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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 – BLACK PRESS PROGRESS EDITION

HOW DO WE END HOMELESSNESS IN GREATER VICTORIA? We CAN end homelessness in Greater Victoria by creating additional supportive and affordable housing. The Coalition’s 2012 Housing Procurement Action Plan calls for the creation of more than 950 units of supportive housing to end homelessness by 2018 – through both new construction and through the provision of rental supplements. Our goal is to ensure that all those that want a home have access to one in a timely fashion.

Successes

Streets to Homes Developed to house Greater Victoria’s hardest to house, the Streets to Homes program has housed more than 131 participants since August 2010. Using rental supplements and enhanced access to services

Since 2009, 245 net new units of subsidized housing have been added to Greater Victoria’s housing stock. These units have varying types of associated supports tailored to the unit’s target client group. Among those net new units, 162 are new transitional housing units, targeted for those at risk of homelessness or formerly homeless; and 101 new units created for low income families. Key supportive housing projects, recently completed or underway, include: • Queens Manor | 36 units of supported housing • Swift House | 23 supported housing units • Hope Centre | 25 supported housing units • Siem Lelum | 39 affordable family housing units

• Clover Place | 18 supported housing units • Camas Gardens | 44 supported housing units • Rock Bay Landing | 84 shelter beds & 23 transitional units • Olympic Vista | 36 units of supported housing

Streets to Homes keeps people housed.The Streets to Homes programs has evolved into a cost effective homelessness and multiple barriers to accessing stable, affordable housing. Streets to Homes is an excellent example of collaboration, originally created in partnership with eight Coalition partners, the program

Homelessness Prevention Fund The Homelessness Prevention Fund (HPF) provides

Next Steps, the Housing Procurement Action Plan

emergency assistance to individuals and families in Greater Victoria who are experiencing the threat of

permanent housing with supports. Depending on the individual’s needs supportive housing can range from purpose built structures with 24/7 staff support to rent supplements that house individuals in the private market with regular visits from support workers. Key Features of the Plan: • 245 rent supplement units will be added in market rental housing. • 719 units will be created through new construction, and acquisition (renovation, repurposing) of existing buildings; • By 2018, the annual cost of debt service, operating, support and rent supplements will be approximately $13.70 million. • The annual per unit costs of new housing are estimated at $16,748 and the annual per unit costs of rent supplement units / tenants are $6,800. • By 2018, 964 people will have been permanently housed and receiving supports to help them live independently at a lower expenditure than the high cost of repeated stays in emergency shelters, jails, and hospitals.

homelessness and helps stabilize their shelter arrangements. Grants are issues to pay rent, utility bills or damage deposits – up to a maximum of $500. Recipients have to demonstrate that they have exhausted all other means of help, can only receive the grant once in a 12-month period, and do not have to repay the money. More than 200 grants have been awarded in Greater Victoria since the HPF began in 2011.To make a donation to the HPF please contact the Victoria Foundation at 250-381-5532 or www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca, please specify you would like your donation to support the Homelessness Prevention Fund.

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Economy

The hard work of recovery Job fairs a barometer of how well Greater Victoria economy is doing Edward Hill Black Press

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Mariam Ordubadi hands a resume to a prospective employer at the Work B.C. Employment Service Centre job fair earlier this year. Hundreds of job seekers stood in line for hours to talk to companies with job openings.

hey arrive by the hundreds before dawn, sharply dressed with resumes in hand at the WorkBC Employment Services Centre, all for a chance at landing one of a few dozen jobs. One job seeker, 20-year-old Rebecca Carlos, works as a nanny but her hours are erratic and unreliable. She’s looking for anything full time among the service, construction and administration positions on offer from 20 companies. “If I get only one shift in a week, I can’t pay my rent,” Carlos says while patiently waiting in a line that snakes through the building, down two floors and outside into the parking lot. “Job hunting is very hard. I’ve got five years of customer service experience, but even for minimum wage jobs there’s a lot of competition.” Her friend Shayla Atkinson, 21, a casual care aid for advance dementia patients also describes herself as under-employed. “I’ve been looking for three months now,” she laments. “There’s a lot of temp and casual jobs. There’s no for-sure jobs.” A barometer of the economy in Greater Victoria, these job fairs underscore a troubled labour market that offers fewer positions and often for low pay, despite upbeat unemployment statistics. Latest numbers show Greater Victoria’s unemployment rate is 5.6 per cent, well below the provincial average. “Unemployment is at a five-year low, and real GDP is expected to grow,” says Garth Yoneda of GT Hiring Solutions, the company managing the job fair. “The stats are completely misleading, otherwise we wouldn’t have such a crowd here.” Employment counsellors are seeing an uptick in older people seeking work, often for the first time in decades, and underemployed younger people seeking to land increasingly rare permanent jobs. Continued /B6

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ECONOMY

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Competition for retail drives investment Shopping centres build – and rebuild – to lure new customers and new businesses Kyle Slavin Black Press

he retail landscape in Greater Victoria is getting a major facelift in 2013. Uptown, in Saanich, drew clothing giants H&M, Joe Fresh and Forever 21. Tillicum Centre is one of two Capital Region malls that knocked down defunct Zellers stores to make way for Target. And Hillside is partway through an $83-million upgrade that will see its footprint grow by 55,000 square feet, and welcome Target and Marshalls locations to the Victoria mall. The region’s shopping centres are vying for your business, and the changes are all part of that competitive strategy. “I think customers’ expectations for a one-stop shopping experience are much stronger now and much more important than ever,” said Kerry Shular, general manager of Hillside Shopping Centre.

While her shopping centre undergoes a major physical expansion, she says a mall’s dedication to customer service and improving the shopping experience are some of the most important factors in staying competitive and relevant. “Ten years ago there was no such thing as a customer service concierge,” said Shular. She points to offerings such as diapers, bottled water, treats for kids and strollers that her customer service reps dole out to “make the visit more comfortable and less stressful, if you run in to any unforeseen problems with children.” Darlene Hollstein, general manager of The Bay Centre, says she has to think strategically different than other malls because of its location and customer base. “We’re landlocked. The only way we can expand is up,” she says. “What we do is refine the products that we have, and maintain our look and feel.” The Bay Centre, she says, changes drastically in the summer months because a huge spike in tourists means she needs to provide a different customer experience. Last September, for instance, it donated space for a major piece of 3-D art in concert with Victoria’s first chalk art festival.

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‘I think customers’ expectations for a one-stop shopping experience are much stronger now and much more important than ever,’ said Kerry Shular, general manager of Hillside Shopping Centre. “We’re seen more as a venue of service for the public than a typical shopping centre,” Hollstein says.

