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SMELLS LIKE TEAM SPIRIT Students aim to increase voters Megan Cole News staff
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Hannah Cater, left, Glen Harrison and Jessica Manness get ready for the upcoming track season and Oak Bay High school track and field’s manure sale. The team is raising money for an upcoming trip to Florida and is taking orders for manure they will bag at the school at the end of the month. The cost is $6 per bag or $25 for five bags, which includes the delivery of your prepaid order. Contact Mike Sheffer at 250-514-2599 or mwsheffer@hotmail.com or the school at 250-598-3361 to order.
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With only three months left until British Columbians head to the polls, students are busy encouraging their peers to vote. The University of Victoria Students’ Society has already had Elections B.C. on campus helping register voters, but with more than 500,000 eligible voters under of the age of 34 not participating in the last election, director of external relations with the UVSS Lucia Heffelfinger Orser said youth issues are being forgotten. “I think when students go out and vote it brings youth issues to the forefront,” said Heffelfinger Orser. “Some of the reasons why health care and other issues always “I think rank at the top when students for government is go out and vote because it is an older who it brings youth demographic votes and those are issues to the the issues that are important to them.” forefront.” As a student society, - Lucia the primary issue Heffelfinger Orser it would like to see addressed by the political parties in the election race is postsecondary education. The UVSS and other student societies from across the province are joining together, creating a coalition called the Alliance of B.C. Students, which previously ran an informal campaign known as Where’s the funding? “It represents over 180,000 students in the province and we are running a campaign specifically targeting the four major political parties in the upcoming election,” said Heffelfinger Orser. “Essentially we’re trying to call on the Liberals, the NDP, the Conservatives and the Green Party to commit to making B.C. have the highest quality, most successful post-secondary education system.” PLEASE SEE: Election timing tough, Page A10
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For those with a roof over their heads or a bed to sleep in, imagining life without those necessities is near impossible. Yet for hundreds of men and women “sleeping rough” in the Capital Region – exact numbers are unknown – that’s the reality each and every night. What is known is that despite the significant efforts of a number of social service organizations, what is currently available simply isn’t enough. According to the Coalition to End Homelessness’ most recent annual Report on Housing and Supports, 1,617 unique individuals used an emergency shelter bed in five of six emergency shelters in Greater Victoria last year. And people were turned away more than 3,200 times from the Rock Bay Landing Emergency Shelter alone in 2011/12.
“I believe that Victoria has one of the highest per capita rates of homelessness in the country,” says Don Evans, Executive Director at Our Place, noting that because there is no count of the homeless in Victoria, exact numbers are difficult to pinpoint. “I’m sure the numbers are much higher than what most of us think.” Homelessness has many faces. Some without a home “couch-surf ” with friends and family, others live in a vehicle or have a tent to provide some protection. But sleeping rough brings exposure to the elements and to the inherent risks of life on the street, not the least of which is the weather – the Greater Victoria Extreme Weather Protocol, for periods of harsh wind, rain, snow or subzero temperatures, was called 43 times between November 2011 and March 2012. Andrew Wynn-Williams, Executive Director of the Coalition, is one of many at work in the homeless community who are calling
for more housing as the way to end homelessness in our community. He also says it doesn’t need to be expensive. “One key step could be an increase in the number of housing supplements available, a truly cost-effective measure that will help individuals into housing, where they can better address issues such as mental illness and addiction and help reduce the number of visits to the hospital and courts,” Wynn-Williams says. He isn’t the only one who thinks the solutions lie with public support. “I think there needs to be more political will and the government works on pressure from the public,” says Evans. “There are lots of people who have their hearts in the right place but it’s going to take some real leadership from the politicians and the money to back it.” At the same time, “I think it’s very positive that we have the Coalition and that the agencies work together well – that collaboration I think is really positive.”
The Assertive Community Treatment – or ACT – Teams are an initiative of the Vancouver Island Health Authority. Headed up by Dr. Ian Musgrave, the multi-disciplinary teams work with those with severe mental health and addiction chal- Dr. Ian Musgrave lenges, bringing together mental health, medical and social welfare components. Team members are available daily as clients need. Currently, the four teams have access to 50 monthly BC Housing supplements of $200 for their clients, however with each team seeing approximately 75 clients, those 50 supplements are really just scratching the surface. And for the pricey Victoria rental market, $300 really is the minimum needed for a supplement without taking away from other necessities, such as food. Dr. Musgrave, a strong supporter of the full spectrum of housing, notes that studies have shown the cost-effectiveness of programs like the ACT Teams. Costs for supported mental health housing sit around $100 to $150 per day, acute care hospital beds are about $700 to $800 per day and the Seven Oaks tertiary care facility in Saanich is about $325. With that in mind, a $300 per month housing subsidy and ACT Team resources seem cost-effective by comparison, especially with their shown 70- to 80-per-cent reduction in hospital bed stays. “There is so much difference in terms of what can happen if you’re off the curb and under a roof,” Dr. Musgrave says.
