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By Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor Editor It looks like the employment uncertainty in Port Alice will continue. On Friday the 13th of November, Neucel Specialty Cellulose informed its employees via letter that conditions are not what they need to be in order for the pulp mill to reopen early in 2016. “While there has been some upward move- ment in the global dissolving pulp market and forecasts indicate that this trend could continue, the current market price for dissolving pulp is not at the level required to ensure profitable operations,” Neucel Chief Executive Officer Wanli Zhao wrote in the letter sent to staff. (Neucel is owned by Fulida Group Holdings Ltd.) “Consequently, the shareholders have evalu- ated the situation and believe that the basic conditions for implementing significant capital investment projects and restarting have not been met. Therefore, the shareholders are not able to provide a firm date for restarting the mill,” Wanli said. “I was completely surprised with the lack of information coming forward from Neucel,” said Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen. The recent letter is repetitious of the one they sent to Neucel employees in May 19, Allen said, “but at least the May 19 letter conveyed some hope.” That letter said the shareholders had “approved the development of a number of mill projects to address mechanical and operational issues that contribute to chronic poor reliability”. “We are hopeful that those projects will still move forward,” said Allen. The uncertainty is taking its toll on the com- munity. G NORTH ISLAND NEWS: [email protected]SUBSCRIPTIONS: 250-949-6225 SALES: [email protected]50th Year No. 48 Newsstand $1.29 + GST www.northislandgazette.com • SHOP LOCAL... Great gift ideas from local Tri-Port busi- nesses. Page 14-15 •REMEMBRANCE... McNeill Chamber honours best of the best. Page 12&13 • HOCKEY... Midget Eagles down Bulldogs in hockey action. Page 19-20 OPINION Page 4 LETTERS Page 5 SPORTS Page 23-25 CLASSIFIEDS Page 26-27 November 25, 2015 Publications Mail Agreement No. 391275 No pulp mill restart in sight Submitted Photo Santa Makes Stop in Port Hardy Sparky the Firedog accompanied Santa to the Thunderbird Mall Saturday for the Kick off to Christmas event. Chauffering Santa around were Port Hardy Fire Department Lt. Lionel Gunson and Deputy Chief Brent Borg. See page 3 ‘Switching to...” DL# 40069 1-855-291-4335 2700 North Island Hwy. Campbell River www.northislandnissan.ca $ 0 DOWN $285 BI-WEEKLY 2 NAVIGATION, MOONROOF, SPRAY-IN LINER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE... On approved Credit. Net of all rebates must finance through Nissan. 2) 84 months @ 4.24%. Total paid $51,870. Payment includes taxes. STK#T15015 2015 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB SL 4X4 MSRP $57,423 NISSAN FINANCE CLEAROUT PRICE $ 39,971
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorIt looks like the employment uncertainty in
Port Alice will continue.On Friday the 13th of November, Neucel
Specialty Cellulose informed its employees via letter that conditions are not what they need to be in order for the pulp mill to reopen early in 2016.
“While there has been some upward move-ment in the global dissolving pulp market and forecasts indicate that this trend could continue, the current market price for dissolving pulp is not at the level required to ensure profitable
operations,” Neucel Chief Executive Officer Wanli Zhao wrote in the letter sent to staff. (Neucel is owned by Fulida Group Holdings Ltd.)
“Consequently, the shareholders have evalu-ated the situation and believe that the basic conditions for implementing significant capital investment projects and restarting have not been met. Therefore, the shareholders are not able to provide a firm date for restarting the mill,” Wanli said.
“I was completely surprised with the lack of information coming forward from Neucel,” said Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen.
The recent letter is repetitious of the one they sent to Neucel employees in May 19, Allen said, “but at least the May 19 letter conveyed some hope.”
That letter said the shareholders had “approved the development of a number of mill projects to address mechanical and operational issues that contribute to chronic poor reliability”.
“We are hopeful that those projects will still move forward,” said Allen.
The uncertainty is taking its toll on the com-munity.
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Continued from Page 1“This waiting game is very difficult
for the majority of residents. People were hoping they would be going back in a couple months, but now it’s possible that difficult choices have to be made by some families,” Allen said.
“Port Alice residents are being test-ed, but we are a resilient, giving com-munity.
“The second last line of Neucel’s letter reads ‘This is a difficult time for all stakeholders and we continue to ask for your patience and sup-port.’ It is also difficult for Neucel’s loyal, dedicated employees and the businesses on north Vancouver Island who are just waiting for the start up announcement,” said Allen.
Neucel is investigating opportuni-ties to reopen the mill, Wanli said,
which may include strategic partner-ships and the cooperation of all levels of government.
“We have made some progress with the BC government, but we continue to seek assistance from the munici-pal and federal governments,” said Wanli.
The mill must continue to reduce its expenditures as much as possible to maintain the site, “reduce the finan-cial burden on the shareholders”, and buy time to work towards restarting operations.
“The shareholders remain commit-ted to the mill in Port Alice and will work towards the operational reli-ability of the mill with the intention to restart production when the market improves and other conditions are suitable,” said Zanli.
Tai Cheng, Neucel vice president,
Community and Government Affairs, appeared before Village of Port Alice council in April to open up a dialogue about lowering its municpal taxes.
At that time, Neucel asked for a deferral of their current tax obliga-tions with a mutually-agreed payment plan, a re-evaluation of its current and future industrial tax assessment and a review of the Village tax assessment based on the value of services pro-vided by the mill to the town.
Allen told Cheng the village would like to strike a select committee com-prised of council and Neucel repre-sentatives to discuss five-year plan-ning issues. That committee has met three times, said Allen, June 17, July 23 and Oct. 15.
Allen said Neucel’s taxes are about $950,000, about half the Village’s tax revenue.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Town of Port
McNeill is working with the Port McNeill Rotary Club on a new central gathering spot.
At their regular council meeting Nov. 2, Mayor Shirley Ackland said the town is very happy to be partnering with Rotary to install a community clock and benches which will help mark the 50th anniversary of the Town of Port McNeill and the 150th anniver-sary of Canada.
The partners have not settled on a spot.
“We haven’t nailed that down yet,” said Ackland.
Port McNeill was one of very few communities on Vancouver Island that received funding through the Canada 150 Community I n f r a s t r u c t u r e Program. Port McNeill received $30,300. The Sayward Community Recreation Association received $11,200 to create and install a monument at the Sayward Heritage Hall.
