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OVERDUE AGREEMENT: United Steelworkers Local 816 workers at Texada Quarrying, six of whom are pictured here on the picket line, are heading back to work in the limestone mine after five months of being locked out by LafargeHolcim, but the greater task ahead for the approximately 70 union employees is repairing broken relationships. CINDY BABYN PHOTO

LafargeHolcim lockout sting lingers for United Steelworkers Local 816 CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

After a harsh winter and a fight even more bitter, Texada Quarrying employees are headed back to work after standing on a picket line for the past 20 weeks.

Powell River Regional District Texada Island director Sandy McCormick said the dispute tore a rift through the small island community and much work is needed to repair the damage.

“For the good of the island, I’m glad it’s over,” said McCormick. “Everybody knows everybody and people were being pitted against each other. Families suffered.”

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Union approves new contract by narrow margin 1« LAFARGE the unnecessary lockout had done to employees.

“Lafarge’s mean-spirited and irrational lockout has done tremendous harm to its employees, their families and the entire Texada community,” stated Hunt. “The actions of Lafarge management have shattered confidence in the company.”

United Steelworkers Local 816 spokesperson Earl Graham said that despite the close results the deal was made because the company finally backed down from its demands on lumping job classifications and removing seniority protections.

“It’s obviously been a very contentious lockout,” said Graham. “We did maintain what we were trying to get back in September.”

The lockout began October 17, but roots of the dispute stretch back to the spring of 2016 when the contract

for 70 unionized workers expired and negotiations began.

Lafarge had proposed reducing the number of job classifications from 22 to three and giving managers the ability to assign work within each classification to anyone a manager deemed qualified. At the time, the company stated the move would allow for an increase in productivity and efficiency, measures that would improve the sustainability of the quarry.

While the union viewed the changes as incremental attacks on longstanding workers’ rights, the company stated in October, after the lockout began, that employees would still have job security during layoffs, overtime allocation and vacation scheduling.

The company said the lockout was a response to uncertainty that was created after the union issued

72-hour strike notice and imposed an overtime ban in September.

The new contract will provide nine per cent wage increases over the four-year span of the agreement, as well as a six per cent increase into the pension plan, other

Even though the union local voted to accept the deal, a clear timeline for going back to work has not yet been established, said Graham.

Included in the agreement is a back-to-work protocol for workers that will help them integrate back into

It was a hard battle, but it would have been harder without the community behind us. We stuck to our guns on the seniority issue and they finally relented.

MICKEY PANCICH

UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 816 PRESIDENT

improvements and benefits.

Local 816 president Mickey Pancich said it has been a long fight.

“It was a hard battle, but it would have been harder without the community behind us,” said Pancich. “We stuck to our guns on the seniority issue and they finally relented.”

their jobs and deal with working again beside people who only a month ago were seen to be scab workers.

“No one is going to walk back in there and start highfiving and hugging each other,” said Graham. “That’s not the reality of what has gone on here.”

Part of the protocol includes workers meeting together, reviewing worker safety and speaking with counsellors who will help them deal with the anger many still have over the lockout.

“This was a nasty set of circumstances and it’s a small community that has depended on that quarry for many years,” said Graham.

Bitterness still exists from watching the company van pull up each day with management employees inside, serving as replacement staff to run the quarry as a skeleton crew during the lockout, he added.

Graham said he did not know if the company was going to do anything to try to rebuild relations with the community, but added if the company thinks anyone will soon forget about what the dispute did to Texada, they are mistaken.

With no set back-to-work

date, Graham said when the workers do start back up they will be willing to work with management and be professional about it.

LafargeHolcim spokesperson Jennifer Lewis said the company is pleased that the employees voted for the contract ratification.

“Our goal is to safely restart full production,” said Lewis, “and shipping schedules to support customer requirements by month end.”

Lewis added that the process of bringing production back up at the quarry will take some time and she confirmed that Lafarge will be bringing in consultants to focus on health and safety, teamwork and environment issues.

Meanwhile, the island community at large is pleased to have the ordeal behind it, according to McCormick.

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Regional resident opposes new fuel-tank site Stevenson Road homeowner worries about bank stability with increases in stormwater runoff CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

WATER WOES: A project to construct a petroleum tank and cardlock facility south of town, similar to the one near Westview ferry terminal, has one Stevenson Road resident worried about its potential impact on the environment and drainage in the area.

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trict staff is responsible for maintaining for roads and drainage ditches, that is simply not the case and the task falls under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. Rebane said his constituents have found it

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ment permits,” said Rebane.

“We have no heads-up on these development issues.”

Palmer voted against the bylaws in December and said at the time that he would have liked to have seen them go to the planning committee for more development.

In December, when Palmer voted against expanding the landslide hazard areas, he said he wanted to meet with the transportation and infrastructure ministry to discuss the creation of a comprehensive drainage plan for the area.

Now, the directors may get their chance to make the amendments they said they wanted.

At the regional board’s Thursday, March 9, committee of the whole meeting, members directed Ehgoetz’s correspondence to be discussed at the next regional district planning committee meeting.

Powell River RCMP said it has dealt with a complaint of possible luring on Monday, March 6, and has determined there is no threat to public safety.

RCMP corporal Todd Woon confirmed that an individual who police wanted to speak with about a suspicious incident near Brooks Secondary School came forward the same day.

According to a police media release, a 70-year-old man driving a motorhome approached a 15-year-old female student walking on the side of the road near Timberlane Park at 12 pm.

The man offered the teen a ride; she declined, continued on her way and later reported the incident to her mother.

“He actually called us,” said Woon. “He saw the media release and contacted us. We’ve dealt with it and there’s no threat to the public.”

A media release went out to all Powell River schools and parents advising them of the incident. The release reminded students of the importance of not speaking to strangers or accepting rides from anyone they do not know.

Fire mitigation BC Wildfire Service crews will be clearing another area of fallen branches, leaves and other materials that allow for the quick spread of wildfire.

Following a 2016 wildfire fuel management project in the Penticton trails and Millennium Park, crews will be clearing Crown land in an area above Yew Kwum Place from March 20 to 24.

The work comes as a recommendation of Powell River Regional Emergency Program’s recent community wildfire protection plan. It is intended to reduce the risk of urban, interface forest fires.

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difficult in the past to have the province maintain the local infrastructure, but added that he hopes that is changing with the focus of the landslides issue.

Without development permits, the regional district has no grounds to object to any developments when the provincial government seeks a referral, said Rebane.

The expanding of land-

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groundwater management in BC Transportation and Infrastructure drainage ditches has come back to the forefront of discussion in light of Ehgoetz’ opposition to the Highway 101 project near Stevenson Road.

Electoral Area C director Colin Palmer, in a previous meeting, commented that while it is commonly thought that regional dis-

slide and fluvial hazard zones in electoral areas B and C were one of the recommendations that came out of 2015 geotechnical assessment of the areas.

Anyone wishing to create new development within those identified zones would first need to seek a permit from regional district planning staff.

Rebane said the fuel-tank site, which will see Sunshine Coast Fuels move from W har f Street at Marine Avenue to Highway 101, is a clear example of why the regional district needs to be have a greater ability to manage development in hazardous areas. He voted against the establishment of expanded hazard zones in December and November, saying that they did not extend far enough up the hill to meaningfully address the issue.

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Electoral Area B alternate director Alan Rebane said he will try to bring the defeated bylaws back for debate as the issue of

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A Stevenson Road resident concerned about the impact a new Sunshine Coast Fuels fuel-tank site on Highway 101 will have on his property has been told by the BC Ministry of Environment that no environmental assessment will be done.

Evan Ehgoetz said he is worried about area’s wells being contaminated by any spills that occur at the new tank site, as well as the increase in the amount of stormwater runoff that will flow from the paved site and into the nearby ditch along Highway 101.

“The current government position is to let projects be self-governed,” said Evan Ehgoetz. “This approach does not promote preventative action, only expensive reactions after preventable environmental disaster has occurred.”

Ehgoetz’s house, like many in the area, is only feet away from the edge of a steep bank 40 feet down to the ocean. Next to his home is the outfall for the storm drain ditch. He said he has watched over the years as the bank has been eroding.

“This has become a serious liability issue for the residents,” he said.

Bylaws that would give Powell River Regional District the ability to regulate development in hazardous areas south of town have been voted down twice

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1. TUESDAY, MARCH 7

Powell Place Police received several reports of ongoing thefts of portable fuel tanks from boats docked at the marina at Powell Lake.

2. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

Willingdon Avenue, 4400 block At 6 am, police responded to a report that two males wearing black hoodies and backpacks were spray painting graffiti on a Willingdon Avenue building near Wharf Street. RCMP attended immediately and observed the two males running away through back yards. The pair was not located.

3. THURSDAY, MARCH 9

Joyce Avenue, 4400 block Police were called to a report of a male shoplifter at a convenience store. RCMP located the male, who provided a false name. Further investigation found that the man had outstanding warrants in Nanaimo for theft and other recent theft investigations ongoing in other areas. He was arrested for theft and obstruction.

4. FRIDAY, MARCH 10

Marine Avenue, 4500 block Police received a report of stolen or lost cash that was the float for a business. The money was in a green-zippered bag.

5. SATURDAY, MARCH 11

Field Street, 4400 block Police received a report of three male youth, described as approximately 15 to 16 years of age, one wearing a red hat and another wearing a green and white hoodie, spray painting at a shopping plaza. Later in the day, at 4 pm, RCMP observed a young male matching 1. AUGUSTthe 20 description and acting 7300he block suspicious. As police approached the 13-year-old male, he stated hadDuncan been Street present during the earlier spray-painting incident. This investigation is ongoing. At approximately 4:15 am Powell River 6. SATURDAY, MARCH 11

Maple Avenue, 5700 block Police received a report of mischief to a vehicle parked paint gad been scratched by a key.

RCMP attended a break and enter at a business. A MacBook laptop computer was stolen from the business. Police continue to investigate and anyone with information on this crime is asked overnight.

