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The Hercules created a splash at the entrance to Ladysmith Harbour recently, unloading 17,000 cubic meters of ‘mixed species’ timber, destined for sorting at Western For-est Product’s Burlieth water sort opposite Ladysmith. The wood was loaded in Gold River, and will eventually be processed at WFP’s Ladysmith and Saltair mills, or made available for local resale. The Ladysmith and Saltair mills are both located in Ladysmith Harbour. The Ladysmith Mill, built in 1967, specializes in small logs; the Saltair Mill, built in 1972, processes multi-species, mid-sized logs and is “capable of filling a diversified order file for high-quality Western Red Cedar, Hemlock and Douglas fir products.” Stay tuned to a future edition of the Chronicle for a story on the Burlieth water sort. Craig SpenCe

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Red hot real estate markets in Vancouver and Victoria are causing a temperature rise in the Cowichan Valley, too, says the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB).

VIREB Past President Jason Finlayson said, “We’re definitely moving into a seller’s market here in the spring.”A domino effect is taking place,

with home buyers looking out-side the hyper-expensive Van-couver market to Victoria, then

– when they discover housing prices on the tip of the Island on the rise – farther north.

The benchmark price for a single family home in Duncan, at $303,800, compared very favor-ably to the same house in Victoria at $525,000 in January of this year.

With that kind of a differential “they’ll make the decision to drive over the Malahat,” Finlayson said. “They’ll see the price differ-ential between Victoria and the Cowichan Valley and they will look here and buy.”Adding to the upward pressure

in Cowichan Valley, and else-where, is low inventory, and ‘pent up demand.’

Normally home buyers be-gin their searches in the spring.

“That’s when you expect your activity to start happening,” Fin-

layson said. “This year the buyers came out of the gate right after January.”

Home sales doubled in Ladysmith this January com-pared to 2015, up from 6 to 13.

“You’re probably getting more for you buck in Ladysmith,” he said.

Island-wide February saw a 44 per cent increase in single-fam-ily home sales, and VIREB says there are “no signs of the mar-ket slowing down.” This Febru-ary 407 single family homes sold, compared to 258 last February.Another factor in the brisk mar-

ket is B.C.’s strong economy, com-pared to the rest of Canada, said the B.C. Real Estate Association’s chief economist Cameron Muir.

“Some of what we’re seeing is pent-up demand spilling over from 2015, which saw record sales,” says Muir. “We’re antici-pating that 2016 will be another busy year, but do expect activity to taper off somewhat in the lat-ter half.”

VIREB President Margo Hoff-man said a new trend has been noted, with young buyers migrat-ing to the Island.“We’re beginning to see some migration from Vancouver that isn’t retirement-focused,” she said. “An interesting develop-ment we’re watching is younger professionals who are trading in their homes for a significantly nicer property on Vancouver Is-

land and then commuting to their jobs on the Lower Mainland.”

Hoffman said that the VIREB market is firmly in seller’s terri-tory, with limited inventory con-tinuing to be a challenge. She said savvy sellers may want to take advantage of market conditions.“We’re seeing multiple offers in many transactions throughout the board area because there are more buyers than sellers,” said Hoffman. “If you’ve been think-ing about selling, it’s a perfect time to do so because there are lots of people who will want your home.”

Finlayson concurred, adding that he has experienced multiple sales offers.

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Nanaimo to Duncan chase ends in arrestsCraig SpenceTHE CHRONICLE

Two men have been charged with attempted murder, and a string of other offenses, after a drive-by shooting attempt in Nanaimo led to a wild chase down the Island Highway to Dun-can, where the pair was finally arrested.

RCMP from three detachments were involved in the chase, and by the time the suspects were in custody four police vehicles had been dam-aged and four officers injured – one of them having to be helivaced to Vancouver.

None of the injuries to officers was life-threatening.Aamaan Singh Chandi, 18, of Surrey and

Inderpal Singh Aujla, 19, of Mission are sus-pected of having fired shots at a vehicle on

Wakesiah Ave. near Second Street shortly be-fore 4 p.m.“They fired multiple shots into the vehicle, struck another vehicle and also struck a house,” said Cst. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson. The lone occupant of the target-ed vehicle was not injured.

Two of the injured officers were from the Ladysmith Detachment Commander Staff Sgt. Ken Brissard told the Chronicle, but one was back on duty next day and the other was ex-pected back shortly. Two Ladysmith detach-ment vehicles were damaged – one here and one in Duncan – “when the suspects rammed them.”

One person, who happened to be stopped at the intersection of Highway 1 and First Ave. in Ladysmith, said people were shocked when the

chase flew by in the southbound lane, heading into the Esplanade.

Moments later an unmarked police car, try-ing to enter the highway and join the pursuit from First Ave., lost control and slammed into a street light standard. The passenger in that vehicle was helivaced to Vancouver.

Duncan RCMP were unable to deploy a spike belt near Drinkwater Road due to heavy traffic, but the fleeing car was eventually stopped and the two suspects taken into custody without incident at about 5 p.m.

