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P ROUDLY S ERVING OUR C OMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS C AMPBELL R IVER M IRROR F IRST I SSUE 1971 PAUL RUDAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR A Campbell River man con- victed of impaired driving caus- ing death has lost his appeal. Christopher Healey, 35, was convicted in October 2010, for the tragic accident which killed Weston Smith of Port Alberni on June 4, 2009. In a decision handed down Wednesday in Vancouver, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the reasons for judgement issued by Campbell River provincial court Judge Brian Saunderson. “In my view, the judge’s reasons for judgement properly connect the evidence at trial and explain the basis for the verdict,” said Justice Mary Saunders, in a writ- ten decision. Healey’s lawyer, Doug Marion of Campbell River, had argued that Judge Saunderson’s verdict was unreasonable in regard to impaired driving. Healey had suffered a minor head injury in the accident and that might have explained his “slurred speech, mumbling and confusion, glassy eyes and a red, flushed face.” Marion also contended the judge misconstrued or ignored other relevant testimony provided by witnesses who arrived at the Island Highway accident scene. But the appellant court said Judge Saunderson considered all the evidence “taken as a whole” and provided a sound basis for Healey’s conviction. “…the only rational conclusion was that Mr. Healey was impaired by alcohol when the truck he was driving collided with the truck driven by Mr. Smith,” wrote Jus- tice Saunders. On that fateful day, Healey had consumed at least a couple of drinks in the morning, likely vodka, before heading north on the Island Highway. Driving a Toyota pickup on a clear and dry afternoon, Healey was approximately 14 kilometres south of the Sayward Junction when he drifted right onto the gravel shoulder. Healey tried to correct the drift, turned back onto the paved high- way, spun out, crossed the centre line and collided with Smith’s southbound Mazda pickup. Smith was wearing a seatbelt, but died instantly from head and chest injuries. He was on his way home to Port Alberni after FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012 www.campbellrivermirror.com Newstand 75 ¢ WebPoll We asked: Carihi is better than Timberline? You said: Yes – 56 votes (54%) No – 47 votes (45%) Today’s question: Will you watch city council meetings now they’re available online? Vote at campbellrivermirror.com Killer drunk driver loses appeal bid Continued on A3 Another celebration: Mark the Lunar New Year on Jan. 24 News A13 Romance your Valentine Jenny Parker (left) of the Campbell River Head Injury Support Society gets a taste of the dining and danc- ing elegance that chef Fred Rose will serve up at the annual event on Feb. 13 a the Maritime Heritage Cen- tre. See story on page A9. ALISTAIR TAYLOR/THE MIRROR TYEE CHEV ROLET BUICK GMC GMC CHEV CHEV V V R R R BUICK BUICK STOP IN TO PLAY! STOP IN TO PLAY! scan here to go to www.tyeechev.ca 570 - 13th Ave DL#10790 250.287.9511 250.287.9511 FREE ZUMBA!!! FREE ZUMBA!!! Saturday, January 21st • 11:00am Saturday, January 21st • 11:00am 250-287-8379 www.curvescampbellriver.com

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PROUDLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS

CAMPBELL RIVER MIRRORFIRST ISSUE 1971

PAUL RUDANCAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

A Campbell River man con-victed of impaired driving caus-ing death has lost his appeal.

Christopher Healey, 35, was convicted in October 2010, for the tragic accident which killed Weston Smith of Port Alberni on June 4, 2009.

In a decision handed down Wednesday in Vancouver, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the reasons for judgement issued by Campbell River provincial court Judge Brian Saunderson.

“In my view, the judge’s reasons for judgement properly connect the evidence at trial and explain the basis for the verdict,” said Justice Mary Saunders, in a writ-ten decision.

Healey’s lawyer, Doug Marion of Campbell River, had argued that Judge Saunderson’s verdict was unreasonable in regard to impaired driving. Healey had suffered a minor head injury in the accident and that might have explained his “slurred speech, mumbling and confusion, glassy eyes and a red, flushed face.”

Marion also contended the judge misconstrued or ignored other relevant testimony provided by witnesses who arrived at the Island Highway accident scene.

But the appellant court said Judge Saunderson considered all the evidence “taken as a whole” and provided a sound basis for Healey’s conviction.

“…the only rational conclusion

was that Mr. Healey was impairedby alcohol when the truck he wasdriving collided with the truckdriven by Mr. Smith,” wrote Jus-tice Saunders.

On that fateful day, Healey hadconsumed at least a couple ofdrinks in the morning, likelyvodka, before heading north onthe Island Highway.

Driving a Toyota pickup on aclear and dry afternoon, Healeywas approximately 14 kilometressouth of the Sayward Junctionwhen he drifted right onto thegravel shoulder.

Healey tried to correct the drift,turned back onto the paved high-way, spun out, crossed the centreline and collided with Smith’ssouthbound Mazda pickup.

Smith was wearing a seatbelt,but died instantly from head andchest injuries. He was on hisway home to Port Alberni after

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finishing his shift at the Port Alice mill. No one else saw the accident, but other motorists stopped within minutes of the collision. The first woman on the scene found Healey lying in the southbound lane, near his pickup.

He was momentarily uncon-scious and had a lump on the right side of his head. The wit-ness told police she could smell alcohol on Healey and he was slurring his words.

Within 20 minutes of the accident, Const. Christopher Dove of the Sayward RCMP arrived at the scene and also noted Healey’s slurred speech, flushed face, glassy eyes and a strong odour of fresh alcohol. In the cab of Healey’s truck, the officer found two empty bottles of vodka and a partly consumed bottle which had Healey’s fingerprints on it.

Const. Dove rode in the ambulance with Healey who was taken to Campbell River

Hospital. During the 45-minute trip, the officer informed Hea-ley he was under investigation for impaired driving causing death. But Healey gave the officer vague responses and refused to provide a breath or blood sample. Nevertheless, Judge Saunderson was con-vinced that Healey was the driver and that he was under the influence of alcohol.

Healey was handed a four-year jail sentence and banned from driving for 15 years.

KRISTEN DOUGLASCAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

City councillors had to weigh community values over commu-nity growth at a special council meeting Tues-day afternoon.

Councillors aired their concerns with the city’s new commu-nity plan, in particu-lar the rural Quinsam Heights neighbour-hood, near Evergreen and Petersen roads.

The area is mostly zoned Residential Estate – which permits single family homes on large lots, but some lots on the north side of Pinecrest Road are zoned RM-1, a low den-sity infill that permits single family homes on smaller lots.

The city’s new Sus-tainable Official Com-munity Plan (SOCP) calls for Quinsam Heights to have simi-lar zoning throughout and be maintained as a rural neighbourhood.

The plan acknowl-edges that the large rural lots have recently been targeted for small and medium lot subdi-visions but notes those are not consistent with the established charac-ter of the neighbour-hood, which includes hobby f ar ms and equestrian uses.

The plan goes on to say the neighbourhood

is “destined for little to no major develop-ment changes and not intended as a primary growth area for the city.”

The plan was created out of an intensive, 18-month process with public involvement through workshops, meetings and open houses. Ross Black-well, the city’s land use manager, said the Sus-tainable Community Plan committee heard loud and clear that residents of Quinsam Heights want to main-tain the integrity of their neighbourhoood.

“What we heard from the broader community is that the values of a rural neighbourhood for Quinsam Heights overruled develop-ment,” Blackwell said.

Coun. Claire Moglove affirmed the consensus was to keep the integ-rity of the rural area.

“At the committee meeting they said this is the only area in Campbell River that has a rural flavour and if we change that, we’ve lost it forever,” Moglove said.

But Coun. Andy Adams said the city has already moved towards development.

“I think we made that shift when we let Legacy Heights (sub-division) go in there in the first place,” Adams

said. He also said the two blocks along Pinecrest Road that are zoned estate don’t make sense because they’re not connected, and are squeezed in with residential lots.

“Why not a continu-ous strip that would fit into the plan’s goals of walkability, cycling routes, and compact g r o w t h ? ” A d a m s said.“Those two blocks (on Pinecrest) were included in infill for potential growth.”

A d a m s m a d e a motion to change the zoning of the two Pine-crest blocks to make it more “linear” but the motion was defeated by councillors Moglove, Ron Kerr, Mary Storry and Mayor Walter Jakeway. Other minor tweaks council wants to make to the commu-nity plan will be made after the plan goes to public hearing on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. and before third reading.

T he Sustainable Community Plan took 18 months to draft and the process included consultations with youth, community stakeholders, the gen-eral public, school dis-trict and First Nations. The document sets out policy guides for city council and sets the vision and direction of the city for the next 50 years.

Quinsam’s rural values overrule development

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During Council’s first meeting of the year, Jan. 10, city staff tested new equipment that broadcasts council meetings live over the Internet.

Future council meetings will be available live and will be archived for on-demand viewing.

To see meeting webcasts as of Jan. 24, go to the city’s website www.campbellriver.ca and click on the link from the homepage. A link will also be available from the Council Meetings page.

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The archived video and audio recordings of meetings will be indexed (and searchable) by agenda item so people can view the entire meeting or meeting segments by clicking on agenda items.

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The provincial gov-ernment refuses to press the case for seat-belts in commercial or school buses even though T ranspor t Canada says the prov-ince has the right to do just that.

Following the Decem-ber roll over crash of a Wilson’s Transporta-tion bus carrying Myra Falls mine employees, there has been renewed interest in the merits of mandatory seatbelts in commercial and school buses.

There were 14 rid-ers on the mine bus, including the driver, and 12 were taken to hospital. Two passen-gers, Pat Jeffery and Dennis Fawcett, had serious rib, lung and back injuries.

A request by the Mirror to discuss the implications of this accident with Trans-portation Minister Blair Lekstom was declined by his staff. However, Lekstrom’s public affairs officer

Kate Trotter stated in an e-mail, “Transport Canada is responsible for bus safety and stan-dards when it comes to design and manufac-ture, including seatbelt requirements.

“B.C. is not consider-ing adopting separate regulations for seat-belts for commercial/school buses as this area is under federal government purview.”

Transport Canada spokesperson Maryse Durette says, “Prov-inces and Territories have the ability to man-date the use of seat belts on any existing vehicle. This includes vehicles that federally do not require seat belts to be installed in the passenger posi-tions.”

In 2009, WorkSafeBC relaxed regulations governing seatbelts in commercial buses on highways. Spokesper-son Megan Johnston also says, “Our reg applies only to indus-tries that WorkPlaceBC regulates – one of the exceptions is mining.”

The Myra Falls crash

was not an isolated incident. Last Sunday, a passenger was hurt when a transit bus rolled near Duncan after it collided with a station wagon. In June 2011, several students aboard a Penticton area school bus were injured when it was involved in a fatal crash with a small car that crossed into its path. The bus was equipped with belts, but the students were not wearing them.

NDP MLA Mike Farnworth, when he was the Opposition’s

public safety critic, said the provincial government, “should require passengers rid-ing school buses in the province to belt up.”

“It’s time for the gov-ernment to examine the issue of school bus safety and move to require seatbelts for school bus pas-sengers. Authorities are debating the mat-ter of seatbelts in school buses, and we should also move on this matter in British Columbia. Operators and manufacturers of school buses must

work harder to make their vehicles safer for the children who ride them.”

Under the regulations of the B.C. Motor Vehi-cle Act seatbelt usage is mandatory if a vehi-cle is so equipped. But, Transport Canada does not require seatbelts to be worn on buses even though it admits that seatbelts would help prevent injuries in roll overs.

