In-flight Magazine for Pacific Coastal Airlines

ALL ABOARD! Cruising Victoria’s inner harbour with former mayor PUMPING THE ECONOMY Boat building enterprise thrives in Campbell River TAIL ART The story of the eagle

April /May 2014 | Volume 8 | Number 2 NEW PRICE

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6 THE FUTURE LIVES HERE Economic development on the rise in Surrey. 12 ALL ABOARD! Cruising Victoria’s beautiful inner harbour. 14 GO WILD In the Comox Valley. 16 PUMPING THE ECONOMY Brian Kieran reports on Daigle Welding & Marine in CR. 18 TEE TIME Golfing in the Columbia Valley. 20 THE BEAUTIFUL GAME Drew Ferguson and Para Soccer. 22 Q&A Tim Ryan, Chair Forest Practices Board.

DEPARTMENTS 4 UP FRONT President’s message; Meet a PCA employee. 9 BC BUSINESS ROUNDUP News from around the province. 10 DATEBOOK Community events from around B.C.

Cover: Eagle tale on PCA Beech 1900C Photo: Susie Quinn

Editor Graphic Design Susan Lundy Lily Chan [email protected] Michelle Gjerde Group Publisher Published by Penny Sakamoto Black Press [email protected] 818 Broughton Street Victoria, BC V8W 1E4 Director, Advertising Sales www.blackpress.ca Oliver Sommer Phone 250-381-3484 [email protected] Fax 250-386-2624 Advertising Anne Marie Rindt Patty Doering

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April/May 2014 PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Annual PCA golf tourney — raising funds and hope

On Tuesday, June 3 we will host our 22nd private Aboriginal college in the province and Annual Memorial Charity Golf Tournament at it oers programs leading to the BC Adult Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club in Richmond. Graduation Diploma and college certicates and e golf tournament is a labour of love for both diplomas that provide access to employment or management and sta at Pacic Coastal, and it has further post-secondary education. grown considerably since the inaugural event back I am proud of our company’s history of in 1992. Last year we provided a record $45,000 supporting organizations that work hard every to charity, and the event has raised a total of day to give people hope and in doing so, make an $209,412.09 since inception. important contribution to the communities they e primary recipient of the funds raised serve. ey are our communities as well. by Pacic Coastal is e Source Club Society If you are interested in registering to golf, or of Powell River. It is a non-prot organization wish to become a sponsor of the Pacic Coastal dedicated to exploring and supporting work Airlines 22nd Annual Memorial Charity Golf Quentin Smith opportunities for those with mental illness. Its Tournament, visit our website www.paciccoastal. President, mission is to help people achieve healthy and com and click on the active link to the registration Pacific Coastal Airlines productive lives and it operates on the belief that page. everyone has the right to meaningful employment. ank you for your support. Last year we added a second charity. Native Education College in Vancouver is the largest

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

MEET A PACIFIC COASTAL EMPLOYEE Susan Lundy is a freelance writer, author What is the vision or mission of your department? and editor, who grew up in As customer service agents in Campbell River, we are Victoria and now lives on providing more than just ights to and from Vancouver. We Salt Spring Island. act as ambassadors to the community when the tourists arrive, providing them with information of local services, points of interest, best restaurants and more. Benjamin Yong is a freelance journalist and What do you like most about your job? community news reporter I love meeting people that are heading out on amazing based in Richmond, B.C. journeys or heading home from a once in a lifetime adventure. He enjoys writing about I try to take a moment to connect with each person that I talk lifestyles, culture and cars. to in order to help ease the stress that can sometimes go along with travelling. Susan Quinn is a Where did you grow up? veteran Vancouver Island I lived in Ontario until the cold weather got the best of me. journalist with more than Name: I packed up my dog and some of my belongings into my old two decades of experience EMILY WILTON Volkswagen and headed west. Campbell River seemed like a and a passion for ying. Position: Customer great place to settle and see what life would bring! Service Agent Montreal-born Brian Based in: What are your hobbies outside of the job? Kieran has worked for Summer is my favorite time of year and the kayak is where I Campbell River several BC newspapers, taking can usually be found on my days o. We love to head out and Time with him from England to Qatar. camp, sh and bike ride. Vancouver Island also hosts many Pacific Coastal: He is also a communications wonderful festivals and events that are fun to check out. Each volunteer for the Pender Island 14 years winter I like to try something new and this year hot yoga and Fire Department. knitting have kept me very busy.

