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New for 2015, the BC Seafood Expo and Work-shop Series (June 13/14) boasts sessions from 30+ leaders in the fi elds of aquaculture research and development, companies and government repre-sentatives working in seafood export and trade, as well as innovation & knowledge mobilization

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pressive, with Executive Directors, PhDs, Scien-tists, Economists and Educators from a range of organizations, various levels of Government, universities and business-es including:

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Commerce, Province of BCs Agri-Foods Export Development, Depart-ment of Foreign Aff airs and Trade, University of Alaska, University of Victoria, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver Island Univer-sity Centre for Shellfi sh Research, University of BC, North Island College, Taste of BC, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Vancouver Aquarium Marine Sciences.

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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

Seven local residents have been selected to par-ticipate in Canada’s mis-sion to help victims of the earthquake that has rocked Nepal. The 19 Wing fi re fi ghters, members of two Light Urban Search and Rescue (LUSAR) pla-toons, learned early Sun-day morning they would need to drop everything and go. They left by Sun-day afternoon.

“They’re the fi rst people on the ground whenever there’s a disaster,” said Warrant Offi cer Blayne Buckler, deputy fi re chief at 19 Wing. “They’re ex-pecting to see a lot.”

The death toll has al-ready exceeded 4,000 and 1.4 million people need food and water.

These Comox Valley fi re fi ghters joined the assess-ment team, medical per-sonnel and relief supplies aboard a CC-177 Globe-master III.

They’ll use a variety of

19 Wing urban rescue crew tapped for Nepal disaster assistance mission

tools and techniques to assess the safety of build-ings and rescue victims.

They have a small drone

with four engines to get an aerial view of struc-tures. They use acoustic mapping devices to detect

any breathing, whimpers or other noises that could point them to people who are trapped in the rubble.

And snake-like cameras will help these rescuers see things they ordinarily could not.

Buckler says the 19 Wing members are prepared for exactly this kind of a situ-ation.

“They’ll do a reconnais-sance of the building,” he said, noting it comes right down to yelling, “’Hey! Is anyone there?’”

The fi re fi ghters have been training here in Co-mox but also at a special Urban Search and Rescue

facility in Esquimalt.The assessment team

will assist the Interdepart-mental Strategic Support Team (ISST) in perform-ing a needs assessment. The others will provide initial support and medi-cal assistance once they arrive in Nepal.

DART is a big part of the way Canada helps dur-ing calamities abroad. The Candian government has also committed $5 million to provide life-saving as-sistance.

Group photo of CAF fi refi ghters deployed to Nepal. Back row, left to right: Cpl J.A. Balthazar, MCpl W.J. Cartwright, WO M.G. Patey, Cpl C.L. Burden. Front row, left to rightt: Sgt D. Hillier, Cpl V. Nair, Cpl J.L. Dewar. Photos: MCpl Jeffrey Mason, 19 Wing Imaging.

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CourtenayO N E H U N D R E D Y E A R S O F H I S T O R Y

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The Courtenay and District Museum is celebrating the City’s 100th anniversary with the publication of a coffee table style book with the help of the Comox Valley Echo. It is a high quality magazine style publication with a durable cover.

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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

Just when Glacier View Lodge thought it might be out of the norovirus woods, another case of the nausea, vomiting and di-arrhea-causing infection popped up, and symptoms reappeared in two people who had been get-ting better.

By last Friday, 19 residents and 13 staff ers at the complex care facility in Courtenay had come down with norovirus. The gastric fl u fi rst appeared in the dementia unit at Glacier View April 20 and offi cials expect the

residential care site will remain closed to the public for days.

“We’re basically on lockdown,” said Bev Powell, director of resi-dent care, commenting on the unusual atmosphere. “It’s really quiet.”

After eight people began ex-hibiting norovirus symptoms in the special care unit public health was notifi ed and battle lines were drawn.

“The medical health offi cer di-rects us to quarantine the place,” Powell said.

“What happens in a commu-nity like this where caregivers are going from room to room is

it spreads very quickly. It’s high-ly contagious.”

The Glacier View outbreak follows recent cases at Retire-ment Concepts’ Comox Valley Seniors Village and in some lo-cal schools.

To launch their assault against norovirus Glacier View offi cials have confi ned aff ected residents to their rooms, closed the facil-ity to the public and temporarily suspended day programs.

That mean for now there will be no adult day program, a ser-vice which allows in-community caregivers to have a break, and no community bathing program,

which helps people who can’t safely take a bath at home.

But Glacier View does have a few advantages in the fi ght.

“We’re lucky that we have private rooms here so people who are exhibiting symptoms are confi ned to their room,” she said, noting employees are now donning gowns, gloves and masks when providing care to these individuals. “Staff attend-ing those rooms use isolation precautions.”

Overall the norovirus outbreak appears to be dying down, how-ever they discovered two new cases April 23 - meaning they’re

not out of the weeds yet.Once viral symptoms dis-

sipate offi cials must wait 96hours before the facility can bereopened.

Powell said the frontline work-ers have been fantastic through-out.

“It’s not a very pleasant time,” she said. “I’m really proud ofhow the staff have handled itall.”

The new and reoccurring cas-es discovered Monday representa setback and offi cials don’t ex-pect the facility to open to thepublic for about another week, ifall goes well.

Glacier View remains closed due to norovirus outbreak

Merville man reported missing after Nepal earthquake locatedBY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

A 19-year-old traveler from Merville who visited Everest days before the devastating earthquake that has killed more than 4,000 people was located over the weekend, much to the relief of his family.

Coreen Cherry said her son had been MIA for 24 hours following the di-saster, despite carrying a GPS tracking device on his journey.

