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Traditional TravelStudents from area schools got to try their hand at rowing traditional First Nations’ canoes in Port McNeill May 21.

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Residents rally to save OrcaFestBy Hannah Griffin ReporterAfter the Port McNeill Chamber of

Commerce announced it was unable to orga-nize OrcaFest 2015, a Port McNeill resident has stepped up to ensure the event takes place.

Chamber of Commerce President David Mitchell explained in a letter released in May that due to funding cuts, the Chamber is directing attention and resources on reor-ganizing and restructuring a new “member-driven focus” for the business community.

As a result, Mitchell explained that they would be unable to organize OrcaFest 2015,

but invited any members of the community or group to take the lead instead.

Jilly Laviolette has been spending a lot of time at home recently with her two-month old daughter. She noticed through social media posts that OrcaFest was in jeopardy this year, and decided to form a committee to rescue the event.

Laviolette says that she loves her town and has a lot of passion for it, which inspired her to take it upon herself to make OrcaFest work.

Once people found out what she was doing, everybody seemed to want to help. “It has been a huge, overwhelming pouring of sup-

port,” she says. OrcaFest began in 1999 when the Lady

Lions and The Chamber of Commerce came together to start a festival, with the early years including a parade, potluck and lem-onade stand. Sixteen years later, Laviolette is trying to retain many of the elements that people love about the festival, while adding new components that make it exciting and fresh.

As Laviolette has just recently become involved, she is not at this time able to give too many concrete plan details, but says that her goal with the “Tides of Change” themed festival is to “bridge the old and the new.”

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Hardy will be lighting up the skies for Filomi Days.

Instead of giving a cash donation to the Filomi Days commit-tee this year, the District will be paying for the fireworks which have a price tag of about $10,000.

“That’s a really good

idea,” said Councillor Pat Corbett-Labatt.

Council was assured the entire amount would be used. “John (Councillor Tidsbury) likes to make things go boom,” joked Mayor Hank Bood.

Council is still wait-ing on an audited finan-cial statement from the committee, which is required by all groups seeking funds from the District. “There’s

some doubt about this last time (2013),” said Bood. “There was a possibility of some of the (District) funds not being dispersed as they should have been,” Bood said.

“We have a fiduciary responsibility to make sure that money is used appropriately,” Bood said. Council post-poned making a deci-sion on another request to increase the number of port-a-potties at the event. According to Director of Financial Services Allison McCarrick, the district needs to find out if the Filomi Days committee plans on offsetting some of the cost. “It’s expen-sive,” McCarrick said, adding the cost to clean three is $50 or more for one day.

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Look Way UpDistrict of Port Hardy Public Works employee Richard Mose puts up a windsock and replaces the whirley gig on top of a flag pole at the Twinning Garden in Carrot Park. “Koinobori”, carp windsocks, deco-rate the landscape of Japan from April through early May, in honour of Children’s Day (originally Boys’ festival) on May 5. In Japanese culture, the carp symbolizes courage and strength because of its ability to swim up a waterfall.

Gazette staffThe Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre will

be hosting a walk/run again this year for Aboriginal Days on June 14.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. with the walk/run starting at 10 a.m. and ending about 11:30 a.m. This year, the group would like to host the event at Carrot Park.

At their regular meeting May 26, District of Port Hardy council approved the request.

Sacred Wolf run

Gazette staffThe District of Port Hardy has

given the green light to a request from the chamber to use part of Carrot Park for a barbecue for participants in the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race.

Sailors are expected to arrive in Port Hardy late in the afternoon

on Thursday, June 11 and dock at Seagate Wharf.

“It’s a big deal really,” said Councillor Rick Marcotte, of the event that happens every other year. “It’s a good idea if we sup-port it,” Marcotte said.

Council unanimously approved the request.

Van Isle barbecue approved

Gazette staffGilford Village citizens elected

their Chief and three new Band coun-cillors to a three-year term on Friday, May 22. Robert Chamberlin was re-elected Chief Councillor, along with council members Tamara Alfred, Rick Johnson, and Robert Scow.

Chamberlin was first elected Chief Councillor of Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation in 2005. Previous councillors were Herb Chamberlin and Sandy Johnson. The

number of councillors went up this year, because the band membership reached the 300-plus mark. Gilford Island, home to the First Nation of Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, is located North of Vancouver Island between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet.

The Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation is part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw tribal grouping and they speak the Kwawala lan-guage.

Gilford elects chief/councilWhen Jozi Child shares a jar of t’lina with

a new friend, she is sharing a sacred gift. The coveted condiment is a rare delicacy in Kwakiutl culture, rendered from the oil of the eulachon fish and considered a symbol of cultural wealth.

“T’lina is definitely the most treasured food,” said Child. “It’s hard to come by. If you get it at a potlatch or feast you know you’re getting a really good gift.”

Sharing traditional food is more than just nourishment. It’s a vital means to build commu-nity, connecting individuals to the land and to each other. NIC’s Indigenous and International Foods Project is making this connection.

“Over the past year, interest in food security has increased considerably in our region,” says NIC instructor and project co-coordinator, Caitlin Hartnett. “Our goal was to begin to plant the seed of sustainable solutions by edu-cating our community about our own position with food security, and the position of those around the world.”

With this in mind, Hartnett and colleague Leslie Dyck gathered Diane Bell, Kwakiutl elder; Julia Falla-Wood, international mentor; Joshua Terry, former NIC student; and Jozi Child, youth liaison for the Kwakiutl Band Awinakola Project to share food and knowl-edge across cultures.

Participants met weekly, sharing food while discussing ways to build intercultural intel-ligence. They researched international food systems, discussed global citizenship, equity, and social justice, and analyzed how these fac-tors interconnect with themes of food security, locally and globally.

They then invited the community to share in a multi-cultural feast that included tradi-tional Chilean, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Peruvian cuisine prepared by NIC ESL students, alongside Kwakiutl foods prepared by the project group and generous volunteers at U’Gwamalis Hall in T’saxis, Fort Rupert.

Joshua Terry grew up in the North Island, but didn’t have a clear understanding of local Indigenous food systems until he took part in this project. He was both nervous and excited to learn about traditional Kwakiutl food prepa-ration as he had previously relied heavily on the grocery store for food.

“I was really excited to have the opportunity to learn in an environment that feels so safe,” he said. “I had been hesitant to ask ques-tions because of cultural sensitivities. Being invited to be part of this project felt like a trust extended.”

Child and Terry learned how to prepare clam fritters made from clams that participants dug, shucked and prepared themselves under the guidance of Kwakiutl elder, Rupert Wilson Sr. This was a highlight for Child.

“It’s something that I’d wanted to do for so long that I had a hard time sleeping the night before,” she said. “The time flew by. It was really nice doing it with Rupert, especially once he started telling us his stories.”

Without the knowledge base to identify, harvest and prepare local foods, Indigenous food systems risk being supplanted by generic food production, with dire consequences such as chronic disease, obesity, and depression. Indigenous Kwakiutl foods, such as barbecue salmon (known regionally as t’lubakw), is a nutritious, easy to prepare, abundant food source.

“If we ever got cut off from the grocery stores that is what I’d be cooking every night for my family,” said Child. “It’s so easy.”

NIC’s Indigenous and International Foods Project was funded by NIC’s Department of Aboriginal Education, and NIC’s Global Learning Innovation Fund which provides up to $5,000 per project to foster awareness of global issues. Child and Terry created a digital story to highlight what they learned through the project, available at international.nic.bc.ca/connectglobally/projects/food.

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Caitlin Hartnett, Jozi Child and Joshua Terry share food and knowledge across cultures as part of NIC’s Indigenous and International Food Project.

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Barbecued SalmonRupert Wilson prepares some sockeye salmon to be barbecued the traditional First Nations way over an alder open fit fire. The treat was part of a special event hosted by Sunset School in Port McNeill May 21 which also included rides in traditional native canoes.

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“Oceans provide 80 per cent of our oxygen as well as food and medicine, but are in peril. Each of us can help.” said Stephen Freitag, executive director of World Oceans Day.

“World Oceans Day is June 8, Oceans Week is June 1 to 8. Everyone in the world lives on a watershed flowing to an ocean, so everyone can help our oceans each day,” contin-ued Freitag.

