comox valley record, october 06, 2015

NEWSWhooping cough in the Valley

One local mom is sending a warning out to others, after her daughter contracted whooping cough this summer.

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Hospice space now operatingA four-bed hospice space at The Views wel-

comed its first patient in the summer and plans are moving forward to add two more rooms.

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Water study contract awardedThe CVRD board has awarded a contract exceeding $383,000 to Opus DaytonKnight Consultants of North Vancouver for a water treatment options study at Comox Lake.

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The Sid Williams Theatre presents Cana-dian music icon Murray McLauchlan, who will perform songs from his latest release, Human Writes, as well as many of his clas-sics.

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SPORTSOperation High Jump big success

It was a sweltering day at the Vanier Track, but that didn’t stop special needs participants and their caregivers from having fun at the 20th annual event.

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Teaching in the 21st centuryVirtual classes give long-distance instruction an intimate touch ■ P. 8

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Working closely with BC Hydro, the CVRD is in a position to reduce water restrictions to Stage 1 for those connected to the Comox Val-ley water system. This applies to the residents living in the Town of Comox, the City of Cour-tenay, and the Arden, Comox Valley, England Road, Marsden/Camco and Greaves Crescent local service areas.

Stage 1 is in effect year-round unless condi-tions warrant an increase to a more stringent phase. In this water system, Stage 1 allows people living at an even-numbered address to use a sprinkler to water a lawn from 4-9 a.m., and 7-10 p.m. on an even-numbered day. People living at an odd-numbered address can water during the same time period on odd-numbered days.

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Wolf awareness presentationAre you interested in wolves? Have you ever

wanted to meet a wolf? Here is your chance. Join us Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the GP Vanier gymnasium as Gary Allan (aka The Wolfman) and his wolf Tundra provide an interpretive presentation on the plight of wolves in British Colombia. Tundra, the wolf, will be present to meet the audience. This presentation is in conjunction with Wolf Awareness Week and is a fundraiser for Vanier’s Explore Program and Environment Club. Admission is by donation (suggested $10).

Rezoning application readings deferredThe Comox Valley Regional District board

deferred the first two readings of a rezoning application from Coastal Trek Resort, which owns property next to Wood Mountain on For-bidden Plateau Road.

Coastal Trek has owned the property since 2002. In 2003, the company had it rezoned from rural to tourist commercial in order to run the resort, but business has not been profitable. The resort now wishes to rezone back to rural to allow principal residential use.

Area C director Edwin Grieve suggested “hitting the pause button” and giving the appli-cation a second look.

“We have to hang onto tourist dollars,” he said at Tuesday’s board meeting.

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Whooping cough on the riseCourtenay mom Kaely Caissie holds her four-month-old daughter Nola, who was diagnosed with one of the nine cases of whooping cough in the Comox Valley. PHOTO BY ERIN HaluScHak

At three weeks old, Nola Defoort began to cough, and at first Courte-nay mom Kaely Caissie didn’t think much of it.

Nola is Caissie’s fourth child, and added she has seen her share of colds and sniffles.

It wasn’t until Nola’s coughing became laboured when Caissie took her to her doctor’s office, and soon after it got progressively worse.

“…we went to the hospital for obser-vation. As soon as she was hooked up to monitors it was really apparent that she was really sick. She would turn blue when she was coughing. It was so violent. Her lips would go blue and she would be purple.”

Caissie said Nola’s heart rate would go from 130 beats per minute to 35.

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was horrifying.”The next morning the family was

airlifted to hospital in Victoria, as Nola was diagnosed with pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough.

“We got there and the doctor made it really clear that babies die from this. And my heart sank because I had no idea how bad it was going in. It was brutal.”

Doctors told Caissie Nola was the ninth case of whopping cough recent-ly diagnosed in the Comox Valley.

She knows Nola contracted it after birth, but doesn’t know where or how she got the disease.

According to Island Health, whoop-ing cough is on the active outbreak list at hospitals and long-term care facilities. It causes violent coughing which can last for months. It can spread easily from one person to another, and according to Health-LinkBC, getting the pertussis vaccine can help people avoid the disease, make it less severe and prevent it from spreading to those at risk.

Nola is now four months old, and

Caissie said while infants can’t receive the immunization until they are two months old, and she under-stands there are debates about vac-cines, she asks parents to make a true, informed decision, and know all the facts.

“You Google anything and you’re going to find information both ways. And that’s fair, and I don’t think any-one is trying to hurt other people’s kids, but the reality is, that’s what happens.

“And as someone who loves babies, I just want the babies to be safe, and want to know everyone’s kids are going to be safe.”

While Nola continues to cough, Caissie noted “it’s nothing like it was.”

“(At the time), I was just in surviv-al mode. I learned how to take care of her … but you’re not doing much. It’s helplessness because you just want her to be OK.”

For more information about whoop-ing cough, visit healthlinkbc.ca and search pertussis.

■ Erin Haluschak erin.haluschak @comoxvalleyrecord.com

For more than 30 years, a team of care profession-als and volunteers at the Comox Valley Hospice Soci-ety has been offering a free support service to people who are dying, and to care-givers. They do so in homes, hospital and other facilities.

As opposed to a place, hos-pice is essentially a philoso-phy of care.

“It’s about helping people and their families live every day,” CVHS executive direc-tor Terri Odeneal said. “It’s living while dying, grieving and caregiving. You want to be able to support people to live every day absolutely to the fullest. And people can do that when they’re sup-ported.”

The service is now com-plemented by a residential setting at The Views at St. Joseph’s General Hospital, for which the society has advocated for 10-plus years.

A four-bed hospice space at The Views welcomed its first patient in the summer. It is located in The Views but has a separate entrance.

Two more rooms will

hopefully open in 2017. “The staffing for the

hospice is distinct, it’s not just an add-on of long-term care,” Odeneal said. “We pro-vide comfort care to people wherever they are. So this is an expansion of the continu-um of care.”

She notes a disproportion-ate number of people say they want to die at home. However, as a disease pro-gresses, caregivers are sometimes unable to contin-ue providing care if there’s not enough extended family.

“An interesting statistic is that 90 per cent of people die of chronic illness,” Ode-neal said. “What that means is you have a long trajectory of when you’re diagnosed to when you die.”

The latter stage can take months or years to complete, through which caregivers are trying to navigate. The last few weeks or months can become unmanageable at home.

“This is the part of the continuum where residen-tial hospice serves the need, and it doesn’t serve that need for everyone. It’s there for people who need that care. The bulk of people who are dying need care, wheth-er at home, in long-term care, if they end up in hos-pital.”

Hospice generally comes

into play in the last year of a person’s life. For residential hospice, admission criteria is a prognosis of no more than six to eight weeks of life.

Bereavement and grief support is also “a huge part of the work we do,” Odeneal said.

“It’s important for people who’ve suffered a significant loss. For some people there’s major grief periods. You’re talking about children who lose a parent, for example.”

There are occasions when a person who comes into hospice gets better.

“It’s fascinating to watch,” Odeneal said. “It gives you pause: what’s important in your life, what really mat-ters and how you want to live every day to the fullest.”

The society promotes advance care planning — conversations about the kind of care a person wants if he or she is unable to speak for themself. For more infor-mation visit www.Advance-CarePlanningCV.ca.

The CVHS is always seek-ing volunteers with flexi-ble time, compassion and commitment to join the care team. Adults are needed in a variety of capacities.

“The Hospice Society could not function with-out volunteers,” Odeneal said, noting volunteers are

matched with people with like interests.

“What we find is the best teachers for us in terms of the kind of care they want is the person who’s dying.”

Hospice at The Views is a $971,000 project. Island Health will provide an annual operating budget of $865,000, complemented by a CVHS budget of $234,000 annually for psychological supports, and service to patients and families.

