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Are the cards stacked against smaller communities when it comes to the distribution of Casino gaming funds in B.C.?

Ladysmith Coun. Duck Paterson thinks so.

Noting that no gaming grant funds for capital projects – like play-grounds, or spaces used by volunteer organizations – have been available to communities for at least four years, Paterson said smaller commu-nities especially aren’t getting a fair shake.

While communities where casinos are built rake in millions as their gaming cut, volunteer organizations that could once access ‘major capi-tal’ grant money up to $100,000 for projects like playgrounds and im-provements to public facilities and spaces, have been cut out.

The BC Lottery Corporation dis-tributed $95.8 million dollars in 2014-15 to the 31 communities that host casinos.

It also paid:• $829.1 million to the Province for

public services;• $147.2 million to the Province’s

Health Special Account for health care, research, education and pro-motion of health issues;• $134.8 million to 5,000 charities

and community organizations for programs and initiatives in arts and culture, sports, public safety, envi-ronment, and human and social ser-

vices programs.The BCLC web site adds that “89

cents of every dollar gambled goes back into B.C.”:• 43 per cent to provincial and com-

munity programs;• 23 per cent as prizes to winners;• and another 23 per cent in com-

missions and fees to ‘4,000 gambling retailers and service providers.’

The remaining 11 per cent goes to operating expenses and federal taxes.

That’s great, Paterson said. He doesn’t begrudge the host commu-nities or the province the big bucks they receive, and he’s grateful for the program funding communities get for sports, culture and commu-nity programs. A list of 15 Ladysmith organizations received $271,510 in 2014-15 according to the BCLC.

But he wants to know why volun-teer and non-profit organizations are no longer able to apply for major capital grants when many of them struggle to find money for worth-while community projects – munici-palities, except those that host casi-nos, do not receive a direct share of gaming revenues and cannot apply for major capital grants.

Municipalities that do have casinos receive 8 per cent of gambling rev-enues, and the BCLC ‘Play it Forward’ promotion celebrates “30 years of contributing to BC’s future.” Featured are the big, glitzy projects that have been funded through the host com-munities’ gaming take. For example:

See Gaming Grants, Page 3

Ladysmith considers asking for reinstatement of ‘major capital’ grants for non-profit organizations, BC Gaming Branch suspended ‘until further notice’

Town of Ladysmith public works employee Travis Cnossen hoists a bag of trash from one of the in-ground receptacles at Forrest Field. The system is more ef� cient and environmentally friendly than conventional garbage container systems in public spaces, but council is concerned receptacles don’t � t in with the heri-tage look of Ladysmith’s downtown area. See story on page 3. CRAIG SPENCE

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In-ground garbage system on holdCraig SpenceTHE CHRONICLE

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.That’s what Ladysmith council is

wrestling with, balancing the need for more efficient, cost effective and environmentally responsible garbage receptacles in the down-town with the desire to preserve the character of First Avenue.

Some councillors aren’t so sure how the municipality’s in-ground garbage receptacles look on the street, so they referred the matter to the town’s Development Servic-es Department and the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association af-ter installing four of 13 cans planned for downtown.

They are hoping for suggestions to help make the receptacles, which were described as big, squat and out of character, a better fit.“They’re big and they flare out,”

Coun. Duck Paterson said at the Feb. 15 meeting of council. “They just look unwieldy out there.”

The town has purchased 33 of the canisters, manufactured by Syb-

ertech Waste Reduction in Whiter-ock, B.C., each of which can hold 4 cubic metres of trash. To put that in perspective, the 13 receptacles planned for the downtown area would be able to hold up to 52 cubic yards, compared to the 5 cubic yards that could be placed in 27 small, con-ventional receptacles in place.

Ladysmith’s Manager of Opera-tions Kevin Goldfuss said the great-er capacity leads to big savings for the town. Instead of being picked up three days a week, the garbage

could be collected once every six to eight weeks.And between pickups, the town

would be cleaner. “Right now the birds get into them all the time,” Goldfuss said. “You have that prob-lem with crows and seagulls.” But the tight fitting lids and doors on the in-ground system keep the birds out.

Because the flap that allows gar-bage in is smaller, and the units are sealed, the problem of people shov-ing household garbage into the cans

will also be eliminated, he said.As for odors, the system is tightly

sealed, and mostly underground, where it is cooler, so there’s no odor problem.

Goldfuss said ideas are being de-veloped to make the receptacles more appealing. One concept is ‘wraps’ like those used on some utility boxes. “We’ve been asked to look at some concepts and the look,” Goldfuss said.

