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Judges reserve Earthquake rattles decision beds buton fails to pipeline startle appeal nerves By

By Stacey Quinn Marple Bender Haida Haida Gwaii GwaiiObserver Observer

The early morning of Friday April 24, have Three Federal Appeal Court judges Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake of 6.1 reserved their decision on whether to magnitude.

No tsunami warnings were issued quash the federal government’s approval after theNorthern earthquake.

The epicentre of the of the Gateway pipeline, or let it quake stand.was approximately 167 km south of the Village of Queen Beginning Oct.Charlotte.

1, The Council of the SomeNation, residentsalong of Haida Haida withGwaii sevenreported other objects shaking and windows rattling, but no First Nations, serious damage or injuries were reported. environmental As the islands groups and a of Haida Gwaii all have unique geological qualities, the effects of an labour union earthquake vary from island to island. took their can turns Every community reported feeling the quake in in a Vancouver different ways. courtroom to Queen Charlotte Village which has a rock argue the base gov-didn’t feel the quake as much as the residents ernment failedof the northern parts of Graham island.

Tlell and north is mostly a sand based to get Aboriginal area and feels almost every quake that happens. consent for the - First Nations Shirley Wilson reportedcoalition project and did of Skidegate feeling the earthquake.

“I was sitting in my not properly conbed heard the house creak.” After siderwhen the Iimpact the initialhave creakon she felt her bed start rocking it could and noticed her ornaments rocking. “The the environment. ornaments rocked for a whileGateway after the quake Proponents of Northern stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer. “My stressed overturning the environmental son and brother who were also in the approval certificates could kill thehouse project didn’t feel the earthquake at all.” all together.

Barry Pages of Masset, of chalthe The applicants set outdirector 18 legal Skeena-Queen Charlotte District lenges detailed throughRegional more than 350 said he felt the quake but because it was fairly pages. short he wasn’t concerned. he of Amoung the too arguments is aHowever, challenge added, “This is a reminder to every one to be the approval based on future consultations prepared.” and spill mitigation plans yet to be estabEarthquakes are nothing new to Haida lished.

Gwaii.

The quake comes justout weeks The arguments also lay the after Jointa study identi ed Haida as ground on zerothe Review Panel’s errorGwaii of proceeding for the next major seismic event on the west assumption the chances of a spill were coast. low, and it was therefore unnecessary to This recent earthquake doesn’t qualify as engage in a detailed examination of the the big one predict, as it was smaller impacts of scientists a large spill. than even some of the aftershocks after thein7.7 “The JRP acted beyond its mandate magnitude earthquake in 2012. concluding that the risk associated with weekend thatwas Haida Gwaii got a The largesame marine oil spill ‘manageable’ hit this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated andby ‘acceptable,’ reads a summary of by a 7.8 magnitude written arguments.event.

Earthquakes between a 6.0 and a 6.9 are on Page 2 considered a strong onSee theAPPEAL Richter scale.

“The JRP was an adversarial, quasi-judicial tribunal....”

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More bark than bite, the remnants of Hurricane Oho passed over Haida Gwaii without causing serious damage.

Submitted photo Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3

Islands fare well through Oho’s storms Search and rescue suspended after Day 3

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer

By Quinn Bender The remnants of Hurricane Oho Haida Gwaii Observer delivered its best punch to Haida Gwaii last week, but it was far from the knockThe search for Kumdis Ilsand resiout blow meteorologists were afraid of. dent, Brent Hendren, was suspended BC Hydro reported power outages in last weekend following one of Haida Queen Charlotte due to downed trees Gwaii’s largest search and rescue on the power lines, affecting no more operations in more than 25 years. than 20 customers periodically through“I know for a fact that if he was out the weekend. alive out there we would have found Port Clements suffered an outage him. There’s no chance we would also due to a downed tree, affecting 379 have missed him. The community customers over a four-hour period. The should know we did everything we impacts however were mitigated by the possibly could to find him,” said early-morning timeframe of 5 a.m Chris Ashurst, SAR manager with Arguably the most significant effect Archipelago Ground Search and Rescue and deputy unit leader with

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“It was pretty snotty out there.”

“I know for a fact that if he was- Greg alive Martin out there we would have found him.”

of the storm was the cancellation of Thursday’s ferry run from Prunce - ChrispassenAshurst Rupert to Skidegate, stranding gers and cargo on the mainland for three days until the next sailing on Sunday, Oct. 11. BC Ferries added an additional Massett Marine day.

Rescue. run the following Mr. Hendren, 27, was Oho last hit seen The remnants of Hurricane rowing out to his Kumdis Island cabin rental with supplies Sunday

Haida Gwaii on the evening of Friday, Oct. 9, brining heavy rain and strong winds of up to 110 morning, April 18.km/h.

He missed dinner As Oho moved off island plans with friends later and thattravnight. elled north, it triggered other The following Tuesdaystorms Masset that punctuated the aThanksgiving long RCMP received missing persons weekend with equally heavy winds and report, which led to the discovery periodic bouts of dense rain.

Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and Oho peakedsouth as a Category 2 hurrioverturned of Watun River cane roughly 500 kilometres of near Pure Lake Provincialeast Park.

Hawaii, as it bore down on Haida “It is but strongly believed that Brent Gwaii it lost most of its power in the drowned when his rowboat capsized cooler waters. west ofnorthern Kumdis Island,” Mr. Ashurst This was the first major of the said. “This is based onstorm information season, and which seemed to gather from witnesses, the location of the capmore from media sized attention vessel, and themainland distribution of his than concern from islands residents. personal effects along the shoreline.

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OHO from Page 1 Responding to television news requests Masset Mayor Andrew Merilees suggested islanders have a higher thresh hold for storms, and are for the most part well prepared for natural disasters, adding the biggest impact of Oho was the cancellation of the ferry sailing.

“People are certainly talking about it, but it’s nothing unusual for Haida Gwaii to get some very strong storms.

I think the surfers are very excited about it … the locals aren’t diminishing it, but it is par for the course of living in such a beautiful area.”

In Queen Charlotte council and staff inquired with residents on any impacts of the storm, but beyond some fallen trees and branches, found little concern but for two creeks that almost overflowed their banks, which Public Works attended to.

Mayor Greg Martin agreed

“It’s nothing unusual for Haida Gwaii to get some very strong storms.”

- Andrew Merilees

with Mr. Merilees, that the cancellation of the BC Ferry sailing due to winds reaching close to 50 knots, had the most impact on Haida Gwaii.

“I’m not blaming them for not sailing into a bad forecast—it was pretty snotty out there,” he said. “But stores can’t get their goods and people can’t get their freight.

That’s the biggest problem.”

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“Canada relied to the extent possible on the JRP to carry out consultation, but the JRP was an adversarial, quasi-judicial tribunal that functioned as a oneway information gathering process, which could not accommodate back-andforth discussions between First nations and Canada.”

