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Use of Club Facilities During COVID-19 Pandemic

By on November 23, 2020 in Special Notice
  •  Members must produce their membership card and sign in, providing their name and phone number
  • The Club is now open to non-members again. Please be advised that you will need to check in with our range officers when you get to the facility and provide your name and contact information so that we can remain COVID compliant with our friends from Work Safe BC. The Range Officer will ask to see your picture ID and it will be recorded into our visitor log and normal drop in fees ($20 per day) are in effect. During your visit, please consider joining the Nanaimo Fish & Game Club!
  • The club phone number is 250-754-2846

Effective Sept 1st the summer hours for the rifle and handgun ranges are as follows:

  • Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday from 9am to 8pm – last shot 15 minutes before closing
  • Open Tuesday and Thursday noon to 8pm – last shot 15 minutes before closing

****TRAP and SKEET will still be open for practices as usual on Wednesdays and Sundays.

The Air Gun Range is Open!
Current hours:
Wednesday 6:00-8:00 (last shot 7:45)
Saturday 9:30-11:30
Club Rifles available.
Small Fee for pellets and targets.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank You,
Carmen Barclay Hamm
250-714-8754
carmenbarclay1@gmail.com

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  • Trap & Skeet are Skeet are open for their regularly schedule practices on Sundays & Wednesdays until 2pm
    Outdoor Archery is open from 9am to 5pm seven days a week except during special events and when Trap or Skeet are shooting.

The Indoor Archery range in the log building is open Tuesday, Thursday and  Sunday evenings from 6 PM to 8 PM,
The range is also open Sunday and Wednesday mornings from 9 AM- 11:59 AM.
The indoor Archery range is open to current members and guests with their own equipment only.
There will be no “new shooter” evenings or formal coaching available at this time.

*Do not come to the range if you or a member of your family are sick or are experiencing any of the following;

  • Feeling unwell, Fever, Cough, Cold, Sneezing, Runny Nose, Cold or Flu symptoms
  • Travel or contact with someone thought to have had Covid in the past 14 days

Wearing a mask is recommended for all persons over the age of 12, unless they are fully vaccinated. Masks do not need to be worn on the shooting line.
On arrival at the log building members will sign in with their name membership number, date and time.
Members are reminded to sign out prior to leaving the range.

The club is only able to remain open by the efforts of our members who volunteer as Range Officers who monitor attendance and ensure we comply to the guidelines. If it wasn’t for them none of us would be shooting and you need to thank them every time you attend and follow their instructions. If you don’t like the conditions required to attend and use the club facilities do not attend, but if you do attend always be courteous to the Range Officers – they did not make these rules. If you are interested in becoming a Range Officer  please contact Rob Clark

  • All club buildings are not open or available until further notice.
  • There will be no membership meetings until further notice.
  • There will be no Turkey Shoot in 2021
  • The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will not be held in January this year. Because of COVID regulations regarding AGM dates has been relaxed to allow having the meeting much later as required. We will let everyone know when we are able to hold the meeting.
  • The annual Banquet/Fundraiser normally held in February will not be held in 2021.

At this point in time, due to the unique circumstances of the size of our property and the number of ranges we have, we are able to keep our facilities open with a few restrictions:

  • Members are required to maintain two meter physical distancing at all times;
  • The outdoor Archery range  will be open except on Wednesdays and Sundays when Trap & Skeet are shooting.
  • Guests of members (i.e. those without a PAL) need to be safely supervised. Family members can accompany members and be instructed on the range, but instruction and introduction of shooting to a new shooter (not directly related to the member) is not permitted due to the distancing requirements. People who are not family members, who drive to the range in separate cars, are required to comply with the physical distancing requirement.

All members are encouraged to follow “the basics” including:

  • Staying off  NANAIMO FISH & GAME property if you, or anyone you know, are at risk, or have any symptoms of cough, cold, flu, or any of the symptoms of COVID-19;
  • We have hand sanitizer on the ranges but you will need to bring your own mask.
  • Maintaining good hand hygiene;
  • Avoiding touching one’s eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands;
  • Practicing respiratory etiquette (such as coughing into your sleeve); and
  • Keeping appropriate physical distance.