A Transport Canada review of school bus safety issues states, “In many instances seat-belts would not have prevented the serious injuries that occurred in school buses. These involve direct intru-sion into the bus of an object such as another vehicle or, for example, a steel plate from a passing truck. There are, however, individual instances where seatbelts could have prevented injury. They involve roll over, ejection and impact with other passengers or the bus interior.”

Province could demand seatbeltsB.C. government reluctant to mandate bus seatbelts

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A dozen people were injured when a bus carryingminers rolled in bad weather last December.

Unlike Canada, the U.S. is at least trying to implement a requirement that new buses be equipped with lap-shoulder belts.

The debate over bus passenger safety south of the border has been reignited following a series of fatal accidents that focused attention on whether seatbelts should be required in commercial buses.

Federal safety experts first pro-

posed that seatbelts be mandatory on all interstate buses 43 years ago. In all that time Congress had not acted despite the statistics show ing that most fatalities result from pas-sengers being ejected in roll overs.

However, Congress finally vowed to tackle the issue after a horrific accident last March in New York in which 15 passengers were killed and 18 injured.

Tragedy prompts U.S. seatbelt action

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BRIAN KIERANCAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

The provincial gov-ernment refuses to press the case for seat-belts in commercial or school buses even though T ranspor t Canada says the prov-ince has the right to do just that.

Following the Decem-ber roll over crash of a Wilson’s Transporta-tion bus carrying Myra Falls mine employees, there has been renewed interest in the merits of mandatory seatbelts in commercial and school buses.

There were 14 rid-ers on the mine bus, including the driver, and 12 were taken to hospital. Two passen-gers, Pat Jeffery and Dennis Fawcett, had serious rib, lung and back injuries.

A request by the Mirror to discuss the implications of this accident with Trans-portation Minister Blair Lekstom was declined by his staff. However, Lekstrom’s public affairs officer

Kate Trotter stated in an e-mail, “Transport Canada is responsible for bus safety and stan-dards when it comes to design and manufac-ture, including seatbelt requirements.

“B.C. is not consider-ing adopting separate regulations for seat-belts for commercial/school buses as this area is under federal government purview.”

Transport Canada spokesperson Maryse Durette says, “Prov-inces and Territories have the ability to man-date the use of seat belts on any existing vehicle. This includes vehicles that federally do not require seat belts to be installed in the passenger posi-tions.”

In 2009, WorkSafeBC relaxed regulations governing seatbelts in commercial buses on highways. Spokesper-son Megan Johnston also says, “Our reg applies only to indus-tries that WorkPlaceBC regulates – one of the exceptions is mining.”

The Myra Falls crash

B.C. government reluctant to mandate bus seatbelts

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KRISTEN DOUGLASCAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

City councillors want to see improvements made to the arena and threw their support behind the Strathcona Re gional District , which is seeking fund-ing for renovations.

The regional district has applied for $400,000 from the $30 million B.C. Community Rec-reation Fund.

Josie Rohne, facili-ties manager of Strath-cona Gardens, said if the grant application is successful, planning would take place this year and the $968,000

arena project would be scheduled to begin at the end of March 2013.

The regional district would also be expected to fund a portion of the project, likely through capital funds.

Coun. Andy Adams brought forward the re gional district’s grant funding applica-tion to the mayor and fellow councillors at last Tuesday’s council meeting.

“Arena one (Rod Brind’Amour Arena) has some significant infrastructure prob-lems,” Adams said. “I think it’s in the best interest of the city to

support this applica-tion from the Strath-cona Regional Dis-trict.”

Council agreed and voted to send a letter of support to the Commu-nity Recreation Fund in support of the grant application.

Rod Brind’Amour Arena, the larger of the two rinks at Strath-cona Gardens and home of the Campbell River Storm, is in poor condition and needs immediate attention to the floor, boards and the brine lines Rohne said.

Brian Reardon, the re gional district’s

chief administrative officer, stressed the importance of upgrad-ing the arena sooner rather than later, in the grant application.

“If this project is not completed soon, it is expected that there will be catastrophic failure of the concrete slab which will render the arena inoperable,” he said.

“If that were to hap-pen it would have a devastating effect on the local arena user groups and public ice programming.

“Currently this ice surface is used 1,930 hours per year for

youth activities and 423 hours per year for adult groups. If arena number one failed there would be nowhere else for these displaced groups to go as the other full-sized ice space at Strathcona Gardens is also booked to capacity.”

If the regional dis-tr ic t mana g es to secure funding, con-struction on the area would likely take place between April and Sep-tember 2013.

Rohne predicts the five-month closure would result in a rev-enue loss of approxi-mately $22,000.

KRISTEN DOUGLASCAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Council has given the green light for the city to compete in Commu-nities in Bloom at the international level, in spite of concerns over the budget.

After winning at the national level and receiving a perfect five “blooms,” the city was invited to compete on the world stage.

Members of the Com-munities in Bloom Committee attended the Jan. 17 council meeting, asking coun-cillors to support reg-istration in the inter-national competition.

In order to partici-pate, the city must be registered by the end

of the month and must pay a $950 registration fee.

The committee was also asking for $27,000 to come out the parks and recreation budget.

Coun. Mary Storry was wary of approving the registration when there is no certainty that the city will be able to afford the com-mittee’s budget.

“ I ’ m c o n c e r n e d because of the tim-ing,” Storry said. “I love this project, but because it’s coming out of the parks bud-get, and we’re about to go into some serious budget discussions (I’m concerned). What happens if we register and then the budget is not there?”

Parks manager Lynn Wark said it would depend on how the bud-get is impacted and, if need be, the committee could look at reducing the scope of work.

Last year, the city showed off initiatives such as the Adopt-A-Highway program, the annual garden contest, and community work-shops to the Communi-ties in Bloom judges.

The city also unveiled some new programs: Awards for great curb appeal; a Willow Point beautification survey; and entry in the Christ-mas parade.

Campbell River won the 20,001-50,000 popu-lation category at the national level. The city also received spe-

cial mention for the Baikie Island Restora-tion project, the Sus-tainable Development Award and an award for the best commu-nity exhibit at Novem-ber’s Communities in Bloom symposium and awards ceremony in Quebec.

Judges Nor mand Rose and Betty Lam-ont visited the city last July and evaluated the community based on tidiness, environmen-tal action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, and floral dis-plays, with community involvement a big fac-tor in each area.

Coun. Ryan Mennie asked the committee if it would be interested in competing again at

the national level.“ I a p p r e c i a t e . . .

that Communities in Bloom is not just about flowers, which I used to think it was, but about civic pride,” Mennie said. “Are you still interested in the national level?”

Wark said the com-mittee was not invited to compete at the national level again, and if it wants to take part, the city must register in the inter-national competition. Wark also said it gives the city the chance to get better.

“The committee has chosen to compete at the international level because we want to keep improving,” said Wark.

Arena in dire need of repair

City’s blooms to compete world-wide

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Bad tires + bad weather = accident

With the recent snow flurries and freezing conditions, it’s a good plan to make sure you’re driving with decent

tires.A local motorist

found this out the hard way on Saturday after losing control of their vehicle on the Dogwood Road hill around 9:30 a.m.

According to

RCMP, the vehicle jumped the median and rolled down the steep embankment. Fortunately the driver was not injured, police say.

However, the motorist was issued a violation notice for operating a vehicle with improper tires.

Also on Saturday, at 10:20 a.m., police responded to a two-vehicle collision at the T-intersection of Ironwood Road and

9th Avenue.As a result of poor

road conditions, the driver of a northbound vehicle lost control, crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming car.

One of the drivers, a 76-year-old Campbell River man, was transported to hospital for monitoring.

No charges were laid.

Break-ins and thefts

Tools and fishing gear valued at $10,000 were stolen from a trailer parked on Albea Road after the thief cut off the padlocks.

The theft was reported to Mounties on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. The trailer was parked in the 2100 block of Albea.

On Friday, at 10:55 a.m., police were

called regarding the theft of a travel trailer from the 1000 block of Hemlock Street.

Investigation revealed the suspects had cut through a chain-link fence to access the storage area and took a 28-foot Wave travel trailer bearing B.C. licence UMB 34A.

The trailer is white with blue markings and is in new condition.

Also Friday, at 7 p.m., police were called to a break, enter and theft from a residence in the 500 block of Island Highway.

The suspect gained entry to the residence through a small window and stole a laptop computer.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Campbell River RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

A week after the Campbell River Salva-tion Army fell $23,000 short of its Christmas Kettle fundraising goal, an anonymous donation from a local business brought the total up to $150,000.

“After adding every-thing up at the end of the campaign we deter-mined we had raised a total of $127,000,” said Community Ministries Director Kevin Mack. “I announced this final total just over a week ago and the very next day we received a cheque for $23,000.”

The generous dona-tion was made by a

local business owner who wishes to remain a n o n y m o u s . T h e $150,000 fundraising total is a new record for the Campbell River Salvation Army.

“We’d like to thank the entire community,” said Mack. “The record total will not only go towards funding our community programs, but will allow us to reach out into the com-munity and meet even more needs.”

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICENotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing regarding the following will beheld in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 St. Ann’s Road inCampbell River, B.C. at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Propertyowners are required to provide all tenants, leaseholders and occupantswith a copy of this Public Hearing Notice.A copy of this proposal may be inspected at the City Hall, Land UseServices Department on any regular business day between the hours of8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive except StatutoryHolidays. All persons who believe that their interest in property isaffected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunityto be heard or to present written submissions respecting matterscontained in the Bylaw that is the subject of this hearing. Please note thatlegal considerations prevent Council from receiving any representationsor submissions after the close of the Public Hearing. A speakers list will beavailable for persons wishing to speak at the Public Hearing. You mayregister in advance by calling 250 286 5700 or at the Public Hearing.

Proposal for 1153/1185 Ironwood Rd:

That Zoning Bylaw 3250, Section 5.3.1 (permitted use for Commercial One(C 1) Zone) be amended to include a car wash for Lots 10, 11 and 12,Block 2, District Lot 69, Sayward District, Plan 1076 (1153/1185 IronwoodSt.). The subject property currently contains an existing building andparking lot that was used for an auto repair shop. The applicant wishes toconstruct a mixed use building with a car wash facility on the ground floorand two residential units on the second floor for employees. Mixed usecommercial/ residential activities are allowed within the C 1 Zonehowever a car wash facility is not. Therefore a site specific textamendment is required to allow for the proposed car wash facility.

Legal Description/Civic Address: Lots 10, 11 and 12, Block 2, District Lot69, Sayward District, Plan 1076 (1153/1185 Ironwood St.)

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LettersLetters

OpinionOpinionWHO WE ARE: The Campbell River Mirror is published every Wednesday and Friday by Black Press Ltd., 104-250 Dogwood St., Campbell River, B.C. V9W 2X9. Telephone: 250-287-9227; Fax: 250-287-3238. EDITOR: Alistair Taylor

[email protected]

Ecstasy can kill you. Can that message be driven home any more acutely than it has in communities

in B.C. and Alberta? In the past five weeks, the popular man-made drug has taken several lives and is responsible for another that hangs in the balance. The drugs were laced with paramethoxy-metamphetamine.

On Nov. 27, Tyler Miller, 20, took ecstasy. He was a gifted Abbotsford

musician and student, with great career plans. It’s all over. He was dead in eight hours.

On Dec. 19, 17-year-old Cheryl McCormack of Abbotsford ingested ecstasy with some friends

— ostensibly as a weight-loss aid. She became unresponsive and, three days later, she died. She was a bright, fun and athletic teen.

On New Year’s Eve, a 24-year-old Abbotsford woman engaged in “recreational” use of ecstasy with three friends. By 6 a.m., she was in critical condition in hospital, where she remains.