Chandi and Aujla have been remanded in custo-dy and are scheduled to appear in court March 11.

Charges include: dangerous operation of a motor vehicle; failure to stop for police; dis-charge of a firearm while being reckless; and attempted murder.

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Chronicle in the run-ning for ‘Excellence” award

Everyone at the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle is keeping their fingers crossed, looking to May 7.

That’s when the BC & Yukon Community Newspaper Association will announce the win-ners of the Ma Murray Awards at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.

The Chronicle is up for the Newspaper of Excellence award in its circulation category, along with the Oliver Chronicle and the Revelstoke Review.“Twenty-sixteen was a tough year in com-munity newspapers, but you wouldn’t know it based on the entries we received this year,” says a BCYCNA release.“Over and over we heard the same things from judges, along the lines of, ‘It’s wonderful how much great work is still out there. Clearly community newspapers in BC and Yukon are alive and well.”

We’re hoping our read-ers will send some good vibes our way in the coming weeks, so that the next story you’ll read on this theme will be under a headline with our name in first place.“We’re honoured to be up against Oliver and Revelstoke,” Publisher Teresa McKinley said,

“and wish them all the best heading into the finals, too.”

More than 30 Black Press publications were up for awards, along with the Chronicle.

CorrectionIn our article Kutaj

Family donate screen to the Ladysmith Legion 171 in last week’s issue of the Chronicle, Ben Kutaj was referred to as Ben Bronislaw. Actually Bronislaw was Ben’s given name in Polish, not his surname. The donation was in mem-ory of Ben Kutaj. Our apologies to Ben’s fam-ily members, and his colleagues and friends at the Legion.

RCMP vehicles box in the suspects’ car in Duncan after a high speed chase down Highway 1, which passed through Ladysmith, where an unmarked RCMP vehicle collided with a street light standard.

Police inspect a vehicle punctured with bullet holes in Nanaimo. CHRIS BUSH / THE NEWS BULLETIN

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North Cowichan isn’t the only municipality or government getting more than a little im-patient, waiting for their train to arrive along the weedy rails of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. For a growing number of people time has run out.

Take Bev Highton, for example, a Victoria let-ter writer to the Times Colonist, responding to a defense of the Island Corridor Foundation by View Royal Mayor David Screech.

The ICF maintains the E&N right of way and is working with adjacent municipalities, regional districts and First Nations trying to figure out what to do with the line, which hasn’t had any-thing but service vehicles running along most its length since 2011.

Highton agreed with the importance of pre-serving the line as a transportation corridor for the Island; she took umbrage with the ICF’s ‘ineffective and money and time consuming’ ap-proach.“There are any number of options for the use

of the corridor that should be explored other than doing nothing, thinking that the provincial or federal governments will provide the funds to re-establish a train running the length of the corridor,” she said.

She adds, “perhaps a special, small, nimble, out-of-the-box-thinking type of planning com-mittee should be established to come up with concepts and ideas for the use of the corridor as a valuable transportation right-of-way, rath-er than have it lying fallow and languishing in Never-Never Land.”

One group along the right of way, tired of

what it sees as the ICF’s wrong-headed way of going about things, is going even farther.

In December the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation, north of Nanaimo, filed a suit against the ICF seeking the return of traditional land that was taken in the 20th Century for use by the rail-road.

They argue that since the land is no longer used or needed for railway purposes, it should be returned for their own use from the ICF and the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island, the ‘operator’ of the ICF line.

The Snaw-Naw-As legal action has side-tracked the federal government’s $7.5 million share of $21 million pledged by senior and local levels of government for needed track

upgrades – only a fraction of the $103 million needed to effectively repair the line.

It’s with that pot boiling that North Cowichan council has invited representatives of the Is-land Corridor Foundation and the Southern Railway to come and “provide Council with an update on the likelihood and timing of the re-sumption of freight and passenger rail service on Vancouver Island.”As of early March, the invitation had not been

taken up. Said North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefe-bure, “I can advise that invitations were sent to both Island Corridor Foundation and the South-ern Railway of Vancouver Island to present at a future Council meeting. At this point, neither organization have responded to the requests.”

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Condolences are go-ing out to the family of Paige Whitelaw, a 20 year-old Saltair wom-an, who was killed in a traffic accident in the early hours of Sunday,

March 6, when the pick up truck she was a pas-senger in went off the road and rolled several times.

One other woman, also a passenger, was killed in the crash.

The accident took place at about 1:30 a.m. in Vernon, when a white 2013 GMC Sierra pickup truck, with five occupants, traveling eastbound on Highway 6, failed to make the curve. “The vehicle

hit the shoulder and rolled several times,” said RCMP Sgt. Mike Moyer.

The two women were pronounced dead on scene the BC Coro-ners service confirmed Tuesday, March 8.

A 21-year-old Arm-strong man driving the vehicle is under inves-tigation. “There is indi-cation that alcohol and speed could have been a contributing factor,” Moyer said.


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An average tax in-crease of 2.95 per cent is being recom-mended for 2016 in the Municipality of North Cowichan.

