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Super hero effort University of Victoria engineering students Quinton Calverley, left, Jacob Gulliver, Richard Huculak, atop the car, Jeff McNally-Dawes, Duncan McInnis and driver Michael Cox make a lap around Ring Road. UVic students, staff and corporate teams joined together to push the hollowed-out 1972 Volkswagen bug around Ring Road for 12 hours Sunday to raise funds for the United Way.
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They are all volunteers, yet they are as professional a group of men as you could hope to find. They are members of the the Oak Bay Sea Rescue Society, Unit 33, and on Sept. 30 they were honoured at the annual general meeting of the Royal Canadian Search and Rescue Society. The award comes in recognition of the team’s work last July when it was involved in what started out as a routine call but ended with an 11-hour search for two missing men whose canoe had capsized in the treacherous waters of Baynes Channel. One man was rescued by the crew while a second man died in the accident. The death of that man makes the award a bittersweet recognition. “The second man’s body was recovered a month later to the day,” said Jurgen Pokrandt, one of the sea rescue volunteers involved in the
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The University of Victoria has reached a tentative agreement on a contract with the Professional Employees Association, a union which represents counsellors, instructors, system analysts, fundraisers, scientific technicians and engineers. The contract includes a two-percent wage hike retroactive to July and another two-per-cent hike in July 2013. UVic and the PEA negotiated the contract last spring and this fall, over a relatively short timeframe. The agreement is subject to ratification by both parties over the coming weeks. “The fact an agreement was reached
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Record attempt Elizabeth Buckley School student Jayden Dean watches his balloon expand during an attempt to stage the world’s largest practical science lesson happening simultaneously in multiple locations. Last Friday’s record attempt, which saw students from the Victoria independent school conduct several experiments, marked the official launch of National Science and Technology Week and involved roughly 150 schools across Canada. It won’t be known for a while whether the combined effort qualifies for a Guinness World Record.
Conservatives planning nomination meeting Two weeks ago, the Green Party nominated Donald Galloway as its candidate in the race. Late to the game is the Conservative party. On Monday night, after press deadline, the Victoria Conservative Association held its meeting to confirm potential candidates and set a date for its nomination meeting. Former Nova Scotia MLA and
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Design suppliers hit target market The door is locked, but there is clearly activity inside the shop at 1111 Fort St. Jan Wallace, co-proprietor of the Trade Source Design Center, leaves a client to welcome a visitor into an airy space that appears one part retail, one part lending library. Fabric samples neatly sorted by colour and manufacturer line one wall, while flooring displays, rugs Don Descoteau and drapery Biz Beat hardware, are interspersed with well-lit scenes combining various products. A client holding a cluster of full-sized fabric samples – not merely swatches – approaches a binder on the large counter in the middle of one half of the showroom. Wallace instruct her how to sign out the samples, which will likely wind up spread across someone’s kitchen table. If it seems like a lending library, it is. “We have 70,000 fabrics that they could possibly choose from,� Wallace says. Make no mistake, this is not a retail shop catering to customers off the street. Wallace and business partner Phil Burton, both of whom are also wholesale reps, opened the centre earlier this year to help professional designers avoid the cost and hassle of making a trip to the mainland to deal with wholesale suppliers. Linda Hutchinson with Oak Bay-based Design One Stevens
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Designer Linda Hutchinson, left, and Jan Wallace, co-owner of Trade Source Design Center, go over some samples in the centre’s showroom on Fort Street. is working with Wallace on a big job. Hutchinson is “stoked� at having so many options available to bring quickly to clients. “This is like being in a candy store for a designer,� she says. Wallace and Burton are hosting an official grand opening at the shop tomorrow (Oct. 18) between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., then again from 5 to 8 p.m. For more information, call 250-818-8336 or visit tradesourcedesigncenter.com.
Online learning company cleans up Victoria-based MediaCore Technologies was the big winner in the B.C. Innovation Council’s 2012 New Ventures Competition. The cloud-based online learning provider won the $100,000 first prize in the six-month long contest. It also
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Around and about Greater Victoria Canada Laminate and Hardwood is moving from Langford to 2521 Government St. near Bay Street as of Oct. 22. Randy Dunn’s company takes over a space that has been home to Reno Bikes. Read more business news online at www.vicnews.com. editor@vicnews.com
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Help beautify Oak Bay The Friends of Brighton Avenue Walkway in Oak Bay are attempting to rid the walkway of invasive ivy. Bring gloves, secateurs and loppers if you have them, and meet on the walkway between St. David Street and Transit Avenue on the second and fourth Sundays of the month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The ivy pull is a healthy outdoor volunteer opportunity to beautify the community. Call 250-475-4412 for more information.
Bazaar offers a load of deals The Oak Leaves Bazaar is this Saturday (Oct. 20) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Monterey Recreation Centre in Oak Bay. There will be plenty of knitwear, sewing, attic treasures, baking, jewlery, pictures, books, records, Christmas decorations, puzzles, games and plants. Please bring your own bags. Refreshments will be available. All Bazaar proceeds go to the Oak Bay Seniors’ Activity Association. The Monterey Recreation Centre is located at 1442 Monterey Ave.
