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Victoria’s most dangerous intersections Pamela Roth Victoria News
During the past three years with the Victoria police traffic unit, Acting Sgt. Ross Smith has seen a lot of collisions. But the intersections of Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Road, and Douglas and Finlayson streets continue to cause him the most concern, and it’s easy to see why. According to the most recent statistics from ICBC, the intersection at Douglas and Finlayson recorded the highest amount of serious and fatal collisions between 2009 and 2013 with 110, followed by Burnside Road and Douglas Street with 108, and Hillside Avenue and
Shelbourne Street with 105. During that same period, Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne recorded the most collisions overall with 312, followed by the intersections at Burnside Road and Douglas Street, and Douglas and Finlayson, both tied at 250. Ross has been to those intersections more than two dozen times, and figures the high number of collisions are likely due to high volumes of traffic. Two years later, the numbers aren’t showing much signs of improvement. “You are getting traffic trying to flow in from the outside communities into the downtown area combining with lots of young drivers that are making their way to schools and colleges
in the area,” said Ross about the Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Road intersection. “We try to educate as much as possible and hopefully the word gets out. At the end of the day, what you could physically alter at the intersection, I really don’t know...We never know what people are doing behind the wheel.” ICBC statistics show distracted driving contributed to 29 per cent of collisions in 2013, followed by speeding at 27 per cent and impaired driving at 24 per cent. Ross said Victoria police have placed plain clothes officers on city streets to simply watch what drivers are doing behind the wheel, particularly when they’re stopped at a red light. Many
don’t seem to realize that sending a message on their phone while stopped at a light is still considered distracted driving. “People are of the illusion that if they are stopped, it’s okay,” said Ross, adding those aged 16 to late twenties seem to be the worst when it comes to texting behind the wheel. “People aren’t getting the message. I think that’s the disappointing part. How much more can we do? We are constantly running campaigns.” The fine for distracted driving is $167 along with three penalty points. Ross has heard some citizens voice the fines should be higher. As far as speeding is concerned, the 3100 block of
Blanshard Street continues to be the worst in the city. The speed limit in the area is 50 km/hr, but Ross said police have stopped drivers travelling in excess of 100 km/hr. Usually the norm for speeding is between 60 and 65 km/hr. Police are also called to various communities that have come forward with concerns about speeding. In those cases, officers typically place a speed reader board on the road first to make drivers aware of how fast they are going. “A lot of us get into our own ways of driving and we get used to the speed that we drive,” said Ross. “Most of the times we don’t pay attention.” editor@vicnews.com
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Mannequins encourage teamwork at Royal Jubilee Simulation learning centre now open at hospital
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Victorians named to B.C. Museum association The Royal B.C. Museum head of new archives and digital preservation, David Alexander and University of Victoria Cultural Resource Management programs director, Tania Muir have been named to the B.C. Museum’s association executive. Alexander will serve as president and Muir will serve as vice president.
