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Randall Garrison doesn’t see the expansion of Canada Post’s community mailbox program as being “a done deal.” The Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP
met with concerned members of the public on Saturday at Pilgrim Coffee House in Colwood, to speak with them about the continued implementation of the controversial program on the West Shore. “Everybody hates this idea,” Garrison said of the program,
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who is awaiting hip surgery and has mobility issues, as a resident who will be unable to walk to and from the community box. Garrison claimed that the woman was told she could apply to remain on home delivery, but was denied.
That, he said, shows the process for implementation is flawed because Canada Post only accepts the feedback “that gives them the answers they want to hear.”
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A celebration of togetherness Save the date for One World, Pearson College’s annual theatrical production Mike Davies News Gazette Staff
Theatre goers will soon be able to “take a trip around the world without ever leaving home,” according to those involved in Pearson College’s latest production of One World. The annual theatre performance has been produced for more than 30 years, and this year’s event is expected to live up to that impressive history. One of 14 United World Colleges around the globe, Pearson College UWC accepts 160 students aged 16 to 19 from over 80 countries, including each province and territory of Canada. These students live, study and grow together for two years on the Metchosin campus, which opened in 1974. “One World is about more than the nations these students come from – it’s an example of what the students learn by coming to Pearson College UWC, how they interact, and the transformation they undergo by studying and living together for two years,” says Pearson spokesperson Danielle Pope. “Our students come from very different worlds,” according to One World production director Libby Mason, who says the performances, which are collaborative creations from the students themselves – right down to the choreography and costuming – highlight these different worlds and how they come together here in Canada. “The spoken word acts, for example,” says Mason, “offer a small window into some of the extraordinary experiences and transformations the students undergo during their time at Pearson.” Audiences can look forward to their old favourites – Gumboot, Ukranian dance, and the Pearson College Choir, as well as newly integrated or expanded aspects like the spoken work acts. “There are pivotal points in the life of a Pearson student,” says Pearson’s Head of College Mark Bannar-Martin. “One World is undeniably one of these. It celebrates our common humanity and, for a moment in time, we become part of something larger than ourselves.” Tickets for the event, which will have both an afternoon and evening performance on March 7 at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, are $35 for adults, $20 for students and seniors and $15 for children under 12 and are available through the Royal Theatre Box Office online at rmts.bc.ca or by phone at 250-386-6121. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com
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Above: Kaira Bakkestad-Legare, left, of Manitoba, and Lucio Ravagnani from Argentina, two former Pearson College UWC students, choreographed and danced the tango with other students in a previous One World production. At right: cultures come together in celebration of togetherness and humanity for a performance each year courtesy the students of Pearson College UWC. Here, the students from a previous performance celebrate Asian culture.
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Mailbox plan financial reality Canada Post’s plan to replace home delivery in certain areas with large community mailboxes has been met with much consternation from West Shore residents, especially those with Changing service mobility issues. Householders in a fact of life for Langford, primarily, Canada Post and Colwood are looking at the most drastic changeover in our area, and they have every right to complain about the switch. But one thing people tend to forget is Canada Post is a corporation, and like any other private business, they need consistent revenue to remain solvent. The precipitous drop in Canada Post’s income in recent years, prompted by the movement en masse by individuals and businesses to use electronic methods of communicating, has meant it has had to look for other revenue sources. It has provided customers with a viable option for courier service, but its core business, letter mail, has taken a nosedive. We’re not surprised that Canada Post has taken the step of batching more work for its employees at street level. They had to do something to stop the bleeding of red ink. But is it our responsibility to keep paying more and more for the services provided by this 150-year-old entity? We don’t relish paying more than a dollar per stamp for those times when we have to send communications – like Christmas cards – by “snail mail.” We acknowledge the challenges faced by those who might physically have a more difficult time collecting their mail. But the reality is, more people than ever use electronic means to receive and pay bills and engage in other transactions. Canada Post’s situation parallels that of B.C. Ferries: charging more for its services has seen less people use those services, which leads to the Catch 22 of having to increase fares more. The mail corporation has to drastically change the way it operates. For those who hate change, that can only lead to disappointment. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette 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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Wolf kill the last hope for caribou There are seven caribou herds in When the B.C. government the South Peace, with the Graham last resorted to shooting wolves herd the largest at about 700. It’s from helicopters in the 1980s, an the control group, left emotional public outcry to fend for itself as a forced a retreat. measure of wolf removal In the B.C. tradition, for the rest. The Burnt sensation-seeking urban Pine herd is down to one media and protesters bull, effectively extinct. led the way. An outraged The province and Treaty reporter named Pamela 8 First Nations are Martin marched a BCTV working on a plan to kill crew off the road near 120-160 wolves in that Fort St. John to expose region. this presumed crime It’s long been accepted against nature. With Tom Fletcher that resource roads, a metre of snow and B.C. Views logging and recreational temperatures dipping to trail use have increased -40, they didn’t get far, herd disruption and predator but public sentiment was aroused access through what would enough for politicians to overrule otherwise be seamless bush and wildlife biologists. deep snow. This winter, while snow reveals Snowmobiles and even backthe wolves’ location from the air, country skiers can shift the balance. the choppers and rifles are out again. And my heart goes out to the Smithers-area outdoor enthusiasts are currently being urged to stay biologists and First Nations hunters away from the Telkwa Mountains, who face this grim task. where the caribou herd is down The South Selkirk mountain to fewer than 20 animals. Local caribou herd, which ranges hunting and snowmobile clubs have between B.C., Idaho and observed a ban on motorized travel Washington, has been the target since 2003, but of course there of intensive conservation efforts will always be yahoos who chase by governments on both sides of animals for fun. the border. Six of the remaining 18 A mountain caribou recovery animals now wear radio collars. plan was implemented in 2007, There were 46 in 2009, only 27 by protecting 2.2 million hectares from 2012, and wolves have killed two logging and road-building, including more since last spring. most of the core habitat of the Targeted hunting and trapping South Selkirk herd. The Nature haven’t been sufficient, so up to 24 Conservancy of Canada bought 550 grey wolves are to be shot from the square kilometres in that region to air before the snow melts.
protect habitat. Strategies include transplanting animals from healthier to weaker herds to increase genetic diversity, and capturing and penning females with young calves to keep them from being picked off by wolves. The B.C. grey wolf population averages around 8,500, with managed hunting and trapping to protect livestock while preserving the wolf as apex predator in most of its wide range. This context is seldom reported by Vancouver media, which mostly sees its role not as explaining issues but rather embarrassing whatever political party is in power, and providing an uncritical platform for the stop-logging-mining-energy crowd, which is seen as popular with urban viewers. Remember the spotted owl, with the fringe of its range extending into southern B.C.? Our branchplant enviros marketed that one for years. Its core habitat is Washington and Oregon, where many sawmills were shuttered to “save” them. Now they’re shooting invasive barred owls, which have emerged as a greater threat to spotted owls than logging. Context is important. I suppose we’ll never know what difference the 1980s wolf kill would have made if it hadn’t been shouted down for TV ratings and urban enviro-donations. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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This RiverLine train in New Jersey is an example of a TramTrain unit being used for commuter purposes. A reader in the Fraser Valley writes in support of such a system for use on the former E&N Railway tracks on Vancouver Island.
TramTrain systems can be economically viable Re: Rail proponent offers another perspective on E&N (Other Views, Jan. 23) I read with interest your Op/Ed item on TramTrains by Brendan Read. The group I am associated with, Rail for the Valley, who want to reinstate the Vancouver to Chilliwack interurban service, commissioned a study in 2010 with Leewood Projects of the U.K. to see if the project was viable. The consultant who penned the study indeed thought reinstating the interurban service using TramTrain was viable. The study found that a full build, 138-kilometre Vancouver/ Richmond to Rosedale (12 km past Chilliwack) electric TramTrain service, seeing three trains an hour in peak service, could be built for slightly under $1 billion. In conversation with Leewood Projects, the same service with diesel LRT could be had for $750 million, which amounts to $5.4 million per kilometre to build. The same cost could be applied using the E&N line. TramTrain, which is simply a streetcar that can operate on regular railway tracks in mixed traffic, was pioneered in Karlsruhe, Germany in the early 1990’s. The first TramTrain service that was put into operation saw ridership expand 479 per cent, from 533,600 passengers per week to over 2.545 million per week in just six months of operation. Today there are over 16 such services operating in Europe and North America, with many more in various stages of planning.
TramTrain on the E&N is viable for both the Victoria and Nanaimo regions, where starter systems could be had for as little as $250 million per city and which can grow in ridership. It is time that B.C.’s transportation planning bureaucracy and politicians leave the 19th century, join the rest of the world in the 21st century and embrace TramTrain and light rail. The future is indeed train friendly. Malcolm Johnston Delta, B.C.
