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Students from Oak Bay High and the Netherlands take samples from Bowker Creek where it runs behind the high school. The samples are part of an international water quality study.

Creek study sends students overseas Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News

While many students fear the onset of fall, a handful of Oak Bay High students gearing up to study water, both at home and abroad. The students study Bowker Creek, which runs through their schoolyard where a major restoration is underway by the Capital Regional District. “We’re monitoring and surveying the creek before and after to see what effects the restoration has had and the impact on biodiversity,” said Robert Lee, a Grade 12 student participating in the Netherlands collaboration. “They sent some students here in April to participate in our water surveying activities.”

Students at Oak Bay High got involved early in the Bowker Creek restoration project through the CRD. They were part of information sessions two years ago, and started the testing past this school year. “We wanted to get a baseline of data to determine what the health of the creek was,” said science teacher Derek Shrubsole. Students pulled on hip-waders and took water samples, then had a local company volunteer to provide analysis. They learned that Bowker Creek suffers the fate of many urban waterways – somewhere along the line, it’s garnering e-coli among other things found after rain washes contaminants in from the roadways. “There’s no other smell or other signs that would indicate e-coli … it’s a typical urban waterway problem,” Shrubsole said.

“We also looked at the riparian vegetation … trying to get a sense of going into this what do we have now.” Oak Bay High is working with Maurick College in The Netherlands in an exchange centred around water security and sustainability. As part of this collaboration, Oak Bay hosted students from Maurick College during the Bowker Creek pre-restoration survey project in April. “It’s also a time for a cultural exchange where they get to experience a different part of the world. They came here and did that. Then we’re going to go in October and be part of a water-based project there.” PLEASE SEE: Oak Bay students plan return trip Page 2

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Campaign sings popping up on lawns may contravene Oak Bay’s sign bylaw, but council told staff to not enforce the policy due to an unusual set of circumstances. “It is important to the election process that we deal with this,” Jensen said. “We can, and have in the past, provided enforcement policy … in a very general nature.” Oak Bay’s sign bylaw that doesn’t allow for the unusual 78 days between when the election was called and the Oct. 19 voting day. Oak Bay’s sign bylaw states signs can go up no more than 30 days before an election. “It’s never been a problem in my experience in a federal or provincial election,” said mayor Nils Jensen during a special council held Friday morning specifically to address the issue. That section of the bylaw was likely “created in the way it was due to esthetics,” Jensen said, avoiding an overload of signs blighting the landscape which he called a “laudable goal.” Amending the bylaw would take four to six weeks so council opted to ask staff to disregard that portion of the bylaw related to campaign signs. Staff also use discretion with enforcement of signs that warn of deer and support the CBC, which appear throughout the community. During the Aug. 21 morning meeting, Coun. Kevin Murdoch also asked that staff add it to their list of things to consider during priority setting. Coun. Hazel Braithwaite suggested she’d like to see the subject broached, adding she saw contravention of the bylaw during the last municipal election. “I would like to see the sign bylaw made much clearer,” she said. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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A massive Garry oak limb crashed into the intersection of Granite and Foul Bay Roads last week.

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Residents are responsible to have trees inspected and make sure they hire a credible tree expert – the best way to avoid tree failures – remind Oak Bay staff after a branch snapped into traffic last week. Oak Bay motorists were stopped in their tracks late Wednesday (Aug. 19) afternoon when a massive branch from a Garry oak came down in the intersection of Granite Road at Foul Bay Avenue. With the branch catching on overhead power lines, Oak Bay police and firefighters were quickly on the scene to steer res-

idents and drivers clear of the intersection. “The big failure on the corner of Foul Bay and Granite was partly associated with a very old poor pruning cut,” said Chris Hyde-Lay, parks manager for Oak Bay. Many speculated the tree suffered from sudden limb failure. “It’s a rarity. It happens with a whole bunch of tree species, Garry oak being one of them,” Hyde-Lay said. “It’s still something people don’t really know why it happens.” He added that limb failure is found in both overly dry, and overly wet trees, but is unusual and runs the gamut of tree species.

“Tree owners have to understand that trees sometimes have limb failure and they’re not predictable. In saying that, most trees are pretty well-behaved.” No tree is perfect and a structural flaw will most times offer some sort of remediation. It’s not a death sentence for the tree, Hyde-Lay said. “You want to inspect the tree for any structural issue. A good arborist will be able to tell you if it’s been poorly pruned in the past. The bark gives clues if there’s an internal issue or crack,” he said. “Be really aware of the overall health of the trees in their yard. So often the tree will give you a clue that it’s not happy.”

