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"Staff Writer"
] | 2016-08-26T13:03:54 | null | null | Koreen Gurak to take over the reins of Strathcona Gardens from Yves Bienvenu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391323651.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Gardens manager retires | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Strathcona Gardens is getting a new facility manager.
Yves Bienvenu, the current manager, is retiring from the position.
The Strathcona Gardens Commission, at its meeting last week, thanked Bienvenu for his years of service and wished him well with his future endeavours.
Bienvenu has been the facility manager since 2014, when he took over the role from Josie Rohne who also retired.
The Strathcona Regional District has hired Koreen Gurak to take over the reins from Bienvenu.
Gurak previously worked for the Comox Valley Regional District and most recently served as manager of community engagement and education for that regional district. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391323651.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/8cedfc874c887abc1396fb87f85748961351403baffe987891b26149ee3743b1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:48 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391335431.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65768campbellriverRiptideU14.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Bringing their A game | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | During the July “A” Cup Provincials held in Burnaby, the Upper Island U14 Boys Riptide soccer team brought home the gold medal and the Fair Play Award.
During the July “A” Cup Provincials held in Burnaby, the Upper Island U14 Boys Riptide soccer team brought home the gold medal and the Fair Play Award.
Marine Harvest Riptide made it to the final with a 2-1 win versus Vancouver United, a 2-0 loss versus Delta Coastal Selects, and a 3-2 win against Surrey. In the final game, they were up against Delta who defeated them in game 2. It was time for retribution and the Riptide boys dug deep and came up with a great performance to defeat Delta 2-0. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391335431.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/9c9f89bbe220a4591e6bb0549e251e0a326afddbcee8a631ccbb16a0169586fb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:20 | null | null | A Look Back in the History of the Campbell River Area | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391333331.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65188campbellriverProtestingMothers.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | The long-standing struggle to replace the Island Highway | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Local mothers and other interested parties travelled to Victoria to voice their opinions to Highways Minister P.A. Gaglardi in this photo from the Campbell River Courier-Islander’s files.
By Morgan Ostler
The history of Campbell River’s struggle for the four lane highway to Nanaimo couldn’t be complete without giving full appreciation to the local Chamber of Commerce for its role in the achievement.
In fact, the 36-year wait was overshadowed by the chamber’s early records that show there was an outcry from its members as far back as 1930 to pave the road between Campbell River and Courtenay. The existing road followed the route of the old logging vehicles and remained a mud and gravel road until it was at last paved in 1953.
With the twists and turns on the upgraded road the accidents mounted over the years and the route became known as the “Highway of Death” by Island residents.
Up-Island residents were in despair over the deadly statistics. In the winter of 1964, a seven-year-old girl was killed by a speeding motorist near Rotary Beach. That brought the winter toll to 13 deaths just in the local area.
The accident galvanized a group of young mothers to form a protest group which eventually became known as the SMASHing Grannies. This resulted in the group’s leaders, Sandra Baikie and Morgan Ostler, along with 40 supporters, to call for a meeting with the Minister of Highways, Phil Gaglardi. Armed with statistics and petitions, the women eventually wrung a commitment from the minister that construction would begin within the next five years.
With the change in government from Social Credit to a short term for the NDP and then back to the Socreds between 1965 and 1984, there was little hope that the presiding government would listen to the pleas for a new highway north of Nanaimo.
Campbell River at that time was considered the fastest growing community in the province. “Our growth is putting a strain on the town’s infrastructure,” stated Chamber Chairperson, Ron Hagerman, in 1992.
His board prepared an extensive document for the Ministry of Highways outlining the negative economic impact the crowded highway was having on all communities north of Nanaimo.
With the NDP in office, Campbell River’s Chamber was determined to keep the momentum for a new roadway high on the new government’s agenda. Chamber members organized a cavalcade to Victoria.
A petition supporting a new road was quickly filled with 21,000 signatures, buses were organized and banners painted. B.C. Road Builders offered its support.
The boisterous rally had a huge impact on the highway ministry but it was still a long wait before Premier Mike Harcourt arrived in Campbell River in 1993, flanked by his Island cabinet ministers, and announced that construction would begin in 1996. While the building of the highway was underway, the Chamber had to rally again and again, first to demand that the highway remain four lanes from Courtenay to Campbell River and, secondly, to fight for inclusion of the safety barriers.
On Sept. 7, 2001, 36 years after the first protest began, the Chamber organized a huge party at the corner of the new highway and the Jubilee Parkway. A Times-Colonist reporter who covered the event said it was probably the longest lobby on record in the history of British Columbia.
Learn more about the lobby for the Inland Island Highway at a talk and slide show with Morgan Ostler Saturday Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Museum at Campbell River. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391333331.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/977de86161df58b2b76beb4e71069c75f2b91fa62b66f2ce4a2027041e5278d1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:05 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391335701.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65889campbellriverFutureStars.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Future stars and the Olympian | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The 2016 Future Stars Girls Ice Hockey Camp provided local athletes with a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with Olympic gold medalist Marie-Philip Poulin (centre, back row) at Strathcona Gardens recently. Poulin was a member of Canada’s gold medal winning women’s team at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and in 2014 in Sochi, Russia. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391335701.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/15c1ebb3c6738889c7533e4ef90c6f1d85d2ea7b27a37a1b077d2843a6143880.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T12:57:32 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391334751.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Run to support women set for Sept. 10 | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Shelagh Germyn started the Women for Women run/walk 13 years ago.
Since she was raised by a single mom she understands the struggles women can face and wants to help.
The course she mapped out was the route that she herself ran at the time, so she gathered a group of volunteers and started the event.
“Because I run and that I wanted to contribute to the community,” she said.
In the beginning all proceeds went to the NIC Foundation to be used as scholarship money for single moms so that they could go back to school. Now, since the event has grown, proceeds are divided between the foundation as well as the Campbell River Women’s Resource Centre, the Sexual Wellness and Education Society of Campbell River youth clinic, Palmer Place and Discovery Community College for continuing education.
For the past couple years the event has drawn around 100 participants. It is family friendly and there are options for all levels of runners and walkers. The walk start is 9:30 a.m. and the runners go at 10 a.m. There is also a kids race starting around noon.
Germyn hopes to see even more people out this year.
“It’s about the cause and not the race,” she said. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391334751.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/cda03b2d7fcbcbd4c161aa1eeaad0b4e87c58d1217d46702ead2ece8a734fb4f.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:47 | null | null | Notice means delivery could be cancelled as early as Monday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391302051.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/68221BCLN200782072cranbrookdailyCPweb.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Postal union issues strike notice after it says Canada Post refused special mediator | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The union representing most workers at Canada Post has issued a 72-hour notice of job action as it tries to bargain a collective agreement with the Crown corporation.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the notice spells out what actions it is planning, but stops short of a full-blown walkout.
CUPW national president Mike Palecek says Canada Post forced the labour disruption by refusing to accept a request from the federal labour minister to continue negotiations with the help of a special mediator.
But a spokesman for the agency says that's not the case.
The union's strike mandate was set to expire at midnight.
The two sides have been in negotiations for more than nine months but are far apart on key issues including pay equity for rural carriers and proposed changes to the Canada Post pension plan.
The Canadian Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391302051.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/1274684ae603b37c0de52b20c08775e1ff5047b24c8b5537c7a90b4de8fdba5f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:02 | null | null | Near the end of my fifteen day stay I was always encouraged to walk the ward | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F388595491.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Hospital staff endured years of a crumbling facility | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | I was admitted to Campbell River General Hospital in the middle of March for scheduled major surgery.
Near the end of my fifteen day stay I was always encouraged to walk the ward whenever I felt up to it and that brief escape from my bed became pretty routine for the last three or four days. So I was, through the window at the end of the hall, able to watch the new hospital project move ever so slowly toward the reality of the large artist’s conception mounted on the wall behind me.
However, whenever I stood up from this window view of the ‘soon to be’ spanking new hospital I was suddenly wrenched back to reality as I turned and looked back up the hallway. There were usually racks of meal trays with accompanying dirty dishes, large red laundry hampers waiting for the latest soiled gowns, one or sometimes two other patients (usually with IV stands) trudging down the hall with or without a helping relative, a housekeeping cart with assorted brooms and cleaning/disinfecting fluids, and always the occasional patient in a wheelchair as well as the periodic patient (in a bed) in an ‘alcove bed’ in the hallway. When you add the near constant flow of doctors and nurses in and out of rooms carrying clipboards, IV bags (some empty, some full), bedpans, little paper cups with all sorts of pills, and then add the seemingly constant pinging of patient call bells...you end up with a vision of semi-chaos and the overwhelming feeling that this narrow hall (this building) simply cannot support that which must go on. It’s nearly impossible to maintain even rudimentary cleanliness. And then the elevator door might open with two attendants pushing/pulling a gurney with a new patient looking for a slot somewhere. This, of course, will turn into a major engineering nightmare due to all the aforementioned people and things spread throughout the hallway.
Yet somehow it all happens. The nurses, of course, might get a bit behind in their rounds of “doing vitals” for all the patients in the rooms they are responsible for. The patient ringing the call button may have to wait a bit before the nurse can retrieve his glasses from the floor where he dropped them. And there will be a delay getting to the phone to find an on-call nurse for this evening’s shift which is again short staffed. And these nurses have no conferencing room. At shift change they huddle behind the counter of the nurses’ station to pass on all relevant information to the new shift. This is also where doctors confer with the nurses and each other when devising whatever new treatment plans are required.
Clearly I should be thrilled that a new hospital may help alleviate the many roadblocks to recovery. But I’m not. Because, when I turn and look to the hallway, I am acutely aware of the fact that these people have been forced to work in this situation for years if not decades. Waiting to replace a crumbling hospital due to some invented then imposed budgetary constraint is borderline criminal. Current taxation policy should never trump appropriate health care.
The nurses and the doctors and the various support staff are the only reason this institution functions, and they somehow manage to provide caring and professional help so that there is a minimum of suffering and a maximum of dignity. And this is in a building nowhere near suitable for its purpose. We have done them and all their patients a disservice by forcing them to work in deplorable conditions where the basic necessities are often not available in a building long past its ‘best before date’. I hope we treat them and all patients differently in the future.
A shiny new hospital doesn’t ‘make all the hurt go away’. For some the wait has left permanent scars.
Neil Ross
Campbell River | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/388595491.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/b4f4448222dbf0fb9701da481cdc87f5c2316c06893c6417a6f6e9d4d5672ca3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:54 | null | null | The Campbell River Art Gallery is launching the 2nd Annual Reel Art Film Festival, full of award-winning documentaries | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F389913401.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/85916campbellriverReelfilmfestivalWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Film festival returns with award-winners | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | A scene from Eva Hesse, one of several documentaries that will be shown as part of the second annual Reel Art Film Festival.
The Campbell River Art Gallery is launching the 2nd Annual Reel Art Film Festival, presenting six feature length documentaries and four short films.
The festival, presented by the Campbell River Art Gallery and sponsored by the Tidemark Theatre, brings together a collection of award-winning documentary films that address a range of topics including music, poetry, First Nations history, LGBTQ issues, and youth in the arts.
The event is a feast of brilliantly told stories and stunning visuals that highlight contemporary art and culture. In addition to the film program, several filmmakers and individuals featured in the documentaries will offer a personal glimpse at these films through post-screening Q+A sessions. Save the date and find the Reel Art Film Festival on Facebook.
Buy a Reel Art Film Festival pass for $50, a day pass for $30, or an individual ticket for $12, plus fees and GST. If you’re a student or on a low income, festival passes are $25, day passes are $15 and individual tickets are $6 (plus fees and GST).Tickets are on sale now at the Tidemark Theatre website and box office and the Campbell River Art Gallery.
Film schedule
Saturday: 12:30p.m. - Louder Than A Bomb, directed by Jon Siskel + Greg Jacobs;
3:30 p.m. - How A People Live, directed by Lisa Jackson, preceded by two short films, Suckerfish and Savage directed by Lisa Jackson;
6:30-7:30 p.m. - opening night reception in the Tidemark Theatre lobby;
7:30 p.m. - Landfill Harmonic, directed by Brad Allgood + Graham Townsley
Sunday: 1 p.m. - Shoulder the Lion, directed by Erinnisse Heuer + Patryk Rebisz;
3:30 p.m. - Eva Hesse, directed by Marcie Begleiter;
7 p.m. - Bearded Ladies: The Photography of Rosamond Norbury, directed by Sharon McGowanPreceded by two short films, Queer Habits, directed by Drew Denny, and Regalia: Pride in Two Spirits, directed by Love Intersections.
For more information visit reelartfilmfestivalcrag.wordpress.com or call 250.287.2261. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/389913401.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/acbf96ba729264145debdb3892e8dff488c96699b9959a331b2eaae6dfed60e8.json |
[
"Mike Davies"
] | 2016-08-26T13:06:13 | null | null | After 30 years selling and repairing instruments, every day is still filled with the joy of music | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F389910891.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/85401campbellriverMusicPlant1-md.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Edwards still groovin’ at The Music Plant | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | There’s no “typical day” in the life of a music store owner.
And that’s just how Doug Edwards likes it.
Edwards owns and operates The Music Plant downtown on 11th Avenue. He’s been selling, maintaining and repairing musical instruments for about 30 years, and he still loves what he does.
“Partially why I like being in this business so much,” Edwards says, “is because it’s never the same from one day to the next. There’s always something new and different happening and always something new to learn. Like, even though guitars themselves are essentially pieces of wood with strings put on them, there are always small refinements going on that we need to keep up with, for example.”
One of the most significant changes in music equipment over the years, Edwards says, has been a shift in the world of public address (PA) and speaker systems.
“I don’t think consumers understand how good they have it in the PA world these days,” Edwards says. What used to cost someone to fill a room with good sound is less than half what it cost not that long ago.
“A 24-channel mixing board that did nothing more than mix, period, with no outboard gear at all – no EQs, no compressors, no effects built in – for a decent quality one used to run you around $4,000. You can now buy a $2,000 digital mixer that has all that outboard gear and EQs and effects included, and the amount of power you have available is double what it was.”
And the same thing has happened with guitars. Despite guitars basically just being “pieces of wood with strings put on them,” as he says, he’s sometimes blown away by how far those pieces of stringed wood have come through the years.
“The guitars that I’m selling today are far superior and far cheaper than when I started the store,” he says. “There’s no doubt about it. The guitar that I sell today for $250 or $260 dollars would have been $450 or $500 30 years ago, and that’s not an exaggeration.”
While the gear itself changes, forcing Edwards and his staff to keep up with the times, some things remain consistent. Like the fact that this time of year, they field a lot of calls for lessons.
“When we start coming up on the end of summer, we get a lot of people coming in and calling about starting lessons in the fall,” he says.
Another thing that remains consistent in the music gear industry – at least in our area – is the demand for ukuleles.
That’s right.
Campbell River is huge on ukuleles.
“We have the largest selection of ukes on Vancouver Island, for sure,” he says, wandering over to the racks.
“Part of what caused it, I think, it is that we have had, for years, a very strong uke group run by a local teacher named Vince Sequiera, called Pacifica Ukes,” Edwards says.
“He was a forerunner long before it became an ‘in’ thing and his development of a really high quality uke program forced us to develop a good selection of ukes being available,” he says with a laugh.
“And then, for whatever reason, it moved out into the general population. Probably because people are moving around a lot these days, and they’re small, portable, easy to play units, and there’s such great quality in them for how inexpensive they are. It’s scary, actually, how good these things are for how much they cost,” he says picking one up off the rack. “And look at this thing. It’s beautiful. It’s no surprise to me that it’s becoming a phenomenon.”
One phenomenon he could do without, however, is the advent and explosion of online shopping, but not for the reason you’d think.
“I totally understand wanting to bargain shop,” he says, “I get that, but if you’re not actually shopping and being educated, you don’t end up necessarily getting that bargain you think you’re getting.”
He says the Internet is great in some ways, because there’s a lot of information out there, and a lot of opinions easily accessible to people who want to educate themselves before making a purchase, “but there’s also a lot of unscrupulous people out there who want to take advantage of people.”
He tells the story of someone coming in for maintenance on what they thought was an American Fender Stratocaster that they just got a great deal on by buying it online, “and it turned out that someone had taken the neck off one thing and the body off another thing, slammed it together, jigged the serial number, and what he thought was a steal at $400 was actually worth, if you’re lucky, $20 or $30.”
There’s also the fact that everyone’s taste in instruments is different. You can’t necessarily trust online reviews – or even your own buddies’ opinions.
“I’ve helped customers buy guitars for 30 years now, and there’s nothing more pleasing to me than when they come in thinking they have to spend such and such on whatever they’ve been told is a great guitar, and we take a dozen guitars off the wall, and they find one that suits them and walk out of here with a much less expensive guitar than they thought they wanted.
“Our goal here isn’t to sell you something, it’s to get you what you are looking for.”
After all, Edwards says, he’d hate to think one of his guitars is sitting on a stand collecting dust because it doesn’t suit the person who bought it.
He’d rather have that person actually making music with a $200 guitar than have a couple extra dollars in his till.
Because the more people are making music, he says, the better the world is for everyone. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/389910891.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/8d5ddd50cfbecac4eef7ebbc5121a68a33186d3c8e6dd4f8edfb3728e1c0bc48.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:47 | null | null | A toonie from the sale of every Pirate Pak will be donated to Zajac Ranch for Children | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F389231791.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Pirate Pak Day helps send sick children to camp | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Ahoy! On Wednesday, August 10, buccaneers both young and young-at-heart can re-live childhood memories by ordering an Adult Pirate Pak at 61 White Spot restaurants throughout British Columbia – including Campbell River – and four locations in Alberta.
For the seventh consecutive year, a toonie from the sale of every Pirate Pak will be donated to Zajac Ranch for Children, a local charity that provides kids and young adults with life-threatening illnesses and chronic disabilities a unique summer camp experience.
Pirate Pak Day has become an anticipated annual tradition that has raised a total of more than $450,000 since its inception, and sent more than 300 hearties to camp.
White Spot Week at Zajac Ranch runs from Aug. 15 to 19 and includes activities ranging from kayaking and climbing to swimming and horseback riding.
“Pirate Pak Day is a big event for us, one that both our guests and staff look forward to every year,” says White Spot President Warren Erhart. “Money raised on this special day helps young mateys facing difficult challenges, and wouldn’t be possible without the participation of our valued guests. We’ll be dressed up in our best swashbuckling outfits, so come join the merriment!”
“White Spot has become integral in our ability to enrich the lives of kids who need support,” says Mel Zajac, founder of Zajac Ranch for Children. “Community initiatives like Pirate Pak Day help us offer illness-specific camps that put smiles on the faces of these kids. For instance, many of our campers get to ride a horse for the first time in their life.”
On August 10 only, Adult Pirate Paks are available for both dine-in and take-out.
Legendary Burger – a classic!
Mediterranean Chicken Burger
Bacon Cheddar Burger
Sriracha Portobello Veggie Burger
Sriracha Goat Cheese Turkey Burger
In addition to their traditional Burger Pirate Paks, they will also be donating $2 from select entrees, sandwiches and salads from their Pirate Pak Day menu.
White Spot says their burgers are made with 100 per cent fresh Canadian beef, fresh B.C .chicken breast and secret Triple “O” sauce. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/389231791.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/c7b2c0e4299998864de76e8f2f7309acc681a6eab178274d9778091a04c89cf7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:57 | null | null | Local pianists Carter Johnson and Matthew Krell return to present an evening of engaging, entertaining performances | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F389913491.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/85952campbellriverKrell-Carter.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Duo returns for reunion of music | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Award-winning local pianists Matthew Krell, left, and Carter Johnson return to their home town for two evenings of music.
Local pianists Carter Johnson and Matthew Krell return to present an evening of engaging, entertaining performances.
The duo studied in Campbell River under Shelley Roberts from early ages and have been honoured at local, provincial, and national festivals.
They are both recipients of the Virginia Graczak Music Scholarship, the Dorothy Brealey Memorial Scholarship, and the Ruth Scott Chopin Competition, all administered by Campbell River Friends of Music. The pair are featured at numerous concerts and galas each year, and have excelled in competitions across North America.
Most recently, Krell was the winner of the California Association of Professional Music Teacher’s Sonata Competition, and Johnson was a prize winner at the 2016 Shean Competition in Edmonton.
Highlights of their concert will include Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz, but the repertoire will surpass the classical genres to encompass pop, rock, jazz, and more. Performing two nights only, Aug. 19 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Campbell River, and Aug. 20 7:30 p.m. at the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College in Courtenay.
Tickets, $30, are available at Quay West and the Campbell River Art Gallery (CR), Blue Heron Books (Comox), and Laughing Oyster Bookshop (Courtenay).
For ticket reservations, email: ClassicallyEntertained@yahoo.com with your name and number of desired tickets. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/389913491.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/43392f384da70ab3b7bf08d90ce7ad3956ebaa7068ef32c91f1722d848d7a561.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:01 | null | null | If you are planning to consume alcohol at any time, do so safely and responsibly | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F390637931.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Think before you drink | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | With summer in full swing and more British Columbians and visitors taking the time to enjoy all of our province’s beautiful outdoor offerings, it is important to remember that alcohol should not always be in the mix.
If you are planning to consume alcohol at any time, please do so safely and responsibly.
British Columbians and visitors should avoid any risky or dangerous physical activity when drinking alcohol and remember that spending time in the sun and on the water can accelerate intoxication. In B.C., 48 people die and 160 are hospitalized with injuries on average each year due to water activities and of those, 42% are alcohol-related. Half of these deaths and hospitalizations take place between June and August.
Driving any type of motor vehicle while intoxicated - whether on the road, on the water or on a trail - is illegal and can have deadly consequences. According to ICBC, nearly half of all of B.C.’s impaired driving fatalities happen during the summer months (June to September).
This month, BC Liquor Stores are reminding British Columbians that if your plans include drinking, they must not include driving. The campaign includes in-store decals and posters urging people to think before you drink and stay safe on the road.
If you’re planning to imbibe, know your limits, socialize in a safe environment, arrange alternate transportation and use your best judgment to keep yourself and all those around you safe this summer.
Quick Facts:
n Over one-quarter of the Liquor Policy Review recommendations currently being implemented by the Province focus on health, safety and social responsibility.
n Alcohol is a depressant and slows sensory abilities. Increased alcohol consumption reduces depth perception. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/390637931.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f77685a78e07875cca18bb19d8e524964c4ca2eb9c16930402f10767c39c817c.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-30T18:50:52 | null | null | Some urban districts struggle with overcrowding, special funds for declining rural schools, bus service to take effect | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391773061.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/2045BCLN2007Schoolstudentblurwide-BJ7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. school enrolment up for second year | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Students return to public school next week, with changes to curriculum and some provincial exams.
Students are returning to class next week in most of B.C.'s public schools, with enrolment expected to be up province-wide for the second year running.
Education Minister Mike Bernier says early forecasts show about 529,000 students, an increase of 2,900 from last year. But that increase is centred on fast-growing school districts, while many rural areas continue to struggle with declining student numbers.
Among changes that parents and students will see this year is a new curriculum in place up to Grade 9, with a test year for changes in the senior grades. Bernier said the new emphasis on collaboration and communication skills does not mean a watering down of the basic skills, and is designed to improve students' ability to work at modern jobs.
Report cards are to continue this school year, but the ministry is reviewing its system with an eye to providing more frequent updates. Parents are being consulted on the changes, Bernier said.
Foundation Skills Assessment tests in grades four and seven are also continuing after years of protests from teacher unions, but that program is also being examined for possible changes. FSA tests will be "enhanced" but not eliminated, Bernier said.
Provincial exams continue for graduates in math and English, but science and social studies will now be assessed at a classroom level rather than school-wide tests, Bernier said.
The ministry provided a series of top-ups to education funding this year, for bus service and to keep selected rural schools from closing. Applications are still being taken for a transportation fund until Sept. 30, requiring districts to drop across-the-board school bus fees to qualify.
Districts may still charge transportation fees for international students or those from outside a school catchment area.
NDP leader John Horgan highlighted the crowding in Surrey school district, where 7,000 students remain in portables despite an expansion program. The NDP says the B.C. government's claim of record per-student funding ignores a reduction of education funding as a share of the provincial economy.
"Since 2001, the B.C. Liberals have dragged public education funding in this province from the second best in Canada to the second worst," Horgan said. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391773061.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/82a1a6bec3acf6fe465a9ce136add1e3573521e57d6c2c9d3bc31472fbe2e545.json |
[
"Alistair Taylor"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:15 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391335781.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Chief welcomes opportunity to clear the air | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Wei Wai Kum Chief Bob Pollard is confident a review of band expenditures will satisfy all parties that the band is opearting in a fair and democratic manner.
“We welcome the arbitration review, the INAC review and any process that will satisfy all parties that the band is operating in a fair and democratic manner and that councillors are fulfilling their role to represent the best interests of the membership as a whole,” Pollard said in an Aug. 24 letter to Wei Wai Kum First Nation members, a copy of which was sent to the Mirror.
Pollard was responding to a petition that has gathered enough signatures to prompt a review of the actions of Councillor Jason Price under the band’s election code.
Chris Drake launched the petition to force an investigation into the actions of Jason Price, accusing him of “taking payments for his own benefit.”
The petition states, “Whereas, the Petitioner, Christopher Drake, asserts that elected Councillor Jason Price has acted in a manner contrary to Sections 54(a), (c), (d), (f), and (g) of the Wei Wai Kum Election Code and contrary to his ethical and fiduciary obligations to the Nation and the Band Council, the Petitioner requests that the process pursuant to Section 55 of the Election Code be commenced for the removal of Councillor Price.”
It continues: “This Petition asserts that Councillor Price breached his oath of office, the Election Code, and his ethical obligations, and otherwise abused his office by taking payments for his own benefit.”
The allegations stated in the petition have not been proven or substantiated by an arbitrator or other adjudication process.
Pollard said he has received notice that there are the necessary number of signatures on a petition to trigger a review of Price’s role as a councillor. As of the writing of the letter, Pollard hadn’t received the actual petition.
