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District kiboshes high school garage sale Liability concerns cancel End of an Era Jim Zeeben News staff
It was over before it began -- literally. The planned End of an Era sale at Oak Bay High was cancelled after school district staff determined on Wednesday that the event could not safely go ahead. “We apologize for not getting that information out sooner,” said Tom Smith,
director of facilities for the Greater Victoria School District. “We have to follow certain protocols, first and foremost making sure it was done in a safe way,” Smith said, adding that school staff were trying to do the best job they could to try and successfully sell off relics from the old high school, which is being replaced by a new building this fall. Smith was part of a walkthrough of the old Oak Bay High School on Wednesday -- just as the July 29 edition of the Oak Bay News hit every door in Oak Bay with front-
page news of the sale. As the old gym was being inspected, concerns were raised about the wobbly stacks of desks, dim lighting and potentially dangerous items poking into the tight corridors between piled up items. District staff made the difficult decision to cancel the sale originally planned for Aug. 1. “There was no safe way to pull it off,” Smith said, pointing to concerns about someone getting hurt and exposing the board to a liability it wasn’t prepared to face.
Smith acknowledges that the timing could have been better and apologized to any alumni who hoped to attend the sale to secure a piece of their history. Most anything of value will be repurposed for another school, Smith said, claiming there likely won’t be much left to sell off after all. “We’re in the process of moving furniture from Oak Bay to our warehouse,” he said, adding crews are salvaging much more than they thought they would when the End of an Era sale was first proposed.
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Council approved attendance of Oak Bay council members, at the 2015 Union of British Columbia Municipalities Convention, to be held in Vancouver Sept. 21 to 25 and the payment of expenses necessarily incurred by those members of council.
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THANK YOU The Rotary Club of Oak Bay wishes to thank the following persons who kindly spared their time to be Guest Speakers at our luncheon meetings between January 1, 2015 & June 30, 2015 at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Victoria. Rotarians JANNA MALO & RYAN GISLER Electric Vehicles PAT GRANT Auctioneer KATHLEEN ARNASON Polio Update ANDREA PAQUETTE Bipolar & other Mental Disorders JAMES HAMMOND Experiences in Afghanistan Dr. MALCOM ORR Zambia Cataract surgery SAMAYA VAN TYLER Kenya Common Voice Widows Rotarian JOHN JORDAN Rwanda Project Update
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Oak Bay will again participate in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure taking place Oct. 4 at the University of Victoria. The event, facilitated by a committee of local volunteers, hosted 3,100 participants and raised more than $432,000 for breast cancer research, treatment and prevention last year. During its July council meeting, Oak Bay approved providing, among other things, up to 100 ‘no parking’ signs for its segment of Gordon Head Road and Cedar Hill Cross Road. Road closures for the event held at the University of Victoria include Cedar Hill X Road at University Drive, Gordon Head Road and Richmond Road. Each year, thousands of Canadians of all ages unite in a bid to create a future without breast cancer. In 2014, 65 communities and 127,000 Canadians participated and raised $25 million. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is Canada’s largest single day, volunteer-led fun-
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Marathon ready to roll in Oak Bay GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon’s special event application got the green light July 20. Runners and walkers will sweat through Oak Bay again this October with the municipality offering support as a gold level sponsor. Cheering stations for the Oct. 11 event are slated for
Beach Drive through the Victoria Golf Club, at Cattle Point on Beach Drive at Glenlyon Norfolk School and on Oak Bay Avenue. The event supports 22 charities this year through its Charity Pledge Program. With Mayor Nils Jensen away on vacation, he didn’t address the invite to the Green Walk, an initiative where dignitaries do a sweep of the course from start to finish on the afternoon after the marathon to eliminate any trace of the 11,000 participants, leaving the 42-kilometre course cleaner than when the event
Oak Bay High plans to fill Willows Park with a community fair fundraiser for Cops for Cancer. Council allowed their request for commercial activity at Willows for the Sept. 20 fundraiser slated for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event was reviewed and endorsed by the Parks and Recreation Commission in 2014. and fits in with the policy regarding commercial events in parks.
