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PAGE 7 Paying respect Gangnam Style Dover Bay students enter technology contest. Naomi’s Road Vancouver Opera play looks at racism, bullying issues. Silver medal Mariners men’s team loses in dramatic championship game. PAGE 6 PAGE 18 PAGE B1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012 www.nanaimobulletin.com VOL. 24, NO. 86 Regional directors support rail plan Penny pinchers News Bulletin’s annual Pennies for Presents campaign kicks off today BY NI OMI PEAR SON THE NEWS BULLETIN A request for funding from the Island Corridor Foundation received preliminary approval by the Regional District of Nanaimo. During its committee meet- ing Tuesday , board members, with the exception of Dave Wil- lie from Qualicum, approved a $945,000 one-time, grant-in-aid, contingent on the foundation’s ability to produce a commit- ment from VIA Rail to reinsti- tute passenger service along the Vancouver Island rail cor- ridor . The g rant-in-aid would be an addition to the 2013 budget and cost homeowners approxi- mately $3.12 per $100,000 in assessed home value. The money i s part o f a $20.4-million price tag the foun- dation has slated in its business plan for railway upgrades that would allow a daily passenger service to run between Courte- nay and Victoria, originating out of Nanaimo. Approximately $14.5 million of that balance is funded by federal and provincial grants announced earlier this year. F ive re g ional districts, including the RDN, were asked to provide $3.2 million to get work started on the upgrades. Three districts approved their portion of the contribution: Alberni -Cl ayoquot Regi onal District, Cowichan Valle y Re g ional District and the Capital Regional District. The Comox Valley Regional District has yet to vote. The foundation’s business plan indicates it will pursue financing from lenders for $2.2 million of the remaining bal- ance, and Southern Rail way of V ancouver Island, which would operate the passenger service under contract with VIA Rail, has committed to pay the final $500,000 of the balance. According to Graham Bruce, the foundation’s chief operat- ing officer, the $20.4 million will provide money for replace- ment of one in every four rail ties and bring the track up to safety standards to allow rail service for the next 10 years. “The plan behind this is that you have the passenger service running for that 10-year win- dow, which allows the freight company to go and build on other opportunities,” he said. “At t he end of 10 years, if there hasn’t been substantial improvements in rail service, in people utilizing it – either from the public sector or for freight or tourists or excur- sions, whoever will be here is going to have to make the deci- sion.” Bruce said money would pro- vide an opportunity to turn things around for rail on Van- couver Island. ◆ See ‘DIRECTORS’ ‘ /4 I CONTINGENT ON reinstatement of passenger service. BY JENN MC GARRI GL E THE NEWS BULLETIN There’s no longer a reason to pinch your pennies. Last spring, the federal govern- ment announced it will eliminate the penny from Canada’s coinage system and the Royal Canadian Mint will stop circulating pen- nies in February . The penny’s days are numbered and a good way to get rid of the currency is to donate them to the Nanaimo News Bulletin’s annual Pennies for Presents campaign. While the penny’s burden to the economy has grown relati ve to its value as a means of payment – it costs the government 1.6 cents to produce every new penny – the Pennies for Presents campaign offers a solution for people look- ing to rid themselves of the cop- per coins and help out a good cause at the same time. “One of the reasons for the campaign’s success is that it’s so easy to par- ticipate,” said Melissa Fryer, managing edi- tor. “Everyone has some spare change and that adds up to a lot.” The campaign raises money for three chari- ties that benefit chil- dre n in Nanaimo – t he Great Nanai mo Toy Drive, the Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Club of Nanaimo. These organizations ensure no child is left empty- handed on Christmas morning. Since its ince ption in 1996, the campaign has raised almost $154,000 in Nanaimo. 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  • PAGE 7

    Paying respect

    Gangnam Style Dover Bay students enter technology contest. Naomis Road Vancouver Opera play looks at racism, bullying issues. Silver medal Mariners mens team loses in dramatic championship game.

    PAGE 6 PAGE 18 PAGE B1

    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012 www.nanaimobulletin.com VOL. 24, NO. 86

    Regional directors support rail planPenny

    pinchers

    News Bulletins annual Pennies for Presents campaign kicks off today

    BY NIOMI PEARSONTHE NEWS BULLETIN

    A request for funding fromthe Island Corridor Foundation received preliminary approvalby the Regional District of Nanaimo.

    During its committee meet-ing Tuesday, board members,with the exception of Dave Wil-lie from Qualicum, approved a $945,000 one-time, grant-in-aid, contingent on the foundations ability to produce a commit-ment from VIA Rail to reinsti-tute passenger service along the Vancouver Island rail cor-ridor.

    The grant-in-aid would bean addition to the 2013 budget and cost homeowners approxi-mately $3.12 per $100,000 inassessed home value.

