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THURS., MARCH 8, 2012 EDITORIAL Page 6 LETTERS Page 7 NORTH ISLAND LIFE Page 15 SPORTS Page 13-14 CLASSIFIEDS Page 17-19
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Mike D’AmourGazette staffBill Ray wants to raise
$50,000 to make children’s
wishes come true — and
he plans to do it one step
at a time.
The 49-year-old Maple
Ridge man began a 650-
km journey last week that
began in Port Hardy and
is scheduled to finish in
Burnaby at the Children’s
Wish Foundation of
Canada
“I’m hoping I can get a
dollar from every working
person between here and
Burnaby so I can reach my
goal,” said Ray, who lost
his son, Brian, 15 years
ago to cancer.
“He died when he was
just nine-years-old,”
said the dad, whose eyes
become red with emotion
while talking about his
boy.
The Children’s Wish
Foundation made it pos-
sible for Brian to visit
Disneyland before he died.
“It meant everything to
him,” Ray said.
“He got to play with
the dolphins and do other
things during his week
there.”
Ray said he never forgot
that kindness weeks before
his son passed away and
wants to do something for
the foundation that helped
Brian realize his dream.
“It’s just something I
gotta do to give back,” said
Ray.
“I’m doing it in Brian’s
honour and of course to
honour the children who
are still fighting to beat
their cancers.”
It’s fitting, perhaps, that
he is starting his trek at
the beginning of March,
which has been designated
as Children’s Wish month.
“This is a very per-
sonal healing thing for
him, as well as support-
ing the Children’s’ Wish
Foundation,” said Kim
Antiffaef, fundraising coor-
dinator for the foundation.
Each year, thousands of
Canadian children between
the ages of three and 17
are diagnosed with a life
threatening illness.
This year the Children’s
Wish Foundation expects
to grant 1,000 new wishes.
While the foundation is
proud of the fact it never
once turned down a child,
it can use donations.
“We definitely are in
need and have kids waiting
for wishes all the time,”
said Antiffaef.
With only a knapsack
filled with clothing and an
extra pair of New Balance
runners, Ray started his
trek south from Port Hardy
Thursday and plans to get
on the old Island Highway
from Campbell River.
He’ll make his way to
Victoria, then to the ferry
before he walks the last leg
of his journey to Burnaby.
“I’ve never done anything
like this,” said Ray.
“But I want to raise aware-
ness about the Children’s
Wish Foundation and raise
funds for it.”
Those wishing to donate
to Ray’s cause — and to
learn more about it — can
do so securely online by
logging on at www.wish-
month.ca, and then click-
ing on Brian’s Walk for
Wishes.
To Brian: One step at a time — love, dad
Bill Ray is walking about 650-km in memory of his son and to raise funds and awareness for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Mike D’Amour photo
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Mike D’AmourGazette staffThere have been a
few diagnosed cases of
scarlet fever in the Tri-
port area, but it’s noth-
ing to get too excited
about, said the North
Island’s top doc.
“I do know ear-
lier (last) month we
received a couple of
indications there may
be scarlet fever in the
community,” said Dr.
Paul Hasselback, med-
ical health officer for
the North Island.
“There are physician
diagnosed cases of
scarlet fever that have
occurred in the com-
munity and the number
that was shared with
me was not many, five
to 10 ... it’s not too
concerning from what
my staff are seeing.”
The Gazette received
several calls from con-
cerned parents and
other family members
who believed the dis-
ease was epidemic, but
“that’s simply not the
case,” said Hasselback.
“There are people
who believe it’s going
on and the perception
is a legitimate con-
cern,” he said, from his
Nanaimo office.
“There’s more anxi-
ety from people who
haven’t had this dis-
ease.”
Scarlet fever is typi-
cally associated with
children, but doctors
don’t see it as often
as in the past because
of antibiotics and
good hygiene, said
Hasselback.
Indeed, while scar-
let fever is contagious,
it doesn’t spread very
well. “It’s not like
every student can come
down with this,” said
Hasselback.
And for these who
get exposed, not many
of them will actually
get sick.
The challenge, said
the doctor, is everyone
who comes down with
a rash does not seek
out medical attention.
“This is not a disease
that is reportable,” he
said.
“If a student is off
school or away they
need not tell the school
why they’re ill, they
need not tell us.”
Another problem is
there are lots of myths
and misinformation
about scarlet fever.
“Many, many decades
ago, it used to be asso-
ciated with all sorts
of problems,” said
Hasselback.
“There are 100 or so
different types of strep
and only a few cause
a rash and occasion-
ally when strep goes
untreated it can cause
other problems as well
— kidney and heart
specifically — but we
rarely see that sort of
problem anymore.”
Scarlet fever has been
called strep throat, but
with a rash.
“That’s a very sim-
plified way of put-
ting it, but not far
off the mark,” said
Hasselback.
“Not all strep is the
same and most of the
strep throat we see
don’t result in the rash
that goes with scarlet
fever.”
The best protection
against any respira-
tory illnesses is good
solid hygiene, said
Hasselback .
“So when you
cough, you cough into
(the crook) of your
elbow and you wash
your hands frequently
whether you’re sick or
not.”
Scarlet fever not a concern
Scarlet fever is a term
used for strep throat
with a rash and is most
common in children
ages two to 10, but it
can affect people of
any age.
Scarlet fever is
caused by streptococ-
cal (strep) bacteria,
the same bacteria that
cause strep throat.
There are many differ-
ent strains of strep bac-
teria, some of which
cause more serious ill-
ness than others.
The most notice-
able symptom of scar-
let fever is a rough,
red rash that feels like
fine sandpaper. Other
symptoms are the
same as strep throat
— except for the rash
— and include:
• Fever of 38.5°C
—101°F — or higher.
• Sore throat and dif-
ficulty swallowing.
• White or yellow
spots or coating on the
throat and tonsils.
• Swollen lymph
nodes in the neck.
Other symptoms that
appear before the rash,
especially in children,
may include general
body aches, headache,
stomach ache, nausea,
vomiting, or listless-
ness.
—HealthLinkBC
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Mike D’AmourGazette staffJim Davis knows
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crazy, but he knows
what he witnessed.
“I saw a UFO,” said
the retired fisherman,
who calls Sointula
home.
Davis said he was at
the top end of Crease
Island last summer, at
the mouth of Knight
Inlet, looking east,
when he saw a bright
light hovering over the
beach.
“I didn’t know what
the hell it was,” the
68-year-old said of the
daytime apparition.
“But it was right
there on the edge of
the beach, about 400-ft
from me.”
Davis said he stood
transfixed for close
to 15 minutes before
reaching for an old dis-
posable film camera to
snap a shot through the
windshield of his 38-ft
trawler, the Cedar Isle.
“It was about four or
five times brighter than
what’s in the picture
and there seemed to be
a steam cloud around
it,” he recalled.
Davis snapped a
single shot before he
turned his head for a
moment.
“When I looked back,
it was gone,” he said.
The object made no
sound when it disap-
peared into the after-
noon skies.
Davis, who’s been
on the water since he
started fishing with his
dad at the age of 10,
said he’s never seen
anything like it before.
“I’ve never seen a
UFO before that day,”
he said. Davis said he
only came forward
after recently receiving
the photo he sent to be
developed some time
ago.
Even now he said
he’s scratching his
head at what he saw.
“I can’t say for sure
one way or the other
what that was,” he
said.
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A Sointula man says the bright light in his photo is a UFO that hovered over a beach for more than 15 minutes before it vanished.
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By Tom FletcherBlack PressVICTORIA – The B.C. government is termi-
nating its generic drug purchase agreement with
provincial pharmacy groups after savings to the
Pharmacare program fell short of expectations.
Health Minister Mike de Jong said the three-year
agreement with the B.C. Pharmacy Association
and the Canadian Association of Chain Drug
Stores will end April 1, a year early.
“We negotiated an agreement on a certain set of
expectations, savings to be sure, to Pharmacare
and to the purchasers of drugs in B.C., and they
have not been realized,” de Jong told reporters at
the legislature Wednesday. “Of the roughly $69
or $70 million in savings the parties had agreed
would be realized over the first two years, we’re
about $36 million short.”
De Jong said legislation will be presented
soon to end the agreement, in which Pharmacare
bought generic equivalent drugs in bulk on behalf
of insured patients for a fraction of the cost of the
original brand-name medicines.
The agreement called for the price of generic
drugs to decline to 40 per cent of the original
patented medicines by this year. De Jong said
generic drug manufacturers have insisted on
many more exceptions to the price cap than the
health ministry expected, eroding the savings
from Pharmacare purchases.
Pharmacare buys more than $300 million worth
of generic drugs a year, and seniors and other
patients buy another $500 million worth directly
or through their medical coverage.
De Jong declined to comment on B.C. follow-
ing the lead of Ontario to end the practice of
pharmaceutical companies paying rebates to drug
stores to stock their brands of generic drugs.
