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About Local Community Town Hall 250 956 3111 http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/townoffice.html Chamber of Commerce 250 956 3131 http://portmcneill.net/ Library 250 956 3669 http://www.virl.bc.ca/pages/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=354 Member Legislative Assembly 250 902 0325 http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/39thParl/trevenaC.htm (Provincial Government) Member of Parliament 250 956 2424 http://bit.ly/mpnorthisland (Federal Government) Vanc Island North Tourism http://www.vancouverislandnorth.ca/ Recreation - Ice Arena 250 956 3522 - Swimming Pool 250 956 3698 Post Office 250 956 3314 http://bit.ly/findpostoffice Regional District 250 956 3301 http://www.rdmw.bc.ca/ Visitor Information Center 250 956 3131 http://portmcneill.net/about/ Volunteer Opportunities http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/recreation.html Welcome Wagon 1866 518 7287 http://www.welcomewagon.ca/en/community/community.php Attractions http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/recreation.html Events calendar http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/news.html Map of the area http://bit.ly/mapquestportmcneill Parks on (North Island) http://www.vancouverisland.com/ParksAndTrails/Parks/#14

Accommodation (Finding a Place to Live) Rentals (Short or Long-term) BC Classified (local regions) http://www.bcclassified.com/?sfid=1051 Hotels, Motels, B&Bs http://portmcneill.net/about/visitor-services/accommodations/ Seniors Accommodation http://www.myseniorsite.ca/home-choices.htm Real Estate Offices Vanc Island Real Estate Board 250 390 4212 www.vireb.com House Prices Sales Summary http://www.vireb.com/pages/news-stats/ Tenants right http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca Buying or Renting Information http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Accomodation (Utilities) Electricity/BC Hydro 1800 2249376 https://www.bchydro.com/youraccount/main/ Garbage & Recycling 250 230 0568 http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/recycling.html Telephone/ Internet - Bell (and Satellite Television) 250 310BELL http://www.bell.ca/home/ - Rogers 1888ROGERS1 http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal - Telus 1866 558 2273 http://www.telusmobility.com Television & Internet - Keta Cable 250 949 6109 http://www.ketacable.com/pages.php?section=cabletv.info Water 250 949 6665 http://www.porthardy.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=24

Daycare

Ministry of Children & Family http://childcareinfo.gov.bc.ca/childcaresearch/search.aspx Child Care Search

Education Language Classes (Nearest) North Island College 1800 715 0914 http://www.nic.bc.ca/program/english_as_a_second_language Schools School District 85 250 949 6618 http://www.sd85.bc.ca/

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Elementary Schools (Kindergarten (K) - Grade 5 or 7) Cheslakees (K-5) 250 956 4999 www.cheslakees.sd85.bc.ca Sunset (K-7) 250 956 4434 http://www.ourclass.ca/ Secondary Schools (Grades 8-12) North Island Secondary 250 956 3394 http://www.niss.sd85.bc.ca/ Private Schools of BC Listings http://www.fisabc.ca/directory/ Post Secondary North Island Distance Ed 1800 663 7925 http://www.nides.bc.ca/ North Island College 1800 715 0914 http://www.nic.bc.ca/ - Nearest Local Campus 250 724 8711 http://www.nic.bc.ca/community/campus/pa/ - International Page 250 334 5033 http://www.nic.bc.ca/ie/index.asp All BC Post Secondary Schools http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/institutions/welcome.htm

Financial Banks & Credit Unions http://www.cba.ca/ & http://www.cucentral.ca/ CIBC 250 956 3351 www.cibc.com CC Credit Union 250 956 3972 https://www.cccu.ca/ Insurance http://www.insurancedirectory.ca/British_Columbia/

Food & Beverage Grocery Stores Supervalu 250 956 2881 MarketPlace IGA Foods 250 956 4404 http://www.marketplaceiga.com/ Island Farms Guide http://www.islandfarmfresh.com/ Island Food producers http://www.vancouverislanddiet.com/ Restaurant Guides http://north-island.ca/foodspm.html

Government Documents BC Driver’s License 250 956 4437 http://www.icbc.com/home BC Medical 1800 683 7151 http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/msp/infoben/index.html Canada Child Tax Benefit 1800 387 1193 http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/fq_qlfyng-eng.html (French) http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/fq_qlfyng-fra.html Service BC (BC Access Centre) 250 949 6323 http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/