    The money is part of a$20.4-million price tag the foun-dation has slated in its business plan for railway upgrades that would allow a daily passengerservice to run between Courte-nay and Victoria, originating out of Nanaimo.

    Approximately $14.5 million of that balance is funded by federal and provincial grants announced earlier this year.

    Five regional districts,including the RDN, were asked to provide $3.2 million to get work started on the upgrades.

    Three districts approved theirportion of the contribution:Alberni-Clayoquot RegionalDistrict, Cowichan ValleyRegional District and theCapital Regional District. TheComox Valley Regional District has yet to vote.

    The foundations business plan indicates it will pursue financing from lenders for $2.2million of the remaining bal-ance, and Southern Railway ofVancouver Island, which wouldoperate the passenger serviceunder contract with VIA Rail, has committed to pay the final$500,000 of the balance.

    According to Graham Bruce,the foundations chief operat-ing officer, the $20.4 millionwill provide money for replace-ment of one in every four railties and bring the track up tosafety standards to allow railservice for the next 10 years.

    The plan behind this is thatyou have the passenger servicerunning for that 10-year win-dow, which allows the freight company to go and build onother opportunities, he said.At the end of 10 years, ifthere hasnt been substantialimprovements in rail service,in people utilizing it eitherfrom the public sector or forfreight or tourists or excur-sions, whoever will be here isgoing to have to make the deci-sion.

    Bruce said money would pro-vide an opportunity to turnthings around for rail on Van-couver Island.

    See DIRECTORS /4

    ICONTINGENT ONreinstatement of passenger service.

    BY JENN MCGARRIGLETHE NEWS BULLETIN

    Theres no longer a reason topinch your pennies.

    Last spring, the federal govern-ment announced it will eliminate the penny from Canadas coinage system and the Royal CanadianMint will stop circulating pen-nies in February.

    The pennys days are numbered and a good way to get rid of the currency is to donate them to the Nanaimo News Bulletins annualPennies for Presents campaign.

    While the pennys burden to theeconomy has grown relative to itsvalue as a means of payment it costs the government 1.6 cents to produce every new penny the Pennies for Presents campaign

    offers a solution for people look-ing to rid themselves of the cop-per coins and help out a goodcause at the same time.

    One of the reasons for thecampaigns success is that its so easy to par-ticipate, said Melissa Fryer, managing edi-tor. Everyone hassome spare change and that adds up to a lot.

    The campaign raisesmoney for three chari-ties that benefit chil-dren in Nanaimo the Great NanaimoToy Drive, the Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Club of Nanaimo. These organizationsensure no child is left empty-handed on Christmas morning.

    Since its inception in 1996, the campaign has raised almost $154,000 in Nanaimo.

    Schools and businesses areimportant partners as well as

    local residents, who bring in their loose change in recycledcoffee tins, plastic bags and by the water cooler bottle.

    Pennies for Presents kicks off today (Nov.15) and will continue until Dec. 21. During that time, donationsof all denominations

    from pennies to $100 bills can be made at the News Bulletin officeat 777 Poplar St. or a communitydrop-off location.

    See SMALL /4

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    city sceneInbriefMounties nabsex offender

    A sex offender onthe run from police inthe U.S. was caught by Mounties in Nanaimothis morning.

    Const. Gary OBrien,Nanaimo RCMPspokesman, said thefugitive had been onthe run since police in Springfield, Ill., issueda warrant for his arrest Aug. 12.

    The 49-year-old male suspect the RCMPhave not releasedhis name yet was arrested without incident in a home on Cranberry Avenuein south Nanaimo at about 8:30 a.m.,based on information received from U.S. lawenforcement.

    Now were workingwith U.S. officials, police in Springfield, Ill., and Canada Border Services Agency because we have to look at what offences, if any, he committed by entering Canada,OBrien said.

    Hes quite a predatory sex offender.Hes on parole out of Minnesota for sex offences.

    OBrien did not knowhow long the suspect had been in Canadaprior to his arrest.

    BY NIOMI PEARSONTHE NEWS BULLETIN

    A Nanaimo landowner was denied his bidto have a restrictive covenant on his property declared invalid by the B.C. Supreme Courtlast week.

    The legal action, filed against the RegionalDistrict of Nanaimo, follows an injunctionobtained by the RDN in April barring thelandowner, David Bruce Buck, from furtherremoval of vegetation from a 30-metre por-tion of his Jingle Pot Road property.

    On Nov. 2, the court dismissed his case andhas ordered the resident to pay court costs tothe regional district.

    According to court documents obtainedregarding the injunction, Buck alleged the covenant is invalid because it is not in com-pliance with the Farm Practices Protection(Right to Farm) Act and the AgriculturalLand Commission Act section 22 (2).

