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Photo: Richard Curchin Vista to the south from Bluffs Park, Galiano across Active Pass; the Coastal Celebration rounds Helen Point, Mayne Island. In the distance are the snow-capped Olympic Mountains in the USA. Ferry Commissioner approves building three new vessels New report on health of Patrick Brown - Patrick Brown Three new Intermediate Class Ferries are scheduled to be in service embrace design objectives, including standardization of fleet and the Salish Sea by 2017, replacing the 50-year-old Queen of Nanaimo on the berth interface, and scalability of vessel capacity, that position the A comprehensive report, funded by Environment Tsawwassen to Gulf Islands run (Route 9) and the Queen of Company well to respond to any refinements to service levels that Canada and the US Environmental Protection Agency, Burnaby on the Comox to Powell River run (Route 17). may arise from a future provincial government approved long term analysing ten environmental indicators gives hopeful The Ferry Commissioner, who must approve all major capital vision for coastal ferry services.’ signs but raises some worries about the future of the expenditures by BC Ferries, has approved its application to The company plans to match ferry capacity more closely to Salish Sea, the waters surrounding BC’s Southern Gulf construct three new ‘intermediate class’ ferries to handle the traffic, demand, avoiding overcapacity in the winter and on weekdays, as Islands and Washington State’s San Juan Islands. one for Route 17 year-round and two for Route 9 (one in the presently experienced on these routes. BC Ferries’ application also In addition, these environmental ‘indicators’ are not wintertime and two for the high demand weekend and summer says, ‘It will also reduce ongoing operating costs, which will the only concerns. The major environmental threat, periods). One of these ferries will be available to both routes to contribute to fares lower than they otherwise would be.’ according to the Georgia Strait Alliance, the Living substitute in refit season. Demand projections forecast only minimal increases in traffic Oceans Society, West Coast Environmental Law, and BC Ferries has now issued a Request for Pre-Qualification, to in the future: ‘A demographics study conducted for BC Ferries by the Wilderness Committee—four Canadian identify interested shipyards in Canada and worldwide. The Urban Futures suggests that traffic growth on the SGI routes will organizations that participated in the study—is Company expects to issue a contract for the design and construction range from a decline of 0.89% per annum to an increase of 1.66% increasing oil tanker and coal bulk carrier traffic through of the three ferries by the start of 2014. Two 145 vehicle ferries are per annum over the next 15 years.’ Further uncertainty may result Salish Sea waters. These fossil fuel exports, they say, expected to be in service in 2016, and a backup 125 vehicle version from the Company’s Automated Customer Experience project, make Salish Sea ports major contributors to world greenhouse gas production. in 2017. which is said to include ‘consideration of new demand The ferries are expected to be the first of a planned double-ended management systems which could, once implemented, further Shipping, Urbanization, Rivers, intermediate sized ferry (ICF) fleet, with 600 passenger capacity, reduce the overall AEQ (automobile equivalent) capacity required. And Traditional Knowledge open decks, and substantial structures on each end to reduce spray However, these systems are not at a sufficient stage of development The Salish Sea, besides hosting increasing deepsea in rough weather. to determine if and/or how they might impact the future required shipping traffic, is also surrounded by the concentrated Matters unresolved but approved in the application are the capacity.’ urban areas of Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and length of the vessels, the type of fuel, the fuel consumption and the Fuelling with LNG Tacoma, and is fed by a number of rivers, including the ancillary services provided. The Company’s application to the Commissioner indicates that, Fraser. The report focuses on ten ‘indicators’ of the One of these major design questions that remains unresolved is besides the reaction of potential shipyards, there are some major health of our local tidal waters—measurements that tell the possible use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel, which will us how the ecology of this complex area is faring. affect design and in turn will be affected by the capital cost involved. logistical questions remaining with regard to LNG: These measurements are simple, but meaningful: Preliminary calculations by BC Ferries indicate that the Net Present ‘Further analyses will also be required, and are underway, with are things getting better or worse, or is the ecology Value of the lifetime cost (40 years) for the construction and respect to how the Company will bunker LNG. The capital and maintaining stability in the face of growing human operation of the ferries favours LNG over diesel fuel. The assumed operating costs assume that the ICF vessels will be fuelled from impact? To provide ‘sustainable perspectives’ on this, LNG price is not shown. LNG tanker trucks parked on the vessel car deck. This is how the the report includes anecdotal comments based on The Future Of Ferries company now bunkers diesel fuel. This assumption was supported by the feedback received from industry partners in BC Ferries’ fiscal traditional knowledge from the tribes and First Nations The BC Ferries proposal makes reference to provincial ferry policy: ‘… the proposed Project expenditure supports acquisitions that NEW FERRIES, please turn to page 2 SALISH SEA, please turn to page 2

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0450 4.9 1.5 0001 7.5 2.3 14 1153 12.1 3.7 22 0534 14.1 4.3 WE 1629 10.2 3.1 TH 1203 3.6 1.1 2214 14.1 4.3 1837 15.1 4.6 0551 4.3 1.3 0047 6.9 2.1 15 1324 12.8 3.9 23 0630 13.8 4.2 THU 1750 10.8 3.3 FR 1244 4.9 1.5 2308 13.8 4.2 1910 15.1 4.6 0654 3.6 1.1 0134 6.2 1.9 16 1437 13.5 4.1 24 0728 13.1 4.0 FR 1918 11.2 3.4 SA 1327 6.2 1.9 1944 14.8 4.5 0013 13.8 4.2 0222 5.6 1.7 17 0757 3.0 0.9 25 0831 12.8 3.9 Photo: Nettie Adams SA 1533 13.8 4.2 SU 1411 7.5 2.3 2033 10.8 3.3 2018 14.4 4.4 A great ride to visit Saturna’s public beach access points on Jul y 28. Organized by Wes Knapp and Kathleen 0124 13.8 4.2 0310 5.2 1.6 McKinnon, the ride was fun with speakers along the way to tell about the island and the beach access locations. 18 0855 2.6 0.8 26 0941 12.5 3.8 SU 1617 14.4 4.4 MO 1501 8.9 2.7 2133 10.5 3.2 2053 13.8 4.2 0234 14.1 4.3 0401 5.2 1.6 SALISH SEA from page 1 19 0947 2.3 0.7 27 1100 12.5 3.8 MO 1656 14.8 4.5 TU 1600 9.8 3.0 of the Salish Sea. runoff from paved areas, loss of riparian lands and wetlands 2225 9.5 2.9 2131 13.1 4.0 The ‘Indicators’ due to development and agriculture, and timber cutting in 0338 14.1 4.3 0456 5.2 1.6 In a way, the indicators are a way of keeping score. But they upper watersheds. In 10 of the 17 rivers studied, summer stream 20 1035 2.3 0.7 28 1222 12.5 3.8 flow showed a decreasing trend since 1975; only the Puyallup TU 1730 15.1 4.6 WE 1717 10.8 3.3 don’t tell us everything about what’s happening to the Salish 2313 8.5 2.6 2214 12.8 3.9 Sea. (Just as the simple tabulation of runs, hits, and errors and Dungeness Rivers in Washington showed significant 0437 14.1 4.3 0555 5.2 1.6 doesn’t tell us everything about a baseball game.) So air quality increases. 21 1120 3.0 0.9 29 1339 12.8 3.9 WE 1804 15.1 4.6 THU 1847 11.2 3.4 and freshwater quality show an ‘improving trend’, and we are Food Web Toxins 2309 12.1 3.7 also reducing toxics in the food web. Marine water quality and This indicator concentrates on polychlorinated biphenyls FULL MOON: MONDAY, AUG 20 stream flow show a ‘declining trend’, along with declines in (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) which ADD ONE HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Chinook salmon and increasing risk to other marine species. are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; their concentrations But shellfish beaches, swimming beaches, and the southern can be measured in harbour seals (at the top of the food chain) resident killer whales are holding their own. and herring (near the bottom). And of course all these indicators are interconnected. These chemicals disrupt human and animal endocrine Air Quality systems. It has been calculated that Salish Sea aboriginals ate First, the good news; then what we have to watch out for. The 1,000 pounds of salmon per person per year. Now the air quality measurements featured in this report concentrate Washington state Department of Health recommends that an on ‘fine particulates’ less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter and adult should eat no more than 52 to 78 pounds of salmon or smaller, known as PM2.5. When concentrations are high, fine herring per year. particulates impair visibility; but even in low concentrations, PCBs were banned by regulation in both countries in 1976 they can impair lung function. Even if you can’t see fine and 1977; PBDEs are being phased out voluntarily, starting in 2004 and completed in 2013. They are found in oil, fertilizers, particulate, it can damage your health, potentially permanently. and gasoline. The good news is that at monitoring stations from Hope to In southern Puget Sound, both PCBs and PBDEs are still Tacoma, PM2.5 levels are generally down, 20% or more since found in harbour seals, but not so much—a good indicator that 2005. The exceptions are Bellingham, where they are up a little suggests that environmental regulations have been helping. bit, and Victoria, up 30% (but this may be the result of new measuring equipment). Marine Water Quality Canada and the US have different standards for acceptable Now the not so good news. The quality indicator for salt water levels of PM2.5, but the air got a passing grade at all stations. is dissolved oxygen, a basic need for virtually all marine life. In Where does PM2.5 come from? Diesel exhaust (trains and Puget Sound and in the deeper waters of Georgia Strait, it