Government must fund vehicle alternative options Re: Rail proponent offers another perspective on E&N (Other Views, Jan. 23) TramTrains would be able to run on streets and heavy rail. The writer says that to achieve this there would need to be an Islandwide transportation authority with funding. Is there any provincial transportation planning for the Island beyond trying to rescue the Malahat and cut ferry services? The future of rail on the Island depends on the government to act to rationalize governance and management of Island transportation and fund alternatives to the automobile. Meanwhile, deck chairs are rearranged, but is there any move to save the ship? John Olson Colwood
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“And it’s not only the inconvenience of it, but also the safety issues in regards to where they put these boxes, as well as the security of the mail itself.” He pointed to the theft of two entire community mailboxes in December in Surrey as an example of the lack of security. In that incident, the large side-by-side units were uprooted and hauled away by thieves. It was estimated that mail from 30 homes was stolen along with the boxes that day. Garrison also disputed Canada Post’s assertion that no positions will be lost in the transition to community boxes. In a Jan. 14 story, Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier told the Gazette, “any reduction in the number of positions (will) be done by attrition.” Garrison said that is profoundly different from, “no positions will be eliminated.” “Canada Post likes to say they’re not cutting any jobs because of this,” he said, “which may be technically true, but they’re certainly not creating any more when the people there’re going to move around retire. That’s the equivalent of eliminating those good-paying, family-supporting jobs from our community.” In Langford alone, the number
Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison speaks with citizens concerned about the expansion of Canada Post’s community mailbox program at the Pilgrim Coffee House in Colwood Saturday. Photo contributed
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B.C. cultural recognition receives boost Aware of any Chinese heritage sites on West Shore or elsewhere in province? Let Heritage B.C. know. Mike Davies News Gazette staff
If you know of any areas on the West Shore that are of historical significance to Chinese heritage, now is your chance to help them get recognized. The province is calling for nominations to formally recognize more locations that are historically important to B.C.’s Chinese community. Up to 10 of the nominated historic places will be officially recognized by the government and placed on the B.C. Register of Historic Places, as well as the Canadian Register of Historic Places. The Canadian register currently includes 97 records for historic places in British Columbia with Chinese-Canadian heritage values. The call for nominations “is the first milestone in the Historic Places Project,” Steve Thomson, B.C.’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said in a release. “It marks the beginning of implementation of eight legacy recommendations made in the Chinese Historical Wrongs Consultation Final Report issued in May 2014. “Recognition of sites that have historical significance to Chinese Canadians will serve as an opportunity to celebrate British Columbia’s diversity, and recognize and acknowledge the contributions Chinese Canadians have made to the province – both past and present,” he stated. Nominations will be accepted until Feb. 20 by Heritage BC, the not-for-profit contracted to administer the process. Kathryn Molloy, executive director of Heritage BC, hopes this is the first of many similar initiatives to highlight the diverse cultural history of the province. The organization is especially interested in sites outside the major centres of Vancouver and downtown Victoria. “We’re really looking to reach out into these (smaller) communities and ask people, ‘What do we value in our cultural history, and how should we best acknowledge it?’” she said. “We’re looking to really expand that recognition.” One of the ways to do that is to make it easier for the public to engage with the process, Molloy said. Heritage BC is currently working on a “cultural mapping” project which she hopes will help encourage that engagement, where the public can add sites and stories of historical or cultural heritage themselves, as well. “It’ll be a Google Maps-type thing, except there will be layers of information and history within it.” The format will make for an interactive historical and cultural experience, kind of like a Wikipedia for B.C. culture mapping. To find out more about this round of nominations or anything else about heritage sites in B.C., go to heritagebc.ca and have a look around. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com
Public invited to experience navy HMCS Malahat, Greater Victoria’s naval reserve division, opens its doors to the public on Saturday (Jan. 31). Visitors will have the opportunity to tour onsite training facilities, including its fully equipped galley and boatshed. Visitors can also tour a 33-metre Orca-class patrol craft training vessel and ride in a sevenmetre rigid hulled inflatable boat used by the Royal Canadian Navy. HMCS Malahat is located at 20 Huron St. in James Bay. The open house runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Victoria’s Chinatown, seen here looking down Fisgard Street, may be the region’s best-known Chinese heritage site, but the province is putting the call out to identify others in Greater Victoria and elsewhere in B.C.
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Members of the Metchosin Women’s Institute take in a demonstration of milk pasteurization in 1922, at Trinity Mission Hall at Happy Valley and Winter Road. Madge Watt is seated at front left. If you can identify any other women here, contact Wendy Mitchell; her contact information is at the end of the story below.
