North Island Gazette, April 30, 2015

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Gazette staff The North Island Gazette has been judged by its peers to be the best newspaper in British Columbia and the Yukon in its category in 2014.

“This is going to be a tough act to follow,” said Publisher Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor who took over leadership of the paper in January.

“I’d like to congratulate former Publisher Sandy Grenier, Sales Representatives Lisa Harrison and Rachel Tam, former Editor J. R. Rardon, Reporter Aiden O’Toole, Circulation Manager Lilian Meerveld and our carriers on a phenomenal job,” O’Reilly-Taylor said.

According to the judges, the North Island Gazette, which beat out 13 other newspapers, “is very community-centric, encompassing,

relevant and well-written, this paper is wellconnected to community. Solid content sits on a strong design, with a well-structured layout, no clutter, and crisp, eye-catching photographs. Fun coverage of local events, solid news reporting and clean, healthy classifieds. A well-rounded paper.”

“We will be doing our best to have a repeat victory in 2015,” said O’Reilly-Taylor.

The British Columbia &Yukon Community Newspapers Association has been hosting the annual Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards which celebrate excellence amongst its member newspapers, for almost a century.

The 2015 awards were presented at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond on Saturday, April 25.

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Tai Cheng, Neucel vice president, community and government affairs, appeared before Village of Port Alice council Wednesday night to open up a dialogue about lowering its taxes.

According to Mayor Jan Allen, Neucel’s taxes this year are about $950,000.

“That’s about half our tax revenue,” Allen said.

The Village received a letter from Neucel, which is owned by Fulida Group Holdings Ltd., outlining the reasons for its request for tax relief.

“We are currently in a planned six-month production curtailment in an effort to reduce costs and improve operations. If improvements cannot be realized, Neucel may face a longer shutdown or in the worst case, permanent closure,” wrote Chief Executive Officer Wanli Zhao.

“Neucel seeks support from key stakeholders to survive the current worldwide decline and threat to the forest products industry,” wrote Zhao.

In the letter, Neucel is asking for a deferral of its current tax obligations with a mutuallyagreed upon payment plan, a re-evaluation of its current and future industrial tax assessment and a review of the Village tax assessment based on the value of services provided by the mill to the town.

“Neucel requires a fair municipal tax assessment that gives our mill the ability to compete with other pulp producers in Canada, the United States, South America and Asia. As recent announcements have shown, uncompetitive mills face closure,” said Zhao.

Cheng said Neucel has been operating in a difficult price environment for the last year.

“It is below what it costs to produce,” Cheng said.

“The shareholder would like to see some way of reducing the cost, to stop the cash burn,” Cheng said.

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Telus presents update

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Telus Vancouver Island General Manager Ray Lawson was in the area last week updating local officials at the Regional District of Mount Waddington board meeting and business people on internet upgrades.

Telus has spent $13.5 million to install 146.5 kilometres of fibre which was completed in February, Lawson said.

On March 3 the fibre was in service. Telus is currently in the process of migrating 760 customers onto the new system in the Port McNeill area.

As of May 2, residents and businesses in Port McNeill will be able to benefit from the build and Telus services.

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The migration of 889 customers in the District of Port Hardy is scheduled to start May 25.

Completion of the work in Port Hardy was delayed due to some challenges with the complex build along the way, including some damage to the existing fibre between Port Hardy and Port McNeill that required fixing before the new fibre could be laid, plus space and power issues.

It has been one of those ‘anything that can go wrong will go wrong’ situations, Lawson said.

Customers in Port Hardy are expected to benefit from the new infrastructure starting June 16. “Everybody should start to see a big change here,” Lawson said.

Telus has also managed to upgrade service to the Village of Port Alice from 10mbps to 30mbps, Lawson said, a 200 per cent increase in capacity.

The next jump for Port Alice would be a radio upgrade at a cost of $1.2 million.

While it is not con-

firmed, Telus is hoping to install a small cell site in Woss in 2016 with a ballpark price tag of $1 million.

As for Hyde Creek, Alert Bay and other areas, Telus said any upgrades in Hyde Creek and Alert Bay would be very capital-intensive, and while they continue to review their plans for enhancing services in the area, to date they have no concrete plans for upgrades.

When asked when they would be in the plan, Lawson said “the year when they make economic sense.”

Town of Port McNeill Mayor Shirley Ackland said she is concerned about connectivity for hospitals and felt access to internet and cell phone service along Highway 19 is not about economics.

“It’s about the right thing to do for the people that live here,” Ackland said.

“These are remote communities and they need to have access,” she said.

Lawson said internet access in these com-

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor photo Telus Vancouver Island General Manager Ray Lawson addresses the Regional District of Mount Waddington board meeting April 21.

munities is going to require some work with the province and other partners.

“These upgrades are very expensive, and part of our review process is to see how we can benefit the largest number of people through our investments,” said Lawson, adding it is something that could be done through partnerships involving provincial and municipal governments and other

companies.

“I don’t see Shaw at the table. I don’t see Rogers at the table. I don’t see Bell at the table,” he said.

The foundation is now in place for future developments.

“The area wins. If you go town by town, some towns don’t get anything right now, in other ones we’ve made a giant leap forward. You’re 146 kilometres ahead of where you were.”

B&E suspect caught in the act

On April 4 at 12:22 a.m., Port Hardy RCMP was dispatched to a break and enter in progress at a business located in the 8900 block of Granville Street.

Within moments RCMP arrived on scene to find a front window smashed and items scattered in the parking lot. Police located an intoxicated male inside who was arrested without

incident. All stolen property was recovered and returned to the store owner.

Kyle Phillips, a resident of the North Island, was charged with break, enter and theft. He was released from police custody and scheduled to appear in court at a later date in May. On April 21, Phillips was again arrested, this time charged with

assault, after he punched a male in the face causing minor injuries. Phillips was held in police custody and appeared in court on April 22, as he was breaching conditions of his release stemming from the April 4 incident.

Phillips is detained in custody until his next appearance on May 12 where all charges will be addressed.

Continued from page 1 Cheng said the price for their specialty product has actually gone up in the last few weeks and seems to be holding.

“Hopefully things have kind of levelled off.”

Cheng said the company will be announcing a large project at the Port Alice site in the next few weeks. In addition to its taxes, Neucel hopes to reduce its energy and labour costs in the 100-yearold mill, which is “difficult when you’re in a downturn”.

Another issue they are facing is fibre availability on the North Island. Neucel is currently in discussions with the provincial government about

a strategy for the area.

“We want to reinforce our shareholder’s commitment to Neucel and the Village of Port Alice. There has been almost 100 years of cooperation between the mill and the townsite,” said Cheng.

Allen told Cheng the village would like to strike a select committee comprised of council and Neucel representatives to discuss five-year planning issues.

