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carbon A 71-year-old flying instruc- tor from Surrey is dead, while his 55-year-old passenger was treated in hospital following a float plane crash cash Colleen Flanagan/the newS on Pitt Lake, Monday. Young people light candles in memory of Amanda Todd during a gathering at Memorial Peace Park on Monday. See video of the vigil @mapleridgenews.com. Police said the two were in a Pacific Rim Aviation Academy Cessna 172 float plane from Pitt Meadows Re- Mario Bartel gional Airport. NewsLeader The plane flipped over on the lake at about 4:30 p.m. during stormy conditions. “They were carrying out touch- Burnaby School Rest in peace, Amanda and-go landings for training. During Board chair Larry the sixth touch-and-go the aircraft Students mourn loss of In the centre of the covered stage ground. so hard to fit in, and sometimes it tipped over,” said Bill Yearwood, with Hayes has been lay a bouquet of flowers, surround- Jessica backfires like it did with me and it the Transportation Safety Board. teenage girl at vigil ed by glowing candles: a makeshift Standish, who did with her.” “The student was able to get out, appointed by the memorial for Todd, the teenage graduated The bullying was so bad, Standish but tragically the instructor was not.” by Robert Mangelsdorf girl from Maple Ridge who took from West- says she would make up excuses to Yearwood said when a plane over BC School Trustees staff reporter her own life last week after being view second- not go to school, and spend lunch turns in water it can be challenging tormented by bullies. ary in 2008, hours eating alone. even for an uninjured person to get Association to help She would have turned 16 next says she too “It was a hard time for me,” she out. Many people have died in such ith a grey sky overhead, month. was bullied says softly. instances, he added. the Ministry of and a cold rain beating Many who came to pay their re- throughout Steve Forbes, who works for “It is a risk when an aircraft upsets down upon their backs, spects never knew Todd, but they high school. Westridge Security and looks after and submerges. Education allocate moreW than 80 local high school knew how she felt. Dozens of young “I didn’t Amanda Todd Memorial Peace Park, was one of “The student made an attempt to students huddled around the edge girls, dressed in pink, held hands, know her, but the few adults at the vigil who was help the instructor, but the aircraft money from its new of the rotunda in Memorial Peace hugging and leaning on each other I went through what she did grow- not wielding a television camera or was filling up with water fast. He was Park Monday afternoon to remem- for support, eyes cast downwards ing up, so that could have been me, a microphone. unable to help him.” Energy Ef¿ cient ber Amanda Todd. at the bouquet of flowers on the I guess,” she says. “Girls just try See Amanda, p5 See Plane, p12 Capital Account to energy ef¿ cient Index projects by school ONE PERCENT Opinion 6 REALTY Letters 7 Looking Back 17 districts across the John Master David Presidents Club Medallion Club Arts&life 23 2011 2011 NATHAN ISHERWOOD STEVE D’SOUZA province. 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Planned oil surge highlights tanker risks Previously those nd Robert Mangelsdorf and Monisha Martins funds had been Kinder Morgan Canada is Safety precautions The ship is one of 32 tankers that Some would continue to À ow to deposited into the A sensitive and touching account of the tragedy expected to soon announce don’t sway opponents last year loaded crude from Burnaby’s re¿ neries in Burnaby and Washington Paci¿ c Carbon Trust 2 that it will seek to twin its Westridge terminal, the end of an State. But export oil bound for tankers is and then distributed to Jeff Nagel but one that also shone a light on the underbelly Trans Mountain Pipeline [email protected] 1,100-kilometre pipeline that runs from projected to soar from a current 80,000 third parties such as between northern Alberta northern Alberta southwest across B.C. to barrels per day to 450,000 if the project Encana Corporation and Burnaby. 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Among that the territory would act by other things, it wanted building he public can’t handle the truth striking yet another committee to inspectors to be certified oil-burner Twhen it comes to unsafe oil examine the issue. mechanics. furnaces, as far as some territorial The working group is expected Currently none are, whether officials are concerned. to develop recommendations by they work for the City of White- That’s according to a ream of the summer “so that we can have horse or the territory’s building Burnaby NewsLeader documents obtained by the Yukon a made-in-Yukon solution that safety branch. Yet they’re expected News through an access-to-infor- works not only in downtown to ensure furnace contractors are mation request. Whitehorse, but also in commu- doing their job properly. In the spring of 2010, Rod nities such as Old Crow, Mayo, Officials worried that hiring cer- st Jeff Nagel and Team Corea, of NRC Resources, issued Carmacks and Watson Lake,” Kent tified oil mechanics as inspectors the last of several damning reports told the legislature. would cost too much, according on the state of the territory’s oil The government has made to a memo issued by Kozmen and furnaces. some efforts over the past few years Boyd in June 2009. Fair, balanced and thorough. Comprehensive reporting and a must-read for anyone He also prepared a video pre- to improve furnace safety. Corea The plan would have also 1 sentation, in which he offered a trained building inspectors, so they required hiring more staff, as it warning that’s haunting, given the had a better understanding of the involved the territory taking over subsequent deaths of five Porter building code. the city’s role of conducting inspec- Creek residents of carbon monox- And in 2010, a new regulation interested in this topical issue. Mike Thomas/Yukon News tions within Whitehorse. ide poisoning in January. required homeowners to get a Furnace mechanics should “Hopefully, you’ll be able to take A 2010 report was highly critical of the state of oil furnaces building permit if an oil furnace in the Yukon. also be certified if they install or action ... in very short order, before is installed or upgraded. Officials upgrade a furnace, according to something unfortunate happens,” wrote. whether they were missing the big- say this should ensure residential another committee recommenda- Corea said in the video, which was Yet Harach appeared to cham- ger picture. furnaces are safe, provided that ho- tion. meowners do their part and keep suppressed from public view until pion the idea of regulating the “Whyare we recommending But that plan has also been February when it was obtained by furnaces properly maintained. industry within the bureaucracy. people get maintenance done when shelved, partly because there aren’t the NDP Opposition. But Corea’s reports suggest it As a result, she clashed with Dan we know that maintenance is often enough trained and certified oil- It was kept secret for a reason. won’t do much. Boyd, assistant deputy minister of done very poorly, and on top of burner mechanics in the territory, “My understanding is that there Of the 305 residential oil fur- Community Services. that, the installation may need to according to the 2009 memo. is no appetite in (the Department “There are limits in which we be fixed first and we don’t necessar- naces inspected by him between Yet, if a shortage of certified of Community Services) to go the can help,” Boyd wrote to Harach ily have faith in the local capacity 2007 and 2010, only four met the mechanics is the main reason why regulation route, yet that is the key on June 11, 2010. “Fully regulating to fix the installation?” she asked. building code. concluding recommendation in the industry is not achievable at Other safety initiatives appear to Approximately half of the the territory has balked at regulat- Rod’s report, hence my hesitation this time and it is not helpful to be have fallen by the wayside. furnaces inspected by Corea had ing the trade, it hasn’t done much in supporting posting it to the web- continually pushing that button.” On June 21, 2010, Kozmen told received a building permit, accord- to improve the situation. site,” wrote Joanne Harach, a policy This followed a heated phone Boyd and others in an email the ing to one government estimate. In 2009 and 2010, Yukon Col- analyst with the Yukon Housing call between the two over the mat- corporation was “developing a tool And newly-installed furnaces were lege offered a pilot program, which Corporation, in an email dated ter, in which Harach seems to have for homeowners that could provide “as poor as, or worse than, older aimed to train oil-burner techni- May 31, 2010. called for greater regulation. them with some guidance when installations,” according to Corea’s cians. The program produced 10 Dale Kozmen, vice-president Boyd didn’t appreciate the seeking qualified maintenance final report. graduates. of operations, wrote later that suggestion. According to Harach’s contractors.” Officials have recently down- Of those, six went on to com- same day: “I believe Minister (Jim) email, he threatened to “go to the Such a tool still doesn’t exist, played these findings by suggesting plete apprenticeships and pass their Kenyon should see the video before premier and ministers in a way that according to housing officials. that Corea focused on older instal- nationally-recognized exam to any further discussion is made on would put Yukon Housing Corp. in And on Sept. 19, 2011, Harach lations. But that wasn’t the case. become journeyman mechanics. whether to place it on our public a very negative light.” asked Caitlin Kerwin, an adviser Internal communication at But the course ended along website. That would be the first Boyd insists she misunderstood with Community Services, whether the housing corporation shows with the federal stimulus spending step.” his comments. “What I am trying her department was preparing new no quibbling over Corea’s find- that paid for it. The college is now It appears to be the last step, too. to do and will continue to try to do legislation for oil-burning appli- ings. Allyn Lyon, a director at the looking at getting another course The video and written report were is to help YHC stay out of the bad ances. corporation, called the findings running. never publicly released until the light,” he wrote. “There are no plans that I am “pretty damning” but conceded its In 2008, Corea estimated that NDP got its hands on it. Others within government aware of at this time to identify contents were “excellent.” just five per cent of the territory’s The video was screened at a shared concerns about the safety the need for such an act,” replied Corea is an expert in his field. oil-burner mechanics are certified. meeting with industry representa- of oil furnaces, which heat most Kerwin. He co-authored the national code No territorial agency has a tally tives in the spring of 2010. Har- Yukoners’ homes. Such legislation is one of several for oil appliances. of current numbers so it’s impossi- ach recommended also showing On June 3, 2010, as officials recommendations made by a com- But his key finding remained ble to say whether the government the video to any contractor who prepared a newspaper advertise- mittee four years ago. ignored – that “self-regulation has is making any headway in its aim asked to see it, in the corporation’s ment that reminded residents to The committee, like Corea, also failed to provide minimum safety to boost the number of qualified boardroom. keep their furnaces maintained, called for the territory to regulate standards, and indeed has put the furnace contractors. rd “I do not recommend leaving Cathy Cottrell, an adviser with the the oil-burner trade. That hasn’t Yukon at risk in their oil-heated Contact John Thompson at the video with anyone though,” she Energy Solutions Centre, wondered happened, either. industry.” [email protected]

But they were deleted. “If there have been any illegal acts, I Leef told robocall petitioners So Nardi posted them on his own Face- strongly believe the matter should and will 3 book page. And he asked if other Yukoners be dealt with according to law and that had received similar calls. any group or individual found responsible So far, two Yukoners have responded to should most certainly face the conse- Yukon News he followed the rules Nardi’s post. quences for those acts.” Genesee Keevil paign that followed all Elections Canada Sylvia Leonard also got a phone call in Leef’s campaign was a client of Re- Senior Reporter regulations and rules.” the weeks before the election asking if she sponsive Marketing Group Inc. (RMG) – a But Leef made these comments before was voting Conservative. She wasn’t. company hired by 95 Conservative candi- John Thompson Then just days before the election she dates during the last election. efore the robocall scandal broke in reports of misleading phone calls during the territory, a group of concerned the May election surfaced in the territory too got a call directing her to the wrong In the lead-up to the election, RMG Yukoners had already signed a na- earlier this week. polling station. staff were asked to read scripts telling B Sandi Haryett also got a call directing voters that Elections Canada had changed tional petition asking for an investigation. Whitehorse-area resident Bob Nardi’s Relentless and thorough reporting on an important health and Local Conservative MP Ryan Leef an- household received a call about two weeks her to the wrong polling station. their voting locations, according to three swered this petition with a form letter sent before the election asking if he was voting So she checked with her kids at Hidden former RMG employees interviewed last out on March 19. Conservative. He wasn’t. Valley School to see if they were setting up month by the Toronto Star. “Recently I have received a great Then, just days before Yukoners went to for polling. They were. On its website RMG brags, “Whether safety issue - one this judge, at least, was unaware of and shocked amount of inquiries in regards to ‘Robo- the polls, the Nardis received another call So she went to the school and ignored it’s raising more money or winning more Call election fraud’ and voter suppression,” informing them that their polling station the misleading call. votes: Bottom line … we get results.” wrote Leef. “At this point in time, there had been moved from the Hidden Valley “In Ottawa, I am encouraging efforts Leef’s campaign paid RMG $8,143.80, are a lot of accusations being levied, and School to the Hootalinqua Fire Hall. for a complete, thorough, transparent, and according to his candidate financial report, to learn about. the media attention has generated right- But the polling station was in fact still at impartial investigation,” wrote Leef in his filed with Elections Canada. ful concern from constituents all across the school – not the fire hall. March 19 letter. Leef was not available for comment this Canada. After the robocall scandal broke, Nardi “I encourage my constituents to let the week, according to both his Ottawa and “In respect to Yukon, we did a great job posted these concerns on Ryan Leef’s evidence come out before jumping to any Whitehorse offices. on running a respectful and legal cam- Facebook page. conclusions, largely generated by media Contact Genesee Keevil at speculation. [email protected]

