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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe District of Port Hardy will be

looking into the possibility of repur-posing the old pool complex if it gets the go ahead from voters to build a new one.

At the Parks & Recreation Review Committee meeting March 19, Councillor Fred Robertson wondered if the district should look into whether or not that would be feasible.

Staff said the possibility could be considered during the first phase of work.

“Phase one is the conceptual phase to referendum,” said Chief Financial Officer Allison McCarrick.

From the survey and the first “sticky session” at the Civic Centre, the District received many suggestions on how to repurpose the old complex.

“As we move forward these, and many more suggestions, will be consid-ered with a cost attributed,” McCarrick said. The District has awarded Unitech Construction Management Ltd. as the Project/Construction Management Consultant for the new pool complex.

The community will be involved with the project management and architecture firms to provide input on the concept for the multiplex.

“These professionals will then draw up conceptual designs and costs for the designs,” she said.

Once everyone involved, including residents, businesses, First Nations, neighbouring North Island communi-ties and the Regional District of Mount Waddington areas, has the opportunity to contribute, one conceptual plan will go forward to a referendum to decide if this is a project the community sup-ports.

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Moorage rates set for summerBy Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe District of Port Hardy has approved moor-

age rates for 2016.At their regular meeting April 12, council

approved a bylaw introducing new fees for Bear Cove Recreation Site.

The District will charge $17.29 monthly per metre for charter boat operators; and $2.30 daily per metre for all other moorage. This is for reserved moorage which will be available from June 1 to Sept. 5.

According to Chief Administrative Officer Allison McCarrick, Harbour Authority

(Fisherman’s Wharf) moorage will be the same as Bear Cove which represents a two per cent increase from 2015.

Unreserved moorage at the Seagate Pier wharf is also $2.30 a day per metre, an increase of two per cent from 2015.

Power services, sani-pump stations, overnight parking and moorage for public vessels over 30 feet remain available at Fishermans Wharf through the Port Hardy Harbour Authority.

For more information pertaining to these ser-vices, please contact the Harbour Authority’s main office at 6600 Hardy Bay Road 250-949-6332.

Tax increase lower than expected

Gazette staffTaxes in the District of Port Hardy will not go

up quite as much as expected.At their regular meeting April 12, council

approved an increase in overall taxes of 3.68 per cent, due to a $53,000 increase in taxable man-aged forest assessment and $175,200 in residen-tial assessment.

The projected increase had been 3.71 per cent.Increases for commercial properties will vary,

because some are on a fixed rate and others are metered. However, the business multiple is lower than last year.

In 2016, the District is expecting to receive $1.43 million (52.93) per cent of its revenue from residential taxes; $1.1 million (40.88 per cent) from commercial taxes; $36,288 (1.34 per cent) from utilities; $110,617 (4.1 per cent) from light industrial; $14,420 (.53 per cent) from Managed Forest; and $5,979 (.22 per cent from recreation and non profits. Taxes are payable by 4:30 p.m. on July 4, 2016.

By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe District of Port Hardy is getting some

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approved replacing a cube van with another one for between $10,000 and $20,000.

“The van is used mostly for water and wastewater services. It carries tools, genera-tor, etc.,” said Chief Executive Officer Allison McCarrick. During the annual vehicle inspec-tion by the district’s staff mechanic, it was determined that due to excessive rust on the frame and rear axle that the cube van should be condemned. Staff looked into the cost of repairing the vehicle which was proven to be cost-prohibitive. The new van will be paid for using funds from the equipment reserve fund or through the Municipal Finance Association of BC. The MFA, created in 1970, provides long and short-term financing, investment manage-ment, leasing and other financial services to communities and public institutions in BC.

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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThere was plenty of salmon at the Port Hardy

Chamber Business Awards banquet held April 8.Salmon on the menu, salmon in the Quatse Fish

Hatchery, and a speech by BC Salmon Farmers’ Association Executive Director Jeremy Dunn.

Dunn explained the association has 41 members in BC, who produce 75,000 metric tonnes of fish each year.

“When you think about it, it’s a lot of fish,” Dunn said.

Seventy per cent of salmon is exported and 30 per cent is sold domestically.

In 2015, exports to the United States hit record numbers and in China the demand doubled from previous records.

Salmon farming is a global industry and while we may think we are big, we are actually the fourth largest producer in the world and only producing about three per cent of the total global supply

However, salmon is BC’s number one agricultural export (dairy is second) and puts $1.1 billion into the provincial economy.

Salmon farms provide stable, year-round jobs and 40 per cent of the economic impact is from Campbell River north.

“Port Hardy has the opportunity to be the centre of salmon farming in BC. That’s where the economy of BC is actually happening and growing,” Dunn said to spontaneous applause.

Salmon farming creates 2,400 direct, full-time positions and results in a total of 5,000 jobs in B.C. and the association members have 19 agreements in place with First Nations, covering 78 per cent of all salmon raised.

“Aquaculture was amongst the first (industries) to have shared partnerships with First Nations,” Dunn said.

BC has 109 salmon farm sites, with between 60 and 70 active at any given time, Dunn explained.

There are five farms in the North Island which are very productive and the salmon from here is desired around the world.

Dunn told the audience he was born in Tofino and believes that what happens in the ocean is important.

Towards this end, the association members have made a commitment to reducing antibiotics; show-ing greater transparency; focusing on the well-being of both farm-raised and wild fish; and developing a comprehensive program for monitoring sea lice on wild salmon.

Sea lice, Dunn said, are natural in the environ-ment and were present on wild salmon before fish farming began and research shows that farmed salmon are not having a negative impact on their wild relatives.

Members have access to one therapeutic method to treat sea lice called ‘SLICE’.

“The trigger is three motile lice per fish,” he said, adding SLICE is only administered under the advisement of a veterinarian.

Dunn said the members are committed to show-ing extreme diligence in contaminant management;

minimizing the use of copper-based anti-foulants; reducing their dependency on wild fish resources for protein and oil in salmon food diet; and increas-ing their engagement levels in research into under-standing wild Pacific salmon.

The members are also committed to fostering “a strong and vibrant workplace that supports local communities and local activities at the grassroots level,” Dunn said.

As part of this support, the members have donated over $600,000 and 15,000 pounds of fresh salmon to community organizations.

As to why Atlantic and not Pacific salmon are farmed, Dunn said Atlantic salmon is a farm animal, and Pacific salmon historically required a lot more antibiotics to raise.

And when it comes to improving on the product, “none of the farmers in BC support GMO (geneti-cally-modified) salmon.”

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B.C. NDP leader John Horgan distanced himself as best as he could from the federal party’s decision to dump mod-erate leader Thomas Mulcair and spend the next couple of years debating the far-left crackpottery known as the Leap Manifesto. “It’s a document that I don’t embrace personally,” Horgan told reporters at the legislature. “I believe there are elements in the document that make sense, and there are ele-ments that make no sense in British Columbia.

“So we won’t be proceeding under any Leap Manifesto in the next 12 months under my leadership.”

Horgan didn’t specify what part of the manifesto he likes. Presumably it’s not the part about tearing up Canada’s free trade agreements, converting food production to local agrar-ian collectives or unilaterally dismantling our energy industry and replacing it with community-owned windmills and solar panels. It can’t be the demand to stop all pipelines, because while the B.C. NDP doesn’t like oil, Horgan is in favour of natural gas exports to Asia. In general, that is. He’s now on record with the federal regulator that he’s against the Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG project with a terminal at Prince Rupert. The Leap Manifesto is the brainchild of anti-capitalist Toronto author Naomi Klein, with support from Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. Its campus-radical clueless-ness is perhaps best summed up by the format, which consists of 15 “demands.”

Here’s demand number six: “We want high-speed rail powered by just renewables and affordable public transit to unite every community in this country – in place of more cars, pipelines and exploding trains that endanger and divide us.”

This demand effectively declares all of rural Canada irrel-evant. By even considering it, the NDP risks doing the same.

