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Building confidence Warrant officer second class Alistair White crawls underneath ‘barbed wire’ at the Albert Head Cadet Summer Training Centre in Metchosin, as a part of the facility’s confidence course. Learn more about the summer influx of youth on page A3.
Complacency threatens last of beach fires Charla Huber News staff
Sitting on the rocks enjoying the breeze off the ocean in front of a crackling fire, is a dwindling way to enjoy the summer months. “I am pretty sure we are the only municipality that still allows beach fires in (Greater Victoria),” said Stephanie Dunlop, fire chief for Metchosin, who enjoys having beach fires herself. “I like seeing
two lovebirds having a little fire or a family with kids roasting marshmallows. That’s why we allow the fires.” “There is nothing like a having a nice beach fire,” added Capt. Eric Meredith Taylor Beach is a popular beach fire spot in the rural district, but the Metchosin Fire Department may put a halt to the longtime summer tradition. Firefighters are spending too much time cleaning up and extin-
guishing unattended beach fires as large as nearly four metres in diameter with multiple logs burning. “The maximum size allows for the fires is two feet by two feet by two feet,” said Dunlop. Anyone having a beach fire is encouraged to burn wood from home and refrain from using driftwood logs that can continue burning even after they appear to be out. Large flames and ocean winds can be a potentially dangerous
combination. “Who ever is having these big fires is going to ruin it for all the other people,” said Meredith. “As long as the fires are small they are not a problem.” Anyone having a fire is required to have at least a one-gallon bucket full of water nearby and all fires need to be fully extinguished. The fire department has received complaints of children and dogs getting burned by smouldering debris in the morning.
“You need to douse,” Dunlop said, adding a fire is out when it is “cool to the touch.” Beach fires are allowed on municipal beaches in Metchosin such as Taylor Beach, but Capital Regional Parks such as Witty or Albert Head lagoons do not allow the fires. Metchosin Fire Department, West Shore RCMP and Capital Regional District actively patrol all beaches. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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Student drowns in Thetis Charla Huber News staff
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Cadet Harveer Grewal of Surrey hoists himself up an obstacle at the Confidence Course at the Albert Head training centre in Metchosin. (Below) Cadets line up for rifle drill on a hot summer’s day at the training centre at Alberts Head.
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mages of fierce-eyed drill sergeants marching poor homesick teenagers until they faint from heat exhaustion is what many may imagine life in the cadets to be like. Instead the summer camp at Albert Head Cadet Summer Training Centre puts safety first and considers each and every youth there on loan from their parents, to be returned in pristine condition and hopefully with some great experiences and a bunch of new friends. Whatever the cadets are doing, the emphasis is always on having fun. “I guess I wouldn’t really be enjoying it if I didn’t have fun,” said Jaden Powell, a cadet from Dawson Creek. “My favourite thing to do right now is rifle drill. I really enjoy the Kyle Wells challenge of it.” Reporting Every year more than a thousand air force cadets gather at the Metchosin base to work their way through various levels of the program. Cadets from all over the province attend the camp for two, three or six weeks depending on what year they are in and what course they’re participating in. They have a choice on what areas to specialize in, such as drill, survival, band or numerous other options. For some of the new recruits, typically 12 or 13 years old, the camp is their first time away from home, which can be a trying experience. Cpt. Amélie Leduc can relate. “I remember crying to my mom ‘come and pick me up,’” she said. “I was 13 and I was crying on the phone. … The year after I did a three week course and I didn’t call her the whole
time.” Leduc went on to get her pilots licence through the air cadets and is now employed by National Defence as a public affairs officer for the program. “It gave me confidence, it gave me effective speaking. (It helps you to) get out of your shell and take charge.” Cadets can also leave the camp early if they choose. Older cadets, typically 17 or 18, have worked their way up to become instructors who teach the younger cadets. They are paid a modest daily wage and gain experience, which looks great on a resume. Warrant officer second class Alistair White, 18, joined the cadets as a youth living in Midway, a town of about 600 people. He has attended cadet summer camps, first as a participant and now as an instructor, for seven years and had the opportunity to travel to Ontario and Quebec as a part of the program. “I wasn’t a very popular kid in high school
or anything like that. It gave me that community to go to,” White said. “You build this selfconfidence in people. They put you in positions where you have to take charge of a situation and relay orders to people, and you’re learning, ‘hey, I can actually do those things.’ … “If you told 12-year-old me I could do this I would not believe you.” White plans to join the Canadian Forces, although he is the odd man out, with less than 10 per cent of cadets grads going on to join the armed forces. Flight Sgt. Kayleigh Smith, 18, is a member of the 848 Royal Roads squadron based out of Langford spending her second year on staff at Albert Head. She joined because her brother had joined (he subsequently quit), and discovered she enjoyed making new friends and new experiences. “I found there was actually way more than just a uniform,” Smith said. Cadets must leave the program at age 19. Smith hopes to join the Cadet Instructors Cadre, the command component of cadets, as she goes to university for studies in social work. “I don’t want to leave. I feel like my time has come too soon.” Some of the instruction in classroom based, with these air cadets learning about such things as propulsion or aerodynamics by making paper helicopters and miniature rockets, and part of it is outside, with drilling, an obstacle course (called the confidence course), biathlon (using air rifles) and other activities. The cadets also help out in the community, most recently with a group heading to Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites to help get rid of invasive species of plants. Programs run at Albert Head until Aug. 16. For more information on cadets visit cadets.ca. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
A 21-year-old man died after being pulled out of Thetis Lake on Saturday (July 20). West Shore RCMP received a 911 call at 12:21 p.m. about a swimmer at the View Royal lake who had vanished underwater and hadn’t resurfaced, said Sgt. Scott Braes of West Shore RCMP. The man had been pulled from the lake and CPR was being performed when police arrived. Emergency crews also tried to resuscitate the man before taking him to Victoria General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. “There are mixed reports of whether he was a weak swimmer or if he could swim at all,” said Braes. “He certainly wasn’t a strong swimmer.” The man, a 21-yearold exchange student from Saudi Arabia, was out in the lake floating on an air mattress before he went underwater. Police are not sure how he became separated from the floatation device. West Shore RCMP ask people enjoying the outdoors this summer to be safe. “If you are a nonswimmer or a poor swimmer don’t venture past mid-torso level,” Braes said. “Wear a life jacket in a boat, canoe or anywhere the water is over your head. This is not just about Thetis, but any body of water.” charla@goldstream gazette.com
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Rising BMX rider loses bike to thief
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Firefighters extracted a man from his heavily damaged Volkswagen Cabriolet Saturday afternoon (July 20) after a single vehicle crash on Goldstream Avenue near Wale Road. Traffic was diverted for about 45 minutes after a vehicle reportedly hit the cement centre divider, which caused it to head off the road and through a chain link fence. “It is amazing no one else got injured in this incident,” said Cst. Alex Berube in a news release. “This collision could have had a much more dramatic outcome.” The man was transported to Victoria General Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. RCMP say alcohol was a factor in the collision and are recommending alcohol related charges under the Motor Vehicle Act.