4 SOAR April/May 2014 TALES OF THE TAILS

TAIL ART: Eagle AIRCRAFT: Beech 1900C CALL SIGN: C-GPCY

Celebrating the eagle While eagles remain abundant on the West Coast, spotting a majestic bird soaring past When the subject of tail art for Paci c birds of prey used to prevent other birds never ceases to turn heads. Coastal Airline planes came up, the company from colliding with aircra at Vancouver QUICK FACT: Eagles have such good “found it dicult to sum all that is BC in a International Airport. ese birds are used to scare away migrating waterfowl, according to sight they can spot their prey 1.6 kilometres single image.” Now, each of the airline’s tails bird handler Emily Fleming. (1 mile) away. feature dierent icons. Here is the story of Twenty years ago, the wildlife branch of the eagle. the Ministry of Environment, Lands and BONUS FACT: Myriad “nest cams” are Parks estimated the winter population of bald set up around Vancouver Island and the BY SUSAN QUINN eagles in BC to be between 20,000 and 30,000. Lower Mainland where people can remotely Experts estimate the population is around observe activity in eagles’ nests live via the In First Nations lore, the eagle is the ruler Internet. of the sky. So it is only tting that the eagle, a 20,000 now. revered bird in British Columbia, is depicted as tail art on Pacic Coastal Airlines’ aircra. Eagles are birds of prey, with keen eyesight and large wingspans — sometimes more than two metres. In British Columbia, the distinctively coloured brown and white eagles — known as bald eagles — are one of 50 dierent species of eagles found around the world. Eagles are celebrated in numerous ways in BC, including First Nations ceremonies and Private Island in the Heart festivals, such as the Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival at Chehalis Flats in November and of the annual Brackendale Bald Eagle Count near Squamish. All-Inclusive & Day Adventures Ideal A bald eagle is also part of the team of for Corporate Retreats, Family Reunions Reach an influential Groups of 10 to 22 Reserve Entire Island & Lodge audience. To advertise in S I

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BY BENJAMIN YONG the busiest US border crossings in the country (at 176 Street), the new South rom light industry to medical Fraser Perimeter Road, as well as the innovation to clean technology, Deltaport terminal and South Fraser FSurrey is ushering in a new era of Docks. economic development by attracting all types “It’s clear that it’s bringing of business, and it’s quickly living up to its tag investment into the community and line, “e Future Lives Here.” good paying jobs into the community. Once ranked low on the Metro Vancouver It really is a huge asset to the city,” he food chain, the city is poised to match says. Vancouver in both population and possibly Hayne adds that Campbell Heights popularity in a couple of decades, thanks to represents only one aspect of a three- the leadership of Mayor Dianne Watts and her “It’s a ve-phase business park of pre- pronged approach for growing Surrey’s team, which now reside in a brand new, $97 serviced industrial land. Phase one and two prominence on the map. ere is a heavy million city hall located in downtown Surrey. are sold out and we’re currently selling phase focus right now on health, with much of the Councillor Bruce Hayne sits in his oce three. In total, Campbell Heights represents work taking place within a one-kilometre overlooking City Centre — the area still about 245 acres,” says Hayne. stretch of infrastructure dubbed “Innovation known to many as the much stigmatized “ere are already about 50 or 60 or so Boulevard.” Whalley — in late February, having moved businesses operating in the park.” Situated between Simon Fraser University a couple of weeks prior. As part of his duties Popular for companies that need a larger and Surrey Memorial Hospital, the as one of Watts’ inner circle, he sits as the footprint for manufacturing, some of its two anking organizations have joined chair of the Investment and Innovation inhabitants are well-known like Surrey- together with other partners, including the Committee, which advises council on issues based Van Gogh Designs, which specializes University of British Columbia and Kwantlen like investment opportunities. To this end, in designer furniture, while others are more Polytechnic University, to come up with he helped oversee the Campbell Heights commercial-based enterprises such as CB ways to improve and advance the health care North business park in southeast Surrey Supplies, which distributes plumbing and system and attract top minds in the eld. that has been a work-in-progress since 2006 geothermal products. Hayne says it also aims to grow new and is envisioned to take another 10 years to Hayne says the development is particularly companies in the health sector, and is already complete. attractive because of its proximity to one of attracting young startups by providing a

