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Letters to the Editor – OpinionsPut it in your pouch

(Re “No butts about it, please”, the Local, Sept. 17)

I heartily agree with the editorial by Marsha Andrews. I only wish we had a policy of NO smoking in public places, such as the waterfront walks & bus stops. I find the smoke very offensive and the butts unsightly.

For smokers, you can get a free insulated pouch for your butts, provided free by ciga-rette companies. I, and many others, would appreciate you using them. Thanks.

Ed White, Sechelt‘Left wondering’

After the September 15 Gibsons Council meeting, I was left wondering.

At the meeting Suzanne Senger asked Mayor Wayne Rowe the following question:

"Mayor Rowe, I am aware that the Office of the Ombud-sperson of British Columbia is currently investigating com-plaints made by citizens of Gibsons that it appears you have a conflict of interest with the regard to the George hotel and residence development. Has the Office of the BC Om-budsperson contacted you directly about this?"

Rowe said he had not been contacted directly and punted the question to the Chief Ad-ministrative Officer, Emanuel Machado, who acknowledged there was a claim of conflict.

It is important to recognize that the Ombudsperson's of-fice does not investigate every complaint they receive. If the Ombudsperson did not think that the mayor's appearance of conflict of interest merits investigating, why would they assign an investigator to look into it?

The more Mayor Rowe is not forthcoming regarding se-rious questions about conflict of interest, the more I have to ask myself: Does the mayor owe us, the citizens and tax-payers of Gibsons, more of an explanation about his re-lationship with the George proponent?

Joe Peters, Gibsons (See story Page 5)

The ‘arrogance of council’

(Sent to Gibsons council and copied to the Local)

I am appalled to learn that the information meeting re-garding the George Hotel proj-ect will feature information from the proponent only. Not only will those who question this development not be al-lowed to provide information at the meeting ("too political" according to that genius town planner, Andre Boel, as if the proponent is neutral and un-biased!) but that councilors will not be in attendance due to a clash with the meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipali-ties.

When asked why the infor-mation meeting was sched-uled in conflict with this meet-ing, I hear that one of your councilors (must be another genius) replied that it would be too awkward to have to answer questions on behalf of the developer!!? Does coun-cil work for the developer, or what? Why would council have to answer questions on behalf of the developer?

What we, the public, want, is unbiased experts to answer questions that council and staff cannot, but this is not to be allowed. The developer gets to run the show.

I can hardly believe the arrogance of council in so blatantly showing their bias. This is utter disregard for democratic process.

Anne Miles, Gibsons

Road builder retreated

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the road builder (K & D Contract-ing Ltd) who was contracted by BC Timber Sales to re-open the Dakota Creek FSR (Sun-shine Coast) leading towards the 'Dakota Valley Bear Sanc-tuary', demobilized (pulled out) heavy-duty equipment, including a CAT rock driller, a CAT D9 bulldozer, and a 30Ton rock truck to be barged off Coast back to Campbell River. This machinery did not

go back to work to re-open the road since our 24/7 road-block was erected back on Au-gust 9th.

The 'Dakota Defender's Camp' had been holding the line for the past 5 weeks, without an Injunction being served, which indicates to us that BCTS wasn't feeling too good or optimistic about go-ing to Court and hearing from our lawyer. Scientific studies commissioned by Elphin-stone Logging Focus (ELF) with professionals in their field show a number of gaps in BCTS' approach to archaeo-logical and wildlife studies which we believe has led to the stalling of an Injunction, and to the equipment being pulled.

BCTS has informed ELF that they're still considering their options with regards to the sale of Cutblock A87126, a 65 Ha old-growth forest that's been controversial for a number of reasons, includ-ing issues of First Nations culturally-modified trees, a high number of black bear den sites found in the block, and opposition from our Sun-shine Coast Regional District over logging in a Community Watershed.

Due to the road builder pulling out, we dismantled the roadblock this (past) weekend as we've met our objective of stopping the road building from occur-ring. BCTS confirms that they have deferred, or removed, Cutblock A87126 ('The Da-kota Valley Bear Sanctuary') from its October 1, 2015 Sales Schedule while they consider other options.

