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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—A man

appeared in court Tuesday, accused of the weekend stabbing of a local woman.

Thomas Patrick Fenton faces charges of assault with a weapon,

uttering threats and driving while impaired following the incident.

Crown counsel alleged that Fenton consumed drugs and alco-hol in a Port Hardy apartment on June 21, and stabbed the victim nine times in the back and left

arm before fleeing the scene. She was taken to hospital, where she received 26 stitches and was later released.

Fenton is then alleged to have crashed his blue sedan into a wood-ed area off Granville Street in the

town. He was later arrested by RCMP officers, and according to Crown, he was aggressive towards officers during that arrest.

Fenton was released on strict bail conditions and will return to court July 15.

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Trustees approve NISS HVAC upgrade Gazette staffPORT HARDY—North

Island Secondary School students should be a lot more comfortable this fall — if they actually find themselves back in class.

The final School District 85 board of trustees meet-ing of the 2013-14 school year began and ended ear-lier this month with the ongoing strife between B.C.’s striking teachers and their provincial employer. But the board did manage to squeeze in a little non-strike business, including

an upgrade of one of the oldest school heating sys-tems in the province.

Following up on its joint heat-recovery project with the Regional District of Mount Waddington at Chilton Regional Arena, the board approved a $1.35 million replacement of the aging heating, ventila-tion and air conditioning (HVAC) system at NISS.

The new system, which will replace one of the old-est still-operating school heating systems in the prov-ince, is expected to be com-

pleted shortly after the start of the 2014-15 school year. The winning bid was ten-dered by Archie Johnstone Plumbing and Heating of Nanaimo, which indicated a 12-week scope of work to complete the project.

“Hopefully it will be completed by early fall,” treasurer John Martin told the board. “We’d like them to mobilize as soon as pos-sible.”

Heating at the school will be supplemented between late September and late March by waste heat recov-

ered from ice generation at nearby Chilton Regional Arena, through a recovery system approved by the RDMW last spring and set for completion this sum-mer.

Budget bylaw OK’dThe Board gave approval

to the first three readings of the 2014-15 budget bylaw, following a change from the draft bylaw submitted in May.

“We noticed the amount on Aboriginal target funds was low, a few thousand

below what was required,” Martin told trustees. “We added some funds by tak-ing them from contracts and some other areas.”

CUPE gets contractDuring her presentation

to the board, Jodi Welch, representative for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, noted that CUPE had reached a con-tract agreement with the province, pending a vote of membership.

“The agreement has been funded by the government,

which is totally shocking considering the way they’ve treated the teachers,” said Welch.

Sean Gough, incoming president of Vancouver Island North Teachers’ Association, congratulated Welch on CUPE’s contract while noting the teachers face a different set of chal-lenges in their stalemate with the province over a negotiated bargain.

“I agree they have two dif-ferent approaches,” Welch noted. “One for teachers, and one for us.”

Flower Shoppe owner Lyn Skrlac displays a bras decorated as twin rainbow hot-air balloons during last year’s Bras for a Cause fundraiser in Port McNeill. J.R. Rardon file photo

Bras for Cause seeks lift in entries

Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—

The fifth annual Bras for a Cause fundraiser kicked off quietly ear-lier this month at The Flower Shoppe.

Its organizers are hoping for a little more noise before the event wraps up during Port McNeill’s OrcaFest celebration Aug. 16.

The brainchild of Flower Shoppe owner Lyn Skrlac, who invited people to submit wild-ly decorated bras in a fund-raiser for the fight against breast cancer, Bras for a Cause has grown to include the hugely popular Victor’s Secret Pageant, in which North Island men don the founda-tion garments in mid-winter show to gener-ate additional funds for local recipients.

“We haven’t had a single bra entered yet,”

Lynda Biggs said last week at the Flower Shoppe. “It’s for a real-ly good cause, and the wonderful fundraiser the guys do is in jeop-ardy if we don’t get some bras in.”

During the annu-al summer event the Flower Shoppe gives over its front window display — and the wall of its outdoor patio — to the creativity of local and visiting artisans, who convert basic bras into crazily decorated garments. The public is then invited to vote on their favourites, with top vote-getters earn-ing prizes when the votes are tallied during OrcaFest.

The entry fee is $5 per bra and votes cost $2 each, with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society for breast cancer research and treatment.

When an auction of the bras to raise additional funds drew a tepid response in its first year, Cheryl Verbrugge stepped up the next year to conceive the Victor’s Secret Fashion Show and Pageant, and con-vinced local men to strut their stuff on a runway before sold-out crowds at the local Community Hall.

“That’s a big mon-ey-maker for our local community, because all the money stays right here,” Biggs said of the pageant.

To participate, sim-ply decorate a bra in the theme of your choice and deliver it to the Flower Shoppe before Aug. 16. The Flower Shoppe will make its work table, ribbons, glue and other materials available to crafters.


An all-star lineup will close out the first Speaker’s Corner series Monday eve-ning in a discussion that takes on added significance in the wake of the Harper Government’s approv-al of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, said series co-founder Wade Allen.

Dr. Paul Spong and Helena Symonds of OrcaLab, wild salmon activist Alexandra Morton, Marine Detective Jackie Hildering, and Christie McMillan and Jared Towers of the Marine Education

and Research Society will speak to Marine Matters of Northern Vancouver Island — Past, Present and Future — in an inter-active panel beginning at 7 p.m. June 20 at St. John Gualbert (A-Frame) Church in Port McNeill.

“Why bother?” Allen, Anglican United pastor for North Vancouver Island, asked rhetori-cally. “I believe we have a responsibility to the future. I would go to this because I’m hoping to have grand-children some day, and I care about the world I’m leaving them.”

Speaker’s Corner is a secular, free month-

ly forum designed to expose North Island residents to experts in fields of cultural, social and economic impor-tance in the region. Several of next week’s panel participants — including Spong and Symonds, Morton and Hildering, have appeared individu-ally in the first season of the once-a-month series, which began last fall.

Their discussion next week is expected to highlight the benefits of and risks facing the marine environment — including the pos-sibility of dramati-cally increased tanker traffic — off North

Vancouver Island and beyond. They may well also outline steps that might be taken to pre-serve and protect for future generations the resources that provide food, tourism and cul-tural significance to local populations.

“People have said we should cancel this because July 1 is the next day,” said Allen. “But Canada Day is a good reason to do this. This is our country, we’ve got some high-powered people here, and we want to honour their experience and knowledge.

“What are the chanc-es of getting these peo-ple together again?”

Marine panel to speak

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The article “Regional District plans for future” (Gazette, June 19) misidentified one of the funding sponsors of the EcoPlan Int’l economic planning workshop hosted at Seven Hills Golf & Country Club June 12. The economic planning is being funded by the Regional District of Mount Waddington, Island Coastal Economic Trust and Community Futures Mount Waddington.

The Gazette regrets this error.

Correction

Trustees call on end to strike, lockoutGazette staffShortly after the

Ministry of Education announced scaled-back provincial exams and no report cards for younger stu-dents, the BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) Tuesday called on the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the BC Public School Employer’s Association (BCPSEA) to immedi-ately resume bargain-ing and to suspend all strike and lockout actions now that both sides have agreed to engage a mediator.

