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She’s back The ferry from Anacortes returns with pomp Sunday Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

Lessons from a leader Elizabeth May addresses the crowd at the Peninsula News Review’s Women in Business breakfast on Tuesday, March 20. May, leader of the federal Green Party and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, shared her thoughts on the need for innovation and creativity in keeping businesses healthy during lean times. Check the Wednesday, March 28 News Review for our special Women in Business pullout.

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The annual fast and furious party for the Ferry Between Friends will start with the arrival of the first boat of the season Sunday.

“It’s a short and sweet event,” said Chris Olson of Flair Hospitality which manages the Sidney international ferry terminal. “It’s a meet and greet between the two sides.”

The first ferry of the season will dock at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 25 followed by a 40 minute party with pipes, town criers, RCMP in serge and words from the mayors of the three communities where the Washington State Ferry stops.

“We encourage [fanfare]. The ferry comes in at 11:10. Usually by 11:40 they have to return through customs,” Olson said. “The more people the better because it just shows Canadian pride.”

The Sidney-Anacortes ferry route has an annual closure for 12 weeks as a cost saving measure. This year will mark the ninth annual opening day celebration with the Town of Sidney, local citizens and many people from Anacortes and area. Mayors from the Town of Sidney and Anacortes exchange celebratory words and town criers from both sides of the border make their proclamations.

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National conservation aims for ‘maximum combustion’ to restore dune ecosystem Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

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o the first time, flames will lick at a or 1 12-foot stand of razor sharp gorse this m month on James Island in the name of c conservancy.

“This is an effective, cheap way of getting rid of a really nasty stand of gorse,” said Tim Ennis, director of land stewardship for B.C. Region of the National Conservancy of Canada.

With no natural predator for the plant, gorse roams unchecked and takes over. On James Island, the offending plant has taken over a 12-foot high stand of two to three acres.

“It’s out of balance,” Ennis said. “One of the problems is it’s covered in thorns, razor sharp from top to bottom, so trying to get rid of it by hand is really hard.”

It’s sucking up land that should be a good habitat for a number of endangered species.

“It’s taken over some important sand dune habitat,” Ennis said. “If we don’t get rid of this gorse it will continue to spread.”

So one day between now and March 30 – with an eye to the weather for safety and smoke’s sake – they’ll head out to the private island east of the Saanich Peninsula and set fire to the offending plant over two acres in a prescribed burn on Village Spit.

“No one’s really tried it before with this particular situation,” Ennis said. Fire is commonly used to manage landscape, often to restore more open forests – a plan the national conservancy has for the Garry oak forests in Greater Victoria.

Those require a burn regime. This would hopefully be a one-time deal.

“No one has really set fire to a big gorse stand before … at least not around here, so we’ll be very interested to see how it goes,” he said.

The gorse appears to be flammable and they expect good results, which is good news for the Edwards’ beach moth, yellow sand verbena (plant) and contorted pod evening primrose.

Timeline

Yellow sand verbena photos courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

■ 2007: NCC protected 20 per cent of the privately owned island in co-operation with the owner by placing conservation covenants on the most ecologically sensitive portions of the island.

District of North Saanich Public Notice Upcoming Meeting of the Budget Committee Residents of North Saanich are invited to attend the upcoming meeting of the North Saanich Budget Committee. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall located at 1620 Mills Road.

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■ Now: Since then, they’ve done an ecological inventory, mapped the broom and gorse, and created volunteer work parties to hand pull the smaller stands of invasive plants.

■ Ongoing: Beach cleanup parties have kept the trash to a minimum.

Replenishing the stocks James Island maintains some of the last remaining coastal sand dune habitat in the Pacific Northwest and is one of only a handful of known locations of the nationally endangered sand verbena moth, among other species.

The privately owned island provides for a conservation area with no access to the public.

That means the ecosystem doesn’t bear the brunt of dogs and walkers like the Sidney Spit or Island View Beach dunes.

“The populations that we have out there are a little bit more robust,” said Tim Ennis, director of land stewardship for B.C. Region of the National Conservancy of Canada.