Carbon dioxide is at an all time high in our oceans, yet we expect our oceans to generate oxygen for us.

No oxygen, no life on this planet.

Solution: Reduce our carbon footprint by walking, biking or taking public transit.

Reduce our water and energy consumption. Stop dumping chemicals into the ground and into our drains. Every city has a hazardous waste depot.

National Geographic reports eight million tons of plastics

enter our oceans each year, some from North America through rivers and lakes.

Solution: Keep all plastics away from shorelines. Have fun doing a shoreline cleanup with friends and family.

Friends of the Earth state one billion gallons of raw sewage goes into our oceans yearly. Ottawa, Victoria and others still allow raw sewage into waterways.

The report card on environ-mental habits of the cruise lines is a rude awakening. Solution: Tell our governments to take serious action to preserve our environment for our grandchil-dren and great grandchildren. We can chose a cruise line with a top environmental track record.

Boaters and beach goers are responsible for 70 per cent of the styrofoam entering our waterways and oceans, killing marine life.

Solution: Never use sty-

rofoam fenders on boats or docks, it breaks down too quickly; use fenders and life rings made of a tougher mate-rial.

Replace styrofoam picnic plates and cups with reusable containers.

The David Suzuki Foundation and others are warning us some salmon and shellfish farms are having a serious negative impact on the breeding grounds of other species and our environment. Many fish are on the endan-gered list.

Solution: We can avoid eating fish which are on the endangered list and avoid salmon and shellfish farmed using methods which harm other species and our environ-ment.

Ask before we purchase. Let these industries and retailers understand we care.

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VICTORIA – We might call ourselves Super, Natural or even The Best Place on Earth, but how is B.C. viewed around the world?

Ever since U.S. billionaires and their environmental clients decided more than a decade ago to supervise our society, the impression that British Columbia is a primitive colonial back-water in need of “saving” has only been reinforced.

In late April, the province and coastal aboriginal leaders announced completion of marine planning areas for Haida Gwaii and the North and Central Coast. U.S. activists knew about the announcement weeks before the legislature press gallery did, and a documentary crew was sent up to advance the narrative of the saving of the “Great Bear Rainforest.”

Within minutes of the announcement, the World Wildlife Fund website trumpeted the creation of the “Great Bear Sea,” continuing the penchant of outsiders for renaming large parts of B.C. to fit their marketing strategies.

Unlike the “Great Bear Rainforest” land use deal of 2007, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Greenpeace were not rep-resented. Instead, Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan sat beaming in the audience.

McMillan’s role in directing U.S. foundation money to B.C. has prompted him to declare himself “a principal architect of the Great Bear Rainforest project,” although in the early years he and his staff (currently 24 people) stayed behind the scenes while Sierra, Greenpeace et al took the credit.

At the event, two aboriginal leaders gave a nod to the real funder of the ongoing effort to “save” the B.C. coast, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Gordon Moore is a co-founder of Intel Corp., maker of most of the world’s com-puter processor chips, now spending his vast fortune on the Amazon basin, B.C. and other “threatened” places.

Other Silicon Valley and Seattle billionaires helped finance the original effort, and a strategy document surfaced in 2008

describing their plan to de-market the Alberta oilsands by cre-ating a blockade against energy exports on our Pacific coast. That campaign has featured a fake cancer study and grossly exaggerated greenhouse gas claims compared to U.S. coal and oil production.

The effort has since expanded to natural gas, with false horror stories about “fracking” finding a receptive global audience. Last week I wrote about the plan by British manu-facturing conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser to buy up farms in the B.C. Interior and replant them with trees. Contrary to my description, “RB Trees for Change” isn’t participating in the dodgy European carbon credit market.

They’re just doing it for global marketing purposes, cover-ing pioneer-cleared farms of our colonial backwater with forest for 100 years so they can advertise their soaps and cold pills as carbon neutral. Another 10,000 hectares of B.C. “saved” from destruction by benevolent foreign interests!

Back to reality. B.C.’s Auditor General issued a report last week calling on the province to do more to prevent the “cumulative effects” of industrial development. A familiar example of this is the struggle to maintain caribou herds in northern B.C.The B.C. government mustered a response from the multiple ministries that have worked on this since 2010.

Among other things, they noted that 90 per cent of B.C.’s vast area is now covered by regional land use plans created to manage cumulative impacts. A whopping 37 per cent of B.C. is designated as parks and protected areas for environmental and cultural values.

Maybe that’s still not good enough, but it’s better than any-thing I can find in Europe or the U.S. That’s particularly true of California, home of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, a pipeline spill, heavy oil refining and gridlocked freeways.

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

By David SuzukiWe all have favourite spots, places close to our hearts

that evoke our most profound memories. Many of mine are along B.C.’s coast. These places have welcomed and hon-oured me, their marine life has fed me and the beauty of their ecosystems has humbled me. Taking part in protests at Windy Bay on Haida Gwaii in the early 1980s brought me closer to the people and places of coastal B.C., shaping my understanding of the fundamental relationship between culture and nature.

I’m excited to visit some of my favourite locations in June, as I accompany filmmaker and University of Winnipeg professor Ian Mauro for screenings of his film about climate change in British Columbia. After earning a PhD from the University of Manitoba, Ian moved to the Arctic where he made a film with Inuit elders on climate change impacts they were experiencing. He then moved to Atlantic Canada and filmed fishers, hunters, First Nations leaders, farmers, municipal politicians and local businesses to show how climate change is already affecting their com-munities, economically and socially. As one businessman said, “If you don’t believe climate change is real, just look out the window.”

I joined Ian on a tour of Atlantic Canada to screen that film and was struck by the power of his message. I asked him to do one on B.C., where milder winters have led to a devastating outbreak of mountain pine beetles. When I talk to friends and family in Skidegate, Alert Bay and Bella Bella, they tell me about the changes they’re seeing from a warmer environment.

Scientists predict B.C. will warm by 2.4°C in summer and 2.9°C in winter by 2100. We’ve heard how global warming and ocean acidification are already affecting Vancouver Island shellfish. We know periods of lower summer water flows are taking their toll on agriculture, ecosystems, fish and natural resource industries. Warmer water in the Fraser and other rivers is harming migrating salmon. A sea level rise brings risks of coastal flooding, infrastructure damage and saltwater intrusion into ground-water.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. I’ve also witnessed other dramatic, but positive, changes in this region, includ-ing recognition of First Nations’ rights and title as evident in the Tsilhqot’in First Nations Supreme Court decision a year ago, moves to conserve the Great Bear Rainforest and blueprints for marine plans in the North Pacific Coast led by First Nations and the provincial government. Coastal communities are taking charge of their future. I’m encour-aged that municipal leaders in Comox, Courtenay, Tofino, Ucluelet and Queen Charlotte have passed declarations supporting the right to a healthy environment, joining a cross-Canada movement to protect the people and places we love.

Canada needs a national vision to deal with a changing climate and mounting pressures on the environment and our economies. With more than 10,000 years of environ-mental stewardship to draw upon, West Coast communities can teach us a lot about recognizing healthy ecosystems as the foundation of long-term sustainability. We have to move beyond the false notion that a healthy environment and strong economy are incompatible. After all, clean technology is the fastest-growing sector in Canada, and alternative economic visions that include renewable energy are moving communities toward long-term sustainability.

I’m looking forward to hearing about your community’s vision, successes, challenges and ways of supporting each other. The stories we share will shape the future for our children and grandchildren.

This is a “coming home” tour for me, and I’m honoured to be a guest in your community.


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By Hannah GriffinReporterAt the Village of Port

Alice council meeting on May 27, the room was packed with coun-cil members, residents, and representatives from Western Forest Products (WFP) occu-pying all available seating and standing room, gathered to hear new developments about proposed log-ging within the village boundary.

Some residents are concerned that the pro-posed logging could lead to landslides and serious consequences for nearby residences.

The meeting began with a delegation from WFP making a presen-tation about proposed logging on blocks 43738 and 43696.

Representatives from WFP present were Planning Manager Jim McDowell, Senior Operations Planner Jonathan Flintoft, Jeune Landing Area Planner Chris Peterson, and Jeune Landing Manager Vince Devlin. Flintoft was the main speaker for the delega-tion.