shows ships), wood burning stoves, and the fine dust from bulk a gradual decline over the long term. This is partially a reflection of a worldwide trend, as climate change warms the oceans, but mineral loading operations – finer than you can see. locally it is affected by nitrate accumulation from human- AT FULFORD HARBOUR Traditionally, the level of pollution has been measured by caused pollution. And deep waters in some parts of the Salish AUGUST whether Mount Rainier is visible—is the mountain ‘out’? Sea are colder, less salty, and get less oxygen from the surface. Day Time Ht./ft. Ht./m. Day Time Ht./ft. Ht./m. Freshwater Quality And Stream Flow An important contribution to monitoring water surface 0418 3.6 1.1 0448 9.8 3.0 The rivers that flow into the Salish Sea were rated using a temperatures, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH (acidity), and 14 1202 8.5 2.6 22 1113 3.0 0.9 combined quality index for 2000 to 2010. The index included turbidity is made by the annual tribal Canoe Journey through WED 1528 7.9 2.4 TH 1817 10.8 3.3 2126 10.2 3.1 measurements of sediments, nutrients, temperature, and the Salish Sea; it now includes over a hundred tribes and First dissolved oxygen—basically, those factors which are key to a 0517 3.0 0.9 0007 5.6 1.7 Nations. Canoes are equipped with water quality monitoring 15 1338 9.2 2.8 23 0554 9.0 3.9 healthy ecosystem. The combined scores were then rated as instrumentation, used to take measurements over 800 miles of THU 1646 8.5 2.6 FR 1156 3.9 1.2 good, marginal to fair, and poor. 2212 10.2 3.1 1846 10.8 3.3 waterways, from Courtenay to Olympia. The Fraser, the largest river, scored in the top category, along 2.3 4.9 Chinook Salmon 0617 0.7 0057 1.5 with Vancouver Island’s Quinsam and Washington state rivers 16 1444 9.5 2.9 24 0701 9.2 2.8 Chinook are the largest salmonid; they are the most affected by FR 1818 8.9 2.7 SA 1239 4.9 1.5 the Duckabush, Skokomish, and Snohomish. (The Skokomish 10.2 10.5 spawning habitat, water quality, and climatic conditions, and 2310 3.1 1915 3.2 tribe is devoted to restoring the entire Skokomish watershed.) in turn provide food for other wildlife, for humans, and for the 0715 2.0 0.6 0147 4.6 1.4 However beads of mercury, used to separate gold from sand, 17 1532 10.2 3.1 25 0812 8.9 2.7 rest of the food chain. Salmon are eaten by sea lions, harbour SA 1942 8.9 2.7 SU 1324 5.9 1.8 can still be found in Fraser River sandbars. seals, and Southern Resident Killer Whales. 1945 10.5 3.2 The bottom rating was assigned to five Washington state Humans have harvested almost 20 million Chinook since 0018 10.2 3.1 0237 3.9 1.2 rivers: the Green, Stilliguamish, Samish, Nooksack, and 18 0810 1.6 0.5 26 0932 8.9 2.7 1975, and have in turn affected the water conditions necessary SU MO Puyallup. In the middle were the Sumas in BC and the Elwha, 1612 10.2 3.1 1413 6.9 2.1 for fish survival. Historically, aboriginal fisheries appear to have 2046 8.5 2.6 2015 10.2 3.1 Cedar, Lower Skagit, Upper Skagit, Deschutes, and Nisqually been sustainable. 0127 10.2 3.1 0329 3.9 1.2 in Washington. 19 0859 1.6 0.5 27 1102 8.9 2.7 Since 1984, the total abundance of Chinook appears to show MO 1646 10.5 3.2 TU 1511 7.9 2.4 River and stream water quality is affected by stormwater 2140 7.9 2.4 2046 9.8 3.0 SALISH SEA, please turn to page 10 0235 10.2 3.1 0423 3.9 1.2 20 0946 1.6 0.5 28 1235 9.2 2.8 TU 1718 10.5 3.2 WED 1628 8.5 2.6 NEW FERRIES from page 1 2229 7.2 2.2 2122 9.5 2.9 2012 study of the possible conversion of theQueen of Capilano STQ, the Quebec ferry operator, will also be fuelled in that 0342 10.2 3.1 0520 3.6 1.1 21 1030 2.3 0.7 29 1352 9.5 2.9 to LNG. However, further review is being undertaken by BC manner. The current configurations of BC Ferries’ berths do WE 1748 10.52 3.2 THU 1813 8.5 2.6 Ferries to determine if this approach would meet the company’s not enable a quayside fuelling option.’ 2318 6.6 2.0 2208 9.2 2.8 and industry safety standards, as informed by emerging Fuelling the Ferry Riders FULL MOON: MONDAY, AUG 20 ADD ONE HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME standards from the International Maritime Organization, Another unresolved design feature is the level of ancillary Classification Societies, and from the Canadian Standards service to be offered on the new vessels. The level provided on Tide Table Courtesy of Durable dock systems for Association. the existing ferries is Level IV (cafeteria services with retail) on exposed locations ‘While there is considerable experience with LNG-fuelled both routes. Ross Walker ferries in northern Europe, the European ferries are fuelled The level that is planned to make most contribution to fares 250-537-9710 from LNG tanker trucks parked at the quayside (i.e., alongside (read, most profitable) is Level IV for Route 9 but a reduction Email: [email protected] the ferry), fuelling jetties with LNG bunkering facilities or from of service to Level II (enhanced snack bar with limited retail) On Time & On Budget www.islandmarine.ca LNG barges. The LNG ferries currently under construction for for Route 17.0 www.islandtides.com ISLAND TIDES, August 15, 2013, Page 3 Scientists work to solve mystery of dying bees David Suzuki with Ian Hanington few years ago when a swarm of bees more important for food-crop pollination than contaminated with a toxic mix of pesticides complicated than just one product, which landed on a tree in the yard of a David honeybees. That’s in part because a single and fungicides. It appears the toxins make the means of course the solution does not lie in just ASuzuki Foundation staffer and her species, such as honeybees, is vulnerable to bees more vulnerable to a parasite called banning one class of product.’ husband, they became accidental beekeepers. mass disease outbreaks. Wild bees also use a Nosema ceranae, which is believed to cause We need to get a handle on the toxic They called an apiarian relative who came over wider range of pollination techniques and visit colony collapse disorder. Pollen samples chemicals we use to grow food. If our practices and helped them capture the bees, build hives more plants, and so increase chances of cross- contained an average of nine different kill insects and birds that make it possible to and round up equipment. Now they’re pollination, according to an article in The agricultural pesticides and fungicides, and as grow crops, we’re defeating their purpose and enjoying fresh honey and beeswax and have Guardian. many as 21 in one case. putting ourselves and the rest of nature at risk. developed a fascination for the amazing Sadly, both wild and domesticated bees are The European Union has imposed a two- As individuals, we can help bees. Stop using insects. Staff shared that wonderment when in trouble, and that means we could be too. year ban on three neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides and join the call to ban the worst she brought honeycombs and tools to the office Causes of phenomena such as colony collapse pesticides thought to be responsible for the ones. Plant bee-friendly plants and gardens, for an impromptu lesson on beekeeping and disorder and other declines in bee populations dramatic declines in Europe’s bee populations, make wild bee ‘houses’ and learn more about bee behaviour. are not entirely understood, but scientists are but only for use on ‘crops attractive to bees’. Bees are endlessly intriguing, and incredibly getting closer to knowing why bees are dying. However, according to the Maryland study’s our fuzzy, buzzing friends. Like our DSF staffer, useful to us—and not just for honey and wax. Ironically, much of it relates to agricultural lead author, Dennis van Engelsdorp, quoted in you could even adopt a hive. If bees disappeared, it would be difficult, if not practices. Modern methods of growing food the online news outlet Quartz, ‘It’s a lot more Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org. 0 impossible, to grow much of what we eat. Bees are killing one of our biggest helpers in food pollinate crops ranging from apples to production. zucchini. Blueberries and almonds are almost Wild bees also face threats from climate SCHOOLSchool District DISTRICT No. 64 (Gulf #64 Islands) (Gulf Islands) entirely dependent on them. Some experts say change and habitat loss. A recent study they’re responsible for one of every three bites published in Science found half the wild bee INVITATION TO TENDER of food we eat. The economic value of species in the US were wiped out during the Water Transportation Service pollination services from honeybees alone is 20th century. That’s been partly attributed to estimated at $14 billion in the US and ‘an increasing mismatch between when plants Sealed tenders will be received no later than August 28, 2013, 2:00 p.m. local hundreds of millions in Canada. flowered and when bees were active, a finding time, at the School District No. 64 School Board Office for “Water Transportation Bees are good pollinators because—unlike consistent with climate change,’ according to Service”, providing student transportation for the Gulf Islands. some birds and other insects that are after The Guardian. nectar alone—they also seek out pollen, which Causes of honeybee deaths are more Documents for the tender for “Water Transport Service” will be available to they use along with nectar to feed the hive. In complicated. Colony collapse disorder has contractors from the School Board Office commencing August 14, 2013. the process, they transfer pollen from the male wiped out millions of hives over the past part of one flower to the female part of another, decade, with pesticide use, parasites and poor The contract may be a one-year contract or a multi-year contract not to exceed fertilizing plants so they can develop seed- nutrition eyed as likely culprits. Scientists from three (3) years. carrying fruits. Wild bees and domesticated the University of Maryland and US honeybees are both important pollinators. Department of Agriculture recently found Tenders will be opened immediately after closing time. The content of Tenders In fact, research indicates wild bees may be pollen collected by honeybees was will not generally be made public, except at the discretion of the school district.