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Earlier in the month Air Cadet Thilina Rarnayake of Richmond was appointed camp warrant officer first class, the highest ranking cadet at the training centre. He was picked from 80 who competed for senior camp positions. “WO1 Ratnayake is an impressive individual, and I am confident this experience will serve him well in whichever path he chooses,” said commanding officer Lt. Col. Carrie Johnston. editor@goldstream gazette.com
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A rising rider on the circuit Colin Barwick, 14, wants his BMX bike back after it was stolen from Thetis Lake on July 16.
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It’s the second bike Barwick lost to theft in one month though he accepts responsibility for not locking up his bike the first time. The Redman BMX was bought off a friend and Barwick is still paying for it. Barwick has only been riding BMX for a year and already he’s moved up to intermediate class and placed first in several national competitions. The teen asks anyone with information to contact West Shore RCMP at 250474-2264 charla@goldstream gazette.com
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The tree management bylaw is being amended increasing the fine to $10,000 per violation up to a maximum of $100,000. “The bylaw remains fundamentally unchanged you can still cut down 10 trees per acre,” said Mayor John Ranns adding some protected trees or cutting down more trees per acre would require an agricultural permit. The district does have a protected tree list and added to the list is “any tree more than one-metre thick at chest height” Ranns explained. “Any tree on the protected list would need a permit.” The change in bylaw is the result of a large tree cut that occurred last year. “It happened in the uplands area. Someone went in and logged off a whole area ... It destroyed a trail and the value of the trial,” Ranns said. The new addition to the bylaw is being created to deter people from illegally cutting down trees in the rural district. “For some people the fine was just the price of doing business,” Ranns said. “Ninety-nine per cent of the people in Metchosin don’t need a tree bylaw and they are very responsible.” The bylaw is still awaiting its fourth reading. Previously the maximum fine was $10,000. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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Timothy Baillargeon, 8, right, and Austin Turner, 11, host a small ground breaking of their own for the Rotary Picnic Playground to be built at West Shore Parks and Recreation. It will be the second inclusive playground at the Colwood facility.
Play area ready for first phase Charla Huber News staff
Shovels in the ground as playground equipment will begin its installation in August at the latest local inclusive playground. West Shore Parks and Recreation is gearing up for the first phase of its Rotary Picnic Playground. The playground will be built next to the Colwood Rotary Picnic shelter on the lower area of WSPR. Next week the ground will begin being prepared and the playground is expected to be open by the end of September. “This is a little club in terms
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uch analysis and speculation has been done on how the B.C. Liberals scored a shocking, seemingly come-from-behind victory over the NDP in the last provincial election. Guided by research being undertaken this summer by a diverse, five-person panel, the New Democratic Party plans to tackle the issue of just how they lost an election they had no business losing. NDP president Moe Sihota, no stranger to the election process and campaigning, admitted his party must do some serious soul-searching to solve the riddle of how to get the better of the B.C. Liberals. Many factors contributed to the loss of the NDP’s grip on the hearts and minds of the province’s voters. There was leader Adrian Dix’s mid-campaign flip-flop on oil pipelines and the party’s lack of laserlike focus on a small number of issues while the Liberals focused on one: the economy. Even the lack of natural charisma of Dix himself helped create the perfect political storm. The NDP can do all the analysis it wants to try and find answers. But the unpalatable fact that negative advertising works, especially when aimed at a relatively large number of undecided voters, is a reality the party must face for the next election. Sihota acknowledged that both his party and the B.C. Liberals were surprised at the effectiveness of the governing party’s approach; the way it stirred up fear on the part of B.C. voters at the prospect of leaving the economy in the hands of the NDP. Putting it into business terms, the voting public in too many areas of the province –the Capital Region excluded – weren’t sold on the NDP brand. It may go against party philosophy, but perhaps the NDP needs to consult an image specialist before the next election. One need only to look south of the border, to the last presidential election, to realize how well creating fear can work.
