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Rescue on the water

Volunteers with RCM-SAR Station 39 take marine role seriously KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

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riday morning dawned cold and drizzly.

Whitecaps painted the wave tips in Fishermen’s Harbour frothy white against a dull grey sky and surly sea.

The Port Alberni Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue vessel was a bright red and yellow slash across the monochrome day. And think about it: most marine rescues you read about in the news never happen under blue skies and calm seas.

This was the kind of day that greeted volunteers from RCMSAR Station 39 at Harbour Quay on Friday.

The 10 volunteers huddled on the deck of the rescue vessel alongside one of the wharf fingers of Centennial Pier and listened closely as coxswain Ted McGill explained and then demonstrated how to rescue someone who has fallen overboard.

“Brace your knee here and then pull up here,” McGill explained, before stepping back and letting SAR volunteer Maggi Slassor try.

Slassor’s been with marine search and rescue for 28 years, split between Nanoose Bay and Port Alberni.

“I was a sailing instructor and it just sort of fit what I loved to do,” she said.

Having been with SAR for so long, it’s been rewarding for Slassor to watch the Port Alberni station grown over the years.

“This unit started with just a small rigid hull inflatable boat and over the years has built up into one of the best boats available with every piece of equipment onboard,” she said.

The station now has a state-ofthe-art 34’ Falkins Class II Fast Response Craft.

The changes have meant that members have had to keep up to date as technology has advanced.

“You’re always honing your skills.”

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Pete Tabler, left, a volunteer with RCM-SAR Station 39, watches as Ted McGill demonstrates one of the knots used in a rope rescue.

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Ian Arklie, left, and Pete Tabler demonstrate how to haul volunteer Gord Baines back into the RCM-SAR vessel using a rescue net, Friday afternoon at Centennial Pier.

For Slassor, the benefits of modern technology outweigh the extra training needed.

“It’s made it easier, it’s made it safer for the crew.”

But while the technology keeps changing, the basics stay the same.

“The basic search and rescue stuff doesn’t change,” she said.

The core work of the group has remained the same. Station 39 is the unit in the Royal Canadian

Marine Search and Rescue network (formerly Coast Guard Auxiliary) that focuses on the Alberni Inlet until the halfway point between Port Alberni and Bamfield, where the Coast Guard takes over.

The national RCM-SAR left the Coast Guard network and became a private organization in May 2012 to underscore the fact it is non-profit and run by volunteers.

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But while he enjoys the time “We’re on a spent out at sea, the pager system, so fulfillment comes if someone’s in from helping others. distress then we “Helping people in react. Whatever any type of situation the call is, the on the water is quite volunteers get rewarding for me,” together and we’re Arklie said. usually on the Slassor feels the water in about 20 same. minutes,” McGill “It’s supremely said, adding that rewarding. When we the SAR station is go out on a search an integral part of and we actually the Port Alberni save a life...you community. “We can’t equal that in risk our lives for the – Maggi Slassor any other way.” safety of others.”

A rescue that While the land and stands out in her marine search and rescue units mind happened a couple of are separate, they work together summers ago when the Port when the mission has both a Alberni station went out on a land and sea component. mission in conjunction with the Last year, for example, a Bamfield Coast Guard and the person went missing on an Cormorant helicopter from 442 island in the Barkley Sound.

Search and Rescue Squadron at “There were people injured CFB Comox. and lost on an island and we “We were called to a search for worked side by side with land an elderly man who had gone search and rescue where we out fishing in his own boat from transported their personnel out China Creek.” to Bamfield, put them on the Continued / A19

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This Sunday, April 12 come out to Char’s Landing at 7 p.m. to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin. Come in costume or as a hologram of your 21st century self. There’s no cover charge and entry is by donation to the SPCA. For more info call 250-724-7293. And then there’s another cause for celebration; Char’s Landing owner Charlene Patterson will blow out her birthday cake candles at 8 p.m.

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Coun. Denis Sauve hauled over two tonnes of llegally dumped garbage to the landfill in the past week.

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“There’s no excuse for this type of illegal dumping,” Coun.

Denis Sauve said after taking his own initiative to clean up garbage dumped near the hump and on the way to the lookout this week.

“Last week I took out 1,543 pounds of garbage on the way to the lookout,” Sauve said. “[On Monday night] I went up to the

hump and picked up another huge load,” adding up to 2,100 lbs over the past few days alone.

Illegal dumping has been a growing concern recently and a Facebook page called “Stop Illegal Dumping—Vancouver Island” has been set up to shed light on the issue and organize cleanups.

Since its creation on March 12, over 4,500 people have ‘liked’ the page.

With the lowest tipping fees on the island at the Alberni Valley landfill, Sauve said that it’s up to people to dispose of their garbage properly.

