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VOLTAIRE: “What about the homeless???”

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May 17, 2012
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Voltaire surveys Voices from around the Region … See all of Voltaire’s cartoons at: http://www.eyeofvoltaire.weebly.com -30-
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CCSS shares Opportunities with Kids and Families

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May 16, 2012
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The Cumberland Community Schools Society is a non-profit charity that has been working in the Village of Cumberland since 2000 out of Cumberland Elementary School. One of three community schools in the Comox Valley, the CCSS provides a healthy, locally sourced hot lunch program four days a week with partial and full subsidies available...
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Blue Communities Project focusing on Canadian water

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May 16, 2012
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The Blue Communities Project is a Canada-wide initiative of the Council of Canadians that furthers the work of Water Watch coalitions across the country. Canada and Tonga are the only two countries in the world that have not recognized the universal right to water.  Water privatization has been made a key part of the...
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‘Experience the Estuary’ and help Project Watershed

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May 16, 2012
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‘Keeping it Living 2012’ is the 3rd annual awareness & fundraising campaign, coordinated by Project Watershed Society, for the protection & restoration of the Courtenay River (K’omoks) Estuary. Several ‘Experience the Estuary’ activities are happening from now until Saturday July 28, the day of the finale, which will include the ‘Blue Forest: Art for...
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Omnibus Budget Bill will change Canada

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May 16, 2012
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Dear Prime Minister Harper: I am writing to you about the Omnibus Budget Bill C-38 which has just passed second reading in the House of Commons. It passed with 149 in favour and 132 opposed, I believe. I am writing to urge you to split up the bill into logical parts, since it is...
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Free outdoor art “Studio C” for kids offered

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May 16, 2012
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Outdoor Art “Studio C” for Kids kick starts the summer May 23rd, with an Open Free Studio featuring action painting and other fun  creative activities. Join artist Michelle Peters from 1 pm to 3 pm at 325 Powerhouse rd. in Courtenay. Michelle’s program is focused on painting and environmental education through creative expression and fun...
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Report on Courtenay Council Meeting of May 14 report

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May 15, 2012
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Reported for the Citizen Voice Project and TideChange by Brian Charlton (Note: editorial comments are in italics) Habitat for Humanity delegation Habitat for Humanity was applying for variances on property at 1580 Percy. They plan to build 6 units, 3 three bedroom duplexes of approximately 600 sq.ft. each.
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Project Watershed AGM features CV survey about estuary

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May 15, 2012
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The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, founded in 1993, is holding its Annual General Meeting on May 22nd at the Lion’s Den (1729) Comox Ave, underneath the art gallery in Comox. 
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Sierra Club CV Annual General Meeting May 24

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May 15, 2012
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The Annual Community Meeting of the Sierra Club Comox Valley will take place on Thursday, May 24, at the Comox Valley Presbyterian Church, 725 Aspen Rd in Comox, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  
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Mayworks presenting film “Men of the Deeps”

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May 15, 2012
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On Wednesday May 23rd Vancouver Island Mayworks Festival will present the National Film Board’s ‘Men of the Deeps’ a heartfelt film about former Cape Breton miners and their communities dealing with life after the mines close.
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Events on May 18, 2012
  • Open Tidechange.ca meeting
    Starts: 11:00 am
    Ends: May 18, 2012 - 12:30 pm
    Location: Freaking Coffe Shop - 106-2456 Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay, V9N8R9
    Description: A dedicated group of voluntreers meet weekly to adminster our community information website - http://www.tidechange.ca.

