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A spacious room features a large window offering a view of an Uplands yard which is also reflected in the opposite floor mirror. Drums and other percussion instruments fill the void beneath a piano tucked into the corner, while books and CDs soften the edges and corners of the room. Vibrant artwork inspires from the walls. In the open space of what she calls her dance room, Dr. “I know Sydney Price-Sparling shares her I learn more passion. Specifically, she teaches the art from teaching form known as Bharatanatyam, a than I ever classical Indian dance that will be gave anybody.” on display June 28 and 29 at the - Sydney Price- Victoria Hindu Temple. The career physician spent Sparling her early years as a classically trained ballet dancer. “I’ve never stopped dancing. Dance and medicine have always been a symbiotic relationship,” she said. She attributes her teaching to her guru, Rajamani, with whom she first connected in the early 1970s. Prior to his death in 2003, they kept in touch, each travelling between countries. At their first meeting, Price-Sparling was visiting India (helping out a friend during her impending childbirth) and wanted to dance while she was there. “He said, ‘You’ll look after them. You’ll look after the community’ and I have,” she said of one of his final visits to Canada. She teaches in her Uplands home, calling her studio Kala Mandir (temple of the arts) and describes the classic dance as rich in esthetics and infused with knowledge of the world. “I know I learn more from teaching than I ever gave anybody,” she said.
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Members of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations joined others in the Aboriginal Cultural Festival that took place over the weekend on the Royal B.C. Museum grounds. Top: Teddy Sampson Sr., left, and Gilbert Joe, with the Esquimalt Singers and Dancers perform; Right: Wearing matching headbands, Evelyn James waits with her seven-yearold granddaughter Jada Berry for a dance and song performance; Below: Thelma Frank, left, and Patricia Millette serve up fry bread as they help man the food tent.
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World-traveller makes Canada crossing Oak Bay teen spreads good will across nation Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Fourteen year-old Maddy Dorion is packing light for her summer trip across Canada “It’s not a glamorous trip,” the Oak Bay teen said with a laugh. “It’s – lets have fun, get down to earth, experience this country … I’m just really excited to meet new people.” Packing light meant she planned for one dress and a lot of bug spray before leaving Sunday (June 22) on the CISV Peace Bus for a 39-day trip across Canada. “The main reason I’m doing this is I’ve traveled so much internationally, I can now really represent Canada. I’ve never really experienced Canada,” she
at age 11 when she spent a month said. “It’s my country, I’m proud to live in Canada but I’ve never been past in Norway. Last year, she did an exchange that included more than two Vancouver.” weeks in France. The recent Central middle school “I think it’s something I’ll want to graduate and 11 other youth aged 14 do the rest of my life,” she said. “It’s to 16, along with three leaders will changed who I am. alternate camping, up to a week at a time, and “I’m looking forward I’m much more willing to take billeting along the way. to meeting new people chances. I want to The Peace Bus is a explore.” CISV Canada, (formerly and really being able to She’s developed Children’s International see Canada … These are worldwide Summer Villages) things that stick with you connections citing program which takes Facebook friends Canadian youth on a for a lifetime.” from far off places trip to educate and - Maddy Dorion that she regularly inspire them through interacts with. experiential learning It’s not unusual for and volunteering her to start the day while focusing on the Snapchatting with a pal in Brazil. four pillars of CISV: human rights, During the trip, the group sustainability, diversity and conflict volunteers in communities, engages resolution. in educational projects, participates Dorion first joined a CISV project
in team-building activities and learns about Canada. In Victoria, their volunteer work included creating harm reduction packs and a beach clean up. She’s excited to take the trip with like-minded youth interested in learning about friendships, peace, acceptance and other cultures. “It’s a really nice environment to be around. It’s like having another family,” she said. “I’m looking forward to meeting new people and really being able to see Canada … These are things that stick with you for a lifetime.” A second bus, carrying those aged 15 to 18 travels west leaving Halifax on July 17. Dorion will still get to spend some of the summer in Oak Bay before starting her first year at Vic High in the fall, as the trip is slated to end in Halifax on July 31. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Building education in Malawi from a world away Teachers fundraise for college in Africa Travis Paterson News staff
