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Oak Bay teen hits international soccer stage Attitude and commitment make player a standout Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
One Oak Bay teen is a vital cog in the wheel of the Canadian Men’s Para Soccer program. Fullback Liam Stanley took the international stage when he was 14. “He’s as committed as any “Liam’s athlete in my whole program,” a quality said national team coach Drew person, comes Ferguson. The now 17-year-old was from a quality discovered by one of the senior family and is a players, Jamie Ackinclose, also a technical director with Gorge quality player.” Soccer Association, who saw - Drew Ferguson Stanley play with his league team. “I made a trip to see him. We knew he fit the criteria as far as mild Cerebral Palsy. We got him into the program instantly,” Ferguson said. “Liam’s a quality person, comes from a quality family and is a quality player.” Para Soccer is seven-a-side soccer where players must have mild cerebral palsy or be recovering from stroke or head injury. Canada joined the international program in 2005. “So the fact that in that short of time we’re now ranked #11 in the world, it’s a huge accomplishment for the players, coaching staff and Canadian Soccer Association,” said national coach Drew Ferguson.
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Waiting for the great pumpkin Pumpkin Art launches in Oak Bay on Friday
polyurethane moulds to carve everything from local media personalities to Star Trek icons and a Beatles display that includes more than 40 pumpkins featuring Laura Lavin album covers and band members at News staff various stages of their career. “Originally there were only about Each year John Vickers spends 20 real pumpkins and by the time I hundreds of hours carving more got to carving number 21, number pumpkins to add to his collection. one was turning to mush,” said “It originally started when I first Vickers. placed pumpkins with Christmas The polyurethane pumpkins made lights in them in front of my house,” the display more permanent, but said Vickers. storage then became an issue. In the 17 years since, Vickers Since the Pumpkin Art display estimates his annual Halloween moved to Oak Bay, it has been Pumpkin Art display, which now supported by the Oak Bay business includes association which arranged for the more than “Originally municipality to store the pumpkins 600 intricately and some 1,000 black milk crates carved there were only and strings of Christmas lights that pumpkins, has about 20 real are used to create the display. raised more pumpkins and by than $200,000 Each year Vickers continues to add to the show, carving 30 to 35 for various the time I got to new pumpkins. charities. carving number “This year there’s a new Victoria Vickers, who police chief and you have to keep spearheaded 21, number one the media people up-to-date. The the Buskers was turning to business association comes up with Festival, Chalk new ideas: what’s new and current Art Festival mush.” this year,” he said. and this year’s - John Vickers He usually begins carving in early newest, the August, taking up to two-and-aInternational half hours to create one pumpkin. Kite Festival, calls Pumpkin Art This year the display will include the catalyst for his other forays characters from the television into providing free, family-oriented show The Big Bang Theory and events in Victoria. the Walking Dead display will be “For the first year or two it was expanded. not a fundraiser,” said Vickers. “Then “You’re always looking for that a neighbour asked if they could put wow factor from people. It’s great to a Unicef donation box out and we hear from lots of families that it’s not collected a few hundred dollars.” often you can take your teen to an From there the event grew and event and they’ll enjoy it as much as charities such as the Stephen the little kids or adults will,” he said. Lewis Foundation, New York City The Pumpkin Art display will firefighters families fund and the come to life over two-and-a-half days Victoria Youth Clinic have been of construction prior to opening on supported by the display. Friday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. behind the “It’s nice to have something that’s so well respected by the Laura Lavin/News staff Oak Bay municipal hall at 2167 Oak community. People used to leave Pumpkin Art display creator John Vickers prepares a new carving for this year’s display Bay Ave. The display continues 5 to 9 p.m. uncarved pumpkins on my doorstep behind Oak Bay municipal hall which starts on Oct. 24. daily until Oct. 31. Admission is by to encourage me to keep on going,” donation in support of Government House in Victoria and at locations across said Vickers. Oak Bay Kiwanis. Vancouver Island before relocating to Oak Bay in 2011. Over the years, Vickers’ pumpkin display has editor@oakbaynews.com As the display grew, Vickers began using appeared at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, at
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CANCER and families Over the next three issues, the Oak Bay News will look at the affect childhood cancer has on a family, from the devastating diagnosis to the financial and emotional hardships that follow. We also take a look at where families can get help, and the special relationships that form between health--care professionals and families.
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Islay Mei Gordon, 6, cuddles with her younger brother Oban Li. Islay Mei was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She is now in remission.
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ment. For the family, it opened an Labour Day backyard unexpected new world of learning barbecue a year ago is medical terminology and understandone Alicen Chow will ing the cancer. never forget. “You quickly move from ‘I can’t Her daughter, Islay Mei believe this is happening’ Gordon, was to being inundated with playing with information. You really other children and fell from don’t get a chance to catch a tree. It didn’t appear to be your breath,” Chow said. a big deal at the time, but it Islay faced the first day would soon spiral the young with a lot of courage for a family into a fight for life. six year old as doctors and Soon after the fall, Islay nurses poked and prodded began to limp and complain her in the early stages of of a sore back. A trip to the the cancer treatment. doctor identified nothing Chow was surprised out of the ordinary. how well Islay held up. As the weeks passed, Kevin Laird “The moment we got [at Islay started getting more Reporting the hospital] they made it peculiar aches and pains. really easy. They treat children with She developed an odd rash on her remarkable respect,” Chow said. shoulder and the pain in her knees “They made it as easy as they could and back continued to get worse, and she did really well.” and when she woke up in the mornAnne Correlli, a pediatric oncology ing she was often so stiff she could nurse at Victoria General Hospital, hardly get out of bed. said family is so important when a Finally, after weeks consulting with child is dealing with cancer. doctors and other health professionThe family is considered a part of als, it was discovered Islay had leuthe health team. kemia. “We try to build that trust with the “[The diagnosis] was terrifying,” families so they trust themselves and Chow said. “I think we probably so when they are here and looking at thought it was a death sentence at numbers on the machine that we can the time.” reinforce with them it’s not just about Islay was rushed to B.C. Children’s the numbers but what they see in Hospital in Vancouver to begin cantheir child,” Correlli said. cer treatment. A few weeks at B.C. Children’s HosThe first 24 hours was a whirlwind pital, Islay returned home and began of activity as Islay underwent treat-
taking day treatment at Victoria General Hospital. Islay has been in remission since mid-January and returned to Grade 1 at Keating elementary school in September. The hardship of dealing with cancer is not just the disease, but how it changes family life. Chow said her family was lucky they didn’t have to spend more time in Vancouver, so they didn’t face a lot of financial hardships. Still, there were incidents that came up where they had to ask groups like Make-a-Wish and the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents’ Association for help. Chow, who is in the public service, now works two to three days a week at home. Her husband, Coll Gordon, has returned to his small law practice. Chow said she doubts her family life will ever be the same. “The biggest change is you develop this new normal, but it does quickly become part of your everyday routine,” she said. “Everything changed. There’s no going back. The sense of invincibility is gone.” klaird@blackpress.ca
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Alicen Chow and Coll Gordon were taken back when their sixyear-old daughter Islay Mei Gordon was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. A year of medical procedures and tests followed.