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The fall Legislative session is coming to a close. It has been two months where there has been little innovative legislation, but the time back in the Legislature has given us, as Opposition, the opportunity of a daily ques-tion period.
Challenging government on its actions is a central role for Opposition, and we were relentless this session focusing mainly on two areas. We spent weeks asking about the desperate situation within the Ministry of Children and Families with young people taking their own lives. We then spent more weeks showing how Christy Clark’s govern-ment has been covering up its actions, seemingly in all minis-tries. Keeping a written record of decisions made and actions taken is simply good practice and good policy in whatever sphere one is working. But clearly that’s not the thinking within Ms. Clark’s government. As far as she’s concerned it is just fine to delete all records of conversations, of meetings and of decisions.
The Privacy Commissioner, an independent officer appoint-ed by an all-party committee of the Legislature, was fiercely critical of this practice. But instead of acting on her recom-mendations when her investigation revealed the broad and deliberate practice of deleting emails and other written mate-rial, the government delayed doing anything by appointing a former privacy commissioner to examine the situation.
The reality is that records have been knowingly removed. Whether those records are about the Highway of Tears, the lonely stretch of road from which many women have gone missing, whether they are about the health workers who were summarily and wrongly dismissed and their careers ruined, or whether they are about plans for the multi-billion dollar
replacement of the Massey Tunnel, they have been wiped.
Through the session I continued to raise the prob-lems facing communities brought about by the mess at BC Ferries. I also worked on other areas of the Transportation portfolio – the provincial highways and BC Transit – during our two months in Victoria.
I continue to advocate on concerns that have a direct impact on the North Island: the cost of park-ing at our new hospital, the provision of pharmacies in small communities, internet connectivity and, of course, economic development. The latter continues to be a concern for everyone I meet. Whether seniors in Port Hardy or young people in Campbell River,
we need to work together on economic development in our communities. This has been underlined by Western Forest Products move to a shift system in the North Island, the shut-down at Myra Falls, the reduction in workers at the Quinsam mine and the continuing closure of the Port Alice mill. This is a resource-driven region, we must to be able to access those resources and receive recompense for their use. We still see the large corporations address their shareholders concerns before the communities in which they are operating. All our North Island communities deserve a fair share.
I will be out of the mix from now into the new year as I am having a heart valve replaced. However, my wonderful staff will continue to be available to assist you. If you have a con-stituency concern please contact my Campbell River office at 1 250 287 5100 or my Port Hardy office at 1 250 949 9473. If you have a question or concern about transportation or BC Ferries, please call my Victoria office 1 250 387 3655. Or you can reach me by email [email protected].
My very best regards and early best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year,
VICTORIA – The fall session of the B.C. legislature petered out two days early last week, as the ruling B.C. Liberals and the opposition NDP agreed to turn out the energy-efficient lights and head for home.
NDP leader John Horgan skipped the last day and headed to the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby. There he announced “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s “bold, progressive plan for the future of B.C. energy, with a strong focus on jobs.”
Reporters asked, how many jobs? Horgan said retrofitting public buildings and homes for energy efficiency would cre-ate jobs all around the province, but he can’t say how many.
How much does the plan cost, and does it include sub-sidizing homeowners to fix their windows and insulation? “The costing will be more apparent when we get closer to the election,” Horgan replied.
Whatever the cost, the NDP plan apparently rests on the assumption that the $9 billion Site C dam project on the Peace River can be stopped by an NDP government after the 2017 election. That money would be used to build wind and solar generation, and to install a sixth and final water turbine at Revelstoke dam. The chances of Site C being stopped are approaching zero. Construction of an access road started two months ago, site clearing and work camp construction a month before that. Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the main dam construction contract will be let shortly, followed by the powerhouse contract next year.
Horgan said remaining legal challenges could slow or stop the project.
The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations have lost their case against Site C twice, in the B.C. Supreme and Federal Courts, and are appealing. The Doig River and McLeod Lake Indian Bands dropped their challenges, and McLeod Lake’s construction company has started work on a Site C contract. West Moberly Chief Roland Willson staged a dramatic protest at the legislature last spring, bringing a cooler of frozen bull trout from a river below the two exist-ing Peace dams, telling media they were too contaminated with mercury to eat.
Flooding land for hydro dams does elevate methylmercury levels in water, but BC Hydro provided me with the latest study that included fish samples collected by West Moberly members. It shows average methylmercury levels remain below federal guidelines for limiting consumption of com-mercially sold fish. It’s an odd coincidence that Willson suddenly made this claim, 47 years after the first Peace dam was completed, when he happened to be in court trying to stop Site C. A coalition of U.S. and Canadian environment groups is also demanding that Site C be stopped, using typi-cal arguments to appeal to their low-information donor base. According to the Sierra Club and others, Site C is not renew-able energy because the (largely idle) farmland it floods is a “carbon sink.” Forests do store carbon, albeit temporarily, but farmland where the trees have been cleared? This is gluten-free gobbledegook.
They also trot out the claim that Site C will be used to power liquefied natural gas operations. Most proponents so far have said they will use gas for LNG processing, and if they don’t have hydro available for ancillary power, they will have to burn more gas. BC Hydro has just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage transmission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disaster reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland. If you’re arguing that hydroelectricity isn’t renewable power, you’ve already lost.
(Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc)
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Dear Editor, It’s well known that we have had a good
number of bears in our area, that have done damage to sheds and people’s properties.
There is talk of a “Bear Aware Program” and I know the Conservation Officer has been busy trapping and removing problem animals from the population.
The COs have encouraged us to call in bear sightings in town to 877-952-7277. If you call this number in the evening, you may speak to a female, who complains that she has too many calls to answer and isn’t interested in taking the information about a problem bear.
In order for the community to work with our Conservation Officer, we all need to work together, and this goes for our municipal office as well. I know people have been reported and pictures of their garbage taken. I would hope
that our municipal office and Conservation Officers would follow up and start fining these people so they start taking this seriously.
Hit them in their pocket books and perhaps that will wake them up. In the meantime, please keep calling Conservation to report calls.
Ignore the ignorant attitude and remind them politely, it’s their job to take down the information and pass it on to the CO. We have lost Bryce (Casavant), through no fault of the new CO. Let’s work with him. Remember to report sightings on the “North Island Wildlife Awareness” Facebook site, so people will know which areas to avoid when reports are made. This helps keep people safe.
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Canada Post decision appallingDear Editor,I am absolutely appalled to learn
that Canada Post is no longer recy-cling. When I was at the post office on Tuesday another patron asked where the recycling bin was.
