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A representative of The Veterans Mo-torcycle Club says they are being unfair-ly targeted, to the point of harassment, by the RCMP; but the RCMP say they are concerned the club may have connec-tions with the British Columbia chapter of the Hells Angels and may become a recruiting agent for bike gangs.

The most recent encounter between the Veterans and the RCMP was a May 30 ‘poker run’ in the Ladysmith area, which drew dozens of bikers. The Vet-erans characterize it as a fun event and community fund-raiser; the RCMP say it drew known members of the Hells An-gels and that the bikers engaged in ‘bla-tant’ disregard for the rules of the road.An RCMP brief printed in the June 2

edition of the Chronicle raised the ire of Bill McCasky, member and former presi-

dent of the Veteran’s Motorcycle Club. He said the report misrepresented what happened that day, and complained that the RCMP are wasting resources, harass-ing his club’s members with intensive surveillance of events like the poker run.

The RCMP, though, are not apologetic. The Chronicle contacted Cpl. Paul Mc-Intosh of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CSFEU), which mon-itors gang activity in BC, to ask why po-lice are so interested in the Veterans.

McIntosh made it clear during the in-terview that the RCMP do not have any evidence of criminal behaviour on the part of the Veterans; what concerns the police are what they see as indications the Veterans could be associated with the Hells Angels – and that makes them a group the RCMP wants to keep an eye on.“In our eyes we’re seeing them as a po-tential recruiting ground for the Hells

Angels,” McIntosh said. “It’s their as-sociation to the Hells Angels that we’re watching.”

Some of the RCMP evidence consists of the code contained in the trademark ‘patches’ motorcycle gangs like the Hells Angels wear. To the ordinary observer the patch is simply a brand, like what you’d find on a sports jersey.

Not so. The ‘three piece patch’ identi-fies the wearer’s club on the top; it’s logo in the centre; and its territory in the ‘rocker’ on the bottom.

The rocker stakes out the turf of the member’s chapter. The Hells Angels own B.C. and take their proclamation very seriously. Nobody else can wear a three piece patch, especially one that stakes a territorial claim, without the ‘sanction’ of the Hells Angels, McIntosh said.“They ask for sanctioning to wear that three-piece patch.” And if another gang or club wore a competing patch without

sanction, the Hells Angels would react. “If it goes on long enough it will result in violence,” McIntosh explained.

He said the patch of the Veterans Mo-torcycle Club was sanctioned by the Hells Angels in Kelowna in 2009.

Does that make the Veterans an ‘out-law’ motorcycle gang? “It doesn’t auto-matically make them an outlaw club, not by any means,” McIntosh said. But the RCMP believes there are conclusions that can be drawn from the sanction.

“The Hells Angels don’t do anything for free,” he said.

So why would a motorcycle club that wants to be on the up and up associate – even to the extent of getting sanctioned to wear a patch – with a club known to be heavily involved in criminal activity?

McCasky confirmed the ‘powers that be’ did initially tell the Veterans to remove the three-piece patch from the back

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School District looks at bet-ter disposal

Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District wants to do a better job taking out the trash – envi-ronmentally that is. The Business Committee at a recent meeting rec-ommended the Board explore the possibil-ity of a ‘district-wide separation policy for all schools.’

They suggested the policy include: plastics, metal, paper towels and compost, and that $1,700 per year be pro-vided to support three Green Network meet-ings.

No easy ride between Veterans and RCMP

A new report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC (CPABC) says economic activity in Vancouver Island/Coast region remains slow despite renewed export demands from the United States

The Regional Check-Up shows annual employment was down 10,200 to 352,000 jobs in 2014, the lowest level recorded in the Vancouver Island/Coast region since 2005. Just over half of these losses occurred outside the Victoria Census Metropolitan Area (CMA).“There were some gains in the forestry and manufacturing indus-tries, which added a total of 2,600 jobs to the region’s labour market.” said Woody Hayes, a partner with Hayes Stewart Little & Company.

“Higher job numbers in the forestry and wood products manufacturing industries resulted from increased

U.S. residential construction de-mand.“However these gains are not

enough to offset the losses of over 10,200 jobs in the labour market.”

The services sector was respon-sible for all but 100 of the region’s total job losses. Hardest hit was the business, building and other support services industry, which lost 6,400 jobs.

This is followed by a loss of 2,800 jobs in the accommodation and food services industry, 1,700 jobs in the transportation and ware-housing industry, and 1,600 jobs in the trade industry.

Unemployment fell by 0.2 per-centage points to 6.1 per cent, but only because workers either left the region to seek job opportuni-ties elsewhere or opted out of the labour force, resulting in a smaller labour pool.

Labour force educational attain-

ment increased to 67.6 percent, likely due to the relocation of those with less than post-second-ary accreditation. These factors imply that people living in the re-gion may have gone elsewhere to look for work.“Outside of the Victoria CMA, the region’s economy looks less optimistic. This is evident by the flow of residents,” Hayes said.

“Last year, both Mount Wadding-ton and Central Coast Regional Districts saw a decline in popu-lation, while over 80 percent of new residents moved to the southeast coast of Vancouver Is-land.”

More bad news could be coming. “As more people leave the region to find work elsewhere, it will af-fect businesses and investments, further slowing the economic re-covery in the region,” Hayes con-cluded.

The report also found:Population grew by 0.6 percent

in Vancouver Island/Coast, a rate well below pre-recession level and less than half the provincial aver-age of 1.1 per cent.

