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Leaving the fate of the Colliery dams unre-solved was one of the most difficult decisions of 2013 for Nanaimo city council and could rank as one of its top challenges in the year ahead, according to Mayor John Ruttan.

“It’s a project we have not budgeted for, the costs are still escalating and we don’t have an infinite amount of time,” he said. “At some point, with the province pushing us to do something and the Save the Dam people push-ing us to not do anything ... decisions have to be made.”

In a far-reaching discussion with the News Bulletin, the mayor discussed the possibility of a dam referendum to the potential for him to toss his hat into next year’s election race. He also reflected on the hardships and high-lights of the past 12 months, from governance problems and the push back on the middle and lower Colliery dams, to the “positive” land swap with Nanaimo school district and prog-ress on the conference centre hotel. Despite challenges, “good things were done” in 2013, he said.

When the mayor emerged the victor in the last election, a top goal was to realize a dream of a passenger-only ferry service and top-notch conference centre hotel. Now, less than a year before the next election, there’s a pro-posal for a foot ferry and the city is the closest it’s ever been to seeing a new downtown hotel. It is a major highlight of the year for Ruttan, who says it feels good to see the projects move forward.

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The blueprint for a $50-million conference centre hotel is under review, bringing the city the closest it’s ever been to realizing its hotel dream.

Nanaimo city staff mem-bers will be looking at the building permit applica-tion for the long-awaited downtown hotel this Janu-ary.

It’s the last step the hotel owners SSS Manhao need to take with the municipal-ity before they’re cleared for construction.

“We’ve never gotten this far,” said Ian Howat, gen-eral manager of corporate services, who points that Millennium, the company formerly tasked with build-ing a conference centre hotel, only made it to the

development permit stage.“We are confident that

they are going to proceed with construction.”

For nearly a decade the Gordon Street lot has sat empty, reserved for a long-awaited conference centre hotel.

City officials believe quality hotel rooms are key to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre reaching its full potential and relying less on tax-payer subsidies.

But until now, attempts to build have failed by Tri-arc and Millennium devel-opments.

This year, the confer-ence centre hotel became a top newsmaker as SSS Manhao, the B.C. affiliate of a major Chinese tour-ism company, expressed

interest in taking on the property. Nanaimo city council approved the sale of the lot last July and the development permit in October.

Designs for the $50-mil-lion, 240-room tower show a swimming pool, shops, restaurants and connect-ing tunnels to Piper Park and Nanaimo’s conference centre.

The build is anticipated to not only provide rooms for delegates, but also to attract close to 70,000 Chinese tourists each year. Nanaimo’s mayor and tourism operations have said the deal is a good one, with the company creating demand that could spill out into other hotels.

Businesses also expect

to benefit from the new visitors and have consid-ered new products and language workshops to prepare for the expected Chinese tourist boom.

Real estate agents have reportedly looked at leas-ing office space close to the hotel lot.

As 2013 wrapped up, the city transferred the Gordon Street property to SSS Manhao and accepted $565,000 in payment.

The architect for the build also handed over the blueprint in a building per-mit application city staff members are expected to review in the new year.

If SSS Manhao continues to move forward with the build, construction could start in the spring.

– Tamara Cunningham

The storm of con-troversy surrounding Nanaimo school district’s 10-year Enhanced Facili-ties for Learning Plan in 2013 doesn’t look to die down in 2014.

Recommendations from consultant and former West Vancouver school superintendent Doug Player, released in April, included a number of school closures, raising the ire of parents.

South Wellington Ele-mentary was closed last June and the closure of Cedar Community Second-ary School is scheduled for the end of this school year with conversion to an elementary school to follow.

The Cedar closure prompted legal action in December from the Snuneymuxw First Nation, citing improper consulta-tion regarding closure. More litigation could follow as the grassroots organization Save the Cedar Schools Coalition is also in the process of

weighing its legal options.“Obviously, it’s an

expensive venture but we’ve had a community meeting about it, we know what our options are and we’re just speaking with

attorneys right now on how we proceed,” said coalition spokesman Steve Rae, adding that joining the Snuneymuxw suit or filing one of its own could be directions

the coalition heads in.Rae said the Office of

the B.C. Ombudsperson has also been contacted regarding an investigation on the Cedar situation.

School district spokes-woman Donna Reimer said the district is planning on filing a response to the Snuneymuxw lawsuit and is moving ahead with its plans.

“The district is proceed-ing with its planning for the transition of Cedar Secondary students to John Barsby and Lady-smith Secondary and the architects are planning the conversion of Cedar Sec-ondary into an elementary school,” she said. “The outcome of the court case will determine whether we can put our plans into place. None of the steps we are taking at this point are irreversible.”

Reimer said the Cedar school conversion work will take a year, with the elementary school open-ing in September 2015.

– Karl Yu

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Public opposition halts marina deal

Pacific Northwest Marina Group set sail for friendlier harbours in April after its proposal to lease the downtown Boat Basin and spend about $9 million upgrading and expanding the marina’s capacity ran aground on strong local opposition.

The downtown marina has been deterio-rating and losing money for several years – $180,000 in 2011 and about $230,000 in 2010 – as fleets of fishing boats and other commer-cial craft dwindled with West Coast fisheries.

‘D’ wharf was condemned and closed over structural safety concerns in January as the Nanaimo Port Authority – the federal agency responsible for the marina – waited to sign a deal with the private firm.

When the proposal was first announced in mid 2012 it triggered a maelstrom of opposi-tion from local residents, commercial fisher-men, Protection Island residents and repre-sentatives from Snuneymuxw First Nation. The port authority was also criticized for choosing a private company to manage what residents saw as a public asset. By April last year, the Pacific Northwest Maria Group exec-utives opted to weigh anchor and take their $9-million investment to calmer waters.

That leaves the Boat Basin still in need of millions of dollars worth of repairs and reno-vations. The port authority commissioned an engineering survey to get a good look at what’s good, bad and ugly in the Boat Basin.

The next steps are to develop design con-cepts – the marina will be rejigged from its current linear configuration to a finger slip design to accommodate more boats – and determine which of the newest dock con-struction materials available on the market will be best suited to the application.

A new crane will also be installed for com-mercial fishermen to transfer cargo and equipment to and from boats. Work will start in spring 2014.

More consultations with various users are yet to come, but whatever the new marina looks like when complete – work will be done in phases over three to five years based on revenue and seasonal Department of Fisher-ies and Oceans restrictions – it will cost an estimated $5 million to $6 million.

That money will come from moorage and service fees, which will rise about 15 per cent overall to represent current market rates.

“We’re not going to compete with our own customers,” said Bernie Dumas, port author-ity CEO. “We have property in the channel that we lease to other companies. We’ve always had a far lower tariff, so we’re going to equalize it, so we’re going to have market rates ... So that’s how we’re going to do it and that’s going to help us secure the revenue to move forward.”

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Health science union members have voted 75 per cent to accept a five-year “growth sharing” wage agreement with the B.C. gov-ernment.

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conference centre hotel could play a huge role in the future of the Harbour City, he said.

Nanaimo city officials had long called for a new downtown hotel, believing it would help the confer-ence centre reach its full potential and rely less on taxpayer subsidies. But for nearly a decade the lot reserved for the hotel has sat empty as attempts by Triarc and Millennium Developments failed to make it past the develop-ment permit stage.

The mayor believes the third time will be the charm. This year SSS Man-hao, the B.C. affiliate of a major Chinese tourism company, opted to pur-chase the site with plans for a 20-storey, 240-room tower that could attract close to 70,000 Chinese tourists each year. This December it submitted the blueprints for a building permit – the final hurdle before it can get the green light from the city to start construction, Ruttan said, adding it’s pretty exciting.

“We haven’t actually had a brand new, five-star equivalent, major hotel built in Nanaimo for well over 20 years – in fact it’s probably close to 30 years,” he said.