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Now in Grade 3, Taagen Benner was a happy baby but his mom knew something was wrong when he refused to sit. He was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumour at 11 months.
Oct. 29 Anne Carrelli is a pediatric oncology nurse at Victoria General Hospital. She’s part of a team of nurses, doctors and social workers who treat children with cancer. “You can’t help but get invested in every family because kids are kids – and they just want to get better,” Carrelli says.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions to Oak Bay Municipal Council on the matters contained therein at a Public Hearing to be held at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C., at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014. Bylaw No. 4627, Ninety-Third Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw, 2014 This Bylaw creates a new two-family zone (RD-1 Two Family Residential Use) and rezones the land described as Lot 21, Section 61, Victoria District, Plan 5527 (2280 Estevan Avenue), as shown in the sketch below, from RS-5 One-Family Residential Use, to the new two-family zone. This Bylaw, if adopted, would accommodate a proposed two-family dwelling at 2280 Estevan Avenue.
Copies of the above-described Bylaw, and all other background material which has been considered by Council may be inspected prior to the Public Hearing between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from October 16 to 27, 2014, inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C. Loranne Hilton Municipal Clerk
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Tom Watson, left and Kristina Helene perform Pennies from Heaven, a tribute to North America’s early crooners.
Beach hotel offers nostalgic musical trip Laura Lavin News staff
The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is taking guests back in time with a production starring Timebenders founder Tom Watson and Calgary born jazz vocalist Kristina Helene. In the first show of the David Foster Foundation Dinner Theatre season, Pennies from Heaven, features a tribute to the songs and styles of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day. “It’s an ensemble show – I’m the least talented of the bunch,” said a humble Watson. “I conceived it you could say. We debuted it in the summer at Butchart Gardens and at the Sidney bandshell in the summer concert series.” He then pitched it to Oak Bay Beach Hotel owner Kevin Walker and Conference Theatre Sales Manager Jayme Humber. “It’s a cute little space with not bad acoustics. They’ve done a good job with it, it’s well thought out,” said Watson of the theatre space. While a typical Timebenders show is filled with costume changes and laced with humour, Watson said Pennies from Heaven is a refined 90-minute set filled with great classic tunes. “It features the songs and stars of the first half of the last century. With a mix of male and female stars like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole,
Peggy Lee, Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald.” Starring with Watson, Helene is a rising star in the jazz world. “Kristina is very young but incredibly talented,” said
David Foster Dinner Theatre 2014 lineup
The annual holiday revue, It’s Christmas, returns and features songs and stories for the Christmas season. Featuring a cast of talented performers, the show will take guests down memory lane, evoking the best of the holiday season. It’s Christmas runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 26. Not to be confused with your own family wedding memories, I do, I do! features a nostalgic musical. As the show begins, guests are introduced to Michael and Agnes as they prepare for their wedding day, follows their expanding family and the inevitable mid-life crisis. I do, I do! runs from Jan. 16 to March 7. Kent Eccleston’s Kitchen Party brings Oak Bay all the way to the Maritimes, where guests end up in Kent’s kitchen to experience music, improv, and head-shaking stories. Kent Eccleston’s Kitchen Party runs from March 13 to May 2.
Watson. Helene’s voice has caught the attention of producers in Los Angeles where she is currently working on a new album, splitting her time between Victoria and California. “(We don’t do) impressions per se,” said Watson of the show. “We try to evoke the personality. I try to get the voice as much as I can, we change outfits a couple of times, but its not like the Timebenders’ outlandish spoof tributes. This is more elegant, stylish music. There’s a little interaction with the crowd.” Individual dinner theatre tickets are available for $89 per person for each show of the season. Guests may choose to purchase a full season pass for $319 per person, which includes one ticket to each of the four productions, priority table reservations up to two days in advance, plus a complimentary Tuesday night movie ticket, a mineral pool day pass, and 25 per cent off regular room rates throughout the year. The first show of the season was a sell-out and Watson said the performances have been pretty popular. “It’s a nice, romantic thing to do,” he said. Dinner theatre productions are paired with gourmet, threecourse meals. Pennies from Heaven runs to Nov. 21. For more information or for tickets go to oakbaybeachhotel.com or call 1-800-668-7758. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Funky evening planned Upstairs Popular Groove Kitchen plays Friday at Oak Bay rec Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Things get funky this weekend in Oak Bay. Oak Bay Tea Party 2014 headliners, Groove Kitchen, brings its brand of funk to the Upstairs Lounge Friday night. “It’s a funk band so that’s maybe for this city a little bit different,” said
keyboardist Adrian Chamberlain. “What we do is sort of contemporary and older stuff.” They’ll blend James Brown and Neville Brothers with some more contemporary funk that they cherry pick from, such as Bruno Mars’ Treasure or Hot in Here by Nelly. Then they add goofy tunes for a laugh like Gettin Jiggy With It by
Will Smith. “We’re trying to make it entertaining, but it’s based in this funk … the rhythms are a bit different,” Chamberlain said. Groove Kitchen is a funky, soulful dance band so they really do hope the audience gets jiggy. “It’s really fun if people dance. This is not so much dinner music, where you sit back and enjoy,” he said. They’ve been around about three years but
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADOPT OAK BAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA BYLAW Notice is hereby given that Oak Bay Municipal Council intends to adopt Bylaw No. 4626, Oak Bay Business Improvement Area Bylaw, 2015, at its meeting scheduled for Monday, November 10, 2014. Bylaw No. 4626 would designate the areas shown in bold outline on the sketch reproduced below as a “Business Improvement Area” within the meaning of the Community Charter.
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Friday, October 24th In effect, the Bylaw would renew the mandate for the Oak Bay Business Improvement Area, originally established in 1995 (with boundary extensions made since that time), for a further five (5) year term. Bylaw No. 4626 would permit the Municipal Council to provide grants to the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association for the purpose of developing, encouraging, promoting and retaining business in the defined Business Improvement Area, providing membership training programs and conducting studies and advancing projects, plans or improvements designed to benefit business within that area. The Bylaw would permit a total amount not exceeding Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) to be granted by Council over the five year period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019. The funding for these annual grants would be provided through a local service tax on commercial properties within the BIA boundaries, based on the assessed value of land and improvements that fall within Class 6 (Business and Other) pursuant to the Prescribed Classes of Property Regulation. Unless by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014 at least 50% of the owners of properties liable to be charged, representing in total at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the BIA tax levy, petition the Municipal Council not to proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 4626, Council may adopt the Bylaw without further notice.
