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Canadian wheelchair rugby team player Ian Chan, right, looks to cross the try line as Jared Funk blocks the way. For more on the exhibition game at the Saanich-based Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence see Sports, Page A21.

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While most of last Tuesday’s budget meeting centred on the Cedar Hill golf course’s future, director of finance Paul Murray also outlined Saanich’s $218-million budget for 2012. Among the highlights he mentioned were $1.08 million for sidewalk improvements, $1.6 million for new or improved bike lanes, and $200,000 for a Douglas corridor planning study. Saanich homeowners “Our budget will see their property process is open to the taxes increase 3.6 per public. There’s a public cent (covering operational increases, infrapiece at the start of structure replacement, each … budget meeting and infrastructure maintenance). For a Saanich where anybody can home valued at $626,000 give their feedback or -- considered the “average” worth of a home in comments.” the community -- that – Paul Murray equates to an additional $73, plus a $47 increase to utility rates. “Our budget process is open to the public. There’s a public piece at the start of each … budget meeting where anybody can give their feedback or comments,” Murray said. “If folks have got specific points of view to make about parts of that budget, it’s a matter of finding out what night the particular area they’re thinking about is on, coming out, and making their points of view heard at that meeting.” Murray says that all Saanich departments, save for public safety, were required to cut one per cent from each of their budgets. PLEASE SEE: Municipality ‘doing more with less,’ Page A10

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Student’s disappearance a mystery Kyle Slavin News staff

An international student is missing, and Saanich police and the young man’s family are concerned about his lastknown activities. Roberto Coronado was last in touch with family on Feb. 6 via text message. Coronado, a resident of the Philippines, was believed by his family to be living in Saanich and studying at a local post-secondary institution. But when police were contacted on Feb. 7 by extended family in Washington State, who said Coronado’s lack of communication was out of character, detectives found the man’s story didn’t check out.

Upon speaking with the landlord at the Cedar Hill-area home where Coronado was supposed to be living, police were told he moved out in late November. And then school administrators told police Coronado wasn’t a registered student. “It’s all a bit of a mystery,” Sgt. Dean Jantzen said. Police are unsure where Coronado went after moving in late November. A significant amount of money was taken out of his bank account in early December, and there has been no more activity since. Jantzen said the cellphone Coronado was using up until Feb. 6 to contact family is no longer operational. PLEASE SEE: Missing man’s credit card last used Feb. 9, Page A6

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Woman saves dog stuck in ice Bruises reveal heroic story of woman who saved pug trapped in icy Beaver Lake Natalie North News staff

It had been an unremarkable jog for Mary Brookes. She ran the 10-kilometre loop around Elk Lake and rounded the bend to the Beaver Lake parking lot Jan. 24. Then she spotted a woman waist-high in the water. Remnants of the previous week’s cold snap still lingered that morning – snow on the ground and ice on the lake’s surface. At first, Brookes assumed the middle-aged woman in the distance was practising some form of cold water therapy. As she ran closer, Brookes saw a handful of people were gathered around the woman along with a small dog struggling to keep its head above water about 30 metres from the shoreline. Without so much as a moment’s thought, Brookes – a 44-year-old real estate agent and mother of two young children – ran past the crowd of bundled-up onlookers and plunged into the frozen lake. “People were saying: ‘(The dog owner) can’t swim! She can’t swim!’ And I thought:

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A file photo of fawn pug, similar to the breed of dog saved by Mary Brookes from the icy waters of Beaver Lake on Jan. 24. I can,” Brookes said. “I didn’t really think about it. I just kicked my runners off. It wasn’t even something I had to decide. That’s all I thought: ‘I can swim.’” A former owner of a golden retriever, Brookes remains a dog lover. She was simply not willing to stand there and watch the animal die, she said. Tethered to the group on shore via a rope thrown in her direction, the 5-foot-2 woman busted through the ice with her elbows and midriff until she reached Maggie, a fawn pug barely able to keep afloat. “It got to the point where it was difficult to break the ice,” Brookes said. “My feet were off of the ground, so I was

lunging on it to break it.” When she reached the exhausted animal, believed to have been chasing birds prior to falling through the ice, she placed it on her shoulder and struggled to swim back weighted down by her new passenger. She called for a tug. Between her efforts and those at the other end of the rope, Brookes landed back on the beach after nearly 15 minutes in the water. Cold, cut and bruised, but without major injuries and in desperate need of a hot shower, Brookes assured the ambulance attendants who had arrived on the scene of her health and drove to her nearby home. “All I kept thinking is: ‘Thank God I’m fit’ because when I got back, I was pooped.” Maggie the pug received veterinarian care following the incident and is believed to be in good health. Her owners declined to be interviewed for this story. Brookes doesn’t see her actions as particularly risky or outside what anyone would do in the situation. Still, her efforts were heroic enough for one of her friends to call the newspaper. “She’s a lovely lady and she has such a passion for life,” said Andrea Volnik, who contacted the Saanich News after seeing Brookes’ bruises and hearing the dramatic tale. “Not everyone would have done it and I can’t stop thinking about it. She’s a hero.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

Have your say on making dangerous crossing safer Pat Bay Highway at Sayward Road topic of Feb. 29 open house

Changes are coming to the notoriously dangerous intersection of the Pat Bay Highway at Sayward Road. A working group compromised of community members, Saanich councillors, ministry of transportation and B.C. Transit reps and MLA Lana Popham has come up with a number of options to help make the intersection a little safer. “One of the main concerns I’ve heard is that the feel of Cordova Bay shouldn’t change due to traffic safety improvements. That’s probably the loudest message I’m hearing,” Popham said. An open house will be held Feb. 29 for the public to see what changes are being proposed, and to chat with members of the working group. The open house runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Cordova Bay Community Place (5238 Cordova Bay Rd.). For more information, contact Popham’s constituency office at 250-479-4154. kslavin@saanichnews.com

Saanich arrest sheds light on police use of gun registry Federal bill that would scrap the long gun registry expected to pass this week in Ottawa Kyle Slavin News staff

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Sgt. Dean Jantzen surrounded by some of the 159 guns seized from the home of a manager at Island Outfitters, who was taking the weapons from work.

