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Drew McLachlanLAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

30 local parents gathered at Palsson Elementary School last Thursday (March 5) to express their concerns with the school’s shrinking number of classrooms, which has left grade four students with an uncertain place at Palsson.

As both Palsson and Lake Cowichan School (LCS) direct grade four classrooms, parents

were given the option of which school to send their children to at the beginning of the year. With enrollment dwindling, and Palsson’s grade four class at risk of being cut, parents may not have the same luxury next year, leaving many concerned.

Chris Rolls, president of the Lake Cowichan Teachers’ Federation, said that while each student’s situation is unique, she’s seen many children bene� t

from the leadership role that comes with being in the oldest grade in school, as well as others who were ready to move on to an “intermediate environment” by grade four. She also brought up that in the past parents had the option of choosing from multiple elementary schools in the Cowichan Lake area, and that giving parents an option between Palsson and LCS is the best option in terms of education.

While enrolment in Lake Cowichan has been declining, the number of classrooms at LCS have been increasing, going from a grade eight to 12 secondary school to its current role as a four to 12 school.

At last week’s meeting, school district 79 assistant superintendent Sheryl Koers shared with parents just how much local enrolment has fallen.

While both schools in Lake

Cowichan have a combined capacity of 770 students, only 501 are currently enrolled. That number is projected to continue dropping, with the 2022-23 school year expected to see only 400 students. LCS alone has a capacity of 500 students, with only 373, including 16 international students, currently attending.

—Continued on page two

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Parents of Palsson students could be out of options

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BC Men’s Curling Championship:Team McCrady takes gold at Cowichan Rocks

Photo Malcolm ChalmersLissa Liboron brought her daughter Zelda to address the school board members with her concerns of having to attend school with older teenagers “The little kids shouldn’t have to go because they might act like the teenagers who don’t know a lot about math and they wear inappropriate clothes,” Zelda said.

Boy Scouts:Local group wants to bring the Scouts back to Lake Cowichan

LCS Health Fair: Students invite community back for annual fair

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Drew McLachlanLake CowiChan Gazette

Students at Lake Cowichan School are getting ready to educate residents on a wide variety of health and wellness topics next month, as LCS prepares to host its third annual Health Fair.

The Health Fair is scheduled for April 16, and is designed to teach students, as well as the larger community, about the health issues prevalent in our community, as well as any resources available locally.

Grade 10 students will be presenting their research projects from class, and several local health groups will also be present with their own educational booths.

Last year’s Health Fair, which closely followed a similar event held by Choose Cowichan Lake at Centennial Hall, proved to be a success, gaining the attention of many residents.

This year, LCS’s Health Fair follows closely after the one organized by the local First Nation, which was also held at Centennial Hall last Saturday (March 7).

“The Health Fair will obviously be health-based in any direction, be it physical or mental,” Dianne Martin, Head Secretary at LCS, said last year. “The students will be presenting what they’ve

learned as we have classes at the school about health and career education.”

The event will be open to the public, who are also invited to take part in presentations.

To get involved, contact LCS teacher Noni Battye by email at [email protected].

LCS is hoping for a large turnout from residents of the Cowichan Lake area.

More information will be available on the LCS website (www.lcss.sd79.bc.ca).

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Lake Cowichan School to host third annual health fairApril 16: Residents will be invited to Lake Cowichan School, to learn about a variety of health topics from both students and community groups

Loss of schools leads to loss of population, says councillorPalsson Elementary: District will announce fate of school next month

—Continued from the front page

The drop in enrolment can be partly attributed to young families moving in order to find work. While the mill and forestry industry was booming in Lake Cowichan, so was the education sector – with two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school in town, as well as elementary schools in nearby Youbou and Honeymoon Bay. Councillor Tim McGonigle expressed concern that without a functioning elementary school, Lake Cowichan could only become less attractive to prospective residents with young families.

“Without an enticing primary school we are looking at people

moving out, we are looking at not retaining young families or attracting young families,” McGonigle said at the meeting. “We don’t want to be a retirement community with no primary school, no high school and shipping what students are left here to other facilities in the Cowichan Valley.”

It has yet to be determined what Palsson Elementary will look like next year. Candace Spilsbury, chairperson on SD 79’s Board of Education, said that the district will begin a “discussion and investigation” of the current situation on March 24, taking into consideration the opinions gathered from parents, and announce their conclusion on April 4.

File photoCorrina Cornworth gives Maeve Hayward an eye exam at her Lake Cowichan eyecare table at the 2013 Health Fair.