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Julie is a regular 19-year-old. But she recently fell while playing soccer and broke her right leg, requiring her to have surgery to repair the fracture. She’s healthy. But in her medical history, her mother had an abnormal reaction to an anesthetic, which is why doctors kept Julie awake under spinal anesthetic. The surgery went well until half an hour in. “How are you doing, Julie?” asks Dr. Stan Vuksic, the anaesthesiologist. “I’m not feeling too well,” she responds and starts to blink rapidly. Suddenly, her blood pressure drops and she has an unusual, but not unheard of heart rhythm. Doctors respond with usual treatment procedures, but she goes into a different heart rhythm. Doctors call for additional help and use a defibrillator to shock her heart back into a normal rhythm. Julie is not real. She’s a mannequin, but the simulation is real. The demonstration was part of the opening of the Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning at Royal Jubilee Hospital last Thursday. The $2.9-million centre is a partnership between Island
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Dr. Duncan Jacks (left) and Dr. Stan Vuksic check in on Julie, a state-of-the-art mannequin that coughs, moans and reacts to treatments. The mannequin is part of a new curriculum at the Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning at Royal Jubilee Hospital. Health, the University of Victoria and the University of B.C.’s Faculty of Medicine. It will provide more than 500 medical, nursing, midwifery and health professionals with medical scenarios they are likely to encounter when treating patients. The state-of-theart mannequins, which are wireless and have ultrasound technology, simulate human patients and range in age and body type from newborn to adult. Each has a name, a medical and social history,
and life-like features including blinking eyes, a beating heart, working lungs and a voice that responds to treatments. It can cough and moan as well. Mannequins will be programmed to behave in different ways with vital signs that respond to treatments and interventions. Students will enter an operating room with the same equipment and tools they would normally use, including anaesthetics and gases that mannequins can
detect and respond to. In the past, the two universities have used mannequins as part of the curriculum, but none are as advanced as these. Valarie Kuehne, UVic’s vice-president academic and provost, said the program will help students be more prepared in the real world and enhance patient safety. “(The mannequins) have the capacity to respond. So as the simulation is ongoing, the patient can do better or worse depending on what
actions are taken by the multi-disciplinary team,” Kuehne said. “It provides an opportunity for all the disciplines that are engaged in the simulation to debrief afterward and actually learn from the steps that were taken and not taken and how they could improve this in a real situation should they find it in their work.” Taj Baidwan, executive vicepresident and chief medical officer with Island Health, said the simulation teaches students to work
together as a team. “We can’t do it on our own and the strength of that is really brought out in the simulation, especially if it starts at the beginning of your training,” he said, adding hospitals around the world are increasingly using simulations as learning tools. “It’s no longer about learners being classical learners that we thought of. Now it’s about learning throughout your career and learning from your mistakes.” kendra.wong@vicnews.com
More than 300 fire chiefs from across Canada and the Pacific northwest descended on Victoria for the annual FireRescue Canada conference last weekend. The four-day event focused on education through guest speakers, seminars, a vendors’ gallery and skill-building sessions on risk management, leadership, volunteers, safety and health and wellness.
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Local group hopes to give Syrian family new home Sponsorship group working to bring family of six to Victoria Kendra Wong Victoria News
In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis that has dominated headlines recently, a local group is doing its part to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and bring them to Victoria. The Victoria Refugee Sponsorship Group, comprised of roughly seven individuals, has been working with the
Anglican Diocese of B.C. and the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul to bring a family of six — a mother, father, three children and grandmother, to settle in Victoria. The family fled their home and are now taking refuge in Turkey until they can come to Canada. The father’s sister, who is living in Victoria, is helping with the process. Sabine Lehr, one of the volunteers and immigrant services manager at the InterCultural Association of Greater Victoria, has been in contact with the family over the phone and said they are getting closer to welcoming them.
“It was exciting. So far we’d only heard of them and about them and it put a voice to it. We’ve seen pictures,” Lehr said of the phone call. According to Lehr, the family has been given refugee status and is entering into the final process including medical exams and security checks before they can make the trip. In order to help the family, Lehr and the group are trying to raise roughly $50,00. Most of the proceeds will go towards the cost of living for the family’s first year. Over the last year, they’ve hosted a number of fundraising events. Most recently,
they’ve established an online fundraising campaign. Since its launch, they’ve raised more than $8,000 of their $10,000 online goal. But the group is still only halfway to their goal. For Lehr, who has dual German and Canadian citizenship, she feels a historical responsibility to help refugees. “My country of birth was the cause of one of the most horrific tragedies the world has seen — the holocaust,” she said. “It caused a huge number of people to become refugees. Because of that, I can’t turn back time, but I can live in the present and contribute to