Last week’s arrest of an Island Outfitters employee who embezzled $250,000 worth of hunting supplies – including 159 firearms – is shedding light on Saanich police’s use of the Canadian Firearms Registry. “Long-gun registry checks were at the forefront of this investigation,” Sgt. Dean Jantzen said. “We support these accessible databases … when we’re investigating instances like this.” Police say the registry helped connect the suspect with PANTONE 137 U

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the stolen weapons, all of which he had legally registered by forging documents. “(The registry) gives us the ability to know who should possess a certain firearm, where it should be located, and who has it,” Jantzen said, equating it to a car that’s registered versus a car that isn’t. “I know where to go to find the owner, or at least have a name.” Jantzen said officers access the database on a “very regular” basis, as they will typically check the registry prior to going to a residence to see if there are registered firearms in the home. The owners of Island Outfitters discovered the firearms were missing when an internal audit turned up discrepancies in the ordering and inventory. It’s believed the weapons were taken over a span of four or five years, police say. PLEASE SEE: How gun registry helped bust embezzler, Page A14

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Respitality offers a night off for stressed families Victoria’s Cridge Centre arranges hotel stays, gift packages for parents caring for kids with disabilities Natalie North News staff

New parents understand the value of a full night’s sleep, and the same couldn’t be more true for those of children with disabilities. For 12 years the Cridge Centre for the Family has offered a “respitality” service – a night of relaxation for families of children with

special needs. Through donated hotel accommodations and services, parents and guardians are afforded one night away to recharge at a hotel or resort. “We know that families who have a child with a disability are by and large very overwhelmed and the things they do are 24/7,” said Gyneth Turner, program representative. “It makes a huge

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Rooftops eyed for local food security Council asked to link green roofs to new development Saanich councillor Dean Murdock is pushing to make rooftop gardens much more commonplace in the municipality. Murdock, who chairs the Healthy Saanich Advisory Committee, was expected on Monday to ask for support on a recommendation to have green roofs become part of the development guidelines for multi-family residential and commercial projects. “There are a number of benefits to it. Obviously the food

security aspect of providing some growing space in an urban environment … where you’ve got a lot of concrete or asphalt,” Murdock said. “Green roofs are also great for capturing and retaining stormwater and retaining hot and cold air, helping to reduce the energy consumption of the building.” A green roof can be either intensive (a thicker layer of soil to grow plants and vegetables) or extensive (a thin layer of soil to grow grass or light vegetation). Murdock sees the most value in an intensive green roof, which is more like a garden. He doesn’t want to see rooftop plots as a mandatory build-

ing element, he said. Rather, he’d like to see them suggested to developers as a sustainable amenity on buildings. Saanich already has more than a handful of buildings with green rooftops. The Social Sciences and Mathematics building at UVic has eight green roofs, while Tri-Eagle Development’s Raven building on West Saanich Road also has one. “My hope is that this will encourage the idea that this is something that would be a benefit in Saanich, and support our values of food security and environmental stewardship,” Murdock said. kslavin@saanichnews.com

“One of the main comments that I get is: ‘Wow, I haven’t slept through the night since last year’s respitality,’” Turner added. “Typically, it’s not a program that has received any kind of government support,” said Candace Stretch, assistant manager of women’s and family services at the Cridge Centre. “We don’t have that core funding.”

To ensure the service continues, the Cridge is collaborating with a Victoria salon in hopes of generating some funds. The second annual Cut-a-thon for respitality runs from noon to 4 p.m. on March 4 at Headstart, 1-1315 Cook St. The event includes door prizes, a raffle and $15 haircuts. No appointments necessary. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Saanichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of parks and recreation says there are no plans to close the Cedar Hill golf course. The clarification is needed because the draft parks and rec master plan mentions closing the course for the financial viability of the department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In many ways, the (parks and rec) department is experiencing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;death by a thousand cuts.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Consideration should be given to retreating from one or two major items, as opposed to continuing to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nickel and dimeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the department,â&#x20AC;? the draft plan

reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consideration might be given to spinning off the golf course as a municipal corporation (or similar status) or outright sale.â&#x20AC;? But Doug Henderson affirms that selling the course is not something his department is looking to do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was simply the consultantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comment,â&#x20AC;? he said, referring to the master plan written by someone from the firm Yates, Thorn and Associates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All he said was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an option.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;Ś The role of the consultant is to flag as many potential directions as possible.â&#x20AC;? Residents should understand that the context of the consultantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comment was in looking at strategic objectives to better operate the department, Henderson said. This is just the draft master plan, he added. A finalized one will be presented to council later this year. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Premier goes back to radio Tom Fletcher Black Press

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Government should listen up The fourth annual Victoria Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women included a record number of participants. Turning those numbers into a positive force that is heard by government and police however, is a challenge. The walk, which took place on Sunday, aims to raise awareness of the staggering statistics when it comes to missing and murdered Aboriginal women, According to government numbers, young Indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely than other women of the same age to die as the result of violence. The Native Women’s Association of Canada has documented more than 580 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Most of these have been within the last three decades – one-quarter of them in B.C., and the majority under the age of 30. For the people who march, they are more than numbers. Each represents a daughter, mother, auntie, cousin or friend. They are also university students, employees and caregivers who are missing, or whose murders remain unsolved. The fact that police and government tend to marginalize these women is bad enough. But when society as a whole does, it’s shameful. The marchers ask us to remember these women and honour them. But what we as Canadians need to do is work to stop the cycle of violence and change attitudes towards indigenous people. Helping to end poverty and providing proper shelter and clean water to Aboriginal people across the country is just a start to changing the socioeconomic future for all Canadians. If we are committed to non-violence, we need to do more than march once a year. We need to hold our government, our police – and ourselves – to the highest standards. We need to educate ourselves, speak out against violence and rouse our police and politicians to listen. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Saanich News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Floating on a sea of gas much of it gas-fired, after an Premier Christy Clark’s recent electricity crisis that caused fanfare about developing a natural brownouts more than a decade gas export industry in northern ago. B.C. included a major change in Today, Washington electricity policy. state producers are Last year Clark’s actually paying B.C. government forced Hydro to take their B.C. Hydro to trim its excess power because operations and keep its they need to move it into next two annual rate the grid, and B.C. is the increases below four per only place that can store cent. Part of the savings it using dam capacity. will come from redefining NDP energy critic John former premier Gordon Horgan is celebrating Campbell’s climate this change in B.C. strategy, which required Tom Fletcher Hydro policy. He says B.C. Hydro to be selfB.C. Views the government made sufficient in even lowa multi-billion-dollar water years, with no net miscalculation by assuming electricity imports. The target is now self-sufficiency California’s electricity shortage would continue indefinitely, and in average-water years, limiting surplus power would be profitable. expansion of independent power He says independent power projects. It also means B.C. will contracts are part of B.C. Hydro’s import more gas-fired electricity current financial problems, but in the coming years, and burn political interference in planning is some of its own abundant gas to the bigger issue. generate new power up north. Horgan would not endorse North America finds itself floating the Wilderness Committee’s call on a sea of shale gas. to cancel electricity purchase Campbell’s plan entailed using contracts B.C. Hydro has B.C.’s big dams to stabilize and signed for more run-of-river store power from new intermittent developments. Additional projects sources of hydro and wind, are planned for the Upper Lillooet, building the Site C dam on the Upper Toba and Harrison Rivers Peace River and exporting clean in southern B.C., and the Kokish energy at a premium in a carbonRiver on northern Vancouver priced North American market. Island. Most are aboriginal Both the carbon market and the partnerships. export market have evaporated. Energy Minister Rich Coleman While B.C. was developing run-oftold me no contracts will be river to sell to California, the U.S. cancelled, and he rejected my west coast built new capacity,

suggestion that B.C. Hydro could end up with too much power in the wrong places and at the wrong time of year. B.C. Hydro can move power around as well as store it, and that ability will improve when the smart grid is completed. Independent power doesn’t end there. It shifts to northern B.C., where three liquefied natural gas projects will need output equivalent to two and a half Site C dams to operate. Coleman confirmed that at least one modern gas-fired power plant will be needed to develop LNG, which is expected to be in business before Site C could be built. That powerhouse will likely be built by the LNG developers, and used to back up new intermittent sources of offshore and land-based wind and any river or geothermal sites available along a new northwest power line. B.C. will likely have a second gasfired power plant in the northeast corner, to supply the Horn River shale gas development and processing plant now underway. Coleman says that plant should be able to capture carbon dioxide and sequester it deep underground. Fort Nelson and points north will remain off the B.C. Hydro grid. Even with carbon capture in the northeast, Campbell’s greenhouse gas targets look to be the next part of his legacy to be abandoned. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