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Behindto do whatever we canthe to bring in shows wish morecurtains people locally would see that and until September. magic of a moment. Christine HINZMANN Citizen staff [email protected] and that doesn’t always happen in other would be happy with what we have.” • “Years ago Def Leppard came through communities.” (January 8, 2000) and on their rider they Please see PAGE A3 Bottom line is it’s still just an arena, with requested something called Red Bull and t’s a simple question with a seats and an ice surface and dressing rooms. Overcoming Challenges back then it wasn’t a popular product so straightforward answer. “But what really makes us click is the Becoming a top concert facility means cre- we had to find a specific supplier within the How does Prince George attract people factor,” said Beesley. ative thinking and attention to detail so the province and because it came from Thailand superstars like Elton John, Brooks “It’s the whole team work aspect. I know event goes smoothly. we got it but it had the Thai lettering on it,” & Dunn, Reba McIntire, John Mel- we throw the word team out there a lot in “We talk a lot about that here,” said said Mikkelsen. lencamp, Jeff Dunham and KISS to this society but in order to run our place Mikkelsen. Chris Radmacher and Side Show Produc- come here? we really do need a fully functioning “At the end of the day we want to say that tions from Kamloops comes in to work with PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION The answer is simple – a first- supportive team.” was an easy day. It sounds like a flippant touring productions to unload all the trucks, class venue (CN Centre) and hard work by Parks, fire depart- comment but for move sound and lighting gear, set it up and Marketing Homes Since 1985 determinedI staff. ment, city electricians, the touring shows hang it from the trusses. city plumbers – they People outside they’re going into This is important work. with Trust ... Service ... don’t ever get any another arena At other venues, rigging has failed and The people behind the shows credit, he added. this community every day and it’s people have been seriously hurt and even Integrity “Glen Mikkelsen has done a heroic job “But I tell you when are blown away just another con- died. When Cirque Sublime was headed Rare 4 bedrooms Up: Perfect Family Home $634,900 Superb Family Home: Arbutus $719,900 Stunning Private Waterfront Cottage! $928,800 in taking pride and ownership in his role we have a big, high- crete and steel from Grand Prairie to Prince George for a This 2600 sq.ft home offers a wonderful fl oor plan that will allow your family to grow. Entering this Natural light fl oods this spacious 4-bedroom home. Ideal layout for families of all ages. The main level Relax & Enjoy complete privacy & wonderful ocean views that take in the San Juan Islands, Haro Strait & as entertainment and marketing manager pressure show like by the CN Centre structure. When one-night-only show on November 5, 2007, home you’re greeted with a sky lighted entry, bright living room with lots of light from the bay window is perfect for entertaining. Large entrance area, formal living room & dining room. Updated kitchen with Majestic Mount Baker. Enjoy morning coffee from the sun room, while experiencing the wonders of nature & separate dining room. The newer large Kitchen Craft kitchen features an eating area & opens to large eating area stepping down to the cozy family room with access to the private south-facing backyard. Well - eagles soaring, herons feeding by the shore & whales breeching. This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home at CN Centre,” said Andy Beesley, general KISS that probably and our facilities they come to our one truck went off the road due to bad family room & access to the bonus enclosed patio/greenhouse. Upstairs has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms laid out patio & child-proofed solar heated in-ground pool. Three bedrooms on the upper level including know as “Rainbow Cottage”; a Heritage Craftsman cottage, w/high shed-roofed dormers, is move in ready, manager of community arenas, including used as much electric- facility and their weather and the show had to be postponed including a large master suite with an ensuite & walk-in. Many upgrades including newer roof, hot a private master ensuite & walk-in closet. Bedroom/den on the main level. Loads of storage, over-height & comes with modern comforts of today. Heated fl oors, air exchange system, gas fi replace & range, new CN Centre. ity as the city of Prince and they think that we’re needs are met to the next night. water tank, engineered hardwood & more. Oversized double garage & RV parking. ML#304889 garage & mud room with 3-piece bath. This home is perfect for the hobbyist or gardener. ML#304779 bathrms, newer Kitchen by J&L Designs & your sunroom offers a year round peaceful retreat. ML#304739 “Glen goes well over and above the call George runs on... if the luckiest community right away, that’s Side Show Productions took a truck to the RE/MAX Camosun www.mcmullenhomes.ca Thinking of selling? Call 250-881-8225 of duty. CN Centre was not on the concert we don’t have our city something they site and helped them bring their show to map for an awful lot of promoters when electricians on board ever and I just wish more remember.” Prince George. it was first built and I think we were a big that have the ability to people locally would that Only 25 per cent of the shows Glen Mik- black hole.” thrive under pressure kelsen wants in Prince George actually Many concert promoters consider Prince with trust put upon and would be happy with Some make it here. George very remote and are reluctant them, it just wouldn’t what we have... examples For one reason or another sometimes to travel so far from a bigger centre like work,” it just can’t work, like conflicting dates or Vancouver or Edmonton, Beesley Beesley conducts • During the taking a tour to another location. explained. many tours for rep- — Andy Beesley Snoop Dog con- Prince George is not the first place artists Saanich News “Their concerns are that they’re going to resentatives of other cert, December 7, think to go to do a show. come out to some little unknown hick town towns from right 2004, a random Mikkelsen does a lot of networking by and it’s going to be a gong show and they across Canada. arena light turned personally attending conferences in Los don’t want any part of that,” said Beesley. “It always strikes me that when I take on back stage, shining into the audience. Angeles or Nashville. st Natalie North “So what Glen has done is build the trust people through CN Centre and then I take Mikkelsen had to ask a city electrician to “It’s important for people to have a face and the relationships with these big time them up on the balcony upstairs and I show come out during the concert to climb the they recognize and somebody they can call worldwide promoters. The fact that Glen’s them the parking lot and the other three catwalk and manually disconnect the light. that has the insight to tell them if they’re got them to a point where, with a snap of arenas that we have under one roof and It was a fluke occurrence but it had to be show will work here,” said Mikkelsen. The writer really draws us close to her subject by caring as much as he the fingers, they say sure, we’ll come up to the horse barns and the gymnastics build- dealt with immediately and it was. A prime example of this is when the KISS CN Centre, tells me they have 100 per cent ing and our ice oval and the Aquatic Cen- • Pipe and drape is essential to enhancing concert came. 1 trust in Glen and in the professional product tre and the soccer fields, that every single the concert experience. Usually they bring their own generator they’re going to get.” person without fail says ‘oh my goodness, During the summer months the sun but when the production crew got here, Many cities that are similar in size to you people are so lucky in Prince George’,” shines brightly and the light seeps into the they found CN Centre had the power to put does about his work. Nice writing (and great photo and graphics support) Prince George don’t get concerts like the said Beelsey. concert space on the south side, distract- on the show. ones Prince George gets, Beesley said. “Then I smile to myself and think well, ing the audience and sometimes even the The generator they usually require – the “We are fortunate to be in a community all I’ve heard is that we’ve got potholes entertainer. size of a railway boxcar – sat unused in the where we are given the infrastructure and from our own people, but people outside When Willie Nelson played CN Centre on back parking lot. the facilities to be able to do what we do,” this community are blown away by the CN June 26, 2007, someone pointed out the Now when Mikkelsen is asked what kind Beesley said. Centre and our facilities and they think that light shining into the concert bowl and ever of power CN Centre has, all he has to do is “They allow us to flourish and to fly and we’re the luckiest community ever and I just since the draping goes up in April and stays say that CN Centre powered a KISS concert.

6 Thursday, July 5, 2012 www.northshoreoutlook.com Architectural road trip In their new documentary Coast Modern, Wright and Pierre Koenig to Arthur Erickson and, of course, Neutra. Gavin Froome and Mike Bernard journey Froome and Bernard met at design school at Cap U. After from Vancouver to L.A., with several stops graduating, Froome, now the senior art director at Blast in between, to explore the modernist Radius, focused on design. Bernard, who has a background in stills, ran a small design house, and branched out to do architecture movement on the West Coast some documentary work. On the night they decided to tackle modernism in film, Prince George Citizen Bernard had just finished a documentary called Vancouver School on a group of influential Emily Carr grads. Froome, ND JUSTIN BEDDALL also a musician, had recently been to Los Angeles to play a Christine Hinzmann THE OUTLOOK warehouse gig. Being a design fiend with a spare day in L.A., he grabbed a telephone book and looked up the Neutras, hey never planned to break into a Neutra house. But who are considered architectural royalty. It turns out Richard Even on a slow news day you can find they were a little drunk and they didn’t have a key. 2 Neutra’s son Dion, a partner with the firm for many years Gavin Froome and Mike Bernard were on the road T before his father passed away, was still practising. filming their documentary about the modernist architecture He called him up and got an invite to the 85-year-old’s movement on the West Coast, including the work of vision- something interesting to write about. Good Filmmakers Gavin Froome (left) and Mike home. Soon Froome was approaching a beautiful little glass Submitted photo ary designer Richard Neutra. Bernard. house designed in the 1940s that was hidden behind bam- They’d managed to get an invite to stay the night at boo. “He opens the door with a pair of flip-flops on and a home built by the modernist master in Silver Lake, idea, good digging, well presented. chinos and said ‘How are you doing?’” Calif., that’s now owned by California Polytechnic State For Froome, the meeting was a revelation. University. As Froome told Bernard about the But by the time they’d arrived at the Neutra visit, he was getting equally doorstep after martinis at the legend- hyped about the modernist architects ary Dresden Room, a time-warp steak » whose innovative designs tended to house in Hollywood, and after-dinner favour tons of glass and natural light cocktails, likely gin and tonics, recalls and sought to find harmony with Bernard, it was two or three in the thearts surrounding nature. morning. The door was locked and the By the time they paid their restau- architect-in-residence wasn’t stirring. WWW.NORTHSHOREOUTLOOK.COM rant bill, they had a project planned. They tried throwing pebbles at the A few weeks later, they were on the window, but there was still no movement inside the sleek road filming Coast Modern. steel-and-glass house known as “VDL2.” “We were just looking for an excuse to go on the road “So Mike and I did the old alley-oop and broke into a and drink with architects,” Froome jokes. Neutra house,” explains Froome about clambering to the Early on in their research, the pair discovered a direct second-floor balcony to gain entry. “Which is kind of like, local link with Richard Neutra visiting Vancouver in the you know, cross that off the bucket list.” late 1940s and ’50s. “He would stay at the Binning House The pair had hatched the plan to make a doc about the [in West Vancouver] and he would talk to young Arthur modernist architecture on the West Coast under similar cir- Erickson and young Barry Downs and Fred Hollingsworth cumstances. Drinks, dinner, after-dinner drinks, then an ambitious continued, PAGE 16 plan to drive up and down the coast to document and rethink the work of modernist masters, from Frank Lloyd

Outlook West Vancouver rd Justin Beddall 3 From a great opening sentence that really hooks the reader (and also sets the tone) this playful style keeps us amused while informing and entertaining.

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ak Bay police are conduct- ing an independent review of the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP after a MOUNTAINS man was discovered in AND MUSIC medical distress in his cell at the local O Songwriter Buckman detachment, and died the next day in hospital. Coe fi nds ways to The man, a 37-year-old from Duncan, keep evolving was picked up by local Mounties 15 JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday. Gerri Healey emerges from a tub of water at Harrison Gospel Church last June, as part of her road to redemption after a long life of drug abuse. Healey The man was reportedly passed out in has now been clean and sober for two years. a public area of downtown Duncan, and had declined assistance from paramed- ics shortly before police arrived. INSIDE The of¿ cers tracked the man down a opinion ...... 6 short distance from where he’d walked mailbag ...... 7 A miracle in the making away from the paramedics, and he was arrested without incident for causing a community ...... 12 disturbance. Forty years of hard drug use washed away in emotional baptism “He was transported to the North entertainment . . . . . 15 Jessica Peters is new to her. its erratic twitching. Drug use has than two years. She's been alcohol Finding THE OBSERVER Cowichan/Duncan detachment where “I know I’ve done wrong in my life left her with the eff ects of a stroke, a free. She hasn’t touched so much as a he was lodged in cells, slated for release classifi eds ...... 17 Gerri Healey has a lifetime of sins and I want it to go away,” she explains, diabetic and epileptic. cigarette. Devil's playthings are a thing once sober,” said a statement released Krista Siefken behind her, and it’s come time to then turning to Cool to ask: “Is that Her voice is thick like three-day-old of the past, she says. She's moved on, by Cpl. Darren Lagan. wash them away. okay?” coff ee, with the scratch of loose gravel and now she wants the world to know The families of Karrie Ann Stone and Tyeshia Jones listen while police announce that She sits beside her pastor, Brian Of course it is, he assures her. rolling over concrete. She knows that why. More than anything, she wants “The man was co-operative with William Elliott, 24, has been arrested for the murders of both women. Cool, at the Harrison Gospel Chapel Baptism, he tells her, is a symbolic when strangers see her, that’s all they her story shared with the world. police throughout his arrest and time in forgiveness on an early Friday morning. In two gesture of a Christian’s love for Jesus see. And when she takes her walks “I’ve wasted so much of my life,” custody.” days, she will be baptized here. She’s – “an outward sign of an inward around the Harrison Lake lagoon, she says. Tears start to form as she At 2 p.m. on Saturday, the on-duty Suspect arrested for two high-proÄ le local murders: Mary daughter, as well It’s a senti- nervous about what’s to come, and reality.” thinking about the last 40 years of delves into her story, tracing back guard found the man in medical dis- as 42-year-old mment echoed looking for guidance. What shows on Healey’s outside her life, she knows why some people from her hard beginnings to this Jim and Bev Stone want to one day be able to forgive who- Duncan woman bby Karrie Ann She looks to the young cleric seated isn’t the typical churchgoer image, but pass her by, not returning her sunny new road to redemption. She doesn’t tress. 326 Wallace Street beside her, asking him questions of a one of a hard drug user, a vagabond. smiles and “good mornings!” candy coat a thing. And when she The man was taken by B.C. Ambu- Karrie Ann Stone. Stone’s mother, ever killed their daughters, Tyeshia and Karrie Ann She is aware of Bev Stone, dur- Hope, BC higher nature – questions of God, On the outside, Healey is a street- And she understands. gets to the diffi cult parts, she lovingly lance Service to Cowichan District and of rebirth. Healey wasn’t raised the long journey ing Saturday’s hardened woman who has watched "Maybe it's not a good morning for pets Squeak, a small mutt of a dog Hospital, and then transferred to Vic- Krista Siefken for taking a loved one’s life. Especially 604.869.5651 in a church-going family, so even at good friends die. Her skin is mottled them," she jokes. she adopted from the streets of toria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital. He died Tyeshia. She was 18. She had just ahead before ppress conference the age of 52, the idea of redemption leather and her body is bound by Healey has been drug-free for more CONTINUED ON 3 News Leader Pictorial Elliott’s guilt or announcing the shortly before noon on Sunday. graduated. She had plans. And it was Turn to page 9... A cause of death has not yet been all taken from her, when she was taken innocence will be Karrie Ann Stone: Tyeshia Jones: arrest of Elliott. n a house where the memory of determined. died at 42 died at 18 “It’s a bit- determined. Tyeshia Jones is tangible, Mary from me.” “In keeping with the RCMP’s com- And yet, perhaps astonishingly, Jim But she says she tersweet moment Jim talks about forgiveness. feels an enormous for myself, and mitment to external review of such She’s sitting in her living room is not an angry woman. cases, the Oak Bay Police Service will As her kids, her nephews, and all sense of relief just knowing the police I’m sure for Mary,” Stone said. where pictures of her daughter investigation has yielded a signi¿ cant “Karrie was the type of person (who) conduct a review of the circumstances plaster the walls. their assorted friends traipse through MARCO D. CEDRONE I the bright home, as well-wishers stop step after waiting more than a year for just forgave everybody, no matter what related to this death,” the statement Photos hang in frames. Messages are PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER reads. by to offer support and a few laughs, answers. anybody did to her. She always had a scribbled in colourful text on the white “It was good news to us,” Jim says smile on her face and I’m sure she’d ICBC (MVA’S) • SLIP & FALLS • DOG BITES • PERSONAL INJURY - HOWEVER CAUSED “The B.C. Coroners Service is also paint. And newspaper clippings have Jim smiles and takes it all in stride. conducting an investigation, stan- “I look at my kids, and they’re my of her family’s response to the arrest. want me to, over time, somewhere become like wallpaper. “And then again, sad, because it’s down the road, forgive this man for dard in cases where a death occurs in They tell the story of a teenage girl medicine,” she says. “The pain is still 7070 Pioneer Ave., Agassiz BC | 604-796-0415 | www.cascadelaw.comcom close proximity to a period of police there. But some of it has been taken someone so young, someone who what he’s (allegedly) done to her.” who went missing, only to be found a grew up with my nephews and went to But ¿ rst, the two mothers have to custody.” week later, murdered. away now, through justice.” Police say no further details are Jim is speaking about the arrest school with them. brave the impending court process. “Forgiveness. It’s a strong word,” “But hate, being hateful, isn’t going Jim says she plans to see it through. being released while the review is says Jim. “It’s powerful. And not of William Elliott, the 24-year-old underway. Duncan man accused of killing her to get me anywhere.” more on page 3 many people would forgive someone Agassiz-Harrison Observer GET THE LOWEST PRICE nd Jessica Peters ON TIRES, GUARANTEED.* This is feature writing. Unbeatable prices on top name brands like Michelin, BF Goodrich, Firestone, Toyo and more.

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Cowichan Leader Pictorial st Krista Siefken 1 Wonderfully written, extremely powerful piece that delves into a major news THE DAILY NEWS: Proud to sponsor the United Way campaign story. This offers wide-ranging, emotional coverage of a story that readers were no doubt eager to learn more about.

