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• RECLAMATION...Zeballos students help turn flood area into habitat.

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•COLOROSO... Barbara Coloroso to speak to educators at Ugwamalis Hall.

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Caught in mid yawn, a local Port Alice river otter enjoys a very sun-filled lazy afternoon.

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over lead levels

Gazette staffIt may be small, but it sure is mighty.The North Island Gazette has been named the

third best all-round newspaper in the country by Newspapers Canada.

The Gazette was a winner of three Canadian Community Newspaper Awards in its circula-tion category - 1,250 to 1,999.

It was awarded Best All-Round Newspaper (3rd), Best Front Page (3rd), and Best Editorial Page (3rd) behind two Ontario publications - the Citizen and the New Hamburg Independent.

“I was pleasantly surprised to have won these

awards,” said Publisher/Editor Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor. This year’s awards come on the heels of a first-place win of the Provincial General Excellence for 2014.

“The Gazette appears to be on a winning streak,” O’Reilly-Taylor said.

“Publishing a weekly newspaper is a challeng-ing job that can not be done without hard-work-ing staff and much-appreciated contributions from our freelancers, cartoonist, etc,” she said. “But it takes more than a great staff to build an award-winning newspaper. I’d also like to thank our young carriers, drivers, and stores who help

get the paper into your home each week; our valuable readers; the North Island people for allowing us to tell their fascinating stories; and the North Island companies that entrust us with the important task of helping them grow their business,” said O’Reilly-Taylor. “I couldn’t be prouder of this national achievement.”

The annual national awards program cel-ebrates excellence in community publishing from coast to coast and recognizes the very best in editorial, photography and multime-dia initiatives from CCNA-member community newspapers.

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‘School district’

By Tyson WhitneyReporterHigh levels of lead in the water at five

School District 85 schools has resulted in drinking fountains being deactivated until further notice.

“Safe drinking water for students and staff is obviously a great concern to School District 85. We will be doing everything we possibly can to ensure safe drinking water at our schools,” said Scott Benwell, superintendent of schools, adding that “as soon as we saw the results, we immediately started the process,” to rectify the issue.

During the 2016 two-week spring break, when the schools’ pipes were not in use, all of the schools in the dis-trict had their water tested to determine water quality.

The results came back showing lead at levels at five of the local schools exceeded the maximum acceptable concentration under the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

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Continued from Page 1The following schools are affected: A.J. Elliot

Elementary School in Sointula; Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy; Fort Rupert Elementary School in Port Hardy; North Island Secondary School in Port McNeill; and Port Hardy Secondary School.

In a letter to parents and guardians dated April 20, Benwell stated that “District personnel are working with Island Health to determine ways to effectively reduce the potential of lead in drinking water such as through the implementation of flushing programs which have been shown to reduce lead levels well below the Health Canada guidelines. School District No. 85 is committed to ensuring the drinking water provided to students and staff through all its schools and facilities is safe. As such, water fountains in the affected schools will be deactivated until control measures can be implemented, and retesting done that shows the drinking water provided is safe to consume. In the interim, children and staff are advised to obtain drinking water from other sources, such as from their home or bottled water.”

“Lead is a metal that occurs naturally in the envi-

ronment and was commonly used in plumbing materials. Any building constructed before 1990 is of particular concern. Since then, the building code changed and plumbing materials using any form of lead pipe or solder in plumbing systems that carry our drinking water were no longer used,” said Benwell.

North Island Secondary School (NISS) Principal Jay Dixon said that while the drinking fountains are shut off at NISS, the school has “hired a local Port McNeill company, Island Gem Water, to provide water coolers around the school, which is working out fine.”

Allison McCarrick, Chief Administrative Officer for the District of Port Hardy, sent out a press release April 22 stating “The District of Port Hardy regularly tests the water supply as required by our operating permit regulated through Island Health. No water tests conducted by the District of Port Hardy have shown elevated levels or levels of lead above the maximum acceptable concen-tration in the drinking water system. All water samples are sent to a third party accredited lab for analysis.”

Barging in to Port HardyGazette StaffThe largest concrete

float ever built by Pacific Marine Construction will soon be put to work for Marine Harvest Canada.

The $2-million accommodation and fish feed storage barge was built to integrate state-of-the-art technol-ogy used for raising BC salmon and will soon be moved to one of the company’s salmon farms in the Port Hardy area.

Marine Projects Manager for Marine Harvest Dave Pedersen says the work of Campbell River con-tractors on complet-ing the barge has been exceptional.

“It is on time and budget, despite being the biggest con-crete barge we’ve ever built and having a new design with a walk-around apron to improve safety,” Pederson says.

The barge has eight bedrooms and will ensure comfortable accommodation for

operations person-nel and contractors, Pederson says, adding that farm employees on the barge will have separate rooms, desali-nated and hot water on demand, improved anchoring, and a safer design for feed stor-age.

The Diane Morrison, named after Marine

Harvest’s director of fish health “is replacing another one which was basically just a feed-storage facility, where-as this barge not only stores food, but also has an entire computer-operated feeding system built into it, Pederson says, which can feed six pens of fish at once and minimize waste at the

same time. They often have short windows of opportunity to feed due to factors like weather, tides, predation, plank-ton levels. “Before, we could only do two cages at a time,” Pederson says. “The success of getting the feed to the fish is just that much greater, now, and that’s a great thing.”

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorParade routes in Port

Hardy just got shorter.At their regular meet-

ing April 12, District of Port Hardy Council agreed to a new parade route for Filomi Days (and other parades) that will go from Thunderbird Mall, down Granville Street, turning left on Market Street and ending at Central Street.

In previous years, the parade went along Rupert Street to Grey Street, down to Market Street. The decision was made based on the amount of manpower required to put up and take down the barri-cades, the length of the route, concerns about vehicles trying to get off Market Street during a parade, and vehicles bypassing barricades putting pedestrians at risk.

There have also been complaints about a major part of town being closed off and that both gas stations are inaccessible.

In addition to chang-ing the route, the streets

will be closed one hour before the parade; and there will be no parking on the closed streets.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Kwakiutl Band

is hosting an event with best-selling author and interna-tional speaker Barbara Coloroso on May 6.

The session, for educators, will be held at the Ugwamalis Hall from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on May 6. The cost is $100 per person for the day. Snack and lunch are included.

Coloroso said she will touch on First Nations residential schools.

“I talk about resi-dential school and the legacy that leaves,” she said.

“I wrote a book on genocide,” Coloroso said.

Coloroso’s latest, is entitled Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide - and Why it Matters.

In the book, Coloroso says it is “a short walk from bul-lying to hate crimes to genocide - genocide is the most extreme form of bullying - a far too common sys-tem of behaviours that is learned in child-hood and rooted in contempt for another human being who has been deemed by the bully and his or her accomplices, to be worthless, inferior, and undeserving of respect.

Coloroso is an inter-national bestselling author and an inter-nationally-recognized speaker and consul-

tant on parenting, teaching, school disci-pline, positive school climate, bullying, grieving, nonviolent conflict resolution and restorative justice.

She is an educa-tional consultant for school districts, the medical and business community, the crimi-nal justice system and other educational associations around the world.

Coloroso has served as a classroom teach-er, a laboratory school instructor, and a uni-versity instructor.

She has appeared on Oprah, CBS,

NBC, ABC, CNN and NPR and has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and other national and interna-tional publications.

Her uniquely effec-tive parenting and teaching strate-gies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field-tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar

leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown chil-dren.

She is the author of five international best-sellers.

Coloroso also has two critically-acclaimed video programs Winning at Parenting...with-out beating your kids and Winning at Teaching. . .wi thout beating your kids. For more informa-tion please contact Donna Adlington, Fort Rupert Infant D e v e l o p m e n t Consultant at 250-949-6625 ext.224.