San Carlos heritage agreement public The heritage revitalization agreement for a home on San Carlos will head for public hearing Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at Oak Bay municipal hall. The home at 2414 San Carlos Ave. is among a series of character heritage homes up for revitalization with that particular lot seeking subdivision to add a second house. cvanreeuwyk @oakbaynews.com
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A family of osprey living high above the University of Victoria playing fields are the newest local reality television stars. In her years working at UVic, Sarah Blackstone has spent many years with the large nest securely built on a light post. She’s consistently photographed it, honing her skills while devouring information on the bird of prey, a family of osprey, that live there. “I’ve always been a bird watcher and it’s hard to ignore a two ton nest,” she said. When she first arrived at UVic the rabbits captured the attention of hawks and other meat eaters, with that food source gone, only the fish-eating osprey remain. “I’ve seen them bring in people’s gold fish from the ponds,” said Blackstone, advisor to UVic’s provost, an avid raptor photographer and the driving force behind the webcam. Osprey, also known as fish hawks, are recognizable by their whitish bellies, brown upper parts and a distinctive brown mask across the eyes. They nest near bodies of water, usually on tall vertical structures such as dead tree snags, utility poles or – as at UVic – on top of a tower housing floodlights for the athletic playing fields below. “I’ve always been interested in the big raptors and hawks and owls,” she said. Blackstone saw it as an opportunity to learn about the animal, and has journaled the coming and going of the osprey pair, and happenings at the nest, for about seven years. The two adults show up around April 15 and mess around with the nest, get reacquainted and then settle in for a period of incubation. “Then there’s a long period where it’s not very interesting because she sits, and sits and sits,” Blackstone said. “Then in early June the chicks hatch.” The little family ways are a water cooler subject around campus, one Blackstone regularly discussed withe president Jamie Cassels. They’ve often discussed the concept of the online webcam to share the osprey with the community at large. “Together we’ve been chatting in the hallways and stuff for years, so this year we decided to make it
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An osprey brings back nesting materials earlier this year when the babies were still tiny. Visit UVic’s new webcam to see the near-adult-sized young osprey. happen,” she said. As of last week, bird voyeurs can sit at their computers and watch at their leisure the comings and goings of UVic’s resident osprey family. The webcam is installed on one of the tall light posts that illuminates seating in UVic’s stadium. It gives a bird’s-eye view of everything from nest renovation and food deliveries, to interactions between chicks and defence of the nest from other birds of prey. “It’s a little bit late this season, but now we have a permanent
camera and we’ll follow the pair every year,” Blackstone said. “There’s a lot of information there. I want to share what I know and what’s known. Ospreys are really well studied so there’s a lot of information available about them.” This year, there are two chicks in the nest — a third didn’t survive — and they’re due to fledge any day now. They’ll hang around the nest for a while as they learn how to fly and hunt. “Most bird cams are placed very close to the nest but we’ve
chosen to provide a wide view of all the activities in and around the nesting site,” said Blackstone. “This gives a better idea of the overall environment and all the factors that impact the success and failure of this nest.” The website also includes photos, a blog, some history on the UVic nest and general information on ospreys. Visit onlineacademiccommunity. uvic.ca/osprey to see and learn more about the birds. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Amblers celebrate blue moon with second walk Once in a blue moon residents walk the shores of Oak Bay. Well they walk the shorelines and hidden trails often on a full moon when it’s Embrace the Night evening stroll through the community. This month that happens, to happen, twice. Embrace the Night walks started on Valentine’s just over a year ago. It quickly grew from a dozen participants to 70-plus during last summer’s super moons. The aim is to walk in the twilight with great company of all ages and enjoy the health benefits. This being a blue moon month – a full moon twice in one month – so they’ve opted for a blue moon stroll, a second walk in July. The route starts at Willows park and takes a very shallow staircase up from the Esplanade to the blue flowering Camas trail, another secret path that follows up a mild incline to Nottingham Road where the walk loops back to Tod House on Heron Street. Walkers will wind their way back to the Tea Room where staff will greet with beverages by donation and a selection of baked goods. This is an ageand family-friendly event with an alternative guided route available for those who can’t do stairs. Embrace the Night’s blue moon walk is tonight, July 31 at 7 p.m. with the start and end at the Oak Bay Kiwanis Tea Room at Willows Beach Park – rain or shine. cvanreeuwyk@ oakbaynews.com