“We are not going to tolerate illegal dumping,” he said, adding that he’s “asking the public to be on the lookout while enjoying our trails. All evidence of such dumping will be handed to the proper authority.”

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The Chamber of Commerce is hosting Huu-ay-aht First Nation, Steelhead LNG and the Port Alberni Port Authority for a free business after business event at Chances Rimrock on April 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Come out to Char’s Landing on April 15 at 6 p.m. and take part in the Alberni Valley Transition Town Society’s monthly meeting. The meeting will be followed by a movie. Both meeting and movie are free and open to the public but donations are accepted.

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Arrowview Hotel fire caused by electrical failure: PAFD KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The fate of the derelict Arrowview Hotel on Second Avenue rests with an insurance company for now, following a structure fire Thursday night.

The building has been mostly vacant except for a caretaker on site for a few years, and has been on the City of Port Alberni’s derelict building list.

An electrical failure appears to have caused the fire, according to Port Alberni fire Chief Tim Pley.

The call came into the Port Alberni Fire Department at 8:40 p.m. on April 2.

According to Pley, “the fire response consisted of a full contingent from PAFD, one engine from Sproat Lake Fire Department and

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Fire crews battle a blaze that broke out in the former Arrowview Hotel on the night of Thurday, April 2.

two engines from Beaver Creek Fire Department.”

“Upon arrival, fire crews found visible fire in the interior of the building with smoke issuing from the soffits and eaves,” Pley said.” The fire was managed with master stream lines from the exterior and then hand-lines interior.”

According to Pley, while the stairwell was burned out, the floors did not suffer much damage from the fire.

Crews searched the entire building to ensure that there were no victims inside at the time of the blaze.

Pley said that “the property was occupied by a caretaker who was

away at the time of the fire.”

The derelict building has been a source of concern for the city for more than a year now.

According to city planner Scott Smith, the city opened the “building standards file on the old Arrowview Hotel in February 2014.”

Smith said that

the building must adhere to the city’s building standards bylaw which states “property owners safeguard, secure and maintain buildings and that authorizes officers, employees and agents of the municipality to enter any property to ascertain compliance with the municipality’s bylaws.

“We’ve been corresponding with the owner to have the building come into compliance with the building standards bylaw,” Smith said.

What will happen to the building now will depend on the extent of fire and water damage from last week’s blaze, said Smith.

“My understanding is that there’s an insurance company involved,” he added.

Pley said he didn’t know what would happen to the building going forward.

“I don’t know there was a lot of damage from the fire itself,” Pley said. “The issues with this building are with the lack of maintenance.”

Pley said the building has been in a state of serious disrepair for awhile, and has been a concern. The roof

has been leaking and many of the gyproc walls had holes punched into them.

“The foundation on the downward side is starting to fail so there’s structural concerns,” he added.

The building has been abandoned for several years; it was one of several sites in Port Alberni used to shoot the movie thriller Insomnia, starring the late Robin Williams, in 2001.

World renowned artist Laird Campbell and clothing designer Brenda Laine once owned the building, using the first and second floors for their art and design studios.

The current owner of the property could not be reached by the News’ press time. reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews — With files from Susan Quinn, Alberni Valley News

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City’s share of ACRD budget increases in 2015 KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The City of Port Alberni will pay 26 per cent more in residential tax to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District this year.

The ACRD finalized its budget on March 25.

The city, just as each regional electoral area, pays a portion into the ACRD budget every year. In 2015, based on an average home price of $200,000, that means $74 out of your city property tax bill goes to the ACRD (based on a tax rate of $0.37 per $1000 of home value).

That represents a 26 per cent increase from 2014.

The overall tax requisition from the ACRD for the city will increase by 1.18 per cent in 2015, up to $1.6 million.

Across the entire ACRD, a $200,000 home will pay $59 to the regional hospital district, down from

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$71 in 2014.

In the electoral areas, Bamfield saw their tax requisition decrease by 7.56 per cent, Beaufort’s increased by 8.19 per cent, Sproat Lake by 1.62 per cent, Beaver Creek by 2.06 per cent and Cherry Creek by 2.93 per cent.

The Huu-ay-aht First Nation saw a 73.26 per cent decrease in tax requisitions from the ACRD. Regional district CAO Russell Dyson said the large

decrease was likely due to a drop in property assessments.

Some of the big changes in taxation for all members of the ACRD included a 100 per cent decrease in grants-in-aid paid out to Vancouver Island University for approximately $10,000 less in the budget.

General government services will go up 38 per cent, up to $931,843 in 2015.

According to Dyson, those expenses pay for board meetings and directors attending them, administration, financial services and audits and “living up to our responsibilities as set by regulations in the province in terms of being a properly functioning government.”

