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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorApplications to the Gazette

Christmas Hamper Fund are at a record high this year, unfor-tunately, to date, donations are down. Prices for food will also be higher this year.

There appears to be a shortage across the board in cash, toys, and individual food items which are used to supplement the ham-pers each year, said Hamper fund President Sandy Grenier.

“To date, (Dec. 10) we have 672 applications, which is up from 545 last year” a 23 per cent increase, said Grenier, who added this is the most applica-tions she has seen in her 19 year involvement with the program.

“However, the community always comes through,” Grenier said.

Donations for the fund can be dropped off at the Gazette office or in collection bins located throughout the North Island, and cheques can also be mailed in to the Gazette office.

People are also able to donate 10,000 Save-on More points at Overwaitea in Port Hardy which can be redeemed for a turkey.

The hampers will be going out to individuals and families Dec. 19. and people must be home to receive them.

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Gazette staffContrary to reports circulating on

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ever, “we have no evidence that a firearm was used in what we are investigating.”

Brownridge said the matter involves a broken window, but would not pro-vide any more details saying divulg-ing information might hamper their investigation.

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www.speedyglass.caBy Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorHigh winds wreaked

some havoc on the North Island last week.

On Thursday, crews were called out to Storey’s Beach after a tree took out some power lines.

Crews were out there doing the tree-related removal as well as repairs to the system, said BC Hydro Spokesperson Karla Louwers.

“Six customers were impacted by that out-age,” Louwers said.

Earlier in the day, crews responded to a much larger outage that impacted both Coal Harbour and Quatsino.

In that case, 330 customers were without power from approximately 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

“That was also a tree-related outage,” she said.

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to be very careful if they come across a downed power line.

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Premier Christy Clark sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview at her Victoria office Dec. 9. Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at [your paper’s website].

TF: At the UN climate conference in Paris, did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you find sup-port for that idea?

PCC: Yes and yes. The new government in Ottawa is a big supporter of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fighting global climate change.

There are 150 coal plants on the books in China today. The only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transitional fuel to move to.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas target, reduction of emis-sions by a third, is another target that isn’t going to be met. Why?

PCC: When the government brought in the carbon tax, it was based on the assumption that other jurisdictions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

There comes a point where the carbon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs out of the province.

TF: Your advisory committee says the carbon tax needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an effect. Do you have any other choice?

PCC: Let’s figure out what the national goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet.

TF: On a related topic, transit spending. Your new min-ister Peter Fassbender has talked about a “new day” in Ottawa and he’s downplaying the idea of another referen-dum for new funding sources. Is that off the table now?

PCC: It may be possible that the federal government wants to invest more in transit, and take up some of the slack from the local government level.

TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas prices continue to go down, and supply continues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs this year?

PCC: What I saw this year was developing countries, especially China, making a firm commitment to reduce their emissions. The only way for them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their industry is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C.

TF: Are we going to see some policy action on high hous-ing costs in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax?

PCC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are look-ing for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

TF: We’re starting to see government advertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal government do it with their Economic Action Plan, which was very expensive, and to most people’s eye self-serving or political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half?

PCC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, political. You will see more information-based advertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Registered Education Savings Plan.

TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0?PCC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I wish I could say to

you no, never, but I, you know….Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for

Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement on the release of the proposed final text of the Paris Agreement at COP21:

“We applaud all national leaders and delegates who worked hard over the past two weeks to raise the bar for global climate action. The Paris Agreement text urges the world to limit warming to 1.5, and aims for net-zero emissions globally by the second half of the century. These elements reflect the increased sense of urgency guiding global climate action, and that’s encouraging.

“Achieving these long-term goals requires an accelerated clean energy transition. The Paris agree-ment outlines many of the solutions required to achieve that transition, along with five-year cycles to increase global efforts over time. Countries have also been urged to increase their climate targets to fill the gap between the emissions reductions needed and plans currently in place.

“The solution to climate change does not depend solely on the outcome of these global negotiations. Governments, cities and businesses everywhere are gearing up for a wholesale energy-systems transition that includes new investment in renewable energy and low-carbon technology, and putting a price on carbon pollution.

“The Paris climate summit marks an important milestone in the global clean energy transition, but it was never meant to be the finish line. Now the real work begins for Canada’s federal and provin-cial governments: building a cooperative national climate plan, making good on the promises they made in Paris, and ramping up efforts to cut car-bon pollution and invest in clean energy across the country.

“Renewable energy represents a major economic opportunity that is gaining traction around the world. The leadership, innovation and enthusiasm for climate solutions we’ve seen in Paris sends a signal to world markets that the age of fossil fuels is ending and giving way to a more sustainable, resilient and clean economy. Canada will find itself in good company as it aspires to be a leader in the clean energy transition.”

KEY FACTSGlobal growth in greenhouse gas pollution stalled

in 2014, even as the economy continued to grow, largely thanks to new renewable energy generation and energy efficiency policies. (Source: International Energy Agency)

Investors moved USD$295 billion into renewable energy generation projects last year — an increase of 17 per cent from 2013. (Source: Clean Energy Canada)

26,900 people were directly employed in the Canadian clean energy sector in 2013, up from 23,700 in 2012. (Source: Clean Energy Canada)


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Shift work unproductive and leads to disgruntled workforce

dear editor:HAPPY WORKERS ARE

PRODUCTIVE WORKERS(SOMEONE TELL WESTERN)Western Forest Products Inc.’s recent

decision to impose alternate shifts at Englewood is rife with problems for the workers, their families and the communi-ties that they live in.

