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Taiwanese Lantern Festival upcoming It’s time to say good-bye to the goat and to welcome the monkey.

2016 is the Year of the Monkey, and promises to be a year full of energy, activities and adventures. The Taiwanese Lantern Festival, once held in Cumberland, has a new venue at the Native Sons Hall in Courtenay. With a new location, some fresh elements will be injected.

Eight of the artists from Taiwan and Vancouver are coming with Monkey King to share and interact with the crowd. There will be plenty of crafts and hands-on opportunities such as OFFER ENDS FEB 1 Kin, monkey bands, monkey bookMonkey marks, monkey fortune cookies, fortune tellers, UP TO paper fans and Chinese New Year Couplets.

Food is a must to celebrate Lunar New Year.

An energy pumping station is on the lower level of the hall. A 10-metre lighted dragon will be displayed at the lower level. Bring your camera to catch the moment of memory. Φ The event is Sunday, Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Native Sons Hall. The Comox Valley Multicultural Society organizes the event, and ON SELECT MODELS admission is by donation.

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“We have in the past adjusted service as part of our capacity deployment strategy where many routes are updated to provide the most effective and efficient schedule that meets the

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While Westjet is pulling its daily direct service between Nanaimo and Edmonton off the schedule in March, they have no plans to change the Comox routes - for now.

In an announcement Monday, the company confirmed it will cancel the route out of Nanaimo beginning March 5 - just three months since it was launched - as a result of an economic downturn.

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Finding a second use for Christmas trees, a group from the Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association along with members from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans put leftover trees to use Tuesday morning along the banks of the Puntledge River.

Large trees donated from tree recycling programs earlier this month were strung together in groups of around 10 and pulled into the water and tied to nearby trees to provide small woody debris for chinook fry, explained Wayne White, chairman of the conservation committee for the fish and game association.

“The idea is that the fish tend to like hiding in all these little nooks and crannies, especially when the

flow is up. We’re hoping when they come up out of the gravel they’re quite small, and they’ll hang out in these trees and grow a bit bigger.”

The idea is to attract the fish to the side of the river opposite of where BC Hydro takes its water off into the penstock so they don’t enter and get caught on screens, he added.

“The concern is that we would like to get those guys out and grow to big fish,” said White. “That’s why we’re bringing them over to this side but also that it holds them for a little while and they’ll get bigger.

When they’re bigger they’ll have enough strength to swim off the screen (if they do get caught).”

The idea was presented by DFO, and the idea to use debris came from other river systems on Vancouver Island such as the Englishman and Cowichan rivers.

The fish are expected to come into the river in February, and White said the group

He said he hopes the fish will be attracted to the migration corridor and not the penstock, but if they do get diverted into the intake, they will hopefully grow bigger

thanks to the woody debris cover to have no problems surviving the screen.

Spots to tie the rows of trees to the banks were chosen based on water velocity.

While the trees ultimately will lose their needles, the group hopes the string of branches can stay in the water providing habitat for the fish up to 10 years.

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will be monitoring the more than 120 trees in the water.

While similar projects have worked on other rivers, the idea to use Christmas trees is unique, explained Mel Sheng from the Salmon Enhancement Program of the DFO. “When the fry emerge out of the gravel, what we think they do naturally is they go to the banks and start migrating downstream looking for habitat to seek cover and potentially rear in those areas

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He was adopted into the Haida Eagle Clan by elder Ada Yovanovich with the name "Tethunadas" White Swan. His adoption occurred as a result of his willing participation in the Lyell Island blockade in 1985 at the invitation of Council of the Haida Nation. The blockade paved the way for the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.

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RCMP REPORT While conducting a traffic stop in Courtenay, during the early morning hours on Jan. 20, the driver of a vehicle was determined to have consumed alcohol before driving. The driver was issued a three-day driving prohibition and their vehicle was impounded for three days.

Mini rams Dodge

On Jan. 20, the Comox Valley RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on the 4400 block of Marsden Road, in Courtenay. Investigation revealed that the driver of a Dodge pickup truck had pulled out of a driveway onto the path of a Mini Cooper. The Mini Cooper struck the Dodge in a manner that caused the pickup to roll over onto its side. It was believed, by the investigating officer, that the pickup driver had consumed alcohol before driving. A breath sample was refused, as such, the driver was served a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition, and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days. (2016-739)

Fleeing on foot

Early in the morning hours of Jan. 21, a constable of the Comox Valley RCMP attempted to conduct a traffic stop with a vehicle. The driver parked the vehicle and attempted to flee. After a short foot pursuit, the driver was caught, arrested and lodged into the Comox Valley RCMP cells. The driver was held for a court appearance, later that day. Charges of flight from police, breach of probation and driving while prohibited were recommended to Crown counsel. (2016-753)

Young drinkers

The evening of Jan. 21 found three Class 7 drivers driving contrary to their restrictions.

In three separate traffic stops, the class 7 ‘N’ drivers had been found to be driving with alcohol in their system. All three drivers were issued 12-hour driving suspensions and violation tickets for ‘drive contrary to restrictions’.

The Comox Valley RCMP would like to remind young drivers that having a driver’s license is a privilege and there is zero tolerance with the restrictions imposed on class 7 L and N licenses.

Excessive highway speed

While conducting speed enforcement on Hwy. 19, near Cook Creek, on Jan. 22, a vehicle was stopped for excessive speeding. The vehicle was found to have been travelling 140 km/h in a 90 km/h zone. The driver was issued an excessive speed violation ticket and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

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On Jan. 23, while conducting speed enforcement on Hwy 19, a motorcycle was found to have been travelling 180 km/h, near the Dove Creek Road intersection. A second police unit north of the incident was advised and the

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Cars impounded

Between midnight and 2:30 a.m., on Jan. 24, the Comox Valley RCMP were busy taking intoxicated drivers off the road. One driver was issued a three-day immediate roadside prohibition, two drivers were issued 90-day immediate roadside prohibitions and the last driver refused to provide a breath sample, as such, also received a 90-day roadside prohibition. All vehicles were impounded as well.

Erratic driver

During the early morning hours of Jan. 25, the Comox Valley RCMP were advised of an erratic driver in the Green Avenue/Mcleod Road area of Courtenay. The vehicle was located and the driver was found to have consumed alcohol. The driver was issued a three-day immediate roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded for three days. The driver was also issued a violation ticket for no insurance, no drivers licence, wrong number plate and possess opened liquor in a motor vehicle.

BOLO for green F150 with camper

A stolen vehicle was reported to the Comox Valley RCMP on Jan. 25. A pickup truck was taken from the 200 block of 8th Avenue. The truck is described as a 1991, Green Ford F-150 pickup bearing British Columbia licence plates JL7632 and the truck has a camper in the box.

If you have seen this vehicle, please contact the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321 or Comox Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477) (2016-920)

Broken window

A mischief that occurred sometime over the weekend on the 700 block of McPhee Avenue, in Courtenay was reported on Jan. 25. An unknown person threw a rock at a window, breaking the outer pane of glass. If you have any information regarding this mischief, please contact the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-3381321 or Comox Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477) (2016-920)

Cyclists: know the rules

As the weather warms up, and more bicyclists hit the road, the Comox Valley RCMP would like to remind riders of several things.

As a cyclist you must wear a helmet and are to follow the same rules of the road as motor vehicles. Violation tickets may be issued for several offences, including, but not limited to, riding on a sidewalk (sec 183(2)(a) MVA---$109 fine), Cycle without required helmet (sec 184(1) MVA---$29 fine) and Fail to obey traffic control device (sec 125 MVA---$121). For more cycling regulations, restrictions and rules of the road, visit bit.ly/1FnJ74H

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Soroptimist International of Courtenay invites women to a fun pyjama party event, which will benefit women and girls in our community.

The event will support SoroptiPaks - the club’s signature project - bursaries, Live Your Dream Awards, providing education and training for women and Dream It – Be It career support for girls, our mentoring day for secondary female students.

Bring your mom, your daughter, your girlfriend and join them for a wonderful evening and dance the night away in your PJ’s and pearls or your best outfit, for women and girls, who need it in the Comox Valley.

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PEARL ELLIS GALLERY in Comox presents“Inspired by the Canadian West Coast” - a show and sale by Bert Badey & April Dyck from Jan. 12-31. Open Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday 1 – 4 p.m., Closed Monday. Free admission.

Located at 1729 Comox Ave. FMI and to see a virtual gallery of the current show go to pearlellisgallery.com Voice and Vision, the upcoming exhibition by Comox Valley artists Gail Neuls and Martha Ponting, opens Feb. 2.

Fundraising art show - Wayne Mackenzie, Designer Goldsmith presents: “Looking again”, paintings by Connie Treen. Opening reception artist in attendance Jan. 28, 1-5 p.m.

Show continues until March 31 #105, 1995 Cliffe Ave. Courtenay. Free Admission.

50 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the paintings will be donated to St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Comox in support of two refugee sponsorships: an Eritrean family and an Iraqi Kurdish family . Ph (250) 8977463 for more info.

Theatre Dinner Theatre - Meet Me at the Jukebox Diner, a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise, will be held at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay on Thursday, Feb.18, Friday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 20. The doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets ($35) available at Benjamin Moore House of Color in Courtenay and at Blue Heron Books in Comox.

THURSDAY, January 28 Community Dinner - Lake Trail Neighbourhood Connections is hosting a potluck community dinner at 5 p.m. Bring yourself, your family, a story, a dish to this free event. (If you bring a dish please bring the recipe to place beside it for others to share and know what’s in the dish if there are any food allergies.)