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Six local students will travel to the Netherlands this fall to participate in water research and a cultural exchange. “We’re going to integrate with the Netherlands culture with the people who came here. Then we’re going to go up to the Unesco World Heritage site [Wadden Sea] to survey and analyze the water there as well,” Lee said. “I’m looking forward to meeting other students who are also interested in environmental sustainability and water security.” The following June, a group of about six Grade 11 students will participate in a Water for the Wise youth conference, also in the Netherlands. “I got involved because … it is necessary for teenagers to take action and make change in society around us,” said Anh Nguyen, a Grade 11 student who will head to the Netherlands next spring

as part of the second trip. “It’s a really good opportunity to broaden my horizon and learn.” The international conference expects to see students from about 40 schools. “Everyone’s going to hear about what each other has done. It’ll be a chance for networking for students globally,” Shrubsole said. Nguyen looks forward to seeing a different side to water security and sustainability. “While it might be different … It’s a great opportunity for me to see water from another perspective, not just in the perspective of a person living in Canada,” she said. The students hope to raise funds to help with travel costs, creating the Indigogo Life page Oak Bay High - Water Without Borders. Learn more about the fundraising online at life. indiegogo.com/fundraisers/1389246/. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Oak Bay not immune to illicit drug use Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News

As the number of fentanyl-related deaths across the country continues to rise, Oak Bay Police know they’re not immune to the concerns of street drugs. “We do get overdoses here and we do get death from drugs but it’s very rare,” said Sgt Rick Anthony, community liaison officer. According to the BC Coroners Service, B.C. has seen 54 drug overdose deaths in which fentanyl was detected between Jan. 1 and May 31 this year with at least 12 deaths where fentanyl was detected between July 7 and Aug. 7. Almost all were on the Lower Mainland. “We haven’t see any yet. We’re all aware of it. It’s on our radar and we have lots of directives from different sources on what to look for and watch for,” Anthony said. “It has no boundaries and borders, we know that.” Fentanyl is a synthetic narcotic usually prescribed to kill pain, but is up to 100 times more toxic than other opiates. When mixed with other drugs, it is a deadly cocktail accounting for a high percentage of overdose fatalities in B.C. Since making an appearance in Greater Victoria about two years ago, fentanyl has frequently come to the attention of Inspector Scott McGregor, Victoria Police Department’s focused enforcement team. “It’s a concern for us because of the profit margins being increased so significantly that we could potentially see more of it,” said McGregor, adding police have worked closely with ambulance services responding to drug overdoses, distributing naloxone kits to reverse the effects of fentanyl. BC Coroners Service reports that over the past three years the percentage of drug overdose deaths in which fentanyl is detected has risen to more than 25 per cent. In more than 80 per cent of those cases, the cause of death was a mixed drug overdose, with fentanyl being just one of the components. The total illicit drugs deaths in B.C. last year was 355, an increase of 7.5 per cent over 2013. However, close to threequarters of B.C.’s illicit drug deaths in 2014 showed no fentanyl at all. – with files from Victoria News cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

When John and Toni Jordan moved into their south Oak Bay home 11 years ago, the garden amounted to a large expanse of lawn dotted with a few trees. Toni soon started changing that. Fortunately, beneath the grass was good soil, and the plants she added grew quickly. The space now thrives as a mature garden that belies its relatively young age. So well do her plants grow, in fact, that the Jordans expect to sell hundreds this weekend as a fundraiser for their initiative to help build sustainable capacity for widows and children in Rwanda. The Jordans’ eighth plant sale runs from Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 178 Beach Dr. While the May sale raises more money – more than $4,000 this past spring – Toni has hundreds of plants potted up and ready to find a new home, just in time for fall planting season. “A lot of these were just taken out of the garden so they’re in very good shape,” she says during a stroll around the garden, still overflowing with shrubs, perennials, fruit and vegetables. The sale is one of a variety of initiatives the Jordans undertake through the year for projects in the small African nation. “Everything we make goes to Rwanda; John’s expenses, everything we pay for,” Toni notes. Administered through the Innovative Communities Foundation, the project’s roots reach back to 2008 when John met a Rwandan grad student who was studying here; he spoke about his village, a sevenhour bumpy bus ride from the capital of Kigali, and particularly those widowed and orphaned during the 1994 genocide. “In 2009 I went for the first time and I have been now for the last seven years, for two months,” John says. “People like to know I didn’t just go once, Initial steps included helping the widows – some in their 70s at the time – fix their grass- that I go back and I know these people,” roofed homes. Then came simple technol- John says. “When someone gives $250 or ogy that was easy to adapt to the setting and $300 for a child’s education, I can tell them needs of the villagers, like efficient, smoke- the child’s name.” When John is back home free stoves, water catchment in Oak Bay, a team of young systems and raised bed garRwandans in the village of dening, in addition to educaKibogora, near Lake Kivu tional support for teens, John on the Congo border, consays. Q WHAT: Plant sale for tinues to oversee the work While Rwanda has free eduRwanda on the ground, connecting cation for younger students, Q WHEN: Saturday and several times a week by secondary education is only Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30, phone. offered through a boarding from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of the challenges school format, that costs Q WHERE: 178 Beach for many Rwandans is that about $300 per year – an Dr., at Victoria Avenue they were essentially left to amount out of reach of many. raise themselves following While the Jordans began by the genocide, Toni says. helping around a dozen chilThe result is that much dren, today, through fundraisers like the plant sale and support from Oak knowledge and experience has been lost, Bay Rotarians and others, the two are today compounded by the daily struggles of subhelping about 70 children and many more sistence living. That’s where the Jordans hope to make a difference, boosted by the widows.

