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Can You Hear Me Now?

Joshua Addison is ready to drop a plastic toy into a bucket when he hears a sound through his ear-phones as part of his hear-ing test at the North Island Healthy Kids Day Fair at the Port Hardy Public Health office April 28. Conduct-ing the exam was Pediatric Audiologist Megan Williams, who is based in Comox. Mount Waddington Public Health hosted Healthy Kids clinics around the North Island between April 14 and April 28. The annual health fair, for three year olds, is an opportunity for parents to bring their youngsters in to be checked for dental, speech, vision, hearing and development health. Par-ents also received informa-tion about nutrition. It took about one hour for each child to complete their visit.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorPort Hardy Councillor Jessie Hemphill has

announced she will be, regretfully, stepping down in mid-September. A byelection will be held to replace her in October.

Hemphill announced that she will be staying in Nanaimo at the regular meeting of District of Port Hardy council April 26. Hemphill was first elected in 2011, the youngest woman and first person from a local First Nation to sit at

the table. In 2014, Hemphill sought re-election cam-

paigning that she would be splitting her time between Port Hardy and Nanaimo for 2015, promising to attend most council meetings in person, or via teleconference. A promise she kept, said Mayor Hank Bood. “She was an excellent councillor, period,” said Bood. Even though she was living in Nanaimo, “at the end of the day she was as good as any councillor I had,” he said.

Hemphill will be hard to replace, because “she did a really good job.”

In particular, Hemphill “drove that really necessary part of our community” which is the liaison with First Nations.

“We need to do more things together (in order to be successful) and she drove that process in a very smooth way and it worked,” said Bood.

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Investigations Office of BC (IIO) investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Port Hardy on July 8 of last year is in its final stages.

On that day, shortly after 11 a.m., Port Hardy RCMP responded to a report of a man making threats towards secu-rity staff at a firefight-ing staging area on the Port Hardy Secondary School grounds and brandishing a knife.

RCMP located the alleged suspect near the intersection of Granville Street and Highway 19 (Island Highway). A confrontation occurred, and shots were fired by police. James Reginald Butters, also known as James Hayward, a 24-year-old resident of Port McNeill, was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The next step will be for the Chief Civilian Director (CCD) of the IIO to review the inves-tigation,” said Marten Youssef, acting director,

Public Accountability with the IIO.

“If the CCD concludes that an officer may have committed an offence under any enactment he will file a report to Crown Counsel” who will decide if charges are warranted, Youssef said.

If Crown Counsel finds the officers have not committed any offence, he will pub-licly report the reason-ing behind his deci-sion which will also be available on the IIO website.

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have won the coveted (Occupational Safety Standard of Excellence) awards, which cel-ebrate Outstanding Occupational Health & Safety Performance - recognizing and rewarding employ-ers who adopt the best safety practices.

Marine Harvest Canada and Cermaq Canada are part of a small, select group chosen to receive these Safety Pinnacle Awards.

Cermaq Canada will be presented with a Sapphire Pinnacle Award and Emerald Pinnacle Award.

The Emerald Pinnacle Award is only given to companies who have achieved the certification, signed the BC Safety Charter, and maintained an injury rating below their industry average.

Marine Harvest Canada will be pre-sented with two Topaz Pinnacle Awards as a result of achieving OSSE certification, as

well as two Sapphire Pinnacle Awards for achieving both the cer-tification and also hav-ing their senior leader-ship sign the BC Safety Charter.

Continued from Page 1Hemphill also gave the district an influence

in the outside world through her involvement with various groups such as the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, said Bood. In addition to municipal politics, Hemphill runs her own consulting business, helps First Nations communities with commu-nity planning and facilitation, and is involved in a range of other roles from sitting on the board of the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Girl’s Fund to co-founding the Young Elected Officials Network.

Hemphill grew up in Port Hardy and attend-ed the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw School. As a teenager, her family lived on the reserve and she attended Port Hardy Secondary School.

During her tenure, Hemphill has been an advocate for sustainability, green power, youth engagement, community planning, economic development and First Nations relations.

In fact, Hemphill chaired the new First Nations Relations Committee which focuses on ways for the District to work towards rec-onciliation.

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When I was growing up in the Peace country in the 1970s, old-timers used to say spring and fall last 10 minutes up there.

It happened again this spring, with a hot wind sweeping across the prairies to bring an abrupt end to winter. A rash of dry grass fires spread into at least one significant forest fire north of Fort St. John.

Many BC residents don’t appreciate that the northeast cor-ner is on the other side of the Rockies. It’s a different place economically, geologically and climatically.

You see sudden chinooks in winter, like the one that confused actor and climate alarmist Leonardo DiCaprio in Alberta. You see snowfalls in August, dry spells, and tempera-tures plunging to –50.

Premier Christy Clark happened to be in Fort St. John to speak at a rally calling for the federal government to approve liquefied natural gas export projects, soon after the fires broke out. She immediately claimed this as proof that forest fire sea-sons are starting earlier every year, a human-caused disaster that could be eased by selling gas to China to replace coal.

Last year’s forest fire season started early, and the now-familiar claims were made that it would be the worst, the hot-test, etc. It also ended early and was nowhere near the worst, a point mentioned by nobody except me.

This spring’s early warm spell up north petered out within days. Now the urban media can return to fretting about unde-tectable earthquakes in the region of the province with the lowest seismic risk, until fires spring up again.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson and the B.C. Wildfire Service are more circumspect. There’s no way to predict rain-fall this summer, and thus no brave forecast about “another” bad forest fire season. Professional staff emphasize that these northeast fires don’t predict anything.

We’re coming off an El Nino winter that has been punc-tuated by claims of ever-rising temperatures. This cyclical

warm Pacific Ocean current swings next to La Nina, a cooling trend, but you won’t hear much about that.

We’ve just seen Prime Minister Justin Trudeau join other national leaders, jetting to New York City to formally sign the meaningless greenhouse gas deal they agreed to in Paris last year. It compels them to keep on flying to meetings, and not much else. It defies parody.

Yes, the climate is changing, as it always has. Yes, we’re in a period of gradual warming, although the rise is nowhere near what the UN’s climate models predict.

According to the environment ministry’s 2015 “Indicators of Climate Change” report, B.C.’s average temperature has increased about 1.5 degrees from 1900 to 2013, slightly more in the north and less in the south. That’s one one hundredth of a degree per year.

The B.C. report ritually attributes this to human-generated carbon dioxide, the only factor the UN climate bureaucracy recognizes. And here lies a key problem for the global warm-ing industry. More than 90 per cent of the greenhouse effect in the Earth’s atmosphere is from water vapour. Antarctic ice core analysis shows that over 400,000 years, increasing carbon dioxide has lagged centuries behind temperature increase. This suggests that rising temperatures lead to increased CO2, not the other way around.

Conventional climate wisdom is that B.C. will see more total rainfall as temperatures warm. This is a matter of signifi-cance to BC Hydro, which recently released its latest power supply and demand forecast.

I asked BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald at a recent brief-ing, what is the utility’s climate change factor in this forecast?

