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“There’s a media report every few weeks about this aging population and I still haven’t heard a very clear and direct response,” said Powell River resident Claudia Medina, whose mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 15 years ago. Dementia followed and symptoms were manageable for the last decade until recently, when difficulties with her mother’s care accelerated, said Medina. $479,000 OCEAN VIEW

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Families struggle with shortage outnumbers children, which places an increasing financial burden on families and government funding.

Strive Living Society, a notfor-profit organization with headquarters in Burnaby, saw the need and recently started providing private care to seniors through its community care program in Powell River. Strive program manager for Powell River Karin Glassford said the service enables seniors to stay in their homes longer, which is what everyone wants.

“From what I’ve seen, and I don’t know everybody’s situation, but I have heard people asking for support,” said Glassford, adding that she receives calls a couple of times per month from people looking for support.

Her first step is always to refer them to Powell River General Hospital, where eligibility for free services can be determined.

“If there’s somebody who is eligible for free services, that is where I want them to go first,” said Glassford. “If they’re not eligible and those services aren’t enough, families have purchased services through us privately.”

According to BC seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie, the provincial government is scaling back the hours provided per client rather than scaling up home support.

“When you look across the board,” said Mackenzie, “numbers are showing that delivery of the service is not matching what the government says it wants to achieve for home care.”

Medina said trying to find out how to help supplement

the care her father can provide her mother with home care, because he has limited financial means and has reached a point where he cannot do it all, has been a daunting process.

“I’ve been trying my best.” she said. “If I don’t find help, there are serious problems that can come out of this for both of them.”

Conditions exist for a perfect storm in the care of seniors in Powell River.

The growing seniors demographic, including a influx of retirees, puts pressure on a taxed frontline of primary caregivers. Family members are not prepared for the demands of care and funding is not sufficient.

In her search to find home care for her parents, Medina said she discovered two things. One aspect was about being persistent and finding out who is able to help and how it all works. The other was that not enough caregivers are available.

“There are really great people here on the ground, whether they’re working in private care or the public system,” she said. “The frontline people are doing the best they can, but I also discovered there are not enough of them, especially not enough who are managing all of the cases.”

BC Care Providers Society chief executive officer Daniel Fontaine has been on the organization’s provincewide Listening Tour. He said he has been hearing certain themes emerge and one of the biggest regards human resources, particularly in smaller communities, and that there are not enough care aids and clinical staff to

meet demand.

“That trend line is going to go into a more acute state,” said Fontaine.

More people are aging and fewer people work in the seniors home-care workforce, according to Fontaine. There must be a way to attract and train younger people who can work in the field, he said.

That observation is shared

by Mackenzie.

“What’s happening is the caregivers are getting burdened, which is something that is going to break in the future,” said Mackenzie.

Everything in seniors care is at the breaking point, according to experts, and Medina wants to know why the situation has been allowed to become close to critical.

“With the number of seniors we have, the dementia numbers that exist here, and demographics that are shifting toward an aging population,” she said, “why is there no adequate funding to deal

BREAKING POINT: According to caregivers, assistance providers and individuals with family members in need, a breakdown related to home care for seniors was forecast decades ago. With continued stress on the system, experts agree that immediate action is required.

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There are really great people here on the ground, whether they’re working in private care or the public system. The frontline people are doing the best they can, but I also discovered there are not enough of them, especially not enough who are managing all of the cases.

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Experts and individuals, such as Medina, who are trying to make sense of the care system, say something must be done now.

“We don’t have anymore time to plan,” said Fontaine.

“The time for planning was in the 1990s.”

According to Fontaine, demographers forecasted this rising tide of seniors 20 or 30 years ago.

“We’ve seen this coming,” he said.

However, in many cases, families have not seen it coming and were not prepared, according to Glassford.

“What would happen to my mother if she suddenly became unable to take care for herself in her own home?” said Glassford.

“How would we as children care for her? I would imagine most of us are very unprepared for that.”

Medina said she has met people who were not expecting their parents to be having problems and requiring home care so soon.

In her case, Medina said she was persistent in figuring out how to enter into the system. But once in, she said she had to learn how to maneuver through it.

“Through this process, I’ve found that it’s a tricky one to navigate,” said Medina.

Finding her way through the system is not the only hurdle; managing her parents’ fears coincides with it.

“There’s a lot of difficulty if you aren’t persistent,” said Medina. “You need to be on it all the time and trying to figure out who is who and what is available.”

There are complicated circumstances, individual needs, and each case is different, according to Mackenzie.

“Nobody is getting everything,” she said, “and nobody is getting nothing.”

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FORWARD DIRECTION: City of Powell River councillors recently voted to maintain a remediation order directing the owner of the former Inn at Westview to demolish the building within an established timeline. JENNIFER DODD PHOTO

Council stands by decision on former Inn at Westview

This is a difficult and complex issue. You’re now seeing the progress you’ve been wanting to see for the last year or two, maybe a decade.

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process of remediation.”

The structural assessment report has been forwarded to Fleck Contracting, a Vancouver-based demolition company that will work with WorkSafeBC, stated Barr.

City chief administrative officer Mac Fraser told councillors at the May 4 meeting that council’s order compels Seaboard to apply for a demolition permit no later than 15 days after the order is given. Once a permit is issued, a process that could take up to a month to work through,

Seaboard time to determine appropriate next steps after completion of the structural assessment.

Fraser said the city recognizes the complexity of the issue for the property owners and will give it some flexibility.

Councillors CaroleAnn Leishman, Russell Brewer, Rob Southcott, Karen Skadsheim and Maggie Hathaway voted in favour of upholding the original order, while mayor Dave Formosa and councillor Jim Palm voted against.

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Palm told council he is encouraged to hear that Barr is making progress dealing with the building.

“I just want to make sure that when we pass the resolution we are putting forward some realistic timelines that can be met,” said Palm.

“That’s my concern.”

Hathaway said she was comfortable with the order as it stands, though she might have felt differently if Barr still had been unable to have an engineer inspect the building.

“I like the motion the way it stands,” she said. “He does have the time and he’s moving it ahead as he should.”

Formosa said his worries of pushing the company too hard still exist.

“My thoughts haven’t changed much,” he said. “Council felt that nothing was happening and that we were just being played along. I take a bit of objection to that. I know that I put a lot of pressure on them that this building is coming down.”

Brewer told council he appreciates that the timelines are short, but he is encouraged by recent progress being made.

“There’s a pretty significant expectation on the part of the community for some action on this issue, so I also support the issue,” Brewer told the council. “There is some flexibility in the process to meet everyone’s needs. I’m comfortable in supporting the motion.”

Median age drops According to Statistics Canada, Powell River’s median age slipped from 50.1 years old in 2011 to 48.4 years old in 2016.

BC led the country in 2016 by having five of top 10 oldest communities in Canada. Parksville, with 43.9 per cent of its residents noted as seniors, topped the list.

Penticton came fifth with 29 per cent, Salmon Arm was eighth with 27.5 per cent and Courtenay placed ninth with 27.3 per cent.

Statistics Canada’s next planned release of information takes place in August, further broadening the picture of who Canadians were in 2016.

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City of Powell River council upheld its previous remediation order for the former Inn at Westview building at its meeting on Thursday, May 4, after the building’s owners asked for the decision to be reconsidered.

Last month council issued an order to the property owner, Seaboard Hotels, to tear down the dilapidated building at 7050 Alberni Street, a structure council deemed a public safety hazard and nuisance.

WorkSafeBC ordered the building closed last November after concerns were raised about the safety of people entering the building.

Built into council’s remediation order was the opportunity for the property owner to ask council to reconsider its decision.

According to an April 18 letter from Gowling WLG lawyer Mark Youden, Seaboard’s counsel, the company is committed to working with the city, but has had challenges dealing with the building because it poses “a complex suite of issues that

Seaboard would then have 30 days to commence demolition. Fraser added it may have been a challenge to meet the deadline before Seaboard had its engineer asses the building.

“This is a difficult and complex issue,” Fraser told council. “You’re now seeing the progress you’ve been wanting to see for the last year or two, maybe a decade.”