“If we can make that best place as good as possible … it’ll be a really good thing, but also we will be able to help out with restoration in these other areas.”

Above: An example of high quality sand spit-dune habitat on James Island’s north spit – critical habitat for several endangered species. photo courtesy the Nature Conservancy of Canada

“Those three are nationally endangered,” Ennis said. Another resident is the sand verbena moth which is also considered an endangered species.

This sand dune-spit ecosystem provides habitat for several federally endangered species of plants and animals that require open sand habitats.

“We want maximum combustion,” Ennis said.

“Ideally there won’t be very much left. In fact what we’re looking for is open sand habitat; sand that can be moved and shifted by the wind. It should be an active, dynamic coastal sandspit process that happens out there.” reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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CENTRAL SAANICH LAND USE BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1770, 2012 (R-2S zone – Small Lot Two Family Residential zone – 7895 East Saanich Road) In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to: 1. rezone the area of land legally described as Lot A, Section 5, Range 3 East, South Saanich District, Plan 43703, Parcel IdentiďŹ er 004-094-123 (7895 East Saanich Road) from the Large Lot Single Family Residential (R-1) zone to the Small Lot Two Family Residential (R-2S) zone as shown shaded on the map below; 2. create a new zoning category, Small Lot Two Family Residential (R-2S) zone that will allow for single-family and duplex residential uses. Regulations for the new Small Lot Two Family Residential (R-2S) zone will include Permitted Uses, Accessory Uses, Height and Siting of Buildings and Structures, Size of Buildings and Structures, Density, Lot Size Requirements for Subdivision, and Other Regulations; and, 3. make consequential amendments to Section 49 (Requirements for Screening), Section 55 (Works and Services Standards), and Section 63 (Sign Regulations) for the Small Lot Two Family Residential (R-2S) zone, as per the requirements of the Residential Two Family (R-2) zone.

It’s your choice how to vote Readers’ Choice survey online now, in the paper soon Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

The Peninsula News Review is opening the options for readers filling out the annual survey of a few of our favourite things on the Saanich Peninsula.

The seventh annual Readers’ Choice tallies the opinions of those who know best where to buy the best muffin or see the best artwork. “Readers’ Choice is the way our community celebrates the best people, places and events

that make the Peninsula a great place to live and visit,� said PNR publisher Jim Parker. “It’s the perfect way to recommend to your 45,000 neighbours where to shop or do business.�

As always, PNR readers can clip the survey and sit down with a cup of coffee while pouring their hearts out on paper.

Now we’ve added the option of filling out the survey during a break at work or on a mobile device while awaiting the bus. “We’ve made it even easier for people to vote for their favourite book store and pet shop this year by putting our survey online. There’s nothing better than voting when you’re still wearing your PJs, so we hope to get tons of responses,� said PNR

editor Erin Cardone.

The hard copy questionnaire will be in the March 28 issue of the Peninsula News Review and will appear in every issue until the survey deadline, April 23.

Paper entries can be dropped off or mailed to the Peninsula News Review, 6-9843 Second St. Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C7.

To vote online, go to www. peninsulanewsreview.com and scroll down halfway to click the blue Readers’ Choice Awards button on the right.

Those who fill out the entire questionnaire will be entered to win a prize. In addition, businesses and people who get the most votes will be awarded at a ceremony in May. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

Orange sales rack up donations for hospitals Thrifty Foods’ month-long Help Out One Buck at a Time campaign raised $84,742 for hospital foundations.

Between Feb. 15 and March 13, $1 from the purchase of every four-pound bag of Buck Brand navel oranges at the grocery chain went to sup-

port 13 hospital foundations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, including the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation.

Included in the total was a $20,000 donation from Buck Brand Citrus owner Lisle Babcock. rholmen@vicnews.com

Island dodged the influenza bullet this winter Except for a half dozen closures of acute care facilities, it was a quiet winter for flu outbreaks on Vancouver Island. “This year compared to previous years was very mild,� said Dr. Paul Hassleback, Vancouver Island Health Authority chief medical health officer.

No schools were closed because of flu outbreaks, an indicator of a low incidence of outbreak, he added.

