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Law prof named UVic president Jamie Cassels takes university helm in July Kyle Slavin News staff

“For us it’s really a celebration of the fact that God cares. You know, it’s those four cornerstones of our faith: peace, love, joy and hope,” Caveney says. “It’s just a celebration of that and we celebrate it through traditions, through being with family.”

To his experience, younger people are seeking that tradition. “We’re always wrestling with the story from the Bible and how it applies to our modern lives,” he says. “Ultimately, they want to hear that message that God cares.”

An exhaustive seven-month process to find a president for the University of Victoria ended with a recognizable name earning the high-profile appointment.

Jamie Cassels, who spent 10 years as the university’s vice-president academic and provost beginning in 2001, was named Thursday as the replacement for outgoing president David Turpin. Cassels, 56, has been with UVic’s faculty of law since 1981.

“I have never seen anyone better,” Turpin said of his successor at the formal announcement. “Jamie is a visionary who brings an extraordinary mix of passion, dedication, hard work and enthusiasm to everything he does.”

Cassels will take over for Turpin, who’s been president and vice-chancellor since 2000, as of July 1, 2013.

When asked what attracted him to this new position, Cassels said: “This university. This university is on the move, it’s growing, it has an international reputation as one of Canada’s finest universities, and what an opportunity to be a part of it.”

Cassels received a unanimous recommendation by the university’s 20-member search committee. He’ll be the university’s seventh president in its 50-year history.

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Rev. Michael Caveney lights candles as he gets ready to welcome everyone to the Christmas Eve service at St. Aidan's United Church in Saanich. Church services around Christmas draws a mixed audience of the secular and the religious.

The universal message of Christmas T Don Descoteau Reporting

he well-documented Christmas ceasefire between British and German soldiers on the Western Front in Europe is nearing its centennial.

The combatants halted their pitched battles briefly on Dec. 24 and 25 to celebrate Christmas together, enjoy a drink, exchange gifts, and in some cases, play a bit of soccer together.

It was a show of humanity between enemies who found they weren’t so different from each other after all.

So what is it about this time of year that softens hard hearts and leaves Christians and secular peo-

ple alike contemplating the meaning of the season?

Rev. Michael Caveney of St. Aidan’s United says 60 to 70 per cent of the 200-odd people who attend the Saanich church’s popular Christmas Eve service are not regular congregation members.

“I think people are just trying to get in touch with their spiritual values,” Caveney says, speaking to why many people set aside the evening of Dec. 24 to attend church.

Tonight’s (7 p.m.) St. Aidan’s service will steer away from detailing the story of Jesus’ birth, and focus instead on the themes of Christmas Eve.

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CARTS delivers love every Sunday night Natalie North News staff

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Kyle Reagan models one of his many ugly Christmas sweater creations at his home workshop in Saanich. Reagan has been expanding his business for the past five years, selling more than 2,100 sweaters this season.

The uglier, the better Entrepreneur capitalizes on popularity of tacky Christmas sweaters Daniel Palmer News staff

Ugly and tacky aren’t usually nouns a budding entrepreneur hopes to hear about his latest work.

But for local business owner Kyle Reagan, the words couldn’t sound sweeter.

“Naughty’s also been a huge thing this year,” says Reagan, standing in a basement full of self-made ugly Christmas sweaters.

Armed with a glue gun, felt cutouts, ornaments and, more recently, a canvas printer, he dreams up fashion faux pas designed to stand out amongst a room filled with Value Village attire.

Ugly Christmas sweater par-

ties have become the norm in recent years and they historically involve animal vignettes on knitted vintage threads.

“With more competition coming in, you have to be more innovative with the products,” Reagan says, swiping through the remnants of the Christmas rush in his workshop.

One of his most eyebrowraising innovations is a sweater with protruding screws in place of snowmen’s noses.

“You can attach real carrots to the front,” he says. “It definitely turns heads.”

There’s also demand for niche pop culture designs, he said, including canvas printer images of Justin Bieber and Psy of “Gangnam Style” fame framed with LED lights.

“I don’t have the capacity to make dozens of one model, so often I’ll make one elaborate sweater and sell complimentary products that are very similar on a mass productiontype scale,” he says.

