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TENT CITY IN PARKSVILLE?
Preparing the bylaw City may try to protect Community Park, wells JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
The city may ban campers from high-profile, environmentally-sensitive areas as it considers ways to get out front of possible tent-city issues in Parksville. Council was supposed to consider a report last night, but that regular meeting was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. It’s unclear when the report will re-surface, but council’s next regular meeting is scheduled for March 21. If council decides to do nothing, leave park uses as they are, the city could find itself in court, said the report from the city’s director of administrative services, Keeva Kehler. “The current bylaw would be open for legal challenge given recent B.C. case law,” wrote Kehler. “Should council direct staff to prepare a new bylaw for parks and open spaces, staff will develop provisions to regulate how and where overnight accommodation by people who are homeless can occur.” As Kehler pointed out in her report, the city cannot adopt an outright prohibition on overnight accommodation on people who are homeless using public lands to sleep or erect structures. The city can, however, adopt a bylaw that prohibits overnight accommodation in “key sensitive areas” and permit it only between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. The recommended areas where overnight accommodation could be prohibited include Parksville Community Park, any city-owned lands within 60 metres of the ocean, Springwood Park and the Despard Avenue municipal well sites. Kehler wrote that staff believes it would be beneficial to undertake an education outreach campaign in conjunction with any bylaw implementation. See VICTORIA RULING, page A8
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Sandra Gray, left, and Alison Bakker spot and count Brant geese as they look off the shore near Eaglecrest Friday.
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near the mouth of the Little Qualicum River. “Columbia Beach was a seething mass of waves.” “You just saw little heads bobbing up and down between the waves,” fellow bird-counter Dave Erickson added. Still, the March 4 count did deliver some good news, as seven volunteers working in two teams counted an estimated 1,115 of the small, dark geese in the Parksville Qualicum Beach Wildlife Management Area, which is situated between the Little Qualicum River to
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On a day particularly suited for waterfowl — there was water, and it was foul — volunteers from the Arrowsmith Naturalists Society were right at home Friday as they conducted their third Brant goose count of the season along the local coastline. “Two counts ago it was really windy,” said Sandra Gray, count coordinator, before stepping out of her car into another heavy wind, which pushed needles of rain ahead of it,
the north and Craig Bay to the south. That is an increase from the estimated 759 birds tallied on Feb. 29 and the 347 logged on Feb. 19. “That’s good that the numbers are up, as we expected with the herring fishery opening (Thursday),” said Sandra Gray. Brant geese migrate from their winter refuge as far south as the Gulf of California, to the arctic, stopping in the mid-Island to feed and fatten up on the way, said Gray. See SOME HAVE BEEN, page A8
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It’s award season for community newspapers in B.C./Yukon and The NEWS has finalists in two writing categories. Editor John Harding is up for the Editorial Award for Daniel’s Story, which appeared in the Sept. 24, 2015 edition of The NEWS. Reporter Candace Wu, who now works for MP Gord Johns, is a finalist in the Feature Article Award category for Maggy’s Many Challenges, which appeared in the May 7, 2015 edition of The NEWS. The Ma Murray Awards recognize the best in reporting, photography, online journalism, advertising and community contribution across B.C. and the Yukon. Winners will be announced at the Ma Murray Awards gala on Saturday, May 7 at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. — NEWS Staff
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Renting a home isn’t always smooth sailing, but the STAR program at SOS can help give residents the knowledge and confidence they need to successfully navigate the rental market waters, and improve renting experiences. The program’s name stands for Supporting Tenancy through Action and Resources, and was created by the Nanaimo Women’s Centre. This is the second year the free workshops have been running at SOS, facilitated by SOS emergency assistance co-ordinator Sarah Chahley. Chahley said the program does teach valuable skills related to renting, but it’s more than that. “When I took the Star Program facilitator training course, I saw more than just learning about tenancy,” she said. “I saw life skills that apply to other aspects of daily living.” The next workshop is scheduled to take place March 21-24, from 1-4 p.m. at SOS in Parksville. The classes are interactive and fun and cover topics such as budgeting, living with others and tenancy rights. Upon successful completion, a certificate is issued. The workshop is open to all local residents 16 years of age or older. To register call SOS at 250-2482093. For more information on SOS visit www.sosd69.com. — Submitted by Lissa Alexander, marketing co-ordinator at SOS
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AWARD WINNERS: The Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual business awards on Thursday night at Tigh-Na-Mara. From left are: Business of the Year (more than 15 employees) was Weatherwise Cedar Products and that’s manager Greg Matheson; Entrepreneur of the Year went to Diana Eichler of Wags Animal Care Centre; the Outstanding Customer Service Award went to Cathy Shoemaker of Joe Cunningham Ford and the Business of the Year (fewer than 15 employees) was won by The Kerr Group Management Corp. and that’s owner Terry Kerr above.
LAWSUIT OVER THE RETURN OF LAND IN NANOOSE BAY
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The Island Corridor Foundation is seeking to have a Snaw-Naw-As First Nation civil lawsuit thrown out of court. In late-December, Snaw-Naw-As First Nation filed the suit against the foundation and the Attorney General of Canada seeking the return of traditional land taken in the 20th century and used to build the railway, part of which runs through the reserve north of Nanaimo. In situations like this, once the land is no longer used or needed for railway purposes, it should be returned to the Canadian government for use by Snaw-Naw-As, said Robert Janes, the First Nation’s legal counsel, in January. In its Feb. 26 filing, the foundation said it is against all of the relief sought in the civil claim and is seeking dismissal with costs. The foundation claims the lands continue to be used for railway operations, railway works and railway purposes. There is still regular activity on the rail line,
the foundation said, citing trains running between north Nanaimo and the harbour as an example. Southern Railway of Vancouver Island and the foundation continue to partake in maintenance of the lands by clearing shrubs, bushes and garbage, said the claim. The foundation said it consults with First Nations, including Snaw-Naw-As, on maintenance where it is appropriate. Snaw-Naw-As continues to be a member of the foundation, the claim said. Bill McKay, foundation board chairman and Nanaimo mayor, said the board is waiting to hear the Canadian government’s response. The foundation is awaiting federal government sign off of $7.5 million in funding for track repairs. “We’re just waiting to find out whether or not the (attorney general) has responded and we would hope to get some answers back from them, because of course, we believe that this may very well have put a red flag on the funding file,” said McKay.