Youden said the order imposes unreasonable timelines to deal with the building and requested that council step back from the order and give

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require further assessment prior to decision-making.”

American Investments president Jack Barr, caretaker of the former Inn at Westview building, was not able to attend the May 4 meeting, but said in an email sent the same day that his company was able to have the structural review of the building completed by the firm RJC Engineers. Barr said closure of the building by WorkSafeBC until a review could be completed “seriously hampered efforts to continue the

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Powell River Regional District dropped from ninth to 10th place in the country for communities with the oldest populations, according to Statistics Canada.

Released Wednesday, May 3, the 2016 information shows 27.2 per cent of Powell River’s 20,070 residents were 65 years or older, more than double the number under age 14.

In 2011, the region had a population of 19,906.

Of Powell River’s 5,460 seniors in 2016, 625 were between the ages of 85 and 99; 10 were over the age of 100.

Working-age adults accounted for the majority of Powell River’s population at 59.3 per cent, more than a four-point drop from 2011.

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Changes to City of Powell River bylaws to make it easier for residents to grow and sell fruit and vegetables will proceed to public hearing.

City council gave first and second reading to changes to Business Licence Bylaw 2226, 2010 and Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006, at its meeting on Thursday, May 4. Amendments allow for commercial agricultural production on all oneacre or smaller parcels of land zoned residential, except in mobile home parks.

City councillor Russell Brewer told council he brought the issue up more than a year ago after being contacted by a resident who grew and sold produce at local farmers’ markets but was unable to obtain a city business licence because urban farming is not listed as a legitimate enterprise. Without a business licence, it may be more difficult for small business owners to obtain required insurance for their operations.

“The mechanisms were not in place for them to get the licence and the zoning didn’t allow for it,” Brewer told council, “but it’s the kind of thing we want to encourage. Our community plans speak to it.”

The changes bring the city’s bylaws into greater conformity with its integrated community sustainability plan and official community plans, said city senior planner Jason Gow before the meeting.

“If you look at the plans, they all speak to supporting local agriculture,” said Gow. “We just want to make sure we’re not saying one thing and doing another.”

The changes will also permit an urban farmer to lease several gardens, up to 350 square meters each, and use them for commercial production.

“If someone could farm five or six different properties in a neighbourhood, that would add up and could be a viable business,” said Gow, adding that the changes may also permit urban farmers to sell produce at their homes, if approved through a planning review.

Gow said that despite taking what some may consider an unconventional approach to promoting greater food security, it is not as if a great number of people demanded the changes.

“We just wanted to make sure that for the one or two people who come in, we didn’t want to tell them they couldn’t do it,” he said.

Brewer said issues such as these are common and he encouraged the public to bring their thoughts about potential changes to council’s attention.

“It’s not just the job of us seven to bring these forward,” he said. “There’s lots of these little issues out there.”

A date for the public hearing on the bylaws has not yet been set.

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1. TUESDAY, MAY 2 Alberni Street, 6900 block

Police received a report of theft of tools that occurred overnight at the new library construction site.

Items reported stolen include two drills, three batteries and one charger.

2. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Abbotsford Street,7300 block

Police responded to a report of a break and enter that had occurred overnight at Edgehill Elementary School. The window of one classroom had been broken and it appears the unknown suspect(s) reached inside and stole three laptop computers. Police examined scene for evidence.

3. FRIDAY, MAY 5 Joyce Avenue,4600 block

At 6 am, police discovered graffiti damage on the Town Centre Hotel building. Ongoing issues with people loitering and littering in the area have been reported by the business owners. Police increased patrols in the area. The recent graffiti involves comments about police.

4. FRIDAY, MAY 5 Chilco Avenue

Police received a report of theft from the water station on Chilco Avenue. A 10-foot antenna and other radio equipment, which is used to control pumps, was stolen sometime during the past week.

Approximate value is $2000.

5. FRIDAY, MAY 5 Marine Avenue, 4300 block

At 6:50 pm, a concerned citizen called police to report witnessing three adult males spray painting a bridge structure on the sea walk. Police located and arrested three males, ranging in age from 22 to 44 years old, for mischief. One male was found with a fresh red paint on his hands and face. The trio had several cans of paint, spray cans and paint brushes in their possession. Following the initial investigation, the three were released and are scheduled to appear in provincial court at a later date.

Police are recommending mischief charges against the men, who are residents of Powell River. Two of them have history with the police involving graffiti.

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counts of driving while pro- ied a $100 victim surcharge Powell River or licence suspended. for assault.

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Curtis Clayton Hackett (born 1977) was sentenced to 21 days in jail for making false statements to fisheries officers.

Impaired driving Lemuel Niles Naylor (born 1989) was fined $1,000, prohibited from driving for one year and levied a $300 victim surcharge for the impaired driving charge, care or control of vehicle or vessel with over 0.08.

Driving while prohibited Karla Mary Piazza (born 1970) was sentenced to 14 days in jail, a $500 fine, three months probation, a two-year driving prohibition and a $75 2 for three victim surcharge

vessel with over 0.08.

Forcible confinement Dave Lenard Picken (born 1983) was sentenced to one day in jail and a $100 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking or recognizance.

Picken was also handed a 12-month conditional sentence with a year of probation, a mandatory 10-year firearms prohibition, ordered to provide a DNA sample and levied a $200 victim surcharge for forcible confinement without lawful authority.

Assault Jeffrey Lufa Rowley (born 1975) was given a conditional discharge with nine months probation and lev-

Charles Wade Williams (born 1989) was handed a suspended sentence with 12 months of probation and levied a $100 victim surcharge for assault.

April 18, 2017 Mischief Lance Jordan Harry (born 1984) was handed a suspended sentence with one year of probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of mischief $5,000 or under.

Impaired driving Ulla Darlene Joy Hugenschmidt (born 1967) was fined $1,000, handed a one-year driving prohibition and a $300 victim surcharge for two counts of the impaired driving charge, care or control of vehicle or vessel with over 0.08.

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and city events from the motion, while councillors Maggie Hathaway and Jim Palm, and Formosa, voted against the ban.

Southcott said the ban is an opportunity to be a good example.

“We are looked to for leadership,” said Southcott. “We need to do little things to lead our community forward. There are many municipalities in this province that are now planning mitigation, not adaptation, of climate change.”

Leishman told council the issue was not just about whether or not people recycle.

“There’s no reason to have bottled water for sale when you can take any bottle you have at home and fill it up with tap water,” she said.

Leishman and Skadsheim said they object to large corporations bottling tap water that municipalities provide as a service, then turning around to sell it at high rates of profit.

“I actually remember a time when you could not buy water in plastic bottles,” said Skadsheim, “and when people saw you with a plastic bottle of water they thought you were totally crazy for buying water.”

Palm said he does not personally buy water in plastic bottles, but he recognizes the public has a general expectation that water will be available for purchase.

Palm said he was not at the meeting to debate whether or not people should drink water from a plastic bottle. Both Palm and Hathaway, who voted against the original motion to ban the bottles, said they would have preferred to have a staff report on the issue before they went ahead and made any decisions.

“Whenever we have a contentious issue, we always rely on staff to bring forward a report so we have all the facts at our fingertips and we can make some informed decisions,” said Palm. “The way this rolled out was wrong.”

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City of Powell River’s ban on the sale or distribution of single-use plastic bottled water no longer includes its parks and events after the topic was brought back for reconsideration.

At its meeting on Thursday, April 6, city council voted to ban the sale and distribution of water bottles at all civic facilities. At the time of the vote, mayor Dave Formosa was away on leave and did not participate in the debate.

The mayor has the power to have council revisit previous decisions.

Formosa said at a meeting on Thursday, May 4, that he was willing to go along with the ban until he discovered that all civic facilities included parks and would impact businesses such as the concession at Willingdon Beach.

“If we want to do something to show how we feel, let’s ban plastic bags, because they’re horrible; but to ban bottled water is ridiculous,” said Formosa.

“Now everyone is going to have to carry a metal container around; that’s utopia. No one’s going to carry them.

They’re just not going to do it, but they will recycle their bottles.”