This issue began with an application for a development permit by WFP in March to allow them to harvest timber owned on land they own.

However, the land in question is with-in a Development Approval Information Area. In their origi-nal application pack-age, a Terrain Stability Assessment (TSA) report was included for blocks 43738 and 43696 as well as the roads that WFP would potentially develop. This report was then given a peer review by Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd., who recommended a Risk Assessment study to

determine how much of a potential haz-ard there may be to nearby homes. WFP provided this Risk Assessment report on May 8, after which Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. gave a written response to WFP’s application and reports on May 21 that includes several rec-ommendations.

At the May 27 meet-ing, Flintoft and the other representatives explained some of their views and the details of the proposed logging project. They said that if a development per-mit was issued, WFP would begin work about three months from that point.

WFP also elaborated on some more details, including that the whole program would be mechanical, which means that it would disturb the terrain less than other develop-ment techniques. They also said that they would need to consider details like increased traffic on Marine Drive and notifying residents in advance of blasting. Other details include dealing with fire haz-ards as the area is faces west and handling debris, as burning it is not a good option.

The May 21 geo-technical review by Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. pro-vided five recommen-dations and conclu-sions to the council. They acknowledged that there is a history of landslides in the area, including through the area where the pro-posed harvest blocks are. They also men-tioned that if public safety is a downslope consequence, then “a high level of due dili-gence is required...”, and recommended that a Landslide Risk

Assessment should be completed to address both the hazard and level of risk associated with the development.

After the delegation from WFP, Mayor Jan Allen opened the room up to questions, with a preface that “this is not normal,” as ques-tion period generally occurs at the end of the meeting. One resi-dent said that she was extremely concerned about her house shak-ing and falling rocks. WFP representatives responded by saying that they would be using “less volatile” blasting products that will result in smaller blasts and minimal vibrations. In response to a question about whether the potential logging would remove material that would create a buffer against landslides, WFP echoed what they wrote in their May 8 Risk Assessment report; that they believe that a landslide above the proposed development would reach the ocean even if the area were not harvested because of the size of the slide

and the velocity of material.

Resident Robin Mackenzie spoke next, asking “Why are we waking up the giant?” He said that he did not understand why WFP would log this sensitive area when they have so much other land, before asking if the town needed a repeat of the 2010 slide that cut off the main road through town. “Keep everybody safe. Leave the road and leave the town alone,” he said.

After Mackenzie spoke, Allen brought the conversation to a close.

“If we don’t go for-ward and ask for an LRA [Landslide Risk Assessment], we wouldn’t be doing our due diligence as council,” adding that she suggests that Western Geotechnical Consultants Ltd. carry it out as they now have familiarity with the proposal.

Mayor Allen con-cluded discussion of the issue by making it clear to the coun-cil and those gathered that council has not yet given WFP a develop-ment permit and is still asking for more infor-mation.


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By Hannah Griffin ReporterThe Bargain! Shop (TBS) stores in Port Hardy and

Port McNeill participated in an all-night event that sup-ports mental illness assistance in Canada on the evening of May 29. The partnership is between the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Red Apple Stores Inc., which owns TBS. The CAMH Darkness to Light event saw participants nation-wide gather-ing throughout the day in homes, at work, and at their favourite local haunts to bring awareness to the issues of mental illness and addiction.

The Port Hardy TBS stayed open until midnight, while the Port McNeill location was one of the 48 locations throughout the country that stayed open all night, shut-tering doors at 6 a.m. Late night shoppers were able to enjoy $5 off any purchase of $25 or more, with more sales on snacks, DVDs, craft books and other products. At the Port Hardy location, a small but steady stream of shoppers entered the glass doors before 9 p.m., including a trio of pre-teen boys very excited to each purchase a six-pack of pop. After 9 p.m. however, a store representa-

tive said traffic slowed down significantly. At the Port McNeill TBS, store manager Michelle

Monk said the event was a huge success, with the last customers leaving around 3 a.m. A bake sale and chili sale accompanied the event, and Monk says about $500 in donations were received. Monk added that many attendees know and care about people with mental ill-ness, or have suffered themselves, and that they showed up to give valuable support.

Donations brought into either location from the event will make their way to the CAMH headquarters in Toronto. Money raised through this event will go towards funding CAMH’s most urgently-needed services, includ-ing increased access, new research, and projects that will improve mental health care country-wide.

An important component of the event was that par-ticipants were encouraged to speak freely about mental illness and addiction leading up the evening, in an effort to move towards decreasing the long-standing stigma towards these issues. Details on the amount of money raised throughout the evening were not available at press time.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditor“We all need a safe

route to travel,” Eddie Lagrosse told District of Port Hardy Council at their meeting May 26.

Lagrosse, Dorothy Smith and Donna Lee, appeared as a delega-tion to talk about acces-sibility issues in Port Hardy.

Lagrosse said when he talks about acces-sibility he means not only for people in wheelchairs and on scooters, but for people on bicycles and push-ing double strollers.

Lagrosse expressed his concern that many people riding scooters around town have never had a driver’s licence

and therefore do not know the rules of the road.

He felt a solution to this issue would be for the municipality and the RCMP to team up to put on a clinic simi-lar to ones that are done for youngsters riding bicycles.

“That would help to keep the streets nice and safe,” Lagrosse said.

Lagrosse pinpointed areas he felt are a con-cern for people. These include the sidewalk near the post office and the stretch from Market Street to Park Drive and Granville Street.

“You can’t get in the post office with a reg-ular wheelchair,” said Smith.

“Somebody needs to

talk to somebody with disabilities before they do these repairs, before things get upgraded,” Smith said.

While many facilities in town have electronic doors, some are still not accessible to everyone because of sharp turn-ing corners, etc.

Not being able to get into a building on their own takes away a person’s independence and lowers their self esteem, Lagrosse said.

Lee, who has lived in Port Hardy for 16 years, said her main safety concern is the curb and parking spots at the apartment buildings across from Port Hardy Secondary School on Park Drive. The arrangement forc-es her to drive on the

street, sometimes in traffic. “It’s just not safe. It is a danger for anyone in a wheelchair or a scooter,” Lee said.

Mayor Hank Bood acknowledged that get-ting around Port Hardy can be a challenge for those with mobility issues.

Bood had the oppor-tunity to try it in a wheelchair the last time he was mayor.

“It’s a real educa-tion,” he said of his attempt.

Councillor Rick Marcotte agreed that there are a lot more scooters around town and that perhaps the district could revisit the issue of handicap access.

Councillor Jessie Hemphill said the dis-trict took part in the Measuring Up program

in 2010 which helped communities assess and improve how accessible and inclusive they are for people with disabil-ities, seniors and oth-ers with similar needs and she wondered if that report should be pulled and the issue be referred to the District’s Operational Services Committee.

Director of Corporate and Development

Services Jeff Long said B.C.’s Building Codes were updated in 2012, but “there hasn’t been a lot of new develop-ment” in Port Hardy where those guidelines can be taken into con-sideration.

“You’re giving us something to think about,” said Bood, add-ing the district has a limited budget to work with.


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The Fall Fair is hap-pening this year in Port McNeill on Sept. 12-13. A small group of experienced committee members has already done some organizing, and they would love to have more volun-teers join them. There are a multitude of jobs available, both big and small: decorating, orga-nizing exhibits, raffle prizes, sign-making, children’s activities, etc. If you can’t volunteer for a longer term job, we’ll need a few sturdy folks to come out on Thursday evening and Friday morning (Sept. 11) to help with setting up tables, making last-minute booth changes,

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etc.) and/or recruit new members.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at the Port McNeill office of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 2217 Mine Road. New board members are still welcome, and yes - you can be a volunteer with-out being given a title on the committee. All helpers are welcome, now or closer to the fair.

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By Hannah Griffin ReporterThe 4th Annual Sointula Canada

Day Regatta will see an array of colourful sailboats and a festive spirit on July 1 to celebrate the country, sail-ing, and the town’s beautiful marina.

Four years ago, event organizer Ivana MacDougall and her partner were approached by the Malcolm Island Lions Club with the idea of putting on a regatta-like event. MacDougall was born in England, and emigrated to Canada in 1971. She became a citizen in 2008 and loves Canada Day. She thought that a great sailing event on the nation’s birthday would be perfect. Apart from the personal appeal that the event holds for her, MacDougall also feels that the regatta is a way to attract tourism to Malcolm Island and encourage yachters and boaters to visit. With the fishing industry not what it used to be, “tourism is something that as an entire community we are starting to focus on.”