“I welcome this opportunity to bring this matter to a conclusion just as I welcome a review of our band’s expenditures of federal funds that will be conducted next week by a representative of INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada),” he says in the letter. “Our own thorough investigation of this matter included in-depth interviews with all the involved parties (contrary to a statement in today’s paper), a review of our internal records, and legal opinions provided by two lawyers who worked independently of each other. This investigation found no evidence whatsoever of wrongdoing by Jason – or anyone else. We welcome the arbitration review, the INAC review and any process that will satisfy all parties that the band is operating in a fair and democratic manner and that councilors are fulfilling their role to represent the best interests of the membership as a whole.”
Office building not connected
The Aug. 24 story about the Price petition had a picture of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation offices accompanying it.
The office building was built by Ketza Pacific Construction and the Mirror would like to clarify that the use of the office building was not meant to imply that Ketza Pacific or the band office project was connected to the controversy in any way. It was used as a landmark symbol of the First Nation. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391335781.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/5935244face687ee6dc535002ed5262debc83f60e034715c791117521d6a2062.json |
[
"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T12:52:01 | null | null | Tragically Hip kick off tour's final show with fan favourites | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390816951.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Downie calls out to Trudeau during Tragically Hip's final show of tour | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | KINGSTON, Ont. — The Tragically Hip mixed fan favourites, newer songs and some politics on Saturday night during the final show of their "Man Machine Poem" tour.
Lead singer Gord Downie, who started the show wearing a metallic silver suit and hat with a "Jaws" T-shirt underneath, hugged and kissed his bandmates before they stepped on stage at the K-Rock Centre in the group's hometown of Kingston, Ont.
Minutes earlier, as the raucous sold-out crowd waited for the band to emerge, an impromptu rendition of O Canada broke out and a banner reading "Thank You Prime Minister Downie!" was passed around the arena.
The band immediately gave fans what they wanted to hear, starting their set with four straight hits from the classic album "Fully Completely:" opener "50 Mission Cap," followed by "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)," "Wheat Kings" and "At the Hundredth Meridian."
The Hip then segued into their latest album "Man Machine Poem," with four tracks including the single "In a World Possessed by the Human Mind."
Before "Machine," Downie launched into one of his trademark onstage rants, calling out to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was in the crowd for the show. Trudeau's official photographer tweeted a photo of the prime minister and Downie embracing before the concert.
"Well, you know, prime minister Trudeau's got me, his work with First Nations. He's got everybody. He's going to take us where we need to go," Downie said from the stage.
"It's going to take us 100 years to figure out what the hell went on up there," he continued, "but it isn't cool and everybody knows that. It's really, really bad, but we're going to figure it out, you're going to figure it out."
Many anticipate this will be the band's final tour, given the recent news that Downie is battling terminal brain cancer.
Before performing the "Road Apples" song "Fiddler's Green," Downie seemed to reference the outpouring of support from fans in the wake of his diagnosis.
"Thank you, people, for keeping me pushing and keeping me pushing," he said, which prompted a "Gordie!" chant from the audience.
After playing 21 songs, Downie and his fellow bandmates — guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois, bassist Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay — embraced and prepared to retire for a pre-encore break. Downie was left alone on stage to take in the roaring ovation.
After returning for a few more songs, Downie again spoke about his fondness for Trudeau.
"Thank you to the prime minister for coming to our show, it really means a lot to all of us," he said.
"We're in good hands, folks, real good hands. He cares about the people way up North, that we were trained our entire lives to ignore, trained our entire lives to hear not a word of what's going on up there. And what's going on up there ain't good. It's maybe worse than it's ever been, so it's not on the improve. (But) we're going to get it fixed and we got the guy to do it, to start, to help.
"Thank you everybody. Thanks for listening to that. Thanks for listening, period. Have a nice life."
David Friend, The Canadian Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390816951.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/9e31cf258ba46b8b4b237746fc39b3b925b08fa18a11c4dc0c156b3b39570e43.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-30T22:50:55 | null | null | So far there have been less bear encounters this year, but precautions to prevent them still need to be taken. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391792941.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/10815campbellriverBearawareWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Be bear aware: reduce the chances of a bear encounter | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | It’s bear season once again and it is everyone’s responsibility to keep bears from becoming reliant on garbage for food.
The worst case scenario for not doing so is what happened in Revelstoke last week, where nine bears were destroyed because they were considered a danger to people.
On the North Island so far this year Conservation Officer Steve Petrovcic said there have been fewer calls than previous years about bear encounters.
He said it is probably because of a bountiful berry crop that the bears aren’t wandering into populated areas searching for food.
But everyone should still be vigilant. There are many simple things to be aware of to prevent this from happening and keep the wild animals wild.
The Government of BC outlined all of the tips and tricks in a press release on Friday.
Residents of urban areas should be using bear-proof waste containers or keeping their garbage secured indoors until pick up day.
For those with fruit trees, the ripe and fallen fruit should be picked or cleaned up every day.
Bird feeders should only be used in the winter and the ground should be kept free of seeds and nuts.
The barbecue should be cleaned and moved to a secure location after use.
Pet food and dishes should be stored inside.
No meat products should be composted and the pile should be turned regularly.
If you have attractants such as small livestock, chickens, beehives or fruit trees in your back yard, they should be protected by electric fences.
If a bear is spotted, residents should bring all pets and children indoors and keep away from the bear.
It should not be approached, but people should also not run from it.
After the bear has left, check the area to make sure there is nothing that would attract the bear again in the future.
If you are headed out of the city and into bear country there are many ways to reduce the risk of a bear being attracted to you and your campsite.
Always leave plans with a friend or family member so that if you don’t return on time someone can come looking for you quickly.
Carry bear spray and know how to use it.
Hike and camp in groups. The more people there are around the less likely the bear is to approach. Keep children and pets close. Children are at greater risk and dogs can be attractants.
Never feed any wild animals and eliminate odours that could attract them. Food should be stored in air-tight containers inside vehicles or in bear caches. All garbage should also be kept out of reach of bears.
Make lots of noise so that you don’t take a bear by surprise.
Be aware that if it is windy or there is a stream nearby the sound you are making might be muffled.
Avoid areas that are typical food sources for bears such as berry patches, grain fields, garbage pits, beehives and anywhere there is an animal carcass.
Don’t cook or eat near where you are sleeping, just in case, and clean up immediately after preparing food.
Cosmetics, toothpaste and insect repellant all have strong scents that could attract bears, store them with your food and well away from your tent. Leave things with a strong scent at home. Wherever you are watch for signs of recent bear activity and quickly and calmly leave the area. Bears are more active between dusk and dawn, so adjust plans accordingly. As well as harsh penalties for the bears if they are deemed dangerous to humans, there are also fines of up to $100,00 and one year in prison if a person is caught feeding or attracting wildlife.
Special thanks to Campbell River Whale Watching for the bear video. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391792941.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/e00f93a9209fc40a8792298f5632f95ef36ce4db3decacc32bb3ecb65f0ee43c.json |
[
"Mike Davies"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:05 | null | null | Not many spaces left in Campbell River child care facilities for children in some age categories | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391212631.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/11765campbellriverChildcareSpacesMap.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Get your childcare spaces while you still can | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Simplify the process of calling around to find a space for your child by using this handy interactive online map...but do it soon, because there aren't many spots available in some age categories.
With summer break drawing to a close, some working parents and caregivers will be searching for after-school or full-time childcare beginning in September.
And many of those caregivers will be calling around to various facilities only to be told they don’t have any space available for their child, which can be frustrating.
In an attempt to alleviate some of that frustration, the government is reminding parents and caregivers that there is an online interactive map available through the Ministry of Children and Family Development website that can, as the ministry says, “take the guesswork out of searching.”
The map has tags for over 4,500 licensed child-care facilities across the province, including over 30 in the Campbell River area, where those looking for care can see, at a glance, whether a facility has spaces available – and for which ages of children – what programs and services they offer and even get access to past health inspection reports for those facilities to ensure they are somewhere they will be comfortable leaving their child.
Spaces are filling quickly, however, especially in the elementary-school age categories. As of Aug. 24, the Mirror only found three childcare facilities on the Campbell River map with the word “yes” in the “Availability” section beside the age category “Grade 1 to Age 12.”
Other child care tools are also available through various ministry websites, including a guide for selecting and monitoring child care to help parents and caregivers decide what kind of child-care arrangements best suit their needs, put out by the Ministry of Health.
This guide (PDF) outlines the differences between licensed and unlicensed daycares, the factors to consider when choosing a facility or provider, tips on making your child’s transition to child care successful and how best to monitor a provider’s performance. There is also a section in the guide about different forms of financial support available for those who need it.
Speaking of financial support, here's the government page that outlines the eligibility requirements and applications for provincial childcare subsidies. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391212631.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d6fc64b6388c6b5c534073812842848f0f51a74afd10a69a31c2f2f1d855a185.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:11 | null | null | Premier Christy Clark isn't going into next year's election with a promise to jack up Canada's only significant carbon tax | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391051701.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/42735BCLN2007ClarkPolakNissanLeaf7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | BC VIEWS: B.C. fails to save the planet | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Premier Christy Clark and Environment Minister Mary Polak plug in an electric car at an announcement of the government's latest climate change plan in Richmond Aug. 19.
A B.C. Liberal operative was out with the online spin hours before Premier Christy Clark confirmed the much-leaked news in a Friday afternoon announcement at an obscure location in Richmond.
The, er, freeze is continuing for B.C.’s ground-breaking, world-saving carbon tax, which hasn’t changed since before Clark was elected in 2013.
The spin was Olympic-themed, with a picture labeled to show B.C. as a swimmer far out in the lead in the pool, to symbolize that it’s the other provinces that need to catch up in the race to save the planet.
Clark has been saying that for years, and there is merit to it. Even without a tax on “process emissions” such as from cement kilns, B.C.’s carbon tax encourages imports of non-taxed cement from the U.S. and China.
Alberta business professor Andrew Leach, who advised the Stephen Harper and then Rachel Notley governments on greenhouse gas policies, summed up the problem this way.
“Until the rest of the world has policies that impose similar cost, you’re not actually reducing emissions to the extent you think,” Leach said. “You’re just displacing the emissions and the economic activity to other jurisdictions.”
Alberta is moving to join B.C. with a modest carbon tax, but the NDP government plans to spend the proceeds rather than return them in income tax as B.C. has done. And Washington state and most of the rest of the world have no carbon tax as such, so their businesses benefit from B.C.’s “climate leadership.”
B.C.’s foreign-funded eco-radical community was, needless to say, appalled. The Pembina Institute’s Matt Horne and career protesters Tzeporah Berman and Merran Smith were named to the premier’s advisory committee last year, along with business, academic and aboriginal representatives.
They concluded that increases to B.C.’s broad-based tax on carbon fuels should resume its upward march in 2018.
Other committee members, including the mayors of Surrey, Comox and Burns Lake, were not heard from. Public discussion on this issue is now reduced to a staged conflict between those who demand a holy war on deadly carbon dioxide “pollution,” and those who don’t care if their grandchildren perish in a hell-fire of fossil fuel use.
We’ve just come off another El Nino year, like the hot year of 1998. Regular readers will recall the last time I discussed this topic was this spring, where I questioned the premier’s dire warnings of another horrendous forest fire season.
What followed has been one of the slowest forest fire seasons in the last decade, although dry conditions have finally emerged this month. Climate predictions, like next week’s weather forecast, are less than consistent.
I am regularly sent messages calling me a “climate change denier,” the nonsense term that continues to be used by federal Environment Minister Catharine McKenna among many others. I know of no one who denies that climate is always changing, at times dramatically.
If you wish to believe that paying an extra seven cents a litre for gasoline in B.C. is helping to slow the very gradual increase in temperatures we’re seeing in the northern hemisphere, you are free to do so.
You may even be persuaded to take a government subsidy and buy an expensive, short-range electric car. Me, I’m off to Prince Rupert and Revelstoke pretty soon, so I’ll stick with my little four-cylinder gas sipper for now.
Hydro-powered B.C. represents a small fraction of the less than two per cent Canada contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. We’re not the problem, and no, the world is not looking to us for guidance.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391051701.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/20b6ec1405e425ebe481a763b7e37c8a0c8ac08f0fca7aec74ab4578eaf78a45.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:28 | null | null | JOCELYN'S JOTTINGS | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390353681.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/14036campbellriverDoll.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Olympics dredge up all the feelings | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Jocelyn Doll
The Olympics always bring forth feelings of national pride and inspiration. Though I don’t watch any of the events live, I enjoy reading about athletic accomplishments and tearing up at the proud parent and grandparent videos.
I don’t have to pay for satellite TV to be in the Olympic loop, I, and the rest of the world, can just follow on social media and in some cases that seems to be causing trouble.
This is the first year that I have really been aware of how much social media has changed coverage of the Olympics. The fans can actually interact with the athletes as well as everyone else involved in making the Olympics, and Olympic coverage, happen.
Maybe it is just because of the publications that I follow, maybe my Facebook news feed is so very specialized to my tastes that I see more of this than the rest of you, but this year there seems to be more feminists pointing out sexism in the Olympics and media coverage of the Olympics than ever before.
I have a feeling the Olympics have always been pretty sexist, but now more than ever there is discussion around it.
Female athletes who have won medals have been identified in newspaper headlines as the wives of prominent men, instead of being recognized for their own significant accomplishments.
Sportscasters have been called out for objectifying men, and considering the footage, I would say they are guilty.
This makes me sad for my fellow journalists. Though I am sure headlines mentioning football teams get lots of hits on Google, so will ‘Olympic gold medallist.’ And as for objectifying the athletes, looks have nothing to do with athletic ability, and comments should stick within the realm of athletic ability, since that is the whole point of the Olympics.
Though the media professionals are screwing up and social media is a platform for pointing out and discussing those mistakes, it is also a platform for haters to contribute to that out-of-line conversation.
I read somewhere that one of the gymnasts on the American women’s team said she cried because of comments she saw online about herself. There are constant apologies from athletes because they might have offended someone for something as simple as looking up at a scoreboard and thinking and being misconstrued as to being mad about the results.
Yes, social media leads to good discussions, but I think the over-analysis of these athletes has gone too far.
I don’t think people should be limited to saying only nice things, like the age old lesson we learned as kids goes, commenting on looks can be nice, but in this case it is inappropriate.
So I am going to amend that lesson. Maybe we in this world of social media, and ongoing comments from whoever, whenever, wherever, we should remind ourselves, “If you don’t have anything constructive to say, don’t say anything at all.” | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/390353681.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/a4841ecf58e24f31c96f669c780a5bffa7a46d2b4eede7cdbbc5647a5d67f11a.json |
[
"Doug Sloan"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:07 | null | null | There is such a small area of this beautiful province that is suitable for growing perfectly ripe wine grapes | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F390639071.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59211campbellriverSloan.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Strut through the summer sipping BC wines | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Doug Slaon
Growing wine grapes in British Columbia is a much more expensive exercise than in many other wine growing regions throughout the world.
There is such a small area of this beautiful province that is suitable for growing perfectly ripe wine grapes and in the premium regions – the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys – the cost of land is high and the cost of growing grapes even higher, since the vineyards need to be irrigated throughout the growing season.
The appearance of remarkably affordable Vintners Quality Alliance approved wines like Strut’s Okanagan Valley ‘Red Over Heels’ really begs the question: Is there now a glut of wine grapes in the Okanagan?
Despite its chic, high-heeled label and amazingly affordable price Strut 2012 ‘Red Over Heels’ (612689) $7.99 is a surprisingly rich and well-balanced red full of dark cherries and blue and black berry fruit aromas and flavours. Nicely integrated oak gives it an edge of earthy spiciness with a twist of coffee in the finish.
Unlike Chile, Argentina, South Africa or Spain, British Columbia has no regions with endless acres of vineyards. Our local wine grape growers are faced with pockets of suitable sites scattered through the interior valleys, the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island.
To compete with international wines, our largest wineries started importing bulk wines from around the world and finishing them here in their own winery facilities. Often referred to as CIC - Cellared in Canada - these affordable wines might actually be multinational blends of locally grown wines as well as base wines from Australia, Argentina or even the Central Valley of California.
Recently introduced in BC, Rebellion wines are made by a couple of young winemakers – Juzer and Sydney – and developed for younger wine sippers who will appreciate the exuberance they have managed to coax from their domestic and imported blends.
Very well-priced for younger wine lovers Rebellion Pinot Grigio (959346) $8.20 shows a plethora of peach and pear aromatics with a sweet lemon rind and pink grapefruit flavour over brisk green apple notes that are crisp and light-hearted. Very clean,
A strikingly smooth combination of jammy black currant and oak aromatics Rebellion Shiraz (213082) $8.20 - according to Juzer and Sydney – sings with notes of blackberry, red berry and a hint of spice. A strikingly smooth combination of jammy black currant and oak aromatics, their Shiraz flaunts nicely rounded notes of blackberry, red berry with a hint of spice.
All of BC’s largest wine producers – Andrew Peller, Mark Anthony and Constellation Brands - have numerous labels in their ‘Cellared in Canada’ blends of domestic and imported wines. Different house styles become apparent across their portfolios. But the one feature they share is the combination of refreshing acidity and sweet ripe fruitiness.
New to private wine retailers Twist of Fate Pinot Grigio Chardonnay (442335) $8.99 is also a ‘Cellared in Canada’ blend. No telling where the juicy fruit for this off-dry white really comes from… but from the generosity of apple, pear, lemon and honeyed melon flavours California might be a good guess.
The companion red Twist of Fate Malbec Merlot (634691) $8.99 overflows with brambly blueberry fruit from the Malbec and deep, ripe plum notes from the Merlot. There’s a seductive touch of sweetness in the finish that makes this a crowd-pleaser!
Founded in the world-renowned Okanagan Valley, the Artisan Wine Co. has crafted an extensive portfolio of fine wines. Their brands range from classic and traditional to irreverent and fun. The newest addition to their family of fascinating wines are the wines from Pendragon.
Peach and pineapple aromas lead into the first sip of Pendragon Satin White Pinot Grigio (381145) $9.49. Green apple and ripe pear flavours slide seductively into a luscious tropical fruit medley of flavours. There’s an intriguing sprinkling of spicy sage and white pepper lingering in the finish of this off-dry white.
Full of ripe red and black fruit flavours Pendragon Velvet Red Cabernet Sauvignon) $9.49 shows a surprising richness for the attractive price. Subtle savoury spices swirl into dark chocolate, sweet black cherry and damson plum in the aftertaste of this medium-dry red.
Take the opportunity to explore these new wines. Whatever your preferences you’ll be sure to find a style that pleases your own personal taste!
Reach WineWise by emailing douglas_sloan@yahoo.com | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/390639071.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/fe631968b30e92d9a0fa132f6a29721049d84fbcea52f0b47b6da1b87f7ab408.json |
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"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T13:01:19 | null | null | A new summer camp and pre-school program takes the kids to an outdoor classroom. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391335181.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65611campbellriverHand-in-Hand.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Hand-in-Hand takes preschoolers out to the woods | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Hand-in-Hand is a preschool and summer camp program that takes three and four-year-olds into the forest instead of in a traditional classroom. The focus is playing without confinement and learning to value their natural environment.
The Early Years Nature Education Program that made waves in Cumberland last year and Comox last spring is coming to Campbell River.
The upcoming summer camp at the end of the month, and the preschool program coming this fall, takes the three and four-year-olds outside the traditional classroom and into the forest.
“You bring them to the outdoor elements, to the forest, and it just provides the perfect setting for those children to be the children that they are,” said Jarrett Krentzel, director.
Krentzel has a long history of teaching environmental education and he has come to realize that if we don’t get children connected to nature at an early enough age we tend to lose them, and even kindergarten might not be early enough.
“It is very important, at an early age, to get children connected to the forest, connected to the natural world and to plant that seed early enough so that when it is revisited later in life they have that as a foundation,” he said.
The Hand-in-Hand program is similar to an in-door preschool program. The kids read stories, sing songs and play games, but Krentzel feels that being in nature is less restricting than being in-doors.
There are boundaries set up with cones to create an outdoor classroom, but there isn’t the ‘climbing up the walls’ effect that sometimes happens in an indoor space. Krentzel thinks that being in the expansiveness of the forest is very grounding for the young children.
The teachers bring everything they need in a wagon but the supplies are minimal. The goal is really to get the kids to interact with the forest. They do bring along a collapsible sink for snack time as well as a forest port-a-potty.
“The ultimate hope is that these children will grow up to be the future stewards and protect the forest in a way that they want to protect their own homes and towns and schools that they grew up with,” Krentzel said. “We want them to understand that the forest and the beaches and the natural areas that we live with are just an extension of our home.”
For every eight children there is one teacher and Krentzel has two teachers lined up for the Campbell River location. He said there is high demand for the program, and parents are securing their spots years in advance just to make sure.
Krentzel has partnered up with the sportsplex, which will be the drop-off and pick-up location for the upcoming programs.
Parents can also register at the sportsplex or at the community centre. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391335181.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/03613d3b1cd951259cb503d98baa2cfbc1b2ac9aa2d0a20966b929cbdae7d401.json |
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"James Durand"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:16 | null | null | I realized how badly I needed to get out and enjoy some fresh air | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F390712761.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59449campbellriverDurand.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Pressure, pressure, pressure! | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | James Durand
Pressure to train harder. Pressure to work harder. Pressure to raise great kids, marital pressures, family pressures, renos, yard work, investments, staff, stress stress stress...….KABOOM!!!
Okay, that was a little dramatic...Let’s back up a bit since nothing has actually gone kaboom. But I’ve spoken with a lot of people recently and it’s a common position we’re all in. We are way too busy these days (Those of you who are retired empty nesters can move onto the Wine Wise article at this point because that advice may be more suitable). Back to the rest of us…
Yeah we’re too busy, but it doesn’t seem to be getting any easier, so why hasn’t anything gone kaboom yet? Well in my best unprofessional, and very uneducated psychologist opinion, it’s not due to talking it out, it’s not due to enjoying your favourite craft brew on a regular basis, and taking your frustrations out by weed whacking your overgrown back yard doesn’t do the trick either. What keeps us sane is burning off some stress with good old fashioned exercise.
Last Monday, I actually said out loud that I didn’t want to ride. I had chores to do, I had work backing up and it felt stressful to push it off even further for a bike ride. But it was a group ride that relies on me, so I couldn’t skip out. I reluctantly got ready, jumped on my bike and headed up the hill towards the meeting spot.
As soon as I left the shop and spun the pedals a revolution or two, I realized how badly I needed to get out and enjoy some fresh air, expand the lungs and think about carving corners and hopping roots, as opposed to dwelling on day to day life.
Within a couple minutes, my shoulders relaxed, my stress started to disappear and I soon began to concentrate on riding. A few hours later, the stress was gone, my body and mind felt great and I was as relaxed as ever.
As Chenoa and I raced toward home, we were both smiling and looking forward to a well-earned beverage on the patio. No Pressure. No stress. No Kaboom. Just the afterglow of a great mid summer mountain bike ride.
Seems simple doesn’t it?
I might try to squeeze in another ride tomorrow, it just makes life easier!
I’m James Durand and I’m Goin’ Ridin’… | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/390712761.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/9cb748b77bf8bd2dd5f54863e33ccc41a7b8e65ab5a41556bb1456c305eae6a7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:19 | null | null | Month over month, sales decreased by 15 per cent | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F389231331.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Home sales a bit cooler in July | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Home sales cooled somewhat last month but posted a 19 per cent increase over July 2015.
In July 2016, 608 single-family homes sold on the MLS System compared to 512 last July. Month over month, sales decreased by 15 per cent from the 712 sales processed in June 2016.
Last month’s active listings for single-family homes totalled 1,577, down 34 per cent from the 2,391 reported in July 2015 and beating last month’s figure of 1,621. This is a historic low for VIREB, which began tracking inventory levels in 1999.
The last time inventory was this low was in 2005, when the number of single-family homes for sale dropped to 1,629. Economic factors fuelling the provincial housing market are strong consumer confidence, robust retail sales, and high employment growth. With GDP sitting at 3.5 per cent, British Columbia’s economy continues to lead the country. ly.” Low inventory is also contributing to rising benchmark prices for single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments. Despite those increases, however, the Vancouver Island housing market continues to be affordable compared to the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
“Home buyers in the VIREB area have a variety of price points as options,” adds Hoffman. “The benchmark price of a single-family home ranges from a low of $209,600 in Port Alberni to a high of $443,800 in the Parksville-Qualicum area, so there is a price to suit almost everyone.”
In July 2016, the benchmark price of a single-family home in the VIREB area was $379,900, up just under 12 per cent from one year ago. The benchmark price of an apartment rose by 9.77 per cent to hit $207,900 while the benchmark price of a townhouse increased to $277,900, up just over 10 per cent from one year ago. Benchmark pricing tracks the value of a typical home in the reported area. The average price of a single-family home last month was $409,816, an increase of 12 per cent over July 2015. The July 2016 benchmark price of a single-family home in the Campbell River area was $301,400, an increase of 5.57 per cent over July 2015.
In the Comox Valley, the benchmark price was $371,000, up 10.68 per cent from 2015. Duncan reported a benchmark price of $326,700, an increase of just over nine per cent compared to July 2015. Nanaimo’s benchmark price rose 15.46 per cent to $409,700 while the Parksville-Qualicum area saw its benchmark price rise by 17 per cent to $443,800. The price of a benchmark home in Port Alberni was $209,600, up 7.86 per cent from one year ago. -30- VIREB represents approximately 995 REALTOR members in nearly 90 member offices on Vancouver Island (north of Victoria). VIREB cautions that average price information can be useful in establishing trends over time, but does not indicate the actual prices in centers comprised of widely divergent neighbourhoods or account for price differential between geographic areas.
Visit our website for updated information at www.vireb.com. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/389231331.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/2c54692bdc05085e6ba8db0e7d891223899cfc9608bb2a0217d0abe369b2bc9a.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:04:18 | null | null | Gold mine near Prince Rupert shut down last summer for permit violations, owners charged for failing to report spill | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F390008831.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/31694BCLN2007minebanksislandgold7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Banks Island miners face 18 pollution charges | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Two men and a mining company in receivership have been charged with 18 pollution infractions related to their shut-down gold mine on an island near Prince Rupert.