The grief and suffering of the family and friends of these victims is excruciating. In that context, it is such cruel irony, considering ecstasy is known for inducing euphoria and a sense of well-being. It’s chemical Russian roulette. You can feel good and survive‚ perhaps many times. Or, you can end up dead or on life support. It doesn’t take prolonged

use or abuse of ecstasy to court disaster. Ecstasy, or MDMA, is notorious for being laced with other drugs, including ketamine, methamphetamine and cocaine. Depending on the circumstances, the physiology of the user and other factors, the mix can be lethal. It seems an insane risk, yet ecstasy is popular among a segment of young people who have so much to lose. Please — parents, teachers, police — speak with your children, your students, your young contacts. Teens, counsel your peers who may be tempted to use ecstasy or are already using it.

Give them the cold facts. Implore them to think, to make good decisions.

— Black Press

First ecstacy, then oblivionOur ViewOur View

Capt. Schettino bucks maritime tradition

We say: Popular drug has taken several lives in recent weeks

I wish to challenge several statements made in a recent letter in the Campbell River Mirror by B. Funk from Cumberland.

That writer promotes a return to the one regional hospital plan to replace existing Campbell River and Comox hospitals (proposed by VIHA in 2006) that was soundly rejected by most North Islanders. As most readers know, that rejection is evidenced by 19,000 people who signed petitions in 2007 supporting pub-lic health care and hospitals in Campbell River and in the Comox Valley. In 2008, the locally elected Comox Strathcona Regional District Hospital Board voted against their former support for one regional hospital and the next year, in response, VIHA introduced a pro-posal for building new hospitals in both communities which maintained services in our current hospitals and added some regional beds and services.

For a start, it is untrue as B. Funk states that “each area (Campbell River and the Comox Valley) form-ing action groups” when in fact, there was one action group Citizens for Quality Health Care. CFQHC con-sisted of members from both communities and all actions, petitioning and communication were done collaboratively.

He was the Captain of the Nightin-gale;

Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal;

He could smell the flowers of Ber-muda in the gale;

As he died on the North Rock Shoal.

I first heard The Flowers of Ber-muda and its story about its brave but hapless captain from a Stan Rog-ers album. The story is told from the point of view of a crewman on a British collier, the Nightingale. On its way to Bermuda it hits rocks and the captain’s first thought was for his crew. They eyed the captain’s “gig” as their only escape after discovering the lifeboats were smashed.

But when the crew was all assembled there;

And the gig was prepared for sea;‘Twas seen there but 18 places to be

manned;And 19 mortal souls were we.“But,” cries the captain, “now do

not delay, nor do you spare a thought for me. My duty is to save you all now. Save ye all now if I can. See ye return quick as can be.”

So they pile into the boat, leaving the captain behind, promising to return with a rescue “quick as can be.”

Now there be flowers in Bermuda. Beauty lies on every hand, continues the narrator.

And there be laughter ease and drink there for every man;

But there is no joy for me.For when they reach the “wretched

Nightingale” they’re greeted by an

awful sight: “The captain, drowned, was tangled in the mizzen chains, smiling bravely beneath the sea.”

Smiling bravely beneath the sea.Of course, you know what turned

my thought to this song was the dis-graceful behaviour of the captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concor-dia, Francesco Schettino. Now, we shouldn’t condemn this man until we get the whole story but the evidence so far does not make him look good. In particular, there’s the remarkable transcript of the Coast Guard captain doing everything he can – including swearing at the cowardly captain – to get him to get back on his ship until everyone is off.

It’s a long-established maritime tradition that the captain stays to see everybody off a sinking ship, going

down with it if need be. You know the old saying, “Women and children first.” Sexist perhaps, but certainly children have to get off first.

According to the BBC, current mar-itime law does not say specifically that the captain has to be last off (a previous version did) but implica-tion is still that he’s responsible for seeing all passengers off safely. The principle involved is that the captain has to direct the safe evacuation of passengers and crew. Apparently, the BBC says, Italian law requires the captain to stay on board.

It would take a stout heart to stay on a sinking ship but who could aban-don it while others still remain? The captain isn’t expected to actually go down with the ship. He just needs to be the last one alive getting off.

Alistair TaylorOut On A Limb

PUBLISHER: Zena [email protected]

Hospital misinformation

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B. Funk then states “And the result was VIHA caved to these s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t group’s demands.” In fact, VIHA’s 2009 two new hospital plan was announced in response to the wishes of 19,000 North Islanders who signed the CFQHC petition and to reflect the Comox Strathcona Regional District Hos-pital Board’s desire for a hospital in each community. If “special interest group” can be defined as the vast majority of people and politicians from the North Island, then we stand guilty as

charged.Next, B. Funk states

that the one regional hospital model origi-nally proposed by VIHA is supported by local medical person-nel.

I don’t know which medical personnel the writer is speaking of but the majority of Campbell River and Comox Valley doctors and specialists have been vocal about sup-porting the two hos-pital plan, preserving and expanding on cur-rent services offered.

B. Funk says that building two hos-pitals will result in “reduced services

and at a greater cost.” There are certainly arguments to be made whether services are adequate to meet cur-rent or future needs and whether there are a sufficient number of beds in the VIHA plans for each new hospital.

However, the truth is that the services offered in the two new hospitals are not “reduced” but are exactly the same as what was offered in VIHA’s one regional hospital proposal. The most pertinent fact related to cost is that VIHA and the Health Ministry are touting a Public-Private Part-

nership (P3) model to funding new hospitals. If examples of P3 hos-pitals built and oper-ated in England and Abbotsford, B.C. are examined, they exist to make the health corpo-rations running them a profit from taxpayers’ dollars, are over budget and less accountable than publicly funded and run hospitals. If B. Funk is concerned about the cost of the two new hospitals, he or she should join with others from the North Island in campaigning against the P3 model of funding the two hospi-tals should VIHA and the Provincial Govern-

ment decide to go down that road.

Finally, B. Funk asks “where do we go from here?...bickering amongst a loud but vocal minority…I hope not.”

Well, the reality is that there exists a loud vocal majority of citizens from two communities not argu-ing against each other but united in expect-ing that two publicly funded hospitals, one in each community, is the model that will offer the best quality health care now and for future generations.

Richard HagensenCampbell River

Continued from A8

Hospital: Two facilities offer best quality health care

If you’re looking for a special treat for your Valen-

tine this year, the Mar-itime Heritage Society and Campbell River Head Injury Support Society will be hosting a dinner and dance

that just might put you in your darling’s good books.

The eighth annual Romance Your Val-entine dance on Feb. 11 is a semi-formal affair that is designed to provide a romantic

evening with fine din-ing and great dancing. The gourmet event is a fundraiser with proceeds going to both Societies’.

A five-course dinner is followed by dancing to Double Play. There

will be live and silent auctions and door prizes, as well as a free tour of the BCP45 and a portrait with your sweetie.

Space is limited so call Trish at 250-286-3161 or Shelley 250-287-

4323 to reserve your tickets today.

Location: Mari-time Heritage Centre. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner served at 7. Dancing starts at 9.

Tickets Cost: $50 each.

Treat your sweetheart and support two worthy local groups at annual Romance your Valentine

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Rocking back and forth with

the oncoming swells off northern

Strait of Georgia, a swamped fish-

ing boat attracted a steady stream

of onlookers at the mouth of Wil-

low Creek Wednesday.

The boat was apparently being

towed from Campbell River to

Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island

Tuesday eveing when the tow had

to be abandoned. The Coast Guard

vessel Cape Palmerston attended

the scene at 6 p.m anticipating

a search and rescue operation,

said Phillip Hawkins, Officer in

Charge at the Campbell River

Coast Guard station.

‘Derelict’ boat wallows in shallow

water at the mouth of

Willow Creek

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ALISTAIR TAYLOR/THE MIRROR

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There are five spe-cies of loon in the order known as Gavii-formes.

These include the c o m m o n , y e l l o w billed, pacific, arctic and the less common red throated. The red throated loon is a migratory, aquatic div-ing bird found in the northern hemisphere and is circumpolar in distribution.

Breeding range for these loons usually extends from North-ern British Columbia to Alaska, and they winter from northern British Columbia down to Mexico, there is a known breeding colony in Haida Gwaii.

The red throated loon is the smallest and lightest of the loon family measuring only 24-27 inches in length and is not often seen along the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Adult summer plum-age for these loons is dark grey seen from above the water. On closer examination the back is speckled with fine light grey mark-ings; below the water the undersides of both winter and summer plumage is white.

The head is grey with a maroon coloured throat patch and the back of the neck is finely striped with white.

Juvenile colouration includes black and white speck-led backs and wings with a light grey neck.

L i k e a l l loons the red throated loon has a sturdy flat body with a thick neck and promi-nent head, the legs are set way back on the body and three of their toes are webbed. This species of loon has a slender, sharp straight bill which is often carried at an up tilted angle. In summer the bill is black and changes to pale grey in the win-ter.

All loons have dense bones that help them submerge in the water. Large feet and power-ful legs propel their streamlined bodies down into the water and they are known to dive to depths of 30 feet.

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throated loons are easy to distinguish in flight, they drop their head and neck below their horizontal bod-ies which gives them the profile of a hunch-back.

D u r i n g the winter loons tend to be more aloof forag-ing in small groups along the coastal areas.

I n s u m -m e r t h e y mig rate to their breed-

ing grounds where they frequent smaller ponds lakes and even rivers. They are able to use smaller bodies of water as they are the only loon that does not need a “runway” of water to get airborne. They can manage to launch from land by pushing off from their breast and legs.

The menu for these loons includes fish especially herring, molluscs, crabs, frogs, insects, fish spawn and sometimes plant material. Fish will be speared usually after an underwater chase when they will dive

using their wings and feet to assist them.

Mating rituals for these loons are very dramatic including racing side by side on their feet across the water or facing each other with their bodies out of the water bal-ancing on their feet as the vocalize by “yodel-ling” to each other.

L o n g - l i v e d r e d throated loons are monogamous, mating for life and they return annually to their nest sites that are often just scraped out of shallow vegetation.

Two greenish brown speckled eggs are pro-duced which blend in with the vegetation to help camouflage the eggs. Eggs are a favourite of the red and arctic foxes as well as gulls, and often a replacement clutch will be necessary.

Parents are very pro-tective of the young chicks, but it is thought that unlike other loon species the young are not carried on the mothers back.

Major threats to loons include oil spills or other water pol-lutants, habitat loss, entrapment in fishing

nets when the dive and have been known to fall victim to coastal wind farm turbines.

If we can believe old folk lore loons were called rain birds. If the loons were flying inland giving short cries fair weather was predicted. Those flying out to sea giving out long wailing cries were harbingers of rain and stormy weather.

If this were true Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) would not have been called to rescue a red throated loon that headed inland to Gold River in a rain storm last week. It crash landed onto the roof of the Community Center and then slid off and fell to the ground.

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The Immigrant Wel-come Centre has been a busy hub for cultural activities as prepara-tions begin for the 2012 Lunar New Year cel-ebration.

As the lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon, the date for the start of a new year differs to the Western (Gregorian) calendar.

This year Lunar New Year is observed in Canada and around the world for a period of 15 days beginning on January 23. This is the first day after the new moon for the year 4710 (Year of the Dragon) in the Chinese calendar. Traditionally a festival to mark the onset of spring, the Vietnamese refer to New Year as Tet. Cultural traditions include cleaning the entire house, getting a haircut, settling debts, and getting together with family.

On January 24, the second day of the New Year’s festival, a special event will take place at

Robron Centre in Camp-bell River. Brother Sakya Phap An, a Bud-dhist monk, will help honour this special time of year with an afternoon of prayer. Listening to the beauti-ful meditative chanting is relaxing and mes-merizing. Brother Phap An will also be sharing information about Bud-dhism.