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Stay sensible around water Nothing beats the heat quite like taking a dip, whether it’s inching into the water up to your knees, taking a couple of cooling strokes or enjoying a full-blown invigorating swim. And with no end in sight to our unseasonably hot summer, more and more people are taking the plunge this year. Bound on three sides by water, Oak Bay’s stretches of shoreline entice locals and visitors alike for both swimming and boating. At the risk of putting a damper on anyone’s idea of innocent fun, it’s important to remember that safety should always come first before you venture into or onto the water. Two devastating accidents on Vancouver Island this summer, one at Sproat Lake which claimed the life of a Greater Victoria man and the other which saw a young rugby player visiting from England drown in Shawnigan Lake, underscore the need to remind people of the potential for deadly consequences when playing in or on the water. Last week lifeguards at Recreation Oak Bay set out to reduce the number of water related fatalities by increasing education and awareness towards water safety and drowning prevention. They put on a Drowning Prevention Week Friday Fun Swim offering patrons a chance to participate in the Lifesaving Society’s Swim to Survive Challenge and watch demos from the Junior Lifeguard Camp. So please, be mindful that you can’t take too many precautions on or near the water, whatever the circumstances. And remember, alcohol and water conspire to form a deadly cocktail that can make the raft appear closer, or that dive from a cliff less daunting. We encourage you to responsibly enjoy all the pleasures the water has to offer this summer. Take a few minutes while you’re checking your cell phone or waiting for the sunscreen to dry to surf over to redcross.ca for lifesaving advice in, on and around the water. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
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Cyclists deserve respect, not vilification Re: Hordes of riders give cyclists a bad name (Letters July 24) Cyclists can be inconvenient, but they are part of the community you live in Lawrence. When there’s a car behind us, we shout ‘car back’ and the group makes an effort to leave space. If we feel our group is too large, we break into smaller groups. We ride early in the morning because we’ve got families and jobs and because we disrupt the fewest cars at that time. We take routes that reduce our impact on traffic, like Beach Drive in the Uplands. And, we are always re-evaluating our routes and our behavior (e.g., group size). We don’t enjoy slowing you down. We often ride two abreast. We’re social, not to mention half as long as we’d be riding single-file. We take turns riding at the front of the
group. After five minutes, the two at the front go to the back. That’s what was happening when you came across a pack four-wide. In 30 seconds they’d have been two-wide again. We also tend to keep our dissatisfaction with drivers to ourselves, but when someone passes closely at full throttle (sound familiar?), it can lead to louder complaints. Sorry about that. Keep in mind that you can kill us with rude behavior and all we do is slow you down for a minute or two. Regarding the crosswalk: Often, the person at the curb waves the group through (you don’t always see that from your car). They recognize that a short delay for them allows 20 people to get by. Have you ever waved a bus though a crosswalk?  Other people do it all the time. When you write that it is not
safe for cars, what you mean is that it inconvenient for cars. We get that and will continue to try to reduce our impact. At the same time, we’d welcome more patience from drivers. Our hobby doesn’t require the municipality to water and cut and mark a field, or build, heat and staff a pool.  We need infrastructure that is maintained whether we’re there or not. Our hobby costs you only a little consideration. And we aren’t a horde. We’re your doctors, lawyers, your grandchildren’s teachers, your real estate agents, we’re moms and dads and your next-door neighbours and we’re out there working hard to stay fit. We deserve your respect, not vilification.  John Taylor Oak Bay
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Deer a shared responsibility Re: Council frustrated with lack of provincial aid on deer issue, (OBN July 24). The Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society was very happy to receive $5,000 in financial support from Oak Bay council and is now looking forward to an opportunity to explore how best to work together on deer management. The UWSS has several objectives. One main goal is to demonstrate a non-lethal alternative to lethal culls – immuno-contraception is listed as an option in the provincial document that guided the Regional Deer Management Strategy and as Alice Finall, Mayor of North Saanich and the chair of the CRD’s Planning, Transportation and Protection Services Committee, said last week, “deserves a much better chance.” Director Vic Derman agreed with the scientific evidence-based approach of the UWSS, saying “if we are going to intelligently attempt to manage deer, we absolutely have to start out with being able to survey, identify and enumerate the population and then track what happens to that population over time.” Tagging and tracking the deer in Oak Bay, along with vaccinating the does with the contraceptive SpayVac, is an important element of our program. Another goal is safety. For instance, no one wants to hit a deer and see it suffer, or leave a fawn or two as orphans to starve – however we also don’t want to see vehicles travelling at an unsafe speed collide with a deer and cause bodily harm to the occupants or swerve at a high speed to miss a deer, and cause a more serious accident. To that end, we have successfully initiated a sign and advertising campaign to remind people to slow down in areas where deer are known to be, and we are planning community information/education workshops in conjunction with the BCSPCA for the fall.
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Deer eating gardens continues to be an issue for some. We believe we can help through ongoing public education. As a farmer, CRD director John Ranns endorsed the UWSS saying “I think, from my experience in living with deer on a day-to-day basis, that [immuno-contraception] has the best chance of success of anything I’ve seen other than fencing.” Quite rightly, there is pressure on the province to improve supports for urban deer management. Along with providing supports for contraception plans as an alternative to divisive lethal culls, the province needs to implement much more stringent guidelines for mitigation of human-deer conflict and for ensuring public education specific to individual communities is effective, sustained and given time to make a difference.