The motion was approved.

Between the letter and the presentation, “I am left scratching my head,” said Allen, adding she is hopeful that what exactly the company is asking for will be clearer when the two parties

meet.

Fulida Group Holdings Ltd., founded in 1988, is a textile manufacturer that controls nine major companies including textile, printing and dyeing, thermal electricity, viscose fibre, chemical, foreign trade and real estate, etc.

Neucel produces hemlockbased high-purity chemical cellulose that is used in a wide range of manufacturing processes including rayon filament for garments, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, film, food thickeners, LCD screens and other products.

Essentially the Port Alice mill supplies Fulida with the material it needs for its operations.

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A lesson for all On Monday, April 20, Port Hardy RCMP and ICBC partnered up to educate new drivers on the dangers and reality of operating a motor vehicle.

Grade 11 and 12 students at Port Hardy Secondary School listened to ICBC guest speaker Greg Drew, talk about the horrific tragedy that happened to his family as a result of street racing. The students also had an opportunity to try the distracted driver simulator, to help them understand just how important it is to obey the speed limit, keep all

electronic devices out of their hands and have their eyes on the road when behind the wheel.

Members of the Port Hardy RCMP detachment enforce distracted driving laws along with other motor vehicle infractions to ensure safer streets within our community, says Staff Sergeant Gord Brownridge.

Distracted driving is the cause of many crashes and tragedies on our roadways. It’s important for people to understand the harsh reality and consequence they face if they choose not to follow the law.

Alice waiting on report

by Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor A Village of Port Alice resident appeared as a delegation before council April 8 to express his concern about the proposed logging of Blocks 43638 and 43696 by Western Forest Products.

Robin McKenzie told council the proposed blocks are close to Rumble Beach in an area that “has been sensitive to slides for many years”, and adjacent to residential areas including the Alderwood Acres Trailer Park where he resides. McKenzie raised the Geomatics Media Hazard Assessment Report which identifies the proposed logging area as being high risk for landslide. He asked council to leave

the mountain above the community as it is. The proposed project involves two blocks of second-growth forest.

WFP conducted a terrain stability assessment report, which was prepared by Island Geoscience.

“According to one of our bylaws, we have the opportunity to go out and get a second report and that is exactly what we are in the process of doing.

We will get the second report and compare the two,” Mayor Jan Allen said. “Then we will make a decision if we will approve them to do the logging,” Allen said.

“We thanked Mr. McKenzie for coming forward and talking with us and told him we will be in touch when we get the second report.”

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After a ride on a logging truck, bundles of logs are dumped into the waters of Holberg Inlet at the Holberg Log Dump. From there, the bundles are assembled into log booms and towed to the Quatsino Dryland Sort located on Neroutsos Inlet. Upon arrival, the bundles of logs are removed from the water, sorted and scaled (i.e. volume measured). Depending on species and quality, some logs may go on a log barge destined for Western Forest Products mills on the South Island and some logs may go on a log ship bound for China, Korea, or Japan.

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Coast Guard Hysteria The Vancouver media’s frantic coverage of the Great Bunker Spill of 2015 has just about run out of fuel.

By late last week, the usually serious ‘Globe and Mail’ was reduced to quizzing a U.S. expert who had at first told the CBC he thought the spill response was pretty good. But then he heard that it might have taken up to 12 hours until the leaking grain ship was completely under control, which would be not so good. This U.S. expert admitted he has not “followed the Vancouver spill very closely,” and was basically speculating. But that’s OK, because the main purpose of this media frenzy is to feed the established narrative that the Harper government is gutting the Coast Guard while trying to ramp up heavy oil shipments to Asia.

Yeah, that makes sense. A University of Toronto philosophy prof recently suggested that Stephen Harper likes war.

Maybe he likes oil spills too.

A retired captain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station became the latest of a series of disgruntled ex-employees and union bosses to serve as the media’s go-to critics. He contradicted Coast Guard management at every turn, dismissing them as political appointees with little operational experience.

His claims about loss of spill response capability from Kitsilano are questionable at best. There was no talk of spill response when Kitsilano closed two years ago, because it was a search and rescue station. Former B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair held almost daily news conferences as it closed. People are going to drown, warned a parade of union spokespeople.

It’s been two years, and nobody has.

Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson were quick to summon TV cameras as oil-sheen angst spreading through condo towers. They declared the Coast Guard response a failure before they had any real understanding of it.

Unifor, the union representing Coast Guard employees, has vowed a full-scale election advertising attack on the Conservatives this year. On federal budget day, Unifor protested the closure of the Ucluelet Coast Guard ship monitoring station. Similar stations in Vancouver and Comox are also closing this year, replaced by a new monitoring system run from Prince Rupert and Victoria.

I asked Industry Minister James Moore, the federal minister responsible for B.C., if this is a reduction in service. He said 1970s-era ship tracking equipment is being replaced with a new system that has already been deployed on the East Coast, to improve safety.

“These fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when lighthouses were de-staffed,” Moore said. “I remember people saying, oh my God, this is going to be the end. And it turned out to be complete nonsense.”

Unifor operatives rushed to the media again last week with dire news of a half-hour outage of this new system, portraying this as evidence of a high-tech disaster waiting to happen.

(Ships were told to monitor an old-school emergency radio channel for that uneventful half hour.)

What the union is really doing is ramping up its election propaganda, and intensifying efforts to protect redundant positions that are being replaced by new technology.

There was a similar media campaign last year targeting the consolidation of Veterans’ Affairs into Service Canada offices. There are serious problems with services to veterans, but union featherbedding would not help them.

The B.C. government is also introducing digital technology, eliminating hundreds of paper-pushing jobs in the process, with a mostly realistic response from unions. But in this federal election year, realism will be in short supply.

(Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca)

Question Period surreal It has been an engaging week at the Legislature in Victoria, with debate on bills that will bring changes to the liquor laws and the new Societies Act which will govern charities and not for profits.

Question Period has swept from the somber to the surreal. Among the topics we discussed were the consequences of the very sad death of a young man in Surrey in a gang shooting and why the staff of the Minister in charge of freedom of information blocked freedom of information requests.

Much of my week in the Legislature centred on my shadow cabinet role, looking at the way the government is spending its Transportation budget.

That means a lot of detailed questions as well as the opportunity for political discussions.

My focus on ferries was the capital budget – the renewal of the ferry fleet. I was particularly concerned that millions of dollars were spent on refitting the Queen of Chilliwack, which used to run on the central coast and then the vessel was almost immediately taken out of commission.

Meanwhile the Minister acknowledged that the 16-vehicle Nimpkish, which replaced it on the route from Bella Bella to Bella Coola, will likely be taken out of service in just two years.