The gas cap was broken and its to contact RCMP at 604.485.6255 or Crimestoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477).

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EXPLOSION IN THE SKY: Passengers on a Pacific Coastal Airline flight on the evening of Tuesday, March 7, were unharmed after lightning struck the plane during its descent into Powell River Airport. ALLISON MILAN PHOTO

Lightning strikes Pacific Coastal Airlines plane Experienced pilot handles scary incident in stride, no injuries reported JASON SCHREURS 2 publisher@prpeak.com

and they would get us down safe and sound.”

The plane landed safely with no injuries to any of the passengers or crew, according to Pacific Coastal president Quentin Smith. Nine passengers and two crew members were on the plane.

The lightning left a small, approximately one-inch hole located on the right hand elevator control panel.

Another passenger and local resident who was on the

the airlines’ most experience pilots, he said.

“The captain has been flying for over 40 years, probably 35-plus at Pacific Coastal,” said Smith, “so I’m not surprised he handled it in a professional manner.”

Lightning strikes to planes are rare, he said, and although they have happened before during Pacific Coastal’s operation, the company’s planes are equipped to deal with them.

Passengers on Pacific Coastal A irlines ’ last flight into Powell River on Tuesday, March 7, received 1 the scare of their lives when The captain has been flying lightning struck the plane during its final approach for over 40 years, probably into Powell River Airport.

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“We were sort of rocking plane, Marc Butula, com“The aircraft are designed and rolling all over the place mended the pilot and crew specifically to be able to and all of a sudden there was for their professional and absorb a lightning strike a loud explosion in the sky calm demeanour during the if it should happen,” said and the whole cabin of the frightening incident.

Smith.

“When the lighting hit the plane lit up in a big, brilliant Pacific Coastal assessed orange flash,” said passenger nose of the plane, it made the condition of the plane and Powell River resident a huge spark and the pilots and determined that it has Allison Milan. “Everyone didn’t even flinch. They were no structural damage, acsat there and stared at each super calm,” said Butula, cording to a Pacific Coastal other, and the pilot didn’t “but the people in the plane media release.

The aircraft was safety cercome on right away. When were definitely scared.”

Smith said the plane end- tified and released back into he came on he said we had been hit with lightning, but ed up landing eight minutes service the morning after that everything was okay late. The captain was one of the lightning strike.

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Demand increases for Joyce Avenue community centre Non-profit asks for nearly double last year’s funds to maintain additional services CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Visits to the Community Resource Centre have seen a sharp increase during the first two months of 2017 compared to the same months last year, said Powell River Employment Program (PREP) Society executive director Lyn Adamson, who is asking Powell River Regional District for more funding this year.

Adamson and centre manager Martyn Woolley appeared as a delegation before the regional board’s committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, March 9. The committee was slated to discuss financial support for the non-profit society’s community centre on Joyce Avenue.

“We’ve really seen the demand get higher and higher,” Adamson told the committee. “We’ve noticed people are coming in a little more hungry and desperate, that’s why my ask is higher this year than last.”

The centre spends an average of $12,000 per year on food to supplement what it does not receive in corporate, church or private food donations.

Last year, the regional board provided a general grant-in-aid of $25,150, of which funding is split equally between City of Powell River and the four electoral areas.

This year PREP has asked for $49,000. Adamson explained that the additional money would be going toward continuing to keep the centre open six days a week.

“We’re hoping that the community will come forward to fund our Fridays and Saturdays,” said Adamson.

Adamson said those added two days per week cost an additional $26,000 for the centre to operate.

She added that this fall staff noticed those using the centre were

having a hard time with the wait between Thursday and Monday brunch, so they dug into their reserve funds to keep the centre open on Fridays and Saturdays.

After Adamson’s presentation, municipal director Maggie Hathaway commented that she supported the continuation of the centre as it provides much-needed support in the community.

“It’s one of the biggest and best services in this town for people who are challenged in different ways and provides them with a nice life and it makes me proud to live in Powell River,” said Hathaway.

Electoral Area C director and committee chair Colin Palmer suggested that the committee might want to consider establishing a service to provide a more stable funding model for the centre’s operating budget.

At $49,000, it is getting to be in the range of regular service funding, not grants-in-aid, he added.

Electoral Area D director Sandy McCormick said she did not support providing the full amount

GREATER NEED: Powell River Regional District board directors will be considering an increase of the operating grant for Powell River’s Community Resource Centre when it meets this month. Administrators of the facility say they have seen an increasing need in the community this year. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

PREP was asking for, but thought that providing $30,000 in 2017 was a fair compromise.

Hathaway said she supported

the idea of establishing a service, but in the meantime it was important to make sure the centre had enough funds to continue in 2017.

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Provincial election hot seat

Powell River-Sunshine Coast candidates begin answering our series of questions Between now and the provincial election on May 9, Powell River Peak is asking each of the three candidates in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding a series of eight questions about issues that matter in the riding.

Q: What are the most important issues facing our riding and why?

Kim Darwin Green Party

Nicholas Simons BC New Democratic Party

Mathew Wilson BC Liberal Party

In addition to raising three wonderful children, Kim Darwin was a legal assistant for 16 years before opening her own mortgage broker business. She is president of the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce and was the elected provincial council secretary for the BC Green Party for two and a half years. She is an herbalist, having studied traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbal medicine.

Nicholas Simons was first elected MLA for Powell RiverSunshine Coast in 2005. Before entering politics, Simons spent more than 15 years working in health, justice, social services and child welfare, including 10 years as director of health and social services for Sechelt (shíshálh) First Nation. Simons, an accomplished cellist, is also a past president of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council.

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Raised on the Sunshine Coast, with family in Powell River, Mathew Wilson currently lives in Roberts Creek and is father to two daughters. He works for the federal government: 10 years in Ottawa, most recently five years commuting to work in Vancouver. Among his many experiences are five years of negotiating agreements with first nations on resource economic development and residential school claims.

My campaign launch included visiting coffee shops from Gibsons to Lund to hear the concerns that people want addressed by our provincial government.

From one end of the Sunshine Coast to the other, common issues rang loud and clear; the most prevalent being the housing crisis, protection of our coastal waters and jobs that provide for economic stability without sacrificing our climate.

Housing affordability is about everyone having a roof over their heads. It is fundamental to safety and security. It means ensuring there are emergency shelters, transitional housing, special needs/supportive housing (such as residential seniors care), affordable rental options and affordable home ownership.

When a person has reliable shelter, their health improves, meaning they are less reliant on our medical and social systems. We need our communities to come together to develop solutions that will work for us in each of our own regions.

Solutions for the city of Vancouver won’t necessarily be the solutions that work for our communities. It is the government’s job to support community-based decisions, not for communities to accept top-down government decisions.

What I love about protecting our water, air and land is that we now have the technology to sustain both our economic lives and preserve our environment.

When we grow clean technology and renewable energy industries we create jobs for the 21st century that boost our economy while simultaneously tackling climate change. We can have well-paying jobs, foster a strong economy and protect the environment.

A key issue facing our riding in 2017 is affordability. Government policies have brought huge cost-of-living increases in hydro, ICBC, ferries, and the Medical Services Plan. The current government claims it will lower MSP rates, but a New Democrat government under John Horgan would eliminate the premiums in our first term.

Businesses require a skilled workforce and public infrastructure to match their needs, efficient ferries, roads, and public transportation that promote rather than stifle economic growth, an education system that helps nurture healthy, successful citizens and affordable housing.

The New Democrats’ $10 per day child-care proposal is a strategic investment in children, reducing families’ financial burden and creating a lifetime of benefits for our communities. Meanwhile, this government has not planned for the predictable growing number of seniors requiring long-term care, so are forcing for-profit arrangements on us, with lower standards of care, reduced caregiver wages, and fewer benefits. The NDP will invest in public care.

We need smart action on climate change. Instead of ruining food-growing land, infringing on first nations’ rights and threatening wildlife, our government will invest in real energy options, meet emissions targets and innovate in environmental policy. Using a portion of carbon tax revenues to reduce emissions will enable investment in transit, energy efficiency and clean technology.

Who trusts this government? Handouts to friends and insiders must stop, as must the fixation on an LNG fantasy. Meanwhile, programs for vulnerable children and marginalized groups have been hollowed out. We cannot afford another four years of this government.

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Over the last 12 years we have been falling behind others in British Columbia. We have not had an effective advocate working with government to make sure our riding is heard.

Home affordability, whether renting or purchasing, is an essential part of life. We have missed out on provincial funds for affordable housing. I will work on your behalf to secure them.

Economic development and job creation provide incomes for healthy families. Getting to a “yes” for meaningful investment within our community is critical.

Health care comprises the largest portion of the provincial budget, and we have an aging population. Every health region is competing for funding.

I will work tirelessly with all funding authorities to make sure we receive our share of health funding to meet our needs.

Effective education requires access to lifelong learning and training opportunities. I will actively participate with all partners in funding education to make sure we receive all necessary monies from government.

Powell River will soon have a new, cleaner, LNGfueled ferry.

Now we need a strong MLA advocate to secure affordable fares and reliable service on all runs within the riding.

I commit to working with residents in Powell River and on the Sunshine Coast to develop a 10-year road and bus transportation strategy to protect the integrity of our neighbourhoods, and keep our families safe.

If you elect me on May 9, you will have a strong advocate as your MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast.

Next week’s question: What would you do to improve transportation to and from Powell River?

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A Savary Island resident is facing mischief and firearms-related charges after he shot and killed a dog that was chasing a deer on the island last month.

Powell River RCMP officers arrested a 51-year-old Savary Island man in connection with the incident on February 19. Police seized the man’s guns and his valid firearms licence.

He was later released from custody on the condition that he not possess any guns.

The man has cooperated with investigators, providing information and details about the alleged offence, said police spokesperson constable Kerri Chard. The man has admitted to being involved in the death of the dog, as well as the deer, said

You cannot allow your dog to pursue wildlife.