Most operations large and small that have operated on these types of shifts (6x3, 4x4, 4x3, etc.) have found them to be unproductive and lead to a disgruntled workforce.

We have to remember that this is an industry with an aging workforce that is trying to attract new workers, which makes these shifts a double negative.

For the aging workforce, many of whom have spent the vast majority of their work-ing lives on a 5x2 shift, the impact is dramatic. Families no longer spent week-ends together, long hours on compressed shifts leave less time for the family during whatever the work week turns out to be; those active in the community who coach, participate, or act as volunteer firefighters are left unable to participate and therefore in many cases this affects whole commu-nities. Significantly, workers (especially those who have worked for decades on a

5x2 shift), having to try and adapt to new hours of work often leads to sleeplessness and fatigue which the Union feels has a direct impact on safety in the workplace and on our roads. Also, family issues including marital and childcare problems can become more frequent with two work-ing parents.

For an Industry and a Company that says it is seeking new workers to settle in North Island communities to replace a retiring age workforce, the implementa-tion of such shifts leave you scratching your head as to how bad shifts attract highly skilled and motivated people?

Perhaps the company thinks that the migration of workers from the Alberta oil patch will result in more employees being available.

If this is factual, then it will only be for a temporary period as these new employees will move on when a better offer becomes available. If a truck driver has the choice between working 11.5 hours per day at straight time rates at Englewood or working eight hours per day for another employer, which employer is he going to choose?

The long hours on some alternate shifts such as the 4x4 shift (11.5 hours) are a significant safety issue in the Union’s

mind. We know from WorkSafe statistics that

log truck drivers have the second highest incident rating for accidents and fatali-ties after hand falling. Introducing longer hours is of significant concern to the Union and its membership.

Just because the shift has been recog-nized as a legal shift under the WFP and FIR Collective Agreements does not mean implementing the shifts is the right thing to do. The safety of the worker should be first and foremost in the mind of all par-ties involved.

One has to wonder why non-union workplaces where employers have no restriction at all to implement any shift they can dream up, work 5x2 shifts. Why? Because many know the value of their business is in their people. If good people leave, their business is degraded. Someone at Western has determined that a 4x4 or a 6x3 shift will somehow result in higher profits. It might on paper, but the reality is often a much different story. It is unrealistic to expect hard working, loyal, long-term employees to embrace shifts that can lead to so many problems for them, their families and the community as a whole.

It is common knowledge that a happy

worker is a productive worker which makes it hard to comprehend how the implementation of these shifts is a posi-tive for the workers or the company and leads many to perceive that potential prof-its are more important than actual work-ers and the community. Make no mistake the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 members on the Englewood Crew are not happy with the shifts.

For those that may not recall, these shifts were the result of an imposed Collective Agreement in 2004 when Mediator Don Munroe was directed by government to settle the then ongoing forest industry labour dispute.

Various companies have tried these shifts in the past decade. The vast major-ity have realized they do not work for the variety of reasons already mentioned and stopped them. We hope that Western Forest Products Inc. realizes it, too. In the meantime the local union remains open to seeking options that work. Ultimately, if no option is found, I am confident the membership will make shifting a key issue in the next round of bargaining.

Yours truly,Brian Butler,

PresidentUnited Steelworkers, Local 1-1937

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Regional

District of Mount Waddington will be hosting a North Island economic forum in Port Hardy in March of 2016.

At the regular monthly meeting Oct. 20, Pat English, manager of eco-nomic development,

asked the board for approval to apply for a $30,000 grant from the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) to host the forum and go towards the implementation of the regional proj-ects identified as pri-orities.

The $50 million ICET was created by the Government of BC in 2006, through the North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Act, to support economic development initia-tives on central and northern Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

ICET funds com-munity-driven eco-nomic development initiatives in target-ed sectors to spark new and sustainable regional economic growth and diversi-fication.

These include: forestry, transporta-tion, tourism, min-ing, small business, energy, agriculture and aquaculture, and economic develop-ment.


David Faren PhotoDoing Time for a Good Cause

Shop-Rite in Alert Bay is raising money to pay for students at Alert Bay Elementary to be trained in cedar weav-ing by experienced weavers from the North Island. In the photograph, from left to right, the adults not in the jail are Amanda Christianson, Anne Jackson, and Michelle Alfred. in the cage is Melissa Fletcher. The fully visible children doing time in the cage are, from left to right, Rebecca-Lynn Jackson, Lyra Fletcher, and Meisa Fletcher. The hidden girl on the left side is Giselle Alfred and the one on the right is Bianca Berry.

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Tsulquate House FireThe Port Hardy Fire Department was called out to a house fire Sunday at 10 a.m. on the Tsulquate reserve. The fire was caused by cigarette ashes being transferred into a regular garbage bin. According to Fire Chief Shell Nickerson one of the cigarettes was not fully extinguished, which lit the garbage can on fire damaging the floor and wall. No one was injured in the incident.


Port Alice facing gas hikeBy Tyson Whitney Gas prices in Port Alice might be on the rise,

as Port Alice Gas Inc. has requested a change in rates from the BC Utilities Commission.

“The commodity charge is based on what we pay for the product,” said David Dick, president of Port Alice Gas Inc., during the Dec. 9 Village council meeting.

“We really don’t have the volume to charge at the current rate and remain viable,” Dick said.

Since 1995, Port Alice Gas Inc. has charged a $6 per month basic fee. According to Dick, modest gas users will see little change in their monthly bill. Heavy gas users will be looking at an additional $20 per month, bringing the total to $26.