I also raised concerns about the Minister’s efforts to reduce crewing levels.

The minister has indicated that he is negotiating with Ottawa to reduce them, even though they are based on safety needs.

And I asked about the $1,200 daily allowance for BC Ferries’ directors, which they receive when they attend meetings, as well as why they and their families have free ferry passes, while BC seniors now have to pay for every sailing they use.

And, I put some emphasis on the major highway projects, especially the $600 million Sea to Sky highway as well as the Port Mann bridge.

The latter is 120 per cent over budget at $3.3 billion (and rising) while vehicles are still avoiding it and, unlike BC Ferries, there is a reluctance to increase the toll for fear of losing even more traffic.

It is very worrying that retaining walls on the Sea to Sky highway are already in need of repair, even though the rebuild of the highway is only five years old.

Under the public private partnership under which the Sea to Sky was rebuilt, the province will be paying another $1billion for the next 25 years.

Earlier in the week I wrote to the head of the BC Utilities Commission asking

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I have heard from many constituents about how punitive this is for people who have no altermla update native but elec- with Claire Trevena tricity to heat their homes.

In addition there are no programmes available for retrofitting homes to reduce electricity costs.

And I continue to pursue improved connectivity for the North Island.

Everyone knows that it is both economically and socially necessary, but it is a matter of engaging key people to make it a reality. The Minister responsible has not championed rural connectivity but I will continue to make this a priority. I can always be reached by email at Claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca, or by phone in Campbell River on 250 287 5100, in Port Hardy on 250 949 9473. You can also friend me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter @ clairetrevena or check out my web page www.clairetrevena.ca

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Controversy over chamber decision

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor A decision by Town of Port McNeill council to take the chamber out of its Visitors’ Information Centre has created controversy.

Councillor Shelley Downey asked if it was possible that council have another meeting to discuss the decision, which makes management of the Visitors’ Information Centre the responsibility of the new Harbour Master.

“We have a good system in place.

“What is wrong with reinstating the funding (to the chamber) for the rest of the season.

“I feel that we do not have the town’s best interest at heart,” Downey said.

“To turn it over right now, you seem to know something

that we don’t know about how this is going to operate,” Downey said.

“I understand that people are not happy, but the VIC (Visitor Information Centre) is our responsibility.

I am confident that it can move forward” said Mayor Shirley Ackland, with perhaps a few minor hiccups.

“There’s hiccups and there’s a screwup,” said Downey.

Downey’s concerns were echoed by about a half dozen citizens at a public meeting about the town’s fiveyear economic plan April 21.

Gaby Wickstrom sent a letter to council which was summarized by town Treasurer Dan Rodin.

Wickstrom was concerned by the town’s decision to not fund the chamber that has worked hard and has a long history of

operating the visitors’ centre. She asked council to reconsider its decision.

Terry Eissfeldt questioned the reasoning behind putting someone in charge “who has not lived here, he will not live here and he does not know anything (about the area).

Mayor Shirley Ackland said the harbour master has every intention of living in this community.

“Is his wife moving here?” asked Eissfeldt, adding that if she is not, then he is not “moving” here.

Dave Nelson supported the town’s decision.

“I don’t think the chamber of commerce has the community’s interest at heart. I think you’ve done the right thing,” Nelson said.

“Council’s lack of communication with the chamber prior

to this decision is the biggest problem I have. I think it’s crap,” said chamber Director Barry Foster.

“Port McNeill does not have a great history of supporting tourism,” said Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort founder Craig Murray.

“Who among you is going to run that centre effectively” in what is looking to be one of the biggest tourism years, asked Murray.

“How does the town think they are going to do a better job given the track record over the past 35 years,” said Murray.

Terrance Eissfeldt, who has lived in the community for over 25 years, said “this doesn’t seem like a smart business decision.”

“Cheryl (Jorgensen) was such an ambassador for this town,” said Gwen Alsop,

Alert Bay eyes wind/solar

By David Faren The Vancity location for Alert Bay was announced at the last Village council meeting.

Vancity will take over the same location used

by Coastal Community Credit Union. The new location will be known as Branch 71 in the Vancity system and they expect to be fully open by mid-August.

They are, however, targeting mid to late May for a partially-open branch where basic services can be accessed.

The Village discussed the budget for the upcoming year and are forecasting a modest budget.

Plans for this year include using a grant awarded in 2013 for a number of green ener-

gy projects. Some of council the plans include solar meeting water heating for all alert bay municipal buildings, LED street lighting, and a 50 kilowatt wind turbine.

Business taxes were discussed at the meeting as well and the council voted to reduce the tax multiplier for businesses to 2.75 from 3.00. This reduction in the multiplier may or may not be reflected in an actual decrease in taxes for each business.

Individual increases depend on both the multiplier and the business’ assessment.

Residential properties, overall, had lower assessed values over the previous year.

adding that “this is not time for politics, it’s time for tourism.”

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Marine Marker discovery

Correction In the April 23 edition it was incorrectly printed that the Eagle View Elementary School teacher looked back and saw that he was being followed by a cougar. In fact, a resident saw it happen, not the teacher. The Gazette apologizes for the error.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor On a recent hike to Raft Cove my children (who were visiting) and I came across a Marine Location Marker C2A2 on the beach.

On closer inspection, we noticed that the metal cylinder was marked ‘hazardous material warning - contact police or military’.

I contacted the RCMP the next morning who advised they would relay the information to CFB Comox.

A little Google searching determined that Marine Location Markers are primarily used by the military in anti-submarine warfare operation as a positional marker on the water surface.

They are also used in search and rescue operations, or to determine wind direction and speed, or in any situation, day or night, where a fixed sea surface reference point is required.

They are designed

Zachary Taylor Photos This Marine Location Market was found on the beach at Raft Cove and subsequently retrieved by the Explosive Disposal Flight of the Air Maintenance Squadron from Comox.

to be released from helicopters and fixedwing aircraft, however they may also be hand-launched from surface vessels.

Within days of learning about the Raft Cove marker, Cpl. Terry Sawchuck from the Explosive Disposal Flight of the 19 Air Maintenance Squadron came and hiked down to retrieve it.

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start to burn on contact, said Jensen.

The markers emit a high-intensity yellow flame and white smoke for up to 20 minutes.

“When they are full of water, they sink.

Sometimes they get snuffed out when they are only half burned,” said Jensen, which is why people should not touch them.

“The danger is that they could start burning again.

Phosphorous is pretty bad for you,” he said.

For this reason, anyone who finds a marker is advised to contact the RCMP or military immediately.

Depending on where the marker is found, the military will retrieve it using either their Zodiak boat or a truck, said Jensen. Once they arrive on scene, military personnel decide whether it should be brought back to base for destruction, or if, for safety purposes, it needs to be blown up immediately on site.

