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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—Major capi-

tal projects involving an integrated health care facility in Port Hardy and a heat-recovery system at the local arena were approved by the Regional District of Mount

Waddington Board of Directors as it approved its 2014 budget during its regular meeting Mar. 18.

The board acceded to a request by Island Health to contribute 40 per cent — or $790,000 — of the cost of a proposed $1.9 million integrated health care clinic in Port

Hardy, which is scheduled to be built this year on land near Port Hardy Hospital.

It also approved a $368,150 heat-recovery system for Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill, which will eventually provide heat to nearby North Island Secondary

School through a cooperative agreement with School District 85.

“We want to have the new sys-tem in place by July,” RDMW

‘Status quo’ budget for Port McNeill

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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—

Council gave first and sec-ond readings Monday to a 2014 draft budget bylaw that will largely hold the

line on taxes and expendi-tures while devoting more than $300,000 toward pay-ing down existing debt.

“The budget I designed is basically a status quo bud-get,” new Chief Financial

Officer Dan Rodin told council in his report during the Mar. 24 special meet-ing. “If council is happy with that budget, there’s enough money to pay for all expenditures … if

we just have a quiet year without a lot of aggres-sive spending, then no tax increases will be needed.”

The proposed budget in Five-Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 649, 2014

shows total revenue of $3,135,000 and expendi-tures of $2,756,000. The

See page 4‘Surplus will pay’

See page 4‘RDMW budget up’

Alli Milne looks toward the obstacle course finish line as she emerges from the pole crawl during the annual Kidsfest at Mount Cain Ski Area Saturday. See more on page 11 and online at www.northislandgazette.com. J.R. Rardon

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Marine Harvest seeks elusive pandaJ.R. RardonGazette editorPORT HARDY—

In an effort to boost its marketability and assuage the concerns of critics, B.C.’s larg-est producer of farmed salmon is embarking on an effort to secure a coveted certification from the greenest of environmental steward-ship organizations.

Ian Roberts, director of communications for Marine Harvest Canada, told the local chapter of Rotary Club last week that Marine Harvest currently possesses a three-star certification in

the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices, a distinction that appears on packages of its Sterling brand Atlantic salmon. “The problem is, when you go to the grocery store, what does that logo mean?” he said. “People don’t recognize that logo.”

So Marine Harvest is trying to raise its profile by capturing the panda.

The newest certifica-tion — and, perhaps, the most difficult to achieve, according to Roberts — is the Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification, backed

by the World Wildlife Federation and its dis-tinctive panda bear logo.

“This was brought together by the WWF — not the wrestlers, but the panda bear,” Roberts told Rotarians. “When we talk about the recog-nizable logo, the panda bear has influence worldwide. Once you certify to this standard, you will be able to use that panda bear on your product. But it’s very, very strict.”

ASC auditors will arrive here in late April to begin a seven-day audit of one of Marine Harvest’s sites near Port

Hardy. Among the key requirements for the certification are replace-ment of nets, a zero-kill policy, limited medical treatment, negligible escapes, social aware-ness, effluent control and sea-lice treatment.

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concerns have been addressed by steps taken in recent years by Marine Harvest.

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RDMW budget up 1.5 per centfrom page 1

administrator Greg Fletcher said. “It’s a 12-week project, and if we can get started shortly after the ice goes out (this week) it should give us just enough time.”

The project will be funded through the RD’s arena reserve fund, and requests for additional funding assistance were sub-mitted to the Town of Port McNeill and the Village of Alert Bay.

Budget bylaw OK’dThe board gave

final reading and pas-sage to Bylaw 862, the RDMW’s five-year financial plan, which marks a 1.5 per cent increase over the 2013 budget.

“One point five is

a defendable num-ber,” treasurer Joe Mackenzie said. “There is an increase of $19,000 in solid waste, but on a budget of half a million, it’s negligible.”

The total budget of $4,513,464 is bolstered by the addition of tax revenue from a pair of renewable energy projects, the Cape Scott Wind Farm and the Kokish Run-of-River hydro project. Both went on-line in recent months, and their inclusion in the budget has resulted in mill rates dropping for residential taxpayers.

