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July

Grass fire forces Cedar evacuationsFire departments, B.C. Forest Service water bombers and local residents all responded to a 20 hectare grass fire in Cedar.Ladysmith buys land for new municipal hallThe Town of Ladysmith bought four properties on Buller Street and First Avenue as a future location for city hall.Oh Canada! What a great celebration

Ladysmith and Chemainus pulled out all the stops celebrating Canada’s 148th birthday.Transfer Beach Playground replacedWork began dismantling the Transfer Beach playground and replacing it with a brand new zone of dreams and adventures.E&N Railway platforms get politicalNanaimo-North Cowichan NDP MLA Doug Routley says it’s taking too long to make decisions about the E&N railway, which has been idled since 2011.Protesters call for removal of Viki Lyne II

People on the water and on land demanded the derelict Viki Lyne II be removed from Ladysmith Harbour.Get ready for legalized cannabis Arnett warnsLadysmith councillor Steve Arnett, concerned about indications that Canada will be moving toward the legalization of marijuana products, urged council to be prepared to regulate

September

More Dogpatch boats sunk, torchedAccusations and threats were flying after two boats were sunk in the Dogpatch area of Ladysmith Harbour in two nights.Dwain King named Fire Fighter of the Year

“One prince of a guy,” Dwain King was honoured for his dedication to fighting fires and muscular dystrophy.Group raises funds and awareness about Syrian refugeesA small group in Ladysmith, Chemainus and Cedar is determined to do more than watch helplessly as Syrians flee a country ravaged by war.Ladysmith Preschool closes after 43 yearsIt was a sad day for many in Ladysmith when a preschool with memories that go back more than a generation, closed.Loggers sports a huge hitA crowd of 2,000 took in an ‘exhibition’ of loggers sports at the Amphitheatre at Transfer Beach, raising hopes the sport will be revived here after a five-year lapse.

Courage is Terry Fox’s lasting legacyRunners, cyclists, all sorts of participants took to the track for the 35th Terry Fox Run, hoping to raise $8,000.Tour de Rock rollsinto townThe Cops for Cancer team rolled into Ladysmith Sept. 28 and the cyclists were piped up First Avenue.Thirteen pigs die of mysterious toxin

The RASTA sanctuary was searching desperately for an antidote to a mysterious ailment that claimed the lives of 13 potbellied pigs.

November

WWII a job that needed doingWorld War II veteran Bill Hopkins recounted his experiences as a sailor aboard a troop ship that landed soldiers on Juno Beach during the D-Day invasion.Esplanade dealership gets council greenLadysmith council approved of plans to allow a car dealership focused on alternative energy vehicles to be located on the Esplanade, just south of the Cenotaph.Stz’uminus business interests growing

The Coast Salish Development Corp, which is owned by the Stz’uminus First Nation, is vying for the Small Business BC Community Impact Award, and a bigger piece of the action in and around Ladysmith.Echo Park renamed in Hul’qumi’num to Wul’aamAfter consultation, and in recognition of the Penelakut First Nation, North Cowichan council decided to rename Echo Park to Wul’aam, which means ‘echo’ in Hul’qumi’num.Zen and the art of guitar makingIf you want to make music, and the instrument your music will be played on, guitar maker Joe Egan has just the course you might be looking for.Provincial organization takes up Dogpatch caseThe BC Nautical Residents Association has responded to a call from the Ladysmith Harbour Community to advocate on behalf of residents in the Dogpatch.Chemainus teacher honouredJanet Ruest was off to Ottawa to receive the Geographic Society’s top award for teachers.

AugustRob Johnson named Citizen of the YearMayor Aaron Stone and Ladysmith Celebration Days Committee President Barry Frech congratulated Rob Johnson as the town’s #1 Citizen for 2015.

Ladysmith Days a cause for celebrationA parade, talent show, contests, and fireworks were all part of the annual Ladysmith Days activities

– a celebration of the place where we live.Marston ‘artist in residence’ at the Waterfront GalleryFirst Nations carver John Marston talked to the Chronicle about transforming gigantic cedar logs into works of art.

Canada’s longest federal election since 1926 calledThe Chronicle laid out its election coverage plan, which would span 10 issues, after the writ was dropped by Governor General David Johnston Aug. 4.

“Inventor’ sets up aboard Viki Lyne IIVictor Voigt, who claims to be able to cure cancer with a device called the Magic Magee Healing Tool, set up a clinic aboard the Viki Lynn II.Concerns high over fate of Penelakut teenA search gets underway for missing Penelakut teenager Delores Brown. Her remains, found off Norway Island, would be identified Aug. 25. Police declared her death suspicious. No-one has yet been charged.Potter Mary Fox living her legacy nowOne of Ladysmith’s most accomplished artists, Mary Fox, talked to the Chronicle about her plans to bequeath her studio as an artists’ residence.

OctoberDogpatch live-aboards served noticeThe town of Ladysmith served notice on boat owners moored in the Dogpatch that they would have until mid-November to weigh anchorThree new murals for Chemainus

Three new murals will be added to the Festival of Murals walk, said President Tom Andrews. The new works will be located in the lane behind Willow Street, between Legion and Mill streets.NDP Takes Van IsleAfter a gruelling 11 week campaign, New Democrats took six of seven Vancouver Island seats in the Oct. 19 federal election. Sheila Malcolmson took Nanaimo-Ladysmith; Alistair MacGregor Cowichan-Malahat-Langford.