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David Streetgets conditionaldischarge andprobation

A former Ladysmith school district administra-tor that pleaded guilty to theft may not receive a mark on his criminal record.

David Mark Street, 56, pleaded guilty in December and was handed a conditional dis-charge, with 21 months probation, by a provincial court judge on March 14

– he won’t have a criminal record if he is able to meet the probation order.

Street, former Ladysmith Secondary School princi-pal, was charged in May following an RCMP inves-tigation. He subsequently resigned from the school district and received no severance. Dale Burgos, district spokesman said the district had no com-ment on the matter.

Crown counsel and Chris Churchill, Street’s legal representation, were contacted for comment, but have not responded yet.

Street will also be required to pay a $100 victim surcharge fee by April 14.

Parks, culture & recreationmaster planopen housefor April 6

Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture department will be holding an open house April 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Frank Jameson Community Centre to gather pub-lic input on its Parks, Recreation & Cultural Master Plan.

The objective is to develop “an overall framework that con-veys the community’s values and objectives for Ladysmith’s Parks, Recreation and Culture services.”

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ing funds to build its ‘iconic’ Olym-pic Oval then convert it into a com-munity and sports facility after the 2010 Olympics.• Coquitlam built its Burke Moun-

tain Fire Hall with the help of ‘some of its share of provincial gaming rev-enue’ and by designating $10.6 mil-lion to be disbursed ‘over the next several years.’• Closer to home, Nanaimo has

benefited from casino funding to the tune of at least $43 million since 1999, with some of its take generated by casino patrons drawn from surrounding communities like Ladysmith.

But the pittance of the gaming project-funding bonanza that was available to non-casino commu-

nities through the ‘major capital’ grants has been cut off. Ministry of Finance Gaming Policy and En-forcement Branch web site has a note in its table of grant categories saying “Major capital project grants” to eligible non-profit community or-ganizations “are not available until further notice.”“The small towns are not receiving any benefit whatsoever of money going from their communities into those casinos,” Paterson said. “You have volunteers all over the prov-ince, who can’t get access to those funds for projects.”

Ladysmith Council directed staff to look into the issue and come back with a resolution to present to the Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities, which will be hold-ing its AGM April 8-10 in Nanaimo.

Are communities like Ladysmith getting a fair shake when it comes to the distribution of capital gaming grants for non-pro� ts?

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A celebration of life will be held March 19 for Paige Whitelaw, the 20 year old Saltair woman, who died in a March 6 motor vehicle accident in Vernon, B.C.

Described as a “bright shining star” by her family, Paige was liv-ing in Kelowna, where she was in her final year of a college program to become a Therapist Assistant.“She has lit up all our lives from the day she was born and until her passing. Words will never begin to express the loss that her loving family and friends are feeling at this time,” says a notice from the family.“Paige was a unique, vibrant, feisty redheaded caring person. Her zest for life was felt by every-one who knew her.”

She was a gifted athlete, “whose greatest passion was playing hockey,” the notice says. One of the pictures on Paige’s Facebook page is her with her hockey team-mates. Others show her graduat-ing from Chemainus Secondary School, snow boarding, hiking and camping.“She was on the student council in high school, was a youth vol-unteer at the Chemainus Health Care Center, and also volunteered in many other places in the com-munity,” the notice says. “If you needed the job done you called on Paige.”

The family has suffered a double

loss, as Paige’s close friend Carlee DeBoer, whom she met in Kelow-na, was also killed in the Vernon crash. They became “inseparable friends” from the day they met two years ago. “Tragically, Carlee was also taken from us that day,” the notice says.

The March 19 Celebration of Life will begin at 1 p.m. at Chemainus Secondary School. In lieu of flow-ers donations may be made in Paige’s memory to a trust fund be-ing set up at the Coastal Commu-nity Credit Union in Chemainus. The funds will establish a bursary to be given by the school. Contri-butions can also be made through a Paige Whitelaw Memorial Fund page at the gofundme.com web site. Donations can also be made to the Chemainus Health Care Auxiliary.

A celebration of her life will be held for Paige Whitelaw March 19 at Chemainus Secondary School at 1 p.m.

Paige Whitelawlife celebrationon March 19

Ladysmith public works employee Bob Simpson readies a bag for removal from an in-ground garbage receptacle

Craig SpenceTHE CHRONICLE

Ladysmith council issued a warning for groups that received grants in aid: Fill in the required reports at year’s end, or risk not being considered for a grant in 2017.

