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Beau Dick, ‘Namgis hereditary chief and artist, is backed by supporters while singing a blessing over a copper Saturday at the BC Ferries dock in Port McNeill. J.R. Rardon
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—page 9
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“Recognition of Excellence” Business Awards and Gala
Friday, March 1, 2013Acknowledge your local business and business/
community person this year at the Port McNeill
& District Chamber of Commerce annual Awards
evening. There are so many in our township
and district that are consistently serving us with
“excellence”. They deserved their moment in the
spotlight! They deserve the public appreciation
and recognition that your nomination can bring!
Nomination forms available online at www.
portmcneill.net (homepage), Port McNeill Flower
Shoppe, Timberland Sports Centre and the Port
McNeill Chamber of Commerce.
Categories are:Business of the Year
New Business of the Year
Professional Merit
Volunteer of the Year
Safety Award
Green Award
Senior of the Year
Customer Service Excellence
Public Safety
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”One of the finest blues guitarists and songwriters
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Telus commits to boost in broadband capacity
“We’ve been aware of the capacity crunch on North
Vancouver Island for some time ...”
Shawn Hall, Telus
In Memory
Ray LasotaA million times we’ll need you
A million times we’ll cryIf love alone could have saved you
You never would have died
In life we loved you dearlyIn death we love you still
In our hearts you hold a placeThat no one will ever fill
It broke our hearts to lose youBut you didn’t go alone
For part of us went with youThe day you were called home
We miss you.—Love your family
May 3, 1931 - February 3, 2006
Dr. David Baird would like to announce the transfer of his dental practice to Dr. Brian Bostrom as of
January 24th, 2013.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my patients for their support and dedication over the last 33 years. It has been a pleasure providing oral
heath care to the North Island.
I would encourage you to support Dr. Bostrom, and I will continue to work with him on a reduced work
schedule commencing in April or May.
Courtesy of Island Foodsyou receive a free pop
with every Just for You Placed in the Gazette!
GAZETTENORTH ISLAND
Still have photos at the Gazette
office from the Pet Contest.
Missing your pet photo?
Holding them until the end of
February, so come down and pick up
your photo.
Just for You
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Map of:Georgia Bay Foreshore andUpland(shown in bold black)Scale: 1:100,000Area: 13.2 Hectares
I N L E TB E L I Z E
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Gazette staffFollowing last sum-
mer’s series of aerial
magnetic surveys,
Geoscience BC has
released its results.
The survey was con-
ducted as part of the
Northern Vancouver
Island Exploration
Geoscience Project,
funded by Geoscience
BC and the Island
Coastal Economic
Trust, to provide an
overview of mining
potential on the North
Island.
“Our goal is to
increase mineral
exploration and attract
investment to northern
Vancouver Island and
I applaud Geoscience
BC and the Island
Coastal Economic
Trust for produc-
ing data to show the
North Island’s eco-
nomic potential,” said
Pat Bell, Minister of
Jobs, Tourism and
Skills Training and
Minister Responsible
for Labour.
The project was
developed to pro-
vide more data in
an area described by
Geoscience BC as
having a strong his-
tory of mineral explo-
ration and mining but
which is today under-
explored.
“The results released
today are the product
of an airborne mag-
netic survey, which
was flown in August
and September of 2012
by Geo Data Solutions
GDS. Inc.,” said ‘Lyn
Anglin, President and
CEO of Geoscience
BC. “This survey,
which maps variations
in the Earth’s magnetic
field strength, helps
geologists interpret the
geology and structure
of an area, and target
their exploration activ-
ities.”
Port Hardy Bev
Parnham described the
results as “very prom-
ising” and explained
that the next step
involves taking core
samples for geochemi-
cal analysis in order
to provide a clearer
picture of the region’s
mineral distribution.
“We’re hoping that
more geological work
will come to the North
Island,” she said, add-
ing that the potential
to create new jobs and
bring more people to
the area was some-
thing she was excited
about.
The geochemical
analysis is currently
being performed by
Noble Exploration
Services Ltd. and is
nearing completion,
with results expected
to be announced in the
near future.
“Porphyry copper
and related deposit
types of three distinct
and separate ages con-
taining copper, iron,
molybdenum, gold,
silver and/or rhenium
have been identified on
Northern Vancouver
Island,” said Jacques
Houle, President of
the Vancouver Island
Exploration Group.
