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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 Vol. 10 No. 29
«INSIDE: The city of Port Alberni begins its 2016 budget process. Page A6
NEWSAlberni Valley
«ARTS STUDENTS TAKE OVERADSS students display exhibit at museum. Page A17
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TIMEBOOK
Bulldogs get book smart in Port Alberni
Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ education
adviser Tom McEvay introduces
new 20-year-old team member
Owen Johnson to counsellor Samantha
Banton-Smith of North Island College.
Johnson was considering a trades
course at NIC.
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«COVER STORY
Part one of two
MARK ALLANSPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Ensuring junior hockey players get a good education happens in Port Alberni like nowhere else on the continent, Tom McEvay states unequivocally.
“I know there’s no other junior hockey organization at major junior or Junior A … in North America that has focus on education that results in every player doing something (academically),” the Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ educational adviser said in a recent interview at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.
McEvay, who’s helped Bulldogs get a good education since 2004, has impeccable credentials to support that bold statement.
A retired school principal with more than 30 years of experience as an educator, he played in the major junior Western Hockey League. He earned a bachelors degree in education from the University of B.C. while on a hockey scholarship, adding a masters degree in educational leadership from the University of Victoria.
As the B.C. Junior Hockey League squad notes on its website, its educational program is recognized by the Canadian
Junior Hockey League and by NCAA Division 1 U.S. college programs as one of the best in North America.
That meshes with the BCHL’s Smart Hockey philosophy.
“Each year, dozens of BCHL graduates accept scholarships to top universities and colleges in Canada and the United States,” the league notes on its website. “From there, players like Brett Hull, Paul Kariya, Duncan Keith, Travis Zajac and Kyle Turris build careers that put them amongst the best players in the world.”
All of the Bulldogs are attending high school or college classes. As McEvay notes, the proximity of the Multiplex, North Island College campus and secondary school facilitate the Port Alberni blend of hockey and learning.
Another key factor is the excellent relationship the team and McEvay have with NIC, particularly with Samantha Banton-Smith, a counsellor at the Alberni campus and a former student of McEvay’s.
“I work together with Tom to support a smooth transition for students and players because not all of them are ready for the academic world,” she explained. “It’s a good relationship … because we do see the players holistically.”
Since academics are not suited for everyone, McEvay and the Bulldogs give players options. Port Alberni educational opportunities listed by the Bulldogs include Alberni District Secondary School, NIC, VAST Education Centre (School District 70’s alternative programs) and online and distance education courses.McEvay is SD 70’s principal of alternative programs.
“We have worked out some work-experience programs. We’ve got some players doing first-aid courses (or) a truck-driving course at the
college,” McEvay explained.
“That’s the perk of a college,” added Banton-Smith. “We’re meant to serve the community, which is different than a university. We have a large Continuing Ed component.” Due to his lengthy experience as a hockey player and an educator, McEvay is ideally equipped to volunteer his time to “ensure the players, the young
men who come here to Port Alberni, that this time in their lives is a positive one.”
As sympathetic as McEvay might be to the players, he puts things in perspective for them.
“I just met with a few of our new players who have come in … and one of my comments is, ‘Guys, if you think you’re busy now and you tell me you want to be a full-time college hockey
player and you’re carrying five courses in a full college load, then tell me you’re busy.’
“Right now in junior hockey, part of it is learning how to manage your time and set priorities. Maybe in high school you were bright enough to slide by and get decent marks, and have hockey dominate the rest of your life, when you start becoming a college
player … it gets harder.”
McEvay helps players with educational and career planning, including enhancing their odds of receiving hockey scholarships. The education committee he heads has created a program to help players prepare for U.S. colleges’ SAT exams. In 2006 alone, eight Bulldogs received scholarships to attend universities or colleges in Canada or the U.S.
Recently returned from a hockey- and education-related trip to Ontario and upstate New York, McEvay remarked that other junior teams do not place anywhere near the emphasis on education that the Port Alberni team does.
“Tom takes the lead on that, and the team supports him in his vision,” commented Banton-Smith.
NIC helps by offering dozens of programs leading to a certificate, diploma or degree. The college has partnerships with the University of Victoria as well as Royal Roads, Vancouver Island, Northern B.C., Portland State and Manitoba universities.
In Part 2, some of the Bulldogs commentabout the team’s commitment to their education.
Books before pucks in the BCHLAlberni Valley Bulldogs players get an education in more than just hockey
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«CITY BUDGET ‘16
Budget cuts threaten infrastructure: CiconKATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
“Less, less, less” was the theme of city engineer Guy Cicon’s budget presentation to city council for the second year in a row.
“Our current investment in roads is not sustainable,”
Cicon told city council during his department’s annual budget presentation, repeating what’s become an annual refrain.
“I’ve mentioned in years gone by that 20 years ago we used to put $1.2 million into
the roads. It’s just an area that gets smaller and smaller because its from general revenue.”
Roads and storm drains are taken from general revenue and reflect directly on taxation. Water and sewers are funded by
utilities and thus don’t reflect on the tax rate.
“We hear a lot about how our road system is going to fail eventually because we’re not putting enough into it—how do we get to the point where we are putting enough into it?” Coun. Sharie Minions asked Cicon.
“I’m just concerned about when we get to the point when a lot of them do fail at the same time.”
Cicon said that while the roads—and what’s underneath them—are bad, they’re not that bad but that when do they fail, they’ll likely fail together.
“A lot of the town’s roads were built at the same time and they’ll fail at the same time,” Cicon said but added “when we get to that point we’ll feel it and see it.”
Cicon’s budget only presented $565,000 for
roadwork this year—a decrease from $753,000 in 2015 and $705,000 in 2014.
In 2014, Cicon noted that he could use $2 million a year for a sus-tainable roadwork budget.
“This year is less than last year, which was less then the year before and less than
the year before,” he said.
Along with the $565,000 for roadwork, Cicon also asked for $450,000 for storm drains, $612,500 for waterworks and $350,000 for sanitary sewers.
Cicon asked for $65,000 to replace the deck of the Josephine Street bridge. The single-span, 3.6 metre long bridge has been
covered by a metal sheet since early 2015.
Another failing bridge is the 43-metre-long Victoria Quay
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steel bridge and was questioned on the sum by Coun. Dan Washington.
“I think I know what’s wrong with it and I think I know how to fix it,” Cicon said, noting that he’s learned to estimate high for bridge repairs.