With the passing of the ACRD’s Regional Parks and Trails Plan last year, regional parks will see a 213 per cent increase in funding in 2015, up to $23,883 from $7,608.

Hupacasath re-elect Tatoosh KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The results are in and Steven Tatoosh has been elected for his third consecutive term as Hupacasath First Nations Chief Councillor.

“I’m thankful that I’m going to be here for another two years and spend time with my community,” Tatoosh said.

Tatoosh said that his priorities going forward were to continue to pay off Hupacasath debt, housing for his people and economic development.

Joining him on council are incumbents Warren Lauder and Jim Tatoosh, as well as new councillor Jolleen Dick.

“I look forward to building on what council has previously done and bring new ideas and innovative ways to do things and get things moving at a different pace,” Dick said.

Hupacasath chief and council are elected for two-year terms.

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Steven Tatoosh, left, has been re-elected Hupacasath First Nation chief councillor. Jolleen Dick is the new face on council, joining incumbents Jim Tatoosh, third from left, and Warren Lauder.

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Changes won’t solve wage issue In announcing changes to the wages of the lowest paid British Columbians it’s clear the provincial government got it half right.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced that the minimum wage will be rising by 20 cents in September to $10.45 an hour, with all future increases tied to the B.C. consumer price index. Those increases will be determined in March with the wage hike to take effect in September, giving business time to adjust accordingly.

Linking the minimum wage to inflation is a good idea to provide certainty for both business and workers as well as eliminate the temptation of using people’s livelihood for political gain.

Unfortunately, in linking the minimum wage to the consumer price index the government is acting on the assumption that the current rate is the definitive model.

And the government’s argument fails under the weight of that one flawed assumption.

While the provincial government consulted with business owners prior to announcing the changes, the same courtesy doesn’t appear to have been extended to those representing low-income earners.

B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger said the announcement guarantees that hundreds of thousands of British Columbians will continue to live in poverty for years to come. Her call for a $15 minimum wage won’t be realized until 2034 under the government’s current plan.

People often have a tendency to downplay minimum wage workers as a small segment of the society primarily made up of students looking to make a few extra bucks. But the facts show otherwise: more than 120,000 British Columbians earn the minimum wage, and almost half of those are over the age of 25.

While the government has obviously listened to the concerns of business, those British Columbians struggling to put food on their family’s table will continue to have their voices go unheard.

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ICTORIA – The labour situation in B.C. is showing increased signs of strain, even before a longpromised boom in heavy construction gets set to ramp up this summer.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced last week that B.C. is suspending its “provincial nomination” program for 90 days.

This program allows the province to recommend people for federal immigration, based on skills in demand in B.C. The B.C. provincial nomination program saw its number of applications triple to 1,200 for the month of December, as the federal government cracked down on the temporary foreign worker program. Thousands of temporary foreign workers who have hit the four-year deadline are being sent home, with many of them turning to the provincial

nomination track.

Bond has been pleading with Ottawa to raise B.C.’s annual provincial nomination quota from 5,000 to 7,000 or more.

The three-month pause is so her ministry can add staff and speed up processing time.

Backlogged applicants will still be considered, and exemptions for health care workers and a northeast pilot program are being maintained.

Even with the current slump in energy prices and before anticipated pipeline and liquefied natural gas projects start, the labour shortage in the northeast is near crisis.

The last time I was in Dawson Creek, radio ads were offering signing bonuses for qualified truck drivers. In Fort St. John, grocery and hardware retailers have come to

depend on foreign workers to keep going.

While supposedly educated young people work part-time and refuse to leave the comforts of southern city life, this is the reality up north, and it’s only going to get worse.

This summer, work is scheduled to start on the Site C dam on the Peace River, the most costly construction project in B.C. history. And a union vs. nonunion battle reminiscent of the old Expo 86 labour wars is underway.

The B.C. and Yukon Building Trades (BCYT) are demanding a project agreement that requires all workers on Site C to be paid their rates, and are warning of chaos on the huge project if they don’t get their way.

BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald told me that’s

‘The last time I was in Dawson Creek, radio ads were offering signing bonuses for qualified truck drivers.’

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not all they want. They are also seeking quotas for members of their unions on a project that will be a small city of 1,700 people at peak construction.

BCYT executive director Tom Sigurdson says that while all sides acknowledge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to control that too, working with their affiliated unions in the United States.

There will be nonunion construction firms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada.

The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and influence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot.

McDonald and Premier Christy Clark have politely told them to pound sand.

Their formula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up BC Hydro rates even more than they are already rising.

Continued / A9

Commitment to accuracy To report corrections and clarifications, contact editor Susan Quinn at 250-723-6399 or e-mail: editor@ albernivalleynews.com or drop by our office at 4656 Margaret St.