The health ministry conducted market tests and
found it could buy equivalent drugs from other
suppliers for less than those offered under the
agreement. It began delisting the more expen-
sive drugs for a year and then decided to end the
agreement.
B.C. cancels generic drug purchase deal
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Triple-day protestNorth Island teachers took it to the streets and then to Carrot Park Monday, the first day of a three day protest of the govern-ment’s move to legislate their contract. J.R. Rardon photo
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www.northislandgazette.com Thursday, March 8, 2012
Perhaps the single most
ridiculous stunt in the lead-
up to this week’s teachers’
strike was at an elementa-
ry school here in the capi-
tal when a Grade 1 teacher
gave her class an assignment:
write to Education Minister
George Abbott, demanding
he stop bullying their teacher
and address class size and
composition.
This North Korea-style
political indoctrination of
six-year-olds was a mistake,
says the local teachers’ union
boss, who vaguely indicated
the unnamed teacher would
apologize to parents.
Students across B.C. were
skipping class in solidarity
with their teachers, led by
budding campus radicals sud-
denly conversant with B.C.
Teachers’ Federation talking
points about “Bill 22.”
This left-wing groupthink
pervades the education sys-
tem from public schools
through taxpayer-supported
colleges and universities.
After a couple of genera-
tions of this indoctrination,
almost everyone “knows” that
government under-funding is
at the heart of every school
problem, standardized testing
is an assault on the fragile
self-esteem of students, and
reducing class size is the top
priority for improving educa-
tional outcomes.
B.C. Teachers’ Federation
president Susan Lambert
announced the strike on
live TV with a remarkable
string of rhetoric about the
“Orwellian” legislation that
will soon put an end to this
teacher tantrum. The gov-
ernment needs to negoti-
ate “clearly, rationally and
respectfully,” said the boss
of union representatives who
have spent the last year insult-
ing the taxpayers’ negotiators
by telling them to “go back
to your masters” and get a
couple of billion more.
Clearly? It was the BCTF
that announced its work-to-
rule plan for the fall and then
took the summer off. It was
the BCTF that didn’t even
present its outrageous 16-per-
cent wage demand until
January, a full 10 months
after formal negotiations
began, and accompanied it
with a false costing.
Orwellian? At a sparsely
attended rally on the legis-
lature lawn, local teachers’
unions marched out their
most strident tame trustee
to demand the government
“come to the table” with
billions. One teacher in the
crowd held up a large sign
adorned with three mug
shots: Premier Christy Clark,
ex-premier Gordon Campbell
and Benito Mussolini, to
illustrate a multiple-choice
question about “fascism.”
In Vancouver, a protesting
teacher got big media play,
holding up a sign proclaim-
ing that “it’s not about a wage
increase, it’s about classroom
conditions.”
This too is a lie. The BCTF
trotted out its standard “chil-
dren first” rhetoric, then
tabled its breathtakingly out-
of-touch benefit demands.
For his part, Abbott started
out pretty keen about students
and parents heading down to
occupy their local school and
replace striking teachers with
volunteers for a couple of
days. But he changed his tune
after the support staff union
started grumbling about par-
ents colouring too close to
their craft lines.
One fight at a time, I guess.
The next one will be teach-
er performance assessment
and the choke-hold of union
seniority on school jobs.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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COMMENTARY
It’s tough to decide which side of the teacher v. province argument to fall on.
We want our teachers to be happy when they go to work educating our children, no question about that.
We also want the province to show a willing-ness to deal with the issues. No question there.
But it’s the bickering and creative use of num-bers that’s throwing us at the moment.
Here’s an example: not too long ago, the BC Teachers’ Federation stated our educators are the ninth best-paid in the country.
The government fired back that teachers were, in fact, the fourth best paid. That, of course, is when benefits are factored in.
The teachers’ union countered with this: “BCTF uses current salary figures — 2011-12 — for Category 5 — five years of university and Category 6 — master’s degree — from sal-ary grids in teacher collective agreements across Canada. The maximum salary for a B.C. teacher with Category 5 qualifications ranks 9th in Canada, including the provinces and territories. Based on provinces only, the rank shifts to 6th among the (10) provinces.”
Nobody loves the serve and volley of semantics more than we who toil in the news industry.
However, we say to both sides: it’s time to quit nit-picking and manipulating facts to serve self-ish purposes and get back to the job of educating our kids.
There’s a pleasant
mood on the North
Island right now. Not
sure if it’s a hold
over from last week’s
hoopla, but we like it.
We really tried, but it’s
been a great week with
no complaints, so no
Thumbs Down from
us today, which is
always a good thing.
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Question: Should the province legislate the teachers’
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Total votes received for this question: 66Voting deadline is Monday at 3 p.m.
Yes49%
No51%
A numbers game
B.C. Viewswith Tom Fletcher
BCTF indoctrinating our kids
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Letters to the editor The goal is to publish every letter, so keep them brief, clear and to the point. Be hard on the problem, not the person; skip quotes except where readily confirmable; accept editing
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Dear editor:It is scary to think I was
barely four years old the
last time a major hydro-
electric dam was built in
this province.
That was 28 years ago,
back in 1984, when the
Revelstoke dam was built
on the Columbia River sys-
tem. And nothing of sig-
nificance has been added
since then.
There were fewer than
three million people liv-
ing in B.C. in 1984 and
more than enough power
for them all.
Now, B.C.’s population
is over 4.6 million and new
uses for electricity pop up
every day.
Unfortunately, you can
only stretch an elastic band
so far before it snaps which
sums up the state of B.C.’s
aging hydroelectric system.
Yes, my generation —i.e.,
today’s 30-somethings —
has enjoyed low electric-
ity rates for most of our
adulthood courtesy of the
previous generations in this
province who built and paid
for B.C.’s hydroelectric
infrastructure.
It’s been the equivalent of
having had a mortgage-free
house handed to us.
However, that mortgage-
free, low cost electric-
ity production is rapidly
coming face-to-face with
the cost reality of major
upgrades needed to keep
this vital energy infrastruc-
ture safe and operational.
The John Hart dam
and generating station in
Campbell River is a prime
example.
The facility dates from
1947.
Its generators are now old
and in poor condition while
the dam itself is a seismic
risk.
Modernizing the facil-
ity is going to cost at least
$1.35 billion and that cost
is going to have to be
reflected in the electricity
rates we pay.
The same goes for the
$718 to $857 million being
spent on the 80 year old
Ruskin dam built in the
1930’s.
I’m certainly not com-
plaining about the major
investment our generation
now needs to make in our
province’s vitally important
hydroelectric infrastruc-
ture.
However, I’m definitely
realizing what an incredible
debt of gratitude we owe to
the previous generations in
this province for the invest-
ments they made, invest-
ments we’ve all benefitted
from greatly and for such
an incredibly long time.
Jesse McClintonVictoria, B.C.
Dear editor:I think the public is getting sick and tired
of the whining from the recreational sector
regarding halibut allocations.
They claim the Minister of Fisheries has
let them down.
This is nonsense considering the 25 per
cent increase they just received in their
total allowable catch.
The only people here who were let down
are the commercial fishermen, and the
people they feed.
Fishermen are a lot like farmers, who
produce beef, poultry, fruit and vegeta-
bles.
Fishermen harvest salmon, crab, prawns,
halibut, etc.
Without these farmers and fishermen,
there would be no food on the shelf of your
local grocery store, nor anything on the
menu at your favourite restaurant.
Like with agricultural land, which should
stay in the hands of the farmers, the vast
majority of the fish should be kept in the
hands of commercial fishermen.
After all, the 85 per cent of halibut
harvested by the commercial fishermen
is for the masses, not for the fishermen
themselves.
If commercial fishermen want halibut
they have to buy it like everyone else.
The recreational sector has an estimated
100,000 anglers who fish halibut.
It is a small, elite group who are fishing
to fill their own freezers, especially com-
pared to the 30 million other Canadians
who have no other choice but to purchase
halibut from the store or at a restaurant.
That fish is provided by the commercial
sector.
As for the anglers who claim to be the
original conservationists, they have obvi-
ously lost their way considering they have
gone over their total allowable catch for
five years running by a total of 1.3 mil-
lion pounds — 270,000 pounds last year
alone.
This is a conservation issue. With the
lack of enforcement there is wide range
poaching and irresponsible fishing prac-
tises with no accountability within the
recreational sector.
Six or seven years ago the Department of
Fisheries told commercial fishermen unless
they cleaned up their act there would be no
more commercial halibut fishery.
They succeeded with lots of sacrifices.
Now with 100 percent monitoring they
never exceed their total allowable catch,
are accountable for all species of by-catch
and have achieved a sustainable fishery.
Perhaps the same measures need to be
taken by the recreational sector. This is
the 21st century and accountability and
conservation come first.
The days and practices of the wild west
fishery are over and no longer acceptable.
This continuing argument of unfairness
and push for more quota is an ill-conceived
scheme by the powerful for-profit charter
and lodge industry.