Mayor Jon Lefe-bure said the munici-pality was consider-ing a tax increase of 2.51 per cent in all classes.

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There is no immediate proposal on the books to export LNG offshore from an existing facility at Mount Hayes north of Ladysmith, according to the Cowichan Valley Regional District and the compa-ny that has included the Mount Hayes facility in an application to the National Energy Board.

Speculation about the possibility of LNG exports from Ladysmith were raised in a column by former CVRD Director Richard Hughes, who posts to a blog called Cowichan Conversations.After questioning CVRD Chair Jon Lefebure’s

concerns over a motion by the board to oppose LNG facilities anywhere in the Cowichan Valley, Hughes goes on to say; “Now it appears that further LNG operations are planned at Mt. Hayes north of Ladysmith in the North Oyster Electoral Area.”

He states later in the post that “we could end up being sandwiched between LNG facilities at or near the northern and southern boundaries of the Regional District.”

Hughes wonders how Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone and North Oyster Director Mary Marcotte might respond to the possibility that an “LNG fa-cility and super tankers could be locating in their neighbourhoods.”

But the Chronicle could not confirm any immedi-ate plans to export LNG from Mount Hayes.“That’s the first I’ve heard that suggestion,” Lefe-bure said. “I haven’t heard any such suggestion.”

He said his concern with the CVRD motion op-posing LNG export facilities in the Cowichan Val-ley is over the future impartiality the board has to preserve in the event it ever is asked to consider an application, not with any proposed project.“The board has statutory authority in terms of re-zonings, and by law the board has to treat it with an open mind,” he said.Asked if the motion concerning LNG facilities

would put them in a legal bind should an applica-tion ever come up, Lefebure said, “I think you are asking me to come to a legal conclusion I could not do, I am not a lawyer.”

Marcotte said she supported the motion opposed to LNG facilities in the CVRD, but with reservations.

“It was one of those motions that was made last minute with no warning,” she said, adding that the Mount Hayes facility has not raised any concerns in the community.A report in the Financial Post cited by Hughes

says an Alaska based company, Crowley Holdings Inc., has applied to the National Energy Board for an export permit allowing shipment of up to 10 bil-lion cubic feet of natural gas annually for 25 years.“In its application filed March 1, the company said it plans to export Canadian LNG from FortisBC Energy Inc’s Tilbury LNG plant in Delta, B.C. and from Mount Hayes LNG plant on Vancouver Island,” states the FP article.

But Matt Slevert, with Crowley’s Alaska / U.S. West Coast LNG Service, said the company has no plans to export LNG from the Mount Hayes facility any time soon.

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He did not rule out the possibility that some day LNG exports could be made from the Mount Hayes facility.


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The Agricultural Land Com-mission is imposing a steep in-crease in application fees, with a “money back guarantee” if applications aren’t processed within 90 business days.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick and ALC chair Frank Leonard announced the new policy at the B.C. legislature Thursday, to take effect April 1.

For zone one, the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, the appli-cation fee goes from $600 to $1,500. In zone two, the re-mainder of the province, the fee goes from $600 to $900. Letnick said the majority of farm income is generated in zone one, so farmers can af-ford to pay more.

The increase still doesn’t cover the estimated $3,000 cost of processing an appli-cation, most of which are for non-farm use or an exclusion or subdivision of agricultural land. Letnick said the province is adding an additional $1.1 million to the ALC budget to make up the difference.

Leonard, appointed last year after Letnick terminat-ed the contract of long-time chair Richard Bullock, said he found almost no decisions were being made within the 60 working days that is his new benchmark. Most were taking a year or more.

“I met people in their 80s who had been waiting two years for a decision,” he said.

NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham said she’s concerned that the short deadline for commission decisions means the ALC is becoming an “appli-cation machine,” drifting away from its mandate to protect farmland.

Leonard said subdivision and land exclusion applica-tions mean considerable fi-nancial gain for applicants,

so the increased fee isn’t a de-terrent for them. Letnick said approved non-farm uses can mean extra income for farm-ers and are a priority for the government.

The ALC has doubled its compliance and enforcement staff to four, and Leonard said the additional budget will al-low him to add two more this year.

“Our intention is not only to give the ALC more credibility in terms of enforcing legisla-tion and regulations, but with the budget we have we’ll be able to get them around the province,” Leonard said. “So we won’t have six people in Burnaby waiting for the phone to ring.”

The commission is also add-ing new fees, $150 for review-ing documents, $350 per site inspection and monitoring fees of $500 to $2,000 annually for sites that require ongoing monitoring such as soil fill and removal or gravel extraction.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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Nobody likes to agree when their munic-ipal council is jockeying to spend a whole lot of money on new digs. Sewer up-grades? Okay. Water? Alright. Sidewalks, parks, rec. centres, vehicles? Maybe...

But a fancy new palace for your big desks and comfy chairs? Hmm. We bet-ter think carefully about that. I mean, isn’t there a closet that can be converted for civic use? What about the basement? You can zone just about anything as office space, can’t you?