“I didn’t know where he was,” she said. “I was imagining a lot of worst case scenarios about him.”

Brian Cherry had just fi nished a kayak trip near the epicenter of the quake. His family knew he had re-turned to Pokhara, Nepal prior to heading out on a whitewater rafting adven-ture. But they didn’t know whether or not he had headed into harm’s way.

“I was extremely wor-ried about him,” she said. “We didn’t know which

direction from Pokhara he went.”

Whether he wanted it or not the journey has made a man out of Brian. Brian technically left a boy - aged 18 - and turned 19 during the trip. It was his fi rst trip abroad alone.

From the get-go things were anything but dull.

His plane through Chi-na ran late, for one. He ar-rived in Kathmandu fi ne, but found a Korean airlin-er had slid off the runway just days before, adding chaos to the atmosphere.

Naturally, his baggage was nowhere to be found and so Brian had to kick around the capital for four days until it showed up.

He hiked to Mount Ever-est Base Camp and did the Annapurna Circuit. His last Facebook mes-sage was posted April 23. Then, silence.

Unbeknownst to his mom and dad and 17-year-old sister back in the Comox Valley when the earthquake hit he was by the side of a river eating

lunch.He tried multiple times

to use his GPS device to let the outside world know he’s safe, but for some rea-son the digital info wasn’t being transmitted.

This led his mom to call the Department of For-eign Aff airs, Trade and Development, as well as the Red Cross, to no avail. She started reaching out to rafting companies in Ne-

pal and eventually found an Australian woman who said she would help track him down.

She was able to fi nd the company he had booked with and passed on the good news Sunday night that Brian had headed in the opposite direction of the epicenter.

Eventually the GPS device started working again. But his mom was still anxious to hear his voice - something that didn’t happen until 6 a.m. Monday morning.

“It was a huge relief,” she said. “I couldn’t sleep again after that.”

Brian was a bit surprised by the concern, since he had been under the im-pression the GPS tracker had been working.

But he admits it was a close call. After all, he’s decided to kick around Pokhara until he has to leave, because the back-packer hotel where he stayed in Kathmandu was one of the quake casual-ties.

Brian Cherry visited Mount Everest Base camp just days before the tragic earthquake.

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The Comox Valley Chapter of the First Open Heart Society is hosting the 9th Annual Family Walk for Hearts on May 3.

Taking part in and rais-ing funds for the walk will allow low-income partici-pants to take part in the Cardio-Pulmonary Well-ness program and help it become more sustainable, through local funds.

The walk is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre Evergreen lounge in Courtenay. You can walk whatever dis-tance suits your ability. You can make a donation and support this impor-tant community program.

The society has raised over $30,000 for many initiatives, which benefi t local people diagnosed with heart disease, in-cluding support to the St Joseph’s Hospital Founda-tion “Cardiac Care Unit,” education for ICU nurses (cardiac care procedures), and donations to the Heart House (accommodation for low income families undergoing treatment in Victoria).

Since 2013, $8,500 has been donated to the St Joseph’s Hospital Foun-dation to support Cardiac Wellness and Cardiac Re-

habilitation. This includes the development and management of the Cardio-Pulmonary Wellness program. The concept for this program started when a health-care team from St. Joseph’s saw a need for an accessible and sus-tainable exercise programs for people with heart and lung prob-lems. A pilot project was complet-ed in 2014 via funding from the First Open Heart Society and St Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.

A physician referral is required, and is available at http://www.cvhospitalfoundation.com/why_give/cvcp_wellness_ program/

The education component of the program utilizes the Living Well with COPD and St Paul’s Healthy Heart education mod-ules. Participants have access to a social worker, registered dietitian and a respiratory therapist dur-ing the education sessions. The Division of Family Practise has

supported this integral part of the program.

The exercise component is led by a CSEP Certifi ed Exercise Physiologist, BCRPA 3rd Age Fit-ness Leader. The fi rst group of 12 participants is now graduat-ing from the program with better coping skills, improved nutrition, and better fi tness - graduates from the pilot project had a 20 per cent increase in cardiovascu-lar fi tness! Questions about the

program can be directed to Sarah Wright at [email protected] or the Comox Community Centre.

Most of the steering committee for the Cardio-Pulmonary Well-ness program will be in atten-dance for the walk. Come out and ask questions about the program and meet previous graduates.

For pledge sheets for the walk, call Bruce Russell at (250) 335_1751 or Bernie Poole (250) 339_5349.

Family Walk for Hearts set for May 3 in Courtenay

Friday, May 1st community members and friends of the Cum-berland Museum & Archives will come together to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of work-ing people around the world.

Since its inception in 1997, Workers’ Day Bean Supper has become an anticipated annual community gathering in Cumber-land.

While International Workers’ Day, May 1st, isn’t an offi cial holiday in Canada today, it held a signifi cant spot on the calendar for the miners and other workers throughout Cumberland’s histo-ry; and is celebrated as a national holiday in more than 80 countries around the world.

This year’s event will feature

musical guests Trinitude, a Celt-ic-folk family trio from Nanaimo who’s repertoire includes tradi-tional and original songs inspired by the lives of Vancouver Island miners.

There will also be a special excerpt performance from the upcoming TheatreWorks play Threads of Change about the Tri-angle Shirtwaist factory fi re of 1911 in New York that killed 147 workers.

Of course there is the main course: the bean supper. Dur-ing the 1912 strike, miners evict-ed from company houses were forced to live with their families in tents on “Striker’s Beach”.

As a compassionate gesture, or perhaps as a way to defl ate rising

tensions, the provincial govern-ment sent boxcars of dried navy beans for the strikers and their families.

