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Blaze Destroys Ambulance Station Tech Talk -. Youth soccer Looking at common ··­ UlS Salt Spring boys ¥ _ ,_ :., ;:j new light take district title. PAGE 814 BRUCE 153 TR!JbARNDDER SALTsp RING ISL AND Be VBK 1KS 'Awesome' herring spawnm• harbour Largest-in-memory phenomenon recorded BY ELIZABETH NOLAN DR IFT WOO D ST AFF Ganges Harbour area resi­ dents are reporting a larger than usual herring spawn that some have called the "biggest in living Il)emory." The jelly slick has covered metres of rocky shoreline and provided a feast for ra1,1cous seagulls and other shorebirds over the past week. "I've lived here on. a water­ ,Jmnt lot in. Ganges Har:.bour for 20 years and been on the island 40 years .and have never wit­ . nessed anything like what hap­ pened this year," said Churchill PHOTO BY DERRICK LUNDY Road resident John Woodward. Salt Spring firefighters tackle a fire at the B.C. Amb ul ance Services building Of} Ki ngs Lane on Sunday night Woodward a nd others reported seeing hundreds, if not thousands, of seagulls feeding on the herring roe dur­ EMERGENCY SERVICES ing low tide. · "For some unknown reason, whether through better man­ agement or natural processes, Blaze destroys ambulance station this year there has been a very large herring spawn through­ 'll d · t' t' Two ambulance service employees stationed Witness Bob Rogers was working at home out the whole of the coast." Cause St I Un er 1nves 1ga IOn inthebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutescaped onhiscomputerwhenhenoticedthefireat Jake Schweigert is a scientist from the structure without injuries. around 8:30p.m. with the Department of Fisher­ BY ELIZABETH NOLAN & SEAN MCINTYRE An estimated 26 firefighters worked until "I saw the first responder coming up Leisure ies and Oceans' Pacific region. DRIFTWOOD STAFF 2:30a.m. before the fire was fully extinguished. Lane and I thought, 'That is strange,' because He said that while the DFO sur­ Investigators continue to search for the Fire and water damage gutted the 40-year-old they usually don't come that way unless some­ vey team has not yet visited cause of a dramatic Sunday night fire that cedar structure, leaving the island's paramed- thing's Wrong. Then I stuck my head out the Salt Spring this year, he wa:s not destroyed the island's ambulance station at ics in search of a new facility. The provincial window and said, 'Oh dear."' surprised to hear about a suc­ 164 Kings Lane. · ambulance service rents the site from a private Rogers recounted seeing an initial flare-up cessful spawning. "We aren't ruling anything out," said Salt owner. in the carport area move rapidly into build- "Ganges Harbour is prob- Spring Fire Chief Dave Enfield. Bob Gallaher, director of Vancouver Island ing's peak. ablyone of the most consistent Enfield said the fire likely broke out near the operations for the BC Ambulance Service, told "I could see that it was giving the firefight­ spots on the coast-we expect building's carport at 8:30 p.m. The fire spread the Victoria Times Colonist the fire destroyed ers a lot of grief. I think every fire truck on the to have some spawning there quickly to the two-storey home's attic area, he some equipment, computers, supplies and the island was there, and they kept having to come every year," Schweigert said. added. By midnight, sections of the building's crew's personal items. Gallaher was not avail- back down for oxygen and other supplies." Herring are considered an roof had collapsed. able to provide for comment on Tuesday. FIRE co ntinued on A2 · HERRING continued on A2 INSERTS INDEX • Thrifty Foods Arts ... .......... ... ... ..... .. .............. 81 Horoscope ... .. ......... ... ..A 16 • Ganges Pharmasave Classifieds ........ A 12 Letters ... ..................... .... A9 Editorial ................ ............ As· • Country Grocer Sports ....... ....... 814 Ferry Schedules ...... 814 What's On .......... ..... 