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Athlone Travel owner Elizabeth Smith is ready to help the Oak Bay Fire Department by donating money raised from photos taken with Santa during the Oak Bay Christmas Light-up this Sunday.

The Oak Bay Fire Department has a wish list and a local business has asked Santa to make it come true. Athlone Travel has raised $6,300 towards its goal of $10,000 for the fire department. All money raised will be used to purchase non-essential items such as infrared cameras, pelican lighting and flashlights and to either supplement or replace aging equipment. “It’s a great benefit to the fire department,” said fire chief Dave Cockle. “It keeps our equipment budget down.” The department makes a request to the municipality each year for equipment upgrades and replacement, but changing priorities within the district can affect the timing of the required funding, he said. Athlone Travel owner Elizabeth Smith decided to help out the fire department after one of her clients donated a defibrillator to the department recently. Smith said she called the fire chief and got a list of things they need that are non-essential, but still necessary to do the job right. Her staff regularly raises funds for a variety of causes and decided to share their efforts with the fire department this year. “The idea is, let’s give a gift to the fire department,” Smith said. “One person can’t buy an infrared camera for them but 10 people (together) can.” Santa will drop by the Athlone Travel office, 2187 Oak Bay Ave., on Sunday, Nov. 24 after the 5 p.m. light up and kids and adults can have pictures taken with him for a donation. “We want as many people to come through (as possible),” Smith said. “We want to raise as much money as we can get.” Smith added that the District of Oak Bay will issue tax receipts to those who donate $20 or more. The 13th annual Oak Bay Christmas Festival Light Up starts at 2 p.m. with a mix of entertainment, games and children’s events. At 5 p.m., thousands of lights strung on buildings, lamp posts and trees will light up the village. reporter@vicnews.com

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Former parks and rec director appointed to Kiwanis Pavilion board Oak Bay Kiwanis Health Care Society has appointed Lorna Curtis as director of the pavilion board of directors. Curtis is a former Oak Bay parks and recreation director and has a long history of community involvement. She has volunteered with the Oak Bay centennial committee, millennium committee, community initiatives committee and the child and youth committee. She also

has a keen interest in seniors’ health care. Curtis joins Dave Cockle, Barbara Gies, Steve Orcherton, Andrew Law, Maxine Dell, Hazel Braithwaite and chairperson Joan Trumble, on the board. “We have an active and engaged board of directors committed to the operation of a first rate care facility,” Trumble said, in a press release. “Lorna’s civic administrative and decision making experience

Fire crews responded to a dumpster fire behind the Oak Bay Recreation Centre on Nov. 16. The dumpster contained a large amount of paper and appeared to have been intentionally set ablaze. The fire damaged the adjacent tennis bubble, causing approximately $3,000 in damage. Fifteen minutes prior to the incident, a fire was discovered in a dumpster near the Safeway at Fort and Foul Bay Roads. If you have any information, please contact Oak Bay police.

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Dogs have fowl fun at work Pups get the goose to help farmers save wheat crops Charla Huber News staff