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began last September, and plans and funding have begun to fall into place in the last few months, she said. The facility will be built in two phases, the school announced. Phase 1 will include a garden made up of indigenous plants, paths, and a central seating area with a fire pit. It is expected to be completed this spring and an opening/ welcoming ceremony has been scheduled for May 25. Phase 2 will feature a covered and partially walled building reflective of First Nations culture and history, Bonnor said. “Traditionally, it was always that way,” said Carmen Forrest, First Nations Liaison for Bowser and Qualicum Beach elementary schools. “From elders teaching about edible and medicinal plants, to gathering and harvesting celebrations, it was aways done outdoors, that way.” The learning centre will be the first of its kind in the district, if not on Vancouver Island. School District 69 last fall signed its third Enhanced Aboriginal Education Agreement last fall, and a revised curriculum coming to British Columbia schools in the next year mandates all students be taught about First Nations history and culture “in an empowering and respectful manner,” Bonnor said. See WONDERFULLY, page A6
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TRANSGENDER ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
High school a hard experience for Hauser
A 2014 study in the U.S. concluded 41 per cent of trans adults had attempted suicide John McKinley
Colin’s lips as he recalls the pressures his daughter was under to conform and the Let’s start in the washroom because it misconceptions about her motivation or is a place to which we all can relate. her authenticity. A private place. A vulnerable place. A No one, he said, chooses that as a way place where most people like things to be to get on the Grade 7 girls basketball just-so. team. Many of us have gone far out of our “She has a better idea of who she is way at some point in our lives to find a than I did at that age,” he said. washroom we are comfortable in. Hauser is measured and articulate Imagine being a boy forced to spend when speaking about his experiences, six hours a day in a workplace where the but says don’t mistake his self-control for only place you could go to relieve your- a lack of pain. He said the pain drove him self was a women’s communal wash- to drop out of school for an extended peroom. riod, created anxiety issues and led to a Welcome to what was until very re- suicide attempt. cently a daily fact of life for Vancouver “I try very, very hard to put a positive Island transgender students. face on it,” he said. “Transgender stuWashroom accessibility is a relatively dents need a lot of support and a lot of minor item in the litany of barriers peo- help.” ple like Alec Hauser face while growing In its simplest form, transgender up. means a person whose sex and gender A first-year Vancouver Island Univer- don’t match — the sexual organs they sity student, he was born female, but has were born with don’t correspond with transitioned to male. their personal identity. High school in Campbell River was a About one in every 200 people identifies as transgender and some will exlonely, hard experience. “It was very difficult. It was very much press that almost as soon as they are a closed-minded community,” he said. able to speak. Some will do nothing overt to state their identi“I was around 14 when I started to question my Some were very accepting. ty. Some change their identity. It was very diffi- Some thought I was trying clothing, their names, cult to transition.” to get attention. I was very or their lives. Some seek Hauser says the more medical intervention. alone. Gym class was a he tried to express who “You aren’t going to very difficult time. People were very confused he was and how he was identify people as trans ALEC HAUSER feeling, the more the by looking at them. What community pressed they have in common is back. He felt like he was that they feel the gensomething outside his school’s experi- der they were assigned at birth is not the ence and many people were ill-prepared gender they feel themselves to be,” Aaron on how to react. Devor said. “(They are) rebelling against He lost friends. Some classmates and being put into the wrong coloured box.” school staff members questioned his Devor is a University of Victoria sobehaviour. Again and again the people ciologist who made international headaround him said he was being obstinate, lines in January when he was named the or going through a phase, or making a world’s first chair of transgender studies. spectacle of himself. He is an international expert on the sub“Some were very accepting. Some ject and cites some troubling statistics. thought I was trying to get attention. I A 2014 American study by the Wilwas very alone,” he said. “Gym class was liams Institute concluded 41 per cent of a very difficult time. People were very trans adults had attempted suicide, comconfused.” pared to 4.6 per cent of the general popBorn a boy, Harriette Cunningham has ulation. identified herself as female for as long as Another study suggests those numshe can remember. Now in Grade 7 and bers have a lot to do with how people preparing to move into high school, the react to those who come out. The OntarComox 12-year-old started telling people io-based TransPulse project’s 2012 surshe was a girl in Grade 2. She grew her vey studied transgender people between hair and started wearing dresses. the ages of 16 and 24. It found 57 per cent Outside of class, counsellors pointed of those with unsupportive parents had accusatory fingers at her relationship made a suicide attempt in the past year, with her mom, told the family to only compared to just four per cent of those indulge her feminine behaviour behind who described their parents as very supclosed doors, or simply to just treat her portive. like a boy. Families like the Cunninghams, who In class, she was told to use the staff have embraced Harriette, and helped washrooms. People would aggressively empower her social justice efforts, reask ‘what are you?’ She got called deroga- main more the exception. Historically, tory names like ‘he/she’ and was ‘outed’ parents have dismissed or resisted the to new classmates. message. Until very recently, virtually evShe recalls complaining to officials eryone who expressed transgender feelabout this treatment and hearing the re- ings was told they were crazy. sponse “well, it’s sorta true.” “If they persisted, it was addressed An ironic chuckle escapes her father forcefully,” Devor said — whether Black Press
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Vancouver Island University transgender student Alec Hauser says the university environment has been more accepting of who he is than what he experienced going to high school in Campbell River.
through trips to the psychologist or through beatings. The aftermath of family rejection often played out in various forms of substance abuse and self-abuse and sent people underground. “For many trans people, puberty is a crisis point,” Devor said. “These people will have a crisis point where the body starts to transform itself into the wrong kind of adult person.” That feeling of “other” manifests itself very easily in a public school system rooted in a binary definition of gender. “It starts with a ‘good morning boys and girls’ and moves to boys’ and girls’ washrooms and gym classes,” Devor said. The Hauser and Cunningham experiences show those divisions remain evident, despite what every person interviewed for this story acknowledged as a real effort for change. “I’m very encouraged to see that the school is taking steps to work with (transgender people),” Devor said. “There is a lot of good will. Unfortunately, it is often combined with a lot of ignorance about
what are the right steps to take. (But) it is an encouraging environment.” Gender-neutral washrooms are now in place in every school in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District, and have been since last summer. That wasn’t the case 14 years ago when a bitter controversy erupted about a male-to-female transgender student using the girls washroom at Nanaimo District Secondary School. “A student was transitioning. Parents were very afraid that this person was using a washroom that wasn’t their gender,” assistant superintendent Bob Esliger said. The district supported the student’s choice, but the passion kindled by that incident caused it to re-examine its gender policies and what education was needed to reinforce those policies. The decision to provide gender-neutral washrooms in every school was made two years ago and implemented relatively quickly. Read the full story online at www.pqbnews.com
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 7:00 pm at the Qualicum Beach Council Chambers of the Municipal Office, 660 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, to receive representations from all persons who believe their interest in property to be affected by the proposed amendments to “Town of Qualicum Beach Land Use and Subdivision Bylaw No. 580, 1999” and “Town of Qualicum Beach Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 700, 2011” listed below. Copies of the bylaws may be inspected at the Municipal Office of the Town of Qualicum Beach, #201 – 660 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays. A Public Information Meeting will be held by the applicant at 2:00 pm on March 14, 2016 at the Municipal Office, 660 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, to receive comments and to discuss the application prior to the Public Hearing. Amendment Bylaw No. 700.12 (444 Country Club Drive) If Bylaw No. 700.12 is adopted, “Town of Qualicum Beach Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 700, 2011” will be amended as follows: 1. ‘Schedule 2.1 Land Use’ is hereby amended by changing the designation of Lot D, District Lot 122, Nanoose District, Plan VIP59040 Except Part in Plan VIP63131 (444 Country Club Drive) from ‘Parks and Recreation’ to ‘Residential’ as shown on Schedule ‘A’ which is attached to, and forms part of, this bylaw. 2. ‘Section 2.2.2 Residential’ is hereby amended by removing Policy 9, “The Town will consider an application for a nine-unit residential development on the Eaglecrest Golf Course, subject to the requirement of execution of a Development Agreement that sets the Town’s conditions, including but not limited to, the 18-hole golf course retention and maintenance covenant.”