“The Geoscience BC
geochemical and geo-
physical data releases
for Northern Vancouver
Island will help gener-
ate future mineral dis-
coveries in this under-
explored but highly
prospective area. “
For more informa-
tion on the project visit
Geoscience BC’s web
site at www.geosci-
encebc.com.
Geoscience BC releases mineral data
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VICTORIA – Cannon
will roar across the Inner
Harbour the morning of Feb.
12 to mark the opening of
the 2013 legislature session.
Lieutenant Governor
Judith Guichon will inspect
the troops and present her
inaugural Throne Speech,
setting out the B.C. Liberal
government’s goals for the
coming year.
This ritual will kick off
a legislative session that
is expected to run until
March 14, where the offi-
cial Parliamentary Calendar
shows a three-week break
for Easter. Debate is unlike-
ly to resume in April, as the
election campaign will be
in full roar by then.
This means there will be
a grand total of 19 sitting
days to push through a bud-
get and a raft of legisla-
tion. Here’s my unofficial
preview.
The pre-election budget
will be presented Feb. 19 by
Finance Minister Michael
de Jong. Premier Christy
Clark has decreed that it
must be balanced, and the
government has made extra
efforts to armour itself
against what will likely be
the loudest debate ahead.
First, de Jong held a pre-
budget meeting of the gov-
ernment’s blue-chip fore-
cast council in public. This
provided a visual record of
what happens every year,
when the finance ministry
solicits the same sort of
independent advice as most
competent democracies, and
bases its numbers on that.
Then the finance minis-
try hired former Bank of
Montreal chief economist
Tim O’Neill, who will act
as an unofficial version of
the parliamentary budget
officer in Ottawa. Now
that we have simultaneous
oversight of child welfare
and the police, the next step
is to extend it to finance
bureaucrats.
Regardless of party, the
government has to produce
a three-year set of forecasts
to replace the current one.
A lot of election energy
will go into competing
claims about who is better
at predicting the future.
Another new law to be
given high priority is one
setting up senate elections,
to be run in connection with
the May 14 provincial vote.
Alberta pioneered this, and
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper’s recent senate
appointments included
Calgary lawyer Doug Black,
who won an Alberta senate
election held last year.
Why would this senate
reform be so urgent for the
B.C. Liberals now? Well,
turnout for the 2009 elec-
tion fell to around 50 per
cent, a record low for a pro-
vincial vote. If that down-
ward trend is reversed this
year, it will be in large
part because people are
still mad enough about the
harmonized sales tax and
a range of other issues to
get off the couch and kick
some B.C. Liberal butt.
Electing senators remains
a popular notion, especially
with older, conservative-
minded voters who identi-
fied with the Reform Party.
The first-ever senate elec-
tion looks like the best avail-
able shot at boosting turn-
out among people who are
not likely to vote NDP, and
who may also be disengaged
from provincial politics.
The performance of the
governing party and the
opposition will be scruti-
nized as never before.
Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected].
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COMMENTARY
We’re not entirely sure why Telus Communications has picked this time to finally move on installing desperately needed fibre-optic wire to the North Island.
Indeed, we won’t be certain the company is actually moving until we see ground being bro-ken.
For years local officials have cajoled, pleaded and demanded action from Telus, which has a virtual monopoly on both high-speed internet and cellular phone access in the region.
But the Regional District and municipalities have not had the leverage to pry more than promises from the company.
Neither, it appears, was the ignominy of turning away new customers due to lack of bandwidth enough to shame Telus into laying new wire.
It’s possible the carrier has just discovered its humanitarian side and chosen to budget $10 million to benefit the North Island’s business prospects and residential users.
But we wonder if it hasn’t been gently pushed along by the arrival of rival Rogers Telecommunications onto the local cell scene. Or, perhaps, by Cape Scott Wind Farm owner GDF Suez, which is paying for its own fibre-optic line but has nothing to connect it to.
Whatever the reason, we welcome any effort that will connect the North Island to the 21st Century. Break out the backhoes.
Port McNeill’s
Legion Branch 281
and Broughton Curl-
ing Club combined to
put on a well-received
curling playdown.
North Island shoppers
have one less choice
for local footwear with
the closing of Bood’s
Bootery after 39 years
in Port Hardy.
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Question: Should next year’s Victor’s Secret show
expand and visit more communities?
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No54%
Is broadband logjam ending?