“There are communities across this Island that don’t have access to residential hospice care,” Odeneal said. “That’s why it was so important for us to see peo-ple in this community to have access to residential hospice care, just as they do in the Lower Mainland and other communities across British Columbia.”

For more information, contact the CVHS office at 250-339-5533 or [email protected].

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As such, the CVRD board has awarded a contract exceeding $383,000 to Opus Day-tonKnight Consultants of North Vancouver for a water treatment options study at Comox Lake. A five-year water service financial plan includes an allowance of $500,000 for the study.

“The consultant will determine what the treatment requirements will be for the water system,” said Marc Rutten, senior manager of engineering services.

The answer could be a filtration plant — which would cost tens of millions of dollars —

or possibly a combination of things. A deep water intake is another possibility.

Though it can’t meet filtration requirements by itself, an intake would mitigate risks such as fuel spills from boats.

“There’s many other hazards that can be mitigated,” Rutten said. “Any kind of incident at the surface of the lake can be mitigated by drawing the water from depth.”

Area C director Edwin Grieve was the lone board member to oppose the award. Six tenders were received, five of which were evaluated against various criteria.

A $63,000 proposal from Stantec was not evaluated because the time allocated to the study was deemed inadequate to complete the work outlined in a Request for Proposal.

In 2013, Island Health had granted a fil-tration deferral permit to allow the CVRD to defer the installation of a water treatment plant on an interim basis. But earlier this year it rescinded deferral due to increased source water turbidity in the Puntledge River and Comox Lake.

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Editorial

With two weeks to go till the federal election, it’s high time that voters – if they haven’t already – give some

serious thought to who they want to lead the country forward for the next four years.

Locally, there are a total of nine candidates in two ridings. Courtenay, Cumberland, Den-man and Hornby Islanders, as well as all parts south to Highway 4, will choose between John Duncan (Conservative); Glenn Sollitt (Green); Carrie Powell-Davidson (Liberal); Barbara Niley (Marxist-Leninist); and Gord Johns (NDP) - all running in the Courtenay-Alberni riding.

Voters in Comox and parts north vote in the North Island-Powell River riding, represented by Laura Smith (Conservative); Brenda Say-ers (Green); Peter Schwarzhoff (Liberal); and Rachel Blaney (NDP).

Most of the names will be familiar to those who have called our community home for any length of time and pay attention to current events. But name recognition alone is not enough to base a vote on.

What will these candidates do for the com-munity should they win a seat on Oct. 19? How knowledgeable are they on issues that matter? How strongly will they make our community’s voice heard in Ottawa? Which of them best represents what you see as the best direction, locally and nationally?

There are no shortage of ways to get to know the issues, and where each candidate stands on them: go to debates, visit campaign offices, call or email the candidates directly, or simply stop them in the street and ask.

If they really want to represent you – as they insist they do – they will take the time to hear what’s important to you, and give their time to explain their positions.

The bottom line is this: Oct. 19 isn’t just another day. It’s a day that will determine the country’s path forward for a significant length of time.

No doubt, there will be those unhappy with some or all of the decisions of those who are elected to affect change or stay the course. Many are unhappy with the electoral process altogether and have a jaundiced view of all politicians, regardless of party affiliations.

But saying that a single vote doesn’t count is tantamount to saying that all votes don’t count – a position we don’t believe Canadians are ready to embrace. The reality is that those who don’t vote will have no right to complain.

Know the issues, then make your choice

We’re seeing the effects of our post-literate, feelings-based education system and media on the federal elec-tion. Candidate bozo eruptions are becoming more frequent.

Most recently a Liberal candidate on Vancouver Island admitted she has long believed that hijacked jet-liners could not have destroyed the World Trade Centre on 9-11, that it was all “a lie.” That was “my truth,” she said, in the lingo of the feel-ings-first, inner-child crowd.

Now she’s “moved on” to a slightly different fact-free conclusion, that we’ll just never know how those 3,000 people were murdered. And she wants to go to Ottawa and help run this country.

Feelings-based beliefs were on display again at last week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver, where bozo eruptions by local politicians come in bunches.

This year’s main outbreak was an emotional demand that the B.C. government enact a provincial bill of rights. This magic municipal Magna Carta “recognizes the right of every resident to live in a healthy environ-ment, including the right to clean air, clean water and vibrant ecosystems.”

Alert taxpayers may wonder, how many lawyers would it take to define “vibrant”? More on that in a moment.

Local councils across B.C. and around the country have been pitched this scheme by the David Suzuki Foundation, which calls it the Blue Dot campaign. In short, it’s part of the bigger plan to save the planet by crushing capitalism, currently being pushed by the Pope, the UN and oth-ers.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps was one of the most passionate backers. She quoted the plea presented to her council by an 11-year-old recruited by the Blue Dot team.

There are many such children, terrified by indoctrination about the imminent destruction of Earth and all its cuddly creatures that has bom-barded them since they learned to speak. They are found in the wealthi-est countries in human history, those enjoying health, comfort and oppor-tunity not imagined by anyone 100 years ago.

In the vast, air-conditioned hall of the Vancouver Convention Centre, there were several attempts at adult supervision.

Coquitlam Coun. Terry O’Neill noted that unlike intrinsic rights articulated in Canada’s charter, free-dom of assembly and so forth, this is an attempt to invent new rights that are actually demands for “others to do something for you.”

Indeed, if we’re going to have gov-ernment by 11-year-olds, we might

as well throw in a right to free ice cream.

Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz went off on a rant about how this new “vision” would protect us from things like Volkswagen fiddling its diesel fuel emission results.

The resolution calls for “access to justice when environmental rights are infringed,” which sounds like code for some sort of costly new legal aid program to pursue every individual grievance.

Meanwhile in the real world, class action lawsuits are being prepared to gain compensation for lost resale value of millions of cars. This is what happens in fortunate places like Canada that already have access to justice.

O’Neill read off a long list of exist-ing B.C. legislation that protects water, air, wildlife, food, public health and so on. Helps replied that this bill of rights would “consolidate” all that. One more layer of bureaucracy, that’s the Victoria spirit.

Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb pleaded with rural delegates to reject this “David Suzuki propaganda” that is designed to put more roadblocks in the way of the very resource indus-tries that provide our modern com-forts.

Alas, the resolution passed in a show of hands that should have been, but wasn’t, put to a counted vote.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@

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Can you trust the NDP?NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair promises that he will not bring back the long-gun registry in a future NDP federal government.

Is he telling the truth?

His own “policy backgrounder” says he would, “… develop a more effective, better managed system of firearms registration.”

“Thomas Mulcair Policy Backgrounder,” page 3

Before the current election campaign started, Mulcair also said,

“I think that it is possible to provide the police with the tools to better protect the public and themselves by making sure they’re able to follow every gun ... That’s our bottom line.”

Toronto Sun, July 25th

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, maybe it’s a duck?Mulcair ordered all NDP MP’s to oppose scrapping the useless gun registry in 2012. Mulcair severely sanctioned MPs who dared vote for their constituents and against the NDP party line. The long-gun registry cost Canadians over $2 billion and didn’t save a single life. Mulcair still pushes such expensive useless schemes.Mulcair’s NDP also voted against every other effort by the Conservative government to simplify our overly complex and ineffective gun regulations.Should British Columbians trust Mulcair’s NDP?Mulcair must maintain his base in Montreal and Toronto to retain power; they are the people who favour even more and stricter gun controls. Would the policies of a Mulcair government reflect BC or Quebec?Authorized by the BCWF Political Action Alliance

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The young vote mattersDear Editor,Re: From the chair: Why it

is important to vote (Sept. 28, 2015)

I hope that younger voters will take to heart Andrew Gower’s thoughtful piece on the necessity of voting in a democracy. Your votes could have made all the difference in determining outcomes in the last federal election, and most certainly will do so in this one.