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Toni Jordan (above) prepares some of the several hundred plants for her plant sale this weekend. Proceeds from the sale support initiatives in the small African country of Rwanda spearheaded from Oak Bay by husband John (left).

long-term continuity of years on the ground and follow-up. “This is really home-grown, adapting technology and refining it the following year and refining it again. Our legacy is not roofs and stoves, our legacy will be (helping) people create grassroots development and know how to account for what they spend,” John says. “I want people to see they can make a difference in a place like Rwanda.” The Rwandan people have also given the Jordans much in return. “You take a picture of a kid at 3 p.m. and at best he’s had a half a bowl of porridge in the morning and he’s waiting for his one meal of the day, but he’s smiling,” John says. “A child or adult [here] will look at the picture and say, ‘What is he smiling about?’” The Jordans appreciate the opportunity to view life through a different set of eyes. “There are just so many stories,” Toni says. “It gives you a very different perspective of our lives here.” editor@oakbaynews.com

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Welcome to a new column in your Oak Bay News. Pages from the Past, looks back at what was happening this week in Oak Bay during decades past. been “extremely We begin with the busy from Nanaimo Aug. 25 issue from north” pulling a 1999, when national con identical to the champ lawn bowlers one used to fleece and a crime arrest local businesses anchored the front for hundreds of page. dollars. *** *** Sixteen-year-old Leading council Heather Battles brought Oak Bay Jennifer Blyth news this week in 1999, Uplands Lawn Bowling Club Pages residents planning its fourth national from the Past a facelift to junior ladies title in their garden or as many years. home were advised to first Heather returned home consult the “Uplands Design with the gold from the Guidelines” brochure. Canadian National Junior “Intended to preserve the Girls’ Championship in original intent and character Toronto. of the Uplands, municipal Heather wasn’t the only council’s committee of the member of the family making whole last week announced rolling to wins on the green. the new set of guidelines was Heather’s younger sister, complete and many were Shannon, 14, also bowls and pleased with the design and placed second to Heather layout,” the News reported. at the B.C. Championships *** earlier in the season. Fast forward to this week in *** 2005, when the Oak Bay News On the crime front, a also marked the week with an 41-year-old man was in custody in Port Alberni facing Aug. 25 issue. Leading the front page several charges of fraud was the news that the thencommitted both in Oak Bay proposed Shannon Oaks and up-Island. The man had been arrested development was back before the public for review, in a by Oak Bay Police for similar crimes and police said he had substantially revised format

than what had initially been proposed. With the new design showing the results of significant public input, developers the Baptist Housing Ministry Society were hosting a series of public sessions to garner further feedback. *** The seismic upgrades to the Oak Bay fire hall were also well underway by Aug. 25, 2005. The $279,740 upgrade, intended to help the landmark building on Monterey Avenue withstand future earthquakes or tremors, included 15-centimetre-thick concrete

wall installed around the interior of the existing brick wall on the lower floor, the News reported. *** Finally, Gonzales Co-operative Preschool – then part of the neighbourhood for more than 50 years – found a new home at St. Philip Anglican Church. The preschool was having to leave its place at Willows elementary due to that school’s burgeoning enrollment following the closure of several other School District 61 schools. It had previously been housed at Oak Bay High School. editor@oakbaynews.com

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The Canada Revenue Agency warns residents to be on their guard following a surge in phone scams where the caller claims to be from the CRA. These calls are fraudulent and could result in identity and financial theft, the agency says. Recent calls involve threatening or aggressive language to scare people into paying a fictitious debt to agency. Callers say taxes are owed and request immediate payment by credit card or convincing victims to purchase a prepaid credit card and call back immediately with the information. The victim is often threatened with court charges, jail or deportation. CRA never requests prepaid credit cards, never asks for information about your passport, health card or driver’s licence, never shares your details with another person, unless you’ve provided the authorization and never leaves personal information on your answering machine or asks you to leave a message with personal information. Report fraud at antifraudcentre.ca online.