B.C. Viewswith Tom Fletcher
Stage set for B.C. senate election
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Construction debris litters the area near Airport Beach. The photo at right shows a table hockey game and a full bag of trash were dumped alongside the trail to Airport Beach recently.
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February 8Barbecue fundraiser at Overwaitea 10 a.m. -3 p.m.
Raising funds for the Rez Dogz floor hockey team. Come out and show your support for youth floor hockey.
February 11-28Soccer registration. Port Hardy: North Island Gazette-
Mon-Fri and Port McNeill: Timberland Sports. Cash or cheque only. Port Alice, Sointula and Alert Bay need volunteers to take registration or they will not be included in soccer.
February 12St. Columba’s Church hosts its Shrove Tuesday pan-
cake and sausage supper, 5-7 p.m., Port Hardy. Cost by donation to annual church fundraiser.
February 16North Island writers Garth Holden and Jon Taylor
appear in Writer’s Cafe event, 10:30 a.m., Port Hardy Library branch. No admission; all are welcome, and a Q&A with the authors will be available after the read-ings.
February 18Port Hardy Twinning Society hosts membership driv-
ing meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Hall. New member sign-ing and planning for this year’s August trip to Numata, Japan are among agenda items. New members and those interested in traveling to Japan welcome to attend. Info, Leslie at 250-949-6665 days or 250-949-2315 evenings, or Pat, 250-949-6488.
February 19Port Hardy Community Forum on the United Way
‘Better at Home’ program. 12- 2 p.m. at the Hardy Bay Seniors Centre. Local input sought on answering the question, ‘how can Better at Home best support local seniors to live independently?’ Refreshments and lunch provided. FMI contact [email protected].
February 23Reel North Island Film Festival presents The
Intouchables, 7:30 p.m., PHSS theatre. Rated PG; tick-ets $8.50 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Hosted by Grassroots Garden Society; info, 250-230-
Non-profit Tsakis FC hosts a flea market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at U’Gwamalis Hall, Fort Rupert. Tables $10 each, additional tables $5. Info, David McDougall at 250-949-8830 or 250-230-1772.
March 17th annual Social Gala and 2012 Business Awards,
Port McNeill Community Hall. Nomination deadline is Mon., Feb. 11. For info, visit www.portmcneill.net or email [email protected].
March 7Open house for prospective kindergarten students at
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week is held each February to educate the public on the relationship between dieting, body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. The goal is to increase awareness of the factors that cause people, particularly women, to develop eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.
It’s been over 13 years since a new weight-loss drug has come on the market. A new one was just OK’d in the U.S. It’s called Belviq and it works on a brain chemical that controls appetite. Weight-loss drugs have had a rather shaky history and it’s not sure how good this new one will be. The drug is still under review in Canada. It may be available to pharmacies within the year.
Losing weight is big business. However, there is no magic answer to the problem. To make weight-loss permanent, one must simply eat fewer calories or burn more calories. In fact, for better results, do both.
Research in Israel has produced a strain of marijuana that can ease pain and discomfort symptoms but without the part of the plant that makes people “high”. Perhaps this altered product might make access easier for those with chronic diseases like MS, Parkinson’s and post traumatic stress disorder.
There is so much occurring in the world of medications. We do our utmost to keep current on any new advances to enable us to serve you better.
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Relay for Life opens
early registrationGazette staffPORT HARDY—
Early bird registration
has begun for the 2013
Relay For Life in Port
Hardy, and discounts
and prize chances
await those who sign
up promptly.
The annual fund-
raising event to ben-
efit cancer research
and treatment will
be held May 25-26
at the Port Hardy
Secondary School
track. The round-the-
clock relay begins at
6 p.m. with a ceremo-
nial survivors lap and
continues through the
evening with partici-
pant teams circling
the track until 6 a.m.
At dusk partici-
pants light luminary
candles to pay trib-
ute to those who have
struggled with the
disease.
The early bird regis-
tration fee is $10 per
person until March 1,
2013. Afterward, the
fee will jump to $20
per person.
Each early entrant
will also receive one
entry into a draw
to win one of three
iPads sponsored by
Scotiabank.
You can register
online at www.can-
cer.ca by clicking on
British Columbia/
Yukon and following
the link to Relay for
Life.
You can also regis-
ter locally by calling
Sabrina Dent at 250-
949-3431 or 250-
949-8485.