Here’s number 11: “We must expand those sectors that are already low-carbon: caregiving, teaching, social work, the arts and public interest media.”

And how will “we” pay all these state-funded ballerinas and bloggers? Financial transaction taxes, increased resource royalties (until resource industries are killed off), a “progres-sive” carbon tax, and that old standby from the Occupy tent, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

It’s hard to tell now, but the NDP was created to give politi-cal power to industrial workers. Horgan was asked if the par-ty’s effort to win back industrial workers could be hampered by this potential lurch to the urban left.

“The difference between my hardhat and the premier’s hardhat is that my hardhat has union labels on it, and hers doesn’t,” Horgan replied. As this statement was being made, the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council was meeting in Victoria. Its president, Tom Sigurdson, would use that event to host B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers and blast Horgan for opposing Pacific Northwest LNG.

In the 2013 election, then-NDP leader Adrian Dix made a mid-campaign decision to come out against the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion. Since then the NDP has opposed construction of the Site C dam on the Peace River. Horgan is in favour of hydroelectric power, you understand. Just not this project at this time.

Perhaps the most stunning thing about the federal NDP’s fling with the Leap Manifesto was that it was staged in Edmonton. It came as a direct rejection of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who faces the grim reality of an oil and gas slump. Notley has promised a carbon tax and the end of coal-fired power generation, moves that no NDP government has proposed, much less implemented. Her own pretending-to-be-green party ignored and betrayed her. Horgan wandering around in a hardhat is looking like a tougher sell every day.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

I regularly talk about the fragility of our democracy and the impor-tance of our democratic institu-tions. The BC Liberals have no respect for them and instead of doing the important job of gov-erning on behalf of all British Columbians, they play petty, juve-nile political games.

We introduced two bills that will likely get no debate on the floor of the Legislature. Once again, we brought in a Poverty Reduction Act and we also tabled a Sustainable Wildlife Management Act. The former has targets and timelines to reduce the appalling level of poverty in BC. The latter is a comprehensive approach to managing fish, wildlife and habitat that has been severely degraded by 15 years of BC Liberal government. A great deal of the week was spent examining the BC Liberal’s budget and looking at their often reckless mismanagement of aspects of gov-ernment on which we all rely.

First on the list this week was the Ministry of Energy which gave us the opportunity to ask about the BC Liberal’s handling of BC Hydro which is effectively bankrupting this once proud public utility: from the plan to spend more than $8 billion on Site C for power we do not need to the demands from Christy Clark for the utility to pay huge annual dividends to the government. The impact of this is felt monthly in everyone’s skyrocketing hydro bills. And the impact is even harder in the North Island where people automatically end up paying the second, more expensive tier of billing because, except for wood, there are no alter-native power sources.

It’s been almost six months since we announced our Power BC plan which, working closely with communi-ties and First Nations, would develop small scale power production producing renewable power the province needs. Hydro should not be a luxury, but in a time of climate change it should be developed and used responsibly and in the best interest of the people of BC. That is most definitely not happening.

When it came to the estimates debate on education the issue of continuing downloading of expenses on school boards was core to our questions of the Minister. This has forced local school boards to make even more cuts because of the increased costs of hydro, of MSP and payrolls. The starving of our public education system of funding is going to have a long-term effect on the whole of BC.

But the money not being spent on essentials such as edu-cation is definitely being channeled into what can only be described as vanity projects, such as the $3.5 billion plan to replace the Massey Tunnel with a 10-lane bridge.

I’ve also been dealing with a constituency problem that’s arisen over the delivery of propane to fishing and logging camps, lodges, resorts and many homes along our coast-line. The company that usually delivers has temporarily lost its permit. I’ve written to the Federal Transportation Minister and I’m working with our MP, Rachel Blaney, to ensure that Transport Canada expedites a new permit to ensure businesses and families get the fuel on which they rely.

We are having a break week from the Legislature – but not from work. I have meetings planned in Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Gold River and of course Campbell River.

I can always be reached by phone in Campbell River on 250-287-5100 or Port Hardy on 250-949-9473, by email at [email protected]. Friend me on Facebook or follow me @clairetrevena on Twitter.


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By Tyson WhitneyReporterAce Hardware has moved into

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“Compared to our old location, we now have a total of 2,000 square feet more.”

Smyth said the new location was recently renovated by their land-lord, “and he did an excellent job on it. He put in energy efficient lighting all throughout the build-ing, put a brand new tiled floor in, all new wallboards, and he totally renovated the upstairs.”

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ing to Tru Value in 1992. Tru Value then changed to Tru Hardware in 2011, before finally becoming Ace Hardware “since July of 2015,” said Smyth, adding that the response from their customers who have come into the new store so far “has been amazing. They can’t believe what a lovely store we’ve got now and how much merchandise we’ve got, which we had before, but couldn’t display properly due to our location. We’ve also added a garden centre out front of the store to accompany springtime.”

Ace Hardware has also had to increase their staff, adding three new employees into the mix.

“We had four employees origi-nally, so we’ve got seven now,” said Smyth.

“Our staff has been with us for a long time, one of our full time employees has been here for 20 years now, so we must be doing something right.”

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Lauren Martineau, left, and Aileen Selby pack up books at the Port Hardy library’s tempo-rary location in the Thunderbird Mall. The library is moving back to their original location at 7110 Market Street and is now open for business.

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Equipped only with limited gear, their wil-derness experience, and cameras to self-document their jour-neys, these brave men and women are com-pletely separated from one another in harsh, unforgiving terrain. To survive, they must find food and water, build shelters and fend off predators.

They will face extreme isolation, psy-chological distress, and treacherous environ-mental conditions as they descend into the unknown.

Each episode of Alone features the nerve-wracking thrill of watching individuals face the fury of Mother Nature while plunging into a state of isolation unimaginable in today’s hyper-connected world. These participants must battle everything from territorial black bears and cougars, to punish-ing winds and incessant rain.

Determined to thrive in any environment, the survivalists display incredible ingenuity by building elaborate cre-ations such as a func-tioning stove, gravity-fed plumbing system, primitive weapons, boats, and more.


Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor PhotoGirls, Guitars and Guns

Karen Stewart, left, and Erika Missfeldt, from Port McNeill, make their last stand in front of the jailhouse at the 5th annual Diamond Dinner event at Seven Hill Golf Course Saturday evening. About 100 cowgirls, and one girl cow, attended the popular event.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe Alice in Action Society met with Port Alice

council at their meeting on Wednesday, March 13. Alice in Action members Pauline Steele and Susan Mohler were granted delegate status to introduce the society and give a brief overview of its objectives.

Mohler explained the Alice in Action Society has had “four meetings so far,” and one of their early decisions was to “incorporate as a non-profit society”, which required them to “create a constitution.”

The constitution includes:(a) To create, promote and enhance diversity

in economic and recreational opportunities for the growth and betterment of Port Alice and its residents.

(b) To seek grants and other financial support to bring economic and recreational initiatives to fruition.

(c) To encourage good will and involvement of

the wider community and to foster community spirit and civic pride.

Some of the ideas the society has for Port Alice include: developing, maintaining, enhancing and promoting area trails, possibly a new trail to the 2010 slide site; promoting and marketing Port Alice to newcomers including retirees, families, and possibly refugees; community garden proj-ects, possibly in collaboration with Sea View Elementary School; developing marketing and promotional materials including a website, com-prehensive real estate information, etc.

Tourism and small business development initia-tives are being explored as well.

The representatives also said society member Trish Weatherall is working on a logo for the group, their website is www.portalicelife.ca, they have a Facebook group called Alice in Action.

The group is “basically interested in fos-tering community spirit and getting people more involved in building a community,” said Steele.

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named, said she received a phone call on her land line from a man claim-ing to be from the American Express credit card centre. “He was asking me information about myself, my first name, last name, area code, postal code, etc.,” she said. “Then he said because of my wonderful payment history, I was being offered a special rate on my credit card of 2.9 per cent for the rest of my life.”