Formosa suggested expanding the number of recycling containers throughout the city to improve recycling rates.

Councillors CaroleAnn Leishman, Rob Southcott, Karen Skadsheim and Russell Brewer voted in favour of the keeping the ban but removing parks

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Riding representation They had to pick a Tuesday for the election, didn’t they? Since Tuesday is our press day at the Peak, we did not have provincial election results in time for publication of today’s paper. Instead, we ran them on prpeak.com.

By now, we all know who won the provincial election, as well as the MLA position for the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding. Either you are celebrating the current government because it is who you voted for, or the realization has set in that the vote you made did not have its desired result.

Regardless of who is now in power, we can all agree that much work needs to be done in this riding. We detailed some of the key issues in our provincial election hot-seat series over the past eight weeks, receiving a variety of answers from the candidates that We detailed some of the equated to eleckey issues in our provincial tion promises. election hot-seat series Now is the time for those promover the past eight weeks, ises to become receiving a variety of answers a reality. from the candidates that Attention given to Powell equated to election promises.

River-Sunshine Now is the time for those Coast during promises to become a reality. this election was encouraging. All three party leaders visited the area in the past year. Even Christy Clark found time in her busy schedule to wield off protesters and make her first public appearance in Powell River since becoming premier more than six years ago.

Meanwhile, candidates in this riding each made repeated claims to bring more funding and attention to the Sunshine Coast, particularly in Powell River, where population appears on the cusp of a mini boom. We’ve all heard about newcomers to the area, now we need funding and services to improve it for everyone, and the three main candidates each had their own ideas on how to make it happen.

With the MLA position decided, and regardless of who it is or what party they belong to, Powell River area residents need to be proactive in rallying that person to represent us diligently and comprehensively in Victoria.

Kissing babies and shaking hands during an election campaign is one thing, but tangible action and representation that will make a concerted difference in our riding for the next four years is another thing altogether.

The real work begins now for our MLA and government. Let’s be sure to keep them busy.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

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and he is hiding behind Seaboard Hotels. We know he owns the Powell River Town Centre Mall and Hotel. It seems to me there are avenues to collect.

But, it seems a few of our elected officials have more of a priority to remove bottled water from civic buildings. Once again: wow.

You were not elected to an environmental board, you were elected to keep costs down and improve the tax base with bringing in people and businesses. It seems to me what you are doing with all this is driving people away.

With the cost of the ferries,

I just read about our nice tax increase [“Committee recommends tax increase,” May 3] and my first thought was: wow.

City council was elected to run our town for the better, so far all I have seen is back and forth about a building [“Council orders demolition of former inn,” April 12] that should be pretty straightforward: owner pays, period. I’m sure if there was a issue on my property, I would be handed a bill.

We know the owner is Jack Barr

higher-than-ever taxes and no prospects for work around here, you have a retirement-based community that now gets to enjoy a 2.6 per cent increase on their taxes.

Sorry council, you gave yourselves an unrewarded pay raise, but the average person here on a retirement salary will be suffering.

Thanks, but no thanks, for all you have not done for this town.

I cannot wait for the next municipal election; things definitely have to change.

Sandy Timms Marine Avenue

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PEAK WEBSITE USER DAVE HURRIE It’s unbelievable the amount of money that’s being spent on the outside of the new library. The library board must have raised a lot of money for this unneeded upgrade.

FACEBOOK USER PAM KROMPOCKER I will be surprised if the Salish Orca sails from Little River to Powell River by the end of May. And I will be even more surprised if the vessel does not get sent to another community within a year.

PEAK WEBSITE USER PRNATURAL The second floor is supposed to be used to generate income to offset the high cost of the project. But now there is a public art gallery going in. So, rather than generating income, it will now cost taxpayers even more.

FACEBOOK USER LESLEY DOUBT I find it hard to believe that having it built in Europe so that it could cross the Atlantic, then modifying it by removing fuel tanks and creating space for vehicles is more reasonable and cost effective than having it built in BC the way ferries used to be!

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PEAK WEBSITE USER FUNGUSEATER Here’s an idea, maybe the city should not buy millions of dollars of agricultural land it cannot use.

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Pray you all do well and have peace in your new home!

PEAK WEBSITE USER ROBDOB I know, let’s spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need, then give ourselves bonuses for a job well done and hire more staff to boost the economy.

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Economic development fails One of the ways to measure the health of a community is to gather statistics about the obvious factors: health, education, poverty, employment, civic engagement and food production.

Powell River does that on a regular basis through the Vital Signs report. But some things rarely get measured and they are critical factors, too. This is especially true of agencies and institutions that have been around for a long time, so long they become part of the landscape, like buildings or landmarks.

I studied and write about economics and since arriving here eight years ago I have been unimpressed with official economic development efforts. There are always lots of stories about new businesses that are just around the corner, but somehow they never materialize, or fizzle like Sino Bright School.

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By Murray Dobbin

fice, but I can’t think of any major businesses that have been established here as a direct result of the work of that office.

Is there a list somewhere of the number of new businesses setting up here exclusively because of that office?

Is there a tally of the number of new jobs from those businesses? Lastly, is it not reasonable to scrutinize the effectiveness of this office, like we do of any public expenditure? Transparency and accountability are key aspects of a healthy democracy.

Advising on economic development in a rapidly changing economy requires a high level of expertise and experience. A case in point is the much-hyped “tech hub” being planned for Townsite. It is asking Powell River Community Forest for $200,000 and it is not clear to me that anyone at city hall or the community forest is qualified to assess the project.

In the April 12 Peak, city councillor Russell Brewer said he “likes the idea” but acknowledges that the PRCF has “only been presented with a relatively vague proposal and brief, two-page budget.”

That’s just not enough to justify handing over $200,000 of public money.

Backing the project are the city’s economic development officer, Vancouver Island University and School District 47. What expertise the latter two bring to an extremely high risk and still

vague proposal is not clear.

It is a bit disconcerting that the best advice the city is getting is from local residents writing letters to the Peak. John Wilkinson pointed out [“Comments of the week,” April 19] that Powell River currently “lacks almost all the key elements required to grow a tech industry from scratch.”

Wilkinson suggested we should use our community’s incredible beauty, affordability and fibreoptic internet service to attract existing tech companies in Vancouver whose employees cannot afford to live there.

As Wilkinson said, “Once Powell River has a critical mass of tech workers, small startups and satellite offices, you have created a natural tech incubator.”

That should be the city’s strategy.

Murray Dobbin is a Powell River freelance writer and social commentator.

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Food bank to improve hampers Local charity organization steps up efforts to increase provisions CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

People accessing food hampers through Powell River’s food bank could find more fresh items in their monthly hampers after a new program started with Powell River Farmers’ Market.

Powell R iver A ction Centre Food Bank manager Savanna Dee told City of Powell River councillors at a meeting on Thursday, May 4, that Powell River Brain Injury Society (BIS), which took over operation of the food bank last summer, has completed much of its transition and is looking at new ideas to improve the quality of food it provides.

Current food hampers primarily consist of canned goods, pasta and rice, but few perishable items, including fresh vegetables.

One of the ideas to improve the hampers is to buy or be given surplus fresh

fruit, vegetables, baking and frozen meat from local producers selling at the farmers’ market. The option became possible due to a donation this past winter that allowed the food bank to purchase commercial fridges and freezers, which provide the organization with more cold storage space.

“We’re very proud of our new appliances and the opportunities they will bring,” said Dee in her remarks to council.

The food bank, with its access to the BIS garden space and commercial kitchen, is planning to provide its users with more food literacy programs, including home vegetable gardening and cooking.

Farmers’ market manager Juhli Jobi said the idea to allow market vendors to make donations is something that has been worked on in the past, but because the food bank did not have adequate refrigeration, it did not work until now.

“This is a really easy way for us at the market, and for the farmers, to contribute at the end of the day,” said Jobi.

Jobi said some vendors have already been participating and she knows some

COMMUNITY HELP: Powell River Action Centre Food Bank administrators [from left] Samantha Sherman, Debbie Dee and Savanna Dee appeared before City of Powell River council to highlight some of the recent changes underway for the program.

