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By Hannah Griffin Reporter Port Hardy declared a state of emergency on July 4 after a wildfire discovered a day earlier burned through the weekend, causing evacuations of about 100 homes and an influx of helicopters, ground crews and other resources into the area.

The fire, believed to be caused by human activity, was discovered early in the evening of July 3 near the Tsulquate River 1.5 km from Port Hardy. Air tankers began to drop retardant on the fire Friday evening, but had to ground when night fell.

Heavy winds blew sparks that began a spot fire. Around 8:30 p.m. residents of Upper Carnarvon and Mayors Way began to be evacuated, and an Emergency Operations Centre was set up at the Port Hardy Civic Centre. As the sun went down Friday, smoke filled the town.

On Saturday morning the town declared a state of emergency as the main fire grew to eight hectares overnight in addition to the one-hectare spot fire.

Heavy helicopters applied water to the area while ground crews worked with the challenge of the fire burning in heavy coastal timber. Coastal Fire Centre classified the fire as a high risk ground fire. By Saturday afternoon the main fire was measured at 16 hectares, and the dry, hot and windy conditions proved challenging for the ground crews and helicopters working throughout the day. Mike McCulley, Fire Information Officer with B.C. Wildfire Service, said Saturday that “this is significant fire with aggressive activity,” and warned residents not to become complacent just because the fire was emitting less smoke than the day before.

Between Saturday evening and Sunday morning the fire did not grow, but the persistently hot weather and strong winds had officials preparing for another challenging day.

Hannah Griffin Photo Smoke from the Tsulquate fire turned the skies red above Port Hardy Friday evening.

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Evacuation order lifted Sunday Cont’d From Page 1 Paula Mackay, Fire Information Officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, said that the main fire on Sunday morning was measured at 16 hectares, and was 20 per cent contained, while the 1 hectare spot fire was 80 per cent contained. The fire as of Sunday morning was considered a rank 1 fire, meaning a smouldering ground or creeping surface fire. Four helicopters continued to work on the fire Sunday in addition to ground crews. Mayor Hank Bood reported Sunday that there were no new evacuations being ordered, but that the situation was being repeatedly assessed. “The key message today is that it is going to be the hottest, driest day of this week,” said Bood.

By 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the Coastal Fire Centre reported that the main fire had grown to 17 hectares, and said that 46 firefighters, four

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helicopters and seven pieces of heavy equipment were being used to fight it.

As of Monday morning the spot fire had been contained and the evacuation order the night before was changed to an evacuation alert, allowing residents to return to their homes.

The main fire Monday morning continued to be 20 per cent contained, but was considered a low ground fire burning in the old growth and roots.

Mayor Bood said that fire crews were still on the scene and working hard, and stressed that even though the evacuation order had been lifted, everyone needed to be vigilant and aware that the order could be put back in place if the situation worsened.

The Tsulquate River fire was just one of 50 new wildfires in B.C. this weekend. Victoria and Vancouver are both experiencing significant smoke and haze from the region’s fires, and Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory.

The province is currently under a fire ban that restricts any open fires or campfires.

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Photo Four helicopters armed with buckets dumped water on the Tsulquate fire most of the weekend.

Conditions prompt fire ban

By Hannah Griffin Reporter An unusually dry summer has brought an early season fire ban.

On July 2 at noon, a fire ban was announced by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s B.C. Wildfire Service.

The fire ban states that Category 2 and Category 3 open fires as well as campfires are prohibited through the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction, a branch of the B.C. Wildfire Service.

The exceptions to the fire ban are Haida Gwaii and an area referred to as the Fog Zone, a two-kilometrewide strip that stretches from Owen Point north to the top of Vancouver Island, and wraps around to the District of Port Hardy boundary.

The Fog Zone does not include Port Hardy.

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Chief of the Port Hardy Fire Department confirmed a fire ban in Port Hardy. Brent Forsberg, a Captain at the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department, confirms that they have a fire ban in place while a representative from the Village of Port Alice Village Office stated they are also under a fire ban.

Brent Borg, Deputy Chief of the Port Hardy Volunteer Fire Department, says that the fire ban could last for a very long time as there is no rain forecasted in the near future.

He also says a fire ban this early in the summer is rare.

“The whole province is getting concerned about low waters and dry forests,” says Borg.

The Wildfire Act can apply to all B.C. Parks, Crown land and private land within the jurisdiction of the Coastal

Fire Centre that do not have local government bylaws and have fire services.

Donna MacPherson, a Fire Information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, says that some municipalities have their own fire prevention bylaws, but will still defer to or follow the Centre’s rules and bans.

For example, Port Hardy has its own fire bylaws, but they follow the Coastal Fire Centre’s bans, according to Nickerson.

In lieu of bylaws, the Coastal Fire Centre’s bans and enforcement is used. Provincial bans are observed provincewide “We’re the default if there isn’t anything local,” says MacPherson.

A representative from the Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre says their fine for fail-

ure to comply with a fire restriction is $345, but if the infraction leads to an actual fire, the individual responsible can be fined for damage and resources required to put the fire out - significantly more than $345.

The current ban from the Coastal Fire Centre also includes using fireworks, firecrackers, sky lanterns, burning barrels and cages. Using CSA/ ULC rated portable stoves is allowed, but the flame height must fall below 15 centimetres.

Briquettes can only be used in these aforementioned devices, and not in established campfire rings. The Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre averages 134 fires started each year from campfires, with the annual cost for dealing with those fires totalling more than $2.2 million.

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Celebrating 99 Hannah Griffin Reporter Floyd Smith drives a vehicle, likes to garden, ride his lawnmower, split his own wood, and until about five years ago was a working man. Floyd Smith was also born in 1916.