Fire protection meeting - 7 p.m. at the Merville Hall with Mark Petrovcic, Forest Protection Technician, Coastal Fire Centre This information session is of special interest to Merville and Black Creek residents and land owners who live in the rainforest and are concerned about the increasing possibility of wildfires during the summer drought conditions. This meeting is supported by the CVRD.

Friday, January 29 Free meditation - Take a free class at the Courtenay Library, 300 6th Street, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The simple and effective techniques of Sahaja Yoga Meditation will allow you to master stress, improve your health, face yourself, and achieve balance in every aspect of life. Ancient knowledge and practices are adapted to modern day needs of people of all ages and walks of life. For more information call us at (250) 954 5040 or visit our website at www.freemeditation.ca Billy D’s goes acoustic Sue Medley and her coproducer/bandmate John Mang play Billy D’s tonight at 8 p.m. Sue is a multiple Juno award winner with a string of internationally successful

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As a duo they’ll bring a unique and enjoyable perspective to Sue’s compositions in the relaxed casual listening space at Billy D’s.

Seniors’ Dance - Get off the couch and out the door! Enjoy the live music of Reiss Vink in the Rotary Hall at Courtenay Recreation’s Filberg Centre 7:30 – 10:30 .p.m. Non-members are welcome at $9 each; Evergreen Club members are $7 each. FMI call the Filberg office at 250338-1000.

Comedy show - Crown Isle presents “Funnyfest on Tour” comedy show, with 2 stand-up comics: Joe King and Steve Hughes. $20 advance tix available at Crown Isle. Call 250-703-5000 for inquiries & reservations Living plastic free - Comox United Church will present the film From the Waste Up Life Without Plastic at 7 pm.

Admission is by donation.

This film follows the lives of 19 people as they try to eliminate plastic from their lives for a year, and shows that change is possible.

Saturday, January 30 Test your cranium - 4R’s Education Centre (Soc.) 11th Annual Cranium Challenge, 6 p.m. Evergreen Lounge, Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue. Fun for all ages in this round-robin Cranium tournament for a great cause! Prizes and title of Cranium Champions up for grabs! Details on our Facebook event page. All welcome. Fmi or to register - 250-338-4890. Reg. deadline – Jan. 28.

Sunday, January 31 Tango time - Gwen Spinks is teaching at the Abbey in Cumberland from 12:30-1:30, cost is $10.

Monday, February 1 Whist - we will be having another fun night of Whist at Courtenay Recreation’s Florence Filberg Centre. Whist starts at 7:30 p.m. 20 hands of play, door prizes, snacks and good fun!

New players welcome. Come early to sign up. $2 per person, members only.

Tuesday, February 2 Let’s Tango - We welcome back Gwen Spinks for lessons every Tuesday from 7-8:30 at the Bridge Lounge. Gwen has an easy, friendly teaching style that makes learning fun. $15 drop in. FMI: comoxvalleytango@ gmail.com

Wednesday February 3 Swing time - Join us for West Coast Swing workshops in the lower Elks Lodge (231 6th St) from 7-8 p.m. Each lesson starts with a beginner pattern and progresses to a more advanced pattern. Guest instructors Keith and Holly Foraie. Drop in $10 includes dancing until 10 p.m.

FMI: cvwcsinfo@gmail.com Roots in Cumberland Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie play two sets of roots and blues at the Cumberland Hotel, starting at 7:30 p.m. No admission charge.

Thursday, February 4 Get wet at the Wave - The Wet Secrets are a six piece rock’n’roll dance band that plays the kind of music you could expect to hear if The Stranglers piggybacked Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass through the Rose Parade. They play the Waverley tonight. $12 advance tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley, by phone 250 336 8322 and online at CumberlandVillageWorks.com Doors at 9 p.m. Early Show!

Saturday, February 6 Laugh a little - Laughter Wellness is a series of playful, improv type exercises designed to have us experience the awesome health benefits of laughter. Facilitated by a certified Laughter Leader, it provides an opportunity for adults to be playful in a nonjudgmental environment and to learn to laugh at life’s stresses. 9:3010:30 a.m. $5 per family, individuals welcome. Lake Trail Community School 805 Willemar Ave. Courtenay. Call Joanne 250 465 1201 for more info.

New age Psychedelic - Yukon Blonde plays the Avalanche Bar & Grill, 275 8th Street, Courtenay tonight.

The marriage of psychedelic, digital and synthetic sounds has become an unintentional symbol of Yukon Blonde’s own creative freedom. $15 + Gst advance tickets on sale at Bop City and online at cumberlandvillageworks.com Rockin’ Dance Party Tomcat And Friends, the Valley’s own retro/rock dance band will preform great hits from the ’50s -’90s at the Mex Pub tonight, 8:30-midnight. Bring your blue suede boogie shoes and rock the night away to 50 years of great hits from the likes of Elvis, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top and many, many more. No cover.

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Allison Trumble has been an admitted bookworm for as long as she can remember. With that in mind it’s no surprise that she became a librarian.

Who’d have thought it would take some time in the bush for her to figure it our herself?

“I never thought that tree planting would last forever, but it was something I went through,” said the children and youth customer service librarian at the Courtenay Library.

Allison was raised in the Comox Valley, and her French immersion schooling drew her to Montreal for post-secondary.

She completed her under-graduate degree at Concordia, at which point she decided she wanted nothing to do with the English language.

“I went through … maybe I was a little bit disenchanted after my under-graduate degree, and I had no interest, whatsoever, in anything to do with books, for quite a while,” she said.

So she took on a job many West Coasters are familiar with: tree planting.

“I had always heard about it.

But tree planters have a way of talking about things in a way

that’s almost like tall tales, larger than life. They talk about it like it is the hardest job in the world and ‘can you hack it?’ So my sense of adventure was tweaked and I had to try it.”

She said it lived up to the hype.

“I think so. It was a very tough job. And you can make quite a bit of money at it. Tree planters are crazy. They all work really, really hard. It’s not about how hard it is to plant a tree. It’s about how hard it is to plant 3,000 trees.”

Then she had her epiphany.

“Eventually, when I realized that tree planting is not a ‘forever’ career, I was sort of casting about for what would give me a more stable career and it sort of hit me like a ton of bricks.”

She wanted to be a librarian.

Ironically, some of the things that fuelled her disenchantment are the same things she spends a lot of her time delving into now, as a librarian.

“Things to do with copyright, piracy and Internet neutrality access to information and stuff,” she said. “I realized that librarians are really actively involved in a lot of those issues. So that kind of grabbed me about earning my librarianship. I realized I didn’t get a degree just to throw it away.

It all came together and made sense.”

She returned to school to achieve her masters in library and information studies at UBC and now she’s home, working at the same library where she spent many hours growing up.

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Editorial

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The drug is known as the “antidote” to opiate overdose, and can reverse the otherwise deadly effects of ingesting too much heroin and/or fentanyl.

Despite often being first on the scene of overdoses, firefighters, police officers and others who don’t have a required prescription for naloxone have thus far been banned from carrying the drug.

Addressing that is a move that is long overdue, given the stakes involved and the safe nature of naloxone.

It is available over the counter in more than a dozen U.S. states, and hospitals in Canada have been using the drug for more than four decades.

This summer, Health Canada promised that it would review the drug’s prescription-only status, although a full process was expected to take more than a year.

Whatever the outcome of that review, the fact that it’s only being done now – after too many deaths from accidental overdoses – shows that our society, and our government institutions, still have much they can do to help those on the fringes who have frequently been overlooked.

Opiate use affects a far greater number of Vancouver Island residents than the casual observer may know.

While the drugs drive some into a life of homelessness and property crime, they are also used by husbands and mothers, sons and daughters, employees and bosses who conduct lives not stereotypically associated with hard drug use.

In cases of overdose, all of those people – those on the fringes, and those in the mainstream – deserve the best shot at life, and the best opportunity at eventually overcoming their addictions.

The quicker the province moves on this initiative, for all emergency responders, the better.

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60 in 60: That’s a lot of potatoes ■ Terry & Erica Farrell 60 in 60

We have come to the halfway point of our 60 in 60 Challenge,where Erica and I set the goal of losing 60 pounds in 60 weeks. It’s been 15 weeks since we started, so that’s 30 weeks between the two of us. How are we doing? So far, so good. This week, to mark the milestone, we are bringing our blog “conversation” format to the print version of the column series. *** Terry: Welcome to the op-ed page.

Erica: Ooooh, I feel so honoured.

T: As you should. Many people make pitches to me, to get here, you know.

E: Oh I know… you always tell me.

T: Ha ha. Anyway, I figured, seeing as how this is our official halfway point in our 60 in 60 Challenge, it was only right to have a little chat with you, regarding our achievements thus far.

E: We’ve done pretty well, haven’t we?

T: I’ll say: 40 pounds in the first half. We only have to lose 20 in the second half to meet our target.

E: It is getting harder, so I’m sure we will use the majority of the time allotted. But I really like what we did today.

T: You mean the photo we took while we were shopping? That was a brilliant idea of yours.

E: I thought it would put a little perspective on things. Holding 20 pounds of potatoes gives me an idea of how much weight I’ve lost in the past 15 weeks.

T: I think we should have done it with bags of popped popcorn. Imagine how many bags that would take.

A lot more than two each.

E: Yes, dear (eye roll).

But this is a really good exercise for anyone else who has been on a weightloss program. The next time you are out and about, do what we did, to give you some perspective. Even if you’ve lost 10 pounds, pick up a bag of potatoes and carry it around the store.