Young voters who feel alienated from the political process can’t be blamed. Without a doubt, our system is broken. However, you hold much more power than you might imagine.

If each young voter goes to the polls and supports a party that promises meaning-ful electoral reform by 2019, you’ll have a much better chance of being heard on your priority issues in the future. So please, don’t just vote - vote in favour of proportional representation, and encour-age your family and friends to do the same. It’s your right to take a hand in shaping our democracy. I, for one, think that you’ll do a better job than your predecessors.

Marusha TaylorCourtenay

kye Bay kids urge residents to pick up

Dear CV residents,Our class, Les Loups, from

École Robb Road took part in the yearly effort to free our Canadian shorelines from trash. Our mission was to clean up Kye Bay beach on Wednesday, Sept. 23. If you have been there, you know how beautiful it is. Here are a few words from our experi-ence.

We thought we wouldn’t find a lot of garbage, maybe a needle, a bag, some cigarette butts, a few pieces of rope, or a tire. But we found way more. We picked up things such as: 182 cigarette butts, one firework launcher, 22 beach toys, one tire, 23 pieces of clothing and shoes, 94 plas-tic pieces, 35 food wrappers, 28 pieces of foam, and many lids from shellfish cages. That was more than five big gar-bage bags in total.

We feel bad for the environ-ment and all the animals that can be hurt or die by eating plastics or cigarette butts. For example, sea turtles think that plastic bags are jelly fish, so they eat them and choke

on them. We were surprised to find so much garbage. It is sad that people are litter-ing all over what could be a beautiful planet. It was tiring cleaning the beach …but we were happy to help.

We think that people could be a lot more careful of what they leave on the beach, because it can injure or kill animals and poison the food chain which leads from small things like krill to big animals like us humans. So when you’re finished eating a snack put your wrapper in your pocket if there is no gar-bage can around. You could stop smoking or carry a metal box to put your cigarette butts in. When your dog is done going doo doo, you clean it up. If there is no garbage can close by, carry it. Don’t leave it on the beach; it’s gross. Please, be careful what you throw away and remem-ber to put your garbage in a garbage can.

Les Loups (The Wolves) For the Great Canadian

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Clarification confuses the issue

Dear editor,Re: Point of clarification on

CVRD’s use of term ‘service’ (Sept. 24 Letter).

Thank you, Shanyn Simcoe, BSN, RN, for reiterating my perspective that the intention of the CVRD or B.C. Corpora-tion, and the not exactly not- for-profit, business-as-usual plan, is to provide an inade-quate few housing units.

For the past 20 years, this method has proved to expo-nentially increase homeless-ness.

With respect, your profes-sional or political clarification of what the CVRD means by “homeless services” actually confuses the issue by group-ing those requiring assisted social housing, your area of expertise, with those who just need a truly affordable place to call home.

Housing and attempting to house “seniors, youth 15 and up, and single women fleeing abuse,” under the same roof as those suffering the effects of mental illness and sub-stance abuse, is a proven fail.

To clarify my point and firsthand experience actu-ally resolving the issue of one man’s chronic shelter-less-ness, the solution to end homelessness based on the numbers in the Comox Valley, is to adapt to the needs of

the people and begin the pro-cess of rezoning and legally permitting the integration of 3,000 tiny houses.

Tracy Ann SmithBlack Creek

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Dear editor, The political circus is in

full swing in Canada and every day there are increas-ing insults to Canadians’ intelligence.

Although I am not a mem-ber of any political party, the Harper government looks more and more desperate to retain its dictatorial power and recognizes no depths to achieving this. Even if you support Conservative values, you are being treated as inca-pable of insightful analysis, i.e. seeing through the polit-ical fog. The Conservatives will match $100M in public donations to assist Syrian refugees. This is disgrace-ful – the $100M is our tax dollars to begin with and our international responsibility for adequate refugee relief should not be tied to chari-table donations; the Dept. Of Citizenship and Immigration has returned $250M to the treasury, probably to ‘balance’ the phony budget; the govern-ment was complicit in send-ing Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen to Syria, to be tortured by the Assad regime; now we are bombing Syrian citizens, while ignoring that this con-tributes to the refugee crisis.

Now the Harper govern-ment is trying to buy our votes by Steve posing with his hockey buddy Gretzky, whose hockey abilities I respect, but it would be foolish to rely on him for any political advice. Attempting to bribe us by promising to use $35M of our tax dollars to match our Terry Fox Foundation contributions tarnishes the memory of Terry and should be rejected. The same PM who audited charitable organizations to ensure that they comply with his political philosophy in order to maintain their tax exempt status wants to donate millions of our tax dollars to cancer research while refusing to renew the $36B national health accord. The political spin goes on and will undoubtedly sink to new depths before Oct. 19, count-ing on the collective amnesia of Canadians.

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Gord Holden used to teach in classrooms at Lake Trail Secondary, Courtenay Elementary and at Navi-gate (powered by NIDES). These days, the Courtenay resident teaches out of a virtual world at home.

Holden is part of a team of teachers trained in the Immersive Technology (IMT) Program at Heritage Christian Online School, which is taking a 21st century approach to teaching and learning.

The program began about four years ago with one teacher and eight students covering 30 courses. It now consists of 10 teachers — one of whom lives in Quebec — and about 160 students who take more than 600 courses.

“The idea of 21st century education in most people’s mind is taking what normally exists on a piece of paper and putting it on a screen,” Holden said. “To me, that’s really unfortunate. It’s a lack of insight into what’s possible.”

By removing restrictions such as brick and mortar,

Holden and the team can immerse home-schooled students in a 3D, interactive, virtual environment. In a program called WolfQuest, for instance, students discover how to access GPS locators for actual wolves. Another resource is Quest Atlantis.

Classes are taped, edited and available for review. Students receive constant feedback, and can retake a quiz as many times as need-ed in order to master the material.

“Distance learning can be challenging for kids because they don’t have immediate contact with the teacher,” Holden said. “This is what the kids do when they’re not at school, so my thinking was, Why not have them do it for school?”

Holden is not saying every child or youth would “eat this up.” However, he notes some students’ ideal learning situation is to curl up under a tree with a good book.

“There are kids who would love to curl up inside of that book and be a part of it, and that’s what we do with Quest Atlantis. The kids are part of the story. They’re trying to save a world called Atlantis, and they have

problems that need to be sorted out. These problems all work into our curriculum. Usually there’s a moral, ethical dilemma that’s involved. There are no black and white answers.”

Kamloops resident Carol Thiessen began homes-chooling her son Ben at age 13 through Heritage Chris-tian. With two of his core subjects included in the IMT

format, she said Ben was able to easily learn.

“He was also encouraged to do his best. Not only has Ben learned language arts and social studies, and how to write good reports, but his self-esteem has improved as well,” said Thiessen, who praised Holden for his “ded-ication to our special stu-dents.”

Compared to the prov-ince-wide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) of aca-demic skills, Holden says students in the IMT program scored 19 per cent higher in literacy.

Another positive, he notes, is the savings that would come with adopting the methodology.

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A 21st century approach to teaching■ Scott Stanfield scott.stanfield @comoxvalleyrecord.com

❝ Distance learning can be challenging for kids because they don’t have immediate contact with the teacher. This is what the kids do when they’re not at school, so my thinking was, Why not have them do it for school?❞

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Continued from Page 8“If we had a virtual campus, it wouldn’t cost $10 million. They wouldn’t

have to raise student fees. They wouldn’t have to borrow money.”Virtual learning also provides a safe environment for students to

interact and develop social skills. “We find there’s an amazing response from kids on the autism spec-

trum,” Holden said. “We have kids who typically start off where, if a stranger comes into the room, they would dive under the nearest table. But before long, they’re actually doing public speaking. It’s just amazing the transformation that takes place.”

