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David Faren PhotoMud Slide Moves Double Deckers

Three double-decker buses were pushed on to the road about 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 by a mud slide in Alert Bay. Heavy rain brought down the mud and pushed the vintage vehicles all the way across the road blocking traffic on the main road near the ferry terminal. The colourful buses, owned by Colin Ritchie, were parked in that location for the past few years.

Hardy pool - rebuild or repair?By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorPort Hardy residents waded into the pool

debate Feb. 2 as the district held a come-and-go open house to discuss what should be done with the aging complex.

The pool is over 40 years old. The normal life expectancy is 30 to 40 years old, and it has been 25 years since the pool has had a major renovation and retrofit.

The district is looking at three options.

The first is to repair the existing facility which would increase the lifespan of the pool by up to 15 years.

This option, which has an estimated $3.159 million price tag, would include tile repair, heating and ventilation upgrades, dehumidifier replacement and seismic upgrades. Further upgrades would be carried out over the next nine years.

The second option is to repair and expand the facility at an estimated cost of $8.016 mil-

lion ($3,159 million for repairs and $2.329 million for the expansion).

This would also increase the life expectancy of the pool 15 years.

The third option is a completely new recre-ation complex.

The estimated cost of this option, which would have a 30 to 40-year lifespan, is $10.514 million.

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David Faren PhotoMud Slide Moves Double Deckers

Three double-decker buses were pushed on to the road about 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5 by a mud slide in Alert Bay. Heavy rain brought down the mud and pushed the vintage vehicles all the way across the road blocking traffic on the main road near the ferry terminal. The colourful buses, owned by Colin Ritchie, were parked in that location for the past few years.













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Native Joye, one of James Walkus Fishing Company’s fleet, seems dwarfed by the Coastal Mountain range as it makes its way across the water near the Port Hardy Airport.













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Continued from Page 1“If the majority of

the public appears to want a new facil-ity the district will engage an architect and project manager to give more concep-tual ideas,” said Chief Administrative Officer Allison McCarrick.

The purpose of last Tuesday’s meet-ing, said Director of Corporate Services Heather Nelson-Smith, was to let the public know what the status of the facility is and what the options are. There was also a “dream board” where people could write down what they would like to see in a new recreation centre.

Some of the sticky notes attached to the board suggested a never-ending lap pool, a birthday party room, squash courts, change rooms, a gym, a marine and sea life display in tanks, and a children’s water park.

The dream board

has now been placed in the lobby of the recreation centre so people can continue to add to it, Nelson-Smith said.

In addition to the open house, the dis-trict has been busy collecting surveys which have been available on line and in paper format.

As of Feb. 2, the dis-trict had received 490 completed surveys on line and another 150 paper ones, said Heather Nelson-Smith.

“That’s more than 10 per cent of the population of Port Hardy,” she said.

The district will continue to collect surveys until Feb. 19, said McCarrick.

The survey and ini-tial open house results will be compiled and it is anticipated they will be made public by March 31, McCarrick said.

Stakeholders will then be invited to

a meeting to give their input. These include representa-

tives from the local business community, Regional District of

Mount Waddington, First Nations, School District #85, etc.

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Pool replacement talks begin

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District of Port Hardy Public Works Superintendent and Manager of Operations and Community Services Sean Mercer, right, talks to resi-dent Gotz Moehl about repairs needed to the pool.

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After 20 years of representing B.C. coastal First Nations to negotiate what U.S.-directed activists labeled the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, a weary Dallas Smith expressed his relief and frustration.

At a ceremony to sign the final agreement in Vancouver last week, Smith, president of the Nanwakolas Council of remote Central Coast communities like Bella Bella, joked that he’s finally out of a job. Then he got serious.

“My communities still aren’t better places to live yet,” he said. But the land use agreement with the province and forest companies over a vast coastal area up to the Alaska border means the years ahead will be better.

He said when he started it was like being caught in a divorce between the B.C. forest industry and interna-tional environmental groups. Dutch-based Greenpeace, its California offshoot ForestEthics and others moved on from their Clayoquot Sound battle to the B.C. coast, looking to continue the blockades against logging.

“It’s the First Nations of the Coast who stood up and said ‘no, this is how it’s going to work’,” Smith said.

How it’s going to work is that logging will continue on 550,000 hectares of coastal forest, with a greater share for First Nations, and with 85 per cent of the region preserved after a century of logging that began with sailing ships.

Aside from a few diehards who are either paid to protest or can’t get past issuing demands, B.C. aboriginal people have grown tired of being used as props in global de-marketing campaigns directed from San Francisco or Amsterdam. The protesters’ tactic of organizing customer boycotts that dam-age far-away economies might be good for international fund-raising, but it’s bad for poor people.

Formally begun 10 years ago with $30 million from Ottawa, $30 million from B.C. and $60 million from a group of wealthy U.S. family foundations with a larger anti-

development agenda, the land use plan remains under attack.Among the many protest outfits is Pacific Wild, which

has specialized in Great Bear Rainforest campaigns and now needs a new enemy. Their credibility was demonstrated recently when potty-mouthed U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus decided to speak out against B.C.’s wolf kill.

Typical of celebrities, Cyrus had no idea about the struggle to preserve dwindling herds of mountain caribou. She barely knows where B.C. is, a fact made plain when Pacific Wild toured her around the North Coast, far from the Kootenay and South Peace regions where the wolves in question actu-ally roam.

Cyrus’s handlers spoon-fed video and statements to urban media, who were so anxious to exploit her global popularity that they played down the fact she was at the wrong end of the province spouting nonsense. After periodically attacking their own B.C. agreement as inadequate, Greenpeace and ForestEthics have moved on to what they call the “boreal for-est,” which we like to call northern Canada. The same bully tactics with forest products customers and producers have been featured. This time, a Quebec company that signed an accord in 2010 is suing Greenpeace for “defamation, mali-cious falsehood and intentional interference in economic rela-tions.” Aboriginal companies on the B.C. coast will continue to log, including areas of old-growth forest and secondary growth. They will continue to export logs as economics dic-tate. They will continue to harvest animals, including grizzly bears. And, I expect, they will continue to be subjected to attempts to supervise and direct them by members of urban society’s new religion, environmentalism. The leaders of this movement don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.

(Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc)

Let me preface this column by saying I do not use the District of Port Hardy Swimming Pool.

The pool is over 40 years old and is in need of repairs.

There are three options the district is considering.


This option, which has an esti-mated $3.159 million price tag, would include tile repair, heat-ing and ventilation upgrades, dehumidifier replacement and seismic upgrades. Further upgrades would be carried out over the next nine years.

The second option is to repair and expand the facility at an estimated cost of $8.016 million ($3,159 million for repairs and $2.329 million for the expansion).

This would also increase the life expectancy of the pool by 15 years.

The third option is to build a brand-spanking new recreation complex, which would have a 30 to 40-year lifespan, at a cost $10.514 million.

The District is currently collecting surveys to see what residents would like them to do, and are very pleased with the number of people who have taken part. Over 10 per cent of the population at last count.

While it is a large amount of money, building a new facility is the option that make the most financial sense.

If the district repairs the facility, it will need to be done again in 15 years, if nothing else happens to it in that time frame. The district would invest $3.159 million now and would have to commit at least that much again in 15 years, probably more due to price increases.