6 SOAR April/May 2014 well-established incubating space. Examples include MetaOptima, a company that produces a camera for smartphones, helping detect and prevent skin cancer; and MobiSafe, which has a patent pending for a foam airbag system for wheelchairs. “A big part of it is not just doing research for research’s sake. It’s doing research for the purpose of being able to take products to the market.” Much in the same way the city approached Innovation Boulevard a little over a year ago, things are just getting underway for the other big economic development piece: clean tech. Surrey is currently in partnership with BC Hydro subsidiary Powertech (a company that consults on clean energy and performs Dr. Ryan D’Arcy is head of Health Sciences and Innovation for Surrey Memorial Hospital, and the chair of independent testing) to recruit an industry healthcare innovation at Simon Fraser University. chair to drive the sector forward. A base of operations has yet to be found but there is “no foot building. Heat pumps extract and of buildings through smart retrots such as question” that the commercial component of recirculate energy stored in the ground, a swapping out traditional light bulbs with LED the project will end up in Campbell Heights. technique considered much more ecient varieties, and taking advantage of solar power. “As soon as some of the research is done, than conventional setups, provided there is a “ese are all a big part of the clean energy some of these companies are going to want to high population density. cluster,” says Hayne. get out of the lab and into production. And Hayne says this will provide heating for Regardless of the project Surrey decides they’re going to need space.” future commercial and residential towers to tackle next, it is clear that the place once While still in the early stages, evidence of surrounding the area, and the city is already known as a bedroom community to other clean energy — generally dened as coming looking at developing other nodes in the area. communities, is making the right strides to from naturally replenished sources — can ere are other ideas in the cards, too, like becoming a major destination. already be found at city hall, which uses a addressing the tremendous power consumed “We’re designated to become a second geothermal eld to heat the 180,000-square- by transportation and day-to-day activities metropolitan core to Vancouver.”

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SBA_ad_AprMay_draft.indd 1 2014-03-04 12:31 PM BUSINESS DATEBOOK ROUNDUP SIDNEY BELLA COOLA in 14 dierent award categories. A Easter Vintage, Retro spectacular night of entertainment LNG LEARNING Bella Coola Valley Farmers and Collectible Show/ and celebration. British Columbia youth Market Sale April 20: are invited to take part in an Sundays, June-September 9:30 am to 4 pm Marriage of Figaro interactive career experience Head to the market every Sunday for a An extraordinary event for the April 24-30 / May 2,4 chance to mingle, buy fresh produce, at the second annual Liqueed whole family at Mary Winspear e Marriage of Figaro presented by local honey, homemade goodies, and Centre: dolls, teddy bears, pre/post- Pacic Opera Victoria takes place at Natural Gas in B.C. Conference ne arts and cras from the Valley. war clothes, jewelry, coins, stamps, the Royal eatre. FMI: www.pov. in Vancouver this May. books vinyl, posters, artwork and bc.ca As the LNG sector develops, CAMPBELL RIVER much, much more. says a BC government press Vancouver Island Fibre TRAIL VANCOUVER release, it will create jobs all over Festival May 2-4 Kootenay Chrysler 2014 NEC Awards the province. School districts e second annual event will raise funds Bullarama May 31: 6-10 pm for the specialized recreation programs throughout BC are being invited Native Education College gala event to bring their secondary students at Campbell River Community April 26: 3:30-8:30 pm Centre FMI: visit Vancouver Watch some of Canada’s top bull takes place at Coast Coal Harbour to the conference. e Province Island Fibre Festival on Facebook riders at Bullarama. Doors open at Hotel, celebrating student and alumni will provide up to $300,000 to or at http://shelmack.wix.com/ 3:30 pm for mechanical bull riding success. help oset transportation costs. vancouverislandbre#!workshops/c66t fun at Trail Memorial Centre. e Youth Experience is a WILLIAMS LAKE half-day program where Grades Dinner and Art Auction VICTORIA 85th Birthday Social Media Camp 10 through 12 students will: May 3: 5 pm Celebrations May 3 learn about liqueed natural gas An annual event held at Quinsam May 1-3 An all-day family-friendly birthday (LNG) and jobs in this industry; Recreation Hall, the evening oers a Canada’s largest forum of its kind, it celebration to mark Williams Lake’s traditional seafood buet, performances involves three days of social media get hands-on experience using 85th birthday. A huge celebration by local artists and silent and live exploration, sharing, teaching featuring community meals, activities heavy equipment and welding auctions. All proceeds benet the and networking at the Victoria in beautiful Boitanio Park downtown, simulators; identify career Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre. FMI: Conference Centre. a family dinner and dance, and paths that re ect their skills and www.nuyumbalees.com FMI: www.socialmediacamp.ca of course, birthday cake! www. williamslake.ca interests via a WorkBC program; CRANBROOK Greater Victoria interact with BC post-secondary Children’s Festival Business Awards Williams Lake Indoor institutions and explore what May 10: 10 am to 2 pm April 24: 6-10 pm Rodeo April 18-20 programs are oered related to e 29th annual festival for children of Takes places at the Fairmont Some 5,000 people are expected to the LNG industry. all ages has lots of exciting activities. Empress Hotel. Held annually in attend this fun-lled event, which e conference is being held Takes place at Baker Field at Key City April, this gala event recognizes takes place at the Cariboo Memorial May 21-23 in Vancouver. eatre — and it’s free. businesses in the Capital Region Recreation Complex. THE COAST FRASER INN - TREAT YOURSELF

