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By Neil Cameron

Campbell River Courier-Islander

If city council won’t cut proposed tax increases for TimberWest, the com-pany may fight back with the chainsaw.

In a submission going before city council today, TimberWest is threaten-ing the city with actions it might take if there are increases to the Managed Forest Lands the company owns in Campbell River.

“The proposed increased tax burden

will likely discourage forestry and remove the financial incentive to carry out forest management activities,” said the TimberWest presentation.

“If implemented, a prudent timber-land owner might be forced to harvest the operable timber without replanting and sell the land for non-forestry pur-poses to offset the tax burden.”

With 98 per cent of the total tax burden in Campbell River being carried by the residential class, one of council’s priorities has been to find alternative

sources of revenue.What a financial consultant found

was that TimberWest — with vast hold-ings in Campbell River — was paying the second lowest tax rates on MFLs in the province, and rates that were far below the provincial average.

The city’s phased in plan to bring that rate up to an average level would cost the company about $33,000 extra per previous year over the next three years.

Continued on page 2.

File photoThe sad face of then Campbell River Mayor Charlie Cornfield in 2010 was the result of a court decision that ruled against the city’s tax increase on TimberWest Managed Forest Lands. Today TimberWest is threatening city council with harvesting the remaining timber, selling off its lands and getting out of ‘forest management activities.”

TimberWest threatens citywith cutting trees, selling land

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It is a day for celebration for the teachers of B.C. and for all union members across the province, according to Elaine Thompson, President of the Campbell River District Teacher’s Association.

That in response to the B.C. Supreme Court rul-ing on Monday, after a 12-year court battle, that the BC Government did not negotiate in good faith with teachers and the legislation they enacted was unconsti-tutional.

“The outcome of this case means that teachers have once again had their right to collectively bargain over their working conditions,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin said.

She also found that government tried to provoke a teachers’ strike two years ago so that the Liberals could impose legislation on the union and gain political sup-port.

The BC Teacher’s Federation now expects that the BC government will reduce class sizes and restore sup-ports for students and teachers.

Thompson said that this court decision comes on the 12th anniversary of the stripping of teachers’ Collective agreements.

“A student that started in Kindergarten and is now in Grade 12 will have gone through the public school system in classes that were too large and with reduced supports,” said Thompson.

“Campbell River teachers are thrilled that the rul-ing will force the government to reverse the significant damage that has been done to learning conditions in our district and across the province. It is also worth noting that over these 12 years, funding to private schools has increased significantly.”

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Continued from page 1.As a comparison, Campbell River MFL

assessment in 2013 was $12.6 million and with a rate of $2.289, the city realized $27,449 revenues. In Cumberland with an MFL assess-ment of $3.7 million and a rate of $11.83, that municipality got $43.725 in revenues. North Cowichan, at $2.2 million assessed value and a rate of $18.48, got $40,770.

It’s not the first time the city has tried to get more taxes out of TimberWest. In 2010 Madame Justice Laura Gerow of the BC Supreme Court upheld TimberWest’s petition regarding the City of Campbell River’s to raise taxes from $75,000 to about $1.2 million on the company.

Then TimberWest Chief Executive Officer Paul McElligot was both pleased and con-cerned with the court case.

“While we are pleased with the outcome, it is unfortunate we had to resort to the courts in this case,” he said. “The ruling upholds the purpose of the Private Managed Forrest Land Act and supports opportunity for investment in forestry on Managed Forest Land.”

By the city’s figures, TimberWest had been paying roughly $75,000 in annual

taxes on roughly 7,500 acres of Tax Class 7 — Managed Forest land within city boundaries -— which translates to about $10 per acre. City councillors, and many others in Campbell River, considered that land to be potential real estate development property, not simply forest land. Given that TimberWest only paid $27,000 in 2013, that $75,000 looks pretty good.

As such, council felt TimberWest should be taxed accordingly. In the words of Councillor Andy Adams at the time, TimberWest is “a development company holding property until the time is right to be able to cash in.”

The previous year TimberWest shut down and scrapped the Elk Falls sawmill at a cost of 257 jobs.

The loss of the mill dropped TimberWest’s taxes on the mill property from $328,000 to about $16,000.

In its presentation to council TimberWest said it employs 450 people directly 900 other indirectly.

As part of its corporate citizenship TimberWest also pointed out that 120,000 coho salmon released in the Oyster River in 2013 was thanks in part to them.

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Continued from page 1.Thompson said it is frustrating to hear the media

focusing on the $2 million in damages. “That is not what our classroom teachers are

celebrating. This is about two things. First, the res-toration of our class size and composition language into our Collective Agreements will assure that classes are a reasonable size, and that by limiting the number of students with special needs in each class, teachers will be better able to meet their needs, and the needs of all students in their classes. It also means a restoration of staffing ratios for special-ist teachers, such as Learning Assistance teachers, counselors, teacher-librarians and English as a Second language teachers. This will mean better sup-port for all students.”

The teachers do not know what the time lines will be, and just how the implementation will occur. They are hoping that the School Board will receive the necessary funding in the near future to begin the process.

“Secondly, this is a victory for all union members

in this province,” said Thompson. “We have the constitutional right in this democratic country to free collective bargaining. Governments cannot just strike down the parts of collective agreements that they do not like. They have to bargain in good faith, which did not happen in the last round of bargaining at all, as the court documents proved that government was focused on provoking a strike. In this current round of bargaining, we hope that this court decision will result in a change in attitude on the government side so that we can conclude a collective agreement at the bargaining table that is fair for teachers and improves learning conditions for students.”

Education Minister Peter Fassbender denied wanting to provoke a strike, saying the government is focused on students and long-term stability in schools.

“Those kinds of comments just inflame the situa-tion,” he said. “The reality is every meeting I’ve had with the BCTF, it has been about finding collabora-tion and co-operation.”

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The Canyon Pool of the Campbell River was one of Roderick Haig-Brown’s favourite places to fish.

It is mentioned in several pieces of his writing — a piece of water that held almost all species of salmon and trout at one time or another throughout the year and one that he loved to fish. But that por-tion of the river was changed when the John Hart Generating Station was put in place.

Now, with BC Hydro’s plan to relocate the generating sta-tion below ground and have the discharge spill into and out of the canyon, there may be some semblance of what Haig-Brown so loved re-created.

Not only that but the proposed new design will also allow Hydro to control river flows at 50/50 around the Main Island (or First Island), which is immediately down-stream of the generat-ing station. The north side of that island is the main stem river, while on the south side is a key spawn-ing channel for sal-mon.

And response times for restor-ing river levels in an emergency are vastly improved with the new design. Right now if a generating unit goes off line and drops the river level, it takes over an hour for water from a spill way located two kilometres upstream of the generat-ing station to reach the Campbell and raise water levels to protect salmon habitat.

The new design has water from the generating facility and the spill

way coming out of one location at the mouth of the canyon. That way the water is delivered almost instan-taneously to the river flow should a unit go down. And the design is such that all the water coming out of the tunnel will be no greater than the velocity as the current generating station discharge.

“Having one

water outlet is excel-lent for public safety and fisheries reasons,” says Watson. “We will be working with SNC-Lavalin to have the designed bypass facil-ity, when operational in 2018, engaged very quickly to restore

river water flow in the event of a unit going off line — it will be less than three minutes. That’s good for

fish as the river flow continu-ity should be almost seam-less versus the existing facility situation, where water must be released from the dam and can take about an hour or more to arrive at the generating sta-tion.”

And the new tunnel tailrace (exit area) will be framed with concrete to pro-vide flow direc-tion.

“One of the most important environmental elements of the project is to maintain that First Island river flow split most-

ly for fish habitat, but also for river recreation,” says Watson. “This pro-ject is not changing our hydroelec-tric operations from a water licence perspective, so no water regime changes, and our requirement is that downstream river flow patterns don’t change around First Island. We are confident SNC-Lavalin will provide that flow continuity.”

Watson says the people in the community who have been involved

in the project over the past six years, with feedback incorpor-ated into BC Hydro’s technical requirements as part of a Project Agreement with SNC-Lavalin, should all be pleased that the design is as good as it is.

“It will be a big improvement over what exists today and a lot of people played a role in its forma-tion,” he said.

How much of Haig-Brown’s Canyon Pool will be returned is dif-ficult to say, but from an aesthetic and noise perspective, it will be much improved over what currently exists.

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I read, with dismay, that all employees of New Horizons care home in Campbell River, are losing their jobs. They have been told that they can reapply, so why are they losing their jobs to begin with? Call me old fashioned, but in my working days, people lost their jobs for incompetence, a business requiring less staff due to a technical change or financial losses, an undisclosed criminal record, fraudulent or criminal activity. As this didn’t apply here, were they all deemed expendable?

Unless the facility is closing, they are obviously going to com-pletely restaff the premise. How can we just stand by and watch this happen to their employees?

