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Combating illegal dumps
‘This problem is terrible for the environment as well as expensive’ In light of recent illegal dumping issues (see The NEWS, April 19), the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is joining forces with Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers, Island Timberlands and TimberWest to crack down on illegal dumping across the region. Combined, the RDN, Island Timberlands and TimberWest spend more than $200,000 each year combating illegal dumping. This includes paying for cleanup, staff time and waived fees at the landfill. “Working together will certainly help us in our efforts to curb illegal dumping in the region,” said RDN Deputy Chair Colin Haime. “This problem is terrible for the environment as well as expensive to address and we need help from the public and landowners to reduce its impact.” Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers will provide rewards for anonymous tips that lead to identifying those responsible for committing a crime, including illegal dumping. “Crime Stoppers is the most effective method of getting anonymous information from the public to the appropriate agency,” said Chuck Campbell, Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers president. “We just want the information, not your name and you do not have to go to court.” See CRIMESTOPPERS, page A9
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Oceanside RCMP are investigating a complaint of mischief to a commercial building in the 5900 block of Island Highway West in Qualicum Bay. During the early morning hours of April 21, an unknown suspect or suspects shot bullets into the building. There were no injuries as the business was closed at the time, but there was damage to the building as a result of gunshots. “Any time a firearm is used in the commission of an offence, the potential of injury escalates,” Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter said. “We would like to find the person(s) responsible and hold them to account for their reckless actions.” If you have any information about this crime, please contact Const. Laurie of the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 or report anonymously at Crime Stoppers 1-(800) 222-8477. — NEWS Staff
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WELL ARMED: Parksville Royals starter Adam McKilliken delivers a pitch during Saturday’s 2-1 win over White Rock in B.C. Premier Baseball League play at Springwood Park. McKilliken improved to 3-0 as the Royals earned a split of a doubleheader. See story in Sports, page A35.
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A Qualicum Beach man was taken to hospital in Nanaimo last week after his motorcycle struck a deer on the Inland Highway near Exit 46 at the south end of Parksville. “At 8:30 p.m. (April 18) we had a report that a northbound 2014 Harley-Davidson hit a deer at full highway speed,” RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said. “The bike suffered considerable damage and the driver was transported to (Nanaimo Regional General Hospital), but we do not know his specific injuries.” A witness, one of several people who stopped to provide assistance, said the motorcycle came to rest 150 to 200 feet from where the man was found sitting in the median strip between the northbound and southbound lanes. Peggy Casey of Comox, who came upon the scene just after the collision, said the man identified himself as a 59-year-old from Qualicum Beach who was returning home from work. She and other passers-by, including one who came from a home backing onto the highway, called 911 and stayed with the man until responders arrived. “He had just passed us a little way back,” said Casey, who was travelling northbound with her husband. “I remembered because my husband had said, ‘I should get a bike like that.’ He wasn’t speeding; he was just going a bit faster than we were. Another girl who was there said she saw it happen and he never had a chance to stop.” — NEWS Staff
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FATHER AND SON SHAVES: Jeremy Morton and his eight-year-old son Jacob were two of the 25 people who had their heads shaved on Sunday at the 11th annual event hosted by the Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department. Proceeds go to to the Canadian Cancer Society. The Dashwood event has raised more than $41,000 over the last decade and just short of $3,000 this year. Volunteering to do the shaves on Sunday were Evelyn Schaverte, left, and Cheryle Cook. Any late donations can be dropped off at the fire hall or mailed to DVFD at 230 Hobbs Road, Qualicum Beach, V9K 2B2.
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The City of Port Alberni announced last week that Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter is that city’s new detachment commander. Hunter has been the officer in charge of the Oceanside detachment since 2008. He has served for more than 22 years with the RCMP. He will be promoted to the rank of inspector as he assumes his new command in Port Alberni. Hunter began his career in Shawnigan Lake in 1994 and moved his way through the Northern B.C. communities of Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, Salmon Arm and Williams Lake before settling in Oceanside as the detachment commander. The Alberni Valley News reported that the announcement of Hunter’s new position followed an interview process with the RCMP, City of Port Alberni, the Alberni-Clayoquot Region-
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Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell was the guest speaker at the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce’s monthly dinner meeting on Wednesday at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort. Stilwell is pictured above with a member of the family that owns Pheasant Glen, Craig Dutton.
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Saying the media does not always accurately present the facts related to provincial issues, Michelle Stilwell listed some of what she said were her government’s recent achievements when she spoke to a Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce crowd last week. The Parksville-Qualicum MLA and Minister for Social Development and Social Innovation borrowed from Premier Christy Clark’s speeches of late, suggesting that by saying yes to big projects like the Site C damn, the Port Mann Bridge and liquid natural gas, the B.C. Liberals are setting the province up for future financial success and the ability to put more money into social programs. Stilwell trumpeted a recent announcement increasing financial assistance for people with disabilities, a story that became more about bus passes than about the increases. “The bus passes have not been cancelled,” said Stilwell, who then spoke about the monthly increases. “People with disabilities are not as ahead as they’d like to be and not ahead as I’d like them to be.” She said saying yes to big projects like the ones mentioned above will eventually result in
the provincial government being able to “give persons with disabilities a bigger raise.” Stilwell made no mention of specifics related to Parksville-Qualicum Beach. She did point to what she said was the success of a single parent employment initiative, a $25 million investment by the government that has seen 2,500 people enrol in the first five months. The program allows single parents to continue to collect social assistance while they upgrade education and training. The program pays for the education/training, daycare and transportation while the single parent works toward re-joining the workforce. “That’s how we are helping people lift themselves out of poverty,” she said. Stilwell, like the premier has recently, took aim at the rival NDP by pointing at the financial situation in Alberta. “Things are not as good anymore since they elected an NDP government,” she said. Stilwell, who has won multiple Paralympic gold medals and holds world records in wheelchair track events, noted last week it was only “140 days to Rio,” a reference to the Paralympic Games that will follow the Olympic Games in Brazil this summer. She has yet to be officially named to Canada’s team, but has signalled her intentions to compete in events in the next couple of months that could work toward that goal. “It’s been a struggle to maintain my training schedule,” she said.
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OLIVIA DAVIS TOUCHED MANY WHEN SHE SPOKE DURING TOUR DE ROCK EVENTS IN PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH
Teen now focused on hockey rather than cancer Olivia Davis was diagnosed in 2013 just before her 14th birthday L aUREn CoLLInS reporter@pqbnews.com
More than two years after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Olivia Davis is now in remission. Olivia was diagnosed in December 2013, just a month and a bit before her 14th birthday, said her mom Leanne. When Olivia was diagnosed, she said 84 per cent of her blood was taken over by the leukemia cells. “It just takes one cell to kind of develop wrong and then it just starts multiplying and multiplying,” her mom added. Leanne said the first nine months was really intense chemotherapy. Since then, it has been about 835 days of treatment. Leanne said during that time Olivia was either on IV chemotherapy or daily chemo pills at home. “So in total, if you take all that into consideration, it’s 835 days of treatment on some sort of form of chemotherapy,” Leanne said. But Olivia had her last day of chemotherapy on March 16 and took her final chemo pill on April 4. Now Olivia is scheduled to go back for one more appointment on May 2. “Then it’ll be totally official, I guess, that we’re done,” Leanne said, adding that there is a
chance their appointment could be bumped if something more serious comes up. After that, Olivia said she’ll have to go back to British Columbia Children’s Hospital once a month, then every three months, then every six months and then finally once a year. Olivia said she had known that those would be her last treatments since about February. “I started keeping a countdown on my fridge,” Olivia said. Leanne said the oncologist would just tell the family little segments at a time. “It’s pretty overwhelming because she was first diagnosed in December 2013. So they don’t want to tell you at that time when your end date is going to be,” Leanne said. “There could be complications, there could be blood counts being too low, so they have to stop the chemotherapy for a time which would tack on time at the end.” During her treatments, Olivia spoke at Cops for Cancer events. She first spoke to a crowd in September 2014. Leanne said, she thinks Olivia moved a lot of people with her story. “Olivia has had such positive feedback from the Tour de Rock, that people are just astounded. There’s this 15- or 16-year-old getting up there to speak and she does it so eloquently,” Leanne said. However, Olivia said she doesn’t enjoy public speaking. “But I enjoy getting the mes-
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sage out. Once I get out there, I’m fine usually, just kind of nerves at first. I like doing it because it gives more awareness because a lot of people don’t really understand what it’s like,” the Kwalikum Secondary student said. Around the time of her first speech, Olivia had just made it onto a rep hockey team. During all of her treatments, except for the first nine months, Olivia was still continuing to play sports. Olivia said, for her, it was important to keep playing. In August 2014, just shy of a year after being diagnosed, Ol-
ivia was back on the ice. “I could barely stand because I lost a lot of muscle in my legs,” Olivia said. Leanne said once her daughter got the go-ahead from the oncologist, Olivia had her skates on within the week. This past hockey season, Leanne said Olivia didn’t make the rep team, but instead played for Nanaimo midget hockey. Now, Olivia said she is getting prepared for triple A hockey. The 16-year-old has started a training diet and is going to the gym regularly. “It’s actually kind of funny, I think I’m in better physical con-
dition than I was even before I started treatment,” Olivia said. “I’m a lot stronger now and my stamina and my endurance has actually improved quite a bit just for being off (the pills) for three weeks.” Since being off her pills, Olivia got her first home run in softball. “I just feel like I’ve accomplished more going through what I’ve gone through because it’s made me more determined and dedicated to stuff I do,” she said. “I always make sure if I want to do something that I’ll do it and I won’t say I can’t do it.”
