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Powell River does not have a bear problem; it has a people problem, according to BC Conservation Officer Service officer Andrew Anaka.

A total of six black bears have been destroyed so far this year, and while that number is up over last year, it is still far fewer than the more than three dozen killed by conservation officers during the summer of 2015.

“I don’t believe Powell River has a bear problem,” said Anaka. “What’s Getdeal the Peak Goattractants in killing these bears is people who refuse to with to the iPhone app now their backyards.” available in the Calls have been coming in from aroundApp Powell Regional District StoreRiver or iTunes reporting bears breaking into storage sheds, climbing up on porches, killing chickens and attempting to break into homes through cat doors.

Powell River WildSafeBC community coordinator Francine Ulmer said there was even a report of a bear opening a car door and tearing open the glove box to get at stored dog treats.

Cedar Crest Road resident Nick Sherris and his family experienced serious property damage earlier this month when a sow with two cubs ripped open the exterior siding of his detached garage to access two bags of stored garbage waiting to be taken to the transfer station.

“We started storing our garbage in the house as much as we could after that, and doing more dump runs,” said Sherris.

Then, on Wednesday, June 21, Sherris went out on an errand and returned to find the bears had broken into his locked house and taken a loaf of bread and a pound of butter from his kitchen.

“The bears came into the house through the back door, ripped the screen door right off the hinges and pushed it open,” said Sherris.

Cedar Crest Road residents have had their share of wildlife conflicts over the years, including deer eating plants, black bears breaking into sheds and wolves attacking family dogs. The strip of about five houses in upper Westview is situated on the town’s boundary with the woods.

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into he felt it was time to call for help.

“We waited so long; we didn’t want to call,” he said.

“There has to be other solutions than killing.”

Conservation officers wheeled their trailered bear trap to Sherris’ yard and set the trap. Within 20 minutes, the officers were called back and the sow and two cubs were destroyed.

“We destroy bears on a rare occurrence,” said Anaka, “but the public seems to think they are going to call us and we’re going to show up and start shooting.”

Human-bear conflicts escalated in 2015 and this spring berry crops failed to arrive on time, according to Ulmer.

A delay in the salmonberry crop due to a wetter-thanaverage spring then resulted in increased bear activity she said.

Anaka said the community attracts bears because of all the human food sources in backyards including fruit, garbage, pet food and bird feeders.

Of all calls received by his office, 90 per cent were due to bears knocking over garbage cans left outside or bears in someone’s fruit trees or bird feeders, said Anaka. Those calls usually result in conservation officers providing information

about managing attractants, he added.

“It’s one in 10 we have to go out on and deal with a bear because it has become aggressive toward people or is causing serious property damage,” said Anaka.

Sherris said he wishes the conservation officer service could find the budget to remove the bears and transport them somewhere away from humans, so that killing them isn’t the only course of action.

“There has to be other options,” said Sherris. “Everyone is pretty pissed off it had to happen.”

However, according to BC Conservation Officer Service inspector Murray Smith, the money isn’t the issue; it’s that relocation does not work.

The decision to kill the bears has more to do with the fact that they had become conditioned to humansourced food, said Anaka.

“We simply don’t have any place far enough away from people where these bears won’t return,” said Anaka.

“They’ll come back over 100 kilometres to an area they know.”

Dropping bears in a remote part of the woods is also unjust to the bears, who are highly territorial, he added.

“It’s unfair to these bears to dump them into an unknown location where they don’t know how to find

food, get beat up by other bears and have to become more aggressive in order to survive,” said Anaka.

According to Ulmer, destroying bears is not solving the problem of wildlife conflicts in Powell River.

“What we’re doing by removing bears from the population through destroying them is just addressing a symptom of a much deeper issue,” she said. “We’re not really getting any long-term solution; just a temporary fix.”

Ulmer said for this reason she has continued to advocate for Powell River to become a Bear Smart community. She added that when attractants are managed better on a community scale the number of bears involved in conflicts and the number of bears destroyed goes down.

“We will always have bears around town,” said Ulmer.

“Ideally, we would have not human food sources for them, so when they do wander in they keep moving.”

Anaka added it is often people storing their garbage in what they think is a secure location who end up having encounters with bears. The animals have learned about human food from other people who do not manage their attractants well, he said.

“If two or three residents on a block have those attractants,” said Anaka, “it affects everybody.”

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Hospital support workers take strike vote Large majority of members approve job action at Powell River General Hospital CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

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now the union is concerned it will not be able to negotiate a contract during the summer, he added.

Vancouver Coastal Heath spokesperson Anna Marie D’Angelo said that while the contract dispute involves workers who work inside the health authority’s facili-

have a disruption of care,” she said. “Historically, the labour relations board, the ones who designate essential services, have made sure the service is not interrupted.”

Monckton said if job action does go forward, it will not shut the hospital or care

We’ve negotiated essential services for Sodexo and we’re in a position to issue strike notice with 72 hours notice.

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ties, they are not employees of the health authority.

D’Angelo said the health authority’s interest is to ensure any potential future labour dispute does not create an interruption in patient care.

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“There’s no provisions for a typical strike because there’s health and safety of the patients and residents to consider,” he added.

Monckton said the essential service level means patients and residents will be taken care of, but workers may look at other actions,

such as work-to-rule or overtime bans, to increase pressure on the companies.

Key issues for the union include job security and wages, said Monckton.

These workplaces face high employee turnover due to the working conditions, he added.

“There’s a constant churn because the wages are too low and the working conditions are very challenging,” said Monckton.

W hen the province’s health authorities began privatizing hospital food and cleaning services in 2003, about 8,000 workers lost their jobs, with about half being hired back by the private companies.

The workforce had their wages effectively cut in half, from $18 per hour to $9.25, and lost pensions and most of their benefits, said Monckton.

“Through contract negotiations they’ve been slowly rebuilding, but they are still nowhere near to what they

used to have,” he added.

“These are not wages that can support families.”

According to a media statement announcing the vote results, the union is hopeful the strong strike mandate will encourage employers to reach negotiated settlements.

“We believe a fair and reasonable agreement is within reach if employers get serious about addressing low wages and a total lack of job security that creates uncertainty for workers when health authorities change contractors,” stated HEU secretary-business manager Jennifer Whiteside.

Cleaning services in Powell River General Hospital, Willingdon Creek Village and Evergreen Care Unit are provided by CompassMarquise. Compass workers in Powell River are under a separate contract than those in the hospital’s food services.

Sodexo could not be reached for comment.

Double-homicide suspect appears in court Jason Timothy Foulds, 19, of Powell River made his second provincial court appearance on Tuesday, June 27, in Powell River Provincial Court.