There were 39 business bank-ruptcies reported in 2014, which is higher than the 23 reports re-corded in 2012, but one lower than in 2013.

Investment in non-residential construction declined by 6.8 per-cent in the Victoria CMA, com-pared to the provincial average, which declined by only 0.5 per cent.

The Vancouver Island/Coast Devel-opment Region encompasses Van-couver Island and the central coast of the B.C. mainland from Powell River to Ocean Falls and Bella Coola. The Development Region makes up approximately 17.2 per cent of the provincial population.

Vancouver Island’s economy continues to ‘languish’ report says

United Way announces new Central Island Regional Co-ordinator

The United Way has announced a new Regional Co-ordinator for its mid-Island Success by 6 (SB6) initiatives in Ladysmith and other communities.

Julie Rushton, hired by the United Way in 2013 to conduct community consultations regard-ing the Better at Home program for seniors in Port Alberni, has “an extensive background in early childhood endeavors, working with the Huuayaht First Nations, Alberni Children First, Island Health and Alberni Child Care Connections,” the release says.

She will be working with local coordinators to present recommenda-tions for strategic imple-mentation and aborigi-nal engagement to SB6 lead partners, preparing for the 2015-2016 year.

School Board may consider fewer trusteesNanaimo-Ladysmith School District may be considering a reduc-tion in the number of trustees from nine to seven. It may also look at representation using a ward system. Those recommendations will come to the Board from committee mainly as a cost saving measure.

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of their jackets when the club was formed in Calgary. The Veterans went for ‘about a year’ with a one-piece patch, but McCasky said on further consideration, and out of respect for the military background of the Veterans, the Hells Angels changed their mind, and allowed the vets to use a three piece patch with ‘Cana-da’ emblazoned in what is known as the ‘rock-er,’ or the bottom band.“Once they understood we’re not territorial,

we’re not into – well, whatever you want to call it, you know – we’re just an entity unto our-selves, they said, because of the respect they have for the armed forces, and what these people have done, they said ‘Yeah, go ahead.’ That’s how we ended up back with the three-piece patch.“In the biker world the biggest word you will hear all the time is ‘respect’, and that’s it, that’s all it was. It’s not like we made any deals or they made any deals or anything.”

The Hells Angels “realized were are not ter-ritorial,” McCasky said. “That’s why we have ‘Canada’ (on our rocker) and we don’t say ‘Brit-ish Columbia’ we don’t say ‘Alberta’ on our backs, cause that’s the territorial thing.”

McIntosh asks why a club that wants to cul-tivate trust within its community would allow members of motorcycle gangs to attend an event like the May 30 poker run. Police identi-fied one person who is a member of the Hells Angels in the run, another who is a ‘prospect,’ a third who tried but didn’t make it into the Hells Angels, and a fourth, who belongs to what the RCMP consider a ‘puppet club’ of the Hells An-gels.“In our eyes we’re seeing them (the Veterans) as a potential recruiting ground for the Hells Angels,” McIntosh said. “It’s their association to the Hells Angels that we’re watching.”

McCasky confirmed there were two veterans (as in ex-services personnel) in attendance at the poker run, who were also affiliated with the Hells Angels. He also confirmed they were former members of the Veterans Motorcycle Club. But he said it’s a mistake to jump to con-clusions, just because they were allowed to participate in the ride.“They were both past serving members of the

Canadian Armed Forces, and they know who we are, they’re friends,” he said. “We’ve known

these people before they were Hells Angels.” He denied casual contact like that indicates anything about the Veterans Motorcycle Club’s affiliation. “That has nothing to do with moving up through our club and going on like a puppet club or whatever you want to call it,” he said.

“That has nothing to do with it.”“We are not, and you can write this down in

capital letters, we are not affiliated with any other motorcycle club in Canada,” McCasky said.

He wants to know how the RCMP can afford to commit the kind of resources they do to monitoring an event like the Ladysmith poker run, and why they aren’t committing the same kind of resources – helicopter surveillance, police motorcycles, and personnel brought in from other areas of the province – to events elsewhere that are organized by known chap-ters of the Hells Angels. “You have to under-stand, we’ve never been charged and convicted of anything,” McCasky said. “They keep push-ing; it’s like if they say it long enough, it will become their truth, but it’s not true.

McIntosh confirms there have been no charg-es or convictions of Veteran’s members, but noted the RCMP aren’t the only agency inter-ested in the doings of the club. “We have noth-ing criminal on the Veterans. There hasn’t been an investigation,” he said. But he noted mili-tary police were also present at the poker run because some of the Veterans members “have pretty high security clearance.”“They watch other organizations,” McCasky said. “The military is always concerned about the security thing, right, like someone’s going to give a secret away, that kind of thing.” He said members of the Veterans who have been interviewed by Military Police have always walked away in the clear. “The guys just al-ways walk through the interviews because they stand on their record,” he said. “They’re not go-ing to jeopardize their pensions, their careers, for something silly.”

McCasky said he would ‘stand on his record’ and the RCMP have got it wrong if they think a three-piece patch changes any of that. “I’ve never been arrested, or anything like that.”

An August, 2012 poker run organized by the Veterans Motorcycle Club raised $1,000 for community orga-nizations in Ladysmith. Spokesman for the club Bill McCasky says that’s the kind of thing they should be known for. FILE PHOTO


Western Forest Products plans$30 million investment at mills

Western Forest Products Chair Lee Doney announced June 11 that $28 million in new capital investment is be-ing made at the Duke Point sawmill, and $2 million at its Ladysmith and Chemainus mills.