“We simply waited too long to do the increase,” Dick stated, adding that if the increase goes through, their projected profit for the year would be $13,000.

Ultimately, “The BC Utilities Commission will determine if the change in rates and fare is fair for the community and fair for me.”

By Tyson WhitneyReporterWarren Beatty, vice president of human resourc-

es for Neucel Specialty Cellulose, attended the Dec. 9 Village Council meeting in Port Alice and spoke briefly on behalf of the mill.

“There have been some changes in personnel at the mill,” Beatty stated, adding, “Our owners want us to reduce costs while we are down so we are not as much of a financial drain.”

Beatty then personally thanked Mayor Jan Allen and Chief Administrative Officer Madeleine McDonald for attending meetings with mill man-agement on Dec. 3 and Dec. 7.

The meetings were held to explore opportunities for the Village to support the mill in its efforts to re-open. Numerous ideas were explored during the meetings, such as lobbying the Province to reduce rents on foreshore leases and looking for opportu-nities to support infrastructure grant opportunities for the mill.

A foreshore lease is a contract on the area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. In British Columbia, the Province owns nearly all freshwater and saltwater foreshore. Land adjacent to foreshore may be privately owned, but in common law the public retains the privilege or “bare licence” to access it.

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er Nick Perry gave a workplace safety pre-sentation for students at Port Hardy Secondary School Dec. 7 and Dec. 8. Perry has been speak-ing to high school stu-dents in B.C. and across Canada for the past 10 years, educating them on on their safety rights in the workplace.

“I consider myself a soldier for safety,” Perry said in a press release, mentioning that he likes “being on the front line in the community, spreading a positive message to students and employers about work-place safety and aware-ness.”

Ten years ago, when Perry was 19 years old, he left his job at Subway to work in a lumberyard in Victoria. Subway had promised Perry full time hours after completing his high school work

experience, but ended up only giving him two shifts a week, and he felt the pressure to earn more money and work more hours. Six months into his new job at the lumberyard, 42 loose sheets of fibre board, around 1,200 kilo-

grams, fell off a forklift his co-worker was oper-ating. The fibre boards hit him in the back. His spinal cord was severed, his vertebrae crushed, and as a result, his legs were paralyzed. After a 13-hour surgery, Doctors informed him that he would most likely never walk again. Perry, however, defied the odds, and after three years of arduous reha-bilitation, was able to get back on his feet. As of today, he is able to walk, but still has seri-ous medical issues that will stay with him for life as a reminder of what he lost ten years ago in that lumberyard.

When asked what his experience was like talking to students at Port Hardy High School, Perry replied that it was “great. The students’ reactions were really good, they had lots of questions and their own personal experiences to share.” Perry, who has travelled from Victoria to speak to PHSS students two or three times now, added that he likes that the students “appreciate the peer perspective. I’m someone close to their age and not an author-ity figure lecturing on workplace safety.”

What Perry ultimate-ly wants youth to take away from his work-place safety presenta-tions is “to embrace the right to refuse unsafe work. The bottom line is human life, not money.”


By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe Port Hardy Museum has a new exhibit all

sewn up.The exhibit, Textiles, Part 1, is open from Dec.

1 until Dec. 23 is on the subject of smocking. Smocking is an embroidery technique used to

gather fabric so that it can stretch. It was worn as a loose garment by rural workers as far back as the 13th Century.

The linen was durable, so the smocks were

often passed down through family members. Once the industrial revolution hit, smocking took on a more decorative role, mostly seen in chil-dren’s clothing.

The dresses in the exhibit were made by Hazel Barton (1908-2001) in the 1960s and 70s, and by her granddaughter Heather Jones in the 1990s-2000s.

The museum will be closed from Dec. 24 to Feb. 2 with Textiles - Part 2 running from Feb. 2 to March 31.

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The Port Hardy Museum’s exhibit on smocking is filled with interesting facts on the history of smocking, children’s dresses, and an in-depth ‘how to’ section. The exhibit runs from Dec. 1 to Dec. 23.

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Scott Perry spoke to Port Hardy Secondary School students about workplace safety.

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Gazette staffIn the new year,

North Island College will be holding its first-ever Kwak’wala Language Course at the Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre in Port Hardy.

NIC will offer the course thanks, in part, to a T’saxis (Fort Rupert) resident.

NIC instructor Sara Child developed the Introduction to Kwak’wala course a year ago to bring the language to life in the community.

“Despite our efforts to increase language learning in elementa-ry schools, our youth and adults don’t have many opportunities to learn from fluent Kwak’wala speakers. Language revitaliza-tion needs to draw on people of all ages in the community to suc-ceed. I’m very grate-ful NIC approved the course this April and embraced this opportu-nity,” said Child.

The Kwak’wala lan-guage is spoken in sev-eral different dialects in 15 First Nations’ communities from the K’omoks First Nation in the south to the Tlatlasikwala First Nation on the north-ern end of Vancouver Island as well as in communities on the central BC coast.

Child will bring elders and Kwak’wala speakers of many of those different dialects into the class to respect people and cultures of individual communi-ties.

“I can speak the language a bit, but I’m far from flu-ent,” said Child, a Kwakiutl Nation mem-ber who is working toward her Masters of Indigenous Language Revitalization degree at the University of Victoria and coordinat-ed UVic’s Bachelor of Education degree last year.

“Drawing from the knowledge of our elders is the only way we can respectfully deliver this course,” she said.