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A property owner wishing to oppose this Bylaw is required to submit a counter-petition in the prescribed form to the Municipal Clerk on or before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014. Individual mailed notices, along with counter-petition forms, are being provided to owners of Class 6 land and improvements within the proposed Business Improvement Area.
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have packed in some serious gigs aside from the Tea Party, Groove Kitchen also appeared at Swans in Victoria regularly. They’ve also played the city’s jazz festival and dragon boat festival in the Inner Harbour. “All the musicians are experienced guys, which is nice to play with,” Chamberlain said. “It’s a fun band, all the guys have a similar sense of humour … We have fun – hopefully that translates.” The Victoria-based band had some recent changes in the horn section, now Groove Kitchen’s lineup includes David Anderson on guitar and vocals, Pedro Arbour on drums, Chamberlain on keyboards, Steve Moyer on bass, and Eric Hughes on saxophone. ”It’s made it a bit smaller of a group, a bit more cohesive,” Chamberlain said. Groove Kitchen performs Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6) in Oak Bay Recreation’s Upstairs Lounge, 1975 Bee St. Tickets are $12 in advance at Ivy’s Bookshop and Oak Bay Recreation or at aconridgeproductions. com online. Tickets are $15 at the door. Get a taste of the band at groovekitchen.weebly. com cvanreeuwyk@ oakbaynews.com
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If you’re looking for something fun to do with the family, Henderson Recreation Centre has a deal for you. They offer Family Fun Gym Time on Fridays from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Drop-in with the whole family and shoot, throw, kick and swing to your hearts content; lots of equipment available to ensure this is something fun for everyone. Family Fun Gym Time is held at Henderson Recreation Centre, 2291 Cedar Hill X Rd. cvanreeuwyk@ oakbaynews.com
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Business improvement area up for renewal Oak Bay plans to renew its Business Improvement Area Bylaw at its Nov. 10 council meeting. The bylaw designates the Business Improvement Area and renews the mandate already existing for the BIA established in 1995 for another five year
term. The bylaw allows the district to provide up to $400,000 over the five year span for the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association to develop, retain and promote business in the prescribed area. That includes training programs, studies and
projects to benefit businesses within the area. Funding is through a local area levy on the commercial properties in the BIA boundaries. In a revisers petition 50 per cent of the assessed value land owners would be required to oppose the bylaw.
Program helps families improve ‘quality of life’ with dementia A free educational program will help Victoria families and caregivers who are living with the impact of a diagnosis of dementia. Shaping the Journey: Living with Dementia will be presented by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. starting in November. “Participants will learn strategies to live with changes and maximize quality of life,” says Emily Pridham, the Society’s First Link program co-ordinator for Greater Victoria. “They’ll also review information needed to plan for the future.” As an additional benefit, participants will meet
others going through similar experiences. “Education allows you to gain an understanding of what you and your family members are faced with, giving you the skills and confidence to maintain quality of life, both now and in the future,” says Pridham. “It helps families build the knowledge, skills and confidence to live well with dementia.” Shaping the Journey is designed specifically for people experiencing the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. It is also intended for care partners, family members, or friends. In five consecutive two-hour
Wednesday morning sessions from Nov. 12 through Dec. 10, the program will cover: The Brain and Dementia; Hearing the Diagnosis; Maintaining your General Health; Life After Diagnosis; Planning Ahead; Maintaining your Spirit. Sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon at Hillside Seniors Health Centre, 1454 Hillside Ave. Preregistration is required. For information, please contact Emily Pridham at 250-382-2033 or epridham@alzheimerbc.org. For more information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, visit the Alzheimer Society of B.C. website at www. alzheimerbc.org. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Fine art photography on show A collection of photographs from the last 70 years taken by Vancouver Island photographers is now on display at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill. Located inside the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, the Arts Centre exhibition space is displaying the work of Victoria Camera Club members for their anniversary show, On Reflection, running now until Oct. 29. Winners from Monday Magazine’s annual photo contest, co-hosted by the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, are also on display at The Bay Centre daily until Oct. 28.
Winners in all six categories will be featured in the November edition of Monday Magazine, and will each receive $250 worth of photography gift certificates from Prism Imaging and Art World. Volunteers are still needed to help with the exhibition. Email coordinator@cacgv.ca with availability. Shifts are available at 10 a.m. 12:30, 3 and 6 p.m. Find out more information on both shows at cacgv.ca. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Deliver on your promises Here’s a simple request for candidates seeking election in the upcoming school board and municipal election: Only promise what you can deliver. That might seem an obvious request. But all too often, candidates vow to achieve things they clearly cannot. They either fail to provide the true cost of their promise, or they promise something outside the legal mandate of the office they seek. Call it exuberance. Call it ignorance. Either way it doesn’t serve the voter and it disrespects the process. For example, there are some fairly severe limits on what a city can and cannot do. It must work within the provincial legislation that governs its existence. A promise to silence every train whistle within the city boundaries might sound attractive, but trains are a federal responsibility. Municipal council can’t make them do anything. Likewise, a promise by a school board candidate to hire more teachers won’t happen without an explanation of where the money to pay for those new employees will come from. School districts (unlike the federal or provincial government, or even a city), cannot, by provincial law, run a deficit. Which brings up the second point: Money. Rarely does a promise come without a cost, and candidates have an obligation to identify what that cost will be. A promise to double the number of parks in the district, for example, might draw support. But what will it cost to maintain those parks, and what impact will the removal of that land from the tax base have on finances? A promise to cut taxes, or at least hold them at zero, must also include details on where the cuts in services will be made (or alternate revenue found) to accommodate that plan. None of this is to suggest candidates can’t have ideas or voice creative and imaginative solutions to the problems communities like Oak Bay face. But they have an obligation to voters to ensure that what they promise is practical – or even possible. And we as voters have the responsibility to do the research and ask the tough questions to ensure these lofty ideas have some grounding in reality. 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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One last holdup on railway tracks “Hands up.” That famous command is attributed to Bill Miner, an American career criminal who is also credited with B.C.’s first train robbery, at Silverdale on the Mission border in 1910. A more genteel, and of course perfectly legal, trackside transfer of wealth is underway in the B.C. legislature. It’s called the Canadian Pacific Railway Tom Fletcher (Stone and B.C. Views Timber) Settlement Act, and it provides for taxpayers to hand over $19 million to CP Rail to settle a lawsuit over historic logging, rock and gravel rights given to B.C.’s pioneering railway builders. Students of B.C. history will know that while Bill Miner got the headlines, it was the early coal, lumber and railway barons who really made out like bandits. And CP Rail inherited some of this by 1912 when it took over three early railways that had been granted vast tracts of provincial Crown land. Deputy Premier Rich Coleman revealed the settlement in the legislature this month. It seems that when CP Rail took over the B.C. Southern Railway Company, the Columbia and Kootenay Railway
and Navigation Company and the Columbia and Western Railway Company, there were some clerical errors along the way. “I am pleased that Canadian Pacific Railway and the province have recently reached an agreement regarding the disputed ownership and value of timber and stone rights on 145,000 hectares of Crown land and 68,000 hectares of private land in the Kootenay and Okanagan regions,” Coleman told the legislature. “The province granted land to three railway companies between 1892 and 1908 to subsidize railway construction. These railway companies reserved timber and stone rights for their own use when they sold the land to third parties in the early 1900s. These reservations were not recognized in many subsequent land transactions, and many of them were not registered in the current land title system.” These discrepancies came to light in the early 2000s. They involve some 1,600 properties, so you can imagine the lawyer fees that would be accumulated to sort through those in court. And Coleman’s statement suggests that the government has conceded its records are in error, rather than those of the railways. Given the Wild West ways of B.C.’s early settlement and railway development, it’s not surprising there were some loose ends. For a fascinating look at this period, I recommend Barrie Sanford’s book
Steel Rails and Iron Men (Whitecap Books, 1990). Sanford recounts the fateful decision of the CPR to turn north at Medicine Hat and push Canada’s defining railway through the Kicking Horse Pass, leaving the mineralrich Kootenay region open to competitors for rail freight service. A key figure of those days is James Dunsmuir, who inherited his family coal fortune and served as B.C. premier from 1900 to 1902. He ended up owning a large part of Vancouver Island in exchange for building the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, which he sold to the CPR in 1905, the same year he locked out miners in his coal operations for their push to organize a union. Dunsmuir’s hard line provided a boost for a rival, James Jerome Hill, who built the Great Northern Railway in the 1890s and later quit the CPR board in a bitter feud. Hill was happy to supply coal from Fernie. Dunsmuir took a turn as B.C.’s eighth Lieutenant Governor, sold his coal business and retired to his estate, Hatley Castle, which is now part of Royal Roads University. He is buried at Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery. As Halloween approaches, it’s easy to imagine a chuckle from his grave as the railway barons once again rake it in. ••• Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca.