There isn’t one. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist

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

Money in politics was again front and centre in the Legislature this week, when it was revealed the Premier, Christy Clark, receives $50,000 a year from the BC Liberal Party, in addi-tion to her salary as Premier. This money is raised in part by private fund-raising events in which the financial elites pay the Liberal Party for exclusive access to the Premier.

The Opposition is challenging these fund-raising methods. We have taken this issue to the Conflict of Interest Commissioner arguing that this style of fund-raising is effectively selling influence. The Premier has a lawyer to defend her who is being paid from the public purse by the BC Liberal caucus.

This abuse is just one reason we want to end both union and corporate donations to all our political parties.

But the BC Liberals do not appear to realize the sig-nificance of this. The Premier and MLAs laughed when we asked about the payments. Likewise they seem to find no fault in illegal real estate transactions which we have raised in the Legislature as they continue to shrug off people’s every-day problems caused by their policies such as hospital wait-lists, school closures and the high costs of hydro and ferries.

I spent much of the week in a one-on-one with the Minister of Transportation as we went through his budget estimates. Inevitably a great deal of the time was spent on BC Ferries and the BC Liberals’ gross negligence of our marine high-way. The Minister’s point of view is that everything is just fine, whether I asked him about the high cost of fares or raised concerns about the new LNG fuelled vessels. And when the going got too tough, he claimed he is not “responsible for” BC Ferries. This despite the fact he is the representative of the single shareholder in the corporation: the BC government.

He also refused to guarantee that any federal dollars allocat-ed to BC Ferries through the New Build Canada Fund would be spent either in BC or in Canada. BC Ferries has already spent millions of dollars in Poland and other European coun-tries on vessels. It would be a sad irony if thanks to the BC Liberal Government, the Build Canada Fund is used to sup-port industries in Poland.

Among the legislation debated this week was the Greenhouse Gas Industrial Control Amendment Act. It was less than two years ago that we opposed the first iteration of this bill which did nothing to guarantee a reduction of emissions from the LNG industry; the amendments give the industry even more latitude. We voted against them.

We also finalized the Great Bear Rainforest Act and voted in favour of the new approach to managing our land base. As I have mentioned before there will have to be strong oversight to ensure that the plan works and I have concerns that the First Nations from Kingcome Inlet and the Gwa’sala Nakwaxda’xw were not fully consulted.

On the International Day of Mourning, the Opposition introduced a bill which would officially recognize the day. But we all know we have to go beyond symbolism to ensure worker safety. This is a poignant time for everyone; in the North Island three workers were killed on the job last year. That is three too many. The BC Liberals have weakened many labour laws and we need to rebuild regulations on workplace safety.

As always I can be reached by email at [email protected], by phone on 250-287-5100 in Campbell River or 250-949-9473 in Port Hardy. Check my Facebook page for regular updates and feel free to follow me on Twitter @clairetrevena.


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(Editor’s Note) In an interview with CBC, British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service said an internal policy review related to last year’s high-profile case of Bryce Casavant refusing to euthanize two orphaned baby bears, Jordan and Athena, will soon be complete. Deputy Chief Chris Doyle said he doesn’t believe anything was wrong with a policy that suspended Bryce Casavant and later transferred him for refus-ing an order to kill the cubs deemed to be

habituated to humans. He was responding to comments made by Casavant in a podcast.

As a result of the exchanges, Casavant will be back in arbitration May 9, and wrote this letter to the COS).

Dear Editor,Sir,As a regular common citizen I would like

to take this opportunity and respond to your CBC interview and comments made regard-ing a public issue of conflict wildlife calls.

First and foremost, thank you, I value your opinion as a public leader of an armed BC Agency.

While I may disagree with some of your comments - to loosely quote Evelyn Hall - I would defend to the death your right to say them. It is my political belief that the fundamental right to free speech and the expression of one’s views and opinions is the mortar that holds the bricks of society together. It is also my political belief that transparency and public consultation are, in themselves, two of the most fundamental aspects of good community governance. As a citizen, I hope that your agency can put aside fears of criticism and embrace the values of the communities its agents work in.

I pray that the agency will find, within itself, the ability to engage in public consul-tation for its policy review; and, hopefully, find the strength to allow me to participate as a common man and competent researcher.

I deeply value the service of all law enforcement officers in this province.

I am also cognizant and respectful of the

great public safety service that is provided by your agency and its members - my former brothers and sisters. However, within my political view of good community gover-nance, the need to provide a public safety service does not diminish the rights and free-doms of the citizenry; nor does it exempt the agent of the Crown from his/her obligations to uphold the law of the land and to exercise his/her powers and authorities within the confines of governing legislation.

To loosely quote Sir Robert Peel, “The police are the people and the people are the police”. We must not forget that being an armed public servant comes with a great social responsibility; that justifiable discre-tion and sound judgement are the founda-tions of public trust; that, as armed agents of the Crown we are still citizens within the communities we serve, neither above nor below the common man - for we are all com-mon ourselves.

Respectfully,Bryce Casavant, CMAS, MA

Port McNeill

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Dear Editor,It’s a beautiful Saturday morning in Port

Hardy, I am sitting at my table eating my breakfast while reading my recent issue of the North Island Gazette. All is well in the world until I read a letter to the editor from a disgruntled angry person spewing hate at people he knows nothing about “off their overpaid, under-worked asses” is not an appropriate means of communication. I

would have hoped his letter would have been edited to allow for the issue to be heard and not the hate.

I would like to note that when I purchased property near the trees I fully expected to hear the crows, who also make a terrible ruckus throughout the day without any notice to myself or the other neighbours.

Natasha DickinsonPort Hardy

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorWorkers are pushing

hard towards a June opening of the Kwa’lilas Hotel (formerly the Port Hardy Inn).

In an exterior walking tour last week, K’awatsi Economic Development General Partner Corporation (KEDC) Executive Director Conrad Browne pointed out the new cedar siding going up on the exterior of the building.

The cedar was spe-cially ordered from a company in Surrey, and cut for this project with oversized dimensions.

“We are thrilled with the quality. It’s really bringing home the big house feel,” Browne said.

Behind those walls, about 50 construc-tion workers, 25 that belong to the ‘kawa’si Construction Company owned by KEDC and 25 hired from North Island firms are focused on getting the job done.

“We’ve basically got the lion’s share of the people who are in con-struction working for us,” said Browne.

To date, he estimates the economic impact on the North Island (from Campbell River north) to be “a couple million

dollars.”Workers are booked

into the KEDC’s other Port Hardy property, Pier Side Landing, and are spending their dollars on dining out, replacing broken tools, etc.

Inside, workers are at the paint and drywall stage, but before they reached that point, the hotel was basically torn back to the studs - revealing one of the biggest surprises - no vapour barrier, said Browne.

So all new insulation was put in, the barrier was installed, along with drywall that is double the thickness of

the old material.In addition, the hotel

received all new elec-trical wiring, plumbing, heating and cooling sys-tem, roof, windows, and even a traditional smoke hole. There will also be a new grand entrance.

