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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Retirement just got a whole lot more golden for Alert Bay’s George Speck.

Speck, 64, is the winner of a $3.5-million prize from the March 19 Lotto 6/49 draw.

Speck travelled to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) office in Vancouver last Tuesday to claim his prize.

In an interview via telephone from Vancouver, Speck said he bought the winning ticket from the Alert Bay Drug Store “on a whim”.

He explained he is not a regular ticket buyer, nor does he have sets of numbers he plays.

“I just play quick pick, and I’m notorious for having these things sit in my wallet,” he said.

“I didn’t even check my tickets until the following Wednesday,” he said.

Speck was in bed, on Facebook “to see what my friends are up to” and an old friend was asking her brother if he had checked his ticket, because someone in Alert Bay had won the lottery.”

By Kathy O’ReillyTaylor Editor RCMP continue to search the remote wilderness area near O’Connell Lake near Port Alice for 62-year-old Marc Regimbal, who was reported missing at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Regimbal is described as a caucasian man, 5’11” tall, weighing 84 kg or 185 lbs. He is balding with grey hair.

Police say he is driving a 2001 blue Honda Accord, four-door sedan with BC licence plate BW0 25F. Extensive search efforts for by Campbell River Search & Rescue, Police Dog Service, Air-8, Provincial Emergency Program Air fixed wing aircraft as well as Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill members have failed to locate the missing or his vehicle, said RCMP Cpl. Janelle Shoihet, Media Relations Officer.

“The search is continuing with SAR and RCMP throughout the day today (April 4),” Shoihet said.

Further updates were not available at press time Monday.

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Alert Bay resident George Speck, 64, has $3.5 reasons to smile after winning the 6/49 lottery March 19.

Neucel to remain closed for 2016

By Tyson Whitney Reporter Neucel Specialty Cellulose’s Chief Executive Officer Wanli Zhao sent out an update on March 29 regarding the pulp mill’s current state of curtailment, and it wasn’t good news.

Zhao wrote that Neucel “has been in a marketdriven production curtailment since the beginning of 2015.

The forecast at that time was that conditions would improve to the point where we would be able to resume operations in 2016. Regrettably,

this is not the case.”

Zhao cites the global dissolving pulp market and other economic factors as the reason for not resuming operations at this time.

However, Zhao said the shareholders “remain committed to the mill in Port Alice and will work towards the operational reliability of the mill with the intention to restart production when the market improves and other conditions are suitable.

This is a difficult time for all stakeholders and we continue to ask for your patience and support.”

Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen said the news

wasn’t surprising.

“The market remains weak, and when the market is weak, they can’t start the mill up,” Allen said, adding that while Neucel may still be in curtailment, it hasn’t stopped the Port Alice community from continuing on.

“The houses and stratas (in Port Alice) have been selling, it’s really incredible,” said Allen.

“The Village of Port Alice is moving forward with or without the mill. The best kept secret is out, Port Alice is the most incredible municipality to live in or visit.”

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Island Health actively recruiting RNs

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The Port Hardy Hospital will be down some Florence Nightingales this month.

“We do have three nursing positions that will become vacant in Port Hardy in the coming weeks,” said Valerie Wilson, manager, Regional Communications, Engagement, Media Relations North and Central Island with Island Health.

“Two of the nurses are taking nursing positions within Island Health and the third nurse will be taking specialty nurse training at an Island Health site,” Wilson said.

“I can confirm that one new nursing grad has accepted a regular, full time job offer in Port Hardy, that will fill one of these vacancies,” she said.

“We don’t yet have a confirmed start date, but it will be within the next several months. We hope that other new nursing grads will apply to the postings on our website,” she said.

Island Health is actively recruiting to fill these vacancies and is hopeful that they will be able to fill these positions in the coming weeks.

“We do not anticipate any service reductions at Port Hardy Hospital due to the upcoming staff turnover. That said, we have had temporary service reductions at this site and others on occasion, due to unforeseen circumstances, for example unexpected staff illness,” said Wilson.

Island Health will use the services of agency nurses to temporarily fill the positions until they are filled. “While it doesn’t happen often, we do use agency nurses in communities from time to time, when we are experiencing a temporary nursing shortage,” she said.

The staffing complement at Port Hardy Hospital is 11 Registered Nurses and two Licensed Practical Nurses. Currently there are 10 RNs on staff - one nursing staff member is currently on temporary leave.

Continued from Page 1 Speck grabbed his wallet and checked his ticket “and six numbers came up.”

Not sure what that meant, Speck asked his cousin, who was visiting, to look at the ticket.

The cousin told him he had a winning ticket.

“I phoned my wife (Bethany) shortly after that,” he said, explaining that Bethany, who was working away on a fishing boat, was already in bed. He joked that “she was a little annoyed that I called her”.

Speck said the couple’s phone conversation included lots of “oh my God’s and what does this means”, interspersed with periods of shocked silences as the enormity of

and another daughter who is a consultant in Vancouver.

As for fun plans for the funds, Speck says the couple has friends that live full time in Hawaii they might visit and one of their daughters is getting married in May in Las Vegas.

In the meantime, he laughed, he will “put my garden in, do some milling and meditate.”

Speck used to be the senior administrator for the ‘Namgis First Nation in Alert Bay. “I’m in retirement now, but I have not activated my pension yet,” he said, adding that working around a reduced income has been a topic of household discussion.

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Alert Bay’s new millionaire the life-altering victory set in.

Even though he verified his winning ticket numbers on line, “I kept checking it all night long. I didn’t get any sleep.”

The only immediate plans Speck has for the money is to buy himself a new hunting truck.

“We’re going to have to do some planning and my kids will be receiving some of this money that’s for sure,” he said.

George and Bethany have five children: a 12 year old that lives at home; a 21 year old that lives down the street; another daughter that lives in Campbell River who is a social worker; a son who is a red seal plumber that lives in Vancouver;

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Go to your rooms No one could be blamed for wanting to scream “go to your rooms” at some local council meetings across B.C. Seven of eight Nanaimo city councillors want their mayor, Bill McKay, to quit. Last month, Grand Forks council went to court to force a councillor out. They lost. Greenwood residents tried it last year. Their petition was stayed by the court, but they’re not deterred.

Courts should be the last refuge of citizens or councils wanting to overturn election results.

Judges are reluctant to do so and it takes more than a dysfunctional personality type to persuade them otherwise.

Meanwhile in Vancouver - under the cover of darkness council there voted themselves a 12.6 per cent pay raise this month. Add in the additional goodies - such as a $3,048 annual supplement for extended health coverage for all, monthly supplement increases, one-time payments to councillors and parks board commissioners - and it comes to 17 per cent.

Rubbing salt into the wound, they then made it all retroactive to Jan. 1. Try that with your boss on Monday.

In support of the move, council relied on a report from a hand-picked panel that considered the pay of six other Canadian cities and three in B.C. Three councillors - George Affleck, Melissa De Genova and Andrea Reimer opposed the salary increase and lump sum payments.

The problem with some councils is transparency, period.

When most communities in B.C. have more in-camera meetings than the City of Toronto, there’s a problem.

In Ontario, councils are entitled to go in-camera to consider six specific matters.

According to the Union of B.C. Municipalities, there are four reasons that councils must go in camera and over a dozen reasons why they “may” close a meeting.