Amendment Bylaw No. 580.80 (444 Country Club Drive) If Bylaw No. 580.80 is adopted, “Town of Qualicum Beach Land Use and Subdivision Bylaw No. 580, 1999” will be amended to permit an 18-lot subdivision on a portion f the subject property. Specifically, the change is as follows: 1. “Schedule 6A – Zoning Map” is hereby amended by changing the zoning designation of Lot D, District Lot 122, Nanoose District, Plan VIP59040 , Except Part in Plan VIP63131 (444 Country Club Drive) from Recreation 3 (F3) to Small Lot Residential 1 Zone (SLR1) as shown outlined in a heavy black line on Schedule ‘A’ which is attached to, and forms part of, this Bylaw.
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School officials believe the new outdoor centre at Bowser Elementary will enhance that instruction, with visits from elders and instruction in traditional plants with the plants right there on-site. “It is wonderfully placed and timed, both in its relationship with the natural environment and with local First Nations,” Bowser principal Brian Nikula said. “And it’s perfectly suited for the new curriculum coming in.” Even in the planning phase, students in teacher Dave MacVicar’s outdoor education program have already been learning lessons, from horticultural to use of hand- and garden tools, measuring and mapping and collaboration. “They have important roles to play,” said Bonnor. “It’s empowering.” When the digging comes, they will be involved in arranging and planting the native species. Dorian Kisinger, a Grade 6 student and graphic artist, has teamed with a classmate to draw a pencil sketch of what the finished project will look like. “I just asked if I could work on the blueprints
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Local counts will continue, on roughly a weekly basis, through the end of April, with the heaviest concentration of birds expected between late March and mid-April. That time frame coincides with the annual Brant Wildlife Festival, held each year in Parksville Qualicum Beach beginning in midMarch. Sandra Gray said Brant geese actually have been spotted here since late November, but she said observers are not sure if those were early arrivals from the south, or birds coming down from the arctic that simply chose to overwinter on Vancouver Island. Counts of the birds began in Parksville Qualicum Beach in 1988, with the Canada Wildlife Service initially contracting with bi-
ologists, including master’s birding alive here.” and doctoral candidates, to The Arrowsmith Natucollect a range of informa- ralists have about 20 voluntion. teers available to call on for In 1993 the Parksville the counts, though turnout Qualicum Beach Wildlife on any given day can vary. Management Area was es- The first count this year tablished. drew 14 “ T h e I can always find someone birders. count has Last Frito go birding with. If day’s group changed nothing else, Dan and I split up, over the will go out painting and with the years,” said birding Sandra Gray Grays and Gray. “Initially, bioloAlison Bakgists would ker starting try to estimate immature at the north end and four and adult numbers, and more teaming up to start read the bands — which is in Craig Bay. Gray’s squad difficult. We used to also try worked its way south while to do a belly profile, to see the other moved north unhow healthy they were for til the teams met at the foot the migration. of Johnstone Road, north of “There was a lot of sci- French Creek, to compare ence being done. “But it’s numbers. been just a straight count “You could do it with for the last few years. two people,” said Gray. “It “We’re trying to keep just takes longer. But I can
always find someone to go birding with. If nothing else, Dan and I will go out painting and birding.” Sandra’s husband, Dan Gray, is an artist who typically paints “en plein air,” or on-site. He was recently interviewed about the Brant count and the upcoming festival by a New York-based writer for an art magazine, and laughed about it as he drove through the driving rain to the next beach stop. “It’s hard to know if they really understand what you’re trying to describe about working here on the West Coast,” Dan said. “Last year, I was bullied off the beach by a flock of Brants. I was painting and they came right up on the beach at me. “I had to move away and wait.”
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Her report also made reference to a recent point-in-time count that indicated there are at least 50 people who are considered homeless or at risk of homelessness in the community. “There are people who would be considered ‘marginally housed’ for the off-peak season, but find themselves homeless during peak summer tourist season when the price of their accommodation increases dramatically or they are evicted from their residences so owners can rent to tourists at higher
rates,” wrote Kehler. “The majority of people surveyed (in the point-in-time count), almost 90 per cent, indicated they would be willing to stay in a shelter, but there are no year-round shelter beds in Parksville. Rental vacancy rates are very low in this region and finding affordable housing is a significant challenge.” A B.C. Supreme Court ruling in October of last year provided some clarification for municipalities on this issue and pointed to a section of the Cana-
dian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that describes people’s right to life, liberty and security of the person. Vancouver, Abbotsford and Victoria have been dealing with high-profile homelessness issues in recent months. B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman has gone to court in an attempt to take down a camp on the ground’s of Victoria’s courthouse. A ruling is expected Thursday. Coleman has said the B.C. government has homes for every camper at the courthouse.
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t could happen here at any moment. It might be happening now. It is happening north of here. The annual herring roe fishery is upon us, a yearly spectacle that provides jobs for fishermen and herring eggs for Asian markets. Our first thoughts are of safety. Dozens of boats often converge in a small part of the Georgia Strait out front of Parksville Qualicum Beach in what could be described as controlled chaos. We spoke with Coast Guard crews last week and while they are trained and prepared for any eventuality, they suggested these seiners and gillnetters, their captains and crews, really know what they are doing. Recent history has shown this fishery, despite the many vessels in such a small area, is not a time when the Coast Guard is busy every day saving lives and helping distressed vessels. It’s remarkable really (touch wood), but a testament to the skill of the captains and their crews. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has said the number of spawning herring in the Strait of Georgia is at the high end of populations since 1975. They set roe herring catch quotas of 7,600 tonnes for purse seines and 10,500 tonnes for gillnets in the Strait of Georgia. That’s about 40 million pounds of fish harvested for their eggs only. There are some who will tell you this fishery should end. That debate is not what’s in front of mind for the fisherman who make a living in the Pacific and harvest the herring off the shores of Parksville Qualicum Beach. They have watched their costs climbs and prices per pound plummet over the years — it’s not the cash down it may have used to be, that’s for sure. There are some things for us landlubbers and recreational boaters to keep in mind during this fishery. The arrival of the herring means so much for many species who are not human. The Brant geese, for example, rely on the herring every year, stopping in our neck of the woods to fatten up and store the energy for their migratory flight north. The least we humans can do is keep our dogs off the beach. Recreational boaters should also keep in mind the men and women on the working boats during this fishery are trying to make a living. It’s a crucial time for them and ultimately their families. Give them the space to do their jobs. And be careful if you are heading to French Creek Seafoods where many tonnes of herring will be off-loaded. There are forklifts and big trucks constantly moving in a tight area there, right in front of the fish shop. All that stated, we sure look forward to the wildlife spectacle that is the herring spawn. Safety to all and good fishing. — Editorial by John Harding
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Letters Help Downtown pV Re: efforts to attract more people to downtown Parksville. Surely you jest. Attracting visitors to downtown Parksville? Good luck with that. How long is it going to take for the city to actually do something to make our downtown an attractive and fun place to be? Nothing can be done until the Alberni Highway is diverted. Only then can businesses thrive and residents and visitors made to feel safe. Having a major thoroughfare dividing the downtown core thwarts any thoughts of new ventures in that area. Think of Craig Street Market on a more permanent basis, in a permanently blocked off, paved few blocks, pots of trees, music playing (as in Courtenay), buskers occasionally. It can be done, at a cost, of course, but the rewards are immeasurable. Then we’ll tackle the beach access. Jode Tilley Parksville
