing the kitten(s). Following that letter, we are pleased to let you know our traps were returned to us, and we continue to seek the Fairwinds cat(s). Thank you to the person who returned our traps. Not only that, but CatSpan received many words of encouragement from the public in Oceanside. We would like to offer a heartfelt thank-you to the residents that donated to our cause. Because of people like yourselves, CatSpan can humanely and compassionately care for the feral cat population of our communities. We also had traps generously donated from community neighbours and Bosleys’s North Nanaimo, who kindly replaced the traps that Bosley’s in Parksville had helped CatSpan acquire originally. Many of the cats that we help do not start their lives as wild (feral) cats. Many lose their homes through no fault of their own, or are abandoned by people who won’t be there to see the distress and hunger and loneliness that these cats endure, and in time these cats can become wild. Others come to our attention because pet owners don’t spay and neuter their cats. The volunteers of CatSpan have tirelessly worked for 20 years in Oceanside feeding feral cats, spaying and neutering, treating illness and finding homes for our communities’ forgotten cats. SHAWN HOOPER Nanoose Bay

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Will Parksville Qualicum Beach MLA Michelle Stilwell’s cabinet appointment affect this area?

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Any representation in the cabinet is a good thing. KRISTIN BAILEY Parksville

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After a Carrington Event, everything modern would shut down

his is not a really good time for mitting keys. you — I realize that. You’ve got a The Carrington Event was a solar flare, allot on your mind, what with the beit a stupendously huge one. Solar flares are clown show in Ottawa, the weather by no means rare. Our scientific instruments outside and the obscene messag- record at least one a week. es your bathroom weigh-scale keeps leaving Nobody knows when the next solar flare you. I hate to pile it on like this, but... will erupt, or how large it will be. Are you ready for a Carrington Event? The fact is, the earth could see another CarIt’s been a while since we had the last one. rington Event, the same magnitude or even One hundred and fifty-six years to be pre- greater... tomorrow. cise. It was on September 1, 1859 that a British Ah, but this time the earthly ramifications scientist by the name of Richard would be different. A hundred Carrington happened to be peerand fifty six years ago the earth ing through his microscope when was a simpler place. No airplanes, suddenly the sun burped. no telephones, no Internet. ElecIt was a solar flare, a massive By Arthur Black tricity was a scientific curiosity. one. It took the energy punch from And today? Imagine our civthat flare (technically known as a ilization not as a multilingual, coronal mass ejection) just sevenmany-layered hive tendrilled toteen and a half hours to gallop 93 gether by fibre-optic cables carrymillion miles through space and ing cyberspatial tweets and Instaslam into our planet, resulting in grams. Think of our world instead the largest geomagnetic storm as a single insect. A dung-beeever recorded. tle, say — but a dung-beetle that For the next two days, auwears its nervous system on roras — better known as the Imagine... A massive solar the outside of its carapace. flare that fries the power Northern Lights — were seen Now imagine Carrington grids from Tanganyika as far away as Cuba and HaEvent Take Two. A massive to Tofino. No lights. No waii. solar flare that fries the powtelevision. No subway or The glow over the Rocker grids from Tanganyika to supermarkets ies was so intense that some Tofino. No lights. No televiARTHUR BLACK gold miners awoke and began sion. No subway or supermarcooking breakfast, assuming it kets. was morning. In New HampNeed some gas? Too bad, shire it was bright enough at midnight to read the pumps don’t work. Neither do your credit a newspaper. A reporter for the Baltimore cards. Please don’t get sick because the hosAmerican and Commercial Advertiser wrote: pitals are down. And don’t look to the cops — “The light appeared to cover the whole fir- they’re out of business too, with all computers mament, apparently like a luminous cloud, on the fritz. And let’s hope it’s not winter — through which the stars of the larger magni- unless you happen to own a wood stove. tude indistinctly shone. The light was greater The glittering exoskeleton of our insect has than that of the moon at its full, but had an in- flickered and died. Everything that used to describable softness and delicacy that seemed work by the flick of a switch or a push of the to envelop everything upon which it rested. button is defunct. Between 12 and 1 o’clock, when the display Could it really happen? Could an electrowas at its full brilliancy, the quiet streets of the magnetic solar fireball swell up and wallop city resting under this strange light, presented our planet that way? No reason why not. No a beautiful as well as singular appearance.” reason on earth. It wasn’t merely a spectacular light show. Telegraph systems around the world crashed. — Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. Some telegraph operators were showered with His column appears Tuesday in The NEWS. sparks when they tried to operate their transE-mail: arblack43@shaw.ca.

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Building big fishing boats in Coombs AUREN RUVINSKY

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Roy Brown at Independent Shipwrights in Coombs is building the biggest boat of its kind on the West Coast. The 60-foot long commercial fishing boat will be unusually wide at 23-feet, competing with boats a third longer, said Brown, who has been building boats on the property for 36 years. “I started training on building wood boats in New Zealand in 1972,” he said. “Back then you had to go to the East Coast or overseas,” he said of his early interest in the craft. But very soon after starting his business back in his home province, he had to switch to fibreglass, which was already standard in the industry. “It takes about a third of the man hours to do the same work in fibreglass,” he said. Unable to find waterfront property, he moved to then very rural Coombs where “I could build my own building and nobody bothered me.”