In 2014, the Report on the Status of BC First Nations Languages

estimated 2.3 per cent of Kwakwaka’wakw people speak the lan-guage fluently, while 10.6 per cent of the population are learn-ing it.

Child sees an urgent role for youth and adults who play a vital role in keeping the lan-guage and culture alive in communities.

“This isn’t about our children learning Kwak’wala in class for 30 minutes a day and expecting them to become fluent,” she said.

“If we are going to talk about language acquisition for future generations, language and culture need to be intertwined and the whole commu-nity needs to learn it together. When youth and adults become lan-guage learners, that’s when it’s going to come to life.”

NIC’s Introduction to Kwak’wala course focuses on immersive learning. Students will practise listening and speaking, with empha-sis on conversation, structure and pronun-ciation. The course is designed for all learn-ers from high school students to profession-als, parents and elders in the community who want to learn more about the Kwak’wala language and culture. Adult students work-ing toward their high school graduation can also apply the course toward their BC adult graduation diploma.

“I know there is interest from nurses and professionals here as well as from people as far south as

Courtenay,” Child said. “It would be great to have artists, storytell-ers and a wide range of community members join us to strengthen the cultural connec-tions.”

The class takes place Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. start-ing Jan. 4 at the Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre.

It is one of three courses with Indigenous content offered in the region this January, including First Peoples Literature

and Composition course (ENG 096) and Composition and Indigenous Literature I (ENG 125).

Students may also be interested in NIC’s new Aboriginal educa-tion assistant program starting in January at the Port Hardy cam-pus.

For more information about programs, cours-es, and funding support for NIC courses, visit www.nic.bc.ca/mw or contact NIC Student Services directly at 250-949-7912.

Kwak’wala course offered

Submitted PhotoInstructor Sara Child has developed an Intro-duction to Kwak’wala course being offered in Port Hardy in January.

By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department is

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Tasos Baroutis at the Port McNeill Town Council meeting Dec. 7.

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Kacie Brittain from Port McNeill (who is graduating this year) and her mini-me Jacob Tolmie perform a number during the Celtic Christmas event Dec. 5 and 6.

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor PhotoFestive fund-raiser

Students from Wagulus School in Fort Rupert got into the Christ-mas spirit for a fund-raiser for a field trip. Students set up a booth at the 22nd annual Christmas Bazaar at the U’Gwamalis Hall Dec. 6 to sell crafts they created in school, including organic soaps, candles and Christmas tree decorations. In the photograph, from left to right, are James Dawson, 6, Grace Dawson, 7, Liana Hunt, 6, Jarrod Simpson, back, and Selena Coutts.

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Rotarians Help Hamper FundAt a luncheon meeting Dec. 10 donations were collected from Port Hardy Rotary Club members for the North Island Gazette Christmas Hamper program. The money collected was then matched by the club for a total donation of $5,604.

Every Christmas Eve, children go to bed eagerly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus. This merry gentleman is purported to visit the home of every good girl and boy, delivering gifts and cheer along the way. Before the mod-ern evolution of Santa Claus lived a very real and generous individual named Nicholas. In the third century, Nicholas served as the Bishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, believing that giving should be done secretly and sacri-ficially in Jesus Christ’s name rather than one’s own.

Stories tell of Nicholas paying the dowry for poor daugh-ters to enable them to get married. He report-edly put coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him. It is believed Nicholas helped to restore the hope of hundreds of people in his com-munity, making him a beloved and revered Bishop. Throughout his ministry, Nicholas fer-vently shared his life and fortune with others.

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his death. His char-ity and unselfish works helped inspire gen-erations of the faith-ful, and he eventually was named the patron saint of everyone from merchants to sailors to pawnbrokers.

No one really knows what St. Nicholas looked like, but in 2005, a forensic lab-oratory in England reviewed historical data and photographs of the remains taken from St. Nicholas’ grave in the 1950s. Researchers concluded that he was a small man, perhaps no more than five feet in height, with a broken nose.

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does not fit with the robust frame and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas in more mod-ern years. St. Nicholas is believed to be the inspiration for Santa Claus, which was a name taken from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a contracted form of Sint Nicolass, or St. Nicholas.

Tales of the real St. Nicholas’ giving spirit were blended with a fictional personifica-tion by New York-based newspaper writ-ers who blended the St. Nicholas name with the appearance of a Dutch town citizen. The goal was to reach out to the primarily Dutch immi-grants living in New York at the time. This jolly elf image was given a boost by the publication of “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” which was published around the same time. Eventually, the Santa Claus portrayal began to outshine the more accurate St. Nicholas version as a religious man, fostered by politi-cal drawings and cari-catures that depicted Santa as a chubby sort in a red suit. Beneath the Christmas symbol-ism, the beard and the presents associated with Santa Claus lies a tale of generosity that originated with St. Nicholas.


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Members of the community are asked to watch out for the slow-moving float, Santa and his elves, and excited children who may be cross-ing the street to get a candy cane.

The float will start at the old mall and will travel up Elk Drive.

It will then transit Highland Drive, loop around McDougall and Scott streets, then back on Highland Drive and through the Cedar Heights Trailer Park.

The float will con-tinue down Highland Drive to Park Drive and will turn toward Carnarvon. The float will then travel down Glacier and Eagle Crescents before con-tinuing down Park Drive to Tsulquate Road.

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The Rotary Club of Port Hardy carol float is an annual tradition in the community.