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Local group wants to bring Scouts back to Lake Cowichan after a decadeThe Canadian Path: New ‘re-focus’ aims to keep Scouts Canada popular across countryDrew McLachlanLAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

Scouts Canada is getting ready to move in a new direction — called “the Canadian Path” — and they want to take Lake Cowichan with them.

Local resident Tamara McDonald has been at the forefront of getting a scouting group in Lake Cowichan. She said that public interest for Scouts has grown immensely, with many parents already offering to volunteer since she � rst brought it up in January.

McDonald attributed the popularity to the lack of year-round activities for kids in Lake Cowichan.

“The only options right now are hockey, which not everybody can play, and Cadets, which is done in Duncan,” McDonald said. “Children need something to do, teenagers need something to do.”

Lake Cowichan’s former Scouts group stopped operating ten years ago, as those interested in the group eventually grew out of it. The Scout Hall has since been torn down.

Scouts has recently started revamping the program — referring to the new focus as “the Canadian Path.” The redesign still remains focuses on outdoor activities and teamwork,

but as McDonald explained, the structure of the organization has been completely changed.

“Before, Scouts was leader-run; the Scout leaders would tell the kids what to do,” McDonald said. “But now it’s youth-run, the kids tell the leaders what they want to do, what they’re interested in.”

The iconic badges have also been replaced with “levels” to represent skills and knowledge, and Scouts Canada has rebranded itself in order to attract more girls to the group. According to McDonald, Scouts encourages an element of “managed risk,” to facilitate responsible choice-

making for members, and is also embracing a “spiritual,” but non-denominational, element.

“They’re changing the way scouts is run,” she said. “Even people who grew up with Scouts may not recognize it.”

McDonald said the next step for the group will be to gather more volunteers and � nd a sponsor for

the local Scouts group. On Monday (March 9), Scouts coordinators met with the Lions Club, who sponsored the former Scouts group, and are awaiting their decision.

The local Scouts group will be holding an open house at Palsson Elementary on April 9, where parents can learn about the group and register. The group will also be holding two fundraisers at Country Grocer on April 5 and 19, in order to raise money for supplies and uniforms.

Photo Malcolm ChalmersArea support manager Melissa Bond (left) and commissioner Fraser Warne were at the Health and Wellness Fair last Saturday (March 7) to represent Scouts Canada to Lake Cowichan.

Photo Malcolm ChalmersSkip Matthew McCrady talks the stone into the point paying position to win Gold in a two extra end � nal. Team McCrady beat Team Horvath 5 to 4 at the Tim Hortons BC Juvenile Men’s Curling Championships held this weekend at the Cowichan Rocks Curling Club.

Photo Malcolm ChalmersAt the Tim Hortons BC Juvenile Men’s Curling Championships this weekend at the Cowichan Rocks Curling Club all eyes were on the � nal ends of the game for Gold and Silver between Royal City Curling Club’s Team McCrady and the Victoria/Juan De Fuca Team Horvath.

”“Now [Scouts] is youth-run, the kids tell the leaders what they want to do, what they’re

interested in. They’re changing the way Scouts is run.Tamara McDonald

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BC moves to restrict use of e-cigarettes

Tom FletcherBLACK PRESS

The B.C. government is tightening its regulations to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and use of the smoking substitute in workplaces, restaurants and other indoor public spaces.

Health Minister Terry Lake said changes he introduced in the B.C. legislature Thursday will treat the battery-powered devices like tobacco products, meaning they may not be displayed in stores or used in enclosed spaces where others are present. That will include private vehicles with children inside.

Lake said he expects the new regulations to be in effect within a year, after consulting with the industry and giving sellers time to adjust to the new rules.

“This doesn’t ban e-cigarettes,” Lake said. “This means that children are protected from the sale and from being exposed to e-cigarettes, and those who don’t want to be subjected to the vapours from e-cigarettes are protected as well.

“Essentially the same conditions that now apply to tobacco will apply to e-cigarettes, so in public places, indoor workplaces,

school grounds and now health authorities as well.”

Lake said e-cigarettes may have potential as a quit-smoking aid, but they are currently unregulated and the liquid used in them may contain nicotine or other chemicals with health risks. The federal government has banned the sale of so-called “e-juice” containing nicotine, but it remains legal in the U.S. and Health Canada has received numerous reports that it is sold north of the border as well.

NDP health critic Judy Darcy said she supports the restriction on e-cigarettes, but the lack of measures to prohibit � avoured tobacco products is “a gaping hole” in the government’s bill.