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The two-week spring break gave those of us in Grade 11 plenty of time to agonize over our futures, and hence, course selections for Grade 12, and beyond, towards our careers. Looking over the month I think March can be labelled the month to decide what to do after high school. Why? Because a two-week break (to live

out another spectre of life) followed a career fair. The career fair at our school followed one at North Island Secondary School in Port McNeill. The fair in Hardy took a new approach to what could normally be expected. Rather than booths fea-turing different jobs, technology was used to find people’s apti-tudes for certain jobs.

At the start: a line of ipads were set up to register students for a career profile (unfor-tunately this station dealt with tech diffi-culties throughout the day). Once inside, at the centre there was a 3-D printer (a show-case on future engi-neering) to form biode-gradable mini models. Surrounding this were zones where tests could be taken to narrow down the search for a job. Tests were used to cover a broader spec-trum by asking where a person’s interests and skills lied, after which it would list possible careers with their pro-file (tasks, salary, loca-tion, etc). It is hard to believe that after

another three months and one year, many of us will leave our homes. It is an excit-ing thought, but also filled with a certain apprehension. What will our future have in store for us? Looking at the older days, one has to conclude that life has become much more complex and complicated. Not one of the children who left school at that time in Grade 8 (that was

as long as they had to go) would go on to university. Instead, they all took up a trade: saw mill workers, por-celain factory appren-tice, furniture maker, carpenter, electrician, shoe maker, etc. - all basic trades. For this, they would get one day off per week to attend vocational school.

Compare our choices today! Trades school, technical school, col-leges, universities,

are our choices after we are expected to complete Grade 12. Instead of getting a weekly allowance as they would get in days gone by, we now have to pay for our educa-tion.

An aspiring dentist, may incur expenses as much, or more, as $60,000 per year for a dental education, so that by the time one is a graduate dentist (unless the parents

were rich enough) a student may have a huge debt accumu-lated. Then, there are the constant changes in technology where one can never be sure if certain job or pro-fession choices will be in demand by the time one graduates. We will simply do our best to succeed and then also try to change the sys-tem so that the system will serve us and not we the system.

PHSS by Maya Waldstein

Maya Waldstein PhotoThe career fair gave students the opportunity to find their aptitude for certain jobs.

Loads of options for graduating students

Gazette staffPort Hardy dancer Abigail

McCorquodale may only be 11, but she has had more than her share of accomplishments in the world of highland dancing.

She was recently in Kamloops to compete at the Western Canadian Open Championships and Premierships against many of the best highland dancers in Western Canada.

McCorquodale always faces stiff competition in BC, as her age group includes two past Canadian Champions, one of whom has also won two Scottish Open Championship titles.

The Western Canadian Open was the first Championship/Premiership of the highland dancing 2016 com-petitive season in BC. For each

event dancers compete in four danc-es with set steps.

In the Open Championship McCorquodale placed 3rd in the Highland Fling, and 4th in the Sword Dance, Seann Triubhas, and Reel for an overall placing of 3rd runner up.

On day two of competition in the Open Premiership, McCorquodale placed 3rd in the Highland Laddie, 1st in the Earl of Errol and Scottish Lilt, and 2nd in the Irish Jig, to win the Western Canadian Open Premiership title.

This is the third Premiership title that McCorquodale has won in her young dancing career. She studies highland dancing with the Team Charlton Highland Dancers and takes lessons from Teresa Charlton and Jen Barolet in Port Hardy and Port McNeill.

Submitted PhotoAbigail McCorquodale won a third Premiership title at the Western Canadian Open Champion-ships in Kamloops.

Premiership title for dancer

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www.northislandgazette.com Wednesday, April 20, 2016b2

Earth DayBy Patrick donaghyFor the GazetteToo often it seems that progress in dealing with environmental issues is dif-

ficult if not impossible. Headlines show that CO2 levels in the atmosphere continue to climb while iconic species face extinction through habitat loss. Yet scratch below the surface and good things are happening especially here on the North Island in the past decade. Ten years ago, the solid waste services in our communities were far less developed than they are now. Recycling was often absent in many of our smaller communities, curbside recycling was offered to a small minority of households and the range of materials accepted was lim-ited. Today most of our households have the bulk of their recycling collected every other week and sorting is significantly reduced. Communities as small as Quatsino and Winter Harbour have their own recycling depots. At larger depots such as 7 Mile Landfill, Sointula, Port Alice, Port Hardy, etc., the range of mate-rials you can recycle is huge. Whereas before recycling focused on paper and cardboard, today the list includes electronics, Styrofoam, light bulbs, etc.

Beyond recycling, the North Island has made some exciting progress. A decade ago, communities like Sointula and Quatsino did not have the opportu-nity to take their waste to the regional landfill, but rather took their garbage to illegal dumps. The Sointula dump has been a memory for over five years now and the Quatsino site will stop being used this year. As to 7 Mile Landfill, it now has a lined expansion that captures all leachate from garbage and redirects

it to a treatment system that breaks down toxins and removes metals so that the water released to the environment is safe.

Another initiative that the North Island is a leader in is using waste materi-als like biosolids from waste water treatment plants and wood from demolition projects to create an effective tool for getting rid of methane released from the landfill’s buried garage. Because of this destruction of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, the Regional District is classified as being ‘Carbon Neutral’ and our municipalities are very close to also achieving this status. All this progress has been accomplished in the past decade and it doesn’t include many other exciting projects.

The North Island is attacking aggressive invasive plants, capturing waste heat in a hockey arena so it can be redirected to the neighbouring high school to reduce hydro bills in the winter or hosting the construction of giant wind farm/run of the river projects. So what about the next 10 years? Your local govern-ments are considering projects that use solar energy, the possibility of organic kitchen waste collection or upgrading public buildings to make them more ener-gy efficient and comfortable.

The best thing North Islanders can do is stay in touch with your local govern-ment so you are aware of proposals and let your elected officials know that you appreciate the initiatives they are supporting to make the environment healthy for our kids and grandkids. While the future of our environment can be scary, let’s also cheer on our achievements.

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Maintaining beach cleanliness and being observant of the wildlife and habi-tats of these coastal communities is a consideration that should be present year-round - not just during the warm-weather season.

Analyzing beach surveys, samples collected at sea and estimates of the amount of trash entering the ocean, Marcus Eriksen, cofounder of the non-profit ocean advocacy group, 5 Gyres, calculated that there are 5.25 trillion

pieces of plastic debris in the world’s oceans. Reducing ocean debris comes down to being diligent about litter, both in seaside communities and in locales with no immediate ocean access where debris can find its way into waterways and/or sewer drains, ultimately ending up in oceans.

Opt for reusable items, such as coffee mugs and water bottles, rather than dis-posable items that go into the trash after a single use.

Keeping our beaches clean

Learn to fish responsiblyWarm weather has

arrived, and the wel-coming temperatures are once again beckon-ing people to the great outdoors. Fishing is a popular warm weather pastime, and it’s impor-tant to take an environ-mentally responsible approach when fishing.

According to “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them,” by Ted Danson, in just 55 years, humans have been able to eradicate about 90 per cent of the ocean’s top predators. These include animals like sharks, mar-lin, king mackerel, and bluefin tuna. Smaller species also are being wiped out at alarming rates because fishing nets capture far more than is intended, and today’s fishing vessels can zero in on large schools of fish relatively easily. Thanks to global positioning technol-ogy and sonar capabilities, there’s no longer too much surprise in the chase.

Commercial fishing may do the brunt of the damage, but amateurs also can contribute to the contamination of waterways and decimation of fish spe-cies. People of different cultures have fished sustainably for decades, and most anyone can follow their guidelines - and some others - to help keep ocean life healthy.

