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Strike carries on at Stz’uminus Health CenterLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Stz’uminus Health Center em-ployees have been on the picket lines for more than 20 days now, as a labour dispute that has dis-rupted service for almost a month continues.

The Health Center workers have been out of a contract since 2013, explained Sheila Seymour, co-ordinator of the Health Center’s Brighter Futures program.

The inability to reach a new agreement has a lot to do with one non-monetary issue sur-rounding employees’ breaks.“They’re taking our one-hour

lunch break and giving us 30 min-utes, and we asked for our two 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon to be combined to the lunch so it’s still a one-hour break,” said Seymour. “That’s the only thing we’re asking for.”“We agreed to the employer’s

concession asking us to go down from an hour paid lunch to a half-hour paid lunch, understanding that is the way a lot of things are going, and our paid lunches are unusual,” continued Pete Peder-son, a mental health wellness cli-nician. “But we are entitled to two 15-minute breaks, and because of the nature of health care and the nature of working in a commu-

nity like this where we’re on the road a lot and we have lots of cli-ents and lots of programs, we’ve asked to have that flexibility. The concession of half an hour works out to 130 hours a year of labour that we’re going without compen-sation.”

Pederson says they’ve seen oth-er employees of Stz’uminus First Nation lose benefits, sick days and cultural days, and they’ve de-cided to take a stand.“It’s about self-care,” he said. “It

costs the band nothing; we’re not asking for more money. Our em-ployees are some of the lowest-paid unionized employees in First Nations communities, and even

at that, we’re not arguing over an issue of money.”

Pederson says the issue may seem small, but it’s important for the employees to be able to take a break when they can so that they can return to work recharged and refreshed.“Negotiation is about a give and

take, and that’s not happening,” he added.

Seymour and Pederson say the Stz’uminus Health Center has approximately 24 full-time, part-time and casual employees.

Stz’uminus Health provides services such as a community health nurse, a home care nurse, personal care aides, homemakers,

patient travel clerk and mental health clinicians. “We want to be back doing our

jobs,” said Pederson. “They are just refusing to talk to us. So the community’s not getting these services. Even though there are maintenance agreements in place, most people do not fall into those agreements.”

By Feb. 24, employees said they hadn’t had any word from the em-ployers in the 19 days they’d been on the picket line.

On Feb. 24, the striking workers put on a lunch for the community at the picket line at the entrance to the Health Center.

Children from the Ladysmith Boys and Girls Club walked up First Avenue handing out pink � owers they had made to people on the street as part of their Pink Shirt Day celebrations on Feb. 25. The � owers included positive mes-sages that the children wrote to brighten up somebody’s day. For more from Pink Shirt Day, please turn to pages 8 and 9. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Council learns more about housing needsLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Ladysmith council learned about the next steps to take to address af-fordable housing last month.Ann Kjerulf, a planner with the

Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), presented the Regional Affordable Housing Needs Assess-ment Summary to Ladysmith coun-cil’s municipal services committee Feb. 16.

The full report can be download-ed at www.cvrd.bc.ca/housing.

The study was undertaken for the region as a whole as a precursor for an anticipated Regional Sustain-ability Strategy. “We wanted to identify housing needs and gaps within the region and within individual communi-ties,” said Kjerulf. “Another impor-tant purpose of this study was to produce a document that could be used by non-profit agencies or oth-ers wishing to secure grant fund-ing; grand funders often ask for a needs assessment report to be un-dertaken as a condition or qualifier for grant funding, so this report will satisfy that requirement.”

For the purposes of this study, the committee looked at affordability being housing and shelter — which includes mortgage or rent, prop-erty taxes, heat and electricity, and maintenance — that doesn’t cost more than 30 per cent of household income.

In the national household sur-vey, it indicates that 24 per cent of households — renters and own-ers combined — in Ladysmith are

spending 30 per cent or more of their household income on home and shelter, that’s owners and rent-ers combined, according to Kjerulf.“I think generally what we would

find if we did the math is Ladysmith would be doing better than the re-gion as a whole and some other areas, but still 20 per cent of house-holds spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing is still significant,” she told council.

Coun. Carol Henderson wondered how meaningful that statistic is.“If you’re making a huge amount,

it hardly matters; you’ve got thou-sands left over after you’ve paid your housing costs,” she said. “It’s definitely a very meaningful statis-tic if your income is low and you’re having to put a third of it out. “

Kjerulf told council that 30 per cent is a national standard and is the guideline used by Canada Mort-gage and Housing Corporation, but Ladysmith as a community could have a discussion about what af-fordable housing is here, and many communities have done that.

