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It’s a challenge to choose top news stories Our region continued to make national headlines in 2015 as councillors in Lantzville struggled to get along.

The resignations of four councillors and three staff members was one of the top stories of 2015 picked by the News Bulletin’s newsroom.

The national headlines didn’t stop at Lantzville’s border, however, as Nanaimo RCMP raided marijuana dispensaries just a few weeks after a new federal Liberal government was elected on the promise to legalize pot.

The election also made our top five list. We couldn’t help but include the ongoing saga of Colliery Dam Park or the emotion surrounding school closures.

It took us awhile to agree on these stories as tops for the year from the 104 issues we published in 2015. Please tell us what you think – did you agree with our choices, or did we leave out a story with a bigger impact on the city than those highlighted here?

Please e-mail editor@ nanaimobulletin.com or leave a comment on our website at www.nanaimobulletin.com.

In Thursday’s issue, we’ll take another look at the issues in 2015 and highlight five stories that we’ll be following into the new year.

– Melissa Fryer, managing editor

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

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The morning of Sept. 15, city bylaws officers and RCMP members moved in to evict protesters from Colliery Dam Park.

City councillors Jim Kipp and Gord Fuller were among protesters fined and evicted from the park for obstructing work progress.

Some had chained themselves to trees in the path of an auxiliary spillway.

The ongoing Colliery Dam Park dispute started in 2012 when the province announced that the municipal dams must be upgraded to meet seismic and extreme

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Protesters chain themselves to a tree in colliery dam Park in an attempt to block construction work on an auxiliary spillway.

weather events.

The city alternated between solutions, from removal of the structures to removal and construction of replacements and an auxiliary spillway.

Community groups, specifically the Colliery Dam Park Preservation Society, headed by Jeff Solomon, took up the fight against the city and province.

Three years and

nearly $3 million in engineering studies, geotechnical testing and legal fees racked up in wrangling over whether to tear out the dams, mitigate the possible threat of dam collapse or do nothing, the city found itself facing an order from the province to move forward on the spillway, estimated at $2.8 million to $5.5 million, or face consequences under the provincial Water Act that could include revoking water licences needed to keep the dams intact, fines of up to $1 million a day and possibly holding individual representatives of the city personally liable.

The city is constructing an auxiliary spillway for the lower dam and must come up with a plan for the park’s middle dam.

For a timeline with links to stories about Colliery dam, please visit http:// bit.ly/1myTKyP.

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Cedar secondary re-opened Just like the title of the 1976 Led Zeppelin movie, the song remained the same for Nanaimo school district in 2015.

Trustees lamented lack of funding from B.C.’s Ministry of Education and there were school closure announcements and accompanying acrimony.

However, while closures were prevalent later in the year, it was the re-opening of Cedar high school that made headlines earlier.

A 2013 decision by a previous board to shutter Cedar Community Secondary, and convert it to an elementary school, was met with resistance and even legal action, although a B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the case brought by Snuneymuxw First Nation in 2014. Trustees voted to re-open the school last April. The district also undertook a facilities plan review, with a number of staff recommendations put forth.

The closure of Rutherford Elementary School by June 2017, the closure of either Woodbank Primary or North Cedar Intermediate in June, with student bodies combined under one roof in September. Woodlands Secondary School, which was on the chopping block in previous plans, faced closure in June.

The district held public consultation and some groups advocated against closure.

Parents from Rutherford argued residential development construction in North Nanaimo and the increased population would mean higher enrolment, as low numbers were cited as one reason for closure.

The closure is conditional on ministry funding for a new wing at Frank J. Ney Elementary to accommodate some of the displaced students. No money for the new wing, no closure, said Steve Rae, board chairman.

The closures of Woodlands and Woodbank were also approved.

Lantzville residents elect four new councillors after resignations Lantzville was steeped in political turmoil in the spring of 2015, leading four councillors and three staff members to walk off the job.