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Spring has sprung, and urban humans have begun their annual assault on the natural environment. With a strong tour-ist season expected, it’s likely to be the Wild West out there.

B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service has begun to provide regular updates on safety and enforcement issues through the camping, fishing and hunting season, to help with public education and wildlife preservation. Some of the incidents they have faced so far this year are troubling.

Freshwater fishing licences had to be renewed as of April 1, and enforcement patrols are underway. In the Kamloops area, checks on 243 anglers resulted in 19 warnings and 17 charges, mostly for fishing without a licence, using too many lines or fishing in closed areas.

That’s law and order compared to a recent boat patrol on Lake Cowichan. Conservation Officers found about 80 per cent of people were fishing illegally, either with barbed hooks, banned bait, no licence, multiple rods or some combi-nation of these infractions.

Speaking of boats, one of the tasks for B.C.’s 148 Conservation Officers is to prevent the spread of invasive zebra and quagga mussels to our many lakes. Native to the Black Sea, these prolific mussels got established in Eastern North America via ship ballast tanks and have spread to the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes.

More than 400 boats and watercraft entering B.C. from other provinces and countries have been checked at inspec-tion stations. They came from Ontario, California, Florida, Missouri, New York, Arizona and North Carolina, with 24 considered high risk and three quarantined. Three boaters were charged for trying to refuse inspection.

Other introduced species are a bit scarier than mussels. A Burmese python was seized this month from an Abbotsford man, under recent legislation requiring permits for “con-trolled alien species.”

There have been no further sightings of a cheetah that was photographed wandering along Highway 3 in the Kootenays last December. Officers recently got a call claiming a tiger was on the loose in Maple Ridge, but no evidence of an actual tiger has turned up.

Bear conflicts are on the rise around B.C., says Chris Doyle, Deputy Chief of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

There were 300 calls to the service about bears in the first three weeks of April, as they started emerging from hiberna-tion and looking for food.

Tourists are fascinated by bear sightings, and the ever-present smart-phone cameras come out when bears eat new grass on the roadside. Doyle says the resulting “bear jams” on highways can be dangerous.

There are still people who attempt to feed bears from their vehicles. This is not just illegal and dangerous to these unwary people, it conditions bears to associate vehicles and people with food, and to wander into traffic.

The B.C. government is testing a new electronic system that can detect large animals approaching the road using thermal imaging and radar. It activates a flashing warning sign telling drivers to slow down.

The Victoria Day long weekend marks the official start of camping season, and as the weather heats up there will be campfire bans that will need to be enforced. As with fishing and hunting regulations, there are people who decide the rules don’t apply to them. We hear a lot these days about the B.C. government’s effort to seize the proceeds of crime, such as gangster vehicles. This is a long-standing policy in enforcing the federal Fisheries Act and the B.C. Wildlife Act, where violators lose their gear as well as facing fines of up to $1,000.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Municipal governments have a problem, albeit one they don’t want to talk about. Over the past decade they have routinely increased operating spending beyond population and inflation growth. To fuel the overspending councils have overtaxed. Property taxes, in particular, have put a heavy burden on small business owners who already pay far more in taxes than the services they consume.

With this context in mind, responsible municipal councils should be looking at reasonable measures to control spend-ing. As many municipal agreements in the province are being renegotiated right now, here’s one that should be looked at: reform municipal sick day policies.

In a new report, The Cost of Banking Sick Days in the Public Sector, Queenie Wong, an economist with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, looks at government sick day policies at the federal, provincial and municipal levels and finds some costly practices that are wildly out of step with common sense.

For example, if one assumes that a ‘sick day’ should be used for actual sickness, then why should sick days be bank-able? Many private sector companies don’t allow banking of vacation days let alone sick days. Only three per cent of private sector plans allow employees to bank sick days com-pared to 28 per cent of government plans. Even more puz-zling than banking is the policy of allowing for cash payouts of unused sick days when someone leaves the public service.

In some cases, governments may be using sick day poli-cies to work as insurance for employees against a short-term disability. A far better approach would be to implement a short-term disability plan. Employees should be able to take time off when they are sick, but current government policies are creating the incentive to confuse sick days with a vacation entitlement.

Of the 16 municipalities across Canada the report looked at, six do not allow for banking of sick days including, Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto, which changed its policy in 2008. Both Vancouver and Victoria, the two B.C. cities reviewed, still allow banking. The B.C. government, along with the governments of Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia do not allow banking sick days while other provincial governments and the federal government do.

The City of Victoria allows for the banking of up to 130 sick days. Only employees in grandfathered plans can take a cash payout for unused sick days when they leave gov-ernment. Many other municipalities have reformed these policies and no longer allow for cash payouts except for grandfathered plans.

From a taxpayer perspective, Vancouver is one of the worst municipalities reviewed in the report. It allows for 261 days of banked sick days (employees of the City are entitled to 20 sick days a year). In addition, the City gives employees something it calls ‘gratuity days.’ Each year employees are credited with three gratuity days, which can be banked to a maximum of 120. These days can be taken as time or as a cash payout.

A Treasury Board report and a Macdonald Laurier Institute report show that public sector employees take more sick days than private sector employees. Is it any wonder this happens when incentives such as banking them and cash payouts encourage employees to see sick time as extra vacation?

Vancouver, Victoria and other B.C. municipalities with these policies should follow Toronto’s lead and eliminate banked sick day policies and replace them with short-term disability plans for all new employees. It’s a direction that other governments have been moving towards, albeit not nearly fast enough for those that foot the bill.

Laura Jones is Executive Vice President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @CFIBideas.


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Dear Editor,The Port Hardy Airport, in its infinite wis-

dom, has taken to shooting off cannon fire to chase off birds and irritate a whole neigh-bourhood of people. This airport operated for many years without this noise without incident and now, with no warning or con-sultation the airport just imposes their will, and we’re just supposed to listen to it the rest of our lives.

I recently had to leave my job for health reasons and sitting in the middle of a war zone isn’t helping my cause. I’ve heard this noise as far away as Badinotti’s and the

Broughton Strait view point. Are they trying to scare every bird on the North Island? I watch the birds around the airport closely and when the cannons go off they just do what they want. You’ll never scare off all the birds. Other airports seem to operate fine without cannon fire. I suggest the powers that be get off their overpaid, underworked asses and come up with another way. Train bird dogs, get a tall rake, move your damn airport, I don’t care what you do, I’m not listening to this the rest of my days. This was a great quiet area which is why I bought a place to live here. Had I known this noise

was going to be shoved down my throat on a daily basis, I never would have moved here. The airport has no regard for the home-owners and taxpayers of this neighbourhood, and somehow they think it can do what they want.

My poor health is preventing me from carrying this fight at the pace I normally would, so consider this a written draft of my plan.

If the airport does not cease fire perma-nently, I’m going to sell my place (against my will); I’m going to move from Port Hardy (against my will); and then I’m going

to sue everyone in my path for forcing me to move and for allowing it to happen. This includes the airport, the airport manager, and the District of Port Hardy.

If you also find this noise irritating, don’t shrug and go “oh well, what can I do?” Call and write to the airport manager 250-949-6424, and the regional district 250-949-6665 (they will say they’re powerless, but let them know you’re mad).

This is not a temporary situation. Who’s running this town?

Russell GreenPort Hardy

Port Hardy airport cannon fire for the birds

WFP responds to ‘profits before community interest’ claimsDear Editor,The Truck Loggers Association

(TLA) press release titled Profits Before Community Interest is an inaccurate criticism of Western Forest Products.

In the past we have chosen not to respond to such releases, but in this situation, our employees who proudly live, work, and vol-unteer in coastal communities deserve better. As do contrac-tors that work with WFP as our partners.

Business impasses do occur,

but we had hoped our industry had matured past rhetoric.

A lot has changed over the past two decades in the Alberni Valley.