Noting that some organizations hadn’t submitted final reports on how they used their 2015 grants by the De-cember deadline, coun-cil said it wouldn’t be so lenient next year, then passed a motion waiv-ing the requirement bar-ring groups that hadn’t submitted reports from receiving funds in 2016.

Council faced a dif-ficult job, figuring out how to whittle down a list of 30 requests from 23 organizations, totalling $152,650 to fit within the budgeted $112,000.

They managed to reduce a $40,650 over-age to just $2,400, then voted to increase the grants-in-aid portion of the budget by that amount to cover the balance.

Just before that deci-sion Coun. Rob Hutchins said Ladysmith gets much more from the community groups and organizations that are seeking grants than it costs to fund them.

“The vast majority of these societies are pro-viding exceptional ser-vices at such a low cost to the community,” he said. “I don’t know how we continue to ask for that level of contribu-tion and not fund it.”

The two biggest grant-in-aid recipients were the Ladysmith Community Resources Centre, which received $37,500; and the Ladysmith & District Historical Society, which received $25,500.

Council noted that the nature of applications seems to be straying from the purpose of grants-in-aid funding, and a review of the cri-teria and process will be conducted during the coming year.

Grants-in-aid have to be applied for every year, and are supposed to be used for projects and events. But many of the requests appear to be recurring and for ‘core’ funding, and op-erational in nature.

Coun. Steve Arnett said some of the func-tions being carried out by the Ladysmith Re-sources Centre should be funded by the Van-couver Island Health Au-thority or the provincial Ministry of Children and Family Development.


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Coast Salish Development Corp gaining economic momentumCraig SpenceTHE CHRONICLE

Spring is the season of renewal and emergence, but for the Stz’uminus First Nation the spring of 2016 may well be remembered as much for the economic resurgence it has signaled as for the seasonal transformations of the land and water.

On March 7, the SFN’s Coast Salish Development Corporation was hand-ed the Corporate Social Responsibil-ity Award by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce.

Then, on March 11 CSDC’s Chief Executive Officer Ray Gautier said work will begin this spring installing services for the main commercial component of the Oyster Bay Devel-opment at Oyster Sto’lo Road and the Trans Canada Highway. Construction will also begin on an Esso gas station and Tim Horton’s coffee shop on the northwest corner of the intersection.At full build out the Oyster Bay devel-

opment is projected to have a financial institution (the Ladysmith & District Credit Union is scheduled to be on the site by the end of the year); a 21,500 sq. ft. grocery store, 77 single family homes, two apartment blocks, 35 two-story townhouses and a resort hotel.Add to that 80 to 100 assisted living

units on the west side of Highway 1, plus 55 patio homes and the scale of the Oyster Bay Development begins to emerge.

Then there’s the CSDC’s partnership in the 610 unit Holland Creek Devel-opment, which is in the final stages of development approval with the Town of Ladysmith, and the Stz’uminus in-terest in future waterfront and marina development in Ladysmith Harbour.

Chief John Elliott said his commu-nity is looking for opportunities to grow its commercial and economic interests and play a major role in the economy of its traditional territory.

“We really want to be self reliant and self sufficient. We really got that mandate from the community,” he said.

It’s taken six years and longer to build momentum, but Elliott and Gautier both believe the CSDC is on track and will soon be an economic driver in the Ladysmith area. Its inter-ests include residential and commer-cial development, forestry, aquicul-ture, mining, and petroleum and retail services.

Elliott believes the CSDC’s potential is beyond what people have imagined.

“I think once the growth starts here, it is going to take off,” he said. “I think it’s going to be even bigger than we think it’s going to be.”

That will bring benefits to everyone. “I hear the concerns about us growing, but we have not only the opportunity,

but the right to create growth for our community,” Elliott said.

He added that everyone in the Ladysmith region stands to benefit along with the Stz’uminus, and that the SFN is working closely with Ladysmith over the long haul. “We’re definitely going to sit at the same table and talk about growth,” Elliott said.

Included in that conversation will be how to manage growth with a ‘triple bottom line’ in mind. Projects have to be planned for sustainability, social responsibility and profit. “All of the stuff we’re doing in Holland Creek and in this area is very respectful of the environment,” Gautier said.“Our business is different because of

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Canadian provinces, it would seem, now have a new export commodity: the homeless.

Without delving too deeply into the case of two men, who were given ‘one way bus tickets’ out of Saskatchewan to B.C., the decision by a social service worker in the flatlands does bring to the fore the need for a national strategy on homelessness and poverty.