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Candidates owe voters an explanation Re: CRD Traffic Safety Commission investigates school travel planner (News, Oct. 15). I still haven’t heard anything to understand CRD/Oak Bay’s school transportation concern, that they want to spend taxpayer’s hardearned money studying. What you’ve published does not indicate that they will ask people why they drive to pick up children from school. There are many legitimate reasons, including concern for their safety (in the absence of enough police, and the school system’s inability to stop bullying), after-school activities of various kinds (sports, music lessons, language lessons, etc.) and choice of school (students may go to an out-of-neighbourhood school to get particular programs that cannot be offered at every school, or even to escape bullying – yes, sometimes schools move the victim instead of educating the perpetrators). What is the CRD’s actual concern? Hopefully is it vehicle use per se. We know from basic physics and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change documents that carbon dioxide from human activities cannot cause much more
climate warming than it already has, and the runaway warming is not occurring despite alarmist theories. (The failure of alarmist theories, aka models, is illustrated by no significant sea level rise according to government data bases, no hot spot in the upper troposphere, and Antarctic cooling while the Arctic warms as it did in the Medieval Warm Period when Vikings farmed southwest Greenland. Not only is the data not there to predict climate, there are explanations for variation, including aspects of earth’s orbital variations including timing of perihelion and tilt as well as raw variations in the sun’s output – we should hope that another Maunder Minimum does not occur, as colder is worse for humans both directly and for growth of our food.) Election year is a good time to ask incumbents why the CRD is spending money on such activities, and what wannabe officials would do. And why the school district is not doing the study, which might reveal limitations of what it is doing – though they already should know. Keith Sketchley Saanich
Residents need reminder Re: York Place sidewalk slides into decay (News, Oct. 15). The picture in your article said it all in that most of the sidewalk is covered by a hedge that hasn’t been maintained. This is not uncommon in Oak Bay. Seems to me that gentle reminders to homeowners should be sent out with a date they should trim their trees/bushes. After this, the city should do the job. It’s not fair to residents to have their use of sidewalks impaired like this. Jim Brookes Oak Bay
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Councillor clarifies view on deer cull The article, Deer report has no effect on plan to cull (News, Oct. 17) reports that, after receiving a staff update, Oak Bay council will move forward with a deer cull to reduce the overpopulation of deer in Oak Bay. The article was accompanied with a photo that shows me at a “block party to express gratitude for green space and for the deer” held by residents opposed to the deer cull on the grounds of city hall which may have implied that I am opposed to a cull. I had stopped by this event to share the current plans of council to cull the deer, which I support. Talking and listening to residents that have differing opinions is an important part of my job on council. By association, my presence in the photo has left some readers confused about my position to deal with the over population of deer in Oak Bay. Let me clarify: council unanimously agreed to initiate a deer management plan in March 2013. All animals deserve to be treated humanely. The idea of destroying deer doesn’t sit well with any of us. However, the statistics show a 400 per cent increase in deer deaths since 2011 due to collisions, impalement in fences, starvation, and infection. Moving forward with this plan is the humane thing to do. Tara Ney Oak Bay councillor
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Carleton House will bring a fall fashion show, vendor market and light brunch to have some elegant fun and raise funds for the Monterey Recreation Centre. The event is at Carleton House, 2080 Oak Bay Ave. on Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. Tickets are $14 with $10 going toward the Monterey Recreation Centre. Call 250-595-1914 to reserve tickets as space is limited.
Bazaar marks start of shopping season
Get a head start on your Christmas shopping at the annual Oak Leaves Bazaar. Knitwear, sewing, jewelry attic treasures, books, Christmas decorations and more will be up for deals at the Monterey Recreation Centre. The event runs Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the centre, 1441 Monterey Ave.
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Fred Pishalski and Gail Miller sent in this photo of a toad lily taken in their garden on Central Avenue in Oak Bay. ‘As the rains have recently started, it means it’s time to start putting the garden to bed for the winter and a lot of plants will be cut back. It is still a pretty time of the year.’ To have your photo considered for publication, simply email us a high-resolution .jpg copy to editor@oakbaynews.com. Please include your name, contact information including municipality of residence, where you took the photo and what you like about the image. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. Fridays to be included for consideration for the following week’s paper.
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Celebrate library month with fun among the stacks October is Canadian Library Month, and this year the Greater Victoria Regional Library aims to inspire. “Our goal is to have something to inspire everyone,” said Maureen Sawa, CEO. “Whether you visit us in person or online – to borrow books, read the newspaper, download music, attend a family storytime or get computer help – our libraries provide our community with a sense of belonging and encourage the joy of learning and discovery.” GVPL has plenty of reason to celebrate; according to the latest Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) statistics, its circulation ranks as the highest per capita in Canada. GVPL also had program attendance of more than 70,000 people last year. You can join in the celebrations by attending one of GVPL’s special programs. Earlier this month Oak Bay celebrated with Superheros at the Library. A couple of openings remain for the Halloween storytime filled with not-so-scary stories, songs, an easy holiday craft and a not-too-spooky short film for ages three to five. The session runs 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 on Oct. 29. On Oct. 24 kids aged six to nine can learn how to make some of your favourite Origami Yoda characters, perfect your Yoda-speak and test your knowledge of the books. Ongoing programs include getting started with computers and e-readers and toddler time. GVPL provides services and collections in 10 libraries and online gvpl.ca to more than 300,000 residents in 10 municipalities.