The Saanich resident and Royal Roads graduate used his

business as a learning ground for future Internet marketing ventures.

Now in his fifth season of production, he ships his creations as far away as the U.K. through online orders at christmassweaters.ca.

An early estimate puts his sales at 2,100 units for 2012.

He openly shares his knowledge with other DIY-ers through online tutorials on his website.

“I was really standoffish about it the first couple of years, but there’s no secret to it – it’s glue and ornaments.”

Next year, Reagan plans to sell even more tacky sweaters by creating dedicated websites for each market in the U.K., U.S. and Canada.

He may want to consider a website for Alberta, the province that eclipsed all others in ugly Christmas sweater sales this season. Reagan can only speculate why that’s the case.

“They’re fun-loving people out there, that’s for sure.” dpalmer@vicnews.com

Al Lindskoog was hooked on CARTS from his first experience offering small comforts to some of Victoria’s most vulnerable residents.

Six years ago Lindskoog, now the president of the charity’s board of directors, came out on a Sunday night to offer a hot drink, warm clothing and an open ear to those living on the street.

“It just fit my heart and my personality so well,” Lindskoog said. “I took one trip out on the street and never looked back.”

Every Sunday he continues to uphold the CARTS – Christian Actions Reflecting The Spirit – mission to feed, embrace and inspire others through non-judgmental and compassionate outreach.

“I got out of my middle class upbringing and lifestyle and realized there’s a group of people, where poverty is a big issue for them, either through homelessness, limited income or addiction issues,” Lindskoog said. “I’ve been endeavouring with my heart to address the needs that are there, to see people not just as statistics, but as actual people, to become friends, to hear the stories and to discover who they are, not to view people as a project, but to build a friendship.

“It becomes very much a relationship about caring for people.”

Every Sunday afternoon some 20 volunteers, armed with four garden

carts loaded with sandwiches, hot chocolate, personal health items, toques, scarves, gloves and about 150 pairs of socks, meets up at Queens Manor (710 Queens St.).

After doling out “a smile and love and conversation,” Lindskoog said, the team then heads toward Centennial Square where they offer more of the same. The route ends at the Salvation Army if there’s anything left at the end of the two-hour effort.

CARTS relies on a constant stream of donations, including cash to purchase undergarments for recipients.

This year’s tighter-than-usual budget has seen CARTS hold off on purchasing the gloves they would like to give. CARTS remains open to a variety of donations, though winter gear is at the top of their wishlist this year.

More volunteers – of any faith – are also welcome to join the 10-yearold charity.

“We’re a bunch of people from a lot of different backgrounds,” he said. “Lots of people just have a heart of gold and want to express that. We want to be that place for people.”

And although the Christmas season is a wonderful time to get people thinking about giving, Lindskoog said, CARTS hopes to achieve consistency year round.

To donate, or to volunteer, either on the front line or preparing behind-the-scenes, visit cartsvictoria.ca. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Newly homeless, Jonathan is happy to get food and supplies he received from CARTS (Christian Actions Reflecting the Spirit). The group meet every Sunday handing out sandwiches, toiletries, treats, socks and hot cocoa downtown.

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Cassels lauded as ‘visionary’ As vice-president academic, Cassels oversaw the expansion of Committee chair Susan Mehinagic, undergraduate and graduate stualso on UVic’s board of governors, dent programs and services, and the called Cassels “a visionary” and the development of strong programs of most qualified person for the job, Indigenous education at UVic. even with the committee looking While dean of law, he launched externally, as well, to the ground-breaking Akitfill the position. “He siraq law program that understands the UVic delivered legal education community and underto Inuit students in Canastands how to affect da’s far north. change,” she said.

Cassels has received While Cassels numerous awards for his acknowledged the posischolarship and teaching, tives of Turpin’s career including a 3M National as president, he said Teaching Fellowship, his first focus will be to Canada’s highest award go out and speak to the for university teachuniversity community ing. He was named a B.C. about “developing a Queen’s Counsel in 2004 Jamie Cassels further shared vision for his scholarly and serof where we want to go vice contributions to the and how we get there. legal profession.

