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Literally and figuratively, art is in the house. The 15th annual Oak Bay Artists Studio tour returns with their spring iteration, showcasing 25 artists and their art, all from the comfort of the artists’ homes. “Recreation Oak Bay isn’t just about exercising, it includes the arts,”Mary Kucera of ROB says. “It includes realizing we have many talented people and we like to showcase these people and one way is
and my yard. I am the kind of person who to have the studio tour.” can work in isolation for a long time. … The juried two-day event spread out (This) makes me part of the community,” over 20 different Oak Bay homes features Douglas says. “I am a plethora of local art making work from my ranging from pottery and “I am making work from heart. I hope people are painting, to photography and jewelry at the very my heart, I hope people are inspired when they come and see my work.” place where much of the inspired when they come The event is special artwork is realized. to Claire Christinel, a For potter Ron and see my work.” painter in her fourth Douglas, a participant - Ron Douglas year on the tour, who in the tour for almost a says this is not only an decade, the gas kiln next to his garden, his garage turned studio and opportunity for the public to visit the artists, but where the artists can interact his serene pond full of koi is a part of the with the community. inspiration for his art – and those themes “Although it only happens twice a year, are prevalent in his pottery. a lot of people coming to the tour make “It is nice to have people in your space
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Floor Area Ratio review underway Arnold Lim News staff
The development of big houses, on small properties may be on the way out. Zoning bylaws for the smallest residential lots, RS-4 and RS-5, may be in for a change, with public consultation to gather feedback and present options on the floor area ratio bylaw. “The problem with the bylaw change is one size does not fit all,” said Oak Bay director of building and planning Roy Thomassen. “We have different sized lots in the same zone.” The 2007 bylaw change saw the square footage a home
best options, looking at what could cover, formerly a ratio of different municipalities do to .4 to 1, go to a fixed-floor area see what can work the best.” instead of a percentage. The The Floor Area Review Public problem is, not all similarly Consultation April designated lots reviews the are the same “The problem 23, bylaws governing size. Under the the single-family present rules, a with the bylaw over two 2,500-square-foot change is one size dwellings sessions at Oak home can be built Bay Municipal Hall. on an 8,000-square- does not fit all.” The first from 3:30 foot lot, or a lot - Roy Thomassen to 5 p.m., targets half that size, as industry professionals including long as both are both are in the planners and developers, and designation. the second, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., “We think we are coming up is for the general public. with some bylaw changes that Attendees are encouraged to will address the large houses on RSVP by calling 250-598-2042. small lots, but to do that, there alim@vicnews.com are quite a few things to change in the bylaw,” Thomassen said. “We have done some consultation with the public and this committee has been Email editor@oakbaynews.com trying to come up with the
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The Green Party hopes the National Energy Board allows them to speak up. Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Interim Leader of the BC Green Party Adam Olson held a press conference along the waters of Dallas Road, requesting the NEB introduce cross-examination into the hearing process on the proposed Trans
the approximately 300,000 barrels of oil Mountain Pipeline expansion. a day. “I applied for intervenor status so I “This is a watershed moment for the could stand up for my constituents and B.C. government’s claim offer them a voice in the process,” Weaver said. “I applied under that it will stand up for British Columbians,” “Like others, I applied the expectation that Weaver said. “Without under the expectation that intervenors would oral cross examination intervenors would have the government has little the right to cross-examine have the right to ability to credibly and the proponent during the cross-examine the transparently represent oral-hearing process.” best interests of Weaver, May and Olsen proponent during the the British Columbians in this were granted intervenor oral-hearing process.” process.” status by the NEB April 2 - Andrew Weaver The NEB will make for the hearings that will a recommendation begin next year on the on the Kinder Morgan project to the proposed twinning of the pipeline from government for approval, by July 2, 2015. Alberta to Burnaby that would almost alim@vicnews.com triple capacity to 890,000 barrels, from
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At approximately 11:30 a.m. on April 17, a man was seen fishing an envelope out of the mail slot of a business in the 2000-block of Cadboro Bay Rd. The man appeared to be in his 30s, had sandy blonde hair, and a goatee. He was wearing sunglasses that were propped up on his head, a blue hoodie and was carrying a black satchel that was slung over his right side. If anyone has any information regarding this theft, they are asked to contact the Oak Bay police at 250-5922424 or Crime Stoppers can be called anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) to provide any information you believe police could benefit from. Crime Stoppers can also be found onlin at victoriacrimestoppers.com. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Homelessness won’t disappear Although we might want to wish it away, homelessness is here to stay, at least in the foreseeable future. In an ideal world things would be different, but homelessness is a problem the world over, not just an issue that Greater Victoria has to deal with alone. Consequently, we were taken aback last week when it was announced that more than one-third of Oak Bay residents queried in the recent Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness survey say they don’t believe that homelessness is an issue in their community. Their views were mirrored in other Capital Region municipalities. Sadly, it’s a mistaken perception. There were 1,659 people in Greater Victoria who made use of a shelter in 2012-13. As of March 2013, 1,477 were on the wait-list for B.C. Housing and 20,524 used a food bank in one month alone. “There are people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness across the region – it is not just a downtown issue,” said Andrew Wynn-Williams, executive director of the coalition, which conducts the poll throughout the region every January. Homelessness comes in many forms, from those begging on downtown streets, to those a paycheque away from becoming homeless, right through to teens couching surfing in their friend’s apartment. As we’ve commented before, we can’t continue to bury our heads and hope the problem goes away. It won’t solve itself without some sort of intervention from government and other organizations. Obviously, there needs to be more public education on the issue. If one-third of the survey respondents do not think homelessness is an issue, then the word isn’t getting out beyond nonprofit organizations and those involved with the issue directly. You only need to open your eyes to see the devastation of homelessness. Pretending the problem isn’t there is a tragedy that will only make the problem worse. 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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Inconvenient truths for Earth Day • A recent National Geographic Earth Day 2014 will likely go down report summarizes the main in B.C. history as less exciting than sources of oil in the oceans around last year’s event. North America. Media coverage That was the day when, in the focuses on tanker and pipeline heat of the election campaign, NDP spills, but they only account for leader Adrian Dix announced in eight per cent of the total. Kamloops that he doesn’t Fully 60 per cent of the oil support the expansion of load in North American the Trans Mountain oil waters is from natural pipeline to its Burnaby seeps, where oil leaks terminal, because Vancoufrom seafloor rock. One ver shouldn’t become a of the world’s largest is “major oil port.” off Santa Barbara, CaliforAs of this Earth Day, it nia, where 20 to 25 tons has been an oil port for flows out each day. It’s exactly a century, since mostly consumed by oilImperial Oil began work eating bacteria that have on B.C.’s first refinery in Tom Fletcher adapted and proliferated. 1914, in what is now Port B.C. Views The next biggest source Moody. There were no is leakage from cars and pipelines then, so crude trucks, which collects was moved by rail or on pavement and is flushed to sea tanker. when it rains. For 60 years, Trans Mountain has • Earth Day is now preceded by supplied the Chevron refinery in Earth Hour, during which we are Burnaby that is southern B.C.’s last encouraged to turn out our lights to source of fuel. Some of the Alberta join a world-wide gesture of consercrude is piped south to be refined vation. Many people use the occainto fuels and some of that product sion for a candlelight dinner. is barged back up to B.C. to keep Given that B.C.’s power is nearly our traffic moving. all from renewable hydroelectric Today the proposal to expand and sources, and that the paraffin used upgrade that pipeline, and to build to make candles is derived from new oil and natural gas pipelines petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritacross the north, dominate B.C.’s ual produces an increase in greenpolitical scene. house gas emissions. In keeping with the educational David Suzuki is now promoting the aspect of Earth Day, here are some idea of Earth Month, an expansion things you may not know about of the symbolic effort designed to energy and the environment.
“raise awareness.” This is a popular notion in the climate change industry, which to date consists mostly of government officials and activists flying around the world to conferences in exotic locations to sign agreements that lead to, well, not much so far. • Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions. An update to provincial data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011. Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 20082009. But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline. • There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs. One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community. By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention old-fashioned pollution, is transportation. By living closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca
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y name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the BC environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources. The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastDavid line, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez
in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one-eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. BituBlack men is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load. Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur
and a quick search of the internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the B.C. coast on our watch. Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen. The second part of this op-ed will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.