The nuance between may and must seems to have been lost on a few. Scrubbing public question periods - as White Rock did last year - rather than finding a way to make them work is another frequent knee-jerk reaction.

Fighting freedom of information requests tooth and nail seems to be standard operating procedure at most city halls.

In February, a B.C. Supreme Court judge took the unusual step of rebuking the City of Vancouver over its handling of such requests, noting that the city could have possibly averted a “needless” 12-day defamation lawsuit.

The city won the lawsuit, but in a telling move the judge didn’t award the city costs.

At an International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy conference - Integrity in Local Governments: Mitigating the Risks of Conflict of Interest, Fraud and Corruption - Vancouver lawyer Maegen Giltrow noted: “A reticence against transparency, taken too far in municipal affairs can reach criminal conduct.”

There’s the “nope, not our responsibility” syndrome that stretches right up to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Fassbender replied to a citizen’s complaint last month with: “The ministry does not intervene in the daily functions of a local government...If you believe that the town has failed to comply with provincial legislation, or has otherwise acted outside of its authority, you may wish to seek legal counsel to determine any potential remedies.”

Maybe one day the B.C. government will get around to fixing the Community Charter as it applies to conflict-of-interest rules, but in the meantime councillors could follow a simple one: when in doubt, step out. And if the government ever did decide to accept its constitutional responsibility over local governments, it could start by establishing province-wide policies on everything from councillor salaries to transparency. Would save everyone a lot of grief.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integritybc.ca.

Why be so cheap with the poor?

We hear a lot here at the B.C. legislature about hard-hearted government treatment of the poor.

It’s a serious problem, and one often obscured by the partisan Punch-and-Judy show that passes for political debate in this province.

As things stand, Premier Christy Clark’s government is heading into an election year with a basic income assistance rate for single employable adults at $610 a month, unchanged since the last miserly increase in 2007. Couples on assistance get up to $877.22, or up to $1,101.06 if they have two children.

If those children are aged three or more, parents are required to look for work and file monthly reports that show they still need income assistance.

The B.C. Liberals’ February budget left the basic rates and rules the same, with new applicants required to look for work for five weeks before getting a first cheque. There are sound reasons for this hard line, and despite their frequent demands for more, no one should understand them better than the B.C. NDP. Mike Harcourt’s NDP government raised rates in 1991, and also eased eligibility rules to let people stay on assistance longer. Within two years, B.C.’s welfare rolls were nearly 10 per cent of the working-age population and climbing. Harcourt famously denounced the “cheats, deadbeats and varmints” gaming the system, rolled the single employable rate back to $500 a month and imposed some of the harsh eligibility and job search rules that remain today. The caseload of single employable recipients declined by a third.

The current B.C. Liberal government did approve a $77 increase to the $906 disability income assistance rate, to take effect this September. Mostly what they got was protests about implementing a $52 monthly charge for transit passes.

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opposition claims that transit passes are being cancelled.

There are 45,000 disability clients who don’t have access to transit, and they receive nothing for their transportation costs.

If those who can use them want to continue, the cost comes out of their rate increase.

A protest was organized for the legislature lawn March 2, featuring disability activists and NDP politicians. As I arrived, Hospital Employees’ Union members were posing for pictures with New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy, a former HEU business manager. Others in HEU T-shirts were leading developmentally disabled people up to the small crowd.

All typical B.C. political theatre, with the union’s role omitted from news reports as usual. But I had to wonder about the NDP demand for taxpayers to top up the $170 million disability assistance budget increase with another $35 million a year, to provide bus passes to those lucky enough to be able to use them. Most people on disability assistance aren’t commuting to work daily. If they were, they would likely no longer be eligible. If they are able to use transit, it’s mainly for shopping, medical appointments and social activities.

When the change takes effect this fall, I intend to find out how many people decide to take the $77 increase and pay for transit only when they need it. I suspect there will be many.

Faith Bodnar of the activist group Inclusion BC summed it up well when she spoke to the rally.

“Government, all you did was equalize poverty for people with disabilities in B.C.,” she said.

Note that Bodnar wasn’t calling for the NDP position of a further increase that only urban people could use. She was saying the rate still isn’t high enough.

That’s the real issue.

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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Abandoned and derelict boats topic of resolution Dear Editor.

Elected officials at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Convention will vote on Saanich Council’s resolution that aims to address the safety and environmental risks posed by our aging recreational and commercial vessel fleet.

It is a feasible and vital measure that will protect our waterways from derelict and abandoned vessels.

The resolution proposes the creation of an Abandoned and Derelict Vessels Program, and a

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Let’s support a solution to these problem vessels that risk contaminating our marine environment and are a safety hazard to boaters and waterfront dwellers.

By working with vessel owners and enabling appropriate agencies, we may be able to finally tackle this issue that has threatened our coast for far too long.

Christianne Wilhelmson, Executive Director, Georgia Strait Alliance

Vessel End of Life Disposal Program, with funding through vessel purchase, registration, insurance and moorage to support local municipalities and waterfront property owners.

We need only to look to our neighbours in Washington and Oregon for proof that a proactive approach works, and can save taxpayer money.

Please contact your local council and tell them to vote in support of this resolution at the April 8-10 convention.

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Casavant speaks at Bear Day

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Former North Island Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant was invited to speak at Capilano University in North Vancouver April 4 for the world’s first International Bear Day. Casavant gave a brief speech on the social perceptions of conflict wildlife; how communities perceive conflict wildlife historically and currently; and what type of response that

elicits. Casavant found the request “interesting. I haven’t been asked to speak before,” he said.

Casavant has chosen to accept a senior position with the Ministry of Forests, and has been accepted as a doctoral candidate with Royal Roads University in Victoria in Social Sciences.

“The Province of BC is fully supporting me in my educational endeavours,” he said.

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By Tyson Whitney Reporter Seven Hills Golf Club teed up a Services for Seniors’ forum on Thursday, March 31.

The forum is held primarily once a year and it “brings everybody together,” said Gail Neely, chairperson for the Seniors & Elders Better Living Advisory Committee.

“The North Island has bits and pieces here and there, and this way everybody has the chance to come together. This is a good representation of Sointula, Alert Bay, Port McNeill, Port Hardy and Port Alice,” Neely said.

The all-day event started off with a presentation by Port McNeill RCMP Constables Dave DeMontbrun and Mike McKinlay, who handed out a seniors’ guidebook on safety and security and then spoke on issues such as elder abuse, phone scams, and online frauds.

“What the RCMP presented was vital,”

Tyson Whitney Photo Port McNeill Const. Dave DeMontbrun gives a speech on issues such as elders abuse, phone scams, and online frauds during a seniors forum at Seven Hills Golf Club on Thursday, March 31.

said Neely.

“To know about abuse and scams and what seniors can do about it, who they can report to, is extremely important.

“If you see something going on, you need to know you can take it to the proper authorities.”

After the RCMP

had finished their talk, Krista Minar held a chair exercise demonstration, and then it was time for lunch.

After lunch, the event included a provincial council of advisors to seniors advocate report, an occupational therapy presentation, a home and community care presentation,

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a focus group discussion, and door prizes, before finally winding down a little before 3 p.m.