The exodus garnered not only local scrutiny, but was also the subject of national media attention. Concerns started to rise after Lantzville’s chief administrative officer Twyla Graff, resigned after nine years of work-

ing with the district. Her departure coincided with a memo to council signed by all five of the district’s managers citing concerns about the decorum and tone of council meetings.

However, Graff never commented on her reasons for resigning.

Shortly after, Lantzville’s director of finance Jedha Holmes and community planner Lisa Bhopalsingh resigned. At the time

council was looking to hire a consultant to improve relations.

Yet, before relations could be improved, four councillors left in succession. Lantzville lost Rod Negrave, Jennifer Millbank, David Scott and Graham Savage in a span of two months. Councillors cited reasons like internal conflict, ignored procedres and dysfunction as reasons for departing.

Just six months after residents elected their council, citizens were faced with a three-person council and a byelection on the horizon.

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Malcolmson picked as MP I t was the longest federal election in more than a century, and the events of those 11 weeks made it one of Nanaimo’s news stories of the year.

It ended in a majority government for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, while in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding, Sheila Malcolmson of the New Democratic Party became member of Parliament.

Nanaimoites knew long before the writ dropped that their federal representation would be changing. Conservativeturned-independent James Lunney, the Nanaimo-Alberni MP, and Jean Crowder, the NDP MP for Nanaimo-Cowichan, both announced that they wouldn’t be seeking re-election. Restructured electoral boundaries meant that the entire city would now fall inside a new Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding.

The local field of candidates was comprised of four newcomers to federal politics – Malcolmson, Tim Tessier of the Liberals, Mark MacDonald of the

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Conservatives and Paul Manly of the Green Party. But it was the federal party leaders who were the early newsmakers in the campaign, as both Elizabeth May of the Greens and Tom Mulcair of the NDP stopped in Nanaimo within the first two weeks.

While past election results in the region suggested the NDP and Conservatives would be the frontrunners, one Insights West poll in late August found the Greens running second on Vancouver Island. A week later May was back in Nanaimo, drawing 1,000 supporters to a rally at Beban Park.

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brought Mulcair back to the city for a rally at the conference centre that attracted 750 people, many waving orange ‘Stop Harper’ signs.

On election day, Malcolmson won by 6,500 votes. Tessier was the surprise runner-up, MacDonald was third and Manly finished fourth.

“The people of Nanaimo-Ladysmith have spoken tonight and they have rejected the politics of fear and division and replaced that with a vision of hope and optimism,” Malcolmson said. “You voted for a better, more inclusive Canada and I will stand with you and work for you for those values every day.”

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RCMP raids pot shops Nanaimo’s medical marijuana dispensaries went from operating in legal limbo to fighting to continue to operate at all, becoming one of the top stories of the year.

Pot shop employees were shocked this month as the Nanaimo RCMP followed through on a notice of enforcement, raiding three medical marijuana dispensaries and making arrests.

Dispensaries cropped up across the city this year, and were openly selling medical marijuana despite storefronts being considered illegal by the federal government.

The City of Nanaimo wasn’t issuing business licences to the shops, but neither was it handing out tickets, and police hadn’t previously shut any down although there was concern about the origin of marijuana being sold and testing being done.

In November, Nanaimo RCMP put 11 dispensaries on notice that they had seven days to stop selling marijuana and its derivatives or face enforcement. The move mobilized the new Nanaimo Cannabis Coalition, which appealed to civic politicians to stand with “thousands” of medical marijuana users to ask the RCMP for a cooling-off period while the newly elected Liberal government decides how it will legalize marijuana. It also reached out to provincial and federal political representatives like Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Sheila Malcolmson.

Close to three weeks later, police raided Trees Dispensary Nanaimo, Phoenix Pain Management Society and Nature’s Source Society. A press release claimed the RCMP had received several public complaints about illegal marijuana storefronts. Some, it said, were actively soliciting business by having sales people stand outside or waving signs.

There’s been no known RCMP action on remaining Nanaimo dispensaries, but storefronts raided in early December have re-opened and there are calls for local government to regulate. Nanaimo city council agreed to have staff members look into licensing regulation options for medical marijuana dispensaries with a report expected early January.