Benjamin Mossman and Dirk Meckert are scheduled to appear in Prince Rupert provincial court Sept. 7. Also charged is Banks Island Gold Ltd., which went into receivership after being shut down last year for provincial permit violations.
The Yellow Giant mine was ordered shut down by the Ministry of Environment in July 2015 after a tailings spill was reported on a tip. There is one charge of failing to report a spill of a polluting substance, and the other 17 charges are for failing to comply with permits.
North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice raised the issue in the legislature this spring, after receiving a letter from the Gitxaala First Nation referring to two separate tailings spills. Rice said the ministry did not inspect the operation for 15 months, until receiving a complaint.
NDP mining critic Norm Macdonald told the legislature a worker at the mine "became fed up, put his job on the line, sent the ministry and me a tip and pictures that documented what was going on there."
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the mine was shut down when the situation was brought to its attention. The mine's 90 employees lost their jobs.
The province has a $420,000 security bond from the mining company, to provide ongoing monitoring. In March the mines ministry and Banks Island Gold removed explosives from the mine site and in May ministry technical staff assessed the hazardous materials on site.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service, which recommended the charges, would not comment on the current condition of the Banks Island site, because it is evidence for the prosecution. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/390008831.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/688deb42f5bda305c154cd7ec7fa271b78e495ffe354c3e6d20a17b802c165f2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:52 | null | null | Letters to the Editor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F379255001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | We don’t need the stress of dealing with a massive extra bill for hospital parking | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Dear Saanich Coun. Judy Brownoff, Re: Hospital parking,
The Campbell River Mirror (www.campbellrivermirror.com, April 15) quotes you on the issue of hospital parking as saying, “It’s a difficult situation,” and “I’d rather the dollars go to health care than a parkade.”
While I cannot say how delightful it is to have elected representatives using our tax money wisely, it seems to me you have not completely thought this one through. I know Jim Abram and other north island representatives have attempted to explain. Allow me to try as well.
I am a regular user of the Campbell River Hospital. Every couple of weeks I need to attend Medical Daycare and spend some hours sitting in a comfy chair there while I am infused with blood products to support my immune system. I have been doing this for most of a decade as I have fought a very rare cancer into remission. It has meant I am unable to work though and I am on medical disability. It is all I can do to make my mortgage payments. I absolutely count on the food bank. I simply do not have the room in my budget for another $40-$60 to pay parking at the hospital.
Take the bus you say? I live on Quadra Island and so need to drive across. Park a few blocks away and take a refreshing walk you say? Save the money for healthcare you say? I was run down by a truck while going home from one of these infusions and am unable to walk a few blocks. You absolutely put me at much higher risk by asking me to attempt such behavior.
My cost to the system is already extensive. Your willingness to “have the dollars go to healthcare” means I will not be able to afford to get my life saving infusions. That certainly will save the system some money. I will be dead.
You likely will just blow me off as a crank. I am not. I was a first responder and a total family man. I know a number of people who are at risk if parking becomes a cash grab for the hospital. They are in exactly my situation - they come from outlying communities for regular treatments and they are dealing with life changing illnesses.
We just do NOT need the stress of dealing with a massive extra bill on a very limited income. I personally know a few who will stay away, unable to deal with this. It will kill them. Their blood will be on your hands.
Frankly, my blood will be on your hands.
I hope you sleep well. You likely will, after counting all the dollars you make from hospital parking.
Mike Windrim
Quadra Island | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/379255001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/df2d9173ce7d3e87264a93580372ebb6b6d502ce240a0230bc160ef1e44cfe8b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:12 | null | null | Letters to the Editor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F381029561.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Take a look at some modern reserves | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | I’ll enjoyed your column explaining the differences between feature, opinion, and sports articles in the newspaper as it really puts writing in this medium into perspective.
I’ll probably be less easily offended or aroused by the opinions of others and, hopefully, less susceptible to stereotypical expressions of thought; for example , the stereotype of a Canadian First Nations reserves, the same one that it appears theanti-reserve residents of the York Road area have engrained in their minds.
We’ve probably seen a reserve with derelict pick up trucks, cars, ski -doos, ATV’s, and bicycles in abundance amongst ill kept run down houses. Take a drive sometime into the “white man’s” territory west of our Island Hwy and you’ll find “dogpatch galore” complete with the same yards full of junk , the same neglect of houses and ramshackle out buildings.
Our First Nations do not hold a monopoly on creating messes, they learned excess, graft, disrespect for other humans, and greed from our early European ancestors running rampant in and destroying “paradise.”
I’ve lived in smaller Northern B.C .communities where apartheid was a reality with Residential “schools” ( de- culturalization camps) and one town mayor who took it upon her alcoholic self to ensure that “community” events – like the dance at the community hall – were not advertised until most tickets were sold to white people, thereby leaving most First Nations people out. I hope we Canadians have outgrown this reprehensible behaviour but the York Road crew leaves me doubting that there has been great progress.
It is my opinion that the York Road folks should visit some “new generation” reserves, maybe even travel as far as the one at the Nunns Creek estuary, to see the modern housing, shopping mall, and marine repair centre that are all on reserve land.
Then branch out to the reserve at the Quinsam Crossing and see growth there with no ramshackle “Dogpatch” qualities whatsoever.
Those with real fortitude and who can afford it should travel to Osoyoos, B.C. to see how a 21st century First Nations Reserve and it’s people are able to prosper enviably ahead of our average whiteman when it comes to meaningful, productive co-operative living. After some research, the York Road folks might awaken to the possible mutual benefits of working with potential new neighbours rather than “fence building” right off the bat. There is no quicker way to make an enemy of a new neighbour than to build a fence that is not mutually desired .
Ed Ivanisko | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/381029561.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/1553facdd80e1acf733d131c838f3ba742efe4479e89d162ded44300603a316c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:02 | null | null | The evening is set to become an annual fundraiser for Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Society | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390352351.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/13517campbellriverKenLavigne.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Wear white and bring a gourmet picnic | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Ken Lavigne will provide the entertainment for A Night of White on Aug. 27.
The Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Society (VIMSS) looks forward to welcoming guests to their stunning surprise location in the Comox Valley for A Night of White on Aug. 27.
This glamorous evening will begin with guests arriving in a meadow lined with white tables, chairs and lights in their most fashionable white attire. Guests will be charmed and entertained by the one and only, Ken Lavigne while they enjoy their own gourmet picnic creations. Conversation is bound to flow over some bubbly, beer and wine for sale at the event. All proceeds are going to VIMSS; a non-profit society who support young, Vancouver Island, emerging athletes in mountain sports.
Arrive in style with Ambassador Limousines who are offering a special price on a ticket and ride to the secret location. The VIMSS team have been busy collecting spectacular prizes. Some will be won at the event (Best dressed, best gourmet picnic, best flower arrangement & best etiquette), and some are to be auctioned off on the night, in fun and creative ways by the VIMSS team. To wet your appetite, here’s a list of just a few of the exciting prizes collected so far. A pair of Rossingal skis, Whale Watching trip for two, a return Harbour Air flight, an autographed Canucks photo, tickets to the Yellowpoint Christmas Spectacular 2016, Accommodation and lift passes at Mount Washington, a night at the Old House Hotel & Spa and the Accent Inn, a Pacific Mist Hydro Spa gift pass, Toscano’s gift certificate and more!
A few of this year’s guest judges including Chef Gaetane of Island Gourmet Trails and George Ehler of Blue Moon Winery and Ciderworks as well as Kevin and Val Moore of Renaissance Gardens. Also set to host and MC this spectacular evening is the GOAT morning show host, Dave Tymo. Prepare to be entertained! Take a moment to listen to 98.9 to win free tickets to this exciting event.
The evening is set to become an annual fundraiser for VIMSS. The society hopes to book a new ‘surprise’ location for guests to enjoy every year. This is intended to become a tradition for years to come. Visit www.nightofwhite.ca for tickets and further information. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390352351.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/511caff65075fb7f5c239daa92f34c4ba2768a67b870a1743d347b8378f48119.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:33 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391323711.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | OUR VIEW: Olympic efforts should inspire us all | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Olympic Games don’t end with a gold-medal victory or even closing ceremonies. At their best, the Olympics don’t ever end – they pass the torch.
We marvelled at what our Canadian athletes were able to do, but the very best outcome of the Olympics is what they could inspire any of us to do.
Canadian sports heroines and heroes were created this month in Rio de Janeiro. True, they were already heroes, in a way, but the Olympic competitions created a connection with Canadians; we were able to share in the triumphs of our athletes.
That connection will fade now that the closing ceremonies have happened, but it will endure in some significant ways.
We know there are children here who were engrossed watching the gymnastics or track and field, for example, and ran out into their backyard afterward to imitate the competitions, and are now needling their parents to sign them up with their local clubs.
We know there are kids who wouldn’t normally sit down and watch an NHL game, but cheered themselves hoarse over a swim race. By providing exposure to a host of different games and competitions, the Olympics can offer alternative perspectives about sport and what it means to play.
It’s meaningful, too, that our country’s female Olympians were so successful, winning the first 12 medals for Canada.
With girls and women still accounting for just 42 per cent of sports participation in B.C., it’s important to find ways to get them in the game and maybe wrapping up sports in a package of high stakes, high emotion and national pride can be a motivator.
Canada’s Olympians had us on the edge of our seats and maybe they can get us right up out of those seats, active, fit and healthy. We may not be able to emulate their exploits, but we can be inspired by them.
As long as there are Olympics, we will need representatives to carry the torch, pass the baton, bear the flag. Who will they be? We look forward to finding out.
-Black Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391323711.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/91004ef8958bbf1b0e9fd591e0d6bab5096df4c44e461307eb3c1daaf2cc3151.json |
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"Staff Writer"
] | 2016-08-30T20:47:41 | null | null | Aquarium will then be seeking volunteers to help out with returning the animals back to their natural environments | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391779021.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/4685campbellriverAquariumFinalDay.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Aquarium’s record-breaking season ends Monday | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The staff and volunteers at the Discovery Passage Aquarium are closing up shop for the year on Monday after welcoming a record number of visitors this season.
It’s that time of year when the Discovery Passage Aquarium returns its animals to the ocean and its student interpreters back to their schools, so they are encouraging everyone to visit the aquarium on or before their final day on Monday (Sept. 5).
The Aquarium had a record year, welcoming over 7,500 people through its doors since opening for the season in May.
“We are so grateful to have such strong community support from those who visit and our generous sponsors” says Mark Wunch, president of the Discovery Passage SeaLife Society, which operates the facility.
Following the season, the aquarium will be seeking volunteers to help out with returning the animals back to their natural environments. Volunteers can find more information on the Discovery Passage Aquarium Facebook Page or email volunteers@discoverypassageaquarium.ca
Although the Aquarium is closing for the season, the Explorer Lab will remain open throughout the year. The Explorer Lab offers specialty marine-themed programs for school groups, families, and the public. Participants can join a one-day program on a pro-d day, attend a marine scientist’s community presentation, or even host your birthday party at the Explorer Lab.
Check their website for upcoming program offerings.
The Aquarium will open for the next season in May, 2017. Check out the Discovery Passage Aquarium Facebook page or online at discoverypassageaquarium.ca for all the details. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391779021.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/cc98ec250950b66dbe945b2f36eb279bb6725f72da45581c99c5df94087fba87.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:49:49 | null | null | As bandleader, guitarist and primary composer for the groove based jazz trio Sinistrio | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390351841.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/13359campbellriverDrummondTrio19.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Jazz up your Sunday | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Jeff Drummond is a guitarist, composer, producer and engineer and will be performing Sunday at the Royal Coachman’s Sunday Jazz.
Jeff Drummond is a guitarist, composer, producer and engineer and will be performing Sunday at the Royal Coachman’s Sunday Jazz.
Over the past two decades, he has explored many musical genres, toured North America and The United Kingdom as bandleader and freelance guitarist for numerous artists and bands. Drummond has appeared on high profile national television/radio programs and garnered countless recording credits for various streams of media including radio, cd, tv and film. On stage or in the studio, he has worked with countless highly acclaimed artists in many different roles. As bandleader, guitarist and primary composer for the groove based jazz trio Sinistrio. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390351841.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/1abaf864ebf67bbaea708e39930bd475265bc8338ffcc1fbf9e6c6d454255b36.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T12:58:20 | null | null | Tyee Club pulls hundreds of tires – and plenty of other things – out of our estuary | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391324741.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61933campbellriverestuaryclean-up2.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Cleaning our waterways | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Tyee Club hires divers to bring up all of the garbage sitting under the surface of the estuary. They go out in January or February when there are no salmon traveling through
Every year since 2014 the Tyee Club has sent divers down to the bottom of the estuary to clean up debris. This past February they removed around 200 tires and found a 40 foot sail boat buried in the silt at the bottom.
“Where that tire is laying on the bottom, grass and different types of stuff that should be growing on the bottom can’t grow,” said Floyd Ross, Tyee Club member and project coordinator. “Multiply that by dozens or hundreds, and when we remove that it has to make a difference. There will eventually be fresh growth that comes up on the bottom.”
In partnership with the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the Tyee Club is able to pay divers to do the dirty work as well as pay the dumping fees that come along with taking loads of garbage to the dump. They Tyee Club matches the money granted by the foundation and they send a report with photos after each clean-up endeavour.
Volunteers also work out of the water collecting and dumping what the divers bring up and doing clean-up on the shoreline.
So far the project has been focused on the east shore of the estuary where the Tyee Club docks and where wharves would have historically been. They have been down there three times, and are going a fourth time sometime this January/February and there is still huge amounts of debris.
“We are looking at years and years and years of work there, but we’ve got lots of time,” Ross said.
The club was alerted to the potential problem because of tires falling off of their own docks.
“We were quite diligent about getting a pike pole or something and pulling them back up,” Ross said. But they weren’t so sure that everyone else was, and there is a long history of wharves as well as industrial activity in the estuary.
In 2014 divers went down to transplant eelgrass in the area, and what they discovered was too horrifying to ignore.
“We don’t do it to get a hand clap or an ovation of any kind,” Ross said. “Now that we know about it, to do nothing is wrong.”
In order to avoid disturbing the salmon coming up or going down the river, the clean-up occurs in January or February and the weather is often horrible.
“There is a very small window of quiet time where we can go in and do this type of work,” Ross said. “Regardless of the weather and everything else at the end of the day it is very worthwhile and gratifying.”
Ross said there are no limits to what they find in the water. As well as what seems to be endless amounts of tires there are also many glass bottles, hundreds of feet of plastic piping and everything from butchers knives to cellphones.
Though the work could be ongoing, the club is limited by funds as well as diver availability. Earlier this year when the divers were below the surface they explored further down the shoreline and what they saw was unbelievable.
“It just goes to verify what we really knew, we’ve got a lot more work to do there,” Ross said.
As for the sailboat they found this past February, they haven’t figured out what to do about it yet as pulling it up is beyond their scope without access to heavy duty equipment. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391324741.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/28f5b4527b1c5e39ad2288a341a669029d31d3d6c9915db74aa6952a9701fc0c.json |
[
"Shannon Lough"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:50 | null | null | Two months after having an endoscopy Joan Dudoward received a letter telling her that the endoscope used was not cleaned properly. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391353941.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/73852princerupertWEB.Joan-Dudoward.SL.35.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | VIDEO: Prince Rupert woman treated with unclean medical equipment, Northern Health, B.C. Centre for Disease Control confirms more than a hundred affected | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | A routine check-up at the hospital has turned into a nightmare for a Prince Rupert woman.
A month-and-a-half after having an endoscopy to inspect her nose and throat, Joan Dudoward received a letter from Northern Health stating that the endoscope used at the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital was not cleaned properly.
From April until the end of June 2016, the endoscope, which is a flexible tube with a light and a camera used in nonsurgical procedures, was being cleaned with the wrong cleaning solution to disinfect the equipment. There were 104 patients affected and Dudoward was one of them.
“I was majorly stressed out,” she said in an exclusive interview with the Northern View. “I'm a cancer survivor. I try to keep my health up for my mom, I'm a caregiver for a 95-year-old woman.”
Dudoward had gone to the Prince Rupert hospital for an endoscopy on June 29 at 3:30 p.m. after complaining to her physician about reoccurring plugged ears and a sore throat. She received the letter from Northern Health on Aug.24, which stated the error did not impact the diagnostic outcome of the tests and the process error has been corrected.
The letter also states that the BC Centre for Disease Control has been consulted and “the risk of a patient being exposed to a virus as a result of this process error is extremely low.” The contact number for the director of acute care services is offered in case she has any other questions or concerns. Dudoward has many.
She called to find out why the instrument wasn't cleaned, what had happened and how many people had gone through the procedure before and after her. “She said she's not permitted to tell me anything about this,” was the response Dudoward said she received.
The vice-president of medicine for the Northern Health authority, Dr. Ronald Chapman, was quick to respond to media inquiries and stressed the importance of transparency. He said, based on previous experience, once they realized the mistake had occurred they consulted the BC Centre for Disease Control as well as the Northern Health infectious disease specialist in Prince George.
“The risk for the patient is extremely low. We're not concerned that it will at all have any negative impact on their health,” Dr. Chapman said. He added that it's Northern Health's policy to make patients aware even if the risk to them is low. “We believe it's important to be open with those patients and to be fairly transparent so at least they are aware of the mistake. In this case, we don't recommend any particular follow up or tests for the patients.”
This type of process error has happened before, Dr. Chapman confirmed. Not with the same scope, but he said there are many different endoscopes used and each are made by different manufacturers that have various recommendations on how to clean the equipment.
“The health sector is run by human beings and it's fairly complex. If mistakes do happen what we encourage our staff to do is to make management aware so they can learn from that experience,” he said. “I'm happy to say where those mistakes have happened in our environment, a process has been put in place and we haven't had any repetitions after some of those learning experiences.”
For the 104 patients that were affected by this incident, Dr. Chapman said their general practitioners have been notified and if they have any questions they can speak to them and the infectious disease specialist. They can also contact Northern Health's Patient Care Quality Officeto register a complaint.
For Dudoward, who had a bone marrow transplant in 2011 to battle leukemia, she is concerned and has already scheduled a meeting with her physician in early September.
“I'm thinking that my body is not going to be able to fight off infection like I was able to before the cancer because chemo takes a lot out of your body so this is like a bomb exploding in my life,” she said. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391353941.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/fd42c94963fde29defa71da63ef2b8c555f6456c86f2d1a99619a083b8b11f1a.json |
[
"Kristen Douglas"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:43 | null | null | Bylaw could hurt small businesses as costs to install odour removing equipment are in the tens of thousands of dollars | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391324411.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Proposed crackdown on nuisance odour could hurt city’s image, staff warn | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | City staff is recommending council approve a bylaw that would outlaw nuisance odours.
The regulations, if approved by city council, would ban every owner or operator of a commercial or industrial business from discharging or emitting a nuisance odour at a level two or greater, as determined by the city bylaw officer.
Under the bylaw, nuisance odour would include any odour in the air that is “harmful, poisonous, disgusting, repulsive, very unpleasant, offensive or interferes with the use or enjoyment of property, endangers personal health or safety, or is offensive to the senses and causes inconvenience or annoyance to a person with a normal sense of smell.”
The bylaw would not apply to permitted combustion such as wood stoves and vehicle emissions.
City Clerk Peter Wipper recommended at Monday’s council meeting that the bylaw be given first and second reading.
Council, however, decided to put off making a decision until its next meeting as three councillors were absent on Monday.
Wipper said that while there is merit to the bylaw, he at the same time cautioned council that if it does choose to approve the bylaw, it could wind up ultimately hurting the city.
“Adopting new odour regulations could impact the city’s business friendly image because the cost to install odour removing exhaust/filtration systems is in the range of tens of thousands of dollars,” Wipper said.
The proposed odour crackdown was prompted by a resident’s complaint in April concerning the deep fryer exhaust odours emanating from Dick’s Fish and Chips on the Island Highway.
Wipper said in a report to council last month that fumes from the restaurant are vented through a flue at the back of the building which is at a similar height to the complainant’s outdoor patio roughly 30 feet away.
Wipper said the owner of the restaurant regularly cleans the grease filters and has agreed to turn off the exhaust extractor fans between 10:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. during the summer and from 9:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. the rest of the year to address noise complaints.
As for the smell, Wipper said the city contacted the producer of the restaurant’s grease filters to learn what could be done to eliminate the odours.
“Quest provided an estimate of approximately $60,000 to install a charcoal/UV filtration system that would eliminate odours from Dick’s deep fryer,” Wipper said.
“In addition to installation costs, there would be annual operating costs to clean/replace filters in the amount of $10,000.”
Wipper said those kind of costs could make it challenging for a place like Dick’s to comply with the bylaw.
“It is not known if Dick’s (or any small restaurant) could afford those costs and still remain profitable,” Wipper said.
“The proposed odour regulations have the potential to financially impact a wide range of commercial and industrial operations and have the potential to scare off potential business investment.”
Wipper said the bylaw, if approved, could also open a Pandora’s box.
“If council were to adopt new odour regulations, then the city could expect to receive other similar complaints,” Wipper said.
“The smell from medicinal grow-ops, brew pubs and coffee roasting companies are well documented in other cities.”
The bylaw is expected to go back before council at its next meeting, which is Sept. 6, when it will once again be up for first and second reading. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391324411.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/108be36f454efa4458912045e5d6a7b8bc5dac114790b8573ee73ab2cc3454e8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T22:49:15 | null | null | Volunteers to ask seniors about staff, food, privacy, medications and other conditions in residential care | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F391445481.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/18269BCLN2007Nursinghomeflickr7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Senior home survey seeks volunteers | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | B.C. has 300 seniors' care facilities, and residents and their loved ones are to be surveyed on conditions.
More than 250 volunteers have signed up to compile a survey of seniors in residential care, and B.C.'s Seniors Advocate is looking for more.
The 27,000 seniors living in 300 residential care facilities around the province are being asked about their experience with care home staff, the quality of food, privacy, medications and other conditions.
It's the first comprehensive survey done in B.C., to measure resident satisfaction and provide a "roadmap" for improvements, said Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie.
Interviews will be conducted in person by trained volunteers, and a matching mail-out survey will be sent to each resident's most frequent visitor.
The project is seeking volunteers with a range of professional backgrounds, ages and ethnicities. To apply as a volunteer, visit www.surveybcseniors.org or call the Office of the Seniors Advocate at 1-877-952-3181. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/391445481.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/630338bcbd2f9b29bdcd58864a238daf978fd6ba8aea0750a6f223aa02260fec.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:31 | null | null | Everyone is ignoring the proverbial elephant in the room: Why does anyone need to pay for parking at the hospital? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F388306281.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | No need for any charge for hospital parking | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Re: The paid parking problem at the new hospital in Courtenay, there has now been a suggestion that taxpayers should pay for it instead of a user pay system.
Everyone is ignoring the proverbial elephant in the room: Why does anyone need to pay for parking at the hospital? The aquatic centre and the college have managed for years without paid parking.
The nearby malls have as well. So has downtown, in fact everywhere in the Valley except the hospital. The fact is there does not need to be ANY charge for parking at the hospital, the only reason for charging is to fill the coffers of the corporation that owns it by taking advantage of those who need hospital care and have no choice but to pay. Talk about sick...what a sick idea having to pay for parking at hospitals is in the first place.
With free parking, there’s no need to pay a salary to someone to go around ticketing delinquent people, no need to add more stress to people’s lives who are already dealing with health issues, no need to punish the users of surrounding facilities who will now have to pay to park just so the hospital owners can rake in cash. After all, who is going to park at the hospital just for the fun of it?
Only people who need to will park there, and why should they, as the only people in the Comox Valley, have to pay to do so?
The obvious solution to the huge turmoil created by hospital paid parking, is just have free parking instead.
Then the aquatic centre and the university can carry on with the free parking they’ve had for years, and people needing hospital care and their families can park without fees and fears of tickets.
I urge people to loudly make their views known: that we do not want or need paid parking at the new hospital, and ditto for the new Campbell River hospital too.
Let’s put a stop to this money grab that preys on the people who least need to be preyed upon, before it ever gets started at the new hospital. Speak up!
Summer Joy
Merville | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/388306281.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/9a209596bf8f34aed2dbd70952a0b18d7a5920b54ca37017e4d86a363d90fdbe.json |
[
"Alistair Taylor"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:35 | null | null | Vancouver Island is a bit of a hotbed for independent booksellers | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F389230461.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/30458campbellriverCoho-Beachshot.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Buying Coho Books a good story for two Campbell River women | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Making use of local talent has been an important part of Jane Hirst (left) and Lois Watson’s method of operation. Here they pose for a picture taken by local photographer Erin Wallis, a version of which is on their Facebook page.
The owners of Coho Books can relate to the old expression “a kid in a candy” shop.
Jane Hirst and Lois Watson bought the longtime independent book retailer in April because the avid readers “couldn’t imagine living in a town that didn’t have a book store.”
“We loved reading books. We loved talking about books. We loved reading about books,” Hirst says. “So that was sort of the passion part of the decision to buy the business.”
Hirst and Watson met at a local book club and became friends. One day Watson came to Hirst and asked if she would be interested in buying Coho Books. Then-owner Pirkko Anderson was retiring and had the Shopper’s Row business up for sale. Watson was just closing a small business and was looking to get involved in something else. Hirst, meanwhile, has worked in the non-profit sector for most of her career. Neither had owned a book store before.
One thing that made the prospect of owning the bookstore more palatable was the fact that it was a well-established business and well-known and respected in the community.
It might have seemed like a risky prospect getting involved in an industry that was undergoing change due to technology and dominance by large corporate book sellers. But Hirst points out the initial surge in interest in e-reader has abated somewhat and stats are showing that the purchase of printed books is increasing.
“That certainly reflects the experience of our customers,” Hirst says.
Hirst says eBooks are a great if you’re going away on a trip and want to load up on some reading material. But a lot of people are still showing a preference for the printed product and holding a novel in their hands.
“People continue to still talk to us about the importance to them of being able to open a new book and to hold a new book and to have books around their home,” Hirst says.
And the independent bookseller is not going anywhere any time soon, either. In fact, Vancouver Island is a bit of a hotbed for independent booksellers.