Is our air making us sick?A study points to wood smoke from fireplaces and stoves, as well as outdoor burning, as the main sources of pollution, which results in a ‘prevalence of chronic respiratory illness’ in the Cowichan Valley.Elevator at Arts Council going up!Art lovers wanting to attend Ladysmith Arts Council and Water Front Gallery events – especially patrons with disabilities that make stairs difficult

– were celebrating completion of an $80,000 elevator project.Trend-lines for kids’ wellness raise concernsCommunity organizations and the Vancouver Island Health Authority are concerned about indicators children in the Cowichan Valley are at higher risk than kids elsewhere on the Island and in B.C.Fire erupts at Ladysmith Shell

DecemberLadysmith Light-Up launches ChristmasLight-Up 2015 ended with a spectacular fireworks display, capping the afternoon and evening festivities that officially usher in the Christmas season at the 49th Parallel.Malli to retire as Ladysmith CAO

Chief Administrative Officer Ruth Malli announced her plans to retire in June, 2016, after 32 years with the municipality.Variable speed signs not for the Malahat, yetVariable speed signs, that will change according to conditions, are being tested elsewhere in B.C., and the Malahat is a high priority for the system if the signs prove effective.Suicide: What to look for, what to doSecond in a two-part series focuses on things parents need to know to recognize the signs of a child caught up in suicidal ‘ideation,’ and what they can do if they suspect their child is in trouble.Rough road ahead for LadysmithLooking down the road the Town of Ladysmith is seeing not only bumps, but cracks, crumbling shoulders, potholes and significant expenses to get its pavement back in shape, then keep it that way.Knelson makes Junior National TeamLadysmith Orcas swimmer Faith Knelson is in the fast lane.Music Hall: a museum and a venueStepping into the Music Hall restaurant is like entering a time machine into Ladysmith’s past. It’s also a venue where casual dining and big name music come together.

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Architectural renderings showing (above) the Ladysmith & District Credit Union site plan after proposed redesign is completed. The project will incorporate properties at 318 and 320 First Avenue as well as a lane, which will be enclosed by an atrium. Below, elevations showing what the facades of buildings along First Avenue will look like, with 318 and 320 First Avenue (top in image); the new atrium and existing LDCU build-ing (bottom in image). AYPQ Architecture

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The Ladysmith & District Credit Union has New Year’s plans for a redesign of its site and three other properties at the corner of Rob-erts Street and First Avenue.A development permit applica-

tion for the project was approved by the Town of Ladysmith Council at its Dec. 21 meeting.

It covers the LDCU site plus three other properties on First Avenue that will be consolidated as part of the project: buildings at 318 and 320 First Ave; and a ‘closed road’ that runs west off First Avenue between the main credit union building and the two other buildings.

The existing LDCU building is 7,017 sq ft, the consolidated floor space will be 10,990 sq ft. There will be a total of 55 parking spaces on the consolidated site, with nine new spaces added.

Main elements of the project in-clude:• a redesign of the three parking

areas fronting Roberts Street and First Ave. The middle parking lot will be converted to a plaza with terraced steps leading down into the lower parking area, and a stairway to an upper parking area.• closing in the lane between the

LDCU main building at 330 First Ave. and its Financial Services Centre at 320 First Ave. with a glassed in, connecting ‘atrium’.

Most noticeable to the public will be the new plaza. “The exist-ing LDCU building is sited with a substantial setback from Roberts St., which provides an opportunity

to create open spaces and gardens that will provide a more inviting entrance to First Avenue,” says a staff report prepared by Director of Development Services Felicity Adams.

It notes that “the improved ex-terior spaces will be available as public spaces for events and activ-ities.” It adds that the design will

“honour the intent of the existing Tour de Rock mural by creating a space for reflection and celebra-tion.”

Landscaping will be an integral part of the project, which will in-clude 23 new deciduous trees and

“a variety of 180 evergreen shrubs, as well as grasses, ferns, hydran-geas, ground covers, perennials, and vines.”

The landscaping plan notes that two plane trees already on the site will be retained.

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Many B.C. residents were jolted awake late Tuesday night, Dec. 29, by a small earthquake that briefly rattled homes across much of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. But what might have been the outcome if the quake was moved closer to Victoria or Vancouver, and closer to the surface?

The magnitude 4.3 quake at 11:39 p.m. was centered about eight kilometres east of Sidney, between Victoria and Vancou-ver, according to Earthquakes Canada.

The shaker lasted for just sev-eral seconds but stirred fears that it could just be the start of a much more serious quake, or might be followed by significant aftershocks. Neither scenario materialized. Nor was any tsu-nami warning issued.

Social media was deluged with individual reports of what the quake felt like, with some say-ing they first thought a vehicle slammed into their home.

Natural Resources Canada said it had received no reports of significant damage and none would be expected.

Many people felt their beds shake, heard dressers or win-

dows rattle, and many small ob-jects in homes were tipped over.

SFU geologist Brent Ward, who chairs the university’s earth sciences department, said it was a crustal earthquake about 50 to 60 kilometres beneath the sur-face.

Crustal quakes are much more common and closer to populat-ed areas than massive 8.0-plus subduction zone quakes – often dubbed the Big One – that strike every few hundred years well off the west coast and would cause far-reaching damage.“Of a bigger concern are these

crustal earthquakes because we get them in a much higher fre-quency,” Ward said.

He said larger crustal quakes

than last night’s – in the 6 to 7 range – hit every 50 or 60 years in B.C. and the next one could be severe if it’s closer to the surface and near large numbers of people.“If it was only 10 kilometres deep the shaking would have been a lot more intense,” Ward said. A 7.2 crustal quake near Cour-

tenay in 1946 caused extensive landslides, soil liquefaction and damage to brick buildings.

Ward noted B.C.’s population at risk is much larger now.“You can imagine if we got a 7.2

earthquake underneath a popu-lated part of Vancouver Island, there would be significant dam-age and there would definitely be fatalities.”

When B.C. released its new earthquake response plan earlier this year it did not model its worst-case scenario on a megathrust subduction zone quake, but rath-er shallow crustal earthquakes directly under our big cities.

The result: an estimated 10,000 dead in Metro Vancouver, 128,000 seriously injured and 30 per cent of buildings receiving extensive damage in the event of a 7.3 magnitude crustal quake directly beneath Vancouver.A similar scenario of a 7.0

quake beneath Victoria yielded an estimate of up to 1,500 dead and 19,000 injured.