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Hallmark film eyes Oak Bay Plus it’s exciting to watch them sion. The Capital Regional District work making a film. “We’re grateful they’re consid- continues to enjoy a strong proering Oak Bay and the CRD,” he duction roster in 2015, with feasaid. “This has been a particu- ture films including Girl in the larly good year for films I’m told Photograph, Monkey Up, The Boy by the film commissioner. She’s and Devout all filmed on location. done a good In addition, job of attracting “This kind of filming several reality films.” shows including Hallmark is is important from an Unreal, The Great looking to film Canadian CookThe Bridge, economic point of view book and The based on the to the region. We saw Liquidator were Karen Kingsfilmed in the Vicbury novel of that with Gracepoint.” toria area. the same name. – Mayor Nils Jensen “We expect It’s the story that 2015 will be of a woman who a record year left her heart in Franklin, Tenn., with the man for the CRD with direct spendshe walked away from in col- ing from visiting film production lege. When she finds out that coming in at around $20 million,” The Bridge, a beloved book- Gilbert said. “Our best year on store back in Franklin, is in jeop- record was 2006 with 12 visitardy along with the bookstore’s ing film projects. This year we owner, she returns to help, only expect to have serviced 20.” As for the potential of another to come face to face with her old local shoot, “I think the real flame. “I expect the economic impact attraction for Oak Bay is how of that film would be around $1.5 beautiful our community is,” million,” said Kathleen Gilbert of Jensen said. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com the South Island Film Commis-

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The municipality expects to see an application for filming with a Hallmark production crew eyeballing two locations in Oak Bay. “I know they’re interested in filming a little short of a week in Oak Bay,” said mayor Nils Jensen. “This kind of filming is important from an economic point of view to the region. We saw that with Gracepoint.” That production injected between $10 and $15-million into the local economy when it filmed in Oak Bay and the greater region, wrapping up in spring 2014. “This size of film will probably be less, but still around $1 million with payments to local staff, extras, hiring personnel and equipment,” Jensen said. “It’s a benefit to the economy overall.

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Tech troubles tempered by good Technology is proving to be a double-edged sword for those combatting the fires consuming large swaths of the provinceâ€™s forests. The B.C. Wildfire Service had to ground eight helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft for three hours while battling fires around Oliver recently, due to an unauthorized drone flying in the area. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the frustration was clearly evident on the faces of the pilots and other attack crews. â€œTicked off would probably be too mild a term to talk about their reaction,â€? he said. â€œItâ€™s really something that is just not acceptable.â€? While it would seem unnecessary to have to remind people that active fire scenes are not the appropriate place for flying drones, unfortunately that is not the case. Transport Canada regulations make it illegal to fly within five nautical miles of any active wildfire or less than 3,000 feet above it, with violations carrying a fine of up to $1,000 for individuals. Last weekend marked the second time this year that an unmanned aircraft has interfered with crews fighting wildfires. Perhaps the sanctions need to be strengthened to drive home the point that situations that threaten life and property are not the place to be trying out your new toy. But all unmanned aerial vehicles are not equal. Earlier this month, a commercial operator was able to use his drone to chart a safe escape route for emergency responders called to the rescue of a fallen hiker on Mount Finlayson. The incident shows how the unmanned vehicles can be a critical piece of equipment to improve the safety for accident victims and the crews that put their lives on the line to keep us all safe. With wildfires becoming a common part of summers in British Columbia, we would expect to see further use of drones helping crews get a lay of the land. We can only hope the unauthorized use of the unmanned vehicles will not become a common interruption for fire crews on the front lines.