Ross Muirhead, Roberts CreekElphinstone Logging Focus (ELF)

Women sharingA new ride-sharing enter-

prise called “Share-There” and the Self Employed Women's Network (SEWN) are moving forward together.

SEWN is hosting its first an-nual Socializer event on Octo-

ber 8 and has partnered with Share-There to test the new online ticket sales and free ride-sharing system.

Share-There and SEWN are working to address some local priority needs outlined in The Progress Plan-Community Plan for Women's Economic Well-Being (see community-resources.ca/progressplan) .

Share-There is creating a new transportation option by offering a free and fun way to share rides. SEWN's purpose is to connect and support en-trepreneurial women of all levels of skill and experience living on the Sunshine Coast (see sunshinesewn.com).

All women are invited to the Socializer happening at the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club in Roberts Creek from 5-9pm on Thurs-day Oct. 8. Connect with local business women and meet the SEWN board, Share-There co-founders and other event partners. Enjoy a delicious dinner, great conversations and fun activities led by Com-munity Futures to help you mix and mingle.

Purchase event tickets on-line at share-there.com and why not share a ride too?

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Send your kids outsideSnapchat and selfies, iPhones and iPads… There’s no deny-

ing technology plays a major role in the lives of many 21st cen-tury children. With so many parents sharing photos of their children from birth and beyond, and kids creating Facebook accounts at age 13 and under, many young people are growing up with their entire lives documented on social media.

Although technological advances can facilitate educa-tion and learning, the long-term effects of digital living on children’s health have yet to be determined. Many devices like smartphones are relatively new, especially in developing countries, but in North America, where some children get cellphones in Grade 3, Generation Z will spend more waking hours interacting in the digital world than any generation before.

It seems obvious: If your daily routine consists of constant-ly checking text messages and Facebook “likes”, your ability to focus for long periods will probably decrease. With children spending half as much time in nature as in 1992, and teenag-ers sitting for close to eight hours a day in front of screens, our kids don’t have much time for fresh air.

That’s why the David Suzuki Foundation created this fall’s Back to School Superhero Challenge. Participants receive a weekly outdoor activity and “superhero” mission that encour-ages environmental responsibility by getting kids outside to connect with nature.

A growing body of research confirms the health benefits of getting outside. Kids who spend time in nature every day are healthier, happier, more creative, less stressed and more alert than those who don’t. As parents, grandparents, caregivers and educators, it’s our responsibility to raise kids with healthy nature habits.

Some of my earliest, fondest memories are of going fish-ing and camping with my dad. He was a great role model. He encouraged me to explore the outdoors, play in the dirt and discover all that nature had to offer. He instilled a deep love and appreciation of nature in me, one that I cherish and credit for my career.

I’ve tried to instill this love of nature in my children and grandchildren. From fishing trips to hikes to dinner table dis-cussions about why there are fewer fish in the oceans, we’ve tried to guide them to care about issues that matter.

I often worry what the future will hold for my grandchil-dren. I sometimes feel a sense of failure when I consider the planet they’ll be inheriting. Will they run in a green forest and breathe clean air? Will they swim in clear waters and discover underwater creatures?

I also have faith that the next generation will include a lot of smart, savvy and socially conscious people who will help pro-tect the planet that we’ve treated so badly. By helping young people get outdoors, care about others and make a difference, we won’t just be raising healthier and happier children, we’ll be raising a generation of superheroes for our planet.

Let’s all get outside and save the world. You can sign up for the Back to School Superhero Challenge at getbackoutside.ca/.

David Suzuki

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Gibsons Mayor Wayne Rowe says a town resident is using smear tactics and false allegations as part of her opposition to the proposed George Hotel and Residences development.

Rowe made the charge in a letter to resident Marcia Tim-bres after she sent an email addressed to all members of council, two Town senior staff members, and news me-dia on the Coast and in Van-couver. In that email, Timbres alleges that the B.C. Ombud-sperson is investigating a potential conflict of interest between Rowe and Klaus Fuerniss, the developer of the waterfront hotel project.