The Storey’s Beach resident, celebrated his 99th birthday on June 28.

Neighbour and friend Heather Davey describes him as “a hardworking, Godfearing family man.”

When Davey first moved into the neighbourhood, she was in her driveway with her car hood up trying to figure out a problem.

Smith walked right over, introduced himself and proceeded to help out.

Articulate and with sharp wit, Smith says that out of everything he has accomplished in his life, he is most proud of his family and his involvement with his Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Like many others who grew up during the Great Depression, he was working from a young age and completed a Grade 8 education. He highly values education and learning, and is proud he was able to send his six children to private schools and the diverse professions they have pursued. This passion for education has also inspired Smith to help fund schools in India.

When he was a young man Smith was bucked off a bull, blowing out the cartilage of his fifth lumbar vertebra.

Despite lifelong pain from this injury, Smith has had a long career in logging and also running his own sawmills, including his own North Island operation which he retired from at age 94.

“I’ve done it all,” he says.

His independence is extremely important to him. He lives in his own house near the beach and several of his children who live

close by help to take care of him, including daughter Wilma Rafuse.

Smith was born to homesteader parents in Saskatchewan and in his childhood moved to Iowa, Colorado and back to Canada. He spent much of his childhood in Northern Saskatchewan, where he began working with wood. Smith met his wife in Rocky Mountain House, and the two got married on their way to McBride. It was their first time seeing the Rocky Mountains.

They went onto live in Kelowna and Sicamous before settling for 38 years in Armstrong. He moved to Port Hardy about 20 years ago.

Smith eats a mostly vegetarian diet, except for salmon on occasion.

He likes porridge for breakfast, does not drink alcohol, and says that in his life he has probably had a few dozen cups of coffee and a few dozen cigarettes - all before age 18.

“Clean living is the best bargain in the Floyd Smith sits in his kitchen on his 99th birthday on June 28. world,” he says.

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LAND ACT: Notice of Intention to Apply for the Disposition of Provincial Crown Land

Veuillez noter que le gouvernement du Canada va présenter une demande au ministère des Forêts, des Terres et de l’Exploitation des ressources naturelles – Région de la côte Ouest, pour une « parcelle de réserve sur carte » aux fins de construction d’une infrastructure de quai pour la station de recherche et sauvetage de la Garde côtière canadienne située au 8540, rue Shipley, à Port Hardy (Colombie-Britannique). La station se trouve sur le plan d’eau adjacent à une terre publique provinciale. Cette terre publique est décrite officiellement comme la Parcelle B (DD672481-I) du lot 23, section 36, canton 9, district de Rupert, plan 3128. La parcelle de réserve sur carte temporaire deviendra une réserve par décret une fois qu’elle sera approuvée par le Cabinet pour usage institutionnel. Cette parcelle de terrain a une superficie d’environ 1,03 hectare dans la baie Hardy.

Take notice that the Government of Canada is applying to the West Coast Region of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) for a temporary Map Reserve in order to build Wharf infrastructure for the Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Station at 8540 Shipley Street in Port Hardy, British Columbia. The station is located adjacent to the Provincial Crown Land water lot. This crown land is legally described as Parcel B (DD672481-I) of Lot 23, Section 36, Township 9, Rupert District, Plan 3128. The Temporary Map Reserve will become an Order-In Council-Reserve once Cabinet grants approval to use the land for institutional purposes. This parcel of land covers approximately 1.03 hectares in Hardy Bay.

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Le numéro du dossier foncier établi pour cette demande est le suivant : 1414270 | Front Counter British Columbia (FCBC) : 10100-30/139789.

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Le ministère des Forêts, des Terres et de l’Exploitation des ressources naturelles tiendra compte des commentaires reçus d’ici au 31 juillet 2015.

Veuillez noter que tout commentaire additionnel reçu après cette date peut ne pas être considéré et que toute réponse au présent avis fera partie du domaine public.

Pour obtenir plus de renseignements, veuillez consulter le site Web du ministère des Forêts, des Terres et de l’Exploitation des ressources naturelles, à l’adresse http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index. jsp, ou communiquer avec le conseiller en accès à l’information du bureau du ministère des Forêts, des Terres et de l’Exploitation des ressources naturelles à Nanaimo.

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Comments will be received by MFLNRO until July 31, 2015. Please be advised that additional comments may not be considered following this date. Any response to this notice will be considered part of the public record.

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CO suspended, cubs at risk In the midst of all the community fear and hard work that was put into fighting fires near Port Hardy this weekend comes what should have been a heart-warming story of two baby bears being rescued from a tree on Hardy Bay Road.

Instead, the story has turned into a tale of a Conservation Officer being suspended for trying to do the right thing, and cubs’ lives now in jeopardy.

Rob Hodder is the owner of a mobile home where a female by black bear has been hanging Kathy around and decided to come in, O’Reilly-Taylor twice, and break into a freezer where she dined on salmon and deer meat.

Hodder called Conservation Friday and reported the incidents.

Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant attended and the mother bear was captured Sunday morning and destroyed because it was deemed that she was habituated to nonnatural food and posed a risk to human safety.

Hodder has seen the female bear with two cubs around the area and knew she had babies out there alone somewhere.

When Hodder came home Sunday afternoon, the two cubs were in the tree in his front yard calling for their mom.

Four hours later they were rescued by firefighters who used their high-angle rescue specialist to scale the tree and rappel down on top of the bears and bring them down to safety where they were sedated.

