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Fitness means safety for firefighters, community Members of the Metchosin Fire Department are undertaking a healthy new regime for themselves Arnold Lim News Gazette staff

Metchosin’s fire hall is undergoing a transformation. The longstanding hall isn’t being renovated and there are no

immediate plans for any upgrades, but many of the nearly 40 volunteer firefighters and staff manning the hall are undergoing changes to themselves. A new fire fitness program aimed at increasing the overall health of its membership has

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West Shore RCMP officers work behind police tape at Glen Lake Beach Park Wednesday, following an attack on a female jogger on the walking trail the night before. Rick Stiebel/ News Gazette staff

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West Shore RCMP is urging trail users to travel in pairs and use lit paths after dark, following an attack on a woman jogging near Glen Lake in Langford around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. Police say the victim, a 23-year-old Langford woman, was running on a walking trail off Shoreview Drive when a man asked her for the time. The man knocked the woman unconscious and took her cellphone and money. He was wearing a dark windbreaker with red on the side and under the arm that made a “squishy” sound, and black gloves with thick wristbands. The victim was treated for bruises and released from hospital later that evening. Officers helped by the detachment’s canine unit searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspect. The West Shore RCMP’s Major Crime Unit and Island District Forensic Identification Services are actively investigating the incident, which they say appears to be a random, isolated attack. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264. alim@goldstreamgazette.com

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The periodic Langford Fire Department bike auction took place last weekend at Fire Hall No. 2, where recovered bicycles that have not been claimed by their owners after a significant period of time are auctioned off to the public. The funds raised from the auction go towards the department’s Ridealong Fund, which allows for members to travel to other departments around the world to learn how others go about performing the service of protecting their communities. $1,081.75 was raised at last week’s event.

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Fire rips through family retirement home Bear Mountain neighbours rush to support family Don Descoteau News Gazette staff

Four Langford householders got out safely as their Bear Mountain home was being torn apart by fire early Tuesday morning. Initial investigations determined that the cause of the blaze was related to a ground level hot tub behind the home, according to Langford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Chris Aubrey. The fire department began receiving calls from residents in the neighbourhood at around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, including one from a resident two doors up from the home at 2169 Hawk Pl., saying they could see smoke and flames. Many callers weren’t quite sure where the source of the fire was, given the hilly topography of the immediate area, Aubrey said. Fire crews arrived within about four minutes, and used a high-pressure stream to try to knock down the fire from Bear Mountain Parkway, one street below Hawk Place to the rear of the home. Crews from all three Langford fire stations, about 30 firefighters in total, worked for hours to douse the blaze. The last crew left about 6:30 a.m. “They awoke to the sound of fire,” Aubrey said later Tuesday morning after interviewing the residents, a retired couple whose adult son lived in the basement area with his girlfriend. “They thought it was hail.” He commended the family for their decision to exit the house immediately and not attempt to return to save pets or retrieve valuables. “Going back in would have put them in grave danger because of the amount of smoke and how rapidly the fire spread.” Firefighters were able to rescue a

Langford firefighters battle a blaze on Hawk Place just off Bear Mountain Parkway in the early morning hours on Tuesday. No one was injured in the blaze, but the residence took extensive damage, despite fire crews’ quick response. Photo by Kerry Zado/Through My Windshield Photography

chameleon and a snake, which were checked out by an exotic pet specialist and appear to be doing fine. The house may have to be torn down, with damage estimated at about $500,000, Aubrey added. He and Capt. Lance Caven inspected the charred remains of the home’s interior to find the cause of the fire, along with gas and electrical inspectors. The rear of the home was completely destroyed, with other areas inside damaged by smoke and water. Next door neighbour John Meckbach, who has lived next to the family for a number of years, was staying with his wife and daughter offsite when the fire occurred. He arrived midway through the ordeal to find the house engulfed in flames. Were it not for the work of the firefighters, he said, his own home could well have been part of the fire. A neighbour who lives below on Bear Mountain Parkway told him that at its peak, flames were shooting upwards of 30

feet into the air and coming out sideways toward his house. “I just feel so bad for Rene and Noreen; they’re the sweetest people,” Meckbach said of the owners. “This was their retirement home. They put so much time into their backyard and rebuilding the back deck.” Word about the situation travelled quickly, he said. Aware that the residents escaped with just their night clothes, a representative from the Westin Bear Mountain, working in conjunction with Emergency Social Services, offered up temporary lodging at the hotel plus food vouchers to use while they sorted out their affairs. Buzz around social media amongst friends in the neighbourhood was also busy Tuesday morning, Meckbach said, with people asking what they could do to help. Watch the Gazette’s Facebook page and Twitter for information on efforts to help the family get re-established as they become known. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Langford Fire Rescue Capt. Lance Caven snaps photos of the rear of the home before undertaking the post-fire inspection Tuesday morning.

