TUESDAY JULY 14, 2015
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ABUNDANCE OF ALICES
Bard to Broadway’s latest offers laughs and tears
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ARBUTUS MEADOWS
Island Classic brought top jumping talent to Nanoose Bay this past weekend
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NORTH ISLAND WILDLIFE RECOVERY CENTRE
Famous bear cubs in town Port Hardy cubs at centre of controversy are healthy, pudgy CARLI BERRY news@pqbnews.com
The black bear cubs saved by a conservation officer — causing country wide controversy — are alive and well at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington. Jordan and Athena are approximately five months old and Julie Mackey, NIWRA assistant wildlife manager said “They’re like every other set of orphan bear cubs.” The bear cubs will stay at the center for a year and will be released next fall, Mackey said. They keep the cubs for a year, covering the time they would hibernate with their mother in nature, Mackey said. “It just gets their social behavior and that type of thing going.” See CUBS NOT SHOWING, page A4
ALDERMUIR PROMISES TO CONTINUE
Cohousing rejected AUREN RUVINSKY
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The Aldermuir cohousing project in Qualicum Beach is dead again, for the moment. “The Aldermuir group will continue, more than ever,” said Gary Morrison, president and founder of the Vancouver based Livewell Cohousing after a Qualicum Beach committee of the whole meeting Thursday in which council recommended rejecting their development proposal. “But at this moment we’ll all take the weekend off, enjoy the sunshine and think about options and next steps,” he said. After concerns about setbacks from a protected wetland at the previous council meeting, proponents reduced the proposal from 61 to 52 units and increased the setbacks on the 20-acre property at the corner of Laburnum and Claymore roads. Coun. Anne Skipsey said the proposal goes against the town’s OCP and council’s commitment to the environment. Council voted 4-1, refusing to forward the rezoning application onto the next regular council meeting. Watch The NEWS for more on the ongoing story.
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BEACHFEST WINNERS: Marielle Heesel from the Netherlands and David Ducharme from Winlaw, B.C. were giddy at taking both the competitors’ and judges’ first place in the doubles category in the weekend’s Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville with their sculpture “My Better Half.” See more photos on page A5 and online at www.facebook.
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