Well, no. And if anyone needed con-vincing that the Town of Ladysmith has outgrown its hall at the Esplanade and Roberts Street, Monday’s council meeting would surely have been a clincher.

The house was packed, mainly due to a contentious development permit applica-tion and the annual grants-in-aid debate. Rather than break the fire regulations about how many citizen-sardines could be packed into the joint, council knocked three items off the agenda and invited the people who had come to see the debate, to please go home.

Not a very good advertisement for pub-lic participation in the civic decision-mak-ing process.

If this was an isolated example, it would be bad enough. But the cramped, stuffy conditions in council chambers at many meetings are not condusive to quality de-bate – the brain needs oxygen to function properly, after all.

The situation will be helped when video streaming and archiving of council meet-ings begins – council has already ap-proved that service. Then, those whose idea of a good time is not a middle seat on a packed, skinny airplane, will at least be able to avoid the congestion, while watch-ing others endure it from the comfort of home.

But the real solution is a new munici-pal hall. Council has bought property on Buller Street and First Avenue that is intended for that purpose. Acquiring the land is only the first step, though; muster-ing the capital and developing a plan will take time. We just want to say that coun-cil and Ladysmith citizens deserve some-thing better than the hall they’ve got.

YOUR WORDS“There are any number of options for the use of the corridor that should be explored other than doing nothing.”

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Sarah Rocque was in top form for the B.C. Win-ter Games, earning a gold medal in the Slope Free-style skiing event.“It was awesome,” she said, back home from the premier winter sporting event for youth in the province, which took place in Penticton from Feb. 25 to 28.

Rocque has been building up to the win. She won third in the Slope Freestyle event and first in Big Air at Apex earlier in the season; then second in the Slope Freestyle and first in Big Air at Whistler.

She looked on target for two medals, but fell in the Big Air event at Penticton.

She’ll be looking to repeat her winning ways next week, when she’s off to Ontario to compete in the Junior Nationals.A member of the Mount Washington ski club,

Rocque, 14, said she has been skiing since she was a child, and that she wants to take her sport to the limit.“I’d like to compete in the X-Games someday,” she said.

The Town of Ladysmith intends to dispose of a property described as the closed portion of Clarke Road between Clarke Road and Dogwood Drive. The Town intends to sell the interest in the property to Boulder Point Holdings Ltd. for $22,000.

The property in question, approximately 422 square metres, is labelled as “Closed Lane” in the diagram at the left. It is legally described as Part of District Lot 43, Oyster District, shown on Plan VIP52455.

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Sandy Bowden, Director of Corporate Services – 250.245.6404; [email protected].

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Unity Cup teams ready to goThe teams, having paid

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The defending Ice Hogs will be first on the ice against the Kings at 8 a.m., an appropriate start, although the line-up was determined by team names drawn out of a hat.After that battle, the round-

robin match-ups will contin-ue between the Chiefs and the Talons, 9:30 a.m.; Cougars and Believers, 11 a.m.; Kings and Chiefs 12:30 p.m.; Ice Hogs and Cougars, 2 p.m.; Talons and Believers, 3:30 p.m.; Kings and Cougars, 5 p.m.; Ice Hogs and Talons, 6:30 p.m.; Chiefs and Believers, 8 p.m.

On Sunday the playoff rounds will get underway

with games scheduled from 1 to 7 p.m. at hour-and-a-half intervals.

The last game is scheduled to end at 8:15 p.m., and it’s a pretty safe bet that the play-ers will be leaving it all on the ice.

The Unity Cup is tradition-ally the last event of the year at Fuller Lake before the ice comes off.


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Ladysmith council has drawn a line in the forest, or at least it wants the devel-oper of the Holland Creek project to draw one that follows the contours of the Arbu-tus Hump.

Council asked Glenn Carey of Glencar Con-sultants Inc. to redraw a line marking the up-per limit of develop-ment along the slope of The Hump so that it follows the topogra-phy of the site.“Why the straight line and not a line that fol-lows the contours of the land?” Mayor Aar-on Stone asked.

He pointed out the difference on a pro-jected map of the Holland Creek devel-opment, noting that if a straight line is fol-lowed it would end up pushing the develop-able area farther up the slope.

Carey responded, “That line is not fixed in stone.” He added later that the intent is to place a multi-unit component of the development on

a ‘bench’ lower down.The Town of Ladysmith

and Glencar Consultants have been negotiat-ing back and forth on where to place the de-velopment boundary on Arbutus Hump.At its Feb. 1 meeting

council asked Carey to flag the existing development bound-ary and what was pro-posed on the slope of Arbutus Hump so councillors could take a look for them-selves.

Coun. Rob Hutchins said the boundary appeared to cross over a rocky outcrop-ping instead of going around it. Developing the area didn’t ‘make sense’ and would re-quire extensive blast-ing, he said.

Stone noted that the desire to preserve an area on top of Arbu-tus Hump isn’t only for the sake of it’s arbutus stands. The view from the summit also needs to be pro-tected for the public.“The prize up there isn’t simply the arbu-tus,” he said. It’s also the view.”

