Special Features - Women in Business 2015

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Women Campbell River

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Women are leaders everywhere you look, from the CEO and business owner to the house wife that holds together a home.

Our city is built by women who stand strong.

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A Celebration of Female Entrepreneurs HOME OWNERS HELPING HOME OWNERS 1270 Dogwood Street, Campbell River • 250-287-7147 • www.homehardware.ca

Allison Kilby, Owner & Operator

Women in BUSINESS Advertisers PAGE Bikram Yoga ....................................................................10 Breanna Podlasly - Artist/Actor ..................................17 Campbell River Garden Centre ....................................22 Campbell River Hospice Society .................................22 Campbell River Mirror ......................8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32 Campbell River Pet Centre ..............................................4 Campbell River Womens Centre ..................................28 Canine Conduct ...............................................................13 Chan Nowosad Boates ....................................................7 Charcare .......................................................................7, 12 Claire Trevena - MLA .....................................................30 Coho Books ......................................................................13 Colleen McClure .......................................................12, 26 Comfort Inn & Suites ......................................................18 Custom Contouring Body Spa .......................................10 Denise Mitchell Interiors ..............................................27 Discovery Speciality Advertising ............................7, 20 Diva’s Ladies Fashion ....................................................27 Dogwood Dental .............................................................21 Dogwood Pet Mart ...........................................................6 Dr. Janis Guthy ................................................................25 Dr. Pincott - Naturopathic Physician ............................6 Facille Graphics..............................................................19 Fuel Up Cafe.....................................................................21 Fusilli Grill .......................................................................13 Garat Financial..................................................................3 Georgie’s Furniture .........................................................10 Grieg Seafood....................................................................6 Home Brew Factory & Wine Boutique .......................21 Home Hardware ................................................................1 Hub International Barton Insurance Brokers ..............9 Hygro Gardening .............................................................16 Island Phoenix Acappella ............................................21 Jill Cook - The Mortgage Centre .................................17 Joanne Millar - Royal Lepage ..................................8, 15 Johnson Lock ..................................................................19 KB Fitness ........................................................................23 La Tee Da ..........................................................................26 Linda Spooner .................................................................29 Lindley Soaps ..................................................................26 Marias Anti-Aging ..........................................................27 MH Kitchen ......................................................................22 Needle and Arts Centre .................................................24 NIEFS.................................................................................11 Northern Property REIT .......................................8, 20, 28 OJ Realty & Property Management ............................16 Penny Coté-Kearns ...........................................................4 Raincoast Performing Arts .....................................12, 23 Rocky Mountain Chocolate ..........................................25 Shadoe Intimates ............................................................24 She Works She Plays.....................................................20 Signature Oils..................................................................14 Sunrise Learning Centre ...............................................15 Suttons Campbell River Funeral Home .......................23 TAP Bookkeeping ...........................................................15 Thongs Jewellery .............................................................4 Thrifty Foods ......................................................................5 Travel with Yvonne .........................................................16 Tremain Media ..............................................................4, 8 Tyee Chevrolet Buick GMC ...........................................29 United Floors ...................................................................24 Whiskey Point Resort ....................................................25 Your Dollar Store With More ........................................28

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Publisher’s message

to Women in Business You have heard the saying “If you want something done, ask a busy person.”

I can add to that – if you want something done and done well, ask the busiest woman you know. Take for instance, the women at the Campbell River Mirror: design, sales, editorial and front office. These busy women all work together daily to create quality publications for our readers to enjoy.

As you read through these pages, you will see many women you recognize. You will also most likely read about women you have never met, and I’m betting you will have the occasional “Oh, my, I had no idea....”

You will also find some very interesting information on how to address issues such as creating a healthy life balance, financial planning, or keeping active and staying fit without interrupting your schedule.

Often, we tend to scan the news for the highlights, but I promise you, for this year’s Women in Business edition, you will want to set aside some time, grab your favourite beverage, choose a comfortable chair and take some time to read through these pages to learn more about the wonderful, successful women working right here in our community.

Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. ~ Michelle Obama

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Campbell River business What is the BPWN? We are a dynamic group of women as diverse in our business interests as we are as individuals.

Monthly dinner meetings allow our membership to network with other professionals in a comfortable social environment.

Attendees, members and guests alike, discuss business issues, get tips and tricks on how to overcome challenges, and network to expand their referral base.

Membership is rewarded with a special meeting rate with no limit on the number of dinners and events

they can attend.

Annual summer events are also open to members only as are special marketing features.

Every month there is an opportunity to forge new and great relationships with other business

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owners and employees. A program of excellent speakers presents new ideas and offer tools to utilize those ideas to improve both life and career.

Members are exposed to new business ideas and

products, and to other business people on a regular basis.

Plus, let us not forgot, getting that one special night out with peers!

The BPWN promotes the

Barbara Gibson – Webmaster/Photographer, Fran Ferguson – Spotlight Chair/Member of the Year Chair/AGM Chair, Maria Lee – Facilities Chair/Greeter/Bursary Chair, Jane Neve – RSVP/Marketing Chair/Social Media Chair, Pam Posein – President, Jill Brocklehurst – Secretary, Maria Ji – Vice Chair, Arlene Post – Treasurer

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ince 1997, the Garat Financial Group team has provided the Campbell River and North Island Community with sound, reliable financial advice helping people achieve financial independence & peace of mind. One of the things we are most proud of is the client confidence that comes from knowing their plan is not just taking shape, but that it will one day allow them to achieve their dreams.

We act with the highest integrity in the best interest of our clients, placing their interests above our own, treating them with fairness, dignity and respect. As a broker, we are free to make unbiased recommendations to our clients and are under no obligation to sell proprietary products. Decisions are based solely on what is the best fit for you.

We are continually improving our technical knowledge and skills, while ensuring that clients receive the good oldfashioned, personal service that we are known for.

success of women in the workplace, exploring the diverse contributions and celebrating the fact that we are here to support each other, to assist growth and success to the betterment of the community at large.

The BPWN is about taking advantage of the opportunity to build your confidence, learn a new skill, speak your mind and belong.

Become known in the community

and show others what the BPWN represents: energy, support, motivation, inspiration, selfdevelopment, confidence, growth, and community.

Aspire to bring commitment, honor and cooperation.

Use this organization to springboard yourself and the BPWN to its very best. Check us out on-line at www.bpwn.org.

DARLENE GARAT

Financial Advisor, Investments & Insurance

A dream without a plan will always be just that: a dream. Darlene’s focus is on building a plan that will enable you to achieve those dreams. Her knowledge and expertise with both insurance and investments allows her to integrate tax, education, retirement and estate planning strategies into a comprehensive financial plan.

JACKI McIVOR

Office Manager & Insurance Administrator

Jacki is the ‘go to’ person for all things insurance. She is a licensed representative with extensive experience in Group Health Benefits. Jacki got her start in the business here at Garat Financial in 2002, and her wealth of knowledge and experience allows her to answer all of your insurance questions.

Our team is here to help you “Live Your Dream”.

KAREN SPIER

Investments Administrator

850F 12th Avenue,Campbell River • 250.287.2310 info@garatfinancial.com • www.garatfinancial.com

In an industry with regulations changing rapidly, and enough paperwork to keep the forestry industry humming, Karen is truly amazing. She is a licensed advisor assistant as well as our extraordinary investments administrator.

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Thong’s Jewellery 250-287-4042 #40-1270 Dogwood St. www.campbellrivermirror.com

Betty Lee & Trammy Tran

Thong’s Jewellery

Thong’s Jewellery has been providing Campbell River the highest standard of jewellery and service for the past 30 years. In 2007, Thong’s daughter Betty took over the business with the help of sister Trammy. Being a man who loves his craft, Thong is not far away as he still participates in the building of the most beautiful unique one-of-a-kind pieces.

Thong’s is known for their unbelievable custom designed jewellery. Any piece can be hand crafted to meet your specific taste. Their Canadian diamonds are 100% guaranteed mined, cut and polished in Canada. They offer a variety of breath taking rings, watches, wedding bands, pendants, chains and bracelets.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend and so are Betty and Trammy. They offer on-site repairs and will answer any question you have. These sisters have grown up in the business and are extremely knowledgeable about their craft. Customer service is extremely important at Thong’s as they want to ensure everyone leaves with their vision achieved.

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Counselling Specialist 250-914-4499 Shoppers Row www.pennycotekearns.ca

Penny Coté-Kearns

Metaphysical Life Counselling – Rejuvenation, Longevity, Youthing

Penny is a metaphysicist, teacher, writer, and counsellor. Her expertise is founded in innate talent, life experience, and over 40 years of research and study. Penny’s academic background includes a Masters in Theosophy (the combined study of science, philosophy, metaphysics, and religion) accreditation in life coaching, finance, Increased Human Effectiveness (IHE), and Interpersonal Skills Development (ISD). She is an intuitive empath, a Usui Reiki Master, and a metaphysical healing master.

Penny’s work as a successful counsellor includes unique attention to youthing, rejuvenation, and longevity. Penny expresses her natural talent as the ability to easily see the potential in others, and her vocation as the capacity to help others see that potential in themselves.

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250-286-0077 1250B Ironwood Street www.campbellriverpetcentre.com

Sarah Kirk

Owner, Campbell River Pet Centre

Sarah is a long time Campbell River resident who thoroughly enjoys her job! Previous to purchasing the pet centre Sarah worked at a veterinary hospital for 21 years and previous to that she worked at another pet store. Her love of animals goes much further than most.

Fish keeping has been a part of Sarah’s life, all her life. Her dad who has bred many different species of fish, encouraged the hobby with her in the late 70’s which grew into her breeding and selling fish as she progressed. In addition to fish, she has had a vast array of pocket pets including hamsters, gerbils which she bred and sold, guinea pigs and rabbits both again she bred and sold, many different lizards, birds, a pond, and salt water aquariums being one of her biggest challenges with the previous lack of knowledge locally. Succeeding at that was an accomplishment! But, ask Sarah or her husband what their biggest accomplishment is and they’d both agree, succeeding at small business ownership. And it’s all because of the amazing customer base that call Campbell River Pet Centre “their” store for pet products. Growth is always in the forefront for small business owners….so Sarah has some big ideas to draw more customers to her amazing store and staff. Watch for new products and change/growth in the store over the next year.