making sure I respond in the here and now to something similar that’s unfolding in the world.” The family is expected to make the trip in the next few months. In the meantime, Lehr said they’ll look for housing. The next fundraiser is Saturday, Oct. 10 at the St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Parish (1379 Esquimalt Rd.) and will include Mediterranean cuisine, Syrian music and a silent auction. It is a minimum $25 donation. To donate visit vicsponsorshipgroup. wordpress.com. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
Council proposes borrowing $50 million to house homeless Kendra Wong Victoria News
The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness is throwing its support behind Victoria’s proposal to borrow $50 million from the Capital Regional Hospital District to build housing for the city’s homeless. During a meeting last Thursday, council voted to move forward with a proposal to borrow up to $50 million from the Capital Regional Hospital District to finance the capital costs of building 367 units of housing with supports. If levied across the region, it would cost $11.18 per household
to help pay for the construction of the units. The loan would be repaid over the 15 years at a three per cent fixed interest rate. “I feel very proud of council for taking leadership on this issue. We’ve been talking about it, studying and researching it for many years. This is one proposal for a way to actually build the housing that we know is required to house our chronically homeless,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, adding the proposal will go to the hospital district board on Oct. 14. The motion is based on the coalition’s creating homes and enhancing
“This is one proposal for a way to actually build the housing that we know is required to house our chronically homeless.” - Mayor Lisa Helps
communities report, which was released earlier this year. The plan offers solutions to house more than 367 individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in Greater Victoria. Coun. Marianne Alto said she’s concerned the federal government will take this as a sign the city will fund the entire project and they will be off the hook. “We have expectations of responsibility at the federal level which have not been held to over the last decade or so,” she
said. “We expect to be partners, but (the federal government) can’t shirk their responsibility as they’ve done for so long.” Coun. Geoff Young was the only one opposed, adding the proposal needs more development before it can be successful. He doesn’t believe it’s possible to end homelessness by 2018. Kelsi Stiles, manager of stakeholder relations with the coalition, said the proposal is a step in the right direction. “Any funding for housing is a great thing
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The Maritime Museum of B.C. is still homeless. It’s a phrase that readers have heard time and time again over the past few months. For years, it seemed like the museum had finally found a stable home in Bastion Square, where it lived since the early 1960s. However, last year, the musuem was notified by the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizen’s Services that it has to vacate its long-time home in Bastion Square due to safety concerns. The province helped identify the unfinished lower level of the Steamship Terminal in Victoria’s Inner Harbour as a place to temporarily house a portion of its 3,500-artifact collection. So the museum packed up and moved. A few short months later, negotiatons between the ministry, the museum and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (the primary tenant of the building on Belleville Street) were at an impasse, leaving the museum high and dry. More recently, the museum submitted an expression of interest to the harbour authority to continue to house the collection. But in a more devastating blow, two other companies were chosen to continue negotiations. So, what’s next for the museum? Parts of the collection are still at Bastion Square, others are locked away in storage facilities at 4000 Seymour St. and at Ogden Point. Board chair Clay Evans says the museum is not giving up on the Steamship Terminal, but it’s about time the museum finds a proper home. The board understandably wants to get this right and it is a complex situation, but it’s been months since the collection has seen the light of day. Locals and tourists can’t enjoy what the museum has to offer if it’s locked away in storage. Find a home for the museum. We’re all rooting for you.
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Do balanced budgets really matter? now. The federal election campaign has Liberal leader Justin Trudeau produced a jumble of conflicting claimed last year’s surplus was claims about whether Canada has a partly generated by cuts to Veterans’ balanced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veterans’ Affairs matters. spending was up 13 per cent, and The definitive word on this came Aboriginal Affairs spending rose out last week, with the release of the nearly 30 per cent. Government of Canada Trudeau has also insisted Annual Financial Report, Canada is in recession signed off by Auditor now, which helps his General Michael Ferguson. suddenly adopted position “The government posted that a Liberal government a budgetary surplus of $1.9 would run deficits for the billion for the fiscal year next three years to build ended March 31, 2015, infrastructure. compared to a budgetary Harper ran the biggest deficit of $5.2 billion in deficits in Canadian history 2013-14,” the report says. after the 2009 crash, bailing “Revenues increased Tom Fletcher out auto makers and building by $10.7 billion, or 3.9 B.C. Views lots of “shovel ready” per cent, from 2013infrastructure, as did the U.S. 14, reflecting