Today he’s still building his biggest boat in that same original building where the hull pretty much takes up the whole space. The boat will be so big that they will have to move it to French Creek Marina with special permission through empty roads from 2-4 a.m., with hydro and utility company cooperation. They do about half the work in the shop, building the hull like the foundation of a house, then move it without the wheelhouse, which will be built in place once the boat is in the water. With a 7,000 gallon fuel tank and a huge amount of storage capacity, the “very beamy” or wide boat will be able to spend months out in the middle of the ocean between stops to re-fuel and unload their catch. The 70-ton boat, being built for long time local customer Neil Main, will be able to operate with just two deck hands and a skipper and despite its large size, still slips in under the 100 ton mark where regulations get a lot

more complicated, Brown said. It will fish black cod off B.C. and Alaska, mid-Pacific tuna, coastal prawn and brown fish like halibut. “This is the first new build this size in fibreglass in 20 or 30 years on the coast of B.C.” Brown boasted, mourning the loss of much of the boat building not only in the region, but across North America, with much work being outsourced over seas. Despite the trend in larger boat building in general, Brown is excited about his market in what he called “small boats,” with a resurgence in the market for those under 100 tons. “The market is growing, the fleet out there is getting too old now,” he said, adding they have at least a year and a half of work booked. Brown, who also builds fibreglass tanks and components for salmon hatcheries all over the coast, invites people to stop by their supply shop in Coombs, just past the goats on the roof. Call 250-248-2293 or visit www. independentmarine.ca for more.

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Roy Brown looks up at the hull for the largest boat they have built at Independent Shipwrights in Coombs.

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Blue chips: big and dominant not good enough

In times of uncertainty, many investors look for equity investments that represent stability and safety. Certainly one place to look is at the so-called “bluechip” stocks. What is a blue chip today? Just being big and dominant is no longer a guarantee that a company is blue chip quality. A blue chip today is most often found in the mature investment sectors, such as banking, insurance, and the equities of large-cap, industrial sector giants. Their shared attributes are investment stability, the quality of their tangible assets and value, their long and predictable revenue and earnings track record, and competitive dominance in their respec-

they do not guarantee future tive markets. Such comperformance. There could be panies can usually show a any number of reasons for a long record of increasing blue chip to “lose its edge.” dividend payouts and a It is important that proper reputation for dependable By Jim Grant analysis be undertaken not management practices. only when selecting blue Most blue chip investments chip investments, but also are leaders in their induswhen deciding if and when try, and their products and to move from one to another. services often possess wide “brand” recognition. Understand value Homework is required Blue chips are rarely the Blue chips tend to mainmost popular choice for tain value in both good and bad markets, and can be an attractive growth investors seeking high returns in way to achieve a higher level of safety in a a short period of time. But they do often portfolio’s equity component. But home- possess understated value that can make work is required. While size, history and them a superior investment over time. One of the chief advantages of blue reputation are good guides to blue chips,

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chips is their dual investment value. As equities, their share price appreciates with earnings growth, and there is generally a dividend. Over the long term, the combination of gradual stock price appreciation and regular dividend income can give blue chips an attractive longterm rate of return. For more on how blue chips might fit into your portfolio, feel free to contact me at (250) 752-6010 or email jim.grant@ raymondjames.ca. Jim Grant CFP, CIM (Chartered Investment Manager) is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James Ltd. (RJL) His views do not necessarily reflect those of RJL. This article is for information only. Raymond James Ltd., member-Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

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Broatch, Joan Florence (Johns) (nee Wright) Jan. 17, 1921 ~ Nov. 10, 2014 Joan passed away, Nov. 10, 2014 in the Nanaimo Hospital. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons David, Murry, William, Peter, and Robert, her daughters-in-law Jill and Cathy, her grand-daughters-in-law Nicole and Leah, her grand-children Christy, Craig, Ryan, and Nolan, her greatgrand-children Riley and Archer and close friends Jeanne, Jan, Sherry and Gloria. She had many friends who enjoyed her smile she so freely gave to everyone.

Family was her life! A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at 1:30pm on Saturday February 7th in St. Edmund Anglican Church, 407 Wembley Rd. Parksville, BC.

Everyone Welcome! David John Allen 1933 - 2015

Sadly, at the age of 81, on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Trillium Lodge in Parksville, David left us to be with his Lord. He leaves behind his 3 brothers, Robert (Pat) in Wales, John (Phyllis) in New Zealand, and Stephen in London, England. David enjoyed the wilderness, especially in Canada when he worked in Kitimat and in regular trips to quiet mountain places. He also enjoyed hiking and skiing in the mountains near Vancouver and made many good friends there. David also took up fencing and figure skating. As a child growing up in wartime England, David made and flew powered model aircraft. He did National Service in the Royal Air Force after completing his engineering apprenticeship. He was an aircraft fitter but also played the trombone in the local Air Force band, and was stationed in Germany. When David returned to England, he took a variety of practical machining jobs, and eventually immigrated to Canada where he continued to practice his craft as a machinist. After moving to Parksville, he volunteered at the SOS and loved to take walks on the beach. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 6thÂ at Church of the Ascension, 887 Wembley Road in Parksville, with a reception to follow. Interment to be held at Yates Cemetery in Parksville. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.

STURLIS, Trudi Phyllis 1949 â€“ 2015

On January 27th we lost our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend after a lengthy illness. Trudi was a passionate reader. She created beauty with water colour and she had a keen, inquisitive mind. She was a gentle soul and was loved by all who met her and were touched by her sensitive and loving nature. We miss her deeply. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Palliative Unit at NRGH. A celebration of Trudiâ€™s life will be held at Yates Funeral Home in Parksville on Saturday, February 7th at 1:00 pm.