For any business owner it’s a balancing act. With the incredible staff she has in place, she has a balance between family life, work and fun.

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Leah Tremain, M.Ed

Tremain Media

Leah Tremain is CEO of Tremain Media Inc., which creates video, print design and websites for numerous clients including Fresh Dental, Tidemark Theatre, Daigle Marine, BC Hydro, T-Mar Industrial, The City of Nanaimo, John Howard Society and Transport Canada.

In addition to these services, Leah and her technical team provide expert service in time-lapse and digital monitoring. With groundbreaking aspects in the services they offer, Tremain Media is poised to scale.

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Leah trains and competes in Brazilian Jujitsu, is a public speaker, a member of the Creative Industries Council and the Literacy Chair for Rotary District #5020.

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Eat, Move, Love

By Krista Boulding, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, Kettlebell Instructor We all know that it’s important to exercise and eat healthy. But how do we find a balance that fits into our hectic lives? Whether you have a full time job, children to take care of, a house to clean, errands to run, or all of the above, it’s essential to take care of yourself. If you lack vibrancy, energy, mental focus, and strength, everything you do on a daily basis will seem harder.

Nourishing the body with whole foods should be at the top of your list. Without an adequate amount of vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, and healthy fats, the body cannot function optimally.

Ask yourself, do you want to survive or thrive? Eating healthy means planning ahead. Just as you pencil in an appointment to the dentist, you must set aside time for food prep. This is extremely important in your path to success. Pick a day that works for you, usually a weekend day,

and roughly plan your meals for the week. Buy and cook in bulk.

For example, slow cook a whole chicken to provide protein for the next 2-3 days, cook a large batch of chickpeas or black beans and freeze them in individual serving sizes. Buy ready to eat lettuce mix, or wash and store a large amount at once. The ideas are endless, use your imagination, and enjoy your time in the kitchen knowing that you’re taking steps to improve your health.

Make sure you have your food dialed in before jumping into fitness. You can easily undo all your effort in the gym by following your workout with poor food choices. The same rules apply with fitness as it does with diet. Choose quality over quantity. Unless you’re training for a competition, there’s no need to beat yourself into the ground with lengthy training sessions.

Keep it simple and remember

that more is not better, better is better! If you’re already maxed out with your schedule, keep your workouts short and intense. You can get a very effective fat burning workout in 30 minutes or less. If you’re new to fitness, start slow, and seek out a qualified trainer for guidance.

Try something new, don’t be afraid to challenge yourself.

But most importantly, do something you enjoy. Fitness should be fun, it should leave you feeling energized, happy, and strong.

By empowering yourself with simple tools you set yourself up for success. Don’t over complicate it. Just eat real food, move your body, and love yourself!

Eat better. Feel better. Do better.

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Maybe you’re thinking ‘Self employment, I could do that’ But how do you go about it?

By J.R. Rardon, Campbell River Mirror The strength of women in business being reinforced by the success stories in this publication will undoubtedly inspire some women to decide that running a business is the solution for them.

But how do you get started in business? There are many ways, of course, but one of the paths to selfemployment is provided by North Island Employment Foundation Society (NIEFS) in Campbell River which delivers the Work BC Self Employment program.

“It’s meant to encourage people who maybe haven’t looked at self employment,” said Valerie Meaney, Executive Director of NIEFS. If you’re looking to be

your own boss, NIEFS can support your dream through Work BC Self Employment.

It’s not designed exclusively for women, the program is open to men as well, but it is a tool that can set you on the path towards working for yourself.

Sometimes a person has a high level of skill and experience but there are no job openings at the present or there’s no businesses providing the services that use those skills. In many ways, that actually creates an opportunity for you to be the one to deliver those services.

So, maybe you have an idea that is sound and has some potential in the marketplace but you just

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wouldn’t be able to spend a year developing and launching it. You need some assistance to make it happen.

Work BC Self Employment won’t provide you with the capital to start a business but it will give you a hand.

“Our role is mainly about providing a level of support,” Meaney said.

“It’s a really effective program because it sort of gives people the two biggest things they need in the first year of prep and getting ready and launching.”

Those two things are, first of all, a little bit of income so that they’re not very quickly into the plan and discovering they can’t

do it because they need to provide groceries and living expenses.

If the applicant is on EI, they can continue receiving EI but if they’re not, an amount can be negotiated to help with living expenses.

Secondly, it provides access to the expertise around everything that relates to running a business like setting up your books and doing your cash flow and financial projects, marketing your business, all the legalities of licensing and GST and the myriad details that running a business requires.

“If you’re a person who hasn’t run a business before that can be a great

unknown entity,” Meaney said. “Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know.”

The program involves 10-20 workshops that can address all those factors, depending on what the client needs.

“They can be fairly specific to what the person is planning,” Meaney said.

“It’s not just canned and off the shelf.”

The program appeals to a certain type of potential business owner to give them that year of support while they get started and investigate the other options that NIEFS doesn’t do like capitalization.

The workshops are contracted to Amber Education Services who

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“They are business owners themselves and they bring a lot to the table in terms of in-depth knowledge,” Meaney said.

A Campbell River woman is an example of how successful this program can be. Heather Greenwood runs Magic Moments Montessori.

“I had been an unemployed single mother for six or seven months before I approached NIEFS WorkBC for some options and to help my situation,” Greenwood said. “No one was hiring in my field, I couldn’t find childcare for my son (age bracket 0-18 months) every centre had a wait list. Owning my own business was an option and a goal of mine since I took my Montessori training in 2004 so I thought I better take a chance.

Heather Greenwood owner of Magic Moments Montessori.

“I had amazing help from NIEFS WorkBC in getting direction in where I go, who I talk to and what I need to do to make this all come together. I had a lot of support and guidance toward fulfilling my dream.

“I am the proud owner of Magic Moments Montessori. We opened Sept. 8, 2013 with three children and ended in June with 12 and opened

in September 2014 with 18 children and I was $255 away from a break-even in my first year.”

Another success story involved a women from Bella Bella who engaged the program through NIEFS Port Hardy office.

“Prior to contacting the NIEFS WorkBC office in Port Hardy I was unable to find full time work in my home community of

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Bella Bella,” said Ramona Starr. “There are limited employment opportunities for me in Bella Bella and that was my main challenge. I worked with a case manager at NIEFS who helped me conduct labour market research that confirmed my business idea was valid and then she referred me to the Self-Employment program that is facilitated by Community Futures Mount Waddington. I am now the successful owner of my own business in Bella Bella.

“Bella Guest cabins is located on the central coast of British Columbia in the community of Bella Bella we are nestled in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, and perched high on a hilltop - overlooking spectacular coastal mountain and ocean views.

“As new entrepreneurs,

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we were very fortunate to receive support and guidance with key advice on how to develop our concept, structure the business as a partnership, and develop a marketing plan that is specific to the needs of the community and customers that we serve. Without the financial supports and guidance, we would not have been able to become small business owners, and make our dreams come true.”

What NIEFS and WorkBC don’t’ do is provide capital and those kinds of costs for a business. That kind of support is provided

by Strathcona Community Futures and organizations like that.

For more information about NIEFS – Work BC Self Employment, visit NIEFS website at www. niefs.net/self-employment or phone 250-286-3441.

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Sitting L to R: Erica Chan-Lafrance, Amanda Striga, Jorja Hird. Back L to R: Danna Lamb, Heather Sullivan, Marlo Zimmermann, Summer Henderson, Karen Stewart, Demi Stremecki, Cara Mann, Dale Woods and Tracey Price. Missing ladies were: Shelly Boates, Kelly Cain, Janis Bossenberry, Kathleen Veldhuis, Kristen Mason, Heather Todd, Erin Yancey, Gbemi Falade, Julie Chenard, Samantha Hebert With a team of 30 professionals, 22 of them are women at the offices of Chan Nowosad Boates, Chartered Accountants. That includes Shelly Boates, Erica Chan-Lafrance and Karen Stewart, 3 of the 5 partners of the firm, who collectively have 60 years of experience in accounting in public practice.

“We are very proud of all our Women in Business” says Erica Chan-Lafrance, “they are a key part of CNB’s success”. Having been in business since 1983, Chan Nowosad Boates has grown to be one of the largest CA firms on Vancouver Island. Their size has afforded them the luxury of having access to plenty of talent and expertise. “Many of our women – and men – have focused areas of work, which allows us to provide our clients with the highest quality of service”. They provide a wide range of services ranging from payroll and bookkeeping, year end Notice to Reader and Review Engagements, personal and corporate tax planning and preparation, estate planning and non-resident reporting, consultation on buying or selling a business, to audits of non-profit and large municipal organizations.

They are also very much a community minded firm. Many, especially the partners, take an active role in the community by sitting on numerous boards and committees. In 2014, Chan Nowosad Boates was the recipient of 2 awards – Excellence in Workforce Development and the Community Spirit Award – at the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce Business Awards of Distinction. At the same event, Shelly Boates was honoured to receive the 2014 Board of Governors Award, which recognized her outstanding leadership, volunteer advocacy and commitment to the community.

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980 Alder Street, Campbell River, BC (250) 286-0744 www.channowosadboates.ca

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Joanne Millar

REALTOR®, Royal Lepage Advance Realty

Enthusiastic and professional, Joanne’s passion for Real Estate is obvious. Joanne Millar is a full-service real estate agent specializing in the buying, marketing and selling of homes in the Campbell River area for the past 10 years. Joanne is known for her kind nature, professional expertise, and has gained a reputation for her unique dedication to customer service.

Joanne is thankful to call Campbell River home loving the beauty, diversity, and spirit the city has to offer. Joanne is committed to giving back to the community and is frequently seen at events such and Relay for Life, The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike, the Shelter Foundation, the Head Injury Shed Building Competition as well as Cops for Cancer.

As a trusted real estate professional, friends know to call Joanne. Joanne assists her clients in exploring the wide variety of housing options for every budget and lifestyle; from first time buyers to luxurious retirement dreams!