    The [official] reasons arent yet in the pub-lic record, but the court disagreed with therationale behind it, said Tom Armet, RDNsmanager of building, bylaw and emergencyplanning services, of the legal action. Itsnow up to the regional district to provide thecourts with the costs incurred and the courtswill decide on the amount of cost that will beawarded back to the taxpayers.

    Armet added that the regional district isnot aware of any active farming occurringon the property.

    The portion of land in question is locatedin the area known as Shady Mile. Given theenvironmental sensitivity of the land, whichincluded second-growth trees, the RDN reg-istered a covenant on the property when theBenson Meadows subdivision was created in2005, Armet said.

    In 2009, Buck offered a donation of the cov-enant area to be used as parkland to the RDNin exchange for their support with a subdivi-sion application filed with the AgriculturalLand Commission, after his first applicationwas denied. The portion of land did not fitthe districts criteria for parkland, nor was itin keeping with the Official Community Planpolicies, and the offer was therefore declined,Armet explained.

    In 2011, the RDN responded to two com-plaints of a substantial amount of treesbeing cut in the covenant area by the prop-erty owner, and issued a cease-and-desist order.

    The property is currently subject to the court injunction and the regional district isseeking further action to have the propertyremediated or compensated for damagesoccurred.

    Attempts to reach Buck were [email protected]

    Court denies bidto remove land-use restrictions

    Count needsbird watchers

    Anyone with a birding background or just an appreciation of our feathered friends isinvited to participate in the Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count Dec. 30.

    Volunteers provide critical data on population trendsand how specific bird populations change over the years.

    To volunteer, please call Ryan Cathers at250-714-3947 or [email protected].

    BY NIOMI PEARSONTHE NEWS BULLETIN

    A Vancouver Island trans-portation company seeks sup-port from residents regarding an application sent to the B.C. Passenger TransportationBoard last month that would allow the company to servicetransit cuts proposed by Grey-hound.

    Tofino Bus, a privately owned bus company running from Victoria to Tofino, is looking to expand its service to Cour-tenay and Campbell River.

    With their proposed cuts, well lose most of our connect-ing schedules, so after they make their cuts, well haveless passengers able to connect to our service to Tofino, saidDylan Green, owner, Tofino Bus. Weve been a daily busfor 10 years so were wellable and ready to pick up the schedules eliminated by Grey-hound.

    Greyhound Canada has applied to the B.C. Passen-ger Transportation Board toreduce services on 15 B.C. routes in the hopes of elimi-nating $2.2 million in oper-ating kilometres across the province.

    Last year, the company reported a loss of $1.4 mil-lion on scheduled passengeroperations. The application has gone through the publicfeedback process and a deci-sion is still pending.

    Greyhound is making thecuts because were losing money on the trips. There isnt enough ridership to supportthe frequency thats there, said Grant Odsen, regional manager of passenger ser-vices for Greyhound (B.C.).

    The proposed cuts wouldeliminate one out of twoscheduled daily round-tripsfrom Nanaimo to Campbell River, and weekend service between the two destinations. The cuts would also affect one of four daily round tripsbetween Nanaimo and Victo-ria.

    According to Odsen, averagedaily loads for the 5107 out ofCampbell River show an aver-age of 20.8 passengers while the 5117 weekend service shows an average load of 8.1 passengers. In the other direc-tion, the 5118 out of Nanaimo shows an average load of 11.8passengers. The round-trip route proposed for cuts from Victoria to Nanaimo shows

    an average passenger load ofabout 14, he added.

    Break-even load factor would be in the mid-20s, he said.

    Green said he sees opportu-nity in those numbers. The application to provide servicewas submitted in October, and he is hoping the decision will be made jointly with Grey-hounds application.

    Theyre a larger companywith higher overhead where alocal company such as Tofino Bus, we use a mixed fleet of mini buses and motor coaches depending on the passengerloads, he said, adding, Our maintenance shop is here onthe Island, so for a local com-pany, the ridership that existsis quite strong.

    Jeannie Blaney, CAW Local 114 representative, said theunion is concerned about theproposed cuts. She said Grey-hound should look at alterna-tive ways to cost save, such as more effective advertising and cost-efficient buses.

    Greyhound has a social responsibility to not only takeon the more profitable runs,but perhaps some of the not-so-profitable ones, she said.

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    attract Southern Railway to be therailway operator so that you have aprofessional organization, not rail-road romantics, not people who are working off the back of a napkin,but people who actually know how a railway runs, and works, andwhats required to make it run and work, said Bruce.

    Discussion on the Island Corri-dor Foundation proposal took uptwo hours of the meeting, as direc-tors asked questions of Bruce. Theboard also heard delegations from two members of the community opposed to the funding request, as well as an endorsement from Andre Sullivan, of the NanaimoEconomic Development Corpora-tion.