One of the staff members, whom I would like to clarify are not involved in this decision, told him that the bins had been removed. I turned to her and asked what that meant. She said that local Canada Post staff had been ordered by head office to remove the bins from the lobby. Upon furthering questioning I learned that Canada Post is no longer recycling and everything will go in the garbage. It seems Canada Post will no longer pay for recycling services. So what does this mean for our community? Two outcomes are possible, both of them negative: 1. Our landfill is going to be even more taxed with all the extra paper being thrown in the garbage and 2. More litter will be
strewn all over town. We already have a problem with people not using gar-bage cans resulting in unsightly messes around town - this in going to intensify the problem.
Our new Prime Minister is dedicated to bettering our environment so why is a government organization contribut-ing to environmental damage?
I am asking all North Islanders to request that no flyers and junk mail is placed in your mail boxes. This will contribute to a backup of paper at Canada Post along with having retail-ers put pressure on Canada Post once they realize no one is receiving their advertising flyers.
Secondly, please use social media, Facebook and Twitter to get this mes-sage out to the rest of Canada. Public outcry and pressure can create positive change.
Kari WatkinsPort Hardy, BC.
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McNeill Mountie to offer DARE
By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Port McNeill RCMP detachment now has a
full complement of 10 officers.Cpl. Todd Pebernat announced the information
at the regular council meeting Nov. 2.Pebernat told council one of the detachment’s
members has just completed their Keepin’ it REAL - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) training.
This will allow the RCMP to offer the program to Grade 5 and 6 students. DARE is the most widely-delivered youth drug prevention program in BC. Over 100 police officers teach the program each year to thousands of children across the province.
DARE is a curriculum that provides students with the skills to make safe and responsible deci-sions and to be good citizens by helping others. The curriculum includes lessons on communica-tion, resistance, decision makings, how to handle stress, and bullying.
Pebernat also announced that they will be launching a new Facebook page and are planning a ‘Cram the Cruiser’ event for Christmas to help the food bank.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorIsland Coastal
Economic Trust (ICET) has invested millions of dollars in the North Island.
The $48.6 mil-lion trust was estab-lished in 2006 by the
Government of British Columbia to support economic develop-ment initiatives on central and Northern Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.
Unfortunately, ICET only has about $3.5 million left in the bank.
ICET Chief Executive Officer Line Robert appeared as a delegation at the Regional District of Mount Waddington Board meeting on Nov. 18 to discuss the orga-nization and its impact on the North Island.
Robert explained that each $1 invested by ICET has leveraged $4.61 for a total invest-ment of $271 million in their coverage area.
Over 50 local leaders are involved in the pro-gram and the reason it has been so successful, said Robert, is because over the last nine years a vision has evolved for the region.
ICET has two key pro-grams. The Economic Infrastructure Program which allows fund-ing of up to $400,000. Those seeking less than $50,000 go through a one-step process and there is a two-step pro-cess for those who need more than $50,000.
The process is streamlined, because “we want to get behind you” and “keep the ball rolling and rolling quickly,” said Robert.
The second pro-gram available is the Economic D e v e l o p m e n t
Readiness Program where ICET funds up to 50 per cent of the total project cost up to a maximum of $30,000. Two requests can be made per year.
ICET also provides bursaries, sponsorship and internships par-ticularly in aerospace, technology, and aqua-culture.
“In many cases, ICET funding was used in getting fed-eral funding into our region,” she said.
To date, ICET has invested in 20 projects on the North Island.
This includes $249,920 for North Coast Trail develop-ment. That investment, said Robert “has had a number of impacts on the region.”
For instance, Strategic Natural Resource Consultants were awarded the con-tract to develop the trail which has spin off into a new sector for the company.
Because of this diver-sification, Strategic grew through the recession.
“Business growth can sometimes happen in interesting ways,” she said.
ICET has also been involved in, to name a few, the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre, Coal Harbour, Alert Bay, ‘Namgis waterfront enhance-ment, Integrated Tourism Strategy for North Vancouver Island (which led to
the development of Vancouver Island North), Mount Cain Alpine Park, Rumble Beach marina in Port Alice, Port McNeill harbour development, and the District of Port Hardy seine float and area improvements.
Funds were direct-ed to the Woss Fire Lookout, and she has subsequently found out that there is actu-ally a group that travels around “chasing” fire lookouts.
There are many potential, exciting opportunities for the North Island in the future, Robert said.
“We have a cor-nucopia of trails on Vancouver Island,” said Robert, however the development of many of those trails is not to International Ready Standard.
“The challenge is no one makes money off a trail directly,” she said, however there is funding through ICET for non-profits and communities that want to develop trails. There also may be trail funding available for First Nations outside of the ICET program, she said.
Raft Cove is attract-ing a new type of ‘cool, hip’ visitor to the area - surfers, a niche tour-ism sector that has a younger demographic.
Another tourism opportunity is the Bear Cove Recreation Site which includes a
launch point for kay-akers.
“These are projects which have not yet reached their maxi-mum cruising speed,” said Robert.
“What can we do to get the province to top up the funds,” asked Village of Alert Bay Mayor Michael Berry.
Robert said she doesn’t believe in form letters, saying the best way to lobby govern-ment is with letters that “authentically speak your voice” and that “diversity in voic-es certainly helps.
“There’s no doubt in government that we’ve done good work and that work has been appreciated. To aban-don it (the program) now would be so sad.”
ICET is extremely busy fielding calls from people who want to access funding.
“We might not be able to meet these needs if there’s no fur-ther funding.”
“This is a model that works,” said District of Port Hardy Mayor Hank Bood, adding that perhaps it worked “too good and we spent it too quickly. It was just hugely suc-cessful for the North Island.”
“You had some strong people to bring these projects forward, visionaries, who rec-ognized the value of what they were doing,” Robert said.
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Tyson Whitney PhotoNew Digs for Library
The temporary location of the Port Hardy Library in the Thunderbird Mall is now open. The library is asking teenagers if they have have artwork they would like to put on display in the teen section.
By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorA request by a local
company to spread cedar wood chips at the Port McNeill air-port has been denied.
The request was made by Port McNeill Shake and Shingle at the regular meeting of council held recently.
The company had spread chips in a thin coating once before, said Mayor Shirley Ackland in an inter-view.
However, the Ministry of Forests “has let us know they can’t continue to do that because they (the chips) pose a fire haz-ard. They dry out and they are just too close to the brush.”