The exact number of how many people got the flu was not available.

“We’ve been fortunate since [the 2009] H1N1 pandemic strain got in circulation – it did affect a lot of people and a lot got immunized,� he said.

This season’s three-part vaccine was similar to last year’s, immunizing against H1N1, H3N2 and B influenza. As in previous years, about 40 per cent of the population got flu shots.

Although there’s no indication a new strain of flu is brewing, Hasselback said viruses do adapt and “one of these years it will be much more severe.� vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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The intent of the proposed bylaw amendment is to create a new zoning category, with regulations, that will permit duplexes on smaller parcels than now required in the R-2 zoning designation. The intent of the proposed bylaw amendment is also to speciďŹ cally facilitate a two lot subdivision and construction of a residential duplex on each of the respective proposed two lots.

Copies of the above proposed Bylaw, Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999, proposed subdivision plan for 7895 East Saanich Road, staff report and other related information that may be considered by Council, may be inspected at the OfďŹ ce of the Municipal Clerk, Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from the date of this Notice to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 2nd, 2012 inclusive. For more information, please phone the Planning Department at 250-544-4209.

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, either in person, by representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw, at the above mentioned time, date and place.

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Jim Parker Publisher Erin Cardone Editor Victoria Calvo Production Manager Bruce Hogarth Circulation Manager

The Peninsula News Review is published by Black Press Ltd. | #6 - 9843 Second St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C7 | Phone: 250-656-1151 • Fax: 250-656-5526 • Web: www.peninsulanewsreview.com

OUR VIEW

Get ready to crank it up

It’s been 23 years since a Victoria major junior hockey team made the Western Hockey League playoffs.

That was in 1989 at the old Memorial Arena, five years before the Victoria Cougars packed up and moved to Prince George.

This weekend, Capital Region puck fans can join the bandwagon, if they haven’t already, and cheer on the Victoria Royals as they battle the always-tough Junior hockey Kamloops Blazers.

It’s probably an playoffs take over understatement Save-On Centre to say the Royals, despite finishing with a flourish with a pair of wins against the front-running Portland Winterhawks, are the underdogs in this series.

But that’s where the excitement lies, in the chance of knocking off a favoured team.

Fans came out to support the Victoria Salmon Kings in past years’ ECHL playoff runs.

We encourage fans to continue that tradition and give the youngsters on the ice the royal treatment, so to speak.

Royals supporters don’t even need to wait until the games come to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre next Tuesday and Wednesday to watch the lads.

Shaw TV is airing every game in the best-ofseven series, which starts tonight (March 23) in Kamloops and continues there tomorrow night, with both games on at 7 p.m.

Ironically, the Royals’ Saturday game conflicts with the Vancouver Canucks, who are in the midst of a minor tailspin as they head toward the National Hockey League playoffs.

The last few Royals home games were jammed at Save-On, as fans clamoured to get a piece of the action.

We expect much of the same for the upcoming games, so if you want to be there in person, you better act fast.

Then again, you can always get some friends together and gather around the flatscreen in the living room to catch the game.

It’s hockey night in Canada, at its finest.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The Peninsula News Review 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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Send dirty fuel to history’s coal bin More than anything else, coal largest source of greenhouse gas fuelled the Industrial Revolution. It emission growth in Canada and are was, and still is, plentiful and cheap. the single largest reason Canada It’s also always been relatively easy is failing to meet its international to get at, especially if you climate commitments.” don’t mind sending kids I agree with Weaver into mines, endangering that the “world needs the lives of miners, or to transition away from blasting the tops off fossil fuels if it wants mountains. to avoid dangerous Coal is an 18th century human interference fuel source, but we still with the climate system. rely on it for much of our That means coal, energy needs. Because unconventional gas, and it’s so abundant and unconventional oil all inexpensive, there’s been need to be addressed.” little incentive to switch Canada uses more David Suzuki to cleaner but often more with Ian Hanington than half its coal to expensive sources. generate electricity Burning coal pollutes and for industry. We the air, land, and water and is a export about 40 per cent, much of major driver of climate change. it to Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

Emissions from coal combustion Canada also imports coal, mainly contain sulphur dioxide, carbon because it’s cheaper to ship it from dioxide, mercury, arsenic, nitrogen the U.S. to eastern provinces than oxide, carbon monoxide, lead, small from Western Canada. particles, and other toxic materials.