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Where have all the herring gone? Once teeming with fish, anglers warn the Gorge Waterway is drying up
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Jim Yardley, front, and Bob Briggs try their luck fishing for herring on the Craigflower Bridge. Both have fished on the bridge through snow and ice for about six years catching as many as 700 fish during the season in the old days. Both say the number of herring in the Gorge Waterway has dropped significantly.
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ob Briggs remembers pulling 60 fish out of the Gorge Waterway on a good day. Meandering over to the Craigflower bridge, sometimes with friends, he recalls taking more than 500 fish out of the Gorge over the two month spawning period. He still fishes there today, but his catch is down to about 50 – and he wonders where all the herring have gone. “It was nothing to go down and get a bucketful of fishing herring six years ago,” he said. “There is no Arnold Lim way you could fill a bucket Reporting in an hour or two now. (But) why?” Briggs says the days of pulling up with a single bamboo pole and jigs and yanking herring out of the water one after the other are over, as are the days of dozens of longtime anglers lining the Craigflower bridge with lines in the water and overflowing buckets at their feet. The decline is clear, but the reason is
not. If anything, water in the Gorge is the cleanest it’s been since the 1920s. Health Canada has given the water a clean bill of health, and it’s even become a swimming hole again. With construction of a new Craigflower bridge set to begin in April, World Fisheries Trust executive director Joachim (Yogi) Carolsfeld hopes to bring new awareness to the issue. “It is a unique thing in the Gorge. There are not many places where you can get this in the middle of the city,” Carolsfeld said. “It is on its way out and we have to do something.” He’s heard plenty of anecdotal evidence regarding the food and bait fish, but he says he needs concrete facts and hopes to fund a creel survey, a monitoring method relying on surveying and interviewing fishermen on a daily basis. In order to do that, funds are needed for a co-ordinator to design and set up the survey – with volunteers required to observe spawning that isn’t currently happening. “In the Gorge itself, I never heard of any herring actually coming back last year,” said Andrew Paine, founder of the Salish
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so there is evidence there,” Paine said. It doesn’t kill all marine life though – a federal environmental assessment of Craigflower bridge last year found higher densities of oysters at the piling than other areas of the Gorge. Paine and a group of volunteers are targeting a technique focused on enhancing the fish habitat by covering the wood with a landscaping cloth, shielding roe from direct contact. They will test the technique on herring stock in the Saanich Inlet first. Paine says a similar technique, coupled with information gathered from proper monitoring, may help the Gorge bounce back. “The herring are the building blocks pretty much of our whole ecosystem. The herring feed the salmon, they feed the ling cod they feed the seals, that feeds the orcas and everything,” Paine said. “(They) really are a keystone species in our ecosystem. It is really sad we are losing populations like the Gorge herring. Once they are gone, are they ever going to come back?” For more information visit worldfish. org. alim@vicnews.com
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Students hopping to action Megan Cole News Staff
After last year’s success of the inaugural Bunny Bags program, the Seed Ladies are back with some new recruits. The students of Glenlyon Norfolk School’s Student Voice program will be helping Seed Ladies co-founder Shannon Phillips. The Seed Ladies – who aim to bring awareness to poverty in the community and support The Mustard Seed Food Bank – launched Bunny Bags, treat bags filled with candy and a stuffed animal, in 2012, collecting and distributing more than 300 bags. “Last year I approached the Mustard Seed about it because it had occurred to me they probably don’t have anything
like that for the kids when is that Phillips will be delivthey come in at Easter,� she ering the Bunny Bags to the said. Mustard Seed at the beginWith an opportunity availning of March instead of at able, Phillips began collectEaster, because most paring stuffed animals, chocoents come in earlier in the lates and any other Eastermonth. related treats. “It’s kind of pushed things Being the mother of daughup for me, which is hard ters attending Glenlyon, because a lot of the stores Phillips contacted those she don’t have their Easter stuff knew at the school, collect- Shannon Phillips out yet and a lot of people ing nearly 90 per cent of the aren’t really thinking about bags’ contents from the school. Easter,� she said. “This year I’m doing it a bit differently,� Donations are needed for the bags. If she said. “The students are going to do you’d like to donate, contact Phillips by a stuffy drive for the bags, and I’m going email at seedladies@gmail.com or visit to collect the chocolates and probably the Seed Ladies’ website at seedladies. more stuffys as well.� com. Another variation on last year’s model mcole@oakbaynews.com
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Next steps for new Oak Bay High Plans for the design and construction of the new Oak Bay High School will begin following the selection of three successful proponents of the Request for Proposals. Bouygues Building Canada Inc., Farmer Construction Ltd., and Yellowridge Design Build Ltd. will prepare and submit a comprehensive proposal to the Greater Victoria School District. Chair Peg Orcherton said in a press release she is pleased the RFP process is now complete and the Oak Bay High project is moving forward. She added the project will be well worth the time, energy and efforts made by everyone involved and will benefit not only Oak Bay but the district overall. The school district anticipates construction will commence this summer.