• Disturb wildlife as little as possible. When traveling into delicate ecosys-tems, such as those that primarily sur-round the water’s edge, do so with care. Operating a boat in shallow regions can chop up underwater vegetation or harm

fish that live in the shallows. Don’t remove crustaceans or take plants or other wildlife out of the area.

• Keep track of gear. Discarded or lost fishing gear can prove harmful to wildlife. It’s easy for fish or other marine animals to get tangled in fishing line and hooks that were left behind by fishermen. Sinkers and other weights may be mistaken for food and injure unsuspecting animals. Even animals like ducks and other birds can swallow fishing tackle, which can lead to illness or starvation. Don’t just abandon gear.

• Fish specific species at different times. Fishing specific species helps maintain different stocks of fish at various times of the year. Plus, you’ll help guarantee that one species will not be over-fished, potentially leading to underpopulation or extinction.

• Avoid the use of cast nets or drag-nets. Cast nets or dragnets can capture too many fish, including ones that you did not intend to take in.

Responsible fishing can help main-tain water ecosystems and protect the surrounding environment.

Earth DayApril 22, 2016

Protecting North Island ocean ecosystems today for generations to come.

www.livingoceans.org Photo: Lachlan Simpson

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A local company is doing its part to help the environment.Port McNeill’s Don and Helene Waugh started making Sea Soil in Port McNeill

about 20 years ago, making the decision to keep the ingredient as pure and simple as possible.

What they didn’t realize back then was that Sea Soil would become one of the bestselling gardening soil products in Canada.

Sea Soil creates garden and farm soil by composting a 50/50 mixture of fish by-product (waste) and forest fines (a logging industry term for bark and the organics that fall off of logs during the sorting process).

Sea Soil contains abundant amounts of macro-nutrients, micronutrients and trace elements to produce healthy plants with good growth, strong roots and scores of bright coloured blossoms without the need for additional commercial fertilizer.

Sea Soil has a weed-free status - meaning it will not bring weeds into your gar-den unlike many other soils like those composted with manure.

Sea Soil increases organic content, is chemical-free and retains moisture and can be used in pots, containers and gardens.

Sea Soil is also a value-added solution to responsibly recycling two waste streams. They do not harvest any of their ingredients by excavating from the earth or harvesting fish from the ocean.

As a result, Sea Soil is an environmentally-sound and organic product that is safe to use anywhere you would grow plants.

Sea Soil was the winner of the 2003 and 2004 “Best organic ecological prod-

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how Sea Soil is made

Sea Soil is the “fine wine” of organic compos-ted soils because it is composted for two years in the company’s EPIC (Evolving Practices In C o m p o s t i n g ) System. The EPIC System “jump starts” the com-posting procedure by using the heat already produced by maturing compost to naturally generate the heat needed to give Sea Soil (and micro organisms) a great start.

The company monitors temperatures and aerates their soil to make sure that the micro organisms keep composting efficiently over the next two years. Sea Soil is approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) for use in organic growing.

Earth DayLocal company recycles waste into soil

Lawn and garden enthusiasts are often on the lookout for new trends that can make their lawns and gardens healthier and more robust. One trend that has gained considerable popularity in recent years is the move toward greenscaping which can improve the health and appear-ance of lawns and gardens while protect-ing and preserving the planet’s natural resources.

Why greenscape?While the opportunity to protect and

preserve natural resources is reason enough for many lawn and garden enthu-siasts to embrace greenscaping, there are additional benefits to turning a landscape into a greenscape. Greenscaping pro-motes the planting of native plants, which are already accustomed to local climates and therefore do not require as much time and effort to care for than non-native plants. And homeowners who plant non-native plants can expect to spend money to ensure they survive. So non-native plants can waste water and also cost homeowners time and money.

How can I greenscape?Planting native plants is just one ele-

ment of greenscaping. The following are a handful of additional ways men and women with green thumbs can turn their properties into healthy greenscapes.

• Build and maintain healthy soil. A single teaspoon of healthy soil contains

roughly four billion organisms. These organisms help create a loose soil struc-ture that promotes strong, healthy roots. In addition, healthy soil recycles nutri-ents for plants while protecting them from certain pests and diseases. Another way to build healthy soil is to add com-post when mixing top soil for new garden beds or plants. Among its many benefits, compost can help soil retain nutrients and water.

• Water effectively. Lawns and gar-dens need water to thrive, but overwa-tering can be just as harmful to lawns as drought. Make a list of the types of plants (including the types of grass) in your yard, and then do your homework to determine how much water each plant needs. Avoid watering in mid-day, when summertime temperatures are typically at their hottest and water is likely to evapo-rate. In addition, watering in the evening may encourage the growth of mold or disease, so water in the early morning.

• Practise “grasscycling.” When mow-ing the grass, leave clippings on the lawn (though not in large piles dumped from buckets attached to the mower).

It’s a misconception that grass clip-pings contribute to the buildup of thatch that blocks water from getting to the soil. In fact, when clippings are left on the lawn, the soil recycles the clippings into fertilizer.

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behaviors can be detrimental to environmental health.

You may understand the basics about over-flowing landfills, waste washing up on beach-es or global climate change, but you may not be aware of the specifics regarding these issues and others. The following are some enlightening facts about the environment, courtesy of EarthEcho International and Solar Energy World.

1. Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for three hours.

2. Around 25,000 trees are cut down each day just to produce toilet paper.

3. Approximately five million tons of oil

produced in the world each year ends up in the ocean.

4. Seventy-eight percent of marine mam-mals are threatened by accidental deaths, such as getting caught in fishing nets.

5. A glass bottle can take 4,000 years to decompose.

6. Rainforests are being cut down at a rate of 100 acres per minute.

7. The United States is the No. 1 trash-producing country in the world.

8. Ford Motor Company has said that 75 per cent of every vehicle is recyclable.

9. If the entire world lived like the average American, we’d need five planets to provide enough resources.

Though urban areas may not be in close proximity to beaches, lakes or streams, stormwater from such areas is one of the pri-mary ways that pollutants are delivered to major bodies of water. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, high stormwater flow can send untreated sewage into our waters, including our oceans.

Stormwater from urban areas also may be responsible for deliv-ering heavy metals, pathogens (bacteria, viruses or other micro-organisms that can cause disease) and sediment into our waters. Eco-friendly infrastructure can reduce and treat stormwater at its source, preventing many of the environmental problems associ-ated with stormwater runoff.

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Earth DayThere are many ways to take action on protecting and pre-

serving our natural environment. It is important to recognize that every effort counts, big or small. Many of the tips below will help protect our environment and save you money too!earthTrees are essential to the planet and to humans. Plant a

tree and reap the many benefits!Get a green bin and start collecting organic waste.Avoid waste by using reusable cloths and rags instead of

paper towels to clean.Instead of using chemicals and paper towels to wash your

windows, try 125 ml vinegar (1/2 cup) and 1 L water (4 cups) and a squeegee.

Have a garage sale to help recycle your unwanted items. Someone’s trash is another’s treasure.

Just because you throw something away does not mean that it is gone for good. You have only just moved it to a landfill. So instead of throwing something in the garbage, recycle it!

Donate electronic equipment to specific recycling groups

or recycle them. This will help reduce pressure on landfills.When boating, avoid stirring up bottom sediment with

propellers. Keep personal watercraft out of shallow areas that are critical habitat for spawning fish, aquatic plants and aquatic invertebrates.energyYour appliances need a tune-up too; clean all filters and

coils.Use your window coverings to help warm or cool your

house.Make your home more energy-efficient through improved

insulation, caulking and weather-stripping. Install and use a programmable thermostat. For every 1C

you lower your thermostat, you can save 2% on your heat-ing bill. A reduction of 3C at night and when you are away during the day provides optimal savings and can reduce your greenhouse gas emissions by half a tonne.

When not using devices that have a “phantom load” unplug them, or plug them into a power bar and turn that off.

