North Island Gazette, March 23, 2016

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March 23, 2016

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Workshop helps advance North Island food sovereignty.

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By Trish Weatherall For the Gazette About 75 participants from North Island communities gathered at the Port Hardy Civic Centre on March 16 to brainstorm ideas and initiate action plans to improve local tourism at the Community 2 Community North Island Tourism Forum.

Representatives from 10 communities: Alert Bay, Coal Harbour, Echo Bay, Malcolm Island, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Quatsino, Sointula, Woss, included local governments, First Nations, tourism-related businesses, and tourism agencies. The day-long event was sponsored by the Regional District of Mount Waddington (RDMW), Community Futures Mount Waddington, Island Coast Economic Trust, K’awat’si Economic Development Corporation, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Town of Port Hardy, and Vancity Credit Union; hosted by the RDMW, and facilitated by Ecoplan International, a Vancouver-based company that helped produce several North Island community economic development plans. The central theme was the need for collaboration, networking, and cross-promotion between businesses, between communities, between tourism operations, and between First Nations and non-First Nations. “People attending the Forum appreciated the opportunity to exchange ideas and felt that the event was very effective at helping them develop a better understanding of the issues and potential benefits from working together to advance some of the projects,” said RDMW Economic Development Manager Pat English.

Quatsino First Nation Band Administrator Jim Michals said in an email to the RDMW that the Forum was “Well executed. An unqualified success.”

“The day had lots of valuable input from many people with a

Trish Weatherall Photo Participants from all over the North Island attended the North Island Tourism Forum March 16 at the Port Hardy Civic Centre.

wealth of information,” said Port Alice Councillor Marnie Chase.

“The North Island is a real gem, a traveller’s paradise, so it was inspiring to see all the people there from all avenues of the tourism industry. I’m particularly excited to see the opening of the First Nations Kwa’lilas Hotel in Port Hardy!”

“It was good to see people from various sectors and areas come together to try to solve issues from a regional perspective,” said Gaby Wickstrom, President Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce.

“The day made me realize that though we may talk “regional approach” there are still bridges to build to achieve this. It was a good start!” Organizers acknowledged the forum being held on Kwa’kiutl First Nation territory, and introduced Hereditary Chief George Hunt who spoke a traditional Kwa’kiutl welcome to begin the day.

Guest speakers provided background reports, studies, and statistics on tourism activities, visitor demographics, and target market.

Dave Petryk, president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver Island, reported that 2015 was a banner year for tourism on Vancouver Island with an eight per cent increase.

He presented the Destination BC Tourism Strategy, and tools like the govancouverisland.com web site, the Vancouver Island Trails strategy, and the potential to capitalize on the existing Destination BC Brand ‘Wild within’ and the History Channel’s Alone TV series - filmed entirely in the North Island.

With Aboriginal tourism as a key sector in BCs tourism strategy, the Forum welcomed Keynote speaker Keith Henry, chair and CEO of Aboriginal Tourism Canada.

Henry spoke about marketing the region as an indigenous destination and the importance of incorporating authentic aboriginal experiences into visitor planning.

Henry provided information and statistics from national research on key markets, visitor demographics, the collaborative work Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada has

done to date, and a moving video telling first-person stories of art, dancing and singing passed from generation to generation.

He also introduced ATAC’s new logo and the aboriginalcanada.ca website.

Henry pointed out that Canada has thousands of years of history and historical sites, but the question is how to implement and create marketready businesses that share indigenous culture and experience with visitors. “Keith Henry seemed like a very down-to-earth guy,” said Davis Henderson, Tourism Coordinator, k’awat’si Tourism Company.

“It was nice that he said, it is great to see the progress in everyone coming together. You can tell that he cares about what he does. Cultural Tourism is getting bigger and it was powerful to have all those statistics presented. I also learned there were a few things from our First Nations cultural ways that I had forgotten.”

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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Growing mushrooms, for fun and profit, is the focus of a workshop currently being offered at the Grassroots Learning Centre & Forest Farm in Port Hardy.

This is the second time the workshop has been given, says Coordinator Dawn Moorhead.

“The workshop involves growing mushrooms in the forest on logs,” Moorhead said, which depending on the type, ranges “from impossible to fairly easy.”

On the menu this time are shiitake, oyster and lion’s mane (which tastes like lobster).

“Log-grown mushrooms are scrumptious,” she said.

However, she warns, some of the mushrooms growing at Grassroots are poisonous (some of the mushrooms growing everywhere are poisonous) and no one should eat any mushroom in the wild unless they know how to identify them first.

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Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Photos Pam McIntee, right, puts mushroom spore into a drill hole which Thomasina Brown covers with cheese wax. Below, Jim McIntee, from Hyde Creek, fills a hole in an alder log with mushroom spore.

February with participants preparing the laying beds which included de-limbing alders and cutting them into lengths.

The first week in March, growers innoculated drill holes in the logs; filled them with spawn; and sealed them with hot cheese wax.

Moorhead explained that mushrooms feed off the lignin in the alder logs.

Participants will return later this year to tend the logs as well as water them, erect a shade cloth canopy, maintain deer fence, and whatever else is necessary. (Both deer and slugs are predators for mushrooms.)

“For the North Island, it is the perfect food crop”, because “they require shade and moisture,” Moorhead said.

In the end, ‘mushroom cooperative’ participants will share in the harvest.

Pam and Jim McIntee, from Hyde Creek, are two of the people taking advantage of the program. “Pam and I are into food security and producing our own

food, rather than having it trucked in,” Jim said.

In addition to being just plain delicious, mushrooms have solid nutritional and medicinal value and their cultivation supports management for forest health.