FREDA HOLMES

April 22, 1925 â€“ January 23, 2015 It is with a sad heart that we said good-bye to our wonderful mother on Friday January 23, 2015, at Arrowsmith Lodge. She is survived by her daughters Sharon (Stew), Judy (Jim) and Karen; grandchildren Jamie (Lyndon), Brian (Candice), Jessy (Brian), Amanda, Chelsea and Lynsey and great granddaughter Korrae Jessica Freda Wiunczura. There will be a memorial tea at the Parksville Legion on February 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm.

Lorenzo Giustiniani Barugolo Lorenzo went to his final rest on January 26, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents Ada Brocca and Mario Barugolo. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years Gina, devoted daughter Adina and son-in-law Jeff Oberacher of Qualicum Beach, sister Daniela Taylor of Lowell Arkansas, USA, extended family in British Columbia, and many relatives in Italy. Lorenzo was born in Venice, Italy on December 20, 1941 in Palazzo Giustiniani. He served in the Italian Navy from the age of 18 to 20. He was on the rowing team for the Seven Seas Republics. Lorenzo moved to Canada in 1964 to marry the love of his life Gina. He worked in the Pulp Mill in Port Alberni for 20 years and then moved back to Italy where he returned to his former profession as owner/operator of a motoscafi (water taxi) on the canals of Venice. One of his favorite things was playing tour guide aboard â€œThe Canuckâ€? where he met many fascinating people from politicians to movie stars. He enjoyed a variety of interests including golf, fishing, and playing cards at the Cavalotti Italian Lodge. Lorenzo was a proud Venetian who never forgot his roots. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Wednesday February 4, 2015 at First Memorial Funeral Services, 1720 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC with reception to follow. The chapel will open at 10am for friends and family wishing a quiet moment of condolence.

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Louise Mandell is Vancouver Island University’s new chancellor.

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VIU says aboriginal rights lawyer Louise Mandell has been agent for positive change

One of Canada’s foremost Aboriginal rights lawyers and a tireless advocate for Canada’s First Nations was installed as Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) chancellor at the convocation ceremony in Nanaimo on January 29. Louise Mandell Q.C. is recognized for her exceptional and forward-thinking work in advancing Aboriginal and treaty rights. She is one of the founders of the nationally recognized and respected law firm Mandell Pinder, established in 1983 specifically to support Canada’s Indigenous people to achieve recognition and implementation of their constitutional rights. “Louise inspires others through her diligence, energy, creativity and use of a collaborative approach,” said Dr. Ralph Nilson, President and Vice-Chancellor of VIU. “She shares similar values to VIU as well. Throughout her ca-

reer she has used law as an agent for positive change; VIU uses education in the same way. Louise recognizes the important role education plays in the development of people and communities and is seen by many as an invaluable mentor.” Passionate about education, Mandell uses her skills as a writer and as a public speaker at workshops and forums to pass on her knowledge and expertise. Mandell has been recognized for her work with a number of designations and awards. In 1997 she was appointed Queen’s Counsel; in 2001 she was awarded the Georges Goyer Q.C. Memorial Award for exceptional contribution to the development of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights jurisprudence across the country. Today Mandell is partner emeritus at Mandell Pinder, still connected but no longer involved in the day-to-day practice of law. This has created space for her to focus her considerable skills and expertise in other areas. — Submitted by VIU

GRANT-IN-AID APPLICATIONS Subject to the provisions of the City’s Grant-in-Aid Applications Policy 3.26, the City of the Parksville may provide direct financial assistance to community groups and organizations for events which benefit its citizens and visitors. Eligible applicants are community non-profit organizations in the arts, cultural, recreational or social services field. Organizations wishing to apply for funding assistance are asked to obtain a copy of the policy to ensure their submission will meet all necessary criteria and must submit their application on the approved form. Copies of the policy and application form can be obtained in person at the Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue, or from the City’s website [City Hall/Mayor and Council/Grant-in-Aid Applications]. Applications will be forwarded to the Grants-In-Aid Select Committee for review and recommendation to Council regarding the approval and amount of the grants. Council is not obligated to allocate any or all of the $2,500 budgeted funds. Please note incomplete applications will be returned and returned applications which are not re-submitted by the deadline in correct form will not be considered. Deadline for submission of applications is 4 pm on Friday, February 27, 2015, to the City of Parksville - Administration Department 100 Jensen Avenue East, PO Box 1390 Parksville, BC V9P 2H3

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Application No’s. PL2012-012 and PL2014-092 1069 Smithers Road and Evergreen Way (Errington) Electoral Area ‘F’ Pursuant to Sections 890, 891, and 892 of the Local Government Act, we advise you that a public hearing has been scheduled in your area with respect to the proposed “Regional District of Nanaimo of Nanaimo Electoral Area ‘F’ Zoning and Subdivision Amendment Bylaw No. 1285.23, 2015” and “Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area ‘F’ Zoning and Subdivision Amendment Bylaw No. 1285.24, 2015” and will be held: Date:

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What is Zoning Amendment No. 1285.23, 2015 about? To rezone a portion of the property located at 1069 Smithers Road as outlined in bold on Map A from T-1 (Institutional/Community Facility 1) to C-3 (Commercial 3). If adopted, Amendment Bylaw No. 1285.23, 2015 will permit expansion of an existing outdoor storage use for the sale and display of utility trailers on the neighbouring lot at 1093 Smithers Road. What is Zoning Amendment No. 1285.24, 2015 about? To rezone the property located at Evergreen Way (Errington) as outlined in bold on Map B from A-1 (Agriculture 1) to R-4 (Rural 4). If adopted, Amendment Bylaw No. 1285.24, 2015 will rezone the property to reduce the minimum parcel size from 4 ha to 2 ha in order to facilitate a three lot subdivision. Where can I get more information? A copy of the proposed bylaws and relevant documents may be inspected at the meeting, or prior to the meeting at the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) office at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo until February 11, 2015. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with extended hours on Wednesdays 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays.