Land use decisions have resulted in fibre supply reduc-tions. WFP’s Crown tenure in Alberni (Tree Farm License 44) is now one third the size it was in 1996.

More than 70 per cent of the fibre needed to run the two local sawmills is now sourced from WFP tenures outside of the

region.This change is substantial and

creates a new reality for Port Alberni.

The Alberni Pacific and Somass sawmills remain an integral part of the community, not because the fibre is sourced locally, but because Western Forest Products believes in domestic manufactur-ing.

In the past five years we have reinvested more than $220 mil-lion in capital expenditures in our manufacturing and timber-

lands operations for the benefit of the coastal communities in which we operate.

With local fibre constraints, attracting investment to Port Alberni isn’t simple and there is far more to the story than the TLA has portrayed.

We believe it’s time for a differ-ent approach to the discussion‚ one where forest companies, contractors, and unions expend their energy working towards a common ground.

Let’s stop the rhetoric. The

world is changing around us. We owe it to our employees, our con-tractors who act as partners, and the communities who rely on us, to show leadership.

Let’s work together and build a better future we can all be proud of.

Amy Spencer,Director, Communications

and Government Relations,Western Forest Products Inc.

Editor’s note: The Gazette did not run the press release in ques-tion.

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your yards, Global TV is coming to town!

According to Port Hardy Chamber Executive Director Carly Pereboom, “on April 26 we have independent Global News reporters coming to Port Hardy who are meeting with the mayor (Hank Bood) to have an interview about the community.” The rest of the Global

team will arrive on April 27 and the news show crew will be broadcast-ing live from Carrot Park on April 28.

“They will be around from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,” Pereboom said, and resi-dents are invited to come watch the broadcast.

When the Chamber knows the exact time of the broadcast, it will post the information on their Facebook page.

The visit is part of Global TV’s ‘On the road series’ which sees the team go to coastal communities all over the province and further to promote the towns.

“It’s just a quick snap-shot of our community,” she said. “It’s more of a promotional, good feel piece.” Prior to this week Global news had been in the area asking about available services and the coming tourism season.

“We expect the com-ing summer to be excep-tionally busy, with many accommodation provid-ers already noting black out dates. This oppor-tunity to showcase the beauty of our town is great timing and hope-fully will keep our town fresh in the minds of those looking to book vacations close to home,” she said.

Gazette StaffA Parksville man and his son survived by

swimming 100 metres to shore after ditch-ing their light sport plane off the tip of North Vancouver Island April 18.

Gunter Schlichting of Parksville and his son Frank, from Grand Forks, were picked up in remote Spruce Bay, cold and wet, but otherwise unharmed, by a rescue crew from the 442 Rescue Squadron at CFB Comox.

The pair were on a planned flight from Qualicum Beach to Shearwater, near Bella Bella, when heavy cloud cover over the local airstrip and limited fuel forced them to turn back in an attempt to reach the Port Hardy airport.

But the weather worsened and the small plane faced strong headwinds that caused them to use up fuel even faster, said a spokesman for 19 Wing public affairs.

“(Frank) said ‘We cannot make it to Port Hardy,” Gunter told CTV News. “So he called in mayday. That’s when I knew things were seri-ous.”

Frank tried to locate a clearing, logging road or beach on which to land, but the inhospitable terrain of the North Island offered nothing suit-

able, according to 19 Wing Comox. He selected a small bay with relatively calm water conditions and successfully ditched the small plane as close to shore as he deemed safe.

“He actually pulled off a good landing,” said the 19 Wing spokesman. “He didn’t flip or cartwheel. The plane bounced once, then sort of stuck to the water before it started going down.”

“We just had time to undo our seat belts, and the water started coming in,” Frank told CTV.

A CH-149 Cormorant crew from 442 Squadron located the two men and the downed aircraft about an hour after the ditching, relying on info from Frank’s mayday call and their last known position on radar. The Cormorant landed on the beach and picked up the men, who were flown to Port Hardy and transferred to a CC-115 Buffalo for a flight to Comox. Father and son were unin-jured and required no medical treatment.

The flight originated in Grand Forks, where Frank Schlichting runs a business, 19 Wing Comox said. He had stopped in Qualicum Beach to pick up his father for the jaunt to Shearwater.

“(The plane) is classed as an ultralight, but it looks like a small airplane, with a closed cabin,” the 19 Wing spokesman said.


David Faren PhotoA Tree for Earth Day

Alert Bay celebrated the 46th Earth Day with the first annual Fruit Tree Planting. Each year, a fruit tree will be planted in a public space so that in the decades to come the Village will have a small orchard for residents and visitors to enjoy. A delegation from the Village and Alert Bay Elementary came out to participate in the planting of a plum tree. Shown above are students, from left to right, Rowan Buchanan, Meadow Austin, Julia Austin, and Olivia James.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorIt’s a sure sign that Spring is here.On Thursday, May 5, Vancouver

Island North Tourism is hosting its annual launch event at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in what appears will be a fun afternoon.

An exciting feature at this year’s Tourism Season Launch will be Destination BC’s Wild Within Virtual Realty Experience using Oculus Rift technology.

Oculus Rift is a virtual reality head-set, with three-dimensional video that allows travellers to experience loca-tions in British Columbia as if they

were actually there.Destination BC is the first destina-

tion marketing organization in North America to use virtual reality to pro-mote a destination.

The tourism launch will also include a brand presentation by Destination BC, Tourism Vancouver Island, and Vancouver Island North Tourism. The benefits of brand alignment and how to make the most of market messag-ing will be discussed.

The results of the 2015 Visitor Experience Survey will also be pre-sented in an interactive format that will test the participants’ knowledge.

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culture pilot project focusing on grow-ing scallops and oys-ters in Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw terri-torial waters recently took two graduate students, Dorothy Henderson and Ernie Henderson, from the community to the site for the project’s first check-in.

The pilot project is in place to determine the feasibility of grow-ing Pacific scallops and oysters to market size over a condensed period of two summer seasons.

The scallops and oysters, located near the famous Nakwakto Rapids, rely on the nutrient-rich and pris-tine waters offshore to promote optimal growth rates.

If successful, the aquaculture project will provide another sustainable economic development oppor-tunity for the nations as well as long-term employment opportu-nities.

Results of the first check-in show the rafts in excellent shape with

approximately 50,000 oysters and 1,000 scal-lops, healthy and grow-ing at favourable rates.

Moving forward, program members will be making monthly site visits to change the nets, control sea-weed growth and assess growth rates of the shellfish. The team

will also be purchasing more oyster and scal-lop seeds to implant at the site later this spring.

In the spring of 2016, the program will stock to full capacity and undertake regular maintenance and mon-itoring to ensure the product is meeting its full potential.


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Aquaculture team members sort oysters and put them into clean pearl nets. From left to right: Dorothy Henderson, Ernie Henderson, Wesley Walkus, Karen Bailey and Albert Charlie.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Regional District of Mount

Waddington will be adding its voice to those calling for propane delivery to remote areas to be rein-stated.

North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney has sent a letter to Minister of Transport Marc Garneau expressing her concern regard-ing the order for Inlet Navigation to suspend the deliver of propane by barge to communities off the north coast of Vancouver Island. Inlet Navigation has been deliver-ing propane to lodges, marinas and residences since 1985 with no incidents.

“Propane is a lifeline for remote communities in my riding, it is their power supply, and in many cases, it is their means to make a living,” Blaney writes in her letter.

“Many of these locations are accessible only by boat and float plane. Many have no roads at all, and the local topography simply does not allow for refuelling to be conducted by truck,” she said.

“I wish to express my constitu-ents’ need for a fair and expedient resolution to this matter,” Blaney said

At their regular board meet-ing April 19, Malcolm Island Director Heidi Soltau explained Inlet Navigation “has been operat-ing under an exemption which has expired.”

However “it’s very unclear to me what the real problem is,” said Soltau.