“These forums, we try to have them in different places so that it’s more of an all-day thing rather than a morning or afternoon thing,” said Neely, adding that she wanted to say thank you to “Chris Parker, the coordinator of the health network who helped put the event together, Sandra Warren, the facilitator for the feedback session of the forum, and the Mount Waddington Health Network itself because that is where we get our financing to put something like this on, we don’t have funds of our own.”

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The cost to live in Port Hardy will be going up KarenofStewart, Sharon Barrett & Gene Wickstrom. For the decorating vision, Claire Hodgson , AGM & Board Directors Increases for commercial properties will vary a bit this year. the beautiful flower arrangements, Flora Borealus & Northern Lights for the delicious dinner.

Our new board of directors will have been voted in at our AGM on April because some are on a fixed rate and others are The District of Port Hardy’s municipal residen5th. Expect to see some fresh ideas come returning forward for members: the 2016/2017 year.

Welcome to our new and/or metered. tial tax rate will increase by 3.71 per cent over We are Hannah always looking for suggestions for meetings, seminars, etc and Rock Fisheries The water and sewer rates have increased by last year’s rate. will be At conducting an online survey in the coming months to gather Waterʼs Edge Ventures However, taxes may, in fact, go down. two per cent. The garbage and recycling are Northern Restaurant your thoughts on Lights past events and our future direction. You can also call “The actual amount of the property tax charged contracted to Fox’s Disposal who sets the comWaivin Flags Taxi or email anytime at the contact numbers below. We welcome your input! is dependent on the assessed value which is deter- mercial rates. mined by the BC Assessment Authority,” said Notable, at this point unapproved, expenditures Upcoming “Member to Member” events: Gaby Wickstrom PresidentResource Consultants – January 2016 Strategic- Natural Chief Administrative Officer Allison McCarrick. for 2016 include: $1.1 million for a new Quint Ph: 250Coastal 230 9952Community Credit Union & Insurance Services – February 2016 “Therefore if your assessment goes down, fire truck; $424,500 in water-related upgrades; Email: portmcneillchamber@gmail.com your taxes may go down even though the rate $145,000 on a new chiller for the arena; $130,000 this holiday season to shop local. Businesses in our area are supporters of Website:Remember www.portmcneill.net increased andgreat vice versa,” McCarrick said. for a Hardy Bay Lift Station upgrade; $115,000 the community. When you shop local, you are making a local investment; not just for business The rates for residential water, sewer, garbage on roads; and $50,000 on the Seagate Pier. owners and their families, but the community as well!

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Local Treasures at The Bead Lady in Port McNeill

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The Bead Lady is not just about beads.

Carol has branched into local art including a number of First Nations artists. She also offers an array of fashions for “mature figures” and beautiful jewellery and other fashion accessories as well.

Though her traditional customers are 40-60 year olds, Carol says that younger people are coming in more and more for her beads and jewellery.

“It’s a great gift store and my prices are competitive because I have excellent wholesale sources,” says Carol.

Like many businesses in the area, the Bead Lady depends on a good summer business and through her boating connections Carol has lots of annually returning customers.

“I just love to play and have fun with the locals and tourists alike,” says Carol.

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Council supports UN declaration

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The District of Port Hardy council has agreed to support the efforts outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held in the board room of the Regional District of Mount Waddington (hereafter “RDMW”) administrative office, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C. on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 1:30pm for the purpose of hearing representations concerning RDMW Zoning Bylaw No. 21, Amendment Bylaw No. 894, 2016 (hereafter “Bylaw No. 894”), which if adopted by the RDMW Board of Directors, would have the effect of amending RDMW Zoning Bylaw No. 21, 1972 to:

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Include a new zoning category, namely the “Marine Resort Zone (MR-1)”; Include District Lot 2537 (PIN: 90103731) and portions of District Lots 580 (PID: 008-536-678) and 583 (PID: 008-535621), Range 1, Coast District, which are located within or adjacent to Glendale Cove, being part of Knight Inlet, within the Marine Resort Zone (MR-1). These three adjacent marine and upland areas are utilized in the operation of the Knight Inlet Lodge resort development by Knight Inlet Grizzly Tours Ltd., and application of the Marine Resort Zone (MR-1) would permit the existing resort and accessory uses; Add definitions for “Licenced Premises”, “Marina”, “Recreation” and “Resort Uses”; and, Undertake housekeeping corrections such as: a) Replacing different references associated with premises that serve liquor with the term “Licenced Premises”; b) Replacing different references associated with marina developments with the term “Marina”; c) Deleting the requirement to obtain construction permits, a practice which has never been implemented in past; d) Clarifying language pertaining to the regulations associated with commercial hydro electric and wind energy generating systems (HEGs and WEGs); e) Clarifying that a restrictive covenant may be required to be registered on title to prevent further subdivision when taking advantage of the density averaging provisions of the Rural Zone (A-1); f) Clarifying the extent of the application of the Rural Zone (A-1); and, g) Deleting the designation of Development Areas which relates to superseded provincial legislation (Municipal Act).

TAKE NOTICE that proposed Bylaw No. 894 and related information can be obtained at the RDMW office, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C., between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, until 4:30pm on April 18, 2016. Bylaw No. 894 may also be viewed on the RDMW website at http://www.rdmw.bc.ca/. You may also use the contact information below to obtain information.

Jeff Long, Manager of Planning & Development Services Regional District of Mount Waddington PO Box 729, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0 Telephone: 250-956-3301 Facsimile: 250-956-3232 Email: jlong@rdmw.bc.ca

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by the First Nations Relations Committee, and is part of the 94 recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, said

Councillor Jessie Hemphill.

The motion is not a commitment to implement anything.

“It’s a symbolic formality,” Hemphill said.

Hardy council to have increased chamber role

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor District of Port Hardy council will have an increased role at chamber meetings.

“Council members have attended our lun-

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The move is a step towards strengthening the district’s commitment to working with First Nations in creating a better Port Hardy.

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cheons thus far in 2016; this has been met with positive feedback from the business community and our organization,” wrote Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce Acting President Rob Tucker in a letter to

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Carol Ellison has been doing beadwork most of her life. As a Metis she learned traditional beadwork from her grandmother in Edmonton. Carol developed her own beadwork style and started marketing her products at Windsong Marina when she lived in Echo Bay over ten years ago. During that time she made strong friendships and connections with the many boaters who visit Broughton Archipelago each summer. Carol continued to sell to boaters following a move to Shawl Bay and then in 2014 she moved to Port McNeill.

Demand for her products continued so Carol opened a store front in the old Pacific Coastal location, and then just a few months later, in December 2014, she moved to her current location in the Pioneer Mall.

Junior Canadian Rangers from Manitoba arrived on the North Island on March 28 as part of an exchange with the local troop. While here, the Rangers went to Grant Bay and helped out with a beach clean up; visited the Cape Scott wind farm; hiked to the WWII Dakota 576 plane crash site in Port Hardy; went to Alert Bay; then to Storey’s Beach for a traditional Kwakiutl salmon dinner and cultural drumming.

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“The Port Hardy Chamber senses that active participation of council at these events is sending a clear message to local businesses that council is engaged and has a vested interest in what the local business community is working towards and achieving,” said Tucker.