The board also passed additional bud-get-related bylaws, including the 7-mile Solid Waste Disposal Amendment bylaw;

the Hyde Creek Sewer Rates and Regulations Amendment bylaw; the Woss Water System

Regulations and Rates Amendment bylaw and a series of bylaws raising caps on street-

light budgets in vari-ous areas, due to steep increases in BC Hydro rates.

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Request for ProposalsRegional Emergency CoordinatorThe Regional District of Mount Waddington is inviting proposals for a service contract for a Regional Emergency Coordinator to administer

the North Island Regional Emergency Program. Responsibilities include updating the North Island Regional Emergency Plan; chairing the North Island Regional Emergency Planning Committee; training participants/arranging for training opportunities; organizing and participating in emergency preparedness exercises and training opportunities; writing proposals to access appropriate funding; reporting on activities to the Regional Board; and liaising with partner communities to improve Emergency Services and response.

The successful proponent will possess excellent communication skills and be able to effectively liaise with and coordinate appropriate agencies, management staff and volunteers. Previous experience in emergency management ICS and BCERM would be an advantage.

Proposals should, at a minimum, meet the requirements set out in the RFP information package which is available at the Regional District of Mount Waddington office or from the website at www.rdmw.bc.ca

Proposals must be received by the Regional Districtby 4 pm on Friday, April 11, 2014.

Proposals should be e-mailed to [email protected] addressed to the Administrator or may be dropped off or mailed to: 2044 McNeill Road (Box 729) Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0.

Surplus will pay down debt

from page 1surplus will be applied toward debt accrued through recent harbour and water main capital projects.

Several more mod-est capital projects are included in the draft budget, rang-ing from $22,000 for a compressor for Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department and $51,000 for two projects at the municipal swim-ming pool. A $67,000 accessibility upgrade to the Old School Recreation Centre is offset by a $50,000 fed-eral grant and a $50,000 community econom-ic study gets half its funding through Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET).

Coun. Gaby Wickstrom questioned a $50,000 contribu-tion to a heat recap-

ture system at Chilton Regional Arena, which was approved by the Regional District of Mount Waddington Board of Directors.

“The contributors to the arena funding, which are (electoral) Area C, Area D and Port McNeill, have been asked to put up some of their gas tax,” said Coun. Shirley Ackland, who sat as Port McNeill’s repre-sentative at the RDMW meeting. “As it stands, the whole project has gone ahead; the $50,000 comes from the (RDMW) arena reserves. So the project goes ahead whether we commit that capital or not.”

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Alert Bay April 1st and 2nd

Sointula April 7th

Port Hardy April 14th and 15th

Quatsino April 16th

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Port McNeill April 28th and 29th

Port Alice April 30th

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The District of Port Hardy and the Regional District of Mount Waddington will host Tsunami Community Education Forums as follows:

Port Hardy Friday, March 28, 2014 7:00pm – 9:00pm Civic Centre, 7400 Columbia Street

Port McNeill Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:30am – 11:30am Community Hall, 1473 Broughton Boulevard

These forums are open to the public and will be attended by representatives of Emergency Management BC, Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada.

Public interest in tsunamis is greater than ever given the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Japan tsunamis, and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska Tsunami on March 27th. At a more local level in even more recent times, the 2012 Haida Gwaii and 2013 Alaska tsunami warning events have generated much thought about our levels of preparedness for a potential tsunami disaster. As a means of engaging the public on this important issue, the Tsunami Community Education Forum is designed to create further awareness and help people prepare themselves in the event of a tsunami. Professionals engaged in various aspects on the topic of tsunamis will be on hand to provide information about the science of tsunamis, the use of tsunami notification tools and tsunami preparedness. Information will also be made available about local efforts to prepare for tsunami events. The forum will end with a question and answer period.

Information: District of Port Hardy: Tel: 250-949-6665 Email: [email protected]

Regional District: Tel: 250-956-3301 Email: [email protected]

TSUNAMI COMMUNITYEDUCATION FORUM

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RURAL TOURISM ACTION GRANTS

The Regional District of Mount Waddington is accepting applications from community organizations in Electoral Areas A, B, C, D and Port Alice for cost shared grants to supportregional tourism.

Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2014 for projects to be completed by Dec 31, 2014.