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The slain dog was a three-year-old Australian Shepherd cross. According to a police statement, investigators interviewed the dog’s owner and learned it had vanished into the woods while out for an off-leash walk near Patricia Crescent on February 3.

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“You cannot allow your dog to pursue wildlife,” said Anaka.

Anaka added that it is not uncommon for his office to receive complaints from Savary residents saying they have witnessed dogs chasing deer on the island.

Savary has few sources of fresh running water and is home to a deer population that does not have any natural predators.

Former Savary resident and

longtime SPCA volunteer Audrey Hill said pregnant deer are known to abort their young if chased, and others can be pursued to the point of collapse.

Hill said she has taken dogs off island and turned them into the conservation officer service when she encountered them chasing deer in the past.

“The owner was fined and ticketed and got his dog back,” said Hill. “To me, that’s how this should have gone and what should happen in the future.”

According to Anaka, if a dog owner is found in contravention of the act, he or she can receive a $115 ticket or six months in jail or a $50,000 fine, depending on the circumstances of the incident.

Hill said she plans on posting signs around the island notifying residents to call her in the event they see dogs engaging in the same behaviour.

Chard said police are planning an upcoming meeting for island residents on the issue and others facing the community. A date has yet to be finalized.

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how the dog and deer were killed, but did say the owner and community members spent 10 days searching the island for the dog before the man came forward and returned its remains to its owner.

Anaka said BC Conservation Officer Service is also investigating the incident for offences under the BC Wildlife Act and the dog’s owner may also be facing fines or possible jail time.

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Chard. Charges have not yet been heard in court.

According to BC conservation officer Andrew Anaka, while Savary residents are permitted to own rifles, they are not permitted to fire them on the island. He declined to comment on the police investigation.

Police received an anonymous tip outlining the incident on February 14 and arrived on the island February 19 to investigate. Savary

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OPINION »

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Overdue settlement Way back on January 18, in a previous editorial, we made a call to LafargeHolcim to end the lockout of approximately 70 United Steelworkers Local 816 union workers at the company’s Texada Island rock quarry.

Nearly two months later, the workers finally have a deal that they are able to live with. In a vote that was split almost down the middle, the union voted 34 in favour and 33 against a new deal that maintains the workers’ seniority rights with the company, in addition to a modest pay and benefit increase.

That is the least they deserve after being locked out for five months, including through the Christmas holidays, and having to endure the kind of financial uncertainty that no workers should ever have to go through.

While it will be business as usual for the company once the union workers are finally back at the job, it won’t be the same for the workers for quite some time and the tension in the air will undoubtably be thick.

Lockouts of this length Despite having a new contract and intensity in place, it will take a lot of are not soon reconciliation and hard work by forgotten by the steelworkLafargeHolcim before company ers. Despite management will be able to rehaving a new establish any kind of civil working settlement i n p l a ce , i t relationship with its employees. will take a lot of reconciliation and hard work by LafargeHolcim before company management will be able to re-establish any kind of civil working relationship with its union employees.

LafargeHolcim may have its union workers back under a new contract, but in stalling the proceedings for so long and insisting on taking away seniority rights for nearly 20 weeks of bitter negotiations, the company may have spelled out a dire future for its Texada quarry operation.

Everyone knows that any operation succeeds on the backs of its employees, and unless those workers are confident the company they work for actually has their backs, success can be very tough to come by.

Will the quarry recover from the lengthy lockout that has now marred it reputation? Perhaps some day. Until then, LafargeHolcim definitely has some catching up to do, not just in its quarry’s production, but in mending the crucial relationship with the ones it needs the most.

The Steelworkers stuck it out and fought the good fight, with strong support from the communities of Texada and Powell River, but for the sake of themselves and their families, let’s hope they can soon find peace again in the workplace.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

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VIEWPOINT

Province risks losing health opportunity

By Telis Savvaidis The government of Christy Clark must get back to the table with federal minister of health Jane Philpott to conclude a bilateral health deal. We run the risk of losing billions of additional dollars for our overstretched health-care system if it continues to stall.

Philpott is convinced more money has to be spent on home care and mental-healthcare services. Better home care for people, the aging in particular, results in fewer hospital visits and less use of long-term care facilities.

Mental illness among the young, the aging and, with particular poignancy, veterans is receiving a lot of press.

The Health Accord expired in 2014 and in the intervening years the conservatives arbitrarily reduced the annual increase from six to three per cent.

Philpott knew that, due to fis-

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cal constraints, the ongoing formula for annual increases would have to remain in the three per cent ballpark. She wanted mental health and home-care services to be a priority, but knew the provinces did not want to be told how to spend their money.

If the feds want a particular area of health care to have prior-

…the only effective way to achieve that is to pony up additional funds. ity attention, the only effective way to achieve that is to pony up additional funds.

Philpott offered an escalator clause of 3.5 per cent with an additional $6 billion for home care and $5 billion more for mental-health services over the life of the accord.

These would be dedicated funds

and the provinces would be accountable for how they were spent.

Provincial health ministers demanded a blank cheque with an escalator of 5.2 per cent. The federal offer was removed from the table.

But the deadlock has been broken. The four Atlantic provinces, the three territories and Saskatchewan all signed bilateral deals that include the escalator clause and dedicated funds.

Philpott can be pleased that she is well on the way to changing the health-care system in vital ways.

We need to urge the BC government to return to the table with Ottawa and accept its terms in order to receive dedicated funds and priority for home care and mental health.

Telis Savvaidis is a resident of Powell River.

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CROSSWORD

Goose is cooked In regard to the proposed cull of Canada geese in Powell River [“Mayor keen to cull goose population,” March 8], I can say that this is a regular practice in the Okanagan where beaches, playgrounds, schoolyards, parks and golf courses are fouled (no pun intended) every year.

Canada geese reproduce by the thousands and approach vermin status in many locations. Yes, they are somewhat regal looking, graceful in flight, and it is encouraging to see their successful breeding, but it is scary to imagine what they would amount to if left unchecked.

I happened to make the acquaintance of one of the few hunters in BC with a licence to shoot these birds. He was occasionally employed in the

Kelowna area to carry out a cull, usually of several hundred at a time. I was encouraged by the fact that these birds were properly processed for free by volunteer butchers, who removed the breasts and supplied them to local food banks.

As far as I know, they were greatly appreciated, and apparently delicious.

Bill Lytle-McGhee Maple Avenue

Bad idea His worship City of Powell River mayor David Formosa is championing the idea of culling the resident Canada goose population [“Mayor keen to cull goose population,” March 8]. The only thing that needs to be culled is the idea itself.

Steve Perkins Van Anda

Troubling trek I see that sitting judges have to come to Powell River less frequently now [“Court not in session,” February 22]. How relieved they must be to not have to make that six-hour trek from the Lower Mainland and sit in those aggravating ferry lines along the way so often. Ah, such a relief for so few.

So, justice is delayed by your antiquated and frequently unreliable ferry system, but that’s not all, so is the economic development and diversification of your community, the largest city on the BC mainland without a connecting highway system. Less obvious is the limitation imposed on personal freedom by the lack of a permanent road.

Whether you’re well off or not, your personal freedom to move around your

province and beyond is limited to only a few times a day, and your two options, by air or by water, are also expensive.

So if you want to travel beyond Powell River with any frequency you better have a lot of extra money, and if you’re late for your plane or the ferry line is unexpectedly full, that’s just too bad folks, you’re going to miss that wedding, funeral, medical appointment, college graduation or birthday party.

Still, we should be happy for those judges. For the thousands of others who live or visit, transportation options will remain few and expensive until the government paves the way for the same level of freedom it provides other BC residents.

Robert H. Brennan Chicago, Illinois

COMMENT OF THE WEEK Mayor keen to cull goose population

PEAK WEBSITE USER JOSEPH RAVICK Mayor Formosa typifies the arrogance and hubris of those humans who kill the very birds and animals we’ve dispossessed as we multiply and overpopulate our planet. What’s a little bird poop as opposed to killing, euphemistically labelled culling, to satisfy our insatiable need for power, control, and space?

VIEWPOINT

Taxpayers deserve answers

By Allan Drummond Further to the article about the Inn What we are really saying here is that hall who had overall responsibility to adat Westview [“Council to debate Inn at Seaboard Hotels is not willing to pay to vise council on this issue, and did nothWestview demolition,” March 8], the have its building demolished because it ing, need to be let go. If this was a pripeople of Powell River are owed an ex- may bankrupt them. My question to the vate company and an employee who had planation by their council. owner of Seaboard Hotels is: where were responsibility for this type of issue did The bill to tear it down could be up to you going to get the money from in the nothing and cost the company upwards $1 million. Now council is, by the look future to tear the building down when of $1 million, I am sure they would have of it, going to ask taxpayers whether the time came to do something with the been shown the door. the city should pick up the tab. Isn’t this property? Being a skeptic, I believe this Taxpayers elect councillors and maywhy we elect people to council: to make is a setup for the taxpayers to foot the ors to manage their tax dollars wisely and with trust. They exthese decisions? pect staff is competent Obviously this and My question to the owner of Seaboard and can carry out adprevious councils were ministration of bylaws not up to the task. The Hotels is: where were you going to get and other tasks. mayor says in the article the money from in the future to tear This is the last thing I “be careful what you ask am writing on this subfor, because you just the building down when the time came ject, and I am sure counmay get it on this one.” to do something with the property? cil will be glad to hear So now it’s down to that. To the people of blackmailing residents Powell River, I say demand more of your of this community into making some bill and always has been.

So here we are, which was inevitable, elected officials and an inquiry by an insort of decision, something council has been unable to do for the last two years potentially a $1-million bill that council dependent entity into the background is perhaps going to ask us to decide on. of this issue. That is the only way to find or more.

This is evidence, even though the There needs to be some consequences out if the decision to have taxpayers pay bylaws and Community Charter pro- over this. If the taxpayers agree to foot for the demolition is really warranted, vide remedies for council to deal with this bill, then at the very least the owner or could have been averted a long time these types of problems, that council of Seaboard should be asked to come ago. dropped the ball. Now we are at a phase up with at least half of this amount, or in the issue where the cost has become $500,000.