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HoLLYWooD Snow White rivalry heatsY ourupNewsPAGENo b2w.ca >>> AJAX It wAS lIke A CrIme Of pASSIOn . He went After All tHe tHIngS He SAId He lOved ABOut me . He COuld HAve juYourSt InStANewsntly kIlledNo mew. . It ca dOeSn’t mAke SenSe . He HAd tHIS All plAnned . AS SOOn AS I wAlked In Lake eyes tHrOugH tHe dOOr, He juSt StArted . He turned IntO tHe devIl . — LisA HArrison, desCriBing tHe nigHt sHe wAs Left for deAd By Her estrAnged Boyfriend ‘fairness’ in review B.C. environment minister doesn’t want recommendation rushed

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nlike his federal counterpart, Envi- Uronment Minister Terry Lake won’t predict when the application for KGHM Ajax will be in his hands for a decision. But Lake said Thursday he is pleased federal Environment Minister Peter Kent has rejected a call for a federal panel re- view on the proposed Ajax Mine. “I’m not surprised (at the decision),” Lake said. “I’ve said I’m satisfied with the comprehensive review we’re doing in con- junction with the federal govern- ment.” ‘‘ Kent toured the site Wednesday and met with groups here pushing for a federal panel re- view, what he con- ceded is the “gold standard” environ- mental review, en- tailing formal public hearings overseen by independent ex- “It’s a question perts. of fairness — The federal minis- fairness to the ter also told report- ers he’d like to have proponent and a recommendation public. . . . from Canadian En- Make sure the vironmental Assess- application is ment Agency by the as comprehen- end of the year, with sive as possible rd a decision shortly and everything thereafter. But Lake said he’s is addressed not setting any time- as soon as lines, other than possible.” those in legislation, 3 which give him 180 PROVINcIAL days to make a deci- ENVIRONMENT Kamloops Daily News sion after the appli- MINISTER ‘I want to lIve agaIn’ cation process is TERRy LAkE LisA HArrison is reAdy to step out of tHe dArk After Being Left for deAd two yeArs Ago complete. “Not necessarily a By ROBERT KOOPMANS Daily News Staff Reporter year,” Lake said of his expectation for the Robert Koopmans conclusion of studies, public input, meet- n her mind’s eye, Lisa Harri- the chance to live again. motel’s bed sheets, then he cut his ings and completion of an environmental son sometimes still sees the It was Feb. 6, 2010, when Drew wrists. When neither act took his life, impact statement. man with the knife who took Travis Rhodes, her estranged boy- he went to Peterson Creek Bridge and Lake said public concern with the proj- Amazing story and wonderfully written. her eyes and plunged her friend, stabbed Harrison’s eyes, jumped, dying on the rocks below. ect inside Kamloops’ southern boundary world into darkness. slashed her face, hacked off her With the second anniversary of has led to extended periods for public INot just the blackness of being long blond hair, stabbed her in the the horrifying attack just days comment and more public open houses. blind but the emptiness that throat and left her for dead on the away, Harrison says she is ready, fi- “It’s a question of fairness — fairness to comes from wondering why you floor of a Columbia Street motel. nally, to put that night behind her. the proponent and public. . . . Make sure Adding insight from professionals are alive — if you will ever have He tried to hang himself with the u See EMOTIONAL /A4 the application is as comprehensive as possible and everything is addressed as soon as possible.” PhotoS by Keith AnderSon/the dAily neWS Kamloops Chamber of Commerce ap- on what women can do to prevent plauded Kent’s decision. “We felt there was no merit to the full INDEX INSIDE panel review process,” said chamber pres- ident Maurice Hindle, who met with Kent Abby ...... B8 GooD Arts ...... B1 WorLD on Wednesday. domestic abuse would have made it Business ...... B8 Hindle said the chamber supports the morNING OUTSIDE City ...... A3 NEWT ovEr THE mine, provided it passes the comprehen- Classifieds ...... C3 sive environmental assessment. to the readers $1.50 Monday-Thursday+HST mooN AT LATEST Comics ...... C6 The business group came to its decision of The Daily News, 2/-3 Obituaries ...... B7 $1.75 Friday-Saturday+HST GoP DEbATE including Oddities ...... A2 56 cents a day home delivery after an informal poll of members at a re- stronger. Mostly cloudy valued subscriber Opinion ...... C1 67 cents a day out of town /b7 cent chamber event, Hindle said. Vicki Swan Details /A2 Sports ...... A8-10 u See MOST MEMBERS /A2

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WATERSHED staff work with the province in dry NEWS photos Mike Wakefi eld months, using infrared technology to track lightning BOB Cavill, Metro Vancouver’s watershed division manager, at Rodgers Lake in the Capilano watershed. A strikes that could lead to fi res. waterfall spilling down from the alpine Palisade Lake is visible in the background.

DESPITE DECADES OF PRESSURE AND POLITICS, THE NORTH SHORE’S MOST VITAL RESOURCE SURVIVES Watershed moments Jane Seyd is why the North Shore mountains play such a large role. In places [email protected] without that advantage, utilities face large power costs to pump wa- ter, sometimes over long distances. Or as City of Vancouver Mayor UP above the North Shore, it’s raining in the Darrell Mussatto, chair of Metro Vancouver’s utilities committee mountains. Clouds hang low, drifting over the puts it, “Gravity saves us millions.” dark shapes of the ridgelines and the trees that In the Capilano watershed, you don’t have to go far into the woods to see history. Near the top of Capilano Lake, the remains stand there like sentinels. of an old aqueduct snakes through the trees, leading to a clearing At the Cleveland Dam, water rushes over the spillway, frothing with concrete settling ponds. A large moss-covered gear sits next to and billowing, its wash of white noise thundering against the damp a fern. “This was the water supply to the mid 1950s,” says Cavill. canyon walls. Beyond the dam, rain stirs the lake’s grey-green sur- When the system was operational, there was a screen to keep the face. logs out of the pipes and a furnace to thaw the ice buildup in winter. The Capilano watershed is one of three — along with the Sey- “They mucked it out by hand,” said Cavill. “There was no water mour and Coquitlam — that supply water to more than two mil- treatment. It was just a direct hit of raw water.” lion people, half the population of the province. Each watershed is The Vancouver Water Works company built the fi rst water system 20,000 hectares, the equivalent of 50 Stanley Parks, rising from just on the Capilano River for a cost of $300,000, ultimately delivering above sea level to between 1,500 and 2,000 metres in elevation. water from the Capilano to taps downtown in March 1889. Within Streams that begin as slow trickles merge as they plunge downhill, months, there was trouble, including leaks, broken mains and an fi nding other tributaries, taking on names like Sisters and Hesketh annoying tendency for ships to slice open the pipes in the First Nar- creeks before joining the Capilano River. The river changes from a CLOUDS swirl around the steep mountain ridges that rows. The public was not amused, and the young City of Vancouver quiet burble in summer to a roar in winter. Sometimes the water gets rise from the Capilano River valley. See more images of soon acted on a clause allowing it to buy the waterworks. so high it touches the stringers of the old railroad bridges. the watershed in our photo gallery at nsnews.com. But other threats to the water supply soon materialized. Around Judie Steeves All three watersheds are closed to the public and controlled by 1904, logging companies moved in to the Capilano watershed. STAFF REPORTER Metro Vancouver under 999-year leases. It’s an arrangement envied the security gate at the Cleveland Dam, Cavill calls in his position The Province newspaper of the day warned logging plans of by other jurisdictions. over the truck radio. Not many people have spent extensive time some big U.S. timber companies would make “Vancouver’s water “There are people in the province who come to us and say over two decades in the watersheds, but Cavill is one of the few. supply look like an Arizona trout stream in summer.” ‘How’d you get that?” says Bob Cavill, watershed division manager About 40 people work in the watershed permanently — more in Alarmed, city politicians went to Victoria and asked for a 999- here are still people who don’t realize that very often for Metro Vancouver. The secret? “It occurred 80 or 90 years ago.” summer. They do everything from replacing road culverts to stabi- year lease on the watershed “with a view to keeping the city’s water the water rushing by in an upland stream or lap- What happens in the watersheds has always loomed large over lizing slopes to fi re protection. supply in its pristine purity.” The province turned them down. the Lower Mainland. There’s a lot at stake here. Water storage in the reservoirs is constantly fl uctuating. At their In the early 1920s, the Capilano Timber Company logged the ping the shore of a fi shing lake is the same water that While water itself is plentiful and free for three-quarters of the lowest, in mid-October this year, the three reservoirs dipped to just river valley by railway. There were many escaped slash fi res, which T year, the systems needed to store it, fi lter it and distribute it aren’t. below 60 per cent of full. Thanks to a soggy June and a better-than- poured smoke from the North Shore mountains over the city. Public comes out of their tap into a glass for drinking. The water utility has the largest budget of all Metro Vancouver average snowpack, that was well within normal levels. reaction was instrumental to forming Greater Vancouver’s fi rst water Certainly the renters who piled 12 truckloads of horse ma- departments, coming in around $224 million this year, including Capilano Lake reservoir holds 53 million cubic metres of wa- district in 1926, with the goal of protecting the city’s water supply. debt servicing costs — about a third of Metro Vancouver’s total ter. But beyond the main reservoirs, the watersheds also contain a The 999-year lease was granted a year later. nure within a few metres of Mission Creek last winter either expenditures. Water infrastructure projects run to the hundreds of series of other lakes and rivers, crucial to maintaining supply in dry “Considered as economic resources, it is not open to debate that millions. months. When water levels dip in the summer, Metro staff release the value of these watershed areas lies fi rst in their importance as didn’t know or didn’t care. But water isn’t something most people think about in Vancou- water from high alpine lakes including Palisade Lake that feeds the sources of pure water supply and secondly as stands of merchantable ver, unless there’s a problem. Capilano River, and Burwell Lake and Loch Lomand that supply timber,” said Dr. Ernest Cleveland, the fi rst water commissioner. Staff from the Black Mountain Irrigation District had to • • • the Seymour. “They are absolutely essential to our water supply,” The water district soon fl exed its new political muscle, buying out move in with a backhoe to load up the steaming mass of e- “In at one. Cap Main.” says Cavill. coli-laden excrement and remove it before spring brought As he heads into the Capilano watershed on a still-sunny day, past Another essential component of the water system is gravity, which See 999-year page 4 millions of gallons of snowmelt running off high elevations, raising the level of Mission Creek and washing those piles into the roiling water—just above the BMID intake. “We treat the water, but the higher the loading (of contam- North Shore News inants) the more risk there is of challenging our disinfection,” explains Bob Hrasko, manager of BMID. nd Jane Seyd “Most people are responsible along Mission Creek, but any activity near the creek is of concern to us, and the more A very well written, good news story on two North activities, the more we’re concerned,” he says. 2 See story on A3. DOUG FARROW/CONTRIBUTOR Shore entrepreneurs with a global focus. More than simply a business profile, this article shows the potential for more initiatives of this kind.

Gulf Islands drIftwood | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012 | 3 Tipping Kelowna Capital News Point Water source under threat ParT One Ron Stepaniuk, general manager of the North Salt Spring Waterworks st Judie Steeves District, oversees regular testing of cyanobacteria levels in treated and 1 This is a wide-ranging and well written piece on the complex nature of water untreated water from St. Mary Lake.

safety. Seemingly all the angles and issues are covered with excellent reporting, St. Mary Lake represents many things to different people on Salt Spring. arming the reader with important information with which to lobby their local Aside from being the perfect place to cool off on a summer day and a source of year-round recreation government. for countless islanders and visitors, the lake is the single-greatest source of drinking water for the island’s approxi- YRE mately 10,000 residents. The following is the first part in a series of arti- MCIN t SEAN cles prepared by Driftwood reporter Sean McIntyre, Photo BY Photo which we hope will inform islanders about a lake at a crucial stage in its history, nearing a tipping point with the potential for devastating and costly consequences. A look behind the blooms Phosphorus Sources 2% 1% Knowledge breakthroughs between the hundreds of differ- in St. Mary Lake ent types of cyanobacteria, a clarify murky topic small fraction of which are Regeneration of potentially toxic. 63% In May 2012, staff from the Vancouver According to Sue Watson, bottom 4% Island Health Authority could be found an Environment Canada sediments along the shoreline of St. Mary Lake post- research scientist, the ing notices that advised swimmers to keep abundance of these 29% Domestic out of the lake. The unprecedented swim- toxic species and the St. Mary Lake sewage ming advisory lasted four months, suf- potential for toxicity is 29% ficient to disrupt the start of the tradi- related to the concen- watershed is almost 4% Land runoff tional swimming season and long enough tration of phosphorus seven square 63% to reinforce concerns held by water quality in the water. kilometres 2% Rainfall and experts on Salt Spring and elsewhere in the Phosphorus is a atmospheric province. chemical element dust One such person is Bob Watson, a retired commonly found in, but engineer with a lifetime of experience in not limited to, many types Groundwater the field of identifying and solving of agricultural fertilizer. Determining how 1% water quality problems. phosphorus enters the lake is essential as entering lake Since his official retirement in groups consider proposals to handle St. 2004, Watson has volunteered Mary’s recurring algal blooms. (see the Source: St. Mary Lake Watershed Management Plan his expertise to the North Under the Microscope sidebar). Salt Spring Waterworks Dis- “Like crops, gardens and lawns, blooms rd trict and Salt Spring Island require phosphorus and other nutrients to Water Council. The focus grow and flourish,” she said. “The abun- Under the microscope: St. Mary Lake of his efforts has been dance of the toxic species and thus the devoted to interpreting potential for toxicity increases with the The phosphorus factor has a max depth volumes of water-qual- amount of phosphorus and other nutrients 3 of nearly ity data collected from that we introduce into our surface waters 17 metres St. Mary Lake. from sewage, septic systems, fertilizers, During the late 1970s, a rash material is the remnants of prior One of the major dif- etc.” of concerns over the odour and algal blooms. ferences between Wat- This is because phosphorus is an essen- Gulf Islands Driftwood taste of the water in St. Mary Lake The result is a snowball-like effect son’s volunteer work and his tial nutrient for the growth of algal blooms; prompted a landmark study to seek that sees algal blooms laying the career is the level of understanding devel- the higher the level of phosphorus in the out causes of the deteriorating lake groundwork for increased phos- oped by the scientific community about system, the greater the likelihood of algal water. phorus and, in turn, ever more algal cyanobacteria, the microscopic organisms blooms. Sean McIntyre In his report, published for the blooms. that comprise an algal bloom. Watson said research has also shown that provincial government in 1982, biol- Phosphorus loading from other “We didn’t even know there were cyano- blooms proliferate in warmer tempera- ogist Rick Nordin provided islanders sources like septic runoff and the bacteria,” Watson said. “Nobody had heard tures, with intense runoff and the increas- A very good series exploring the threat of algal with the first look into the complex clearing of natural forest cover for of them. Back then it was a taste problem.” ing ice-free periods that are associated chemistry of the island’s most iconic agriculture and residential devel- These days, the NSSWD tests for cya- with climate change. body of water. opment during the 1970s, Nordin nobacteria in treated and untreated lake Although algal blooms, or cyanobac- The findings left no doubt about wrote, is believed to have tipped water twice a week. Interpreting these teria outbreaks, are common in freshwa- the culprit. the balance and initiated the results is a mainstay of Watson’s high- ter lakes, ponds and wetlands in Canada blooms, with extensive data and statistics presented “The major problem with the depletion of oxygen at the bottom ly anticipated reports at bi-monthly Salt and around the world, statistics indicate present water quality is an oversup- of the lake. Spring Water Council sessions. between 50 and 70 per cent of outbreaks ply of phosphorus,” Nordin wrote. Nordin, whose interest in St. The occurrence of algal blooms may be are potentially harmful to humans, wildlife He not only identified the prob- Mary Lake continues to this day, nothing new, but they have been increas- or livestock. These wide-ranging statistics, in a reader-friendly way. The coverage was extensive lem but outlined the major ways said it’s hard to estimate the chang- ing in frequency during the past three Watson said, are a result of logistical dif- phosphorus was getting into the es in phosphorus loading since his decades. What’s more, Watson told a Water ficulties inherent with testing lakes across lake, notably through regeneration initial research. Council meeting earlier this year, the types the country. of bottom sediments, 63 per cent; In the 30 years since his report of cyanobacteria in St. Mary Lake appear to “Most blooms are detected by local and the issue of clear importance to the residents of runoff from septic fields around the was published, the watershed has be pushing traditional views about how the [water system] managers, the public or lake, 29 per cent; and land runoff, seen more development, clearing organisms behave. researchers,” she said. “However, because four per cent. of land and poorly maintained sep- The result have left scientists who’ve it is impossible to constantly monitor every Most of the phosphorus released tic systems. Each of these elements examined the lake with many more waterfront, most blooms are either unob- Salt Spring Island. into St. Mary Lake, Nordin deter- contributes to changes in phos- questions than solutions. served or detected only when the situation mined, comes from the thick layer phorus levels that can take years to The flood of new knowledge may is severe.” of mud along the lake’s bottom. appear, he said. not yet be able to explain exactly Phosphorus that’s trapped in the “The passage of phosphorus what’s taking place in St. Mary mud is released through a chemi- through the soil is very slow, so Lake, but it has helped scien- Part two of the Tipping Point series cal process triggered by low oxygen it’s hard to estimate how long it tists understand the causes will examine how harmful cyanobac- levels in the deepest part of the lake. takes sewage to reach the lake — it and effects of cyanobacte- teria outbreaks on St. Mary Lake can This oxygen deficiency is precipitat- may be years or decades, so the ria. 15.6 per cent affect the health of humans, livestock ed by the decomposition of organic response can be quite delayed — Among the most signifi- of the lake’s and wildlife, public infrastructure and material that sinks to the bottom. In and we don’t know what that delay cant strides has been the watershed is zoned the livelihoods of individuals who rely St. Mary Lake, much of this organic is.” ability to differentiate on the lake throughout the year. Parks and Reserve