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The Board of Trustees of School District 69 will be asked to approve a budget of more than $49 million for the 2016-17 school year when it meets this evening at the board office in Parksville. Secretary-treasurer Ron Amos presented a preview of the budget during a special public meeting last Tuesday at the board office. During that meeting, Amos noted the funding grant from the Ministry of Education, announced in mid-March, will be roughly $644,000 less that last year’s grant, but that reduction will be partially offset by increases in other revenues and cost savings. “All this is to basically say that we’re in good stead for this year,” Amos said. The total 2016-17 budget, which is scheduled for three readings at tonight’s meeting, is for $49,157,553, a slight dip from the current year’s budget of $49,217,765. The total includes a draw of $338,121 from the district’s operating reserves,
which currently holds approximately of $361,000 from the operating reserve $1.2 million. for the current year’s budget. Responding to questions about the reThe good news comes in bits and serve fund from Trustee Julie Austin and pieces throughout the budget, including a member of the public, Amos said the an uptick in expected enrolment for the reserve funding will be used only if need- second straight year after several years of ed, and that a similar draw-down in the steady declines. current year’s budget could be partially School District 69 is one of many disor entirely returned to tricts throughout B.C. reserves if not needed Our increased enrolment is under funding protecwhen the final amended generating more funds that tion, which preserves we’re now entitled to, as budget is completed in ministry funding at a opposed to it being given February 2017. minimum of 98.5 per to us because of the “If we don’t need cent of the previous funding protection all this year’s money, year’s funding so enrolRON AMOS it will go back into opment drops do not reerating reserve,” Amos sult in catastrophic cuts said. “If we have further in the per-pupil fundbad news from the government, if more ing grant. School District 69’s current things are downloaded on us, we’ll need upward trend in enrolment could see it additional funds. It’s absolutely tapping released from funding protection in the into a reserve that we may or may not near future. need; but it certainly prevents us from “Our increased enrolment is generatgoing down the road of further cuts this ing more funds that we’re now entitled year.” to, as opposed to it being given to us beLast year, the board approved a draw cause of the funding protection,” Amos
said. Next year’s budget will also reflect increases from tuition through the overseas student program, which in March had already exceeded its entire 2015-16 budgeted amount. Likewise, bus pass revenue, through increased ridership, and a boost in revenue from the district’s rental properties will reflect increases next year. Some costs have also been offset. Increases in workers’ compensation and MSP rates for teachers and staff are more than offset by a pension premium reduction, netting the district about $200,000 in savings. Boiler replacement projects and other infrastructure work at the district’s facilities have also netted a savings in utility costs, despite another BC Hydro rate increase. “There’s a savings adjustment to be had, on account of some of the work our trades people have been doing,” Amos said. “We’ve got more efficient boilers in some of the schools, and some of the work they do in lighting and electrical upgrades have created efficiencies.”
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Third time’s a charm? The development permit has expired for the College Heights project in Qualicum Beach. According to the Town of Qualicum Beach’s director of planning Luke Sales, the developer’s most recent permit expired April 17. Sales said this was the second permit on this project for the developer, PR Pomeroy Restoration & Construction Ltd. Development permits have a two-year life. When The NEWS called Dean Pomeroy on April 14 about the expiring permit, he said: “I don’t really have any comment at this time.” Sales said work can still be done on the interior of the buildings, but any further work would require a permit. Sales said there was no current application for a third permit. He added that if the developer does reapply for another, the process would be relatively streamlined. The heritage building part of the property, which was the location of the former College Inn and before that the Qualicum College Boys’ School, will be a clubhouse to the surrounding apartment buildings. However, the exterior is still unfinished and covered by a blue tarp. Royal LePage Parksville-Qualicum Beach realty owner/
manager Clinton Miller said the clubhouse will be completed once a certain percentage of units are sold, but he added the developer will decide on that. Miller is one of the realtors selling the first phase of the development, Cambridge Manor. There are plans for two more apartment buildings, Berkshire Manor and Ashton Manor, for a total of 40 condos. But Miller said those phases also won’t be built until a certain percentage of units are sold in Cambridge Manor, which is the only completed phase of the development. Because this development has been going on for so long, Sales said there have been complaints from neighbours. But he added the town is “relatively tight-lipped” on releasing those complaints. Meanwhile, on the real estate end, Miller said the expired permit is “not too big of a deal.” Since The NEWS last reported on the development in November 2014, realtors have changed offices and Miller said because of that, his team relisted all the units and made “drastic” price reductions on some of the units. According to the listings on Miller’s website, prices now range from $389,000 to $535,920 for a first-floor unit. Square footage ranges from 1,436 sq.ft. to 1,571 sq. ft. Miller said his team and the developer are looking to sell all units in the first building by summer. Eight units have been sold so far, said Miller, with another eight remaining in the Cambridge Manor building.
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‘Tidal Treasures’ may be coming Glass art, kayaks and more food trucks might be coming to the beach and park JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
As you walk the beaches of this region during the coming winter, Joe Straka is hoping you will find a glass treasure. And perhaps, if you’re lucky, an added prize. The Oceanside Community Arts Council president wants to place 300 glass “floats” and 500 other small art pieces made from glass above the high-tide line on beaches from Nanoose Bay to Deep Bay. “If you are walking the beach and you find one of these, you get to keep it,” Straka explained to Parksville city council last week. “We think it will capture everyone’s attention. Our hope is to overwhelm everyone with glass art and become the glass art capital of Canada.” Straka called the project “Tidal Treasures” and a “high-profile adventure tourism activity.” He said the glass would be placed by volunteers — he called them called “float fairies” — for people to find in the off and shoulder seasons for tourism in the area, October through May. Straka was accompanied by local glass artist Robert Held, who passed some of the floats around for council and the gallery to examine. Straka said the project would have a total budget of about $21,000, but he wasn’t asking for money from the city last week. He was asking for the city to erect signs to let people know about Tidal Treasures. Council asked staff to come back to a future meeting with a report on the costs of erecting signs and any bylaw implications. In other news from city council’s regular
meeting last week: • Council gave its approval for the city to enter into a lease agreement so Sandi Haycock of Walk on Water can provide rentals of stand-up paddleboards and kayaks near the old hovercraft landing site in Community Park for July and August. There’s a possibility Haycock might have to move her operation to a nearby parking spot or two if the city cannot finish work to battle erosion in the area by July 1. The window for that work is determined by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Staff said Haycock agreed to that stipulation. Staff also said Haycock’s was the only “acceptable proposal” after the city put out of a call for proposals months ago. • The Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce is asking the city if it can add two more food trucks to the Community Park during busy times this summer. The chamber has an agreement with the city to manage the trucks, but the agreement only calls for two trucks on the city-constructed pads near the washroom facilities. The chamber would like to add one or two more trucks in a couple of parking spots near the ball fields during busy times. Chamber executive director Kim Burden said these trucks would not require hookups for water or power. “It would require us to re-do the operating agreement, re-negotiate and bring it back to council,” said the city’s corporate administrative officer Debbie Comis. No councillor spoke against the idea and staff was directed to come back to council at a future meeting with more details. • Island Health’s medical officer of Health Dr. Paul Hasselback provided a report on substance abuse and statistics showing the increase in alcohol abuse while tobacco-related hospitalizations decrease.