He recalls a pair of First Nation girls who at first would not speak to anyone but who became “greeters” in the IMT environment.

“The one came running up to me and said, ‘Mr. Holden. I have friends,’ which is three of the most beautiful words a teacher can hear.”

The girl had made 300 friends — in Australia. “My experience has been that when kids are engaged and motivated,

90 per cent of the struggle is gone. Children are wired to learn, they want to learn. But how do they learn best? They learn best through play.”

Holden was named 2014 ‘Edovator of the Year’ by the Virtual Educa-tion Journal. The IMT program has been nominated for a prestigious iNACOL award (International Association for K-12 Online Learning).

Through the Independent School Act, B.C. allows religious education to receive partial funding (half of public school funding).

“In principle, we support virtual learning in all its forms,” says a state-ment from the Education Ministry. “We tend to do this through raising teacher awareness and supporting professional learning opportunities associated with educational technology.”

For more information about IMT contact Holden at 250-334-3676, or [email protected]

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Photos: Cover and opposite page - Gord Holden uses an Immersive Technology (IMT) Program to teach elementary and secondary students.

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As of Oct. 1, Island-owned Tofino Bus Ser-vice has taken over all Vancouver Island bus routes north of Nanai-mo and expanded ser-vice on established routes from Campbell River to Victoria.

With its new “All-Is-land Express” service, Tofino Bus now offers the largest scheduled bus service on Van-couver Island. Comox Valley residents will benefit from more fre-quent service – three times daily – from Courtenay to Camp-bell River, Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancou-ver – allowing for ear-lier morning and later evening departures.

“When we saw that the former bus service provider had applied to abandon their routes north of Nanaimo, we saw a great opportunity to not only keep that service going, but also expand it in commu-nities along those routes,” says Tofino Bus founder and pres-ident Dylan Green.

As an interline part-ner with Greyhound, Tofino Bus uses the

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“Other than pas-sengers getting used to the new name and the more frequent buses between Camp-bell River and Vic-toria/Vancouver, it’s going to be a seam-less transition,” says Green.

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Murray McLauchlan fans are in for a treat in the Comox Valley because he got “antsy” recently.

He hasn’t released an album since 2012’s Human Writes and McLauchlan, who will perform Oct. 15 at the Sid Williams Theatre, is itching to play those songs.

“A lot of people haven’t heard me play those songs because I didn’t tour much in Canada after that,” he said in a phone interview from Ontar-io. “I found other things to do with my life, and I didn’t feel like going on the road.”

Being managed by tour pro-duction company Shantero Productions in Toronto means the scheduling of his tours is much more humane than in the early days.

“We do one after the other and the distances are logi-cal, and it won’t kill you,” he chuckles.

Besides playing under his own name, the 11-time Juno Award winner and Order of Canada recipient still per-forms in Lunch at Allen’s with Marc Jordan, Cindy Church and Ian Thomas.

“We’re still quite active on the concert circuit,” McLauch-lan said of the quartet, which performed at the 2011 Filberg Festival in Comox. “We do on the average about 20 shows a year.”

The band’s name came from the Toronto restaurant where they met as McLauchlan recu-perated from a harrowing, and ironic, 2004 medical mishap that led to quadruple heart bypass surgery.

“I had to have major heart surgery because I went for a diagnostic test and they screwed it up and just about killed me. They were looking to see if there was any evi-dence of heart disease … they tore my coronary artery.”

Before he began his three-decade, 18-album music career, McLauchlan was born in Paisley, Scotland, moving with his parents to Canada when he was five.

Has Scotland influenced his music?

“The early influences of when I was a kid at new year’s listening to (traditional Scot-tish musician) Jimmy Shand and different Scottish bands, yeah, I think it does come out from time to time, although less so now.”

Besides music, McLauch-lan’s other interests include painting and flying aircraft, although he doesn’t pilot planes anymore. His one-word response explains his passion for both.

Existentialism.“When you’re flying or when

you’re doing martial arts, which I’ve also been involved with most of my life, or when you’re painting, you’re in the moment.

“Your brain isn’t chattering about what you did or what you’re going to do … it calms down that chatter in your inner self because you have to deal with the moment.”

When he appears at the Sid, McLauchlan will be accom-panied by bassist Victor Bateman. His ability to bow as well as play rhythmically, McLauchlan explains, gives an orchestral feel to songs like Whispering Rain and some songs from Human Writes.

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Murray McLauchlan will play the Sid Williams Theatre Oct. 15. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Murray McLauchlanSid Williams TheatreThursday, Oct. 157:30 p.m.

The very special four-performance fall music series “Live at Fanny Bay Hall”

features some of the finest musicians and bands in our region. It’s a wonderful way

to spend a Saturday evening at our beauti-fully renovated Fanny Bay Hall.

On the heels of a packed house for the first concert in the four-concert series, the Fanny Bay Hall Community Associ-ation presents Anela Kahiamoe and his band The Experi-menters on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.

Expect this band to deliver a memora-ble evening of music ranging from blues, Hawaiian, jazz, rock and Anela originals.

A native of Hawaii and veteran of the Honolulu music scene, Kahiamoe has been a professional musician his entire life. His popularity in the Comox Valley is phenomenal and his musical talent exten-sive, with beautiful vocals and fantastic skills on guitar, uku-lele and the Hawaiian lap steel.

The Experimenters is loaded with first class local musicians, including Claudio Fontinato, one of Van-couver Island’s finest saxophone and clari-net musicians whose solo skills are abso-lutely incredible and performed with effort-less mastery.

On keyboards and vocals is the well known and highly tal-ented Ralph Barrat. On stand-up and elec-tric bass is the high-ly-skilled Grahame Edwards, and round-ing out the rhythm section is Rob Peter-son on drums.

The unique blend of instruments, fine musicianship of this band and warm stage presence of Kahiamoe will draw you into an awesome evening of live music.

Upcoming...Here are the other

performances at ‘Live at Fanny Bay Hall’

• Performance #3 Saturday, Oct. 24, Ralph Barrat & The Sharp 7.

• Performance #4 Saturday, Nov. 7, The Georgia Strait Big Band.

Advance tickets are $15, available at Laughing Oyster Books in Courtenay, Red Carpet Boutique in Comox, Weinberg’s Good Food in Buckley Bay, Salish Sea Mar-ket in Bowser, and at Mulberry Bush Book stores in Qualicum Beach and Parksville.


RENEWING OUR DEMOCRACY with Gord Johns and Tom MulcairTen years ago, Stephen Harper promised to strengthen our economy and clean up Liberal scandals. But his record is clear: unfair elections, a scandal-ridden Senate, and Conservatives charged with illegal lobbying, illegal campaign contributions and bribery.

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YES or NOScrutineers for and against the question must be appointed if applications are received from people who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only people entitled to vote on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. If enough applications are received, one scrutineer for and one scrutineer against the question will be appointed for each voting place. One scrutineer for the question and one scrutineer against the question will also be appointed to be present at the determination of the official results and, if necessary, at a judicial recount.

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For three years DMN & FRNZ have been rehearsing and performing for ecstat-ic crowds in Courte-nay, Campbell River and most recently at The Filberg Festival. On Thursday, Oct. 8, the group is bringing back its unique brand of jazz to the Georgia Straight Jazz Soci-ety’s Thursday eve-ning Jazz Club at the Avalanche Bar and Grill on 8th.

DMN are Don MacKay on five-string fretted and fret-less basses, Michael Eddy on piano and Neil Clark on drums. These three well known Comox Valley musicians have been rehearsing an excit-ing program that rec-ognizes the incredible talent of composers such as Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter and Bill Evans among others.