“A lot of the communities support independent book stores,” she says.
Hirst expected that online sellers like Amazon or Chapters would be their main big competitor but that is not proving to be the case. It’s not just that Coho customers are often not interested in shopping online or don’t like to use their credit card online but it’s also because a lot of Coho’s business is special order books. Whereas online retailers carry bestsellers, Coho’s customers are often looking for a specific book and know that Coho can get it for them.
“They come in with their list because they know we can (get it for them),” Hirst says.
But there’s another component of Coho customers’ behaviour and that is their belief in not just shopping local, but living local.
“People often comment about the importance of supporting the local store,” Hirst says. “We believe in that as well; shopping local and living local and the importance of doing that.”
There’s an ethic of supporting local businesses but also in dealing with real people, face-to-face interaction and enjoying the atmosphere of a bookstore.
“You can’t talk books with people on Amazon,” Hirst says.
But old fashioned values of customer serivce are still important too. Customers who believe in an ideal don’t eliminate the need for a business to provide people with a great experience when they walk in the door.
And shopping local works both ways for Coho Books. They work with local businesses to provide them with services like graphic design products and photography.
Hirst points out that they benefit from shopping local in another way. She says they’re thankful for the support they get from local teachers. Coho doesn’t supply textbooks but district teachers make a point of shopping with them when it comes time to providing supplementary reading material for their students and that is greatly appreciated.
She also says there’s a real camaraderie amongst Shopper’s Row and downtown retailers. Their fellow merchants are often quick to provide advice and assistance.
“People have been very generous with their advice and words of wisdom for a couple of retailers who haven’t done retailing before,” Hirst says.
When they first got into the business, one of their biggest challenges was finding out what Campbell Riverites like to read. One thing that has helped them with that is the use of a data base service which keeps track of what is selling and who is buying. It also keeps track of trends across the province.
They buy their books from large and small publishers but they tend not to focus on mass-market paperbacks. Those kinds of books are readily available from large retailers like Walmart and Costco.
“We can’t compete with the Costcos and Walmarts of the world so we choose not to,” Hirst says.
What they do well with is children’s books, fiction, mysteries and fantasy. During the tourist season, guide books, outdoor books and West Coast non-fiction do well. “Mind, body, spirit” books are also popular.
Genre popularity can be seasonal, as well. The afore-mentioned outdoor books and local travel material are popular in the tourist season. Then as you move into the late summer and fall, cookbooks and how-to books that deal with things like canning come into demand.
In the immediate future they intend to explore ways to keep bringing people into the store with things like readings and author visits.
So, for a couple of new booksellers, Coho’s Hirst and Watson seem to have hit the ground running and are keeping the local bookstore concept alive and well in Campbell River.
“It’s going really well,” Hirst says. “We get lots of positive comments about the store.”
They moved the store two doors down from its longtime previous location. The new address is 1066 Shoppers Row and, of course, it has a website at www.cohobooks.com. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/389230461.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/5e3bbcb29eff9d13e1fbd9b3ea503cdedd8d65bc44fac56a9c8f5846d4f7f469.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T12:54:00 | null | null | At a young, impressionable age Brian Scott's father took him to the Louvre in Paris as well as the National Gallery in London | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F391323391.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61043campbellriverBrianScott.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Black Creek artist inspired by family pastime | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Artist Brian Scott has been painting for 41 years and has recently started teaching again.
Brian Scott was a self proclaimed “airforce brat” growing up. His father’s military career took them to Germany, France, England as well as Eastern Canada. That is when Scott fell in love with paintings.
At a young, impressionable age his father took him to the Louvre in Paris as well as the National Gallery in London. He also saw a lot of Canadian Art when his father was stationed in Ontario.
When Scott finished high school he told his father he wanted to be an artist. His father told him to go to UBC to be an art teacher, and then go to art school after that.
Scott figures it was good advice. He has been painting for 41 years and teaching for more than half of that. He got his bachelor of education from UBC, a diploma of fine art from the Vancouver School of Fine Art and finally a masters degree in art education from Western Washington University.
A painting commissioned by a mining company in the Northwest Territories covered his student loans as well as the downpayment on a house. Around the same time he got a teaching contract at NIC and moved to Cumberland.
He has had studios all over including in Cumberland, in Arizona and on Hornby Island before finally settling in Black Creek 12 years ago.
After finishing with NIC, Scott taught for the Emily Carr College outreach program for 14 years. He travelled all over the province doing weekend workshops and collecting stories.
It was while in Cumberland that Scott started writing books. His first was a collection of paintings as well as the stories that went along with them. He got the idea from a retired Los Angeles school teacher and has published five books since then.
For a six year stint he was a board member for the BC Arts Council.
“That was interesting because you met people from different disciplines,” he said. And it wasn’t just artists but business people as well.
Scott moved away from teaching around 15 years ago.
“When Westjet started flying in then all the oil money came here so then my career really took off because I sell a lot of paintings to the oil patch [workers],” he said.
At that point he was painting boats, buildings and scenery, since the popularity of abstract paintings had long since waned.
Much of his inspiration came from his time on fishing boats with his brothers, as well as unique locations on the Island such as the mining towns and salmon canneries.
Many of the works he does are commissions, often of people’s homes. As well as the painting, Scott collects and writes the family histories that go along with the house. One of the most interesting he has stumbled across so far was of a family in Cumberland who’s grandfather had left Czechoslovakia after murdering someone. He had settled in Cumberland as a mine worker and started a family. It was only after his death that they found out he also had a family in Czechoslovakia.
Scott has recently started teaching again. He said that the drop in the oil prices lead to a drop in the art market, but he is glad he got back into it because he is really enjoying his current group of students.
“As a trained art teacher I individualize,” he said. “I don’t want the students to paint like I do, I want them to find their own way.”
Though he knows his students will be influenced by his own style, he doesn’t want them to paint like he paints.
“The kinds of colour you choose, the kind of art you do, reflects on your personality,” he said.
Scott himself uses bright bold colours. His goal is to capture emotion not make the piece look like a photograph.
“I’ve got a lot of energy and that comes through in my art and of course colour is the natural vehicle,” he said. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/391323391.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/ba5220a1bee9d185b90d453bfe6c1910dea133453352b8f4976eab5aadb5dfc6.json |
[
"Kristen Douglas"
] | 2016-08-30T20:50:53 | null | null | Recycling bins at Strathcona Gardens will move to the back corner of the lot | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391779811.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/5178campbellriverStrathconarecyclingbins.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Dogwood Street ‘Eye sore’ to relocate | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The multi-bin recycling units at Strathcona Gardens, considered an eye sore by many in the community, will be relocated to the back corner of the lot as of tomorrow (Sept. 8).
Recycling bins at Strathcona Gardens will be relocated this week.
Effective tomorrow (Sept.8), the multi-bin recycling units will be moved from the front of the facility’s parking lot to the back, southeast corner of the lot, next to the RCMP station’s back parking lot.
Koreen Gurak, facility manager at Strathcona Gardens, said the move is to eliminate an eye sore from such a prominent position.
“The multi-bins are being moved to improve the appearance of the front entrance and provide a more pleasant and welcoming experience for patrons and visitors to the complex,” Gurak said in a release.
In a report to the Strathcona Gardens Commission in June, staff at the recreation facility did not mince words about the recycling bins.
They wrote in their report that promotional signage that adorns the parking lot’s chainlink fence along Dogwood Street hides the “unattractive sight of the recycling bins” in front of the parking lot.
In 2012, then-Councillor Andy Adams told regional solid waste representatives in attendance at a City of Campbell River council meeting just what he thought of the unsightly bins.
“I’ll be blunt – it’s a Dogwood eye sore.”
The regional district is attempting to change that by relocating the bins away from the side of one of the city’s main thoroughfares.
Gurak said the regional district is taking a number of safety measures to keep the new area secure.
“The new location will be equipped with ample lighting to ensure public safety and activities in the area will be monitored by video surveillance,” she said.
While moving the bins will mean the loss of some parking spaces at the far southeast corner of the lot, the total number of stalls will not be impacted as the move will free up parking spaces at the front of the lot.
The depot is operated by the Comox Strathcona Waste Management and accepts cardboard, plastics and metal/tin containers free of charge.
Both the Strathcona Gardens depot and the bins at the Sportsplex are intended for the purpose of collecting recycling from homeowners that do not have access to curbside pick up. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391779811.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/98da04f8fbcc2463fb8884fc3ee4622277069ca1bc7d0e74b1f71b37984e2e0d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:50:58 | null | null | A fire ban issued two weeks ago has been rescinded by the city | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391796781.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | City of Campbell River lifts fire ban | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The City of Campbell River has lifted its open fire ban as of noon today (Tuesday).
The move follows the Coastal Fire Centre’s rescinding of its recreational fire ban that was issued two weeks ago.
The Campbell River fire department is reminding people that recreational fires must not be larger than 60 centimetres (24 inches) in diameter in a fire pit that is constructed to confine the fire.
Beach fires must be below the high tide line.
“All recreational fires must be attended by an adult with equipment to extinguish the fire (i.e. a water bucket or hose),” says Fire Chief Ian Baikie. “Make sure the fire is completely extinguished and ashes are cold to the touch before leaving the area.”
For more information, contact the fire department at 250-286-6266 or visit the fire department page on the city’s website, www.crfd.ca | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391796781.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f94d44540a7c0247c944c910e1734af69e70b5739c57bdb35e00322c338e063e.json |
[
"Mike Davies"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:53 | null | null | Four-year $2 million long-term care research project and Seniors Advocate consultation project announced. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391332221.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Island Health and Seniors Advocate both look to improve long-term care | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Island Health has announced a new four-year research project to find out how to improve the quality of life for people in long-term care facilities.
The $2-million project is called “Seniors – Adding Life to Years” (SALTY), and is being overseen by Dr. Leah MacDonald of Island Health and partners from the University of Victoria as well as researchers from Nova Scotia, Ontario and Alberta.
The study, according to Island Health, will focus on evaluating “best practices” being used across the country in long-term care homes.
“We know there are innovative care initiatives making a difference in long-term care settings and residential care homes across the country,” says MacDonald, who also serves as medical director for Island Health’s End of Life program. “As a health care system and society, we need to provide an alternative to the highly-medicalized way we approach the end of life. I am excited to be a part of this study, to bring a palliative care clinician lens to the research team.”
Cindy Trytten, Island Health director of research and capacity building, says collaborations like this one are “critically important to make sure that the research and results are relevant, and meet the needs of the people we serve.”
SALTY is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
The release on the project says the end goal of the project is to “develop innovative strategies to understand and assess impact on quality of care and quality of life, with the aim of spreading effective approaches within and across jurisdictions.”
Meanwhile, the Office of the Seniors Advocate BC has launched what they are calling the most extensive consultation process ever undertaken in the province in an attempt to address this same issue.
Isobel Mackenzie’s office, with the help of volunteer surveyors, will be interviewing over 27,000 residents in long-term care facilities province-wide, along with their families, in an attempt to learn directly from those most intimately familiar with life in care.
Every resident in a long-term care facility in the province will have the opportunity to participate.
The Seniors Advocate’s consultation is essentially just a long questionnaire, but was developed through a 14-month consultative process with key stakeholders, including health authorities, family members, union representatives, community groups and academic experts – along with the facilities themselves.
Once the information is gathered, Mackenzie will compile a report which will be both publicly available and presented to the provincial government.
Personal identifiable information about the participants will not be published.
Facility-specific reports will also be made available to the care facilities themselves so they can see how their residents feel about the different facets of life there and make improvements accordingly.
“This is the first time in this province that we have had volunteers sit face to face with some of our most vulnerable seniors on such a large scale and the feedback we’re receiving from both volunteers and seniors themselves is very positive,” Mackenzie says, and although more than 250 volunteers have signed up to help administer the survey, more are still needed.
Anyone interested in helping can call 1-877-952-3181 or visit the website. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391332221.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/71b371c2be7fa3bf66f806ab0359b60de7e3bf8c1d421e86dc6187415ae8ce5b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:14 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391334731.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Help MARS help wildlife | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | MARS is building a hospital, recovery and rehabilitation centre for wildlife at a new site on the Old Island Highway at Williams Beach Road between Courtenay and Campbell River and they are asking for your support.
Here are some of the ways you can help build the new MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre:
Bring your group together for a team building event and build a cage or recovery building for us. MARS will name the building for your organization. Their website describes the outbuildings needed and approximate costs;
Sponsor a wildlife recovery building that will adjoin the hospital and care facility;
Help to build a new home for one of our educational birds. An estimated 10,000 people will visit these “Ambassador” birds every year once they open the Education Centre at their new site;
Donate $5,000 and MARS will feature your organization on their sponsor sign at their new property, on our Facebook page and website, and in our newsletters and annual report;
Provide professional services, equipment, or building materials and they’ll recognize your generous gift valued at $5,000 or more across our various media platforms and on our highway sign;
Donate $1,000 and they’ll bring one of their ‘ambassador’ birds to your employee or customer events;
Join their 1250 Club. The core hospital building will cost $125,000 – and they are offering a square foot for $100. Consider ‘buying’ a square foot (or more) for your members or employees and receive a certificate that you can display as a proud supporter of the wildlife rescue centre.
MARS is licensed and regulated to provide rescue, rehabilitation, recovery and release for injured and orphaned wildlife in central and northern Vancouver Island. At its current location since 1995, MARS must move.
Due to generous benefactors and their own fundraising efforts, MARS is close to having enough money to build the wildlife hospital but they need your help. Join them in building this much needed new care facility for injured and orphaned wildlife here on Vancouver Island.
If you have any questions, or to make your donation, contact Robert McLennan, MARS manager at 250-650-5724. And, to learn more about MARS, visit their website at www.wingtips.org. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391334731.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/e69e6de6d4fa4f8932d837271b464a56e8a004ef29f070cc8bb1e1037049f53f.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:51:44 | null | null | The Campbell River Youth Soccer Association is fundraising to build a new fieldhouse to enhance the sports facilities at Robron Park | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391792931.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell River Youth Soccer launches fundraiser for new fieldhouse at Robron Park | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Campbell River Youth Soccer Association is fundraising to build a new fieldhouse to enhance the sports facilities at Robron Park.
With the successful completion of the new Robron Turf Field in early 2016, the fieldhouse is aimed at making Robron Park a first-class sporting facility.
With the generous in-kind support of Seymour Pacific Developments, the Association has created concept designs for the facility.
The building will include change rooms, public washrooms, wheelchair access, concession, a multi-purpose banquet room, a board room and a wrap-around deck that overlooks the Robron fields.
Seymour Pacific will also be involved in developing detailed plans and purchasing building materials for the project.
“We’ve been excited to be a part of this project since day one,” says Amanda Raleigh, culture and community manager at Seymour Pacific. “The fieldhouse will benefit so many other sports clubs in town, not just soccer. It’s a great opportunity for us to get involved and really make an impact on the sports community of Campbell River.”
A substantial donation of $100,000 from the Rotary Club of Campbell River last month has helped launch the fundraising efforts which are now more than half way to the target of $550,000.
The Fieldhouse Committee hopes to break ground in the spring.
“We still have a lot to raise,” says Sid Shook, CRYSA Director and Chair of the Fieldhouse Committee, noting they are now working on organizing a banquet dinner and dance on Feb. 4 to help reach their goal.
“The banquet will feature live music with a silent and live auction,” he said. “We’ll be reaching out to our key supporters in the community for this, and are hoping the event will help put us over the top.” Contributors will be recognized on hierarchal plaques displayed on the Sports Donor Hall of Fame located in the fieldhouse foyer.
The City of Campbell River has signed on as a partner for the project, committing to paying for utility infrastructure, the change rooms and public washrooms.
The fieldhouse will provide services to soccer groups and leagues of all ages, as well as lacrosse, football, rugby and tennis groups.
The multi-purpose room has a maximum capacity of 100, providing a space for community and sports groups to hold events.
The Campbell River Youth Soccer Association (CRYSA) improves child health and development by promoting an active lifestyle while teaching important life lessons such as sportsmanship, teamwork, goal setting and respecting others.
Information on the fieldhouse project and banquet fundraiser will be shared regularly on the CRYSA Facebook page at Facebook.com/CRYouthSoccer. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391792931.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f8da761780a8bff0cb3b2c3896afcdea5d6e57138328508311230aecec9363c6.json |
[
"Kristen Douglas"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:47 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F390639641.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/29179campbellriverSyrianewcomers.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Refugees settle into Campbell River living | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Huda Nassar, left, and her mother Samira are among a group of five who are settling into their new lives in Campbell River after coming to Canada as sponsored refugees to escape the war in Syria.
It’s been two months since five Syrian refugees arrived in Campbell River to escape their war-torn country.
Since then, they have been settling in, going to school and finding employment.
The five, who are BaBa Gannouj co-owner Merell Awad’s mother, Samira Mitias, Awad’s sister, Huda Nassar, her husband, Madi Barhoum, and their two teenage sons, Elias, 17 and Lion, 14, have been in Campbell River since June 7.
Awad says they’ve been welcomed by the community with open arms.
“The neighbours (where Nassar and Barhoum are renting) were so welcoming, they came by with big baskets with gift cards and things like that,” says Awad. “And a lot of people have been coming into the restaurant with welcoming gifts. There was a big package of tea for my mom (who is living with Awad and her husband Fouad) and someone came in with a really nice frame.”
A kids community service group also stopped by to drop off hand-made paper origami for Elias and Lion, who have already started their schooling.
Nassar says her boys have taken some summer school courses and they’re looking forward to starting school in the fall.
Her husband, Madi, has also been keeping busy.
“Madi is already working, he found seasonal employment as a diesel mechanic,” Awad says. “He’s very happy to be working. He was anxious to work.”
In between work, the family has taken time out to attend a couple of community festivals, the Farmer’s Market, the Filberg Festival in the Comox Valley, and they’ve even been to McIvor Lake.
“It’s been awesome,” says Awad, who tried for two-and-a-half years to get her family out of volatile Syria.
With the help of Campbell River’s Syrian Refugee Committee, and the Anglican Church, which sponsored Awad’s family, the five Syrians arrived in Canada a little more than two months ago.
It’s a moment that Awad won’t soon forget.
As the official sponsor, Awad travelled to Vancouver to meet her family as they arrived at the airport (YVR).
“I was in shock, waiting for them to come through the doors,” Awad says. “‘I was thinking, are they really going to going be here?’”
When she finally spotted her nephew, pushing her mom in her wheelchair, she was in disbelief and all of her emotions came crashing down.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Awad says. “I started crying. It was just bawling eyes. I couldn’t believe they were here.”
Awad and her family then got on a plane to Campbell River.
Waiting with anticipation at the Campbell River Airport were several members of the Syrian Refugee Committee who were eager to see for the first time the people they had worked so hard to bring here.
Mary Cook, one of the founding members of the committee, said they were waving flags in the air, and getting impatient as the plane’s arrival time kept changing.
“We were getting kind of rowdy at the airport and we told the staff that the Syrian refugees were coming. The guy at the airport just said, ‘never mind, be as loud as you want. We should all be celebrating,’” Cook said. “It was pretty cool to be a part of something that was happening all across Canada, in different communities, in different ways.”
Awad says her reunion was made possible by the support of the committee which raised more than $90,000, as well as residents of Quadra Island who raised around $11,000 and local businesses who made donations to help the families get started.
Dogwood Pet Mart provided dog food, treats and a leash for Nassar’s family pet while Merecroft Veterinary Clinic stepped in to provide a free check up for the dog.
Spokes provided Elias and Lion with bicycles.
“I want to say thank you to the committee for the help, and the community as well,” says Nassar, who is happy to be in Campbell River.
“We want to thank everyone for all the help they provided,” Awad adds.
To stay up-to-date on ongoing fundraisers for both the family members now in Campbell River and the five others, including Awad’s middle sister and her two daughters, who are still in Syria waiting to come to Campbell River, visit the Campbell River Syrian Refugee Support Committee Facebook page. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/390639641.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/1f4791bf64ff60d198b231f368b80d8bb4fd49541303a93ae3f50eacbd6e5e17.json |
[
"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T12:54:31 | null | null | Vancouver's The Paperboys are playing in Spirit Square on Aug. 25 from 7-9p.m. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F391076571.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/52567campbellriverThePaperboys.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Get ready to dance, The Paperboys are playing Spirit Square Aug. 25 | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Paperboys are playing Spirit Square on Thursday night from 7 to 9 p.m. in a free, family friendly event. The high energy eclectic folk band promises to be a great show.
The Paperboys are coming to Spirit Square Thursday night and their eclectic, folksy, difficult to properly pinpoint sound will have the crowd dancing.
The Vancouver based five piece band claims to be the only multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-lingual, multi-instrumental, genre bending, co-ed band you will hear today.
They describe themselves as Mexican Son Jarocho mixed in with Irish Jigs and Reels and a good dose of Country and Bluegrass.
They are however influence by all sorts of music including Ska, Soca and African Highlife as well as Funk and Jazz. They play with both acoustic and electric guitars.
They won a Juno in 1998 for Best Roots and Traditional Album, for their album Molinos. The Road To Ellenside is their most recent album was released in 2006. According to the bands Facebook bio it was recorded in rural England.
The video for the single ‘Fall Down With You’ from the album was on Much More Musics Top Ten for 10 weeks.
Tom Landa, the lead singer, is the remaining founding member of the band that was formed in 1991.
In 2001 the band covered Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watch Tower’ in a 60th birthday tribute album in honour of the music legend.
The band is known for their high energy and enthusiasm on stage.
After their performance in Campbell River, as part of The River Concert Series they will be play The Butchart Gardens before heading down to Washington and Kansas, stopping in Alberta and then performing in Seattle at the end of November.
The band will be playing from 7 to 9 p.m. and the audience is encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs. The event is family friendly and free for all. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/391076571.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/c7aa035bc69e34140af4e36d3992038c8bcd6d41b5a410faba2acd7ae921ed2a.json |
[
"Kristen Douglas"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:43 | null | null | I know the kids probably don’t want to hear it but school starts again in just less than two weeks | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391076531.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/68147campbellriverDouglas.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Summer arrives in time for school | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Kristen's Comment
Summer is finally here.
After a wetter July than normal around these parts, summer finally decided to make an appearance in these last few weeks.
Sure, there’s been sunshine off and on but there had been a real lack of really warm summer days. You know, the 30-plus degree weather where all you want to do is hit the lake, the beach or some other cool body of water.
The type of heat that makes you put off dinner until seven or eight o’clock at night because it’s just too hot to cook.
Thank you summer for finally gracing us with your presence. But couldn’t you have done it just a little bit earlier?
Summer’s finally here just in time to head back indoors.
I know the kids probably don’t want to hear it but school starts again in just less than two weeks.
That means no more late nights, and gone are the days of putting off dinner until the evening hours as that precious time has to be put towards homework, making school lunches, work lunches and getting the kids to bed at a decent hour.
Gone soon will be the carefree days of summer, replaced by regular routines and, in some cases, regimented schedules.
Getting the kids to dance class, soccer practice, and various other activities will replace nights sitting around the campfire roasting hotdogs and marshmallows.
But the end of summer isn’t all bad.
After all, September signals the start of hockey season.
I was surprised to discover that the Campbell River Storm play its first exhibition game of the 2016/17 season this Friday night.
The following weekend is the club’s regular season home opener.
It’s hard to believe it’s that time again.
It doesn’t seem too long ago that I was at Rod Brind’Amour Arena covering the Storm’s last few playoff games at season’s end.
And it doesn’t seem so long ago that I was making plans for my summer trip, hammering out the details and eagerly anticipating my upcoming time away.
That trip is now almost a distant memory.
I exaggerate of course but still, it seems time is just flying by.
Next week marks the beginning of September.
In a week and a half it will be Labour Day and before we know it, we’ll be gearing up for fall.
The next time I write in this space, the kids will already be back at school, with their first days of the new school year behind them.
Hopefully the sunshine sticks around for a little while longer. Even though the calendar will soon read September, it would still be nice to hold onto those warm sunny days for a while longer.
There’s still time to enjoy the sunshine for a few hours after school gets out at the end of the day, and there’s always the weekend.
But before I get too ahead of myself, there is after all still one last opportunity to take advantage of summer.
Next week’s long weekend is the last chance to have an extra day or two to enjoy camping with friends and family, to go away on vacation or simply just enjoy the freedom of summer before it slips away.
You can stick around for a bit longer summer. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391076531.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/8a555decf95af564b6b6cc5e436e6bb0d57b364de20953ad82a6e491bd2372a4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:14 | null | null | We say: We have to balance the compensation with the service | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390353751.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | OUT VIEW: Debating MLA salaries | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | There will be some quite envious of the cold, hard cash our elected representatives in Victoria are taking home.
After all, they each earn $102,568 for their duties, and that’s a lot of money compared to many individuals who are struggling to make ends meet on minimum wage or those two-income families trying to keep the mortgage paid.
On top of this, MLAs who are not from the area are also given a housing allowance because they have to live in Victoria, while there are also additional stipends for extra duties, such as being a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary or caucus whip.
Add it all up, and the financial returns appear to be pretty good.
However, consider that considerable workload goes into being an MLA.
There are countless hours at meetings, reading documents and getting together with constituents in the riding.
And if you have been appointed to a legislative committee, you could spend considerable time travelling the province.
On top of this, being an MLA requires you to be in Victoria away from your family for days on end, and your careers are put on hold.
In the end, residents need to look at the compensation and determine if the service they receive from their MLA is worth it.
The other question to ask is if you would consider running for office based on the current pay, workload and disruption to private life?
-Black Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/390353751.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/781ea6c10a8a72a26c3766d00afa2ecf6af9f2ed8a6c48a8fc2c6c8bc261abe4.json |
[
"Ray Grigg"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:42 | null | null | For almost all of our existence as a species, we lived in an adaptive relationship with nature | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390637971.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/28437campbellriverGrigg.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Taking control of our environment | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Ray Grigg
If we think of our relationship with nature as being divided into two basic phases — adapting and then controlling — this may provide a perspective that could guide us toward some practical solutions to our present environmental problems.
For almost all of our existence as a species, we lived in an adaptive relationship with nature, in an essentially wild environment where we reacted creatively and resourcefully to the conditions provided by nature.