“I think if the Gertrude Street bridge over Kitsuksis Creek is any history for me... perhaps council wants more research done into it. I don’t want to find ourselves into the situation where I gave you that best guess of $250,000 without having a lot of hard information and that’s come to be more than that.”
The Gertrude Street bridge originally cost $249,500 but costs increased to $347,000 after more work was discovered.
Going back to 2015’s $25,000 reduction in street sweeping, Cicon called it “a dismal failure.”
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«CITY BUDGET ‘16
Bike lane, truck road top engineering wish listKATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
New cycling infrastructure, a new Third Avenue median and an industrial Harbour Road were the big projects on the wish list at the engineering budget presentation on Monday.
Some of the wishes follow on the heels of the 2014 Active Transportation Plan and the recent food security and climate change committee’s recommendations.
“The Active Transportation Plan was further used to develop a cycling lane plan on the main routes,” said city engineer Guy Cicon.
“What we’ve discussed are separated bike lanes and share bike lanes.”
The cycling lanes Cicon is proposing would be demarcated by a painted line at the side of the road on River Road, the eastern section of Roger Street and 10th Avenue to just beyond Argyle Street—excluding the dip.
Many of the rest of Port Alberni’s main roads are proposed to get shared lanes, where cars must allow bikes to take up the entire outside lane.
These would be in addition to the protected bike lanes recommended by the food security and climate change committee that Cicon called both the most cost-intensive and the safest.
“These are one- or two-way bike lanes protected by different barriers,” said Cicon.
“The advantages of these protected bike lanes are safety and mobility for all users.”
The FSCD committee is calling for a $10,000 study on the design of protected bike lanes.
Cicon’s plan would cost the city $50,000, ideally matched by BikeBC grants, he
said.Coun. Jack McLeman
said he was opposed to on-street bike lanes.
“Bike lanes are a real great thing. The problem that I have with bike lanes here are that we don’t have a whole lot of bikers in Port Alberni and the other concern I’ve got is safety,” said McLeman.
“With bikes and parked cars and cars driving back and forth and a painted line on 10th Avenue... I just don’t want to kill someone.”
McLeman said that he would prefer to see cycling routes designed to keep cyclists off the streets, not onto them.
Another FSCD committee recommendation was the implementation of a pilot kitchen and yard waste collection project.
“We could perhaps identify a small neighbourhood where we could give out carts and collect
kitchen and yard waste and deposit it for yard waste at a site identified within a city facility,” Cicon said.
“It’s a concept that has been talked about at the regional district.”
The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is currently debating the merits of setting up a composting facility versus paying to construct a landfill gas collection system.
Whether the city went its own way or with the ACRD however, Cicon said that shipping the waste out of the Alberni Valley was a “weak option.”
The project would
be based on any additional or excess capacity in the city’s existing residential pick-up system, Cicon added
Also in the proposed engineering budget was an LED streetlight program for $150,000, welcome signs for $90,000 and a city hall backup diesel generator for $100,000.
Mayor Mike Ruttan questioned the energy source of the backup generator.
“We’ve had several discussions about the possibility of solar for backup—is that possible instead of this diesel consuming monster?” Ruttan asked Cicon.
The city engineer said it wasn’t yet feasible.
“It really is something to produce a fair bit of energy. With my experience with the solar powered generators is that we’d need a lot of surface area to be able to power even the minimal circuits that we have,” Cicon said.
He added that the four solar panels soon to be installed on the city’s new water treatment plant will serve as a test case
for the viability of solar in the Alberni Valley.
Added to Cicon’s engineering budget was $380,000 for the construction of the port authority’s proposed Somass boardwalk and sewer connection.
Council had some ideas of their own for projects they wanted to see done, including a median down the middle of lower Third Avenue that Cicon estimated at $360,000.
Continued / A14
The problem that I have with bike lanes here are that we don’t have a whole lot of bikers in Port Alberni.– Jack McLeman
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In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal
government and seeking optimism in these fragile times.
For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial projects emerge from bedrock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians.
Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges.
Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly
matching the pre-recession peak of 2007.
Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in
2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technologist and $346 for a teacher.
Health care costs are rising less dramatically.
That should ease the crisis atmosphere at provincial
and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding formula, taking place this week in Vancouver.
Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week that the province is increasing funding for a promising program in cancer research, using genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.
The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, oncologist Dr. Janessa Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, director of the agency’s Genome Science Centre, described a world-leading centre of research that is reaching out to specialists and their patients across the province and attracting international funding and talent for ground-breaking research.
Outside the urban regions, where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find.
TOM FLETCHERB.C. Views
Things that are going well in B.C.
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To Comment
ast year’s rookie city council stayed true to its elected word with a two-per-cent residential tax increase and a relatively tame budget.
This year, though, they seem to have come out of the gate with something to prove: an approximate four per cent overall proposed
increase (six per cent residential, zero per cent industrial, one per cent business and one per cent for non-profits and farms) and some interesting wish list items so far.
The pressure is on for this council to prove something with its 2016 budget and subsequent financial plan. It just remains to be seen what, exactly, council wants to prove in its sophomore year.
One area we are disappointed to see without an increase is the engineering department’s infrastructure budget. City engineer Guy Cicon told council last year his weakening road budget cannot stay ahead of road maintenance, and yet this year his budget is nearly $200,000 less than in 2015.
Infrastructure is our city’s foundation: and
if our foundation is crumbling, how can we possibly build a solid core on top of it?
Worse yet, with our aging infrastructure, what would happen if we got hit with a 4.0 earthquake or worse? It could devastate the city; how important would things like boulevard medians and bike lanes seem then?
Perhaps we should look at going green in our future. After all, we are becoming known as ‘Pot Alberni’.
Just think of the revenue stream once that is legalized.
— ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
The pressure is on for this council to prove something with its 2016 budget and...financial plan.
I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the ‘sunny ways’ of our new federal gov’t.
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No lurking, Sierra Club’s out in openTo the Editor,
Re: Avatar sequel bombs in Walbran, BC Views, Jan. 14.
According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley.
He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save some of the last significant stands
of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely independent.)
Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing stenographer, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points. Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and ecologically acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and
destroy complex, delicate ecosystems. Sierra Club BC doesn’t, nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support concerted action to defend endangered old-growth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.
British Columbians know that these things form the life-support system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, including sustainable second-growth forestry for current and future generations.
A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s auditor general, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.
It’s long past time for the provincial government to reverse the damage done when it gutted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting corporate interests to manage our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.