Then think: you used to carry that extra weight around with you all the time.

For a bit of perspective as to how much weight they have lost already, the Farrells went to Quality Foods and had a picture taken with 40 pounds of potatoes.

T: That’s when it really hits home. I wanted a shopping cart just carrying those potatoes around the produce section! Now the challenge will be to lose that final bag each.

E: It hasn’t been easy.

But it has been very rewarding. I feel really good.

T: For sure, we have had

a few stumbles along the way. But we always seem to work through them.

E: Speaking of working through them, I hear the treadmill calling. Make sure to check out our blog at comoxvalleyrecord.com for weekly updates during our second half.

Terry Farrell is the editor at the Comox Valley Record

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Public apology for disruptive behaviour

To the community of Comox Valley, I was recently on a flight from Edmonton home to the Comox airport. Prior to the flight in the Edmonton airport I had been drinking and I had exceeded my limit before boarding the plane. Seeing as I had been working for a month straight I would have been fine with having one or two drinks but I continued on and started to act foolishly. I continued to drink on the plane until I engaged in an argument with one of the crew members about how I was behaving.

Under the influence of alcohol, I had stolen one of the small bottles of alcohol from the serving cart as it came down the aisle. When confronted by the crew I continued to deny doing this.

Soon after landing, the police arrived and I was escorted off the plane and taken to the police station.

The airline immediately banned me from flying with the airline for 12 months. As well as I was suspended from my current job.

After my arrest, the police and the airline gave me the option of having the case referred to the Community Justice Centre for a Restorative Justice resolution conference. During that resolution conference the airline representative explained the many consequences of my actions for airline safety.

I came to realize that this definitely had a negative effect on everyone aboard the plane that day, affecting the safety and the comfort of the other passengers, the risk to crew members, and the financial compensation the airline had to pay for some of the distressed passengers.

I also realized how it would have impacted their friends, families and members of the community.

Flying can be stressful enough for most people without the added tension of seeing a potentially dangerous passenger-crew dispute while travelling. I now see the ripple effects of my behaviour and I am so very sorry for my actions.

I would like to apologize to everyone aboard the plane that day and everyone else negatively impacted by these

actions. As a result of my resolution conference, I am writing this apology to the whole community in the hopes that others will see how my thoughtless actions have impacted so many others. I am so very sorry for this and you can be confident that this will never happen again. I hope others can learn from my mistakes and that air travel will continue to be safe for everyone.

Editor’s note: This letter was written anonymously as a condition of a settlement reached with the help of the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre.

How about widening the 17th St. bridge?

Dear editor, I was pleased to note that the majority of Council chose to heed city staff advice on this issue and vote to retain the 11th Street property as a third crossing option.

An option that would create no further riparian zone destruction along the Courtenay River, nor impact the estuary, is the 17th Street Bridge twinning/expansion possibility. This would keep the traffic flow farther south than 11th Street, as desired by the mayor. It is difficult to fathom why this option does not appear to be on anyone’s radar but I understand that it has been considered by our provincial highways branch in the past, and I believe it warrants further investigation.

In a perfect world, where the Comox Valley has a sustainable transportation plan in place, I would agree with the mayor that the chances of building a third bridge would be highly unlikely, at least in the foreseeable future. However, the Valley population continues to grow and, unfortunately, the major planning focus continues to centre on the automobile. Far too little consideration is given to adequately resourcing alternatives, such as a convenient public transportation system, complete streets with safe and separate pedestrian/ cycling lanes and higher density urban development.

I would urge all local decision makers to cast their eyes a generation or two down the road, start thinking outside the box, and be proactive in ensuring that there continues

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Conservatives are a government in waiting

Dear editor, When Justin Trudeau, in an interview right after his stunning election victory, said “I left them in the dust” this was more impulsive optimism than reality.

Not quite Justin! Actually, Trudeau won his majority with 39 per cent of the vote, which means that 60 per cent of voters did not vote for the Liberals. The truth is Stephen Harper left his party in very good shape and in so doing has restored normal politics to Canada by building the Conservative Party as a credible alternative to the Liberal Party.

The Conservatives have more than a few reasons to be optimistic. They received nearly 32 per cent of the vote and still have a healthy 99 seats in Parliament and are still the top party in terms of raising money.

Dark economic realities are already clouding the “sunny ways” agenda of the new government. Sagging oil prices and a low loonie will reduce revenue for the Liberals making it much more difficult for them to keep some of their irresponsible election promises. The cost of the Syrian refugee settlement pledge was supposed to be $200 million but will likely come in at three or four times that amount. Trudeau’s commitment to all 94 commendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for First Nations could prove very expensive.

Trudeau will provide a gold mine of ammunition for a capable Conservative opposition with his mistaken, short sighted and reckless management of the finances of the nation and the government’s non-existent foreign policy.

Conservatives must resist the temptation to go back to “Progressive” Conservatism, learn from mistakes made in the election, and continue to embrace sound economic and security policies and prove they are “a government in waiting.”

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WCFF: A weekend of thought-provoking films ■ Scott Stanfield scott.stanfield @comoxvalleyrecord.com

24 Hour Drum follows a three-month journey by a group of First Nations youth who touch on racism, residential schools and other such themes in spoken word and poetry. The students perform their work at high schools in the Sea to Sky corridor, and at a national principals conference in Whistler.

“The film really shows them gaining power and courage to present in front of high schools in the area,” said Comox Valley filmmaker Ed Carswell. “These kids are only 14, 15, 16 years old, and yet they really took hold of the issue, and came up with some amazing slam poetry that’s pretty hard hitting.”

24 Hour Drum will be screened amidst a number of aboriginal films at the 25th annual World Community Film Festival, which runs Feb. 5 and 6 at several venues in Courtenay.

“There’s about two hours of First Nations films all grouped together,” said Carswell, a part-time co-ordinator at World Community.

The Valley-based organization is a community of that is a charming, engaged and active person is telling advocates working to foster a greater awareness of you the same thing, that’s probably going to stick with social, economic and environmental consequences of you. Character development is a really important part human activity, both locally and globally. of a documentary if you want to get a message across.”

Its flagship event is the He said one of this year’s film fest, which screens docfascinating films is a docudraumentary films that focus on ma called Hadwin’s Judgment, You can have Naomi Klein and emerging human development about the controversial crusadissues. Films are selected by a Noam Chomsky spout statistics at er, Grant Hadwin, who cut the four-person committee. Creativ- you ’til you’re blue in the face, but tell golden spruce on Haida Gwaii. ity, film quality and relevance to me what they said two days later. But “Docudrama is a pretty stanthe community are important if some peasant that is a charming, dard approach in documentaaspects of selection. ry when you’re looking at an engaged and active person is telling “There isn’t a formula we use. historical situation,” said FairVery often there’s a gut feeling you the same thing, that’s probably banks, noting the film contains that is the most important part going to stick with you. numerous interviews with peoof it,” said World Community Wayne Bradley ple who knew Hadwin. board member Wayne Bradley.

“One of the things we like His partner, Janet Fairbanks, is about films in terms of selecboard chair. “One of the things we’ve learned over the tion is what makes you go away and really think about years is that, if you want the content of the film to stick, something,” she said. you should have a really interesting character which is “If you get a contradiction chewing away in your being focused on. Somebody that people really remem- mind, that’s what makes the brain work and makes it ber. You can have Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky confront some of the issues a little more,” Bradley said. spout statistics at you ’til you’re blue in the face, but tell “That’s what we’re trying to do, is get people to chalme what they said two days later. But if some peasant lenge their thinking.”

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The committee watches at least 150 films a year. Invariably, it ends up with twice as many as needed. When it comes to negotiating film rights, it needs to pare things down to a certain number of minutes to put in the festival.

“That’s one of the reasons that we have our film series,” Fairbanks said. “A lot of the films we would love to screen, we just don’t have room for.”

“We’re constantly creating a prospect file,” Bradley added.

The festival opens on the Friday night with the award-winning How To Change The World — a portrait of the original members of Greenpeace. Rex Weyler, a founding member of Greenpeace, will If you get a contradiction attend for a Q&A. Saturday’s agenda features chewing away in your mind, more than 30 films at five ven- that’s what makes the brain ues: the Sid Williams Theatre, the upper and lower Native Sons work and makes it confront Hall, the Filberg Centre and the some of the issues a little lower Sid (fountain level). The more. That’s what we’re trying latter offers films for children in to do, is get people to challenge the afternoon.

The closing night feature films their thinking. are Aina and Haida Gwaii: On WAYNE BRADLEY the Edge of the World.

Festival passes are $35. There are also a limited number of low income passes for $17. Friday’s opener is $14 or $8 (low income). Saturday all day is $25 or $12. Youth under 20 are $3. Children under 12, accompanied by an adult, get in free. Saturday evening films are $12.

Films from previous festivals are available at a lending library for World Community members at the Zocalo Cafe in Courtenay and Seeds Natural Food Market in Cumberland.

The organization also sells fairly traded coffee and organic products, Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon at #3 — 2440 Rosewall Cres. in Courtenay. Products can also be found at various locations around town.

Nearly half of World Community profits come from coffee sales. Since 1999, funds from coffee sales have assisted a health care project in Nicaragua.

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The Comox Valley Record wants to recognize the many events that make our community a better place to live. Email your photos and submissions to editor@comoxvalleyrecord.com.

The O.A.P.O. Branch #51 (Cumberland Lamplighters) were happy to present the Cumberland Community Schools Society with a donation to help that group continue with the lunch program, the after school programs and the community programs offered throughout the year. Pictured is Lillian Tosoff (O.A.P.O. Branch #51 vicepresident) presenting the cheque to Sue Loveless (CCSS executive director).