About 18 per cent of Canada’s These cause acid rain, smog, electricity is from coal, less than damage to forests and waterways, the global 40 per cent average, and a range of serious health and much less than countries like problems in humans, from lung China, which uses coal to generate disease to cancer. about 80 per cent of its electricity.

And, as University of Victoria But use varies across the country. climate scientist Andrew Weaver According to Natural Resources concluded after comparing the Canada, “Coal is used to produce impacts of burning tar sands oil to about 74 per cent of the electricity burning coal, “We will live or die by used in Alberta, 63 per cent in our future consumption of coal.”

Saskatchewan, 60 per cent in Nova That doesn’t mean the tar sands are Scotia, and 18 per cent in Ontario.

OK. There’s a lot more coal in the The coal not used to generate world and the impacts of mining electricity is consumed by Canada’s and burning it are more severe. steel, cement and other industries.”

Weaver stressed that “while coal Rather than looking for cleaner is the greatest threat to the climate ways to generate energy, many globally, the tar sands remain the industrial and government leaders

have been touting “clean coal.” This means trying to reduce some of the pollutants and CO2 by “scrubbing” them from emissions, by burying them underground in a process called carbon capture and storage (CCS), or converting coal to gas.

These are inadequate solutions.

They don’t get rid of all the pollutants. Carbon capture is expensive and mostly unproven and we don’t fully understand the consequences of burying carbon dioxide. The governments of Canada and Alberta have committed $3 billion since 2008 for demonstration CCS projects, mostly for coal operations, but some for the tar sands. Even with CCS, coal plants would not be required to eliminate their CO2 emissions, just reduce them.

As long as coal remains so inexpensive to obtain and burn, with few or no dollars paid for the environmental damage it causes, it will continue to be used. And that endangers us all.

We need leadership on this.

As Andrew Weaver said, “The atmosphere has traditionally been viewed as an unregulated dumping ground. There is no cost associated with emitting greenhouse gases.

Economists call this a market failure. To correct this failure, a price is needed on emissions.”

With energy, it’s time to look to the future and not the past. That means finding ways to encourage clean energy development and discourage fossil fuel consumption.

Carbon taxes and cap and trade must be part of the equation.

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‘Coal is an 18th century fuel, but we still rely on it too much for energy.’

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Central Saanich decisions affect taxpayers from Saanich In the very near future we could have three areas for big box stores in our community. One on Stelly’s X Road, one in the Keating business district, and one

by Mount Newton X Road and the Pat Bay Highway.

As a Saanich resident, I will not have a say in any of this.

Big box stores have been shown in independent research to be a drain on the local community in which they exist. Multinational retailers devastate local businesses while draining off

capital to pay enormous dividends to foreign investors who do not care about our community. Dozens of Wal-Marts lay abandoned in the U.S., leaving the municipalities to pay for the demolition.

This is my community. Decisions to allow such radical changes to our community impact me and my family, regardless of the municipal boundaries.

I live four kilometres from Brentwood Bay and my bank, my bookkeeper, bakery, clothing store and grocery store. I am also four kilometres from

Readers respond: Was it just a media stunt?

Re: The Peninsula’s voice in transit talks (News, March 16) It is my sincere hope that in the photo, Mayor Larry Cross was waiting to board a B.C. Transit bus to canvass fellow passengers for suggestions on how to improve service to the Peninsula, and not just posing for a photo op.

Ralph Adye Saanichton

Oil tanker talk pleases resident A big thank you to North Saanich council for passing the motion opposing crude oil tankers, in defense of our shared coast.

Jacquie Lynn North Saanich

Council inconsistent on federal issues decisions Two issues have become co-mingled in my brain: the Enbridge pipeline and shark fin soup. Enbridge hearings are underway to determine the fate of our western Canadian coastline. This is no light matter, and too often the forces of giant business seem to hold sway.