Hang your clothes to dry. The lint collected from the dryer’s filter: that’s your clothes slowly disintegrating!AirUse potpourri instead of aerosol-based sprays.Compost your leaves and brush. Burning them will

increase carbon dioxide emissions.Do not blow your leaves - rake them instead. WaterUse a broom rather than a water hose to clean walkways,

driveways and sidewalks.Collect and use your rainwater for your lawn and plants.

It is free and better for your plants.Avoid cleaners containing phosphates. When they get into

rivers and lakes they cause algae blooms, robbing the water of oxygen and ultimately killing aquatic life.

Fix that leaking hose and dripping nozzle. It will help keep your shoes and shirt dry and save water.

Install water-saving showerheads.Do not run the water running when you brush your teeth,

shave, wash dishes or clean vegetables.

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Earth DayRepurposing salvaged wood is a pop-

ular trend in the home improvement industry. Not only can using salvaged wood give a home a one-of-a-kind look, but it’s a handy way to incorporate the three Rs of green living into your life-style: reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reclaimed wood is often used in floor-ing, beams, wall treatments, and doors, but it also can be turned into furniture or home accent items. Reclaimed wood adds warmth and historical interest to a home’s decor that newer materials may lack.

Although finding wood that can be salvaged takes time and some legwork, such efforts can quickly pay off. Many businesses are now devoted to reclaimed timber, which can help make the process of finding and using salvaged wood even easier.

Homeowners considering reclaimed wood may be interested to learn that such wood can serve various functions aside from benefitting the planet.

• Match old-growth wood. It can be challenging to match old wood in a home, particularly if you’re looking to maintain historical value and authentic-ity. Salvaged wood items can alleviate this concern, ensuring that you can find rare woods that are no longer available brand new.

• Salvaged wood has character. It’s difficult to mimic the natural age marks and character that older wood may have. Instead of being raised on farms, wood harvested decades ago probably grew in natural environments, making the wood both durable and strong. The colour and grain of salvaged wood may also be unique.

• Look at objects in a new way. Doors are versatile pieces of reclaimed lumber because they’re already flat and rather large. Doors can be turned into head-boards, tables or benches. Staircase or porch posts can be turned into candle-stick holders, and wood shutters can dress up walls and provide a place to hang artwork.

• Reclaimed wood can be found every-where. Most people do not have to look too far to find wood they can salvage. Check salvage yards, landfills, dump-sters in front of older homes being reno-vated, or older, unused barns in rural settings. You also can collect driftwood or discarded shipping crates.

The Internet is awash with ideas for putting salvaged wood to use. Get inspired and then find the pieces that will fit your project.

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Maintaining beach cleanliness and being observant of the wildlife and habi-tats of these coastal communities is a consideration that should be present year-round - not just during the warm-weather season.

Analyzing beach surveys, samples col-lected at sea and estimates of the amount of trash entering the ocean, Marcus Eriksen, cofounder of the nonprofit ocean advocacy group, 5 Gyres, calcu-lated that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the world’s oceans.

Reducing ocean debris comes down to being diligent about litter, both in seaside communities and in locales with no immediate ocean access where debris can find its way into waterways and/or sewer drains, ultimately ending up in oceans.

Opt for reusable items, such as coffee mugs and water bottles, rather than dis-posable items that go into the trash after a single use.


Earth DayKeeping beaches clean

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a swirling vortex of waste and debris in the Pacific Ocean. This area is twice the size of the continental US and is believed to hold almost 100 million tons of garbage.

• 84 per cent of all household waste can be recycled.

• 40 per cent of our waterways are undrinkable.

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April is Poetry month at your North Island Libraries. Drop in and participate at your local library. Try out “Black Out” or share your favourite limericks, poems, logger sonnets or fishing ballads with us!

April 19 – 23Free fun for kids at the Sointula Public Library with

“Creative Captions”. All ages come and share your best caption ideas for our silly Creatures of the Earth. Drop in.

April 20Earth Day Recycleapalooza at Port McNeill Library,

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Drop in and create some cool crafts from recycled materials. Ages 3 – 12 years.

April 20Screening of movie Forks over Knives, 6:30 p.m. to

9:30 p.m., 4680 Byng Road, Port Hardy, All ages, FREE. Contact Kristina at longevitysdagmail.com or 250-230-4163.

April 22Dancestreams, Vancouver Island’s premier pre-profes-

sional youth dance company, 7 p.m.

April 22 Earth Day in Woss, means the Kids are at the Woss

Public Library! Kids come and join us in our Earth Day activities and crafts from 1 to 5 p.m.

April 22-2416th Annual Spring Bird Count in Sointula! Join us

on April 23 at 1:30 p.m. at the Old Athletic Hall to hear Dr. David Bird tell us all about ‘How Birds Do It.’ Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about bird sex, but were afraid to ask! Sunday, April 24, grab your hat and get your binoculars, leave your worries far behind you, and join us at 9 a.m. in front of the Sointula Co-op Store for the 16th Annual Spring Bird Count.

April 23Dancestreams Youth Dance Company will be perform-

ing in Sointula at 3 p.m.

April 28 Join the North Island Writers at the Port Hardy Public

Library Thursday, April 28th from 6 – 8 p.m. All aspir-ing and seasoned writers are invited. It’s always a fun and supportive group.

April 29Spring into Song, St. Columba’s Anglican/United

Church, 7 p.m.

April 29Come to our Food Event! In celebration of Earth Day,

we’re holding a local sustainable food event at the Port Hardy Public Library on April 29. Plan to attend for fun activities, video and food. All ages welcome! An initia-tive between Grassroots Learning Centre & Forest Farm and Vancouver Island Regional Library.

April 30Port McNeill Rotary is holding a Spring Fling Gala

to “Build The Wall”. This event is a fund-raiser to raise funds for a climbing wall located in NISS and will be held in the NISS gymnasium. Doors open at 5:30, dinner starts at 6:30. All proceeds go to the Climbing Wall. For further information call Shelley at 250-949-1064.

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At 4 p.m. the Port Hardy Legion will conduct a Memorial Service to honour the men and women who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic which was the lon-gest campaign of WW 11.

May 14 Port McNeill Lions Club is hosting is annual Action

Auction. Doors open at 6 p.m. Auction starts at 7 p.m. All items are new, there will be concession ad refresh-ments. For more info please call 250-956-4394.

May 149 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Berry good) Pancake Breakfast and

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May 14 – June 18Short Story Writing with Garth Holden at Port McNeill

Public Library. Saturdays from 11:45 – 1:45 p.m. All skill levels welcome. Please drop in.

May 28 6 p.m. to Midnight, Relay for Life, Rock out to Knock

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The 2016/2017 board of directors for the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce (from left to right): Treasurer Annie LeBlanc; President Gaby Wickstrom; Directors - Lynn Iskra, Doug Brown, Shelley Frost & Michelle Alfred, Vice President - Damaris Sadler and Mayor Shirley Ack-land. Mayor Ackland performed the swearing in ceremony at the Chamber’s first executive meeting held April 14. Missing from photo: Secretary - Jessica McLaughlin, and Directors - Chris Stewart and Chris Sharpe.

by Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe process to close Woss

Lake Elementary School is now complete.

At their meeting April 11, the School District No. 85 board gave third and final reading, unanimously, to the bylaw which will see the facility close effective June 30, 2016.

The issue is there are only four students registered for the 2016/17 school year.

It costs in the neighbourhood of $180,000 to run the school.

The financial break-even point is seven students.

At that point, money allo-cated for other schools needs to be used to make up the shortfall.

“The Board has expressed its commitment to re-open a facil-ity in the community if suf-ficient numbers are reached. The Board continues to point to ‘seven’ students as that num-ber,” said School District #85 Superintendent of Schools Scott Benwell.

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By Tyson WhitneyReporterAt the year-end hockey awards banquet April 5

for the Tri-Port Female Program, Coach Andrew Laming was presented with a personalized piece of art, created by local artist Jeremy Browne, from the entire Wild team to commemorate how much his efforts were appreciated by them and their families this past season.