Foulds, born in 1997, was formally charged on June 17 with two counts of first degree murder of Braxton Leask, 20, and Dylan Buckle, 20, and one count of attempted murder of Zane Hernandez.

All three victims of a shooting that occurred in Lund early in the morning of June 17 were from the Powell River area.

Court documents filed during Foulds’ appearance named defence counsel as Burnaby-based lawyer Paul McMurray and crown prosecutor as Campbell River-based lawyer David Fitzsimmons.

Foulds’ next court appearance was set for Monday, July 24, at Campbell River Law Courts for a hearing to consult counsel.

The case is expected to return to Powell River, according to local court services.

Library finally opens After months of months of delays, the new location of Powell River Public Library finally opened to the public on Tuesday, July 6.

A final inspection report from contractor Futurevest Investment Corporation’s architect was submitted to City of Powell River and signed off on late last week. The new location, located in Crossroads Village Shopping Centre, will have a front courtyard added to it over the summer.

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Powell River General Hospital dietary workers have voted overwhelmingly to take job action if a new contract cannot be agreed to, according to BC Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU).

More than 4,000 union members work in contracted support services, primarily in cleaning and food services, in 75 hospitals and facilities on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island as well as in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Multinational corporations Acciona, Aramark, Compass-Marquise and Sodexo employee the union workers.

After two weeks of voting wrapped up on Friday, June 23, 96 per cent of the members voted in favour of strike action.

Hospital union spokesperson Neil Monckton said the HEU has been bargaining on behalf of Powell River General Hospital foodservice workers employed

by Sodexo, which provides food services at Powell River General Hospital, Willingdon Creek Village and Evergreen Care Unit for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

“We’ve negotiated essential services for Sodexo and we’re in a position to issue strike notice with 72 hours notice,” said Monckton.

The latest round of bargaining with Sodexo wrapped up without an agreement and

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PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing

The Board of the Powell River Regional District gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing on proposed Bylaw No. 513, 2017.

Wednesday July 12, 2017 7 pm Northside Community Recreation Centre 9656 Larson Road Powell River, BC

The intent of proposed Bylaw No. 513, 2017, is to regulate land use to ensure a long-term sustainable source of go o d qu a l it y wate r for the community of Lund, and replace and repeal Lund Watershed Bylaw No. 172, 1989 in order to align with Electoral Area A Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 500, 2015. Under the provincial Local Government Act, there is a legislative requirement for local government bylaws to be consistent with one another. The proposed Bylaw includes updates to the watershed boundary, zoning definitions, and text updates to improve clarity.

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funds, said Hathaway.

“Each non-profit has been working separate and apart,” she said. “We don’t want every group applying for the same funds.”

The new non-profit would coordinate its efforts to work with developers and local governments to ensure enough housing is being CHRIS BOLSTER created. reporter@prpeak.com On Tuesday, June 27, 15 members of the working A working group discuss- group met for a workshop ing problems around the led by social plan developer lack of affordable housing in Christien Kaaij.

Powell River has decided to Kaaij, who is on contract step up to take the lead on with the city, is helping the solving the problem. group establish a terms of City of Powell River coun- reference and take steps cillor Maggie Hathaway, to address the issue of not who has led the informal enough affordable, accesgroup since it was reinvigo- sible and suitable housing rated in 2016, said it is com- available in the region. prised of representatives “The group is unanimous from multiple non-profit that a more coordinated organizations and has been approach is needed to admeeting to share informa- dress the housing issue,” tion. The group is looking at said Kaaij. “The will is there incorporating in September to form some kind of collabas a formal organization to orative body, potentially a housing society.” tackle the issue, she added.

Powell River Employment With the current system for funding social housing Program Society’s 2016 construction, non-profits Community Social Plan reapply to BC Housing when port, based on community the province makes funds input gathered from the available. In many Thesecases, are cases Tapping reported to the Groundswell conference in 2015, recomsocieties apply against each Powell River RCMP in the pastlimited two weeks. mended If you have the city develop other for the same information about the crimes listed here or any other crimes, call Powell River RCMP at 604.485.6255 or Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS.

1. TUESDAY, JUNE 27 Crescent Bay Road, Texada Police received a report of attempted theft and vandalism that occurred at Texada Golf Course.

Sometime between June 24 and 26, an unknown suspect attempted to steal a golf cart and caused damage to its ignition.

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2. TUESDAY, JUNE 27 McAndrew Avenue, Wildwood Police received a report of mischief to a parked vehicle. The back window of a pickup truck was damaged by what appeared to police to be a shot from a pellet gun.

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3. TUESDAY, JUNE 27 Joyce Avenue, 4800 block Police received a report of theft from a vehicle in a parking lot. A pair of black leather saddle bags with buckles were stolen from a blue Vespa scooter.

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4. TUESDAY, JUNE 27 Queens Avenue, 4900 block

At 10:20 pm, police received a report of mischief and damage to a parked vehicle. A tire was slashed and a hood emblem was stolen from a 1983 Cadillac DeVille.

5. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 Marine Avenue, 4700 block

At 8:45 am, police received a report of mischief to a business. Its front window had been damaged by an unknown source, resulting in a hole.

6. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 Cook Avenue, 4500 block

Police received a report of mischief to a parked vehicle. Its driver-side window had been intentionally smashed by a piece of wood. Nothing was reported stolen.

7. SUNDAY, JULY 2 Highway 101, Black Point

At 3:10 pm, police received a report from a 40-year-old male that he was hit by a vehicle while walking along Highway 101 at approximately 1 am. The male victim contacted police from Powell River General Hospital where he was receiving medical treatment for moderate injuries.

The male can only describe the suspect vehicle as a Dodge Neon or Chevy Cavalier.

JUNE 27 TO JULY 3, 2017 1. AUGUST 20

TOTAL SERVICE CALLS = 123 IMPAIRED DRIVING = 4 ASSAULTS = 12

block Duncan BREAK AND7300 ENTERS = 0 Street At approximately 4:15 am Powell River THEFTS = 3 RCMP attended a break and enter at a MISCHIEF =business.

11 A MacBook laptop computer was stolen from the business. Police continue to investigate and anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact RCMP at 604.485.6255 or Crimestoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477).

Kenneth Michael Barrett (born 1945) was fined $300 and handed a three-month driving prohibition with a $45 victim surcharge for one count of driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention.

Theft Phillip Andrew Boudreau (born 1989) was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

Uttering threats Scott Arthur Cloutier (born 1969) was handed a suspended sentence with one year of probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of uttering threats to cause death 2 or bodily harm.

an independent, municipally owned corporation to oversee the development, administration and management of affordable housing.