While this will enrich many already enormously wealthy large companies and shareholders around the world, the possible destruction that such a project could bring to our coast is unthinkable.

I have written to Central Saanich, as have many others, to challenge council to join the other nearby municipalities of Esquimalt, Saanich, Victoria and View Royal in taking a stand against oil tankers on our coast.

Now for the shark fin soup. At a recent meeting in Central Saanich our council voted down a resolution to support the federal government’s ban on the importation of shark fins. Procuring shark fins is a wasteful and depleting practice that takes the fins and throws away the rest of the shark.

One councillor voted against it on the basis that this would encourage other such resolutions over which the council may have an opinion, but no jurisdiction.

the Keating business area, where I shop for food, have my tires changed, purchase furniture, eat in restaurants, buy gardening materials and automotive parts, get automotive repairs, rent tools, purchase gravel, send my kids to school, and buy paint. I am a service electrician and a good part of my business is in Central Saanich.

This is my community and I am concerned about what is happening.

Walt McGinnis Saanich

Enbridge pipeline, teachers, HST

Hmmm. Should I be heartened? If a councillor is willing to vote against supporting the federal government on shark fins maybe he will do the same on Enbridge?

Lois Theaker Central Saanich

Others as quotable as younger Trudeau Re: Young people are frustrated because they care: Trudeau (News, March 16) I only have three quotes in response to Justin Trudeau’s statement that “the simplest way to effect change is to get out and vote.”

“How fortunate for the rulers that the people do not think.” – Adolf Hitler “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian activist “Without political education, the sovereign people is like a child playing with fire and constantly endangering the home.” – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, father of the Swiss education system Dean Helm Victoria

‘One-sided’ column cherry-picks facts Re: BCTF indoctrinating our kids (B.C. Views, March 7) As a moderate layperson interested in learning more about the teachers’ dispute with government, I was disappointed to read Tom Fletcher’s column.

This over-the-top rhetoric could have been written by Rush Limbaugh: “Left-wing groupthink pervades the educational system,” “North Koreanstyle political indoctrination,” teachers in cahoots with “budding campus radicals.”

And his contention that class size doesn’t matter is, 1) a joke to anyone who has seen his or her child move from an overcrowded class to a smaller one (or vice-versa), and 2) definitely not supported by all scientific data (though certainly it is supported by the data put forward by conservative think tanks).

Fletcher objects to “indoctrination” – which I take to mean only putting

forward one view and cherry-picking facts to support your side. It’s ironic he can’t see that’s exactly what he is doing in his column.

Kevin Wilson Victoria

HST argument needs explaining again It’s amazing, after all the discussion about the HST the past three years, that people still claim voters who voted no to the HST deprived the government of revenue, and therefore shouldn’t complain about spending cuts.

How many times does this issue have to be explained? The HST was billed by the B.C. Liberals as revenue neutral. The anti-HST vote was not a mindless anti-tax protest.

What most people objected to was the dishonest way the tax was introduced and the fact it represented a huge shift in the tax burden from corporations to individuals.

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Consultation for more than just avoiding bear attacks Cpl. Chris Swain Red Coat Corner

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Scenes from the 2011 Patos Island race. Emma, skippered by Eric Jespersen, finished first in the long course last year. This year’s Patos Island race begins tomorrow.

Triple Crown series begins with tomorrow’s Patos contest Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

Look for an Icon to stand out in the crowd during this weekend’s Patos Island race.

“It’ll be the biggest boat out there,” said Richard Ludwig, community and media relations for the Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club which hosts the 31st annual Patos Island sailing race this weekend.

“It’s out of Seattle, but it’s what they call a maxi-sled. It’s a very light

“It’s really exciting to watch the race start. They’re all in one place basically.”

– Richard Ludwig, Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club sailboat specifically built for very, very fast passages,” Ludwig said.

The 65-footer takes up to 20 people to crew and is registered to race in the Patos Island long course.

