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Share watercourses and part of a lake. $99,600 recreation. $259,000 sale. $1,400,000 Great Choices for Recreational Use & Year-round Living • www.bcoceanfront.com • Great Choices for Recreational Use & Year-round Living • www.bcoceanfront.com • Great Choices for Recreational Use & Year-round Living • www.bcoceanfront.com Great Choices for Recreational Use & Year-round www.bcoceanfront.com Contents Pacific Coastal Airlines’ Inflight Magazine April/May 2014 | Volume 8 | Number 2 FEATURES 5 CELEBRATING THE EAGLE Tales of the tail art. 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 SOAR magazine is published six times per year and is distributed on all Pacic Coastal Airlines ights. e points of view or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reect the views of the publisher or Pacic Coastal Airlines. e contents of SOAR magazine are protected by copyright, including the designed advertising. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent of the publisher. 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.