The study recommended that a housing action plan be prepared, either as an independent plan or as part of the Regional Sustainability Strategy, and this plan would iden-tify the strategic actions that are needed to address the housing gaps and needs in the region.“Local government can define its

role in providing affordable hous-ing in a number of ways,” said Kje-rulf. “Because local government is responsible for adopting the Of-ficial Community Plan and zoning bylaws, you have an opportunity

to look at those policies and regu-lations and identify potential barri-ers that might exist for affordable housing. There’s a whole range of things that a local government can do, and as part of the housing ac-tion plan, that role can be defined.”

The study also recommends cre-ating a financial sustainability strat-egy to find ways to provide hous-ing in a way that doesn’t create an undue burden on other taxpayers; providing a standards of mainte-nance bylaw for rental housing; creating accessible/adaptable hous-ing guidelines (which Ladysmith already has), providing education, and forming partnerships.“Partnerships are the key to trying to address housing needs and chal-lenges across the region,” said Kje-rulf. “I don’t think you can do it any other way.”

One area the study looked at was housing diversity. “In general, urban areas have a more diversified housing stock than rural areas,” said Kjerulf. “In Ladysmith, 73 per cent of the hous-ing stock is in single detached homes, 24 per cent are ground-oriented and apartment units, and three per cent are manufactured homes. Seventy-nine per cent of the population are home owners, and 21 per cent are renters. Fifty per cent of the housing stock here was constructed prior to 1980 and roughly six per cent is in need of major repairs, compared to seven per cent across the region, so that’s better than the regional average in terms of the quality of housing.”

Kjerulf says there are 63 low-in-

come families and seniors who are receiving BC Housing supplements in Ladysmith.

Kjerulf told council that in Ladysmith, the rent is roughly equivalent to the regional average

— $1,000 a month for all housing types.A homeless count was conducted

for the region last year, and 58 peo-ple who were surveyed considered themselves to be absolutely home-less.“Many of these are staying in the

emergency shelter in Duncan and the transition house or in motels,” said Kjerulf. “But the actual number of homeless people in the region would actually be higher, and you have a hidden population, such as couch surfers; they’re also home-less but obviously difficult to count.”

Numbers were not determined for specific communities, and Kjerulf told council that the count is con-sidered to be an under-estimate, as it relied on people identifying them-selves as homeless.

Following her presentation, Kje-rulf congratulated the Town of Ladysmith on the work it has done to address affordable housing.“I think in comparison to some of the other jurisdictions, Ladysmith has done quite a bit of work,” she said. “In the first part of our re-search and the indicators report, there was actually a comparison ta-ble and charts that identify the dif-ferent types of activities that can be undertaken to address affordable housing, and Ladysmith has actu-ally checked a lot of the boxes, so you should be commended for that.”

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Diggers Club hosts show and sale

The Diggers Club is holding an Antique and Collectible Show and Sale Saturday, March 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Chemainus Elementary School.

There will be displays, prizes and refreshments.

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SD68 roundtable this Thursday

The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District is hosting a roundtable discussion for You Voice 2015 this Thursday (March 5) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Ladysmith Secondary School.

The school board wants to hear what the public has to say regarding the budget, how to spend limited resources and what plans should be made for the facilities where students learn.

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The eighth annual awards ceremony will take place April 23 at the Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo and will celebrate the best in commercial and industrial construction.

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Scouts and Guides in Ladysmith celebrated Scout and Guide Week Feb. 22 to March 1. The week celebrates the birthdays of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement, and his wife, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide. To celebrate the founder’s birthday and the 81st year of Scouting in Ladysmith, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from 1st Ladysmith Scouts held an indoor Baden-Powell Camp Fire Feb. 23 at Hardwick Hall. During the Camp Fire, Kate Cram, the group commissioner for 1st Ladysmith Scouting, gave special thanks to Merle Cram, Jim Cram, Patti Gisborne, Chris Rumak and Ladysmith United Church for helping make the program such a success. This year, there are 38 youth involved in 1st Ladysmith Scouts and 11 Scouters. Cram says they are always looking for new volunteers to either work directly with the youth or have an administrative role within the group committee. To learn more, visit www.scouts.ca. Pictured here, in left photo, Beavers Grayson Toole and Michael Hale listen intently as Patti Gisborne tells them about the history of Scouting, while in right photo, Cubs Hayden Switzer, Rori Wiebe and Emily Huntingford perform a skit. LINDSAY CHUNG

• On Feb. 9 at 9:26 p.m., the Ladysmith RCMP were notified by the parent of a female teen who was missing and possibly going to harm herself. The fe-male daughter was at Tim Hortons with the parent but ran away.