That’s where creating a well-served experience comes in. Hollstein points to multiple upgrades to the washrooms at The Bay Centre as one of the ways she continues to offer a better shopping experience. “Most people judge a business by its washrooms. If you provide better, nicer washrooms that are a more appealing, it’s a different way to stand out from your competitors,” she said. Uptown, the newest shopping centre in Greater Victoria – though technically a major expansion of the old Town & Country, touts its exclusive retailers as being key for its own draws, but also beneficial to the South Island’s overall retail growth. “There’s some pent-up demand (in Victoria). Those aren’t dollars that were being spent elsewhere on the Island. People were travelling to Vancouver or Seattle for H&M and Forever 21,” said Geoff Nagle, director of development for Morguard Investments Ltd., which owns and operates Uptown. “This keeps dollars in the market where they’re supposed to be circulating.” Uptown, while not laid out like a traditional mall, focuses on being a one-stop shop for goods and services, but also provides space in its centre courtyard for events and shows. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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What if you combined your desire to contribute by volunteering with your desire to become more physically active? Here’s what one of our Active Living Coaches has to say about that! “When I decided to become an Active Choices Coach, I thought I’d be spending my time motivating someone else to get more active. I didn’t realize that being a Coach would motivate me to reach my activity/fitness goals, too.” “I first met my participant in January. I found her to be vibrant with a great sense of humour. Already active, her goal was to be even more so. I knew her can-do attitude and enthusiasm would benefit her in reaching that goal. As our time together progressed, I realized that on many occasions her weekly activity level was even higher than mine! This inspired me to ramp up my own activity level and re-think my personal fitness goals. After all, if I wanted my participant to be more active, I needed to set a good example!” “My increased activity level has resulted in weight loss and the motivation I needed to walk in the Royal Victoria Marathon. While most people will thank their Active Choices Coach for inspiring them, I am thanking my participant for motivating me and reminding me that anything is possible!” Come out and support your community while increasing your physical activity knowledge. There are two separate upcoming training sessions for volunteer coaches. Saturday, May 4 at the Yakomivich Centre, 1454 Hillside, Victoria, and Sunday, June 23, at the Beacon Community Centre (Wakefield Manor) 9924 Third Street, Sidney. Both sessions run from 10:30am to 4:00pm.

ECONOMY

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How should Victoria create new business opportunities?

What is the most challenging issue when setting up a business in Victoria?

What is Victoria’s biggest parking challenge?

What is the best transit option for businesses in Greater Victoria?

How can Victoria diversify its economy away from government?

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We need to be more positive and welcoming to encourage innovation and promote opportunity.

By linking creative minds and entrepreneurs together in programs that provide business exposure with innovative approaches.

Focus on the Downtown Core Area Plan and Harbour Plan. With an increased population and amenities, business will follow.

By branding and communicating itself as a city of opportunities.

It’s about creating an environment that is conducive to businesses wanting to set up in Victoria and the CRD (tax incentives, etc.)

Time and approval processes for any business are challenges. We need to streamline these processes.

Getting the right people to do the right job with the right skills set.

The taxes are high, the Challenges are numerous Thirteen municipalities and the lack of affordable bureaucracy and mixed including lack of access regulations. to capital, tax complexity, housing. labour skills shortage, inadequate infrastructure.

Our biggest challenge with parking is that we continue to obsess over it. Greater Victoria doesn’t have a parking problem

Cars. Looking for different options for getting around will address both parking and transportation challenges.

The city is dependent on revenues created from parking fees (including fines) and use these to soften the tax levy.

Perception that there is not enough and our reliance on cars to get around.

On-street parking.

The only transit option for now is to create a more efficient system: HOV lanes, signal bypass, etc.

Mass transportation that is convenient, safe and brings high numbers of people downtown.

We need a single coordinating authority so the system can be better managed and improved.

Continue to work with transit to expand service and cut down on traffic on the Colwood Crawl.

The best option: 1. Needs of users 2. Affordable 3. Sustainable

Victoria has a diverse economy with large sectors in technology, marine, tourism and education. Government will always be a focus.

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ECONOMY

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Private sector rises to challenge Continued from /B3

“There’s definitely a slump in the economy. Earlier in history, most people in the lineup would get a job very easily,” says Mel Macara, of GT Hiring Solutions and 22 years as an employment counsellor. “This is a sign of the times. Businesses are merging jobs – where there was two there are now one.” Job fairs, of course, paint an incomplete picture of Victoria’s economic health. Very much a city ruled by government jobs, provincial and federal cutbacks ripple through spending in the region. But the private sector is starting to take up the slack, says Dallas Gislason, the economic development officer for the Greater Victoria Development Agency. While governments froze hiring and shed jobs, the region’s GDP still grew by about 0.9 per cent last year. “It says to me that when the government shrank, the private sector increased by more than two per cent,” Gislason says. “That is the area that is creating jobs and growing the economy to offset negative government growth.” Gislason expects high-tech and advanced manufacturing companies to lead the way in hiring and expansion in the region, although those types of jobs still make up a small proportion of the workforce. In terms of expanding the private sector, he doubts Victoria will see many businesses relocating here – it’s simply too expensive. “It’s not about attracting companies to move here, its about attracting a CEO to invest in a house if they come here to retire, then they mentor others or start a company or become a philanthropist,” he says. “Every week I get inquiries from people looking to move here, most are investors looking for a company to buy. There’s more people looking to move here than companies for sale.” Greater Victoria Development Agency expects slow and steady economic growth over the next few years, about 1.8 per cent, “with the private sector leading the way,” Gislason

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says. “(The) province could bounce back. You can only have a hiring freeze for so long before people start getting burnt out.” Adam Gant, a founder of League Financial Partners, the company that is developing the $1-billion Capital City Centre in Colwood, is also upbeat about steady economic growth, despite the provincial government pullback in employment and office space. Gant expects a steady stream of people moving here for the lifestyle and education, and the West Shore – including City Centre condos – will absorb most of that growth. editor@saanichnews.com

CFB Esquimalt provides boost to economy Boasting a workforce of more than 6,000, CFB Esquimalt is one of the largest employers and economic drivers in the region. Direct spending – not including construction – by CFB Esquimalt is somewhere between $500 million and $600 million, making its overall economic impact around an estimated $1.2 billion. Demographics-wise, because of the nature of the work, CFB Esquimalt employs a large number of young people, meaning their economic impact extends to local retailers, recreation centres and sports teams, says Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO Bruce Carter. On the construction side of things, Carter points to some $1 billion in construction projects at CFB Esquimalt – a new helicopter hanger and two new jetties – that will also boost the local economy.