    Directors were cautiously opti-mistic about the proposal. Area Fdirector Julian Fell said he planned

    to support the request to allow the process to continue, but maychange his mind when the boardmakes its final decision at its nextregular meeting on Nov. 27.

    I wonder if were being led into a black hole, he said.

    Nanaimo Mayor John Ruttan alsosupported the funding request.

    Some point we have to make some tough decisions in politics,and to me, this is one of them,Ruttan said. Lets give this a chance, I think it will work and Ithink it could get more cars off the road.

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    What do you think? Give us your comments by fax at 250-753-0788, or by e-mail [email protected]. Be sure to spell out your first and last names.

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    Drivers will no longer be able to access Island Diesel Way from Bowen Road. The road was closedto traffic on Tuesday. During the next three weeks, Milner Groupwill install a non-mountable curb

    at the cul-de-sac. Entry to IslandDiesel Way off Bowen Road wasoriginally created as a temporarysolution until Boxwood Road wasconnected through Northfield andBowen roads.

    Island Diesel Way access no longer needed

    An intensive air and ground search for alost hiker on the week-end ended after thehiker caught a ridewith a truck driver on an abandoned logging road.

    The search started Saturday after the hiker, from Nanaimo,called 911 at about 8a.m. and said he was lost in a remote areawest of DoumontRoad. Police contactedhis family who con-firmed the hiker had been camping with four friends, so policethen called the camp-ing companions, who were unaware their friend was lost.

    Search and rescue teams from Nanaimo and Parksville were called up, along withpolice dog services and an RMCP heli-copter from Comox, and a search startedat 9 a.m. Just past 1:30p.m. the hiker met up with a truck driver on an abandoned logging road and hitched a ride to the search com-mand centre where hewas reunited with his family.

    Hiker hitchesride to safety

    BY JENN MCGARRIGLETHE NEWS BULLETIN

    The holiday season is fastapproaching and with it the start of the 17th annual Operation Red Nose campaign in Nanaimo.

    The program, hosted by Pacific-Sport Vancouver Island, is a des-ignated driver service intended to get people and their cars home safely from festive celebra-tions.

    You dont have to be drink-ing to use it, but its for drinking and driving, said Liza Taylor, marketing and communicationscoordinator for PacificSport.

    Last year we had just over 200 volunteers and we drove home over 1,600 clients in the Nanaimoarea.

    She said organizers are looking for volunteers to man the phonesas well as get behind the wheel when the service starts up Nov. 30.

    The service is available on Fri-day and Saturday nights every weekend throughout Decem-ber and also on New Years Evebetween 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Thearea of service runs from Ladys-mith to Lanztville.

    Red Nose volunteers go out in teams of three to pick up clients one drives the clients car to

    their house or next destination with a navigator, while anotherfollows in a support vehicle.

    Volunteers also provide their own vehicles and we pay for their gas through a sponsorship from Columbia Fuels, said Taylor. The more volunteers we have,the more people get home safely. The service is confidential.Nobody would know that you have been driven home by Opera-tion Red Nose.

    The service is free, but dona-tions are accepted to raise moneyfor PacificSports athletic pro-grams.

    Its meant to do more thanjust help people get home, saidTaylor. It helps kids in the dif-ferent sports and the different programs we operate here.

    To volunteer, please [email protected] or call 250-740-6572.

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    A music video parodyof the popular Gang-nam Style song byPSY earned Dover BaySecondary School stu-dents a chance to wintechnology upgradesfor the school.

    In just three short weeks in October,Dover Bay students and staff produced their own music videofor the annual Flip Your Classroom eIn-struction ClassroomMakeover Contest.

    Last week, studentslear ned that their submission is one of five shortlisted in the high school category from dozens of entriesacross Canada and theUnited States.

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    [The contest] looked really exciting and theother thing I thoughtit could do for us israise the spirit of the school, said business education teacher Denise Montgomery, who found the contest and pitched it to her students.

    Sponsored by eIn-struction, a global edu-cation software and technology company,the contest challengedstudents and teach-ers to produce music

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    Students were enthu-siastic about the proj-ect and the chance to win cutting-edgeinstructional technol-ogy, such as electronicwhiteboards and stu-dent response systems,for their school, said Montgomery.

    The kids under-stand that we need to upgrade things, fix things and repair

    things, but we just dont have the funds inthe education system right now, she said.

    A core group of about eight students, withhelp from Montgom-ery and dance teacherTina Roberts, wrote, directed and producedthe video and about300 students from 14classes learned the dance moves and par-ticipated in the film-ing.

    It was a lot of work before school, after

    school, at lunch, onweekends for aboutthree weeks, saidMontgomery.

    If they workedafter school into sup-pertime, we fed them.Everybody just agreedto go with theirstrengths.

    She said one of thethings this contesthas taught studentsis that they shouldntbe afraid to try thingsand if they want to gofor something, theyshould.