With the help of one of the daughter’s friends, police patrolled Ladysmith through-out the evening and eventually located the daughter unharmed and safe. • On Feb. 13 at 12:37

p.m., a Ladysmith resi-dent reported that his Yamaha three-horse-power outboard motor was stolen from the 10800 block of Olsen Road in Ladysmith. The grey motor was last seen on Dec. 26.• On Feb. 14 at 8:10

a.m., the Ladysmith RCMP were called to assist the fire depart-ment with a vehicle on

fire on Cameron Road. The vehicle was not able to be saved from being demolished. No one was around the vehicle at this time. The vehicle belonged to Ladysmith residents who had the vehicle parked in the 300 block of High Street. This in-vestigation is ongoing.• On Feb. 20 at 10:17

a.m., police received a report that person(s) unknown overnight had broken into the Harbour Heritage Cen-tre at 610 Oyster Bay Drive. A broken win-dow indicated how ac-cess was gained into the building. Paint and possibly other items were stolen.• On Feb. 24 at 9:37

a.m., a Ladysmith citi-zen reported finding a blue mountain bike and assorted copper and metal pieces left in the bushes along the train tracks near Trans-fer Beach. The bike’s serial number was checked and traced to the same item report-ed stolen in 2014 in Ladysmith. The owner was later reunited with his bicycle. • On Feb. 25 at 3:15

p.m., the Ladysmith RCMP were called to the 400 block of Parkh-ill Terrace where a red, four-door Volkswagon was seen driving away

with a possible im-paired male driver. Pa-trols were made with-out success. At 5 p.m., while driving home, an off-duty police of-ficer from the Island District Traffic Depart-ment was almost hit by the suspect vehicle near High Street and Third Avenue. The plain-clothed officer stopped the vehicle with a male driver and female passenger. Open liquor bottles were seen inside, and the vehicle keys were taken away. A 32-year-old

Ladysmith male resi-dent refused to pro-vide a breath sample, resulting in a 90-day driving prohibition and the vehicle being im-pounded.

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The Ladysmith Rotary Club’s meet-ing on Feb. 19 was a night of celebration.

In one night, one member received an international award, two members were recognized for bring-ing new people to the club, and right after the formal meeting, the club held a new event for Ladysmith, bringing the com-munity together to release 110 Chinese Lanterns at Transfer Beach and raise more than $550 to rebuild the Transfer Beach Playground.At the meeting,

District Governor Michael Procter presented a Rotary International Voca-tional Service Award to Michael Furlot for promoting the advancement of vo-cational service and Rotary’s commitment to the highest ethical standards in business and professionals.

Furlot is the club’s secretary

Furlot’s name was put forward for the award by Ladysmith

Rotary Club presi-dent Cheryl Leuke-feld.

Furlot has been a Rotarian for 25 years and has been on the executive for 21 years, she explained to the packed meeting.“He’s involved in

everything in town; I don’t know where he has the time to do that and run a busi-ness,” she said. “Mi-chael very rarely gets acknowledged, and it was long-overdue.”

During the meet-ing, Leukefeld also presented new Ro-

tary Sponsor pins to Frank Elsom and Nita Grant for spon-soring a new member to the club.

With the meeting taking place during Heritage Week B.C., Ladysmith Museum curator Bernardien Knol was the guest speaker. “The thing about history is it repeats itself, we can learn from it, and it shapes who we are now,” she said. “And it brings in tourists. People love a town that has some history and charm.”


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The first hour of debate on my pri-vate member’s bill,

C-638, to designate the Coast Guard as a receiver of wreck was held on Feb. 26.

It is an attempt to deal with the growing problem of derelict vessels by giv-ing one entity jurisdiction-al power to take action.

I was hoping that recent efforts by Transport Cana-da to identify derelict ves-sels and map the extent of the problem meant there would be support for my efforts by the Conserva-tives.

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wreck, regard-less of its loca-tion or state.

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“Our government recog-nizes that the current Part 7 of the Canada Shipping Act does not capture all wrecks that are vessels of concern. In particular, wrecks where the owner

is known but unwilling to act are not captured. The proposed bill does not pro-vide a solution to this issue.”

The re-sponse from the govern-ment deliber-ately seemed to miss the part of my bill that would al-

low the minister to cre-ate regulations regard-ing derelict vessels. That would give the minister the power to outline when the Coast Guard should act and what it should do when the owner of a ves-sel is known and unwill-ing to act.