“The target is now self-sufficiency in average-water years”

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Cedar Hill doesn’t need to stay a golf course Question about the future of Cedar Hill golf course need to be considered with a narrow focus and also from a broader view. The immediate question is how well can Saanich continue to provide this increasingly costly asset for a possibly diminishing number of users? Although many of us aren’t golfers, we realize that shared tax base supports a number of facilities that serve a variety of interests. There is a short-term question if the clubhouse restaurant can be sustained. There may be a larger question if the golf course will remain a golf course. If not a golf course, then what? I would urge that this ALR land (53 hectares) be considered for food production. Most of the area could be leased favourably to small farmers, perhaps in the model of Haliburton farms, providing access for young farmers who otherwise find land values out of reach. A small portion could be dedicated to

community allotment gardens, allowing access to healthy food growing by our increasing number of apartment-bound families. Such allotment gardening is a strong builder of resilient community. Finally, the peripheral portion might be retained for park trail, providing a nice aesthetic. Greg Holloway Saanich

Proposals for course’s viability will draw golfers away At last Monday’s council meeting I heard a lot of things concerning the golf course. The one thing that seemed to dominate the discussion was that things could have been done differently, which may have been able to help solve the department problem. And I’ve heard many good ideas. This brings up the question: where was the

Readers respond: News editorial painted inaccurate picture Re: Businesses must be kept in loop (Our View, Feb. 10) I have been advised of the following: View Royal Engineering walked around and personally met with virtually all of the business owners in the area, many of them several times. This process to engage them in a discussion about the construction, the scheduling and how we could minimize the impact started nearly a year ago. The larger employers were met with up to four times. Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard

Other side of long-gun debate worth hearing Re: Long-gun registry helps bust firearm embezzler (News, Feb. 8) We always hear how the police are so attached to the long gun registry and want to keep it. Wouldn’t it be more interesting reading though to hear if any

oversight by council? If this had been going on for so long why did council not ask the public for input before? Up for discussion right now to help reduce the deficit is increasing membership fees and at the same time reducing the time that these members can use the course. In other words you are going to pay more and get less. We know from experience that doesn’t work. Costs keep going up, wages (except for a few) keep going down, so people can afford less and we keep getting deeper into this recession we are in. Another thing to consider is that as you continue to lay off staff at the bottom level, this will reduce the number of people who can afford to buy your product and increase their reliance on other government support programs. I realize that is a different budget, but it all comes out of the same pocket: the taxpayers’.

We elect councils and governments to represent the interests of the people, not some special interest group. I believe we need a bit more oversight here. Ask some questions beforehand and not allow the problem to manifest until it is too late. I think it is too bad this issue did not come up before the election. Jim Bates Saanich

Turning Cedar Hill into a park will help cut deficit costs The problem facing the Cedar Hill golf course is there are too many golf courses in Victoria. Why not make it into a nice local park? Victoria needs a large park, as many small parks are used for sports. Iris Nunn Saanich

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employee at Island Outfitters values the long gun registry – even after this incident? I know what I’d bet. Fred Hoenisch Saanich

All guns are potentially dangerous. The police have said how valuable the registry is to their work. Let’s listen to them and not the propaganda of the opponents of gun control. Gordon Steele Edmonton, Alta.

Police support of registry should be heard more MP May is right in Re: Long-gun registry helps her fight for Kyoto bust firearm embezzler (News, Feb. 8) As the officers working this case said, the arrest demonstrates once again how useful the firearms registry is to police. Unfortunately, the drive by the Conservative government to kill it has been full of dishonesty and misinformation. The government did not create a ‘long-gun’ registry in 1995, they created a registry for all guns, both restricted and nonrestricted. Non-restricted guns include many powerful semiautomatic weapons, including some sniper rifles and the model used in the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in 1989, and in the shooting in Norway last summer.

Kyoto in favour of a Durban deal whereby the legal limits on GHG emissions won’t take effect until 2020, possibly five years too late to avoid a disastrous rise in average world temperatures. Political and economic expediency is obviously trumping

Re: Canada must set example for the world (Letters, Jan. 25) I share Ms. May’s concern about our federal government’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. As an international treaty, with years of careful negotiation behind it, the Protocol represents the best and most timely opportunity of reducing global GHG emissions. As Canada has always insisted, all polluters are now on side but we are running out of time. Scientists warn that global emissions need to cease rising and begin to fall by 2015. Canada has rejected

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OOPS! Fraser Institute story reflected 2011 numbers Blunder highlights almost zero change among Saanich schools for this year Natalie North News staff

On Friday, the News published 2011 statistics in a story regarding the current report card on B.C. elementary schools released this week. Despite the error there is little change to report even with this year’s numbers. Of the Saanich schools included in the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of B.C. elementary schools – based on the Foundation Skills Assessment, a writing, numeracy and reading comprehension test given to Grade 4 and 7 students – none have shown statistically significant improvement and just one has seen some decline. Frank Hobbs elementary, while having received a higher rating out of 10 this year compared to last at 6.8 versus 6.7, saw a downward trend in Grade 4 writing scores. Torquay elementary was the top rated public school in the municipality, given a 7.9 out of 10, or 122nd out of 860 schools included in the report. Overall, there were 15 fewer schools included compared to last year – the result of fewer students

taking the test, and in some cases, too little data provided by some schools for the Fraser Institute to provide a statistical analysis. Peter Cowley, co-author of the report defends its value as a means of informing parents on overall school performance, as well as offering what he calls an arm’s length second opinion on individual student progress. “If the school’s results are declining, parents can and do become strong advocates for improvement,” Cowley said. “The other thing (educators) can do is pick up the phone and call other similar schools to see what they are doing that is working. This is not rocket science.” The Foundation Skills Assessment will be administered in Greater Victoria through until the end of the month. The topic of the tests was brought to the Greater Victoria Board of Education by both the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association and the Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils but has yet to be discussed at the local level, said board chair Peg Orcherton. Orcherton agrees that some degree of academic measurement is needed, but questions the validity of the FSAs. Within Saanich, private school St. Margaret’s was also rated 10 out of 10 alongside St. Michaels University School. The full report card can be viewed at CompareSchoolRankings.org. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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“(Part of the property tax increase) is to maintain the level of core services: police, fire, roads, public works, parks and recreation. It’s just the rising costs of doing municipal business,” he said. “The departments are being asked to do more with a little bit less, which is difficult. This is the fourth year of doing that, in order to keep tax increases in check.” The less-than-four-per-cent increase is in check with other municipalities in the region. Victoria mayor Dean Fortin has asked his municipality’s staff to limit any tax increase to four per cent. Oak Bay’s municipal treasurer says

they have yet to determine what the increase will be for 2012, but it amounted to 3.74 per cent last year. In 2011, Saanich residents paid an average of $133 (in property taxes and utilities) more than they did in 2010, while Victoria residents paid an average of $135 more. Budget meetings are scheduled for Feb. 21 and 28, March 5, 6 and 20, and April 17. All meetings are held at Saanich municipal hall (770 Vernon Ave.), except the Feb. 21 meeting, which happens at Garth Homer Society (813 Darwin Ave.). To read the complete 2012-2016 Draft Financial Plan, download it at saanich.ca/services/budget.html. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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New mosque built for a growing community Islam leaders break ground in Victoria ahead of 10-month construction project Erin McCracken News staff