    Shane Roberts, aGrade 10 student whowrote the story boardand then directed themusic video, said stu-dents were blown awayby the popularity ofthe video 30,000 peo-ple viewed it on Day 1of the contest.

    I never thought itwould go this far, hesaid. The studentslearned that whenwe get enough peopletogether, we can cre-ate something worth-while. This videobrought everyonetogether. People areexcited about it.

    Roberts said DoverBay does not have anyof the products thewinning school willreceive, but even ifthe school doesnt win,the project has alreadyboosted school spirit.

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    :HZLOOUHPHPEHUNanaimo and Lantzville residents gather for Remembrance Day ceremonies

    TOBY GORMAN/THE NEWS BULLETIN

    TOP LEFT: A veteran looks to the skies during RemembranceDay ceremonies Sunday morning at the Nanaimo Cenotaph.ABOVE: A cadet stands guard over the Nanaimo Cenotaph.Hundreds of people braved cold temperatures, wind and rainto pay their respects to Canadas war veterans who bravelyfought to protect our freedom.

    CHRIS HAMLYN/THE NEWS BULLETIN

    Petty officer second class Logan Spencer, of 136 Amphionsea cadets, left, and master corporal Logan Scherr, of 2422Canadian Scottish Regiment army cadets, stand honour guard duty during the Remembrace Day ceremony at Royal CanadianLegion Branch 257 in Lantzville Sunday.

    Ninety-four-year-old Second WorldWar veteran Victor Osbornekeeps his handover his heartduring the sing-ing of the Cana-dian nationalanthem.

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    Kay Lannan and her daughter Jolona Babcock, 4, listen as a prayer is read to remember Canadians who served in con-flicts around the world.

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    At first glance, restoring passenger railservice on Vancouver Island is a positivemove.

    A well-run service would ease pressure on the heavily-used Malahat Drive andprovide a more environmentally friendlytransportation option, getting residentsout of their cars.

    But a lot of questions still dont have answers, including whether the service is

    even viable on the Island.The Regional District of

    Nanaimo gave preliminary approval this week toa request by the IslandCorridor Foundation for a $945,000, one-time, grant-in-aid, contingent on ICFsability to produce a solid

    commitment from VIA Rail to reinstatethe passenger service.

    The money is part of $20.4-millionfor railway upgrades that would allow a daily passenger service to run between Courtenay and Victoria.

    The RDN is one of five regionaldistricts asked to pony up so work canget started on the upgrades. Three have already approved their portion of thecontribution.

    On top of regional districtcontributions, the provincial and federalgovernments have kicked in $15 millioncollectively, the rail operator is paying$500,000 and the foundation would pursue financing from lenders for theremaining $2.2 million.

    The ICF is asking taxpayers to invest in passenger rail, but the question remains whether the Island has enough peoplewilling to use this service to make it a viable business venture in the long-term.

    And is this the end of the money train?Current funds would bring the track up

    to safety standards for the next 10 years, but then what?

    The foundation needs to show this is asolid business, one that taxpayers wontbe continually asked to subsidize.

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    Before the 1,200-page, $25-millionCohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fish-ery slips beneath the waves, allowme to dip my toe into the river of data that has flowed by in the pastthree years.

    If your information on thishugely complex subject consistedof skimming a few news storiesor watching protest-ers on TV, you will likely conclude what urban people have been indoctrinated with for years. The whole issue is salmon farms andwhether they are bad or catastrophic.

    Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migra-tion route: Cohen said the headline on a Black Press report. Those whoread past the headline would learn that Justice BruceCohen recommended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group nearCampbell River until 2020. Its upto the industry to show by thattime that the risk is minimal, or farms there should be shut down.

    A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms arein that area. There are no currentapplications for more.

    Lets say you decide to plunge in, and download the full report fromwww.cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that showsockeye runs from rivers other

    than the Fraser, from Washingtonall the way up to Alaska.

    Its not a pretty sight. FromWashington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass and upto Yukons Klukshu and AlaskasAlsek rivers, most runs show adecline starting in the 1980s orearly 1990s.

    This includes runs that migratedown the west sideof Vancouver Island, away from salmonfarms. Alaska doesntallow farms, preferring ranching a strategythat floods the oceanhabitat with millions of hatchery fish. Theseare commercially fishedand marketed as wild.

    B.C.s North Coast has never had salmon farms.

    The area has been subject to a moratorium since anNDP-controlled legislative commit-tee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

    The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committeethat called for an end to open-pensalmon farms in five years. Then-agriculture minister Pat Bellapproved one NDP recommenda-tion, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.

    This was after the PacificSalmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fish-eries minister John Fraser.

    Similar to Cohen, Fraser con-cluded that there is no simple

    answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms dont explain it. Cohens report makes it clear that the prob-lem is far larger than could possi-bly be explained by salmon farms.