But the real game changer would be the foot ferry ser-vice. The proponents are still looking for final inves-tors and a revenue-sharing deal with the city, but if it arrives, it will not only provide hotel patrons with a speedy and efficient con-nection to the Island but could also encourage new development and popula-tion growth, Ruttan said.

While previous passenger service connections have failed, they have shown an appetite for a commuter service, according to the mayor, who believes people looking for affordable liv-ing would want to move to the city if they can get to downtown Vancouver in just under an hour for a reasonable price. It could

also help get tourists to the conference centre hotel, he said.

“When the hotel is opened and when they start bringing those people in – and we have to assume the hotel will be built – how will they get [100 to 150 tourists] from the airport to Nanaimo?” He said. “I think that passenger-only ferry service is the answer.”

Reflecting back on the year, the mayor said the eight-property land swap with the Nanaimo school district was also a high-light. One of the best deals was acquiring a new sec-tion of Pioneer Park, which will allow the green space to be preserved for the public “hopefully forever,” he said.

Despite the accom-plishments of the past year, Nanaimo

city council and its mayor also weathered challenges, from flaws in governance to determining the future of the Colliery dams.

Nanaimo city council hired Watson Inc. to review governance at city hall earlier this year as part of its new strategic commit-ments. While consultants acknowledged the city is taking significant steps, it also pointed out that sig-nificant tension, behaviour like name-calling, and phys-ical altercations between city staff and councillors are crippling attempts at good governance. There have also been calls, even

from within council, for the mayor to take a stronger leadership role.

Ruttan told the News Bulletin while the results of the governance review were not hard to hear, they were a disappointment. Aggressive discussions between councillors is “sort of unfortunate” and the point of the governance review is to show them why it’s wrong. But he also says there isn’t a lot more he as a civic leader can do to stop the behaviour. He isn’t a dictator and the mayor said he doesn’t have the authority to fine, fire or send away councillors for poor decorum. The only tools in his arsenal is respect and the ability to call a recess at meetings.

“I don’t know if I am too soft, I don’t have the authority to do more,” he said. “What you try to do is hopefully gain enough respect so when you say stop, they will stop.”

Councillors presented a united front on the Colliery dams, including the deci-sion to cancel the tenders for the removal of the mid-dle and lower structures. But in the face of public opposition, councillors’ support for the plan began to fall like dominos, Ruttan said.

Between May and October, city councillors decided to tear out the dams and rebuild, reversed its decision and opted to consider remediation. It has been a “messy” pro-cess, Ruttan said.

“I think Colliery dams hands down [was the most

difficult decision of 2013] because there are so many variables with it that made it extremely difficult,” he said. “One of the most diffi-cult things for all of council is to really feel comfort-able that the information we’ve got is accurate and in saying that, I am not sug-gesting for a minute that anyone is trying to give us information that isn’t accu-rate.”

Nanaimo city council and its new technical commit-tee is now looking at a new plan to repair the dams, and will have to decide how taxpayers pay for the bill. If repairs cost more than $7 million, it could mean putting the issue to referendum in the next election, Ruttan said.

“All we are saying is if it’s over $7 million, we will have to likely go to refer-endum and if it’s over $10 million then absolutely for sure we will and if it’s $17 million then hands down we have to go do it,” he said, adding if the city did not extend the term for borrowing, tax increases could be in the double-digits.

“I don’t think it’s bad,” he said of the possible mea-sure. “I think [it’s] the best form of getting community input because the taxpay-ers, the people paying for it, are voting for it.”

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issue in the new year, the mayor will be deciding if he’s prepared to toss his hat into the election ring for a third term. As the election day inches closer, seeking another term becomes less frightening, Ruttan said.

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The medical referral of a teen with autism likely never made it past surgeons’ gate-keepers, according to Island Health’s direc-tor of surgical ser-vices.

Nanaimo resident Alexandria Stuart launched a formal appeal to the Island Health Patient Care Quality Off ice in November, after being told the only medical specialist willing to see her son was in Victoria and couldn’t operate for almost a

year. The wait was too long for a vulnerable and disabled child in “obvious pain,” she said, adding she was concerned about infection and dimin-ished quality of life.

Her 16-year-old son, Gabriel, had been suf-fering from a painful toe condition. Nor-mally happy but mini-mally verbal, he had started to limp and cry about his poor toes and the need to see “Dr. Hospital.”

According to Stuart, he needed an opera-

tion under general anesthetic, but the medical reception-ist handling Gabriel’s case called central Island surgeons and no one was willing to take on the opera-tion because either “they don’t do toes or because he was a pediatric case.”

But Island Health now says surgeons might not have played any part in turning away the referral.

Alison Dormuth, director of surgical services for Island Health, said surgeons did not recall seeing Gabriel’s referral and were “more than will-ing” to help when she approached them to line up an operation with an existing den-tal procedure sched-uled for the teen at the Nanaimo hospital.

She believes the referral was stopped by medical office assistants, whose job is to decide what patients are appropri-ate for surgeons to see.

“I think obviously h a v i n g G a b r i e l referred down to a specialist for ingrown toe nails in the south island, in Victoria, was not the best for that patient and shouldn’t have been done in the first place

... it was just not all the right information was reaching the spe-cialists’ office,” Dor-muth said.

There was a lot of information that needed to be con-veyed about Gabri-el’s unique circum-stances, and it would have been difficult to do that by phone or fax, she said, adding medical office assis-tants likely turned away the call based on the fact that sur-geons don’t usually handle ingrown toe nails.

“I just know [the surgeons] say they don’t recall getting this information ... and in that I think it’s because they don’t typically handle these types of cases so it would have been stopped at getting past the point of their medical office assis-tants,” she said.

“I guess in a way it’s a break down in com-munication.”

Stuart, however, has seen the fax sent by her doctor’s office and doesn’t see how the referral could have been any clearer.

She questions how much power gate-keepers are given – and whether they have the training to make make judgement

calls. In her son’s case “they failed miser-ably,” she said.

“I think my GP’s medical office assis-tant communicated very well and very clearly. I think the surgeons’ medical office assistants over-stepped their power in denying a case like this,” she said.

“[They] should have obviously taken the case to the surgeons themselves.”

Stuar t said the solution could be to have gatekeepers better equipped and empowered to make judgement calls and take referrals to the next level of decision-making when they recognize red flags. But changes are up to Island Health.

Gabriel was diag-nosed 18 months ago with a common con-dition where the skin grows over the toe nails. But because he compulsively picked at his toes, the nails started to burrow into his toes caus-ing inflammation and bleeding. His condi-tion became so bad, Stuart said she opted to take him to the B.C. Children’s Hospital in the Lower Mainland. The surgery was done in six hours.

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Pursuant to Sections 890, 891, and 892 of the Local Government Act, we advise you that a public hearing has been scheduled with respect to proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaws No. 500.387 and Bylaw No. 1285.18 (amendments to allow Medical Marihuana Production):

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What are the Amendment Bylaws about?If adopted, these Amendment Bylaws will allow medical marihuana production facilities, licensed under the new Federal Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), on the following lands:Amendment Bylaw No. 500.387In Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘G’ and ‘H’, on lands which are zoned to allow “agriculture” as a permitted principle use and which are located within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).Amendment Bylaw No. 1285.18In Electoral Area ‘F’ only, on lands which are zoned Agriculture 1 (A-1) and Industrial 2 (I-2).How will this affect me?The proposed Amendment Bylaws will: • Allow the cultivation and production of medical marihuana within facilities licensed by Health Canada under the Federal Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations on lands within the ALR in Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘G’ and ‘H’, and on lands zoned A-1 and I-2 in Electoral Area ‘F’, as noted above; • Clarify that medical marihuana production is prohibited as a home based business use; and, • Establish 30.0-metre setbacks from property lines for buildings and structures used for medical marihuana production on ALR lands in Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘G’ and ‘H’ and lands zoned A-1 in Electoral Area ‘F’. On lands zoned I-2 in Electoral Area ‘F’, the setbacks of the I-2 Zone would apply.Where can I get more information?Copies of the proposed amendment bylaws and relevant documents may be inspected at the Regional District of Nanaimo office at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo until January 9, 2014. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with extended hours on Wednesdays 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays.All persons who consider their interests to be affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by written submissions at the public hearing. Written submissions provided in advance of the public hearing must be received by 4:30 pm January 9, 2014 to ensure their inclusion in the public record.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARINGAmendment Bylaws to Address

Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR)

Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’ and ‘H’

Questions or Comments?Please contact the RDN Planning Department Phone: 250-390-6510 or toll free in BC 1-877-607-4111Fax: 250-390-7511 Email: [email protected] Mail: 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2

The British Columbia Ferry Commission, the independent regulator of BC Ferry Services Inc. (“BC Ferries”), is seeking public comment on BC Ferries’ proposal to build and operate a cable ferry on Route 21 (Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island – Denman Island). BC Ferries has submitted an application pursuant to Section 55(2) of theCoastal Ferry Act seeking the commissioner’s approval of a major capital expenditure for the cable ferry project.