Local proprietor retiresGazette staffBood’s Bootery,
the popular footwear
store in Port Hardy’s
Thunderbird Mall, has
closed its doors for the
final time.
The store has been
a fixture in the town
for 39 years but, with
retirement on the hori-
zon, former Mayor
Hank Bood has decided
to hang up his owner’s
apron and look to the
finer things in life.
The store has had a
busy final season as
locals snapped up pre-
closing bargains.
Bood’s family joined
him in Port Hardy for
the store’s final day,
and expressed mixed
emotions about seeing
the end of a business
that has been around
longer than many of
them.
Bood is looking for-
ward to a well-earned
vacation in the short-
term and after a little
rest and relaxation will
return to the Island
with plans to spend
some more time at the
curling rink.
Hank Bood (centre) and family gather in Bood’s Bootery in Port Hardy’s Thunderbird Mall last week for the store’s final day of business. A O’Toole
CorrectionThe review of the North Island Concert
Society show (Headwater at head of class,
Jan. 24) contained an incorrect date for the
society’s next event. The NICS will host the
Woody Holler Orchestra March 9 at the Civic
Centre, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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on deckTell us about items of interest to the sports community.
February 8Men’s hockey
A League: Warriors at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.
February 8-10Women’s hockey
Port McNeill Downpour tournament at Chilton Regional Arena. Friday 7-11:15 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-7:45 p.m.; Sunday finals 7:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Raffle table, concession, more.
February 9Rep hockey
North Island Eagles peewees host Alberni Valley in Tier 3 playoffs, 2:30 p.m., Port Hardy.
Men’s hockeyB League: Smokers vs. PH Oldtimers, 4:45 p.m., Port Hardy; Rookies vs. Whalers, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.
February 10Rep hockey
North Island Eagles midgets host Juan de Fuca in Tier 3 playoffs, noon, Port Hardy.
Men’s hockeyB League: Stars vs. PH Oldtimers, 5:15 p.m., Port Hardy; Rookies vs. Smokers, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy.
February 11-28Soccer Registration
Port McNeill-Timberland SportsPort Hardy-North Island GazetteMonday-FridayCash & cheques only.
February 15-17Curling
Broughton Curling Club’s annual mixed open bonspiel, Port McNeill. First draws 7 p.m. Friday, finals tentatively set for Sunday afternoon. Lounge, concession, prizes. Info, Nick, 250-956-2736.
February 16Minor Hockey
Port Alice Minor Hockey novice jamboree, 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Gazette staffForward Ethan Shaw
enjoyed a huge offensive
game, but it wasn’t quite
big enough to lift the North
Island Eagles midgets to vic-
tory in the opening game of
the Tier 3 Vancouver Island
North playoffs last week-
end.
Shaw scored all five Eagles
goals, but a big comeback
effort fell just short in a
6-5 road loss to the Alberni
Valley Bulldogs.
The midgets return to
action at home this weekend
in a must-win game against
Juan de Fuca. Puck drops at
noon at Don Cruickshank
Memorial Arena in Port
Hardy, with the winner
going on to the Vancouver
Island Hockey League Tier
3 semifinals.
Alberni Valley entered
Saturday’s game having
competed all season at the
Division I level, the highest
in the league. The Bulldogs
jumped to leads of 3-0 and
4-1, but the Eagles began
their rally on Shaw’s second
goal shortly before the mid-
game intermission, which
made it a 4-2 game.
Shaw and the hosts traded
two goals each over the lat-
ter half of the second period,
making it 6-4, before the
game turned defensive.
Alberni Valley did not
score again, and Shaw
scored off a Chad Bell assist
at 15:05 of the third period
to make it a one-goal game.
The loss forced the midg-
ets into a must-win game
Sunday against Juan de
Fuca, which suffered an 8-1
home loss to Alberni Valley
Sunday in the three-team
round-robin. The winner of
Sunday’s game will take the
North’s second seed into the
Island semifinals. Saanich,
Victoria and Sooke are the
three South Island teams
battling in the opposite
bracket.
Eric Kennelly had two
assists in Shaw’s scoring
spree Saturday. Chad Bell
and Malcolm Browne added
helpers in the loss.
Midget rally falls short in playoff opener
J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—
The Cowichan curl-
ing squad dispatched
Cloverdale in a one-sid-
ed final Sunday in the
BC/Yukon Command
Curling Playdowns
at Broughton Curling
Club.