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QUESTION of the week

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Time is now to re-brand city To the Editor,

Do you think Bill C-51 security measures are necessary?

Yes – 47.4% No – 52.6% This week’s question: Is enough being done to combat illegal dumping in the Alberni Valley?

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Hot summer for dam sure From / A8

BC Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands.

Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour

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less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking BC Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members on the site.

It looks like a hot summer ahead.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

It was great to read in your paper about some citizens’ proposals for re-branding this valley, and promoting its natural assets.

I know from years of experience as a drivethrough visitor, how impossible it is to see anything interesting at all. I may have stopped at the gas station, grocery store, and liquor store at the old location on Johnston Road (which would definitely be improved by some planters). Then, streamline to Long Beach.

The same scenario is happening today.

Tofino is bursting in its seams, while our storefronts and houses stay empty. If we could get the word out about the lakes and mountains, trails, rivers, waterfalls, affordable living spaces, good senior housing, hospital and hospice—perhaps people would look around a bit more on their way through town.

My choice of branding would be: “I love living in the worst place in Canada.

Come and see for yourself!” Then, I

would give them a hell of a show of our natural attractions.

And yes, I would definitely take them to the humble Harbour Quay, and on a train ride to McLean Mill.

For my old European sensibilities, they are the quaintest manmade places in town.

Rayana Erland, Port Alberni

Negativity not appreciated To the Editor,

Re: Label not appreciated, Letters, March 19.

I am writing in regard to a letter to the editor from Richard Berg, who apparently doesn’t like to be called out on the letters he writes weekly.

I can assure him that Mr. Grist is exactly right; also I can assure him there are many people who agree with Mr. Grist.

As time goes on things change. What worked 40 years ago is irrelevant today.

Newcomers must be stunned to see Mr. Berg’s name attached to the letters he write.

I believe he is doing a disservice to this town.

Before the new mayor and council were even sworn in he was badmouthing

them in the letters section.

For some reason, he apparently goes out of his way to badmouth McLean Mill and the people who make it work. He speaksas if he is an expert at everything, from highways, city accountant, tourism and parks.

I believe McLean Mill and the steam train are diamonds in the rough for this town. I was born here in 1958 as were all of my grandparents, numerous uncles and cousins. All worked in sawmilling.

My family moved to Nanaimo in 1968. At age 15 I was part of a weekend clean-up crew. Every two weeks I got a cheque for about $220, not bad for a young kid.

I could buy any toy I wanted.

Quoting his final paragraph where he wishes people would place their comments somewhere, I might suggest he does the same with his next letter.

Theodore D. Schulz, Port Alberni

Time for mine gone long ago To the Editor,

In 2009 Compliance Energy Corp. included a timeline for the

Raven Underground Coal Project in its promotional materials.

The timeline showed milestones for the months that followed, ending with the mine in operation by the middle of 2012.

Anyone following the Raven project knows how that turned out: every milestone was missed.

The mine is no closer to being in operation today than it was in 2009.

In the last seven years the only things Compliance Energy has delivered on reliably are meaningless dates and missed deadlines.

A regular source of misinformation, one might say.

Speaking of timelines, how’s this: Compliance delivered its first application to the Environmental Assessment Office in early 2013—three years late. Weeks later, the EAO rejected it.

Two years after that, early this year, the company submitted a second application.

This time, not even waiting for it to be rejected, Compliance withdrew that application from the screening process.

Today, coal companies are in despair. Coal prices have seldom been

lower. Mines are closing everywhere, including B.C. These grim conditions, as well as Compliance’s unique style, are reflected in the company’s share price: it closed last week at 1.5 cents.

The company’s auditors included a rare, and serious, “Emphasis of Matter” in last year’s financial statements, warning shareholders that there is “significant doubt about [the company’s] ability to continue as a going concern.” Among the concerns was a $9 million deficit—six times the deemed market value” of the company.

This may not be the final deliverable.

Compliance may be able to pull itself together enough to get an acceptable application into the EAO for a full environmental assessment. But in today’s coal market it could never attract the investment to build a mine.

Coal prices may increase again, and the Raven mine or something like it may come back again. It will be as unpopular then, as it is now, for all the same reasons.

Arthur Caldicott, Victoria

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Port Alberni RCMP Cst. Pete Batt has taken lessons humanity has learned from our ancestors and turned it into an outdoor survival program for youth.

Our forefathers hunted and gathered, built fire, used tools they made from rocks and other materials, and navigated safely through incredibly difficult terrain. They were forced to survive many difficult periods by relying upon their survival instincts and skills. Many of these functions have been mechanized over time; however those who recreate in the outdoors still rely heavily on many of these basic survival skills.