Repairing and expanding the facility at an estimated cost of $8.016 million which would also last 15 years seems like a poor investment given a brand new complex would cost $10.514 million and would last 30 to 40 years.

In the long run, a new recreation complex seems to be the cheapest option.

A few people at the open house last week were over-heard saying they did not want to be paying for the facil-ity, because they don’t use it.

However, having facilities like the swimming pool and arena benefits the entire community, not just the people who use them.

Having these recreational services available helps make communities well-rounded. It gives opportunities for everyone, not just youth, to have a place to go to swim laps, get some exercise, relax and unwind.

And it’s not just residents that use them. Visitors and tourists also take advantage of them while

they are here.There is no doubt that the District is going to have to

knock their grant applications out of the ballpark to make this dream a reality.

It is also fair to say that because this is the only indoor facility available on the North Island, and because it is not only used by residents of Port Hardy, that surround-ing communities should also be coming to the plate with funds. Everyone has a stake, and would benefit from, having a state of the art facility as a cornerstone of the North Island.


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SubmittedThe B.C. government

is preparing legislation to formalize its 10-year project to protect and share logging manage-ment on a vast area of the B.C. coast with for-est companies and 26 coastal First Nations.

The agreement puts 85 per cent of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest off limits to logging, and also makes permanent a ban on commercial grizzly bear hunting that was announced for much of the central and north coast region in 2009. Including Haida Gwaii, the Great Bear Rainforest agreement covers 6.4 million hect-ares on B.C.’s central and north coast, an area about twice the size of Vancouver Island.

The final version of the long-sought agree-ment increases the amount of protected old-growth forest from 50 to 70 per cent, in

addition to large areas of second growth. It adds eight new special forest management areas cov-ering 295,000 hectares where logging is not permitted.

“Ecosystem-based management is the modern term to describe what we have always done,” said Chief Marilyn Slett, presi-dent of the Coastal First Nations, which includes the Haida Nation, Gitga’at, Metlakatla, Heiltsuk and other com-munities on the north coast.

Dallas Smith, presi-dent of the Nanwakolas Tribal Council repre-senting central coast communities, praised the co-operation of industry and govern-ment for the forest land use and a companion marine protection agree-ment that still requires federal approval.

“I stand here today proud, happy, but still a little bit upset that it’s

taken this long,” Smith said.

Rick Jeffery, rep-resenting the indus-try group of Interfor, Catalyst, Western Forest Products and the pro-vincial agency B.C. Timber Sales, said the agreement means an end to conflict and pro-test, with stable access to 550,000 hectares of forest harvest land.

“We know now where we can operate and what the running rules are,” Jeffrey said.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the B.C. government will provide $15 million over five years to help aboriginal communities start their own forest companies. The deal also turns over forest carbon credit rights to First Nations, which could be sold as offsets for natural gas development.

Richard Brooks of Greenpeace Canada said when environmen-talists began to push

for preservation of the region, 95 per cent of the forest was available for logging, and now 85 per cent is protected.

The agreement for-mally began in 2006 when a land use plan covering about a third of the region was adopted, and work started on a compromise between industry, First Nations and environmental groups that had been organizing boycotts of B.C. forest products.

The B.C. and federal governments put up $30 million each to create a larger plan using “eco-system-based manage-ment” and aboriginal rights.

The U.S. Nature Conservancy put up a matching $60 million, raised mainly from U.S. private foundations, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Wilberforce Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers

Fund and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Environmental groups

Greenpeace, Sierra Club and ForestEthics represented the founda-tions, and have since

argued that too much old-growth forest would continue to be logged under the plan.


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FebruaryWild Heart Music every Tuesday and Thursday for

the month of February 2016 at the A-Frame Church/Bookstore, 175 Cedar St. Port McNeill. 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. All Ages Welcome!

FebruaryPort Hardy Museum & Gift Shop open Tues./Wed./

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February 10 Collaborative, Strength-based approach to Fetal

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February 13Logan McMenamie the Bishop of the Anglican

Diocese of BC will be speaking at the A-Frame Church in Port McNeill Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. Open to the public. Donations are graciously received at the door. Coffee and treats will be served afterwards in the bookstore.

February 13North Island Concert Society presents Dockside Drive,

Saturday, Feb. 13. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starts at 6 p.m. at the Port Hardy Civic Centre.

February 15-292016 Port Hardy Youth Soccer Registration, Port

Hardy Recreation Centre. Questions please contact Alisa at 250-949-9461.

February 21T’sakis Football Club is a non-profit sports organiza-

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to 3 p.m. Admission $1. Table rentals are $10 each. Additional tables are $5.

Contact David McDougall at 250-949-8830 or 250-230-1772.

February 25, 26, & 27 March 3, 4, 5Learn to grow mushrooms for fun or profit! Hands-

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For details and registration about this Port Hardy proj-ect, please email Dawn at Grassroots Learning Centre & Forest Farm, [email protected].

March 12Swap & Shop 4 p.m. 9 p.m. Port Alice Community

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March 14 4-Day, Chronic Pain Volunteer Leader Training, 10

a.m. – 4 p.m. Island Health Public Health Unit, 7070 Market Street, Port Hardy, free. Call 1-866-902-3767 for more information.

April 9Body Mind & Spirit Fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Port Hardy

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PROCEDURE BYLAW NO. 595, 2016

In accordance with Section 123 (3) of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Port Alice intends to consider repealing and replacing Council Procedure Bylaw No. 590, 2012. The proposed new Council Procedure Bylaw No. 595, 2016 will be considered at the at the February 24th, 2016 Regular Council which commences at 7:00 p.m. at the Village of Port Alice Council Chambers located at 1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice, BC. In general terms, the proposed new bylaw will be substantially the same as the existing bylaw, with the addition of a section to address the conditions under which Council members may attend Council meetings by electronic means. A copy of the proposed new bylaw is available for review on the Village website and at the Village Office at 1061 Marine Drive in Port Alice, BC.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorR e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

from the Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre invited District of Port Hardy mayor and coun-cil to jump in the ocean Feb. 12.

The frigid invitation is part of a Community Winter Wellness Challenge being hosted by Sacred Wolf in part-nership with Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Child and Family Services, Vancouver Island Health Authority Mental Health and Addictions, Quatsino Health, and School District #85.

At the regular meeting

of District of Port Hardy Council Jan. 26, Sacred Wolf’s Kyla Lapointe, a family support worker, explained that poverty, and mental health and addictions are quite high in the community, and the shooting death of James Reginald Butters, 24, also known as James Hayward, by RCMP last year, also created a rift in the community.

“It really fractured last year,” said Cultural Coordinator Wade Charley.

In order to promote healing, the decision was made to offer an opportunity for people “to come together to do this spiritual cleanse,” said Lapointe.

Front line workers will be the first to enter the water “to cleanse any trauma they might be carrying,” said Charley.

The event will take place at Tsulquate Park beginning with a wel-come from the Chiefs at 9 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. there

will be a Spirit Bath in the ocean. Wade explained that during the Spirit Bath people will walk out into the ocean and say a prayer in all four directions with the last one facing south to self. Participants sub-merge four times.

The ceremony will be held by Kinsmen Park.

“That’s the ideal spot, easy, accessible and safe,” said Charley, adding that old running

shoes, shorts and a tank top is the recommended clothing option.