Soiree offers unique Oak Bay experiences Business event raises funds for cancer society The businesses of Oak Bay Village are presenting An Oak Bay Soiree this Sunday (Oct. 21). Held to support the work of the Canadian Cancer Society, this fundraising event offers something slightly different. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on uniquely Oak Bay experiences that cannot be purchased. A stand up mix and mingle event, An Oak Bay Soiree features several appetizer stations with an autumn theme that emphasizes in-season produce such as Tofino shrimp, kale, halibut and the season’s first chanterelle mushrooms. Awardwinning Penny Farthing chef Jeff Keenliside will host a fresh oyster station. “We wanted to create an elegant event that is also casual and an opportunity for friends and neighbours to come together in support of this important cause,” said Elizabeth Smith, owner of Athlone Travel and one of the event organizers. “We thought one way to celebrate our community would be to offer experiences that celebrate our community.” The evening boasts a unique slate of live and silent auction prizes. In addition to prizes from Oak Bay Village businesses, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on the opportunity to plug in the lights at the 2012 Oak Bay Light Up and turn on all the Christmas lights for the 2012 Christmas Festival. There are also two covered, reserved parking spaces available underneath Athlone Court for
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Sunday, October 21 at 11:00 AM at Christ Church Cathedral where members of the Regimental Family will participate at a Church Service and followed at Noon by a Memorial service at Pioneer Square (beside Christ Church Cathedral). Sunday, October 21 at 12:45 PM at Royal Athletic Park, 1014 Caledonia Ave, where Honourable Steven Point, Lieutenant Govenor of BC will review The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) at a formal military parade. Sunday, October 21 at 3:45 PM in front of the Victoria City Hall on Douglas Street where the Regiment will exercise its Right to the Freedom of the City challenged by the Mayor, City Council and Chief of Police.
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Dedicate police patrol to Malahat Emergency crews call it “NASCAR Corner,” where two northbound lanes on the Malahat Drive merge to one, and where a scene of carnage played out on Sunday just before noon. For reasons that aren’t yet clear, a southbound Honda SUV veered into the oncoming lane and collided head on with a pickup truck. Three Nanaimo women in the Honda died and five other people were injured. Malahat volunteer fire chief Rob Patterson called this the worst crash he’s seen – and he should know. He and his crew have bore witness as first responders to a number of fatal and largely preventable head-on collisions over the past few years. Under pressure from a growing death toll and a vocal campaign by safety activists in the Cowichan Valley, the provincial government has committed about $8 million to install 5.4 kilometres of concrete barriers in high-crash areas of the Malahat by the spring of next year. Barriers, as useful as they are to curb head-on collisions, are only part of the solution to creating a much safer mountain highway pass between the Capital Region and Cowichan. Geographical limits and high costs prevent substantially widening the roadway or building another route around the Malahat. The highway we have now is the road we’re stuck with for the foreseeable future. That leaves the solution of lining the road with barriers and ramping up law enforcement. Creating a dedicated Malahat police patrol was recommended by the Capital Regional District’s Integrated Road Safety Unit, which mounted a concentrated, daily campaign to crack down on speeders, and drunk and distracted drivers during the summer of 2011. So far, funding a permanent Malahat patrol is an expense the police and province aren’t willing to foot. Even if this latest crash wasn’t speed-related, it’s another reminder that the highway can be dangerous, and the transportation route can be severed in an instant, often for hours. With closures, fatalities and crashes, over the long run, the most cost-effective option is placing patrols on the Malahat full time. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Oak Bay News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Fantasies won’t keep ferries afloat It was a sunny Thanksgiving This comes as “consultation” weekend when I took my first begins with smaller ferry all-transit trip from Victoria to communities on where and when Vancouver for a B.C. Lions these sailings will be cut. football game. And it follows the first Despite all the major price-cap decision doomsaying about people by the newly empowered shunning ferries because B.C. Ferry Commissioner, of the apparent “tipping Gord Macatee. He now point” in fares, you can determine service wouldn’t have guessed it levels as well as fares, that weekend. Articulated which are permitted to buses were jammed rise about four per cent coming and going from in each of the next three the Tsawwassen terminal Tom Fletcher years. to the Canada Line. The NDP’s ferry critic, B.C. Views Returning to Vancouver North Coast MLA Garry Island on Sunday, I was Coons, has also decided struck by the crowds, and the low to transition to his government cost: SkyTrain, express bus, walk-on pensions next year. But before passenger fare and express bus to he sails away, he has doubled his Victoria totalled about $20. This repertoire of outraged sound bites explains the surge in walk-on traffic. to two. B.C. Ferries issued bulletins Along with every coffee-shop advising first that Tsawwassen’s know-it-all on the coast, Coons parking lot and then Swartz Bay’s perpetually reminds us that ferries were full. are “part of our highway system.” The Tsawwassen First Nation’s He remains convinced that this shuttle parking next door was financially illiterate cliché somehow overflowing, with cars tucked into deals with the fact that even a every level space. And even with subsidy approaching $200 million hourly sailings, the major route had this year can’t keep all those boats plenty of vehicle traffic, with all afloat forever. available vessels running. A family of four on a long driving Now the long, late summer is trip faces similar price increases, gone, and the political theatre when you factor in tolls, insurance, resumes. Transportation Minister food and other costs beyond the Mary Polak picked up where the fuel tank. retiring Blair Lekstrom left off, But for some reason the reminding people that B.C. Ferries “government” is supposed to is going to deal with rising costs provide special relief to those primarily by ceasing the practice of who choose the most inaccessible running vessels a third full or less. places to live.