We should remain aware that this is a very fluid situation and our plan may change as required. We will continue to monitor the situation closely, and respond as required. We thank all Vancouver Islanders for their effort to date, and encourage everyone to continue the fight until this Virus is beaten.

COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN

 

Annual General Meeting – COVID Protocols

By on September 15, 2021 in Special Notice

After careful review of the new Order of the Provincial Health Officer dated 10 September 2021, the Executive of the Nanaimo Fish and Game Club have determined that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Sunday, the 26th of September meets the definition of an Event or Gathering, and as such falls under the terms of the Order. This means there are several procedures that we are legally required to follow.

  • The first is that all persons participating in the AGM will be required to wear a mask at all times.
  • Second, that all attendees will have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine, and are required to prove so prior to entering the meeting.
  • Third, all attendees are required to move directly to their seats and to remain sitting in their seats at all times.

To comply with these mandates:

  • You will be met at the Clubhouse steps by fellow Club Members tasked with ensuring you are wearing a mask and verifying your vaccine status. Proof can be provided by a paper card given to you at the time of vaccination, the downloaded Vaccine Card available from the BC Government website, or pictures or printouts of your verified status from the same website. You are also required by the Order to show proof of your Identity in the form of a government issued piece of photo ID matching the vaccination record. In BC this can be your Driver’s License or BC ID card. Failure to provide proof of identity AND vaccination status renders you ineligible to attend the AGM.
  • Entrance to the meeting hall will be staggered with only one group entering at a time. Others will wait to enter until the first group is seated.
  • For those that are waiting to enter, please form a line well spaced apart as per the Social Distancing Rules we are all now familiar with.
  • There will be no food or refreshments served at the event this year.
  • Bathroom capacity is limited to one (1) person at a time (save for needed care givers assisting).
  • At the conclusion of the meeting, the hall will empty one group at a time.

Because of all these extra requirements, it is suggested you plan on arriving earlier than usual as it may take some considerable time to seat all those wishing to attend.
Our apologies for the requirements but this is the new reality, and we must adhere to it.
Regards,
Your Executive
The Nanaimo Fish and Game Protective Association

Your continued right to own and use your legally owned firearms & the current election.

By on September 15, 2021 in News

On September 3, 2021 the Liberals released an updated version of the election platform. On page 64 they list their gun control plans, which are always supported by the NDP and the Green Party. The issues have not changed over the years with the Liberals planning ever more ways to attack law abiding firearms owners.

People choose which political party to vote for in any given election for a wide variety of reasons and we would not presume to tell you who to vote for. What we would ask you to do this time around when you choose who to vote for is to consider the possibility that this might be the election where you lose your rights to keep and use your legally owned firearms.

A re-elected Liberal government will: Continue Reading →

BC Bill 4 – assumes that the problem is the widespread ownership of firearms by the public

By on August 19, 2021 in Firearms

By Gary Mauser reprinted from a May 31, 2021 post in “Justice for Gun Owners”.

BC Bill 4 is Bait-and-Switch. The BC government recently rushed Bill 4 (the Firearm Violence Prevention Act) into law claiming it was an attempt to deal with drug and gang violence. Unfortunately, the Firearm Violence Prevention Act misses its target. Instead of enforcing the laws already on the books, or initiating programs to divert youth from being seduced into a gangster lifestyle, or taking serious steps to lock up violent repeat offenders in prison, the BC government passed new laws. Fighting violence one media release at a time. The Firearm Violence Prevention Act introduces a patchwork of measures that snare duck hunters, sport shooters, fancy cars, boys’ toys, even physicians and social workers. This is nothing more than a bait-and-switch trick. Continue Reading →

What are the Party Platforms in the 2021 Federal Election?