Mushrooms are a high-value niche crop, especially when compared to ones grown indoors, and there is money to be made.

“Starting a commercial mushroom enterprise requires low investment for high return.

Growing mushrooms is accessible - we have the forests, the space, the alders,” Moorhead said.

Not only can it be a sustainable livelihood and advance food sovereignty on the North Island, growing mushrooms is compatible with lowering carbon footprints and minimizing climate change.

Production of these mushrooms can also help the North Island hospitality industry by providing fresh produce to restaurants and host-

ing tours.

The Grassroots Learning Centre’s forest farm is about one acre in size. It includes cultivated huckleberries, salal, a shiitake mushroom laying yard, elderberries, forest strawberries, rice root, comfrey and several experimental crops such as wasabi.

The term “forest

farm” refers to an area that is based on permaculture (a system of agriculture centred around using the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems), but brings plants to the forest instead of the forest to the farm or garden.

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Community 2 Community forum dards, and community environment • Creating a strategy to improve quality and availability of accommodations • Collecting user stories and lobbying for highspeed internet for all North Island communities • Coordinating ferry and flight schedules to extend visitor stays.

Attendees were also encouraged to give written input on other topics that were not in the 10 priorities including: Research, Advocacy, Harbour/ Marine Development, Food Tourism, Sports Tourism, Events and Festivals, Signage, Workforce Attraction and Training, and Attracting the Film Industry. “The Forum was the first step towards developing a greater level of cooperation between aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in the tourism sector. This is an ongoing initiative that will offer both communities potential benefits in job creation and investment attraction,” said English.

“Developing respectful business partnerships takes time and effort and depends on our ability to listen and accommodate conflicting interests but the understanding that we gain from these efforts will offer all communities greater benefits from a sustainable, diversified tourism sector.”

“The next step is for EcoPlan to collect all of the information from the Forum and assemble a report summarizing the key tasks that need to be undertaken in order to move the various initiatives forward. This report should be completed by the end of April.”

In a press release, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Shirley Bond said, “B.C.’s tourism sector is thriving and is a key economic driver for our province. With the right economic strategies in place, tourism in the North Island can continue to contribute to our diverse, strong and growing economy. The North Island Tourism Forum is a key way for businesses, local leaders and First Nations to work together and build an economic strategy that will help communities and businesses in the North Island diversify and strengthen their regional economy.”

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Curtain rises at Gate House

By Karen Stewart For the Gazette Gate House Theatre is finally able to finish their stage curtains thanks to a very generous corporate donation.

During a presentation at a Regional District of Mount Waddington meeting in January, Ian Roberts, director of public affairs for Marine Harvest Group, mentioned the company’s contributions to the North Island through various donations.

Gate House Theatre executive board member Gaby Wickstrom says that comment, “prompted an email to Marine Harvest which resulted in

the generous donation of $4,110.26.”

Theatre President Terry Eissfeldt adds, “we sent them a quote for the remaining hardware and they anted up” the exact amount required to buy the tracking and rigging for the side stage curtains which will be in place for the theatre’s spring show “An Evening with Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night Eve” and “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet,” both one act plays.

Show dates are April 29 and 30 at 7 p.m. and May 1 at 2:30 p.m.

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Continued from Page 1 The action-oriented forum built on issues identified in local economic development plans, and tourism sector sessions, and gave participants the opportunity to collaborate on specific topics and come up with action plans.

The forum used an electronic voting process to prioritize the top 10 of 19 previously identified topics. The topics for break-out sessions were: Joint Ventures: Aboriginal and Non-aboriginal; First Nations/Cultural Tourism; Framework for Cooperation (between businesses and between communities); Communications; Accommodations; Nature Tourism; Tourism Experience; Trail Marketing & Development; Extending Trip Stay; and Branding.

Attendees selected three of the topics to participate in 45-minute round-table discussions where they identified tasks, timing, leadership, resources, challenges, and next steps.

Some ideas discussed included: • Collaboration between all stakeholders on nature tourism initiatives, like information kiosks, and promotion of nature tourism business ideas to potential entrepreneurs • Linking complementary activities in the region to extend visitor stays • Education and resources on First Nation culture, and a brochure/map on regional languages, dialects, and culture • Creating cohesion and buy-in between all communities and the regional brands of the RDMW and Vancouver Island North, and make branding more accessible • Creating a Memorandum of Understanding between all Visitor Centres and Cultural Centres on the North Island to communicate, cross-promote and share best practices Regionally common directional and informational and cultural signage for trails, and a one-stop internet site for North Island trail information.

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Vancouver Island North Tourism focuses on the promotion and management of tourism as a region. Representing the municipalities of Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Alert Bay, Port Alice, and Electoral Areas A, B, C and D, this coordinated approach lets each community have a larger impact by working together as a region.

Interested individuals are asked to send an expression of interest with a brief description of your professional background and why you would like to be considered for this committee. Please also include which community of the RDMW you are from.

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COMMENTARY Comments? Box 458, Port Hardy, B.C. V0N 2P0 250-949-6225 Fax 250-949-7655 or email us at editor@northislandgazette.com

School closures Public education was at the heart of much of the discussion this week in the Legislature. It is not only Campbell River and other North Island communities that are facing tough decisions about school closures. Across the province, school districts that also have been severely underfunded for years now have no choice but to close the doors of schools.