Furniture arrived last week and was stored in the pub area so it could be moved right into rooms as painting and flooring was completed.

“We’re planning a soft opening for June 1 and be full on by June 15. Is it going to be a big push? You bet it is,” he said.

“We’re taking it as a very personal chal-lenge” to be ready on

time.In addition to the

rooms, construction is also happening on the conference centre por-tion of the hotel which “will take a few extra weeks.”

This work includes raising the ceiling from eight feet to 12 feet.

The pub, pool and restaurant will also be renovated in time to be open this summer.

Once complete, the Kwa’lilas Hotel is going to be “something that the Nation is going to be proud of and the whole community can be proud of,” say Browne.

“We’re trying to be ‘that’ place.”


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By Tyson WhitneyReporterNorth Island College (NIC) was granted delegate

status at the Town of Port McNeill’s council meet-ing April 18.

NIC’s Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Randall Heidt, made a presentation regarding the College’s five-year-plan, (which details their recent progress and contributions to people, community and economic development) their specific focus and plans for the Mount Waddington region, and the distinctive opportunities and challenges faced as a rural college serving a large geographic area and widely-dispersed population. Heidt handed out booklets which illustrated NIC’s strategic priorities and goals.

The plan “brings clarity and focus to the next

five years for us,” said Heidt, adding that “student experiences and success is our number one priority.”

Caitlin Hartnett, NIC’s campus community coor-dinator for Port Hardy, who was present at the meet-ing as well, thought the NIC’s presentation “went really well. The council was engaged with our plan and gave us feedback in regards to what the com-munity needs.”

Hartnett added that the five-year plan was put together “so that we have a vision to move forward.”

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorA notice has been

posted at the Port Hardy Cemetery asking residents to remove items from grave sites.

According to the District of Port Hardy’s cemetery bylaw no grave space is allowed to be defined by a fence, hedge or rail-ing other than a tab-let type memorial approved by the dis-trict.

According to the bylaw, cut flow-ers, wreaths and flo-ral offerings may be placed on graves, but may be removed by the caretaker when their condition is con-sidered to be detri-mental to the beauty of the cemetery.

“The cemetery has been a subject of dis-cussion not just with this Council, but previous Councils

as well. Council and staff struggle with upholding this bylaw, but this measure is just that; it is an effort to uphold our bylaw,” said Chief A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Officer Allison

McCarrick.“Two rounds of let-

ters have gone to all cemetery plot holder families or represen-tatives,” McCarrick said.

The District is asking loved ones to remove

items from grave sites prior to midnight on May 16. After that date, District staff will clear all remaining items which will be boxed and stored at the District office for six months.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorGlobal TV News

created some excite-ment in Port Hardy last Thursday as they arrived to broadcast live from Carrot Park.

According to Anchor Chris Gailus the team was in town as part of a focus on BC Tourism.

“We’re hopscotching around the province picking one location each week to highlight and talk about tourism and tourism-related things,” Gailus said.

Transforming and diversifying the local economy, so that it is not so reliant on the resource industry, into something that is more supportive of tourism is one of the stories coming out of Global’s visit to the North Island, said Gailus.

Keeping in mind, of course that “part of what makes this (area) special is it’s remote-ness.”

“I think their aim is to find out how we feel about our evolving economy and being

the gateway to the wil-derness, the place that people in the city go to when their looking to wind down,” said Mayor Hank Bood who did an interview with Global while they were here.

“We talked about the

North Coast Trail, our world class diving, and the fact that we seem to be having a little upturn in our economy that seems to be due to tourism and cultural tourism for one,” said Bood.

“The publicity will

open the window on the fact that Port Hardy is becoming a place where people from all over the world come to see the wild,” said the Mayor.

Gailus was joined live by Meteorologist Mark Madryga.


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Port Hardy Primary Health Care CentrePhysician NewsDr. Annelaine Grobler has announced she is ceasing her practice at the Port Hardy Primary Health Care Centre the end of June. She will be available for appointments until June 30, 2016.

Island Health wishes to thank Dr. Grobler for her services to the community over the past year and welcome her replacement, Dr. Gregory Kutney.

Dr. Gregory Kutney, will join the Port Hardy Primary Health Care Centre on July 4th, 2016.

The following physicians at the Port Hardy Primary Health Care Centre are also accepting new patients: Dr. Armogam, Dr. Bai and Dr. Whittaker.

It is not necessary to arrange for the transfer of your records if your new doctor will be practising at the Port Hardy Primary Health Care Centre.

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UPCOMING MEMBER TO MEMBER MEETING:Hosted by Community Futures on Wednesday,May 18 from 6-8 pm (Food & refreshments provided)These events have been a wonderful way to get to know the business community and network with each other.

NEXT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING:When: June 22, 2016Where: Sportsman RestaurantTime: Noon till 1 pmGuest Speaker: Michael Stephens/NIEFSMichael is the coordinator for the wage subsidy program and will be giving a presentation on how employers can access these funds.

NEW 2016/2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Gaby Wickstrom (Oceanview Driving School) - PresidentDavid Mitchell (Community Futures) - Past PresidentDamaris Sadler (Hannah Rock Fisheries) - Vice PresidentAnnie Leblanc (The Rock Pub) - TreasurerJessica McLaughlin (West Coast Helicopters) - SecretaryDirectors:Chris Stewart – At Waters Edge VenturesChris Sharpe – Progressive DieselShelley Frost – Strategic Natural Resource ConsultantsDoug Brown – Sun Life FinancialMichelle Alfred – Coastal Community Credit UnionLynn Iskra – White Cap Ventures

We have a diverse board of directors this year who are excited about promoting and supporting the business community. There are still two vacant positions open should you wish to join the Chamber team!

EVENTS CALENDAR REMINDERWe have expanded our events calendar to include activities in and around the region. One of the things we often hear from people moving to or visiting the North Island is the di� culty they have � nding out what is going on. If you would like to have your event listed on our calendar please email the address below.

For information please contact: Gaby Wickstrom - PresidentPh: 250 230 9952 Email: [email protected]: www.portmcneill.net

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditor“We in the North

Island are often the suppliers, but we don’t see the benefits,” said Councillor Fred Robertson at the District of Port Hardy regular council meeting April 26.

Robertson made the comment to BC Salmon Farmers Association Executive Director Jeremy Dunn who was in town to give an update on the associa-tion’s activities.

Dunn said that 55 per cent of BC’s salmon is processed in Port Hardy by Marine Harvest,

which employs about 100 people, and primary processor Hardy Buoys, which employs about 75 during peak season, Dunn said.

“The majority of our salmon grown in BC is processed and packaged right here in Port Hardy creating a significant number of full-time jobs and spi-noff business such as our most significant supplier is based in Port Hardy which is James Walkus Fishing Company,” said Marine Harvest Director of Public Affairs Ian Roberts in a later inter-view.

There was some dis-

cussion around the table about workers being brought up island by bus, to work on site at fish farms, and then being shipped back down island rather than living and working here.

Robertson said he would like to see employers do more to encourage employees to live in North Island communities.