Event planning begins around January and some of the pre-work includes applying for a grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage, gathering donations, and obtaining sponsors.

The first year of the Sointula Canada Day Regatta saw about four sailboats taking part in what to this day remains a friendly race, as well as a few vendors and some great public support. Four years later, the event has grown significantly and now features many vendors, local artists, Mounties, a Coast Guard booth, dragon boaters, live music, a pancake breakfast and a beer garden. Sailors are encouraged to dress their boats however they want, and there is a prize for the best-dressed boat.

And MacDougall’s favourite part? “It’s O’Canada for sure. And the cake cutting, and the 1:30 sound-off of the regatta race. It is spectacular when all their sails are up.”

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorPort Hardy Museum

Curator Jane Hutton gave a humourous and engaging presentation on the facility she man-ages to District of Port Hardy council May 12.

In 2014, the muse-um had 4,579 visitors which was down a bit from 2013, Hutton said.

The trend continued in the gift shop. Profits were way up in 2013 and down by about 25 per cent in 2014.

While the number of visitors was down, Hutton kept busy mak-ing over and planning various new exhibits.

Last April, she said, the museum had a tem-porary exhibit focused on prospecting and mining. This exhibit is now a permanent one.

The museum’s lat-est exhibit, focused on health care on the North Island, opened April 26. It will run until September.

“What we’re plan-ning now for this next season is a short exhibit around Remembrance Day,” said Hutton said.

Another temporary exhibit currently in the planning stages will focus on textiles.

“I have borrowed a collection of chil-dren’s smock dresses” for the exhibit which is expected to open in November and run until next summer.

A small exhib-it about the Carrot Campaign that resulted in Highway 19 being built to the North Island has been set up in the visitor area at the museum.

The Carrot exhibit is proving to be educa-tional for those who wonder why there is a large carrot in Port Hardy’s oceanfront park.

“Oh that’s what it’s about,” they exclaim, said Hutton.

Over the last year, the permanent sea and First Nations exhibits were updated and the museum has been busy having some new dis-play cabinets built and

finding ways to make use of vertical space.

Hutton plans to reno-vate the commercial fishing exhibit.

The gift shop also received a makeover.

“Ninety-five per cent of what we have in

there is First Nations art,” she said.

Despite last year’s dip, the museum has come a long way.

In 2005 when Hutton took over “we were in dire financial straits. Board members used

to bring me envelopes so I could mail letters,” she said.

Hutton also asked council about coor-dinating to celebrate the Municipal District of Port Hardy’s 50th anniversary next year.

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From left: Island Health medical director Jeff Beselt, Kwakiutl Chief George Hunt Sr., Island Health’s Sarah Kowalenko, Harry

Webber of the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw bands, Alison Mitchell, senior manager for rural health, Mount Waddington, Kwakiutl

Chief Thomas Wilson, Port Hardy Mayor Hank Bood, Island Health board chair Don Hubbard, and Quatsino Band Councillor

James Nelson, with help from Cynthia Dickey, front, cut the ribbon on Port Hardy’s new Primary Health Centre last Thursday,

Jan. 22. Below, Chief George Hunt, at left, welcomes the audience. For more photos, see page 12. J.R. Rardon

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PORT HARDY—With a flurry of eagle

down, a blessing song and the snip of scissors

on ribbon, the new Port Hardy Primary Health

Care Centre opened its doors to the public

Thursday morning.

Under a large canopy in a cool, biting

breeze, dignitaries from Island Health, local

government and area First Nations extolled the

promise the centre offers in increased access to

and expanded options for health care.

“This is really indicative of where we’re

going, as far as partnerships with the health

authority,” said Dean Wilson of the Gwa’sala-

’Nakwaxda’xw Health Clinic. “We’re in a

different place than we were 10, 15 years ago.”

The ceremony marked the completion of the

$2.6 million, 482-square metre facility, which

was built by Norkan Construction of Port

McNeill with the help of local subcontractors.

The clinic is not yet operational, but will be

officially opened this spring to offer primary

health care and some community services in a

single location.

“By providing services in a patient-

centered primary setting, we’re helping reduce

demands on Port Hardy Hospital’s emergency

department and offering easily accessible care,”

Health Minister Terry Lake, who did not attend

the ceremony, said in a written release.

The concept and construction of the health

centre resulted from the formation more than

three years ago of the Mount Waddington

Health Services Stabilization local working

group, which hoped to address chronic staffing

shortages and rolling emergency room closures

in Port Hardy.

The group brought together concerned

community members, the Mount Waddington

Health Network, First Nations, the Regional

District of Mount Waddington and Island

Health Representatives, which submitted a

report and recommendations that included the

creation of integrated care facilities in Port

Hardy and Port McNeill.

Following a renovation late last year, the Port

McNeill Medical Clinic recently re-opened

as an integrated care centre, and the opening

this spring of the new Port Hardy facility

will mark the successful completion of that

recommendation.

A driving force in the creation and work of

the local working group was then-Mayor Bev

Parnham, who died last May.

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On May 27, Sea View Elementary Junior Secondary School in Port Alice proudly host-ed the annual School District 85 STEM chal-lenge with approxi-mately 150 partici-pants. This event brings Grade 6 & 7 students from across School District 85 to work collaboratively using Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics principles in an applied manner. Students were chal-lenged to re-design and build a replacement for plastic six-pack rings using sustainable materials and a tech-nical design process. Following the design and building of this product, students were required to pitch their product to industry pro-fessional judges in a

Dragon’s Den style pre-sentation. A key aspect of the SD85 STEM challenge is the partner-ing of School District 85 with local industry and business.

Connecting stu-dent learning to career opportunities while focusing on solving industry-related chal-lenges provides mean-ing, relevance and high expectations for all. At this STEM challenge, students from diverse communities and back-grounds rose to and sur-passed those expecta-tions in all criteria. This highly-engaging experi-ence resulted in many exceptional products being presented to the judges; several of which are currently being reviewed by national industry leaders across the country.


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The Top Design award was presented to a group from Sunset Elemen-tary School consisting of the team members: Camryn Stanley, Lily Furney, Alexis Bartlett, Karin Claussen, Xandryn Frost.

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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

Take notice that Western Forest Products of Campbell River, BC, intends to make ap-plication to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island Central Coast for a Licence of Occu-pation, 1414284, situated on Provincial Crown land located at the Head of Spiller Inlet.

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Today Vancouver Island’s northeast coast draws visitors who want to experience its pris-tine beauty and view the abundant wildlife. Telegraph Cove espe-cially, has become a renowned tourist mecca.

In 1909 how-ever, when Alfred Marmaduke Wastell first came to the area, Vancouver Island’s north coast lay silent and virtually empty - its scattering of inhabit-ants were Indian tribes in their villages and a handful of white peo-ple. (Time and Tide: A History of Telegraph Cove - Pat Wastell Norris).

Wastell, commonly known as the ‘Duke’ settled with his wife in Alert Bay, across Johnstone Strait from Telegraph Cove. At that time, no one lived at Telegraph Cove, in fact “It was my grandfather who named it Telegraph Cove,” Wastell Norris said. This was in response to a request from the Superintendant of Telegraphs, who in 1912, wanted to com-plete a telephone-telegraph line from Campbell River to northern Vancouver Island. He agreed to Wastell’s recommenda-tion to set up the tele-graph station in the pro-tected cove, but required a place name, and Wastell obliged. The first lineman, Bobby Cullerne, was installed there that same year, and his job was to patrol the shore and protect the lines, which instead of being up on poles, were simply strung from tree to tree.

The cove saw very little activity until 1929. Just on the verge of the Great Depression, the Duke’s son Fred Wastell and his wife Emma moved from Alert Bay to Telegraph Cove to settle on a 400-acre par-cel of waterfront prop-erty that the Duke had received in lieu of pay-ment of a debt. It wasn’t entirely undeveloped at that time; in the mid-1920s, the Duke and a group of Japanese had already built a salmon saltery and sawmill there. There was how-ever, a lack of power and no accommodation.