In a letter to BCTF President Jim Iker and BCPSEA Public Administrator Michael Marchbank, BCSTA President Teresa Rezansoff urged both

parties to commit to “non-stop, face-to-face bargaining away from the media” while a mediator is being sought to assist both sides in reaching a negotiated settlement.

“Our public educa-tion system is in tur-moil, relationships in our districts are frac-tured, and our students are caught in the mid-dle. This is damaging, unnecessary, and unac-ceptable in the face of this mutual agreement,” wrote Rezansoff. “Furthermore, until a mediator is found and can begin working with you, we urge both BCTF and BCPSEA to immediately suspend all strike and lock-out actions. Such a move would be an act of good faith by both parties and

significantly increase public trust in the pub-lic education system. Most importantly, it would permit students to end their school year with their teachers.”

The letter was emailed to BCTF

President Jim Iker and BCPSEA Public Administrator Michael Marchbank on Monday evening, and copied to Minister of Education Peter Fassbender.

Late last week, the ministry announced report cards would not be going out to house-holds of students in grades K-8 this spring, as the information nec-essary to compile them is held by teachers who are still out on picket lines.

On Monday, School District 85 on North Vancouver Island sent letters to parents of Grade 10-12 students who are writing pro-vincial exams. The let-ter explained that, due to concerns over accu-racy and timeliness in marking the exams, the written, or essay por-tions of the exams are being suspended.

The one exception is a single written prob-lem in the English 10 exam.

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Take notice that BC Timber Sales (Seaward Business Office in Port McNeill) intends to apply to the North Island-Central Coast District office of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations for a Licence of Occupation for industrial log handling. The site is on provincial Crown land at Strachan Bay and the file number is 1414199.

To obtain more information or to submit written comments, contact land officer Sheldon Martell (2217 Mine Road, Box 7000, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0 or [email protected]) or forest technologist Shiloh McCulley (2217 Mine Road, Box 7000, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0 or [email protected]).

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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—

Council gave approv-al last week for the usual set of requests from the Filomi Days Committee, but Deputy Mayor Debbie Huddlestan added one of her own: more vol-unteers, please.

Port Hardy’s annual community bash will take place on July 19-20 this year and approval was given for a $10,000 donation to fund the fireworks finale in addition to approval for road clo-sures, Port-o-Potties and the use of Carrot Park for the event.

But the acting mayor urged more people to get involved with planning the event by attending com-mittee meetings at the local Chamber of Commerce.

“Filomi Days is meeting every Tuesday,” she said. “I’d like to encourage anybody that knows anybody that would like to help out (to attend).

“I think we need to pull together this year to pull off our celebra-tion. It’s a lot of fun actually to do but it does take a lot of local volunteers.”

The theme for this year’s weekend will be ‘Fish ON’.

MaPPCouncillor John

Tidbury told council that he would soon be looking for direction on accepting a report from the Marine Planning Partnership at the regional level.

He explained that the Regional District of Mount Waddington had received a report from the planners and

that a vote was expect-ed on the RD’s posi-tion. As a representa-tive of Port Hardy at the regional table, he asked for input as to council’s position but was candid as to his own opinions.

“I am not a fan of this report,” he told council. “I believe there was not enough individuals involved in making the report. My greatest fear is that somewhere down the line this report will be pulled from the shelf again by some consul-tant and it’ll be made into law.”

The MaPP initiative describes itself as “a partnership between the Province of British Columbia and 18 member First Nations that is planning for marine uses and long-term ocean health on B.C.’s North Pacific Coast.”

In cameraCouncil’s behind-

closed-doors ses-sions will be a little more transparent after staff met with Ombudsperson Kim Carter on her recent North Island visit.

Council approved a staff recommenda-tion on its in-camera sessions such that an announcement be made in the public

portion of the meeting.Council adopted the

resolution “That in undertaking a council meeting that is to be closed to the public, council first declares by resolution passed in an open public council meeting that: 1. the meeting is closed to the public; and 2. the basis for which the meeting is to be closed to the public and further, that in stat-ing the basis for which the meeting is to be closed to the public, council provides as much detail as pos-sible without under-mining the reason for closing the meeting in the first place.”

In plainer speak, if council decides that something should be discussed in private, they should announce that an in-camera meeting will take place and give an idea as to the reason for the meeting.

Director of Corporate and Development Services Jeff Long gave the example of discussing employees. “I used the example of myself in the staff report,” he said. “If you were going to discuss my contract for example; there’s no problem with saying what you’re doing, you just

don’t want to go over-board with it. That takes it a bit further that what we would typically do, which is to say that we’re going to do it accordance with Section 91a of the (community) char-ter which deals with personal information about an employee.”

Long said that staff and councillors had discussed private meetings with the Ombudsperson. “She said that in-camera meetings really are problem areas for local government so we have to be careful,” he explained. “One of the things that stuck out in my mind in reviewing their report was that we should be as clear as possible in our resolutions about why we’re having the discussions in-camera without overstepping the bounds of keep-ing it of a confidential nature.”

BylawsCouncil gave first,

second and third readings to a pair of bylaws in light of recent changes.

First up was Bylaw 1027-2014, A Bylaw to Authorize and Provide for the Collection of Garbage and Recyclable Materials, which, Long explained, was necessary because of recent changes to recycling.

“This bylaw has been drafted for the purposes of deal-ing, of course, with changes in our ser-vice related to recy-

cling,” he explained. “In addition to making that adjustment we’re doing some house-keeping and bringing it forward for coun-cil’s approval.”

H o u s e k e e p i n g was also behind the addition of Bylaw 1028-2014, A Bylaw

to Amend Council Procedure Bylaw No.03-2009 to Address Various Housekeeping Matters.

Long explained that with the recent pass-ing of Mayor Bev Parnham staff were prompted to exam-ine some of the lan-

guage in the original bylaw to account for the position of Deputy Mayor in office. As part of that reexami-nation, staff took the opportunity to address several other matters that emerged.

Both bylaws were accepted by council.

“My greatest fear is that somewhere down the line this report will be pulled

from the shelf again by some consultant and it’ll be made into law.”

Coun. John Tidbury

Council Meeting

Port Hardy

Deputy Mayor seeks Filomi volunteers

Nice catchSteve Lacasse, President of the Quatse Salmon Centre, accepts a $700 cheque from Tara McCart of the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce. The money was raised at the Oceans Day celebrations thanks to a Marine Harvest/Overwaitea fundraising barbecue. Also pictured are Louisa Clarke, Dennis Dugas, Kari Watkins, Karen Tobin, and Stephanie Ames.

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July 1Port Alice Canada Day Parade, noon, from Marina to

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July 1Canada Day celebration at Port McNeill Airport,

beginning with flag-raising 11 a.m. Free kids plane rides and cupcakes, visit by Dr. Bill Phipps in his bi-plane, and more. Gate House Community Theatre will offer free showing of family friendly film Rio 2.