John Costello throws a decoy duck and blows his whistle, signs that tell his springer spaniel, Hunter, it’s time to fetch. The exercise helps the dog learn about tracking and hunting, but it’s also a pastime Costello enjoys. The 62-year-old Saanich man can be found daily at the Island and Pacific Labrador Retriever Club’s training area at Beaver Lake ponds with Hunter and his yellow lab, Bella. “Labs are pretty easy to train and they are big robust dogs and can retrieve big birds up to 12 pounds,” says Costello, the club’s training co-ordinator. “Springer spaniels specialize in upland hunting of pheasants and grouse.” The Labrador retriever club shares the acres of training space with the Island Retriever Club on the western edge of Beaver Lake, an idyllic area with wide ponds, ditches, brush and forest. Not all retriever club members are hunters, but all enjoy seeing their dogs become more proficient retrievers. Some train their dogs to meet Canadian Kennel Club standards. “Beaver Lake is for field work. It simulates what happens if someone went hunting,” says Anne Morrison, president of the Island and Pacific Labrador Retriever Club. “Not everyone likes to hunt, but the dog likes doing what it’s bred for. Retrieving is so wonderful for them. Like border collies for herding, retrievers live to retrieve.” The club, formed in 1992, remains small with about 20 members. “We’re not big but we are keen,” Morrison remarks. “We’re just interested in labs and how labs can be good citizens.” Charla Huber/News staff Labs are trained to follow their John Costello, Hunter and Bella hunt for recreation and help clear Canada owner’s voice commands and hand Goose flocks from farmer’s fields around the Capital Region. signals to locate a decoy duck tossed often just fly right over it the next time the Cowichan Valley, but they’re also in a pond or the forest, either using a because they remember.” used to rid Canada Goose flocks from mechanical launcher or another person. Metchosin farmer Tom Henry has farmer’s fields in Greater Victoria. Local A starter pistol is often used to replicate found great success in opening up his geese typically eat crops and no longer the hunting experience. wheat fields to Costello and the dogs migrate. “We change it up all under a permit issued by the Canadian Canada Geese are the time, the obstacles, “The geese like the Wildlife Service. so accustomed to where the prey is hidden,” This year, the farmer lost less than one humans that dogs are Morrison said. wheat as much as I like acre of his 35-acre wheat crop to geese, far more effective in “You don’t want to barbecued hogs.” and credits Costello’s services. scaring them away, make them fail if the dog “A lot of what we grow we couldn’t do Costello said. “The doesn’t know where to go. – Tom Henry without John and the dogs,” Henry said. dogs flush the birds You have to help him or “The geese like the wheat as much as I into the air. You have her find it.” like barbecued hogs.” to up the ante to scare them now. If you Costello uses his dogs for hunting charla@goldstreamgazette.com have a lot of pressure in one field they’ll geese, ducks, pheasants and grouse in

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Ford example is informative The behaviour of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has long since surpassed the realm of quirky and seen him sink to the depths to become a detriment to his community. That said, residents of Greater Victoria can feel lucky we’re not facing a similar situation among our elected civic politicians. While the examples have been rare around here of a rogue mayor or councillor embarrassing themselves publicly or shedding a negative light on their municipality, extending municipal terms to four years from three, as Union of B.C. Municipalities members endorsed this fall, is not a good idea. The B.C. Community Charter states that councillors can only be disqualified from office for not taking the required oath, missing meetings for 60 days or four consecutive meetings for reasons other than ill health or by leave of council, conflict of interest where influence or inside knowledge is used inappropriately, or the unauthorized use of money. The vast majority of councillors take seriously their oath of office and pecuniary responsibility to constituents. In the event individuals run into conflict, perceived or real, or exhibit questionable behaviour, councils are generally good at policing themselves. When further action clearly needs to be taken, the onus falls on the individual to do the right thing. As we’ve seen with Ford and local politicians, the results can be mixed. Former Highlands councillor Ken Brotherston stepped down from council while on trial for murder, for which he was acquitted in 2010, and did not run for re-election in 2011. In North Saanich in 2004, then-councillor Bill Bird admitted to a non-pecuniary conflict in a rezoning application made by a business partner. Bird stayed on, but was found later in court to have benefitted financially from the decision. He was ordered to step down until the next election but did not run again, either. With few mechanisms at our disposal to oust individuals who prompt serious consideration of termination or forced resignation, the best avenue is still the ballot box. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Two solitudes on B.C. farmland fields as they motor from their My late father used to say that if subdivisions to big-box stores. The he ever won the lottery, he would elderly Sikhs and Mexican guest “farm until it’s all gone.” workers bent over in the It was 1960 when he fields don’t need their and my mother pulled up lofty lectures on “food stakes in the Okanagan, security.” where their families had Voices from the been for generations, and rest of the province moved north to carve a are seldom heard and homestead out of a half quickly shouted down, section in the Peace River as was the case at the country. recent Union of B.C. So it’s a mainly northern Municipalities convention perspective that I bring in Vancouver. to the latest debate over Tom Fletcher Merritt councillor Mike B.C.’s agricultural land B.C. Views Goetz pleaded for relief reserve. A dialogue of the from an Agricultural Land deaf has been going on Commission that refuses to release for decades in B.C., where there are two separate realities in agriculture. a property that has “grown nothing but rocks and tumbleweeds for the The dominant voice is always last 100 years.” Similar property from the southwest, from the next door was released, but not this Okanagan to the Fraser Valley to parcel, blocking a project for five southern Vancouver Island. This years in a little town that could use is not only B.C.’s most productive the work and additional tax base. land, it’s also the place of greatest Urban sprawl isn’t a big problem population and development in Merritt, which like many small pressure, where three million of the towns is trying to hang on to its province’s four million residents population. live and more arrive every day. Spallumcheen councillor Ed In the rest of the province, except Hanoski described the situation for pockets that are attractive for beyond the towns, the real rural recreational development, farming B.C. He proposed easing the is a tough row to hoe. These days, people are more likely to be moving restrictions on building a second home on farm properties. away. Currently, farmers can put a In our urbanized society, the mobile home on their property loudest voices tend to be the least for an elderly or infirm relative, informed, from backyard-chicken but nothing with a permanent hipsters to what I call “drive-by foundation. environmentalists,” who like to Once that relative moves or look out their car windows at green