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Development

Soul of a community Oak Bay Beach Hotel re-development shows what it takes to rebuild a brand Brian McLeod Special to Black Press

t was the best – and worst – of situations a hotelier who loved the business could find himself in. It was the early 2000s and Kevin Walker had the considerable satisfaction of being the third generation owner of the historic Oak Bay Beach Hotel, a living landmark in the picturesque seaside community. But the building itself was on life support, and, in his words, “deemed to be in a state beyond repair.”

Not that he didn’t have attractive options. The hotel’s location was perfectly positioned on some of the most attractive waterfront property in Greater Victoria. A high-end and highly profitable real estate development was very feasible. Even recommended. But Walker and his wife and business partner Shawna, had a vision they were determined to make reality: to continue and improve on the high levels of hospitality the inn had offered for years, and to preserve and respect the community memories woven into the site. The couple has successfully reopened the original hotel doors to an eager public response. They knew from the beginning they faced a challenging and costly project – $52 million was their hard cash outlay. But nothing could have prepared them for the gauntlet they had to run.

The first hurdle was the procedurals, including exhaustive meetings with Oak Bay council as well as their neighbours. Frank Bourree, president and CEO of Chemistry Consulting and long-experienced tourism sector expert, worked with Walker on the original feasibility study. “The community wanted to be involved in every detail, from the design of the fireplace to the redesign of The Snug (pub),” Bourree said. “Kevin was put through the ringer to the point where it became a case study on why a lot of developers don’t want to build in Victoria.” There is a certain preponderance of CAVE people here, he contends: Citizens Against Virtually Everything. But the Walkers remained gracious and very professional. Continued /B10

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DEVELOPMENT

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Environmental initiatives take flight Victoria International Airport puts stock in green projects Brian McLeod Special to Black Press

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o a newcomer, it may seem odd to learn that Victoria International Airport has completed 6.7 kilometres of its paved bicycle and walking trail around the facility’s circumference, with 0.9 km currently under construction. The plan is to complete the 9.3 km loop by the end of this year. And according to James Bogusz, director of air side operations with the Victoria Airport Authority, when this occurs they will have spent “many hundreds of thousands of dollars” on the project. In most sizeable cities in the world, airports are not places where people choose to take a bike ride or a stroll. But that’s the sensibility that makes this community different. Business concerns have little to do with the project, or any of a number of other environmental improvement initiatives underway or completed. But environmental enhancement has been a priority of the authority since it took over operating the airport in 1997. Its motive, Bogusz says, is simply to be good neighbours, particularly to people living nearby in Sidney and North Saanich. And it’s appreciated, said North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall. “It’s a wonderful community contribution. People are delighted to walk there; and yes, conversations are entirely audible,” she says. “It’s beautiful up on Hospital Hill and down Mills Road. The views are superb.” The airport’s green program goes far beyond the trail.

In November 2010, it installed a domestic solar hot water heating system, for example. The prompt was being able to cleanly – and cheaply – heat 25 per cent of the water the facility requires in the winter, and nearly 100 per cent in the summer via solar technology. A larger initiative is stormwater management. Of prime concern here is heavy rainfall on impermeable surfaces, from runways and aprons to parking lots and roads. Such water picks up a wide range of pollutants, which for years ended up in Ten Ten and Reay creeks, which border the airport property. Today, rain gardens capture much of the runoff. Stillwater areas with selected natural vegetation, aided by bioswales, filter out many pollutants by natural means over time, before the water eventually flows on. The VAA’s current showpiece is the Reay Creek remediation project. The sizeable, fish-bearing stream runs through the airport’s east industrial area, then on through Sidney and into Bazan Bay. The goal is to improve stormwater quality, in historically contaminated areas of the creek that date back to the Second World War. Specifically, the remediation will reduce concentrations of heavy metals and other pollutants washed into the creek from the industrial grounds. It will also incorporate fish and riparian features for habitat restoration in the creek’s upper reaches – salmon and sea-run cutthroat trout are now back in the lower reaches, thanks to community efforts; Reay Creek was dead for years. The current project also includes the removal of present contaminated materials from the creek channel and adds water control gates as a protective measure to capture any unforeseen contaminant spills that may occur. Planting in the area will begin next fall. editor@vicnews.com

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DEVELOPMENT

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Tiny living units hit housing market Hundreds of condos coming on-stream between 2013 and 2015 Daniel Palmer Black Press

nyone living on the West Coast can count on three things in abundance: good sushi, perfect powder and skyhigh real estate prices. A crippling global recession combined with a persistent local housing bubble and overhauled mortgage regulations mean first-time buyers are working and saving longer than previous generations to sign a deed. But hope may be on the horizon. Condo construction is flourishing in Victoria’s downtown core, as more than 1,000 units are set to come onto the market in the next two years. While many buildings target downsizing retirees with spacious two-bedroom suites and views of the Inner Harbour,

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Shelley Mann, realtor and president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, sits on a couch in the living area of a 495 square foot condo in the The Brix on Borden condo complex on Borden Street. younger buyers are snapping up the studio condos intended for little more than sleeping and showering. “Most buildings are putting two or three smaller units in to see what kind of momentum they get, but they certainly don’t want to put the whole building towards that,” said Shelly Mann, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board. An experimental exception to this rule is the Janion building,

an 1891 heritage structure at 1612-1614 Store St. set to open later this year. The tiny studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, complete with Murphy beds and built-in furniture, have become a niche market of sorts for developer Reliance Properties of Vancouver. While many potential buyers wait to see where condo prices will bottom out, Reliance is banking on the

$110,000 starting price of the Janion microlofts to entice buyers. It’s a price point that simply doesn’t exist in Greater Victoria, Mann said. “The marketplace defies imagination right now,” says Ken Kelly, Downtown Victoria Business Association general manager. Kelly and his colleagues are working on a plan to revitalize the downtown core, and says a key component is getting new residents moving into the area. “The prices are at such a level that people are looking at different avenues to satisfy demand,” he said. The studio condominiums start at about 250 square feet, while micro one- and twobedroom units range from 400 to 630 sq. ft. But will the tight living quarters sell? “I think the proof will be in the pudding,” said Kelly. “If the market doesn’t respond, I think we’ll see an increase in the size of the units.” With the median asking price on single family homes in Greater Victoria hovering around $500,000, the Janion sales likely won’t disappoint. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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ewage treatment, and how that may play out for Capital Region taxpayers, has been a hot topic since the province ordered a halt to flushing screened sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Almost forgotten in the discussion of the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant in Esquimalt is the fact the region’s underground infrastructure must be able to effectively and efficiently feed the new facility. So where is Greater Victoria in terms of the quality and reliability of its pipes? Overall, in fairly good position, says Malcolm Cowley, the Capital Regional District’s manager for conveyance infrastructure, seconded to the core area wastewater treatment project. “Where the infrastructure is newer, the cost per household is going to be a lot lower,” he said, adding the further away from the downtown core one gets, the less ancient the sewage system. In general, pipes in Victoria, Oak Bay and to a certain degree, Esquimalt, are the oldest – some remaining vitrified clay sections are 100 years old or more.