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Diesel spill at Hardy dock

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Canadian Coast Guard Officer in Charge Matt Jantzen was on scene at a diesel spill at the District of Port Hardy docks April 21.

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is responsible for ensuring the cleanup of ship-sourced spills of oil and other pollutants into Canadian waters.

This includes: monitoring cleanup efforts by polluters; managing cleanup efforts when polluters are unknown, or unwilling or unable to respond to a marine pollution incident.

Canadian law holds polluters responsible for costs associated with cleaning up spills, including CCG’s costs for monitoring and/or managing a response effort.

The spill in Port Hardy occurred after a vessel came to grief the night before, Jantzen said.

According to Lara Sloan, communications advisor with the Department of Fisheries and Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor photo Oceans, once the vessel was secured the skipper There was a diesel spill at the District of Port was asked to check the fuel tank and discovered Hardy docks April 21. there was a broken line, but there was no fuel disposal,” she said, and “there is no remaining coming from it.

However, in the morning the Harbour Master diesel fuel on the water. Diesel fuel is a nonnoticed there was fuel around the vessel. The persistent type of oil and rapidly dissipates/ Harbour Master laid out some boom and absor- evaporates.”

The owner of the vessel will be given a bill for bent pads, Sloan said.

“The diesel spill was cleaned up with the the clean-up.

Transport Canada also has the authority absorbent pads and boom that was provided and deployed by the Canadian Coast Guard with to charge the owner under section 187 of assistance from the harbour master,” said Sloan. the Canada Shipping Act - Discharge of a “The materials have been recovered for proper Pollutant.

Trustee asks for support

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Despite cuts to funding, “I am heartened by the fact that our schools are doing quite well (scholastically),” says School District #85 Trustee Werner Manke.

Manke spoke at the Town of Port McNeill council meeting April 20.

Fish and Wildlife hosts courses Gazette staff The Port Alice Fish and Wildlife Association will be getting fees waived for two events they are hosting at the SeaVac Centre.

The request was approved at the April 8 meeting of Village council.

The association offered a firearms safety course on April 24-26 and a Conservation Outdoor Recreation Education (CORE) program from April 30 to May 3.

Successful completion of the firearms course allows individuals to acquire a Possession and Acquisition Licence and CORE allows people to acquire a hunting licence.

The Port Alice Fish and Wildlife Association is a not-for-profit society.

All school districts are concerned with the provincial government’s demand that they find over $50 million in administrative savings over the next two years.

“To achieve further reductions without cutting programs and without reducing the ability to build and maintain strong school teams will be problematic,” said Manke.

“It’s going to make maintaining programs that we have now more difficult. We will need public support in the coming months,” he said.

“We have made several administrative changes in this district during the past two years,” he said, adding there is “no low-hanging fruit left in this district.”

The board recently set a calendar for the 1025/16 school year which had some challenges because of the way Labour Day, Easter, and year-end dates fell.

The board agreed to a one-year contract quite different from the norm. School will be in session longer each day, there will be a two-week spring break, and summer holidays will be one week longer.

Spring break will be from March 21 to April 4 and schools will close June 24.

“It’s only going to be for one year,” Manke said.

Council decided to write a letter to the province supporting school boards.

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Ever wondered what your business could do with an extra $10,000? Hire more staff? Help protect endangered marine life? For one Vancouver organization, this is now a reality. Today, ADP Canada, a leading provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, announced Living Oceans Society, a Vancouver-based nonprofit organization, as the fourth winner of $10,000 through the 2015 Small Business Grant Contest and the first grant winner this year in British Columbia. The contest offers entrepreneurs the chance to win a $10,000 cash prize.

In their winning entry, Living Oceans Society describes the important role they play by building solutions to address ocean conservation issues and working with coastal communities, governments and industries to protect Canada’s oceans.

Based in Sointula, a small fishing village on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Living Oceans Society is the largest organization in Canada focused exclusively on marine conservation.

Their ongoing efforts on the West Coast and across the country are helping to reduce harmful human impacts on the ocean through various initiatives including a marine debris program.

Living Oceans Society Executive Director Karen Wristen describes the challenge the organization faces with diversifying funding sources so it is not as dependent on philanthropic foundations. She notes that winning the ADP Small Business Grant Contest would help build on their outreach to volunteers and potential funders, who can provide the kind of sustainable funding that projects like marine debris removal requires. It is Living Oceans Society’s goal that with their ongoing work, they can continue to build awareness with governments about ongoing issues impacting the oceans so they can devote appropriate resources to solving it.

“Winning the ADP Small Business Grant will allow us to spend another summer season protecting the whales, dolphins and other marine mammals that make the North Vancouver Island region a popular tourist spot by hiring a summer student to work on coordinating our marine debris programme, and to help fund some of the travel costs associated with it,” said Wristen. “ The west coast of Vancouver Island has limited road access so our teams must use boats, barges and a helicopter to effectively remove debris from many of the beaches affected by the tsunami debris that continues to arrive, coupled with the industrial debris that appears on our coasts.”

The contest has been extended this year to companies with up to 99 employees, and the final voting period closes today (April 30, 2015). Winning organizations including Living Oceans Society will also receive up to $3,500 in waived payroll services for one year.

“It’s encouraging to see that the ADP Small Business Grant will be helping to support the ongoing and vital work that Living Oceans Society is doing to protect our oceans,” said Greg Secord, president, ADP Canada, employer services division.

“We are pleased to see that Living Oceans will be able to expand its staff so it can continue its meaningful work and expand its endeavours.”

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To find out more about the ADP Small Business Grant Contest and to apply, visit ADPGrant.ca.

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Bird feeders, baths need regular cleaning VICTORIA - Bird lovers are encouraged to help protect bird populations and prevent the spread of infectious diseases through the regular cleaning of bird feeders and birdbaths. During spring, many small migratory songbirds are returning home from winter retreats to the south. Species such as pine siskins, redpolls and grosbeaks are commonly found in large flocks at this time of year. This can result in high-density congregations of birds around bird feeders and water sources such as birdbaths.

While this is a wonderful opportunity for birders, the increased density of the birds as well as the stress of weather and nutrition challenges can lead to the spread of serious and even fatal diseases among the birds, such as avian conjunctivitis, avian pox virus and salmonella bacterium. Some diseases not only threaten local bird populations, but can spread to pets and people handling infected birds or contaminated materials.

The public can help maintain bird health and prevent the spread of these diseases

through a number of simple measures. The most important thing people can do is to clean their bird feeders and birdbaths regularly. This should include replacing birdbath water every few days, and scrubbing and cleaning feeders and birdbaths as well as the area around them at least every couple of weeks. Other things bird lovers can do to help include: * Spreading out multiple feeders to discourage crowding. Use smaller feeders that allow only one or two birds at a time, and that are made of plastic or metal, rather than wood. * Keep the area under the feeders clean.