A request made to the previous council was also denied, she said.
No chips at airport
By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe District of Port Hardy has amended its
bylaws to allow people with mobile homes, manufactured homes, modular homes, and pre-fabricated homes to renovate their properties in areas where these type of homes are no longer allowed.
Owners of these types of dwellings have asked for permission to add decks, additional levels, etc., however, they have not been allowed to do so, because they were prohibited under the exist-ing bylaw.
The change will allow owners to make altera-tions to their property as long as they follow building code regulations.
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By Tyson WhitneyReporterCanada Post is no
longer collecting and recycling residents junk mail in Port Hardy, a decision that has angered some residents. However this is not a new pro-cess for the Crown Corporation.
For instance, the Town of Port McNeill has never had recy-cling.
When asked about this decision, Eugene Knapick, a Canada Post Spokesperson, replied, “recycling waste bins were never intended to be placed in our post office lobbies. However, in some places bins were provided as a courtesy.
“We’ve found that many times all kinds of materials are placed in these bins. Sometimes it leads to a litter problem,” Knapick said.
“Local business-es pay us to deliver advertising material.
“We encourage our customers to take this home to review with the rest of their mail,” he said.
“Leaving this mate-rial, particularly if it’s an addressed piece, can lead to iden-tity theft,” Knapick added.
“It is in the best interest of our cus-tomers to dispose of any unwanted mate-rial at home with the rest of their recycla-bles.
“Canada Post does have a Consumers Choice (No Flyer) program that allows for people not to receive unaddressed advertising mate-rial.”
Tyson Whitney PhotoA decision by Canada Post to no longer recycle waste mailbox material has angered some residents.
Canada Post removes collection bins in Port Hardy
Gazette staffThe District of Port Hardy has renewed the
Vancouver Island Regional Library lease with slightly reduced annual increases.
At a recent council meeting, Director of Corporate Services Heather Nelson-Smith told council that the library had requested a 1.5 per cent increase per year, instead of the two per cent they had been paying.
The new five-year lease will see the library pay $3,040.60 a month instead of $3,055.58 in 2016 reducing the annual revenue to the District by $179.74.
The lease reflects that the VIRL has installed a new heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system that they will be maintaining.
Library lease renewed
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe Regional District of Mount Waddington has
been asked to have a survey of the Mount Cain Alpine Park done.
The RDMW has tenure over parts of Mount Cain including the area at the base of the hill where the lodge, parking area, staff accommodations, rental cabins, and equipment storage buildings are located.
In 2012, the lease was renewed by the province for 30 years.
The land in question was originally surveyed in 1991, however additional facilities have been built
outside of it. The province has asked for the new sur-vey so they can revise their lease agreement.
The RDMW will have the survey done through its Regional park service.
According to Manager of Planning and Development Service Jeff Long, the RDMW holds a number of ten-ures such as Mount Cain, gun ranges, “all kinds of things, because it’s easier for the regional district to obtain tenure and have a third party agreement with those societies or organizations.”
The Broughton Sports Club in Port McNeill is another example of that type of arrangement, said Long.
“Stuff has been happening up there (Mount Cain) willy nilly. Now there is a recreation plan in place and things are getting cleaned up properly,” said Long. “This is not uncommon, this is not a slight against them,” Long said. In order to address the situation, the RDMW will re-survey the area that is actually occupied.
“We’re expanding the tenure to make sure they are included,” he said. The RDMW provides an annual grant of about $35,000 to the Mount Cain Alpine Park Society to maintain and operate the ski facility “which is a public service essentially. The society does that on our behalf,” said Long.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe cast and crew
of Moose Meat & Marmalade were in Port Hardy last Wednesday filming an episode for season 2 of their television series.
For the North Island episode, bear is on the menu, said Coordinator Calvin Stimson.
Moose Meat & Marmalade, which airs on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), brings together Bush Cook Art Napoleon, and classically-trained British Chef Dan Hayes to explore and compare Indigenous and European culture and cuisine.
“It’s a documentary-style cooking show, an exploration of cul-tures through food,” Stimson said.
Through his Cree heritage, Napoleon is a man among men
when it comes to hunting and surviving in the Northern wilds.
Whether he’s cooking a basic like bannock or a cul-tural delicacy like moose tongue soup, Napoleon creates comfort food that has fed the body and soul of Canada’s First Nations for centuries.
Hayes draws on
years of history and tradition to create modern food.
Cooking in some of the world’s most high-end kitchens, he’s meticulous in his methods. The clos-est he has come to roughing it is using the wrong fork for his salad.
Every week one chef chooses an ingre-
dient and leads the journey. The ingre-dients include every-thing from moose, to porcupine and beaver to lamb, sausages and caviar.
Stimson said the show will be deliv-ered to APTN next September and aired in January of 2016.
(Check local list-ings for airtimes.)
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Moose Meat & Marmalade hosts Chef Dan Hayes, left, and Bush Cook Art Napoleon, second from left, talk to their crew in Port Hardy.
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Port McNeill Chamber
Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce Past-President David Mitchell, right, and President Gaby Wickstrom, left, presented the 2015 Innovation Award to the Tides of Change economic development partnership (‘Namgis First Nation and Village of Alert Bay) to Sharon and Kane Gordon.
Jessica Brown, left, owner of several businesses, was the winner of the Home-Based Business Award presented by President Gaby Wickstrom.
The Gate House Theatre Society was awarded the 2015 Community Arts Award. Accepting the award from President Gaby Wickstrom, right, was Terry Ruth Eissfeldt.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to former Mayor Gerry Furney who also served as the first president of the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce. Furney accepted the award with his wife Carmel from President Gaby Wickstrom, left, and Councillor Fred Robertson, right.
The Community Spirit Award went to the OrcaFest Committee (now known as the Port McNeill Events Committee) from left to right, Jilly Laviolette, Jessica Brown, Sequoia Coe, Terry Ruth Eissfeldt, and Ashley Tapp. President Gaby Wickstrom presented the award.
The 2015 Customer Service Award went to Stacey Coy, left, who works at Gus’ Pub in Port McNeill.
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North Island Secondary School student Brodie Wilson, left, was the winner of the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Youth Award.
The 2015 Tourism Award went to MacKay Whale Watching owned by Bill and Donna MacKay. Presenting the award was President Gaby Wickstrom.
Harbour Sushi owner Mike Lee accepts the award for 2015 Business of the Year from Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce President Gaby Wickstrom.