MLA Update While the decision is ultimately with Claire Trevena one made by each school board, most of the closures are the consequence of BC Liberal policy. School boards have been starved of cash for 15 years while they have had to absorb increased costs downloaded on them, from MSP through hydro. In addition, they are often compelled by necessity to offer social services – providing a stable place for kids, at times ensuring they are fed – all the while trying to do their legislated job as public educators. There is a meanness of spirit reflected in the funding coming from the BC Liberals. I’ve mentioned these last few weeks about the loss of bus passes for people on disability benefit. This has a significant impact on thousands of people and yet the BC Liberals refuse to back down. Instead when Christy Clark bothers to come to the Legislature she says it’s not a cut, it’s giving people “choice”. It’s a false choice for those with no income who often have to choose between food on the table or heat in their home. Those people who have lost their bus passes know it is not a choice, it is a cut. That meanness of spirit was seen again when the BC Liberals tried to stand by a policy which clawed back WCB death benefits paid to children of workers killed on the job if their surviving parent is claiming a benefit. The Minister for Social Development, a person who boasts her success as a para-Olympian, defended the claw back for 24 hours before realizing she was truly defending the indefensible.

But then this is a Minister in a Christy Clark government.

The Premier does not come to the Legislature very often and when she does her comments and behaviour are questionable to say the least. This week she said of rape victims “Some will say they became stronger as a result”. She also played on her phone while a member of the Opposition made a statement about the horrors of child sex exploitation.

One of the main bills we debated this week was that which will create the Great Bear Rainforest. It was a long time coming and is the result of a huge amount of hard work by many people over many years. While it is without question something to celebrate and could be a model for forest and land management in many other places, I urged some caution when I spoke to it. My concerns are primarily around logging plans already in place and whether they will go ahead now that the agreement has been finalized. I also noted that the Dzawada’enuxw First Nation in Kingcome Inlet were not included in negotiations because they are not part of the Nanwakolas council. I put their letter to the Premier on the record. We are now on a two-week break from Victoria, which means I’ll be in and around the constituency.

I’ll be taking a tour of the new hospital on Friday to get an update and see how the work is progressing. The question of paying for parking will undoubtedly come up. People rightly continue to be frustrated by the plan to charge on public property and I continue to raise the issue with the government.

I have been asked again about what happens at night when there’s an ambulance call out on one of the islands that needs to get to hospital. BC Ambulance Service calls BC Ferries who in turn checks whether the ferry can be crewed (ferry workers are not obliged to do call outs at night). If it can, that is the route taken, but if there’s not enough crew available the coastguard is called out. As always I can be reached by email at claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca, by phone in Campbell River on 250-287-5100 and in Port Hardy on 250-949-9473, and on Facebook or by Twitter, @clairetrevena.

Alternatives to urban drug ghettos My recent columns on B.C.’s struggle with the growing westward migration of transients have produced responses that fall mainly into two groups.

The largest is people relieved that somebody is questioning the urban media narrative. That’s the one where drifters, drug addicts, welfare shoppers and thieves are the victims, and working people whose hard-earned communities are being degraded are the problem because of their selfish, uncaring attitudes. Then there are readers so marinated in our nannystate education, media and political system they object to anything other than a big-government response. They tend to ask, what’s your solution, Tom? As someone who has lost one relative to heroin addiction and almost lost another, I reflect on the history of successful addiction treatment. That is one of detox and abstinence.

That’s why I oppose the failed model of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where resources are poured into concentrated housing and “harm reduction” that perpetuate addiction, handouts and helplessness. Housing Minister Rich Coleman is rolling this out in other communities, in what I fear is an effort to paper over the problem for an election year.

The Globe and Mail recently profiled a methamphetamine addict enrolled at Onsite, the belated treatment addition to Vancouver’s Insite supervised injection site. It was his fifth try, which may have something to do with the fact that when he walks outside he is in the middle of Canada’s biggest street drug bazaar.

Contrast that with a facility called Baldy Hughes, a therapeutic community 30 km outside Prince George. It’s a working farm, designed to provide a year-long program of abstinence-based therapy and meaningful work.

It uses the traditional 12-step program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, with peer support and group therapy.

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There’s a greenhouse for winter farming, livestock to tend and the residents have designed and built a new horse stable.

There’s also a beekeeping project. Residents can complete their high school education, take first aid training and learn basic computer skills. What they can’t do is leave unescorted during their treatment program. They can’t bring drugs, alcohol, weapons or phones with them. It’s a costly program, with a small number of spaces available on referral from B.C.’s social development ministry. Others can finance it with the help of medical employment insurance.

I mention this not to suggest it is a solution for every community, but to compare it with what the B.C. government is spending millions on. A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victoria’s squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area?

He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was hitch-hiking around, going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat. He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day he was being given, in a “low barrier” facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked. What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. It’s popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30.

This is where your tax dollars are going. Waves of people come in, with key trouble spots being communities on the major highways coming into the Lower Mainland.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc A member of

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BC Hydro to phase out E-Plus program Dear Editor, British Columbians are already reeling under the impact of large price increases by BC Hydro, but one group who bought into Hydro’s E-Plus program in the 1980s might be seeing additional increases of up to 130 per cent on the cost of electricity used to heat their homes.

E-Plus was a program that was heavily promoted by Hydro and was based on increasing their sales and profit by selling ‘surplus’

power at a reduced rate for home heating.

In order to qualify homeowners spent thousands to meet strict requirements of energy efficiency and to install the back-up heating systems that were prescribed.

Hydro now has many options for sales of surplus power, and claims the E-Plus rates are costing them money, so has advised users that they are considering asking the BC Utilities Commission for approval to phase out the rate.