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Council votes to fund Port McNeill MuseumGazette staffPORT McNEILL—

Satisfied with financial documents it had request-ed, Port McNeill Council renewed its support for Port McNeill Museum by vot-ing to fund the community repository with $10,000 toward operations for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

The funding approval came during council’s regu-lar meeting June 16. It fol-lowed submission by the museum of a current list of its board of directors, a financial statement com-piled by Dave Hamilton, CA, of Port McNeill, and minutes of the two most recent directors’ meetings.

Museum officials also committed, upon receipt of funds, to schedule a direc-tors’ meeting to set its objectives, priorities and ongoing projects for the coming year.

Grad goes forwardSeeking a way around

the ongoing teachers’ strike and provincial lockout, a groupofSunsetElementarySchool parents received a

waiver of rent to use the Community Hall for a Grade 7 leaving ceremony, held last night.

Council, following prec-edent in similar requests from local groups, agreed to waive the facility rent charge for the evening, but required the petitioners to provide a $75 facility clean-ing fee.

The Grade 7 gradua-tion evening has tradition-ally been held in the Sunset School gym with the par-ticipation of teachers, who are currently on picket lines while seeking a new con-tract from the province.

Dog park mulledCouncil heard from a del-

egation of residents inter-ested in establishing an off-leash dog park inside or near town limits.

Kathryn Hawrys and Nick Adair had submitted the request for a dog park in a written letter, then attend-

ed the council meeting to answer follow-up questions by council.

“We have a lot of rules right now in our bylaw, but we don’t have enforcement,” coun. Grant Anderson said. “And real estate is at a pre-mium in town.”

Hawrys acknowledged rules would have to be established for any pro-spective dog park, includ-ing licensing of all animals using the facility — which might serve to actually cause an uptick in the num-ber of local dogs being licensed.

“Council’s biggest con-cern is that we’re trying to watch things right now, and funding may be an issue,” said coun. Gaby Wickstrom.

Hawrys replied that she would take the lead on fund-raising, fencing and clearing any potential lot that might be identified for a park.

Council thanked the del-egation for its input and said it would explore possible venues while inviting the petitioners to continue its research into the logistics of establishing a new park.

Council Meeting

Port McNeill

Gazette staffPort McNeill Mayor

Gerry Furney was re-elected to the board of IslandCoastalEconomicTrust (ICET) while latePort Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham was one of three board members replaced in elections completed last month and announced Thursday in Courtenay.

“We’re still shocked and saddened by Bev’s sudden death, and on behalfofICET,I’dliketoacknowledge her passion and efforts to improve conditions for the entire region,”saidICETBoardChair, Mayor Phil Kent of Duncan, who also thanked outgoing board members Mayor Ted Lewis of Zeballos and Mayor John Henderson of Sechelt for their ser-vice and commitment to theICETBoard.

Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne, Comox Mayor Paul Ives, and Campbell River Mayor Walter Jakeway are the newly-elected members of the ICET Board ofDirectors. All are from NISCRAC, the North

Island Sunshine Coast Regional Advisory Committee, a group that includes Mayors, Regional District Chairs and MLAs from the region.Qualicum Beach

Mayor Teunis Westbroek will continue to serve as Chair of the NISCRAC and ex-officio Board member.

“As Committee and Board members on the Trust, we represent our communities, but we also have a duty to invest in projects and programs that benefit the entire region. I’d like to thank all of the newly elect-ed Board Members for stepping forward to help

guide this unique region-al investment organiza-tion,” said Kent.

In addition to the three newly-elected NISCRAC members, the Central South Island Regional Advisory Committee (CSIRAC) re-elected Mayor John Ruttan of Nanaimo, Mayor Phil Kent of Duncan, Mayor Rob Hutchins of Ladysmith, and Joe Stanhope of the Regional District of Nanaimo to the ICETBoard. Gerry Giles of the Cowichan Valley Regional District will continue to serve as CSIRAC Chair and ex-officio Board member.

Both Regional Advisory Committees elect four Board members for two-year terms. The two Regional Advisory Committee Chairs sit on the Board as ex-officio members. The remaining five Board members are appointed by the prov-ince for three-year terms.

NISCRAC held elec-tions on May 9. The new Board terms are effective July 15, 2014 to July 14, 2016.

ICET retains Furney

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VICTORIA – A few things have changed since the last all-out teacher strike in B.C.

That was just two years ago, when the B.C. Teachers’ Federation was coming off its second-ever voluntary agreement with a 16% raise over five years and what the union termed an “enhanced” signing bonus of $4,000. Even with special teacher-only top-ups, BCTF members almost rejected the last of the gov-ernment’s big-spending pre-Olympic labour deals signed in 2006.

By 2012, outraged teach-ers were back on the leg-islature lawn, howling for another 16%, with backup vocals provided as usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and other public sector unions that settled for less. Teachers had just sailed through a crippling global recession with a series of raises, but were oblivious to all that.

Last week the pro-

test venue switched to Vancouver, where both the crowd and the demands looked a bit thinner. The signing bonus target is up to $5,000, but the raise is a mere 8% over five years (compounded, for those who passed math), plus another huge basket of cash disguised as benefit improvements and so forth. Government negotiators put their total compensa-tion demand at 14.5%.

Something else that’s changed since 2012 is that

the government has granted the BCTF’s wish to bargain directly with the province. The education ministry exe-cuted a takeover of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association after last year’s election, and installed veteran industrial union negotiator Peter Cameron. He’s backed up by long-time labour specialist Lee Doney, whose task is to keep the teacher deal within Treasury Board limits that have defined all other pub-lic sector union settlements.

Despite constant union complaints of low wages and deteriorating working conditions in B.C. schools, education grads remain lined up around the block hoping to get in. Why is that?

For those who have been exposed to life outside school for a while, it’s fair-ly simple. The job market out here in the real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates a teaching job.

Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the accepted defi-nition, and the top-heavy seniority list that places the average teacher salary at around $72,000 a year. That works out to $42.32 an hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employ-ees can only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vacation.

I am occasionally lec-tured by teachers that the job goes far beyond five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparing and mark-ing. They throw out dif-ferent estimates, variously defined. Alas, it’s a sala-ried job, and we salaried employees in the real world don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected].

COMMENTARY

Well, there’s nothing quite like government approval of a controversial fossil-fuel pipeline to draw a line between opposing camps.

And we can certainly appreciate the arguments made on both sides of the debate.

Undoubtedly, there are buckets of money residing under Alberta’s soil, and the only way to bank it is to get the bitumen to willing buyers waiting abroad. And, hey, jobs! Jobs! Jobs! At least, during the construction phase.

So what’s wrong with this picture? Well, flow-ing crude has a nasty tendency to flow into aqui-fers and coastlines when things go wrong. When it does, it poses a potential life-and-death risk to flora and fauna. And what if the preponderance of scientific evidence pointing to anthropogenic global warming is right?

Announcements like the Harper government’s approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline cre-ate a sense of urgency among both supporters (let’s get this built and get the money rolling in!) and opponents (we’ve got to stop this before the first blade goes in the ground, or there may be no stopping it).

The fact is, this project is years — and legal challenges, and “meaningful” consultation with First Nations — away from happening.

In the meantime, what Canada really needs is a genuine debate on its long-term energy future. It’s fine to maximize profit potential that already exists, but at what cost? The carbon pulled from the earth to pad next quarter’s profit statement is carbon destined for our grandchildren’s breath-ing air, for their ever-warming biosphere.