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin strides across the yard, gently takes the hand of little Bayan Hamado and guides her over to a group of Muslim men who are happily turning sod. “It’s for them, right?” Fortin says of the youngest Muslim children. In many ways, they are the inspiration behind a new Muslim mosque that will be built on Quadra Street in Victoria, across from the Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre. Nearby, Bayan’s mother, Leticia Villalpando, proudly watches her four-year-old grasp a shovel during Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony, attended by more than 70 Muslims. “It’s so exciting,” the Victoria resident said. “I can’t believe it’s happening.” Many of the 1,200 to 1,500 Muslims in the Capital Region have been attending prayer services at two adjacent homes the Muslim community purchased in 1996 in the 2200-block of Quadra Street. Until last week, women and children attended lectures and prayer services in one house, while next door men prayed and attended classes and other activities at the mosque, which accommodated just 40 people. For that reason, space for prayers is rented at the University of Victoria and Gordon Head Recreation Centre.

“You always see the churches, the synagogues,” Villalpando said. “For us it’s always (been) the houses. For us to have an actual mosque is very important.” Deconstruction of the houses began Feb. 6 to make way for the new Masjid Al-Iman. Construction will take about 10 months, and the three-level centre will feature prayer space for men and women, an activity room and a kitchen when its doors open at the end of October. Construction costs are estimated at $1.56 million, according to the Victoria branch of the B.C. Muslim Association’s project website. “The community is growing and that’s why we need a bigger space,” said Villalpando’s husband, Ali Hamado, Victoria branch treasurer. The new mosque will be four times larger and accommodate 160 people for daily prayers. “We are building it for our future generation, to be able to provide services for our Muslim community and the non-Muslim community as well,” said Hamado. “It will be a learning centre for those who would like to learn more about Islam.” While other faiths are struggling to fill the pews of their churches, Greater Victoria’s Muslim community is booming. That is largely due to the 400 international Muslim students who come from around the world to attend post-secondary schools in the region, Hamado said. “Victoria attracts many people for many reasons – the weather, the safety and the friendliness,” he said. For details on the reconstruction project, please visit www.masjidal-iman.com. emccracken@vicnews.com

Did you know? ■ There are 120,000 Muslims in B.C. That number is expected to climb to 250,000 in the next 20 years.

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Victoria resident Ali Hamado includes two of his three daughters, Bayan, 4, and Marwa, 1, in last Friday’s ground-breaking ceremony to mark the upcoming 10-month reconstruction of Masjid Al-Iman in Victoria.

■ There are 1,200 to 1,500 Muslims in the Capital Region.

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SAANICH SAANICH NEWS NEWS --Wednesday, Wednesday,February February15, 15,2012 2012

Star turns heads at Victoria shelter Actor Linda Blair has spent decades fighting for animals Erin McCracken

She said she learned how to put up mental walls to handle emotional pain. “I had to survive one of the most controversial films of all time,” Blair said. “I was judged. I was ridiculed. There was a lot of prejudice placed on me by many because of (my) being the devil (in the film).” Blair is the first celebrity to visit the Victoria shelter, which branch manager Penny Stone hoped would help the animals that live there. It is 100-per-cent-reliant on donations to provide for 100 cats, 30 dogs, 80 rabbits and 30 guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice and chinchillas until they are adopted. “For a lot of people it’s about her work in film, but for me it’s about her work with animal organizations,” said Stone. “It’s great she’s hands-on in the trenches, but it’s also great even when the celebrities lend their name because it makes a huge difference.” For details on Blair’s animal advocacy work, please visit www.lindablairworldheart.org, www. borninnocent.net, or visit the Victoria branch of the B.C. SPCA at www.spca.bc.ca/victoria. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Penny Stone, manager of the Victoria branch of the B.C. SPCA, joins Linda Blair, star of The Exorcist, in fawning over Angelina, a 10-yearold terrier-chihuahua cross.

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Canines and their human caregivers at the Victoria branch of the B.C. SPCA recently had stars in their eyes, or rather, one star in particular. Linda Blair, child star of the 1973 film, The Exorcist, toured the animal shelter Friday afternoon before attending a Victoria Film Festival screening of her classic horror movie that night, as well as a reception Saturday night. While at the shelter, she met 10-month-old Elmer, a mastiff born with three legs, and Angelina, a 10-year-old terrier-chihuahua cross, who was recently rescued from a life spent breeding in a puppy mill. “Not only are we creating an overpopulation, but not all of the animals will find homes unless people know and can help support the work of the SPCA, and to stop the backyard breeders and encourage people to come and adopt and not to shop,” said Blair, a vegan. For the past 30 years, she has championed for abused and neglected animals. Today, animals are rescued and rehabilitated through her non-profit Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in southern California. It was actually her life-changing experience playing a child possessed by a demon in The Exorcist that would prepare her for her eventual real-life role as an animal advocate.

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An independent performance audit of the extent to which the CRD, participating municipalities and other responsible agencies have complied with their respective commitments deﬁned in the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan is now available for review by the public. Of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan commitments for the CRD, 61 of 66 individual commitments for the CRD were met and all ﬁve of the shared commitments for the CRD were met.

All of the commitments for the seven municipalities were also met. We are actively working to address the few outstanding commitments in 2012.

We’d like to know what you think of the audit report. Public feedback is encouraged through February 29, 2012. Copies of the report are available online at www.wastewatermadeclear.ca or in hard-copy at the CRD Fisgard ofﬁce.

Early Victoria from the sky Bird’s-eye views were created to tell people what their world looked like from the sky, and they were hugely popular across North America in the late 19th century. Victoria is lucky enough to have two separate prints, one done in 1878 and the other in 1889. A third was created by artist Annie Ross and the tale of its mysterious dissappearance leads to a tantalizing lecture. Bird’s-Eye Views of Victoria and the Mystery of Annie Ross takes place Monday (Feb. 20) at 7:30 p.m., in the Victoria City Hall council antechamber. Free but donations welcome. For more information email office@hallmarksociety.ca or inquiry@victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca.