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CASTLE UPGRADE: Brian Heyde with A Stroke Above Painting helps give a new look Monday afternoon to one of Parksville’s most recognizable attractions, the Paradise Mini Golf and Fun Park. The castle-like structure and the lighthouse on the mini golf course are two of the park’s features that have experienced some sprucing up in anticipation of another busy tourism season.
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t seems a harmless, wink-wink, nudge-nudge situation where the law really doesn’t mean much because it’s going to change soon. Or is it harmless? To say the regulation of marijuana, including how it is dispensed to the public, is in limbo is a gross understatement. The federal government announced last week — on 4/20 no less — that it will have legislation ready in a year to legalize marijuana. “We will introduce legislation in spring 2017 that ensures we keep marijuana out of the hands of children and profits out of the hands of criminals,” federal Health Minister Jane Philpott said at the United Nations. “We will work with law enforcement partners to encourage appropriate and proportionate criminal justice measures. We know it is impossible to arrest our way out of this problem.” The health minister’s comments touched on most of the the important issues related to loosening the laws around marijuana. Keep it away from children. Check. Don’t create a law that benefits criminals and gangs. Check. Work with law enforcement. Check. The last part is a sticky one. Police officers are duty-bound to enforce the laws contained in the Criminal Code of Canada. Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter, with Parksville Mayor Marc Lefebvre in full agreement, has been very black-and-white on this issue. Their take? It’s still a controlled substance and the dispensaries are selling illegal goods. Hunter has been promoted to Inspector and will take over the Port Alberni detachment soon as its officer in charge (see story in today’s paper and more in Thursday’s paper), a city where there is a dispensary law and a pot shop has been granted a business licence. That could make for an interesting first year in Port for Hunter. Thing is, Hunter isn’t alone in this pickle for law enforcement. What’s disturbing is the inconsistency in the way the issue is being handled by different detachments and police forces. Some (certainly not all) Campbell River and Nanaimo dispensaries have been shut down after raids by police. There are 30 in Victoria currently operating, minus the raids. Some people need marijuana for medicinal purposes. Medical doctors wouldn’t prescribe weed if that wasn’t true. But where are they supposed to get it? Why is the law being enforced differently in different jurisdictions? One thing is certain: until the spring of 2017, there will be confusion, angst and arrests. — Editorial by John Harding
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Letters Please ReconsideR FosteR PaRk Attention is drawn to your April 7 frontpage story (Fostering their park). In the meantime, its content continues to attract attention by letters, meetings and even appearing on radio and TV. It seems beyond all logic and understanding that out of other available options to the City of Parksville (other parks, sites, empty lots, even a vacant unused motel), it has chosen the neighbourhood, family-oriented Foster Park for overnight camp/tenting by the city’s homeless population, leading undoubtedly to transients as well. Foster Park is considered to be a children’s park and home to all its surrounding neighbourhood families, from toddlers to seniors. It takes pride itself in its most recent refurbished children’s playground and greatly enhanced modern equipment. Notwithstanding an applied restriction of 40 metres from the playground, and of a time limit from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m., it is felt the city’s intended use of the park deserves much more forethought before opening it to any overnight camping. It is a well known fact that most homeless/transient camping areas eventually disclose their discards. It follows that very realistic safety issues and security risks could occur, not only within the park itself but to all the surrounding community areas and to all who use and enjoy the park. In my view, giving any tent/camping allowance in the middle of a strictly residential area would offer no satisfactory solution for the homeless. It would however, have a very negative impact on the entire surroundings including a value depreciation of all the associated properties. It is not difficult to imagine also how the developers, marketing groups and realtors must be receiving the debated tent/camping bylaw for Foster Park. It sits directly adjacent to the very developments they are promoting. It is hoped the mayor and council will re-open their discussions and give more logical consideration and fairer balance to accommodating the justifiable concerns
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homeless PeoPle should not be welcome With the current topic of homelessness in Parksville, I’d like to express my disapproval for investing and providing support to the homeless. I’ve seen an increase in the amount of begging and homelessness in Parksville and am concerned for our community. I’ve listened to the issue, attended public discussions, and talked to these people to try and understand where they are from and what situation they are in. A common thread is the majority of the homeless are not from here. They travel here because of how many handouts they get and how much they can make in a day (upwards of $200). Parksville doesn’t have anything to offer the homeless and we are increasing the homeless problem by supporting them. My concern with the homeless is, I don’t feel Parksville is a good fit to forward the lives of the homeless. Affordable housing is already a problem for people with a stable foundation and job wages are at a minimal, even with a skill set and qualifications. While it’s benevolent to want to support the homeless, all we are doing is making a place that attracts more homeless; giving more enables them to continue the homeless lifestyle. We are not going to get rid of homelessness and we should not become a community that invests in it. We should invest in families and our tourism and build on the foundation that makes us a beautiful and healthy place to raise families. According to government reports (www. housing.giv.bc.ca/pub/Vol1.pdf) and some media reports, homelessness has a direct connection to increased crime and increased drug use. I am yet to meet a homeless person who looks to give back to the
community by volunteering, cleaning up, or is concerned of the well being of others. These are not people I would welcome in my home and Parksville is my home. If you are the type that wants to support the homeless, then open your door to them and host them yourself. There is no middle ground of building them a house or giving them land out of sight and thinking more homeless people won’t travel here for handouts. Housing them will not stop them from using drugs, it will not stop them from begging on the streets and it will not stop someone from contracting a disease if they get poked by a needle in a park. Brad Fraser Parksville
stolen memoRial On Sunday, April 17, the 10th anniversary of my father’s death from stage four lung cancer, my mother and I placed a floral tribute on his memorial bench on the seawall in Qualicum Beach. And someone took it. There was no mistaking it for a memorial tribute as we included the memorial my brother had placed in the newspapers. The bench is just in front of the so-called ‘eagle tree’ — the locals will know it well. What I cannot fathom is why anyone would take it? My dad thought this place was paradise. The bench was initially a gift for my mom and dad’s 50th anniversary. Then when my dad passed, the plaque was changed to reflect what my dad wanted it to say. Now my mom goes there to remember him. The red rose of Lancashire (which is where he was from) is often placed on the bench to remember my dad when family members visit from out of town, or on special days like birthdays or Father’s Days, but because this was the 10th anniversary and because this is also Cancer Awareness Month, we felt a larger bouquet was appropriate. So, to whomever is enjoying our father’s tribute, we hope you feel the love it was intended to inspire. Karen M. LaMBert Qualicum Beach See more LETTERS, page A12