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Municipal workers Brianna Lapierre and Helen Strohschein plant winter pansies around municipal hall. The parks crew plant about 30 flats of winter pansies, water flowers, bellis and polyanthus in various beds along with spring bulbs (tulips and daffodils) at this time of year. The work takes about two to three weeks. Laura Lavin/News staff
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Animal rescue group running low on funds Angela Cowan Black Press
With colder weather creeping in, more dogs and cats are being brought into shelters. For Broken Promises Rescue, that means their already limited resources are being stretched paper-thin. Pamela Saddler cofounded the non-profit, volunteer-run rescue service three years ago with Kathleen Davis. The pair focused their efforts on helping animals that had either been abandoned, were difficult to adopt or had medical issues. “We focus on helping the animals that others won’t take,” Saddler said. “We’re pretty much their last shot.” The organization, which receives no government funding, takes animals slated for euthanasia from overcrowded B.C. shelters,
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Kristina Patterson has opened her home since February 2013 to foster animals from Broken Promises Rescue, like this black, three-yearold cat, Storm. those with major or minor medical issues that need addressing before adoption and those that may have behavioural challenges. Broken Promises spends about $90,000 a year on veterinarian costs. Any animal that passes through its doors is fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered, microchipped and brought up to their
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Kristina Patterson is one of the many people who have opened their homes to foster animals through the rescue. She said it’s a rewarding experience, and not as hard as some people may think. “If you adopt, then you’ve saved one or two animals and that’s wonderful,” she said. “If you foster, you can help dozens of animals.” Having the animals in foster homes as opposed to cages at a shelter gives prospective adopters an advantage too, as they can see what the animal is like in a home environment. Broken Promises currently has about 30 animals in foster homes throughout Greater Victoria. For more information on adopting or to donate, visit brokenpromisesrescue.com. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Gingerbread showcase returns For the sixth consecutive year, the Inn at Laurel Point will host some of the country’s best bakers as they compete in Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase. The theme for 2014 will focus on Where Things Live,inviting bakers to dream up visions of building what a snowman’s home would look like, the inside of an elf’s abode, or even the pasture for Santa’s reindeer. “This year, we’re adding a new level of fun to the mix by asking participants to dream up their best interpretations of Where Things Live, tying in to the work undertaken by charity partner, Habitat for Humanity Victoria,” says Ian Powell, managing director of Inn at Laurel Point. “Whether our bakers love dreaming of nights around the fire in a cozy house found in a Norman Rockwell painting, or thinking about how much fun the elves have on their one day off in their own dwellings, we know our
Sun to disappear on Thursday Oak Bay has a ringside seat to a partial eclipse of the sun on Thursday (Oct. 23). The moon will cast a shadow on Earth in the afternoon when it passes in front of the sun. A total eclipse will not be seen at any location on the planet, however, the westernmost and northernmost areas of North America are the best places to view the rare astronomical event. Here, the eclipse at its peak will reach a maximum coverage of 55 per cent. The event begins in the early afternoon when the sun is still high in the sky. Members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada plan to have their telescopes and viewing equipment out on Mount Tolmie for the event. The moon will move across the face of the sun starting at 1:32 and ending at 4:19 p.m. Looking at solar eclipses without specially filtered telescopes or filtered glasses could result in serious damage to the eyes. RASC members will use the proper filters when viewing the eclipse. editor@oakbaynews.com
participants will bring this year’s theme to life.” With more than 25 entries in 2013, stiff competition is expected for the event, which kicks off in front of a panel of judges on Nov. 18. The showcase opens to the public on Nov. 22 and will run until Jan. 4, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. During Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase, members of the public are invited to view the sweet creations and, in exchange for a donation to Habitat for Humanity Victoria, vote for their favourite. All funds raised from the public support Habitat for Humanity Victoria. Last year’s event raised a record $21,531, a $5,500 increase over 2012. For bakers interested in signing up for the showcase, limited spaces are still available. Gingerbread creations must be made from 100 per cent edible ingredients. For details, please call Inn at Laurel Point at 250-414-6733. editor@oakbaynews.com
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The Franklin Expedition: Why does it matter? The excitement of the Franklin saga may make us feel more emotionally engaged with our northern territories
voyage from England in federal government has made substantial financial contributions 1845 with one objective: to find the elusive to the search efforts which have Northwest Passage, been ongoing each summer since which would 2008. provide a faster So, what makes route for ships this project so travelling from important? Europe to the rich Unlike most of trading grounds Canadian history, of Asia. the story of the The recent discovery of the The voyage Franklin Expedition resting place of one of the two around Cape has been deeply ships involved in the doomed Horn was too mythologized in the Franklin Expedition of 1845 long and very 170 years since the has garnered a huge amount of dangerous, so disappearance of the media attention and a great deal ships and their crew. of excitement from historians, Kate Humble England, which The fact that they explorers, politicians and the Maritime History by 1845 was the dominant general public alike. The question no doubt suffered European terrible deaths is: why? maritime military and in a treacherous, forbidding In addition to the media furor merchant power, sought landscape struck a nerve with across the globe, even Prime a quicker, easier route the public 170 years ago and Minister Harper has made no through the as-yet continues to do so today. secret of his enthusiasm for the largely unmapped Arctic Sir John Franklin set out on his hunt for Franklin’s lost ships, the territories that would become part of Canada. The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay North America Notice of eLectioN BY VotiNG was not the only territory being PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors of the District of Oak Bay that an election by voting is necessary to explored by England elect a Mayor and six Councillors, and that the persons nominated as candidates at the election for whom votes will be at this time. Australia and received are: Office - Mayor – One (1) To Be Elected New Zealand, Africa, and Surname Usual Name Residential Address Southeast Asia were all GREEN Cairine Jennifer 1059 Roslyn Road, Victoria, BC being “opened” to European JENSEN Nils 1355 Oliver Street, Victoria, BC exploitation, but most of SHEBIB David 5090 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC those who ventured into Office - Councillor – Six (6) To Be Elected those regions returned home Surname Usual Name Residential Address to Europe; or at least the BRAITHWAITE Hazel 2583 Lincoln Road, Victoria, BC stories of what became of CROFT Tom 2648 Burdick Avenue, Victoria, BC them were carried back by HOLMES Heather 1963 Fairfield Road, Victoria, BC JOHANNESEN Sigurd 1869 Lulie Street, Victoria, BC survivors. KIRBY Michelle 2215 Dalhousie Street, Victoria, BC However, Franklin did MEARS Jan Mary 836 Monterey Avenue, Victoria, BC not come home. He was MURDOCH Kevin 362 King George Terrace, Victoria, BC 59 years old when the 1845 NEY Tara 402-1280 Newport Avenue, Victoria, BC expedition began, and a RUSSOW Joan 1230 St. Patrick Street, Victoria, BC veteran of Arctic exploration. STINSON Andrew D. 2424 Mowat Street, Victoria, BC ZHELKA Eric Wood 2265 McNeill Avenue, Victoria, BC He brought with him 129 capable men, and two ships, NON-BINDING OPINION QUESTION HMS Terror and HMS Erebus. The following non-binding opinion question will be submitted to the electorate of the District of Oak Bay: These ships were fitted with “Are you in favour of the District of Oak Bay being amalgamated into a larger regional municipality?” Yes or No the best that contemporary VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS industrial technology had to GENERAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be available on Saturday, November 15, 2014, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. offer. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations: Though wooden, Erebus • Monterey Centre, 1442 Monterey Avenue (Monterey Avenue entrance only) and Terror, had iron-clad • Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road bows for the icy Arctic seas. • Monterey Middle School, 851 Monterey Avenue (Gymnasium; use Oliver Street entrance) They had complex steam ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be available on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, and Wednesday, November engines manufactured by 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, and cutting edge rail companies, Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the University of Victoria Student Union which would not only allow Building, 3800 Finnerty Road. their propellers to maneuver A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY will be available to qualified electors who are residents of the Oak Bay Lodge at the ships in tight situations, the time of voting on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the Oak Bay Lodge, but also pumped hot water 2251 Cadboro Bay Road. ELECTOR REGISTRATION through pipes onboard the If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form ship available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following qualifications: to keep the crew warm. • 18 years of age or older on general voting day; There was a library onboard, • Canadian citizen; • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; and vast arrays of tinned • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the District of Oak Bay for at least 30 days food. immediately preceding the day of registration; and If anyone could have • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or survived this voyage, it otherwise disqualified by law. should have been Franklin. To register, resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture The hubris of the mididentification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity. 19th century was fueled To register, non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) by rapid advances in to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of industrial technology. The the property, written consent from the other property owners. media covered the story MAIL BALLOT VOTING by portraying Franklin MAIL BALLOT VOTING will be available for the 2014 General Local Election. The period for receiving applications to vote as a noble hero – a man by mail ballot is between 8:30 a.m. on October 22 and 4:00 p.m. on November 13, 2014. Ballot packages will be mailed or available for pickup on or about November 5, 2014. Qualified electors may vote by mail if they: dissuaded by nothing, who had every confidence that • have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, OR his cutting-edge ships would • expect to be absent from the District of Oak Bay on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities. survive, and he would return For more information on mail ballot voting, please contact the Chief Election Officer at gnason@oakbay.ca or at 250home to England with a map 896-8716 Gary Nason, of the Northwest Passage. Chief Election Officer Instead, Canadian
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John and Jane Franklin: when no word had come from the expedition in three years, Jane. Franklin began to lobby for rescue efforts. The reawakening of interest in Franklin and his expedition provides a window through which Canadians might examine their contemporary relationship with the Arctic. weather prevailed. The sea ice was too thick. The boats were immobilized. The crew began to die. None of their technology could save them; indeed there is even a theory that the lead used in soldering the food tins actually hastened the men’s deaths. Inuit stories spoke of ghostly white men labouring in the cold, and of cannibalism amongst survivors. In 1859, a note dating from 1848 was found on King William Island which stated that Franklin was dead, and that the survivors had abandoned the ships and set off south on foot in a desperate attempt to survive. In 1981, three corpses of Franklin’s men were found on Beechey Island, half starved, and displaying lead poisoning. Other remains were later found on King William Island which showed signs of cut-marks on the bones. The Inuit tales of cannibalism seem to have been true. At home in England, when no word had come from the expedition in three years, Mrs. Franklin began to lobby for rescue efforts. The British Admiralty offered a reward of £20,000 (the equivalent of more than $2 million today) for anyone that found Franklin’s missing ships and crew. The loss was a stark reminder of the limitations of human ingenuity and technology when faced with the implacability of nature. Approximately 50 expeditions since had tried and failed to determine with certainty the fate of those men. Mrs. Franklin became a national heroine in her own right; a valiant, persistent woman who refused to give up hope and for whom popular ballads were composed. Today, the discovery of the Terror is as remarkable as if 170 years from now we were to suddenly find the remains of flight MH370. The drama and tragedy of
the Franklin story is once again in the public eye, but the discovery also casts light on some modern concerns. Pragmatically, the issue of Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is tied up in the expedition and though the discovery would likely matter little to rival claimants Russia and Denmark, it has certainly cast our national attention on a remote area with which most Canadians feel little connection. The excitement of the Franklin saga may make us feel more emotionally engaged with our northern territories. The issue of Arctic melt and climate change is also a pressing one, though ironically it has enhanced our capacity for northern exploration and travel. With the alarmingly rapid loss of sheet ice in our north we must also be aware that the Northwest Passage (now potentially navigable for the first time) may become a viable trade route. How will Canada regulate that trade? How can we better protect our Arctic environment? The reawakening of interest in Franklin and his expedition provides a window through which we might examine our contemporary relationship with the Arctic. All of the modern political, technological and environmental questions that it underscores serve as a vivid reminder that history is not just in the past. History is happening right now, and we are the ones writing it. ••• Kate Humble is the interpretive co-ordinator at the Maritime Museum of B.C. The Maritime Museum will be running a regular column on historical and maritime topics. If you have any questions that you would like to see addressed here, please send them to khumble@mmbc.bc.ca.
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Gas-free race to Alaska offers $10,000 prize Long distance rowers, paddlers and sailors will compete next summer in a firstever Race to Alaska that offers a $10,000 prize – and no fuel bill. The Northwest Maritime Center, based in Port Townsend, Wash, has begun accepting applicants for the unique, nonmotorized, 1,207-kilometre marathon scheduled to begin next June in Port Townsend. The cash prize of $10,000 will go to the first competitor to reach Ketchikan without the aid of an engine.