Big Strike Beans kept them alive over the long winter.

For our supper the beans are accompanied by corn bread, cole slaw and a dessert, and perhaps a glass of something from the Cumberland Brewing Co.

This year will also see a revival of the May Day parade: a joyous, radical celebration of all working people and those who struggle for a better world.

All are welcome to bring ban-ners and picket signs, costumes and fl ags, instruments and noise makers and gather at the village square at 5pm.

Together with the cast of Threads of Change, the parade will move west along Dunsmuir to the parking lot behind the Mu-seum.

This is an event for everyone. After all, most of us spend a sig-nifi cant portion of our lives as workers of one sort or another.

Workers’ Day Bean Supper takes place on Friday, May 1st, 6 pm at the Cumberland Cultural Centre.

Tickets are only $15 for Mu-seum members and $20 for non-members. To purchase tickets visit www.cumberlandmuseum.ca or stop by the Cumberland Mu-seum and Archives.

The parade gathers at Village Square at 5pm and is free.

Bean supper carries on Cumberland traditionMay 1 event adds a small parade to mark old-time May Day celebration

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District Labour Council

Every year we commem-orate April 28th as a day to remember those who have been killed by their work.

It is important to re-member that the Day of Mourning is a day that was developed and recognized by Labour for Labour. The April 28th Day of Mourn-ing is now recognized in more than one hundred countries: there are candle light vigils, religious ceremonies, memorials, demonstrations and many other events bringing attention to a single fact — no matter where we are in the world and no matter how advanced our tech-nologies, people are still dying on the job.

Every year approximate-ly one-thousand workers are killed across Canada and millions more globally because of their work. In fact this number is much higher because many deaths go unreported or workers die of occupa-tional diseases that were not thought to be work-related.

In this province alone, 173 workers died because of their work.

For many of us, April 28th is a very personal ex-perience. Most of us have

either had an injury on the job or know someone who has had one. And many of us worked with or knew someone who was killed or injured at work. We know it could happen to any of us. The eff ects can be devastating. We need only think of the Sawmill explo-sions in BC, the tragedy at the Nanaimo Sawmill and the deaths of our friends and family right here on Vancouver Island to realize how close to home these deaths really are.

That is why remember-ing those who died is so important. It reminds us that our eff orts to work safely and to encourage our employers to make work healthier and safer have a deeper meaning. It reminds us how many working people come close to losing their lives every day.

Please take a moment to remember not just our members who died because of their work, but all workers who die or are injured because of their work.

Remember, it is not enough for us to be sad for all these lost lives or the thousands of others who died because of occupa-tional disease. Each and every one of us needs to do something to make our workplaces healthier and safer. We must remember that we have a right to refuse unsafe work and that there is a process to

be followed when you do so. Employees cannot be reprimanded when they invoke the right to refuse.

It has been more than two decades since the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia and a de-cade since amendments were made to the Crimi-nal Code of Canada to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for the health and safety of workers.

Even though more than 1,000 workers each year are killed at work, po-lice and prosecutors are not utilizing the Westray amendments, and not investigating workplace fatalities through the lens of criminal accountability. This must change.

So let us mourn for those who have died, but let us also fi ght like hell for the living.

Rick Wangler 1st Vice-President

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Re: Pillage By The SeaThe 2014 Mack Laing

Housing Report (available online) describes in detail the MLHS plan to create and expand a North Island centre off ering educational programs like the Swan Lake Nature Centre and eco-tourism activities like the Strathcona Wilder-ness Institute - the “Two

Economic Models for Baybrook”.

The following quote is just one example:

“... if Baybrook modelled its operations on Swan Lake’s educational pro-grammes, and established a conservation tourism hub, it should at minimum gross about $124,746 annually. Given that this fi gure could easily be doubled ...”

Aside from mentioning “the usual grant support” in reference to the SLNC, the Report fails to ac-knowledge that facilities like this do not survive without massive infusions of taxpayer dollars.

Ms. Burns apparently believes that her moral superiority justifi es her “outspoken contempt” for her neighbors.

This attitude confi rms the wisdom of Comox Council’s decision to leave Baybrook undeveloped, rather than allow it to be-come a clubhouse for the MLHS and a playground for eco-tourists.

If “Business is all that really matters in Comox”, the waterfront Baybrook property would have been left in the hands of private owners.

Foregoing thousands of dollars in annual property tax revenues to extend Mack Laing Park doesn’t sound like “Pillage by the Sea” to me!

Bill McLeodComox


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Across the country this week, on April 28, cer-emonies marked the an-nual Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job.

From 2010 through 2013, over 3800 Cana-dians are known to have died as a result of work-place accidents and occu-pational diseases. Those are the offi cial numbers. In fact, those numbers only include people with workers compensation benefi ts.

Many workplace injuries and exposures to possible sources of occupational diseases go unreported.

The one million Cana-dians who juggle multiple jobs often can’t aff ord to take time off and don’t report incidents.

Injuries sustained by the nearly half a million temporary foreign workers are not counted.

From the very begin-nings of the labour move-ment, unions have sought to make everyone’s work-place safe. Unions believe it is fair and reasonable to expect that employers and employees will work together to ensure that workers return to their families without injuries after a day’s work. We also expect governments to hold employers respon-sible for the safety of the workplace.

Yet, rather than enforc-

ing laws that could save lives, we have a federal government today that has weakened and in some cases eliminated basic health and safety protec-tions across the federal sector.

The federal government refuses to move forward with a registry of build-ings containing asbestos despite deadly exposure for construction, renova-tions and building trade workers.

Against the advice of health and safety experts, it eliminated protections from substances that damage the reproduc-tive system and erased all references to workers’ pro-tection from reproductive hazards from Canada’s Labour Code.