“We ask that you please declare a conflict of inter-est and recuse yourself from any discussion relating to the George Hotel and Residences application,” Timbres said in the Sept. 15 email.

“If you choose not to de-clare and recuse yourself, we will have no alternative but to apply to the Supreme Court for an order under Section 111 of the Community Char-ter, to have you disqualified from office,” she concluded.

Rowe responded on Sept. 17.

“For the past two and one half years,” Rowe wrote, “I as well as other councillors

and Town staff have en-dured insinuations, relent-less inquiries, distortion of facts, numerous Freedom of Information requests and complaints to the Ombud-sperson’s Office, our staff’s professional organizations, The Ministry of the Envi-ronment and Ministry of Community Services. Hav-ing failed to elicit the result that you desire you are now choosing to revert to the tac-tic of the personal smear to achieve your ends.”

Rowe also said that Tim-bres is incorrect in alleging that the Ombudsperson is investigating a potential con-flict of interest. Rowe said the investigation is limited only to how staff handled certain complaints.

“The Office of the Ombud-sperson is simply inquiring whether the Town followed reasonable procedure in re-sponding to allegations of conflict of interest,” the may-or said.

Responding to an inquiry from The Local Weekly, Om-budsperson’s Office spokes-man Bruce Clarke would not confirm exactly what is being investigated, as all informa-tion is currently confidential.

Rowe made a similar point to Timbres, taking her to task for apparently revealing the

Rowe calls out opponent’s ‘smear’contents of a confidential let-ter from the Ombudsperson’s office.

“Pursuant to Section 9 of the Ombudsperson Act, the letter must not be publicly disclosed unless the Om-budsperson determines oth-erwise,” Rowe wrote. “Your email raises the question as to the source of your infor-mation and why you have contravened this provision.”

Timbres included with her email a letter from Vancouver lawyer Jonathan Baker, which revealed that the purported conflict concerned the sales of two properties in Lower Gibsons. Timbres alleges that Rowe’s law firm did the legal work on those transactions.

Baker said that if all of the many claims Timbres had made were true, then a court could possibly find Rowe in conflict.

Rowe noted in his re-sponse to Timbres that Bak-er, “clearly states that some of the assumptions are simply based on your belief when in fact the assumptions you have made are not correct.”

An information meeting on the George Hotel and Resi-dences is scheduled for Sept. 24 at Elphinstone Second-ary School gym, and a public hearing is set for Oct. 1.

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There are now four all-candidates meetings set for the Sunshine Coast in the Oct. 19th federal election campaign.

On Thursday, Oct. 1 the candidates will debate af-fordable housing and poverty issues at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt from 6:30-8:30pm. It will be moderated by Sean Eckford and is being spon-sored by SC Seniors Plan-ning Table, SC Homelessness Advisory Committee, VOICE on the Coast and SC Housing

CommitteeOn Friday, Oct. 2, the candi-

dates will debate “the state of Canada’s Democracy” at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall be-hind Macdonalds, from 5:30-7:30pm. The meeting will be moderated by Betty Baxter and is sponsored by the Alli-ance 4 Democracy and Sun-shine Coast Senior Citizens.

On Oct. 8, the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce will host two all-candidates meet-ings. A noon luncheon debate will be held at the Blue Ocean

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Subject: Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments for “George Hotel and Residences”

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The bylaws and associated documents may be viewed at the Gibsons Town Hall at 474 South Fletcher Road between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday except statutory holidays.

All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by these proposed bylaw amendments will be given an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained in the bylaws. Those who are unable to attend the Public Hearing may submit written submissions to the Town of Gibsons’ Corporate Officer ([email protected]) prior to 4:30 p.m. on the date of the Public Hearing. No representations will be received by the Town Council after the Public Hearing has concluded.