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donations of frozen pork have already been made in the first two weeks of the market being open.

“The community is very supportive of building bridges to move things to where they need to be,” she said.

March was Food Bank Canada’s Annual Hunger Count and the local food bank released statistics of

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how much it is being used.

According to data collected, 76 per cent of the 444 people accessing its hampers were single parents with children, individuals with disabilities and seniors.

One in three food bank users in Powell River are children.

Food bank grant writer Samantha Sherman said the number of people accessing

food through the food bank has increased in Powell River as the cost of rent and utilities have gone up.

“People are having to spend their food money on rent increases,” said Sherman. “Parents would rather put a roof over their children’s head, and a lot of the time that money comes out of food budgets.”

Sherman said initiating

the farmers’ market program was an important step, given the demographics of who the food bank serves, to improve the overall nutrition of its hampers.

“Programs like this are going to help increase the nutrition families are getting,” said Sherman. “It’s very important to us that we can increase what we provide to people.”

COUNCIL BRIEFS Willingdon crosswalk

Work on City of Powell River’s newest controlled crosswalk across Highway 101 is underway at Willingdon Beach Park. Mayor Dave Formosa said at the council meeting on Thursday, May 4, the project is a testament to a lack of provincial government haste.

Formosa said it was almost eight years to the day that he, councillor Jim Palm and thencouncillor Debbie Dee stood in front of the beach concession and raised the matter with the regional manager of the provincial highways department.

Approves consolidated financial statements City chief financial officer Kathleen Day took council through the city’s 2016 consolidated financial statements at its meeting on Thursday, May 4. That was followed by a presentation from BDO Canada auditor Bill Cox on the annual audit of the city’s finances. Cox told council the city’s financial statements are fairly stated.

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Calls special meeting to pass budget In order to meeting its Monday, May 15, deadline to have its 2017 budget and fiveyear financial plan approved, city council will meet at 2 pm on Thursday, May 11, in council chambers at city hall to consider adoption of the annual property tax rates bylaw, sewer-user rates bylaw, waterworks regulations and rates bylaw, garbage collection bylaw and five-year financial plan.

Approves waterfront resolutions Council accepted Powell River Waterfront Development Corporation’s 2016 financial statements and appointed Wayne Brewer, Guy Chartier, Ann Nelson and Kevin Sigouin as directors. Council also accepted Powell River Power Development Corporation’s 2016 financial statements and appointed Tor Birtig, Scott Randolph and Rod Wiebe as directors.

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Individuals living with multiple sclerosis share stories Financial burden affects many fighting the chronic disease DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

MS MONTH: [From left] MS Society of Canada, BC and Yukon Division coastal region chapter director Heather Armstrong, Darla Blace, First Credit Union director Dan Dyble, Heather Dyble and City of Powell River councillor Russell Brewer were on hand to raise the society’s flag in front of city hall to recognize Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

2005, is what she misses most. By 2009 she had completely stopped working.

“In a perfect world, a lot of people would like to continue to be employed,” said Vallee. “I hate not working. I loved to work and I worked all of the time.”

Vallee said she wants employers to understand that the prognosis varies from person to person.

Many can continue to lead productive lives and are ready, willing and able to work.

“Most people don’t have to stop working at all,” she said. “They may be diminished a little bit and

can’t do long days five or six days a week. Full-time employment is not always possible because you’re on and off. You don’t know how you’re going to feel tomorrow or even in the afternoon. I understand you can’t have someone calling in sick 50 per cent of the time.”

Vallee said she never feels 100 per cent and only leaves the house on occasion.

“If you were to look at me, I look okay, but you’re not going to see me on any of my bad days,” said Vallee. “I don’t leave the house a lot. When I do, it’s not for very

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MS with related dementia. “ S h e c a n ’ t s p e a k ,” s a i d Armstrong. “Three or four months ago she was still walking and she woke up one morning, tried to get out of bed and just collapsed. She’s lost the use of her legs and is now completely wheelchair-bound. It’s tough when I visit her; she’s not recognizing me much anymore.”

In 2006, Armstrong was diagnosed with MS. “It was scary and unusual,” she said. “I had a one-in-40 chance of getting it because my mother has it.”

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long. I’m not very capable.”

Vallee spends her days on the computer and volunteering for Poverty Law Advocate Program once a week. She also has a dog and keeps as busy as she can but is limited when it comes to anything physical.

“I can’t walk very well, so I need two crutch-canes all of the time, or a wheelchair,” she said. “My thought process isn’t very good and my memory is shot. My cognitive isn’t very good at all.”

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Canada has the highest global rate of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system. In BC, 12,000 people are afflicted.

May is MS awareness month across the country.

BC and Yukon Division of MS Society of Canada does not know how many people in Powell River have MS; that data is not collected by the community. However, the organization’s coastal region chapter director Heather Armstrong estimates 20 to 25 people in the area suffer from the illness. “MS hits people in the prime of their lives, from 15 to 40 years old,” said Armstrong. “If they have a very progressive and primary diagnosis of MS, many people have to give up their jobs.”

Many people with MS have to live on employment insurance disability. Monthly payments to persons on disability assistance are less than $910.

Lina Vallee, a 35-year-old Powell River native who suffers from progressive MS, considers herself fortunate, she said. Her mother does the cooking and cleaning.

“I’m not going hungry and I never have,” said Vallee. “There are other people not as fortune as me.

They have to survive on less than $1,000 a month.”

Vallee said being unable to work, which is what fulfilled her before she developed MS symptoms in

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Gathering covers first nations media Tla’amin Nation women attend regional event focused on future of broadcasting DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

First nations media has followed step by step with self-government and subjects dealing with sensitive matters about truth and reconciliation. Two young Tla’amin Nation women want to be part of telling the stories of their community.

Rae-Dene Noble and Devin Pielle travelled to Homalco First Nation, near Campbell River, on Sunday, May 8, and Monday, May 9, to learn about first nations broadcast media. Noble, Pielle and local radio broadcaster Zoe Ludski attended a regional gathering on the future of first nations, Inuit and Métis broadcasting.

The event included youth training workshops and presentations by representatives of first nations radio stations in Canada.

Homalco and Tla’amin nations share ancient history as sister nations, speak the same language and are very intertwined. Both

communities are in the early stage of self-government and, according to Pielle, media is becoming more and more important as a means of communication between and about first nations people.

“Homalco is in the stages of getting its own radio station,” said Pielle. “It’s important to the Homalco people to know their backstory so they feel more confident in sharing and communicating through the new radio station.”

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission awarded the nation a radio licence in October 2016; it must be broadcasting by October 2017.

“There isn’t much of a voice in Homalco,” said Noble.

To coax that voice out, Noble, Pielle and Ludski took the Blanket Exercise, which encourages individual and community storytelling in an experiential and vulnerable way, to the conference. Participants tell the story of first nations people by interacting through movement and telling stories.

Noble and Pielle said they see a connection between media and the Blanket Exercise. Both use the power of the spoken word to tell the story of first nations prior to colonization, the shock of contact, assimilation and the legacy of residential schools, the protest move-

SPOKEN WORD: Devin Pielle was one of two Tla’amin Nation citizens who attended a recent first nations broadcast media conference in Campbell River. Sharing stories through radio is a new form of communicating first nations issues. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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“That is how the Blanket Exercise is done; to look back on how far we have come in our self-government,” said Noble. “The whole media thing is a stepping stone for youth in the community to become inspired, to get them thinking and focusing on different issues they want to cover.”

Through facilitating the Blanket Exercise, Pielle and Noble will have given something to Homalco and hope to return having learned more.

Pielle has broadcasting experience as co-producer of the documentary We Are Still Here, part of the Resonating Reconciliation program sponsored by National Campus and Community Radio Association. For Noble, media is an entirely new experience.

“I’m just getting into media, said Noble. “We’re trying to grow this circle to have independent women who are interested in changing first nations people’s rights and being active in protest.”

The story Noble wants to tell is about murdered and missing women.