During the Vancouver proceedings, lawyers for the respondents asked the judges for creative remedies to address First Nations concerns without quashing the environmental certificates and putting at risk the almost half-billion dollars spent on the project to date, according to the Canadian Press.

For Haida Gwaii and communities all along the 1,200 kilometres of proposed twin

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pipelines, applicants told the court the risk posed

by Northern Gateway was unprecedented, that never have they faced a threat on this scale from a single project.

Te r r i - Ly n n Wi l l i a m s Davidson counsel for the Council of Haida Nation, focused her arguments on the distinctiveness o f H a i d a ’s l e g a l p o s i tion, according to West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL). Ms. WilliamsDavidson said Canada was wrong to use a generic, onesize-fits-all consultation process for the unique First Nations involved.

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“These distinct Haida agreements created a unique relationship between the Haida and the Crown and a heightened duty to consult with the Haida that was not met because the Crown maintained these agreements did not apply in the case of decision-making about Northern Gateway.”

“She ended by noting that the court has a duty to learn about Indigenous legal traditions and urged the Panel to find space for the Haida legal order.”

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Port’s problematic Yakoun Lane added to strategic plan

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer After 30 years of issues with a poorly designed subdivision in Port Clements may receive the tender loving care requested by residents who live on Yakoun Lane. The Kaien Consumers Credit Union Subdivision was developed in 1978 and the village and residents have struggled with drainage and erosion in the lane that offers access to roughly half of the homes.

Greg and Elizabeth Stewart who live on the affected lane have been asking council to fix issues for years.

“Once again we urge the Village to restore the original ditch line and to consider establishing a sloped surface to ensure proper drainage away from the residences,” - Doug Daugert the couple said in a letter to council.

They provided a list of concerns on the state of the lane, which the council addressed at the last council meeting Oct. 5.

“Over the years since the upgrade and realignment, sections of the ditch have inadvertently been filled in with debris, causing the ditch to become ineffective. The vegetation has now grown into the ditchline, markedly restricting the width of the lane that is accessible to traffic.” Ms. Stewart has asked the village to restore the ditch to enable proper drainage and to bring the lane back to the standard 16-foot width.

Council spoke of the history of the work done on the lane and talked with the head of the Public Works department in regards of trimming the alder trees that have grown around the lane.

A 1990 survey revealed the lane was narrower than the established standard of 16 feet, forcing the properties on the west side of the lane to use part of their properties as a laneway to gain safe access.

Between 1999 and 2003, village crews restored and upgraded the lane to the minimum standard lane width, realignment and surface gravelling and complete ditching of the east side. The restoration saw an increased volume of surface runoff at the north end of the lane which had been elevated, and enters onto the properties and homes causing further frustration with the residents.

“It is what it is: it is a messy situation because the lane is pretty narrow and the properties are developed right to it. There isn’t a lot of room there for change,” Councillor Doug Daugert said.

“I am fearful that there is going to be major issues if we don’t do something—either grade the road so it slopes away from the houses, [or] maintaining the mini ditch there, something has to be done,” Councillor Charleen O’Brien Anderson said.

Council made a motion to have the Alders trimmed and put a minimal ditch and put the issue on the strategic plan for 2016. They also resolved to replace the signage that went missing years ago.

“If we put it on strategic planning for January 2016 and if we make this our first priority in our strategic planning discussion, we could then move fairly early in 2016 with whatever step we next decide,” CAO Kim Mushynsky said.

Council passed the motion with all votes in favour of the changes for the Lane.

“It is a messy situation because the lane is pretty narrow....”

Submitted by Jody Grange

I’m very sad to announce our Mascot Moe aged seven years passed in peace Oct. 10 at his home on Haida Gwaii. He was raised on South Beach Gardens where he remained happy and well loved all his life. He was preceded in death by his three wives Eni, Meanie and Miney. Moe’s fans and visitors were many, he was always ready to puff up and put on a show for them. Moe was also an accomplished Soccer player which earned him a pardon in 2010. Everyone knew Moe had an eye for the ladies (I was his favourite) and he remained frisky to the end with his 4th wife Dolly. Moe would sit on my stairs in the evening when it was bedtime—so I could walk him to the pen and tuck him in. I’ll never forget him trying to put Rick’s shoes on and countless other happy memories. He was one in a million. You were a good boy Moe and I’m going to miss you answering my calls. RIP

Masset moves emergency evacuation site

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer The emergency evacuation site in Masset has changed from where it was at the seven-mile gravel pit, just 11 km south of Masset. The new muster station is located two kilometers south of the current site. The change of venue was necessary to accommodate the high volume of emergency responders comfortably.

“After we had the two drills this year, there was far too much congestion at the top of the hill where the first aid post is,” Masset Mayor Andrew Merilees said. “It was determined that two kilometers further down the road, there is a big area that the Ministry of Transportation has cleared and has a allowed us to use.”

The new site will eventually receive a shelter and portapotties, for which the village is now seeking funding.

On Oct. 15 the Great B.C. Shakeout provided an opportunity to conduct a dry run of the

“There was far too much congestion [at the old site].”

- Andrew Marilees

new site. At press time the village, hospital and several other organizations were planning to participating in the earthquake-preparedness drill, evacuating the town in the process.

Yesterday, Oct. 15,a mock evacuation was planned. In the event of a real emergency the village is now advising residents to follow the emergency evacuation route south along Highway 16, following the Emergency Service Personnel w h i c h m a y b e R C M P, F i r e Department, Canadian Rangers and Village Staff or other community Groups.

When possible the Village of Masset will issue an evacuation order to its residents; however,

if a large earthquake lasts for more than a minute, residents are advised not to wait for an evacuation order, but gather emergency kits and leave immediately along the designated route.

Notice of an evacuation will be issued on the village’s website and through their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The emergency siren will also be triggered to alert the public of an evacuation.

During an evacuation it is not advised to stop along the roadway. Proceed to the identified location following the posted tsunami evacuation route signs in a safe and orderly manner.

If you do not drive a vehicle yourself, it is suggested to have a plan with family or friends to transport you to the evacuation site. If those contingency plans fail, the village urges the public to go to the Howard Philips Hall on Cook street, where the village is also asking residents with vehicles to stop and pick up anyone they can accommodate.

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Sometime around 57,000 years ago Haida Gwaii looked much different from the rainforest, deers and bears we see today.

A new discovery at Cape Ball in the Naikoon Park may point to evidence of large lumbering mammoths in the area during the second to last ice age.

Early this month Dr. Rolf Mathewes of the department of Biological Sciences at SFU made the announcement, after working on the Cape Ball site for close to 30 years.

“I still haven’t found the Holy Grail but I’m finding lots of good stuff,” he says.