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Guarding against the ‘silent killer’ Nearly half of those with high blood pressure don’t know it Daniel Palmer News staff
Randy Smith is accustomed to high-pressure situations, but this one was a life-changer. As chief financial officer and head of human resources for the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, Smith arranged for a blood pressure clinic as part of the office’s annual health awareness event last winter. In the lobby of his office at Dockside Green in Vic West, he sat down next to Caroline Macey-Brown and watched as she wrapped the Velcro band around his bicep, each pump of air constricting his blood flow a little more. “I could tell by the look on her face something was out of line,” he said. A series of tests in subsequent weeks revealed Smith suffered from a genetic heart defect, pushing his blood pressure to dangerously high levels. “I didn’t have a clue. I think I ran 10K the weekend before with my buddies,” he said.
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Randy Smith, chief financial officer of the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, gets cuffed in his Vic West office by Caroline MaceyBrown, manager of the Take the Pressure Down program. Smith found out during an office clinic last year that his blood pressure was dangerously high. While he’s now on regular medication and under strict doctor’s orders to avoid high-impact exer-
cise, Smith said his experience with the Take the Pressure Down program likely saved his life.
The three-year-old program is a collaboration between Beacon Community Services and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Volunteers set up in malls, rec centres and libraries across Greater Victoria, and use mobile workplace clinics to reach target age groups. “Our focus is on people aged 30 and above,” said manager MaceyBrown. “Hypertension is called the silent killer, because many people walk around with it and don’t know it.” About 22 per cent of Canadian adults are affected by high blood pressure, and 40 per cent of those affected show no obvious signs. Smith said he wanted to share his story in the hopes that more people take a proactive approach and discuss risk factors with their doctor. “You really have to have those basic health tests done,” he said. “It only takes a few minutes. It’s important to discuss nonmodifiable risks such as genetics and family history with your doctor, and to tackle habits that can be controlled such as diet, stress, alcohol intake and smoking, Macey-Brown said. “There are many stories like Randy’s. The first step of prevention is to educate people about high blood pressure and do screening, monitoring and heart
health education.” Macey-Brown and Smith hope more businesses take advantage of the free blood pressure clinics in the coming months. Smith misses his old lifestyle, but said it’s comforting to know he’s now in control of his longterm health. “It’s not quite the same as chasing a hockey puck around, but it’s better than the alternative.” To learn more, visit takethepressuredown.ca. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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Athletics complex set to break ground McKenzie Avenue roadwork to coincide with new $77 million facility at UVic Kyle Slavin News staff
Construction is set to begin on the site of the future home of the University of Victoria’s Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA). Tom Smith, UVic’s director of facilities management, says he anticipates fencing around the property will be up by the end of February, and work on the site will start soon after. “It’s been a long time coming and we’re thrilled with the fact that we’re finally going to proceed,” he said, referring to Saanich council delaying approving the project on two different occasions, which pushed the university’s construction timeline back more than a year. The most recent hiccup, Smith says, came when the project was put to tender earlier in the winter, and its cost rose by $4.3 million. Additional funds were secured from the university’s parking reserve fund, and from the athletics, recreation and food services department budgets. The university board
of governors approved the new project budget last week. Now with a price tag of $77 million, the combined athletics centre and contentious five-level parkade, has a tentative opening date set for April 2015. CARSA and the parking garage will be built atop an existing parking lot, meaning students and staff will lose at least 234 parking spaces on campus until the parkade construction is complete. “We’ve got a series of signs already prepared waiting to go up that will direct students to other lots. We’ve got vacant parking spaces around campus, they’re just not as convenient,” Smith said. Adding to the mix of construction in the area, the District of Saanich is optimistic upgrades to McKenzie Avenue, from Shelbourne Street to Finnerty Road, will begin in the spring or early summer. Brad Ormiston, project manager, says Saanich is just finalizing the detailed design of the project before it’s put out to tender. He expects roadwork to last four or five months. Upgrades to the road are set come in two phases, with work crews ideally running at the same time, Ormiston said. The first phase, which will be done by Saanich, will see upgrades along McKenzie from Tuscany Village to Gordon Head Road and the entrance to UVic. The roadway, running some 800 metres between intersections, will lose one westbound lane to accommodate new bike lanes
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This rendering depicts what the University of Victoria’s new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities will look like when it’s complete. Work on the site is expected to begin within a few weeks. on either side of the road. The second phase, which will be put to tender, will see McKenzie widened between McGill and Finnerty roads. New bike lanes, left turn lanes and grassy medians will be installed, a traffic light at a new intersection (Phoenix Road at McKenzie) will be built, and the traffic light at Finnerty will be replaced by a traffic circle. Smith says accesses in and out of UVic won’t be impacted by construction of the CARSA or McKenzie Avenue projects.