With help from Fred’s uncles, who ‘could build or fix anything’ hous-ing was constructed for Fred and Emma and a crew of workers. A water system and gen-erating plant were set up and the mill was upgraded. Pat Wastell Norris explained that her parents lived “in a three-room shack perched on a bluff above the harbour,” and that during their first two years there it seemed to rain ceaselessly. The winter was so cold that the harbour froze over.

Soon Pat was born to the young couple, followed by a second daughter Bea. They hired a nanny from Hardwicke Island by the name of Helga Edward, who was affectionately known as Hug. Helga’s daughter Shirley Murray, who spent her early years at Telegraph Cove, told the story of how her parents met there:

“My father Malcolm Carmichael, known as Mac, was a fisherman. He came up to Telegraph Cove and began court-ing my mother Helga, who was the nanny for the Wastell family, the people who owned the sawmill. He would stand on the deck of his boat and play the violin, and my mother would come down and stand on the dock to listen.”

This eventually led to a proposal, and they were married at Cape Mudge. Mac was hired as head sawyer at the Telegraph Cove mill in 1937 and shortly after-wards Shirley was born at St. George’s hospital in Alert Bay. The family lived in a float house situated on the opposite side of the bay from the mill and across from the school. To get to the school, Shirley would be rowed over by her mother, or she would walk along the boom sticks to the point where the sticks met the mill’s gangplank.

Her father would meet her there and if there was a gap, Shirley would have to jump across and trust that her dad would catch her. She remembered going to Alert Bay about once a month for supplies and she and her younger brother were delighted with having ice cream from the Chinese gro-

cer.The family was liv-

ing in Telegraph Cove during the war years, an unsettled time which dramatically changed the nature of the vil-lage, and the focus of the sawmill’s activities. In the early 1940s, there were several Japanese families living there and one of Shirley’s best friends was a Japanese girl. After the bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Canadian Government began evicting Japanese fami-lies from the British Columbia coast. Shirley recalls that her friend suddenly disappeared one day, and she didn’t understand the reason why.

It was at this time as well, that the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed some of their men at the cove, and they commandeered the sawmill so that they could manufacture their own building supplies.

At the same time, they hired Fred Wastell to deliver their building supplies to Port Hardy.

For several years after the war, Telegraph Cove remained a coastal enclave only accessible by boat, but by 1956, Fred Wastell had man-aged to put in a road to connect the community to the rest of Vancouver Island. Many of the original mill workers’ homes remain on the boardwalk surround-ing the cove and have been turned into quaint accommodations by Telegraph Cove Resorts; looking like a snapshot of days gone by.


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Gazette staffNorth Island Highland Dancers

travelled to the central and southern Island on the May long weekend to attend outdoor highland dancing competitions in Cumberland and Victoria.

In Cumberland, Liv Humphrey of Port Hardy competed in the Primary class and placed fourth in the Pas de Basques and second in the Pas des Basques and High Cuts.

Paisley Barolet of Port McNeill competed in the Beginner U10 class. Kaia MacKay of Port McNeill also competed in this class, and placed second in the Highland Fling and third in the Scottish Lilt.

Kayley Clair of Port Hardy com-peted in the Beginner 10 & Over class and placed second in the Highland Fling and Scottish Lilt, fifth in the Sword Dance, fourth in the Strathspey and Highland Reel and Flora McDonald’s Fancy.

Madison Grenier competed in the Novice under 11 class and placed

second in the Highland Fling, sixth in the Sword and Strathspey and Highland Reel, and fifth in Flora McDonald’s Fancy.

Kristen Clair of Port Hardy com-peted in the Novice 11 & Over category.

She placed sixth in the Highland Fling and Flora McDonald’s Fancy, fifth in theSword Dance, and sec-ond in the Strathspey and Highland Reel.

Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy competed in the Premier under 14 group. She placed first in the Highland Fling, Seann Truibhas, Strathspey and Highland Reel, Laddie and Hornpipe and won the aggregate award for the category.

At the Victoria Highland Games, McCorquodale competed in a Premier 11 & Under group. She placed first in the Highland Fling and Irish Jig, second in the Seann Truibhas, and fourth in the Highland Laddie.


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Paisley Barolet and Kaia Mackay of Port McNeill, both 7, enjoy a sunny day of highland dancing competitions in Cumberland on the May long weekend.

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June 7Hardy Bay Senior Citizens’ Centre pancake break-

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June 8NICS Annual General Meeting, June 8, 2015 at

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June 23North Island Community Services Society 37th

AGM, Old School Seniors’ room, 375 Shelley Crescent Port McNeill. 5:30 dinner, financial review, election of directors.

June 276th annual Port McNeill Logger Sports Society

Lumberjack Competition to be held on Saturday, June 27th at the Port McNeill waterfront, with the main show from 11 am to 3 pm.

July 13-17St. John Gualbert Church in Port McNeill is offer-

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The upcoming tele-vision show Alone, filmed in Quatsino Sound, is reminiscent of a real life survivor event that happened in 1939.

In December of that year a fish pack-er called the Great Northern No. 5 was travelling in the area off Estevan Point, just North of Clayquot Sound, when it was disabled in a storm. The packer dropped its skiff, and then without a radio to make a may-day call, drifted north for two days.

The ship’s engineer, Ted Barnard, was swept overboard and perished, and the boat was smashed to pieces.

The remaining two sailors, Captain George W. Skinner and his son Hugh Skinner, managed to stay afloat clinging to pieces of the cabin of the ship.

Father and son finally washed onto the rocky beach in the area around Lawn Point. Unfortunately a search which had been launched focused

on the area south of Brooks Peninsula.

George Skinner was weak and injured, and Hugh stayed with him for two days trying to find food and to make a simple shelter.

Eventually Hugh decided to try to get back to civilization, and set out hiking the beach in a northerly direction, leaving his father lying in the brush near the beach.

Hugh hiked for five days before he was finally spotted by a Ginger Coote Airways plane which was a part of the search for the missing Great Northern No. 5 that had been expanded to include Quatsino Sound.

The float plane was unable to pick up Hugh, but did land in Winter Harbour, where a fisherman agreed to take his boat out to pick up the lost sailor. After he was rescued he was flown to the hospital and eventu-ally transported to Vancouver, where he had to have two toes

amputated.When Hugh was

located he told the searchers where he had left his father, and searchers enlisted the help of a number of trapper/guides to scour the shoreline. Unfortunately the weather at the mouth of Quatsino Sound was too rough for the searchers to be taken to the location by boat, and they had to hike into the area. It took them three days just to get the spot where Hugh had been found.

On January 4, 1940, 21 days after Hugh had left him lying in the bush, George Skinner was found by the searchers. He

was barely alive, and had lost a significant amount of weight. He had survived by suck-ing water from moss within reach of the spot where he lay. It had rained every day of his ordeal.

The searchers sent up a signal and a plane dropped supplies for the victim and his res-cuers.

It was three more days before the weather calmed down enough for a boat to get in to rescue them from the secluded beach. George was

immediately taken to the hospital in Port Alice via a sister ship to his own, the Great Northern No. 1, owned by the Francis Millard Company, and then transferred to Vancouver suffering from “exposure, star-vation, and contusions generally.”

Corporal Howe of Alert Bay, Constable Winegarden of Zeballos, and Constable Lockwood

of Port Alice all received commenda-tions for their role in rescuing the lost men.

In part, the com-mendation read: “Hampered by win-ter gales, and work-ing on an extremely dangerous coast, the efforts of Cpl. Howe and Constables Winegarden and Lockwood were wor-thy of the best tradi-tions of the Force.”

Both George and

Hugh Skinner returned to the fishing industry, and fished along the coast for many years.

( B r e n d a McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island his-tory enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at [email protected]. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at undiscoveredcoast.