Decision paves the way for major project in ‘Big Box Land’ Door open for potential for two million square foot commercial and residential project in north Langford Mike Davies News Gazette staff

Langford council approved another potentially large-scale development this week for the area colloquially known as “Big Box Land” on the north side of the highway in Langford. The prospect of another two million-square-foot commercial

and residential development near Costco has certainly raised some eyebrows, but the project was still given the go ahead after Monday night’s public hearing. According to Matthew Baldwin, director of planning for the City of Langford, there’s no telling what the actual development will look like at this time, as only the land clearing and rezoning

has been approved. Prior to any alteration of the land, an environmental development permit is still required. Baldwin expects that process to happen soon, possibly by the end of the week. “The form and character of the development itself will also be controlled by a (future) development permit,” he said, noting the

proposal for that has not yet been provided to council. There is a possibility that the development could contain highrises above the currently allowed six-storey limit, provided McCallum Developments – the site developers – perform a traffic-impact study to assess the implications of such a densely-populated structure on the surrounding roadways.

The new development is already proposing to extend McCallum Road to the south end of Florence Lake and connect it to the Leigh Road interchange. Baldwin says the land clearing for the project will begin “soon,” and actual building construction, depending on market factors, could begin before the end of 2015. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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First Nations students celebrated Mike Davies News Gazette staff

It was a celebration like no other, that’s for sure, and there wasn’t a frown to be found in the crowd. Displays were set up throughout the gymnasium highlighting the work of First Nations students in our community, games were played, songs were sung and drums echoed in the halls of L’École John Stubbs in Colwood last week as the Aboriginal Education program of School District 62 (SD62) hosted the second of their three major events each year in recognition of what they’re doing to ensure the success of First Nations students in the region. The first of these events is the Family Fall Gathering, where families come to wish success upon the students for the coming year. The second is the Celebration of Aboriginal Student Success, held each February to display and celebrate the work done by First Nations students in the district up to that point in the year. “It’s a real opportunity for students, especially at the middle school level, to have some leadership opportunities,” says Kathleen King-Hunt, district principal for aboriginal education, noting the students themselves are involved in the planning and execution of putting the event on. “They really play an important role in articulating what’s important to have at an event like this, and deciding what we need to be teaching our families as we go through the night.” It’s also important for their development as young people in our community and within our education system, she says. “For the students, it’s a really positive outlet and it really lets their school see them in a different light – in a leadership, interactive and experiential role – and they bring a lot back to the school,” she says, referring to renewed energy and experience in leadership capacities. Jim Cambridge, school superintendent of SD62, says back when he started in education more than 30 years ago, there was a rumour that the high school hadn’t graduated an aboriginal student in over a decade. “I don’t know if that was true or not,” he says, “but it was really disturbing to hear that. It wasn’t until decades later that we actually put some effort

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Kathleen King-Hunt, district principal of Aboriginal education for SD62, left, and T’souke First Nation Elder Shirley Alphonse take the stage overlooking the gym of Ecole John Stubbs during the Celebration of Aboriginal Student Success event last week. into recognizing what was significant and what was important about aboriginal ways of learning, and how when we applied those to a particular population, not only did those students benefit, but all students benefitted.” He says the situation is much better now, and it’s gaining even more traction as we move forward as a community with this new understanding. “What I’ve seen over the last 10 years is a huge, huge growth in our school district, where we’ve gone from having very poor results for First Nations learners to having very good results, and can even have better results going forward. It’s not that the work is done, and it’s not that it’s time to congratulate ourselves, but it is a time to congratulate our learners.” The district has come to understand over time that aboriginal student success is tied closely to the level of support and encouragement they receive from their families, Cambridge says. The investment of those families in the learners, and events like the Celebration of Aboriginal Student Success, allow the families of the students to join in that support on another level. Check out sd62.bc.ca/programs for more information on the SD62 Aboriginal Education program, their events or to find ways to get involved. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

Firefighter fitness a higher priority Continued from Page A1

That concern has seen the Metchosin department work closely with WorkSafeBC, while encouraging firefighters to improve physical fitness. The fire hall gym has been made larger, with cardio equipment added and trainer Monica Elliot brought in to design a workout circuit for the volunteers. The gym has gone from being “a little hole in the ground” five years ago to one that makes it easier for firefighters to work out, she says. “The idea is that people are getting healthier, so we lower our risk of a medical condition happening on a fire scene. It’s about keeping them healthy and increasing morale and camaraderie.” Dunlop says the program has rolled in nicely with the hall’s weekly dinner, where firefighters rotate cooking duties to make dinner for the rest of the members. Slowly, healthier food options are overtaking less healthy ones, the benefits of which are far reaching, says volunteer fire-