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Green MLA on coal and controversy transformation of energy systems After climate scientist-turned-Green away from our combustion Party MLA Andrew Weaver had a approach, which is essentially taste of debate in the B.C. legislature, what we’ve been doing since we I asked him for his impressions on were in caves. We’ve gone that and other issues. from burning wood to Excerpts from that fossil wood, and fossil discussion: plants and fossil algae, to TF: You did a study a much more modern era comparing burning all of production of energy the world’s coal reserves through natural means, and all oil reserves, solar, wind, geothermal etc. showing how big coal TF: Liquified natural gas. really is. The federal The NDP says they are government says that absolutely in favour of that when you add up what’s now. actually being used in Tom Fletcher AW: I have questioned North America, carbon B.C. Views the economics of it from emissions from coal are day one. There’s a market about 30 times more differential that exists now. There’s than from oil. that small window because Japan Now we have a symbolic coal is moving from nuclear to natural export ban in Vancouver, which gas. But we’re way behind everyone doesn’t apply to Port Moody or else. Point Roberts or Prince Rupert. Do TF: Thirty years ago, Japan you think there’s any significance played Australia and B.C. off for to this? metallurgical coal. Those northeast AW: There is no question that B.C. coal mines are back up and the biggest issue around is coal, running again, but you’re seeing a because coal use is on the rise similar thing here? world-wide. Not in the United AW: Yes. And if we start shipping States, because they’re converting natural gas to Asia … the Asian [power production] to natural gas. price comes down, the North This is why American producers American price goes up. British are saying, let’s ship it to Asia. Columbians haven’t been told that. California says no, Oregon says no, TF: How has the legislature Washington says no. Vancouver session been for you? says no, British Columbia, not sure. AW: I sit there and watch the It’s pushing us to start thinking two parties. Rhetorical question, about what I think is going to be condescending answer. Rhetorical the greatest industrial revolution question, condescending the world has ever seen, which is
answer. And I hope more British Columbians watch this, because this needs to change. And I think it can change. TF: The NDP opposition decides when you and Delta South Independent Vicki Huntington get your occasional moments in question period? AW: Yes, and if I’ve asked it’s been no problem. TF: Grudgingly no doubt. If the NDP had their way, the closest Green Party member would be in Holland. AW: [Laughs] Yes. Certainly not in North America. There’s this sense of entitlement within the NDP to the ‘green’ vote. And I sense that the B.C. Liberals very much like our existence, as being not NDP. The reality is, we take as many Liberal votes, if not more. It’s because what it means to be ‘green’ has moved out of what the NDP view as green, which is a tree hugger. It’s kids going to school, talking about conservation, and going home to talk to their parents. That’s where our votes are coming from. TF: Are you going to be found standing in front of a coal train any time soon? AW: No, never. They asked me to, and I said no, because I don’t believe in civil disobedience. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Capt. Eric Meredith at the site of an unattended beach fire on Taylor Beach. The Metchosin beach is one of the few places beach fires are still allowed. If fires are too large and continue to be left unattended, they may be banned warns the Metchosin Fire Department. Charla Huber/News staff
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Plenty of consequences for B.C. marijuana users Re: Marijuana vote not a sure thing (Our View, July 17) This week the editorial staff at Victoria News draws our attention to the Sensible B.C. initiative. Coming this fall to a province near you, its aim is to collect enough B.C. voter signatures to justify a cannabis referendum. I am happy that the staff call this initiative a good thing. I am puzzled by their choice of focus: it may never fly; it may be symbolic at best. But I am astonished by their claim that
in B.C. we “buy, sell, grow, and consume without fear of serious consequences.” If only it were true. British Columbians are charged for simple possession at double the rate of any other province – up over 88 per cent in the last decade according to the Vancouver Sun – 3,500 arrests in 2010, according to Dana Larsen. A successful referendum would direct police resources away from persecuting cannabis users. We need this referendum, especially
in B.C. So don’t ask, “Will this fly? Is this symbolic?” Go out there and join SensibleBC.ca. There is more at stake here than meets the editorial eye. Judith Stamps Victoria
Current drug policies clearly not working Re: Marijuana vote not a sure thing (Our View, July 17) There is a big difference
between condoning marijuana use and protecting children from drugs. Decriminalization acknowledges the social reality of marijuana and frees users from the stigma of life-shattering criminal records. What’s really needed is a regulated market with age controls. Separating the hard and soft drug markets is critical. As long as organized crime controls marijuana distribution, consumers will continue to come into contact with sellers of hard
drugs like cocaine and heroin. This “gateway” is a direct result of marijuana prohibition. Marijuana is less harmful than legal alcohol; the plant has never been shown to cause an overdose death. It makes no sense to waste tax dollars on failed marijuana policies that finance organized crime and facilitate the use of hard drugs. Drug policy reform may send the wrong message to children, but I like to think the children are more important than
Readers respond: TB funding and voter support TB funding commitment requires government will One of history’s greatest killers, tuberculosis, has been beaten back by efforts of the Global Fund to Fight TB, HIV, and Malaria. Canada was instrumental in creating the Global Fund and has played a major role in decreasing TB mortality by almost half since 1990. This year the fund is slated for replenishment, requiring $15 billion to reach its goal of treating 80 per cent of the world’s TB sufferers. Canada’s share would be $750 million over three years. That’s $250 million a year to rid most of the world from a plague that predates biblical times, and continues to destroy countless lives and undermine many
economies. Because Canada is a leader in TB eradication, the steps we take have great influence on all other global donors. Our funding increase will be met by others and humanity will be well underway to at last eradicating TB. For the first time in history, this power is in our hands. Here’s hoping the Harper government has the will. Nathaniel Poole Victoria
Lack of voter support runs across the board
Re: Voters weren’t born yesterday (Letters, July 17) I’m afraid Joe Sawchuk missed the main point of my letter noting that the B.C. Liberals won the May 14 election with the support
of just 24 per cent of eligible voters. I didn’t claim this is unique to the B.C. Liberals. Indeed, I noted in my letter that the NDP, Greens and B.C. Conservatives obtained “even more pathetically smaller shares of support from eligible voters.” I am also well aware that different parties in other provinces – and successive Conservative and Liberal government federally – have won power with similarly meagre amounts of support from eligible voters. My point is that winning parties of all political stripes shouldn’t be making ridiculous claims that they enjoy massive public support when their shares of the eligible vote are actually so shockingly low. Gordon Pollard Victoria
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Jail adds ground-breaking biometric tech Wilkinson Road pilots biometric system connecting its inmates with court records Edward Hill News staff
The jail on Wilkinson Road is piloting a computer system that allows inmates easy access to their court documents using fingerprint scanning technology. Corrections B.C. has rolled out a touch-screen computer terminal system at the Vancouver Island Regional Correction Centre in Saanich and the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, and at five parole offices in the province. VIRCC has two terminals in the jail, which so far gives about 50 inmates computer access to their records. Inmate identity is authenticated from their fingerprint, which is encrypted and linked with their files on a closed network within the Ministry of Justice. It’s the first system for inmates in Canada that uses biometric technology. “This is ground-breaking. To our knowledge no other corrections jurisdiction in Canada has a system like this in place. We are pretty excited about leading the way,” said Marnie Mayhew, spokeswoman for B.C. Corrections.