Fletcher misses target Dear Editor, Tom Fletcher missed the bull’s eye regarding cannabis (marijuana) implying (Bowing to the power of judges, March. 1, 2016), it’s an inconsistent herbal remedy that hasn’t been studied much because it’s been illegal.

Government-subsidized prohibitionists in North America have hindered research progress, however, the plant has been documented medically for over 5,000 years medically without a single death.

That’s safety and consistency on a Biblical scale.

Truthfully, Stan White Dillon, Colorado

Most E-Plus customers are now in their senior years so if and when the program is eliminated the added power cost will hit them hard. Installing alternate heating systems would cost thousands and those in rural areas without natural gas service will have few options.

This should not be a big issue for BC Hydro as there are only about 10,000 households remaining on the program. Those numbers are shrinking steadily as users move on (the

rate is not transferable to new home owners) or are unable to keep up the requirements to qualify for the rate, so it would seem to make sense to let the program continue until it dies a natural death.

E-Plus customers who would like to work with others who oppose the elimination of the rate can contact the E-Plus Homeowners Group at eplusbcgroup@gmail.com .

Gary McCaig Port Alberni

Recreational users denied equal protection under Charter of Rights Dear Editor, Tom Fletcher wrote “The Federal Court decreed last week that people have the right to grow their own ‘medical’ marijuana.”

If he read the decision he would have said the right of liberty gave persons protection to grow medical marijuana against unreasonable police power, discriminating against recreational users.

Every person arrested has been deprived of their liberty and has the right as a defence to claim the marijuana laws are unreasonable and arbitrary.

Criminalizing marijuana can not be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Possessing marijuana is not a threat to the rights of others, or public safety.

Why are recreational users denied equal protection of law, sections 1, 7, 8, and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.

8. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.

15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination.

Michael J. Dee Augusta, Maine

Volunteers help to restore Badger extinguisher Dear Editor, On Behalf of the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department, I wish to thank the following staff of Western Forest Products, Doug Von Schilling, Larry Bartlett and Don St. Onge for their part in restoring the basket of our Badger fire extinguisher on wheels, serial number 831.

Their efforts and assistance are greatly appreciated.

The apparatus has been restored to a parade ready status.

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It has been restored, as original as possible and keeping it culturally significant, for the time period and location it served.

Example being, nothing was restored to show room condition and all of the welding repairs to the axle, handle or carriage were kept.

I tried to keep as much of the original paint as reasonably possible. The repairs are testament to the conditions of use and skills of the men who used this apparatus.

I am still looking for any information

about this piece of equipment. I have not received any calls after my last letter to your paper on this topic.

None of our former members has been able to tell me how Port McNeill fire department came into procession of this apparatus.

A former member, Heinrich Von Schilling, was able to confirm we had it in 1968. I have no information pre dating that and I am beginning to fear that we will never know the history of how it came

into our procession. So far I have not been able to obtain any information from Kidde, the company that bought Badger, but I am still hoping it might be possible.

Anyone with any information, ideas or suggestions, please call my cell 250-2303842.

Any information on this equipment would be a great help.

Regards, Doug Vitick, Senior Firefighter, PMVFD

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Four charged in thefts from vehicles Submitted On the morning of March 12, Port Hardy RCMP responded to a complaint of theft from a vehicle in the Storey’s Beach area. It was eventually determined that several vehicles had been targeted by a group of thieves. Through investigation and with helpful information provided by one of the victims, three youth and one adult have been identified and much of the stolen property has been recovered.

Charges against the group of four range from theft, possession of stolen property, possession of break and enter tools, mischief and breach.

The adult in the group, Robert Brandon King,

20, of Port Hardy, is currently facing eight criminal charges.

“We at the Port Hardy RCMP, in partnership with ICBC and with assistance from the District of Port Hardy, have been targeting thefts from vehicles as a priority, through both enforcement and an awareness campaign,” said S/Sgt. Gord Brownridge, detachment commander.

“We ask that people please secure their vehicles and do not leave valuables in plain site, even if your doors are locked.”

Anyone with information about this matter is asked to please contact the Port Hardy RCMP at 250-949-6335.

Alert Bay eyes photovoltaic panels Trish Weatherall Photo

Future Dragons Den-ers

Young entrepreneurs (left to right) Sophia Downey, Olivia Rydalch, Morgan Rydalch, and Maria Downey, display their items for sale at the Swap & Shop at the Port Alice Community Centre March 12.

North Island black out

By Tyson Whitney Reporter On Tuesday, March 15 at approximately 5:20 a.m., around 7,040 BC Hydro customers on the North Island (from Woss north) lost power.

“A logging company working near the transmission right of way, approximately 30 kilometres south

of Woss, knocked a tree on the transmission line resulting in the outage,” said Karla Louwers, public affairs officer for BC Hydro.

BC Hydro crews were dispatched to the site and made the necessary repairs.

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The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit in partnership with the BC Coroners Service and the Campbell River and Sayward RCMP, continue to investigate the death of a 30-yearold man, who was found in his car late Saturday evening. The man, who can now be identified as John Dillon Brown, of Saanich, was last seen leaving a residence in Campbell River at approximately, 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1, driving a 2009 Grey Honda Accord bearing BC licence plate BR126G. Brown’s body was discovered just before 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, in his vehicle parked near the west side of the one-way bridge into Sayward.

An autopsy earlier this week, assisted in

determining Brown’s death to be a homicide.

Investigators believe Brown died as a result of a targeted attack, and the public are not at risk.

VIIMCU investigators wish to speak to anyone who may have seen the victim or his vehicle, between 1 p.m. on Friday, March 11 and 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 12. Photos and video images may greatly assist.