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The public hearing for these bylaws will be chaired by Director Fell or his alternate as a delegate of the Board. All persons who consider their interest in their property to be affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by written submission at the public hearing. Written submissions can also be provided in advance of the public hearing and must be received at the RDN office by 4:30 pm February 10, 2015, to ensure their inclusion in the public record. Questions or Comments? Please contact the RDN Planning Department @ Phone: 250-390-6510 or toll free in BC 1-877-607-4111 Fax: 250-390-7511 Email: planning@rdn.bc.ca Mail: 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2

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This show is a celebration, not competition Dance Odyssey is set for Saturday at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo JESSICA SKELTON reporter@pqbnews.com

Twenty-two dancers from Parksville’s Innovative Dance Arts school are putting the final touches on their pieces for a performance at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo next week. They have been invited to perform at the non-competitive Dance Odyssey ’15, which IDA co-owner and director Deena DeVito-Carl calls “a celebration of youth dance on Vancouver Island.” “It’s not about competing,” said IDA’s director of intensive ballet programming Jennifer Quibell. “It’s about the love of dance.” Sarah DeVito, co-owner and director of intensive jazz and modern at IDA, is also excited for the students to have a “feel-good event” to start of their performance season. “Competition has its place,” she said, adding that Dance Odyssey ’15 will still offer positive learning experiences. In particular, DeVito-Carl said the performances will gives the students an “opportunity to dance on a professional platform,” which in this case, is the Port Theatre’s stage. For this year’s festival, IDA is presenting one piece each from their junior and senior intensive dance programs. “We’re presenting both ends of the spectrum,” said DeVito. Quibell is working with students in the school’s junior intensive program on a classical ballet piece called Printemps Variation, which has some of Vivaldi’s Four Season as soundtrack. “Unity of the group is key,” she said, adding that she hopes the dance will help add variety to the upcoming performance. “We don’t always get a lot of classical pieces.” There are 16 dancers in the junior class, all of whom are around 10-12 years old. While they may be some of the younger students at IDA, but DeVitoCarl said they still have four or five years dancing experience each and are currently practicing a minimum of 10 hours

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Innovative Dance Arts’ Sarah DeVito, top row far left, Jennifer Quibell (top row second from right) and Deena DeVito-Carl (top row far right) stand with the school’s junior intensive dance students, who will be performing a classical ballet piece called Printemps Variation at Dance Odyssey ’15 in Nanaimo’s Port Theatre next week. IDA will also be sending the senior intensive dance class, which will perform an edgy contemporary piece titled Implicit Demand for Proof.

a week. DeVito, on the more advanced side of things, is working with six dancers in the senior intensive program. These student are the most senior in the school and have been dancing seriously for 9-10 years. DeVito-Carl added that the girls in this group are dancing at least 18 hours a week.

“They’re technically more proficient dancers,” said DeVito. For their contribution, the senior dancers are working on a challenging and edgy contemporary piece titled Implicit Demand for Proof. Dance Odyssey ’15 is hosted by Dancestreams, the performing company of the Vancouver Island Youth Dance As-

sociation. According to the organization’s website, all dance schools in the mid-Island are invited to submit one or two pieces for the event on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Nanaimo’s Port Theatre. Tickets for Dance Odyssey ’15 are $22, or $17 if purchasing for a group of 10 or more, and are available at 250-754-8550 or porttheatre.com

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New, expanded version of Parksville & Then Some released Parksville & District Historical Society is pleased to announce a brand new edition of the book Parksville & Then Some by local author and historian Marjorie Leffler. Originally printed in 1999, the book has been completely redesigned and expanded with support from the Parksville/ Qualicum Community Foundation and Coastal Community Credit Union.

Parksville & Then Some is a fascinating collection of stories and vignettes describing the historical beginnings of Parksville and the nearby settlements of Errington, Coombs and Nanoose Bay. Informative and often amusing, this book offers insight into the daily lives of the staunch pioneer homesteading families — the challenges they faced and the successes they achieved in the

late 1800s and early twentieth century. Readers will recognize familiar names such as Craig, Hirst, McCarter and Stanhope. During the 1930s and into the mid-century, other waves of newcomers arrived including members of the Salvation Army from Britain, Russian Doukhobors, war brides and entrepreneurs to name but a few. For long-time residents of the area,

newcomers and visitors, Parksville & Then Some provides a very enjoyable glimpse into the history of the town and its surrounding communities. The new edition is available at Mulberry Bush Book Store in Parksville and the Parksville Museum & Archives (1245 East Island Highway; 250-248-6966). — NEWS Staff/Parksville & District Historical Society

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From left, Smoke ’n’ Water’s sous chef Shawn Brown, server Brandy Presley and owner David Jones show off a few of the stained glass hearts on display at the restaurant. The artworks, all created by Layne Collinson, are part of a fundraiser for the Manna Homeless Society.