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to provide that material and evidence in The system is called Integrated Cora secure way, and there could be 20 or rections Operations Network (ICON II), 30 other inmates in a living area.” an $11 million project that will see the Victoria criminal defence attorney access terminals rolled out in B.C.’s nine Paul Pearson said for complex cases, jails and 55 parole offices by the end of the Crown often floods the accused with the year. tens of thousands of pages of evidence. One of the key problems that trigTypically, a defendant in custody would gered ICON was the difficulty of providneed a computer in their cell for days or ing inmates easy access to evidence and weeks to read the docudisclosure documents subments. mitted by the Crown. “At some point “Material can take hunAs asserted by the dreds of hours to read Supreme Court of Canada, you have to connect through. If you limit that, inmates have the legal offenders to the if you can’t read that stuff, right to review evidence electronic world. you can’t defend yourself,” against them at virtually any time. Where will we be 20 said Pearson, of the firm Mulligan Tam Pearson. Most evidence submityears from now?” “Jails struggle with larger ted by police agencies – Bill Young cases with hard drives. and the Crown in B.C. is They don’t like the idea of digital and provided to the B.C. Corrections inmates having unfettered accused (and his or her access to a computer.” lawyer) on a hard drive Pearson hasn’t seen the ICON system, or CD. The jail would provide a Internetand said it tweaks privacy concerns, but disabled computer to the inmate to if it allows inmates better access to court read evidence files, a process Bill Young, files, it probably is a valuable tool. project director of ICON II, describes as “Having access to disclosure docu“problematic and cumbersome.” ments is fundamental to our justice sys“Obviously it’s problematic for offenders to have access to computers,” Young tem,” he said. “Anything that helps that process is a good thing.” said. “In (pre-trial) custody, they have Young said B.C. Corrections worked the right to access a computer 24 hours with the B.C. Privacy Commissioner to per day. We can’t determine when they can access their material. ... And we have ensure the system complies with privacy
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(Above left) An inmate at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Wilkinson Road jail) has his fingerprint scanned to allow him access to a computer terminal (right) that is activated using biometric fingerprint data. The computer system allows inmates access to all their court documents.
laws. The ICON system itself doesn’t record actual fingerprints – it creates an encrypted string of characters based on the uniqueness of a fingerprint. The system uses “off the shelf” fingerprint scanning technology, but B.C. Corrections and B.C. Shared Services branch created the back-end software that links existing offender and document databases with fingerprint data. Staff and inmates at Wilkinson Road have given the system a thumbs-up so far, Young said. Beyond evidence documents, inmates can use it to review court orders, hearing dates, communicate with probation officers, and book medical appointments within the jail. It also eliminates the need for paper documents, which in a jail can be easily lost or stolen. “Staff like it. It cuts down on routine questions and tasks, and allows staff to focus on supervision,” he said. “We’ve heard offenders like the fact they can look up their own information, and they’d like to see more services like this.” The fingerprint system will also be used as an additional way to verify the identity of inmates during transfers in and out of jail, and interactions with medical personnel. “It makes sense before medications are issued that the nurse checks that it’s the right inmate,” Young said. He also noted the computer network is an isolated system, and can’t be hijacked by an inmate to access the Internet or hacked from outside. At the same time, ICON is being assessed through the pilot projects to address security concerns. Young said jurisdictions across Canada struggle with the problem of allowing inmates access to records but limiting access to computers, and are watching the rollout of ICON. “At some point you have to connect offenders to the electronic world. Where will we be 20 years from now?” Young said. “B.C. is the first place that has put together an effective set of tools and technology to give access to offenders that protects their legal rights and enhances security.” editor@saanichnews.com
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Hotel Grand Pacific executive sous chef Ian Gaord holds a tray of grilled vegetable bruschetta at the launch of Taste, Victoria’s festival of food and wine set for July 25 to 28.
Festival gives taste of Victoria Daniel Palmer News staff
Gastronomy can be easy on southern Vancouver Island, but you have to know where to look. Enter Kathy McAree, the culinary expert behind Taste, Victoria’s festival of food and wine. For the past five years, McAree has been bringing together many of the Capital Region’s restauranteurs and food suppliers who have embraced the renaissance of locally sourced food and wine. “I don’t know of many places who have the incredible ability of chefs and farmers and suppliers who work together as well as they do here on south Vancouver Island and in Victo-
ria,” McAree said. “We live in a very special place and that is what Taste is all about.” The culinary festival takes place July 25-28, and features food and wine pairings from the likes of Zambri’s, Bistro 28, Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub, the Oak Bay Beach Hotel and dozens of other restaurants, cheese makers and wineries. On July 26, get a peek behind the scenes at Finest at Sea’s operations and learn how fisherman and owner Bob Fraumeni finds the best seafood in the Pacific Ocean. Other events include a sampling of lesser-known grape varietals like Auxerrois, Siegerrebe and Ortega that flourish in Vancouver Island’s coo
climate, and a seminar by Silk Road tea experts on the regional characteristics of international tea leaves. Organizers purport the varietals of tea leaves to be as diverse as wine. The Hotel Grand Pacific plays host to the festival’s pinnacle event, Swine and the Vine (July 27), when a full fireroasted suckling pig will be served alongside unique pork dishes like pork tongue terrine, Swedish potato sausages and steamed barbecue pork buns. “Everything has a story,” McAree said. “In telling that story, we’re promoting everything that’s happening in our backyard.” For details and tickets, visit victoriataste.com. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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ocal musician Danton Jay is hard to pin down. With a taste for travel and a broad musical background, it’s no wonder his debut solo album, Morcenx, is an exercise in diversity. The songs on Morcenx, named for a small town on the west coast of France, range in genre from folk, rock, blues and jazz to spoken word over improvisational guitar, but the message is concise — Jay is a proponent of sustainability and is using his music to both entertain and enlighten, without being preachy. “My key theory is that it doesn’t matter who’s telling them, if people hear something they’re more likely to reflect and act on it,”Jay says. “If it’s on the radio, people will hear it and hopeful reflect on it and enjoy the music, too.” Jay is a UVic psychology grad who researched promotional methods and sustainability. He set out on a six-month journey through Europe to see theory put into practice. It was that adventure that inspired Jay to write the songs on Morcenx. He spent the last month of his trip in France, holed up in an apartment writing. The result is an album of expansive music and percipient lyrical content. “This kind of music requires attention. It’s not for pre-drinking before the club,” he says. Jay returned to Victoria, set up a recording studio in his apartment and started recording the album. “I don’t have a dining room, I have a soundbooth,” he says. He got permission from David Suzuki to use his essay “The fundamental failure of environmentalism” on his track Listen, which Jay reads over completely improvised guitar. Jay is humble about his music and is all about the collective experience. He’s not quick to be centre of attention or to take all the credit. He even goes as far as listing all the session musicians on the album right on the front of the CD jacket. And it’s an impressive list of local A-listers that includes the album’s co-producer Joby Baker (Alex Cuba, The Bills, The Cowboy Junkies, Mae Moore), Adam Sutherland (Armchair Cynics) and Julia Wakal (Aidan Knight, Bucan Bucan). Jay has assembled a six-piece band for the CD release at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas) Wednesday, July 24 that includes Nick La Riviere on trombone, Miguelito Valdez on trumpet, Chris Van Sickle on piano, Ian McElroy on bass and Andrew Rollins on drums. After only one rehearsal, Jay was ecstatic about how well the band was coming together. “There’s so much going on. It’s exciting to hear all the parts together live. Everyone really owns their parts. It’s so rewarding to have full confidence in the talented people behind you. … And playing live allows Morcenx - Local musician Danton Jay is celebrating the release of his debut solo album, Morcenx, with a show Wednesday, July 24 at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas). Photo by Leanne Green Photography. for extended solos.” The show kicks off at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance online at brownpapertickets.com and $12 at the door. Jay is first up on a triple-headline Morcenx is available at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records or is available for download on bill with Van Damsel on tour from Kamloops (vandamsel.com) and Young Pacific from Jay’s website dantonjay.com. Check out the video for the album’s single, The Road, while Vancouver (youngpacificmusic.com). you’re there.