Lake said he has been assured by federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose that federal regulations are in the works to deal with � avoured tobacco.

“When you’re talking about the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, it’s better to do that at a federal level, because obviously they’re not made in each individual province,” Lake said.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfl etcherbc Email: tfl [email protected]

B.C. Views: Lack of measures regulating the sale of � avoured tobacco products ‘a gaping hole’ in the government’s bill, says health critic Judy Darcy

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Cowichan Lake and River are drainingDear editor,

With growing alarm I notice that the level of the lake and river is dropping more than one inch per day! The control gates at the weir and the lock that controls boat traffi c to the river are both still wide open and our valuable water is fl owing uncontrolled downstream.

There is no snowpack and it is possible that the heaviest rains are now over. It seems obvious that we should be doing everything possible to conserve the water in the lake. The town cannot do anything about this situation, Catalyst (Crofton)who operate the lock and gates cannot do anything until April 1st unless

they receive permission from John Baldwin, Ministry of Lands, Forest, and Environment.

Catalyst has asked permission for early closure but has heard nothing back. Bureaucracy moves slowly but the lake drops rapidly!

We are the ones who will suffer with water shortages this summer. The lake level should be brought under control now to conserve as much water as possible. The system as it is, is not working.

—Georgie ClarkLake Cowichan

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Bob Vessey“Yes, we should. They are going to raise the weir — that’s in process already — no matter what people at the Lake think. We have already cut back our usage a lot according to the paper.”

Tonnae Nichols“Yes, they should have a grant in place for water storage for residents and put barrels out to capture rain water like they do in Nanaimo.”

Don Cochrane“Given the forecast for continued weather like this, I don’t think we have a choice — we are going to have to raise the weir, though not by a lot. They need the water for the � sh and the downstream usage for the mill. It’s inevitable.”

Tersa Malcolm“I don’t really know, but I think we will be raising the weir.”

Street BeatCowichan Lake SAYSWe asked: With the little amount of snow this year as well as the hotter summers, is it time to start looking at ways to conserve more water in Lake Cowichan?

With Malcolm Chalmers

Edgar Halvorson“No, I don’t. I believe we live in a rain forest and there is absolutely no issue as far as water goes.”

Public forum reveals priorities of residents, positions of council

It was great to see a good turnout at our public forum on Feb. 18. There were very good points raised and it was a useful learning exercise for all of council and those present. It is important to share what council has been dealing with on an ongoing basis and it is also important that you share your ideas with us. Hopefully, the meeting left you with a better understanding of council’s positions on some matters.

There was clear consensus on the need for a seniors care facility. It was evident this was something people would like to see established in the near future. A committee similar to the Choose Cowichan Lake could be formed. We will be accepting applications at the Town of� ce for volunteers to form the new committee that will work towards getting a facility. We want our citizens to have the ability to age in the community they choose to live in. This was apparent from the public discussions and with hard work this is attainable.

The boil water advisory was also a topic of discussion at the public meeting. We regret having to issue advisories

and we are working our best so we can help resolve this issue. Contrary to what some might think, it is not as simple as saying “just � x it.” The standards on turbidity have changed and we may have to accept that. When Island Health says our NTU is over 1, we must then put out an advisory. Currently, our only water source is surface water and we were mandated

to have water treatment upgrades by March 2015. This noti� cation was given a number of years ago but we were unable to comply with this required directive because of our inability to come up with � nancing for the required water treatment upgrades.

We are also dealing with de� ciencies in our sewer treatment facilities. Council made the decision in 2010 to begin charging a sewer parcel tax. In 2012, we also began levying a water parcel tax. We knew parcel taxes would be unpopular but it was necessary for us to prepare for when a new treatment facility was required. It is important to minimize the � nancial impact through parcel taxes early on rather than place an unrealistic � nancial burden on those same tax payers later. We have and will continue to � nd the appropriate treatment option that will meet all the health and safety requirements for our residents but also minimize the � nancial impact to our residents. We are talking substantial dollars for projects like these and it is crucial that we get it correct.

In order to make our Town

a great place to live, it takes active participation from our citizens. Often I hear there is nothing for kids to do, or nothing for adults to do in our community. It is up to individuals to make things happen and not have to depend on others to do it for them. All good things in a community happen with good organizing and volunteers. We have always experienced success when we have outstanding volunteers. We are seeing an increase in participation from many people in our community lately. It is the people who live here and provide good social activities that make our community the special place it is. Recent examples are:

Tamara McDonald and others are getting the Boy Scouts started up again after its long absence. Some said she couldn’t do it but her persistence and that of other parents has paid off. Scouts are scheduled to begin operations in April and they are looking for one more scout leader. Well done. Good luck and thank you for making this organization provide the needed leadership experience for our children.