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 The Valley Echo www.invermerevalleyecho.com A3 INSIDE > EARTH WEEK: 4-PAGE ECO-DIRECTORY & MORE Page Three APRIL 19 - 25, 2012 Final push to raise funds to protect Lot 48 Conservancy group just black bears, cougars and bobcats, the land also holds special signifi cance for $366,000 shy of $7.2 the Ktunaxa Nation, as for thousands million price tag for of years the Ktunaxa used the area as a transportation route and, to this day, land parcel archaeological evidence of this remains including pictographs and burial sites. “Th e east side of Columbia Lake is an STEVE JESSEL integral part of Ktunaxa history,” said [email protected] Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation Chair in a March release. “It is the foundation Th e Nature Conservancy of Canada of the Ktunaxa Creation Story, and has (NCC) is aiming to close out their eff orts been used by our people for thousands to conserve Columbia Lake Lot 48 with of years.” one fi nal push. Th e NCC is now asking any and all in- “It’s an amazing piece of land,” said Nan- dividuals who are interested in seeing cy Newhouse, Canadian Rockies Program this parcel of land conserved to make a Manager for the Nature Conservancy of SUBMITTED PHOTO donation. Newhouse said a large num- Canada. The purchase of Lot 48 will ensure an 18,000 acre conservation area on the east side of Columbia Lake. ber of people had expressed interest in Lot 48, located fi ve kilometres south of being a part of the solution in the past, Fairmont Hot Springs, is an ecologically purchase the land at a $7.2 million price A large variety of groups and organiza- but they were unable to accept dona- and culturally sensitive parcel of land tag that includes funds to create a stew- tions have supported the project over tions up until this point as they were over 300 acres located on the eastern ardship endowment for long-term man- the years, including but not limited to not 100 per cent confi dent the project shore of Columbia Lake. agement of the property. the Columbia Basin Trust, the Region- would go through. Now, with the fi nal Eff orts to conserve the property fi rst To date, the NCC has raised 95 per al District of East Kootenay, BC Hydro goal of $7.2 million so close, the NCC began in 2005, when the land’s private cent of the necessary funds and — with Fish and Wildlife Compensation Pro- is hopeful they can raise the necessary owners made plans to create a golf resort a deadline of June 1, 2012 — are now gram and a number of local groups and funds by June 1. in the area. Th is began a back-and-forth turning to local communities and major organizations. “Protecting Lot 48 is essential to main- discussion that resulted in the Region- funders alike in an eff ort to raise the fi- “[Lot 48] is hugely signifi cant because taining the integrity of the entire east side al District of East Kootenday (RDEK) nal $366,000. it lays at the headwaters of the whole Co- of the lake forever,” Newhouse said. “Th is down-zoning the land to agricultural “It’s really exciting to be this close,” said lumbia system,” Newhouse said. “Th is is an opportunity for everyone who cares use only. In 2010, the longtime owners Newhouse. “Th ere are so many layers 315 acre parcel will connect and create about this amazing property to show Bio-Diesel then petitioned the regional district to about this project that are exciting, but an 18,000 acre conservation network on their support in ways great or small.” work with them to fi nd a solution that for us, in part, it’s just how much it has the east side of the lake.” To donate, or to learn more about the would both protect the land and com- brought all diff erent interests together... Aside from the land being an impor- eff orts to conserve Lot 48, contact New- the real homebrew pensate the owners fi nancially. it’s really a classic example of eff ective tant habitat for animals such as elk, house at (250) 342-5521 or email nancy. Th e NCC then began negotiations to partnership.” bighorn sheep, badgers, grizzly bears, [email protected]. ACTIVISMCTIVISM ON THE RISE | UNITED FOR THE PLANET | EDIBLE CANNABIS NOW LEGAL Fields store in Invermere one of 57 avoiding closure 38:16 Th e Valley Echo had previously reported on April 10 lar Depot, some say Fields Mini Mart,” McDougall told NICOLE TRIGG that FHC was moving toward acquiring the leases of 37 Th e Valley Echo, “so there’s a lot of diff erent signs out [email protected] Fields store locations, including Invermere, with the and we want to get one, so we’ll get that sorted out nd opportunity to assume an additional 22 more. sometime in the next year.” Th e Fields Dollar Depot in Invermere will remain Th e Vancouver-based company, which recently He confi rmed FHC will be assuming the store’s exist- open after FHC Holdings Ltd. (FHC) announced on formed specifi cally for the purchase of the Field stores, ing lease which expires in 2020. 2 Monday (May 1) it had closed its deal with Hudson’s has also acquired the inventory, fi xtures and the Fields Th e next closest location included in the acquisition Bay Company to purchase 57 Fields stores across Can- brand, allowing operations to continue under the is Golden. Monday Magazine ada, of which the Invermere location is one. Fields name. Fields, previously owned by HBC, has been a fi xture “Our team is very excited at the prospect of serving In April 2011, the Invermere location held a grand re- in small Canadian towns for decades, stated the press Danielle Pope the 57 communities in which it has acquired stores, opening after undergoing weeks of renovations, and release, with the fi rst store in Western Canada open- and will work to ensure people continue to be able to was one of six stores in the country that upgraded to a ing in Vancouver in 1950. Th e stores newly acquired by This polished piece uses a slick combination of facts and get what they need in their local communities,” FHC new Dollar Depot model. FHC are located across British Columbia, Alberta, Sas- President Jason McDougall stated in a press release. “Some Fields stores say Fields, some say Fields Dol- katchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. humour to give readers new respect for a different kind of

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The Invermere Valley Echo 27 29 st Steven Jessel 12 Lust and revolution Although small in size, Lot 48 is huge in significance for environmental and Cast of fi ve Dire school sports predictions 1 Vol. 103 No. 34 • Friday, April 27, 2012 Established 1908 photo Dan Toulgoet cultural reasons. Steve Jessel’s story tells us why it was important to protect this WEEKEND EDITION land and how it was saved through the efforts of local communities, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Ktunaxa Nation.

3rd Vancouver Courier Naoibh O’Connor Naoibh O’Connor’s well-written piece tells of an innovative Vancouver school program that finds links between bikes and Cycling 101 Thanks to an increased focus from building a sustainable community. educators, King George secondary students Maha Al-Fahim and Jelena Lazic learn about bicycles in and out of the classroom —story by Naoibh O’Connor

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Lung lowest rate in the country — a Association and the Heart and Stroke testament to the powers of education Foundation, B.C. and Yukon, that the and societal pressure. province should ban tobacco products But we can do better — and we from pharmacy shelves. should. Tobacco products are the It is a double standard that leading cause of preventable disease pharmacies dispensing medications and and death in Canada, accounting for part of the health care system should 85 per cent of all lung cancers and sell dangerous addictive substances. reducing the life expectancy of smoking Indeed, only Manitoba and the Yukon women by an average of nine years. continue to allow such a practise in ColumnistThe provincial government addedAward addition to British Columbia. smoking cessation products to its Studies show fewer outlets can PharmaCare coverage in September and reduce tobacco consumption. Reduced more than 63,000 British Columbians tobacco consumption reduces health have taken advantage of the offer. care costs. Why is Victoria waiting? No shelter from the storm or the message GOD and the devil specialties include real estate no laughing matter for those hardly the fi rst citizen to was unusually equivocal in know that any town development, his nod carries so naïve as to expect to seek scorn the new shelters. But choosing his words about council should be a lot of weight in municipal shelter in one of these devices the fact that complaints the billboard decision. Coun. politics, and his West Van when the Pacifi c winter rain haven’t stopped since last Michael Lewis candidly forgiven for a slip or roots are deep. Dine upstairs doth fall and the nasty Pacifi c May’s closed-door decision says: “With 20-20 hindsight two, when noble judges at the fi ne Dundarave Fish wind doth blow. to accept the Pattison deal . . . I’d have asked for some trump lesser judges Market and you’re in his Briefl y, they’re too tall — apparently there were public discussion.” Of which and bulging-brained former bedroom, when the and too shallow — designed competitors — suggests there was zilch. It was a scientists can’t decide building was Sager’s Maple that way to accommodate that the shelters have few done deal when the citizenry Shop. Also, his father Henry the billboards, not the bus foulweather friends. learned of it. whether simple salt and drove an MGA, a special patrons. Thus the (few) seats Did West Vancouver Now Sager, with his aspirin are good or bad distinction. get wet in all but a mist. councillors have the characteristic upbeat for you, or both. Pattison is of course a On dry days many are still opportunity or take time to springiness, has surged So my guess and gut tell This Just In legend, an East Vancouver an irritation: The billboard examine what they bought forward to raise cash for a me that if West Vancouver Trevor Lautens guy who started as a car on the approaching traffi c into? Director of engineering campaign called Curbside: council could revisit any salesman and built an side obscures the approach and transportation Raymond Bringing Art to the Streets. decision made in 2011 international business empire of the bus, so those waiting Fung said they were It would buy shelter — by a previous council, the bus, but the vehicle of — whose philanthropy are obliged to vault back “custom designed for the advertising space for the four members of which were advertising. includes his vital role as a and forth like chipmunks to municipality,” a nice irony.) Harmony Arts Festival, and 8 re-elected in November — it The latest move has dollar-a-year helmsman for check. But it seems Pattison perhaps year-round displays would be the one agreeing former mayor and backroom Vancouver’s sensational Expo And then there are the Outdoors made an offer of art. to Pattison Outdoor’s “bus politico Mark Sager riding 86. annoyances for pedestrians council wouldn’t refuse. The It may not have fi gured Comment on any story online at abbynews.com shelters.” like cavalry to the side of No question, these are and wheelchair users. Some bait was a 20-year contract in Sager’s motive, but his The quotation marks West Vancouver’s very own top citizens. 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The real solution on the Pattullo [email protected] [email protected] Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department Second class mail registration no. 1246 PLEASE RECYCLE There is no boost to the education SWITCHBOARD 604.853.1144 I CIRCULATION: 604.870.4595 I CLASSIFIED: 604.851.4537 THIS NEWSPAPER budget, other than $165 million to address classroom composition. Where is Jane Jacobs when you to scrap the Pattullo for good? SkyTrain to Guildford and beyond. While this is necessary due to a need her? Yes, Metro Vancouver is a Even if the Pattullo were to court ruling that went against the New West needs her now. Big growing region, and Surrey and stay, there’s a strong argument that government, the lack of a funding time. the valley are booming. Hence, it shouldn’t dump 80,000 cars a boost will likely anger teachers, Surprising as it may seem, the argument goes, the Pattullo is day into the centre of New West, who want a 15 per cent pay raise Jacobs helped popularize the idea Chris Bryan desperately needed. to inch along McBride and 10th over three years. that cities are best when they’re My guess is that’s what New [email protected] Avenue, and rat-run in our friendly Falcon also stated that the ¿ nal made with people in mind, not York’s “master builder” Robert neighbourhoods. increase to the carbon tax will go cars. She came to fame in the To stop the Pattullo. Moses was saying when he was TransLink has dismissed a ahead as scheduled on July 1. ‘60s, when she led the ¿ ght to kill This month we get our ¿ rst trying to ram all those expressways version that would link Surrey However, he signalled that the tax plans for the Lower Manhattan glance at TransLink’s plans to through. They survived without to Coquitlam. Maybe it’s time to rd will be reviewed, and it is possible Expressway, a 10-lane, elevated replace the aging, dangerous bridge them, though, didn’t they? And that bring that back to the table. that it could be eliminated. While highway that would have cut with a shiny new one by 2018. was when the car was in its heyday, When the Pattullo was built B.C. broke new ground when it through the heart of New York These open houses are an virtually unassailable as an icon of Surrey and the valley were more 3 brought the carbon tax in, no other City, in storied neighbourhoods opportunity for New West residents progress. trees and farms than condos and New Westminster NewsLeader jurisdiction has followed its lead. like Little Italy and SoHo. to get lured astray by two red Today cities are shutting subdivisions. A recent study indicates that coal Later, in her adopted home herrings. First, do you want a six- down streets to create pedestrian Our streets, and our 15 square is a much greater source of carbon of Toronto, she helped halt the lane bridge, or four? TransLink thoroughfares. Seoul, Korea kilometre city could handle the Chris Bryan emissions than oil and gas. This Spadina Expressway. That victory wants six, two for trucks each way. actually removed an elevated traf¿ c that ventured over. should cause the government to had a domino effect, leading to Surrey would love that, too. expressway through the centre Incrementally, decade by decade, Pulling together urban transit ideas from other pause. the cancellation of several other The second red herring is the of the city to restore the buried the tide grew until in the last 20 If its real concern is carbon expressways in that city. question of whether it will be Cheonggyecheon stream. years it has become a tsunami. countries, Chris Bryan gives readers a different view emissions, perhaps it needs to Without Jacobs’ work to tolled, or a tantalizing untolled Vancouver defeated a downtown About 450,000 cars travel through consider how much B.C. coal is mobilize neighbourhoods, these alternative to the Port Mann. highway plan back in the late ’60s our little town each day. of what could be possible for the Patullo Bridge, being exported — with no carbon cities would be drastically It’s an illusion of choice, which and now they are contemplating Sure, there’s a difference tax of any kind being applied. worse off. Like a loudmouth really comes down to a question of removing the viaducts. between the New York and Toronto The government focus on at an intimate dinner party, an whether there will be a moderate So the possibility of a world examples and our own. before they see TransLink’s idea. His sense of fun restraint is necessary, but it expressway has a knack of killing increase in traf¿ c in our tiny city, without the Pattullo is not far- It’s not a question of today no must examine how taxes impact the fun. or a massive one. fetched at all. expressway, tomorrow a huge holds up well as he tells of his family’s experience individuals and the environment. So why does the Royal City That, of course, is no choice. And one wonders what that $1 10-lane thoroughfare. —Black Press needs Jane Jacobs today? The better question is: Is it time billion could do to help extend Please see NEXT PAGE with backyard wildlife.