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By Hannah GriffinReporterIt is 9 a.m. on a

Saturday morning, and while many teenagers still have hours of sleep ahead of them, Eileah Cotter, Cassidy Mose, Ashley Cadwallader and Macy Hurley are awake and sitting close togeth-er outside of a building near Storey’s Beach. The teens stand when their coach Heidi Falconer-Mathieson arrives and unlocks the door to Funtastic Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre. These girls are the Funtastic Acronauts, a dedicated and closely-knit team of trampoline gymnasts. Once inside the gym, the girls sit amidst trampolines and other gymnastics equip-ment in the high-ceil-inged room and inter-mittently stretch and catch up. Trampoline gymnastics is an Olympic discipline that sees athletes performing multiple somersaults and twists. Double mini trampoline allows for

more acrobatic perfor-mance with athletes doing one exercise on a mini-trampoline and another on the land-ing mat. The Funtastic Acronauts recently com-peted at provincials in Port Moody from May 15-17. Hurley placed 19th in trampoline, tied for 6th in finals, and overall placed 10th. Mose placed 10th in mini and 10th in tram-poline, Cotter placed 23rd in trampoline and 20th in double mini, and Cadwallader 19th in double mini and 23rd in trampoline. Falconer-Mathieson explains that nerves kept the girls from doing as well as they had hoped at pro-vincials. Mose echoes this, saying that the hardest part of compet-ing is standing in front of the judges. While antici-pating the upcoming Western Canadian Cup June 12-14, Falconer-Mathieson explains that the team is working on training to compete and not letting the stress of

the event get to them. “They are going to go into Westerns feeling like the underdogs,” she says, explaining that this attitude may help them be more relaxed.

Following warm-up the girls stand and while they begin to get ready to jump, they reflect on what their favourite part of competing is.

“Travelling. And the

food!” says Cotter, explaining that they have a Boston Pizza tradition. Mose loves meeting all the people at events. The foursome take turns launching off the trampoline into the air, ponytails and limbs flying while Falconer-Mathieson stands and watches, periodically giving encouragement and advice to her team.

“These are some of the strongest girls at the high school,” she says proudly, noting that Hurley can bench press 110 pounds. As she speaks, Mose and Cadwallader scurry up ropes that hang floor to ceiling, posing hap-pily at the top. Falconer-Mathieson says that the team is about way more than just trampolining.

As well as the obvious benefit of keeping the teens busy and engaged, this is a group that also learns the importance of taking care of each other, responsibility, and self-sufficiency. “I make them responsible for each other,” she says. “Teaching them to be a person, to be a family and how to get by in the world.”


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June 7Tri-Port Speedway

Association race June 7 at 1 p.m.

June 11Celebrating Senior,

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June 18-21Father’s Day

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June 20-21GolfSeven Hills Golf

and Country Club Loggers’ tournament.

June 21Tri-Port Speedway

Association race June 21 at 1 p.m.

June 27Port Alice Golf

Club, Men’s Open June 27-28.

June 276th annual Port

McNeill logger Sports Society Lumberjack Competition from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Port McNeill water-front.

July 11Tri-Port Speedway

Association race July 11 at 6 p.m.

July 125th Annual North

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Funtastic Acronauts member Eileah Cotter flies through the air during a Saturday morning practice.


By Hannah GriffinReporterOver May 29-31 youth

North Island soccer players and their families converged on the playing fields at Port Hardy Secondary School for the Port Hardy Aftershock 2015 Tournament.

The all weekend soccer showdown had a large turn-out, and the enthusiasm lasted until early Sunday evening. Games began Friday night and continued until the finals Sunday afternoon.

All games were seven aside and had two 25-min-ute halves. The round-robin format saw teams with a win gaining three points and a tie gaining one point. The players ranged in age from three to 17, and both girls and mixed teams competed.

Supporters filled a strong line of fold-up chairs along the edge of the playing field to watch game after game, and many children who had already played or were in between games gathered to

check out other teams play. While both days began cloudy and chilly, they burned off into bluebird skies and perfect early summer soccer playing weather. A food sta-tion was set up to keep hungry players and their supportive parents well fed. Scores from the weekend games were as follows:

Friday 6 pm PH1 vs PH2 (Girls): 2-1 7 p.m. PH1 vs PH2 (Mixed): 2-16 p.m. PM1 vs PM2 (Girls): 1-17 p.m. PM1 vs PM2 (Mixed): 0-5Saturday8 a.m. PH1 vs PM2 (Mixed): 1-59 a.m. PH2 vs PM2 (Girls): 2-010 a.m. PH2 vs PM2 (Mixed): 1-211 a.m. AB vs PH1 (Mixed): 4-112 p.m. PH2 vs PM1 (Girls): 2-31 p.m. AB vs PH2 (Mixed): 1-32 p.m. PH1 vs PM1 (Mixed): 2-13 p.m. AB vs PM2 (Mixed):

3-74 p.m. PH1 vs PM1 (Girls) 4-15 p.m. AB vs PM1 (Mixed): 3-2

Sunday8 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th place (U15 Girls)-PH1 vs PM1: 3-19:15 a.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place (U15 Girls)-PH2 vs PM1: 1-010:30 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place (U15 Mixed)-PM1 vs PM2: 2-111:45 a.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place (U18)-PH2 vs PM1: 4-01 p.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place (U18) PH1 vs PM2: PM2 win 2:15 p.m. Final (U15 Mixed) AB vs PM1: 2-53:30 p.m. Final (U18) PH2 vs PM2: 4-2 4:45 p.m. Final (U15 Girls) PH1 vs PH2: 3-1 8 a.m. PH1 vs PM2 (Girls): 2-09 a.m. PH2 vs PM1 (Mixed): 5-010 am. 1st Place vs 4th Place (Girls)-PH1 vs PM2: 0-1 11 a.m. 1st Place vs 4th Place (Mixed)- PM2 vs PH1: 4-2 12 p.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place

(Girls)- PM1 vs PH2: 0-11 p.m. 2nd Place vs 3rd Place (Mixed)-AB vs. PH2: 1-22 p.m. Final (Girls) PM2 vs PH2: 0-13 p.m. Final (Mixed) PM2 vs PH2: 3-1 U18 Mixed1st Place: PH22nd Place: PM2U15 Girls

1st Place: PH12nd Place: PH2 U15 Mixed1st Place: PM12nd Place: AB U-12 Girls1st Place: PH2 2nd Place: PM2U-12 Mixed1st Place: PM22nd Place: PH2

Dexter Lash-Burrows, left, of Port McNeill 1 and Daniel Jones of Port McNeill 2 fight for the ball during a Sunday U-15 morning game.


Soccer teams converge on Hardy for Aftershock event

SubmittedThe 10 and 11 year-old mini tri-

athlon relay team competed in the recent Comox Tri-K Triathlon held on Sunday, May 24.

The North Island Road Runners placed first in their division.

The team comprised of swim-mer; Madison Grenier, cyclist; Ethan Hunt from Port McNeill and runner Tianna Freund of Port Hardy.

Their total time was 29:34. Swim distance was 150m (six lengths), bike 5km, run 2km.

This was Madison Grenier’s eighth triathlon, but the first time that she didn’t compete as an indi-vidual doing all the events herself.

This was a first-time experience for Ethan and Tianna and before we left the event they were already asking to sign up next year.

The Comox Tri-K Triathlon is a very organized and well run tri-athlon.

This was their 32nd year for the event.

Jaylon Grenier also placed first in his division of 15-17 years.

He is 15 years old. His total time was 41:38. Swim distance was 300m (12 lengths), bike 10km, run 3km.

Jaylon also received the Paul Ervin Memorial Trophy for the top junior male triathlete 17 years and under.

SubmittedFor the first time, Hilary

Eastmure is on the other side of the interview.

Eastmure, 26, is a reporter for 91.7 Coast FM - she’s also the only media rider taking part in this year’s Tour de Rock fund-raiser for cancer and one of just three riders from the central/north Island.

“It’s weird,” she said of being the subject of a story instead of the one telling it.

“But it’s also exactly what I signed up for and I want to leverage my position as the only media rider to get as much publicity for the tour as possible because the event deserves it.”

Tour de Rock is a two-week bike journey in which a team of police officers and select media riders cycle from the north end of Vancouver Island to Victoria, a distance of about 1,000 kilometres.

The team stops in various communities in an effort to raise money to fight child-

hood cancer. Since 1998, the tour has raised more than $20 million for the Canadian Cancer Society, specifical-ly funding pediatric cancer research and programs.

“I’m really touched by the cause,” said Eastmure.

“We’ve all been touched by cancer in one way or another... but I can’t imagine having a child with cancer - that seems like the ultimate injustice.”