Eventually we took a modest control of our circumstances by making rudimentary tools, constructing crude shelters and using fire. But mostly we lived by adapting to the conditions that nature presented to us.
This relationship began to change radically with the Agricultural Revolution about 10,000 years ago. We slowly replaced hunting and gathering with crops.
Animal and plant husbandry helped us to avoid some of nature’s unpredictable qualities. Exerting more control over our surroundings seemed to be a smart strategy. And it certainly gave us the illusion of control.
However, we still live on a natural planet where we are subject to certain immutable natural laws. We also live within complex biological interrelationships that we don’t fully understand, and we still confront immense forces that dwarf our feeble powers.
Most of the credit we give to ourselves for ingenuity is based on our adaptive acumen. Even though our control of circumstances has expanded immensely, the direct control we actually have over the operating conditions of our planet is still very small.
We have, of course, influenced many things and processes — some of them at a global scale. But influence is different than control. And our environmental problems arise from influences with inadvertent consequences that are not necessarily to our advantage.
This raises an interesting question. Are we smart enough to be in control of the circumstances we must subsequently manage. Do we even know what we are attempting to manage? Is this challenge beyond our capabilities? Controlling requires managerial sophistications and comprehensive perspectives that are orders of magnitude greater than adaptation. Adaptations are reactive. Initiatives require much deeper understandings.
Are we competent enough to be taking control? Our environmental predicaments suggest we are ineptly blundering from one mistake to another, discovering — usually belatedly — that we are upsetting the systemic balances in nature that have heretofore provided us with a comfortable and beneficent biosphere.
So far, the more influence we have, the worse our environmental situation becomes. Yes, we are experiencing some benefits from our influence. But they are mostly short term, exclusively for us, at the expense of everything else. This seems to be a fundamentally unwise strategy given that we need everything else in order to live comfortably and fully on Earth.
As we diminish our surroundings, we diminish ourselves. In other words, we are busily engineering our own crisis. This suggests that the focus of all our endeavours has been in the wrong place — on our selfish interests rather than on the needs of the whole to which we belong. Our thinking has been too narrow and too small. We haven’t been thinking broadly enough or deeply enough. As self-declared Sapiens — wise beings — our insights have yet to match this lofty definition of ourselves.
And the inadvertent responsibility we are earning is overwhelming. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/390637971.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/543d9640643dfac6cb40a42554533db889a483f3769613d097c61b8dff96db66.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:33 | null | null | Two Campbell River rugby players are in the midst of playing for Team BC at the Canadian Rugby Championships | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F390608931.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/18673campbellriverRugbyWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Local athletes making their mark at national rugby championships | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Campbell River’s Josef Dirom, left, and Nolan Young are playing in the Canadian Rugby Championships in Ontario.
Two Campbell River rugby players are in the midst of playing for Team BC at the Canadian Rugby Championships.
Josef Dirom and Nolan Young are currently in Markham, Ontario suiting up as members of a three-Team BC U16 contingent at Rugby Canada’s Canadian Rugby Championships.
Dirom, known for his speed on the wing, has moved to an inside centre position and scored a try in his B.C. three team’s second match against New Brunswick.
“Josef’s experience of playing in a higher age-grade at June’s regional competition here in B.C., combined with his calm and disciplined style of play, will serve our team very well at Nationals,” said Coach Shane Muldrew.
“I am confident that Josef and his teammates will prove themselves most worthy opponents on the national stage.”
Muldrew says the team is the tournament’s “dark horse” as it is actually comprised of all U15 players.
The team, however, has certainly showed well despite the age difference as they are currently undefeated, downing Quebec 17-10 in the opener, then overpowering New Brunswick 17-5 and Manitoba 26-3.
Young’s U16 B.C.2 squad has come up short in all three of its first matches, losing 10-3 to Ontario 1, 26-7 to B.C.1, and 12-5 to Alberta, though Young did score B.C.’s lone try in that match, playing eight-man.
Both Dirom and Young’s teams get a rest and recovery day before playoffs begin on Friday afternoon.
The full schedule and results can be found at www.canadianrugbychampionship.com | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/390608931.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/16cedf8c9dffd014a6ec0e5daa215a32488ca36568dfef4bdd8c1e2a3e84ed08.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:51:00 | null | null | Campbell River RCMP responded to a motorcycle crash on Dogwood and Hilchey Monday afternoon | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391794041.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Motorcyclist injured in Willow Point collision | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Campbell River RCMP responded to a motorcycle crash on Dogwood and Hilchey Monday afternoon.
The motorcyclist had just turned onto Hilchey Road from Dogwood Street and a vehicle turned left out of Timberline Village in front of the rider resulting in a collision. The rider was taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle was unharmed and remained on scene.
“This is yet another case of a vehicle turning left in front of a motorcycle. It happens all too often, and due to the nature of the collision the motorcyclist rarely has time to react and hits the vehicle at fairly high speed, often resulting in serious injury or death,” said Cst. Sara Clark of the Campbell River RCMP.
“We would like to remind the public to ensure they are taking the time to clear the lane before making a turn. Give yourself time to properly gauge the speed of the vehicle before committing to entering their lane. As well, don’t rush out in order to make it in time, if hesitating means you won’t have a chance to make the turn, then you shouldn’t be making the turn.” | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391794041.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/35acc7c18e40699f76114966499bf1fc50ae7093d306fdf1f3e861b3c01e35ae.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:50 | null | null | The Kinsmen Club of Campbell River recently donated to the Hospital Foundation to purchase a blanket warmer for Yucalta Lodge | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391323261.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61009campbellriverKinsmendonationWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Kinsmen open Operating Room toolbox | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Campbell River Kinsmen recently presented a donation to the Hospital Foundation for a blanket warmer for Yucalta Lodge. Pictured are: front row from left, Campbell River Kinsmen Jim Costain and Al Buxton, Stacey Marsh (Hospital Foundation) and Andy Leitch, Kinsmen. Back row from left, Midge Novak from Yucalta Lodge and Kinsmen Lorne Novak.
The Kinsmen Club of Campbell River recently donated to the Hospital Foundation to purchase a blanket warmer for Yucalta Lodge.
The warmer is used to house flannel blankets and towels that are provided to residents who may have circulatory challenges or just need the extra warmth. Other uses for warm blankets include relieving discomfort or reducing anxiety.
“Sometimes it is the little things that mean most to us in life, like having a lovely warm towel wrapped around us after a shower or bath,” says Joan Taylor, manager of Yucalta Lodge. “It is important to all staff at Yucalta that our residents feel cared for, valued and loved and we are very thankful for the support of the Kinsmen Club of Campbell River.”
The club is made up of community leaders that have an interest in fostering relationships and the desire to perpetuate the idea of community service. Members fundraise to support a variety of Campbell River charities and have contributed more than $47,000 to health care for Campbell River and North Vancouver Island. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391323261.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/343931d684fba24dd42da4380754291844404e85b0049e7bf98503bfe9448b5e.json |
[
"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-26T12:50:23 | null | null | Whether it's home screenings or community viewing parties, much of Canada will be tuning in for iconic rock band's final bow | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390688221.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/56997CPT122356039.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Televised Tragically Hip show an 'unprecedented event:' CBC | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | TORONTO – Few Canadian television events qualify as a momentous occasion for the nation, but Saturday's Tragically Hip concert promises to be special.
It seems like much of the country will be tuned into CBC's live broadcast of "The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration" from Kingston, Ont., when factoring in home screenings and community viewing parties.
Yet how many people will watch is anybody's guess at this point.
"This is an unprecedented event for us," said Jennifer Dettman, CBC's executive director of unscripted content.
The sentiment is true on many levels, she adds.
The last stop on the Hip's "Man Machine Poem" tour is widely expected to be their final performance, as lead singer Gord Downie is facing terminal brain cancer. After tickets to the tour sold out within minutes, fans launched a campaign urging the CBC to carry the band's Kingston show as a live TV event.
Dettman wouldn't speak to the contract negotiations that led to the Hip agreeing to the broadcast.
"CBC made both a competitive and financially responsible offer to acquire the broadcast rights, and we're thrilled to be able to offer this national celebration to as many Canadians as possible," she said.
The concert won't just be on the main CBC network, it will also be broadcast through various other platforms such as CBC Radio One, the CBC website and its YouTube and Facebook channels.
With so many viewing options, that will make it tough to capture how many eyes and ears are focused on the Hip this Saturday.
That's where ratings agency Numeris comes in. The Toronto-based company tracks viewership figures by using meters and viewing diaries prepared by a panel of Canadians representative of the population.
Their data shows that most huge audience draws are typically live programming, led by major sporting events.
The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event nearly every year — drawing about six million to eight million viewers in recent years — while a handful of other annual celebrations like the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and Grammys are perennial favourites too.
The gold medal game of the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics is considered to be the most-watched broadcast ever in Canada. It drew 16.6 million viewers, according to data from Numeris, about double the number of people who tune into most Super Bowls.
Those kinds of numbers will be hard to beat, even for a rock band with as much Canadian clout as the Hip.
Numeris spokesman Tom Jenks wouldn't guess how many viewers will tune into the CBC broadcast, but acknowledges it'll probably be a pretty big number.
The agency said it will be counting every public screening — from restaurants to movie theatres to community viewing parties — and each person streaming the concert on their phone. Viewers who playback the show on their DVRs within seven days will also be included in the final numbers.
"Our system captures all viewing," Jenks said.
Potentially driving those numbers higher is the decision make the Hip's concert a one-time broadcast, with no encore presentation and no availability on on-demand platforms.
"Our goal was to bring the experience of this live concert to Canadians in that moment," Dettman said.
"I'm sure the band will figure out what they will want to do with the concert afterwards."
She said the goal is to give all Canadians the same "crescendo" feeling that will ripple through the arena in Kingston.
"Our goal is to bring the experience ... to as many Canadians as we can," she said.
"The idea that we're all together experiencing this moment at the same time is really special."
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David Friend, The Canadian Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390688221.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/ea01b57bf6143bfd7726d4332ae8c3dbab371846dae4a68638a94bf74a04b6ff.json |
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"Jocelyn Doll"
] | 2016-08-26T12:53:34 | null | null | Chantelle Bartsch travelled to 777 Ranch in Texas to compete in the Extreme Huntress competition at the beginning of July | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390609741.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/19089campbellriverChantelleBartsch.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Now it’s a waiting game for Extreme Huntress | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Chantelle Bartsch participated in the Extreme Huntress competition in Texas at the beginning of July.
Chantelle Bartsch travelled to 777 Ranch in Texas to compete in the Extreme Huntress competition at the beginning of July.
It was an intense week of high stress situations and little sleep, but now she is back in Campbell River and ready to keep going.
“Since the Extreme Huntress has happened it has opened up a whole new world; it has opened up new possibilities for me,” she said.
“I’m having a lot of offers in the hunting industry and in the outdoor survival industry to be an instructor, to be a consultant, so that’s actually really nice.”
At the moment, the episodes are airing online once a week until January when Bartsch will travel to Dallas and learn who won the competition.
That’s right, Bartsch doesn’t know who won, and she will have to wait until January to find out.
A part of her overall score is public voting and the polls remain open until the day before the announcement of the winner.
The public input is worth 20 per cent of each competitor’s overall score.
Despite the cameras following her every move, Bartsch said they didn’t bother her. She was focused on enjoying her surroundings, learning from the experts and pushing herself to be her best.
“It wasn’t that I was trying to compete against five other women and beat them, it was that I was trying to be my absolute best, and I feel I did that,” she said.
Now that she is back, Bartsch is going to share what she learned with her network in Campbell River, and, if she doesn’t win, she is going to apply to go back to 777 Ranch and compete again next year.
“It’s not just about hunting, this is a hunting and skills competition, but this is real life,” she said. “It is about setting yourself up for success, putting in the effort, believing in yourself and making it happen.”
To watch the episodes or to vote, go to www.extremehuntress.com/main/ | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390609741.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/56163a6fbabc3a4e8ea80c6d990693ec0ee879324f8aa818e8f7c27282646bb5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:02 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F390636791.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | OUR VIEW: Keep safe to beat the heat | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | After last year’s long dry spring and summer led to numerous brush fires around the province, you’d think people would understand fire safety.
After the infamous case of six dogs dying inside a hot car on the Lower Mainland, their deaths covered up as a theft by their dog walker, you’d think people would know not to leave animals in a car on a sunny day.
And after any of a series of tragedies, you would expect people to not forget their children in their vehicles, either.
But these incidents keep happening. Perhaps we forget, over the cool and rainy months that make up more than half our year.
So, with another heat wave upon us, here’s a quick refresher course on surviving and thriving in the heat.
Water: drink it. Stay hydrated, and keep those around you, especially children and the elderly, cool and hydrated too.
Cars: Do not leave anyone or anything that breathes in a hot car. You wouldn’t put your dog in an oven, would you?
Cigarettes: If you are out for a walk, and you must light one, maybe take that butt home with you. Do not toss it onto the side of the road. Likewise, do not flick them from your car into dry beds of mulch or long grass. Those sirens you hear minutes, hours, days later? Those could be your fault.
Air conditioning: If you are very hot and uncomfortable, seek it out. Head to the community centre, the shopping mall. Sit for a while. Drink some water again. Wait until the temperature drops a bit.
Fire: Do not set them. Do not build a bonfire, no, not even in a brick-lined pit. Those men in the big red truck will give you a ticket.
The vast majority of our readers know all this already. But if we can remind one person, it’s worth a lecture once a year.
-Black Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/390636791.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/548bb445aafaf9cfb1319d33c35322a99442f3ce446ef72ef2e64d41db909961.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:50:10 | null | null | Two wrongs still do not add up to one right | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391793761.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | OUR VIEW: Called out for crossing the line | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Two of Canada’s closest allies in the Western world – the United States and France – while democratic countries, have decidedly different political and social philosophies.
Yet both are struggling with how to deal with other cultures as our borders become less restrictive.
In the U.S., a growing number of people this past year have voiced the desire to keep out so-called foreigners, latching on to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s voiced derision of Mexican immigrants and his call to “temporarily” ban Muslims from entering the country.
In France, elected officials have enacted a ‘burkini ban,’ with police officers challenging and fining Muslim women who choose the covered-up swimsuits instead of so-called appropriate “secular” beachwear, while other beachgoers reportedly cheer officers and jeer the women.
All Canada can do is try to show a good example.
It’s no coincidence that both the U.S. and France have been the targets of terrorist attacks on domestic soil and abroad, and it’s clear that this has influenced the current surge of intolerance.
In the U.S., there is still time for the majority to reject such dangerous views.
In the case of France, we can only politely suggest that the ban – and the heavy-handed actions of police in enforcing it – are unbecoming a society that has long celebrated acceptance.
The argument has been made that banning the ‘burkini’ is an attempt to empower Muslim women who are being told what to wear.
But how empowering is it to have government and police, instead, dictating their attire?
There are very complicated civil liberties issues involved here that will not change at the stroke of a pen on a government edict. It is evident that in France – the land of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité – a line has been crossed. One does not defend liberty by violating it. The very old maxim holds true – two wrongs still do not add up to one right.
-Black Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391793761.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f4cbb8daf77852846f455a302c277cd494d038c42bc4b6277b2de85a6ce2c863.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:57 | null | null | Twenty-two years ago I walked into Boston Pizza International seeking a franchise | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F389231831.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Seeleys take a moment to thank Campbell River | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | To the Community of Campbell River:
Twenty-two years ago I walked into Boston Pizza International seeking a franchise.
I knew little about the company and even less about running a restaurant, but I was intrigued about their philosophy of community involvement, something that was common in my research about BP.
Fast forward to 2016 and it is a decision that my wife and I do not regret.
Yes there were times we actually wondered if the business would succeed. The lows were the loss of industry, jobs and more importantly friends and guests from our community.
The highs have exceeded the lows; Our involvement with the first Tour de Rock, Our infamous partnership with the RCMP offering free pizzas for safe driving during the Christmas holidays, and being recognized as large business of the year. We were one of the original sponsors of the Brind’amour Golf Classic and sponsored the first carvings contest.
Since then we have proudly supported over 100 charities and events, contributing over $300 000 to our community.
But most of all we have had wonderful staff who have helped care for our wonderful guests. This is and continues to be the reason we have enjoyed 20 years operating in Campbell River.
I would be remiss if I did not state how the business has allowed us to grow as a family since my son Chris and his Wife Cindy joined us as partners.
Thank you to all.
Larry & Carol Seeley | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/389231831.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/2333e0934801380f5a4f68305db8886725fb274416a8fbb0f0e29b7982de1156.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:09 | null | null | U18 national team included Campbell River’s Olivia Knowles playing on defence | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391076411.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/52213campbellriverOliviaKnowles.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell Riverite and Team Canada teammates fall to U.S. | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | U18 Team Canada defender Olivia Knowles.
Sophie Shirley and Daryl Watts finished with a goal and an assist each, but Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team came up one goal short in a 5-4 loss to the United States on Sunday.
After winning the opener of the three-game series Thursday, the Canadians dropped the final two contests in a tournament that included Campbell River’s Olivia Knowles playing on defence.
Amy Potomak added two assists for Canada, which fell behind 3-0 less than 10 minutes into the first period before pulling even early in the second.
“I thought once we got back into it we kind of let them dictate the pace and control the play for a little bit,” Canadian head coach Troy Ryan said. “I think we just have to fine tune our habits; some of the details of our game just weren’t there, and they have to be at an event like this.”
The Americans carried the momentum from their win Friday into the early stages of Sunday; Delaney Drake got the scoring started for the U.S. with a power-play goal just 7:35 in, Emily Oden took advantage of a turnover 43 seconds after that, and Grace Zunwinkle beat Canadian goaltender Edith D’Astous-Moreau with a quick shot from the slot at 9:29 for a three-goal American advantage.
Emma Maltais finished off a pretty passing play on the power play to get the Canadian comeback started late in the opening frame, hammering a one-timer up and over U.S. netminder Lindsay Reed.
Shirley made it a one-goal game five minutes into the second after a long stretch of sustained pressure from herself, Potomak and Watts, and Canadian captain Ashton Bell jumped on a neutral-zone turnover to score an unassisted marker to tie the game at 7:24.
“We played together a little bit last year and it’s something that’s kind of grown in the last year,” Shirley said of playing with Potomak and Watts. “We really enjoy being beside each other and we’ve really grown as friends as well, so it’s really nice.”
But it would be a short-lived tie; Natalie Buchbinder found a loose puck in the crease and knocked it past D’Astous-Moreau to restore the American lead just 1:24 after the Bell goal.
Maureen Murphy added the eventual game-winner before the end of the second period, sending the U.S. to the second intermission with a 5-3 lead. The Canadians made it interesting in the first minute of the third period when Watts poked a rebound past Alex Gulstene – who replaced Reed midway through the second – but that would as close as they would get.
The U.S. dominated on the shot clock, doubling up Canada 42-21.
Campbell River’s Knowles played a prominent role in Canada’s opening game winner. Daryl Watts tipped in a Knowles point shot with three minutes to go, giving Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team a 3-2 win over the United States in the opener of a three-game series Thursday night.
n Players will come together next in late December in preparation for the 2017 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, which begins Jan. 7 in Prerov and Zlin, Czech Republic.
TEAM CANADA: Oliva Knowles – defence
Shoots: Right
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 154 lbs
Birthdate: Jan. 24, 1999
Birthplace : Campbell River, B.C
Hometown: Campbell River, B.C
Club Team: Okanagan Hockey Academy (JWHL)
MHA: Campbell River MHA
HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND:
Attended Canada’s National Women’s Program strength and conditioning camp in Hamilton, Ont., in May 2016 ...Won a silver medal with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team at the 2016 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship in St. Catharines, Ont. ... Was a member of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team for a three-game series against the United Statesin Lake Placid, N.Y., in August 2015...Attended Canada’s National Women’s Program strength and conditioning camp in Hamilton, Ont., in May 2015
PERSONAL:
Lists tennis star Eugenie Bouchard as her favourite female athlete ... Favourite NHL team: Chicago Blackhawks ... Committed to the University of Minnesota. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391076411.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/c18f2de8714a72c15ae1d932456aa6eb1281e5c047ac8d131d4253b9022667b0.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:47:42 | null | null | As families get ready to send students back to school, there are lots of great resources available to make the transition easier | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391792231.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Back to school tips for students and their families | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | As families get ready to send more than 600,000 students back to school, there are lots of great resources available to make the transition to the classroom easier - and get a start on getting ready for life after high school.
“The new school year is exciting for parents and students alike and everyone wants a stress-free start to the year,” said Mike Bernier, B.C. minister of education. “We are investing a record $5.1 billion for public education this year, and we are proud to be supporting students and families with the tools they need to succeed.”
New curriculum
The world is changing and it’s our responsibility to ensure students have the skills they need to succeed.
They will learn the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic in a way that connects them to the collaboration, communications, and critical thinking skills needed in college, university, and the work force.
Students in kindergarten to Grade 9 will all be learning under the new curriculum this fall, while in Grades 10 to 12 a trial phase is beginning.
Find out more at, curriculum.gov.bc.ca/
After-school savings
Parents can kick start savings for their child’s future success with the $1,200 BC Training and Education Saving Grant.
It’s a sure fire way to help plan for a child’s education after high school.
Learn about eligibility and how to apply at: ow.ly/eAut3035ngT
Student leaders
Are you a leader in your class or perhaps a shining light in a program or team at school?
The scholarship program recognizes great students in the classroom, on the field, on the stage and in the community: bced.gov.bc.ca/awards
Be prepared
Floods. Fires. Earthquakes. The Emergency Management Planning Guide helps your child’s school prepare for emergencies: ow.ly/4W043035nll
Get graded
Finished school and need a transcript? Order transcripts and
certificates for post-secondary applications: ow.ly/CwMc3035nrq
Erase Bullying
B.C.’s innovative anti-bullying program supports students and enables them to help prevent bullying.
There are also great tips for parents about keeping children safe online and what to do if your child is being bullied at school or online: erasebullying.ca/ | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391792231.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/92e20d00ff21ff6d8b74d0ccc65980e7c51f8e56097c8d970518abe8abb3fa9c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:15 | null | null | An increasing number of Campbell River residents are finding themselves in the informal role of caregiver for a family member | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F390609501.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Series helps caregivers reduce psychological toll | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | An increasing number of Campbell River residents are finding themselves in the informal role of caregiver for a family member.
The reason? Dementia, the medical term for a set of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain.
And women account for 70 per cent of the caregivers.
“The physical and psychological toll on family caregivers is considerable,” says Jane Hope, the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s Support & Education Coordinator for Campbell River the North & Central Island region.
Knowing the signs of caregiver stress and finding ways to get support are important for both families and those for whom they are caring. To help families on the dementia journey, the Society brings its free Family Caregiver Series workshop to Campbell River on Saturday, Aug. 27.
Participants will learn strategies for taking care of someone with dementia, as well as taking care of their own health to ensure they are prepared to continue providing care for their family members.
“We offer practical techniques and strategies that caregivers can begin using immediately,” Hope says.
Topics to be covered include:
Understanding Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Effective and creative ways of facilitating communication with a person with dementia.
Understanding behaviour as a form of communication.
Self-care for the caregiver.
Planning for the future.
The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Campbell River Community Centre, 401 - 11th Avenue. Bring your own lunch. Pre-registration is required by contacting Jane Hope at 1-800-462-2833 or jhope@alzheimerbc.org.
The workshop is free thanks to partial funding by the Province of B.C., and several charitable businesses and foundations and by the generous contributions of individual donors.
More information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is available by visiting www.alzheimerbc.org. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/390609501.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/7ddbf1db5557741c21f0fedb8cf5ef6afa7c0e9ab105c4edacc98e802b29b10b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:46:32 | null | null | Museum at Campbell River celebrates steam donkey's 100th year this Labour Day | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F391793431.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/10939campbellriverSteamdonkeyWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Museum to fire up historic steam donkey | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Museum at Campbell River will be firing up its old steam donkey once again on Labour Day. This year marks the steam donkey’s 100th birthday.
It’s not every day a dear friend turns 100.
But this year – on Labour Day – the Museum at Campbell River will be marking the 100th anniversary of the manufacturing date of its Empire steam donkey.
Introduced in the late 1800s, Steam Donkeys were versatile machines used for yarding, hauling and loading logs.
Mounted on log sleds, they could be towed from one location to another on floats. The Empire steam donkey at the Museum at Campbell River was manufactured in Vancouver in 1916.
It is equipped with a 10x12 engine with separate pinions operating the haulback and main drums.
It was originally purchased by P.B. Anderson for his logging camp at Knox Bay.
It was brought to the Museum site in 1994 and after hundreds of volunteer hours were put into restoring it, it is now a fully functioning part of the Museum’s outdoor exhibits.
The donkey will be brought up to steam for the occasion. Coffee and cake will be served at 12:30 p.m.
There will be shake splitting demonstrations, logger poetry, stories, photo opportunities, and crow theatre will be there.
The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5 and everyone is encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on site. This is a free event.
For more information on this event visit, crmuseum.ca or call the Museum at 250-287-3103. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/391793431.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/db82cd499aa09d299c56169312bf4cc102414f7ec0d1293540ff3b077c7078df.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:25 | null | null | Artist Brian Scott will be teaching painting classes at his Black Creek studio | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fentertainment%2F390351501.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Learn to paint at the feet of a master | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Artist Brian Scott will be teaching painting classes at his Black Creek studio.
Classes in acrylics will be held from 1-3 p.m. every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. He will begin following basic foundation course originally designed by the Baushaus in Germany in the 1930s and in the U.S. in the 1940’s and 50’s. The artist is a firm believing in drawing as basis of picture making and each class will be begin with simple drawing exercise for the beginner. Students will do color exercises from the brilliant Swiss artist Johannes Ittens and then move on to Design and Form.
The artist is able to put complex ideas into simple form that everyone can understand and enjoy. The emphasis of his art school will be to enjoy the creative process at all levels. The artist taught for 20 years at North Island college and 14 years outreach with Emily Carr College. He holds a B.ED and M.Ed in Art education and Honours from Emily Carr College and has been painting for 41 years. His TV show “Too Much Blue” will premier on Shaw Cable in September.