“We’ve got lots of room everywhere,” Robertson said.

Dunn responded that keeping families in small communities is a challenge, and that they have greater suc-cess with First Nations partners because they

have much greater ties to their communities.

Marine Harvest has already started doing some of this work.

“We’ve created day-crew shifts at our Port Hardy salmon farms to encourage families to live in the local area,” said Roberts.

Dunn added that salm-on farming, although the number one agricul-tural product in British Columbia, is “actually a really small industry” in Canada.

The world’s larg-est producer, Norway, has managed to create secondary and tertiary economies from salmon because of the size of its industry. “As we grow, the investment into these communities will continue,” said Dunn.

The North Island has 30 years of experi-ence with the fish farm industry, said Mayor Hank Bood. “You know our door is open,” said Bood, adding that “we expect you to leave something behind in the community.”

“Hopefully the investment that Marine Harvest makes in the communities to arts, sports, and infrastruc-ture also encourages our employees to live in the area,” Roberts said.

The salmon industry is “obviously making an effort” to create jobs in North Island communi-ties, said Bood, some-thing “you don’t see from industry that has been here longer.”

“If they (Marine Harvest) weren’t here right now, we’d be in trouble,” said Councillor Dennis Dugas.


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Remembering the Battle of the AtlanticThe Port Hardy Legion held a memorial service on Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m. to honour the men and women who took part in the ‘Battle of the Atlantic’, which was the longest campaign of WWII. The memorial featured ‘Pusser’s rum’ (Original Navy Rum) as part of the ceremony.

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown LandFile Number 1414406 Take notice that BC Timber Sales, Seaward (tlasta) Business Area in Port McNeill advertises that the future BC Timber Sales tenure holder may make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, (North Island – Central Coast District Office in Port McNeill) for a License of Occupation for industrial log handling, skidway, barge ramp, dumping, booming, storage, and a float / barge camp. The site is situated on provincial Crown land located in Caution Cove and the file number is 1414406.

For more information or to submit written comments, contact Operations Technician Kathy Walker (Box 7000, 2217 Mine Road, Port McNeill, B.C., V0N 2R0. – [email protected]) or Woodlands Supervisor Barb Drennan (Box 7000, 2217 Mine Road, Port McNeill, B.C., V0N 2R0 or [email protected]).

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bers followed the aroma of cof-fee for the most recent Member to Member meeting April 15 at North Island Secondary School (NISS). The meeting was hosted by 1-Eleven Roasting, a student-operated coffee roasting company.

This innovative program started with a student looking for another block in Doug Abbot’s Learning Assistance classroom. Abbot explains, “I thought we could do more than that so I offered him an entrepreneurial studies block and he built the very first coffee roaster and started roasting cof-fee. He built a vacuum brewer and started brewing it and selling it to teachers twice a day.” Teachers being a great market for coffee and requests from people wanting to buy bags of coffee led to a success-ful fund-raiser for the girl’s soccer team. The program got more popu-

lar, involving more students and it quickly became apparent to Abbot that it was bigger than one student and himself. His enthusiasm conta-gious, Abbot is a huge cheerleader for the program and building rela-tionships with other departments and the community. Abbot says, “this wasn’t sitting around and talking hypotheticals, we weren’t doing worksheets, we were actu-ally running a business. And this thing could succeed or it could fail. The more real we can make this for our students, the more they engage, the better they’re going to learn, the more fun they’re going to have.”

According to Abbot the first roaster was a brilliant design, but something more high quality and safer was required. A team of stu-dents and teachers sat down and started designing a new one. It took about three months and Abbot praises the design as “phenom-enal.” Not pretty perhaps, but the stainless steel drum inside an alu-

minum body is hooked up to a computer with thermometers and roaster all talking to each other. Add engineering, woodworking, computer science and electrical experience to an impressive list of skills students are learning.

Jay Dixon, principal of NISS wants to ensure 1-Eleven Roasting is a legacy for future students and states, “our long-term vision is a drive through coffee shop on our property similar to the one in Port Hardy across from Home Hardware and to have that building constructed by our shop students and managed through our entre-preneur students. Have it so that you can drive through to buy a bag of coffee or have students sell you a coffee.” Not waiting for handouts from the provincial government Dixon adds, “we’re going to build programming that’s unique to the North Island and we’re going to be entrepreneurs.”

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April 1 – May 15Enter for a cash prize in the BC Aboriginal Writing

Contest (www.inourownvoice, closes May 15) A part-nership initiative between Rebel Mountain Press and Vancouver Island Regional Libraries.

April 30 - Sept. 30Port Hardy Museum Temporary exhibit “Gwazi & Port

Hardy”.

May 6Coastal Community Credit Union’s barbecue on behalf

of the Hardy Bay Senior Citizen’s Centre, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

May 14Hardy Bay Senior Citizen’s Centre garage sale 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. You may make a donation and we can pick it up or have your own table and pay a donation. Please call and leave a message at 250-949-7252. Rain or Shine.

May 12Free Public event: No Dream too Big at the Port Hardy

Public Library at 6 p.m. What is the refugee experience like? Okumu Lomudak shares how life is for refugees and why Canada provides hope to many living a hopeless life. An “eternal displaced person” in his home country of Northern Sudan, Lomudak experienced refugee life

in an Ugandan camp and in Ethiopia. Lomudak arrived to Canada in 1997 and is currently a Port Hardy Pastor.

May 14

An Introduction to Short Story Writing with Garth Holden. Saturdays, May 14th through to June 18th at the Port McNeill Public Library.

May 14

Port McNeill Lions Club is hosting its annual Action Auction. Doors open at 6 p.m. Auction starts at 7 p.m. All items are new, there will be concession and refresh-ments. For more info please call 250-956-4394.

May 149 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Berry good) Pancake Breakfast and

Plant Sale! Grassroots, 7580 Park Drive, Port Hardy. Tomato, Basil, Pepper plants and more. For more info, contact Dawn, [email protected] or 250-230-4243

May 14 – June 18Short Story Writing with Garth Holden at Port McNeill

Public Library. Saturdays from 11:45 – 1:45 p.m. All skill levels welcome. Please drop in.

May 14North Island Farmers and Artisans Market, Hyde

Creek Petro Canada, 10-2, Rain or Shine

May 21-23Sointula 20th Annual Men’s Baseball Tournament. For

more information phone 250-973-6153.

May 28 6 p.m. to Midnight, Relay for Life, Rock out to Knock

out Cancer theme. Register online at www.relayforlife.ca, call Sabrina @ 250-949-8485 or come see her at the Scotia Bank in Port Hardy.

June 5 Hardy Bay Senior Citizen’s Centre Pancake Breakfast

during Senior’s Week, 9 a.m. to l p.m. Everyone is wel-come to come and share breakfast at the Centre. This is by way of a donation and open to the public.

June 8 Oceans Day - Hosted by the Port Hardy Chamber of

Commerce, this celebration will continue through the day with interactive and educational activities focused on the ocean.

June 10Harvest Food Bank Garden workshop and work party.