Before that can be implemented, of course, there have to be provincial strategies in place, and quite clearly what’s been happening on the court-house lawn in Victoria demonstrates that B.C. is very far from anything but reactive, temporary fixes.

The solution in B.C. seems to be blam-ing the homeless themselves and offer-ing a ‘helping hand’ that giveth grudg-ingly, then taketh away in a blink.

Our latest demonstration of B.C.’s callousness and stinginess didn’t have to do strictly with the homeless, but it was symptomatic of a government that can’t imagine what it’s like to be poor in a wealthy society: offering a meagre $77 a month increase in benefits to people with disabilities at the same time a $45 annual bus pass was taken away.

Finance Minister Michael de Jong’s budget-speech comment about making life ‘a little less hard’ for the poor and homeless was as meaningless as it was patronizing. Offering an insult makes life harder for everyone.

But we can’t blame the politicians. Here in Ladysmith the poor and home-less are not so visible. But they are here. In any case, our responsibility as a soci-ety doesn’t end south of the Malahat or north of the Nanaimo River. Letting our poor and homeless gravitate to larger centres doesn’t wash our hands of re-sponsibility.

The poor will always be with us. That’s true. But unless we are always coming up with innovative ways to ease their hardships and include them in our pros-perity, we should feel ashamed when we pass a man or woman begging in our streets.

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YOUR WORDS“We really want to be self reliant and self suf� cient. We got that mandate from the people.”

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Re: Ladysmith’s outgrown it’s city hall

You made some good points in your editorial about inci-dences where there have been overflow crowds at council meetings, including March 7, when council removed a num-ber of items from the agenda to reduce the numbers in at-tendance so the crowd would be within the rated capacity of the room.

You say “if this was an iso-lated example it would be bad enough. But the cramped, stuffy conditions in council

chambers at many meetings are not conducive to quality de-bate – the brain needs oxygen to function properly after all.”

What are you suggesting?Deferring items on the agenda

is not a normal occurrence. In fact this was the only instance I can recall in over 20 years of attending council meetings at city hall. Often the audience is made up of just a reporter from the Chronicle and myself.

Now that council is perusing the idea of live streaming meet-ings the need for a larger space is reduced even more.

This is not to say there won’t be issues on the agenda when large numbers of citizens could be expected to be in attendance

for a meeting, resulting in over-capacity crowds – chambers capacity is rated for 35, but council and staff would ac-count for at least 10 to 15 seats.

When these situations occur, it should not be hard for staff to schedule meetings to a larger facility, like the seniors centre or the Eagles Hall.

An option that council could look at would be holding it’s meetings at the seniors centre (a town-owned building), and renovating the existing coun-cil chambers into civic office space until the town can afford to construct a new city hall in the coming years.

Rob JohnsonLadysmith

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The family of a Dun-can man, who has been missing since Feb. 10, is offering a reward for informa-tion about his disap-pearance.

Family and friends have been searching for 47 year-old Ever-ett Jones since he left his home in the Club Road area of Duncan and did not return.“Mr. Jones is known in the commercial area of Duncan and his usual daily stops have been canvassed,” said Cpl. Krista Hob-day, North Cowichan / Duncan RCMP media relations officer.“North Cowichan/

Duncan RCMP have checked and elimi-nated Island Hospi-tals and locations Mr. Jones is known to fre-

quent.” And Cowichan Valley Search and Res-cue have completed an exhaustive search of areas it is believed Jones may have been or might gravitate to.

Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Jones as he

is of diminished men-tal capacity and at a high risk of losing his way.“This is out of charac-ter for Mr. Jones and the recent inclement weather increases the urgency of the search”, added Hobday.

Jones is described as First Nations with short dark hair, eye glasses, no teeth, clean shaven, and ap-proximately 178cm (5’10”) and 75kg (161lbs). He was wear-ing a camouflage jack-

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Spring’s just around the corner, that means it’s time to start think-ing about growing things; and that means you might want to take in Seedy Sunday, March 20 at the Cowichan Tribes Gymnasium Si’em Lelum at 5574 River Road in Duncan.“What better way to ring in the new season than by stocking up on locally adapted seeds, garden starts, peren-nials, and gardening advice,” said Vanessa Goodall of Cowichan Green Community.“For those who are

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den, Cowichan Green Community invites you to celebrate the first day of spring at the Duncan Seedy Sunday.”

The event brings to-gether more than 35 local seed and garden vendors with hordes of green thumbs keen to get a head start on the growing season. There will also be a seed ex-change, community booths and activities for kids.