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10 SOAR April/May 2014 Birthday BASH WILLIAMS LAKE BC TOWN CELEBRATES 85 YEARS OF “DIVERSITY AND OPPORTUNITY”OPPORTUNITY” illiams Lake turns 85 this year and the city is planning a foot-stomping good time to celebrate. W Although birthday activities are planned throughout the year, May 3 has been designated as birthday bash day, with events From 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., the Lions Club will host a breakfast in the starting at 8:30 a.m. and running until 10:30 p.m. park, followed by family activities and games, also in the park, from “e City of Williams Lake has been developed on a rm 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. foundation of partnerships, working together and community spirit,” Lunch will be available at the recreation complex. en, from 1:30 says councilor Danica Hughes, adding that the community is famous to 4:30 p.m., Maranatha School will host a “Carnival in the Complex.” for rodeo. And in rodeo events, she points out, a “main goal is to avoid At 5 p.m., prepare to feast at a community dinner hosted by the breaking barriers.” Rotary Club of Williams Lake. A birthday cake will be served at 7 p.m., “is year as we celebrate the city’s 85th birthday, we hope to do and a foot-stomping family dance wraps up festivities from 7:30 to the opposite. We want to break down barriers, bringing the entire 10:30 p.m. community together to celebrate the diversity and opportunities that e city is proud that 25 individuals, businesses, and organizations have made our little city such a unique place to call home.” (including the city) each contributed to the budget, making this a true Williams Lake, whose history is rooted in the Cariboo Gold Rush in community event. the mid-1880s, was incorporated as a city in 1929. Other events throughout the year To Get There Hughes, who suggested the event last year, has spearheaded the include the world-famous Williams Pacific Coastal Airlines birthday celebration, and has been joined on an organizing committee Lake Stampede (June 27-30), the runs several flights daily by fellow councillor Surinderpal Rathor and several community Stampede parade and Street Party, between Vancouver members Canada Day, ArtWalk, the Harvest Airport’s South Terminal Events on May 3 will take place in beautiful Boitanio Park in Fair, Santa Parade, Cowboy Concert and Williams Lake. Visit downtown Williams Lake, and at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation www.pacificcoastal.com and reworks show hosted by the city for more details. Complex (adjacent to the park). on Oct. 31.

April/May 2014 PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES 11 VICTORIA ALL ABOARD! Cruising Victoria’s inner harbour

Story by SUSAN LUNDY He’s also informative, able to Photos by KEN SAKAMOTO point out various landmarks; and SUSAN LUNDY for example, a harbour-side brewpub, and paint the larger t’s a salty, sunny, hot summer day in downtown Victoria picture — Victoria, blessed with — the perfect time, we discover, to take a pickle boat ferry excellent water, he says, is home Icruise and get a sea-side visual of the city. to nine breweries including three e causeway in front of the Empress Hotel hums with waterfront brewpubs (one of which activity as the charming, 12-passenger Victoria Harbour Ferry became our second post-tour “pickle boats” swoosh in and out, picking up passengers and, stop). A view of the Gorge Hospital with dance-like precision, side-stepping away again. About a prompts commentary on other dozen of these ferries dart in and out, heading to 17 dierent Victoria hospitals; gliding under stops around the outer, middle and upper areas of Victoria’s the historic Selkirk Bridge opens a Inner Harbour, giving tours and providing taxi service. conversation about the Galloping Everyone seems pretty happy, and indeed as we climb onto Goose Regional Trail, cycling in the the covered, bench-like seats, our fellow passengers — hailing city and some fascinating historical from New Jersey, San Francisco, Vancouver and Illinois— notations. appear delighted to be aboard. We’ve chosen the 60-minute Causton is extremely Gorge Cruise, which promises a “relaxing” tour of the historic knowledgeable for good reason: he’s lived in a Victoria for Gorge waterway, “past the iconic Johnson Street Bridge, over 40 years and been involved in “an incredible number of working shipyards, historic homes and classic yachts” (www. developments in the city.” He once owned a historical restaurant victoriaharbourferry.com). in Victoria — Rattenbury’s — and describes himself as a history Alternatively, the ferry service oers a 45-minute Harbour bu. Tour of the “bustling inner harbour,” a combination tour and — He guides an average of seven tours a day, and says it never denitely on the bucket list — a Pickle Pub Crawl.” gets “tiring.” We are all further charmed to meet our captain, Chris “Every day you meet new people from around the world and Causton, former hotelier, restaurateur and ve time Mayor you tell them about the city you love. Also the job keeps you on of Oak Bay, who has guided harbour tours for two years, and your toes and gets you breathing wonderful salt air for the whole claims each time is dierent. of your shi . . . the sun is a real bonus.” “e Gorge tour is my favourite,” he says, “because there are He’s almost guaranteed to have one family from Switzerland so many stories to tell.” on his boat every day, he says, adding, amusingly: “I always try Indeed, the tour becomes an entertaining excursion to guess where people are from when I’m pulling into a dock to that weaves together the waterfront visuals with amusing pick them up (shoes are the clue!). You would also be surprised anecdotes, intriguing bits of history and light-hearted political how many Russians visit Victoria.” commentary. During our tour we stop at Point Ellice House, where one It turns out Causton is hilarious. couple has decided to disembark and take in aernoon tea,