“The big one is the around Patos overnight race,” Ludwig said. “The big boats, the fast boats, they’ll

start coming in around 2 or 3 in the morning.”

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“It’s really exciting to watch the race start. They’re all in one place

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The two wharves at the foot of Beacon and Bevan avenues and the shoreline in that area provide the best viewing.

The action starts at 10:30 a.m., tomorrow, March 24.

The Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club’s Patos Island race marks the start of the Triple Crown competition rounded out by the Around Saltspring race and the Swiftsure.

Learn more online at snsyc.ca. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Elephantangels Brittany Lee

h surrounding d d this h “The communities around mountainous area are banding together to prevent poaching and to help preserve the forest and A Victoria couple is aiming big. Their goal: pro- to stop forest fires,” Goering said. tecting elephants, the world’s largest mammal, Goering and Coffey committed to funding the from being killed for their tusks. project and its 12 employees for the first year.

Dag Goering and Maria Coffey are the husband“In order to keep places wild, to keep magnifiwife team behind the advencent animals like elephants in ture travel company Hidden this world, we have to pitch in Places and the Elephant Earth together and work with local Initiative. The couple hosts people to bring that about,” a multimedia presentation, Goering said.

Elephants and Other AdvenHowever, protecting the tures, at Camosun College on elephants is only one of their Wednesday, March 28. goals. Many of the locals rely Through their travels to on the mountains for the surSouth East Asia, Africa, and vival of their livestock.

India, Goering (a trained vet“We’re not only protecting erinarian and photographer) elephants and helping with and Coffey (an author) were their survival, but this area inspired to help protect eleis also hugely important for phants in those regions. Eleall the surrounding local peophants are used as tourist ple,” Goering explained. “By attractions and are too often securing that area we’re also killed for their ivory, Goering securing their survival and said. their hugely important water The couple hopes their presource.” sentations will raise $6,000 to The multimedia presentaSharon Tiffin/News staff support an anti-poaching projtion features stories of jourect in a mountainous area of Maria Coffey and Dag Goering neys into the world of eleKenya known as the Kirisia with one of Goering’s photos. phants and the people they’ve Hills. met along the way.

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And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just from Anacortes, but the islands between as well, due to the stop on San Juan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the summer probably 20 per cent of our business comes from Friday Harbour,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The ninth annual Ferry Between Friends opening day starts around 11 a.m. Sunday to kick the Anacortes ferry route back into gear. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Chris Olson, manager of the Sidney international ferry terminal, is ready to pin and party this weekend. This is the third year that dignitaries have exchanged pins as part of the Ferry Between Friends event that kicks off the season.

PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Friday, March 23, 2012

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Teachers schedule April vote to stop extra-curricular duties

curricular duties such as coaching that are done outside of school hours.

“We’re a federation of autonomous locals and yes, they will be making their own decisions,” Tom Fletcher Lambert said. “The plan envisions a provincewide Black Press action and that would be one that would, I guess, join up with the local actions that have already The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is going back to been started.” court to challenge the legislation that has put an Bill 22 goes beyond forcing an end to the strike end to its latest strike action, but teachers will that has had teachers refusing to complete report be back on the job once spring break is cards or meet with administrators since over on March 26 last September. It reimposes restrictions At a news conference in Vancouver on class size and special needs support Wednesday, BCTF president Susan Lamthat a B.C. Supreme Court decision last bert announced union members will take year ruled were done without adequate part in a provincewide vote on April 17 consultation. Lambert said that will be a and 18 to decide if they will withhold volfocus of new legal action. untary extra-curricular duties to protest “Bill 22 addresses the judgment by Bill 22. The legislation gives the provinrepealing it in one paragraph and reincial government the authority to impose stating it in the next,” she said. “That’s heavy fines for strike action during an more than arrogant.” imposed six-month cooling-off period.

Education Minister George Abbott A second member vote would have to Susan Lambert returns next week from a 10-day visit to be held with majority support before the China promoting educational exchange. union approves any strike action that He said he will appoint a mediator when would defy Bill 22 and trigger fines of $1.3 million he returns, to seek agreement within the terms of a day for the union and $475 a day for individual the government’s two-year wage freeze. teachers.