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Annagret Levesque - Regional Property Manager Northern Property Limited Partnership As I begin my third year as a Regional Property Manager with Northern Property I am grateful for the continuous support I receive from my fellow colleagues which enables our team to focus on providing a real sense of community within all of our buildings. Setting daily, weekly and monthly goals has had a positive outcome for our valued residents, staff and our Campbell River neighbourhood. A large part of NPR’s success in this beautiful city has to do with the number of local vendors we call upon at any given time to provide their expertise services to help us accomplish each task. Just another reason why Campbell River is a great place to live, work and play!

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Rhonda Teramura

Tremain Media Project Manager

As Tremain Media’s Project Manager Rhonda Teramura helps businesses and notfor-profits forge their unique messages into powerful media products via Tremain Media’s core services of video, print design and websites.

Tremain Media is a Campbell River business with local, provincial and national clientele. “This is a digital business,” says Rhonda. “It allows our team and our clients to be anywhere in Canada. So most of the Tremain team lives in Campbell River by conscious choice – because it’s the perfect place to live, work and play.”

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Rhonda is passionate about her career with Tremain Media – and she embraces it with the same enthusiasm she shows in her sports of choice – ultrarunning and mountain biking.

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Mirror Sales Team Your Mirror Sales Team (L to R) Kim Cook, Maria Kirley and Debbie Baker, enjoy working with our community newspaper. The team at the Mirror is an accurate reflection of the community we live in; friendly, helpful and professional. We love working with people, and enjoy the creative process of uncovering the story behind their businesses. Together we work to find the key benefits your business offers the community. Then we work to share your story in a creative and imaginative way. There is such satisfaction in seeing the response generated by a well designed campaign.

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Whether it is a series of ads promoting a special new widget, or an appeal designed specifically for one of our special features, the purpose is always to connect with and engage the reader. Meeting new people, socializing, creating new messages, and connecting readers with businesses is a very rewarding way to spend each day.

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Women in politics.

Leaders in the business of community development

By Kristen Douglas, Campbell River Mirror Campbell River city council looks a little different this year.

There are three new councillors sitting at the table and they’re all women – a gender that has been in the minority on past Campbell River councils.

In fact, this term’s city council is the first since 1992/93 to boast three women councillors, the most Campbell River’s six-person councils have had.

Coun. Colleen Evans, who along with councillors Michele Babchuk and Marlene Wright was elected to city council last November, said it’s a situation not unique to Campbell River.

“The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has conducted research on low participation

rates of women as well as provided great examples of how municipalities can work together to encourage more women to consider political office,” Evans said. “Women need to see themselves represented in municipal politics and feel that it’s accessible for them to be a part of government as well.”

Evans said she was fortunate to have a strong female leadership role model in Freeman Mary Ashley who is a former councillor and city mayor.

Evans said Ashley encouraged her to run for political office and she continues to mentor and advocate for more women in politics.

“If we want to see more successful women leaders in politics, we

need to encourage and mentor more women to step up to the challenge,” Evans added.

And she’s glad to see that women are taking the challenge.

“Diversity is important in municipal politics and around the council table,” Evans said. “I value being able to share, debate, advocate and challenge on issues and ideas around the council table and I’m aware that the decisions being made need to reflect the demographics of our constituents.”

Like Evans, Wright says she’s also glad to see more women step up to the plate.

“I am so pleased that we have a balance of

men and women on our council,” Wright says. “I do believe that women are better listeners, more flexible in approaching a challenge and are time sensitive. I enjoy working with both men and women.”

Babchuk agrees that women do bring something different to the council table.

“I do believe that as a woman I bring a different perspective to council,” Babchuk says.

“Each person brings

experiences, challenges and accomplishments that is not only gender specific but also reflected in the diversity of the community. I believe that an effective council needs this diversity and that looking Coun. Colleen Evans

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with them, to the table, all of the different life

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through a female lens adds to and respects the perspective of 50 per cent of our population.”

But it’s not always an easy decision for women to run for public office.

“Women have a very different decision making process than a man when deciding whether to throw their name in the hat for

public office,” Babchuk says. “The more we recognize this and support women in leadership positions, the more gender equity we will see at all levels of government.”

Wright acknowledges that for young women who are raising a family, being on city council is difficult as the job puts an incredible demand on a councillor’s time.

When Wright and her husband sold Work World on June 30 of last year, it opened the door for Wright to jump into politics.

“Before now I would

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How to write a business plan Planning for Success You’ve no doubt heard the expression, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.”

Many entrepreneurs write a business plan only when they need to secure start-up financing. However, your plan is far more than a document for banks and investors to read; it’s an invaluable roadmap for launching and growing your business.

In order to put your business concept on paper, you need to think through and research the many factors that are needed to make sure your business is a

success. With a plan, not only can you spot potential weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, your plan can help you make informed decisions about your venture before you commit yourself legally or financially.

Here, we’ve summarized the key sections that you’ll find in a business plan.

The Seven Key Sections of a Business Plan 1. Executive summary Your executive summary should be 1–2 pages long, and provide an overview of

your business concept, key objectives of your business and your plan, ownership structure, management team, your product or service offering, target market(s), competitive advantages, marketing strategy, and a summary of your financial projections.

Your executive summary should be written last, after you’ve written the rest of the plan; each paragraph should be a summary of the more detailed, related section of the plan.

2. Business Overview In your overview, include details regarding your

business’s history, vision and/or mission, objectives, and your ownership structure.

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4. Industry overview The industry overview is your opportunity to demonstrate the viability of your business by discussing the size and growth of your industry, the key markets within your industry, how your customers will

buy your products or services, and which markets you’ll be targeting.

5. Marketing Strategy Here you describe your target market segments, your competition, how you’ll differentiate your products or services, and your products’ or services’ unique selling proposition (USP).

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Describe how your products or services will be sold (e.g. storefront, online, wholesalers), and your target markets’ buying cycle.

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One of the first things you will notice when speaking Josie Coak, is that she is doing what she loves to do. With a background in health care and a desire to build her own business, she established Charcare in 2012 because she saw a need in our community. She is dedicated to providing services that help seniors maintain their dignity, and independence and yet stay safe.

She offers to assist with personal care, simple housekeeping, shopping or to just check in to be sure the medications are on schedule. “Sometimes its just the matter of someone having a friendly person to talk to.”

Often, it’s the families of persons needing assistance that initiate the call. Josie provides the peace of mind for family members who are working full time, have other family obligations, or even who live far away and need to know there is someone looking in on their parents.

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Colleen McClure Owner, Colleen McClure Design Services I live to design and decorate. Transforming ordinary space into beautiful space excites me. I can bring life to a tired area, and create vitality and beauty in a new setting. By working with my client’s ideas, and with their space, colours, decorations, and floor and window coverings, I turn dreams into reality. Of course, I respect people’s taste and preferences, their budget and their needs.

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I have a strong sense of design and colour. Using my computer, I quickly create a 3D image of the project that allows the design to be seen, but also to be changed as necessary. My work excites people as they share in the creative process. It saves them money because of careful planning. And, it makes them say, “Wow!” when they see the final product.

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Our programs are unique. We have a strong vocal focus combined with choreography and acting.

Each of our teachers have specific disciplines they teach. Our teachers rotate through the classes to provide a professional level of instruction to each and every class. This means our end of the year shows are amazing! Our programs range from 1 hour a week musical theatre group classes to our full program which provides studio repertoire classes as well as private voice lessons. RainCoast students range from ages 5 to adult. At RainCoast we are committed to family friendly classic musical theatre repertoire. Students participate in many performance opportunities throughout the year and complete the year with a full musical theatre show at the end of May. This year’s show is Rapunzel - May 28-31st at River City Stage. RainCoast has also pioneered a summer program “Summer Musical Theatre in the Square” which provides students with a 3.5 week rehearsal schedule and 3 performances of a classic musical free to the public at Spirit Square each August.

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Kristen Douglas, Reporter/Photographer - Campbell River Mirror As a reporter and photographer for the Campbell River Mirror I help bring awareness of community issues and events to the people of Campbell River.

As a municipal reporter I report the goings on of city council – the closest level of government to the community and the one with the greatest immediate impact on the livelihood of Campbell Riverites.

My 15 years as a resident of Campbell River provides me with an understanding of what makes the city tick and I am able to relate to the people of the community. But I am still learning everyday.

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Through my work I am constantly discovering; whether it be how city budgets work; or the importance of groups that provide services to our children, our seniors, and our youth. And it’s my job to bring those discoveries to you; a job I take seriously and one that I strive to do successfully.

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Longtime resident of the community gets things done

By Alistair Taylor, Campbell River Mirror Reserve – land officially designated for agricultural use.

And although that land is covered in forest, the soil beneath is excellent for growing things. Soil testing done during the process to adopt an agricultural plan turned up surprising results.

“It showed we had soil values as high as those in the (Fraser River) delta of Vancouver,” Ostler says.

But because Campbell River has been a resource-extraction based community for so long, it’s taking a long time to convince residents and the powers that be to see this community as an agricultural community.

But Ostler never shies away from a challenge.

She came to Campbell River in 1964 as a wife and young mother of two children. She eventually had to support herself and her children working as a journalist in town with the old Upper Islander newspaper.

In those early years she was active in the effort to replace the Old Island Highway which back in the seventies was seen as narrow, windy

There is a force at work in Campbell River that never stops pushing the community towards the future, relentlessly shaping it in pursuit of a vision, doggedly leading it toward a goal.

That force is Morgan Ostler.

And if Campbell River is being picked up by the scruff of its neck and marched towards a bright future, it’s a reflection of how Ostler relentlessly pursues her agenda.

“I am not driven, but I definitely have goals,” Ostler says.

The 81-year-old Ostler’s latest vision is to transform Campbell River into a community that grows more of its own food. For the last few years she has been involved in the adoption of a municipal agricultural plan that was included in the official sustainable community plan. She also helped get council to approve backyard chicken coops.

Ostler likes to point out that Vancouver Island produces only 6-10 per cent of its own food and Campbell River only produces about one per cent. Yet, the community is surrounded by Agricultural Land

Morgan Ostler

and dangerous, particularly after a young girl was killed in a tragic accident. In 1996, after decades of pursuing a new highway, Ostler “presided” over the opening of the new Inland Island Highway as Queen Elizabeth the Second, a persona she is known to put on now and again for the entertainment of the masses.

Ostler may be driven but she takes the wheel with a grin on her face and a twinkle in her eye that reflects her proud Anglo-Irish roots.