The school district reserves the right to reject any or all tenders received. SCHOOL DISTRICT #64 (Gulf Islands) District Website: www.sd64.bc.ca Contact: Rod Scotvold, Secretary Treasurer School District No. 64 (Gulf Islands) 112 Rainbow Road It’s back to school time! Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2K3 Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Telephone: (250) 537-5548, ext. 205 GULF ISLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL 250-537-9944 Facsimile: (250) 537-4200 School is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for registration of new students beginning August 19. Pick up of Student Schedule Packages and collection of Student Activity Fees will take place on Wednesday, August 28 and Thursday, August 29 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Student Activity Fee is $30 for everyone. Students may also purchase a yearbook at this time for $45 (total for both is $75). SCHOOL DISTRICT #64 (Gulf Islands) OPENING DAY ONLY, Tuesday, September 6 will be early dismissal (9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.). Principal: Mr. Lyall Ruehlen District Website: www.sd64.bc.ca/transportation

PHOENIX PLACE PROGRAM 250-537-9944 Classes begin September 3. If you are interested in the services that Phoenix could WATER TAXI SCHEDULE FOR 2013/2014 offer your high school aged child, please contact one of the GISS counselors, THE SCHOLARSHIP Route 1 Nia Williams or Tony Marshall at 250-537-9944. MORNING RUN SALTSPRING ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL 250-537-1159 Location Depart Location Arrival School will be open August 27 to 29, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for registration of new students. Ganges Harbour 0645 Sturdies Bay 0722 OPENING DAY ONLY, Tuesday, September 3, will be early dismissal (8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.). Sturdies Bay 0725 Miners Bay 0735 Parents welcome on Opening Day – PAC representatives will be hosting a ‘Meet & Greet’. Miners Bay 0737 Ganges Harbour 0827 Principal: Ms. Keiko Taylor AFTERNOON RUN PLEASE CONTACT THE PRINCIPALS FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS: Ganges Harbour 1630 Sturdies Bay 1720 GALIANO SCHOOL Ms. Boe Beardsmore Sturdies Bay 1722 Miners Bay 1728 250-539-2261 Office will be open August 26, 27, 28, 29 9:00 to 11:00 am. Miners Bay 1730 Ganges Harbour 1820 First day of school, September 3, students will attend from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Sturdies Bay = Galiano Island Miner’s Bay = Mayne Island All students, including Kindergarten will begin Tuesday, September 3. THE GRADUATE Route 2 MAYNE SCHOOL Ms. Donna Kirkpatrick MORNING RUN 250-539-2371 Office will be open August 26 to 29 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Location Depart Location Arrival First day of school, September 3, Grade 1-8 students will attend from 8:40 - Ganges Harbour 0630 Lyall Harbour 0725 10:30 a.m. Lyall Harbour 0727 Port Washington 0752 Kindergarten students do not attend school the first day. Port Washington 0755 Ganges Harbour 0830 Regular classes for Kindergarten to Grade 8 students will begin on AFTERNOON RUN September 4 (8:40 a.m. to 3:25 p.m). Ganges Harbour 1630 Port Washington 1710 PENDER SCHOOL Mr. Cameron Fraser Port Washington 1712 Lyall Harbour 1732 Lyall Harbour 1733 Ganges Harbour 1835 250-629-3711 Office will be open for registrations on August 27 to 30 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Opening day only, Tuesday, September 3 will be early dismissal, Lyall Harbour = Saturna Island Port Washington = Pender Island (8:50 to 10:30 a.m.). THE GANGES HAWK Route 3 All students, including Kindergarten will begin Tuesday, September 3. MORNING RUN SATURNA SCHOOL Ms. Shannon Johnston Location Depart Location Arrival 250-539-2472 Please email Principal Shannon Johnston at [email protected] or call Ganges Harbour 0700 Port Washington 0740 250-222-0080 for information regarding registration of new students for the Port Washington 0745 Ganges Harbour 0830 2013/2014 school year. AFTERNOON RUN Opening day only, Tuesday, September 3 will be early dismissal, Ganges Harbour 1630 Port Washington 1710 (8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.). Port Washington 1712 Ganges Harbour 1750 Port Washington = Pender Island For more information on the StrongStart BC Programs at Mayne, Pender, Saturna and Passengers are to be at the dock 5 minutes prior to departure. Galiano Schools, contact the Principals listed above. www.islandtides.com Page 4, ISLAND TIDES, August 15, 2013 Readers’ Letters Perversion of Omnibus Bills many residents are opposed to smart meters and the attendant Dear Editor: wireless grid will be revealed in the upcoming 2014 Citizens Initiative to have these meters replaced at no charge to hydro Every Second Thursday What was forgotten in the ‘Canada Day Prescription,’ ( Island Strait of Georgia’s only Tides’ July 18 edition) was the elimination of complex, customers. (More on this referendum, modelled on the Free & Mail-Delivered Newspaper comprehensive omnibus bills from Parliamentary practice. successful HST recall, to follow.) These bills are an instrument of first-past-the-post majority How can anyone ‘opt out’ when they are still exposed to the 21,000 copies this edition misrule and demonstrate a contempt for Parliament, ‘full penetration’ smart meter grid? 14,557 print copies delivered to parliamentary democracy, and the Canadian people. Why should anyone have to ‘opt out’ when we never opted households on 13 Gulf Islands Harvey Abramson, Denman Island ‘into’ a program that illegally circumvented BC’s mandated democratic public process? Yet, we’re all being made to pay for MP Elizabeth May’s Note: Thanks to Harvey for identifying smart meters whose costs should be borne by those who want Salt Spring • Mayne • Galiano • Pender • Saturna the un-democratic practice of omnibus bills. Actually, we do Gabriola • Denman • Hornby • Quadra • Cortes them. At $500 per ‘smart’ meter installation—and with four not need to eliminate omnibus bills. We need to eliminate Read • Texada • Lasqueti more replacement ‘upgrades’ already in the works—anyone bogus, illegitimate omnibus bills, such as Harper’s two 2012 refusing a smart meter ought to receive an immediate $2,000 Budget Omnibus bills—C-38 and C-45. In my point of order BC Hydro credit toward the costs of filing their emails with to the Speaker last spring, I set out the rules surrounding photos of their monthly meter reading and a once-a-year, on- omnibus bills. If one policy decision of government requires site meter audit. changes in numerous bills for one central theme or purpose, If these brief comments don’t raise concerns, it’s a safe bet that is fair ball in parliamentary tradition. The abuse lies in that selling information to faceless corporations on our personal Stephen Harper’s use of Omnibus Budget Bills to by-pass 3,443 print copies on Ferry Routes and in: habits inside the Charter-protected sanctity of our homes, Victoria • Saanich • Sidney • Cobble Hill normal committee and parliamentary review to force through risking our residences and electrical grid to the whims of roving Mill Bay • Crofton • Duncan • Chemainus changes that were never mentioned in the budget and for hackers, and paying punitive ‘time-of-use’ billing on top of Ladysmith • Nanaimo • Bowser • Courtenay which a central theme or purpose cannot be found. When an coming rate hikes will continue to erode the ranks of the Port Alberni • Campbell River omnibus bill is used to subvert proper Parliamentary process, wirelessly metered. 3,000 online readers each edition it is improper. As things stand, the Speaker has declined to In the end, one argument trumps all: There is no ‘safe’ level interfere until Parliament itself chooses to crystallize the Owner, Publisher & Editor: Christa Grace-Warrick of RF/microwave radiation for children and bees. When it rulings of various Speakers into a set of rules to control Contributors: Patrick Brown, Priscilla Ewbank, Elizabeth May, comes to wireless ‘smart’ meters, the smart response is saying omnibus bills. Nettie Adams, Susan Banjavich, Steven Earle, Mark Thompson, no. While wireless critics can point to an ever-mounting stack Thanks for adding the perversion of omnibus bills into Mark Jaccard, Ben Parfitt, Suzanne Fournier, Jane Morley, of studies warning of immediate and long-term harm, similarly abuse of Parliament to the list of what is needed to rescue Richard Curchin, David Suzuki, Ian Hanington anyone stating that wireless devices are ‘safe’ must be made to democracy. Island Tides Publishing Ltd point to non-industry-funded studies supporting that claim. In Box 55, Pender Island, BC V0N 2M0 Options Not Options fact, there are none. Not one. Tel: 250.629.3660 • Fax: 250.629.3838 Dear Editor: Please read my ABCs of Cell Phones And Other Hazards Of Email: [email protected]• [email protected] I was dismayed to read in today’s Island Tides (August 1, The Wireless Age; Smart Meters for Smarties (downloads Deadline: Wednesday Between Publications edition) the BC government’s ‘Options for ‘non-smart’ available by donation at willthomasonline.net). Off-Island Canadian Print Subscription: $56.00 metering.’ It contains dangerously misleading statements. William Thomas, Hornby Island Voluntary Mail & Box Pick-up Subscription: $30.00 ‘BC Hydro’s Quick Facts’ are anything but factual. The US Subs: $80.00 • Online PDF: free Pender Doctor Petition www.islandtides.com Provincial Health Officer is paid to support provincial policies Dear Editor: and has repeatedly demonstrated zero expertise in the The Vancouver Island Health Authority, (VIHA) recently made electromagnetic ‘field’. Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 ignores a decision not to renew the contract for one of Pender Island’s all biological effects from electromagnetic radiation and is two doctors. A significant number of Island residents remain YOUR OPINION MATTERS instead based on a long-outmoded notion that if a wireless concerned about the lack of advance public notice and The Salt Spring Governance Study device doesn’t singe your skin, you’re good. (This is the same as meaningful consultation with regard to this major change, Committee is conducting a study to saying that you can safely smoke two packs of cigarettes a day which could have a dramatic effect on the level of health care engage the public in a review of all as long as you don’t burn yourself.) service available on the island for some time. governance structures on the island And the World Health Organization terms the identical To date, VIHA has not communicated publicly their plan to and to outline the general differences frequencies emitted by cell phones, portable phones, home manage a potential critical staff shortage in the interim and to between rural (unincorporated) and routers and smart meters a ‘Class 2B Possible Human assure the community that the second doctor position can and municipal (incorporated) local Carcinogen’. This is the same classification as being sprayed will be filled as soon as possible. governments. continuously in your home by DDT. On July 22, I presented a petition signed by more than 500 Voice your views by: To claim that wireless meters ‘pose no known health risk’ is residents of Pender Island to the BC Legislature. In addition I • Visiting our website: a tiresomely blatant and extremely hazardous lie. More than have requested that Health Minister Terry Lake look into https://www.ssigovernancestudy.ca 6,000 military and civilian studies since the 1950s corroborate VIHA’s handling of this matter and that he direct VIHA officials • Completing the online survey the cumulative health risks from Radio Frequency and to meet with the community on Pender Island to explain their microwave exposure. (Google: BioInitiative Report; Cindy Sage; plans to ensure adequate and sustainable primary health care • Attending an interactive forum on: Dr. Poki Namkung for some eye-opening wireless/smart meter services on Pender Island. As the local MLA I have committed Monday, August 19 at 6:30 pm at facts.) to attend such a meeting as well. Together, it is my hope that we the Community Gospel Chapel Sweden, the first country to introduce a nationwide wireless can find a plan that is understood by and acceptable to the local OR grid in 1997, now has a quarter-million people on permanent community. Tuesday, August 20 at 7:00 pm at paid disability from microwave sickness. Does anyone really Gary Holman, MLA,Saanich North and the Islands 0 Fulford Hall think that Canada’s soaring rates of dementia have nothing to do with 24/7 saturation of wireless radiation long known to open the blood brain barrier and destroy brain neurons? Can Canada lacks coherent BC Hydro spell s-t-e-r-i-l-i-t-y? They can in wireless-saturated Delhi where one in four couples cannot conceive. response to end violence If ‘the majority of people who originally refused are now against women: study taking a smart meter’ as BC Hydro claims, why bother to offer an opt out? In fact, the BC Stop Smart Meters Coalition is Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled Join Our Team finding that many uninformed British Columbians who by the absence of a coherent national policy and consistent accepted a smart meter (or had one installed in their absence) information about the levels of that violence says a study, now want to have these wireless devices removed. 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There are two “commuter runs” on each under the Island Futures umbrella. The route every morning and afternoon, and two primary goals are to enhance Gabriola’s mid-day runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and transportation options while reducing Saturdays. greenhouse gas emissions. Although there is Although the idea of a bus on Gabriola has no operational support from any branch of been around for many years, it had never come government (and no tax revenue), the project to fruition before. Our success in getting going received a $30,000 grant from the Regional this time can be attributed first and foremost District of Nanaimo’s Community Works to a determined and persistent group of Funding to buy and outfit two used vehicles. organizers, second, to huge support from Operating costs (fuel, insurance, maintenance residents (in just two days last December over of public input into all aspects of the operation. bus have a look at gertie.ca. Next time you etc.) must be met from fares, and since that 700 signed a petition of support) and We’re continually analyzing ridership and come to Gabriola, you can leave your car leaves little for wages, all of the drivers are businesses (plus the Gabriola Island Chamber surveying riders. Over the coming months behind and take a ride on the GERTIE; we’ll volunteers, except for a part-time paid of Commerce) and third, to great cooperation we’ll be adjusting routes and schedules to best meet you at the ferry dock. coordinator. To keep costs down, and help from our RDN and Islands Trust suit the needs of a majority of islanders, and we Projects are planned or afoot for bus services with a local disposal problem, waste vegetable representatives. look forward to continued growth in ridership. on Mayne, Galiano and Pender Islands, let us oil from on-island restaurants is being mixed A key feature of GERTIE is the high degree To find out more about the amazing Gabriola know what’s happening on your island. 0 LNG export applications Amazing Mace - Bruce Burnett gain momentum, says BC ace is a spice. What’s the stimulating blood flow to the area. hours. If using dried shrimp, soak them difference between an herb Mace is good sprinkled on broccoli, in a little water to soften for 5-10 government Mand a spice? brussel sprouts and minutes. Then pound them to a paste Well, it is generally cabbage. It enhances with the water and lemon juice. Stir the Another liquefied natural gas (LNG) export application was filed by agreed that an herb is the flavour of fish and paste into the soup for the last 20 Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited on July 23 with the National Energy from the leaves, flowers shellfish, especially minutes of cooking time. To serve, lift Board (NEB) for the Woodfibre LNG Project. This is a further sign or stem, or soft part of a shrimp. If necessary, the pumpkin into a warmed serving that BC’s LNG industry continues to gain speed, says the Office of plant that has medicinal nutmeg may be bowl. the Premier. and/or culinary uses. A substituted for mace, Mace is also great in desserts and Seeing another LNG export licence filed with the federal spice is from the seed, but the latter has a cakes. Try this: government shows two things,’ said Premier Christy Clark. ‘It further bark or root or hard part much more refined Mace Lemon Soufflé Pie indicates that our LNG has huge promise to deliver the jobs and of a plant and its use is flavour. It is also more • 4 eggs, separated prosperity that BC so richly deserves, but also that it's right around primarily culinary and expensive. • ¾ cup of brown sugar the corner. If they want to be part of this opportunity, it's urgent that secondarily medicinal. File this pumpkin • ½ tsp. ground mace companies are in the game now.’ Mace is the aril, or soup recipe for • ¼ cup of fresh squeezed lemon ‘Companies who want to capitalize on the emerging LNG industry covering, of the nutmeg seed. The Hallowe’en. It can be cooked in the juice are moving very quickly to develop their projects in British nutmeg tree is an evergreen, growing pumpkin or a pan: • 1 tsp. lemon zest Columbia,’ said Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas to 12 metres (40 feet). It has fragrant Spiced Pumpkin Soup • 1 tsp. vanilla extract Development. ‘We’re confident an LNG industry will create leaves and tufts of small yellow flowers. • 1 small pumpkin • Dash of salt thousands of jobs and provide lasting legacies that will deliver a wide The tree is native to the Molucca • 2 medium onions, chopped • One baked 9 inch pie shell. range of benefits for our communities.’ Islands of Indonesia (the Spice • Sea salt to taste Preheat the oven to 325ºF. In a Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited is proposing to construct a Islands), so forget about trying to • 1 Tbsp. long grain white rice double boiler mix the egg yolks, 1/4 cup liquefied natural gas processing and export facility project with a cultivate one in your back yard. • ½ tsp. ground mace of the sugar, the mace and the lemon proposed capacity of approximately 2.1 million tonnes per year. If The word mace is from the Old • ½ tsp. ground cinnamon juice. Cook, stirring over hot (not approved, it will be located at the waterfront industrial site of French maci, which in turn is derived • ¼ tsp. ground cumin boiling!) water until the mixture has Western Forest Product's former pulp mill near Squamish. from the Latin macir, meaning • 3 cups vegetable stock thickened. Remove from the heat. ‘Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited is continuing to pursue early ‘suitable for an ointment.’ • 1oz. salted dried shrimp (optional) Mix in the lemon zest and vanilla. feasibility work on our project and this application is an important Medicinally, mace is a carminative • 2 tsp. lemon juice (optional) Add the salt to the egg whites and beat step. We look forward to moving forward through additional (that means it makes you burp and ....), Cut a lid from the top of the until stiff. Gradually add the remaining regulatory processes and furthering our work with the community, stimulant and tonic and aids digestion. pumpkin and reserve. Discard the sugar. Then fold into the hot lemon First Nations and the public in the many months ahead,’ said Some people take mace as a toddy for seeds and stringy tissue, then scoop out mixture. Fill the prepared pie shell with company president Ratnesh Bedi. insomnia, but it is now acknowledged most of the pumpkin flesh, leaving a the mixture and bake until golden Quick Facts that prolonged use can actually cause fairly thick coating around the sides brown, about 30 minutes. Cool before addiction. Mace has an even higher 0 • Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited is a Canadian company and and bottom. Chop the flesh. Rub the serving. concentration of myristicin, one of its inside of the pumpkin with a little salt part of the Pacific Oil & Gas Group, an independent energy resource Bruce Burnett is a Chartered volatile oils, than nutmeg and large and place it in a snug-fitting oven-proof development company. The company invests, develops, builds, Herbalist, award-winning writer, and doses of this can cause hallucination dish. Put the pumpkin flesh, onions, owns and operates projects around the globe. author of ‘HerbWise: growing cooking and epileptoid fits, although it would be rice and spices in the pumpkin cavity. • The NEB is an independent federal regulator of Canada's energy wellbeing’. almost impossible to consume toxic Fill the cavity to three-quarters with industry. Its purpose is to regulate pipelines, energy development levels in a culinary application. boiling and trade in the Canadian public interest. Ointments, called nutmeg butter, chicken stock • The NEB has issued export licences to three other LNG made from the fixed oil (containing and close it PUBLIC INFORMATION proponents: a 20-year licence to Douglas Channel Energy Project myristine and butyrin), are used with its own SESSION (Texas-based company/Haisla Nation/Golar LNG); 20-year licence topically for rheumatic complaints. lid. Cook at to Kitimat LNG (Apache Corp. and Chevron Canada); a 20-year They have a counterirritant effect, 325F for two Texada Quarrying Ltd. is holding a public information 0 licence to LNG Canada (Shell and co-venture partners). session regarding their “Notice of Application for Amendment,”       M-66 as advertised on June 21, 2013. All interested Pender water system upgrade nears completion parties are welcome to attend. Representatives from Two upgrades to the Magic Lake Estates Water System began Environment Dam Safety Branch (Dam Safety) advised was Texada Quarrying, Ministry of Energy and Mines and in late summer of 2012 and will be completed by this fall. The unsuitable to meet present standards. This culvert was installed various technical consultants will be in attendance to system has provided drinking water to 1,263 lots in the in 2009, on a temporary basis, when the previous one had       
   subdivision on North Pender Island since 1980. The Capital deteriorated to the point it was jeopardizing the integrity of information session will be held at the Royal Canadian Regional District (CRD) is responsible for its day-to-day Buck Lake Dam. At that time, Dam Safety approved the Legion located at 2611 Legion Road, Van Anda, BC on operations. installation ‘on an interim basis’ until MLE could fund the Monday, August 19 between 7 and 9 pm. Buck Lake Dam Spillway Replacement appropriate structure and they gave MLE until 2013 as the Yours truly, The design and construction supervision services for a new latest allowable completion date. KCB has completed their culvert and spillway at Buck Lake Dam were awarded to Klohn design and the project was tendered and awarded to G&E André Balfe Crippen Berger (KCB). This new structure is required to replace Construction in the amount of $457,200+tax. Construction General Manager, Texada Quarrying Ltd. 6512w40 the old corrugated pipe through the dam which the Ministry of WATER SYSTEM please turn to page 11 www.islandtides.com Page 6, ISLAND TIDES, Aug 15, 2013 Time to modernize our - Ben Parfitt WaterShortly after the 2009Act BC election, a operates in the dark as far as our water commitment was made to modernize the resources are concerned. province’s century old Water Act to meet the In what will come as a surprise to many, BC challenges of a new century. collects almost no data on water used by major It was one of the government’s most industries in the province. It’s a glaring hole in important environmental initiatives, yet environmental stewardship. In fact, in some remained unfulfilled as the last mandate ended cases the BC government doesn’t even require and a new government was elected in May. big water consumers to measure what they Too often, British Columbians falsely withdraw from rivers, lakes and streams. In the assume that we have no end of freshwater. But pulp and paper industry, for example, only one we don’t. And there’s every reason to believe in mill—that’s right, just one—is required to the coming decades that our water resources meter the water they take. will be under increased strain due to rapid In the natural gas industry, where large population growth, major industries volumes of water are required for use in clamouring for more water and residents and controversial hydraulic fracturing (fracking) Photo: Susan Banjavich businesses alike demanding more power from operations, a number of companies are hydroelectric sources. similarly off the hook for metering under the Not quite a bathtub, Contestant in the 46th Nanaimo International World Bathtub If this isn’t reason enough to get serious terms of government-issued water licenses. Race roars past Gabriola Island. about how we manage our most precious More troubling, the water used is subsequently natural resource, climate change could bedevil rendered so toxic that it can never be safely even the best water-management plans by discharged back to where it came from. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN from page 4 altering the intensity and duration of peak and In response to increased public criticisms low water flows. about the impacts that the natural gas sector a stop to it.’ resources put behind that plan.’ All of the above underscores the need for could have on our waters, the provincial Oil The study estimates the combined cost of The study makes several recommendations Premier Christy Clark and her government to and Gas Commission began in 2011 to require adult sexual assault and intimate partner on how to improve the situation, including: the follow through on the commitments made four at least partial reporting on the water used by violence is $334 per person, per year in implementation of regular, sensitive, detailed years ago. British Columbians deserve a new the industry, and it is committed to fuller Canada. This puts the cost of these crimes on surveys of incidence of sexual assault and Water Sustainability Act now, before a raft of reporting in the months ahead. par with the cost of the use of illegal drugs in intimate partner violence; and a coherent, proposed new mines and liquefied natural gas But this is the exception to the rule. British Canada (an estimated $262 per person) or the coordinated, well-resourced national action plants are built. Columbia has no central repository where the cost of smoking (an estimated $541 per plan to address violence against women. Clark has underscored many times her most basic information on water use is housed. person). Federal public spending to address ‘This problem affects too many Canadians commitment only to approve energy projects Consequently, no one can say with certainty violence against women, on the other hand, and comes with too great a personal and public once environmental concerns are properly how much water is withdrawn from what amounted to $2.77 per person for the 2011- cost for Canada to continue on its current path. addressed. Committing to completing the water body at any point in time. 2012 fiscal year. Without a significant investment of political, Water Act renewal work that her predecessor Compounding problems, we are not being ‘We can put an end to violence against financial, and human resources, we will see began would be a great place to start, because compensated adequately when major women. Federal and provincial governments levels of violence against women continue to right now the provincial government often have an important role to play in doing so,” remain at the current level. Canada can do WATER ACT, please turn to page 11 says McInturff. ‘In order to be more effective, better. Millions of Canadians and billions of we need more information about the nature dollars depend on it,’ McInturff concludes. and scope of the problem, a coherent and The Gap in the Gender Gap: Violence Against coordinated plan to address the problem, and Women in Canada is available on the CCPA adequate political, financial, and human website at http://policyalternatives.ca. 0 Poets Cove Resort & Spa - Human Resources Coordinator

NOTICE OF WOOD POLE TEST AND TREAT

To ensure public safety and electrical system reliability, BC Hydro contractors inspect wood power poles along distribution lines and carry out treatment if required. Poles that have been in service for at least 14 years (lodgepole pine) and 20 years (western red cedar) are inspected, tested for strength and treated near ground level with wood preservative to prevent and/or stop decay. Untreated poles typically have a service life of only 30 years, while treated poles can last up to 70 years, conserving demand on our forest resources.

Between September 3 and November 30, 2013, wood poles will be inspected and treated along distribution lines on central and southern Salt Spring Island.

Wood preservatives used are approved and registered for utility wood poles by Health Canada. Contractors are certified and licensed by the BC Ministry of Environment, and work is completed under the direction of BC Hydro in accordance with BC Hydro’s Pest Management Plan for Wood Structure Maintenance (ref # 105-0976-09-14).