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5485 WHARF AVENUE, SECHELT, V0N 3A0 Main Switchboard 604-885-4811 6 Surrey/North Delta Leader Thursday, May 10, 2012 Fax Line 604-885-4818 Circulation Line 604-885-4869 Canada Post Agreement Number 40069240 OPINIONPublished and printed by Black Press Ltd. at 5450 152 St., Surrey, B.C. The Leader JAPANESE INTERNMENT QUESTION OF EDITORIAL THE WEEK Whose privacy are they protecting? Apology Should he District of Sechelt tenants’ rights government is facing some public scrutiny this week PUBLISHER legislation be over a decision that has us Jim Mihaly long overdue Tscratching our heads. eventy years is a long New Denver internment streamlined A terse statement released to the local media time, but it’s not too camp that today is a fasci- Monday afternoon said, “Council resolved to to make the remove Coun. Alice Lutes from her appointments long to forget. nating museum, and the to District committees, other than committee of In 1942, Japanese- lone physical reminder of complaint the whole, and from her position as the District Canadians who lived on the internment camps. representative at the board of directors of the S Sunshine Coast Regional District, effective the B.C. coast were forcibly He approached the process easier? immediately.” relocated to internment B.C. government through No further explanation has come from council, camps in the Interior and Advanced Education and when pressed for answers during a media other parts of Canada, by Minister Naomi Yamamoto, To answer, go to the briefing at the District Tuesday, Mayor John Henderson cited personal privacy issues and EDITOR order of the federal govern- the North Vancouver Home page of our website: would not elaborate further. Late Wednesday night Paula Carlson ment. Th eir crime – some MLA who is the fi rst B.C. www.surreyleader.com a further statement was received with, again, little were suspected of being cabinet minister of Japanese or no explanation, just a commitment to keep the possible security leaks to the heritage. Her father was public informed. Lutes was the only councillor present at Japanese government, also interned in the Second Tuesday’s media briefing, and when asked to Canada had gone to war World War. comment, said she could not until she spoke to with Japan shortly aft er the He also asked his MLA, her legal counsel and would then provide the media with a statement. attack on Pearl Harbor on Guy Gentner of the NDP, Tuesday afternoon, we received her statement. Dec. 7, 1941, which brought to get involved, and legisla- Lutes said she feels the decision was “manifestly the Americans into the tors of all political stripes unfair and a politically-motivated attack on her LAST WEEK WE ASKED: reputation.” Second World quite frankly co-operated War. to bring Because the decision was made in-camera VIEWS CIRCULATION Should motorcycle horsepower be limited for new riders? by council, she is not legally permitted to say MANAGER Last Decem- forth the anything further unless council agrees to release Marilou Pasion ber, this column apology on the information to the public. noted that many Monday. As Here’s how you responded: Yes 88% No 12% Lutes is asking, if not begging, in her statement Time for a driving refresher for council to release all the facts. And we could Japanese Cana- Suzuki said, not agree more with her. here have been some discussions or off the bus. When you see a stop Newsroom dians who had “Most of The optics of how this decision has been the past few weeks about various sign and flashing lights, that should email: lived in Surrey these causes handled does not sit well with us. Tareas of Highway 101 regarding be a clue for you as a driver to slow and Delta up to take time. It Does council not remember that they were speed and safety. Past down and stop, but that clearly is not newsroom@ POLITICAL GAMBLES elected and given the right to represent us in And while one of the suggestions happening. It’s just a miracle that there surreyleader.com that time seemed happened so government? It’s our taxpaying money that pays made at the transportation advisory DEADLINE hasn’t been an accident — yet. One to be forgotten quickly that for government. It is our same taxpayers’ rights committee, dropping the speed limit Ian Jacques time is unacceptable, but more than 30 Phone: by local govern- Frank Bucholtz I was over- to get an understanding of why this decision was on Highway 101 above Roberts Creek, occasions — that is unthinkable. 604-575-2744 ments. whelmed.” made. thus reducing the speed limit from 80 According to the British 604-575-2544 fax Council can make changes to its committee km/h to 60 km/h between Flume Road Columbia Motor Vehicle Act, it is Th at Decem- As Yama- On pundits and predictions structure and has a right to make those changes, and Lower Road, is a suggestion that How is this happening, and what prohibited to pass a school bus that ber column, and moto noted but they also owe it to the public to explain why merits some further discussion, there are these drivers thinking? is displaying red alternating lights. Advertising one by another writer on in the House Monday, the remier Christy Clark can take some comfort considered both good and bad news for B.C.’s Clark, they made those decisions. are many aspects of driving Highway It’s raining out, it’s dark and there is Drivers in both directions must stop from the recent Alberta election results, but who is running behind the NDP in every poll and By putting out press releases with no 101 that can be improved simply by the very little highway light in most places and wait for the bus driver to load or 604-575-2744 the eff ect of Pearl Harbor provincial government was substance and offering no reason why, one could drivers themselves. along Highway 101. How can you put off-load children and turn off the signal 604-575-2544 fax on the Lower Mainland complicit in the removal of she should also take warning. uncomfortably close to the revived provincial Con- assume that Coun. Lutes did something wrong. As the rain continues to fall, the yourselves and others at risk by not lights, before proceeding. The fine for Japanese-Canadian com- the Japanese-Canadians. Th ere may also be lessons to be gleaned servative party. Her reputation is at stake, but considering that highway and side roads are wet driving with your lights on? This is just failing to stop for a school bus is $167. for B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins. Th e fact that polls can be wrong and that a new she herself is pushing for council to release the and slick. We all need to learn to begging for an accident to happen. This seems pretty simple in my Classifi ed munity, prompted North Suzuki’s late brother-in- P details from in-camera, it leads us to believe that drive better and more safely for the Another pet peeve of mine is failing book, so why is this such an issue? Among other things, the outcome in the neigh- leader of a troubled party can still prevail on election 604-575-5555 Delta resident Tosh Suzuki law once owned land on there are other factors at play here. We could be conditions we are facing on our roads. to stop for school buses. Are people so consumed with getting 604-575-2073 fax to do a little investigating. 88 Avenue just east of Scott bouring province last week shows public opinion day has to be a warm thought for the determinedly wrong, but how can we assume otherwise when That means travelling at safe speeds, This week, Sunshine Coast RCMP to their desired destination that they He found that there had Road, which is now a major polls, like the ones that have been forecasting the optimistic Clark, as is the fact that a further-to-the- questions are being left unanswered? stopping the tailgating, providing issued a press release saying that forget some of these simple, common- imminent demise of the B.C. Liberals led by Clark, right rival can be too extreme for voters, even in a We can understand council protecting privacy enough warning to fellow drivers when since the school year started in sense rules of the road? Circulation never been a formal apol- shopping centre. concerns, but if the person you are supposedly you signal to turn off the highway and September, RCMP have received more Yes, there are problems with our ogy, or even a statement, in Other Japanese-Cana- can be wildly off the mark. province like Alberta, where an old joke has left -wing protecting wants that information released and driving with your lights on. than 30 formal complaints of drivers highway — problems that are long 604-575-5344 But it also shows that going too far to the right politicians protected by fi sh and game laws covering 604-575-2544 fax the B.C. Legislature about dians operated small fruit the air cleared, then whose privacy are you really This is a big pet peeve for me. In failing to stop for school bus signs. overdue for fixes and upgrades, but can be hazardous to one’s political health – even in near-extinct species. trying to protect? the past week, as I have travelled Every day buses stop up and down the main fix and upgrade should be the harsh treatment given to farms in the Strawberry Hill We urge Sechelt council to explain their from my home in Gibsons to work in Highway 101 with their lights flashing to some of the drivers themselves. the more than 20,000 law- area, and others fi shed from Canada’s most right-wing province – and that upstart Th e Alberta vote should also give Clark pause, Address third parties can stumble badly aft er a promising however, because the Liberals under Clark have actions. They owe it to the people who elected Sechelt, I have counted 10 drivers on and a big red stop sign pushed out at Following the rules of the road would 200-5450 152 St. abiding citizens of Japanese Annieville on the Fraser them to do so. various occasions not utilizing their the side of their bus alerting motorists make things a whole lot safer for origin, many of whom were River. start, both potential causes of concern for Cummins. been shift ing rightward, determined to outfl ank the — Ian Jacques headlights. that children are crossing to get on everyone, in my book. Surrey, B.C. On April 23, despite the many polls that predicted Tories and diff erentiate themselves from both their V3S 5J9 born in Canada. Some While an apology 70 served with the Canadian years later cannot make up their defeat, the Progressive Conservatives led by predecessors within the party and the rival New forces in the First World for the hardships that the Premier Alison Redford won a majority to form the Democrats led by Adrian Dix. War. internees endured, it is a 12th Alberta Tory government in a row room for a view As well, the results showing a third He and his wife Amy welcome and overdue step. since the party came to power in 1971. party can rise in the polls but fall short Coast Reporter were both interned as chil- Th e Suzukis deserve Redford, like Clark, took the helm of at the ballot box should be of some con- dren. At the age of seven, he thanks for their willingness a right-of-centre party in crisis, promis- cern to Cummins’ BC Conservatives. nd Ian Jacques and his family were taken to take on this cause, and ing a new direction. It is important to remember there are 2011 winner from their Pitt Meadows obtain formal recognition Both women were relative outsiders, signifi cant diff erences in the political Peter Kvarnstrom Cathie Roy Ian Jacques Christine Wood John Gleeson Yvonne Paulson Shelley Alleyne Nora Page PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER EDITOR STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER SALES MANAGER CLASSIFIED SALES SUPERVISOR CLASSIFIED SALES ASSISTANT BCYCNA farm and sent to a camp of the wrong done so long well-connected but lacking support cultures of the two provinces, such as Ian Jacques’s account of political misconduct is adroitly Ma Murray Awards from their parties’ establishments when the fact that in B.C. there has been a ADVERTISING SALES: Lorraine Wareham, Coast Reporter newspaper is a Canadian-owned and locally- Coast Reporter is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s in Manitoba, where they ago. 2 EMAIL CONTACTS: Joe James, Nancy Tiffin, JM Boyd operated community newspaper, published by Glacier Media Group, newspaper industry. 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The advertiser agrees the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising Tories would lose to the Wildrose party. It is also hard to imagine the canny PHOTOGRAPHER: Justin Samson provide earnest commentaryout of error in any advertisement beyondon the amount paid forthe such advertisement. right for freedom 2011 winner ment for a fraction of its many Japanese-Canadian true value. residents who lived here But then election day came, and while Cummins, a veteran of many political His wife’s family was until they were forcibly the Wildrose party picked up more seats, the Tories battles on the federal stage, tolerating the kind of of information. interned at Lemon Creek removed. won 61 seats in the Alberta legislature, a comfortable “bozo” outbursts of questionable comments about in the Kootenays, and she Th eir hard work helped majority over the opposition Wildrose with 17, the gays and minorities by candidates that got the novice eventually moved to the to build this community. Liberals with fi ve and NDP four. Wildrose leadership in trouble. Th ere was a lot of rowback in the days that fol- Still, the Alberta outcome may explain why Clark 2011 lowed by political pundits, some arguing that the continues to act as though she has a shot at winning The Surrey/North Delta Leader is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, outcome demonstrates the essential unreliability the next B.C. election, despite all the apparent evi- a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. of telephone polls, while others said the Wildrose dence to the contrary. 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Surrey/North Delta Leader st F rank Bucholtz 1 Ardently written, Frank Bucholtz navigates the reader through a dark chapter of BC’s history. Informative and tempered, Bucholtz contextualizes his column, thus providing something tactile for his Tumbler Ridge News Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – page 4 readers to firmly grasp. LETTERS – OPINION WeeklyWeekly Classifieds Classifieds Tumbler Ridge News TUMBLER RIDGE NEWS 120, 230 Main Street, Tumbler Ridge, BC www.tumblerridgenews.com they are “other.” Because the people 250-242-5300 or 250-242-5343 TR Means… Open Mon-Fri from 8am to 5pm who are coming will speak a different Trent Ernst, Editor [email protected] language and have a different colour Tumbler Ridge News, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Page 21 Back when Michael MacLaughlin was skin. Some people, it seems are still Economic Development Officer for the xenophobes. It’s the Yellow Peril, it’s Answer 639 District of Tumbler Ridge, he created a the Red Scare. It’s the fear of the big ACROSS program called “TR Means Treated bad Asians with their awesome kung fu Crosswords 640 1. Earlier than the Royally.” moves and bizarre cuisine. Watch out! present They have durians! 4. Honest The point of the program was to 8. Fedora and fez train front-line workers—waitresses at In the early 1900s, fear of the yellow 12. Line restaurants, front desk workers at peril lead to the Anti-Asiatic League, a 13. Desire hotels—customer service, because group of businessmen who wanted to 14. Touched down they were going to be the first face of limit the number of passports and 15. Go on Tumbler Ridge for many visitors. fishing licenses available to Japanese 17. Buddhist monk The program was designed to teach men, because they worked hard and 18. Bible book people the basics of customer service. thrived in their adopted country, 19. Saunter, You know, things like being polite, being becoming successful fishermen. western style In 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, 20. Soup scoop friendly, and not telling them “we don’t 23. Historic epoch serve your f@$*ing kind here.” and 22,000 Japanese Canadians (more 25. Certain Sadly, in a few quarters the discussion than half of which were born in Canada) woodwind Sgt. Kurt Render was one of the guest speakers brought in for Storytime at the library as around miners coming from China has were sent to internment camps. Why? 26. Admired one sticky substance 31. Wriggly part of Canadian Library Month celebrations. Other guests were Mayor Darwin Wren degenerated to this level. An unpub- Simply because they were of Japanese 27. Plant fluid 3. Personal 33. Russian drink and Fire Chief Matt Treit. lished comment on our website about descent. There were fears they were 30. Sealed 4. “You Only Live 36. Consolidation the Murray River Project states: spies, or saboteurs, though there was no 32. Dedicate ____” 39. Restless According the HD Mining, they are in welcome, and when they aren’t 5. Rave’s partner “These F@$*ing immigrants are going proof. Their property was taken and sold, 34. Haw’s cohort 40. Greek letter no way linked to the recruiter, and willing to step forward with the hand 6. New to wreak Tumbler Ridge. No one in leaving them with nothing. 35. Shade trees 41. Painful while the incident is still under investi- of friendship, you start to think that 37. Garlic feature 7. Nice summer? 42. “How do I love Tumbler Ridge wants them here. It is a sad moment in our history, but rd gation, let’s take them at their word. maybe those whispers were right. 38. Caustic chemi- 8. Saint’s head- ____?” it is not the only one. Five years ago, Tumbler Ridge is 99 percent white What this means is that opportunistic If we isolate them, if we allow cal gear 43. Coal measures two Temporary Foreign Workers in Fort town and should stay that way.” vultures are swooping in and exploiting them to be isolated, then the risk of 39. Change to fit 9. Pity! 45. Nurse’s ____ MacMurray were killed in an accident. 10. Clock And my heart breaks, just a little, these people in the name of good mining exploitation increases. If we welcome 40. Crazy 47. Fore-and-____ 3 11. Remain As the accident was investigated, it under the weight of such ignorance; of jobs here in Tumbler Ridge. I worry that them, and invite them to be a part of 44. Foul-smelling 48. Draw on came out that the workers were being 46. Sound return 16. Falsehoods 49. Be in the Tumbler Ridge News such hatred. this won’t be the last time people try and our community, we can help reduce In my editorial a couple weeks ago, paid $600/month, a far cry from the 47. Stirs 19. Gentleman wrong take advantage of them either. the risk. Yes, maybe they won’t 20. Lomond or Ness I toyed with the idea that some of the $4,800/month they should have been 51. In the past 50. Clouds’ region Fortunately, the people who say that accept our invitations to be a part of 21. Having talent Trent Ernst pushback that HD Mining is getting paid. 52. G-men “Tumbler Ridge is 99 percent white and this community. That’s their issue. 53. Deluge refuge 22. Terrible fate for their plan to bring in 201 Tempo- Yes, issues such as this should give us should stay that way,” are not in the But to ostracize a group of people 54. Votes for 24. Poles pause as to how the Temporary Foreign rary Foreign Workers has nothing to majority. In fact, they might even be a simply because we are scared they 55. Deuce beater 26. Leisurely A sombre narrative about ostracizing others, Trent Worker programs work, and raise do with the fact that they’re temporary small percentage of the population, but might not respond in kind is the 56. Meddle 27. Popular refresh- concerns on how these workers will be ment or foreign, and has everything to do hear someone whisper the same thing basest kind of intolerance. treated, both by the company, and by 28. Upon Ernst’s impassioned prose stresses the consequences with the fact that they’re Chinese. enough times and it starts to affect you. So what say you, Tumbler Ridge? DOWN outside forces. Take, for example, the 29. Brash This week, I’m going to come right You start to listen. You might even start Does TR mean Treated Royally? Do 1. Circle segment current concern that a recruiter in out and say it: some people don’t want to believe, or at least question your we welcome all comers, no matter 2. Thick and of a community’s intolerance of others. China is working on recruiting people these workers here because they are own stance. And you stand back and their race, colour, creed or union to work for the mine, but is charging scared. Not of losing their jobs to a watch instead of stepping forward to affiliation? Or does TR mean Totally thousands of dollars to potential skilled foreign workforce, but because Racist? It’s up to us to decide. candidates.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012 - North Shore News - A3 PUTTING A FINGER page PROGRESS BOARD page SFU STUDENTS SHARE page SUNDAY FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE 4 SERVED B.C. WELL 6 SPUDS DOWNTOWN 5 The deadly art of snowshoeing The growth of a winter pastime has come with unexpected risks Andy Prest [email protected] IN the spring of 2010, North Shore Rescue began conducting a new yearly training exercise that has an interesting twist. The operation, dubbed Snowman, involves the rescue of approximately a dozen people caught in an avalanche in some remote corner of the North Shore backcountry. “Basically, half the victims have died, and the other half are all critically injured, ” says Tim Jones, team leader for the volunteer group that provides life-saving services for people who venture into the North Shore mountains. “We have to then get into triage and evacuation.” The unique part of the exercise has to do with the identity of the victims. North Shore Rescue conducts Snowman with a particular group in mind: snowshoers. It’s not a random choice, and it’s not some far-fetched scenario that’ll likely never happen. In fact, Jones says he’s surprised something like this hasn’t happened here already. “Knock on wood. We haven’t had this happen yet. But from what we’ve observed, we can’t Cycling for understand why. We’re planning for a worst-case scenario that actually has some validity.” Long considered the domain of fur traders and forest rangers, snowshoeing has exploded in popularity in recent years. But that growth comes at a price, and people may end up paying with their lives if calls for snowshoe safety in the page backcountry go unheeded. NEWS photo Mike Wakefi eld • • • A snowshoer gets an early morning workout on the trails near Cleveland Dam. Several factors have contributed to the growth of Snowshoeing is often called the fastest- snowshoeing in recent years, but some of those same factors are cause for concern, according to North Shore Rescue. 3 change growing winter sport, and a trip to any local sporting goods store bears that out. For several Shore Rescue: The more people who are heading The North Shore doesn’t get as many metres down a steep cliff face, landing on frozen years, North Vancouver’s Mountain Equipment out into the backcountry, the more likely it avalanches as other areas of the province, but one Theta Lake in the Mount Seymour backcountry. Co-op has been selling and renting snowshoes, becomes that there’ll be trouble. would be enough. Some daring helicopter fl ying got Jones and and business just keeps getting better, says Steven “On the North Shore we’ve got three “The only thing with the snowshoers is there another rescuer to the scene just before nightfall. Legault, a product team leader and snow sport mountains and three million (potential visitors). are these large groups of snowshoers that are The helicopter, unable to land, fl ew away. We all know cycling is good for our health, specialist at the store. Do the math,” says Jones. “People really think clumped together,” says Jones. “That’s what we “We spent two days with him before we could “Every weekend, we’re selling out of that because they’re so close to civilization that based this Snowman scenario on — one of these get out,” says Jones. snowshoe rentals,” he says. “It’s a hugely popular nothing bad can happen to them. That’s just not social groups gets caught in an avalanche.” The whole situation began with Morley but three local residents have found sport and it’s growing quite quickly.” the case.” There are other hazards that are directly attempting to traverse a steep, slippery section There are many reasons why people are For many years, skiers and then snowboarders related to the type of terrain found in the North of trail while wearing snowshoes. The snowshoes some creative ways that cycling falling in love with snowshoeing. One of the were the usual suspects for North Shore Rescue Shore mountains, particularly the gullies that didn’t hold, and Morley went down. main reasons is the price: The sport is a massive during wintertime, but snowshoers are now lie just outside many of the popular trails and After the rescue, Morley described the bargain when compared to the dollars it takes to adding to their workload. Jones estimates that recreational areas. A common pattern for people moment he lost his footing and tumbled away can help change the world get set up on skis or a snowboard. A nice pair their winter work is now divided almost equally who get lost in the North Shore mountains is from his climbing partner. of snowshoes can be bought for $200 or less or between the three sports. And some of the that they fi nd their way into a gully and start “I was sliding on my belly; I locked eyes with rented for $10-20 at locations around the North things that make snowshoeing popular are also heading down, believing it will take them back him; and then I disappeared over the cliff.” Shore. the things that make it of particular concern for to civilization. This is almost always a bad idea. • • • It’s also an activity that is accessible to a huge rescuers. Most get stuck; some fall over cliffs or waterfalls There is one obvious way to take almost all portion of the population because of its relative The Snowman training exercise is based on and die. of the safety concerns out of the snowshoeing ease. snowshoers because there are large groups of “You really have a very dangerous micro- experience. All three of the North Shore “Almost anyone can do it, from those who them crawling all over the mountains in areas terrain here on the North Shore,” says Jones. mountain resorts — Cypress Mountain, Grouse are just starting to build their physical fi tness all both safe and suicidal, and some are unprepared “A lot of this area, you have to traverse through Mountain and Mt. Seymour — provide extensive the way up to elite athletes,” says Legault. “The for the dangers of the backcountry. and near gullies that produce avalanches or steep snowshoe trails that are affordable and safe with barrier to entry is defi nitely a lot lower (than for “You’ll see huge groups of different people,” snow fi elds.” some stunning scenery thrown in. skiing or snowboarding).” says Jones. “Climbing groups, social groups, One other piece of the snowshoe problem Snowshoe Magazine, a Denver-based Legault also points out that snowshoeing can school groups; you name it, they’re out there. . relates to how the equipment works and, more publication, recently ranked Mt. Seymour No. 1 provide a good workout, and it doesn’t have . . It’s these backcountry areas that people are importantly, how it doesn’t work. Many of North and Grouse Mountain No. 9 on its list of North to be an all-day time drain like snowboarding getting into on snowshoes — sometimes it’s very Shore Rescue’s snowshoe calls have resulted from America’s top-10 snowshoe friendly ski resorts. or skiing can be with their long runs and even signifi cant numbers — and they run into trouble. people attempting to traverse terrain that is not Mt. Seymour outdoor education manager longer lift lines. And unlike those skill-testing We’ve had to rescue several people. We’ve had suitable for snowshoes. Modern snowshoes are Janey Chang was so comfortable on her resort’s sports, snowshoeing is great for large groups fatalities in the backcountry areas.” much more advanced than the woven wooden trails that she started a Baby and Me snowshoe because everyone can keep up. It’s the large groups that scare NSR the most, jobs found in Social Studies textbooks, but there program six years ago after her son was born. “It’s super popular with families,” says particularly when there are avalanche warnings are still places they just shouldn’t go. Some types “It was fantastic just being able to bring my Legault. “You’re travelling at a lower speed than like the one issued for the Sea-to-Sky region after of snowshoes have crampon-like features on the baby to work,” says Chang with a laugh, adding some other activities; you can kind of keep that a heavy snowfall two weeks ago. In most ski or bottom, but that doesn’t mean they should be that back then, when the snowshoe craze was just group feel. Defi nitely it can be quite social.” snowboard rescues, it’s just one or two people used to tackle tricky climbs or steep, slippery starting to heat up, taking a baby out for a snowy Those points are all true, says North Shore in danger. With snowshoeing, that same rescue descents. stroll was a bit of an oddity. Rescue’s Jones, adding that he himself dabbles could be for an entire church choir or Grade 10 “On steep sections of the trail they’ll slip and “It’s not anything unusual anymore; whereas in the sport and fi nds it a great winter activity. class. fall with these snowshoes, because they’re not before it was: If you mentioned that, people But many of those same points are the impetus “It could be a group of very experienced crampons,” says Jones. “We get a lot of injuries would think you were a little bit crazy bringing behind NSR’s growing concern about the safety snowshoers who are caught in an avalanche — and the majority of fatalities for snowshoers your kid out in the snow and snowshoeing with of snowshoers on the North Shore. The success caused by a very inexperienced ski tour,” says — when they’ve fallen on steep, sort of crusty or them.” of the sport, says Jones, is part of the problem. Jones. “Don’t just blame the snowshoers, they’re icy sections of a descent.” All three resorts offer a wide range of • • • now just part of the hazard triangle of what causes One of NSR’s most famous rescues came in It’s all a numbers game, according to North an avalanche — slope, snow and humans.” 2006 when a man named Chris Morley fell 200 See In Rescues page 5