Carey responded that any development

would be far enough away and low enough down the slope not to block public view-ing from The Hump’s summit.“You are not going to see any of the build-ings we put up from the Hump, period,” he said.

Council thanked Glencar Consultants and the project pro-ponents for working with the municipal-ity, but insisted they wanted to see the con-tour lines on a map before approving the Holland Creek plan.

On a motion from Hutchins council

instructed staff to work with Glencar Consultants to devel-op a boundary ‘that

respects the natural topography’ and pro-tects a greater portion of the Arbutus Hump.


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A survey of busi-ness leaders in the Cowichan Valley con-ducted for the Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce and Community Futures Cowichan found that most business leaders in the community are feeling good about the

last year’s performance.A majority of respon-

dents, 54 per cent, felt they were doing better now than one year ago; 32.2 per cent felt things hadn’t changed, 13.9 per cent felt they were worse off, or didn’t know.“It’s always a good sign

when just over half of the respondents indi-cated that in the past

year their company’s financial performance is better,” said Cathy Robertson, general manager of Commu-nity Futures Cowichan.

Of 202 business lead-ers surveyed 62 per

cent said they were op-timistic about business growth continuing into 2016.

Most of the business-es surveyed, 44.6 per cent, were located in Duncan; 30.1 per cent were located in the Municipality of North Cowichan; 21.9 per cent in the CVRD; and 1 per cent in the Town of Ladysmith.

Optimism translated into a nudge up in em-ployment figures: 29.2 per cent of businesses said they had increased the number of people they employed; 9.4 per cent registered a de-crease; 61.4 per cent said the employed the same number of peo-ple, or didn’t know if things had changed.

Looking forward, 41.1 per cent of business leaders said they ex-pected to increase the number of people they employ during the next 12 months.

Surveyed businesses were bullish about their competitiveness with other regions of Vancouver Island, with 41.6 per cent agreeing, or strongly agreeing that the Cowichan re-gion is competitive.

Business leaders were not too impressed with the performance of their local govern-ment with 55.5 per cent rating their local gov-ernment’s performance as either poor or fair.Asked what local gov-

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improve the business climate, respondents said:• Reduce red tape and

make it easier to deal with local government departments, 15.3 per cent;• Increase or diversify

marketing and promo-tion to attract tourists and customers, 11.4 per cent;• Improve manage-

ment and services and control costs, 10.9 per cent;• Encourage new in-

vestments, 9.9 per cent.Business leaders

strongly favour amal-gamation of the City of Duncan and the Municipality of North Cowichan, with 72.3 per cent in favour; 10.9 per cent opposed.

Marsha Stanley, part-ner and business advi-sor with MNP Duncan

– the company that con-ducted the survey, said the results provide a ‘benchmark’ for future studies.“We are very happy

with the participation we received for the first year of the survey, which gives us a valuable benchmark with which to compare the results of future surveys,” Stan-ley said. “I’m hopeful that the results will spark some meaningful discussion in our com-munity about how to help our local business-es grow and succeed, and improve the overall economic climate in the Cowichan region.”


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Visitor Centre greets8,535 Ladysmith guestsCraig Spencethe chronicle

The Visitor Centre welcomed 8,535 people, traveling in 5,420 parties to the Town of Ladysmith in 2015, says a report submitted by the Chamber of Commerce.

Submitted to the Town of Lady-smith’s Municipal Services Com-mittee, the report has been com-piled from tracking data collected at the Visitor Centre location at 33 Roberts Street.

Visits by ‘locals’ over the last four years were down significantly, but there was less of a drop in the number of people coming from elsewhere and stopping in at the centre.

The report says a 34 per cent drop in local visits can be attrib-uted to the relocation of the VC in 2014, and the launch of a ‘new and improved’ web site at tourismla-dysmith.ca, where locals are in-creasingly going for information.

During the same four-year period visits from people living outside Ladysmith declined in the first three years by 16 per cent, but re-bounded by 8 per cent in 2015.

Most visitors to the centre were locals, 35 per cent, or B.C. resi-dents, 31 per cent. Other places of origin were: Europe, 10 per cent; Alberta, 8 per cent; the USA, 7 per cent; Canada, 7 per cent; and Asia / Australia, 2 per cent.

As well as tourists, potential new residents made up a significant number of the visits to the Centre. In particular, “Albertans are scop-ing out Ladysmith, and the Island, for retirement,” says the report.

“This coincides with a significant increase in requests about reloca-tion information.”

Most visitors didn’t stop for long at Ladysmith. Same-day visits ac-counted for almost 82 per cent of the total number of days in the ‘length of stay’ column. “Lack of accommodations would be the logical explanation for this,” the report says.About 20 per cent of visitors

stopped in at the centre to get directions. They also wanted to find out about: attractions, 9 per cent; places to eat, 8 per cent; local events and recreational opportunities, 7 per cent each; parks, 6 per cent; transporta-tion and local services, 5 per cent each; accommodation, 4 per cent; shopping, 3 per cent; relocation and investment, 2 per cent; First Nations, 1 per cent.