Light lunch provided. RSVP so there is enough food. Sign up sheet at the food back or call or text 250230-4243.

June 11Hardy Bay Senior Citizen’s Centre barbecue at the

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regions across Canada and will be seeking input from the fisheries sector in Port Hardy on May 10 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce office.

The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters (CCPFH) has embarked on a two and a half year study. It will document skill needs and labour supply challenges in coastal communities where seasonal fisher-ies are essential to the local economy.

“The seasonal nature and other attributes of the fisheries - often seen as a problem - can offer positive opportunities to share skilled workers among different sectors,” says John Sutcliffe, executive director of the CCPFH. “The study will help create a strategy to match skill sets with job market opportunities and will focus on seasonality and labour market gaps.”

The fishing industry - harvesters, pro-cessors and suppliers - is the largest pri-

vate sector employer in Atlantic Canada. In British Columbia the fisheries is a significant employer in many rural coastal communities and Aboriginal communities.

In recent years the fishery has faced serious challenges including shorter fishing seasons, rising costs, declining commodity prices and reduced resource availability.

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“It becomes necessary to look at the fishing industry in the context of the Canadian econ-omy as a whole and to investigate opportuni-ties for integrating it in the wider Canadian labour market to help sustain the fishery workforce‚“ stated Sutcliffe. “Opportunity lies in the seasonal nature of the fishery and in the transferable skills of those in the industry. The fishery offers a large reservoir of formal and informal skills.”

The study will explore opportunities for the fishery workforce to use their current

skills in other occupations during the non-fishing season and evaluate this as a strategy to address labour market supply and demand issues in the industry and in the wider economy.

Opportunities for out-of-season employ-ment for the fishing industry will be exam-ined within fishing communities, in other marine sectors and in non-marine sectors throughout Canada.

“Our government fully recognizes the importance of the fishing industry in many of Atlantic Canada’s rural and coastal com-munities. We are supporting this industry by opening new markets for our world-class fish and seafood products‚“ said Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. “We are also pleased to support industry-led initia-tives, such as this study led by the Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters. I am confident this will provide some valu-able solutions to workforce issues faced by this sector.”

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By Trish WeatherallFor the GazetteNorth Island College is bringing a new pro-

gram to Port Alice to assist unemployed older workers. Wendy Samaroden presented the program and its requirements to 15 people at the Port Alice Community Centre on April 18.

The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers program helps the unemployed aged 55-64 to reintegrate into the labour market through a variety of skills training, she told attendees.

The 12-week program offers training, group work, individual work and pays the partici-pant a weekly allowance from May 9 to July 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Thursday.

“One-hundred per cent commitment and attendance are required to receive the allow-ance,” said Samaroden.

Eligibility criteria includes being 55-64 (although workers 50-54 may be considered), unemployed and involuntarily displaced, EI has run out or will soon, and legally entitled to work in Canada.

“Employability skills are a large focus of the program,” said Samaroden, “from communi-cation skills to conflict resolution.”

They will also provide math and English assessments and upgrading, career explora-tion, essential skills, computer skills training, workshops, self-employment information, and online training options.

Samaroden also discussed a business start-up course. She encouraged potential entrepre-neurs to look at the economic development strategy on the Village of Port Alice web site for business ideas.

There are 12 openings in the Port Alice program, and an application and interview are required.

Anyone interested in applying for the pro-gram should contact Wendy Samaroden at 888-293-3177 ext. 7728 or email [email protected].

The TIOW program is funded by the provin-cial and federal governments and was initiated by the Neucel Port Alice Worker Transition

Team, a collaboration of the Village of Port Alice, North Island College, the Regional District of Mount Waddington, North Island Employment Foundations Society, the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, WorkBC, Unifor, and Neucel, to assist displaced workers following the Neucel mill curtailment.

North Island Employment Foundations Society Regional Operations Manager Donna Desmet was also on hand at the presentation to explain its services including personal plan-ning with a case manager, access to training, assistance with self-employment or wage sub-sidy employment. NIEFS can also help with cost such as transportation to an interview or necessary gear and clothing.


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The dance recital features recre-ation and performing arts students performing “ballet, tap, jazz, modern

and stage,” said Portside Academy Owner Alanna Collins. “With inter-mission, the show is just under two hours long, it’s our ninth year put-ting it on, and we hold it every year on Mother’s Day weekend.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets (under five are free) are available at the Clothes Inn in Port McNeill, the Flora Borealis flower shop, or at the door.

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Port Alice Prepared for EmergenciesBy Trish WeatherallFor the GazettePort Alice Emergency Coordinator

Maria Farrell held a meet and greet information session at the community centre April 16 from 4-6 p.m. as part of Tsunami Awareness Week.

Farrell demonstrated the Port Alice Emergency Services web site (http://portalice.ca/village-office/emergency-services), provided information hand-outs on emergency preparedness as well as on specific catastrophic events like earthquakes, tsunamis, and land-slides.

She also had examples of 72-hour emergency kits to demonstrate what goes into them, and door prizes of emergency kit packs or a manual wind emergency radio.

In the event of a local emergen-cy such as earthquake, landslide or

tsunami, Farrell will operate the Emergency Evacuation Centre at the Community Centre, coordinate emergency response and services, and ensure that necessary assistance is provided to the public.

“In light of the recent earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan, I had hoped to see more people come out,” said Farrell.

“I recommend that those who weren’t able to attend today visit the Village of Port Alice web site to see the village’s emergency plan, evacuation plan, and emergency services.”

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Sports First Nation Soccer Tournament, Salmon Prince & Princess Pageant, Parade, Crowning of Salmon Prince & Princess, Kids races etc. in Alert Bay. More info. 250-974-5556.

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Island Loggers Golf Tournament, Seven Hills Golf Course. More information contact Bill Gray 250-230-0711.

June 27-July 1Excell Hockey

School Port McNeill Camp will run from June 27 to July 1. Early Bird Discount of $299 if booked by May 15. Registration forms at Timberland Sports. For more info Benn Olson at [email protected], call 1-778-867-9682.

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Submitted PhotoThe Port Hardy soccer team (yellow jerseys) battles for the ball against the Alert Bay soccer team , blue jerseys, in the U18 finals of the Mudbowl soccer tournament, Sunday, May 1 on the North Island Secondary School soccer pitch. Port Hardy ended up winning 2-1 in a close, back and forth match.

Non-muddy Mud Bowl in McNeillby Tyson WhitneyReporterDefying its name, it was a beautiful sunny

weekend for soccer matches in Port McNeill as the annual Mud Bowl tournament hit the field Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1.

With over 60 teams competing in divi-sions ranging from U6 to U18, featuring Vancouver Island teams from Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Alert Bay, Port Alberni, and Gold River, the all-day/all-weekend event featured nonstop action, a concession, priz-es, and most importantly, fun for players and spectators alike.

In the mini divisions, U6-U10, each team got to play four games and were awarded prize bags from the tournament organizers.