As the CRD recognized, deer are clearly a shared responsibility and there are certain steps that municipalities will continue to be responsible for such as community engagement, human-deer conflict reduction and public education. While the pilot project that Oak Bay undertook was time consuming and costly, it’s important that deer management not now be brushed off as solely a provincial responsibility. Along with gathering significant information from the immuno-contraception program, there are important and effective conflict-reduction steps that together, Oak Bay and the UWSS can implement. Kristy Kilpatrick, Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society
Thankful for a non-lethal approach I am thankful to have attended last week’s Oak Bay council and the Capital Regional District meeting relating to deer management. It was gratifying to see that there is growing openness to a non-lethal approach to population reduction of deer when there is a perception
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of overabundance. I’m grateful for the recently formed Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society. It has an enthusiastic board and six wildlife biologists, and access to the SpayVac contraceptive. With pilot project plans to study the little understood behaviour of urban deer, including an Oak
Bay count and compassionately tended traps, the UWSS is applying to humanely vaccinate up to 25 does in Oak Bay over an appropriate span of time. The UWSS has raised about $12,000 in contributions from a supportive public before Oak Bay council
granted $5,000, conditional on the receipt of permits, and once a formal application is concluded, $35,000 from the CRD. The SPCA had opposed Oak Bay’s deer cull, but is supportive of the contraceptive project. Marion Cumming, Oak Bay
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Echoes of “amazing�, “Can we come back?� and “Aren’t these kids lucky?� filled the halls of the nearly complete new Oak Bay High as the grad class of 1965 explored the premises last Saturday morning. The alumni gathered to celebrate the anniversary of their graduation from the school 50 years ago. Marg Woodley, whose family has a long history with the school, arranged a personal tour of the new premises highlighting drama rooms, theatre, gyms, open concept classrooms and robotic programs. Other events to mark the weekend included a meet and greet at the Victoria Golf Club on Friday evening and dinner at the University
Club on Saturday evening. More than 100 former Oak Bay High students and 50 guests came from as far away as East Dover, Nova Scotia, Battleford, Saskatchewan, Edmonton, Calgary and Banff, Arizona and Hawaii. Retired teachers Gary Taylor, Ed Kowalyk, Phyllis McOrmond and Zoe Dhur were special guests at the Friday gathering. Response to the reunion was most positive with participants sharing laughs with old friends and commenting on how lucky they’ve been to have had such good people as friends, during some of life’s most important years. All agreed it was a great weekend with hope it won’t be too long before they do it all again. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Oak Bay author pens museum’s inaugural children’s book Kendra Wong Black Press
The Royal B.C. Museum released its first children’s book to help teach children about invasive animals and plants in B.C. on July 23. Aliens Among Us, written by Victoria author Alex Van Tol and illustrated by Mike Deas, identifies more than 50 species of alien animals and plants that have established themselves in the province. “Sometimes people think that an alien species is an invasive species, but that’s not always the case,� Van Tol said. “An invasive species is one that has a steady march forward and it kind of chews through everything in its path. An aliens species is one that isn’t from British Columbia but isn’t disrupting the ecosystem in the same kind of way.� The book, which originated from an exhibit a few years ago at the museum, describes how the species got there and how they’ve upset the natural balance of the ecosystem. It includes mammals, such as the eastern grey squirrel and the North American opossum; amphibians and reptiles such as the American bullfrog and the goldfish; and plants such as English holly and Himalayan blackberries. Each alien species is also rated with a
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Alex Van Tol reads part of her book Aliens Among Us to a group of children from Camp Gold Rush at the Royal B.C. Museum. threat meter ranging from risky to deadly, so readers can identify the serious invaders. “I went with the [species] readers would be most interested in, the ones that are more familiar to kids, but I also wanted to showcase the ones that were the most destructive,� Van Tol said. “I was surprised by how often people will inadvertently introduce alien species into the wild. For example, when dumping out aquariums, some people will take their red-eared slider turtles to Beacon Hill Park because they see turtles in the pond.� Gerry Truscott, publisher with the museum, said it’s important for children to learn about what
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Oak Bay teen sets the stage for Harvard Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Elizabeth Duncan will hone a keen interest in Humanties at Harvard this fall after cultivating a broad, and rewarding, knowledge base in her final two years of high school. The Oak Bay teen is a familiar face to the local theatre set, starting with a couple of ballet productions, the Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland, as a youngster. “That started an interest in being on stage,” the 17-year-old said. Then she tagged along with a friend to audition for Beauty and the Beast with the Victoria Operatic Society at age eight. “I ended up with the part,” Duncan said. “When I was 12, I started doing professional theatre.” Her stage career is marked by a pair of new musicals at the Belfry – Let Me Call You Sweetheart in 2013 and The Life Inside in 2010 – and the Blue Bridge 2013 production Brighton Beach Memoirs. The last couple of years how-
ever, she’s been absent from the stage. She took a break, going from five productions in her Grade 10 year to enrolling in the International Baccalaureate program at Glenlyon Norfolk School in Grade 11 “It’s very intense, so unfortunately that meant cutting back on theatre,” she said. The IB program consists of three university level curriculum courses and three standard courses: theory of knowledge; Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) hours and an independent research project that entails a 4,000-word essay. She started the course with the goal of attending an elite U.S. university. She’d applied to a few that “had a really good combination of smaller size and top faculty and academics,” she said. “I knew I had to take one of the more rigorous programs my school offered,” she said. “I’m happy I did it. You feel you’ve really accomplished something.” That feeling set in as she wrapped 15 exams over two weeks in May, some nearly three hours long.
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Elizabeth Duncan and Rebecca Hass in The Life Inside at the Belfry Theatre. “In a day you could be writing five yours of exams with an hour break,” she said. “It felt so good the last day.”