According to Hathaway, the issue of affordable housing is something that extends beyond the boundaries of the city and for the problem to be addressed it needs to be approached from a regional standpoint.

“The bottom line is we need to work together and the city can’t carry the load any longer,” said Hathaway.

At the last C3 community forum in the winter, Powell River Regional District, Tla’amin Nation and the city agreed to look at solving the affordable housing issue through coordinated action.

Since 2011, when Kaaij was involved in helping to draft the city’s homelessness strategy, the gap between have and have-nots has continued to widen and not much progress has been made addressing homelessness and affordable housing issues, she said.

She added that if a housing society is formed, the current working group would dissolve into the new society.

“Our community,” she said, “is ready for something like this.”

Theft Mackenzie Leona Keefe (born 1988) was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

Theft Jillian Kaye Dawn Lamarsh (born 1990) was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation and a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

Prohibited driving Walter Sean Wilson (born 1971) was sentenced to a $750 fine with a one-year driving prohibition and a $112.50 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/licence suspended. Wilson was also sentenced to a further $500 fine and one-year driving prohibition with a $75 victim surcharge for another count of prohibited driving in Chilliwack.

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MLA shares thoughts on forming government The Peak caught up with Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons on Thursday, June 29, the day after an historic vote of nonconfidence brought an end to 16 years of BC Liberal governments. The following interview is edited for length.

Can you describe the mood in Victoria yesterday?

It was a very exciting day, obviously filled with drama with a lot of things happening all at once. We anticipated the vote would be in the

How are you feeling about your party forming government for the first time since you were elected?

It’s a mixture of great satisfaction and, at the same time, almost a somber moment of reflection. It’s a new day for British Columbia after 16 years of a government with one particular objective. Now we have a government that will look at the interests of the broader population: the people of the province.

are working in this province and we need to make sure we realize that while certain things are working well, we’ve also seen issues around affordability, we have a major opioid crisis that continues and has not been stemmed, we have issues around the supreme court ruling on education, and obviously there are things to fix in almost every sector. People are going to see some positive changes.

We’re excited that the opposition Liberals support our plan for child care and our plan for increasing welfare rates and ensuring our economy remains strong. I think we’ll see some relative peace.

How will the new government address the BC Liberals’ legacy of the past decade and a half?

There are some things that

Do you honestly think the Liberals support the NDP’s platform positions?

They put their throne speech together in the hope

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that it would attract some adherents from members on the opposite benches. Why would we doubt their sincerity? We just doubt their capacity to carry out what they now claim to be their priorities.

With the Liberals suggesting the NDP/Green government will not be stable because it will rely on the legislature’s speaker, a position that is supposed to be non-partisan, voting to break ties, how is the government going to make it work?

First, the fact that the cur-

District outlines waste plan Strategy takes comprehensive look at aiming community toward zero garbage CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

A Powell River Regional District plan that deals with the area’s garbage will be rolled out in the fall for the public’s thoughts, according to municipal director and solid-waste advisory committee member CaroleAnn Leishman.

A comprehensive public engagement is being planned to start in mid-September. The plan has now been brought to the region’s local governments and will be updated before being presented.

“Now the consultants are going to revise the plan into a proper form and bring it out for public consultation in September,” said Leishman, who also represents Powell River on the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities solid-waste committee. “Summer, obviously, is not the time to do it.”

The solid-waste management plan is

a legally binding document the regional district is mandated to follow by the provincial government. The document provides direction for the next 10 years of solid-waste management.

Regional district manager of community services Mike Wall said that, while it is a mandated plan, it will help the region to reduce the amount of garbage currently being landfilled.

“The plan identifies opportunities to reduce our waste at the same time as providing benefits such as significantly decreasing our greenhouse gas emissions,” said Wall.

Food waste, for example, accounts for one-third of total garbage; waste that could be diverted through community organics composting, said Leishman.

Shipping less waste to the landfill in Washington State will reduce total costs, despite expected per tonne cost increases over the next 10 years, said Wall.

He added that rolling out more public education on waste reduction, through the regional district’s Let’s Talk Trash team, will help make the reductions.

Leishman said that though the region’s goal is to move toward zero waste, that target is more aspirational

than realistic.

“Will a community ever achieve zero waste? Probably not,” she said. “But having that as a goal and setting some pretty steep targets will push us in a direction that is definitely much more sustainable.”

What started out in August 2016 as a simple update to the regional district’s 2013 solid-waste management plan has turned into a more comprehensive project, said Leishman.

When the project started, the regional district was planning to complete the plan in the spring, take it to the public for consultation and then submit it to BC Ministry of Environment.

Leishman said it became clear this spring that the timelines would not work.

With the inclusion of the proposed resource-recovery centre and development and expansion of organic waste diversion from the district’s waste stream, the plan required updates.

“All of that was such a drastic change to what the old plan had, so we really had to re-do the plan quite substantially,” said Leishman. “There was a lot more work involved to get to the point we are at now.”

rent speaker Steve Thomson resigned when the confidence vote took place indicates the Liberals clearly see the speaker’s role as partisan. The truth is we have a system in place so that if there is a tie, the speaker breaks the tie. I’m sure

we’ll get through this issue.

How exactly is it all going to work? It’s hard to predict exactly what’s going to happen at this point, but I can be confident in saying we’ll have an effective government and good results for the province.

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Dirty job There are difficult jobs, and then there is being a BC Conservation Officer Service officer. With a rise in the number of wildlife encounters in the area, and despite pleas from every wildlife organization to eliminate attractants such as garbage and food, conservation officers are sometimes met with the incredibly difficult task of destroying bears and other wildlife.

Recently, a mother bear and her two cubs were trapped and killed after they ripped the screen door off a house at the top of Nootka Street and went in through the back door.

The official line from BC conservation is that relocation does not work.

Once wildlife has become conditioned to our food and garbage, relocation is a futile exercise that results in bears ultimately coming back, or infringing on other bears’ territory, according to conservation.

Meanwhile, officers are vilified for following orders and carrying out their job duties, some of which unfortunately include killing bears.

Government officers Officers who fall out of line tend to must be allowed to lose their jobs, as make judgement in the case of Bryce calls without fear of Casavant, who was fired in the summer disciplinary action. of 2015 after defying orders to kill two bear cubs in Port Hardy, and instead took them to a veterinary hospital.

In that case, the officer was correct that the bears could be reintroduced to the wild, were not habituated to humans, posed no risk to public safety and did not fit the government’s guidelines for destroying wildlife.

A controversial predator-kill policy was under review even before public outcry over Casavant’s firing, but nothing significant has been changed, according to the BC Ministry of Environment.