FUNDRAISER FOR MANNA SOCIETY

Stained glass Hearts for the Homeless Local artist Layne Collinson designed more than 130 hearts that hang at Smoke ‘N Water Restaurant in Nanoose JESSICA SKELTON reporter@pqbnews.com

The dozens of stained glass hearts hanging in the windows at Smoke ’n’ Water restaurant are looking to help spread some love in the community. From now until Valentine’s Day, all proceeds from each piece of art sold will go to the Manna Homeless Society. “I wanted to do something,” said Parksville stained glass artist Layne Collinson, who added that she thinks

it’s “abominable” how many homeless and low-income call the area home. “It’s nice to raise awareness.” “We’re all in this together,” said Smoke ’n’ Water owner David Jones, who said he is happy to do “any little thing to help. I think every business should be involved in the community.” For the fundraiser, called Hearts for the Homeless, Collinson designed more than 130 unique hearts. There are currently 60-70 pieces hanging in the restaurant and they will be replaced by the remaining inventory as each is sold. The hearts range in price from $10-80. “It’s amazing what you can do with a heart shape,” said Collinson, who has been making stained glass for nearly 40

years. “They’re gorgeous.” This isn’t the first time the artist has sold stained glass hearts as a fundraiser. Last year, she raised nearly $1,000 for the Bennett family, who lost mother Cara to cancer, at the Final Approach restaurant at Qualicum Beach Airport. Jones also hopes to do more fundraising, be it for homelessness or other causes, at the restaurant. “I think it’s a wonderful environment not being maximized,” he said of the space, which has a larger capacity now that the fish tank is gone from the centre of the restaurant. (What happened to the fish tank? You can read that story in this edition of The NEWS.)

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Cynical, clever and taboo. Those are the words host Jared Borland used to describe a comedy show he’s bringing to Parksville Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Quality Resort Bayside. “You don’t often get this caliber of comedy in smaller towns,” said Borland, a former Nanaimo resident who now lives in Vancouver promoting the Canadian comedy scene. Borland has two comedians headlining the show: John Beuhler and Brett Martin, both who he describes as “personal idols when I first got into comedy eight years ago who are even more talented now.” Beuhler, he said, is an “incredible”

comedian with “all the traits of Russell Peters and the likes … I’m not quite sure why he isn’t super famous right now.” Beuhler has opened for Zach Galifinakis, Dennis Miller, Joan Rivers, Martin Short, Craig Ferguson and Brent Butt. He’s performed on CBC’s Just For Laughs Gala, has been featured on stand up specials on CBC including the Debaters, Just For Laughs Gala, CTV and The Comedy Network; and his awards include Corner Gas Comic Genius Comedy, Comedy Network and Just for Laughs Homegrown winner. Beuhler even starred in his own one hour snowboarding mocumentary on Global TV called Chill.

“He (Beuhler) makes people think in a different way than maybe they normally would, he’ll attack social aspects of life and is very opinionated but by the time he’s done you can’t help but agree,” said Borland. “I imagine he’ll be in L.A. soon on the big screen.” Also headlining the show, Borland says Brett Martin “has basically achieved all you can achieve in Canada’s comedy industry.” Martin recently shot his first national television special: Comedy Now for CTV and the Comedy Network. He’s been touring Canada relentlessly and has since become a familiar face in the Canadian comedy landscape.

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“He (Martin) is blunt, he attacks social things, politics and he’ll talk about religion,” said Borland, who added that he often gets standing ovations for his performances. Borland said the two comedians have great chemistry and it’s sure to be an enjoyable show. He warns that there will be “mature content” but assures lots of laughs. Parksville is the first stop of the show’s Vancouver Island tour which will hit communities from Sidney to Port McNeil over the next few weeks. Tickets are $20 in advance available at the Quality Resort Bayside or online through arbutusevents.ca. Doors open at 7p.m. and the show starts at 8p.m. For more information contact Megan Olsen at 250937-0999.

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Nine teams of under-12 girls got together for some footy over the weekend at Springwood Field. There were two teams from Oceanside and the rest came from all over Vancouver Island to play on Sunday.

With exams taking place this week, the Ballenas Whalers senior boys basketball team is using the break to fine-tune its game ahead of a showdown with Carihi (Campbell River) for the right to go to the Island championship. The Whalers, coming off a weekend where they beat Gulf Island Secondary (7023) and lost to Brentwood College and G.W. Graham (both provincially-ranked teams), will be looking to learn from some mental lapses last weekend ahead of a big game on February 10 at home against the NDSS Islanders. “We had a tough time in the first game we played against Brentwood,” head coach Kevin McMillen said. “We had trouble containing them and we couldn’t score the ball like we were hoping to.” “Even though we lost by two points to G.W. Graham, we played them very well and had a great game defensively,” McMillen said. “It was our consistency that really gave us problems in that game and it’s been like that in a few games for us this season so far.” McMillen and his coaching staff, Taylor Wilson and Tim Bigelow, will be looking to implement a few things this week to help turn that around for their team. Even though the season got off to a late start, McMillen has been impressed with what he’s seen so far and knows the best is yet to come. See WHALERS FACE, page A31

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It was a tough way to end a busy week for the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals, dropping a 10-2 decision to the Saanich Braves at home Saturday night. The Gens were playing their third game in three days after losses to the Nanaimo Buccaneers (8-3) and the Peninsula Panthers (7-4). “It was a tough way to end our week, for sure,” head coach Rob Gaudreault said after the game Saturday night. “We came out slow, we came out lazy, we didn’t play to our game plan and we took some weak penalties that shouldn’t have happened. I was impressed that we kicked back in that

third period after being out played for 40 minutes.” The tough week was even tougher in the final game as injuries to captain Gibson Doney, forwards Tristan Sailor, Chase Gaudreault and defensemen David Biagioni and Josh Harvey all came against the Braves on Saturday night. “It’s tough on a team when we’ve got a smaller roster to begin with,” Gaudreault said. “Then to see five guys get hurt in the same game, it’s tough. But we just need to keep on preaching what we’ve been telling these guys about systems, that’s all we can do going forward here.” For Gaudreault, it was especially tough having the showing the team did in front