The three municipalities, home to roughly 40 per cent of the population to be served by the new treatment plant, have been forced to look at long-term plans to improve their systems, Cowley says. Victoria has created a 15-year plan to reduce the incidence of “inflow and infiltration,” or I and I – the former being the seepage of sewer flow into the stormwater pipes, the latter the seeping of groundwater into the sewage pipes. The city is working to replace the worst sections first, using video inspection and smoke testing to flush out faulty pipes. “I think we’re in pretty good shape and moving forward,” said Dwayne Kalanchuk, director of engineering and public works for the City of Victoria. “Both our water and sewer networks are from the turn of the (last) century and they’re starting to show their age. But we’re trying to invest to get the system repaired.” City engineers have a pretty good sense of the condition of the underground network, he said. Esquimalt, like Victoria, has done a lot of work over the past five years to reline much of its sewage infrastructure. “They still have work to do, but they’ve come a long ways,” Cowley said of the township.

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Continued from /B7 There were daunting construction details. Reclaimed bricks from the old hotel, cleaned by hand, were reused in the wine tasting room, Kate’s Café and the new Snug and lobby fireplaces. Wooden beams, The Snug’s original bay window, front door, light fixtures and mantle were reclaimed, as were various antiques and even mature plants from the original gardens: all heirlooms with soul. The plan called for 20 unique private residences and 100 hotel investment condominiums. Rather than sell them as fractional ownership or timeshares, the latter were sold with 16 weeks of owner use per year and a contracted net return on investment on a lease-back program. By 2010, the global economic crisis was wreaking havoc on the Greater Victoria luxury real estate development market. Undaunted, the Walkers clung to the view they had something truly special on their hands. And in doggedly pursuing their dream, they’ve added considerably to Victoria’s tourism offering. “The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is one of the very few properties that can carry that niche in Victoria,” said Tourism Victoria president and CEO Rob Gialoretto. “It’s a reborn property, very much of the luxury variety. And that class of traveller coming here will only look to so many places; the Empress, of course, the Grand Pacific and Delta too; but the list isn’t long.” Already ranked No. 8 out of 67 hotels in Victoria on TripAdvisor.com, they’ve started with a bang in the minds of consumers, Gialoretto says. “In the end it’s a testament to Kevin and Shawna’s determination to stick to their vision. Frankly, we need more people like them.” editor@vicnews.com

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Entrepreneurship

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Enter the Dragons’ Den Television show’s path educational, if not lucrative, for local participants Don Descoteau Black Press

hether it’s an attempt to find a wider audience for their product or service, or the need to inject capital into their operation, most Dragons’ Den hopefuls are looking for a partner to take their business to the next level. But agreeing on-air to a deal is no guarantee of success, as some Greater Victoria entrepreneurs attest. Ryan Lockhart’s pitch for his fits-all screwdriver bit earned him a deal with Dragon Arlene Dickinson on the episode that aired Feb. 17 on CBC: $60,000 for a 50-per-cent share and a royalty on units sold. He hosted 125 people at a party that evening to watch the show, despite knowing the agreement struck at the show’s taping back in May 2011 ended Feb. 14 with the two agreeing to walk away. Dickinson wasn’t convinced Lockhart’s unique product and his dream of creating a new line of “unstrippable” screws were enough to overthrow Canadian fastener icon Robertson, he said. But she liked his

vision and energy and gave him her cellphone number to keep in touch. “I’m a silver lining guy,” he said. “It was painful to be in this unknown for nine months, but it’s been helpful. I’ve had to work through everything.” Lockhart has since secured a Calgary-based investor who appears to share his enthusiasm for his invention and ideas. Jason Heit and Darren Owen, co-founders of professional mixed martial arts promoters Armageddon Fighting Championship, agreed to give Dragons Jim Treliving and Robert Herjavec a 30-per-cent stake in their company for $80,000 in 2010. But as the months went by and Armageddon continued to put on shows – without seeing any cash from the Dragons – the original agreement made no sense, Heit said. “So much time had elapsed that it just wasn’t the same deal,” he said. “A year-and-a-half later, our company had significantly grown.” Continued /B12

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Continued from /B11 Armageddon has since teamed up with other promoters to form Aggression Fighting Championship, which Heit characterizes as the “biggest MMA promoter in Canada.” WannaWafel founder Renaat Marchand and his son, Arno, agreed to take $100,000 for a 50-per-cent stake with Treliving in May 2010. Marchand never saw the money and says he got little help from the Boston Pizza owner’s company to move the deal forward. Like Lockhart and the MMA partners, Marchand grew frustrated waiting and let the deal lapse. A subsequent partnership with a local businessman developed 10 franchises across the country. But the relationship soured and few of the franchises are active, with Grande Prairie, Alta. the lone bright spot. Marchand and wife Krista still operate their stand in Market Square and roll out their famous waffle cart for special events. While the past couple of years have been tough financially and emotionally, Marchand remains hopeful about growing the business. “From what we’ve learned I would say ‘no more partnerships,’” he said with a kind of weary optimism. “We have to work on what we can control and what we do well. I’m still passionate about the formula and the product.” editor@vicnews.com

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Technology

High-tech drives economy Vancouver Island Technology Park incubates sector that last year created more than $1 billion in economic activity Arnold Lim Black Press