Eastmure said the tour will be her first multi-day bike ride, but she’s in good hands.

Eastmure is training for 12-days of consecutive cycling with Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman, who completed the tour two years ago.

Eastmure said she trains three days per week cycling anywhere from 30 to 100 kilometres on top of a full-time broadcasting career with the radio station.

Foreman said the tour is an “overwhelming commit-ment” with riders starting to

train in March.“As summer stretches

on it’s not only three days a week (training), but it’s also a commitment to fund-raising, things you need to organize and public events...we talk to prospective riders about how much time and energy it takes,” he said.

“You really have to throw yourself into it for six months of your life and do it for the kids.”

Eastmure covered Tour de Rock in 2013 as a reporter and she’s wanted to take part in the ride ever since.

It’s especially meaningful to the Elora, Ontario native because she’s doing it in part to honour a longtime family-friend, Marilyn Koop, who passed away in April 2012 from cancer.

“When I first found out about Tour de Rock I wanted to do it,” she said.

“And not because I wanted to see the Island north of Campbell River but because I want to be a part of this

crazy, awesome journey.”Eastmure’s fund-raising

goal is $15,000.heastmure@917coastfm.

com. To follow Hilary Eastmure’s blog about the tour visit: www.tourderock.mycoastnow.com.

Tour de Rock (sponsored by Black Press) riders are slated to stop in Parksville the evening of September 24 en route from Port Alice to Victoria. Stay tuned for more details.


Hilary Eastmure

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The North Island Road Runner mini-triathlon team placed first in the 10 and 11-year-old division. From left to right, Ethan Hunt, Tianna Freund and Madison Grenier.

Jaylon Grenier received the Paul Ervin Memorial Trophy presented by his widow Bonnie Ervin.

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By Hannah GriffinReporterThe Port Hardy

Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Event held on the evening of May 23 drew a huge crowd, many dressed power-fully for the event’s superhero theme. Participants looped the Port Hardy Secondary School track from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. in teams that fundraised leading up the event. Organizers began pre-paring early in the day, and by the 6 p.m. kick-off the event area was full of North Island superheros, delicious local food, and tents

belonging to different community groups.

One of the organiz-ers, Sabrina Dent, said that the event, now in its 10th year, has organiz-ers beginning to plan in September. Shortly after 6 p.m. a welcome and a warmup from First Choice Fitness staff kicked off the event followed by can-cer survivors dressed in yellow T-shirts completing a Survivor Walk that saw them walking under paddles held up by the Dragon Boat team. After the Survivor walk, the rest of the Relay par-ticipants joined in. Each team had to

have someone on the track the whole time, and a baton was used to trade off between teammates. “This gives people an idea of what it’s like to walk in a cancer survivor’s shoes for one day,” said Dent, adding that “cancer never sleeps.”

The evening includ-ed a kids event, a bouncy castle, and an energetic perfor-mance by the Team Charlton Highland Dancers early in the evening. Attendees sustained themselves over the evening with fresh popcorn, fruit, chili, beef barley soup, scones, hot dogs from Overwaitea, and the savory salmon burgers, tacos and creamy mac-aroni salad provided by Marine Harvest.

The grand total raised at the event was $19,188, and the indi-vidual raising the most money was Dianna Sexton at $1,320. The top three teams that raised the most money were Bernie’s Dream at $2,630, Ash Kickers at $2,105, and Marine Harvest at $2,027. The award for Team Spirit went to Marine Harvest, Best Dressed was Overwaitea Cheerios, and the Best Costume was Eddie

White. The spirit present

early in the evening continued as the sun went down. Paper bag lanterns with heartfelt messages lined the

perimeter of the track, providing a soft glow for the relayers who remained until mid-night. Several fires burned near the tents dotting the track, and

children played soccer in the middle of the field.

As the night drew to a close, only a fraction of the earlier crowd remained on the field,

but the mood was still festive as Relayers walked with candles, glow sticks and head-lamps, all in the name of supporting the fight against cancer.


Hope abounds at Relay for Life

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John Leonard Pohto“Lennie”

October 26, 1937 – May 23, 2015

It is with great sadness to announce the sudden passing of Len Pohto. He was a devoted and loving Husband, Dad, Pappa, Uncle, Cousin, Friend and a legend in the community of Sointu-la, as well as the fishing industry. He is predeceased by his mother Hilja Tynjala (nee Huomonen), father Arvi

Pohto, brother Wilfed Pohto, and daughter Teija. He is survived by wife Tuula, children Pamela (Glenn), Susan (Mike), Brian (Janet) and Michael (Lisa Marie); grandchildren Ashlynne, Sarrah, Tyler, Melissa, Chelsea, Jonathan and Kaleigh,

Len was born in Alert Bay, BC in 1937 and has lived in Sointula all of his life. He spent his early days logging in the winter and fishing in the summer. He started fishing at the age of 16 and bought his first gillnetter at the age of 21. His collection of boats include Taisto, Hazel R No 1, and his current vessel, Sharon Marie No. 1

Lennie enjoyed hockey, often cheering any team that was playing against the Canucks, but more realistically, he silently cheered the team whose roster held Teemu Selanne.

He was a member of many local associations and clubs, Fire Department chief, Lions club, Seniors and was a prominent member of the UFAWU. As well, he spearheaded the development of the seniors complex, The Harmony Glenn in Sointula. He was always an active member in the community and always willing to lend a hand when needed.

If anyone asked Lennie “Have you lived in Sointula your whole life?” his response was always “No, I’m not dead yet”. He was known to be of quick wit and ready with a joke, making those around him laugh. He had a way of making everyone he met feel welcome.

We would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to the paramedic teams involved, as well as the Critical Care Flight Team, Dr. Armogam and the nursing team at the Port McNeill Hospital.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Sointula on June 7, 2015 at 2pm at the F.O Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Malcolm Island Lions Club.

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

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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Lions Gate Forest Products Ltd. of Port McNeill, BC, and Gwa’Nak Re-sources Ltd. intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island Central Coast District Office for a License of Occupa-tion – Industrial Log Handling, File Number 1414275, situated on Provincial Crown land located at Mereworth Sound for a Log Dump Site. For more information or to make written comments, please contact: Josh Hiebert, 3341 Mine Road, Port McNeill, BC, Email [email protected] OR Jennifer Barolet, MoFLNR, Email [email protected]. The review and comment period will last 30 days from May 19, 2015. Comments will be received until June 19, 2015. FLNR office may not be able to consider comments received af-ter this date. Comments can also be posted at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending Please be sure to cite the Applicant’s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference. Be advised that any response to this adver-tisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at FLNR office.

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

(Vancouver Island North) will be held on

Monday, November 10, 2014 6:00pmSchool Board Office, Port Hardy

This is a public meeting.All interested parties are welcome.

Monday, June 8th, 2015 at 6:00pm School Board Office, Port Hardy

REGULATORY AFFAIRS SPECIALISTCAMPBELL RIVER, BC

Deadline to apply:Noon, Friday, July 3, 2015

Grieg Seafood BC Ltd., a dynamic and growing company in t e a uaculture indu try i ee ing to ll a full me permanent po i on a egulatory air Speciali t at our ead ce in Camp ell i er,

epor ng to t e Director , Su taina ility Growt , t e egulatory air Speciali t i re pon i le for t e prepara on

and management of imple and comple regulatory u mi ion . ey will coordinate pu lic e ent open ou e , a end

and repre ent t e company at func on related to it ocial licence trategy, par cipate in audit proce e and manage t e company we and ocial media pre ence .

o i on re uirement include: Degree in egulatory air , Bu ine dmini tra on,

n ironmental tudie or e ui alent. ecent e perience prefera ly in a e ng wit erie ,

a uaculture and water uality ri and or a marine e ng or e ui alent e perience.

ro ciency wit C tool ord and cel re uired knowledge of social media and data management systems, we site maintenance and pu lis ing tools.

e successful candidate as strong communica on skills oral, wri en, interpersonal , t ey are a le to andle mul ple

pro ects and e ercise good udgment in priori ing tasks. ust e comforta le tra elling in open ski s and small

oatplanes.

e o er a compe e salary range and generous ene ts package.

Closing date: Noon Friday, July 3, 2015

1. mail your to griegseafood.com and specify t at you are applying for t e egulatory airs Specialist posi on.