North Shore News nd Andy Prest 2 This feature provided a cautionary tale about the Kelyn Akuna is a former cyclist with the U.S. national track team who avalanche risks faced by snowshoers combined with has started a cycling program for aboriginal youth at the Burnaby Velodrome. practical tips on how to enjoy the sport safely. An MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER important public safety message as the recreational WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11 2012 activity grows in popularity.

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Burnaby NewsLeader st Mario Bartel 1 The reporter did an excellent job at weaving three compelling stories into one. The article was an inspiring read, highlighting that cycling can be an agent of social change -- equally good for the body and the soul. 35

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CarCross aist-deep snow- Crossing the line drifts surround Wthe Carcross Visitor Information Cen- in Carcross, come tre, reminding residents of their short-lived summer tourist season. But last week, on closer hell or high water inspection, locals might have noticed several sets of footprints plowing through the snow to the centre, defying winter’s desolation. Inside, sitting around a projector throwing sketches of cabins onto two sheets of white paper taped to the wall, a group of business- men were plotting Carcross’ future. There was a B.C. builder, a Whitehorse outdoors expert, a wood and metal designer, a Yukon government housing specialist, a business adviser and Justin Ferbey, the CEO of the Carcross/Tagish Development Corporation and the man behind the meeting. Ian Stewart/Yukon News The burned-out remains of the SS Tutshi loom over Carcross. “This is about building Car- A plan to invigorate the town’s economy by developing the cross’ economy,” Ferbey tells the area is meeting with support and opposition. group. “It’s about articulating our vision.” he says. Smarch has been mentoring This vision is grand. “We need year-round employ- three local youth, whose carvings Ferbey sees huts – like the ones ment because there are lots of kids will be for sale at the Skookum projected onto the visitor centre’s with nothing to do. A retail village Jim House, once it becomes a wall – with oil stoves, bunks and might motivate and employ a lot shop and museum this summer. spectacular views, scattered in the of people from the community.” But Smarch doesn’t want to mountains around Carcross, at- Wally already has plans for the talk about Ferbey’s development tracting hikers and skiers. village. plans. And he envisions a retail vil- He’s going to open an Indian The community’s just too lage – nine two-storey buildings, taco stand. divided. with space on the ground floor for “A lot of tourists are really into “People are arguing about it shops, bars and restaurants and First Nation culture,” he says. “So because they have nothing else to residential condos and small-busi- they’ll see an Indian-style taco and do,” says Wayne Roberts, who is ness space above – surrounding want to check it out.” sitting in the studio chatting with the visitor centre. Ferbey’s been helping Wally Smarch. Ferbey wants to make his tiny create a business plan, but it’s “No matter what you do here Yukon community “a destination.” largely dependent on the success there’s going to be opposition.” And he wants to build a year- of the retail village. Roberts knows from experi- round economy so Carcross youth Wally envisions taking tourists ence. When he started developing stay there. on hikes or bikes on the mountain his mountain bike trails on Mon- It’s a vision shared by young trails he helped to build, then tana Mountain, people were afraid locals Niko Helm, 19, and Shane bringing them back for tacos and the trails were going to interfere Wally, 21. shopping at the village. with hunting and the wildlife, he “There’s nothing to do here,” “And they could go over and says. “Most people were against it.” says Helm. “There’s no jobs, no look at the carving studio,” he Now, more than seven years activities – just drinking.” says. “That’s a good market at- later, Roberts has these same Both Helm and Wally man- tractor.” aged to escape at lot of partying people coming up and asking if there’s room on his trail crew by working with local visionary * * * Wayne Roberts, creating world- for their kids. “And suddenly I’m class mountain biking trails on There’s a well-worn path seeing older people riding around Montana Mountain over the past through the snow to the carving town on mountain bikes,” he says. five years. studio, tucked behind the visitor But it took time. Ian Stewart/Yukon News The trails have been featured centre on the waterfront. “People here are tired of From left, business adviser Olivier Pellegrin, Justin Ferbey, in biking magazines as far away as The brainchild of Ferbey when change,” adds Roberts. and outdoors expert Jaret Slipp look over plans for wilder- Japan and earned an International he was still working as a senior “Carcross has seen the gold ness huts. Ferbey is spearheading the development plan. Mountain Biking Association official with the First Nation, the rush come through, then the We’re living with that kind of older brother was born at Bur- award last year. studio is home to carver Keith military, and two years ago Google heritage.” wash Landing, another was born The work also landed Helm Wolfe Smarch. was mapping our streets. It’s on the shores of Bennett Lake, her a job with Parks Canada this Smarch is inside, standing by a been nothing but change, change, * * * sister was born across the river summer, maintaining trails and pile of cedar shavings, beside two change. and another brother arrived at bridges on the historic Chilkoot big totem poles that will eventu- “Meanwhile we still have Louise Johns was born at Con- Racine Falls. Trail. ally stand just across the way, at people living here who were born rad, now just a patch of scrub and “There were no doctors or But this is seasonal work too, the Skookum Jim House. at Mile 32 in a blueberry patch. trees on the Skagway Road. Her

Yukon News nd Genesee Keevil 2 A clearly written, very effective article on a local real estate WAR CHEST GAME IS DODGY | WAR VET MYSTERY SOLVED | SCULPTING SOUND project, with an emphasis on the local residents and their views. 38:12 An excellent example of taking a story to the next level. Good work. Monday Magazine st Danielle Pope 1 A humorous, well researched coverage of a topic of growing interest in the community. An original approach, particularly when compared to the typical

business style article. Excellent work. A10 • www.vicnews.com Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - VICTORIA NEWS Taxpayers eat conference centre losses Victoria Conference Centre receives far less commission than the going rate on food and beverage sales from its caterer, the Fairmont Empress, but the hotel’s general manager argues it gives the city value in many other ways

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Victoria taxpayers will shell out $764,954 this year to balance the books of the Victoria Conference Centre. And it’s not the first time. Despite a mandate to be self-financ- ing, the conference centre required a property-tax contribution of $620,126 in 2010. The gulf between expenditures and revenues is projected to widen this year, meaning city taxes will cover 16 per cent of the conference centre’s $4.8- million budget. “Over the last three years, we have cut internally about $800,000 out of our operating budget,” general manager Jocelyn Jenkyns reported to city coun- cil during the 2012 budget discussions. “We are continually trying to do a bal- ancing act of generating sales, but also keeping an eye on expenses.” Despite not filling job vacancies and taking other cost-cutting measures, the conference centre hasn’t found its bal- ance. So what’s behind the problem? While it’s easy to point fingers at the Don Denton/News staff economic downturn, simple hard times Victoria Conference Centre general manager Jocelyn Jenkyns stands inside Crystal Garden, which was taken over don’t tell the whole story. as part of the centre’s facilities in 2008. A contract signed in 1987 between the city and the Fairmont Empress called For starters, the city opened the for the hotel to provide catering services for conferences at the city-operated facility. The city hopes to renegotiate, doors to a costly expansion into the but has no desire to breach the agreement. Photo below shows the centre’s Balmoral Room. rd Crystal Garden building in late 2008, only months after the recession hit. The move was a game changer for the cen- tre’s financing. A closer look at the issue, however, reveals another factor that runs much 3 deeper. A 50-year contract with the Fair- mont Empress Hotel is affecting the con- Victoria News ference centre’s ability to turn a profit. The poor economy has only served to highlight the issue. Roszan Holmen * * * The contract dates back to 1987, when the City of Victoria signed an agreement A well researched, balanced exploration of an issue of great with the Fairmont Empress, which owns the property. It expires in 2037 and stipulates that the Empress will cater all conferences relevance to the local community. Good analysis of a complex and pay a commission of five per cent on food sales and 10 per cent on bev- erage sales. It’s well below the market rate; commission in the industry com- situation. Well done. monly runs between 25 to 30 per cent, Jenkyns said. “It’s always challenging when you write 50-year deals, and the world changes,” she said. “I don’t think any- body would ink a deal like that these days.” Coun. Geoff Young, a councillor in