DMN’s renditions of standards and not so standards will be enhanced by the addi-tion of FRNZ: Rachel Fuller on alto sax, clarinet and electronic wind instrument; Jay Havelaar on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Rick Husband on gui-tar.

Husband will be adding his own spe-cial style to the eve-ning and is sure to amaze all of us with his sensitive comping skills and his strong soloing ability.

On piano, Michael Eddy maintains a solid sensitive approach to accom-paniment as well as performing some incredibly fiery solos. Michael will also be sure to bring a tear to your eye with his sensitive rendition of “Some Other Time.”

Holding it all together on bass and drums, MacKay and Clark are total-ly in the groove with dynamics and tempos locked right in.

The music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $10 for society members and $12 for non-mem-bers.

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Continued from Page 19Besides playing some tunes from that album,

which scored well on U.S. Cashbox Roots charts and was played extensively in the U.K. and Europe as well as Australia, McLauchlan assures longtime fans that he will play old favourites.

They include Farmer’s Song, Down By the Henry Moore, Spring Rain and Child’s Song.

For ticket information, go to sidwilliamsthe-atre.com, or call the box office at 250.338.2430, ext. 1.

Mark Allan is a freelance writer and a former editor of the Comox Valley Record.

McLauchlin: Old favourites on set list NIC Write Here series begins WednesdayNorth Island College’s Write Here

Readers’ Series returns this month as NIC brings some of Canada’s most widely recognized and award-winning authors to Island campuses this fall.

The series kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 7 with poet, memoir writer and fic-tionist Brian Brett, who also appears at the Sidney Writing Festival and Winnipeg International Writer’s Fes-tival this fall.

Brett is the author of 12 books

including the recently published Tuco and The Scattershot World: A Life With Birds. The book is a follow-up to his award-winning memoir Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life.

On Tuesday, Oct. 13 Broadview Press founder Don LePan will read from Rising Stories: A Novel.

Laura Moss, co-author of Canadian Literature in English, calls the novel beautiful.

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on the big issues of the 21st century... to probe the human impact of them all,” she writes. “Rising Stories might make you turn away from the clock, and maybe even lose sleep, to keep reading.”

Both readings are free and open to the public. They take place in NIC’s Tyee Hall Lounge at the Comox Val-ley campus, starting at 7 p.m.

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for the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on the weekend as they split their games, clipping Peninsula Pan-thers 3-2 Friday on the road then dropping a 4-3 decision to the Nanaimo Buccaneers Saturday at home.

The results left the Icemen in third place in the North Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League standings.

On Oct. 3 at the Comox Valley Sports Centre, the Bucs built a 3-1 lead in the first period then held on for the win. Grayden McInnes, Sheldon Brett and Liam Nijhoff taller for the Yetis, with Nijhoff named first star and goalie Calder Stark second star. The G-Kings out-shot Nanaimo 30-24

On Oct. 2 at the Panorama Recreation Centre, Tyson Slater scored the game winner at 6:06 of the third period as the G-Kings edged the Panthers 3-2. Peninsula

took the lead just eight seconds into the game (Cameron Thomp-son), but the visitors got that one back when Kyle Keeder scored an unassisted power-play goal at 13:30 of the first.

Jake McKenzie’s unassisted shorthanded goal at the eight-min-ute mark of the second put the Yetis in front, only to have Penin-sula pull even less than two min-utes later (Kai Turner). Despite being out-shot 13-8 in the final frame, the Glacier Kings tallied the only goal of the period.

The Panthers out-shot the Ice-men 29-24, with Stark earning first star honours. He stood strong in the final two minutes when the Panthers pressed for the equalizer with their goalie on the bench in favour of the extra attacker.

The Icemen are back in action this weekend with a home-and-away series with the Oceanside Generals. On Friday, Oct. 9 they host the Generals in a 7:30 p.m. start at Sports Centre #1 and on Saturday, Oct. 10 they are in Oceanside for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.

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tion High Jump event Sept. 11 at Vanier Track was attended by over 100 special needs participants and their caregivers from the Comox Valley and Powell River.

It happened to be the hottest day since July, but Comox Recreation Depart-ment staff offered a fun water balloon toss that aided in cooling people down.

Participants jumped, shot-put, wheeled, hurdled and ran various events around the track, compet-ing against their friends and having a great day in the sun. The fun-filled day concluded with an awards

ceremony for gold, silver and bronze in each event and two sportsmanship awards. Comox Recreation Department would like to offer great appreciation to the generous donation from

the Kiwanis Club of Courte-nay and for their volunteer help; especially Robin and Ruth Giles for organizing the volunteers. This event is volunteer run and could not succeed without them.

A special thank you to George Town for organiz-ing additional volunteers to make the lunches with the generous donation provided by Bruce, John and Mike of Comox Quality Foods. This is a free event so our goal is to allow special needs par-ticipants to partake in the event, provide lunch and make it as much fun for them as possible while still challenging them to strive for those medals.

If you would like to volun-teer for this event on Sept. 16, 2016, please contact the recreation programmers at Comox Community Centre, 250-339-2255 ext. 226.

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“The event was a great success. What a wonderful way to end the ladies nights for the season,” said Donna Smith, event co-ordinator.

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Bernard Walburg Jr Wigger was born February 22, 1951 and passed away on September 23, 2015. Ben was predeceased by his parents Bernard Sr. and Johanna Wigger, sister Sophie Junker, brother Rudy Wigger, nephew Micheal Junker and brother in-law Bill Niel. He is survived by his wife of 43 years Melania; children Pamela Wigger and Charles Wigger (Mona Krahn); grandchildren Liam and Logan Wigger, sisters Marianne Neill, Jeannette Derksema (Bob) and Angie Kirkwood (Glen), and numerous nieces and nephews. Ben was born in Almelo, Holland and immigrated to Canada at the age of 6. He attended St. Joseph’s High School in Edmonton, Alberta and post secondary educations at the University of Alberta for computer sciences and NAIT for accounting. Ben married his high school sweetheart Mela Filipowski in 1972 in Edmonton, Alberta. He worked many years as the Secretary Treasurer in the School Districts of Sherwood Park and Morinville, Alberta. Together Ben and Mel raised their two children in Sherwood Park and Morinville. Ben, a proud and devoted husband and father, enjoyed nothing more than being surrounded by family. Special memories included family weekends at the cabin at Long Lake and snowmobile and motorcycle trips with family and friends. Ben’s career path advanced as he worked for several years with the Alberta Pension Services as a systems analyst and later at Agresso as a systems analyst/programmer. Ben and Mela moved to Comox in 2008 to enjoy their retirement and to be closer to their grandchildren. His favourite role as grandpa included several “no rules” movie nights with Liam and Logan staying up far past their bed time eating buttered popcorn and cheesies. Ben was an avid collector and builder of model airplanes and classic motorcycles; his talents to build and create were limitless. Ben will always be remembered as a hard working, witty, and dedicated family man. He will be sadly missed by his family and friends.Flowers gratefully declined. Please send donations to the Canadian Cancer Society and/or the Canadian Diabetes Society.A service for Ben will be held at a future date in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Bob passed away on Sept. 30, 2015 at the Comox Valley Seniors Village in Courtenay. He was born on May 8, 1938 in Cumberland and lived his early years there. After graduation, Bob worked in the logging industry at various camps, Crown Zellerbach and over 30 years with MacMillan-Bloedel at Menzies Bay. Bob gave his life to serving the community and was awarded a Citizen of the Centurythis past year. Over his life he served as a director of the Fallen Alders Com-munity Club, the Comox Valley Curling Club and was past president of both Comox Valley Citizens on Patrol and the Evergreen Club. Bob loved acting, theatre, hunting, fishing, jazz mu-sic and history. Cards were an important part of his life and he was an avid cinch and crib player. He was very involved in black powder re-en-actment where he was known as “Papa Bear”. Always on the move, he enjoyed travelling in the United States and Canada to tour historical sites or to listen to Dixieland jazz. He was a charter member and officer of the Order of Demolay in his youth. In later years, he joined the Hiram Masonic Lodge # 26 and was a member and past officer of Florence Chapter # 53, Courtenay and Chas Maria Chapter # 76, Campbell River, Order of Eastern Star. Bob especially enjoyed traveling all over British Columbia and Yukon where he made many good friends. Bob was not a person who stayed at home even when visitors came to see him at the Village, he always said, “Let’s go”!