But the winners
didn’t exactly lord
it up, as they’ll now
need some assistance
from their Peace Arch
Legion Chapter rivals
prior to the Canadian
Dominion champion-
ships in March.
Siblings Shannon
and Robbie Gallaugher
both curled for their
father, Duncan-based
skip Bob Gallaugher.
But the pair now live in
the Vancouver area and
train at the Richmond
club whose directors
include members of the
runner-up Cloverdale
rink.
“The kicker is, I’ve
got to go back to those
guys and ask for prac-
tice ice,” Shannon
Gallaugher said after
drawing handshakes
with an 8-1 lead
through seven ends
of Sunday’s final.
“And Rob (Dennis) is
the head chef at the
Richmond club. Now
it’s like, ‘oh, he’s going
to spit in my food.’”
With any luck,
Gallaugher will not
require the services of
a food tester before her
family rink travels to
represent the BC/Yukon
Command in the March
16-21 Royal Canadian
Legion curling finals
in Bloomfield Station,
PEI. It will mark the
second appearance for
the Cowichan rink,
which placed third in
the Dominion games in
2010.
Port McNeill’s
Legion Branch 281
and volunteers from
Broughton Curling
Club certainly left an
impression on the visi-
tors during their three-
day stay.
Friday’s opening
ceremonies included a
parade of athletes with
a full honour guard,
red serge-clad RCMP,
and a trio of bagpipers.
Curlers were welcomed
by zone commander
Bonnie West and Port
McNeill Mayor Gerry
Furney before Branch
281 president Grant
Anderson opened the
games.
Saturday featured a
skill competition, fol-
lowed by a banquet
for players, Broughton
Curling Club members
and their guests that
included live music
and a silent auction for
items donated by local
businesses.
“The community sup-
port has been outstand-
ing,” said Anderson.
“We didn’t get one ‘no’
answer from anybody
we talked to about
helping out.”
Sunday’s closing
ceremony brought
back the honour guard
and RCMP, and saw
both the winners
and runners-up from
Cloverdale receive
medals, small individ-
ual trophies, and sets
of paintings from local
artists Heather Brown
and Gordon Henschel.
“It was fantastic,”
Shannon Gallaugher
said of the weekend.
“You could tell the
community really pre-
pared for this event.
That’s the nice thing
about these small com-
munities that you miss
living in the city.”
Cowichan’s victo-
ry avenged an earlier
loss to Cloverdale in
the fourth draw, a loss
which sent Cowichan
into Saturday’s semifi-
nals against unbeaten
Ashcroft. But the rink
of the three Gallaughers
and lead James Turner
put away the Ashcroft
quartet, then grabbed
control early and never
let up in Sunday’s final.
The team earned
multiple-point steals
in the third, fourth and
seventh ends en route
to the win.
Maple Ridge claimed
third place in a coin
toss over Ashcroft.
Port McNeill’s
Branch 281 team of
Tim Chester, Paul
Bastarache, Chris
Walker and Scott
Mitchell, which was
thrown together for
the playdowns, did not
win a match during the
weekend.
Pomp and romp mark playdowns
James Turner and Robbie Gallaugher sweep a shot by teammate Shannon Gallaugher during the finals of the BC/Yukon Command curling playdowns Sunday at Broughton Curling Club in Port McNeill. Below, Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney is flanked by Cliff Slack and Grant Anderson of Port McNeill Legion Branch 281 during throwing of a cer-emonial first stone in Friday's opening ceremonies. J.R. Rardon
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If you know someone who should be the Athlete of the Week, phone the Gazette at 250-949-6225.
GRANT ANDERSONThe Port McNeill Royal Canadian Legion Branch 281
president directed and organized the BC/Yukon Command curling playdowns, drawing rave reviews from visiting
Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—Coming off its successful
hosting of the BC/Yukon Command Canadian
Legion curling playdowns, Broughton Curling
Club is putting out the call to all mixed rinks to
sign up for its annual Mixed Open Bonspiel.
The competition will be hosted Feb. 15-17 at
the Port McNeill club. Concession and lounge
will be open throughout, and a substantial
prize table will await the post-bonspiel awards
ceremony.
Curling begins with a 7 p.m. draw Friday.
Finals are tentatively set for noon Sunday.
To register a team or to get more info, call
Nick at 250-956-2736.