(the community) and that is fighter Jason Humphries. “We have a physical job at the great,” Humphries says. “We best of times, and this (program) take pride in what we do and we is showing we care about the try to embrace the community.” Demonstrating that commitmembership and want everyone to be as healthy as (pos- ment to the residents helps instil faith in the sible),” he says. fire protection “We spend a lot “We are taking service, he adds. of time practicing for medical care of ourselves so we “Two to three years down the calls and house can take care of (the road, I hope it is a fires and acciprogram that can dents, but we community.)” continue.” don’t spend a lot – Metchosin Dunlop agrees, of time promotvolunteer firefighter saying her job is ing well-being Jason Humphries to look out for amongst ourher firefighters – selves – this is if any of them looks queasy or one of the steps we are trying.” Firefighters choose their own she has other concerns for their level of involvement in the pro- safety, she pulls them out of a gram, which culminates every situation. She sees this as preSunday evening with a purpose- ventative maintenance for her built class that uses training firefighters and the community. “If I have a guy that is out guidelines from the National Fire Protection Association. of shape and torques his back Exercises include advancing or pulls a muscle, he is no use with charged fire lines, hitting … he’s out of commission until a weighted sled with a rubber- he is better,” the chief says. “If he can have preventaized sledge hammer, dragging life-like dummies and doing bal- tive maintenance to be in good shape … In the long run it is ance work. “We are taking care of our- safer for our citizens.” alim@goldstreamgazette.com selves so we can take care of

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The 2015 Greater Victoria Flower Count is now on. Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton is confident her municipality will repeat as champion, but Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins says her region is the “bloomingest,” and will take the title this year. No matter the victor, the point is for people to get out and enjoy their community’s surroundings and celebrate the region.

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sister paper, the Victoria News, that she got the secret to winning the contest from Mayor Hamilton after Colwood’s win last year during the annual Victoria Flower Count. That secret was to get the schools involved. Well, Mayor Hamilton has a message for Mayor Desjardins: “I’ve got more schools than you, Barb,” Hamilton says, pointing out that the effort of L’École John

Stubbs elementary essentially singlehandedly pushed Colwood over the top in the count, and this year there will be even more engagement on that front. “It’s game on.” Hamilton says there will be a strong push from both council and the area’s schools to encourage the community to get out into their neighbourhoods and enjoy this beautiful region.

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Funding transit a conundrum The Victoria Regional Transit Commission recently heard its 2013 request to add two cents per litre more to local fuel prices this year, to help cover transit service expansion, had been turned down by the province. Transportation Minister Todd Stone let the commission know the request will be reconsidered for 2016, but it brings up a question: who should be paying more to help transit expand in this region; bus riders, gasoline buyers, or just plain everyone? While two cents a litre isn’t a major hardship for drivers – after all, gas prices leapt 18 to 20 cents per litre in the past week or so – the gas tax is a hammer-on-the-head strategy penalizing drivers who may or may not choose to use transit in future. Raising transit fares again to raise the needed revenue, rather than taxing drivers more, is a tactic the commission has little appetite for, knowing that many of its regular bus riders are strapped enough for cash. For years, B.C. Transit has done its best to get more people riding the bus, here and in other urban areas of the province. In the big picture it’s the right thing to do: reduce gridlock and do less harm to the environment. But in reality, not enough people who could easily ride the bus more have committed to driving less as a way to help achieve those lofty goals. Over time, our dependence on our vehicles has led to regular traffic logjams on both major arteries into downtown Victoria. True, that problem is partly attributable to how Greater Victoria has developed. But when the option to take transit is there – a more userfriendly option from one year to the next – and drivers still don’t leave their vehicles at home, it’s a sign that the people in charge of the bus system still haven’t done a good enough job selling people on why taking the bus is a better choice. It’s kind of a Catch-22: many people won’t use the system until it’s better, but more people need to use the system to allow and pay for expanded service – unless of course, those other sources of revenue are tapped. The local politicians who make up the transit commission should ask for a public referendum on whether people are willing to pay more, either through taxes or fares, for expanded service. If the majority say no, commission members need to grit their teeth and direct B.C. Transit to stop expanding service until such time that more people choose to ride the bus.