Coons’ latest tack is that B.C. Ferries has lost its way, trying to be a fancy cruise ship service instead of giving people basic transportation at an affordable price. That would be terrible if it were true. But those amenities on newer vessels are there because they make money, utilizing staff who have to be on board anyway. As everyone but the NDP seems to grasp, the big costs are fuel, maintenance, and minimum crew levels to meet federal regulations, regardless of passenger revenue. I was reminded on the last busy weekend of the year that the new Coastal-class ferries kept vehicle capacity the same while increasing passenger space. This choice anticipated today’s travel reality nearly a decade ago. Good thing somebody was able to understand ferries as a business, as opposed to a welfare program for the reclusive and the rich. B.C. Ferries has already cut sailings on the Tsawwassen-Duke point route. As described in an earlier column, this needlessly long run is the biggest boondoggle in B.C. Ferries history, a Dave Barrett-era payoff to the union that continues today. Changes will now come to other routes that minimize shifts and overtime, rather than inflating them. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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LETTERS Concrete in park spoils natural setting Renovations underway at the Beacon Hill Park playlot adjacent to Cook Street change the bona fide playing field appearance to a gymnasium. Note, for example, the lawn bowling greens and cricket pitch. Health-providing grass that was previously growing there has been replaced with several large concrete areas on which equipment is embedded. Two of them will be linked by a long, intercepting hanging wire from which children could swing across – plus a concrete path built underneath the wire for them to fall on. A large crater-like hole has also been dug, awaiting concrete fill. Other changes include new paths throughout the site and one adjacent to Nursery Road, which is the entrance to the parks maintenance yard. The entrance on Cook Street used for staff parking could have been chosen instead, saving that unnecessary spoilage and expense. So much for the current educational goal to encourage youth to appreciate and enjoy natural areas. Repair the spoilage, replace the removed soil and replant it. But that’s not all. The traffic plan proposed includes
shuffling pedestrians on to sidewalk-like paths, presumably to avoid road traffic. Most of the roads surrounding the park are actually within its boundaries. Let them be used by all the vehicles. Make what remains of lovely Beacon Hill Park traffic-free, ensuring safety and appropriate enjoyment for the public at large. Betty Gibbens Victoria
Vehicle access in park an important feature Re: Traffic changes in Beacon Hill Park Personally I think the idea stinks. I worked for the parks department for 35 years and in Beacon Hill Park a lot of that time and there was never a problem, ever. There will be many if these ideas are made permanent. How can you justify not allowing a drive-through for someone who cannot walk very far? To spend taxpayer money on this kind of thing is terrible. The city, mayor and council should be ashamed of themselves for all the wasted money spent on a whole variety of things. Russ Rodgers Victoria
NDP opposes Enbridge pipeline Your recent editorial raised
some questions about Adrian Dix’s position on key issues such as pipelines. In April Mr. Dix came out firmly against the pipeline saying, “Under the Enbridge proposal, British Columbia would assume almost all the project’s risk, yet would see only a fraction of the benefits.” He added: “By any measure, such a high-risk, low-return approach simply isn’t in B.C.’s interests.” The B.C. NDP made an official submission to the Joint Review Panel outlining six substantive reasons for our position against the Enbridge pipeline. Unlike the B.C. Liberals, who gave up their seat at the table, New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming, as well as Skeena MLA Robin Austin, Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson and North Coast MLA Gary Coons, have all been participating in the Joint Review Panel’s process, either as interveners or presenters. Jessica Van der Veen, NDP candidate Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Insured cyclists would benefit all road users Re: Cyclists pay fair share (Letters, Oct. 3) The letter-writer writes quite well and somewhat convincingly in his fallacious
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argument against licensing cyclists, inferring that cyclists pay their fair share towards the cost of the roads they use by paying taxes like everyone else. He seems to forget that cyclists benefit from the large area of roadway devoted to them in the form of dedicated cycle lanes, which are maintained by the funds motorists and pedestrians pay for via their taxes. The cyclists pay no more for the privilege of having these dedicated lanes maintained for themselves. For their own health and safety, and consideration for and protection of other road users and pedestrians, cyclists and their bicycles should be licensed, and they should and carry insurance; third party, at least. By the way, I too pay my taxes, but I have no bicycle and do not drive a car. Peter Watkins Saanich
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Finding the ends of the Earth Royal B.C. Museum hosts a display of the world’s oldest maps Edward Hill News staff
For European mapmakers in the late Middle Ages, the West Coast of Canada remained the last blank spot in the map, the world’s ultimate backwater. The B.C. archives’ prized 1696 world map, printed for the future king of France, shows continents and oceans similar to what you might see on Google Maps – except the western half of North America, where California remains an island, and points north dissolve into nothing. “(They) knew the shape of Korea, Japan, China, even Australia, but they were just getting a handle on us,” said Lorne Hammond, curator of history at the Royal B.C. Museum. “At that time the limit of knowledge is us. The west coast of B.C. is an unknown, imagined landscape.” Penciling in that last gap of coastline helped usher in a picture of the modern world, at least from a European point of view. The long journey to get there is charted in a new exhibition at the RBCM, Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700. The museum is displaying 30 of the world’s oldest printed maps, as drawn from the private collection of Henry Wendt, a life-long collector of ancient maps, and in collaboration with the Sonoma County Museum. The collection charts the evolution of the known geographic world, and reveals how people reconciled biblical theology, scientific thought and the world beyond the horizon. “The first 300 years is the theologian view of the known world, and when they started to fill in the gaps,” Hammond