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Mrs. Alfred (Madge) Watt lived in Metchosin at the Quarantine Station from 1897 to 1913, a mere 16 years. The local saying is that one must live here 30 years to call themselves a Metchosinite, but she earned the title through her remarkable career and contributions to women, children and country. In 1909 a Miss Laura Rose, an organizer for
Women’s Institutes, presented a talk on “Bread and Buns” to the Metchosin Farmer’s Institute. So impressed were they with the concept, that after some discussion the Metchosin Women’s Institute was formed as the first such organization in British Columbia. Margaret Robertson “Madge” Watt was a founding member of
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL NOTICE OF WAIVER OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sections 890 and 893 of the Local Government Act that the requirement for a Public Hearing has been waived for proposed Bylaw No. 913, 2015 because an Official Community Plan applies to the area and the proposed bylaw is consistent with the plan. Bylaw No. 913, 2015 proposes to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014, as follows: Schedule “2” Zoning Map of Zoning Bylaw 900, 2014 is amended by amending the zoning and zoning boundaries from CD-9C (Lakeside Village Low-Density Residential) to CD-9CS (Lakeside Village Low-Density Suite Residential) for lands shown outlined and hatched in Figure 1 of this notice and addressed and legally described as follows: Address 408 Nursery Hill Drive 421 Nursery Hill Drive 441 Nursery Hill Drive 445 Nursery Hill Drive
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the local Women’s Institute and her name is linked with the advertising and entertainment committee. She was a very energetic and purposeful woman. Unusual for her time, she held a master’s degree in history and pedagogic from the University of Toronto, wrote for a New York newspaper and sold many stories, articles and poems, as well as writing pamphlets and articles promoting the Institute. She gave her time and talents to organize many chapters in British Columbia and accomplished all this while being a devoted mother to two sons, and supportive wife to the chief medical officer at the Quarantine Station. Watt was widowed in 1913 and moved with her sons to Britain, where they finished their education. When war broke out in 1914, she realized that a rural organization like the Women’s Institute would be able to fill the need of increasing food production. One of the many Institutes started was at Sandringham Castle, with Queen Mary as honourary president. On her return to B.C. after the War, Watt resumed her efforts and attended the founding meeting of the Federated Women’s Institutes in Winnipeg. She became chairman of the Advisory Board of B.C., served as president of the Vancouver Island Women’s Press Association and was a member of the University of B.C. Senate. Her vision included an international organization of rural women and in 1933 in Stockholm, the Associated Country Women of the
World was founded. She became its first president and over the years travelled to many countries to attend meetings and conferences. Among her many accolades were the Agricultural Order of Merit from both France and Belgium, and the Member of the Order of the British Empire. The Ontario government declared her birthplace in Collingwood a Historic Site and she was named a Person of National Historic Significance by the Canadian government in 2007. Several plantings keep Madge’s memory green, including a flowering crabapple tree in Beacon Hill Park, an avenue of lime trees io the grounds of Denman College (the National Federation Of Women’s Institutes’ short-stay residential college), Oxfordshire, and a picnic shelter in the International Peace Gardens near the Canada-U.S. border. As author Jane Robinson wrote in A Force to be reckoned with - A history of the Women’s Institute, “Madge Watt believed in ‘supportive sisters’ and knew that women could contribute to a better world … She was a builder who believed in the power of women working together regardless of race, religion or nationality ... She helped many women broaden their horizons without upsetting their family grouping or breaking up relationships.” Madge Watt: a worthy Metchosinite! Wendy Mitchell is president of the Metchosin Museum Society. She can be reached at wendyncmitchell@shaw. ca or by phone at 250474-4651.
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Belmont wants input on new nickname Move into new school promises more than simply venue change for sports teams Arnold Lim News Gazette staff
A new name, a new logo and a new mascot are coming to Belmont secondary. Following the 2014-2015 academic year, as the Langford high school moves in to its new facility beside Westhills, its sports teams will be rebranded. Senior boys basketball coach Kevin Brown said suggestions from the community could help write a new chapter for the school. “What we have created in the last dozen years in the sports program, and in the community, it’s really important. But (this is an opportunity for) a new look, a new image, a fresh start,” he said. “I just think it’s a really good way to set it off (with) a bang – a new mascot, a new school; all the kids will be excited, guaranteed.”