At 5 p.m. there will be a potluck feast, high-lighting vegetarian dishes.

The Celebration for Lunar New Year is open to the general public.

The aim of the event is to strengthen cul-tural identity, while helping others under-stand and appreciate Buddhist customs and traditions.

Please bring a pot-luck dish to share at the feast, or a small donation. This is a free, family friendly event.

The year 2012 also marks twenty years since the Immigrant Welcome Centre began providing service to the

community of Camp-bell River.

This year’s Lunar New Year Celebration is presented jointly by Youth4Diversity Inter-faith Project and the Immigrant Welcome Centre’s multicultural groups.

Festivities will be held at Robron Centre (740 Robron Road) on Tues., Jan. 24 from 2 -8 p.m.

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Local Rotarians are one step closer to build-ing a water park in Wil-low Point this spring, after receiving a $5,000 grant from Tire Stew-ardship BC, to be used towards rubber sur-faces in the park.

Conceptual draw-ings for the park were submitted to the city in November, and con-tractor Rectec Indus-

tries is due to submit detailed drawings for approval this month. Once approval from the city and the Vancouver Island Health Author-ity are in place, con-struction will begin, with the hope of hav-ing the park ready for the summer.

The project is a joint effort between the Day-break and Noon Hour Rotary Clubs, and the Campbell River Fire Fighter’s Association.

The partnership is still seeking about $50,000 in sponsorship towards the project, said Noon Hour Rotary Club president Patricia Gagnon.

“We are looking for corporate sponsor-ship,” Gagnon said. “We’ve applied for a number of little pots of money, but we’re looking for around $50,000.”

Letters have been drafted and will be

going out to the busi-ness community soon, she said.

A fundraising cam-paign by Telus will bring in about $100,000, Gagnon said. Last March, Telus launched a fundraising cam-paign to support the Campbell River Rotary Waterpark. Telus com-mitted to donate $100 towards the water park for every new televi-sion customer it signed up.

The Tire Steward-ship BC grant will go towards providing crumb rubber, which is made of recycled tires, for surfaces in the park. The mate-rial is water perme-able and soft, and is used in water parks, playgrounds, running tracks, synthetic turf fields and more.

The associaton’s cur-rent round of grants will benefit 29 projects and keep more than

half a million pounds of tires out of land-fills.

“This amounts to nearly 38,000 tires that were kept out of landfills and instead were recycled for use in playgrounds, water parks and indoor and outdoor athletic facili-ties,” says Executive Director Mike Hen-nessy. “In total, the Community Grant Pro-gram recycled more than 680,000 pounds of

rubber tires in 2011.”

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A number of city residents are receiv-ing phone calls from what has been identi-fied as the largest scam currently being perpe-trated in Canada.

Anf one local woman admits to falling for the computer virus scam.

“If it can happen to me, it can happy to any-body,” said the woman, who asked not to be publicly identified. “I know better than that. That’s the scary part. There are probably people out there who don’t know as much about computers.”

The woman fell vic-tim to the scam this week, when a caller pretending to be a Microsoft employee offered to help rid her computer of malicious software. By the end of the long conversation, she had granted access to her computer and handed over her credit card number for a $160 service warranty.

“They were in my computer for an hour- and-a-half. I allowed it,” she said. “I hung up and thought ‘what did I just do?’”

Immediately after h a n g i n g u p, t h e woman realized she had been scammed. She has since taken her computer in for legitimate servicing, moved all of her bank accounts and cancelled her credit cards. She has also reported the case to RCMP and the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre.

Even then, the call-ers didn’t give up. The woman received 21 calls from the scammers the following day.

According to the fraud centre, this and similar scams now account for 70-80 per cent of all scam com-plaints in Canada.

“As embarrassed as I am that this happened, I am telling everyone I know and asking them to tell everyone,” the woman said. “People have to be warned.”

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The 11th annual Words on the Water Campbell River Writ-er’s Festival returns to the city this March, and with new young members of the orga-nizing committee bringing a renewed energy to the event, long time organizers are excited for the 2012 festival.

“Words on the Water strives to bring the very best coastal writ-ers to the region,” said founding committee member Ruth McMon-agle, and with new committee members now into their third year, “they’re really into the heart and soul of it.”

“The younger people are committed to continuing on,” she said. “Trevor (McMonagle)’s been the chair for 11 years, and we’re just really happy to see it con-tinue with their help.”

The festival presents the writers’ works as “the written word, as spoken by the author,” McMonagle explained, which adds a differ-

ent tone to the works being presented.

The festival events take place March 23 and 24, 2012, with a unique series of events.

“The writers are a mix of male/female, urban/rural, and eastern/western,” McMonagle said. “You get a real dynamism of things.”

Friday night brings together all of the writers to present in pairs or groups. The Writers in Conversa-tion session is pre-ceded by the reading of the 2012 commis-sioned poem.

Friday’s pairings will include the con-trasting experiences of Daphne Marlatt, a writer in her 70’s who has published more than 20 books on a variety of topics with Garry Thomas Morse, an up-and-coming poet who has been a final-ist for the Governor General’s Award for poetry.

Terry Fallis and Robert Wiersema, “who are hugely dynamic individu-als,” will provide an interesting session,

McMonagle said. Fal-lis is the author of Canadian best sellers The Best Laid Plans and The High Road, and Wiersema has written three books and is a noted literary reviewer.

Local MC John Elson will interview Trevor Herriot, the current Haig-Brown writer in residence and award winning author, naturalist and speaker.

And finally Gur-jinder Basran, Susan Juby and Zsu Zsi Gartner will bring together their unique perspectives as Cana-dian female authors writing about the immigrant, rural, and urban experience. Basran is the author of Everything Was Good-bye, the win-ner of the 2011 Ethel Wilson Fiction Award for most outstanding fiction by a BC Author. Juby sets much of her work in a rural setting, and has writ-ten both young adult novels, and now, fic-tion aimed at adults. Gartner’s latest short fiction collection, Bet-ter Living through

Plastic Explosives, was a Globe & Mail Best Book and on the Vancouver Sun’s top ten Canadian titles of 2011, as well as a final-ist for the prestigious 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

“They come from different places but fit very dynamically together,” McMonagle said.

Saturday features longer sessions with the writers, with two writers per session, speaking for 45 min-utes each.

The festival wraps up Saturday eve-

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ning with a Literary Cabaret, where every writer will read or talk for about 10 min-utes.

“The participants are encouraged to step out of their genres,” McMonagle said about the “very light and delightful” event.

“This portion of the festival is unique in that authors tend to branch out from the usual format and get creative with their presentation. After spending the weekend together, there is a real rapport between writers and audience and this is a particu-larly enjoyable ses-

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at the Maritime Heri-tage Discovery Centre, and receives support from federal grants, local Rotary clubs, community donations, local businesses and more. In addition, the event brings money into the community during a traditionally slow season.

Early bird tickets to this year’s festival will be available as of Feb. 1 at the Tidemark Theatre box office. Tickets are $65 for the weekend (until Feb. 29, $85 after), or $20 for individual sessions.

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The Campbell River Art Gallery is gearing up for another year of fun Super Saturdays!

Bring your imagination for all-ages art-making at the Gallery from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.on a bi-weekly basis. Super Saturdays get going Saturday, Jan. 21 with ‘Pin Cush-ion Creatures.’ This isn’t just any pin cushion.

These prickly creatures will have you squealing as you turn them into mice and other fun animals!

The fun doesn’t stop there. On Feb. 4, come to the Gallery from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for ‘Stamp It’, where you can build an imaginary scene using an array of fun stamps, ink and felts.

On Feb. 18, the theme is ‘Flat-lands in 3D’, where participantswill create a flat world that popsout, vdwith the use of cardboardand some 3D sculptural sur-prises.

Other fun Super Saturday eventsinclude ‘Paper Mosaics’ on March3, ‘Pastel Pet Portraits’ on March24 and ‘Where the Fairies andElves Live’ on April 14.

Super Saturdays are availableby donation, materials included,with thanks to program sponsorMarna Disbrow.

Children under 12 must beaccompanied by an adult. Checkthe Super Saturday schedule atwww.crartgallery.ca

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A contributor to CBC Radio and Televi-sion and a veteran of over twenty years of live performing as a guitarist/vocalist and comedian, Todd

Butler’s skills are honed to an exquisite point. He swings eas-ily from lambasting politicians in hilari-ous political parodies to interpreting the lat-est news stories with a twist guaranteed to entertain you with a stunning combination of musical parody, whimsical wit, and outstanding musician-ship.

“There are a whole lot of musicians who try to be funny, but not many comedians who can play guitar like Todd Butler” (Penguin Eggs). Combine this with edgy political satire, and you have an evening guaran-teed to redefine your idea of what a comedy concert should be. The Todd Butler musical comedic experience is coming to the Heriot Bay Inn Friday Jan. 27 when Todd serves up a great evening of entertainment and Herons serves a three course meal to satisfy. Tickets for this show are $40. Reserve your seat and a room soon to be sure you get one! Call 250.285.3322.

Todd Butler has been guest host of CBC Radio’s Madly Off in All Directions, and has performed at the Montreal Interna-tional Jazz Festival,

Winnipeg Comedy Festival on CBC TV, Vancouver Comedy Festival and the

Calgary Folk Festi-val, to name a few.

In concert Todd gets musical too, showing audiences why his 2003 instrumental CD, Dobro and Guitar (with Doug Cox) was picked as one of the year’s Top Ten by Acoustic Guitar Maga-zine.

His 2006 release, Idle Canadian, won the

2006 Vancouver Island Music Awards, CD of

the Year, and he took home Song of the Year

and Songwriter of the Year honors too.

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Film Festival pass giveawayDirected by acclaimed filmmaker Philippe Falardeau Monsieur Lazhar is one of the most gripping Québé-cois films of the last decade and it’s one of the offerings of the Campbell River Festival of Film. The film has already received extraordinary attention, including Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival as well as being named as Canada’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. For your chance to win two passes worth $45 to the festival, send your name and phone number to editor@campbellrivermirror and put film festival as the subject. Deadline for enteries is noon Monday. The festival kicks off Jan. 24 with The Guard and continues with Le Havre Feb. 7, Buck Feb. 21, Monsieur Lazhar March 6, TBA March 20.

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Secure Your Load

New disposal fee schedule now in effect

A $20 fee will be charged on unsecured loads at the Comox Valley and Campbell

River waste management centres. Motor vehicles or trailers carrying loads must

have them firmly bound, sufficiently covered or otherwise secured or loaded, so

that no portion of the load may become dislodged or fall from the vehicle or trailer.

The "in area" minimum charge for municipal solid waste loads weighing not more

than 60 kilograms will remain unchanged at $4. “In area” means loads or a portion

thereof, of solid waste that originates from inside the administrative boundaries of

Comox Valley and Strathcona Regional Districts.

For a complete disposal fee schedule visit, www.cswm.ca/fees

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Olive, Edward Robert

Sept 7, 1936 - Dec 23, 2011Ed passed away suddenly on Dec 23. He leaves behind 3 of his children, Teresa (Mike), Dana (Rob), Todd (Tami) his sisters Margaret and Doris, 8 Grandchildren, 2 great Grandchildren and many extended family members.Ed arrived in Campbell River as a young boy. He attended high school but

like many young men his age left school early to work in the woods. Even though he left school early he took great pride in advancing his education, completing his high school credits as an adult while working full time and with a family well on it’s way.Ed and Frances took in many foster children as well. It was during this time that he became concerned about how things were being handled at the high school. Ed began a campaign to change this and thus began a battle that would last several years and would eventually cost the principal his job.Ed worked most of his life at the pulp mill and always worked hard to educate himself for the betterment of his job. He was an avid, and often read, writer to the Mills union paper and shared his many opinions in the local papers. Following his retirement he began to write more and eventually sold one of his stories to the Yukoner magazine. Ed was proud of his many accomplishments, especially his children and family. He was often heard bragging about them and their achievements. The family would like to invite you to share your memories of Ed. Please jot them down and send them to T.Charlton, Box 583, Port McNeill, V0N 2R0. We would like to compile a memory book that can be shared with his Grandchildren for years to come.