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A B.C. Archives map from 1696 that is part of the Royal B.C. Museum Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700 exhibit shows California as an island and B.C. as an empty space. says. “It was going from what was imagined, to religion, to myth and then to grid mathematics.” The oldest printed map in the world, printed in 1450s in Germany but originally crafted in 150 B.C., is akin to a pie chart – Europe, Africa and Asia, neatly divided and surrounded by oceans, and linked to Noah’s three sons. A number of world maps in the exhibit are based on the ancient work of Ptolemy, and found in the library of Alexandria during the Renaissance. A map printed in 1482 in Ulm, Germany, but conceived in 147 B.C., spans Africa, Europe and through the east to India and China. An early innovator, Ptolemy employed a sophisticated use of latitude and longitude, and projections of a spherical earth onto a plane. Noah’s three sons reappear on a map by Ptolemy printed in Germany in 1493, as do creatures and
monsters thought to exist in unexplored parts of the world. A map from 1582 reveals a deeper understanding of the Earth’s movement in space. At the north and south poles, cherubs push crank handles, suggesting the world spins on an axis. At the same time, it displays a popular, churchinspired mythology of the unknown world. The B.C. archives’ 1696 world map from France (called the Sanson-Jaillot world map), which is included in the exhibition, shows a world just shy of discovering British Columbia, and one where maps are wielded as political tools. The French knew California wasn’t an island, but printed it as such as a favour to Spain, which was in competition with England for colonial spoils. Envisioning the World is exhibited at the RBCM until Jan. 27. editor@saanichnews.com
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Jill Davoren and Karen Wilson stand in the shade of a wooded grove on the highest point of Royal Oak Burial Park. Davoren, a maternity services social worker and Wilson, a chaplain based out of Victoria General Hospital step through the loose dust and rock where a landscape and construction crew have begun to build Little Spirits Garden, Canada’s first public memorial space devoted solely to parents and families who have experienced a miscarriage or a still-born child. After having proposed the creation of such a remembrance space to the not-for-profit burial park seven years ago, Davoren and Wilson are pleased to finally have somewhere to send bereaved families. “Every single parent asks me how to recognize the loss,� Davoren said. “And because it is very silent and one of the last taboos, it isn’t known. You don’t just ask your girlfriend or your mom or your aunt. You don’t know who to ask. There’s no map of how to do this.� Plans for the site, located in the northern half of the grounds, include various remembrance options for families: bronze memorial plaques permanently mounted to stone tablets, commemorative polished stones to be placed within the garden, cedar memory flags to hang from surrounding woods, and pre-cast cement “spirit houses� that families are able to take home and personalize before mounting in place. Though the one-third of an acre site isn’t suitable for interment or remains, there are areas designated for scattering ashes. The garden is intended to expand or enhance the traditional burial
already offered in the park. “Having something that won’t wash away, or be broken or lost is really critical to these families,â€? Davoren said, underlining the importance of the memorial plaques for parents who have often spent much time selecting names for their babies that only appear on birth and death certificates. “It’s a beautiful setting,â€? Wilson said. “I like that there are alternatives for people to choose from. There’s a variety of ways for people to express what’s personally helpful to them.â€? The Board of Cemetery Trustees of Greater Victoria contributed $50,000 toward developing the plan for the garden and partnered with the Saanich Legacy Foundation to generate $295,000 needed to complete the project. The group aims to collect twothirds of the funds from provincial and federal sources with the remaining one-third falling in the hands of local donors. Use of the garden will be made available to every family, regardless of where and when they lost the baby and whether or not they are able to pay for their chosen remembrance option. Stephen Olson, executive director of Royal Oak Burial Park said the need for the project is far greater than most people may be aware. “I cannot recall a time when I’ve been so moved by stories that have been told ‌ each family has never had an opportunity to give voice to their story and to tell us how they felt,â€? he said. “We want to rectify that for these parents and these families.â€? In June 2013, when Little Spirits Garden is slated for completion, it will already host 250 spirit houses to account for previous need. nnorth@saanichnews.com
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A century of service Canadian Scottish celebrates 100 years with fall festivities Tim Collins News staff
As Capt. Stephen Green (retired) walks through the museum of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) at the Bay Street Armoury, his pride in the regiment and its long history is apparent. He points out the various artifacts on display in the museum, stressing that these are not just a collection of kilts, medals, swords and firearms. Rather, they are a testament to the more than 20,000 Greater Victoria residents who have been part of the regiment since its creation 100 years ago. “These aren’t just souvenirs,” Green says. “These bits and pieces were used by real people. “They carried these things with them, sometimes into battle. This is what’s left … and it helps us to remember the real people who sacrificed their talents, energy and often their lives to protect the country they loved.” It’s appropriate that the selfless legacy of service and sacrifice to which Green refers is remembered on the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Scottish Regiment. “When the regiment was formed in 1912, 200 men immediately volunteered. By 1914, when the Great War broke out, thousands had joined. This was at a time when … I’m not sure what the population of Victoria was … but it wasn’t very big. Yet all these men volunteered,” he says. Photos of smiling soldiers and muddy battlefields are displayed in giant panels in the museum. “These were very brave men,” Green says. As a testament to that bravery, the museum also houses a host of medals and some of the