The Holy Grail would be evidence of a continuously ice-free area on Haida Gwaii. If there was ever such a site where plants and animals and maybe even humans could survive an ice age, it would be an area that is now sunken under Hecate Strait.

The new findings indicated that it was mostly a tundra like landscape.

“If it wasn’t covered by ice you would have had a lot of plants that were adapted to cold climates like mountain-top plants—arctic plants could have survived during that.

That is exactly what I found when I looked at the fossil pollen at the Cape Ball sea cliffs at this new site we discovered, not from the last ice age but from the previous glaciation,” Dr. Mathewes said.

Haida Gwaii would have been one large continuous land mass, twice the size it is today during the height of the ice ages.

“You could have walked from Prince Rupert to Port Clements, if you wanted to, but we don’t know exactly how much ice cover there was over that dry land mass,” Dr. Mathewes explained. “There is good evidence that along much of the southern edge of South Moresby and southern Graham island, that the

mainland ice did not come across all the way to but-up against the Haida Gwaii ice sheet, leaving an area,that could have served as a biological refuge,” The proof is in the fungi. Dungloving fungi to be exact. Evidence of fungi spore took Dr. Mathewes by surprise as he was looking for fossilized pollen.

“The only evidence of the mammoth is the dung-loving fungi,” Dr, Mathewes said. “It was something that we were not looking for at the time.” These spores are indicators of large amounts of animal poop, which was a part of a peat which is mostly sedges and grasses, and could have been a water sources, due to the amount of the spores. “They have been well studied so this is a really tight connection,” Dr. Mathewes said.

“There is lots of evidence at Cape Ball that keeps turning up new material. Because we don’t come back every year, with winter storms, and you never know what will pop out.”

“Someone needs to be there every year looking to see if any mammoths tusks or bones of some kind start popping up. We haven’t seen any yet.”

While there has been no mammoths or any other large mammal fossils found of Haida Gwaii, the hope is real. “It is the first time that anybody can actually date the glaciation that preceded the last one.”

“The animals were clearly there, we don’t know what they are. They could have been caribou, They could been bison .... They could have been mammoths.”

We just don’t know. That is the mystery to follow up on,” he explained. “The environment tells me that if there was an elephant-like animal present at 57,000 years ago it would have been a mammoth and not a mastodon.”

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Tax exemption saves social housing unit

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer The Queen Charlotte Heritage Housing Society has received the municipality’s vital assistance to keep all three of its low-income family homes available to those in need.

For the past nine years the society has rented the homes to low-income families at below market rents. The only financial support the society has received was a one-time renovation grant from BC Housing. But from that point on it has incurred all the costs for administration, insurance, maintenance and repairs, essential services like electricity and water and property taxes.

A recent assessment - Jo-Anne MacMullin revealed the society was loosing about $2,800 per year on rent subsidies and maintenance.

Faced with the option of either raising rents above what the tenants can afford, or selling one of the homes to reduce operating costs, the society approached the village with a request for a permissive tax exemption on the three properties.

Council received the request at its Oct. 6 regular meeting and gave it their unanimous approval.

“This is a good thing to do for social housing,” said Councilor Jo-Anne MacMullin.

“What choice do we have if we don’t want to lose it? If anything we need more of it.”

Until now the society was able to cover its costs by renting a separate building for provincial mental health and addictions services.

When those services are transferred to the new hospital early next year, the society is looking ahead to cover that small financial loss.

The village’s tax exemption will save the society an estimated $3,800 in the 2016 municipal tax year.

The homes were transferred to the Queen Charlotte Heritage Housing Society form Fisheries and Ocean’s Canada in 2006 on at the agreement they be rented to “those in danger of homelessness.”

Council had no objections over the exemptions as long as all the houses were occupied and used to their full potential. Councilor Ellen Cranston raised a concern over currently known vacancies in low-income houses, but council quickly determined the properties were managed by different organizations based out of Vancouver and Victoria.

“They’re being run at a double-arms’ length,” said Mayor Greg Martin. “They don’t seem to have a handle on the maintenance or the management.”

Mr. Martin brought these under-utilized, provincially-subsidized homes to the attention of the minister responsible at the recent UBCM convention, who according to Mr. Martin “was not pleased and was going to look into it.”

“What choice do we have ... if anything, we need more of it.”

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Hospital Day total nears $20,000

By Evelyn von Almassy Haida Gwaii Observer Through the efforts of the all the volunteers before, during and after Hospital Day June 20 in Queen Charlotte, the tally is finally in.

Precicely $19,872 was raised at this years event, with proceeds going to various health care programs on Haida Gwaii.

Hospital day is the oldest community holiday on Haida Gwaii, which celebrated it’s 107th anniversary this year. The actual amount raised hit an impressive sum of $31,589, but close to $12,000 went out in expenses. The final number is similar to most years.

Historically, hospital day was the sole provider new monies to the hospital. But since the province now handles that, proceeds are used to purchase healthcare equipment for the various health programs all over the islands. Masset needs new physiotherapy equipment, and last year ophthalmology equipment was purchased to replace the outdated devices. Other equipment such as birthing beds and monitors have also been purchased in the past.

Ellen Cranston, the outgoing chair of the Hospital Day Committee and administration and physician recruitment officer at the hospital, has been on island for only six-anda-half years, but says she is deeply attached to the tradition of this event.

She adds people who were born here, and people who have come here,

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The Village of Queen Charlotte’s float celebrateing the ‘stayin’alive theme at this years hospital day.

constantly tell her Hospital Day can be better than Christmas.

“I would like to keep it that way,” I just want to have Christmas in June.”

Looking ahead to next year, Crystal Holdershaw, who was voted in as the new chair of the hospital committee said the committee will be a planning session in October to look at new policies that would allow more outside vendors participate, and being more inclusive, rather than exclusive in general. There is a real good core of volunteers, young people are getting more involved, and there are lots of community groups large enough to ask

people to volunteer their time in shifts.

The Living and Learning School, the school board, teachers, the Northern Savings Credit Union are some of the groups that make the day happen. “Kelly’s crew” does the lunch, the firefighters do the pancake breakfast, and the Lions Club does the dart throw. Individuals such as Dr. Tracey Morton have been doing the paper airplane toss, Reine Pineault does the silent auction, Karl Puls is the traditional auctioneer, Sharon Schultz and Greg Martin are both long-time volunteers. People volunteer to make pies, and salmon

Officials, public scramble to raise sinking boat

By Stacey Maprle Haida Gwaii Observer The vessel, Amazing Grace, was in the final moments of a slow submersion Sept. 23 as Village CAO Kim Mushynsky tried to contact the proper officials, but by noon it was declared as sunk by the public works office.

“I am uncertain exactly what the problem was with the Amazing Grace that caused it to sink – my speculation is simply age and lack of maintenance,” Ms. Mushynsky said in an email to the Observer.