The Duke Point investment will be used to modernize the sawmill, planer mill and install new autograding tech-nology to improve productiv-ity and reduce production costs.

The company is investing $2 million in its Chemainus and Ladysmith sawmills as part of its $125 million capital

strategic investment program, which Western expects to im-prove its competitiveness and access to new markets.

Duke Point is one of seven sawmills that Western Forest Products has on Vancouver Island. The company also has two remanufacturing facilities and is North America’s largest cedar lumber manufacturer. WFP ships products to 28 dif-ferent countries and provides jobs to 2,000 employees and 1,500 contractors.“Our harvesting strategies and continued demand for our western red cedar and spe-cialty lumber products allows

us to make the needed strate-gic capital investment at this time,” Doney said. “We rec-ognize we need to continue to invest in our operations to maintain our strong competi-tive position.”

Premier Christy Clark was on hand for the announce-ment, along with Natural Re-source Operations Minister Steve Thomson. Said Clark,

“Forestry plays a vital role in Vancouver Island’s diverse economy.”

Western Forest Products’ mills have a combined total production capacity of 1.1 bil-lion board feet.

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CVRD chicken bylaw doesn’t � y in SaltairCraig SpenceTHE CHRONICLE

Keep the foxes out of the hen coop.

That was the message sent loud and clear by people at-tending a public hearing in Saltair to consider the idea of temporary use permits to allow residential property owners to keep more than 12 chickens.

In an unusual move Cowichan Valley Regional Dis-trict Director Mel Dorey, who chaired the meeting, asked for a show of hands: who was in favour of the status quo; who wanted new temporary use permits that would require anyone with more than 12 chickens to apply – at an ini-tial cost of $1,000.About three hands went up

in favour of the new process; most people in the room fa-voured leaving things the way they are.“I’ll take that as your voice,”

Dorey said after the vote.The vote followed a presen-

tation by CVRD Planner Bev-erly Suderman. The proposed

bylaw would allow staff to approve temporary use per-mits in R2 residential zones for people who want to keep more farm animals than is per-mitted under the district’s zon-ing regulations.

No change to the zon-ing regulations themselves would be made, and the temporary use permit bylaw would only be in force in the CVRD’s Area G.

In the case of Area G resi-dents raising chickens tem-porary permits could be ap-proved for up to 99 birds. CVRD staff could also ap-prove the raising of pigs, goats, sheep and other farm animals in Saltair/Islands zones.

Suderman said the change is being considered because the CVRD has received an ap-plication from a resident who wants to raise more than the dozen chickens currently per-mitted in R2 zones, but wants to do so legally.“It appears that there is a lot

of agricultural activity going on in the residential areas at this time,” Suderman said af-ter the show of hands. “It cer-

tainly wasn’t intended to get in the way of existing operators.”

But the $1,000 application fee for the first three years of a temporary permit, and the subsequent $350 charge for three year renewals would constitute an obstacle, said Eileen Record, who raises chickens and sells eggs to her neighbours.“Do you know how many

eggs it would take to raise a thousand dollars?” she asked.

The CVRD is in an awkward position. “We are without a good solution on this one,” Dorey admitted. “I would think that most people sup-port local agriculture in this community.”After the vote one resident,

who purchases local eggs commented: “The eggs taste great. We don’t have any prob-lems with them (the opera-tors). You should not charge a thousand dollars for someone to do this.”

Results of the public hear-ing will be available to CVRD directors when they consider the temporary use permit by-law at an upcoming meeting.

Supporters of Gallus Domesticus, the barnyard chicken, raised their hands in favour of letting small scale farmers in residential R2 zones continue the way things are without a new bylaw to control them.

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It’s not canaries in the coal mine we need these days; it’s intelli-gent people in the intense light of day, and especially intelli-gent people in the upper ech-

elons of government and business.But that’s not what we’re getting. In-

stead, our senior levels of government seem either unaware or unable to take firm action when it comes to the issue of climate change; while politicians at the regional and municipal levels are taking steps to address the consequenc-es of what they know is coming, since they are not in a position to address the issue itself.

Take Cowichan Valley Regional District, for instance. They have just launched a new web site called New-NormalCowichan.ca.

They introduced it to the community with a media release saying “Drought and flooding are the ‘new normal’ in the Cowichan region, and are putting our watersheds and communities’ water supply under extreme stress.”

Then came the good news: “Cowichan residents, farmers and business own-ers now have access to a wide variety of practical, effective solutions to do what they can to minimize the impacts of these very serious problems...”

You can’t blame the CVRD, but surely their upbeat announcement is reminis-cent of the band playing gamely on as the Titanic went down. Cheerful lan-guage and bright graphics won’t ease the new normal drought meter out of the Dry Gulch zone.

Someone, somewhere in Canada’s national and provincial leadership has to say firmly the ‘new normal’ isn’t nor-mal at all. In fact, the new normal is the economic opportunity being grasped by those who see that alternative sources of energy are where our future prosper-ity and very survival lay. Canada is being left behind by the new normal.

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Editor: Railway or Trailway? Are

you kidding me? Cover the rails with gravel and call it a beautiful corridor for bik-ers and hikers? Aside from questioning who would cycle on gravel how many would walk from communi-ty to community. The whole notion is ludicrous. The cost of the gravel alone would go a long way to fixing the rails.