“I have never received anything from Transport Canada. The ques-tion that I have is what has changed. We don’t understand what the issue is all of a sudden,” Town of Port McNeill Mayor Shirley Ackland said.

In 2012, some regulatory chang-es were proposed, but that was the last time anything had been heard from Transport Canada on the issue, said Administrator Greg Fletcher.

Council agreed to send a let-ter once administration has gath-ered additional information from Transport Canada.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Regional District

of Mount Waddington has committed $10,000 to help fund an applica-tion for a North Island Whale Heritage Site.

“The funding is being raised from (North Island Marine Mammal Stewardship Association) members for an application to the WCA (World Cetacean Alliance (WCA),” explained Manager of

Economic Development Pat English at the monthly RDMW board meeting April 19. The funds will come from a reserve set up in 2015 which contained a payment of $10,000 from the West Coast

Aquatic Management Association. NIMMSA has also asked the City of Campbell River for $10,000 for the proposed site which would extend from Salmon Point, south of Campbell River, to Cape Caution, a large

region of open coast between the Queen Charlotte Strait and the mainland.

“I think it has tremen-dous potential in terms of driving tourist traf-fic,” said English, add-ing the initiative is “a once in a lifetime oppor-

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region is the only North American Pacific Coast applicant for a Whale Heritage Site designa-tion, English said.

Back in October, the board approved a Regional Tourism Action Grant of $2,500 to NIMMSA, to pursue the designation.

NIMMSA was incor-porated in May 2007 and represents the North Island marine-based eco-tourism industry through business and stewardship actions aimed at benefiting the local marine environ-ment, the species within it, and the industry itself.

NIMMSA is a member of the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA). Last year, the

WCA launched a new initiative to acknowl-edge destinations around the world that “champion responsi-ble whale and dolphin watching and celebrate the cultural importance of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpois-es) living in the waters around them.”

Whale Heritage Sites will be designated in areas that meet the high-est standards of respon-sible whale and dolphin watching.

In order to be awarded accreditation, these locations will be encouraged to connect locals and tourists alike with marine life, not just through whale watch-ing, but through science, education, events, and arts and culture.


Submitted PhotoGrade 8-12 students from Zeballos Elementary-Secondary School have been busy helping build a new habitat for fish and wildlife.

Zeballos students help build habitatGazette staffA road flooding problem was

turned into an opportunity to create habitat for fish and wildlife in the Zeballos watershed.

Grades 8 to 12 students from Zeballos Elementary-Secondary School have partnered with M.C. Wright and Associates Ltd., Biological Consultants to assist with restoration activities and photo monitoring at a newly-constructed habitat on the Zeballos River.

The gravel excavated from con-struction of the pond was used to raise the elevation of Zeballos forest service road by two to three metres.

Raising the road and bridge cross-ing ensures the communities in this area will no longer be cut off during severe flooding events.

The skills and knowledge offered

through this work apply to careers in ecosystem restoration and natural resource management.

The students have begun replant-ing the newly-constructed habitat and monitoring changes at the site, under the direction of M.C. Wright and Associates and school staff.

Monitoring will include assessing the use of the various habitat types by aquatic and terrestrial organ-isms.

The students will continue to take photos through the year and have been asked to identify and set up additional stations based on their own observations.

Replanting activities provide the opportunity to learn about local plant species including traditional names and uses of these plants by Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations.

Regional District helps fund Whale Heritage Site application

By Tyson WhitneyReporterRev. Stan J. Rukin, pastor of the Port McNeill

Full Gospel Church, wrote a letter to the Port McNeill Town Council requesting the use of the Community Hall and kitchen on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 for a Christmas banquet.

Rev. Rukin stated in his letter that “We have appreciated the privilege of using the Community Hall in the past via the grant-in-aid process. We would respectfully request your consideration to again wave the rental fee for our 2016 banquet, with the understanding that we will be responsible for the janitorial charges. This will be a non-alco-holic event with an open invitation that will include a meal and Christmas pageant.”

“Sounds like a reasonable request,” said Councillor Jay Dixon, adding that “that’s what community halls are for.”

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The right combination of diet and exercise is one of the keys to a long and healthy life. While many people find adapting to a health-ier diet challenging, that challenge often pales in comparison to the intimidation felt when working out for the first time in years.

Overcoming that intimidation factor can be as simple as working out with a friend or working with a personal trainer, each of whom can offer the support and guidance beginners need when re-acclimating them-selves to more active lifestyles. In addition to the buddy system, beginners can employ the following strategies to make their return to exercise go as smoothly as possible.

• Gradually build up your exercise toler-ance. When you exercise, your body releas-es neurotransmitters known as endorphins, which trigger positive feelings in the body. Those positive feelings can be addictive, but it’s important that beginners do not go too hard, too quickly, when beginning a new exercise regimen. Gradually build up your

exercise tolerance, exercising two or three days per week and taking a day off between workouts when you start. As your body becomes more acclimated to exercise, you can start to work out more and with more intensity.

• Stretch after working out. Stretching can improve flexibility, and that may decrease your risk of future injury. In addition, improved flexibility may improve your exer-cise performance by improving your range of motion and helping your muscles work more effectively. Muscles contract during a workout, and stretching after workouts can help reset those muscles to their natural position. Include both static stretching and foam rolling in your post-workout stretching routine.

• Find a routine that works for you. Many men and women feel they must sign up for a gym membership upon resolving to adopt a more active lifestyle. While gyms afford you the opportunity to strength train and get in

your cardiovascular exercise, they’re not for everyone. The best approach, and the one that’s likely to be most successful over the long haul, is to find an exercise routine that engages you and that you find enjoyable. If the gym is not for you, try to find a routine that still includes both strength training and cardiovascular exercise. Strength training can make your body more durable, and cardiovascular exercise can reduce your risk for various health problems, including heart disease.

• Track your progress. One way to stay motivated is to keep track of your progress. If you’re working out, but not monitoring your results, you may not feel like you’re getting anywhere. Keep a workout diary, tracking both your successes and failures, so you can see what’s working and what’s not. The longer you stay committed to your workout routine, the greater the likelihood that you will be tracking more successes than failures, and those successes can provide the

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• Go slowly. Some people are capable of going cold turkey when adjusting to a new diet, while others must take a more gradual approach. Unless a health condition that requires immediate change is driving your dietary changes, take things slowly so your body acclimates to its new diet over time. Such an approach may make your efforts more successful over the long haul than making more sudden, drastic changes. For example, suddenly cutting your daily calorie intake in half may force you into old, unhealthy habits when hunger pangs inevitably arise. But gradually reducing your caloric intake over time may make it easier for your body to adjust, decreasing the likelihood that you will relapse into bad habits.

• Explain your motivation to loved ones. Adults, especially married men and women and parents, may find adjusting to a new diet especially dif-ficult unless their spouses and/or families are making similar adjustments. If you are the only member of your household who will be adjusting to a new diet, explain your efforts and motivation to your loved ones. Such an explanation will make them less likely to bring unhealthy foods into your home. In addition, your loved ones can prove an invaluable source of support as you make this big adjustment in your life.

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• Don’t give up. Your adjustment period will require some discipline, and there may be moments when you backslide into bad habits. If that happens, don’t allow it to derail all of the progress you have made since switching to a healthier diet. Just accept that you had a setback and resolve to do your best to avoid having anoth-er one. The sooner you get back on a healthier track, the better you will feel.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Port McNeill Kids in Motion Society

is raising money to build an indoor chil-dren’s play centre.

Kids in Motion is a registered not-for-prof-it society, consisting of a group of six parents from Port McNeill, Nimpkish Heights, and Hyde Creek: Jaclyn Bostrom, Matt Martin, Jessica McLaughlin, Angela Menzies, and Lani Siminoff.