This is another level of health care that is gradually being diminished at the expense of the very people it is suppose to serve. What does it feel like, as a resi-dent, to be paying to stay at this

facility and learn that the people you rely on to take care of your basic needs will be gone?

No wonder many seniors resist going into a care home when they are no longer able to safely look after themselves. This is our future and it doesn’t look good.

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There are many troubling aspects to the recent BC Supreme Court victory by the BC Teachers’ Federation over the provincial government. Certainly the $2 million awarded the teachers and the incredible legal bill taxpayers have to pay is one, and the very fact that the government was so inept in its nefarious attempts to change legislation is another.

But nothing is more disturbing than Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffith’s finding that the gov-ernment tried to provoke the teachers into a strike so that the Liberals could then impose legislation and, in their mind, garner more political support.

That part alone shows a government that ran on a ‘family first’ campaign, that actually cared not at all for the children who would be affected by the strike. That finding shows the callousness of government, a self-serving entity that cared only for one thing, political survival.

They treated teachers as nothing more than step-ping stones to power, to be trod on by a bully gov-ernment who also says it is against bullying.

So in their methodology, do we find the true nature of this provincial government? In their deal-ings with seniors and the health care sector, for instance, are they really concerned about controlling costs or using more taxpayers as rungs in the ladder of re-election?

In an issue where compassion and understanding should have been part of the bargaining process, this government used subterfuge, manipulation and dis-dain for proper process. They should be ashamed.

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The latest article by Sian Thomson (Courier-Islander, Jan. 23, ‘Desperate family turns to psychics to find Annie the border col-lie) is a fine example of the decline of quality journalism. Campbell River is a community of people who, for the most part, love animals. I get it and I understand. People invest large amounts of their lives into their animal com-panions and it is a personal tragedy for a fam-ily to lose a loved animal.

However, I fail to see how a dog that ran away almost a month ago garners, at mini-mum, weekly coverage in the local papers. The

missing border collie has received coverage that competes with that of embattled Toronto mayor, Rob Ford. The latest article brings something new to the mix, so-called ‘psychics’ have been consulted to help track down the dog. At first glance I thought it was a joke.

No self-respecting journalist would attach their name to the byline of an article about ‘psychics’ tracking down a lost dog, I said to myself. I was terribly mistaken. I can only hope that the article will be used in future journalism classes as an example of what not to do.

David Stirling

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(An open letter to Ian West, Vice President of Operations, New Horizons Community of Care, published here by request.)

I am writing as I have great concern for how this decision you have taken to lay off all your staff and bring in non-unionized staff is going to affect my friend who is living in your New Horizons residence here in Campbell River. My friend, for whom I hold power of attorney, is suffering from dementia and does not adjust to change or form new relationships or bonds easily. As a result, there is no doubt that this change will not be good for her and many other residents like her.

My friend and most of the other resi-dents that are cared for at New Horizons, require very skilled, empathic and self-assured staff to care for them and to ensure that they have a reasonable qual-ity of life, as they live out their last days or years. It is my understanding that the current staff at New Horizons, despite doing challenging work, are already

among the lowest paid health care work-ers in Campbell River. Consequently, I really fear for the kind of care that my friend would be subjected to if she was to be cared for by undoubtedly less skilled workers who were poorly paid, and possibly unable to speak her lan-guage very well.

If it is important for Park Place, New Horizons Community of Care, to “enrich the lives of seniors” as your logo states, I think you need to work with your cur-rent staff and their union to ensure that they receive wages and conditions that they can live with, even though your profits may not be as great.

In that way your company would demonstrate to your clients and their families, friends, and our community, that you are prepared to do your utmost to care for and “enrich the lives” of our more vulnerable and challenged seniors. In addition, this would more likely help your employees feel well treated by your company.

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By Robyn K. ThompsonThis is a challenging time for

building your wealth and saving for retirement. The needs have never been greater. But, increasingly, it seems as if the odds are heavily stacked against your being able to save anywhere near enough for a comfortable golden age: low gov-ernment pensions, changing private investment landscape, inflation, market volatility, to name a few. Is it time to panic? Not necessar-ily! Start by understanding of the challenges facing you. Only then will you be able to come up with a workable plan to save your own retirement.

Canadians are living longer rais-ing the possibility of running out of money in retirement. A significant decline in health, sudden critical illness, and a need for quality long-term care are risks we all face as we age. And our biggest concern is whether we will have sufficient financial resources to provide for our needs beyond the bare min-imum offered by government pro-grams.

Stressed government programsWith an aging population, gov-

ernment pension plans are increas-ingly stressed. The average monthly payment for Canada Pension Plan was $596.66 per person as of the end of 2013 (depending on age and

how long you’ve been contributing to CPP at the time of retirement). And the maximum monthly Old Age Security payment was $550.99. That’s about $1,147 per month. Would that be enough to cover your retirement needs?

Stressed private pensionsThe way we manage our person-

al pension retirement plans is also changing. Against a backdrop of slow global economic growth and unstable financial markets, defined benefit pension plans, in which the employer takes on responsibility for managing employee pension funds, are being seen as increas-ingly exposed to systemic risk. Some plans may become under-funded or insolvent if the employer faces financial difficulty (including recent cases of municipal govern-ment plans in the U.S.). This may mean a severe reduction or even total loss of pension benefits. As a result, more people are opting for defined contribution plans, which let individuals choose contribution levels and pension management options.

Inflation: the silent wealth destroyer

Even if you have some control over your own pension plan, how can you be sure of achieving max-imum real return — that is, after the corrosive effects of inflation.

Inflation is always a threat because it quietly and steadily erodes the purchasing power of your sav-ings. For example, taking inflation into account, an item purchased for $10,000 in 1993 would cost $14,170.56 in 2013. That’s a 41.7% reduction in purchasing power over 20 years. Your pension plan invest-ments would have had to grow by 41.7% at a minimum over that 20-year period just to stand still in terms of purchasing power. They would have had to grow a lot more

in order to increase in real value. Risk and returnSo how do you achieve that

kind of growth while keeping risk to a minimum? Interest rates are at historic lows. For example, 1-year GIC rates were listed at an average 0.78% in November 2013. Interest-bearing investments are currently just barely keeping pace with Canada’s average 1% annual rate of inflation.

So how about the stock mar-ket? Stock market returns over the long term are typically higher than fixed-income returns. By the same token, however, risk is higher. The three-year volatility (risk) for the S&P/TSX Composite Index at the end of 2013 was around 10.6, which is relatively high volatility. By contrast, the three-year volatil-ity for the DEX All Government Bond Index is about 1.0, which is a very low level of volatility. In other words, stocks are about 10 times riskier than bonds.

Bordering on panic?The wealth challenge is to find

your investment comfort level somewhere between these two extremes. To create an investment plan that lets you sleep nights but one that ensures a longer-term rate of return sufficient to provide a comfortable retirement and meet your needs into old age.

And to build the investment planthat’s right for you, it’s important to create a comprehensive investor profile for yourself: What are your financial objectives? What’s your risk comfort zone? What’s your investment personality: play-it-safe capital preserver or aggressive mar-ket pit-bull?

Once you’ve developed an honest self-assessment of your investment personality, you can set an investment mandate and start thinking about asset allocation, diversification, security selection, monitoring, reporting, reviewing, and annual rebalancing to make sure your portfolio is on track.

One of the keys is to look at all your investment assets and activ-ities as pieces of one large “port-folio,” and that includes RRSPs andTFSAs. Registered, tax-advantaged plans are crucially important to building long-term wealth, but they should be looked at as part of the mix in your overall financial plan.

And if all this stuff seems a huge additional complication for your already insanely busy 24/7 life(and for most of us, it is), your nextstep is to chat with an independent financial planner, who is trained to quell the panic and put it all into perspective.

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* Depletion writeoffs. Mining companies take yearly writeoffs against earnings for sums that rep-resent depletion of their mineral reserves. These deductions are sup-posed to offset the cost of finding and developing new mineral deposits as old ones run out of ore.

However, mining companies base depletion charges on costs — what they spent to find and develop cur-rent mineral deposits. But there’s an element of chance in all exploration. You can never be sure a mine will be profitable until production begins. The same exploration outlay may not turn up an equally rich deposit, or anything of value. When a mining company exploits a rich deposit, its earnings may be partly a return of

the original investment. It is advis-able to get professional advice whenyou are not familiar with a stock sector.

* Goodwill writeoffs. When one company buys a business for more than the value of tangible assets, such as land and equipment, it treatsthe excess as “goodwill,” or “value as a going concern.” Every year, thecompany assesses its goodwill and adjusts its value accordingly. For example, if the value of the acquiredbusiness has declined, the company will write off a portion of its good-will.

However, goodwill needn’t lose value or depreciate every year. Withproper management, the acquired company’s value as a going concernmay rise.

Our investment adviceTo profit from earnings, look at

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City Council concerning your bylaw zoning for the Association Francophone de Campbell River build-ing at 891 13th as a new SPCA adoption centre.