“Being first nations, and all the first nations across Canada, we’re all as one,” said Noble. “I have family all over. There’s someone who has lost an auntie, a mother, so it’s something that’s really mutual.”

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Individuals interested in learning about community encouraged to attend welcoming event DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Every four years, Powell River Chamber of Commerce and City of Powell River host the Newcomers Social.

This year, chamber manager Kim Miller said she hopes the event will be bigger than in past years because more people are new to town than the last time the event was held.

“If you think you’re still new, or feel new, come find out what there is to do in

Powell River,” said Miller.

According to Miller, this year’s social is already larger than the previous two she was directly involved with. More than 70 local not-for-profits, clubs, organizations, groups and children’s groups that need volunteers and new clients to join will be on hand providing information to visitors, she said.

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Powell River real estate agents, grocery store clerks and bank employees have been getting the word out and Miller wants to have more booths registered. She said she is aiming for 100 organizations to participate and make the evening “Powell River positive.”

The Newcomers Social takes place from 6-9 pm on Tuesday, May 16, at Dwight Hall. For more information, or to register a booth, call the chamber at 604.485.4051.

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Concert promoter sets up headquarters in Lund Paul Mercs plans to use local property for music camps and more DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Out in Lund on Finn Bay, concert promoter Paul Mercs has specific plans for a piece of property he is developing.

“Next year, we’re starting some music camps,” said Mercs. “There will be musicbusiness camps, songwriter camps, that type of thing, and a solid lineup of instructors for young people who can get involved here.”

Mercs entered the music business at a young age. The first show he ever worked, in 1970, was the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in England, a threeday counterculture music festival where Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane performed.

Mercs was 23 years old when he promoted his first show in Vancouver.

“I didn’t realize I was in the music business until I was close to 50; I was just doing what I loved.” he said.

“By the time I was 24, I had started to work with artists I was a huge fan of.”

Mercs said he has been a fan of contemporary musician and multiple Juno award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith for a long time.

Bob Dylan, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Chris Martin are also big Sexsmith fans, he added.

“I haven’t promoted a Ron Sexsmith date before and I think he’s one of Canada’s treasures as a songwriter and performer,” said Mercs.

“He’s a true artist.”

A Sexsmith concert on Thursday, May 18, at Max Cameron Theatre is the first on a circuit Mercs wants to create between Powell River, Courtenay, Campbell River, Nanaimo and Victoria.

“My idea is to probably do five or six shows over the course of the winter here,” said Mercs.

Ever the promoter, Mercs said he would not announce any names of musicians who might be coming to Powell

River in the future, other than to say he will likely provide more information about the circuit’s lineup around the time of the Sexsmith show.

Some acts might not know where Powell River is, but Mercs said that could work to his advantage in booking shows, as it did with booking Sexsmith.

“They’re looking for a different experience, so that’s a good sell for me,” he said.

Sexsmith confirmed that in the last few years he has made an effort to go to places such as Powell River and other locales he has never visited.

“I hear it’s remote,” said Sexsmith. “We’re taking a ferry and everything, so that’s exciting.

Mercs is currently putting on a 40th anniversary North American tour with Canadian singer-songwriter Raffi, who is best known for children’s music.

“We have Raffi sold out in two shows in Philadelphia and a show sold out in Pittsburgh,” he said. “We’re doing tremendous business in Canada and the United States. What hap-

HARMONIOUS LIVING: Concert promoter Paul Mercs moved from Vancouver to Lund and is beginning the process of launching music-related activities on his Finn Bay property.

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pens at a Raffi show is multigenerational.”

Raffi’s show is a family affair, including grandparents, parents and children. He also uses his special connection with his audiences to voice his opinions, said Mercs.

“He’s not afraid to speak out about political things

that are of interest to him, and environmental issues,” said Mercs. “From my perspective, not enough artists are doing that in this country, or in America for that matter.”

Mercs admits that while developing his property in Lund, he does not go out of-

ten to see live music around Powell River, but said he has seen Cam Twyford’s Little Pharmer and Lukah Bouchard, who have both impressed him. Also, he said, Scout Mountain Bluegrass Band is the “real deal.”

For more information, go to paulmercsconcerts.com.

Film students bring home hardware Digital motion picture school wins two provincial awards DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Students from Powell River Digital Film School’s class of 2016 walked away with two awards from the 2016 BC Student Film Festival on Wednesday, May 3, and Thursday, May 4. The two award-winning productions have also been nominated for two Leo Awards, which annually recognize excellence in the BC film and television industry.

The school has always done well during awards season, according to instructor Tony Papa.

“Every year, they win something,” said Papa. “I have to get more

ENVELOPE PLEASE: Powell River Digital Film School class of 2016 students and faculty includes [from left] student Celina Jacques, instructor Tony Papa, students Simona Ulrich, Mason Bowles-Eacott, Jordan Williams, Christopher Jenkins, Victoria McDonald and Tyquira Dixon-Traer, Emily Carr University of Art and Design instructor for animation Darren Breteton, and students Ivy Richards, Eli Peterson and Devin Lessard. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

shelves to hold the hardware.”

At the student festival, the school’s “Make a New Dance Up,” a music video for Canadian pop band Hey Ocean!, won for best senior music video, as well as for editing and technical achievement.

The video was also nominated for best student video at the upcoming Leo Awards. Perception, a 10-min-

ute web series pilot, was nominated for for best student production. Leo Awards celebration and gala event takes place May 27, June 3 and June 4 in Vancouver.

Perception, a dark film that deals with mental health, was screened at Powell River Film Festival in February. Directed by Langley’s Victoria McDonald, it stars lo-

cal actors Zoe Ludski, Trevor White, Alma Medina and Caleb Peterson. The 10-minute program was produced by Gibsons’ Jordan Williams.

All students of the school were involved in both productions, including Powell River’s Mason Bowles-Eacott, Celina Jacques, Devin Lessard, Eli Peterson, Ivy

Richards and Simona Ulrich.

Powell River Digital Film School is celebrating its 10th anniversary and, according to Papa, every year three or four students go on to post-secondary studies in film or working in the industry.

This year’s class will present their films at 7 pm on June 22 at Max Cameron Theatre.

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Commercial prawn fishers will be heading out to sea on Thursday, May 11, when the annual fishery opens.

For the fishers, it is an expensive entry, hard work during the short season, and sometimes lucrative. Few prawn fishers will actually divulge the size of the catch

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and the association representing them does not have the answer.

“It must be somewhat profitable because licensed fishers continue to do it and there is significant interest in the industry,” said Pacific Prawn Fisherman’s Association executive director Steven Richards.

“To become a commercially licensed prawn fisher, you need to purchase a commercial prawn licence, which is a commodity traded and available on the open market through brokers.”

A total of 247 prawn boats are licensed in the province, 59 of which are first nations.

Commercial prawn fishing licences are related to the size of the boat, according to Richards, and, generally, the longer the boat, the more expensive the licence.

“You’re probably starting at $500,000 and going up from there,” he said.

Richards said the success of the BC prawn industry can be attributed to a number of factors. The product is sought after, a truly sustainable seafood product, and the fishery is well managed, he said.

The industry is governed by season length, so it is a competitive, fairly intense fishery lasting approximately 40 days, but it varies each year, he added.

According to Ian Leitch, owner and manager of Powell River’s Sea Plus Foods, last season was the shortest and lowest volume on record.

“It’s becoming a little bit tougher to make things work,” said Leitch. “As volume shrinks, the season shortens up and overhead goes higher.”

Even though the fishery has changed in terms of the practices fishers use to catch prawns, the overall take over 15 years has remained fairly constant, said Leitch.

Fisheries management practices put in place by Fisheries and Oceans Canada appear to be working and the industry has a healthy biomass.

The value of the fishery to the BC economy is significant, according to Richards.

The last year the prawn association can draw reliable data from is 2013, which showed the wholesale value of the commercial prawns was $53 million out of $1.4 billion in seafood production.

The prawn fishery, said Leitch, is important to the Powell River economy.

“It’s absolutely huge,” said Leitch. “I employ about 49 students here at the shop.

I also employ all the fishers and deckhands on my boats.”

Leitch said his total payroll includes 142 people.