In the U12 boys division, Port McNeill 2 played four games and won the finals on Sunday; in the U12 girls division, it was Port Hardy 2 who took first place; in the U15 boys division, Port Hardy 2 took first place; in the U15 girls division, Port Hardy 2 took first place; and in the U18 finals, Port Hardy defeated Alert Bay 2-1 in a very close, back-and-forth finals game to close out the non ‘muddy’ tournament for another year.

SubmittedThe Port Hardy Secondary

School (PHSS) Junior girls soccer team had another early departure down island to play Mark Isfeld in Courtenay on Thursday, April 28.

Three games were scheduled to qualify for the North Island Championships that will be held on May 5 and 6 in Comox. Congratulations to the PHSS Junior Girls for their success of winning two out of three games that day. They played Mark Isfeld in a competitive game ending it with a 3-2 win. The next game was against Port Alberni and they won 6-1. The final, and most challeng-ing game of the day, was against Brooks and the girls did not seem to get their momentum until the second half and it ended in a loss for PHSS; the score was 3 for PHSS and 6 for Brooks. However, the Junior Girls still qualified for the North Island Championships next week, as they have placed 2nd out of seven teams in the league. The Junior girls would like to thank the following businesses and people for their help in fund-raising, as without these efforts the girls would be unable to travel.

We would like to thank PHSS PAC for their donation to the team and licence for the raffle, Courtney Pratt and Colleen Martin for making and printing raffle

tickets, James Walkus Fishing for the donation, Overwaitea Foods for allowing the team to raise money through their hot-dog fund-raiser, parents/guard-ians of players in helping with the fund-raisers and encourag-ing their children to participate, as well as buying whatever the

children are selling.The girls have fund-raised over

$3,000 through their efforts of selling Purdy’s chocolates, hav-ing a raffle, and a hotdog fund-raiser.

Thank you to all of the support-ers of our fund-raisers.

A last thank you goes to the

coaches, Scott Harris and Jim Clair, for taking time to travel and coach these young ladies during one of the best times of their lives - high school at PHSS, inclusive of the bus trips with our fabulous driver - Shelly Wilson.

Good luck to the girls next week at the Championships

Junior girls head for provincials

Submitted PhotoThe Port Hardy Secondary School Junior girls soccer team played three games, winning two of them, in Courtenay on Thursday, April 28 to qualify for the North Island Championships held May 5 and 6 in Comox.


Tyson Whitney PhotoGala Garners Funds

North Island Secondary School (NISS) Principal Jay Dixon opened the Port McNeill Rotary Club’s Spring Fling Gala event ‘Build the Wall’ April 30 with a few stories and jokes The event had a fantastic turnout and was a successful fund-raiser to help erect a climbing wall in the NISS gymnasium.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe 37th annual Oscar Hickes hockey tour-

nament in March was a huge success for the Village of Port Alice.

At a recent Port Alice village council meeting a letter from the head of the Oscar Hickes orga-nizing committee, Russell Murray, was received.

The letter stated that the group would like to “thank the Village of Port Alice for their contin-ued support of the tournament. The 37th annual was a great success. We had 13 teams this year and hundreds of people come spend the weekend in Port Alice. In total, the tournament raised over $15,000 for the youth groups including minor hockey, Sea View parent advisory, North Island

Secondary School Dry Grad, and Henny Penny Play School. Town businesses saw a large eco-nomic boost for the weekend. It was nice to see the town busy again, if only for a weekend. It takes many people to put on such a large event and the staff at the village office, the arena, and the community centre play a large role. We understand that the village is facing tough eco-nomic times and that they will face even tougher decisions, but we hope that this year’s tourna-ment will not be the last one held in Port Alice.”

“Don’t we all,” said Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen.

Councillor Dave Stewart thinks “$15,000 is on the low end of what was raised this year, it was really incredible.”

Hickes a huge success

By Tyson WhitneyReporter“The Dragon Boat

program has been three years in the making,” said Sean Barfoot, Eagle View Elementary School’s Physical Education and Outdoor Experiential Learning teacher. “It is a part-nership between Eagle View and Fort Rupert elementary schools, the Tri-Port Dragon Boat Society and the Coast Guard.”

A total of 20 stu-dents from the two schools have been given the opportu-nity to paddle around each Friday morning in Hardy Bay. “The Tri-Port Dragon Boat Society provides the vessel, the Millennium Dragon Boat, and certi-fied coaches teach the paddling techniques,” said Barfoot. The Coast Guard provides water safety instructions and the Port Hardy Rotary

“generously donated life jackets for every par-ticipant in the program. We are also very grate-ful for parent volunteer Wade Daly who has been coming out each Friday morning in his zodiac to ride alongside the Millennium Dragon Boat. This is a safety

boat which is required by the school district in the event of an emergen-cy.” The program aims to create engaging expe-riences for students, focusing on developing a culture of active and healthy living.

“The sport of dragon boating is thriving on the

North Island for adults. It just makes sense to introduce the youth to a sport which resonates so strongly with our com-munity,” added Barfoot, who thanked all the volunteers who helped “create this rich learn-ing opportunity for our students.”

Submitted PhotoFort Rupert and Eagle View Elementary students went dragon boating with Joy Zwicker (far right) at the seaplane launch dock, just past the Glen Lyon Inn on Friday, April 15 in Port Hardy.

Schools taste dragon boatingGazette staffThe annual Go Fly a Kite Day

event will take flight June 18.At their regular meeting April

28, District of Port Hardy Council approved a request by organizer Candy Nomeland to use Carrot Park for the event again this year.

“Last year we had 78 children join in on the fun” which includ-ed building and flying kites, and enjoying arts and crafts, said Nomeland.

Council also agreed to donate 10 single-use pool passes to be used as prizes.

Go Fly a Kite back in Carrot Park

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By Trish WeatherallFor the GazetteThere is a dog whis-

perer on Vancouver Island North, as a dozen dogs and their humans discovered during a dog behav-iour seminar at the Doug Bondue Arena on April 16 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Resident Lynda Banting coordinated the event to bring the experts to Port Alice after working with some of them with her own rescue dog.

For $40 per house-hold the session fea-tured an introduction to training informa-tion, demonstrations, the local rescue soci-ety, and a dog groom-er.

First, Alex Shore of 4 Paws Rescue Society in Port Hardy, told the group its mission is to offer services such as spaying, flea treat-ments, re-homing, veterinary bill assis-tance, and food to households in need. The non-profit society is volunteer operated and raises funds main-ly through deposit returns, with a goal to prevent overpopu-lation, have healthy pets, and a humane community in the Tri-Port area.

“If you can’t afford your vet bill, please call us at 250-230-7297,” said Shore.

Then certified pet trainers Nicole Mackay and Laura McAlduff

of Talk Dog Talk! discussed thresh-olds and reactiv-ity in dogs. “90 per cent of lung-ing and barking is motivated by fear,” said Mackay. “Dogs read body language, with both people and other dogs.”

Tips included meeting or greet-ing a dog from the side at their level, knowing what makes your dog nervous and posi-tioning yourself between the dog and the ‘issue’, and letting other people know if your dog needs space.