But more disturbingly, the Conservative re-

sponse ignored what or-ganizations like the Town of Ladysmith, Islands Trust and the Union of BC Municipalities have been saying for years — the frustration in dealing with derelict vessels comes from a lack of jurisdiction, with small municipalities left hanging when there is a vessel that needs to be removed before it be-comes a problem, not af-ter it has become a threat.

Support for some legis-lative change to help clear up the jurisdictional mo-rass around derelict ves-sels is growing.

My hope is that we can convince the Conserva-tive government that ig-noring this issue is the wrong thing to do for peo-ple on the coast.

The bill will come back for its second hour of de-bate in April.

If you want to help see it pass, please go to my web-site at www.jeancrowder.ca and follow the links.

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Donations pour in for playgroundThe momentum keeps building for the new Transfer

Beach Playground.Yellow Point Lodge owner Richard Hill recently donat-

ed $1,000 to the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club to go towards the new Transfer Beach Playground.

“Yellow Point Lodge was a very generous supporter of the playground that the Kinsmen built two years ago at Brown Drive Park, and Richard was impressed by the amount of work, as well as the enthusiasm the Kinsmen and volunteers showed,” said Kinsmen Club member Duck Paterson. “He said he wanted to see that continue. Having great family attractions helps the entire area, Hill said, and being done by volunteers is truly community.”

Here, Chanel Dwinnell, the Ladysmith Kinsmen candi-date in the Ladysmith Ambassador Program, accepts the $1,000 cheque.

The community has stepped up to support the new playground recently, as the Kinsmen also received $1,000 from the Ladysmith Legion Auxiliary not very long ago.

As well, the Ladysmith Primary School Parent Advi-sory Council raised nearly $400 through a popcorn day fundraiser.

Paterson says the new playground fund is now almost at $100,000 of the $170,000 cost.

To bring the playground fund even closer to its goal, the Kinsmen are planning a fundraising dinner and dance for May 2 at Aggie Hall. Stay tuned for more information.

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A lot of work is being done to try to address social planning issues such as homelessness in the Cowichan Valley.

Kathleen Sheppard, executive director of Social Planning Cowichan (SPC), came to Ladysmith council Feb. 16 and provided a review of SPC’s work in 2014 and also looked ahead to the coming year.

SPC was formed in 2004 with a mandate to research, form part-nerships, create strat-egies and inform the Cowichan public about social planning issues in the region, she said.“Over the past year,

one of our key areas of focus has been around affordable housing and homelessness,” she said. “We began work on affordable housing in 2007, and at that time, our goal was to establish an indepen-dent organization to focus solely on home-lessness and housing-related issues in the region. A couple of weeks ago, we were able to announce that we have launched the Cowichan Housing As-sociation, which will become that indepen-dent organization that will focus solely on those issues. So that’s quite exciting, and we’ll continue to sup-port that new organiza-tion as it continues to grow and develop.”

One of SPC’s key pro-grams over the past year has been a hous-ing assistance program that provides emergen-cy assistance for indi-viduals who are facing eviction or utilities dis-connections.“Over the past year,

we have disbursed over $35,000 to 94 individu-als in the community who were in crisis situ-ations,” said Sheppard.

One of SPC’s projects is to calculate the liv-ing wage for the region, and in 2014, they calcu-lated the living wage at

$17.04 per person in a two-adult, two-child household.“We’re currently work-

ing on the calculations for 2015, and they’re still preliminary, but I expect we will see an increase in the living wage for the region again this year,” said Sheppard.

Another key area of focus for SPC in the last year was creating cultural connections.

In 2008, SPC took on the legacy from the North American Indig-enous Games (NAIG) in Duncan to continue to foster cultural rela-tions in the community.

Last winter, SPC host-ed six Understanding the Village workshops where the participants experience what colo-nization was like for First Nations people in the community, and four more are planned for this spring. That work has led SPC to be-gin developing a cultur-al competency frame-work in partnership with North Cowichan.

SPC has also been working with Dun-can United Church on a project called Cowichan 101, which takes participants through First Nations culture, history and language.

Sheppard expects 2015 to be busy as well.“Looking ahead to

2015, one of our key priorities is going to be around a social policy framework, bringing together a common set of principles to help us all guide decision-mak-ing as we move for-ward,” she said. “And we’ll also be able to fill in some of the key data gaps that we have in our community, which are really around youth and poverty issues.”