The Spirit Bath will be “very powerful, because we all enter the water together. I’m very excited for this Wellness Challenge,” said Lapointe.

The Challenge will then move to the Tsakis Bighouse in Fort Rupert where events will include a K’atla’lith’a - a purifying cedar smoke

cleansing ceremony that symbolizes a new start in life.

“I think this is a phenomenal idea,” said Councillor Jessie Hemphill.

Mayor Hank Bood agreed. “I think that it is really important; that we need to get more famil-iar with each other’s cul-tures,” said Bood.

“I think we’re making progress and I’m liking that.”


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Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor PhotoSacred Wolf Friendship Centre staff, from left to right, Social Worker Wendy Kellas, Family Support Worker Kyla Lapointe, and Cultural Coor-dinator Wade Charley speak to District of Port Hardy council about the Community Winter Wellness Challenge Feb. 12.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Wounded Warrior Run will be taking off

from Port Hardy again this month.Russ Hellberg, from 101 Squadron, and Don

Ford, from Port Hardy Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 237, appeared as a delegation at the regular meeting of council Jan. 26 to give an update on the Feb. 22-28 event.

The 3rd annual Wounded Warrior Run covers 600 kilometres from Port Hardy to Victoria, said Hellberg. A team of six runners, all veterans or serv-ing members of the Canadian Forces, will relay run the length of Vancouver Island to raise awareness of service-related injures such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which may not be outwardly visible, but have taken a terrible toll on veterans of all ages.

On Sunday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. residents are invited to mix and mingle with participants at the Port Hardy Legion in Fort Rupert.

This year, the number of days the run takes has been expanded, so the start in Port Hardy Feb. 22 will be a little later than previous years, said Hellberg. “We have a 6:30 a.m. warm-up for a 7 o’clock departure. It’s a little more humane,” he said. The Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce will have the coffee on, and residents will have the chance “to say hello.”

The participants will overnight in Woss, then its on to Sayward and beyond.

The Town of Port McNeill flag, carried by the runners and signed in communities along the way last year, will be returned; and this year they will be carrying the Regional District of Mount Waddington flag.

“I think this is a really important event for the community,” said Councillor Jessie Hemphill.

Hellberg said the participants always receive a warm welcome in the North Island.

“It’s nice to get a good kick-off start. Hopefully the weather will cooperate a little bit with them,” Hellberg said.”

Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Photo101 Squadron Vice-President Russ Hellberg speaks about the Wounded Warrior Run.

Warriors Run begins Feb. 22

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UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE:February 11th 10:00am - 11:00am The Chamber is hosting a business to business open house, where businesses can connect, discuss openly about what is working for them, what the challenges are and what the Chamber can do to assist growth and engagement in our community. This is casual open forum setting. RSVP [email protected]

February 17th 12:00 - 1:00pm Chamber Luncheon Guest Speaker N.I.E.F.S - Area Director, Shannon Baikie. NIEFS is a charitable community-based not-for-pro t organization and the major employment agency for Northern Vancouver Island providing service from Black Creek to Bella Bella. As an organization, they have been actively connecting employers with workers since 1986. Please join Shannon Baikie, Regional Manager, Community and Labour Market Services for an informative luncheon to learn more about: the wage subsidy program; job start supports; job postings and employer forums and hiring events; local labour market information and resources; and job creation and labour market partnerships. Port Hardy Chamber Luncheon $20, which includes a $5 donation to support facility development at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre! RSVP no later than Feb. 12th to [email protected]

February 15-19 Chamber Week - This year, Chambers are celebrating the theme of “Empowering B.C. Businesses” - a theme that highlights how Chambers strive to empower and grow businesses in their communities. Everyday, we are actively strengthening local businesses through networking events, mentor-ship programs, professional development activities and other unique programming. Get to know your Port Hardy Chamber, tap into the resource that we are, we work for you! Contact us about what programs we are offering, what events are coming up and what bene ts we can connect you with.

Continuous Learning Opportunities - The Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce continues offering local courses with Community Futures; Sign up now for SAGE Simply Accounting where you will learn how to use Simply Accounting software (Course Starts March 8th). Excel Level 1 courses running (March 8 & 10). Learn more - contact us today! 250-949-7622 February 21 Wounded Warrior Run BC Meet and greet for the Runners being held at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7:00pm. The next morning, Monday, Feb. 22nd the runners will meet at the Chamber of Commerce of ce at 6:30am for coffee and snacks, pose for a photo before the runners leave at 7:00am for Port McNeill, where they will stay overnight. Join us in supporting this cause for the 3rd year in a row and give these runners a Port Hardy send off!

March 10 for the 2nd year in a row there will be the Trades and Business Fair hosted at NISS, which encourages our youth to see the potential of jobs, trades and careers on the North Island. Interested in attending or having a booth contact: Kathleen McArthur @ 250 956 3394 or [email protected] for more information.

A reminder that our 2016 invoices have been mailed out and are due at months end. When you send in your membership fees, please make sure to inform us of any changes in your business information or send us updated promotional materials for distribution. The Chamber has countless bene ts available that help you save; Call us and we’ll connect you to the provider that makes sense for you. To nd out more about what is coming in in the next few months and to see the dates and speakers for the 2016 luncheons please visit www.porthardychamber.com

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MANAGING YOUR MONEY

Once there was just you – now there are two. You’ve joined with a partner to share your life and love and that’s good. You’ll be sharing your nancial lives, as well - so, as a new couple, here is what you should know about how to equitably manage your nances.

As a married or common law couple, you should integrate your nancial lives both fairly and in ways that match your lifestyle together. Disclose assets, nancial commitments (such as loans) and credit history. Decide if it’s best to maintain separate bank accounts, credit cards and investments or to merge some or all of these nancial items to eliminate duplication and enhance nancial bene ts. Make your decisions with a clear understanding of tax and legal implications and if you are bringing signi cant assets into the marriage, speak to a family lawyer about the nancial implications of getting married and how best to protect your assets.

Decide who will manage day-to-day nances – pay the bills and so on – and who will manage your overall nancial affairs. If one or both of you brought personal assets into the union – a car or home, for example – should you keep them or sell them?

You expect your partnership to last, but based on divorce and separation statistics, there’s a chance it won’t. You may want to be prepared by establishing a domestic contract

that sets out certain rights and obligations for each spouse or partner. A domestic contract is particularly useful when one or both of the partners bring signi cant assets into the relationship or in blended family situations, especially where one partner has support obligations to a former spouse/partner and his/her children.

Although couples must le separate individual tax returns, there are many tax-planning strategies that can reduce your total tax bill now and in the future. Take advantage of all your deductions and income-splitting opportunities including, where appropriate, pension income-splitting and/or spousal Retirement Savings Plans that can deliver tax savings.

Take these practical steps as soon as possible:

• A new will for each of you because a will drafted prior to marriage is usually invalid.

• Arrange mortgage, life and other insurance coverage to ensure each of you is protected if one partner dies.

• Use tax-planning and investment strategies that deliver immediate and longer-term retirement bene ts.

As a couple, you need a shared nancial plan. Your professional advisor can help you build such a plan for a strong nancial future together.