Allan Drummond is a resident of Powell untenable.

As well, those at the staff level at city River.

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COURT BRIEFS Powell River Provincial Court March 7 to 9, 2017 Possession or use of stolen credit cards Sandy Christine Cuschieri (born 1953) was given a conditional sentence with six months of probation and levied a $100 victim surcharge for four counts of possession or use of stolen credit cards.

Breach of undertaking Scott Michael Wade Francis

(born 1983) was handed a 90day conditional sentence with 12 months probation, a court-ordered forfeiture and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of breach of undertaking or recognizance, one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of theft $5,000 or under.

Possession of a controlled substance Anthony Blake Irwin (born 1982) was handed a threemonth conditional sentence with a $100 victim surcharge for one count of possession of a controlled substance and one

count of breach of probation.

Blake was also given a suspended sentence with 12 months probation, a five-year firearms prohibition and a $200 victim surcharge for two counts of possessing a weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized.

Trafficking in a controlled substance Amanda Jody Llewellyn (born 1991) was sentenced to one day in jail, three years probation, a 10-year mandatory firearms prohibition and levied a $200 victim surcharge for one count of trafficking in

a controlled substance.

Operating a motor vehicle while disqualified Melissa Dawn Nelson (born 1982) was handed a $500 fine, a one-year criminal driving prohibition and a $150 victim surcharge for one count of operating a motor vehicle while disqualified.

Theft $5,000 or under Bryn John Douglas Nicol (born 1986) was sentenced to 30 days

in jail and levied a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

Breach of undertaking Kelly Laurel Lee Thomasson (born 1963) was fined $100 and levied a $30 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking.

Assault Jeffrey John Winter (born 1972) was given a six-month conditional sentence with 12 months of probation and levied a $100 victim surcharge for one count of assault.

REGIONAL BOARD BRIEFS

Powell River Regional District board’s committee of the whole voted at its meeting on Thursday, March 9, to recommend to the board that it provide $10,000 in financial support for Powell River Outdoor Recreation Trail Society. The non-profit umbrella group for outdoor trail users and

builders had applied for a $15,687 grant-in-aid to pay for volunteers’ out-of-pocket expenses for providing trail maintenance.

Rejects support for climate action Regional district board’s committee of the whole voted to recommend the board not provide a $9,000 grant-in-aid to go toward the development cost of a website for Climate Action

Powell River. Electoral Area A director Patrick Brabazon told the committee he did not support spending the money because the regional district has spent the last decade pursuing climate change initiatives. The nonprofit environmental group wanted the grant to help them pay for developing a website and for the groups Cool Homes program, which provides information for homeowners on how to reduce energy consumption.

Tla’amin Nation is seeking proposals from those interested in leasing our prawn licence for the 2017 fishing season

Regional district committee of the whole voted to not recommend further financial support for Third Crossing Society.

Committee members said they felt that while the BC government prepares its study on Sunshine Coast fixed links it would be more prudent to not provide

more funds. Third Crossing had asked for $5,000 to help cover the cost for its directors to travel to other parts of the province to advocate for a highway connection from Powell River to Alberta.

Supports regional recreation talk Regional board’s committee of the whole voted to support a recommendation

to the board to designate electoral area directors to participate in a regional recreation discussion with City of Powell River and Tla’amin Nation.

Recommends director raises Regional district board’s committee of the whole voted to recommend to the board to approve a 2.2 per cent increase to director pay in 2017.

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COMMUNITY »

Students register to cast ballots DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

W hen polls open for the provincial election on Tuesday, May 9, some high school students in Powell River will have the right to vote for the first time in their lives, if they turn 18 before election day.

Elections BC visited Brooks Secondary School on Wednesday, March 8, and Friday, March 10, to register eligible students.

Brooks vice-principal Lisa Gunn said approximately 40 of the 100 students graduating in 2017 will be of age to vote and many will exercise that right of Canadian citizenship.

Gunn said she was a social studies teacher for many years and found that students were interested because of discussions around what politics means to them.

“Most kids understand the youth vote as percentage is lower than other groups of people, so we talk a lot about voter apathy and what it means to be a citizen,” said Gunn. “I think they do care.”

Polling data from the 2013 provincial election indicates that turnout by voters age 18 to 34 was lowest among any age group in BC. Brooks student Rachel Driedger said she will vote because of her political up-

bringing and is excited to finally be able to cast a ballot.

“My parents always watched CBC news and listened to CBC radio,” said Driedger. “Politics was something they always spoke about at the dinner table.”

Driedger said the subject of citizenship and democracy has been on the school curriculum since she was in grade one and has always been one of her favourite subjects.

According to Gunn, humanities, social studies and English teachers will often conduct a mock classroom vote to help students become more familiar with the democratic and electoral process.

“It’s good to model for the kids, then it gets the discussion going about, if it was a youth vote, what would the result look like and would it differ from the general election?” said Gunn.

Gunn said class discussions are about what it means to be a citizen and how the needs of young people are different from other segments of the voting public.

“To be an active citizen, if you don’t have a voice, how do you impact society?” she said.

In addition to registering voters, Elections BC was also on hand to encourage younger students in grades 10, 11 and 12, who are not yet eligible to vote, to work during the provincial election.

“This is the first time ever that kids as young as 15 can work on election day,” said

VOTERS OF TOMORROW: Elections BC worker Holly Braak [seated], 17, helps fellow Brooks Secondary School students [standing from left] Konner Koshey, 17, Ethan Gilham, 18, Rachel Driedger, 18, and Ciara Maguire, 18, register to vote and cast ballots in the May 9 provincial election. Youth in BC must be 18 before or on election day. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

Elections BC renumeration officer Austen Gunn.

“There seems to be excitement about the opportunities for work,” he said.

Teenagers will collect votes, give people directions and check for voters’ correct identification at polling stations.

According to Driedger, she has not decided who she will vote for yet, but her decision will be based on a number of factors, “including the environment, the community and budget,” she said. “There are a couple of more factors I’d like to think about.”

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Event explores LGBTQ aging

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A researcher and facilitator will meet with the LGBTQ community in Powell River

because it matches an important criteria for his particular area of study. Robert Beringer will conduct a discussion and interactive evening town hall event on Thursday, March 16, focusing on aging, male, gay populations in rural and small town areas.

“I am studying older gay men in basically non-metropolitan areas,” said Beringer.

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the bulk of the research on LGBTQ, in general, has been done in urban centres.”

Beringer said he wants to collect data from lesbians and transgender people who are willing to participate, but will not be able to use that content in his research because of limited resources.

When conducting literary reviews, Beringer said he has found thousands of academic studies and articles, but once aging is included in search parameters the number of articles drops dramatically. When further focus is narrowed by adding rural to the mix, the research shrinks even further. Out of all those papers, Beringer said he found two relating to the subject he is studying.

“Some of the research never looked at an idea that there’s a heterocentric masculinity that dominates the landscape in non-metropolitan regions and it’s more so here than in a metropolitan area,” said Beringer.

Beringer said he wants to learn more about gay men in small, rural towns. On one hand, he said, they may have a harder time deciding to live in a small town they grew up in or, on the other hand, if they came from the city they actually might have a lot more character of resilience living in areas such as Powell River.

Jason-Tully Barr, a young filmmaker studying at Powell River Digital Film School, began shooting a documentary about the adult LGBTQ community in Powell River on March 8.

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periences as a young queer person,” said Tully-Barr. “I haven’t had much contact with older members of the community and, as far as I can tell, this is a common experience. It’s important to me that we hear their stories and guidance. They were there for parts of history that no one wants to tell us about.”

The life course of older gay men is different and important to know, according to Beringer.

“For older gay men, in the time they grew up, homosexuality was illegal,” he said. “In Canada it was a mental illness until 1973, and even after those things were removed, we still had the bathhouse raids in Toronto and Montreal in the late ’70s, and then the AIDS crisis.”

Because older gay men came out during those tu-

multuous times of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, they are the ones who might be more estranged from their families, which presents other problems in aging, said Beringer.

“It often meant saying goodbye to their families forever and a lot of them have never gone back to them,” said Beringer. “They have to rely on networks of friends and family, and families are limited because many gay men don’t have children or grandchildren.”

Beringer said that in the heterosexual community support in aging comes from the spouse first, which is not the case in the gay community.

“We know gay men are less likely to have spouses or fulltime partners, compared to heterosexuals,” he said.

With aging gay men, they often turn to friends for support first, he added.

The message Tully-Barr said he hopes to convey in his film is the importance of community and relying on one another.

“The LGBTQ community has been around for a lot longer than a lot of people acknowledge, and we’re not going to go away any time soon,” said Tully-Barr. “It’s reassuring seeing people who have been around so much longer and been through so much worse than people my age have, but it also makes the negative side of our history feel a lot more recent. I want to give other people that feeling, that we have a need for action and that we have hope. We’ll see things become better if we keep fighting for it.”

LGBTQ Community Town Hall takes place 7-9 pm Thursday, March 16, at Edie Rae’s Cafe in the Old Courthouse Inn.

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Bantam Kings host provincial hockey championship Nine teams from across BC to compete for bantam title DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

With the start of the 2017 BC Hockey Bantam Tier 2 Championship tournament only days away, the nerves are starting to set in for the host Powell River Bantam Rep Kings. To overcome the excitement of playing in its hometown, the team of players aged 13, 14 and 15 have been kept busy, said head coach Andy Welsh.

“The biggest thing is to keep them active,” said Welsh. “It’s starting to set in for them. It’s getting a little more tense, but right now the kids are having fun.”

Welsh said the team is not big in stature, but compensates for that with hard work, which resulted in an excellent year. Playing tier one for the regular season, Bantam Rep Kings switched to tier two for the playoffs and recorded seven straight playoff wins.