The unfair part is that the lodge industry
harvests 70 per cent of the recreational
quota while dragging the everyday recre-
ational angler into the fight to line their
own pockets.
The other unfair part is that this for-prof-
it lodge industry is fighting to take quota
from the commercial industry without
compensating them, when the commercial
fishermen have made huge investments in
the industry.
What is wrong with one halibut a day?
If you’re still hungry you can take 200
prawns, six crab, four salmon, three ling
cod, three rock fish and a bucket of clams
as well.
Maybe you need a bigger boat.
Let’s hope Ottawa stops treating the rec-
reational sector like a bad parent treats an
unruly child- they gave in once to the com-
plaining but it’s time to say: No more.
Skye JohnstonCourtenay B.C.
Dear editor:For most in B.C., February 16, was
just another day.
But in the annals of B.C.’s energy
sector it was an historic day marked
by the official completion of the Dokie
wind farm project near Chetwynd.
The Dokie wind farm is now B.C.’s
largest wind farm, supplying enough
cost-effective renewable green energy
annually to power nearly 30,000 aver-
age B.C. households.
If that same amount of energy had
been generated by burning coal it would
have resulted in close to 300,000 metric
tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
In terms of cost-effectiveness and
well-proven technology, wind energy
ranks right alongside run-of-river ener-
gy as one of the most cost-effective
renewable energy sources available
with one of the smallest environmental
footprints of any form of energy gen-
eration.
Moreover, wind energy and run-of-
river energy complement each other
perfectly because wind energy peaks in
the stormy winter months when hydro
resources are typically at their low
point. And neither energy technology
harms salmon as traditional hydro dams
have in the past.
If it was not for B.C.’s incredibly
abundant hydro resources, we would
probably have tapped B.C.’s equally
abundant wind energy and other renew-
able green energy resources much
sooner than now. The fact that we are
now doing so, and diversifying B.C.’s
renewable energy portfolio, deserves
not only acknowledgement but a hearty
two thumbs up.
David Field, B.C. Citizens for Green EnergyBurnaby, B.C.
Games to continueHow about some whine
with that halibut?
Wind farms complement RORs
Thanks, older generation
Dear editor: Since it looks like
some sort of school
disruptions may
occur between now
and the end of the
Charlie Cup (check-
ers) Championship,
I wish to make one
thing clear (to) stu-
dents who really
want to play.
I (am) planning to
set up at events such
as school fun fairs,
community events
such as Rumblefest,
Sointula seniors'
annual plant sale
on Mother’s Day,
Sointula annual
May long week-
end baseball tour-
nament, Alert Bay
June sports, and
other events taking
place.
If community
clubs or recreation
clubs have events
coming up before
Father’s Day and I
would be welcome
or allowed to set
up to offer stu-
dents new entries,
could you please
let me know either
by phone 250-973-
6932 or send me an
email chkrking@
cablerocket.com
I will work on
school noon hour
times as best I can
as long as the labour
dispute doesn’t pre-
vent that.
Non public
schools are always
welcome to contact
me for arrange-
ments to have me
visit either their
school or their pub-
lic or recreational
event for new
entries to get the
chance to play.
Entry is always
free.
Since there are
several excellent
special prizes stu-
dents who play,
(they) will have a
chance to possibly
win one of them.
(From) the win-
ning school there
will be both the
MVP and MIP,
most inspirational
player, and from a
non winning school
the best sport.
The MVP gets
first choice then
the MIP then the
best sport takes
the remaining item
available.
Other smaller
prizes will be avail-
able at the end for
those who deserve
something, but
didn’t get in on the
special prizes.
The bottom line
is, students if you
want to enter you
will get your chance
strike or no strike.
David Lyon Sointula, B.C.
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March 10North Island Concert Society presents legendary West
Coast folk/rocker Barney Bentall with multi-instrumen-
talist Eric Reid, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre.
Single tickets $25 on sale in Port Hardy at Cafe Guido,
PH Museum, Hobby Nook; in Port McNeill at The
Flower Shoppe; in Port Alice by calling Gail Neely at
250-284-3927. Visit niconcert.ca or call 250-902-2228
for more information.
March 11Dinner and a movie at Port Hardy Baptist Church. Two
showings: 3:30 p.m. (doors open at 3 p.m.) and 6:00 p.m.
(doors open at 5 p.m.) Dinner is served between 5 p.m. and
6 p.m. Cost is $4 per person and max. $15 per family.
March 11Spring Fling and Auction with a French twist. Avalon
School from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many exciting and enjoy-
able events. Concession will be serving quality food.
March 31Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce Annual Business
Awards and Social Gala. 6:30 p.m. at Port Hardy Civic
Centre. Country and Western theme. $35 per cowpoke -
includes grub and live music. Silent Auction and Cash
Saloon. Tickets now on sale at the Chamber office, the
Hobby Nook and the Museum.
April 2North Island Youth Soccer Association AGM at 6 p.m.
at NISS.
NIYSA coordinates the soccer league for tots through
grade 12 for all North Island communities. Please come
out and help organize. FMI call Kim at 250-949-1477
April 8Alert Bay Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary
hosts Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Info, Donna, 250-974-2909.
April 8Alert Bay Lion’s Club hosts its annual Easter egg hunt,
1-2 p.m. Info, Casey Chapman, 250-974-2235.
April 14North Island Concert Society presents Infinitus, a
classical string trio with a fresh, modern and sometimes
humorous approach to the genre. Single tickets $25 on
sale in Port Hardy at Cafe Guido, PH Museum, Hobby
Nook; in Port McNeill at The Flower Shoppe; in Port
Alice by calling Gail Neely at 250-284-3927. Visit nicon-
cert.ca or call 250-902-2228 for more information.
April 15Relay for Life Committee, our committee would like to
invite the Survivors and Team Captains to a Relay Tea at
2 p.m. in Malone’s Banquet room. Please call Debbie at
250-949-3050 or Sabrina at 250-949-3431 to let us know
you’ll be attending.
April 28 101 Squadron Silent Auction at the Thunderbird
Mall across from the Lotto Booth 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. Previewing and bidding Thursdays 1-3 p.m. and
Saturdays noon-2 p.m. Proceeds go to 101 Sqn. Cairn
projects, scholarships and North Island RCAF history
projects.
April 28
Float Camp Life exhibit opening at Port Hardy Museum
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Refreshments
May 13Alert Bay Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary
hosts its annual Mother’s Day Tea, 1-4 p.m. Info, Donna,
250-974-2909.
May 26-27Relay for Life 2012. 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Port Hardy High
School track. Standard registration $20 until May 7, late
registration $25 May 8 to May 25, youth $15 until May
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Paige AokiSpecial to the Gazette
A black-draped art
gallery temporar-
ily took the place
of an everyday classroom
at Wagalus School of the
Kwakiutl Band in Fort
Rupert.
The public was invited to
a student art display at the
school, hosted by teachers
Jacqueline Hunt and Karen
Aoki.
More than 70 people
attended the Feb. 28 event,
including students, parents,
and members of the com-
munity.
The general reaction to
the transformation of the
school and the artwork on
display was positive.
“It was beyond our
expectations,” said hosting
teacher Karen Aoki.
The classroom-become-
art-gallery was packed, the
refreshments disappeared
almost as soon art-goers
came in the door.
“I love it. I wasn’t
sure what to expect…
I’m blown away,” said
one attendee.
The display was cen-
tered on student artwork
taught to the school’s
Kindergarten to Grade
7 students by First
Nations Canadian art-
ist, George Littlechild.
A Plains Cree born
in Alberta, Littlechild
is known for his work
in mixed media using
imaginative images and
bright, bold colours.
Also on display at
the show was student
artwork in the style of
three masters; Van Gogh
— post-impressionism;
Wassily Kandinsky —
modern abstract— and
George Seurat, known
for pointillism.
Before the show,
students participated
in a three-day work-
shop with Littlechild
— thanks to Artist
in Education fund-
ing and money from
First Nations Schools
Association: Parent and
Community Engagement
— when they created self-
portraits that focused on
respect, confidence, and
optimistic self-description.
Each student traced an
outline of their body onto a
large sheet of paper and set
the outline against colour-
ful, imaginative back-
grounds of places or activi-
ties, such as “Swimming
with Mermaids” and
“Center of the Earth.”
The children also took
part in activities where
groups of students made
positive comments about
each other, which they then
incorporated into their self-
portraits by describing words
pasted into the outlines of
their bodies.
Littlechild was at the
school three years ago, and
Wagalus hopes to have him
visit again, to provide future
students the same opportu-
nity.
Wagalus classroom transformed into art gallery
Art lovers took in the show at Wagalus School last month.
Alfons Bauer photos
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“For most consumers, buying a new home is one of the largest financial investments they will make. So it’s essential that homebuyers can make that investment with confidence, know-ing that they will not be faced with additional expenses to repair defects after they move in,” said Tony Gioventu, executive director of the Condominium Home Owners’ Association and an advocate for consumer protection.