There has been increased inter-est in First Nations. “Interest-ingly, requests for information about First Nations – while rela-tively few in number – increased dramatically over the past year, averaging less than 30 requests in previous years versus 70 re-quests in 2015.”

The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) will be carrying out flushing of the water system listed below on:

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Residents may experience some air in the lines and discolouration of the water supply during these operations. Should this occur, running a cold water tap for a short period will help to restore the water quality to normal.

Should the problem persist, please call the CVRD’s Engineering Services Department at (250) 746-2530.

Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016

Location: Cedar Community Hall 2388 Cedar Road

Time: 7:00 pm

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The Islands Trust – Northern Office is inviting applications for three (3) positions on a new joint Board of Variance for the Executive Committee, Gabriola, Gambier, Hornby, Denman, Lasqueti, and Thetis Local Trust Areas. Any local government that has adopted a zoning bylaw must establish a Board of Variance as per Section 536 of the British Columbia Local Government Act. The Board of Variance is an independent board consisting of three volunteer members of the public who have been appointed by the Local Trust Committee. These members may not belong to the advisory planning commission and may not be an officer or employee of the local government. The Board of Variance has the authority to permit minor variances from, or exceptions to, land use bylaw regulations in instances where it deems compliance with the bylaw would entail undue hardship, and also to permit alterations or additions to non-conforming uses. If you are interested in serving on the Board of Variance, please submit a written expression of interest, specifying your background in any or all of the following areas:

Previous experience as a member of a Board of Variance Experience on a local government council, board, trust committee, commission or other body Experience with other volunteer boards, commissions or committees Experience and credentials in a planning, design or related profession Experience and credentials in a building or design trade Length of residency in the local trust area or where you currently reside Availability, and willingness to travel between local trust areas Any other related experience, education or comments

The positions are unpaid, but all legitimate expenses relating to Board work will be reimbursed. Over the past several years, there has not been a demand for Board appeals in Local Trust Areas and there is less than an average of one application a year. Enquiries regarding the proposed Board of Variance may be directed to Lisa Webster-Gibson, A / Planner 1 by email at [email protected], or by phone at 250-247-2204. For toll-free access, request a transfer via Enquiry BC: in Vancouver at 604-660-2421 and elsewhere in BC at 1-800-663-7867. Written submissions may be delivered to:

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Special events, like Ladysmith Days, are one of the things people want to know about when they drop in at Ladysmith’s Visitor Centre.

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Much as we love Vancouver Island, and think it’s known world-wide, Vandervalk fig-ures there’s still people who don’t know what they’re missing.“I have travelled ex-tensively and while abroad, I have found that most people don’t know exactly where Vancouver Island is. This is your opportuni-ty to help get the word out,” he said.“The purpose of the

video contest is to find out who can tell the ad-venturer’s story in the most compelling way,

while using the media to showcase Vancou-ver Island.“We are hoping that through this contest, we will reel in amateur videographers’ pas-sion about Vancouver Island and help show-case to the world what Vancouver Island has to offer.”

Vandervalk is hoping to motivate travelers who have visited or are coming to Vancou-ver Island, for example university students. “People living here have an advantage because the set loca-tion is at everyone’s doorstep,” Vandervalk said. “However, many people may have also gathered pieces of spectacular footage while traveling and then may have put it on the shelf.“Now we are provid-ing extra motivation for amateur videogra-phers to tell the world about their great trip and perhaps use some shelved content that would otherwise sit dormant.”

Prizes for winning videos will be: first place, $500; second, $300; third, $150.

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• March 12, Harry Manx at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, 7:30 p.m. An expert in melding East and West music to-gether, Manx returns to the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, bringing an exciting eastern twist to blues, pop and jazz classics. He has received CBC Radio’s Great Canadian Blues Award for 2007 and his albums have garnered six Juno nominations. Tickets available at 250-748-7529 or co-wichanpac.ca: $36 (adults); $32 (Cowichan Folk Guild); $5 (eyeGo).

• March 13, Pianist Andrew Homzy and the N.O.L.A. Nighthawks return for an afternoon of jazz in the Big Easy style, with an unusual instrumen-tation of two trumpets, two trombones, clarinet, baritone sax and a four-piece rhythm section. Part of the Jazz at Crofton series. Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. at the Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave. Musicians are invited to join in a jam session during the last hour. Admission this week is $15. For informa-tion, call 250-324-2245 or visit croftonhotel.ca.

• March 14-24, Art Camps at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. During Spring Break the Nanaimo Art Gallery offers a series of Art Camps (each four or five sessions) at its Art Lab, including: Yvonne Vander Kooi, exploring ideas about art, learning and creating using traditional and contemporary ap-proaches to sculpture, painting, video, and photography.; and Carole Brooke, inspired by the work of Ron Tran, who likes to “change the way we see ordinary things by placing them in a different setting.” The camps cost $100 each, materials are included. For more information, or to regis-ter, call 250-754-1750.