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Eke Me-Xi School has been in opera-tion since September of 1997 and pro-vides educational programs for Grade 8 to Grade 12 students from the Port Hardy area. Eke Me-Xi offers individu-alized programs covering BC Secondary School core curriculum and students work to achieve their specific educa-tional goals in a program that suits their individual learning needs.

According to First Nations Support Worker Ross Hunt Jr., five years ago the school had a staff of two. Now there are four teachers (Principal Jillian Walkus wears two hats), four support staff and a secretary providing education to about 50 students.

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by Trish WeatherallFor the GazetteIn December, Sea

View School students in Port Alice learned more than new dance moves from profes-sional dancers pro-moting positive val-ues. The SQX Dance Company, based in Castlegar, B.C., and the United Kingdom, spent two afternoons with Sea View students to prepare a contem-porary performance as the grand finale at Sea View School’s annu-al Christmas Coffee House the evening of Dec. 8.

SQX (short-ened from Sequoia Experience) brings interactive contempo-rary dance programs to schools or com-munities using dance to promote the com-pany’s core values of kinship, collaboration, teamwork, creativity, athleticism, and inter-activity.

“Our first goal is the teamwork message,” said SQX executive director and artist Carmen Moreira. “Our second goal is to pro-mote interactive dance awareness and to get young people from kindergarten through Grade 12 to buy into dance in culture.”

Four professional dancers, including Moreira, provided their community train-ing and performance program to Sea View students, which used contemporary dance, athletics, acrobat-ics, and team work to promote leadership, selflessness, and anti-bullying.

Over the two days, 12 students were awarded SQX T-shirts for meeting the spirit of the pro-gram: Tristan Hall, Joey Jorgenson, Lilly Jorgenson, Maddison Jorgenson, Ethan McKenzie, Abby Roberts, Tyler Roper, Andrew Rydalch, Olivia Rydalch, Zach Spafford, Lucca Stewart, Dexter Wood, and Logan Yunker.

“We don’t give them out willy-nilly,”

Moreira told the stu-dents.

“It’s for students who have focus, respect, self-disci-pline, tried their hard-est, and were a good role model and a team player.”

All students also received a special Sea View School logo T-shirt, donated by Logo West, a print-ing company that worked with the Port Alice 50th Reunion Association.

Owner Greg Cornforth knew about the village’s economic difficulties and wanted to do something for the local children.

Most of the chil-dren wore the new Sea View T-shirts for the final performance at the Christmas Coffee House. The profes-sional dancers per-formed first for about 150 students, parents, and residents, with the students seated on two sides of the stage area in the cen-tre of the gym. Then the students aged five to 13 joined in for their synchronized performance which incorporated jumping, waving, counting, and contemporary dance moves.

Sea View Principal Heather Johnson said that while some chil-dren were not in their comfort zone when they were introduced to the program, the dancers related well to the students in the fun and positive environ-ment.

“This dance program was a nice fit with our inquiry into move-ment,” said Johnson, referring to the school’s Movement to Learn daily exercise program.

“We’re trying to incorporate activities with a positive focus, which builds resilien-cy.”

The dance program was funded by the Port Alice Parent Advisory Council. As a regis-tered charity, SQX fund raises to enable them to offer the two-day program for $600.

They also worked with students in Fort Rupert on a similar program. This year they have sold out their programs and performances at 147 schools all over B.C.

For more information about SQX, visit their web site: sqxdance.org.

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To explain the Keltic Story it is important to understand the foundation of how its business model has evolved to bring the company to where it is today.

Don Cruikshank and Norm Manson were employed with a reputable seafood processor along the Vancouver waterfront known as “Seafood Products Ltd”. The company was owned by Peter Van Snellenberg and collectively they recognized a strategic business opportunity with constructing a small pro-cessing plant within close proximity to the lucrative fishing grounds surrounding the North Island.

The original plant buildings, still on site today, were con-structed in 1965 and Seafood Products Ltd. opened their doors for business in the spring of 1966. Initially the new business model primarily bought and sold fresh salmon including a modest canning line to process some gillnet sockeye produc-tion that was harvested from the local rivers and Smith’s Inlets.

Don Cruickshank and his business partners bought out the Van Snellenberg family in the mid seventies and continued to grow and expand the company with great success. At the height of the glory days Seafood Products employed a compli-ment of approximately 250 skilled and motivated employees focused on processing roe herring, salmon and halibut.

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Happy 15th!Happy 15th!by Trish WeatherallFor the GazetteIn December, Sea

View School students in Port Alice learned more than new dance moves from profes-sional dancers pro-moting positive val-ues. The SQX Dance Company, based in Castlegar, B.C., and the United Kingdom, spent two afternoons with Sea View students to prepare a contem-porary performance as the grand finale at Sea View School’s annu-al Christmas Coffee House the evening of Dec. 8.

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“Our first goal is the teamwork message,” said SQX executive director and artist Carmen Moreira. “Our second goal is to pro-mote interactive dance awareness and to get young people from kindergarten through Grade 12 to buy into dance in culture.”

Four professional dancers, including Moreira, provided their community train-ing and performance program to Sea View students, which used contemporary dance, athletics, acrobat-ics, and team work to promote leadership, selflessness, and anti-bullying.

Over the two days, 12 students were awarded SQX T-shirts for meeting the spirit of the pro-gram: Tristan Hall, Joey Jorgenson, Lilly Jorgenson, Maddison Jorgenson, Ethan McKenzie, Abby Roberts, Tyler Roper, Andrew Rydalch, Olivia Rydalch, Zach Spafford, Lucca Stewart, Dexter Wood, and Logan Yunker.