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124 athletes from Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6) competed at the 2012 BC Winter Games bringing home 52 medals.
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Professional foresters express concernsBy Tom FletcherBlack PressProfessional foresters holding their annu-
al convention in Victoria have added their voices to concerns raised by B.C.’s auditor general about the state of the province’s forests.
The Association of B.C. Forest Professionals released their latest report on forest inventory and concurred with Auditor General John Doyle’s recent report that knowledge of forest condi-tions has fallen behind in an era of rapid change.
“In recent years, the mountain pine beetle epidemic, as well as several severe fire seasons, has had tremendous impact on the forests,” said Sharon Glover, CEO of the foresters’ association.
“Yet due to cutbacks, the scale of the provincial inventory program has been reduced.”
The association’s report says 42 per cent of the province is represented by inventories completed prior to 1990, and 30 per cent of forest records date back to before 1980. The report’s top recommen-dation is “stable and adequate funding” for inventory work, which it estimates at $15 million per year.
The report says the budget for forest inventory research was $13.3 million four years ago, and has declined to $8.4 million for the fiscal year ending this March. Forester staff positions have gone from 40 full-time equivalents in 2006 to 27 in 2011.
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon released an austerity budget Tuesday.
It shows total spending for the recently consolidated Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is to rise from $590 million in the current fis-cal year to $602 million in 2012-13, then drop again to $555 million in 2013-14.
The foresters’ report notes that new technology is being developed to check the state of B.C.’s vast forests, which cover three quarters of the province.
Satellite imagery has been used to measure the extent of mountain pine beetle-affected forests, and a low-elevation digital camera sys-tem is also being used to identify
recovery in beetle-affected stands. Forests Minister Steve Thomson says
$6 million has been allocated to improve B.C.’s forest inventory, with emphasis on regions affected by beetle kill and wildfires.
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Bentall still brings itJ.R. RardonGazette staffIn 1989, Barney Bentall
& The Legendary Hearts
won the Juno Award for
Most Promising Group
of the Year.
More than 20 years
may have passed since
the group’s acclaimed
debut album, but Bentall
is still delivering on that
promise. And local fans
can hear for themselves
when Bentall appears
Saturday night at the
Civic Centre in the fourth
event on the North Island
Concert Society’s 2011-
12 season schedule.
Bentall, who will be
accompanied by multi-
instrumentalist Eric Reid
for Saturday’s intimate
show, is best known for
his decade-plus-long run
of hitmaking with the
Legendary Hearts. But
he has not gone silent in
the ensuing years.
He has recorded
two solo CDs, 2007’s
Gift Horse and 2008’s
Inside Passage, and
helped form the Grand
Cariboo Opry, which
brings together some of
Canada’s most notable
roots and country musi-
cians for touring shows
of music, storytelling
and humour. Members
of the Legendary Hearts,
who regrouped to tour in
2008, often take part.
Concert-goers can
probably expect a mix
of material, ranging
from Bentall’s best-
known Legendary Hearts
hits — all five of the
group’s albums reached
gold or platinum status
— to the more introspec-
tive and evocative roots/
Canadiana of his recent
solo work.
Bentall’s songwriting
is infused with a catchy
pop sensibility, whether
on ballads like A Man
Is or Dream of a Day
from Gift Horse or the
Legendary Hearts rock-
ers Something to Live
For and Do Ya.
Reid, who has previ-
ously appeared at the
Civic Centre as a mem-
ber of Tiller’s Folly,
will provide a more-
than-capable support for
Bentall’s guitar and har-
monica work.
Saturday’s show
continues one of the
North Island Concert
Society’s most diverse
seasons. After opening
in November with an
appearance by multiple
Juno-winning balladeer
David Francey, NICS
presented Afro-Cuban
star Adonis Puentes
and the gospel trio The
Sojourners. The season
will wrap up next month
with a visit from the
contemporary string trio
Infinitus.
Tickets for Saturday’s
show are $25 and are
available in Port Hardy
at The Hobby Nook,
Cafe Guido and Port
Hardy Museum; in Port
McNeill at The Flower
Shoppe; and in Port Alice
by calling Gail Neely at
250-284-3927. Tickets
may also be purchased at
the door, depending on
availability.
Barney Bentall will appear with Eric Reid Saturday at Port Hardy Civic Centre.
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E LE
GAL
COPY
: Veh
icle
(s) m
ay b
e sh
own
with
opt
iona
l equ
ipm
ent.
Deal
er m
ay s
ell o
r lea
se fo
r les
s. L
imite
d tim
e of
fers
. Offe
rs m
ay b
e ca
ncel
led
at a
ny ti
me
with
out n
otic
e. D
eale
r ord
er o
r tra
nsfe
r may
be
requ
ired
as in
vent
ory
may
var
y by
dea
ler.
See
your
For
d De
aler
for c
ompl
ete
deta
ils o
r cal
l the
For
d Cu
stom
er R
elat
ions
hip
Cent
re a
t 1-8
00-5
65-3
673.
*Pu
rcha
se a
new
201
2 F-
150
XLT
Supe
r Ca
b 4X
4 5.
0L/2
011
Rang
er S
uper
Cab
Spo
rt 4X
2/20
12 F
-250
XLT
Sup
er C
ab 4
X4 W
este
rn E
ditio
n w
ith p
ower
sea
ts fo
r $24
,999
/$14
,999
/$40
,999
afte
r Tot
al M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
e of
$8,
000/
$5,5
00/$
5,50
0 an
d cu
stom
er c
ash
of $
750
dedu
cted
. Tax
es p
ayab
le o
n fu
ll am
ount
of p
urch
ase
pric
e af
ter M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
e de
duct
ed b
ut b
efor
e cu
stom
er c
ash
has
been
ded
ucte
d. O
ffers
incl
ude
a M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
e of
$8
,000
/$5,
500/
$5,5
00, c
usto
mer
cas
h of
$75
0, fr
eigh
t and
air
tax
of $
1,60
0/$1
,500
/$1,
600
but e
xclu
de v
aria
ble
char
ges
of li
cens
e, fu
el fi
ll ch
arge
, ins
uran
ce, r
egist
ratio
n, P
PSA,
adm
inist
ratio
n fe
es a
nd c
harg
es, a
ny e
nviro
nmen
tal c
harg
es o
r fee
s, a
nd a
ll ap
plic
able
taxe
s. M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
es c
an b
e us
ed in
con
junc
tion
with
mos
t ret
ail c
onsu
mer
offe
rs m
ade
avai
labl
e by
For
d of
Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der
or d
elive
ry, b
ut n
ot b
oth.
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ates
are
not
com
bina
ble
with
any
fl ee
t con
sum
er in
cent
ives.
**C
hoos
e 4.
99%
/5.9
9%/5
.99%
ann
ual p
erce
ntag
e ra
te (A
PR) p
urch
ase
fi nan
cing
on
a ne
w 2
012
F-15
0 XL
T Su
per C
ab 4
X4 5
.0L/
2011
Ran
ger S
uper
Cab
Spo
rt 4X
2/20
12 F
-250
XLT
Sup
er C
ab 4
X4 W
este
rn E
ditio
n w
ith p
ower
sea
ts fo
r a m
axim
um o
f 72
mon
ths
to q
ualifi
ed re
tail
cust
omer
s, o
n ap
prov
ed c
redi
t (OA
C) fr
om
Ford
Cre
dit.
Not a
ll bu
yers
will
qual
ify fo
r the
low
est A
PR p
aym
ent.
Purc
hase
fi na
ncin
g m
onth
ly pa
ymen
t is
$423
/$21
5/$6
04 (t
he s
um o
f tw
elve
(12)
mon
thly
paym
ents
divi
ded
by 2
6 pe
riods
give
s pa
yee
a bi
-wee
kly
paym
ent o
f $19
5/$9
9/$2
79 w
ith a
dow
n pa
ymen
t of $
3,20
0/$2
,000
/$4,
550
or e
quiva
lent
trad
e-in
. Cos
t of b
orro
win
g is
$4,1
87.3
6/$2
,507
.61/
$7,0
31.3
1 or
APR
of 4
.99%
/5.9
9%/5
.99%
and
tota
l to
be re
paid
is
$30,
486.