Erin Ward has done an outstanding job coordinating the community garden project through work parties and meetings. A community garden will provide an avenue for the coming together of residents to allow for social gatherings. It is good seeing the interest continue to grow for this endeavor.

Jenn Pollner and the downtown renewal group

are working hard to bring a farmers’ market to our town beginning in May of this year. The market will take place on Saturdays at Ts’uu baa-asatx square. What a great opportunity for many of our local vendors to sell their goods and for people to mingle and socialize.

Lake Days is an example of volunteers coming together to provide an avenue for people to celebrate within their community. This is a big job to coordinate and I would like to thank Bob Day, the chair for the past six years, for his countless hours of preparation and wish the new chair, Jackie Cummings, the best of luck and great success. Lake Days is a highly anticipated event every June.

Socializing is an important aspect for a community that is not appreciated enough, but it is what people talk about the most. If each individual invests just a bit more time getting to know one another our community will become a much richer place to live in.

Saturday Feb. 21 saw Lake Cowichan featured on Global TV’s “Small Towns BC” program. Thank you to the sixty-� ve people who submitted photos and thumbs up to those of you who have had their pictures shown. They were magni� cent. What an amazing way to showcase your town and demonstrate your pride for your hometown. The beauty that we are surrounded with was so very evident in those pictures.

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A century of Lake Cowichan growth

COWICHAN LAKE

Smile FILEWith Malcolm Chalmers

Dwayne Relke

I’ve always wanted to: Travel to Europe Favourite food: A good steakBest thing about living here: The weather Favourite activity: Shooting poolMy proudest moment: When I met my girlfriend AshleyI de� ne down time as: Traveling around the IslandI wish I was better at: Athletic endeavours If I was stuck on a desert island I would de� nitely need: A radioMy guiltiest pleasure is: Chocolate My go-to wardrobe staple: Shorts all-year roundIn my fridge you’ll � nd: Lots of good foodIf I had a $1,000,000: Travel a lot

The � rst days of Lake Cowichan: Settlers, mostly immigrants, � ocked to the Island in the early 1900s during the ‘extraordinary expansion of the Canadian West.’

By 1905, due to “extraordinary expansion of the Canadian west”, thousands of settlers (mainly immigrants) came in droves to the Western prairies and as far as the Paci� c coast and Vancouver Island, to live their dream of owning land. “The boom was snow-balling to fever pitch, we have the world by the tail,” reported the Cowichan Leader in its Golden Jubilee edition. Ventures and opportunity were springing up everywhere, eventually spreading to Duncan. This was due, in some part, to the opening of several Island mines situated between the Nanaimo and Duncan area. This made possible several daily trips via stage coach between Duncan and the mines (Tyee Copper, Mount Sicker, Lenora and Richard 111 mines, etc.). A small mill was operating at Tansor near Duncan, and the town even had its own newspaper. Things were “pretty good for Duncan,” reported the Cowichan Leader.

There were also daily stage trips running from Duncan to Cowichan Lake. “ When people

spoke of Cowichan Lake they did not mean a settled municipality with a built up community- but what the school books de� ned as a ‘large body of water surrounded by land.’” Translated to today’s understanding, Cowichan Lake was surrounded by dense virgin forests although spotted here and there with the odd shanty, shack, cabin and the Riverside Inn (est. 1885).

In contrast to the development of today: homes, buildings, businesses, schools, streets, highways, parks, there were vast forests of Douglas � r, cedar, pine, hemlock that soon after, brought untold wealth to the west. “Silence and charm were not all, there was also wildlife”: cougar, bear, deer, elk, beaver, swans, duck, blue heron, gulls and loons aplenty and an abundance of � sh in all the lakes, rivers, and streams. Cowichan Lake was, for a long time onward, known as “A � sherman’s’ paradise“.

The boom that arrived as close as Duncan, had not yet hit Lake Cowichan which was � ne with the few pioneers who had settled here some years before. There were a few settlers such as Frank Green, Henry March, (who both became permanent settlers and, spending most of their lives here). There was also logging magnate Angus Fraser (who, the Cowichan Leader surmised, built the hotel. Other documentation credits this undertaking to Charles and Alfred Green, who in this author’s opinion built the Riverside). Most of the

people who settled (with many eventually moving on) were woodsmen; logging being what brought them here.