Feedback, comments and submissions can be

emailed to contact@wastewatermadeclear.ca, referencing the 2011 Performance Audit of Plan Commitments, or mailed to: Capital Regional District Attention: Dan Telford, Senior Manager, Environmental Engineering

625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 2S6

Evening honours Black History Month with celebration of Africa February is Black History Month and the African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island is celebrating with an evening of food, music, entertainment and dance. The event, Africa Celebrates, starts at 5 p.m., Feb. 25, in the Garth Homer Centre, 813 Darwin Ave. and includes dinner, live music and a dance. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students, $15 for kids and free for children five and younger. Contact Fiifi at 250-686-3976 or info@ahavi.org for more information.

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Saanich police on Friday released a sketch of a man who robbed a health food store at knifepoint last year. Around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2011, the man entered then quickly left the Health Essentials Supplements store at Gorge and Tillicum roads. Returning a few minutes later, after all other customers had left, he approached the cashier and asked her for a specific vitamin.

After she retrieved the item, the man produced a large knife and demanded money from the cash register. “Prior to leaving, he apologized no less than two or three times. He expressed his sorrow,” Sgt. Dean Jantzen said. The suspect is described as a thin Caucasian, 5’8” tall and in his late 20s or early 30s. He was wearing a black jacket, jeans, running shoes and a large red “Rastafarian-style” toque. Anyone who recognizes the suspect can call police at 250-475-4321. kslavin@saanichnews.com

How long-gun registry helped bust embezzler Continued from Page A3

Police sketch of suspect in Dec. 11 health store robbery.

BC has doubled lumber exports to China in one year. Commodity exports to India were up 74% in the last year alone. Expanding relationships with the world’s fastest growing economies is just one aspect of the BC Jobs Plan. Enabling job creation, supporting small business start-ups, and continuing investments in infrastructure and skills training are just some of the ways the BC Jobs Plan is helping to create jobs for BC families. To learn more about how the BC Jobs Plan works for you and your family, or to share your ideas, visit BC Jobs Plan.ca

The 40-year-old suspect, a Saanich resident, was the store’s manager in charge of inventory and ordering. Police say he was legally ordering the items on the store’s behalf, but then added them to his personal collection rather than putting them out for sale. An RCMP spokesperson says the Mounties “continuously (review) incidents of this nature, and (apply) the lessons learned where appropriate.” The spokesperson wrote in an email to the News that it would be the responsibility of B.C.’s Chief Firearm’s Officer to inspect the business documentation to verify that all registration documents necessary were valid. The forged documents were transfer papers, shifting ownership of the guns from the store to the suspect, Jantzen said. “That’s how the store caught on – they audited receipts for purchases, and they found a transaction that occurred that had no payment associated to it,” he said. According to the RCMP, there are no limits on how many firearms one person can register. Registering 159 firearms would not have raised any red flags. “Daily continuous-eligibility screening reduces the likelihood that an individual who has been identified as a potential risk to public safety will be permitted to retain possession of firearms,” the spokesperson said. “Unusual activity that is detected by the Canadian Firearms Program is flagged,” the spokesperson added, but did not elaborate on what constitutes “unusual activity.” It’s expected this week that the House of Commons will vote to scrap the 17-year-old long-gun registry. It will then go to the Senate. “There was definitely mismanagement of its implemenRandall tation by the Liberals, long Garrison delays and huge cost overruns,” Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison said in Parliament last week. He urged the government to amend the existing registry and fix its problems instead of scrapping the program. Federal Green party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) also spoke in the House about keeping an amended version of the registry. “I remember where the bill came from. We all recall the killings at École Polytechnique and the great demand by Canadians from coast to coast that we act to take greater steps to control the use of weapons in crimes of violence,” she added. “I think it (needs) fixing. It had an unnecessary number of measures that made law-abiding rural residents feel they were becoming criminalized. We could have come to a middle ground where we could all agree to keep the registry and law enforcement tools while removing the elements that unfairly stigmatized law-abiding gun owners.” kslavin@saanichnews.com

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THE ARTS

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - SAANICH NEWS Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - VICTORIA NEWS

Hot ticket: Pacific Opera Victoria presents Carmen at the Royal Theatre. Tickets $37.50

Carmen brims with life: dashing toreadors, leering soldiers, free-spirited gypsies, and the dynamo that is Carmen herself. Feb. 16, 18, 22, 24, at 8 p.m. and Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m.

A shout out to the spoken word Arnold Lim News staff

No special effects, instruments or gimmicks. Just the spoken word. “There is an appetite for quality spoken word and I wanted to keep that going,” said Victoria Spoken Word Festival artistic director Missie Peters. “It is incredibly important to me both to grow and establish the scene here in Victoria.” Combining elements of poetry, storytelling, stand-up comedy and theatre, the art form has seen steady growth – but a dearth of post-secondary poetry opportunities for the artists prompted Peters to take matters into her own hands creating a hybrid festival of sorts. “You can’t go to university for (it). We should have opportunities all across the country to develop the art form itself for artists and give them this opportunity to grow,” she said. “So I am doing it.” The festival kicks off with three days of artist-only workshops in

improv, beat box, singing, and clowning, because Peters believes the non-traditional elements offer young poets an expanded tool box from which to explore. Artists move on to write an ensemble script with their new skills within 24 hours and perform it in front of a live audience. “The festival is about trying to expand spoken word,” she said. “It will hopefully be something you, me and no one has ever seen before.” Starting in 2011 with a presentation to the Awesome Sh*t Club, where entrepreneurs like Peters pitched ideas to judges in a Dragons’ Den-style format for cash, her festival idea won the $600 grand prize and the first annual event was born. Without that opportunity this year, she turned to crowdfunding to source the $1,000 start-up cost. “It is a really great way to connect with people who care about your project. I thought it would take six weeks to reach our goal but we did it in two,” she said. “It

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Missie Peters, artistic director for the Victoria Spoken Word Festival hopes poetry lovers will come out in support of the second annual Victoria Spoken Word Festival. creates a community event that is, by necessity, supported by the community. If the people in Victoria didn’t want it, we wouldn’t have $1,000 in our campaign.” Crowdfunding, a relatively new tool where campaigners set up an account with websites such as IndieGoGo.com or Kickstarter. com and rely on the donations through the site to fund their projects, helped the festival raise more than $1,100 with two weeks

to go. In addition to the financial benefit, supporters from across the country left positive comments for Peters, a source of motivation for the poet who moonlights as a government worker by day. “It is almost more important than the money,” she said of the community input. “It lets you know as an organizer all (your) work is important to someone.” One of 12 poets from across Can-