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Is B.C. really burning? Not exactly On a recent drive through the B.C. the damage is done for the year, the Interior, I passed through McLure and ministry reviews the impact on forests Barriere, communities north of Kam- and begins assessment of which areas loops that were devastated by wildfire should be replanted and which should be left to regenerate naturally. in 2003. Pine forests need fire to While these communities regenerate, and the strategy have recovered, blackened in recent years has been to tree trunks are still visible allow fires to burn out natwhere fires burned for 75 urally and contain them to days and forced the evacuaprotect people and proption of 3,800 people. erty. Decades of fire supWith the early start to this pression, based on viewing yearâ€™s fire season, the media Crown forests strictly as a attention and effects of an timber resource, helped creunusual spring drought, you ate conditions for the beetle might think that B.C. is on pace to match that terrible Tom Fletcher epidemic that has left vast quantities of dead wood to summer. B.C. Views fuel more fires. You would be wrong. As of The 2003 fire season set last week, area burned and money spent by the B.C. Wildfire Ser- the tone for political debate on forest vice had only just exceeded the totals fire policy that has continued since for mid-August during last summerâ€™s then. The opposition points to recomfire season, which were high but not mendations from former Manitoba premier Gary Filmon that removing fuel remarkable. The number of individual fires is from around communities is the best higher this year, but thatâ€™s mostly a protection. This task has proven impossibly result of lightning storm patterns. Spending has topped $200 million, as it big, especially as rural community tax did last year at this time before finish- bases shrink, but the ideological dance ing just below $300 million. The 2003 continues in Victoria. The NDP camtotal was above $400 million, and the paigned in 2013 on a promise to double tree planting, and its general approach 2009 season was slightly below that. Forests Minister Steve Thomson is to spend more money and hire more cautions that there are still many staff. Speaking of political dances, Premier weeks to go and hot, dry conditions are expected for much of that. Once Christy Clark has made a couple of

appearances at fire sites where homes and businesses have been threatened or destroyed. (Todayâ€™s big-city media formula is to emphasize danger and promote attacks on premiers of all stripes. If they donâ€™t visit disasters, they are callous and uncaring. If they do, theyâ€™re exploiting the situation for photo ops.) In her first fire scene appearance this summer, Clark warned that drought and huge fires may be â€œthe new normalâ€? for B.C. as climate warms and shifts. This is great positioning for the governmentâ€™s plan to attend the latest global climate doom festival in Paris this fall, but itâ€™s not borne out by recent forest fire results. In terms of dollars spent and area burned, the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 were all well below average. Last year and 2009 were substantially above average, but 2008 and 2013 were among the quietest years on record. Is drought the â€œnew normalâ€? too? The B.C. governmentâ€™s own climate change forecast is for increasing overall precipitation, albeit with more rain and less snow. Snowpacks for southern B.C. were indeed the lowest on record this winter, but that record only goes back 31 years. High snowfall records were last broken in 2011. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Cadboro Bay speed checks needed Cadboro Bay Road is the only major route to downtown Victoria from Ten Mile Point, Cadboro Bay and Oak Bay and consequently has become very busy, especially at rush hour. Along with this major increase in vehicle traffic speed has also increased. I understand there have been many complaints about traffic speeding and there are also demands for the speed limit to be reduced. Reducing the speed limit is good providing the speeds are controlled, something that the police department is loathe to do. When schools reopen next month the traffic will increase along with the speeds.

I urge the mayor and council members as well as the police force to spend some time monitoring traffic, especially in the morning along Cadboro Bay Road below Lansdowne Road to get a glimpse of the situation. We don’t want that road to become another Pat Bay Highway. Arnold Glass, Oak Bay

Kudos to parks staff for Oak Bay’s gardens We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Oak Bay Parks staff for a job well done. Thank you for sharing your

vision of beauty. Thank you for your hard work, attention to detail and dedication in designing and planting the magnificent flower gardens in Oak Bay this year. We first noticed a change in our public garden displays this spring with the full, colourful choices of plants and flowers at Corbett’s Corner. We walk past that corner many times a week. This year, every time we pass by Oak Bay’s beautiful gardens they make us feel happy and blessed, starting with the beautiful spring flowers and now with the outstanding summer showings. Bravo. Cliff and Patricia Coulter, Oak Bay

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Google Canada software engineer and UVic alumnus Nav Jagpal, front left, does a dance at the hands of codemaker campers and Victoria youths Oscar Schukele Bailey (10) Gemma Costi (10) and Saul Zidulkabejcek (10) during Science Venture Codemakers Camp at the university last week. Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News

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ave-on-Foods and The Overwaitea Food Group is marking a century with a special community celebration this Friday, Aug. 28, at the Fort and Foul Bay Road location of the B.C.-grown company. Here in Greater Victoria, the companyâ€™s roots reach back to 1986, ZKHQ WKH UHJLRQ ZHOFRPHG LWV Âż UVW Save-on-Foods at Saanich Centre, followed by Victoriaâ€™s Westside Village store in 1999. Overwaiteaâ€™s Island presence reaches back all the way to 1918, however, when Overwaitea opened its second store in Nanaimo. The Island was also where the company Âż UVW LQWURGXFHG WKH FRQFHSW RI EXON foods in 1982, which it later extended throughout all the stores. The two Victoria-area stores built a loyal following over the following 15 years, with customers appreciating the wide selection of quality goods provided at fair prices, and backed by a commitment to their local communities. Building on that success, the region welcomed the addition of four new stores in 2014, adding Save-on-Foods locations at Fort and Foul Bay, Tillicum, Sidney and University Heights.