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The Town has received a development application for 377, 385, 397, 407, 409 Gower Point Road, 689 Winn Road and adjacent water lease areas. The application is for a 116 room hotel and conference centre and related commercial uses, a 35 unit residential building, a marina, and a waterfront walkway.

George Hotel OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 985-19, 2015 would amend the Harbour Area plan to allow for up to 4 additional storeys in building height, for a total of 8 storeys, on the lands outlined in the sketch below, and would remove a policy regarding a waterfront walkway.

George Hotel and Residences Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1065-33, 2015 would create a site-specific (CDA-2) zone for the hotel and residential buildings, including floor area and building height limits and vehicle parking requirements. Moreover, a portion of the adjacent water area would be rezoned to a Marine (M-1) zone to permit a marina use and an area containing the proposed waterfront walkway would be zoned to a Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PRO) zone for park use. Finally, the bylaw would also change the existing M-1 zone to allow for a restaurant use on the water. Proposed zones are indicated in the sketch below.

Schedule 1 of OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 985-19, 2015

SCHEDULE B ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW No. 1065-33, 2015

Education Matters

Betty Baxter Chair,School District #46School Board

September is often a month of new beginnings. Fall har-vesting in our gardens, new staff in our schools, students starting a new year and for School district No. 46 a new strategic plan on the website and available in schools. We are aiming for Excellence In All We Do!

Under the values “Collabo-ration and Equity” we want to create a sense of belonging in our schools and our commu-nity. Readers will find refer-

ences to cultural learning and enhanced relationships with the shíshálh Indian Band, the Skwxu7mesh Nation and other cultural groups. Our district is committed to do our best to achieve reconciliation with our First Nations partners. Educa-tion is a big part of that and we will ensure students have op-portunities to learn first-hand about the wide diversity in our communities. We will prepare our students to embrace every new experience and view di-versity as an exciting and inter-esting learning experience.

We are proud to have a fully staffed Aboriginal program this year. Further, we are look-ing forward to our professional development day in November when we will demonstrate our

commitment to include First Nations history and learning in the new curriculum in all of our schools. Professional learning is one step in many that we can develop throughout the com-ing years to enhance our abil-ity to recognize racism and in-justice. Even more importantly, however, we will create ways to move forward to guarantee fair and equitable access to all of our programs in the school district and privileges in our community.

This is not a task for only one organization. We look forward to working with other govern-ments, non-profit organiza-tions and businesses on the coast to learn from our past and widen the possibilities for a great future together.

The Sunshine Coast Region-al District (SCRD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Janette Loveys as Chief Admin-istrative Officer (CAO) effective September 18.

Ms. Loveys held a series of progressive leadership roles in the public service in Victoria and also in Ontario, where she was the Interim City Manager for the City of Welland prior to joining the SCRD in June of this year as General Manager, Community Services. A gradu-ate of the University of Wa-terloo followed by a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto, she also has suc-cessfully achieved numerous certificates in executive devel-opment and local government administration.

Ms. Loveys has a strong be-lief in community engagement,

public participation, and effec-tive interpersonal communica-tion and in developing close re-lationships with First Nations, locally and internationally. Her award winning international work with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has produced a deep respect for other cultures and reinforced the value and importance of local government in the com-munity it serves.

SCRD Board Chair Garry Nohr says, “We are thrilled to have Janette on board and look forward to the benefit of her experience to move the orga-nization forward in a positive and progressive manner.”

“I am honored to have been selected for this role and feel a strong sense of commitment to the SCRD and the coastal community. I am excited at the

SCRD names new CAO

opportunity to work with the Board and our staff to deliver on the priorities set for the SCRD”, says Janette Loveys.

As CAO, Ms. Loveys is re-sponsible for the overall man-agement of the administrative operations of the regional dis-trict, the implementation of policies and directions of the Board; and providing advice and information to the Board on the operation and affairs of the regional district. Submitted

The SCRD’s new Chief Ad-ministrative O� cer Janette Loveys poses with board chair Garry Nohr. PHOTO SUBMITTED

The pro-George Hotel forces have fired back in the battle of the petitions over the proposed development on the Gibsons waterfront.