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Brave souls show up for thebig dip into New Year 2016

The New Year’s Day tradition of taking a plunge into the chilly waters of Ladysmith Harbour drew its usual crowd of enthusiasts, including the winners of the Best Costume contest, who couldn’t get to Hawaii on short notice, but figured they could bring a bit of Hawaii to the Central Island. The revelers were quick getting into the drink... and many just as quick getting out! Thanks to those who captured the moment and shared their photos with the Chronicle.

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An editorial in the Jan. 2 edition of the Times Colonist calls for the creation of a ‘permanent body comprising municipal, provincial and federal representatives’ to untangle the mess of jurisdictions, rules and regulations governing who’s respon-sible for monitoring and removing der-elict vessels from B.C. harbours.

We couldn’t agree more... providing, of course, such a body is given some kind of mandate to actually do something about the bureaucratic nightmare that allows a vessel like the Viki Lyne II to remain in Ladysmith Harbour, and similar situa-tions to occur in other harbours up and down B.C.’s 26,000 km of coastline – not to mention the thousands of kilometres of coastline elsewhere in the country.

And provided something can be achieved relatively quickly.

The system as it stands validates a level of buck-passing as absurd as it is dan-gerous, with every level of government saying they can’t make a move without encroaching on the jurisdiction of an-other, while commonsense is perpetually thwarted, and vessels like the Viki Lyne II, which is an environmental catastrophe just waiting to happen – remain anchored to our future.

Everyone understands that marine law and tradition allow skippers to drop an-chor just about anywhere, and that there’s good reasons for that latitude. Mariners have to be able to seek safe haven in a storm; there is also a case for allowing an alternative, seagoing lifestyle, which many liveaboards prefer to the landlub-ber’s lot.

Those rights can’t be conferred, howev-er, in such a way that they put the rights of coastal communities to safe, productive harbours at risk. Like any other right, they can’t be enshrined without the balancing set of responsibilities that are attached to every right.

Nobody has the right to leave a hazard like the Viki Lyne II in any harbour, or the skeletal remains of a dozen other derelict vessels, and it’s long past time our govern-ments balanced the scales so everyone can feel their rights are being respected.

Who’s being‘derelict’ intheir duty

Mayor Aaron Stone reviews 2015In some ways it is hard to believe a whole

year has passed since I was sworn in as May-or on Dec. 1, 2014. This is a time for reflec-tion and an opportunity to share some of the many highlights and impressions from the last 12 months.

I ran on a campaign of “Ask hard questions. Make solid plans. Let’s build a foundation for our future”. We have asked a lot of questions over the past year – probing, detailed, and yes, hard questions. I have learned a lot through the answers to these questions.

Economic development remains a priority, and Council wants to stimulate investment and business success in our local economy. I am very encouraged that after a review of economic development at the Regional Dis-trict, it looks as though there may be funds available to directly support economic de-velopment projects in CVRD communities like Ladysmith. Once we endorse the CVRD direction, we will move ahead with an up-dated economic development strategy for Ladysmith, making sure all the key players are at the table.

We are investing in the downtown in a num-ber of ways. The Gatacre Street project, al-though the cause of some disruption through construction, is a significant improvement featuring new sidewalks, curbs and gutters. The Town also made an important invest-ment in the future of our downtown core by purchasing a block of properties from the Ladysmith and District Credit Union on Buller Street and First Avenue. This will eventually be the site of a new City Hall. In the meantime, we are very pleased that the Ladysmith Museum can continue to enjoy its home on First Avenue.

One of the most important things I learned soon after being sworn in is just how much we need to invest in the Town’s infrastructure. This area is where we made some of the great-est progress this year, as well as some of our toughest decisions. Our new, state-of-the-art wastewater (sewage) treatment plant is well underway and on track to be in service in 2016. This is the largest capital project the Town has ever undertaken. We also need to install a new water filtration system as mandated by Island Health to ensure we continue to provide safe drinking water for our citizens and neighbours

– and hopeful we will get grant funding to help with this big project. Both City Hall and the fire hall need to be upgraded or replaced. Roads, sidewalks sewer and water systems need on-going maintenance and repairs. Faced with

this reality, we decided to set aside five per cent of taxation revenues for asset replace-ment. This was the responsible thing to do. It was also a very difficult decision, as it meant we had to increase taxes.

Awareness of our water supply came to the forefront this year with the summer drought. Council has adopted a water conservation policy, with a target to reduce consumption to 200 litres per day per person, a reduction of 20 per cent. The Town is very active in a new initiative that should lead to the creation of an inclusive, multi-party Ladysmith Wa-tershed Steering Committee with represen-tatives from the general public, landowners, the Town, the business community and First Nations. We have had an initial public meet-ing and the subsequent work is showing good progress. Watch for more news early in 2016.

The state of the Ladysmith Harbour and our waterfront is an ongoing concern, and here too we have made progress this year. We are working with the province and Stz’uminus First Nation on plans to improve the environ-mental and economic health of the harbour. This also involves removing the derelict and abandoned vessels in DL 651 (the ‘Dogpatch’). Although the Town doesn’t have direct juris-diction over the area (it belongs to the prov-ince), our Zoning Bylaw does apply, and it doesn’t permit vessels to be moored there for more than seven days. In moving to clean up the Harbour, we also want to be sensitive to the area’s residents. We are forming a stake-holder group made up of residents, commu-nity members, First Nations and other users of the harbour to address concerns and find a workable and sustainable solution.

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Town of Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone

From Page 6One of the most re-

warding things in the last year for me per-sonally has been the growth of a genuinely warm and respectful relationship with Chief John Elliott and the Stz’uminus First Nation. As we move ahead on projects that will ben-efit both our communi-ties – harbour clean-up, economic development

and cultural celebration to name a few – we are learning to appreciate our differences and em-brace our similarities and shared goals.

It was also important to me that we engage more citizens, be more inclusive and transpar-ent, and communicate effectively with more of you. The Town is now active on Facebook, and we will be doing

more social media in the coming year. We will also start streaming and archiving video of our Council meetings. I’m very pleased at the increase in attendance at Council meetings from people who are genuinely interested in what goes on in general at our meetings, as well as those who are there for a specific issue.