Government officers must be allowed to make judgement calls without fear of disciplinary action or backlash from the public. The sad truth is sometimes the call they need to make is that wildlife needs to be destroyed, but that should always be a last resort, not the go-to solution to every wildlife encounter.

This fear that conservation officers will take every wildlife report and turn it into an animal carcass needs to be addressed. Former BC SPCA Powell River and District Branch manager Brandy Craig let her fear result in the loss of her own job when she lied to a conservation officer in order to protect two deer fawns she had rescued and was trying to relocate.

Perhaps if everyone involved with wildlife conservation and preservation had more lenience from government we could find a way to save animals instead of shooting them.

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LETTERS » Loud and proud I very seldom write down my thoughts, let alone post them on social media or write a letter to the editor, but I am so annoyed at the Peak and the last editorial [“Editorial: Colonization 150,” June 28].

We live in an incredibly blessed and awesome country that just happens to be celebrating its 150th birthday. Could the newspaper just rejoice and be happy?

Interview people who have fought for our freedom, or families who have waited years to come to this country. We have had the privilege of hosting students from Korea and Japan over the last two years. They come from cities with 20 million people living in them and are overwhelmed by the beauty of our country and our people; all of our people.

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comes back positive; their health care would be cancelled immediately. I have been to Malawi and saw the effects of AIDS and no medical care.

On Saturday, July 1, myself and my family will be singing loudly and proudly as we remember how so very fortunate we are to live here.

Sharon Wright Tanner Avenue

Compensation corrects injustice When I read the front page of the Peak [“Viewpoint: The last 150 years of Tla’amin,” June 28], I was so angry. I know what our ancestors did to the indigenous people 133 years ago was unspeakable and we are sorry.

From 1872 until 1889, Israel W. Powell was the superintendent of Indian affairs in BC, but it was the Canadian government and churches in 1884 that set up

residential schools, which were closed in 1996.

In 2007, the federal government formalized a $1.9 billion compensation package for those who were forced to attend residential schools, and a number of churches and former prime minister Stephen Harper have offered formal apologies. I don’t know what more we can do.

Our city, regional district and school district are trying to correct this injustice as best they can by changing street names and now the name of the regional district.

They have also honoured the Tla’amin people at events such as Kathaumixw, Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy and many others. Our last two mayors have done everything they can to bring us together.

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is not the feeling of all the Tla’amin Nation people and that we can move forward for a greater Canada.

I also think this article should have been where all the Viewpoint articles are printed inside the paper with a more positive article on celebrating Canada’s 150 years on the front page.

Lorna Clark Ontario Avenue

Spoiled voyage Recently, while I was visiting Powell River, my friend suggested we take the new ferry to Comox as I had never been to Vancouver Island; we made the trip on Friday, June 23.

The weather was beautiful and the scenery amazing.

The downside to the experience happened on the 3:15 pm return trip.

We were on the passenger deck and when it was time to go back to the car, we waited at the elevator for at least 10 minutes without one coming. My friend finally located a staff person to ask if there was a problem and we were told both elevators were

out of service and we would have to take the stairs.

We are both seniors and have disabilities, which make stairs difficult. The staff person said, if needed, we could be assisted, and then she left and did not return.

No staff members were at the top or bottom of the stairs to assist. We eventually made it to the lower level without any assistance.

This incident spoiled my first voyage on the Salish Orca. I was surprised and disappointed there was no announcement about the out-of-service elevators prior to docking, no staff available to assist at the stairs (top and bottom) and that staff are not trained to be more helpful and compassionate during unforeseen circumstances.

Also, there were passengers with canes and one can only imagine the difficulty they had going down the narrow and steep stairs without any assistance from staff.

When I return to Powell River in future, I will not be taking the “new, modern” ferry. It is inconceivable that measures are not in place for

such incidents.

I am voicing this complaint in hopes the powers that be will come up with and implement alternate solutions to all types of these scenarios should they arise again.

Gil Brereton Ajax, Ontario

Carbon conflict I was not aware that City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa is a spokesperson for Catalyst Paper [“Proposed carbon tax hike concerns mayor,” June 28].

Is he in a position of conflict of interest?

Formosa appears to have a crystal ball on what will happen to the paper company if the carbon tax is raised.

Catalyst has not commented as they are obviously waiting to see the entire picture.

Formosa must have forgotten that the BC Liberals under Gordon Campbell initiated the carbon tax and in doing so increased costs for school boards and municipalities for many years and downloaded numerous extra costs/fees on them and the taxpayers.

Formosa has been on the Liberals' bandwagon for years, so it is no wonder he has nothing good or fair to say about any policies of different political parties.

You might notice he doesn’t say anything about the games and extra costs Christy Clark and the Liberals inflicted on taxpayers with the charade they played to pathetically and desperately hang on to power. Thankfully, after 16 years of lies and deceit, the Liberals are on their way out.

I’m sure the mayor has gnashed his teeth and shed many tears over this situation. Now maybe he can go away and lick his wounds instead of forecasting the future.

Hopefully he can accept there is a more progressive government in Victoria that will represent all residents of BC, not just his corporate friends.

I hope residents of Powell River take his pronouncements and comments with a grain of salt going forward.

Chris Merrick Campbell River

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Site C a boondoggle

COUNTERPOINT

By Murray Dobbin

Nalcor Energy, the crown corporation in charge of Muskrat Falls, has a new CEO, Stan Marshall, who admitted two weeks ago, “I knew this was a boondoggle that should never have gone ahead. The only way to have solved this was not to have built it in the first place.”

Marshall made the comments while announcing the cost of the project had gone up another billion dollars since last year, from $11.7 billion to $12.7 billion. That figure is $5 billion higher than the original projected cost five years ago.

The first power pro-

duced is expected in 2019 at a projected cost of 23.5 cents a kilowatt-hour, 8.2 cents higher than originally projected. As a result, Newfoundlanders will face a doubling of electricity prices. The boondoggle in Newfoundland has its own unique features, just as Site C does. It turns out there was a 2013 report by SNCLavalin that warned of huge cost overruns. Had the previous conservative government heeded its warnings it could have been cancelled.

Similarly, Site C should never have been approved.

A long list of experts, including a former CEO of BC Hydro and a former head of the BC Utilities Commission, have been warning about Site C for years: the power is not needed and it will double electricity rates. The Liberal government was determined to proceed with Christy Clark’s vanity project, working at breakneck speed to establish facts on the ground so it could not be stopped.