of the hometown crowd, who have been there through thick and thin for the team since the start of the season. “The fans have been amazing to us all season,” Gaudreault said. “I feel bad for disappointing them with this last game. It’s the first time that they’ve seen this from our team all season at home. It’s been a long year for everyone, including our fans, but they’ve stuck with us through it all and I can’t thank them enough for that.” Frustrations started to show in the second period and were still there when Gaudreault spoke after the loss. “It’s frustrating, the way things have been going. We’ve been showing them systems to work with as a team and when

we’ve got guys who are going out and playing their own system, it doesn’t work as a team. It’s been 44 games now and we’re still having these problems, so it’s frustrating.” Looking ahead the Gens have just one game this weekend against the first place Campbell River Storm (35-4-1) on Saturday night at Oceanside Place (7:30 pm). “We’re going to work on special teams, penalty killing in particular,” Gaudreault said. “It’s been weak all year. We’ve been working on it pretty much every single practice and I’m puzzled. We’ve been showing them what to do and it hasn’t been translating over to games, it’s very puzzling and frustrating for us.”

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The Parksville Curling Club hosted the Parksville women’s open bonspiel with 20 teams from Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo, Comox Valley, Port Alberni and Esquimalt. Players also came from as far away as Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The bonspiel was played out over 50 games, including five event finals and featured players from Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The team of Lynn Noble (skip), Donna Langlands (third), Crystal Murray (second) and Shirley Wong (lead) from Qualicum Beach, won the “A” event, sponsored by Hollis Wealth Management.

Winners of the “B” event, sponsored by Lesley’s Esthetics, were the team (from Nanaimo) of skip Lesley Shearer, third Glynis Davis and second Susanna Gundison. The “C” event, which was sponsored by Sunwest Helicopters, was won by the team of skip Amber Dufour, third Jen Zbinden, second Brenda MacPherson and lead Christine Duncan, all from the Comox Valley. In the “D” event, sponsored by Sheila Dale, the winning rink was skip Dolores Wallace, third Lynn Fedoruk, second Lori McKay and lead Jade Shultis (from Esquimalt). Taking home the “E” event, sponsored by the Parksville Curling Club, was skip Winn Rehill, third Cheryl Noble, second Nancy Douglas and lead Vivien Williams, hailing from Parksville.

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more than just one person handling the load, it makes it a lot easier on the team.” “Being able to bounce ideas off someone in the middle of a game is great and both Taylor and Tim have done a fantastic job so far with these kids.” The Whalers have an exhibition game this weekend against B.C. Christian School and then play host to the NDSS Islanders next Tuesday (Feb. 10) at Ballenas Secondary (7 p.m.). Last time they met NDSS won by 15 points. “We know what kind of a team we are,” McMillen said. “If we can play with the same intensity we’ve been playing with the last couple of games on defense, I don’t see why we shouldn’t be able to pull out a win against NDSS.”

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EveryTuesday

EveryFriday

EverySaturday

EveryMonday

OCEANSIDE STROKE RECOVERY

LIVE MUSIC

QBEACH FRIENDLY BRIDGE CLUB

BISHOPS OF BOWSER

PARKSVILLE PROBUS CLUB

2nd/Tues/mo, St. Stephen’s Hall, 150 Village Way, Qualicum Beach. 9:45am/doors, 10:15am/meeting. qbnewcomers.org

ARBUTUS CLUB TOASTMASTERS

1:30-3pm, 3rd/Tues/mo. Community Room, The Gardens. Jane Hope 1-800-462-2833

11am-1:30pm. St. Columba Hall, 921 Wembley Rd, Parksville. Bring lunch. 250586-6766. www.strokerecoverybc.ca

QBEACH SENIORS CENTRE Yoga@11:45am. $4 drop-in. Ukelele/Beginners@10:30am.

COOMBS COUNTRY OPERA 7pm, 3rd/Fri/mo. CHRC Rodeo Grds, 2595 Alberni Hwy. Local talent. $5. Musicians/kids FREE. Grab your guitar, fiddle, mandolin or whatever & join us! Snacks provided. 248-1009

MUSIC TRIVIA

7pm start! Shady Rest Pub. 3109 W. Island Hwy, Qualicum Beach. Get a team together, show us what you’ve got, and win prizes!

SAND DOLLAR’S SQUARE DANCE

Bradley Centre. 1st & 3rd/Fri/mo. Pre-rounds 7:30pm/dance at 8pm. Debbie 250-951-0135.

BRADLEY CENTRE LUNCHEONS

11:45am-1:15pm, Last/Fri/mo. Bradley Ctre., 975 Shearme Rd. $6/Members $2 annual. Gunter, 250-248-2336, bradleycentre@shaw.ca

FEBRUARY FREE TECH WORKSHOPS

9:30-10:30am, Family Place, 494 Bay Ave., PV. Feb 6: Intro to Editing/Formatting Docs using free OpenOffice - Part 2. Feb 13: Show off your project, holiday, grandkids, etc. with a Slideshow App on iPad/iPhone. Beginners ok. Feb 20: Windows 8 Improvements-what changed? Feb 27: Look at Android Tablets, email & web brower apps. DROP IN LAB HOURS, Tues & Thurs: 9am-12pm. Fri: 10:30-12pm (after workshop). 250-947-8258, blt@sd69.bc.ca, www.blt.sd69.bc.ca, Facebook.com/tlc.blt.

EverySaturday

7-11pm. Live Local Bands. Shady Rest Pub, 3109 W. Is. Hwy, Qualicum Beach. 12pm, Henry’s Kitchen, QBay chess club meets. www.bowserchess.pbworks.com or Robert 757-8709. Everyone Welcome.