Others who came in, or before, 1905 included Robert Meade, Dr. Stoker of Marble Bay, the three Green brothers and their cousin Bill Swinerton, the Price brothers, one of which went on to build and operate hotels in Duncan, Dan Savoy and “Doc” Terrain. Very few women came during these early years of settlement. Louisa Green was one of very few female settlers to remain at Cowichan Lake the rest of their lives.

Her early memories, which appeared in a later edition of a Duncan newspaper, citing that she “had never forgotten the spell of that � rst trip over the road (actually a rough trail) from Duncan through the long avenue of giant trees and seeing the last river log drive [shipping logs down river for market] and how the logs piled up on a bar in the river opposite her home and watching the men working [to free the jammed logs] in the icy water.

The boom that swept Western Canada, including parts of Vancouver Island, in the early 1900’s was slower to arrive at Cowichan Lake than in larger communities. It � nally arrived and in the 1940’s through the 1980’s when the town prospered as it never had before... nor since.

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Photos Kaatza Station MuseumThe curved roof wooden house (shown in the above two pictures), was used as a � oathouse on Cowichan Lake (circa 1900). It was built by master builder and woodsman Dan Savoy, an early settler to the area.


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Tamu Miles was a single mother when an old boyfriend came back into her life and changed everything.

“We were together in high school and then he moved and I didn’t see him for years and years,” Miles said. “When he came back into my life he immediately said, ‘You have to go back to school. You’ve got to do what you dreamed.’”

That encouragement eventually led Miles to � nally pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an author.

“I have been writing short stories and poetry for as long as I can remember,” she said. “My mother was a writer as well and it has always been something that I have wanted to do.”

Miles recently held a Shooting for the Stars event and is also running a crowdfunding campaign, which ends on March 13, in order to gather donations.

“This is my last push to get the funding that I am striving for,” Miles said. “It’s a double function. To read an excerpt from the novel and let the public know what I am doing and who I am.”

The science-� ction novel is about a princess named Aiyana, who is a bodied incarnation of one of the 12 zodiac signs, and her struggle to ful� ll her destiny.

Miles resides in Lake Cowichan, but grew up on Salt Spring Island. It was on Salt Spring that

her novelist aspirations were temporarily put on hold after she became pregnant.

“I had kids pretty young and I wasn’t able to � nish my Grade 12 or continue on to post secondary education,” she said.

In the years following the birth of her son, Miles worked a number of minimum wage jobs and helped run a cleaning business with her mother. However, it wasn’t until she reconnected with her old high school boyfriend that she decided to return to high school and then enrol in the creative writing program at Vancouver Island University.

“My son was about 13 when I was able to � nally go back to school and do what I had always dreamed of doing, which was taking creative writing and pursuing my career as a writer and as a novelist,” she said.

After graduating, Miles moved to Vancouver Island and became the editor of the Lake Cowichan Gazette as a way to gain experience as a writer.

“Journalism wasn’t my � rst choice,” she said. “But it was a way to learn my craft and get my name out there a little bit.”

Miles eventually left the paper and began focusing on writing her upcoming novel, which she hopes to release next summer.

“My goal is to have it editor ready by April,” she said. “Hopefully by the end of the year it will be ready to go to send off to a press because I am going to self-publish.”

As each day passes, Miles inches closer to realizing her childhood dream. She credits the support she’s received from her old high school boyfriend, whom she married eight years ago.

“He believes in me even when I

don’t believe in myself,” she said.Although she plans to create

a science-� ction book series, the story of how she met her husband is something she would eventually like to turn into a novel.

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down on paper,” she said.For information on Tamu

Miles, please visit (www.tamumiles.wordpress.com) and to donate to her crowdfunding campaign, visit (www.bitly.com/tamumileskickstarter).


Photo submittedTamu Miles, who also writes an astrology blog, at her home in Lake Cowichan.

Photo Malcolm ChalmersKyle Hughes and his � shing buddy Mike Carver pose with Kyle’s second and � fth place Cutthroat Trout. Kyle won $150 and $50 for his winning � sh.

Former Gazette editor crowdfunding debut novelShooting for the Stars: Tamu Miles’ debut sci-� novel is set to launch next summer

Photo Malcolm ChalmersDoug Parker accepts his $250 cheque at the Lake Cowichan Legion for winning the 2015 Frostbite Fishing Derby. Doug’s � sh, a Cutthroat Trout, weighted in at 2.83 lbs and was brought in around 1 p.m., well before the 5:30 p.m. deadline. Other winners were Kyle Hughes, whose second place 2.44 lb Cutthroat Trout won him $150, Maryann Neill’s 2.43 lb Cutthroat won her third place ($100), Robert Gee’s Cutthroat at 2.29 lbs placed fourth ($75) and Hughes also placing � fth ($50) with a 2.06 lb cutthroat.


OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW 958-2015Bylaw 910-2011 is hereby amended through revisions to Map 5 for the following properties:

Subject property to be designated as DPA 6 Multi-Family Residential

Subject property to be designed as DPA 6 Multi-Family Residential

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW 959-2015

Subject properties to be removed from DPA 5 Highway Commercial, Neighbourhood Centre, and Tourism

Part V of Zoning Bylaw 935-2013 is amended by the addition of a new zone district- Limited Commercial and Residential (C-1-B) with a range of commercial and residential uses with conditions of use and minimum building setbacks.

The Land Use Table (Schedule C of Bylaw 935-2013) is amended to include the permitted uses of the new zone district- Limited Commercial and Residential (C-1-B) Zone and the permitted use of multi-family for Lot 2, Plan 5631 and conditions for such use.

All persons who believe that their interests are affected by the proposed bylaw amendment referred to shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in Council Chambers, 39 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. All written input must be submitted by no later than 4:30 p.m., March 24th, 2015 or you can make your views known to Council when the Mayor asks for comments from the public at the public hearing. Council members are not permitted to receive further submissions or hear either a proponent or opponent to an application once the Public Hearing has been concluded.

The proposed amending bylaw and related documents may be inspected at the Town Of� ce, 39 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until March 24th, 2015.

Dated at Lake Cowichan, British Columbia this 6th day of March, 2015.

Joseph A. Fernandez, Chief Administrative Of� cerTown of Lake Cowichan, PO Box 860 39 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0

NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on the matter of the amendments to the “Town of Lake Cowichan Of� cial Community Plan Bylaw 910-2011” and “Town of Lake Cowichan Zoning Bylaw 935-2013” as described below:

TOWN OF LAKE COWICHANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Subject property to be designed as Subject property to be designed as Subject property to be designed as

Subject properties to

Rezone from General Commercial (C-1) to Public Use (P-1)

Rezone fromGeneral Commercial (C-1) to Public Use (P-1)

Rezone fromGeneralCommercial (C-1)to Multi-FamilyResidential (R-3)

Rezone fromGeneral Commercial(C-1) to LimitedCommercial andResidential (C-1-B)

Rezone from GeneralCommercial (C-1) toUrban Residential (R-1)

Rezone from GeneralCommercial (C-1) toPublic Use (P-1)

SUMMER STUDENTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Town of Lake Cowichan is seeking students to work for the Public Works Department or Lakeview Park Campsite this summer.

JOB TITLE:1. Summer student – Public Works & Parks.2. Summer student – Lakeview Park Campsite.

QUALIFICATIONS:Currently attending high school or attending College in the fall. Applicants must have a clean driving record and a valid Class 5 B.C. driver’s license. Good public relation skills and gardening experience are assets.

TERM: Public Works: May 19, 2015 – August 21, 2015Lakeview Park: May 19, 2015 – Sept. 7, 2015

HOURS OF WORK: up to 40 hours per week

WAGES: $18.83 per hourApplication letter and resume shall be received no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2015 at:

Town of Lake CowichanP.O. Box 860, 39 South Shore Road

Lake Cowichan, B.C. V0R 2G0

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Cowichan Valley Regional District pledges action before Cowichan River tap runs dryJohn McKinleyCowiChan news Leader

The lack of snowfall on Vancouver Island this winter has caught the attention of more people than just the Mt. Washington ski crowd.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is concerned enough that it seems prepared to take immediate action.

In a carefully worded media release issued Wednesday, the CVRD announced its intention to attack potential drought conditions on the Cowichan River through some sort of federally funded initiative.

While the release stops short of committing to any potentially controversial capital projects such as pumps, dredging the upper river, or raising the weir, it makes it clear all three are among the options on the table. It also strongly hints the CVRD intends to decide on a course of action prior to April 15, the deadline for provincial gas tax grant applications.

“The impacts of increasingly low summer water levels on Cowichan Lake and the corresponding low flows on the Cowichan River are significant, and will result in risks to the environment, the economy and human uses of the river and lake,” the release states.

Consultation is already underway with stakeholder groups to choose the appropriate course of action.

“We’re looking for a practical, cost-effective solution to ensure adequate river flows to the end of the dry season,” CVRD Chairman Jon Lefebure said.