The Pollution Response Center was contacted at 12:30 and advised of the sinking as an oil slick developed. The village deployed what they had for soaker pads and booms to contain it, but had to retrieve the proper supplies from Masset before the rigid booms could be put in place about three hours after the vessel sank.

Problems with the vessel were known for a long time. For two years, pumps had been running to keep the influx of water to a minimum. About 5-6 weeks prior to the sinking the

“It looked like it was going to destroy the dock.”

- Kim Mushynsky

boat looked like it was going to go under, but the owner, Tom Stewart, managed to remedy that.

The night of the sinking the head of the Public Works department Sean O’Donoghue received a call at home reporting that the boat had slipped under the dock as the tide receded, placing tremendous strain on the dock and putting it at risk of major damage. Mr. Stewart and some dedicated patrons of the small craft harbour worked together to secure pumps and get the boat righted to move it away from the dock.

“It looked like it was going to destroy the dock but due to some quick maneuvering they were able to avoid this,” explained Ms. Mushynski.

In the morning, the vessel appeared

to be floating again. The pumps were shut off while Mr. Stewart was on site monitoring the situation. Ms. Mushynsky contacted the Pollution Response team in Prince Rupert regarding the supplies the village had to borrow. Three lengths of rigid boom, one anchor, which has gone missing, and a dozen garbage bags were supplied to the village from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

The Coast Guard Pollution Response was informed that the situation was resolved and there was no cause for a response.

The DFO told the Observer that a container fully stocked with spill equipment is located in Masset, which RCMP will access for anyone who needs it. The DFO clarified that all small craft harbours on Haida Gwaii have equipment for clean up on site and certain people have received training for these situations.

The Amazing Grace was dismantled and removed from the small craft harbour by locals in arrangement with Mr. Stewart. He will also be responsible for any costs owing to the DFO for the cleanup efforts.

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October 7, 2010 BC municipalities have voted resoundingly in favour of Queen Charlotte’s anti-Enbridge resolutions at the UBCM conference in Whistler.

Charlotte councillors brought forward two resolutions: one was for UBCM to petition the federal government to establish a bulk crude oil traffic moratorium and the other was to oppose tar sands oil being shipped in pipelines across Northern BC.

October 20,2005 BC Ferries was warning customers that it was getting ready to ask for another fuel surcharge - for the second time in less than six months.

Prices on most routes were also going up on Nov. 1 as part of the regularly-scheduled increase. On the Kwuna, the Nov. 1 increase will raise the cost of a vehicle by 55 cents and the cost of a passenger by 25 cents.

October 5, 1995 Hospital board member Delina Myles said that Islanders shouldn’t buy a portable ultrasound machine without carefully considering whether a more expensive, stationary model might be more suitable. However, chief of staff Dr. Heffernan said islands’ communities are getting tired of waiting for a standard piece of equipment which is available in most obstetricians’ offices.

Oct. 10,1985 The Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary, Unit 66 of Queen Charlotte City was planning to convene a two day course on Basic Search and Rescue on October 19 and 20, Marc Pakenham, a qualified Canadian Coast Guard Instructor from Vancouver, was the instructor. Topics covered were search patterns, hypothermia, boating safety, radio operations, and practical marine safety.

Editorial

Why are fewer young people voting?

Taking a look at the headline above, most would expect to read a stirring defence of voting, and a call to action to those between 18 and 30 to head out to the ballot boxes come this Oct. 19.

But it’s a serious question. What good will it do young people to vote? Look at the rhetoric in this election. Let’s put aside the big issues Islanders are most concerned about, and focus on just one.

The party leaders all talk about youth issues, and usually they’ll throw out some kind of college tuition plan, maybe some job training programs. The Greens have offered the most ambitious plan, with interest-free student loans and hard caps on student debt. The NDP also wants to phase out student loan interest (over seven years) and increase student grants, the Conservatives are talking about helping with RESP contributions – which only helps if your parents have money to save – and the Liberals are

touting a “Learning Passport” that would give $4,000 to $6,000 to high school grads, but spread out over four years.

But when it comes to “youth issues” most parties don’t have much to say beyond a few snippets of educational reform.

What they’re mostly focused on are two endlessly repeated mantras: “the middle class” and “families.”

But for those under 30 neither the middle class nor family are rallying cries.

More and more people are starting families later, and having fewer children when they do. More and more people are stretching out their time in school or living with their parents because they can’t find good jobs.

All the parties say they want to address the economy, but they’ve been saying that since we still used one-dollar bills.

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Maybe there’s a very good reason for young people not to vote: they don’t have a stake big enough in our society to pick a side.

Once you have some social and financial equity – a job, kids, and especially some real estate – governments are eager to crowd around and offer to help, or at least to try to not make things actively worse for you.

Beyond that, older people may remember a time when parties were much, much more different from one another.

This campaign has actually seen some stark differences in approach, but the parties are still crowded around the centre.

The problem isn’t that young people are lazy or disengaged or any of the other insults regularly lobbed at them. If politicians care about the youth vote, give them a reason to mark an X.

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Gwaii Trust plays part in our national network of community foundations By errol winter Executive director

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because I just want Harper out. I am supportive for NDP but would vote Liberal.”

“I don’t follow politics that closely.”

“I’m not sure, maybe.”

“Yes. For this election

Anne Barnes Tlell “I would, if the party of my choice had no chance of getting in and there was a lesser of two evils.”

Letters to the Editor Pipeline politics and the 2015 election Dear Editor, In early 2012, then Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver warned that “environmental and other radical groups” were undermining Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and other efforts to diversify Canada’s export markets.

If anything, Oliver’s letter only inflamed opposition to the pipeline. In the months that followed, mass protests dogged National Energy Board (NEB) hearings, reflecting deep concerns about spills on land and at sea.

Flash forward three years and pipelines are facing major hurdles in every direction, including Eight BC First Nations’ court challenge against the federal government’s 2014 decision to approve Northern Gateway. The case will be fundamental to the future of pipelines in the context of First Nations rights and title.

Surprisingly, Election 2015 has failed to give expression to pipeline concerns at the federal level.

None of the main three parties has ruled out new bitumen pipelines. Prime Minister Harper backs all pipeline projects, and has deployed considerable government resources to advance them.

The Liberals and NDP are unified in opposition to Northern Gateway, while being publicly open to other options. Both have argued that the Conservatives’ shredding of environmental regulations is to blame for failure to get new pipelines online, while restoration of environmental regulation would build the “social license” to proceed.

In 2015, it is clear that no one wants a bitumen pipeline running through their backyard. And given the terrible safety record of the industry, with thousands of spills over the past decade, why would they?

The nature of pipeline and tanker operations over rugged terrain and ocean conditions means it is not a question of if there will be a spill, but when and how bad. One recent estimate from Simon Fraser University put the potential economic damages from a major spill in Vancouver at $2 to 5 billion.