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letters homeless petition To the Friends of Foster Park and their 1,000 plus signature petitioners, I applaud your determination in opposing Mayor Marc Lefebvre and council for adopting an unfortunate bylaw allowing overnight tenting in some cityowned parks and open spaces, including Foster Park. Lefebvre claims: “…the city could face expensive legal battles if it puts wider bans on overnight accommodation in city-owned spaces.” The mayor and council should be severely criticized for drawing a large bullseye on Parksville by proclaiming to a disenfranchised segment of society you are welcome to camp in our public parks. Council should have had the fortitude to ban overnight tenting in all public parks so as to protect these sensitive land resources set aside for the enjoyment of tax-paying citizens, families, children and seniors of this municipality. To designate tenting in certain parks is ludicrous and questions what political agenda are council following. I find this to be an over reaction to this generation’s obsession with political correctness on the term “homeless,” which is nothing more than a patronizing attempt to globally group and sanitize a definition of many forms of marginalized people under one umbrella. The majority of these people are the vagrants, loiterers and street beggars, drug addicts and alcoholics, opportunistic wanderers seeking welfare with sunny weather and thrown in with them are a smattering of truly unfortunate people unable to cope mentally and financially in today’s society. And so, when these people occupy Foster Park (a “pocket park”) with their tents and garbage in a park designated as a children’s playground in a residential neighborhood, don’t insult the surrounding homeowners by claiming the campers are simply the homeless. The term homeless and homelessness is as ill gotten as is the term homeless shelter — a classic oxymoron. Lefebvre and council, including Coun. Sue Powell (who skated the edge of this issue with her obscure rationalization), will no doubt feel the objections of voters at the next election. Where can I and other supporters sign the petition? Mickey Donnelly Parksville
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Liberals appear to be still riding high in the polls, yet there remains the nagging question in the country’s collective mind on how well the nation is being governed. So far, we have seen a prime minister who, though warm and charismatic, has made few difficult decisions or gained the confidence of the country that he is capable of such. He has demonstrated a distinct inclination towards public applause and pleasing just about everybody, all the while ignoring the very reason he was elected which is to provide sound governance and leadership. He promised much, but has delivered little and for all of the bluster about openness, honesty, transparency and accountability what we are seeing in reality are the well-established Liberal traits of wasteful spending, deception, lobbying and a veritable litany of broken promises. The lack of clarity and transparency with the Liberal budget, for example, has drawn much fire from critics including the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s lack of judgment in attending a Toronto law fundraiser is hardly consistent with the government’s own guidelines on accountability. Matters important to the economic well being and security of Canada, such as decisions on pipelines and security issues, are being trumped by less important and even controversial typically Liberal priorities such as legalizing assisted suicide and marijuana. Additionally troubling is the mainstream media’s obsession with Trudeau trivialities, photo-ops, dress style and the like and a profound reluctance to ask the hard questions. An interesting Angus Reid poll that has been running for months asks the question: “Will Trudeau do a good job as PM?” A scant 19 per cent believe he will, while 67 per cent say no, with 13 per cent willing to take a wait and see posture. Trudeau and the Liberals are doing precious little to, in any way, alleviate the growing skepticism with which the public views the political establishment. GeralD Hall Nanoose Bay
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more icf rail confusion Re: ‘Island communities want ICF rail review,’ story (The NEWS, April 19). I find the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities’ motion to “conduct a financial and governance review of the ICF” to be in direct conflict with the second motion that day, “to petition the federal government to release the $7.5 million … it has promised to upgrade the tracks.” The ICF structure and operating questions must be kept separate from the rail funding issue. At the heart of the ICF fiasco is the ongoing debate over the real cost to bring the existing E&N tracks and trestles up to Via Rail safety standards. With no detailed cost analysis or ongoing operating plan, such as would be provided in a normal business prospectus, the estimates range from $20-$80 million, depending on the train track destination and shadow of the moon. Given this scenario, why would anyone urge the federal government to release the $7.5 million now, before the results of the requested review are known and with the knowledge that at least one ICF partner (RDN) has already withdrawn its near $1 million commitment? Until a realistic, transparent and detailed cost proposal for resurrection and ongoing operation of the existing rail line is provided to the public, this project will remain as a Phantom Train Trip to Oblivion. reG noswortHy Meadowood
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Bears are emerging from hibernation around B.C. as another strong tourist season begins, causing collections of often unwary onlookers and creating danger. Hungry black bears come to roadsides in early spring to eat new grass, and can quickly attract a crowd. “They cause what’s known as bear jams, where people
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Canadian
Extra Aged Cheddar Cheese
Per
100 gr
Lay's
Family Size Potato Chips 255gr
Chilean Grown "Extra Large"
Red Crimson Seedless Grapes
99
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2$
3
99
Doritos
Tortilla Chips 255gr
Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew 12-15 x 355ml
LICABL PP
EES EF
2 6.59 per kg
5
2$
PLUS A
1
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
$
Choose from fresh cuts such as:
99
Sunrise Farms
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Meat Sunrise Farms
Whole Roasting Chicken
Canadian AA
Sirloin Tip Oven Roast
Locally Raised BC Poultry
11.00 per kg
4
7.69 per kg
Grain Fed Free Run
99
3
49
Per
LB
Fresh
Sirloin Tip Marinating Steak
22.02 per kg
9
4
30
LB
Fully Cooked Pork Back Ribs 568gr
2
8
99
99
Per
Fort Hardy
6.59 per kg
11.00 per kg
99
LB
Pork Shoulder Smoked Picnic Hockless
Canadian AA
New Zealand Lamb Loin Chops
Per
Per
LB
99
Per
LB
%
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Pure Grape Seed Oil 1lt
5
12-16x100gr
Dempster’s
Dempster’s
99
Yogurt
English Muffins
Signature or Cinnamon Raisin Bread
5
6’s
99
600-680gr
Emma
Iogo
Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 500ml
5
for
for
Peanut Butter & Co
Emma
All Natural Peanut Butter
Potato Gnocchi 500gr
5
3$ for
6
2$
2$
500gr
3
99
for
Smucker’s
Bee Maid
Pure Jam, Jelly or Marmalade
100% Canadian Pure Honey 500gr
6
2$
5
99
500ml
3
99
Smoothie or Protein Drink 1lt
3
99
Iogo
Yogurt 650gr
5
2$ for
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Bone In Pork Butt Steak
Canadian
Beef Simmering Short Ribs
Shoulder Cut, 8.79 per kg
3
4
11.00 per kg
99
99 Per
LB
Olymel
450gr
Per
LB
Bavarian or Sizzlin Smokies
Prime Chicken Wings, Strips, Nuggets or Burgers
Original Wieners
Naturally Smoked, 375gr
Grimm’s
Maple Leaf
Olymel
Center Cut Bacon
450gr
750-800gr
8
2$ for
7
2$ for
BUY 1
8
5 GET 1 FREE 99
99
Dairyland Cream 1lt (excluded whipping cream)
Salt Spring Coffee 400gr
Bush’s Best
Thats a $3.50 value FREE Offer in effect April 25- May 1, 2016
Emma
Good Food, Good Life
Baked Beans 398ml
Nestle or Christie
5
4$ for
Passata
720ml
Del Monte
Frozen Dessert
Frozen Bars or Ice Pops
1.5lt
for
Emma
Classic Yellow Prepared Mustard
3
4 Nestle
French’s
Tomato Ketchup 750ml-1lt
2
99
Drumstick
99
4
99
Nestle or Christie
Itzakadoozie Popz, 4x80ml
Selected, Assorted Sizes
Frozen Dessert Novelties
2
99
796ml
4
99
5
4$ for
Nestle
Frozen Flavoured Pops
Assorted Sizes
Tomatoes
4
99
2$ for
5
3$
12x50ml
French’s 400ml
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Pasta 500gr
5
4$ for
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Campbell’s
Everyday Gourmet Soup
Paradise Island
Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese
Premium Thick & Rich Pasta Sauce
700gr
Knorr
156gr
Skipjack, 120-130gr
Selected, 330-380gr
for
5
for
Nature Valley
Granola Bars
Hellman’s
Selected, 160-230gr
Mayonnaise
6
Simply
Beverage
1.75lt
for
General Mills
2lt
Selected, 125-175gr
LICABL PP
Old El Paso
3
99
99
for
227-510gr
125-133gr
Kettle Brand
5
for
2
99
1
$
LICABL PP
Aquel
1
$
Sparkling Spring Water
Potato Chips
220gr
2lt
2
99
5
2$ for
1
$
LICABL PP
LET’S TACO BOUT THAT Old El Paso
Mexican Rice
2
99
Old El Paso
Dr. Oetker
311-334gr, 398ml
465-900gr
Large Tortillas or Refried Beans
215gr
425gr
3$
5
for
Boom Chicka Pop
10
Organic Tortilla Chips
28-45gr
650ml
2
for
1lt
3$
Angie’s
5$
Que Pasa
Seasoning Mix
Dinner Kit
Crunchy Shells
99
5
2$
Fibre 1 Bars
Cinco De Mayo!
Old El Paso
Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
300gr
10
Dairyland
Organic Milk Jug
Minute Maid, Five Alive or Nestea
Beverage
EES EF
99
Old El Paso
4
for
Leclerc
Quattro Cookies
240gr
3$
99
10 3
5$
NEED DINNER IDEAS?