Vancouver Island has a fan-tastic opportunity to devel-op a major tourist attraction and island commuter ser-vice all in one fell swoop – a lucrative asset that will ben-efit generations of islanders for the sake of a pittance compared to other public investments (VIU’s budget is around $140 million. The cost of upgrading our rail system would be about 1% of that. Get this into perspec-tive!) The long term benefits far outweigh the investment. Not only would a train link

the communities as an alter-native transportation mode but the many businesses that would spring up around this service would provide employment and an ever widening tax base for all the communities the railway serves.

I read about one idea for refitting retro train coaches into luxury first class seat-ing for a scenic island rail trip, similar to the famous Rocky Mountaineer. Sign me up! I recently booked a trip on the Alberta Prairie Steam Tour..for the second time! It’s a wonderful old fashioned train trip worth every penny of the $100 per person fare - and so popular you need reservations to get on. That trip is much shorter than an island trip would be…and far less scenic. Oh the possibilities! Train travel is booming. We have this fabulous opportunity that others can only dream

about…and some want to cover it with gravel? Take off the blinders and look at the future. All aboard folks. Let your MP know you want a train ride!

Sylvia HoltChemainus, B.C.

PS: Further to my letter about Railway or Trailway, if you’ve received the sum-mer edition of Westworld (BCAA) you will see a whole feature on scenic railway rides in B.C., and also a fea-ture on Vancouver Island.

Someday Vancouver Is-land will have both to brag about - some of the world’s most beautiful scenery and a wonderful train ride to let you enjoy it hands free!

I will be at the front of the ticket line, and it will be a very long line. Scenic tours in the summer - perhaps ski tours out of Victoria in the winter. I could go on and on.

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Next Gen Father’s DayCraig Spencethe chronicle

I haven’t been the best of dads, but I’ve done my best.

There were probably millions of guys thinking that as Father’s Day approached. Being a dad is one of those things you can never do well enough. Not that you haven’t tried to be the best damn father a kid could ever hope for, but the outcome is so im-portant, and the job’s never finished, really, is it?

No, but the day does arrive when we do let go, when we realize it’s time to step back and become commentators on our children’s destinies rather than managers. For many that day’s well and truly here when we find ourselves penning the first Fa-ther’s or Mother’s Day card to our own kids.

It’s a poignant moment, that, and like just about every other right of passage en route to complete fatherhood it’s humbling, confusing and riddled with doubts. It’s a continuation really of the inevi-table contradictions that are part of the balancing act called fatherhood.

Take love and anger, for instance. They’re sides of the same coin. When people I love do things that damage their own prospects, I get angry. It’s that simple… well, not quite. There’s a fine line between caring for another’s well-being, and imposing my own views; that line becomes especially fine within families. A wise father learns to let his kids map their own destinies and make their own mistakes – to just be there for them when they take a fall.

On the obligations of parenting. Fatherhood’s a celebration, of course, but it’s an obligation too. When a friendship goes off, I can make my excus-es and walk away; if I’m not liking what my kids are doing, I have to remember it’s what they’re do-ing I don’t like. I still love them. Our kids have to challenge us – some more than others – it’s part of growing up and breaking free. As a father I some-times have to be the one who holds things together.

Then there’s the notion of sacrifice. Making sac-rifices for the sake of our kids is natural; giving up our own hopes and dreams isn’t. When parents live through their kids, they place an onerous bur-den on them. At what point do we cross the line from being supportive to being obsessed? Does my kid really want to be a hockey player; a bal-lerina, a concert pianist, or am I pushing them to live my dream?

Father’s Day recognizes the balancing acts par-ents have to go through every day. It’s clichéd to point out that kids don’t come with manuals. Yes, there are parenting courses, handbooks and sup-port services, but when it comes to it, each child is unique and every father has to learn the most important job in his life on the job.At the end of the day there are no bragging rights

to being a dad: all we can say is ‘I did my best.’ I scolded when it was necessary; supported as often as I could; got out of the way when I had to; loved always. I hope they’ll do the same with their kids.

That, I think is the best advice a grandfather can pass on to his son in that first Father’s Day card he sends down the line. That and a big ‘Thank You’ for the best Father’s Day gift a grandfather could ever hope for.

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The ‘New Normal’ looks pretty hot and dry


In case you missed it, we had the first spatter of rain in weeks last Thursday, and then it was back to ‘the new nor-mal,’ as the Cowichan Valley Regional District is calling it.

Touting its ‘New Normal’ website, the CVRD issued a June 12 media release.

“Drought and flooding are the ‘new normal’ in the Cowichan region, and are putting our watersheds and com-munities’ water supply under extreme stress,” the release says.“The good news is Cowichan residents, farmers and business owners now have access to a wide variety of practical, ef-fective solutions to do what they can to minimize the impacts of these very seri-ous problems, thanks to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s NewNormal-Cowichan.ca website.”

But you can only put so much lipstick on a porcine reality, especially the re-ality of Canada’s response to climate change, which seems to be: ‘get out the lawn chairs, tilt down the straw hat, and mix another margarita.’

Thirteen of the hottest years on re-cord have occurred since 2000, with 2014 the very hottest. Critics say Prime Minister Stephen Harper has fought every effort to put teeth into the na-tion’s climate change measures.A Climate Action Network Europe

report (produced in partnership with Germanwatch) ranked Canada 58th out of 61 countries on the global warm-

ing file. Canada “shows no intention of moving forward with climate policy and therefore remains the worst per-former of all industrialized countries.”

Last fall, the liberal American maga-zine The New Republic called Harper and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbot the “earth’s worst climate vil-lains.”