Under Section 55 of the Act, the commissioner may approve a major capital expenditure if the proposed expenditure is reasonable, prudent, and consistent with the current Coastal Ferry Services Contract, and any long-term capital plan established by the ferry operator.

Visit “What’s New” at www.bcferrycommission.com for a copy of BC Ferries’ application and Section 55 Application Guidelines established by the commissioner.

In accordance with the commission’s regular process for public comment, written submissions can be sent by email to [email protected] or by mail to BC Ferry Commission, PO Box 9279 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8W 9J7.

Deadline for written submissions is January 23, 2014. Submissions received by the Ferry Commission may, at the discretion of the commissioner, be published on its website.

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www.nanaimobulletin.com TOP NEWS STORIES Thursday, January 2, 2014 Nanaimo News Bulletin 7

Whether they were for or against a garbage incinerator in Nanaimo, people were fired up in 2013 about the issue.

The idea of a waste-to-energy facility at Duke Point is a contro-versial one, garnering plenty of public attention and discussion. Metro Vancouver is looking for a place to burn 370,000 tons of garbage each year, and put out a request for qualification in autumn of 2012.

Nanaimo wasn’t officially long-listed as a potential incinerator site until six weeks ago, but by this past spring there were already rumours that caught the attention of environmentalists.

“I think the model of barging over waste from Metro Vancou-ver to Nanaimo is deeply, deeply flawed and not well thought out,” said Christianne Wilhelm-

son, executive director of the Georgia Strait Alliance, in June.

Project partners Wheelabra-tor Technologies and Urbaser met with local governments in August and the Regional District of Nanaimo, at that point, heard enough to make up its mind.

“I know how valuable our quality of life is here and our air and water and all the other resources,” said Joe Stanhope, RDN chairman. “It’s one of the biggest attractions and why people come here and I’m not going to jeopardize that for a few extra jobs.”

Nanaimo city council, how-ever, kept silent on the matter, not about to speak hastily. A waste-to-energy plant would be a $500-million project and create around 70 jobs and industrial property-tax revenue.

The issue reached its 2013 zenith at the beginning of last month, when Nanaimo Coun. George Anderson tabled a motion to express opposition to the project. Council voted down the motion in a 6-3 vote, decid-ing it would remain neutral and let the public consultation pro-cess in Vancouver play out.

“[There is] more time avail-able and [council] wants to take a very close second look at the project,” said Mayor John Rut-tan.

Ultimately, civic leaders may not even get the final say – the Jackson Road property already has the proper zoning for a waste-to-energy plant. Con-versely, Metro Vancouver might end up choosing another site – proponents in Port Mellon, Delta and Vancouver are also on

the long-list, and other propos-als will be identified in 2014.

In the meantime, the partners in the Nanaimo bid will go on a public relations blitz to promote the positives of the project.

“It makes for robust discus-sion and debate, for sure,” said Mark Swartz of Wheelabrator. “And we are very confident, knowing what we know, and we are proud of what the implica-tions are of projects like these in the health arena and envi-ronmental arena and economic benefits arena.”

An incinerator in Nanaimo might be safe and sound. It might be smelly and smoky. It might get built and it might not. For the next little while at least, this incinerator story will con-tinue, at a slow burn.

– Greg Sakaki

Proposed incinerator fires up debate on facility’s location

More than 400 people packing into John Barsby Community School signalled to Nanaimo city council that its decision to demolish the middle and lower Colliery dams was nowhere near final.

It was fall of 2012 and city council, acting on direction from the provincial dam safety branch, voted to demolish the century-old dams and return the park to its natural state. Reports indicated the dams were at risk of failure in the event of an earthquake or significant rain-fall event, which would sweep through Harewood with the potential to kill upwards of 160 people.

But in 100 years the reservoirs behind the dams became a rec-reation spot and citizens were loath to see them go.

Opposition organized quickly, led by Jeff Solomon and the Col-liery Dam Preservation Society, to challenge the reports put before city council. Public oppo-sition led city council to vote to rebuild the dams at a future date once they’d been removed. With no guarantee that the dams would be rebuilt, opposition pressed on.

The decision to remove and rebuild the dams had Snuney-muxw First Nation Chief Doug White expressing concern over the potential damage to the

fishery in the Chase River. In the 11th hour city council agreed to a 30-day consultation period to look at all the options surround-ing the removal of the dams.

Eventually, the window to remove the dams this summer, when the water level was at its lowest, closed and forced city council to cancel tender con-tracts and begin risk mitigation by installing sirens, signs and notifying residents in the flood plain of the danger and the evac-uation plan should the dams fail.

The City of Nanaimo is now

focused on rehabilitating the dams in place, ensuring they are safe for future generations.

A committee of city staff mem-bers and representatives from the preservation society and Snuneymuxw First Nation will have input into the long-term strategy for the dams, which could take up to two years to complete. In the short term, the committee will review all engineering and environmental reports, dam structure and risk rating with the goal to create a long-term strategy to rebuild

the dams.If the risk to the dams cannot

be mitigated in 2014, short-term alterations to the structure might be undertaken to reduce the risk of failure.

No cost has yet been attached to the process, which will run into several million dollars. Mayor John Ruttan has not ruled out a referendum to ask taxpay-ers directly whether they sup-port a rehabilitation plan.

Close to $1 million has been spent so far.

– Melissa Fryer

The difficulty wasn’t in finding the five top news stories of 2013 – the chal-lenge was in picking just five.

Like Tuesday’s edi-tion where the News Bulletin’s newsroom chose five newsmak-ers who left their mark on 2013, the team brought several options for which stories had the most impact. In choosing these five stories – Nanaimo school district’s 10-year-facilities plan, the conference centre hotel, the failed Boat Basin deal, the Duke Point incinera-tor and the Colliery dams – we focused on those that have consequences for the community beyond 2013.

Education, espe-cially in the south end, will change forever with school closures; the confer-ence centre hotel will bring upwards of 70,000 Chinese tourists annually; the marina still needs renovation; an incinerator could provide new industry to Nanaimo, or drive away tourism; risk at the Colliery dam still needs to be dealt with, and no cost limit has yet been set to do so.

As we ring in 2014, we can’t help but wonder how many of these stories will be on our top five list next year – and what new ones will be added in the mean-time.

– Melissa Fryer

What do you think? Give us your com-ments: [email protected].

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Here are a few things I’d like to see in B.C. political life in the coming year, but won’t.

u An orderly schedule of legislature sittings, one in the spring and one in the fall.

I canvassed this topic with Premier Christy Clark in our year-end interview, and got the usual runaround about how it’s always been optional since old Gordon what’s-his-name set the schedule of sittings and elections more than a decade ago. Spring is for the budget and MLAs sit in the fall if they need to discuss legislation.