If you have information about this crime, please contact one of the following and cite VIIMCU File 2016-1315; Sayward RCMP at 250-282-5522, Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221, Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), Text Crimes (274637) or on online.

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is to be examined by a geological technician to determine if the area is at risk of a slide. Cement barriers exist between the parked cars and the slope.

Councillor Kane Gordon raised an issue about the learning centre that had been brought to his attention.

Students attending the entrepreneur program presented by Reconciliation Canada had expressed a need to use the learning centre as a place to study outside of class time. The learning centre is typically inaccessible outside of class times because there are no full time employees to supervise student use of the space.

RCMP detachment Sgt. Brett Sinden presented the third quarter report to the council with a discussion on setting priorities for the coming year.

Sinden presented four priorities for the coming year.

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By David Faren For the Gazette The Village of Alert Bay continued to evaluate a plan to move toward local energy generation for municipal buildings.

After rejecting ground mounted solar array due to its large real estate foot print and fear of potential vandalism, the council is now reviewing four photovoltaic panels mounted on the roofs of four buildings. In this plan the panels would be placed on the public works building, the recycling building, the community hall, and the village offices.

These panels would be in addition to the existing solar water heating used at the campground and a planned system at the wharf. The water heater at the campground provides solar-heated water for the campers’ showers. The harbour is also to see its lighting replaced with LED lights to save power.

The concern over slope stability continued as well. The slope above the BC Ferries line up

by Tyson Whitney Reporter The Port McNeill town council meeting Monday, March 7 started off with a verbal report from Port McNeill RCMP Sgt. Craig Blanchard.

Blanchard discussed a number of topics, such as the detachment’s involvement with the Wounded Warrior Run and their participation in Pink Shirt Day at North Island Secondary School.

Port McNeill Mounties are also launching a traffic car pilot program to target distracted driving and other infractions aimed at “reducing the issues in the Woss area,” said Blanchard.

He added Mounties will also be starting a bike patrol once the weather is nicer, and that they’ve already bought two bikes locally from The Shed. The RCMP have also recently purchased two ATVs to “patrol the logging roads,”

said Blanchard.

In other town news, Port McNeill Fire Chief Tasos Baroutis said his department was also involved with the Wounded Warriors Run and the Pink Shirt Day at NISS. They’ve also started their junior fire training program which is running every Tuesday night.

Port McNeill Town Mayor Shirley Ackland was pleased to hear from both, and commented that there was “terrific commitment from our police and firefighters.”

Port McNeill resident Gaby Wickstrom asked during the question from the public period, “What is the interim harbour manager’s role where the VIC is concerned?”

Mayor Ackland replied his role will be “the same. Peter Nelson Smith will take on the role from John French while he’s on sick leave.”

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Park bush to be trimmed

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor A community park will soon be given a haircut.

At the District of Port Hardy Parks & Recreation Review Committee meeting Feb. 17, members discussed Cedar Heights Park which requires some clearing.

Operations Manager Sean Mercer advised the committee that he will get some prices for the work that is required and report back.

“The Operations Department is looking into ways of thinning the trees and making the area more visible,” said Chief Administrative Officer Allison McCarrick.

Gazette staff The Queen of Oak Bay recently returned to service after the completion of its three-quarter life upgrade.

The 1981-built vessel serves the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route and has had significant upgrades to its pet areas and many other areas of the ship.

After receiving feedback from customers travelling with pets, BC Ferries reached out to the Society of British Columbia Veterinarians for some guidance on how best to make on-board improvements. As a result, the company has developed a new standard for pet areas including kennels to enable customers to leave their

pets and enjoy the on-board amenities, radiant heating, comfortable benches as well as pet and pet owner hygiene products. In addition, the upgraded pet areas are to include new PA speakers to ensure important safety announcements can be heard.

Further upgrades to pet areas are planned for the other ships in the fleet.

Other upgrades to the Queen of Oak Bay include replacement of the steering gear system, upgrades to the bridge and refurbished passenger accommodations.

For more information about travelling with pets visit http://www.bcferries.com/travel_planning/travel-with-pets.

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Gunboat diplomacy destroys Tsakis in 1865 During the initial colonization period on the Pacific Coast in the 1800s, the British Navy was known for its harsh actions against those who they wanted to exert control over.

Today academics refer to this as the era of “gunboat diplomacy.”

From 1848 - 1866 the Colony of Vancouver Island was the recognized governing body on Northern Vancouver Island. There was a disjoint, however, in that the Colony had little resources to defend itself, and relied heavily on the presence of the British Navy, which at any time might have numerous war ships in the area.

One of these vessels was the HMS Clio, a steam-powered Pearl class corvette with 22 eight-inch cannons and one pivot-mounted 10-inch cannon mounted on her bow, 1,472 tons, and 400 hp.

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A Look Back with Brenda McCorquodale the Pacific Station in Esquimalt, and would run regular patrols up and down the coast.

On Dec. 22, 1865 the ship had run to Metlakatla and was returning South when it stopped to check in at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Rupert.

Staff at the Fort lived in very close proximity to the First Nation village of Tsakis, which was home to about 1,500 people. At times the relationship was rocky, with both sides engaging in vigourous trade, but suffering regular skirmishes prompted

by the illegal whisky trade, cultural differences, and frustration with the encroachment of Europeans into First Nations’ traditional territories and the utilization of the resources within these areas.

Beaver Harbour, the location of Fort Rupert, had been used by the local First Nations people for thousands of years, as is evidenced by several large shell middens in the area, but it had not been a large permanent year-round village site at the time of the establishment of Fort Rupert.