The BCTF did not release the action plan worked Year-end report cards will be completed to allow out during delegate meetings in Vancouver this students to apply for scholarships and post-sec- week, but did indicate it rejects a provision of ondary education, Lambert said.

Bill 22 that could pay teachers extra if they teach Lambert appeared to rule out any further work- classes of more than 30 students. to-rule action as students return from spring break, Lambert termed the extra pay offer “cash for but she left the door open for individual districts kids” and called it “totally unethical.” to begin immediately withholding voluntary extraeditor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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The gun enthusiast who stole more than a quarter-million-dollars worth of firearms and hunting gear from his employer now faces weapons trafficking charges, after police learned he sold a number of the stolen guns.

More than 159 weapons were recovered last month at the home of Lucky Jhagra, a former employee at Island Outfitters in Saanich. Police allege Jhagra purchased the items on behalf of the store, then forged transfer papers to add them to his personal collection.

Saanich police this week said several more guns taken from Island Outfitters were not recovered at the home, but were sold online.

Sgt. Dean Jantzen says police have tracked six of those weapons to homes in the Capital Region, and are in the process of recovering them. Others were illegally sold to buyers outside of B.C., and recovering those will require the assistance of other law enforcement agencies in Canada.

Though Jantzen said tracking all the stolen items has been a “logistical nightmare” for detectives, as well as B.C.’s Chief Firearms Officers, he says the unusual fact that the employee had registered all the stolen weapons with Canadian Firearms Registry helped in the investigation.

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Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen sits with a replica M16 Bushmaster in February. The assault rifle and another 158 guns were seized by police from the home of a manager at Island Outfitters, who is accused of taking the weapons from work.

“Every single one of these [trafficking] charges stems from records obtained through the registry,” Jantzen said. Ownership of all the guns sold online was transferred using proper documentation.

“The stolen items were duly documented and registered, so they are all quite traceable,” he said.

The new weapons trafficking charges were approved last Friday, and a warrant for Jhagra’s arrest was issued. He turned himself in to Saanich police on Monday

and had a court date Tuesday.

Among the items sold online were pistols, rifles and shotguns.

Firearms trafficking comes with a mandatory three-year minimum prison sentence, if the suspect is found guilty in court.

Jhagra, 40, now faces four counts of weapons trafficking, and two each of theft over $5,000 and possessing a weapon obtained through an offence. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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SPORTS

Finals continue tonight

CS cyclist among event nominees Peninsula cycling phenom Annie Ewart is among the nominees for the fourth annual Celebration of Women in Sport awards gala.

The awards gala will be April 1 at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence. The event honours women’s achievements in sports, highlighting the importance of sport for girls and women in all stages of athletic development.

Nomination categories for the awards include athlete, coach, sport builder and volunteer.

Shortlisted athletes are crosscountry mountain biker Mical Dyck, road cyclist Ewart, weightlifter Jeane Lasson, national field hockey player turned University of Victoria Vikes media officer Ali Lee, paracyclist

Karen March and Canadian rugby star Barbara Mervin.

As of Monday, rowing’s Allison Dobb was the only coach nominated. Linda Gilmour (kettlebell), Irene Schell (B.C. Summer Games) and Wilhelmina Helena Toews (Duncan Community Fitness/Sports) are shortlisted in the builder category.

Chantal Brodeur (Special Olympics) and Jennifer Erlendson (road cycling) are up for volunteer of the year.

Paralympic gold medalist Michelle Stilwell and 2011 World Cup rowing champion Lindsay Jennerich will speak at the event.

For tickets or more information, visit piseworld.com. sports@peninsulanewsreview.com.

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The Peninsula Panthers and Victoria Cougars are back on the ice tonight for Game 3 of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoff finals.

The cat fight continues on Panthers home ice at Panorama. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

The Panthers suffered an 8-0 drubbing in Game 1 on Sunday.