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She leaves mid-August for Harvard, a school that had already accepted her when she logged on to find out her IB scores this summer. The scoring in each section is marked one to seven with three possible extra points, making a top score of 45. “It’s really nerve-wracking,” she said of the moments logging in and scrolling through her grades. Sevens kept appearing. “At first I really thought it was a mistake,” she said. There were no errors. The Oak Bay teen is among five students across Canada to achieve a perfect score of 45 on the IB exams this year. The recent Glenlyon Norfolk School grad is among the 45 students worldwide
to score 100 per cent from more than 140,000 students worldwide who wrote the exams. Despite the studying and tedious exam schedule she’s happy she pursued the IB program. “It’s good way to make sure you have a good breadth of studies going on,” she said. She plans to maintain that variety of studies during her first year of university. When she visited Harvard campus the week after learning of her acceptance, Duncan found it “vibrant and friendly,” she said. “There was a lot of life there and a lot of good things going on.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Crystal Singers ready for fall season Oak Bay singers are invited to join the Crystal Singers, a vibrant, enthusiastic women’s choir whose members love to perform “off-book.” The Crystal Singers enjoy rehearsing a diverse repertoire of music on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s United Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s Rd. The fall session begins Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m., preparing for the group’s Christmas concert, Tuesday, Dec. 8. The cost per term is $85. Ensemble vocal assessments are held after the first few weeks of rehearsals. For more information email the.crystal.singers@gmail.com.
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Community Calendar Friday, July 31 Classic Movie Nights – featuring Field of Dreams, 7 to 10 p.m. at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Foundation Theatre. Movies show Friday evenings in July and August and include a gourmet individual pizza, house-made buttered popcorn and an ice cream sandwich for dessert. Info: 250598-4556. Concerts in the Park – West Bound. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m. Drop-in Family Storytime – From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. Beers, Bubbles and Brass – 7 p.m. Victoria Symphony Brass Ensemble performance at Glo Restaurant and Lounge Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor Ticket info: beersbubblesbrass. eventbrite.ca
Saturday, Aug. 1 Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at 7154 West Saanich Rd. Registration 9:30 am, walk 10 am. Contact is Pat or Ed, 250658-2325. Summer Star Parties – Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30 to 11 p.m.
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Sunday, Aug. 2 Volkssport – 5/10km walk. Meet at corner of Lagoon Road and Ocean Blvd., Colwood. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Contact is Rick, 250478-7020. Victoria Symphony Splash – 1 to 10 p.m. in the Inner Harbour. By donation. Info: www. victoriasymphony.ca
Monday, Aug. 3 Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. Contact Rick at 250-4787020 or Jan, 250-665-6062. Raven Baroque – Victoria’s Baroque Performing Group performs, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. on top of Mt. Tolmie (on the reservoir). Admission by donation. Information: www. ravenbaroque.org
Tuesday, Aug. 4 Volkssport Tuesday evening walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration at 5:45 p.m., walk at 6 p.m. Contact is Gail, 250-477-4472.
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Friday, Aug. 7 Classic Movie Nights – Casablanca, 7 to 10 p.m. at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Foundation Theatre. Movies show Friday evenings in July and August and include a gourmet individual pizza, housemade buttered popcorn and an ice cream sandwich for dessert. Info: 250-598-4556.
Saturday, Aug. 8 Volkssport – 5/10km walk. Meet at Horth Hill Regional Park, Tatlow Road, North Saanich. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m.. Contact is Rick, 250478-7020.
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Royal Athletic bases loaded with youth Baseball fans will want to head Place. The three-day tournament will to Royal Athletic Park this weekend see swimmers from many different for the BC Premier Baseball League skill levels and age groups competing for their place on the championships. Hosted podium. Later in August, by the Victoria Premier Victoria plays host to the Eagles, in conjunction with BCSSA Provincial champithe Victoria HabourCats at onship, Aug. 17 to 23. Sports Traders Diamond, In local cricket, Oak Bay the event welcomes the visits Cowichan, hitting top four PBL teams in the the Shawnigan Lake pitch province. Games begin July Aug. 2 at 12:30 p.m. 31 and continue through to Soccer fans can catch Aug. 2. Admission to the the action during the sixth weekend tournament is Devon Gall annual adult co-ed Saan$2/student per game and Jock Talk ich Fusion Turf Burn soc$5/adult per game or $20/ cer tournament, coming to weekend pass or $40/family pass. For the weekend schedule, the Juan de Fuca Sports Fields Aug. 7 to 9. For more information, see saansee victoriaeagles.com As this year’s Carnarvon-based ichfusionfc.ca/turf-burn/ Looking forward to fall, registraBantam Black Eagles – B.C. champions – get ready for nationals in tion is under way for the Victoria Vaughan, Ont., planning is underway Football League, with practices set for next year’s Bantam AAA squads. to begin Aug. 11. For more informaRegistration is under way for the tion, including player draw areas/ Eagles’ Bantam Tier 1 and Tier 2 boundaries for individual teams, visit teams, with tryouts for manager Bob victoriafootball.ca. The Sailors Field Hockey Club is Mabee’s Tier 1 Eagles Aug. 3 to 7. Following the Tier 1 tryouts, the Bantam hosting drop in sessions all sumRed Eagles Tier 2 tryouts are sched- mer long. Anyone, 14 years of age uled Aug, 8 to 13. For more informa- or older is welcome to come tryout tion about this year’s tryout, visit vic- field hockey with some of Victoria’s best coaches and players. Drop ins toriaeagles.com Also coming up this week is the cost $5 per session for an hour and a 2015 U14 Girls’ Canadian Fast Pitch half of skills and drills. The sessions Jamboree Aug. 5 to 9. Hosted by the will take place on the UVic turf field regional Victoria Devils 2001 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 2002 teams, games will be played at to 8:30 p.m. For further information, View Royal’s Helmcken-Centennial email leeronnie19@gmail.com Devon Gall is a local athlete, avid Park and Saanich’s Hyacinth Park. In the pool, the PCS Midsummer sports fan and Mount Doug Secondary Swim Meet takes place from July 31 student. Email your sports events to to Aug. 2 at Saanich Commonwealth jocktalk@telus.net.