The chamber is hoping that this could be taken a step further and that whomever is attending on council’s behalf would be able to provide a small update in advance that could be included in its monthly brochure.

The chamber also invited a council member to meet with the board on a quarterly basis to discuss matters pertaining to the chamber and the business community.

Councillor Jessie Hemphill agreed to attend the next meeting.

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Employment practice Submitted North Island Employment Foundations Society is hosting an Employer Expectation and Practice Interview workshop on Monday, April 18, at Port Hardy Secondary School (PHSS).

This is a fun exercise for both employers and students. Evaluations have shown that the students find this to be a valuable and constructive exercise.

For most, this is a student’s first job interview. Participating employers have successfully found summer student employees through their participation, although that is not the goal of this exercise.

Employers will be participating in a panel-style format at the front of the class. Each employer will get to

tell the students a little about their business and what the expectations are if a student is hired. When all the employers have had their chance to speak, a question and answer period will take place.

Practice interviews will also be held. Employer will give students a 10-minute job interview followed by an evaluation. When the process is finished, everyone will gather together and if there is any time left, the students will have the opportunity to ask questions. Employers may also give some feedback or tips to the student group as a whole.

If you have any questions regarding this event please contact Marne Svennes at North Island Employment Foundation Society, Port Hardy, at 250-949-5736.

Family fun to be had in Hardy and McNeill

By Tyson Whitney Reporter Looking for an event that is fun for the whole family?

The North Island has not only one, but two family fun fairs on the horizon. One of the family fun fairs will be held in Port McNeill from 1-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at Cheslakees Elementary School, and the other will be held in Port Hardy from 1-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, at the Civic Centre.

“This is an annual event and it’s a beautiful way to bring together the community,” said Coordinator Stephanie Nelson.

Both events are for parents and young children (ages 0-9), and will feature song and

dance with Stella, a nine-year-old singer/ songwriter who was nominated for children’s album of the year by Breakout West’s Western Canadian Music Awards, and Kwak’wala rhyming with Vera Newman and Andrea Cranmer.

Every child who attends will receive a free book, CD (Love you Forever), and a lunch bag.

The events will also feature educational booths, snacks, prizes, book walks, and face painting.

“The wonderful partnerships with Success by 6, School District #85, and the Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society are what makes these events possible,” said Nelson.

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Group looks for volunteers to create dresses

By Tyson Whitney Reporter BC Angel Dresses is in need of volunteers in the North Island area.

BC Angel Dresses is a non-profit group that collects donated wedding, bridesmaid and grad dresses across the province, to turn into dresses for young ones who have passed away.

Their dedicated volunteer seamstresses transform them into Angel Dresses that are shipped to hospitals across the province and offered to

grieving families at no charge.

They have dress donors that are wanting to donate, however, the group are still in need of dress collectors and seamstresses in the North Island area to complete the transformation.

“We have 103 volunteers across the province, including one in Port Alice,” said Group Administrator Bobby-Jo Kowalski.

“We are looking for more volunteers in all areas of the North Island. We

provide the patterns and the sizing, and whoever makes the dresses gets their own creative expression across.”

Kowalski added their goal is to be able to reach every hospital in the province. Volunteers can contact the group at h t t p s : / / w w w. f a c e book.com/groups/ B CAn g e lD r e sse s/, https://twitter.com/ Submitted Photo bcangeldresses, and A group that sews dresses for young ones www.bcangeldresses. who have passed away is looking for volunteer ca. seamstresses and donated gowns.

“Being a part of BC families in need is Angel Dresses is a said Kowalski.

“To be able to help what really matters.” really amazing thing,”

Wellness fair bursting with participants

By Tyson Whitney Reporter Sick and tired of being sick and tired?

A Body, Mind & Spirit Fair being held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Port Hardy Civic Centre could help.

The fair is an opportunity to discover many different relaxation thera-

pies, healing treatments, health services and exercise regimens available on the North Island. The first event was held back in November of 2014, “where my goal was to have 12 tables, and I ended up with 18,” said Organizer Kellie Oflynn Dukes.

“Last year in March I had 32 tables, and as of this morning, I have 41 tables and we are overflowing into the lobby,”

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Just like in previous years, the fair is free to attend and everyone is welcome.

Oflynn Dukes said her goal for holding the event is to show people on the North Island “that we have more than western medicine up here,” adding that she is “so proud of the people who are willing to come and show what they have to offer.”

Seedy Saturday a sign of Spring

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On that date, the 3rd Annual Seedy Saturday, hosted by the North Island Farmers and Artisans Market, will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Island College Port Hardy campus located at 9300 Trustee Road.

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“It’s a good excuse to talk about gardens,” said NIFAM Coordinator Neva Perrot.

Workshops will cover topics such as Composting 101, Four-season Harvest, and how to build a Cloche greenhouse.

People are encouraged to bring their newly-divided plants, as well as seeds, bulbs, etc. for the exchange, but this is not necessary to participate in the event.

The purpose of Seedy Saturday is to encourage North Island residents to grow their own food, save the seeds, and then trade them “so that you are growing food that has been acclimatized for our region” and is known to do well, Perrot said.

Seedy Saturday is a good way to connect with other people in the community who are passionate about growing their own food or who want to learn about how to do it.

Participants are invited to bring seeds of all sorts, as well as divided perennial flowers, herbs and vegetables.

Now in its third year, Seedy Saturday gets a bit bigger and a bit better each time.

“I’m excited” for this year’s event, Perrot said.

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Port McNeill doctor ascends to presidency

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Dr. Granger Avery, a general practitioner from Port McNeill, is currently serving as presidentelect of the Canadian Medical Association until August of 2016, when he will take on the mantle of president.

them improve and live their lives in a healthy manner,” he said.

One of his goals as president is to “try to actually help people in working together.”

Right now across Canada, “there are lots of people doing a lot of good work in 100,000 ways, but they remain largely unconnected.

We just don’t organize it properly,” he said.

“Working together is done best in rural areas like ours, largely because we have to.

It forces you to have that patient-centred approach to medicine.”

Town of Port McNeill Mayor Shirley Ackland is not surprised and couldn’t be prouder of Dr. Avery’s new role.

“He’s always been very pioneering, very forward thinking, addressing rural health and the issues in small communities,” Ackland said.

“He was one of the first doctors on the North Island to fly into Kingcome (Inlet) and Gilford (Island) and some of the outlying areas.”

Ackland says Dr. Avery’s position will allow him to draw attention to the challenges of providing health in small communities, something he has been spearheading for years.

“He started up the rural family practice curriculum at the

University of British Columbia. He wrote it,” Ackland said.

“He used to fly down every Thursday morning to UBC and teach.

He’s an incredible man,” she said.

“One of the most important things he ever did for our larger community of the North Island was develop the rural teaching practice out of the Port McNeill clinic,” she said.

Doctors who come out of medical school now have to choose a speciality and family practice is considered a speciality.

“Granger set his practice up to be a place they come and do a locum,” she said.

As a result “we get a large number of young doctors and interns coming and working in Port McNeill and the North Island,” she said.

“We couldn’t be happier that another one of the North Island’s own is pioneering the way for rural medicine. It doesn’t surprise me that Granger is in.”

Dr. Avery studied at the University of London in England and Auckland University in New Zealand before settling in British Columbia in 1973.