The two bears were taken to the vet in Port Hardy and found to be healthy. While this story should have a happy ending, it appears that might not be the case. Fodder has learned that someone has called for the baby bears, that weigh a whopping 20 to 25 pounds, to be destroyed.

That doesn’t sit right.

“I have an Aboriginal background and deem them to be a sacred animal to our people and I want them to be saved,” Fodder said. “Especially after all our hard work and efforts that went in to do things the right way. Have them put into a rehabilitation program and have them released once again into the wild,” said Hodder.

“It’s immoral to shoot a helpless baby bear. They are nursing still. They are not garbage bears. They are infants,” Fodder said.

I agree with him completely.

These babies should have the opportunity to go through the rehabilitation program at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association facility in Errington and hopefully take their rightful place back in the wild in 18 months as per the Provincial government’s own policy.

If these tiny baby bears are destroyed, it will be a huge black eye on the province and a decision that will likely echo around the world. It is not acceptable, without further assessment and investigation, to decide these babies are indeed garbage bears that need to be killed.

The government should not shoot first and ask questions later. And hats off to Casavant who put his job on the line to do what he thought was the right thing - follow provincial policy.

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Outlook cloudy for climate policies Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver last week to unveil his environmental platform for the Oct. 19 federal election.

Trudeau promised an overhaul of the National Energy Board and a vaguely defined intention to work with provinces to impose a “price” on carbon dioxide emissions across the country. Trudeau’s media tour took him to the Burnaby facilities of General Fusion, where, like Premier Christy Clark a few weeks before, he stood at his podium before a prototype fusion reactor. This massive octopus of pistons and wires is an attempt to capture the nuclear reaction that powers the Sun and other stars, containing its fury within steel walls and magnetic fields.

The old joke about controlled fusion is that every 20 years, scientists tell us it’s just 20 years away. If it ever is developed, such a process could quickly put an end to our hand-wringing about fossil fuels, largely replacing them with endless, emission-free energy.

This is the type of technological revolution that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s officials indicated would be needed, after Canada announced a pledge with other G7 leaders to make their economies carbon-free by 2100. That’s right, some time within the next 85 years.

Clark visited General Fusion in May to announce her new climate action advisory panel, which has to give her a plan to take to Paris next December. That’s the next big United Nations climate summit, where Trudeau hopes to lead a delegation of premiers to stop the flow of “fossil awards” given to Canada by people in polar bear suits.

Asked about the fusion reactor she had just toured, Clark laughed off the question, comparing it to the “flux capacitor” used for time travel in the Michael J. Fox movie ‘Back to the Future’.

Trudeau recently told university students that we need to The North Island Gazette is published Thursdays at 7305 Market Street in Port Hardy, B.C. by Black Press Ltd. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #391275. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

change our concepts of time and space, and he didn’t seem to be kidding. The point here for voters is that all these leaders, Harper, Trudeau, Clark and many others, are talking down to you. You aren’t sophisticated enough to understand this climate business.

The Pope has weighed in, assuring us that carbon trading systems are not going to cut it. This is a rebuke to California, Quebec and the European Union, where effective carbon trading is, like controlled fusion, just around the corner.

Pope Francis warned that our “throwaway culture” views nature “solely as a source of profit and gain” and so people won’t voluntarily do the right thing. (The results of the Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite could be interpreted this way, if you ignore the bumbling, waste and political posturing that really did it in.) The Pope concludes that there is “an urgent need” for a “true world political authority” to impose order on the greedy capitalist humans that infest our beautiful planet.

Presumably this would be the run by the UN, so my advice is to start hoarding candles and cat food now.

B.C.’s frozen carbon tax has ceased to have much effect, with gasoline consumption back up over 2008 levels amid the usual volatility of prices. Gasoline is going for around $1.30 a litre, despite the prolonged slump in crude oil prices, and people have basically forgotten about this tax on top of all the other gas taxes.

Perhaps B.C. can brag in Paris about the Pacific Carbon Trust, which limps along after its near-death experience in 2013. The trust continues to divert tax dollars from B.C. government operations to purported carbon-saving activities, including paying coastal First Nations not to log the portions of forests that they demanded be preserved.

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Local CO suspended after saving bear cubs

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant has been suspended without pay pending a performance investigation after he refused to put down two bear cubs this weekend.

The baby bears, a brother and sister, were orphaned after their mother was put down after she had, at least twice, broken into a freezer of salmon and deer meat inside a mobile home on Hardy Bay Road. Cassavant stressed the sow’s actions were at no fault of the property owner. “Although it is unlikely the mother (and cubs) was in town due to the fire, it is hard to know,� said Casavant.

On July 5, Casavant and members of the Port Hardy Fire Department literally pulled out all stops to rescue the babies who had come back to the property and were up a tree calling for their dead mother. “They (firefighters) had their high-angle rescue specialist scale the tree and rappel down on top of the bears to lower them to me. I then tranquilized them by hand,� said Casavant.

The babies were estimated to be about eight weeks and weigh 20 to 25 pounds, are healthy and still nursing. “We were there for a couple hours,� Casavant said. “It’s immoral to shoot a helpless baby bear, they are nursing still. They are not garbage bears. They are infants,� said Rob Hodder, the owner of the mobile home. “I have an Aboriginal background and deem them to be a sacred animal to our people and I want them to be saved,� Fodder said.

After their capture, the babies were transported to the Port Hardy Veterinary Hospital for a health assessment and containment.