Dariol Haydock has never been to Malawi, but she dreams of one day going there to teach in the school she’s helping build. The vice-principal of St. Michaels University School’s middle school is part of Women Helping Women, a group of Greater Victoria teachers fundraising with a purpose: to build a teachers college in rural Malawi. The extra-curricular project is four years and $126,000 into its drive, with most of the funds coming from the annual Garden Party FUNdraiser, the latest of which was held on June 1, and yielded $46,000 in donations. “There are very few universities (in Malawi); the cost is too much. And there’s a lack of primary school teachers,” Haydock said. Women Helping Women’s goal is to build a teachers college on the same site in rural Malawi, about an hour from the capital of Lilongwe, where a girls only high school was recently erected. That school, Atsikana Pa Ulendo Secondary School (APU), was a separate initiative spurred by another local group, Girls on the Move. Its opening was met great success, and has now spawned the teachers college. There are 320 girls enrolled in Grades 9 through 12 at APU, which opened in 2007. The school started off as entirely scholarshipbased, but an increase in “well to do” families in Malawi has since led to paid enrolment at APU and a more sustainable funding model. “There are paying students now, which is helping to subsidize the scholarships so APU can con-
tinue to make them available to girls who can’t afford it,” Haydock said. Construction for the college is underway, something that happens in stages. Until all the buildings are ready and the school is licensed, APU will make use of the ready college buildings, including a student hostel/dormitory. The goal is for the college to begin offering courses in September, and graduates from APU will simply move to the college level to gain the education to become certified primary teachers. “Others are helping raise funds for this (college). There’s a women’s group at Harvard, and there’s been help from Rotary clubs locally and across B.C. and Alberta,” Haydock said. To learn more about APU and the teachers college, visit malawigirlsonthemove.com. reporter@saanichnews.com
Report cards next casualty of school strike With schools behind picket lines for a second week and little hope of a quick settlement, school districts are starting to notify parents that year-end report cards won't be produced. Two Lower Mainland school districts posted a notice to parents that report cards that were planned at the beginning of the B.C. Teachers' Federation strike won't be possible. SD 61 has not yet posted a notice that it will follow suit. Summer school plans are looking “very tenuous” in Surrey, and some districts have already canceled their summer instruction. Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the partial lockout imposed on teachers will be lifted after yearend administrative days so it does not interfere with summer school programs. tfletcher@blackpress.com
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More than social media needed to stop elder abuse Recognizing and reporting elder abuse is a lot more complex than the province’s latest public relations plan to promote the issue on social media. Asking people to use a hashtag to discuss elder abuse in B.C. will be about as effective as the #bringbackourgirls — an online community discussing the kidnapping of 230 Nigerian girls. And about as effective as the Kony 2012 online video about the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Africa who has been indicted for war crimes. Both of these social media-based efforts certainly did raise awareness. However, the Nigerian girls are still missing and Joseph Kony is still out there. Nice ideas, but as is the lament about online campaigns, they only go so far and our attention spans are so short, we move on to the next best thing. Where an online campaign will have an impact on elder abuse issues in B.C. is in raising its profile. It’s altogether possible that more information will reach people genuinely interested in the issue and take definitive action. That action will be ensuring people have a place to go, or people to talk to when they witness or are victims of abuse. As explained by B.C.’s new Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, it’s a start in the wider dissemination of information – but people still need to know how to recognize elder abuse. That vital information might possibly find its way through the chaff of online comments and opinions. While it’s important to have an opinion on elder abuse, it’s also vital to be able to find resources and support for those who have been victimized. If that can be done in 140 characters or less, great. If not, it’s a waste of time. Like most issues that need serious help, resolving elder abuse will need people to put down the phone, turn off the laptop and talk to their neighbours to learn how they can have a real impact. 