I want to keep hearing

from you. I want you to ask hard questions of me and Council. I want you to keep giving us your input. The answers we give you may not al-ways be easy to hear, but I hope you will see that we do indeed listen and consider your views.

Looking forward, we

are nearly finished our new strategic plan (more details on that early in the new year) with our priorities for 2016 and beyond.

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A busy 2016 will see the demolition of the old Chemainus fire-hall and subsequent design of a new Van-couver Island Region-al Library branch at that site in the centre of town, according to North Cowichan may-or Jon Lefebure.Another priority, he

said, will be work on designing the new North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP de-tachment slated for construction on Ford Road.“That will be prob-ably our biggest proj-ect in the history of North Cowichan,” Lefebure said. “At this stage we have an estimate of about $23 million, so it’s a big project. They are very particular about their design. It’s going to be an expensive building, I don’t think there’s any way around that.”

The final phase of the diking system run-ning along the Trans Canada Highway will be completed soon, Lefebure predicted.“The completion of the diking at the be-ginning of 2016 will be a big thing for us,” he said, noting the new dikes protect against 200-year floods but the unfinished portion only protects against 25-year flood levels.

That’s not all for capital projects, ei-ther.“We have over

$900,000 of work planned in Crofton to make improvements to their downtown core,” Lefebure noted.

“That’s going to be ex-citing.” Included in that plan will be the construction of a new skate park on Chaplin Street, just approved in late December.

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Medical Services Plan premiums, electricity bills and vehicle insur-ance rates are up in 2016, reviving criticism of the B.C. government’s con-stant boast about keep-ing taxes low.

MSP premiums rise from $144 to $150 as of Jan. 1, for a family of three earning more than $30,000 a year. For a single person in the same income group, the rate goes from $72 to $75, with lower rates for lower incomes down to $22,000 a year, where premiums drop to zero.

B.C. is now the only province in Canada with a health care fee, and it has risen about 40 per cent since 2010. Pre-mier Christy Clark has defended the fee as a signal to citizens about the enormous cost of providing health care.

BC Hydro rates have been politically dic-tated since Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett intervened

to cap rate increases in 2013. Hydro rates jumped nine per cent in 2014, followed by annual increases of six, four, 3.5 and three per cent in the 10-year rate plan. Starting with the proposed four per cent increase in 2016, the independent B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) is reviewing if rate increases can be lower than what is capped in the rate plan.

Insurance Corpora-tion of B.C. basic ve-hicle insurance went up by 5.5 per cent on Nov. 1, an increase still subject to review by the BCUC. That works out to an increase of $3.70 per month added for the av-erage driver.

ICBC had proposed the maximum 6.7 per cent increase to cover increasing costs of per-sonal injury claims and fraud, but the province gave it permission for a one-time transfer of $450 million from its optional insurance busi-ness to subsidize the basic rate.

In a year-end interview, NDP leader John Hor-gan stopped short of

promising to eliminate MSP premiums, but he called it a “regressive tax” that would be part of a broad review of B.C. taxation fairness if he wins the 2017 election.

The Canadian Tax-payers’ Federation says people who ben-efit from Prime Min-ister Justin Trudeau’s promised middle-class tax cut will see most of those savings eaten up by provincial and mu-nicipal tax increases.

Trudeau vowed to re-duce the federal income tax bracket between

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Municipal taxes are expected to increase across the province in 2016, with local coun-cils preparing to set budgets for the new fis-

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With the rapid rise in property prices con-tinuing in parts of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Assessment Au-thority sent out 37,000 letters in December, warning single-family homeowners to brace for a big jump in their assessed value.

ICBC rates are up 5.5 per cent, with the corporation citing increased injury claim costs as part of the reason.

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Jane James, founder of the Cowichan Therapeu-tic Riding Association, has been chosen recipient of the 2015 Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award.

James founded the Cowichan Therapeutic Rid-ing Association (CTRA) in 1986, personally steer-ing the fledging organization from its inception to-ward its current status as a vital community asset.

The CTRA began as a local chapter of the Pa-cific Riding for the Disabled, operating one night a week with a handful of volunteers and horses borrowed from the community and trailered in for the evening.

Today CTRA is widely regarded as a lighthouse establishment for therapeutic riding centres across Canada, a role shaped largely by James’ personal contributions to the development of therapeutic riding and para-equestrian sport at both national and international levels.

The Caring Canadian Award was created in 1995 to recognize the “unsung heroes who vol-unteer their time, their efforts and a great deal of their lives to helping others.” It is given to leaders who “have made a significant, sustained, unpaid contributions to their community, in Canada or abroad.”

This is the second major award in recent months for James, who accepted induction to the North Cowichan-Duncan Sports Wall of Fame Nov. 14 for her contributions to therapeutic riding and para-equestrian sport.

James has been a fixture on the local equestrian scene since the 1960’s – working tirelessly as a competitor, trainer, coach, and 4H Leader before turning her efforts towards riding therapy and equestrian sport for persons with disabilities.

Other awards she has received include: a Black Tie Award for Outstanding Community Service from the Duncan-Cowichan Chamber of Com-merce (1996); a Coach of the Year award from the BC Disability Association (1996); a Coach of the Year award from Horse Council BC (2004); a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012); and a Horse Journals Magazine Reader’s Choice Award (2013).

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Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association founder Jane James has earned the Gover-nor General’s ‘Caring Canadian Award’ for her contributions to the community since 1986

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Olivia is the most popular name for baby girls born in B.C. for the third straight year.

The province issued its annual list of top baby names chosen in 2014.

Ethan was the top name for boys, edging out Liam, the previous year’s top choice.

It’s been a long run of popular-ity for Ethan, which has been number one or two every year since 2002.