Broughton hosts mixed bonspiel
Gazette staffAfter getting off to
a rocky start in the
Vancouver Island Tier
3 hockey playoffs, the
North Island Eagles
peewees hope to turn
around their postseason
when they host Alberni
Valley Saturday at 2:30
p.m. at Cruickshank
Memorial Arena.
The peewees suffered
a 14-0 loss at Kerry
Park Saturday. The
Islanders had compet-
ed in Division 2 dur-
ing the regular season,
which the Eagles spent
playing in Division 4.
Kerry Park clinched
the top seed in the North
Division playoffs with
a 5-3 win over Alberni
Valley Sunday.
The winner of this
weekend’s game will
earn the No. 2 seed
from the North into the
Island Tier 3 semifinals
beginning the follow-
ing week.
TriathlonPORT HARDY—
The North Island
Triathlon Club has
resumed its winter
training schedule in
preparation for the
2013 season, and new
members are welcome
to join the activities at
the pool, on the trails
or on cycles.
No-cost group runs
take place twice each
week from the Civic
Centre, beginning
at 6:30 p.m. each
Monday and 5:15 p.m.
on Thursdays.
Swimming passes are
available to club par-
ticipants at $25 for 10
pool sessions. Sessions
are held from 6-7:30
p.m. each Thursday
and include length
swimming, hot tub,
sauna and free time
at the end. Note: kids
are welcome but must
be rated to swim at a
minimum of level 4.
Spinning sessions on
the bike are available
each Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
at Funtastic Gymnastics
and Trampoline Centre
in Storey’s Beach. Cost
is $6.50 per session on a
drop-in basis.
For more informa-
tion, contact Scott at
morhar18@hotmail.
com.
Peewees to host playoff contestSportsBriefs
Gazette staffPORT HARDY—
Both North Island
bantam sides can take
something away from
last weekend’s hockey
tourney at the Don
Cruickshank Memorial
Arena in Port Hardy.
After a three game,
round-robin stage on
Friday and Saturday
between eight teams,
Port Hardy faced off
against Powell River in
the seventh place game
on Sunday.
Save for a two minute
spell, the locals could
have won the game.
Port Hardy was the
better team in the
first period and took
a deserved lead when
Riley Nelson convert-
ed an assist from Jake
Heller with 9:01 on the
clock.
The locals then held
off the visitors and
looked fairly comfort-
able going into the
break.
The tide turned when
the puck dropped for
the second period, the
visitors scoring directly
from the face-off, lev-
eling the scores mere
seconds into play.
Thirty seconds later
they took the lead with
a lightning-quick attack
to put the locals on the
back foot.
Before the period
was two minutes old
Powell River added a
third as a speculative
flick forward took an
unfortunate deflec-
tion to find it’s way
past Port Hardy goalie
Sarah Case.
Port Hardy did its best
to fight back but was
hampered somewhat by
a series of penalties and
was unlucky once again
in the closing minutes
of the period as a long
shot found the back of
the net, Case unsight-
ed from the puck by a
screen of players.
Sage Hanuse pulled
one back for the home
side on a breakaway
effort in the third,
Clayton MacDonald
notching an assist, but
this ended the scoring.
The local players can
keep their heads up
after a fine display, the
4-2 score slightly mis-
leading as to how close
the game was.
Port McNeill’s side
took the ice for the
next game, playing the
Campbell River Eagles
after a draw with
Oceanside Steelers in
their opening game
earned them a slot in
the fifth place final.
The home side took
the lead after Cameron
Grant scored off a
Jaidyn Staniforth assist
in the first.
The visitors then
fired home a trio of
long-range efforts that
found their way into
the McNeill net before
adding a fourth on a
put-back to take a com-
manding lead at the end
of the first.
The home side came
out firing on all cyl-
inders in the second,
Staniforth grabbing an
early strike off Grant’s
assist as the home side
took the game to the
visitors.
The duo combined
again midway through
the period as Staniforth
added a second and
brought the McNeill
side back within one.
The visitors found
their feet again on a
power play late in the
period and made it 6-3
just before the buzzer.
In the third period the
visitors put the game
out of reach with two
more strikes, finishing
the scoring at 8-3.
The third place game
saw the Campbell
River Sabres beating
the Cowichan Valley
Flyers 3-0 before the
Oceanside Steelers beat
the crosstown Storm
4-3 in a shootout to
take top honours.