Gibsons resident Joan Beck told Town Council at its Sept. 15 meeting that she had ana-lyzed the results of an anti-George petition presented Sept. 1, which was said to have more than 2,100 signatures.

George petition battle heats up“The findings are very dif-

ferent from what was claimed, and the impression left with the public,” Beck said.

Beck said that only 277 of the signatures were from Gib-sons residents, while 164 were from Coast residents living out-side the town, 113 were from off-Coast Canadians and seven were from people who lived abroad. She also said 20 signa-

tures were illegible.The other 1,549 signatures

were from an online petition started in February of 2014, Beck said, noting that such signature-collection methods are highly unreliable, because “they can include anyone sign-ing once or multiple times, with absolutely no verification.”

The anti-George petition made four demands, including one that said any development on the Town’s waterfront must comply with the Official Com-munity Plan, which the pro-posed hotel project does not.

Marcia Timbres, who pre-sented the anti-George petition to council, acknowledged at the time that the signatures sub-mitted online could not be veri-fied, and there was no way of telling if there were duplicates. Timbres also acknowledged that many of the signatures col-lected by hand were not from Gibsons residents, but said that only demonstrated how con-cern about the hotel extended beyond the town.

At the council meeting on July 28, a delegation headed by local businessman Scott Russell presented a 1,051-signature petition calling for speedy ap-proval of the waterfront devel-opment project.

Russell said all the signa-tures were from residents of the town.

A pro-development resident and business group is currently conducting an online petition at georgesupport.ca, and claims it will eliminate duplicate signa-tures. Rik Jespersen


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If you have a dog who jumps up to greet people, don’t allow anyone to use abusive meth-ods like kneeing the dog in the chest or “alpha rolling” the dog. These methods are out-dated, unkind and can contribute to or create aggressive behaviour in dogs. Just one person can have a very strong negative im-pact on a pup so always protect your dog.

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on 27 September residents of the Sunshine Coast will be able to view the last total lu-nar eclipse until January 2018. The SCC Observatory will be open from 6:30 at the Sechelt Airport (weather permitting) to view this event. The penum-bral eclipse begins at 5:11 PM,

the umbral eclipse at 6:07 PM, with mid-totality occurring at 7:47 PM. The umbral eclipse ends at 9:27 PM and the pen-umbral eclipse at 10:22 PM.

The Draconid meteor show-er peaks on October 8 and the Orionid shower on October 21. Several other minor showers occur in October: The South Taurids (peak 10 October) Delta Aurigids (peak 11 Oct), Epsilon Geminids (peak 18 Oct), and Leo Minorids (peak

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the morning of October 15 Mercury will reach its greatest angle away from the Sun. In the coming mornings Venus, Mars and Jupiter will be form-ing a trio in the sky. On the morning on October 17 Marsa and Jupiter will only be a half a degree apart in the sky. On the 23rd the three planets form a close trio. On the 25th Jupiter and Venus close to within one degree of one another. And the three form another tight

triangle in the sky on the 28th.At 7:30 PM, 9 October 2015,

at the Sunshine Coast Art Cen-tre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt, the SCC presents Dr. Patrick Cote of the National Research Council, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Centre, Vic-toria, BC. His topic will be: "Skies Wide Open: Canadian Plans for Wide-Field Astro-nomical Facilities in the Com-ing Decade." Cote will discuss wide-field telescopes now

being developed including the Mauna Kea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE), a proposed 10m telescope, and CASTOR, is a proposed wide-field space telescope that would rival NA-SA's Hubble Space Telescope in image quality, but cover a field of view roughly two hun-dred times larger.

Check out the Sunshine Coast Centre website for more information on astronomy: www.coastastronomy.ca

September 30 thru to November 1 the Doris Crowston Gallery in the Sun-shine Coast Arts Centre is home to two exhibits: Mar-jery Lambert’s, “Memories of a Dancer” and Franca Tesloveanu’s “Art Dolls, Cel-ebrating Fashion History”.