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Soccer player impresses Grade eight student Caleb Vallance is on the Brooks Secondary School principal’s honour role. The 14-year-old excelled on the track at the recent North Island Track and Field Championships, where he placed second in the grade nine junior boys 400 metres, 1,500 metres and shot put, and was on the first-place 4x400 relay team.

But it is on the soccer field where Vallance truly shines.

Vallance has been receiving attention since his days of playing U12 Powell River rep soccer from 2014 to 2016.

In 2016-2017, he started playing for U14 Upper Island Riptide out of Comox in Vancouver Island Premier League (VIPL). This spring, he was recommended for the Vancouver Island Wave in the BC Soccer Premier League.

Vallance follows two other Powell River players into

the premier league. Tim Wrigglesworth registered when he was 17 years old with Mountain United FC and Hannah Gray played with Vancouver Island Wave, registering when she was also 17. Valance is three years their junior.

Vallance has been asked to join Riptides U15 VIPL team in their run to provincials in July and Powell River Villa soccer club president Jamie Zroback said his club will be looking at Vallance’s potential when he’s expected to join the local men’s seven-aside league.

“He’s a good young player, very committed,” said Scott Fisher, who runs weekly practices at Brooks turf that Vallance attends.

Vallance said keeping up with his schedule is demanding. He misses school every Wednesday to take the ferry over to Victoria, and then catches the ferry back in time for school the next day.

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7:30 but whenever I have homework, I wake up at 7,” he said. “I walk to school, get any homework that I’ll be missing, go home and do my homework.”

When he does have a night to relax, Vallance watches soccer, of course, and prac-

Major junior teams pick bantams Two Powell River players selected in annual Western Hockey League draft

tises in the basement for a few hours. When he was younger, Vallance did not sleep with a soccer ball, but it would be beside his bed.

According to Fisher, “You don’t see him walking around the streets much without a ball at his feet.”

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Two Powell River hockey players were among 61 draftees selected in the Western Hockey League (WHL) bantam draft on Thursday, May 4.

In the draft, WHL clubs pick players who have graduated from the bantam age category.

Defender Gabe Shipley was chosen by Prince George in the sixth round, 128th overall. Forward Nic Porchetta went to Everett in the 10th round, 218th overall.

Both players are 15 years old and attend Delta Hockey Academy.

Porchetta was surprised he went as low as he did in the draft, he said, but added that he was not disappointed because he was still chosen.

Everett was the only team interested in him, according to Porchetta, and had been talking to him all year. Everett won the WHL’s US Division this season.

“The draft was online, so I watched it in the

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morning, then I went to school and checked it out at lunch and saw my name; it was kind of a confidence booster,” said Porchetta.

“After school, Everett gave me a call and welcomed me.”

Porchetta, who is the son of Powell River Kings marketing and community relations manager Nadine Porchetta, describes his play as being similar to Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews.

“I’m a two-way power forward,” he said, “who takes an absolute beating and still gets up.”

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Brooks track and field athletes excel at meet Strong junior squad establishes solid foundation for team’s future DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

When the morning fog had lifted and the sun shone on the North Island Track and Field Championships at Timberlane Park on Thursday, May 4, Brooks Secondary School’s team had already put in some amazing performances, according to coach Graham Cocksedge.

By all accounts, coaches and competitors from the North Island schools considered the meet a huge success.

“It was awesome, for the first time doing it,” said Cocksedge.

“We’re super pumped and we’ll do it again and each time it’s just going to get better.”

In only the school’s second year of fielding almost a full team in the championships, and with a strong

group of junior athletes coming up, Cocksedge said the future is bright for Brooks.

“Most of them are juniors, between the junior girls and junior boys, so half are juniors, and then we have a few seniors and there are solid grade eight kids coming up,” he said. “That’s what makes the program.”

There were a number of notable performances from Brooks competitors. A team of 32 competed against close to 400 athletes.

Powell River had 34 top-three finishes, with many placing multiple times competing in different events.

With so many surprises, it’s hard to single out anyone on the team, said Cocksedge.

“There were so many who were really astounding,” he said. “There were 15 kids who placed first.”

A few personal bests were put in by Brooks athletes, including a number noteworthy performances in both track and field events.

Junior boys first place in the 4x400 relay was “smoking fast,” said Cocksedge. Other athletes who had an exceptional meet were

Annika Schmunk, who placed first in grade nine girls 400 metres and 800 metres; Mackenzie Guild in the junior boys 800 metres; favourite Chris Fisher crushed the field in the junior boys 3000 metres; Camryn Cline won the junior girls 800 metres by one-tenth of a second; Samuel Vallieres tied for first in senior boys high jump; and Drew Sundberg tied for first in junior boys long jump and placed second by a hair in junior boys high jump. Brooks also had some strong relay finishes.

Athletes who competed at the North Island meet go on to the Island Championships.

“Then, at the Islands, they have to be top five, which is really competitive because it is all of Vancouver Island,” said Cocksedge.

Provincial championships follow the Islands and Cocksedge expects Brooks athletes to be there.

“They placed well in their age group last year and definitely well at Islands, so we’ll take quite a few kids on to BCs,” he said. “The team we do have is really committed and really strong. A huge chunk of those kids will move on.”

FRONT RUNNER: Chris Fisher [left], a middle distance specialist from Brooks Secondary School, led from start to finish in the junior boys 3,000 metre race at the North Island Track and Field Championships. The meet was held at Timberlane Park for the first time. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

Senior soccer players bring home gold

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MEDAL MASTERS: Tony Leach [left] and Scott Fisher were part of a gold-medal winning soccer team from Victoria at the recent World Masters Games in New Zealand. The games drew 25,000 athletes from around the world. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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juvenated our legs and kept us going for the week.”

He said organizers also provided physiotherapists and massage therapists to keep the players on the field.

“We took full advantage of it all,” said Leach.

According to Fisher, the Canadian win likely surprised other nations when the team came out of nowhere and won gold against some stiff competition.

"We had to come back in a couple of games,” said Fisher. "We had a tie, which could have gone either way, with the New Zealand team.”

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“The games were slightly shortened, in that they were only 30-minute halves, so they were an hour long instead of an hour and a half,” said Leach.

According to Leach, the ice baths that organizers had available for players after every game was the only thing that kept the men going.

“After every game,” he said, “you got to go in for two minutes, and then you got out and walked around for two minutes, and then you got back in for another two minutes,” he said. “That was one thing that really re-

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We thank God for you all and pray he will keep you in his care.

Sincerely Alfredo and Anna Massullo

Thank you The family of Alex Dobler would like to thank Dr. Andreae and the other doctors and staff at Powell River General Hospital who cared for him, as well as friends and neighbours for their prayers, cards, flowers, food and support over the past few months.

1205 Career Opportunities

Dr. Anna-Marie Maguire

RCMP

Thank you

Just Claws

Cat sitting and house check services Jo Ann Murray Owner, insured and bonded

604.483.6995

CASUAL WORKERS NEEDED Sunshine Coast Health Centre is looking for 1-2 casual workers for day, evening, and graveyard positions, with the possibility of part-time or full-time positions in future.

Tasks include housekeeping, food preparation, client support, medication dispensing, and driving. First aid and a valid driver’s license (class 4 license an asset) are required.

Cover letters and resumes can be sent to Naomi at careers@schc.ca 604-487-9050 sunshinecoasthealth centre.ca/career

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1215 General Employment

CERTIFIED DENTAL assistant, 2-4 days/week, competitive wage, start immediately, reply in strict confidence to drsneedhamchow@yahoo.com or drop resumé at dental office.

SENIOR MAN needs ironing/sewing help. Please respond with contact information to Peak box 1596.

SHEFIELD EXPRESS is looking for a part-time employee with lotto experience. Apply with resumé at #60 - 7100 Alberni Street.

LABOURERS and shinglers wanted, apply to Peak box 1597 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1.855.768.3362 to start training for your workat-home career today!

Peak Classifieds classifieds@prpeak.com

1230 Work Wanted YARD CARE, hedge trimming brush and small tree removal.

Call 604.223.6115.