passes away, the home is supposed to be removed. Hanoski said a sewage system for such a residence costs around $12,000. Add the temporary foundation, skirting, well hookup, power, landscaping, driveway, and a mobile home that will lose its value if it has to be moved, and the property owner takes a loss of $150,000 or more. That’s why the removal rule is routinely ignored in rural B.C., Hanoski said. These second homes are the only rental stock there is, providing modest income for marginal farms, and should be allowed permanent foundations. Motion defeated, after a scolding from a Sunshine Coast delegate about people lusting to build mansions on farmland. I asked Bill Bennett, the cabinet minister in charge of the latest agricultural land review, about a rumoured proposal to split the province into two zones with different rules. He declined to comment, but described the case of Fort Steele Farms, the East Kootenay community’s only market garden that almost closed because the next generation was initially refused permission for a second home. The two zones approach deserves serious consideration. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Headline should reflect details of brutal slaughter HELP FILL A DREAM The headline Bye-Bye Bambi (News Nov. 15) was in my opinion in extremely poor taste. Seeing that Oak Bay has decided to kill the deer, why not tell it like it is. Young readers may just think the deer are going away and unless they read the story are not aware that they are to be brutally slaughtered in a most horrific way. It is a shame that council has decided to slaughter some 25 deer, especially when other options are available. I know that relocation is not a viable option but there are others. Obviously the mayor and council are heeding the cries of a minority who want these so-called nuisances killed. Because a hungry deer wants to take an apple from your

tree or a tulip head from your garden is it a nuisance? If I walk into an orchard and take an apple am I a nuisance? The deer are not intent on destroying your gardens, merely trying to survive. Does council truly believe that removing 25 deer will create a void? Thirty-three were lost to car accidents and where is the void? Although they are trying to make it seem that way, car/ deer accidents are not unique to Oak Bay. It would be prudent for council to contact other towns where a limited number were killed and see how many have returned in their place. From my understanding, many more. One councillor stated that there are approximately 250 deer in Oak Bay. That equates to

about one deer per 40 homes. Is that overpopulation? Hardly. Maybe a cull is the answer but the method that will be used is extremely inhumane. And the fact there is no discrimination as to age or sex is equally wrong. Do you feel good about killing a young innocent fawn? Does Oak Bay want to become infamous as the community that killed the deer? Already this story has gone viral and it does not look good for the community. I could honestly state that there are a lot of very unhappy people living in Oak Bay because of this decision. Sadly this whole scheme will come to a bad ending for more than just the deer. George A Barrows Oak Bay

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Absolutely disgusted! Those are the only two words I can use to express my feelings towards the mayor and council of Oak Bay in their decision to go ahead with the deer cull. The mayor says the majority of Oak Bay residents seem to be in favour. I’d like to see where he gets those numbers. All it does is cater to the NIMBYs in this community. The SPCA and many other groups oppose this slaughter, especially the extremely inhumane way it will be carried out. And actually believing that removing 25 deer will thin the herd? Others will take their place. This whole mess and these attitudes remind me so much of the rabbit situation at the university where calmer heads did not prevail. William Jesse Oak Bay

My husband and I wish to thank the caring and attentive people who stopped to help me after I fell along Beach Drive at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 3. I especially want to thank the lady who phoned for an ambulance and who was so reassuring to me; the lady who went to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel for bandages and Handi Wipes; the Oak Bay Beach Hotel for their kindness in giving her a ride back in one of the hotel cars; and the driver who offered me a ride home if needed. Many thanks also to the Oak Bay Fire Department and the ambulance team for the care they gave me. We are so grateful to you all. June Elsdon Oak Bay