The team went undefeated during playoffs leading up to the tournament, beating Campbell River for the Vancouver Island championship 1-0 and 10-2 to sweep the best-of-three series.

Welsh said Campbell River was a team the Bantam Rep Kings

HOMETOWN HOPES: BC Hockey Vancouver Island Tier 2 champion Powell River Bantam Rep Kings are one of nine teams from across BC competing for the provincial championship from March 19 to 22 at Hap Parker Arena. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

battled and struggled with more than any other, losing three times during the regular season before being victorious in the championship series.

“I thought right at the start of the year that we had some really good players,” said Welsh. “We had some top guys who were excellent and obviously it took awhile for that to set in, but right off the bat we had good goaltending and we had our second-year leaders. I knew right away they were key players and I knew I was going to lean on them.”

Welsh said he did that for the most part this year and he knew the Bantam Rep Kings had the pieces to be a good team and could

do very well.

One of Welsh’s veteran leaders is forward Carson Cecconi, 14, who said he stepped into the role because, as the coach said, he was needed.

“I had to because if we didn’t have leaders on our team, the team would have fallen apart,” said Cecconi.

Despite not knowing anything about its opponents, the tier two banner gives the team confidence going forward into the provincials because they earned their way in by winning, not on the basis of having the host team bye, said defenceman Ruven Hoppe, 14.

“It’s pretty important, it’s a nice

confidence boost to come into the provincials that way,” said Hoppe.

“We definitely have to not be too cocky and make sure we size up the opponent properly.”

Powell River Kings head coach Kent Lewis said he wishes the young Kings nothing but the best in the provincials.

“I’ve followed them closely because my son Blake is on the coaching staff,” said Lewis. “I’ve seen a lot of their practises and a lot of their games. The best thing about it is these kids have earned the right to be there. They’re not just the host; they’re the island champion.”

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Hoppe said it will be hard to size up the other teams until the games start.

“I guess we’ll see after the first few minutes,” he said.

Welsh said there are no scouting reports and research about the other teams will have to be done as the tournament goes on.

“It’s tough for bantam hockey,” he said. “When the tournament starts, we’ll just be watching and go from there.”

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Committee tackles invasive species Regional land managers join forces to manage damage-causing plants IONATAN WAISGLUSS Peak contributor

On Tuesday, March 7, land managers from across the Powell River region met to discuss priorities regarding invasive plants.

Led by Coastal Invasive Species Committee members Rachelle McElroy and Ernie Sellentin, the meeting was attended by representatives from City of Powell River, Powell River Regional District and Tla’amin Nation, as well as provincial representatives from Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

“Coastal ISC provides education, treatment services and coordination with other committees in this area,” said McElroy. “Our focus is on the efficient and effective

management of invasive species.”

McElroy said the meeting served a number of purposes: it provided opportunities for land managers from across the region to develop local lists of invasive species, identified gaps in issues and opportunities surrounding these species and compared approaches and priorities.

According to McElroy, invasive species are non-native plants and animals that can cause harm outside of their native ecosystems. They can be problematic for a number of reasons, she said.

“They often go unchecked because of a lack of natural predators,” said McElroy.

“They can be toxic to humans or livestock, reduce the biodiversity of a given area by outcompeting other species and impact the economy through agricultural, and sometimes structural, damage.”

According to McElroy, neighbouring land managers can often benefit from pooling equipment, staff time and grant funding.

They can also warn each other about species that might

be coming onto their land, she said.

“When dealing with invasive species, it’s important to think beyond your fenced boundaries,” said McElroy.

The fire threat posed by Scotch broom puts it high on the priority list of Powell River Fire Rescue chief Terry Peters.

“In areas that are logged or clear cut, Scotch broom can take over,” said Peters. “It’s well-known to the fire service as a flash fuel; add it to an urban-interface fire load and it’ll really fuel things.”

With Scotch broom growing through the city’s hydro corridors and other areas, it is worth being proactive rather than reactive, said Peters. This year, his department will team up with the Qualicum Beach-based Broombusters to launch a community cutting event, he said. According to Peters, the program has been very successful in Qualicum and other communities that have adopted it.

“It’s everybody’s business to be educated in these species,” he said, “and it can be a fun thing for the

BROOM IN BLOOM: Scotch broom is one of the invasive species in the Powell River area discussed at a recent meeting of regional representatives and members of the Coastal Invasive Species Committee. IONATAN WAISGLUSS PHOTO

community.”

City parks foreman Paul Nassichuk is often faced with the issue of invasive species.

“It’s not just a Powell River issue,” said Nassichuk. “It’s a global issue.”

Nassichuk said his team prioritizes invasive species that present a direct danger to residents or their property. His top priorities are giant hogweed, because of its potential to cause burns, and Japanese knot-

weed, because of its ability to grow through building foundations.

“What we need as land managers is a common voice and protocol for dealing with these species,” said Nassichuk.

In some cases, management protocols can include herbicides, a topic that can be contentious among residents, he added.

“There are some situations where the environmental damage caused by applying

a bit of herbicide pales in comparison to the ecological damage done by managing invasive species mechanically and spreading them further across the site,” said Nassichuk.

Coastal Invasive Species Committee covers the geographic areas of Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. Founded in 2005 as a non-profit organization, it is a committee of the Invasive Species Council of BC.

Radio club provides community service Hobbyists contribute to medical, maintenance and emergency communication situations IONATAN WAISGLUSS Peak Contributor

A dozen hams, or amateur radio enthusiasts, met at their usual headquarters, a clubhouse filled with aviation memorabilia, for Powell River Amateur Radio Club’s annual general meeting on Wednesday, March 8.

“For a long time, Powell River didn’t have a place to train with ham radio,” said longtime member Russell Storry.

According to Storry, the club originally acquired a space at a local fire hall, but access was difficult due to security concerns.

Storry said relocating to a shared space in the Westview Flying Club

(WFC) clubhouse was a big step up for the radio club. Since moving to its current headquarters, the club has installed radio antennas on the roof and acquired a communications trailer.

Storry said the radio club participates in a yearly field day where off-grid operating conditions are simulated and stations from around the world contact one another over a 24-hour period.

“Lots of people become involved with the club,” said Storry. “I’d say about half of the people who receive their ham licence in Powell River acquire it through the club.”

Lucy Achibank, a director with the club, became involved through one of its open houses.

“My husband was involved and he had his licence,” she said. “I started studying and received mine through the club.”

Achibank said the club provides access to ham-radio infrastructure, guest speakers, training for unlicensed enthusiasts and designated examiners. It also participates in local events, she said, including being on standby

for the Terry Fox Run. “If a runner is having a problem, we can report by radio and relay it to medical services,” said Achibank.

She added that amateur radio is a hobby for many of its members, but it also provides an important service in the community.

Radio club member Derek Poole, who is also coordinator for Powell River region’s Emergency Radio Communication Unit (ERCU) and a longtime search and rescue volunteer, said he saw an opportunity for further training through the club.

In the event of a collapse of internet, phone and other communications, Poole said he, other members of the club and ERCU would come together to provide amateur radio capabilities, using an emergency communications trailer equipped with generators.

Poole said it is important to build skills and test technologies routinely. In addition to radio club meetings, ERCU volunteers meet monthly as well, he said.

According to Achibank, amateur radio allows Powell River to

BACKUP METHOD: Amateur radio operators will be able to provide one of the only reliable methods of communication in the event of a major catastrophe. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

connect with communities from around the world. She said the club has successfully contacted stations in Alberta, Australia and Japan, and on Vancouver Island, to name a few. Poole added that contact with other stations is strongly affected by sun phenomena, such as solar flares.

Ham radio has many practical uses as well, said Achibank. In recent storms, she has used ham radio to report downed trees on the

road when cell phone service was not available. She said in situations where someone needs to relay a message to their friends and family to let them know they are safe, ham radio can play a role as well.

“As a private citizen, I can use radio to help people,” she said.

Powell River Amateur Radio Club meets monthly at Westview Flying Club and weekly at a local restaurant for informal gatherings. For more information, visit prarc.net.

Trailblazer promotes region Wayne Brewer

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When he isn’t living his passion for trail building in Powell River’s backcountry, at any given moment, and he fills those moments to the maximum, Wayne Brewer can be found building pathways for new residents to the region and forging stronger connections within the community.

Brewer, who arrived in Powell River in 1988, said he is fervent about attracting new people to the area, which he sees as a vibrant community.

“It’s not a dying town,” said Brewer, who sits on the board of several corporations, agencies and non-profit societies. “We have to make it come alive in a different way.”

Brewer said Powell River’s resident-attraction program fits exactly with his dream to make the region the kind of place young people want to visit, play and live.

The sense that young people wanted to move here was almost immediately evident when he became course director for stage two of the BC Bike Race in 2010, the year Powell River was added to the seven-stage race, said Brewer.

“That’s about when I started hearing young people who came

back for a visit and said, ‘Wow, the vibe is different; I can feel it’s more the kind of place I could see living here again,’” said Brewer. “I’m hearing that. You never used to hear that in the ’90s.”

It is on the trails that he is happiest, he said. He founded the Chain Gang, a trail-building group within Powell River Cycling Association.

Over the past several years, Brewer said he has logged 700 hours annually.

Trail building is his vitamin O, his “vitamin outside,” he said, and the forest is his cathedral, his church.

“It’s very therapeutic. I love being out there,” said Brewer. “If I’m feeling cranky, it’s because I haven’t had a good bike ride, or I haven’t done any trail work in a while.

Going out into the bush gives you great perspective. I can deal with anything.”

A retired lawyer, Brewer spends his time volunteering at a long list of organizations that have benefited from his involvement.

He is a past board member of Tourism Powell River, Powell River Parks and Wildnerness Society and Outdoor Recreation Users Group. He said his current active involvement in eight various community organizations represents his commitment to the common good.

Brewer said he does not rule out running for political office, like his son, City of Powell River councillor Russell Brewer, but

HAPPY TRAILS: Wayne Brewer is passionate about buildings trails, whether in the backcountry or within the community. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

the boards he sits on are already somewhat political. He said he does have goals and visions for the community.