Locating them above cement will make this task easier. * If you see one or two diseased birds in your area, take your feeder down immediately and clean it. * If you have more than three diseased birds in your area, encourage the birds to disperse for a while. Take your feeders down for a week or two, clean them well, and re-

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You may see them remaining on the ground near the feeder. This disease may be spread by feeders with small openings that birds rub the sides of their heads on. * Birds with avian pox virus may have warty lesions on the unfeathered parts of their head, legs or feet. * Birds with salmonella bacterium may be found dead or appear very tame and sit

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Combining shade-loving perennials and annuals in a subtly contrasting mix of shape, texture and colour assures beauty and restfulness in this peaceful retreat.

Keep the final height and width of your chosen plants in mind when placing them in the garden.

Taller plants should be placed near the back of border gardens or at the centre of island-style gardens.

Make sure to arrange your selections in clusters

of three to five plants of each variety for the most eye-appealing end result.

The size of your garden area and the individual space requirements of each type of plant you choose will determine how many plants are needed.

Check individual plant tags for the correct spacing and the size of maturity to help you decide.

To really accentuate the calming atmosphere, think about adding a small water feature to your landscape plan.

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Gardening a stress reducer

Many Many homeowners homeowners take take up up gardening gardening to transform their homes with to transform their homes with beautiful beautiful flowers flowers and and foliage, foliage, while while others others do do so so to yield fresh fruits and vegetables. to yield fresh fruits and vegetables. But But gardening gardeningcan canbe bemore morethan thanjust justaaweekweekend hobby.

Studies have indicated end hobby. Studies have indicated that that gardening gardeningcan canbe begood goodfor forthe themind mindand and body. body.In Inaddition additionto toimproving improvingmood moodand and reducing reducing stress, stress, plant plant life life and and gardening gardening also alsomay mayhelp helppeople peoplehave haveaamore morehopehopeful outlook on life.

If reaping ful outlook on life. If reaping the the benbenefit efitof ofaabeautiful beautifullandscape landscapeisisnot notreason reason enough enough to to get get into into gardening, gardening, elevating elevating your mood and coping your mood and coping with with depression depression or orillness illnessmay maybe beeven evenfurther furthermotivation motivation

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Knot on the North Island!

Starting Startingthis thissummer, summer,the theRegional RegionalDistrict District of Mount Waddington (RDMW) of Mount Waddington (RDMW)isisplanning planning to tomanage managethe theincreasing increasingKnotweed Knotweedinfestainfestation within the North Island tion within the North Islandarea. area. Japanese, Japanese, Giant, Giant,Bohemian Bohemianand andHimalayan HimalayanKnotweed Knotweed are all alien invasive plants are all alien invasive plantsthat thataggressively aggressively displace displace native native vegetation vegetation species species and and disdisrupt ecosystem functions. rupt ecosystem functions.

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The The aggressive aggressive root root system system and and rapidly rapidly growing growing shoots shoots can can damage damage concrete concrete founfoundations, dations, water/sewer water/sewer mains mains and and transportatransportation tion infrastructure infrastructure in in addition addition to to causing causing serious environmental harm. serious environmental harm.

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The The most most effective effective control control for for knotweed knotweed isis through the use of herbicides through the use of herbicides which which are are normally normally injected injected directly directly into into the the stem. stem.

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Building aa vibrant vibrant community community Building

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Editor The Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce wasn’t The Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce wasn’t fooling when it held its annual general meeting fooling it held its annual generalAwards meeting and 43rdwhen annual Business Excellence at and 43rd annual Excellence the Quatse SalmonBusiness Stewardship Centre Awards April 1. at theThe Quatse Salmon Centre 1. purpose of Stewardship the Chamber, said April president The purpose of the Chamber, said president Todd Landon, is “to encourage and grow the Todd Landon, “to Island encourage and grow economy of the is North in all sectors” andthe be economy of the North Island in all sectors” and be an advocate on the members’ behalf. an“We’re advocate onfor theyou,” members’ behalf. here Landon said.

“We’re here for you,” Landon The Chamber had a busy 2014, said.

Interim Executive The Chamber a busy Interim Executive Director Angelahad Smith told2014, the members.

Director told the members.

“2014 Angela was an Smith interesting year.

We saw a lot of “2014through was an 2014 interesting year. We sawsaid. a lot of change from 2013,” Smith change through 2014 fromSmith 2013,”said, Smith said. the Change was necessary, because Change was was “at necessary, said,less because the Chamber risk of Smith becoming and less Chamber was “at risk of becoming less and less relevant.” relevant.”

Last year, the Chamber upgraded its bylaws, Last year,those the Chamber upgraded its bylaws, and joined championing increased internet and joined those championing increased internet connectivity and bandwidth for the North Island. connectivity bandwidth for the financial North Island.

“We went and through a complete over“We Smith went through a complete overhaul,” said, which includedfinancial separating the haul,” Smith included separating the chamber and said, visitorwhich services budgets. chamber and visitor services budgets.

As a result of this overhaul, the Chamber is As a result of this Chamber is looking at ending the overhaul, year with the a small surplus, looking at ending theGough. year with a small surplus, said Director Nadine said Director Nadine Gough.

The Chamber facility is also undergoing a physiThe Chamber facility is also undergoing a physical transformation. cal“We transformation. are turning it into more of a Port Hardy “We are turning into more the of avalues Port Hardy Interpretive Centre itthat reflects of the Interpretive Centre that reflects the values of the community,” said Smith. community,” Smith saidsaid theSmith.

Chamber occasionally hears Smith said Chamber hears complaints thatthe it only focuses occasionally on tourism, howevcomplaints that it only focuses on tourism, howev-

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“By helping business, we help other busi“By helping one business, we help other businesses,” she said. nesses,” she said. has also been working on The Chamber The Chamber has also on increased communication and been gettingworking its message increased communication and getting its message out. “There are a slew of services that come from out.

“There are a slew of services come from the Chamber that we are going to that work harder to the Chamber that we are going to work harder to represent,” she said, adding that the organization represent,” shethe said, adding that the organization wants “to be centre of connectivity between wants “to be of connectivity between businesses andthe thecentre community. businesses community.

Towards and thisthe end, the Chamber is revamping end, is revamping itsTowards website. this Phase onethe hasChamber been completed which its website.