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Flood RelieF - Ten of Vancouver Island’s top musicians, including Wil pictured here, are coming together to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Flood Relief fund at a concert Sunday, July 28 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
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ictoria’s fifth annual festival of food and wine uncorks Thursday, July 25 with an evening tasting of more than 100 B.C. Wines and local food prepared by some of the best chefs on Vancouver Island. Taste the Difference, the opening night extravaganza, is sold out, as is Sustainable Seafood: Taste and Learn at Finest at Sea and Sharpen your Senses: An Interactive Tasting Workshop (Friday, July 26), but there are still tickets available for Tea and Terroir with Tea Master Daniela Cubelic (Friday, July 26, 2 p.m. At Silk Road), Weird and Wonderful Grape Varieties of Cool Climate Regions (Saturday, July 27, 11:30am at Hotel Grand Pacific), Swine and the Vine (Saturday, July 27, 2 p.m. At Hotel Grand Pacific) and Band, Bubbles and Bennys (Sunday, July 28 at 11 a.m. At Vista 18, Chateau Victoria), featuring a three-course brunch with B.C. Sparkling wine tastings and the jazzy sounds of Lust Life. Tickets and a full schedule are available at victoriataste.com.
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en Island musicians are coming together Sunday July 28 to play a show with proceeds going to help flood victims in Alberta. The event is organized by Kerry Jayne, who will play at the show, alongside Vancouver Island Music Award winner Felicia Harding (of the Ghostbird) and Isobel trigger as well as Born in Cities, Krista Di Gregoria, Kyle Truelove, White Hot Jet, Warriors of the Infinite and Spaceport Union. VIMA Vocalist of the Year nominee Jilliam Reece, whose sister lives in Calgary, is also on the bill. Guitarist and 2013 VIMA Pop/Rock Album winner Wil, who lived in Calgary during his “formative years” says he’s playing the show for the people of Calgary. “My connection with the city is simple, it’s the people in it, the people who have lost everything and the people who are giving everything and that’s why it’s important for me to be involved,” he says. The To Brighter Days flood relief benefit concert is Sunday, July 28 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (680 Courtney St) at 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $15/10/5. All proceeds are going to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Flood Relief Fund. For more information, email bluewatergunrecords@gmail.com.
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VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL BUSKERS FESTIVAL - Welcome to what has quickly become one of the world’s most prominent street theatre festivals! Performers from Australia, the UK, South America, the U.S. and across Canada will converge in Victoria for 10 days of incredible family-friendly fun. Various times and locations downtown. Until July 28 Don’t forget to tip your busker. victoriabuskers.com.
AVIATION MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE- The British Columbia Aviation Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary with an open house. 10am-4pm at 1910 Norseman Rd, Sidney. By donation. 250-655-3300.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONSCineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers is calling for submissions from musicians and filmmakers for the 2013 Reel-to-Reel music video challenge. Deadline is July 26 for submissions and registration. Entry forms at cinevic.ca.
EVES OF DESTRUCTION - Roller derby double-header. Rotten Apples junior team takes on the Honey Badgers of Chilliwack at 6pm. Belles of the Brawl take on the Hula Honeys from Jet City afterwards. Doors at 5pm at Archie Browning Sports Centre (1151 Esquimalt Rd). $12/15
QUEEN OF HEARTS DAY- A day for the ladies focused on healthy living and wellness. With a market. 10am2pm at Bryn Maur Rd and Goldstream Ave. 250-507-5767.
OAK BAY HIGH CLASS OF ‘73 REUNION - It’s time for the 40-year reunion of Oak Bay high grads from the class of 1973. Last Supper at the old gym at 6pm (2151 Cranmore). 250-767-6301.
SUN. JULY 28 ART AND WINE FESTIVAL Colwood Rotary presents a festival of food, wine, local art and more at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. 11am-4pm. $40. 19+. rotaryfestival.yolasite.com. FIESTA CUBANA - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Full dinner at 5pm, Latin music by Raices, pinata for the kids. $15 at 12241 Balmoral Rd. (Mitraniketan housing co-op). victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com.
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THURS. JULY 25 SHAKEN AND STIRRED - The Brat Pack (Sara Weicker Partridge, Darold Roles, Ron Schuster and Susan Smitten, with a guest appearance by Jim Hill) present an evening of cabaret-style song and dance as a fundraiser for scholarships for students at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. 7pm at 1701 Elgin. Tickets at thebratpack.eventbrite.ca.
SAT. JULY 27 HUMAN BODY PROJECT - Hosts its 20th Vulnerability Vigil at noon on the corner of Government and Belleville, across from the B.C. legislature. Human Body Project founder Tasha Diamant shows up completely naked and invites others to join her (clothed or not) in a show of vulnerability. humanbodyproject.org.
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NAKED GIRLS READING - Presents The Lady Corsairs release party. Rosie and Mr. Bitts’ erotica, paperback edition, Volume 1. A collection of romantic pirate adventures read naked by Rosie Bitts, Ella Love, Florence Fatale and Lady Muse. 7:30pm at Casa Bitts (address provided to ticket holders). $25 at ladycorsairs.eventbrite.ca.