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R ESORT & SPA www.islandtides.com ISLAND TIDES, August 15, 2013, Page 7 Galiano’s land for re-creating and learning - Suzanne Fournier his year the Galiano Conservancy protecting land on a forever basis.’ Association has spearheaded the Eventually trails will be built through DL 58 Tsuccessful $4 million acquisition of 288 to link all the mid-island forever-protected acres of land. Conservancy director Ken lands, from coast to coast. The conservation Millard notes that ‘the acquisition of DL 58 partnership also ‘provides good checks and ‘joins the Trincomali Nature Sanctuary to balances, in that one owner is covenanted by Bodega Ridge Provincial Park via a corridor another organization—it’s a very high degree comprising the Great Beaver Swamp, the of land protection,’ notes Kate Emmings, an Pebble Beach Reserve including the Cable Bay ecosystem protection specialist for the Islands Restoration Forest, Laughlin Lake and our Trust Fund. recently-purchased Learning Centre land on The new nature reserve on DL 58 ranges DL 57.’ from beaver wetlands to an inland bluff with In all, the mid-Galiano Conservation pockets of old-growth Douglas fir and Garry Network, as it is known, now comprises a oak. Below lies a typically lush Galiano forest protected area of more than 500 hectares. Like of red alder, western red cedar and big-leaf all lands in the Salish Sea, mid-Galiano is home maple. to diverse bird populations, from eagles, turkey In contrast, the Galiano Conservancy’s vultures and peregrine falcons to at-risk Restorative Learning Centre land on DL 57 is species such as the olive-sided flycatcher and heavily impacted in some areas by industrial the great blue heron. activity including logging and milling, but still On August 31, Galiano Islanders will has many hectares of agricultural land, forest celebrate the preservation of the very heart of and pristine waterfront. Also known as the their island with a six-kilometre fundraising Campbell family lands, like DL58, it is laden 57 would be ideal for a permanent residential camping to a permanent facility where kids with cultural value and history. ‘Many people walk and community gathering called ‘A homebase for programs and retreats. could spend several days immersed in nature. who came to Galiano Island got their start on Walkalong for Learning’ (see What’s On?, page Since 2000, more than 7,000 people, most that land,’ notes Millard. The Next Step 11, for details). of them children, have participated in nature Under the stewardship of the conservancy, Although creative financing has now preserved DL 58 was acquired in large part by programs hosted by the GCA. ‘In some cases, the goal is both to heal and restore the mid-Island Galiano, more money is urgently donations from Galiano Conservancy (CGA) impacted lands while enhancing their value to it changes their lives,’ observes Millard of the needed to keep bringing children to nature. members and suppporters. The Nature inner-city students who attend Galiano the community. DL 57 is being cleared of Aug 31’s walkalong, slated to become an Conservancy of Canada then joined the Conservancy programs. He recalls one student broom, assessed for agricultural values and annual event, has a dual purpose: to mark the partnership, matching the money raised by the marvelling that ‘You guys are doing this for cleaned of debris and industrial waste. “One of official celebration of a creative and powerful GCA through the support of the federal everybody, forever, not just yourselves.’ our goals is to have a community agricultural land protection partnership between the government’s Natural Areas Conservation ‘I was really surprised at how many kids area, where people can grow and harvest their Galiano Conservancy Association and the program. from inner-city Vancouver or Victoria may live own food, says Millard, noting that will further Islands Trust Fund and to fundraise for Title is now held by the Islands Trust Fund so close to natural spaces yet they never get out enhance food security on Galiano. educational programs. and will have a conservation covenant to them,’ says Emmings, who has lived on Educational Objectives Walkers can sign-up to canvass for pledges, registered in favour of the Galiano Galiano for 17 years and herself taught nature Funds raised by the August 31 Walkalong, turning their walk into support for the Conservancy. ‘This partnership provides a very programs. ‘It’s an intense experience for many whether through old-fashioned paper pledge Conservancy’s longstanding ‘From the Forest high level of protection for our mid-island land urban kids and of course it’s much better as a base,’ notes Ken Millard of the GCA. ‘We have sheets or online Facebook appeals, will go to to the Sea’ environmental education programs. multi-day, multi-site experience.’ A key goal for a management plan and we have a very strong the GCA’s ongoing environmental education To make a donation or sign-up, visit the program is to move from the temporary obligation to follow that plan. This is about programs. Millard has long believed that DL gcawalkalong.causevox.com. 0 New Prosperity mine hearing Why I am engaged in the A new set of public hearings has begun for the latest proposal FOR SALE from Taseko Mines for a billion-dollar gold/copper mine near In Belize First Nations Reconciliation Fish Lake in the Cariboo. The review panel is holding hearings on the road as it travels to First Nation communities - Jane Morley 510ft seafront JuneInitiative 11, 2008: I look grief of those around me, and its release in surrounding the proposed mine site. The first day of the w/acreage hearings, in Williams Lake, attracted some 400 people, from the gallery to the tears - their reality finally officially recognized. U.S.$88,500 floor of the House of I was moved, but my eyes were dry. including over 150 chiefs and drummers from local Tsilhqot’in Commons, where, That is until the Prime Minister said these First Nations. • Overlooking Cayes on contrary to protocol, words, ‘The burden of this experience has been Members of a Chilcotin First Nations band, the Xeni Gwet’in, secluded bay w/ beach have requested a private hearing to discuss ancestral graves • Access by boat only Aboriginal leaders are gathered. The Prime on your shoulders for far too long. The burden • Mostly low level thought to be affected by the proposed mine. Minister stands up to apologize. I am prepared is properly ours as a Government, and as a tropical jungle to respond cynically– action not words! country.’ The new mining proposal follows the demise of an earlier • Southern Toledo District Aboriginal people from different heritages and I still weep when I read those words. I weep plan, which was soundly rejected by First Nations and the federal 3.7 mi. to Punta Gorda backgrounds are weeping around me. They in recognition that ‘their’ reality is ‘our’ reality. government over environmental issues although it was Call Wendy: weep as the Prime Minister outlines the ‘sad I weep out of shared grief for all we have lost. I approved in 2010 by the BC government on economic grounds. chapter in our history.’ They weep as he weep with hope for what we can achieve Taseko has now proposed to relocate the tailings pond away 1-226-499 0392 or recognizes its continuing contribution to social together. from Fish Lake (Teztan Biny), which they say will cost an [email protected] problems in their communities. They weep as I am engaged in Pender’s First Nations additional $300 million. 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TINY ST NICHOLAS CHURCH IS PART OF SATURNAʼS HERITAGE ugust—what a bounty from the garden! Saturna grown Branch of the BC Historical Association, we have excellent food has that extra appeal—taste, smell and taut records to reconstruct the history of Saint Nicholas Church. MINI-ADS! Abeauty—that comes from grown-next-door and just- Just before 1900, the Reverend Hubert St John Payne came picked. Several Islanders are growing to sell and lots are to Saturna Island to join his brothers and sisters who had settled BE SEEN & growing and sharing. At the Saturna Saturday Market there is on the western side of Saturna. After buying land in Winter always a stand that sells out and two local eateries use island- Cove, Reverend Payne immediately started his efforts to build Graceace PointPGr oint Square 250-538-0025 Salt Spring Island DON’T BUST grown on their menus whenever possible. a place of worship on Saturna. wwwwww.blacksheepbooks.caw..blacksheep ooks.cabooks.ca Historically, the Gulf Islands used to be a major supplier of A boat workshop, built by a Japanese boatbuilder, was found THE BUDGET! fruit and vegetables for Victoria and Vancouver. Mayne Island on Samuel Island and transported to the site with help from even had Japanese owned glass greenhouses with tomatoes and Payne family friend Major Bradley-Dyne. The building was cucumbers growing and all the Islands had orchards. rebuilt as a church—wood rounds, set up on pieces of flat Regional Kitchen Scraps Strategy All of the steamers that plied the waters made stops for sandstone were the cornerstones—as it was with all buildings freight and people. Boat schedules and stops were looser in of that day. It is sturdy and simple with 12”x2–3” Douglas fir those days while pears, apples, plums, wood, steers, wool, sheep, planks outside and clear paneling inside. Major Bradley Dyne and whatever else might form a profitable cargo were loaded made the trifoliate cross which adorns the church roof today Food Waste and discharged—entertaining and delighting passengers who and donated a lectern, tall carved candle-sticks, a cross and a Digester Distribution Sales dined in style with tablecloths and silver in the lounges. harmonium. Sunny Weather Saint Nicholas’ Church began holding services for family and With such sunny weather it seems we are really doing summer. islanders immediately and the Anglican Church Record of In support of the Regional Kitchen Scraps Baptisms show dates for 1905–07; 10 baptisms of local children Strategy, the CRD is making onsite food Park-users, visiting families, and part-time residents are taking their vacations. The water is welcoming for swimming and signed by Reverend Payne for St Nicholas Church, Saturna waste digesters available Island. for purchase by residents residing on the boating, the blackberries are divine, and the wasps are really active and plentiful! The Island is fun and full of new people and The last church records shown are for 1926, and the church Southern Gulf Islands and their stories about where they come from, what brought them closed for Sunday services some time in the mid-’30s. In 1937, Salt Spring Island. to Saturna and what they have found that is meaningful to them. Reverend Payne gave the altar, chancel furniture, tapestry, Food Waste Digesters are available for We are hosting lots of bicyclists who are a fun, fit, and lively pictures, chairs and carpets to the Church of the Good Shepherd purchase at your local recycling depot. demographic to have rolling around the Island. on South Pender Island where the Paynes had family and Heritage Church Gets An Airing friends. The