    How about logging impact?Cohen concludes after much testi-mony that stream protection has improved significantly during thetime of observed sockeye decline.Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldnt be evaluated.

    Poaching on the Fraser River?Cohen looked at that, but his big-gest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions.

    During the Cohen Commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeyerun came in gangbusters, with 35million fish. One leading theory isthat ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.

    Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhereis simply depleting the food sup-ply? That too is inconclusive.

    Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attentionfrom U.S. salmon and oil tankers,spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence.

    But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.

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  • Reports of violent actsbarely mention victims

    To the Editor,Re: Animal cruelty charge earns jail

    sentence, Nov. 10; Assault nets suspended sentence, fine, Nov. 6.

    In the last few days, I have seen two stories in the News Bulletin involv-ing domestic violence in our commu-nity, yet neither even remotely notes that these incidents were related to violence against women, sadly perpe-trated by young men.

    One story, about a man taking ahammer to his girlfriends dog, is onlyall too familiar to us in that violence against family pets is often threatenedin domestic violence situations, andoften becomes one of the reasonswomen are reluctant to leave the fam-ily home. Our local SPCA has been extremely helpful to us in a number of cases where they have temporar-ily taken in family pets in situations where this type of violence is anissue.

    The second story was about a preg-nant woman assaulted in a vehicleand hanging from the car while it was moving at a fair speed. Pregnancy, as research tells us, is a clear risk fac-tor in domestic violence situations.I want to commend the man who decided not to be a silent bystander, and instead acted to prevent further violence from happening.

    Anne Spilkerexecutive director

    Haven Society

    Real heroes of conflicts refused to participate

    To the Editor,Re: Veterans owed our respect,

    Letters, Nov. 10.People who kill other people do not

    deserve respect. They are not heroes. The hero will be the first one to

    shout No, I will not kill my brother for any reason.

    Let those who demand sacrificebe the first to volunteer. Politicians,capitalists, royals, go to it.

    Dont send your sons, throw yourselves in harms way.

    Dont lie to us that its patriotic, for

    king and country, for the protection of freedom.

    Dont lie to us, for we all know thatits about greed and power for the elite.

    Frank FarkasNanaimo

    Disrespectful behaviournever leads to solutions

    To the Editor,Re: Facing the heat, Nov. 8. Is there not a disconnect between

    the message and the method when agroup of protesters disrespectfully hurtle insults at someone with whomthey disagree, while also calling for the government to respect the envi-ronment and our nation?

    How can we demand respect in a non-respectful way?

    If the current Conservative gov-ernment wishes to circumventCanadian laws as a result of enact-ing the Canada-China Foreign Investment Agreement, the least we can do is to respectfully listen totheir arguments, however much we may disagree.

    If we wish Canada and the environ-ment to be respected, we must leadby example.

    Ian GartshoreNanaimo

    Court system, politiciansmust protect animals

    To the Editor,Re: Animal cruelty charge earns jail

    sentence, Nov. 10.There is just a tad bit of comfort in

    the sentence Matthew Dean Tremblayearned for his horrific crime againstKing, a helpless dog.

    There is also comfort in knowing we do have judges (too rare) who recognizethe suffering of animals and are pre-pared to sentence accordingly.

    I offer a differing opinion to LorieChortyks remarks that its good tosee society taking it seriously and our courts taking it seriously. Society generally has always taken such atroci-ties seriously it is politicians and the courts who havent.

    Seldom is a perpetrator sentenced tothe full extent our weak animal lawsallow. Thank you, Judge Ted Gouge forrecognizing that animals do feel pain.

    Tremblay is a young, dangerous indi-vidual and besides serving him up thesame treatment he gave King, I suggest community work and anger manage-ment courses should have been added to help him experience compassion before it is too late.

    His real target was his then-currentgirlfriend. Who will it be next?

    Shirley LeeNanaimo

    Shopping centre hoursdishonours all veterans

    To the Editor,On the bottom of page 3 of the Nov.

    10 News Bulletin, a north Nanaimo shopping centre ad sports a picture ofpoppies and reads Lest We Forget.

    Under that it reads, Sunday, November 11, Mall Hours 11 a.m. 5p.m.

    Yes, it states that major stores may have different hours, but could malladministration not show the respectof years gone by when nothing openeduntil noon on Remembrance Day?

    Unless theyre having a service atthe mall, the very fact that the mallchooses to open at the 11th hour onthe 11th day of the 11th month wipes out the forgoing Lest We Forget.

    In this day and age, when numbers of Second World War veterans aredwindling, recent veterans are notbeing recognized and reports are allveterans are being shortchanged intheir post-service care requirements its more important than ever we show them our support and respect.