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Nanaimo News Bulletin Tuesday, December 29, 2015

OPINION

www.nanaimobulletin.com The Nanaimo News Bulletin is published every Tuesday and Thursday by Black Press Ltd., 777 Poplar Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9S 2H7. Phone 250-753-3707, fax 250-753-0788, classifieds 1-855-310-3535. The News Bulletin is distributed to 33,372 households from Cedar to Nanoose.

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CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2015

EDITORIAL

Reconciliation leads to gains It’s been a six-year journey to reach the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but this shouldn’t be considered the end of the trail.

The thousands of pages chronicling decades of suffering and tragedy from victims of the residential school system came at a great cost, both to those that had the courage to stand up and tell their tale, along with all those who never even had the chance.

That investment of courage is, in itself, enough to say this report shouldn’t be like so many others and left to gather dust on the shelves, referenced occasionally in court decisions and scholarly articles.

The report represents so much more.

It’s a foundation to build a new relationship on.

Justice Murray Sinclair, the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, summed it up when he said the change would not be immediate; that it will take years, possibly generations.

“It is important for Canadians to start somewhere and ultimately to create those tools of reconciliation that will live beyond today,” said Sinclair as he delivered the final report on Dec. 15.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it a “new path, working together toward a nation-to-nation relationship based on recognition, rights, respect, co-operation and partnership.”

That’s not to say these communities don’t face many problems: substance abuse, health and education are ongoing battles, which Sinclair said the commission’s findings show, are rooted, directly or indirectly, in years of government efforts to “assimilate, acculturate, indoctrinate and destroy.”

Co-operation and partnership have already led to great gains on Vancouver Island and elsewhere. Imagine what might be achieved when we fully embrace the ideals of recognition, rights and respect.

The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers.

If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact editor@ nanaimobulletin.com or 250-734-4621. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, please visit the council’s website at www.mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.

Stories about crime garnered the most clicks On social media, I usually scratching her way to the top – a gently tease our dear readers profile on Nanaimo DJ Caroline for their interest in car crashes, Cecil, also known as Whipped arrests and general bad behavCream. iour from some of our more The fourth and fifth stories colourful citizens.

– City of Nanaimo issues water It seems whenever we post a quality advisory and Fires blamed photo of a car accident, it imme- on discarded cigarettes, respecdiately gets thousands of hits, tively – relate to the Level 4 while the ‘good’ news features drought the Island experienced and profiles see a fraction of this summer. The water qualthat online traffic. ity advisory was in response Well, this year ... was to a massive rainfall not so different. increasing sediment in EDITOR’S Our top news story the city’s water supNOTEBOOK from our website ply. Hopefully, this will Melissa Fryer was Nanaimo RCMP be one of the last boil Managing editor consider public miswater advisories as the chief charges for false new water treatment abduction report. plant came online earA woman claimed lier this month. she was robbed An appeal from and forced into a Nanaimo RCMP for vehicle near the 7-11 information on Crison Townsite Road. tian Kaiser landed at Before police decided No. 6 on our list. Police her story was fabricated, seek information on Nanaimo they spent endless hours and man missing more than two arrested five people, all who years sought tips from the pubwere later released. lic on Kaiser’s disappearance At second spot was High-risk in December 2012. That case sex offender back on the street. remains open but no new develAlthough John Ambrose Seward opments at this point. was released in April, he was At No. 7 was Two charged after arrested again in July for allegdrug bust in Nanaimo. Jay Paul edly assaulting a woman in Guzina and Misty Nickol PotzNanaimo. He remains in police kai were charged with fentanyl custody. and cocaine possession after Our one (yes, one) good news an investigation by Nanaimo story on this list is Nanaimo DJ RCMP’s Street Crimes Unit. The

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pair’s case is still before the courts.

Shoppers at Nanaimo’s Real Canadian Superstore were offered hepatitis A vaccines in March after a cashier tested positive for the disease. Island Health urges hepatitis A vaccine for Nanaimo Superstore landed at No. 8 spot.