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houses,” Spencer said. “They also tend to find a way to get into people’s houses. They want to, over winter, be in your kitchen. They’re looking for a nice, warm place to spend the winter without freezing to death.” Spencer said this species of ladybug was released in the 1970s in Georgia and has since swept across North America. While the multicoloured Asian lady beetles aren’t native to the continent, they do play a role in controlling the aphid population in spring and summer. “There’s a bit of concern that they may displace our native ladybug species. (Native ladybugs) hibernate up in the mountains on the Malahat and climb under rocks. (Multicoloured Asian lady beetles) like structures better than rocks, and because of that, their congregation pattern is more noticeable for us,” Spencer added. The multicoloured Asian lady beetle is not the same ladybug species that local municipalities – Saanich and Victoria included – release to eat aphids. Those are the convergent lady beetles. Cory Manton, Saanich’s manager of urban forestry, horticulture and natural areas, said they release convergent lady beetles on a handful of streets in the spring. “We don’t have the same aphid issues as the city. We don’t have the monoculture-type species planting on developed boulevards that they have,” he said of trees that attract aphids, like Linden, beech and some invasive oaks. Spencer said the multicoloured Asian lady beetle is here, whether we want it or not and its numbers are building. If you find ladybugs in your home this fall or winter, try to move them to a cool area like a garage. Spencer warns about reflex bleeding if you try to brush them away, so he suggests vacuuming them into a bag, leaving them for the winter and then dumping them in the garden come spring. kslavin@saanichnews. com

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Space shaker École Willows elementary student Bennet Nowak, 9, shakes hands with history as he meets retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield Saturday. Hadfield was greeted by hundreds who filled Bolen Books to meet and take photos of the world-famous astronaut, scientist, space musician and author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth.

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hat happens when you walk into a conversation between three intoxicated local performers, known for their entertaining bantering in real life? Find out at Intrepid Theatre’s Stories by the Glass on Nov. 28. The intimate show — only 50 tickets to be sold, is a fundraiser for the annual Victoria Spoken Word Festival, held each March. Artistic director Missie Peters came up with the idea after seeing the three well-known local performers, Ian Case, Dave Morris and David Radford, interact in real life numerous times. “Whenever these guy are together, they are always oneupping each other with their stories,” Peters said. “I then thought, ‘I wanna see these guys on stage.’” There is no script and no direction, other than having to be on stage and drinking an hour before the show starts. Peters wants the audience to feel like they are stepping into the middle of a conversation between three outgoing and comedic chums as they story-tell, laugh and feed off each other’s material. “Stories by the Glass isn’t about watching men get trashed on stage,” Peters said. “It’s about the wonderment that comes out of breaking bread together, stuff you share together over drinks. I’m really interested in the storytelling aspect of it.” After the theatre performance, attendees are invited to come along for the second half of the of the show, an afterparty at Veneto. “I would love to see everybody go over and keep that conversation going,” Peters added. Tickets are $25 and available at the Intrepid Theatre or ticketrocket.org. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. The next Spoken Word Festival is March 4-9, 2014 and the theme will be “Inside Story,” with workshops exploring storytelling.

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The colourful domain known as the Marvel Universe is threatened with a singularly crepuscular gloom in Thor: The Dark World. In one of those convoluted plots peculiar to fantasy movies, the “nine realms” (including Earth and Asgard) are due for their once-every-5,000-years convergence. This makes them vulnerable to the dark energy of The Aether, which can destroy the universe by turning it into utter darkness. And, wouldn’t you know, Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), the villain capable of engineering this feat, has just been awakened ... and he’s in a pissy mood. Luckily for us, hammer-hurling Thor (Chris hemsworth) is on the case. Once again he is united with his Earthly ladylove, Jane (Natalie Portman), who – wouldn’t you know it? – just happens to be an astrophysicist with the skills and gear necessary to help gum up the diabolical plans of Malekith and his army of Dark Elves. So Thor defies Odin (Anthony hopkins) and risks banishment to pursue a course that may be the only hope to save our universe. (Which, it must be said, has been needing a lot of saving ever since all these Marvel-ous movies have been clogging up the cineplex.) Although Dark initially staggers from one battle to the next with a lack of imagination, it gradually builds up some of the comedic energy and charm that made the original movie tolerable fun. The returning cast add considerably to the entertainment levels. The CGI work is decent enough to render plausible all sorts of strange battles and alternate worlds. And fans in the audience cheered lustily at the end when a sequel became clearly inevitable. Rating: ★★1/2 (Thor: The Dark World continues at the Odeon, SilverCity, Empire Uni 4, & Westshore).