Mike Davies/News Gazette staff
Belmont senior boys basketball coach Kevin Brown sees the renaming process as a chance for a fresh start. The history of Belmont’s sports team’s names have run the gamut from the Wolves for the girls team and Sluggers for the boys in 1947, to the Belmont Braves and Bravettes, the Huskies, Belles, Tomahawks and Butchers in 1956. An initiative in the spring of 2000 from First Nations students at the school challenged the cultural stereotyping of the Braves and Tomahawks names and precipitated the change to Bulldogs, which still stands today. “The Bulldogs is a super popular name, it is a super generic name and when we go to tournaments in the States,
there are literally Bulldogs everywhere. We have 5,6,7 (Bulldogs) in B.C. alone. We see it all the time,” Brown said. “Personally, I am excited because I want to find a name that is a little more relevant. It would be nice to have a name connected to us some way, somehow. I’m not a student, but for me, it’s pretty cool to be there when it changes and you start to create (something new) in the history books.” Even the logos for the various Belmont sports teams are inconsistent, he said, with different logos adorning uniforms for the different sports, and still others on the gymna-
sium wall and floor. The decision was made to amalgamate them all, Brown added, and move away from a name that was a little too overused and may not have been reflective of the students. Belmont principal Ray Miller said the entire process would be based on input from the community. “Whenever you do a profound change like the one we are about to embark on, there is nothing that brings together people more than (everyone) pulling together,” he said. “I think it would be a symbolic process for us … We would like to create our own future and this is one way we can put a stamp on the new building.” Miller and Brown said they’re open to suggestions from students and teachers, past alumni and the community at large. The hope is to have a good idea of what direction the school will go by spring. “It’s important to respect your history and culture,” Miller said. “At the same time, it’s just as important to have an identity at the school. This (process) is going to galvanize our identity.” alim@goldstreamgazette.com
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Bulldogs capture home tournament Belmont senior girls ramp up hoops game with playoffs in sight
playing shutdown defence, we couldn’t be having the success we’re having right now without everyone doing their job to the best of their ability.” The Bulldogs were slated to wrap up the city league regular season with a rematch against Mount Doug yesterday (Jan. 27, after Gazette deadline). Isla Swanwick led the attack against Semiahmoo with 20 points, followed by Hannah Allen with 18. Guard Alysha Walton was a frequent distributor during the game, sending many passes into the paint that were converted into baskets. Game 2 against Mount Doug was a roller-coaster ride with many lead changes. The Rams jumped out to a 14-4 lead early on, but the Bulldogs battled back to lead by one at halftime. Belmont grabbed a healthy lead in the third quarter, but Mount Doug got back into the game with some accurate outside shooting in the fourth that led to a thrilling finish. Trailing by two with seven seconds left, the Rams threw an inbound pass into three-point shooting range. Belmont guard Frelen Gorst, who played highenergy defence all game along
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Heading into this week’s AAA senior girls city league basketball play, the Belmont Bulldogs had reeled off seven straight wins. That included three in a row at their own tournament last weekend, the Bill Spotswood Memorial. Lopsided victories over Surrey’s Semiahmoo Totems (74-49) and North Surrey Spartans (6040), and a narrow 49-47 win over local rival Mount Doug gave the Bulldogs the title. While the most meaningful games of the season are yet to be played, head coach Brad Lidstone is seeing some bright spots in his team’s play. “Finding roles for everyone and having everyone take on those roles and play them well has made us successful,” he said. “Whether that’s coming off the bench to generate some steals, giving us key rebounds or
with Miranda Llewellyn, contested the shot and it failed to go in. Jess Thomsen scored 18 and pulled down 19 rebounds, while Hannah Allen scored 10 and added 12 boards in the win. Lidstone said that game, and the others, saw the Bulldogs put their size to good use in the paint. “Our post players were tremendous. Jess, Hannah and Savonah (MacLeod-Vesillin) played well inside.” That win, he added, was a good illustration of the progress the team has made. “Early on in the season we had some close games that we didn’t win, some three-point losses,” he said. “So at the end of the season, it shows the strides we’ve made as a team.” The tourney title clinching win saw Swanwick lead the way again with 22 points, with Madison Bullen playing a solid game at both ends of the floor, especially in the rebounding department. Following this week’s game against Mount Doug, the Bulldogs take a break for exams, then get back at it the second week of February in the city league playoffs. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL APPOINTMENTS TO VIEW ROYAL BOARD OF VARIANCE The Town of View Royal is now accepting applications from interested residents wishing to serve on the View Royal Board of Variance. The Municipal Council will be appointing three members with three-year terms to begin on March 1, 2015. The Board of Variance is an autonomous body with the power to vary regulations in situations where compliance with respect to the siting, dimension or size of a building or structure would cause a person undue hardship. The Board of Variance may not vary the density or use of land. In addition, the Board may grant minor variances, with limitations, to the provisions of the Tree Protection Bylaw and to requirements under Sections 911(5) and 938(1)(c) of the Local Government Act. The three member volunteer Board meets as required (typically monthly). In addition to this time commitment, members undertake site inspections prior to the meeting. All meetings are open to the public and involve the weighing of information and evidence to determine if variances are to be approved or declined. Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff
It’s a dangerous game Juan de Fuca’s Dane Schoor, left, dribbles away from fallen Lakehill Danger Police opponent Chris Lloyd during a Vancouver Island Soccer League Div. 3B match Sunday at West Shore Parks and Recreation. JdF broke a 1-1 tie in the second half and hung on for a 2-1 victory. Aaron Burnell and Sean Park tallied for the winners, while Tyler Thompson scored for Lakehill. The win moved Juan de Fuca (7-4-2) to within two points of second place Fernwood Town FC.