36/$
15,5
06.6
1/$4
3,48
0.31
. Offe
rs in
clud
e a
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ate
of $
8,00
0/$5
,500
/$5,
500,
cus
tom
er c
ash
of $
750
and
freig
ht a
nd a
ir ta
x of
$1,
600/
$1,5
00/$
1,60
0, b
ut e
xclu
de v
aria
ble
char
ges
of li
cens
e, fu
el fi
ll ch
arge
, ins
uran
ce, r
egist
ratio
n, P
PSA,
adm
inist
ratio
n fe
es a
nd c
harg
es, a
ny e
nviro
nmen
tal c
harg
es o
r fee
s, a
nd a
ll ap
plic
able
taxe
s. Ta
xes
paya
ble
on fu
ll am
ount
of p
urch
ase
pric
e af
ter M
anuf
actu
rer
Reba
te d
educ
ted
but b
efor
e cu
stom
er c
ash
has
been
ded
ucte
d. B
i-Wee
kly
paym
ents
are
onl
y av
aila
ble
usin
g a
cust
omer
initi
ated
PC
(Inte
rnet
Ban
king
) or P
hone
Pay
sys
tem
thro
ugh
the
cust
omer
’s ow
n ba
nk (i
f offe
red
by th
at fi
nanc
ial i
nstit
utio
n). T
he c
usto
mer
is re
quire
d to
sig
n a
mon
thly
paym
ent c
ontra
ct w
ith a
fi rs
t pay
men
t dat
e on
e m
onth
from
the
cont
ract
dat
e an
d to
ens
ure
that
the
tota
l mon
thly
paym
ent o
ccur
s by
the
paym
ent d
ue d
ate.
Bi-w
eekl
y pa
ymen
ts c
an b
e m
ade
by m
akin
g pa
ymen
ts e
quiva
lent
to th
e su
m o
f 12
mon
thly
paym
ents
divi
ded
by 2
6 bi
-wee
kly
perio
ds e
very
two
wee
ks c
omm
enci
ng o
n th
e co
ntra
ct d
ate.
Dea
ler m
ay s
ell f
or le
ss. O
ffers
var
y by
mod
el a
nd n
ot a
ll co
mbi
natio
ns w
ill ap
ply.
† F
rom
Feb
. 1, 2
012
to A
pr. 2
, 201
2, re
ceive
$25
0/$5
00/$
750/
$1,
000/
$1,5
00/ $
1,75
0/ $
2,00
0/$3
,000
/$3,
250/
$3,
500/
$4,
000/
$4
,500
/$5,
000/
$5,
500/
$6,0
00/ $
6,50
0/$7
,000
/ $7,
500/
$8,0
00 in
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ates
with
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of a
new
201
2 Fo
cus
(exc
ludi
ng S
)/201
2 Fl
ex S
E, E
-Ser
ies/
2012
Exp
lore
r (ex
clud
ing
Base
)/201
2 Ta
urus
SE,
Esc
ape
I4 M
anua
l, Tr
ansit
Con
nect
(exc
ludi
ng E
lect
ric)/2
011
Fies
ta S
, Ran
ger S
uper
Cab
XL
and
Regu
lar C
ab/2
012
Mus
tang
Val
ue L
eade
r/ 20
12 [F
usio
n S,
F-3
50 to
F-5
50 C
hass
is Ca
bs],
2011
[T
auru
s SE
, F-1
50 R
egul
ar C
ab X
L 4x
2 Va
lue
Lead
er] /
2012
[Fle
x (e
xclu
ding
SE)
], 20
11 [F
usio
n S]
/ 201
1 Fi
esta
(exc
ludi
ng S
)/201
2 M
usta
ng V
6 (e
xclu
ding
Val
ue L
eade
r)/ 2
012
[Tau
rus
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), E
dge
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), E
xped
ition
], 20
11 [F
-350
to F
-550
Cha
ssis
Cabs
]/ 20
12 M
usta
ng G
T/ 2
012
[Fus
ion
(exc
ludi
ng S
), Es
cape
and
Hyb
rid (e
xclu
ding
I4 M
anua
l)], 2
011
[Tau
rus
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)]/2
012
[Esc
ape
V6, F
-250
to F
-450
ga
s en
gine
(exc
ludi
ng C
hass
is Ca
bs)],
201
1 [F
usio
n (E
xclu
ding
S),
Rang
er S
uper
Cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L)]/2
011
Expe
ditio
n/20
12 F
-150
Reg
ular
Cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L 4x
2) n
on-5
.0L/
201
2 F-
150
Regu
lar C
ab (e
xclu
ding
XL
4x2)
5.0
L /2
012
[F-1
50 S
uper
Cab
and
Sup
er C
rew
non
-5.0
L, F
-250
to F
-450
die
sel e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
Cha
ssis
Cabs
)], 2
011
[F-1
50 S
uper
Cab
and
Sup
er C
rew
non
-5.0
L an
d 3.
7L e
ngin
es]/2
012
[F-1
50 S
uper
Cab
an
d Su
per C
rew
5.0
L], 2
011
[F-2
50 to
F-4
50 G
as e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
Cha
ssis
Cabs
) - a
ll Ra
ptor
, GT5
00, B
OSS3
02, a
nd M
ediu
m Tr
uck
mod
els
excl
uded
. Thi
s of
fer c
an b
e us
ed in
con
junc
tion
with
mos
t ret
ail c
onsu
mer
offe
rs m
ade
avai
labl
e by
For
d of
Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
es a
re n
ot c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny fl
eet c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. †
†Offe
r val
id fr
om F
ebru
ary
1,
2012
to A
pril
15, 2
012
(the
“Pro
gram
Per
iod”
). Re
ceive
CAD
$1,0
00 to
war
ds s
elec
t For
d Cu
stom
truc
k ac
cess
orie
s, e
xclu
ding
fact
ory-
inst
alle
d ac
cess
orie
s/op
tions
(“Ac
cess
orie
s”),
with
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of a
new
201
1/20
12 F
ord
F-15
0 (e
xclu
ding
Rap
tor),
Ran
ger o
r Sup
er D
uty
deliv
ered
or f
acto
ry o
rder
ed d
urin
g th
e Pr
ogra
m P
erio
d (th
e “O
ffer”
). Of
fer i
s su
bjec
t to
vehi
cle
and
Acce
ssor
y av
aila
bilit
y. Of
fer i
s no
t red
eem
able
fo
r cas
h an
d ca
n on
ly be
app
lied
tow
ards
elig
ible
Acc
esso
ries.
Any
unu
sed
porti
ons
of th
e Of
fer a
re fo
rfeite
d. To
tal A
cces
sorie
s m
ay e
xcee
d CA
D$1,
000.
Onl
y on
e (1
) Offe
r may
be
appl
ied
tow
ard
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of a
n el
igib
le v
ehic
le. C
usto
mer
’s ch
oosin
g to
fore
go th
e Of
fer w
ill qu
alify
for $
750
in c
usto
mer
cas
h to
be
appl
ied
to th
e pu
rcha
se, fi
nan
ce o
r lea
se p
rice
of a
n El
igib
le V
ehic
le (t
axes
pay
able
bef
ore
cust
omer
ca
sh is
ded
ucte
d). T
his
Offe
r can
be
used
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith m
ost r
etai
l con
sum
er o
ffers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by F
ord
of C
anad
a at
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. T
his
Offe
r is
not c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith C
PA, G
PC, D
aily
Rent
al A
llow
ance
s, th
e Co
mm
erci
al U
pfi t
Prog
ram
, or t
he C
omm
erci
al F
leet
Ince
ntive
Pro
gram
(CFI
P). L
imite
d tim
e of
fer.
Offe
r may
be
canc
elle
d at
any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
Som
e co
nditi
ons
appl
y. Of
fer
avai
labl
e to
resid
ents
of C
anad
a on
ly. S
ee D
eale
r for
det
ails.
***
Estim
ated
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n ra
tings
for m
odel
s sh
own:
201
2 F-
150
4X4
5.0L
V8:
[15.
0L/1
00km
(19M
PG) C
ity, 1
0.5L
/100
km (2
7MPG
) Hw
y]/2
011
Rang
er 4
X2 4
.0L
V6 5
-spe
ed M
anua
l tra
nsm
issio
n: [1
3.5L
/100
km (2
1MPG
) City
, 9.8
L/10
0km
(29M
PG) H
wy]
. Fue
l con
sum
ptio
n ra
tings
bas
ed o
n Tr
ansp
ort C
anad
a ap
prov
ed te
st m
etho
ds. A
ctua
l fue
l con
sum
ptio
n w
ill va
ry b
ased
on
road
con
ditio
ns, v
ehic
le lo
adin
g, v
ehic
le e
quip
men
t, an
d dr
iving
hab
its.
‡‡So
me
mob
ile p
hone
s an
d so
me
digi
tal m
edia
pla
yers
may
not
be
fully
com
patib
le –
che
ck w
ww.
sync
myr
ide.
com
for a
list
ing
of m
obile
pho
nes,
med
ia p
laye
rs, a
nd fe
atur
es s
uppo
rted.
Driv
ing
whi
le d
istra
cted
can
resu
lt in
loss
of v
ehic
le c
ontro
l, ac
cide
nt a
nd in
jury
. For
d re
com
men
ds th
at d
river
s us
e ca
utio
n w
hen
usin
g m
obile
pho
nes,
ev
en w
ith v
oice
com
man
ds. O
nly
use
mob
ile p
hone
s an
d ot
her d
evic
es, e
ven
with
voi
ce c
omm
ands
, not
ess
entia
l to
drivi
ng w
hen
it is
safe
to d
o so
. SYN
C is
optio
nal o
n m
ost n
ew F
ord
vehi
cles
. ††
†© 2
012
Siriu
s Ca
nada
Inc.