The availability of trade goods and preferred status trading with the Hudson’s Bay Company prompted the local First Nations to establish a large permanent settlement on both sides of Fort Rupert after its construction. In 1851 Governor Douglas signed Treaties (two of the Douglas Treaties) with the bands that

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attempted to scare the officers away by brandishing large knives.

The Navy men returned to the Clio and let a volley of shots fly into the village. The First Nations took down their flags and raised a white flag and the assault was halted.

That evening the First Nations started to move their belongings into the woods behind the village.

They called on the Fort and told the employees that they would surrender the wanted men, but the Fort employees refused to open the gates, wary of being taken hostage.

In the morning the Navy once again sent launches to Tsakis demanding that the community hand over the suspects.

They surrendered one of the three wanted men, but refused to bring forth the other two. At this point the Clio’s First Lieutenant started light-

ing the community’s big houses on fire, and entered the remaining houses, seizing and destroying a quantity of rum. When this did not elicit the desired response the Navy officers returned to the Clio and the ship let fly a full barrage of cannonfire on the village. The Navy destroyed most of the community’s houses as well as all of the canoes on the beach. It is estimated that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 80 canoes may have been destroyed.

Canoes were essential to life on the coast at this time including basic food gathering. The effect of these actions was devastating on the First Nations people.

When the officers once again returned to the village, the community still refused to hand over the requested men, and instead the Clio took six or seven men into custody

(one European man travelling on the Clio described it as the Navy ‘taking hostages’), and delivered them to Fort Victoria.

The men were later released, but their situation prompted a debate in the legislature about whether the First Nations should be financially compensated for their loss, and whether the Navy acted appropriately.

The Kwakiutl rebuilt their houses, again in close proximity to the Fort. On a number of occasions cannons were fired upon them, and one original cannon and a number of cannon balls are still in the possession of the community. Local stories are told of First Nations being paid to return the cannon balls to the Fort, those again being shot at the village.

The Fort was sold in the late 1870s to former HBC employee Robert Hunt.

Thanks to Hutch Hunt Sr. for suggesting the attack of the Clio on Fort Rupert as an idea for further exploration.

He was told this story by his father Johnathan Hunt, who heard the story from his father.

B r e n d a McCorquodale is a local amateur historian who has been writing a history column in the Gazette since 2004. Her columns are collected in a blog at undiscoveredcoast.blogspot.ca.

She can be reached at Painting “The Clio at Fort Rupert” by artist Mike Sedgemore provided Storeysbeach@gmail. com.

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lived adjacent to the Fort, the Queackar and the Quakeolth.

When the Clio arrived at the Fort in December 1865 a number of members of the Nahwitti First Nations awaited her arrival. They alleged that men from Tsakis had murdered one of their clan. They had come seeking retribution, but Mr. Compton of the Hudson’s Bay Company had convinced them to await the arrival of the Clio, and they had been assured that the men accused of the murder would be taken down to Victoria for a trial.

When the Clio arrived Captain Turnour attempted to take the suspects into custody, but the community refused to hand them over.

Turnour threatened to open cannon fire on the village, but the community still refused to hand over the men and

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Action underway in Alice

By Trish Weatherall For the Gazette The Alice in Action Society, a citizen group of volunteers dedicated to attracting new residents and enhancing quality of life in Port Alice, held its third meeting March 13, and already has some action plans under way.

David Stewart, Alice in Action member and village councillor, announced his progress on a concept to build a trail alongside the Rumble Mountain mudslide of 2010, at the southern edge of Port Alice. Stewart says he has received verbal support from landowner Western Forest Products, and is working with engineers to map a route with GPS. The trail would allow hikers to view the power of the natural disaster which cleared a 100-foot wide, two-kilometre path from the peak to the ocean shore.

Member Kevin Cameron discussed research regarding a community garden and bee-keeping. Alice in Action members will work with an existing Sea View school initiative on a community garden.

Another ongoing initiative includes the investigation of refugee sponsorship, with a future information session from the Immigration Welcome Centre and North Island Employment Foundations Society.

Alice in Action also supports two promotional web sites: www.portalicelife.ca includes community member contributions of information, photos, and popular youtube videos; and www.vancouverislandhiddengem. com targeting retirees.

Alice in Action has formally registered as a society, which will enable it to apply for government funding grants for projects. An acting executive board has been set up until incorporation is approved and an annual general meeting will be held with formal executive elections.

The Alice in Action Society constitution is: To create, promote and enhance diversity in economic and recreational opportunities for the growth and betterment of Port Alice and its residents To seek grants and other financial support to bring economic and recreational initiatives to fruition To encourage goodwill and involvement of the wider community and to foster community spirit and civic pride. The next Alice in Action meeting will be held Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m. at the Port Alice Sea View Activity Centre, 901 Marine Drive. Everyone welcome. For more information contact: Pauline Steele at 250-284-6252 or Susan Mohler at 250-209-2499. Or check the Alice in Action Facebook site.

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March 27 Saint Columba Church presents, Easter sunrise service @ Kinsmen Park. 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday.

Everyone welcome. Light breakfast to follow at the church.

song, dance, face painting, and fun; and an appearance by nine-year-old singer/songwriter Stella and Kwak’wala rhyming with Vera Newman and Andrea Cranmer.

April 9 Body Mind & Spirit Fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Port Hardy Civic Centre. Free admission, everyone welcome.

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– 3 p.m. at the Seven Hills Golf Course. Free. Contact Chris Parker at 250-956-3301 for more information.

April 10 Port Hardy Family Fun Fair at the Civic Centre from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. A free day of song, dance, face painting and fun; and an appearance by nine-year-old singer/songwriter Stella and Kwak’wala rhyming with Vera Newman and Andrea Cranmer.