Batt recognized that these skills can be used to reinforce the life skills youth need to survive in today’s world.

As a police officer delivering programs in schools designed to build reliance and drug resistance, Batt recognized a gap in delivering his message to children who had been exposed to drugs on a consistent basis or had encountered other barriers in their lives. He surmised that by adopting other programs in addition to the ones already in place, he could help children become more resilient and eventually become more successful.

Batt is making it his mission to ensure that local youth learn to access these primitive survival skills to succeed not only in the outdoors, but in life, regardless of any situation they find themselves in.

Batt’s interest in the outdoors began at an early age when his father, who was also a Mountie, exposed him regularly to recreational activities in the bush. His

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father taught him the valuable skills he needed to take care of himself while he was in the great outdoors – which was very often.

His fascination with survival training led Batt into the Cubs and Boy Scouts as a young lad (and as an adult leader), and as he grew older it was this unwavering interest that lead him to the Colchester County Ground Search and Rescue Squad in his home province of Nova Scotia, which he joined in 1990.

In May 2013, Batt was asked – Tyrone by the Bamfield Community School to attend a cultural field trip with their students to Dianna Island for three days.

He was asked to teach students knife use and safety and campfire lighting. Batt quickly saw how lessons like these could not only connect him, a uniformed police officer, with youth, but could start to fill the gap that other school/ police programs were leaving.

In 2014 Batt brought his knowledge of the outdoors to the youth in his community

with the creation of a mentorship based community program entitled Survival Kids.

“As a teenager I spent a lot of time in the bush, learning about the land and building survival skills, and I found that it helped me build resilience and confidence in all aspects of my life.

I want to pass that same experience along to the youth in my community,” said Batt.

This innovative program teaches young people the basic outdoor survival skills by Marshall using natural resources as much as is practicable to re-enforce the connection to the land. The lessons are challenging and fun and culminate in activities that build self-worth, confidence, resilience, and, perhaps most importantly, they demonstrate how individuals can control the outcome of many challenging situations they face.

The kids are taught “survival attitude” and it is reinforced at every opportunity in the program.

‘The skills these young children learned will last a lifetime....’

In one lesson children learn how to properly prepare for an outdoor activity by telling someone where they are going and when they’ll be back, and how to remain in one place should they get lost or disoriented in the woods.

The students are taught basic first aid skills that will help them if they or someone they know are injured in the wilderness. They learn how to build shelter, build a camp fire, and how to obtain food and water safely.

Finally, they are taught how to use a knife, axe, and saw in a safe and efficient manner, in the preparation of food, shelters, and fire.

As a member of the Port Alberni First Nations Community Policing Unit, Batt first introduced the pilot for his program in March 2014 on the Tseshaht First Nation.

Eleven students ranging in age from eight to 12 years participated and the program was an instant success.

“Our youth have the opportunity to learn new skills,” said Tyrone Marshall, Tseshaht First Nation sports and recreation co-ordinator.

“Most of all our youth have the opportunity to gain the trust and mutual respect of Cst. Pete Batt. It is my personal belief that it’s better for our youth to meet the local RCMP officers outside of their regular policing roles and duties. This helps to build trust and mutual respect,” Marshall said.

“The skills these young children learned will last a lifetime and I’m certain they will never forget who helped them learn along the way.”

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MLS#388194 • This home has a 3 year old roof & newer vinyl windows.

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• The home is spacious with large rooms. The living room has a large bay window and a custom built wood burning fireplace.

• The master bedroom has a door into the bathroom and its own deck.

• This home has 3 bathrooms, a large family room with a fireplace and another separate area ideal for rec room or a home office with separate entrance.

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• Open floor plan. This mobile has been completely updated with newer bathroom and flooring.

• Tastefully painted. Park allows children & a small pet.

• Sitting in a quiet tucked away area of the park, this home also features a large master bedroom, additional storage room, electric furnace, separate laundry room and a large covered deck.

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$139,900

• Right across the street from the Blair Park & the popular Dyke walking path.

• Great family home on large lot, offered at an affordable price.

• Newer roof, 2 bedrooms up and large rec room down.

• Walking distance to restaurants, shops and fitness centre.

• Minutes from elementary and middle schools.

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$299,900

• This home has lots of windows letting in lots of natural light.

• Living room has a lovely gas fireplace. Separate dining room. Small deck off of kitchen.

• Master bedroom has a walk-in closet and a 3 piece ensuite with shower.

• Natural gas forced air furnace heating system.

• Large double garage w/ brand new overhead door.

• Unfinished area downstairs ideal for a workshop or extra storage.

• Yard is low maintenance and fenced.

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• Affordable, clean family oriented unit in desirable Echo area.

• Walk to parks, library, college, pool and multiplex.