SuiciDe unDignifieD “Dignicide” is little more than a euphemism for state-complicit executions, especially in this country where all doctors who assist with suicides work for the state. Often death does not meet us on our terms. Accidents happen; violence occurs; organ failure can be sudden and fatal. There is no guarantee of a dignified death and it is not something we have a right to. Denouncing government interference in your decision to commit suicide does not assume that this same government should condone it. A recent parliamentary committee advised extending doctor-assisted death to mature children, the mentally ill and non-terminal patients. We used to, as a society, work toward preventing suicide, not facilitating it. Imagine now calling a suicide hot-line and having the operator suggest a good doctor who can help you end your life, as opposed to reassuring the distressed caller that their life still has meaning. Wow, wouldn’t that be dignified? Legalizing doctor-assisted suicide comes with two inherent dangers. Eventually the controls you seek will be taken from you and the definition of dignity will be re-shaped to embrace the utilitarian at the expense of the humanitarian. A simple Google search will give you plenty of examples of both in dis-
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tricts which have moved in this direction. Truthfully, a doctor should no more assist with suicide than a teacher should assist with ignorance or a lawyer assist with crime. I’m sure it happens on occasion, but it’s at odds with their dignified oaths. John Chambers Parksville
SuiciDe’S Slope With significant opposition by a number of their own MPs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is justifying its support for an ill-conceived and dangerous euthanasia bill with the totally false claim assisted dying is a “Charter right.” When the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s assisted suicide act it was not giving activists the right to read into the Charter a “right to die.” So when Liberal House Leader Dominic Leblanc glibly justified the Liberal decision as a “Charter of Rights” issue he was wrong. This use of the charter is misleading, dishonest abuse of Parliament that tramples the rights of those who for conscience and moral considerations oppose the bill. Long term Liberal MP John McKay said: “It’s not core to the government’s mandate; it’s a response to the Supreme Court. I don’t see this as a Charter issue.” In striking down the assisted suicide law, the Supreme Court in using imprecise and subjective language made an activist decision that sets a dangerous precedent which if unchecked could lead to the kind of abuses now common in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. Canada’s euthanasia lobby is pushing for euthanasia for psychiatric reasons such as depression, for example, where a person incapable of making their own decision could die an assisted death. Assisted suicide is in reality an abandonment of seniors, people with disabilities and other socially devalued people such as those who suffer from depression. The Liberals need to prove they respect Parliament and democracy and follow the example of the opposition Conservative and NDP parties and allow for a free vote. It is simply unconscionable and wrong to force people to vote against their conscience. To call such a radical interpretation of the Charter that would allow the extinguishing of lives a slippery slope, is no exaggeration.
cHeap SHot at JoHnS Unlike our MP Gord Johns, Editor John Harding missed the perfect opportunity to tell the world how truly compassionate and positive Vancouver Islanders are in his editorial on February 25. In his first speech in the House of Commons, MP Gord Johns chose to reflect upon the boating tragedy near his home town of Tofino. His tribute to the brave citizens, who saved lives during this sad event reflected the feelings of his constituents. Johns has risen in the House on numerous occasions to address other local issues such as inequitable gas prices from one part of our riding to the other, the abduction of four children to Northern Iraq, the need for a seniors strategy, poverty in our riding and the need for the federal government to invest in West Coast ferry infrastructure. At one of his numerous public appearances in our area since being elected, he spoke of meeting with every mayor and First Nation chief within his first two months in office and his tireless work to keep the marine safety station open in Comox. We live on an Island surrounded by unpredictable waters, visited by millions of tourists and the closure of the coast guard station at Tofino by the previous government surely puts us at risk. I felt that your editorial significantly understated the hard work and early accomplishments of Johns as our representative in Ottawa. When compared to our previous Members of Parliament, Johns has been present, open to questions and willing to listen. It would be helpful if our local media were more balanced in their consideration of his work — no more cheap shots please. Karen Taylor Qualicum Beach
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New Era for Parksville Fire Department The City is pleased to announce the change of command for the Parksville Volunteer Fire Department took place on February 29 when Chief Doug Banks (left) retired following 45 years’ service and Deputy Chief Marc Norris assumed command as the new fire chief. Chief Norris joined the department in 1990 as a junior member. He was promoted to lieutenant in 2001 and in 2002, became the full-time deputy chief. Marc is a second generation firefighter; his father, Chief Paul Norris was a member of the department from 1976 to 1997. Chief Norris is a Certified Fire Inspector, Fire Service Instructor Level II and has a diploma in Fire Service Leadership. In 2010, he was BC Fire Training Officer of the year and is currently completing a Bachelor Degree in Public Safety Administration. Chief Norris is an instructor/evaluator for several fire service training providers in such topics as scene management, fire control (live fire) and company officer/team leadership.
Photo by John Harding
Downtown Traffic Movements – March 14 Meeting A special meeting of Council will be held on Monday, March 14 at 6 pm in the Forum, 100 Jensen Avenue East to receive a presentation from Boulevard Traffic Consultants about traffic movements in and around Parksville downtown. This meeting will provide residents and business owners an opportunity to hear the presentations and Council’s discussion and to ask questions and provide comments. The presentation will include an update to Boulevard’s 2013 study as well as traffic simulation or modelling of the impacts of current and future traffic flows in the downtown. The reports, presentation and public comment introduced at this meeting will provide Council with the information necessary to discuss and decide on pending capital projects and future site development. Meeting agenda and reports will be available on the City’s website by March 11. The meeting will also be webstreamed live and archived from the City’s website.
Our beaches are popular spots for migrating Brant Geese, vulnerable to disturbances and for this reason, Rathtrevor beach is closed to dogs, both on-leash and off-leash, until April 15 and Parksville Bay beach from March 1 to April 30. As usual, dogs on-leash are welcome on the waterfront walkway in the Community Park.
Parksville Museum Survey The Museum encourages residents to complete a short survey intended to provide them with invaluable information to guide in developing relevant and engaging exhibits and programs. The more information the Museum is able to collect the better they will be at sharing this region’s history with residents and visitors. Available from the City’s website and at parksvillemuseum.ca.
A Celebration of Nature! The 2016 Brant Wildlife Festival, a celebration of nature on Vancouver Island, runs from March 19 to April 17. The festival features a series of activities as well as guest speakers, youth nature photo exhibit and spring break camp for kids. brantfestival.bc.ca. [Photo credit to Sandra Gray]
Canada 150 Legacy for Parksville
Celebrate Canada Water Week!
Canada’s 150th anniversary will be celebrated in 2017 and to recognize this significant birthday, an initiative was launched to create a national mural made up of 150 individual murals in cities and towns across Canada. The City was approached and, Council approved our participation.
Team WaterSmart, in partnership with local governments and environmental organizations, will host free Water Day events on March 20 at Bowen Park Complex and April 3 at Qualicum Commons. From 10 am to 5 pm, events will feature speakers, workshops, interactive booths, displays, children’s activities and live music to recognize and honour water as our most precious resource. Info at teamwatersmart.ca.