According to Lefebure, officials are well aware that any plan that involves increased water storage also involves a provincial license application and consultation with the community. He said they are committed to doing exactly that should any grant funding be awarded.

“I understand there are lakefront property owners who are understandably

concerned about how this might affect their property,” he said. In September, the CVRD endorsed a policy that could potentially lead to raising the weir, seven years after it was initially recommended in a comprehensive Cowichan Basin study. Concerns about flooding waterfront properties had previously held that decision at bay, but the political tide seemed to finally shift last year when drought conditions nearly ran the river dry.

According to the CVRD, a successful grant application would allow detailed design and engineering for whatever option

is chosen.With some of the options coming with

potential price tags as high as $10 million, the regional district thinks it critical to get the support of higher government.

“This is a chance to significantly reduce the potential tax burden on local residents while ensuring sufficient funds for a high-quaility, lasting solution,” Lefebure said.

“We just need to make a decision on moving ahead and do the best we can to protect the long-term health of the river.”


Raising the weir: CVRD endorsed a policy last September, 11 years after recommendation


Hands up, who would rather be living on the east coast this winter rather than in the amazing Cowichan Valley? Not seeing any hands. What an amazing winter we are having. Spring has started already with � owering trees in Duncan and even � owering Indian Plum in my yard in the much colder Sahtlam area.

Six years ago at this time we had 3 feet of snow in our yard that did not melt until April. This year I have not even had to drag the snow blower out of storage. It is hard not to be smug with my eastern-based Facebook friends who can only dream about going out � shing. The record-breaking cold air from Russia has them (not) reeling. I do

not hesitate to post lovely pictures of steelhead and trout we are catching here in the Cowichan as we bask in the California-like days of our current winter. As lovely as this weather is, it does come with a price we will likely have to pay this summer.

I have been reading several climate blogs lately and there seems to be a consensus about what is going on here. The arctic is warming faster than the sub-arctic areas in the north. This is likely caused by the effects of warming and melting ice that exposes more bare earth, the bare earth then absorbs more heat from the sun than the snow and ice that was there, causing a feedback loop that increases the warming effects. This reduced temperature differential between arctic and sub-arctic areas has the effect of slowing down the jet stream, the river of air that moves our weather around North America.

This slower jet stream tends to meander and stall, causing prolonged weather events, so warm or cold spells last longer and when rainstorms stall it can lead

to � ooding like we saw in Calgary in 2013. The “Polar Vortex” experienced in the east last winter and this year’s “Siberian Express” are related to this stalling jet stream and many scientists believe long cold spells will be more frequent for eastern North America in winter.

The good news for us is that the same conditions that bring the cold to the east are expected to keep us in the west warm and it looks like this will be the new normal as we study the rapidly increasing effects of climate change. The problem for us here in the Cowichan is that we will likely have less snow pack in the mountains of our watershed, as is certainly the case this year.

Last weekend we took a boat trip up the lake to � sh the Nixon creek estuary. When we were there we could see across the lake to Heather Mountain. I told my friend that a few years ago I hiked up to a snow course on Heather Mountain where we measured several feet of snow in April. We could see the area where the snow course is located and there was no snow at all visible there or anywhere else. There is an

automated snow measuring system in the Nanaimo river drainage that can be accessed online and it shows no snow when there should be about 3 feet at this time of year. The snow pack usually peaks in April, so we could still see some snow, but it does not look good.

We are going to need a very wet spring and summer to avoid another serious lack of water in the river again this fall. There has been some slow progress on increasing our summer water storage capacity and the CVRD has a list of proposals under consideration. It is expected that a course of action will be selected soon and engineering plans with cost estimates will follow, but obviously not in time for this summer.

We are still at the mercy of the provincial bureaucrats who are in control of our weir and the in� exible “rule curve” they administer that could force us to dump water out of the lake any time from July to September if we do get a wet spring or summer. This situation, should it arise, will again fuel protests from our stewardship community, � rst

nations and community leaders in a repeat of the unheeded 2012 appeals for more emergency water storage.

We are close to � nalizing a proposal for local watershed control that could be given to our community under the provisions of the new provincial Water Sustainability Act. This would see us gain some measure of local control over these issues and a reduced reliance on governance being delivered from provincial authorities located in far away cities. We will then be able to rationalize our water storage rules and with increased water storage and a new weir we will � nally be able to take the steps we need to protect our water supply and create resilience to climate change effects.

Let’s hope that this is the last summer that we have to hope we get some rain in order to keep our river and community healthy. We know what needs to be done so let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work. When we get it done we can sit back and enjoy the wonderful blue skies we seem to see a lot more of lately.