“We don’t give them out willy-nilly,”

Moreira told the stu-dents.

“It’s for students who have focus, respect, self-disci-pline, tried their hard-est, and were a good role model and a team player.”

All students also received a special Sea View School logo T-shirt, donated by Logo West, a print-ing company that worked with the Port Alice 50th Reunion Association.

Owner Greg Cornforth knew about the village’s economic difficulties and wanted to do something for the local children.

Most of the chil-dren wore the new Sea View T-shirts for the final performance at the Christmas Coffee House. The profes-sional dancers per-formed first for about 150 students, parents, and residents, with the students seated on two sides of the stage area in the cen-tre of the gym. Then the students aged five to 13 joined in for their synchronized performance which incorporated jumping, waving, counting, and contemporary dance moves.

Sea View Principal Heather Johnson said that while some chil-dren were not in their comfort zone when they were introduced to the program, the dancers related well to the students in the fun and positive environ-ment.

“This dance program was a nice fit with our inquiry into move-ment,” said Johnson, referring to the school’s Movement to Learn daily exercise program.

“We’re trying to incorporate activities with a positive focus, which builds resilien-cy.”

The dance program was funded by the Port Alice Parent Advisory Council. As a regis-tered charity, SQX fund raises to enable them to offer the two-day program for $600.

They also worked with students in Fort Rupert on a similar program. This year they have sold out their programs and performances at 147 schools all over B.C.

For more information about SQX, visit their web site: sqxdance.org.


Dance program teaches social values

Trish Weatherall PhotoLocal students, including ones at Sea View School in Port Alice, learned dance moves and positive values from the SQX Dance Company.

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High hopes for U-16 volleyball clubBy Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorPort Hardy may soon have an offi-

cial girls volleyball club.Justin and Tianna Reusch appeared

as a delegation before District of Port Hardy council Dec. 8 to discuss their plans and ask for a little help.

Justin Reusch explained the Port Hardy Secondary School (PHSS) junior/senior volleyball team’s sea-son is up this month.

The girls have expressed a desire to continue playing when school resumes in January so that they can compete in games and tournaments down island. They have also select-ed the name Port Hardy Reigns.

In order to compete, the team, a coach and each of the players have to be registered with Volleyball BC and each player also has to be insured through the provincial orga-nization.

The team is also in need of jer-seys and other equipment. They are not allowed to used PHSS jer-seys, Reusch said, because School District #85 has said it would be a liability issue for them.

Because the volleyball club is con-sidered a private group, the school

district has also said the club must pay to use the gym, which would cost about $800, too much for the club, which has no funds, to handle. Reusch asked council if they would consider allowing the club to use the gymnasium through the municipal/school district reciprocal-use agree-ment.

This agreement allows the gym to be used by the municipality in exchange for ice time at the Port Hardy arena.

The agreement, which is not cur-rently being used by any other groups, is only in place until March, Reusch said, but it would be a start.

Councillor Rick Marcotte asked administration if it was possible to extend the agreement.

Reusch also asked the district for financial aid to help with start-up costs.

“The girls are going to be fund-raising to help cover the costs of tournament fees and travel, but we would really appreciate any support our district could offer,” he said.

“Council can consider a small grant in aid,” said Chief Administrative Officer Allison McCarrick.

Mayor Hank Bood suggested the item be put on the agenda of the next council meeting which will be held Jan. 13, however that is after

the girls are to start playing. Bood suggested council could get

together before then to move for-ward the gym use request.


Justin and Tianna Reusch appeared as a delegation before District of Port Hardy council Dec. 8 to discuss their plans for a volleyball club.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe North Island Eagles

Bantam rep team took on the Victoria Ice Hawks twice this weekend.

The first game took place on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.

The Eagles’ Matthew Saunders and Liem Wadhams scored in the 1st period to give their team a 2-1 lead.

In the 2nd period, the Eagles’ Michael Perez, Saunders, and Devin White added goals to make it 5-3 going into the 3rd.

The Eagles Clayton Bono scored in the 3rd period to clinch the win 6-3 over the Victoria Ice Hawks. Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy.

The 1st period was filled with great chances for the Eagles. They peppered the Ice Hawks’ goalie Steven Ried with numer-ous shots. Ried, however, man-aged to hang tough and keep

his team in the game. With 2:45 left in the period, the Ice Hawks took a checking to the head penalty. The Eagles went on the power play and kept shooting the puck at the net, trying hard to score the much-needed first goal of the game. It didn’t come though. The Ice Hawks managed to kill off the penalty and then slid a backhand goal past the Eagles goalie with just 37.3 seconds left in the 1st period.

In the 2nd period, both teams were generating chances at each end of the ice, passing the puck up and down the boards.

With 14:24 left in the period, a brawl broke out in front of the Eagles’ net. Penalties for both teams were handed out, with a total of four players, two from each team, going to the penalty box. The Ice Hawks added two more goals to close out the 2nd period 3-0.

The 3rd period featured more of the same. The Ice Hawks consistently shut down the

Eagles’ offence, and netted four more goals before the game came quietly to a close, with a decisive 7-0 for the Victoria

Ice Hawks.The North Island Eagles team

played hard the entire game, refusing to quit or back down

as the score started to become more lopsided, but they just weren’t able to get the puck past the Ice Hawks goalie.


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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe Port McNeill Logger Sports Society

wants to host their sixth annual Logger Sports Competition July 1 and 2, 2016 in conjunction with Canada Day celebrations.