The Professional Merit Award was won by Scott Benwell Superintendent of School District #85. Accepting the award was Catherine Franchetti-Benwell.
Aussie Diesel Services Ltd. was the recipient of the New Business of the Year Award. Presenting the award to owners Scott and Jessica Brown were Past-President David Mitchell, right, and President Gaby Wickstrom, left.
Past-President David Mitchell surprised President Gaby Wickstrom with the Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce Spirit Award.
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Lions Donate to Hamper FundMalcolm Island Lions Club member Lawrie Garrett presents North Island Gazette Publisher Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor with a cheque for $500 for the Hamper Fund.
Deck the Halls in McNeillBy Tyson WhitneyReporterThere will be a ‘Deck the
Halls’ Christmas event in Port McNeill, Saturday Dec. 12, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission is by donation and the Port McNeill Events Committee are asking every-one to bring either a toy or food item for the Gazette Hamper Fund.
The event will include a cookie colouring station, a gift wrapping contest, a giant igloo building sta-tion, penguin races, and an elf laser training obstacle
course. There will be baked goods
and other Christmas treats in the concession, which will also be by donation.
Santa Claus will grace the event with his presence, handing out candy canes and asking kids what they want for Christmas.
Finally, the Port McNeill Events Committee will be announcing the winners of the town’s Christmas Light Up contest (the Port McNeill home and business with the best Christmas lights dis-play).
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(NC) From drop-ins to sit-down dinners, hosting events over the holiday season can be a little overwhelming.
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the top themes all have a classic or nostalgic twist. Think Charles Dickens, Hollywood in the 1950s or even a rustic cabin from the turn of the century.
2. A fun theme for the holidays is 1950s retro. I love buying vintage copies of Good
Housekeeping and pulling recipes from them, such as individ-ual turkey casseroles baked in ramekins.
3. Decorate a nostal-gia tree. High-design trees look great but consider having a fun second Christmas tree and gather all those ornaments you made or loved as a child.
4. Break out those old records. Pick up an old-school record player online and invite guests to bring their favourite holiday
albums. Some beloved clas-
sics include A Charlie Brown Christmas and Elvis’ Christmas Album.
5. Always send your guest home with a thank you gift that comes from the heart. I love giving my guests a box or tin of my favourite candy.
My guests always smile when they receive them, as the box is always full of happy holiday memo-ries.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorThe 2nd annu-
al Hardy Holiday Weekend will take place from Friday, Dec. 4 to Sunday, Dec. 6.
“We first started in 2013 with ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ on Friday the 13th of December,” said one of the organiz-ers who did not wish to be quoted.
The event was renamed in 2014 to Hardy Holiday Weekend to allow for greater community participation.
“Last year was a spirited weekend with members of the com-munity band playing in the streets while friends mingled at local shops.”
“We tied (the event) in with our Hometown Love initiative, remind-ing citizens, both pri-vate and corporate, of what makes us appre-ciate our hometown. This is where we live, work, and play with a very strong sense of community and neigh-bourhood,” she said.
“This event is a chance to throw the spotlight on our town and share the holiday spirit,” she said, adding that “we have always encouraged others to
create events within the event itself, wheth-er it’s gift wrapping by donation for non-prof-its, or something new.”
Last year’s partici-pation was encourag-ing, “so we decided to make it an annual tradition.”
This year’s festivities include extended store hours to 10 p.m. on Friday. There will be regular store hours and holiday promotions.
On Sunday, there will be community events culminating with the Santa Claus parade and ending with fes-tivities at Carrot Park. Sponsored bowling and swimming times will also be available over the weekend.
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Legion representa-tive John Beddows presented the proposal at the Port McNeill Council meeting Nov. 16, stating the current Cenotaph doesn’t “rep-
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Beddows unveiled a model for the new Cenotaph the Legion would like to have built.
The new Cenotaph
will be 16 feet tall, made of steel, with a sword ‘at ease’ pointing to the ground. There will be a Union Jack flag on the new Cenotaph, as “it’s the basis of this
country,” Beddows said, adding they might have a Canadian flag flying over top of the new cenotaph. as well.
On one side of the new Cenotaph will be the last verse of ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Lt.-Col. John McCrae, and on the other side there will be a torch, which Beddows said repre-sents the “freedom and sacrifices made.”
On the bottom of the new Cenotaph there will be a row of poppies, with the first verse of ‘In Flanders Fields’ over top of them. Beddows hand-ed out a draft of a site plan which would add a crushed rock parade ground in front of the Cenotaph.
As for the old Cenotaph, the plan is to have it removed in one piece and placed in front of the Royal Canadian Legion build-ing. There currently is no timeframe for this project to commence, but they managed to raise over $800 on Remembrance Day for it.
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Wrapping it UpThe Port McNeill Lioness Club got together Nov. 16 for a potluck dinner followed by preparing shoeboxes for Opera-tion Christmas Child. The North Island contributed 408 shoeboxes up from 362 last year. Operation Christmas Child is a program run by Samaritan’s Purse which sends shoe boxes filled with toys, school supplies and personal hygiene products to boys and girls in desperate situations around the world.
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October 31 to November 28Port Hardy Hospital Auxiliary Society Christmas Sale,
Thunderbird Mall, Port Hardy, Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
November 1 to November 30 Library Bingo for Kids, Port Hardy and Port McNeill libraries
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November 24, 25, 26The British Columbia Breast Screening Van is coming to Port
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November 25 - 26Mount Waddington Community Foods Initiative Nov. 25
7 p.m. and Nov. 26 starting at 9:30 a.m. Cultivating Farms, Farmers, and Food Security, Port McNeill Museum Conference Room.
November 28Christmas Showcase, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Community Hall and
Old School Gym in Port McNeill. Call Lioness Christina at 250-956-4400.
November 28Gate House Community Association Silent & Loonie Auction
Nov 28th at the Gate House Theatre in Port McNeill. Check out our Facebook Page. We are posting items as we receive them. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with hot dogs and a bake sale. Then join us at 7 p.m. for a free Christmas cartoon with free popcorn before the Community Christmas Concert. It’s sure to be a fun day!
November 29Free Family Movie brought to you by the Port McNeill Events
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November 29Eight-week set of Snapdragon Cafe Music and Movement
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December 4, 5, 6Second Annual Port Hardy Holiday Weekend. Extended
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December 4Cookie Creations, at SeaVac in Port Alice from 5:30 p.m. to
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Celtic Christmas Dec. 5 in Port Hardy and Dec. 6 in Port McNeill. Tickets will be on sale at Café Guido in Port Hardy and at Flora Borealis in Port McNeill .