They need to all right, but what governments want to do is ram it through as fast as they can, so that’s what they do. The last couple of years of this have been a sham worthy of a South American banana republic, with three chambers running simultaneously and opposition members trying to prepare as they run down the hallways.

It leads to mistakes in new laws and adds to the public’s cynicism about the whole business, but it gets things done with minimum exposure of the government to criticism. Stephen Harper would approve.

u A political debate about real issues, rather than just a competition to score points in

an endless election campaign. I appreciate that this is

hopelessly naive, but setting aside enough time to consider issues could, at least in theory, lead to that happening occasionally. Certainly the hastily staged mock combat of our legislature today isn’t

winning new friends for any political party. The main growth area today is people who have given up on the whole thing.

u An opposition with ideas.

The B.C. NDP will have another leadership contest in 2014, and they’d better bring more modern policy to the table than they

had in the last one. Remember the big issues in that pillow-fight? Me neither. I had to look them up. Health care? Local organic carrots into the hospital food. Forest industry? A job protection commissar to force the mills to stay open. Resource development? They’re for it, unless you’re against it.

These guys need a Tony Blair-type makeover. They need to be for something, and they need to leave the past behind.

u Media that care about more than conflict.

News organizations are in bad shape these days, and the competition for a rapidly fragmenting audience is having

some ugly effects.One thing that needs to go is

obsessive coverage of who’s winning and who’s losing. If the news media are going to be interested mainly in the gaffes and gotcha moments, is it any surprise that’s what politicians try to provide?

The Canada Post announcement that it has to wind up home delivery offers a recent example. How many people know that Canada Post’s unfunded pension liabilities amount to $6.5 billion, as it continues to pay a dwindling workforce to hand out mostly advertising flyers? Should they just keep doing that until they run out of cash? Are taxpayers really expected to maintain another two-tier service that’s only available to selected urban people?

u Facts to go with opinions.Whether it’s the government’s

fantasy figures on job creation or the opposition’s arithmetic-challenged child poverty claims, serious problems can’t be understood, much less solved, without defining them accurately. Submitting government advertising to scrutiny by the Auditor General to make sure it is accurate and non-partisan would be a good place to start.

uTom Fletcher is legislature

reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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A year isn’t a time capsule. As much as we might like, we can’t fit a neat and tidy slice of life into a 12-month period and say, ‘that’s what happened in 2013.’

Sometimes stories start before Jan. 1, and end long after Dec. 31. That’s certainly the case with Nanaimo’s news stories of the year. They happened in 2013, but they’ll overlap into 2014. The year after that? And the year after that? Probably.

In today’s issue, the News Bulletin chose five news stories of the year. There’s the Colliery dams issue, the incinerator pro-posal, the Boat Basin drama, the downtown hotel deal and the imminent closure of Cedar secondary school.

We haven’t heard the last word on any of these subjects. We don’t know if the dams will get remediation or go to referen-dum. The incinerator might huff and puff here, or somewhere else. The port author-ity will keep floating the notion of Boat Basin renewal, but the waters are still a bit murky. The hotel seems surest, but it hasn’t altered our skyline yet. At Cedar, we won’t know for a while if school’s out for summer, or school’s out forever.

Considering this list, one might be tempt-ed to look at these disparate issues and call 2013 a transition year. But every year is a transition year – 2014 will be one, too.

This coming year is a municipal election year and some of these topics might well become election issues. With that in mind, politicians might take firm action and show leadership, or they might procrastinate and keep quiet so as not to offend. Any Nanaimoite has that choice, really – to help write the news stories of 2014, or decide that whatever will be, will be.

Just because our stories of the year didn’t resolve in 2013 doesn’t mean that nothing happened. Those who see the champagne glass as half-empty might say that these issues just drag on and on. Those who see it half-full could argue that our city is on the cusp.

We look forward to what a new year might bring.

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BY TREVOR GREENEMetro Vancouver’s

bulging landfill at Cache Creek will be full by 2018.

Every day, 42 truckloads of gar-bage make the 345-kilometre trek to the landfill. The waste-to-energy garbage incinerator in Burnaby will not be able to keep up with the mounds of waste the city generates every day. In 2008, Vancouver produced one and a half tons of waste per capita, well above the national average.

Another incinera-tor is badly needed so Metro Vancouver was directed to investigate in- and out-of-region sites for a new incinera-tion facility. In the sum-mer, Duke Point propo-nents talked about building a $500-million inciner-ator that would pro-cess 370,000 tonnes of waste a year.

Nanaimo city council hasn’t yet formed a consensus on the contentious issue. But it called for a report on what

options are avail-able to prevent an incinerator from being built within the city limits and what the implica-tions might be.

Last year ash from the Burnaby incinerator was found

to be leaching cad-mium, an extremely toxic metal, into the Cache Creek landfill. According to a Metro Van-couver factsheet, the Burnaby plant turns approximately 280,000 tonnes of garbage a year into

steam which is sold to B.C. Hydro to generate electricity; enough to power 15,000 homes and earn $10 million a year.

Making electric-ity and money from stuff Vancouver throws away sounds like a sweet deal, but burning garbage spews toxic ash into the air we breathe. This ash is likely to turn off tourists coming to breathe what the World Health Organiza-tion says is among the cleanest air on earth.

Incinerator will dirty city’s clean air

GUEST COMMENT

To the Editor,Re: Waste-to-energy facility

partners fire up public out-reach campaign, Dec. 26.

I wonder how come Van-couver doesn’t want pro-posed waste burning facility over there?

They would pocket huge savings for not barging to and fro containers from the mainland, and piling up all garbage at Nanaimo. They would also directly benefit from all jobs and energy promised by the investors. Further, they could net out even more jobs by disposing and transporting leftover ashes to a landfill.

The proponents and inves-tors swear that there are few health, pollution and stink issues, so this facility could rapidly expend and efficiently cremate waste from other municipalities including garbage made in the U.S.A. Sky is the limit how much energy and pros-perity this facility could cre-ate from smoke and hot air. All for the benefits of area residents and optimistic investors.

However for some strange reasons Vancouver does not see it and by hook or crook wants to build an incinera-tor outside its area. Seems to me as if someone is try-ing to smoke and to swindle them out of all jobs,

economic opportunities and environmental benefits that garbage burning brings, and convince them to bring WTE prosperity to Nanaimo.

Despite the fact that Nanaimo may have some landfill to spare and people are used to bad odour from industrial composting at Duke Point, this is like steal-ing a candy from a baby. After all, the way I see it, it is Vancouver’s waste and it is only fair that they keep it and collect all benefits that rubbish burning brings.

Zlatko ZvekicNanaimo

Don’t get caught up in incinerator hype

To the Editor,Re: Waste-to-energy facility

partners fire up public out-reach campaign, Dec. 26.

The hype to locate the incinerator at Duke Point will now go ahead in ear-nest. It has actually been going on for an extended period. It is just that the public was not aware. We should now expect a full campaign to prove the ben-efits of having such a facility in our midst.

I expect that Seaspan would be the big winner here as it not only owns the land where the incinerator would be located, but would most assuredly be the con-tractor for transporting gar-bage across the strait.

If this incinerator is built here, we are stuck with it for decades. It is probable that all of the waste from the Island will also make its way to Duke Point and so we will officially become the “garbage capital” of the province. No doubt that there are economic benefits available, but if they are so enticing, why isn’t every community begging to have it built in their back yard?

Jeff Solomon Nanaimo

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To the Editor,My late mother

was convinced that what Christmas has become is mostly the result of merchants attempting to unload merchandise that the public was too smart to buy the rest of the year. She used to call Christmas, Kitschness. Kitsch is a German word that roughly translates as an unconscious collective agreement to engage in a false sentiment.

Recently I’ve had my eye on a $59 laser printer made by the Japanese company Brother. The week before Christmas, the merchants moved the price of the printer up to $119. On Boxing Day, these same mer-chants advertised the printer at $59, a $60 savings. Caveat emptor.