Emma, Sophia, Emily and Chloe rounded out the top five names for girls in 2014, while the other

top boys’ names were Liam, Lucas, Oliver and Mason.“Not surprisingly Terry was not the most popular boys’ name in British Columbia in 2014,” said Health Minister Terry Lake said.

Final statistics for 2015’s names won’t be available until later in 2016, but so far Olivia appears to be extending her streak, while Oli-ver was edging ahead of Liam and Ethan for top choice on the boys’ side as of Dec. 1.

The Vital Statistics Agency re-ported 44,500 babies born in B.C. in 2014 – 22,957 boys and 21,543 girls.

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The B.C. government’s quit-smoking assistance program is now available to people who drop by a pharmacy to qualify for free nicotine re-placement products.As of Jan. 1, participants

no longer have to register by calling 8-1-1 to reach the HealthLinkBC medical advice service. The program has also expanded its offerings to in-clude nicotine inhalers and lozenges as well as gum and patches.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the changes are to make it easier for smokers to quit, or to try again if they have re-lapsed after using the program before. It supplies 12 weeks’ worth of nicotine replacement products in each calendar year to B.C. residents.

To qualify, people must have active Medical Services Plan coverage and be a tobacco smoker or chewer.

The program began in 2011 and the province has spent $38 million on it so far. A survey of 3,000 users in 2015 found that about one in four reported quitting smoking for some pe-riod, with half of those mak-ing it a month or more smoke free. Three quarters of survey participants reported smok-

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We are starting off the New Year with an information session called Brain Health and the Ten Warning Signs of Dementia. Jane Hope is the support and education coordinator for the Alzheimer Society, and will be the speaker. She is responsible for education in the North and Central Island.

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The Voluntary Income Tax Program is slated to start on Tuesday, Mar. 1, with the program running Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free tax service is available for singles with an income of no more than $30,000 and couples up to $40,000. For more information call Barb at 250-245-3079.

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• Jan. 17, 9 a.m., Take Down the Lights. What goes up, must come down. So volunteers are needed to help take down the dazzling display that has glittered over Ladysmith since the Festival of Lights Light-Up night Nov. 26. Pickup trucks and bucket trucks gratefully accepted. Call 250-245-5888 or 250-245-2263 to volunteer, or meet at the 49th Parallel Grocery parking lot. Hot lunch will be provided courtesy of Ladysmith Family & Friends. More info at ladysmithfol.com

• Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., International Guitar Night, Cowichan Performing Arts Centre. An inventive evening of contemporary guitar music from around the globe, IGN is the world’s premier touring guitar festival. “This musi-cal treat has been so popular over the years, we had to bring them back to kick off our 2016 season with a bang,” says Kirsten Schrader, manager of the Performing Arts Centre’s Arts & Culture Division. Tickets: $30, Student $27, Cowichan Folk Guild Member $27, eyeGo $5. See interna-tionalguitarnight.com.

• Jan. 26, 7 p.m., Ladysmith Camera Club presents Buying/Upgrading a Photo Editing Computer, a smart shopper’s guide to choosing the right hardware, by Brad Grigor of Turning Point Arts in Saltair. Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

With inspirations from Oscar Pe-terson to Debussy, from Ahmad Ja-mal to Chopin, from Gordon Light-foot to Bach, the Nico Rhodes Trio is promising a wildly eclectic mu-sical ride on Sunday Jan. 10 at the Crofton Hotel Pub.

Led by keyboardist Nico Rhodes, with bassist Sean Drabbit and drum-mer James McRae, the trio “draws on its diverse musical sensibilities to deliver a fully immersive musi-cal experience,” the group’s media release says.

It offers “re-imaginings of great piano works, creative, original compositions and arrangements, combined with the highest degree of musical sensitivity and commu-nication.”

Rhodes, an award-winning pia-nist and saxophonist from a young age, is also a composer, arranger and music director. He has played

regularly with McRae for almost a decade.

McRae, a mainstay of the mid-Island jazz scene, has played with such West Coast luminaries as Miles Black, David Vest, Andrew Homzy, Ken Lister, Jennifer Scott and Rene Worst.

Sean Drabbit has played with some of the continent’s top jazz musicians, having lived and played professional-ly in New York City and New Orleans before returning to a thriving career in his home town of Victoria.

The concert is part of the Jazz at Crofton series, which runs at the pub every Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Musicians are invited to join in a jam session during the last hour.

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So when Paul Nich-ols, during the last leg of the Communities of Veterans Foundation ride across Canada, saw one of the newbie rid-ers in his group looking down at his horse’s feet,

he worked with the man, and understood perfectly when his fel-low vet explained the dilemma.“In Afghanistan,” he said, “if I wasn’t look-ing at my feet, there were so many bombs in the ground I would get blown up.”

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he fought for has let him down, isn’t likely to cope very well.

That was one of the main reasons Paul and Terry Nichols em-barked on a 7,700 km cross-Canada horse-back odyssey, covering between 30 and 40 km per day, for 211 days be-tween April 13 and Nov. 9, 2015.

In their ride from Victoria to St. John’s they met more than 350 vets, inviting them to join daily rides into the towns and cities where they live – com-munities that in many instances had forgot-ten them. And in the seven-member logistics team with Nichols were two Ladysmithonians: Lindsay Chung, former editor of the Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle; and Cathleen McMahon, a music manager and promoter.Actually there were

three more Ladysmi-thonians on the trail: McMahon’s children Zari, who was part of the crew for the whole trip, and Bella and Jett, who were on board un-til the end of June.

Just back from their journey, Chung and McMahon were adjust-ing to life on the central east coast of Vancouver Island, when they talk-ed to the Chronicle Dec. 11. Both said they were still processing the ex-periences they had in the ride of a lifetime.

It wasn’t about the scenery, though, it was about the veterans Nichols was reaching out to, trying to get them recognized for the battles they’ve already fought; and the ongoing battles many still face with PTSD.

“We’ve seen so many success stories, and that’s a big part we want to tell,” Chung said. “We want people to know that veterans and sol-diers are so valuable in our communities. They have such big hearts and are such amazing people. And they come back and that wanting to serve is still in them.”