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For more information about the Board of Variance, please contact Lindsay Chase, Director of Development Services, at 250-479-6800 or via email to info@viewroyal.ca. HOW TO APPLY: View Royal residents interested in being considered for the Board of Variance must submit a one page covering letter with resume to the Clerk’s Office by 4:30 p.m., Friday, February 6, 2015. Our address is: Town of View Royal, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, BC, V9B 1A6, fax 250-727-9551 or email to info@viewroyal.ca. Residents submitting applications are requested to include the following information in their application: name, address, postal code, home and/ or business telephone number, e-mail address, occupation, history of community involvement, other relevant history, technical or special expertise, and reasons for seeking appointment. Short listed applicants will be requested to provide references prior to interviews.
Victoria area foursome’s title dreams end with extra-end loss The third time was not the charm for the Sarah Wark rink against Patti Knezevic of Prince George at the Scotties’ B.C. Women’s Curling Championships in Maple Ridge on Sunday. Wark, whose team plays out of the Juan de Fuca and Victoria clubs, beat former B.C. and Canadian champion Kelly Scott 7-6 in the morning semifinal, tied the championship final 3-3 in the 10th end but gave up two in the extra end, giving Knezevic’s rink the title.
The tight battle saw neither team steal any points and no multiple-point ends before the last one. Wark and company came back to tie the score 1-1 in the third end and 2-2 in the sixth. Wark, who hails from Duncan and plays with Greater Victoria residents Simone Brosseau at third, Michelle Allen at second and Rachelle Kallechy at lead, qualified for the Page playoff in the number 2 spot, winning the B draw with a 7-4 win over Scott. Before the final, Team Wark
had two previous cracks at Knezevic, losing 7-4 in the A final and 8-3 in the Page playoff semifinal. The latter result forced Wark into the finals qualifier game against Scott, who had beat Kristy Lewis’ rink from the Royal City club in New Westminster 9-1 Saturday night. The other Greater Victoria team in the competition, skipped by Dailene Sivertson, went 1-2 and was eliminated with an 11-8 loss to Scott on Thursday. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Residents on the north shore of Langford Lake have been able to see the progress of the new Belmont secondary construction project through a break in the trees along Langford Parkway. The school is slated for opening this fall.
Chamber mixer and family-friendliness Can you believe that it is already the end of January? How quickly time flies. Here are some of the events coming up around the West Shore. The WestShore Chamber of Commerce would like to invite the local business community out to its January mixer – whether you are a Chamber member or not. Kindly hosted by the B.C. Hockey League’s Victoria Grizzlies at 100.3 The Q Centre, the next mixer happens tonight (Jan. 28) from 5 to 7 p.m. “This year will see the WestShore Chamber of Commerce working more closely with the business community than ever before, to make sure that we truly are the voice of business in the West Shore,” says Chamber president Doug Kobayashi. “With our executive director Julie Lawlor newly in her post, this mixer is an ideal time for existing and prospective members to meet Julie and start the process of making their
Christine Scott Shelley Westwood Out and About views known to us.” There is no need to confirm attendance in advance, and the Victoria Grizzlies invite those attending the mixer to stay on free of charge and take in their game against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, which starts at 7 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact the WestShore Chamber of Commerce at 250-478-1130. Over at Westshore Town Centre, there is some exciting news.