The group intends to create more oppor-tunity for children to be physically active,

especially in times of poor weather through the development of a play centre which will provide a dry place for kids to play, help pro-mote physical activity, be a place for families to socialize, and make the town more attrac-tive for people to live, work, and stay in the North Island.

The initial plan is to rent a small space in town for the centre and to include a toy library and outdoor spaces for children to be active and healthy.

The space will be open and available dur-ing the day, as well as during times not often

covered by other activities such as profes-sional development days.

Future plans include children’s commu-nity garden, outdoor gym, and a bike/skate park.

“We are still in the early stages of this project with our current main objective to gain enough funding to make this a reality,” said Bostrom.

“Ideally it would be nice to have the play centre open for the fall or winter, but noth-ing is finalized as we are in the beginning steps with some logistics to still work out,”

Bostrom said. The group started this endeavour as they

saw a need for more options for parents of young children, especially working parents.

“Right now, there is no indoor place to take our kids on weekends, during spring break, in the summer, or even most after-noons,” she said.

“With our climate being how it is, as well as the number of cougar sightings, it would be great if we had a place to take our kids to play where we could feel safe and comfort-able.”


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North Island talent

showcased at concert

SubmittedChoir singers from across the North Island

will come together on April 29 to sing in support of small-scale farmers in developing countries who struggle to grow enough food to feed their families.

Funds raised will be donated to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, to be used in the work of ending global hunger and helping farm fami-lies grow more and better food.

“We’re excited about enjoying an entertain-ing evening together as a community, but also doing something which is helping others,” says Judy Fyles a member of St. Columba’s Church, and one of the concert organizers.

“There are many ways to help people who are hungry - a musical event like this is just one of them.”

Performing at the concert are members of St. Columba’s Church, former Tsusquana Singers, singers from Port McNeill, and other singers from the region.

The Port Hardy event is one of about 70 similar concerts across Canada this spring, all being offered to benefit the work of Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The program features the original music of Ron Klusmeier, all with an environmental/Earth Day theme.

The concert is April 29, at 7 p.m. at St. Columba’s Anglican-United Church at 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy.

There is no admission fee for the con-cert, but donation envelopes will be avail-able at the door. 100 per cent of contribu-tions received will be forwarded directly to Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Furthermore, donations made at the concert will be ampli-fied by additional financial support from the Government of Canada, through Global Affairs Canada.

Adds Cora Nelson, the choir director: “The concerts are a way to showcase the joy of making music together, and also to help oth-ers in need. It’s going to be a great experi-ence.”

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working together to end global hunger.

In the 2013-14 budget year, the Foodgrains Bank provided $42 million of assistance for 1.2-million people in 42 countries. Canadian Foodgrains Bank projects are undertaken with matching support from the Government of Canada.

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Trimming the Twinning TreesMembers of the Port Hardy Twinning Society, Rob Driemel, left, Leslie Driemel, not pictured, Heather Jones, not pictured, and Astrid Luebke, right, planted a Pom Pom pine tree at the Japanese garden located in Carrot Park in Port Hardy on Sunday, April 17.

Gardening can be an enjoyable activity for adults and children alike. Gardening encourages creative thinking and can make for an eco-friendly activity as well. Adding a touch of whimsy to gardening can make it that much more attractive to children. Perhaps that is why fairy gardens have become so popular. Here are six steps to get your fairy garden up and running.

1. Choose your container or location. Decide where to place the fairy garden. Hollowed-out tree stumps are both contained and outdoors, and kids may feel like the fairies inhabited this neglected area of the yard and made it their own. Otherwise, use containers you already have, such as old pots, hang-ing baskets, picnic baskets or cookie tins.

2. Choose a theme. Fairy houses can take on any theme their creators prefer. For example, a seaside retreat may work well with little reclining chairs, sea grasses and succulents. You can then complete the theme by adding some seashells and coloured stones.

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April 30Port McNeill Rotary is holding a Spring Fling Gala

to “Build The Wall”. This event is a fund-raiser to raise funds for a climbing wall located in NISS and will be held in the NISS gymnasium. Doors open at 5:30, dinner starts at 6:30. All proceeds go to the Climbing Wall. For further information call Shelley at 250-949-1064.

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At 4 p.m. the Port Hardy Legion will conduct a Memorial Service to honour the men and women who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic which was the lon-gest campaign of WWII.

May 6Coastal Community Credit Union’s barbecue on behalf

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May 14Hardy Bay Senior Citizen’s Centre garage sale 9 a.m.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Gatehouse Theatre in Port

McNeill is presenting an evening with Shakespeare.

The theatre company will per-form ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet.’ However, don’t be intimidated. Neither are full-on Shakespearean productions.

“There are star-crossed lovers comedic theatrical group and fair-ies at war causing all sorts of havoc with a royal wedding thrown in for good measure,” says Gatehouse President Terry Ruth Eissfeldt.

When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet finds the audience listening in on some of Shakespeare’s famous

women as they gather at Juliet’s house to give her advice on love.

And A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a shorter adaptation of Shakespeare’s popular comedy, complete with two narrators to keep the audience up to speed. The audience will enjoy all the whacky and wild characters from the origi-nal play.

“These are two one-act plays each about 45-minutes long. There will be a 15-minute intermission,” Eissfeldt said.

Performances will take place on Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 1 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available at East of Java and Flora Borealis.

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Gazette staffFormer Port Hardy resident Ivy Richardson

chose boxing, but she considered ballet.“I was looking for something to stay active,”

said the 24-year-old Nanaimo Boxing Club member. “I’ve always wanted to do both since I was little.”

Neither activities were options back then when she lived in the small town of Port Hardy, but in Nanaimo, she was free to choose, and the boxing club is thrilled with her choice.

Richardson has become a fast-rising pros-pect, winning at the Oregon Golden Gloves in January and then winning an exhibition in North Vancouver earlier this month by unani-mous decision.

“The first time I saw her, I thought, wow, there’s a lot of potential,” said Bob Pegues, a Team B.C. coach.

Barry Creswell, coach at the Nanaimo Boxing Club, saw that potential, too, and by Richardson’s second class, he asked her if she was interested in a bout.

“I was like, yeah, sure. I don’t want to come here just to train, I want to compete,” she said. “So it was pretty immediate. I loved it straight away.”

Richardson wants to keep stepping in the ring, where she feels increasingly comfort-able. She went 10 months between bouts at one point, and now she wants to get the fights while the getting’s good.

“And because of my age, I feel like I don’t have the luxury of picking and choosing,” she said. “I just want to get as much experience as I can as fast as I can so I can keep building.”

She’s set a lot of goals for herself in her sport. Provincials, Western Canadians and nationals are all on Richardson’s radar. She is also anticipating upcoming bouts in Cloverdale and possibly Seattle.

“The minute she’s had 10 [fights] or the minute we can’t get anybody willing to fight her - which is coming - then we’ll upgrade her to an open-class boxer,” Pegues said. “I would have done it already, except that we knew there were still a couple people that we thought we could fight.”

There are areas Richardson needs to improve,

such as handling opponents’ pressure, said Pegues, and communicating better with her corner. But while in some ways, she’s a nov-ice, in other ways, she’s a natural.

Pegues said Richardson’s footwork is that of a boxer with years of experience. Her height and reach are advantages, her right hand is hard and accurate, and she is capable

of stringing together lengthy combinations of sharp punches.

Creswell marvels that Richardson “hits like a boy.”

“And I’m like, no, I hit like a girl, because I’m a girl,” she said. “And I love that. I love that women can be strong and women can fight and we can do it all.”


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April 29-May 1Mud Bowl, Port

McNeill, weekend soccer tournament featuring teams from all the North Island communities.

May 1Seven Hills Golf

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May 15Al Petrie Memorial

Fun Golf, Tournament and Lunch at Seven Hills Golf Club. $30 to play, starts at 10 a.m.