“I am a very happy person,” she says, “and I find hilarity in the human condition.”

Whether presiding over highway

openings as “Queen Elizabeth” or serving as the agricultural queen of the community, the 81-year-old Ostler doesn’t like to sit still for very long.

“So, you can see I’m never bored,” she says.

And you know that through it all, Ostler is having fun. “I enjoy my life,” she says. “I think my life is a gift.” But if her life is a gift, it’s a gift that she pays forward. Community service has been a big part of Ostler’s life.

She considers herself privileged to have married a man who became a mayor who was much loved in the community for his vision. She married Bob Ostler in 1970 and between the two of them, they raised eight children. She now has 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Bob passed away in 2001 and Morgan is proud of many things about him. One of the things she’s most proud of was his vision for the community’s accessible waterfront.

Bob Ostler was the force behind the city’s waterfront acquisition program which provides for the purchase of waterfront property so that it can be opened up for use by all the residents of Campbell River.

Ostler contrasts Campbell River’s open waterfront with that of Parksville where you used to be able to see the sandy beaches from the highway but which are now blocked

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“They have essentially separated the people of Parksville from their waterfront,” Ostler says.

It was also her husband’s city council that began the Seawalk which the Rotary Club took on as a project and completed. He also help spearhead the Discovery Pier project.

Ostler served two terms on city council from 2003 to 2008. During her years on council she often felt out of place because she is inclined to work independently.

“I had my own agenda to move forward and that was out of place on council,” she says.

But her council experience gave her a useful insight into how the system works. And now she’s using that experience to continue her agenda.

It’s worth paying attention to what Ostler is creating for her life because, with her go get ‘em attitude, you know her vision will have an impact on Campbell River in some way.

Now that the city is incorporating Ostler’s agricultural vision, she is in pursuit of another goal. She wants to convert Campbell River and the rest of Vancouver Island’s municipalities into genetically-engineered free zones. She wants to ban geneticallymodified foods.

And Ostler is just the kind of force to make that happen.

ASHLEY BELANKO Owner/ manager of Fusilli Grill Ashley has always loved the restaurant business and it has long been her dream to provide people with great food creations in a wonderful setting.

Even at the young age of 5 she was creating menus and offering her favourite dishes to her house guests. She would set the table and pour water for everyone and cook her simple menus.

Ashley has been involved with Fusilli Grill for over 14 years learning every aspect of the business from bussing to waitressing, hostessing to catering and even helping in the kitchen… it has been a labour of love.

Having moved on from making grilled cheese sandwiches and hot dogs, Ashley is proud to provide Campbell River with an array of delectable Italian/ Mediterranean meals for the most discerning palettes.

Fusilli Grill is a natural fit for Ashley as she looks forward to expanding her business with new ideas and events for Campbell River.

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By J.R. Rardon, Campbell River Mirror Audrey Rippingale was a professional truck driver for nearly a decade. But she did not own her own “big rig” until an injury forced her into an early retirement and led to the creation of her own unique business.

Rippingale, 47, will soon open She Works, She Plays, which will supply hard-to-find industrial and recreational wear specifically for the women who make up only four per cent of the industrial trades job force and no more than six to eight per cent of workers in “non-traditional” women’s occupations.

But you won’t find her women’s wares in a downtown boutique or strip mall. Rippingale is climbing back behind the wheel to take She Works, She

Plays to the workers — in a custom designed, 32-foot semi trailer she called “The Chick Truck.”

“Nobody’s doing this,” said Rippingale, who lives with her husband Doug on rural York Road at the outskirts of Campbell River.

“There was no model to sort of copycat off of.

But the market research said there’s not enough of a market to open a storefront.”

The market may be small, but the need is real, said Rippingale, who drove truck for North Island Ready-Mix beginning in 2007 and who has met women in a number of work environments who struggle to locate properly fitting work boots, high-visibility coats and vests and other necessary gear.

“My own vest is not CSA-approved, because I’ve cut it up and restitched it so many times,” she said with a laugh.

But Rippingale is not a designer or a seamstress, and this business is not about a custom product line. It’s about a custom shopping experience that will bring the Chick Truck to the various sites where women are working in industrial jobs.

She and Doug have always been outdoororiented, said Audrey.

While she attended Malaspina College in a chef program and started out cooking in lodges, she moved on to work in silvaculture, then spent time as a stay-athome mom, taking care of their son who had a

Campbell River’s Audrey Rippingale stands at the entrance of the semi trailer being converted into her She Works She Plays showroom for women’s work and active wear.

developmental disability while keeping the books for Doug’s fishing charter business.

In 2006, she decided to try driving and get her commercial license.

“First I thought I’d maybe get a delivery van and drive around,” Audrey

said. “Then some friends said, ‘If you’re going to get your license, you might as well go the whole way.’”

Her first commercial job was running a snowplow for the highway department — “That teaches you respect for the job in a real hurry,” she said — then

Women in BUSINESS made some freight runs up and down the Island. In 2007 she got on with North Island Ready Mix running rock and cement trucks, while driving the Mount Washington ski bus when construction work slowed down in the winter.

After shattering her wrist in an accident in 2013 and having a pair of surgeries, she found herself unable to stand up to the rigours of handling the ready mix trucks. That’s when the idea for her own retail business began to germinate.

After doing extensive market research, Audrey last December purchased the 8x32-foot aluminum trailer and a singleaxle Kenworth cab and prepared to slap her logo on them.

Doug Rippingale, who works in construction during the off-season, has been the lead contractor

in the refitting of the aluminum trailer into a mobile showroom. It was stripped down, then been framed, insulated, wired and fitted with slatted walls for adjustable shelves. It will have a change room and small office nook, all of it lighted by low-energy 12volt LED lights and heated by a 12-volt electric heater.

They are run off batteries that can be powered by a generator tucked in beneath the rear of the trailer and recharged as the truck motors along the highway.

“It’s basically an RV,” said Audrey, right down to the RV window installed in one side. “I wanted it to be as self-sufficient as possible.”

The couple considered putting in a floor, but after Doug sanded down the grooved and scuffed high-impact oak planks, the couple found they had

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an attractive floor with a classic, antique/distressed look that also provides a practical function in the environments in which the truck will be placed.

“You can wear your work boots right in here, and it’s no problem,” Audrey said.

A portable staircase made up of non-slip metal and designed for use in fish farms will lead customers to a custom entrance, hinged at the top to swing out as an awning.

The trailer will get its Ministry of Transportation inspection at the end of March and she expects it to be placed in service sometime in April, following the final electrical work and insurance.

Its first stop, of course, will be in Campbell River, where she grew up and where Audrey and Doug were high school sweethearts before marrying and buying the

York Road property that has remained their only home.

After that, she has been in touch with women working in the forestry industry in Port McNeill who would like her to pay a visit. She expects to ply the length of Vancouver Island, stopping in communities on a Monday-throughSunday basis and renting temporary space in private, commercial lots.

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If things work out as she hopes, the Chick Truck could eventually make the rounds of communities with major construction projects on the mainland, as well.

“I’ll start on the Island, and see where it goes,” she said. “This gives me the best of both worlds — I can continue to drive, and stay involved in the trades.”

A signmaker places Audrey Rippingale’s logo on her “Chick Truck” in her York Road yard.

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Hygro Gardening Supplies Inc. 250-286-0424 1791 Tamarac Street www.hygrogardening.com

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Christa Fernau

Owner, Hygro Gardening Supplies inc.

Celebrating 12 years in business, Hygro Gardening Supplies Inc. has had the pleasure of serving Campbell River and surrounding areas with the latest in quality gardening supplies.

The staff takes pride in sharing gardening knowledge and offering full support in seeing through successful crops, starting from simple propagation to commercial greenhouse ventures. They offer up to date information on biological pest control, water saving techniques, earth friendly soil alternatives, and a wide variety of high quality specialty nutrients and supplements at competitive prices.

Hygro Gardening Supplies Inc. would like to express sincere thanks for the ongoing support and loyalty from our valued customers, and extend a welcome to newcomers to come and browse.

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O.J. is the Owner and Manager of O.J. Realty & Property Management Inc. She networks with local Realtors, Appraisers & Inspectors to keep abreast of current trends and markets. She has her S.R.E.S. (Seniors Real Estate Representative ) Licence, and follows through with great knowledge of Seniors problems in transitions of their lives.

In the past, she served on Regional and School Boards and many Finance Committees.

O.J. loves this Island, as she was born and raised here, and hopes to attract others to Campbell River and its many wonders!!!

Ann has lived on Vancouver Island most of her life, so she has the perfect perspective for Tenants new and old to North & Mid Vancouver Island. She helps people select and find homes. Ann belongs to R.O.M.S. and R.C.M.P. Crime Prevention program, she screen tenants rigorously and is dedicated and caring to both the Owners and her tenants.

The sisters team O.J. and Ann have the experience to help you, whether it is renting, buying or investing. If you are a landlord searching for professional help to manage your home or investment or a tenant looking for a home call us.

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Yvonne Pelletier-Paul Travel Advisor, Vision River TravelMirror Debbie Baker, Sale Representative, Campbell During her 35 years in the travel industry Yvonne has travelled extensively and cruised the Iworld. haveShe to say fell into the dream job – aI sense tell folks paid to yap :o) encounter), lovesI what she does (which brings of funI get and adventure to every If I had to pick what I enjoy most about my job I would have to say and works closely with her clients to create amazing travel experiences. Whetherititisisthe a trip to people. grow is so rewarding in so many ways.

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Virtuoso luxury travel; Yvonne has personally escorted African safaris and will soon be offering an escorted Amazon River cruise. Check with Yvonne for other future escorted departures, and know that whatever your choice for holiday travel, Yvonne will be sure to make it memorable.

Yvonne is a member of River City Business Network and is the chair of the World Service Committee of the Daybreak Rotary Club.

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Tanya Graham, Ad Control/Office Administrator, Campbell River Mirror I have lived my whole life in Campbell River, which is a great place to enjoy my favourite pastime of camping and fishing. After being in the food industry for many years, I had the opportunity to join the Campbell River Mirror in the classified department. Now, as the Mirror’s Ad Control/Office Administrator, I am often called the “go to person” at the office. I make sure that the customers ads are always booked so that they appear in the paper on the correct dates.