The mural will be made up of about 400 individual tiles painted by members of the community. The 4 x 4 inch tiles will create a unified mural eight feet square which will be installed in the Atrium, 100 Jensen Avenue East. All skill levels and ages are welcome to paint a tile. The cost of mural is $12,000 and to recoup $8,000, we will be selling tiles for $20 each on a first-come, first-serve basis. Canada 150 artists are now designing our mural which will tell the “Parksville story” in a way that links our community to the 150 others across Canada. We will partner with Parksville’s Beach Festival Society to host this project while the sandcastles are on display and painting days are scheduled for August 5 and August 6 in the Community Park. More details will be available in the next couple weeks. Questions should be directed to Deb Tardiff, 250 954-3073.
Water Main Flushing to March 25
Great Ways to Save Water
Flushing continues through March 25. Between 7 am and 3.30 pm expect some discolouration of water and intermittent drops in pressure. Keep a fresh supply of drinking water in your refrigerator, check for discolouration of water before doing laundry and should water be discoloured, run an outside tap (after 3:30 pm) until water runs clear. Direct questions to 250 248-5412.
The City is offering rebates of up to $50 for the purchase and installation of rain barrels. One rebate per residence of 50% of the cost of the rain barrel, up to a maximum of $50 for barrels purchased on or after January 1, 2016. This offer is for owners of residential buildings located within the City and connected to the City’s water system. Rebates will be issued on a first come/first serve basis. Please see the website for information and application forms. [Residents/Residential Services].
The City’s wood chipping program runs from March 29 to April 21. Details are now on our website [Newsroom/Public Notices] and collection dates for neighbourhoods will be advertised in the PQB News. Please direct questions to 250 248-5412.
“No Dogs” Beach Closures
Our warmest wishes to retired Chief Banks for a long and healthy retirement and to Fire Chief Norris, our congratulations on your well-deserved promotion.
City Services
Annual Wood Chipping Program
Things to Know
March 10 & 17 March 14 March 21 March 24 March 25 & 28 March 30 March 31 April 4 April 7 & 14 April 14
City Dates
Coffee with Council Special Council Meeting Council Meeting Coffee with Council Easter Holidays Budget Meeting Coffee with Council Council Meeting Coffee with Council Advisory Design Panel
The public is encouraged to attend Council meetings held on the first and third Mondays of the month and may observe advisory committee meetings. Refer to the website for agendas and meeting highlights and minutes.
How To Reach Council MAYOR Marc Lefebvre .................................... 250 954-4661 COUNCILLORS Mary Beil............................................ 250 927-4097 Al Greir .............................................. 250 248-1285 Kirk Oates .......................................... 250 802-2059 Teresa Patterson .................................. 250 954-9488 Sue Powell.......................................... 250 954-3070 Leanne Salter ...................................... 250 248-8097 citycouncil@parksville.ca City Hall, 100 Jensen Avenue East P O Box 1390, Parksville V9P 2H3 facebook.com/cityparksville twitter.com/city_parksville pinterest.com/cityparksville It’s Your City is published in the PQB News on the second Tuesday of the month with a copy on the City’s website. We are committed to improving communications with our residents and you can help by providing your comments and suggestions to 250 954-3073 or communications@parksville.ca.
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Amazing graceless Arthur Black: Trying to be more graceful, in writing at least, if not in the physical world
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yearn to be graceful. I want Hugh Leonard writing about to be ‘Le Gros Jean’ — Big the author of Heart of Darkness Jean Beliveau, captain of and Lord Jim: “Reading Joseph the Montreal Canadians, el- Conrad is like gargling with broegant, magisterial, circling ken glass.” centre ice like a Lipizzaner stalGeorge Jean Nathan on George lion in a whirl of ice chips. Bernard Shaw: “He writes his So far, it hasn’t panned out. I plays for the ages — the ages behave, pretty much since I tum- tween five and twelve.” bled from the womb, cartwheeled Mary McCarthy on Lillian Helland pratfallen through life as a man: “Every word she writes is a ham-fisted, foggy-minded mal- lie, including ‘a’ and ‘the’.” adroit. And listen to Dylan I’ve tried to comThomas tearing a pensate by at least strip off Dame Edith being graceful with By Arthur Black Sitwell: “Isn’t she a words, but that hasn’t poisonous thing of a panned out either. woman, lying, conTake my present cocealing, flipping, planundrum. I have regiarizing, misquoting ceived, unsolicited, and being as clever a an eight and a half crooked literary pubpound manuscript licist as ever.” of a novel from a guy The Dame could I met ten years give as good as I have... cartwheeled and ago. He wants me she got. Here she to review it. The pratfallen through life as a is slipping the stiham-fisted, foggy-minded letto to Virginia manuscript is, not maladroit to put too fine a Woolf: “Woolf’s point on it, a dog. writing is no Arthur BlAck But I don’t more than glamwant to crush the orous knitting. I guy. I know how hard it is to write believe she must have a pattern a book and I know how utterly somewhere.” ruthless some book reviewers can And check out Ms. Woolf putbe. ting the boots to James Joyce’s Make no mistake, inside many Ulysses: “The work of a queasy unmild-mannered book reviewers dergraduate squeezing his pimthere lurks a barracuda lusting to ples.” rip into some writerly flesh. And Ouch. nobody does it nastier than a writSee I cannot, page A14 er reviewing another writer.
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ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION QUALICUM BEACH BRANCH 76 Branch 76 funds are generated entirely through the efforts of our Branch & Ladies Auxiliary volunteers. Through their efforts and your donations, Branch 76 donated $44,138.00 back to our community in 2015.
$ 28,2000 was donated in support of the following organizations: 893 Beaufort Squadron Air Cadets Boomer’s Legacy Broadmead Care Foundation Cassandra Karras School of Highland Dance Errington Therapeutic Riding Association Family Resource Association Haven Society John Cooper Bursary Fund Legion Foundation (Cockrell House) Oceanside Navy League Cadet Corps
Qualicum Beach Pipe Band Salvation Army Simon Fraser University Society of Organized Services University of Victoria Val Halla Hospice Vancouver Island Compassion Dogs Vancouver Island Military Museum Vancouver Naval Veterans Band Wounded Warriors Run BC
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When it comes to literary incisors, the author who gave us Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn could bare them as required. Mark Twain managed to eviscerate two literary icons in a single sentence: “(Edgar Allen) Poe’s prose is unreadable, like Jane Austin’s.” But when it comes to literary disembowelments Dorothy Parker was the Piranha Princess. Writing under the deceptively pacific byline ‘Constant Reader’, Ms. Parker left a lot of blood in the water. Of one author’s work she said: “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” Reviewing A.A. Milne’s The House of Pooh Corner, Parker acknowledged that “speaking ill of Mr. Milne puts one immediately in the ranks of one who sets fire to orphanages” but then the sickly sweet ‘tiddly-pom’ excesses of Milne’s style got to her and she finished her review with “Tonstant Weader fwowed up.” Heady stuff, but hardly graceful. Here’s what I came up with for the eight and a half pound novel that guy wants me to review: “I cannot recommend this book too highly.” Pass the puck, Big Jean! I’m open on the wing here! — Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. His column appears weekly in The NEWS. He can be reached by e-mail at: arblack43@shaw.ca
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LEARNING ABOUT BONES: The Qualicum Beach Civic Centre was packed on Sunday for the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association’s ‘Learn From the Bones’ event. Above, six-year-old Aaylah Wetmore, of Port Alberni holds the foot of a pelican. For more photos from the event, visit our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PQBNews.