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Port McNeill has taken part in North America’s first research project that ultimately aims to bring the science of pharmacogenomics to patients using their community pharmacy. Pharmacogenomics uses a person’s genetics to uncover which drugs, and in what dosage, work best for them.

The project, called ‘Genomics for Precision Drug Therapy in the Community Pharmacy’ was funded by the BC Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) and Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) with research being done by a team at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Across the province, 33 community phar-macies recruited 200 volunteer patients to be part of the project. The project set out to posi-tion the pharmacist as

the health-care provider through which patient genetic information can be acquired, assessed and used to guide drug therapy decisions. Until now, this work had been done almost exclusively in cancer agencies or research labs.

“This is where the future of pharmacy is heading - helping patients know which medication works for them and in what dos-age before they start,” said Ron Downey, phar-macist at Peoples Drug Mart. “We were excited to be part of this proj-ect that will ultimately help patients with their every-day medications.”

The project focused on developing robust standard operating pro-cedures for the collec-tion of patient saliva samples, processing and sequencing of DNA at University of British Columbia and the development of edu-cational tools used by pharmacists for patient awareness. Community

pharmacists finished collecting all 200 saliva samples in late 2015, and UBC research-ers finished sequenc-ing samples on Jan 22. UBC researchers will do a retrospective analy-sis of DNA information to learn how genetics would have altered the drug dosage patients were prescribed.

“One of the most immediate opportuni-ties for genomics in health care is to guide treatment decisions

and reduce the risk of adverse drug reactions. This project is tackling just that by enabling pharmacists the insights needed to match the right medication, at the right dose, to the right patient,” said Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa, vice president, sectors and chief scientific offi-cer, Genome BC. “This work reflects Genome BC’s ambition to trans-late the value of genom-ics to end-users in BC and beyond.”

In recent years, phar-macogenomics, or using a person’s genetics to tailor their drug treat-ment, has only been used to treat cancer or rare diseases.

However, there are more than 150 medi-cations - ranging from mental health to heart disease to cancer drugs

- that are impacted by a patient’s DNA.

“We showed that phar-macy can be the gateway to personalized medica-tion in our communi-ties,” said Geraldine Vance, CEO of the BC Pharmacy Association. “Regardless of the loca-tion - urban or rural - patients had a consis-

tent, quality experience with their community pharmacist as it relates to pharmacogenomics.”

The British Columbia Pharmacy Association is a not-for-profit asso-ciation that represents more than 3,000 phar-macists and 850 phar-macies throughout British Columbia.


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suspects.On the morning of Jan. 28, Port Hardy RCMP

responded to a report of a break and enter at a business, located in the 90th block of Tsakis Way in Port Hardy. Thieves were alleged to have made off with a significant amount of cigarettes, tobacco and other property from the business store room. Members of the Port Hardy RCMP, with the assistance of the Integrated Forensic Identification Team, were able to quickly identify several subjects and subsequently recover much of the stolen property. James Braiden, 31, and Johnathan Walkus, 33, of Port Hardy, as well as Sundance Lanqvist, 34, of Sointula, and George Lafleur, 53, of Alert Bay, have been charged with numerous Criminal Code offences and break and

enter in relation to this event. “It is not often that a file of this magnitude is solved so quickly. In this case, we can thank not only the Integrated Forensic Identification Team and the investigators from both Port Hardy and Alert Bay RCMP, but also the busi-ness, who took security into their own hands by installing video surveillance,” said St. Sgt. Gord Brownridge, Port Hardy RCMP detachment com-mander. Port Hardy RCMP are still attempting to locate the remaining stolen property.

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Gazette StaffBishop Logan McMenamie of the Anglican

Diocese of British Columbia, will be deliver-ing a message called ‘Hope When All Seems Hopeless, Building Healthy Communities of Peace and Justice’ at the A-Frame Church, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., in Port McNeill. Originally from Scotland, McMenamie began his min-isterial work on Vancouver Island in Port Alberni in 1980 and has served in the dio-cese since. Coffee and treats will be available in the bookstore after Bishop McMenamie has completed his talk. Donations will be accepted at the door.

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and hungry from their journey - so they intro-duced them to their new homes at the school and made sure to give them a good hearty meal of - compost. Yes, these are residents of the wormy kind. They have come to Zeballos to help the students to prevent the organic waste created at

the school from end-ing up at the Zeballos landfill.

The worms are Red Wigglers, which can devour an amazing quantity of food waste - half of their own weight each day. The students are familiar with work-ing with these worms as they have been

composting classroom food waste in vermi (worm) compost bins since last year. This year, the Strathcona Regional District, Greentools Canada, Wormworx and Juniper Environmental Services have supported the class to upgrade from smaller homemade bins to larger, more sophisti-cated worm bins (called ‘Hungry Bins’) and to purchase extra Red Wigglers to boost the current population. The Zeballos Initiative for Produce Society (ZIPS) and the Ehattesaht Band have also expressed their support and inter-est.

The students will tend these worms and when the population is at its peak in a few months, the worms will be able to process all of the school’s food waste - converting it into a rich organic fertilizer for gardens in the commu-nity.

Besides supporting local food production,

there are other serious benefits to keeping this organic waste out of the landfill. Once organic waste is buried in a landfill it turns into a liquid, which moves

through the landfill, mobilizing toxins and creating a nasty leach-ate that can contaminate soil and water.

The breakdown of organic waste in a land-

fill also releases meth-ane gas‚ planet warm-ing gas that is 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide.

Zeballos Public Works foreman, Mike Atchison says, “30 per cent of the landfill waste is organics. By using our organics for creat-ing soils that can be used in our gardens, we can greatly reduce what we put in our landfills. Way to go kids.”

The students’ efforts will improve the health of the environment and may save money down the road when the Zeballos landfill closes in 2019 as planned.

When this happens all garbage will have to be shipped to Cumberland. The sooner the com-munity finds ways to keep food waste out of the garbage, the more money will be saved when it has to be hauled. The staff and students at ZESS are doing their part to move toward a Zero Waste Zeballos.

These same amazing kids have successfully organized the collection and sorting of packag-ing and printed paper items accepted under the Multi-Materials BC program. On Nov. 18, their recycling pro-gram expanded again - to include all return for deposit items. All of this is taking a big bite out of the waste created by the school.


Submitted PhotoA student at Zeballos Elementary Secondary School feeds the new arriv-als.

Wiggling towards a ‘Zero Waste Zeballos’

The Big Fish in the Small Pond

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You don’t have to live close to a big city or town to start your own business, or buy an existing business - there are plenty of reasons why being an entrepreneur in small town BC can be rewarding, both nancially and in terms of your career. Here are ve things to consider:

• There’s a lot to be said for being a big sh in a small pond - you will be supporting your local community and be looked up to as a business leader, rather than being small fry (pun intended) in a big city. You will get to know your customers more and it’ll be far easier to build a loyal customer base.

• You may be thinking that there is limited business in a small town, but here’s the thing - commercial space often costs less, and the overall cost of living compensates at least in part for lower sales. Not only that, small towns almost always have a selection of small businesses for sale at very reasonable prices that can give you a

head start on becoming self-employed.

• Your nancial risk is often lower in a small town. In larger towns and cities you’ll probably have to commit to longer leases, and the more business you expect the larger the inventory you’ll need to carry, the more sta you’ll require, and that all means increased nancial exposure.