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It was as if time stood still. A daily visit to the Blethering Place restaurant, now Oaks Restaurant & Grill took a turn when Leanne Jones discovered the Royal Bank clock she relied on every day was missing its hands. Instead of just talking about it, she decided to write about it. “I enjoy writing, it is part of every day for me,” the part-time private investigator said. “I have always done it. … It is a part of me.” The Victoria resident doesn’t wear a watch, instead she uses her cellphone when she is out, except at her daily breakfast spot where she looks over her table across Oak Bay Avenue for a peek at the long-standing, street-facing clock outside of the RBC where she also banks. “Every day for 30 years I went to the Blethering Place and I looked across and there would be the clock,” she said. “For a long time the clock didn’t tell the proper time and one day the hands actually disappeared.” Noticing this, the author of a children’s book felt compelled to write and within two minutes penned the poem No Hands Upon The Clock Of Time, scribing it on a scrap piece of paper right from her table at the diner. “A clock whose face is empty And a countenance that is bleak, What good’s a clock with face sublime That cannot even tell the time,” she writes in the eight-line poem on the view from her familiar perch at the restaurant. “It is quite good,” said her friend Chris Garret-Petts who sometimes accompanies Jones to the Oaks for
breakfast. “She has a really good flair for the arts and is quite creative.” The long-time Oak Bay resident and delivery driver says it is humourous, that what was once a point of reference is now a point of amusement. “It is almost funny in a way. I look across the street and it is funny to see a clock with no hands,” he said laughing. “(Her poem) really sums up what I feel when I look up. Look – clock no hands.” While Garrett-Petts sees the humour, Jones said she can see a lot of people in Oak Bay being “irked” by it. She lives by the motto, “If you see something, say something,” which prompted her to write the piece and she hopes to see the clock repaired, not only to see it operational again, but because she has already penned the sequel for if and when it is repaired. “I write a lot of poems, I don’t know why I do,” she continued. “Time is a very important element. … It is all about time.” The Royal Bank refused to comment to the Oak Bay News earlier in the week, and the hands of time were replaced early Friday morning. editor@oakbaynews.com
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February is the time to see red Hot on the heels of Pink in the Rink, a fundraiser held by the Victoria Royals hockey team supporting the B.C. Cancer Foundation, the UVic Vikes basketball teams are hosting their sixth annual Shoot for the Cure – another pink-themed cancer fundraiser, this one to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We see them everywhere, small pink Pink is trendy, ribbons on a lapel here, but others need larger ones stuck to the back of a car there: help, too pink pens, pink water bottles, pink gloves, pink T-shirts, pink bracelets, pink socks, hats and even golf bags. We see them all every day and know the money spent to purchase them – at least some of it – went to support breast cancer research. It’s a campaign that works. Breast cancer deaths have decreased by almost 40 per cent since the peak in 1986, mainly due to earlier detection through regular mammography screening, advances in screening technology, and improved treatments – all a result of better funding and increased awareness, no doubt. Cancer is a truly horrible disease. Every hour of every day, an average of 21 Canadians will be diagnosed with some type of cancer, and nine people will die from cancer, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. However, heart disease and stroke kill seven times as many women as breast cancer. While pink is trendy and a great way to show you support a cause, this month is Heart Month, time dedicated to fundraising and awareness for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Heart disease and stroke take one life every seven minutes and 90 per cent of Canadians have at least one risk factor, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. So while pink gets all the attention, now is the time to see red and remind ourselves that, unlike most cancers, heart disease is something we can prevent. 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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Independent MLAs have a dream Imagine a province where elected as an independent in Delta party leaders are chosen in an South in 2009. Bob Simpson was independently supervised vote, kicked out of the NDP caucus with 12-year-olds, dead people and shortly after winning re-election pets prevented from for the party in Cariboo voting. North, because he dared Imagine a province to criticize then-leader where roving gangs of Carole James for a lack of influence-seekers aren’t policy specifics. allowed to join multiple They were belatedly parties, and the rule is joined by Abbotsford actually enforced. One South MLA John van where corporations Dongen, who quit the and unions have to B.C. Liberals in an advertise in their own orchestrated move to the name instead of financing B.C. Conservatives, and Tom Fletcher then quit that party soon political parties and then B.C. Views disclosing millions in after. Van Dongen does not donations months after have the credibility of the the election is over. others to speak on integrity, given Imagine a province where his self-serving party antics and his elections are held based on questionable decision to hire his audited financial statements, not fiancée and pay her one and a