Program guidelines and application packages are available on line at

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For additional information contact:Pat English, Manager of Economic Development,

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Local teacher to be honouredGazette staffPort Hardy’s Pat

Corbett-Labatt, mathe-matics teacher at North Island College’s Mount Waddington campus, is one of a trio of NIC employees who will be recognized on an inter-national stage this May.

Along with Campbell River library techni-cian Diane Newman, who formerly worked at the Port Hardy cam-pus, and early child-hood care and instructor Laurie Fisher, Corbett-Labatt will be honoured at this year’s National Institute for Staff and Organizational D e v e l o p m e n t ’ s (NISOD) annual Excellence Awards.

NISOD is a consor-tium of community colleges committed to teaching excellence and student success. The

Excellence Awards, held at the University of Texas in Austin, are an opportunity for institu-tions to recognize out-standing faculty, staff, and administrators.

More than 1,800 pro-fessionals from over 400 community col-leges and other higher learning institutions will gather at the con-ference May 25-28, to learn about new strate-gies and tools currently available to support learning and teaching excellence.

“Patricia Corbett-Labatt, Instructor, Mathematics, has been a leader at the North Island College Mt. Waddington Regional campus for over 28 years,” said a release from the college. “She has embraced the grow-ing demands of teach-

ing in a post-secondary environment and has been a pioneer of dis-tance teaching methods at the College. She is committed to the suc-cess of students taking her math courses from around the world, and has a special passion for Indigenous education.”

“While Pat’s teach-ing is exemplary, so is her role as a leader,”

said Caitlin Hartnett, Adult Basic Education Department Chair. “She is a mentor to her fel-low faculty and an irre-

placeable asset to our communities.”

NIC’s President John Bowman added, “The Excellence Awards are an annual recogni-tion of what is good about community col-leges – an opportu-nity to celebrate those who have contributed to student success and our college’s mission. Excellence is a qual-ity or talent which sur-passes ordinary stan-dards and North Island College is extremely proud of this year’s NIC recipients – Laurie, Pat and Diane.”

Patricia Corbett-Labatt of Port Hardy, left, along with Laurie Fisher and Dianne Newman will be honoured with NISOD awards of excellence this spring.

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COMMENTARY

At long last, Port Hardy has its mayor back. And just in time, with fiscal 2014 budgets being set for the coming year in local municipalities and regional districts across the province.

Bev Parnham returned to a warm welcome Monday as she took her customary seat at the head of the table in Port Hardy’s council chambers.

“Really happy to have our dear Mayor Bev back for tonight’s council meeting!” Councillor Jessie Hemphill, who had been serving as deputy mayor, wrote on her Facebook wall. “It’s been fun playing mayor, but my old council chair missed me.”

Parnham was the victim late last fall of a sudden and mysterious infection that left her in intensive care in a Victoria hospital and her survival uncer-tain.

She eventually recovered, but surgery has left her wheelchair-bound and needing regular physical therapy sessions down-Island.

Parnham has remained active in local gover-nance from afar, “attending” both council and Regional District of Mount Waddington meetings via conference call.

That changed Monday when she returned to chambers in person, and council has adopted an amended meeting schedule for the next few months to accommodate Parnham’s travel for con-tinuing therapy sessions.

Like Hemphill, Parnham’s grandchildren, other family and friends must surely be glad to have her back where she belongs.

We feel the same way. Welcome back, Mayor.

Pat Corbett-Labatt of Port Hardy is one of three North Island Col-lege instructors who will receive Awards of Excellence this spring.

Municipal and regional district budgets alike are being impacted by continued increases in BC Hydro rates and other energy costs.

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March 28-29Earthquake and tsunami community forums.

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Dear editor,Re: Morton changes tac-

tics in battle for salmon (March 6, 2014):

Erroneous statements made during Alexandra Morton’s recent presenta-tion in Port McNeill — and repeated in the North Island Gazette’s report of the event – need to be corrected for readers and community

members.Claims that sick or dis-

eased fish are introduced to the ocean are entirely false. All smolts are certified as disease free before leav-ing a hatchery and being introduced to sea cages. B.C.’s salmon farmers have a proven record of raising very healthy fish — since we need to raise them for

nearly two years in the ocean, we wouldn’t have a business if we didn’t.