“It’s kind of a gold rush thing. If you get there first, you win 10 grand,” said Jake Beattie, Northwest Maritime Center executive director. The Race to Alaska is scheduled to begin June 4, on Port Townsend Bay, with a 65-kilometre first leg to Victoria. The Maritime Museum of B.C. is partnering with Race to Alaska as the official Victoria port host. Any paddler, rower or sailor is invited to participate in that leg without committing to the full race to Ketchikan. Racers who complete the
first leg without assistance will qualify for the full race, scheduled to begin the following day. Contestants will not be allowed to have any kind of motor on board – neither gas nor electric. There is no limit on the number of crew, but no substitutions will be allowed. To qualify for the prize, racers must be on board for the entire race. For more information go online to racetoalaska.com or contact Jake Beattie by email at Jake@RacetoAlaska.com. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Only eight qualify for the Paralympics – which is naturally the goal. “It’s a pretty demanding task, but we’re knocking on the door of those teams ranked sixth, seventh, eighth,” Ferguson said. Attitude and commitment make Stanley, who had a stroke at birth that left him with weakness on his right side, stand out as a solid player helping build the team despite his youth. “The players in our para program are carded athletes, they’re expected to go that extra mile or two, Liam’s definitely one of the players that does that,” Ferguson said. “As a person he’s very quiet and shy and he just gets on with business. … He trains and smiles. He’s a good kid who minds his own business and gets on with his chores.” The high expectations of the national program are a “perfect fit for him,” says mom Shannon Stanley. “We always just put Liam into able-bodied sports and he did well,” she said. “We did it because we thought it was the right thing to do.” Like many parents, Stanley’s introduced him to the sport at around four years old, mostly because he enjoyed it on television. “I loved it and found I was
consolation final. pretty good,” Stanley said. “And we’re hosting Parapan That first training camp at 14 American Games in Toronto was tough he admits, but being this summer, so I’m looking part of the national team is forward to that,” he said. worth the work. The Canadian Men’s Para “It’s really cool. It’s an Soccer program requires honour,” he said. “I like athletes to play a high standard challenging myself.” He trains at the gym regularly of soccer and be dedicated to the program and country. and plays with his school team Stanley was named the 2013 as well as the Bays United F.C. Canadian Para Soccer Player U-18 team in the Vancouver of the year. In May, he was Island Premier League. Next also named the 2013 BC Youth year he shifts to U21 soccer. Player of the “I bring a high Year. He played in work rate,” he “He’s never 10 international admitted, with a let his disability matches last year, little prodding. “I helping Canada like to pass the ball slow him. He plays post a record of and have pretty with intensity and four wins, two good positional draws and four play.” confidence.” losses. “He’s never let - Shannon Stanley “He’s being his disability slow rewarded for his him. He plays with commitment but so are we. intensity and confidence,” He makes our program strong. added Shannon. “He brings It makes our future bright,” intensity to everything he Ferguson said. “If you have a does.” program and you have two or Soccer is the real highlight there young kids thriving … for the Glenlyon Norfolk School the program is exciting and Grade 11 student, but working moving forward. We have Liam trips to Barcelona last summer and a couple other kids with and Toronto just last month technical abilities and good are the cherry on top. At the attitudes.” America Cup 2014 in Toronto cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com last month, the team qualified for the World Championships in London next year with a fourth place finish. They lost to on regular price the U.S. in the
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING NOTICE OF ADVANCE AND VOTING DAY OPPORTUNITIES PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) that an Election by Voting is necessary to elect, for a four (4) year-term commencing December, 2014 terminating after the election held in 2018 in accordance with the legislation in the Local Government Act and the School Act, to fill the offices of Trustee on the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and that the persons nominated as candidates at the Election by Voting, and for whom the votes will be received are listed below: SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES - NINE TO BE ELECTED: Surname Given Names Residential Address DUNCAN Nicole 309-770 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 0B8 FERRIS Tom 2811 Prior Street, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3Y2 HORSMAN Bev 3931 Rainbow Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 2A3 LEONARD Elaine 7640 Wallace Drive, Saanichton, B.C. V8M1N5 LORING-KUHANGA Edith 4169 Quadra Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 1L3 MacINTOSH Ruth #2-1241 Balmoral Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 1B2 McNALLY Diane 353A Linden Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8V 4G1 NOHR Deborah 943 Hampshire Road, Victoria, B.C. V8S 3S4 ORCHERTON Peg 2653 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3H1 PAYNTER Rob 1333 George Street, Victoria, B.C. V8S1A8 RIZZUTI John 4019 Hollyridge Place, Victoria, B.C. V8N 5Z8 WATTERS Jordan 618 Coleos Place, Victoria, B.C. V8Z 6G7 WHITEAKER Ann 1245 Chapman Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 2T7 General Voting Day will be opened on Saturday, November 15, 2014, to qualified electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) at the following places: The Corporation of the City of Victoria Burnside Campus Cook Street Village Activity Centre Central Baptist Church Sir James Douglas Elementary School Victoria High School Margaret Jenkins School James Bay New Horizons Centre James Bay Community School St Barnabas Church Oaklands Elementary School Quadra Elementary School Gymnasium Victoria West School
3130 Jutland Road 380 Cook Street 833 Pandora Avenue 401 Moss Street 1260 Grant Street 1824 Fairfield Road 234 Menzies Street 140 Oswego Street 1525 Begbie Street 2827 Belmont Avenue 3031 Quadra Street 750 Front Street
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That portion of the Corporation of the District of Saanich lying within School District 61 (Greater Victoria) Campus View Elementary School 3900 Gordon Head Road Cedar Hill Middle School 3910 Cedar Hill Road Cloverdale Traditional School 3427 Quadra Street Cordova Bay Elementary School 5238 Cordova Bay Road Doncaster Elementary School 1525 Rowan Street Frank Hobbs Elementary School 3875 Haro Road Glanford Middle School 4140 Glanford Avenue Gordon Head Middle School 1671 Kenmore Road Hillcrest Elementary School 4421 GreentreeTerrace Lochside Elementary School 1145 Royal Oak Drive Prospect Lake Elementary School 321 Prospect Lake Road Reynolds Secondary School 3963 Borden Street Royal Oak Middle School 751 Travino Lane Spectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road West Tillicum Elementary School 3155 Albina Street Victoria Pacific Rim Alliance Church 1792 Townley Street The Town of View Royal View Royal Elementary School Gymnasium Eagle View Elementary School
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That portion of the District of Highlands lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) Highlands Community Halll 729 Finlayson Arm Road That portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) View Royal Elementary School Music Room 218 Helmcken Road And such voting places shall be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. ADVANCED VOTING OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be available at the following places on the dates and hours stated: FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA – AT VICTORIA CITY HALL, 1 CENTENNIAL SQUARE (DOUGLAS AND PANDORA) on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 P.M., at Our Place Society 919 Pandora Avenue on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M and at UVIC (UVIC Student Union Building), 3800 Finnerty Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT - AT THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT MUNICIPAL HALL, 1229 Esquimalt Road, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY - AT THE OAK BAY MUNICIPAL HALL, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 and Wednesday November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and at the Student Union Building, University of Victoria on Thursday November 6th, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY: At OAK BAY LODGE, 2251 Cadboro Bay Road on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SAANICH LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL, 770 Vernon Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., at CEDAR HILL GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE, 1400 Derby Road, on Tuesday November 4, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., at SAANICH COMMONWEALTH PLACE, 4636 Elk Lake Drive on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at PEARKES RECREATION CENTRE, 3100 Tillicum Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at the UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, STUDENT UNION BUILDING, 3800 Finnerty Road, on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the CORDOVA BAY UNITED CHURCH, 813 Claremont Avenue, on Friday November 7, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and at GORDON HEAD RECREATION CENTRE, 4100 Lambrick Way on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES DISTRICT OF SAANICH On Monday, November 3, 2014, at the VICTORIAN AT FELTHAM, 1773 Feltham Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Monday, November 3, 2014, at The VICTORIAN AT MCKENZIE, 4000 Douglas Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK ROYAL OAK, 4680 Elk Lake Drive between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK HOUSE, 4062 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM. on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at HIGHGATE LODGE, 1538 Cedar Hill Cross Road between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.., on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE CEDARS/DAWSON HEIGHTS, 3710 Cedar Hill Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., and on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE KENSINGTON , 3965 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL - AT THE VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL HALL, 45 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 13, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THAT PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF HIGHLANDS - AT THE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY HALL, 729 FINLAYSON ARM ROAD Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE RURAL PORTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) LYING WITHIN JUAN de FUCA ELECTORAL AREA OF THE CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT - AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 62 (SOOKE) BOARD OFFICES, 3143 JACKLIN ROAD, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. NOTE: SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOTS ARE PART OF THE BALLOTS OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY, DISTRICT OF SAANICH AND CITY OF VICTORIA AND MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS UPON REQUEST TO THE MUNICIPALITY AT WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO VOTE. ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as an elector at the time of voting, you will be required to make a declaration stating that you meet the following requirements: • 18 years of age or older • Canadian citizen • Resident of BC for a least 6 months immediately preceding voting day • Resident or registered owner of real property in the School District for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and • Not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity. Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners. Given under my hand at Victoria, B.C. this twenty second (22nd) day of October, 2014. Thomas F. Moore Chief Election Officer
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Artist’s rendering of a separate liquor store space attached to a grocery store.