By on August 17, 2021 in News

Conservative Party Platform

Liberal Party Platform

NDP Party Platform

Green Party Platform

The Conservative and Liberal platforms are the most current. Have a look at page 64 to see the Liberals plans for gun control if they get re-elected. The NDP platform seems current but typically a different approach. The Green Party platform is from 2019 and may change once they quit fighting amongst themselves.

Notice of Annual General meeting and Special resolutions to be presented

By on August 9, 2021 in Special Notice

The Annual General meeting of the Nanaimo & District Fish & Game Protective Association will be held on Sunday September 26, 2021 starting at 10:00 am in the clubhouse at 1325 Nanaimo Lakes Road, Nanaimo, B.C. The meeting is being held in September rather than January due to COVID-19 restrictions which only now have made it possible to have the meeting.

The agenda will include the election of an Executive Board of Directors for the 2021, a financial report for the previous year, discussion of budgets and projects during COVID and what the coming year may look like, and all other business of the Society.

There will be three Special Resolutions and members are reminded that Special Resolutions require a 2/3rds majority of members attending the meeting to pass.

Those Special Resolutions are:

  • Special Resolution 2021 -01 – a requirement for directors to be members in good standing.

Whereas the Bylaws of the Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association makes the following provision regarding directors

Qualification

4.5  No person shall be qualified to be President of the Society unless that person has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for at least two years, but not necessarily the year preceding the election.

and,

Whereas it is desirable that an individual be a member in good standing to be both eligible for nomination to the board of directors and qualified to serve as a director of the Nanaimo and District Fish & Game Protective Association

Therefor be it resolved that the following qualification be added to this section

4.6 – No person shall be eligible for nomination to a position on the board of directors or be considered qualified to serve as a director, unless that person is a member in good standing of the Club.

  • Special Resolution 2021 -02 a provision for the removal of a director.

Whereas the Bylaws of the Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association has no provisions in the Bylaws for the removal of directors, and

Whereas it is desirable that the Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association have provisions to remove directors so that everyone is treated consistently and fairly,

Therefore be it resolved that the following section be added to the Bylaws.

4.7 – Removal of Directors

  1. A director of a society may be removed from office by Special Resolution if found in contravention of the duties of a director as outlined in S. 53 (1) of the Societies Act.
  2. Before a member of a society is disciplined or expelled, the society must
    1. send to the member written notice of the proposed discipline or expulsion, including reasons, and
    2. give the member a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the directors respecting the proposed discipline or expulsion.
  3. The directors may suspend the duties of a director until such time as this process is complete.

  • Special Resolution 2021-03 – a resolution to roll annual range passes into annual membership dues.

Whereas 95% of all existing Memberships already have a Range Pass and, that this number has been consistent for many years, a Special Resolution has been proposed:

To change the Clubs membership fee structure from one of a yearly membership with an option to purchase a range pass to one where all memberships will include a range pass.

If passed the Membership fee structure shall be:

  • $155 for a Family Membership,
  • $135 for an Adult Membership,
  • $125 for a Senior Membership.

This change will take place commencing the 1st of January 2022, all Memberships will include a Range Pass.

 

Sadly, we have recently lost one of our past presidents. Steve Bedich (president in 1970-1971)

By on June 25, 2021 in News

Steve was a long time executive and committee chair member who devoted countless volunteer hours to the club.
Together with his wife Marion who sadly passed away suddenly several years ago.
Their life revolved around the club by volunteering at the many work parties and other club functions.
Steve chaired the Social Committee for many years by supplying work parties and social events such as Banquets, Dances, Barbecues, and other club activities with ample food and refreshments to meet the demands of everyone in attendance.
Until recently, Steve attended all of our Fundraising events by supporting the club financially. He enjoyed bidding on auction items and purchasing many of the various raffle draws.
In honor of Steve and Marion the family have donated many of the items back to the club for future fundraising events.
For those who knew Steve and Marion, you will be missed but not forgotten.

