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Prove benefit before building sewage plant, opponents say Daniel Palmer News staff
The Capital Regional District should request an exemption under new federal regulations that require it to build a sewage treatment system, says a local group opposed to the project. The Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatment (ARESST) argues the current system of pumping screened sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca is safe and effective. The group held a press conference at Clover Point on Monday and called on the CRD to refuse to begin construction on a treatment plant unless an environmental impact assessment can prove the current system is causing harm. “What annoys scientists is when people pretend to be doing things for scientific reasons when they’re not,” said prof. Chris Garrett of the University of Victoria’s earth and ocean sciences department. The federal government’s Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations, announced last week, require all municipalities to meet a threshold for sewage treatment. It estimates 25 per cent of municipalities across Canada will require sewage treatment upgrades. Former federal minister of environment David Anderson said the regulations are too broad and need to be adjusted for regions like Greater Victoria that treat their sewage by alternative means. PLEASE SEE: Treatment, Page A13
University of Victoria PhD candidate Kristina Kowalski, centre, leads active seniors Bob McMillan and Phyllis McCormand in a stretch near the pathway at Clover Point in Victoria. Kowalski is looking for 100 inactive seniors in Greater Victoria to participate in walking groups as a part of her thesis on the benefits of walking. Natalie North/News staff
Never too old to put pep in your step Researcher seeks inactive seniors to study benefits of walking Natalie North News staff
Phyllis McCormand slings her leg over the back of a park bench at Clover Point on Dallas Road and leans into a deep stretch. Later, she’ll smile before gracefully bending forward and pressing her hands flat against the ground. At 88, McCormand has no problem following along as personal trainer Kristina Kowalski
leads her through a brief stretching session. McCormand cannot, however, participate in a study recently launched by Kowalski, a PhD candidate in the University of Victoria’s school of exercise science, and the department of psychology. McCormand starts her day with an hourlong walk through Lambrick Park, so when she heard Kowalkski was looking for 100 seniors to participate in a study that aims to uncover the cognitive and physiological benefits of walking, she was keen to sign up. But she couldn’t – she is already too active. “She felt that I walked around the park too much, ran up and down the stairs too much,” said McCormand, who also participates in exercise sessions at The Victorian, a retire-
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ment residence in Gordon Head. “I don’t specifically pay any attention. I just walk.” Kowalkski is recruiting people over age 65 who aren’t meeting Health Canada’s physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week, for an eight-week study slated to begin in August. Walking groups will likely take place near the Gorge, UVic, Lochside, Dallas Road and Elk Lake. Kowalski plans to begin groups with lower intensity, 15-minute walks at the start of the study and build to 30 to 45 minutes of moderate intensity by the time her research is through. PLEASE SEE: Walking study, Page A8
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