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THURS. JULY 25 LIVE N’ UNSIGNED - A summer showcase to promote live local music with four of Victoria’s best independent folk bands/artists: Emily Spiller, The Royal Canadians, The Washboard Union and Steph MacPherson. 7:30pm at Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). Tickets at Ditch Records, Lyle’s Place at online at unsignedfolkshowcase.eventbrite.ca. AARON PRITCHETT - Upstairs Cabaret has Gone Country once more with country music artist Aaron Pritchett and band. Doors at 9pm. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Buckerfields Keating and the Logholuse Liquor Store. gonecountrylive.com.
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Relics of history remain hidden in Gorge waterway Edward Hill News staff
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Artist EiraShay Barker-Hart takes on the setting at Bowker Creek with one of her latest penon-paper pieces. She’ll return to the waterway for the Bowker Creek Brush Up on Aug. 11. Organizers are welcoming Barker-Hart and other youth artists for the annual event.
Youth artists add to Bowker brush up crew Natalie North News staff
On a hot spring afternoon, sunshine reflects off a framed drawing in EiraShay Barker-Hart’s grasp. The 16-year-old smiles as she explains each element of the politically-charged piece, inspired by the proposed Enbridge pipeline. “Back here we have the machine that’s building corporate lines,” she said. “Then the Earth, here, is crying and back here we have a jellyfish, which is a sign of polluted water. I’m trying to mirror the pain that the Earth feels and the anger and frustration that a lot “I don’t know of people are feeling.” Barker-Hart is one what my medium is of a handful of youth yet, so I figured I’d try artists set to return to the Bowker Creek everything until I find Brush Up for the sec- the medium that fits. I ond year this August – a fact that couldn’t change my mind all of make organizer Joanie the time.” McCorry happier. “I wish she was – EiraShay Barker-Hart my daughter,” said McCorry, who got to know Barker-Hart through the Creatively United For the Planet fashion show, while the Vic High student was building dresses of flower petals. “Last year, EiraShay just sat on the grass and just kept painting. She didn’t need a chair or table or anything.” Barker-Hart admitted being a little unprepared for her debut at the Brush Up, but found it to be a huge learning experience. The positive side of putting her work out there – including marketing herself as an artist – outweighed the sting of not making any sales during her first Brush Up. “It makes you so vulnerable,” she said. “It’s your work. It’s so much of you.” The Grade 11 student grew up on Cortes Island and attended Linnaea, the Island’s alternative school, until Grade 8, an experience which exposed
her to an eclectic community of artisans. “I like how she hasn’t become a big-city girl,” said McCorry, a photographer and creator of threedimensional paper casting cards. “She just continues to follow her heart and her passion and her love.” Whether she’s making a Mexican-inspired selfportrait in oil soluble water colours, snapping photos on a Pentax K-1000, or constructing clothing from flower petals, Barker-Hart is open to just about anything artistically. “I don’t know what my medium is yet, so I figured I’d try everything until I find the medium that fits. I change my mind all of the time.” Though her approach may come off as fickle, her intentions behind the work are anything but. “I like having an intention and a point to it, as opposed to something that’s just nice to look at. In the past I was just painting things that were fun to paint and I wasn’t comfortable pushing social barriers.” The Oak Bay Community Artists Society launched the Bowker Creek Brush Up in 2005. Youth artists – including high school students and young adults – are invited to join Barker-Hart from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Aug. 11 along Bowker Creek. Contact McCorry at 250-294-1944 or jmccorry@ shaw.ca to register.
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One colonist’s trash is another man’s treasure, given a century or so. Hunt around long enough in the Gorge Waterway and antique bottles can emerge from the muck. For Reece Hygh, the Gorge remains a treasure trove of old handmade bottles and clay jugs produced in breweries and factories dating to the earliest days of Fort Victoria. “The Gorge is one of the first places people partied. For Fort Victoria, the British colonists drank there and would toss in their bottles,” Hygh said. “You can still find really old bottles, embossed pop and beer bottles. We’ve found bottles marked ‘poison’. We’ve found U.S. Navy mustard bottles that date to 1858, dried mustard bottles.” Probing the grasses and mud using a rake and a snorkel, Hygh and friend Chris Hill found a shard of a bottle stamped with ‘VB’ for Victoria Brewery, circa 1868. That early brewery first used water from Swan Lake and then moved into downtown Victoria.