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Tall Trees is taking classrooms outdoors Lisa Walls leads the Parksville Qualicum Beach area’s first nature immersion school AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
Children are natural learners and nature is a natural place to learn, so teacher Lisa Walls is combining her love of nature and education to offer the area’s first nature immersion school. “Children, especially young children, are really good at guiding their own learning and following their own curiosity, and they learn better when they’re engaged in something that they’re genuinely interested in,” she said of her new Tall Trees Nature Programs, which will take place completely outdoors. Each of the camps (starting for spring break and regular pre-school classes starting after Easter) will take place in one outdoor location per school year so kids will get to know the area very well and watch it change through the seasons. “I don’t go in with a lesson plan, unlike a traditional teacher,” Walls said, adding that can be tricky for a trained teacher like her who’s used to having a detailed plan to check off. “It might be a mushroom that they find that day, so today, we’re going to learn about mushrooms,” she gave as example. “So then my job as a teacher is to use that opportunity to engage the children, to pull them in and ask why do you think this is here? Who might eat this mushroom? Why wasn’t it here yesterday?” “There’s all kinds of natural science lessons that are easy to find, but then you can pull in math. You can count and measure, you don’t need a ruler, you can use a stick, you can use your hand, you can use your leg, you can use four children. How big is this puddle? Maybe it’s two children wide today, maybe it’s four tomorrow.” She pointed out there is math and language in almost everything we do, “the more you speak to children, the more they’re developing their vocabulary and putting their thoughts together.” Walls developed the idea after first hearing of nature schools from a fellow parent. She eventually settled on the idea as the perfect way to get back into teaching after seven years as an environmental
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tall trees Nature Programs founder and teacher Lisa Walls is excited to help kids explore and learn from local nature, which can often be found just feet away from busy urban areas.
scientist, realizing how much she loves getting her own two and five-year-old children out in nature. She said nature immersion programs started in Scandinavia in the 1950s and are now popular in many places but she’s not aware of any others in the mid-Island area. Walls has explored existing programs and is working with the Forest and Nature Schools of Canada (www.forestschoolcanada.ca) model based in Ottawa that she said is very well developed.
She said that while some schools have their own dedicated outdoor spaces, many don’t and said the local officials she asked about using public park space were very inviting and eager to have children using and learning in public spaces. She has a couple spots picked out but admitted it may take a bit of trial and error to settle on the best places. “Clothing is the biggest challenge, even though we live in a really lucky place where you can be outside playing in the winter,” she said of the difference
from where she grew up in northern Ontario. “The right clothing is the most important ingredient. If you send your kid dressed in the right stuff, they’ll be happy, they’ll be warm, they’ll be dry,” she said pointing out a three-year-old may just get grumpy rather than explaining they have cold toes. For more information, including schedules and prices, visit www.talltreesnatureprograms.ca or call Walls at 250-954-8733.
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26th Brant Wildlife festival
Mid-Island region is going to the birds Month of events kicks off with gala on March 19 J.R. RaRdon reporter@pqbnews.com
The Brant Wildlife Festival returns to Parksville Qualicum Beach March 19 to begin a nearly month-long run of viewing, dining and entertainment options for residents and visitors alike through April 17. The 26th annual celebration of nature — and the return of the Brant geese on their annual migration to the Arctic — was conceived in 1991 by volunteers from the Mid Island Wildlife Watch Society. Since 2006 the festival has been co-ordinated by The Nature Trust of British Columbia in partnership with a variety of local organizations. “There’s a huge variety of things going on, whether you like to be in the outdoors trucking around, or would rather be inside and have someone knowledgable come in and share with you,” said Robin Riv-
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alan Messner comes face to face with a giant Brant goose named lucie during the kickoff to last year’s Brant Wildlife festival. the 2016 festival begins March 19 with a gala at the Beach Club resort.
ers, communications director for The Nature Trust. “We work with a lot of groups in the area,
including the Arrowsmith Naturalists and Friends of French Creek.”
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The festival will feature several public bird-viewing and nature tour opportunities, but also
activities ranging from cooking classes to an Easter high tea to a concert to the signature Pacific Brant Carving and Art Show. The carving and art show returns to Parksville this year after being held in Sidney for the past five years. Many of the events are free to the public, while others will include a participation or admission fee. In addition, local arts societies are getting into the act to recognize the bird-centric festival. Two displays featuring birds are part of the March exhibits at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville, while local artist Sharon Perrin recently hosted her In the Company of Birds exhibit at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach. The festival kicks off with an opening event Saturday, March 19, from 5-9 p.m. at The Beach Club Resort. This event features a buffet dinner, live music, a silent auction and a youth nature photo display. Tickets are $40; reserve by calling 1-866-288-7878. See FeStival, page A29
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Gospel duo returns Eclectics reassemble for dance show on Saturday Nanoose Evangelical Free Church invites the public to an evening of gospel music March 11, when the award-winning duo of Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley perform a CD release party for their latest recording, Blues Stories, beginning at 7 p.m. Braithwaite, a blues and gospel singer, and Whiteley, a blues guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, will be joined by bassist Ryk Ryce and drummer Taylor Allum for the evening of gospel standards and originals. Collectively, Braithwaite and Whiteley have won nine Maple Blues Awards and earned six Juno nominations. After winning the 2010 Songwriter of the Year Award from the Maple Blues Awards, they were commissioned by the Toronto Blues Society to create the Blues Suite project, which was performed at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in 2012. Braithwaite and Whiteley have recorded five albums together and are in-demand performers at festivals and concert halls internationally.
Band of revolving members returns to stage at golf club J.R. RaRdon reporter@pqbnews.com
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Chris Whiteley, left, and diana Braithwaite return for an evening of gospel on friday in nanoose Bay.
Tickets are $10 per person and are available in advance at Cranky Dog Music in Parksville, 250-9543465. Remaining tickets will be available at the door. Nanoose Evangelical Free Church is located at 2462 Nanoose Road in Nanoose Bay. — NEWS Staff and Nanoose Evangelical release
For a non-band, the Eclectics can certainly raise a wall of sound. The on-again, off-again collaboration of top local musicians returns to the stage Saturday, March 12, for an 8 p.m. dance show of rock and blues at Eaglecrest Golf Course. The Eclectics were created by local promoter Bart White for a New Year’s Eve show in 1999. Membership was a mash-up of players from local groups, which were unable to play that night because of various concerns about the feared Y2K crisis. “There were some guys whose wives wanted them home in case the world was coming to an end,” White recalls. “I went to four different bands and cherry-picked guys from each of them, instead.” Since then, White has continued to stage the Eclectics each New Year’s Eve at the Eaglecrest Golf Club hall, and put on occasional additional shows and dances like this weekend’s event.