“Here’s to the boys from the yellowstone fl ats”

Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Dispositionof Crown Land Take notice that London Enterprises Ltd. (doing business as Sonora Resort) of Richmond, British Columbia, intends to make application to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Service Centre for a License of Occupation – Roadway situated on Provincial Crown land located at Sonora Island. The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is File #1413707. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 142 - 2080 Labieux Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6J9, or emailed to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until Monday, February 20, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor.

Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Dispositionof Crown Land Take notice that London Enterprises Ltd. (doing business as Sonora Resort) of Richmond, British Columbia, intends to make application to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Service Centre for a License of Occupation – Dock situated on Provincial Crown land located at Florence Lake on Sonora Island. The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is File #1413708. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 142 - 2080 Labieux Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6J9, or emailed to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until Monday, February 20, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor.

Notice to Creditors and OthersRe: The estate of Patrick Melvin Thompson, deceased, formerly of 9308 Martin Park Drive, Black Creek, B.C., V9J-1C4

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Patrick Melvin Thompson, are hereby notifi ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executors, Shirley Prissick and Irma Scott, c/o Bruce G. Preston, Barrister & Solicitor at 201-901 Island Highway, Campbell River, B.C., V9W-2C2, on or before April 30, 2012, after which date the executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard only to the claims of which the executors then have notice.

Air Brake CourseJanuary 28 & 29

1st Class Driving School Courtenay 250-897-9875 • Campbell River 250-204-9875

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

FUNERAL HOMES

IN MEMORIAM

Gordon LudlowAugust 22, 1949~January 21, 1996

Remembering our brother and our friend.

LoveBetty, Bing, Gary

and Families

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

BRIAN STOUTENBURGMay 3, 1951-

January 6, 2012

CELEBRATION OF LIFE

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 at 12:30pm

Following Sunday Celebration

Willow Point Hall 2165 Island Highway

Campbell River

Brian Stoutenburg, 61 of Comox, BC, beloved friend of many, passed peacefully on January 6, 2012 in Victoria, BC with his wife by his side. Please join us following Sunday Celebration as we come together to celebrate the life of our wonderful friend.Please come early and enjoy a social tea before the service.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARDS OF THANKSTHE family of the late Maurice (Moe) Duffy would like to thank all our extended families and friends for all the beautiful fl owers, cards and donations after the loss of our dear husband and father. Your love, your support and your hugs are the things that keep us going through this trying time.

DEATHS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

CALL FOR ENTRIES10TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 19,20, 21

Applications for Artisans are available at

woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901

NEW! Free week trial of Curves “Complete” weight loss plan. Includes menu plan, reci-pes, shopping lists, support, use of gym & motivational counselling. Call 250-287-8379 to get started.

INFORMATION

Support when you need it most

Please support ourwork in the community

with a donation tothe Campbell River

Hospice Society

Call: 250-286-1121www.crhospice.org

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Call Angela.......286-6066

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PERSONALS

AVALON RELAXATION Massage. Certifi ed European Masseuse. An exquisite es-cape. 250-204-0956 By Appt.

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LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: GOLD earring with diamonds, at Salvation Army Church parking lot. Call to identify (250)923-8729.

LOST SONY E-Reader, Jan 11, North Campbellton. If found please call (250)282-3853.

SPORTS & RECREATION

WOMEN SOCCER players needed for C.R. team. The Bandits Soccer Team is look-ing for 5+ exp. players for vari-ous positions. We practice Thurs. nights & games are on Sun. Please call Steve 250-287-4925, [email protected]

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LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,

sleeps 6, BBQ.Storm watchers 2 nights $239 / 3 nights $299.Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

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Executive DirectorMuseum at

Campbell River

The Campbell River and District Museum and Archives Society is seeking a dynamic, forward thinking Executive Director.

Operated by a non-profi t society, the Museum at Campbell River, the largest regional museum on Vancouver Island, is designated as an International Class ‘A’ museum.

The Executive Director reports to a Board of Trustees and is responsible for the development and execution of a comprehensive strategic vision and day-to-day management for the Museum.

The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in a related fi eld, or equivalent experience.

This senior management position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefi ts package.

Please apply by e-mail to:[email protected] by 4:00 p.m. on February 15, 2012 with a resume and covering letter.

Detailed position profi le available at:http://www.crmuseum.ca/ExecutiveDirectorJobDescription.htm.

Nyrstar Myra Falls is a complex and challenging underground hard rock mine which produces zinc, copper, lead and gold concentrates. The Company offers an industry competitive wage and a comprehensive benefits package. Please submit your resume, stating the position you are applying for, with a minimum of three work related references to:

Human Resources Department Nyrstar Myra Falls

P.O. Box 8000 Campbell River, BC

V9W 5E2 Fax: 250-287-2093

email: [email protected]

We thank all those who apply, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

Financial Analyst Reporting to the Finance Manager, the successful candidate will provide financial analysis and interpretation to support business decision making processes. This position assists in the production of monthly reporting and balance sheet reconciliations, provides financial modeling and analysis, provides full analysis as required for audit purposes, and supports budget, forecast and strategy processes. The successful candidate will possess a CMA designation and have a minimum of three years’ experience in a similar position. Solid experience with Excel including complex formulas, pivot tables, etc., and good knowledge of IFRS is required. Experience with Great Plains / SAP is desirable. Environmental Technician Reporting to the Environmental Manager, the successful candidate will undertake environmental sampling and monitoring programs including acquiring, preparing and analyzing water, soil and biological samples. Candidate will support the operation in refining and improving environmental programs and working with the department on governmental regulation reporting. Applicants should be familiar with ABA methodology, Atomic Absorption spectrometer use, and Leco S- 200 sulfur analysis. Knowledge of Word, Excel and database programs, along with prior industrial experience will be assets. As a minimum, the successful candidate will possess an Environmental Technology Diploma. Project Superintendent Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for planning and completion of a range of surface projects including, but not limited to, civil works on a tailings dam, modifications to a hydro dam, deconstruction/movement of surface buildings, etc. The ideal candidate will have a strong civil engineering background with experience in planning, managing construction projects and knowledge of environmental requirements. TSM/ISO 14001/Communications Reporting to the General Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective communications and public relations both internally and externally with a range of stakeholders including government and community agencies. In addition, the candidate will oversee implementation of initiatives that further the Company’s compliance with the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) program, and advancing the Company’s progress in implementing an ISO 14001 environmental standard.

Tree Farm Licence 47, Management Plan #4 available for Review and Comment

TFL 47, held by TimberWest Forest Corp (TimberWest), covers roughly 125,000 hectares of land on northern Vancouver Island in the vicinity of Johnstone Strait and Bonanza Lake. The Management Plan (MP) provides a general description of the TFL, a brief history of the TFL, a list of publicly available planning documents that guide TimberWest’s operations on the TFL and a timber supply analysis for the TFL. The timber supply analysis provides information to assist the Chief Forester of BC in determining the allowable annual cut for TFL 47.

The MP for TFL 47 is available for public review from January 20 until March 21, 2012 during normal business hours at the following locations; please call ahead to arrange an appointment to view:

TimberWest Forest Corp, 4475 North Island Highway, Campbell River, Ph: (250) 286-7300 Strategic Forest Management Inc., 5G, 1705 Campbell Way, Port McNeil, Ph. (250) 956-2260Ministry of Forest and Range, 370 South Dogwood Street, Campbell River, Ph (250) 286-9300 Ministry of Forest and Range, 2217 Mine Road, Port McNeill, Ph (250) 956-5000

You can also fi nd the Management Plan at http://www.timberwest.com/timberland-operations/PublicReview.aspx

A set of reference maps are included in the review materials. Please write, fax or email comments by March 22, 2012 to:

TFL 47 Management Plan TimberWest Forest Corp.P.O. Box 2800Campbell River, BC V9W 5C5 Fax: (250) 286-7315 Email: [email protected]

KNIGHT INLET LODGEUpscale, wilderness eco-tourism lodge has 1 full-time seasonal (8 month) position available for this season – March to October. The opportunity to join the highly professional, dynamic team at our beautiful fl y-in resort will be offered to the candidate with skills that meet job requirements and is prepared to commit to a full season.

Employees fl y in and out of Campbell River,experience excellent working conditions and are provided with complementary full room and board.

HANDYMAN / DOCK HAND / FISHING GUIDE Shifts are 14 days in & 7 days out – March and AprilShifts are 10 days in & 4 days out – May to October

Required skills: • positive guest relations • ability to work either independently or as part

of a team• general construction, plumbing, and electrical

profi ciency• mechanical aptitude• must have boating skills and either have

or be willing to get SVOP certifi cation• fi shing experience an asset

Resume to:Fax: 250-337-1914 email: [email protected]

(No phone calls please)

Administrative AssistantReporting to the Finance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support to the General Manager including information collection and report generation. In addition, the position will provide administrative back-up services in the areas of payroll, accounts payable, safety, training and human resources. Profi cient knowledge of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access will be assets.Nyrstar Myra Falls is a complex and challenging underground hard rock mine which produces zinc, copper, lead and gold concentrates. The Company offers an industry competitive wage and a comprehensive benefi ts package. Please submit your resume, stating the position you are applying for, with a minimum of three work related references to:Human Resources DepartmentNyrstar Myra FallsP.O. Box 8000Campbell River, BCV9W 5E2Fax: 250-287-2093email: [email protected] thank all those who apply, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

COOK (CASUAL, ON CALL) (3 months: January-March 31, 2012) Part Time

position 10 hours per week $9.79/hourFACILITY: The Salvation Army Evergreen House, 690 Evergreen Road, Campbell River, B.C. V9W 3R7

JOB PURPOSE: The Lighthouse Centre Janitor provides janitorial services to maintain the cleanliness and health safety standards of the Lighthouse Centre.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Prepares meals; may prepare for special dietary needs of the residents • Adapts work practices within specifi c parameters to ensure the effi cient • delivery of food services Makes use of and decides on best use of resources, including donations • to minimize waste Follows guidelines for the safety and security of food and equipment and • monitors practices to ensure adherence May supervise students and/or volunteers • May order food supplies • Performs other duties as assigned•

QUALIFICATIONS: Food Safe Level 1.

TERMS: On call as needed

SALARY: $10.97 per hour (hire rate)

Interested applicants must respond in writing with resume and covering letter By January 25, 2011 to:

Captain Gord Taylor, 291 McLean Street, Campbell River, B.C. V9W 3R7

We thank all applicants, however, only those candidatesto be interviewed will be contacted.

PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS

Mine ClerkReporting to the Mining Manager and working with all operational departments, the successful candidate will be responsible for tracking information and producing reports for the Mine Operations department utilizing Word, Excel, Autocad and Access. A degree in Business Administration or Offi ce Administration, and knowledge of the mining industry is an asset.Nyrstar Myra Falls is a complex and challenging underground hard rock mine which produces zinc, copper, lead and gold concentrates. The Company offers an industry competitive wage and a comprehensive benefi ts package. Please submit your resume, stating the position you are applying for, with a minimum of three work related references to:Human Resources DepartmentNyrstar Myra FallsP.O. Box 8000Campbell River, BCV9W 5E2Fax: 250-287-2093email: [email protected] thank all those who apply, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

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FACILITY: The Salvation Army Evergreen House, 690 Evergreen Road, Campbell River, B.C. V9W 3R7

JOB PURPOSE: The Lighthouse Centre Janitor provides janitorial services to maintain the cleanliness and health safety standards of the Lighthouse Centre.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Prepares meals; may prepare for special dietary needs of the residents • Adapts work practices within specifi c parameters to ensure the effi cient • delivery of food services Makes use of and decides on best use of resources, including donations • to minimize waste Follows guidelines for the safety and security of food and equipment • and monitors practices to ensure adherence May supervise students and/or volunteers • May order food supplies • Performs other duties as assigned•

QUALIFICATIONS: Food Safe Level 1.

TERMS: On call as needed

SALARY: $10.97 per hour (hire rate)

Interested applicants must respond in writing with resume and covering letter By January 25, 2012 to:

Captain Gord Taylor, 291 McLean Street, Campbell River, B.C. V9W 3R7

We thank all applicants, however, only those candidatesto be interviewed will be contacted.

PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS

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Call Today For Free Info Kit

1-877-840-0888www.ThompsonCC.ca

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Kamloops campusThe only CCAPP accredited program in BCOnline program – 10 months - Class work can be done from home - Constant instructor support - 6 weeks of on-campus labs required

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Formerly Baxandall Ford Country

Apply in confi dence to Neil van Ierland at4901 N Island Hwy, Courtenay

We are looking for a self motivated person that understands customer service and dedication are key to being successful in the automotive industry. We are the newest and most progres-sive dealership in the valley offering a great pay and benefi t package. We care about our community and are looking for the best to carry out our mandate.

Bookkeeper/Accounting Technician

Chan Nowosad Boates, Chartered Accountants is expanding and seeking an energetic and conscientious team player to join our fi rm. The successful candidate will have strong organization and communication skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize. Knowledge of basic bookkeeping as well as Microsoft Offi ce programs is essential. Preference will be given to those with bookkeeping and/or Simply Accounting experience.

Please deliver your résumé with cover letter by January 27, 2012. We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

980 Alder St.Campbell River, BC V9W 2P9

(250) 286-0744www.channowosadboates.ca

ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED HAIR STYLIST WANTING MORE OPPORTUNITY?

Headquarters Hair Studio, enjoying 25 years of business in Campbell River; is looking for a talented, creative, individual to join our team.

Ongoing education and retail bonuses are just part of our employment package. Apply in

person or call for a private interview atHeadquarters Hair Studio

870B-13th Avenue 250-286-1213

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

Become a Psychiatric Nurse- train locally via distance edu-cation, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month pro-gram is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available.

Toll-free 1-87-STENBERGwww.stenbergcollege.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

ORACLE TUTORINGTUTORING

Grades K - 12 & College•All subjects

PRIVATE SCHOOLGrades 6 - 12

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MATH GROUPSGrades 10-12

Call Diane

250-830-0295

HELP WANTED

Alberta earthmoving company re-quires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a mod-ern shop and also have mechanics truck for fi eld work. The job is at Ed-son, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawl-ers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.

WORK WORLD in the Tyee Plaza is looking to fi ll

customer service positions. Applicants must be willing to work weekends and be able

to provide excellent customer service. These

positions also include receiving and stocking

freight, product knowledge of the variety of products we carry, light cleaning, and using the cash register.

Applicants must bring in their resume in person to the

store (References must be provided).

No phone calls please.

LIVE-IN CAREGIVER, Full Time, that can do varied shifts. Pls call 250-830-0843

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HOSPITALITY

BAR STAFF, F/T is required. Min. 2 yrs exp., must be a team player and hard worker. Year round work. Resumes to: File M158 C/O Campbell River Mirror, 104-250 Dogwood St., Campbell River, BC, V9W 2X9

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

SALMON POINTRESTAURANT & BAR

Seeking a creative, reliable mature cook to join our crew.

Day shifts as well as evenings working boiler and pans. Must be able to work

independently and posses a good work ethic and bring some culinary fl air to the

table. This is a year round position,

good pay for the right skill set, and tip pool. The

successful applicant will have several years

experience, preferably Red Seal, and have a passion for

making good food using quality ingredients. We use local produce and strive for

quality to serve our customers.

If interested and possess the listed

qualifi cations please forward resume or apply in person at: 2158 Salmon Point

Road, Campbell River, (Black Creek, Oyster

Bay), V9H 1E5 or email: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT

DANCE INSTRUCTORNEEDED. Permanent, 40/hrs/wk, $35/hr. 3 years proven professional stage per-formance experience is re-quired. Must be able to teach all ages and levels. Send re-sume or bio [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

LOOKING TO Expand Your Horizons? Gulf Islands Film School Camps SPRING BREAK Learn from a pro! 1 and 2 week March 11, 18 & 25 Save$$ Earlybird Special til Jan 31 www.giftsfi lms.com 1-800.813.9993.

EDUCATION/TUTORING

FRANCOPHONE TEACHERoffering tutoring in French and math. Call (250)287-8949 or (250)202-5666.

THEATRE AWARD WINNING RUTH NICHOL COACHES; Speech Arts, Acting/Songs, Public Speaking. (250) 923-0792 / [email protected]

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

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MEDICAL HEALTH

COLON HYDROTHERAPY,Pauline Wolf, CHHP, I-ACTCertifi ed. TOXIC COLON? Fa-tique? Constipation? Bloating?Gas? Heartburn? Indigestion?Headaches? 250-287-8583Campbell Riverpauline01.wordpress.com

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

JRS ELECTRIC: Licns’d, bnded & insr’d. From newbuilds & renos to service calls.John, C.R. 250-914-3532 orC.V. 250-650-5773 (cont:98365)

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

IMPROVE YOUR SPACE Design Ideas

Carpentry, Re-Facing Fireplaces & Ceramic Tile,

Windows & Doors, Bathrooms

General Renovations, 30 Years Experience.

For FREE ESTIMATE call STEVE 250-287-0083

PETS

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DOG FANCIERS

SOCIETY

Dog Training ClassesRegistration nightWednesday Jan. 25

7:00pm - approx. 8:00 pm

Further details can be found on our website:

www.campbellriverdogfanciers.comor call Heather at 250-287-9466

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

ONLY @ the Nanaimo CostcoJanuary 18 - 29, 2011. Bring afriend & come watch a demo.Lowest price in Canada.

UNDER $200

WASHER & DRYER, $200 forboth. Good condition, Worthmuch more! (250)830-0121

FUEL/FIREWOOD

DRY FIR. $175/cord. Halfcords $90. Call Adam 250-203-5324. Lrg order Discounts

DRY FIR fi rewood. $150/cord.2 cords available at once ifneeded. Kevin. 604-223-0623

SEASONED FIREWOODVancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewoodlegally obtained during forestrestoration, large cords. Helprestore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

SPLIT FIR Firewood, truecords/seasoned, $185/cord.Phone 250-650-4060.

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BRAND New LUXURY Queen SizePillow Top Mattress Set (in originalPackage) left over from LARGE ho-tel order.800 coils. MSRP$1299.00Liquida- tion Price $460.00 (11available) Kings $705.00. Includesboth boxspring/ mattress.. Deliveryavailable. Text or call 1 250 3347527 to reserve a set.

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For Rent:

2116 B South Island HighwaySunrise Square » 250-923-1521

Willow Point Realty

LeilaTuesday–Saturday 10am–4pm

Inventory wanted for complete property management.

HOUSES FOR RENT❖ 2 bdrm older style ocean view home at 1978 S. Isl. Hwy. in Willow Point: rents for 900

pm. 2 sheds, loft room. Available now. Pets allowed.❖ Duplex with ocean view in Willow Point 2 bdrm. at 700 with garage.❖ 3 bdrm rancher with family room and garage, Penfi eld area. 1200 pm, near all Schools.❖ 3 bdrm townhouse on Galerno. 900 pm. Adults only.❖ 4 bdrm older home in Willow Point, fenced yard, ideal for pets and kids at 1300 pm.❖ 3 bdrm older basement home with 1 acre on Twillingate available Feb. for 1000 pm.

SUITES FOR RENT❖ Sunset Ridge at 826 7th Ave: has renovated 2 bdrm units available @ 690 pm. In unit

laundry, one child welcome. ❖ Magnifi cent view of down town from Pacifi c Plaza 2 bdrm unit- 1000pm. Adults only,

no pets. Call today to view.❖ Westerley Close at 836 7th – Adult with small pet- 2 bdrm, 5 apl, avail in 8-plex: @

$850 pm. 3 yrs old. 1 upper and 1 lower unit available.❖ Suites in Discovery Point at 872 S. Isl. Hwy: available from 800 pm. - 1000. w/d in

units. Building has had a face lift. Many units are upgraded to different levels.❖ 2 bdrm unit in 8 plex: Upland Rd available now for 675 pm. Ideal for young child with

parents. Small pet ok.❖ Private suite in home, all inclusive at 850 pm. near WP Park.

Total Concept

Call offi ce for more rentals. Serving the North Island from

Courtenay to Port Hardy, contact us or visit www.totalconcept.biz

1 bdrm apartment close to hospital, newly laminate fl ooring and in-suite laundry $680/mo

2 bdrm, 1 bath apartment across from the seawalk, in newly renovated building, elevator access, in-suite laundry, one small pet allowed,starting $700/mo.3 bdrm, 2 bath

townhouse, modern with 5 appliances, close to dog park, pet allowed, starting $1000/mo.

3 bdrm duplex newly renovated, ½ duplex, front and back yards, pet allowed, $850/mo.

4 bdrm, 2 bath house, small older home with ocean views, great neighbourhood, $850/mo.

3 bdrm, 2 bath house with large view of the habour, 5 appliances and close to downtown

Property Management & Realty Inc.250-286-0110

OPEN HOUSE 10-2SATURDAY, JAN 21NOW RENTING: Large 3 Bedroom Townhomes

Close to All Levels of Schools • Cats & Small Dogs WelcomeMonth-to-Month Rentals, 2 & 3 Storey Suites with Garage!

701 Hilchey Road, Campbell River1-866-RENT-515 • www.broadstreet.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

WE BUY OLD AND USEDSterling, Coins, Military,

Tools, Musical Inst., China, Clocks, Furn., Jewelry, Art, Cameras, Records, Fishing

CR, Courtenay, Comox Free House calls 204-1237

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOMES FOR RENT

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

3 BEDROOM in family park on Shelbourne. New Low-E win-dows, newer appl. Fresh paint, patio and shed. Price reduced to $32,000. 250-923-9281

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

FOR LEASE (C.R.). Ground Floor (993 sq/ft), turn key of-fi ce space. Downtown with parking. Avail Apr. 1/12 (or sooner). Call 250-287-2200.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

2-Bdrm available immediately Orchard Park Apts. Secure building, oversize suites, large/ quiet private yard, indoor cat welcome, on-site laundry. Ref req’d. Ph. 250-914-0105 to view.

* AAA Pet Friendly *534 Cedar St Campbell River

2 Bdrm suite $800.Available now

• Galley Kitchen with dishwasher• Balcony• Hardwood fl oors• Child and Pet Friendly• References

Mike (250)830-7012visit our website

www.dumacholdings.com

CAMPBELL RIVER- Available Feb 1. 3 bdrms, 1 bath, 3rd fl r, panoramic ocean view, in suite laundry, no ele-vator, 1 sm dog ok. N/S. Refs req’d. $900. (250)287-4459.