99
Leclerc
Celebration Cookies
Selected, 390-500gr
6
5
99
99
128-142gr
3
5
907gr
General Mills
Cheerios Cereal
890ml
for
Burritos or Chimichangas
10
3$
3$
3$
El Monterey
2
4
Nabob, Carte Noir or Maxwell House Coffee
Cereal
EES EF
1
$
9
Mix
1.75kg
EES EF
4
Light Tuna
99
1kg
Arctic Gardens
Battered Onion Rings
99
108-472gr
2$
Maple Leaf
794-850gr
750gr
99
Tassimo
General Mills
900ml
for
2
99
4
Simply Broth
4’s, 113-338gr
Gold Seal
Taquitos
Cavendish Farms
99
Shaved Cheese, 300gr
99
Knorr
Lipton Soup Mix
1
Flakes of Meat
2
2
99
99
$
El Monterey
Parmesan Petals
200gr
Cavendish Farms
Fries or Wedges
Saputo
Feta Cheese
Shredded Natural Cheese
for
PLUS A
Visit our recipe box for delicious dinner ideas at qualityfoods.com
112-167gr
9
10
5$
320gr
4 Pasta or Rice Sidekicks
1
$
Saputo
Saputo
1.36kg
99
Knorr
Margarine
450-500gr
Process Cheese Product 48’s, 1kg
1
10
Imperial
Premium Plus Crackers
Melts Slices
2.27kg
$
5$ Christie
Armstrong
Pasta
454gr
680ml
for
Bassili’s Best
Lasagna
815-907gr
Barilla
PLUS A
9
Perogies
Hunt’s
500ml
99
A21
Prices in effect April 25 - May 01 2016
PLUS A
A20
5
3$
for
Giuseppe Pizzeria Pizza
4
2$ for
4
99
Wong Wing
Oriental Appetizers
852gr
9
99
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Campbell’s
Everyday Gourmet Soup
Paradise Island
Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese
Premium Thick & Rich Pasta Sauce
700gr
Knorr
156gr
Skipjack, 120-130gr
Selected, 330-380gr
for
5
for
Nature Valley
Granola Bars
Hellman’s
Selected, 160-230gr
Mayonnaise
6
Simply
Beverage
1.75lt
for
General Mills
2lt
Selected, 125-175gr
LICABL PP
Old El Paso
3
99
99
for
227-510gr
125-133gr
Kettle Brand
5
for
2
99
1
$
LICABL PP
Aquel
1
$
Sparkling Spring Water
Potato Chips
220gr
2lt
2
99
5
2$ for
1
$
LICABL PP
LET’S TACO BOUT THAT Old El Paso
Mexican Rice
2
99
Old El Paso
Dr. Oetker
311-334gr, 398ml
465-900gr
Large Tortillas or Refried Beans
215gr
425gr
3$
5
for
Boom Chicka Pop
10
Organic Tortilla Chips
28-45gr
650ml
2
for
1lt
3$
Angie’s
5$
Que Pasa
Seasoning Mix
Dinner Kit
Crunchy Shells
99
5
2$
Fibre 1 Bars
Cinco De Mayo!
Old El Paso
Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
300gr
10
Dairyland
Organic Milk Jug
Minute Maid, Five Alive or Nestea
Beverage
EES EF
99
Old El Paso
4
for
Leclerc
Quattro Cookies
240gr
3$
99
10 3
5$
NEED DINNER IDEAS?
99
Leclerc
Celebration Cookies
Selected, 390-500gr
6
5
99
99
128-142gr
3
5
907gr
General Mills
Cheerios Cereal
890ml
for
Burritos or Chimichangas
10
3$
3$
3$
El Monterey
2
4
Nabob, Carte Noir or Maxwell House Coffee
Cereal
EES EF
1
$
9
Mix
1.75kg
EES EF
4
Light Tuna
99
1kg
Arctic Gardens
Battered Onion Rings
99
108-472gr
2$
Maple Leaf
794-850gr
750gr
99
Tassimo
General Mills
900ml
for
2
99
4
Simply Broth
4’s, 113-338gr
Gold Seal
Taquitos
Cavendish Farms
99
Shaved Cheese, 300gr
99
Knorr
Lipton Soup Mix
1
Flakes of Meat
2
2
99
99
$
El Monterey
Parmesan Petals
200gr
Cavendish Farms
Fries or Wedges
Saputo
Feta Cheese
Shredded Natural Cheese
for
PLUS A
Visit our recipe box for delicious dinner ideas at qualityfoods.com
112-167gr
9
10
5$
320gr
4 Pasta or Rice Sidekicks
1
$
Saputo
Saputo
1.36kg
99
Knorr
Margarine
450-500gr
Process Cheese Product 48’s, 1kg
1
10
Imperial
Premium Plus Crackers
Melts Slices
2.27kg
$
5$ Christie
Armstrong
Pasta
454gr
680ml
for
Bassili’s Best
Lasagna
815-907gr
Barilla
PLUS A
9
Perogies
Hunt’s
500ml
99
A21
Prices in effect April 25 - May 01 2016
PLUS A
A20
5
3$
for
Giuseppe Pizzeria Pizza
4
2$ for
4
99
Wong Wing
Oriental Appetizers
852gr
9
99
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Deli & Cheese
Maple Lodge Farms
Schneiders
Fat Free Turkey Breast
Continental
Premium Oven Roast or Jalapeno Chicken Breast
Traditional Irish Smoked Ham
1
69
2
100 gr
Sushi
5
• Greek • Andean Quinoa • Wild Rice with Blueberry Fruit • Fruit
599
Medium
Fried Rice
Chicken with Black Bean Sauce
9
Medium
95
99
Available at select stores only.
Per
100 gr
2
99
99
Medium
10 Piece Sushi Lover
100 gr
Asiago Cheese
Deli Salad
9 Piece Yin & Yam or Philly Rolls
99
Per
American
Medium
7
1
99
Per
Sweet & Sour Pork Medium
Szechuan Beef
Available at select stores only.
6 995 995 75
per 100gr
Hot
3 Piece Crispy Chicken Dinner 1 Breast, drum, thigh, 12 mojos, small salad
8
99
Seafood • Quality Foods
2
99
1
Sockeye Salmon Fillets
Ling Cod Fillets
1
2 Pack
49
Per
100 gr
Per
100 gr
Frozen or Previously Frozen
99
6oz Coho Salmon Portion
Frozen or Previously Frozen
51/60 Size
Per
49 Per
100 gr
6
2$
Raw White Tiger Prawns Tail Off
100 gr
Grand Slam
1
Frozen
Fresh
for
Quality Fresh
Quality Fresh
230gr
Dried, 270gr
Quality Fresh
Family Favourites Mango Slices
Family Favourites Banana Chips
2
99
Sweet Treats Pretzels
Peanut Butter Filled, 300gr
399
4
99
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Cheese & Spinach Buns
Lemon Meringue Pie
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White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread
3
3
99
69
Pepperoni Cheese Stick
Mini Danish
3
99
for
6 pack
Old Fashioned Donuts
for
3
3
5
2$
8 pack
for
Cake Slice
Black Forest Cake
Apple or Strawberry with Cream Cheese
500gr
Original Cakerie
Two Layer
Strudel Bites
Deli World
Light Rye Bread
49
2$
6 pack
5
4$
Oroweat
Bread 680gr
2
12
12 pack
5
2$
99
99
for
6
2$ for
Quality Foods • Taste for Life San Remo
Alexia
Power Bar
Organic Strained Tomatoes
Onion Rings, Potato Fries or Wedges
3
Bar
53-63gr
720ml
340-567gr
50gr
2
2
$
Manitoba Harvest
Santa Cruz or R.W. Knudsen
Hodgson Mill
Hemp Hearts
4x311ml
340gr
2
$
Glad
Freezer or Storage Bags Selected, 15-30’s
LICABL PP
EES EF
5
$
2
$
Household
Mule 20 Team
Glad
Bounty
Borax Nature’s Freshener
Sandwich Zipper Bags
100’s
Select-A-Size Paper Towels
1.84kg
1
99
2
99
1
$
Spritzer or Carbonated Beverage
Ultragrain with Quinoa Pasta
Raw Shelled Hemp Seeds, 227gr
$
PLUS A
$
Sunrype
Bar
499
6’s
5
99
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California Grown
Peaches & Cream Corn on the Cob
Washington “Premium”
1
Braeburn Apples
99
California Grown
White Nugget Potatoes
1
4.39 per kg
99 Per
LB
for
Per
LB
California “Premium”
THE GOLDEN NUGGET MANDARIN
Fresh Broccoli Crowns
1
99
4.39 per kg
1 99 3
is a hybrid cross between the Wilking and Kincy mandarins and is named for their golden colour and pebbly skin texture. Aromatic and easy to peel, the Golden Nugget mandarin is an exceptional mandarin variety that can be found well into the spring season.