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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A brief history of teacher demands One obvious dodge: they want A few things have changed since the bottom two steps of the teacher the last all-out teacher strike in B.C. salary grid dropped. That’s simply That was just two years ago, a raise for entry-level when the B.C. Teachers’ teachers. Admittedly Federation was coming off those are rare creatures its second-ever voluntary these days with agreement with a 16 per shrinking enrolment cent raise over five years and ironclad seniority and what the union termed rules that allow retired an “enhanced” signing teachers to monopolize bonus of $4,000. Even substitute work. with special teacher-only Something else that’s top-ups, BCTF members changed since 2012 is almost rejected the last that the government of the government’s bigTom Fletcher has granted the BCTF’s spending pre-Olympic B.C. Views wish to bargain directly labour deals signed in with the province. The 2006. education ministry executed a By 2012, outraged teachers takeover of the B.C. Public School were back on the legislature lawn, Employers’ Association after howling for another 16 per cent, last year’s election, and installed with backup vocals provided as veteran industrial union negotiator usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and Peter Cameron. He’s backed up other public sector unions that by long-time labour specialist Lee settled for less. Teachers had just Doney, whose task is to keep the sailed through a crippling global recession with a series of raises, but teacher deal within Treasury Board limits that have defined all other were oblivious to all that. public sector union settlements. Last week, the protest venue Doney made it clear last week switched to Vancouver, where that no mediator is going to come in both the crowd and the demands and “split the baby” as long as the looked a bit thinner. The signing bonus target is up to $5,000, but the BCTF position is so far beyond the current compensation framework. raise is a mere eight per cent over Despite constant union five years (compounded, for those complaints of low wages and who passed math), plus another deteriorating working conditions huge basket of cash disguised as in B.C. schools, education grads benefit improvements and so forth. remain lined up around the block Government negotiators put their hoping to get in. Why is that? total compensation demand at 14.5 For those who have been per cent.
exposed to life outside school for a while, it’s fairly simple. The job market out here in the real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates a teaching job. Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the accepted definition, and the top-heavy seniority list that places the average teacher salary at around $72,000 a year. That works out to $42.32 an hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employees can only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vacation. I am occasionally lectured by teachers that the job goes far beyond five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparing and marking. They throw out different estimates, variously defined. Alas, it’s a salaried job, and we salaried employees in the real world don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it. Consider another union demand that seems to be just another thinly disguised raise. The BCTF wants a large increase in preparation time for elementary school. There are no duties being added here. For this one item, government negotiators calculate the cost to taxpayers at $86.2 million every year by the fifth year of the BCTF proposal. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
‘I am lectured by teachers the job goes far beyond five hours in class.’
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Redefining suburbia Oak Bay Coun. Tara Ney has called for more community gardens for Oak Bay, saying that there needs to be places for food production. Community gardens beat paved space any day, but wouldn’t dedicating more public space to them only take away from the little park space and wildlife habitat still remaining in Oak Bay? The place for growing food is the backyard, but this is exactly what the current council’s rush to residential densification is going to destroy. Even if space were to be found for community gardens, most people would not trek off to an allotment at a distance. Gardening is an individual occupation and the backyard a canvas for personal creativity -- or so it was in the original conception of suburban living. That vision valued privacy, but the innate human need for private space and time is sometimes devalued in current ecocommunitarian thinking. At the recent official community plan open house, most notes posted on the information tables provided asked for more green space and less building. Most comments ran counter to the developer-driven agenda for commercial/ residential densification that the current council seems determined to push through. Towns historically grew outward from centres
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Re: OCP tweaks in the works (News, June 18). This doesn’t cover the large amount of community input ignored by the OCP committee during the public involvement charade. The OCP process began with a survey, which was biased towards multiple housing and neglected other topics. Any survey is only competent in direct proportion to the questions asked. I chose to limit my comments to something I consider important – the health and safety of young children playing on Oak Bay beaches. It is a goal in the current OCP – “to provide clean and safe beaches for public use.” I was very concerned to find that this goal had been excluded, so I wrote to the OCP committee. The reply I received did not address my concern or offer to reconsider the eliminated goal. It is hypocritical