42 battle honours awarded to the regiment, including four Victoria Crosses, the nation’s highest military decoration for bravery. In an adjacent display case sits a large white cross, originally placed at Vimy Ridge, and a plaque that lists the names of the men of the regiment who fell in that battle. About 250 soldiers currently serve as reservists in the regimen reporter@vicnews.com
Anniversary brings chances for public to join celebration The Canadian Scottish Regiment’s 100th anniversary will offer various opportunities for people to share in its members’ pride. From Oct. 20 to Dec. 2, the Royal B.C. Museum is hosting a special display. On Sunday (Oct. 21), the Regimental Church Parade will occur at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, followed by a wreath laying next door in Pioneer Square at noon. At 1:30 p.m. the full regiment, including members of the Pipes and Drums corps, will don full ceremonial highland uniforms and lead some 200 old guard (former) regimental soldiers and cadets from four Vancouver Island communities for presentation to Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra. After the Princess, who serves as the ceremonial Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, inspects the troops, a Freedom of the City parade through downtown Victoria will happen at about 3 p.m.
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Ian Case, photographed here on a downtown Victoria roof in 2004, says he is excited about his new role as director of the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium. Black Press file photo
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In April 2012, the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium brought on Ian Case as its director. A better choice could not have been made. Case comes with an impressive list of accomplishments and a reputation for imagination and excellence. For 10 years he was the driving force behind Intrepid Theatre and the Victoria Fringe Festival, having built the latter to where it is now the Island’s largest theatrical event. During his tenure with Intrepid he worked tirelessly, dedicating his expertise, energy and enthusiasm to a monumental capital campaign that resulted in the theatre’s first dedicated spaces at the Intrepid Theatre Club and the Metro Studio. Those small theatre spaces have now become central to independent theatre and dance in Victoria. Case was also responsible for Uno Fest, Intrepid’s solo performance festival. Now in its 15th year, Uno Fest thrived under Case’s direction, growing into the longest-running festival of its kind in Canada.
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Still, for all of his success with Intrepid, the new challenges offered at the Farquhar Auditorium have Case excited about his new role. “UVic is a different world, and a much larger organization,” Case said. “There are 17,000 students here and working with that community is a challenge, but so is the job of working with the larger community. The auditorium is as much the general public’s as it is the University’s.” Case says he will be encouraging other community organizations to make use of the space and will also be exploring the possibility of bringing in a greater number of commercial presentations. “I’d like to see more of that,” he said. “But we have to bal-
ance that against the many needs of the University for the same space.” Case’s initial productions at the Farquhar Auditorium have already been met with rave reviews. The Access Theatre Company recently presented The Number 14, a physical comedy that was described as part Mr. Bean, part Monty Python, and wholly entertaining. In November, Case is staging The International Guitar Night, bringing together some of the world’s greatest acoustic guitarists in a public concert setting. But the busyness of the new gig doesn’t mean Case doesn’t miss Intrepid Theatre work. “The Intrepid is a jewel and the people there are wonderful,” he said. “But you have to balance your work with your family and I was losing time with them.” Case said that he will not miss the difficult, stressful and time-consuming parts of his role at Intrepid that focussed more on funding as opposed to theatre. “There is never enough funding at the
B.C. Arts Council and during that period of 2009 to this year when the gaming funding disappeared, it meant that we had to make a lot of difficult decisions.” He said that the funding is back now, but it left a “three-year hole” in the development of talent in administration and performance art. Not having to chase funding is allowing Case to focus on the Farquhar Auditorium’s programs, as well as giving him the time and energy to stay involved with other non-profit theatre projects with which he’s become associated. “I still have Giggling Iguana Productions; we’re doing Dracula at Craigdarroch Castle until Halloween. I’ll also be working with [the] Victoria Shakespeare Society in the coming year and I’d like to stay involved with the William Head Players.” The latter group hosts productions out of the federal prison in Metchosin. Case’s primary focus, however, is now the University of Victoria. “I’m really excited to be here,” he said. “It’s already given a chance to try some new concepts and it’s only the beginning. I’ll be developing partnerships with the community, trying new ideas and giving this position my all.” Information on the Farquhar Auditorium and upcoming events can be found at auditorium.uvic.ca. reporter@vicnews.com
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Camosun to build $30M trades centre Edward Hill News staff
After 40 years of hard use, Camosun College’s trades facilities will get a needed facelift and two new buildings thanks to a $29.2 million provincial government grant. Advanced Education Minister John Yap announced the funding recently in the welding hall at Camosun’s Interurban campus. Yap and fellow B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Ida Chong then had a quick, hands-on welding lesson. “Students need to get the latest, updated, skills and training in demand today and in demand tomorrow,” Yap told a few hundred assembled students and staff. “Camosun is the largest trades training facility on Vancouver Island. We want to make sure the facilities that are needed here are in southern Vancouver Island.” Seaspan’s $8-billion federal shipbuilding contract is playing a role in the push to develop more skilled workers in marine and metal trades, but the province also faces a looming skilled labour shortage. “A highly trained workforce is the backbone of our economy,” said Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin.