increases and other countries. The question across all major revenue streams. raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether Program expenses increased by it’s a good idea to keep doing that $5.2 billion, reflecting increases in major transfers to persons and other without a financial crisis. France, for example, has run levels of government, offset in part operating deficits every year since by a decrease in direct program the early 1970s, although the current expenses.” Socialist government vows to The Conservative government’s balance the books by 2017. France’s pre-election budget calculated that operating debt is now equal to 91 per last year was in deficit, and this cent of its Gross Domestic Product. year would be the first in the black Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this currently around 30 per cent, down “surprise surplus” was engineered with intentionally pessimistic budget from frightening levels in the 1990s estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen before the Chrétien government Harper would get a boost right about finally balanced the budget.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the campaign trying to reconcile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up. Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus. This is despite a $300 million bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than budgeted. B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low. Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020. The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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With a crew of 13 people, Rama Jabri went to work, turning her dream of producing a movie into a reality. For six days in April, the crew shot the entire guerilla-style film, An Imperfection using various locations in Oak Bay, downtown Victoria, Dallas Road and Mystic Vale – a forested ravine near the University of Victoria. Holding down full-time jobs in other fields, the crew dedicated their evenings and weekends towards making the film. After a year of hard work, An Imperfection is now ready to be screened in Victoria. All of it was done with no budget. “A lot of the cast and crew worked for free out of the passion for this project. We had enough money for food and transportation, and it was enough to get us together for more than six days,” said Jabri, noting everyone involved has a background in film. “This was a learning experience for us. We didn’t want to reach out to anybody. We wanted to make this ourself and see what transpires afterwards.” An Imperfection was created by Victoria-based director, Rasanga Weerasinghe. Originally from Sri Lanka, Weerasinghe filmed his first documentary, Angram: The Art of War in 2011, and made a few other short films before migrating to Canada. The story revolves around three lovers and the complexities of their lives. Kamara, already in a
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relationship with Becky, yearns to explore her new life. She goes on a date and instantly connects with Vincent, a conservative hot-tempered single man. Life is too good to be true for the couple until they are confronted by gang members and Kamara’s hidden past is revealed. As Becky is tormented by the changes within her partner, Vincent and Kamara endure a traumatic event that will change their lives forever. Weerasinghe’s plan was to originally create a documentary since the story actually happened to one of his friends. His friend, however, declined to participate due to the social stigma on what the idea presents. “I thought this is a story that needs to be told,” said Weerasinghe, who wrote the final screen play in about six months. All post production and music production was completed in Sri Lanka, where the movie was shown about two weeks ago. “It was very well received there so we are really excited to screen it in Victoria.” An Imperfection will be screened at the Victoria Event Centre on Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. As the local screening draws near, Jabri is feeling both excited and nervous. “It’s a very deep movie and we’re hoping that viewers connect with it and they understand the meaning of the story,” she said. “My personal hope for this project is that people see themselves in all of the characters, or at least open their minds and engage.” editor@vicnews.com
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The best way to describe the set of You Can’t Take It With You is an old cartoon brought to life. The new comedy premiering at Langham Court Theatre next month features a set unlike anything the theatre has presented before. Walls have been painted the same colour as the auditorium; there are no straight right angles in the play, with doors and paintings off kilter; and if you look close enough, there are elephants climbing up the bannister. All this is an effort to dissolve the imaginary fourth wall between the audience and the 19-person cast. “It immediately makes the audience say this isn’t going to be a serious play,” said director Chris Moss. “As it goes from our normal to their bizarre world, it creates a