Suggestions that disease or sea lice from farms have affected wild salmon runs are also false. In fact, Ms. Morton’s own sea lice research has shown that there was no statistical dif-ference on the survival of pink salmon between an

area with or without salm-on farms. Furthermore, a $26-million scientific inquiry on Fraser River sockeye survival – led by Justice Cohen – reviewed a decade worth of fish health data and found no indi-cation that fish health on farms was affecting sock-eye returns.

Unfortunately, Ms.

Morton is using misinfor-mation to spread fear about farm-raised salmon. B.C.’s salmon farmers work hard to ensure they are farm-ing responsibly, and are always willing to answer any questions from the public.

We believe our members are providing a sustainable alternate source of salmon

that can help conserve wild salmon stocks and contin-ue to create opportunity to coastal B.C. communities like Port McNeill and Port Hardy.

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Sickness claims without foundation


Port Alice sits on the banks of Neroutsos Inlet in Quatsino Sound. The Inlet was officially named by the Government of B.C. in 1927, after the Captain of the Canadian Pacific Railway Coastal Service, Cyril Demetrious Neroutsos.

Much earlier than that, pre-1750, the Hoyalas called the area home, and in the late 1800s the Koskimo also lived in this area. It falls within the claimed traditional ter-ritory of the Quatsino First Nation.

Due to its steep slopes and heavy rain-fall, the area around Port Alice has been subjected to a number of mud and rock slides.

In 1927 the original Port Alice townsite was struck by a slide that resulted in one fatality. A man with the last name Clark was

killed when his bach-elor shack was swept away in a slide. Muddy debris tore down the hill, narrowly missing the local hospital. The town had experienced several days of heavy rainfall prior to the slide, and it was sus-pected that a dam in a creek upstream of the town had burst.

In 1935 two addi-tional slides careened down the hill, one rip-ping through the golf course, another coming dangerously close to the community store.

Local residents pitched in to help sandbag and create berms to divert the flow of water and mud.

The town was relo-cated in 1965, further away from the mill, in part due to the risk of slides near the mill site.

Two devastating slides, however, took place in the 1970s at the new townsite.

On December 15, 1973, the community suffered from a storm that lashed the coast with high winds and heavy rains. A mud-slide occurred at the new townsite, knock-ing out utility poles, washing away a bridge and affecting 15 hous-es. Ten families were unable to return to their homes.

Miraculously, no one was injured, but the community was cut off from the rest of the North Island in its moment of need. There

was so much debris in the water that float planes could not land, and the Marble River bridge was washed out. Although it was dangerous for boats to travel, water taxis from Coal Harbour did manage to safely get to the community and

were able to ferry out a number of families who were billeted in Port Hardy.

On November 12, 1975, the town was again hit with a mud-slide that forced the evacuation of many residents.

After these events a

number of studies were undertaken to look at slope stability above the town, and a dik-ing system was imple-mented to divert future slides.

Tragedy struck again, however, on November 10, 1987. A slide occurred on the

road between the town and the mill. A number of local residents were on-site assisting with the clean-up, including Port Alice Alderman Ian Ford, when a sec-ond slide hit. Ford was standing in the path of the second slide and did not survive.

September 25, 2010 the highway to Port Alice was again washed out as a part of a weather event that saw much flood-ing and many slides occur around the North Island.

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.blogspot.ca/.

A review byJ.R. RardonPORT HARDY—The

North Island Concert Society is never quite sure how large a crowd it will draw when it headlines a classical music act.

But, as NICS executive Malcolm Fleeton noted Saturday night at the Civic Centre, “We couldn’t turn down the chance to have this quality.”

And it was high quality, indeed.

The Wolak-Donnelly duo, the unlikely pairing of jazz pianist Chris Donnelly and classical clarinetist Kornel Wolak, played to an audience of about a hun-dred patrons.

But they were a well-satisfied hundred.

Yes, the duo played clas-sical music. But they also shared jazz, Latin, pop and even comedy while playing enough familiar material to keep the audience engaged.

And even the “tradition-al” classical pieces were anything but traditional, thanks to the Polish-born Wolak’s technical mastery.

By employing circular breathing, Wolak is able to play centuries-old pieces never written to be played

on clarinet — written, in fact, before the instrument was introduced to orches-tra.

From Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E Major to Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblee, Wolak unleashed a dizzying array of notes at a blistering tempo without ever pausing for a breath.

Through the technique, he is able to play songs written for stringed instru-ments and only later tran-

scribed for wind instru-ments.

The clarinet can play only one note at a time. But on Bach’s Partita No. 3, which he played as a solo, Wolak employed a tremolo on the register key so fast and clean that it sounded as though he was accompany-ing his melody with a bass or chorded line.

Donnelly also had a turn to shine as a soloist, and utilized it to show off his virtuosity, improvisational

chops and songwriting.He introduced his first

number, his self-written Henry’s Song and Dance, with a background story about being stiffed by a jazz club owner after play-ing a gig in which he had to rent and provide his own piano. He punctuated his playing with heavy, slump-shouldered sighs to the laughter of the audience.

Donnelly later gave the Civic Centre the feel of a smoky jazz club like

Henry’s with his improvi-sational take of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind.

But it is as a duo that the pair really shine as performers. They kicked off the show with an epic, nearly 10-minute version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, improvising across a range of stylings from rag-time to blues to classical.

They ended with Rossini’s Introduction, Theme and Variations, which show-cased each performer in passages that ranged from gossamer-delicate to fre-netic.

The Brazilian Tico Tico provided another highlight, with Donnelly employing a shaker in his right hand while playing the bass line with his left while trying to keep up with Wolak’s ever-increasing tempo.

Wolak and Donnelly could well have over-whelmed the audience with virtuosity. Instead, they proved adept at engaging the crowd, with Donnelly as the deadpan straight man to Wolak’s prancing prince.

The society will close its 2013-14 season April 12 with folk/roots performer John Wort Hannam and his band. Info at niconcert.ca.

A Look Backwith Brenda

McCorquodale

Long-term residents of Port Alice have seen a number of mud-slides over the years, like the one above from the 1970s

Photo courtesy of Leslie Kueber

Port Alice has a history of landslides

Duo dazzles with classical jazz

Chris Donnelly, on piano, and clarinetist Kornel Wolak regaled a North Island Concert Society audience with their jazz and classical stylings Saturday at Port Hardy Civic Centre. J.R. Rardon

Gazette staffSeniors and residents

with disabilities will be among the beneficiaries of a series of Federal grants announced last week by Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan.

The Town of Port McNeill will receive $50,000 towards construct-ing an exterior ramp, build-ing an accessible washroom and installing automated door openers at the Old School Recreation Centre. The funding comes from the government’s Enabling Accessibility Fund.

Port McNeill is one of five North Vancouver Island recipients of grants totalling $133,213.

In a separate fund-ing announcement, Duncan said Port Hardy’s Grassroots Garden Society, the Kwakiutl First Nation and Sayward’s Heritage Hall Community Club will be among 16 North Island organizations to benefit from $257,955 in funding from the New Horizons for Seniors Program.

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the cards of condolences, the wonderful food and most of all the many hugs.

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Molly on the mendGazette staffMolly, the shepherd-

cross who made head-lines after being res-cued from abuse last November, has joined her new owner after being cleared to leave care.

BC SPCA Nanaimo and District Branch Manager Leon Davis said that after a back-slide over Christmas Molly had rallied in January and recently got the all-clear from vets to join her new owner, who wishes to remain anonymous.

“It’s a testament to her resilience and to the amazing care given by vets in Nanaimo and Port Hardy,” he said.

When she was first rescued Molly’s chances of survival looked bleak. She was emaciated and dehy-drated, with her collar embedded in her neck. At the time the BC SPCA described the case as “one of the most horrific animal cruelty cases” it had seen.

But now the prog-nosis looks good for Molly, with no last-ing physical dam-age expected, Davis said. He praised the initial responders at the North Island Veterinary Hospital for their care in the

case, saying, “they did an amazing job.”

Molly is in good spirits psychologically too. “She just loved people,” said Davis of her time in care. “She’s just a calm, wonderful dog.”

He said that, despite her ill-treatment, Molly does not appear to blame humans for her starvation and neglect. “There’s not that connec-tion between neglect and people,” Davis explained. “Abuse, yes, but dogs don’t associate neglect with people.”