• It’s a slower pace of life out in our rural community - you’ll feel more in control of your life. Being self-employed in rural BC means living in a place “where everyone knows your name” - and you’ll be on rst name basis with your customers. And - consider the non-commute!

• Rural communities invest in themselves and their futures - being an integral part of the growth and sustainability of your town can be incredibly rewarding and ful lling. Being self-employed in rural BC means you can actually make a di erence.

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Swing band performs at Hardy Civic Centre

Gazette staffIt will be dinner, and a show, at the Port Hardy

Civic Centre Feb. 13 as Dock Side Drive takes to the stage.

Dock Side Drive is one of the West Coast’s hottest swing and show bands. Fresh off theatre and festival performances throughout BC, this dynamic band entertains audiences with the music of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

At its core, Dock Side Drive features local Victoria musicians, Joey Smith, Don Leppard, Anita Bonkowski, Heather Burns (rhythm sec-tion); Dave Flello, Paul Wainwright (horns); Chris Newstead, Fran Bitonti, and Angela Ireland (vocals).

They offer a blend of vocal and instrumental

tunes that will usher you through more than three decades of song, including the music of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, The Beatles and other favourites.

You won’t want to miss the chance to see and hear this ensemble performing well-known swing, blues, jazz and show tunes.

Tickets for the event are available at Café Guido, Port Hardy Museum, Port McNeill Flora Borealis and from Gail Neely in Port Alice at: 250-284-3927.

Ticket information is also available from Kathleen Davidson at: 250-949-7676.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starts at 6 p.m.

Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and The Beatles will be just some of the favourites played at the Port Hardy Civic Centre Feb. 13 as swing band Dock Side Drive takes to the stage.

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Couples celebrate Valentine’s Day in many different ways. For some the idea of dinner out followed by a stroll arm-in-arm seems the epitome of romance.

Valentine’s Day also can be a romantic endeavour if a couple chooses to spend time with each other watch-ing a romantic movie. The following are love-inspired movies that can add a special something to Valentine’s Day fes-tivities.

• The Notebook: Author Nicholas Sparks has a way of taking the everyday experiences in a person’s life and making them relatable and heartbreaking in a pluck-at-your-heart-strings sort of way. His novel “The Notebook” won the hearts of many and seemed a natural to be adapted to film. Starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, the movie illustrates how love can last through the years and even survive an Alzheimer’s diagno-sis.

• The Proposal: In order to remain in the country, a demand-ing New York-based book editor (Sandra Bullock) asks her brow-beaten assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her. Their tumultuous rela-

tionship involves a trip to Alaska to meet his family.

• An Affair to Remember: Romantic melodramatic mas-ter Cary Grant falls in love with Deborah Kerr aboard a cruise ship while they are travelling with other people. They agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months if they have ended their relationships and are ready to commit to each other. Grant makes it to the rendezvous spot, but an injured Kerr never shows as Grant assumes she has rejected the pro-posal.

• Say Anything: In pursuit of a woman he believes is out of his social league, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) creates hope for the underdog in us all. The movie inspired teens to raise their boom box radios over their heads and blast romantic tunes to illustrate their love.

• The Wedding Singer: This quirky movie about a wedding singer who falls for a banquet waitress high-lights the importance of loving each other for what makes you unique.

• Once: Attraction between the main char-acters comes by way of creative musical collab-

oration. Music proves to be an aphrodisiac, making the film and the song “Falling Slowly” from its score so popu-lar. This romantic tale helped take the film from the big screen to the Broadway stage.

• West Side Story: “West Side Story” is yet another homage to “Romeo and Juliet”, but the film made Shakespeare’s tragic love story relatable to audiences of the 1960s.

• My Best Friend’s Wedding: Julianne (Julia Roberts) is called on to be the “best man” for her friend’s (Dermot Mulroney) wedding. Only, when the wed-ding planning is under-way does Julianne real-ize she is in love with her friend and needs to get him to fall for her instead.

• Never Been Kissed: A reporter goes under-cover at a high school to discover something controversial and ends up being the subject of her story when she falls in love with her English teacher.

• Harold and Maude: A man in his twen-ties and a much older woman begin a roman-tic relationship and challenge social norms along the way.

• Annie Hall: Winner of four Academy Awards, “Annie Hall” follows a comedian who is trying to maintain his relationship with a woman.

• Bridget Jones’ Diary: A modern adap-tation of “Pride and Prejudice,” the movie tells the tale of a self-conscious woman who finds love in a man that seems to be her polar opposite.

• Ten Things I Hate About You: Filmmakers reinvented “The Taming of the Shrew” in this teen comedy starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.

• Casablanca: No romantic movie list would be complete with-out this wartime drama. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are in top form in this movie of chance meetings.

• The Princess Bride: Girl meets boy, girl detests boy, girl truly loves boy, and then girl loses boy. This fairy tale shares the purity of true love and happily ever after.


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Valentine’s Day is eagerly anticipated, and each year cou-ples race to make their dinner reserva-tions or surprise their sweet-hearts with heartfelt gifts.

According to Forbes, Americans take Valentine’s Day quite seriously, spending an average of $142.30 on gifts. Men tend to spend twice as much as women.

In 2015, consumers in the United States spent $19 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts and other surprises.

The Retail Council of Canada says Canadians tend to spend much less than their neighbours to the south.

The average Canadian household spends roughly $37 on gifts for the spe-cial someone in their lives.

Here’s a look at some additional inter-esting Valentine’s figures, courtesy of Forbes, CNN and History.com.

• Sixty-two percent of adults say they celebrate Valentine’s Day.

• Roses are popu-lar gifts, with 51 per cent of people buy-ing red roses for the

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bers, friends, classmates, and even pets get

their share of gifts, too.

• Surprisingly, mixed f lower arrangements edge out red roses as the top flower shop pick for Valentine’s.

• Valentine’s Day is certainly one for

toasting. Nearly 174,000 gallons of champagne and spar-kling wines are sold throughout the holi-

day week.• In the United

States, an estimated $4.8 billion will be spent on jewellery.

• While many are buying cards, about 30 per cent will opt for a romantic text message.


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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN

The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Pest Management Plan (PMP) applies.

The purpose of the proposed PMP is to control vegetation at BC Hydro facilities to maintain safe and reliable

operations which support the delivery of electricity to our customers. This plan applies to all areas of

British Columbia where BC Hydro has operational or planned facilities such as electrical substations, generation

switchyards, generating sites, communication sites, storage sites, administrative buildings, or land owned

or leased for future facilities.

The proposed duration of the PMP is from April 2016 to April 2021.

Vegetation incompatible with the operation of the power system will be controlled using: physical (manual

brushing, girdling, hand-pulling, hedge trimming, mowing, pruning, weed trimming or tree removal), cultural

(gravel/hard surfacing, planting ground cover), biological (release of parasitic insects to control noxious

and invasive plants) or chemical (herbicide application) techniques, or any combination of these methods.