“Si
riusX
M”,
the
Siriu
sXM
logo
, cha
nnel
nam
es a
nd lo
gos
are
trade
mar
ks o
f Siri
usXM
Rad
io In
c. a
nd a
re u
sed
unde
r lic
ence
. ©
2012
For
d M
otor
Com
pany
of C
anad
a, L
imite
d. A
ll rig
hts
rese
rved
.
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Congratulations to the executive and
board of directors for this year.
President: David Mitchell,
Community Futures Mount
Waddington;
Vice-president: Annie Leblanc,
Bo-banee’s Cafe;
Treasurer: Shelley Downey, Peoples
Drug Mart;
Secretary: Angela Smith, Ocean
Rose Coastal .
Past president: Sharon Barratt,
Barratt Enterprises Ltd.
The Board of Directors: Jon Lok,
Strategic Group; Les Beech, Timberland
Sports Centre; Catherine Rosback,
ShopRite Stores; Barry Foster, Code 3
Charters; Terrence Eissfeldt, West Coast
Helicopters; Doug Brown, Sunlife
Financial; Dr. Michelle Dowker, MSC.
ND, Well Balance Clinic.
With appreciation, we honour outgo-
ing president Sharon Barratt for her
service to the Chamber of Commerce
as a President. We look forward to her
continued involvement in the office
of past president. A tremendous vote
of appreciation and thanks to Miles
Trevor, Access Forest Management, for
his service as Secretary and Director
and for his time and relentless enthu-
siasm for Christmas, Orcafest and the
McNeill Bay Trail.
Our community is richer for his par-
ticipation and care.
Thank you to Terrence Eissfeldt for
serving as treasurer.
We appreciate your continued ser-
vice to the community of Port McNeill
as a director.
New Port
McNeill
COC
board
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on deckTell us about items of interest to the sports community.
March 8-11Hockey
32nd Annual Oscar Hickes Memorial Tournament, Port Alice Arena. Compet-itive, commercial, recreational/ old-timers divisions. Play begins 6:30 p.m. Thursday; nonstop hockey from 5:30 p.m. Friday to 11:30 p.m Saturday. Finals begin 11 a.m. Sunday. Full concession, 50/50 draws, more.
March 10Minor hockey
Port McNeill peanut jamboree at Chilton Regional Arena. Concession, raffle table, 50/50 draws. Game schedule tba.
March 17Skiing
Kids Fest slalom and obstacle course races, games and snow-sculpting at Mount Cain Ski Area. Registration beginning 9 a.m., races to follow, awards in lodge. Info, www.
March 18Commercial hockey
Islanders at Mustangs, 5:30 p.m., Port McNeill.
March 23-25Bowling
Vancouver Island 5-pin championships, North Island Lanes, Port Hardy. Mens and ladies single and mens, ladies and mixed team events featuring teams from across Vancouver Island. Friday 8:30 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Banquet, party and awards follows at the Civic Centre. Info, Carla, 250-949-6544 or Sonya at 250-949-6307.
March 27Youth soccer
Deadline for registration for North Island Youth Soccer’s 2012 season. Forms in Port McNeill at Timberland Sports Centre. Info, Tammy, 250-956-4518.
Local lanes host bowling championships Gazette staffPORT HARDY—North
Island Lanes will make bowl-
ing history Mar. 23-25 when
it hosts the Vancouver Island
5-pin Bowling Championships
for the first time since the
event was created in 1986.
The championships brings
together bowling teams from
lanes in Sydney, Duncan,
Nanaimo, Parksville, Port
Alberni and the North Island
for three days of competition
and camaraderie, culminat-
ing in a wrap-up banquet,
party and awards ceremony
at the Civic Centre Sunday
afternoon. Competition will
be held in men’s and ladie’s
singles and in men’s, ladie’s
and mixed team events.
The championships begin
Friday at 8 p.m. with the
ladies singles. Bowling con-
tinues throughout Saturday,
from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.,
including the men’s singles
and preliminaries in all of the
mixed divisions.
Opening ceremonies will be
held at 11:10 a.m.
The competition wraps up
with a full session Sunday,
featuring the ladies, mens and
mixed team finals. The awards
banquet and party at the Civic
Centre follows beginning at 5
p.m., followed by a dance.
The public is invited to
watch and cheer on the bowl-
ers.
For info or to volunteer,
call Carla at 250-949-6544 or
Sonya at 250-949-6307.
Visitors take 'spiel trophy — againJ.R. RardonGazette staffPORT HARDY—To
get an idea of the regard
in which the Hugh Fraser
Memorial Bonspiel is
held, consider the view
of Courtenay skip Craig
Bernes.
"It just gets better and
better," said Bernes, a
longtime participant who
returned the the annual
Fort Rupert Curling Club
men's open spiel after a
couple years away. "This
was better than the last
one I came to, and that
was pretty darn good."
And these comments
came after Bernes was
swept away by Port
McNeill's Mike Balcke
in the D Final Sunday.
The hospitality that
so impressed Bernes
brought no fewer than 10
rinks from down-Island
to the 24-team bonspiel,
the largest on the North
Island.
One of those visi-
tors, Ray Michell of the
Campell River Curling
Club, claimed his sec-
ond straight Hugh Fraser
Memorial title by out-
dueling Port McNeill's
Rob Conley in Sunday's
A final.
A year ago, Michell
battled three-time cham-
pion Brad Zealand of
Port Hardy down to the
wire for his first win, and
had to get past Zealand
again in an epic semifi-
nal match to earn a spot
opposite Conley.
"I love coming up for
this one," said Michell.
"It's a great spiel, and
Doug (McCorquodale)
puts in a lot of work."
Conley's fun ran out
Sunday afternoon after
he and regular rinkmates
Marlo Leblanc, Bill
Geisler and Mike Gossen
rolled through the com-
petition all weekend.
The A final was a
closely contested affair,
which produced two
blank ends and five of the
remaining six ends offer-
ing just a single point.
But Michell grabbed a
three-stone pickup in the
fourth end, and that pro-
vided the difference as
Conley ran out of rocks
trailing 5-2 in the eighth
and final end.
Once he had his lead
Michell was content
to play conservatively,
clearing stones from the
house to prevent a big
pickup by Conley.
"That three-point end
was the key," Conley
admitted. "Otherwise, it
was a close match."
The B final was even
closer, with Port Hardy's
McCorquodale surviv-
ing a narrow miss-hit by
Campbell River's Tom
Veary on the final skip's
stone for a 6-4 win. After
overcoming a 4-1 deficit
through four ends and
taking a 5-4 lead by
stealing a point in the
seventh, McCorquodale
had shot rock guarded
by a Veary stone, leaving
the veteran skip with a
double-tap for a takeout.
But Veary's deflec-
tion narrowly missed
McCorquodale's stone
and spared him a tie-
breaking extra end.
The C final pitted two
visiting teams, with Rick
Cowles topping fellow
Courtenay skip Tom
Green.
Bantams bow out; atoms roll past ComoxGazette staffThe North Island Eagles rep
hockey program’s last hope
for a provincial tournament
qualifier ended Saturday when
the Eagles bantams dropped
an 8-1 decision at top-seeded
Powell River in the Vancouver
Island Tier 3 playoffs.
The loss gave Powell River
the Island’s lone berth into the
Mar. 18-23 provincial champi-
onships in Burnaby and ended
a surprising late-season run by
the North Islanders.
After going 0-10 in Division
2 league play the Eagles
notched a road playoff win
over Campbell River to place
second in the Vancouver
Island-North playoff.
They then shocked the No.
1 seed on the South Island,
Kerry Park, with another road
win that lifted them into the
best-of 3 finals series against
Powell River.
But the Kings proved to be
an insurmountable obstacle
this season. Powell River
swept the teams’ regular-
season series, then beat the
Eagles three straight times in
the playoffs.
The 8-1 finale mirrored the
score in the first meeting of
the season in Powell River,
though the Eagles put up a
much stronger fight in the
other three meetings, falling
1-0 in Port Alice and leading
the Kings 2-1 midway through
both of the next two games
before running out of steam.
Eagles Atoms 9, Comox 5
Jackson Cole scored a hat
trick and the Eagles dominat-
ed defensively in an exhibition
victory Saturday in Comox,
setting up this weekend’s
Atom Development Division
4 championship rematch with
the Chiefs in Comox.
“As the coach, it was one of
the most gratifying games to
watch this year,” Eagles coach
Marty Gage said.
“I believe in a defence-first
approach to the game, and our
defence is definitely one of
our strong points.”
Gage was also pleased to
see scoring across the lineup,
with the team’s third line scor-
ing five of the nine goals and
the second line contributing
a pair.
He also noted strong games
from defenseman Mandy
Foldy and forward Carson
Strang, particularly with his
back-checking work.
Avary Miller picked up the
win in goal while contributing
some key saves for the atoms.