Increasingly local levels of govern-ment are accepting the consequences of climate change, which some might be interpreting as giving in to the inac-tion of senior levels of government and the global community on the issue in the bigger picture.

In essence, the stance of local govern-ments seems to be: We can’t change it, so we have to start changing how we serve our residents in the era of cli-mate change.“Gone are the days when we could

expect some significant rainfall in the drier months leading up to summer and trust that our aquifers and lakes would be adequately supplied with water” Chair Jon Lefebure is quoted in the CVRD release.“The summer dry season has extend-

ed on both ends and we can no longer count on a predictable snowpack and reliable rain to keep our watersheds healthy. This NewNormalCowichan website is meant to give everyone a clear picture of what ‘living the new normal’ looks like.”

Nor is the CVRD the only local level of government cautioning that the ‘times they are ‘a changing.’

Earlier this month the province fore-cast water supply shortages on Van-couver Island, the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii unless there’s significant rainfall before the end of June.

Some of those areas are already ex-periencing Level 3 drought conditions, which call for voluntary water use cuts of 20 per cent or more from municipal, agricultural and industrial users. Fur-ther water conservation measures may be ordered, including suspension of in-dustrial water permits, if drought con-ditions worsen, the province warns.

The Vancouver Island Coast Con-servation Society is calling for higher levels of cooperation and coordination between local and regional levels of government to secure water supplies and protect the environment during increasingly dry seasons.“At this critical time, when our water supply is already restricted here on Vancouver Island’s east coast, we need our political leaders to take initiatives that will see water supplies secured across political boundaries,” says VICCS President Laurie Gourlay.“We need our watersheds managed and protected by an independent con-servation authority that is mandated to ensure that watershed resources and ecosystems are sustainably managed for present and long-term needs.”

VICCS sites ‘climate change, El Nino and unusual weather conditions’ as the precipitating causes for better coordi-nation and cooperation when it comes to managing regional water supplies.

Although we take it for granted, water is one of the most important resources on the planet, and even in places like the Cowichan Valley, where an abundance of water has led to a casual attitude it is becoming scarce. CRAIG SPENCE


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The idea of an official roundtable being formed re-garding the protection of the Ladysmith watershed is one step closer to fruition.

Watershed advocate and Ladysmith resident Greg Rob-erts first proposed the idea to town council with the hope of putting together a group to or-chestrate formal talks.

Now Mayor Aaron Stone has said that it is “essentially formed now.” A recent public meeting saw presentations from similar setups south in the Cowichan Valley with a large turnout highlight-ing strong interest for one in Ladysmith.

Stone, Roberts and Stz’uminus First Nation Chief John Elliott were all in at-tendance and all are set to play active roles in the group, whether it be a roundtable or a committee in formal terms.“I’m excited about it,” said Stone. “We wanted to get ev-eryone together before the summer when people are nailed down and now we’ll do the next step of getting public feedback so we can prioritize

what people are looking for. After that, we can then have another public meeting to come up with forming it.”

Representatives from the Town, Stz’uminus First Nation, TimberWest, CVRD Areas G and H and local user groups such as the Ladysmith Sports-men’s Club will all likely be in-volved in the roundtable.“I see the discussion being not so much about what pipes we’re putting in the ground but more about protecting the watershed specifically. “One way to do that is obviously to put a fence up say it’s fixed and lock everybody out, but we have so many user groups so we want to preserve their access as well as maintain good drinking water.”

Nearby TimberWest’s work is regular and the watershed, made up of Holland Lake, Stocking Lake and Chicken Ladder, is also close to Crown land in some areas.

Stone also sees the round-table as another way of pre-serving and enhancing the town’s close relationship with Stz’uminus First Nation.“It’s another good opportu-nity for us to come together,” said Stone. “It’s important that the communities see us working together in the pub-lic eye rather than just at the small meetings we have. The strength of our relationship will help with the sustainabil-ity factor in the work that we do. There’s lots of good stuff going on.”

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The one-day sales event is scheduled to take place thisSaturday, with registration starting at 9:00AM. When asked what prompted the idea, Sabourin explained, “Due to an overstock of pre-owned inventory resulting from a surge of recent late model trade-ins, our inventory levels are at a high. In order to immediately reduce current inventory levels we will be slashing posted prices by thousands for ONE day only. On Saturday, June

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North Cowichan wants the Union of BC Municipalities’ to send a signal to the Provincial Government to provide ‘stable’ funding for tour-ism centres.

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It also points to $7.3 billion in GDP and employment of over 132,000 people as of 2013.

Visitor centres play an important role, keeping tourists informed and making them feel wel-comed.“Communities across the Province have built and operate visi-tor centres, relying on annual performance based funding from Destination BC,” to run them, North Cowichan says.

That funding was eliminated in 2014, though, and North Cowichan wants to see it reinstated, and will ask the UBCM to make their case.

They are asking the UBCM to peti-tion the Province to direct Destination BC to restore its “perfor-mance-based” fund-ing model for Visitors Centers - “a model based on actual traffic at local and regional Visitors Centers” - to create a stable funding environment based on particular, local needs and in support of local jobs and economic development across the Province.”

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Hometown touring will make for a terrific musical bill Friday, July 3 at 8 p.m. when the Allison Crowe Trio and special guest artist Ryan McMahon celebrate with a concert in the warm acous-tic setting of Ladysmith First United Church (232 High Street).

Crowe last made an ap-pearance in Ladysmith, and visited with friends and fans, in 2012 – for a sold out per-formance.