The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include:

acetic acid – Ecoclear, Munger’s Hort Vinegar or equivalent,

aminocyclopyrachlor and chlorsulfuron – Truvist or equivalent

aminocyclopyrachlor and metsulfuron-methyl – Navius or equivalent

aminopyralid – Milestone or equivalent

aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl – ClearView or equivalent

aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, and fluroxypyr – Sightline or equivalent

aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl and triclopyr – Clearview Brush or equivalent

Chlorsulfuron – Telar or equivalent

Chondrostereum purpureum – Chontrol or equivalent

clopyralid – Lontrel, Transline or equivalent or equivalent

dicamba – Vanquish, Banvel or equivalent

dichlorprop-P and 2,4-D – Estaprop XT or equivalent

diflufenzopyr and dicamba – Distinct, Overdrive or equivalent

diuron – Karmex, Diurex 80 WDG or equivalent

flumioxazin – Payload or equivalent

glyphosate – Vantage, Vision or equivalent

imazapyr – Arsenal Powerline or equivalent

indaziflam – Esplanade or equivalent

metsulfuron-methyl – Escort or equivalent

picloram – Tordon 22k, Tordon 101 or equivalent

picloram and 2,4-D – Aspect or equivalent

triclopyr – Garlon products or equivalent

Trifluralin – BioBarriere, Treflan or equivalent

2,4-D – LV700 or equivalent

Adjuvant products may also be combined on occasion with a herbicide to improve its effectiveness, such as:

nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol – Agral 90, paraffinic oils – Gateway, octadec-9-enoic acid as methyl

and ethyl esters – Hasten NT, or siloxylated polyether – Xiameter or equivalents.

The proposed methods for applying herbicides include: soil applied techniques (backpack sprayer, powerhose

or fixed boom sprayer), cut surface, basal bark, backpack foliar, mechanized foliar (fixed nozzle, boom directed

nozzle, wick sprayer), and injection (hack and squirt, lance or syringe) techniques.

A draft copy of the proposed PMP is available at bchydro.com/pestplanforfacilities.

Alternatively, it is available in person at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby; 1401 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon;

18475 128 Street, Surrey; 400 Madsen Road, Nanaimo; 3333 22 Avenue, Prince George.

BC Hydro, the applicant for the proposed PMP, is located at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8.

Please contact Tom Wells, Vegetation Program Manager, at 604 516 8943 or [email protected]

for more information.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development

of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the above address

within 30 days of the publication notice.

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Publication Insertion dateNorth Island Gazette (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Hope Standard (BCNG) Jan. 28, Feb 11

Nanaimo Daily News (BCNG) Jan. 18, 20

Prince Rupert Northern View (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Smithers Interior News (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Terrace Standard (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Quesnel Cariboo Observer (BCNG) Jan. 22, 27

Williams Lake Tribune (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Merritt Herald (BCNG) Jan. 19, 26

Vernon Morning Star (BCNG) Jan. 17, 22

Nakusp Arrow Lake News (Nakusp, BCNG) Jan. 28, Feb 11

Castlegar News (BCNG) Jan. 28, Feb 11

Golden Star (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Revelstoke Times Review (BCNG) Jan. 27, Feb 10

Cranbrook Daily Townsman (BCNG) Jan. 18, 20


Group proposes off-leash park

By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe Port McNeill Dog Owners Group appeared

as a delegation at the Port McNeill Town Council meeting Feb. 1 to propose an off-leash dog park behind the Community Hall. The group gave a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation that included four phases to help bring their idea to reality:

The first phase would be for council to change the town’s bylaw to allow dogs off-leash within the designated park area.

The second would be to build the off-leash fenced area, at a cost of approximately $3,000, which will be covered by fund-raising for material costs, and in-kind donations for the ground work.

The third phase would be to upgrade the play-ground space with new equipment and add a dog agility course.

Finally, consultation would take place with the softball club to determine if there are any pos-sible conflicts in the proposed area, and a doggy refuse bag receptacle would be installed by the town, which dog owners would self police. The group hoped the town would grant the use of town machinery and crew.

“We’ll give it great consideration, thank you very much,” replied Port McNeill Town Mayor, Shirley Ackland.

Gazette staffThe Hardy Bay Senior Centre is working on a

“Technology Program for Seniors”.There are two surveys being distributed to find

out which type of device is being used by local seniors (for instance, an ipad); if they need help using them; and if volunteers can be found to help offer them training. One survey is in print and may be picked up from either the Hardy Bay Senior Centre (beside the hospital), or at the Vancouver Regional Library currently located in the Thunderbird Mall.

The other has been created on Survey Monkey so that seniors may quickly fill one out online. Whether it is via print or online, replies should be in by Feb. 19 so it can be determined if seniors would like to have lessons and if there are volun-teers willing to help. If there is a demand, classes will start in March and end before May.

To fill out the online form visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLS88BF. For more infor-mation phone 250-949-2681 or at the Centre itself at 250-949-7252.

Technology program for seniors

in the works

From left to right, Bob Wells, Monica Daly, Gaby Wickstrom, Lani Siminoff, and Mary Addison, appeared in front of Port McNeill Town Council, Monday, Feb. 1, to propose an off-leash dog park behind the Community Hall.

Tyson Whitney Photo


Submit results to 250-949-6225 Fax 250-949-7655 or email us at [email protected] • Deadline 10 am Monday

on deckTell us about items of interest to the sports community.

Feb. 13Snowboard Fest

aka ‘The Blueberry Jam” at Mount Cain features a boarder-cross racecourse designed by our own Nahum Gazell. For all you lonely snow-boarding hearts out there.

Feb. 12-14Novice Jamboree,

Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill.

Feb. 12-14Broughton Curling Club Mixed Bonspiel, to register contact Charlotte at 778-686-7788.

Feb. 15-292016 Port Hardy

Youth Soccer Registration, Port Hardy Recreation Centre. Questions? Please contact Alisa at 250-949-9461.

Feb. 20-21Telefest is

Vancouver Island’s ONLY Telemark festival being held at Mount Cain featur-ing a very creative telemark ski race. (Jumps, 360 Loop, Uphill component, Gates).

Mar. 3-6Annual Oscar

Hickes hockey tour-nament, Port Alice.

Mar. 4-6Fort Rupert

Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel.

Mar. 5I n i t i a t i o n

Jamboree, Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill.

Mar. 19Fort Rupert

Curling Club Daffodily.

SPORTS & RECREATIONRiptide U-16 boys ends season with winSubmittedWith six players from

Campbell River on the team the U-16 Marine Harvest Upper Island Riptide Boys very much wanted to chris-ten the new Campbell River turf, Robron Field, with a win on Jan. 31. This contest was the Riptide’s last home game of the reg-ular season.

Playing against the strong Nanaimo Storm team the players also seemed to raise their game to a more com-petitive level in antici-pation of VIPL play-downs that begin in two weeks.

The Riptide’s inten-sity led to a goal early in the first half.

Striker Cullen Buholzer buried a header from Jaylon Grenier’s lovely left foot cross after a great pass from Tanner Kempe.

The Storm replied with a nice goal of their own shortly thereafter leading to a tied game at the half.

Play to start the sec-

ond half of the game was very much back and forth though the Riptide likely held possession more often than their opposition. Each goalie had to make key saves with the Riptide’s goalie, Gary Thiara, making a number of truly stellar stops.

Despite great defen-sive play by the Storm, Darren Hall of the Riptide, scored about mid way through the half after nicely receiving an amaz-ing through-ball from centre-back Shohei Iwamoto.

The Riptide offence continued to press while the Storm’s defensive core did the same. Eugene Park, Darren Hall, and Charlie Purcell all had good chances, but on this day their strikes didn’t find the back of the net.