plays Donald, an Irish immigrant dating the family’s maid, Rheba. “I like the over the top. I don’t get to play that often,” he said. “I’ve been describing it as a musical without the music. Zany is pretty much a good word for it.” For Moss, the non-stop jokes and wacky set are ways to transport the audience from their world into a new one. “I just want them (the audience) to forget about life for one or two hours and just live the life of this eccentric family. That’s what this play is about — you have to live in the moment,” he said. You Can’t Take It With You runs from Oct. 1 to 17. For more information or tickets visit langhamtheatre. ca. The play also kicks off Langham Court Theatre’s 87th season, which runs from the fall to June. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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museum you really have to have the right location and make it work.” Last month, the maritime museum submitted an expression of interest to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority to use the space in the Steamship Terminal in Victoria’s Inner Harbour to house its roughly 3,500-artifact collection. But its hopes were cut short last week as the harbour authority announced two potential new tenants for the building — Riverside Marine, a B.C. company hoping to operate a new transportation passenger service between downtown Victoria and Vancouver, and Ocean Networks Canada’s proposal to operate a public outreach and visitor education centre. But the museum isn’t backing down yet. “I have to remind myself that it was just an expression of interest process. We’ve been advised that we’re excluded and the other two parties have been advised they are to carry on with lease negotiations. I
wish them every success, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a done deal by any means,” Evans said. He noted they have identified Ogden Point, Macaulay Point Park and other locations in the Inner Harbour as potential sites to house the museum. “We’re not planning on going anywhere and we’re looking forward to working with the city and with the province to find a viable home for the maritime museum in Victoria,” Evans added. For now, the museum will focus its efforts on moving its collection from 28 Bastion Square to storage spaces at 4000 Seymour St. and Ogden Point, as well as setting up the office at Nootka Court. The board has not set a timeline for when the museum could find a new home. The museum has been homeless since October when it was told to leave its location in Bastion Square due to safety concerns. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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Students at St. Joseph’s Elementary School are learning what it means to get their hands dirty for a good cause. Earlier this month, roughly 350 kids in 14 classes harvested several pounds of potatoes they planted last season to donate to the 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the hungry at St. Andrews Cathedral. Jamie Zwicker, a Grade 3 teacher who helped with the project this year, said it allowed students to get hands on learning. “The kids get to go outside during school and get their hands dirty,” Zwicker said. “They were looking at the way plants were held up for example by their root structure and could actually see them, rather than seeing it in a textbook or listen to a teacher drone on about it.” The project began last year with an empty garden along West Burnside Road on church property that they had no use for. Bishop Gary Gordon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria visited the school
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bountiful nature can be. In the end, he expects there will be several hundred pounds of potatoes that will be used to help feed the homeless. Doreen Keizer, with the 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry, said the donation will help feed the roughly 150 to 300 people they see daily. “Any donation we get just saves our money to buy other things that are not donated like meats,” she said, adding they use potatoes in soup three days a week. “We really appreciated
being involved with the children, because I think it’s important to see a product and where it goes.” The remainder of the food will be donated to the annual Saint Vincent de Paul food drive in October. The school has also partnered with the Diocese of Mariannhill in South Africa, where the church will hire local men and women to work on the farms in the area. The program has been a success and Zwicker hopes to continue and grow the garden with a new class this year. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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Bono Society of B.C., a Vancouver-based organization that provides pro bono legal services for people and non-profit organizations with limited means. The organization, along with roughly 16 local volunteer lawyers, provided free legal advice to some 30 modest-income Victoria residents in Centennial Square last week. “I think it’s really important to raise awareness of the need for lower cost and pro bono legal services in the community,” said Kirsten McGee, a Victoria lawyer who participated in last week’s event. There are a number of free legal advice clinics in Victoria, including the court house and a clinic operated by law stu-
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St. Margaret’s Elementary School is partnering with a local organization to get girls excited about technology and generate female interest in joining a largely maledominated field. The partnership is between St. Margaret’s and Girls Learning Code, a youth arm of Ladies Learning Code, a national non-profit group dedicated to teaching women and girls computer engineering skills. It is the first of its kind on the Island. “It’s neat to be exposing the girls and showing them that it is something they can do. It’s totally open and accessible,” said Lauren Hudson, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program support
teacher at St. Margaret’s. “You would think in this day and age that stereotyping doesn’t happen, but it’s still a real part of life. That women have to fight to get into these maledominated STEM careers.” As part of the program, Girls Learning Code will host four workshops spread throughout the school year — the first of which was held earlier this month and taught students how to use Scratch — a program about game design. Roughly 40 girls ranging from eight to 13 and their parents showed up for the workshop. “The girls had lots of pride when they were sharing their game. You could see it on their faces,” Hudson said. “You’ve got nineyear-olds getting up to tell an audience of 80 people, just pleased as punch with the work she’s done coding a game. That’s powerful.”