Never mind that the

planned end-user of the power, a giant LNG sector, is unlikely to ever come to pass and that existing industrial users, mines and forest companies, have denounced the project for the huge price increases it will entail. Never mind the downstream damage to Wood Buffalo National Park, the destruction of some of BC’s best farmland and the violation of first nations’ rights. And ignore the reckless, 70-year financing which means Site C will not be paid for until 2094.

The NDP government is committed to having the utilities commission examine the project, but all of Powell River, including individuals, businesses, local government, schools, hospitals and social agencies, should be pressing the new government to do the right thing: cancel this abomination.

Otherwise we, and three generations to come, will be paying for it every day.

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

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I just returned from a vacation in the wonderful province of Newfoundland; a place of strong communities that reminded me a lot of Powell River. Regrettably, the other similarity is the fact that these communities, like ours, are facing potentially huge costs because of a reckless and irresponsible hydroelectric project called Muskrat Falls.

Former Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford had summed it up nicely: the country is “book-ended by governments that failed their people.” He was also referring to BC’s Site C Dam. The question of the cancellation of Site C is now on the BC government political agenda and the cost of cancellation, about $2 billion, will likely feature prominently in the decision. But the experience of Newfoundland underlines the importance of calculating the costs of not cancelling. In that province they really have passed the point of no return; Muskrat Falls is three-quarters complete.

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BC Bike Race returns

Powell River Regional District welcomes the BC Bike Race riders and support crew

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CYCLING TRIO: [From left] Wendy Cocksedge, Graham Cocksedge and Nia Wegner are taking part in the BC Bike Race together. The weeklong, seven-stage event attracts mountain bikers from all over the world. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

Vancouver, up to Squamish and ends in Whistler.

“You start the seven stages in Cumberland with an hour of climbing in 35-degree heat,” said Graham.

The first stage is the toughest, he added, not only because it is day one, but also because the stage involves hard work going up and coming back down.

After day one, the race shifts to Powell River. BC Ferries schedules extra sailings to handle the logistics of the event, including the transportation of riders, bikes and support teams.

Organizers and riders say Powell River is consistently one of the favourite stops. According to some out-of-town riders who attended last year, the Willingdon Beach location is unmatched by anything else along the tour and riders also rave about the trails.

“Those trails are amazing,” said Wendy.

Last year, Wayne Brewer and Ron Diprose, organizers of the Powell River leg of the race, along with other volunteers of biking group the Chain Gang, put in 2,000 hours building, brushing and bridging trails that run through Duck Lake protected area.

According to Brewer, the trails have never been in such good shape.

“All the riders coming off the trails

are giving me that feedback daily,” said Brewer. “They’ve noticed all the buffing and grooming we’ve done, and they’re blown away by the condition of the trails.”

Entering the race requires an investment of time and money. A catered week costs $3,000 and bikes can set riders back as much, if not more than, the purchase price of some cars, and some riders have more than one bike.

“It’s a really selfish thing,” said Wendy. “The amount of time I’ve had to take away from my home and family to get ready for this is huge.”

Immersed in the experience, Graham said he looks forward to the hurt and fun in an oddly narcissistic way.

“It is a week about us,” he said. “We get to talk about us. We get to do what we want to do. It’s a week you can just revel in with others and listen to them revel in themselves.”

For Wendy, the belt-buckle that indicates a participant has completed the race is a strong motivator.

“It’s a really nice belt-buckle, only if you make it to the end,” she said. “It’s such a great symbol of actually finishing every single stage.”

Wegner said she has never partaken in anything like the BC Bike Race before.

“I want to get through it,” she said.

“I’m excited about this personal challenge and physically completing it.”

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Consisting of 600 mountain bikers with 600 different reasons for entering, the 10th annual BC Bike Race makes its annual stop in Powell River on Friday, July 7, and Saturday, July 8.

Residents know racers have arrived when myriad of tents pop up at Willingdon Beach and the number of people wearing spandex in the area increases dramatically.

Some of the racers are professionals; it is what they do for a living, while other competitors are looking to check off a box on their bucket list.

Some participants ride to prove something to themselves, or bond with other riders. For others, the reason is quiet and personal, involving riding for a cause or loved-one who is struggling or has passed away.

Then there are those who just want to have fun.

Powell River’s Wendy Cocksedge, her brother Graham and their friend Nia Wegner are entering the sevenstage race for the fun of it. Two years ago, Wendy watched Graham participate until bike problems took him out of the race during the final stage in Whistler. She said she decided then and there that brother and sister were going to sign up for this year.

“I want to do it with fun people,” said Wendy. “So Graham, obviously, and then I thought of some supertough people. Fun and tough, that was my criteria, and Nia is as fun and about as tough as it gets.”

The trio thrives on preparing and working hard.

“You love to push yourself to do something you know you can do,” said Wegner. “Anybody could do it if they trained and worked hard. But we’re doing it because we really want to; it’s something that excites us.”

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Sea Fair Parade will march on for another year. Event co-organizer Barry Kosturos said he can confirm the 54th annual parade will take place beginning at 10 am on Saturday, July 22.

“Sea Fair needs to be rebuilt, but the parade is going forward,” said Kosturos.

The parade is all that remains of a summer event that celebrated Powell River as a seafaring, coastal community for more than 50 years. What had been a three-day festival with entertainment, a fishing derby, food vendors, fireworks and a carnival midway was reduced to a single event in 2016: a Saturday morning parade.

Sea Fair Society said it could not afford the $40,000 to $50,000 required for the event last year and that it did not have a sufficient number of volunteers.

Instead, the organization asked the city for a $2,500 grant-in-aid for a parade and received the same amount again this year.

Years ago, Sea Fair was about celebrating the city’s seaside location, according

SUMMER CELEBRATION: City of Powell River councillor CaroleAnn Leishman took part in the 2016 edition of the Sea Fair Parade. The 54th annual parade is set to return later this month. PEAK ARCHIVE PHOTO

to City of Powell River councillor CaroleAnn Leishman “There were mermaids and mermen and fish, and all these fish themes,” said Leishman. “I remember being a kid in the figure skating club and we were all dressed in our costumes as different types of fish. My mom probably still has my sand-dollar costume with orange leggings.”

Leishman said she remembers storefront windows along Marine Avenue and around town being decorated in a seafaring theme, and that there was not always a midway with rides.

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Kosturos said efforts are being made to bring back the midway next year. He said he has talked to Langley-based West Coast Amusements, the travelling amusement park that brought rides to Willingdon Beach during Sea Fair for 25 years.

“They actually had a time open this year, but of course we didn’t have time to plan the whole Sea Fair,” said Kosturos. He added that the company has expressed interest in coming back next year.