church and surrounding land went through several Saturna’s current church, Saint Christopher’s, put on a Digesters that retail for $165 will be priced at a owners, Tommy and Doreen Cowan, Daisy and Ken Gillespie marvelous day for the island on July 27—a celebration of 113 discounted rate of $95, (including tax). Payment and Gayle and Al Sewell and each landowner has cared for the years of tiny Saint Nicholas’ Church. Invited were members of accepted by cash or cheque. First come, first served. little church that came with the landtitle. Gillespies worked to the extensive Payne family, originally from Saturna, Pender Limit one per household. restore and refurbish the disused chapel. In the 1980s a stained Islands, and now from Saanich. glass window and new pews were installed. In 1986, skilled Gayle and Al Sewell own the property which St Nicholas Visit myrecyclopedia.ca for strategy information or island cabinetmaker Bernie Le Blanc was commissioned to Church occupies and opened its doors in Church Bay for the contact the Greater Victoria Compost Edcuation work on the interior of the chapel and to build the entrance afternoon. It was a gorgeous day, and an opportunity to see and Centre online at www.compost.bc.ca or by phone at archway and carve the chapel door. In 1988, Bernard Le Blanc enjoy a part of Saturna history—a closer look at the little church 250.386.WORM (9676) for digester installation and Island nurse Laura Paul were married in the chapel he that so many have noticed but never been inside. In the lovely information. restored in a big Island celebration! Church archway, beautified by the Sewells with hanging After visiting the chapel, I went outside to talk about their baskets, Reverend Dawn Wood and other church members Proudly sponsored by time on Saturna to cousins and granddaughters of two of the greeted a steady stream of curious islanders, visitors and Payne Payne brothers, Ruth Wiren and Jan Carroll (there with her two family members. daughters). The Payne cousins and children were staying Given out at the door, booklets containing information about overnight at Breezy Bay Bed and Breakfast, the oldest house on the history and creation of Saint Nicholas Church: family Saturna, built by Gerald Payne. anecdotes, copies of church records, and descriptions of the part Standing with us was Chris Coleman whose father, Bishop that the little church played in the life of Saturna, prepared by Coleman, was the clergyman for years on Pender Island and local historian Bakhshish Gill. Saturna Island. Jim or Lorraine Campbell picked him up The church seats about 25 people in pews surrounded by the The Simple regularly as clockwork from Hope Bay, Pender Island in their soft semi-dark with light beaming in from decorated windows motor yacht Ann Elizabeth for services at Saint Christopher’s. High-Performance on the three sides, and through the open door. 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eljen.com of the ardour of past and present members of the Gulf Islands SATURNA, please turn to facing page www.islandtides.com ISLAND TIDES, Aug 15, 2013, Page 9 Elizabeth May, MP What’sanadians now in have a dizzyingthose array of crudepipelines? oil at all. Crude doesn’t blow up.- It burns, ways to do this. product, Naptha, or, as in the case of the Dilbit pipeline proposals dominating news but it doesn’t create explosive fireballs. As Ed One is by upgrading, converting the Arkansas spill, with added benzene. Ccoverage. They are presented as though Belkaloul, the Quebec head of the bitumen to synthetic crude. Or, you could do One thing about pipelines I have learned in they are alternative options. Transportation Safety Board, put it, the oil one better and then further refine the synthetic the last few years, since paying a lot of attention Problems getting pipelines to the US behaved in a way ‘that was abnormal’. crude so that you are shipping gasoline or other to them, is that shippers sending dilbit by approved? Show Uncle Sam we have other What was in that crude? Turns out, no one refined petroleum product. The quick and dirty pipeline do not have to be overly concerned markets and get pipelines to the Pacific coast. knows. The nice folks who produced the stuff approach is to mix the bitumen with other about contamination with rust or dirt along the Trouble getting pipelines to the Pacific in North Dakota’s Bakken fields sold it to fossil fuel by-products to make it flowable. The shipping route. Bitumen is still such low-grade coast? Head east to the Atlantic. shipper World Fuel Services (WFS). WFS was non-scientific word for the solution to make it material that any crud that gets into the mix There is also the major irritant with the not forthcoming about what might be different flow is ‘diluent’ and the mix of bitumen and will be removed in subsequent upgrading and Obama administration—what will the about the unconventional oil they were diluents is ‘dilbit’. The diluent can be any refining. So if you want an internal industry President decide about the Keystone XL shipping. The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic number of chemicals, including natural gas by- OTTAWA, please turn to page 10 pipeline? Rail company (MMA) that got permission Then there are the two major threats to BC’s from Transport Canada to have the unmanned supertanker-free coast, maintained since the train left poised above LacMagantic on a main BULLETIN BOARD imposition of the tanker moratorium in 1972— line with 72 railways cars of hazardous product Enbridge Northern Gateway and Kinder- also says they didn’t know it was more HOME & PROPERTY Morgan’s TransMountain expansion to dangerous than your average crude. Burnaby. Since production in North Dakota’s shale The reality is all these proposals are not has tripled in the last two years, with most of it Besley necessarily in the alternative. The Masters of moving by rail, no regulator or shipper seems • WATER WELLS Design & Build the Fossil Fuel Universe would like to have all to have noticed this might not be crude after • HYDROFRACTURING Foundations & Framing 250-474-7325 TO IMPROVE WELL YIELDS Siding & Roofing of them. The mainstream media dutifully all. As the stuff flowed into adjacent streams Finishing Metal & Torch-On repeats whatever Stephen Harper says about and rivers, environment officials tried to figure RILLING FOR EOSOURCE • D G Decks & Fences 20+ Years Experience them—even our once great public broadcaster, out what was in there. It seems there was a lot 1-800-746-7444 Renovations & Additions BBB, Licensed, Insured, WCB, the CBC. of the cancer-causing chemical benzene, which 250-537-8456 Timberworks & Arbors Visa M/C • Excellent references www.soarecontracting.com How is it no one asks, ‘What will be in the would not ordinarily be found in crude. And www.drillwell.com 25 years experience pipeline?’ likely a lot of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [email protected] Licensed & Insured

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Congregations would like to see a more vibrant and Hayward & Anne Hayward, building stairs & landings have applied to the Ministry of populous church community. Island churches in general are of cedar and stone Callum 250-538-8640 putting effort and energy into brainstorming how to keep this Forests, Lands and Natural ••• Resource Operations “We don’t stand aspect of our collective legacy relevant and lively in our present shorelineaccess.com (MFLNRO), West Coast Service 250-629-3672 behind our work, day communities. This successful afternoon by Saint Private Moorage & Centre for a FIREWOOD [email protected] we stand behind a tree.” Christopher’s Church members to link our current community Breakwater Tenure situated on FOR SALE with our past and to inspire us in our connectedness is much Provincial Crown land located at King Island, near King Islets at appreciated. 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MAGIC LAKE WATER from page 5 THOMAS ANTHONY BROOKER 1939-2013 started in early September 2012 when Buck Lake is historically improvements. This review was completed in September 2011. at its lowest level and was completed in January 2013. AECOM have combined the work into a single contract Landscaping was completed in May 2013 and minor which includes: new water treatment plant located at the CRD deficiencies are currently being rectified. Once deficiencies are yard at 47284 Schooner Way; new raw water pump stations complete a notice of acceptance will be provided to the from Magic and Buck Lakes; new raw water main from Buck contractor. Lake to the water treatment plant; replacement of the Frigate ‘Buck Lake Dam has a ‘High Hazard’ consequence rating, Reservoir at the existing site; and replacement of some existing meaning that if it failed there would be a high risk of damage to water distribution mains. people and property downstream. The discharge culvert is AECOM completed the final design phase for the works and designed to mitigate this risk. KCB has designed the inlet tendered these works in May/June 2012. The tenders closed structure to the new box culvert to limit the outflow, even during on June 29 and the work was awarded to Rohl Enterprises Ltd the design flood event, to that which can be passed safely in the amount of $6,061,500 + tax. Construction started in early through the existing downstream culverts. The work included November 2012 and, as of the beginning of June this year, the installation of two line valves on the existing water main at Buck water main work was 95% completed. The water treatment Lake dam on Spyglass, (causing a temporary service plant basement and foundation walls and roof are complete as interruption) to permit removal of the existing culvert and is the main floor slab, the Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) replacement with a 1.8 m square concrete box culvert and inlet equipment has arrived and has been partially installed, work structure. The Buck Lake Spillway project is 100% funded by on the building walls is almost complete and mechanical piping, MLE; no grant was received for this work. HVAC and electrical work is currently underway. Water Treatment Improvements MLE received a grant from the Building Canada Fund on ⅔ Design and construction services for the second project were these water treatment and Infrastructure Improvement Known as Tony, Thomas Anthony Brooker, passed away awarded to AECOM Canada Ltd (AECOM). The first part of the projects. The overall grantable budget for these works is peacefully at his home on Pender Island with his family AECOM work was to undertake a review of the existing MLE $6,925,000, with an additional $150,000 allocation for CRD to around him on July 31, 2013. system and determine the required water system oversee the works and consultancy which is non-grantable. 