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Former Port Hardy puncher shows promise

SubmittedPort McNeill Rotary is holding a Spring Fling

Gala to ‘Build The Wall’. This event is a fund-raiser to raise money to

erect a climbing wall at North Island Secondary School. The Gala will be held in the NISS gymnasium.

Doors open at 5:30, dinner starts at 6:30. There will be entertainment and an auction.

All proceeds go to the Climbing Wall. Tickets are $50 and available at Flora Borealis Flower Shop, Peoples Drug Mart and Port McNeill Rotarians. For further information call Shelley at 250-949-1064.

Rotary Gala for climbing wall

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThere will soon be a new management sys-

tem for wastewater at the Arnold Grosenick Memorial Park in Sointula.

The topic was raised at the Regional District of Mount Waddington board meeting April 19.

“Right now all the wastewater from their out-door toilets and kitchen facilities goes into a tank which then has to be pumped out and the efflu-ent put into a sewer system,” said Operations Manager Patrick Donaghy in an interview.

The Arnold Grosenick Memorial Park includes a ball field, concession, horse riding ring and

children’s playground and is the home of the Annual Sointula Ball tournament and Sointula Salmon Days festivities, said Director Heidi Soltau in an email.

“Hooking the concession building up to the sewer will be a big improvement and will enable the park to be developed for other uses and activities,” she said.

“The project, which is being fully funded by the Sointula Recreation Association, is possible because of the generous volunteer work of Alden Barnett, Art Swanson, Patrick Donaghy and the Malcolm Island Management Committee, who waived the $2,000 connection fee,” said Soltau.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe 16th annu-

al Harvey Walkus Memorial Floor Hockey tournament was held April 22-24 at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena and the Wakas Hall in Port Hardy. Harvey Walkus, an incredibly talented floor hockey player, sadly lost his fight with depression and took his own life in 1998. Gary Walkus did not want his brother’s death to be in vain, and organized the floor hockey tourna-ment in 2000 to honour

his memory. “The first year we started out with eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams,” said Walkus. “This year we had 12 men’s teams and five women’s teams, and it was anoth-er tremendous event that commemorated my brother’s memory.”

There were over 50 games of floor hockey played over the week-end, and it was the Harvey Memorial 1 Team and the Gil’s Girls team that collected enough points to meet in the ladies’ final on Sunday afternoon at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Harvey Memorial 1 got off to a quick 2-0 lead early in the 1st period, and they kept pouring on the pressure for the rest of the 20 minute period, scoring three

more goals to take a 5-0 lead going into the 2nd. Harvey Memorial kept scoring in the 2nd peri-od, adding three more goals to win the ladies’ finals 7-1 in decisive fashion.

The men’s finals fea-tured the defending champs the Wolfpack versus the Regulators. The Regulators got on the scoreboard early at 15:52 of the 1st, and they kept up the pace, scoring three more goals before the end of the period.

In the 2nd, the Regulators continued dominating the game, passing the ball well and getting great shots on goal. By the end of the 2nd, the Regulators had officially dethroned the defending champs the Wolfpack in an 8-1 shel-lacking. Walkus was all

smiles at the end of the day, stating he “couldn’t have been anymore happy with how the tournament went,” and that he was “so excited to see how well every-thing lined up. All the teams played great, and I was very happy with all the support we had throughout the tourna-ment.”

Walkus added there’s already lots of interest for the tournament next year, stating that “we’re looking at having the local RCMP enter a team. It’s going to be a big tournament, a couple teams from Nanaimo and Ladysmith are plan-ning to enter,” and that he wanted to say a “big huge thank you to my parents for always giv-ing their input and help-ing me with everything we do.”

By Tyson WhitneyReporterAt the year-end hock-

ey awards banquet for the Tri-Port Female Program on April 5, the “Chicks With Sticks” Peewee girls’ team were given the following awards:

Most Improved Player Medallion - Emily Henschke.

Most Sportsmanlike Player Medallion - Marissa Ewen.

Most Dedicated Player Medallion - Ashlyn Walker.

Most Improved Player Trophy - Emma Walkus.

Most Sportsmanlike Player Trophy - Merrick Browne.

Most Dedicated Player Trophy - Chloe Noel.

“Chicks with Sticks had a great season,” said Lisa Brown, the Tri-Port Female Hockey Coordinator. “Next sea-son we are hoping to have enough interest to enter the Peewee female team in the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association’s female rec league, similar to the midget Wild team.”

This past season the Chicks with Sticks played in the local Tri-Port House league against Port McNeill and Port Hardy co-ed Atom teams. “Having structured games really helped with the girls’ development and the level of improvement was amazing,” said Brown. “If the team is able to play in the female rec league next season it will be a really exciting opportunity for them. I really think the

girls will enjoy it based on the experience the Wild team had this sea-son,” said Brown.

“We are also hoping to expand our recruit-ment efforts into Port Hardy next season, by way of having a one practice a week ‘intro to hockey’ option for new female players that are Novice to Peewee aged,” said Brown.

“This will be similar to the program we have been running in Port McNeill the past few years, but will be based out of the Port Hardy rink. We will also con-tinue to run the female intro to hockey program in Port McNeill, which practices on Sundays 2:45 to 4 p.m. during the hockey season.”

The intro to hockey

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Chicks with Sticks host awards banquet

Tyson Whitney PhotoThe Regulators took home a $1,600 cash prize for winning the 16th annual Harvey Walkus Memorial Floor Hockey Tournament men’s division at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy.

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billed dowitchers, a sanderling, pipits, western grebes, olive-sided and Hammond’s flycatchers, and a lone snow goose were among the star attractions at the 16th annual Doug Innes Memorial Malcolm Island Spring Bird Count here this past weekend.

The birds were among the 81 species and 1,865 individu-als spotted during the day-long count that brought visitors from Victoria, Comox and Port McNeill.

Count organizers were relieved to see some shorebirds show up for the weekend.

Many of them were concentrated on the south shore of Malcolm Island, near the end of Kaleva Road, and the rest were found along the north shore of the island, between Mitchell Bay and Bere Point.

Highlights from the count included

high numbers of bald eagles, kill-deer nesting activi-ties, the first spring count sightings of a sanderling and olive-sided flycatcher, and the always entertain-ing American oyster-catchers.

Count participants saw fewer large flocks

of waterbirds this time around, but sug-gested that these birds had likely moved up coast much earlier this spring than in past years.

The Sunday count was preceded by a ribald and thoroughly educational and enter-taining presentation

on Saturday afternoon by professor emeritus of wildlife biology at McGill University, Dr. David Bird, on ‘How Birds Do It.’

Members of the audience listened intently as Professor Bird relayed the ‘birds and bees’ for all man-ner of birds, includ-

ing the amazing aerial feats of humming-birds!

The annual spring bird count is hosted by the Malcolm Island Bird Club and full results and photos will be posted on the club’s blog at https://mibirdclub.wordpress.com/

Gazette staffThe Brit ish

Columbia Open Highland Dancing C h a m p i o n s h i p s and the West Coast Premiership were held recently in Surrey, BC.

Four local dancers travelled to compete against many of the best dancers in west-ern North America.

Lucinda Janse of Port Hardy compet-ed in the Beginner 9 & over category and placed 6th in the Highland Fling.

Jerzie Cheetham of Port Hardy com-peted in the BC Open Championship 10 years and placed 6th in the Seann Truibhas and 6th in the Reel.

A b i g a i l McCorquodale of Port Hardy competed in the morning in the BC Open Championship 11 years. She placed 3rd in the Highland Fling, 5th in the Sword Dance, 3rd in the Seann Triubhas, and 2nd in the Reel for an overall placing of 2nd Runner Up in the Championship. In the afternoon

McCorquodale com-peted in the West Coast Premiership 10 & under 12 years. She placed 1st in Wilt Thou Go to the Barracks Johnny, 2nd in the Scottish Lilt, 3rd in the Earl of Errol, and 1st in the Irish Jig, win-ning the overall West Coast Premiership champion title.