John D. MacdonaldNanaimo

Boxing Day sales weren’t real bargains

To the Editor,Re: B.C. Ferries

employees shouldn’t sail for free, Letters, Nov. 28.

There is a lot of complaining being done about B.C. Ferry employees having free travel benefits. What is never mentioned is that these free travel benefits are a tax-able benefit under Revenue Canada taxation legislation. All employees pay income tax on these benefits.

Enough propa-ganda. Check out the facts before giving an opinion.

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Weather permitting, trees are being collected on Sunday, Jan. 5th, in areas where possible, by the Lions Club with assistance of Wellington School Band and Baptist Youth Group.

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Mark Crissinger was just a boy looking for hidden Christ-mas presents under the stairs when he discovered something else.

Crissinger stumbled upon his mother’s YMCA campfire gui-tar and began playing around with it.

“I just liked the sound of the strings and I liked that I was able to create anything,” Crissinger said. “I seemed to get off on making the sounds even though I didn’t really know how tune it.”

Eventually, someone showed Crissinger how tune the guitar and he began playing and writ-ing songs.

“I just started making up stuff and writing songs right away,” he said. “Finally someone showed me how to tune it and then I got a real guitar.”

Crissinger, who will be per-forming at Acme Food Co. on Friday (Jan. 3), said the first song he ever wrote was called ‘Kati,’ which was about a girl he liked at the time.

“I actually found the lyrics for it the other day and I might bring it back,” he said.

Crissinger, now 46, was born in Pointe-Claire, Que., and moved Toronto in 1987. He began exploring the growing music scene in the city and eventually became a regular performer at Grossmans Tav-ern.

“It was a really good time in Toronto. It was a wave of music with a lot of bands like I Mother Earth and Our Lady Peace that were forming and were really giving the Cana-dian music scene a boost,” Crissinger explained about the

Toronto scene. “It was right around the time the CRTC changed the laws about what percentage of Canadian music had to be played on the radio. It was opening up the doors for a lot of young Canadian bands that wouldn’t have been able to get noticed otherwise, but because these laws changed they needed more Canadian content, they just couldn’t be playing The Guess Who and Rush all the time.”

In 1989, he became a mem-ber of Sweet Jones, where he remained until 1993. During Crissinger’s tenure with the band, he opened for the likes of Our Lady Peace, Blue Rodeo, 54-40, Tea Party, I Mother

Earth, the Ramones and the Tragically Hip.

Crissinger said that he learned lots during his time with Sweet Jones, but that much of what he learned doesn’t apply to his work today.

“So much has changed in the business since I was doing that. I was still recording on two-inch tapes in those days as opposed to now where you just play into a computer and they edit everything,” he said. “What I learned isn’t really applicable except for the work ethic. You still need to work really really hard to get to where you want to be in this business.”

In 1993, Crissinger decided to become a solo artist and spent two years performing in Toronto. He also ended up sharing the stage with the likes of Burton Cummings, Pat Rush, Jeff Healey, Lee Oscar, and Jack de Keyzer.

“It is nice to be able to put on your resume,” Crissinger said about performing alongside higher profile artists. “But they are just people.”

Two years later, he joined Toronto-based band Caution Jam, where he remained until 2007.

“It was a breath of fresh air,” Crissinger said about his time with Caution Jam. “It was so much fun to be in that band

and it was a creative time. We made a point of being creative while on stage and we had a huge repertoire so we could pretty much play any gig.”

In 2007, Crissinger moved to British Columbia and has been performing as a solo art-ist ever since. Earlier this year, he released his latest album, a six-song EP titled ‘Terra Nova.’ Crissinger was also nominated for a 2013 Vancouver Island Music Award for his song ‘In Love With a Liar.’

“It’s definitely a rock album, but it’s not hardcore or any-thing like that,” Crissinger said. “It’s just a rock and roll album about a lot of issues and things from my past that went awry in terms of relationships.”

Crissinger has performed across Canada both as a solo artist and as a band member. He said things are very differ-ent now after all the changes the music industry has under-gone over the last 20 years.

“Those shows where you get a full house now are rare,” he said. “Back in the day Halifax was a great play to go. Those shows were fantastic.”

The music scene in Nanaimo, he said, is very much alive and well and he encourages mem-bers of the community to come out to more live shows.

“There are a lot of really great things that are happening here in our community in Nanaimo and bars are making it as easy as possible for people to come out,” he said.

Crissinger said regardless of how many people buy his albums or come out to shows, he remains grateful for all the support he receives.

“It is not about how many Twitter followers you have. It’s about being grateful for what you do get, big or small,” he said.

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It was the early 1990s and Monique Gray Smith was with her mother watching the Vancouver Canucks play the Los Angeles Kings at Pacific Coliseum when her drinking caught up with her.

“I passed out in my seat from drinking to much,” Gray Smith said.

Her mother had to wake up her up halfway through the third period of a game that fea-tured Wayne Gretzky scoring a natural hat-trick, although she never saw it.

“She dragged me out of the arena,” Gray Smith said.

After the game she realized she needed help.

“It was that moment that I realized something that I wanted to be so special for her didn’t turn out that way because of my drinking and how my drinking was impact-ing other people around me,” Gray Smith said.

Gray Smith, who is of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry, returned home to Kamloops and began logging the first series of kilometres on long

road to recovery.“It was seeing a counsellor

at the Friendship Centre in Kamloops and then going for treatment at a specific First Nation’s centre that really allowed me to connect with my culture and who I was as an indigenous woman,” she said. “I know, had I not gone for treatment at that centre, that I would not be sober today.”

Since recovery, Gray Smith has remained sober for more than 20 years and has gone on to become a successful author, speaker and holds a diploma in psychiatric nurs-ing. She will be speaking about her latest book, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, at Gabriola’s Vancouver Island Regional Library on Saturday (Jan. 4).

Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience is about a First Nations girl who struggles to overcome alcoholism. The book is based loosely off of Gray Smith’s very own experi-ences.

“It’s the story of one wom-an’s journey from early addic-tion and alcoholism to discov-ering who she is as a mixed heritage person,” Gray Smith said. “Even though it’s a story based on First Nations people and history, it really is a story of common humanity around recovery and the ability to

move past early obstacles in life.”

Gray Smith began drinking with her friends on school lunch breaks when she was 11 years old. Eventually, the drinking became so frequent that she plunged into alcohol-ism and spent years recover-ing.

She said that since 1980s there have been major improvements for First Nation’s people regarding alcoholism, health and well-ness.

“I think that there has been so much healing that occurred and has continued to occur that recovery is a very com-mon theme in our commu-nity.”

“There are so many young people growing up who haven’t seen their parents drink,” she added.

Monique Gray Smith will be speaking at 3 p.m., at Vancou-ver Island Regional Library on Gabriola Island, 575 North Rd.

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Two 60-day challenges and one 45-day challenge are held throughout the school year, skipping over busy times and holidays. The second challenge is set to begin Jan. 15. Schools across Canada participate at the same time. Schools can sign up for the challenge at www.60minkidsclub.org.

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ROBERT, Kenneth Victor

December 9, 1934 – December 23, 2013

With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Ken Robert on Monday, December 23rd, 2013 in Nanaimo, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer.

Ken was predeceased by his parents, Vernon and Mary; daughter, Wendy and son, Doug; brother, Obbie; sister, Margie; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Alex and Anne Wood. He is survived by his best friend and loving wife of 34 years, Heather; son, Chet; sister, Joan Goodbun (Archie); sisters-in-law, Betty Harris and Paula King (Ken); and many nephews, nieces and grandchildren. He also leaves his two little mini Schnauzers, Karrie & Kristy.

Ken was born in Nanaimo and grew up in Lantzville and Cedar. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1952-1957 and was a proud 57-year member in good standing of The Royal Canadian Legion (Victoria, Nanaimo and most recently, Branch 257 Lantzville).