0 Tony was born in London, England and but lived in the Midlands until he immigrated with his young family to WATER ACT from page 6 Second, require that all major water users meter the water they consume and report it to the province. Vancouver B.C in 1974. In Vancouver Tony worked as a industries use public water resources. For example, right now mechanical engineer for a prominent engineering firm that under the terms of their water licenses, natural gas companies And third, increase water use fees and use a portion of the revenues collected to pay for a province-wide water use sent Tony to work throughout Canada and overseas such as pay the province token ‘fees’ of just $2.75 for every Olympic the Yemen and Venezuela. In 1981 his work took his family swimming pool’s worth of water withdrawn. In Dawson Creek, database and increased environmental monitoring and enforcement efforts. for a 5 year contract to Richards Bay, South Africa, where he by comparison, the same amount of water sold by the designed conveyor belts for Richards Bay Coal Terminal. municipality to some of the same companies involved in The time has come to bring our water legislation into the 21st century. The right place to start is to insist that we know what Tony's happiest times were on Pender Island where he fracking operations fetches more than $11,000. enjoyed his last 20 years of retirement. You would find Tony With fracking likely to skyrocket under a scenario where one is being used and that users pay their fair share for what they take. tinkering at his Trincomali property or on his sail boat Little or more liquefied natural gas terminals get built in BC, the need Bear. to properly monitor our water resources is urgent. Ben Parfitt is a research associate with the University of He is survived by his loving wife Eileen, children: Lynn, The provincial government can remedy this situation Victoria’s POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, a resource Julia, and Samantha; grandchildren: Adam, Clarissa, immediately by doing three simple things. policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Matthew, Hayley, Spencer, and Selina; and great-grandchild First, grant one provincial agency sole responsibility for Alternatives, and author of ‘Counting Every Drop: The Case Maiya. gathering and reporting all information on water use and have for Water Use Reporting in BC’, available at Memorial contributions to the Heart Foundation or 0 an independent auditor periodically verify the agency’s policyalternatives.ca/counting-every-drop. Cancer Society, please. performance. www.islandtides.com Page 12, ISLAND TIDES, Aug 15, 2013   ROUND THE ISLANDS   Run The Rock    One of North America’s most scenic and challenging marathons     has added a third race to its roster. August 25’s third annual Run the Rock (RTR) on Texada offers full and half marathons and organizers have this year added an eight-kilometre event on an easier course. More than 30 runners have registered so far, from as far       away as Germany and Brazil. BC althletes from Vancouver      Island, the Sunshine Coast and the Lower Mainland have also signed up. Inter-Island Art Show Roasting Fancy Coffee The Labour Day weekend Saturna artists’ group show on for mail orders since 1982 Galiano is the result of much planning between Insight Gallery and the artists on Saturna Island. 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Photo: MARK THOMPSON Books To Bella Bella Bella Bella, in the Great Bear Rainforest, lost its library to fire on July 12. On Hornby, Joan Lawrence (who was for 27 years the puppeteer for Casey & Finnegan on TVshow Mr Dressup) got an idea to link Hornby’s 2nd annual booksale to Bella Bella’s need—send a selection of books from the sale to Bella Bella. The Hornby Island Community Fund, for which the book 1.888.296.8059 sale is a fundraiser, was receptive. But how to transport them? www.wintonhomes.ca BC Ferries responded to a call for help. The system serves both location. On August 7, 1,000 books in 40 boxes were loaded onto a BC Ferry truck for the 500km journey to the Great Bear. You’ll be right at home! The first leg to Gravelly Bay, Denman Island was made by Kurt Wetzel where BC Ferries employee Carl Lamontagne loaded them on a BC Ferries truck, to be transported via Port Ship To Shore Hardy. Tree Service Island-to-Island Five years of BC’s carbon tax - Mark Jaccard n 5 years, debates about BC’s carbon tax I have read countless papers showing that Tree Removal have generated much heat and little light, when energy prices change, some people (not Topping/Thinning Ibut Stewart Elgie and Jessica McClay of the all) respond by changing their behavior or Pruning University of Ottawa have just released a good technologies. The carbon tax changes energy Lot Clearing effort to rectify this situation. Comparing fuel prices and some people respond. Researchers Fabric art by Donna Digance consumption (gasoline, diesel, propane, fuel like Elgie, McClay, Rivers and Schaufele are Arborist by Boat oil, etc) in BC with the rest of Canada, before starting to detect this response, although it will John Racine exchanges. Tish decided to make this a reality at her Insight and after the imposition of the carbon tax, they take many more years to get a firmer sense of Gallery.

www.shiptoshore.ca 250.668.2186 detect a significant change. Prior to 2008, BC’s the full effect of the tax. (Scandinavian ‘The difficulty arose when we tried to arrange for the artists petroleum fuel use changed in lock-step with countries have had carbon taxes for two to actually be able to be present at an ‘opening’, Tish says. ‘There the rest of Canada. But afterwards it fell 17.4% decades and the response is easy to detect and is more of an exchange if you can actually talk to the artists who per capita in BC while rising 1.5% in the rest of agreed upon by all leading researchers.) are showing the work. When we checked the ferry schedule, the country. They also noted that BC’s But does this new study make me a devotee there was no way the artists could come over without having to economy performed as well or better than of the carbon tax? No. While my position on stay overnight (at a high cost to each individual). So I began to other provincial economies, a partial response many things has changed over the last 20 look at boat and air alternatives and was shocked at the costs Shop Something Different! to the much-touted argument that BC’s years, the repeated evidence—including from quoted to me by island services. 10940 West Saanich Rd economy would suffer terribly because of the the BC experience—has only reinforced my ‘I found a responsible individual with a good, closed-in boat 250-656-2547 tax. (Stephen Harper repeatedly claims that opinion on the strengths and weakness of the who offered to ferry our group back and forth for an affordable www.deepcovemarket.com carbon taxes destroy economies, with zero carbon tax. Yes, it is the most economically price. The Saturna artists applied to the Trincomali Arts evidence in support—which some people efficient way of reducing emissions. Yes, I will Council for some financial help with travel and advertising would call lying.) desperately support any elected politician who costs, and after some time and deliberation the Council has Of course, people will still argue that the BC implements one—or who wants my help to decided to help to defray the costs.’ carbon tax had no effect, or even perverse design one. ‘This will be the first inter-island show for many years and • harvesting systems effects, and no amount of evidence will change But I never tell politicians that they must hopefully will be the prototype for many artist shows to follow • design • installation the minds of some. But, interestingly, BC’s implement a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse between the islands,’ she concludes. • service aviation fuels, which are not subject to the gas emissions. If they ask me to assess their VISIT NEW WEBSITE! carbon tax, did not diverge from the Canadian climate policy options, I always say that other BOB BURGESS pattern, supporting the argument that the compulsory policies, like cap-and-trade or Public input for 250-246-2155 carbon tax really did have an effect. And BC’s regulations on technologies and fuels, can [email protected] disconnect from the rest of the country was reduce emissions as effectively as a carbon tax, governance study www.rainwaterconnection.com evident for all taxed fuels, not just gasoline; so not as cost-effectively as a carbon tax, but just The Salt Spring Governance Study Committee is asking the Experience Counts! the argument that BC’s divergence is caused by as effectively. public for input for the report it will submit to the BC increased cross-border shopping for gasoline If a committed politician prefers one of Government later this year. is not supported. these, because he or she fears the political ‘Our website (ssigovernancestudy.ca) is fully operational, our MINI-ADS! Sensible people (especially academics like difficulty of succeeding with the carbon tax, I informational fact sheets and our first public survey are now BE SEEN & DON’T Elgie and McClay) know that correlation does tell them I can design these with enough available for island residents and property owners to examine BUST THE BUDGET! not prove causation. But this is why talented market flexibility to almost (!) approximate the and respond,’ says communications coordinator Pat Preston. researchers like Nic Rivers (also at the economic efficiency of the carbon tax. The purpose of the study, announced by the BC government University of Ottawa, where he is a Canada We humans have amply demonstrated over in 2012, is to review the current form of governance, outline the Research Chair) conduct sophisticated the last 20 years that we are incapable of acting differences between rural and municipal governments and statistical studies in which they try to extract effectively on global warming. Why on earth ‘most importantly to engage the public in discussion around the influence of anything else that might have would we worsen bad odds by insisting that issues and potential challenges facing the island,’ she added. caused the BC divergence, including weather, politicians do a carbon tax when there are less Urban Systems, the consulting firm hired to assist with BUY | RAISE | MOVE | LEVEL economy, and other policies. In a not-yet- politically difficult ways of achieving the same, public engagement, will be interviewing representatives of key BUY RECYCLED HOMES published paper with Brandon Schaufele he alreadyincredibly difficult objective? community organizations in mid-August. Two public meetings RAISE Increase Square Footage has found strong statistical evidence that the Mark Jaccard is Professor of Resource and are set for August, see advertisement, page 4, for details. The MOVE Subdivide Your Lot! BC carbon tax is having an effect, already quite Environmental Management at Simon public is encouraged to attend these interactive events and to LEVEL Repair Foundation Issues profound. Fraser University. His blog can be read at raise issues of concern related to governance. None of this comes as a surprise to people Additional information and the survey are available on the www.nickelbros.com markjaccard.com and his Twitter handle is trained in the field of energy economics. As a 0 1-866-320-2268 @MarkJaccard. website: ssigovernancestudy.ca, also Pat Preston: researcher and reviewer for academic journals, [email protected], 250.931.2268. 0 www.islandtides.com