ada invited to take part, Victoria resident Justin McGrail believes Peters’ efforts are making a difference in the popularity of the art form across the country. “Support (for) the festival is coming in from across the country. This (festival) is a highlight, a growing network of spoken word poetry,” the 20-year poet said. “In a way, the support Missie (Peters) has reflects the growth of spoken word in the country. I can say I have seen it in my lifetime.” With performances Feb. 23-25, culminating with the grand finale at the Intrepid Theatre streaming live on the Internet, even Peters doesn’t know what to expect because it hasn’t yet been written. She is confident performances will be well worth the price of admission. “I create the venue and (the artists) are going to fill it with art,” she said. “(Spoken word’s) power is in the performance and on the stage – as opposed to the page.” Spoken like a true poet, who does know it. Victoria Spoken Word Festival performances run Feb. 23-25 at the Intrepid Theatre and Solstice Café with a public spoken word workshop Feb. 26. For more information or to donate to the campaign visit www.victoriaspokenwordfestival.com editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Watoto choir helps thousands of Africa’s orphans Watoto, a holistic care program initiated to serve the needs of Africa and her people, presents a new tour entitled Beautiful Africa: A New Generation, an evening of vibrant, original African music, dance routines and life-transforming stories. The tour is a testimony of the new generation of leaders emerging out of Watoto. Established in 1994, the Watoto Children’s Choir has travelled internationally as ambassadors for the millions of children in Africa, orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS, war and poverty. Each of the children in the choir has suffered the loss of one or both parents. They live in Watoto Children’s Villages

where they receive the care and nurturing they need to grow up as productive citizens of their country. Today, Watoto impacts the lives of more than 2,500 children who have been orphaned and abandoned. Watoto’s purpose is to rescue the vulnerable and raise them up to be leaders, so they can rebuild their nation. For this to become an ongoing reality, Watoto relies on the support of Canadians to sponsor a life and impact their future. Living Hope is a Watoto program that has transformed the lives of women in Kampala and war-torn Gulu, Northern Uganda. The target groups are

HIV positive single women, returnees from abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army, and teenage mothers. The goal of Living Hope is to restore dignity to vulnerable women. The 2012 Canadian Tour features fair trade items for purchase that are made by women in the Living Hope program. See the choir for free on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. at the Lambrick Park Church, 1780 Feltham Rd, or at 6:30 p.m. at the Colwood Pentecostal Church, 2250 Sooke Rd. For more information, or to make a donation, go to www.watoto.com or call 1-888-9-WATOTO. llavin@vicnews.com

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The Watoto Children’s Choir helps support Watoto Villages for HIV/ AIDS orphans and Living Hope, a program for vulnerable women in Kampala and Gulu, Uganda.

ARTS AUDITIONS IN BRIEF

Langham Theatre goes topless

Auditions for 1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible by James McLure will be held at Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Court, on Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 from 1-4 p.m. Production dates are April 25 to May 12. Two plays by James McLure: Laundry and Bourbon is the story of three small-town women who love to gossip. Lone Star is about a man who loves his country, his wife and his 1959 pink Thunderbird convertible. There are roles for three men and three women ranging in age from 20s to early 30s. No audition bookings necessary. Scripts available for sign out during office hours. Call 250-384-2142 or go to langhamtheatre.ca.

Peninsula Players celebrate 60 years

Auditions for Peninsula Players’ How The Other Half Loves are on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. Sidney. The Players’ 60th anniversary season continues with Alan Aykbourn’s How The Other Half Loves. Cast requirements include three women (20-40), three men (20-40), a stage manager and producer. Performance dates are May 18-20 and May 25-27. For more information, contact Sid Clarke at 250-656-8975. Read a synopsis of How The Other Half Loves at peninsulaplayers.bc.ca.

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Piecing together the history puzzle Travelling workshop teaches seniors how to chart their ancestry Ryan Flaherty News staff

Muriel Fairbarns scans a photograph, looking for a familiar face. After a few moments, she finds it, in the middle of a group of about 50 or 60 girls. “There I am. I would be about 13, something like that,” says Fairbarns. “That would have been taken in about ’34, around then.” The school photo, from Fairbarns’ childhood in England, is one of a few that the Carlton House resident has collected as she attempts to piece together her family history. Along with portraits of her parents, and even one of her great-great-grandparents, they represent pieces of a larger puzzle, one which Fairbarns hopes to continue putting together so that her two children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren can have a fuller picture of their ancestry. One of the obstacles Fairbarns has faced is simply knowing how to put together all the bits of information so that they form a cohesive story. “I’ve got masses of stuff, you see, and I’ve been trying to put it in some sort of order – not very successfully,” she says. Fortunately for Fairbarns, she’s got an opportunity to do just that, thanks to a mobile workshop run by the Victoria Genealogical Society, taking place at Carlton House today (Feb. 15). The hour-long seminar, dubbed Ask Granny, is intended to give seniors the tools to help them chart their family history.

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Carlton House resident Muriel Fairbarns with some of her treasured family photographs. Fairbarns hopes that taking part in a genealogy workshop called Ask Granny in Oak Bay this week will help her learn more about her family history. “Making the process simpler and simpler is what Ask Granny is all about,” says Merv Scott, society programs director. With the help of a few volunteers, Scott runs the workshops once a month at different seniors’ residences around the Capital Region. Despite the name, men are equally welcome to attend. “In fact, a few months ago I had my first centenarian, and he was a man. Grandpas are more than welcome,” Scott says with a laugh. Although many important family milestones – birth and death notices, wedding announcements, and so on – can be found with a little digging online, there are two problems with that when it comes to seniors, says Scott. For one, it can be daunting to navigate the Internet.

And secondly, though there is plenty of early historical information available, there’s not nearly as much from the recent past, due in large part to ever-strengthening privacy laws. “If we can get a parent or grandparent to write some information down about themselves, they might be able to go back a generation where we can start finding information on the computer,” says Scott. The Ask Granny seminars were created by an American couple in 2009, and since Scott introduced the material to Greater Victoria, he’s hosted nine workshops attended by close to 100 people. Scott limits the maximum number of participants per session to 12, so that each can be given one-on-one help in filling out their

family history charts. “The whole thing is meant to be something that they take back and pull out every so often as they remember something or come across some photo or document,” says Scott. This is the first time Carlton House is hosting an Ask Granny workshop. Events like this offer an opportunity for residents to get to know each other better while providing a valuable service, says Rowena Hendriks, manager of leisure services at the residence. “We’re really keen on having activities that cause people to be able to talk to each other, to tell each other their stories, and to be known within their community,” says Hendriks. Helping people tell those stories is one of the main functions of the VGS. The society, which has more than 300 members, offers a range of genealogical services and resources to anyone who needs them. They operate a library in Vic West, publish genealogical journals, and have even created an online educational resource for teachers and students. But after several years of being supported in part by provincial grants, the society no longer receives government funding. Scott is hopeful that they can find other sources of revenue. “We’re trying to attract more members, which has helped, because membership fees are a big part of our revenue, but we’re still scrambling.” For now, however, it’s business as usual, and Fairbarns is looking forward to the workshop and the chance it will afford her to put some more pieces of her family puzzle into place. “It’s something that has been necessary for several generations, so I’m very pleased that we’re all beginning to do something about it,” she says. reporter@vicnews.com

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Spy games, colonial style Espionage from 1897 gives Fort Rodd Hill new insights into its past

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Fort Rodd Hill historic site manager Dave King shows off photocopies of images taken at the same location 115 years ago by a U.S. military officer acting as a spy. Trees are a little taller, but the view remains almost unchanged.