The emphasis of his art school will be painting the wonderful scenery of Vancouver island which he has sold all over the world. He will discuss his many painting techniques as well as marketing strategies.
Ten per cent of all revenues from his art school will go to North Island College Foundations and students in the art program at NIC. For more info 250-337-1941 or brianscottfinearts@shaw.ca | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/entertainment/390351501.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/fc2ec32736578a2cb9380ae9d57e9b502bb67e32270d2d43680ccd8e5c68aa54.json |
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"Doug Sloan"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:18 | null | null | Tucked in between olive groves , in backyards, between churches and ancient monuments… there’s always a vineyard or two or even three | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F391334391.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59211campbellriverSloan.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Sample some of the intriguing wines from Italy | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Doug Slaon
Italy is awash with wine from vineyards planted just about everywhere.
Tucked in between olive groves littered with sheep and goats, in backyards, between churches and ancient monuments… there’s always a vineyard or two or even three.
The region known as Abruzzo is divided into the four provinces of L’Aquila, Teramo, Pescara, and Chieti. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east.
Citra came into being in 1973 when 7,000 small growers scattered throughout the Abruzzi opted to band together to form a single wine cooperative. After light crushing and pressing of hand-picked grapes, the ‘must’ for Citra Pinot Grigio Terre di Chiete (539312) $12.99. undergoes a long cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Light and bright, full of sassy citric flavours is offers up flavours of apple, white peach and pineapple.
A blend of 60 per cent Merlot and 40 per cent Corvina, Gran Passione Rosso (509018) $16.99 is crafted in an ‘Appassimento’ style like the Amarone wines of the Veneto. Over the centuries, this technique of drying the grapes before crushing has clearly been perfected. Ripe dark cherry, plum, vanilla and cake spices predominate in this remarkably luscious red.
Refosco is a very old family of dark-skinned grape varieties native to the Venetian zone and neighbouring areas of Friuli, Gavi, Trentino, Istria, and Karst Plateau. Made from 100 per cent Refosco Masi Rosa dei Masi (764068) $17.99 has aromas of wild strawberries and some cinnamon spice. A small proportion of the grapes are dried using the appassimento method to concentrate the wine’s acidity and freshness.
Tuscany is best known for its Chiantis and Brunellos – both red wines that are made primarily from Sangiovese grapes. Recently, however, winemakers have created ‘SuperTuscan’ blends by adding non-traditional grapes. Think of them as amped-up Chiantis!
Gabbiano Solation Toscana (301754) $18.99 is a blend of 50 per cent Syrah, 45 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon and 5 per cent Sangiovese. The peppery, spicy Syrah leads, sliding into the dark blackcurrant notes of Cabernet Sauvignon. can be pretty full-bodied, this blend smells fresh and lively. Cherry and strawberry linger in the finish thanks to the splash of Sangiovese.
Barbera has long filled-in the low slopes and valleys of Piedmont in Northern Italy. Considered a lesser variety than the fables Nebbiolo – ‘the little foggy one’ that is made into Barolo - it doesn’t necessarily get the best hillside exposures. Despite its lowly position, Barbera is the quintessential ‘wine of the people’.
Pico Maccario, a dedicated Barbera specialist, is found on the hills of Mombaruzzo in the Asti DOCG at an average altitude of 180 meters. Comprising one single, contiguous parcel, their vineyard covers 70 hectares and is the largest solely-owned vineyard in Piedmont.
Refreshingly juicy reds like Pico Maccario Lavignone Barbera d’Asti (459024) $25.80 is teeth-tinging purple, light-bodied and fresh with aromas of cherry and raspberry, it finishes with the same array of fresh berries, sweet plum, delicate tannins and soft earthy notes on the palate.
The original Chianti blend was proclaimed by Baron Bettino Ricasoli - later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy - as being 70 per cent Sangiovese, 15 per cent Canaiolo and 15 per cent Malvasia Bianca - a white wine grape -in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Wines labelled ‘Chianti Classico’ come from the largest and most traditional sub-zone of Chianti that includes the original Chianti heartland. Only Chianti from this sub-zone may boast the black rooster seal - known in Italian as a ‘gallo nero’ - on the neck of the bottle, which indicates that the producer of the wine is a member of the Chianti Classico Consortium
From that same legendary winemaking family today’s Barone Ricasoli ‘Castello di Brolio’ Chianti Classico (555649) $67.99 Castello di Brolio is typically created from a blend of 90 per cent Sangiovese, 5 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon and 5 per cent Petit Verdot. Fascinating aromas of rose petals open into sweet, ripe cherry aromas and flavours with distinct notes of anise, vanilla and dark chocolate.
Like the finest French wines, Italy’s best wines are built to be enjoyed with a wide range of foods. Make sure one finds its way to your table at your next feast.
Reach WineWise by emailing douglas_sloan@yahoo.com | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/391334391.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/45c17c11af179190160a392ce7e6522233e22b82f61d3541993583bcfa851f8d.json |
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"Mike Davies"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:52 | null | null | Tragically Hip a part of our Canadian culture | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391323691.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61035campbellriverDavies.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Fully, Completely in our hearts forever | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Mike Davies
I was rushing to get us on the 2:30 ferry from Horseshoe Bay so that we could be back on the Island and hopefully most of the way home before the concert started.
We didn’t make it, but thankfully there was a 3:10 departure, which meant, at least in theory, that we would be at least most of the way home before it started and could catch the start of it on the radio in the car, and watch the rest of it on TV once we pulled in.
Then we had to take a detour – yes, the ferry took a detour – to investigate a report of a boat on fire.
But I was back in the car with the radio on, tuned into the CBC, before 5:30 p.m. when Gordie and the boys took the stage – if only barely.
In the weeks leading up to the show, I thought about skipping it altogether. I really did. Some part of me thought that somehow, by not watching or listening to the final Tragically Hip concert, it might not be a thing that was happening at all.
Like it would just…go away.
Gord’s cancer wouldn’t be terminal.
Maybe he wouldn’t have it at all.
Like, maybe it would just have been a dream where I was in a lifeboat designed for 10 – and 10 only – as 4,000 men died in the water, and 500 more were thrashing, madly, as parasites might in your blood.
But I knew, of course, that wouldn’t be the case, just as I knew I wouldn’t be missing that show.
They were – they are – more than just a band.
They are, in many ways, emblematic of our Canadian identity.
I only had to stop once to cry on the way up Island.
I was close a couple of times, but when Gordie thanked us all for keeping him pushing all these years before the band launched into Fiddler’s Green, I broke down and had to pull over.
He was thanking us?
No, Gord. It’s we who need to thank you.
The Tragically Hip were the band we all shared in our collective Canadian conscience.
You could say they were the one thing we all shared besides our fingers and toes, fingers and toes.
We’ve spent the last 30 or so years singing along and are now trying to get a handle on what it will be like without you guys around, which, in some ways, is like pondering the endlessness of the stars.
But thanks to you, we’ve all squeezed the stick and we’ve all pulled the trigger, collectively, as a nation – even those of us who weren’t around for the goal you were singing about.
We’ve dreamed of impossible vacations and gotten all teary from the wind.
We’ve been a polar bear at the Central Park Zoo.
And now, here we all are, still having no simple explanation for anything important, following the unknown.
But thanks to you and this 15-show, cross-Canada farewell tour – and the concert we watched last Saturday where a 52-year-old man with terminal brain cancer fought for 30 songs with a teleprompter so he could read his own words to celebrate Canada one more time instead of being surrounded by nurses and doctors in a bed somewhere – we’ve truly seen Courage.
And Grace, Too. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391323691.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/e592b3b26134098534c55db7787043a5112673f27b3f7da12325c09af9af7c61.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:26 | null | null | It is beyond belief that a council could so easily dismiss something as readily identifiable as a covenant of a Crown grant | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F388306801.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Problems with the plaza proposal are numerous | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | What follows is a letter I sent to all Council members regarding Tyee Plaza concerning the comments of Council as reported in the Mirror on July 1st.
I urge all Campbell Riverites to become informed on this redevelopment and voice your opinion.
Murray Ostler
Dear Mayor and Council,
Please allow me to voice my opinion on the redevelopment proposal at Tyee Plaza.
And remind you that it is just that, a proposal. I can only hope that the statement in the paper saying the owner intends to develop a mixed use residential building at the site is a bit premature.
The problems with this proposal are numerous.
Firstly, let me say that I am in total agreement with Councillors Cornfield and Sampson in voicing the exact same concerns.
The councillors are absolutely correct and I applaud them for being vocal on this.
It is beyond belief that a council could so easily dismiss something as readily identifiable as a covenant of a Crown grant for public parking that is a benefit to all Campbell Riverites.
I’m sorry that Councillor Kerr was so disappointed in Campbell River when he first drove into town.
I’m also perplexed that he could not see the positive changes that have happened in and around the area in question. Perhaps he was daydreaming of the day he would be elected to council to notice it all.
The idea that a building with a footprint of that size will somehow get us more parking is laughable.
No doubt they have done some math on this but, unless you drive a smart car or a moped the reconfigured parking would be a net loss for sure.
Another concern for me, that is not quite clear in the conceptual drawing, is the status of the current art gallery and visitor centre. Is the proponent asking for the removal of this building? If so, that is a non starter.
Correct me if I’m wrong but, this building was a Canada Centennial project and is untouchable. Period. What a slap in the face it would be to the early pioneers of the city to have this building removed.
Councillors Evans and Wright say that Refresh Downtown public sessions have repeatedly said revitalizing Tyee Plaza is a top priority? I can recall no public poll that stated the citizenry wanted an apartment building right smack in the middle of it all.
Wright, as well as Babchuk state council must be fair to the developer if it wants investment in the city? How is what this developer is proposing fair?
A developer who has the wherewithal to invest in projects can do it on some other piece of property. How many others would have thought of similar projects but had enough of a conscience to know that this property was untouchable.
Some on council are quick to paint everyone who would dare to question certain projects on merit or direct benefit to the city as being anti development. Spare me the speech, we have every right to question these things, it’s our hometown and unlike Councillor Kerr I have never been disappointed in Campbell River and as someone who has been here a lot longer then he, I kind of like our vocal citizens who won’t just sit there and take it.
To you Mayor Adams as well as the councillors who voted with you: You made a mistake. To say all you are doing is keeping the conversation going forward is understating it to the Nth degree.
What you have done is send your blessings to the ministry that you are willing to forgo a covenant that was the benefit to all Campbell River in exchange for a proposal that benefits one developer. Shame on you.
Murray Ostler
Campbell River | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/388306801.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/3ac1214510e9fca543b76fa32cbc21791868300cd87eaada7d548acd433d5a09.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:57 | null | null | Letters to the Editor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F378862921.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Rip-rap saves our yards from the river | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Re: Alistair Taylor’s column of April 29, 2016: “Rip Rap is Crap.”
I’m here to give you an example of when Rip Rap is not, as your apparent narrow view of it states, “crap.”
I live on the banks of the Campbell River where in 1990 some riverfront properties had large portions of their yards stripped away by a BC Hydro knee-jerk decision made when a light flashed miles away in Burnaby on a billboard-size display of our province’s electrical grid. History shows that as well as the irreparable damage done to these properties, the spawning channel adjacent to the Gold River highway was flushed out.
The federal government proceeded to repair the riverbanks with – you guessed it – large boulder rip rap to protect the banks from the North end of 20th avenue downstream to the old log dump. The boulders are at street height from 20th Avenue to just downstream from Maple St., then they continue all the way down to the old log dump at a lower height. This section of rip rap is at a lower level for a very practical, beneficial reason; that is, it forms a “riparian bench” that allows nutrients and soil washed down from the Quinsam River to be trapped when the tide recedes thus allowing natural river bank intertidal vegetation to be established.
If this rip-rap wasn’t here we would have continually eroding yards and the river would, in following it’s natural course, erode through the Myrt Thompson trail . There would be no riparian bench and scant vegetation. In their infinite wisdom, the engineers that designed the river bank rip-rap repair missed one very key element called geo-textile. Had this been considered here and at the foreshore, the process of infiltration could have been mitigated. Geo-textile allows water to seep through as the tide floods and when it recedes the fines are trapped behind it thus preventing continual erosion.
At the foreshore another oversight not providing geo-textile in design of the new “natural slope” beach will result in the same process of infiltrating water drawing fine soil back out as the tide recedes. Just to close...the former natural foreshore prior to infilling of that shoreline was not the sandy expanse we usually associate with the word “beach.” It was semi-estuarine habitat .
Ed Ivanisko
Campbell River | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/378862921.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/2de3f4e5b7b5a314958572fe265b0d39fbd7e9b8acfb8f29a6d856b0f023629a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:23 | null | null | We say: We all have the right to be free from fear of an attack | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391076611.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | OUR VIEW: We all need to take responsibility for our anmals | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Aggressive dogs became a significant issue over the last few weeks as two incidents involved pit bull terrier attacks on smaller dogs. One dog was killed in one case and another survived with injuries.
The subsequent debate predictably split along the lines of those who believe pit bulls are dangerous and should be regulated, if not outright banned. On the other side of the coin were those who profess it’s not the breed of dog but the owner that’s at fault.
Both of those positions have merit but the real issue here is the right of residents to be able to walk their dog down the street without fear of an attack from another dog – regardless of breed. Pit bull owners and supporters say that all dogs can potentially attack and kill another dog as well as children and that is true. Any dog has that potential. They then ask why the pit bulls get all the attention. The reason, of course, is that most of the cases that are reported involve pit bulls. It’s simply a matter of numbers. For whatever reason, pit bull attacks are reported by the media most often. That’s because they happen most often. If a dog of any breed attacks and kills or injures another dog or a person, this paper, for one, will report it. So far, we’ve not come across any situation involving different breeds but we can only report what we know about.
But it doesn’t really matter what breed is involved. No dog should be so out of control that it attacks and kills another dog that is under the care and control of its owner. When one dog owner’s animal is on leash and obedient to commands, then that person has every right to expect to be safe from attack. Dogs that run free or escape from yards and enclosures put the community at risk. The owners of those animals are responsible.
Anybody who is walking along the street, trail, park or beach whose dog is running free is also responsible for their animal as well. They’re still entitled to live free from the fear of an attack by an aggressive dog but there is a degree of culpability there too.
Dogs running rampant create an unstable and risky scenario. They may be the nicest dogs in the world but they can agitate other dogs and upset people.
We all need to take responsibility for our animals. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391076611.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d7aedc699dafb0d1b37d07b4cad62559b4c7367256b731a1ed59999998c5d57d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:50:54 | null | null | North Island baby bear rescuer and armed forces veteran Bryce Casavant is throwing his hat into the political arena | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391793951.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/11115campbellriverBryceCasavantWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Former North Island conservation officer who saved bear cubs running for political office | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Bryce Casavant with world famous bear cubs Jordan and Athena has thrown his hat into the political arena.
Kathy O'Reilly-Taylor
Black Press
North Island baby bear rescuer and armed forces veteran Bryce Casavant is throwing his hat into the political arena.
Casavant has announced he will seek the NDP nomination in the new provincial Comox/Courtenay riding for the 2017 election. Casavant, who lost his job as a conservation officer after refusing to kill healthy bear cubs Athena and Jordan in 2015, became an international headline that resulted in a public outcry and support from comedian Ricky Gervais.
“Because I did not kill the bear cubs, I was removed from my job by the B.C. Government,” said Casavant. “The public rallied behind me with over 300,000 supporters and tens of thousands of complaints online and in writing to the Provincial Government.
“During litigation with my union and the B.C. government, I came to a settlement agreement in which I chose to accept a position with the Ministry of Forests and to undertake doctoral studies in environmental sustainability.
“I have spent my life doing the right thing and now I want to do the right thing for the people of British Columbia,” he said.
Casavant was born and raised in the Comox Valley and is a Canadian Forces veteran who served in Afghanistan.
He grew up at his family’s property on Powerhouse Road, across the street from Ruth Masters - a local activist legendary for her battles to save properties from Strathcona Park to Clayoquot, and from MacDonald Woods to Seal Bay.
In 2013, Casavant joined the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
“As a staunch defender of social equality, I felt I must do something. After a rigourous vetting and screening process, I was officially approved by the B.C. NDP Party as a nomination candidate for the new (Courtenay/Comox) riding.”
Casavant is now looking for support.
“I am a passionate father who is dedicated to social equality and to our environment. I am asking that you support me in seeking the Courtenay Comox nomination in order to represent NDP members during the May, 2017 election.” | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391793951.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d3c98b4743ba0051e5518bf7679420b99c99be01f9b083ed6520e564f635f3b2.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-29T18:50:33 | null | null | Province has alternatives if Canada Post employees begin strike action | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391636531.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/40679BCLN2007CanadaPostMailboxwikim7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. prepares for possible postal disruption | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The B.C. government's plan B for income assistance cheques and other time-sensitive documents could be re-activated as the long-running Canada Post labour dispute reaches another deadline.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is in a legal position to strike as of Monday, but postponed threatened rotating strike action after weekend talks with a federal mediator. Its initial action would be an overtime ban rather than a full-scale walkout that would disrupt mail delivery.
Canada Post served lockout notice in July, with the two sides far apart on issues including pension changes for future employees and pay for rural carriers.
Income assistance, rent subsidy and other B.C. government payments are not affected if they are direct deposit. For mailed cheques and information, updates on possible postal strike effects to the Ministry of Social Development will be available as necessary at this website or at 1-866-866-0800.
Phone and online contacts are set up for questions about affected provincial departments:
• Ministry of Advanced Education and StudentAidBC online here.
• Ministry of Children and Family Development 1-877-387-7027
• Medical Services Plan payments online here or 1-877-405-4909
• ICBC inquiries 1-800-663-3051
• Family Maintenance and Enforcement program 604-660-2528
• Public Guardian and Trustee online here or 604-660-4444
• Vital Statistics 1-888-876-1633
• WorkSafe BC online here or 1-888-967-5377 | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391636531.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/a81bf1c828a371bcb352bc8773b22250f28e373ede7e4363ceccb3d0063bd65e.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-31T00:50:55 | null | null | Two sides avert job action that has loomed for months | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391803281.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/18051BCLN2007Canada_Post_TruckWikimediaCommons.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Canada Post, postal union reach tentative deals | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over the talks for months.
In a statement, Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says the agreements were reached "voluntarily," but provides no other details about the deals themselves.
The issue of differences in paycheques for rural mail carriers — most of whom are women — and urban letter carriers had been at the forefront of protracted contract talks between the two sides.
The negotiations were extended twice since the weekend, when a deadline expired on a 72-hour job action notice issued last Thursday by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
The two sides were in talks nearly around the clock at the request of a special mediator appointed Friday by Mihychuk.
Canada Post described the tentative agreements as short-term. It said they are for two years and that four-year contracts were typically negotiated in the past.
"The agreements will avert a work disruption, bringing much-needed certainty in the postal system for our employees and customers," said Canada Post in a statement. "Canadians can now use the postal system with confidence."
The tentative agreements, however, still must be ratified by the members.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is Canada Post's largest union, representing more than 50,000 postal workers
The Canadian Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391803281.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/63469cc01acca60f6d5b55e6b88a55d61fde097958279493563ec0b1768f89c1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:35 | null | null | Representative of Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation says it doesn't support efforts to stop oil and gas development | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F388602211.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/64474BCLN2007DonnyWesleyjrLelu7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: U.S. foundations protecting salmon | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Re: Tree spikers cling to Lelu Island (B.C. Views, July 20).
Tom Fletcher seems to believe protecting salmon is not only bad, but dishonest. He suggests it’s an effort to cover up an international plot to kill B.C.’s oil and gas opportunities and Alberta’s oilsands.
His column falsely asserts that, along with other groups, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has “poured money into anti-LNG campaigns in B.C., as they funded opposition to oilsands development before them. Indeed, the record suggests the long project to establish what environmental front groups named the Great Bear Rainforest was a strategy to stop hydrocarbon exports from western Canada, even as U.S. sources ramped up production.”
The foundation’s Wild Salmon Ecosystems Initiative supports groups working to ensure that all factors – social, environmental and economic – are fairly respected in development decisions. It does not fund efforts to stop oil and gas development.
Salmon support a huge economy that provides jobs, social and cultural benefits. And, in British Columbia, unlike many other parts of North America, we still have a chance to keep most salmon watersheds intact. This is why the foundation supports the efforts of communities to protect these fish. This means ensuring that scientific evidence is fully addressed in project development, including siting decisions.
We are proud supporters of the Great Bear Rainforest, not because we are “anti” anything else, but because this is a unique region. Like the Amazon and the Great Barrier Reef, it is recognized by experts around the globe as one of the planet’s most important and unique natural wonders.
It is a region that deserved to be protected on its own merits – a fact so clear that federal, provincial and First Nation governments came together with industry and environmental groups to ensure it would be. To portray this impressive collaboration as an anti-oil and gas does a disservice to the broad array of Canadians and First Nations that prioritized its preservation.
The Moore Foundation supported this as part of our commitment to assist groups that seek to protect wild salmon habitats along the West Coast. People, issues, organizations and funds cross the Canada-U.S. border all the time. There isn’t anything unusual about Canadian environmental groups requesting and receiving donations from international foundations that share the same environmental goals.
Ivan Thompson, B.C. Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Vancouver | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/388602211.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/49c63c2a23b0b41f218d3d910f575a24ec1395bfad303c04acbe9bb0b5e788a7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:22 | null | null | Pre-apprentice graduates are having trouble finding work after training in B.C. schools, grandparent says | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F381317911.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/44737BCLN2007WilkinsonOKCollegetrades7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | LETTER: Where are jobs for apprentices? | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Re: Harper-style ads carry on in B.C. (BC Views, May 21).
The sad truth about the advertising for trades training is that there are not jobs for apprentices in their field.
My granddaughter is in month five of the six-month Camosun College trades training program to start her career as an electrician. Not only is no one hiring now, but no one from the class that finished in December 2015 has been able to get hired as an apprentice.
This is a tragic reminder of the many university grads in the 1970s and '80s who could not find employment other than the service industry or a temporary social services grant that paid $100 per week so you could qualify for pogey. Crushing the hopes of these young people is cruel.
I wonder how many apprentices B.C. would have if ferries were built here instead of in Poland.
Ronald Schlosberg, Victoria | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/381317911.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/4ef7ed4d7a4e34ee904ebe69c536cb009e2ebb8af507b4c0732e1c7b9ebcbe25.json |
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"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:05:14 | null | null | Asian demand for B.C. wood products peaked in 2013, analyst says China sales on pace for 50 per cent drop | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F391328001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/63096BCLN2007thomsonchinaosb7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Lumber exports shift to U.S. as China sales slump | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Wood products exports from Canada to Asia were down 18 per cent in the first six months of 2016, with the biggest decline being softwood lumber from B.C. to China, according to the Seattle-based Wood Resources International.
Lumber sales to China are on pace to drop by 50 per cent this year compared to 2014, as B.C. lumber producers direct their sales to a healthy U.S. lumber market, according to customs data tracked for the Wood Resources Quarterly (www.woodprices.com).
The latest edition notes that by value, 75 per cent of B.C.'s exports to Asia in 2015 and 2016 are in the form of lumber, while 77 per cent of exports from Washington and Oregon are logs.
Asian demand reached a record high in 2013, with China passing Japan as the largest importer of North American wood products in 2011. The B.C. and federal governments promote wood construction in China and Japan, and B.C.'s forest minister is required to conduct an annual trade mission to China, Japan and other Asian countries.
The shift in demand provides extra urgency for talks to renew the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement that expired last year. B.C. sales are booming without the export cap that both Ottawa and Washington have agreed will be required. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/391328001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/add7ed57191afcf32607e82248eaf2008ba9e35a376f980b256564cd1ff69171.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:50:32 | null | null | On Aug. 29 people walked from the spit to the Big House to protest fish farms on traditional First Nation's territory. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391662311.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/49304campbellriverIMG_4905.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell River First Nations groups protest fish farms | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Around 50 people gathered at the Discovery Marina on Aug. 29 to protest fish farming on traditional First Nation's territory.
The group walked down the road in the rain, stopping traffic to draw attention to their cause, to the Campbell River Band's Big House.
The protest was lead in part by the crew of the Sea Shepherd R/V Martin Sheen and Alexandra Morton, who are continuing their tour down the coast and finishing in Vancouver on Sept. 5.
Find the full story in the Mirror on Wednesday. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391662311.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/b772fe6c3cb32ce359c86bd9427250341c6fd2120d2988a8e935d99332d818ac.json |
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"James Durand"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:30 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391335091.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59449campbellriverDurand.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Getting caught up in the Half Wheel | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | James Durand
The Half Wheel – If you’ve never heard the term, then here’s a quick explanation.
When you are riding with the boys (this is a guy thing, women are way too smart for these antics), you make sure your front wheel is half a wheel ahead of theirs. Once they notice you’ve snuck out front, they push a bit harder and soon are half a wheel ahead of you. This becomes a vicious cycle of two or three guys pretending not to race until someone explodes and just can’t hold the pace. Then everyone slows down, catches their breath and it all starts over again.
Why do we do this? I have been on countless “casual” rides that start out as social, easy rides on fun trails, only to be half wheeled into a high speed sprint up a hill or down a beautiful piece of double track. All of a sudden a nice ride goes full blast, race-pace in just a few minutes – there goes another casual day of riding. Is it ego? Is it simply being guys, we can’t let any challenge pass us by? Maybe it’s just an opportunity to push the pace a bit where we never would on a solo ride? Who knows really, I think its one of those things in nature that doesn’t need an explanation, it just is. Boys will be boys.
So, last Monday we headed out for the faster paced group ride into Woods Creek. I had planned on taking it a little easier and keeping the group together for the entire ride. Then someone’s wheel was slightly ahead of mine with a second one coming even quicker. As a good leader I would slow down and reel in the speed, but I’m a silly boy and I picked up the pace just a bit. Then another wheel snuck past me, so I sped up. The funniest part of the ride was me feeling guilty and looking back to see where the rest of the group went, only to find six riders almost running me over as they tried to half wheel the leaders. So we went faster.