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One of Crystal Dunahee’s favourite memories of her son Michael is from when the family brought his sister Caitlin home for the first time. “He was her big brother, he always wanted to be helping out and doing what he could for his little sister,” said Dunahee. “He always wanted to hold her.” On Sunday, March 24, 1991, fouryear-old Michael went missing from Blanshard Elementary School and was never found. “It was a hard day. It’s just one of those things where you allow him to do something for the first time and then it backfires – because that’s what had happened,” Dunahee said. “You allow him to go to the park for the first time while we were 100 yards away putting the other stuff down. Bruce went to go be with him and as far as we know, he didn’t make it to the park.” Since his disappearance 24 years ago, more than 11,000 tips have been received by police and the case has spawned one of the largest police investigations in Canadian history. The family and community work to
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Former Vike Ryan Cochrane set a new Pan American record in 400m and 1500m freestyle.
UVic alum go golden at Pan Ams The University of Victoria Vikes had a lot to celebrate following the July 26 closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ont. Twenty-one former or current Vikes competed in the games across five different sports most getting on the podium in a year where Canada broke its Pan Am record-winning 78 gold medals with a total of 217 medals. To start off the games a long list of Vikes helped Canada defend the title for the men’s rugby sevens. Late heroics from Harry Jones lifted the Canadians up 22-19 over Argentina to claim gold and secure a spot in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vikes Nathan Hirayama, Sean Duke, Phil Mack, John Moonlight, Justin Douglas, Mike Fuailefau and Lucas Hammond were all a part of the team. On the water Vikes rowers helped Canada win five medals, all of which were gold. Former Vike Kai Langerfeld won gold in both the coxless four and the eights. Coxswain and current Vike Jacob Koudys was also a part of the golden eights crew. Nicholas Pratt helped Canada win gold in the lightweight four in 6:42.40. Former Vike Saul Garcia helped Canada to a fifthplace finish in the lightweight double with crew mate Mark Henry. In women’s rowing, Antje Von Seydlitz topped the podium twice, first in the women’s double in 7:13.01 and again in the quad in 7:07.63. In swimming
Para Pan Am Games start next week The Para Pan Am Games are set for Aug. 7 to 15. Former Vikes women’s basketball player and two-time CIS national champion Janet McLachlan will lead the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team. Canada is in a pool with Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil. The women’s team’s first match up is Aug. 8 against Guatemala at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. Preliminaries wrap up on Aug. 11, while classifications and quarter-finals begin on Aug. 12. Canada is a likely medal contender and will challenge for bronze or gold on Aug. 14. former Vike Ryan Cochrane set a new Pan American record in the 400-m and 1500-m freestyle, while topping the podium in both events. Cochrane finished the 1500-m in 15:06.40 and completed the 400-m in 3:48.29. Alec Page and Cochrane took home a bronze in the 4x200-m relay alongside team mates Stefan Milosevic and Jeremy Bagshaw. Hilary Caldwell won gold in the 200-m backstroke and also set a new Pan Am record of 2:08.22. Former Vikes cross-country and track runner Ellen Pennock competed in the women’s triathlon. Pennock was the top Canadian finishing sixth overall in 1:58.24 just 1:24 behind the leader, Barbara Riveros of Chile. On the pitch, former Vikes Kaitlyn Williams, Thea Culley and Danielle Hennig guided a young Canadian women’s field hockey team to its first Pan Am medal since 1999. Following a disappointing
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Oak Bay projects among CARE Awards finalists From dramatic renovations to contemporary new homes, local finalists shine in this year’s CARE Awards Jennifer Blyth Black Press
From modern West Coast design to traditional Craftsman renovations, Oak Bay’s newest homes and renovations figure prominently in this year’s Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards. Presented by the Victoria Residential Builders Association, the annual awards showcase local leaders in sustainable West Coast design and construction, with projects including new homes, renovations, kitchens, bathrooms and outdoor living spaces. “The CARE Awards finalists demonstrate the wide range of possibilities through innovative and sustainable building practices,” says Bill Patterson, chair of the 2015 CARE Awards. “Our West Coast lifestyle and seamless transition between indoors and outdoors are captured in these outstanding homes.” Among the finalists are a variety of new Oak Bay custom homes, including GT Mann Contracting’s “Binab Residence,” competing with Terry Johal Developments’ “The Gallery” and Seba Construction’s “Heron Landing” for Best Single Family Detached Custom Home over 3,000 sq. ft. Gorter Construction’s “Swiss Pearl” is a finalist in the Under 3,000 sq. ft category, Only two finalists made the cut in the Best Single Family Detached Home over $1,000,000 category, including Oak Bay’s “Pebble Cove,” from Christopher Developments and Zebra Design. For Best Spec Homes, Urban Core Ventures’ “Margate” (Under 2,500 sq. ft.) and Aryze Developments’ “Swan House” (Over 2,500 sq. ft.) will vie for gold. Many of these projects are also finalists in a variety of other categories, such as Best Kitchem and Best Master Suite. Recognizing the character in many of Oak Bay’s older homes, renovation projects of note include Mike Graham Construction’s “Ocean Air,” Three Sixty Degree Construction’s “Lanai Project” and Urban Core Ventures’ “Moderne,” also up for project of the year honours along with Oak Bay’s “Pebble Cove” from Christopher Developments and Zebra Design. With categories of Residential Planning, Design and Construction, Interior Design, Commercial