“Inspirations, aspirations should A backgrounder on Cassels notes never be fully achieved, or else that he has three children, and you’ve set your sights too low,” Caswhen not practicing law, is an avid sels said. “I have a very ambitious outdoorsman and boater, enjoys sense of where we can focus and building canoes and furniture, and what we can accomplish together.” repairing diesel engines.

Emily Rogers, chair of the UVic Cassels says he’s both excited and Students’ Society, also sat on the humbled about the opportunity that search committee. She says Cassels’ awaits him. track record at UVic is what made “This is a remarkable time to be him the best fit for the job. taking the helm of this university.

“Professor Cassels has an incredThe University of Victoria is celible passion for this institution, and ebrating its first half century, so his knowledge of UVic is absolutely this is a chance to take stock of our unparalleled. He really is uniquely accomplishments, but more imporpositioned to fulfill the strategic plan tantly, to look ahead to the next 50 and take this institution to the next years and to define our path.” level,” she said. kslavin@saanichnews.com Continued from Page A1

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SAANICH NEWS -Monday, December 24, 2012

Testimony ends at Phil Jacobs sexual abuse trial Jacobs molested him while preparing for altar server duties during a school mass in a room attached to the preparation room behind the altar.

The witness couldn’t remember how many times he performed as an altar server, but said it was more than once and spanned two school years. Overall, the witness said Jacobs molested him more than once and less than a dozen times.

On Thursday, Alice Valiquette, a retired but long-time teacher at St. Joseph’s, said she had the responsibility of selecting altar servers for school-wide masses, which happened about once per month, during school hours.

Valiquette testified that the

Judge to hear final arguments in January Edward Hill News staff

A retired teacher for St. Joseph’s Catholic elementary school testified last Thursday for the defence as the final witness at the ongoing Phil Jacobs sexual abuse trial.

During testimony on Dec. 11, one of the three complainants against Jacobs testified the priest molested him during his time as an altar server at Joseph the Worker church.

The witness testified to a time

complainant had served as an altar server at a school-wide mass only once.

Valiquette also noted that during preparation for mass, the room behind the altar was busy with students, and that the school principal was usually in the room chatting with Jacobs prior to the ceremony.

“While teaching and attending mass, did you observe any improprieties between Philip Jacob and (the complainant)?” asked Jacobs’ defence attorney Chris Considine.

“No,” Valiquette told Justice Miriam Gropper.

She couldn’t say if the complainant performed as an altar server for different ceremonies, such as a funeral mass or a parish mass,

during questioning from Crown prosecutor Clare Jennings.

Jacobs, 63, is charged with sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference of a person under 14 and touching a young person for a sexual purpose.

The charges involve three minors under the age of 14, with alleged incidents spanning September 1996 to June 2001.

The trial will resume in Victoria Supreme Court on Jan. 8 for final defence and Crown submissions.

Media coverage of the trial has drawn the attention of people in Ohio, where Jacobs admitted during his trial here to sexually abusing young boys years ago.

Last Wednesday, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported

that in 2010, Diocese of Columbus had received about 10 reports of abuse by Jacobs since 1993 and had passed all allegations on to police.

“For many years the Columbus Diocese has actively sought all information of any incidents of abuse by (Phil) Jacobs. As its ongoing policy, the Diocese of Columbus continues to encourage strongly anyone who may have experienced abuse from any clergy or others associated with the church to contact the diocesan victims-assistance coordinator ... as well as notify the appropriate civil authorities,” Columbus diocese spokesman George Jones told the Dispatch. editor@saanichnews.com

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Monday, December 24, 2012 - SAANICH

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Penny Sakamoto Group Publisher Kevin Laird Editorial Director Edward Hill Editor Oliver Sommer Advertising Director

The Saanich News is published by Black Press Ltd. | 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 | Phone: 250-920-2090 • Fax: 250-386-2624 • Web: www.saanichnews.com

OUR VIEW

Generosity of the season T

he shopping malls around Greater Victoria haven’t exactly been empty over this Christmas season, but there’s a sense people aren’t spending as much these days.

Governments at all levels are facing deficits and cutbacks, and the economy isn’t exactly roaring upward.

Despite lingering tough times, people across Greater Victoria have once again shown immense compassion and generosity over the past few months.