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ictoria’s newest sports franchise looks to land on its feet in 2013 as the HarbourCats. The name and logo of the amateur status West Coast League baseball team, which uses top NCAA and collegiate level players during a short summer schedule, was introduced on Friday (Oct. 12), to much anticipation since the club was officially announced in June. “We feel the name fits the geography of the region, a nod to the importance and beauty of Victoria’s Inner Harbour and, with other team names in the West Coast League,” said general manager Holly Jones. The colour scheme is dark navy blue text with the cat and its fangs in “deep aqua blue,” A matching V logo, for Victoria, will be featured as the team’s secondary graphic. So where does HarbourCats stack up with Victoria’s nicknames of old? It doesn’t. Lacrosse’s Shamrocks and hockey’s Cougars, currently in use, date back to the 1950s and prior. New
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The new Victoria HarbourCats baseball team name and logo, as announced Oct. 12. club names such as hockey’s Victoria Royals (2011) and Grizzlies (2006), and soccer’s Victoria Highlanders (2008), are also cut from the traditional mold. HarbourCats stands apart, using a modern trend known as CamelCase, says Toronto-based design analyst Chris Creamer. “The popular term for this type of font (HarbourCats) is CamelCase, as the word mimics the humps on a camel’s back,” says the self-made sports logo expert and proprietor of sportslogos.net. It was Creamer who was the first to discover and post the Royals WHL logo on his website in 2011, days before it was officially released.
Creamer pointed out that picking a team name with CamelCase is saying to the public “this is a minor league team with minor league branding and we’re not going to bother trying to hide it.” However, as Jones has pointed out, the HarbourCats are the WCL’s third team with such a name, joining the Wenatchee AppleSox and Kitsap BlueJackets. There are a dozen more minor league teams from across North America to use the CamelCase style in their name in the past three years. But nobody is mistaking Royal Athletic Park, the HarbourCats’ home, as a big league venue. “We wanted a team name and
logo that accomplished a number of things,” said owner John McLean. “It needed to be bold and edgy, while looking sharp on uniforms, merchandise, the web, advertising and social media.” HarbourCats was one of the over 600 submissions received by the team from the name-the-team contest, in which the initial 250 name suggestions, plus another five randomly drawn names, were awarded a pair of tickets to a 2013 home game. The name of the submitter has not been revealed as it was not a grand prize, winner takes all contest. “We felt this was the most appropriate submission, and one that worked well on all fronts,” said Jones. The WCL is a wood bat summer league populated with collegiate level players from across North America. Medford, Ore. (yet to be named) also joins the WCL, which expands to 11 teams for 2013. The inaugural HarbourCats season begins the first week of June 2013 and runs through mid-August, with 27 home games at RAP and 27 away games. Next is the design of the team uniforms, hats and the team mascot. sports@vicnews.com
Extra effort puts Grizzlies into first place Fitzgerald brothers rise to opposition Travis Paterson News staff
Overtime can be a beautiful thing in hockey, especially when the home team wins. And especially because it clears the ice for the Fitzgerald triplets to take advantage of the extra ice made available with four skaters aside in the first over time and three aside in the second overtime. And they did just that, with Myles Powell scoring in the first OT on Sunday (from Gerry Fitzgerald) to edge the visiting Alberni Bulldogs 3-2, and Myles Fitzgerald scoring in double OT on Friday to burn the Penticton Vees. “We learned a valuable lesson (on the weekend), how good teams are and how hard you have to work to be successful,” head coach Bill Bestwick said. Powell’s goal capped the Grizzlies’ shining weekend of hockey. Beating the Bulldogs (7-5-2) puts the Grizzlies (8-4-1) into first in the Island division, one point up on the Bulldogs. Beating the leagueleading and reigning national champion Vees (10-2-1) reestablishes the Grizz among the BCHL best, and erases the three-game losing streak to Nanaimo, Coquitlam and Powell
River. “Penticton was probably the best junior-A a game I’d seen in two years,” Bestwick said. “Alberni played a perfect road game; I tip my cap to them how good they played. I’m going to tell their coach what a great game they played and I hope he accepts it as a respectful thing.” The wins are also proof positive that the diminutive Fitzgerald triplets have arrived as a top line in the BCHL, able to carry a team against the league’s best. On Friday Myles Powell and Blake Thompson put the Grizz up 2-1 before Wade Murphy, a Saanich native, tied it for the Vees. The score remained 2-2 until Myles Fitzgerald scored an unassisted goal during the three-on-three, double overtime. Then on Sunday it was Gerry Fitzgerald carrying the sweet stick. Gerry earned the first assist on all three Grizzlies goals as his team mounted a third period comeback and overcame the the Bulldogs’ 2-0 lead. He set up a Myles for a wrist shot goal three minutes in, drew a defender to the corner and slid it to the net for a Leo Fitzgerald tap-in at 14 minutes. In overtime Gerry drew a defender to the left corner and fired a perfect pass to Powell, who was barreling towards the net unchecked, and buried it under the diving body of goalie Brad