“You shouldn’t be doing it for selfish reasons,” he said. “I’m giving back. That’s what I’m doing. I’m very serious about that. It means a lot to me. I’m healthy. I’m not starving. I have all the basics that I need. I’ve never been motivated by money. The time I spend on the

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Cannabis producer signs contract Santè Veritas expects Townsite facility to be complete this summer CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

A Colorado-based technology firm has been contracted to design and provide equipment for the cultivation of medical mari-

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Santè Veritas Therapeutics announced last month it had contracted Surna Inc to develop the environmental control system to be used in its commercial growing facility inside the former Catalyst Paper Corporation administration building in Townsite.

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“We now have five clients in Canada and our sales team continues to see significant activity from both new market entrants, as well as existing clients planning expansion,” stated Surna chief executive officer Trent Doucet.

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Exhibit expands erogenous zones Artists celebrate art, humanity and humour at Expose Yourself IONATAN WAISGLUSS Peak contributor

This year’s Expose Yourself exhibition will feature more than just erotic visual art, according to coorganizer Caitlin Bryant.

Along with artist and fellow organizer Laura Balducci, Bryant is preparing for an erotically themed art festival in Powell River that will include performances, workshops, music and more.

The festival lineup begins on Thursday, March 16, with an LGBTQ town hall from 7-9 pm featuring gerontologist and researcher Robert Beringer, who will explore issues facing LGBTQ people in rural areas.

Bryant said the town hall was a natural fit with the festival, as it ties into themes of inclusivity and community.

“We’re all about freedom of selfexpression and building brave, resilient communities,” said Bryant.

“We typically do that through the arts, but we’ll take any chance we have to support our commu-

nity and to celebrate diversity and shared experiences.”

The exhibition begins on Friday, March 17, with a variety of artists and performers from Powell River and beyond.

“We’re going for a coffeehouse feel,” said Bryant. “It will include music by resident DJs, finger foods, interactive installations and a fashion show.”

Events take place at Elements Movement yoga studio at 5813 Ash Avenue (the former Bank of Montreal building). Spoken word performances, including erotic poetry, are also part of the lineup, said Bryant.

“We’ve also welcomed a few artists from out of province and country,” she added.

Out-of-town artists include Lynn Strendin (North Battleford, Saskatchewan), Sigalit Aharoni (Israel) and a contingent of artists from Cortes Island working in a variety of media, said Bryant.

The exhibition will feature a number of do-it-yourself tables, where guests can participate in crafts and activities. Festival participant Alfred Bolster will be staffing a table where guests can decorate erotic chocolates.

“I felt that an area of the erotic show, and issues in general, are not to be so serious,” said Bolster. “Sex and sexuality can also be enjoyable

and fun. I thought by having [doit-yourself crafts] we could have some fun and laughter.”

Bryant said she is looking forward to a theatre workshop with Kat Single-Dain, artistic director at Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society, happening at Cranberry Community Hall as part of the art festival. Single-Dain will be participating in various performances throughout the exhibition as well.

Gabriola Island-based artist Elizabeth Shefrin, who is coming to Powell River with her partner and folk singer Bob Bossin, will also be featured. Shefrin will read from her new book Embroidered Cancer Comic, which focuses on the couple’s relationship, difficult diagnosis and treatment.

“The original illustrations in the comic are all hand embroidered,” said Shefrin.

The couple has toured with the book on Gabriola and in Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Calgary, Toronto and Scotland, said Shefrin. They have taken the book to libraries, book stores, churches, cancer groups and book festivals, she added.

Some of the original illustrations will be on display at Expose Yourself, as well as Shefrin’s illustrated children’s books and some of her other work.

“On the Friday night of Expose

CHEEKY FABRIC: This weekend’s Expose Yourself exhibition will feature unique work in many art forms, including Elizabeth Shefrin’s embroidered work. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Yourself we will be presenting a short musical puppet show, the live version of the comic,” said Shefrin. “Bob will sing a couple of songs as well.”

On Sunday, the exhibition will be open to the public free of charge

from 12-4 pm, as artists and organizers begin a soft takedown of the art and installations, with a dropin drawing group taking place from 1-3 pm.

For more information and schedules, go to eyexhibition.com.

Writer enjoys collaborative process JASON SCHREURS publisher@prpeak.com

Charlotte Gill is an awardwinning fiction and nonfiction writer who moved to Powell River with her husband in 2011. After tree planting for 17 years, Gill decided to leave the physically demanding vocation and write a book about the experience called Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe.

Her previous book is a collection of short stories called Ladykiller. Gill is currently working on a novel while teaching fiction and non-fiction at University of BC.

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When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

I was a teenager, probably around 19. I read a lot and knew I really liked languages and reading, and I loved going to English class, but I didn’t really know how one

would go about becoming a writer. It wasn’t until later that I thought I would try it.

What was it like writing Eating Dirt, about a topic you knew so well?

After I had done the job for about five years I totally knew I was going to write a book about it. I knew I would eventually retire from tree planting and had a book in me. It ended up being a much more environmental and scientific story than I thought at the outset, so I actually had to do a lot more research, which made it less familiar of a topic.

What are the differences between writing non-fiction and fiction?

In some ways there is not a lot of difference, because the narrative non-fiction I write has a storytelling component and is very similar to fiction.

But with non-fiction, even

if you are writing a memoir, you still have this total obligation to tell the truth 100 per cent of the time, because your readers know and believe you are telling the truth.

If you lie to them, it’s the same as writing fake news.

What do you enjoy about mentoring other writers?

I learn just as much from them as they learn from me.

They show me things I didn’t know existed before, they really think deeply about things; in some ways I just go ahead and do things that feel comfortable to me because I’ve been doing them for so long. They make me step back and reconsider.

What was the best piece of advice another writer ever gave you?

It was to, at some point during the process, just let yourself be edited with no resistance to it. The best

thing to happen to a writer is to let someone else into their work and just trust them implicitly, and not fight their suggestions, because the editor is an advocate for the reader.

Is writing a form of art?

It doesn’t have an unlimited amount of wild, feral creativity, but there still is a very design-oriented, creative component to writing and I would argue that all artists spend a lot of time making things right, and editing their art.

What’s the next book about?

It’s a novel, and I can’t really say what it’s about, partially because it’s not done and partially because I don’t totally know how it’s going to end up.

For more information, go to charlottegill.com.

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Kings advance to second round of playoffs Forward Jonny Evans scores overtime winner in game four of first-round sweep DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Powell River Kings advanced to the BC Hockey L ea g ue (BC HL) Island Division final with a comefrom-behind over time win over Cowichan Valley Capitals in game four of a first-round playoff series on Wednesday, March 8. With the win, the team advances to the seven-game division championship series against Victoria Grizzlies.

Against Cowichan, forward Jonny Evans’ overtime winner in game four sealed a 4-3 victory and a sweep of the best-of-seven series.

After the first 20 minutes of play resulted in no scoring, Capitals scored twice in the first two minutes of the second period. Kings began the comeback three minutes later when rookie Ben Berard cut the lead to 2-1 with a goal set up by defender Carmine Buono.

In the third period, goals

by Tristan Mullin, his third of the playoffs, and Carter Turnbull with his second, gave Powell River a 3-2 lead

FINAL SHAKE: Powell River Kings and Cowichan Valley Capitals exchange pleasantries after Kings swept their opponent in four straight BC Hockey League playoff games. The green and gold now play Victoria for the division title. CRAIG BEAUCHEMIN PHOTO

before Cowichan responded to tie the game and force overtime.

Evans scored the winner on a power play 1:49 into the extra session. Buono, who joined the Kings after Christmas to shore up the blueline, was named first star of the game. He was originally credited for the game-winner.

Head coach Kent Lewis said his team did not have a great start, but kept its focus in fighting back and showed the discipline he has been drilling into his players all season.

“They showed a lot of character,” said Lewis. “[Cowichan] came out desperate. We came out like we had nine lives to live.

We were behind the eight ball, fought our way back and stayed disciplined. They

didn’t and that’s what cost them.”

Lewis said the series win was a solid group effort and he hesitated to single out any of his players as standouts, but indicated that goaltender Brian Wilson was solid.

Wilson made 30 stops in the fourth and final game and allowed only eight goals in the series. His 1.98 goals-against average is among the top BCHL playoff goaltenders.

“I really liked our gamethree effort; it was a solid 60 minutes,” said Lewis.

“Tonight wasn’t, but it was a good gut-check to get the win.”

Mullin had a strong series against the Capitals. The veteran forward, playing in his final year of junior eligibility, currently has a threegame scoring streak, with three goals and two assists

over that span.

Evans produced five points in the series, followed by Cam Donaldson, Turnbull and Buono, all with four points each.

The Kings now play for the Island Division championship against the Grizzlies beginning Friday, March 17, in Victoria.

The second game is in Victoria on Saturday, March 18. The teams play at Hap Parker Arena in Powell River Monday, March 20, at 7:15 pm and Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 pm. If necessary, game six will also be a home game for the Kings on Saturday, March 25, at 5 pm.

It was the Grizzlies’ consistent play at the beginning of the season that gave the team first place in the regular season and home-ice advantage in the seven-game

series, according to Lewis.

“I’m looking forward to the series,” he said. “This is a club that comes in as the top seed with home ice and we’re going to have to work real hard to take that away.”

Kings won five of its seven meetings with the Grizzlies in the regular season, including four of the last five meetings.

Finishing the Cowichan series in four games has given the Kings time to rest, heal some bumps and bruises, and allow for practice before the next round against Victoria, said Lewis.

The team will have had eight days rest after finishing the Cowichan series in a quick manner. Grizzlies will have six days rest after finishing off Nanaimo in five games.

“Bottom line is, if you

ask any coach, they’ll take the rest over playing any day,” said Lewis. “ You don’t run risk of injury or suspension.”