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Alistair MacGregor has been Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder’s right hand in Duncan for the past eight years. She has been his boss, his mentor and his inspiration as he took the lead role helping local residents whenever she was serving in Ottawa. Now he will take her torch. Crowder’s 35-year-old constituency assistant was selected to be the NDP candidate for the new Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding Sunday, outlasting five others to claim the role in a vote that occurred simultaneously in Duncan and Langford. He feels working with Crowder has him wellprepared for the job. “Her best words of advice were ‘remember who you represent.’ I am taking that to heart,” he said during an interview Monday in Duncan. “I know everything an MP does. I learned from the best.” Like Crowder, MacGregor was raised an army brat. Like Crowder, he is from Cowichan, calling the Duncan area home for the past 24 years. Like Crowder, he feels it is job one to be there working for every resident of the community. “There were days I would come out of that (constituency) office absolutely wrecked because the government didn’t seem to care,” he said. I don’t really think MacGregor has a from the Univerthe NDP needs to degree sity of Victoria in politichange its values. cal science and a masfrom Royal Roads I want to change ters in professional commuthe nature of the nication. His political ambitions awoke early. conversation. “It started day one I want to ask people from working in the MP That’s when I if they are really office. caught the bug.” happy with itty-bitty His candidacy is the confirmed for a tax cuts that really first new riding, merging don’t benefit you.” those parts of NanaimoCowichan south of – Alistair MacGregor, Ladysmith with the NDP MP candidate, north end of Esquimaltde Fuca. Nanaimo–Cowichan Juan When the riding split was announced, he had originally thought he would pursue a seat in whatever seat the wellrespected Crowder decided not to pursue. But when she ultimately decided to retire at the end of this term after being elected four times to Parliament Hill, he figured the riding that included his hometown would be the best choice. While Duncan and south-Nanaimo are thought of as traditional NDP strongholds, Langford has more of a free enterprise identity. According to MacGregor, a breakdown that applied votes cast in the most recent election to the new configuration saw the NDP winning the new riding by just 253 votes. Confident of his presence in the Duncan area, he realizes he’s got some work to do in the Langford end. However, Langford is home to lots of young working families. As father to twins and husband to a working mother, he thinks forging a connection to should come naturally. A national daycare plan is high on his priority list, as is a national housing strategy. He wants to build a plan that can help the country effectively make a slow transition from an oil-based economy. And he said economic strength and stability is paramount. “If people and families don’t have economic
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Alistair MacGregor, NDP MP candidate, Nanaimo–Cowichan security, the other issues don’t matter.” He said a lot of younger people share the values of the NDP but are not necessarily active for the party at the ballot box. Part of his mission is making them understand their vote can make a difference. “I don’t really think the NDP needs to change its values. I want to change the nature of the conversation,” he said. “I want to ask people if they are really happy with itty-bitty tax cuts that really don’t benefit you.” He credits his selection to 11 months of direct contact with the voters, where he demonstrated his work ethic and his level of care. It’s a philosophy he plans to bring to a wider stage as we approach a federal election scheduled to be held on or before Oct. 19. “Being elected, you’ve got to earn it,” he said. “Actions speak louder than words. they always will.” The Green Party is expected to elect a candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford on Friday. Selection dates for the Liberals and the Conservatives have yet to be announced.
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Campsite fees are going up between $2 and $5 at provincial parks around B.C. this spring. After March 15, a night under the stars at Goldstream Provincial Park or Gordon Bay or Golden Ears goes from $30 to $35 per night, while many more remote campsites will see a smaller increase in fees. Fees at 40 provincial campgrounds in the West Coast, South Coast, Kootenay-Okanagan, and Northern regions are increasing at least $3 a night. One hundred forty-one of B.C.’s 204 provincial campgrounds, including China Beach and Bamberton, will see a $2 increase. The Ministry of Environment says this is the first provincewide increase in fees since 2010. Rates for backcountry camping and use of sani-stations remain at $5, and fees for mooring buoys, picnic shelters and group camping are unchanged. Parking fees
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The Capital Regional District is working to replace and align aging water mains on Allandale Road, just off Wishart Road in Colwood. Crews are removing seven fir trees and two arbutus trees on the road, but will replant two new trees for each one removed. The CRD will also deliver notices, speak with homeowners about the work and ensure that stumps are removed and the boulevard area is restored. Aborists confirmed that excavation for the new pipe will be within the critical root zone directly under the main stems of these trees. As such, the trees would become structurally compromised and pose a risk to public safety if they were to remain.