EverySunday SENIORS SOCIAL ACOUTIC JAM 1-3:30pm, 961 Clarke Rd, QBeach. Last/Sun/ mo. Bring your instrument, a friend & enjoy! Donation/$5, $3/treats. Mike Mallon, 250-5949951, lazy-mike@hotmail.com. http://www. lazymikerockinrecliners.com/houseofmusic.htm

PANCAKE BREAKFAST & GARAGE SALE 8:30-11:30am, 3rd/Sun/mo. 975 Shearme Rd./Bradley Centre. $6/$2 annual. Frank, 250-248-0676, bradleycentre@shaw.ca

QUAKERS MEETING

11am, 2nd/Sun/mo, at Bethlehem Retreat Ctre, 2371 Arbot Rd Nanaimo. 250-754-0774.

EveryMonday

6:45-10pm, QB Legion, 180 Veterans Way (back door). Knowledge of Bridge. 250-752-0196 8:30am, 3rd/Mon/mo. Quality Bayside Resort. parksvilleprobus.ca. 250-752-4204.

OPEN ACOUSTIC MIC

9am, Parksville Beach Comm. Park. Neil Robins, 250-954-1928, nmrobins@telus.net http://www.thebirdstore.blogspot.ca/ 9am,1st Tues/mo. St. Stephen’s Church Hall.

ROTARY CLUB OF QBEACH SUNRISE

“GET RHYTHM”

7am, Tuesdays, Rotary House, 211 Fern Rd W

SOCRATES CAFE

PV ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA

1:30-3pm, 1st/Tues/mo. Caregivers Support Group, Stanford Place, 250 Craig Street, Parksville. Jane Hope 1-800-462-2833

CDN. FED. UNIV. WOMEN PV QUALICUM

PARKSVILLE LIONS

7pm, 1st & 3rd Tues/mo., 241 Moilliet, 250-248-5806/250-248-9392

OS PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT

7pm, 1st/Tues/mo., The Gardens, 650 Berwick N, Qualicum Beach. Affected, family & friends. 250-752-7489, brook@shaw.ca

PQ LINUX/ANDROID USERS GROUP

MID ISLAND WALKING CLUB

ROTARY CLUB OF PARKSVILLE

6:30pm, 3rd Tues/mo. at A & W Restaurant, 540 Island Hwy East, Parksville. Bring your laptop, Android device, or Chromebook.

PARKSVILLE LYME SUPPORT GROUP

ROTARY CLUB OF QUALICUM BEACH

QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB

QUALICUM BEACH FARMERS MARKET

QBEACH SENIORS CENTRE

10 am/1 &/or 2 hr walk alternate Sat/Sun, marmac2@telus.net for schedule. ann. $10. 1:30-4pm, 3rd Sat/mo PV Pharmasave (281 E. Is. Hwy) meeting rm. pqblyme@gmail.com 8:30am-12:30pm, Veteran’s Way & Memorial. www.qbfarmersmarket.com

SMART RECOVERY

10-11:30am, meet/SOS, 245 W. Hirst Ave., PV. Info/assist.re-Alcohol & Drug Use Disorder. Ray Deller, 250-714-9703, smartrecovery@shaw.ca

12pm, Mondays (except holidays), Quality Resort Bayside. 6:15pm, Mondays (except holidays) Rotary House, 211 Fern Rd West. Yoga, 9:30 & 11:30am. $4 drop-in. Linedancing @3:45pm

MOUNT ARROWSMITH PIPE BAND

6:30pm, Arbutus Grove Church, 170 W Hirst, PV. All pipers & drummers welcome. Will teach new members. Mel, 250-752-7810.

6:30pm/doors, 7-10pm, Last/Tue/mo. 961 Clarke Rd, QBeach. All ages/$5, $3/treats. All talents/styles. Mike Mallon, 250-5949951, lazy-mike@hotmail.com. http://www. lazymikerockinrecliners.com/houseofmusic.htm

EveryWednesday

7-8:30pm, Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 795 Is. Hwy Parksville. 19+, FREE, with coffee, tea & snacks provided. Rhonda Kelman, (250)248-6644, lifetree.oslc@gmail.com, http://lifetreecafe.com/

4-6pm, 1st/3rd/Mon/mo. The Gardens, QB/ Comm. Rm. Age 7-17. All welcome. Supplies included/$25 annually. Pat 250-594-5727.

Tues. (Feb 3-Mar 24). 7-9pm, Coombs Fairgrnds 250-248-8515 or ranlong@telus.net

QUALICUM BEACH PROBUS CLUB

7pm, 2nd & 4th/Tues/mo., 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. 250-240-4538

JOIN AIR CADETS

7-10pm, Parksville Legion. Dance to Country, Old Rock & Roll, Pop & Blues. Members & potential members welcome. Sharon Franzen, franzen.sharon@gmail.com

YOUTH 11-18 FREE DROP-IN GAMES & SPORTS

Wed. (Feb 4 Mar 25) 6:30-8pm, Coombs Fairgrnds 250-248-8515 or ranlong@telus.net

EveryThursday THE PARKSVILLE NEWCOMERS’ CLUB 7pm/doors, 7:30pm/meeting, 1st/Thurs/ mo, 132 Jensen St. Lots of parking & guest Speakers. www.parksvillenewcomers.net

OLD TIME FIDDLE DANCES

CORONATION STREET CLUB

QBEACH SENIORS CENTRE

OPEN GOSPEL MUSIC

Wed 10-11am, Different local each week. All levels of fitness. 250-248-8515 or ranlong@telus.net Tai Chi@10am. Tai Chi/Qi Gong@1pm. 7am, Wednesdays, The Beach Club Resort