half a collection of election promises salaries to serve as his constituency that will be dismissed as a work assistant. of fiction by the new regime if the Leaving that aside, there incumbent party is defeated. are some good ideas in the A cat joined the B.C. Liberal Party independents’ reform package. to support Christy Clark. Adrian One is to give backbench MLAs a Dix won the NDP leadership with meaningful role in policy-making. the help of bags of $10 bills stapled Simpson gave the example of to new memberships. As parties Prince George MLA Shirley Bond’s go to online voting, multiple PIN term as education minister, where numbers may be activated from the she had to reverse ministry policies same phone number or the same that didn’t make sense in rural address. school districts. The all-party These and other glaring problems standing committee on education with our party-based political could have prevented this error, he system were highlighted last week said, but it didn’t because it never in a set of reforms proposed by meets. three independent MLAs. Vicki The party voting irregularities Huntington broke the party chokedescribed above could be hold on B.C. politics by getting addressed by giving Elections
B.C. authority to supervise party leadership votes, the way it does elections and referenda. There are unknown costs for this, and other problems. For instance, should the Marijuana Party be subject to this, or the Work Less Party, should either one muster enough organization to stage a leadership contest? The independents had high hopes for one fundamental reform, moving B.C.’s set election date from the spring to the fall. This would take a simple amendment. The idea is for the government to table the annual budget, present the audited public accounts for the previous year, then have an election that rests on tested financial statements and initial results for the current forecast. Both the B.C. Liberal party and the NDP have expressed support for this idea. The independents suggest that this brief three-week legislative session is a good time to do it, so the next government can implement it. I asked Mike de Jong, the B.C. Liberal finance minister and house leader, if he would consider it. He allowed that it is interesting, but it’s not contemplated for the pre-election session. That will be dominated by returning the provincial sales tax, and the usual jousting over untested spending and revenue proposals. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
‘There are some good ideas in the independents’ reform package.’
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LETTERS A tax by any other name When I relocated to Saskatchewan way back in 1974 – I thought a more socialist state than British Columbia – I was impressed and delighted to pay a value added tax on all consumer purchases which was named Education and Health Tax. What, I thought, could be a more worthwhile tax than one used to provide education and health service to citizens?
I suggest Christy Clark re-name our B.C. tax as such, maybe this may impress new comers/ taxpayers to this wonderful place named British Columbia and quiet much of the grumbling about this very necessary value added and fair tax on all levels of society. The more we spend, the more tax we pay and so should it be. L. George Rousell Oak Bay
B.C. must be a leader Re: Here comes the tax, man (Our View Feb. 1). I enjoyed the outlook of your editorial. Please point out how, when we don’t pay our bills, they become larger the longer they remain unpaid. Just like the charges on a credit card. There is so much advertising about (making purchases) on a credit card, I think the younger generation doesn’t stop to think how expensive that “sale” item is. Salaries are a lot higher than
they were in 2000, so let’s go back to those tax levels and get out of debt. Let B.C. set the example for all of Canada and the world. We certainly need our roads and other infrastructure brought up to date and we certainly won’t get it done by going into debt. Do us all a favour and keep this item in the headlines until we all do ourselves a favour and get out of debt. Janet Ebert Oak Bay
Submarines safe and modern Re: Cartoon (Jan. 30) Your editorial cartoon refers to the air quality monitoring systems for Canada’s problem plagued submarines. Firstly, let me address the “problem plagued” comment. This over used and demeaning description of our submarines is no longer applicable. Our Navy has worked extremely hard to get these problems ironed out. The result is that HMCS Victoria, our city’s submarine, is now fully operational. Last year, she performed extremely well in RIMPAC exercises held out of Pearl Harbour. The culmination of this performance was the successful firing of a MK 48 torpedo that sunk an obsolete ship and demonstrated our boat’s potent
capability. Our other three submarines will attain this capability in the near future. Secondly, a high-tech central air quality monitoring system is a “nice to have” system. It is certainly not essential as our boats have portable systems capable of monitoring the quality of air, including the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen. If these levels get outside the laid down parameters, the boat has equipment that can reduce the level of carbon dioxide or produce oxygen. I believe that it now time to start reporting on the positive accomplishments of our submarines and submariners – they deserve it. Cmdr. (Ret.) Lloyd Barnes Saanich
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The art of unwrapping Sales assistant Bree Martin unwraps large picture frames from their cardboard wrapping inside the Winchester Gallery on Oak Bay Avenue. Behind Martin is a large oil painting by Jean McEwen and in front, is an oil painting by Brad Pasutti.