86 • Home Hardware • Hil):bours End •Rona email: [email protected] website: www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com - ~ ~ -t- A2 I WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009 I GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD CALL GAIL, SEAN OR AMY IF YOU NEWSBEAT SEE NEWS HAPPENING - 250·537·9933 DFO divers set to check out herring spawn HERRING conti nued from A1 important indicator species because their health affects many other marine ani­ mals. Salmon in particular depend on herring for food, but they are also impor­ tant to other fish, marine birds, seals and sea lions. Seagulls and whales like to feed on the roe. Because of that importance, DFO staff monitor the herring spawn in its five major geographical zones of the Pacific: the Queen Charlotte Islands, Prince Rupert, the central coast, the west coast ofVancou­ ver Island and Georgia Strait. Teams of scuba divers survey the spawn­ ing grounds. They were near De Courcy · Island on Monday and expected on Salt Spring within the week. "Herring will spawn just about PHOTO BY DERRICK LUNDY BRING it all together SALE anywhere that the urge hits Birds in Ganges Harbour are attracted by a huge herring spawn. weigert said. And despite the seeming plenitude, peo­ •10 stitches including button~ them ... :' The fish also prefer water plants like ple should be careful not to stand on the • Handy snap on/off feet · r-;,-;;. \.1""'11, cl\llt · ,! .(· I sargasso and red algae. egg masses, nor should they remove them. • Pr~tective ha~d cover , "''!'/'···· 1 '\. · JAKE SCHWEIGERT While this year's spawn might seem "People shouldn't cart it off and dump it • AdJustable stitch length · J·· DFO herring specialist large, Schweigert said the herring seem on their gardens, because it's a popular fer­ to know instinctively not to lay more eggs tilizer. Just because it gets exposed to the SALE "Herring will spawn just about anywhere than the environment can handle. sun doesn't mean the fish are not going to $269 that the urge hits them, but generally they "What seems to happen is the herring survive. The herring have evolved to with­ MSLP 1449 seem to louk fo r something in the water come in and start to lay eggs; once the stand having the eggs dried out." column like eelgrass, which is a nice, verti­ eelgrass is saturated, they'll move on. They Schweigert said the eggs should hatch PFAF'F Spring Flyer Specials NOW in effect! cal structure for them to spawn on," Sch- don't want to put out hundreds of layers." into baby herring in about two weeks. SAWYER SEWING CENTRE 250·388·6228 1-888-229-2266 3400 Douglas St. Six hours of firefighting on Sunday night FIRE knew it was pretty serious.. " POWER conti nued from A1 "I think every fire truck on the As of Tuesday, Salt Spring ambulanc­ es and their crews were stationed at Rogers immediately began setting up the Seabreeze Inne on Fulford-Ganges his camera and tripod to capture images island was there, and they kept Road. of the fire when tlte power went10ut. "They're going to be here at least until Power was restored to nearby homes by the end of the month," said Andy Singh, llp.m. having to come back down for manager of the Seabreeze Inne. "They Salt Spring Transit manager Ineke checked in yesterday and so far they've de Jong arrived on the scene to move oxygen and other supplies:' been doing fine." the community buses from their loca­ Regular Driftwood website viewers tion near the ambulance building to the BOB ROGERS would have seen the initial fire st01y at 11 a.m. on Monday, followed by video Country Grocer parking lot. Fire witness Chief Enfield thanked staff at Country footage later in the day. Grocer and the Salt Spring Inn for sup­ plying firefighters with refreshments [through Ganges]," said Jeremy Milsom, See rel ated video foota ge at and sandwiches after the incident. co-owner of the Salt Spring Inn. "We ~ "We saw the fire trucks heading off didn't know what it was all about but we www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com ~ ISLANDS TRUST Tide Tables Econorrrlc~owdownshowsup AT FULFORD HARBOUR A.gricheq1Anatytical Pacific Standard Time- me asu red in feet sponsored by Harbours End Marine & Equipment Ltd. at Salt Spring Islands Trust office TIME HEIGHT TIME HEIGHT APRIL m ft' m ft Fewer applications conditions," said regional planning 08 04:45 3.2 10.5 12 01:27 2.5 8.2 WE 11:13 1.2 3.9 su 06: 11 3.0 9.8 manager Leah Hartley at last Thurs­ 17 :53 2.8 9.2 13:30 0.6 2.0 free up resources and day's local Trust committee meeting. 22:59 1.8 5.9 21:39 3.2 10.5 planners' time "We will make good use of the slow­ 09 05:06 3.1 10.2 13 02:25 2.6 8.5 down." TH 11:46 0.9 3.0 MO 06:34 2.9 9.5 A drop in rezoning applications to Numbers released at the meeting 18:53 3.0 9.8 "14:08 0.6 2.0 23:46 2.1 6.9 22:36 3.2 10.5 the Islands Trust's Salt Spring office show the Trust has received no rezon­ compared with this time last year ing applications in 2009. 10 05:27 3.1 10.2 14 03:34 2.7 8.9 FR 12:19 0.7 2.3 TU 06:54 2.9 9.5 means planners should have more "These are a real bellwether of the 19:49 3.1 10.2 14:49 0.7 2.3 time to take care of leftover busi­ economic situation," Hartley added. 11 00:35 2.3 7.5 23:34 3.2 10.5 12 SA ness.
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