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2015 was a busy year for Marine Search and Rescue - Station 60 Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue – Station 60 volunteers had an eventful year in 2015. It began with an intense period of activity to get ready for a major change as Station 60 said good-bye to the Bruce Brown II after almost 20 years of service as the station’s primary response vessel and at the same time welcomed the Lazo as its replacement. This required a great deal of extra training to convert to the jet boat, and to

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Exciting changes for the station didn’t stop there as volunteers began an extension on the station house thanks to funding from Gee and Associates Private Wealth Management and Investors Group as well as discounts from Slegg Lumber. This extension and

improvement is much needed as intensive training continues to keep improving skill levels on the new jet boat as well as keeping up other skills and providing training to new recruits every spring.

This high level of training is necessary to be able to respond to calls for assistance that began the year on Jan. 4 with a beached vessel and finished on Dec. 26 looking for a kiteboarder in trouble that turned out to be a false alarm.

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Take, for example, George Burdon McKean. Originally from Willington, County Durham, he was a student at the University of Alberta when the war broke out and served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Medal and, after he was commissioned as an officer, the Military Cross - making him one of only a handful of people who have won all three and survived the war.

The research will consider not only individual ‘migration histories’ like these, but also the way that individuals and communities saw their own identities - as ‘Geordies’ and Britons, but also Australians, Canadians, or New Zealanders.

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Using this information, the project organizers plan to produce a short film and write a number of research papers in order to profile the men of the North-East who fought in the armies of the Dominions.

“It will be an interesting and challenging project to work on,” said McConnel. “We want to get as many people as possible involved - from experienced researchers to first-time historians. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to research the lost stories of these service men and women’s lives and to work with other researchers across the world.

“We are confident that anyone who can take the time to learn just a little about the scale and impact of the war will be encouraged to play a part in the project.”

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Studio IPF: Inner Pursuit Fitness and Finneron Hyundai are hosting another Bellyfit LIVE community fundraiser on Sunday Jan. 31.

This time, they’ll be raising the roof of the Native Sons Hall in support of the Cumberland Community Forest Society. The CCFS is a group of residents dedicated to preserving the Cumberland Forest that borders the Village of Cumberland from Comox Lake to the Trent River.

Their goal is to raise $1,200,000 to protect these lands in perpetuity.

Bellyfit LIVE pairs a DJ with a Bellyfit instructor to create a singularly unique fitness experience. DJ em.ash (AKA Michael Holding), will be playing his signature inspiring blend of cutting edge, uplifting dance music.

African, Bollywood, Bhangra and Bellydance are a few of the dance cultures on which Bellyfit draws inspiration for this fun workout. A blend of martial arts are also added into the mix.

Developed specifically for women, Bellyfit merges effective and energetic dance fitness with the spirit of joy and practice of mindfulness.

Proceeds will directly benefit the Cumberland Community Forest Society. Admission is by donation. The event goes from 1-2:15 p.m. at the Native Sons Hall, 360 Cliffe Ave on Sunday, Jan. 31. Wear comfortable workout gear, clean running shoes and bring a water bottle and yoga mat if you have one.

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“The first stage of the project will involve collecting information that will help us build a comprehensive and fascinating insight into the stories of so many of the local men and women of the North East who, having left their native land in the three decades or so before the war, found themselves volunteering to return and fight for the homeland in the campaigns of the war across the world,” explained Dr. James McConnel, history lecturer at Northumberland University, where the project is based. “By better understanding their complex identities,

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Neuls started as a realistic painter. Her art world opened to new horizons when she enrolled in North Island College and painted abstracts for the first time. She reveled in the freedom to be creative and to indulge her passion for colour and line. It was so exciting and inspiring as to be almost overwhelming.

Neuls now calls herself a ‘semi-abstract stylist’. She turns a realistic photo into something unique using her love for colour and design, such as in her piece Helmcken Falls. With several requests for larger paintings, she is enjoying how the larger canvas enhances her particular style.

Bold and joyful acrylics, mixed media and collage are Ponting’s chosen media.

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es from realistic to abstract to whimsical.

Many of Ponting’s paintings, such as Tofino Sunset, reflect the artist’s deep spiritual connection with nature and her sensitivity to small wonders found there. Perhaps it is no surprise that she turns to the ever-changing natural realm to inspire and express her artistry, as shape, the interplay of light and shadow, and the rhythm of pattern are all nature’s gifts.

Ponting’s exploratory intuitive paintings are about story-telling and are open to different interpretations.

In this series, the artist’s inner voice is given free reign, with the result that the work on canvas responds to the artist’s intuitive inclinations and to the dictates of self-expression.

Ponting’s heritage buildings series is undoubtedly a reflection of her love of the farm life of her childhood.

Featuring old barns, this series captures

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Martha Ponting’s Tofino Sunset (above) and Sedona by Gail Neuls (below) are two samples of the artists’ work. with refreshments and door prizes, will be held Saturday, Feb. 6 from 1-4 p.m. The draw for two small paintings will take place at 4 p.m.

The Pearl Ellis Gallery is located in Comox at 1729 Comox Ave. and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is free.

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the warmth of country life. Her trees series focuses on the majesty and mystique of Vancouver Island trees and the invitation the forest paths offer to come into their midst.

The artists’ works can be previewed at their websites: gailneuls.com and marthaponting.com.

The opening reception,

Enjoy an evening of music with Annie Handley and Dave Devindisch as their band Easy Street raises money for Glacier View Lodge at the next 1st Tuesday Fundraiser on Feb. 2.

The evening concert is at the Mex Pub and starts at 7:30 p.m. with admission by donation.

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er these multi-instrumentalists deliver a repertoire from ’40s music to modern favourites in their own fun jazzy style.

The evening will start off with an opening set by hosts Judy and Bruce Wing, joined by violinist Blaine Dunaway, followed by Easy Street, and draws for door prizes.

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Noted violist joins Hagen for Mattina Musica The sixth season of Mattina Musica continues on Feb. 1, part of the Sid Williams Theatre Society’s Blue Circle Series, with outstanding violist Marcus Takizawa.

Italian for “Morning Music”, Mattina Musica is a six-concert series of classical music taking place on select Monday mornings, hosted by pianist Sarah Hagen, and co-presented by Hagen and the Sid Williams Theatre Society.

For their February concert, Takizawa and Hagen have selected a fabulously virtuosic sonata by Mendelssohn, the charming Notturno of Beethoven, and Arthur Benjamin’s spirited Jamaican Rumba.

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Takizawa is the assistant principal viola with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, a core member of the Turning Point Ensemble, and performs in the Onyx Trio with Joy Yeh (harp) and Mark Takeshi McGregor (flute). He also performs in the band chordophone, performing and

Marcus Takizawa is the assistant principal viola with the Vancouver PHOTO supplied Opera Orchestra. writing music for viola and electronics using Ableton Live. Known for his exceptional skill, artistry and unique versatility, Takizawa can be seen playing classical music engagements, contemporary music, and performing his own compositions using electronics and live instruments.

He has studied with Karen Tuttle and Gerald Stanick, and members of the Chicago, Guarneri, and Juilliard String Quar-

tets. Takizawa has been a finalist at several music competitions including the Eckhardt-Gramatte, ASTA, and Irving Klein International String Competitions.

From the Comox Valley, Hagen enjoys a busy and varied concert schedule that has taken her from the Sid Williams to Carnegie Hall.

Awarded as the BC Touring Council’s 2015 Touring Artist of the Year, her performances have been described as “outstandingly inven-

Fundraiser: Glacier View building a bath spa Con’t from page 21 All proceeds from the evening will go toward the building of a new bath spa at Glacier View Lodge, a place that provides care for those who live with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in the Comox Valley.

As the lodge looks to improve both the facility and the services available so that it can meet the needs of an aging population, the board of directors has approved the building of a therapeutic bath spa to replace

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The new bath spa will include the refit of a functional, ergonomic shower and bathing chair, slip resistant flooring, washable slings to safely transfer individuals and prevent injury, and heated towel racks and towels to reduce anxiety.

The 1st Tuesday Fundraiser Concert Series, now in its eighth season, is sponsored by the Mex, and pairs local musicians with their favourite charities on

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the first Tuesday of each month.

For more information, contact event organizers Judy and Bruce Wing at www.judyandbruce. com/1stTuesdays.

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tive” (University of Waterloo Gazette), “played flawlessly” (ReviewVancouver) and that ‘“...the level of passion that Hagen possesses - when it comes to experiencing, interpreting and expressing art - is something quite extraordinary” (The Guardian (Charlottetown).

Highlights of her current season include a reunion with Los Angeles Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour for recitals in January and a Mozart Piano Concerto with the Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra in March.

Tickets for this Blue Circle Series performance are $22 for members, $27 for general public, and $20 for students and groups of 10 or more. Members can add this show to a SID TIX pack for just $20. Coffee and tea is served at 9:45 a.m. and music begins at 10:30 a.m.

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The 25th World Community Film Festival is ready to roll on Friday & Saturday, February 5 & 6. in downtown Courtenay.

The Pass System illuminates Canada’s hidden history of racial segregation when Indigenous peoples were denied the basic freedom to leave their reserves without a pass.

cover topics including: First Nations, arts and music, food security, environmental issues, labour, social justice and human rights. These films are guaranteed to inform, entertain, and inspire.