Margery Lambert brings her love and past life as a professional dancer to a sec-ond life on canvas. Former principal dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Lambert started painting in 2003 and was the recipient of the Klein Award (present-ed to those who have devel-oped an artistic passion late in life) in 2010. Margery’s paintings depict movement, emotion and mood through the body language of the classically trained ballet dancer. She strives to share

the memories of both the hard work and the great joy of the ballet dancer.

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The opening night recep-tion for this joint exhibit will be Wednesday, Septem-ber 30th from 7-9pm. The Sunshine Coast Arts Centre is located at the corner of Trail Ave. and Medusa St. in Sechelt. Hours of operation are Wednesday – Saturday 11am-4pm and Sundays

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September 25Arts Building open house, 464 South Fletcher, Gibsons, 1-5pmSeptember 25Japanese calligraphy workshop with Miyuki Shinkai, Gibsons Public Market, 1:30-6pm, freeSeptember 25Charlotte Wrinch plays for Friday dinner at the Roberts Creek Legion, children welcome, 6-7:30pm, no coverSeptember 25“African Grandmothers Tribunal”, a documentary by the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Heritage Theatre, Gibsons, 7-9pm, $10September 25Vancouver and Mayne Island author Grant Buday reads from his latest work, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, by donationSeptember 26SC Quilters Guild meets, Holy Parish Hall, 5700 Nickerson Dr., West Sechelt, 8:45am-1pm, $7 drop-in feeSeptember 2610K run or walk, fundraiser for Halfmoon Bay Fire Department, Hall 2 on Fawn Rd., 9am, suggested donation $20 adults, $10 kids, $40 for the familySeptember 26Oktoberfest in Sechelt, craft brewery beer festival, Cowrie Street between Inlet and Wharf, 11am-6pmSeptember 26“Dance for Tammy”, fundraiser for Tammy Endert’s battle with cancer, dinner and show, Pender Harbour Community Hall, Madeira Park Rd., 7pm-midnight, $30September 26Ken McBride concert, fundraiser for Special Olympics, Arts Centre, Sechelt, $10September 26Dance with Jim Taylor, Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, members $10, non-members $15September 26The Piano Man tribute act, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $20, guests $25September 27“African Grandmothers Tribunal”, a documentary by the Stephen Lewis Foundation, St. Hilda’s Church Hall, Sechelt, 2-4pm, $10September 28Talk by xeriscape specialist Gwen Steele on water-wise gardening, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, $5September 28“Rebelle”, Canada’s 2013 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film, by SC Film Society, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, members $5, others $9September 29Resource fair for people with disabilities, with booths, speakers and refreshments, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, noon-4pmSeptember 30Opening reception for exhibits by Margery Lambert and Franca Tesloveanu, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm

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Anna NobileFreelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

A night of professional comedy comes to Sechelt’s Raven’s Cry Theatre this Sat-urday, September 26 featur-ing three very hot comics: Dann Quinn, Erica Sigurdson and Ivan Decker. Sigurdson has numerous comedy fes-tival appearances under her belt, as well as a Leo Award for Best Comedy Screenwrit-ing, and is a regular on CBC’s The Debaters. Decker has also been featured on The Debaters, as well as at Just For Laughs in Montreal and the Winnipeg Comedy Fes-tival. Quinn, with 21 years of stand up experience, is one of Canada’s top comics, touring internationally, with numerous awards and TV appearances to his name. All three tackle current af-

fairs, relationships, and other human foibles in their easy going stand up style, and all three are Vancouver-based, which, it turns out, is some-thing of a Canadian comedy hotbed. “The best comedians in Canada live in Vancouver,” proclaims Quinn.

When asked if there’s a West Coast comedic sensi-bility, Quinn reflects before answering. “There’s defi-nitely more storytelling that happens on the West Coast. There’s less set up punch lines and more jokes that are woven into a story.” Quinn honed his craft watching co-medians like Eddie Murphy, Dennis Miller and Jerry Sein-feld. “I was attracted to the performance side of it, to be-ing on stage,” he says. While the thought of standing on a stage trying to make peo-ple laugh makes most of us cringe, Quinn is quite practi-cal. “There are much tougher jobs than standing on stage for 45 minutes and making people laugh. As far as mak-

ing a career out of it, it’s defi-nitely tricky. But when you’re trying to be elite at anything, it always is.”