99 Per
LB
4.39 per kg
3
Mexican Grown “Ready to Eat”
Mexican Grown
99 2.18 per kg
Per
LB
LB
4
Coleslaw or Garden Salad
Fresh Cantaloupe
99
¢
Per
Taylor Farms
Guatamalan “Ready to Eat”
Honeydew Melon
Zucchini Squash
5
5$
4.39 per kg
1lb or 12oz bag
2$ for
Natural Organics
Administrative Professional Day Bouquet
4.5”
Osteospermum
12
99
2$ for
10
California Grown
Organic Sweet Potatoes or Yams 3 lb bag
6
99 Per
LB
California/Mexican Grown
Organic Bunched Broccoli 5.49 per kg
2
49 Per
LB
Mexican Grown
Organic Red or Green Leaf Lettuce
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NEW PRESIDENT FOR PARKSVILLE AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
McKinney will ask for more from board Formerly in financial services, new prez is now in what he calls ‘the swag business’ JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
After 35 years in the financial services industry with what’s now called RBC, Bill McKinney retired to Parksville in the year 2000. That didn’t last long. “I retired for seven days,” said McKinney, the new president of the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce. “After mowing my lawn every day and rearranging my closet and garage I said: I need a job.” He has owned and operated Ideal Images since that time. It’s the promotional product industry or, as McKinney said, “the swag business.” McKinney, 68, is no stranger to those who have lived in Parksville for any amount of time. He’s been active in Rotary and was the president of the Beachfest Society, the Oceanside Generals and the Parksville Community and Conference Centre. He is currently president of Inclusion Parksville, formerly called the Parksville and District Association for Community Living. He was the city’s citizen of the year in 2005. McKinney has been involved with the Parksville chamber for about 14 years, including time as a director and vicepresident. He said there are similarities to selling financial products — or golf balls with your company logo — and being president of the chamber. “It’s about building relationships with people,” he said. “The skills transfer very easily.” McKinney is married to Dee, who is also a local small business owner and a director on the chamber’s board. McKinney seems to have a clear vision about the chamber’s work. “The biggest role of a chamber is speaking on behalf of members to municipal, provincial and federal governments,” he said. “It’s advocacy. It’s about asking ‘is there an easier way to do business?’” He also has a vision for the year ahead as the chamber president — Dee and the rest of the board might have to expect a little more work. “There are some things I want to ac-
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Bill McKinney, left, is pictured above on Thursday during one of his first official events as the new president of the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce, a business after business get together hosted by Expedia Cruise Ship Centres and Angela Giannotti.
complish and I think I can convince the board the ideas have merit,” he said. “I’d like the board to become more responsible and accountable for some programs” like membership and fundraising. “It can’t be left just to the staff to do that.” McKinney said some of his other goals for his one-year term — traditionally presidents get re-elected and serve one more year — include upgrading the chamber’s website and being part
of the economic development plan outlined in a recent NEWS story by chamber executive director Kim Burden (see www.pqbnews.com/news/375439751. html). “The economic development plans that will go into place in 2017, I think will have a huge, positive impact in the business community,” he said. McKinney also said the chamber can play a role in wider community issues
like homelessness, where the chamber could help match their members who have certain skills and services with the needs of the Oceanside Task Force on Homelessness. He also said he would like tourists and residents alike to get a better impression of the city as they enter its boundaries. “There is work to be done by merchants, government and the chamber to improve the entrances to our city.”
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Is it time to sell your property in the U.S.? Had you bought U.S. real estate in 2008 you would likely be in the black today. Prices have recovered since the housing crash and credit crisis. But had you waited until 2011, you would have really scored. Why? Mostly because of the currency. While asset prices were down in 2008, so was the Canadian dollar. In 2011, on the other hand, our dollar was above par. It was a great time to buy anything U.S., especially stocks. Had you bought Apple Computers at the time, for example, you would have more than doubled your money in Canadian dollar terms. The same and more could be said about many large cap, dividend paying U.S. companies, and about U.S. investment properties.
Some are now wondering: if you look perfect moment. If you were lucky enough at it strictly as an investment decision (ex- to buy when the dollar was in the 80s or cluding personal lifestyle factors), is now 90s, or even as high as 1.08, you would be the time to sell? There are doing just fine. alternatives (ways to neutralIt is possible you would be ize currency), however these leaving some money on the are beyond the scope of this table, but consider the risk/ article, so I’ll leave them out By Jim Grant reward, and whether there are of the discussion. Many besafer, better options elsewhere. lieve it is time to cash in, and Also consider that there are according to realtors in Palm complications to owning US Springs (which I recently visassets (in some cases includited), many Canadians are ing stocks). Such as: doing just that. It may not be • U.S. disclosure and rethe perfect time. Two or three porting requirements. months ago (when the Ca• U.S. tax consequences nadian dollar was below 70 cents) would including the cost for related professionhave been better, but it is hard to pick the al advice.
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like to make mugs because they’re the most intimate thing that a potter makes. Because people hold them and put their lips to them everyday.” Hancock said he gets lots of customers who come by and tell him they L auren CoLLins reporter@pqbnews.com start their days drinking out of a coffee Making something people can use mug he made. every day is why Darrel Hancock loves “It makes your soul feel good,” pottery, he said. Hancock said. “I like that whole business of mak“I love it when you make stuff that ing something you can use. That was people interact with. They not only the real big attraction. The double use it, but they interact with it. Evfunction aesthetic and use.” eryone has a favourite coffee mug, I Hancock said he became a profes- think, in their lives and it’s nice when sional in 1980 after graduating from that coffee mug is yours and it’s imart school. portant for them to start their day off.” Hancock and a fellow classmate set People will have a chance to buy up a fully functioning studio and lined Hancock’s pottery this weekend at his up contracts with stores before gradu- spring sale. ating. Usually Hancock has an annual “We knew that once art students sale in the fall or early winter, but he graduate, they’ve nosaid he decided to try where to go and they something new. It’s nice when that flounder.” “I knew this was coffee mug is yours and it’s Now, Hancock important for them to start a busy time, but I works on his own, thought we’ll go for their day off but he said that one it,” said Hancock, Darrel hancock of the challenges is adding that this time keeping on top of evof year he’s usually erything. selling to stores. “When you work for yourself, you “It’s a bit of a challenge making have to wear a lot of hats,” Hancock enough work for not only yourself but said. for the stores that you deal with. You He added that a friend of his once want to keep the stores really happy said, “You’re like a conductor in an or- because they’re responsible for your chestra. There’s a whole pile of instru- bread and butter.” ments out there and you have to get “Whether they buy or not, I just them all to play together.” want them to know where I am and Hancock said in his business he’s what I do. It’s kind of like you’re part able to create what he wants, but he of the community.” added that he’s still completely reHancock said he usually does a sponsive to what the public needs. demo on the wheel for guests. He mostly makes all the utilitarThe sale starts Friday and runs until ian wear that people can use in their Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hankitchens everyday, such as cups, cock’s home (3505 Harris Crescent, bowls, casserole dishes and jugs. Whiskey Creek). The studio is wheel“Food looks so great in pottery.” chair accessible. Mugs, he said, are a staple piece for For more information, call 250a potter. 752-4533 or visit his Facebook page, “Some potters like to say that they Darrel Hancock Pottery.
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could,” she said. Sjostrom said every time she arrives on set, she gets butterflies and an overwhelming amount of nerves. “To me, thats my body reminding me how lucky I am to be doing exactly what I sought out to do . . . and that I better not make a fool of myself.” Sjostrom graduated from Blanche Macdonald Centre in Vancouver in 2012. It all started when an older cousin went to music school, she said “In my mind, that wasn’t even like a thing. To know that you could actually do that as a career blew me away.” However, Sjostrom said the struggle was trying to find a school on the Island where she wouldn’t have to move. “After countless amounts of failures with schools closing down or things not working out on the Island, I had just decided that I’m going to take the jump and move to the city and take school there.” At Blanche Macdonald, Sjostrom said she took the global makeup program where she learned makeup fundamentals; makeup for fashion, stage, TV and film; hair for bridal, stage, TV and film; and makeup for special effects. “When it was done, I knew I’d have everything I needed to pursue whichever direction I wanted to go,” Sjostrom said, adding that she didn’t know what area she wanted to pursue at the time. “It’s funny, when you’re in school and you’re learning so many different levels — one week you’ll be doing bridal and all this stuff and then a few weeks later, you’re into special effects and you’re like, ‘I hate special effects. I never want to do that.’” See WANTING TO TELL STORIES, page A29
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She said it wasn’t until the program was over that she remembered what her favourite parts were. “For me, it was listening to my instructors. Any instructor who was involved in a production, or like on film, I found the most interesting. I was like, ‘Oh my God, you can actually do that?’ I wanted to tell those stories.” Now Sjostrom is able to tell those stories. Since graduating, she has worked on a Netflix film Kid Cannabis and two Hallmark movies Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Im-
possible Dream and The Gourmet Detective: Death Al Dente which is in post-production, according to IMDb.com. Between working on films, Sjostrom works part time at Hudson’s Bay Company and has her own bridal makeup business. “I find it really important for me to stay connected with The Bay and with my companies there, just because the amount you learn with professionalism is huge because that is a main set etiquette rule.” And with wedding season coming up, Sjostrom said she is fully booked. To find out more about her work, visit www.csmakeup.ca.