I don’t know how you figure that there are no immediate neighbours?

Did you forget about all of the seniors who live in the John Perkins Building right across the street?

Plus the seniors build-ing in the near vicinity?

These people have paid their taxes for many years and do they deserve to have barking dogs, excess noise and traffic?

They have park-ing problems at John Perkins as it is.

This proposal should be rethought. Maybe the SPCA

can find a nice place out of town.

Colleen Neubauer

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Artistic blasphemy!!That is what I have to say of the hid-

eous article written on the front page of Wednesday’s Courier-Islander.

My heart was deeply disturbed when I read the article ‘Big Rock now a social media can-vas’. I asked myself, how can a council that stands to represent art in our local commun-ity ‘slap’ such an ugly promotional for their Facebook page on a rich and multi layered, historical landmark...in the name of art?!

In my humblest of artistic opinions Campbell River Arts Council you have stamped over the memories of loved ones, friends and long-since celebrated memories that have shaped the culture of our city...and with your advertisement have marked it as your own...as though you have the right to

claim ownership of these memorable time line contributions.

I feel the arts council has no moral right to be allowed permission to advertise...for free/no cost...and disguise your obvious social media need for “likes” in the name of artistic rep-resentation.

What next? Real estate agents painting self-portraits and claiming artistic/cultural con-tribution? C’mon, that is what the bus benches and bill boards are for...non profit?..well then fund raise for advertising costs...sell some art...because that cheapskate, hypocritical, represen-tation of our rich and talented art community is an insult to the passion, sincerity and historical aboriginal ties of Campbell River citizens (art-istic or not).

Stephanie Atkinson

Big Rock ‘art’ blasphemy

A huge armful of roses to all who helped launch The Shoebox Project for Campbell River. Our initial goal was to provide 72 shoeboxes of personal items at Christmas for women in need. The generosity of our community was overwhelming and 155 shoe-boxes were provided! Thank you Campbell River and North Island Transition Society for helping. Thank you Serendipity in the Garden, Sundance Java Bar and Coastal Community Credit Union for working with us as drop-off locations. Special thanks

to Linda Carlson for helping us inspect and decor-ate the boxes and to our committee (you know who you are) for your support. Finally, an overwhelming thank you to those who put together boxes for the women. The stories we heard upon receiving the gifts brought tears to our eyes. This is an amazing, giving community and we are so very grateful.

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If you haven’t heard, “Rockin’ The River” Music Festival is planned for right here in Campbell River in Campbellton on Saturday, Aug. 16!

“We’re very excited to be presenting a top quality pop rock show for the North Island this August” says organizer, Kealy Donaldson. “Rockin’ The River will be hosting an all day lineup of Canadian talent — nothing like you’ve seen on the North Island before!”.

Tickets have gone on sale at the Tidemark Theatre’s new box office and on line at www.tidemarktheater.com and are still priced $70 each for early bird savings and are pro-jected to change just after Valentine’s Day when Donaldson and team will make the big announcement for the headliner and full lineup.

“We’re working on finalizing contracts and putting the festival grounds together. Vendor applications will be available next week at www.rockintheriver.ca or at Kiki’s Printing Services in Campbellton, starting Monday,” said Donaldson.

Vendor applications will be available for food and beverage and general merchandise and there will be a review process in place. Tents, water and power will be available on site to vendors.

“We’re expecting a great crowd and good

weather for Rockin’ The River — the attendee estimation is at 3,500 but we can host a lar-ger crowd if needed,” said Donaldson. Event sponsorships are available as well and include exhibitor space on site.

At this time, Rockin’ The River has several artists officially on the bill including Georgia Murray, originally from Port McNeill, Brice Tabish Band, a Fender sponsored musician that hails right from Campbell River, but is now based in Vancouver.

Also, Dan Oig, of Kelowna, joins the fes-tival along with the Comox Valley’s amazing Time Well Wasted, a 12-piece band with a great horn section. There will be eight different performances at the festival with some really big names being added to the bill.

“This is going to be the best party on the Island this year,” said Donaldson. “We are a family friendly event with a Fun Zone, on site DJ, 19+ beverage area and 19+ VIP area. I’m telling people to get their tickets now ‘cause I know they’re going to sell fast!”

Keep tabs on festival updates with media sponsors, the Courier-Islander, 99.7 the River and 98.9 Jet FM (Vista Radio including 1490 the Port — Port Hardy and 95.7 Sun FM in Powell River), or check out the festival’s feed on their facebook page and website www.rock-intheriver.ca.

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Thirteen-year-old Hudson Johnson lost his dad a year ago, and lost his connection to him a week ago.

Eric Becherer, a long-term Campbell River fishing guide, passed away but left a legacy, a love for the sea, a passion for fishing, and the equipment to allow Hudson, and his brother Darwin, to continue in their great adventures.

They remain close to the ocean, and through that, close to their dad.

But last Saturday, a routine trip out to the shed where the fish-ing gear was stored, revealed nothing but a vacant space, the gear gone, a boy’s heart broken.

“The next day Hudson came home from school and told me he was feeling sick,” said his mother, Lisa Johnson. “But I kind of knew he was really upset about the stolen equip-ment.”

Johnson said her boys “live at the Pier” during the summer months and if she does not get up before 6 a.m. to make sure they eat, they will be there all day, without food, with-out a care in the world, holding out for a great catch.

“They even won an award last year at the

Pier for being so good there,” she said. “Their dad had been a guide since he was 16, and the kids have been on a boat all their lives.”

Hudson has gone online and received his Pleasure Craft Operators Card but needs to learn more about driving a boat, said his mom.

“His dad taught him some but not enough before he passed away,” said Johnson. “He is

very anxious to be a fish-ing guide like his dad or just be able to get out on the water to fish in his dad’s favourite spots.”

The stolen gear includes — rods — Eagle Claw, Fenwick, Trophys XL, Four Tyee Marine custom built, three Diawas, two erkley greens, one Angler SS, and four Shimanos. Reels — three Shimanos, one Mooching Plus, one Shimano 1000, and three Diawa spin casting reels. Also stolen was a Flambeau tackle box con-taining 10 to 20 hot spot

flashers and several hootchies and bucktails.Some of the equipment had been bought

by Hudson with money he had earned. Other equipment he had won through many compe-titions he had entered and a lot of it was his father’s equipment, handed down to the next generation.

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Competition season is just around the corner and the competitive dancers at CR DanceXtreme are ready to show their new numbers at the upcoming ‘Sneak Peek Into Precision’ at the Tidemark Theatre Saturday, Feb. 15.

The 7 p.m. show almost sold out in days, so organizers have added a matinee performance for 3:30 p.m. the same day.

Featured dancers include the multi-award-winning Showteam as well as the Prep Team, and Fresh Groove Hip Hop Team.

Expect to see dazzling group and solo numbers in hip hop, jazz, ballet, modern stage, musical theatre, tap and lyrical.

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CR DanceXtreme’s latest work, before the studio’s young dancers head to upcoming competitions.

The Prep Team and the Fresh Groove Team will soon compete at the North Island Festival of Performing Arts in Courtenay and the Upper Island Festival in Nanaimo. Showteam members will compete 24 group routines and 18 solos at three competitions in the Lower Mainland and one in Washington State.

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After losing to Victoria’s Jay Tuson in the ‘A’ Event semifinal Saturday, Campbell River’s Dean Thulin ham-mered together three straight wins to lay claim the ‘B’ Event title and with it a trip to the 2014 BC Provincial Senior Men’s Curling Championship at the Comox Valley Curling Centre, Feb. 18-22.

Thulin’s final victory was a measure of revenge with Thulin, along with team members, lead Tom Green, second Brad Sullivan and third Lyle Boyce, topping Tuson, 7-2. The teams shook hands after eight ends with the key end a steal of three in the fourth to make it 5-0 at the time.

The Campbell River Curling Club hosted the double knockout Vancouver Island Senior Men’s Playdowns which ran Friday to Sunday. Eight teams from across the Island took part with ‘A’ Event winners, the Wes Craig Rink from Victoria, also qualifying for Provincials.

“The B final on Sunday was a fan-tastic game for Dean. The Thulin rink played incredible,” said Campbell River Curling Club manager Susan Johnson. “The whole club is extremely proud of

the Thulin rink going on to represent us in the Provincials.”

Johnson said she would like to thank Ice Tech Terry Kratzmann for his efforts along with organizer John LaPointe and

head official Margaret Walker for their part in a very successful weekend at the club.

Thulin topped Comox’s Wayne Harris in his first game before losing

to Tuson. In his sweep through the ‘B’ Event, Thulin defeated Richard Tanguay from Comox, Harris and Tuson. Campbell River’s second entry the Ron Schmidt rink dropped two straight.