Mark Worthing,Sierra Club BC
No excuse notto keep up foreign aidTo the Editor,
Under the last 10 years of Conservative rule, Canada’s share of global aid became the lowest of all industrialized nations. In 2014, the only G7 country with a smalleraid budget than Canada was Italy.
The Conservatives and their tight-fisted policies are now gone, and it’s time for new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fulfill his predecessor’s oaths.
Nathaniel Poole,Victoria
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The mining and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine closures expected.
The forest industry is being helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to have another strong year as Americans take advantage of a
discount on visits to B.C.
Central 1 Credit Union broke down the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo. Province-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oil-dependent economy, it’s pretty good.
Construction of a new dam on the Peace River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing workers home from Alberta, and the federal government is planning to fast-track its promised infrastructure spending to create work across the country.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the
stock exchange with B.C. mining industry representatives.
Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor luncheon included reference to two more mines under construction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue sharing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces.
The Conference
Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declining in 2016.
We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and
columnist for Black Press.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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We need a rental home ‘MLS’ service, says writer
To the Editor,Need rental housing for new refugees
and cross-country job-seekers let alone the average Joe-citizen who’s not in the market to buy property?
Property sellers and buyers have a convenient Multiple Listing Service (MLS) to seek what they need.
Let’s provide equal services for prospective renters: a national “Rental Listing Service” (RLS) for everyone, from low-income citizens to the more wealthy and upwardly mobile seeking impressive high-end digs.
Such a rental registry is a self-perpetuating job-creator all in itself.
Liz Stonard, Port Alberni
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KRISTI DOBSONSPECIAL TO THE NEWS
There are no plans to implement a school bus safety program in School District 70 despite growing exposure to the issue, school board members heard last week.
Introduced in School District 60 (Peace River North) in April 2015, the Safe Stop program was established to remind motorists that failing to stop for the flashing red lights of a school bus—whether you’re behind the bus or approaching it from the opposite direction—is both dangerous and illegal.
In a letter to the Alberni Valley school board, the program’s coordinator in Fort St. John asked SD70 to support her request
to the province to increase the fines associated with Section 149 “Fail to stop for School Bus”.
“Between April 15 and June 25, 2015, the Transportation Department of School District No. 60 recorded every instance of motorists driving through the flashing red lights of the school buses,” coordinator Cindy Dettling wrote in the letter. “More than one infraction per day was recorded during this time period.”
Dettling wants the fines to reflect those in Alberta at $400 and Ontario, which ranges from $400 to $2000. Currently, drivers in BC are fined $167 and three points for the infraction.
“Increasing the fine and points to $368
plus six points is necessary to reflect the severity of the infraction,” Dettling wrote.
In October, SD70 Board of Education signed a collective letter to MLA Scott Fraser supporting the increase in fines and points in order to raise awareness and promote safety.
District secretary-treasurer Lindsay Cheetham said he could not quantify the number of instances taking place at local schools but is aware of bus drivers who have witnessed such traffic violations.
“If it has happened once, it is an issue,” Cheetham said. “We support what Cindy talked about but have not had any discussion to start here.”
School bus safety brought into focus
Bus campaign kicks offSUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
While the City of Port Alberni is busy presenting its complicated wish list by way of a five-year financial plan, the wish list for Fir Park Village and Echo Village residents is far simpler: they would like a new bus.
Both seniors’ residences currently have 20-passenger buses that take residents to appointments and outings, but they are
quickly reaching the end of their shelf lives—Fir Park’s ‘Village Wanderer’ is 17 years old and Echo Village’s ‘Happy Wanderer’ is 18 years old and deteriorating fast.
Unlike the city, though, the residents must raise the funds for their new bus—about $160,000, says Donna Michaud at Fir Park Village.
Residents have already raised about $50,000, and the Fir Park Echo Village
Foundation is willing to make a matching donation. But that leaves them $60,000 short.
They are looking at a new bus because they haven’t been able to find a used one that fits their needs, said Jack Buffie, chair of the FPEV Foundation.
“This one is wheelchair equipped and that’s what we need.”
It will take four months for the bus to arrive once it is ordered, and residents
are hoping to raise enough money in time to have the bus for late spring or early summer.
They are accepting donations online at albernicontinuingcare.ca, or people can drop in. Donations $10 and greater are tax deductible.
Fir Park and Echo Village are also looking for volunteer drivers with a Class 4 unrestricted licence. For more information, or call Surjit at 250-724-6541 ext. 253.
Fir Park and Echo Village are teaming up to buy a new, wheelchair-friendly bus for residents.
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ncon
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als
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ents
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atio
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le ta
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se 6
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nanc
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n pa
ymen
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als
120
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i-mon
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78 w
ith a
tota
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se o
blig
atio
n of
$10
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. App
licab
le ta
xes
are
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. Lea
se 6
0 m
os. b
ased
on
100,
000
km, e
xces
s km
cha
rge
is $
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inan
ce o
ffer:
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nanc
e fo
r 48
mon
ths,
upo
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oval
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icle
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e of
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udes
$1,
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ht/P
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ease
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ver 6
0 m
onth
s w
ith $
2,85
0 do
wn
paym
ent e
qual
s 12
0 se
mi-m
onth
ly pa
ymen
ts o
f $19
8 w
ith a
tota
l leas
e ob
ligat
ion
of $
26,6
65. A
pplic
able
taxe
s ar
e ex
tra. L
ease
60
mos
. bas
ed o
n 10
0,00
0 km
, exc
ess
km c
harg
e is
$.1
0. †
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nanc
e of
fer:
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nanc
e fo
r 36
mon
ths,
upo
n cr
edit
appr
oval
. ‡Se
mi-m
onth
ly le
ase
offe
r ava
ilabl
e th
roug
h To
yota
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anci
al S
ervi
ces
(TFS
) on
appr
oved
cre
dit t
o qu
alifi
ed re
tail c
usto
mer
s on
mos
t 60
mon
th le
ases
of n
ew a
nd d
emon
stra
tor T
oyot
a ve
hicl
es. D
own
paym
ent a
nd fi
rst s
emi-m
onth
ly pa
ymen
t due
at l
ease
ince
ptio
n an
d ne
xt m
onth
ly pa
ymen
t due
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roxim
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r and
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i-mon
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ther
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n al
l new
201
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d 20
16 To
yota
mod
els.