This Friday, Save-on-Foods invites those same communities to come celebrate both the companyâ€™s rich local history, and the promise of all that is still to come. â€œItâ€™s hard to believe that Save-on-Foods is celebrating itâ€™s 100th birthday. We have continued to grow over the years, with six stores now in the Greater Victoria area, and its all because of you, our valued customers,â€? says Roger Junker, Fort and Foul Bay store manager.

â€œTo celebrate 100 years of going the extra mile, we invite you to the Fort and Foul Bay Save-on-Foods where weâ€™ll host the historic Overwaitea 100th Birthday Roadshow, with live music, a magic show, face painting, a wall of history, oldIDVKLRQHG Ă€ RDWV D EDUEHFXH WR UDLVH IXQGV for BC Childrenâ€™s Hospital and much more. We hope youâ€™ll bring the whole family down from 12 to 4 p.m. Friday for the party of the century!â€?

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Celebrating 100 YEARS of Going the Extra Mile

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Celebrating 100 YEARS of Going the Extra Mile

Vancouver Island

SAVE-ON-FOODS â€˘ HISTORY â€˘

2002 OFG opens its 100th store on Wye Road, in Edmonton, AB

OPENING DATES FOR CURRENT SAVE-ON-FOODS LOCATIONS:

2005 OFG partners with ActNow BC to develop the BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program, now delivering healthy locally grown snacks to over 1500 BC schools each year.

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2009 OFG is named BCâ€™s Power Smart Leader. 2011 OFG opens six new stores, bringing the

Woodgrove â€“ 2003 Campbell River â€“ 2007

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2008 Urban Fare opens its 3rd location, at Vancouverâ€™s Shangri-La.

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1918 Founder RC Kidd opened

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2nd Annual Fort & Foul Bay plaza

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Saturday, September 19th from 12-4

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FEATU R I NG â€˘ Face painting and games â€˘ BBQ by donation with proceeds going to BC Childrenâ€™s Hosptial

Linda Darby (left) and Marilyn Chapman team up for a conceptual abstract show at Gage Gallery artist collective on Oak Bay Avenue.

â€˘ Local farm-stands â€˘ Live music Bonus: Name our plaza!

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Stop by the Fort & Foul Bay Island Savings or Save-On-Foods to pick up your ballot to name

ARTS NEWS

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block party.

Art school seeks books for Pub Night The Vancouver Island School of Art is looking for high-quality art books for a special sale at its coming Pub Night fundraiser Sept. 11. The school is looking for donations of good-quality art books to be sold, as well as special coffee table art books to be used in the silent auction. Donors can receive a tax receipt for half the value of the book new. Books can be brought to the school weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first Pub Night of the

semester will feature a variety of fun and games, including live music, the inaugural Art Quiz hosted by Bill and Judy Reed (with surprise prizes for tables with the correct answers), the art book sale and silent auction, including a few select and rare books. Tickets are $10 (includes one drink) and can be purchased in advance at the school or at the door.

Artists needed for CACGV library demos The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria seeks artists

for the Greater Victoria Public Libraryâ€™s Culture Days demonstrations, Sept. 26. Offering an opportunity to meet others in the community and gain exposure, the program allows the public to interact with local artists, ask questions, watch them create and maybe even participate in the art-making process, either by trying a technique or by contributing something to a work . The arts council and library will assist with supply costs for participatory demos. Email coordinator@cacgv.ca for demo schedule and more information.

The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay

Oak Bay Municipal Council welcomes expressions of interest from residents who wish to volunteer their time as a member of the Oak Bay Board of Variance.

Saturday, Sept 5

Appointments are for a term of three years each and may be renewed for additional terms.

Please refer to the Oak Bay Municipal website at oakbay.ca/municipal-hall/committees for further information on volunteer boards and committees. Residents interested in serving on the above noted board should submit letters to the undersigned, including any pertinent information that may assist Council in making the appointments, by 4:30 pm on Monday, September 16, 2015. Maura Jones, Deputy Municipal Clerk District of Oak Bay 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC V8R 1G2 Telephone: 250-598-3311/Fax: 250-598-9108 Email: mjones@oakbay.ca

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VOLUNTEER BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF VARIANCE

The Board of Variance is a three-person, quasijudicial body established pursuant to the Local Government Act and appointed by the Municipal Council. The work of the Board requires strong analytical and reasoning skills to consider applications to vary the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw, to make structural alterations to a building containing a lawful non-conforming use, or to grant relief from a requirement contained in the Tree Protection Bylaw.