Ken’s 23-year career with Vancouver Island Coach Lines included driving scheduled service, taking tour groups to Butchart Gardens, the PNE, and across the border to Reno and throughout the Southern States. He said many times how much he loved his job, and what a bonus it was to get paid for enjoying what he did.

Ken retired early and with wife Heather enjoyed 25 years spending the Winters in Mesa, Arizona riding motorcycle (‘BC Coyote”), golfing and playing out in the desert in “Casper” his VW dune buggy. Summers were spent on “Tide ‘n Knots” cruising the waters of B.C. and WA. and camping with friends around the Island. Wherever he was, Ken loved a good poker game.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to may donate to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation Palliative Care Unit, who took such wonderful care of Ken and supported our family during this difficult time.

A Celebration of Ken’s Life is being planned for late Spring (May 2014).

LYCHAK, HarryBorn on March 3, 1930 in Hafford, Saskatchewan, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2013 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. He is predeceased by 1 sister, 7 brothers, his parents, and his son Jerry. Harry is survived by his loving wife Dorothy, daughters Shari, Cindi (Mike), and Violet (Keith), 5 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 8 great-granddaughters, as well as extended family members and close friends.

Harry was a valued member of the volunteer community in Nanaimo, and a lifetime member of the VIEX. He was also a devoted family man who will be missed by all.

Memorial service for Harry will be held on January 3, 2013, at 1:00pm, Sands Funeral Chapel, 1 Newcastle Avenue, Nanaimo, BC. Flowers gratefully declined. For those so desiring, donations may be made, in Harry’s memory, to a charity of your choice.

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SATELLITE DISH & Receiv-ers. Iranian, Turkish, Arabian channels. $75. (250)585-6499

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APPROX 2.5 CORD loads of dry slab wood. Delivered. $160. Call (250)754-2276.

COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIRE-WOOD- Call 250-468-9660. 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose).

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MOVING SALE. Matching oval glass top tables (two) $150. Matching 3-seat sofa & armchair $450. 250-586-7655, French Creek.

SHERATON DINING chairs (5), $400; Piecrust coffee ta-ble, $150; Queen Anne bench, $150; 2 Occasional chairs, $150. (250)390-2805

Two matching Lazy Boy reclin-ers. Clean, grey-brown fabric. $250 /pair OBO 250-246-1481

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

STANNEH STRAIGHT chair lift, $1000. Power lift chair, new, $650. (250)760-7009.

TEMPUR-PEDIC,Single, Elec-tric Bed. Swedish Mattress, hand control, hardly used. Paid $4400, asking $1250. Call 250-752-8158

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120 Bass piano accordion $190 OBO; Singer sewing ma-chine & cabinet $100; Electric bass guitar & hard shell case $200 OBO; Electric “Jay Tur-ser” guitar, as new $150; Stu-dent violin $90. Lrg set Royal Albert china “Peti Point” mint cond. $2000 OBO; Twin electr. bed, clean $500. 250-748-8270




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2 fridge’s $70 each. 1 stove, $50. 1 Kenmore Dryer with new motor. Needs heat ele-ment. Open to offers for all 4. 250-752-0169

ADVANTAGE FITNESS. Retirement sale. Buy fi tness equipment at cost and save 250-753-7368. 890 Crace St., Downtown.

AUSTRALIAN THEMED Christmas Light Display- 6 White Boomers, Emu, Platy-pus, Koala, Santa and sleigh, $500 obo. (250)756-6125.

BROWNING 2000 Semi-Auto Shot Gun. $550/obo. Arrow-smith Golf Membership. $4800 reg price selling for $3200/obo. Excellent Xmas Gifts. Call 250-240-0007

DOUBLE ELECTRIC Bed, with remote control, head-board & mattress. Exc. cond. $1000. (250)751-7941, Nanai-mo.

DOWNSIZING; Collectors 4 porcelain dolls, Pen Delfi n plate, 5x7 carpet, 2 lamps, 3 English plates, Ken Christmas print, star bucks world mugs (14oz). Call 250-586-5528.

DOWNSIZINGUnion 20” PlanerHand & Electric ToolsSnooker/Billiard Slate TableMahogany 4 Gun Rack & gearChina/Crystal & punch bowl91 Explorer, 2 briefcasesChild’s 4 pce kitchen playsetWine Corboy Lifter6”x20” Timber Steel RollersLrg.Cap. Sawdust VaccumTooled Saddle, Mens jewellryWalnuts, Garlic & SquashAnd more!250-248-4495

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Kenmore dryer, excellent cond. 7 y/o $75. Sm 110V hot water tank 10 gal, as new $40. Dan 250-749-3805

LARGE GLOBE w/light, $20. Webster dictionary 4x11, on stand, $20. Goose down du-vet, queen size, $50. Portrait of a pretty lady, gold framed, 30x20, $20. Antique car col-lection displayed in frame, $50. Hospital bed, hardly used w/linens, $750.(250)751-2142.

LIKE NEW, Lady Jazz golf clubs with 2 hybrids, new golf bag, and used cart $200. Call (250)756-4626.

L-SHAPED jeweler’s show-case, 72”x72”Lx22”Dx44”H, comes complete with lockable display area plus drawers and shelving in one area. The cabi-net is very solid however it needs some TLC. Price as is $195 or ask us for a price quote to restore it to its original beauty. (250)246-4409



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QUALITY GARDEN SHEDS Gazebos, pergolas, follies,greenhouses, studios, storage& more. Call 250-951-0855

TORO SNOW BLOWER, near new, used only 10 hours. 8HP,with chains, 26” cut. $700.obo. (250)724-1043.

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A lovely 1650 sq ft rancher on.46 acre corner lot in a quiet,friendly rural neighborhood,close to storries beach&oysterrv. nicely landscaped,fencedbackyard,garden,dogpen,newflooring,countertops,updatedfi xtures,bright D/R 3 bdrms,1.5bth+ fam rm,mud rm,attached19x11 shop, forced air naturalgas heat. $287,000. 250-923-3150

Chartwell area. 3 bdrm, base-ment home, 12 yrs old, gasfurnace & f.p. Double garage,large sundeck, close to school.Asking $370k, 250-752-8158

DELUXE 1329 sqft rancher. 2bedroom + den, 2 bath, dblgarage home. Spacious mas-ter bedroom has walk-in clos-et, ensuite has heated tilefl oors. Open living concept w/gas fi replace, house also hasa heat pump. Appliances &window coverings included.Landscaped front & back yardw/sprinkler system. Close tohospital & downtown Duncan.10 yr New Home Warranty isin effect. 1 (778) 429-8645

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DOWNTOWN NANIAMO: Luxury Waterfront Lifestyle; Elegant 2 Br, 2 bath condo, ocean, mountains, marina views. Lagoon, clubhouse, gym, swimming pool. Walk to Sea wall, near Port Theatre. Reduced for quick sale $349,000. Call 250-591-7800 agents welcome. Open House; Dec. 15th from 1-3pm

LADYSMITH HANDYMAN Special. 3bdrms up, lrg LR, double garage, lrg storage. Ocean & city view. 1bdrm suite down. Owner will carry mortgage. $1200 month; or rent for $1,800 month. (250)753-0160.

LADYSMITH: SEMI-OCEAN-FRONT 6.5 treed acres, 2600 ft. 3bdrm home. Water view every from every room. $419,000. (250)245-8950

Location, Location! Walk to mall. 2 bed, 2 bath rancher in Ladysmith. Heat pump, wood fp, built-in vac. Sunroom, new windows, great home for sen-iors. $255,000. 250-245-1484.