    Mary DanielNanaimo

    To the Editor,Re: Canadians smart

    enough to build a safe pipe-line, Letters, Oct. 25.

    I am puzzled by people like Garry Bradford, Jim Corder, Tom Fletcher and David Black who think the economy is more important thanbreathing clean air and living in a non-toxic environment.

    Man-made pollutants are irreversibly damaging toevery living creature on Earth, not just the brain-washed, ignorant or greedythat are for these projects.

    We only have one planetand one chance to make thisright. My roses and mums are re-blooming in November we can no longer ignore warming.

    Canadians are smart enough to switch to sustain-

    able energy with wind and solar power. We should begrowing hemp in our back-yards to use as a bridging fuel to put in our bio-diesel

    cars that are easily converted from gas engines thanksto the subsidies collected through the carbon tax as itwas meant to be. There are

    lots of jobs associated with sustainable energy, so theemployment issue is a moot point.

    Germany is already har-nessing the suns clean ener-gy for its residents so there is no excuse for this toxic and earth contaminating greed.Anybody out there care about their offsprings future? There will not be a safe envi-ronment to reside in if actionis not taken ASAP.

    Wake up Canada, do notlet apathy and greed ruin itfor everybody. If the presentregime (Stephen Harper)wanted to make clean money he would tax and legalizemarijuana and all the safebyproducts made from thishealing miracle plant.

    Nikky DaviesNanaimo

    www.nanaimobulletin.com LETTERS Thursday, November 15, 2012 Nanaimo News Bulletin 9

    LETTERS POLICY: Letters should be no longer than 250 words and will beedited. Include your address and phone number. Unsigned letters or third-party letters will not be published. MAIL:Letters, Nanaimo News Bulletin, 777 Poplar St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 2H7 FAX: 250-753-0788 E-MAIL: [email protected]

    To the Editor,It is distressing to

    listen to and read thedisrespect shown topeople of Nanaimoby our leaders and our news mediawhich almost always unfailingly upholds the status quo.

    Everything fromSnuneymuxw First Nation Chief Doug Whites attempts toaddress his peoplesconcerns with treaty violations and the Protection Island folk and general publics dismay withthe Nanaimo Port Authority giving a 30-year lease of our boat basin, topeoples objection to smart meters and city councils plan to demolish Colliery Dam Park have been dismissedcontemptuously by our leaders and now both major Nanaimonewspapers.

    We, the people, donttrust them anymore. About anything. They dont have our bestinterests at heart, like theyre supposed to.

    In the News Bulletins editorial of Nov. 8 (Canadians big on U.S. vote), weare chided for paying more attention to the U.S. elections thanour own and get abig parental finger-wag that we should get caught up with asmuch fever in theelection show here.

    Sometimes silence

    means a lot more than apathy.

    It can mean total discouragement with an entrenchedold boys networkof cronyism, such as we seem to have in Nanaimo. It doesnt help to have our newspapers do nothing more thanreflect the samemessage: we, thepeople are wrong.We are told to sitdown and shutup. The failure tocommunicate is our fault.

    Perhaps all our clever leaders and media intelligentsia fail to notice the underlying message of all this protesting. Bit by bit, the public has grown distrustful.

    Too many times council has madeterrible and expensivedecisions with howit chooses to use our taxes.

    Yes, we paid alot of attention tothe U.S. elections. Barack Obama won because the voiceless women, gay people,the youth, the poorand the minorities have at last been heard. We are the new majority.

    So perhaps thesepompous, old, rich men that call theshots around hereshould shut up and start paying attentionto that.

    Justyna KatelnikoffffNanaimo

    To the Editor,Re: Lower gas prices

    a sound of silence,Saturday Reflection,Nov. 10.

    I found ChrisHamlyns commentaryabout lower gas prices a little silly.

    Why be thankful to our local gas stations that have finally low-ered their prices to a reasonable level com-parable to those onthe rest of the Island?

    They have made plenty of money goug-ing us when all other gas stations acrossNorth America were dropping their gasprices to record levelsin the past month or

    two. And then ....rais-ing their prices aneye-popping 12 centsovernight just because it was Thanksgiving long weekend.

    Sorry, I just cantfind it in my heart tobe grateful.

    Now if the Nanaimo gas stations, which are still near the topof gas prices being charged on VancouverIsland, were to leadthe country or evenjust the Island by having lower prices than anywhere else, Iwill be the first person to write in a letter ofthanks.

    Petra TschaunerNanoose Bay

    Residents lose trust in council, mediaover serious issues

    Nanaimos lower gas costsstill among tops on Island

    Only one chance to save planet

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    Man-made pollutants are irreversibly damaging every living crea-ture on Earth, says letter writer.

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    Behind the face ofevery man, and evensome women, is a great moustache screaming to come out into the light.