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Community Spotlight: SENIORS

Activity adds years to your life and life to your later years Ron Cain

News Contributor

Are you concerned about the cost of care in your later years? Worried that you will not be able to maintain your independence and be active? If you answered yes to either of these questions, one of the best tools to help you achieve your goals is improving your physical fitness level. A regular exercise program is essential and becomes even more important after age 60. No. 1: It will extend years of active, independent life – Older adults who find one hour per week to exercise regularly report feeling stronger, more energetic and happier. No. 2: Exercise does not have to be hard, fast and pounding to reap rewards – “No pain, no gain” is a myth. Moderate exercise is all you need and to reduce the chance of injury. Low-impact cardio training is better than running and in some case even walking. Additionally, resistance training not only improves posture and stamina, it is also the least likely to cause an injury. No. 3: Use it or lose it – If you have ever

broken a bone and had an arm or leg casted, you know first-hand what atrophy is all about. We lose muscle after 40 but it does not have to be very much. With the addition of resistance training, modified to meet your needs, the rate of loss can be cut in half and declines can be reversed with measurable improvements within six weeks of starting a program. No. 4: It may prevent a bad fall – A decline in balance can be caused by a lack of exercise and an increase in sedentary activities. Research shows that a simple stretching program improves the balance of older adults. Building muscle also builds tendons and bones, reducing the risk for falls and fractures. No. 5: Exercise can improve serious medical conditions – Exercise can have a major impact on reducing your risk for diabetes and improving the life for those with diabetes. Terrific results can also be obtained in reducing blood pressure. Arthritis responds well to exercise with improved range of motion and a reduction in pain, and those who have had a knee or hip replacement must undertake appropriate

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Community Spotlight: SENIORS

Never a tutu for Carmello …

knew some explaining would be required when a colleague caught me surfing the Internet for information about tutuwearing canines. Old folks and their pets, eh? We are a breed apart. From the get go, let me assure you I am not looking for a tutu for Carmello, my three kilo Mexican rescue dog – part Chihuahua, part terrier, part vagabond. This alpha beach bum would not stand for it. Anyways, they don’t make tutus that small. No, the real reason I Brian was searching the web was to gain some psychological insight into the mindset of a senior dog owner who would subject his mutt to that degree of humiliation. This cautionary tale starts a month ago. We were RVing in the Okanagan, camped beside a monster motor home from the States. Our neighbour is a retired dude of considerable stature and girth, sporting an epic mustache. He looks like the kind of bad boy who, in his younger days, might have run the local chapter of Satan’s Avengers out of Dudley’s Saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Did I mention he is wearing a Harley Davidson T-shirt? Even lounging in his camp chair this old biker looks dangerous. Out of left field prances this beady-eyed, butt-ugly excuse for a dog, some kind of Pug Shih

not alone; and, 57 per cent Tzu cross wearing a denim tutu admit that they confide in their and matching collar. This aberpets, telling them secrets they ration leaps onto the ample don’t even share with humans. stomach of said retired biker That said, dressing Missy up in and begins licking his face. a denim tutu is just plain wrong. The ex-biker’s partner, wearWell, what goes around ing a matching denim outfit comes around. The other day – I’m not making Carmello and I were at the park, this up – is goojust chilling on a bench watchgooing baby talk to ing the ocean go by. The poor encourage this sad little tyke suffers from allerdegradation of an gies that itch terribly. He was elder human and an cradled in my arms on his back innocent, albeit ugly, and I was gently scratching his canine. tummy … a perfectly acceptCarmello, who able human/dog interaction as would normally be far as I’m concerned. barking like crazy, is I may have been whispering a transfixed. few words of canine encourageI turn his head Kieran ment in one of his rather large away and whisper: bat-like ears, the kind of positive “May God strike me dead if I reinforcement any vet would ever do that to you.” The old endorse. And, he may have dude looks at me and wordlifted his head lessly promises and stuck his a beating with “Let me assure you I tongue lovingly a tire iron if I so up my nose, much as blink in am not looking for a tutu his direction. for Carmello, my three-kilo hardly someI had any Now, I know Mexican rescue dog – part thing control over. some latitude Chihuahua, part terrier, A young needs to be applied when part vagabond. This alpha woman was by it comes to beach bum would not stand passing with her Boxer seniors and for it.” in tow and I their pets. caught her starI’ve read the ing in disbelief research: 95 per at this innocent and entirely cent of us talk to our pets, no explainable scene. As she harm, no foul; 82 per cent of us pulled her pet away I swear she report that our pets pick us up whispered: “May God strike me when we feel sad; 71 per cent dead if …” says pets help ease our physiWell, at least he’s not wearing cal pains; 65 per cent believe a denim tutu, I muttered to her physically touching their pets back as she fled down the path. reassures them that they are