What they come back to, though, is often ne-glect. “Veterans need to be recognized and the communities don’t know how to recognize them,” McMahon said. Even in the Royal Ca-nadian Legion, the one place where you would expect they would be honoured, vets of Af-ghanistan, Bosnia and Korea are often given the cold shoulder.

McMahon retells a story told to her by Nichols, who dropped into the Legion in his new home town of Quesnel not long after his tour of duty in Bos-nia – where he had been traumatized, helplessly watching a genocide in progress because his unit did not get orders to intervene, then clean-ing up when it was too late.“He went to a veteran’s dinner, and he was told by the lady who put the dinner down in front of him, ‘I’ll serve you, but you’re not a true vet.’” McMahon related. “He never went back to the Legion again for 20 years.”

But veterans need places where they can get together, and Legion branches in towns and cities across Canada should be those places, Nichols believes. “So instead of taking on a role of being angry with

the Legion, Paul took on a role of trying to introduce as many new veterans to the Legion as he could by this ride,” McMahon said.

Unlike the two World Wars, the more recent battles Canada has engaged in haven’t had any sort of defini-tive ending celebrated world-wide. There were no bells ringing or tick-ertape raining down after Korea, Bosnia and Afghanistan. And the reasons for those mis-sions weren’t as stark and clear. So the vets who put their lives on the lines, and took other lives, never received the kinds of public honour in their communities that WWII vets did.“Over and over and

over again, across the country, we gave them their ticker-tape parade, and the community was able to see who their veterans were,” McMahon said.

The definition of ‘vet-eran’ has to change, she added. “They’re not the 93 year-old men who stormed the beaches of Normandy – they are those, but they are also 23 year-olds and they’re 45 year olds, and they’re 70 year-olds from Af-ghanistan, Bosnia or Korea.”

One of the objectives for the ride across Can-ada was to raise aware-ness about the common interest shared between the post WWII vets and the Royal Canadian Le-gion. As the numbers of surviving vets from WWII dwindles, the need for new member-ship in Legion branches becomes more urgent.

But in meetings with Legion old-timers Nich-ols often made a point

of putting first things first, beginning with the Veterans’ Bill of Rights, that is supposed to be prominent in every Le-gion hall. Said McMa-hon: “The Legion kept on saying to us, ‘We need the veterans to keep the legions alive’; but Paul kept on revers-ing that, he kept on say-ing, ‘We need to keep the legions alive for our veterans.’”

Legions have to change, Chung agrees.

“I would love to walk into a legion and see a really proud display for Afghan veterans, for example,” she said. “A younger veteran walk-ing in doesn’t really con-nect with what’s on the wall (now), necessarily.”

Cavalry might be too strong a description for the processions of vets that rode into towns across Canada under the training and guidance of Paul and Terry Nichols – she is a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor – but the convergences at Le-gion after Legion left an impression on the Vets themselves, and on the

communities and coun-try they served.“As we went across the

country, we were prov-ing to them over and over and over again that there are community mem-bers out there who are interested, who want to say thank you and under-stand the sacrifice that they made,” McMahon said. “So all of a sudden, their own feelings about their service would change, and they’d be proud of it again.”

The Nichols aren’t stopping there. They are planning another cross-Canada trip in 2017, but this time with stops of about three weeks in 15 communi-ties, where they will of-fer therapeutic riding in a more intensive way.

The program will have a lot to do with the con-nection between horse-manship and leadership – personal leadership. “The horses need you to be a good leader sometimes,” Chung said. “That’s one thing that’s pretty amaz-ing, to be on a horse and realize that you have to have confidence, you have to look ahead.”

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Seidel, Karl ErnstNovember 1, 1940 – December 31, 2015

It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our dad, Opa, brother, uncle, and friend to many. Surrounded by fami-ly and love until his very last breath, Karl left this world at age 75 after a life filled with travel, adventure, and hard work. Born during WWII, he emigrated with his family to Canada from Germany via the MV “Beaver-brae” in 1953, eventually settling in Coaldale, Alberta. Working the sug-ar beet fields, wrangling cattle for the Burn’s Ranch, partner-ing to create and operate “United Drywall” in Calgary and then “Yellowpoint Drywall” in Yellowpoint (where he settled for many years) were ways that dad showed that he cared for and always provided for his family. He was an exceedingly generous man and could always be counted on to help friends and family with good advice (he was a financial whiz!), a bottle of his homemade wine (raspberry was the best!) and even with the occasional loan or financial gift. In his latter years, he supported many causes with a particular fondness for Covenant house and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Dad and mom were able to travel the world often, including a year-long stint in Australia (family in tow) and many vaca-tions with good friends to Mexico, Hawaii, and Cuba.Despite all the happy times and hard work there were loss-es that affected dad particularly hard. In 1986, dad’s niece Debby Gutz was taken by cancer, in 1983 dad’s best friend, Jack Gutz passed away, and then in 2003, Emmy, the love of his life, passed away unexpectedly. He became ill but beat his lung cancer with stubbornness and sheer determination. However, dad was left with the aftereffects of treatment and his heartache over the passing of mom, from which he never seemed to fully recover. In 2007, other tragedy rocked dad’s world with the untimely passing of his granddaughter, Re-becca Seidel at age 13 and yet again in 2011 with the passing of his niece, Cheryl Newman. He carried on by doting on his other grandchildren Cassandra Seidel, Anthony Maslen, and Eric Maslen, whose football games he attended often and regularly. Dad is survived by his daughter Linda Maslen (Dwayne), his son Norman Seidel (Julie), his three newest grandchildren Briana, Cailin , and Skylar, his siblings Greta Moch (Gert, deceased), Charlotte Lukewich (Al, deceased), Heinz Seidel (Hanna), Horst Seidel (Sharron), Monika Seidel (deceased), Klaus Seidel (Peggy), and his beloved nieces and nephews. There are also many friends whom dad discovered at the German Club, through the I.O.F., through his businesses, and along the way, but certain ones were always at the house: mom’s brother Jack Gutz (deceased) who introduced dad to mom, Dagmar and Gunther Wichary (deceased), and too many more to count. Dad was a true social butterfly and was loved by all. The list would not be complete however with-out mentioning Chuck and Natalie Reinfelder, who were true friends to both mom and dad for decades, and who were with him through just about every crisis that he weathered, right to the very end.