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I enjoy working with such a great team here at the Mirror and being able to juggle both family and work is challenging but rewarding.

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Women interested in entering the business world, whether changing careers or upgrading training, have options available to them locally through the programs and courses offered by North Island College.

“Many female business students returning to school come to us to update or develop their skills,” said Christiana Wiens, communications coordinator at NIC. “They start with accounting, marketing, or software courses, or come to us as entrepreneurs with specific business ideas, wanting to know how to take their product to market.”

Women who dip in for practical skills often keep going and move onto the Business Administration certificate, diploma, and degree programs.

Each program is designed to feed into each other, allowing students to earn two employable credentials, co-op work experience and, if they are inclined, international study before getting their degree.

“We encourage that co-op option, because it’s a placement into industry,” said Linda Jay, a business management instructor

a great way to lose your money if you don’t know what you’re doing.”

Among the relevant programs and courses available are:

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with NIC. All the courses, Jay cautioned, contain the same degree of difficulty and rigour as those found at University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, in large part so those course credits are transferable to the universities.

“The one advantage North Island College has, of course, is much smaller classes,” she said. “It’s much easier to work with a group of 25 or 30 students than a group of 300 in one of those huge lecture halls.

Jay said the Campbell River economy began to shift roughly 20 years ago, when its main driver shifted from highpaying resource-sector jobs. Many people began coming out of the forest industry needing re-training for other occupations, at the same time as the federal government began emphasizing workplace skills development and expanded opportunities for women.

“One demographic we see in Campbell River are the people who can’t really attend UBC,” said Jay. “They’re home with family, have other obligations here, or a job. Often, those are women. Their options are such that we’re glad we can provide the educational

opportunities here.”

The programs are suitable not only for entering the workplace as an employee, but also for going into business as an entrepreneur.

NIC provides courses in entrepreneurship, where students learn to develop a business plan and put together a presentation package with ideas and concepts on marketing and financial projections.

As part of those courses, school instructors invite management and staff from the Chamber of Commerce and Community Futures to share their expertise.

“It’s one thing to read it in a book,” said Jay. “It’s another thing altogether to see how it’s applied in the real world.”

Most of all, Jay emphasizes, budding businesswomen should do their homework well in advance. That means learning everything you can about the type of business you’re interested in, including speaking to people who are in that business.

“Learn from the competition,” she said. “It’s great to start a business, but it can also be

Programs: • One year Business Administration certificate: Improve your accounting, marketing and business writing skills and earn credit towards your degree with online courses. Learn at the time and place best for you through video, podcasts and more.

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Switching jobs with grace and decorum Women leave jobs for various reasons. Some women cite disparities in pay, an inability to advance through the company or incompatibility with a particlar place of business as their reasons for seeking new employment, while others leave jobs to take time off for family obligations, only to reenter the workforce at a later time.

The average person changes jobs 10 to 15 times (with an average of 11 job changes) over the course of a career. Reports about employees in Fortune 500 companies have found, while women make up nearly 50 percent of these companies, they represent just 7.5 percent of top earners.

Dissatisfaction with their income encourages some women to look for greener pastures.

Transitioning between jobs is common, but

professionals can take certain steps to ensure their transition works out for them and does not burn any bridges along they way.

Have a definitive reason for leaving. It’s foolish to change jobs on a whim.

Be clear about why you are leaving and whether problems can be remedied by speaking up or if leaving for another company really is the best solution. Having firm reasons for your resignation will enable you to leave with more confidence and conviction.

Provide enough notice to the company. If you have been working in a particularly poor environment, it may be tempting to run out the door even before your written resignation has finished printing. This may not bode well for future recommendations and leave your name tarnished within the industry. Instead, give

ample notice and find a mutually acceptable window of time in which your position will be filled. While two weeks is standard, some positions may require more or less time. It’s best not to drag your exit out too long though.

Meet with your boss first.

Don’t let a boss find out about your intentions to leave the company through the workplace gossip mill. It is always more professional to keep plans to yourself and show your boss the respect of hearing about your decision to leave first. Do so in person and not over the phone or via email.

Continue to do your job to the best of your abilities.

Giving notice is not a ticket to goofing off or participating in an office vacation. Slacking off damages good will and is a surefire way to burn some bridges. Put in your best effort until the day you leave

the company behind.

Avoid making negative comments. When discussing your reasons for leaving, be diplomatic but honest.

Similarly, do not talk poorly about your former job to your new employer. You may inadvertently portray yourself as a disgruntled employee.

Furthermore, word travels fast within many industries, and a loose tongue may compromise future networking opportunities.

Maintain decorum even if it was not your idea to leave.

Being fired or downsized

can hurt, particularly when you thought you were doing a good job. Remain cool and always be professional.

How you conduct yourself when facing adversity could speak well to your future employers.

William Shakespeare may have said that a person is remembered for his entrances and exits, and this is particularly true in the workforce. When it is time to leave an employment position for a new one, do so with grace and humility.

Rebecca Berry Operations Manager has returned to Campbell River with her family and brings with her 15+ years of experience in corporate event management and hospitality. Her background includes working with TED Conferences, the Coca-Cola Olympic Project Team, as well as international training programs. Her latest role as Operations Manager of the Comfort Inn and Suites allows her to demonstrate her passion for excellence in hospitality and customer service and she is looking forward to becoming an active member of the downtown business community.

Scheduled to open at the end of March, the brand new Comfort Inn and Suites of Campbell River has 58 well-appointed guest rooms and suites and boasts a distinctive West Coast Style. Centrally located on the waterfront in downtown Campbell River, guests will enjoy high-speed WiFi, flat screen HDTV’s, refrigerators and microwaves in every room as well as a Comfort Truly Yours® hot breakfast each morning. Whether it’s getting the job done at the business centre and meeting rooms, or unwinding in the indoor pool, hot tub or fitness centre; guests will enjoy the hotel’s comfort and charm.

The Comfort Inn and Suites Campbell River is Truly Yours®. From the moment you arrive, we will strive to make you feel relaxed and at home.

1351 Shoppers Row, Campbell River • 250-914-5117 comfortinncampbellriver@shaw.ca • www.comfortinncampbellriver.com

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Maintain your productivity when working from home Telecommuting has grown more and more common over the last decade. Thanks in large part to advancements in technology that make it easier than ever before to connect remotely with coworkers, telecommuting is now something more and more companies are embracing.

Telecommuting can pay dividends for workers and businesses alike. Workers benefit from telecommuting in a variety of ways.

Working parents find telecommuting drastically cuts back on or even eliminates childcare costs, saving them thousands of dollars per year. Working from home also saves workers’ vehicles from the everyday wear and tear of driving to and from work, potentially adding years to a vehicle’s life expectancy.

Businesses also benefit from allowing employees to work remotely. Small businesses may need less office space if many of their employees work from home, saving them substantial amounts of money in rent. In addition, businesses who allow workers to telecommute may not need to spend as much on computers and other

tools for their employees, as many telecommuters use their own personal computers when working from home.

While telecommuting can benefit employee and employer, the success of such an arrangement depends largely on the employees who will be working from home. Men and women who work from home often find they have more freedom at home than they did when working in an office, and how they handle that freedom will go a long way toward determining how successful they are at telecommuting. The following are a handful of strategies telecommuters can employ to ensure their work-fromhome experiment is a productive success.

Stick to a schedule.

Workers who still commute to work adhere to a schedule, and so should telecommuters.

Sticking to a schedule will allow you to maintain the same level of productivity you aspired to when working in the office, and a schedule will ensure your personal life does not encroach on your professional life.

Let others know your schedule.

Though you’re now working from home, your schedule likely has not

changed. You may be able to sleep in a little later because you no longer have to commute, but your workday is likely still eight hours. Once you have established your schedule, let others in your household, whether it’s a spouse, your children or roommates, know when you will be working on a daily basis. This reduces the likelihood that your housemates will distract you or walk into your office while you’re on a video chat or conference call with colleagues or clients.

Ask for a work phone. Many companies who allow employees to telecommute will provide a phone for such workers. This phone is linked to the same network workers use in the office, and it’s a wholly separate line from your personal lines at home. It’s important that telecommuters keep a separate phone solely for work so their personal and professional messages do not get mixed up, which can make it more difficult for men and women to do their jobs.

Use the technology at your disposal. One of the ways technology has made it easier to work from home is by providing a

Lucilla Girotto, Owner of Facile Web&Graphic My interest in multimedia and web design began when I was at University in Milan, Italy, where I graduated as an Industrial Designer with a major in Multimedia Communication; even though I’ve always worked in the web and graphic field as a designer, for a few years I also worked as a teacher in a variety of web & graphic design schools.

In the summer of 2012 I decided to launch my own company, Facile Web&Graphic.

Facile Web&Graphic is mainly focused on micro and small businesses. I offer a wide range of services at very affordable prices: mobile responsive website design, development and maintenance; web hosting and domain purchase; assistance with obtaining an improved ranking in the search engines; setting up Social Media profiles for business in order to achieve your goals.

Did you know that recently Google announced that mobile users will now see a “mobile-friendly” label next to websites on search results pages that meet their requirements for a mobile site? This change means that websites that meet Google’s benchmarks for a mobile-friendly site will be more likely to turn up in a mobile search.

Is your website mobile-friendly? Contact me! I will be happy to show you how your own website would look like if it was mobile-friendly designed.

In addition to web design services, I offer the design of business cards, posters, signs and banners for websites and Facebook pages--and much more!

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number of ways workers can stay in constant and instant contact with their coworkers.

But such technology is only useful if

telecommuters make it work for them. Video conferencing allows telecommuters to conduct “faceto-face”

meetings with coworkers, while instant messaging is a valuable tool to stay in touch with coworkers who you work with directly. Use these programs to your advantage, and you’ll notice you’re not only more productive but also still able to maintain a personal connection with your coworkers.

Securing Vancouver Island Since 2003 Bonnie Johnson, owner of Johnson Locksmiths in

Campbell River and Hardy Lock & Key in Port Hardy, has provided professional security locksmith services to the City of Campbell River and all areas North and West, for over a decade.