NANOOSE NATURALISTS

ASBC MID-ISLAND GRANDPARENT SUPPORT GROUP MEETING

10am-noon., 2nd Wed/mo. Family Resource Association, 198 Morison Ave, Parksville. www.nanaimoautism.org, 250-714-0801

PARKSVILLE CHURCH CHOIR

7-9pm, Knox United Church, 250-248-3927 7-9pm., 1st/Wed/mo. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, oceansidephotographers.ca

7-9pm, 1st Thurs/mo. at The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, QBeach. Free, family & friends welcome. 250-752-8066 or amen@shaw.ca. 1:30pm., Last Thur/mo. The Gardens, Wellness Rm. Qualicum Beach. Val 250-468-7556.

NANOOSE BAY LIONS

7pm, 2nd & 4th/Thurs/mo., Nanoose Place. 250-927-0518 7pm, 3353 Island Hwy West. Qualicum Beach. 250.752.8055, deezbarandgrill.com

Beginners/6:30-7:45pm, Experienced/7:30pm QB Comm Hall. Social Dancing, No partner needed. 11:30am, 2nd/Wed/mo., lunch at Nanoose Place.

OS BREAST CANCER SUPPORT

MUSIC AT DEEZ BAR & GRILL

9:30/1 hr walk, marmac2@telus.net for schedule. annual $10.

NANOOSE SENIORS

7pm, Nanoose Library Hall, 2489 Nanoose Rd. 2nd/Thurs/mo. Outings are arranged on a regular basis. www.nanoosenaturalists.org

MACULAR DEGENERATION SUPPORT

SINGING IN FRENCH

OS SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCERS

2pm, 2nd/Thurs/mo. Qualicum Beach Legion. 250-752-4445. 7-9:30pm, last Thurs/mo., Nanoose E Free Church. (Across from the new Fire hall/ Nanoose Bay) 250-468-9233.

ROTARY CLUB OF PARKSVILLE AM

MID ISLAND WALKING CLUB

SPRING SUNDAYS AT MILNER GARDENS - FEBRUARY 8-MARCH 29. Enjoy the early spring

QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY

SOLE SISTERS FITNESS WALK

Wed (Feb 4-Mar 25). 8:15-9:45pm Coombs Fairgrnds 250-248-8515 or ranlong@telus.net

1:30-3:30pm, “Nous Chantons”. New members welcome/Nouveaux membres, bienvenue! Suzanne Bernard, 250-248-8714

Tigh-Na-Mara Resort, Beach Club Resort, 1-888-760-2008. Events & Tickets @ www.parksvilleuncorked.com/events-and-tickets/

5:30-7:15pm (except school holidays) until mid May. Oceanside Community Church. K-9th grades. Shirley 250-757-9802.

7:30-10pm, Rotary House, Qualicum Beach. Variety of dance styles by the Coombs Old Time Fiddlers. $2.50/snack included. Bruce Foden, 250-586-3743, ebfoden@gmail.com

TENNIS AT SPRINGWOOD PARK

PARKSVILLE UNCORKED 2015 - UNTAPPED FEBRUARY 19-22 INCLUSIVE.

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YOUTH 16+ FREE DROP-IN FLOOR HOCKEY

OCEANSIDE PHOTOGRAPHERS CLUB

STUFF NOT TO MISS

6:30-8:30pm, 136 East Hirst Ave., Parksville. 19+. Free. Starts Jan 7th. Pat/Sharon, 250954-0785, execdir@forwardhouse.com. For caregivers of persons with mental health &/or addiction issues. www.forwardhouse.com

7pm, 3rd/Wed/mo. 180 Veterans Way, QB Legion. Lola Cook: 250-594-5556

6:15-9:15pm, begins Jan 6th. Hangar A3/ QBeach Airport. Registration ongoing, 1218yrs. Debbie, beaufort893ssc@hotmail.com. http://www.893aircadets.ca Drop-in 1-4pm, EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK to April 1, 2015. arrowsmithtennis.ca. 250-248-7280

9-11am/meetings, 2nd/4th/Wed/mo. 250954-3411, oess@shaw.ca

FAMILIES FORWARD SUPPORT GROUP

EveryTuesday TUESDAY BIRD WALKS

EveryWednesday OS EMERGENCY SOCIAL SERVICES

QB ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT YOUTH 16+ FREE DROP-IN BASKETBALL

LIFETREE CAFE

OS YOUTH STITCHERS

QBEACH & AREA NEWCOMER’S CLUB

7-9pm (except holidays). PCCC, 132 Jensen Ave. All welcome! Kristin, 248-1926, Matt 250-752-0794. arbutus.toastmastersclubs.org

10am-12pm, The Meadows Comm. Hall, Finholm St, PV. $1 drop in. Discus philosophy of life. Helen Males, 250-951-9952, hjmales@shaw.ca

7:30pm/meet, 2nd/Mon/mo. QBeach Civic Ctre. Bring your passion, (knitting, painting, collecting etc.) All welcome. Lynn Brown 248-5142.

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IMPROVE HEALTH

8:45-10am, until June 25. Jaya Studio, 420 Trio Lane, QBeach. Free trial class - then $10. Small, private, yoga studio. Kathy Murphy, 250-594-0285, Kathleen.murphy777@gmail. com, www.kathleenyoga777.ca

bulbs. 250-752-6153, http://www2.viu.ca/milnergardens, https://www.facebook.com/VIUMilnerGardens

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