Offe
r val
id fr
om Ja
nuar
y 5 - F
ebru
ary 1
, 201
6. In
tere
st d
efer
men
t on
all fi
nanc
e co
ntra
cts
at n
o co
st fo
r at l
east
60
days
. Int
eres
t will
com
men
ce
on o
r afte
r the
61s
t day
afte
r the
con
tract
dat
e. T
he fi
rst p
aym
ent w
ill be
due
90
days
from
the
cont
ract
dat
e. A
vaila
ble
with
mon
thly
or b
i wee
kly p
aym
ent f
requ
ency
. Not
ava
ilabl
e on
leas
e. ‡
‡‡Ve
hicl
e M
SRP
grea
ter t
han
$60,
000
earn
s 20
,000
Aer
opla
n m
iles
plus
500
0 Ae
ropl
an b
onus
mile
s fo
r a to
tal o
f 25,
000
mile
s. S
equo
ia q
ualifi
es fo
r dou
ble
Aero
plan
mile
s bo
nus
for
a to
tal o
f 50,
000
Aero
plan
mile
s. D
oubl
e M
iles
offe
r elig
ibili
ty is
cal
cula
ted
on n
atio
nal M
SRP
and
MSR
P do
es n
ot in
clud
e fre
ight
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, air
cond
ition
ing
char
ge, t
axes
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ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
tratio
n, d
utie
s, le
vies
, fee
s, d
eale
r fee
s or
oth
er c
harg
es. M
iles
offe
r val
id o
n ve
hicl
es p
urch
ased
/lea
sed,
regi
ster
ed a
nd d
eliv
ered
bet
wee
n Ja
nuar
y 5 a
nd F
ebru
ary 1
, 201
6. C
usto
mer
s m
ust b
e an
Aer
opla
n M
embe
r prio
r to
the
com
plet
ion
of th
e tra
nsac
tion.
Offe
r sub
ject
to c
hang
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
Som
e co
nditi
ons
appl
y. O
ther
mile
s of
fers
ava
ilabl
e on
oth
er v
ehic
les.
See
Toy
ota.
ca/a
erop
lan
or yo
ur D
eale
r for
det
ails
. ®Ae
ropl
an a
nd th
e Ae
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go a
re re
gist
ered
trad
emar
ks o
f Aim
ia C
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a In
c. V
isit
your
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ota
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ler o
r ww
w.g
etyo
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ore
deta
ils. S
ome
cond
ition
s ap
ply;
offe
rs a
re ti
me
limite
d an
d m
ay c
hang
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
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ler m
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KATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
The Port Alberni RCMP is asking for $6.7 million from the city budget again this year, according to Inspector Mac Richards. That cost is in line with the detachment’s requests in other years—$7M in 2015 and $6.1M in 2014.
“Progress is being made in reducing crime and in some areas the detachment is doing better than what B.C. as a province is doing—however, there is still a long way to go,” said Richards.
“Specifically in violent crime, we’ve moved from 10th in Canada in 2013 to 26th in Canada.”
Richards said that Port Alberni still has its challenges.
“Port Alberni is one of, if not the busiest detachments on the Island.”
The detachment averages approximately 10,000 files a year, he added.
Of the city’s 33 officers, three are supervisors, 19 are on general duty, six are allocated to general investigations including the domestic violence officer and the remaining five are split between traffic, forensic identification, police dogs, crime prevention and youth.
Richards said
that plans were in place to upgrade the detachment to 34 officers while only billing the city for 33 to allow for less overtime and a more efficient force.
The RCMP is also supported by 14.5 full-time equivalent municipal employees.
Richards highlighted the RCMP’s community policing initiative.
“One of the initiatives put into place centres around the community policing programs and volunteers,” he said, adding that the program allows for a “sustained and impactful response to crime.”
Other initiatives included the creation of specific youth and domestic violence officers.
“A police officer [position] has been created to focus on youth who have been identified as high risk and aren’t connecting with services that they need,” Richards said.
“A violence and relationship position was created to better address domestic violence and its impacts on people andon the community.”
The detachment has also created a mental health strategy “to connect those in need with the services they need.”[email protected]
KATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
The SPCA is asking the city for a two per cent increase in its contract to pay for additional spaying and neutering of animals brought into their facility, said Port Alberni SPCA branch manager Irene Towell.
The increase would provide the SPCA with about an extra $3,000 in 2016 as compared to 2015. In 2015, the SPCA received $147,500.
In 2015, the SPCA spayed or neutered 334 cats or dogs in order to prevent pet over-population,
RCMP budgetstays steady
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hevr
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el e
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olor
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2SA.
Gen
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Mot
ors
of C
anad
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ill p
ay o
ne m
onth
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ase
paym
ent o
r tw
o bi
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leas
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ymen
ts a
s de
fined
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leas
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reem
ent (
incl
usiv
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taxe
s). A
fter t
he fi
rst m
onth
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see
will
be
requ
ired
to m
ake
all r
emai
ning
sc
hedu
led
paym
ents
ove
r the
rem
aini
ng te
rm o
f the
leas
e ag
reem
ent.
PPSA
/RDP
RM is
not
due
. Con
sum
er m
ay b
e re
quire
d to
pay
Dea
ler F
ees.
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ranc
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cenc
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nd a
pplic
able
taxe
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t inc
lude
d. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. G
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serv
es th
e rig
ht to
mod
ify o
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min
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offe
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ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. S
ee d
eale
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det
ails
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ease
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purc
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clud
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ase
cash
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201
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SA).
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ymen
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4 m
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s at
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appr
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cre
dit t
o qu
alifi
ed re
tail
cust
omer
s by
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anci
al. A
nnua
l kilo
met
re li
mit
of 2
0,00
0 km
, $0.
16 p
er e
xces
s ki
lom
etre
. $0
dow
n pa
ymen
t and
a $
0 se
curit
y de
posi
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requ
ired.
Pay
men
t may
var
y de
pend
ing
on d
own
paym
ent o
r tra
de. T
otal
obl
igat
ion
is $
3,43
2, p
lus
appl
icab
le ta
xes.
Opt
ion
to p
urch
ase
at le
ase
end
is $
10,1
32. P
rice
and
tota
l obl
igat
ion
excl
ude
licen
se, i
nsur
ance
, reg
istra
tion,
taxe
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d op
tiona
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ipm
ent.
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r lea
se o
ptio
ns a
re a
vaila
ble.