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Involve Wild ARC in deer issue CBC.ca and CBC Radio presented a Smithers wildlife shelter that is considering deticking wild moose using paint ball guns with balls containing a delousing powder. The Capital Regional District’s Deer Management website shows the ICBC map of deer-vehicle collisions for 2000 to 2010. The highest accident locations are outside Oak Bay. The map, especially if Oak Bay updates it, will help concerned drivers avoid the deer. The SPCA’s partner Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre, which I have never heard or seen the SPCA mention in the Oak Bay News (why not?), provides humane solutions for deer. Wild ARC rehabilitates and relocates fawns and deer in the CRD. Oak Bay’s culling contractor could capture deer with a clover trap sitting inside a horse trailer located where the deer frequent. To prevent theft the hitch would be locked while waiting for deer. Once captured, the contractor would transport the trailer of live deer to Arc’s Metchosin rehabilitation site. Wild ARC vets could survey the deer for lyme ticks, then trailer loads of deer could be relocated remotely wherever Wild ARC currently releases their rehabilitated animals. Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth, N.S. shows successful deer releases on The Knowledge Network. Wild ARC operates by donations,

so if the budget allocated for a culling contractor isn’t enough, deer-loving Oak Bayers might pitch a little extra cash in. Please read the ‘Professional’ comments regarding bolt guns for killing animals at netandboltcruelty. net/PepperPikeOH.htm or Google deer and clover cage. On a more positive note, Google and enjoy ‘A Deer Migration You have to See to Believe’ by National Geographic. It is fascinating what the deer overcome in order to survive. Deer, Oak Bayers and council all win; no culling by killing, 40 road kill already is more than enough. Susan Rowntree Oak Bay

Young drivers made poor decisions behind wheel Re: Still too many young drivers dying (Gazette, Feb. 18) It is all very well for chief coroner Lisa Lapointe to state that speed, impairment and not wearing a seatbelt were the main factors in the deaths of these young people. But let us be practical about this: these youngsters were actually committing serious road traffic offences at the time of their deaths. On the surface, it appears that they do not know the difference between right and wrong. There is no point in blaming anyone – the parents or the education system. These youngsters had a choice and they

chose the wrong one. Anthony Mathews Victoria

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The Mercedes-Benz B-Class is probably the safest compact car sold in Canada.

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The tall, compact, front-drive hatchback, is a different kind of Mercedes. Yet many Canadian buyers like it and typically buy about 3,000 of them annually. We join the B-Class story when it got a modest redesign for the 2009 model year. Styling revisions included a new radiator grille with an extra-large Mercedes-Benz star in the centre. The front bumper has a larger air intake and the hood was also modified. Rear revisions included two-piece tail light assemblies, a new hatch release and a new-look rear bumper. B-Class vehicles have a unique safety feature built-in to its elevated floor-pan design. Mercedes calls it the "sandwich principle” and during a severe frontal impact the powertrain assembly is cleverly engineered to slide downward, under the cabin compartment, to avoid intrusion into the passenger space. The '09 B-Class came in B200 and the B200 Turbo models. A B200 comes with a 134-hp, 2.0-litre inline-4 engine mated to either 5 speed manual transmission or a CVT (continuously variable transmission) automatic. The reliability

of this CVT is questionable and in 2011 model year vehicles it was the spotlight of a major recall. It can be an expensive repair, if not covered by Mercedes. This torque-rich gas engine is a frugal fuel user that’s rated at 10.5 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 8.6 litres/100 kilometres on the highway with the CVT and using the new 5-cycle rating method. The manual transmission allows slightly better highway fuel economy. The turbocharged variant of the 2.0 litre engine boasts an impressive 193-hp, and is paired with a 6-speed manual transmission or the optional CVT automatic. This engine is rated at 10.9 litres/100

kilometres in the city and 8.8 litres/100 kilometres on the highway with the CVT and using the new five-cycle rating method. So you should get a lot better performance with almost the same fuel economy. B-Class went essentially unchanged for the 2010 and 2011 model years and was temporarily discontinued for the 2012 model year. It returned as the completely redesigned B250 for the 2013 model year and there were no major changes for 2014. Standard features in 2013 included a fuel saving auto stop-start system,

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West Shore news … through the decades A mysterious cat that survived with out food or water for three days and nights, a tidal power generator at Pearson College and a skyscraper in Colwood are some of the top items pulled from past issues of the Goldstream News Gazette for the week of March 6. 2005 Lester B. Pearson College, Encana Corporation and Clean Current Power Systems announce a partnership that would build a free-stream tidal power generator, the first of its kind in Canada at the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. A $3-million investment from Encana’s Environmental Innovation Fund involves replacing two diesel-powered generators at Race Rocks that supply power for Pearson’s marine education centre, with a tidal turbine generator built by Clean Current Wind Systems. The remaining funding for the $4-million project is expected to come from private investors. Also making news the week of March 6, 2005: The first skyscraper in the West Shore is discussed by Colwood, following a proposal to build a 17-storey concrete building with 59 large apartments at the end of Nob Hill Road next to a light industrial area. Colwood has had pitches for buildings as tall as 12 storeys in the past but this proposal is grander than any seen by council so far. If approved, the building would cost $14 million to construct, generate $350,000 annually in property taxes and $500,000 in permit fees.