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Westshore Rebels mainland bound The V.I. Raiders throttled the Westshore Rebels 57-7 in Nanaimo on Saturday to end the B.C. junior Football Conference regular season. With the win the Raiders remain undefeated for the second straight year, and finish atop the league standings. They’ll host the Okanagan Sun in a semifinal playoff game. The Rebels will play the Langley Rams in the other semifinal, Saturday (Oct. 20) in Langley. Rebels running back Greg Morris was held to 56 yards rushed, and was held back from the 122 yards he needed to set the BCFC season rushing record. Raiders quarterback Jordan Yantz threw 14 passes for 226 yards and five touchdowns.
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Turner Popoff of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, top right, tackels Chase Kaiser of the Victoria Grizzlies during a roughing scrum at Sunday’s game at Bear Mountain Arena. The Grizzlies won 3-2. Reblagliati. “In the first and second we had a lot of chances we didn’t bury and we were frustrated,” Gerry said. Hidden from the announced Sunday crowd of 936 was some secondperiod negativity on the bench, but the frustrations were displayed for all when Turner Lawson was sent off for a blow to the head, which
came amid skirmish which surely would have been a line brawl 10 years ago. “We were the beneficiary of the scheduling with Alberni playing (their third game in three days),” Bestwick said. “But Penticton came in here the day before and there was no benefits or disadvantages to either team.”
The junior B hockey Victoria Cougars have yet to lose in regulation through 13 games. Thursday the Westshore Wolves visit, 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre. The Cougars won back-to-back wins over the Kerry Park Islanders this past weekend. The Wolves shutout the Saanich Braves 3-0 and have won their last four road games.
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Rugby in the rain nothing new Canada, Argentina to meet Saturday Travis Paterson News staff
If the Americas Rugby Championship is going to benefit one country more than the other three, it’s Canada. The hosts defeated Uruguay, 28-10 on Friday, Day 1 of the three-game ARC tournament. Tournament favourites Argentina outclassed the Americans 39-3 under the pouring rain of the first game of the Friday double-header at Westhills Stadium in Langford. For Canada, which remained 13th in the International Rugby Board rankings on Monday, the tournament schedule presents a steady climb in terms of opposition. Uruguay is ranked 21st, while Tuesday’s (Oct. 16) opponent, U.S.A., is ranked 17th, and Argentina, who Canada will face on Saturday, is ranked eighth. “I’m happy with Friday’s result. A win is good but there is lots to work on,” said Kieran Crowley, head coach of Canada’s senior men’s program. “We couldn’t build any momentum. In the first half we kicked away too much ball and we didn’t build a lot of pressure,” said the former New Zealand All Black. “Then in the second half we played 20 minutes down a man (due to separate 10 minute sin bins to centre Nick Blevins and No. 8 Tyler Ardron).” Down 3-0 early, Ardron, the captain, gave Canada a boost with an interception and 50-yard run back for a try. For-
ward Patrick Parfrey scored another try minutes later and by the 10-minute mark Connor Braid had hit a penalty conversion to make it 12-3. The Canadians never looked back, despite a punch-up and the subsequent sin bins. “We were pretty fired up playing at home,” Braid said. “It’s pretty cool having all the friends and family here,” said the 22-year-old, a James Bay Athletic Association member and a 2008 Oak Bay High graduate. “I was a little nervous before the game. You don’t want to let anybody down, but we played a pretty decent game and good start to the tournament.” The Canadian roster is built with just a few veterans from past international squads, with injured scrum half Sean White, 24, another James Bay player and Oak Bay grad, one of two RWC 2011 veterans, along with prop Hubert Buydens of the Castaway Wanderers. White is day-to-day with a fractured bone in his thumb, something he should be able to play with against U.S.A. on Tuesday (results of which were past press time) and Argentina on Saturday. But it’s also the type of injury that could be made worse, said Crowley. “The thumb is something he suffered during training. We don’t want to compromise White for the upcoming November test tour, so we’ll see what the doctors say.” Kyle Armstrong, an Ontario player and former member of Oak Bay’s Castaway Wanderers, played just fine at
ARC final day Saturday at Westhills Stadium: U.S.A. vs. Uruguay, 5:30 p.m. Canada vs. Argentina, 7:30 p.m.