Celebrating 12 years in business, she has a team of locksmiths behind her with over 30 years combined experience. As a proud small business owner, she boasts that they are the only locallyowned and operated full-service locksmith facility in Campbell River. She believes in her small town of Campbell River and stands behind it by donating, time, money and locksmith services to charities such as the Local Food Bank, the Homeless Shelter downtown, the Head Injury Society and many others.

Servicing and selling all makes and models of locks and door hardware, they provide professional, expert locksmith services to the commercial, residential, automotive and marine sectors. With the level of service they deliver it’s easy to understand how they built such a great reputation on Vancouver Island.”

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Rita Marie Dekker-Casorzo Northern Property-Leasing Agent Campbell River is a great place to call home!

250-286-3320 #105-710 Dogwood Street www.npreit.com

Eleven years ago I came to Campbell River for a visit, and stayed! What an incredible place to live, work and play! Over the 11 years, I have had the opportunity to have been employed with established, reputable businesses.

Meeting and working with dedicated business people that have helped the community of Campbell River become the “mighty” city which it is today.

Northern Property has come on board with purchasing five apartment buildings, over 200 suites, available for Campbell River residents and new comers to have a place to call home!

Call Rita Marie for appointment to view your new home 250-895-0849.

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250-203-8955 audrey@sheworkssheplays.ca www.sheworkssheplays.ca

Audrey Rippingale

She Works She Plays

There has never been a better time for women to get into industry or trades. I have worked in non-traditional jobs and I have been driving trucks and running heavy equipment since 2006. My most recent and favorite place of work was Island Ready Mix where I drove concrete trucks for Barry Kennedy. Miss you guys! There can be resisitance for us women sometimes, and what doesn’t help is that it is hard to find what we need to wear to get the job done.

I am driving my Kenworth truck and 32ft converted semi-trailer to west coast communities and I am going to supply women with work and outer wear to fit their unique lifestyle. There is nothing like flopping around in men’s rain gear during a true west coast rain storm when you are trying to work. I have altered much of my own personal “workwear” to fit me and not get caught on my equipment.

I want to make it easier for women to get what they need. And I get to stay doing what I love to do, truck driving! Watch for the Chick Truck coming soon. It is under construction at the present time, with interior walls and flooring being completed. Check the website for updates.

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250-286-3125 1601 Island Highway www.discoveryspecialty.com

Terri Cranton

Discovery Specialty Advertising & Hilcam Trophies

Terri and her team at Discovery Specialty Advertising (DSA) & Hilcam Trophies truly provide clients with a one stop shop.

Presenting the largest combined showroom of imprintable clothing and engravable trophies and awards on Vancouver Island, gives our customers the unique experience of being able to come in and see, touch and try on the clothing before the order is placed.

As a one stop shop, DSA and Hilcam offer embroidery, screen-printing, promotional products, trophies, awards, custom rubber stamps, signage and engraving to a varied clientele; from global aquaculture companies to fishing resorts, sports teams, local charities and organizations.

Terri, Joan, Dana and Marita would like to thank all our clients for their support and invites everyone to drop in or give us a call to see how we can help promote your business or organization.

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Darcey Wood, Classifieds, Sales & Social Media Manager Campbell River Mirror After leaving the Education field three and a half years ago, Darcey set upon her continued journey of reading and writing by becoming a part of the Campbell River Mirror Newspaper team.

250-287-9227 #104-250 Dogwood St. www.campbellrivermirror.com

She is one of the friendly faces you will be greeted by when you enter the office. Her job allows her to use her creativity to help people build their businesses and celebrate their loved ones. She also manages the online Community Calendar and Mirror contests. The flexibility of her job allows her to balance her career with family life and she thrives on working under the newspaper’s deadlines.

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Women in BUSINESS From Pg. 9 not have had the time to be a councillor,” says Wright who is proud to be a part of the current team. “We have a very strong, balanced council with three men and three women. I believe that as team we will strive to lead by values, listen to others and get things done.

“I think the mayor is leading us in a positive and respectful manner and we’re very fortunate to have a mayor that’s very respectful and very positive,” Wright adds.

And the city is fortunate that females are willing to run for public office as it’s a large demographic that needs to be represented at the council table, says Evans.

“Women should be equally represented because they are half of all consumers,

workers, the electorate and equally capable of leading,” Evans. said. “The traits and assets they bring are often reflective of their leadership roles that make them also successful in business, as community leaders and within their family nucleus.”

Babchuk said while it’s not fair to say there are attributes women bring to the council table that their male counterparts do not, and vice versa, there are some traits that stand out.

“In generalities, some of the great women that I have worked with often bring a deep sense of understanding community, have the ability to change their hats several times a day and have excellent multi-tasking skills,”

Babchuk says. “We are often very well organized, work hard to facilitate conversation and make decisions by adding multiple lenses to issues. Given that we have often lived a different life experience, in terms of what it takes to achieve leadership positions, we tend to excel in diplomacy as well as having the ability to mentor future female leaders in our community.”

Evans says she sees several women in the community who have the ability to think big, be bold and take a stand.

“It will be interesting to see how those traits and assets will be brought to future Campbell River council tables.”

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Dr. Lathangue and his team of 25 dedicated women, is a proud supporter and advocate for Women in Business.

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Kathy Jenny Linda Danielle Chris Sandi Tara

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Dr. Lathangue & Associates 150 Dogwood Street, Campbell River

250.287.7343

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and the expertise to guide you through what can often be a difficult challenge, the staff are always on hand to help those who may wish to try something new.

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ISLAND PHOENIX ACAPPELLA Are you a singer? Do you warble along with the music from your radio, or let ‘er rip in the shower? Meet a group of ladies who understand and encourage your passion.

Island Phoenix is a prospective member of Sweet Adelines International, the largest singing organization in the world for women. Our group meets once a week to practise together and improve our vocal technique.

We sing both old and new songs in four part harmony and we are often asked to sing for different community based organizations and events. We are always looking for new members and all women are welcome to come and see what we are all about.

Please call Connie at 250-923-0101 for more info.

Find us and follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ islandPhoenixAcappella

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et Barb Zant and her staff at Home Brew Factory and Wine Boutique help you choose the perfect wine for any occasion. With more than 50 grape varieties to choose from along with port, sherry, icewine and beer kits of micro brewery quality, the Home Brew Factory and Wine Boutique has the perfect choice. Take advantage of the new legislation that allows the serving of U-Brew wines at your next function or special occasion. With 100% satisfaction guaranteed, high quality grape juice and concentrate from the world’s best wine regions

One important thing to remember is to make sure to make the wine ahead of time so that whatever you select, it will have time to age.

Drop by early and enjoy the experience!

As the label says, two types of people can make great wine… anyone & everyone!

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Home Brew Factory & Wine Boutique Where your satisfaction is always 100% guaranteed.

Open Monday – Saturday

250.287.2611 #109-250 Dogwood Street Campbell River

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a career and motherhood The role women play in society and within their own households has changed dramatically over the last half-century. According to Pew Research Center analysis of the Decennial Census and American Community Surveys Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample files, in 1960 just 10.8 percent of married mothers were the primary earners in households that included children under the age of 18. That figure rose steadily over the next 50 years, reaching 40.4 percent by 2011.

Though the steady rise in those percentages makes the 2011 figure less than surprising, the fact remains that today’s working mothers have more on their plate than ever before and are under more pressure to juggle those responsibilities than their predecessors.

Juggling a career and motherhood is difficult for any woman, but the transition to wearing two hats can prove an

especially difficult adjustment for new mothers. The following are a handful of tips for new mothers about to embark on the challenging task of juggling a career and a growing family.

Carefully consider career decisions. Some new mothers respond to motherhood by making changes with regard to their careers. While adjustments will almost certainly need to be made, it’s important that women avoid knee-jerk reactions. Some women feel guilty about not spending enough time with their children and ultimately allow that guilt to govern their decisions about their careers.

But women who don’t give ample consideration to such decisions may grow to regret them when they find they miss their old jobs and the responsibilities and sense of purpose that comes with those jobs. When making career decisions as new motherhood is approaching or after it

arrives, make a list of the pros and cons to each decision and the motives behind each decision you might make.

The more thoughtfully you approach each decision, the happier you’re likely to be with that decision once it’s been made.

Avoid going overboard at the office. Working mothers are often driven to show their employers that new motherhood will not affect their on-the-job performance.

In their haste to prove motherhood won’t prove a distraction, new mothers may take on more they can chew.

Recognize that being a working mother does require an adjustment period, especially in the immediate weeks and months after maternity leave has ended and your body has yet to adjust to its new schedule. Accept help when it’s offered and recognize that good employers understand the adjustments you will need to make in the immediate aftermath of a pregnancy.

Look for ways to reduce your workload at home.

Juggling a career and new

motherhood won’t just have an impact at the office. Part of making a successful transition from working professional to working mother is recognizing that adjustments need to be made at home as well.

Both new parents are in the same boat, but mothers are the ones who spend the first three months at home with their new child, and during those three months new mothers typically develop a certain rapport with their new babies that new fathers do not. Babies may prove more comfortable being fed or rocked to sleep by mom instead of dad. In such instances, look for ways to reduce your workload at home, whether that’s sharing cooking duties or other chores around the house that were once your responsibility alone.

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The Campbell River Hospice Society has been in existence for over 26 years, offering programs and services to our community and surrounding areas at no charge. Over the years it has expanded these services to include those dealing with grief and palliative care and there are plans to add additional programs in the near future. Currently 14 programs and services are available including individual counselling, bereavement programs, relaxation therapies, support groups, workshops, palliative education to mention a few.

Jacqueline Spies, the new Director of Programs and Operations is currently focused on reintroducing the society to Campbell River and how they are here to help. As a non-profit organization, Jacqueline is also involved with creating new ways to generate revenue in order to ensure the Society’s support and services remain free and is always on the lookout for sponsors and volunteers.

Jacqueline Spies Director of Programs and Operations

Ask Jacqueline how you can help with your Thrifty Smile Card, Canadian Tire Money, Bottle Refunds and more. For more information, visit www.crhospice.org and be sure to like us on their Facebook page to be entered into prize draws.

70 Dogwood Street • 250-286-1121 • www.crhospice.org

Serving Campbell River and area for 27 years.