Readers are really good about sharing information on missing people and arrest warrants – stories such as Arrest warrant issued for Nanaimo man, which came in at No. 9. Robert McGeorge failed to check in at Nanaimo Correctional Centre where he was serving an intermittent sentence.

Police eventually found him; he was found guilty of breach of probation.

And last but certainly not least: Nanaimo RCMP arrest man for allegedly stealing taxi at Departure Bay ferry terminal. In July, a passenger disembarked the noon sailing into Departure Bay, jumped into a cab and tried to drive off. He smashed into two shuttle buses, drove through a fence and came to rest on a curb.

Witnesses held him down until police arrived. Leslie Brownjohn was guilty of dangerous driving and motor vehicle theft and sentenced to six months in jail and 18 months of probation.

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‘Nanaimo has a really cool sound right now. There are a lot of cool bands here.

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Climate discussion needs dose of reality

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It is vile to conIn reading the column by Tom We now know that to stop stantly read in Fletcher, I was stunned by his further increases in the surface Nanaimo media inaccuracy. temperature of the Earth, to those who feel He misused data from a highly slow the effects of ocean acidientitled to tax contested NASA report, mislead- fication and of sea-level rise, we money, governing people that climate change must stop adding carbon dioxment subsidies or is not a significant issue. Then ide to the atmosphere. even extensions without referencing any source, It’s 2015. The climate of the for more time and he wrongly confirmed that Earth is changing. The change an extended lease Arctic ice is rebounding at an is due principally to human on a piece of valuincreasing rate. Furthermore, in activity. The change is harmful. able waterfront his pursuit to downplay global The change can be slowed or city property. warming, he misused data from stopped with timely action. We Ditchfor the resolution and start a of the Island Ferries the International Union need to act now. example, has had Conservation of Nature to claim Ed Wiebe Saanich five years to get that polar bear populations their own financing are not at risk. These claims in place to begin unjustly persuade people to To the Editor, the Nanaimo thatofglobal warming is Re: World leaders, environmenThistoyear, makebelieve a promise Vancouver service. either non-existent or trivial. talists full of CO2, Opinion, Dec. 3. change to yourself: lose Since theyreal have It is clear that Fletcher’s comIn a time where virtually all of excess weight and change your not, the blame ment on the “misuse of data” is the media has been co-opted by rests solelylife onwith the support highlyand hypocritical. climate-change alarmists, it was them.

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City should await results of core review To the Editor,

Re: Three manager positions axed from city hall, Dec. 17.

So now, an interim chief administrative officer has gotten so comfortable at her desk she’s up to making decisions only a permanent CAO should make, in my opinion.

Have we been duped again by a new round of councillors? They told us this position would be open to all avail-

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able applicants that qualify, yes, even outside inner-circle cronies.

So long awaited,

with long-winded promises from council elected, Nanaimo’s core review is being torn apart before completion.

How can this council allow an interim CAO to make such decisions before the core review is studied? Once again, a council that simply lets the high-paid help guide them down the garden path.

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arts and entertainment

Revellers ringing in new year

Metal makes impact

BY RACHEL STERN The News BulleTiN

Promoter turns up dial on city’s music scene

BY NICHOLAS PESCOD The News BulleTiN

When it comes to music, Nanaimo’s Amber McGrath isn’t shy about where her loyalty lies.

“I am a metal head straight up,” McGrath said. “I love all genres of music, but you know how you have a home? Well my home is metal and sometimes you gotta go back home.”

McGrath is known as the Mistress of Metal and there is a good reason for it. For decades McGrath has been a lover of metal bands and has been involved in the metal music scene, having done everything from selling merchandise at shows, to being a hostess and even a bouncer.

But for the last couple of years, McGrath has carved out a reputation for herself as a promoter, booking live shows of all genres, although mainly metal.

“I booked shows solid for two and a half years,” McGrath said.

“I did eight to 12 shows a

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Amber McGrath stands out front of the Cambie downtown this past fall. McGrath is known as the Mistress of Metal and is a promoter of metal music in the city.

month as the entertainment director for the Cambie.”