It changed the defi nition of “danger” to make it harder for workers to ex-ercise their right to refuse dangerous work.

This needs to change. The labour movement has stood up for safe work-places from the very be-ginning and will continue to do so.

April 28 is the day we remember those whose lives were lost and those whose lives were for-ever changed because of a workplace accident or occupational disease.

It is also the day when we renew our commitment to make every workplace

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Looking for a fun family event while supporting local non-profi t YANA and the Mark Isfeld and Highland Grads?

Then the fourth annual ‘Croquet for YANA.’ event at Isfeld Secondary School in Courtenay on Sunday May 3th and at Highland Secondary May 10th is the per-fect fi t.

The event will include the popular an-nual ‘Croquet for YANA, the opportunity to test drive a new Ford vehicle, and Grad Carwashes and Barbeques.

Christopher and Wendy Smith kindly initiated Croquet for YANA (You are Not Alone), the local non-profi t group that helps families cover the cost of out-of-town accommodation and expenses whilst a child is receiving medical treat-ment outside of the Comox Valley. The Smiths started hosting the event three years ago, the day after their wedding! Chris lost his wedding ring somewhere on the croquet pitch and still has not found it saying “... it must still be honey-mooning!”

Although the Croquet for YANA event has been successful, the Smiths under-stand that business owners can be over-whelmed by requests to support chari-ties. So they began to explore ways to add to the charity event but lessen the blow to the business community by com-bining a number of charities under one tent. This year the Smiths are partner-ing with the Mark Isfeld and Highland Secondary Grad Executives to help with their Grad fundraising.

The Smiths believe the concept of ‘Croquet for YANA’/Drive One for the

Community is all about giving local busi-ness ‘exposure’ for their charity eff orts.

Each supporting business is given a plot of land on the croquet fi eld to ad-vertise themselves anyway they want but they must also add a croquet ‘hole’ with a start and end and at least 5 wickets. It is just like mini golf.

Tickets are sold, by donation, to play-ers wanting to play the various creative holes.

Players are encouraged to wear colour-ful costumes and decorate or dress their mallets. Croquet equipment is all pro-vided by the Smiths and no experience is necessary. The activity is suitable for all ages and last year croquet players ranged in age from 5 to 90.

Both school Principals, Mark Isfeld’s Jeff Taylor and Highland’s Dean Patter-son are supportive of the events as part of YANA week in the schools.

Smith concluded by saying, “A small community working together can accom-plish amazing things, let’s come together on consecutives Sundays at 11:30 -3 p.m. and support YANA, recognize the busi-nesses that support our community and make some memories.”

Tickets, by donation, will be available at 11 a.m. at pre-registration table in the parking lots at both schools prior to the event which starts at 11:30 a.m.

For more information contact Chris Smith at 250-339-1860, Mark Isfeld Sec-ondary at 334-2428, Highland Second-ary at 250-339-5525 or the YANA offi ce at 250-871-0343. And, remember, in the Comox Valley, You Are Not Alone!

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The Swing Street Band will be recognizing Inter-national Jazz Day at the Avalanche Bar this Thurs-day at 7:30 pm.

And what is that? I hear you ask...

UNESCO declared April 30th International Jazz Day in November 2011, and this year’s message is as follows:

“In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young women and men - togeth-er, to nurture freedom and dialogue, to create new bridges of respect and un-derstanding, for greater tolerance and coopera-tion.”

- Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO, Mes-sage on the occasion of the International Jazz Day

30 April 2015UNESCO made this

declaration for the follow-ing reasons:

* Jazz breaks down bar-riers and creates opportu-nities for mutual under-standing and tolerance;

* Jazz is a vector of free-dom of expression;

* Jazz is a symbol of uni-ty and peace;

* Jazz reduces tensions between individuals, groups, and communities;

* Jazz fosters gender equality;

* Jazz reinforces the role youth play for social change;

* Jazz of traditional mu-sic forms into new ones;

* Jazz stimulates in-tercultural dialogue and empowers young people from marginalized societ-ies encourages artistic in-novation, improvisation, new forms of expression, and inclusion.

For more information, go to http://www.un.org/en/events/jazzday/

At Georgia Straight Jazz

Society, all we aspired for was to have fun, promote live jazz, and provide tal-ented musicians with an opportunity to perform their art in front of a dis-cerning audience. Clearly, we have become part of something global, and if we can be measured against these statements, then we’re proud to be contributing in our own way to making the world a nicer place.

Drummer Bill Street told me, “We will be pre-

senting the very essence of Jazz Music in acknowl-edging some of the great standards that have be-come so much of jazz for many decades, together with some fi ne originals by our fi ne trombonist Jeff Agopsowicz. Jeff ’s compo-sitions are ‘fantastic’ in the words of keyboard player Mike Eddy: They are dif-fi cult to play, possess rich harmonies as well as be-ing very catchy.”

(Continued on page 9)

Imagine spending years in a Canadian prison with-out being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you’re accused of.

This disturbing reality is exposed in the award-win-ning fi lm, The Secret Trial 5, to be screened by World Community on Wednes-day, April 29 at 7 pm in the Upper Florence Fil-berg Centre, Courtenay.

A fi lm about the human impact of the “War on Terror,” The Secret Trial 5 is a sobering examination of the Canadian govern-ment’s use of security cer-tifi cates, a Kafkaesque tool that allows for indefi nite detention without charg-es, based on evidence not revealed to the accused or their lawyers.

Over the last decade, this rare and highly con-troversial device has been used to detain fi ve men for nearly 30 years combined.

To date, none has been

charged with a crime or seen the evidence against them.