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Tianni Arsenault loves to give back. At 14, she is grateful for the opportunity she was given in life to thrive by her adoptive parents, Rheal and Nikki Arsenault, who put her into all kinds of activities to allow her to find that one place she felt the most comfortable. That place was the Mike Davies/News Gazette staff swimming pool. And after she discovered swimming, and found she was actually pretty darned Aryanna, Gabrielle and Colin Howland (and their dog Nikki Bits) good at it – she has swam stopped in for hot drinks at the Goldstream Avenue Starbucks competitively with Island recently and were treated to a surprise visit from a Goldstream Swimming for the past Gazette reporter who had extra tickets for a Victoria Royals game few years – it wasn’t long that weekend. Five other people won vouchers for the game by before she was keen to responding to a Facebook post, as well. Like us on Facebook and get her schoolmates at follow us on Twitter for your chance to get in on future contests. Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff Spencer middle school Tianni Arsenault, here in the pool at the Juan de Fuca Recreation involved in the sport. Centre, has been the driving force behind the swim club at Spencer What started with four middle school. The Island Swimming competitive swimmer helped recreational swimmers coach the Spencer team this school season. V ICTORIA L APIDARY AND M INERAL S OCIETY became seven last year The goal, she says, is to keep the swim club and jumped to 13 members this year. going at Spencer next year and, with the help of “Putting it on the announcements every day Rheal and Nikki, whose children have all gone really helped,” says Tianni, who put up posters to Willway elementary, work on getting clubs the first couple years to bring attention to the in place there and at Ruth King elementary, the opportunity for students. With the Grade 9 other feeder school for Spencer. student serving as a kind of “in-water coach” and Spencer swimmers competed in the recent supporter, the club is thriving. Greater Victoria regional school meet, and some Spencer teacher-sponsor Donna Sagodi says while the swim club was not necessarily designed qualified for last Sunday’s championships at Commonwealth Pool. 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Rugby fans treated to high-level matches Westhills Stadium and Goudy Field in Langford are the places to be for exciting rugby action for the next month or so. Rugby Canada is hosting a number of international events at the parks, starting with this weekend’s 2015 National University Sevens Championship. The men’s and women’s tournaments run concurrently, starting with the University of Victoria Vikes men playing Calgary at 9 a.m. today (March 6). The Vikes women are split into two teams, the first of which plays at 10:06 a.m. today at Goudy Field. The women’s final goes at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, followed a half hour later by the men’s final. Find the full draw and team information at canadianuniversity7s.com.

On Saturday, March 14, the 2015 Junior World Rugby 15s qualifier series comes to Westhills for a 6:30 p.m. match between the under-20 sides of Canada and Romania. Canada plays the U.S. on March 27 at Westhills (7 p.m. kickoff). The Canadians play both sides in Shawnigan Lake as part of the series. The aggregate winner advances to the Junior Worlds in Portugal this May as North American representative. And April 18 and 19, the Canada Women’s Sevens host the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series matches featuring the top 12 teams in the world. The tournament is a qualifier for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Visit canadasevens.com for more information. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

New head pro at Bear Mountain Doug Hastie has been named Bear Mountain Resort’s new director of golf instruction. Hastie grew up at The National Golf Club of Canada – consistently ranked in the top-3 courses in Canada – where he was privileged to be mentored by George Knudsen and Ben Kern, both highly regarded players and teachers. After leaving The National, Doug taught with Mark

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Rough start to BCHL series Victoria Grizzlies forward Brett Gruber (in white) angles his body to prevent Powell River opponent Stephen Hiff from collecting the puck after a faceoff in Tuesday’s B.C. Hockey League divisional semifinal opener at The Q Centre. A four-goal second period helped the Kings to a 7-2 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The teams were back at The Q for Game 2 Wednesday (after the Gazette print deadline). Games 3 and 4, and game 5, if necessary, are in Powell River, with games 6 and 7, if necessary, back here March 10 and 11.