Following training in advanced obstetrics, specializing in anaesthesia, he started his residency at Vancouver General Hospital. He

moved to Port McNeill a year later where he opened a general practice. In 1979, he began working with eight remote clinics in isolated communities, and that year was also the first in a 35-plus year teaching career with the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Avery served as president of Doctors of BC (then known as the BC Medical Association) in 199798 and has been chair of the general meeting of that association since 2009.

Avery was a member of the CMA Board of Directors for 10 years; and has more than four decades of rural generalist practice and more than three decades of medical politics - all which have given him a close look at the evolving practice of medicine and the opportunity of working with a number of remarkable physicians who share the common purpose of healthier patients, a healthier society, and a fulfilling profession.

Dr. Avery has a fervent interest in rural health, having chaired several committees dedicated to improving the health of rural populations and the doctors who work there, as well as supporting young doctors in training, in teaching them, and in reducing their graduation debt load.

His recent work has focused on physician

privileging in hospitals ensuring the rules which physicians must follow when attached to hospital work are fair.

“Despite the continued conscientious work by physicians, Canada has recently been ranked 10th of 11 Western nations‚“ health systems by the Commonwealth Fund and fifth of 11 for costs per capita,” Dr. Avery said in his candidate statement posted on his election web page.

“The well-recognized federal retreat from Canadian health care responsibilities has been a large part of this, and must change.”

In a Jan. 15 letter to doctors in the province of British Columbia, he added: “I think the CMA has an indispensable role in reversing the trend and improving the system for all Canadians.”

Dr. Avery has received numerous awards including the

Doctors of BC Silver Medal, the Excellence in Teaching award from UBC’s Department of Family Practice and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for his services to rural medicine.

The CMA is a national, voluntary association of physicians and physiciansin-training. The CMA is a leader in engaging and serving physicians and is the national voice for the highest standards of health and health care.

The CMA was formed in 1867, just three months after the birth of Canada. It was created by 164 physicians who recognized the need for a national medical body.

Today the CMA has more than 82,000 members and champions a strong national vision for a healthy population and worldclass health care on behalf of members and their patients.

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After he arrived, then Mayor Gerry Furney “managed to organize the creation of a hospital in Port McNeill” which became operational in the early 1980s.

Dr. Avery says his decision to spend his career in Port McNeill is a direct reflection on the people in town and the North Island in general.

“I was playing bridge with a group of friends in Port McNeill and John Ferrari said ‘you doctors are all the same.

You’ll be here today and gone tomorrow’.

Dr. Avery begged to differ and a bet was made.

Ferrari said he would buy “a bottle of my favourite booze, if you’re here next year, and I said ‘okay you’re on’.”

At Christmastime the following year, a bottle of Louis Tres cognac showed up which Ferrari had gone out and purchased with his own money.

“It was a real turning point in how I felt about people in the North Island,” Dr. Avery said, “he didn’t have to do that.”.

Life and medicine “was very interesting up here,” he says.

“When I came here, there was absolutely nothing in the town except me. I felt that I could really make a difference to people up here not only individually, but with the development of medical services.”

Dr. Avery, who spent 10 years as the lone doctor in Port McNeill, says he enjoyed making house calls and felt they were very important in his understanding of how people live and what they need for their health care.

Dr. Avery retired in January of 2015 and has seen enormous changes in the science of medicine, medical techniques and the understanding of what drives illness over the course of his career.

“What propelled me into medical politics is that understanding of how people behave with and without illness and how physicians can help

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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor Dr. Granger Avery, a general practitioner from Port McNeill, will soon be ascending to one of the highest level medical positions in the land.

Dr. Avery is currently serving as presidentelect of the Canadian Medical Association until August of 2016, when he will take on the mantle of president during the CMA’s 149th annual meeting in Vancouver.

Dr. Avery, a physician for 42 years, was born and brought up in England and decided he wanted to travel.

His first stop was New Zealand where he spent 18 months. While there, Dr. Avery thought “Canada looks like a nice place, I’ll go there.”

After a year of anaesthesia, “I didn’t like the teaching, so I was going to leave, and then I thought I shouldn’t leave on a bad note, so I thought I would go from the biggest hospital in the country (Vancouver General Hospital) to a small place and do something different,” he said.

“I looked at several different practices. I decided I would like to work on the ocean and when I came to Port McNeill, the sun was shining. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I basically thought ‘that will work’. So I signed on for a year.”

Dr. Avery set up practice in Port McNeill, which had no hospital at the time. He would admit patients either to Port Hardy “which was a 10-bed, prefabbed hospital which was always crowded” or to Alert Bay that was a bigger hospital with 50 beds.

When he arrived in the North Island (it was about an eight-hour trip to Nanaimo back in those days) he learned a lot from Dr. Jack Pickup “who was medicine” from Campbell River to Bella Bella.

“His work in the 50 years that he was here was absolutely legendary,” said Dr. Avery.

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tually evaporate it to renew its endless cycle.

Of all of nature’s elements, water is by far the most underestimated.

Simply taking it for granted, we hardly notice it as we drink it, bathe and swim in it, skate, ski and slide on it, harness it for power, build roads on it in the north, live inside of it if you are an Inuit hunter, love to live beside it for aesthetic reasons (Oh, for a cabin beside a lake!) and, last but not least, love to paint it if you are an artist.

I take it for granted as well. During one of my art shows, in which I was showing 25 paintings, a lady approached me and commented, “Did you realize there isn’t one

painting in here that doesn’t have water in it?” She was right, much to my surprise!

Painting on site has always been my favourite way of working to gain new insights and inspiration. Painting beside a river in springtime is the ultimate pleasure.

The murmur of the water is music to my ears, the sounds varying in pitch and intensity much like a symphony orchestra. On a warm day the flow can increase substantially as the day progresses and more runoff from the snow upstairs feeds the hungry river.

Painting beside a river is, nevertheless, not without its inherent problems.

Animals also like the river and I often see deer coming down to

drink and frolic while I am quietly working.

So, what’s the problem?

The symphony orchestra, enjoyable as it is, drowns out the sounds of larger animals approaching.

More than once, bears wandering the shoreline spotted me before I noticed them. Thank goodness, ‘til now they were more frightened than I was and, with a sigh of relief watched them hightailing off into the forest. I do carry life insurance in my backpack in the form of a can of bear spray.

We won’t talk about cougars; I don’t want to go there! Needless to say I do take some precautions against these unpredictable predators by positioning myself so stalking

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me becomes more difficult, but I do realize that a sitting person can be a delectable temptation for a big pussycat.

So, is painting on site worth the risk?

You better believe it!

There is nothing quite like sitting at the edge of a mountain stream on a warm spring day.

If I didn’t like living on the edge, I wouldn’t be an artist!

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Submitted The May 1 deadline for BC seniors’ submissions to this year’s Cedric Literary Awards is fast approaching.

Entries from unpublished authors, 50 years old and better, are being received daily and awards executive director Veronica Osborn is keen to exceed last year’s total of 168 entries that came from as far as Pink Mountain in the north to Oak Bay in the south.

“The Cedric Literary Awards is changing the landscape of literary award programs by providing a unique platform to recognize and reward unpublished authors of fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry, who are over the age of 50,” Osborn says.