The membership has ebbed and flowed, with each player standing as an equal regardless of background or name recognition. David Gogo and “Machine Gun” Kelly Everill have performed with the group. Other alumni include Gerry Barnum and Shawn Carle (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Mike Vaira (guitar, vocals) and Dan Dube (keyboards), all of whom return for Saturday night’s dance. They will be joined by new “inductees” Bill Johnson on guitar and vocals, Claudio Fantinato on saxophone and the rhythm section of drummer Bill Ross and bassist Jay Stevens. Len Hill returns to run lights and sound. Something of a glorified jam session, the Eclectics show will begin with Carle’s band headlining the first set, Barnum leading the second set, Johnson introduced for the third set and an “all-star” jam wrapping up the night in the final set. “We’ll lift the roof off that place,” said White. Tickets are $25 each and are available in advance at Eaglecrest Golf Club, Coombs General Store and Cranky Dog Music in Parksville. If additional tickets remain they will be available at the door.
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Van Django revives 1930s Paris Gypsy jazz quartet makes return to local concert series The gypsy swing jazz quartet Van Django makes its eagerly awaited return to Errington Hall for a concert Saturday, March 12. A huge success when they performed in 2013, Van Django returns to mix, mash and jazz up Mozart, Duke Ellington, and The Beatles, along with their own originals, in a quartet of two guitars, a violin, and a double bass. Named in tribute to guitarist Django Reinhardt, Van Django is Vancouver’s answer to Paris’s Quintette du Hot Club de France, founded by Reinhardt and his violinist partner Stephane Grappelli in the 1930s. Grappelli spent his early years starving in an orphanage and took his first lessons from street musicians, while Van Django’s violinist Cameron Wilson is classically trained and works as much with symphonic music as with jazz. Django Reinhardt used only his first two fingers to play because his left hand was crippled as a result of the burns he sustained when his gypsy caravan caught fire. The accident that cost him the use of his
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The Brant Festival will continue with events in communities across the region through April 17. The showcase will be the Pacific Brant Carving and Art Show, set for the weekend of April 9-10 at Parksville Community & Conference Centre. Hosted by the Vancouver Island Woodcarvers Club, the carving and wildlife art show was a staple of the Brant Festival from its beginning through 2010, when it shifted south to Sidney. Many of the other events will invite people to join naturalists and biologists on interactive observation tours, in locations ranging from Parksville Community Park to the Vancouver Island University Deep Bay Marine Field Station to Hamilton Marsh and other “hot spots” in the area. “Every year we have guest speakers, and they vary depending on their expertise and subject matter,” said Rivers. We Have Happy Advertisers! Contact me today.
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January 19, 1932 to February 18, 2016 Charles “Chuck� Eggins passed away peacefully on February 18 surrounded by the love of his wife and daughters and supported by the caring staff of Arrowsmith Lodge. Chuck was a builder and renovator extraordinaire on Vancouver Island for several decades. He was renowned for his practical solutions and wonderful sense of humour. He loved his family, friends, sailing and his dogs, and left us with many wonderful memories. Chuck was predeceased by his brother Don and sister Blanche. He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Audrey, his daughter, Ronine (Sharp), his son Victor and daughter-in-law Veronica; stepchildren Lisa, Larry, Michelle and Steve (Perrault); grandchildren Kevin, Curtis, Larry, Amanda, Nicole, Mikeal, Jack, Cassandra, Sam, Charlotte and three great grandchildren, Oliver, Fraser and Leonardo. We send our love with him as he sails away on this great journey.
MILLIE LEDAHL On Friday, February 26, 2016, Millie LeDahl was welcomed in peace by her son Rick along with her parents Fred and Ola, sister Jessie and brother John Millie is survived by her husband Don; sister Lucy, children Joanne (Grant), Merle (Corrine), Rob (Marion), Murray (Shelia), as well as thirteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and many dear friends and family. A service was held at Comox Valley Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 2nd. The family wishes to thank Dr. T’ien, Dr. Nel, nurses Shelly, Isabella, and Suzanne at St. Joseph’s Hospital and our many caring and comforting friends.
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October 2, 1917 – February 26, 2016 Stella passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. She was predeceased by her son, Bruce and husband, Howard. Left to miss her are her son, Jim; daughter, Brenda (Larry); grandson, Christopher; and many cousins, nephews, nieces, and extended family members. Stella was born in Vancouver, BC. She was educated in England, Scotland, and Canada. As a young adult, Stella lived in West Vancouver enjoying all it had to offer, her cabin on Hollyburn, and sailing with her brother, Ken. She was also a member of the Canadian Women’s Army Corp 1941-1945, two and a half years of which were spent overseas in a Social Work capacity. Following the war, Stella continued her career as a Social Worker in the Okanagan, Nanaimo, and Parksville.  Many years in Parksville brought involvement in various community activities, including St. Edmunds and the Legion. We’ll miss you Mom. A Celebration of Life will be held in Stella’s honour at 1:30 pm on Saturday, March 12th, 2016 at St Edmund Anglican Church, 407 Wembley Road in Parksville, BC. In lieu of flowers, her wish was for each of us to give a few minutes of our time to someone in need of it. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Charles Roy Heard, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. Roy, as he was known by friends and family, passed away peacefully at his home in Parksville on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Roy was born in London, England on February 13, 1928. He volunteered for service in the Royal Navy at the age of 16, immigrating to Rhodesia after leaving the Service in 1947. Schooled during the war, Roy was largely self taught and became very well read. He was very tall and was affectionately known as “Lofty� or the “gentle giant�. Roy married his beloved wife Jeanne and together they raised a family in Salisbury, Rhodesia where he worked as an accountant. In 1989, they immigrated to the beautiful Western Cape, South Africa where they were living close to family. In 2004, they moved to Canada to be close to one of their sons. Both of their other sons had immigrated to England. Roy was a man of great courage which reflected in his determined approach to maintaining his health and getting well in his final weeks and days. In addition to his service in the Royal Navy, he also proudly served in The Royal Rhodesia Regiment and was a long term Reservist in the British South Africa Police. He attended the Presbyterian Church in Parksville and was a key member of the Men’s Club, where he served as Treasurer for several years. He had a great sense of humour, was an avid reader, and a deep thinker. A short biography does not do justice to his great life! Roy enjoyed the English language.  He developed many close and lasting friendships over his lifetime, and enjoyed his time in Canada with much travel and engagement with life. Roy played cricket as a young man and continued to watch the sport long after his playing days ended. He also loved swimming and water polo. Roy is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jeanne; his sons and their wives Alastair Roy (Erin), Neil Michael (Roslyn,) and Stephen John (Linda); grandchildren, Zoe, Louise, Amber, William, and Savannah; and great grandson Elliot. He was pre-deceased by his younger brother, John Paul in 2004; father in 1965; and mother in 1987. He will be sadly missed and well remembered by his vast circle of family and friends. Grateful thanks are extended to Dr. Thor Fridrikkson and to the VIHA Home Care team for the compassionate care and gentle kindness they provided to Roy during his extended illness. A Service of Thanksgiving for his life will be held at 2:30 pm on Thursday, March the 10th at St. Columba’s Presbyterian Church, 921 Wembley Road in Parksville. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.