As dad would roll his eyes and complain of their expense, in lieu of flowers, please support a charity of your choice or consider supporting a local children’s organization. Alter-nately, he would have loved it if you raised a glass of beer in his name!Memorial Service will be held Saturday January 9th at 11:30 a.m. at Telford’s of Nanaimo, 595 Townsite Road, Nanaimo, BC followed by a reception.

Condolences may be offered at www.telfordsladysmith.com

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Erskine, Dorine JocquelineSeptember 1932 - December 2015

Dorine passed away in the Co-wichan District Hospital on De-cember 25th, 2015.

Predeceased by her parents Julius and Irene Gourdeau; sisters Ju-lie Bruce, Albena Totzke and Lil Thompson; and broth-er Joe Gourdeau.

Survived by her husband of 61 years Robert Erskine; five chil-dren: Karen, Wayne, Laurie (Dan),

Kathy, and Janelle (Craig); eight grandchildren: David (Carissa), Tracy, Robyn (Brent), Dayna (Kevin), Tyler, Katelyn, Nathan and Zoe; great grandchildren: Brayden, Annika, Nolan and soon to be delivered great granddaugh-ter; brother Mel (Marion) Gourdeau, sister-in-law Geral-dine (Stan) Rukin, and special sponsored child from Zam-bia, Chabala Mumba.

Dorine was born in Spiritwood, SK on September 15, 1932. She made her way to Ladysmith in 1947 with her family and has resided here since then. Robert and Dorine were married on July 29, 1954.

Her interests were sewing, crafts, baking, quilting and gar-dening. She belonged to the Catholic Women’s League and St. Mary’s Sewing Club.

She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her hus-band, children,

grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Prayers were celebrated on December 30th, 2015 at Telford’s Funeral Chapel, 112 French Street, Lady-smith at 7:00 p.m.

Mass of the Christian Burial was held at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 1135 – 4th Avenue Ladysmith, B.C. at 11:00 a.m., Friday, Dec. 31. Father Mel Bayron Celebrant.

Interment Ladysmith Cemetery.

Mr. Robert Erskine and family would like to thank all their friends and the church community for their support extended to Dorine.



Dahl Howard ChurchAugust 5, 1948 - November 25, 2015

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere I go, you go)Goodbye to a wonderful friend, husband, brother, cousin, and son, but most importantly to a father who loved his daughter with all his heart and soul.

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Erskine, Dorine JocquelineSeptember 1932 - December 2015

Dorine passed away in the Co-wichan District Hospital on De-cember 25th, 2015.

Predeceased by her parents Julius and Irene Gourdeau; sisters Ju-lie Bruce, Albena Totzke and Lil Thompson; and broth-er Joe Gourdeau.

Survived by her husband of 61 years Robert Erskine; five chil-dren: Karen, Wayne, Laurie (Dan),

Kathy, and Janelle (Craig); eight grandchildren: David (Carissa), Tracy, Robyn (Brent), Dayna (Kevin), Tyler, Katelyn, Nathan and Zoe; great grandchildren: Brayden, Annika, Nolan and soon to be delivered great grand-daughter; brother Mel (Marion) Gourdeau, sister-in-law Geraldine (Stan) Rukin, and special sponsored child from Zambia, Chabala Mumba.

Dorine was born in Spiritwood, SK on September 15, 1932. She made her way to Ladysmith in 1947 with her family and has resided here since then. Robert and Dorine were married on July 29, 1954.

Her interests were sewing, crafts, baking, quilting and gardening. She belonged to the Catholic Women’s League and St. Mary’s Sewing Club.

She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her husband, children, grandchildren and great grandchil-dren.

Prayers were celebrated on December 30th, 2015 at Telford’s Funeral Chapel, 112 French Street, Lady-smith at 7:00 p.m.

Mass of the Christian Burial was held at St. Mary’s Ro-man Catholic Church, 1135 – 4th Avenue Ladysmith, B.C. at 11:00 a.m., Friday, Dec. 31. Father Mel Bay-ron Celebrant.

Interment Ladysmith Cemetery.

Mr. Robert Erskine and family would like to thank all their friends and the church community for their support extended to Dorine.



Seidel, Karl ErnstNovember 1, 1940 – December 31, 2015

It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our dad, Opa, brother, uncle, and friend to many. Surrounded by fami-ly and love until his very last breath, Karl left this world at age 75 after a life filled with travel, adventure, and hard work. Born during WWII, he emigrated with his family to Canada from Germany via the MV “Beaver-brae” in 1953, eventually settling in Coaldale, Alberta. Working the sug-ar beet fields, wrangling cattle for the Burn’s Ranch, partner-ing to create and operate “United Drywall” in Calgary and then “Yellowpoint Drywall” in Yellowpoint (where he settled for many years) were ways that dad showed that he cared for and always provided for his family. He was an exceedingly generous man and could always be counted on to help friends and family with good advice (he was a financial whiz!), a bottle of his homemade wine (raspberry was the best!) and even with the occasional loan or financial gift. In his latter years, he supported many causes with a particular fondness for Covenant house and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Dad and mom were able to travel the world often, including a year-long stint in Australia (family in tow) and many vaca-tions with good friends to Mexico, Hawaii, and Cuba.