to put in the draft OCP phrases like “community health and well-being” or “public health and safety” without any described methods of achieving this. We need clean and safe beaches and it should be a priority goal. Children play there, close to the sand and barefoot, and it is definitely a public health issue. Garbage, glass, cigarette butts, etc., should be cleared from the beaches in the summer months before the public arrives. Perhaps a possible reason behind the deletion of this OCP goal may have been a report to council by the Windsor Park Dog Group, which targeted parks and beaches in Oak Bay for yearround dog walking? Certainly council was in violation of the current OCP when it designated McNeill Bay beach for year-round dog use in 2012. Read the WPDG report on the municipal website and form your own opinion. Safety is also an issue on this same beach. Large boulders placed at the east end several years ago have now mostly collapsed. As well as reconstruction, a tide and current movement study is needed to prevent further erosion of sand along the bay. No municipality’s OCP should be a victim of personal agendas or manipulation. It should stand as a statement of intent for all citizens. Helen Slade Oak Bay
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amazing as she was fighting her driver the entire front nine, and badly twisted her knee on her approach to the eighth green. A quick tape-up after nine gave her some relief, although she continued to limp and flex her knee the entire back nine; Akari was runner-up with a gross total of 176 (84 and 92). The Norma Kronlund Trophy was presented to Bee Borvornsuwan of Uplands as the Low Net winner with a total of 146. Borvornsuwan arrived in Canada from Taiwan just over a month ago as an exchange student at Mt. Doug secondary school. reporter@ oakbaynews.com
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Most anyone who has laced up a pair of running shoes has felt compelled to make up an excuse every so often and let up on their training when life gets in the way. Not Evan Fagan. Back in 2011, then 74 years old, Fagan wasn’t about to have something as commonplace as a little prostate cancer throw him off his game. He placed second in the Oliver half-Ironman before undergoing radiation and as soon as he was able, he was back out on the course. It’s that kind of commitment that has brought Fagan to the finish lines of 143 marathons, more than 50 ultra marathons and 89 triathlons since he started racing as a 49-year-old. “A lot of women and men my age stop because they get injured or they have some sort of other sickness,” says the swimming septuagenarian, fresh off a lap set in the YMCA-YWCA. “People like me are extremely lucky. I had that one episode and I’ve got no effects from it – except for that I glow in the dark from the radiation. I’ve been lucky.” Fagan’s attitude towards every aspect of competition is as warm and joyful as the greetings he offers to a constant stream of friends, met through fitness, who pass through the doors to the Y. His race times may have declined since the cancer, but his enthusiasm hasn’t. To be able to “play around at a mostly young person’s event” is still just as fun for Fagan, who can get the
gained a 15-hour time and made it to the podium on a thirdplace finish. There will be more. “You think: ‘Aw, I’m never going to do this again and then 24 hours later, you say, ‘Where’s the next one?’ Marathoners are the same. I know so many people who say ‘I’m not doing another one of these runs ever again,’ and sure enough, six months later, they’re back at it.” Fagan has been back, race after race, from sprint triathlons in North Vancouver to biathlons or trail runs in Hawaii and marathons along the Yakima River Canyon. His journey to the Frontrunners Walk of Fame began right here, at what was known then as the Royal Victoria Marathon. The crowds came helped propel him to a 3:56 finish. “It was fantastic. I didn’t have any thoughts of the future at that time. It’s in your hometown and the Victoria marathon course is really one of the best. It was a sunny, great day here in 1988.” This Thanksgiving weekend, Fagan will return to the birthplace of his passion. He’s registered for the full GoodLife Victoria Marathon on Oct. 12, his first in two years. “It’s a lifestyle, a very healthy lifestyle,” he says. “I just realize that I’m so lucky to be able to do what I do.” reporter@saanichnews.com
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Seventy-seven year old Evan Fagan has swam, biked and run through nearly 300 triathlons and long distance races. same satisfaction from the picturesque races courses – and their completion – regardless of whether or not he logs a fourhour or a six-hour marathon time. “Since I’ve been running slower, I’ve gotta tell you, I’m feeling pretty good,” he says. “The sense of accomplishment is still there but the exhaustion (isn’t). Maybe I don’t push myself as much as I could have because I’m trying to be careful not to hurt as much.” But Fagan’s definition of pushing himself is very different from most. Not too many people can boast successful Ironman completion, and even fewer seniors have three to their name. Fagan trained and