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Flu may come to you If you suffer from lack of sunlight, lack of privacy, sleepless nights and depression then you may have what Oak Bay residents call “Monster House Influenza.” Unfortunately this type of influenza was created by changing the old bylaw so that respect and consideration for your fellow neighbours went out the window. The bad news is many perfectly decent houses are being sacrificed by selfish development and you may never know when this monster house influenza could attack you next door. The good news is we can stop this by voting with our conscience in this fall’s municipal election. Rachel McDonnell Oak Bay
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Travel back 500 years to India through a special lecture at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria on April 24. Barry Till, curator of Asian Arts at the art gallery and one of Canada’s most respected experts on the topic, will explore the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire and the magnificent architecture left behind by rulers in the northern part of India. “The Mughal Empire was a place of wondrous luxury and the powerful empire extended to almost all of India and modern Pakistan as well as the eastern part of Afghanistan,” Till said. Victoria’s art gallery has more than 8,000 pieces of diverse Asian art, making it one of the finest in the country. Till has been steward of that collection for more than 30 years. The lecture is a sneak peek of the gallery’s first travel tour to India and Sri Lanka dubbed the AGGV Curator’s Travel Tour, which will take place in
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Barry Till, curator of Asian Arts at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, will present a lecture on rise and fall of the Munghal Empire April 24 at the gallery. Admission is free. early 2015. “Our tour will visit a number of architectural masterpieces that are now classified as World Heritage sites,” Till added. The 18-day tour will visit Humayan’s Tomb, the Taj Mahal, and the Golden Temple of Dambulla, and 11 other World Heritage Sites at a cost of $6,700 per person. A second lecture at the AGGV on Sri Lanka takes place Thursday, May 22, with Carol
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transfer recycling costs from to receive promised MMBC paymunicipal taxpayers to the pro- ments. She said examples of those ducers who generate packaging and printed paper, while collect- amounts are $1.5 million a ing more containers and material year coming to Richmond and $917,000 to Nanaimo. types than before. Mike Klassen, B.C. director of But many businesses argue they’re unfairly compelled to pay the Canadian Federation of Indefar higher fees than a similar sys- pendent Business, said he’s not aware of any cities reducing their tem run in Ontario. Critics say MMBC’s three-mem- property taxes as a result of the ber interim board is controlled expected MMBC savings. “That’s one of the things that’s by executives with multinational firms like Unilever and Proctor been most misleading – the idea and Gamble who have manipu- that this was going to save money for the general taxlated the launch of payer,” he said. the new program to “No company Klassen argues contheir benefit rather sumers will pay twice than the interests of in their right – local taxes won’t most B.C. businesses. mind would sign go down and they’ll Questioned by the also pay higher retail NDP last week, Envi- that contract of prices as businesses ronment Minister their own free pass along the MMBC Mary Polak said she charges. expects a more rep- will.” He said most counresentative 15-mem- - Kelvin McCulloch cils aren’t spending ber permanent board to be named soon after MMBC’s MMBC savings until they actually arrive – meaning there’s still launch. Polak said it’s logical the big- opportunity to freeze the rollout. “That suggests to me they’re gest industries that pay the most also very wary of the program into MMBC get a large role. A new advisory council was and have a fallback program in also recently unveiled by MMBC case things don’t work,” Klassen with reps from several B.C. busi- said. “The world doesn’t all of a sudness groups, but critics say it has den turn upside down if we pause no real power. Pausing the program and the this program and take some time payment of fees by member busi- to reflect on how to do this well.” Small businesses with single nesses would cut23302 off the money Docket: MMBC will send most local cit- storefronts have been exempted 247 - JWT Client:to ies that agreed toParticipation continue curbAds by the province from MMBC’s Job Name: side pickup. Production Contact: Lara Vanderheide requirements. But Klassen said franchisees “Any delay in implementation for those communities would don’t qualify, leaving hundreds of mean a lossB:5.8125” of that savings,” small businesses like meat shops Polak said, adding many munici- and Subway sandwich outlets T:5.8125” palities have already budgeted facing hefty costs.
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(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.
HANDYPERSONS BIG BEAR Handyman. Painting, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774 PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-881-1221. SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
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PLUMBING
250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new contracts; landscape and carpentry. BBB/Insured. Res /Comm. www.ftguland.com
EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee�. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Retaining Rock Walls, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Excavating. Fully insured. Estimates. 250-588-9471
MOVING & STORAGE (250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving. $70/hour. 4 ton / lift. Seniors discount. Call Philip.
FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB / BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. www.shorelineroofing.ca
TILING SHAWN THE Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. Free est. Call 250-686-6046.
TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.
WINDOW CLEANING BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning. Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.
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