December 5/6Port McNeill RCMP Cram the Cruiser event for the Harvest
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December 5Port Hardy Lions Timmy’s Road Blocks. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
December 622nd annual Christmas Bazaar U’Gwamalis Hall, arts and
December 6St. Mary’s Catholic Church 1st annual Christmas
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December 66th Santa Claus Parade Port Hardy, 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
December 6Port Hardy Baptist Church dinner and a movie. Hotel
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December 9Wreath making and holiday decor, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Port
Alice Community Centre.
December 10“Tim Neufeld and the Glory Boys” concert Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.
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December 12Deck the Hall, Saturday, Dec. 12 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Artist gallery in Port Aliceby Trish Weatherall For the GazetteLocal former teacher Dan Nordin fol-
lowed his retirement dream and opened an art gallery in his Port Alice oceanfront home in May 2014. He used to paint in his spare time, to decorate his home, or for gifts or donations. Now his work sells for between $400 and $1,000.
“My first paintings were within 100 steps of my house,” said Nordin from his home studio and gallery looking out on Neroutsos Inlet.
The gallery on the lower level of his house displays more than a dozen original acrylic paintings on canvas and three of his unique painted fish net floats. A photo album wit-nesses his transition from underwater realism to an impressionist’s view from land. Ocean views and marine life are featured in most of his paintings.
“If people aren’t familiar with marine life, they may not even recognize the subject matter,” said Nordin. “Seaweed is sort of my specialty.”
The retired teacher with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology was raised in Surrey, but spent a lot of time on Vancouver Island. “As a kid I was mesmerized by beaches. My family had a cabin near Comox and I explored all of the life out there,” he said. After university, Nordin real-ized marine biology wasn’t all a Jacques Cousteau episode, and he and his wife Claudia accepted teaching positions at the Port Alice Sea View Elementary and Junior Secondary in 1981. He spent 23 years at Sea View and another eight-and-a-half years at North Island Secondary School, painting mainly during summer vacation, before he retired in 2013 and began to focus on his art.
“Now I paint about five days a week, for five or six hours,” he said. “I almost treat it like a job, but more relaxed.”
His interest in art was inspired by a childhood neighbour and cousin, who he describes as gifted artists. But he didn’t con-sider that he had talent of his own until much later. “I was horrible with scissors, and I couldn’t stay within the lines. I never had the 64-crayon Crayola box. Then in high school I decided not to take art. Later, I kind of just
had to figure it out myself.”He says he is self-taught, through teaching
art to students, and by studying art he liked. “I like Van Gogh, and all of the impression-ists,” he said. “There’s a lot of variety in my style. I kind of like the freedom to just go wherever I want to.”
He found a new medium one day when he ran out of canvas and needed something to paint - a 50 centimetre diameter fish float. “I had to wrestle with the idea that as it spins, how do I make sure there’s not a seam. There is no beginning and end. And a fish net float actually covers more space than a canvas.”
His current style brings together different elements of art. He enjoys “colour, impres-sionism, and outlining. A modern influence is Comox artist Brian Scott. He had some paintings at Comox airport - so vibrant and colourful, I just loved it. As I’ve become more free with my colours, colours pop out at me more. Now I see colour where I never used to see it.”
Visitors to the gallery, often other artists, may be lucky enough to tour the back yard with the inlet view or the living area of Nordin’s home.
His talents are evident in every corner of the property, from the hand-built octagonal greenhouses and painted one-metre high fish float hanging chair overlooking the water, to the paintings, wood carvings, and custom-made stone and driftwood full-wall fireplace in the house. He also displays and sells paint-ings at The West Coast Community Craft Shop at Café Guido in Port Hardy, and at art shows and festivals like the Originals Only show and the juried Filberg Festival, both in Comox. Buyers at these shows are often new homeowners from Alberta he says.
He has also had former students buy his art. To date he has sold 30 paintings and about 30 prints. Hours of the gallery are by appoint-ment or whenever he is home and the sign is out. “I like to have the freedom of being retired, so I can go out fishing, not have set hours.”
Dan Nordin Artist’s Gallery is located at 1260 Marine Drive, Port Alice, British Columbia. His work can be seen online at home.cablerocket.com/~dnordin/Site or email: [email protected].
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Artist Dan Nordin has an art gallery located on inspirational oceanfront property in the Village of Port Alice.
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Dancers delight in DuncanGazette staffA number of the North Island’s
Team Charlton highland dancers trav-elled to Duncan to compete in a full day of competitions. The ‘Vancouver Island Open Premiership,’ a signa-ture event for Premier level dancers kicked off the day, followed by com-petitions for all levels of dancers.
The Premiership is a relatively new event in highland dancing, and it is structured like a championship, in that there are four dances with set steps chosen each calendar year. An overall winner is crowned the Premiership winner and placings are recognized for each dance and for overall high scores tabulated from the results of the four dances, with plac-ings awarded to 5th runner up. The Vancouver Island Open Premiership is the only Premiership event that takes place on Vancouver Island, and is only open to Premier level dancers
The first event of the day was the Premiership, with three North Island dancers competing. Kalina Cotter of Port Hardy and Xandryn Frost of Port McNeill competed in the 12 & 13 years Premiership. Frost placed 4th in the Highland Laddie, Flora MacDonald’s Fancy, and the Scotch Measure, for an overall placing of 3rd runner up.
Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy competed in the 11 & Under Premiership. McCorquodale won the Highland Laddie, Flora MacDonald’s Fancy, and the Scotch Measure, and placed second in the Sailor’s Hornpipe, winning the Premiership event title. This is the second year in a row McCorquodale has won the Vancouver Island Open Premiership, having also taken the title in 2014.
In the regular competition which followed, Sienna Cotter and Natalee Hunt of Port Hardy competed in the Primary 6 years category. Cotter placed 2nd in the PdB & Highcuts
and the Highland Fling. Hunt placed 2nd in the PdB and 3rd in the PdB & Highcuts. Paisley Barlolet of Port McNeill competed in the Beginner 7 class and placed 5th in the Fling and 6th in the Lilt. Kayley Clair of Port Hardy competed in the Beginner 11 & Over class. Clair placed 1st in the Fling and Seann Triubhas, 2nd in the Flora, and 3rd in the Sword and Lilt, winning the aggregate high points trophy for the class.
