Anita Noble has a new job to add to her part-time work as the medical travel assistant at Klahoose First Nation. She was recently was named to run the Candle Creations business from the backroom in the old band office at Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island.

“The creativity attracted me to this work, plus I like working by myself,” she said. “I’ve always liked drawing and there is so much potential here.” Anita is another one of the many Klahoose members who have returned home. She left at age 16 to live in Manitoba and returned to the community in 2012.

In addition to coming up with a plan to sell Candle Creations products with Aboriginal themes, Anita said that it is a perfect opportunity to get the community involved. “I want to bring people together to make candles and I’ll try to sell them.”

She hopes to hold workshops as well as sell candles at markets on Cortes and perhaps in nearby Campbell River. “Give me time,” she said looking around the studio. “It’s going to be good.”