Port Hardy Civic Centre. This event is sponsored by the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative, Mount Waddington Local Action Team.

In lieu of a registration fee, participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire pre and post-event.

April 5 Port McNeill & District Chamber Annual General Meeting, 7 - 9 p.m., The Rock Pub in the Dalewood Inn, Guest Speaker: Line Roberts - Island Coast Economic Trust

April 8 Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce 44th Business Excellence Awards, Quatse Salmon Centre. AGM at 5 p.m. dinner and awards to follow.

April 5 Dr. Bruce Perry “Born for Love – Bringing relational richness back into the lives of children” 7 p.m.,

April 9 Port McNeill Family Fun Fair, Cheslakees Elementary School, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. A free day of

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April 9 Marine Harvest Riptide will be hosting a oneday camp in Port Hardy on Saturday, April 9 for Port Hardy Youth Soccer Association registered players only.

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Curling season wraps up with Daffodilly

By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Fort Rupert Curling Club’s Annual Daffodilly event, which dates all the way back to 1983, was in full bloom on Saturday, March 19, bright and early in the morning at the Seven Hills Golf Club.

Underneath a calm, overcast skyline, six different teams, made up of five players each, converged on the golf course for nine fast-paced holes of scramble golf (a scramble is where each player hits a tee shot on each hole, but everyone plays from the spot of the best shot), followed right afterwards by a barbecue lunch, some drinks, and then a round-robin series of four-end curling matches at the Fort Rupert Curling Club.

“It’s really about trying to promote the community,” said Fort Rupert Curling Club Vice President Gene Cadwallader, before signalling the start of the scramble golf game.

“You got a golf course here you can go out and golf at, and curling is like the golf of winter, so we do that after,”

Cadwallader said.

The Daffodilly is one of two unique combination events that the Fort Rupert Curling Club holds annually, as it marks the final weekend before the curling ice comes out while signalling the arrival of the spring golf season.

The other event, the Fall Funkin’, which is the reverse of the Daffodilly as it signifies the golf season ending and the curling season beginning, traditionally is held the first weekend that the ice goes back in for the start of the curling season.

By the end of a long day it was the Campbell Rink who emerged victorious under the hybrid scoring rules with a final score of 26.5, beating out the Dorward Rink, who took second place with 29.5 points, the MacLean Rink, who took third place with 30 points, the Baker Rink, who took fourth with 34 points, the Cadwallader Rink, who took fifth with 41 points, and the Walker Rink, who took sixth with 51 points.

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joked afterwards that he “wasn’t surprised” by the result, adding that he “full on expected to win.”

Campbell Rink team member Jordan Campbell just shrugged and said that he was “happy to participate,” and was “looking forward to next year.”

Cadwallader meanwhile was all smiles as he posed for photographs with the winning teams holding up their trophies.

“It turned out like it always does,” he said.

“You think it’s gonna rain and no one’s gonna show, but then it’s nice out and people show up,” adding that “good times were had by all.”

Norm Campbell putts his way to victory on hole nine at the Seven Hills Golf Club during the scramble golf portion of the Fort Rupert Curling Club’s annual Daffodilly event on Saturday, March 19. Below, Frank MacLean (left) sweeps hard for the MacLean Rink during the roundrobin four-ends of curling portion.

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The Campbell Rink, from left to right, Kevin Coates, Kristina Fedorak, Jordan Campbell, and Kirstie Bradshaw (Norm Campbell missing) celebrates with Gene Cadwallader (far right) after winning the Fort Rupert Curling Club’s annual Daffodilly golf/spiel event on Saturday, March 19.

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holding their own in Tier 2 league play against the other Vancouver Island League teams, beating the Saanich Braves in a wild, back and forth best-of-three playoff finals in front of a hometown crowd, or finishing their last Provincial Championship game against the North Shore Winter Club, where they went out on their shield after injuries and exhaustion finally put an end to their incredible playoff run.

“I’m extremely proud of this team,” said Fox. “The goal was to make Provincials from the very start.”

The Eagles started off the Provincial Championships on Sunday, March 13, with a frustrating 10-4 loss to the hometown team the Smithers Storm, where it was the referees who ended up playing a significant factor throughout the game, severely affecting the Eagles’ momentum.

“It was a very slow paced game, the refs made it clear who was in charge with a combined total of 83 penalty minutes, 51 to the Eagles,” said Fox. The Eagles put the penalty-filled game behind them, refocused on their goal and prepared for their second game on Monday, March 14, against the Cranbrook Mustangs, where they got out to a quick start in the 1st period with Matthew Saunders scoring at 8:54 and Luke Gage adding

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another goal at 5:31 to take a 2-0 lead. The Mustangs scored twice after to tie it up, but Clayton Bono netted a goal with 1:50 left to give the Eagles a 3-2 lead.

The 2nd period was a bit of a defensive stalemate, and the Mustangs scored the only goal of the period to tie the game up 3-3. The Eagles’ Devin White managed to get the puck in the net at 11:32 of the 3rd period to take the lead back, but with only 1:03 left to play, the Mustangs scored to tie it up once again.

The Eagles, determined not to let the game slip from their grasp, fought back and it was Bono who notched his second goal of the game with only 35 seconds left to pull off the win 5-4.

“We had a very good start,” said Fox. “Unfortunately we struggled to play within the parameters of the tournament refs. The

team persevered, battled through it and scored late in the third to win.”