Even absent a spill, hundreds of oil tankers plying the BC coast would be disruptive to already existing fishing and tourism jobs. Meanwhile, local benefits in the form of new jobs tend to be minuscule, once the construction phase is over.

While provincial governments have not rejected pipelines outright, they have responded to protest by stating conditions for approving them. The BC government has five conditions, including safety and spill response measures, addressing First Nations legal rights and title, and receiving a fair share of the fiscal and economic benefits.

Beyond spills, addressing climate change must also shape our decision-making. The world is marching towards a new climate agreement in Paris later this year, while scientists have warned that most of the world’s proven fossil fuel reserves (and Canada’s oil sands) will need to stay underground. If greenhouse gas impacts were considered in NEB hearings, as recommended by the NDP, any serious review would likely reject them as inconsistent with climate action.

In the end, all the pipeline delays may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for investors. As former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned, multi-billion-dollar fossil fuel infrastructure risks becoming a “stranded asset” as the world transitions to clean energy sources.

Sincerely, Marc Lee Senior economist, BC office Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Please send your letters to the editor to editor@haidagwaiiobserver.com. We will always give preference to letters submitted by islands residents.

here are almost 200 community foundations across Canada, all committed to leveraging their resources to help build healthy, strong and caring communities. Our umbrella organization, Community Foundations of Canada, counts members in every province and the Northwest Territories. Together, these foundations hold more than $4 billion in assets. In 2011, they gave out a combined total of $154 million in grants for community programs and services.

How does the Gwaii Trust fit into this picture? Like other foundations, we seek to bring environmentally sustainable social and economic benefits to our community. Established in 1994, we’re not exactly new on the scene, but we also haven’t been established as long as some. But we do have significant assets, especially in light of our relatively small population. Our fund, which is carefully sheltered from the effects of inflation, is currently worth about $80 million. To put that in perspective, consider the Nanaimo Foundation, which has about $3 million and serves a population of 84,000; or the Salt Spring Island Foundation, which has $6 million and serves a population of 10,000. The Victoria Foundation, one of the oldest in the country, has assets of about $260 million – three times as much as the Gwaii Trust – but it serves a community of over 300,000. That’s more than 60 times as many people as live on Haida Gwaii. As you can imagine, the Gwaii Trust has enormous capacity to make a difference in our small community. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so far and looking forward to further refining our programs so that we can use our resources as effectively as possible.

As part of our recent five-year review process, we collected some important baseline socio-economic information about Haida Gwaii to help us figure out what kind of challenges are communities are facing, and what kind of impact our grants are having.

According to BC Stats, we have lost 1,400 people since our population peaked in 1996; the most recent population estimate for Haida Gwaii is 4,370, and this number is projected to stay about the same over the next two decades. But while our population has grown smaller, it has also grown older. There’s been a large decline in the number of people under 30, a smaller decline in the number of people under 60, and an actual increase in the number of people over 60 living here. This demographic shift has important implications for our overall health, and what kind of services our communities will need in the future. In addition, islanders face some health challenges compared to other residents of BC. Our life expectancy at birth is 77.2 years, compared to a provincial average of 82.3.

This is just a snapshot of the kind of information our directors will be considering as they strategize what the Gwaii Trust should focus on for the next few years. We’ve made a few changes and we’ll be making more decisions in the next little while about how we can continue making a positive impact in our community and a real difference in the lives of islanders.

The Gwaii Trust update is a collaborative promotional venture by the Gwaii Trust Society and the Haida Gwaii Observer.

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Heartfelt thanks and remembrance of Brent

By Christy “Conch” Konschuh Special to the Observer When Brent’s mom left on plane out of Masset on April 26th, I lingered for the take off. I will never forget that feeling.

I learned from her that she came utterly undone inside the plane as she saw me leaning on the chain link fence.

Due to fundraising on behalf of some of my dearest friends, I was able to afford the trip out to Woodstock, Ontario for Brent’s Celebration of Life. Close to 400 people who were impacted by Brent attended the event and surrounded the Hendren family.

Guests in attendance of the memorial lit lanterns that sailed through the sky.

Many camped overnight and I stuck around and learned everything I could about Brent’s life before he traveled to

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this edge of the world.

I have come to fully understand why Brent fell in love with Haida Gwaii and the cabin on Kumdis Island.

Soon after my return to Haida Gwaii, Dave and Jayna (Brent’s parents) drove out to this special part of the world. They worked hard to adjust this wild land and on account of the generous support of key community members, a difficult trip was made into an adventure. The accommodations at Budgies Backpackers Hostel with Alan Lore, the tour of the Masset Inlet by the Lavoie family and her Majestys’ RCMP helped us gain perspective and answer some unanswerable questions. Emotional completion is unlikely when a loved one is lost. I watched their ferry leave Skidegate and I realized there is no atonement for parents who’ve lost their child.

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In discussion with the owner of the cabin on Kumdis, I have been granted an extended stay with an eye on creating a therapeutic wellness retreat for locals and visitors to Haida Gwaii. First thing is first, I needed to greatly reduce the mouse population.

Thankfully, the Lavoie family happened to have two excellent mousers who now look after the cabin when I am not there. They represent my commitment to healing on Haida Gwaii.

Each day that I leave the cabin, I rely on other drivers to help me along the highway. Without a doubt, hitchhiking on this island is the best way to meet people. Every time I thumb down a ride, I soon learn about how each of you has been impacted by Brent.

Grief is different for all of us. Whenever I meet the people of this island who were a part of the search,who once gave Brent a ride, shared some food or were impacted by his love of this wild land, I am reconnected to him.

Part of me is still waiting for him.

Meanwhile, I bring folks to Kumdis and

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Brent Hendren sleeps on the land he came to love for only a very short time.

we share stories. I am uplifted by those of you who share time with me and speak your heart to the scenario. On Oct. 17 it will be six months since Brent went missing. If you were a part of the search, if he or his story touched your life, I invite you to light a candle, light the fire and send some love up with the smoke to the Hendren’s, or to any residual grief that you may have from your life.

Six months later, I am so grateful that Brent Hendren came into my life. Dave and Jayna stay in touch and I know they want to send you their heartfelt appreciation.

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Nesbitt in attendance for Prince Rupert debates “People think Conservatives aren’t passionate. That couldn’t be further from the truth,� Nesbitt said.

Niqab Debate Cullen and Nesbitt battled over the recent niqab debate that is garnering headlines nation-wide. Cullen noted that the issue of a woman covering her face for religious reasons during a citizenship ceremony is “Distraction Politics 101� only affecting two women in the country and is “dog whistle tactics�. He stated that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are being upheld in court, but not by the government [who challenged a judge’s decision to not ban the niqab on Muslim women during the ceremony].