Laming said he’s been dedicated to coaching hockey “for the last 10 years straight now. Once my kids started playing, I’ve pretty much been coaching ever since.”

After doing a little bit of figure skating as a young child, Laming grew up playing minor hockey in Port Hardy. He represented the North Island in the Rep league and then went on to play four years of Junior hockey for the Victoria Cougars. In his fifth and final season, 1994-1995, he played for the Prince George Cougars and racked up 22 points in 48 games. After his hockey career ended, he transitioned into coach-ing the sport and has since coached many local Tri-Port teams, ranging from first year Peanuts, to Novice, to Atom and Peewee Rep as well.

This was Laming’s first time coaching a girls’ hockey program specifically, and “every season you get some good stuff and some bad stuff. This season though, there was nothing bad about it at all. Everything was great and it was an all around amaz-ing experience,” said Laming.

When it comes to coaching girls compared to the boys, he said, “there’s not much difference at all. The girls have the same drive and want to win just as badly as the boys do.”

Once there were enough girls registered to form a team for the 2015/2016 season, Laming was approached by the players and their parents to coach and he had zero hesitations when it came time to step up and take on the task.

“I had expectations for them right from the start,” said Laming. “I wanted them to work hard, show up, and represent the team well. Every single one of them bought into the system, which is to play hard and have fun, and they really did. Everyone on the

team believed they could achieve great results, and it showed by the end of the season. You gotta find a way to get through to every kid, otherwise what are you coaching for?”

At the start of the season, the Wild just wanted to win enough games to qualify for the four-team playoffs in Parksville, but once they’d played a few games, they saw they had “quite a bit of success” and it was then the Wild knew they were “capable of competing and winning against every team in the league,” said Laming.

From the start of the season to the end of the season, he said “the improvement was 100 per cent for some of the girls who were newer to the sport, but overall every player improved a ton and most importantly had fun.”

The Wild ended their first season with a 2nd place finish in the female midget league standings, posting an 8-3-1 record with 48 goals for and only 27 goals against. The year-end statistics clearly showed “all the hard work they’d put in and I couldn’t be more proud of what they’ve achieved,” said Laming. As far as the Wild’s semi-final’s playoff game March 5 in Parksville, it was “a very close game,” he said. “We had some sick players, and they really battled through all the adversity and tried their hardest to win in spite of the odds against them.”

Laming said he was also incredibly proud to see that throughout the entire season, no matter what happened, “the team got along great and included each other in everything. I’ve never seen any team do that as well as they did.”

While he doesn’t have one particular favourite moment from the season, “getting to see the girls improve and come together and support one anoth-er” is what really stood out to Laming as the most as a lasting memory of the Tri-Port Wild’s first official year as a team.

Player awards given out at the banquet were as follows:

Most Valuable Player - Avary Miller. Most Sportsmanlike Player - Bre-Anna Henderson.Most Improved Player - Crystal Tapp.Esso Medallions Most Dedicated Player - Madison

Van Will.Esso Medallions Most Sportsmanlike Player -

Tyanna Laming.Esso Medallions Most Improved Player - Kaitlyn

Wilson.Special ‘Digger’ Award - Taylor Ranger.


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April 24Port Alice Fish &

Wildlife Association Fun Shoot and Cookout at 11 a.m. at the range.

April 29-May 1Mud Bowl, Port

McNeill, weekend soccer tournament featuring teams from all of the North Island communities.

May 1Seven Hills Golf

Club Annual General Meeting followed by a nine-hole scramble at noon.

May 28 6 p.m. to Midnight,

Relay for Life, Rock out to Knock out Cancer theme. Register online at www.relayforlife.ca, call Sabrina @ 250-949-8485 or come see her at the Scotia Bank in Port Hardy

June 16-1957 Annual June

Sports First Nation Soccer Tournament, Salmon Prince & Princess Pageant, Parade, Crowning of Salmon Prince & Princess, Kids races etc. in Alert Bay. For more informa-tion contact 250-974-5556.

June 27-July 1Excell Hockey

School Port McNeill Camp will run from June 27 to July 01, 2016.

Early Bird Discount of $299 if booked by May 15, 2016. Registration forms can be found at Timberland Sports.

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SPORTS & RECREATIONWild hockey success celebrated

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At the Tri-Port Female Program’s year-end hockey awards banquet, Andrew Laming was presented with a very unique piece of art by the entire Tri-Port Wild team for his efforts coaching them this year.

SubmittedThe VIPL Riptide, sponsored by Marine Harvest,

are pleased to announce the success of our recent trip to Port Hardy to run a one-day soccer camp for youth soccer players ages U6-U18 as well as com-munity level coaches. The day was well attended with over 130 players and 20 coaches from the local soccer community. The day was well organized and the weather was fantastic.

“It truly is a pleasure to see the passion for the game alive and well in the community. In fact, the largest numbers of participants came from the youngest age groups, which is very inspiring. The young soccer players were well supported by a fantastic set of parents who stepped right in to help increase the learning curve with the U6-U8 play-ers. It was also an honour to have the local Riptide players involved in the day camp as mentor coaches - connecting with their community on a personal level and serving as role models for the next genera-tion of local players,” said Camp Coordinator and VIPL Riptide Soccer Development Coordinator Shel Brodsgaard.

The coaching staff included several of the Riptide staff coaches: Shel Brodsgaard, Stephen Hall and

Sean Arbour. “We were also very pleased to include players who have graduated from the Riptide to the VIU Men’s team: Taylor Arbour and Karson Kroetch. For some, the highlight of the day was the goalkeeper development provided by Alex Jones, who has become a local legend now known as ‘Alex the Goalie!’ thanks to his efforts influencing youth of all ages about the position of goalkeeper,” Brodsgaard said.

“Thank you to School District #85 for the use of the field, the multi purpose room for the coaches clinic, and also the Kawatsi Economic Development Corporation for sponsoring the Pier Side Hotel rooms Friday night for the Riptide coaches.

“The success of the camp could not have been

enjoyed if not for the efforts of Scott Harris and Sandy Grenier. These two were influential in mak-ing all of the local arrangements, promoting and organizing the opportunity. The VIPL Riptide are grateful for the support of Marine Harvest who made this opportunity possible and we all look for-ward to next year.”

Tyson Whitney PhotoBryce Walkus traded in his goalie pads for goalie gloves at the Marine Harvest Riptide’s Training Camp on Saturday, April 9 at the Port Hardy Secondary School soccer pitch.

Over 130 players take advantage of soccer clinic

By Tyson WhitneyReporterRon Burrell ,

Owner of Captain Ron’s Fishing in Port McNeill, has been riding and rac-ing horses his whole life. “I rode my first horse on a farm in S a s k a t c h e w a n , ” Burrell said in an interview via email.

“It was a rather large work horse where I would put some feed on the ground, and when he put his head down I climbed up his neck and rode around the farm. Soon enough I got to the point where standing on his back was easy to do.”

Burrell was hooked from that point on. He left home at the age of 14 and went to Edmonton, Alberta where between Edmonton and Calgary there was “horse racing nine months a year. Being a little fella myself, I saw jockeys were small like I was, and I knew I wanted that life.”

Burrell started cleaning stalls, which was the bottom of the barrel, for around six months before he finally got to ride a Thoroughbred.

“It was like riding a stick of dynamite that

could blow up at any point,” Burrell said, adding that “within a few months I became a gallop boy who just galloped the horses as they trained.”

After riding many different horses from various stables at Northlands Park in Edmonton for a couple years, Burrell learned how to leave the starting gate.

“When I passed the working tests, I received an appren-tice licence, which means anyone that rides as an apprentice gets 10 pounds off the weight assigned to the horse. After 10 rides it changes to a five-pound weight allowance. That is the benefit for riding as a bug boy. I had that weight allowance for one full year.”