• March 18, Chris Whitely and Diana Braithwaite at St. Michael’s Hall, Chemainus, 7 p.m. Chris and Diana will be bringing Rick Ryce and Taylor Allum with them, to play bass and drums. Admission $15. Advance tickets can be purchased at Maple Lane Cafe (corner of Maple Lane and Alder Street), the Owl’s Nest on Willow Street, and at Chemainus Hardware on Chemainus Road. Tickets should also be available at the door.

• March 20, Alec Pearson and Bernard Blary, 2 p.m., St. Michael’s Church in Chemainus. Acclaimed for their constant striving to push the limits of their instruments, as well as their technical brilliance, Vancouver perform-ers Alec Pearson on guitar and Bernard Blary on flute will enchant us with a sonorous blend as they showcase exotic music from Europe, the Ameri-cas and Asia in this truly international programme, which includes Ravi Shankar’s ‘Enchanted Dawn.’ Tickets: at the door $20; under 18, $5; in advance, $17. Available at: Owl’s Nest Bistro, Chemainus; Valley Vines to Wines, Mill Bay; Ten Old Books, Duncan; Salamander Books, Ladysmith; and Chemainus Festival Inn. Or by phoning 250-748-8383. More informa-tion at chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca.

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Lacy, Helen Laws (nee Byrt) November 27, 1922 – March 4, 2016

Helen passed away peacefully at age 93 with family by her side, at the Gorge Hospital in Victoria, March 4, 2016.

Predeceased by her husband, Wayne Lacy (1991) and son David (2014).

Survived by her loving family: sons Jim, Donald (Julia); daughters Pat Darling (Robert), Kit LeRoss (Michael), Margaret Baker (Tony), daughter-in-law Laurie Lacy, 19 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren; brother Harry Byrt; brothers-in-law Lorne Lacy and Charles Fortier; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Helen was born and raised in Lloydminster, Sk., daughter of Francis and Hilda (Laws) Byrt. After completing her nursing training at the University of Alberta in 1944, Helen served one year as Nursing Lieutenant in the Canadian Army and then went on to become a public health nurse working in Didsbury, Salmon Arm, Fernie and Invermere.

Helen married Wayne in 1953 and together began a busy time raising six children in Invermere and Chemainus. Helen’s life was a gift to her family and her community, and the grief of our loss is tempered by her long and full life.

Helen was an active member of St. Joseph’s Parish and also the wider community, where she lived until 2009. She took on many roles including St. Joseph’s parish council, refugee committee (Vietnamese Boat People), Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, and St. Joseph’s school board. She was a founding member of the Cowichan Intercultural Society, delivered Meals on Wheels, and volunteered in many ways, including at Chemainus Seniors Drop in Centre and the Chemainus Thrift store. She lived in Chemainus for 48 years.

Helen moved to Victoria in 2009 to be closer to family. In these years her wit, stories, and dogged insistence that her offspring use proper grammar in speaking were strongly in evidence and will be fondly remembered. In her last years Helen again became a gift to family by giving us the joy of her presence and the opportunity to serve her needs as she had done so willingly for us.

Special thanks to the staff at Gorge Hospital Waterview Residence for their kindness and professional care.

Prayers will be offered at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Chemainus on March 11 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 9727 Elm Street, Chemainus, BC on Saturday March 12th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Celebrant Vincent Borre.

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Missing You,Roberta Louise GarneauDecember 20, 1938 – March 6, 2015

It’s One Year Since You Passed.We feel your Presence

and your Absence Profoundly.You’re in the Birdsongs We Hear

& the Shooting Stars We See.Planting Pansies in Your Memory,

Leo, Dawn & Leslie xox

BARBARA ANNE WILLIAMSJuly 15, 1940 – February 22, 2016

Barbara passed away peace-fully on February 22nd, 2016 in the Cowichan Dis-trict Hospital.Barbara was born in Calgary Alberta in 1940 to Frederick and Elinor Brooker. She has an older sister Dorothy and two younger brothers Rich-ard and Bob. She graduated from Western High School in Calgary in 1960. Barbara went on to marry Creighton Williams in 1963 and soon afterwards started their family. Son Garry was born in 1963 and Darryl in 1965. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, Grandmother and friend to all that had the pleasure of meeting her. She was predeceased by her brother Bob in 1976, father Frederick in 1998, mother Elinor in 2004, and husband Creighton in 2006.Barbara is survived by her sons, Garry and Darryl, daughter-in-law Cheryl, Grandchildren; Tyler, Kali and Elijah. Barbara is also survived by her Sister Dor-othy; brother-In-law William; Brother Richard and special friend Gordon. Barbara will be soulfully missed forever by her entire family who loved her deeply and by all her friends and acquaintances.

I’m FreeDon’t grieve for me, for now I’m free.

I’m following the path God laid for me.I took His hand when I heard him call,

I turned my back and left it all.I could not stay another day,

To laugh, to love, to work or play.Tasks left undone must stay that way.I found that place at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void, .then fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow.I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I’ve savored much.Good friends, good times,

a loved one’s touch.Perhaps my time seemed all too briefDon lengthen it now with undue grief

Lift up your heart and share with me ...God wanted me now,

He set me free.Donations in Barbara’s memory may be made to the B.C. Lung Association, 2675 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 2K2.