12 SOAR April/May 2014 Port of Victoria FUN FACTS ALL ABOARD! — with files from Greater Victoria Harbour Authority website at: http://gvha.ca/

› The Port of Victoria is a tourist attraction and working harbour, serving the cruise ship industry, offering whale watching and ecotourism opportunities, and hosting ship repairing facilities, a float plane aerodrome, marine industrial uses, an international ferry terminal and a water taxi service. › Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) operates a deep-sea terminal at Ogden Point, a mixed-use facility at Fish- erman’s Wharf and marinas at Cause- way/Ship Point, Wharf Street, Johnson Street and Mermaid Wharf. › Victoria Harbour waters and water traffic are administered and regulated by Transport Canada. The harbour seabed is Victoria Harbour Ferry captain also controlled by Transport Canada, as far Chris Causton inland as the Selkirk Trestle. on board a “pickle boat” › Air traffic into the harbour, including and various helicopters and seaplanes, is regulated scenes from the by Nav Canada. ferry service’s 60-minute › Waterfront lands and water lots are Gorge Cruise. owned by a variety of agencies and private owners. › Lands surrounding the harbour were a traditional winter home for First Nations peoples for thousands of years. › When European explorers came about before resuming the tour in an hour or so. (Point locations included the Blue Crab Restaurant at 500 years ago, the harbour was chosen Ellice House is an original, Victorian home on the Coast Hotel, e Flying Otter Grill, Lido by the Hudson Bay Company as its Pacific the Gorge built in 1861. It holds a large collection Bistro, Canoe Brewpub and e Bard and Northwest base, and Fort Victoria was born. of Victoriana; and the gardens contain some Banker. Check the website for more details. › For many years, the control of the har- original heritage roses and hollyhocks.) e Victoria Harbour Ferry Company was bour and its waterfront lands was disputed, ere are a number of other stops serviced by founded in 1990 with just two ferries. Today held by absentee landlords in Britain. it operates a eet of 14 small 12-passenger the pickle boat ferries, including: Baneld Park, Once BC joined Canada in 1871, jurisdiction a variety of restaurants and pubs, gateways to ferries and two 40-passenger vessels. e boats various districts such as Chinatown, attractions service Victoria and Nanaimo inner harbours belonged to Ottawa. like Fisherman’s Wharf, and points of interest, and neighbouring waterways, travelling over › More recently, Victoria wanted the har- such as Songhees Walkway. 60,000 kilometers a season and making over bour to be under local control, and many “e Harbour is the jewel in Victoria and 90,000 stops. people worked towards this goal. Finally, in everyone should see the city from the water,” Our voyage ends with profuse thanks to 2002, the Greater Victoria Harbour Author- Causton says, stressing that the ferries provide a Causton, followed by a walking jaunt along ity was formed, and four parcels of harbour Victoria’s colourful Inner Harbour Causeway, taxi service in addition to the tours. land were divested to its control. Also of interest is the Pickle Pub Crawl, which and nally, a well-deserved brew on a runs mid-May to mid-September. Last years’ pub waterfront patio. Ahhh, summer in Victoria.