After his appren-ticeship ended, Burrell competed as a journeyman rider where he had an agent hustling to book him mounts. The agent “got 25 per cent off the top,” said Burrell.

As the years passed on by, Burrell rode in many big races, with the most well known being the Canadian Derby, which back then was for a $100,000 purse, but now is $200,000.

He also rode in the USA for three years with good success, adding that he “won many Stake Races on some very nice horses everywhere I rode.”

When it came to other famous jockeys he’s been acquaint-ed with over the course of his racing career, Burrell men-tioned that he met “Ron Turcotte in Edmonton. Also his brothers Roger, Rudy and Yves, whom I rode with in Alberta for many years.”

Turcotte, who’s best known as the rider of Secretariat and win-ner of the Triple Crown in 1973, was “a great guy.”

He also got to meet “the greatest of the great, Bill Shoemaker. We met in Winnipeg. He was on his world retirement tour and we stayed at the same hotel, had drinks and supper together along with his agent. I had just won a $75,000 race, and Bill want-ed to talk about that. We told some stories and it was a great moment.”

Shoemaker, a leg-endary American jockey from Texas, held the world record for total professional jockey victories for 29 years, winning 11

Triple Crown races over the course of his four-decade-long sto-ried career.

Reflecting on his riding career overall, Burrell noted that he “was lucky enough to win 657 races with 70 being Stake and Handicaps,” adding that he also “won more trophies than I can remember.”

After Burrell fin-ished his career as a successful jockey in 2005, he then made the transition into train-ing Thoroughbreds. Burrell also point-ed out that over the

course of his riding career, he had “nine major accidents while on horseback. Three broken collar-bones, seven broken ribs, broke both my legs, one ankle” and

the most serious of all “a shattered face that kept me out for one year, plus a few cracked vertebras.”

Burrell said that his favourite thing about riding was “the power

of the horses who arethe real stars of rac-ing,” adding that “Nohorses I raced everhad a bad test” andthat “every winner istested for drugs. I ammost proud of that.”

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Ron Burrell races aboard True Red at Stampede Park in Calgary, April 27, 1979, with a $3,600 purse on the line.

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Boating in the BayFort Rupert and Eagle View Elementary students went dragon boating with Joy Zwicker (far right) at the seaplane launch dock, just past the Glen Lyon Inn on Friday, April 15 in Port Hardy. The dragon boating school program is aimed at creating flexible learning environments and engaging the kids in outdoor activities.

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ball club is ‘Reign’ing the North Island.

“The Reigns’ club season started at the beginning of January,” said Coach Justin Reusch.

“The season ends around mid-May, and the girls are doing real-ly well so far. They’ve been improving and having a lot of fun.”

The Reigns season opener was Feb. 14 in Nanaimo, and the team did “pretty good for their first tournament. We play at a U16 level because we have some older players, but most of our team is between 13-15 years old,” said Reusch, adding that some of the girls on the team are brand new to volleyball and others have been playing for around three years.

The Reigns recently came back from a tour-nament in Campbell River, where Reusch felt the team “grew a lot as the day went on, and by the time they got around to their final games in the afternoon, they were pushing the games into overtime and it was really nice to see their spirit and cama-raderie come together. They were really enjoy-ing themselves playing against a high level of competition. I was very happy with how much they improved over the course of the day,” Reusch.

Reusch has been coaching community volleyball in Port Hardy for three years now. He originally took the job because his step-daugh-ter wanted to play, and they had no coach, so she asked him if he could “figure something out.”

While Reusch had previously played vol-leyball in high school Physical education classes, he’d never coached the sport before, and really had to learn on the job through trial and error. He finds coaching the Reigns to be “very rewarding. The girls try really hard, their attitudes are great, and they definitely appreci-ate getting to play.”

As of 2016, there are 13 girls registered in the Port Hardy Volleyball Club and this is the first year they’ve had to charge registration to help cover the costs associated with playing down island.

The Reigns will be heading to Abbotsford for the BC Provincial Finals held on May 7-8, and they will be hold-ing another carwash on

April 23, from 10-2 at the North Island Lanes parking lot, to help raise funds to cover the trip.

“I’m looking forward to the Provincials,” said Reusch. “We’ll be play-ing other teams from around the province, so hopefully we’ll play some teams that are more comparable to our level, and I think the girls are gonna do much better. It seems like every time the team goes down island they progress and improve. They start off slow and

by the end of the day, they’ve improved to the point where they’re being very competitive with the other teams.”

It’s not all about win-ning, though. Reusch mainly hopes the Reigns “enjoy the travel involved and gain some experience. It’s fun to play volleyball at home here, we scrimmage, get quite a bit of gym time in, and they get some good exercise out of it, but they really look for-ward to the trips and the bonding aspect of

playing as a team. It also keeps them off the couch and out of the house during the week and gives them some-thing to look forward to.”

Ciara Rosso, one of the Reigns team mem-bers who’s been play-ing volleyball since the fourth grade, said that she likes play-ing the sport because “it’s fun,” and that she really enjoys “getting to meet a lot of new people and make new friendships.”

Tyson Whitney PhotoThe Port Hardy Reigns U16 girls volleyball team practises inside the Port Hardy Secondary School gymnasium for an upcoming trip to the BC Provincial Finals in Abbotsford.

By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe North Island Eagles year-end hockey ban-

quet was held on Wednesday, April 6. Coaches were recognized for their dedication,

Shana Shambrook was acknowledged for her efforts scheduling ice times throughout the season, and the Refs, Tri-Port, and Eagles executive were also recognized.

Gifts were presented to Lito Pineda, who has been treasurer/registrar for many years and to Head Coach Andrew Laming; both are stepping down from the executive.

Leighann Ruel was acknowledged for her out-standing 14 years on the executive. She has been Eagles president for the past 2 years.

The Division 3 Island Divisional League Banner was awarded to the Midget Eagles and the Division 3 Island Playoff Banner was awarded to the Bantam Eagles by the Triport President, Vadim Stavrakov.

A special recognition was made to Paula Klatt, whose son Koen played on the PeeWee Eagles. Her battle with Leukemia has inspired the entire Eagles organization this year. The Eagles wished her well with her recovery with a heartfelt standing ovation.

Team Summaries:Atom Development - Coaches Doug Grant,

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The Band Administrator, under the general direction of the Band Council and subject to its policies and procedures, administers the affairs and programs of the Quatsino First Nation. The Quatsino First Nation is located near Coal Harbour on the north end of Vancouver Island.

Job Description: The Quatsino First Nation Band Administrator will be responsible for the administering and overseeing of all band programs and will ensure programs are administered within budget. The Band Administrator will ensure that band policies and procedures are adhered to; and, supervise all band program managers, coordinators, employees and contractors.

Job Duties• Strong Human Resource skills and an ability to manage, supervise and provide

support to staff in meeting program requirements/mandates.• Ensuring proper maintenance, use, occupancy and control of buildings,

equipment, and works controlled by the Band.• Advisor to Chief and Council on all areas of band management.• Knowledge working with provincial and federal funding agencies including:

programs, regulations, procedures of AANDC; and, other funding agencies.• Acts as a liaison and public relations officer for the Council in matters of

administration. • Good knowledge of financial accounting principles for budget planning and

monitoring of expenditures.• Ability to write funding proposals, preparation of reports and correspondence.• Attend Council Meetings and Committee meetings when required.• Provide the council with monthly reports on band programs and operations.• Strong administrative and computer skills.• Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and written.• Experience working in First Nations communities and culturally sensitive.