Bantams battle in tourney
Above: Port McNeill bantams' captain Jaidyn Staniforth leads by example, fighting for the puck from his knees under pressure from Campbell River Eagles players. Below: Port Hardy bantam goalie Sarah Case stops the puck from a Powell River shot during the teams' game last weekend. A O'Toole
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It’s our first BC Family Day
Monday, February 11, 2013
Celebrate!Enjoy time with your family
See what’s happening around BC, visit: www.bcfamilyday.ca
Linda Cochrane performs mock CPR on fallen Port McNeill Downpour teammate Boni Sharpe during the 2008 Downpour women's hockey tournament. J.R. Rardon
The Rez Dogz floor hockey team present Overwaitea's Craig Ferguson and Franco Magliocchi with jerseys as honorary members and a plaque thanking them for the store's support. The team will be holding a by-donation barbecue at the store tomorrow to raise funds to bring the youths to a tourney in Port Alberni. A O'Toole
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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—North
Island writer’s Garth
Holden and Jon Taylor will
be reading their award win-
ning short stories at the Port
Hardy Library on Saturday,
Feb. 16, at 10:30 a.m.
Holden, of Port Hardy, is a
self-taught writer and a full
time mental health worker.
His award winning stories
and essays have appeared
in numerous anthologies,
literary and science fiction
magazines.
Taylor, a retired fisher-
man, has been writing since
he was a child. Jon’s short
story Fifteen Miles South of
the Arctic Circle just won
first place at the Vancouver
Writer’s Fest. He lives on
Malcolm Island. In addi-
tion to his writing, Jon is an
accomplished musician and
wood carver. He is often in
demand as a teller of tales.
Following the reading,
the two authors will be
happy to answer questions
from the audience.
Everyone is welcome.
For more information con-
tact Indira Wickremasinghe
at 250-949-6661.
Port Hardy library hosts writers’ cafe
“An honourable and tolerant man”Born in Alberta, Andy grew up in Eastern
Canada and lived in several provinces and all over BC before nally settling on the North
Island.
He loved the outdoors and its pastimes, foremost among them, baseball, shing, bocce and beer. A game of cards with good friends after a tasty dinner was ne entertainment for Andy Brown.
He fought his nal battle with courage and dignity and will be truly missed by his many
friends and family.
Among family members left to mourn are his daughter Amber Brown, his partner Barb
McBride and her children to whom he was a great dad.
We will celebrate Andy’s life on Saturday, February 9 at 2pm at the Civic Centre.
Andy Glen BrownApril 5, 1952-February 1, 2013
With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Paul James Herrling. Left to be remembered by loving wife Lori, daughters Amanda, Jennifer and Tara (Jeremy), son Lance, grandchildren Payton and Kiah, mother Esther, mother-in-law Lorraine Earp, brothers Mike (Marg), Steven, Danny (June) in-laws Kerry (Sue), Robin (Krista), Lisa (Ron) and several aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Predeceased by Father Richard Herrling. Born and raised in Sooke, B.C. where he was known as the third brother of the famed “Birling Herrlings” he spent over twenty years performing with the Wickheim Timber shows all over the world. Paul went on to win Titles Senior Amateur World Champion and Canadian Champion of log birling. Pauls employment in the forestry industry led him to Port McNeill where he started a family. He later returned to his hometown where he continued as a logger while raising his teenage daughters. Paul enjoyed hunting and fi shing with family and long-time friend Shawn Pearson (Spoony). His humorous and social nature made everyone feel like a friend and kept us all laughing. A celebration of life will be held at 3pm Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Sooke Community Hall. Special thanks to the Sooke Hospice Society and VIHA. In Lieu of fl owers donations can be made to the Sooke Hospice Society.
PAUL JAMES HERRLING December 5,1958 - January 27, 2013
John Wilfrid BarréIt is with great sadness we announce the
passing of our dearest father, grandfather, great-grandfather John. He was predeceased
by his wife Francis in 1983.
He leaves behind his loving family, Lynda (Ken), Ron (Joanne), Jeannette (Dean), 10 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. A
Celebration of John’s life will be held at 2:00 pm on Feb. 9th at
1731 To no Pl., Comox, B.C.
Arrangements entrusted to Comox Valley Funeral Home, Courtenay, BC, 250-334-0707.�
Forest Stewardship Plan and Community Forest Open House
The North Island Community Forest LP has drafted a Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) covering the operating areas of the Community Forest. The proposed FSP covers areas on Northern Vancouver Island near Quatse Lake, Alice Lake and Marble River within the North Island – Central Coast Forest District and is now available for public review and comment.