As we approached the most technical section of single track, we took a breather, but before I knew it someone in the back of the group was pushing us to go, so we went…as fast as we could (The fact that we saw a couple of buddies up ahead probably had nothing to do with it).
It was not the ride I had planned for that night, but it was an awesome ride. We squeezed in more mileage than normal, lots of the group had their fastest trail times, and I’m sure everyone had a great sleep that night.
I’m not sure why other riders do it, but for me I enjoy getting pushed to my limits, my ego likes to know that at 48 I can still keep up some of the time, and if you challenge me I have a lot of trouble not trying my hardest. As for why I initiate the half wheel once in a while, even as an old slow guy I still like to race a little…or maybe I’m just a $#i+ disturber.
I’m James Durand and I’m Goin’ Ridin… | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391335091.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d0904113ea496566fb9dd87cb140d4c6c78d3f37825b542138fa1465db7e37a1.json |
[
"Alistair Taylor"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:02 | null | null | Sarah and Scott Barrie’s new business venture is creating a stir | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F391322311.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/60726campbellriverT-ShirtsWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | T-shirts generating a buzz around town | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | It’s an entrepreneur’s dream: you produce a commodity that you believe in, develop a marketing and distribution model that will get it out there and then you hope it will catch on like wildfire.
Sarah and Scott Barrie’s new business venture may not be at the “wildfire” stage but it’s one of those ideas that was put into action and is generating a buzz.
The Barries’ company, Bough & Antler Northwest Goods, is producing an eye-catching line of Campbell River T-shirts that are garnishing a lot of attention. And these aren’t the generic wolf, eagle and bear T-shirts with Campbell River replacing the name of virtually every town in B.C., if not Canada.
“It’s been positive,” Scott says. “We know that the tourist T-shirt is an ubiquitous thing throughout the world and we saw that maybe locally, in Campbell River, we weren’t seeing very much that we would personally pick up and wear and we thought, you know, doing this would be something that is fun and might appeal to lcoals who have a sort of native pride (in the local landscape), as it were.”
The Barries’ T-shirts are unique. They are handrawn scenics derived from the couple’s own photographs of local scenes underneath a bold, all-caps name of local places. There are four images available: the Campbell River, Elk Falls, Strathcona Park and Discovery Passage. They are drawn in what Scott calls a “classic 1930s National Park era style” and utilize black and one of red, purple or two versions of green plus the off-white colour of the t-shirt fabric to fill in the negative space of the image.
They wanted to create shirts that were affordable. With t-shirts, every colour incurs a charge. They couldn’t afford to print full colour t-shirts and they would be too expensive to entice people to buy them.
The scenes aren’t exact depictions, there has been some artistic licence taken. For example, the Campbell River scene shows a stretch of river running with salmon in it and and a bear fishing. The setting sun is sinking behind distant mountains and the banks are heavily forested.
“For the Campbell River T-shirt we wanted to compress the scene and get us much about that particular venue as we could in one shirt so it’s not a necessarily 100 per cent accurate depiction of the river but I think the spirit of it is definitely there,” Scott says.The T-shirts were intended to be for the tourist market but the Barries are finding that they are just as popular with locals. They went with four designs, hoping that wouldn’t spread themselves too thin.
Their fears may have been unfounded because they started with an initial run of the T-shirts but they soon sold out.
“We had to place a second order right away,” Sarah says.
They were also hoping to see which images sold the best but over the summer the verdict is somewhat inconclusive because they’re all selling well, although the Campbell River T-shirt seems to selling the best.
They started in June by putting the word out to friends and acquaintances on Facebook. They linked with the owner of French Creek Collective in Campbell River and have placed their T-shirts in that store. There is also a website – boughandantler.com.
“The selling part of things, the sales part is a little new and foreign to us,” Scott says.
As independent graphic designers, the Barries are used to working with clientelle and soliciting new work. But producing a new commodity and getting it out to the market place is a whole new ball of wax.
The Barries moved to Campbell River four years ago. For Sarah, who was born and raised here, it’s a homecoming. Scott is from the East Coast and moved out west to attend university in Victoria. That is where he and Sarah met. Living in Victoria converted Scott to a Vancouver Islander and after university the now-married couple moved around to a few places – including to Nova Scotia and to Hornby Island with $700 in the bank and a van to live in – before moving to Campbell River as a place to raise their two children.
Scott says he brings an outsider’s eye to the community and suggests people may not fully realize what they have here. “Here it’s dramatic landscapes and seescapes everywhere you turn,” he says.
For an outdoorsy family it fits perfectly and business wise they’re sensing a change in attitude as the value of the eco-tourism opportunities sinks in. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/391322311.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/bc06830a0a613a6c35fd0059c9b9916081fd1989043412261116c25d1921df99.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:51:45 | null | null | The Campbell River Motocross Association hosted round one of the BC Championship series last weekend | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391793121.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/10865campbellriverMotocrossgroupjumpWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell River Mirror | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Campbell River Motocross Association hosted round one of the BC Championship series last weekend, with a practice day Saturday and racing on Sunday. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391793121.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/eb886368044d307f0cf8316268c5b65d761e61a058d54e9373a170d7d2a9ebfd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:08 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391336281.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66140campbellriverCampbellRiverSunrise.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell River sunrise | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Mirror reader Chea Beauchemin captured this image of the sun rising over the B.C. Mainland to grace Vancouver Island with its warming rays. Sunny weather is expected to continue so be sure to protect yourself from the heat.
Mirror reader Chea Beauchemin captured this image of the sun rising over the B.C. Mainland to grace Vancouver Island with its warming rays. Sunny weather is expected to continue so be sure to protect yourself from the heat. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391336281.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/2209ae382919c5d0c5c24506ed10b1b0f169cd22849dd9073149ba55ebd5d407.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:23 | null | null | All four Killer Whales upheld Campbell River’s reputation as a hotbed for high performance | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391075921.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/51907campbellriverCRKWnationals.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Campbell River Killer Whales swim on the national stage | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Brooke Wenger accepts one of her two medals at Age Group Nationals. Silver in the 400 freestyle.
The Campbell River Killer Whales touched down in Calgary Alberta last month prior to getting acclimated to the high altitude conditions at Age Group Nationals July 26-31 in the Talisman Center.
The team consisting of veterans Cianna Dunn, Jamiliya Wellard, rookies Brooke Wenger and Kara Beauregard definitely had a challenge with the move from sea level. Coach Jim Campbell had the four swimmers as prepared as possible to head into the week of racing and was a calming presence throughout the meet where the pressure’s to perform are at a maximum level.
The first day saw at least one Killer Whale represented in every event. Cianna Dunn(200 back), Jamiliya Wellard(100 fly,50 breast), Brooke Wenger(100 fly,1500 free), and Kara Beauregard(200 back,1500 free). In the morning prelims session Wenger was able to qualify 4th in the 100 fly and put the first Killer Whale in the top 8 and qualifying for an evening session final. Wellard finished 14th in her 100 fly and Dunn 24th in her 200 back just off their personal bests. Before Wenger’s 100 fly final where she ended up 4th again while breaking her own club record, she was able to swim to a 27 sec best time in the marathon 1500 meter freestyle and in doing so was able to win CRKWs first medal for a third place finish.
The next three days were full of good swims but the competition at the National level was proving itself difficult and making Finals(top 8), was a feat in itself. Wenger was able to make finals in the 200 fly(5th), 200 free(7th), and Beauregard(11), who was one of the youngest swimmers at AGNs joined Brooke in the 200 fly final finishing 8th on the big stage. Beauregard ended up achieving three top 10 finishes as one of only five 11year olds to qualify in the 12 and under age group. Wellard had a fast 50 free Saturday just missing finals(13th), and also best timed her 100 breaststroke. Dunn just 15, entered her 50 backstroke within a couple tenths of a Senior Summer National qualifying time, swam a great race just off her personal best finishing 16th in the Country.
By the time the fifth and final day of the meet rolled around the girls needed a kickstart and Wellard did just that. She was able to post the 4th fastest 50 fly in prelims and put the Killer Whales back in to a final. Following her lead Wenger went out and qualified 6th in her 50 fly and put up a great time in her 400 free good enough for the 1st seed heading into the final night of competition. The 50 butterfly is one of those fan friendly exciting events where the temperature heated up in the Talisman Center. Wellard showed no fear going head to head with some of the biggest names in the Country, and threw down a club record time and nearly qualifying for Canadian Trials. She ended up fourth just getting out touched for third by a couple tenths.
The last event for the meet and last swimmer to race at Nationals for CRKW was Wenger. After qualifying first, but being the eighth seed entering the meet, she was in an exciting, yet surprising position of having the spotlight on her in lane 4. She showed she could handle the bright lights and posted a best time, club record, and silver medal winning swim.
All four Killer Whales upheld Campbell River’s reputation as a hotbed for high performance, sportsmanlike athletes and have shown that Campbell River swimming is still to be held in high regard. Under the tutelage of new Head Coach Jim Campbell, the future of the Killer Whales looks very exciting and are already looking forward to the 2016/17 season beginning in September. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391075921.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d851180f0f31c218b242629697df377b298725d99d06262e4f41130f62bb1b86.json |
[
"Kristen Douglas"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:26 | null | null | Changes to public meetings include cutting the amount of time given to presentations from the community in half | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391325091.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Changes coming to policy at City Hall | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | City council is moving forward with a list of changes to its public meetings, including cutting the amount of time given to presentations from the community in half.
At its Monday meeting, council gave third reading – one step away from adoption – to amendments that will limit how long and when public delegations will appear.
Once approved, the bylaw changes will reduce the current 10-minute time frame given to public presentations to five minutes.
Council would set aside 30 minutes at the beginning of the meeting to listen to as many delegations as possible and if at the end of that half hour there are delegations still left to present, they will be moved to the end of the meeting.
City Clerk Peter Wipper said by moving to that system, it gives council more time to focus on its own business.
“A fundamental tenet of any meeting agenda should be to debate priority issues first,” Wipper said. “This way council has sufficient time to devote to its strategic priorities. Council should not be placed in a position of having to rush important decisions at the end of a meeting because of the time taken by delegations at the beginning of a meeting.”
Wipper added that city staff has reviewed past presentations to council and has come to the conclusion that almost all could easily present and make their requests in less than five minutes.
In an effort to make presentations more efficient, anyone wanting to appear before council will have to complete an application form with their name, the name of the organization their representing and their position in the organization (if applicable), as well as their topic and discussion points, and the action requested of council.
In addition to those time saving measures, council is also attempting to reduce the number of people who absolutely have to address council by not requiring every person who applies for a development permit to present.
Instead, development applicants and/or their representative will only be allowed to address council if city staff is recommending that council deny their land use development application, or it has received some other negative recommendation.
At Monday’s council meeting, council was prepared to sign off on the changes but not before first checking on some of the finer details.
Mayor Andy Adams noted that a section in the bylaw states that, “the city clerk shall set and prepare an agenda of all business to be brought before council at the meeting.”
Adams questioned whether that should instead include the mayor.
“I know this is near and dear to Councillor (Charlie) Cornfield’s supportive comments but it is saying that the agenda, that it is the clerk that provides approval of the agenda and I’m wondering whether that should be the CAO and the mayor?” Adams asked.
Coun. Cornfield agreed.
“Yes, near and dear to my heart is correct,” Cornfield said. “I think yes the clerk should put the agenda together and collate it, I think it should be up to yourself (the mayor), working with the CAO, to approve it. It’s a good system that works. If there’s an urgent matter, I think the mayor should be apprised of it. You are our CEO.”
City Manager Deborah Sargent confirmed for council that what Cornfield said was correct – while it is in the clerk’s job description to prepare the agenda, the mayor still gets to sign off on it.
“That’s a typical duty of the city clerk to actually prepare the agenda, they’re essentially the business agent of the city,” Sargent said. “I think the question you’re asking though, does the CAO and mayor have insight and input into the agenda?
“Absolutely, but it is the city clerk’s function to actually prepare the agenda and all the business to be brought forward to council for the meeting.”
Adams thanked Sargent for the clarification and council subsequently went ahead with approving third reading of the procedural changes. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391325091.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/4ce9c798629ca6e4603dbf34a1a7a23716a03f3f08d1b3ed7c390d4a28a5b6e7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:39 | null | null | Letters to the Editor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2F381029451.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Reserve response leaves me with old ‘kick in the gut’ feeling | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to purchase a home in California.
After the deal was signed, and my wife and I had moved in, my neighbour, an elderly black man named Cleo, came over to welcome us to the neighbourhood. He jokingly said, I could have saved $20,000 if I had got him to stand outside his house while we were inspecting what was to become our new house.
We laughed, but the laughter had an uncomfortable air. I think Cleo was fishing to see if we would be friendly towards him. Later, Cleo and his wife Shirley told us of their experiences of being coloured in the 40’s and 50’s. Segregated schools, drinking fountains, washrooms, backseat in buses etc.
They are wonderful people and we had many wonderful moments. Every story I heard, I smugly thought to myself, thank goodness I live in Canada, especially in Campbell River, where nothing like this happens.
The stories about property values going down if the Tlowitisis people move into a certain area are disconcerting to say the least, and have the same “kick in the stomach” feeling as the horror stories from my friend Cleo. Here, where we open our hearts to charities, Syrian refugees and Fort Mac evacuees, support our local events and brag of where we live, we cannot open our hearts to our own fellow countrymen, women and children.
Where are our leaders in this. Where is our MLA, our MP, our city council? It is shameful.
Dale Bradley | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/letters/381029451.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/ea3dcb6c333c8f6f7ebc9d48457e429617c4558f0365a01bf6d30c7cbbcc3c95.json |
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"Canadian Press"
] | 2016-08-28T22:50:11 | null | null | Talks continue, with rotating overtime ban set to begin Monday if no agreement by midnight Sunday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391545211.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/68221BCLN200782072cranbrookdailyCPweb.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Postal workers union give details of job action if no deal is reached Sunday | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | OTTAWA – Contract talks continue between Canada Post and its largest union, but neither side is hinting as to whether any progress has been made.
A federally appointed mediator has been meeting with the two sides since Friday to try to reach a deal.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says if there is no deal by midnight, it would begin job action on Monday by having its members refusing to work overtime on a rotating basis, starting in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
CUPW served 72 hour strike notice Thursday night, accusing Canada Post of forcing a labour disruption by refusing to bargain in good faith.
The two sides have been deadlocked for months on the issues of pay scales for rural letter carriers and proposed changes to pensions for future employees.
A CUPW news release says the initial job action will cause little disruption to Canada Post customers and that its members will still be delivering mail every day.
The Canadian Press | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391545211.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/93e7d6c6e813d668a4452672df1616268b6a22da25d6bb1614c56d18ae0589fe.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:03 | null | null | The annual Passage on the Passage human-powered vessel crossing of Discovery Passage will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F389231121.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/32776campbellriverDonMcIver004.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Back to the Passage | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Don McIver, 89, shows off an original 12-foot lapstrake rowboat built by Campbell River boatbuilder Ed Painter in 1952. The annual Passage on the Passage human-powered vessel crossing of Discovery Passage will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13 and McIver is being honoured by Passage on the Passage organizers. During the 1950’s, McIver rowed in much of Discovery Passage and the Gulf of Georgia usually in pursuit of salmon. Recently, he sold the boat to one of his previous Passage On The Passage rowing partners, Bridget Pomeroy. As this year’s event approached, however, McIver’s passion for rowing returned and he borrowed the boat for the annual event. With McIver will be his longtime friend Stan Goodrich also of Campbell River. McIver and Goodrich served on the Campbell River Environmental Council for many years and in 1993 unearthed the documents in Victoria that proved that the present day Beaver Lodge Lands were put in a trust by the provincial Government in 1931 to be used exclusively as an experimental forest. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/389231121.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f9e6cccfe7678831fed3632e18078936450e0595e99a058049168b6e62ef83d7.json |
[
"Ray Grigg"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:36 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fopinion%2F391333001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Scientists are back in the Liberals’ regime | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The dictatorial edict of censorship from the Harper government that prevented scientists from communicating freely with the public was lifted within hours of the new Trudeau government taking office.
No one was more relieved than Kristi Miller, the head of molecular genetics at DFO’s Pacific Biological Station. Indeed, her research on salmon diseases is now considered high priority by Ottawa (CBC News, July 23/16).
This is a dramatic change from 2011 when the Prime Minister’s Office prevented her from discussing both her research published in Science magazine and the evidence she was giving to the Cohen Commission on the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.
“I was told at the time that the problem with the study was that it was talking about dying salmon, and that wasn’t a positive news story.”
So, she explained, “When we were banned, it almost made government scientists second-class citizens in the scientific arena. It was quite embarrassing.
“I really felt like a second-class citizen.”
Miller and her science colleagues found themselves in the same second-class as wild salmon when the Harper government and DFO gave priority to farmed Atlantics. In Miller’s assessment, “There’s always been research... trying to understand disease processes in aquaculture fish, but never really taken to the level of impacts on wild fish.”
This lapse in concern must be regarded as bizarre, given DFO’s mandate to protect wild salmon and the overwhelming evidence of disease transfer from farmed to wild fish.
“Maybe,” Miller speculated, “we needed the Cohen Commission to motivate both the department and other academic researchers to really look closely at this question.”
Fortunately, this is now occurring. Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Fisheries, said in an Aug. 9 news conference that the four-year delay in responding to the October 2012 Cohen Commission Report was “unacceptable,” that Ottawa is committed to fulfilling Justice Cohen’s 75 recommendations, and that, “The beginning of a transparent and open accountability to Canadians is today.”
The minister’s “rigorous and robust” efforts to restore the Fraser River’s iconic sockeye salmon run are timely because 2016 is its worst year — ever. The estimated one million returning fish are 400,000 less than the crisis that initiated the Cohen Commission — so low that all fishing in the lower Fraser has been banned, including the test fishery. With such numbers, every fish is important.
So the discovery of piscine reovirus in wild Pacific salmon is noteworthy, particularly if its source — as Norwegian scientists have concluded — is confirmed as salmon farms, where the infection is now epidemic. Even if the virus doesn’t manifest in wild fish as the debilitating HSMI (heart and skeletal muscle inflammation), the effects could still be serious. As Miller explained, “Understanding disease processes in wild migrating fish is a really hard question, because we don’t observe them die.” Whereas farmed fish might just seem lethargic, any impairment in the ability of wild fish to swim, feed or evade predators would cause them to “drop out of the water column.” So, when every wild salmon is important, each one that succumbs to disease is a crucial loss. With scientists back, maybe we will finally understand what’s happening to our wild salmon. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/391333001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/bd816a80a7787b6a47ab5e84fbc9a9a6bdc008e1634e075e1f879b7480725aa1.json |
[
"Terry Guest"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:01 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F391335221.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65684campbellriverCrashtopassboats.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Big Rigs and Crash to Pass at Saratoga | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The fan favorite Crash to Pass Boat race was on display for the sellout crowd on Saturday at Saratoga Speedway.
Craig Gagne in his Mad Max car would be declared the winner after the almost 10-minute race, as he barely edged out Billy Brimacombe Jr. to take home his first ever Boat Race win. The Hornet cars and the Galaxy Motors Mad Max cars were also on the card, with Bailey Western Sponsoring the night.
To start the night, beautiful Big Rigs from across the Island made their way to the track to put on a truck parade and meet and greet for the fans. After the trucks finished their show, we would move right into heat race action which would see wins go to Danika Seggie, Kiana Westra, Michael White, Nigel Neufeld, Shawn Allen, Danielle Antonik, and Cory Sandirson.
The first main event of the night would see Joshua McLellan dominate the Crash to Pass field. Mclellan, who was racing his first night in the Crash to Pass class, led all 10 laps to take home his first ever main event win.
Next up, 22 Hornet B cars entered into a 25 lap main event. Brandon Carter would work his way to the front within the first few laps and ended up pulling away from the pack from there, but Carter was penalized for jumping the start, making him a lap down and out of contention. That opened the door for Michael White who was patiently waiting back in second, not realizing his was actually in the lead. He would end up taking home the win.
The 25 lap A main would see a very rough battle through out the race. Lots of cars jockeyed for positions early, but it would be Shawn Allen who made his way into the lead on lap 7 and he would not look back from there, holding on to take home his second main event win of the year. Finally in the Galaxy Motors Mad max main event, Danielle Antonik would once again find her way into the lead, making her move on lap 14 and not looking back from there, holding on to take home her second main event win of the year.
Extra laps...Next weekend Saratoga presents the biggest open wheel night of racing of the 2016 season sponsored by Thrifty Foods. The Wilroc Lite cars, Old Timers, Dwarf cars, I.M.C.A Modifieds and the Bomber cars will all be on the card Saturday. The Old Timers are the nicest looking cars you will see come to the Speedway, will body types ranging in years from the early 1930’s to 1940’s. So far them and the Dwarf cars have been rained out twice this year, so they will be itching to finally hit the Black Creek Oval.
The Wilroc Lites are back for the last time this year. Their last race saw 16 cars make it on the track, with points leader Jeff Montgomery taking home the main event win. Our two local classes see tight points races going into the weekend. Travis Stevenson jumped into the points lead in the Modified division after last race, now leading Dano Bryant by 29 points. Darrel Larson holds the points lead over his nephew Boston in the Bomber class by 160 points. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/391335221.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/4dc4ad02f44917ba67c6b25e75f797aeec67c72df24ebdac09b7a44dcb9a72c5.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:05:36 | null | null | Designer of Kicking Horse and Jumbo resorts gets approval to proceed with $175 million project east of Prince George | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F390477731.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66407BCLN2007Oberti-Oberto7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | B.C. approves Valemount glacier resort plan | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The B.C. government has approved a master development plan for a new year-round ski resort in the Cariboo Mountains west of Valemount.
Valemount Glacier Destination Resort is a $175 million project led by Oberto Oberti, who designed the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort near Golden and the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal west of Invermere.
The Valemount plan includes lifts and gondolas that would carry skiers and sight-seers to the summits of Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Mount Arthur Meighen. Its vertical drop of 2,050 metres would be higher than Whistler-Blackcomb and the largest in North America.
"There are very few places in the world, and none in North America, where you go and ride a lift to the very top and the glacier is below you," said Jill Bodkin, a director of the company.
Valemount is a remote community of about 1,000 residents near the Alberta border east of Prince George. The region is west of Jasper National Park, which attracts visitors from around the world.
On the project's website, Oberti says people will travel to Switzerland for this kind of mountain resort experience, so a three-hour drive from Prince George isn't an obstacle to success.
Valemount Mayor Jeanette Townsend called the master plan approval "exciting news." She said the community attracts visitors who stay there to avoid the expensive accommodation in Jasper and the resort will take it to the next level.
Chief Nathan Matthew of the Simpcw First Nation said his community has been involved since the beginning, and he sees the project as an important economic development for the northern part of Simpcw's traditional territory. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/390477731.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/52ccda05d52fd950f5736e5529ef4f9af2dd0914e0482c18aca56815db131133.json |
[
"Tom Fletcher"
] | 2016-08-26T13:08:55 | null | null | Collector plates will be available next year for modified as well as stock cars made between 1958 and 1974 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F389536851.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/25111BCLN2007Chevrolet_Camaro1969-wikim7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Collector program expanding to 'muscle cars' | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Modified versions of the 1969 Camaro SS and other popular vehicles will soon be eligible for B.C. collector plates, allowing occasional use for parades and car shows.
The B.C. government is expanding its collector vehicle licence system to include eligible modified cars made between 1958 and 1974, to capture the popular "muscle car" era of the 1960s.
The ICBC collector plate program gives car enthusiasts a lower-cost licence plate that allows occasional use for parades and classic car shows. ICBC plans to take applications starting in 2017 for eligible modified vehicles up to 1974, and replica cars resembling North American production cars from 1942 and earlier.
With strict rules that the cars must be in "collectible condition," changes will take in modified popular cars from the Dodge Duster to the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, as well as replicas of the popular Ford "deuce coupe" from the 1930s.
Premier Christy Clark announced a break for older cars this spring, allowing vehicles from 1940 or earlier and their replicas to run without fenders or mud flaps when the highway is dry and paved.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the collector car industry is significant for B.C., with registered collector vehicles having doubled to 26,000 in the past 10 years.
"We want to see this specialty vehicle program remain viable, preserve vehicle history and evolve with the times," Stone said. "That's why we are opening up the opportunity to owners of specialty cars within the 'muscle car' era."
Currently, the standard collector plate is available to cars 25 years or older, as well as discontinued or limited production vehicles 15 years or older. It requires a stock engine with no performance enhancements, no rust, dents or "significant wear and tear" of the interior.
Modified vehicles from 1958 or older are currently eligible for collector plates, if they retain the shell of the original body but have parts replaced or modified in the chassis, engine, suspension, steering or brakes.
Owners have to apply for a collector or modified collector plate, with purchase and parts bills, photos and inspection reports.
Applications for collector and modified collector programs are available on ICBC's website, www.icbc.com, and can be dropped off at Autoplan brokers. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/389536851.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/389c34d1835c6857dcede3ec27d721c791a677ae51c5c5085b07aac49f5b98e3.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:03:33 | null | null | It’s a whole different type of retail than working with giftware and hardware | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F390637361.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/28083campbellriverLaTeeDa.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | A well fitting bra for all from La Tee Da | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Stevie Turley equates bra shopping to shoe shopping. Both everyday items do the work of supporting the weight of the body. You wouldn’t want to wear a pair of shoes that are too big, or that pinch your feet. It is the same with a bra.
“They are the one piece of clothing you really do wear all day and if they are uncomfortable, it is the most annoying thing,” said Turley, owner of La Tee Da Lingerie Boutique.
Stevie Turley and her husband and business partner Jack opened La Tee Da in 2007. They own Gourmet Essentials, which is right next door, and when the previous lingerie store closed, their landlord asked them if they would like to take over the space.
There was no other lingerie store in town so they jumped on the opportunity.
Stevie said they run the businesses as his and hers. Jack comes into La Tee Da to do the maintenance work but that is about it.
Turley fell in love with the lingerie industry.
“It’s satisfying when you find something that works for somebody and they feel so much better about themselves and they boost their confidence,” she said.
It’s a whole different type of retail than working with giftware and hardware next door, she said.