Through the experience of the detainees and their families, the fi lm raises poignant questions about the balance between secu-rity and liberty.

“It is no wonder this fi lm won the Audience Choice award at the Vancouver Amnesty International Film Festival” notes pro-grammer Wayne Bradley.

“With the even more draconian Bill C-51 be-ing pushed by the Harper government, it is frighten-ing to see what powers the Canadian security servic-es already possess.” The fi lm was also a “Top Ten” Winner at the 2014 Hot Docs Film Festival.

The Comox Valley Peace Group is co-sponsoring the screening. Admission is by donation. Everyone is welcome. FMI: 250 337-5412

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Swing Street is hon-oured to present Jeff who is relatively new to Comox Valley.

He brings with him a life of musical experience as well as being a fi ne trombonist. Audiences across Canada love his playing and fi ne tech-nique.

Bill continued, “Along-side Jeff will be the valley favourite Jay Havlaar on trumpet and fl ugelhorn; a well-known face with our regular jazz audience.

“Added to these treats will be our very own local male vocalist super star Ralph Barrat who will swing like the proverbial clappers and likely will put a smile on Frank Sinatra’s face up above, in celebration of the hun-dred years since Frank was born.”

The fi ne Mike Eddy will be on keys displaying his great technique and taste which has caused him to become a favourite among musicians and jazz fans in the Comox Valley scene.

“Professor” Don Mc-Kay, bass, returns at last from his Mexican adven-tures refreshed and ready

to provide the fi ne playing for which he is renowned.

Bill Street will be in the “kitchen” playing the pots and pans he has been thrashing since he was twelve.

This will be an evening of tribute to jazz on a day that the jazz world will be in accord. (Paris is offi cially designated the capital jazz city this year.)

The Comox Valley has become a jazz haven over the last ten years, and is now riding the crest of a popular wave since word’s out that this is the community with the jazz scene second-to-none in British Columbia.

So you’re invited to join regular jazz afi cionados at the Avalanche for this special evening of fi ne music, and your favourite jazz drink; and remember, there always is the very special, very reasonable Jazz Dinner menu.

If you plan on dining, arrive early; it’s become a popular spot to meet friends. Admission is $10 for members, $12 for non-members.

For more information about the jazz society, vis-it www.georgia straight-jazz.com or follow us on Facebook.

Mapping the IslandHow many know that

when James Douglas, who founded Fort Victoria on the southern end of Van-couver Island in 1842, described it as “a per-fect Eden” and even the harsh taskmaster Captain George Vancouver called it, “the most lovely coun-try that can be imagined.”

Fewer know Vancou-ver Island was frequently called “Quadra or Van-couvers Island” [SIC] on various maps after the two sea captains met at Nootka Sound and made a gentlemanly agreement to encourage Spain and England not to go to war over it.

That’s one of the hun-dreds of fascinating de-tails to be found in Mi-chael Layland’s book The Land of Heart’s Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island, a visual treasure chest for anyone curious to know how Brit-ish Columbia evolved into a unique society and a po-litical construct.

Layland’s assemblage of obscure maps about “the back of the world” - as Vancouver Island was

also called - or “the ragged green edge of the world” - as novelist Jack Hodgins called it - will engage even those for whom the word geography is only slightly less daunting than a trip to the dentist.

Beyond the visuals, Mi-chael Layland outlines the history of the British Co-lumbia coastline as it is revealed chronologically by his array of maps from various expeditions and fur traders.

He neatly sidesteps the veracity of unproven claims that Sir Francis Drake could have reached Vancouver Island, and he deftly skims over the more convincing argument that

a Greek mariner from the island of Kefalonia, Ioan-nis Phokas, better known in Spanish as Juan de Fuca, almost certainly was the fi rst European to see Vancouver Island in 1592.

He is more forthcoming when claiming the Span-ish captain Juan Pérez made the fi rst recorded sighting of Vancouver Is-land by any European on August 5, 1774, off the west coast at around 49 degrees north while sail-ing northward.

Strathcona Wilderness Institute is pleased to present Michael Layland with his superb slide show presentation titled “Early

Maritime Explorations and Mapping of Vancou-ver Island.” Layland will also have his book for sale at the presentation.

Born and educated in England, Michael Lay-land was trained as an of-fi cer and mapmaker in the Royal Engineers, where he served for seven years in Cyprus, Arabia and Africa. After leaving the British Army, he worked on civilian survey proj-ects in Central and South America and North and West Africa, among other places.

He has served as presi-dent of the Friends of the BC Archives and the Vic-toria Historical Society, and is on the committee of the Historical Map So-ciety of BC.

Michael Layland lives in Victoria and is acknowl-edged as one of Vancou-ver Island’s foremost map historians.

The presentation is in the Stan Hagen Theatre at the North Island Col-lege facility on Ryan Road in Courtenay on May 1. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the show begin-ning at 7 and followed by a question and answer pe-riod.

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Poet Laureate up to more rhymesThe ComoxValley’s own

Poet Laureate is clearly tak-ing his role seriously.

Fresh off winning the Poet Laureate Search last month, opening for Shane Koyczan, then organizing a poetry walk and haiku creation event among the cherry blossoms, Kevin Flesher is far from resting on his laurels.

He has now come up with a public poetry event in the Zocalo Café this Saturday (May 2) and he is urging poets of all ages and styles to share their works.

“Sign up, your name goes in a hat, when we pull it out you read for eight minutes,” he says. “How about that?”

Flesher sees engaging the public as a critically important role in his two-year poet laureate mandate. The position and the search were initiated and organized by the Comox Valley Com-munity Arts Council.