What are we leaving them in this rush to capi-talize on the planet’s insatiable need for “cheap” energy? Will they enjoy the lifestyle, culture and natural beauty that we have today? Will there still be killer whales and humpbacks to draw visitors? Salmon to feed their families and facili-tate First Nations ceremonies?

Cashing in on Alberta’s crude today does not constitute a long-term energy strategy. Yes, there’s money in it.

But there’s no future in it.

Congratulation to little Wagalus School in Fort Rupert, which pulled out all the stops for its 20th anniversary celebration.

We’re chalking it up to just a slow start, but the Flower Shoppe’s Bras for a Cause fund-raiser got no entries in its � rst week.

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Pipeline nod a missed opportunity

Pipeline transparency a must for B.C.

Dear editor,We the people of Canada

are some of the luckiest people in the world.

We have a huge country with vast natural resources, low population and one of the highest standards of living anywhere. We have heath care, schools, social system, transportation and lifestyle that would be enviable to over 99 per cent of the world’s population.

And what gives us this wonderful life? A major contributor is our abil-ity to extract these natural resources and sell them to the rest of the world. This provides tax revenue that supports social systems, schools, medical care, aboriginal affairs, transpor-tation and so on and so on.

I am looking forward

to the construction of the Northern Gateway Pipeline. It will provide jobs, tax revenue, and give Canada another oil export port.

Sure there are risks and I feel these risks are man-ageable. The biggest risk we take every day is driv-ing in a vehicle and some-how we manage that risk.

I am confident it will be constructed to the highest possible standards. It will provide billions of revenue for every Canadian.

Being Canadian is the best thing that ever hap-pened to me. We have the resources to keep this wonderful life for me, my children, my chil-dren’s children and so on. Thanks,

Bill MilliganPort Hardy

Dear editor,As many of you know, I

am the person who stood up Enbridge’s new Incident Management System after the Michigan spill. I know a lot about incident man-agement generally, and at Enbridge in particular. Also, I am a Metis of Algonquin descent from the Ottawa Valley. Environmental

management, Enbridge, and Indigenous communi-ties profoundly matter to me. Accordingly, in light of Prime Minister Harper’s approval of the Northern Gateway project, I have a comment to make.

Rigorous construction standards and management of any pipeline is a must. The assumption that there

will be failures is also a must. A standing capacity to address major issues is a must.

More importantly, my experience tells me that the only way for the Northern Gateway to be a safe pipe-line is for there to be trans-parency, trust, cooperation and investment among all stakeholders. Chief among

the Gateway’s stakeholders are the Indigenous people of B.C.

If the Indigenous people of B.C. can be shown that the Northern Gateway pipe-line is safe, economically valuable to them, and in their long-term interest, then there is sufficient evidence for me to believe the pipe-line can be built and oper-

ated safely. Conversely, if the Indigenous people say in the end, ‘No’ then there is likely not enough manage-ment transparency to build a safe pipeline.

Notwithstanding what I know about economics, incident management, and project management, the bottom line for the fate is the Northern Gateway currently

is — and should be — the judgment of the Indigenous People of B.C. I stand with their “nay” or their “yea”.

Transparency and trust among all stakeholders is the most critical litmus test of the safety of any major project.

Eugene ParksVictoria

Dear editor,An open letter to Prime

Minister Harper and his cabinet, Re: Squandering an opportunity:

Thanks for endorsing the decision of the National Energy Board (NEB) grant-ing permission to Enbridge for the Northern Gateway (NG) pipeline to pro-ceed, thus squandering the opportunity to develop a route for export of Canadian bitumen (Dilbit) in the least-risky manner.

You have chosen to risk Canada and the environ-

ment. Your ill-informed decision ignored the evi-dence. Your decision creates extreme risk because:

• NG has chosen the riski-est port (Kitimat) to ship their Dilbit, with tankers exposed to the high-risk channels of the Northern B.C. coast, navigating for 16 hours before reaching the open ocean, compared to Prince Rupert (which would demand only two hours) or Port Simpson (one-half to one hour). The Kitimat decision was clearly made to save an extra $2 billion

required to extend the pipe-line to Prince Rupert or Port Simpson from Terrace. This extra cost saving comes at a much higher risk of likely and much more costly bitu-men spills;

• The product Dilbit is not proven to float in salt water and it is likely to sink. This uncertain behaviour is still the subject of investiga-tions by scientists here and in the U.S. Is this a case of “out of sight and out of mind”? These uncertainties mean that the consequences of a potential spill cannot

be estimated and, therefore, a “world-class” disaster response strategy cannot be put in place;

• A tanker spill cleanup fund of $1.3 billion is total-ly inadequate to clean up a spill of any consequence (five million litres or more). Compare this fund to the Exxon Valdez spill clean-up costs of $7 billion (and counting) to clean up less than 10 per cent of the prod-uct spilled in 1989.

• According to NG’s own estimates at least one marine spill of five million

litres of bitumen has a nine per cent chance of occurring in the 50-year operating life of the pipeline. It would take only one spill to pro-duce a catastrophe along the B.C. coastline. Concerned Professional Engineers’ estimates, which includes the influence of the pro-jected LNG traffic and does not double count the use of tugs, are closer to a 23 per cent chance for the same spill volume and the same operating life of 50 years.

Mr. Harper, these are some of the reasons we are

convinced that the analysis and risk assessment of this project is flawed and that the NEB report you received does not reflect any of these concerns.

Mr. Harper, you have made a totally bad decision for the environment, the resource industry and, most of all, Canada and the First Nations of this country.

We urge you to change your mind.

Brian GunnCampbell River

Concerned Professional Engineers

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Logging started in the Beaver Cove area, just South of Port McNeill, in about 1908. A couple of early homesteaders had taken preemptions in the area, but eventually gave them up as logging moved from the beach area inland.

The first logging railways were built in the Nimpkish Valley around 1917. One railway ran through the upper Nimpkish watershed to the top of Nimpkish Lake, and another ran from the bottom of the lake to Beaver Cove. Historical articles seem to disagree whether the lower railway initially was routed to the mouth of the Nimpkish River or to Beaver Cove.

In any case, the logs had to be floated down Nimpkish Lake and then removed at the bottom of the lake. The Nimpkish Timber Company operated an early camp in the area.

A mill was operated for a

few years (1917 to the early 1920s) at the mouth of the Kokish River in Beaver Cove by the Beaver Cove Lumber Company.

In 1925 the Wood & English company opened a new sawmill in the northern part of Beaver Cove. This location provided a shel-tered bay, access to deep water, and a stream which provided a source of power for the mill. The Nimpkish logging railway was redi-

rected to the new mill, and a town sprang up in this new location.

The new community was named Englewood, a play on the Wood & English mill name. Log cars were originally pulled along the railroad by steam engines. The rail line became known as the Englewood Railway.

Englewood became a steamer port with a post office. A general store and community hall opened on the wharf. Bunkhouses, mill offices, married quar-ters, a small Japanese vil-lage, and a school were all constructed or moved from other camps.