Hugh Fraser Memorial Men’s Open Bonspiel
Mar. 2-4At Fort Rupert Curling
A BracketThomas d. McCorquodale; Conley d.
Schmuland; Green d. Bood; Balcke d. Veary; Michell d. Evans; Cowles d. Maday; Janusz d. Tanaka; McCulley d. Thurber; Forsberg d. Thomas; Green d. P. Walker; Michell d. Bernes; Zealand d. Janusz; Conley d. Campbell; Bjornson d. Balcke; Cowles d. Cadwallader; McCulley d. Klassen; Conley d. Forsberg; Bjornson d. Green; Michell d.
Cowles; Zealand d. McCulley.Semifinals: Conley d. Bjornson; Michell
d. Zealand.Final: Michell 5, Conley 2
B BracketBernes d. Walker; McCorquodale d. Tanaka;
Evans d. Bood; Campbell d. Klassen; Balcke d. Cadwallader; Schmuland d. Thurber; Veary d. Maday; Janusz d. Thomas; McCorquodale d. Bernes; Evans d. Campbell; Schmuland d. Balcke; Veary d. Janusz.
Semifinals: McCorquodale d. Evans; Veary d. Schmuland.
Final: McCorquodale 6, Veary 4
C BracketMaday d. Tanaka; Walker d. Thomas;
Cadwallader d. Klassen; Thurber d. Bood; Cowles d. Maday; Forsberg d. Walker; Green d. Cadwallader; Thurber d. McCulley.
Semifinals: Cowles d. Forsberg; Green d. Thurber.
Final: Cowles 6, Green 1D Bracket
Balcke d. Campbell; Bood d. Tanaka; Thomas d. Klassen; Bernes d. Janusz.
Semifinals: Balcke d. Bood; Bernes d. Thomas.
Final: Balcke 10, Bernes 2
Port McNeill skip Rob Conley delivers a shot during the A final of the Hugh Fraser Open men's bonspiel at Fort Rupert Curling Club in Port Hardy Sunday. J.R. Rardon photo
www.northislandgazette.com Thursday, March 8, 201214 Sports & Recreation
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EMMA MITCHELLThe Port McNeill forward scored the game-winner with her second goal as the Triport peewee girls team edged Gold River 6-5 Saturday in Port McNeill.
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Clockwise from above: Port Hardy's Tyrone Wallas slots a pass between Gold River goalie Aidan Leighton and an unidentified defender Saturday; Port McNeill pee-wee Cameron Grant has his pass chipped into the air in an exhibition against the RCMP; Kerrigan Sharpe of the Triport She-devils girls peewees flips a backhand at the Gold River goal.
McNeill hosts peewee palooza
J.R. Rardon photos
Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—The
North Island's peewee-level
hockey players kept busy last
weekend, playing a three-
game series against visiting
Gold River and an exhibi-
tion against a squad of RCMP
members and friends.
Port McNeill's Emma
Mitchell took a centering pass
from teammate Randi Ward
Saturday and buried it for the
game-winner as the Triport
peewee girls She-devils edged
Gold River 6-5 in the most
suspenseful contest of the
series.
Mitchell's second goal of
the game came with 10:07
remaining and capped a She-
devils comeback from a 3-2
deficit to start the third peri-
od.
Kerrigan Sharpe also scored
twice and Tiffany Watson and
Mercedes Trevor added goals.
Ward had two assists and
Sarah Case earned the win-
ning goal.
The Port McNeill Storm
also downed the Hawks, 9-7,
but the score was deceptive.
Behind a four-goal outburst
from Kaisha Laird, the Storm
built an 8-2 lead through two
periods and led 9-3 before the
Hawks closed the game with
four goals in the final 15 min-
utes. Kris Joliffe and Cameron
Grant scored twice each and
Christopher Speck added a
goal in the win. Lucas Blount
was the winning goalie.
Riley Nelson and Tyrone
Wallas scored goals for the
Port Hardy Roadrunners in
Saturday's series opener, but it
was not enough as the Hawks
claimed an 8-2 win. Trey
Morash and Jack Lavallee
added assists for Port Hardy.
Silver medalistsAvalon Adventist Academy recently placed second in the Federation of Christian Athletes junior league volleyball tourney in Abbotsford. Photo submitted
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North Island Life
‘Cause’ cups runneth overGazette staffPORT McNEILL—In a bliz-
zard of pink feathers and laugh-
ter, the inaugural Bras for a
Cause Fashion Show succeed-
ed beyond organizers’ wildest
dreams Saturday before a sold-
out crowd of 150 at the local
Community Hall.
With male models strutting
a pink runway in the crazily
decorated bras, originally dis-
played last summer at the Port
McNeill Flower Shoppe, the
audience whooped and donated
purchased tokens.
“When we first put this togeth-
er, I was hoping we’d sell 50
tickets,” said Cheryl Verbrugge,
who organized the event after
it was suggested by her father,
Les Beech. “I am completely
overwhelmed.”
The event brought in more
than $5,000 for breast cancer
research and treatment.
Chris Stewart, wearing the “Treasure Chest,” is escorted to the runway by showgirls Julie Tait and Alyssa McAstocker during the Bras for a Cause Fashion Show Saturday at the Port McNeill Community Hall.Below, from left to right: Tim Walton sports a double-barreled bou-quet; Vjeko Zima strikes a pose under the Welcome to Las Vegas sign; and Bradley Varkonja dances the Macarena during a fina-le featuring all the male models.
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Following a battle with cancer, Kalvin passed away peacefully on February 27, 2012 at Campbell River
Hospital surrounded by family members. He decided his last moments. Kalvin’s life was about love and dedication to
his family and friends.
Predeceased by his mother Patricia Rhone, brother Ken and his beloved granddaughter Lauren Hope Fox. Our hearts are heavy but his love of us; wife Gail, daughter Kelly Belanger, son Greg Fox, granddaughter Brittany
Belanger, Megan Fox mother to Ethan Fox and Evan Fox, sisters Donna Gabriel and Tina Hansen and to many nieces
and nephews will help us through our deep felt grief.
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to any charity or organization of your choice please do. In memory of his granddaughter Lauren, Kal was able to
donate his corneas for transplant.
The Fox family would especially like to thank Dr. Gunther Klein for the respect and compassion given to Kal while
under his care.
Kalvin Mark FoxAugust 16, 1937-February 27, 2012
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TRADES, TECHNICAL
LICENSED HD Mechanic &Class 1 Drivers, required forfull-time work with construc-tion company in west-centralAlberta. Wage based on expe-rience. Fax resume 780-539-3536.
MONSTER Industries, a rapidlygrowing construction and mainte-nance company servicing north-western B.C., in now accepting re-sumes for the following positions:Certifi ed “B” and “A” level welderswith fabrication experience, Certi-fi ed CWB all-position welders andCertifi ed Millwrights. Please sendresume with attached cover letter tooffi [email protected]. Unfor-tunately we are not accepting appli-cations for laborers at this time.
WELDERS WANTED. Jour-neyman 2nd and 3rd year ap-prentices with tank manufac-turing experience. AutomatedTank Manufacturing Inc. Lo-cated in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km west of Lloydminster islooking for 15 individuals thatwant long term employmentand a secure paycheque.Journeyman wages $33-$37.50/hour. Wages for ap-prentices based on hours andqualifi cations. Benefi ts, train-ing programs, full insurancepackage 100% paid by com-pany, profi t sharing bonus.Join a winning team. Call Ba-sil or Blaine for an appoint-ment or send resume to:[email protected] or [email protected] (Offi ce), 780-846-2241 (Fax).
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InstructorsFoundation Logging Skills Training
Western Forest Products Inc. is currently developing an innovative program to train individuals interested in a career in the logging industry. The Company is seeking expressions of interest from individuals who would like to be considered for the two available Instructor positions required for the Program.
Utilizing the WorkSafe BC “Cable Yarding Systems” and “Grapple Yarder and Supersnorkel” Handbooks as a guide, the Program is designed to provide entry level logging skills. Using a combination of classroom instruction and hands on training at an instructional logging site, the Instructors will teach the students the entry level prerequisites necessary to be successful in both Highlead Tower and Grapple Yarding settings. Topics covered in the program will include worker safety, environmental awareness and position skills training.
The Program will be taught at the Company’s Englewood Forest Operation, located 1.5 hours north of Campbell River and 1 hour south of Port McNeill. The Instructors will be responsible to assist with fi nalizing the Program’s curriculum and delivery of the program. We anticipate running three, seven-week programs between May and October, 2012.
Individuals interested in this opportunity must have extensive knowledge and experience on the operational side of the logging industry and ideally have worked as a Hooktender or Machine Operator during that time. Strong communication skills, patience and a demonstrated ability to teach are all necessary requirements for these positions.
Compensation for these contract positions is based upon the candidates’ skill, knowledge and experience.