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On keeping a notebook for the garden observations of life’s details. It’s a gorgeous essay, more about how we change over time than about notetaking per se, which reminds me of how gardens change over time and

In 1966, the great nonfiction writer Joan Didion wrote a personal essay titled ‘On Keeping a Notebook’ in which she discusses the intimacy of ephemera and her need to record

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how we – fallible and flawed – forget. Plant names, origins, zones, preferences. Sun or shade? Perennial or biennial? You don’t need to know everything to be a great a gardener, but you do need to know how to find what it is you need to know. And I’ll argue that your own notebook is the best place to start. Enter the blank page, the recipe box, a map, or the Christin Geall spreadsheet – whatever Cultivated spurs you to record the details of life outdoors. My garden notebook lives on my potting bench. It’s black, hard-covered – a large sketchbook, wire bound, its pages notched address book-style (by me), A to Z. Originally an inch thick, the book now bulges to an ungainly three inches given I have stapled plant tags into it. This stapling may not be the best idea given that plastic brittles with age, but the stapler is faster than hand-recording every detail and ease of use equates to likelihood of use in my life, particularly when it comes to systems of personal organization. Given I have penchant for botanical Latin, I organize my notebook by plant name, not location. One problem with this alphabetical approach is that one must remember a plant’s genus. Failing that, a flip through is always fun and a solid endorsement for the plant tag approach—as we all know, when it comes to memory, pictures work. (A map or a what’s-inwhich-bed guide can also jog a memory.) My sketchbook gives me the option to jot notes: I record failures predominantly – what has died and why (if I know), or where I’ve moved a

plant and when. Under ‘M’ for magnolia, this sad story unfolds: “Magnolia soulangeana ‘Rustica rubra’ 2009? Front road. No go – clay/wind. In rear border, ok. 2011: Needs staking? Colour 5/10.” Four years on, my notebook reminds me the magnolia doesn’t look much better and I’m due to cut my losses. The older I get, the more I realize most gardens are too small for meh. I’ve assigned at least a few pages for each letter of the alphabet and lengthier ‘death’, ‘dahlia’ and ‘rose’ sections at the back. I find happier notes under ‘P’: “Parahebe perfoliata, 2008. In damp. Repeat blue bloom.” Next to this note, I’ve sketched three stars. Later, I find Pittosporum ‘James Stirling’. “Hard hit by north wind, 2011: Needs new spot. Moved 2012, but needs more shade to stay bright green…’ That ellipsis is spot on: many plant stories never end. In the case of the Pittosporum, I should add, “2015 – Happy now with drainage. Great vase life.” The beauty of designing your own notebook means you can record what it is you care about. I’m interested in bloom time and have noted Cephalaria gigantea as: “Excellent, pale yellow, begins June 15th,” or for the tall pink-blooming deer-proof perennial, Eupatorium aka Joe PyeWeed, “August: Pink looks awful next to yellow. Move.” Didion writes that her notebook is ‘an indiscriminate and erratic assemblage with meaning only for its maker.’ I hasten to agree. After six years, my book has swollen so that can never really be shelved. It will not go down in the annals of history. It will remain dirty, accessible, and useful. A record of who I was, what I wanted for my garden, and how together we have grown. Christin Geall teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Victoria and is an avid Oak Bay gardener.

Rock and Roll to Raise the Pole! A Special Beneﬁt Concert in support of the Sno’uyutth pole project at the new Oak Bay High School

MIKE DEMERS VOICE OF ROY ORBISON TRIBUTE BAND

The Lonely

Local singer-songwriter Mike Demers will rock The Oaks! The Butch Dick–designed, Clarence Dick–carved 20-foot pole is over 2/3 complete and we’ve raised over $75,000. We’re only a couple of thousand short of our goal and plan to raise the pole in front of the new Oak Bay High in October. Come celebrate the completion of the project and have a great night out with your neighbours.

telling the whole story

Plus great food and drinks. It’s going to be a party!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 7PM The Oaks Restaurant & Tea Room 2250 Oak Bay Avenue TICKETS $20 IN ADVANCE ($25 @ the door)

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Tamara Cunningham Multimedia journalist at the Nanaimo News Bulletin. Her in-depth series following one man’s journey with ALS was a Änalist for a Jack Webster Award and earned her a Poynter Institute fellowship.

With a few keystrokes you can sample thousands of opinions, aľoat in a sea of information. But as the volume increases, the accuracy and reliability of professional journalism is essential. Gathering and sorting the facts, weighing and interpreting events, and following the story from beginning to end is more important than ever.

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