NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

A COMMUNITY, forum v was recently held at Lions Gate Hospital to discuss healthy food and ‘eetivity choicas for children. Included among the various speakers were (left to right): LGH “outpatient ‘dietition Sharron Drinkwater; RDNs Hugette Cloutier and Suzanne Darke, North Shere Heatth’s Margaret Broughton and Douglas Coilege’ 8 Chris Johnson.

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‘rom fishermen to outlaws -

Pirate Peter Easton still considered a folk hero out East

WHAT. BRITISH pirate:

“recruited”. Newfoundland “fishermen to a life of pillage . and plundes? aa

i By Miireha Boulton Contributing Writer

Aasitime outlaw Peter Easton, a short, ‘dark. man. with a glib tongue “and a ‘cruel streak that was matched - by: his good “cheer and generosity, remains “a «folk: hero ine Newfoundland. -

the town of Happy Adventure i is named ‘for his: flagship, and many of his: ‘adopted pirates took the Easton hame in his honor.~ © While Samuel de Champlain-. was struggling, to.found his colony’ ’ Quebec, commerce was booming

“Phe “Basqués, » Portuguese, ‘French and English gathered. at the hatbor | to trade and refit their ships.

i visit. “to Newfoundland was during the reign of Elizabeth 1. :

. He. came with her blessing aS a

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When James 1 took the throne, ‘he eliminated the legal plundering - of foreign ships. by privateers, which fed to a massive transition to outright policy.’ .

- Easton made the transition quite

Successfully. :

‘By -1610,-he commanded 40 “ships engaged in looting ships in ‘the English Channel.

: Merchants petitioned the gov. “ermmment for relief from Easton’s “depredations, and. Sir Henry

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‘ spared after giving the buccaneer

Mainwarting prepared a squadron of ships to pursue Easton.

. However, Easton avoided any engagement by. embarking for Newfoundland.

He built a fort at Harbour Grace,

“and recruited or pressed fishermen

into his service.

Although he used. Harbour Grace primarily as a base, he found time to raid Basque and French ships for their arms, cargoes of salt: fish and “liberated” at least one shipment of French wine.

In Conception Bay he took two ‘ships and 30 ships were pillaged i in St.John’s.

The ‘colony at Cupids was

two pigs. Easton protected the

- colonists’ valuable fishing supplies

and tons of salt during the winter. His loyal followers dubbed him:

- the “Pirate Admiral” and he was ’ perceived as a defender of common

folk. : ;, By 1612, Easton had amassed a considerable navy.-He is said to

have taken 500 fishermen into his employ.

Although he was an outlaw in England, Easton applied to King James for a pardon, and apparently, paid well for it.

In fact, he received two pardons.

En route to his retirement, Easton paused to intercept the Spanish plate fleet which was trans- porting the:annual loot of the empire from Central America.

When he finally settled down in a palace on the Riviera, Easton was one of the richest men in the world.

He became a marquis, and lived in the lap of luxury. .

‘Although Easton never returned

-to- Newfoundland, his fishermen

pirates did and the Easton name remains popular in that part of Newfoundland where pirates once reigned.

This article. was prepared by the

ject, designed to raise awareness about Canada’s history. For more information call 1-800-567-1876.

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Canadian Parenis for French host:

French immersion Information Meeting

Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre &10 West 21st Street North Vancouver, B.C.

Thursday, April 14, 1994

7:00 p.m.

‘A Panei, including a District administrator, teach- ers, and students wil! provide an cverview. of the immersion program and respond to questions from parents. This meeting is of interest to all parents including: ; Parents considering enroiment for their child in: Kindergarten or Grade ‘1 French immersion starting September 1994. . Parents of immersion students: making the. transition from elementary to secondary (and

the studenis themselves).

A The District's video onthe French | immersion H program wil be shown.

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Effective April 1 , 1994 jor North & West Vancouver

_ Spring ts in the air and BC Transit is updating some of its services to meet changes in demand in your community.

Highlights include reductions in service to universit

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-summer holiday period and the re-introduction of service to Grouse Mountain. Here are the changes you can look forward to:

‘TOURIST ALERT! #236. Lonsdale Quay/ Grouse Mountain

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