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When B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake uestion: How many of you took a announced that the province was parmoment this month to reflect on the consequences of elder abuse? ticipating in World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, he rightly declared: I suspect very few “Every senior deserves to age even knew there was a reawith dignity and to feel appreson to take a pause for the ciated and respected in their cause. communities. I encourage all Question: How many of British Columbians to … join you knew that Sunday, June with communities across the 15 was World Elder Abuse world to raise awareness and Awareness Day? share strategies that support I suspect the day slipped and protect seniors.” by with most of the good Elder abuse takes many citizens of this demographiforms such as: physical (hitcally aging community Brian Kieran ting, pushing, shaking, inaplargely unaware of the sigpropriate physical or chemical nificance of the day. Most restraints and harm created by over media ignored it. or under medicating); psychologiWhat a wonderful world it would be if giving something as insidious as elder cal (actions that decrease their sense of self-worth and dignity); financial abuse its very own day of recognition (actions that decrease the financial was enough to eliminate a culture of worth of an older person without benabuse directed at seniors. efit to that person); and neglect (inacAccording to federal literature one tions that may result in harm to an in five Canadians believes they know older person). of a senior who might be experiencing In the past year Alice Edge has some form of abuse. And, a B.C. advoserved as the Ombudsperson for the cate for seniors worries that she lives in a society that tolerates the “systemic Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of B.C. (COSCO). In that capacity abuse of the elderly.”
she has been assisting seniors throughout B.C. access federal and provincial services, navigate the health care system and find health services. She says: “For me (this role) has highlighted the plight of many seniors in our communities who are bewildered, angry, frustrated, sad and overwhelmed by the lack of support they need.” The experience has left her wondering if she lives in a society that tolerates the “systemic abuse of the elderly.” The COSCO seniors’ advocate says what B.C. needs is a Seniors’ Week and a strong declaration that we must do better for the elderly. “If we help them we will help everyone. It is not about entitlement. It is about fairness, justice and dignity.” You can make a modest start by visiting the government’s Seniors Action Plan at seniorsbc.ca and checking out the strategy to reduce elder abuse. If you suspect a senior is being abused; if you are a senior who is experiencing abuse; or are seeking information about elder abuse, call the Seniors Abuse Information Line toll free at 1-866-437-1940.
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Lina Dyer came to Victoria in 1951 from Germany. She’s been visiting the Saanich Silver Threads Service at the Les Passmore Centre since 1998. “We used to love bowling at Mayfair. It was a shame the alley was taken down. We loved it. So some of us from the group started with shuffleboarding (at Les Passmore) and we’ve been doing it ever since. Some days you play better than others but it’s always just for fun.” Dyer keeps busy with the lawn and garden, as much as she has to, “to keep it up.” She also delivers the Goldstream Gazette twice weekly in her home town of Langford.
David Smith, 82, was born in Vancouver and moved to Cadboro Bay in 1942 when his father was posted at The Gordon Head Officer’s Training Centre. Smith attended school at Cedar Hill Elementary and the orginal Mount Douglas High School. After high school David worked in fishing camps and as a commercial fisherman for a year. He still loves sport-fishing. With that under his belt he returned to school in Vancouver and became a journeyman photo-lithographer where he obtained employment for 24 years with the provincial government as an aerial photographer and navigator. Smith has a wife, two daughters and three grandchildren. He’s currently enrolled in a French course at the Goward House Activity Centre, located at 2495 Arbutus Rd., where he also enjoyed their water colour courses, held at Goward House earlier this year. “(You have to) learn to roll and hum with the punches.”
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Honora Bowring, 76, was born in Lancashire, England during the Second World War. At 18, she moved to Manchester to become a nurse before working in midwifery in Liverpool, where she remembers listening to the Beatles. She moved to Canada in 1964 with her husband, settling in West Vancouver, where she decided on a brief career change. “I sold real estate,” Bowring says. “I wanted to try something different. I was curious.” Bowring enjoyed working in real estate and enjoyed some success, but eventually returned to nursing. Bowring’s husband passed 34 years ago. She has two daughters, one living in New York, the other locally, as she works for B.C. Ferries. There are five grandchildren, ranging in age from 11 to 19. Bowring’s biggest life achievement is finding contentment. She had a short, but good marriage. She’s happy with her family and, she did a lot of volunteer work in developing countries. “I’m happy,” she says. “I’m happy with my everyday life.”