Condolences may be offered at [email protected]

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Frode Ingeman AndersenIt saddens us to announce the passing of Frode Ingeman Andersen born June 25th 1920 in Aalborg, Denmark. He will be dearly missed by all his family and friends. He lived a wonderful life to the age of 95. He leaves behind his Son Kurt, Daughter Lola (Larry), Friend Jytte Larson Grandchildren Erik (Angie), Karina (Darnell), Tony (Amanda), Jennifer (Mark), Jillian and Thomas. Great Grandchildren Kiana, Hayden, Ethan, Amaya and Danaya. Frode went peacefully on March 1st 2016.A celebration of life will be held March 11th 2016, 2:00 pm at First Memorial, 375 Brae Road, Duncan, BC with reception to follow. In lieu of flowers please make donations to The Canadian Cancer Society.

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Hatchery Technician - Freshwater FarmsOur Freshwater Farms Facility, located in Duncan, is currently seeking applications for the position of Hatchery Technician. Duties include a variety of production tasks such as feeding and caring for salmon brood, disease screening, cleaning and maintaining tanks and related equipment, conducting flow measurements and water quality checks, assisting with fish health sampling, vaccination and record keeping.

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We value and appreciate submissions from all applicants; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Come celebrate

Wilma Ostle’s 90th Birthday

Open House Saturday,

March 19th 12-3Diamond Community HallRefreshments will be served

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Boymer (Montgomery) Gwendolyn (Gwen) Bertha

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Ber-tha Boymer (Montgom-ery) left this life Febru-ary 29, 2016 at the age of 88 to join her husband, Rev. Tolie Albert Boy-mer and her Lord and Saviour.Gwen was born in St. Catherine’s, ON to Rev. James and Mabel Mont-gomery in 1927. She attended Bible College and secretarial school in On-tario before marrying Tolie in 1954. Together they traveled across Canada ministering, until they settled in Oyen, AB where they raised 5 daughters—Laurel, Lucille, Starlene, Melody, and Juanita. They moved to Sicamous in 1974.Two of Gwen’s favourite jobs while working as a bookkeeper/secretary were at Scory Motors in Oyen and the high schools in Enderby and Sicamous.She loved playing various instruments, singing/di-recting choirs and teaching bookkeeping. Her favou-rite pastime was knitting.After the death of her husband, Gwen moved to Van-couver Island where she resided until her passing.She will be dearly missed by her daughters, grand and great grandchildren, friends and all those she touched during her life.Condolences may be sent to [email protected] Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ca-nadian Alzheimers Society.A Celebration of Life will be held at the Bethel Tab-

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PETS

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FOSTER HOMES Needed for Rescue Dogs: We need

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

15 CU.FT. freezer, $150. White sxs fridge, $200. White apt. size fridge, $100. Smooth-top SS 30” SC range, $250. Maytag W/D, $350. Stacking W/D, $350. Estate washer, $200. GE washer, $200. May-tag dryer, $100. GE Dryer, $150. Built-in dishwashers, $100-$150. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

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ELECTRIC LIFT Chair, good cond. $400. Offi ce desk , good cond. $325. (250)754-7216.

Ladysmith: Danby upright freezer 2’x6’, 3 mnths old, $350. Acer Comp. tower with 21” monitor, 10 mnths old $275. 250-924-1310.

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; or email: jcameron @advancebuildings.com

REFORESTATION Nurseryseedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelter-belts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

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RENTALS

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

1800 SQ.FT. Commercial/ Light industrial unit in modern strata complex with Highway Exposure in Duncan area. Call 1(250)658-4336.

COMMERCIAL SPACE avail. at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

HOMES FOR RENT

Ladysmith: 2 bdrm, close to town, F/S, N/P. 250-245-2630

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Boymer (Montgomery) Gwendolyn (Gwen) Bertha

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Ber-tha Boymer (Montgom-ery) left this life February 29, 2016 at the age of 88 to join her husband, Rev. Tolie Albert Boymer and her Lord and Saviour.Gwen was born in St. Catherine’s, ON to Rev. James and Mabel Mont-gomery in 1927. She at-tended Bible College and secretarial school in Ontario before marrying Tolie in 1954. Together they traveled across Canada minister-ing, until they settled in Oyen, AB where they raised 5 daughters—Laurel, Lucille, Starlene, Melody, and Juanita. They moved to Sicamous in 1974.Two of Gwen’s favourite jobs while working as a bookkeeper/secretary were at Scory Motors in Oyen and the high schools in Enderby and Sicamous.She loved playing various instruments, singing/direct-ing choirs and teaching bookkeeping. Her favourite pastime was knitting.After the death of her husband, Gwen moved to Van-couver Island where she resided until her passing.She will be dearly missed by her daughters, grand and great grandchildren, friends and all those she touched during her life.Condolences may be sent to [email protected] Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ca-nadian Alzheimers Society.A Celebration of Life will be held at the Bethel Taber-nacle on March 17, 2016 @ 1:30pm

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