Bob is predeceased by his father Frank Bruon and his mother Julianna Bruon. He is survived and will be greatly missed by his loving wife, Di-anne, daughters, Tracy (Dave) and Tammy (Colin), grandchildren, I an (Lauren), Julie (Doug) and Brad, beloved great grandchildren, Georga and Joey, brother Frank (Dolores). Sisters Pearl, and Mary (John) as well as sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life was held on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Florence Filberg Centre. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s So-ciety of B.C. would be appreciated. Please join us in remembering Bob by visiting our memorial at www. piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.com.

Evana Danica LesacSeptember 5, 1929- September 25, 2015

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mom, Evana Lesac on September 25, 2015.

Born in 1929, Evana came to Ontario, Canada in 1959 from her homeland Slovenia.

She arrived in the Comox Valley in 1969 with her husband Petar and their children. She is survived by her children Jerry Lesac of Chilliwack, Johnny Lesac of Vancouver and Wendy Glowasky, son-in-law Steve (Comox) and grandson Jason of Nanaimo. Eva was predeceased by her 2 brothers and 2 sisters of Podulce Raka of Slovenia. Eva was a devoted wife, mother and compassionate friend. She was a hard worker at home and in the service industry. Throughout her life she loved cooking her delicious Slovenian dishes for her family and enjoyed her vegetable and fl ower garden.

Evana spent her last 5 years in Eagleview extended care after suffer-ing a stroke in 2010. There she enjoyed friendship with many residents and staff, while she braved the ongoing hardships of her failing health.

The family extends profound gratitude to the caring physicians, nursing staff and the love and support of many family and friends.

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It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Else Maria Forster. Mom will be dearly missed by all who knew her and loved her. She leaves behind her 5 children, Werner Ihl, Renate (George) Scheller, Iris Forster, John (Diane) Forster and Connie Forster, her grandchildren, Sarah (Denis) Spigel, Steven Scheller, Mark (Haley) Scheller, Maria (Brandon) Harkies, Brooke Forster, Brittaney Forster, Gray Forster, Brett (Aubree) Harkies, Keith Harkies and Elise (A.J.) Harkies, and her 2 great-grandchildren, Ariel Scheller and David Spigel.Thanks to the wonderful “Comox Nurses,” especially Rita! Also to Father Marek and Rosemary for the home visits. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorial donations may be made to the fantastic “Cancer Clinic” in Victoria; B.C. Cancer Foundation, 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8R 6V5A Funeral Service will be held at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, October 10th, 2015 at 11:00am with a graveside interment of ashes at 2:00pm at Courtenay Civic Cemetery.

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HIP OR Knee replacement?Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in walking/dress-ing? Disability tax credit $2,000 tax credit $20,000 Re-fund. Apply Today For Assis-tance: 1-844-453-5372.

DEATHS

email [email protected]

Your community. Your classifieds.

TOLL FREE 1-855-310-3535

$30GET IT RENTED!BUY ONE WEEK, GET SECOND WEEK FREE!*

SELL IT IN 3 OR IT RUNS FOR FREE!*

*Private party only, cannot be combined with other discounts.

Place your private party automotive ad with us in your community paper for the next 3 weeks for only $30. If your vehicle does not sell, call us and we'll run it again at NO CHARGE!

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Your Community, Your Classifi eds.Call 1-855-310-3535

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ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE NOVEMBER AGM.CVTRS is celebrating nearly 30 years of excellence in offering therapeutic equestrian programs to children and adults who are coping with physical, emotional and cognitive challenges. Come join this amazing group of dedicated staff, volunteers and board members who work together to provide innovative programs to our local communities. See the smiles on the faces of participants and be part of our team!” For more information or a Board of Directors Candidate Application please contact the CVTRS office (250) 338-1968 or [email protected].

The Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society - www.cvtrs.comis calling for NOMINATIONS for CANDIDATES

for the BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Requires a part time

Early Childhood Educator/AssistantMin. of 16 hrs per week. Additional hours possible.

Experience an asset.

Apply to Executive Coordinator,1800 Noel Ave Comox 250-339-3033

[email protected] by 3 pm Wed. Oct 14.

the jobshop

THE RESOURCE FOR JOB SEEKERS

The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

Finance Clerk The Job Shop provides employment counselling, workshops, a resource centre, and a computer lab for our clients.

We have an opening for a Finance Clerk.

For details on duties, qualifications and how to apply: www.thejobshop.ca/jobs


the jobshop


2015 EMPLOYMENT EXPO!Wednesday, October 21st

12pm to 4:30pm @ the Florence Filberg Centre - Upstairs

Local Employers on site!www.thejobshop.ca for details


the jobshop


INTERVIEW JITTERS?

If you are unemployed, register for our Interview workshops to improve your skills.

For FREE job search help call 250-334-3119. Visit 103–555 4th St. in Courtenay. www.thejobshop.ca

CAMPBELLRIVER

Ltd.

1358 Marwalk Crescent 250-287-3939


SEE OUR COMPLETE AD ON PAGE A6

CAMPBELLRIVER

Ltd.

1358 Marwalk Crescent 250-287-3939


SEE OUR COMPLETE AD ON PAGE A6

FABRIC LIQUIDATIONBUY 1 GET 3 FREE*

MOST NOTIONS 60% OFF* COME IN BEFORE IT’S ALL GONE

*min. 1 metre cuts. Batiks, Stonehenge, scissors & sewing machine accessories not included.

Affordable Sewing & Vacuum Centre

Making Room for Miele

Vacuums

250-897-09502885 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay next to Madman McKay

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

COMOX - 1425 Sabre Court Oct. 3, 8am - 1pm. Massive Weather Friendly Sale! X-mas decorations/paper, electronics, clothing, housewares, rubber stamps, new purses, new/un-used beauty prod., xmas/Hal-loween stuff, outdoor furniture.


INFORMATION

PERSONALS

AL-ANON/ALATEEN - Con-cerned about someone’s drinking? Contact 1-888-4ALANON (1-888-425-2666). www.al-anon.alateen.orgALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, it is your

business, if you want to Stop it is ours. Ph: A.A 250-338-8042

Call Any Time 24/7DID YOU own a grey 2003 Kia Sorento EX? Present owner looking for the key fobs. Would purchase! Contact: [email protected] are you affected by someone’s use of drugs, we can help. Wed. Group 7:30pm at 280-4th St. Eureka Support Society contact Jack 334-3485. Fri. Group 7:30pm, Ko-mok’s Health Centre, 3322 Co-mox Rd. Call Rene 334-2392.

LOST AND FOUND

FOUND. BICYCLE in Courte-nay; looks like adult bike. Call (250)871-6544.FOUND: Tilley Hat in Downtown Courtenay area. Please call 250-338-5811 and ask for Leslie.LOST: keys on green carbi-neer w/fl ashlight. 2 rings & Toyota key. Between the casi-no to train station. Please drop off at the Record offi ce @ 765 McPhee Ave.if found

TRAVEL

TIMESHARE

CANCEL YOUR timeshare. No risk program. Stop mort-gage & maintenance pay-ments today. 100% Money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248.