• Close to all the amenities.

• 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, dishwasher in kitchen.

• Easy care, convenient living.

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• Within walking distance to grocery stores and coffee shops.

• Large living room with new vinyl windows and new laminate flooring.

• Large and bright kitchen with spacious eating area.

• New oil tank • On bus route. Lane access.

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• This 3 bedroom upper unit has been freshly painted and updated with new kitchen countertops and floor.

• Features include bright open area living and dining rooms, wood - burning fireplace and pretty garden view.

• Situated in a quiet family complex with nicely maintained grounds yet close to transportation, schools and shopping.

• Excellent strata management and reasonable monthly fees: comprehensive update of the windows, doors, painting and roofing of the entire complex completed in the last 2 years. All assessments paid.

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3641 ANDERSON AVE. $115,700

• 1.129 acre non - conforming property includes an up & down duplex.

• 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms on the top floor and 2 bedrooms & den, 1 1/2 bathrooms down and a separate 2 bed 1 bath 945 square foot rancher.

• Each unit on separate hydro meters. The current monthly income is $2150.

• Rural setting with city sewer & water, numerous fruit trees, outbuilding and tennis court.

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• Spacious two bedroom rancher on large 75 x 124 lot.

• This home features crown moldings, a solid oak kitchen with new flooring.

• Large master bedroom with covered ceilings.

• Large & bright bathroom with a 2-sink vanity & new flooring.

• 200 amp service, new furnace, alarm system and in-ground sprinklers • Newer detached wired garage/shop and tool shed. Quick possession is available.

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3738 ARGYLE WAY

• Bright and clean newer 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo • Nice quiet building.

• Walking distance to shops, restaurants and the Harbour Quay.

• 7 appliances included in sale.

• In suite laundry.

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$169,900

• Just reduced by $ 10,000.

• Separate entrances, separate meters.

• Two - 2 bedroom units. Shared laundry.

• Located in quiet residential area near elementary school.

• Walking distance to shopping and coffee shops.

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• Three bedroom home located centrally • Newer vinyl windows, new roof & New hot water tank.

• Large living room with laminate oors.

• Lane access to backyard.

• Fenced yard.

• On bus route.

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4844 STRATHERN

$72,900

• Central Port Alberni location with some work this home would be a good starter home or a rental income producer.

• The property is close to shopping and has a good view of the inlet.

• 2 bedroom home with a good size kitchen and living room.

• Current long term tenant pays $700 per month.

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4025 MARPOLE

$213,900

• 4 bdrm, 2 bathroom rancher located in the preferred area of upper Northport.

• Nice quiet street within walking distance of John Howitt elementary school, baseball fields & parks.

• Large lot with private, fully fenced back yard.

Alarm system & garage.

• Many updates include newer roof and vinyl windows, newer furnace and oil tank.

• Master bedroom with sliding glass doors to patio and brand new ensuite with shower.

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• New tasteful wood laminate floors & updated paint.

• Custom built rancher with 30 x 20 foot detached shop/garage off lane.

• Vaulted ceilings in the large living rm that opens onto bright kitchen w/ skylights & oak cabinets.

• 2 bdrms plus den. Master bdrm w/ 3 piece ensuite & shower.

• Central vac, heat pump & low maintenance yard on quiet street.

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• This building has secured entry, single parking stall & storage room in the basement as well as having your own laundry in your unit & public transportation only a few steps away!

PREFERRED UPPER NORTHPORT

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$269,000

• Home has a grand entrance featuring a large living room with fireplace and coved ceilings.

• The master bedroom is complete w/ a 2 piece ensuite and large walk in closet.

• Main floor also has a good size family room with wood burning insert .

• Large deck off the kitchen into backyard w/lane access.

• Large finished downstairs features a spacious rec room also w/ a wood burning insert.

• Home needs some updating but has great potential and almost 3500 sqft. Great location!

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• Bright & completely renovated bathroom with tastefully done new shower tile.

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Don Diemert was the winner of You and Your Ride and received a $300 gift certificate for an ultra spa treatment for his vehicle at Alberni Toyota from Alberni Valley News sales consultant Rachel Theus.

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By the time Station 39 was on the move, the man had been missing for 31 hours.

“It was getting to be dusk and as we went past a cleft in the rock, a very small cleft, we saw something orange on the rocks.”

The volunteer rescuers went in to investigate.

“It was the elderly gentleman.

Fortunately, he still had his orange cruiser suit on. If he had taken it off, we never would have seen him.”

Friday’s training session was a round robin training exercise where the volunteers were parbuckling— learning how to rescue people from the water via rotation-— as well as practicing radio operations.

While many of the volunteers have a history of being out on the water, McGill said anyone can join, as long as they’re willing to put in the time and the effort.