Liquor sales for large grocers only Tom Fletcher Black Press
Large grocery stores are the only retailers eligible to add a separate liquor store under new B.C. government regulations set to take effect in the spring of 2015. To qualify for a space to sell alcoholic beverages, stores must have at least 929 square metres (10,000 square feet) of floor space and groceries as 75 per cent of their sales, Justice Minister Suzanne Anton announced Friday. The restrictions are designed to exclude general merchandise and “big box” stores as well as
convenience stores, according to a ministry statement. Eligible stores will be permitted to create a “store within a store” with separate cash registers and staff, or “co-brand” with liquor stores outside their existing facilities. The government plans to maintain its cap on the number of liquor stores, with 670 private stores now in operation. Liquor stores are currently restricted to relocating no more than five km from their original location, but that restriction is being lifted so a licence can be sold or moved anywhere in the province. That would allow existing government or private liquor stores
to relocate in partnership with grocery stores, while maintaining the regulation that no two liquor outlets can be closer together than one kilometre. Licensing to sell B.C. wine directly from grocery store shelves, a second recommendation from a province-wide consultation on liquor policy reform conducted earlier this year, is still being studied. Anton said the system “strikes a balance of added convenience for consumers and support for B.C.’s business sector, while at the same time respecting health and public safety considerations.” editor@oakbaynews.com
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Winter torch Sport Minister Coralee Oakes welcomes the Canada Winter Games torch to the B.C. legislature last week. The event launched the 2015 Canada Winter Games Torch Relay. The torch relay will journey thousands of kilometres across northern B.C. visiting many communities leading up to the 2015 Games opening ceremony on Feb. 13 in Prince George. This is the fourth time B.C. has hosted the games.
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PRODUCTION WORKERS Canada’s Largest Independently owned newspaper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location. This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of newspapers and advertising supplements. REQUIREMENTS: • Prior bindery and/or machine operator experience would be an asset • Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks • Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs and stand for long periods of time • Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment • Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail • Must have own transportation âœąAfternoon and evening shifts 16-20 hours per week. $11.25 an hour Interested parties may drop off their resumes between 8:30am and 4pm at:
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BEEF FARM GATE SALES. 1516 Mt. Douglas Cross Rd. Hours Friday & Saturday 10-4. Naturally raised, hormone free beef. Individual cuts sold, sharp, frozen & double wrapped. (250)477-3321.
FREE ITEMS FREE FIREWOOD 11 panels of fencing, you pick-up. (250)544-6117.
APARTMENT/CONDOS “WATERS EDGE� Saanichton, ocean front, lrg, bright 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo, 55+. NP/NS. Call (250)655-1702.
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APARTMENTS FURNISHED SIDNEY: BRIGHT Vacation / Executive: bach $1200. 1bdrm $1500./mo. (250)514-7747.
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FIREWOOD- old fencing, 5’H, inclds some posts, All $25. You Pick-up. (250)995-3201.
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INGLIS WHITE, portable dishwasher, good cond., $95. Call (250)884-7133. LG CELL phone, almost new w/leather magnetic case, $38. Ask for Mike,(778)432-2822. NEW OVAL blue enamel roaster holds 15lb turkey, $7. Call (250)383-5390. POPCORN MACHINE- 6Litre, $5, box of 16 glass tumblers, $5. Call (250)654-0907.
FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
SHARED ACCOMMODATION GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hidef TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.
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PLUMBING EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
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PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges. Insured. Call Keith, (250)474-3697.
UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTER. Furniture repairs and marine. Please call 250-480-9822.
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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DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
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Wednesday, October October 22, 22, 2014 2014 -- OAK OAK BAY BAY NEWS NEWS Wednesday,
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Hundreds turned out Saturday as Oak Bay Police and Oak Bay Fire hosted an expo with several displays set up by regional police and fire units in their parking lot on Monterey Avenue.
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Clockwise from above: Holden and Abby Kirkwood, 6, watch Greater Victoria ERT Sgt. Todd Lamb operate an Icor mini calibre tactical robot at the Oak Bay Police and Fire expo held on Saturday, Oct. 18. Saanich Police officer Shane Coughlan, left, shows Sofia Aviles, 10, and James Pittman-Jelley, 17, how police detect excelerants. Rowan Closs-Riedel, 8, and brother Jared Closs-Riedel, 6, give a thumbs up to the Oak Bay Police and Fire expo from atop one of the Oak Bay Sea Rescue Society’s zodiaks. Clara Rovere, 9, meets Saanich police dog Zeke and trainer Jon Zielinski. Eden Bryson, 6, and her brother Nolan Bryson, 9, check out the RCMP Marine unit vessel. Matthew Matheson, 10, tries out a Saanich Police Department motorcycle.
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Since 2007, Red Barn Market has been a proud supporter of the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society. This year we are happy to announce that we will be hosting the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society’s
“Light the Night Walk” On October 25th between 5-8pm, please join us at our West Saanich store location as we dedicate our anniversary to bringing the community together in
Please help us reach our goal of $30,000. For more information, to volunteer, or donate, please visit:
www.lightthenight.ca/findwalks
5550 West Saanich Rd www.redbarnmarket.ca
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