To work up a joke, Quinn starts with an idea, sketch-ing it out and bringing it to the stage when he thinks it’s ready and waits to see what happens, making note of what worked and what didn’t, tweaking and re-tweaking until he’s satisfied with it. “A bit can take up to a year to get fully done,” say Quinn. “Or sometimes it comes together in a few weeks. But it takes a lot of work. Everything has to be perfectly crafted and made to look like there was very little work to it. The best jokes look like you barely did anything. That’s usually be-cause you did a ton.”

Quinn promises the Coast “A really solid night of fan-tastic performers and re-ally good laughs.” Tickets for Sechelt Comedy Night are $40, available at Raven’s Cry Theatre or from brownpap-ertickets.com.

Dan Quinn, one of the comics appearing at the Ravens Cry Theatre September 26. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Events have been an-nounced for both the Sun-shine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt and the Gibsons Public Art Gallery to mark Culture Days (Sept.25-27), a national event with a man-date to “Create, Participate, Share”.

The Gibsons gallery will host a workshop for kids aged 8 to 10 on “how to build an elephant ice cream bowl”, Saturday, Sept. 26 from 11am to noon. The workshop will by artist Liz de Beer, who will fire the sculptures in her kiln for the children to keep. Ad-mission is free, but parents should contact the gallery at 604-886-0531 to get their children on the registration list as space is very limited.

At the Arts Centre in Sech-elt, on Saturday Sept. 26, 2-3:30pm landscape artist, Brian Romer will be creat-ing a painting from start to finish. Brian will “host” his interactive painting demo in the gallery surrounded by his art currently on exhibit.

And at the arts Centre on Sunday Sept. 27, 1:30-3pm, environmental artist, Pat Ridgway will hold a discus-sion with “For the Love of Gospel Rock” group. Pat’s own paintings of Gospel Rock on display will serve as a backdrop to the discussion of art and environmental is-sues.

And on both Sept. 26 and 27 the District of Sechelt will be hosting “Have Your Say,

Culture Days: art in actionSechelt” from 1-4pm. It’s an opportunity for local resi-dents to provide input, ideas, and feedback for a new “Arts, Culture and Heritage Plan” for the District of Sechelt .

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Kids will learn how to make an elephant ice cream bowl at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery Sept. 26. PHOTO SUBMITTED

You’re invited to discover the Sechelt Activity Centre at our Open House Saturday Oct. 3 from 1-4 pm.

Learn about more than 40 activities that the Centre of-fers from painting to pickle ball, fitness and yoga, chair acting, genealogy, scrabble and more, all for a small drop in fee.

Reasonably priced and delicious lunches for mem-bers and guests are served Monday through Friday in the bright and spacious au-

ditorium.Better still the centre is

open to all ages and mem-berships are just $25. If you take out a 2016 member-ship at the open house, the rest of this year is absolutely free.

There will be free refresh-ments and door prizes!

Discover Sechelt's best kept secret and visit the Se-niors Activity Centre Open House Oct. 3, 5604 Trail Ave-nue, Sechelt, 604-885-3513.

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Margi Nicholas, Sechelt’s former Director of Corporate Services, is suing the District, alleging that she was fired without cause, is still owed tens of thousands of dollars in earnings, was bullied in the course of doing her job, and that she was defamed in a recent management re-view.

Nicholas’ Notice of Civil Claim, filed with the B.C. Su-preme Court on Sept. 4, also alleges the District commis-sioned this year’s Organiza-tional and Management Re-view with the specific intent, “to find an excuse to termi-nate” her.

The review, conducted by Vancouver consultants Peri-vale and Taylor, recommend-ed that Nicholas’ position of Director of Corporate Servic-es be eliminated, along with

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Perivale and Taylor’s re-port was made public Aug. 24 and can be viewed via links from the District’s web-site.