    These weekly meeting are open to the public and the group welcomes outside participation. Visit the website to find out more: http://www.tidechange.ca
  • Drama Festival - Dancing at Lughnasa
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: May 18, 2012 - 9:30 pm
    Location: Sid Williams Theatre
    Description: Friday May 18 – Echo Players [Qualicum Beach] – Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. Set in rural Ireland in the 1930s, five sisters face the reality of their lives and the impact of family love and loss.
    Single Tickets $14, 3 Plays for $36, 6 Plays for $69
    Tickets at http://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com
    250-338-2430
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Events on May 19, 2012
  • 'Experience the Estuary' with Project Watershed
    Starts: 9:00 am
    Ends: May 19, 2012 - 11:00 am
    Description: Sat. May 19, 'Experience the Estuary' event for Project Watershed's Keeping it Living awareness & fundraising campaign for the Courtenay River Estuary: Birding & Botany Walks: Dyke Slough & Hollyhock Marsh, with expert naturalists Art Martell & Frank Hovenden. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Dyke Rd. Viewing Stand. By donation. FMI estuary.projectwatershed@gmail.com
  • Denman Island Pottery Tour
    Starts: 10:00 am
    Ends: May 20, 2012 - 5:00 pm
    Location: Denman Island
    Description: A total of ten unique studios will be welcoming visitors on Saturday May 19th and Sunday, between 10 am and 5 pm daily.
    A free map for the self-guided tour is available at the Buckley Bay ferry booth and the DI Arts Centre. For a colorful sneak preview, visit http://www.denmanpottery2012.blogspot.com
  • Cumberland Market Days with the CCCS
    Starts: 10:00 am
    Ends: May 19, 2012 - 4:00 pm
    Location: Cumberland downtown
    Description: May 19th Cumberland Market Days: The CCSS will be running activities from 10-4 in the downtown area showcasing some of our after school programs. Come try out some Hula Hooping from 10:00-11:00, Environment Club and Lunch Program will be serving snacks from 11:00-12:00, there will be a Gardening activity from 12:00-1:00 and then head to the Masonic Hall to watch our Intermediate Theatre class perform their play from 1:00-2:00pm. The afternoon will be full of fun and games as Lantern Making for the parade float and Goofy Games happen from 2:00-4:00pm.
  • Art Kart Derby
    Starts: 1:00 pm
    Ends: May 19, 2012 - 2:00 pm
    Location: Market Day, Dunsmuir Street, Cumberland
    Description: Free
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Events on May 20, 2012
  • Denman Island Pottery Tour
    Starts: 10:00 am
    Ends: May 20, 2012 - 5:00 pm
    Location: Denman Island
    Description: A total of ten unique studios will be welcoming visitors on Saturday May 19th and Sunday, between 10 am and 5 pm daily.
    A free map for the self-guided tour is available at the Buckley Bay ferry booth and the DI Arts Centre. For a colorful sneak preview, visit http://www.denmanpottery2012.blogspot.com
  • CVN meeting will feature dragonfly expert
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: May 20, 2012 - 9:00 pm
    Description: Dragonflies of the Comox Valley: A Must-See Opportunity Renewed
    The ComoxValley Natutralist Society is pleased to announce that Terry Thormin is fully recovered and looking forward to prresenting a one hour slide-illustrated lecture at the Filberg Centre at 7pm, Sunday May 20th. The meeting is open to all members of the public, young and old, with an interest in the diversity of the Comox Valley environment.
    An entrance fee of $3.00 for the lecture is suggested for non-members. New memberships are always welcomed.
    Please come out and join us for these important environmental topics. For more information on CVNS please visit the website at http://www.comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca .
    FMI: http://www.pbase.com/terrythormin
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Events on May 22, 2012
  • CCCS offers Facebook 101 for parents
    Starts: 6:00 pm
    Ends: May 22, 2012 - 8:00 pm
    Description: Facebook 101 for parents: This free workshop is offered from 6:00-8:00pm in the Cumberland Elementary Computer Lab with instructors Alissa Vernon-Pratt and Marieke Holtkamp who share a desire to help families support their children as they enter the world of online interactions and explorations, supporting youth to develop a safe and positive online footprint ( min.10 / max. 20).
    Register with the CCSS coordinator at ccss.coordinator@gmail.com or by calling 250-336-8521 during regular school hours.
  • Project Watershed Annual General Meeting
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: May 22, 2012 - 9:00 pm
    Location: Lions Den, Comox
    Description: Formal presentation results of an estuary survey done of CV residents, conducted last summer.
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Events on May 23, 2012
  • Deadline for weekly newsletter submissions to Tidechange.ca
    Starts: 3:00 pm
    Ends: May 23, 2012 - 4:00 pm
    Description: E-mail your submissions to: editor@tidechange.ca before this deadline and we'll do our best to get it in for you before the weekly newsletter is distributed.
  • Wild Weeds Herb Walk with Chanchal Cabrera
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: May 23, 2012 - 8:00 pm
    Description: Explore the native and naturalized plants of our woodlands and meadows. Learn botanical features for plant identification, constituents and actions and applications as food and medicine. Medical herbalist Chanchal Cabrera will share science and stories, fact and folklore to teach you how to use the pharmacy in your back yard. $14 6.30 – 8 pm at Innisfree Farm, Royston. FMI/to register call 250-336-8767, email chanchal@chanchalcabrera.com or visit http://www.chanchalcabrera.com
  • Mayworks Film - Men of the Deeps
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: May 23, 2012 - 9:00 pm
    Description: National Film Board’s ‘Men of the Deeps’ a heartfelt film about former Cape Breton miners and their communities dealing with life after the mines close - and the new life they found by forming a singing group.
    Cost: by donation
    For more info phone 250-334-3624
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Events on May 24, 2012
  • CV Metaphysical Explorations Group meeting
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: May 24, 2012 - 9:00 pm
    Description: Stephen Austen, International Medical Intuitive, Healer, Clairvoyant Medium presents "Medical Intuition" All welcome. By donation. FMI: Anjali 338-1690
  • Council of Canadians/Water Watch on protecting water
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: May 24, 2012 - 9:00 pm
    Description: Comox Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians, in cooperation with Comox Valley Water Watch, will be presenting information on what you can do to protect our shared water resources in the face of increasing pressure to put water up for sale and privatize water resources. Excerpts from the film Blue Gold will be shown.