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From top, a selection of Oak Bay’s 2015 CARE Awards finalists: Gorter Construction’s modern custom home, Swiss Pearl; Mike Graham Construction’s Ocean Air renovation; and Pebble Cove, from Christopher Developments and Zebra Design. Planning and Design, Customer Service, Sales and Marketing, Special Achievement, and Special Interest, CARE Awards finalists are selected by a panel of industry professionals using criteria such as architectural design, quality workmanship, creative use of space, and energy efficiency. Gold winners will be announced at the CARE Awards gala Oct. 17 at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The public can also weigh in on their favourite project, selecting the winner of the People’s Choice Award from finalist photos that will be displayed at Hillside Centre Sept. 4 to 18, and online at www.careawards.ca from Aug. 24 to Sept. 27. Voters are entered to win a stay at Long Beach
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Heated competition expected at Royals camp Laura Lavin News staff
Victoria Royals GM Cam Hope is already looking forward to a great season with the team. The Royals will open their fifth WHL season at home against the Portland Winterhawks on Friday, Sept. 25 at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. For now though, Hope is concentrating on the import draft. “Last year we had two Russians, Alexey Sleptsov and Marsel Ibragimov. The older, Sleptsov will stay in Russia to play professional,” said Hope. “We’ll go back to the draft for one player this year. We’re eyeing a couple of guys. There are a few 16, 17 year-old Swedes and Russians – it’s like the wild west – we’ll see how it goes.” The 2015 Royals will not have the benefit of stalwarts Greg Chase, who has been assigned to the American Hockey League’s Oklahoma City Barons by the Edmonton Oilers; Austin Carroll, who was signed by the Calgary Flames; and 20-year-old Brandon Magee. “We’ll miss the experienced guys who keep the team ticking but that’s the way it is in juniors, guys move up and make room for new leaders to emerge,” said Hope. Victoria will have two separate
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Victoria Royals Coach Dave Lowry runs a morning team practice in the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre earlier this year. six-game homestands next season that mark the longest home stretches for the club. The first set begins on Sept. 25 and concludes on Oct. 7. During that span, the team will host the Portland Winterhawks, Kamloops Blazers and Spokane Chiefs. The second homestand consists of visits from the Kelowna Rockets, Medicine Hat Tigers, Vancouver
Giants and Lethbridge Hurricanes between Jan. 15 and 29. The Royals embark on their longest road trip of the year early in the season when they swing through Saskatchewan and Manitoba for six games in nine days. The Eastern Division swing starts Oct. 30 against the Prince Albert Raiders. Victoria will also visit the Saskatoon Blades, Swift
Current Broncos, Moose Jaw Warriors and Brandon Wheat Kings before wrapping up the trip Nov. 7 vs. the Regina Pats. “We start at home then have a longer road trip, it’s the best of both worlds,” said Hope. “It’s the first time in franchise history we’re at home for the first six games in a row. They can settle into the billets, settle into
the city, get the first half-dozen junior games under their belts, then later in October we’ll have the longest road trip. It’s a good opportunity for them to bond free of distractions. They get their feet under them before they’re battle tested on the road.” The entire coaching staff will return, however Dave Lowry, who was named bench boss for the national team earlier this year, will leave mid-season to prep that team for the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships. “In my view, he’s the best coach in junior hockey,” said Hope. “Again, he’ll be coaching the world juniors and that means he has to leave in the middle of the season, as he did last year as assistant coach, so we have to be able to adapt to that. We’re lucky really, to have all of our coaching staff back.” The Royals’ staff have their work cut out for them as Hope predicts a hot contest at this year’s training camp. “There’s a whole group of young guys who want to make the line up this year. It will be an extremely interesting training camp – probably the most competitive one since we started.” Training camp starts Aug. 25 with first chance for the public to take a look at the new Victoria Royals on Sept. 2. editor@vicnews.com SU OP N 892 DAY EN HA AUG HO LIB US UR T 2 US TO , 2- E NR 4P OA M D
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#101-640 Montreal St., $349,900 Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Patty Mack, 250-744-3301
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Wineries, brewers can sell booze they didn’t make
Vancouver Island Insurance Centres (VIIC) Donates $10,000 To Support Wheels For Wellness
Cross-promotion to be unleashed with new liquor reform Jeff Nagel Black Press
Wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries with licensed lounges can now sell patrons liquor they didn’t produce. Until now, a distillery couldn’t sell anything other than the spirits it produces – a glass of B.C. wine was off limits – and a winery couldn’t oblige if one guest at a table wanted a beer instead of the local grape. Those lines are erased under the latest change stemming from B.C.’s liquor policy review. But there will be a limit – a maximum of 20 per cent of sales by a given producer can consist of liquor produced offsite. That’s intended to keep the focus on unique local offerings. “We are doing away with B.C.’s archaic liquor rules,” Attorney General Suzanne Anton said, adding the change will give more choice to consumers while supporting B.C. tourism and small businesses. Craft Distillers Guild of B.C. president Tyler Dyck said the move opens the door for craft brewers, vintners and distillers to cross-promote each other.