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heir business is technology and business is good. The Vancouver Island Technology Park rolled into 2013 with new companies, new ideas and a new leader on the way to take over one of the region’s biggest economic drivers. “The park plays a big role in the economy of Victoria. We want to continue to play that role and expand that role as we develop,” says park controller Glynn Jones. “It is 90 per cent occupied while things are slow. It will continue to be successful and have a bigger continued impact for the entire region.” The controller for the University of Victoria properties took over administrative duties from former president Dale Gann whose position was eliminated in lieu of an as yet unfilled chief executive officer position expected to handle all UVic’s nonacademic real estate, including the 14-hectare VITP and Swans Hotel and Brew Pub among others. The restructuring sees the search for a leader continue while tech companies continue to seek out the tech park – evidenced by eight new companies joining the fold, raising the numbers to more than 30, despite a flat economy. With plans for two new phases and a new 80,000-square-foot facility awaiting the economic growth to green light the project, Jones says the park is ready to take the next step, but waiting for the right market conditions. “There is a plan for the next building and three more buildings which could accommodate a lot of growth as the years unfold,” he says. “It is a question of economics and government policy. Victoria is a great destination.” While the nature of the tech sector has most employees working quietly behind closed doors protecting industry secrets, the park’s marketing co-ordinator Melanie DeCorte envisions a day when residents and visitors alike see Victoria as much for the tech as for the tourism. “Vancouver Island is going to be known for its technology sector,” DeCorte says. “Technology is going to be huge in Victoria soon – so it is nice to be associated with that.” A UVic economic impact study released last year estimated the park generated $317 million to the Canadian economy and supported 2,000 direct and indirect jobs, and helped make hightech surpass tourism as the region’s largest industry. VITP only plans to add more office and lab space to the 191,000-square-foot facility, including plans DeCorte can yet divulge. In coming years she estimates number of companies under the park umbrella will close in on 40 to 50, spanning medical and gene research, telecommunications, software development and marine science technology. “It is exciting … I will see first-hand all the growth, the new things up and coming and new business up and coming and the new trends,” DeCorte says. “We are proud to have these companies here. When you think of Victoria and technology, (VITP) is the first thing that comes to mind.” alim@vicnews.com

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echnological innovation can happen anywhere. In a high-tech research facility, a dark basement, a school classroom, or a sprawling workshop at Camosun College, where students scurry back and forth carefully examining prototypes, designs and equipment on work tables teeming with a sea of gadgetry. The college’s director of applied research innovation Tim Walzak, says those very students are the building blocks of Victoria’s future tech industry. “Historically the perception and view of the college system and Camosun is that we are a training facility,” he said. “I like to see us as catalysts for growth, both on the training side with access to the tech side, to providing solutions.” Many of those solutions are born from high-tech equipment including

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Josh Cockcroft, a student in the mechanical engineering program at Camosun College, works on one of his prototyping projects at the on-campus workshop. state of the art 3D printers, a water jet cutter, a five-axis computer numerical control mill and thousands of square feet of work space, most of which was made possibly by federal grants to the tune of $6 million during the past

three years. The Camosun facility, coupled with the school’s model, looks past the patents and licensing of technology in favour of focusing on hands-on problem solving and the infrastructure it values most –

students. “Our success measure is a successful company hiring our grads,” Walzak said. “That is our success. That is our No. 1 measure.” The plan to that end is a simple one, predicated on collaborations with local partners in the tech industry. Students have designed compact water treatment plants, and collaborated with Ocean Networks Canada to improve tsunami sensor gear for the deep ocean. Students work on fundamentals such as prototyping and design for a fraction off the cost of farming out the work elsewhere, such as specialized protective cases for electronic tablets and parts for chip makers for a local restaurant. “This is a continuum between basic research and development and the marketplace. Continued /B15

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“What Camosun in particular is good at is the problem-solving end of the spectrum. What universities are good at and are famous for is the basic research,” Walzak said. “We need to have an equally productive innovation end to the spectrum, putting these ideas into practice between basic research and the marketplace.” Walzak distinguishes the technology innovations at the college from work done at the University of Victoria where he ran the technology transfer for almost a decade. He said Camosun’s students complement UVic’s tremendous research capacity, as opposed to competing head to head. “We are finding companies are coming to our doorsteps and asking, ‘how do we become involved?’” Walzak said. That knocking has come to the doorstep of students like 22-year-old Josh Cockcroft, a mechanical engineering student at Interurban since September who was disgruntled with a program he was enrolled in elsewhere. “The great thing is (Victoria’s tech sector) is growing exponentially. The tech sector is very advanced,” Cockcroft said. “As you can see by our machines, we’re not playing around. We are going straight for the higher technologies.” Cockcroft is developing a new tablet case for Reach Technologies where he was charged with much of the modelling. The prototype is complete and printed in one of the college’s 3D printers, and now heads to Europe for a trade show. The prototype went from a Victoria company, to Victoria students, to international audiences – a cycle Cockcroft hopes to continue. “I am at a point in my life (where) I am looking at my career opportunities,” he said. “I love it here. If I could – I would stay here.” Beyond the high-tech equipment, seeing young people like Cockcroft get a leg up on a career is most important, Walzak said. “There are a whole bunch of metrics we have to report back on,” Walzak said. “The most important one is student success. Getting them engaged, getting their passion united and getting them jobs.” alim@vicnews.com

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Observatory machine shop crafts the high-tech components for cutting-edge astronomy Arnold Lim Black Press

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hen looking out at the stars, sometimes we lose sight of what is under our noses. Such is the case with the observatory at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, where many of Canada’s brightest ply their trade in the name of seeing further, sooner – as world leaders in optical and radio astronomy. “Canada is ranked as one of the top performers in astronomy in the world,” said instrument shop supervisor Jim Jennings. “That has always been something here we are drawn to and work passionately about because we love the challenge.” A 30-year veteran of the 4,000-square-foot machine shop, Jennings’ days are spent turning engineer design into reality. Working on multi-axis machines crafting metallic machine parts for testing and prototyping, Jennings and his team create telescope components that could be mistaken for miniature metallic art – and measured down to the micron with details too fine for the eye to see.

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Jim Jennings, instrument shop supervisor for the National Research Centre, inspects one of the machines he uses for local and international projects around the world. “That is why our instruments can do what they do to push the envelope of science,” Jennings said. “If you don’t look at (pushing the envelope) at every phase, we are not going to get the world-class instruments we produce. This is why we have to be the best.” Getting there is always a new challenge. Concepts move from astronomers to engineers to machinists, and occasionally designers shoot for the stars in terms of what is technically possible. The request might leave the machinist scratching his head, but Jennings has a habit of saying yes, even when his first inclination might be no. “We can be making the boxes, or the high-tech pieces that go in the box. We want to make the hightech piece that goes in the box,” Jennings said.

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This is no secret: American visitors love Greater Victoria Travis Paterson

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Gregg Griffin, Houston, Tex. “I love everything about Canada. I hope to see the Royals play and make it over for a Canucks game.” Thomas William, Port Angeles, Wash. “It’s a great place to get away for the weekend and do a little bit of barhopping.”