First Nations should look at leaders Re: Idle No More stokes the fire (Our View, Jan. 30) In reading your editorial regarding the Idle No More movement, I can’t help but wonder if the omissions say more than the inclusions. The most glaring omission is the lack of reference to Theresa Spence and her influence in the process. I think the First Nations peoples have got the short end of the stick over the years but having her on side is more detrimental to their cause than they would hope for. She has constantly moved the goal posts and
then refused to follow through on her demands, leaving it to others to do. I think it was a smoke screen to take the heat off the audit of Attawapiskat. First Nations people should have a serious look at the way Theresa Spence lives compared to the way her “subjects” live. If that is typical of all First Nations in this country, the native people have more of a problem with their “upper class” chiefs than with the government. Jim Anderson Saanich
Victoria is B.C.’s sunniest place Re: No escape from radio frequencies (Writer’s Block, Feb. 1) In a recent column, the writer stated: “Personally, I’d be more concerned about getting cancer from the sun. This being Victoria, I don’t have to worry much about that either.” I’m always surprised when I hear people say things like that, even jokingly. Victoria, after all, is the sunniest city in B.C. –
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What exactly is astigmatism? The question is asked every day and astigmatism is, without doubt, one of the most misunderstood refractive disorders. Optometrists agree that astigmatism has various causes. While some theories claim it is hereditary, others state it is developmental. Both opinions are almost certainly correct. The most common form of astigmatism is due to the clear front part of the eye, the cornea, not being round. This “out of round” of the cornea causes distortion of the focussed light, which in turn causes blurred vision at all distances. An uncorrected astigmatic eye is constantly trying to improve its focus. This is tiring and can cause headaches especially during precise visual work. Most patients are surprised to learn that the majority of people have at least a small amount of astigmatism. The amount of astigmatism will determine the severity of the visual complaints. Most people can go for years without realizing that they have a problem. If one has never seen clearly, it is difficult to comprehend what clear vision truly is. Fortunately both spectacles and contact lenses can correct astigmatism, and recently, refractive surgeons have added astigmatism corrections with lasers to their services. When astigmatism is first corrected a period of adaptation and adjustment is to be expected. Objects may look distorted or slanted but clear. After a few days the strange symptoms will subside. It took the brain years to get used to the “old vision” so it will take a while for the “new vision” to settle. It is very important to correct significant astigmatism in children. They may not complain, but uncorrected astigmatism can often cause poor performance at school. Don’t forget; first eye exam by age three. A regular eye examination with the optometrist is the best way to monitor astigmatism in patients of all ages.
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Election timing tough for students Continued from Page A1
With a general election scheduled for May 14, Heffelfinger Orser is concerned students may still have difficulty making it to the polls. “It’s a tricky time for students to vote,” she said. “It’s a time when they are moving in and out of the province, going on summer vacation, finishing exams, or looking for work. I thinking timing makes a difference.” With fewer students on campus at the time of the general election, it is also more challenging for the student societies to reach them, Heffelfinger Orser added. The Camosun College Student Society has launched a similar campaign at the Landsdowne and Interurban campuses
under the banner Rock the Vote B.C. Like their peers at the University of Victoria, the CCSS is hoping the youth vote will make a difference in some potentially tight races. “Rock the vote B.C. has two components: voter registration, and promoting the issues that are important to students such as tuition, financial aid, transit, housing and the environment,” said CCSS external executive Madeline Keller MacLeod. “Voter registration is very important because the election falls at an extremely inconvenient time for students. They need to know their rights as a voter, such as the ability to vote in any polling station across the province on election day, unlike federal elections.”
To entice students who may need to register, Friday, Feb. 15 the CCSS will be serving grilled cheese sandwiches to Interurban students who fill out voter registration forms. “We want to make sure our members are registered and receiving their voter information in the mail, making it just that much easier to vote,” said Keller MacLeod. mcole@oakbaynews.com
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Allotting funds to create more bike lanes in the Capital Region is a good first step, advocates say, but more needs to be done to comply with the CRD’s longterm cycling plan. On Feb. 5, the province committed $765,000 for intersection improvements along the E&N Rail Trail, running next to the rail bed between Esquimalt and Admirals roads. The City of Victoria will receive about $48,000, or 50 per cent of the funding needed to paint bike lanes along Pandora Avenue (from Oak Bay Avenue to Cook Street), on Johnson Street (from Cook Street to its intersection with Begbie Street) and Begbie to Shelbourne Street. But Victoria and the Capital Region still have a long way to go before it can boast a cycling infrastructure similar to Vancouver, said Edward Pullman, Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition president. “It’s just going to be paint on the road in Victoria. It’s not a physical separation, so it’s essentially just a little bit of passing space,� he said. The Victoria bike lanes will connect downtown with destinations near Royal Jubilee Hospital, with the long-term plan to connect to Oak Bay, said Brad Dellebuur, Victoria’s transportation manager. The city is still in the “skeleton building stage,� he said. Staff are just starting to look at ways to comply with the region’s master cycling plan, which calls for more separated, buff-