Xandryn Frost of Port McNeill com-peted in the BC Open Championship 12 years and placed 6th in the Highland Fling, 4th in the Sword Dance, 5th in the Seann Triubhas, and 6th in the Reel for an overall placing of 4th Runner up in the Championship.

“I am thrilled for these dancers,” said their teacher Teresa Charlton, who trav-elled to Surrey, BC for the competition. “They work very hard

and it is fantastic to see them succeed at such a high level.”

The North Island Highland Dancing

Association will hold their annual highland dance competition in Port Hardy on Oct. 15, 2016.


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Sointula birders count species

South Island birders (left to right) Elsie Hampshire, Sue Martell, Art Martell and Dave Robinson check out the waterbirds along the south shore of Malcolm island during the 16th annual Doug Innes Memorial Malcolm Island Spring Bird count in Sointula this past weekend.

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Xandryn Frost from Port McNeill was 4th Run-ner Up in the Open Highland Dancing Champion-ship in Surrey.

Highland dancers bring home trophies

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the annual Harvey Walkus Memorial Floor Hockey Tournament at the

Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy on Sunday, April 24.

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Marlene Florence Long

Marlene Florence Long passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Saturday, April 16th, 2016 at the age of 62 years. A Celebration of Life Service was held at Three Valley Gap on

Saturday, April 23rd. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, B.C. Division, 1501 – 4330 Kingsway, Vancouver, B.C. V5H 2H9, in memory of Marlene.

Marlene was born in Kaslo, B.C. on June 5, 1953 and had been a resident of the Revelstoke area since 1994 and worked at Three Valley Gap since 2000. She enjoyed bowling, gardening, cooking and cake decorating. Marlene was an avid golfer in her young-er years. She especially loved travelling.

Marlene was predeceased by her parents, Arthur and Marion Belt and her husband Danny. She is survived by three children: Nathasha, Naomi and Dawson; eight grandchildren: Connor, Alyssa, Kasia, Gunner, Danee, Devyn, Morgan and Jean; her twin sister Marilyn; siblings: David, Llano and Norman as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Three Valley Gap will be taking donations to go towards a bench in the gardens of Three Valley, in Marlene’s memory.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to Marlene’s family by viewing her obituary at: www.brandon-bowersfuneralhome.com.

Cremation arrangements were in the care of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.

Hazel Irene Wilson1929 - 2016

It is with deep sorrow in our hearts that we mourn the sudden loss of our mother, Hazel Wilson.

Hazel Irene Wilson nee Allen, was born in East Delta on the 5th of Sep-tember 1929, the 3rd daughter born to John and Dorothy Allen.

In 1940 John and Dorothy moved their family to Ladner, B.C. Shortly after the Wilson family with 9 chil-dren, Frank being the oldest moved next door. Hazel and Frank Wilson became a couple in their early teens and married in 1947. They were blessed with six children, three boys and three girls.

Hazel was predeceased by her husband Frank, her parents, John and Dolly Allen, her son Gordon and son-in-law Rick Turner. Survived by her daughters Wendy, Winona/Nonie, Barbara (Rick), sons Jim (Kim), Jack (Arlyne), and her many cherished grandchildren (16) and great grand-children (24).

Hazel is remembered for her fun loving personality and the warmth with which she welcomed everyone that came into their home. She is now happily enjoying her reunion with her beloved husband Frank.

A service at Piercy’s Mt Washington Funeral Home will be held on Satur-day May 7th at 1pm to be followed with a gathering at the Best Western Westerly Hotel to celebrate and share memories.

PORT HARDYBAPTIST CHURCH

Corner of Trustee & HighlandMorning Service 11:00am

Plus regular family activitiesOffice: 250-949-6844

www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

NORTH ISLANDCATHOLIC CHURCHES

Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s 430 Chapel St.,

Port McNeill: 9:00amSt. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd.,

Port Hardy: 11:00amSt. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St.

and Marine Dr., Port Alice:Saturdays 5:00pm

Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am

ST. COLUMBAANGLICAN UNITED

9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247

10:30am Sunday School and ServiceEveryone welcome

Meeting rooms available www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

Bible study check online for details

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill

(across from Firehall)Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship

Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin

Cell: 250-527-0144Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am

Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844

Warden Flora Cook250-974-5945

Warden Joan Stone250-974-2234

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor C. Okumu Lomudak

[email protected]

“Everyone Welcome”Saturday Services

9:30am - Bible Study groups10:45am - Worship/Praise service

Wednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meetingFollow us on Facebook

Avalon Adventist Christian Academy Offering Christian Education

250-949-8243

PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH

2501 Mine RoadSunday 9:45am

(Sept-June) - Sunday School11:00am - Worship Service

7:00pm - Evening FellowshipYouth Group Wed - 7:00pm

Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contactPastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737

LIGHTHOUSERESOURCE CENTRE

• Chaplain Services • Bible Studies • Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups

(8635 Granville St. Port Hardy)250-949-8125

PORT HARDYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St.Sunday Worship 10:30am & 7:00pm

Tuesday Prayer 7:30pmMidweek Biblestudies -

Call the church for time and place250-949-6466

Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674

E-Mail: [email protected]

PORT ALICEANGLICAN- UNITED

FELLOWSHIPSunday Services - 4:00pm

1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice

You are extended a special invitationto share in our Services

ST. JOHN GUALBERTUNITED ANGLICAN

CHURCH250-956-3533

Email: [email protected] call for worship times

All Welcome175 Cedar Street

Port McNeill

GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

CHURCHat entrance to Tsulquate Village

(8898 Park Dr)Saturday/Sabbath

10:00am-Sabbath School11:15am-Worship Service

Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell

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The Band Administrator, under the general direction of the Band Council and subject to its policies and procedures, administers the affairs and programs of the Quatsino First Nation. The Quatsino First Nation is located near Coal Harbour on the north end of Vancouver Island.

Job Description: The Quatsino First Nation Band Administrator will be responsible for the administering and overseeing of all band programs and will ensure programs are administered within budget. The Band Administrator will ensure that band policies and procedures are adhered to; and, supervise all band program managers, coordinators, employees and contractors.

Job Duties• Strong Human Resource skills and an ability to manage, supervise and provide

support to staff in meeting program requirements/mandates.• Ensuring proper maintenance, use, occupancy and control of buildings,

equipment, and works controlled by the Band.• Advisor to Chief and Council on all areas of band management.• Knowledge working with provincial and federal funding agencies including:

programs, regulations, procedures of AANDC; and, other funding agencies.• Acts as a liaison and public relations officer for the Council in matters of

administration. • Good knowledge of financial accounting principles for budget planning and

monitoring of expenditures.• Ability to write funding proposals, preparation of reports and correspondence.• Attend Council Meetings and Committee meetings when required.• Provide the council with monthly reports on band programs and operations.• Strong administrative and computer skills.• Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and written.• Experience working in First Nations communities and culturally sensitive.

Job Qualifications• A degree & solid educational background in Business Administration or

Management• Demonstrated proposal writing skills• Financial experience & education (accounting skills)• Successful management in a First Nations operation (4-5 years)• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills

Salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please direct any questions and/or your cover letter, resume complete with three references, and a criminal record check to:

Quatsino Band CouncilAttn: Tara Nelson, Executive Assistant

305 Quattishe Rd, Coal Harbour, BC V0N1K0Tel: 250-949-6245Fax: 250-949-6249

Email: [email protected]

Quatsino Band Council

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BAND ADMINISTRATOR

Posting date: April 12, 2016 Closing date: May 6, 2016

Kitasoo Forest Company Ltd.NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT

Kitasoo Forest Company Ltd., a forest company wholly owned by the Kitasoo / Xai’xais First Nations, gives notice and invites comment on the Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) for their various licences in their traditional territory. The geographic area covered by the FSP is indicated on the map shown.