At the Port McNeill town council meeting Dec. 7, Gord Glover and Nick Russell, two of the main organizers of the Logger Sports event, requested support to close Beach Drive, from Mugz to the Sportsman Restaurant, on Friday, July 1, from 3 to 6 p.m. for their evening events.

On Saturday, July 2, the rest of the Logger Sports event will be held across from the Port McNeill Community Centre.

Mayor Shirley Ackland said council will pass a motion for the street closure “later on when needed.”

The Society is also looking to purchase new bleachers that they will donate to the town for year-round use at community events.

Council was told the bleachers would be 14 feet tall, with three tiers, and made of alu-minium. The new bleachers would cost rough-ly $3,000 and “have a pretty good lifetime,” Glover added.

When asked to comment on storage space for the bleachers, Ackland replied via email that “the bleachers could be stored at the public works yard or perhaps at the high school by the track.

“They would be aluminium so there is no worry about rust, so no need to find covered space for storage.”

Logger Sports set for Canada Day weekend

Tyson Whitney Photo

The North Island Eagles Bantam Rep team (white jerseys) carry the puck out of their own end in a tough game against the Victoria Ice Hawks (red jerseys). They were victorious a day earlier.


The Port McNeill Logger Sports Society will be hosting their annual event the Canada Day long weekend next year.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe annual Gazette Christmas Hamper

Fund exhibition hockey game was held at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill Saturday, Dec. 12.

The North Island Eagles Midget team played the North Island Eagles Alumni team in what was three spirited periods of back and forth, exciting hockey action.

Entry to the game was by donation of a food item, with the proceeds going to the Hamper Fund.

The game opened with an instrumental version of O Canada and then the puck was dropped.

The Alumni jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with a couple nice goals from Marty Gage and Tyson Cadwallader. With 6:13 left in the 1st period, the Midget Eagles Josh Borg got his team on the scoreboard with a quick wrist shot in front of the net.

The Alumni’s Tyren Dustin returned the favour a couple minutes later, with a big slap shot goal through the Midget Eagle’s goalie Nyck Ruel’s pads to make it 3-1 for the Alumni going into the 2nd period.

Just 17:40 into the 2nd period, the Alumni’s John Murgatroyd banged in a rebound goal over a sprawled out Ruel. Down 4-1, the Midget Eagles picked up their play. Borg scored his second goal of the game on a two on one rush, knocking the puck past the Alumni goalie Drake Baron, making it 4-2 for the Alumni team. The Midget Eagles kept up the pressure,

adding two more goals before the 2nd period ended, but couldn’t stop the Alumni from answering back with goals of their own, and as such, ended up trailing the Alumni 7-5 going into the 3rd period.

The Midget Eagles started the 3rd period off well with a goal from Sean Pineda, but just like in the 2nd period, they couldn’t

stop the offensive rushes of the Alumni, who added three more goals before the game ended, taking the fast paced exhibi-tion game 10-7.

The Hamper Fund game turned out to be a fun hockey exhibition filled with great goals and impressive saves, but above all, it was a good night for a good cause.


Game raises food for hampers

Tyson Whitney Photo

A North Island Eagles Midget Rep player (white jersey) makes a move, trying to get around two of the North Island Eagles Alumni players (black jerseys). These players - current and past - get together every year. This is a fun game that sees father/son, uncles/nephews, brothers and former team mates and square off against each other to raise food, cash and toys for local hamper funds on the North Island.


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PORT HARDYBAPTIST CHURCH

Corner of Trustee & HighlandMorning Service 11:00am

Plus regular family activitiesOffice: 250-949-6844

www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

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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

11/14

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 11/14

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

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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

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor George Hilton

250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826“Everyone Welcome”

Saturday Services9:30am - Bible Study groups

10:45am - Worship/Praise serviceWednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meeting

Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education

250-949-8243 11/14

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

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LIGHTHOUSERESOURCE CENTRE

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

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

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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]

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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

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ST. JOHN GUALBERTUNITED ANGLICAN

CHURCH250-956-3533

Email: [email protected] call for worship times

All Welcome175 Cedar Street

Port McNeill 11/14

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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Applications are being accepted for a Casual On Call Recreational Facility Attendant. This position is available immediately and runs to March 2016. This then becomes an annual seasonal position for the term of August to March.

The successful candidate will be required to perform a broad range of duties in arena and pool facilities as well as custodial duties. Shift work is required. For position qualifications and more information please go to:

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Closing Date: When position is filled.

Applications: A cover letter and resume may be delivered, mailed or faxed to the Recreation Department, District of Port Hardy, 7360 Columbia Street, PO Box 68, Port Hardy, B.C., V0N2P0 Fax: 250-949-8237 or emailed to [email protected]

We thank all applicants in advance for their submissions but only those selected for an interview will receive a response.

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Port Hardy Bulldozing is seeking an Office Administrator to start immediately at our heavy construction office. This is a full time, 40 hours per week position.

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The successful candidate will have a 3 month probation period.

Please drop resume off in person to 7890 Goodspeed Road, Port Hardy, BC

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Sound B.C. has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and natural Resource Operations (FLNRO), West Coast Region, for a Licence of Occupation and a Water Licence for Commercial Seasonal Operation situated on provincial crown land located at Wakeman Sound.