April/May 2014 PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES 13 COMOX VALLEY

GO WILD Visuals and wildlife in this “treasure,” protected with help from The Nature Trust of British Columbia. CELEBRATING NATURE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND for breakfast to discuss how to use $4.5 on a scientic basis for the benet of wildlife million from Canada’s Centennial Second and people today and future generations. BY ALY N EDWARDS Century Fund. Some of the best examples of this are in Founding member Ralph Shaw was an the Comox Valley where Ralph Shaw now here has been a quiet movement in elementary school principal who received the resides. He practices his ongoing personal the Comox Valley to preserve land in Order of Canada for his work establishing commitment to spend at least one day a week Tits natural state so locals and visitors the McQueen Lake conservation area north in nature. can witness rsthand the thousands of birds, of . Others at the meeting included Among his favorite preserves is e Nature sh and wildlife coexisting in an undisturbed Federal Environment Minister Jack Davis, Trust’s Brooklyn Creek property, which is habitat, as they have since the beginning of Senator Len Marchand and research scientist small at one acre, but important as habitat for time. Alistair McLean. a variety of sh and wildlife. On the outskirts of the Town of Comox Other critical wildlife habitat and sensitive is a natural treasure called Lazo Marsh. ecosystems acquired in the area by e is 48-hectare (120-acre) protected area is Nature Trust of British Columbia are 15 located at the northern extent of the Coastal hectares (39 acres) of Comox Slough, seven Douglas Fir bio-geoclimatic zone — the rarest hectares (18 acres) at Millard Creek, and 10 of all landscape types in British Columbia. hectares (26 acres) of Filberg Marsh. is unique eco system with ese unique natural reserves are not Mediterranean climate features the highest without management challenges with density of species that are of both provincial invasive species, habitat fragmentation and and global conservation concern, such as increased recreational use. As a result, local trumpeter swans. conservation groups, along with various levels Visitors can walk the intricate trail network of government, have pooled resources to to experience the outdoors. Here they will manage the lands for the benet of sh and see wetlands, riparian areas, sand dunes and wildlife, while facilitating visitor access. upland forests. is variety of habitat hosts At 87 years old, Ralph Shaw continues his a wide range of permanent and migrating of BC Trust Nature by provided Photos love aair with the outdoors. He can oen species, including horned owls, ducks, geese be seen driing on a local lake in his punt, and swans, while cutthroat and rainbow trout, “Aer breakfast, we walked the streets of communing with nature. coho salmon and stickleback occupy the Kamloops discussing the merits of setting “A y rod is an umbilical cord held by a marine world. aside suitable natural wild places where man extending into a lake. You can learn a lot Lazo Marsh is just one of many people could come to know nature on a about the life of lake by doing that,” he says conservation lands protected and maintained friendly basis,” Ralph Shaw recalls. of his lifelong passion for shing. “Look at all in the Comox Valley. One of the organizations ere was a sense of urgency because the small parcels e Nature Trust is picking instrumental in acquiring this property and British Columbia was experiencing a period up that are all pieces of the puzzle, making it many other key natural land reserves is e of rapid growth and industrial development. easier for sh and animals to get by.” Nature Trust of British Columbia. e Nature Trust of British Columbia He says the Comox Valley is a natural e organization began 43 years ago when was established to acquire and preserve spectacle populated by a huge mix of people four dedicated conservationists got together ecologically suitable, natural places selected — many of whom are working to preserve

14 SOAR April/May 2014 large areas and acquire more, as funds become available. He currently has his sights set on the 20-hectare (50-acre) Maple Lake, the only urban lake in the area. It is privately owned. “With climate change, everything on the edge of a climate zone is going to have it either better or worse,” he says. “Society has been moving away from contact with natural systems and that’s why I believe the work that is being done to preserve sensitive areas is essential. People need to know what a natural system is and why it’s so important.” e Nature Trust of BC is a non-prot land conservation organization. A leader in protecting BC’s natural diversity of plants and animals, e Nature Trust acquires and conserves critical habitats and other areas of ecological signicance. Since 1971, along with its partners, e Nature Trust has secured over 470 parcels of land totaling 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) throughout British Columbia. Properties include land in MacMillan Provincial Park, which is renowned for old growth Douglas-rs in Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island, the Adams River in the interior — which is famous for its sockeye run — the majestic Hoodoos in the Kootenays, which provide wildlife migration corridors, and most recently 2,000 acres of grassland near in the Okanagan.