Photo by Wylie LeesonCampbell River’s Dean Thulin rink captured one of two berths to the Provincial Senior Men’s Championship at the Island spiel held at the Campbell River Curling Club on the weekend. Team members include, from left, lead Tom Green, second Brad Sullivan, third Lyle Boyce and Thulin.

By Ken Zaharia


The No. 1 Auto Body Midget Tyees playoff drive off got off to a winning start Saturday in their home barn - the Rod Brind’Amour Arena.

Jake McKenzie provided the offence with a hat trick perform-ance, while Tyees netminder Riley Mathieson did the same on defence with Campbell River skating to a convincing 6-1 victory over the Oceanside Generals.

The Tyees will try and make it two wins in a row in the Tier 2 North Island four team round robin playoff series when they take on the Nanaimo Clippers this Saturday, 4 p.m., at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.

It was actually the Generals who opened the scoring Saturday beating Mathieson midway through the first period. But that was the last time Oceanside would find the back of the Tyees net with Mathieson closing the door the final 50 minutes coming up with some key saves.

Exactly a minute later the game was knotted back up at 1-1 when Travis Goodwin put home a rebound off a shot by Keaton Dion.

The score remained 1-1 after the first, but the Generals picked up a couple of late penalties to give the Tyees a two man advantage to start the middle frame.

And it only took 32 seconds into the second with Tyson Goebel making it 2-1 on the power play, converting a pass from McKenzie.

Then, also on the power play, Braden McCartney took a pass from Goodwin and his shot from the blueline lead to a rebound goal for McKenzie. After another Generals penalty, the Tyees power play added a third goal just three minutes in. Gage Crawford fed Cole Rennie at the point, his shot yielded a rebound which McKenzie converted into his second marker. The score at the second period break was 4-1 for the Tyees and it stayed that way until the third.

Three minutes in McKenzie broke in across the Capitals’ blueline and fed a pass to Goebel, who then passed across to a wide open Goodwin, for Goodwin’s second goal of the game.

Less than a minute later the same line broke into the Generals end and McKenzie completed his hat trick on a pass from Goodwin for the 6-1

Midgets openplayoff blitzwith a ‘W’

By Ken Zaharia


The top two teams in the North Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League played to a standoff after a weekend double-header.

Strangely enough each team’s win came in their counterpart’s home barn.

Friday at Rod Brind’Amour Arena, in front of 893 fans, the Comox Valley Glacier Kings, backed by the outstanding netminding of Michael Hails, upset the North Division lead Campbell River Storm, 4-1.

The next night down the Island Highway in Courtenay, the Storm built up a 3-0 lead by the three minute mark of the second period and then hung on from there thanks to Storm goalie Jack Surgenor for a 3-2 victory.

The weekend split still leaves the 26-11-4 Storm three points in front of the 25-13-3 Glacier Kings. The Storm play the Westshore Wolves this Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Saturday they travel to Kerry Park to play the Islanders.

In the win Saturday the Storm picked up goals from Gavin Rauser, Brayden Taekema and the game win-ner from Joe Costello. Trent Johnson chipped in offensively with a pair of

assists, single helpers went to Brendan deVries, Braydon Horcoff, Michael Olson, and Alex Brewer. Surgenor faced 26 Comox shots in the Storm goal, Hails turned aside 33 of 36

Campbell River shots.Friday the Storm outshot the

Glacier Kings 49-34. Olson had the lone Storm goal, assisted by Costello and Zack Sanderson.

Thulin sweeps ‘B’, off to Provincials

Storm, Glacier Kings exchange volleys

Photo by Jim HockleyALL IN: Comox Glacier Kings Nick Govig, right, watches as his shot seemingly knocks Storm netminder Jack Surgenor, forward Joe Costello and the puck all into the net Friday.

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Such is the association of salmon with sum-mer that visitors, indeed many residents as well, are always a bit surprised to find that ardent anglers can go fishing for them all through the winter. The key difference between the seasons, quite apart from the weather and water condi-tions, is that by process of elimination salmon fishing in the winter means going after chi-nooks only, as all the other species are for dif-ferent reasons not an option.

As open ocean migrants, sockeye, pink and chum salmon are now far offshore in search of food as they grow until the onset of matur-ity triggers their fast track migration back to the coast. Only about five months now before the first of the sockeye show up, to begin what many expect to be a large return to the southern BC coast, with the outlook for both Fraser and Stamp/Somass sockeye stocks strong in 2014.

Pinks and then later on chum salmon will track back, and although the overall outlook for them this coming summer and fall is not quite as robust as it is for sockeye I don’t doubt there’ll be some good fishing for each of these salmon species somewhere. After last summer I know a few guides who will be quite happy not

to catch another pink for a little while!

And then there’s coho – at one time they were a feature of the late winter fishery around much of the south coast but I’m glad to say they aren’t anymore. First of all anglers are now prevented by regulation from retaining coho until June 1, but I think as a com-munity we learned the folly of killing small salmon long before their prime. When I first came to the coast the “blueback” fishery was a seasonal fixture, with untold numbers of foot-long coho bonked for a quick meal.

Eliminating that fishery became the easi-est part of what has proved to be a painful but necessary multi-decade long coho conservation program that only now is starting to bear some positive results. We learn, but sometimes only in the nick of time.

Which leaves us with chinook salmon at this time of year - it is the good fortune of Vancouver Island anglers that at least one of the five native species evolved to have a coastal

rearing marine life-history lasting several years that allows for access to them throughout the calendar year. That last sentence is some-thing of a broad generalization because there are some chinook stocks that head off the continental shelf as juveniles for the majority of their marine phase, and then there are quite a number of other chinook stocks from southern BC that have what is called a far-north migration - Quinsam/Campbell fish to name but one – and so are

not present in fisheries here except as homing adults starting in mid-summer.

However there are quite a few chinook sal-mon stocks that, to use modern slang, might be described as “homies”, generally stay-ing within a few hundred kilometres of their natal rivers throughout their ocean life. In the Strait of Georgia chinook from the Puntledge, Cowichan, Big Qualicum, Chilliwack and Harrison rivers as well those as from several Puget Sound rivers consistently contribute to the winter salmon fishery in it.

Over on the west coast of Vancouver Island these same stocks are present, although to a lesser extent, with more of the fish there origin-ating from Washington and Oregon. These fish move well inside the inlets in search of feed, offering anglers the chance to fish for them in relatively protected waters compared to the open ocean where so much of the summer fish-ery takes place.

By virtue of the calendar, all chinook in the winter are immature fish, many months away from spawning. This offers several benefits to anglers, not least of which is their outstanding taste. I’m not sure what the exact relationship is between developing reproductive organs and lesser amounts of fat in the flesh, and perhaps living in colder water has something to do with it also, but by almost universal agreement win-ter caught chinook are the tastiest salmon to be had – scrumptious!

More importantly from a fishing perspective these immature chinook salmon are actively feeding as often as possible, meaning they will bite lures or bait quite readily. Perhaps the big-ger challenge to fishing for them in the winter

See Ardent Angler on page 20.

Ardent AnglerJeremy Maynard

HockeyVancouver Island Junior Hockey League:

North DivisionTeam G W L T F A PC.R. Storm 41 26 11 4 184 112 56 Comox 41 25 13 3 141 130 53 Nanaimo 42 22 17 3 147 138 47 Oceanside 43 6 34 3 92 197 15

South DivisionVictoria 42 32 8 2 195 72 66Peninsula 41 26 11 4 178 130 56 Westshore 42 18 16 8 166 182 44Kerry Park 42 15 21 6 147 187 36 Saanich 42 11 29 2 98 200 24

GamesWestshore 6 Kerry Park 4Peninsula 6 Saanich 3Nanaimo 4 Oceanside 0Victoria 6 Saanich 1Kerry Park 7 Oceanside 0Peninsula 10 Westshore 5Comox 4 Storm 1Victoria 4 Nanaimo 1Storm 3 Comox 2Peninsula 5 Oceanside 2*All star game - North 7 South 5

League ScoringPlayer T G A PB.deVries CR 27 51 78 B.Lervold WS 28 37 65C.Logan PN 25 39 64 B.Taekema CR 34 28 62A.Milligan PN 37 24 61G.Dunlop Nan 24 34 58 G.Zagrodney Vic 7 49 56 B.Roney Vic 26 24 50 C.Krupa WS 22 28 50C.Petersen WS 15 35 50

Storm ScoringT.Johnson CR 10 29 39G.Colpron CR 19 17 36J.Severs CR 14 21 35 Alex Brewer CR 7 17 24B.Horcoff CR 5 18 23Z.Sanderson CR 4 17 21J.Friesen CR 9 11 20J.Costello CR 4 13 17T.Smith CR 3 12 15C.Olson CR 2 12 14G.Rauser CR 6 7 13N.Hayes CR 1 10 11Aaron Brewer CR 5 3 8J.Rauser CR 2 5 7 M.Olson CR 3 3 6R.Christensen CR 1 4 5C.Toneff CR 1 3 4R.Grills CR 0 2 2E.Pugh CR 0 1 1