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viewed a powerful West Coast military asset. King noted that at the time, Canada and Britain viewed the U.S. as the main military threat to British Columbia and Western Canada, although Britain was also experiencing tensions with Russia. Edward Hill “When this fort was being built, 1897 was an interesting News staff period. Coast artillery was seen as a secret, but you wanted Hiring a few horses and armed with a large glass-plate camera everyone to know the fort was here for deterrence,” King says. and sketch pad, in 1897 a visiting U.S. military officer quietly “But you didn’t want anyone to know how big the guns were.” Rowan’s report indicates he hired a rowboat and oarsman, made his way to the outskirts of Victoria. In what were forests and farmland of the western communi- and audaciously snapped photos of the fort and Fisgard Lightties, he found a vantage point overlooking the ongoing construc- house, in broad daylight, from Esquimalt harbour. Hauling a large camera with plate-glass slides and a tripod tion of Fort Rodd Hill in Colwood. The officer took slide after slide of photos, scribbled notes, sketched what he saw and tried into a small open boat somehow didn’t draw the attention of military sentries, and there is no evidence either agents were to keep a low profile. This was espionage in the colonial era. Britain, in co-operation caught. “This guy hired a rowboat around Macaulay Point (and Fort with Canada, was constructing two heavily fortified, heavily Rodd) and reported about the guns, the defences armed bases at the mouth of Esquimalt harbour, and the whole nine yards,” King says, showhome of the British Royal Navy’s Pacific squad“We are ing a U.S. military image of Fisgard Lighthouse ron. without its causeway. “In the 1890s you were Fort Rodd Hill historic site manager Dave King learning more expected to do that, but one guy was exceptionsays officers photographing or sketching foreign about building this ally energetic. Apparently he was not caught. ports was standard procedure back then, but That would have made the news.” at least two U.S. military officers approached fort from American King received the reports and photographed the task of documenting Fort Rodd Hill and Fort spying than British images, stamped with the “U.S. Army Military Macaulay (now Macaulay Point) with exceptional History Institute,” in the mail after a retired U.S. vigor. records.” military archivist visited Fort Rodd Hill. “We had a real incident with a U.S. army spy,” – Bob Campbell “We had an American visitor who was an King says, standing outside the administration expert in coastal artillery take a tour of the site. house overlooking the fort, holding a photocopied image from 115 years ago that offers a similar view to A few months later the documents showed up in an envelope in today. “The officer sat right on this hill ... in 1897 and sketched the mail,” King says. “It blew us away. We all just said ‘wow.’” Colonial-era spying has inspired a free activity at Fort Rodd, and photographed the fort under construction.” Lieut. Andrew Summers Rowan, of the U.S. 19th infantry, and where kids (or adults) can use a GPS unit to go on missions and Lieut. DF Sellers, a U.S. navy intelligence officer, both offered find “secret” information about the fort – learning disguised as detailed assessments on fortifications, defences and weak- spy craft. King is trying to track down high-resolution digital images nesses of Fort Rodd Hill. The officers were frank in their reports about avoiding detec- of the 1897 military photos and drawings to help round-out a tion. Rowan had a hard time estimating the caliber of the hidden potential public display about espionage at the fort. “People don’t think about this kind of thing happening around guns and said the fort was in a strong strategic location, but surhere. It’s kind of a hidden history.” mised it wouldn’t be a match against U.S. warships. The images will also give fort historians rare access to details “I have been very fortunate in having been enabled to gather, unobserved, data relating to the location, method of construc- and nuances of the construction process and early history of tion the number of emplacements and the number of guns,” Fort Rodd Hill. British records and images, if they still exist, wrote Rowan, in a 1897 report to the War Department in Wash- reside in London. “We are learning more about building this fort from American ington. “Great secrecy is observed in the construction ... My method spying than British records,” observed Fort Rodd Hill historic was to occupy coigns of vantage and seize opportune moments interpreter Bob Campbell. “We hope we can do something with this information (for the public).” to gather what I learned of the fortifications.” “This material is extremely valuable,” agreed King. “We have Complete with photocopied photographs and hand sketches, the espionage reports landed on King’s desk a few years ago. no photos during the building period, so this stuff is exceptionThey paint a previously unknown picture of the historic site and ally interesting for us.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com offer a stark reminder that the fort, shut down in 1956, was once

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Wheelin’ on to London Canadian wheelchair rugby player Ian Chan, right, is blocked in by Patrice Dagenais, front left, Mike Whitehead, back left, and Zak Maddl, during the hard-hitting red versus black exhibition game at Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence on Saturday. The team is holding a three-week training camp at PISE in preparation for the London 2012 Paralympic campaign. Canada won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Coaches step up for B.C. Games Ringette coach Laura Watson goes over the X’s and O’s with a ringette player from the Lower Mainland. Watson is a technical director with Coaches B.C. who will be involved with the B.C. Winter Games in Vernon later this month. Submitted photo

Vernon a chance to recognize province’s dedicated coaches

oaches are often the unsung heroes of athletic success. When gold-medal athletes stand on podiums, their coaches often hide in the wings. However, without fail, athletes credit their coaches ahead of anyone else. Coaches lead and inspire athletes from community programs to the Olympic and Paralympic podiums. This month’s B.C. Winter Games in Vernon, Feb. 23 to 26,

is a major springboard for coaches and athletes alike to move up to the Canada Games. “A coach’s preparation for the B.C. Games, or any other competitive environment, is just as important as an athlete’s preparation,” said Coaches B.C. executive director Gord May. Coaches B.C. is the provincial organization responsible for coaching education programs and the ongoing support and development of coaches. Every coach at the Games is certified through the National Coaching Certification Program. “Every successful athlete has been

trained by someone who has taken the time to learn about the technical aspects of their sport and how to prepare their athletes both mentally and physically,” May said. Many of the 65 provincial sport organizations involved in the B.C. Winter and Summer Games utilize the Games as an opportunity for coach mentorship and training. Karate B.C. developed a junior coach mentorship program as part of the B.C. Winter Games where youth coaches have the opportunity to work with a certified adult coach. Six junior coaches, aged 15 to 18 years old, will be part of the 2012 B.C. Winter Games. “The B.C. Games is an ideal way of furthering (development of) our young athletes into future coaches,” said Fernando Correia, the Duncan-based provincial advisor for Karate B.C. “I know our junior coaches are looking forward to attending the Winter Games and to develop under the tutelage of some of Karate B.C.’s best coaches.” Another successful mentorship program developed by the B.C. Games Society, Coaches B.C. and Promotion Plus, supports the education of female coaches. For Laura Watson, technical director with Coaches B.C. and ringette coach, this has been a terrific opportunity for both her and her apprentice coach. “The B.C. Games experience that we have for our apprentice coach is absolutely the best experience that we could ever offer someone.” A total of 232 head coaches and assistant coaches will lead 1,148 athletes at the 2012 B.C. Winter Games. More online at BCgames.org. sports@vicnews.com

Cougars to be recognized against Storm on Thursday The Campbell River Storm are the Victoria Cougars’ final guest of the regular season tomorrow (Feb. 16). Faceoff is 7:15 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre. The Cougars (34-5-1) are riding a 14 game win streak, having defeated the Peninsula Panthers 3-1 on Friday. Following Thursday’s game the Cougars will be honoured by president Greg Batters as the top regular season team in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League with the Andy Hebenton trophy. The Cougars clinched top spot back in mid-January. Hebenton played five seasons with Lester Patrick’s Victoria Cougars from 1950-55, winning the Pacific Coast Hockey League championship. The Saanich Braves and Peninsula Panthers also play Thursday (Feb. 16), 7:30 p.m. at Panorama Recreation Centre. On Friday the Braves host Oceanside at Pearkes arena, 6:30 p.m., and the Panthers host Comox at 7:30 p.m. The Cougars, Braves and Panthers wrap their 42-game schedules in Oceanside, Comox and Kerry Park on Saturday, respectively.