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The MV Coho sails into Port Angeles, Wash., against a backdrop of Mount Baker. of the Clipper’s ridership initiates out of Seattle, though that number is now 86 per cent, because of a growth in Canadians going the other way. Seattle’s demographic has changed with an influx of employees coming to work on the high-tech campuses of Amazon, Google and Microsoft, each the size of a small city. “The average age in that area is under-35,” Bryan says. “And it’s a lot of outof-towners. We’re trying to push Victoria as an affordable, walking friendly city.” To do so, the Clipper is changing Victoria’s image by packaging whale watching, paddle boarding, kayaking and ziplining with its boarding passes. nnn Victoria will always have

its eye on Washington as a target market for tourists, but that goes both ways. The biggest shift in ferry ridership to Washington is the growth of Vancouver Island residents on the ships. Canadian ridership on the Clipper was up 38 per cent in February. Port Angeles is increasing its push to entertain Islanders with its summer calendar. “The residents of Victoria are our market and their visits bring a lot to our community,” says Russ Veenema, executive director of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Port Angeles relies on two anchors to weigh down its tourism industry, the Coho and Olympic National Park. Last year’s Dungeness Crab Fest, which happens

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eople are nice in Victoria. It’s a common statement, and one you’d expect to hear from visitors. Otherwise, why else would they be here? “I encounter a lot of people who’ve not been to Victoria for 15 years, and I have to remind them how much it has grown,” says Clipper Ferry president and CEO Darrell Bryan. “Generally, Americans like Canadians, but Victoria does need some new attractions. Miniature World and the Undersea Gardens don’t have the same effect they did,” he says. Nice, maybe, but with the weakened U.S. dollar, there are still fewer visitors to Victoria than there was prior to 2008. The number of incoming tourists is difficult to gauge, but the most significant indicators are the inbound ferry routes from Washington. The car-carrying Coho ferry from Port Angeles reports an approximate total of 400,000 round trip fares sold for its Victoria route, mostly from Port Angeles. The Clipper passenger-ferry runs harbour-to-harbour from Seattle to Victoria, but won’t release its ridership numbers. The Clipper did post an 11 per cent boost in ridership for 2012, its biggest increase in four years. A safe estimate puts the Clipper at least on par with the 115,264 who rode Washington State Ferry’s car-carrying route from Anacortes to Sidney. Historically, 90 per cent

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in October, was the first instance the Coho sold out its walk-on passenger load from Victoria. Drawing Islanders to Port Angeles are the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in May, the North Olympic Discovery Marathon in June, and Ride the Hurricane cycling event in August. And it’s people passing through that has Port Angeles finding ways to keep them around. “We estimate 20 to 25 per cent of our hotel rooms during summer are visitors taking the morning ferry to Victoria. People come from other states and their ultimate destination is Victoria. We want to keep them here for half-a-day, or at least a few hours.” sports@vicnews.com

Kayla Montanez, Sequim, Wash. “It’s so pretty here. As soon as I get off the boat it’s like ‘oh my gosh.’ I just love it here.” Mysicqa Baker, Edmonds, Wash. I’ve been to Victoria quite a few times and I love everything about it here. But my kids haven’t been yet, so this is their first trip. My (teenage) son is looking forward to visiting the antique and military surplus stores. Niels Nelson Edmonds, Wash. I don’t remember much from my first trip here so I’m glad to come back. This time (my family) will rent a car and drive up to Nanaimo. We’ll hit up everything we can this weekend.

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Deals leave tourists coming and going Travel companies increasingly entice visitors here with package promotions Travis Paterson Black Press

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ince they put their first vacation package deals together in 1987, the Seattlebased Clipper Vacations company has driven the market for package deals between Washington State and Victoria. The majority of visitors from our southern neighbour come to Victoria by boat. Clipper Vacations, Black Ball Ferry Line and B.C. Ferries have all moved to entice those visitors with package deals. The Victoria Clipper, a foot passenger ferry, leads the charge with 51 per cent of their revenue coming “off-boat.” It’s one of, if not the biggest, third-party seller of hotel rooms in Victoria, and partners with 60 hotels. But competition for passengers among the ferry companies isn’t with each other, says Clipper Vacations president and CEO Darrell Bryan, it’s with the airlines, which offer frequency and low fares to Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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Victoria Clipper onboard supervisor Christi Smither serves champagne to Brianne Reda, the Clipper Vacations assistant terminal manager. The minibottle of champagne is symbolic of the Clipper’s package deals that bring Americans to Victoria. In fact, Bryan and two of Black Ball’s top agents are not only on speaking terms, their next meeting is dinner and a Seattle Mariners game later this spring. “We actually encouraged Black Ball to get package deals going,” Bryan says. “We even offered to set the program up for B.C. Ferries too, and

they eventually did it themselves. Ferry operators need to think outside of the boat. Ancillary revenue does a lot to offset the cost of the ferries.” Black Ball runs the Coho ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria and started partnering with hotels and activity companies on both sides of the water five years ago.

While the Coho is a vehicle ferry, more than 30 per cent of its 400,000 total passengers in 2012 were on foot. Vacation packages, to Victoria in particular, are designed for both types of traveller. “Walk on packages are more popular. The big benefit to the great hotels of downtown Victoria is having the local dock in walking distance,” says Ryan Malane, director of marketing for Black Ball. “The popularity of our vacation packages has grown dramatically in the past two years especially.” The big game these days is convincing people to stay a little longer on the other end of the route. “(Early projections) for 2013 look a lot like 2012, which was nothing special,” Bryan says. “We used to say the summers take care of themselves, but that’s no longer the case.” This winter for instance, Washington residents had the chance to take advantage of deep discounts on round trips from Seattle to Victoria with two night stays at the Hotel Grand Pacific for less than $200. About 38 per cent of Clipper riders stay overnight, and Bryan is aiming to move the needle up just a couple more points to 40 per cent. Ideally, it means that many more guests are participating in activities with Clipper Vacations partners. sports@vicnews.com

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There are an average of three million overnight visitors to Victoria each year.

o, what does the average tourist see and do when they visit Greater Victoria? We asked our news staff to dig for the answers, and here is what they discovered from a variety of sources.

Butchart Gardens hosts close to one million visitors each year.

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In 2012, more than 1.5 million passengers travelled Direct through Victoria employment International in the tourism Airport. sector provides almost 22,000 jobs in Greater Between Victoria. January and August 2012 U.S. customs arrivals in Greater Victoria were up 9.1 per cent relative to the same period in 2011. Arrivals from countries other than the U.S. were up 6.4 per cent (representing 52,000 more visitors than the same period in 2011).

The average overnight visitor spends $315.

In 2012, a total of 224 cruise ships arrived in Victoria, carrying just under 500,000 passengers.

››› North Dakota visitors Brenda, left, and Rachael Vetter in Victoria.