Emma Harrison of Port Hardy com-peted in the Novice 10 & under 12 class. She placed 1st in the Fling, Sword and Flora, and 2nd in the Seann Triubhas and Lilt to win the aggregate high points trophy for the class. The Premier dancers had anoth-er competition in the afternoon, and Kalina Cotter of Port Hardy competed in the Premier 12 & 13 years class.
Abigail McCorquodale of Port Hardy competed in the Premier 11 & Under class. McCorquodale placed first in all four dances: the Fling, Seann Triubhas, 1/2 Tulloch, and Irish Jig, to win the aggregate award for highest points in the class.
Teresa Charlton was happy to see her dancers win three overall aggre-gate trophies, a Premiership title, and a Premiership runner up trophy. “It was a really great day for our danc-ers,” she said. “I am very proud of them all, they danced their hearts out.”
The Team Charlton Highland Dancers and the Mt. Waddington Highland Dancing Association will be hosting a local show of highland dance, Celtic Christmas, on the North Island Dec. 5 in Port Hardy and Dec. 6 in Port McNeill. Tickets will be on sale at Café Guido in Port Hardy and at Flora Borealis in Port McNeill for $10 each.
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Submitted photoAbigail McQorquodale placed 1st in four categories.
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By Kathy O’Reilly-TaylorEditorA charismatic group
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Gordie (Crazy Legs) Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys appeared at the Port Hardy Civic Centre Saturday as part of the North Island Concert Society 2015-16 series.
While the group labels itself as a ‘roots’ band, there are heavy influences of bluegrass, western Swing, Celtic and even Scottish country dance music.
Mackeeman told the audience he began learning to play at the age of nine, join-ing a group of much older fiddlers where he ended up with a lot of ‘grandpas’.
The early start has obviously helped
sharpen his skill to a fine edge - much to the delight of the audi-ence.
There is serious chemistry between MacKeeman, Thomas Webb, (bass, banjo and vocals), Peter Cann (lead guitar, vocals) and Mark Geddes (drums, per-cussion, base and vocals), chemistry the audience responded to with toe tapping, clapping, shouts and ultimately a standing ovation.
From Prince Edward Island, the group is on the final stretch of its current tour before heading home.
Geddes commented that it was nice to be on an island again., to appreciative laughter from the crowd.
The next offering by the Concert Society will be Locarno on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. at 7:30 p.m. at the civic centre. Locarno is the Latin project of Juno-award
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Tickets are avail-able at Cafe Guido,
Port Hardy Museum, Flora Borealis in Port McNeill and from Gail Neely in Port Alice at: 250-284-3927.
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By Tyson WhitneyReporterBill Proctor, a life-
long fisherman, trapper and logger, and Yvonne Maximchuk, a work-ing artist and illustrator, have collaborated on a new book called ‘Tide
Rips & Back Eddies’, which was printed by Harbour Publishing.
Proctor is a legendary Central Coast resident who has lived there for more than 80 years.
Over the years, he has learned the skills and
ways of life of both the local First Nations and the immigrants who moved to the area.
“After Yvonne and I finished Full Moon Flood Tide, I realized there was still a whole lot of stories we hadn’t
got in the book and Yvonne was game so I just started writing down more stuff as I remembered it,” Proctor said.
In the book, he tells almost a century’s worth of stories, memories, and general regional knowledge of Blackfish Sound.
“My favourite part, and kind of the inspi-ration for the book is “The Tides of Blackfish Sound” mainly because Blackfish Sound is where I grew up, I know it so well and I was right in the middle of the whole story of the fishing there, from the time I was a little boy until I was grown,” said Proctor.
The book features art-work by Maximchuk; her drawings illustrate Proctor’s stories and she also photographed a
bunch of interesting items that Proctor kept for his personal muse-um located in Echo Bay.
“I saved the drawings for the last task, because I wear many hats work-ing with Bill on our books, with the most effort going into draw-ing out more details
about all the funny and interesting memories he has. I can’t draw every-thing in the book so I cherry pick the items I want to illustrate after I know all the mate-rial that will be in it. Drawing gives me enor-mous pleasure and I always learn even more
about the objects I select to draw,” Maximchuk said. The two will be in Alert Bay at the U’Mista Cultural Centre from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, to celebrate the release of ‘Tide Rips and Back Eddies’ with a reading and book signing.
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JR Rardon PhotoBill Proctor, right, and Yvonne Maximchuk of Echo Bay share tales of Blackfish Sound with an audience at Parksville’s Mulberry Bush Bookstore earlier this month.
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The host Bulldogs had snapped a 1-1 tie on a goal by Chris O’Laney with just 49 seconds left in the second period. But their 2-1 lead did not hold up for long.
The Eagles, coming off a 6-0 blanking of Juan de Fuca one night earlier in Port McNeill, knotted the score on Kenton Browne’s short-range rebound tally at 6:44 of the third period.
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Midget Hockey tournament, Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill.
Jan. 15-17Fort Rupert
Curling Club Ladies Bonspiel.
Mar. 4-6Fort Rupert Curling
Club Men’s Bonspiel.
Mar. 19Fort Rupert Curling
Club Daffodily.
SPORTS & RECREATIONMidget Eagles down Bulldogs
By Tyson WhitneyReporterThe 12-team Mixed Bonspiel
started Friday, Nov. 13 and ended with the finals on Sunday, Nov. 15.
The tournament held at the Fort Rupert Curling Club included teams from Port Hardy, Port McNeill, the mid-island area, as well as a partici-pant from Alberta.
The winners of the finals of the A Event, sponsored by Pacificus Biological Services & Insurance
Centres, were Mike McCulley, Kylie Anderson, Adam Ireton, Dawn McCulley Gavin.
The winners of the B Event, spon-sored by NAPA Auto Parts, were Colin Hunko, Laina Hunko, Ryan Sirges, Myra Connaty. The win-ners of the C Event, sponsored by Quatsino Enterprises, were John Maday, Meagan Cadwallader, Alfred Gagnon, Naomi Stead. Stay tuned for the next Bonspiel weekend scheduled for Jan. 15.
Full house for bonspiel
JR Rardon Photo
North Island Eagles Midget Colby Antonelli prepares to snap off a shot during the Eagles’ 4-2 victory over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Sunday in Port Alberni.
Kathleen McArthur Photo
Three classes from North Island Secondary School took part in a hiking field trip to Marble River Nov. 17. Spirits were high despite the rain that fell throughout the day.