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Western end of Goose trail to see upgrades Further connection of trail system planned by town Pedestrians and cyclists departing from the West Shore leg of the Galloping Goose Trail and heading toward Sooke will soon be able to travel into the western town’s centre on a new multi-use trail, thanks to a generous grant to the District of Sooke from BikeBC. The grant will help fund the construction of a much needed trail connection from the Galloping Goose trail to the existing multi-use trail network in Sooke. Currently the Galloping Goose trail runs from the crossing at Sooke Road (Highway 14) to Leechtown with no access to the existing network of trails and sidewalks within Sooke. This project would create a connector trail from the Galloping Goose at Kirby Road to Sooke Road to allow users of the Galloping Goose Trail safe access to Sooke core and avoid an otherwise lengthy trip along the busy Sooke Road. The cost-sharing BikeBC program will fund one-half of the approximately $150,705 multiuse trail project. BikeBC supports communities that promote cycling which in turn contributes to increased physical activity and helps reduce greenhouse gases. For more information on the new trail extension or the grant, contact District of Sooke Mayor Maja Tait at 250-642-1634. – Sooke News Mirror editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Swansson is one of the finest journalists longtime friend and former co-worker Dave Komosky ever came For most of her life, sports was a across. “Patti is very serious about sanctuary for Patti Dawn Swansson, the newspaper business. She has a place where she could be among a really nice touch with words and humour,” he says. friends. Komosky, who first Often picked on by worked with Swansbullies because of her son in 1972 and was a petite size, Swansson coworker at both the turned to sports as a refnow-defunct Winnipeg uge. Those who bullied Tribune and the Winniher soon found she was peg Sun, says there was a talented athlete in both no indication the sportshockey and baseball, writer wanted to be a and left her alone. woman. “She seemed That interest took her to like women. She had into the newspaper busithree wives and five kids ness, where she wrote over the years.” sports, and eventually Along the way, Swansbecame a sports editor Patti Dawn son has had a huge and columnist for the Swansson influence on many peoWinnipeg Sun. But for more than 50 years, she ple’s careers, in media circles from was living a nightmare: she was a Toronto to Winnipeg, adds Komosky. To Swansson, though, the biggest woman trapped inside a man’s body. “I knew from the time I was eight influence she might have is on a gay years old I was different,” says youth who has aspirations of becoming a sports writer. Swansson, 64, a Victoria resident. “I don’t know a gay sports writer She lived life back then as Pat Doyle, a rough and tumble sports in Canada, male or female,” she says. “For me to get this award is what editor, working in a world of macho professionals. “It was tough going it represents. I hope a gay youth into team dressing rooms to hear reads about it, hears about it and the language,” she recalls. “The con- can understand that if I can do it, tempt [athletes] held for gay people then they can do it. They won’t have and for women. The misogyny was to hide in the closet any longer.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com terrible.” After several years, Swansson refused to do dressing room interviews and found her sources elsewhere. Seven years ago, she became true to herself, beginning the process of gender reassignment. It started with hormone therapy and ended with surgery in 2009. Swansson’s long struggle has a triumphal ending of sorts, at least in the newspaper world. Last month, she returned to Winnipeg as one of the inductees to the Manitoba Sports Writers Hall of Fame. “The phone call came out of the blue,” she says. “I started to laugh because I’ve been out of the business so long.” Swansson moved to Victoria in 1999 and toiled at a variety of jobs. There were cleaning jobs, work in an antique store and a brief stint as regional sports editor for Black Press, which included the Gazette. The induction in the hall of fame is something special. “I just did my job, so to be recognized, it was lovely,” she says. But to those who know her, Swansson did more than just come into work every day and do her job.

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Colwood resident Lorraine Collett snapped this photo of spring flowers blooming in the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery near the St. John the Baptist Heritage Church on Glencairn Lane. “I Just liked the way the crocuses looked in the foreground, almost as big as the cairn,” she said. She visits the area now and again and notes that members of the Wishart and Peatt family, among others, are buried there. If you’ve got a photo from the West Shore of people places or things and want to share it with our readers, the Goldstream News Gazette