This upcoming Canada Day weekend, Crowe brings to the stage a brand-new musi-cal combo featuring bassist Dave Baird and cellist Celine Greb.

Longtime friend Ryan Mc-Mahon will be her special guest.

Tickets are available at the Beantime Café (18 High Street) and Salamander Books (535 1st Ave.), or on-line at allisoncrowe.com/shoptickets. Cost is $25 Gen-eral, $20 Students & Seniors.

Alison Crowe to do “hometown tour” inLadysmith July 8, with Ryan McMahon

Canada Day weekend show to be her first performance here since 2012

People are already tapping their toes and clapping their hands as a warm up to the 31st Islands Folk Festival July 24 to 26.

Produced by the Cowichan Folk Guild, the event is billed as a “family friendly festival” that features “all the elements of a home grown folk festival with three days of extraordinary music, family camping, food vendors, craft vendors, plus an amazing location at beautiful Providence Farm.”Add the organizers: “Music will be performed

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Shred Kelly, one of the acts at the Island Folk Festi-val July 24-26. Look for great music plus workshops, all centered on folk music and featuring top rated performers, who will take to three stages on the Providence Farm venue.

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Stories are meant to be trans-formative. But some more than others. For a class at Ladysmith Secondary School, first writing, then having their stories translated into their own language proved trans-formative at many levels.

For Brittany Elliott, hearing her account of a family get to-gether and outing wasn’t hard to write. “It just flowed right out of me,” she said.

Sharing it was something special. “It was very touch-ing,” she said, after Together at the Gym was presented to the class. “We’re all close,” she said of her family. “We spend a lot of time together, so to be able to tell other people about what family means is really good.”

What was really, really good though, was seeing and hear-ing her account translated into the Hul’q’umi’num’ language of her ancestors. “It was really nice hearing them translate it. It was really special,” she said.

Brittany was one of 13 stu-dents in the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language Class at Ladysmith Secondary school, who par-ticipated in a project of the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Collective.

Funded by the First People’s Cultural Council, Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District, Si-mon Fraser University and the Social Sciences and Humani-

ties Research Council, the project brought together the students and Hul’q’umi’num’ linguists Donna Gerdts, Thomas Jones, Ruby Peters and Delores Louie.

The tales were translated into Hul’q’umi’num’, record-ed, printed along with trans-lations into a booklet titled s’aa’lh shtutul’na’mut (Through our eyes), and put into slide and sound presenta-tions.

On June 19, with Gerdts at the projector, they were pre-sented to the class. “It was re-ally fun,” Elliott said. “It was great.” Asked if she is fluent in Hul’q’umi’num’ she said not yet, but that the project was a step along the way.“I’m still working on learn-ing our language,” she said.

“There’s still a lot to learn, but we’ll be back here again next year.”

The reawakening of an an-cient language in young minds is what the project aims for. But it’s a first step in a far more ambitious plan Nanai-mo-Ladysmith School Board Trustee Bill Robinson said.“To me this is one more step toward the time, hopefully in two years, where we will have Hul’q’umi’num’ Immersion programs – not just French Immersion, but Hul’q’umi’num’

– and that is going to be such a gift to this community.”

He congratulated Ladysmith Secondary School Principal Steve Thomson for learning

Hul’q’umi’num’. “That is a huge thing that Steve is con-tributing, to start learning the language with (teacher) Man-dy (Jones),” Robinson said.“It’s an extraordinary role model, not only for the stu-dents in this school, but for principals, vice-principals, and teachers and trustees and senior management.”

Delores Louie contrasted the celebration of Hul’q’umi’num’ taking place that afternoon in LSS with the treatment she received as a child when she tried to speak her own lan-guage.“There’s a real need for you to hang on to that,” she said of their knowledge and use of Hul’q’umi’num’ “Hold on to it. I always think of what happened to me when I was in school, how they punished me, how they used a ruler on me and put me in front of the whole school and spanked me to convince me not to talk in Hul’q’umi’num’ anymore.”

Thomas Jones said the proj-ect is something the students will take with them into the future. “You think of what you have in front of you, the book, the video. And as you think of your own nieces and neph-ews, and as you grow older your children, they’re going to look back on these stories and they’re going to think, ‘Wow, I’ve got something now I can go on.’ Because when we were kids nothing like this existed.”

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Local residents will have an opportunity to receive information and share ideas on a sustainable transporta-tion plan for Vancouver Island at two commu-nity forums about the E&N Railway.

Doug Routley, the New Democrat MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan, will host the forums, which will include a panel of railway experts and local political leaders, in Ladysmith and in Nanaimo.

MLA Leonard Krog will co-host the Nanaimo forum.“The future of trans-portation on Vancouver Island needs to be sustainable and involve strong community con-sultation to make it a success,” said Routley.“These community forums are meant to inform people about the potential of the E&N Railway - how we got to where we are now, what the financial circumstances are, and how we move forward with the railway as a base for island trans-portation.”“We want to offer the people of Vancouver Island, who are the owners of the railway corridor, an opportunity to voice their opin-ions, offer their ideas and have input into the formulation of a new vision for a sus-tainable 21st century transportation plan for Vancouver Island,” said Krog.

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On Sunday July 12, the Old English Car Club will be hosting it’s 15th annual British car show at Transfer Beach starting at 10 a.m. “We anticipate that there will be over 250

British cars and motorcycles on display,” said Steve Wareing.“The public are invited to view the vehicles and get first hand information from the many car owners who have restored and maintained them.”