While Molly may not have made that con-nection, others certain-ly have. The BC SPCA recommended charges against Molly’s for-mer owners, which were subsequently approved by Crown Counsel on January 13, 2014. Charged are Rupert James Wilson and Crystal Dawn Bee. That case is now before the courts.

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A much healthier Molly plays with her ball recently. Photo courtesy BC SPCA


sports & recreationSubmit 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.

March 28Basketball

Elementary school tournament, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Port Hardy Secondary School.

March 28-30Curling

Broughton Curling Club hosts the Dominion Curling Club Championships, a North Island Zone event for men’s and women’s teams. Winners earn berths in the Pacific Cup playdowns in Richmond. Draws start 7 p.m. Friday; play continues through Sunday’s noon finals. Lounge open throughout weekend.

April 5Soccer

Referee clinic for new and returning youth soccer officials, Sunset Elementary School, Port McNeill. Free clinic; sessions for mini level (10-under) 9 a.m.-noon; divisional competition (11-18) 1-4 p.m. To register or for more info, contact Scott at 250-949-7959.

April 6Dragon boating

Tri-Port Dragon Boat Society hosts a helms clinic, 9 a.m., Port Hardy Seaplane Dock. To register or for more info, call Cora at 250-230-4227.

April 15Slo-pitch

Port Hardy Slo-pitch registration deadline. League fees $500 per team. To sign up or for info, call David at 250-949-7221 or Leigh at 250-230-8409.

AdriAn HeemelsThe Port Hardy gymnast claimed a

silver medal in the second provincial trampoline trials in Kamloops.

J.R. Rardon

AtHlete of the Week

Nominations will be held at the Kwakiutl Band Office Friday 11th day of April, 2014, between 4:00pm and 8:00pm.

Advance Poll will be held at the Kwakiutl Band Office on Friday the 2nd day of May, 2014, between 4:00pm and 8:00pm.

Final Election Poll will be held on Friday the 9th day of May, 2014 between 8:00am and 8:00pm at the Kwakiutl Band Office.

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Election is for Three Councillors

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9th day of May for the Final Election Poll

Gymnast snares silverGazette staffAdrian Heemels

earned a silver medal and Brittany Falconer placed sev-enth in the Senior Women’s Individual Trampoline to lead the Funtastic Gymnastics club of Port Hardy last week at the Elite Canada and second provincial trampoline gymnastics trials in Kamloops.

Heemels placed second in the

Provincial 1-level individual trampoline and added a 19th-place showing in Provincial 1 women’s double-mini trampo-line.

Cassidy Mose added a sixth-place finish, in Provincial 2 double-mini tram-poline, and Macy Hurley had a pair of top-10 finishes by placing seventh in individual and ninth in double-mini in the

Provincial 1 class.Falconer competed

in the highest-level category, against a field that included Olympic gold medal-ist Rosie McLennan and Olympic alter-nate Samantha Smith.

In other results for the local club, Mose placed 12th in Provincial 2 wom-en’s individual tram-

poline, and Ashley Cadwallader placed 15th in Provincial 1 individual and 17th in Provincial 1 dou-ble-mini trampoline.

Club members depart again this weekend for the Mar. 28-30 Trampoline G y m n a s t i c s Provincial champion-ships and third pro-vincial trials.

North Island EaglesAGM

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April 2nd, 2014@7:00pm

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Curl club hosts 'spielGazette staffPORT McNEILL—

While ice is gone or on the way out in most of the North Island's recreational facilities, Broughton Curling Club is set to host one last competition this weekend.

The club won the bid for the North Island Zone playdowns of the Dominion Curling Club Championships, featuring competi-tion in both men's and women's divisions.

First draws begin Friday at 7 p.m. and play continues through the weekend, with finals at noon Sunday.

The lounge will be open throughout and the public is invited.

Just chillin'Mount Cain Ski Area hosted its annual Kidsfest, drawing dozens of North Island youngsters for slalom and obstacle course races, snow sculpture, food and more. Clockwise from above: Chaz Hall of Port Hardy catches some air; Ana Burgess-Griffith of Sointula eyes the finish line in the slalom race; Adrianna Koel of Port McNeill comes face-to-face with "Sasquatch".