Nesbitt said it is appropriate to show your face and that the timing of a judge’s ruling with different political leanings and the subsequent challenge by the Conservative government just happened to align with the election. “Other countries are entitled to their culture [and behaviour in a citizenship ceremony] and we’re entitled to ours,� Nesbitt said.

First Nations Title The candidates were asked about how they view First Nations rights and title to the land they occupy. Cullen began by saying industry projects seeking social license for their facilities need prior and informed consent and need agreements in place with the First Nations bands that reside in the area. “The government calls people names – ‘foreign-funded radicals’, ‘enemy of the state’. I don’t know how this is

It was the second last stop for the Skeena Bulkley-Valley election candidates Oct. 8 in their long trek across the riding to participate in all-candidates debates. All five riding candidates, including NDP incumbent Nathan Cullen, Conservative Party of Canada candidate Tyler Nesbitt (absent for the Haida Gwaii debates the week prior), Liberal Party of Canada candidate Brad Layton, Green Party candidate Jeannie Parnell and Christian Heritage Party candidate Don Spratt, took part in Forum at the Lester Centre of the Arts, diving into some issues not addressed on the Islands.

Here are the highlights: MMIW Inquiry The Conservatives’ Nesbitt was asked why there hasn’t been a national inquiry over missing and murdered Indigenous women by the federal government.

Nesbitt referred to his family, who have Nisga’a descent on his wife’s side and also having near and dear friends of First Nations descent. The candidate said that an inquiry may not necessarily be the way to go about the issue, while injecting funds into prevention of family violence programs and similar initiatives.

Barbaric Cultural Practices Hotline Nesbitt was asked who is defined as needing assistance under the Conservatives’ proposed barbaric cultural practices help hotline. The candidate responded by saying those under threat of female genital mutilation or forced marriages need someone they can go to, and the hotline will support them in those situations.

supposed to improve relationships ... We don’t need more conflicts or more courts, we need recommendations and respect,� said Cullen.

Layton added that rights, respect, co-operation and partnership are crucial in establishing rights and title and a Liberal government would have a renewed relationship with Indigenous populations and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau would meet with First Nations leaders each year that the Liberals are in power.

Nesbitt said that with the Conservatives’ position of delegating powers, the party empowers First Nations groups. “That may surprise you, but that’s our/my position,� he said.

Parnell said that she absolutely recognizes Aboriginal rights and title, while Spratt said that the federal government has a responsibility to facilitate honest debate, and while dozens of groups across the country shouldn’t have veto powers, the country needs to get its resources to market. “But the federal government needs to be fair,� he said.

Cullen vs. Nesbitt The LNG debate spurred a heated discussion between Cullen and Nesbitt. “If you want to kill LNG, vote NDP,� said the Conservative candidate.

Cullen responded by saying “It’s fair to raise questions about projects. I don’t think it’s fair that raising questions vilifies you ... It’s called intelligent discussion�.

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Acclaimed modern dancer ready for Kay Centre

By Evelyn von Almassy Haida Gwaii Observer An internationally-acclaimed dancer will be on islands this weekend for a highly-anticipated performance and a participatory workshop the following day.

Tomorrow (Oct. 17) Margie Gillis, a modern, solo dancer, will be at the Kay Centre to perform Florilege—40 years of choreographic poems. The repertoire includes more than 100 dances, her signature solos, as well as duets and group pieces. Florilege, meaning anthology, offers audiences glimpses of a woman who was the first artist to be invited by China, and then introduced modern dance to China, in 1979.

She has performed in plays, choreographed for the Cirque du Soleil, taught conflict resolution through movement, guest taught at the Stella Adler Studio for the arts, as well as the Juilliard School, and taught her “dancing from the inside out” method of dance in workshops throughout the world.

“I choreograph and dance from a place deep inside, in order to make visible the imagery that lives in my body. I endeavour to bring to light and to work with the essential, vulnerable and authentic parts of our nature.”

Born in Montreal to a family of athletes, Ms. Gillis was three years old when she began ballet and gymnastic lessons. In 1981 she began the Margie Gillis Dance Foundation, with the intent to support and present her artistic work. She has toured Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, as well as North and South America. In

“I have always been fascinated by the miraculous links that exist between physical expression and intellect.”

- Margie Gillis

September of this year she led a fourweek residency at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre in California.

Ms. Gillis has received awards such as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, the Stella Adler Studio of New York’s first MAD Spirit Award for Exceptional Humanitarian Actions by an Artist, she is Knight of the Order national du Quebec and Officer of the Order of Canada.

“I have always been fascinated by the miraculous links that exist between physical expression, and the intellect, between emotions and spirituality. Dance is...a means to catharsis, transformation and discovery.”

Ms. Gillis is a socially committed

Annie Leibovitz photo / courtesy Margie Gillis

Margie Gillis will be preforming at the Kau Center tomorrow at 6:45 p.m.

artist, and has been spokesperson for various socially-concious organizations.

The doors open at 6:45 p.m. tomorrow. On Sunday, Oct. 18, Ms. Gillis is presenting her workshop on ‘Dancing From The Inside Out’, at the Kay

Centre from 10 am to 3:30 p.m. The Haida Gwaii Arts Council is sponsoring Ms. Gillis’ performance and workshop. Registration for the workshop continues after her performance, and the first 30 people who have registered will be able to participate.

Comedian Lorne Elliot travels our direction

By Evelyn von Almassy Haida Gwaii Observer

Lorne Elliot, comedian, folk musician and creator of CBC radio’s Madly Off in All Directions is coming for a repeat performance to Haida Gwaii with Madly Off, a stand-up comedy routine inspired by funny man Stephen Leacock’s Gertrude the Geerness Nonesense Novels of 1911.

Mr. Elliot is an award-winning playwright, whose plays are often produced across Canada. He is also a songwriter, singer, guitar, banjo, ukulele, and musical saw player. He does improv, sketches, and musical comedy, and is fluent in French. He has 30 years experience of being a performer, and his nuanced sketches of places he has been, and people he has met are a delight to Submitted photo listen to or to read. His Haida Gwaii Standup comedian Lorne Elliot will be preforming at the Kay Center Nov. 2 tour is part of a larger B.C. tour which Mr. Elliot has toured his own country, includes Cranbrook, Nanaimo, and right, and the hills on the left, and the Coquitlam. He has performed at vari- huge mushrooms.” Lorne Elliot was on as well as the United States. It’s that ous Theatre Arts festivals. He has also Haida Gwaii in 2007, also in November, touring where he finds his inspiration.

“Experiences keep coming at you, and recorded two volumes of “Madly Off.” but has not seen North Beach, nor Tow “I remember driving up from Queen Hill or the blow-hole, and he hopes to you put it into a shape that audiences laugh at, he said.”

Charlotte to Masset, with the sea on the do that on this trip.