Game 2 was played Thursday after News Review deadline. sports@peninsulanews review.com

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VIJHL final ■ March 18: Panthers 0 Cougars 8 ■ March 22: after PNR deadline ■ Fri., March 23, 7:30 p.m. @ Panorama recreation centre ■ Sat., March 24, 6:30 p.m. @ Panorama ■ If necessary: March 25, 7:30 p.m. at Archie Browning; March 31, 8:30 p.m. at Panorama; Game 7, TBD, at Archie Browning.

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Sat. March 24, 10am-noon. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Hall, 1110 Caledonia Ave. 250-384-2255.

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SIDNEY CARETAKER We are currently seeking a reliable, trust-worthy, hardworking individual or couple to look after two luxury ocean front properties in Sidney, BC on a permanent and long-term basis. Duties include safety and security of the properties, general maintenance, guest services and occasional driving (i.e. Airport pick-up & delivery). Coordination of bookkeeping, cleaning, and gardening is required as well as infrequent project management. The chosen candidate(s) will possess very high standards of care and attention to detail, exemplary communication skills, computer literacy and will understand the need for excellence in all areas. Accommodation in a two bedroom ocean front home may be provided in time, but not initially. Remuneration is commensurate with experience and responsibilities.

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SAT Mar. 24th 9 - 3pm. Garage Sale. Tools, lots of kids stuff, games, lego, tables, books. Downsizing so it all has to go! Inside garage so rain or shine! 6672 Buena Vista - off Keating Xrd.

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THE ARTS Sketch Club 103 and still going strong Victoria Sketch Club gears up for annual show Vivian Moreau News staff

While rain dampens the day on a Tuesday afternoon it’s cozy inside Windsor Pavilion. About 20 members of the Victoria Sketch Club, ranging in age from their early 50s to mid 90s, set up tools and easels for an afternoon of still life painting.

“We’re called a sketch club, but really it’s all about painting,” 20-year member Christine Gollner says about the 103-year-old club.

Emily Carr belonged, as did Jack Shadbolt, to the club that meets once a week to paint. Gollner travels from Cobble Hill to take part.

Members meet at the pavilion in the winter and at open areas around the region in the summer.

This month the club hosts its annual show and sale at Glenlyon Norfolk School’s junior campus gymnasium on Beach Drive. Gollner, the lead organizer, expects

about 1,500 people will attend the week-long show that opened March 20.

“There isn’t a theme, but it is West Coast because that’s where we are,” Gollner says of the paintings’ subject matter. Although some of the artists such as Sophia Morrison and Ann Nohales Kezes produce abstracts, most of the 150 watercolour, acrylic and oil paintings at the show this year will be landscapes, Gollner says. There will even be a few sketches.

Oak Bay councillor Tara Ney attended the show last year and hopes to this year, also.

“It’s a terrific venue to mingle with the local art crowd,” she says. “The place is always abuzz with energy and inspiration, and guaranteed fun. There’s a reasonably priced treasure to be found at every show.”

For three years, member Verna Linney has co-ordinated the daylong hanging of the paintings that precedes the opening. Glenlyon lends the gym to the group during the school’s spring break.

As artists start to arrive at 9 a.m. paintings are checked for loose

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Verna Linney works on an abstract painting at the Windsor Park Pavillion during a Victoria Sketch Club meeting. frames or wires by one team of volunteers before being handed to another team of a dozen who

work to group paintings large and small on walls, display boards and on the gym stage.

Although some artists lobby to have their paintings grouped together, Linney believes it’s more effective to have work spread through the exhibition. She does make concessions though. “If you’re over 90 you do get to group your paintings together.”

Some of the artists, like Peter Dowgailenko are new to painting, but others like Gollner studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver.

Darlene Young exhibits at the Inner Harbour Causeway in the summer, as well as Coast Collective gallery at Esquimalt Lagoon, but enjoys being with “the encouraging and mentoring” artists of the club and also appreciates the club’s longevity.

“A lot of art clubs come and go, but the Victoria Sketch Club remains.”

Admission is free to the Victoria Sketch Club’s 103rd annual art show and sale at Glenlyon Norfolk School, 1701 Beach Dr., that runs through Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closing at 4 p.m. on Sunday). vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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