There is no charge and everyone is welcome.Wareing thanked the Town of Ladysmith. “We

are fortunate to hold his event at Transfer Beach, arguably the finest venue for any car show on Vancouver Island,” he said.“Once again, we are pleased that food and refreshments will be offered for sale by the Ladysmith Lions Club.”

There will be 8 vendors on hand who will be selling British related goods and services. In addition, new and used English car parts and tools will be offered for sale – an excellent op-portunity for car owners to stock up on spare parts Wareing said.

Ladysmith’s Community Marina has been giv-en Clean Marine BC Certification by the Geor-gia Strait Alliance it was announced June 3.“We are so happy to announce that Ladysmith

Maritime Society Marina has achieved Clean Marine BC Certification,” said Program Coor-dinator Michelle Young. “We are excited about their Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery Program, their efforts to solve the problem of derelict vessels on our coast, and are thrilled to award them 3-anchors.”

The LMS joins just 12 other marinas to achieve the Clean Marine status under the program.“It’s quite an achievement for the Ladysmith

Maritime Society and important for the Town of Ladysmith,” said LMS Managing Director Rod Smith. “While LMS may not have the re-sources of many other marinas certified under the Clean Marine BC program, we are commit-ted to excellence in our marina operations and to positive stewardship of our environment.”

Smith promised more to come. “LMS is on a path that will lead to five-anchor certification and the bragging rights we believe will lead to greater visitor numbers and more focus on beautiful Ladysmith.”

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By the end of this week work on the Lagoon Bridge is scheduled to be finished and the road should be opened to traffic as usual.

For the last couple of weeks workers have been resurfacing the bridge, which has led to the possibility of up to 20 minute delays during the day. The work has been ongoing weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Communters heading north will be glad to be able to use their normal route to Ladysmith and beyond, rather then the long way round.

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GILLETT, Cecelia (nee Healey)Oct 30, 1929 – Jun 16, 2015

Cecelia passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of June 16, 2015 at The Good Samaritan Wexford Creek Complex Care in Nanaimo. Cecelia was predeceased by her husband Don (2008) after being married for 58 years. She is survived by her children; Don, Janice, Kevin and Keith and their respective spouses, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Cecelia was a surprising woman who was a very determined individual. She was an inspiration for many who suffer from Type 1 Diabetes and she set a great example for how to look after yourself.Cecelia’s life revolved around family and Church, but mostly she was devoted to her husband with whom she can now rejoin in Heaven. She was also a member of the CWL at St. Mary’s Parish in Ladysmith.The family would like to thank those who took special care of her in her last few years. She was surrounded and blessed by exceptional and kind caregivers.Prayers will be held for Cecelia on Friday, June 26th at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at 7 pm.Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 1132 – 4th Avenue, Ladysmith BC at 11 am. Mass will be conducted by Father Tony Gonsalves.

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done, and continue to do, for your family and the world around you. With love from Marion, your wife of 69 years, your 6 children: Pat (Marla), Colleen (Dennis), Kathryn, Donna, Darlene, James (Heidi); your 16 grandchildren: Adam (Tiffany), Simon (Nancy), Kira (Shawn), Jill, David, Jon, Des, Chad, Jason (Rachelle), Leah (Brian), Matt (Aurorè), Ellie (Sean), Taylor (Mary), Daniel, Ryan and Grace; your 13 great-grandchildren: Morgan, Olivia, Arwin, Holden, Gabe, Kennedy, Justin, Landon, James (Kristy), Kayla, Dawson, Jamie, Sawyer, (and their new sibling due now!); your first great-great granddaughter Keira (and her brother, your first great-great grandson – due later this year!) To our husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather…

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Udahl, Sgt. Robert Edwin (retired)It is with profound sadness to announce the passing of Robert E. Udahl on June 16, 2015.

Robert is survived by his loving wife Christina (married for sixty-one and a half years), son Robert (Merna), daughter Sandra (Greg); two sisters, Sharon Doak and Margie Sims (Mel): daughter in law Kathy Udahl; and, the lights of his life, his grandchildren Master Corporal Samuel Udahl, Ashley and Kennedy Heyes. He was also proud of the numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews in his family, ten of which are actively serving in the police and Armed Forces of Canada today. Predeceased by his parents Edwin and Elda Udahl; brothers, Jerry and Elmer Udahl, and beloved son, Norman Udahl.

Born on February 1st, 1930 in Nipiwan, Saskatchewan, growing up and working on the family farm, he as a young teenager developed aspirations of becoming an R.C.M.P. officer, joining in 1950. He met Christina shortly after being posted in the Cranbrook, Kimberly area, only to be transferred to Prince George. He realized he wanted to “marry the girl,” electing to buy his way out to do so (as per the rules about marriage in the R.C.M.P.) He worked in a mill for a year and as a prison guard for seven more years.

With the internal yearning to be back to his passion, he joined the R.C.M.P. again. Moves with his family were quite numerous, but at long last was stationed in Ladysmith for a ten year span. Upon his retirement from from the R.C.M.P., he worked a few years in Kamloops in the Crown Prosecutors before returning for good. He again found himself wanting to return to the Island and community he loved.

Robert touched many lives either by knowing them personally or professionally, all would agree that he was a remarkable man.

Please join us in a Celebration of Life on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the Eagle’s Hall in Ladysmith from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The family, in lieu of flowers, wishes there to be a donation to your favourite charity.