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lers
are
free
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et in
divi
dual
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imite
d-tim
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fer,
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ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
oth
er o
ffers
. See
you
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ler f
or
cond
ition
s an
d de
tails
. Gen
eral
Mot
ors
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anad
a Co
mpa
ny re
serv
es th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
offe
r, in
who
le o
r in
part,
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. ^
Offe
r ava
ilabl
e to
qua
lifie
d re
tail
cust
omer
s in
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les
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wee
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WT
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ngin
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artic
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lend
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epos
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ay b
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win
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tota
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igat
ion
is $
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00. O
ffer i
s un
cond
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ally
inte
rest
-fre
e. F
reig
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nd a
ir ta
x ($
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if a
pplic
able
) inc
lude
d. L
icen
se, i
nsur
ance
, reg
istra
tion,
PPS
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pplic
able
taxe
s an
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aler
fees
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incl
uded
. Dea
lers
are
free
to s
et in
divi
dual
pric
es.
Lim
ited
time
offe
r whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er o
ffers
. GM
Can
ada
may
mod
ify, e
xten
d or
term
inat
e of
fers
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt at
any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
Con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. S
ee d
eale
r for
det
ails
. ®Re
gist
ered
trad
emar
k of
The
Ban
k of
Nov
a Sc
otia
. RBC
and
Roy
al B
ank
are
regi
ster
ed tr
adem
arks
of R
oyal
Ban
k of
Can
ada.
‡ $
2,50
0 is
a c
ombi
ned
cred
it co
nsis
ting
of $
500
Owne
r Cas
h (ta
x in
clus
ive)
and
$2,
000
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er fi
nanc
e ca
sh (t
ax e
xclu
sive
) for
a 2
015
Trax
whi
ch is
ava
ilabl
e fo
r fin
ance
offe
rs o
nly
and
cann
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
spe
cial
leas
e ra
tes
and
cash
pur
chas
e. †
$3,
500/
$12,
000
is a
com
bine
d cr
edit
cons
istin
g of
$50
0/$1
,000
Ow
ner C
ash
(tax
incl
usiv
e) a
nd a
$3,
000/
$11,
000
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er c
ash
cred
it (ta
x ex
clus
ive)
fo
r a 2
015
Trax
/Silv
erad
o HD
Dou
ble
Cab
with
gas
eng
ine
(exc
ept W
T 2W
D), w
hich
is a
vaila
ble
for c
ash
purc
hase
s on
ly a
nd c
anno
t be
com
bine
d w
ith s
peci
al le
ase
and
finan
ce ra
tes.
By
sele
ctin
g le
ase
or fi
nanc
e of
fers
, con
sum
ers
are
fore
goin
g th
is $
3,00
0/$1
1,00
0 cr
edit
whi
ch w
ill re
sult
in h
ighe
r effe
ctiv
e in
tere
st ra
tes.
Dis
coun
ts v
ary
by m
odel
. ††
Offe
r app
lies
to e
ligib
le c
urre
nt o
wne
rs
or le
ssee
s of
any
mod
el y
ear 1
999
or n
ewer
car
that
has
bee
n re
gist
ered
and
insu
red
in C
anad
a in
the
cust
omer
’s n
ame
for t
he p
revi
ous
cons
ecut
ive
six
(6) m
onth
s. C
redi
t val
id to
war
ds th
e re
tail
purc
hase
or l
ease
of o
ne e
ligib
le 2
015
or 2
016
mod
el y
ear C
hevr
olet
car
, SUV
, cro
ssov
er a
nd p
icku
ps m
odel
s de
liver
ed in
Can
ada
betw
een
Janu
ary
5 an
d Fe
brua
ry 1
, 201
6. C
redi
t is
a m
anuf
actu
rer
to c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
e (ta
x in
clus
ive)
and
cre
dit v
alue
dep
ends
on
mod
el p
urch
ased
: $50
0 cr
edit
avai
labl
e on
201
5 Ch
evro
let S
onic
and
Tra
x or
201
6 Ch
evro
let S
onic
, Cru
ze L
TD, M
alib
u LT
D, A
ll-Ne
w M
alib
u (e
xcep
t L),
All-N
ew V
olt,
Cam
aro;
$75
0 cr
edit
avai
labl
e on
oth
er 2
016
Chev
role
ts (e
xcep
t Cor
vette
, Col
orad
o 2S
A, S
ilver
ado
Ligh
t Dut
y an
d He
avy
Duty
); $1
,000
cre
dit a
vaila
ble
on a
ll 20
15 a
nd 2
016
Chev
role
t Silv
erad
o’s.
Offe
r is
trans
fera
ble
to a
fam
ily m
embe
r liv
ing
with
in th
e sa
me
hous
ehol
d (p
roof
of a
ddre
ss re
quire
d). A
s pa
rt of
the
trans
actio
n, d
eale
r may
requ
est d
ocum
enta
tion
and
cont
act G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada
Com
pany
to v
erify
elig
ibili
ty. T
his
offe
r may
not
be
rede
emed
for c
ash
and
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
con
sum
er in
cent
ives
. Cer
tain
lim
itatio
ns o
r con
ditio
ns a
pply.
Voi
d w
here
pro
hibi
ted.
See
you
r GM
Can
ada
deal
er fo
r det
ails
. GM
Can
ada
rese
rves
the
right
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e of
fers
for a
ny re
ason
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt at
any
tim
e w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice.
¥¥
Base
d on
GM
Test
ing
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith a
ppro
ved
Tran
spor
t Can
ada
test
met
hods
. You
r act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
may
var
y. ~
Vis
it on
star
.ca
for c
over
age
map
s, d
etai
ls
and
syst
em li
mita
tions
. Ser
vice
s an
d co
nnec
tivity
may
var
y by
mod
el a
nd c
ondi
tions
. OnS
tar w
ith 4
G LT
E co
nnec
tivity
is a
vaila
ble
on s
elec
t veh
icle
mod
els
and
in s
elec
t mar
kets
. Cus
tom
ers
will
be
able
to a
cces
s On
Star
ser
vice
s on
ly if
they
acc
ept t
he O
nSta
r Use
r Ter
ms
and
Priv
acy
Stat
emen
t (in
clud
ing
softw
are
term
s). O
nSta
r act
s as
a li
nk to
exi
stin
g em
erge
ncy
serv
ice
prov
ider
s. A
fter
the
trial
per
iod
(if a
pplic
able
), an
act
ive
OnSt
ar s
ervi
ce p
lan
is re
quire
d. ‡
‡ Go
vern
men
t 5-S
tar S
afet
y Ra
tings
are
par
t of t
he N
atio
nal H
ighw
ay T
raffi
c Sa
fety
Adm
inis
tratio
n’s
(NHT
SA’s
) New
Car
Ass
essm
ent P
rogr
am (w
ww
.Saf
erCa
r.gov
). **
The
2-Y
ear S
ched
uled
Lub
e-Oi
l-Filt
er M
aint
enan
ce P
rogr
am p
rovi
des
elig
ible
cus
tom
ers
in C
anad
a, w
ho h
ave
purc
hase
d or
leas
ed a
new
elig
ible
201
5 M
Y Ch
evro
let (
excl
udin
g Sp
ark
EV),
with
an
ACDe
lco®
oil
and
filte
r cha
nge,
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e oi
l life
mon
itorin
g sy
stem
and
the
Owne
r’s M
anua
l, fo
r 2 y
ears
or 4
0,00
0 km
, whi
chev
er o
ccur
s fir
st, w
ith a
lim
it of
four
(4) L
ube-
Oil-F
ilter
ser
vice
s in
tota
l, pe
rform
ed a
t par
ticip
atin
g GM
dea
lers
. Flu
id to
p of
fs, i
nspe
ctio
ns, t
ire ro
tatio
ns, w
heel
alig
nmen
ts a
nd b
alan
cing
, etc
. are
not
cov
ered
. Th
is o
ffer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es a
vaila
ble
on G
M v
ehic
les.
Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny re
serv
es th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
offe
r, in
who
le o
r in
part,
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. S
ee d
eale
r for
det
ails
. ^^
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er c
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vaila
ble
from
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uary
11,
201
6 –
Feb
ruar
y 1,
201
6.
Pay
men
ts c
anno
t be
mad
e on
a w
eekl
y ba
sis,
for
adv
ertis
ing
purp
oses
onl
y. +
Offe
r is
adm
inis
tere
d by
Nis
san
Can
ada
Ext
ende
d S
ervi
ces
Inc.
(N
CE
SI)
and
app
lies
to a
ny M
Y15
Mic
ra/S
entr
a/M
uran
o an
d M
Y16
Ver
sa N
ote
/Rog
ue/P
athf
inde
r m
odel
s (e
ach,
an
“Elig
ible
Mod
el”)
lea
sed
and
regi
ster
ed t
hrou
gh N
issa
n C
anad
a F
inan
cial
Ser
vice
s In
c., o
n ap
prov
ed c
redi
t, be
twee
n Ja
n 11
–
Feb
1, 2
016
from
an
auth
oriz
ed N
issa
n re
taile
r in
Can
ada.
Elig
ible
onl
y on
leas
es t
hrou
gh N
CF
with
sub
vent
ed r
ates
. Offe
r re
cipi
ent w
ill b
e en
title
d to
rec
eive
a m
axim
um o
f six
(6)
ser
vice
vis
its (
each
, a “
Ser
vice
Vis
it”)
for
the
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
– w
here
eac
h S
ervi
ce V
isit
cons
ists
of o
ne (
1) o
il ch
ange
(us
ing
conv
entio
nal 5
W30
m
otor
oil)
and
one
(1)
tire
rot
atio
n se
rvic
e (e
ach,
an
“Elig
ible
Ser
vice
”).
All
Elig
ible
Ser
vice
s w
ill b
e co
nduc
ted
in s
tric
t ac
cord
ance
with
the
Oil
Cha
nge
and
Tire
Rot
atio
n P
lan
outli
ne in
the
Agr
eem
ent
Boo
klet
for
the
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
. T
he s
ervi
ce p
erio
d (“
Ser
vice
Per
iod”
) w
ill c
omm
ence
on
the
purc
hase
or
leas
e tr
ansa
ctio
n da
te (
“Tra
nsac
tion
Dat
e”)
and
will
exp
ire o
n th
e ea
rlier
of:
(i)
the
date
on
whi
ch t
he m
axim
um n
umbe
r of
Ser
vice
Vis
its h
as b
een
reac
hed
; (ii
) 36
mon
ths
from
the
Tra
nsac
tion
Dat
e; o
r (ii
) w
hen
the
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
has
rea
ched
48,
000
kilo
met
ers.
All
Elig
ible
Ser
vice
s m
ust
be c
ompl
eted
dur
ing
the
Ser
vice
Per
iod,
oth
erw
ise
they
will
be
forf
eite
d. T
he O
ffer
may
be
upgr
aded
to
use
prem
ium
oil
at t
he r
ecip
ient
’s e
xpen
se.
The
Elig
ible
Ser
vice
s ar
e no
t de
sign
ed t
o m
eet
all r
equi
rem
ents
and
spe
cific
atio
ns n
eces
sary
to
mai
ntai
n th
e E
ligib
le V
ehic
le.
To s
ee t
he c
ompl
ete
list
of m
aint
enan
ce n
eces
sary
, pl
ease
ref
er t
o th
e S
ervi
ce M
aint
enan
ce G
uide
. A
ny a
dditi
onal
ser
vice
s re
quire
d ar
e no
t co
vere
d by
the
Offe
r an
d ar
e th
e so
le r
espo
nsib
ility
and
cos
t of
the
rec
ipie
nt.
Offe
r m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed f
or c
ash
and
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith
cert
ain
offe
rs N
CE
SI
rese
rves
the
rig
ht t
o am
end
or t
erm
inat
e th
is o
ffer,
in w
hole
or
in p
art,
at a
ny t
ime
with
out
prio
r no
tice.
Add
ition
al c
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply
. A
sk y
our
reta
iler
for
deta
ils.
Rep
rese
ntat
ive
mon
thly
leas
e of
fer
base
d on
a n
ew 2
016
Rog
ue S
FW
D C
VT
(Y
6RG
16 A
A00
)/20
16 R
ogue
SV
Spe
cial
Edi
tion
FW
D (
Y6S
G16
AA
00)/
2016
Juk
e S
V F
WD
(N
5RT
56 A
A00
).
1.49
%/1
.49%
/0%
lea
se A
PR
for
a 6
0/6
0/6
0 m
onth
ter
m e
qual
s m
onth
ly p
aym
ents
of
$27
8/$
339
/$24
2 w
ith $
0 do
wn
paym
ent,
and
$0
secu
rity
depo
sit.
Firs
t m
onth
ly p
aym
ent,
dow
n pa
ymen
t an
d $
0 se
curit
y de
posi
t ar
e du
e at
lea
se i
ncep
tion.
Pay
men
ts i
nclu
de f
reig
ht a
nd f
ees.