Campbell River Men’s Hockey League:Team G W L T PTimberwolves 18 17 0 1 35 Terror 17 13 3 1 27Barnes Bros. Avalanche 19 12 6 1 25Canucks 18 11 6 1 23Quinsam Coal Senators 17 7 8 2 16 Strategic Hurricanes 18 7 9 2 16 Freddie's Pub Stars 20 5 14 1 11 RBL Whalers 18 2 14 2 6 MVP Flyers 19 2 16 1 5

League ScoringPlayer T G A PC.MacLachlan TW 15 37 52B.Cockburn Ter 28 22 50J.Bachmeier TW 27 23 50K.Hagg TW 22 24 46R.Churnard AV 21 13 34S.Lee TW 11 20 31A.Benjestorf TW 9 17 26 L.Feeney Ter 16 9 25 E.Philp TW 12 13 25K.Vardy CN 14 10 24

Pioneer Men’s Oldtimers Hockey League:Team G W L T P Bushmen 18 18 0 0 36Frame & Co. 21 13 7 1 27A-1 Radiators 18 12 5 1 25 CR Glass 19 10 8 1 21 Royal Coachman 20 10 9 1 21 Quadra Old Growth 19 9 8 2 20 Thrashers 19 8 11 0 16Action Source For Sports 22 4 14 4 12 Riptide Pub Ice Dogs 20 4 15 1 9 Video Works 21 3 15 3 9

SoccerVancouver Island Division 3B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PVantreights 16 11 0 5 37 14 38Cordova Bay 15 11 1 3 38 19 36Sooke 14 9 3 2 30 16 29Nanaimo 15 7 4 4 23 12 25PLSC Lakers 15 5 7 3 23 22 18Peninsula 15 5 7 3 14 24 18Alberni 16 4 8 4 25 37 16 Bays United 14 4 7 3 20 27 15 Gorge 15 1 10 4 16 38 7 CR Golden Wings 14 1 10 3 12 28 6

Golden Wings GamesCordova Bay 3 Golden Wings 1

Vancouver Island Division 4B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PMainstream Canada 13 12 0 1 63 6 37Zgoda Jr. 13 9 3 1 55 13 28Vic West 13 9 3 1 34 16 28 Juan de Fuca 12 7 4 1 19 23 22Fernwood 13 4 9 0 20 24 12PLSC Lakers 14 3 11 0 10 68 9SFFC Originals 14 0 14 0 11 62 0

CR Mainstream Canada GamesMainstream Canada 3 Zgoda 0

Mid Island Women’s Soccer League:Team G W L T POceanside 14 9 1 4 31 Mainstream Outlaws 14 9 2 3 30Kickers 15 9 4 2 29CVUSC Revolution 14 8 3 3 27Nanaimo 13 8 5 0 24Shooters 15 7 7 1 21 Port Alberni 14 5 8 1 16 Marine Harvest Bandits 13 4 8 1 13Wheatys 15 3 11 1 10 River City FC 15 1 14 0 3

VolleyballCampbell River Monday Night

Adult Coed Volleyball League:'A' Division

Team G W L SW SLKids Wanna Block 1 1 0 2 0Kiss My Ace 1 1 0 2 0Dilligaf 1 1 0 2 1The Booyahs! 1 0 1 1 2Net Results 1 0 1 0 2Serves You Right 1 0 1 0 2

'B' DivisionBump It Up 1 1 0 2 0 Snoops Dogs 1 1 0 2 0Ball So Hard 1 1 0 2 1 Bombers 1 0 1 1 2 We Like Big Bumps 1 0 1 0 2 Safe Sets 1 0 1 0 2

8-BallCampbell River 8-Ball Association:P Team Pt1 Pier Street Bullys 190 2 Elks Elkoholics 1813 Eagles Oldtimers 157 4 Eagles Rockers 1495 Eagles Breakers 1396 Freddie's Tequila Shooters 133 7 Eagles Talons 1318 Eagles Navigators 1169 Freddie's Leftovers 11010 Quinsam Sticks & Stones 103 11 Elks-EZ United 105 11 JJ’s Exotic Shots 105 13 Eagles Sitting Ducks 88 14 Quinsam Stick Ticklers 82 15 Quinsam Q’s 77 16 Pier Street Pocket Divas 67ERO’s - Mike Danyluk, Ron Ramm, Gerry Davis 2; George Johnson, Mike Wilson, Rick Galambos, Ron Douglas, Ed Sharkey, Mike McRoberts, Dale Cerny, Paul Spicer, Gene Kawano, John Ellis, Jock Simpson, Arland 1

DartsMonday Night Darts League:

LadiesTeam G F ACurling Club #2 14 103 65 Curling Club #1 14 103 79 C.R. Legion 13 98 56 Elks #2 14 94 88 Elks #1 14 88 80 Eagles 14 68 114 Quinsam #2 11 59 81 Willows Pub 13 53 101 Quinsam #1 9 48 50

HighsHigh Scores - Donna Young 126; Jenny Manderstrom 116; Heather Barsby 106

GamesWillows 8 Eagles 6Elks #1 7 Curling Club #2 7Curling Club #1 7 CR Legion 7

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Quadra Legion 14 118 50 Freddie's Pub #1 14 108 60Curling Club 13 85 71 Eagles 15 81 87Elks #1 15 77 91 Riptide Pub #2 14 76 80 Elks #2 12 73 70Willows Pub 14 70 86 Riptide Pub #1 15 63 105Freddie's Pub #2 14 55 112

HighsHigh Scores - Mal Gillette 152; Mike Downey 138; Mal Gillette 136’ Keith Wilson 127High Outs - Dave McKirgan 78140’s - Ken Minaker, Kevin Bro, Jason Sams 1

GamesRiptide #2 9 Freddie’s #2 3Willows 8 Riptide #1 4Elks #1 7 Eagles 5

5-Pin BowlingThursday Golden Crystals Seniors League:P Team T1 Starfish 11 2 Sea Lions 9 2 Stingrays 9 4 Axolotl 7 4 Mermaids 7 4 Orcas 7 7 Octopi 57 Sand Dollars 5

Team HighsPoints Over Series Average - Sea Lions +282Scratch Game - Sea Lions 968Scratch Series - Sea Lions 2,571

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Bob Shillito 633; Women - Gail Shillito 675Scratch Game - Men - Ed Miskey 261; Women - Marg Branchi 253Pins Over Average Game - Men - Ed Miskey +110; Women - Marg Branchi +82Pins Over Average Series - Men - Percy Whitmore +125; Women - Joan LaTrace +107

10-Pin BowlingMonday Nite Men’s 10 Pin League:P Team W T1 Storey Creek Golfers 12 3772 Leeson Lake 30 3963 Alley Cats 19 374.54 CR Bowling Centre 6 369 5 Boston Pizza Brutes 24 364.56 Clippers 17 279

Team HighsScratch Game - Clippers 752Handicap Game - Leeson Lake 917Scratch Series - Clippers 2,084Handicap Series - Leeson Lake 2,575

Individual Highs

Scratch Game - Ken Enns 255Handicap Game - Ken Enns 284Scratch Series - Laurence Renaud 613Handicap Series - Laurence Renaud 706

Tuesday Mixed Lunch Bunch League:P Team Q T1 Quinsam Auto 149 444.52 Steve Marshall Ford 125.5 371.53 Nesbitt Island Coffee 113.5 4014 Lane Divas 112.5 3495 Leftys 110.5 3716 Island Fever Travel 108.5 406 7 Heavy Balls 103 3188 BowlMates 100 380.59 Team 10 91 137 10 Odd Balls 86.5 313.5

Team HighsGame - Heavy Balls 687Series - Quinsam Auto 1,934

Individual Highs Scratch Series - Men - Bear Bradshaw 509; Women - Alice Lightbody 512Handicap Series - Men - Larry McKinlay 656; Women - Alice Lightbody 722Scratch Game - Men - Larry McKinlay, Ray Smith 191; Women - Alice Lightbody 196Handicap Game - Men - Larry McKinlay, Ken McRann 247; Women - Alice Lightbody 266

Tuesday Night Mixed League:*Quarter winnersP Team Q T1 The B.U.F.F.’S 27 160 2 EZDUZIT 34 1593 Screaming Eagles* 18 1564 King Pins* 27 148 5 U.K. Plus 16 1426 Buckin Awesome 25 1387 Ryan’s Pizzeria 9 112

Team HighsScratch Game - Screaming Eagles 810Scratch Series - Screaming Eagles 2,319Handicap Series - Screaming Eagles 3,156Handicap Game - Screaming Eagles 1,089

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Ray Berkenstock 499; Women - Marian Atkinson 556Handicap Series - Men - Robert Hansen 670; Women - Marian Atkinson 691Scratch Game - Men - Robert Hansen 190; Women - Elfrieda Macklin 203Handicap Game - Men - Robert Hansen 248; Women - Elfrieda Macklin 255 Congratulations - Elfrieda Macklin bowled a seniors 50 POA game (203), clean game (203)