In the early days the mill was busy and sometimes operated three shifts per day. Most of the workers were able to live for free in the company housing.

Naturalist and fisherman Roderick Haig-Brown vis-ited and photographed the

mill in 1927.The Wood & English

operated until 1941. After the mill was closed most of the company buildings were burned to the ground.

The nearby communities of Beaver Cove and Kokish grew after the closure of Englewood.

It wasn’t until 1957

that the upper and lower Nimpkish logging railroads were connected, eliminat-ing the need for logs to be floated down Nimpkish Lake.

The offloading of logs from throughout the Nimpkish watershed and beyond was moved to the community of Beaver

Cove, which existed at the mouth of the Kokish until the log sort was expanded in 1975.

In 1958 the Englewood post office closed and was moved to the community of Beaver Cove. In 1967 a report from the Forest Service said there was still a 10-person camp at Englewood. Its registra-tion as a community was rescinded in 1985.

In the late 1990s a state-of-the-art fish processing facility was constructed on the site of the old mill, where the historic pilings were still visible.

Brenda McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island history enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at [email protected]. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at undiscoveredcoast.blogspot.ca/.

J.R. RardonGazette editorSOINTULA—For

a spot somewhat off the proverbial beaten path, Malcolm Island is developing into a serious performing arts hot spot on North Vancouver Island.

Late last summer it was a touring troupe of players from Finland who visited during the Culture Shock seminar to perform their origi-nal theatre production, Sointula.

And last weekend the town of Sointula hosted a renowned dance choreographer from New York and members of his dance company in a pair of dance performances to wrap up the two-week Chutzpah! Festival Youth Engagement Dance Residency.

Donald Sales, a vet-eran of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Ballet BC before going on to become an award-win-ning choreographer, brought three danc-ers from his recently formed Project 20 dance company, who worked with local youth in three commu-nities over two weeks before presenting a pair

of shows at Sointula’s F.O. Hall Saturday and Sunday.

“This actually marks the first exploration of Project 20,” Sales said when asked about his company’s history working with youth residencies. “This is our first tour, our first youth engagement, our first everything outside of Vancouver. Here in Sointula.”

For that, North Islanders can thank Mary Louise Albert, artistic managing director of the Norman Rothstein Theatre and the international Chutzpah! arts festival. The Vancouver-based Albert happens to have a second home on Malcolm Island.

“I really wanted to bring dance to this community and to the North Island,” Albert said.

The two-week resi-dency included work with young danc-ers in Alert Bay and with members of Port McNeill-based Portside Academy of Performing Arts. The Project 20 dancers — Rebecca Margolick, Taylor McAuley and Katie Cassady — helped cho-

reograph routines by both Portside Academy dancers and a pair of eager young Sointula residents with no dance experience for dis-play in last weekend’s shows.

The event, which included a Saturday night show and a Sunday matinee, was the kind only found in a community like Sointula. The cen-trepiece was a half-hour performance of Project 20’s gR33N, choreo-graphed by Sales and performed by the three company dancers, and Margolick performed the solo piece New Demon, choreographed by Sidra Bell of Sidra Bell Dance New York.

Local youth were showcased in danc-es by Sointula’s Molly Lash-Burrows and Bessy Prevost, and by the Portside Academy quintet of Dawn Briscoe, Estella Collins, Peri Donaghy, Chance McClendon and Aija Nelson.

Also featured were Sointula’s Stage Hogs, with a dance/music/comedy number by Carmen Burrows and Betty Carlson, “sit-down comedy” from

Stephanie Rockman and Fred Middleton and a scathing spoof of Coastal Community Credit Union’s CEO and board of directors by Bruce Burrows.

“Mary Louise invited us to do all of this,” Sales said. “If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t be here today and wouldn’t have seen this beautiful island and the beautiful people of Alert Bay and Port McNeill. It’s all because of Chutzpah! Festival and Mary Louise.”

Englewood enjoyed a rich and varied history

Dancers show Chutzpah in Sointula

Englewood’s Wood and English sawmill as it appeared in Beaver Cove in 1926.

Courtesy Vancouver Public Library

A Look Backwith Brenda

McCorquodale

From left, Aija Nelson, Chance McClendon, Estella Collins, Dawn Briscoe and Peri Donaghy of Portside Academy of Performing Arts demonstrate a dance choreographed for last weekend’s Chutzpah! recital at the F.O. Hall in Sointula. Below left, Rebecca Margolick of Project 20 performs New Demon. Below right, novice performers Molly Lash-Burrows and Bessy Prevost of Sointula strut their stuff. J.R. Rardon

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Port McNeill vs. Hyde Creek, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.


Veteran dragster is Otto-matic J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—

It should be no sur-prise that Otto Schulte proved a quick study on the eighth-mile drag-strip at Port McNeill Airport last weekend. After all, quick is a way of life for one of B.C.’s top drag racers.

Making his first appearance in the Rumble on the Runway series — and racing for the first time at the eighth-mile distance — Schulte swept the Super-Pro class with wins Saturday and Sunday in the first two of six days scheduled at the airport this summer.

“It’s way harder to race an eighth-mile,” said Schulte, the Black Creek driver who won his 10th career drag title last summer by claiming the Canada West Doorslammers Association title at the quarter-mile Ashcroft and Mission Speedway tracks. “In the quarter, you’ve got more time to make decisions. In the eighth, there’s no separation between the

cars. It’s over before it starts.”

That will not keep Schulte from return-ing to Port McNeill. He has vowed to return with his high-pow-ered Ford Falcon for each of the next two race weekends in the North Island Timing Association’s Rumble on the Runway series — one each in July and August.

Part of the reason is

the closure of Mission Speedway, which recently underwent a resurfacing that proved unusable for racing. Additional surfac-ing repairs will keep it closed until at least August and wipe out the 2014 season.

Mission’s loss, how-ever, has proved to be a boon for NITA, which enjoyed it’s largest turnout of drivers — more than 65 — and

spectators in its seven seasons of convert-ing the airstrip into a temporary dragstrip for racing.

“This is the best weekend we’ve ever had,” said Trevor Walton of Port McNeill. “It was the toughest field by far. Great racing; every fin-ish was close.”

Schulte was the only double winner with his Super-Pro sweep.

In the Pro Class Gord McKay of Nanaimo won Saturday’s trophy and Jay White followed with a victory Sunday. In the Sportsman Class, Roger Hagerty claimed Saturday’s win and Ron Clarke won on Sunday.

Connie Howie of Courtenay, who began racing a dozen years ago in her family van, was the only driver to post a perfect reac-

tion time — leaving the start line to the thousandth of a second from the moment the green light flashed.

Schulte, who has been racing since the 1980s, has competed along with his wife Leslie in their own rac-ing team, and won last year’s Doorslammers title in a 1955 Chevy Belair owned by Brad Lance’s Lance Racing Team of Campbell River — a behemoth that runs eight-second turns at a quarter-mile and deploys a para-chute to help it decel-erate.

But his first look at the North Island’s modest, off-the-beat-en-path airport strip left an impression.

“I’m impressed with how they can put together a race series like this at an airport, and do it with so few people,” said Schulte. “I mean, this isn’t a corporate event; how can a couple of guys just come up with an idea like this and make it happen — and pull off such a class act?”