    With prostate can-cer being a bit of ahairy topic for men,Nanaimo participants are sprouting a greatcrop of cookie dustersfor Movember, when guys across Canada,around the world even, raise cash to fight pros-tate cancer.

    Some of Nanaimos mos of magnificencewill be harvested for donations at Sports-Barbers, located at3-4906 Wellington Rd.

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    Call it upper lipplumage, face fungus, your misplaced eye-brow, soup strainer or just a plain old mo, the moustache is being wielded as a front-lineweapon in the battleagainst prostate can-cer.

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    Businesses presented final technology awards

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    Zo Kazeil Brown had astraightforward goal whenshe created her ladybug painting to hang in the new emergency department ofNanaimo Regional GeneralHospital.

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    ple in Nanaimo do without both.In support of the Hamperville campaign, Pepsi Bottling Group,

    Regional Recycling and Steve Marshall Ford host the third annual bev-erage container, food and clothing drive with all proceeds going to the Salvation Army and Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank.

    The drive takes place Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot at Regional Recycling, 2375 Hayes Rd.

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    Taking control of chronic painis the topic of a public informa-tion session Wednesday (Nov. 21)at the downtown Nanaimo branch of the Vancouver Island RegionalLibrary.

    Guest speakers include Dr. Alan Berkman, Joan MacKinnon andSusan Schellinck, of the pain program at Nanaimo Regional

    General Hospital. A question andanswer period follows the presen-tation.

    The session runs from 5:30-8 p.m.on the second floor of the library,90 Commercial St.

    For more information on theVancouver Islad Health Authoritypain program, please go to www.viha.ca/pain_program.

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    If the shoe fitsNola Dunn, Woodgrove Centre marketing director, left, presents Sonia Pranke of Nanaimo with a $5,000 gift card. Prankes name was drawnout of more than 1,800 entries in the shopping malls Shoe and Handbag event in October.

    Trucks all TTaglow for children

    Members of theMid Island Truck and EquipmentAssociation are light-ing em up for thekids once more on Nov. 24.

    Trucks and con-struction equipment will be done up ina dazzling light dis-play for the seventhannual MITE Showand Glow at the MidIsland Co-op parking lot on Bowen Road from 7-9 p.m.

    The light competi-tion is open to any-one working in thelocal heavy construc-tion and transporta-tion industry.

    Refreshments are available courtesy ofthe co-op in exchange for a donation of a new, unwrapped toy, non-perishable food item or cash for a local charity.

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  • arts18 Nanaimo News Bulletin Thursday, November 15, 2012 www.nanaimobulletin.com

    BY RACHEL STERNTHE NEWS BULLETIN

    Craig Cardiff turned to fans when money ran outto finish his latest album.

    He used his own money

    to fund its production initially, but when it ran out he turned to fans and crowd-funding for addi-tional help. Pledges helped him finish the album.

    I love telling that story

    when musicians complain about fans stealing music, said Cardiff, adding thatthe people you want to connect with are ones that believe in the music.It was amazing for me

    because that is what fin-ished the album off.

    He crafted the album with the help of Ben Leg-gett in his home.

    He said producing the album in his home was

    ideal because as a single parent he was able to see his daughter off to school in the morning and then work in the studio. Leggett would work on it when Car-diff s daughter was home

    and then when she went tosleep, Cardiff joined himagain.

    Cardiff is performing atthe Tabu Lounge Sunday(Nov. 18) starting at 8 p.m.

    BY RACHEL STERNTHE NEWS BULLETIN

    St e p h e n re t u r n s home from school, his clothes torn and his face bloody froma pounding by school bul-lies.

    He doesnt know why hes been targeted. As a young Japanese-Canadian, Ste-phen is unaware of the tur-moil boiling around him,which will soon lead to him and his family losing every-thing they own and being sent to an internment campin Slocan, B.C.

    Stephen is one of the characters in Joy Kogawas novel Naomis Road. That tale has been adapted by the Vancouver Opera and being presented in Nanaimo as part of TheatreOnes Just Kidding Series on Saturday (Nov. 17) at the Malaspina Theatre at 1 p.m.

    The story details the experiences of Naomi, ayoung Japanese-Canadiangirl, and her family during internment in the SecondWorld War. Sam Chung, a tenor with the opera, playsNaomis older brother Ste-phen. Chung said the pro-duction explores issuessuch as bullying, racismand the history of Japa-nese-Canadians.

    The story is so compel-ling, he said. Its such a privilege to put this together and get it out to

    the children. This reallyis one of the most special pieces Ive done.

    Chung said the messagesand the production is so

    engaging that sometimesthere are five year oldsthat are just glued to you.

    Chung said the piece is performed in schools and

    teachers have approached the performers after tothank them. The storyteaches the children aboutimportant issues from a

    childs viewpoint.To ensure the performers

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