Despite all the happy times and hard work there were loss-es that affected dad particularly hard. In 1986, dad’s niece Debby Gutz was taken by cancer, in 1983 dad’s best friend, Jack Gutz passed away, and then in 2003, Emmy, the love of his life, passed away unexpectedly. He became ill but beat his lung cancer with stubbornness and sheer determination. However, dad was left with the aftereffects of treatment and his heartache over the passing of mom, from which he never seemed to fully recover. In 2007, other tragedy rocked dad’s world with the untimely passing of his granddaughter, Re-becca Seidel at age 13 and yet again in 2011 with the passing of his niece, Cheryl Newman. He carried on by doting on his other grandchildren Cassandra Seidel, Anthony Maslen, and Eric Maslen, whose football games he attended often and regularly.

Dad is survived by his daughter Linda Maslen (Dwayne), his son Norman Seidel (Julie), his three newest grandchildren Briana, Cailin, and Skylar, his siblings Greta Moch (Gert, deceased), Charlotte Lukewich (Al, deceased), Heinz Seidel (Hanna), Horst Seidel (Sharron), Monika Seidel (deceased), Klaus Seidel (Peggy), and his beloved nieces and nephews. There are also many friends whom dad discovered at the German Club, through the I.O.F., through his businesses, and along the way, but certain ones were always at the house: mom’s brother Jack Gutz (deceased) who introduced dad to mom, Dagmar and Gunther Wichary (deceased), and too many more to count. Dad was a true social butterfly and was loved by all. The list would not be complete however with-out mentioning Chuck and Natalie Reinfelder, who were true friends to both mom and dad for decades, and who were with him through just about every crisis that he weathered, right to the very end.

As dad would roll his eyes and complain of their expense, in lieu of flowers, please support a charity of your choice or consider supporting a local children’s organization. Alter-nately, he would have loved it if you raised a glass of beer in his name!

Memorial Service will be held Saturday January 9th at 11:30 a.m. at Telford’s of Nanaimo, 595 Townsite Road, Nanaimo, BC followed by a reception.




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250-748-9216

Wishing all a Merry Christmas & Happy

New year!

Cedar Village Square2A-1834 Cedar Rd. 250-323-8688

Edgardo M. Montejo B.Sc Pharm. Pharmacist / Owner

For all your prescription needs • FREE Delivery

• Accu-Pak Bubble Packaging• Blood Pressure Monitoring • Immunization & Injections


Visit Our Showroom 428 - 1st Ave.250-924-0114www.esheating.ca

E & S HEATING &AIR CONDITIONING

Gas • Oil • ElectricAir Conditioners • Heat Pumps Furnaces • Boilers • Granby Oil Tanks

Let our expertise take care of your heating needs because “Winter’s a breeze when you don’t freeze”

250-616-8453

Journeyman Painter Lou Tromp

40+ years experience

RAINBOW PAINTINGINTERIOR & EXTERIOR

Call for a free estimate

322 High Street Ladysmith 1-250-210-8424www.ladysmiththaimassage.com

THAI YOGA MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY,

AROMATHERAPY, HERBAL BALL AND HOT STONES....

Gluay Hua-Nonmuang Thailand Certified

Instructor / Therapist

Changing Lives with the“ Power of Touch “

MASS GETHAI

ACADEMY

9-1156 Rocky Creek Rd, Ladysmith250-245-0077 • www.artofbrewing.com

Art Of BrewingHeritage Wines

“Your personal craft Winemaker/Brewer”

250-245-9922www.jbgroup.ca

NEW LOCATION Starting Monday December 14 1146 Rocky Creek Rd.

(250) 245-0356

DR. SUZANNE OTTERSONFamily Dentistry

121 Forward Road, Ladysmith







250-245-5213 www.aw.ca

12615 Trans Canada Hwy. Ladysmith

Dine InDrive Thru

250-245-4726 • 535 First Ave ladysmith

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS& HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Haul out on-site Boat Storage Boat Transportation

Full Service Marine Repair & Maintenance Storage for Vessels & Equipment

Aluminum Fabrication 40,000 lb Hydraulic Trailer

250-714-6206Downtown Ladysmith at Fishermans Wharf

Ladysmith Marine Services

FULL SERVICE MARINE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCEWOOD - STEEL - ALUMINUM & FIBERGLASS

D A Y L I N E R C L U B C A R C A F E

Saltair Station House • 10445 Chemainus Road

A DELIGHTFUL L ITTLE BISTRO

250-324-3777WWW.DAYLINERCAFE.COM

www.palmerleslie.ca

YOUR HOMETOWN ACCOUNTING FIRM

Best of the Season and a prosperous New Year to you

and yours!Alex E. Palmer, CPA, CA Duncan 250-748-1426

[email protected]

Tammy Leslie, CPA, CGA, CA Ladysmith 250-245-1429

[email protected]


• GE • FISHER & PAYKEL • IN HOME SERVICE• PARTS & SERVICE FOR ALL BRANDS • INSTALLS & DELIVERY


SALES - SERVICE

Friendly Service from your Local Expert!1-250-748-4368 • 460 Whistler St., Duncan

E & S hEating &air conditioning



LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CEDAR DUNCAN

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977

Visit us on the web www.the49th.com

3055 Oak Street1020 1st Avenue 1824 Cedar Road 550 Cairnsmore Street

250-246-3551250-245-3221 250-722-7010 250-748-2412

100% Locally Owned & Operated • We deliver! (See store for details)We reserve the right to limit quantities • Pictures for illustrative purposes only

Open Daily from 7:30 am - 9:00 pm

3DaySale

Friday, Saturday

& Sunday

January 8, 9, 10

3DaySale

100 - 199 grams, all varieties,Limit 4 total

98¢

Quaker Crispy Minis

RiceCakes

3DaySale

Fudge orTruffle

698ea.

6 Inch

ChocolateCakes

3DaySale

4 paksLimit 4 total

77¢

Hunt’sSnack PakPuddings

Try Our Fresh Made

SushiMade fresh EVERYDAY!

brightenany

dayGrab & Go

BouquetsFresh Everyday!

Bloooms Direct Line

250-245-3344Cedar, Ladysmith,

Chemainus, Duncan

SAVE99¢

SAVE99¢

Ladysmith Chronicle, January 05, 2016

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