Otto Schulte of Black Creek lifts his Ford Falcon off the start line in the Super-Pro final heat of the Rumble on the Runway series drag races Sunday at Port McNeill Airport.

J.R. Rardon

Loggers raise big money with big field Gazette staffSEVEN HILLS—

The biggest golf tour-ney on the North Island got even bigger this year.

With an expanded field for this year’s Logger’s Golf Open, Seven Hills Golf and Country Club saw 150 players take to the course over the week-end in the fund-raising competition.

The three flights of 50 golfers put in 18 holes over the week-end in the best ball scramble, with every-one who lofted a club taking home a prize — most donated by North Island businesses.

And the golfers weren’t the only ones better off for partici-pating: each year, the money raised at the

tournament goes back into various local causes.

“This tournament is run so that we give all our profits to needy causes,” said organizer Bill Gray. “This last year we started giv-ing scholarships out to local graduates. Six students were awarded $500 scholarships.”

And this year?“We haven’t tallied

up the dollars from this weekend, but we are hoping to donate at least the same as last year.”

Gray thanked the sponsors who donated to the event and also praised “Sharon and crew from Mount Cain Restaurant” for cater-ing the prize ceremony Sunday.

This year’s team

to beat was Scott Mitchell’s team with Jon Lok, Ron Downey, Paul Bastarache and Tim Chester, all of Port McNeill. The side posted the low score at a formidable 57.

Other winners include:• K.P. Mens — Steve Amos;• K.P. Ladies — Brenda Johnson;• Ladies Long Drive — Brenda Isaac;• Mens Long Drive — Ryan Rushton;• Wiggly line — Jay Jones;• Long Putt — Mel Nicholson.

Those who missed out can get their fair-way fix soon enough as the annual Cops for Cancer tournament returns to Seven Hills July 5. For more infor-mation or to register call the pro shop at 250-949-9818.

Bill Rushton hops aboard on back as the cart bearing Al Rushton, left, Brad Galeazzi and Troy Browne makes its way past the sev-enth green during Sunday's Logger Golf Tournament at Seven Hills Golf & Country Club. A O'Toole

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Maggie CessfordThe Port McNeill rider cycled more

than 240 km from Victoria to Comox over two days in the Boomer’s Legacy

benefit ride for veterans.Photo submitted

athlete of the Week

Port McNeill skater to play in ChinaGazette staffPORT McNEILL—

Jake Grinnell skated for the North Island Eagles bantam hock-ey team last season after moving to Port McNeill with his fami-ly from White Rock on the Lower Mainland.

For his next on-ice act, he’ll do some real traveling.

Grinnell, 14, will visit China in early August with Top Shelf Hockey Allstars2China. The 17 bantam-level play-ers will spend a week in cultural exchange and goodwill hockey games against a variety of Asian counterparts.

Despite the travel, the impending trip has been something of a homecoming for Grinnell, the only Vancouver Island play-er on the Top Shelf squad. His previous association with the program’s coach, Dave McLellan, and other teammates and oppo-nents from the Lower Mainland earned him an invitation for the tour.

“Being a part of the Top Shelf Hockey

All Stars means play-ing good, fun hockey with a bunch of my best buddies I’ve played with from my home town, where I moved away from last year,” Grinnell, a for-ward, wrote for his Allstars2China biogra-phy. “And getting to know some new play-ers who’ve joined this year.”

In Beijing, the Allstars will face off against teams from China, Japan and Korea in a series of goodwill exhibition games.

In addition to play-ing hockey, the young players will visit the Great Wall of China and Tiananmen

Square, and make an educational foray to the Canadian embassy in Beijing.

But the key part of the experience is meant to immerse the skaters in the cultural experi-

ence, including shared practices, off-ice activities and cultural exchange.

“I get to spend the days with awesome people, playing the game I love, tour-

ing a foreign country where I get to expe-rience amazing places like the Great Wall of China, probably eat some awesome Asian food, win games and learn about Chinese

culture,” Grinnell said. “I have two months to fundraise and look forward to a trip that I will remember for a lifetime.”

Fundraising has been a big part of his sum-

mer already, both on a trip to Surrey to join teammates in a pub-lic event and through smaller activities on the North Island.

Grinnell also traveled to the mainland for a tune-up tournament with his Top Shelf teammates in late May-early June, and proved a key part of the team’s Silver Division cham-pionship. Grinnell scored the team’s opening goal in the final, then snapped a 2-2 tie with the game-winner in a 3-on-3, sudden-death overtime and was sent out to col-lect the team’s winning plaque.

“I’m proud of him for his hard work, abil-ity to adapt to play-ing with a new team quickly and how proud he is to represent Port McNeill as part of this diverse group of players from differ-ent associations,” said Erica Grinnell, Jake’s mother.

To donate to Grinnell for his trip, visit www.allstars2china.com and click the sponsorship link.

Jake Grinnell of Port McNeill tracks down the puck for the North Island Eagles bantams in a game against Victoria at Chilton Arena during the past season. J.R. Rardon

Jake Grinnell

Gentlemen, start your chainsaws Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—

After taking a break for the Canada Day Long Weekend, the North Island’s athletes will return to action in a big way the weekend of July 4-6, including a pair of marquee events.

Logger SportsPort McNeill’s

Logger Sports Society will host its annual Logger Sports compe-tition at the Broughton Boulevard logger grounds July 4-5, bringing in several top professional competi-tors from Canada and beyond to join local challengers.

Once again, a nov-ice division has been included, with the pub-lic invited to sign up and take part.

The main show will take begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. On Friday evening, qualify-

ing flights will be held in axe throw and other events requir-ing limiting the field. Admission is free, and a concession will oper-ate on site.

Cops for Cancer golfThe North Island’s

annual Tour de Rock benefit golf tourna-ment is scheduled for July 5 at Seven Hills Golf & Country Club, and this time a local rider will be part of the proceedings.

Port Hardy RCMP Tyson Richard has been selected to be part of the tour, which begins in Port Alice Sept. 20 and rolls 1,100 kilo-metres to Victoria in a fundraiser for paediat-ric cancer research and Camp Goodtimes.

Golfing begins at 10 a.m. in a four-person, scramble format. Cost is $60 per player and includes greens fees,

lunch and the auction event to follow. To sign up call the pro shop at 250-949-9818.

Hockey campBenn Olson, a pro

hockey player raised in Port McNeill, returns home next week to head the first of three consecutive hock-ey camps July 1-5 at Chilton Regional Arena.

The Lou Lemire Summer Hockey Skills Camp will follow July 7-11, and the North Island Eagles Hockey Camp for players reg-istered with Tri-Port Minor Hockey clubs will wrap up the sum-mer skating season July 14-17.

Diamond timeThe two remaining

members of the North Vancouver Island Baseball League will also return to the field with a doubleheader weekend of games.

The Hyde Creek Hillbillys and Port McNeill Rangers play at 4 p.m. July 5 & 6.

Stocks returnTri-Port Speedway

will also be back in action July 5 with a night session of stock car racing beginning at 6 p.m. Concession and kids play area are available; tickets $5 adults, $3 for youths and $2 for seniors.