Opening Night

Friday, Feb. 5th. 7:30pm at the Sid Williams Theatre

Saturday Films 4 Venues 10 to 6 pm Sid Williams Theatre Upper Native Sons Hall Lower Native Sons Hall Florence Filberg Centre

How to Change the World

Greenpeace was founded on tight knit, passionate relationships forged in Vancouver in the 1970's. This is an intimate portrait of the group's original members and of activism itself. “A real life thriller with larger than life heroes” -Huffington Post. Environmental (110 min. )

Award at Sheffield Doc Fest; Special Jury Award for Editing, Sundance. Greenpeace

founding member, Rex Weyler, will attend for a Q&A.

Family Program Sat. 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Lower Sid - Fountain area These short films are appropriate for those 6 to 12 years old but will be enjoyed by all.

Free for children 12 and under (accompanied by an adult with a pass).

This year's theme is “Trees and Forests”.

Social Justice Bazaar Upper Florence Filberg Centre, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Community groups sell fair trade goods and provide information about many of the issues featured in the films. The Bazaar offers delicious food for sale. Free Admission to the Bazaar.

Festival Banquet 6 pm Florence Filberg Centre - Vegetarian Thai dinner - $20. Tickets (only 130) available at the World Community booth on Opening Night and at the Bazaar on Saturday.

Call the Sid Williams Theatre Box Office 250-338-2430 or order online at www.sidwilliamstheatre.com

Closing Night

Saturday, Feb. 6th. 8 pm at the Sid Williams Theatre Aina (That Which Feeds Us) (23 min.) - explores sustainable agriculture and wisdom of elders on the island of Kaua'i.

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (75 min.) - tells the story of the people of Haida Gwaii, their community and way of life at odds with the fast-paced modern world.

“Spectacular...unforgettable” Globe and Mail.

Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs; Most Popular Canadian Documentary, Vancouver Int'l Film Festival

Jumbo Wild features First Nations, conservationists, backcountry skiers + snowboarders opposed to a proposed largescale ski resort in southeast BC. Stunning cinematography!

Just a few of the great films:

Lowdown Track Tracks captures the music and stories of five musicians who are homeless or on society’s margin. Second Place

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Following the Ninth is the story of people around the world whose lives have been transformed, repaired and healed by Beethoven's “Ode to Joy”.

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Congratulations on 25 years!

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This California based Car Company, with funding from China is hinting at an electric SUV to come soon, but as we have witnessed from Tesla and its teething problems, I’ll believe it when I see it, let alone drive it!

The car that caught my eye was the Toyota Kikai concept that was making its North American debut.

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‘X’ marks the spot for the Sharpe siblings of Comox as they head to Aspen, Colorado for this weekend’s (Jan. 28-31) Winter X Games.

Both Darcy and Cassie were in action this past week, with Darcy posting a fourth-place finish at the 2016 LAAX Open snowboard competition in Switzerland.

It was part of a dominating performance by Canadians that included taking all five top spots in one of the biggest competitions of the season.

Tyler Nicholson (North Bay) and Sebastien Toutant (L’Assomption, QC) landed in second and third while Sharpe was followed by Mikey Ciccarelli (Ancaster,

ON) in fifth. Courtenay’s Spencer O’Brien was the only Canadian female in the final and finished fifth. 
This is the best ever result for the Canadian slopestyle team, which now heads into the X Games with a major confidence boost and a whole bunch of swagger.

Meanwhile, the 2016 VISA U.S. Grand Prix did not go as smoothly as freestyle ski athletes would have liked. An abbreviated version of the women’s halfpipe finals took place Friday and Cassie Sharpe came in sixth place after being able to perform only one run.

Difficult weather conditions forced event organizers to call the event off Friday afternoon in Mammoth, California. Originally scheduled for Saturday, the halfpipe finals took place

Friday morning and each woman in the field was able to complete one run.

In her only run of the day, Sharpe scored a 38.60 after clipping the deck. “Every year Mammoth brings a storm during the Grand Prix, but today was especially really hard and really windy. It wasn’t the best conditions out there and I didn’t catch enough speed to perform my cork-nine,�

Sharpe said. “Not being able to complete my run the way I wanted to threw me off a bit. The conditions weren’t great for everyone though.

It just too bad we didn’t get one extra run.� Sharpe had originally made it to the six-woman final after finished third during qualifiers with a score of 83.40.

Sharpe will be one of

seven Canadian freestyle ski team members in Aspen for the Winter X Games.

Canada will have representation in every freestyle skiing event.

Sharpe, who took the tour by storm over the last year and finished second at Dew Tour in December, is looking forward to the trip. “It’s really exciting and an amazing feeling knowing that I will be going to my first X Games,� she said. “I’ve never been a part of an event this big. It’s such a massive production. Before halfpipe became a part of the Olympic Games, the X Games was the event everyone in our sport aimed for.

It was always a dream and now it has become reality.

I’m really going to go and soak in the whole experience.�

Mount Washington Ski Club shines at home You know what they say on Mount Washington - wait one minute and the weather will change. This was never truer than this past weekend.

On any given day 30cm of powder is a blessing – but not so much on race day. This past weekend the Mount Washington Ski Club hosted a Teck U14 Giant Slalom Race off the Sunrise Chair amid variable true Island conditions.

On day one the fresh powder was continuously pushed off the track by the incredible Mount Washington Marmots team – well known for their commitment to the club and experience in ski racing around the world.

As a result of this hard work, athletes from Mt. Washington, Whistler, Cypress, Grouse and Seymour could barrel down through the gates at high speeds.

For the Mount Washington team day one brought a third place podium for Emilly Johnston of Comox, an 18th place for Brooke Taylor of Victoria, a 28th for Anja Leikermoser of Comox and a 33rd place for Shelby Nilsen of Comox. For the boy’s team Eric Ashton of Comox had his best result of 15th with Luka Djurickovic of Victoria grabbing a 13th spot.

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The Mount Washington U14 ladies team, left to right: Shelby Nilsen, Brooke Taylor, Anja Leikermoser, Emilly Johnston.

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the sun came out. The race organizing committee had high hopes for great weather on day two but awoke to another large dump of fresh west coast powder.

With the Marmots back at work in the early hours of the morning preparing the course, the winds picked up and the athletes were ready to race – no matter what.

Ski racing is not for the faint of heart as you battle weather and course conditions – and the Mount Washington U14 team did their club proud.

Day two hailed a personal best for Erik Ashton with an 11th place finish, a 26th for Luka Djurickovic, a 29th for Brooke Taylor, a 33rd for Anja Leikermoser and a 37th for Shelby Nilsen.

As race day wound down the sun once again came out.

A giant slalom race is no small feat to organize and requires at least 100 volunteers. The Mount Washington Marmots do not disappoint and the club extends its gratitude for the generosity shown by the Marmots in sharing their expertise and downright “get it done� attitudes with the club over the weekend.

Next up the U16 squad hits the road and travels to Mt. Seymour for the Enquist Slalom.

The club is also preparing for the 35th Anniversary Gala to be held Feb. 13 on the mountain. Check out their 35th anniversary Facebook page for details.

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The card is in support of Comox Valley Special Olympics. A portion of every single ticket sold will go to the association as well as 50 per cent of the profits.

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Barbara passed away suddenly at home on January 17th 2016. She is survived by her loving husband Lee Burnham; her children Debra (Graham) and David (Sandy); stepchildren Clint (Julie), Charlene (Glenn), Greg (Siobhan) and Teresa; grandchildren Lauren, Allison, Beth, Tony, Emily and Devon; and sister June.

Family and friends remember Barbara as a dedicated teacher, a volunteer with the Canadian Cancer Society, as the head librarian for 10 plus years during her stay in Yuma, a devoted treehugger and an animal lover.

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Donald Dean Wilkie April 9, 1952 – January 15, 2016 Born in Regina, Sask. Past in Comox, BC. It is with sad hearts we announce the passing of our husband, brother and uncle.

Predeceased by his parents and grandparents. Survived by wife of 42 years, Kathaleen, three sisters Carol (Wayne), Deb (Bill) and Penny, three nephews and two nieces.

Don had many interests. He loved trains especially his Lionel Trains.

He was a photographer and collected old cameras, books and computers were also a passion. He enjoyed doing lighting for Co-Val. Don wore many hats in his career. He was a garbage truck driver, pulp-mill worker, taxi driver, janitor, security gaurd, computer tec., a bus driver for Air Cadets, and a school bus driver.

In lieu of owers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Canadian Diabetes Assoc. Would be appreciated.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Please join us in remembering Don by visiting our memorial at www.Piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.com

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With deep sorrow, we announce our aunt Sisko’s tragic death in a car accident. Sisko Sirkka Marttinen was born to Niilo and Sirkka in Kouvola, Finland, on February 11, 1942. She emigrated to Canada with her ďŹ rst husband, Jussi (Karl) Kahila, in the late 1960s, staying briey with her older sister, Kaija-Leena Stewart, and her family in Saskatchewan before moving to Port Coquitlam in 1969. There they reunited with good friends from Finland, the Kivinens, then soon moved to Burnaby, where Sisko worked in the auto industry for many years. After her marriage ended in the mid-70s, Sisko was introduced to Ossi Launonen by those friends, and a beautiful, true partnership began; they were married on June 16, 1980. Sisko and Ossi shared a love of nature and travel, especially camping, and of reading; a great sense of humour; devotion to all animals, but especially their cats; and inďŹ nite kindness and optimism: “No complaintsâ€? and “The better days are coming!â€? were Sisko’s mottos. Sisko and Ossi moved to Courtenay in 1991 and loved their life on the Island. Their home was so much a part of nature and nature was their true home; they loved to share it with visitors and neighbors, human and animal alike.