Phyllis MatwivJune 18, 1924 - June 1, 2015

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.95 ACRE UNIQUE 4 bd 2300 sq ft split level home. Peaceful and private. 35 fruit trees and grapevines. Walking distance to town, school, golf and trails. Ocean, mountain and city view. (250)286-0634. www.991petersen.com

NANAIMO HOUSE - FOR SALE BY OWNER

with option for rent to own. Million dollar ocean city view. Call for information 250-753-0160, Nanaimo

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

PORT HARDY: Well main-tained 6-plex. Great invest-ment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to:[email protected]

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

SEAVIEW MANOR- Lady-smith, BC. Bachelor, $625, 1 bdrm grd fl oor, $700. Heat & H/W included, small pet neg. Call 250-668-9086.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

1800 SQ.FT. Commercial / Light industrial unit in modern strata complex with Highway Exposure in Duncan area. Call 1(250)658-4336.

COMMERCIAL SPACE avail. at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

DUNCAN. 640 SQ.FT. ware-house space on Trans Canada Hwy. $550 per month +GST. Overhead door, shared wash-room. Located next to retail operations. Avail June 1, call Shannon 250-710-0245.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

TIMBERLAND MOBILE Home Park; 1 lot on the Senior side. $450/mo. Please call (250)245-3647.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

Tires: set of 4 all weather, Winter Claw. P185/60R-14-182J. Nearly new, approx 500 KM use. $200 obo. 250-245-5440. If no answer, leave msg.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Sunscreen rating 4. Military mailbox 7. 12th month (abbr.) 10. Sunrise Mount of

Shandong 11. Escape from the

law 12. Similar suffi x 13. Pyrrole 15. Anger 16. Blue-billed diving

ducks 19. J.K. Rowling’s

pseudonym 22. Projecting part of a

rampart 23. What St. Helens did 24. Large integers 25. Adhesive or digital 26. Writing providing

information 29. Inscribed upright

stone slabs 33. The night before 34. Black tropical

American cuckoo 35. Heartache from loss 39. Hush money payer 42. Geological times 44. Types of fi sh eggs 45. Young pilchard 48. Lack of momentum 52. “Blue Bloods”

A.D.A. actress 54. Rust fungi 55. Make lace 56. Small larids 57. Energy Savings

Measure 58. Before 59. __ Lilly, drug

company 60. Comic book

character rooted in Japanese mythology

61. Radioactivity unit 62. Tear apart

CLUES DOWN 1. Posts or stumps

(Scot.) 2. Painter’s board 3. Containing more fi re 4. In a way, adjusts 5. 1/100 Serbian dinar 6. Breakfast egg dish 7. Throw into disorder 8. Prisoner on the lam 9. 1st Hindu month 13. Treats high blood

pressure (abbr.) 14. A plural of zoon 17. Ouray Res. Tribe 18. Doctor of Philoso-

phy 20. Large quantities 21. Ladies undergar-

ments 26. Foot (Latin) 27. Macao monetary

unit 28. Prefi x denoting

“in a” 30. Research workplace 31. Midway between

NE and E 32. Title of respect 36. Somewhat crimson 37. Folding paper art 38. Gradually diminish 39. Too osseous 40. Go in again 41. A citizen of Israel 43. Irish, English or

Gordon 44. Had a wild distur-

bance 45. Helps little fi rms 46. They __ 47. Brown, wild &

long-grained 49. Thysanopterous

insect 50. Gandalf actor 51. Initials of Dann-

ielynn’s mother 53. “Dragon Tattoo”

actress Rooney

102-1801 Bowen Rd. Nanaimo, BC V9S 1H1 250-755-7690

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One Lifetime. One HospitalThe Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation

$45,000 each

The Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation needs your help to purchase Glidescope Video Laryngoscopes for the two new Operating Rooms at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

A Glidescope is used to provide a consistently clear, real-time view of the airway for tube placement and quick intubation of surgical patients.

LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CEDAR DUNCAN

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977

Visit us on the web www.the49th.com

3055 Oak Street1020 1st Avenue 1824 Cedar Road 550 Cairnsmore Street

250-246-3551250-245-3221 250-722-7010 250-748-2412

100% Locally Owned & Operated • We deliver! (See store for details)We reserve the right to limit quantities • Pictures for illustrative purposes only

Open Daily from 7:30 am - 9:00 pm

Come on IN!See whats NEW

this week!

Country MaplesChemainus, BC

living the dream...

Not valid on Long Weekends.

Reservations Required.

PLEASE PRESENT THIS COUPON FOR DISCOUNT!

Valid for June / July / Sept 2015. Not valid with any other promotional offer.

9010 Trans Canada Hwy., Chemainus, BC

For Reservations Call: 250-246-2078

• Large Heated Pool • Mini-Golf• Clubhouse • Arcade• Exercise Room • New Playgrounds

Enjoy the 1st Night Camping at the Regular Price... get the 2nd Night at

50% OFF!

3DaySale

Friday, Saturday

& Sunday

June 26, 27, 28 3DaySale

BIG 18 Double Rolls(Same as 36 single rolls)

limit 2

848

Purex Double Roll

BathroomTissue

3DaySale

1.66 litre, limit 2 total

2/$7

BreyersClassic

Desserts

Way to Go Team! On Saturday May 23rd,Over 2000 lbs of food filled the bus as well as $2000 donated and 120 bagsof Groceries were sold through the49th in Chemainus. All going to the``Harvest House`` Chemainus Crofton Food Bank.

Decaf or Colombian 2/$6

3DaySale

Fine, Regular, French & Morning Roast. 250 - 300 grams, Limit 2 total

2/$5

MJB Coffee


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