scrum half but three internationals in eight days is a lot of high-impact rugby. Quite a few changes will be made for Tuesday, with a lot of young players ready to debut. Crowley’s use of the team is to build towards the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. Weather wise, the Westhills Stadium turf held up well under Friday’s downpours, a test for one of the few artificial playing surfaces approved by IRB. The rain didn’t stop Braid from hitting three penalties and two try conversions. He estimated his longest kick, from near centre, at about 45 yards. After the match Braid stood at the sidelines signing autographs. His soaking wet arms covered not in dirt, but with smudges of the black rubber beads that lay below the green turf. “We play in rain five months of the year, so that’s no different, but obviously the ball won’t kick as far. The nice thing is it’s not muddy.” B.C. Rugby Union men’s results from Saturday (Oct. 13): Meraloma RC defeated the Castaway Wanderers 20-13; UBC Old Boy Ravens defeated James Bay 22-18; Bayside defeated UVic Vikes 24-22. Women’s results: UBC defeated UVic Vikes 10-5. sports@vicnews.com
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Mount Douglas Rams receiver Marcus Davis is grabbed by W.J. Mouat Hawks linebacker Clovis Lumeka during the Rams visit to Abbotsford on Saturday. The Hawks won 52-49.
Hawks runner burns Rams Receiver Brian Dowds caught two touchdown passes and running back Mason Swift rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns but it wasn’t enough as the Mount Douglas Rams fell 52-49 to the W.J. Mouat Hawks on Saturday. The star of the day was Hawks’ running back Maleek Irons, who finished with a mind-boggling 491 rushing yards on 48 carries. “Hats off to Mouat – they played a whale of a football game,” Rams coach Mark Townsend said. “And Maleek Irons, boy, is he ever the real deal.” The Rams final home game is Friday at Royal Athletic Park, against West Vancouver, 1 p.m. juniors and 3:30 p.m. seniors.
Belmont Bulldogs edge Holy Cross The Belmont Bulldogs secured their first win of the season, 21-15 over the Holy Cross Crusaders at Belmont on Saturday. Running backs Jordan Worth and Sam Varao each broke the 100-yard mark and combined for three touchdowns. The Bulldogs (1-2) travel to Richmond to face the Hugh Boyd Trojans on Friday. sports@vicnews.com
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‘Flower lady’ embodies community spirit The woman who started Victoria’s famed flower count still beautifying city Tucked away in a cul-de-sac by Cadboro Bay beach sits a ranch-style home known to neighbours as the meeting place. For years, Norma Fitzsimmons has welcomed new and longtime neighbours into her Saanich home, allowing them to get to know each other through community potluck dinners. Turning 90 in August hasn’t slowed down the longtime florist and former owner of Island Florist. Her big annual neigbourhood event and volunteer efforts Fitzsimmons remain an integral part of her life. Born and raised in Victoria, Fitzsimmons’ love of flowers blossomed at an early age. Becoming a florist was “the most wonderful thing,” she says. “I’m my happiest when I’m working with flowers.” Indeed, the former Saanich councillor – she held one term during the 1970s – was once known as Victoria’s “flower lady.” She worked with the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and the Victoria AM Association, developing ideas to promote Victoria as a “City of Gardens.” She started the annual and now famed Victoria Flower Count, as well as the tradition of greeting cruise ship visitors with a gift – originally roses, carnations and now pins.
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These days she still assembles floral arrangements for the Greater Victoria Art Gallery as a volunteer, and often donates arrangements to Our Place, the Victoria Symphony, as well as the Victoria Conservatory of Music. “I just get involved with everything and anybody,” she says. The self-professed people-person remembers getting caught stealing flowers from her neighbour’s yard when she was a little girl. These days, Fitzsimmons has a better relationship with her neighbours. Back in the 1980s, being the last homeowner in the cul-de-sac to finish building her home, Fitzsimmons felt she needed to get to know her neighbours. “I thought, ‘If you live in a cul-de-sac you have to know everybody.’” Fitzsimmons invited neighbours from the seven other nearby homes and nearby streets to a potluck during the summer of 1985. And since then, it’s become an annual event. “Everybody got to know each other,” she says. She also throws a yearly Christmas party. The camaraderie among her 30 or so neighbours is what keeps her potlucks an annual summer affair. “We’re just like one big family,” she says. The parties are always warm and welcoming, Fay Jones, a neighbour of Fitzsimmons for 22 years, says, noting there are always floral arrangements adorning the house. “She’s a perfect hostess,” Jones says. “It’s just a lovely evening which we all look forward to.” editor@vicnews.com
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