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hen Steve Daigle describes his boat building enterprise Win Campbell River as a “signicant” player in the region’s economy, he is being a tad modest. Daigle le Prince Rupert in 1985 to With launch day approaching, Port Metro launch Daigle Welding & Marine Ltd. and Vancouver Boat Master Jason Krott (left) and EagleCra aluminum boats in Campbell Daigle Welding & Marine owner Steve Daigle River. Since then his business has expanded talk propulsion over one of two 500 hp Volvo diesel engines that will power the Port’s newest four times and now has 24 employees patrol vessel. At top, Daigle Welding & Marine including an in-house naval architect. built and delivered two new patrol boats to the In 29 years Steve and his team have Nanaimo Port Authority in 2012: the 32-foot NPA custom built more than 800 commercial Eagle (left) and the 39-foot NPA Osprey. and pleasure aluminum cra, from 24 to 60 feet with price tags from $300,000 to $1.3 port’s ve vessels, but he was taken o the million. Recent sales have included a 50-foot water last year to oversee the project. landing cra shipped to Inuvik and a 43-foot “When I go back to the eet I will actually pleasure cra built for a Russian politician. operate one of these vessels. It is very Currently, there is more than $3 million exciting. I have nothing but good things to worth of vessel construction underway at say about Steve and his team. is process the facility including a $1.3 million, 45-foot has been like watching a really ne home commercial gooey being built to your specications. duck harvesting “e value is getting what we want. It is vessel, and two all about getting vessels that are custom built 43-foot patrol specic to what we do with them.” vessels for Port At the Daigle factory, work on the PMV Metro Vancouver project is about 65 per cent complete. When (PMV), worth the vessels are launched in May, they will about $1 million each be tted with two 500-horsepower each. diesel engines, 16-kilowatt generators, In fact, Daigle an array of equipment, and the latest in Welding & Marine communications, navigational and video THE KIERAN REPORT Ltd. seems to be equipment, including forward looking emerging as the infrared cameras. with BRIAN KIERAN go-to West Coast e end products will allow patrol crews is is rare in yachting circles. Boat shipbuilder for to safely and quickly respond to callouts ownership for many is like standing in a cold BC patrol vessels. In 2011 and 2012, the and incidents in the PMV’s 640 kilometres shower and ripping up the money in their company built and delivered two new patrol of jurisdiction throughout the waterways of wallets. For them, depreciation is the price of boats to the Nanaimo Port Authority: the Metro Vancouver. membership in the boating fraternity. Not at 32-foot NPA Eagle and the 39-foot NPA Daigle Welding & Marine has also Daigle Welding & Marine. Osprey. It has also built a 33-foot patrol boat earned a ne reputation in the pleasure Daigle says his customers – from BC, for the Vancouver Police Department. yachting world where glam can oen trump Alberta, Washington State and as far away On the day I visited with Daigle, I was durability. It is a measure of Daigle’s boat as Norway and Chile – “have owned boats fortunate to meet PMV Boat Master Jason building success that a customer from 10 before, are knowledgeable about boats and Krott who was there to conduct one of his years ago can recoup the full price of his want to have specic features that they have regular quality control inspections. Krott original boat when he trades up to a new seen on other boats custom designed into would normally be at the helm of one of the vessel. the boat we’ll build for them.

16 SOAR April/May 2014 PUMPING the economy

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20 SOAR April/May 2014 International eligibility rules assert that personal contribution. Some players, like younger age—oen in their early teens—and Para Soccer players must have cerebral palsy, Victoria’s Jamie Ackinclose, 46, present bringing them into the program, where they or be in recovery from a stroke or head injury. signicant experience; others, like 15-year-old benet from extra training, development and Cerebral Palsy can aect people in varying Samuel Charron, oer youthful energy. Para high-level experience. In fact, the work keeps degrees, but many athletes with CP can play Soccer goaltender Derek Whitson also plays him on the road about 100 days a year, ying with able-bodied players until age 12 or 13— on the Canadian Sledge Hockey team, and has from Powell River (most frequently via Pacic when other players generally become bigger represented his country at the Paralympics. Coastal Airlines) to cities across Canada — and stronger, Ferguson says. “He’s been able to step up and talk to the and to matches around the world. For Para soccer, players are assessed based guys about what it takes to compete at this “As a head coach you’re always trying on the level of their disability and teams are level,” Ferguson says. to climb that ladder. I take a lot of pride in composed of players of various designations. Initially ranked 37th internationally, “[the how well the team is doing, but I get very, Some players are virtually indistinguishable team has] been gradually trying to climb the very happy seeing how the players progress,” from able-bodied players, while others have ladder.” Last August, it earned a best-ever Ferguson says. greater diculty with lateral movement or nish at the Intercontinental Cup in Spain, While many players come to the program transitioning from forward to backward nishing 10th in the 16-team competition quite reserved, the training, play and movement, for example. Players with a high and moving up to 11th in overall world competition brings a personal self-condence level of physical disability who nd it dicult ranking. that permeates their lives. One player, now to run with ease may well nd their niche as a e team’s current goal? A top-eight 22, attended a camp in Ontario having never goaltender. ranking that would secure a spot in the own before. A month later, he was travelling Coming from a background of highly Paralympics, Ferguson says. by himself to meet the team in Brazil for a competitive, world-class play himself, Coming o its strong nish in Barcelona, match. Ferguson appreciates his players’ work ethic the team’s next focus is the Americas Regional For more information about the and attitude both on and o the eld. Qualiers this summer in Toronto, before the Men’s National Para Soccer Team, visit “Here, if someone gets knocked down, World Championships in 2015. International canadasoccer.com. they get right back up; they don’t ask for competition is tough, with Russia, the sympathy.” Ukraine and Brazil holding the top three To Get There While engaging in erce competition on positions, and with others like Iran, Argentina Pacific Coastal Airlines runs several flights the pitch, once the game is over, players enjoy and Scotland adding to the elite eld. daily between Vancouver Airport’s South a rare camaraderie with their opponents. However, growing awareness of Canada’s Terminal and Powell River. Visit www. e team’s complementary, cooperative Para Soccer Team among community coaches pacificcoastal.com for more details. nature has allowed for a miscellany of means Ferguson is nding athletes at a