VACATION SPOTS

FOUNTAIN OF Youth Spa RV Resort is your winter destina-tion for healing mineral waters, fi ve-star facilities, activities, entertainment, fi tness, friends, and youthful fun! $9.95/day for new customers. Reservations: 1-888-800-0772, foyspa.com

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GET FREE Vending machines can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-locations provided. Protected territories. Interest free fi nancing. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629 Website www.tcvend.com.

CARETAKERS/RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS

MOTEL ASST Manager Team to run small Motel in Parksville BC. Non-Smoking, no Pets, good Health, fulltime live-in position. Fax 250-586-1634 or email resume to: [email protected]

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

HUGE DEMAND for Medical Transcriptionists! CanScribe is Canada’s top medical tran-scription training school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today! 1-800-466-1535. [email protected]

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for a work-at-home career today!

START A New Career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765.

HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

NEW PROFESSIONAL SALON

has a rental opportunity for a hair stylist with clientele. Let us help you to advance your career.

Call 250-202-4351.

HELP WANTED

EXP. SERVER wanted for busy pub. Medical & dental benefi ts. Please drop resumes off to Whistle Stop Pub Attn: Barry or Tammy.

The John Howard Society of North Island

has a part-time position (12 hrs/wk) for a Community Support Worker. Please refer to the job de-scription on our website at www.jhsni.bc.ca Submit re-sume to Vicki Luckman, Pro-gram Manager, 1455 Cliffe Ave. Courtenay BC V9N 2K6; fax: 250-338-6568 or e-mail: [email protected] no later than 4:30 pm Tuesday October 13, 2015.

INFORMATIONINFORMATION

HELP WANTED

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS

NEEDED IMMEDIATELY250-338-0725Carriers Needed

COMOX

RTE # 587Stewart, Arbutus, Alder, Balmoral & Comox Ave

RTE # 595

Balmoral, Pritchard & Juniper Pl.

RTE # 606Balmoral Ave & Marida Pl.

RTE # 620Robb, Centennial Ave. E., Stewart, Megin, Georgia &

Fairway Crt.

COURTENAY

RTE #184Rachel, Mills, Houlgrave &

Salsbury

[email protected]

ADULTS & SENIORS WELCOME

NO COLLECTIONSGREAT WAY TO EXERCISE AND MAKE MONEY

AT THE SAME TIME

Comox Valley Record Hours:

MONDAY TO FRIDAY8:30AM-5:00PM

765 MCPHEE AVE.COURTENAY

UCLUELET HARBOUR SEAFOODS

is currently seeking FISH CUTTERS“highest pay rate in

the industry” 8-10 hours up to 12 if is needed, 30 -60 hours

per week.Important information:

Shifts of work: We require fl exibility on schedule as

hours of work can be: from 5:00 am to 1:00pm or

2:00pm, sometimes working until 4pm or 5:00pm is

required during summer time when production is heavy and overtime is available

Apply by e-mail to: uhsjobs@

pacseafood.com or call at Ph:

250-726-7768 x234

WACOR HOLDINGS Ltd has openings for Experienced Ex-cavator Operators, Labourers and Certifi ed Traffi c Control Persons. Send resume to: [email protected]

LEGAL

BUSY Personal Injury Law Firm requires a Legal Assist-ant to join our Courtenay team. 2-4 years experience in Personal Injury. Excellent salary and benefi ts package. Please send resume and cov-er letter to [email protected]

MEDICAL/DENTAL

Certifi ed Dental Assistant

Energetic, enthusiastic, and experienced CDA wanted

immediately for F/T position in busy dental practice.

Please submit resumes in person at

1841 Comox Ave.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Seeking experienced Journeyman HD Mechanic. Strong hydraulic and electrical troubleshooting skills required. Highway truck experience and a MVI inspection ticket would be considered as-sets. Full time and year round employment. Ex-cellent wage and benefi t package.

Tel: 250-286-1148Fax: 250-286-3546

[email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

SERJOB

CAREER VICES/SEARCH

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CARPENTRY

250-650-1333 SKILLED car-penter. Licensed & certifi ed. Free estimates, Call Doug www.suncrestholdings.ca

HANDYPERSONS

250-898-8887. HOME Repair, Renovation & Maintenance Service. Interior or Exterior. Call Les for Free Estimate.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Kitchens • Refi nish: stains/paints, • Replace: new doors and

drawer facings, • Renew: complete new kitchens and vanities.

Quality workmanship, competitive pricing,

Erdman Construction phone: 250-897-1080 or cell:

250-334-7227

THINKING OF A NEW IKEA KITCHEN? • DESIGN

• DELIVERY • INSTALLATION Since 1990. 250-338-3148

MISC SERVICES

STAMP COLLECTORLooking to buy stamps [email protected]

PLUMBING

FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

GARAGE SALES

SERJOB

CAREER VICES/SEARCH


MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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 & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT or www.Norwood Sawmills.com/400OT


AUCTIONS

HELP WANTED



STEEL BUILDINGS. Madness Sale! All buildings, all models.You’ll think we’ve gone maddeals. Call now and get yourdeal. Pioneer Steel, 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca


AUCTIONS

HELP WANTED

CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS

www.localworkbc.ca

MADE MONEYWITH THE

CLASSIFIEDSIt’s easy to sell your stuff with a little

help from our Classifieds.

Let our sales team help you by calling

toll free 1-855-310-3535

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250-897-1611Licensed Professionals

www.pennylane.bc.ca

OCEANVIEW RANCHER 2 bdrm & den, 2 bath, 5 appls, wood F/P, fam. rm., workshop & studio, quiet dead-end street, landscap-ing incld., N/S, No pets, Avail. Immed. - $1,600/mthGREAT CTNY FAMILY HOME 4 bdrm & den, 3 bath, 6 appls, family rm., double garage (fridge in gar-age “as is”), fenced yard w/shed & RV parking, N/S, No pets, Avail. Immed. - $1,650/mthCLOSE TO DRIFTWOOD MALL 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 4 appls, gas F/A heat, garage, partially fenced yard w/shed, newer windows & paint, N/S, sm. pet neg. w/refs, Avail. Immed - $1,100/mthNORTH-EAST CTNY 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appls, family rm., 2 ext. storage rms., open pkg., partially fenced yard, laminate fl rs, N/S, No pets, Avail. Immed - $950/mth

250-897-1611Licensed Professionals

www.pennylane.bc.ca

TRUMPETER’S LANDING 2 bdrm & den/2bath and 1 bdrm & den/1 1/2 bath, 6 appls/5 appls, patio, undergr pkg, storage locker, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed & Nov. 1 $900-$1,250/mthPUNTLEDGE DUPLEX 3bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appls (W&D “as is”), 3 levels, fenced yard w/lg storage shed, N/S, No pets, Avail. Immed. - $1100/mth.VANRIDGE MANOR 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appls, gas F/P (gas incl), balcony, N/S, No pets. Avail. Dec. 1 - $725/mthBRAIDWOOD MANOR 2 bdrm, 1 bath, ground level condo, F & S, coin laundry, patio, res pkg. N/S, No pets. Avail. Nov. 1 - $700/mthASPEN COURT 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appls, ground fl r., patio, res. pkg., N/S, No pets, Avail. Nov 1 - $850/mthCAMELOT COURT 2 bdrm, 1 bath, ground fl r at rear of building, 5 appls, gas F/P, lg laundry/storage rm. & ext. storage, res. pkg., N/S, No pets, Avail. Nov 1 - $825/mth

HOMES FOR RENT TOWNHOUSES

APARTMENT/CONDO

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

APARTMENTS CONDOS

“YOUR Apartment, Condo and Townhouse Rental Experts”

www.meicorproperty.com

WILLOW ARMS APARTMENTS

1252-9th St., CourtenaySpacious 2 & 3 bedroom suite in a quiet family oriented building with secure entry and manag-er on site. Walking distance to schools, bus stops, and downtown. Reasonable rent includes heat, hot water, stove, fridge, carpet and drapes. No pets, two rental references and security deposit required.