Wednesday Night Ladies League:P Team Q T1 The Rockin Rollers 105 359.5 2 ATM Dolls With Balls 98 313.5 3 Az-Tec 97 310 4 Jonny’s Bar & Lounge 93.5 377.55 Strike Outs 88.5 367

6 2nd Storie 87 357.57 Pin Ups 82 315.5 8 Lucky Strikes 69 331.5

Team HighsScratch Game - Lucky Strikes 513Scratch Series - Lucky Strikes 1,758Handicap Game - 2nd Storie 913

Individual HighsScratch Game - Jamie Willis 194Handicap Game - Josie Ladouceur 250Most Over Average Game - Josie Ladouceur +60Most Over Average Series - Josie Ladouceur +160

Thursday Morning 50+ Seniors League standings:P Team Q T1 Hopefuls 89 208 2 Spare Shooters 70 200.53 Amigos 67 200.5 4 Class Act 63 1885 Limeys 58 1826 King Pins 53.5 179.5 7 Happy Wanderers 47 2088 Flyers 43 208 8 Quinsam Auto 43 165 10 Strikers 36.5 160.5

Team HighsScratch Game - Spare Shooters 707Handicap Game - Spare Shooters 898 Scratch Series - Spare Shooters 2,067Handicap Series - Spare Shooters 2,640

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Doug Ellis 645; Women - Helena Courville 498Handicap Series - Men - Doug Ellis 741; Women - Joan Berkenstock 700Scratch Game - Men - Doug Ellis 228; Women - Sandy McKinlay 186Handicap Game - Men - Doug Ellis 260; Women - Joan Berkenstock 250

Friday Night Mixed League:P Team Q T1 Lucky 7’s 112 369.52 Whatever Works 108.5 337.5 3 Alvin & The Chipmunks 106.5 3534 Bowlderdash 88.5 334.55 Az-Tec 85.5 356 6 CR Business Centre 84.5 296.5 7 C&C 72 3308 Aspareiguess 62.5 359

Team HighsScratch Game - Alvin & The Chipmunks 703Scratch Series - Az-Tec 1,922Handicap Game - Alvin & The Chipmunks 901Handicap Series - Lucky 7’s 2,536

Individual HighsScratch Game - Men - Wayne Bezaire 208; Women - Marian Atkinson 192Handicap Game - Men - Travis Stevenson 248; Women - Marian Atkinson 238Scratch Series - Men - Wayne Bezaire 567; Women - Leona Williams 499Handicap Series - Men - Pat Langlois 683; Women - Marian Atkinson 637

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Finishing third behind the ‘big two’, the Campbell River Killer Whales Swim Club was front and centre at the Vancouver Island Regional Championships (VIR) held in Duncan, Jan. 17-19.

The VIR meet is a chance for the best swimmers on the Island to get together and compete before everyone heads to the Provincial and National championships that start at the end of the month. The CRKW swimmers did very well placing third overall, with only the two big Victoria clubs, PCS and Island Swimming finishing ahead of them.

The CRKW 12 and under swim-mers were the shining stars at the meet, and leading the way was Melayna Beaudin, Kara Beauregard, Gage Windle, Cianna Dunn, Aleah Jordan, Kaya Lathangue and Cole Reid.

Beaudin won four of her six events, clocking huge best times over the course of the weekend. She also came very close to her Age Group National qualifying times in both the 1,500m freestyle and 200m backstroke. Beaudin also helped the 11-12 girl’s relay teams place first in the Medley Relay and second in the Freestyle Relay.

Beauregard had a breakout meet for her young career. Winning the 200m IM and placing third in the 200 free, showing the rest of the Island that she will be someone to watch over the coming seasons. Achieving best times over all her races, Beauregard got the Killer Whales coaches very excited to see

what she can achieve over the rest of the season.

Windle made his big return to the pool, after what has been a rough start to the year, as he has been kept away from training since the start of the season. He burst on to the scene again this weekend, winning five of his six events, as well as helping the 10 and under relay team get to the podium in the 200m Medley Relay.

Lathangue was one of the young-est swimmers competing at the meet, but swam well past her young years. All the CRKW coaches were very impressed with the way she swam in all her races, as well as how she conducted herself on the pool deck. Lathangue achieved best times in all her races, with the highlight an eighth in her 50m fly.

Other highlights from the week-end included Dunn placing in the top three in five of her six races, Jordan showing everyone to watch out, mak-ing three finals over the course of the weekend. Reid also had a fantastic weekend, placing in the top eight in five of his races, which included winning the 1,500m freestyle, the marathon event in the world of swimming.

Conner Milligan also had a great meet, achieving his second AAA time, which qualifies him for the AAA Provincial Championships in Kamloops at the end of the month.

Next up for the Killer Whale swimmers is the AAA Provincial Championships in Kamloops. The swimmers will be competing from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.

Killer Whalesan impressivethird at VIR’s

Is your New Year’s resolution to improve your running – maybe tackle a 15K race?

The River Runners Running Club have partnered with the Campbell River Recreation and Culture Department to offer their popular 15K Running Clinic once again. The clinic is aimed at taking runners from a 5K or 10K distance to running the full 15K at the Merville 15K Vancouver Island Series Race on Sunday, April 6.

The clinic will take place on Saturday mornings, meeting at the Sportsplex at 9 a.m. Participants will receive a training plan. Each week there will be a group run and on some weeks there will be informative speakers, covering topics to help you

go the distance; clothing, fuelling for the run, injury prevention, etc. Clinic dates are Feb. 8 to March 29.

Participants must be able to run at least 5K in less than 40 minutes to register for this programme. Registration can be done in person or by phone through Recreation and Parks. Contact the Sportsplex 250-923-7911.

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On Saturday, Jan. 18 the Campbell River Curling Club hosted their annual Junior Bonspiel. Six Junior competitive and six Novice teams from Nanaimo to Campbell River, all had a fun day curling at the rink.

Campbell River’s lineup included

two Competitive teams - Cromer and Stoyles - and two Novice rinks - Koizumi and Belanko.

Team Stoyle won their three games against Nanaimo, Qualicum and Comox to take first place in the Competitive Division. Team Koizumi

placed third and Team Belanko placed sixth in the Novice Division. Team Cromer, newer to the competi-tive division this year, placed sixth.

Campbell River coaches for the teams included Mark Taylor and Fred Davis.

Photo submittedCompetitive Division winners at the Junior Bonspiel was the Campbell River rink of picture are, from right to left, Alx Stoyles, Robbie Krysl, Andrew Corkum and Stephen Herbert.

Stoyle tops CR Junior Bonspiel

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The Canadian dollar vis-a-vis the US dollar has lost some ground of recent. Well, quite a bit actually.

The first sentiment of a high dollar is national pride. We are better than them. A falling dollar, signs of weak-ness. Not good. But, how much impact does it have on you?

Holidays and shopping trips south of the border just became more expensive. Ditto for internet shopping for items priced in US dollars. Imported items will cost more and gro-cery shoppers should notice this especially in the produce section. Manufacturers that buy equipment south of the border feel it big time.

A few smart consumers and more sophisticated companies either bought US dollars some time back or hedged some of their bets. Even vacation packagers using these strategies seem to have been caught off guard at the rapid change and some have already passed this along to consumers.

On the positive, a stalling resource economy looks a little more attractive to the outside world. This should translate to a pick-up in jobs. Tourism is another benefici-ary as Americans find Canada is selling at a discount this year and our own residents might forgo a trip south in favour of a staycation. Even investors and pension funds, who increased their exposure to global markets based in the US, have benefitted from both the rapid rise in US-based indices and also dollar adjusted returns.

Why the sudden plunge? Markets are fickle. They partly reflect true value but short-term sentiment plays a role. Maybe the Canadian dollar was too high relative to the US dollar. Maybe the US dollar was too low relative to the Canadian.

It’s also a commentary on unsustainable household debt. The record low interest rates implemented to re-boot the Canadian economy following the global financial crisis have done their job. Perhaps, too well. Household debt is at record highs while good paying jobs continue to disappear nationally. The fear from those pulling their money out of Canada is that the spending spree is over-due for a time out. The rationale is less spending, less jobs, less profits and thus, better opportunities elsewhere.

Those international investors tend to come and go quite a bit. I anticipate they will be back. They always have in the past.

For the average person I wouldn’t place too much emphasis on short term predictions. You either positioned yourself for this likelihood or you didn’t. No point chas-ing ships that have left port.

Planning Matter$Murray Callaghan

Ardent Angler from page 18.is having safe water conditions in which to go after them and then actually finding the fish.

Having the possibly naïve belief that immature fish are more willing biters, as a rule I fish faster in the winter than I do in the summer, at least when I’m fishing with artificial lures, in part simply to cover more territory in search of fish. I like to see a decent angle on my downrig-ger cables so that I’m confident the lures being trolled behind are work-ing well.