1215 General Employment Celebration of Cultural Diversity Event Coordinator Powell River Employment Program Society (PREP) is seeking an event contractor (approximately 180 hours) to coordinate the seventh annual Celebration of Cultural Diversity, to be held in October 2017. As a community connector, you will work with a planning committee and be responsible for coordinating this full-day event, which had more than 1,300 people in attendance last year.

For a detailed job description, please see www.prepsociety.org Submit a resumé and cover letter to: Kelli Henderson #103-4511 Marine Avenue, Powell River, BC, V8A 2K5 pris@prepsociety.org Application deadline: 4 pm, Thursday, May 11, 2017 Accounting Bookkeeper Oceanview Helicopters is looking for an experienced bookkeeper or accountant to work in our office. This is an opportunity to grow into an exciting role in a positive atmosphere with a well-established company.

Responsibilities: • Full-cycle accounting includes A/P, A/R, P/R and monthly statement preparation for five companies of various sizes • Bank reconciliations • Inter-company billing • Job costing • Payroll includes deductions and WCB benefits reporting, T4’s, etc.

• GST remittances and year-end preparation • Flight scheduling and flight following • General administration duties to include answering phones The successful candidate will: • Have an accounting designation/diploma/certificate, or have equivalent experience in all relevant work • Be well organized, with strong communication skills • Have excellent computer skills, Sage 50, proficient in Excel/Word, and be able to learn new programs applicable to our office Pay will be negotiated based on experience. Full benefits apply.

If you are interested in working for our company, please submit your resumé by Friday, June 2, to darlene@ovhl.ca.

Powell River Regional District 2017 Student Summer Positions Powell River Regional District is accepting applications from university/college students for three (3) summer positions.

Shelter Point Regional Park: to start May 18 Haywire Bay Regional Park: to start May 18 Powell River Regional Cemetery: to start May 18 All positions end around Labour Day 2017.

Wage rate is $15.54 per hour (post-secondary). Positions covered by a union contract under CUPE Local 798. Work schedule: Seven hours per day, five days per week, two consecutive days off. Park employees must work weekends and holidays.

1230 Work Wanted

3560 Pets

4025 Health Services

6040 Lots & Acreages for Sale

ROOF DEMOSSING

BOSTON TERRIER, five-yearold, beautiful, sweet, neutered male. Good with dogs, cats and kids. $300 call or text 604.223.0714.

DYNAMITE, young Chihuahua Terrier. This black and white boy likes dogs and would prefer a mature, cat-free home. SPCA 604.485.9252.

GRETA, super cute six-yearold Chihuahua/Beagle mix.

Sweet tan and white dog.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

HAMLET, young hamster seeking hamster loving home.

SPCA 604.485.9252.

HENRY, sweet, handsome two-year-old, orange and white guinea pig. SPCA 604.485.9252.

HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Ar thritic conditions/COPD? Restrictions inwalking/dressing?

Disability TaxCredit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today for assitance: 1.844.453.5372.

ONE ACRE building lot on Allen Avenue with view, 150 fruit trees and grapes, $299,000 604.483.1632.

ECO-friendly product removes moss and algae removes lichen and fungus foam spray applied no pressure rinse biodegradeable

485-HELP (4357) help@property-maintain.com WCB and insured

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous GOLF CLUBS, ladies’s right hand, men’s left hand, bag and c a r t s , a s k i n g $ 10 0 / e a .

604.485.4322.

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

MOTORIZED like new, 604.483.9031.

WHEELCHAIR, $3,500.

Call

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info and DVD: 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

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

Abuse or neglect concerns? spca.bc.ca/powellriver 604.485.9252.

LUKE, super cute six-monthold male kitten, short-haired brown and white tabby. SPCA 604.485.9252.

MIRA, female Holland Lop rabbit. SPCA 604.485.9252.

REGINALD AND RONALD, little boys seeking a mouse-friendly home. SPCA 604.485.9252.

GET RESULTS Peak Classifieds

604.485.5313

2145 Wanted

4025 Health Services

LOOKING FOR well maintained truck camper for 8’ box, 60” tailgate. 604.414.9634.

CANADA BENEFIT GROUP Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability?

Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government.

Toll-free 1.888.511.2250 or can a d a b e n e fi t . c a / f re e a s s e s s ment.

3560 Pets BUN-BUNS, young male, Havana rabbit. SPCA 604.485.9252.

5520 Legal/Public Notices Notice of Public Hearing The Council of the City of Powell River hereby gives notice that it will meet and hold a Public Hearing, Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 6:30 pm, in Council Chambers of City Hall, 6910 Duncan Street, Powell River, BC, to consider proposed Bylaw 2470, 2017 and Bylaw 2471, 2017.

The intent of proposed Bylaw 2470, 2017 is to amend Schedule B of Sustainable Official Community Plan Bylaw 2370, 2014, being the Official Land Use Designation Map, by redesignating the subject property located at 4713 Joyce Avenue as shown outlined in bold on the map below, from "Urban Residential Medium Density" to "Uptown Mixed Use." The intent of proposed Bylaw 2471, 2017 is to amend Schedule A of Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006, being the Official Zoning Map, by rezoning the subject property located at 4713 Joyce Avenue as shown outlined in bold on the map below from “Single and Two Family Residential (R2)” to “General Commercial (C1)”.

The purpose of these bylaw amendments is to consolidate this property with the adjacent property owned by the same property owner.

Deadline for applications: 4 pm on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. For more information, contact Shawn Gullette at 604.487.1380 or by email.

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.

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6030 Houses for Sale

6560 Houses for Rent 2-BDRM, AIR conditioned, summer cabin on beach near Southview Road, $400/week. Call 604.483.9031

Great home in Blue Tides Trailer Park in Wildwood

6915 Mobiles/Pads

Make this your home.

Great for first time buyers, or wishing to downsize. It can be drastically cheaper than renting. Two bedroom with large, custom-built addition and outdoor covered patio.

Fenced-in yard, great for pets, plus three-door shed.

Five appliances and lots of upgrades already done for you. Newly installed doublepaned windows, front room rug, toilet. Hot water tanks, oil furnace just inspected and electrical system inspected and silver-seal approved.

Vinyl siding, covered carport and large driveway to park motorhome/boat/etc.

Very clean inside and out, only 28 years old. Enjoy living in the heart of Wildwood with low taxes and pad rent, and a metal roof to complete the package and protect your investment.

$88,000

CLEAN, BRIGHT mobile home, deck, mudroom, F/S, DW, W/D, beach access, $875/mth, available June 1. Call/text 604.837.9334.

6950 Shared Accommodation ROOMMATE WANTED, respectful, considerate, for 2bdrm house, 10-minutes south of town, affordable waterfront, quiet pet okay. 604.223.0506.

8215 Landscaping

POWELL RIVER LANDSCAPING AND LAWNCARE Commercial and Residential since 1989 • Complete lawncare • Garden bed weeding • Hedge trimming and

Call today for your private viewing 604.487.9492 NEW MODULAR HOMES starting under $80,000 delivered! Best Buy Homes Kelowna - bestbuyhousing.com - Canada’s largest selection of instock homes, quick delivery, custom factory orders. Text/call 778.654.0345.

tree trimming

Seniors’ discount available

Mark Bisaillon 604-578-1964

DOUBLES?

Sell one in the Peak Classifieds

604.485.5313 classifieds@prpeak.com

6055 Open Houses

OPEN HOUSE

THURSDAY, MAY 11 • 5:30-7 PM

Applicants must be physically strong, familiar with basic maintenance tools and equipment, capable of physical work in an outdoor setting and good with the public. Applicants must also have their own transportation to and from work and must be registered for school in September 2017. Deliver a cover letter and resumé to: Powell River Regional District Attention: Shawn Gullette, Manager of Operational Services #202-4675 Marine Avenue Powell River, BC V8A 2L2 Fax: 604.485.2216 Email: shawn.gullette@powellriverrd.bc.ca

6515 Commercial

All persons who believe that their interest is affected by the proposed Bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matters contained in the Bylaws, copies of which may be examined at City Hall, 6910 Duncan Street Powell River, BC, during the regular office hours of 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, from April 10, 2017 up to and including May 18, 2017, prior to the Public Hearing.