As owner of Campbell River’s largest independent garden centre, I’ve enjoyed seeing my role evolve. I still love getting my hands in the dirt and planting our hanging baskets as well as getting a thrill out of helping a first time veggie gardener and growing with our long time gardeners.

I embrace being fully involved with the financial side of our business, ordering the plants as well as maintaining our website, Pinterest, Facebook and monthly newsletter.

My own garden is still a huge passion for me. ~ Shauna Lambeth

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Feminism in Canada The history of feminism in Canada has been a gradual struggle aimed at establishing equal rights between women and men. The history of Canadian feminism, like modern, Western feminism in other countries has been divided by scholars into three “waves”, each describing a period of intense activism and social change. The use of “waves,” however has been critiqued for its failure to include the feminist activism of, for example, Aboriginal and Québécois women who organized for changes in their own communities as well as for larger social change.

First Wave The first wave of feminism in Canada occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This early activism was focused on increasing women’s role in public life, with goals including women’s suffrage, increased property rights, increased access to education, and recognition as “persons” under the law. This early iteration of Canadian feminism was largely based in maternal feminism; the idea that

women are natural caregivers and “mothers of the nation” who should participate in public life because of their perceived propensity for decisions that will result in good care of society. In this view, women were seen to be a civilizing force on society – which was a significant part of women’s engagement in missionary work and in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Early Organizing and Activism Religion was an important factor in the early stages of the Canadian women’s movement. Some of the earliest groups of organized women came together for a religious purpose. When women were rejected as missionaries by their Churches and missionary societies, they started their own missionary societies and raised funds to send female missionaries abroad. Some of them raised enough to train some of their missionaries as teachers or doctors.

The first of these missionary societies was founded in Canso, Nova Scotia in 1870 by a group

of Baptist women inspired by Hannah Norris, a teacher who wanted to be a missionary. Norris asked the women in her Church for help when her application to the Baptist Foreign Mission Board was rejected. The formed their own missionary society, and soon there were Presbyterian, Methodist and Anglican women missionary societies forming across the western provinces, Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes. These new

societies not only enabled women to work as missionaries, they also gave women the opportunity to manage the funding, training and employment of female missionaries in foreign countries.

Women’s religious organizing was also a means through which women could advocate social change. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, for example, was formed in 1874 by Letitia Youmans of Picton, Ontario, in order to raise awareness of the negative consequences of alcohol consumption on society,

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and ultimately to ban alcohol and promote evangelical family values. Inspired by its American counterpart, the WCTU grew to become one of the first organizations to fight for suffrage while also being a training ground for future suffrage leaders. The Hebrew Ladies Sewing Circle (founded 1869) also worked to promote social change through religion-inspired organizing. It was originally organized by Ida Siegel to provide girls in their

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Women soldering and assembling cables for airplanes, Canadian Car and Foundry Co., 1945.

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RainCoast Creative Performing Arts Summer Musical Theatre in the Square A Youth Musical Theatre Program • August 4 - 26 Come join us for a summer adventure in Musical Theatre! For 3 weeks, Mon-Fri afternoons we will rehearse and prepare a full musical theatre show. Students will learn singing, acting, choreography working with costumes, props and sets. Our professional instructors will teach students not only how to put on a show... but how to have fun doing it! Our show will run for 3 performances under the tent at Spirit Square in the heart of downtown Campbell River. This year’s show is the classic story.

“Hansel and Gretel” For registration information check out our website at www.raincoastcreativeperformingarts.com

KETTLEBELL CLASSES! Putting the Personal back in Personal Training.

Krista Boulding, is a Canfitpro certified Personal Trainer, Agatsu certified Kettlebell Instructor, and Registered Holistic Nutritionist through the Edison Institute.

She offers Kettlebell fitness classes in small group settings. In this small group setting she can focus on form, and offer more individual attention.

Krista also provides private nutrition consultations, and offers a variety of nutrition based lectures throughout the year. Passionate about all things related to food, life, and fitness, Krista provides a supportive and comfortable environment for all people, at every fitness and nutrition level.

Call Krista today to set up your initial complimentary consultation.

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Proudly having the honour of serving the North Island Communities with dedicated and caring service for over 100 years Having fallen in love with the West Coast, Amy Gordon moved to Campbell River 4 years ago to raise her family and become the Manager of Sutton’s Campbell River Funeral Home.

With passionate concern and commitment, Amy has been serving families across Canada for 19 years and continues to bring comfort & guidance to those in need.

The Dignity® Difference When you choose a Dignity Memorial® provider, you not only receive the compassionate care you expect from a locally operated establishment, but also the value you deserve from the largest network of funeral homes and cemeteries – including an array of services that are unmatched by any other funeral provider in North America.

Sutton’s exclusive benefits include: National Amy Gordon, Manager Transferability of your prearrangements; Bereavement Travel Services; 24-Hour Compassion Helpline® staffed by professionals who have advanced degrees and are specially trained in grief counseling; Child / Grandchild Protection Plan; Estate Fraud Protection; Everlasting Memorial®; Dignity Memorial Guidance Series; Aftercare® Planner; our 100% Service Guarantee; and your free Personal Planning Guide.

Please contact the Funeral Home at 250-287-4812 and a member of their dedicated staff will answer any questions you may have.

Traditional Services • Cremation Services • Prearrangement Planning

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Gloria, Jenna, Becky, Kari (owner) & Judy The Women of United Floors Have a question about flooring?

See Judy, she has a wealth of knowledge to share.

Looking for window coverings?

Don’t leave without talking to Gloria.

250-287-7456 1364 - 16th Avenue www.unitedfloors.ca

Of course, every woman on this team brings a wealth of industry knowledge and takes pride in providing excellent customer service. Whether you are looking for the “just so” area rug, are planning a major remodel, or need assistance in planning a new look for your home, the ladies of the United Floors team are all here to help you create the living area of your dreams.

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Shadoe Intimates Team At Shadoe Intimates we Love to Help You Love.

Let Jami, Kim and Victoria help you find the Perfect Plaything for Your Plaything.

250-286-0551 249 - 10th Avenue www.shadoeintimates.com

Find us online at www.shadoeintimates.com or on Facebook for daily updates on what’s in store.

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Inge Kettler

Owner, Needle & Arts

Inge has been either a business woman or a busy mom all her life, now a busy grandmother of six wonderful girls. 1995, just one year after she immigrated with her family from Germany, she took over The Framing Post and started her career as a creative and artistic custom picture framer. She retired from picture framing in 2014.

In 1999, Inge started the Needle & Arts Centre and rounded up an established all-in-one art and craft place, unique in Western Canada. Needlework, functional pottery, gift items and hand knitted garments complement the growing yarn department.

250-287-8898 990 A Shoppers Row www.needlenart.com

The Yarn Department of the Needle & Arts Centre expanded to become the yarn store with one of the biggest selections of quality yarn lines and first class consulting in North America. Supported by several highly qualified knitters, the Needle & Arts Centre offers drop-ins and knitting and crochet consulting, since October 2014 in its new location in the heart of Shoppers Row. Inge likes to give back to the community as a member of the Daybreak Rotary Club and together with her husband was involved in community beautification projects and the development of the Pier Street Farmers Market.

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Mirror Design Team

250-287-9227 #104-250 Dogwood St. www.campbellrivermirror.com

These four women are your online and print marketing solution to getting your business to over 30,000 Campbell River Mirror readers and ensure your business gets its return on investment.

The Campbell River Mirror design team is comprised of national and provincial award winning graphic designers with over 70 years of combined design experience. The design team (L to R) Michelle Hueller, Kristi Pellegrin, Rachael Beckley and Marnie Neaves, work as a team to design the right advertisements for hundreds of local Campbell River and area businesses. The team also leads the industry with special publications including this Women in Business publication, Wave Magazine, Vancouver Island North Tourism Guide, Campbell River Guide and over 50 other special publications that circulate through the year.

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Women in BUSINESS A first for the Homalco This past year, Chief MaryAnn Enevoldsen made history.

Energetic, positive and always active in her community, MaryAnn served on council for three years. During that time, she found there were many issues she felt could be more effectively addressed.

True to her direct nature, she opted to run for chief.

She was not sure her community was ready for a female chief, so was pleasantly

surprised by her win.

“I feel very privileged to be voted the first female chief of the Homalco Nation.”

Her win is a definite win for the Homalco Nation. She is focused on transparency in leadership.

Her goals include leading the healing journey for residential school survivors and reviving the cultural pride within the youth in her community.

As someone fortunate to learn the ways of her culture from her mother and

Indian Band

grandmother, she recognizes the importance of sharing heritage and culture throughout the generations.

She believes it is her responsibility, as leader, to protect and share the heritage and culture of the Homalco Nation.

“We can celebrate the richness of our community history while recognizing the challenges history has presented and we can call upon that history and tradition as means of revitalizing our culture.”

Her advice to women everywhere is “Embrace who you are and don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. The first step is the hardest, but part of our

Nanci Cook and her husband Tracy Tomlinson moved from Firesign B&B on Quadra Island to Whiskey Point Resort in April 2014 to take over management of the resort. With a diploma in Tourism and Hospitality and many years of experience in the hospitality industry, Nanci brings her 10 years B&B experience to her new position at Whiskey Point Resort. She is also an accomplished painter; you may view her paintings in the lobby and new Wheelhouse Gallery on site.

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But, building a mutually beneficial business network should be a priority for every business owner, says Bonnie Elliot, Partner, BDC Consulting.

“You need to understand it as an investment, not a cost,” Elliot says. “Relationships are brutally important and extremely helpful.”

She says strong business relationships can lead to new customers, improved management skills and the discovery of new ideas.

Elliot recommends a few strategies to help entrepreneurs improve their networking skills.

1. Make a plan A frequent mistake is to approach networking in an ad-hoc way, Elliot says. “It shouldn’t be an accident that you are attending an event.

You’ve planned to be there and you have a specific goal—for example, to schedule 3 follow-up meetings.”

people in your network helped your business.

2. Get started A rule of thumb is to ask around and see what type of activities your peers are attending. Workshops, conferences and trade shows are excellent ways of meeting new people and offer terrific opportunities for business development.

Another easy way is to check out the events scheduled by your local chamber of commerce.

3. Who’s afraid of social events?

People are uncomfortable at networking events because they feel like they’re “walking into a party without knowing anybody,” Elliot says. “The reassuring fact is that everybody else is in the same boat.”