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A Cappella Plus presents To the Shady Woods: nature and love. A Cappella Plus, under the direction of Patricia Plumley, invites you to join them as they celebrate the splendour of the natural world and the many faces of love. This program is an eclectic collection music ranging from classical to contemporary/pop. Love of nature is on the program, and so is romance. Blue Green Water celebrates the magnificence of the ocean and the majestic beauty of this place we call home. The amazing effect of the ocean’s wave patterns and changing personality is reflected in Something about the Ocean. There is no doubt that Crazy Little Thing Called Love can put you on a roller coaster ride that can propel you from deliriously happy to incredibly melancholy and back again before you know what hit you. Unchained Melody beautifully articulates the yearning for a love missed. This program will have you relaxing into the music, singing along, laughing, and reflecting on the beauty in our lives. Enjoy a drink of your choice (cash bar available) and visit with members of A Cappella Plus before the concert begins.
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The May exhibit at Cafe Adagio in Parksville features the work of Thérèse Johnston. Johnston was born in rural Saskatchewan and has lived in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. She now lives in Parksville. She is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and the Society of Canadian Artists. Johnston’s work is also in the Englishman River Gallery (711 Mariner Way, Parksville). Johnston’s exhibit at Cafe Adagio is part of The MAC’s Members Out and About external exhibits. For more information, contact the McMillan Arts Centre at 250-2488185. Cafe Adagio (147 Harrison Ave., Parksville) is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — Submitted by The MAC
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August 11, 1932 – April 13, 2016 With heavy hearts and great sadness we announce the passing of Gwendolyn, Gwen to all those who knew and loved her, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 in Mission, BC. Gwen, devoted to her faith until the end of her life, passed away peacefully in the arms of her beloved husband at the age of 83. She is survived by her husband of over 60 years, Alfonse; daughters, Lisa (Mark) and Netty. A very special thanks to her spiritual family, the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Also special thanks to the staff and all the caregivers at TRIM in Mission and to Doctor Neminishen for the kind and compassionate care they provided to Gwen during her time with them. A Celebration of Life will be held in Gwen’s honour at 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 32759 – 7th Avenue in Mission, BC. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.
Marguerite SPARKES
January 8, 1921 – April 13, 2016 Marguerite passed away peacefully on April 13, 2016, with her family at her side. Predeceased by her husband George, second husband Gordon, grandson Nicholas and her sister Joan. She is survived and lovingly remembered by her daughters Lynda Fanzone and Kim Goodman, grandchildren Marco (Tina), Paul (Maureen), Vanessa (Warren), and great-grandchildren Paige, Jordan, Bailey and Emma. Marguerite was born and raised in London, England, second daughter to Ellen and Herbert Hopkins. During WWII, she served with the ATS as a radar operator on a Royal Artillery Gun Site in England. Marguerite moved to Canada in 1974, a country she grew to love, to be with her family. Until her retirement she worked for BC Tel (Telus). She loved travel, crossword puzzles, knitting, classical music and animals, especially her cat Daisy; she was also an avid reader. Mum was a true lady, with a quiet spirit, grace and dignity. She will be greatly missed. No Service by request.  Donations to the Richmond Animal Protection Society – Cat Sanctuary. Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040
NEW to the area? Call for your FREE package of info, gifts & greetings. Pat: 250-248-7119 Parksville AGM Meeting Parksville Community Centre Society Annual General Meeting June 16th. at 7pm. Nomination Committee is accepting applications for becoming a director. Please contact the Centre to have a form sent to you. 250-248-6234 Application deadline is May 5th.
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Brenda C. DODDS (nee Hancock)
November 1950 ~ April 2016 On April 16, 2016, on a bright sunny day in Victoria General Hospital surrounded by her loving family “My Sweetie� Bren took her last breath on this earth. After complications from a routine surgery and an aggressive attack from abdominal cancer, the battle was lost. In 1998 we fought the ugly ‘C’ word (cancer) and with the help of science & medicine, the love and determination of family and friends, especially Cyss Urban, Karen Roberts & Al Ackerman, we kicked the crap out of it but good. In Oct. 2014, it came back with a vengeance and we never had a chance as it spread through her body like wildfire. Bren was the love of my life for 45 years. She loved to crochet, knit, garden, and shop. She was a private but special person and loved her family and family gatherings most of all. We will all miss her dearly. She was predeceased by her brother, Joey, mother, Aileen, and dad, Herb Hancock. She is survived by her loving husband Tom; daughter, Rebecca (Jon) of Victoria; sons, Paul of Borden, Ontario, Greg (Anna) of Parksville; sisters, Joanne (Glen), Rena (Lane) Large of Powell River; nephews, Chris, Mike, and Kevin; her beloved grandchildren, Jaden and Kylah of Parksville, Kaleb and Noah of Victoria.
So long Sweetie. I love you dearly. Now the pain is over for you, but the ache is there for us and your beloved rescue dog “Piper� - Tom Dodds and Family A private Graveside Service was held by the family on April 25th at Knox United Church in Parksville. No flowers by request. Those wishing to honour Brenda’s courage and her memory may do so by making a donation in her name to the Canadian Cancer Society. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.
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Edith Lillian Jacques "Edie" passed peacefully on April 20. She is survived by 2 daughters, 9 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Special thanks to Samantha Rae for her loving care of our mother over the last few years. Funeral services at Yates in Parksville, April 28 Thursday at 11 am. Light luncheon served. Donations to heart and stroke foundation, no flowers.
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REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 865 Fairdowne Road $2000/ month, Hwy 19, Frontage 27’ x 64’ shop floor with 18’ high ceilings. 1536 square feet. 2nd level office 12 ‘6� x 8’ 6�. 106 square feet. Bathroom, utility room and storage closet. Well lit, and insulated. 2 overhead doors 12’ x 14’ and 12’ x 10’. 2 man doors. Yard storage is available for further rent. Call Cliff at 250-954-4046. See photos online.
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WANTED TO RENT BACHELOR SUITE / 1 bdrm apt or cabin in Nanoose/Beachcomber area for Aug or sooner. Interested in long term rental. Ref’s avail. Call 250-619-9148. PARKSVILLE - LOOKING for 1 or 2 bdrm, apt or house, for couple & small cat. Asap 250937-1101 or 250-947-5550
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HILLIERS RV Pad, own hydro meter, private, garden, etc. $400./mo. 250-752-3520
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Teacher follows pupils in playoffs Parksville’s Gold in the Net program produced a dozen NHL netminders J.R. RaRdon sports@pqbnews.com
Parksville businessman Perry Elderbloom will host a 30th anniversary ocean cruise next week for the clients he has worked with over his three decades in business. A few of those clients were unable to accept the invitation, however, because they had a previous engagement — competing in the National Hockey League playoffs. Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars and Steve Mason of the Philadelphia Flyers are just three of the hundreds of goalies Elderbroom has instructed in his 30 years as head of Gold in the Net, a goalie instruction school with franchises in North America and Europe. Current NHL backstops Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars, Robin Lehner of the Buffalo Sabres and Karri Ramo of the Calgary Flames are also among the 12 students he has guided into the NHL. “I never played in the NHL,” said Elderbroom, who played goal while growing up in Ontario. “But I did see the need for instruction for goalies, and the lack of help and guidance that they needed.” So, in 1986, after having relocated to Vancouver Island, Elderbloom established Gold in the Net as a goalie-specific coaching and training program. While
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Parksville’s Perry elderbloom, left, joins Columbus blue Jackets goalie steve mason for a practice at rogers arena in Vancouver prior to an Nhl game in 2009. elderbroom, owner of gold in the Net goalie school, served as goalie coach for Columbus in the 2008-09 season.
there are now dozens of similar programs worldwide, it was a ground-breaking concept at the time. “There were a few clinics coming out and teaching ideas and philosophies on goaltending, but nobody, I felt, was taking that role to a new level,” he said. “I think I was one of the first ones to take it on in a full-time capacity.” Early on, Elderbroom established his bona fides through an invitation in the late 1980s from the Finnish Hockey Fed-
eration, where he worked with eventual NHL goalies including Antero Nittymaki, Fredrik Norrena and Lehtonen. “It was an interesting time,” he said. “(Finland) felt the only way they could compete with the hockey powers was to beat them in net, so they wanted to have the best goaltenders. They put the focal point of their program on developing those goaltenders, and they brought me over to lecture and brought in goalie coaches from all areas.