Sisko was predeceased by her parents and by her beloved sister Leena in 2010. She leaves to mourn her passing the love of her life of more than 40 years, husband Ossi; her nephew Seppo Belcher (Lynn) of North Battleford, Saskatchewan; her niece Wendy Stewart (Brian Wall) of Vestal, New York; four great-nieces and nephews and four great-great nieces and nephews.

Also grieving Sisko are her many dear friends, in Canada and in Finland, and good neighbours. Seppo and Wendy are grateful to so many and give special thanks to Sirkka and Andy (Anssi) Kivinen, Evelyn Bowers, Albert and Gail Ballaan, Chris McIntosh and all the staff at St. Joseph’s, and Denis Benard, for their friendship and care of Sisko and Ossi.

She is survived by her nephews, James Parker (Audrey) of St. Catharines; Joseph Wright (Carol) of Gambier Island; Jay Colburn (Val) of Calgary, and Mark Clark of Kamloops; and nieces, Joanne Harburn (Keith) of Toronto and Carol Ladd of Winnipeg; and nephew-in-law, Bob Scace (Amber) of Calgary. She is also survived by numerous great, and great-great, nieces and nephews.

In Loving Memory of

Dean Rowland Battersby

May 15, 1960~Jan. 28, 2013

She was predeceased by her husband Art; her sisters Doris and Helen; her brother Robert; and her niece Margaret.

Todays the anniversary of the day that we lost you, And for a time felt as though our lives had ended too.

Ruth was born on April 15, 1919 in Oxford, Nova Scotia and grew up in Three Hills, Alberta. Ruth graduated with her R.N. from the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta in 1943 and worked at the Vancouver General Hospital in Labor and Delivery. Ruth married Arthur Clark in 1951 in Vancouver. They resided there until they moved to Vancouver Island-Bates Beach in 1971. She then worked in a medical clinic in Courtenay until her retirement.

Ruth and Art loved to ďŹ sh and living near the beach. She took great pride in her nieces and nephews. One of her fondest memories was a train trip across Canada to visit with each of them. Her greatest love was for her dogs Missy and Cosmo.

In 2006, Ruth moved into the Berwick Retirement Residence where she was loved by everyone. She loved to knit and was frequently helping others in the building. For the past 16 months she has been residing at the Comox Valley Seniors Residence. She is known for her kind, loving nature and was thus, blessed with many visitors.

We would like to send special thanks to her dear friends Lynne Wellard and John and Wendy Waterman for their devoted friendship and assistance over the years.

Cremation has already taken place. A memorial service will be held Saturday February 6 2016 at 3pm at the Berwick Retirement Village, 1700 Comox Ave, Comox. Interment will take place at a later date in Three Hills, Alberta.

But loss has taught us many things and now we face each day, With hope and happy memories To help us on our way.

Although we’re full of sadness That you’re no longer here, Your love and influence still guide us And we always feel you near.

What our family shared will never die As it lives within our heart, Bringing strength and comfort while we are all apart.

Love you lots and lots, forever & ever, Diane, Danielle, Deana (Derek) & Dustin xxoo

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A small celebration of Sisko’s life was held on January 20 in the chapel at St. Joseph’s General Hospital, Comox, BC. If desired, a memorial contribution in her name can be made to a charity dear to Sisko’s heart, the SPCA: (http:// www.spca.bc.ca/branches/comox-valley/).

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For those who have experienced the traumatic loss of a loved one.

A new perspective through the eyes of the trauma survivor.

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– Hear “a survivor’s story� – Dorion Dellabough from Island Insight will speak on trauma – Enjoy coffee and a bite while you speak with survivors and browse their displays of therapeutic art (sculpture, paintings, poetry & more)

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Catharina Meyer DeLeeuw April 18th 1953 - September 26th 2015 It’s with great sadness that Manny Meyer announces the passing of his wife, Catharina Meyer DeLeeuw.

After having succumbed to a lengthy battle with mesothelioma. She died peacefully at the Vancouver General Hospital, while holding her husband Manny’s hand.

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As a home care nurse, Catharina loved helping people. She also loved sailing and, together with Manny, sailed their small sailboat “Bonvie� from one end of Vancouver Island to the other, during the 27 years they were married. She especially loved Galley Bay in Desolation Sound where they would go almost every year. After she retired, she and Manny took to the road and traveled up and down North America visiting friends and relatives. It was during their last trip that she became very ill and needed to be rushed back to the VGH. Sadly she spent several months in the Vancouver hospital and never saw her home again.

She leaves behind her husband Manuel; 2 daughters, Natalie and Claudia; 3 grand children, Chris, Yani and Conner; 2 great grand children, Rachael and Daniel and 2 stepsons, Lionel and Samuel.

Catharina was born in Holland where she is survived by her two brothers, a sister and her elderly mother, who all still reside in Holland.

Catharina and Manny met on Denman Island, over a quarter of a century ago and then moved to their home near Cumberland. It was their wish to eventually retire to their property on Hornby Island.

For some families, Rosemarie & Kent Roduck viewing is chosen as a Owners / Funeral Directors matter of course. Yet, some are apprehensive saying they prefer to remember the deceased “as he or she was.� However, the last time you saw the person may not have been a comforting experience.

We have found that those who have chosen to view prior to cremation or burial have always been grateful to once again see the person they love privately at peace and looking cared for.

Even if only one or two people need this last chance to “say goodbye�, it should be granted.

As Funeral Directors, we respect whichever decision a family makes in this regard, but experience has taught us that it’s better to have done it, than to wish you had.

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Catharina also leaves an empty spot in the book club where is missed by all her wonderful friends with whom she met monthly over a period of ďŹ fteen years.

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Oscar, her beloved dog, still looks for her.

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MAINTENANCE AND MINOR IMPROVEMENT SERVICES ON MARRIED MILITARY QUARTERS AT 19 WING COMOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Margaret Chaney (Williams) Born Feb 2, 1929 Died peacefully of natural causes in The Views at St. Josephs hospital on Jan. 3, 2016.

Born Margaret Rice to parents Jay Van Rice and Blanch Rice in Montebello California. She is survived by son Noel Chaney (Pam) grandchildren Silvia, Matt and Tim. Daughter Teresa Chaney (Mike Gilbert) of Courtenay BC. Also survived by Son-in-law Ron Cohn, Granddaughter Kimarie Hoard and great grandson William Hoard in California. She is pre-deceased by Husband William Chaney, second husband Charles Williams, oldest daughter Katherine Chaney (Cohn) and older sister Mary Annette Rice (Oswald). Margaret suffered the devastating loss of her two grandsons in a house ďŹ re in 1982 in Prince George BC. Brook Chaney and Bram Chaney were the loves of her life to which she was devoted Mom #2. Other survivors include niece and nephew Joanne Oswald (Jim Calloway) and Phil Oswald along with two generations of their extended families in Texas and Arizona.

Margaret grew up in southern California during the depression and WWII when it was still a series of small communities. She graduated from Whittier Union High School in 1947 and married the father of her children in 1948. She loved being a mother and home maker and lived in Sacramento California from 1952-1969 where she also worked as a supply clerk for the State of California for 10 years.

Margaret remarried in 1965 and moved, with here family, to northern BC in 1969. They bought 160 acre of undeveloped land, north of Prince George, and lived off grid for several years until power eventually came in, wells got dug and plumbing got built. Margaret loved her life in the bush learning to farm and raise livestock. She particularly loved her 5 horses, dogs, a three legged fox and way too many cats. Margaret went to work for BC Tel as a draftsman in 1970 in Prince George BC. She enjoyed her work and made many friends there until retirement in Abbotsford BC in 1994. She served as an FTW then TWU shop steward to Local 26 for many years.

After retirement she moved to Cumberland BC to be near her family.

She enjoyed her home and garden in Cumberland and being close to family through her retirement years. Margaret became a Canadian citizen in 1976 and was always quite proud of that. She made regular visits to California over the years to visit family but always treasured her home and life here in BC. Margaret will be missed but she’s busy catching up with her boys now.

A wake will be held at Michael’s off Main on Tuesday, February 2nd from 4 to 7 PM.

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As a Special Operating Agency of the Department of National Defence (DND), the Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA) is responsible for managing DND family housing, including the provision of maintenance and minor improvement services.

Defence Construction Canada (DCC), on behalf of the CFHA is calling for the submission of tenders for maintenance and minor improvement work on family housing units at 19 Wing Comox.

The work will be done under Standing Offer (SO) on an “as requested� basis. The SO’s will be in place from April 1, 2016 until March 31, 2018 with an option to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

SO’s will be established for maintenance and minor improvement work in the following trades: Project # Trade Service HARCX03 – Tile, Resilient Sheet Flooring and Carpet HARCX04 – Landscaping, Tree Service, Grass Cutting, & Snow Removal HARCX05 – Electrical HARCX06 – Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning HARCX07 – Concrete, Foundation Repair, Asphalt & Masonry, Carpentry, Asphalt Shingles, Built-Up Roofing and Hardwood Floors HARCX08 – Cleaning HARCX09 – Painting Those wishing to obtain the tender documents for providing any of the packaged residential housing maintenance and minor improvement services must place an order with MERX by logging on their website: www.merx.com or by calling 1 (800) 964-MERX (6379).

THE TENDER DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH MERX DISTRIBUTION. Bids from bidders whose name does not appear on the official tender document takers list, may be declared invalid.