Casavant then made the decision to transport the bears down Island to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association facility in Errington, as per provincial policy regard-

ing bear cubs, despite an order that they be destroyed. “I think it is important for the community to know that I am here to do the right thing,� said Casavant. “There’s a lot of controversy there right now, isn’t there,� said Recovery Association Wildlife Manager and Founder Robin Campbell, who is now housing the two youngsters. “The Ministry has decided to have us care for them at this point,� said Campbell, until an investigation is done.

The controversy occurred after the Ministry of Environment received conflicting reports, one that said the cubs were eating garbage and another which said that was not the case.

Because they were reported to be eating garbage, the cubs were ordered destroyed.

If that account is true, said Campbell, the cubs would indeed need to be destroyed “because they would remember and they could become very dangerous for people’s safety.�

However, if the alternative is true based on information “the man on the ground� (Casavant) who would have “the most accurate information� received after interviewing the people involved, the cubs would be candidates for rehabilitation and relocation, Campbell said.

The cubs are currently being housed in a room next to some other cubs at the centre and have been marked with a bit of paint to identify them. “If there is any negative behaviour we will be able to see it,� Campbell said, adding that the Ministry “was only acting on information that was initially given to them. “They go out of their way to bring us bears,�

Campbell said.

Statements by Bryce Casavant were made to the Gazette prior to him being suspended. “We do not comment on personnel matters publicly due to privacy and confidentiality reasons,� said Gordon Hitchcock, inspector in charge of the West Coast Region.

Water restrictions in place all over BC

Hannah Griffin Reporter Summer in the North Island, like in many B.C. towns, brings water restriction bylaws into effect.

The Town of Port McNeill, the Village of Port Alice, and the District of Port Hardy all handle water use restrictions individually.

Port McNeill is currently in a Stage 1 water use restriction, meaning that people are only allowed to water lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, or vegetable gardens using hose-conected or in-ground sprinklers at even numbered addresses on even numbered days, and at odd numbered addresses on odd numbered days. These limitations are in effect annually from

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Port Hardy Secondary School graduate Allison Johnson was the winner of the 2015 North Island Gazette Essay Contest $500 Scholarship for her essay on how to reduce littering on the North Island. The award was presented by Gazette Reporter/photographer Hannah Griffin.

By Hannah Griffin Reporter Controversy is surrounding the decision to terminate the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Chief from his position.

After being terminated in a June 29 letter from the Town of Port McNeill, Fire Chief Chris Walker says he was denied a proper process and investigation into complaints against him, while the Town of Port McNeill says the decision came after Walker breached their trust.

Walker, an engineering officer with the Forest Service, served as a volunteer firefighter in Port McNeill for the past 17 years.

He says that after returning from professional development courses, he was called in the morning of June 23 to meet with Port McNeill Mayor Shirley Ackland and Administrator Sue Harvey.

Walker says the Mayor told him there had been complaints made against him, one of which was allegations of a personal relationship with a female firefighter.

Walker says that he was told by the Mayor he had a choice to resign or be terminated during the meeting,

and that when he asked if he could leave to consult with his wife he was told the decision needed to be made immediately.

He says the allegations left him “completely blind-sided,” and adds that he has strong personal relationships with many of his firefighting colleagues.

On June 29 after not receiving an acceptance of his resignation, Walker says he rescinded his resignation. At 5:30 p.m. the same day, he received a termination letter.

The letter, signed by Mayor Ackland, cites the reason for dismissal as “a personal relationship with a female member of the volunteer fire department,” and says that this is in violation of the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department’s Code of Ethics, items #2, 3 and 4.

A July 3 statement from the Town of Port McNeill acknowledges Walker’s dedication over the last 17 years, and goes on to say that he was removed from his position because he “breached their trust.”

The statement also says that the town insists all firefighters act in a respectful and positive manner, and that the Fire Chief’s conduct must “be

ethical and beyond reproach.”

The statement also says that the Port McNeill Council is looking at further steps they can take to help the fire department develop best practices.

Walker says that while the allegations have been upsetting and damaging to him, he is most concerned about what he perceives as a lack of process or investigation surrounding his termination.

“I’m not looking for some kind of validation of innocence,” he said in a July 3 interview, adding, “What I want people to understand is this to me is not a democratic process.”

He specifically takes issue with the termination meeting taking place privately, away from the public eye.

The statement from the Town of Port McNeill addresses this, saying that this meeting counted as one of the meetings listed under section 90 of the Community Charter that can be closed to the public, although the statement did not specify which criteria exactly it fell under.

An online petition has been started to reinstate Walker in his position, and as of press time had 285 supporters.

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Submitted The provincial government is close to signing an agreement with BC Ferries for a new vessel to replace the Nimpkish, said Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.

“The Nimpkish will have to be replaced no later than 2018, possibly earlier,” Stone said while in Williams Lake Thursday. “Very soon B.C. Ferries will begin the process of procuring a new vessel.”

While he was not sure how big the new ferry will be, Stone said it is apparent the capacity of the Nimpkish to hold 16 vehicles and 133 passengers is not large enough.

“Again the season is booked solid, as it was last season and the season before,” Stone said.

The new ferry will be a modern ship with all the modern amenities and fully accessible, he added.

Stone stressed, however, there will be no reinstatement of Route 40 with the direct link between Port Hardy and Bella Coola.

“I completely understand there is a level of frustration and disappointment with that and know there have been impacts to the tourism industry, with the hardest hit being Bella Coola, then the Chilcotin part of the province and some businesses here in Williams Lake,” he said, adding he hoped the new ferry announcement brings certainty to the region’s tourism industry.

The announcement of a new ferry is good news said Petrus Rykes, chair of Save the Discovery Coast Ferry and president of the West Chilcotin Tourism Association.