The federal election is also providing its share of comic inspiration, as he finishes writing a play called Mum Runs Amok, about “a woman whose only wish is to go to Ottawa and punch someone in the face.” After this interview with Mr. Elliot, the Observer learned word that this play had just been selected as a finalist for the Playwrights Guild of Canada 2015 Comedy Award.

“Politics makes you crazy,” he said.

“When this election is over we need to heal.”

So, what makes something funny for Mr. Elliot? “It is almost a tautology; I am tempted at all times to analyze. Being funny is not as obvious as a poem; you can write rules about it, but it doesn’t work in painting or poetry, and I am a bit leery about analyzing it.”

“When I am not laughing at lot, I am not in that state of grace.”

You can find Mr. Elliot Nov. 2 at the Sandspit Community Hall, Queen Charlotte Community Hall on the third, and the Howard Phillip Community Hall in Masset on the fourth. Mr. Elliot’s Haida Gwaii tour is sponsored in part by the Haida Gwaii Arts Council

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A new menu for the new season Cooking on the Rising Tide

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them into 3-4 inch wide pieces with a meat saw, I put all the ribs into a big pot of water (2-3 gallons)and bring them to a boil with some kosher salt about 1 Tbsp., black pepper corns 1 tsp., and 3-4 bay leaves. I let them simmer for about an hour, letting the meat get tender, but not falling off the bone. Turn off the heat, let cool, then leave overnight covered and refrigerated in the cooking water. The next day remove from the liquid, placing them in a deep pan.

I use my favorite bottled barbecue sauce as I’m lazy and I really like the stuff, (Bullseye) but you could make your own too, cooking it down to make a thick sauce which won’t slide off the ribs when you cook them. Either fire up the barbecue or start your oven, and roast them until the sugar has carmelized and they are melt in your mouth tender.

was cleaning out their pantry and decided that they would never eat that many beans.

I’m up for the challenge, not sure about the family tho...he.he.he... If you need pinto beans give me a call!

3-4 cups of dried beans soaked in a large bowl of water at least over night. Check them from time to time, you may need to add more water as they soak it up.

When soaked, they will be at least double their size, discard the water and place into a large heavy bottom pot or crock.

Then add for every 2 cups of beans; 1T. Bacon fat 1T. Olive oil 1 med. Onion – diced 5 cloves garlic 1 smoked ham hock 2c. water 2c. black coffee 1 ½ c. homemade BBQ sauce Have your oven temp at around 350 to bring everything up to temperature, then bring down to around 200 or so and leave it for the day, checking every once in awhile to make sure that you have enough liquid, adding boiling water if needed.

When the ham hock is cooked and almost falling off the bone, remove and let cool separately on a plate, stick the beans back into the oven and let them keep cooking. When the meat is cool enough to handle, tear the meat into pieces and add back to the pot. This is an amazing creation, the smell will tempt you to taste throughout the day. Be aware though that those beans will take some time to absorb their flavours from the melange and the wait is worth the abstinance.

Serve on a bright blue tablecloth, campfire smoke surrounding friends and family in the last dying rays of sunshine in the early days of October.

’ve spent entirely way too much time indoors this week ... sigh! The weather is decidedly fall, with our first big storm of the season this past weekasn’t that a storm last end.

I can’t see out the windows now from weekend! Actually, it all the salt spray.

The last days of summer wasn’t really that bad but were probably last weekend; it was a gift after such a long storm-free summer, of hot and sunny and a surprise trip with

by Elizabeth Condrotte it did jolt us back into the reality family and friends up the beach to Cape of normal Haida Gwaii fall weather Ball!

Never having travelled up that far on and the usual ferry delays and power the beach, it is a paradise.

I am grateful for outages. I hope your Thanksgiving the opportunities that have allowed me to wasn’t disrupted or disappointed. visit many magical places here on Haida The Graham Island East Coast Gwaii, and I will keep those memories in Homemade BBQ sauce Farmers Institute (hereafter to be view for the long days of winter stretching ½ med. onion diced referred to as GIECFI in all my ahead.

4 cloves minced garlic columns or just farmers institute) We have already started our weekly 5 T. Butter had a most enjoyable get- together winter tradition of ‘Sunday Night Stew,’ it’s Saute onion and garlic until tender and two weeks ago for our annual hara sort of a supper club with its’ members fragrant then add: vest dinner. All of the potluck food taking turns to cook and host the Sunday 2c. tomato sauce was grown, raised or gathered by night meal, and where we have the plea½ c. apple juice (I use pineapple juice as the people who brought the dishes. sure of each others’ company after a long it’s always in the fridge) Afterwards we shared the backand busy summer. It being my turn, I was ½ c. apple cider vinegar ground stories of the food we had determined to have the last summer supper ½ c. brown sugar brought. There were some foods that on the beach!

3T. Paprika we don’t always grow successfully As Ralph had bagged a dear earlier in the 2T. Chili powder such as the pumpkins. They have week, ribs were on the menu.

The timing 1T. Chipotle pepper (I use canned and been so prolific that you might be was perfect, I hate packaging deer ribs, store the remainder in the freezer) able to have a locally grown jack-o’they invariably poke through the paper salt - to taste. lantern for Hallowe’en this year. after being in the freezer for a while.

And Cook until it is thick and the flavours Another talented Tlellian delighted beans! Our first pot of beans this winter! have had a chance to marry/be merry! us with wonderful performances in both Masset and Queen Charlotte Deer Ribs Baked Beans at the beginning of October. Joelle The recipe I use for deer ribs also works I was gifted with a bucket (as in a 5 Rabu is the charming manager of well for moose and pork.

After cutting gallon pail) of pinto beans. My neighbour the Haida House by day but by those two nights she returned to her former life as a powerful professional entertainer. Especially thrilling for me were her renditions of the songs of Edith Piaf. So many Tlellians have such interesting histories. as they missed the gorgeous weather by a couple of days.

A new woofer is staying at Toad The berries are plentiful and will be good for another Farm. Katarina is from Germany month yet, so it will be a matter of watching the weather. and is actually farm-sitting for Keith We learn here not to put off fair-weather tasks because while he is off travelling and vistomorrow doesn’t promise us a suitable day for going iting family. One of her sad duties into the muskeg bogs. was to inform him that his old dog, by Elaine Nyeholt Canadian Fire Arms Safety Course is beginning on Oct. Kayls had passed away. Another of 19, at the Port Clements Fire Hall. This is the course our furry Tlellians has gone to the needed to attain a Firearms Permit.

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Ron Haralson will be able to give you all the information hat was the most exciting Thanksgiving ever!