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She’s chopping off her hair!Jewel Irving, 14, along with

her friend Brooklynn Brown, shaved her head during a school assembly in the LCS gymnasium on March 6. The girls cut their locks for the organizations Wigs for Kids and Cops for Cancer, so that their hair can be made into wigs that will be given to children who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments. The wigs can help patients feel more con� dent in themselves during an extremely dif� cult time, as their hair is still in the process of growing back.

“As of [March 4], we’ve raised about 850 dollars so far, with another hundred on the way,” Irving said.

On top of hot dog sales held in front of the Lake Cowichan Country Grocer, other fundraisers that were held included a cupcake sale in the

LCS foyer during lunch break on March 5, as well as having some of the LCS staff wax their legs at a rate of ten dollars per strip.

The head shaving (and leg waxing) proved to be both an inspiring and courageous display of generosity and empathy. With well over a thousand dollars being raised altogether by this point, it would be an understatement to say that the fundraiser was a success. Thanks to the sel� ess actions of these young role models, someone, somewhere in the world, will once again be fortunate enough to enjoy and appreciate the privilege of having hair.

Understanding the Village is an experimental workshop that was held here at LCS during the morning of March 5. Understanding the Village is an emotional experience that teaches students about the history of Canada from the perspective of First Nations peoples. The workshop coordinators took students from grades 10 to 12 on a high-speed journey of self-re� ection through time and history.

The morning began with creating an imaginary village using students, with each pupil representing a different member of traditional

Coast Salish society. As the workshop progressed, the students, now villagers, were introduced to colonization, and the devastating effects that it has had on Aboriginal communities. Toward the end of the program, guest speaker Tousilum (Ron George) shared his heartbreaking experiences as a young boy forced to attend the Kuper Island Indian Residential School.

The students who attended the workshop are members of the � rst generation of Canadians to learn the truth about the residential school system. Many students left the workshop stunned, as most were unaware of what happened in these schools, or that they even existed at all, as this, along with countless other tragedies, is often left out of our history textbooks.

The object of this workshop is to build a bridge between non-indigenous and First Nations youth, to bring the two cultures together to begin a new era of cooperation and awareness, creating a less ignorant and more tolerant future for all.

LCS students shave their heads for Wigs for KidsUnderstanding the Village: Grades 10 to 12 attend workshop on First Nations residential schools

Warm winter in the west could lead to prolonged weather events and � oodingPolar Vortex: Conditions bringing the cold to the east are expected to keep the west warm

Photo Malcolm ChalmersJewel Irving and her friend Brooklyn Brown shaved their heads at LCS and managed to raise $1000 by holding hot dog and cupcake sales prior to the head shave. The girls hair will be donated to Wigs for Kids while the money goes to Wigs for Kids and Cops for Cancer. Two LCS, teachers Brent Zimmer and Adrian Achurch, also had their legs waxed for donations.

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Photo Malcolm ChalmersAdrian Achurch shows off his freshly waxed legs. Achurch was one of the two teachers helping raise money for Cops for Cancer at the head shaving event at Lake Cowichan School last Friday (March 6). The other LCS teacher brave enough to have his legs waxed was Brent Zimmer.

Community BriefsNew signage coming to Lake Cowichan

The Town of Lake Cowichan is currently planning to install additional wayfinding signage in town, similar to the one which recently added on the east end of the bridge on South Shore Road.

Proposed locations include the Sports and Community Centres, the west and east entrances of town, the west end of Saywell Park and next to the baseball diamonds.

The Town will also be installing new police and road signage.

Town receives age-friendly action plan grant

The Town of Lake Cowichan recently received an age-friendly action plan grant of $19,850.

The Town will be using the grant to hire a contract planner who will be looking at the needs of Lake Cowichan’s senior community, and how the town can continue to pursue the establishment of a seniors’ care facility in Lake Cowichan.

Spring Break Free Skates at CL Sports Arena

The Cowichan Lake Sports Arena will be hosting two free skates during spring break, on March 9 and 16 from 3:30 to 4:50 p.m.

The rink will also be open for daytime skating from March 9 to 20, 11 a.m. to 12:50 pm, excluding March 13. On March 20, a public skate will be held from 6:30 to 7:50 p.m.

Lake Cowichan School to host health fair

LCS will be hosting a health fair on April 16, designed to inform students and the community about health issues and opportunities in the area.

Grade 10 students will be presenting their research on various health topics and activities, and several local groups will be represented with booths. The event is open to the public.

To participate, contact Noni Battye at [email protected]

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