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SPOTLIGHT 14 Little League champs Neanderthal Arts Fest calls the offi ce Vol. 103 No. 59 • Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Established 1908 If they know it harms their photo Dan Toulgoet baby, why do women still drink? as intensive as a mentorship program. FASD: “Prevention is very complex,” said Van Bibber. INVISIBLE “There’s much to be addressed when we say this condition is 100 per cent preventable.” DISABILITY What is often overlooked is Vivian Belik why these mothers are drinking Special to the News while pregnant. World-renowned researcher hen Janet Chris- Sterling Clarren decided to look tie was pregnant at that question 12 years ago. with her first What he found was startling. W About half of the 80 moth- child, she was an alcoholic. ers his team looked at had FASD When waves of mor- themselves. ning sickness hit, she was Many of them had suffered reaching for a drink. extremely high rates of physical and sexual abuse. They often had And the more Christie mental illnesses and were isolated tried to stop, the stronger from friends and families. the compulsion to drink “The stories these women told became. the interviewers were so awful “At the time, quitting breath- that the interviewers needed ing seemed easier than quitting psychiatric support at the end of drinking,” said Christie, who lives the study for secondary post- in Sooke, B.C. Ian Stewart/Yukon News traumatic stress,” said Clarren. It was the late ‘70s and there Dr. Sterling Clarren has been at the vanguard of FASD research since the 1970s. Clarren champions mothering wasn’t much talk about the dan- That was the early ‘90s. empowered,” said Christie. Yukon. mentorship programs. gers of drinking while pregnant. And yet attitudes around The program was a success, ac- “If we’re looking at preventing “If you simply provide these But deep down she knew that women who drink during preg- cording to University of Victoria fetal alcohol we need to look at women with support and help, her drinking couldn’t have been nancy haven’t changed much professor Blythe Shepard, who the whole picture,” said Van Bib- there’s a very high rate of their good for her son. since then, said Christie. evaluated the program in 2008. ber, who has worked as a nurse request for birth control and Mothers of When he was born, she She now works with women in But the government didn’t and midwife in the North. alcohol treatment,” he said. counted 10 fingers and 10 toes. Victoria who are at risk of giving renew the $80,000 program for a A prevention program needs Not all women who have She thought her baby was OK. birth to children with FASD or second year. to address much more than just children with FASD are poor, Then her son failed Grade 1. however. invention have already done so. Women who have addic- drinking. It needs to look at That’s when she started research- “I attended alcohol recovery tions are isolated. They don’t fit issues of poverty, employment There’s plenty of middle and Led by Gina Hawkins, a group of moms at the city’s upper-class women giving birth ing the effects of drinking during meetings for 20 years and nobody into mainstream programs, said and housing, she said. And in the largest social housing project has banded together pregnancy. talks about drinking during preg- Christie. Yukon, it needs to address gen- to children with this disorder. to learn to be better parents, provide mutual support An agency in the U.S. sent her nancy,” said Christie. “There’s so “I don’t know why the gov- erations of trauma caused to First Christie was one of them. an information booklet about much shame and stigma attached ernment doesn’t recognize (this Nation people by colonization People don’t often hear about and improve the lives of their children in diffi cult fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. to it.” program) as a need,” she said. and the residential school system. these women because they don’t circumstances (part one of two) It outlined the behavioural and So Christie developed a sup- The Public Health Agency of The non-profit agency, the talk about it, she said. They’re learning disabilities associated not the ones who are getting —story by Mike Howell with FASD. their children apprehended at the “I read down this checklist The Yukon government won’t say how much it hospital. YOUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, WEATHER AND ENTERTAINMENT! WWW.VANCOURIER.COM they sent me and was like, ‘Oh These are women who often my god – there’s no doubt in my spends on prevention efforts for FASD. know the dangers of drinking but mind that that’s what he has,’” can’t stop. Or they’re drinking she said. port group where women could Canada has estimated the lifetime Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Society and don’t know they’re pregnant Christie shut the book and openly talk about the struggles cost of caring for an individual of the Yukon, only has $60,000 a or think they’re not drinking didn’t think about it again. It was of being a mother and being ad- with FASD to be as much as $1.5 year to spend on prevention. enough to harm their baby. too overwhelming. dicted to alcohol. million. It focuses on school-age pre- “Science doesn’t pinpoint the nd But as her son got older, It was loosely modelled after Across Canada, yearly costs vention programs and educating exact amount of alcohol that a he started getting into a lot of a mentorship program in Seattle have been pegged at $5.3 billion. professionals about FASD. person needs to consume in order trouble. “It was a nightmare,” said that matches at-risk women with People with FASD require It doesn’t offer any sort of to create damage to a fetus,” said 2 Christie, who was a single mother a mentor for three years. more visits to the doctor. Eighty mentorship programming for at- University of Victoria researcher at the time. One third of the Seattle per cent of them need assisted risk women. Deborah Rutman. Vancouver Courier He got kicked out of every women come out of that pro- support in living. And many wind The territory’s alcohol detox That amount depends on how mainstream high school in Vic- gram sober. And there’s a 67 up in Canada’s justice system. facility doesn’t have specialized quickly a woman’s body metabol- Mike Howell toria. per cent drop in the number of Spending money on pre- programming either. izes alcohol. Genetics and the size It was only when her son was babies born with alcohol and vention programs makes eco- Although it will put pregnant of a woman both play a factor. 16 – and Christie was three years drug exposures, according to re- nomic sense. And yet there aren’t women at the top of its wait- And yet women still debate The reader is quickly hooked and pulled deeper into this sober – that she started phoning searchers Therese Grant and Cara enough of these programs in ing list, according to its website, how much alcohol is safe to drink agencies in B.C. looking for help Ernst, who studied the program. Canada, said Yukon-born FASD women can only be admitted to during pregnancy, said Rutman. for her son. Christie found similarly en- prevention worker Marilyn Van the program every second month “At a point you need to let go story as it story progresses and deftly addresses the layers That’s when she got her first couraging results with her Moms Bibber. of the year. of the science and focus on the shaming. Mentoring Moms program. B.C. and the Yukon are often The Yukon government won’t public-health messaging, which of poverty-related social issues faced by aboriginal mothers. “I would say I was the birth Women started finding hous- considered leaders in the country say how much it spends on pre- is that no alcohol is best and that mom and I could just feel the ing and accessing treatment. And for addressing issues of FASD. vention efforts for FASD. cutting back is ideal,” she said. rejection through the phone,” some women got their children But Van Bibber believes the It does workshops in all of the The most harmful time for a Mike Howell immerses the reader in the difficult world of said Christie. back from government care. territory could be doing a lot communities and produces FASD woman to drink during her preg- One woman flat out told her, “It was a phenomenal ex- more than it is. prevention posters and pamph- nancy is in the first three months. ‘You caused it, you deal with it,’ perience to watch these women She’d like to see a mother lets. But many times women – par- his central subjects, including a reformed substance-abusing and hung up. grow and get better and become mentorship program in the But it doesn’t offer anything ticularly young women – don’t mother turned community organizer and parent advocate. Howell’s field research builds an intimate, compelling story Yukon News that builds to a beautifully realized ending. st Vivian Belik 1 Described as a hidden epidemic, Vivian Belik takes on the pressing issue of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in the Yukon. The narrative flow of this ambitious and exhaustive series is very well constructed. The facts of the matter are woven SeeingS touch Kwantlen teams and voice chase playoff berth seamlessly with expert commentary and interviews with FASD sufferers and their page 41 page 36 families. This is community-service journalism at its best. The Canadian Institute of Health deserves praise for its assistance in producing this series. Thursday February 9, 2012 Serving Surreyy and North DeltaDelta

www.surreyleader.com The perceived lesser value of female babies has led to millions Pickton on of ‘missing’ girls in Asia – but the problem is not just overseas RCMP ‘radar’ in ‘I am 1990 Surrey rd sex assault someone’s Crown gave up on 3 addict who escaped from serial killer, Surrey/North Delta Leader daughter’ inquiry told by Sheila Reynolds by Jeff Nagel Sheila Reynolds SHE HAD just discovered she was pregnant with her second A SEX assault in Surrey led the RCMP child when her in-laws suggested she go to the doctor for a to Robert Pickton’s farm in 1990, 12 check-up. years and dozens of dead victims Satnam’s husband and sister-in-law before the serial killer would eventu- This series on female feticide by Shelia Reynolds opens dramatically in India took her to see a physician and her ally be stopped, the Missing Women The newly pregnant belly was scanned. Inquiry heard Monday. Th e ultrasound showed she was hav- Retired Mountie Mike Connor, then ing a baby girl – normally good news. a Coquitlam RCMP offi cer, testifi ed he and follows the issue of sex-selective abortion home to British Columbia’s XX Except that she and her husband learned in 1997 – while investigating already had a daughter. Pickton for attempted murder – of the factor “We don’t want to keep another girl,” Surrey RCMP’s interest in the Port her mother- and father-in-law told Coquitlam pig farmer seven years immigrant communities. Reynolds examines the connections between the Satnam when she returned home. earlier. Th ey put her on a bus to her Connor’s case involved a sex trade mother’s house and told her simply: worker who “Get an abortion.” escaped badly practice as it’s carried out in the Old World and the New. This story is uniquely Th e young woman refused. Her bleeding from the in-laws tried to bribe her, fi guring since Pickton farm in she was poor she would give in. early 1997. Are females She still said no. So they threatened He told the conceived, timely, well researched and well told. her with divorce. inquiry he ran a falling victim to Her mother kept her at her home check of a police the pressure of for two months and eventually worked database and found out a compromise – saying if the baby giving birth to Surrey RCMP had Mike Connor was a girl, she’d care for her – and sent fl agged Pickton as boys? Satnam back to her husband’s family. a person of interest But they had other plans. For seven BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER in a 1990 rape and had sent Coquitlam A Leader days, they did not feed her. Th ey beat offi cers to the farm that year to see if a special series and kicked her stomach in hopes of Combing the neighbourhood certain vehicle was parked there. killing the baby. Eventually, Satnam Heavily armed police search for a suspect in a North Delta But when Connor called Surrey was kicked out of the house and neighbourood following a shooting in Surrey on Tuesday morning. detachment to get the old case fi le returneddh to her mom, who h brought her to a doctor. One man was arrrested and the victim remains in hospital in critical to see if it contained more notes and Th rough it all, her baby survived. condition. See story, page 3. See CONNOR / Page 12 See WOMEN / Page 5

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Sports: Marty Hastings Kamloops [email protected] Ph: 374-7467 Ext: 235 This WeeK Twitter: @MarTheReporter, spoRTs @KTWonBlazers The fire behind 1st the Blazer Kamloops This Week Marty Hastings By Marty Hastings “My lungs both col- STAff REPORTER lapsed, not at the same [email protected] time, thank goodness,” Marty Hastings’ lead into «The Fire Behind the Blazer» was gripping. His spen said Franci, whose sterzer eldest child, daughter can still sierra, and youngest descriptive approach continued throughout the story and the quotes remember son, Mapston, escaped A the wreckage with his head scraping along from those involved were moving. Very well done. the cold concrete, his minor cuts and bruises. family’s flipped sUV “I broke a ton of ribs. screeching, squealing My scalp was torn off. and grinding to a halt. My ear was torn off. I “I had no real skin on was a complete disaster. the top of my forehead, My hand looked like it a hole in my hand and I had gone through a meat had lost a lot of blood,” grinder.” said Aspen, an 18-year- Aspen was rushed to old Kamloops Blazers’ hospital in Cranbrook, forward who was 12 while Franci, who when his life changed paramedics believed to forever. have suffered a spinal- It was a cold cord injury, was flown november day in 2006. to Calgary and taken poor road conditions to Foothills Medical Centre. “There are some things that are hard for me to talk about. and black ice caused the My mom, they weren’t sure if she was going to make it. We sterzer family matri- the phone rang at nd weren’t sure if she was going to pull through or if we were arch, Franci, 33 at the the sterzer household ever going to see her again. I draw a lot of inspiration time, to lose control of minutes after the acci- from my mom. Just the way she’s handled everything . . . the vehicle just south of dent. she is such an amazing person.” — Aspen Sterzer 2 Canal Flats, the family’s Karl, the family’s hometown that sits half- loving father, picked up barely holding on. rushed to Calgary a day After eight gruel- was able to watch her diabetic, something Burnaby NewsLeader way between Cranbrook — it turned out to be the “I remember saying after the accident, doc- ling months in hospital, son score last season in paramedics might never and Invermere. call from hell, one no goodbye to my mom tors not knowing how Franci was released, left what’s known around have known had Dr. she was pinned dad should ever receive. was the hardest and much time his mom had to come to terms with a Kamloops simply as niedermayer not been Grant Granger against the roof of the As it turned out, the watching my dad have left. new normal. Game 6. there. sUV, her seatbelt mak- paramedics were right to say goodbye to the “It’s really the men- she walked for the Aspen fired a wrist- she is a strong, Christine Sinclair being the shy and humble individual she is, ing it impossible to — Franci had suffered woman he loved and the tal stuff you have to go last time that fateful shot, blocker side, past strong woman and move, and just as hard a spinal-cord injury and mother of his children,” through as a child that winter morning, dart- portland netminder an inspiration to her to breathe. she was clinging to life, said Aspen, who was you don’t wish on any- ing down the driveway, Mac Carruth at Interior children, although, at it is difficult to come up with new angles when writing about body.” doing her best to get the savings Centre, con- times, Franci wishes her Franci had surgery kids to school on time. tributing to what many children had other moti- after surgery and fought Franci — once an believe is the greatest vation than such tragic her accomplishments. Grant Granger did just that. Excellent tooth and nail to keep athlete extraordinaire — comeback in Blazers’ circumstance. breathing. is a quadriplegic, with history. “Aspen says I’m the piece from start to finish. “I almost died many, very limited motion in Had she given up in reason he skates as hard many, many times, but her arms and hands. hospital, Franci would as he does and works as the one day in particular, In no way is Franci not be able to spend hard as he does,” Franci my lungs were collaps- thankful the accident time with Karl, who also said. A CLOSE-UP TOUR TWO TEENS ON EVERGREEN LINE ing again and I told my happened — “ . . . helped her beat thyroid “When he thinks he OF HARMONY HOUSE page A TECH VACATION page TAKES NEXT STEP page husband I was ready to maybe that will come cancer in 2003. wants to get tired in the 4 6 12 quit,” said Franci, fight- down the road,” she said the second person third period when every- ing back tears as she — but she is happy to to the scene of the acci- one’s down, Aspen’s told her story. be alive. dent was, as luck would got more energy than “I was done. I was “I don’t know if have it, the sterzer anyone. like, you know, saying I’ll ever be able to be family doctor, Bob “He just thinks of me grateful because I will niedermayer, father of and knows how badly MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER goodbye, and he just got Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair super mad at me and forever want to run, I former nHLers scott I’d love to be able to get scores her second goal of the that one more shift.” game against Costa Rica in the he’s like, ‘You cannot will forever want to, you and rob. CONCACAF Olympic qualifying quit on me. You’re not know, bike ride, swim, Because she didn’t Franci is a co-found- tournament at BC Place on er of the first-ever wom- Monday. The tournament is a going to quit. You’re everything, play hockey quit that day, the mother rare opportunity for Sinclair going to get in there but, at the same time, I of three was able to en’s hockey program to showcase her skills for family and friends from her and you’re going to try do feel like there’s been thank Bob for playing in Canal Flats, so she hometown. harder.’” a lot of blessings that his part in saving her knew how to get around Aspen (left), Franci, Mapston, Karl and Sierra Sterzer — ready for action on the ice. Franci that’s exactly what have been hidden.” life. the ice. is a co-founder of the women’s hockey program in Canal Flats. Columbia Valley Pioneer she did. For example, she Franci is a type 1 u See STERZER A20