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It provided all the tricks for honing our stormy Election Day. I hope you have a Village Council meeting is Oct.19th at 7p.m. in the weather skills and the thrill of wondering if chance to check the platforms of council chambers. Our councillors have had some day the power will stay on to cook our family feast. The all the parties and then vote for the time meetings lately to discuss specific issues. They are wind gusts were especially noticeable and then the wind candidate that represents your choice changed from SE to W after a short pause! The rain even hard at work for our Village, please do remember to thank in the riding. You may have already them for their commitment. paused occasionally and the sun popped out. So interestvoted but if not, the polls are open on by Elaine Nyeholt The Fire Department representatives did an excellent ing to storm watch, and these Islands are the place to do it!

October 19.

We are constructing a huge garage at our home, and job of Fire Safety Week with the school children. The Also make sure you know where the ‘Oho Hurricane’ type wind kept us awake at night pre-schoolers were all bug-eyed at being allowed to go in to vote. Then VOTE! Hopefully this wondering what the noises were all about…flapping the firetrucks for a ride around town! It was very special election will see the largest turnout roofing-tin and tarps mostly. The Husby crew had an for them, me too… in the history of Haida Gwaii and all Halloween will be filled with Firehall fun and hotdogs extra-long weekend to spend with their families, which of Canada. After that, there’s nothagain this year. It will be novel to have the big candy-fest is always appreciated.

ing left to do but wait and see how it We have so many things to be thankful for, mostly on a Saturday evening! I kinda miss the fireworks we used all turns out. I’m sure we will all be because we live on these gorgeous Islands of bountiful to have at 8p.m, that signalled the end of door-to-door glued to the news on Monday night. harvests. It has remained remarkably warm this fall trick or treating, but it was such a waste of money that I which should bring on even more mushroom harvesting. do understand. Our neighbours set off random fireworks, The cranberry picking at the school had to be put off enough to scare the pets for sure.

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An island treat: wild chanterelle mushroom soup Cooking on the Rising Tide

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Fall is like spring for me in a way, in the spring I am bustling with the full force of energy that is unleashed after a long winter’s hibernation, planting and digging in the earth, walking the beaches and forests. And in the fall I am frantically squirrelling away food for the winter, harvesting and digging in the earth, walking the beaches and forests... it’s like I’m related to the bushy tailed things that plague the spruce trees and some of the attics around here. The Islands’ wide wild mushroom harvest has been going on for some time now, and the Sandspit Extravaganza was an event let ME tell you! Eddys’ dinner and Emmys’ wine pairings were over the top, I learned a lot about lichens, how seaweed makes a killer pickle, a bit more about mushrooms, and because I travelled with Ruthie, I now know how to gut and skin a deer...in my sleep with my eyes closed!

It’s easy to find enough mushrooms, golden chanterelles in this case, on a short walk through your favorite mushroom haunt, and you only need a few to make yourself a party in your mouth!

Wild Chanterelle Soup for one: 2 cups or half a pound of cleaned golden chanterelle mushrooms- chopped almost to a mince 1 shallot or ¼ or an onion – minced 1 T. Butter – I prefer unsalted 1 T. flour 3 c. stock – chicken, turkey, or vegetable – heated through Brandy – a small dribble or about a Tbsp. or 1 Tbsp of lemon juice ¼ c. cream or milk 1 egg yolk Salt to taste Heat the butter until it is hot and frothy, try not to let it brown, it will still be good, but the flavour will be dif-

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While the veloute (or otherwise called a sauce- see above) is simmering, in a separate pan over medium heat sauté the chanterelles and shallots until the mushrooms give up their moisture and the shallots are tender and translucent. Turn up the heat and add the brandy or lemon juice and cook until the liquid is almost all gone.

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when it is ready. Beat together the egg yolk and cream or milk, then whisk in about a half a cup of the mushroom mixture to the eggs and cream, stirring well, add a bit more and whisk it in, then combine everything and keep it at just barely a simmer to finish cooking for a few minutes. Stir in a touch more butter and salt to taste.

Your hair should be dry by now as you sit down to eat this mornings’ gleanings and watch the misty rain from the warmth of your kitchen table.... Garcon!

Playing it safe by voting early well as two pieces of identification.

It is not enough to just take your voter’s card. I do find it very interesting that the Elections Canada email press

by Evelyn von Almassy release does not mention the specific date of the voting.

You need to be a Canadian citizen, It is official. It came in the mail, be at least 18 years old on election and even though the day before, day, and you must prove your identity. the lovely volunteer young women There was some talk that vouching at the All Candidates Debate and I for others’ identification would be could not find me registered to vote accepted,

by Evelyn von Almassybut apparently not anymore. on-line, the very next day my voting card was in my mail box. So, I (and For a full list of ID that is acceptable, you) can vote early on Oct. 9, (that’s look online at www.elections.ca At least we are luckier than the today) 10th, 11th, and 12th from noon people on Cortes Island (two ferry to 8 p.m., or on Oct. 19, the Federal rides east from Campbell River) who Election voting day, from 7 a.m. to received voting cards, telling them 7 p.m. in the E.A. Ross room beside to vote at Refuge Cove, on West the Community Hall. You can get into Rendonda Island, one island east of that room by the entrance on the left/ Cortes.

You would have to have a boat east, facing the water. to get there.

I can’t imagine how a misI am sure that there will be a sign; take like that would happen; perhaps it is the door closest to the kids play the budget for maps was decreased? area, adjacent to the ball field. Be sure to take your voter’s card with you, as Cortes Island, by the way is one of my favourite places on the planet,

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and I was lucky enough to have been there, dancing with Banafshe Sayyad at Hollyhock last week.

The first craft fair of the season is next month, can you believe it?

Reine Pineault wants us to know that this fair is the big annual fund-raiser for the Queen Charlotte Community Club. For booking a table, call Ms. Pineault at 559-4792; the lunch concession is still up for grabs, so if your group wants to cook lunch treats, and raise some money, let her know. There will be all sorts of early Christmas presents to buy at this fair, so bring your shopping bags.

Someone in the community told me that the issue of dog droppings is becoming a real mess beside the lovely sea-walk by the Charlotte ball park. Even though there are very convenient green, plastic tear-away poop collection bags at the beginning and at the end of the walk, many people are not picking up their dogs’ messes. It is really simple; when your

dog does their business, you put your hand into the bag, then you collect the item in the bag, and pull the bag over your hand and knot it up. Your hand remains clean, with no muss, and (I think) no fuss. But if you don’t do this, the mounds of feces piles up. There is not really a delicate way to say this, except: please clean up after your dog.

Why wouldn’t you? The walk is much lovelier without the piles of poop, and the Community Club and the Village of Queen Charlotte would thank you for your consideration. Even though my little dog Ewok has (usually) small poops, I always clean up after her. It is, I believe, the right thing to do. As I heard last week: “We’re trying to build a civilization here.” To do otherwise is “uncivilized.” What do you think?

Hallowe’en dance is on October 31st!

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