“Right now if they get a bigger ferry and they have some amenities, that would

bring back some of the players internationally,” Rykes said. ”It’s a doable proposition. It can make money if it’s run properly, otherwise we wouldn’t be bothered fighting for it.”

Stone promised to make sure there is a good amount of community engagement with people throughout the Bella Coola Valley and CaribooChilcotin around the new ferry’s scheduling.

“All of that process will be led by B.C. Ferries,” Stone said.

“It’s only our job to tell BC Ferries which routes we are prepared to fund and at what level of service.”

The province continues to receive $30 million annually from the federal government to provide the continuation of service between the mainland and Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, Stone confirmed.

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Hannah Griffin photo Clean-up volunteer Randy Maillar holds a motorcycle helmet found on Vancouver Island’s west coast, part of a huge amount of debris pulled into the ocean from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami.

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By Hannah Griffin Reporter A group of kayakers spent a week participating in a large tsunami debris cleanup on Vancouver Island’s northwest coast, focusing on the southeast arm of Quatsino Sound.

Twenty people took part, leaving from Gooding Cove on June 19 and paddling by kayak to Restless Bight. The debris is part of an estimated five million tons that was carried out into the ocean by the March 11, 2011 tsunami that hit Japan’s east coast.

The cleanup was organized by the B.C. Marine Trails Network Association’s Stewardship Directors, Reale Emond and Gene Gapsis.

On June 25, a group of the cleanup volunteers gathered at 7 Mile Landfill and Recycling outside Port McNeill mid-afternoon to sort through the objects they had gathered from the west coast during

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the week, enough to fill a 40-cubic metre bin plus another bin full of floating debris like buoys.

Volunteer Randy Maillar said that some of the most interesting pieces they found were those that were little fragments of people’s lives, like hardhats, kids balls, boots and shoes.

They also found large red light bulbs, intact, that are from the main cabins inside Japanese fishing trollers. Other items included a collection of bottles, Japanese tires, piles upon piles of turquoise rope, and enormous, irregularly-shaped pieces of foam.

“It’s really important to do something to help the area we love,” said Emond.

The cleanup was made possible by the Vancouver Aquarium Tsunami Debris Management Program, which includes funding from the Government of Japan, the B.C. government, the Ministry of Environment and the Canadian government.

First Nations annual report

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The District of Port Hardy will be taking some actions based on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Councillor Jessie Hemphill, who chairs the District’s First Nations Relations Committee, brought two recommendations to council for approval.

The first was that the committee’s mandate be amended to include an annual report documenting the District of Port Hardy’s progress towards reconciliation with local First Nations and that the report be included in the district’s annual report.

Adding an annual reporting component would mean the district “would be more in line” with the 94 recommendations of the TRC, said Hemphill.

Hemphill also proposed that First Nation cultural

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“I am going to vote against this,” said Councillor John Tidsbury, adding he could not vote for something without more details.

“I don’t have a clue what it’s going to cost and who’s going to pay for this,” Tidsbury said.

“I think this is a good idea. I think it’s a positive step,” said Councillor Fred Robertson.

As for the costs, “that’s what we’re going ahead and looking at. If they are prohibitive we’ll look at that,” Robertson said.

“There’s a benefit obviously, but there’s also a cost,” said Mayor Hank Bood.

In the end, council agreed to have a proposal put together for a cultural education and training program.

Councillor Tidsbury was opposed.

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Jed Jackson, Group Commissioner, said that ideally the event would bring a few more leaders and scouts into the program, as with additional help youth currently interested but on the wait list, could be taken off. Jackson and Casey Swanson, the Assistant Area Commissioner for Orca East, added that there are also important administrative roles that could be filled.

In other developments, the Girl Guides will be heading to Cuernavaca, Mexico from Aug. 1-14 for a Friendship Event at one of the World Centres.

The Friendship Event will have Girl Guides from all over the world presenting their home country cultures; this is an opportunity for the North Island Girl Guides to not only learn about Mexican culture, but many others.

The six youth and two leaders going on the trip have been planning for two years and fund-raising for a year and a half. Cathy Griffith, co-commissioner for Broughton Straits District and a Guider for the Pathfinders and Rangers, says “the girls have down an awesome job.�

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Gazette staff The annual SeaFest weekend will take place in Alert Bay from July 31 to Aug 2.

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Unique program hones business skills

By Hannah Griffin Reporter “We can’t keep up with demand,” says North Island Secondary School teacher Doug Abbot, standing beside a bag of raw, pale green coffee beans and a glass, slimnecked vacuum brewer that looks like it belongs in a science lab.

Abbott oversees a unique program borne out of a casual conversation. Abbot was making coffee earlier this year when a grade 10 student in the independent learning program, Jordan Campbell, mentioned that he too enjoyed coffee and asked if he could produce some.

Abbot said yes, and the 1-eleven Roasting business, named by Campbell after his homeroom, was born.

A roaster was constructed from scratch, and Campbell designed a business plan.

Abbot explains that Campbell and the other students helping are learning a whole range of skills from the coffee roasting business, including planning, budgeting, marketing, and managing finances. While just Campbell is getting credit for the program this year, about six other students are involved, and seven will be enrolled in the class next year. Campbell won the Entrepreneur Award at the NISS Awards Day in June.

A general criticism of high schools can be that they do not prepare students for the demands and rigours of the real world; this coffee roasting program easily counters

that sentiment by providing the rare experience for teenagers to be involved in running a real business. The experience contains the risks, consequences and rewards not found in hypothetical business plans.