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Island rink takes B.C. title
B.C. Mixed Curling Championship success in Qualicum Beach BARB HOOPER Special to The NEWS
The triple knock out draw of the B.C. Mixed Curling Championships — held at the Qualicum and District Curling Rink last weekend — turned out to be a best two-out-of-three series, or two-team showdown. Both team Craig, Vancouver Island representatives, and team Tanaka from Tsawwassen won their first two draws and met each other to battle it out for ownership of the first qualifying position. Team Craig outplayed their opponents by gaining a six point lead in the fifth end and sent Tanaka packing to the B event. Undaunted, Tanaka rallied with a win against team Forrest, overtaking them with a score of 7-2 which secured them the second qualifying berth. When they met again on Saturday night, Team Craig was up by two points and had three lying in the rings with the last rock of the game still left to be played. Skip Cody Tanaka sent the crowd into a frenzy when he delivered his final blow and blasted Craig out of the house while leaving one point on the board and tying it up at one game each.
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Team Craig in the sixth with one of the winning rocks. Miles Craig throwing, Marika and Kesa Van Osch sweeping and opponent Skip Cody Tanaka looking on.
This left the Kerry Park (Naniamo) team playing in the bronze medal game against Team Buchy of Kimberly, which holds three provincial titles under their belts. Evenly matched but coming out unscathed, Craig swept
into the final with a 5-3 score. During Sunday’s showdown a time out was called because Skip Craig “knew that we were in a position to win the game here and now depending upon making the next play perfect.”
It looked easy as Team Craig delivered on their strategy and closed the game early with a 7-2 victory over Tanaka, earning themselves a trip to the Canadian Nationals being held in Yarmouth Nova Scotia this November.
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Gymnasts training together The Ballenas and Kwalikum secondary school gymnastic teams practise together as a single team. Competing in last week’s Vancouver Island High School championships, they won like teammates. Tahnee Demetrioff of Ballenas captured the all-around gold medal and led an almost mid-Island podium sweep as gymnasts from the two schools claimed seven of the top eight spots in the provincial-qualifying competition. Top finishers will advance to the B.C. High School Championships, which begin in Burnaby on Thursday, March 10. Ember Hayes of Kwalikum, enjoying her strongest meet of the season, claimed the silver medal at the Island finals. Ginny Lefeaux of Ballenas and Reanne Sterckx of Kwalikum shared the bronze in a tie for third place. All four gymnasts will advance to the provincial meet in Burnaby. Though each gymnast will compete for her own school, in separate school uniforms, all the Ballenas and Kwalikum gymnasts train together as a newly formed club called Gymnastics Ballenas-Kwalikum (GBK), under coach Kayla Millicheap. Following the medal-winners, Delaney Borden of Ballenas placed fifth overall, Tayah Campbell of Kwalikum overcame an injury on the vault to place sixth, and Megan Arkwright of Ballenas finished seventh. — NEWS staff and GBK submission
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Provincial lawn bowling in Qualicum Beach QB’s unique indoor/outdoor lawn bowling green saw some high-level compeition over the weekend MARgAREt SHORtER Special to The NEWS
The Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club successfuly hosted its first provincial indoor lawn bowling tournament this weekend. A pilot tournament, winners earned contributions to help them get to the Pacific Indoor Bowling Green in Vancouver, in April. Winners for the men were first Vern Greenhill, second Hirendra Bhartu, third Derek Kaufman and fourth Gord Fall. The winning women were
first Lynda Robbins, second Sandi Mitchell, and Dolores Adams and Jamee Sidel tied for third, each winning one game and tying two. Lynn Chwartacki, a 25-year veteran of the sport said: “This is the first time all of the Island has been invited to one tournament.” A total of 22 players from Duncan, Courtney, Port Alberni, Parksville and Victoria competed in the event. Most notably Jaymee Sidel, from the Oak Bay Club, competed indoors for the first time.
“It takes personal drive, skill, practice and knowledge to do well in the sport,” said Sidel, the 2013 Women’s Under-25 Canadian Champion. She also won the national qualifier in Hong Kong and China in 2014, and World Bowls has invited her to the 2016 World Junior Championships in Queensland, Australia this April. In the summer there is a competition every weekend at the Qualicum Beach lawn bowling club. To maintain the outdoor
fields the grass is mowed to perfection three times a week. Even at that, outdoor grass has more variables. Indoor with carpet bowls are even, having the same, more predictable speed. The indoor facility at Qualicum Beach is seven years new. Mick Banks explained that there are about 120 club members and all positions in the club are voluntary to get the jobs done. The only other indoor/outdoor facility in Canada is in Vancouver. Lawn Bowling is a growing
sport in Canada. Stephen Forrest an indoor coach from Port Alberni explained that Canada has a world ranking of eight. At the world level it is a segregated sport, at the pro level it is singles. He knows of bowls as far afield as Newfoundland and the Yukon, where they practise on a soccer pitch. Lawn bowling has been traced to the 13th century London and has always been included in the Commonwealth Games. See Lawn bowLing, page A33
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are remembered by roads that carry their names. Burgoyne Road in Coombs is named for such a family. Harry Burgoyne was just one of the Coombs children who attended school in French Creek. Another is named for James Foster, a bricklayer from England who found that earning a living from the settlement land was hard. In time he went back to his original trade, building chimneys for the first homes on Judges Row in Qualicum Beach and later working in Nanaimo. It was James who donated the land for the Salvation Army citadel on the corner of Station Road. Bagshaw Street in Parksville surprisingly has links to St. Anne’s Anglican Church. This iconic place of worship has been central to the Oceanside community since the original settlers joined forces to fund and raise the church. At the first christening registered there, G.A.Bagshaw was recorded as godfather to Preston, son of Duncan and Annie McMillan. In time he became the Reverend G.A. Bagshaw and served for 12 years as vicar at St. Anne’s. It was at St. Anne’s church that Harry Butler married Dorothy Price of Errington. Their wedding reception was the first to be held at the newly opened Island Hall Hotel. Harry was a one-time farmer, associated with the Vancouver Fruit Lands Company and a manufacturer of marmalade under the label “Butler Pure Foods Products.” Over time he became known as Mr. Drama as for many years he wrote and produced plays for the ECHO Players entering the annual Errington Drama Festivals. He was also a co-writer of the Christmas pantomimes so eagerly anticipated and performed at Errington War Memorial Hall. It was many years later in 1942 that a young woman working in the Women’s Land Army in England during World War II met Harry’s son George, a young Canadian soldier at a local dance. Their son Bruce was born during an air raid and in 1945 Phil Butler and Bruce left England for a journey she later described as taking them “halfway round the world.”
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After travelling first by train and then by ship from Liverpool to Halifax, they crossed Canada by train. Amazed at the immensity of the country and awed by the Rockies, they eventually arrived in Vancouver. There was still another sea crossing to Nanaimo and finally the drive to Parksville. She wrote that at the time there were cattle wandering all over the road. George came home from the war in September of that year and though it took Phil awhile to adjust to the new life, she later wrote that she was “one of the lucky ones, to come to Canada and Parksville …. It’s the greatest country on earth, Canada.” Today Price Road in Errington and Butler Avenue in Parksville still carry the names of these founding families. Close to the highway, by the Visitor Centre you will find the Parksville Museum & Archives. This living museum is home to historic buildings from Parkville’s early days together with a host of artifacts and archives. These reflect the daily lives, homes, schooling and worship of the early communities together with an insight into the trades and industry of the area. The Englishman River Building that houses the museum collection is open winter hours from Tuesday – Saturday between 11:00 am- 3:00 pm. Learn more about the museum at parksvillemuseum.ca References: Parksville Museum & Archives; Marjorie Leffler: Parksville & then some.
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