Lea
se b
ased
on
a m
axim
um o
f 20
,000
km
/20,
000
km/1
6,00
0 km
per
yea
r w
ith e
xces
s ch
arge
d at
$0.
10/
km.
Tota
l lea
se o
blig
atio
n is
$16
,708
/$20
,317
/$14
,533
. *R
epre
sent
ativ
e m
onth
ly le
ase
offe
r ba
sed
on a
new
201
6 R
ogue
S F
WD
CV
T (
Y6R
G16
AA
00).
0%
leas
e A
PR
for
a 2
4 m
onth
ter
m e
qual
s m
onth
ly p
aym
ents
of
$43
3 w
ith $
0 do
wn
paym
ent,
and
$0
secu
rity
depo
sit.
Firs
t m
onth
ly p
aym
ent,
dow
n pa
ymen
t an
d $
0 se
curit
y de
posi
t ar
e du
e at
leas
e in
cept
ion.
Pay
men
ts in
clud
e fr
eigh
t an
d fe
es.
Leas
e ba
sed
on a
max
imum
of
20,0
00 k
m/y
ear
with
exc
ess
char
ged
at $
0.10
/km
. To
tal l
ease
obl
igat
ion
is $
10,3
87.
‡$
3,25
0/$
5,50
0/$
6,50
0 N
CF
sta
ndar
d fin
ance
cas
h (in
clud
es b
onus
cas
h) a
vaila
ble
on n
ew 2
015
Mic
ra 1
.6 S
R (
S5S
G55
AA
00/A
A10)
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From / A7“We’ll be working on
a project to rename Gertrude, Stamp and Third Avenue,” said Ruttan following the meeting.
“Along with that renaming—because we wanted to call it something that would end in boulevard—if you’re going to have a boulevard then we wanted it to be a boulevard for at least part of it.”
Council is also standing firm behind a Harbour Road—phase one would cost $4 million—and Ruttan enquired about the possibility of hooking up utilities to Polly’s Point, beyond Canal [email protected]
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City proposes more for equipment replacement fundKATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
The city of Port Alberni will only be replacing one-and-a-half vehicles out of the equipment
replacement reserve fund in 2016, if the proposal is approved.
“The first one is a 1995 Ford Econoline
van. It was scheduled to
be replaced six years ago but each year we do an evaluation on each equipment as it comes up and
we’ve extended the life so far,” said mechanical services superintendent Wayne Cheveldave.
The van has 140,000 kilometres
and is used by the city’s engineering technician. In response to a query by Mayor Mike Ruttan, Cheveldave said he would look into
replacing the current van with an electric vehicle provided it was suitable for the job.
The second vehicle the city is looking to
replace is the chassis of its 1996 GMC utility dump truck.
“We would like to replace the chassis only—the dump box portion is still in good shape.”
The city is also looking to increase ERRF contributions by three per cent in 2017 in order to make the fund more sustainable—something Coun. Jack McLeman isn’t too sure about.
“If we go to electric vehicles, can we not use our carbon fund instead of the ERRF fund and maybe not have to increase the three per cent going into the ERRF fund every year?”
Director of finance Cathy Rothwell said that the increase was still needed to pay for other large purchases.
“Say, a ladder truck at $1 million a pop or a couple of garbage trucks at $700,000. The electric vehicles aren’t going to impact the ERRF that much.”[email protected]
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• The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #293 held their annual Installation of Officers for the Branch and Ladies Auxiliary on Sunday January 17th. This giving organization has many great perks such as meeting new people, regular social evenings, special events as was recently seen with the Elvis impersonator, fishing derby, bazaars, and a great way to meet new people. If
you would like to learn more about the Legion please call Lettie at 250-723-2719 for the Auxiliary or Shirley Hartman at 250-735-5373 or email her at [email protected] You no longer have to have any military background to be a member.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #293 members and Auxiliary members gather for a group photo at the close of the Installation.
Betty Cartlidge is the new Seargeant at Arms for the Legion Auxiliary and was installed on Sunday by L.A. Zone Commander Judy Davis.
Honorary President John Hartt and Honorary Vice President Winnie Koal are led to the front by Sergeant at Arms Wayne Moore to be sworn in.
Lettie Higgins is installed as president of the Legion
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Betty Cartlidge is the new Seargeant at Arms for the Legion Auxiliary and Lt. Michelle Cale of the Salvation Army was Honorary President John Hartt and Honorary
Betty Cartlidge is the new Seargeant Lettie Higgins is installed as president of the Legion
Annual Installation of OfficersSonja Drinkwater has her eye on the local social scene and she welcomes your input. Let her know of any celebrations you’d like to share with our community. SONJA DRINKWATER
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ON EXHIBIT Meet Hugh Braker at Rollin Art Centre. A19ARTS THE
Civilizations revealed at AV MuseumSUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
The Alberni Valley Museum got a little worldly last week, as students from the ADSS Comparative Civilizations 12 class opened their annual class exhibit.
The students have worked since September with museum education curator Shelley Harding, splitting their time between classroom, self-directed research and the museum.
“We’ve been working with Anne (Ostwald, ADSS teacher) for several year now,” Harding said. “I’m so impressed with this particular group. This group has been exceptional in their work. It’s important for the museum to be able to share our knowledge and what we do with young people.
“Spending this much time with this group...our future is in good hands,” she said. “They’re
incredible young people.”Last year’s class worked with the
piracy exhibit currently on display at the museum. This group has learned every aspect of their show, from writing the text to labeling and conducting research, mounting
text and hanging an exhibit, she said.
Exhibits encompassed the Aztecs of Mexico, Hawaii, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Rome and Spain.
Presentations ranged from storytelling to skits, a kimono fashion show and ukelele music.
Each group was tasked with finding a connection between their chosen country and Nuu-chah-nulth culture, Ostwald said.
The exhibit will only be up for a few more days, as students are heading into exams, Harding said.
The museum is located inside Echo Centre, at 4255 Wallace St.
QUICKFACTSTHE ADSS COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATION 12 EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT
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Kayla Caddy, centre right, and Abbie Kamma explain the connection between their Comparative Civilization 12 exhibit on Ireland and Nuu-chah-nulth culture (basket weaving) to Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser, last week at the Alberni Valley Museum.