The Eagles’ third game was on Tuesday, March 15, against Dawson Creek, and it was easily “their best game. Everyone played extremely well,” said Fox. The Eagles scored four goals in the 1st period alone, courtesy of Evan Fox, White, Rhys Dutcyvich, and Carson Strang. Strang netted his second goal of the game in the 2nd period, and Dutcyvich and Saunders added a goal each in the 3rd period to clench a 7-2 win in high-scoring, decisive fashion.

The Eagles fourth and final game was later on that same day, and this was where the road unfortunately ended as they lost 12-3 in a hard-fought battle to the previously-mentioned North Shore Winter Club. The Eagles’ depleted bench “definitely played a role,” said Fox.

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By Tyson Whitney Reporter The North Island Bantam Eagles travelled over 19 hours, 1,633.8 kilometres to be exact, to the Northwest interior town of Smithers, B.C. for the opportunity to compete in the Tier 3 Provincial Bantam Hockey Championships.

While the Eagles would come up just short of reaching the semi-finals, they still arrived back home to the Tri-Port with memories that every player on the team will no doubt remember for a lifetime.

“The Eagles played to the end, fought through a short bench, and in their last game just ran out of gas,” said Coach Greg Fox, reflecting on how the Provincial Championships unfolded.

Playing to the end is nothing new for the Eagles. The team has consistently charged head first into battle from the very start of their season, whether it was

The power outage on Tuesday morning, March 15th, didn’t stop Gene Cadwallader from running business as usual. Running two gas pumps, and serving hot coffee kept his smile going.

“We were short Elliot Furney, Payton Laming and Michael Perez, and North Shore was the top ranked team in our pool. It’s always tough when you lose the last game of a season, but we watched a very tired, short bench do everything they could to win in what turned out to be a very lopsided game.

None of these players are okay with losing, that’s what makes them great competitive athletes, but in the dressing room afterwards, we watched the players support each other and a few minutes later, they were all laughing and telling stories.”

With the Eagles’ Provincial Championships run officially over, the team headed back home with their heads held high, knowing that in spite of the odds against them, they still put forth their best effort to try and win. And that alone makes them winners, regardless of what the game sheet says.

When asked if he had anything else to say about the Eagles’ season, Fox was quick to reply that none of this would have been possible “without the tremendous support we received from our local communities. Thank you to everyone who donated money, bought raffle tickets, and gave us bottles,” adding that he would also like to thank all “the coaches, managers, fund-raisers, supportive parents, fans who came to watch us play, non-parent volunteers and the referees.

The Eagles did their utmost to represent the North Island.”

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Eagle View hosts tourney Submitted The sport of Basketball is alive and well on the North Island. There was a Grade 4 through 5 basketball tournament held on Wednesday, March 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy.

The school families that participated in this elementary basketball event were Gwasala Nakwaxda’xw Elementary, K’ak’ot’lats’i Elementary, Eagle View Elementary, and Sunset Elementary sent two teams.

It was a round robin type tournament with a focus on fun and sportsmanship. Each team got to play four games. Special thanks goes out to Mike Cleary from Port Hardy Secondary School and his senior Physical Education students who did an exceptional job at refereeing the games.

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“It was myself and Mike Cleary who put it together,” said Eagle View Elementary School Physical Education and Outdoor Experiential Learning teacher Sean Barfoot. “It was pretty busy all day. There were seven teams and fun was had by all. It was a sportsmanship tournament, so everyone got participation certificates.”

The tournament was run by student referees who were “physical education students from Mike Cleary’s PHSS physical education classes,” added Barfoot, who added there was a concession run during the tournament by Grade 7 students from Eagle View for their annual Camp Homewood trip, where they raised a total of “400 bucks.”

The tournament was a great way to “celebrate the sport of basketball with our school families on the North Island,” said Barfoot, adding that he wanted to say “thank you to PHSS for hosting, and to all the players that demonstrated phenomenal sportsmanship throughout the day.”

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PORT MCNEILL

NEWLY RENOVATED Bach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.

Newly furnished available.

Free sat tv, over 300 channels.

Phone Ron and Linda 250-956-3365 NEWLY RENOVATED 2 bdrm townhome.

Includes W/D, D/W. Avail. April 15. $595/mo.

No dogs or cats. Please call or text 778-808-4543 for info.

PORT HARDY- Airport Rd. 2 bdrm. $550. Quiet, NS/NP. Ref req. May 1. 250-949-6319.

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Port Hardy, BC West Park Manor & Lindsay Manor Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available.

Well maintained secure & quiet buildings.

Close to shopping.

Friendly onsite resident managers.

Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email:

comehome@pineridgevillage.ca

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S.

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

Call 250-956-3526.

SEAWIND ESTATES- close to all amentities, 2 bdrms, 1 bath in great condition. 4 appls, deck.

References req.

Available now. $750. Call 250-949-7079 before 7pm.

TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR

Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartments include F/S, W/D, & microwave. Clean, comfy, quiet, reno’d, repainted and upgraded. Rural location overlooking harbour.

Satellite TV channels included. $750 with 1 year lease.

Avail April 1 or May 1.

Call 1-250-949-8855. www.twoceans.com

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES PORT HARDY- 3 bedrm, 1 1/2 bath duplex avail. April 1st. Newer flooring, paint etc, F/S dishwasher. Great condition, quiet central location, fenced yard, N/S, small pets negotiable. $850/mo Refs Req’d. 250-949-8959

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454

TOWNHOUSES PORT ALICE townhouse, 3bdrm, 1.5 bath. Carport, ocean view. Avail now. Low rent. Call 1-250-383-0861.

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Competition closes Thursday, March 31.

Only those applicants that are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Island North Tourism.

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