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“I feel like we’re getting a lot of traction with “I Chamber feel like of we’re getting a said lot of traction with our Commerce,” Smith. ourSmith Chamber of Commerce,” said Smith. asked for input from members on the Smith asked for input frommeeting members on and the Chamber’s currently monthly model Chamber’s currently monthly meeting model and how they felt about the new coffee break format how felt about coffee breakorformat whichthey involves goingthetonew an organization busiwhich involves going to coffee an organization or business for an hour.

Three breaks were held ness for an hour. Three coffee breaks were held in 2014. in The 2014.meeting also included the nomination The also included the nomination of newmeeting board members.

Todd Landon, Sandra of new board members.

Todd Landon, Sandra Masales, Alfons Bauer, and Chris Armstrong will Masales, Alfons Bauer, and Chris Armstrong will stay on for another year.

Heather Patriquin from stay on for another year.

Heather Coastal Community Credit UnionPatriquin allowedfrom her Coastal Community Credit Union allowed name to stand for nomination to join the board.her name to stand to took join the board.

Swearing in for of nomination new directors place at the Swearing in of new directors took place at the April 15 monthly meeting.

April 15 monthly meeting.

Ongoing Ongoing Port Hardy Museum open Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m.

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Port Hardy Museum Curator Janenew Hutton chats with and Jean Wilson at the opening of the ‘Medical Care onLeslie the North Jean Wilson at the exhibit. opening Leslie of the is new Care on the(Willie) North Island’ temporary the‘Medical son of Dr. William Island’ temporary exhibit.

Leslie is the son of William (Willie) Wilson who was hired

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He wasCoal the sole regular doctor forbyPort Hardy, airport, Fort Rupert, sole regular forHe Port the airport, Fort Rupert, Harbour and doctor Holberg. leftHardy, Port Hardy in 1962.

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May 7 Get Crafty for Mother’s May Day. 7The Sointula community Crafty for Mother’s Day.Public The Library Sointulaincommunity is Get invited to join the Sointula crafting a is invited to join the Sointula Public Library in crafting little something to celebrate Mother’s Day. Thurs., May 7a little something to celebrate Mother’s Day. Thurs., May 7 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

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Mother’s Day Sunday, May 10 is

Mother’s Day dates back to ancient Greece Origin of Mother’s Day goes back to the era of ancient Greeks and Romans. But the roots of Mother’s Day can also be traced in the United Kingdom where a Mothering Sunday was celebrated much before the festival saw the light of the day in US. However, the celebration of the festival as it is seen today is a recent phenomenon and not even a hundred years old. Thanks to the hard work of the pioneering women of their times, Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis that the day came into existence. Today the festival of Mothers day is celebrated across 46 countries (though on different dates) and is a hugely popular affair. Millions of people across the globe take the day as an opportunity to honor their mothers, thank them for their efforts in giving them life, raising them and being their constant support and well wisher.

The earliest history of Mothers Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses.

The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of

many deities of Greek mythology.

Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess. It may be noted that ceremonies in honour of Cybele began some 250 years before Christ was born. The celebration made on the Ides of March by making offerings in the temple of Cybele lasted for three days and included parades, games and masquerades. The celebrations were notorious enough that followers of Cybele were banished from Rome.

Early Christians celebrated a Mother’s Day of sorts during the festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. In England the holiday was expanded to include all mothers. It was then called Mothering Sunday.

The more recent history of Mothers Day dates back to 1600s in England. Here a Mothering Sunday was celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to honor Virgin Mary, children brought gifts and

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and urged them to rise against war in her famous Mother’s Day Proclamation, written in Boston in 1870. She also initiated a Mothers’ Peace Day observance on the second Sunday in June in Boston and held the meeting for a number of years. Julia tirelessly championed the cause of official celebration of Mothers Day and declaration of official holiday on the day. Her idea spread but was later replaced by the Mother’s Day holiday now celebrated in May.

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On the occasion, servants, apprentices and other employees staying away from their homes were encouraged by their employers to visit their mothers and honor them.

Traditionally children brought with them gifts and a special fruit cake or fruit-filled pastry called a simnel. Yugoslavs and people in other nations have observed similar days.

Custom of celebrating Mothering Sunday died out almost completely by the 19th century. However, the day came to be celebrated again after World War II, when American servicemen brought the custom and commercial enterprises used it as an occasion for sales.

The idea of official celebration of Mother’s Day in the US was first suggested by Julia Ward Howe in 1872. An activist, writer and poet Julia shot to fame with her famous Civil War song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

Julia Ward Howe suggested that June 2 be annually celebrated as Mothers Day and should be dedicated to peace.

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The Crosscut was painted in 1980, another painting I recently drew from my “archives” that brings back reams of personal memories of an era when Telegraph Cove was a sawmill.

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A Brush with Henschel with Gordon Henschel ting pre-dried cedar boards and planks 20 feet long and 10 inches wide with not a knot in them! The Gikumi was hauling this kind of lumber to villages all over the coast.

The Cove was usually full of logs ready to be hauled up for milling. As many as 60 people lived in The Cove and families such as the Vinderskovs and the Farrants raised their kids here.

I remember asking some of them how they liked The Cove, thinking that it was very restrictive lifestyle. They all said they loved it, com-

menting on how much fun they had with all the secret passageways under the buildings as well as all the things the ocean had to offer!

After about 1979, the mill was having a hard time economically: old equipment had to be replaced, it became harder to get good employees, the new road from downisland was bringing in more competition, etc.

It shut down for a little while until several of the old employees

tried to get it going again until in 1981 they packed it in.

Telegraph Cove, through a series of huge changes, was eventually to become a tourist mecca. I know most of you are familiar with The Cove, but it is amazing how familiar it has become to the general public.

I was in a store in Comox one day, talking to a young lady who wanted to know where I was from.

“Port McNeill”, I

replied. “Oh‚“ she asked, “Is that near Telegraph Cove?”

“The Crosscut” in the painting was a saw that cut the boards into their proper lengths after the huge main saw did the ripping.

Just outside of the exit of the mill was a huge planer that smoothed out the rough lumber and behind it was a never-ending plume of smoke where they burned the remains.

That was only 34 years ago!

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Selected by annual audition, the dancers from a variety of communities and schools, come together for six hours every Sunday from September to May for the opportunities to work with leading professional choreographers and guest teachers.

Dancestreams has been honoured to work with such luminaries as Wen-Wei Wang, Joe Laughlin, Serge Bennathan, Judith Marcuse and many more.

Its graduates have gone on to train and work at internationally renowned institutions and there is scarcely a dance school on Vancouver Island without at least one Dancestreams alumnus on faculty.

Port McNeill’s Portside Academy director Alana Collins was herself a member of Dancestreams in the early 1990s and Dancestreams is thrilled that her dancers will join the Company in a show at the Port Hardy Civic Centre on Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Dancestreams will present original contemporary works by California choreographer Benita Bike, Lisa Gelley Martin (605 Collective), Julia Carr (Body Narratives), Alysa Pires (Toronto) and Michelle Olson (Raven Spirit Dance Company).