The RCM-SAR organization pays for all of the training, from a commercial boating licence to marine first aid and Transport Canada navigation courses.

The SAR volunteers typically head out on the boat for two training days every second week, which includes everything from theory to throwing a willing volunteer into the water.

On Friday, that volunteer was Gord Baines, who, when not moonlighting as a SAR practice dummy, is a lawyer with the Port Alberni Crown Counsel office.

Baines started with SAR in September after being convinced

by McGill.

“He’s a neighbour of mine and he came in and talked to me about it.”

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A volunteer jumps into the water wearing a survival suit to take part in a marine rescue demonstration off Centennial Pier last Friday.

a balance,” Baines said. “This hasn’t been an interference at all with work because a lot of the meeting and training can be in the evening or on weekends.”

Much like Slassor and Arklie, Baines’ love of being out on the water made marine search and rescue a perfect fit.

“I’ve been windsurfing for a

long time so I love doing anything on the water. It seemed like a really good fit for me,” Baines said.

Though he’s only been a member for seven months, Baines said he’s already gained a lot from joining.

“It’s amazing to see how knowledgeable the members of this unit are. I have learned a tremendous

amount with respect to navigation, piloting a boat...I started from the ground up so it’s been a really steep learning curve.”

Luckily, Baines said, the more senior members are more than happy to share their knowledge.

“What’s really impressed me is how enthusiastic everybody is in this unit and how they’re

really wanting to share their knowledge,” no matter which role a newcomer is interested in.

“You can get on the helm of this boat or you can be on the electronics and there’s somebody there who

has a tremendous amount of experience who’s willing to share that with you.”

But off the water, Station 39’s biggest challenge is fundraising. While they’ve upgraded their boat several times, they’re in need of a boathouse.

“Presently, the Port Alberni Marine Rescue Society has the opportunity to acquire a relatively new boathouse from a donator in Maple Bay,” Arklie said.

Towing the boathouse from the Duncan area to the Alberni Valley would cost the society approximately $30,000-$35,000, while buying a new one would cost upwards of $160,000.

“It’s a fully integrated boathouse,

we’ll be able to put a training room into it.”

Right now the boat sits outside at the end of a dock at Clutesi Haven Marina. They haven’t decided where they would like to put the new boathouse, Arklie said.

The society will be fundraising and approaching local businesses, service groups and the port authority in hopes of securing the funding.

For more information, www. portalbernicoastguard auxiliary.ca, “Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue - Station 39 Port Alberni” on Facebook or call 250-720-5477 or 250-720-1158.

“Come out and try it,” Baines adds. “You never know if it might be a good fit.”

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Deakin lobbies city for more staff CITY BUDGET 2015: | Economic development office ‘stretched thin’ with requests from all directions, manager says.

KATYA SLEPIAN

one to full time, council gave him and director of corporate Port Alberni services Theresa economic Kingston $50,000 development for the new manager Pat proposed halfDeakin is one time position. step closer (The city has to upping his yet to adopt its workforce. financial plan The city’s or finalize the economic budget.) development Much of that, PAT DEAKIN office currently Kingston said, consists will go towards of one-and-a-half benefits received by people: Deakin and full-time employees his half-time assistant that the half-time Stephanie Stephens. position does not get.

While Deakin said it For Deakin, whose hadn’t been decided workload has been whether or not he likened to that of “a would receive another performer spinning half-time position or pie plates, trying upgrade the current to keep them all up ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

in the air,” the halftime position help will make a huge difference in what his department is able to do.

“It would allow us an ability to go out after people operating in a particular sector.”

Currently, Deakin said, his office is so swamped that they’re often left letting people come to them.

Deakin gave the example of an individual working in the high-tech sector for whom their place of residence didn’t matter.

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That’s something Mayor Mike Ruttan and council would like to see happen.

“We believe there is a lot of work for actually helping new companies work through the process of getting themselves

set up,” Ruttan said, adding that “it’s difficult when there’s just one-and-a-half people to make that occur.”

If given the extra help, Deakin said he would see the muchbemoaned lack of brochures on the ferry dealt with.

Deakin would also be able to tackle the lack of external marketing, something Ruttan is keen to see happen.

“As a city council we believe that marketing Port Alberni is a huge need but it’s not one that we’re able to address given the personnel,” Ruttan said.

“Having the additional half-time person would allow us to focus on that outreach work,” instead of being swamped with ad requests for various publications.

“You’ll bail on meetings, priorities, phone calls you should be making to get it done,” Deakin said, adding that their in-house expertise ends up stretched thin.

It’s a city hall wide problem, Deakin said, that stretches across departments.

“I’m grateful to get the opportunity.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com twitter.com/AlberniNews

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The floods that struck Port Alberni in early December will cost the city $37,599, according to deputy director of finance Diane Koch.

