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Cancellation of bus runs balloon across city Strike or no strike, some transit riders used to spotty service
Olé! Langham Court Theatre costume manager Ned Lemley, right, adjusts the lace on Craig Lyall’s matador costume in preparation for Halloween. Comic book heros and Star Wars characters remain steadfast costume favourites, but the turn-of-the-century technology theme called steampunk is gaining popularity.
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of all kinds – where Victorian and Edwardian period wear is the speciality – but the occasional trends still float through. Last year was the season of the pirate, Lemley said, noting 2012’s shift toward more glam looks, including the steampunk craze. The Langham collection has been built from more than 30 years of theatre productions and donations. But a costume isn’t mandatory for achieving a dramatic look. “A lot more people are doing makeup, a theatrical sort of effect instead of putting a costume and being a witch or a vampire,” said Michael Bice, longtime employee of Murray’s Trick and Joke Shop. “They’re not being your classic Frankenstein or Wolf Man.”
As heavy rainfall covered Greater Victoria on Friday, bus riders were also hit with the worst of a transit strike. Despite the cancellation of about 70 runs due to a ban on overtime, primarily on University of Victoria-bound routes, many riders seem to be relatively unaffected. “They should be striking more,” remarked UVic student Justin Robertson, while on the No. 14, one of the routes which has seen the most cancellations throughout the week’s job action. “Especially with all the news about buying smaller buses. That seems pretty un-refuted.” The smaller community shuttle buses are at the centre of the contract dispute between B.C. Transit and Canadian Auto Workers local 333. When the no-overtime job action began Oct. 22, B.C. Transit cancelled about 20 runs across the region. By Friday, that number had ballooned to about 70 runs. On Monday that stood at more than 50. “I don’t think that if you’re going to be at 70 runs cancelled, you’re not going to have some kind of an impact,” said Ben Williams, CAW local 333 union president. “It’s directly affecting the students who we work very closely with. … It’s a very unfortunate side effect of our job action and not something we wanted it to get to.”
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Star Wars, super heroes and steampunk Old favourites, old technology popular for Halloween Natalie North News staff
What’ll it be? Zombie, steampunk, binder full of women? Terrifying, trendy or topical – expect a host of bizarre looks out on the town as another Halloween descends over the Capital Region and costumiers power through their busy season. Ned Lemley didn’t think a young customer had much of a chance at realizing his costume dreams when he stepped into Langham Court Theatre’s costume loft hop-
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ing to step out clad as Louis XIV. But it turns out a fleur-de-lis cape and a few accessories from the loft’s extensive collection of period garments added up to just the look for which the teen was striving. “The next thing I knew, around from the dressing room comes this lad and it was just great,” said Lemley from the tightlypacked loft above the Rockland neighbourhood theatre. Among the loft manager’s other most memorable customers: a young man who satisfied his desire to transform into classic comedienne Lucille Ball when he picked out a red wig and dress from the collection, and a teen who rented a tunic in his quest to become a Spartan, and later crafted himself a breast plate, greaves and a helmet from a disposable turkey roaster. The loft is the home of original creations
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