The FSP describes how the licensee will meet the legislated performance requirements, as well as those requirements of the recently legislated Great Bear Rainforest Order, to ensure management of resources other than timber.

A review and comment period of sixty (60) days is open for stakeholders, interested parties or members of the public to provide written input regarding the content of the FSP.

Copies of the FSP can be viewed at the Capacity Forest Management office, 1761 Redwood St., in Campbell River, BC, during regular office hours (8:30am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm – 5:00pm) April 29, 2016 to June 30, 2016 (excluding weekends and holidays) or online at:

www.capfor.caPersons wanting to register their input are invited to do so in writing prior to June 30, 2016 when the review and comment period will expire.Please direct written submissions for the review and comment period to:

Kitasoo FSP Review and Commentc/o Capacity Forest Management Ltd.

1761A Redwood St.Campbell River, BC V9W 3K7

For more information or to arrange an appointment, please contact Gary Gallinger, RPF at (250).287.2120 ex. 310 or [email protected]

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PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated

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Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365

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Port Hardy, BCWest Park Manor &

Lindsay Manor

Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great

view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available. Well maintained secure &

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Forester TimberWest is Western Canada’s largest private managed forest land owner with 325,400 hectares / 804,200 acres on Vancouver Island. The Company also owns renewable Crown harvest rights to 690,000 m3 per year. TimberWest runs fully contracted harvesting operations and leads the coastal industry in the growing and harvesting of second-growth timber. The Company is a leader in sustainable forest management and is committed to Vancouver Island communities. We have an immediate opening for a Forester in our Campbell River Office, reporting to the Operations Forester. This position is responsible for the planning and delivery of silvicultural programs carried out within TimerWest’s public forest tenures and it includes a combination of field and office duties. Regular duties will include a combination of hands on delivery and management of contractors. This is a new position which has been created to prepare for future succession needs. Responsibilities • Support safety process management • Responsibility for delivery of the silviculture program from Site Plans through to free growing • Deploy TimberWest’s Contract Management System in the recruitment of contractors and the execution of silviculture contract requirements • Participate in the maintenance of TimberWest’s environmental certification programs • Track and report silvicultural obligations and compliance • Participate in First Nations Information Sharing of TimerWest’s programs • Liaise with government agencies, First Nations and local stakeholders • Manage post harvest prescrived burning and other hazard abatement treatments • Participate in the preparation of budgets, accruals and forecasts

Our culture relies on teamwork, effective communication and a strong work ethic.

Interested candidates should email a resume to Gary Lawson, RPF at [email protected] by May 20, 2016.

Harvesting SupervisorCanoe Forest Products Ltd. (part of the Gorman Group of Companies); located near Salmon Arm, BC has an immediate fulltime vacancy within the Woodlands Department for Harvesting Supervisor to join our Canoe team.Reporting to the Woodlands Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of Timber Harvesting and Road Maintenance operations. This po-sition requires a self-motivated individual with excellent organizational, communication and leadership skills. QUALIFICATIONS:• Graduate from a recognized Forestry Program and

eligible for registration with the Association of BC Forest Professionals.

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience with interior harvesting systems, log scaling, safety and environ-mental programs.

• Detail oriented, accurate, flexible and strives to meet deadlines.

Canoe Forest Products Ltd. offers a competitive salary and benefits package based on experience and qual-ifications. If you possess the skills and qualifications required for this challenging position, please submit your resume with cover letter, in confidence, by May 15, 2016:Human Resources Department Canoe Forest Products Ltd. Box 70 Canoe BC V0E 1K0E: [email protected] F: 866-514-8773

www.canoefp.comCanoe Forest Products Ltd. thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Notice is hereby given by 50 Fathom Edge Holdings Inc DBA Advantage Port Hardy Self Storage, that the following items will be sold at a public auction on Sunday May 01, 2016 at 10 AM if all monies owed are not paid in full. The sale is to be held on our property of 5775 Hardy Bay Rd, Port Hardy

BC V0N 2P0.

Dan & Glenda Hogan to satisfy debt on storage of property such as approximately:

Compressor 2 Refrigerators Exterior Doors

StereoAppliances

Bedding Walker

House vacuumShopvac

Canning SuppliesShelving Units

Rubbermaid totes and boxes filled with miscellaneous household items

Etc.

Any questions relating can be directed to Kendra at (250)-230-3955.

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Contract Manager, South Operations

TimberWest has an immediate opening for a Contract Manager based out of our Nanaimo office.

This position is responsible for the safe delivery of

company production requirements, while ensuring log quality and value planning is optimized, and social

licence maintained.

If you are a leader in safety, environmental protection and log quality, please check the careers section of our

website at

www.timberwest.com

for full details of this opportunity.

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• To work in a group centre within Code of Ethics, Provincial licensing and Kwakiutl Band Policy

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record, First Aid, Medical check• Good communication skills, Sense of humor, Flexibility• Wage $17.00-$19.00/hr, according to qualifications/experience• Monday - Friday up to 7 hrs/day; possible split shift

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a furnished home for a mini-mum of 3 months in the Port Hardy, BC region, starting in early May 2016. Options range from a nice house/ condo/ apartment/ hotel room, to room & board in private home, or even a rustic and basic cabin. Must be clean, tidy and well main-tained with an excellent landlord. I am rather frugal but do I understand you get what you pay for. I have reliable trans-portation; I love to hike. I have traveled all over Eu-rope, Scandinavia and the UK, the Baltic’s, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. Also South and Central America, as well as all over Canada, the US, Taiwan and Korea. I have stayed in AirBnB’s and VRBO’s all over the world. I am a Canadian citi-zen. Please email: [email protected]

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The North Island Bantam Eagles Teamwould like to thank everyone who supported us

throughout the season and on our journey to

the Provincial Championships in Smithers, BC.

Island FoodsFurney Distributing Ltd

Timberland SportsCoast Forest Industries CFI

LemareFox’s Disposal

OK Paving CompanyNIE Peewee TeamNIE Midget TeamDynamic Massage

Coast Main Ventures LtdGCB Ventures Ltd

Slave Labour Logging LtdKeogh Ventures Ltd

Port Hardy Building SupplyCoastal Sports

Peoples Drug Mart Port McNeillK&K Electric

Subway Port McNeillWestern Forest Products - Holberg Division

Western EquipmentJames Walkus Fishing Co.Dayley Construction LtdWestern Equipment Ltd

Scarlet Point SeafoodLasota Contracting

K’awat’si Economic DevelopmentDon Waugh – Sea Soil

Western Forest ProductsHeather Brown

Craig and Deborah MurrayDave Nelson

Black Bear ResortV-Echo

CABKeltic Seafoods

Patterson’s Plumbing Raider Fishing Company

Quatsino Sound Investments� e Clothes Inn

HLS Contracting LtdNimpkish Logging

Micron Machine WorksBlack Cat Repairs Ltd

DBA Abernethy ContractingHenlor’s Exploration and

Mechanical LtdNorth Island Automotive

Scotiabank Employees Port HardyPeoples Drug Mart Port HardyFoster and Company Chartered

AccountantQF Harvesting

IGA

From the businesses and individuals who donated so generously, to everyone who bought 50/50 squares and ra� e tickets; from our encouraging fans, to our younger Eagles teams who showed up wearing their jerseys to give us strength; from our 3 North Island Arenas and their sta� who were so helpful, to our refs, for without you we would have no hockey games; WE THANK YOU ALL.

Donations were made by the following:

50/50 WinnerNiki and Travyn Foster

Heather Brown Framed Canvas Print WinnerMike VonSchilling

Pallet of Sea Soil WinnerMike VonSchilling

WFP – Log truck load of logs WinnerTim Alfred

THANK YOU!!From your

NORTH ISLAND BANTAM EAGLESISLAND DISTRICT CHAMPIONS


north island gazette, april 27, 2016

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