“That’s the agreement I have with them and we’ll talk again in the fall, so we can book something for next year, or try to,” he said.

Kosturos and Leishman agreed if Powell River wants to see Sea Fair make a comeback, it needs volunteers.

“It needs some new lifeblood fused into that organization,” said Leishman, “to perhaps take it on and launch it into a fabulous, new direction with some new, exciting events.”

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An active part of your community SETTING SAIL: Blake Hoffert is retiring after spending 22 years as an internist in Powell River. The physician was instrumental in providing cancer care to patients in the region.

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unfortunately didn’t survive the experience is always hard to deal with,” he said.

Over the last 10 years, a deterioration in health care has been dramatic and significant, particularly for cancer patients, according to Hoffert.

“I must admit that one of the frustrations with the job was just trying to work with the system, which is strapped by cost-containment and bureaucrats,” he said. “People’s health was determined by how much the system could pay, as opposed to what care they needed.”

Bringing better cancer treatment to Powell River was not the first time Hoffert acted as an active and aggressive advocate for his patients.

He had been a thorn in the side of the system before arriving from Ottawa, where one of his roles was training residents and interns at the National Defence Medical Centre. While there, Canadian Armed Forces began downsizing the centre

and stopped treating veterans, their dependents and families.

“I felt the military was abandoning those patients, particularly the vets, and I just didn’t feel comfortable continuing in that environment,” said Hoffert, “so I said, ‘That’s it, if patient care doesn’t come first, then I’m not interested in working with this organization.’ So I quit.”

Hoffert came west to BC and was offered a position in Powell River. He joined Andy Davis as the second internist at the hospital and found a home that affords the personal and professional balance that attracts so many people to the region.

Hoffert also wanted to get back into sailing and now serves as commodore for Powell River Yacht Club.

“Sailing is a beautiful experience; you’re out there with just the elements and the wind and moving in two dimensions wherever you want to go,” said Hoffert.

“I’ve cruised in the South Pacific and sailed my boat up from Buenos Aires in Argentina. It’s enjoyable to be on the water, particularly in this environment.”

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Looking back on his professional career in Powell River as an internist, doctor Blake Hoffert can point to a significant contribution to the overall health care of the community. Hoffert was instrumental in establishing Powell River General Hospital Oncology Clinic, a Community Oncology Clinic of the BC Cancer Agency, which opened in May of 1997.

Hoffert said when he arrived in 1995, chemotherapy treatment was administered in a small eight-foot by six-foot room inside the hospital’s emergency department.

“Looking at that situation with an oncologist coming up every four to six weeks from Vancouver, I just felt I couldn’t responsibly accept that,” said Hoffert, “so I talked to the cancer agency and with their help we set up an official clinic here.”

Hoffert was director of the clinic from that time until his retirement this year.

Now that he is free to speak his mind, Hoffert said he was often at odds with the bureaucracy related to health care. He said on numerous occasions patients were unable to receive much-needed drugs.

Hoffert went out of his way to find treatments, he said, including calling people in England to have drugs sent here, and he spent a lot of time behind the scenes trying to gain compassionate access to drugs, going directly to drug companies and generally receiving what he wanted for free.

“One of the chemos I got for free for a patient was $125,000 in four doses,” he said.

Hoffert said he will miss the work, but at the same time the stresses of taking care of patients in life-anddeath situations weighs heavily.

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MASTER THESPIAN: Professional actor, director and instructor Mitzi Jones begins teaching a 12-week acting class this fall at Powell River Academy of Music. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

After spending the last six years raising three children, Vancouver’s Mitzi Adams is about to enter a new stage in her career. An actor, teacher and director with 20 years of experience in show business, Jones will teach Acting for All Ages at Powell River Academy of Music starting in September.

For trained actors, particularly British and Canadian thespians, their first love is performing on stage; Jones said she shares that sentiment.

American actors tend to go after big fame and big money on movie and television screens, said Jones, adding that she loves the stage because it opens up the unexpected world of live performances that are different every night.

“I’m one of those people who likes the smell of the theatre,” said Jones. “It just feels like home.”

Jones said she spent time on Savary Island while growing up

and that Powell River is close to her heart.

“I like very small places, very naturally beautiful places,” she said. “But I also have the city where I grew up and Powell River seems to have a really nice balance between those two things, especially now. It’s in a real progressive state.”

A graduate of Vancouver Film School, Jones and her young family moved to the Cranberry neighbourhood two years ago. She previously worked on stages in Vancouver, London and Los Angeles, and appeared on screen in Project Grey, Walls Talk and Sole Survivor.

Jones earned a master’s degree in the method program at Lyric School of Acting and began teaching early in her career after meeting Vancouver-based casting director Carole Tarlington, who was well-known for finding young actors such as Ryan Reynolds, according to Jones.

“She started a kids’ acting school called Tarlington Training and after auditioning for and meeting her, she hired me to teach,” said Jones. “She started teaching acting with very young children, starting at age four and up to age 14.

During that time and with the teaching tool in her belt, Jones went to London to act and teach

and returned to Vancouver to teach weeklong acting classes in the summer.

After having her first child, Jones returned to BC and looked for acting classes and schools where she could continue teaching.

“When I approached the academy they were really interested,” said Jones. “I originally approached them just to do kids’ classes but then [Academy of Music director] Walter Martella asked, ‘Can you teach adults as well?’”

Jones is interested in adult actors and/or wannabe actors who might be sitting at home and wondering how to ply their craft.

“They always wanted to do it, or they used to do it or they went to school for it,” she said. “I’m hoping we find a lot of people in Powell River who came here and, like me, had kids and settled.”

Jones said she also has a sense that there is an appetite for more than acting classes. Performance is sought as well, she said.

“We’re just starting to take a look around,” said Jones. “There’s a lot we should do and I’m open to it all.”

Acting for All Ages runs for 12 weeks on Thursdays from September 21 through December 7. For information, go to powellriveracademy.org.

Post-war custom cruiser T he full- siz e Dodge Custom produced between 1946 and 1949 was one of the big North American cars that came off Detroit assembly lines after World War II. Powell River’s Einar Jensen has a beautiful model of the classic cruiser in deep blue with glittering chrome. The car might not have a lot of horsepower, but it glides over the asphalt. Car guys like Jensen are men of few words, choosing instead to let their cars speak for them.

What is the history of the car?

It was restored in Pitt Meadows. I recently purchased it about two years ago and I’ve been working on it ever since.

Why this car?

Because I grew up in one of these. My dad had one, my brother had one and I had one back in the ’60s. Dad had his in the ’50s.

Have you always been

into cars?

Yes. I started fixing them when I was about 12 years old.