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North Island Church ServicesPORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCHCorner of Trustee & Highland

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Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/14

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Reverend Wade Allen9190 Granville St. Port Hardy

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2540 Catala Place Port McNeill(across from Firehall)

Sunday10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741

Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor

Cell: 250-527-0144Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs

Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org

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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay

Sunday Services - 10 amReverend Lincoln Mckoen

1-250-974-5844Warden Flora Cook

250-974-5945Warden Joan Stone

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4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor George Hilton

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

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Father Scott Whittemore 250-956-3909Sunday Masses

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

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

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

For information contactPastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737

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at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert StSunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm

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

E-Mail:[email protected] 11/14

PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP

Reverend Wade AllenSunday Services - 4pm

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

You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

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250-956-3533Email: [email protected]

Sunday Worship - 9:00amReverend Wade Allen

All Welcome175 Cedar Street Port McNeill

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GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

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Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell

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Jeff NagalBlack PressThe NDP is accus-

ing the provincial gov-ernment of handing over control of B.C.’s blue box recycling system to Toronto-based multinational executives who will be unaccountable while B.C. businesses and households pay higher costs.

Opposition small business critic Lana Popham raised the issue of Multi Material BC in the Legislature Monday, calling on the province to change course before the agency’s new system for recycling packag-ing and printed paper takes effect May 19.

“If government doesn’t take a step back, B.C.’s recycling system is going to end up in a giant dump-ster,” Popham said.

“The control of recycling should never have been outsourced

to the large corpo-rate interests based in Ontario and abroad. This is a profound failure. This program needs to be paused and the entire concept reconsidered.”

Popham’s comments follow the launch ear-lier this month of a campaign against MMBC by a coalition of business groups, including the newspa-per industry, who say they can’t afford to pay high fees imposed under the new system.

“The Liberal gov-ernment loves to claim they’re getting rid of red tape,” she said in an interview Monday. “So it’s quite ironic because MMBC is a Godzilla-sized red tape monster.”

Although MMBC is registered as a soci-ety, Popham called it a “dummy corpo-ration” because two of its three directors are Toronto-based

senior executives with Loblaws and Unilever, while the third is MMBC man-aging director Allan Langdon.

The Saanich South NDP MLA said the province should force MMBC to give B.C. stakeholders majority control.

Popham said the MMBC system will be “dangerously close to monopoly,” result-ing in less competi-tion and innovation in recycling.

She also said munic-ipalities have been pressured into signing contracts with inad-equate compensation for their costs, the threat of penalties for contamination and a gag clause.

MMBC’s new recy-cling fees on busi-nesses will be passed along to consumers through higher prices, Popham said, calling it a “hidden tax” that

won’t be transparent to consumers.

Meanwhile, she says, cities are unlike-ly to rebate property taxes that households already pay for recy-cling.

“The slogan for MMBC should prob-ably be ‘Recycle once, but pay twice.’”

In some cities where MMBC won’t pro-vide services, such as Kamloops, residents will pay for nothing, Popham added.

MMBC says it will take new types of con-tainers and packaging not collected in B.C. before.

But Popham noted glass will no longer be collected curbside in many cities and there’s little evidence the sys-tem will improve recy-cling rates overall.

She said a smarter approach would have been to extend the beverage can deposit-refund system to more containers, such as milk cartons and laun-dry detergent jugs.

Liberal MLA Eric Foster responded in the Legislature, say-ing the province made changes to exempt most businesses from MMBC fees and paperwork if they earn less than $1 million in revenue, generate less than one tonne per year of packaging, or operate as a single outlet.

“We’ve got all kinds of validation on this — chambers of com-merce, local govern-ment, opportunities for local government to either continue the way they’re doing it or to have MMBC put their contractors in there to pick up,” said Foster, who serves on the government’s environment and land use committee.

“MMBC came for-ward as an opportuni-ty to change people’s way of doing business and to put the onus on the original producers of the waste product or the recyclable prod-uct to reduce.”

Province urged to delay MMBC launch

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The Town of Port McNeill, with funding support from the Island Coast Economic Trust, has launched a process that will enable our community to create an economic development strategy. Zethof Consulti ng Group Inc. has been engaged and are already on the job! The Chamber of Commerce is pleased to support every eff ort made to develop economic development! As a business community, it is our ti meto engage and take part in this process!