    The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm in the Evergreen Seniors Lounge of the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Ave., Courtenay. Everyone is welcome to attend.

    For more information: http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/Blue_Communities/index.html
  • Sierra Club CV Annual General Meeting
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: May 24, 2012 - 9:30 pm
    Location: Comox Valley Presbyterian Church, 725 Aspen Rd, Comox
    Description: The Annual Community Meeting of the Sierra Club Comox Valley will take place on Thursday, May 24, at the Comox Valley Presbyterian Church, 725 Aspen Rd in Comox, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
    Everyone is welcome—members, friends and interested community folks. Please come and bring some friends. We need your help and support for the challenges that lie ahead.
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Events on May 25, 2012
  • Open Tidechange.ca meeting
    Starts: 11:00 am
    Ends: May 25, 2012 - 12:30 pm
    Location: Freaking Coffe Shop - 106-2456 Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay, V9N8R9
    Description: A dedicated group of voluntreers meet weekly to adminster our community information website - http://www.tidechange.ca.

    These weekly meeting are open to the public and the group welcomes outside participation. Visit the website to find out more: http://www.tidechange.ca
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Events on May 26, 2012
  • Glacier Grannies Plant Sale
    Starts: 9:00 am
    Ends: May 26, 2012 - 11:30 am
    Description: Glacier Grannies are having a Plant Sale
    Saturday, May 26, 2012
    at the Comox United Church, 250 Beach Avenue, Comox
    from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
    All proceeds to be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation assisting orphans, grandmothers and others whose lives have been affected by the AIDS/HIV pandemic in Africa.
  • Permaculture Workshop at Innisfree Farm
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: May 26, 2012 - 2:30 pm
    Description: Home-scale Permaculture-Introductory Workshop w/Elaine Codling 10:30-2:30 @ Innisfree Farm. This 4 hr class is offered both Sat & Sunday. Grow food easily and abundantly in backyards & small spaces using permaculture design principles. Learn effective small-scale intensive planting techniques & permaculture strategies for this bioregion; know the factors that influence successful gardening; build a herb spiral together. $50 each session, bring gloves & dress for the weather. FMI call Innisfree @ (250) 336-8767
  • Harpist/singer Roger Helfrick concert, Cumberland
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: May 26, 2012 - 9:30 pm
    Description: Roger Helfrick, baritone and celtic harp player, 11th spring concert at the Cumberland United Church, in Cumberland his 11th (nearly annual) Spring concert.
    "ELEMENTAL" is on Saturday May 26, 2012 at the Cumberland United Church, on the corner of Penrith Avenue and First Street in Cumberland. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at Laughing Oyster Books, Videos n' More Comox and at the door.
    More information is available at http://www.rogerhelfrick.ca or 250-331-0482.
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Events on May 27, 2012
  • CCSS Huge Garage Sale
    Starts: 9:00 am
    Ends: May 27, 2012 - 3:00 pm
    Location: Cumberland Elementary gym
    Description: The CCSS Huge Garage Sale: From 9:00-3:00 in the gym at Cumberland Elementary. All proceeds from donated items go to support programming at the CCSS.

    If you have any items to donate you can drop them off in the gym at Cumberland Elementary on Saturday May 26th from 10-4 or phone Jennifer at 336-7902 if you need items picked up.
  • Permaculture Workshop at Innisfree Farm
    Starts: 10:30 am
    Ends: May 27, 2012 - 2:30 pm
    Description: Home-scale Permaculture-Introductory Workshop w/Elaine Codling 10:30-2:30 @ Innisfree Farm. This 4 hr class is offered both Sat & Sunday. Grow food easily and abundantly in backyards & small spaces using permaculture design principles. Learn effective small-scale intensive planting techniques & permaculture strategies for this bioregion; know the factors that influence successful gardening; build a herb spiral together. $50 each session, bring gloves & dress for the weather. FMI call Innisfree @ (250) 336-8767
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Events on May 30, 2012
  • Deadline for weekly newsletter submissions to Tidechange.ca
    Starts: 3:00 pm
    Ends: May 30, 2012 - 4:00 pm
    Description: E-mail your submissions to: editor@tidechange.ca before this deadline and we'll do our best to get it in for you before the weekly newsletter is distributed.
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