The tender closing date is: February 9 ,2016 The tender closing time is: 14:00 hours, local time Sealed tenders will be received at the following location: Defence Construction Canada 19 Wing Comox, Building 306, Lazo, B.C. V0R 2K0 Please note that the tender results for this project are only available from the DCC Site at Tele: (250) 339-8211, Ext. 7108 Faxed submissions will NOT be accepted.

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(Upper) Conference Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre Selling everything from: flea market, collectibles, hand crafted items, jewellery, refreshments etc.

FMI Call Filberg Centre Office at 250-338-1000

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR FOR DAYCARE IN CAMPBELL RIVER Non Profit Daycare is looking for a French speaking ECE, available Tuesday-Thursday 8am-5pm.

Preference given to applicant with ECE but may consider ECE Assistant. Wage dependent upon qualification and experience.

Please contact: petits_explorateurs@csf.bc.ca with resume.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MEMORIAM

JON NORTH Sept 10 1946 Feb 1 2015 We thought of you with love today but this is nothing new. We thought of you with love today and days before that too. We miss your kind and thoughtful ways Your teasing and your smile. What we would give to hold your hand and talk with you a while.

One thing we have to tell you and of which there is no doubt You are so wonderful to remember and so hard to live without. The years may wipe out many things but this wipe never, the memory of those happy days when we were still together. We hold you tightly with in our hearts and there you will remain. Life has gone on without you but never will it be the same. We will always love and miss you. Love Walt (Waldtraut), Leah and the family

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS CARDS OF THANKS

THE family of Ron Lakie would like to thank all those involved in his care prior to his passing on January 18th, 2016. Special thanks to Dr. Bonnie Bagdan, the BC Ambulance Service and Comox Fire Department, the Emergency Room staff and Nursing staff on the 3rd Floor of St. Joseph’s General Hospital. Thank-you for making his last days comfortable.

INFORMATION

Estimator/ Project Manager Estimator/Project Manager is required to join the Tayco Paving Operations team. 3-5 years of estimating and supervisory experience in the roadbuilding/civil construction field is required. Paving and concrete estimating experience is an asset but is not required.

Interested candidates should forward their resumes in confidence to Andrew Duncan at aduncan@islandpaving.com posting will open untilJanuary January22nd, 29, 2016 JobJob posting will bebe open until 2016.

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AL-ANON/ALATEEN - Concerned about someone’s drinking?

Contact 1-8884ALANON (1-888-425-2666). www.al-anon.alateen.org

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School Bus Drivers Needed Hiring for routes in Comox / Courtenay Professional experience is not required as we provide free, friendly training to qualiďŹ ed applicants with good driving & background records. UNR Class 4 or Class 2 preferred, but we will train the right applicants. No weekends or evenings.

School holidays off.

E-mail: dorothy.palmer@ďŹ rstgroup.com or fax: 250-703-2102 www.ďŹ rststudentinc.ca An equal opportunity employer that values diversity.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 1441 - 16th Avenue Campbell River, BC V9W 2E4 Telephone: 250-286-7200 Fax: 250-286-7222

Regional Forestry Advisor Nanwakolas Council - Campbell River, BC

Program: The Nanwakolas Council, which consists of a number of First Nations located on northern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland, is looking for a Regional Forestry Advisor who will be responsible for continued implementation of ecosystem based management (EBM) in the Nanwakolas First Nations’ territories located in the Great Bear Rainforest. The work will primarily focus on ecological related aspects of EBM, but may also involve elements of the human wellbeing side of EBM. In carrying out this work the Regional Forestry Advisor will be required to engage with the individual member First Nations to receive information and input from them, engage and work with senior Nanwakolas Council representatives on related strategic and policy issues, and interact routinely with provincial government and stakeholder representatives. The Regional Forestry Advisor will report to the Nanwakolas Council Executive Director. The position will be based in Campbell River – with frequent travel to other locations.

Please visit www.nanwakolas.com to download a complete job posting for this position.

Resumes will be accepted until 4:00 on February , 2016 and may be submitted to: Nanwakolas Council Email: info@nanwakolas.com Attention: Merv Child

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONALS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, it is your business, if you want to Stop it is ours. Ph: A.A 250-338-8042 Call Any Time 24/7 Nar-Anon are you affected by someone’s use of drugs, we can help. Wed. Group 7:30pm at 280-4th St. Eureka Support Society contact Jack 3343485. Fri. Group 7:30pm, Komok’s Health Centre, 3322 Comox Rd. Call Rene 334-2392.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST II District of Kitimat

Full Time Permanent Wage $39.86 - $48.23 Over 2 Years Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include surveying, design, contract preparation and inspection on principal projects. Must be proficient with electronic survey equipment, and AutoCad 3D. Please Apply By February 15, 2016 4:30 pm,

by Fax: 250-632-4995, or email: dok@kitimat.ca Visit: www.kitimat.ca

PART TIME BOOKKEEPER Accounting office requires a part time bookkeeper. Working knowledge with Sage 50 and/ or QuickBooks a requirement.

Please send resume to: jan.ashcroft@enterprise business.ca

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CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TEMPORARY Summer Program Coordinator The City of Courtenay invites applications for the temporary position of “Summer Program Coordinator” in the Recreation Division.

For details on qualifications and how to apply, please go to: www.courtenay.ca/jobs

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The Board of Directors is the legal authority for the Comox MFRC and is responsible for its governance. As a board member, a director acts in a position of trust on behalf of the local Canadian Armed Forces community and is responsible for the effective governance of the Organisation. Our Charter requires that, at a minimum, 51% of our board members be military spouses. Interested persons should bring to the table knowledge in strategic planning, critical thinking, leadership skills and an understanding of a governance board.

For more information or to request our Board Application Package, please contact: Augustina Frederiksen, Board Chair comoxmfrc.board.chair@gmail.com

Comox Military Family Resource Centre Business Hours Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. comoxmfrc@gmail.com www.familyforce.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HELP WANTED

ESCORTS

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AMBROSIA’S HEAVENLY Healing Massage. Jan. 28 to Jan. 31. Mature masseuse.

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LUGGAGE-American Tourism 30inch black roller luggage, 2 outside pockets, extendable width zipper, 2 inside zipper pockets $60. 250-338-1371

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OWNER OPERATORS

Flatdeck Division · Must be willing to run Western USA, BC and Alberta · Must currently hold a FAST card, or obtain one within 3 weeks of receiving a position.

Benefits & Hiring Bonus!

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AUTO BODY COURSE for hobbyist & do-it-yourself. One month course $300. Tues. & Thurs. Starts Feb 2. Contact Larry (250)792-1688

RTE # 357 Inverclyde, Stirling, Kinross Pl.

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

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Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to: iheschool.com INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

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HELP WANTED CAMCOR DIVING Services Hiring Experienced Surface Supply and Scuba DIVERS. Part and Full time positions in Port Hardy and Tofino. Email resumes to Kimberlee at camcordiving@telus.net

• HOUSEKEEPING • FRONT DESK STAFF

Come join our team, the Anco Inn is currently accepting resumes.

Drop your resume at the Front Desk at: Anco Inn 1885 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay, BC or email: ancocourtenay@shaw.ca

PSYCHOMETRIST

Needed in Campbell River.

Masters Degree and Exp. required. 2 days per month.

Email: Psychometristjob @gmail.com or drop off at the Campbell River Mirror on Dogwood Street, Box BB8

FIREARM BUYER looking for any type, any condition of firearms, whole estates to single, fair market value paid, have all licence’s to purchase. Call (250)667-4862.

COURTENAY

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER HANDYPERSONS 250-898-8887. HOME Repair, Renovation & Maintenance Service. Interior or Exterior.

Call Les for Free Estimate.

RTE # 365 Mollard, Pintail, Valley View & Portridge Pl.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS THINKING OF A NEW IKEA KITCHEN? • DESIGN • DELIVERY • INSTALLATION Since 1990. 250-338-3148

RTE # 302 Cruickshank, Valecourt & Myra Pl.

PAINTING

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SENIORS INTERIOR PAINTING 30 Years Experience Reliable, meticulous workmanship Seniors pricing Gord 250-650-8065

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ADULTS & SENIORS WELCOME NO COLLECTIONS GREAT WAY TO EXERCISE AND MAKE MONEY AT THE SAME TIME

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WORK WANTED R E G I S T E R E D / B O N DA B L E mature care aide with many years exp. looking for work.

Avail. for restbite, personal care, housekeeping duties.

Call 250-600-3756.

HELP WANTED

Hot Chocolates Packaging Department CHOCOLATES

We are currently seeking a full-time employee for our Packaging Department. This position would be ideal for the detail oriented person who takes satisfaction in achieving perfection. Foiling, ribbon bowing, packaging product, weighing….all following a prescribed method that ensures the finished product looks perfect on the shelf. Take a look next time you’re in the store!! This position requires a mature individual who can demonstrate an ability to get along well in an established team environment.

Resumes, clearly marked “Packaging Department” to the attention of: Michele Henry, General Manager Hot Chocolates 368 5th Street, Courtenay will be accepted until noon on Friday, February 5th, 2016.

Phone calls regarding this position will not be accepted and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Thank you for your understanding of our busy work environment.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

Carriers Needed

RTE # 265 Kilpatrick, Grant, 22nd & 23rd Street’s

HELP WANTED

The Board is pursuing volunteers with expertise in the following Àelds: Human Resource Management; Financial Accounting; Risk Management; Advocacy; Legal Principles & Practice; Community Relations; Marketing; Social Media; Web Development; Not for ProÀt Management; and Grant Writing.