HOMES FOR RENT

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

CAMPBELL RIVER, catering to mature people, newly reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm suites. Clean, quiet, secure bldg. Centrally located. Cable, phone, internet incl. Manager onsite, avail now. Call 250-203-8334.

CAMPBELL RIVER- nicely kept 3 bdrm townhouse, avail Feb. 1, $785. (250)923-3635.

CAMPBELL RIVER- spa-cious, 2 bdrm condo, close to downtown, quiet bldg, N/S. $750/mo. 250-923-7043.

DISCOVERY VILLAGE 104 283-1st. Ave

Campbell River

Friendly onsite Managers 24 hr. One, two, and three

bedroom Apts, 3 bdrm townhomes, 1 1/2 baths, set in a lovely quiet area

next to the hospital & medical clinics. Schools two blocks away, close to all shopping & on the bus route. Ask about our bonus incentives and monthly draws.

To view please call Christine at 250-286-3890

or 250-914-1049 fax 250-286-3803

Zero tolerance for anycriminal activity & drugs

1-877-808-7368www.advancedpm.ca

PATIO HOMES FOR RENT Shades of GreenLarge patio home located in Gated Community on Se-quoia Springs Golf course features 2 bdrms + den, 6 appl, hot water on demand, & garage; N/S; N/P; immedi-ate possession available; $1150/month; pet MAY be considered w/deposit

CONDOS FOR RENT Quadra View TerraceNewly renovated 1 bdrm or 3 bdrm condo located in se-cured entrance building; fea-tures 4 appl, laundry/storage room, & patio area; close to hospital & all amenities; N/S & N/P; immediate posses-sion; rents from $625/month

Now offering StrataManagement Services

RENOVATED CONDO, 2 Bdrm, 5 new appl, close to buses & NIC/Timberline. $750/mth. 1 sm pet allowed. 250-287-3556

SEAVIEW MANOR, 1 & 2 BDRM Apts. Quiet, secure, in-cludes heat & hot water on-site Manager. Call 250-286-6513 or 250-204-5799.

TOWNHOUSES

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

GORGE VIEW APT258 Gorge Road East

Stes avail. - Some Immed.1 Bdrm $860; 2 Bdrms $1120; 2 Bdrm & den $1125. Amenities incl’s indoor pool, fi tness facilities, above grnd and parkade pkg, on site laundry. Onsite staff avail.

Please call Sue or Elena250-380-6566

Email: [email protected]

PARK WEST APTS55 Bay Street

Stes avail. - some immed. 1 Bdrms from $875; 2 bdrms from $1125. Close to Vic-toria downtown, Save-On, Starbucks & transportation.

Please Call Wendy250-590-7505

Email: [email protected]

WETHERBY APTSFOR SENIORS ONLY 55+

Spacious stes Avail. - some immed. Bach $750; 1 bdrm $890; 2 bdrms $1075 & up. Close to buses, Hillside Mall, doctors, dentists all within walking distance. Seniors lifestyle of convenience & comfort. On site laundry, so-cial room. Staff available.

Please call Bonny 250-598-1650

Email: [email protected]

SEAGATE APTS 707 Esquimalt Road

Stes avail. - some immed. 1 bdrm $875 & up; 2 bdrms $1010 & up. Indoor pool, exercise rm and many other fi tness amenities. Full view of Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Please call Sylvia250-383-1731

Email: [email protected]

Great Views! Newly Renovated!

Large 1 & 2 Bedroom Suites. Heat, Hot Water and Parking included.

Call our Resident Caretaker At 250-204-3342

Professionally Managed by Gateway Property Management

PORT HARDY - 7077 High-land Dr. $695 /month includes cable and internet. Beautiful 2 bedroom condo, fully renovat-ed. New laminate fl oor in LR, DR, and Kit. New carpet in BR’s, ceramic in Bath. Full size fridge, stove, DW and in-suite laundry. Plenty of stor-age and parking. Ref req. Info and photos, toll free 1.877.470.1700.

TOWNHOUSES

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ST. ANDREWS Village. Large bright 1 & 2 Bedroom renovat-ed apartments in quiet crime free building. Non smoking, near hospital. (250) 287-3556

Water and City views.Newly updated 1 bdrm, 2 bdrm penthouse and

3 bdrm with large balcony & beautiful views. Walk to shopping and all amenities. Heat, parking

& storage incl with onsite laundry. Contact

resident manager

250-287-7763

Turnkey Ocnfrt. 1 Bed. Avail. immed.N/S,N/P, $1,100/1,250 Mo. Call Carol 250-286-1187

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

2 BDRM Apartment in triplex, Ground fl oor. Handy Down-town. Laundry in bldg. N/S, N/P. Ph 250-286-6454

BRIGHT, SPACIOUS 1640 sq.ft. oceanfront. 2 bdrm + den, 5 appl’s, covered parking. N/S,1 cat ok. Looking for quiet, responsible tenants. Avail Feb. 15th. $950./mo. 250-286-3309

CAMPBELL RIVER- 2 bdrm 4-plex, near ocean/schools, town. Hrdwd fl rs, new exteri-or/paint, W/D. Available now. $695./mo. Call [email protected]

CAMPBELL RIVER 2bdrm apt in centrally located 4-plex. Adult oriented. No Pets. N/S. Refs $625+util. 250-830-4686.

CAMPBELL RIVER- 2 bdrm duplex, F/S, W/D, wood stove, close to hospital & town. NS/NP. $750. (250)286-4238.

CAMPBELL RIVER- 3 Bdrm half-duplex, located at Rivers Edge on Doyle Rd, just off of Hwy 28. This is an open main fl oor plan with full in suite laun-dry & powder room, master bdrm has a walk in closet. Starting at $975/mth. Phone 250-286-6133.

HOMES FOR RENT

3 BDRM, 2 bath, Georgia Park rancher, w/garage. Avail Now. N/S, N/P, Ref. req’d. $1200/mth. 250-202-0931 or 250-923-1684 btwn 6-8 pm.

3 BDRMS. Ocean view. 4 appl. Gas furnace. Close to shopping & fi shing pier. Lge yard. Pet friendly. $900/mnth. 250-203-7873. Leave mssg.

NEAR SEQUOIA Springs golf course (Campbell River), beautiful 2 bdrm patio home, den, lrg kitchen, quality appls, hot water on demand, fi re-place, dbl garage, avail immed, $1150, 250-338-2472.

WILLOW POINT rancher, quiet family neighbourhood, close to Sportsplex, schools, bus. 3bdr, 1.5bath, dbl gar-age, 5 appl., wood stove, fenced yard, N/S, $1150/mth, call 778-420-0036

ROOMS FOR RENT

Furnished rooms. $400 & $450/ea Cable/wireless, laun-dry included. Oceanview. 1/2 block to bus. NS, NP. 250-287-3616

Room with private bthrm. Incl. use of kitchen, living area, W/D. $500. Prefer mature indi-vidual.(250)830-1012

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RENTALS

SEASONAL ACCOMMODATION

CAMPBELL RIVER Ocean-front fully furn 3-Bdrm, 2 bath home - “short term” - $1800. neg. Avail now. Drive by: 1047 S.Island Hwy. 1-604-892-5134 [email protected]

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

GOLDEN GROVE Care Fa-cility has immediate openings in beautiful home like setting for seniors. For a tour and info please call Judy or Rhona at 250-923-7049.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

SHARED FURNISHED ac-commodation. Clean & quiet home. Rockland area, close to ocean. Priv. entr., TV room & laundry. Ref’s req’d. Cable, in-ternet, utils incl. Avail. Feb. 1st. $550./mo. (778)420-2273.

SUITES, LOWER

CAMPBELL RIVER very nice 2bdrm bsmt suite, avail now. incl gas heat, 5appls, ns/np, refs req’d $750. 250-923-2484

SUITES, UPPER

CAMPBELL RIVER, 2 bdrm, oceanview, close to town, new bathroom, paint, carpets & fl ooring, $750./mo + utils. N/S Please call 250-701-5509.

3 BDRM Spacious kitchen, liv-ing area & 1 bath. Close to schools, shopping & Strathco-na Gardens. Bus rte. in front on house. Avail. Feb 1. $1000/mnth. Ref’s req’d. 250-923-4322.

TOWNHOUSES

3 Bdrm Townhouse near school & bus route. Available Feb 1. $800/mth. Crime free building. Phone 250-286-1891

CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING

BIRCHMANOR

Certifi ed complex of CR Crime Free Multi-Housing Program.• Thorough & fair screening of all applicants.• 2 bedroom Townhouse• Laundry facilities on site• Close to Hospital• References Required• NO PETS

•Phone: 250-204-8118

CERTIFIED BUILDING

of the (C.R.) Crime Free

Multi-Housing Program

We offer: Bachelor, 1 & 2 Bedroom

*Thorough and fair screening of all applicants. * Secure building * Adult oriented * Laundry facilities * On bus route * On-site managers * Close to hospital * No PETS * No Smoking * References required We are committed to our tenants to provide a quiet, clean atmos-phere.

Phone 250- 286-4838 250- 204-8118

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

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CARS

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2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR.Excellent condition. Loaded.White. 119,000 km, mostlyhwy driven. On-Star. $11,900fi rm. 250-755-5191.

MOTORCYCLES

ikesmith Motorcycle 250-28

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted!We BUY Scrap Batteries

from Cars, Trucks etc.$4.00/ea. & up! Free pick-up

Island Wide. Min. 10(1)604.866.9004 Ask for Brad

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

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THE STALLION, THE STALLION, THE KINGS AND THE THE KINGS AND THE

NUTTY PRINCESSNUTTY PRINCESSThe King brothers were

the trail champs last Sunday on their Hondas. Some trails were snowy but traction was ok and it wasn't too cold. The Stallion was Jo, hurtin' after another night with

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SEARS

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY NORM POTOSKI

1300 Homewood RoadCampbell River • 250-287-8361

Monday – Saturday 9:30 –5:30Sunday 11:00 – 4:00

OUR HOMETOWN STORE OWNERSare experts who work hard to help you find the right size, the right features at the right price.

Trust your Hometown Store associate to helpyou research and find the right product.

WE SHOP OUR COMPETITION EVERY DAY TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE BEST PRICESVisit in store for our current prices

Look for the ENERGY STAR® logo.It shows that the product meets ENERGY STAR specifications for energy efficiency.

999.99Kenmore 18.5 cu. ft. fridge with bottom freezer drawer.

$150 OFFSears reg. 1149.99White and black also ON SALE

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549.95 CLEARANCE! Kenmoreself-clean smooth-top range. Extra-large oven window. 5.4 cu. ft. oven with hidden bake element.

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front-load laundry pair with AST (Absolute Stabilization Technology).4.0 cu. ft. washer with internal heater. #49042 7.3 cu. ft. dryer with 6 drying options and moisture sensor. #89032

$100 OFFSears reg. 1399.98 total for the pair. Pedestals shown also available

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P TO

THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 - SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012, where open.

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*Qualifying items that are part of one transaction may be combined to total $1500 or more. **Offers do not apply to ‘great quality, priced right. everyday’ items with prices ending in .97, clearance priced items, Special Purchases, mix & match sleep sets, Tempur-Pedic® sleep sets, administration fees, protection agreement, delivery or installation charges. †Receive 4 points per $1 spent at Sears. On approved credit. Point calculation is based on the standard earning of 1 base point per $1 spent on every transaction. Points are awarded on net purchases, excluding services (e.g. delivery and insurance). Your statement will show the full amount of points earned. Please see your Sears Club Points Terms and Conditions for details. Offer in effect Fri., Jan. 20 until Sun., Jan. 22, 2012, where open.

