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Volunteers discover bunnies missing from 4-H Barnyard By ChRIS BuSh THe NewS BULLeTiN
Peter Van Loan, leader of the government in House of Commons, left, and James Lunney, Nanaimo MP, announce $4.65 million in federal funding to help upgrade the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf into a short-sea container shipping facility during a ceremony at the site Wednesday morning.
Nanaimo 4-H Barnyard staff are hoping a doe rabbit and her four kittens will be returned to Beban Park. Barnyard staff discovered the bunnies were missing Sunday morning during a weekend check of the animals. “We came in Sunday to find them and their food dishes gone,” said Sabrina Meyer, a member of the Gabriola 4-H Club. The rabbits, which are from Gabriola, were being displayed at the barnyard, which is set up so people, especially children, can pet and interact with domesticated animals. The rabbits taken were pure bred mini lops. The rabbits are a variety that are smaller in size and have floppy ears. The mother is black and the babies have golden seal tip coats. The theft was reported to police, but there is little investigators can do. “They can’t really do anything because there are no security cameras and no witnesses,” Meyer said. Meyer said this is the first theft she is aware of since the 4-H Barnyard was moved to the Beban Park exhibition grounds from Bowen Park in 2008. She has been lending her rabbits to the barnyard since it moved. The rabbits might have been stolen because of their size and docile nature, Meyer said. “The rabbits are the smallest and quietest of the animals there, so they’re easier to transport and don’t make a lot of noises when you pick them up,” Meyer said. The barn is open daily, admission by donation, through July and August. Anyone with information about the theft of these animals is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www. nanaimocrimestoppers.com.
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Money earmarked for assembly wharf Upgrades intended to open Port of Nanaimo to local and international markets By ChRIS BuSh THe NewS BULLeTiN
The federal government opened the latch on the Asia-Pacific Gateway, so to speak, by announcing $4.65 million to modernize the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf for short sea container shipping. The announcement was made Wednesday morning by Peter Van Loan, leader of government in the House of Commons, on behalf of Ed Fast, minister of international trade and for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, with James Lunney, Nanaimo-Alberni MP, and
Robert Bennie, Nanaimo Port Authority chairman. The assembly wharf modernization project is part of Canada’s AsiaPacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, designed to bolster trade and shipping with Asian markets. The assembly wharf, which has been mostly dormant for about 10 years, will be renovated to handle short-sea container shipping between Nanaimo and the Lower Mainland. Van Loan sees opportunities for container shipping of lumber from Nanaimo. “Containerization has
made things more efficient and that will put this area back in play,” Van Loan said. “We’ve spent a lot of effort trying to open up Asian markets with a lot of success in Japan, China and elsewhere to the Canadian lumber industry. “Exports of lumber to the Far East have been going up at a very steep rate. It’s been very important to the industry and this is an opportunity for this area to benefit from that activity even more so.” The $4.65 million will be matched by an equal investment from the Nanaimo Port Authority
– from revenue it raises from fees for moorage and other services – making for a total investment of $9.3 million. Bernie Dumas, Nanaimo Port Authority president and CEO, said the port estimates it will earn that investment back over the next 10 years. The renovations could also get Nanaimo into the international container shipping business during times when the Port of Vancouver is filled to capacity and needs additional storage and shipment transfer facilities. u See ‘UPGRADES’ /4
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