Head coach, Mark Purcell, said after the game that, “the boys played a great game today. They support-ed one another. They

played as a team. They know that this is part of the season where winning really

matters and they rose to the occasion.”

The Riptide’s next game was against

Saanich Fusion/Prospect Lake on Sunday, Feb. 7 in Saanich (after press-

time). Please check www.

league l ineup .com/VIPL/ for details.

Sandy Grenier Photo

Triple jump - Three U-16 Riptide Boys jump to block a shot on net during the last home game of regular season action Jan. 31. The Riptide won the game 2-1

Midgets lose Game 1By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe North Island Midget Eagles had

a tough start to the Vancouver Island League Amateur Hockey playoffs, los-ing 7-0 to the Tier 3 Port Alberni Bulldogs (who played in the tier 1 divi-sion all season) on Jan. 30, at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.

Before the game started, the Eagles were awarded their Island League Midget Division 3 banner for taking first place in the 2015/2016 league standings.

The Bulldogs came out aggressive and controlled the majority of the action from the drop of the puck.

At 11:10, the Eagles got a break as the Bulldogs took a bad cross-checking penalty, but they weren’t able to capital-ize on the man advantage. The Bulldogs drew first blood, scoring at 6:47, and then ended up taking another penalty at 4:56, this time for interference, but once again the Eagles just weren’t able to exploit the five-on-four man advantage.

After killing their second penalty, the Bulldogs took control of the puck and got the majority of the chances for

the rest of the period, out skating, out shooting, and out hitting the Eagles, and it paid off.

They scored again at 2:53 to go up 2-0 as the 1st period ended.

The Bulldogs started off the 2nd with a quick goal at 17:27 to take a 3-0 lead. The Eagles ended up taking a cross-checking penalty of their own right after, but were able to kill the Bulldogs’ five-on-four powerplay.

At 14:04, a brief scrap broke out in front of the Eagles’ net, but no punches were thrown and the game continued to be played fairly clean.

The Bulldogs continued to get the bet-ter shots on net, and they scored again at 3:20 to go up 4-0 by the end of the 2nd.

The 3rd was more of the same; the Bulldogs continued to control the puck by passing up and down the boards and out shooting the Eagles. The Bulldogs scored at 16:21, 8:16, and with 18 sec-onds left they added one more to finish the game 7-0.

The North Island Midget Eagles next playoff game was Feb. 6, against Kerry Park (after presstime).

By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe North Island Atom Eagles scored 12 goals over three

periods to seal the win in an important league game against the Victoria Racquet Club Kings on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Doug Bondue Arena in Port Alice.

“They played great today. The kids played a really great game,” said Coach Doug Grant.

The action kicked off early on in the 1st period as the Eagles’ Lucca Stewart scored at 14:33, then William Grant scored at 10:34, Stewart scored again at 2:31, and the 1st period ended in a 3-3 tie.

The Eagles blew the game wide open in the 2nd period with Hayden Jack, Stewart (x2), Ethan Fuller, and Zachory Spafford all scoring goals to give the Eagles a decisive 8-5 lead going into the 3rd period.

The Eagles kept the offensive pressure up and kept on scoring in the 3rd period, with clutch goals from Jack Barrett (x3) and Fuller, and they took home a big 12-10 win over the 1st place Victoria Racquet Club Kings.

“This was the first time we’ve beat them this season,” said Grant.

Atom Eagles win high-scoring

league game

Gazette staffThe three North Island arenas have been

nominated for Kraft Hockeyville 2016. The Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill,

the Doug Bondue Arena in Port Alice, and the Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena in Port Hardy have all been nominated.

“As one of the arenas for our Atom devel-opment Tri-Port “North Island Eagles”, Port Alice arena would benefit the most of becom-

ing Canada’s next Kraft Hockeyville 2016. This little town of approximately 500 has gone through some rough weather with the pulp mill closing, and still being closed. This will really boost morale and would show Port Alice is not yet forgotten nor given up on. It’s such a nos-talgic little town on an inlet on the North tip of Vancouver Island,” reads one of the nomina-tions for the Doug Bondue Arena.

“Port McNeill, British Columbia should be the next Kraft Hockeyville because of our love for the game. With being a small town, located in an area where we receive a copious amount of rain each Fall, Winter, and Spring we are limited for activities in those seasons. Hockey really keeps us together, and helps to pull us through. Hockey helps us beat the winter blues, and gives us something to look forward to when the clouds roll in, be it playing, coach-ing, volunteering or watching. We as a whole take pride in our local teams, supporting them through thick and thin. Go North Island,” reads the nomination for the Chilton Regional Arena.

“They (Port Hardy residents) support all hockey events from the youngest to the oldest and are always there to cheer on local teams and show respect to teams who travel from far distances to play here. We need exposure for some of our local talent to show the dedica-tion that we as parents have for our kids and hopefully to one day see some of our children achieve their goals or dreams of one day play-ing in the NHL or playing for team Canada on either the woman’s or men’s team,” says a Don Cruickshank nomination.

Nominations closed Feb. 7.The top communities will be selected and

people will be able to vote for the one they want to see win the title of Kraft Hockeyville 2016.

The winner will host an NHL pre-season game and receive $100,000 in arena upgrades.

The second place community will also receive $100,000 in arena upgrades, and $25,000 will go to each of the eight remaining finalists.

For more information visit http://khv2016.ca.Over the past 10 years, Kraft Hockeyville has

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On the hunt for HockeyvilleGazette StaffThe Port Hardy Youth Soccer

Association is holding their league registrations from Feb. 15-29, at the Port Hardy Recreation Centre. The league will field teams from Under 6 to Under 18 with the pos-sibility of a tots program depend-ing on participation and total num-bers.

Late registrations will be subject

to a $25 late fee.Players will be contacted in late

March by their coach in regards to practice times. Volunteers and coaches are always needed to help make a season happen.

For more information contact Alisa at 250-949-9461.

Shin pads and soccer cleats are mandatory for all practices and games.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThree local businesses partici-

pated in the Seattle Boat Show from Jan. 29 to Feb. 6 in Seattle, Washington.

The show, featuring over 400 exhibitors, is the largest show on the West Coast and ranks third in the United States with an atten-dance figure of 51,684 in 2015.

The businesses were North Island Marina (Port McNeill) Steve and Jessica Jackman; Pierre’s at Echo Bay (Echo Bay) Pierre and Tove Landry; and Port Harvey Marine Resort (Port Harvey, East Cracroft Island) George and Gail Cambridge.

“It is the largest boat show on the west coast,” said George Cambridge.

At the event, the businesses were not only promoting their own oper-ations, but Port McNeill, Sointula, Alert Bay and the Regional District of Mount Waddington.

“The marine tourism industry is becoming a huge resource for not only this area, but all of the west coast,” Cambridge said.

“Many of our guests spend sev-eral months per year visiting the Broughton area and many of the small family businesses scattered in various bays,” he said, adding that at least half his guests are from the Seattle area.

“Over 40,000 boats cross from the US into Canada each year and the coastal boating generates close to $2 billion per year,” he said.

That figure could be even higher this year due to the exchange rate on the Canadian dollar.