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Best in bowls Joan Firkins, left, and Al Wood hoist the winner’s shield after the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club enjoyed a successful turn at the Bowls South Island Jubilee Pacific Pairs Competition. Oak Bay’s Wood and Donna Blackstock took first place, Firkins and John Cossum took second, Jamie Sidel and Daniel Markert took fourth place while Cowichan’s Tom Slemko and Jim Nivison took third.
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The B.C. government has begun allowing “happy hour” discounts for alcoholic drinks, imposing minimum drink prices that force some outlets to raise their prices. Effective this week, the minimum price for draft beer or cider in B.C. is 25 cents per fluid ounce, which puts a 12-ounce sleeve at $3, a 20-ounce pint at $5 and a 60-ounce jug at $15. Using a oneounce minimum, the lowest permitted price for any alcoholic drink is $3. The release of the regulations Friday was greeted with protests from some pubs that were offering drink specials below that price. The regulations also give licensed restaurants the ability to serve drinks without a food order, although their licence still requires them to offer a full food menu. The B.C. government's liquor policy review also levels the field between pubs and restaurants by allowing families with children into pubs at mealtimes. The B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association issued a statement reminding its members that the new rules also allow customers to carry a drink from a lounge to an adjoining restaurant. Licensees are also allowed to transfer small amounts of stock from one to the other if they run out of a particular product. In a policy directive to industry associations, local governments and police agencies, the government's Liquor Control and Licensing Branch says the lower price may be applied selectively for “ladies night” specials or “team night” for players in uniform. There are no changes to pricing requirements for licensee retail stores, manufacturer stores and wine stores, which continue to be able to vary the price of liquor throughout the day, as long as
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The B.C. government set the minimum price for draft beer or cider at 25 cents per fluid ounce, which puts a 12-ounce sleeve at $3. the price is set at or above the purchase price of the product from the Liquor Distribution Branch. “Two for one” drink specials continue to be prohibited, as in most other Canadian jurisdictions, since they are considered a strategy likely to promote intoxication. Minimum prices do not apply to catered events, or special occasion licences. editor@oakbaynews.com
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McKenzie & Quadra London Drugs Petro Canada Quadra Shell Quadra Thrifty Foods Quadra Thrifty Foods McKenzie Quadra/McKenzie Esso
Oak Bay 153 With J & Flowers Convenience Store Casey’s Market Estevan Pharmacy Municipality of Oak Bay Pharmasave Oak Bay Save On Foods 1950 Fowl Bay Rd. Shell Oak Bay Shopper’s Drug Mart Tomley’s Market
Royal Oak District Country Grocer Petro Canada Elk Lake Petro Canada Royal Oak Pharmasave Broadmead Pure Integrated Pharmacy Shoppers Drug Mart Thrifty Foods
Saanichton
Sidney 7-Eleven Beacon Pharmasave Seventh Street BC Ferries Gift Shop - on vessels Save On Foods 2345 Beacon Ave. Thrifty Foods
Sooke Peoples Drug Mart Shoppers Drug Mart Village Food Market
Tillicum Mall 7-Eleven Burnside AM to PM Store London Drugs Save On Foods 108 - 3170 Tillicum Rd. Shell Burnside West
Uptown Area 7-Eleven Carey Central Esso Uptown Guest Services Save On Foods Shell Park Dale Shoppers Drug Mart
University Heart Pharmacy IDA Mount Tolmie Market Place
Vic West Oceanic Market Save On Foods Westside Mall
View Royal Fort Victoria RV Park Thrifty Foods, Admirals VGH Parking Office
Wilkinson/Interurban Area Mac’s Store
Pat Bay Esso Shoppers Drug Mart Thrifty Foods
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Updated Rider’s Guide effective June 23, 2014. www.bctransit.com
Victoria Regional Transit Commission