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husband and three young children. A five-acre garden that she carved out of the wilderness provided food and income throughout her life. The bounty on cougars supplemented her income and she earned her nickname, Cougar Annie. She gave birth to eight more children in the remote location, and rarely left the property until old age and blindness forced her move to Port Alberni, where she died at age 97 in 1985. 2015 Victoria Orchid Society’s Singer/songwriter Kat Kadoski lived in Clayoquot for three years, care-taking Cougar Annie’s garden and immersing Sat. March 14 9:00am - 5:00pm herself in the folklore Sun. March 15 11:30am - 4:00pm surrounding the Our Lady of Fatima Hall legendary pioneer4635 Elk Lake Road settler. $ 00 (across from the Commonwealth Pool Drawing on many Lots of easy, free parking) OFF! sources, including DOLLAR General Admission $7.00 Clipped from Annie’s family, Seniors & Students $6.00 Victoria News Cougar Annie Tales Children under 12 free with adult uses stories, images, letters, and original compositions Free Lectures and to celebrate the Demonstrations unconventional life For further information, please visit our website: www.victoriaorchidsociety.com of one of B.C.’s most colourful characters. Her award-winning, critically acclaimed one-woman show has been touring around B.C. and will be in Greater Victoria this weekend. Tonight (March 6) the performance takes place at the Metchosin Hall, 4401 William Head Rd. Doors open at 7 Members of the University of Victoria convocation are invited to vote in the p.m. with showtime election of four members to the senate, for three-year terms commencing at 7:30. Tickets are July 1, 2015. $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 Members of the University of Victoria Convocation are eligible to cast ballots for children. They in the election to be conducted using the university’s secure electronic voting can be purchased at system, WebVote, at webvote.uvic.ca. the Broken Paddle Cafe, at Happy Valley Convocation members include alumni, past and present members of senate Furnishings, or at the and the board of governors, regular and retired faculty members, regular door. For those who can’t staff members holding a university degree who have been employed for at make it to tonight’s least 12 months, and those who completed one full year at Victoria College show, an afternoon prior to 1963. performance takes place this Sunday at Voting period: 2 p.m. (doors open March 9, 2015 at noon to March 23, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. (PDT) 1:45) at the Intrepid Theatre Club, 1609 Blanshard St. Tickets for that show can be Office of the University Secretary purchased in advance For information about voting or voting eligibility through ticketrocket. www.uvic.ca/universitysecretary | 250-472-4914 | email usec1@uvic.ca org or by calling 250590-6291. For more information go to katrinakadoski.com or call 250-885-7100. – Monday Magazine editor@goldstream gazette.com In the early 1900s the legendary West Coast settler Cougar Annie was anything but a typical woman. She was said to have trapped more than 70 cougars, homesteaded a rainforest bog, opened a remote post office and outlived four husbands. California-born Ada Annie Jordan settled in the Clayoquot coastal rainforest in 1915 with her first

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Many first-time home buyers look to the West Shore for the affordability and proximity to community amenities. What many of those people may not realize is that large sections of this area are not hooked up to the sewer system and still use septic fields and other on-site systems for disbursing black and grey water. Moving into a home which requires a certain level of maintenance for its septic system needn’t be a source of stress, if the previous owner has done the work and adhered to guidelines laid out by the Capital Regional District. But as real estate agent Kent Deans with Pemberton Holmes says, it behooves potential buyers to have the septic system inspected by professionals before making an offer on a home. “There has to be full disclosure (of its condition) from the seller’s standpoint, but the buyer should ask about it,” he says. “Especially now that some of the homes are 20 to 30 years old, (the system can be) getting past its prime.” Doug Marshall, Island maintenance supervisor for Coast Environmental Ltd., is a 40-plus year veteran of the septic service and sales industry. He says various factors make it important to have an inspection done, including questions around the frequency of routine maintenance, plus the usage and care of the system at the source – i.e. what kinds of materials do the existing homeowners put into the system? “There’s some situations where the septic system was built to accommodate a single-family home,” he says, “but the addition of a rental suite can cause excess capacity.” More laundry and showers, additional toilets flushing and more water flowing down drains generally can put pressure on a septic field or tank designed to accept or distribute only a certain amount. Upgrades can be done to increase capacity rather than replacing the entire system, Marshall says. In those situations where an inspection finds the need to install a new system – the lifespan for most systems is between 25 and 30 years – the prices can vary based on what type of system you want to put in and the topography of the land. Homeowners can be looking at anywhere between $15,000 to more than $30,000.

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Coast Environmental Ltd.’s Vancouver Island maintenance supervisor, Doug Marshall, left, and head technician Mike Porter stand with new septic tanks in the company’s yard off Sooke Road in Langford. Marshall estimates that Coast does close to 20 septic system inspections per month related to real estate deals. Marshall described three main types of system, starting with the standard septic tank and drainage field. Municipalities that adhere to the CRD’s guidelines require property owners to have the tanks pumped out every three years, he says. Type 2 would include some form of treatment system, usually in situations where there isn’t enough soil or land base for a conventional setup. And type 3, at the high end, treats the sewage and provides a cleaner quality of effluent, often for properties built largely on rock, adds Marshall. West Shore properties on septic mainly use the first system, with fewer homeowners having installed a treatment system of some kind. From a buyer’s perspective, Deans says, “once

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The individuals pictured here are wanted as of March 4, 2015.