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stagE Wed. Nov. 20 tHe skin of our teetH - Thorton Wilder’s 1943 Pulitzer-Prize-winning satire tours the ages with a pet dinosaur. Linda Hardy directs the absurdly funny and profound work. Until Nov. 23 at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre. Tickets, $14-22. 250-721-8000. true west - Sam Sheperd’s ssearing black comedy about sibling rivalry kicks off Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s season in its new home at the Roxy Theatre (2657 Quadra). Tickets, $26.25-42. 250-385-4462. bluebridgetheatre.ca. Until Dec. 8.

a tender tHing - Imagine a remix of the greatest love story ever told: a Romeo and Juliet where the young lovers grow old together. Ben Power’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece does just that. Tickets, $25 - $40 at 250-385-6815 or tickets. belfry.bc.ca. Heroes - The character study of camaraderie and hope runs nightly at 8pm, except for Sundays and Mondays at Langham Court Theatre until Nov. 30. Tickets, $16-21, at langhamtheatre.ca.

tHurS. Nov. 21 canadian improv games - Check out some of our very best young improvisers for just $5 at Spectrum Community School. 250217-2669.

Farquhar Auditorium at 7pm. Tickets, $42.50-47.50, at 250-721-8480. uvic.ca/ auditorium. soutH pacific in concert Pacific Opera Victoria and the Victoria Symphony join forces for a semistaged production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, South Pacific. Tickets, $40, rmts.bc.ca. Until Nov. 24.

Music Wed. Nov. 20 JoHnny reid - Three-time Juno-Award winning crooner has “A Christmas Gift for You” at the Save on Foods Memorial Centre. Doors at 6:30pm. Tickets, $42.50-85.50 at selectyourtickets.com.

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pallade musica: terreno e vago - The works of Castello, Stradella, Marini and Scarlatt take centre stage during the selection which won the Grand Prize, 2012 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition. 8pm at Alix Goolden (907 Pandora). Tickets, $27, rmts.bc.ca.

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the 10th Anniversary of Victoria BC Ska Society. 7:30pm, Club 9One9 (919 Douglas). Saturday show is SOLD OUT. Tickets, $35-45, ticketweb.ca. victoriaskafest.ca. twin forks - Former frontman of Dashboard Confessional, Chris Carrabba offers a night of folk rock with Twin Forks. With guests The Treasures at Club 9ONE9 (919 Douglas). Tickets, $15.50, ticketweb. ca.

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Should a drunk teenager who vandalizes his neighbours’ lawns one Halloween night pay for his poor decisions for the rest of his life? Should a hungry 90-year-old who gets caught stealing groceries be dragged through a year-long court process? Police agencies in Canada this week are touting the benefits of restorative justice, which provides first-time offenders who are willing to take responsibility for their actions with a chance to avoid a criminal record. “It’s a process that really looks at crime as being against community, rather than being against an individual or a business,” said Geoff Moffett, community justice initiatives case worker for the John Howard Society. “The restorative piece looks at, ‘How do you restore balance to the community?’ So looking at ways of paying back the community, rather than serving a sentence or punishment for something you did against an individual.” Offences typically referred to restorative justice are on the low end of the scale, such as shoplifting, mischiefs and graffiti. To mark restorative justice week, a panel discussion on innovations in this justice alternative will be held at the UVic law school auditorium Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. Invited speakers will give an overview of how restorative justice is being practiced in their fields and what new innovations are coming forward. One such innovation is how retail stores, like the Hudson’s Bay Company, are now participating in restorative justice when dealing with shoplifters, said organizer Geanine Robey, who is also a restorative justice representative for the Victoria Family and Youth Courts Justice Committee. “Traditionally large, corporate chain stores have not been participating in what ends up being shoplifting,” Robey said. “Restorative justice requires repairing harm that was caused. The best way to do it is through an encounter, face-to-face.” Robey said this kind of measure is more effective in deterring shoplifting than a courtimposed fine. Six people have been invited to share their