Tracy Roper of Critter Clips Pet Grooming in Port Alice also provided a display of the tools of her trade and was available for ques-tions.

During the next hour and a half, dog behaviourist and rehabilitationist Ken Griffiths, BScH, who can often be seen in Port McNeill walk-ing up to 10 dogs, impressed the crowd with a live training demonstration with four of his dogs, and with a few of the attending pets.

“I’m speechless,” said Spencer Mousek, whose three-year-old pit bull Monty has always pulled her while walking on

leash. She watched as within minutes, Griffiths had the dog walking calmly beside him, on and off leash. “This totally blows my mind. I thought I had tried everything, but it’s nice to know there is hope.”

Griffiths repeated the feat with 1.5 year-old pit bull Sky, whom he called an ambassa-dor for the breed with her good behaviour and quick learning. Owner Jodie Belliveau said of the session, “I thought it was really good and I was proud of Sky. Now I want to use these techniques for jumping up and barking at the door.” Ken had Sky and three other dogs that pulled

while on leash walk-ing next to him off leash within minutes.

“The key to walking a dog is that you are the pack leader, and the dog must follow you,” said Griffiths. “Your energy is impor-tant. A tight leash puts tension into the dog which makes the behaviour worse. It is vital to release the tension on the leash after a correction is made and the dog is beside you in a calm state of mind. If you want a dog to be calm, you yourself must be calm.”

He demonstrated how to use a leash to form a letter P to facilitate sideways cor-rection that emulates how a mother dog or pack leader would correct a dog, with a quick touch to the side of the neck, making a sharp ‘Tssst’ sound.

“The number one mistake owners make is treating dogs like children, and using words to correct them,” said Griffiths. “They are dogs, and need to be corrected by the pack leader with touch and sound.”

Without a leash, a person can use their hand with a fingertip touch to the side of the neck “quick like a snake”, he explained.

Griffiths’ said his philosophies are simi-lar to famed dog whis-

perer Caesar Milan, and his business card reads “Let me help bring peace to your home.” He talked about how dogs read your energy, and as the pack leader you must remain calm so the dog can relax at times of excitement, like a knock at the door or thunder.

“The top three things needed for a happy, well-behaved dog are exercise, dis-cipline, and love,” he explained.

“In that order. Exercise is para-mount.” The take-away message from Griffiths is that all unwanted behaviour in all dogs can be cor-rected, no matter how long the dog has been acting that way or how old the dog is. In most cases the behaviour can be corrected in minutes.

Following the ses-sion, Griffiths and a few attendees took their canine friends for a walk along the Port Alice Sea Walk. Griffiths can be reached at 250-465-1090.

“Everyone was very impressed,” said organizer Banting. “A group from Port Alice have asked Ken to come back for a small group session. Nicole and Ken are remark-able people with great gifts to share.”


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Spencer Mousek (left) walks Monty by her side after a quick training session with dog behaviourist and rehabilitationist Ken Griffiths at the dog behaviour clinic in Port Alice April 16.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe North Island Loggers Golf Tournament

is being held on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19 at the Seven Hills Golf Course.

It is a best ball open tournament for men and women, and it costs $70 to register. After June 3, late registration will cost $80.

“Everybody gets prizes, a good supper, and it’s 18 holes of fun,” said Bill Gray, one of the organizers of the tournament, adding that “all the money raised goes back into the com-munity.”

To register to play, please contact Bill Gray at 250-949-7623, or 250-230-0711.

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PORT HARDYBAPTIST CHURCH

Corner of Trustee & HighlandMorning Service 11:00am

Plus regular family activitiesOffice: 250-949-6844

www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

NORTH ISLANDCATHOLIC CHURCHES

Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s 430 Chapel St.,

Port McNeill: 9:00amSt. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd.,

Port Hardy: 11:00amSt. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St.

and Marine Dr., Port Alice:Saturdays 5:00pm

Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am

ST. COLUMBAANGLICAN UNITED

9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247

10:30am Sunday School and ServiceEveryone welcome

Meeting rooms available www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

Bible study check online for details

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill

(across from Firehall)Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship

Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin

Cell: 250-527-0144Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am

Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844

Warden Flora Cook250-974-5945

Warden Joan Stone250-974-2234

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor C. Okumu Lomudak

[email protected]

“Everyone Welcome”Saturday Services

9:30am - Bible Study groups10:45am - Worship/Praise service

Wednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meetingFollow us on Facebook

Avalon Adventist Christian Academy Offering Christian Education

250-949-8243

PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH

2501 Mine RoadSunday 9:45am

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

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

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

For information contactPastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737

LIGHTHOUSERESOURCE CENTRE

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

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

PORT HARDYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St.Sunday Worship 10:30am & 7:00pm

Tuesday Prayer 7:30pmMidweek Biblestudies -

Call the church for time and place250-949-6466

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

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FELLOWSHIPSunday Services - 4:00pm

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You are extended a special invitationto share in our Services

ST. JOHN GUALBERTUNITED ANGLICAN

CHURCH250-956-3533

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All Welcome175 Cedar Street

Port McNeill

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Viola DimeryIt is with deep sadness that the family of Viola Dimery announces her sudden passing on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the age of 78 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Bill, daughter, Sharon Hughes, and sister, Fran.

Viola was an animal lover, especially her cats and dogs. Her family was very important to her, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Viola will be lovingly remembered by her children Sandra Wilson (Richard Sutherland), Ricky (Tammy Mitro) and Michael (Candy) and son-in-law Willie Hughes; 12 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, two sisters, Bernice (Jim) Lowndes, Janet Handy and Auntie Linda. Family was her life. Viola’s family will be celebrating her at a later date.

Brent Peter EversOctober 27, 1977 – April 23, 2016

Passed away April 23, 2016, at the age of 38.Lovingly remembered by his partner Kathleen Stubbs

and children Jaxen, Riley and Savannah; fatherPeter Evers and sister Kerri Evers. predeceased and

loved dearly by his late mother Wendy Evers.

Service for Brent Evers will be on Saturday,May 7 at 1:00pm, 34 S. Alder Street, Campbell River,

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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF MOUNT WADDINGTON

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY USE PERMIT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Local Government Act that the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Mount Waddington (RDMW) will consider adopting a resolution to approve the issuance of Temporary Use Permit 2016-TUP-01 (the “Permit”) at its meeting on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 to be conducted in the boardroom of the RDMW administrative office located at 2044 McNeill Road in the Town of Port McNeill, commencing at 2:00 p.m.

If approved, the Permit would allow, subject to conditions, a music and arts festival event and accessory parking, camping and retail sales uses to be undertaken on two adjacent properties located at the easterly terminus of Meynell Road on Malcolm Island. These properties are described as follows:

Civic Addresses: 50 and 60 Meynell Road, Malcolm Island

Legal Descriptions: The Westerly 10 Chains of the Fractional East 1/2 of the Fractional West 1/2, Section 5, Malcolm Island, Rupert District AND The East 1/2 of the West 1/2 of Section 5, Malcolm Island, Rupert District, Except the Westerly 10 Chains Thereof

Parcel Identifier Numbers: 009-945-474 / 004-730-739

Assessment Roll Numbers: 78514014.000 / 78514015.000

If approved, the Permit would allow the music and arts festival event and accessory uses to be undertaken for three consecutive days once per calendar year in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

A copy of the Permit and related information can be inspected at the RDMW administrative office located at 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C., between the office hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, from May 5, 2016 until May 16, 2016. This information can also be inspected on the RDMW website at www.rdmw.bc.ca.