“Learning how the companies that you work with work for what customer, that is all a learning curve,” she said.
The first thing she mastered was bra fitting. Then came learning about the products and how to find not only the fit that women need but also the feeling they want when they look in the mirror.
And that is one of the many reasons that women will shop at a lingerie boutique instead of a department store.
“Every woman is unique, within her size, her shape, her place in life, she is unique,” Turley said.
Bra shopping can be frustrating and at La Tee Da they are focused on customer service.
Although they specialize in bra fittings, if a customer does not want a fitting, they will run to find sizes so that you don’t have to get dressed again to find a different product.
La Tee Da also has a wide variety of sizes from an A cup to an M cup and a 30 band to a 46 band, a range that you probably won’t find in any department store.
Turley is an advocate for shopping local and giving back.
“Your core business is always your community and that is really who you focus on and the rest is gravy,” she said.
On top of donating for events and not-for-profits, Turley runs a couple of campaigns herself. In August and September she collects gently used bras to donate to the Campbell River and North Island Transition Society.
Next month she has arranged to go to Anne Elmore house and do bra fittings for the ladies living there.
In October La Tee Da is participating in Wacoal’s Fit For the Cure event.
For every Wacoal bra tried on, the company donates money towards breast cancer research.
Turley’s belief is that community and business have a symbiotic relationship.
“It’s a difference, it’s not just business it is making a living in your community,” she said. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/390637361.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/d6e35aad12844222dcb844f384adc697fef378964548ae9fba9673932c30dc68.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:50:58 | null | null | On Monday morning Alexandra Morton and the crew of the Sea Shepherd stopped in Campbell River to protest fish farms | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391794171.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/11241campbellriverYoungprotestorWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Fish farm protestors descend on Campbell River | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Tony Roberts Jr. carries a young drummer on his shoulders during a protest Monday morning over fish farming. Roughly 60 people took part in the event which included a march from Spit Road to the Big House.
On Monday morning Alexandra Morton and the crew of the Sea Shepherd stopped in Campbell River and stood hand-in-hand with members of local First Nations bands to protest fish farms.
The group of around 50 walked down the road from the spit to the Big House where people stood to speak.
“We have the right to look after our food sources and salmon farms are infringing on our way of life,” said George Quocksister Jr., hereditary chief of the Awhwaoo Tribe of the Laichwiltach Nation.
He, as well as other speakers, said they believe salmon farming is killing wild salmon and in turn harming First Nations’ livelihood and traditional territory.
James Quatell, Wei Wai Kum elder, went so far as to compare fish farms to residential schools. He said it is just a different form of genocide.The speakers at the protest claimed that fish farms are the reason that the number of wild salmon has decreased. In a press release they claim that 40 per cent of the young salmon leaving the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw territory in the spring of 2015 were killed by sea lice from salmon farms.
They also claim that the government has broken its promises to engage First Nations in consultation.
Tony Roberts Jr. of the Wei Wai Kum nation, said he would like to see the farms put on land.
“We have gone back 20 years in the last six months on negotiations and dealings with DFO,” he said.
He feels that it is his duty to get rid of fish farms to ensure that the wild salmon resources are still available when his grandchildren are grown up.
“It is time now that we stand together and support each other,” he said.
Ernest Alfred, another delegate speaking against fish farms, said he is fearful of what will happen to the coast if the salmon disappear.
“We are the leadership here, we are the protection here and we are going to have to say something, we are going to have to take control,” he said.
Morton spoke very little, only thanking those present for “adding another boulder to the avalanche.
“You are going to win and I am with you 100 per cent,” she said.
From the Big House the group crossed the Island Highway to serve Marine Harvest with an eviction notice.
“There is a lot of emotion with respect to salmon in British Columbia and on the coast,” said Jeremy Dunn, executive director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association. Though many of the protesters were First Nations people, they do not represent the beliefs of the entire local First Nations community.
Marine Harvest has protocol agreements regarding operations within the territories of the Wei Wai Kum, the Wei Wai Kai, the Homalco and the K’omox First Nation. All members of the salmon farmers association have similar agreements with First Nations bands whose land they are operating on.
“We look to work in a collaborative fashion with everyone on the coast to have an economically important aquaculture industry and conserve wild salmon which we believe and know to be very achievable,” Dunn said.
Harold Sewid, a hereditary chief of the Wiumusgem Qwe’Qwa’Sot’Em band, has been working as a commercial fisherman his whole life and for the past 19 years also been working with fish farms.
“In the 19 years I haven’t seen anything that is overly concerning,” he said.
And he made it very clear, from when he was first hired, that if there were things about the operation that concerned him he wouldn’t be afraid to speak out about them. Sewid does everything from changing nets to hauling feed out to the farms. Though he thinks everyone has a right to their own opinion, he feels he has a well informed opinion.
“Personally I don’t see what the claims are,” he said. Morton, the Sea Shepherd and the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw are on a protest tour down the coast. On Aug. 15 three of the First Nation’s leaders boarded the Cermaq/Mitsubishi salmon farm in the Burwood Islands and also served an eviction notice. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391794171.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/17c7280eab3d25622f5fb263a283e272d02fa33cb5e849c251dd362eeb408ddf.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:11:57 | null | null | Campbell Riverites will continue to seek relief from soaring temperatures | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391335851.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/66040campbellriverAlorhaWaterfall-md.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Hot August nights to continue | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | This past weekend has been the hottest on record in the last 10 years.
According to Environment Canada’s statistics, last Thursday’s high of 33.5 degrees is the hottest in Campbell River in the last 10 years, beating even Aug. 18 of 2014 and that month has the highest average temperature on record in the last 10 years.
The forecast for the upcoming week is rivalling those numbers.
In 2014, the average high was 26.2 and the average low was 12.2. So far this month, the average high has been 25.3 and the average low has been 12.5.
This comes following the second coldest July, on average, since 2011. The average high for the month was 22.5. The average high in 2011 was 19.9.
With this heat came an Island-wide fire ban that included the City of Campbell River imposing an internal ban.
As of Tuesday, six days after the city’s fire ban was put in place, the Campbell River Fire Department had responded to 19 incidences of fires, beach fires or smoke.
“One could have been a significant event off of Jubilee and Dogwood about 300 metres into the brush there that we were fortunate to locate and get to before anything got too serious,” said Thomas Doherty, deputy fire chief. “People are getting the message. People see smoke they call right away which is a good thing.”
Despite the fire ban, there are still fun options in the area to get out and enjoy the weather.
An informal survey of suggestions to keep cool conducted by this writer – a recently transplanted Albertan – found the majority of people recommending McIvor Lake. The opportunity to snag your own section of sandy beach is enticing. Even if you can’t, there is lots of beach, and even more water, to go around.
Other highly recommended options, if you have a little more time to travel, are Buttle Lake, Morton Lake and Brewster Lake. There is also a good place to swim at the Quinsam day use area.
If you’re in for more of an adventure, try to find the Quinsam potholes. As the water goes over the rocks it gets nice and warm, and the little waterfalls and mild current mean there is something for everyone to explore and swim. I’ve heard there are also potholes on the Oyster River that come highly recommended.
If waterfalls are your thing, I’ve been told to take a dip at Nymph Falls on the Puntledge River just off of Forbidden Plateau Road.
For those attached to the beach, Saratoga is my personal favourite, though Miracle Beach is a good option.
And if swimming isn’t your thing, keep cool just floating along the river in either Campbell River or Courtenay if you want to get out of town for the day. There are of course other options to beat the heat. Exploring the Upana Caves near Gold River will keep you out of the sun for awhile.
But at the end of the day ice cream will make or break any great adventure and Discovery Pier is always a good bet for scenery and ice cream. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391335851.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/90ad68b5e3c59e25ad2b732ebdcdd53878834eda451d341f7b75dc9c181d74ad.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:14:27 | null | null | HOWIE MEEKER GOLF CLASSIC: As part of an ongoing series, the Mirror introduces another one of our wonderful Special Olympians | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fsports%2F390640001.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/29320campbellriverJoshuaBrearley.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Rain or shine, Josh is ready to play | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Rainy days are sad days for Joshua Brearley. He looks forward to playing soccer and softball, knows exactly which days practices are and then it rains and everything is cancelled.
As well as two outdoor sports, Brearley plays basketball and curls. He said his favourite part of each sport is scoring points.
“In soccer, I kick the ball harder to get it in the net,” he said.
Corina Brearley, Joshua’s mom, is thankful for the opportunity presented for her son through Special Olympics, otherwise he might not be able to play sports.
“Highschool teams are so competitive,” she said.
Joshua has been in Special Olympics since he was 12.
Not only does he get the chance to participate he has also made new friends and travelled across the Island for competitions and tournaments.
Joshua’s dad, Paul, helps coach basketball and soccer when he is home from his work rotation. He said that teamwork, sportsmanship and passing the ball are key parts of what Joshua is learning on all of his teams right now.
Luckily, Joshua’s sister Kianna, 16, is around to practice with him in the driveway. Corina said Kianna really challenges Joshua, and he is better at basketball because of it.
This year Joshua won the most improved award for his efforts on the softball team. The year prior he won rookie of the year.
He is very excited to be caddying at the Howie Meeker Golf Classic this weekend. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/sports/390640001.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/7a989738dc56ec56eca7b0beb6b7f24d9b8db3cf6c05e305b7c277976d9fc964.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:23 | null | null | Hike Paradise Meadows or Cruikshank Canyon this weekend with a tour guide. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391335641.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/65860campbellriverCruikshankCanyon.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Join a guided hike or two in Strathcona Park this weekend | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | The Cruikshank Canyon lookout point makes the 21 km, eight to nine hour round trip worth it.
On Saturday, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m., join professional forester Margaret Symon on a walk around the Paradise Meadows boardwalk.
Walkers see a whole other side to the Paradise Meadows area as they familiarise themselves with the late blooming meadow flowers and learn to identify various species of subalpine lichens.
On Sunday, Aug. 28 at 9 a.m., experienced hikers can join biologist Alicia Korpach for a hike to the breathtaking Cruikshank Canyon lookout.
This approximately 21 km round trip is expected to last 8-9 hours, so come prepared. Bring water, food, sturdy footwear and clothing appropriate to mountain weather conditions. For these trips, no dogs are allowed.
The hike promises wonderful views of surrounding peaks and valleys. The trail takes hikers past pristine alpine lakes. Participants will get the full Paradise Meadows experience hiking through meadows of wildflowers, crossing streams and getting the reward of mountain views at the end of the journey.
All events meet at the Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre on Nordic Drive, near Raven Lodge.
Suggested donation for attendance is $5-10, contact strathconawilderness@gmail.com to register. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391335641.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/62007a03e96f28f703061c1c9fbf4abd55e8cefbb0c8edb1f11d320e1bd0a03c.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:57:56 | null | null | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391334831.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Boston Pizza manager to shave head for Cops for Cancer fundraiser | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | This year when the Tour de Rock riders stop in Campbell River Teresa Olfert will be shaving her head.
As a Boston Pizza employee she is already selling raffle tickets and collecting donations for the Cops for Cancer fundraiser, but this year she wanted to do more.
“I’m born and raised in Campbell River so I am planning on hitting up every person I’ve ever known.” she said.
Olfert’s goal is to raise $3,000.
Boston Pizza is raffling off a mountain bike, the tickets are $2 each and are available at the restaurant. When the riders come through town they will be feeding them as well as presenting the cheque for the total amount of money they have raised.
“It’ll be good I think once I get myself psyched up for it, it’s just hair,” Olfert said.
The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team begins Sept. 24 and finishes Oct. 7. The strenuous cycling event sees over a hundred law enforcement and emergency services personnel from all over B.C. cycle Vancouver Island, Northern B.C., the coast as well as the Fraser Valley. All money raised goes to the Canadian Cancer Society to support research and care programs to reduce the impact of cancer.
To support Olfert in her fundraising campaign donate online by clicking the ‘make a donation’ button at tourderock.ca or go into Boston Pizza. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391334831.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/a83bb0c9a1e60f5bbc433a749ed4a0e989a4afaa446d6de6d495cdbfccc39684.json |
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"Mike Davies"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:31 | null | null | $9.6 million is being made available by the province through the Canada-B.C. Job Grant | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fnews%2F391324491.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61834campbellriverWorkBC.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Employers get funding boost for skills training | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | There is a new batch of funding available for employers to access to hire more staff or help train the ones they already have.
Another $9.6 million is being made available by the province through the Canada-B.C. Job Grant for businesses – or those acting on their behalf – to apply for.
Under the program, the federal and provincial governments provide two-thirds of the total training cost for an employee – up to $10,000 per person – to offset the cost to the employer, who pays the remaining one-third.
That is, except for the $2 million being made available to employers wishing to train and hire currently unemployed British Columbians, where up to $15,000 per employee is available and no employer contribution is required.
Eligible costs under the program include tuition and training fees, mandatory student fees, textbooks, software and other training materials, along with examination fees.
“The next intake for the Canada-B.C. Job Grant funding ensures there are ongoing supports for small businesses and their employees to access skills training that helps grow and diversify our economy,” says Coralee Oakes, minister of small business and red tape reduction. “We are continuing to build on our successful partnership with Small Business BC and cutting red tape for entrepreneurs so they can focus on doing what they do best; growing their businesses and creating jobs.”The government says more than 15,000 employees within the province have already received training through the Canada-B.C. Job Grant program.There are four streams of allocation for the next batch of funding.
The “Priority Sectors” stream has been allocated $5.6 million, which covers employers that fall under the categories of Small Business, Technology and Green Economy, Construction, Manufacturing and other select industries.
The “Under-represented Groups” stream has been allocated $1 million and includes employers hiring or training new Canadians, youth, Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities or women in trades and natural resource sectors.
Another $1 million is being made available under the Refugee Fund to support eligible organizations acting on behalf of employers to prepare refugees for employment in their particular sector, match refugees to employers and jobs and deliver job-specific skills training in partnership with employers.
“Our province is expected to lead the country in economic growth over the next two years,” says Shirley Bond, minister of jobs, tourism and skills training and minister responsible for labour in the announcement. “This funding will go a long way to help businesses provide their current or future employees with the skills training they need to ensure we have the workforce to keep our economy strong, diverse and thriving.”
This round of funding is for training that will begin between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of this year.
Information on eligibility criteria and the application process can be found online at workbc.ca/canadabcjobgrant.
The government says more than 15,000 employees and 3,000 employers have taken advantage of the $26 million they have invested in the Canada-BC Job Grant since the program began.
Employers themselves have contributed another $13 million towards the initiative. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/391324491.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/2f38ee677f6282ab1123fcc5095e79f0e0293468a6c29d676b5aa4024b848191.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:44 | null | null | Throughout the summer, young people have put their education to work while being a part of the Vancouver Island Conservation Youth Crew | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fcommunity%2F391324271.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/61588campbellriverNatureTrustyouthWEB.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | A unique summer job for some Island youth | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | From left, Jaylene Harper, Hilary Blackman and Shawn Lukas put their tree planting skills to use this summer as part of a youth conservation crew with the Nature Trust of BC.
Throughout the summer, young people have put their education to work while being a part of the Vancouver Island Conservation Youth Crew, thanks to The Nature Trust of BC and program supporter HSBC Bank Canada.
“I first became interested in the crew position when I saw a presentation at Vancouver Island University last September from a former participant,” said Jaylene Harper, Vancouver Island HSBC Conservation Youth Crew member. “It sounded like a lot of fun and I was immediately interested in being on the crew this summer in order to gain experience in the conservation world.”
The Nature Trust of British Columbia hires young people each summer to tackle a wide variety of conservation activities on properties across the province and learn valuable skills for future employment. Training includes First Aid and Bear Aware as well as the safe handling of power tools.
“My favourite activity was a helicopter trip up Green Mountain, which is an important area for Vancouver Island Marmots. It was my first time in a helicopter which was very exciting, and we got to help restore marmot habitat in hopes of increasing their population,” said Harper. “Learning to identify certain plants, especially differentiating grasses, was one of the most difficult things we had to do.”
The crews perform on-the-ground work as well as attending workshops from specialists in the field on topics such as bird counts, and forest and wetland ecology. They also contribute to the local community in a variety of ways.
“We worked on restoring turtle habitat and nesting areas at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo,” said Harper. “The turtles are important there, especially the native Western Painted Turtles, and people love seeing them.
“I have learned a lot about the large number of conservation areas The Nature Trust is responsible for, and how much work needs to go into preserving these lands and keeping them as natural as possible. I think it is really important that these areas always exist, and The Nature Trust of BC does a good job at that,” added Harper.
In 2016, HSBC Conservation Youth Crews are operating on Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, South Okanagan, and East Kootenay.
This year The Nature Trust of British Columbia is celebrating 45 years of land conservation. The organization is dedicated to protecting B.C.’s natural diversity of plants and animals through the acquisition and management of critical habitats. Since 1971 The Nature Trust, along with its partners, has invested more than $80 million to secure over 71,000 hectares (175,000 acres) across British Columbia. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/391324271.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/f40059d3bf6fa454ff8dfe6dc07a5e4eaad6463029c9f967886947ebb8a3d68b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:27 | null | null | The next phase of the BCOBTA’s work will enhance marketing for the Broughton Archipelago, Discovery Islands, and Vancouver Island West | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F389226991.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/BlackNewsMedia-CLR.png?t=12345? | en | null | Remote coastal regions to get marine marketing boost | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Small and remote coastal regions can prepare for a boost in tourism with the development of a collaborative marine tourism marketing and product venture.
With funding from the Island Coastal Economic Trust, the BC Ocean Boating Tourism Association (BCOBTA) is entering into the third phase of its multi-year marketing program.
The AhoyBC.com website is a central component of this program. The site is a complete resource for marine tourists, offering everything from self-directed circle tour options to information on charters, west coast Aboriginal culture, marine parks, and more.
The next phase of the BCOBTA’s work will enhance marketing for the Broughton Archipelago, Discovery Islands, and Vancouver Island West. These remote sub-regions are less-frequented by marine tourists and boaters, yet account for one-third of all BC ocean boating tourism revenue. Marketing efforts will include more detailed content for trip planning, attendance at boating shows and sending a video crew and travel writer to the Discovery Island region.
“The economic impact of marine tourism is huge, and even more so in remote regions and communities,” explained David Mailloux, Chair of the BCOBTA. “Even though most boaters stay in the Salish Sea, those that venture to the remote sub-regions spend more because trip length is longer, party size is larger, and boats are bigger.”
The Island Coast Economic Trust is contributing $14,400 to the jointly-funded $37,600 project to focus marketing efforts specifically on those remote regions. Enhanced community profiles, regional showcases and a presence at consumer shows are just some of the elements of the overall marketing effort.
“In 2014, marine tourists directly spent $68 million in those three sub-regions alone, and the forecasts from the BCOBTA show that this project could generate a further $12 million over the next five years,” said ICET Chair Phil Kent. “Those numbers are significant, and that’s why we are eager to see this effort get underway.”
The Enhanced Marketing Project is expected to be complete by spring 2017.
About the Island Coastal Economic Trust
The Island Coastal Economic Trust is a $50 million fund established in 2006 by the Government of British Columbia to help diversify the economies of central and northern Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.
ICET is guided by a Board of Directors and two Regional Advisory Committees which include more than 50 locally elected officials and MLAs and five appointees. This exceptional team of leaders collaborates to set regional priorities and build vital multi-regional networks.
Through a community-centred decision-making process, ICET has approved $49 million for over 160 economic infrastructure and economic development readiness projects on the Island and Sunshine Coast since implementing its grant program in 2007. ICET investments have generated over $278 million in incremental funding into the region.
A full overview of ICET can be found at www.islandcoastaltrust.ca | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/lifestyles/389226991.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/6efabe0836dea3f77dda9a7bb23938438bab7bc9e3174f1105cbfa0cbf512fc6.json |
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"Doug Sloan"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:41 | null | null | From north to south, Chile has diverse microclimates | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Flifestyles%2F389908581.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59211campbellriverSloan.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | Chile keeps pumping out fabulous values in wine | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | Doug Slaon
From north to south, Chile has diverse microclimates but in the Central Valley’s traditional wine regions, it is mainly temperate and Mediterranean.
Combined with advantageous international exchange rates and lower land and labour cost, most vintages in Chile have an abundance of ripe fruit that allows winemakers to consistently create exceptionally affordable wines of remarkably good quality!
After disappearing from availability for a year the tasty wines of Isla Chilote have returned with slick new labels. Tough to beat the value in these affordable blends!
The grapes for Isla Chilote White (399634) $7.49 white wine were harvested from selected vineyards in Chile’s Central Valley. This valley is particularly characterized for having clearly defined seasons with cool, rainy winters and warm summers with high daytime temperatures moderated by cool nights.
This white wine has a pale golden yellow appearance. Honeyed melon notes slide into subtle mango and pink grapefruit.
Isla Chilote Red (399657) $7.49 is crafted from grapes that are able to ripen fully thanks to the excellent exposure to the sun, dry summers and a lack of rain at the time of harvest.
Sweet aromas of ripe red fruits, plums and the cassis flavours dominate with notes of mint and vanilla. This is an easy drinking red that wouldn’t mind an hour in the fridge before serving.
The cold maritime Humboldt Current flowing north up the Pacific coast and the fresh breezes that descend from the mountains create a large temperature differential between day and night that allows the wine grapes to grow at a leisurely pace and develop a full range of scent and flavour complexities.
Epica Wines from Viña San Pedro are aimed at young adventurers who want to enjoy life to the fullest, live in the here and now, and keep things fun and simple.
It’s a new brand of young, original and vibrant wines, available in three varieties from Chile: a Red Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc.
A mouth full of tropical fruit flavours with mango and pineapple over kiwi and gooseberry flavours Epica Sauvignon Blanc (775866) $13.99 is a step up from everyday sipping. Chill down and enjoy!
Made from 90 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon, 5 per cent Carmenere and 5 per cent Syrah, Epica Red Blend (828590) $13.99 has vivid hues of black plum, intense aromas of ripe red summer fruits and generous flavors of savory cherry and dark cocoa with a long smooth finish.
Sourced from vineyards in the Maipo, Maule and Colchagua Valleys, Epica Cabernet Sauvignon (544072) $13.99. This wine shows the classic character of Cabernet Sauvignon. An intense nose with ripe red and black berry fruit, such as berries and hints of vanilla in this elegant medium bodied red, with smooth ripe tannins.
In 1987 Aurelio Montes, Douglas Murray, Alfredo Vidaurre and Pedro Grand got together and set their hearts on creating the finest wines that South America had ever seen.
The four friends knew the potential for quality wines in Chile was waiting to be harvested, and so Viña Montes was born.
Even at the premium level, among similar wines from other Chilean producers, Montes Alpha Chardonnay (390203) $23.65 is a fascinating white wine with a medley of mango, peaches, guava and grapefruit aromas and flavours tantalizing the taste buds over a core of fresh sliced lemons and asparagus. Ten months in French oak adds subtle elements of toast, vanilla, butterscotch and caramel.
Founded in 1998, Ninquén, meaning “Plateau on a Mountain” in a native dialect, became Chile’s first Mountain Vineyard.
This inimitable terroir, located in the heart of Colchagua -Chile’s most renowned premium winemaking region- provides exceptional grape growing conditions for the production of ultra-premium red wines.
From the multi-award winning Montgras, Antu Ninquen Cabernet Sauvignon – Carménère (139295) $24.10 is a lusciously rich red leading with 70 per cent Cabernet for beautiful blackcurrant fruit aromas and flavours.
Spicy, herbal, peppery vegetal notes from 30 per cent Carménère add ‘grip’ and savoury complexities.
California’s iconic Robert Mondavi and Chile’s equally iconic Eduardo Chadwick devised Sena (413971) $135.09 to be the best that Chile could offer. An authentic Chilean blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot varieties, it is intense on the nose, with abundant fresh red and black fruit - raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Simply stunning!
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] | 2016-08-26T13:05:55 | null | null | Vehicle traffic up 5% with no net fare increase and discounts offered for vehicles pulling boats and travel trailers | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campbellrivermirror.com%2Fbusiness%2F391094851.html.json | http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/59772BCLN2007ferrySpiritofBC7web.jpg?t=12345? | en | null | More discounts coming as BC Ferries traffic rises | null | null | www.campbellrivermirror.com | BC Ferries sailings have been busier this year, thanks in part to strong tourist traffic and no net fare increase.
BC Ferries plans to continue its campaign of price promotions this fall and next spring in an effort to maintain increased passenger and vehicle traffic.
First-quarter results for the Crown corporation show passenger traffic up 2.5 per cent and vehicle loads up 5.1 per cent for the three months ended June 30, compared with the same period in 2015.
Buoyed by a strong tourist year for B.C. and no net fare increase, BC Ferries carried 5.3 million passengers and 2.1 million vehicles in April, May and June. The 1.9 per cent average fare hike was erased by a reduced fuel surcharge due to long-term contracts for cheaper diesel fuel.
Helped by reduced operating costs and higher retail sales from terminals and on-board gift shops, net earnings were $27 million for the quarter, up from $18.8 million in the same period last year. Revenues were up 4.9 per cent to $219 million, while costs for the quarter went up 1.5 per cent to $178.6 million.
BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan released the first-quarter results at the corporation's annual meeting in Victoria, where he also announced that unspecified pricing promotions will be offered this fall and next spring. This year BC Ferries has been offering discounts on over-length vehicles pulling boats or travel trailers.
Corrigan also announced he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of the fiscal year next March. He was promoted in 2012 to replace former CEO David Hahn, and presided over a controversial service review that saw sailings reduced on money-losing routes.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone praised Corrigan for reducing operating costs and embracing new technology, including three new medium-sized ferries using liquefied natural gas fuel that have been built in Poland.
LNG retrofits are also scheduled for the Spirit of B.C. and the Spirit of Vancouver Island, the workhorses of the main Tswassen-to-Vancouver Island route.
Corrigan's term also saw the first cable ferry in the BC Ferries fleet, the Baynes Sound Connector to Denman Island. Stone said the cable ferry cut fuel costs by half. | http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/business/391094851.html | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.campbellrivermirror.com/3a8996f80de6d0a0e77f1dd21e75eb372158f8dd1d342c10845d88381773b1e6.json |
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