Also included in the competition this year are First Nations writers and those who write prose and poetry in French.

Wendy Donawa, a 2015 shortlisted writer, says: “These awards are a generous endeavour and acknowledge the serious work of a largely unacknowledged demographic. Certainly for

women of my generation, it is only after a busy life of domestic and professional work that we can give the focused time and energy that a serious writing practice requires.”

The Cedric Literary Awards is a juried writing competition that encourages and celebrates the creative talents of BC writers who have a lifetime of experience to share. A prize of $3,000 goes to the winner in each of the four categories: Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry and First Nations Writing.

Originally conceived and funded by Dr. Peter Dale, chair of Betterthan50, ‘the Cedrics’ have been incorporated as a non-profit organization.

The competition will go Canada-wide in 2017.

“I encourage and welcome all BC writers ‘of a certain age’ to add their manuscripts to those we’ve already received,” says Veronica. “If last year’s competition was anything to go by, there is a deep pool of writing talent in our 50-plus demographic.”

Visit the website at: www.thecedrics.ca or email Veronica at vosborn@thecedrics.ca.

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Anglican Bishop walks for reconciliation Black Press As it did more than 150 years ago, the Anglican Church is entering the traditional territory of Vancouver Island’s First Nations.

This time, it’s asking permission.

Logan McMenamie, Anglican Bishop for the Diocese of Vancouver Island, met with local First Nations leaders as part of a sacred journey to acknowledge the church’s role in colonial history and to emphasize its commitment to the calls to action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

“We came here as Anglicans as a colonial church, with colonial power,” McMenamie said as he strode south on Highway 19A between Fanny Bay and Bowser.

“Sad to say, we were involved in residential schools. There’s a whole journey of truthtelling and healing and reconciliation that needs to happen here.”

A few minutes later, McMenamie and several followers crossed into the traditional territory of the Kwalikum First Nation, where they were greeted

by Kwalikum Chief Michael Recalma.

After formally introducing himself, McMenamie offered repentance for the church’s approach to its initial arrival here, as colonists who claimed ownership of the land and dominion over its indigenous people.

“We failed to see the Creator in the land, the sea and the sky,” he said. “We failed to see the Creator in your traditional teachings, in your language and in your culture. Thank you for agreeing to meet us as we walk into your territory. And I want to ask on behalf of the Anglicans who live here in your traditional lands, for permission to enter your lands. And I want to ask for your permission to continue to live on this land with you and learn from you,

from your teachings, your traditions and your language.

“I really believe that in doing so we will become a better people and a better church.”

Recalma, wearing a traditional wovencedar hat as he stood beside the highway facing the bishop, nodded.

“Logan, my name is Michael Recalma, Chief of the Qualicum First Nation,” he said.

“I’d like to welcome you to our land. Good luck on your quest, and thank you for your kind words.

“Yes, you may stay.

And you may cross.”

McMenamie’s journey began March 6 with a feast and festival in Alert Bay, home of the ‘Namgis First Nation and former site of St. Michael’s Residential Indian School, which was razed last March.

Timed to coincide with the Christian holy season of Lent, the walk ended on Easter Sunday at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria.

The bishop was joined on his sacred journey by various members of the Anglican congregation

as he passes through their area, garbed in a bright orange jacket and comfortable running shoes, carrying a gnarled wooden walking stick and waving a gloved hand at passing vehicles.

“After praying about it and talking to some advisors and (church) elders I go to, we came up with the idea that what we really needed to do was re-enter the land, and this time recognize that we are meeting the Creator here in these lands,” he said. “And the person who should take that vision quest on behalf of the diocese is me, as the ‘chief’.”

While the journey was symbolic, McMenamie said, it is but a step in the church’s commitment to upholding its responsibilities under the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action.

“Those are not recommendations; those are calls to action,” he said. “There’s a whole group that apply to the government and Canadians as a whole, and there’s a whole group that applies to faith communities. We

Black Press Photo Chief Michael Recalma of the Kwalikum First Nation, left, welcomes Logan McMenamie, Bishop for the Anglican Church for the Vancouver Island Diocese, to Kwalikum traditional territory as part of McMenamie’s walk for healing and reconciliation on Highway 19A.

have committed ourselves to be involved in that.”

After his roadside meeting with Recalma, McMenamie continued south to stop in at St. Mark’s Church in Qualicum Beach. He walked to Coombs, then went on to St. Anne’s and St. Edmund’s Church and hall in Parksville, where a Dinner for Reconciliation was held with members of the Qualicum and

Nanoose First Nations.

“It’s mostly our Anglican folks, but we’re also welcoming the First Nations people to our ‘Big House’ so to speak,” said Rev. Andrew Twiddy.

M c M e n a m i e resumed his journey with a walk to Nanoose Bay before continuing on toward the final destination in Victoria.

The bishop said he will be returning at a later date to meet with

several nations that were missed on this trip because they could not be accessed by foot or could not fit into the schedule, including the Nuu-chah-nulth of the west coast, the Dzawada’enuxw of Kingcome Inlet and the Kwakiutl, Quatsino and Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw nations near Port Hardy.

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New Cenotaph grant application sent off would like to see it, and the totem pole, together, rather than having services split on Remembrance Day. “We fought together, we remember together,” Hellberg said.

The new application, through the Federal Government/Veterans Affairs’ Cenotaph Restoration Program was due March 31 and includes a budget of about $50,000. Of this total, $12,500 needs to be in cash, $12,500 can be inkind donations, with the balance coming from the federal government.

“There is a four-month turnaround time (for applications to be approved) which puts us just after Filomi Days” for construction if the bid is successful, said Hellberg, who expects the work to be completed before the Battle of Britain ceremony Sept. 15.

“We’ll have the main guts of it in place,” Hellberg said.

By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor The 101 Squadron will be dedicating three more plaques this May. At the regular meeting of District of Port Hardy council March 22, 101 Squadron Vice-President Russ Hellberg said the plaques will commemorate three WWII RCAF Stations on Haida Gwaii.

“The military will fly us up,” Hellberg said.

The first plaque will be placed at RCAF Station Alliford Bay which is about 20 kilometres west of Sandspit. This was a flying boat station like Coal Harbour. The Squadron was a Maritime Reconnaissance one that hunted Japanese submarines and surface ships.

The second is RCAF Station Sandspit which was a staging unit which provided a concrete landing strip, fuel and supplies for aircraft going and coming from Alaska.

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It also provided emergency airfield services for aircraft coming and going to Alaska.

101 Squadron is part of 888 Wing (Comox) Royal Canadian Air Force Association. Its mandate is to preserve the military and civilian aviation history of the North Island; to erect cairns commemorating military aviation occurrences that happened on the North Island and to support Air Cadets.

On Sept. 24 a plaque will be dedicated at Canadian Forces Station Holberg.

Operational from Jan. 1, 1954 to Aug. 30, 1990, CFS Holberg’s operations site atop Mount Brandes is still active today as a (Western) coastal radar station.

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.

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101 Squadron Vice-President Russ Hellberg updated District of Port Hardy council on Cenotaph plans at their March 22 meeting.

“I’ve been here several times over the last few years to get this done,” Hellberg said.