What do you get out of the car, other than driving such a beauty?

I like just tweaking it.

Do you stick to driving it around Powell River?

I haven’t taken it on any long trips yet, but I’m hoping to go up and down the island, and maybe down to the states.

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Disc golf courses tee off DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

City of Powell River parks, recreation and culture department will install a pair of new disc golf courses in local parks after receiving funding through Powell River Community Forest.

Working with course designers from Vancouver, the department looked at three locations before deciding on Sunset Park in Wildwood and Larry Gouthro Park on Manson Avenue in Westview.

“We did walk-throughs and the consultants really liked Sunset Park and Manson in terms of accessibility, environmental impact and layout,” said city manager of recreation Neil Pukesh. “We have some preliminary design layouts.”

The Sunset Park course will be dynamic with elevation changes

and lots of trees as obstacles, according to designer Dan Walker.

Disc golf is played similar to the way traditional golf is played, but a Frisbee is used rather than balls. Similar to regular golf, disc golf has tee boxes, fairways, hazards and rough.

Rather than knocking a ball into a hole on a putting green, the goal is to throw the disc into a basket, and just as traditional golfers use a variety of clubs for different shots, disc golfers can carry more than one disc while playing a round.

“You can make the disc do just about anything you want,” said Walker. “You can throw an s-curve, left to right or right to left, and you can roll it on the ground. It’s an intriguing sport.”

Played in about 150 locations throughout Canada, disc golf is also very popular in BC. Avid local player Tom Day has experienced the game on some other courses.

“My wife and I really enjoy it,” said Day. “In fact, our whole family enjoys it once we’re out and about because it basically gives us a purpose for a walk in the woods.”

Disc golf is a free activity that brings multiple benefits to the

FAIRWAY TO FUN: Disc golf player Tom Day enjoys the sport with his family and recently attended a public consultation on the activity. City of Powell River parks, recreation and culture department will build two disc golf courses thanks to a grant it received from Powell River Community Forest. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

community, including its low development cost, simple construction and easy maintenance.

With discs priced at $10 to $15, the sport is inexpensive to play, a healthy exercise and a fun, environmentally friendly game for families and friends to participate in.

“As long as you know how to throw a Frisbee, you can play; you don’t need a specific skill or ath-

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As a result, the maximum operating level of Powell Lake will return to the historical level of 285 feet which is approximately 5 ft. higher than the past four years prior to the upgrade project.

As always, the public is reminded to ensure the anchorage of their float homes, boats and float planes are secure.

letic ability, or to be a certain age,” said Pukesh. “Anyone can play the sport and that’s what we really like.

It’s reconnecting people with our parks system and getting people outside for some good exercise.”

Pukesh said the new course locations are within the existing park system and each one, nine holes/ baskets at Sunset Park and seven to eight planned for Larry Gouthro

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Park, utilize underused areas on the perimeters of the parks. Two courses will attract more activity, he added.

“Both are great locations,” said Pukesh. “The one up at Sunset can service the needs of people who live in Wildwood or Townsite, and the one on Manson can service the needs those who live in Cranberry and Westview.”

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Mail #202-4675 Marine Avenue Powell River, BC V8A 2L2

The Board of the Powell River Regional District gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing to consider proposed Bylaw No. 395.3, 2017 to amend Texada Island Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 395, 2005.

The intent of proposed Bylaw No. 395.3, 2017, is to amend the Map A - Land Use Designations of the Texada Island Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 395, 2005, to redesignate the lots legally described as The Surface of District Lot 1 Surveyed as Lot 133 Europe Mineral Claim Texada Island District (PID 015-791-971), The Surface of District Lot 3 Surveyed as Lot 133 Europe Mineral Claim Texada Island District (PID 015-792-293) and The Surface of District Lot 4 Surveyed as Lot 133 Europe Mineral Claim Texada Island District (PID 015-792-315) from Resource to Rural Village.

All persons who believe their interest is affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matters contained in the Bylaw, a copy of which may be examined at the Regional District office, #202-4675 Marine Avenue, Powell River, BC, during office hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, until July 11, 2017. The office is closed from noon to 1 pm each day for the lunch hour.

Brenda Paquin, Manager of Administrative Services

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1105 Obituaries IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lucia D’Angio

It is with great sadness the family of Lucia announces her passing. She was born on March 5, 1933, in Bagnoli del Trigno, Italy. Lucia passed away in Powell River on July 1, 2017, at the age of 84.

Lucia is survived by her two sons John (Donna) D’Angio and Frank (Barb) D’Angio; her five grandchildren Broden (Monique), Blake (Kristen), Katelyn (Terence) Narain, Sean (Kelsey) and Jenna (Patrick); and her two great-grandchildren Theodore and Annalise Narain. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Augustina (née D’Angio) Hodgson, along with many nieces and nephews in Canada, Italy and England.

Lucia was predeceased by her husband Ralphael D’Angio, her mother and father Gioacchino and Giuseppina (née Ciarniello) Tinaburri, her sister Anna (Andrea) Ianiero and her brother Raffaele Tinaburri.

Lucia moved to Powell River in 1956 where she married Ralphael. She was a very independent person and was very interested in learning. Shortly after arriving in Canada she enrolled in several courses at Malaspina College. She learned to speak English and then to drive a car. In 1964, she received her Canadian citizenship. All the while, she was integrating more and more into the Canadian lifestyle and was very proud to be a Canadian. She always loved to celebrate Canada Day picnicking at the beach with her family. A few more years passed and then Lucia went to work as a cook at the former Inn at Westview until her retirement in 1993. After that, she loved spending her free time with her grandchildren, knitting, baking, canning and taking care of her garden.

Thank you to staff at Kiwanis Garden Manor and Willingdon Creek Village who provided Lucia with such wonderful support and care over the past five years. We would also like to thank Dr. Burns for his aid during her final months.

Lucia will be deeply missed by all of her family and friends.

Prayers will be held at Church of the Assumption at 5 pm on Thursday, July 6, with a funeral service following at 1:30 pm on Friday, July 7.

In remembrance of Lucia, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Foundation.

Sybil Louise Irwin (née Olson) A longtime resident of Cortes Island, Sybil Louise Irwin died peacefully after a brave battle with cancer in Campbell River Hospital on June 24, 2017, at the age of 71.

Sybil is survived by her loving husband of 54 years Gordie Irwin, daughters Cindy King (Rob) and Corinne Irwin, grandchildren Josie, Nikki and Max and great-granddaughters Scarlett and Isabella. She is also survived by her sisters Jacquie Scott (Bob), Marilyn Scott (Doug), Sandra Hanson (Lionel) and Virginia Shelton (Ken), brother Pete Olson and several nieces and nephews.