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local homeless advocacy group is staging a mock award event to highlight the lengthy delays endured by many people on the B.C. Housing Registry. The Victoria Committee to End Homelessness will present a trophy and a $50 food card to a man who says he’s waited five years for a subsidized housing space to open up. There are close to 1,500 people in the Capital Region currently awaiting approval for subsidized housing. “Families get picked first, then if you have a disability, you get second,” said Alison Acker, committee spokeswoman. “Beyond that, I don’t really know how they pick (candidates), but whatever happens, there should not be that number of people looking for housing.” Acker will present the “People’s Prize for Patience” trophy today (Nov. 20) at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Service B.C. office (908 Pandora Ave.). The Victoria Committee to End Homelessness is not associated with the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness. The committee includes Together Against Poverty, the Action Committee for People with Disabilities, Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group and the Radical Health Alliance. Since 2008, about 750 subsidized and affordable housing units have been built in Greater Victoria, including 250 units of supportive housing. The Coalition estimates another 1,500 units of subsidized and low market housing are needed to end homelessness in the Capital Region.

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Like all eight teams that faced the Mount Douglas football squad this season, the St. Thomas More Knights couldn’t stop the Rams.. The Rams won the quarterfinal playoff match over the Knights 56-24 at Westhills Stadium on Friday. It puts Mount Doug into the semifinals against the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers at UBC on Saturday with a 5 p.m. kickoff. The Knights’ 24 points was the most scored on the Rams this season. Of course, giving up 24 points is a non-issue when you routinely crack 50 points. Still, the Panthers will be a challenge, but are the underdog against the Rams, who are in a hunt for their third straight AAA B.C. championship, said Rams coach Mark Townsend.

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Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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DOG CRATE, Pet Cargo model 600. Dog height 23” max. used 1x. $90. (250)658-3859. NEW RUBBERMAID 6-piece microwave set, 1qt & 3 qt size $15. Call (250)383-5390.

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SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1.5 bath, NS/NP. $1375+ utils. Available now (250)656-4003.

SIDNEY 3-BDRM, 2.5 bath. 5 appl’s, gas F/P, garage, sunroom. NS/NP. $1600. + utils. Avail Nov. 15. (250)656-7456.

HOMES FOR RENT 4-BDRM HOUSE, near Commonwealth Pool. N/S, N/P. $1900 + utils. (250)920-6282 or (250)361-1569.

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PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

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TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

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Under the watchful eye of his physiotherapist, Hillary Acosta, Adam De Levie is demonstrating the equipment at a new specialized gym in downtown Victoria. Confined to a wheelchair after being rendered paraplegic in a rugby accident in Vancouver back in 2008, De Levie hasn’t had much chance to nail down his workout routine in this space, yet bravely pumps iron for the camera. He and Acosta are president and vicepresident, respectively, of a non-profit formed in 2010 as Friends of PATH Spinal Cord Injury Society. The group’s new venture, MOVE Adapted Fitness and Rehabilitation Centre, is designed to provide people with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, stroke or other mobility problems the opportunity to exercise regularly with the help of volunteers. “Developing a routine when you have a disability can be tough,” De Levie said. “It’s like, ‘what am I going to do today?’ The idea here is to have an accepting place to go work out and have fun with likeminded people.” Working with a physiotherapist is valuable, he said, but it can be expensive, especially for someone on a fixed disability pension. Even Acosta, who also works next door at NeuroMotion Physiotherapy, acknowledges that a person shouldn’t have to go to a physiotherapist just to exercise. But while other gyms and community centres do their best to accommodate physically disabled users, the biggest challenge is the lack of personal assistance, she said. That’s where volunteers come in at MOVE. Kinesiologist Melissa Hadfield is manager of the facility and is in charge of training volunteers to assist gym users. “We’ve had so much interest from volunteers, which is great since we’ll be reliant on them to work with peo-

ple,” she said. Many of the nearly 20 volunteers signed up so far are university students looking to expand their experience in the therapeutic field, she said. The society appears to be off to a good start. The specialized equipment at MOVE was donated by another clinic that closed up and the lease of the space has been offered free for a year, Acosta said. “Over time I’d like to see more equipment, as more fundraising is done,” she said. Another goal, she added, is to be able to provide subsidies for people who want to get more exercise but can’t afford the modest membership fee. For more informa-

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