“Creating more oppor-tunities for more people to experience more poetry is what I do,” he says. “When good words are rolling off a thinking person’s tongue, it touches us where it tickles. The emotional energy in a room goes up; we feel more. Poetry makes us more hu-man.”

The event gets underway at 6 p.m. and there is no charge.Poet Laureate Kevin Flesher

The Bates Beach Farm Jazz Series is thrilled to present a very special “In The Round” perfor-mance with “Sue Medley & Friends”, this Saturday, May 2 at the Little Red Church Comox at 7:00, featuring Mary Murphy, Mae Moore, Paul Keim and John Mang.

Juno Award winner Sue Medley is one of Cana-da’s most acclaimed fe-male singer-songwriters. With a string of radio hits including Dangerous Times, Maybe The Next Time, When The Stars Fall and touring success with the likes of John Mel-lencamp, Bob Dylan and

many more, Sue Medley has earned a reputation as one of the best. Sue’s newest release These Are The Days, features all new songs, including the 2014 Vancouver Island Music Awards Pop/Rock song of the year High Time. The album received 3 more VIMA nominations for 2015.

Saturday’s performance will feature some of Cana-da’s fi nest musicians, sing-ers and songwriters, all of whom have dedicated their lives to the Art and Craft of music. The per-formance will be “In the Round”, a unique perfor-mance format that brings

out the very best in every performer.

Special guest Mae Moore has many claims to fame. As a recording artist, Mae was a major label success story, scor-ing nine top forty hits, two Juno nominations and two Socan awards for com-mercial radio airplay.

As an Indi Artist, Mae Moore has most recently garnered two Canadian Folk Music award nomi-nations for Solo Artist of the Year and English Songwriter of the year. Mae continues to attract a sizable fan-base to both her live performances and recordings.

Sue’s other very special guest is Mary Murphy. It may be her gift of melody and lyric that is so attrac-tive or her rich and seem-ingly eff ortless vocal style or perhaps that entic-ingly warm Irish nature ... but whatever moves this woman, these qualities promote and sustain fans

from every age group and from every walk of life.

Multi talented musi-cian John Mang performs regularly with Sue Medley. John is a veteran perform-er, multi - instrumentalist and long time CBC music producer/engineer. J

The Bates Beach Jazz Series is made possible by the generous volun-teer and fi nancial support of the Obal family (Mike, Grace & Ben).

Saturday’s performance at the Little Red Church is family friendly with a concession off ering tea, coff ee, soft beverages and goodies. Net profi t from the concession is matched by Sunwest RV and direct-ed to veterans with PTSD.

Doors open at 6:30 and performance begins at 7:00.

Tickets at the door $18 Advance tickets $15 avail-able at Bop City in Cour-tenay and Red Carpet Boutique in Comox. Youth tickets $8 (under 19).

Sue Medley performs with her friends on Saturday night at the Little Red Church

Sue Medley and Friends in concertSaturday night

2 pm. Donations can be dropped off at G.P. Vanier Secondary on Friday, May 1st or call Freya @ 250.732.7620 for pick-up or drop off prior to Friday, May 1st.GROW YOUR OWN MUSHROOMS WORKSHOP • Learn easy ways to grow edible and medicinal mush-rooms. Build yourself a shiitake log and oyster mushroom bag to take home. Errington. 1-4:30pm. Cost $70. To register visit www.jessica-wolf.ca or call 250-734-1422.EVERGREEN CLUB’S FAMOUS PAN-CAKE BREAKFAST • The members of the Evergreen Club are extend-ing an open invitation to everyone to come to their famous Pancake Breakfast Saturday, May 2nd. 7:30am to 12 pm in the Conference Hall of the Florence Filberg Centre in downtown Courtenay. For only $5 a person you will get a choice of tea/coffee and juice. Choice of regular or Buckwheat pancakes and bacon or sausages. FMI con-tact 250-338-1000 or got to their website at www.evergreenclub.mePARISH SPRING PLANT SALE • at St. John the Divine Anglican Church Hall, 579 5th, 10 AM to 1 PM. If you like growing things or just enjoy the scent and sights of spring you are invited to St. John’s Anglican Church Spring Gar-den and Plant sale! Join the fun - a good variety of plants at very reasonable prices. Everyone Wel-come! A gardener’s delight. COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MAR-KET • 9-12 every Saturday at the Headquarters Road fair grounds, Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comoxvalleyfarm-ersmarket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Saturday 2-5 p.m. in the lounge. Dancing to Gord Kruger and friends.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.

CORONATION STREET FAN GATH-ERING • Sunday May 3rd - 2pm-3-pm, Kiwanis Village, 635 Pidcock Avenue. Enjoy a good chin wag about the happenings such as what the heck is going on with Tracy and Tony? and what’s up with Nick and Carla? Along with the rest of the gang on the “Street”. 3.00 cash at the door Bring along a friend or two! More info call Wendy 250 897-3697 Email: [email protected]

CRIBBAGE • Every Monday night, 7:00, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Royston Road. No need to bring a partner. FMI: 250-334-1883.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BINGO • Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee and tea.

“ON BOARD THE TITANIC” • A Mother’s Day cruise with the Co-mox Valley Concert Band - music from the infamous ocean liner and the stories behind its musicians - Sunday, May 10, at 2:00 pm in the Conference Hall of the Filberg Center - $5.00. Sponsored by the Evergreen Club. FMI: 338-1000

COMOX VALLEY VOLLEYBALL CLUB • Will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) as follows: Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Hightland Secondary School- Mul-tipurpose Room.PEARL ELLIS GALLERY IN COMOX PRESENTS • “A GROUP SHOW” by “THE MONDAY BUNCH” From April 21st - May 10th. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI and to see a virtual gallery of the current show go to www.pearl-ellisgallery.comROYAL PURPLE DROP-IN BINGO • Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m., at the Elks Home on Sixth St.COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Community Hall every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learning about carving. No experience necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.