This FSP proposes results and strategies that the NICF LP (the FSP “holder”) set out to manage for natural resource management values including those for cultural heritage, landscape level biodiversity, soils, fi sheries, water quality, aquatic habitats, stand level retention and visual quality.
This FSP is available for review and comment for a 60-day period, from February 7, 2013 until April 9, 2013. We wish to invite all members of the public, First Nations and all other stakeholders to review this FSP.
This advertisement serves as notice to all trappers, guide outfi tters and recreation operators that the North Island Community Forest LP propose forest operations within the areas shown and described on the FSP.
The FSP will be available for review at the following location during regular business hours. Please call ahead to ensure that a licensee representative will be available to meet with you.
Ministry of Forests, Range and Natural Resource Operations2217 Mine Road, Fort McNeill, BC
(250) 956-5000
Alternatively,
The North Island Community Forest Shareholders and Directorsare hosting an Open House
March 9, 2013 • 1 pm to 4 pm at 1775 Grenville Place, Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0
All are Welcome – food and refreshments available!
If you wish to make an appointment to view the amendment or neither of the above options is available to you, please contact the North Island Community Forest Directors at [email protected] or call 250 902-9604 to arrange another time and location.
Please submit all written comments prior to April 9, 2013 to the attention of:
North Island Community Forest LPP.O. Box 668, Port Hardy, BC, V0N 2P0
HISTORICAL ARMS Collec-tors Guns-Knives-Militaria An-tiques Show & Sale Saturday March 9, 9am-5pm, Sunday March 10, 9am-5pm. Heritage Park, 44140 Luckackuck Way, Chilliwack (exit 116 off Hwy 1) Buy-Sell-Swap. For info or ta-ble rentals Gordon 604-747-4704 Al 604-941-8489. Check our website www.HACSbc.ca
The 4th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the Ramada Convention Centre (36035 North Parallel Rd) in Abbotsford on February 7-9, 2013. Workshops, open forum discus-sions, networking opportunities and door prizes. Trade show admission is complimentary. Don’t miss the only wastewater trade show and convention in BC. Info at www.wcowma-bc.com.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThe Annual General
Meeting of The Owners’, Strata Plan No. 349,
Cedar Heights Mobile Home Park, will be held on Sunday, February 24,
NOTICE OF ABANDONMENTPursuant to BC Reg 26/81Abandonment Part Two of the Residential Tenancy Act no-tice is hereby given by land-lord Retire West Communities, Box 2, 5250 Beaver Harbour Rd, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0. Manufactured home, serial # 3035, currently stored at #59 Beaver Harbour Village Port Hardy will be sold on or after thirty days of this notice unless registered owners kelly McDo-nald take possession, estab-lish a right to possession or make application to the court to establish the right.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSPort Hardy meets every Wednesday & Saturday at the Upper Island Public Health Unit on Gray Street at 8pm. Sundays at the Salvation Army Lighthouse, 8635 Granville St., at 7pm.
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The Rotary Club CornerLeading up to 100 years of Rotary in BC, these spots highlight member profiles of the Rotary Club of Port Hardy
Rotary is a club combined of business
people, managers and professionals
that want to serve the local
and International communities.
If this interests you, contact
Sandra Masales at 250-949-7338.
Guess this week’s Rotary Trivia question and you are eligible to win a round of golf from Seven Hills Golf & Country Club. Submit your answer to [email protected] by Monday 5pm.
Question: Who is Paul Harris?
Sandy Grenier
Public Relations
Sandy is the publisher of the North Island Gazette. Joined Rotary October 2011. Married to Marc and has two children. Soccer, dancing and triathlons keep our family active. I was invited to come out and see if Rotary was for me and my family. It’s great being a part of a strong community minded group of people who work hard together to make the North Island a better place. Locally and Internationally. The Rotary Club is also a great way to connect and meet new people and as Public Relations help keep the community informed of our projects.
Robert Gagnon
Community Service
I was approached by Gene Cadwallader approximately 2 1/2 years ago. He said that he thought I would be a good fit in the Rotary Club. It meshed into my life without sacrificing time.
It is nice to be part of a group that is family and community minded. The fulfillment I get from giving to our community and spending time with our families is priceless.
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