Of that amount, $19,421 was submitted to Emergency Management BC under their disaster financial assistance program.

Recoverable costs “is all overtime wages and benefits during the event, as well as contractors hired and supplies purchased to repair,” Koch said in an e-mail.

Unrecoverable costs total $18,177 and include “straight time wages and benefits and equipment during regular operational hours for works staff,” Koch said.

The sum does not include fire department operation costs.

The AlberniClayoquot Regional district spent $8,944 during the storms and will spend approximately $6,465 in repairing damage.

In an e-mail, ACRD acting director of fnance Andrew McGifford said that the costs were based on a culvert being out at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport, a tree falling on a fence in Beaver Creek and a washout at the China Creek foot bridge leading to the Inlet Trail. twitter.com/AlberniNews

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Bulldogs captain Mitch Makin.

Bulldogs captain Mitch Makin has committed to the NCAA Division 1 program of the Western Michigan Broncos.

Makin spent the last three seasons as a Bulldog after being acquired by Kevin Willison from his former team the Olds Grizzlys.

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Makin, who was named captain for the 2014/15 season, ended up playing for the Bulldogs in 141 regular season games, contributing 42 goals and 58 assists for a total of 100 points.

Moreover, Makin helped lead the Bulldogs to 28 playoff game appearances over his last three seasons.

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In the 18 hole ladies division, Janice Cross won low gross with an 89. Low net of 74 was shared by Carol

Partner with a Pro on April 12 After a one week rain delay the men’s club got underway this past Sunday.

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Dancestreams open house April 12 The Dancestreams Youth Dance Company is hosting an open house at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville on April

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The Centennial Belles present a two historical fashion shows, “Fashion Fabulous”, Sat. April 11 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Echo Centre.

Fabulous gowns from the Romantic era, the Victorian era, the Edwardian era and the Roaring 20s.

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Saturday, April 11th, Port Alberni 8am Complimentary Continental Breakfast Starboard Restaurant, 5440 Argyle St, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 1T7 (778) 421-2826 9am Train Station: Soap Box chat and then from the train station Glenn and Elizabeth will travel to the McLean Mill, 5633 Smith Road, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8M1 (250) 723-1376 10am McLean Mill: chat and then walk about newly installed fish ladders

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5028 RICHARDSON RD ONE OWNER HOME Saturday April 11th 11:00am to 12:00pm

$

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• 2,020 sq.ft. home • Double shop/garage • Feature fireplace • Great quiet location

CHARMING HOME 2607 7TH AVE

$

154,900

NEW LISTING

• 3 bedroom & full bathroom • Newer roof & gas furnace • Beautiful corner lot • 2,075 Sq. Ft.

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• 3 bedroom & full bathroom • Updated 200mp electrical • 40’ x 118’ fenced lot • Good South Alberni location

RESTORATION POTENTIAL 2848 2ND AVE

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• Home damaged by fire • Engineering report available • Large 66’ x 125’ lot • Alberni Inlet Views

$

269,900

3615 NEIL STREET

MODERN COUNTRY RANCHER

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• Rancher with workshop • Newer roof & windows • Natural gas fireplace • 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms

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• 3 bedrooms + den • Feature fireplace • Nice 66’ x 125’ lot • Workshop & shed

$

159,900

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5214 HEASLIP RD • Two bedroom rancher • Modern kitchen & bath • Stamped concrete & cedar patio • 12’ x 17’ shop, carport

3863 ANDERSON AVE

5026 SHARON DR

324,900

NEW PRICE

$

229,900

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• Beautiful 5.04 acres • 2 bedroom + den rancher • Feature woodstove • Nook & large covered area

$

204,900

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129,900

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• Located in the Echo area • Original wood floors • Modern kitchen & bath • 53’ x 125’ fenced lot RESIDENTIAL

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$

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NEW LISTING

• Extensive reno in 2012 • Call for list of all updates • 0.63 acre park-like lot • 3 bedrooms & full bathroom

$

ONE OF A KIND

• Amazing 1.4 acre city lot • 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms • Oak floors & stained glass • Subdivision potential

6386 WITHERS RD

• Extensively updated • 4 bedroom & 2 bathroom • Wood floors & modern kitchen • 65’ X 1235’ South Alberni lot

EASY LIVING

108,000

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

TOP OF THE VALLEY

109,900

199,900

D L O S RESIDENTIAL

CAREFREE LIVING 104 2825 3RD AVE

• Two bedroom condo • Spacious and well cared for • Gas fireplace & balcony • Close to amenities RESIDENTIAL

$

$

100,000

D L O S RESIDENTIAL 6885393

OPEN HOUSE

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