They’ve found ginger beer and pop bottles from Alex Phillips, the first bottler of soda pop in Western Canada, and from Christopher Morely, who had his factory in Waddington Alley in a building since refurbished into condos. The practice of hunting through silt and muck is called mudlarking, and dates back two centuries to impoverished Brits who scavenged the shores of the Thames River. Hygh, 54, has collected antique bottles for 40 years and enjoys the thrill of treasure hunting and its connection to local history. “I’m a history buff. I like relics like embossed bottles from Victoria or Nanaimo or Vancouver or San Francisco,” he said. “I do this as a hobby. We are the keepers of relics. We keep them for a while, then pass them on.” He normally hunts for old bottles “above the falls,” otherwise known as west of the Tillicum Bridge. “I walk the Gorge a couple times per year,” said Hygh, who lives in Nanaimo. “Other collectors walk it every day and still find stuff.” --with reporting from Sharon Tiffin editor@saanichnews.com
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Explore the unsung parks of Greater Victoria A handful of parks get major attention, but Greater Victoria has many hidden gems of park land Between provincial, Capital Regional District and municipal parks, Greater Victoria has swaths of green space and forests for residents to get their groove on. But like politicians and ice cream flavours, some parks are more popular than others. A few attract hordes of visitors and dogs year-round, while others grow their trees in quiet serenity. Take Francis/King regional park, neighbour to vast Thetis Lake regional park. Thetis, with its popular beach, deep lake, hiking loops and rocky vistas, attracts the most visitors out of any CRD park. Secluded Francis/King sits in stark contrast to busy Thetis. The 107-hectare forest is accessed from Prospect Lake and Munn roads, scenic country lanes unto themselves, dotted with farms and estates, far from the highway or noise of the city. Under the primeval canopy of old-growth Douglas firs and amid the endless greenery of ferns and wildflowers, the park has an ambling cedar boardwalk through the woods (Elise King trail). It’s
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Cory Kohlman takes a photo of the view from the top of Bear Hill regional park. The small park offers scenic panoramas, wild forest and relatively few people, compared to Elk/Beaver Lake park. ideal for parents with strollers or people with mobility problems and has plenty of interpretive signage, as well as a nature house. Elk/Beaver Lake, the second most active regional park in Greater Victoria, also abuts a
lesser known sibling that can take hikers off the beaten path. Bear Hill Regional Park, a 48-hectare rectangle that stretches from the Pat Bay Highway to Bear Hill Road, may be small, but it offers forests of red cedar and
Douglas firs. For people not afraid of elevation gain in their hike, grand vistas from its 220-metre summit overlook Saanich Peninsula farmland and is ideal for a picnic. Lastly, and in terms of provincial
parks, Goldstream by far receives the most attention. It has its famed fish run, Mount Finlayson and an old-growth rain forest. This overshadows John Dean Provincial Park in North Saanich, a 174-hectare space less ambitious in scope, but stocked with meadows and an old-growth forest atop Mount Newton. Where Goldstream has its magnificent 100-year-old train trestle (on the park boundary), John Dean park has its novel radar dome and communications complex. Beyond that, reasonably easy hiking trails lead to beautiful southern exposure bluffs offering panoramas of farmland and the billionaire playground of James Island. The view, though, is priceless. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 ■ Kjeld Brodsgaard (Builder) Brodsgaard was chairman of the organizing committee for the 1993 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships and sport chair of wrestling for the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
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hey were the stars of the city, Victoria’s top athletes during a time of depression. The YMCA’s track team from the 1930s was tops in the country. Coached by YMCA physical director Travis Archie McKinnon, the group of short and midPaterson dle distance runners Reporting was led by 220-yard sprinter and quartermile (440-yard) specialist Joe Addison. (Races were done in yards and miles then.) Half-mile runner Bill Dale and mile specialist Chuck Cunningham made up the core three with Addison, while a list of shortdistance sprinters each spent time as the team’s fourth man. It’s been a long time coming, but the Y team are finally going into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, part of the 2013 inductee group to be celebrated on Oct. 26. “We originally wanted to put Bill Dale in about 12 years ago. He was still alive then, but when we sat down with him and told him our intentions, he refused,” said Dave Unwin, a Victoria sports archivist. Unwin has long snooped out the history of athletes in the city. Dale sent Unwin on a new hunt, one that finally ended with a phone call last year. “At first Bill told us about his brother Vic Dale and said Vic was more deserving, his brother being a great basketball player and all-around athlete. Then Bill explained that it was Addison who was the (Y team) ringleader.” The only problem was Addison’s story ended in the Second World War. Unwin knew he was a policeman and a truant officer whose pay was split between the City of Victoria and the school district. He wasn’t with the Victoria police department for long. He signed up with the army, transferred to the air force and was shot down in a bomber during the war. Until a lucky turn of events, Addison’s story had disappeared from history. But the word was out around Victoria that the GVSHOF was on the lookout for Addison’s family descendants, and in 2012 Addison’s nephew Roy Williams called Unwin. “Just prior to Christmas I had a visit from Williams. He ... brought two boxes of Addison’s scrapbooks, photos and awards,” Unwin said. The newspaper stories and information, most of it from the 1930s, suggested the Y team deserved to be in the hall of fame. Among many news articles was photos of Addison playing other sports, including a soccer photo from high school, representing Saanich school district at the city school
■ Keith Dagg (Builder) Dagg chaired the 2005 and 2013 Ford Men’s World Curling Championships and helped bring the PGA tour to Victoria in 1981. ■ Michael Edgson (Athlete) Edgson, a visually impaired swimmer, is one of Canada’s most successful athletes with 18 gold, three silver medals and nine world records from three Paralympic Games in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Paul Roew, Alex Gaunt, Joe Addison and Bill Dale of the 1930s YMCA track team. soccer championship Fragment’s Cup. This year is the first time Addison has been enshrined in the hall, though many of his teammates are already inducted. The Y team were generally known as a group of four, with a frequently changing sprinter. It’s believed Lynn Patrick was the team’s first sprinter, son of Lester and brother of Murray (Muzz), but Lynn left for the New York Rangers where he won the Stanley Cup as a player, with Muzz on his team and dad Lester behind the bench. Navy man Owen Bentley also took a turn as the sprinter, as did Paul Rowe, who went onto win the Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders. There was Noel Morgan, an allaround sportsman, and lastly, Bruce Humber, who went to university in Washington state and was the only member to represent Canada at the Olympics when he went to the 1936 Berlin Games. Addison had been to the 1934 Empire Games, and should have qualified for the 1936 Olympics, as well as Dale, Unwin found. “Addison, Dale and Humber went to the Canadian qualifying championships in Toronto on the way to Olympics (in 1936). When they got there it rained all weekend,” Unwin said. “Addison did both the quarter and hurdles but had bad luck though he could have qualified for both events based on his previ-
■ Derek Porter – Athlete (Rowing) A three-time Olympian, Derek Porter captured a gold medal with the men’s eight rowing team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. For the 1996 Summer Games, Porter made the transition to single sculls and finished in second place to win silver. The 1993 single sculls World Champion also captured two silver medals with the men’s eight at the 1990 and 1991 World Championships. ■ Alison Sydor (Athlete) A former UVic student, Sydor won silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain biking, and three World Mountain Bike championships.
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Hal Beasley (Victoria 1912 Olympian track athlete) with Joe Addison at MacDonald Park, circa 1930s. ous times. For the 220 (yards) Addison drew the inside track which was flooded with puddles and he didn’t make (the time).” During the era, Canada only financed so many athletes (about 100) to attend the Games, though additional athletes who qualified were welcome to pay their own way. “I believe Bill Dale and Joe Addison both had the opportunity to pay their own way to the Olympics, but during the depression, the money wasn’t available,” Unwin said. For tickets to the Oct. 26 banquet at the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence, contact GVSHOF president Nick Tuele at 250652-1455 or ntuele@shaw.ca. – with files from Dave Unwin sports@vicnews.com
■ Gillian Thomas (Athlete) A multi-sports athlete who toured with the national field hockey team in 1965-66, won several batting titles at the Canadian Softball Championships and was a nationallevel squash, badminton and tennis player. ■ 1930s YMCA Track Team (Team) Under the coaching of Archie McKinnon, the team comprised Bill Dale, Joe Addison, Chuck Cunningham and variously, sprinters Lynn Patrick, Noel Morgan, Owen Bentley, Paul Rowe and Bruce Humber. The team excelled throughout the decade and finished fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. ■ 1976-1984 Vic West Soccer (Team) The same core Vic West players won four national senior men’s soccer titles from 1976 to 1984, six B.C. championships and six Jackson Cup Island titles.