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Application requirements Preference given to applicants with previous aquaculture education / experience amiliarity with the concepts of sh growth and stock management would be an asset Safety conscious with a positive attitude strong work ethic and the ability to perform physically demanding work outdoors in all weather conditions

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NORTH ISLAND

Publications Mail Agreement No. 391275

From left: Island Health medical director Jeff Beselt, Kwakiutl Chief George Hunt Sr., Island Health’s Sarah Kowalenko, Harry

Webber of the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw bands, Alison Mitchell, senior manager for rural health, Mount Waddington, Kwakiutl

Chief Thomas Wilson, Port Hardy Mayor Hank Bood, Island Health board chair Don Hubbard, and Quatsino Band Councillor

James Nelson, with help from Cynthia Dickey, front, cut the ribbon on Port Hardy’s new Primary Health Centre last Thursday,

Jan. 22. Below, Chief George Hunt, at left, welcomes the audience. For more photos, see page 12. J.R. Rardon

Island Health unveils health centre

J.R. Rardon

Gazette staff

PORT HARDY—With a flurry of eagle

down, a blessing song and the snip of scissors

on ribbon, the new Port Hardy Primary Health

Care Centre opened its doors to the public

Thursday morning.

Under a large canopy in a cool, biting

breeze, dignitaries from Island Health, local

government and area First Nations extolled the

promise the centre offers in increased access to

and expanded options for health care.

“This is really indicative of where we’re

going, as far as partnerships with the health

authority,” said Dean Wilson of the Gwa’sala-

’Nakwaxda’xw Health Clinic. “We’re in a

different place than we were 10, 15 years ago.”

The ceremony marked the completion of the

$2.6 million, 482-square metre facility, which

was built by Norkan Construction of Port

McNeill with the help of local subcontractors.

The clinic is not yet operational, but will be

officially opened this spring to offer primary

health care and some community services in a

single location.

“By providing services in a patient-

centered primary setting, we’re helping reduce

demands on Port Hardy Hospital’s emergency

department and offering easily accessible care,”

Health Minister Terry Lake, who did not attend

the ceremony, said in a written release.

The concept and construction of the health

centre resulted from the formation more than

three years ago of the Mount Waddington

Health Services Stabilization local working

group, which hoped to address chronic staffing

shortages and rolling emergency room closures

in Port Hardy.

The group brought together concerned

community members, the Mount Waddington

Health Network, First Nations, the Regional

District of Mount Waddington and Island

Health Representatives, which submitted a

report and recommendations that included the

creation of integrated care facilities in Port

Hardy and Port McNeill.

Following a renovation late last year, the Port

McNeill Medical Clinic recently re-opened

as an integrated care centre, and the opening

this spring of the new Port Hardy facility

will mark the successful completion of that

recommendation.

A driving force in the creation and work of

the local working group was then-Mayor Bev

Parnham, who died last May.

“She knew as a leader of Port Hardy she

needed to collaborate with all communities

on the North Island, so I want to pay her some

See page 2

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december 1-23 Port Hardy Museum presents “Textiles, Part

1: Smocking.” Museum closed December 24 to February 2 for maintenance.

december 17Avalon School Christmas pageant, 6:30 p.m.

Bring a donation of food for the food bank.

december 18Port Hardy Rotary Club Christmas Carolling, 6

p.m. to 9 p.m. Santa will visit.

december 19Kids Christmas story and craft. Port Hardy Public

Library, at the Thunderbird Mall, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

december 19Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Celebration,

Port Alice, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Santa, skating and crafts.

december 23Christmas Dinner Wednesday, from 12 p.m. to 2

p.m. at The Salvation Army’s Lighthouse Resource Centre.

december 24

Christmas Eve Service Dec. 24 at 7 p.m., Port Hardy Baptist Church

december 24Christmas Eve activities and free skate, Port

Alice, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

december 24Christmas Eve Service December 24th 5 p.m. at

St. John Gualbert Church in Port McNeill.

January 16North Island Concert Society presents Locarno,

Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Hardy Civic Centre.

January 30Come out and celebrate Robbie Burns night at the

Port McNeill Legion. Highland dancing at 6 p.m., followed by roast beef dinner with HAGGIS served by the Ladies Auxiliary.

Tickets are available from Debbie Anderson at 250-956-3682, or leave a message at the Legion 250-956-4551.

February 2 to March 31Port Hardy Museum presents “Textiles, Part 1:

Smocking.” February 2 to March 31. Museum closed December 24 to February 2 for mainte-nance.

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Kwa’lilas exterior work begins

SubmittedThings are now moving full steam ahead at the Kwa’lilas Hotel, formerly

known as the Port Hardy Inn.Residents may have noticed some scaffolding has been set up on the outside

of the building, which means the District of Port Hardy has approved the nec-essary permits and exterior demolition by K’awat’si Construction Company began this week.

To kick off the renovation process, customized cedar trusses from Atlas Truss in Nanaimo have arrived and were moved by crane onto the roof.

A key design feature of Kwa’lilas Hotel will be a roof that resembles a big house, honouring the traditions of, and celebrating, Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw heritage.

The start of renovation marks the closure of Kwa’lilas Hotel until Spring of 2016 with the exception of the pub and restaurant which will remain open without interruption. There are a limited number of rooms available at Kwa’lilas until its sister property, Pier Side Landing Hotel, is ready to accept guests early in 2016.

Pier Side Landing has been undergoing a facelift of its own. The 55-room location by the water has been updated with new flooring, bedding, drapery, and wooden goods such as tables, chairs, and headboards.

Kawatsi Economic Development General Partner Corporation (KEDC) also envisions Pier Side Landing to include community space with other services opening in the new year that will complement Kwa’lilas Hotel’s offerings.

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