Coun. Steve Arnett congratulated Shep-pard and her staff for the work they’ve done following up from the NAIG.“I attended all of the

presentations of Un-derstanding the Vil-lage, and I’ve been part

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From left, Chemainus Elementary School Grade 5 students Amelia Halbot, Gwen Connolly, Bianca Steele, Hailey Parkes and Hannah Clarke hold up a John Lennon quote during Pink Shirt Day celebrations at the school on Feb. 25. The � ve girls read poems they had written for Pink Shirt Day in front of the school dur-ing an assembly that morning. Their poems are printed below. LINDSAY CHUNG

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The entrance to Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS) was a sea of pink on the morning of Feb. 25, as students celebrated Pink Shirt Day with the commu-nity.

LSS welcomed stu-dents from Ladysmith Primary School and Ladysmith Intermedi-ate School, as well as representatives from Ladysmith town coun-cil and the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Dis-trict to send a strong anti-bullying message.

Throughout the morning, LSS leader-ship students handed out pink shirts and wristbands provided by Vancouver Island I n s u r a n c e C e n t r e s (VIIC) Ladysmith.“We looked at this,

Mayor Stone and I, as an opportunity to come down and talk about the community and the note about the community and re-spect for all around an-ti-bullying is the piece about power,” acting superintendent John Blain told the students.

“The community and the individuals within the community have the power to stop this

… If we are active and work together — and that’s the point of to-day, working together

— then we can reduce and stop the bullying for all of us.”

Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone congratu-lated everyone there that morning for mak-ing such a strong state-ment.“This day signifies

something that I think we need to carry throughout the year from every level of our community, whether it’s at our younger ages, all the way up through to us as adults; we all have a role to play in respecting the right to be different,” he said.

“You see the different slogans on the differ-ent shirts, and what it is is it’s about celebrat-ing diversity. Diver-sity and differences between us are really what make the com-munity vibrant and an exciting place to be. We all have a role to play, so when we look at others, look to build them up and support them, and it will make a stronger community, not only in your school but in the greater com-

munity that we all share.”At Chemainus El-

ementary Community School, students and staff took part in a large assembly cel-ebrating diversity.

Principal Brenda Ste-venson says the assem-bly was all about anti-bullying but also about standing up for diver-sity and respecting the right to be different.

VIIC Ladysmith pro-vided pink shirts for the students and staff at the school.

For the past two years, buddy classes in Grade 4/5 and kin-dergarten have made videos around anti-bul-lying with help from a dad who is a videog-rapher. They shared these videos during the assembly, and Grade 5 students Amelia Hal-bot, Gwen Connolly, Bianca Steele, Han-nah Clarke and Hailey Parkes read poems they had written for Pink Shirt Day. They also took a school photo, and the whole school danced to the Pharrell Williams song

“Happy.”Halbot, Connolly,

Steele, Clarke and Parkes say their po-ems are about diversity, bullying, pink shirts and how you have to accept and respect that everyone is differ-ent.

They were all a bit nervous reading their poems out in front of the school, but they all feel they got a message out.“It felt kind of nice to

let people know how we feel,” said Parkes.“We just want every-

body to feel like they’re special in their own way,” said Connolly.

This year’s Pink Shirt Day was the eighth time the day has been acknowledged in B.C. It brings additional em-phasis to B.C.’s ERASE Bullying Strategy (Ex-pect Respect And a Safe Education).

ERASE Bullying is a 10-point comprehen-sive prevention and intervention strategy designed to address bullying and harmful behaviours in schools.At a Pink Shirt Day

celebration at the B.C. Legislature, two sec-ondary students from the ERASE Student

Advisory released so-cial media guidelines to help students, teach-ers and parents use so-cial media responsibil-ity.

The ERASE Student Advisory is made up of 20 students from all over B.C., represent-ing public, indepen-dent and First Nations schools. They were selected to advise the Ministry of Education on bullying and stu-dent safety issues and develop social media guidelines.“Through social me-

dia, today’s young peo-ple literally have the world at their thumbs and fingertips,” Edu-cation Minister Peter Fassbender said in a press release. “There’s no question that it is a powerful educational tool, but social media can also be easily mis-used. The reality is that these days, using it comes with great re-sponsibility, and I want to thank the students for these guidelines be-cause they can be used by everyone.”