Nicholas alleged in the lawsuit that she approached Mayor Bruce Milne in Febru-ary 2015 about his “bully-ing” behaviour towards her, but that her concerns were not addressed. She further alleges that it was later sug-gested by another unnamed District representative that she resign, and that she re-fused. “Shortly thereafter, the District commissioned the report” that resulted in the elimination of her job in July, she claims.

Nicholas also alleges that after reading a draft of the

Sechelt sued over director’s dismissalOrganizational and Manage-ment Review report, she in-formed the District that, “it contained inaccuracies and that publication would be damaging to her reputation.” She claims those concerns were ignored and that part of the reason she has not been able to find new employment is because of the report’s de-famatory inaccuracies.

Nicholas is asking in the lawsuit that the court award her the earnings she said she is still owed, plus “aggra-vated and punitive damages for the manner of dismissal,” and damages for defamation.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

The District has until Sep-tember 25 to file an initial de-fence to the lawsuit’s claims.

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The Sunshine Coast Re-gional District (SCRD) is celebrating the success of its fourth annual “Backroad Trash Bash”, which took place on Saturday, Sept. 12.

This year, 42 community volunteers gathered to clean up trash illegally dumped in Halfmoon Bay and Sechelt. Six tonnes of waste was col-

lected, including household garbage, tires, electronic waste, furniture, applianc-es, metal, and construction waste.

“The majority of what we found this year at illegal dumpsites can be recycled re-sponsibly at one of the three recycling depots here on the coast or disposed safely at

Trash bashing by the tonnethe Sechelt Landfill or Pender Harbour Transfer Station” says Kara McDougall, SCRD Zero Waste Coordinator. “Il-legal dumping is unaccept-able and the SCRD is working with local partners and other regional districts to address this problem.”

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Aries (Mar 21–Apr 20)A whole new chapter

in your relationship life is dawning. It comes during a busy time. An important as-pect of your efforts now will be in the diplomacy depart-ment. Deciphering what to say and when, where to hold back and where to be frank are woven into this plot. Politics aside, focus to speak from the heart and even if you make mistakes you will achieve the harmo-ny you seek.

Taurus (Apr 20–May 21)A new chapter has be-

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talents and expressions that have been waiting for their time. Expect to dive deep into new projects.Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22)

Some fresh starts close to home should be keeping you busy now. You may also notice that you are busier, at least in your mind. Circum-stances close at hand and abroad are stirring your imagination. Either way, you want more informa-tion, answers, instruction and perhaps training and skill development. The time has come to make a few improvements to increase your sense of security.Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23)

You have begun to fortify existing foundations and to perhaps build upon new ones. Tending to unfinished business is featured. This cycle stands to continue into mid-October. Breaking new ground has been likely. Now the outreach process begins. Key communica-tions and negotiations are implied. Mercury retro-grade is actually presenting opportunities, but involving others is required.Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22)

The time has come to take some new initiatives. These include recognizing and overcoming limiting patterns that have devel-oped over the months and perhaps years. These are natural hazards of life and it takes humility and ef-fort to clear them. Compare this process to cleaning the house; it is not usually that fun but the results feel great, inspiring and em-powering too.Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22)

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You have been summoned within to receive important guidance. Obtaining new tools or at least inspira-tional visions of possibility is indicated. Contributing to this is a rebellious and perhaps feisty mood. Extra efforts may be required to not displace any anger and frustration on to others. As-sume full responsibility for everything in your life to gain full access to your per-sonal power.

Sagittarius (Nov 21–Dec 21)The time has come to

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Some fresh starts in your public and professional sphere have begun. These will require extra effort on your part. Contending with a wavering sense of confi-dence in yourself, and/or in others may be at issue. Restoring this somehow is extra important and ideally without delay. Sincere ef-forts over the coming weeks could go a long way but lack thereof could set things back doubly.Aquarius (Jan 19–Feb 19)

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