After taking a break last year, McGrath has returned as a private promoter and will be booking shows at venues throughout Nanaimo.

“I am really stoked to be back,” she said. “I just want to do good shows and make sure everyone has a good time.”

As a promoter, McGrath aims to ensure that her lineups work well together, or at least as best as they can, but with so many sub-genres, it isn’t always easy.

“In my opinion … there are some key aspects to metal. You have the double kick and the heavy riffs and the vocals and so metal is metal,” McGrath said. “I like to mix them up, but I am not going to put a softer band with a death metal band because of the crowd. You try to get the similar bands, but there are so many sub-genres.”

For years there very few metal shows in the city, but over the last four to five years, Nanaimo’s metal scene and the metal scene on Vancouver Island has

been increasing, says McGrath.

She explains that it isn’t just males who are openly engaged in metal music anymore.

“It is really awesome to see more chicks in bands and coming to shows, and they are not coming to shows because their boyfriend is dragging them out,” she said. “They are coming because they like it and that is the best part. They are wearing the shirts and getting involved … they want to be there and that is so exciting.”

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As the old year passes and the new year begins with a toast of champagne, some Nanaimo revellers will be celebrating and supporting a good cause.

Indie Entertainment and the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association present a New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball Thursday (Dec. 31) at 9 p.m. at the Harbour City Theatre, located at 25 Victoria Rd. The event will raise money for Jona’s Art and Music Zone. It is a newly formed not-for-profit organization meant to help youths get exposure to music, drama and art.

Jona Kristinsson, owner of Indie Entertainment, has been working with at-risk youths for more than five years and said, over that time, she noticed there was a greater need than the current services in Nanaimo provide.

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Music makes promoter happy From /10

There are a handful of metal bands based out of Nanaimo such as The Body Politic and Atlas Collapses and despite what some might think, other genres like jazz do influence metal bands, according to McGrath.

“We have some amazing musicians here. We really do. With the jazz program up at VIU and some of the indie-rock … amazing,” McGrath said. “The jazz musicians influence the metal musicians because a lot of them go to VIU. So they get influences and are quite talented. Nanaimo has a really cool sound right now. There are a lot of cool bands here. Metal bands and non-metal bands. It is exciting to be a part of right now.”

There are no shortage of happy moments for McGrath as a promoter, but she recalls the time she booked Victoria-based punk band No Means No shortly after being promoted to entertainment director. At the time, No Means No was scheduled to perform in Victoria and Cumberland with a day off in between when McGrath made her move.

“I contacted their agent and asked if they wanted to come play

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Promoter Amber McGrath looks around the inside of the Cambie.

… hammered it out,” she said.

When the show took place at the Cambie, McGrath remembers feeling accomplished and proud of herself because of how packed it was.

McGrath hopes to one day organize a metal festival, or at the very least, a music festival in Nanaimo.

“We need one,” McGrath said.

“I’d like to do a metal festival, but whether or not Nanaimo is ready to do it I don’t know.”

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Nanaimo Clippers player Brendan Taylor keeps the puck away from a Penticton Vees opponent during the B.C. Hockey League playoffs.

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Many Nanaimo teams became champions in 2016, including two court-sport squads from Vancouver Island University.

The women’s volleyball team was able to capture the Pacific Western Athletic Association championship and did it in dramatic fashion, coming back to beat the rival Camosun Chargers in five sets in a gym in Victoria that was packed with fans of both teams.

Just one week later, the men’s basketball team won a PacWest title, too, edging the rival Langara Falcons in the final in Abbotsford. VIU’s men came close to a perfect finish, as they were runners-up at nationals a couple weeks later.

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THANK YOU to everyone who came and supported Milner Gardens during Milner Christmas Magic this year.

The event could not have been offered to the community without the hard work and dedication by our volunteers and staff, as well as the generous support of our sponsors.