FEATURE PRESENTATION: Bert Zethof, Zethof Consulti ng Group Inc. DATE & TIME: Tuesday, April 1 @ 7:00LOCATION: Community Futures Mount Waddington; #14-311 Hemlock

“Recogniti on of Excellence” Business Awards & Gala Date: Friday, April 11, 2014; Cocktails @ 6 pm with Dinner and Awards to followLocati on: PM Community HallTickets Available @ the Port McNeill Chamber Offi ce…Now! $45/pp or $80 per coupleEntertainment by Soul R&B Singer Deborah Emery!

Categories this year are:

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Nominati ons accepted unti l March 31st! The Public votes once the nominati ons are tallied so stay tuned! Nominati on forms available at the Chamber Offi ce, parti cipati ng businesses or online at www.portmcneill.net

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Tour of Duty Completed…

The Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce would like to extend their appreciation to outgoing Directors Jon Lok, Strategic Natural Resource Consultants Inc., Aaron Gabrysh, AAG Holdings and Annie Leblanc, Dar-Anne Holdings (served as VP). Thank you for the time and effort spent at the Board table. Your genuine concern for Port McNeill’s business community is an example for us all.

Chamber of Commerce 2014 Membership & Renewal are now due! Please contact the Offi ce to discuss delay if necessary.

Chamber Updatesubmitted by Cheryl Jorgenson, Executive Director

Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce Executive DirectorSubmissions to Update: Phone 250-956-3131

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Business AwardsTime to Nominate


Under its new regulations, the BC Government has set up an association led by big corporations to take over the local Blue Box recycling program throughout BC. If you look closely, you’ll see that of seven board members, six are executives of Toronto-based multi-national corporations, with the seventh weighing in from Montreal.

How do you like that, British Columbia?

This means, unlike the current program run locally by BC municipalities, this new program will be managed not by people whose fi rst responsibility is our local environment, but rather, their Bay St. profi ts.

That can’t be a good thing for BC.

The most perplexing thing is that we currently have a Blue Box program that works, is effi cient, and costs BC homeowners just

$35 a year on average. The new proposed system does not guarantee to keep our local environment as its fi rst priority, nor does it guarantee that there won’t be job losses here in BC.

It doesn’t guarantee service levels, or say anything about how big business will pass along the costs to you when you go to pick up a pizza or buy groceries.

Yikes!

Perhaps this is why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to sign onto the new program, calling it a “scam.” Given that, maybe it’s time you called Premier Clark to keep BC’s environmental decisions right here in BC where they belong.

What’s going on here?

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To all Minor Hockey Supporters, Parents, Volunteers and Sponsors:

Hockey is a wonderful sport. The hub of most Canadian communities in the winter is often the arena, and it’s dif� cult to imagine a place kids are more excited to go to in their own town. Our minor hockey program on the North Island is a strong one, not only building community and skills within a town, but between towns as well. However, it takes more than we are giving it to keep it healthy.

Our referee and coach numbers are at a critical level on the North Island. Our volunteer base to help in other areas is shrinking quickly and based on my experience over the last 10 years I have been involved in minor hockey we need more people to step up and help out any way they can. Minor Hockey relies heavily on the support of volunteers, sponsors and businesses. Without such help, minor hockey cannot exist.

You don’t need to have a child in minor hockey to help. This is your chance to give back to a sport that you enjoyed as a child or to “Pay it Forward” so that the opportunity is there when your children want to join. Watching a group of young hockey players grow and develop over a time span is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever known, and I invite anyone who wishes to be a part of it to come and do the same.

A chance to have a positive in� uence on the youth of our towns is one of the most valuable things we can provide our children, and something that so many people can contribute to. Please consider lending a hand in the coming year so that we can continue to rebuild and attract new players to minor hockey. Without your help we wouldn’t have teams. For those that helped out in any way this past season, whether it was as a parent, volunteer or a sponsor we greatly appreciate your time, money and efforts to making this past year a success.

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North Island Eagles

2013-2014 Bantams

north island gazette, march 27, 2014

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paysee page

letters page

sports page

classifieds page

opinion page

facebook page

proposed budget

port hardy hospital