This is a program to please all ages!

Tickets are available at Cafe Guido, East of Java, Portside Academy and at the door. $10 adults/ $8 Srs & students in advance.

All tickets at the door $10. More info: www. dancestreams.ca

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on deck Tell us about items of interest to the sports community.

Ongoing Basketball Community pickup basketball games in Port McNeill Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. at North Island Secondary School. Free!

Ongoing Darts Free drop in dart games at the Port Hardy Legion on Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. All adults welcome.

May 10 Scotiabank MS Walk Port Alice. Check in is from 9 a.m. - 9:45 am.

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May 14 Port Hardy Minor Ball Association registration is underway.

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May 22-23 Relay for Life Port Hardy on Saturday May 23 at the PHSS from 6 p.m. to midnight. The theme is “SuperHero”. Sign up at www.relayforlife.ca or call Lisa Harrison at 250-949-0409.

Bowled over by soccer success Submitted Beautiful weather Saturday got the Port McNeill Mud Bowl tournament off to a spectacular start.

Sunday, on the other, hand was more in keeping with what the North Islanders expects during soccer season - cold, windy with a bit of rain (but not enough to dampen spirits).

In total, there were 50 teams, 102 games played this weekend, kids as young as three and all the way up to 18 participated, approximately 615 players!

We had teams from Port Hardy, Alert Bay and Port McNeill. Two very classy teams travelled from Nanaimo and Ladysmith to play in the U12 boys’ division, which certainly gave that division some healthy competition.

The four tots teams stole the show on Saturday, playing four games in total. These gritty players, ages 3 and 4, delighted fans with their soccer and ‚‘non-so-soccer’ antics.

The mini divisions, U6, U8, U10 saw fierce competition as well.

Each team played 4 games a piece and were awarded prize bags from the tournament organizers. The U10 field got muddier as the weekend went by and certainly lived up to the tournament’s name. Let the laundry begin!

At the U12 division, U12 Girls Port McNeill 1 won the game against Port Hardy 2. In the boys final, Ladysmith edged out Alert

Bay, who played short both days.

One of the best parts of playing in U12 Mud Bowl is Bobbi Ball, who refs most of the games. She gives players encouragement and instruction and by the end of the weekend, she knows the players names by heart!

In U15 final action, U15 Girls Port McNeill 1 lost to Port Hardy 1. Port McNeill boys 1 played Port Hardy boys 1. It looked like it would be a close game until Nigel Walkus was injured in an accidental collision and then the Port McNeill team took over and the score ended with Port McNeill victorious.

The U18 final is our highest level of soccer and some of the players played in their last mudbowl ever.

The two Port Hardy teams faced one another in the final, PH1 seemed to gain momentum over the weekend and ultimately came out on top.

One of the tournament coordinators, Cyndy Grant, stated that the success of the weekend is due to the large volunteer effort. “I actually had people calling me to ask if there was anything they could do.

“Thank you to everyone who took part before, during and after, to make this a great weekend for our kids: Port McNeill Youth Soccer executive, coaches, managers, officials, concession staff, garbage collectors, field managers, schedulers, prize coordinators, and everyone who contributed - big or small.”

June 20-21 Golf Seven Hills Golf and Country Club Loggers’ tournament.

July 6 Hockey School Lou Lemire is returning for a 6th season July 6-10, Port McNeill.

July 20-24 Hockey School Ben Olson (Excell Hockey) is returning for a second year July 20-24 Port McNeill.

September 12-13 Golf Submitted photo Seven Hills Golf and Country Club Men’s Sophia Von Shilling accepts her Mud Bowl prize after two gruelling Open. games of tots soccer.

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor photo Port McNeill’s Shae-Lynn Pazarena, 55, keeps her eye on the ball, while, Ashley Cadwallader, left and Kristen Clair, cover her, during the U-15 girls final against Port Hardy 1.

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor photo The Ladysmith Warriors faced off against the Quatsino Young Bucks at the Harvey Walkus Memorial Tournament held this weekend.

Floor hockey

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The 14th annual Harvey Walkus Memorial Floor Hockey tournament was held at the Wakas Hall on the Tsulquate Reserve and at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena at the Port Hardy Recreation Centre this weekend.

According to organizer Darcy Walkus, eight ladies and 11 men’s teams participated in this year’s event. First place in the men’s went to the Port Hardy Wolf Pack who beat out the Quatsino Young Bucks for the title. Third place went to

the Ladysmith Warriors. The team from Quatsino won the Ladies’ event edging out the Port Hardy Storm. Chix with Sticks were third, Walkus said.

“It was a lot of fun. Everyone played with a lot of heart,” he said, adding the event proved to be challenging for those who are used to playing in the hall. “There’s a lot more running at the arena,” he said. Cash and trophies were awarded as prizes in the drug and alcohol-free event. The event will take place again at the end of April next year.

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Port McNeill presents hockey awards Gazette staff The Port McNeill Minor Hockey Club held its annual general meeting and awards night.

The club’s bank balance improved significantly following sizable deficits in the previous three years.

This positive outlook

rostered team at the Peewee level, which allowed the girls to participate in the Port McNeill and Port Hardy tournaments as well as a tourney in Powell River and some exhibition games.

The club hosted successful tournaments at all levels but only had

its funding reserve to a comfortable position for the future.

The club ran the Girls’ Intro to Hockey Program for a third winter and had over 20 young ladies participating.

Participation this year was large enough to have an officially-

is due in large part to fund-raising efforts in November as well as a successful application for a $16,000 Gaming Grant.

As a result of these added revenues the association is in the position to reduce its registration fees next season and replenish

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This will allow more time to get teams and coaches organized prior to the season beginning in the fall.

To reward those who get their registrations in before the new deadline, Lou Lemire will be hosting a two-day FREE clinics for all registered PMMHC players. The clinics will be held on July 11th and 12th.

Registration packages will be distributed in early May and will be due by the end of June along with a first installment of $65.

Remainder of fees can be paid via post-dated cheques dated for the fall.

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Donald Hugh Thompson At the age of 94, Hugh Thompson away peacefully Josephs Hospital in on April 11, 2015.

Donald passed at St. Comox

Don was pre-deceased by his wife Jeannie Marie (2002), son Donald Michael (2008) and younger brother Henry (2013). He is lovingly remembered by his daughter Penny (Doug) Macfarlane, son Jim Thompson, grandchildren Evan Thompson, Lia (Sean) Threlfall, and Bryan (Dawn) Macfarlane as well as great-grandchildren, Lauren, Colin, Jack, and Paige.