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If you’ve seen a guy in a pink tutu walking along the shoulder of the southbound lane of Highway 1, give a honk and a cheer, and thank Ryan Thirlwall for walking from Nanaimo to Esquimalt this month.

Then give a thought about his message, as he passes on the Esplanade: he’ll be thinking about his own family and the many others whose lives have been impacted by bullying.

On March 14, the Central Saanich father of two set out from Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Mall to walk 125 kilometers to Esquimalt. It’s a repeat of the walk he did in 2012 to help raise money for anti-bullying and early childhood education programs through the Boys and Girls Club of Victoria.“Yeah, it’s a gimmick,” he said during an inter-

view at his workplace in Langford. “But if that’s what I have to do to raise awareness, it’s a good thing for me to do.”

He’s walking again because he’s still fed up with witnessing acts of violence, discrimina-

tion and bullying among children and adults.“I thought when I first did this that my walk

was going to be about anti-bullying. It’s really about the victims and even the people who are bullies. They need support and help to deal with the conditions that lead them there.”

His fundraising goal of $5,000 will help Boys and Girls Club’s offer children support options

– not only to help victims of bullying, but to try and deal with the root causes.After four years, he said, the world seems to

be a different place, the scale of aggression growing. He pointed out that it’s not just chil-dren who face bullies, it’s adults, too.“Look at the state of politics south of the bor-der, there is so much bullying and aggression. I see so many cowardly acts of violence and indecency towards each other,” Thirlwall said.

He hopes he can inspire schools, parents and children to take up the cause, embarking on Pink Tutu Walks at around the same time as the Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying campaign. Bring-ing people together to raise awareness about the issue is his main goal..

His Pink Tutu Walk set out Monday, March 14 at 7 a.m. from Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Mall. The route takes him through Ladysmith, Duncan, over the Malahat through Langford and into downtown Victoria via Douglas Street.

It will end at the main office of the Boys and Girls Club of Victoria on Esquimalt Road. Thirl-wall said he’s hoping to complete his walk in 24 to 28 hours. In 2012, it took him 27-and-a-half hours.

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works at the Kiwi Cove Lodge, 5130 Brenton Page Road, will be used to raise funds for work Doctors Without Bor-ders are doing in Syria, which has been devas-tated by civil war.

Dombrowski has had seven local tour guides published by Heri-tage House and Rocky Mountain Press, and il-lustrations from his Se-cret Beaches guides to Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands will be featured in the exhibi-tion.

More of Dombrows-ki’s work can be viewed at Bayview Framing, at 421 First Avenue in Ladysmith.

There will be a ‘meet the artist’ event at Kiwi Cove Lodge on April 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. The show will be on display until April 24.“The whole point be-hind this exhibit is to

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A photo of a snow break on Whitefish Moun-tain Ski Resort in Montana was the winning submission for the February Photo of the Month award.

Lindsay Woods of Ladysmith took the shot ‘on the spur of the moment’, and thought it expressed perfectly the theme for the month: ‘Shapes and Lines.’

The next meeting of the Ladysmith Camera Club will be on Tuesday March 22, 7 p.m.

Dr. Rick Harbo will present a photo essay on the international marine life now inhabiting Ladysmith harbor.

The club meets in Hardwick Hall, High Street at Third Avenue in Ladysmith. Every-one is welcome. For non-members there is a $5 drop-in fee; new members from novice to pro can join.

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Youth invited to engage in national 150+Me project

Experiences Canada has announced a ‘youth-led initiative’ to com-memorate Canada’s sesquicentennial year.“Canada 150+Me will create a unique multi-destination youth event and series of regional forums for young people between the ages of 14-19, to be held across Canada over a three-month period culminating in Ottawa the week before Canada Day,” Deborah Morrison, president and CEO of Experiences Canada said in a Tuesday, March 15 release.“The Canada 150+Me project will involve thousands of young

Canadians in a conversation about Canada’s future, encouraging young people to take a leadership role in celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday.”

The project plans to engage thousands of youth in the dialogue. “In as much as Canada’s Centennial was defined by one generation of Ca-nadians, our goal is to ensure Canada’s 150th belongs to this next gen-eration,” Morrison said. “We want them to honour the past, but also engage in the present and think about the future.”

Young people will be asked to talk about the greatest challenges or opportunities facing Canada for their generation, using whatever me-dium they choose, and then group them together with other like-mind-ed people “for an unforgettable week of community action.”

Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly said, “I invite young Ca-nadians to participate in the Experiences Canada exchange project. It will allow them to discover new communities or explore this country’s regional history, heritage, arts and culture.”

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Assisted dying causingethical quandary for someJohn McKinleyBLACK PRESS

Matters of church and state appear poised to collide in the corridors of a Vancouver Island hospital.And it really is a ques-

tion of life and death.On one side you have

the Catholic church, owners of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox, which says the facil-ity’s rejection of doctor-assisted death on its premises is a matter of faith and should be al-lowed to stand on those grounds.

On the other side you have a Comox doctor and his supporters who say assisted dying is now a court-mandated right, one that Canadi-ans should be able to access in all publicly funded hospitals.And sitting ringside is

Island Health, which is prepared to support St. Joseph’s in its position, at least until politically ordered to do otherwise.“If an Island Health facil-ity such as a religiously-affiliated hospital does not want to perform the service, we will work with the facility, patient, family, care providers and others in finding al-ternative locations and providers,” the health authority said in a state-ment released Friday to Black Press.

The Supreme Court legalized doctor-assist-ed dying in a landmark February 2015 ruling that will go into effect in June of this year.As the federal govern-

ment works on massag-ing that ruling into law, Comox general practi-tioner Dr. Jonathan Reg-gler is lobbying hard to make sure that law ap-plies to hospitals across the board.

He believes leaving a loophole for faith-based institutions will create inequities for smaller communities like the Comox Valley that are only served by a single, faith-based hospital. He predicts patients being transported away from their families to hospi-tals in Campbell River or Nanaimo, and their care turned over to an unfamiliar team of doc-tors and nurses, when there is no good medi-cal reason to do so.“It’s something rather disturbing that we can boot someone because

it doesn’t suit the doc-trine of the hospital,” he said. “This is not about church-bashing. There is no place for a faith-based organization to assert its will over the Charter of Rights.”

St. Joseph’s CEO Jane Murphy said her organi-zation is awaiting legis-lative guidance, but the views of the church are clear.“We can’t speculate as to the finer points of what the legislation may look like. Our position on physician-assisted death is consistent with the Catholic Health Care Ethical Guidelines, and St. Joseph’s will not be providing or promoting physician-assisted death,” she said in a prepared statement. “We are hope-ful that legislation will respect the diverse per-spectives on physician-assisted death.”

Reggler said the law-makers and the policy makers need to recog-nize that even though the church owns the hospital’s bricks and mortar, it serves a larger community. He said just 12 per cent of the community is Catholic, while 87 per cent of Brit-ish Columbians support doctor-assisted dying.And while St. Joseph’s

is Vancouver Island’s only Catholic hospital, the Comox situation is repeated in many com-munities across Canada and affects several big city hospitals as well.

He said he support’s the most recent recom-mendations of the fed-eral committee draft-ing the new law and encourages Vancou-ver Islanders to lobby their MPs directly and through the website dy-ingwithdignity.ca to see them adopted.“The whole point of

what I’m doing is that it is crucial that all public-ly funded hospitals be required to provide this service,” he said. “The hospital would prohibit it unless ordered other-wise.

Murphy said the hospi-

tal remains committed to providing exemplary care to those nearing the end of their lives.“We will continue to

emphasize compas-sionate end-of-life care through palliative and hospice care approach-es and we will work within the legislative framework that is de-veloped,” she said.

Reggler agreed that the end-of-life care pro-vided at St. Joseph’s is excellent, but said there is an opportunity here to make it better that shouldn’t be missed.“We will have in this com-munity a few people who will die at St. Joseph’s in pain and distress and they did not need to. And it will happen.”

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Assisted dyingrules followedby Island HealthThe Vancouver Island Health Author-

ity has issued a statement on how it plans to deal with Vancouver Island-based doctor-assisted dying requests prior to June“During the interim period before the federal government brings in legisla-tion later this spring, the courts will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place if someone was to seek a physi-cian-assisted death. No physician can engage in assisted dying unless there is an exemption granted by court or-der.“In addition, both the B.C. Courts and the College of Physicians and Surgeons have published guidelines regarding safe and appropriate access to physi-cian-assisted death during the interim period. These include requirements that two physicians submit evidence as part of a court application and that physicians must have the appropriate skills, training and competencies to carry out this service.“In the event health authorities, in-cluding Island Health, became aware of an application for a physician-as-sisted death in our facilities, we would liaise with the Ministry of Health and follow processes set out by the courts, the college, the Ministry and any other regulatory agencies.”