SPORTS Page A8, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Vliegenthart decides to retire and come home First, she will represent Canada I’m goIng to retIre. I’ve been out on at Paralympic the“ road for sIx years so It’s tIme. WheelchaIr basketball player Games in London JessIca vlIegenthart

By GREGG DRINNAN back to Winnipeg. Daily News Sports Editor “I’ve had two weeks at home total in the last nine months,” she says. “Now I’m on On home t’s mid-afternoon on one of those smok- my days off.” Iing-hot Kamloops days. A few of the days off were spent in her The bar/restaurant is quiet. There is a hometown trying to find a place to live, a couple about 12 feet away from the veter- job and some downtime. an international-calibre athlete who is p p p page about to announce her retirement. They Vliegenthart’s road to London began in look at her and wonder who she is, why Wood Buffalo National Park, which strad- turf 3 she is wearing a t-shirt with CANADA dles the Alberta-Northwest Territories bor- across the chest. der. It was Aug. 6, 2004, and she was part She will play in one more international of a crew that was working to contain a Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair, a Canadian event and that’ll be it. 90,000-hectare fire. Were she a member of the Canadian She and her partner were patrolling a soccer superstar, is in town this week track and field team or the women’s soccer rutted road that was being used as a fire FRIDAY team, there might be a news conference in break, looking for flareups. She undid her in a quest to help Canada land a spot in a big city. seatbelt to reach for something, the truck JANUARY 27 2012 But when you’re Jessica Vliegenthart, fishtailed, the driver couldn’t get it back, this summer’s Olympics you’re a veteran of five years on the nation- and Vliegenthart was ejected through the al women’s wheelchair basketball team, windshield. www.burnabynewsleader.com and you have been playing on national In the end, she was found to have 18 bro- teams since 2007, you get one reporter at a ken ribs, three crushed vertebrae, a punc- table in a bar. tured lung and a severed spinal cord. Never mind that she has been presented The accident occurred five days before with numerous awards over the last few her 21st birthday. She calls it her “crashi- years, including the Terry Fox Gold Medal versary” and laughingly says she cele- for showing courage in the face of adversi- brates it and her birthday “all together.” ty. As badly as she was injured, it could have This is it. been worse. The right side of the Ford “I’m going to retire. I’ve been on the road F-350 was damaged so badly that she may for six years so it’s time,” she explains with not have survived had she been wearing Rd a relaxed smile. her seatbelt. There is one more road trip — she is in Regardless, the girl who had been so ac- London with the Canadian women’s team tive and so competitive — she played bas- to play in the Paralympic Games — and ketball and ultimate frisbee, she hiked and then not only is she retiring, she is coming rode horses, she travelled — was destined 3 home. for life in a wheelchair. Vliegenthart, whom you may remember Wheelchair BasketBall canada/Bogetti smith PhotograPhy What was she to do? It’s not like the com- as Jessica Des Mazes when she was a stu- JEssIcA VlIEGENthARt of Kamloops will retire from the Canadian women’s wheelchair petitive juices had left her body. dent at Kam High and a fine athlete with basketball team following the London Paralympics. u See COUPLE / A7 Kamloops Daily News the Red Angels, and her husband, Jon, who is from Quesnel, are moving to Kam- her father to ALS when she was six, she today in London. Oh, has she! loops. They met at the 2007 Canada Win- knows the importance of quality family In January, Vliegenthart headed south to Canada opens Friday Gregg Drinnan ter Games in Whitehorse, where Jessica time. train with the U of Alabama women’s the schedule for the canadian was the only female on B.C.’s wheelchair Earlier this day, the Vliegentharts signed team, a top-ranked squad on which there women’s wheelchair basketball basketball team and Jon, who is able-bod- a lease, so will have a place to live. Jon, who are four Canadians. She stayed until April, team at the london Paralympic ied, was a teammate. (You don’t have to be is working towards his designation as a when it was over to Germany for three games that open today (all times If ever there was an example of «fame is fleeting» this is it. Gregg Drinnan took disabled to play wheelchair basketball in property appraiser, also found work. The weeks of training with a team there. She B.C.) They were married at Little Shuswap following day, Jessica accepted an offer to came back to Canada in May to play for Pacific): Lake on July 1, 2009, and have been living article with Fulton and Co., a local law firm. B.C. at the national championship tourna- Friday: netherlands, 11 a.m. in Victoria. Yes, she is a lawyer, having graduated ment. In June, the national team gathered Saturday: australia, 10:30 a.m. the reader right into the picture - front and centre - with the Jessica Vliengenhart “We’re too far away,” Jessica explains, from the U of Victoria in the fall. in Winnipeg. Up next was a tournament in Sunday: Brazil, 7:15 a.m. adding that health issues have struck re- Since then, Vliegenthart has been work- the U.S., and then 10 days in Mexico for a Monday: great Britain, 5 a.m. cently at both their families. Having lost ing towards the Paralympics, which open series of exhibition games. Finally, it was Tuesday: Playoff round begins. story. 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By GREGG DRINNAN winger Brendan Ranford, who taking look Daily News Sports Editor had a goal and an assist for Team Blue. “(Brayden) Krogfoss played at proposal If by chance the Kamloops well for us, as well. Blazers were at all concerned “It was a good game but it was a NEW YORK — With the possi- about sophomore goaltender little bit scrambly. You’re going to bility of another lockout begin- Cole Cheveldave, those doubts get that in an intrasquad game but, ning to loom large, the NHL took were erased Tuesday night. hey, it was a good hockey game.” what commissioner Gary Bett- Cheveldave, playing for Team The score was 1-1 after two pe- man termed a “significant” and Blue, stopped 26 of 27 shots in riods, despite Team White hold- “meaningful” step in negotia- the first half of the annual Blue- ing a 30-18 edge in shots. tions on Tuesday. White intrasquad game, al- The dam finally broke in the It remains to be seen whether though his side went on to drop a third period as the teams com- the NHL Players’ Association 5-3 decision to Team White be- bined for six goals, three of them shares that view. fore about 400 fans. 2013 MA MURRAY COMMUNITYshorthanded and two on the NEWSPAPERCollective bargaining talks re - AWARDS • APRIL 20, 2013 • 21 This was Cheveldave’s first power play. sumed with the NHL tabling a PRESENTED BY COAST CAPITAL SAVINGS ‘game’ action since he suffered a Jordan DePape, Tim Bozon, proposal that Bettman hailed as concussion late in Game 1 of a Mitch Lipon, the younger brother being much stronger than the second-round WHL playoff series of veteran J.C. Lipon, Colin initial one put forth by the with the Portland Winterhawks Smith and Charlie Gawlicki league on July 13. He didn’t pro- on April 6. scored for the winners, with vide specific details, but a source “I just wanted to get going,” the Smith’s shorthanded goal break- told The Canadian Press that the 19-year-old Calgary native said. ing a 3-3 tie at 14:50 of the third offer would see the players’ “I can’t wait for the season to period. share of revenue reduced to 51.6 start.” Matt Needham and Jayden per cent in the first year of the Cheveldave was injured when Halbgewachs also scored for deal and 50.5 per cent in the sec- he was run over by Portland for- Team Blue. ond — and wouldn’t include a ward Oliver Gabriel late in a This was more shinny than in- rollback on existing contracts. murray mitchell/the daily neWs game the Blazers would lose 5-3. tense hockey, as these games However, the early word leak- tEAm BluE goaltender Brayden Krogfoss makes one of his 19 saves Cheveldave, who had been the on Tuesday night at Interior Savings Centre. Following the Kamloops have a tendency to be, although ing from the players’ side was Blazers’ starting goaltender since Blazers’ annual intrasquad game, the WHL team trimmed its roster to 31 Team White’s Chase Souto tried that they weren’t enamoured early in the season, didn’t play players. Krogfoss was one of the players sent home. The complete ros- to inject some feistiness late in with what was put forward — again. ter is in Scoreboard. the second period. But other than and Fehr hardly sounded en- “I felt good tonight,” he said. “I exchanging words and shoves thused when he met the media. trained hard all summer and I This was only an intrasquad outworked. with Blue’s J.C. Lipon and Jaiden “It’s a proposal that we intend got quicker. I always work to get game but Cheveldave looked “Chevy kept us in the game for Focht, it didn’t amount to much. to respond to,” he said. “I’m just better.” sharp for a team that was badly the first two periods,” offered u See REAGAN / A6 going to leave it at that.” / CP

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Alberni Valley News Thursday , Nov. 15, 2012 www.albernivalleynews.com 9 Hesquiaht seek vindication over historical hanging CULTURE: | ida day when it happened. the bodies of a grandson. Chong to deliver It was the colonial couple who died in a Government gov’t ‘regrets’. government.” shipwreck on the West officials returned the Discussions about Coast. men to Hesquiaht, making amends have Anietsachist and a where they were WAWMEESH gone on for more man from Mowachaht hanged in front of G. HAMILTON than a year, Chong were ultimately their families. Alberni VAlley news said in an interview blamed for the The great-great- with the News. Her couple’s deaths. grandson of the The provincial predecessor, MLA Medical officials captain of the MHS government is Mary Polak, got exhumed the Sparrowhawk who making amends the government couple’s bodies and a brought the men to the Hesquiaht machinery subsequent autopsy back to Hesquiaht to First Nation for the moving that led to found no evidence be hanged is coming wrongful hanging of Saturday’s upcoming of murder. But from the United States one of their ancestors announcement. conflicting testimony to attend Saturday’s 143 years ago. Making amends from two tribe ceremony, Lucas said. Carbon monoxide B.C. Aboriginal for the past allows members sealed the The incident is part Relations Minister Ida everyone to start fates of Anietsachist of the Hesquiaht’s Chong is delivering taking steps into the and the other man. oral narrative handed a notice of regret in future, Chong said. Military officials down through the prevention person to Hesquiaht “More than anything were dispatched to generations. Pursuing officials on Nov. 17 in else this is culturally Hesquiaht aboard the amends hastened Natural gas is used safely and reliably in homes Port Alberni at Maht appropriate and MHS Sparrowhawk to in 2008 when a across B.C. Mahs gym. affords the families retrieve the pair. The memorial carved In her speech, some closure,” she Hesquiaht wouldn’t pole was raised at Regular inspection and maintenance is the best way Chong says that the said. surrender them, Homiss near Estevan to ensure peak performance of your natural gas government “regrets” The expression of so marines fired Point in honour of appliances — and to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) in the hanging of John regret is not a full on the village with Anietsachist. Anietsachist and a apology because few their ship’s cannons Making amends the home. Since CO is colourless and odourless, you man from Mowachaht records about the then burned the has been a long time can install a CO alarm for extra peace of mind. in 1869 at Friendly incident can be found. settlement. coming, and writes a Cove. Therefore a complete Anietsachist new chapter into the To learn more about carbon monoxide safety, “It’s not a full accounting of the and his friend oral history, Paul said. visit fortisbc.com/co. apology. They say they facts isn’t available to from Mowachaht “It’s a big step from regret that our people determine whether surrendered and where we were — FortisBC Energy Inc., FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc., FortisBC Energy (Whistler) Inc., and FortisBC were made to watch a full apology is were brought to court sitting and talking Inc. do business as FortisBC. The companies are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Fortis Inc. FortisBC uses a gross indecency,” warranted or not, in Victoria. “They about getting an the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (12-315 11/2012) Hesquiaht member Chong said. were found guilty apology,” he said. Richard Lucas said. The arc of events in five minutes then “It’s finally come “We accept that leading to Saturday’s sentenced to hang,” to be and it’s about though, because apology began in 1869 said Hesquiaht time.” they weren’t the when Anietsachist member Tim Paul, [email protected] You completely government of the and his wife found Anietsachist’s Twitter.com/AlberniNews Olympians, Paralympians share how leadership inspired success 26

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Tag Days provide local organizations and clubs with an opportunity to raise money by donation. The City’s permission to conduct Tag Days applies to public streets and side- walks within the City limits. In order to solicit on private property you will need to obtain Cancer breakthroughs need you. REVIEW permission directly from property owners/managers. RICHMOnDReVIew.COM fRIDAY, nOVeMbeR 9, 2012 40 PAGes When BC Cancer Agency researchers revealed breast All organizations wishing to conduct Tag Days during the 2013 calendar year are cancer should be thought of as 10 distinct diseases, ‘The trenches will be beautiful, mud to the eyebrows’ requested to apply to City Council by way of letter no later than: a discovery that will revolutionize treatment and diagnosis, they didn’t do it alone. Fred Harwood left in 1915 4:30 pm, Friday, November 30, 2012 with Lilla in his heart, destined With your donation to the BC Cancer Foundation, The letter should be addressed and submitted to: for the brutal battlefields of you become a partner with BC’s leading cancer City Council - Tag Days researchers. the First World War Attn: Davina Hartwell, City Clerk City of Port Alberni As the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency, by Matthew Hoekstra 4850 Argyle Street the BC Cancer Foundation funds more cancer Staff Reporter n April 19, 1916, Fred Harwood vanished. Port Alberni BC V9Y 1V8 research in BC than any other charitable organization. A private in the Canadian army, the The letter should state: O 25-year-old was fighting in Europe on the 1. The preferred Tag Day date(s). front lines of the First World War. Help BC’s cancer researchers The night he disappeared, Harwood was sheltered in a crater 2. Minimum of 2 alternate dates. at St. Eloi, a shell-pocked wasteland of mud and the scene of intense fighting between Canadian and German soldiers. He 3. Proposed locations. make their next breakthrough. regularly wrote letters and postcards to family and the love of 4. The purpose for which the Tag Day is required. his life Lilla, but Harwood hadn’t been heard from in a month. Become a Partner in Discovery. Then on May 16, a letter arrived in the hands of his anxious 5. The name of the organization. mother. It was from her son. 6. Contact(s) for the organization (including residential and e-mail addresses; Harwood, who would become well known in Richmond, was one of thousands of young Canadian soldiers who City of Richmond Archives phone and cell numbers). fought in the brutal four-year war—a war that claimed the A wedding photograph of Fred and Lilla Harwood in 1919—just months after the end of the First World War. From the Harwood lives of 66,665 soldiers from this country. On Sunday, Remem- family records at the City of Richmond Archives. brance Day, they’ll be remembered. All requests will be presented to City Council for approval at its meeting on Monday, 1.866.519.5550 December 10, 2012. Organizations will be advised of their Tag Day dates shortly after Off to war bccancerfoundation.com Fred Harwood was born in Kirkby Stephen, a small town in City Council’s consideration. northwest England in 1891. He emigrated to Canada in 1913, settling in Vancouver. That’s where he met Lilla, but their blossoming relationship was about to be put on hold. War broke out and young men across the country signed up to serve overseas. Beliefs and family tradition drove some of them, others simply sought adventure or employment. But this surge of patriotism felt by so many young men—death and destruction be damned—led them to war, and Harwood Alberni Valley News was one of them. Harwood enlisted in the 29th battalion, sixth brigade, 2nd Canadian Expeditionary Force. He would be paid $1 per day, plus a field allowance of 10 cents. st Wawmeesh Hamilton On May 14, 1915, after seven months of training, Harwood said goodbye to his girlfriend Lilla, took what he could and left Vancouver on an eastbound train. He joined other sol- diers on a ship bound for Europe. A moving and powerful story, reported with great clarity. In his pocket was a simple brown diary. Laura, Lilla’s sister, 1 must have understood the cost of war and wrote a message on the diary’s first open page: “If good wishes good can bring; Mine are with you in everything.” See Page 3 Old clippings of a POW camp (above) and a news item of Fred Harwood’s release/return (right).

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