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Karen Flello loses her composure only once during a conversation about her sister Michelle Stewart. When asked to recall childhood memories, Flello confides that her father died of cancer when she was five and Michelle only three. Relatives convinced the girls’ mother to give up a younger brother with Down Syndrome. “My mother had a difficult time. We had a lot of turmoil in our lives. She was my little sister, you know … I would do anything for her,” she says, her voice breaking. Stewart died May 14, 2014 after a decades-long battle with eating disorders. She worked for 10 years as a radio reporter and for 17 years in communications for the B.C. Ministry of Health. By all accounts she was bright, intelligent and insightful, but men-
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tal illness cut her life short at age 49. “Michelle was diagnosed with renal failure, but by the time she went to the doctor … it was end-stage,” says Flello. However, the diagnoses was an awakening for Stewart who began to blog about her illness and publicly stated it was due to her 32 year battle with anorexia and bulemia. “She told me once that she didn’t want to die with all that stuff inside her,” says Flello, principal at South Island Distance Education School. Stewart began her blog a year before her death. “It got harder during the early months of 2014, she was on a lot of medications which build up toxins in the bloodstream. She was not as sharp as she was before. Still she’d write. We talked about making the blog into a book to be able to reach a wider audi-
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ence and she was supportive of that.” Flello and Stewart’s long-time partner Kirk Mason worked with Maggie Langrick at Life Tree Media to take Stewart’s words and tell her story. “It’s written like her blog with all of the original titles and dates, interspersed with her original poetry that hasn’t been seen before. We reduced the material to focus on a couple of main messages,” says Flello. The result is Shell, a unique account of Stewart’s lifelong battle with the destructive disorder. “It’s the life of someone suffering with a longtime eating disorder [and] the life of a palliative patient and her experiences with the palliative response team.” The book also touches on health policies and what Stewart refers to as “the pecking order” of diseases. “The last part of the book is a love letter to family and friends who she couldn’t talk
to about her illness and how she realized her illness affected others.” Flello says there is a desperate need for open and compassionate discussion around eating disorders. “I’m stunned how everybody I talk to about this knows someone or has a family member who is affected. “We need to recognize the behaviour and start to deal with it as a mental health issue. The anxiety, the perfectionism, the depression and lack of self worth that create the need for the behaviour before it becomes an addiction, before it becomes a problem in terms of your physical health,” she says. “If we wait until you’re skeletal before we deal with it, we’re waiting too long.” The family has also started Michelle’s Voice: The Society for Eating Disorder Awareness and Education. Find it online at facebook.com/michellestewartbook. editor@vicnews.com
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Rob Reynolds isn’t above stopping the car and knocking on a stranger’s door for a tree laden with apples. “We find trees all over the city. There are a lot in Oak Bay. There’s a lot of what used to be orchards,” said Reynolds, who grew up in Oak Bay and still works in the community. He’s part of the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association, which boasts a Facebook membership of more than 90 that scours the south Island in search of apples that would go to waste otherwise. “There are some gems in Oak Bay for sure,” said Kyle Hunker, who sources his own trees as well as those in the community. The enthusiasts formed three years ago, after meeting each other through the local home brewing community. A group from BrewVic sought to explore beyond beer into ciders and wines. Also a contingent of expat Brits were desperate to find a dry, less sweet cider than the staple readily available. “I fell in love with cider when I lived in the West Country in the U.K.,” said Kalynka Cherkosh of Esquimalt. Here, she found she couldn’t afford the good stuff on a regular basis and decided to take control of the situation. “I wanted to make a nice meaty, drier farmhouse cider,” she said. Cherkosh made a few hundred litres that year and held a wassail in late winter to celebrate – a tradition they continue three years
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Kyle Hunker, left, and Rob Reynolds seek out fruit that will go to waste across Greater Victoria for members of their Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association to make tasty beverages. later. “It just seems every year we’ve organized a bit more,” she said. Now they hand out the leaflets, and seek out abandoned trees. A common theme for the older generation is a hatred of waste. Where an older homeowner used to pick and preserve each fall, they simply don’t have the ability anymore and want to see it put to use. They’ll pick the apples, or in some cases pears, and leave as much as the household can utilize. “We’re trying to turn fallen fruit into caught fruit,” Cherkosh said. “There’s so much fruit in this city that just falls to the ground,” she said, adding
she’d rather do the work to capture, process and enjoy the fruits of that labour, than see it rotting on the ground, attracting deer and wasps. The cider enthusiasts benefit with good local product as opposed to being stuck using ready-made juice for their cider making. “It’s the difference between Wonder Bread and a beautiful loaf of bread from Fol Epi,” Cherkosh said. “Sometimes I want a fluffy white bread, but not every day.” To offer apples for the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association email gruitmama@gmail.com. editor@vicnews.com
growth, housing activity, auto sales and employment gains this strong, during any previous recession,” says Cooper.