2020 B.C. Wildlife Federation Annual Report

By on April 13, 2021 in BCWF

Re: 2020 B.C. Wildlife Federation Annual Report

The B.C.Wildlife Federation is pleased to present the 2020 Annual Report
 Please register to join us at the 65th Annual General Meeting, Saturday, April 24 and Sunday April 25, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PST, to learn more and participate in charting the course for BCWF’s future. The agenda includes electing new board members that will lead the organization for the next year and voting on important resolutions that will frame key activities and priorities for the Federation. 

If you are having any issues registering for the AGM or would like support, please contact communications@bcwf.bc.ca. You will need your BCWF member number to register. If you need any assistance accessing your member number, please call the BCWF office at 1-888-881-2293.

Bill 4 creates onerous record keeping for range users at Fish & Game clubs

By on April 13, 2021 in News

During the past few month Bill 4 – 2021 the ‘Firearm Violence Prevention Act’ has been quietly working its way through the system and on March 22, 2021  received third and final reading. This act was largely based on the Illegal Firearms Task Force Final Report (A report to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia September 30, 2017) that all clubs were invited to make submissions on. Clearly no one listened to the clubs submissions.

This act will have a large impact on the way clubs do business. Range users and how they sign in will also be greatly impacted. Part 4- Shooting ranges is the primary reason for these changes. It appears to be based on an assumption by the framers of the bill that ‘gang bangers’, drug traffickers and other criminals are using the ranges at Fish & Game clubs to practice with their firearms. This is a ridiculous assumption but once the NDP obtained a majority government the passage of the bill was a forgone conclusion. It is based on their anti-firearms agenda and not any proven facts.

PLEASE READ THIS – IT IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US A GREAT DEAL. Continue Reading →

Court rules 2 B.C. lakes cannot be publicly accessed, siding with Canada’s largest cattle ranch.

By on March 6, 2021 in Access

The largest working cattle ranch in Canada has won its fight against public access to two pristine fishing lakes in B.C.’s Nicola Valley, after appeal court judges overturned part of a previous ruling that said the lakes should be accessible to the public.
The Douglas Lake Cattle Company (DCLC) had been battling the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club over access to the two trout lakes near Merritt, B.C., for years. The David and Goliath fight came close to resolution in 2018 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Minnie Lake and Stoney Lake should be publicly accessible.
The owner of the ranch, American billionaire Stan Kronke, won his part of his appeal challenging that decision on Friday.
The B.C. Court of Appeal found the lower court erred in 2018 because portions of trails and road leading to the lakes are not public and don’t quite reach the shorelines of either lake.
So, even though the water in the lakes is public, there is no way to get there without trespassing on private property which has the potential to impact access public lakes across the province

Summary of appeal judgement:

The [2018] trial judgment gave the public access to two lakes on the appellant, DLCC’s property. DLCC challenges the judge’s determination that a road and a trail on the property were excepted from an 1895 Crown grant and that there is public access to both lakes. Held: Appeal allowed in part. The road in question was excepted from the Crown grant; however, because the trail was not excepted from the Crown grant and the elements of common law dedication are not met, the trail is not a public way. The trial judge erred in determining the natural boundary of one lake by failing to address the applicable statutory criteria. The public road at issue does not reach the natural boundary of either lake, as defined by survey. The Trespass Act permits DLCC to prohibit the public from crossing its property, including its land under water. The lakes in question are not navigable and no case for access to the shoreline as a right appurtenant to the right to navigate is made out. A public interest costs order against DLCC and the respondent Province was also set aside, with each party ordered to bear their own costs at trial.

Read the Court of Appeals decision

BC Wild Sheep Society calls for help to fight the social media campaign to ban hunting.

By on February 26, 2021 in Big Game Committee

Once again social pressures are being used to try to pull the regulations lever to close regulated hunting in British Columbia.
The Wild Sheep Society of B.C is against this latest attempt to ban hunting of ‘large carnivores’ in our Province.
Thinly veiled under the guise of conservation, a concerted attack is now in place against ‘large carnivores’- specifically named are black bears, cougars, wolves and elk as they are mentioned as ‘trophy hunted only’.

Wild Sheep Society – Will you help

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