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Alma Graham(formerly Clarke, born Evindsen)

1917 ~ 2014

Survived by her husband Coley Graham and families of Clarkes,

Wolosch, Budris, Deschner, Nadeau, Monson, Hidson, and Evindsen.

Pre-Deceased by her first husband Geoff Clarke, daughter Audrey, son Gerry,

four grandsons, one granddaughter, and one great-granddaughter. Also, her only

sibling, Ronald Evindsen.

Mom, Grandma, Alma, Mrs. Clarke, and Mrs. Graham will be fondly remembered

by family and friends of many generations and walks of life, all of whom

she warmly welcomed into her life.

Memorial service will be held in Merritt at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s

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VOIGT, RonieRonie Voigt, age 63 of Port Hardy, BC on June 15, 2014. Predeceased by his parents, Werner (May 24, 2014) & Johanna Voigt. He will be sadly missed by his son Ronie of Fort McMurray and wife/friend Corinne of Victoria, also by all of his family members and friends.

Ronie apprenticed and worked for many years as an Industrial Electrician at Utah Mines, Port Hardy.

Thank you to all for your kind messages of condolence.

North Island Church ServicesST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN

UNITEDReverend Wade Allen

9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247

11:00 a.m. Sunday School and ServiceWed., 1:00 pm Bible Study

Healing Service first Sunday of the month, 7:00 pm

Everyone welcomeMeeting rooms available [email protected]

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FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill

(across from Firehall)Sunday

10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741

Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor

Cell: 250-527-0144Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs

Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org

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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay

Sunday Services - 10 amReverend Lincoln Mckoen

1-250-974-5844Warden Flora Cook

250-974-5945Warden Joan Stone

250-974-2234 11/14

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 @ 7pm - Prayer meeting

Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education

250-949-8243 11/14

NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES

Father Scott Whittemore 250-956-3909Sunday Masses

St. Mary’s 430 Chapel St.,Port McNeill: 9amSt. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., Port

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

Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pmAlert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th:

Saturdays 10am

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH

2501 Mine RoadSunday

9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School11:00 am - Worship Service

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

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

For information contact

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LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE

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

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PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCHCorner of Trustee & Highland

Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities

Office: 250-949-6844www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca

Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/14

PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP

Reverend Wade AllenSunday Services - 4pm

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

You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

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PORT HARDYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert StSunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm

Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pmMidweek Biblestudies - Call the church

for time and place250-949-6466

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

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PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP

Reverend Wade AllenSunday Services - 4pm

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

You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITEDANGLICAN CHURCH

250-956-3533Email: [email protected]

Sunday Worship - 9:00amReverend Wade Allen

All Welcome175 Cedar Street Port McNeill

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

CHURCHat entrance to Tsulquate Village

(8898 Park Dr)Saturday/Sabbath

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

Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell

11/14

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Th e ‘Namgis Health Centre is Seeking a Community HealthRepresentative Specifi c to Elders (CHR)

Responsibilities: By working in a variety of programs, the CHR fosters wellness and independent living amongst adults and elders. As well, the CHR assists with educational classes, health clin-ics, and may undertake home and hospital visits.

Experience: Six months community work experience with First Nations PeopleA minimum of three years experience working in a health organizationDemonstrated ability to manage time, program schedulingDemonstrated “confl ict resolution” and “problem solving” skills.Demonstrated written and verbal communication skillsDemonstrated computer skillsKnowledge and experience with Chronic Disease, Health Promotion, Prevention and ProtectionAbility and experience in workshop facilitation Ability to work with Integrated Service Team

Qualifi cations: Basic First Aid and CPR certifi cateFood Safe and Physical Activity Leadership Certifi cationValid Driver’s License, preferably class 4Minimum Grade 12Able to complete CHR Training including foot care

Deadline for Applications: July 4, 2014For more information on these positions, please contact: Georgia Cook, ‘Namgis Health Centre Ph: (250) 974-5522, fax: (250) 974-2736

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It’s that time of year! We are starting our paving program in the North Island.

Paving will begin June 23-27, 2014 on Beavercove Rd and Telegraph Cove Rd, then on July 7-11, 2014 we will be

working on Port Alice Highway and Coal Harbour Rd.

From 8:00am – 3:00pm the workzones will be reduced to single lane

alternating traffic with up to 15min delays. Motorists are advised to reduce

speeds and respect all traffic control signage and personal.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Town of Port McNeillPublic Notice

The Town of Port McNeill 2014 Annual Municipal Report will be available to the public on June 26, 2014 at 1775 Grenville Place, during regular business hours Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Report may also be read online at the Town of Port McNeill website.

The Town of Port McNeill Council has placed the 2014 Annual Municipal Report on the Municipal Agenda for the Special Meeting of Council to be held on July 07 at 7:30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to the meeting in order to make submissions or ask questions regarding the Report.

Dan RodinTreasurer Town of Port McNeill

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Qualifications:Recognized technical training and certification or 3-5 years experience in a warehousing environmentExperience in sourcing and purchasing heavy industry materials and equipment, and inventory managementExperience working with an inventory control system (GuideTI or similar software)Demonstrated strong communication and computer skillsGood understanding and experience working within budget constraintsDemonstrated familiarity and compliance with all relevant safety policies and regulationsAbility to work with minimal supervisionGrade 12 education or equivalent Overhead crane and forklift experience is an assetAbility to safely lift and carry up to 35 lbs. and to climb on and off mobile and stationary equipment

The regular hours of work for this position will be Monday to Friday, eight hours per day, or as determined by production and shipping requirements.

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If you meet these qualifications and want to work with a leading North Island employer, we invite you to deliver or forward your resume to:

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ATTENTION- EXPERIENCED morning cooks are needed at Northern Lights Restaurant in Port McNeill. All shifts available. Drop resume in per-son or call 250-956-3263.

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Elijah Gray of Port Hardy clowns around between games during the Port Hardy Youth Soccer tourney.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

REAL ESTATE

ACREAGE

WATERFRONT LOG Home with Acreage Lone Butte Area photos and contact at www.loghomebythelake.com

FOR SALE BY OWNER

TOWNHOUSE- Price reduced to $137,500. #2-2697 Mine Road, Port McNeill. Quiet stra-ta complex, convenient to schools and hospital. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath home, approx. 1250 sq.ft. Open plan main fl oor. Kitchen with built-in dishwash-er, fridge, stove. Upper level has master bedroom with walk-in closet, storage room, laundry alcove with full-sized washer/dryer. Electric base-board heat. Single attached garage with remote controlled door opener. Tidy, fenced back yard with patio, green-house and tool shed. Quick occupancy. Phone 250-956-9875 or email:[email protected] for appointment to view.

HOUSES FOR SALE

7175 HIGHLAND Dr. Port Hardy. 2520 sq ft 4bdr home. 2 landscaped lots joined. 2dr garage. Walkout base-ment/suite. 250-949-8922 or www.island.net/~fi shnet. Ask-ing $336,000.