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LOST AND FOUND LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK WALTER ROSS, late of 3185 GLEN LAKE ROAD, VICTORIA, BC, V9B 4B6. DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above-named deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the Executrix, Alaura Ross at 733 13th St., New Westminster, BC V3M 4M6 on or before Aug 21, 2013, after which date the Executrix will distributed the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she then has notice. ALAURA ROSS, EXECUTRIX
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE THE ESTATE OF DEBRA LYNETTE CLEEMOFF, Deceased, formerly of 964 Isabell Avenue, Victoria, BC V9C 2M9 NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Administrator, c/o #201-300 Gorge Rd. West, Victoria, BC V9A 1M8 on or before August 16, 2013, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Elaine Sandra Crane, Administrator By her solicitors: Anniko, Hunter
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MILTON ST, 2bdrm condo. Top floor. Fantastic City & Ocean views. 10% Down; Owner will carry mortgage. (250)753-0160
2002 MUSTANG Convertible w/black racing stripes, lighted roll bar, low definition tires and mag wheels, runs great. Great Grad gift. Call (250)724-2092.
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OLD Singer sewing machine, cabinet, Underwood type writer. $25/each. (250)388-6725.
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WINDOW SCREENS 39�x30.5�, $5 ea. Patterned plant pots 16�, $15 & 8.5�, $9. (250)658-3948.
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COLLEGE HEIGHTS. Beautiful Ocean & City views. 4bdrms + 2bdrm suite. 10% down. Owner will carry mortgage. (250)753-0160.
2007 HYUNDAI- very low mileage, V-6, 2-wheel drive, excellent condition. $14,000. (250)370-1718.
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RENTALS COZY COTTAGE on 2.14 acres a stone’s throw from the ocean. This 800sqft, 2 bedroom home was completely renovated in 2007 with new electric, plumbing, bathroom, kitchen, roof, etc. It is close to schools, a corner store, and neighbourhood pub and is only 5 kms to downtown Courtenay. The property is zoned for 2 dwellings so you could live in the cottage while building your dream home and after rent out the cottage for extra revenue. Gardener’s paradise with several heritage fruit trees, berries, grape vines and beautiful roses. The Royston area received a grant this year to put in sewer. (778)428-1159.
APARTMENT/CONDO 324 DAMON Drive. 2 bdrm, 1 bath garden suite with ocean views. Newly renovated. F/S, W/D. No pets. $1000 plus utilities. Complete Residential 250-370-7093.
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PENDER ISLAND- level building lot (3819 Pirates Rd) 0.36 acre, 15,681 sq ft with water, sewer, hydro, cable at lot line. By owner only $109,900. Call 604-988-2653.
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Saanich tops haul in gun amnesty month More than 80 handguns, shotguns, rifles, replica guns and other weapons were turned in to municipal police forces in June. Saanich police received the majority of the firearms. “In a lot of cases, people have ended up taking over a relative’s property, and they come across a
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rifle or other firearm and they’re not really sure what to do with it,” said Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie. “The public is always welcome to call us in those cases, they don’t need to wait for amnesty month.” Provincewide, more than 1,800 firearms and 31,000 rounds of ammo were turned in to police.
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Months after the B.C. Cancer Agency opened a patient care wing atop its Lee Avenue building, the 10,000-square-foot space is alive with staff, patients and volunteers – working one-onone with clients and those behind the scenes, fundraising to optimize services already in place. When Wilma Taylor of the Order of the Eastern Star stopped by the Alex and Jo Campbell Patient and Family Support Centre with her fellow Queen City Chapter members to make a donation on behalf of their organization, the person who led their tour of the supportive care facility was a volunteer lay navigator, a central component of the $10-million addition to the agency’s facility. “I’m impressed,” Taylor said. “Everyone’s upbeat and positive; it’s much improved from when I was a kid.” Taylor, co-organizer of the Starlight Pops Choir Swing Fever concert in support of the centre, “We guide a group of them through that alongside fellow organizers, handed beginning stage – over a $4,000 cheque followed Lorne it’s a bumpy one. and Mackie through the wing … Our role ends devoted to emotional and support when they meet psychological services. the oncologist.” The facility, which - Lorne Mackie opened in March, includes a patient information library, a wellness room and a station for volunteers such as Mackie, who are trained to lead patients through everything they need to know outside of treatment. “We guide them through that beginning stage – it’s a bumpy one,” Mackie said. “We discuss everything, finances, transportation, a list of questions to ask the doctor. Our role ends when they meet the oncologist.” Though the donation from her Queen City chapter is relatively small, Taylor said, it makes a difference with chapters across B.C. and the Yukon contributing. The 146-year-old organization has donated to cancer treatment as far back as Taylor can remember, to a time when her grandfather received cobalt treatment at the outset of the technology. “The treatment that they received at that time was very scary and now it’s more than hopeful. I can see a huge change not only in the way the patient is informed, but the way it’s a family thing – when one person gets cancer, everyone wants to know and to help.” Shaun Lorhan, lead of navigation research for the B.C. Cancer Agency’s Vancouver Island Centre, n In 2013, lauded those who bridge more than shortfalls in care. 5,000 people “What we’ve heard from on Vancouver patients is that we do Island are treatment really well, but we expected to be certainly have opportunities diagnosed with to improve our emotional cancer. care. Those navigators are really trying to understand from our patients’ perspective, whether it’s difficulty getting to the clinic or difficulty managing the people at home who may have their own health issues and concerns.” This summer, the wellness room will host an exercise study for patients with colorectal cancer and a yoga program aimed at managing cancerrelated fatigue. “Years ago people used to tell you you’d get better, then we were really surprised when they died. We weren’t prepared. Now you don’t
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