Each year more than 350,000 people visit the Royal B.C. Museum.

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Marinas help keep economy afloat Region remains a hub for boating activity Laura Lavin Black Press

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ith moorage for thousands, Greater Victoria is a major hub for boating activity. More than two decades ago the Department of Fisheries and Oceans turned its marinas over to local jurisdictions, most are run on a nonprofit basis. “The idea of the small craft harbour program was to provide safe harbour for fishing boats that they could travel to within a day,” says Tsehum Harbour manager Janet Rooke. Many, like Tsehum Harbour in Sidney and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority are run by volunteer boards. “The federal government still owns our facility, we just lease it for $1 a year,” Rooke says. “The GVHA deals with millions in revenue each year. It’s a much bigger operation. But all the little docks around Greater Victoria, the Gulf Islands, the lakes, are run by the community.” The GVHA land was formerly owned by Transport Canada and divested to the city in 2002. It’s run by a 14-member board of volunteers

Victoria International Marina rendering

One of the more complex harbours in Canada, Victoria’s Inner Harbour will become even busier with the planned Victoria International Marina off the Songhees neighbourhood, as depicted in an artist rendering. and community representatives that promote the working harbour. “The Inner Harbour of Victoria is one of the most complex harbours in Canada,” says Sonterra Ross, GVHA chief operating officer. The land surrounding the harbour is owned by a multitude of parties and there are various levels of authority within that structure. “It’s an interesting piece of water,” Ross says. More than 50 per cent of the GVHA’s revenue comes from cruise ship traffic.

“Any surplus is invested right back in. Over the last 10 years we’ve invested $15 million,” Ross says. Over the next five years, the harbour authority will invest approximately $9 million in infrastructure. “The marine infrastructure we have is very costly to maintain,” she says. The cruise ship piers, fuel dock and Fisherman’s Wharf are scheduled for replacement over the next five to 10 years at a cost of $3 million to $10 million.

Last year had the highest number of cruise ships in Victoria port, bringing more than 500,000 passengers and 200,000 crew. This year will see 211 cruise ships bring some 466,000 passengers and 200,000 crew to the city. “There is a large (economic) impact from the cruise industry,” Ross says. “It’s not just what the passengers and crews spend, it’s the stevedoring, bus companies, restaurant and hospitality – there is a huge domino effect.” The spin-offs from our dozens of marinas is significant, Rooke adds. “It’s a huge industry. The money spent is incredible and not a lot of people recognize that.” More than 30 per cent of GVHA’s revenue comes from its marina operations, with moorage alone bringing in more than $1 million a year. “We keep our facilities open to the public and marine community for community events like dragon boating, harbour festival and night market,” Ross says. “The cruise industry really helps subsidize the marinas and helps the integration between community events and moorage.” While moorage has declined over the past few years, Ross says they are beginning to see a come back. “Victoria was created because of the water. It has a huge impact on industry, recreation and the community.” editor@oakbaynews.com

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en Van and Patti Homer first hiked the lower peak of Sooke’s Christopher Goodman Mountain in 1985. The trail is on a private parcel of land that runs north along the east side of the Sooke River, not far from the potholes. In 1994, Van and Homer bought the 15.5-hectare parcel, which includes the smaller peak of Goodman Mountain. They’ve since transcended from environmentally sensitive property owners to its guardian angels, by placing a conservation covenant on the title. “We considered making it a park but then it’s open to the public,” Homer said. “There was a tacit understanding when we bought the land, which was owned by our friend, that we would protect it.” Other than building their home near its entrance off Phillips Road, they’ve done nothing to harm the property. The covenant is co-managed with The Land Conservancy and Habitat Acquisition Trust. The federal government is also on the covenant. It prevents them, and anyone else, from taking as much as a shovel to 10 of the 15.5 hectares. “We wanted a multi-party covenant so it couldn’t be broken. It’s irreversible,” Van said. Properties under covenant are monitored annually and are subject to fine, though HAT’s never issued one. Obviously there’s more to the property than a good hike. It’s a refuge for a variety of wildlife, including the red-listed sharp-tailed snakes. There’s plenty of deer, black bears, cougars (including a den full of bones), pine marten, and the recent encroachment of Roosevelt elk, Van said.

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EARTHQUAKE! Laura Lavin Black Press

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he West Coast’s geology shows drowned marshlands and forests that submerged during a magnitude 9 earthquake 300 years ago. It also shows 13 significant earthquakes have occurred in the last 6,000 years. “In a typical year we have three or four earthquakes that will be felt by somebody around Victoria,” says Garry Rogers, a senior research scientist for the Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada and an adjunct professor for the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria. Not only are we living in an area where subduction quakes, like the one that occurred in 1700, we are also in a zone that includes crustal quakes. “There’s absolutely no way you can predict earthquakes, that’s fact No. 1,” Rogers says. Instead, what Rogers and his co-workers at the Geological Survey of Canada do is try to understand where earthquakes will hit, their effects and how to minimize the damage. Their research ends up in the model building code put out by the National Research Council. The thing that always fails is un-reinforced masonry, Rogers explains. “Here, our vulnerable structures are old brick buildings that haven’t been reinforced. Some of the ones downtown have been reinforced and some of them haven’t. Christchurch is a good example of that. Those that had

Taking stock of our heritage is key to its survival in a devastating earthquake

some kind of retrofitting survived … and they lost a lot of valuable heritage buildings.” A magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011 killed 185 people. The city, which is similar to Victoria in population and type of building construction, will continue to rebuild for years. “If you’re really concerned with heritage buildings … you need to convince as many people as you can that you should retrofit them and make them earthquake resistant,” Rogers says. After an earthquake the City of Victoria follows a process that first makes sure lives are not at risk, it then moves on to “rapid damage assessment which determines which buildings are safe to enter, that process can take weeks, says Rob Johns, emergency co-ordinator for the Victoria Emergency Management Agency. “We have a list of heritage buildings, both residential and non-residential, in the city. Not every one has an accurate floor plan,” Johns says. “Many of the heritage features have been catalogued, many have photographic records.” Johns says many of our buildings are vulnerable to earthquake damage and there is always room for improvement, not only here but across North America. “Even if you don’t (retrofit) because it costs money, you should document structures and what their heritage significance is and have the building plans on hand so that when you have the earthquake and the building is partially damaged, you don’t have some fire chief saying ‘let’s just tear it down,’” Rogers says. editor@oakbaynews.com

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Kitchen scraps open door to labour market CRD decision to ban dumping ‘green’ waste is forcing municipalities into new collection system Travis Paterson Black Press

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usiness has been good for Jason Adams, who started Refuse, a green waste collection service in 2002. And all indications are that it’s going to stay that way. He started with two employees and has slowly built up to a staff of 12, with contracts big and small. If there’s a worry, it’s that the Capital Regional District’s decision to ban green waste from Hartland landfill, which is forcing people to contract collection services, will create new competition for Refuse. Green waste is being phased out of Hartland with an all-out ban by Jan. 1, 2015. By closing the door on kitchen scraps at the Hartland landfill, the CRD has opened the door to new business. There are plenty of minor wrinkles to iron out among the various collection services in the CRD but many have yet to start. “We are seeing an increase in clientele, one we anticipated,” Adams says. With municipal kitchen scrap collection programs popping up across the region – most recently in Victoria – some of the more unique qualities of Refuse are becoming the norm.