Chris Jackson Corporate Officer

4377 Georgia Cresent Level entry • Ocean view $489,900

Call 604.483.6930 direct

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1215 General Employment

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8220 Lawn & Garden

8325 Sand & Gravel

PROPERTY MAINTAIN

485.H E L P (4357)

help@property-maintain.com WCB and fully insured Seniors discounts available 9115 Auto Miscellaneous TIRES, BRIDGESTONE Ecopia, all-season radial, M+S P195/65R15, set of four, $160, 250.515.2650.

Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9135 Motorcycles 2001 KAWASAKI 650 XLR, Enduro, runs great, good tires, new front brakes $1,950.

604.414.8428.

2005 BMW R1150R motorcycle, 39,000 kms, excellent condition. $6,800. 604.483.6872.

2007 HONDA Shadow, 750cc, 13,000 kms, fully loaded, $5,500. 604.414.4747.

9145 Cars 1995 CAMARO, V6, 5-speed, $4,000 OBO, lots of new parts.

Call Mike 604.223.0914.

2007 FORD Fusion, black, 89,000 kms. Call 604.483.9129.

2007 TOYOTA Yaris, 180,000 kms, 4-door, 4-cylinder, automatic, excellent condition, $5,200 OBO, 604.485.8200.

2015 TOYOTA Corolla LE, 9,000 kms $17,000 fir m.

604.485.4925.

FORD FOCUS SES, silver, leather/sun roof/sync, 94,700 kms, $7,500, 778.772.9447.

GARAGE KEPT, driven three months a year, red, supercharged, 1990 VW Corrado, new tires and brakes $4,500.

604.487.9705.

9155 Sport Utilities/4x4s 1999 TOYOTA Rav4 SUV, older, lots of kms but runs well and very economical, $2,500. Call or text 604.223.0714.

604.485.2234 TandRContracting.ca Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC 604.483.8007 SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTS TOPSOIL • QUARRY ROCK SLINGER TRUCK • GRAVEL TRUCK EXCAVATIONS • LAND CLEARING • Quarry

Rock • Sand • Gravel • Garden • Dump & Slinger Truck • Excavators Monday to Friday 7 am-5 pm Open Saturdays 9 am-4 pm

2007 MERCURY, 6’7” inflatable boat with older 2hp Johnson engine, $650, 604.483.9958.

Live Auction Items:

Augusta Recyclers and Blubber Bay Quarry: 20 cubic yards of crushed blue rocks for driveway, etc–valued at $800

604.485.2234 TandRContracting.ca 2085 Garage Sales

9185 Boats 14’ DEEP fisherman 25hp Yamaha, boat trailer, depth sounder, downrigger, rods, reels, nets, boat cover, anchor, six prawn traps, floats, 1700 ft trap line, spare cruiserday and prop and much more. $4,750.

604.485.5392.

Garage Sales

9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers THOR MAJESTIC Flyer, A-1999 class, 30’ $12,500 OBO. 604.483.6907.

2085 Garage Sales 12217 ARBOUR DRIVE Saturday, May 17 8:30 am-2 pm Moving sale 4549 MANSON AVENUE Thursday, May 11, 9 am-4 pm Friday, May 12, 9 am-4 pm Saturday, May 13, 9 am-4 pm Sunday, May 14, 9 am-4 pm Or longer Joe’s Garage Sale Multi-family Household items, lots of garden tools, bedding plants, tomatoes, fruit trees, etc 4847 QUEENS AVENUE Sunday, May 14 9 am-1 pm Weather permitting Estate Sale 3733 STRATHCONA AVENUE Wednesday, May 17 Thursday, May 18 11 am-4 pm Everything must go (furniture/appliances)

Royal LePage Powell River: Outdoor cedar summit stoney creek playhouse–valued at $550 Powell River Peak: Gift certificate for a full-page colour ad–valued at $1,530 Canadian Tire: Outdoor propane fireplace–valued at $600 Dox Auto Tech: Outdoor propane fire table–valued at $720 Pinetree Autobody: Hyndy truck liner–valued at $545 RB Logging/Pacific Coastal Airlines: Two Canucks tickets with airfare–valued at $1,000 RONA Powell River: Hybrid 3 six-seat hot tub-valued at $12,000

Royal LePage

Pat Giroday: Brendan Gallagher, Montreal Canadians jersey–valued at $500

4766 JOYCE AVENUE Saturday, May 13 9 am-12 pm

Grieg Seafood: “Low Down With Coho” framed photo–valued at $750

All proceeds to Grace House Indoor moving sale

6936 RETASKIT COURT Saturday, May 13 Sunday, May 14 9 am-1 pm Something for everyone: movies, furniture, games, household items, tools

MOVING SALE 2632 Maywood Rd. May 13 & 14, 9 am - 1 pm.

Furniture, books, tropical plants & pots, collectibles, art supplies and much more. Rain or Shine Seniors downsizing 4415 MANSON AVENUE Saturday, May 13 10 am-12 pm Emerald Lane is having a multi-unit sale. Rain or shine; no early birds. Please park along Manson Avenue

Mr. Green –Up: Truck load of hydro seed for your lawn–valued at $800 Massullo Motors, Scott and Corrine Franklin, Villani & Company: Bear Mountain Resort-two night’s accommodations, four rounds of golf and $200 ferry voucher–valued at $1,200 Adams Concrete: Three meters ready mix in the municipality–valued at $800 Villani & Company: Husband and wife will and power of attorney–valued at $600 Relish Interiors: Gift certificate for blinds–valued at $500 RONA Powell River: Dewalt compressor–valued at $500 Parsons Properties: Four hours mini-excavating, yard cleaning and delivery with operator–valued at $500 Valley Building Supplies: Davy Crockett portable pellet grill–valued at $500

Sponsors to date: Platinum sponsor: RONA Powell River • Investors Group Sunshine Coast Health Centre Gold sponsor: Del Mistro Dunn Chartered Accountants Crossroads Village Shopping Centre

9160 Trucks & Vans

12’ DURA boat; 9.9hp Yamaha, both lightly used with road trailer, beach dolly, and oars, price includes engine ser vice, $3,500, 604.487.4602.

Tickets are $50 and available at Capone’s Cellar Featuring auctioneer Dan De Vita

Augusta Recyclers and Blubber Bay Quarry: 20 cubic yards of crushed blue rocks for driveway, etc–valued at $800

Silver sponsor: First Credit Union • Texada Transfer

2006 CHEVROLET Colorado, box liner, canopy, only 42,000 kms, t wo-owner, excellent c o n d i t i o n , $ 7, 5 0 0 O B O , 604.485.6396.

9185 Boats

Dwight Hall, Doors open at 5 pm Dinner at 6:45 pm by The Convenient Chef

Relay Rentals and Sales: Gift certificate for exterior sharkskin Cloverdale Paint–valued at $750

20 06 DODGE Durango, 8-passenger, 4x4, air, power windows, leather interior, good condition, $6,200. Call 604.485.6219.

CONTINUOUS GUTTER truck and inventory, turnkey operation with tools and people, $10,000. 604.414.8595.

2017 DREAM AUCTION GALA Saturday, May 13

Saturday, May 27 9 am-1 pm

4400 Marine Avenue • Peak parking lot 100% of the proceeds going to Kendra McLeod and Maddie White

4400 MARINE AVENUE 604.485.5313 PRPEAK.COM

Table sponsors: Warren Behan Home Selling Team Big O Tires • Moose N’ Eddies Pub & Grill Relish Interiors • Armitage Mens Wear Reif Gregory • Villani & Company Al Austin Contracting • Pinch & Reid Underwriters Insurance Agencies Pat J. Giroday Law Corporation Major contributor: Dr. James Bradley

All net proceeds shAred equAlly by powell river And district united wAy And powell river Kings

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Complete lawn care • Hedge trimming • Garden bed prep • Shrub trimming •

POWELL RIVER KINGS AND POWELL RIVER AND DISTRICT UNITED WAY present

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