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MOBILE 14X56 w/8x12 addi-tion in well maintained 55+ Upper Lantzville park. Lrg bdrm, kitchen & living room. 2yr old roof, furnace & oil tank, kitch counters & appliances. 14-6820 Parklands Place. $48,500. (250)390-3200

NANAIMO 3 HOUSES. Gor-geous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. Reasonable Down! Owner will carry mort-gage. 250-753-0160

NORTH NANAIMO- 107 Har-pooner Place (off McGirr) 2100sq ft, 4 bdrm, 3 bath, ocean mtn views, cul-de-sac, close to schools, lrg fenced yrd, new kitchen & roof, beau-tiful deck, lot size 7600sqft. $389,000. (250)756-6125.

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PARKSVILLE: 3 bdrm remod-eled home w/ legal in law/ren-tal suite and 2.5 car garage w/separate driveway ideal for a home based business. Im-maculate inside and out, great landscaping, garden shed & small studio. Priced to sell at $349,900. Call (250)954-0227.

PARKSVILLE- SPACIOUS “Windsor Court” 1 level strata patio home, totally updated, 2 bdrm, 2 bath end unit, within walking distance to dwntwn, beach, Oceanside Health Cen-tre and other amenities. Drive by #7 454 Morison Ave or call (250)586-3624 for viewing. $237,900.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

DUNCAN. Have money but can’t qualify? Purchase this new 3BR home on large lot for $339,000. Pay $60,000 (nego-tiable) down payment and sell-er will carry mortgage. Nation-al New Home Warranty. Mortgage is $279,900 Pay-ment is only $1,100 /mth. Pic-tures on usedcowichan.com 250-858-4673

LOTS

LAKEVIEW LOT FOR SALE ON BOWRON LAKE, B.C. 2.58 acres, unserviced, small trees on it. 100 ft. from lake. $250,000. Call: 1-250-983-2594

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Brandon Jones dominatedthe most important games

With national championships way out in Montreal, not even the most die-hard members of the VIU Nation could see the big game live.

Instead, fans were left to watch the webcast from Nanaimo, and be outraged at the colour commenta-tor’s apparent bias toward the Hol-land Hurricanes.

But by game’s end, not even the colour man could contain his excitement for the play of VIU’s Brandon Jones.

Jones drove to the hoop, or pulled up and drained a trey, or dished to a teammate. He did what it took for the Mariners to beat the Hurricanes 77-70 and capture their first national title in 19 years.

In the provincial final two weeks earlier, Jones had reached a new stratosphere and scored 42 points in a four-point loss to the Langara Falcons, earning tournament MVP honours. Could he repeat that kind of performance at nationals?

“Really, my focus is just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win,” Jones said. “Hopefully we can get balanced scoring between everybody. But if it happens and I get the shots … and I’m feeling it, then maybe.”

He must have been feeling it. He led his team in scoring at nation-als, his team won; he was MVP, an All-Canadian, VIU’s Athlete of the Year. Give him a whole year and see what he can accomplish.

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City got to cheer on championsWhen it takes a Nanaimo Bowl

to settle things, then that’s a sign that it’s been a fantastic year for local sports.

There was one weekend a month ago that particularly stood out. The Barsby Bulldogs and Nanaimo Redmen both won provincial football champion-ships one day after another. Some sports fans suggested the Bulldogs and Redmen play one another and call it the Nanaimo Bowl.

But wait – that same weekend, the Nanaimo District Islanders volleyball team also won a pro-vincial title. So wouldn’t it be just as fair to settle this whole Nanaimo Bowl thing on a volley-ball court?

The year produced a ton of other worthy winners, too, and great games and memorable moments.

Vancouver Island University’s basketball teams each won a banner in the winter, with the women winning their league and the men winning at nationals.

There was a huge hockey tournament in the spring. The summer saw more local track and field standouts than ever compete in national and inter-national events. Lacrosse sea-son extended all the way to the President’s Cup; junior football season, all the way to the Cana-dian Bowl.

Huge victories came in moun-tain biking, BMX, MMA, gymnas-tics, soccer and more.

As for the Nanaimo Bowl, it didn’t happen, and it shouldn’t.Instead, let’s be fans of all our teams at once, and celebrate a whole bunch of special sports seasons in our city.

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Many worthy candidates for athlete of the yearSteve Smith - The downhill mountain biker from Cassidy owned the podium on the Union Cycliste Internationale World Cup circuit, with wins in Norway and Austria in September that earned him the overall title as UCI World Cup champion in downhill. He was also a national champion in 2013.

Jocelyn Jones - VIU’s women’s basketball team hadn’t won a provincial championship in 15 years, but that changed in 2013 thanks in part to an all-star point guard. Jones slashed to the net with determination and led her team with 27 points and an MVP performance in the gold-medal game.

Brandon Parker - Barsby’s star football player is an athlete of the year candidate even though he never gained a yard in his team’s championship win. Parker rushed for 131 yards per game for the Bulldogs in 2013, then in the semifinal, had 304 yards and four touchdowns before being injured on the final drive. He was the first Barsby player to hoist the tro-phy after the Subway Bowl win in November.

Ethan Schulz - The league’s hardest-hitting player never relented on offence or defence and was a huge reason why the Nanaimo Redmen won community football’s provincial championship in December. Schulz made a game-clinching sack and was MVP of the final.

Victoria Behie - Comfortable on any kind of vol-leyball court, Behie captained her indoor provincial team to a silver, won national bronze on the beach, and then completed her set of medals by leading the Nanaimo District Islanders to gold with an MVP perfor-mance at the senior AAA provincials in December.

Barsby’s star football player is an athlete of the year candidate even though he never gained a yard in his team’s championship win. Parker rushed for 131 yards per game for the Bulldogs in 2013, then in the semifinal, had 304 yards and four touchdowns before being injured on the final drive. He was the first Barsby player to hoist the tro-

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vertips showed in the first half of the season that they can play any which way.

The ’Tips were built to be a skilled hockey team, but they played tough, too, and they won enough games to be right in the thick of things at the B.C. Major Midget League’s holiday break.

The Silvertips (9-13-4) are tied for sixth in the 11-team league.

“Building momen-tum, I think, is the biggest thing for us…” said Jason Dubyna, the team’s coach. “As coaches we want to continue to gain ground on the teams that we’re tight with in the standings.”

League play doesn’t resume until Jan. 11, but the North Island boys were on the mainland after Christ-mas to compete in the Richmond Interna-tional Midget Hockey Tournament.

“That’s be great playing teams from out of our region, some new kids and some new p lay -

ers and a good new challenge,” said Joe Surgenor, team cap-tain.

Dubyna said the players would use the exhibition tourney to work on some new plays that might help

them in league.“We just want to

continue to focus on getting better…” he said. “We’ll be able to compete for winning that tournament.”

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Junior B Bucs get back on ice

The autumn had its ups and downs for the Nanaimo Buccaneers, but the junior B hockey team still finds itself high up in the standings as it enters the second stage of the season.

The city’s Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League club returns from its holiday break to take the ice tonight (Jan. 2) against the Kerry Park Islanders at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

The two teams played in the last game of the fall, a barnburner that the Isles eventually won in overtime, 6-5, in Mill Bay.

Tonight’s game is a 7:15 p.m. faceoff at the NIC and tickets – $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $5 for kids – will be available at the door.

The next night, the Bucs (20-11-2-1) have a chance to re-take first place in the North Division as they visit the Campbell River Storm (20-9-2-2).

hockeyInbriefSpecial Olympics athletes train hard

Only a certain few Special Olympics athletes at last sum-mer’s provincials qualified for the next stage.

And now that they get to go to nation-als, they intend to make the most of the opportunity.

Five B.C. Special Olympics Nanaimo representatives will compete at national championships in July at the University of British Columbia. Track and field ath-letes Alex Williams and Simon Phipps, swimmer Kristeen Cooper, golfer Yves M o s k a l u k e a n d 10-pin bowler Noel McLean advanced out of the 1,100 participants at pro-vincials in Langley. Track coach Angela Behn and bowling coach Bill Crocker are also going.