“We went from offering a unique program, to being kind of a normal kind of thing,” Adams says. Many also believe Greater Victoria was long overdue to create green waste solutions. The enterprising side of Adams saw that opportunity 12 years ago. “We have mixed feelings. From a business standpoint, more opportunities could bring competition, but there’s probably enough for everybody.” Refuse isn’t the only collector in town, with Organic Waste Recovery Solutions, Pedal to Petal, and Community Composting among the smaller outlets offering pickup. Of course the big boys, BFI, Waste Management and Alpine, offer their services too. And Refuse is subcontracted by all three. “Garbage companies aren’t being that proactive, but they need to protect their market share. There still isn’t a business like ours that treats (compostable waste) like a resource,” Adams says. What’s unique about Refuse is a semi-regular dividend of ready-to-use soil. “It all gets composted with yard waste at our Cobble Hill location. We sell it as ‘Resoil,’ by the bag or wheeled tote, or bulk dump deliveries. We give it back to clients and also donate it to schools.” Oaklands and Royal Oak middle schools, for example, have raised thousands from sales of Resoil. Phase one of the Hartland green waste ban is a $20 per tonne discount for haulers with separated waste. By 2014, those who drop off non-separated waste will be penalized with a 20 per cent surcharge.

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Continued from /B21 “Two of the ecosystems present are provincially red-listed, the Garry oak ecosystems and Coast Douglas fir forests, as well as two that are conservationally valued, the riparian corridors and ephemeral streams,” said Wendy Tyrell, the HAT covenants and acquisitions co-ordinator. In all, Habitat Acquisition Trust co-holds 28 covenants in the Capital Region with numerous land trust partners, 16 of which are with TLC. It’s no secret TLC’s economic status was not strong going into 2013. TLC owns and manages 300 protected properties worth $32 million across the province – including the Sooke Potholes almost adjacent to the Van and Homer property – and is currently undergoing massive restructuring after its bank accounts were temporarily frozen by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2012. Andy McKinnon was chair of HAT’s board of directors in the 1990s and was on the ground floor when HAT began acquiring covenants for the purposes of preservation. “We deliberately established these covenants as co-held with other land trusts, so we could work together and ease the workload on each trust,” said McKinnon, a research ecologist with the province. “To have at least two covenanters guards against that situation.” Regardless of what happens to TLC, HAT will be OK, said executive director Adam Taylor.

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Sooke land owner Ken Van put an irreversible preservation covenant on 10 of the 15.5 hectares of his property, adjacent to the east side of the Sooke River. “In the short term, we anticipate this will mean more work for HAT as we are called on to do more to maintain these natural

areas and the legal agreements that protect them,” Taylor said. sports@vicnews.com

Going green n Other land trusts in neighbouring regions are the Islands Trust Fund, Galiano Conservation Association, Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society, Mayne Island Conservancy, Cowichan Land Trust, and new Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society. n Twelve of the CRD’s 28 conservation covenants are on private lands, 16 are on public lands, for a total of more than 1,700 acres – nearly the size of Victoria proper. n The Van and Homer property stands over the Sooke River but is best viewed from the Galloping Goose trail on the way to the potholes. n The property is situated at the top of Phillips Road, past a string of new subdivisions, which were the subject of much debate.

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Stephen Gundy, vice-president academic for Royal Roads University said Massive Open Online Courses are lacking interaction.

Schools not sold on free online courses Although popular in the U.S., the idea has met a lukewarm response with Greater Victoria universities Charla Huber Black Press

any post-secondary hopefuls scrimp and save to afford an education. But there is a cheap alternative. Thousands of people worldwide are now are taking advantage of massive open online courses (MOOC). The courses are broadcast online – lectures and all – for free through elite schools that include Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. So far, the MOOC idea has been met with a

lukewarm response in Greater Victoria. “Initially MOOCs started out as collaborative online discussion groups, but more recently it’s like Silicon Valley has just discovered it,” said Steve Grundy, vice-president academic at Royal Roads University. Not including MOOCs, Grundy said the Internet is full of lectures and demonstrations that can be valuable to a post-secondary education. “A lot of classroom content is in video form, but it’s not particularly exciting,” Grundy said. “I liken it to printing a book, you don’t get the interaction with a professor for the price of a text book.” Grundy has heard of individual MOOCs drawing in 125,000 people. He said it won’t be the same as attending the class in person because individually communicating with a professor isn’t possible. “So far (MOOCs) are free. But that is clearly not sustainable,” Grundy said. RRU does offer “open education” resources

online with discussion resources available. “We are not really into MOOCs,” Grundy said. “I do see the value in MOOCs with us the same way we use text books.” At this point RRU professors aren’t using MOOC content from other universities, but Grundy said professors may start incorporating the online courses from other schools into their programs. MOOCs are on the radar at the University of Victoria, but there are no official plans for the university to start offering them. “We are certainly watching the trends and some of our faculty have expressed interest in it,” said Catherine Mateer, associate of academic planning at UVic. “We certainly offer online courses, but open access isn’t something we are offering right now. The future is still an open question about how they will evolve and what the value of them will be. We are very closely watching them though.” charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Rhodes said, because the basics like toilet repair, deck building and auto mechanics, can’t be outsourced. “We’re definitely under-servicing our students, we are not providing the relevance they need to be ignited,” said Rhodes. “We’ve got a severe skilled trades shortage impending in the future.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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“Districts have been offering shop and trades classes forever, but the South Island Partnership started focusing on that in 2003,” said Betts, who has been with the program 10 years. “We’re seeing an increase in participation every year.” Most high schools in the region have some sort of trades program, depending on facilities. For example, Spectrum, Esquimalt, Stelly’s and Edward Milne schools are set up for culinary training. Vic High has the only regional auto body program, in partnership with Vancouver Community College. Trades hold a bright future,

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