“I was there to teach them how to stop a puck.” His work with Norrena led to Elderbroom’s subsequent coaching of Lundqvist, who has become one of the world’s top goalies. Norrena had been signed by a pro club in Finland intent on winning a championship, Elderbroom said. But he was struggling and being upstaged by a promising young backup from Sweden — Henrik Lundqvist. “They called me and I went over and did some work with (Norrena), made sure he was mentally prepared to do that battle,” Elderbroom said. “My goaltender played so well the team won the championship, and for the championship game Fredrik was in and Henrik was on the bench. That was the first time I met Henrik, and he wanted to work with me as well.” When Finland faced Sweden in the Olympic gold medal hockey game in the 2006 games in Turin, Italy, Elderbloom could count three of the four goalies — Lundqvist, Norrena and Finland’s Lehtonen — as his clients. The coach’s success in Europe — and Norrena’s subsequent move to the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets — probably played a big part in Columbus asking Elderbloom to come on as its goaltending coach in the 2008-09 season. That was the year Mason arrived as a rookie to supplant Norrena, earning the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year and leading the Blue Jackets to their first playoff appearance.
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b.C. Premier league baseball
Royals snare another home doubleheader split J.R. RaRdon
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As the esteemed baseball sage Yogi Berra once said, it was “deja vu all over again” for the Parksville Royals at Springwood Park Saturday afternoon. Just like the week before, Adam McKilliken started the game and departed with a onerun lead. Once again, the visiting team had the tying run on third base in the seventh and final inning. And again, reliever Aiden Brot managed to shut the door for the save as the Royals eked out a 2-1 victory over the White Rock Tritons in B.C. Premier Baseball League action. “It’s like that all the time,” Royals coach Dave Wallace joked. “It’s good entertainment.” Also repeating the previous week doubleheader split against Nanaimo, the Royals (3-5) settled for one win in two games Saturday as White Rock (1-6)
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Parksville royals shortstop thomas green stretches to force out White rock’s Cole Walter during b.C. Premier baseball league play saturday at springwood Park. the royals earned a doubleheader split with the visiting tritons.
rallied for a 3-0 victory in the second game. The Royals will be away this
weekend as they travel to the Okanagan for their bi-annual two-day, four-game series with
the Athletics. At Springwood Park Saturday, McKilliken improved to 3-0
by scattering five hits and striking out 10 over six-plus innings. He was lifted and replaced by Brot with a 2-0 lead after issuing his third walk to the leadoff hitter in the seventh. Brot had a busy inning without ever involving his defense. He walked the bases loaded and walked in the inherited runner for the Tritons’ only score, but also struck out the side, finally getting Nick Kutilin with a swinging strike on a 2-2 count to end it. “A key is making (batters) put the ball in play,” Wallace said of the combined six walks. “If they execute and get a hit, well, we’ll work on putting the ball on a different part of the plate.” Royals designated hitter Jaydan Saban provided the big blow, driving in both Parksville runs with a one-out single in the bottom of the fourth inning to score Zach Waddington and Liam Janzen.
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Midgets roll to big victory Short-benched Sharks cruise 12-2 in home opener J.R. RaRdon sports@pqbnews.com
Derian Thomson enjoyed an eight-point afternoon with four goals and four assists Saturday as the Oceanside Sharks midget lacrosse team overwhelmed visiting Cowichan Valley 12-2 in Vancouver Island Box Lacrosse play at Howie Meeker Arena. Tyler Smith and Ethan Bell each added two goals for the midget B squad, which overcame a thin bench for the convincing win in its home opener.
The Sharks evened their record at 1-1 after opening the season with a loss at Campbell River a week earlier. Just 10 players took the floor in front of winning goalie Jarrod Dykstra, including affiliate callup Braden Leary. “He was a bantam call-up who played awesome,” midget coach Cam Miller said. “Being a short bench is tough, but this group never uses being tired as an excuse.” The Sharks dominated every phase of Saturday’s game, scoring on their first power play, getting a short-handed score from J. Hope and disrupting the visitors with their overall team
speed. The pummelling was consistent, with the Sharks scoring four goals in each of the first, second and third periods. Adam Bougie, Tyler Smith and Dawson Fyfe each contributed a goal and an assist and Zach Wheldon also found the net in the win. Aiden Sutherland joined Thompson as top playmaker with four assists. “All in all, it was a good first win for us,” said Miller. “The guys came together as a team and really took it to Cowichan throughout the game.” The midgets return to Howie Meeker Arena tonight to host Nanaimo at 6:30 p.m.
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Dawson Fyfe of the Oceanside Sharks, right, holds the ball away from Cowichan Valley defender Jaiden Cummings during a race to the net in the teams’ midget box lacrosse matchup at Howie Meeker Arena Saturday.
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Perry Elderbloom, founder of Gold in the Net goalie school, sits on his Parksville patio with the gold mask featured in the company’s logo.
The team’s goalies also established franchise records in nearly all goaltending statistics, but with Gold in the Net continuing to grow and succeed, Elderbroom left the team to focus on his business. The business was so popular that Lundqvist bought a Gold in the Net franchise that he ran in Sweden for five years. He then sold it to Norrena, who continues to operate Gold in the Net in Finland. That model, of former students taking over franchises, seems to be something of a pattern. Last April, Elderbloom released his flagship B.C. franchise to the father-son partnership of Sam and Isaac Stevens, turning his focus to program develop-
ment and professional camps. Isaac Stevens, 20, first met Elderbloom at a camp as a young player with Oceanside Minor Hockey and later took private lessons before choosing to go into coaching. “He’s always a character,” Stevens said. “Perry’s not the loudest guy in the room, but you always knew when he entered because he’s had so much experience with whatever he’s done. When he talks to the kids on the ice, you can hear a pin drop, they’re so attentive.” “What he does differently than coaches in other camps is he gets to know the students personally. Instead of coming in and going, ‘OK, we’re going to work on this and you’re going to do this’, he sits down with
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each student and asks, ‘What do you want to become? What kind of experience would you like to have?’ That’s probably how he gets his best results.” Gold in the Net also has franchises in Alberta and Ontario, and Elderbloom and his wife, Debbie, are in negotiations for a possible franchise in California. “I look at it as, if anybody could get the same level of passion, desire and enjoyment out of hockey that I enjoy, that was my goal,” said Elderbroom. “It’s nice to see people further their career, but it’s also nice to see people come out of the program and just be great people.” “I’m so grateful I’ve had the opportunity to do this as a livelihood and be so impactful on so many people.”
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Jim McLean of the Oceanside Running Club was given the gold medal for the Vancouver Island Running Assocation’s winter race series following the final event in Sooke last month.
Running club set to host annual Mother’s Day 10K Jim McLean of the Oceanside Running Club was awarded the overall gold medal for the men’s 85-89 age group and ORCA teammate Jill Davies claimed the silver in the women’s 70-74 class for the recently completed Vancouver Island Running Association’s winter race series. The awards were handed out following the final event in the series, the Sooke River 10K, and presented by Mark Nelson of series sponsor Front Runners. McLean also earned gold in the Sooke 10K, with a time of one hour, 11 minutes and two seconds. Also winning gold for ORCA was Melissa Ross, who took the women’s 30-34 age group after covering the hilly course in 38.47. Davies added a runner-up finish for another silver medal. The next event on the Oceanside Running Club’s calendar is its own annual Mother’s Day 10K and 5K run/walk, scheduled for Sunday, May 8. Registration is now under way for the fundraiser for Parksville Haven Society. To register online or for more info, visit www. orcarunning.ca/oceanside10k. More information is available by calling 250-240-8144, and those interested in volunteering on the day of the run/walk should email barbara.j.low@ gmail.com. — Submitted by ORCA
Synchronized swim show The Ravensong Waterdancers synchronized swimming club will showcase its season’s routines in its annual Spring Water Show public Sunday, May 1, at Ravensong Aquatic Centre in Qualicum Beach. The free event, a thank you to the public for supporting the club throughout the recent season, begins at 5 p.m. There is no admission cost; spectators are encouraged to bring a chair, as seating is limited. For more info, call Heather at 250-248-4634 or visit www.ravensongsynchro.com. — Submitted by Ravensong Synchro
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