With a year in between provincials and nationals, the athletes are supple-menting their usual practices with a new Club Fit program.

“ O u r a t h l e t e s signed a contract to make sure they keep

up their end of the bargain in fitness and training,” said Bobby Debrone, B.C. Special Olympics Nanaimo’s manager of commu-nity development. “They come here and they push each

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Since the workouts are in a group set-ting and mixed up with fun and games, they keep the ath-letes interested. There’s plenty of inspiration anyway, Debrone said, with nationals and home-field advantage a few months away.

“Having the games in your backyard and having friends and parents and caregiv-ers come to cheer you on, you can see the determination in them,” said Debrone. “Obviously we want great medal counts but at the same time we just want them to do their best too and be happy with their performance.”

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Alex Williams, front, and Simon Phipps train during B.C. Special Olympics Nanaimo’s Club Fit program last month at Quarterway Elementary School.

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Support Group meets Wednesdays. All wid-ows welcome. 250-722-3353 for time and location.

no-aUdITIon fUn singing on Tuesdays,

Wednesdays and Thursdays. Details at [email protected] or 250-729-6135.

nanaImo sTroke Recovery Group meets every Friday at Bowen Park Social Centre at 10:45 a.m. Bring

a bag lunch. Contact 250-753-5328.

VanIsle fIddlers is a weekly gathering that welcomes fiddlers and all acoustic musicians. Learn traditional music in a fun multi-age group. Every Thursday at Scout Hut. Groups

run at 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Call 250-591-3913 for more information.

sUICIde BereaVe-menT Support Group. Monthly adult meeting for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Meets first Wednesday of every month. Call 250-753-2495 for more infor-mation.

nanaImo moose Lodge holds a collectables garage sale last Sun-day of every month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1356 Cranberry Ave. Tables $15. 250-816-1233 or 250-754-2853.

sex and/or Love Addicts Anonymous. There is help with a closed 12-step pro-gram, confidentiality assured. Call 1-888-357-8104 for details.

WHImsICal sCrIBes, a writer’s group reborn, meets every second and fourth Friday of the month. Everyone is welcome to listen or share work. 250-585-3348.

nanaImo menTal Health and Addictions Advisory Council meets the third Monday of every month at 528 Wentworth St. from 10 a.m. to noon. Any-body with an interest in mental health and addictions is welcome to attend. No meetings July and August.

Green drInks, a group interested in sustain-ability and the environ-ment, meets fourth Wednesday of every month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Vault cof-fee bar. Google Green Drinks Nanaimo for more details. Open to the public.

CloGGInG Classes take place at Cedar Community Secondary School every Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For details contact 250-722-2953.

asTronomY soCIeTY meets fourth Thursday monthly at 7 p.m. at Beban Park Social Cen-tre. Public welcome. Visit www.nanaimoas-tronomy.com. Educa-tional services avail-able for schools and businesses.

HearT of the Island Chorus meets Wednes-days from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Lantzville legion. Phone 1-866-923-8119 for more infor-mation.

Hold’em Poker River Riders host ongoing free games Saturday through Thursday at various locations. Visit www.riverriderspoker.com for details. Bring a donation for the food bank.

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BOUQUET A huge bouquet to Broco auto glass. While they installed a new windshield, I received free of charge a rental vehicle, and an interior shampoo. Great job Budget car rentals and Broco auto glass

BOUQUET to my new manager. Your iridescent smile and bubbly personality make it easy to come to work every day.

BOUQUET to all the vendors, customers and members who participated in the Faternal Order of Eagles First Annual Ladies Nite. We were able to purchase some much-needed bus passes and food cards for the Haven Society.

BOUQUET to my neighbours on Twiggly Wiggly who put up with all the dust and noise over the past several months as our retaining wall was built. Hopefully you’ll agree much nicer than the blackberry brambles it replaced.

BOUQUET To V.I. Outdoor Maintenance. Your workers are so efficient. No matter what job they do they do it quickly and happily. I’m impressed with how hard these guys work.

BOUQUET A bouquet to Ali Baba pizza for handing out delicious pizza during the Santa Claus parade downtown. Made a great event even better

BOUQUET A bouquet to the kind lady in the movie line-up who gave us a free movie ticket. This good deed will go forward to a Salvation Army Christmas kettle.

BOUQUET to the lady who held a table for me in the Wal Mart McDonalds. With two month-old twin girls it made things so much easier and really made my day.

BOUQUET Special recognition to the sweet young girl who visited the palliative care unit offering home baked happy face

cookies and muffins as a “just because” random act of kindness.

BOUQUET To Ed and Sandy Bacon who do such a wonderful job of enhancing our neighborhood with their beautiful yard and all the effort they put into decorating it for Halloween and Christmas.

BOUQUET To all of our neighbors in the area of Howard Avenue and Fourth Street for making such an effort to decorate and participate in Halloween this year.

BOUQUET to the extraordinary staff of Malaspina Gardens Franklyn first floor for all the compassion, dignity and respect they show to their residents and their families.

BOUQUET to the staff and management of the Wallace Street Tim Hortons, who treated serving members of the military with such courtesy and kindness on Remembrance Day this year. They greatly appreciated it and so did I. Your consideration will be paid forward many times over.

BOUQUET to my dad, Armand, for his positive energy and bringing joy to so many every season with his crazy outfits. Also to my mom, Lorraine, for being my rock with a listening ear and constant unconditional love and listening ear for our family. I love and adore you both.

BOUQUET To all those who reached out to us during my husband’s recent cardiac bypass surgery. Your thoughts, prayers, acts of kindness and support meant so much to the both of us.

BOUQUET To the owners of the A-frame on College Drive. Not only are your Christmas lights beautiful but the giant Christmas tree in your window is wonderful too. I smile every time I drive by.

BOUQUET To all the volunteer organizers and canvassers who were out in the rain, snow, sun, and cold collecting signatures for the

Sensible B.C. campaign. Their dedication to forward a cause that many people strongly believe in shows their willingness to “go the extra mile” to bring change to an outdated Police Act.

BOUQUET To the Hope Lutheran Church for two very generous, anonymous donations, totalling $1,535, toward the Thursday Community Lunch at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

BOUQUET To Save On Foods Woodgrove Centre for ensuring their shopping carts stay on their premises and are not all over the neighborhood. This is being a good neighbor and is greatly appreciated.

BOUQUET To the person who took my purse to Quality Foods’ service counter after I left it in the grocery cart. I am an 83-year- old senior and I had gone home before I missed it. You hear so many bad things these days its shows there are good things too.

BOUQUET To the gentleman holding the door at Woodgrove Centre’s Tim Hortons entrance. It was freezing cold but he was there holding doors for others for at least half an hour.

BOUQUET To the woman who paid for my parking pass at the Port Theatre on Dec. 6. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and all the best in the new year.

BOUQUET To all the many wonderful Angels who signed up with Volunteer Nanaimo to adopt a family this Christmas. We were able to help 63 families in the community – an all time high.

BOUQUET To the Good Samaritan who loaned me her car blanket when I fell in Terminal Park Mall to keep warm while waiting for the ambulance. Your blanket is at the Service desk at Save on Foods, whose associates were also very kind to me.

BOUQUET To Darin at AA Vacuum Doctor on Turner Road for his knowledge, kindness and compassion in getting repairs on a wall vacuum and attachments delivered to my home. After a difficult time his kindness was heartfelt.

BOUQUET To Mike Gogo and family up at the tree farm, we got our tree a week ago and it’s awesome.

BOUQUET To Dr. Barnsley and staff at the pediatric ambulatory ward for making my four-year-old daughter’s visit to the hospital for day surgery pleasant and stress free. You all cared for her as if she was your own, and her mom is very appreciative.

BOUQUET To Nanaimo Sausage House for letting people park in your parking lot on Sunday so we could enjoy Christmas Dinner with family at Long Lake Chateau.

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