Anyone who says Canada is in a recession isn’t an economist – says leading economist Ottawa, ON – Dr. Sherry Cooper, the chief economist for Dominion Lending Centres and long-time trusted economic commentator across North America, offered some strong opinion to recent reports Canada
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is in an economic recession. “Everyone thinks it’s a recession except for economists! Real recessions see widespread contraction, which we simply aren’t seeing across the country. We have never seen consumption
Seen as one of the most influential economists in Canada for several decades, Cooper says a provincial sectoral decline is a far cry from a true national recession. “Really what drove the numbers down were the difficulties in the oil patch. For Alberta there is a recession but for Canada as a whole, no. When oil prices were high, Alberta was booming and the Canadian dollar was strong. That hurt exports from the manufacturing sectors in Ontario and Quebec.” Overall, Cooper remains bullish on the current state of the Canadian economy, “I think we are going to see a significant rebound . . . roughly to 2 1/2 per cent growth for the second half of this year and into next year.” This is a far cry from recent reports of growth forecasts of a much more conservative 1.1 percent growth for the coming year by a survey of 16 economists
Weather-permitting, water main flushing will occur October 1 – November 30 in the areas of Beacon Hill North and South, Mayfair, Doncaster, Foul Bay South, Fairfield, Harris Green, Gonzales and Rockland. During this period, some water discoloration can be expected and short periods of low water pressure may occur. To prevent any staining from discolored water, run cold water until it’s clear. Businesses such as laundromats, salons, hotels and restaurants can call Public Works at 250.361.0400 for further details and advance warning of flushing dates.
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conducted by Census Economics. But Cooper is basing her forecast on a number of factors, including the rebounding US economy, with US growth revised up to 3.7 percent in the second quarter. “It’s positive for Canada,” says Cooper. “We’ve seen that in the most recent export numbers . . . most of that trade is with US. In addition, despite the five-months of declining GDP this year, Canada’s job growth has been impressive. The 54,400 jump in August brought this year’s increase in full-time jobs to an impressive 174,000. Canadian consumers are buying big-ticket items, with home sales strong yet again last month (outside of Alberta), boosting mortgage activity, and auto sales showing big gains. Housing is likely to slow only modestly in the next year as the Bank of Canada keeps short-term interest rates at record lows and longer-term yields edge only modestly higher.” When it comes to the effect of the federal election, Cooper points
out any change in government creates a market selloff to a certain degree, but says talk of balanced budgets and prudent fiscal policy currently being heard by all three main federal parties will likely stabilize the markets quickly.
Dr. Sherry Cooper “I think we are going to see up to 2 1/2 per cent growth into next year.” Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres
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LoJo cracks top 30 in Great Places contest Victoria’s Lower Johnson Street has been named a top 30 finalist in the Great Places in Canada contest. LoJo, as it is often referred to, includes a variety of boutiques, restaurants, yoga stores, fitness studios, a bakery and hair salons, all ending with a view of Victoria’s waterfront and the Johnson Street Bridge. It is also the gateway to Market Square. The contest, hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners, includes three categories: street, neighbourhood and public space. Main Street Osoyoos was the other street in B.C. to get a nod in the street category. Stuart Park in Kelowna, Grizzly Plaza in Revelstoke, and Vancouver’s West End also received nominations in the public space and neighbourhood categories. Voting continues until Thursday, Sept. 24. A list of finalists will be announced on Oct. 20 and winners will be selected on Nov. 4 in conjunction with World Town Planning Day.
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