Dr. Jonathan Reggler wants assisted dying laws to apply across the board in B.C. hospitals

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B.C. is home to a doz-en “premier” provincial family campgrounds.A quarter of them are

within a three-hour drive from each other, right here on Vancou-ver Island.

The new B.C. Parks fee schedule for 2016 was released recently. It shows three Island campgrounds on an ex-clusive list of the most expensive camping stays in the province.

Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville, Gordon Bay on Cowichan Lake and Goldstream just north of Victoria each charge a B.C. provincial park high of $35 per party per night. Miracle Beach, partway be-tween Comox and Campbell River, just missed the cut at $33.“The three parks men-tioned are amongst the most developed and popular in the system,” Ministry of Environ-ment officials said in an emailed statement.

“Their fees are in line with other top-tier flag-ship parks.”

The ministry states 21 million B.C. park visits

— including day trips — per year create an increased demand for services and the fees help sustain the expect-ed visitor experience. A $60 million investment in improvements dur-ing the past five years was also pointed to as a factor.“The appeal of British

Columbia’s treasured parks is reflected in the growing number of visitors who come from around the prov-ince, and the world, to enjoy them,” Minister Mary Polak said. “We are ensuring B.C. Parks continue to offer a high level of service, as well as enhanced facilities, for the public to enjoy now and for many gen-erations to come.”

Longtime central Is-land NDP MLA Leon-ard Krog (Nanaimo) said demand is no ex-cuse for high fees.“(Camping) fees were never designed for that, just like MSP was nev-er designed to cover the cost of health care,” Krog said.“It should be available to the public at reason-able or no cost,” he said.

“I just think it’s outra-

geous that B.C. families can’t afford to camp at B.C. parks. That was al-ways the cheap holiday for low-income fami-lies.”

The new fee schedule arrives with several hikes affecting many B.C. parks — a major-ity of them $1 or $2. The most significant Is-land increases involve group camping fees.

The basic family rates at some of the Island’s most popular parks, including Goldstream, Rathtrevor and Gordon Bay are not affected by the 2016 wave of in-creases, but each had rates jacked up by $5 in 2015.

The government says the hikes are expected to generate an addi-tional $410,000, which will be used to sub-sidize operating and

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Plans are under-way for the May 6 Ladysmith Family and Friends Healthy Start to Learning Event at Aggie Hall, and service and re-source providers in the community are being invited to par-ticipate.“This is an ideal op-portunity to connect with families and provide information on all the wonder-ful services that are available to them,” said Jacqueline Neli-gan, LaFF executive director.“It is also a great op-portunity to Network with other local re-

sources.”Organizations are

invited to join in on the event itself and to help with planning by joining the Healthy Start to Learning sub-committee. “Fresh ideas are always wel-come,” Neligan said.

In the past about 150 people have par-ticipated in the an-nual event, including parents, children, grandparents and caregivers.“Feedback is always

overwhelmingly posi-tive,” Neligan said.

“The success of this event will be greatly enhanced with partic-ipation from as many

resource providers as possible.”

Highlights of the event, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon, in-clude a healthy lunch, refreshments, enter-tainment and activities.

“I would like to in-vite each resource provider to provide an interactive activ-ity for families to par-ticipate at while they visit your display,” Neligan said. “If you

would like, LaFF can provide you with an activity, please let me know ASAP.”

For more informa-tion on the event and LaFF visit familyan-dfriends.ca.

Jacqueline Neligan at the Healthy Start to Learning event in 2015. Plans are in the making for this year. FILE PHOTO

Healthy Start to Learning in the worksParents, tots, service providers invited to LaFF Aggie event May 6

Premier parks take premier fees on Island

A skills loop in Goldstream Provincial Park, one of its many appealing features

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JULIANA FRANCE (nee KIROVA)

It is with sadness we announce the passing of Juliana France (nee Kirova), at the age of 74 years, on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Juliana immigrated to Canada from Bulgaria as a young woman and established herself as a Chemist. She met her husband, Barry France, soon after and the two remained inseparable until his death in 2011.Left to mourn Juliana are her loving stepchil-dren, Robert, Kathy (Peter) and Karen (Neil), as well as her step-grandchildren, Haydon, Avery and Taylor. Also mourning her are her siblings, Kiril, Konstantin, Kaliopa and Alex-ander. She was predeceased by her husband, her natural and adoptive parents and her broth-er, Daniel. Julie was an avid world traveller, wonderful cook and bridge player who indulged a passion for life-long learning by often taking university courses as a mature student. At one point Julie, a gifted knitter, ran a wool and sweater shop in Winnipeg before retirement took her and Barry to Vancouver Island.In compliance with Julie’s wishes, no formal Funeral Service will be held, but she hopes to be remembered in the hearts of her loved ones. Julie’s ashes will rest beside Barry’s on Van-couver Island. Wojcik’s

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Bradbury, Leroy (Bud) Bud was born August 31, 1927 in Hay Lakes, AB and passed away peacefully with his family, by his side, March 13, 2016 in Nanaimo, BC.