Lure choice is varied, sometimes guided by type and size of bait thought to be present in the water but ultimately coming down to whatever kind inspires confidence.

I’m keen on plugs in the winter but spoons and hootchies work well also. I’d rather catch a fish without a flasher on the line but I’m no purist and I’d rather catch a salmon using a flasher than not catch a salmon by not using one, it all depends on cir-cumstance.

Given the feeding nature of these fish you might think that fishing around known concentrations of bait would be the ticket to success but this isn’t always so. One of the consistent mysteries of winter chi-nook fishing out of my hometown of Campbell River is why there isn’t better fishing in places like Deepwater Bay where adult herring frequently school. Any success there at this time of the year must be the best kept secret, but the odd time I try there I never have any luck and that seems to be the usual experiencefor others.

Conversely, most of my local winter fishing is southeast of town and I’m confident of encountering fish even though most of the chi-nook I’ve cleaned this winter have been empty or close to it – some-times there’s no rhyme or reason to this fishing game!

The Loonie

The Campbell River Minor Lacrosse Association is getting ready for another exciting season.

The association registration for returning players is going online this season starting Jan. 29. Players go to their website at www.campbellriverlacrosse.com.

For new players there will be two registration dates in the lobby of Rod Brind’Amour Arena. The first one runs tonight (Jan. 29) from 6-8 p.m., and the second goes Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info about registration call Janet at 250-923-7585.

Lacrosse signup Wed., Sat.

Last weekend, Strathcona Nordics racers enjoyed two days of fast paced action in Kamloops at the BC Cup Race No. 2.

A team of 20 Vancouver Island cross-country ski racers, who range in age from 11 to adult masters, travelled to the interior with their coaches and support crew, and they met with fantastic results.

“BC Cup No. 2 was one of our best races in the past few years, the athletes were very strong and technically ready,” said Strathcona Nordics head coach Dave Battison. “I was very proud of our entire squad. Overall, it was a great weekend of tough racing.”

The team brought a total of nine med-als back to the Island.

Medals won in classic technique racing included, Stephen Lamon - bronze, Tallon Noble - gold, Alec Stapff - silver, Avalon Wasteneys - gold, and Marilyn Atkinson - bronze.

In skate technique races medals came from Tallon Noble - gold, Alec Stapff - silver, Lynn Swift - silver, and Marilyn Atkinson - bronze.

Many athletes on the squad also enjoyed top 10 finishes and personal bests.

You can learn more about the Strathcona Nordics recreational and racing programs on the their website StrathconaNordics.com.

Photo by D. ChamberlainAlec Stapff of Campbell River skating to a strong second-place finish in the 10 km race.

Strathcona Nordics bring morehardware home from Kamloops

The second race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series – Cobble Hill 10K – took place Sunday. The race started and finished at George Bonner Middle School, Cobble Hill Road. The 10K was hosted by the CEEVACS Road Runners. There were 576 finishers.

The race was won by Craig Odermatt from the Prairie Inn Harriers in 33:29 closely followed by Simon Stewart in 33:45 and Thomas Holm in 33:54. The women’s race was won by Lucy Smith (Lifesport) in 36:08. Second was Alison Hooper in 36:30 and third was Janet Nielson in 37:52. Both

Odermatt and Smith also won the Masters categories.

“I have had a few health issues recently so I wanted a decent run,” Odermatt said. “I led from about three and a half kilometres and felt steady and strong.”

Triathlete Smith led the women’s field the whole race. She didn’t have a set plan: “I use these races to run hard and I didn’t feel threatened today,” she said. She plans on doing Hatley Castle 8K which she has never done and the Bazan Bay 5K. She has no triathlons this year but will complete in the BMO Vancouver Half Marathon in May.

There were seven age-category course rec-ords set: W20-24 by Alison Hooper (36:30), M50-54 by Vince Brotherston (35:13), W55-59 by Donna Morrissey (43:53); M55-59 by Garth Campbell (37:08); W65-69 by Roslyn Smith (46:17); (W70-74) by Jill Davies (56:01) and M70-74 by Frank Towler (44:07).

In the club standings the Prairie Inn Harriers lead with 1071 points followed by Bastion Running Club with 593 and Comox Valley Road Runners with 533.

Full race day results are available on: http://racedaytiming.ca/results/CobbleHill2014.

Second race in Island Series attracts 576 runners


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• 2013/2014 President, Young Professionals of Campbell River (YPCR)

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How do you promote Think Local at your business?

Seymour Pacific Developments is structured to give back to the com-munity and employ our local people. We think local by giving back to local charities, schools and community programs.

What makes your business unique?

We are a large business that is

growing at an exceptional rate, simi-lar to what you would find in a large city. You have a big city feel, with all of the perks of a small town.

What do you enjoy most about doing business in Campbell River?

Campbell River is such an enjoy-able place to be in so many different ways, so why wouldn’t you want to do business in your own backyard!

How does YPCR incorporate Think Local into their mission?

Think Local is the platform that YPCR is based on. “Shaping a positive future for Campbell River” Is our mission statement and with that we work with our four pil-lars, Business Networking, Social Interaction, Community Evolvement & Professional Development to try and encourage all young professional and upcoming young professions to “think local”.

Think LocalSeymour Pacific’sAmanda Raleigh

Photo submitttedSeymour Pacific Developments & Broadstreet Properties Culture and Community Manager Amanda Raleigh.

Many of our members have informed us that they are currently challenged in finding and retaining a skilled workforce that meets their needs. Other members, who are not challenged at the moment, believe that they will be in coming years due to labour market shifts, major pro-

jects in the area and further economic growth in the community. We have taken these insights into considera-tion and have developed new tools, resources and supports to help our members and local employers build their human resource strategies as

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Step One: Cultivate CreativityBusinesses that don’t innovate run the

risk of falling behind. To avoid this, cultivate a creative organization. Start with the raw material: employees from diverse backgrounds, with diverse perspectives to bring to the table. Encourage them to stay current both on what matters to your customers and what’s going on in the world beyond, and keep them challenged with projects aimed at turning what they learn into fresh new ideas.

Step Two: Optimize CollaborationWe all know that teamwork matters. Are you

making the most of your teams?At its best, teamwork means much more

than just putting a group of people together to divvy up tasks and report back to some leader. A well-assembled team is much more than the sum of its individual members: more agile, more creative, more efficient, and more pro-ductive. Matching team members is also very important. Do the strengths of some help com-pensate for the weaknesses of others, and do all members have something different to contrib-ute? If you’ve got groups of people too similar to each other, consider moving some around to better utilize them.

Step Three: Take Some RisksNow that you’ve taken the necessary steps

to stimulate creativity and drive innovation within your business, start putting some new ideas to the test. In busi-ness as in life, getting out of the comfort zone is critical to growth, so don’t let objections like “But this isn’t how we do things” or “No one else does it this way” stop you. Do your diligence, know what your acceptable level of loss is should the idea fail, and then go for it.

Step Four: Learn From Your Mistakes

If you’re afraid to fail, you’ll never want to take risks. If you and your employees treat failures as learning experiences, how-ever, your business will ultim-ately not just survive, but thrive. What separ-ates those who end up succeeding from those who don’t is, in large part, the ability to learn and keep going after a misstep. Evaluate your mistakes to identify what worked and what didn’t. Fix what you can and continue to apply those lessons to the next initiative.

Step Five: Prioritize for SuccessIdentify your most critical projects, the ones

on whose results your success truly hinges.

Now make those projects your priority. Scale back on the time that you allow non-prior-ity issues to take from them. Saying “yes” to everything can be tempting, but in the long run, the time you spend on nonessential tasks delays progress on the things that really matter.

The world we work in is changing faster than many businesses’ strategies. Make sure your company doesn’t fall behind by focus-ing your efforts on getting ahead—and staying there.

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To start off the Zoning Bylaw rewrite process, a series of Public Open Houses are scheduled at two locations to provide an opportunity for input on potential changes and improvements to the existing Zoning Bylaw.

The next Open House is on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the Community Centre

from 1-3 and 7-9pm.

Everyone who lives within the City is encouraged to come out to the informal Open House events. The Zoning Bylaw can change the type of permitted uses on specifi c properties or set general regulations, all of which may infl uence property values and neighbourhood characteristics. Bring your concerns, issues and suggestions about what you think we need to know as we proceed.

The current Zoning Bylaw 3250, 2006 is available for viewing on our website, www.campbellriver.ca, or a paper copy is available in the Land Use Services Department at City Hall.

For questions, please contact Kathleen Wilker at 250-286-5729

Public Open House for the Zoning Bylaw Update

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing regarding the following will be held in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 St. Ann’s Road in Campbell River, B.C. at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Property owners are required to provide all tenants, leaseholders and occupants with a copy of this Public Hearing Notice.