By Tyson WhitneyReporterIn the Midget women’s hockey
league, the Tri-Port Wild played Sooke Nov. 21. and Nov. 22. at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill. In the first game, the Wild ended up win-ning 5-2, with goals in all three peri-ods from Crystal Tapp, Bree-Anna
Henderson, Taylor Ranger, Kerrigan Sharpe, and Madison Van Will. In the rematch on Nov. 22, the Wild, down 2-1 going into the second period, managed to pull off the comeback with two goals from Ranger and one from Mandy Foldy to take the game 4-2 after three periods of exciting hockey action.
Two more Wild wins
By Madison GuldagerNISS Student WriterOn Nov. 17 three classes from
North Island Secondary School embarked on journey to Marble River.
Shea Wyatt’s Biology 11 class, Greg Muirhead’s Outdoor Experiences 8/9, and Kathleen McArthur’s Geography 12 class left NISS at 9 a.m. and returned to the school at 3 p.m.
Throughout the day the class-es walked the 4.2-kilometre hik-ing and biking trial through the stunning Marble River Provincial Park. The 1,419-hectare park was
filled with vegetation - from the mushrooms growing on the side of the trial to the enormous trees towering over the forest floor.
Two thirds of the way down the trail the forest opens up to a look-out over the mighty Bear Falls.
The sight of the falls left the students speechless.
Even though it rained the whole hike, the students toughed it out and still managed to have a great time. After the hike, students warmed up by campfires. The teachers on the trip also supplied hot dogs and ‘smores for the stu-dents.
NISS takes classes on Marble River hike
By Tyson WhitneyReporterTri-Port teams faced
off in what turned out to be high-scoring hockey action in the Peewee league Nov. 21 at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.
Port McNeill came out flying in the first period with three straight goals courtesy of Ethan Hunt, Matthew Datos, and Tristan Mardell. With 6:30 left in the first period, Port Hardy’s David Hurley
beat Port McNeill’s goalie with a nice shot through the five hole.
One minute later Hurley added his second goal of the day, glove side top shelf, to make it 3-2 for Port McNeill.
Hurley would bang in another goal in the front of the net with a little over two minutes left in the first to tie the game 3-3 and record a hat trick. Port Hardy’s Zack Noel would add a goal to make it 4-3 for Port Hardy before the
end of the first period.In the second period,
Port Hardy started to pull away as Zack Noel, David Hurley, Sagel Wilson, and Jack Hurley all scored to make it 8-3 for the Port Hardy team.
Down five goals, Port McNeill dug down deep and battled back. With under five minutes to go, Tristan Mardell, Owen Johnson, and Ella Barrett all scored clutch goals to close the gap to 9-8 for Port Hardy going into the third
period.Port Hardy came out
firing in the third. Noel scored at 19:50, only to be answered by Port
McNeill’s Mardell less than two minutes later. With the score 10-9 for Port Hardy, Noel added two more goals to pull
Port Hardy ahead 12-9 with 8:32 left on the clock.
A few more goals were scored before time
ran out, and Port Hardy clinched the win 13-11 in a high scoring, action packed, back and forth Peewee hockey game.
Port McNeill faced off against Port Hardy in Peewee league action Nov. 21 at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.
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Peewee game features high-scoring action
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squared off against Port Hardy in Novice league hockey action Nov. 21. at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill last weekend.
Port Hardy got on the board first at 13:47 of the first period, with a goal by Yuri Noel. Less than a minute later, Noel scored again to put Port Hardy up 2-0, only for Port McNeill to answer back with a nice breakaway goal of their own by Maddox Peterson at 11:19. Port Hardy’s Carter Henschke scored immediately after to make it 3-1. Port Hardy didn’t stop there, add-ing two more goals before the end of the first period to make it 5-1.
Four minutes or so into the second peri-od, Port Hardy’s Noel
scored again, com-pleting the hat trick. Later on in the period, Port McNeill’s Kyle Rushton managed to bang in a goal with under six minutes
l e f t , to make the score 7-2 for Port Hardy at the end of the second period.
The third period was more of the same,
with Port Hardy’s Noel adding three more goals before the game quietly came to a close, as Port Hardy picked up the win 12-2.
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Port Hardy (blue jerseys) controls the puck in the Port McNeill (white jerseys) zone in Peewee league action Nov 21. at the Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.
Hardy downs McNeill
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Born Oct. 16, 1952 in Halmilton Ontario. Passed away peacefully in the
Campbell River Hospital Nov. 14, 2015. Lily is predeceased by her loving daughter Vallie Rose, her mother and father, Joe & Danna Dick. Leaving behind her husband
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TENDER FOR A 3 YEAR CONTRACT FOR HARVEST VESSELS FOR CERMAQ CANADA
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Cermaq Canada has an opportunity for interested parties to bid on a 3 year contract for harvesting services for the East Coast of Vancouver Island in the Campbell River and Port McNeill areas starting July 2016. This Letter is intended for the use of bidding on this contract opportunity.
All vessels must be able to meet or exceed ISO 14001, 9001, 22001 and 18001 requirements of Cermaq Canada Vessel requirements for this tender must have a capacity to hold a minimum of 240,000 lbs Live Weight of product Price must be by pound of gutted product
Note: for calculations Gutted Weight is the valid weight produced from the processing reports and that Live Weight and Dressed Weight are calculated as follows;Live Weight = 108% Round Weight = 100% Dressed/Gutted Weight = 100% Pertinent information;Stunners
Each boat will need to have stunners in use able to manage approximately 4 00 sh/hr Each vessel will be required to have back up stunners and parts on the boat in case of mechanical breakdowns to the existing stunners and harvest equipment
Cooling system Each vessel will be required to have a minimum of 4 holds with our preference of having 6 or more, with a chilling system that will be able to cool the product to a temperature of 2oC 2 hours or less
Contingency Plan Each vessel must le a contingency plan with Cermaq Canada that details the means by which they will ensure that there will be no interruptions to the processing in the event of mechanical breakdowns All contingency plans led with Cermaq Canada
Quality Assurance Cermaq Canada will provide one Harvest Quality Supervisor per harvest to liase with the vessel and assist in ensuring quality optimization of our product and that Cermaq standards are met. All vessels are to supply enough personnel to ensure they can do the following work
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temperature monitoring, pre and post harvest cleaning and disinfection of equipment Cermaq Canada maintains the right to demand that the contractor implement any corrective action(s) necessary to increase and/or protect quality of our product or meet Cermaq/industry standards
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