“Port McNeill is the main provi-sioning stop for the visiting boats and most stop in several times while in the area. The boaters travel this area to experience the undevel-oped wilderness and beauty of the area. A large percentage return each year,” said Cambridge.

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PORT HARDYBAPTIST CHURCH

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www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

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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

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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 11/14

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

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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

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor George Hilton

250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826“Everyone Welcome”

Saturday Services9:30am - Bible Study groups

10:45am - Worship/Praise serviceWednesday @ 7:00pm - Prayer meeting

Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education

250-949-8243 11/14

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

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

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

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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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PORT ALICEANGLICAN- UNITED

FELLOWSHIPSunday Services - 4:00pm

1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice

You are extended a special invitationto share in our Services

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10:00am-Sabbath School11:15am-Worship Service

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IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF

Donald WilliamFrancis Andrews

Notice is hereby given that Donald William Francis Andrews, of the Town of Port McNeill, in the Province of British Columbia, fi led an assignment on the 29th day of January, 2016.

The fi rst meeting of creditors will be held on the 10th day of February, 2016 at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, at the Prince George offi ce of BDO Canada Limited, #510 - 550 Victoria Street in the City of Prince George, in the Province of British Columbia.

Dated at Prince George this1st day of February, 2016.

BDO Canada Limited#510 - 550 Victoria Street

Prince George, BC V2L 2K1

IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF

Frances-Jean Andrews

Notice is hereby given that Frances-Jean Andrews, of the Town of Port McNeill, in the Province of British Columbia, fi led an assign-ment on the 29th day of January, 2016.

The fi rst meeting of creditors will be held on the 10th day of February, 2016 at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, at the Prince George offi ce of BDO Canada Limited, #510 - 550 Victoria Street in the City of Prince George, in the Province of British Columbia.

Dated at Prince George this1st day of February, 2016.

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LAND and Water Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Dis-position of Crown Land and Al-location of Water Take notice that Quatsino First Nation of Coal Harbour, BC intends to make application to the Minis-try of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Re-gion for a Licence of Occupa-tion - Waterpower (investiga-tive & monitoring) situated on Provincial Crown land located between and north of Kathleen and Benson Lakes, Southeast of Port Alice. A Water Licence application has also been sub-mitted for Waterpower located on Wady Creek for the quan-tity of 2.1 m3/s (5 MW) The Lands File Number that has been established for this appli-cation is 1414437 and the Wa-ter File Number is 1003301. Written comments concerning this application should be di-rected to the Section Head at 142 - 2080 Labieux Rd, Nanai-mo, BC, V9T 6J9 or emailed to: [email protected] Comments will be received by MFLNRO until March 22nd 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website at http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/Ap-plicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this ad-vertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Free-dom of Information Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera-tions regional offi ce.

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SALTWATER HUSBANDRY TECHNICIANVancouver Island, BCCermaq Canada is currently looking for full-time Saltwater Husbandry Technicians to join our dynamic team. As a Saltwater Husbandry Technician you will be responsible for general farm operations including feeding and care of fish stocks. Duties would include operation and basic maintenance of auto feeders, boats and equipment in the marine environment.

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and a matching RRSP program• Prerequisites to hiring are a fitness test and a criminal record check.• Only applicants who are legally allowed to work in Canada will be considered• Applications will be accepted to fill current vacancies and to establish an

eligibility list for future employment opportunities.

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Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination

The Village of Port Alice is seeking an experienced individual to fill the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for a one year term with the possibility of extension.

Responsible to the Mayor and Council for the effective management of the Village, the CAO position incorporates the statutory duties of both the Corporate Officer and Approving Officer.

The ideal candidate will have a diploma, degree or certificate in public administration or a related discipline, and at least five years’ experience in local government administration in a senior management capacity. A working knowledge of the Community Charter and the Local Government Act is required. Practical knowledge of land use planning, public works, infrastructure project management, and economic development fields as they apply to municipalities would be an asset.For a full copy of this posting go to www.portalice.ca

To apply for the CAO position, please submit your cover letter stating salary expectations and a resume before 4:00 pm on February 26, 2016 to:

Bonnie Danyk, Acting CAOPO Box 130 1061 Marine DrivePort Alice, BC V0N 2N0

Applications may be submitted in person, by mail, fax or email. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is received on time.

Village of Port AliceEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYChief Administrative Officer

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The Village of Port Alice is seeking an experienced individual to fill the position of Public Works Foreman. The Foreman is responsible for the supervision and management of Public Works staff and day-to-day operation and maintenance of Village infrastructure and public services. The Public Works Foreman is a hands-on working member of the Public Works Department and should have a clean Class 5 Driver’s License and be proficient at the operating of heavy machinery including a dump truck, snowplow and backhoe. Applicants should be physically fit and willing and able to work out of doors in all weather conditions. For a full copy of this posting go to www.portalice.ca

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Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit today: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career!

HELP WANTED

COTTER’S HOME Inspiration Society is looking for a home support worker for 2 mentally challenged adults. This is a P/T/FT position that could lead to permanent work. Applicants must be female. Apply to Box 1175, Port Hardy, BC, V0N 2P0. Contact (250)902-1014.

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

DO YOU or anyone you know specialize in East Indian Cui-sine? Popular restaurant in Kamloops needs you immedi-ately. Full Time, starting $20. per hr. 250-374-0340.

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PLUMBING

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

2 DAY Online auction Feb. 16 and Feb 17. 1000 plus lots incl $350K ins. claim of food equip (some in orig. pkg), 7 bailiff seizures of restaurants/gro-cery stores, high end sausage making equip, 3x350 gallon steam kettles w-agitators, ice cream equip and complete cappuccino bar equip. Visit www.activeauctionmart.com to view, register and bid. Onsite viewing opens Feb 9. Call 604-371-1190 or email:[email protected] for more info.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; [email protected]

REFORESTATION NURSERY seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, and berries for shelter-belts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 orwww.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

STEEL BUILDING Sale. Real-ly big sale: extra winter dis-count on now!! 21x22 $5,190 25x24 $5,988 27x28 $7,498 30x32 $8,646 35x34 $11,844 42x54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

HADDINGTON COURTAPARTMENTS

PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated

apartments for rent. Clean & quiet building.

Free satellite.Furnished suites available.

Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365

PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse. Avail. now.Call

250-956-3440. www.portmc-neill townhouses.yolasite.com

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

KINGCOME MANORPORT MCNEILL

NEWLY RENOVATEDBach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.

Newly furnished available.Free sat tv, over 300

channels. Phone Ron and Linda

250-956-3365

Port Hardy, BCWest Park Manor &

Lindsay Manor

Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great

view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available. Well maintained secure &

quiet buildings. Close to shopping.

Friendly onsite residentmanagers.

Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email:

[email protected]

PORT MCNEILLAPARTMENTS

Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites

Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

Phone Rick250-956-4555

PORT MCNEILLMCCLURE APT’S.

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apart-ments. Competitive prices.

Call 250-956-3526.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

PORT MCNEILLMobile Home Park

Pads for rent.Short walk to shopping,

school & ocean.$300/ month

Call 250-758-4454

TRANSPORTATION

VTRUCKS & ANS

2001 GMC SAVANNA 2500 CARGO VAN - 140 K kms. always dealer serviced, runs well, looks good, rusty rear frame. $1000 obo 250-949-8959.

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