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Teaching Coast Salish knitting
Panthers’ coach takes new job with B.C. Hockey
Tsartlip First Nation members teaching UVic students about Coast Salish art, page 6
The Peninsula Panthers have announced the resignation of coach Rob Armstrong, page 19 Watch for breaking news at www.peninsulanewsreview.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
RCMP targets cyber bullying Sidney North Saanich officers visit schools to educate parents Devon MacKenzie News staff
Over the next few weeks Sidney North Saanich RCMP member Cpl. Erin Fraser will be educating parents on Internet safety at local elementary and middle schools. The talks will include information on Internet safety basics and Fraser will also touch on the more sensitive subject of cyber bullying. “Let’s face it, most of our kids are more technologically savvy than we are nowadays,� said Fraser. “I’ll be providing information that I hope will help parCpl. Erin Fraser ents feel comfortable enough to effectively monitor their child’s online activities and I also want to provide parents with some cues to watch for that may indicate a child has been the target of cyber bullying.� Fraser said it’s important for parents to be aware of their children’s online habits, especially in light of recent events. PLEASE SEE: Parents must be aware, page 2
Devon MacKenzie/News staff
Central Saanich Police Service corporals Janis Jean and Wes Penny on Jean’s last day of service. She is retiring after 10 years of service with the force and Penny is slated to take over as Community Services Officer. See our story on page three.
Citizens monitor tsunami debris Ocean Networks Canada creates app to help catalogue actual material Natalie North Saanich News
A wooden box stamped with Japanese characters sits hidden beneath a pile of seaweed and a sizeable chunk of kelp near the waters of Telegraph Cove – an image of what is expected to hit West Coast beaches this December. This prop didn’t actually float over from Japan following the devastating earthquake from March, 2011. But if it did, Murray Leslie, a member of Ocean Networks Canada’s
software development team, would be doing the right thing, as he kneels down on the beach and snaps a photo with his smartphone. Logged into Coastbuster, an app designed to get the public reporting marine debris, Leslie captures an image of the box and with a few strokes across the phone’s touchscreen, categorizes his finding, simply answering what he has found and whether or not it appears hazardous. “Pretend we’re on the West Coast and there’s nothing but wild ocean out there,�
Leslie says at the Cadboro Bay beach in Saanich. “Stuff can just wash in here and it’s very difficult for it to wash out again. They expect debris like this to accumulate for at least the next two or three years.� To catalogue actual debris, Leslie would wait until he got back on a Wi-Fi network and upload his curious photo to Ocean Networks Canada via Coastbuster. PLEASE SEE: Ocean Networks creates, page 8
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