Don was born in Cheshire, England in 1920. He attended Shrewsbury School in Shopshire from a young age and after his studies worked at the family business, Lion Saltworks, in Northwich. With the onset of the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force at age 20. A trip to Winnipeg in 1943 for flight training forever changed his life as he met Jeannie. Don saw action in the Pacific theatre as a captain of a B-24 Liberator. He remained in touch with his entire crew for the rest of his life. Twins Michael and Penny were born in 1947, and after 18 months in England the family moved to Canada.

Don moved to Alert Bay in 1955 and founded Alert Bay Air Services. He was a coastal aviation pioneer and was much loved as a mentor as he launched the careers of many pilots including his son, Michael. His son, Jim, was born in 1957 and Don reflected on those years in Alert Bay as the best in his life.

The past 30 years were spent in Campbell River with Jeannie and on the farm in Black Creek with Jim, where he stayed active nurturing raspberry, lettuce, and tomato plants, digging in the garden, and sawing and hauling wood. He delighted in the wonderful people he met in those communities.

His early boarding school training taught him the importance of a written letter. Don communicated with pilots, friends, and family around the world with beautiful letters where he shared his thoughts and observations. Nothing pleased him more than to receive a letter and to reply immediately. His yellow foolscap paper and writing table was known as “command central�. Don’s other love was music especially Dixieland Jazz and he enjoyed playing his trombone on many occasions.

A life well lived. Don was a gracious gentleman with a megawatt smile and a hearty laugh. He knew how to have fun and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

A Celebration of Life will be held June 19 at 2:00pm at the Maritime Heritage Center in Campbell River, 621 Island Highway. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Amnesty International or the David Suzuki Foundation.

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REMEMBERING BOSCARINI, Dante J (Dan) August 10th., 1931- March 4th., 2015 Dan is now in the hands of his maker following a lengthy battle with Cancer and a number of other health issues. He was pre-deceased by his parents and his brother James. He is survived by his brother Leo (Mary) Boscarini, Sister in law Audrey, plus nieces and nephews all of whom reside in Australia.

Dan spent the majority of his life employed on Vancouver Island. He held jobs mining, blasting, scuba diving and driving truck at the BHP Mine in Port Hardy prior to his retirement.

His greatest love was collecting the collectables.

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DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING & OPERATIONAL SERVICES The District of Port Hardy is seeking a results oriented professional who is passionate about improving service delivery and public service. This is a senior management position reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer and a key member of the District’s management team.

The position is responsible for providing advice on the planning and operations of the District including, but not limited to: roads, water, sewer & storm systems, risk management, facility maintenance, recycling, parks, playfields and harbours.

Required Abilities, Education & Training • Demonstrated leadership, supervisory and conflict management resolution skills and experience in a unionized environment; • Proven ability to develop operating and capital budgets and oversee department expenditures; • Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the department and to develop and implement strategic and tactical plans to ensure the department’s effectiveness; • Demonstrated experience in civil engineering, design, inspection of infrastructure and capital works projects with thorough knowledge of methods, material and construction practices and project management; • Thorough knowledge of Provincial Legislation relating to sewer, water and solid waste. • Ability to prepare and interpret comprehensive technical reports, plans, legal / contract tender documents, statutes, standards and bylaws. • Exceptional communication, computer and written skills.

Qualifications The ideal candidate will have a Civil Engineering Technology Diploma and a minimum of five years experience in a local government setting.

The District offers an excellent benefit package and competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest, detailed resume and references by Monday, May 11, 2015 via mail, email or fax to: Rick Davidge, Chief Administrative Officer District of Port Hardy - PO Box 68 - Port Hardy BC V0N2P0 email: rickd@porthardy.ca Tel: 250-949-6665 - Fax: 250-949-7433 www.porthardy.ca Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

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NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s 430 Chapel St., Port McNeill: 9:00am St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., Port Hardy: 11:00am St. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St. and Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am 11/14

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ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 10:30am Sunday School and Service Tuesday 1:00pm Bible Study Healing service, last Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com

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Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243

PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St. Sunday Worship 10:30am & 7:00pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30pm Midweek Biblestudies Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail: pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/14

PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP Sunday Services - 4:00pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services 11/14

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00am - Worship Service 7:00pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00pm Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737 11/14

LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE • Chaplain Services • Bible Studies • Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125 11/14

ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Please call for worship times All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/14

GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00am-Sabbath School 11:15am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/14

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Harry Sarah Kowalenko, Island Health’s George Hunt Sr., Waddington, Kwakiutl Kwakiutl Chief rural health, Mount Councillor director Jeff Beselt, Mitchell, senior manager for Quatsino Band Health medical Alison Don Hubbard, and From left: Island Centre last Thursday, axda’xw bands, Health board chair Gwa’sala-’Nakw new Primary Health J.R. Rardon Hank Bood, Island Webber of the on Port Hardy’s Port Hardy Mayor front, cut the ribbon For more photos, see page 12.

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community members, Nations, the Regional First Island Health Network, J.R. Rardon Waddington and a District of Mount which submitted Gazette staff a flurry of eagle Health Representatives, that included the PORT HARDY—With the snip of scissors and Port report and recommendations care facilities in down, a blessing song Hardy Primary Health Port creation of integrated public on ribbon, the new its doors to the Hardy and Port McNeill. late last year, the Port Care Centre opened Following a renovation recently re-opened services in a Thursday morning.

Clinic in a cool, biting some community McNeill Medical and the opening Under a large canopyIsland Health, local health care and integrated care centre, Hardy facility from patient- as an the single location. breeze, dignitaries new Port services in a First Nations extolled to this spring of the “By providing completion of that government and area access we’re helping reduce mark the successful offers in increased centered primary setting, Hospital’s emergency will promise the centre of for health care. on Port Hardy care,” recommendation. the creation and work and expanded options of where we’re demands offering easily accessible attend A driving force in then-Mayor Bev was not “This is really indicative with the health department and did group who Terry Lake, the local working going, as far as partnerships of the Gwa’sala- Health Minister in a written release. who died last May. she Wilson health Parnham, a the ceremony, said authority,” said Dean leader of Port Hardy construction of the Clinic. “We’re in “She knew as a The concept and with all communities more than ’Nakwaxda’xw Healthwere 10, 15 years ago.” from the formation we needed to collaborate I want to pay her some the centre resulted different place than the completion of of the Mount Waddington on the North Island, so working The ceremony marked metre facility, which three years ago Stabilization local See page 2 staffing $2.6 million, 482-squareConstruction of Port Health Services to address chronic group, which hoped was built by Norkanof local subcontractors. room closures ‘Parnham recognized’ rolling emergency McNeill with the help operational, but will be shortages and The clinic is not yet primary in Port Hardy. this spring to offer officially opened

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