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Representatives from Ladysmith council and the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school board joined primary, intermediate and secondary students to celebrate Pink Shirt Day Feb. 25 at LSS. Lindsay Chung

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A representative from the employer did not return calls by press time, but the Stz’uminus First Nation has provided news bulletins to the community through its Facebook page. In the Stz’uminus First Na-tion’s most recent post about the strike action on Feb. 25, it states that the employer posi-tion is this:“1. The employer

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Striking workers’ spirits boosted by community lunchFrom Page 1


Main Street Pt. 2: growing painsPart 1 of this article

reviewed the years before incorpora-tion and the story of Oyster Harbour. In this section, we will examine the first two decades of the town of Ladysmith and the development of First Avenue as the city centre.

When James Dun-smuir decided to build a seaside bed-room community for the Extension coal miners, he first con-sidered South Oyster (Saltair) for the town site.

In the end, he chose the hillside opposite the bay remarking,

“We shall lay out the town site there, for I doubt the land is fit-ting for anything oth-er than houses and streets.”

Once the spur line to Extension and the coal bunkers were constructed, work began on the new settlement.

However, unlike the more gradual expan-sion of towns like Duncan or Langley, Ladysmith, was “a di-rect transplantation of an urban society into a wilderness set-ting.” An instant com-munity. (Goodacre 1991)

Dunsmuir approved a typical British town design with a Mar-ket Square and ‘High’ Street as the centre of commerce.

The layout had 140 city blocks stretching from Stony (Rocky) Creek to First (Hol-land) Creek and took into consider-ation the shoreline industry already in operation. Homes and boarding houses for the miners, along with light industry and the 19th-century equivalent of “conve-nience stores,” would spread up the slopes from Esplanade as the town expanded.

James Dunsmuir kept a close eye on the new town.

E&N’s first teleg-rapher and pioneer resident, Nathan

Dougan, recalled having tea with Dun-smuir during one of his many visits. Dou-gan operated out of the Maude, a private railway car used as the first E&N station in Oyster Bay.“Dunsmuir dropped

off his special train and after giving the whole construction searching scrutiny, he joined us in the of-fice for refreshment. He was in his late middle ages, with a clipped reddish beard and quite uncon-cerned about dress, with a harassed vis-age as though car-rying a load of care. He asked many ques-tions but said little otherwise.”

With no shortage of labour, Ladysmith grew quickly.

The 1909 Vancou-ver Island Gazetteer records a population of 3,000 — “not in-cluding Indians and Orientals.” City sew-age systems, electric lighting plant, as well as telephone and telegraph services, were in operation only five years after incorporation.A visiting dignitary

in 1910 told the edi-tor of the Chronicle: “I have been coming

west since 1891 and visited every town of importance between Port Arthur and the Pacific Coast. Never have I seen so much accomplished so quickly. It is like the story of Aladdin’s lamp, and to carry the simile further, you have the best electric lights I have ever seen on my trav-els.”

Thirteen of the 14 hotels in Ladysmith had saloons that did a roaring business with miners, loggers and sailors. But at the same time, tea shops and ice cream parlours scattered around town attract-ed young families and courting couples in their finest Ed-wardian attire.

From Roberts

Street along First Av-enue to Buller, there were bakeries, mil-liners, tailors, jewel-lers, barbers and bak-eries.Advertisements in

the Chronicle as-sured residents that there was “no need to travel to Nanaimo or order from Victoria to obtain the latest in fashion and conve-niences at the most reasonable prices.” The plea then —- as now — was to “shop locally!”

Merchants would often stay open late in the evening on weekdays to accom-modate the miners returning from Ex-tension on the 6 p.m. train. Businessmen like Grant Jessup, George Roberts, John Bickle, Ed Jones and J.A. Knight would wait at their shop doors to greet pass-ersby if they were not busy in their stores serving customers.

“Downtown” was a place to shop, meet friends, pick up mail, pay a bill, repair your shoes, rent a buggy or exchange gossip.

In the early years, Ladysmith had three movie houses com-peting for business. The Opera House, Gem, and Rialto theatres had prize draws and raffles to attract customers. Singers, storytellers or musicians would entertain the patrons while reels were be-ing changed.

People also went

downtown for society meetings. The Eagles, the Owls, the Masons and the Oddfellows, were all established in Ladysmith by 1920.

Viola Cull recalled “ladies of the various lodges in their long white dresses carry-ing lanterns, moving among tree stumps in the evening. They were jokingly called the ‘glowworms’ or the ‘fireflies.’” Walking downtown

in those days had to be done carefully. Although wooden boardwalks had been constructed in front of many busi-nesses, First Avenue did not receive ce-ment sidewalks until 1925. Street crossings after a rainstorm (or a team of horses) could be disastrous!

In 1912, the future for the new city looked bright indeed; but there was labour unrest in the coal mines of Vancouver Island and clouds of war on the horizon.