Currently there are two memorials in Carrot Park the Cenotaph, erected in the 1980s and a totem pole donated by Calvin Hunt and put up in 1996.

The Cenotaph “is in poor shape and needs to be relocated and rebuilt,” said Hellberg.

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April 9 Marine Harvest Riptide will be hosting a one-day camp in on Saturday, April 9 for Port Hardy Youth Soccer Association registered players only. The camp will be held at Port Hardy Secondary School.

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Dragon Boaters down under for Worlds Submitted Four Dragon Boat teams are competing at the International Dragon Boat Federation’s (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) in Adelaide, South Australia from March 30 to April 7.

These crews train out of the Vancouver Island Paddling club and are made up of the Gorging Dragons Senior B (over 50) Women’s; Senior C (over 60) Women’s; Senior C Mixed; and Senior C Open teams.

The Gorging Dragons Senior C Women’s team won gold in their first race, the 2km event. This feat represents the first CCWX gold medal for any Dragon Boat team from Vancouver Island.

The Senior C Open team won silver in the 2km event.

The grit, hustle, and hard work of these athletes, combined with the experienced guidance of the world class coaching staff at VI Paddling, has paid off.

These high-performing athletes primarily hail from Greater Victoria, with many others living as far away as Port McNeill, Comox/Courtney, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Duncan, Vancouver, and Nelson. They have been intensely training several times per week since the fall of 2014 in all weather conditions. The bulk of the training has been on Victoria’s Gorge Waterway with a smaller contingent practising on Comox Lake this past winter.

Previous versions of the Gorging Dragons team have won bronze and silver medals at the CCWC competitions in 2004, 2008, and 2014. Many of these athletes have developed from recreational paddlers to high performance athletes competing for the first time on the world stage. For others it is their second time; having competed and won

Submitted Photo From left to right, Sandra Logan, Shari Woodside, Adele DeWit and Irene Paterson hold up the Canadian flag at the Club Crew World Championships in Adelaide, South Australia. The four of them began padding together with the Tri-Port Dragon boat club eight years ago.

bronze at the CCWC in Ravenna, Italy in 2014.

Sandra Logan and Shari Woodside, both who reside in Port McNeill, are part of the Gorging Dragons Senior B Team (Over 50) who made the trek to Adelaide, South Australia to compete in the World Championships. Paddlers Adele deWit and Irene Paterson have moved from the North island.

The four originally started paddling in the TriPort Dragonboat Club eight years ago. Overall,

the Gorging Dragons teams came away with three gold medals, three silver medals, one bronze medal and four 4th place finishes.

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Submitted Photo Keenan Saunders pitches the ball from the mound during a game from the 2015 Tri-Port Minor League Baseball season.

By Tyson Whitney Reporter Tri-Port Minor Baseball is gearing up for another season of base hits, catches, strike outs, fly balls, line drives and home runs on the local fields.

“Registration is going really well,” said Coordinator Carla Wagnor, adding that they had a meeting April 3 with the Director from BC Baseball in Victoria “to help organize baseball here in the community.”

The league currently has three teams broken into three different age categories; 5-7 year olds, 8-10 year olds, and 11-13 year olds.

“We have about 17 players in the oldest age division, a dozen in the middle group, and around eight in the youngest,” Wagnor said.

Registration for league play closes April 13, which is when the league officially starts.

Practices will be held on Fields Two and Three on Park Drive in Port Hardy while the adult field at Storey’s Beach is undergoing maintenance.

“The older kids will be practising at the Hyde Creek field,” said Wagnor.

The teams will be going head to head down island against Campbell River and Courtenay for most of the upcoming season.

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He finished 18 holes without breaking any of his clubs this time.

Coach Justin Reusch, left, took advantage of last Thursday’s sunshine to hold a practice for the Port Hardy Reigns U16 girls volleyball team at Carrot Park. Above, the girls practise their bumping technique. The Reigns will be holding a car wash Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at North Island Lanes. Come support the Reigns as they prepare for provincial finals.

Boys return from Barcelona

By Tyson Whitney Reporter The Marine Harvest Riptide U16 boys came back home from their 11-day trip to Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday, March 30, following a whirlwind overseas adventure full of sightseeing, shopping, soccer training, and international matches.

On their first official day in Barcelona, the team played two games side by side for about 30 minutes to help shake out their heavy plane legs.

The next day was spent training with a coach from the Reial Club Deportiu team before heading to Camp Nou, and then touring for a few hours and going to the BARCA store.

The boys had a lowkey day after that, with training in the morning, and then some lunch and beach time where they swam in the Mediterranean Sea. Afterwards they played some threeon-three soccer at the hotel’s mini soccer court

before calling it a day.

On March 23 the Riptide played their first game against Girona, a high-quality Spanish team, which was an eyeopening experience for the young team.

The next day, the team had a professional training session and then went to watch the U18 Mediterranean International Tournament that was held locally.

The Riptide spent the 25th enjoying some Spanish culture. They visited some sights

and saw the famous Gaudi architecture in Barcelona.

The day after, they started their morning off watching two games from the Mediterranean International Cup U-19 boys, Malaga FC vs.

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The Riptide played a match against Llagostera on their last full day in Spain, which ended tied 2-2.

“The boys played well,” said Coach Mark Purcell.

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Hardy edged in D event final The Campbell River Curling Club recently wrapped up the season with the North Island Co-op Gas Bar Mixed Open.

Twenty-four teams participated in the annual bonspiel, which put the finishing touch on another successful season.

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Highland dancers compete in Courtenay Gazette staff Local members of Team Charlton Highland Dancers recently attended the North Island Highland Dance Association competition in Courtenay.

Primary dancers (under seven years) included Hailey Young, Natalee Hunt, Liv Humphrey, Madelyn Tolmie, and Jacob Tolmie.

Madelyn placed 1st in the pas de basques (pdb), Highland Fling, and Sword Dance, and 4th in the pdb & highcuts.

Natalee placed 2nd in pdb, 5th in pdb & hc, 3rd in the Fling, and 2nd in the Sword.

Liv placed 5th in pdb, 1st in pdb + hc, and 5th in the Fling.

The Beginner Under 8 group included Paisley Barolet and Elenah Hunchuk and Kilynn Wilson.

Paisley placed 2nd in the Sword, and 4th in the Scottish Lilt.

Elenah placed 4th in the Fling and 3rd in the Sword.

In the Beginner 10 and under class, Mecca Humphrey placed 6th in the Sword.

The Beginner 11 and over class included Port Hardy dancers Kayley Clair and Lucinda Janse.

Kayley placed 1st in the Fling, 4th in the Sword, 1st in the Reel, 2nd in the Lilt, and 1st in the Flora, she also won the aggregate high points trophy for the group.

Lucinda placed 5th in the Reel.

In the Novice 11 and over class, Emma Harrison placed 3rd in the Fling, 4th in the Sword, 5th in the Reel, and 2nd in the Lilt.

In the Premier class, three North Island dancers competed in the under 13 years group, Xandryn Frost, Jerzie Cheetham, and Abigail McCorquodale.

Xandryn placed 3rd in the Highland Laddie, 4th in the Fling, Seann Triubhas, Reel, and Hornpipe. Jerzie placed 2nd in the Fling and 5th in the Laddie and Hornpipe.