Abbot recalls a day when the students were roasting about 70 pounds of beans ($490 of finished product), and he was unavailable to supervise. He could not help but worry about the expense if something went wrong in the roasting process. When he returned at the end of the day, he found batch after batch of perfectly, consistentlyroasted beans, showing the responsibility and care the students treat their business with.

The beans are sold in multiple Port McNeill stores. Money from the sales goes back into the business, and even helps support other interests in the NISS community. When the girls soccer team qualified for a championship in Surrey, 250 bags of coffee were sold to help fund their trip.

Responsible sourcing is also integral, with Abbot obtaining beans from Vancouver, all ethically sourced and from origins including Guatemala, Peru and Ethiopia.

The students are also learning barista skills, something Campbell put to use at the June 13 NISS graduation when he ran Hannah Griffin Photo an espresso bar.

“He was making all the parents and North Island Secondary School teacher Doug Abbot holds a bag of 1-eleven Roastteachers happy with his lattes and espres- ing coffee, a business begun by an entrepreneurial-minded Grade 10 student in his class. sos,” says Abbot.

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A Man with No Borders to premiere

By David Faren Special to the Gazette A film premiere, A Man with No Borders, about the life of Gilbert Popovich will be playing at the Alert Bay Legion on July 18 at 1 pm.

Gilbert Popovich was mayor of Alert Bay for over 28 years, so it isn’t too surprising that a film was made of his life.

In 2009, two filmmakers from Italy, Paola Roså, and Antonio Senter, were in the Klondike shooting a film about gold prospectors. The second screening of the film will be in Riva del Garda near the end of July.

They had already heard of Popovich through a friend who had lived in Alert Bay a few years earlier, so a trip to Alert Bay was made on their way down the coast from the Klondike.

While there the two filmmakers conducted interviews

with people in Alert Bay who knew him.

No film was planned ahead of time, but “once back home, we were nourishing the idea of making a film about Gilbert,” said Roså, when asked about the origins of the project.

Italians have emigrated to many places around the world during the first half of the 20th century.

Alert Bay’s long-running mayor was one of those who emigrated from Italy and Roså and Senter thought his “story of emigration could be a universal example of engagement, open-minded mentality, and ‘adventure’ in the deep meaning of the word.”

With this in mind they approached the Museo Storico del Trentino (Historical Museum of Trentino) and presented the project.

The Museum has a sec-

tion about the history of emigration, a TV channel, and Internet streaming.

Roså, and Senter received support for the project in 2012 from the Museum and returned to Alert Bay to interview more than 20 people for the film. Once filmed the pair waited another years before the Museum asked for a series to made.

Roså, noted that the long wait was of value, “we could look at the footage with a different eye. Indeed there was need to have vie different angles to describe a life.”

Five episodes and a 59 minute documentary were made and put on a DVD. The 5 episodes, were broadcast on TV and streamed online.

Italian audiences gave very positive feed back to the series with the episode on the “First Nations was the one that was best valued,” according to Roså.

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Woman finds market for female-friendly clothing

By Hannah Griffin Reporter Audrey Rippingale found a niche in the market, and she is travelling Vancouver Island roads in The Chick Truck to spread the word.

The Campbell River local was working as a concrete truck driver for 10 years until last summer when a serious wrist injury refused to fully heal.

Leaving her supportive crew at work was difficult, but Rippingale has found a new passion with her brand new business, She Works She Plays, now in its second month of operation. She Works She Plays is a mobile business operated inside of The Chick Truck and filled with work clothes for women involved in the trades.

The awkwardness and inconvenience of wearing large, bulky clothes designed for men never seemed ideal to Rippingale, who over the years has custom cut and sewn her clothes to fit better.

Standing in the mobile showroom surrounded by high-visibility vests, gloves, coveralls, and colourful hard hats, she shares that this is an issue many women in the

trades deal with. “Even the men’s extra small is honestly too big for women,” she says.

Rippingale says that she seeks out any business in Canada that is producing women’s work clothes and brings those items in to sell, and she also will soon have items in stock from Australia and Europe.

She says that Australia especially is ahead of Canada in providing smaller and better fitting clothes for women.

“It’s a niche market but the need is there,” she says, adding that she is not really competing with other business in the same area at this time.

While the business has just launched, Rippingale says that she had the idea for some time and it was a process getting organized.

She bungees everything down while driving the business, and has to be think about space issues.

For this new entrepreneur, future plans for She Works She Plays are to continue travelling around Vancouver Island and perhaps visit the mainland later in the summer.

“I’m just winging it,” she says with a smile.

“Learning as I go.”

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Hannah Griffin Photo Audrey Rippingale of She Works She Plays poses in her mobile store.

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Quatsino Sound gets new campsites

By Hannah Griffin Reporter Those travelling in small boats now have more camping options when moving through North Island waters.

The B.C. Marine Trails Network Association has recently completed a project that has created and updated campsites, resulting in four new campsites in the Quatsino Sound area.

The four sites are in the process of becoming official B.C. Marine Trails Recreation Sites through Recreation Sites and Trails B.C. A key part of the feel of these sites is that Submitted Photo they are subdued and Liam Loftus clears a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;canoe runâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to make a smooth landing for paddlers minimal. located at four new campsites in Quatsino Sound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole point of this is to get out at the outer sound is support from them vision of the B.C. and re-experience the the Mahatta Creek was critical in moving Marine Trails Network forward with the plan. Association to work wild,â&#x20AC;? says Stephanie site.

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Gifts from ‘Alone’ cast member

By Kathy O’ReillyTaylor Editor Sometimes a small gesture can have a big impact.

That is certainly the case for Mitch Mitchell, an apprentice butcher from Bellingham, Massachusetts, who is one of the participants on The History Channel’s new survivortype show ‘Alone’ that was filmed in Quatsino Sound.