The new rules also apply to special events, so a wedding or other event at a winery or other liquor producer will no longer have to get a special occasion licence to serve alcohol. Anton indicated more reforms
may be coming in areas where “further red tape can be cut.”
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Vancouver Island Insurance Centres (VIIC) donates $10,000 to support Wheels for Wellness in the purchase of a new van. VIIC is proud to be ĂŶ ĂĐƟ ǀĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝĞƚůLJ donated over $130,000 ƚŽ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮ ƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ events in 2014. In ϮϬϭϱ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī ŽĨ s// voted to support Wheels for Wellness ĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ charitable cause and with the assistance of their insurer partner, Gore Mutual, was
ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮ ĐĂŶƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟ ŽŶ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ /ƐůĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉƐ connect those in need ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌĞĂ͘͟ ƐĂLJƐ dŽŶLJ ,ĂLJĞƐ͕ K s// ͘ Wheels for Wellness is a ŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮ ƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟ ŽŶ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƟ ŶŐ ƉĂƟ ĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ on Vancouver Island. It ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ ďLJ the owner of Designated Drivers for the purpose of ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĐĞŶƚƌĂůŝnjĞĚ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϱ
Wheels for Wellness has transported over 100,000 ƉĂƟ ĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͘ VIIC is an independent ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ďƌŽŬĞƌĂŐĞ Žī ĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĨƵůů ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ products with specialists ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ůŽĐĂƟ ŽŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ Į ŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ƐŽůƵƟ ŽŶƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ to their needs. &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ please contact Melanie Davies at mdavies@viic.ca or (250) 338-3355 ext 206
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BAY NEWS
Pickled Beets with Ginger and Fig Balsamic Vinegar
Edible Gardens
Spreads, Vinegars or Reductions Assorted
On Sale
10% At Till
Edible Gardens
off
Fresh Lean Ground Beef Family Pack Savings Size $8.80/kg
Kaiser Buns
On Sale
399
White or 100% Whole Wheat 8 Pack
On Sale
Per lb
249 Each
Maple Leaf
Armstrong
Cheese
Bacon
Cheddar, Mozzarella, Extra-Aged White 600–700g or Natural Cheese Slices 500g
Assorted 375g Regular Retail: $7.99 Each
On Sale
On Sale
788 Each
*SA ME ITEM OF EQU LES SER VAL UE.AL OR
Coke, Pepsi,
Lay’s
Selected Flavours, Dasani or Aquafina 12 Pack
Family Size Chips or Kettle Chips Selected 220–255g
On Sale
2 $7
4 $10 for
for
Simple & Chic
Enjoy an appe tizer and raise a glass to those moments — when special summ you can linger er a little longer slide. These snac and let the sche ks are a perfe dule ct way to start the celebration . Salerno
Spagnia
Chorizo Iberico
or Salchichon Iberico Produc t of Spain 250g
Bocconcini
180g
On Sale
12
On Sale
769
99 Each
Each
On Sale
499
Per 100g
Sicilian Olives
Random Weight
On Sale
179
Hosting company this weekend? Check
Chapman’s
Premium Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt 2L, Frozen Yogurt Bars or Ice Cream Bars 8–18 Pack Selected
Leoncini
Proscuit to
Produc t of Italy Random Weight Sliced to Order
out our Entertaining Insert in this week’s flyer or online at thriftyfoods.com for simple & delicious appetizer ideas.
On Sale
Per 100g
Italissima
Roaste d Red Peppers
Italian Age d Provolone
Produc t of Italy Random Weight
450ml
On Sale
On Sale
4 49 Per 100g
Filone
On Sale
299
500g
Weekly Specia ls in
499 Each
Each
Effect from Wedn
esday, July 29th to Tuesd
ay, August 4th , 2015
Specials in Effect until Tuesday, August 4 th, 2015
On Sale
499 Each