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Overnight front-country camping rates at Goldstream Provincial Park campground are going up $5 per night, to $35 as of March 15. The winter rate remains at $11 per night. for day-use lots, a failed experiment from 10 years ago, are not being reintroduced. The ministry says the varied rate increases take into account local demand and economic conditions as well as private camping availability. Sought-after locations such as Cultus Lake and Shuswap
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Rekindling amalgamation conversation Discussions to take place in February about what amalgamation could look like
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the election, (amalgamation) is a number one topic. But immediately following elections, it gets dropped,” said Rod Phillips, a volunteer with the advocacy group. “After all the work we’ve put in to get the question put on the ballot so we can once and for all get this question answered, we thought we can’t just let it go at just having government doing it the way they typically do it.” On Feb. 24, volunteers will host a town-hall style meeting to give residents an opportunity to find out more information and continue the conversation. “We want to ensure that we (bring) the community together as much as possible to bring together all of the var-
ious opinions for and against, and more importantly, all those who don’t really know what it’s all about,” Phillips said. Langford was the only West Shore municipality to hold a referendum on amalgamation. Its yes/no question, the most clearly worded on the topic of the eight listed on civic ballots around Greater Victoria, passed by the slimmest of margins, just 13 votes on a total ballot count of 4,451. At the meeting, expert panelists will give three-minute fact overviews of eight topics, including transportation, emergency services and governance of municipalities. Those in attendance will then disperse into groups to discuss those topics, ask
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Ancient fires hold clues for the future Travis Paterson Black Press
In the wilderness of a remote South Island lake, Kendrick Brown leans over the boat’s edge and drives a hollow tube into the soft lakebed sediment below. What he pulls out, one metre at a time, is a historical timeline embedded in layers of organic and non-organic matter. It tells him about the past, and helps paint a picture of what’s to come. “They’re nature’s archives: stratigraphic sequences in the mud that read like pages in a book,� says Brown, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service. “Basically, the same mud that you sink your toes into during a summer swim is the cover of the book, a recording of history of the region based on the matter that has settled into the lake floor.� Brown’s project team is based out of the Pacific Forestry Centre in Saanich and includes research technician Nicholas Conder, Nicholas Hebda, and University of Victoria co-op student Kiera Smith. While the focus is on the past, the results can help inform about the future. The team’s current focus is on sediment cores collected from the Greater Victoria Water Sup-
ply Area, namely from Begbie Lake and the Sooke Lake Reservoir. Brown is examining records from these lakes because paleoclimate indicators suggest the past time interval known as the early Holocene (11,700-7,000 years ago) was warmer and drier compared to present-day. Scientists hope the data may serve as a first-order reference to what future conditions may be like if induced by climate change. There are models suggesting temperatures in southern B.C. may increase 2-3 degrees C by 2100, he said. Extracting pollen and charcoal fragments from the lake sediment cores allows the team to assess how vegetation and fire disturbance have changed through time in response to “various forcing mechanisms,� Brown said. “We now have a sense of how the fire regime has changed in the Sooke Lake Reservoir catchment throughout the Holocene (period) and will be informing the CRD about the natural variability of fire events within the water supply catchment,� he said. “We’re now working to understand how vegetation in the catchment has changed through time, the signal of which is contained in abundant fossil pollen
grains in the sediment.� The forestry scientists have teamed up with the CRD because the regional body need to know about fire risk to water supply, Brown said. “We’re using nature’s archives to learn how the land responded to past changes in climate and identifying past periods that might be analogues for the future,� he said. Are future generations of the South Islanders destined to live in a fire-prone region? Not quite, but fire disturbance may increase in the future. “We need to plan for and protect against this risk. While fire is not a common form of disturbance today, it was more prevalent in the past,� Brown said. That plan is still a few years off. The team is hoping to produce an initial report of findings by the end of 2016. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
Did you know? n Kendrick Brown’s team uses a Livingstone corer to reach lake sediment depths of up to 10 metres, sometimes more. The deeper the corer goes, the older the sediment.
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Dr. Kendrick Brown of the Pacific Forestry Centre points to a twocentimetre layer of 7,700-year-old volcanic ash from Oregon’s Mt. Mazama, found in a core sample from nearby Begbie Lake. Brown is part of a research team preparing a report for the CRD that describes what the South Island’s anticipated transformation to a warmer, dryer climate, will mean for the Sooke Lake Water Reservoir.
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