PINTS & POLITICS • With your Fed-eral Liberal candidate, Carrie Pow-ell-Davidson, Wednesday, April 29 at Billy D’s for 5 p.m.EVERGREEN CLUB LIFELONG LEARNERS • Barrister and Solicitor Michael Holland speaks at 1:00 PM April 29 on his expertise: family law, estates, conveyancing, wills, and more. Lifelong Learners meet-ing fee is $1 for Evergreen Club members. They meet at Rotary Hall, Filberg Centre, Courtenay on Wednesdays, 1-3 pm. For info, call 250-941-8885 or email: [email protected] BRIDGE • Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Royston Hall, 3902 Old Island Hwy and Royston Road. FMI: 250-334-1883 or roy-stonhall.com and on Facebook at Royston Community Club

GLACIER VIEW LODGE AUXILIARY GARAGE SALE • At 1150 26th St. in Courtenay on May 1, 2 and 3 and also May 15-16, 9 am to 2 pm All by donation. Hope to see you there. CYCLING • Come join us on our Friday rides. We are a road cycling group of active adults and mem-bers of the Cross Canada Cycle Tour Society (CCCTS) www.cccts.org. At 10am). We meet at the Fil-berg Centre’s lower parking lot, 411 Anderton Courtenay, before setting off on a bike ride.. See www.cccts.org under tabs Day Rides/Comox Valley for the schedule or email [email protected] LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and signed in guests. Friday is still drop in darts night 7.30 pm toe line, $2.25

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The Comox Valley Art Gallery is hosting an open-ing public reception on Thursday evening, April 30th, for three new shows that investigate relation-ships between research, documentation and con-temporary art practices.

The pre-show event will start at 6 p.m. with an informal artist talk by recent BFA graduates Sylwia Gustyn, Natasha Ouimette and Terri Stel-fox, along with faculty and staff from North Island College/Emily Carr Fine Arts Programs.

The preshow talk off ers the public a glimpse into the diverse ways in which artists make their work, their education experi-ences and the issues that inspire their production.

The opening reception will run from 7-9 p.m.

The talk and reception are family friendly, free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

“As You Are” is a group show featuring local emerging artists Gustyn, Ouimette and Slelfox, who have earned their degree from the Emily Carr Uni-versity of Art and Design external BFA program, of-fered in partnership with the Fine Arts Department at North Island College campus, here in the Co-mox Valley.

Like many contempo-rary artists, these three graduating students utilize a variety of processes in their art making including painting, drawing, print-making, video, image soft-ware and bookmaking.

Sylwia Gustyn’s prolifi c body of printmaking will be on exhibit as part of this show. Gustyn’s work focusses on an experi-mental approach to print-making, infl uenced and inspired by her extensive research into quantum mechanics and the work of sociologist and philoso-pher Bruno Latour.

“Sidescroll” is Natasha Ouimette’s extensive me-

dia work based on a daily drawing challenge that she initiated in Septem-ber, 2014. The artwork was produced using digital imaging software which was then assembled into a scrolling video, represent-ing a snapshot of this past year of school.

Terri Stelfox’s project “Verna’s Bicycle,” is a per-sonal narrative that docu-ments changes in a fam-ily member’s life. Working with solar plates to create intaglio and relief prints, Stelfox then combines these with hand drawn imagery in the creation of a large format handmade book.

Concurrent with the BFA exhibition, CVAG is presenting “re.search,” a group show by NIC and ECUAD Fine Arts Staff and Faculty including: Jeff Brett, Linda Perron, Joyce Lindemulder, Sandra Semchuk, Sara Vipond, Gordon Hutchens, Car-rie Tannant, Alan Burgess and Scott Bullick.

The third project on dis-play at CVAG is a group show entitled “Pathways,” by children from three lo-cal early learning centres including Roseberry Pre-school, Brooklyn Strong-Start and Tigger Too pre-school.

The groups have cre-ated an exhibition of their research around the theme of pathways, in re-sponse to encounter with local and imaginary fl ora and fauna, using a diverse range of approaches and media.

All three shows will run at CVAG from May 1 to June 6. The gallery will be open Tuesday to Sat-urday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for statutory holidays.

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As usual the Comox Golf Club will be hosting the Annual Ladies’ North Island Golf Tournament on Mother’s Day , May 10th.

Gregg Hart, owner and managing broker of Royal LePage in the Comox Valley, has taken on the responsibil-ity as the new major sponsor. Visual Sound and the Canadian Western Bank will continue as our Hole in One sponsors again this year.

Jesse Moussa, the new General Manager of the Comox Golf Club and his wife Nadine Ash, a retired LPGA player and golf professional, are ready to welcome this year’s participants to a fun fi lled weekend. All entries re-ceived by May 1st will be entered into a draw for one person to win a free

lesson with Nadine.Adrian Merrilees, owner and head

chef of the Tee Box Restaurant has an amazing banquet planned. A break-fast buff et will also be available.

John Brownlee and his crew have been preparing the course all winter and it looks fantastic!

Returning Chairman, Kathy Branch and her committee, invite everyone to join in the fun. Come out and enjoy the horse race and chipping contest on Saturday afternoon. You might also be treated to some Karaoke en-tertainment.

Call Sharon Crowe at 250-339-7450 or mail your entries in to Sharon Crowe, 1792 Astra Rd. Comox, B.C. V9M4B6.

New major sponsor for annual North Island tourney

Sponsors and organizers getting ready for North Island Golf Tournament, left to right, Adrian Merrilees, Jesse Moussa, Kathy Branch, Nadine Ash and Gregg Hart.

PGA Tour Q-school coming to Crown IsleFor the second consecu-

tive year, the Canadian Qualifi er will take place at Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community May 5-8 with participants from all over the world.

The fi eld of 132 compet-itors includes top profes-sional golfers from across

the world. The top 18 players will earn exempt status for 2015, with play-ers fi nishing 19th through 40th plus ties earning conditional status.

“Crown Isle is thrilled to once again host this year’s PGA Tour Canada Quali-fi er.

“Over the past sev-eral months our staff has worked tirelessly to pre-pare the course in order to meet the challenge of this event”, says Rod Prieto, Director of Golf at Crown Isle.

This is a unique oppor-tunity for residents and

visitors of the Comox Val-ley to experience golf at one of its highest levels of competition.

Spectators are wel-come on the grounds and clubhouse facilities for Monday’s practice round and all four competition rounds.

Flowers are blooming and the weather’s improv-ing - sure signs for golfers to swing into savings with the BC Lung Association’s Golf Privilege Club Mem-bership Book.

“Our membership book saves golfers hundreds of dollars for less than the price of one round of golf. It’s also a great way for golfers to pay less and play more while supporting the Lung Association’s work to improve lung health in British Columbia,” says Comox Valleys’ own Nata-lie Doust, a Development

Assistant for the BC Lung Association

For only $35, the mem-bership book entitles golf-ers to discounts at more than 120 courses across BC and Washington State. All proceeds go to BC Lung Association’s vari-ous programs and servic-es.

Save on golf while sup-porting the 1 in 5 British Columbians living with breathing problems. Buy a Golf Privilege Club Book today! Visit www.golfandsave.ca or call 1.800.665.5864.

Comox Valleys’ own Natalie Doust, a Development Assistant for the BC Lung Association is encouraging local golfers to pick up a Golf Privilege Club Membership Book, a great way to enjoy golf savings while support-ing the Lung Association’s work to improve lung health.

Save big on golf this year with BC Lung discount book

The Boys and Girls Club of Cen-tral Vancouver Island is pleased to invite you to the 13th Annual Golf Tournament, taking place at the Crown Isle Resort and Golf Com-munity on May 29th.

This popular annual event is a major fundraising initiative of the club and a great opportunity for lo-cal businesses, families, and friends to join the fun and share a unique community experience.

The golf tournament is fun for any skill level, even if you’ve never golfed before, and a great social out-ing to share with your staff , your fa-

vourite clients, or neighbours. If you can’t spend the day, there

are lots of other ways to be involved including donations of silent auc-tion items, gift certifi cates for ser-vices, on site sponsorships, or by being a volunteer.

“We have lots of activities planned for a fun-fi lled day on the course fol-lowed by a delicious dinner and en-tertainment,” says BGCCVI Direc-tor and Event Coordinator Robin Smart. “We’re looking forward to working with some new faces and community partners this year, and spending the day getting to know

the people in the business commu-nity who support us.”

Sponsorship opportunities are available for businesses wanting to feature on-site samples, displays, or get their business mentioned to listeners of 98.9 The Goat, whose radio personalities will be on loca-tion sharing the day’s events.

For more information on how to register your team, ask about spon-soring opportunities, or donate items to the silent auction, please email [email protected], call 250-218-0904 or visit the BGCCVI web-site at http://www.bgccvi.com.

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Black Creek is organizing local softball for all ages and all skill lev-els. Lets get some community soft-ball started in Black Creek! “Ball at the Hall” starts this Friday, May 1st from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Black Creek Community Centre, 2001 Black Creek Rd. Everyone wel-come!

Coach Cristi Sacht has combined the “T-Ball” and “Youth Baseball”

age groups into two hours of Com-munity Softball at the Black Creek Community Centre. Kids will be split into groups according to age, where they will learn fun drills, and skill development. The second hour will be spent playing a game where kids get to put their practice into ac-tion. The focus is on teamwork, skill development, sportsmanship, and having fun. Parent involvement is

encouraged. “Ball at the Hall” season runs

Fridays, May 1 to June 19, 2015 witha year end wind-up celebration onJune 26.

Registration starts now! Ages 4-6$39.00 (member) $45 (non-mem-ber); ages 7 and up, $47.00 (mem-ber) $55.00 (non-member). Email:[email protected] or call 250-337-5190.

‘Ball at the Hall’ starts Friday in Black Creek

and abilities, and the National Veterans Festival which saw 39 Canadian forces members from across the country participating in snowsports. (A pretty good effort for a winter season that only lasted 8 weeks). Investors Group recognize the hard work and dedication of these VI-SAS volunteer instructors who teach students with disabilities 7 days a week, in a variety of disciplines including nordic skiing, alpine skiing and snowboarding. One of their own employees, Chris Nagle, the division

Director of Investors group, is an adaptive Nordic instructor. During thewinter weekends, Nagle volunteers his time to provide opportunities forpeople with disabilities to learn Nordic skiing. The Investors Group want-ed to recognize Nagle’s volunteer contribution and donated a generous$500 to the organization! Chris Nagle, Division Director, and Janet Gee,Associate Consultant for Investors Group present Alvin Gossen (right),Vice-President of VISAS with a cheque for $500.00.

Investors Group know and appreciate, that despite the challenging win-ter conditions, lack of snow and Mount Washington’s early closure, the Vancouver Island Society for Adaptive Snowsports (VISAS) taught as many students as they could, a total of 1640 hours worth of lessons! This included their annual snowsports festival for individuals of all ages

Investors Group helps Adaptive Snowsports

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