Abigail placed 1st in the Fling, Seann Triubhas, Reel, Laddie, and Hornpipe, winning both the aggregate trophy for the highest points in the group and the overall Joy Woodrow Trophy for dancer of the day.

McCorquodale also recently travelled to the Queen Mary Championship & Premiership. Dancing against an internation-

Submitted Photo Abigail McCorquodale, Jerzie Cheetham, and Xandryn Frost catch their breath after a hard afternoon of dancing.

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In the Premiership she placed 3rd in the Irish Jig, 4th in the Johnnie and the Lilt, and 6th in the Earl of Errol, for and overall placing of 4th Runner Up in the Premiership.

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Doreen Fedoruk passed away on March 16, 2016 at St. Josephs Hospital in Comox at the age of 84. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on November 16, 1931.

She is survived by her 2 daughters, Jo-Ann Genoe and Husband George of Port Hardy, Dawn Carmen and Husband Craig of Woss. 2 sons, Chuck Fedoruk Jr. of Prince George and David Fedoruk of Fort McMurray. Doreen has 5 grandchildren, 11 Great Grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

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Dorothy “Dolly� Miller December 12, 1919 – April 3, 2016 Survived by her daughters Lisa Hubbard (Pete) of Calgary, AB and Leanne Lacusta (Ron) of Fort McMurray, AB and seven grandchildren: Cole, Carrie, Ryan, Kevin, Curtis, Katie and Clayton. Predeceased by her husband Richard (Dick) Miller in 1983 and son David Miller (Deb) in 2009.

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North Island Church Services PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s 430 Chapel St., Port McNeill: 9:00am St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., Port Hardy: 11:00am St. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St. and Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 10:30am Sunday School and Service Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca Bible study check online for details FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Cell: 250-527-0144 Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor C. Okumu Lomudak okumuyaya@yahoo.ca 250-949-7584 “Everyone Welcome�

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meeting Follow us on Facebook Avalon Adventist Christian Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243 PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00am - Worship Service 7:00pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00pm Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St. Sunday Worship 10:30am & 7:00pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30pm Midweek Biblestudies Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail: pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP Sunday Services - 4:00pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Please call for worship times All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00am-Sabbath School 11:15am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 7503435

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Notice is hereby given by 50 Fathom Edge Holdings Inc DBA Advantage Port Hardy Self Storage, that the following items will be sold at a public auction on Sunday April 24, 2016 at 12 PM (noon) if all monies owed are not paid in full. The sale is to be held on our property of 5775 Hardy Bay Rd, Port Hardy BC V0N 2P0.

Any questions relating can be directed to Kendra at (250)-230-3955.

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Student Summer Employment Full-time assistant at the Port Hardy Museum.

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Keltic staff currently "on lay-off" please text 250-949-0707 with your contact information and availability. We are now recalling staff to work.

We are also looking for "new employees" interested in seasonal work.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SUMMER STUDENTS The District of Port Hardy is currently seeking energetic summer students interested in summer opportunities with our Public Works and Parks Department. Our summer students will perform a diverse range of labor related duties such as grass cutting, raking, pruning, watering, painting, edging, and gardening tasks in District parks, trails, cemetery and sport field facilities.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those to be interviewed will be contacted. To be considered for this opportunity candidates must be either attending or returning to post-secondary institute at the conclusion of the summer season.

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:

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

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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

The next regular School Board Meeting of the Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) will be held on

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Monday, April 11 6:00pm Monday, November 10,at 2014 6:00pm School Board Office, Port Hardy at the School Board Office This is a public meeting.

All interested parties are welcome.

PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

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

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PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S.

Applications received until 5:00 pm, April 30.

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

Phone Rick 250-956-4555

PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse. Avail. May 1st.

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Phone Ron and Linda 250-956-3365

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

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Clean & quiet building.

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Furnished suites available.

Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365

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Student Summer Employment at Museum Duties: welcome visitors, act as docent, co-ordinate public events, operate gift shop, and organize photo collections. Must have attended school full-time 2015-2016 and be returning as full-time student in September 2016, aged between 16-30 years, preferably college/university level. Must be available from June 1 to late August. Education and/or experience with tourism, retail, and/or historical research preferred. Must meet grantor's criteria. Employment, wages & duration dependent on funding received.

The terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the IUOE Collective Agreement.

Qualified individuals should forward their resumes, quoting “Summer Student� to: Sean Mercer, Operations Manager, at smercer@porthardy.ca or drop off at the Public Works Yard, 8900 Park Drive no later than 4:00pm, April 15, 2016

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Jason Malo to satisfy debt on storage of property such as approximately: 2) Honda Street Motorcycles 1) Fiberglass Boat (approx. 16’ length, no engine) 2) Mattresses Misc. Household Items (Boxes, totes, clothing, other personal belongings) Misc. Electronics Misc. Golf clubs

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Applications are now being accepted for two statutory officers to be members of our senior management team at the City of Powell River.

• Chief Financial Officer

• City Clerk

Be a part of a vibrant, progressive community of 13,000 and growing! • Affordable real estate • 30 minute flight from Vancouver • Excellent work environment • Safe, family friendly community • (www.powellriver.info) • Spectacular natural setting Closing date of April 22, 2016, 4 pm.

To learn more about these positions and how to apply please go to www.powellriver.ca

PORT ALICE: townhouse, 3bdrm, 1.5 bath. Carport, ocean view. Avail now. For rent or for sale. Call 1-250-383-0861.

SEAWIND ESTATES- close to all amentities, 3 bdrms, 1.5 bath in great condition. 4 appls, patio. References req.

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Kayla Gray is a 14-year-old girl, daughter of Arnie and Leah Gray, Granddaughter of Bill and Ann Gray, Niece of Babe and George Burroughs and Gary and Karey Gray. Kayla also has a 10-year-old sister named Brooke.

Anyone who knows Kayla loves her. She is the sweetest daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, teammate, babysitter, and friend that anyone could ever ask for and right now, she needs our love and support.

health center for kids. Here, she is doing physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and will gradually start to do some schoolwork.

On March 14th, Kayla had her 1st of 30 radiation appointments at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver. After that she will have a 4 week break and then will start a 6 month long chemotherapy treatment in Vancouver.

So far Kayla is doing well with her treatment and her physio. She is up walking and talking better each day and is slowly getting her right arm to work again. The oncologists have given a 90% cure rate for Kayla and we are confident that she is going to beat this... she has a lot of strength and courage for a young girl.

On February 19th, Kayla underwent an 8-hour surgery at BC Children’s Hospital to remove a Tumor from her brain, which was later diagnosed as stage 4 Medulloblastoma.

She has had other tests done to ensure that the cancer hasn’t spread to the rest of her brain or spine. She spent 2 weeks in the hospital and then was moved to a rehab

3 Prizes are up for grabs!

Tickets go on sale

April 8, 2016 they are $10 and can be purchased at:

• Quarterdeck Resort & Pub • The Sporty Bar & Grill • EJ Klassen Motorcade • Glen Lyon Hotel • North Island Gazette

• Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas 3 days 2 nights hotel and airfare included • Round Trip flight with Pacific Coastal from Port Hardy to Vancouver

• 48” HD LED Flat Screen

Draw will be held on

All proceeds go to supporting Kayla’s fight against cancer.

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