Lewis said he expects goaltending to be a big part of the next series. Grizzlies have the number-one goalie in the playoffs in Matthew Galajda, who has a 1.80 goals-against average. Kings’ Brian Wilson is just behind, with a 1.98 average.

Kings also have Mitch Adamyk who Lewis can go to, but Wilson handled the bulk of the work against Victoria during the season and started all four games against Cowichan.

“They’re going to rely on one guy,” said Lewis. “We’re going to be able to rely on two, and we’re just going day-by-day with our goaltending right now.”

MIDFIELD BATTLE: Powell River Villa midfielder Scott Livingstone goes headto-head with a Cowichan United defenceman in a Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 2 match on Sunday, March 12, at Timberlane Park. Villa lost 2-0 to Cowichan, the first-place team in the division. Villa’s hopes for next season will come down to the team’s final two games at home 1:30 pm on Sundays, March 19 and 26. It is between Villa and Fred Milne Park Rangers as to which club will finish in last place and be relegated to Division 3 next season.

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1105 Obituaries Roy Stever Roy was born July 14, 1948, in Welland, Ontario, and passed away at the age of 68 on January 27, 2017, in Vancouver General Hospital. He was predeceased by his father, George, in 1960 and his mother, Marie, just months later.

Roy was a gentle, quiet man with a big heart.

He enjoyed his almost daily trips to the hospital auxiliary shop to see what was new.

He had a small group of close friends who visited him regularly and watched over him.

Roy is survived by his son, his sisters Marty and Constance and brothers George and Roger, as well as his very dear friends Dave Formosa, Greg Pike and many others.

Thank you to Doctor Burns and the great folks from Powell River Mental Health, who did an excellent job taking care of Roy for many years. He appreciated and enjoyed all of you. God bless.

No funeral by request. There will be a small gathering at Roy’s old apartment in the spring to spread his ashes. Stayed tuned.

Gunter Hermann Berndt June 5, 1930 - March 4, 2017

Gunter arrived in Canada in 1952 and worked in the finishing room at the mill for 42 years. He leaves to mourn his wife of 62 years Olinta, three sons Gary (Barbara), Wane (Cindy) and Ian (Pamela), five grandchildren Pamela (Tyrell Venables), Caralan, Krystal, Shawn, Ciara, two more grandchildren he inherited: Teresa and Hanna, and five greatgrandchildren Mariah, Logan, Austyn, Eli and Ayanah.

Gunter was predeceased by his mom, dad, brother and sister in Germany.

Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 1 pm on Saturday, March 18, at Church of the Assumption, reverend Father Patrick Tepoorten celebrant.

Sylvia Anne Knight April 21, 1934 - March 12, 2017

A kind, unassuming and gentle soul whose lifetime passions included Eastern Star membership, sewing, quilting, bingo and long, hot “candle” baths. A service will be held in Edmonton, Alberta in the near future.

Sylvia, I’ve always loved you Though at times may not have shown it But, through all the happy years we shared Surely, you must have known it.

Lynda S. Miller (nee Bowman) August 19, 1948 - March 10, 2017 Lynda passed away suddenly from cancer surrounded by her family.

She is survived by her loving husband, Tom Miller and daughters Tamara (Doug) Saarela and Christina (Floyd) Reinfjell, her grandchildren Dawson, Annika, Joseph, Autumn, Lauren and Easton, siblings Sheran Barten, Jim (Ann-Marie) Bowman and Maggie (Richard) Huxtable and many nieces and nephews. Lynda joins her parents William and Pearl Bowman and sister Joan Christy in Heaven.

A Funeral will be held Thursday, March 16, 2017 1:30PM at Powell River United Church, a gathering of friends and family at the Carlson Club to follow. Flowers are greatfully declined, however donations may be made in Lynda’s name to the Paddling for Life Society, c/o Beatrice Gaudet, 604-485-5100.

Arrangements entrusted to Stubberfields Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family at stubberfieldsfh.com

Ruby Elsa Lewis (née Bauman) December 28, 1924 - March 6, 2017

According to her birth certificate, Ruby was born to Anton and Annie Bauman at Mowatt Bay, Powell Lake, BC. Ruby was the youngest of three girls and along with her two sisters Lily and Freda, they were raised by their pioneer parents in Olsen Valley and attended school there. Her family also lived in Paradise Valley and she walked though the trails to attend Westview Elementary School.

During World War II, Ruby and her sisters worked for the Powell River Company.

Ruby was married to Ernest Lewis and they bought and operated Lewis and Sons Dairy in Wildwood. During this time they raised six sons: Reginald, Terry, Murray, Darby, Roderick and Kevin.

Ruby was predeceased by Ernest in 1978, her eldest son Reginald Lewis in 2009 and by her sisters Lily Martens and Freda Stutt.

There are too many of us to name or count and more on the way.

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John Halliday John Halliday passed away peacefully on March 8, 2017 at Willingdon Creek Village in Powell River after a long illness.

He was born in Sheffield, England, on October 9, 1928.

John earned his teaching degree and taught in England before immigrating to Canada in 1964. He taught in Montreal for two years then moved to Powell River in 1966, where he continued his teaching career.

John settled in Powell River, where he taught at Cranberry, Grief Point, JP Dallos and Max Cameron schools. In 1971, he earned a master’s degree in education at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, and went on to serve some time as an administrator at Max Cameron, and served a term on the Powell River school board. John was an excellent cricketer, soccer player (later, a soccer referee) and an avid golfer (scored two hole in-ones). He was a quiet and proud man who loved classical music.

John’s first wife, Margaret passed in 1994. He remarried in 1997 to his second wife Mavis. John and Mavis loved golfing, winters in California and Florida and travelling back to England. Sadly, Mavis passed in 2015.

John is survived by his only son Andrew, who lives in the United States.Heisalsosurvivedbysixstepchildren:Denise,Wendy,Julie, Elaine, John and Jane, who all reside in England.

Heartfelt thanks to the management and staff at Willingdon Creek Village for their kindness and compassion.

A celebration of life will be held from 1-3 pm on Friday, June 2, in the lower hall at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 164, 6811 Alexander Street. If desired, donations can be made to Alzheimer Society of Canada in his name.

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Thank You Vancouver Coastal Health Youth Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program and Brooks Secondary School students and staff thank the following organizations for their contributions and participation in the Prevention of Alcohol and Risk Related trauma in Youth Program (PARTY) 2017.

Powell River Fire and Rescue, Powell River Volunteer Firefighters, RCMP Powell River Detachment, Steve Hunter Community Coroner, Paramedics of BC CUPE 873, Select Safety Service, City Motors, Powell River Brain Injury Society, Vancouver Coastal Health: Mental Health and Addiction, Emergency and Rehabilitations Departments, Public Health (Youth Clinic) and Administration at Powell River General Hospital for your continued expertise and support at the stations.

Sincere appreciation to the organizations that assist the program to operate seamlessly. Tla’amin Community Health, Inclusion Powell River, Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society, Child and Youth Mental Health (MCFD), RCMP Victim Services Program, City of Powell River (Culture and Recreation and Engineering Department), St. John’s Ambulance, and School District #47.

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We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our family and friends for all their love and support during the loss of our mother, Olga DeVita. Many thanks to everyone who sent cards, notes of support, flowers, food, donations and heartfelt prayers, and to all who took part in the service. It meant so much to all of us.

We cannot put into words how much the love and help we have received has been comforting.

We would like to say a special thank-you to Doctor C. Van Zyl, Doctor R. MacNearny, Doctor N. Roehlig and all the many nurses and support staff at Evergreen Care Unit for the loving care and treatment of our mother.

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1230 Work Wanted ANYTHING HAULED, rubbish, garbage, all odd jobs, spring clean up, small moves.

604.344.2171.

CLAY GLOSLEE Construction.

Concrete foundation, drainage, retaining walls, fences, kitchen and bathroom renovation specialist, tiles, drywall, foundation to rooftop, contracts and hourly.

604.483.6153.

HANDYMAN any job reference available $35 per hour call 604.413.1229.

LOCAL HAULING, 1-ton steel dump truck dually, get into small places, topsoil, gravel, yard waste, hedge trimming and small renovations, reasonable rates. 604.414.9663.

HARRY GLOSLEE TRUCKING Perimeter drains Stumps Road builds Yard works 604.483.1033 40 years’ experience

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous 2008 YAMAHA 700 Rhino, side-by-side, 4,200kms. $9,500 OBO. Call 604.483.1294.

FIX/SELL BURL clocks Tom 604.487.9755.

LONGBOARD LIKE new, striker (Cariboos) $130.00.

604.489.0078.

1215 General Employment

Step into your future

Case Manager/Employment Counsellor

Career Link is seeking a full-time Case Manager/ Employment Counsellor for our WorkBC Centre. As part of the Client Services Team, this position provides employment counselling to participants at Career Link, and assists in designing and facilitating innovative employment services.

For a detailed job description, please visit http://prepsociety.org/work.html Email with Case Manager in the subject line or submit a self-designed resume and cover letter to: Lyn Adamson #103, 4511 Marine Ave, Powell River, BC V8A 2K5 lyn@prepsociety.org Application deadline: Friday, March 31, 2017, by noon

Step into your future

Client Services Coordinator

Career Link is seeking a full-time Coordinator to lead its Client Services Team. This dynamic person with exceptional interpersonal skills and EPBC experience will provide leadership in employee support and program development in the delivery of innovative employment services.

For a detailed job description, please visit http://prepsociety.org/work.html Email with Coordinator in the subject line or submit a self-designed resume and cover letter to: Lyn Adamson #103, 4511 Marine Ave, Powell River, BC V8A 2K5 lyn@prepsociety.org Application deadline: Friday, March 31, 2017 at noon

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous

3560 Pets

HARDY TREE, shrub, and berry seedlings delivered. Order online at www.treetime.ca or call 1.866.873.3846. New growth guaranteed.

INVACARE HOSPITAL bed with rails, like new, $1,495; swivel and slide bath bench, $185. 604.485.4101.