Some things to remember at a networking event: • Bring your business cards with you.

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• Pay attention to your appearance because people will be looking at you from across the room. First impressions count for a lot.

• Prepare a brief “elevator speech,” introducing yourself and your business.

This will be especially helpful if you’re nervous about meeting new people.

• Avoid the trap of spending your time

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with people you know.

Make an effort to speak to new people.

Focus on what you can do for others, not what they can do for you.

Avoid hard selling. Be curious about what other people do. Ask questions.

Don’t monopolize people’s time.

Remember that everybody is there for the same reason as you: To network.

When you leave a

conversation, ask for their permission to contact them and suggest a goal for the meeting.

4. Connect with connectors It’s better to have 10 mutually beneficial relationships in your database than 100 casual contacts.

Put time and effort into building relationships of trust with connectors and influencer’s in

your industry, people that Elliot calls “the movers and the shakers.” Cultivate these connections and don’t take them for granted.

5. Get busy on social media Social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook can be great networking tools, but entrepreneurs shouldn’t ignore the power of face-to-face interaction. “A mix between the two is excellent,” Elliot says.

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6. Step out of your comfort zone Connecting with peers in your own industry is the first step in a networking strategy, but it shouldn’t stop there.

“Entrepreneurs often have a tunnel vision, because they are so focused on their own business,” Elliot says.

“Meeting people from outside your industry can bring a fresh perspective to your business.”

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Women also established and became involved with organizations to advance women’s rights, including suffrage. In 1893, the National Council of Women of Canada was formed which was designed to bring together representatives of different women’s groups across Canada, providing a network for women to communicate their concerns and ideas. When they endorsed suffrage, in 1910, the NCWC did so on the basis that women had an indispensable role in society which should give them the right to participate in public life by electing their government, in keeping with the maternal feminism prevalent in the period.

During World War I, women took on not only traditionally feminine jobs, but also heavy work such as in munitions factories. This changed role of women increased women’s political prominence, and issues such as women’s suffrage were raised.

From Pg. 23 community training in sewing skills and as a response to the conversion attempts of Jewish youth by Protestant Evangelicals in Toronto grew to establish a Jewish Endeavour Sewing School where they taught girls sewing, Jewish religion and history.

Other examples include the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) which provided (and continues to provide) services such as reception centres, shelters, and educational programs for single working class women along with The Girls’ Friendly Society (Anglican-based), and the Grey Nuns of Montreal who provided daycare centres for working women.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women in Canada were also making inroads into various professions including teaching, journalism, social work, and public health. Grace Annie Lockhart became the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor’s degree, providing clear evidence of the justice of women’s claim to full rights in the field of higher education. Advances included the establishment of a Women’s Medical College in

During the 1920s, women adventurers pushed the boundaries of acceptable behavior for women.

From 1922 until 1929, Aloha Wanderwell (born in Canada) became the first woman to travel around the world in a car, beginning her journey at the age of 16.

Women’s right to vote in Canada Organizing around women’s suffrage in Canada peaked in the mid-1910s. Various franchise clubs were formed, and in Ontario, the Toronto Women’s Literary Club was established in 1876 as a guise for suffrage activities, though by 1883 it was renamed the Toronto Women’s Suffrage Association.

Compared to other English speaking industrialized countries, Canada’s suffrage movement gained success rather easily, and without violence. The tactics adopted by the movement in order to bring about reform included collecting petitions, staging mock parliaments and selling postcards.

Widows and unmarried women were granted the right to vote in municipal elections in Ontario in 1884. Such limited franchises were extended in other provinces at the end of the 19th century, but bills to enfranchise women in provincial elections failed to pass in any

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However, women’s engagement in

the workforce during the Second World War would bring about a new consciousness in women about their place in public life, that led to a public inquiry on the status of women, as well as new campaigns and organizing for equal rights. Whereas the first wave was organized around access to education, and training, the second wave of Canadian feminism focused on women’s role in the workforce, the need for equal pay for equal work, a desire to address violence against women, and concerns about women’s reproductive rights.

Canadian women during and after World War II During the Second World War, Canadian women were actively pursued by the Canadian government to contribute to the war effort. One of the ways in which women contributed to the war effort was by joining the workforce. Prior to the war, some young and unmarried women had already joined the workforce, but during the war an increased need for female workers arose in many industries due to the depleted pool of male workers who had largely been mobilized to fight in the war.

Although women continued to work in their pre-war traditional

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20, 1917, women gained a limited right to vote: According to the Parliament of Canada website, the Military Voters Act established that “women who are British subjects and have close relatives in the armed forces can vote on behalf of their male relatives, in federal elections.” About a year and a quarter later, at the beginning of 1919, the right to vote was extended to all women in the Act to confer the Electoral Franchise upon Women. The remaining provinces quickly followed suit, except for Quebec, which did not do so until 1940. Agnes Macphail became the first woman elected to Parliament in 1921.

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Lady Eaton at a 1941 Canadian Red Cross fundraiser

fields of employment such as textile manufacturing, retail, nursing, and homecare services, as the demand for labour intensified in all industries, women became employed in many non-traditional fields including: manufacturing, trade, finance, transportation, communication, and construction.

In response to the labour needs of many industries, the Canadian government created a special Women’s Division of the National Selective Service to recruit women into the workforce. The first groups of women to be recruited were single women and childless married women.[19] The National Selective Service then recruited women with home responsibilities and later women with children.[20] By 1944, more than one million women worked full-time in Canada’s paid labour force.

The inclusion of women with children into the workforce led the

federal government to develop a program known as the DominionProvincial Wartime Day Nurseries Agreement in order to assist working mothers with childcare during the duration of the war.

Under the Agreement, the federal government offered to help the provinces subsidize childcare programs. Quebec and Ontario took advantage of the agreement and developed childcare facilities such as nurseries and after school programs.

Flora Eaton presenting a cheque to the Canadian Red Cross. She was an active fundraiser and allowed Eaton Hall to be used as a military hospital for Canadian soldiers during the war.

Women also contributed to the war effort by volunteering. As soon as the war broke out, many local women’s volunteer societies quickly mobilized to contribute to the war effort. Women in these

organizations engaged in a range of activities including: sewing clothes for the Red Cross, cultivating “victory” gardens, and collecting materials like rubber and metal scraps for wartime production.

[24] By the middle of the war the Canadian government established the Women’s Voluntary Services to coordinate the wartime activities of the local women’s societies across Canada.

Women also participated in the war by joining the military. Prior to the war, with the exception of the Nursing Service of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Canadian army was composed only of men. Yet, by 1942 women were recruited into the military, air force, and navy. In fact, by the end of the war 20,497 women were members of the army, 16,221 were members of the air force, and 6,665 were members of the navy. When women were first recruited they mostly worked in administrative and support positions such as stewardesses and clerical aides, but as the war carried on women were promoted to more skilled positions such as motor vehicle mechanics, electricians, and sailmakers.

In the final years of the war, the Canadian government expected

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women to return to their roles in the home once the war ended.

In 1941, the government created an Advisory Committee on Reconstruction (composed entirely of prominent Canadian men) to deal with the post-war reconstruction issues. Shortly after its creation, some Canadian women advocated for female representation within the Committee due to the vital contribution of women to the war effort. Consequently, in 1943, the government created a subcommittee to deal with issues women would encounter once the war ended. The subcommittee was headed by Margaret McWilliams, a journalist and notable women’s organization activist, and consisted of nine other women from across the country. The subcommittee produced a report with a number of recommendations including that women should be trained or retrained for jobs on the same basis as men and that household workers should receive labour benefits like unemployment insurance. The report received little public attention and ultimately failed to achieve any of its recommendations. However, many of its recommendations were discussed once again, decades later in the 1970 report of the

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When the war finally ended many Canadian women did as the government expected of them and returned to their roles in the home. Additionally, when the war ended some of the services the government offered working women during the war like childcare were stopped.

Yet, in the years following the war, the number of women joining the workforce steadily increased as women’s contribution became more and more necessary to sustaining both the home and the economy - a fact addressed by a number of government initiatives.

In 1951, the Ontario government passed the Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, and by the end of the 1950s, all provinces except for Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador had passed similar legislation. In 1954, the Government of Canada created a specialized women’s department within the Department of Labour, and in 1956, it also passed legislation providing pay equity for women working in the federal civil service.

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By Black Press Staff BMO Bank of Montreal today released a study that found clear differences in the motivations and characteristics of men and women business owners, and how they got where they are.

The survey, conducted by Pollara, found that male business owners are more likely than their female counterparts to have gotten into their role by starting their own business

(65 per cent vs. 56 per cent), according to the survey of 500 Canadian business owners. Women, on the other hand, are more likely than men to have become business owners through a promotion (13 per cent for women vs. 7 per cent for men) or taking over the family business (21 per cent vs. 15 per cent, respectively).

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“The survey findings paint an interesting picture of the differences between male and female

business owners in Canada,” said Steve Murphy, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal. “It’s encouraging to see that both men and woman are highly driven by a passion for their business - which is key to successfully running an organization or business.

“Women seem to be drawn to the challenge more than men. It’s clearly having an impact, with more women opting for self-employment, according to the latest data,” added Murphy.

Sector Breakdown There were

also pronounced differences in the sectors where people operate. Men are more likely to be running businesses in the manufacturing (11 per cent vs. 5 per cent), construction (11 per cent vs. 6 per cent), or automotive (6 per cent vs. 1 per cent) sectors, whereas women are more likely to be in retail (14 per cent vs. 7 per cent) or hospitality (9 per cent vs. 4 per cent).

According to BMO Economics, these sectors combined have a significant impact on the Canadian economy.

For example, the manufacturing sector represents more than 10 per cent of Canada’s GDP, with construction at approximately 7 per cent, retail more than 5 per cent, food & accommodation at 2 per cent and transportation

equipment at 1.5 per cent.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $555 billion as at April 30, 2013, and more than 46,000 employees, BMO Financial Group provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.

Survey Methodology Results cited above come from a telephone survey conducted by Pollara with a random sample of 500 Canadian business owners, between Feb. 25 and March 15, 2013. Overall results carry a margin of error of +/- 4.4%, 19 times out of 20.

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