Job Qualifications• A degree & solid educational background in Business Administration or

Management• Demonstrated proposal writing skills• Financial experience & education (accounting skills)• Successful management in a First Nations operation (4-5 years)• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills

Salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please direct any questions and/or your cover letter, resume complete with three references, and a criminal record check to:

Quatsino Band CouncilAttn: Tara Nelson, Executive Assistant

305 Quattishe Rd, Coal Harbour, BC V0N1K0Tel: 250-949-6245Fax: 250-949-6249

Email: [email protected]

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Posting date: April 12, 2016 Closing date: May 6, 2016

PORT HARDYBAPTIST CHURCH

Corner of Trustee & HighlandMorning Service 11:00am

Plus regular family activitiesOffice: 250-949-6844

www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

NORTH ISLANDCATHOLIC CHURCHES

Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s 430 Chapel St.,

Port McNeill: 9:00amSt. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd.,

Port Hardy: 11:00amSt. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St.

and Marine Dr., Port Alice:Saturdays 5:00pm

Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10:00am

ST. COLUMBAANGLICAN UNITED

9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247

10:30am Sunday School and ServiceEveryone welcome

Meeting rooms available www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

Bible study check online for details

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill

(across from Firehall)Sunday 10:30am - Morning Worship

Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin

Cell: 250-527-0144Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay Sunday Services - 10:00am

Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844

Warden Flora Cook250-974-5945

Warden Joan Stone250-974-2234

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor C. Okumu Lomudak

[email protected]

“Everyone Welcome”Saturday Services

9:30am - Bible Study groups10:45am - Worship/Praise service

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH

2501 Mine RoadSunday 9:45am

(Sept-June) - Sunday School11:00am - Worship Service

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

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

For information contactPastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737

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Tuesday Prayer 7:30pmMidweek Biblestudies -

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Notice is hereby given by 50 Fathom Edge Holdings Inc DBA Advantage Port Hardy Self Storage, that the following items will be sold at a public auction on Sunday May 01, 2016 at 10 AM if all monies owed are not paid in full. The sale is to be held on our property of 5775 Hardy Bay Rd, Port Hardy

BC V0N 2P0.

Dan & Glenda Hogan to satisfy debt on storage of property such as approximately:

Compressor 2 Refrigerators Exterior Doors

StereoAppliances

Bedding Walker

House vacuumShopvac

Canning SuppliesShelving Units

Rubbermaid totes and boxes filled with miscellaneous household items

Etc.

Any questions relating can be directed to Kendra at (250)-230-3955.

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Notice is hereby given by 50 Fathom Edge Holdings Inc DBA Advantage Port Hardy Self Storage, that the following items will be sold at a public auction on Sunday April 24, 2016 at 12 PM (noon) if all monies owed are not paid in full. The sale is to be held on our property of 5775 Hardy Bay Rd, Port

Hardy BC V0N 2P0.

Jason Malo to satisfy debt on storage of property such as approximately:

2) Honda Street Motorcycles1) Fiberglass Boat (approx. 16’ length, no

engine)2) Mattresses

Misc. Household Items (Boxes, totes, clothing, other personal belongings)

Misc. Electronics Misc. Golf clubs

Any questions relating can be directed to Kendra at (250)-230-3955.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYREGIONAL DISTRICT OF MOUNT WADDINGTON

TREASURERReporting directly to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Treasurer is responsible for directing the financial affairs of the Regional District of Mount Waddington (RDMW) and the Mount Waddington Regional Hospital District. Related functions include financial planning, risk management, managing budgetary and other internal controls; and regular reporting and analysis.

The ideal candidate will have a recognized accounting designation supplemented by a minimum of three (3) years of senior local government or related accounting/financial and management experience. The candidate will also have extensive experience working with financial and other computer software. Knowledge of the Community Charter and Local Government Act is considered an asset, along with excellent communication, interpersonal and team building skills.

This position is based at the RDMW’s administrative office located in Port McNeill. The RDMW offers an attractive wage and benefit package for this exempt officer’s position. If you wish to obtain more information, please visit www.rdmw.bc.ca.

To apply for this position, please forward your cover letter, resume and list of references to:

Greg Fletcher, Administrator, by email: [email protected]

by 4:30pm on April 29, 2016.

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The Hope Standard, a once a week, award winning community newspaper has an opening for an editor/reporter.

Reporting to the publisher, the editor/reporter will be instrumental in guiding the overall strategic direction of the Hope Standard. The successful candidate will possess above average leadership skills, will be a strong communicator, pay attention to detail and can work under pressure in a deadline driven environment.

This person will have the ability to perform editorial tasks and contribute to the editorial content both in print and online. Strong design skills with knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop and iMovie are required.

The editor will have a passion for, and is comfortable with, all aspects of multimedia journalism including diverse writing capabilities and advanced photography and video skills. You have a track record of turning around well-written, fact-based, concise, well-produced content quickly, for posting online immediately—with collateral (text, photos and video). You have demonstrable skills in all aspects of web journalism and a strong grasp of social media best practices (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).

Candidates should have a diploma/degree in journalism, or a related fi eld.

The Hope Standard is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest privately held, independent newspaper company with more than 150 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.

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RENTALS

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PORT HARDY Restaurant space for lease at the North Shore Inn. For

more info call 250-949-8500

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

PORT MCNEILLMobile Home Park

Pads for rent.Short walk to shopping,

school & ocean.$300/ month

Call 250-758-4454

TOWNHOUSESPORT ALICE: townhouse, 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath. Carport, ocean view. Avail now. For rent or for sale. Call 1-250-383-0861.

SEAWIND ESTATES- close to all amentities, 3 bdrms, 1.5 bath in great condition. 4 appls, patio. References req. Available now. $850. Call 250-949-7079 before 7pm.

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RENTALS

WANTED TO RENT

RETIRED ENGINEER WANTS TO RENT

a furnished home for a mini-mum of 3 months in the Port Hardy, BC region, starting in early May 2016. Options range from a nice house/ condo/ apartment/ hotel room, to room & board in private home, or even a rustic and basic cabin. Must be clean, tidy and well main-tained with an excellent landlord. I am rather frugal but do I understand you get what you pay for. I have reliable trans-portation; I love to hike. I have traveled all over Eu-rope, Scandinavia and the UK, the Baltic’s, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. Also South and Central America, as well as all over Canada, the US, Taiwan and Korea. I have stayed in AirBnB’s and VRBO’s all over the world. I am a Canadian citi-zen. Please email: [email protected]

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All proceeds go to supporting Kayla’s � ght against cancer. 75

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Draw will be held on

May 7, 2016

• Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas 3 days 2 nights hotel and airfare

included

• Round Trip � ight with Paci� c Coastal from Port Hardy to

Vancouver

• 48” HD LED Flat Screen

Kayla Gray is a 14-year-old girl, daughter of Arnie and Leah Gray, Granddaughter of Bill and Ann Gray, Niece of Babe and George Burroughs and Gary and Karey Gray. Kayla also has a 10-year-old sister named Brooke. Anyone who knows Kayla loves her. She is the sweetest daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, teammate, babysitter, and friend that anyone could ever ask for and right now, she needs our love and support.

On February 19th, Kayla underwent an 8-hour surgery at BC Children’s Hospital to remove a Tumor from her brain, which was later diagnosed as stage 4 Medulloblastoma. She has had other tests done to ensure that the cancer hasn’t spread to the rest of her brain or spine. She spent 2 weeks in the hospital and then was moved to a rehab

health center for kids. Here, she is doing physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and will gradually start to do some schoolwork.

On March 14th, Kayla had her 1st of 30 radiation appointments at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver. After that she will have a 4 week break and then will start a 6 month long chemotherapy treatment in Vancouver. So far Kayla is doing well with her treatment and her physio. She is up walking and talking better each day and is slowly getting her right arm to work again. The oncologists have given a 90% cure rate for Kayla and we are confi dent that she is going to beat this...she has a lot of strength and courage for a young girl.

Support Kayla and her � ght against cancer

3 Prizes are up for grabs!

• Quarterdeck Resort & Pub• The Sporty Bar & Grill• EJ Klassen Motorcade

• Glen Lyon Hotel• North Island Gazette

Tickets go on sale

April 8, 2016 they are $10 and can be purchased at:

Documents

North Island Gazette, April 20, 2016