At the premiere held in Quatsino June 18, Elder Stan Wamiss received two hand-crafted gifts and a Youtube message from Mitchell.

Before the survivors left on their adventure, there was a welcoming ceremony in Quatsino.

“We spoke at the gathering. I thank you for befriending me, I really appreciate it. Thank you for the gift that you gave me that day. This whole experience has been a gift,” Mitchell said, in the video.

Wamiss explained in an interview that Mitchell had asked if there was a store because he wanted to buy a souvenir of Quatsino.

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Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor photo Quatsino Elder Stan Wamiss, with his wife Nancy, holds up two gifts hand-crafted by Alone participant Mitch Mitchell while he was out in the woods for the History Channel reality TV show.

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Mitchell offered to pay, but Wamiss told him it was a gift.

The t-shirt is “so much better than going to the store and buying something,” said Mitchell in the video.

“As I was living with your people’s land, it had a profound effect on me in many ways. My compass has turned and Quatsino Sound gave that to me. It gave me a lot,” he said.

“I had incredible

experiences. I had interactions with wildlife.”

As he was alone in the woods, Mitchell had lots of time to think, and he thought often about Wamiss’ gift. “So I decided to do something about that while I was out there,” he said.

A knife and an ax were the only cutting tools Mitchell had in his pack, (each participant was allowed to bring only 10 items), so he used them to fashion a spoon out of a piece of

wood which he used to eat while he was in the bush. This was one of the gifts presented to Wamiss.

“I wanted to make you something that I enjoy using back home,” said Mitchell, so he made a roasting plank which he fashioned with his ax.

One side was smooth to be used as a cutting board, the other engraved with the words Quatsino Sound and other detail work using his knife.

“It was a real surprise,” said Wamiss of the gifts.

“I hope one day to come back with your blessing to Quatsino with my wife Dawn,” Mitchell said.

Alone is on the History Channel on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. and again at 9 p.m.

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together concerned The group brought Mount Waddington the community members, Nations, the Regional First Island Health Network, Waddington and a District of Mount which submitted Health Representatives, s that included the Port report and recommendation care facilities in creation of integrated Hardy and Port McNeill. late last year, the Port 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 . care. of for health on Port Hardy care,” recommendation the creation and work and expanded options of where we’re demands offering easily accessible attend Bev A driving force in not “This is really indicative with the health department and group was then-Mayor Terry Lake, who did 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 hoped to address chronic closures was built by Norkanof local subcontractors. group, which room ‘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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July 1 to July 23 Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill, public skating Saturdays and Sundays 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Hannah Griffin photo Sydney Greer, left, at the beginning of the Aboriginal Day of Wellness Walk and Run in Port Hardy on June 28.

Hannah Griffin Reporter North Island residents met in Carrot Park midmorning on June 28 for an Aboriginal Day of Wellness Walk and Run. Participants had the choice of a 5 km or 10 km leg through Port Hardy, beginning on the waterfront path and heading north from Carrot Park.

A warm-up to upbeat music including Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” kicked off the morning, and some dressed in classic eighties gear - leotards, headbands, and tights - for the active morning One event organizer, Marian Nelson of Quatsino, said that the event helps to promote health and activities that strengthen the body, and added that in the lead-up some participants from local reserves were involved in training programs.

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submitted Three students from North Island Kenpo Karate received their 1st degree black belt after qualifying on June 26 in Port McNeill.

The students, Nick Gachter, Michael Whitworth and Mark Whitworth endured several hours of testing

by Sensei Rob Brittain and Senpai Darrell Cochrane. Students had to perform more than 27 katas (sets of movements) and demonstrate a high level of proficiency of all techniques.

American Kenpo - techniques such as arm locks, strikes, holds, and releases - was also demonstrated during the testing.

Prior to the formal testing each student was required to complete at least 30 hours of instruction to other students at the dojo and complete a physical test that included 100 push-ups and timed sit-ups.

All three students have been continuously active in the Port McNeill dojo for more than eight years, pro-

submitted photo Three students from North Island Kenpo Karate received their 1st degree black belt after qualifying on June 26th in Port McNeill. In the photograph, from left to right, are: Rob Brittain, Nick Gachter, Michael Whitworth, Mark Whitworth, and Darrell Cochrane.

gressing through each of the nine belt levels to attain their black belt rank.

It has been a lot of hard work and very rewarding says each of the recipients.

Mark Whitworth said that he and other students really appreciate

and enjoy the learning experience at North Island Kenpo Karate.

He is very impressed with Sensai Brittain’s exemplary teaching ability.

“Sensai Brittain always ensures his students preserve the highest level of respect for

each other at this dojo while maintaining a social, yet formal, learning environment,” said Whitworth.

“His style of discipline does not discriminate and everyone is treated equally which is a very important trait for all of us, and instills ideal

qualities that enable students of all ages to succeed in this environment and learn valuable life skills,” he said.

“Sensai Brittain is a role model for all ages and encourages a healthy lifestyle while teaching self-defence skills that build self-con-

fidence and often assist us to avoid situations that may have otherwise led to conflict.

“It’s great to see this opportunity in our community and its success can be seen in the participants who have and continue to train at this dojo.”

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Jennifer embraced Ivan’s love of Shotokan Karate and together they have pursued a lifelong quest, training and teaching Shotokan karate. Both Ivan DeToro Sensei and Jennifer DeToro Sensei have made many personal sacrifices in devoting their lives to teaching and training the art of Shotokan Karate-do.