Sybil was predeceased by her parents Ray and Idelle Olson, brother Lenard Olson and sister Edith Brosseau of Powell River, BC. When I come to the end of the road And the sun has set for me, I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long And not with your head bowed low.

Remember the love that we once shared, Miss me, but let me go.

No service by request

Braxton Rodney Richard Leask June 24, 1996-June 17, 2017

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Braxton Leask. He was just 20 years old when his life was tragically taken from him, alongside his best friend Dylan Buckle.

Braxton and Dylan were bright, jubilant individuals who were inseparable as a pair. As avid soccer players they formed tight bonds with their teammates and other community members. Their travels touched lives across multiple countries and continents. We will all miss Braxton’s and Dylan’s exuberance and positivity.

They both had many family and friends who all cared for them deeply.

Braxton leaves behind his mother Nichelle Guignard (Calvin Hicks), his father Rodney Leask (Jikel Keys), his brothers Kane Leask, Taylor Lance (Ariana Sian) and Calum Leask (Rose-Lynn Wadden), his sister Miranda Leask, and his niece Sophia Spencer.

A joint service for Braxton and Dylan will be held at 12:30 pm on Saturday, July 8, at Evergreen Theatre in Powell River Recreation Complex.

The family asks that family, friends, and community members pray for Braxton and Dylan – as well as the survivors of this tragedy, and their families.

In lieu of flowers the family asks the community to please donate to Powell River Mental Health and Addiction Services.

James (Jim) Betteridge

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Much love, your family.

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Beverly Ann Long

It is with great sadness the family of Beverly Ann Long (née Doxsee) announces her passing. Daughter of the late Fred and Edith Doxsee, Bev was born in Queen Charlotte City on July 29, 1943, and passed away on June 29, 2017, with her family by her side.

At the age of 14, Bev settled with her family in Powell River, and it was in Powell River where she married and lived a fulfilling and active life with her four children. Bev was a devoted and loving mother and grandmother, and she had great pride in her family.

Bev worked for many years in the family business, City Transfer, until her retirement. She thoroughly enjoyed quilting, embroidery, knitting and painting, and she also loved to spend time gardening and going on weekly lunch and coffee dates with her close friends.

Bev is survived by her daughters Brenda (Kelly) Gilday of Port Alberni, Kathleen (Alan) Zaalberg of Victoria, sons Phil (Cheryl) Long and Craig (Kim) Long of Powell River, 15 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, her brother Bill Doxsee and his partner Sandra, and her fur babies Heidi and Keisha.

Bev was predeceased by the father of her children and lifelong friend Harold, and by her brother Larry Doxsee.

The family would like to thank the following people for the care Bev received over the past 15 months: Dr. Glick and staff in the Nephrology Department of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Tom and Colleen Zeeman of Black Forest Residential Care and the wonderful fourth floor ICU and ECU nurses at Powell River General Hospital.

A service will be held at 10 am on Saturday, July 8, at Stubberfield Funeral Home, 7221 Duncan Street.

Should family and friends desire, donations may be made in Bev’s memory to Diabetes Canada at diabetes.ca.

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Annual General Meeting Sunday, July 9, at 10 am at the Patricia Theatre

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1020 Birthdays

1 00 Thomas Loyd Venables, born in Boissevain, Manitoba on July 7, 1917, is celebrating his 100th birthday.

Loyd fought in WWII, travelling from North Africa to Italy, France and Germany. After meeting his late wife Jeanne Venables they moved to Powell River in 1948 and were married in 1950.

Loyd is a well-known member of the Powell River community and worked in the mill for 34 years. Yes, he is still collecting that pension.

Loyd has three siblings Ralph, Roma and Bea. Loyd and Bea currently live together working as a team and keeping each other company. They both love to play cards, read and share the duty of dishes, “she washes and I dry.”

Loyd is a proud father of his children Shelley and Steven, grandfather to Curtis and Brittany and great-grandfather to his favourite little boys Ryder and Brixton.

Loyd has always had a passion for gardening, growing his own crops and baking mass amounts of delicious cookies. Although he had to recently say goodbye to his family home, he still enjoys the comforts of living with his sister and assisting her with her luscious garden and jampacked green house.

1125 Lost

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BLACK LEATHER saddle bags from scooter. Lost at Quality Foods on June 27.

Please call 604.414.9912 if found.

COAST BERRY Company is looking for a part-time field supervisor for July, August, and September. Send resumé to info@coastberrycompany.com or call 604.414.6115.

COAST BERRY Company is looking for blueberry pickers and processing plant crew, fulltime and part-time. Please send resumé to info@coastberrycompany.com or call 604.414.6115.

RED-FRAMED SUNGLASSES at the Tla’amin event on June 21. If found please call 604.483.9921 or 604.414.4368.

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RONA IS hiring for a part-time summer cashier. Would be perfect for a student home for the summer. MUST be able to work weekends. Experience an asset, but not a must. Send resumé to trishat@prrona.ca or drop off in-store to Trisha.

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9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 1993 32’ COACHMEN, Santara, 5.9L Cummins, 106,000 miles, excellent condition, $10,000, call 604.841.6997 2007 KEYSTONE Cougar 5th w h e e l , $ 17, 5 0 0 O B O, c a l l 604.483.6641 THOR MAJESTIC Flyer, A-1999 class, 30’, $12,500 OBO. 604.483.6907.

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

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FORD FOCUS SES, silver, leather/sun roof/sync, 94,700 7211 Thunder Bay Street kms, $7,500, 778.772.9447.

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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.

2 0 0 6 D O D G E Du ra n g o, 8-passenger, 4x4, air, power windows, leather interior, good condition, $6,200. Call 604.485.6219.

9160 Trucks & Vans CONTINUOUS GUTTER truck and inventory, turnkey operation with tools and people, $10,000. 604.414.8595.

9185 Boats 14’ DEEP fisherman 25hp Yamaha, boat trailer, depth sounder, downrigger, rods, reels, nets, boat cover, anchor, six prawn traps, floats, 1,700’ trap line, spare cruiserday and prop and much more. $4,350.

604.485.5392.

1998 270 Sea Ray Limited Edition, excellent condition, 690 hours, new motor, trailer, new tarps, lots of bells and whistles, $35,000, 604.414.8596.

26’ COLUMBIA Sailboat, 9.9 Evinrude outboard motor, roller furling, force ten heater, pressurized alcohol stove, $4,000, call 604.414.4716.

34’ MONK Sedan, six cylinder diesel, all the comforts of home, suitable for live-aboard, to view call 604.485.4402.

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