Written submissions regarding the Permit can be sent by email, facsimile, mail or hand delivered using the contact information below. All submissions must be received no later than 12:00 pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2016.

Jeff Long, Manager of Planning & Development ServicesRegional District of Mount Waddington

PO Box 729, 2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0Telephone: 250-956-3301 Facsimile: 250-956-3232 Email: [email protected]

ForesterTimberWest is Western Canada’s largest private managed forest land owner with 325,400 hectares /804,200 acres on Vancouver Island. The Company also owns renewable Crown harvest rights to 690,000 m3 per year. TimberWest runs fully contracted harvesting operations and leads the coastal industry in the growing and harvesting of second-growth timber. The Company is a leader in sustainable forest management and is committed to Vancouver Island communities.

We have an immediate opening for a Forester in our Campbell River Office, reporting to the Operations Forester. This position is responsible for the planning and delivery of silvicultural programs carried out within TimberWest’s public forest tenures and it includes a combination of field and office duties. Regular duties will include a combination of hands on delivery and management of contractors. This is a new position which has been created to prepare for future succession needs.

Responsibilities

• Support safety process management• Responsibility for delivery of the silviculture program from Site Plans through to free

growing• Deploy TimberWest’s Contract Management System in the recruitment of contractors

and the execution of silviculture contract requirements• Participate in the maintenance of TimberWest’s environmental certification programs• Track and report silvicultural obligations and compliance• Participate in First Nations Information Sharing of TimberWest’s programs• Liaise with government agencies, First Nations and local stakeholders• Manage post harvest prescribed burning and other hazard abatement treatments• Participate in the preparation of budgets, accruals and forecasts

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• At least 8 years of operational experience• Registered Professional Forester• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and familiarity with ‘The Forest Manager

(TFM)’, ‘Plant• Wizard’, ‘Survey Wizard’ and basic GIS functions• Strong oral and written communication skills• Valid BC Class 5 driver’s license• Ability to work well within a team environment• Although it is not a requirement to have experience in all of the listed responsibilities,

candidates must be capable of developing the requisite knowledge and skills

Our culture relies on teamwork, effective communication and a strong work ethic.

Interested candidates should email a resume to Gary Lawson, RPF at: [email protected] by May 20, 2016.

Contract Manager, South Operations

TimberWest has an immediate opening for a Contract Manager based out of our Nanaimo office.

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DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY

The District of Port Hardy invites applications for the position of a part time Office Clerk in the Operational Services Department.

The successful candidate will have proven skills, qualifications and abilities to perform a broad range of general administrative duties such as customer service, office administration, payroll coding, accounts payable/ receivable, other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:• High School diploma or equivalent.• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office programs. • Ability to deal with the public effectively and

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This is a Union position with wages ranging from $23.67 to $25.10 per hour. Plus 4% vacation pay, based on experience.

Please forward your resume and introductory cover letter by Friday May 13th, 2016 at 4:00PM to

the District of Port Hardy 7360 Columbia Street Box 68, Port Hardy, B.C.,V0N 2P0 Or email: [email protected]

OFFICE CLERKOPERATIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

(Part time 20 hrs/week)

The next regular School Board Meetingof the Board of Education of School District No. 85

(Vancouver Island North) will be held onMonday, May 9th at 6:00pm

at NISSThis is a public meeting.

All interested parties are welcome.

Excavator OperatorWFP is currently seeking a fully qualified Excavator Operator to join our Central Island Forest Operation (CIFO) at Menzies Bay, approximately 15 minutes north of Campbell River, B.C.

Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years' experience in B.C. Coastal roadbuilding, a valid B.C. driver’s license and preference will be given to applicants with current OFA Level 3 First Aid ticket.

This is a USW hourly position with a rate of $32.45 per hour, and while the position is initially a temporary placement, it may turn permanent.

Please apply to: www.westernforest.com/careers

and follow the links to apply.

Please include your driver's abstract and references.

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INFORMATION INFORMATION HELP WANTEDWANTED street sweeper op-erator manager for nanaimo areas and north to courtney wanted street sweeper for campbell river area this is can be a tough job with late and early starts you are expected to promote and maintain your sweeper starting wage is 24.00 per hour . we would like to see sweeper experience or equipment experience retied operators from city sweeping jobs are welcome to apply must be handy with tools send resume to [email protected] in pdf form

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Duties include collecting campsite fees; enforcing campground rules; minor main-tenance or ; and coordination of reser ations it t e egional District f ce

erm une to eptem er

Ideally, the successful candidates will stay at a designated site at Link River and ere oint ampsites for the season he candidates should state their previous

related experience; demonstrate their ability to provide service for the season; state any requirements they may have from the Regional District; and provide

references

A complete list of work and services to be performed is available at the Regional District f ce or from the RD website www rdmw bc ca under Regional er-

vices, arks

Closing Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 4:00 pm

Please send in your Expression of Interest application in writing to:

Greg Fletcher, AdministratorRegional District of ount addington

ox , c eill Road, Port c eill, RPhone: - - Fax: - - Email: info rdmw bc ca

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF MOUNT WADDINGTON(Vancouver Island North)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR CAMPSITE CARETAKERS:

Link River (Alice Lake) near Port AliceBere Point on alcolm Island

7563

110

Ocean view restaurant at theNorth Shore Inn FOR LEASE

in Port Hardy.

For moreinformation

please call 250-949-8500

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FOR SALE BY OWNER

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Two- 2 bdrm homes on .72 acres, or 3 rentals, with

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visit, bcislandhomes online $355,000

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

HADDINGTON COURTAPARTMENTS

PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated

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Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365

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PORT MCNEILLAPARTMENTS

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Phone Rick250-956-4555

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APARTMENT/CONDO

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North Zone of Mount Waddington Region(Approximately 10 hours per week at $25.00 per hour with start date as soon as possible)

Job Description:• Leadership for community development of a literacy plan• Development of community profiles and compiling asset inventories• Identifying literacy gaps and needs in communities• Preparing literacy action plan• Grant writing

Credentials:• Relevant post secondary degree, diploma, or experience• Comprehensive understanding of First Nations cultures, traditions and literacy issues• Strong organizational skills• Proven ability to manage projects and develop partnerships• Excellent research, group facilitation, report writing and computer skills• Valid BC driver’s license is required

Position will be a contract dependent on ongoing funding for literacy planning. Please send resume by mail, e-mail or fax to: Kathy Martin, Box 1392, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0 or

[email protected] or 250 956 3456.

For more information please contactKathy Martin250 956 3456

Job Opportunity: Community Literacy Outreach Worker

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