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Music for Africa aids angels Megan Cole News Staff
Travel isn’t always about the destination, sometimes it is about the journey, and three years ago when 21-year old University of Victoria School of Music student Laura How visited Zambia with her family it started a journey that continues today. While traveling through Africa with her parents, twin brother and younger brother, How visited the St. Nicholas Orphanage and elementary school at the Makeni Centre in Lasaka, Zambia. “We got to know the 30 kids,” said How. “The youngest was a newborn. He was a very cute baby, but unfortunately he had HIV/AIDS so he required a lot more support and it was hard to know how he would be doing once we left.” Through a student who recently went down to the African AIDS Angels (AAA) supported centre, How and her family saw pictures of the now toddler who is doing well. “He seems to be a very happy child, which is exciting,” said How. During two weeks at the Makeni Centre, the Hows went to the
local school the orphans attended and watched as they killed and cleaned chickens. “They really do cook and eat pretty much every part of that bird,” said How. “They can’t waste any meat because they only get the chickens once a week.” Experiencing how the orphans in Zambia lived compared to her life at home made her realize how fortunate she was, which set her in motion to become involved with AAA. AAA is a volunteer-run charity that supplies food, shelter, medical care and education for families affected by AIDS in Malawi, Zambia and South Africa. “It wasn’t until I got back from Africa that I became involved with African AIDS Angels and began making presentations to different schools about the projects,” she said. How – who is now on the AAA board of directors and is an active member of the youth engagement committee – visits local schools equipped with a PowerPoint presentation and teaches elementary students about the projects in Africa. She also leads angel mak-
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ing workshops. And on Feb. 24, How will take the excitement she first had when she returned from Zambia and combine it with her other longterm passion – music. How is a fourth year student at the University of Victoria majoring in piano. She has been playing the piano for 14 years. “When I returned from Africa I was really excited about the possibility of supporting the orphans in Zambia, and I was looking to see whether we could make a larger, longer lasting impact,” she said. “I know that our angel sales do very well, but there is a limited market for that so we are looking at other options to support our projects.” Combining her passions, How began organizing the Music for Africa event. Along with fellow musicians from the School of Music, in addition to Victoria Conservatory of Music students and community musicians, How will take the stage playing a classical music repertoire including Bach, Beethoven and Schubert. “One of the really exciting performers we have is Eehjoon Kwan,”
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Laura How applying temporary tattoos and handing out Canadian flags at St. Nicholas Orphanage in Lusaka, Zambia. said How. “She was the 2012 young soloist at Symphony Splash.” How’s younger brother Nathan will also been sharing the stage. Nathan – a Grade 12 student at Mount Douglas Secondary – plays trombone with his school concert and jazz bands, and sings in both the school’s men’s and mixed voice choirs. The performance will also feature a silent auction with items donated by the community such as tickets to Ballet Victoria’s Secret
Garden and the Pacific Opera Victoria’s Tosca. Music for Africa is on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at the University of Victoria. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available at Ivy’s Bookshop, Long and McQuade or at the door. For more information about AAA visit their website at aidsangelsvictoria.ca. mcole@oakbaynews.com
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Put a little Gershwin in your life this weekend. On Saturday Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Charles Job and the Palm Court Light Orchestra present Rhapsody in Blue at the Farquhar Auditorium, at Frederick Hodges the University of Victoria. As the title suggests, the concert will include the work of George Gershwin as well as many familiar songs from the American Song Book and will include the return of popular San Francisco pianist Frederick Hodges. Tickets are available at the UVic Centre box office at 250-721-8480. For more information go to palmcourtorchestra.com. llavin@vicnews.com
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Three athletes inducted to UVic hall of fame The University of Victoria will induct two former studentathletes and one former coach into the University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame on April 3 at the annual Celebration of Champions banquet. UVic cross-country and track runner Silverado Socrates, formerly Brenda Shackleton, raced for the Vikes from 1985-88 and led the Vikes to three consecutive CIS and Canada West cross-country titles from 1985 to 1987. Women’s soccer goalkeeper Nicci Wright competed for the Vikes from 1992-96. Wright went on to a prolific international career, earning 36 caps with Canada and recorded 11 shutouts, the third most in Canadian national women’s soccer history. Being inducted into the builder category is Derek Ellis, who coached the cross-country and track distance program from its official inception in 1964 until 1973. In addition to coaching, Ellis was an associate professor in the biology department.
Junior B regular season wraps up this week The final week of the junior B hockey regular season: The Peninsula Panthers face the Westshore Wolves tonight (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m., at Bear Mountain arena. No. 2 Saanich Braves face the south division leaders Victoria Cougars on Thursday night, 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Arena. On Friday at 7 p.m., Peninsual plays host to Kerry Park and Panorama rec. Vancouver Island league junior B hockey playoffs are scheduled to start Monday.