Nathan Damien GAUTHIER Assault, Forcible Confinement, Criminal Harassment

The Omnibus No. 40 bylaw amendment recently approved by Langford council changes the city’s • Weight: 115 lbs. zoning bylaw No. 300 in many ways – as should be • Height: 5’6” evident by its title. • DOB: Jan. 18, 1987 It is definitely not as invasive or grand as the name suggests, however. Zoning bylaw 300 is the city’s land-use regulation, Anonymous tips that lead to arrests, which dictates how land development can occur, charges or seizure of property or drugs including parking requirements and landscaping Andrew Steven BARBUTZA will be eligible for a reward up to $2,000. regulations. It’s the bylaw people approach counAnonymity is guaranteed throughout the Theft Under $5,000, Obstruct cil to amend when they want to put additions on Peace Officer, Breach Probation process. their houses, build swimming pools or change what their property is being used for. Call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or go to • Weight: 180 lbs. It has been amended more than 400 times since victoriacrimestoppers.com for more • Height: 6’1” its inception in 1999. This most recent alteration information. was more of a housekeeping amendment, though • DOB: March 15, 1987 it will have a slight effect on future development requests. “We do probably a half-dozen of these a year,” Amanda Paige CLARRICOATES said city planning director Matthew Baldwin. “We Ryan Martin HANSON just need to go into the bylaws every now and Theft Under $5,000 Unlawfully at Large then and clean them up to do what needs to be done, outside of the process of dealing with specific applications.” • Weight: 120 lbs. • Weight: 175 lbs. The amendment changes all references to “Bob• Height: 5’3” cats” in the bylaw to “skid steer loaders” to remove • Height: 5’10’’ brand names from the city’s legal documentation • DOB: June 25, 1990 • DOB: July 28, 1982 – “Bobcat” used to be like “Kleenex” or “Zamboni,” FINAl it’s a generic term for a small skid steer loader. As well, the amendMARCH ment decreases the SPECIALS minimum length of an off-street parking space WHILE SPOYT GREHEN ISKE QUANTITIES (or driveway) to 5.5 IRIS WH LAST! metres from 5.8 m and increases building density requirements to 50 per cent of total land use. The other main change restricts the locations of container refund depots, which, according to comments from city staff con®/MD GUINNESS tained in the amendD E $ 99 T ®/MD I ment proposal, “can be 8 PK LIM E a significant noise-genTIM R SAVE $2 erating use when operE F F O ated as a stand-alone HARDY’S WebCode: W-7234120 facility, as opposed to 1.5L RIESLING / GEWURZTRAMINER as an accessory use $ 99 within a liquor store.” The amendment restricts refund conCOPPER MOON $ 49 tainer return depots 1.5L MERLOT & CABERNET SAUVIGNON SAVE $150 to outside C8 (ComBLACK CELLAR munity Town Centre $ 99 3L PINOT GRIGIO/CHARDONNAY , MALBEC/MERLOT SAVE $3 Pedestrian) and C8A $ 49 (Community Town CenPASCUAL TOSO MALBEC SAVE $150 tre Pedestrian A) zones MORE IN STORE SPECIALS! - NO COLD CHARGE! SUNDRIES & ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE within the municipality, restricting them to more commercial, busiBACARDI GOLD OR WHITE 750ML $ 99 SAVE $1 ness park and indusBACARDI GOLD OR WHITE 1.14L $ 29 SAVE $1 trial zones. Baldwin said there $ 99 BC’S SKAHA VODKA 750ML SAVE $5 are currently no return depots operating CANADIAN CLUB 100% RYE 750ML $ 49 SAVE $2 Kids' formal within C8 or C8A zones, dresses & “and there haven’t dresswear* $ 55 been people clamourSAVE $1 ALBERTA GENUINE DRAFT 15 cans sizes infant-16 ing to make any,” so $ 25 Reg. priced items only. SAVE $2 SLEEMAN DRAFT 15 cans they took the oppor$ 49 tunity during one of SAVE $ 1 COORS LIGHT 24 cans these “housekeeping” $ 49 ENTER TO WIN Bud Light Bar Fridge BUD & BUD LIGHT 24 cans amendments to reflect $ 99 their vision for these ENTER TO WIN IPOD SPEAKER TOWER MOLSON CANADIAN 15 cans areas and declare them free of these facilities. + DEPOSIT ON ALL PRODUCTS / TAXES INCLUDED Sale prices in effect Friday, March 6 to Thursday, March 12, 2015.*These savings offers exclude items mdavies@goldstream with prices ending in .97 & Outlet/Liquidation store purchases. © Sears Canada Inc., 2015. All rights reserved. 2317 Millstream Rd, Langford • Beside Loghouse Pub gazette.com NE031G115 Open 9am - 11 pm seven days a week www.liquorplanet.ca 250-391-9148

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