2. ou can also re uest ia email a full copy of t e o descrip on.

nly t ose applicants selected for inter iews will e contacted. e t ank all ot er applicants for t eir interest in t e posi on.

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The Cowichan Valley Citizen, has an opening for an experienced multimedia advertising Consultant.

By joining the leading community newspaper serving Cowichan Valley you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Duncan, BC. The team environment at The Citizen will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and joy working in a fast-paced environment. print advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required.The Cowichan Valley Citizen is a member of Black Press, Canada’ largest private independent newspaper company with more than 150 titles in print and online in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio.Send your resume with a cover letter to:Shirley Skolos, [email protected] Valley Citizen251 Jubilee St.,Duncan, B.C. V9L 1W8

CAMCOR DIVING SERVICES

is hiring WCB/DCBC Diver on the East & West

Coast of Vancouver Island. Please email resumes to:

[email protected] or call Kimberlee at: 250-217-8443 Staff Housing Available.

DISTRICT OF PORT HARDYDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL

SERVICES

The District of Port Hardy is seeking a results-oriented professional who is

passionate about improving service delivery and public service. This is a senior

The position is responsible for providing advice on the planning and operations

of the District including, but not limited to: roads, water, sewer & storm systems,

Required Abilities, Education & Training

skills and experience in a unionized environment;

department expenditures;

capital works projects with thorough knowledge of methods, material and construction practices and project management;

solid waste;

/ contract tender documents, statutes, standards and bylaws;

Preferred Abilities , Education & Training

sewer and water systems, road design and maintenance, parks maintenance

knowledge in public works operations;

be an asset.

www.porthardy.ca

Complete job details can be viewed at: http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careers/

Western Forest Products Inc. is a margin focused integrated company safely producing lumber from coastal forests.

If you believe that you have the skills and qualifications that we are looking for, please reply in confidence:

Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: [email protected]

As only short listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company. Please visit us at www.westernforest.com

HAND FALLERS Gold River & Woss, B.C.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

BUD HAYNES, Ward’s Fire-arms Auction. Saturday, June 13, 10a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Denny Harding Estate, Sask. Store Dispersal. Over 200 new guns. Website, catalogue w/pictures. Phone 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549; www.budhaynesauctions.com. www.WardsAuctions.com.

GARAGE SALES

MID ISLAND AUTOMOTIVESWAP MEET

Sunday, June 7th, 8am-2pm Parksville Curling Club in the Parksville Community Park.• Cars & Parts • Antiques & Collectibles • Concession Free Parking $2 AdmissionSponsored by:LAIRD WHEATON GM NANAIMO

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

Are you moving? Do you have

an art project? We have roll ends!!!

Various prices for various sizes at the

North Island Gazette. Come see us!

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our big 35th anniversary sale” 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12140. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

LEGALS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

.95 ACRE UNIQUE 4 bd 2300 sq ft split level home. Peaceful and private. 35 fruit trees and grapevines. Walking distance to town, school, golf and trails. Ocean, mountain and city view. (250)286-0634. www.991petersen.com

INFORMATION

LEGALS

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

PORT HARDY: Well main-tained 6-plex. Great invest-ment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to:[email protected]

WHOLE DUPLEX for sale- 1280sq ft per side, 3.5 bdrms, 1.5 bath. 9498 McDougall Rd, Port Hardy, BC. $215,000. Call (250)334-8474.h t t p : / / c o m ox va l l ey. c r a i g -slist.ca/reo/5019806389.html

INFORMATION

HELP WANTED

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

7175 HIGHLAND Dr., Port Hardy. 2,520 sq ft 4bdr home. 2 landscaped lots joined. 2 door garage. Walkout base-ment/suite. 250-949-8922 or www.island.net/~fi shnet. Ask-ing $336,000.

HELP WANTED

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

3 BDRM APTS for rent in Har-bourview. $750-$800/mth. No pets/ smoking/ partying. Credit check/ref’s req’d. Free grocery card/half month rent free with lease. Call Mike 250-230-3375

HADDINGTON COURTAPARTMENTS

PORT MCNEILL Newly renovated

apartments for rent. Clean & quiet building.

Free satellite.Furnished suites available.

Call Ron & Linda 250-956-3365

MARINA VIEW APTS & Townhouses. Professional building. 2 & 3 bdrm. Small dogs allowed. Taking applica-tions. Call 250-949-0192.

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AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANDave Landon Motors requires a journeyman Automotive Technician to join our Ford of Canada dealership. Our family run dealership has been in business for over 44 years and is the recipient of multiple Ford of Canada Presidents Awards for sales and customer satisfaction leader-ship.

We are actively seeking a skilled journeyman technician preferably with Ford experience and specialty training to diagnose and repair Ford Cars and Trucks as well as all makes. Skilled third or fourth year apprentices will be considered.

Job Duties / Qualifications:

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determined by our company and Ford Motor Company.

We offer the following benefits to our valued employees:

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DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

with theDISTRICT OF PORT HARDY

The District has a challenging and unique career opportunity available for a versatile individual as a member of its senior management team. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director of Corporate & Development Services is responsible for the statutory duties in accordance with section 148 of the Community Charter. The Director also advises staff and Council on legislative affairs as well as undertaking contract administration and matters associated with risk management. In addition, this position processes applica-tions and documents related to land use planning and development, manages the building inspection, bylaw enforcement and animal control services, and acts as staff liaison person for the emergency preparedness and fire protection services. As a member of the senior management team, the Director assists the CAO in the provision of effective team oriented leadership for the District and becomes responsible for a variety of projects and initiatives as they arise.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

drafting agreements, bylaws, contracts, leases and policies;

preparing reports to Council and its committees;

supervising employees in the Corporate Services and Bylaw Enforcement / Building Inspection Departments;

processing requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

acts as Deputy Approving Officer with respect to applications for subdivision and as Chief Election Officer for elections;

acts for the Chief Administrative Officer as required.

The preferred candidate will:

have a proven ability to work effectively with elected officials, committees, other levels of government, legal counsel and the general public;

be well versed in the Community Charter, Local Government Act and relevant legislation;

have strong organizational, management and communications skills;

have a diploma or degree in public administration or a certificate in local government administration issued by the Board of Examiners; and

have at least 5 years of experience working in a local government setting or an equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.

If you wish to obtain more information, please contact Jeff Long, Director of Corporate & Development Services, by telephone at 250-949-6665 or by email at [email protected], or to apply for this position, please forward your cover letter, résumé and list of references to Mr. Long by facsimile at (250) 949-7433 or by email at [email protected], by 4:00pm on June 18, 2015.

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

23’ CITATION Class-C motor home. 1987 Ford, 168,000 miles. $4,000. Good condition. Located in Port Hardy. Call (250)949-7676.

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- Airport Rd. 2 bdrm. $550. Quiet, NS/NP. Ref req. Call 250-949-6319

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:

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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.

SEAWIND ESTATES; 2 bdrms, 1 bath in great cond. W/D, Deck. Ref. req. Available now. $700/mth. Call 250-949-7079 before 7pm.

TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR

Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartment includes stove, fridge, washer, dryer & micro. Clean, comfy, quiet & upgrad-ed. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value). Available Now. $650+ hydro with a 1 year lease. Pets considered. Call 1-250-949-8855.www.twoceans.com

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

PORT MCNEILL- 3 bdrm in 1/2 duplex, 2 bath, all app. in-cluded. Great view. Showing by appt only. Leave msg at 250-230-2111. NS/NP. Ref required. Available now.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

PORT MCNEILLMobile Home Park

Pads for rent.Short walk to shopping,

school & ocean.$300/ month

Call 250-758-4454

SUITES, UPPER

PORT HARDY- Bright spa-cious 3 bdrm upstairs suite in duplex next to Avalon School. Byng Rd. Shared laundry room downstairs. Good car-pets, NS, NP, Avail June lst. $700/mob. 250-230-1236.

TOWNHOUSES

PORT HARDY-For Rent $850/mo. 3 bdrm. 1.5 bath. Avail July 1st. 250-956-3106

PORT HARDY: Seawind Estates, gated community, like new 2 bdrm, in suite full size washer/dryer, $700. (604)418-3626, trojan12@shaw. ca

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