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Powerfully posh wheels for cruising Primrose Hill Chorley cakes, Curly Wurlys and Jelly London, England – Rollers, Bentleys and Babies, to name but a few calorieLambos are as plentiful as shopping carts packed treats, I headed over to the less at the local Morrisons supermarket in this than elite area of Camden Town, where exclusive and expensive residential area hippies still roam. That was a mistake. of the old country’s capital city. Traffic wasn’t stopped but all four lanes The posh wheels in which I tooled around were chock-a-block and merely moving Primrose Hill for a week was not to be one block took seemed to take an found anywhere but the drive of my eternity. Thank goodness for the ‘creep temporary city home, blocks away from It’s like one of on demand’ feature, which kicks in with where the late, great Amy Winehouse a light touch of the accelerator and spent her final sad days. The 2016 those darn Yankee takes the car smoothly up to 14 km/h. BMW M6 Gran Coupe, the base price cars…too long for I should have been so lucky to reach here in Canada is $129,000, distracted my coach house,” he such a top speed. well-dressed locals from their windowchuckled and strode I was concerned that one of those evershopping. Some shed the coolness and weaving London taxis would remove stroked the ‘bonnet’ of the machine, off into the book a coat of paint from the Gran Coupe. which conceals the massive 4.4-litre store before I could Needn’t have worried. Well, at least, not M turbocharged, 560 horsepower, V8 about the cabs. engine. It’s sporty looks, racy carbon fibre comment. A glance in my rear view mirror, alerted roof and large air intakes had signalled to Keith Morgan me to a cyclist speedily approaching. them its power. The two-wheeler decided we motorists were all going A few guys, one of whom looked like one of those too slowly for him. Just as the motorized battalion famous Brit actors whose name you can never picked up a bit of speed he whipped by me on the remember, broke silence and asked me what it was. right. To avoid a collision with a fast ‘approaching’ Well, they knew it was a Bimmer but wondered at its central pedestrian island he cut in front of me. I veered length. to the left and curbed the car. He took off, oblivious “It’s like one of those darn Yankee cars…too damned to the costly damage he had caused to the low profile long for my coach house,” he chuckled and strode off wheels on the passenger side. into the book store before I could comment. Time to get out of town and put those 560 horses to Yes, at almost five metres in length it was one heck better use on the motorway. Where would the local of a challenge to park at the aforementioned food gentry spend the weekend? Ah yes, the British Grand emporium, protruding considerably into the space Prix at Silverstone, a drive of around 90 minutes. It behind. But it was worth the effort because that was a chance to renew my acquaintance with F1 cavernous trunk, I mean ‘boot’ was ideal for stashing driver Sebastian Vettel, as a guest of Ferrari team the huge quantity of sweet confectionary my kids sponsor Shell. Having him at the wheel might have insist I purchase every time I visit the land of my birth. been more thrilling but while I didn’t push the pedal Pleased as punch with my purchase of malt loaf,
Growers: ‘pretty close to shutting us down’ AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
An industry worth as much as $16 million to the regional economy has been hit by an oyster recall. “The CFIA (Canada Food Inspection Agency) has taken the easiest route and blamed the farmers, but our product isn’t the sole cause of this shutdown,” executive director of the B.C. Shellfish Growers’ Association, Roberta Stevenson, told The NEWS. Last week the CFIA issued a recall for oysters harvested in B.C. before Aug. 19 and intended for raw consumption, due to a risk of contamination by vibrio parahaemolyticus, but Stevenson said shellfish farmers don’t deserve all the blame. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority had issued a public health warning about raw oysters in restaurants the week before. “That’s had a huge impact on us, pretty close to shutting us down,” said Sean Reid, president of the Bowser based Stellar Bay Shellfish. He said about 80 per cent of their product is shipped to the U.S. and the new B.C. testing requirements would delay things about three days, which is too long for fresh seafood. “That’s really cut off our access to the market. These are supposed to be temporary measures, but there is no indication from CFIA what will happen,” he said. He said they are making their case to the agency that it shouldn’t apply to companies like theirs that haven’t had any reports of illness or bad test results. “We’re working with the CFIA to try and ship product to the U.S. to wait there while we wait for the test results.” See MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE, page A6
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to the metal, I did cause the horses to break into more than a gallop – zero to 100 km/h in just over 4.2 seconds. The Gran Coupe purrs along and effortlessly breezes by anything you choose it to pass. The sevenspeed Steptronic tranny offers seamless movement between the gears. I’m not the biggest fan of gearshift paddles but it was fun playing with them on a busy stretch close to my destination. Approaching the track, traffic slowed and for the first time I had time to admire the beautifully stitched leather interior and controls layout, all of which are definitely all ergonomically correct. The cockpit display takes its cues from the driving mode selected using the Driving Dynamics Control switch, the graphics and colors of the displays indicating clearly which of the COMFORT, ECO PRO and SPORT settings has been engaged. Very cool. And it’s loaded with every safety warning system you can think of: lane departure, pedestrian and collision warning. A mad cyclist warning system capable of evasive action would be a worthy addition for 2017. Write to keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
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A view from Primrose Hill in London
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WORLD MUSIC FUN: Errington World Music Youth Camp participants explored the sound of the djembe drums from West Africa this month. Above, instructor Fana Soro teaches student Shilo Hawey some of the finer points.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN MID-ISLAND COMMUNITIES
Why do levels vary so much? CANDACE WU
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Parksville mayor Marc Lefebvre said he’s been flooded with questions about varying water restrictions
within the regional district — and he’s seeking some standardization. “I’ve been getting some different comments regarding the levels of water conservation, they don’t seem
to be equal in all places of the RDN,” Lefebvre told staff and board members at the regular Regional District of Nanaimo meeting Tuesday night. See ANIMAL CONTROL, page A6