PERSONAL SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES CARPENTRY NEED A GUY? Handyman Service. Journeyman Carpenter & Jack of all trades.

Reno’s, decks, tiling, bath/kitchens, doors, windows, fix-ups & maintenance. 30yrs exp.

Reasonable rates.

Seniors Discount. Please call Jamie 250-650-6304

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GARAGE SALES ANGEL ESTATE SALES:

Jan. 29, 30 & 31 Fri, Sat & Sun 9: am - 2: pm 460 Linden Place Qualicum Beach, BC Something for everyone!

ANGEL ESTATE SALES:

Liquidation Warehouse WOW! 30% - 40% - 60% off Entire Store!

Open 10 am - 4 pm Daily 1824 Alberni Hwy, Coombs

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE ANTIQUE OAK draw leaf dining table 4/matching upholstered chairs $300. 2-antique side chairs, front casters, carved backs upholstered seats $50.each. 2-antique tub chairs, woven cane sides upholstered $50.each.

Beige love seat $100. Oval mahogany coffee table w/2 matching end tables $150.set. Bedroom dresser-4 drawers $25. Small bookcase $25. Large well made wooden blanket box $75. Small wooden vanity, swivel mirror, matching stool $75. Brown hassock $20. Several small wooden side tables $20.each 4- twin sized beds $75.each. 250-335-1287.

CENTRAL COURTENAY duplex lot with 3 bedroom bungalow, deck, garage, large fenced yard, 12x20 storage shed, plus a legal one bedroom suite. $259,000. pre-approved buyers only.

Please call 1-888-303-0436.

RENTALS SUITES, UPPER

AVAILABLE MAR 1- Lake front studio suite in Black Creek. Furnished, immaculate, spectacular views, own entry.

A/C, shared W/D. NS/NP. $700+ shared utils. Call (250)337-5905.

WANTED TO RENT

SENIORS DOWNSIZING need clean 2 to 3 bedroom home w/2 bath for approx 1 year. Garage or carport, & fenced.

References.

Pet friendly. Call (250)338-0532.

TRANSPORTATION CARS 2008 MAZDA 87400km. zoomms3@telus.net

Speed3$11,250.

GARAGE WANTED suitable for 4X4 truck and boat. Please call 250-871-2277

SPORTS & IMPORTS

1975 CORVETTE Stingray.

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THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA WELCOMES YOU TO SERVICES AT:

Domestic violence a priority for RCMP

tic Violence Unit is to work as a partner within the Integrated Case Assessment Team (ICAT).

This team is activated in response to the highest risk domestic situations. ICAT comprises representatives from Adult Probation, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Transition Society, women’s shelter as well as community and police-based Victim Services.

These meetings allow for the exchange of pertinent information as well as an orchestrated response. The focus is not only on the victim but also on the children who witness violence in the home, in addition to the offender and their management.

In 2002, the Hadley Inquest Jury recommendation stated “Domestic violence is a crime that is different from other crimes in two ways: the likelihood of repeat violence is common and at most times predictable; and the victim is known in advance”.

Domestic violence is a priority for the RCMP at all levels and will remain so for the foreseeable future. If you are a victim of domestic violence, or know someone that can use these services, contact the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321.

People in Pain webinar planned for Friday

The People in Pain Network is hosting a webinar with Dr. Kenneth Craig on Friday, Jan.29 at 1 p.m.

Dr. Craig will share some of his knowledge and expertise in the changes relating to patient/doctor relationship, and the important role that peer-led self-management has in the overall evolvement of a better partnership between health care providers and patients leading to improved pain management.

In the past (biomedical model), doctors were determining what was wrong and taking the lead to cure the problem. This model of care doesn’t work well for pain management because there often is no clear answer and it is more about managing the impact that pain has on the many aspects of a person’s life.

Now, in the socio-psycho-bio

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WORSHIP COMOX VALLEY

The Comox Valley RCMP responded to 169 incidents of domestic violence last PHOTO supplied summer alone.

In 2008, the Comox Valley RCMP established the Domestic Violence Unit (DVU).

It was one of the first detachments on the Island to initiate a dedicated, full-time section. Its primary objective is to support front-line policing, specifically in relation to violence in relationship investigations.

Between June and September 2015, the Comox Valley RCMP detachment responded to 169 domestic violence-related calls for service. In these investigations, RCMP members adhere to strict guidelines based on divisional and national policy. Required investigation and follow-ups can be very taxing on the general duty section. As such, having a dedicated section allows for a more detailed and personal approach to a very sensitive and emotional time for the victims of domestic violence.

The DVU has developed close partnerships within the Comox Valley to ensure that the victims and families have the best support network available. Working closely with community and police-based victim services, the Comox Valley Transition Society and even Adult Probation ensures support on all levels.

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model, doctors work with the patient and the family in partnership. Together, they look at how they can best manage the problem looking at all the needs of a person and the family, including the psychological (stress, thoughts, feelings and emotions), social and cultural needs. It recognizes that self-management and peer support plays a huge part in these changes.

Dr. Craig’s presentation — Changing priorities: The SocioPsycho-Bio Model of Pain — will have a focus on social determinants of pain and pain management. He sees the pain self-management/ peer support approach as mobilizing social resources to help people with persistent pain, in moving away from the narrow focus of the biomedical model.

To register for the Friday seminar, go to bit.ly/1Nw5abY

LUTHERAN Shepherd Of The Valley Lutheran Church (ELCIC)

COMOX UNITED

Comox Recreation 1855 Noel Ave

Comox Avenue at 250 Beach Dr.

“A place for you: John 14:2

An Affirming Ministry

Sunday Worship Worship and Sunday and Children & Youth Program 10 am Children & Youth Program Saturday Service at 5 pm (Sept-May) 10:00 am

Rev. Maggie Enwright

Taize Services at 5:00 pm

Email: cxunited@telus.net

Full Wheelchair Access

Hearing Assistance

4th Saturday of the| 250-339-3966 month www.comoxunitedchurch.com Email: cxunited@telus.net

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Full Wheelchair Access

www.comoxunitedchurch.com | 250-339-3966

10 am Sunday Worship 250-334-0616 Comox Valley Community Church

Join us Sunday @ 10:30 am (Childcare provided)

~A Place to Discover Your Life Purpose ~ 1580 Fitzgerald Ave. Courtenay, BC 250-338-8221

living hope

real people living real life experiencing real change

Worship Services 10am Sundays Queneesh Elementary School 2345 Mission Rd., Courtenay

250.334.9777 livinghope@shaw.ca

www.livinghopeonline.ca

RESONATE BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sounding Forth the Supremacy of Christ in All Things” 10:00AM at Brooklyn Elementary School

1290 Guthrie Rd., Comox

Everyone Welcome www.resonatechurch.ca

St. George’s United Church

Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship

6th & Fitzgerald Ave. Courtenay Phone: 250-334-4961 Sunday Service: 10:30am Minister: Rev. Ryan Slifka

ALL ages workshop on compassion

“The Church with a heart in the heart of the city.”

We Meet Every Sunday at 4:00 (September to June)

www.stgeorgesunited.com

Dan Vie Sunday, January 31

250 Beach Drive, Comox (at Comox United Church)

250-890-9262 cvuf.ca

RIVER HEIGHTS

We’ve Got Some Space For You!

Sunday Celebration

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Hosts of “Comox Valley School of Supernatural Ministry”

250-338-5811 tlawrence@comoxvalleyrecord.com

Full Gospel Christian Fellowship

Sunday

CHURCH

10:30 am

2201 Robert Lang Drive (Old Fish and Game Building)

250-334-8424

Calvary

Comox Valley

11:00 am & 7:00 pm

Sunday 10 am

Where Jesus is Glorified

Worship Bible Teaching Sunday School

2946 Kilpatrick Ave. 250-338-1312 aaronhcf@shawbiz.ca wwwaaronhouse.ca

LEWIS CENTRE 489 Old Island Hwy www.cccomoxvalley.com

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA Comox Valley Parishes Welcome You!

St. John the Divine

St. Peter

Jim Lyster, Rector 218 Church St., Comox • 250-339-2925

Rev. Anthony Divinagracia, Rector 579 - 5th Street, Courtenay 100 Years of Ministry in the Comox Valley

SUNDAY SERVICE

SATURDAY

8:30 am and 10:00 am

5:40 Express Contemporary Worship

WEDNESDAY SERVICE

10:00am

SUNDAY

8:00 am & 10:00 am Worship www.stpeterscomox.ca

250-334-4331

email: patmos@shaw.ca http://stjohnthedivinecourtenay.bc.anglican.ca

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH 1599 Tunner Drive, COURTENAY • 250-334-4716

WEEKEND LITURGIES Saturday 5 pm Mass Sunday 8:30 am & 10:30 am Mass Confession: Saturday 4:30 pm & before all Sunday masses Children’s Liturgy of the Word & Youth Group, Sept-May Pastor: Father Marek Paczka, SDS Full Wheelchair Access

www.ctkparish.ca email: ctkparish@shaw.ca

Hearing Assistance

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Two artists, one show Comox Valley artists Gail Neuls and Martha Ponting share the spotlight at the Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox, Feb. 2-21.

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WestJet has cancelled its daily direct flight from Nanaimo to Edmonton, due to the economic downturn, but a representative from the company said there are no plans at this time to do the same to the daily direct flight from YQQ to the Alberta capital.

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SPORTS Sharpe siblings heading to X Games

Darcy and Cassie Sharpe of Comox head to Aspen, Colorado for this weekend’s (Jan. 28-31) Winter X Games, competing in snowboarding and freestyle skiing, respectively.

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