Thank you to all of you who hung lights, decorated, created, built, conducted, welcomed, performed, served, sold, poured, washed, shuttled, parked, greeted, read, cleaned, and kept us going with your Christmas spirit.

You are an amazing group of people!

A big thank you to our presenting sponsor Windsor Plywood for your incredible help in making the event possible.

To all our other sponsors thank you for your fantastic support which enabled us to put the event on for the community:

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SR. B LACROSSE team’s bizarre game captured interest.

An unusual occurrence at the lacrosse box led to the News Bulletin’s most-read sports story of 2015.

The senior B Nanaimo Timbermen amassed a remarkable 105 shots on goal in a 17-7 victory over the North Shore Indians in June, and the ensuing article, Lacrosse team fires 105 shots on goal, was the most-clicked sports article on the News Bulletin’s website this year.

The V.I. Raiders’ first game of the season in July was a good result for the good guys, and it led to the year’s secondmost-read sports article, V.I. Raiders upset Rams in opener.

Next was a report during the Junior All-Native Tournament in Nanaimo in March, Native Sons keep winning at tourney, which detailed the Snuneymuxw team’s success in the first few brackets. The Sons

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The senior B Timbermen’s 105 shots on goal in a lacrosse game in June was the News Bulletin’s most-read sports article of 2015.

would go on to win the title.

Boxers getting ready to rumble, from May, was next on the list, featuring an interview with boxing promoter Terry Strawson in the lead-up to the Rumble at the Rink card at

Frank Crane Arena.

Rounding out the top five was more lacrosse news, Sr. B Timbermen chase Presidents’ Cup, an article previewing the team’s participation at nationals.

Finalists chosen for sport awards, as in the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards, was next, back in January.

Then came the Raiders, making their second appearance in the top 10 in July with V.I. Raiders will try to rise again, the Bulletin’s season preview.

More football was eighth on the list, as the article Barsby obliterates Moscrop 77-0 to start playoffs in November showed the game doesn’t have to be close to keep fans interested.

Ninth was Derby dudes, a feature in November about two men’s roller derby players who qualified for Team Canada.

The final article to crack the top 10 was The fight goes on, a feature from May on boxer Gordy Racette. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, there is a way out of every situation, even if it seems like all exits are blocked.

Swallow your pride if need be and accept the help of others when it’s offered.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you will be getting a lot of help with a special project, so expect it to go quite smoothly. Just be sure to pay back the favor when you can.

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Don’t feel pressured to change your way of doing things, especially if it’s working.

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Aquarius, something you have been looking forward to for some time is about to happen.

It has been a long time coming but entirely worth it. Enjoy the ride.

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Another Nanaimo team to come through with a championship was the senior B Nanaimo Timbermen. The victory was sweet for the T-men, who captured the crown in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association for the first time since 2003. They swept their final in three straight games against their rivals, the Ladner Pioneers.

Sometimes it doesn’t take a full season to become a champion. The Snuneymuxw Native Sons junior boys’ basketball team scored one of the year’s best victories as it won the Junior AllNative Tournament this past spring. It was an especially good story in that the tourney was played in Nanaimo, in front of a packed gym at VIU, and the Sons won a thrilling final against the team that eliminated them the year before, Syilx.

The News Bulletin’s final sports story of the year is the Nanaimo Pirates’ heavy hitters. The team didn’t win a championship – it lost to the North Shore Twins in the provincial final in Victoria – but it had a batting order that made

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Many other achievements are worth mentioning. The Nanaimo Track and Field Club had another outstanding season, led by runner Alyssa Mousseau and pole vaulter Jason Clare, both of whom represented Canada at the World Youth Championships in Colombia.

Erin Burrett won the Victoria Marathon, her first-ever attempt at the distance. Wellington Secondary School’s cross-country team won a provincial championship.

Nanaimo athletes won many other titles, including on the football field, in the lacrosse box, on the lawn bowls greens, on the judo mats and elsewhere.

With the calendar turning over to 2016, it means many of these athletes and teams will get to start their season anew, and will have a chance to do it all again, or go one better, and be the sports story of next year.

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