Hitmen visit Royals for one-off The Victoria Royals host the Calgary Hitmen tonight (Feb. 15) at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Puck drop is 7:05 p.m. This weekend the Prince George Cougars return, Friday and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. sports@vicnews.com

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Hilary Graham of the Camosun Chargers reels after spiking a ball during a PacWest volleyball game at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence. Graham was last week’s PacWest player of the week.

Victoria rinks thrice shy at B.C. men’s curling championship

Members of the Victoria Curling Club can hold their heads high, as the club sent three teams to the Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s Provincial championships in Parksville last week. The Neil Dangerfield, Jody Epp and Jay Tuson rinks all represented Victoria, but none were able to crack the final four. Parksville’s Jim Cotter rink defeated New Westminster’s Brent Pierce in Sunday’s final.

Highlanders extend Bridge two years

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Chargers playoff bound Playoffs don’t come easy, and despite dropping their final two home games of the season, the Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball team are in the post-season. The University of Fraser Valley Cascades defeated the Chargers by a score of 3-2 on Saturday and Sunday at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence. The Chargers have already qualified for the playoffs, which are Feb. 23 to 25 at Douglas College in New Westminster. This weekend the Chargers (8-13) close out the regular season against the first-place

and contributed Va n c o u v e r with 45 kills, Island Marieight serving ners (20-2) in aces and one Nanaimo. Win block, a total of or lose, the 54 points. Chargers are The Chargers locked into fifth men’s volleyball spot, though the Hilary team, meanIsland rivalry Graham while, is still in will be a good test for both teams as danger of losing out on they ready for provin- the sixth and final playoff spot in the PacWest cials. From a recent spate standings. It’s a big test for the of injuries came a bright light, with Hilary Chargers, who likely Graham switching out need at least one of position and being win agianst the No. 1 named volleyball player ranked V.I.U. Mariners. of the week for the But it was only the season before last that the PacWest conference. Against the Douglas Chargers won provinCollege Royals on Feb. cials as the fifth place 3 and 4, Graham, played team in the standings. sports@vicnews.com the left and right sides

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Greater Victoria athletes, coaches and volunteers participating in 2012 B.C. Winter Games, Feb. 23-26 in Greater Vernon Willner, Rosa Willner, Coleman

Archery - Supervisor Archery

Boothman, Grace Brown, Owen Fairbarns. Nick Lau. Nereda Yim. Megan

Badminton Badminton Badminton Badminton Asst. Coach

Johnston, Paige Johnston, Carrie Szabo, Evan Underwood, Destiny

Biathlon Asst. Coach Biathlon Biathlon

Brilz, Sydney Curling Silversides, Katherine Curling Boychuk-Chorney, Benton Curling Silversides, Duncan Curling Stewart, Len Head Coach Zorn, Jacob Curling Reder, Kirsten Wavryk, Mackenzie Wright, Amanda

Figure Skating Figure Skating Figure Skating

Bolink, Emily Louis, Natalie Strugnell, Coral

Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics

Alexander, Olivia Churchill, Stephanie Haggard, Tatianna Harding, Mary Roepcke, Cyan Skinner, Morgan MacKenzie, Brigitte Simonis, Stephen

Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Hockey Supervisor Asst. Coach

Alexander, Tristan Bennett, Blade Jolley, Brennan Sanders, Zachary

Judo Judo Judo Judo

Irvine, Camille MacDonell, Alex Newell, Jean

Karate Karate Karate

Jasken, Kennedy Brindle, Sophie Clarke, Rachael Cosgrove, Imogen Imhoff, Tess Kerbrat, Sarah Lane, Dale Lebus, Maasa Sophia Mann, Bethany Wong. Angela

Netball Netball Netball Netball Netball Asst. Coach Head Coach Netball Netball Netball

Djurickovic, Zarija Skiing - Alpine Djurickovic, Elisa Supervisor Ellard-Webster Heather Skiing - Alpine Grisold, Burk Head Coach Benischek, Hannah Benischek, Emma Tanner, James

Skiing - Freestyle Skiing - Freestyle Head Coach

Cayford, Kelly Cayford, Janet Nawosad, Cameron Weir, Ian Weir, Ben

Speed Skating Asst. Coach Speed Skating Head Coach Speed Skating

Basketball

PacWest collegiate standings Women’s 1 V.I.U. 2 UNBC 3 Capilano 4 Quest 5 Camosun 6 Kwantlen 7 Langara 8 Douglas 9 CBC

GP W L PF:PA 14 13 1 1085:648 14 13 1 1178:788 14 11 3 1093:843 14 9 5 941:821 14 6 8 911:820 15 6 9 936:985 15 5 10 803:929 15 2 13 722:1073 15 0 15 676:1438

Pts 26 26 22 18 12 12 10 4 0

Men’s 1 V.I.U. 2 UNBC 3 Langara 4 Camosun 5 Capilano 6 Douglas 7 Kwantlen 8 Quest 9 CBC

GP W L PF:PA 14 13 1 1206:989 14 11 3 1239:965 15 10 5 1244:1107 14 9 5 1101:1116 13 7 6 1047:1021 15 6 9 1121:1170 15 6 9 1165:1261 14 1 13 1015:1219 14 1 13 1017:1307

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Volleyball

PacWest collegiate standings Women’s 1 V.I.U. 2 Fraser Valley 3 Capilano 4 CBC 5 Camosun 6 Douglas 7 Rockies

MP W L 22 20 2 22 18 4 22 15 7 21 11 10 21 8 13 22 3 19 24 2 22

SW:SL 64:22 59:25 53:25 41:40 31:48 22:60 17:67

Pts 40 36 30 22 16 6 4

Men’s 1 V.I.U. 2 Douglas 3 CBC 4 Capilano 5 Camosun 6 Fraser Valley 7 Rockies

MP W L 22 18 4 22 17 5 22 14 8 22 8 14 22 7 15 22 7 15 24 7 17

SW:SL 60:22 55:28 50:36 30:48 35:49 32:53 32:58

Pts 36 34 28 16 14 14 14

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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

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CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fit in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164. FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463. ✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

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