Bud was married in 1949 to the love of his life, Thelma in Nanaimo, BC. He worked many years, for Pacific Sheet Metal in Nanaimo. During his spare time, you could always find Bud fixing up his Edsel, collector cars, or hitting the greens at many of Nanaimo’s golf clubs.

Bud is predeceased by his son, William (Bill) Bradbury and survived by his wife of 67 years, Thelma, daughter Carol Warkentin, daughter in law Kathy, grandchildren, Trevor (Kyla) Bradbury, Tyler (Jean) Gardner, Micheal (Traci) Bradbury, Lindsay (Jeff) Coté, Bailey (Liam) Ellis, Great Grand Children Lily and Kai Ellis, and Whitney and Natasha Bradbury along with son in law, Bill Warkentin.

The family would like to extend its sincere thanks to Danica and Paul for their ongoing care and kindness as well as the staff of Wexford Creek where Bud had been living.

A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 pm March 20, 2016 at

Ladysmith Eagles Hall, 921-1st Ave, Ladysmith, BC.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in Bud’s name to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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We often sit and think of them When we are all alone, For memory is the only friend That grief can call its own.

Like Ivy on the withered Oak, When all other things decay, Our love for them will still keep Green and never fade away.

Bernard Churchill March 10, 1993Emma Churchill March 12, 2001Ileen Churchill March 19, 2003

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This is a career opportunity for a motivated self-starter that can thrive in a competitive sales environment. Candidates will be required to meet sales targets while deepening relationships with existing clients through superior customer service and strong sales skills. They will be expected to develop new business, employing extensive prospecting and cold-calling techniques.

The ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while adhering to regular deadlines will be important for success.

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LAST WORD FOR MARCH 16, 2016

• 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. Ad-mission $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. Ac-claimed for their constant striving to push the limits of their instruments, as well as their technical brilliance, Vancouver performers Alec Pearson on guitar and Bernard Blary on flute will enchant us with a sonorous blend as they showcase exotic music from Europe, the Americas and Asia in this truly international programme, which includes Ravi Shankar’s ‘Enchanted Dawn.’ Tickets: at the door $20; un-der 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 information at chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca.

• March 20, Duncan Seedy Sunday, Cowichan Tribes Gymnasium Si’Lelum (5574 River Road) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stock-up on locally adapt-ed seeds, garden starts, perennials, and garden-ing advice. Featuring 35 local seed and garden vendors, community booths, a community seed exchange, and activities for kids, this event is a one-stop shop for all your gardening needs. This year’s event will also feature a series of four gardening workshops hosted by local experts. Topics: Water Wise Gardening, Drought & Deer Tolerant Plants, Plants Create Wondrous Music, and Seed Saving 101. Admission is $2, children under 13 free. More information at cowichan-greencommunity.org.

• April 1 & 2, Ladysmith Home & Business Show, Aggie Hall, 1110 First Avenue. Take this oppor-tunity to support your local businesses and see the variety of shops and services Ladysmith has to offer. Admission is free. There will be a con-cession, outdoor displays, lots for the family to see and do, and demos. Friday, April 1 from 2 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Chronicle is a media sponsor for this event. More information under the News tab at lady-smithcofc.com.

• April 4, Secret Beaches art exhibit at Kiwi Cove Lodge, 1 to 4 p.m. Meet artist Theo Dombrowski, who is putting on the exhibit as a fund raiser for Doctors Without Borders for relief work in Syria. Paintings in this exhibition include works originally used as illustrations in Dombrowski’s guides to Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Show is on until April 24.

• April 23, Evening in support of Disaster Aid Canada, Aggie Hall, 6:30 p.m. This Rotary Eve-ning of Celebrations is in support of Disaster Aid Canada. Appetizers included. Cash bar for beer and wine. Live auction of high end prizes. Tickets $20 by contacting Linda at 250-616-0685 or Diane at 250-245-7044.

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Meet artist Theo Dombrowski at Kiwi Cove April 4


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Ladysmith Chronicle, March 16, 2016

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