Western Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results. If you believe that you have the skills and qualifi cations that we are looking for, please reply in confi dence:
Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611
Email: [email protected]
Application Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2012Reference Code: Instructor, Foundation Logging Skills
Family Resource Service & Special Services Worker
North Island Community Services is seeking highly motivated, organized and outcome-experience based individuals to work in the Family Resource Services Program and Special Services Program.
Family Resource Service will provide counselling to youth and families. Knowledge/training in group facilitation and group processes are beneficial. Applicant must have a degree in social work or counselling and have at least 5 years experience with families and youth.
Special Services Worker will work and support children and families to increase living skills, parenting skills, behaviour management and communication choices. The position may include routine crisis intervention. The majority of this service takes place in the client’s home. Preference will be given to applicants with post-secondary credentials and/or related human services experience. Previous work experience is an asset.
Both positions are currently part-time. A valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle are necessary for both positions as travel will be required. A criminal record check will be required.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please forward resume with cover letter by March 23, 2012 to:
North Island Community Services SocietyPO Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0
EPCOR Water Services has an opportunity as a full-
time permanent Water Operator 1 in beautiful Port
Hardy, BC. We are seeking candidates with a strong
service orientation, excellent work ethic, and a
proven ability to work co-operatively within a team
environment. Water Operator 1 duties are varied and
involve the operation of facilities and infrastructure
in Port Hardy’s water and wastewater utilities.
For more information and to apply, please visit www.
epcor.ca/careers, and refer to IRC24745.
The deadline to apply is March 15, 2012.
Water Operator 1
ANTIQUES/VINTAGE
Guns* Knives* MilitaryAntiques Show & Sale
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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We can show you any listed property regardless of the listing agent!! Let’s make it
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LEGAL SERVICES
LAWYER REFERRAL Ser-vice: need a lawyer? Learn more by calling 604-687-3221; 1-800-663-1919.
NAPLES FLORIDA Area! Bank acquired condos only $169,900. Same unit sold for $428,895. Own your brand new condo for pennies on the dollar in warm, sunny SW Florida! Walk to over 20 res-taurants/100 shops! Must see. Ask about travel incentives. Call 1-866-959-2825, ext 15. www.coconutpointcondos.com
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
AUCTIONS
HUGE RESTAURANT AUCTION New & Used Food Services Equipment. March 17 11am at Dodds Auction, 3311 - 28 Ave Vernon. View photos at doddsauction.com 250-545-3259
HELP WANTED
WE’RE ON THE WEB
FUEL/FIREWOOD
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
EUROPEAN MASONRY HEATERS
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Please visit:www.gilmoremasonry
heaters.com [email protected]
306-630-9116Also other masonry work
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Call 310.3535
✔ CHECK CLASSIFIEDS!
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?
SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OTwww.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT
STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Spring Deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at fac-tory and save thousands now! Call for free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
HOMES WANTED
WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?
Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?
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RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
COURTENAY Condo at PuntledgeTerrace 2 bdrm, 2BR, available im-mediately. $800/month ph 780 4672744 or [email protected]
HADDINGTON COURTAPARTMENTS
PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated
apartments for rent. Clean & quiet building.
Free cable.Furnished suites available.
Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365
KINGCOME MANOR
PORT MCNEILLNEWLY RENOVATED
Bach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.Newly furnished available.Please call for availability
& inclusions.Includes free cable.
Phone Ron and Linda250-956-3365
MARINA VIEW APTS Clean, quiet professional buildings.Beautiful ocean view. 2 bdr$700/mn. 3 bdr town home$900/mn. 250-949-0192.
PORT MCNEILLAPARTMENTS
Well managed 1 & 2Bdrm suites. Gym & sauna on site. Call for availability.
Phone Rick250-956-4555
PORT HARDY Updated 3 bdrm condo, secure building & caretaker on site. N/P, N/S. Avail. April 1. Heat & hot water incl. $725/mo. Ref. req. Call 250-949-7085 leave message.
PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse, close to schools &hospital. Avail now. 250-956-3440 www.portmcneilltownhouses.yolasite.com
North Island Church ServicesPORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCHCorner of Trustee & Highland
Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities
Office: 250-949-6844www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca
Pastor: Kevin Martineau11/12
ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED
9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247
11:00 a.m. Sunday School and ServiceWed., 1:00 pm Bible Study
Everyone welcomeMeeting rooms available [email protected]
11/12
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill
(across from Firehall)Sunday
10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741
Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor
Cell: 250-527-0144Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs
Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org
11/12
CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay
Sunday Services - 10 amReverend Lincoln Mckoen
1-250-974-5844Warden Flora Cook
250-974-5945Warden Joan Stone
250-974-223411/12
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor George Hilton
250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826“Everyone welcome”
Saturday Services9:30am - Bible Study groups
10:45am - Worship/Praise serviceWednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting
Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education
250-949-824311/12
NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am
St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11amSt. Theresa’s Port Alice:
Saturdays 5:00pmAlert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909
11/12
PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH
2501 Mine RoadSunday
9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School11:00 am - Worship Service
7:00 pm - Evening FellowshipYouth Group Wed - 7:00 pm
Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.
For information contact
11/12
LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE
(8635 Granville St. Port Hardy)250-949-8125
11/12
PORT HARDYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St
Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pmTuesday Prayer 7:30 pm
Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place
250-949-6466Pastor George & Karen Ewald
(home) 250-949-9674E-Mail:[email protected]
11/12
PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP
Sunday Services - 4pm1-250-949-6247
Box 159, Port AliceYou are extended a special invitation to
share in our Services11/12
ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITEDANGLICAN CHURCH
250-956-3533
Email: [email protected]
Sunday Worship - 9:00am
All Welcome
175 Cedar Street Port McNeill11/12
GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCHat entrance to Tsulquate Village
(8898 Park Dr)
Saturday/Sabbath
10:00 am-Sabbath School
11:15 am-Worship Service
Pastor Randy Elliott
250-230-1885 cell11/12
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Sisters Callista and Luca
Stuckless of Port McNeill
enjoyed the finals of the
men’s curling bonspiel at
Fort Rupert Curling Club
Sunday.
J.R. Rardon photo
smile...of the week.
CA H IN
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RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
PORT MCNEILLMCCLURE APT’S.
1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apart-ments, furnished or non-fur-nished. Clean & quiet. Hot water & cable included.
Call 250-956-3526, 250-230-0079.
References a must.
PORT MCNEILLMCCLURE APT’S.
1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apart-ments, furnished or non-fur-nished. Clean & quiet. Hot water & cable included.
Call 250-956-3526, 250-230-0079.
References a must.
RENT TODAY!Fully Renovated Apartments
Well Managed Building2 Bdrm & 1 Bdrm Available
Ask for the Move-in Special& the Seniors Discount!
Quality Building for Quality Tenants!!
Contact Us [email protected]
Tel:1-250-902-0351
SEAHAVEN APARTMENTS7070 Shorncliffe St.
P.O. Box 222 Port Hardy, BC2 bdr unit avail
new kitchen and fl ooringincludes
Fridge/stove, blinds, private parking stall, locker, laundry on premises.Quiet, adult building,
non smoking, no pets.References required.
Inquiries contact Janet 250-230-1462Appointment to view.
SEAWIND ESTATES-2 bdr. condo for rent. Includes w/d. $700/mth. Avail. March 1st. Call 778-875-9840 or [email protected]
TOWN PARK APARTMENTS9200 Granville St
New management. Bach/1 bdr/2bdr
Starting at $400/mthCall 250-902-0677
WEST PARK MANOR &
LINDSAY MANOR in Port Hardy
Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great
view, all clean and in excellent condition.
Also elegantly furnished executive suites available. Well maintained secure &
quiet buildings. Close to shopping.
2 year rental history and credit check required.
Friendly onsite residentmanagers.
Linda & Bruce. Call 250-949-9030 or email
for info & pictures: [email protected]
APARTMENTS FURNISHED
PORT HARDY Highland Manor
•Bachelor •1 & 2 bdrm •1 bdrm furnishedMove in incentive
on approvalReferences Call Jason
250-949-0192
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
PORT ALICESHOPPING CENTRE
Business is Great! We have a number of units of various sizes for lease.
300 sq. ft. & up.Contact Steve Edwards at
Colyvan Pacifi c 604-683-8399
COTTAGES
COAL HARBOUR One bed-room cottage, fully furnished. Available now. $500. Call 250-949-9982.
BUYING - RENTING- SELLING
Call us today to place your classifi ed ad
Call 310.3535
RENTALS
MOBILE HOMES & PADS
PORT MCNEILLMobile Home ParkShort walk to town.
Pads for rent. Water, sewer andgarbage included.$280.00/ month
Call 250-956-2355
HOMES FOR RENT
SOINTULA 315 KLAVAR RD-Ocean side 1 bath, 1 bdr + loft bdr. New bath, propane gas stove and heat. View of ocean, Very private. W/D, fridge and stove.$650/mth. Call(360)424-6974.
STORAGE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279
TRANSPORTATION
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CARS
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.
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TRANSPORTATION
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