Each week and almost each day we’ve seen new examples youth, adults, businesses and public sector organizations working hard to bring in food, clothing and toys for people in poverty and who are homeless.

Kids and teachers at schools such as Belmont secondary, Mount Doug high and Cedar Hill middle school have brought in piles of food, gifts and cash for food banks in Greater Victoria. Oak Bay high kids created gift bags for people spending Christmas in the cancer ward.

A small army of Salvation Army volunteers have manned collection kettles at shopping centres across the region.

In driving wind and rain, the annual truck light parade wound its way through the city and people were happy to give food for the Mustard Seed, a key food bank for the region that has seen significant cutbacks this year.

Some, like a preschool owner in Fairfield, raised enough donations help more than 65 families with Christmas hampers. Or Department of Defence personnel who have come through big for the United Way. These examples are the tip of the iceberg of those who give a little and a lot. Most people won’t see the joy they bring to kids who live in poverty, seniors who struggle on meager fixed incomes, and families given a chance to have a hearty meal that might normally fall outside their limited budget.

We hope Christmas season helps bring out the best in people, and this year again, we think it has.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: 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.

Dix seeks balance with business N

DP leader Adrian Dix has been made. completed year-end interObviously it would have been views with members of the desirable for everyone had they legislative press gallery. chosen a true joint Here are highlights from review, as they have in my discussion with him.

Site C [dam proposed TF: On the Kinder Morfor Peace River], as they gan oil pipeline expansion did with Kemess North proposal, federal NDP [rejected mine expanleader Tom Mulcair says sion proposal] and other the federal environmencases. tal process would have to TF: You don’t want be strengthened before a duplicated review proproject like that could get a cesses here, you just want thorough enough hearing. a provincial cabinet say in Tom Fletcher the decision?

Do you agree?

B.C. Views AD: The B.C. Liberal AD: That’s right. government has signed an TF: On your relationship equivalency agreement that says with the B.C. Federation of Labour, that the federal decision is the proyour caucus is considering a provincial decision on these projects. posal that B.C. should once again do If it applies to Enbridge Northern away with secret ballots for union Gateway, presumably the B.C. Libcertification. erals would apply it to Kinder MorAD: The B.C. Fed makes a case gan. to the government on a series of They could have done a joint issues on employment standards process, where [the final decision] every year. Labour law, every year. would have gone to both cabinets.

WorkSafeBC, every year. Trades and They chose instead to give up training, every year. jurisdiction. They were so afraid of With respect to [accepting signed making any decision on Northern union cards for certification], it Gateway that they sent it over to is a democratic process that the the federal government.

Newfoundland Conservative govSo what we’ve said is within a ernment just put into place a few week of coming to office, we would months ago. So it’s a proposal from end that equivalency agreement, the labour movement and we’re and British Columbia would make looking at it. decisions about both Enbridge For most of B.C.’s modern hisNorthern Gateway, which applied in tory, since World War II, we’ve had May 2010, and any other pipeline, that card-check system in place. including the Kinder Morgan proThe question would be whether posal, for which no application has [returning to that system] is a prior-

ity for this term in government.

TF: So those kinds of things will be made clear in your platform?

AD: Absolutely.

TF: You picked up some serious money from the business community at a fundraiser in October. Is that some kind of a record for the NDP? AD: [Laughs.] It might be a record, I don’t know. I think the business fundraiser we did at the Hotel Vancouver netted $350,000.

I think what it reflects is, this year I’ve had about 230 meetings with the business community. The purpose of it has been principally to build understanding, particularly on issues of skills training. With the priority I give to skills training, I think I’m much more attuned to their concerns than the government has been.

TF: I suppose that kind of success in fundraising might make it more difficult to follow through with your pledge to ban corporate and union donations.

AD: I don’t think so. The B.C. Liberal Party has a very high level of corporate donations as a percentage of its total. We’re overwhelmingly dependent on individual donations. We get support from unions, but it’s not even close to what people would think.

TF: So you’ll campaign for that, as you have before?

AD: Yes. –Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘This year I’ve had about 230 meetings with the business community.’

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SAANICH NEWS - Monday, December 24, 2012

Dinner at Our Place Keith Jenkins, left, gets a dinner from Victoria Coun.