A copy of this proposed bylaw may be inspected at the City Hall Land Use Services Department on any regular business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive except Statutory Holidays, from Friday 24 January 2014 to Tuesday 4 February 2014. All persons who believe that their interests are aff ected by the proposed Bylaw will be aff orded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions regarding the Bylaw subject to this hearing. Please note that legal considerations prevent Council from receiving any representations or submissions after the close of the Public Hearing.

A speakers list will be available for persons wishing to speak at the Public Hearing. You may register in advance by calling 250-286-5700 or in person immediately before the Public Hearing. Prior registration is not essential to be able to speak at the Public Hearing, but is recommended.

Proposal for Commercial One (C-1) Zone:

Bylaw No: 3537, 2014: to amend zoning bylaw 3250, 2006 with the addition of “education and adoption centre” as a permitted use to the C-1 zone, along with associated defi nition. The use will not permit pounding or long term animal shelter uses. This is a general text amendment and is proposed to aff ect all C-1 zoned properties west of Dogwood Street.

Contact: City of Campbell River, Land Use Services Department at 250-286-5726.

Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing regarding the following will be held in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 St. Ann’s Road in Campbell River, B.C. at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Property owners are required to provide all tenants, leaseholders and occupants with a copy of this Public Hearing Notice.

A copy of this proposed bylaw may be inspected at the City Hall Land Use Services Department on any regular business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive except Statutory Holidays, from Friday 24 January 2014 to Tuesday 4 February 2014. All persons who believe that their interests are aff ected by the proposed Bylaw will be aff orded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions regarding the Bylaw subject to this hearing. Please note that legal considerations prevent Council from receiving any representations or submissions after the close of the Public Hearing.

A speakers list will be available for persons wishing to speak at the Public Hearing. You may register in advance by calling 250-286-5700 or in person immediately before the Public Hearing. Prior registration is not essential to be able to speak at the Public Hearing, but is recommended.

Proposal for 521 Rockland Road (Willows Pub):

Bylaw No: 3540, 2014: To amend Zoning Bylaw 3250, 2006, by adding “offi ces” as a permitted use within the Commercial Eight (C-8) zone at this site only.

Legal Description: Lot 1, Section 29, Township 1, Comox District, Plan 43570 (521 Rockland Road)

Contact: City of Campbell River, Land Use Services Department at 250-286-5726.

Public Hearing Notice

Don’t miss the Pro-D Day fun on Feb. 17 provided by the City of Campbell River Recreation & Culture Department at the Community Centre and Sportsplex.

Boys and girls can spend the Monday off school creating charming keepsakes. They’ll take home a nature and animal silhouette on a wood round, plus a painted wooden key chain.

No previous drawing or paint-ing experience is required as art teacher Sharon Sanford will share easy techniques using shapes and paint brush strokes to make these projects. Participants will learn painting tech-niques, including effects for back-grounds and textures as well as special paint brush feathering to produce a masterpiece to hang inside or out.

Programs for children in Kindergarten to Grade 2 will be held in the morning from 9 a.m. to noon. The programs for Grades 3 to 6 will be held in the afternoon 12:30 and 3 p.m. Both programs will be held at the Community Centre. The $18 fee includes all supplies.

Also available: PRO-G Day Girls Only drop-in program for girls in Grades 3 and 4 between noon and 3 p.m. at the Sportsplex. Girls can try yoga, African grooves, zumbatomic, wallyball, racquetball, gym sports, crazy games, crafts and lots more. The drop-in fee of $7 per person and includes drinks and snacks.

For more information regarding, please call the Community Centre, 250-286-1161, or Sportsplex, 250-923-7911.

Pro-DDay Fun Feb. 17

Photo submittedSharon Sanford with painted wood rounds.

For those who follow the Lunar calendar, 2014 moves us out of year of the Snake and into year of the Horse, which repeats every 12 years in the Chinese Zodiac. The Immigrant Welcome Centre is hosting a large Lunar New Year Celebration Fundraiser and Potluck on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Community Centre to recognize this meaningful date.

The evening will include potluck dinner with cash bar, live cultural entertainment, silent and live auctions and raffles. All guests must be of legal drinking age to attend. Tickets are a donation of $15 or more and are available at the newly opened Snow Pea Tea House on Historical Pier Street or the Immigrant Welcome Centre, located in Robron Centre.

Tickets will be available at the door if available. All funds from the evening being donated to local groups, hosted by the Immigrant Welcome Centre’s and a portion to help an orphanage in Vietnam.

Over 250 people from different backgrounds and cultures attended last year’s celebration. According to Dan Ngo, a member of the

Vietnamese community in Campbell River, the event is so popular with our Asian community because “Many people don’t celebrate Christmas, so Lunar New Year is really the only celebration that we have.”

To learn more about Lunar New Year or buy your tickets please visit www.ImmigrantWelcome.ca/Events, or call 250-830-0171.

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FRESH

SANDWICHESMade In Store

CUSTOMER FAVOURITE

Cello Pack

FRESH

PORK SIDE RIBS

$2.18 kg

CALIFORNIA

BROCCOLI CROWNS

$17.61 kg

FRESH

BBQCHICKEN

Cooked In Store CUSTOMER FAVOURITE

DANONE

ACTIVIAYOGURT

Assorted.650 g Ctn.

FRESH CANADA ‘AA’ GRADE

STRIPLOIN STEAKSBone-In, Reg. or Sweet & Sour. $5.93 kg

FRESH DISCOVERY FOODS

GARLICBREAD

454 g Loaf

SUNRYPE

APPLE,ORANGE or WILDBERRY JUICE

3.78 L Jug

OCEAN SPRAY

CRANBERRY COCKTAIL

Assorted. 1.89 L Bottle

NATURE VALLEY

GRANOLABARS

Assorted. 175-230 g Box

ROYALE

TIGERPAPER TOWELS

6 Roll Pkg.

SWEET THAI

CHILISAUCE650 ml Bottle

HELUVA GOOD

DIP CHIP DIPS

Assorted. 250 g Ctn

McCAIN FROZEN

RISING CRUST PIZZAS

Assorted. 820-840 g Pkg.

PARKAY

MARGARINESOFT or BRICK1.28 kg Tub, 1.3 kg Brick

CORTINA

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

1 L Bottle

DEMPSTERS‘WHOLE GRAINS’

BREADAssorted. 600 g Loaf

DEMPSTERS

ENGLISHMUFFINS

Assorted6 Pack

FRESH

CHICKENWINGSFamily Packs. $8.80 kg

ORGANIC EARTHBOUND

SALADSPRING MIX142 g

ORGANIC

MINI PEELEDCARROTS2 lb Bag

YOUR LOCAL SOURCE FOR FRESH MEAT AND PRODUCE

$7.25 kg

FRESH

ROASTING CHICKENS

551 ml $1.52 kg

CHILE

BLUEBERRIES PINT

CHILE

RED SEEDLESS GRAPES$6.59 kg

CANADA

CELLO BAGCARROTS5 lb Bag

MAPLE LEAF

REG. or MAPLEBACON500 g Pkg.

FREYBE

PEPPERONIRandom Weights. $13.21 kg

HELMUTS

PIZZAPEPPERONI

AssortedSLICED FRESH

SAPUTO

SHREDDEDCHEDDARS

Assorted320 g Pkg.

BERGEN FARMS

BLUEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES or MIXED BERRY BLEND

Frozen. 1.8 kg Box

NEWMAN’S OWN

PASTA SAUCE645 ml Bottle

CALIFORNIA

HEAD LETTUCE

WASHINGTON

BARTLETT PEARS

Willow Point Store2273 South Island Highway

Campbell River, B.C. V9W 1C4(Willow Point Plaza)

Oyster River Store2207 Glenmore Road

Campbell River, B.C. V9W 3S4(at Oyster River Bridge)

HOSTESS TOSTITOS

TORTILLA CHIPS

Assorted Varieties.320 g Bag 2/

$6WED., THURS., FRI. & SAT. ONLYJAN. 29, 30, 31, & FEB. 1, 2014

WHILE STOCKS LAST

GAMETIMESNACK

SABRA

FRESH SALSA

Assorted396 g Pkg.


WHILE STOCKS LAST

GREATDIP

PEPSI

SOFT DRINKS

Assorted.12 Packs 3/


WHILE STOCKS LAST

THIRSTQUENCHER!

IN STORE MADE

7 LAYER DIPS

Approx.400 g Pkg.


WHILE STOCKS LAST

CUSTOMERFAVOURITE

OLYMEL

CHICKEN WINGS

Frozen,Assorted.650 g Box 2/

$10WED., THURS., FRI. & SAT. ONLY

JAN. 29, 30, 31, & FEB. 1, 2014WHILE STOCKS LAST

Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. onlyJAN. 29, 30, 31, & FEB. 1, 2014

HOTPRICE!

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Documents

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total tax burden

proposed tax increases

citys tax increase

proposed increased tax

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