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Denise Hallgarth 1964 – 2016After a courageous battle with cancer, it is with sadness that the family of Denise Hallgarth announce her passing, peacefully in her daughter’s arms on January 16, 2016 at Ty Watson House in Port Alberni.She was predeceased by her mother, Simone Gallant and her sister Christine, is survived by her daughter Kirsten, her father Ken (Skip) Hallgarth, her sister Mona (Larry), brothers Clint, Ken and Brian (Rhonda), grandchildren Cadence, Jayden and Quinton, and numerous family and friends.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 – 1:00 PM at Yates Funeral Chapel
4470 Gertrude Street, Port Alberni. In lieu of fl owers, please consider a donation in Denise’s name to Ty Watson House. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca
HUGH BONNEAUIt is with great sadness that we an-nounce the passing of Hugh on January 8, 2016. Hugh and his twin brother Ross were born in Vancouver, BC on May 13, 1955. A prankster with a love of old cars, Hughie had a va-riety of jobs over the years, most notably as a chipperman at a mill in Port Alberni. In 1997, Hughie moved to Princeton to live with his sister Melodye and was a big help to her on the farm. He fostered many farm animals over the years and had a menagerie of interesting pets. He enjoyed golf, football, hockey, coff ee, A&W teen burgers and spending time with his great niece and nephew. His humour and larger-than-life personality will be greatly missed. Hugh was predeceased by his parents Henry Bonneau and Josephine Middlemiss and his sisters, Rozanne Mannynvali and Carolyn Simmons. He is survived by his daughter Melanie Blight and his two grandchildren; his sisters Melodye Hope, Becky Booth and Germaine Veldhuizen; his brothers Ross Bon-neau, Max Bonneau, Phil Bonneau, Mikael Mannynvali, and Marcus Mannynvali, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.In lieu of fl owers, donations can be sent to the Canadian Cancer Society. A private service will be held in the spring at Hugh’s request. Condolences may be left for the family by vis-iting www.hansonsfuneral.ca
• THANK YOU •Yvette Cowley and family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to family and friends. Th e cards, fl owers, food, gift s, visits and the many other condolences helped us cope at this very sad time. Also thanks to the doctors and staff at West Coast General who helped make Dianne as com-fortable as possible. Th ank you to Father Ste-phen for the service and his support and to the CWL ladies for the luncheon aft erwards. It was all very much appreciated. Dianne was much loved and is greatly missed.Sincerely, Yvette Cowley & family
Dianna Cowley
Life hasn’t been the same,In our hearts you will remain.How much you’ve missed,I think you somehow know, For I feel you beside me, No matter where I go.Only fi ve short years sinceYour golden heart stopped beating,Your smile stopped beaming,Your twinkling eyes laid to rest.There is not a day Dear Mom & WifeThat we don’t miss you any less.
Lori SoldaJune 27, 1962 - January 22, 2011
Love you to the Moon and BackRandy, Carla & Santino
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«ENTERTAINMENT
The next art exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre will be something special from local Tseshaht First Nations Chief Hugh Braker.
This exciting exhibit showcases a chosen part of Braker’s personal collection of items from his world travels to Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Brazil and elsewhere.
The exhibit opens to the public Jan. 20 and will run until Feb. 5. Stop by the gallery Saturday, Jan. 23 from 1–3 p.m. to meet Braker and talk about his adventures.
Bring in books
The Rollin Art Centre is now
accepting gently used books, DVDs, CDs and puzzles for their annual book sale, which will take place May 6–7.
Please drop off donations at the Rollin Art Centre, inside, under the staircase in the wooden box.
This is one of the Community Arts Council’s biggest fundraisers. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located at 3061 Eighth Ave. or call 250-724-3412 for more info.
CAC renewals due
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Melissa Martin is
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Braker’s exhibit at RollinMELISSAMARTINArts Around
A shell necklace on diplay at the Rollin Is part of the Hugh Braker exhibit.
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Close to 123 wrestlers flocked to Campbell River Saturday to compete in the Campbell River Invitational. Alberni District Secondary sent 26 competitors, many of which had outstanding individual performances as they enter into the peak of the wrestling season.
In the team standings, ADSS Junior Girls (Grades 6-8) took 5th place while the Junior Boys finished second overall. The Armada Senior Girls team (Grades 9-12) captured second place and the Senior Boys were dominant securing top spot over Timberline from Campbell River.
The Junior Girls were led by the gold medal performance of grade 7 Paige Maher (69kg). Grade 8 Anna Frost (46kg) lost to only one opponent to win the silver
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ADSS Senior Boys had gold medal performances from Trevor Barker (45kg), Isaac McDonald (57kg), Aaron Badovinac (70kg), Lane Harris (90kg), and Trenton Vanderkooi (115kg). Daniel Spencer (70kg) and Jayce Clayton (78kg) both battled for their silver medals
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“I am pleased with the large turnout of Alberni wrestlers at this tournament,” commented Coach Russell Bodnar. “Our wrestlers are ramping up their intensity both at practice and in competition in preparation for the upcoming Age Class tournament and the Alberni Invitational Tournament. For many of our wrestlers, the Alberni Invite is the pinnacle of
their season and the athletes want to perform well for the home crowd.”
The busy weeks ahead include 4 practices per week, tournaments in Richmond and Abbotsford followed by the Annual Alberni Armada Invitational tournament at ADSS February 5-6. The season will continue with the Island Championships on Saltspring Island February 12-13 and the BC High School Championships in Abbotsford February 25-27. The season wraps up for some of the top wrestlers at the National Championships April 15-17 in Calgary, Alberta.
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«SPORTS
Alberni Valley Minor Hockey is gearing up for the annual Bryan Mason Memorial Bantam/Peewee house hockey tournament, which this year will run Feb. 5–8 at the AV Multiplex.
Mason played hockey in the AVMHA system for 12 years and three years in the Men’s Non-Contact Hockey League. He was 21 in 2011 when he died in a car accident. Family friends set up the annual memorial tournament to honour Mason’s dedication to and passion for minor hockey.
The annual tourney will take place at both rinks at the AV Multiplex, with teams
from Vancouver Island. There are eight teams competing in the bantam division: Alberni Valley Inferno, Oceanside Coyotes, Gold River Hawks, Juan de Fuca, Nanaimo Northstars, Alberni Valley Hooligans, Comox Valley Syndicate and Campbell River Wolverines.
The six teams in the peewee division are AV Devil Dogs, Oceanside Kings, Oceanside Warriors, Comox Mighty Ducks, Comox Green Machines and Nanaimo Heat.
Gold medal games are slated for 10:30 a.m. (peewee) and 2:15 p.m. (bantam) on Feb. 8—Family Day.
Bryan Mason Memorial tourney coming up
Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ captain Eric Margo pops the puck over
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