Health Care Services Emergency 911 http://www.nisl911.bc.ca/ Crisis Line 250 949 6033 http://nicccs.org/ Health Unit 250 956 4711 http://www.viha.ca/finding_care/facilities/health_units.htm Hospital (Port McNeill) 250 956 4461 http://www.viha.ca/finding_care/facilities/ Local Dentists http://www.bcdental.org/Find_a_Dentist Local Doctors https://www.cpsbc.ca/find-a-family-physician Non emergency - Fire 250 956 4513 Non emergency - Police 250 956 4441 http://bit.ly/bcRCMP Other Support Services (Family, http://www.viha.ca/finding_care/services.htm Youth, Seniors) http://www.seniors101.ca/communityresources.html Persons with Disabilities http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/links/pwd.htm

Leisure Arts & Entertainment http://www.portmcneill.com/entertainment.html Pioneer Theatre 250 956 FUNN http://www.portmcneill.com/pioneer.html Clubs Listings of community clubs http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/recreation.html and service groups Cultural Connections Religion & places of worship http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/churches.html http://bit.ly/northislandchurches

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Parks Area http://www.rdmw.bc.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=16 North Island Parks http://www.vancouverisland.com/ParksAndTrails/Parks/#14 Parks in BC - Find one http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/regions.html Sports & Recreation Golf courses http://www.golfvancouverisland.ca/ -Cedar Park Resort & Golfing 250 956 2270 http://cedarparkresortngolfing.vancouverisle.com/ -Seven Hills Golf & Country 250 949 9818 http://bit.ly/sevenhills Skiing Mt Cain 1888 668 6622 http://www.mountcain.com/ Mt Washington, Courtenay 1888 238 1386 http://www.mountwashington.ca/ Marinas Port McNeill Marina 250 956 3881 http://www.town.portmcneill.bc.ca/harbour.html Marinas on VI http://vancouverisland.com/Marinas/ Fishing in Vancouver Island http://www.vancouverisland.com/fishing/\

Media North Island Gazette 250 949 6225 http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/northislandgazette/ 1240 The Port 250 949 6500 http://www.theport.ca/ 95.5 CBC National Radio 1888 306 http://www.cbc.ca/ontheisland/ 4636 A Channel -Vanc Island 250 381 2484 http://www.atv.ca/victoria/default.aspx Chek News -Vanc Island 250 383 2435 http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/index.html

Transportation Air Pacific Coastal Airlines 1800 663 2872 http://www.pacific-coastal.com/ Port McNeill 250 956 4000 Airport 250 949 6424 http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/pacific/air-airports-porthardy-1395.htm Regional Airports & http://bit.ly/regionalair Airlines Bus Local Bus 250 956 3151 http://www.busonline.ca/regions/mtw/?p=2.list Local Accessible Services 250 956 3151 http://www.busonline.ca/regions/mtw/accessible/family_of_services.cfm IslandLink Bus 250 954 8257 http://www.islandlinkbus.com/index.asp Pacific Coach Lines 1800 661 1725 http://www.pacificcoach.com/ (regional) Greyhound Canada 1800 661 8747 http://www.greyhound.ca/home/ Car Dealerships Dave Landon Motors 250 949 6393 http://www.davelandonford.com/ EJ Klassen Motorcade 250 949 7442 http://www.klassengm.com/ Rentals -Budget 250 949 6442 http://www.bcbudget.com/Locations/Vehicle/pth.htm Taxi - Rainbow Taxi 250 956 8294 Drive BC - BC Road 1800 5504997 http://www.drivebc.ca/ reports Ferry 1888 BC http://www.bcferries.com/ FERRY Rail 1888 VIA RAIL http://www.viarail.ca/en Getting to & From: http://www.vancouverislandnorth.ca/

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Useful Links BC Newcomers Guide on line http://bit.ly/newcomersguide Free Translations http://freetranslation.com Healthy Living http://www.amssa.org/healthyliving/overview.html Immigration Lawyers on Vancouver Island http://bit.ly/lawyersVI International radio programs http://www.am1470.com/splash_van.html Nearest Settlement Services Office http://crmisa.ca/ On line news publication http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/ Society of Translators and Interpreters of BC http://www.stibc.org/page/directory.aspx Welcome BC http://www.welcomebc.ca/en/index.html

My Personal Links In case of emergency (Fire, Police, Ambulance) 911

About Town Website for local information and services http://www.alertbay.ca/

About Village Website for local information and services http://www.portalice.ca/

About Website for local information and services http://www.island.net/~sointula/index.html

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