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CHOOSE FROM 5 CONVENIENT FINANCE OPTIONS

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STRATHCONA GARDENS

Hockey Hall of Fame Members Bryan Trot-tier and Glenn Ander-son will join Bob Bourne, Larry Mel-nyk, Ron Flockhart, and Warren Skoroden-ski as they take on the Vancouver Island law Enforcement Hockey Team 7 p.m. on Mon-day at Strathcona Gar-dens.

Recently retired NHL Referee Kerry Fraser will add to the com-petitive spirit, fun and antics of the game.

T h e O l d t i m e r s ’ Hockey Challenge is designed to give fans and players alike an opportunity to cel-ebrate a common joy of the game while at the same time giving much needed funds to worthy organizations. A portion of the pro-ceeds from each ticket will go to Cops for Can-cer.

Add the the Call to Recycle Tykes, the local Campbell River Figure Skaters and singing cameo from Bryan Trottier on guitar, the Oldtimers’ Hockey Challenge is sure to be a very exciting and entertaining day for the entire family.

T h e O l d t i m e r s ’ Hockey Challenge

goes to over 48 cities from coast to coast in Canada. It is the most successful tour of its kind in North America and has raised over 8.5 million dollars for hun-dreds of charities over the last 22 years across the country.

Tickets are $25 each at Action Source For Sports – 220 Dogwood St.; or call 1-800-268-7371; or at the door

(1 hr before start of game) .

For discount tickets visit: “http://www.imarktickets.com/”

T I C K E T G I V E -AWAY: You can e-mail your name and phone number to the Mirror ([email protected]) because we’ve got pairs of tick-ets to give away. Get your request in by 4 p.m. today.

Hockey hall of famers and legendary hockey heroes set to take on local law enforcement

ALISTAIR TAYLOR/THE MIRROR

High flying actionThe action was intense during the latest chapter in the crosstown rivalry between Carihi and Timberline at the Timberline gym. The home team came out on top of this one 62-42.

Catch Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier at the OldtimersHockey Challenge at Strathcona Gardens Monday.

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Strathcona Gardens Recreation Complex

Ryan’s Family Pizza and Movie Night In the Pool!Mary Poppins

Saturday, Jan. 21st, 6:00-8:00 pm • $6/ individual or $15 per family Water Play & Snake Mania

Join the lifeguards for a variety of fun activities!Fridays – 7:00-8:30 pm

Saturdays – 2:00-4:00 pm & 7:00- 8:00 pmSundays – 2:00-4:00 pm

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C a m p b e l l R ive r native Stephanie Tren-holm will compete in the Canadian Interuni-versity Sport national team in Poland this spring.

The University of Victory student joins two other cross coun-try runners and two coaches, all from UVic, on the roster.

The competition is set for Sat., April 14 in Lodz, Poland’s third largest city situated approximately 135 kilometres southwest of Warsaw.

Vikes associate coach Keith Butler will be joined by Ingrid Ruys, a Vikes coach based in Alberta, at the event along with runners Trenholm, Cliff Childs and Dylan Haight. For Trenholm, it’s her first international racing experience.

“Any time you make your first national team, it’s a pretty excit-ing moment,” Fougner said. “Stephanie is pretty excited about this. Her strength is

probably on the track but to get international experience in any level of racing is pretty important for develop-ment.

“She’s looking for-ward to it,” Fougner added. “She’s got a lot of upside to her in the future, she’s really come into her own this year. I think we’re going to really see her take off this year.”

Fougner said the FISU cross country is an achievable race.

“It’s not dominated by the African nations like you experience in world cross,” Fough-ner said. “We’re rac-ing against a lot of European countries and the races are close, it’s a great culturual experience for them, too. So it’s a very good introduction to inter-national competition for our athletes.”

Canada is coming off its best-ever perfor-mance at the biennial event, which was held on Canadian soil for the first time in his-

tory in 2010. Trenholm was also named an all-Canadian this past

season after finish-ing in the top 14 at the CIS championships in

Quebec City, includinga first-team nod afterfinishing fifth.

Riverite to race the field in Poland

Stephanie Trenholm will compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport team in Poland this spring.

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Crossword

Today’s Answers

ACROSS 1. Has more guipure

7. Tiny round mark

10. Went before

12. Radioactivity units

13. A complex

14. Impressario Sol

15. 18th Hebrew letter (var.)

16. Used as a culture medium

17. 21st Greek letter

18. Canadian flyers

19. Government agents

21. Supplement with difficulty

22. Holy war warrior

27. Thallium

28. Graduation sermon

33. A public promotion

34. Visual perception of a region

36. Fiddler crabs

37. 87571 NM

38. Obeahs

39. Former coin in Austria (abbr.)

40. Yucatan Indian

41. Shinto temple gateway

44. Chances

45. Make believe

47. SW English spa city

48. Trained horse maneuvers

49. Goddess of the dawn

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2. Sour

3. Center for Energy Policy & Economics

4. Actress Lupino

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6. Rural delivery

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8. Aroma

9. Expression of disappointment

10. Plant used for food or seasoning

11. Remainders

12. Stomach lining folds

14. Dander

17. Beginning military rank

18. Reminiscent fashion

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23. Shittah trees

24. Mamas partners

25. Chicago railway

26. Quick light knock

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30. Exactly suitable

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36. Extinct Caucasian language

38. Hop kilns

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43. Enlarge hole

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HARNESS THE POWEROF DIVIDENDS

Dividends are quarterly payouts from a company to its shareholders. And today’s healthy dividend yields are eclipsing those of money market funds and the bond market. Their advantages are numerous and they carry great potential. But how powerful is the power of dividends? Income-focused investors often look to dividend-paying stocks – typically large-cap companies that are less volatile – as a source of stability and income and as a way to diversify their portfolios. Although companies are not obligated to pay dividends to investors, most continue to do so. In fact, all of the largest Canadian banks are known to maintain their dividend payouts to investors instead of reinvesting them, and today the Big Five average yield is about 4.4% (Globe Investor). Some investors see dividend payments as a signal of the company’s con dence in its future earning power, particularly in tenuous markets. They also help to mitigate stock market downturns, particularly in the wake of the nancial crisis.

The long-term advantages According to Standard and Poor’s, dividends have contributed to approximately one third of S&P 500 total return since 1926, while capital appreciations have contributed two thirds. Therefore, both sustainable dividend income and capital appreciation potential are important to total return expectations. Closer to home, and more recently, dividends have contributed 2.5% of the average 7.5% total return of the S&P/TSX Composite Index (Jan. 31, 2009, Morningstar; annual compound total return for S&P/TSX Composite Index from 1988-2008). Today, because stock valuations are lower, the dividend yield (the dividend paid per share divided by the share price) on the S&P/TSX Composite Index is higher.

The DRIP strategy Many stocks make automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) available, through which investors can reinvest their dividends for future growth (and more dividends) instead of spending them. Suppose you invest $100 initially, and an additional $75 per quarter, at an anticipated stock price appreciation of 7% and an anticipated dividend yield of 2%. In 20 years, you would have invested a total of $6,025 and reinvested dividends of $2,324.88 for a total cost basis of $8,349.88. Your capital gain would be $8,166.42 – and your total value would be $16,516.29!

Dividend tax advantages Dividends received from Canadian corporations are effectively taxed at a lower rate than interest income, due to the dividend tax credit that is applied to the federal and provincial tax payable. This tax credit is meant to recognize that the Canadian corporation paying the dividends has already paid tax on its earnings, which are now being distributed to its investors. Dividends from foreign corporations do not receive the same dividend tax credit, and are taxed at a higher rate than those of Canadian corporations. For example, if you earn more than $126,000 in annual taxable income, and receive $1,000 in dividend income from a Canadian company, you keep approximately $775 after federal and provincial taxes – less the dividend tax credit. By comparison, $1,000 in interest income will net about $555 after taxes – the same for $1,000 in foreign dividend income, because it is not subject to the tax credit for Canadian corporations, and is taxed at a higher rate.

This article is supplied by W. Scott Cessford, Vice President and Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Scott also volunteer’s this time and expertise educating and informing the public through the non-pro t group, “Planning for Life Changes”. “Planning for Life Changes” will be conducting a free seminar on February 24, 2012 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Seniors Centre in the Campbell River Common. To RSVP, call Dylan Miles at (250) 287-2393. This article is for information purposes only. Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article. Scott Cessford can be reached at (250) 287-2393.

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A week prior to Sun-day’s All-Star Clas-sic at Pearkes arena, rookie Liam Sproule of the Saanich Braves wasn’t even scheduled to play.

Sproule sparked a chippy afternoon when the 17-year-old defence-man fought Dixon Wing of Campbell River in the four-on-four pros-pects game.

Stick work, body checks and various other pleasantries were shared in both games, particularly in the day’s main event, the All-Star Classic.

“These guys play each other four, five, six times a year, and they don’t like to lose,” said Cougars coach Mark Van Helvoirt, who coached the South to a 7-6 shootout vic-tory.

“I thought it was well played, fairly clean and competitive. Some guys aren’t there because they score goals. They bring other intangibles and they’re trying to showcase their skills.”

As for Sproule, he added an assist and

was the South’s MVP of the prospect game, though the North pre-vailed 6-4. Oceanside’s Taylor Grabowski was

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A Campbell River mom, who took on a group of ruthless “dragons”, will appear next Wednesday on the hit Canadian TV show, Dragons’ Den.

The episode, which airs at 8 p.m. on CBC, will feature Elaine Popove, president and founder of Miss Fix Fashion Products, a Campbell River-based fashion solutions com-pany.

Popove, along with business advisor Shan-non Baikie, presented her business proposal to the panel of five dragons in May and found out last week that her presenta-tion will be aired on national television.

More than 3,000 busi-nesses auditioned for the show.

“It’s exciting to learn

that we were chosen to appear on television,” Baikie said. “Not all businesses that have their pitch filmed actually go to air so we are very excited and honoured to be one of them.”

Popove and Baikie pitched the company’s premiere product, Fashion-Aid, a roll-on adhesive, on Dragons’ Den in the hopes that one of the business moguls would invest in the product. The show gives aspiring businesspeople an opportunity to pitch their business con-cepts and products to a panel of Canadian business gurus. The dragons will put their own personal money on the line if they feel a product will be suc-cessful, and in return earn shares in the business.

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with our answers and in the end we’re so glad we did it,” Popove said after filming her pitch. “It was quite the experience and you’re definitely out of your comfort zone, but when

the opportunity comes knocking, you’ve got to take it. I would recom-mend this to any entre-preneur.”

Popove’s product is a liquid, roll-on adhesive designed to secure slip-

ping bra straps, low necklines or strapless dresses. The product is also hypoallergenic, water-washable and approved by Health Canada.

The product first hit

shelves in the spring of 2010 and since then, has retailed in more than 400 Canadian stores. Recently, the company struck a deal with London Drugs and Save-On Foods,

where the product will be available as of Feb. 1.

Popove’s invention was born on her wed-ding day, while strug-gling with her strap-less gown.

Her motivation for appearing on Dragons’ Den was to expand her business. Now, she’s excited to see what will appear on television.

“With over 45 min-utes of footage and only three to five min-utes shown, we can guarantee there will be some entertaining and nail-biting moments,” Popove said. “Although we know the final out-come, the actual pitch has been kept secret, even from us. We’re not very good at keep-ing secrets but we’ve succeeded at keeping our lips sealed this time and promise the community we won’t disappoint.”

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Business advisor Shannon Baikie and Elaine Popove, business owner, presented Popove’s fashion product on the CBC television show Dragons’ Den. Their pitch will be aired on Wednesday’s episode.

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