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Next Saturday, pink will be all the rage on the basketball court at the University of Victoria as the Vikes raise money for cancer research, while facing arch-rivals from the University of British Columbia. The men’s and women’s Vikes face their UBC counterparts in back-to-back games at UBC on Friday, and at home on Saturday, the last of the regular season. For the home game, the men’s and women’s squad will don pink uniforms in support of Shoot for the Cure, a fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. “Playing UBC is a big draw. It’s a huge rivalry between the schools. Games with them are a huge factor in where we will place,” said women’s coach Dani Sinclair. The Vikes women expect to finish between second and fourth place in its conference and should clinch a playoff slot in the Canada West Championship, the quarterfinals leading into nationals. The Vikes women have a strong playoff record including nine national championships, but last year they missed making the playoffs. “It’s good for us to get back in there,” Sinclair said. “We’d like to beat UBC. They are a very strong team, ranked sixth in Canada. That poses a tough challenge for us.” This squad has plenty of talent, but Sinclair expects key players such as Debbie Yeboah (Winnipeg) and Claremont grad Jessica Renfrew to help carry the team into playoffs. “(Renfew) is good at running the floor ... one of our best three-point shooters and a good driver, she can get by anybody,” Sinclair said. The Vikes men’s team is coming into its final games in a strong second place behind powerhouse UBC. The men have their sights squarely set on the nationals this year after placing fourth in the Canada West Final 4 last year. “Obviously we want to get ourselves back into that game. When you get to the national tournament, anything can happen,” said coach Craig Beaucamp. Beaucamp agreed Saturday will be a highprofile game, and will support a good cause, but it will be more about bragging rights than significance in the standings. We should have clinched second,” Beaucamp said. “Placing first or second is more
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UVic Vikes basketball players Reiner Theil, Jenny Lewis, Chris McLaughlin and Jenna Bugiardini and their rest of their teams, will don pink hued uniforms for Saturday’s games against UBC to support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. important than anything.” The Vikes women face UBC on Saturday at 5 p.m. and the men play at 7 p.m. at the McK-
innon Gym. Entry is by donation to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. editor@saanichnews.com
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2. Small water craft 3. Opposite of ecto 4. The woman 5. Skeletal muscle 6. Devoid of warmth and cordiality 7. Decameter DOWN 8. Italian goodbye 1. Singular cardinals hypothesis 9. Mediation council (abbr.) 10. Impudence 12. A desert in S Israel 14. Japanese seaport 15. Nob or goblin 20. Ingested 22. Swiss river 24. Protects head from weather 25. Lava rock 26. Designer identifier 27. 34470 FL 28. Petrified ancient animal 29. Gas used in refrigeration
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30. Journeys to Mecca 31. 8th month, Jewish calendar 32. Small indefinite quantity 33. Taps 41. Extremely high frequency 44. Iguanidae genus 45. From the Leaning Tower’s city 46. Cologne 47. Moses’ elder brother (Bible) 50. A minute amount (Scott) 51. Hindu name for 4 epochs 52. Faded and dull 53. Radioactivity unit 55. The face of a clock 56. The inner forearm bone 59. Tai language of the Mekong region 60. Embrocate 61. Possessed 62. Public promotions 64. Sorrowful
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Lawyers call for list of reforms Inefficiencies in system slowing down court cases Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association released a report Feb. 5 calling for more judges, more court services staff, more legal aid money and more mental health services. Kerry Simmons, president of the Canadian Bar Association B.C. branch, released the report at a news conference in Victoria last week. Simmons said the association wants to put justice issues on the agenda
of B.C.’s Legal Services Society, was assigned to examine why the court system was getfor the May provinting slower despite cial election, and it 13,000 fewer new has been received provincial criminal with interest by the cases than it hanB.C. Liberal Party dled in 2002. and NDP. Cowper conThe bar assocluded the probciation, representing Tom Fletcher/Black Press lem is partly 6,900 B.C. judges, Kerry Simmons, president because there lawyers and law of the Canadian Bar are incentives for students, is seekAssociation’s B.C. branch, defence lawyers ing a long wish list speaks at a press conference to delay cases, of reforms, includin Victoria last week. and a “culture of ing long-standing delay� that resists demands for legal change. “During aid funding for famthe review there was a general sense that judges ily court disputes and and lawyers have their own, insulated sense of a return to the 2005 level of staffing for pro- what constitutes timeliness and responsiveness,� he wrote. vincial court judges. He also found there is an average of seven The B.C. government appearances by the accused in a criminal case announced the hiring before it goes to trial. of nine new judges a Asked about those problems, Simmons said year ago, and Attorthere are pilot projects underway to expand the ney General Shirley use of video conferencing in courts. Bond also launched Judges from out of town can preside over sima review of the court pler procedures, such as bail or remand hearings. system. Geoffrey tfletcher@blackpress.ca Cowper, former chair
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