Ed Nicholson. Ladysmith and

District Historical Society

NOTE: A priority for the Historical So-ciety (LDHS) is to record and document as many of the fami-ly histories as we can. The Ladysmith Ar-

chives, located under Tim Hortons on First Avenue, maintains a separate file for each family with roots or long-term residency in our town.If it does not already

exist, the LDHS would be delighted to start a file for your family. Fam-ily photos and cor-respondence (which we can copy and re-turn to you) are most welcome and are an integral part of Ladysmith’s legacy. Call us at 250-245-0100 or e-mail us at [email protected] if you are willing and interested in sharing these treasures with your town.

Courtesy of Ladysmith & distriCt historiCaL soCiety

The top photo shows Knights Book Store in 1911, while above is a photo of First Avenue in 1904. These photos are part of a celebration of Lady-smith’s main street.

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For the first time since 2008, the Town of Ladysmith’s fees for development services such as subdivisions could change.

Council gave the bylaw amending the Town’s fees and charges bylaw three read-ings at its Feb. 16 meeting. The amend-ments reflect changes to fees and charges relating to development services and will come before council one more time.

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cording to Felicity Adams, the Town’s di-rector of development services.

In a report to council’s municipal services committee about the bylaw, she explained that some types of permits and applica-tions do not currently have an associated fee in the bylaw, and new fees are being recommended for these applications.“Staff has reviewed the time resources

required for statutory process, planning review, applicant communication, advi-sory committee review, permit or bylaw preparation and staff reports undertaken as part of each type of development appli-

cation,” wrote Adams. “The calculation of fee charges is based on the typical average cost of processing an application.”

The fee for an Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment, a Zoning Bylaw amend-ment and for a temporary use permit are proposed to increase by $500. For devel-opment permit applications, the fee for multi-unit residential, commercial, down-town or industrial is proposed to increase by $250; the fee for riparian/hazard lands/coach houses is proposed to increase by $150; the fee for facade/amendment is pro-posed to increase by $150, and a new $750

fee for High Street intensive residential is proposed.

New fees are proposed for a combined OCP/Zoning Bylaw amendment ($3,000 plus advertising and delivery cost), bound-ary extension proposals ($2,000 plus $50 per hectare plus advertising and electoral approval cost), liquor license primary re-view ($250 for the application; $1,500 plus advertising cost for the community consul-tation), ALR application ($600 plus ALR fees for subdivision/non-farm use; $2,000 plus ALR fees for exclusion), and film per-mit applications ($250).

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FIDLER, Walter DonaldDonald Walter Fidler of Ladysmith, B.C. passed away in the Nanaimo Regional Hospital on February 25, 2015 at the age of 94.

Survived by his wife Jean Stewart, his daughter Darlene (Tom); Tim (Brandy) and Kim (Sandy) and daughter-in-law Glynnis; grandchildren Chad (Michelle), Kyle (Andra), Laine (Ryleigh), Drew (Shawn); great-grandchildren Bren, Shana, Ella and Max as well as Jean’s children Debra (Peter), George (Susana), Marie, and many other relatives and friends.

Walter served in the Army, and during WWll worked as a dispatch rider, spending a large portion of his time in Italy, during this time he was known to his friends as “Fid”. He was wounded in 1944 and returned to Selkirk to work at the Manitoba Rolling Mills for forty-three years.

Walter was an avid fi sherman, golfer and storyteller. Walter and Jean enjoyed the local casinos. He had been a member of the Legion for over fi fty years and had attended many functions at the Seniors Centre in Ladysmith including crib games.

Walter will be remembered for his kindness and generosity to family and friends.

Walter’s family would like to say a special thank you to Joe and Fran, Brenda, Max and Gail, as well as Bob for the endless care, compassion and support during the past year. We would also like to thank the Legion #171 for arranging rides and visitors during Walter’s time in the hospital.

Thank you to the Nanaimo Regional Hospital for the care he received by the ER, 3rd Floor, and Palliative Care Staff.

In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Legion.

Celebration of Life service was held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #171, Ladysmith, B.C.

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Weaver, Margaret Josephine (Gergel) August 24, 1925 - February 8, 2015

A true lady with a sparkling smile left us after a short illness. Marg is survived by her two sons; Bill (Sandra) and Barry (Helen), three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She also leaves

countless friends, her special nieces, nephews and their families. She was predeceased by the love of her life, Bob, her brother Joe and treasured sisters, Mary, Anne and Beth.