MARLIN 3030 hunting rifle $500, Hip waders, size 7-8 $50, Snap on tools, by appointment.

604.414.4747.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawm i l l s . c o m / 4 0 0 O T 1.800.566.6899 Ext:400OT STAMP COLLECTION, some 128 years old, mostly British Colony. Contact 604.485.3939 or rmmacneill@shaw.ca

“MAGEE,” sweet dwarf-eared rabbit, brown neutered male.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“MICE,” many little boys seeking a mouse friendly home!

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“REECE,” two year old Havana rabbit. Nice, brown boy. SPCA 604.485.9252.

“SKEETERS,” Super friendly four year old, short haired, gray tabby cat. SPCA 604.485.9252.

“SUNNY,” Attention orange lovers! Sweet, handsome male cat happy to leave his abandoned life behind. SPCA 604.485.9252.

2070 Free

5010 Business for Sale

BOTTLE PICK-UP Bottle Drive Fundraising - will pick up cans & bottles for free. Call: Mariah at 604-413-0580

ARMSTRONG HOTEL and SALOON - Armstrong, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 26 in Edmonton.

16 guest rooms, saloon and restaurant. Jerry Hodge: 780.706.6652; Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) - Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate.

3560 Pets “DENNY,” Very handsome brindle Pit-bull Terrier. Nice four year old who likes other dogs!

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“GRETA,” Super cute six year old Chihuahua/Beagle mix.

Sweet tan and white dog.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“HANNAH,” Super pretty young brown American rabbit.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“HANNAH,” Super pretty young brown American rabbit.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

“HARRY AND FRANKIE,” pair of baby, male black and orange guinea pigs. SPCA 604.485.9252.

“JACK,” super handsome senior, brindle and white pit bull terrier. SPCA 604.485.9252.

LOST/FOUND a pet? Adopt-apet? Pet behaviour problems?

Abuse or neglect concerns? w w w. s p c a . b c . c a / p o w e l l r i ve r

604.485.9252.

4025 Health Services HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Ar thr itic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing?

Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund.

Apply Today For Assistance: 1.844.453.5372.

5015 Business Opportunities KISS YOUR JOB GOODBYE. Just Imagine Investing Only $1,350.00 and Earning $5,000.00 to $7,000.00 Yearly Or $25,000.00 and Earning $100,000.00 to $150,000.00 yearly. Amazing Returns - All Cash - Highest Profit. Great for Retirees Too. Full Details CALL NOW 1.866.668.6629 Website www.sweetsforacause.com

5050 Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Why suffer Employment/Licensing loss? Travel/Business opportunities? Be embarrassed? Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver. Record Purge. File Destruction.

Free Consultation 1.800.347.2540.

5520 LEgal/Public Notices Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that H.S. Christensen Logging, from Powell River, BC, has applied to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a License of Occupation for road access to private property situated on provincial Crown land located at Theodosia Inlet.

The Lands File Number for this application is 2411881.

Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200–10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Comments will be received by Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 13, 2017. Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/

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6515 Commercial

5520 Legal/Public Notices Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Sywash Logging Ltd from Powell River, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a License of Occupation for the purpose of hauling logs and equipment on the parcel or tract of land in the vicinity of the Lois River together with that part of District Lot 3235, Group 1, New Westminster Dist, that part of Right of Way over unsurveyed Crown Land, as shown on Plan RW2233 filed in Vancouver Land title office.

The land file number for this application is 2411844. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways.

1) Online via the applications and reasons for decision database website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/Index.jsp.

2) By mail to the Senior Land Office at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 1, 2017.

Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/.

PR4RENT.ca FOR DETAILS ON

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN POWELL RIVER

604.483.8200 6560 Houses for Rent 2-BDRM REFURBISHED mobile home, north of town, $800/mth 604.483.3700.

6915 Mobiles/Pads PAD RENTAL in small park in Lang Bay, close to store. $280/mth.

Call Max 604.578.8880.

6965 Suites for Rent 1-BDRM, LEVEL entry, wood floors, shared laundry, four appliances, central location, $725/mth utilities included, NS/NP Available immediately.

Call 604.223.7111.

8215 Landscaping POWELL RIVER LANDSCAPING AND LAWNCARE Commercial and Residential since 1989

Fruit tree pruning Complete lawncare • Hedge trimming and tree trimming •

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Hummingbird Cove Lifestyles Ltd. , from Powell River, BC, has applied to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a Utility Tenure for saltwater Discharge pipes situated on provincial Crown land located at Hummingbird Cove’s SW corner of Lot L (Exploratory Plan 13613), DL 2091, Group 1, New Westminster District. The Lands File Number for this application is 2411638.

The discharge flow rate is 32m3/h.

Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200–10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Mark Bisaillon 604-578-1964

9115 Auto Miscellaneous

Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles

2085 Garage Sales

Hop on down

Garage Sales 7041 KAMLOOPS (at Brunswick) Saturdays, March 11, 18, 25 Things for the carpenter, electrician and the plumber. Tools, hand and electric. Collectibles, eclectic. Three Saturdays, 9 am-3 pm. No early birds if you please. Rain or shine.

Guaranteed Classifieds FOR

45

$

*

to the Peak office and place a classified ad between now and April 13 and enter to win $50 worth of local chocolate goodness just in time for Easter

We will run your 15-word private party classified and GUARANTEE it until it sells **

CALL TODAY! 604.485.5313

classifieds@prpeak.com * Some restrictions apply ** Maximum 52 weeks

8325 Sand & Gravel

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

604.483.8007 SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTS TOPSOIL • QUARRY ROCK SLINGER TRUCK • GRAVEL TRUCK EXCAVATIONS • LAND CLEARING

6030 Houses for Sale

6505 Apartments/Condos for Rent

3-BDRM MOBILE, new roof, siding, windows, flooring, bathroom, paint, F/S W/D. Call 604.485.5295.

Bachelor suites 1-, 2- and 3-bdrm

RENOVATED, DOG-FRIENDLY apartments in Cranberry.

See www.westcoastend.com or call 604.414.8595.

Seniors’ discount available

2010 YZ-250F, very low hours, near perfect condition, best offer takes. 604.485.2994.

Comments will be received by Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 6, 2017.

Comments received after this date may not be considered. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/

6505 Apartments/Condos for Rent

•

9145 Cars 2005 FORD Crown Victoria, 194,000 kms, maintenance records, two winter tires on rims $5,000 OBO. 604.485.6454.

Walking distance to mall.

Close to amenities and bus stop. Call to view!

Rents range from $650 - $950/mth

PR APARTMENTS 604.485.2038

• Quarry

Rock Sand • Gravel • Garden • Dump & Slinger Truck • Excavators •

Monday to Friday 7 am-5 pm Open Saturdays 9 am-4 pm starting April 1

604.485.2234 TandRContracting.ca

Peak Classifieds 4400 Marine Avenue classifieds@prpeak.com 604.485.5313

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Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVE • PH 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT MARCH 15 TO 21

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FR SH CC OO UU NN TT RR Y YF R EE SH

each

6 $ 23

$ 98

ISLAND FARMS

Ice Cream

PREMIUM

Assorted, 4 L

Asparagus

1

ISLAND FARMS

$ 98

Regular or Light, 250 g

/lb 4.37/kg

98 68 68 ¢

¢

/lb 2.16/kg

¢

2

/lb 8 oz 1.50/kg

48

2

¢

/lb 1.50/kg

Bagged Spinach $

Smoked Beef Pastrami $

Texas Red Grapefruit

D’Anjou Pears

each

28

1

/lb 3.26/kg

FRESH

6

$

3

2

$ 48

100 g

100 g

248

Canadian Harvest Bread $ 530 g Hot Dog or Hamburger $ Buns

1

Pkg of 8

98

Chocolate Chip Cookies

STORE BAKED

2

$ 98

Ranger or Raisin Oatmeal Pkg of 12

HELLMANN’S REAL

Mayonnaise

/lb 15.39/kg

Rhubarb Strawberry Pie 680 g

5

$ 98

4

$ 98

Assorted, 750-890 ml

Pork FRESH Tenderloin $

$ 48 Chicken Thighs

FRESH

5 68 3 48 /lb 12.08/kg

$

/lb 8.11/kg

KRAFT PHILADELPHIA

TENDERFLAKE

HEINZ CANNED

Tart, Pastry She Puff Pastry, 255-398 g

or Pasta, Assorted 398 ml

Pie Shelllslsor

/lb 7.67/kg

Regular Or Paprika

100 g

GROCERY

98

Pork Loin Chops

1

$ 48

Hungarian Salami

F R E S H D A I LY

P E R S O N A L S E RV I C E

Top Sirloin Grilling Steaks

100 g

each

$ 48

Freybe Lyoner Sausage

1

$ 48

Old Fashioned Ham

Green Cabbage

68

FOR

WHOLESOME FOOD

Ambrosia Apples

Baker Potatoes

Sour Cream

If it doesn’t say Island Farms . . . it isn’t.

Limits In Effect

Beans

ese Cream Che -250 g Assorted, 227

2 45 27

$ 98 CHRISTIE

Crackers Assorted 175-454 g

25 $

FOR

AUNT JEMIMA

$

$

FOR

FOR

Pancake Mix or Syrup, Assorted 905 g, 750 ml

25 $

FOR

BICK’S

Pickles Assorted 1L

2 $ 45

$ 98

Our Home Furniture showroom will continue to operate under the new ownership, offering the same great home furnishing products, along with such familiar brands as Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid appliances and the Simmons Beautyrest line of bedding.

E As part of this transition, we are offering huge discounts on many H T , Y HURR DAY IS one-of-a-kind discounted items, cancelled orders, damaged items, shipping errors and overstock items.

FINAL RDAY We wish to make room for fresh, exciting products being offered in SATU the Home Furniture spring catalogue in April.

ITEMS MANOYW COST All sales final. No returns. No refunds. No exchanges. All purchases must be picked up at time of sale. No holds.

BEL LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE