Friday, April 22, 2011

Nanaimo News Notes April 22, 2011

VIU ATHLETES: gradutating students Lindsay McLoughlin and Robbie Cochrane won male and female VIU Athlete of the Year awards and were honored with other althletes at the VIU Athletic Awards Banquet at the Coast Bastion on Wed. night.
VIU Refunds: approximately 1200 students have requested over $1 million in refunds for classes they have chosen to cancel as a result of the recent labour disruption at the University. They were given the option of cancelling or trying to cram 4 weeks of courses into 2 weeks.
Commercial St: has made the shortlist in the first Great Places in Canada contest which will be judged by a panel from the Canadian Institute of Planners. There were nearly 6,000 nominations which have been whittled down to 26 in the finals. More information is at www.cip-icyu.ca
Nanaimo Boxers: three local boxers were victorious in the BC Golden Gloves competition held in Richmond last weekend. Josh Grossgaardt, Toni Tran and Madison Hicks were winners in their divisions. They are all members of the Nanaimo Boxing Club.
New Fireboat: the city of Nanaimo and the Port Authority are will be partnering in the purchase of a new vessel to fight fires on the water in Nanaimo. The Port Authority took the only patrol boat out of service last Oct. and with the exception of a few weeks the PNA has been renting a fireboat to provide protection. The total cost of the new vessel is $250,000 which will be paid by the PNA and $80,000 will be coming from the city to equip the vessel with the needed pumps.
Strike Vote: the results of the strike vote taken by nearly 200 local social service workers won't be made known until the middle of May. The vote was taken so their union would be in a stronger position to bargain with their employer (that's us) in negotiations which broke down on March 30.
SOS Japan Fundraiser: The recent fundraiser held in the VICC to raise funds to help support Nanaimo's sister city in Japan raised a total of $3588,00 and was attended by 40 people.

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