Marg was born to Mary and Joseph Gergel in Michel, British Columbia. She grew up in the tightly knit coal mining communities of the Elk Valley as the youngest of the 5 children. She and Bob

married in 1943 and soon after the whole family moved to the Cowichan Valley. Thus began Marg and Bob’s love affair with Ladysmith. Marg’s life was filled with common sense, cooking, wonderful outfits,

friendship and family. She was an avid volunteer, including supporting her boys in Little League and her community as a long standing member of the Eagles and Ladysmith Hospital Auxiliary.

Everyone knew Marg and Bob. They loved to travel and for years spent cold months as retired snowbirds in Mexico where they continued to enlarge their extended family with their generosity and kindnesses.

The family thanks the staff and doctors at Cowichan District Hospital for their care of Marg and the residents and crew at La Rosa Gardens for lovingly welcoming and supporting her during her year there.

A Celebration of Life is planned for March 28 from 1:00 to 4:00 at the Ladysmith Eagles Hall. Please come, wear some colour and help us make this occasion a true

celebration, as warm and uplifting as Marg.

GILROY, Alfred Allison (Al)1926-2015

Al passed peacefully after a short stay at the Lodge on 4th. He was predeceased by his loving wife Jacqueline (Jackie) Foster, in 2003. He is survived by his three children, Shirlee (Dave) King, Gayle (Don) Gilroy, and Garth (Cathy) Gilroy as well as his fi ve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Al was always very active in his community having served as a long time volunteer fi refi ghter, a city counsellor and on many other boards and committees. He was also an active member of St. John’s Masonic lodge. He will be greatly missed.

The family would like to invite friends to join us for an open house in Al’s memory to be held March 7, 2015 from 1 – 4 pm at the Masonic hall, 26 Gatacre St., Ladysmith.

In Lieu of fl owers, kindly donate to the charity of your choice.

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BROWN, Delores (Dolly) AnnNovember 22, 1958 – February 26, 2015

Passed away peacefully following a courageous battle with cancer.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Paul, son Cody and daughter Bethany. She is survived by father George and mother Ann, who was by her side until the end; sister Audrey (Jim, Jasmine, Madeline and Katie); brother Scott (Robert and Sarah); sister Angela (Derrick, Caleb, Nicole and Joel); brother -in-law Colin (Aaron, Kimberley, Lindsey and Melanie); sister-in-law Barb (Greg, Christine and Michelle).

Dolly was born in Calgary and in 1965 moved with her parents to Revelstoke where she grew up. She worked at the Royal Bank

for approximately 10 years where she met her husband Paul. Married on August 11, 1990, they had two beautiful children Cody (19) and Bethany (17). She was an extraordinary wife, mother and home-school teacher who devoted her life to the well-being of her family. She enjoyed being outdoors with her family, especially camping at Parksville. She also loved to travel, in particular to Maui where she ran the marathon, fi nishing fi rst in her age group.

Dolly was a friend, mentor, advocate and motivator who had great determination and courage. Unselfi sh and generous, she will be remembered for the many lives she touched and the friendships she made along the way. She had a passion for running, putting in numerous miles with her close friends Debbie, Pauline, Robin and Gayla from the Ladysmith Striders. A woman of faith and a great believer in Jesus, Dolly fi nished her marathon of life to claim her victory in the loving arms of her Lord and Saviour.

The family wishes to extend their sincere appreciation to the amazing staff and volunteers at the Patient Care Centre on the 8th fl oor South at the Royal Jubilee Hospital.

A Celebration of Dolly’s life will be held on March 4th, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Bethel Tabernacle, 1149 Fourth Ave., Ladysmith, B.C.

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VTRUCKS & ANS

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CHURCH DIRECTORYAttend regularly the church of your choice

381 Davis Road 250-245-5113

www.oceanviewchurch.ca

March 8, 2015 9am & 11am

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This week: Good King Josiah

Pastor Darin Phillips

Welcome toSt. Mary’s

Catholic Church1135 - 4th Avenue

Ladysmith, BCMass Times:Sat. 5:00 pmSun. 9:00 am250-245-3414Father Anthony Gonsalves, OFM

Hall Rentals Available250-245-2077

Attend regularly

1149 Fourth Ave, Ladysmith, 250-245-8221

Family Worship ServiceSundays 10:30 am

(Nursery & Children’s classes available)

Mid - week groups for Children, Preteens, Teens and Adult Life Studies

Rev Maxine Pirie 232 High Street250-245-2183

www.ladysmithunited.org

Sunday Serviceincluding Sunday schoolat 10:30 amHealing Pathway

1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm

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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

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