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im Ryan has worked in the forest sector for more than 35 years, and in leadership positions for the past 21. Formerly Chief Forester and Director Tof Woodlands Operations with Vancouver’s Ledcor Resources and Transportation, Ryan spent much of his career with Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., where he was vice president responsible for timberland operations, corporate forest and environmental policy and bioenergy. He also served as Manager of Forestry with the Cariboo Lumber Manufacturers Association and is past president of the Alberta Chamber of Resources and former board member of the Alberta Forest Products Association. He is a Registered Professional Forester in BC, and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Alberta.

Q: WHAT IS THE MANDATE OF THE FOREST to identify areas of improvement through public PRACTICES BOARD? complaints, audits, investigations and reports in response A: e Forest Practices Board provides the public with to continuously changing environmental, social and information about how well BC’s forest industry is economic conditions. meeting provincial forestry laws and regulations, and Q: HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THESE how well government is enforcing the legislation. We do CHALLENGES? this by independently auditing forestry operations and A: Our approach will be to continue to make thoughtful and investigating public complaints. We publish our ndings factual observations of what we are seeing on the forest and make recommendations for improvement to industry land base and independently report that to government, and government. e Board was established in the mid-90s industry and the public. Where possible and appropriate, in response to the “War in the Woods” and has been an the board will recommend solutions or actions, and ask important part of the forest industry regaining the public for a response. When it makes sense, we will communicate trust to operate in BC. our ndings with other resource sectors to help encourage Q: WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AND HOW DID YOU sound practices by all resource users. BECOME INVOLVED? Q: WHAT HAS BEEN THE BOARD’S BIGGEST A: I became Chair of the Board in January 2014. My role ACHIEVEMENT IN RECENT YEARS? is to guide the appointed board in its deliberations, to A: We are most proud of the credibility we have established liaise with government, industry and other stakeholders, as an independent oversight body. is has been and to provide strategic direction to the sta of resource accomplished through board leadership, the support of the professionals who carry out the day-to-day work. My board’s work by government, industry and NGOs, as well background is in the forest industry, so I bring a good as the hard work of FPB sta and contributors. We have a understanding of the industry to the table. e other board motto to “tell it like it is.” at can sometimes make people members have backgrounds in soil science, recreation, uncomfortable, but we always ensure we have all the facts. biology, government, First Nations forestry, etc., so ey have the opportunity to tell us if we got it wrong, and together we are a well-rounded board. the objective is always continuous improvement for the Q: WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING future. THE FOREST PRACTICES BOARD TODAY? Q: WHAT ELSE DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW A: Our oversight mandate is specic to the forest practices ABOUT THE FOREST PRACTICES BOARD OR undertaken by the forest industry and government. THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL? However, the integration of land uses and the cumulative A: BC has a world class forest industry and a robust system impact of an increasing array of resource developments for providing oversight to ensure provincial forestry laws on BC’s public land are putting strains on forest values are followed and forest practices are conducted responsibly such as water and wildlife, and will challenge all parties and sustainably. We are here to hold the forest industry and to nd sustainable solutions. We have seen continuous government accountable on behalf of the public, and that improvement in BC forest practices, but the key is not provides assurance and instills public condence in this to become complacent. e board needs to continue important sector of our economy.

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