For viewing call Donna 250-334-9667

CYPRESS ARMS

1255 9th Street, CourtenayDeluxe 2 bedroom suite in a quiet well maintained building. Rent includes full size fridge, stove, washer, dryer, carpets and blinds. Nice feature - large open concept kitchen. No pets. 2 Rental references and security deposit required.

Call Donna 250-334-9667


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

BUYER LOOKING to pur-chase mushrooms & Christ-mas boughs. For more info please call. (250)897-4506.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PIANO ACCORDION. Camillo Make, Emperor Model. Black & silver. Pristine cond. $1000. 250-923-6496

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

PERFECT OPPORTUNITY for a home and free business. Daycare could pay your mort-gage if you want to keep it run-ning or simply enjoy the priva-cy of 1 acre, 2300 sq ft close to school and town. 250 286 0634 www.991petersen.com

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

DOWNTOWN COURTENAY:

Inexpensive offi ce Gross rent

$550 + Hydro 250-334-6714

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO APARTMENT/CONDO

RENTALS

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

FOR ALL YOUR STORAGE NEEDS

• Climate Controlled Units.• Secure RV, Boat and

Vehicle Storage.• Secure Access 7 Days a

week 6am to 8pm.3610 Christie Parkway,

Courtenay, 250-338-8128.

SUITES, LOWER

COMOX: FURNISHED, Semi private suite available $500/mo inclusive, shared laundry. Call 250-890-9199.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

VTRUCKS & ANS

1979 FORD F150 302cu, auto, 176 km, long box, maint records/manual, orig blue paint/body. Could also be a good project truck $1200. 250-338-7196

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1.855.310.3535

Place your private party automotive ad with us for the next three weeks for only $30 plus tax. If your vehicle does not sell, call us and we’ll run it again at no charge. The price is for a 5 line ad. (Price with photo is $60 plus tax.)

The LINC Youth Centre is a great place to be for youth 10 – 18 years.

This October and November the LINC offers skills-training, art, music, early-dismissal and drop-in programs.

Train to be an employable food handler in Food Safe Level 1, and learn job-readiness skills in Job Preparation Program. Both pro-grams are an asset to any resume. In #HackYourResume, youth will get help tweaking their resume into a professional document ready to submit to employers.

In Music Appreciation, partic-ipants trace the history of their favourite bands – through jazz, rock and roll, disco, etc. and leave with a family tree of their favourite band. Record a song, make a video and create an online presence to help get paid gigs in Multimedia for Songwriters & Musicians.

Craft Fair Prep and Green Gift Giving will get youth into the hol-iday spirit.

Craft Fair Prep provides youth with supplies to create wares to

sell at The Gnarly Little Christ-mas Craft Fair on Dec. 5. Youth crafters, bakers and entrepreneurs are invited to register their table for this event for $10.

In partnership with Comox Strathcona Waste Management, Green Gift Giving will give partic-ipants creative ways to give gifts that don’t break the bank.

Fun for families and adultsOctober also brings the return of

Family Drop-ins and Adult Skate Night.

Family Drop-in starts Oct. 18, from 3-5 p.m. Drop-in with your children and youth for just $5 and play in the games room or skate-park together. Adult Skate Night begins Oct. 26 and runs Mondays from 7-9 p.m. for a $4/drop-in. The LINC also offers program-ming for youth during PLC and Pro-D Days.

For more information or to reg-ister call the Courtenay Recreation Lewis Centre at 250-338-5371. For full youth program information visit www.courtenay.ca/rec

Fall Programs at The LINC

Looking for work? Want to meet hiring managers? Wonder about employment opportunities in the Comox Valley? Then attend the Employment Expo 2015 on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at the Filberg Centre in Courtenay. There are already nearly two dozen employ-ers signed up to take part in the hiring fair, which runs from noon to 4:30 p.m.

This annual event is hosted by The Job Shop, WorkBC centre.

To date, participating employers include:

• BC Construction Assn./ Skilled Trades Employment Program

• BC Ambulance• Canadian Forces Morale and

Welfare Services• Canadian Tire• Coastal Community Credit

Union• Communitas Supportive Care

Society• Comox Valley Airport• Department of National

Defence recruiters• Discovery Community College• First Credit Union and Insur-

ance• Footprints Security• Holbrook Dyson Logging• Island Health

• McDonalds• Mt Washington• North Island College• RCMP - District Operational

Communication Recruiting• Retirement Concepts• The Goat• The Salvation Army• Vancouver Island Community

Connections• Westerly Hotel• Western Forest Products

PreparationResearch the employers you

would like to speak to. Tailor your resume. Plan your introduction and questions. Drop into The Job Shop to utilize our self-serve cen-tre or speak to a case manager to explore personalized job search assistance.

When going to the job fair, dress as though you already work there. Approach each employer with a smile, a handshake, patience and enthusiasm. Circulate and visit, you may be surprised at the vari-ety of positions at an organization. After a chat, ask for a business card, so that you can follow up with a letter or email.

Call 250-334-3119 for informa-tion.

Dat set for Employment Expo 2015

FALL SALEON NOW

SHRUBS, HEDGINGTREES

to check our current availabilityrivermeadownursery.comMON TO FRI 8 - 5 • SAT 9 - 4

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• Faux Leather Jackets• Reversible Vests• Boiled Wool Jackets• Glencheck Slacks

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Classic Fashions • Regular & Petite Sizes 2-16

Turner Rd, NANAIMO Upper Longwood Station

Hours: Mon to Sat 10am to 5:30 & Sun 11am to 4pm

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“Largest”Selection of Petites North

of the Malahat.


250 Fifth Street Courtenay 250-334-3178Mon-Sat 9:30-5:30 Fri till 9pm

www.searlesshoes.com

“Serving the Comox Valley for over 80 Years”

Look For More In Store Specials

“Searle’s for that hard to fit foot”

LadiesCanadian Made

RAIN BOOTSAssorted Colours

Men’s Moab Gortex Sizes 7-13Women’s Siren Gortex Sizes 6-11

Ladies or Mens 100% WaterproofBrown, Black or Brown Nubuck SALE

25%OFF SALE ENDS OCTOBER 10, 2015Look for MORE in Store Specials

Ladies or Mens

Look for MORE in Store Specials

Ladies or Mens 100% WaterproofBrown, Black or Brown Nubuck

Ladies or Mens

Lightweight, Flexible BreathableYour Choice ofStyle or Colour

Ladies 5-11; Men’s 7-14Men’s Moab Gortex Sizes 7-13Women’s Siren Gortex

GREAT FALL SALECOME HARVEST SOME OUTSTANDING SAVINGS ON FALL SHOES

We will be closing early ...On Thursday, October 8th we will be closing at 2 p.m. to enable all of our 140 employees the opportunity to make an impact in the communities that we serve.

Ask us for details!


Ask us for details!


Ask us for details!

We will beclosing early...

First Credit Unionfi rstcu.ca I 250-336-2272

First Insurancefi rstins.ca I 250-334-3443

Applications for community grants now being accepted

The Comox Valley Community Foundation supports a wide range of projects that are

projects provide a direct service or take an innovative approach or response to dealing with community issues, concerns or needs.

Note: Applications accepted online only

As an independent charitable organization, the Foundation’s primary purpose is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Comox Valley. Since 1998 the Foundation has disbursed over $1.5 million to support local charitable organizations.

Visit the Foundation’s website for guidelines, criteria and application forms.

Deadline for applications - October 23, 2015

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