FSBO, Ocean view home, Storeys Beach, Port Hardy. 2856 sq. ft. Walk in Basement, 3 BR, 3Bath, den/offi ce plus extra room on ground fl oor could be used as 4th bed-room. Lg family room, wood stove, hardwood fl oors, many updates. Roof 9 yrs old apx. Fenced back yard. Serious in-quiries only. 949-7974

REAL ESTATE

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

PORT HARDY 3 bdrms, 1 bath on own corner lot. #105 Cedar Hts. TAP. Storage shed, workshop, fenced back-yard, 2 car parking. $66,900. Cell 949-0950, 949-6843, 949-6597.

PORT HARDY #61 Highview TP. Completely renovated, CSA electrical certifi cation, certifi ed woodstove with base-board heat, new insulation and drywall. Other details are post-ed at the trailer. Starting at $68,000 obo. Call 250-949-5131 or 250-902-9114.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

KINGCOME MANORPORT MCNEILL

NEWLY RENOVATEDBach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.

Newly furnished available.Free sat tv, over 300

channels. Phone Ron and Linda

250-956-3365

MARINA VIEW APTS & Townhouses. Professional building. 3 bdrms & 2 bdrms available, small dogs allowed. Call 250-949-0192.

Port Hardy, BCWest Park Manor

&Lindsay Manor

1/2 month free for selected suites!

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 &

quiet buildings. Close to shopping.

Friendly onsite residentmanagers.

Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email for info: comehome@pineridge-

village.ca

PORT HARDYSEAHAVEN

APARTMENTS7070 Shorncliffe St.

Oceanview 2 bdrm suite.Fridge/stove, balcony, blinds, private parking

stall, locker, laundry on premises.Quiet, adult building,

non smoking, no pets.References required.

Inquiries contact 250-230-1462 or

250-949-8501

PORT MCNEILLMCCLURE APT’S.

New Management1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apart-ments. Competitive prices.

Call 250-956-3526.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

PORT HARDY Woodgrove GardensVery clean & bright.

2 bdrms, 5 appliances, patio. On site manager.

Available now.$645./mo. NS/NP.

Call Rosaline 250-949-7074

PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse. Ocean view. Call 250-956-3440. www.portmc neilltown houses.yolasite.com

PORT MCNEILLAPARTMENTS

Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites

Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

Phone Rick250-956-4555

TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR

Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartments include stove, fridge, washer, dryer & micro. Clean, comfy, quiet & upgrad-ed. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value). Available Now. $850 inclds hydro or $650+ hydro with a 1 year lease. Pets considered. Call 1-250-949-8855.www.twoceans.com

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

PORT HARDY Highland Manor

•Bachelor •1 bdrm suites

Move in incentive on approval

References Call Jason

250-949-0192

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

PORT MCNEILLMobile Home Park

Pads for rent.Short walk to shopping,

school & ocean.$300/ month

Call 250-758-4454

HOMES FOR RENT

PORT HARDY-Garden Apts2 and 3 bdrm townhouses, fenced back yard, small pet al-lowed. $ 650-750. Close to school, hospital and shopping. 250-949-9421

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today! 1.800.910.6402

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

CARS

1966 FORD RANCHERO Good condition, good driver $5000 O.B.O. 250-287-3345

1974 JEVELIN- 304 motor, automatic, motor and trans-mission removed but available. Car to view is in Port Hardy. Call (250)902-8016 or 250-937-0391.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2005 33’ MONTANA 5th, designed for full-time live-in. Well cared for. Polarpack, large bright living space. W/D, lots of storage, genera-tor. Asking $22,500. obo. Amazing, must see! (250)202-5820.

22’ WILDERNESS TRAILERVery clean and in good condi-tion. $7000 OBO. 250-802-9090

29FT MOTORHOME. Class A Very good cond. 2nd owner Must sell for health reasons. $15,000 obo. 250-287-3345

BOATS

1980 26’ COMMANDER: twin Volvo engines(512 hrs.) Dou. prop legs, stainless propellers, Walker Bay dinghy, 2.5 H.P. Yamaha 4 stroke kicker. Re-cent survey(April 2014.) Heavy duty 3 axle trailer included $40,000. 250-923-8959

40’ LONG/RANGE Cruising Boat. The Silver Fox is Transport Canada Compliant for Chartering. Recent Survey $98,000. 250-339-7502. www.silverfoxmarinecharters.com

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Salmon from the Kuterra land-based salmon farm were featured on the menu centrepiece at a gala hockey celebration Monday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

The Hockey Canada Foundation selected Kuterra premium salmon to serve to its guests at the 2014 Celebrity Classic Gala.

More than 900 peo-ple attended the gala, including Canada’s gold medalists in Olympic and interna-tional hockey, hockey greats, and notable Canadians from across the country.

“We’re honoured that Kuterra land-raised salmon was chosen to be part of this prestigious event,” says Garry Ullstrom, Kuterra’s CEO. “And we’re thrilled that Kuterra Salmon has been recognized as meeting the standards of excellence being

celebrated this eve-ning.”

The Hockey Canada Foundation Celebrity Classic is an annual event that honours Canadian hockey heri-tage and success, and raises money to sup-port Canada’s minor hockey players.

“The gala dinner is being held to celebrate high-performance ath-letes. So it’s fitting that the Hockey Canada Foundation is serving one of the cleanest, healthiest and most flavourful Atlantic salmon available,” says Guy Dean, vice president of Kuterra’s marketing partner, Albion Fisheries.

Kuterra Salmon are grown with no pesti-cides, antibiotics or hormones. They’re raised on land on northern Vancouver Island, at a world-leading closed con-tainment salmon farm 100 per cent owned by the ‘Namgis First Nation.

Land salmon a hockey hit

Painted invaderA giant hogweed plant, spray-painted by an unknown Samaritan for easy identification, has sprung up again this spring alongside Highway 19, across from the Keogh hydro substation.

J.R. Rardon


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500, today 70 surviving members are working hard to rebuild our community. Our goal is to provide economic

opportunities at our home village that respects our lands, waters, and resources, so our families may once again thrive.To achieve this goal, we have invited business partners to help create diverse economic

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Wagalus marks

20 yearsGazette staffFORT RUPERT—With performers

ranging from early alumni to current kindergartners, Wagalus School rec-ognized its 20th anniversary serving the youth of Kipasse Reserve with an Aboriginal Week showcase of tradi-tional song, dance and feasting at the Tsaxis Big House last Thursday.

Introduced by master of ceremonies Mervyn Child, Trish Rosborough gave a welcoming speech that highlight-ed many of the programs and ben-efits provided by the small, close-knit school. She also used the opportunity to recognize elders, educators and the Wagalus graduates in attendance, who were identifiable by badges handed out at the start of the event.

Local singers supported a wide range of dances, performed by men, women and children of the community.

The celebration, which began in the afternoon following the school day, wrapped up with a dinner feast for all participants and spectators.

The event followed an appearance earlier in the week by young students who danced for residents of Eagle Ridge Manor in Port Hardy.

Dancers are drawn by painted salmon waved by singers during the Salmon Dance, part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Wagalus School at the Tsaxis Big House Friday. Below left, two young dancers perform the Hamatsa. At right, James Dawson portrays a warrior in the opening dance of the ceremony. J.R. Rardon

Children Bored?Do an art entry for the Fall Fair!

September 6 & 7, 2014

north island gazette, june 26, 2014

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