Soon after moving to Canada Sensei joined International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF) which is an international organization headed by Master Teruki Okazaki and Master Yutaka Yaguchi along with many Masters and Senseis. ISKF has become a worldwide organization promoting Karate-do for world peace, building character, loyalty, hard work, respecting those around you, and refraining from any form of violence.

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It was there at Master Camp hosted by Master Ozaki that De Toro Sensei completed the requirements to become an international instructor and examiner, receiving his international rank to instruct and test students and became one of only eight Senseis in Canada to achieve this rank in ISKF. In September 1984 De Toro Sensei set out on a new adventure and moved to Canada, settling in Port Hardy. The early years were both fun and challenging for De Toro Sense-fun because he was following a path that brought the benefits of martial arts to many people, and challenging to learn a new language and find his way in a new culture.

Working odd jobs and living a humble, meagre life, he taught Karate at a local gym and soon after opened his Dojo, Bushido Shotokan Karate Do Academy in Port Hardy and never looked back.

More than two thousand students have trained Karate in his Dojo with more than 25 students earning their Black Belts. All have been taught the principles of humility, peace and respect. No student regardless or age, race, or physical ability is denied training. In the Dojo we are all one no matter who we are or where we come from.

September 2015 marked the 31st year of teaching and training the art of the Way of Empty Hand (Karate-do) in Canada. It is a great privilege and honour for us on the North Island and in B.C. to have an instructor of this level to teach and live the principles and knowledge of Shotokan Karate-do.

Following in the steps of Master Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern Karate, and with his wife, Jennifer, who is in International Instructor trainee courses and next in line to complete her International Instructor and Examiner Rank, they both will be able to share their knowledge with everyone and especially the youth who face many more challenges than ever, providing them with confident character for better facing life’s challenges.

Putting aside a lifelong career in the industrial engineering industry, De Toro Sensei, now 60, has committed himself full time to a more humble life in the pursuit of training and teaching Shotokan Karate-do.

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TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartment includes stove, fridge, washer, dryer & micro.

Clean, comfy, quiet & upgraded. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value). Available Now. $650+ hydro with a 1 year lease. Pets considered.

Call 1-250-949-8855. www.twoceans.com

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

MARINE

Call 250-956-3526.

SEAWIND ESTATES; 2 bdrms, 1 bath in great cond.

W/D, Deck. Ref. req. Available now. $700/mth. Call 250949-7079 before 7pm.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL-For rent 3 bdrm trailer, fully fenced yard, 2 shops, full covered deck and fruit trees. $800/m, Avail Aug 1, 2015. Ref reqd.

250-230-4786.

comehome@pineridgevillage.ca

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

SAYWARD: 1 bdrm apt. avail Aug. 1. $550 incld’s hot water.

NS/NP. Call (250)286-3457.

Phone Rick 250-956-4555

PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454

HELP WANTED

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NOTICE WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT

BOATS 12’ FT ZODIAC inflatable boat in excellent condition complete with case oars, seat pump etc. $1899.00 Call 250-746-7808 Duncan

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Marine Harvest is the world’s largest supplier of farmed salmon and produces ϱ million healthLJ meals per daLJ͘ te have ϭϬ͕ϰϬϬ emploLJees and acƟviƟes in ϮϮ countries͘ dhrough our vision of Η>eading the lue ZevoluƟon ͕͞ Marine Harvest aims to be the leading supplier of healthy, sustainable food from the ocean.

Auction Sale: Notice is hereby given by 50 Fathom Edge Holdings Ltd DBA Advantage Port Hardy Self Storage, that the following items will be sold at a public auction on July 25, 2015 at 12 PM (noon) if all monies owed are not paid in full and the premises vacated. The sale is to be held at our property of 5775 Hardy Bay Rd, Port Hardy BC V0N 2P0.

Douglas Kostering on failure to vacate premises and to satisfy debt on storage of property such as approximately: t TUBDLT PG DPNNFSDJBM OFUT BQQFBS UP CF QSBXO

t ýPBU XJUI ýBHT t HJMM OFU t DPNNFSDJBM DSBC USBQ t TLBUFT PG HSPVOE MJOF IPPLT t .JTD *UFNT Any questions relating can be directed to (250)230-3955 HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

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PLACES OF WORSHIP

PLACES OF WORSHIP

PLACES OF WORSHIP

PLACES OF WORSHIP

North Island Church Services PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234

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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

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 11/14

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Cell: 250-527-0144 Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/14

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor Okumu Lomudak 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 “Everyone Welcome” 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

Hiring Clerks and Cashiers – IGA, Port McNeill IGA, located in the beautiful community of Port McNeill, is looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to join our team. We are hiring in all of our departments including our Front End (cashiers). We are looking for people who are passionate about working with and serving others, have a strong work ethic, enjoy learning new skills, are interested in all things food related and contributing positively to a team environment. If this description fits, let's talk.

As this is a 7-day a week operation, we do require our team members to be flexible in their ability to work evenings, weekends and weekday daytime.

Our primary focus is meeting the needs of and providing outstanding service to our clients.

Job requirements:

Passion for customer service Positively influence the work environment and our existing energetic team Attention to detail Ability to multi-task Good interpersonal skills and work well with others Ability to work flexible hours, daytime, evenings and weekends Like to work hard while having fun

If you believe you fulfill the above requirements we would love to hear from you. Indicating the position you are applying for, submit your cover letter and resume via: Email: careers@marketplaceiga.com, or Fax: (250) 956-3822, or Mail or drop off at the store: Box 549 (1705 Campbell Way), Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0 We thank you in advance for your interest however will only be contacting those individuals being considered for an interview.

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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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