Charlayne ThorntonJoe as VictoriaSwan Lake MLA Rob Fleming picks up turkey dinners to serve at Our Place Society on Thursday.

Volunteers served more than 1,000 dinners to people struggling with homelessness and poverty at the annual Christmas meal. Our Place on Pandora Avenue will be open during the day on Christmas Day. Arnold Lim/News staff

LETTERS Getting rid of two birds with one stone

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Martin Battle Victoria

It’s time to give the sewage treatment plan and Capital Regional District the royal flush.

Rickie Boothman Saanich

Craigflower heritage a money pit

Liberal TV ads waste of money, annoying

The TLC’s relinquishing operation of Craigfower Manor and the old Craigflower school is an opportunity to ask what the value of those buildings really is.

Saanich and View Royal

recently produced an overblown fancy report on the historical significance of those buildings.

Among the exaggerations was describing an added lean-to as a heritage architectural feature.

People all over the Victoria area and throughout B.C. will be amused that a low cost expediency to get a bit more space is a big mystical deal.

Such old buildings take maintenance, especially if not kept heated, otherwise they will rot into the ground.

In exploring possible uses by Saanich and View Royal, it is noted that there is no shortage of meeting and school space in the immediate area.

The new Craigflower school, Shoreline school, View Royal’s reading library in Admiral’s Walk shopping area, and rooms in strata housing complexes are examples of what is available.

So the question is whether or not to continue to sink money into the Craigflower buildings.

Trying to maintain them puts a

burden on future generations. If politicians really like them I suggest putting their offices there.

Keith Sketchley Saanich Send your letters to: Mail: Letters to the Editor, Saanich News, 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C., V8W 1E4 Fax: 250-3862624 E-mail: editor@saanichnews.com

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Teams hit street to connect with drug addicts Outreach project aims to reduce disease, costs

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First, an outreach team of six to 10 people will hit the streets, trying to build relationships with the roughly 100 people in the street community with severe addiction and mental health challenges.

“This outreach team is just about engagement,” Fyfe said. “It’s about that trust development and getting people to the point where they are ready to start receiving some services.”

Outreach workers can refer them to one of two new health “hubs,” which represent the second half of the initiative. Rather than opening new centres, VIHA located the services in existing facilities that already cater to a vulnerable population.

The Access Health Centre at 713 Johnson St. is one of them.

It already offers a wide range of health, dental and counselling

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There’s no shortage of free, clean needles, cookers and other drug paraphernalia in Victoria.

The problem is that each handout represents a missed opportunity for a conversation.

Ever since the Cormorant Street needle exchange closed its doors in 2008, referrals to other health services dropped off in tandem, said Murray Fyfe, medical health officer for the Vancouver Island Health Authority.

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Currently when clients come in for supplies, the front-desk worker simply hands over the requested equipment.

By next spring, newly-hired staff will hand out the materials and use the opportunity to refer clients to other health services located in the same building.

“We’re not expecting our numbers to increase, but we’re expecting to better serve the people we do reach,” said Katrina Jensen, executive director of AIDS Vancouver Island, which runs the centre in partnership with Cool Aid Society.

The health centre will also add peer support and extra screening for blood-borne diseases to its list of services.

The second hub will be located in the sobering centre at 1123 Pembroke St. That facility already offers addictions counselling, rehabilitation services and harm-reduction supplies. Soon, VIHA will beef up these offerings with new services such as art therapy, links to housing and primary care on evening and weekends.

Coun. Marianne Alto, who participated in the planning process, praised the plan, noting that police, service providers and VIHA came together to build it.

“It’s really quite amazing. Organizations like this, in some circumstances, can be at odds,” she said. Instead, they set aside their own interests to find a common solution to a challenging problem.

The new model centres around the client’s need, rather than the agency’s capacity. “It’s really quite unique,” Alto said.

News about the new initiative has left Fernwood residents with mixed feelings about the health “hub” slated for their neighbourhood.

Community association president Tony Sprackett said he’s keeping an open mind, but is disappointed to learn of the initiative through the media.

“I’m happy that there is something afoot to improve these services, because there has been a gaping hole,” he said. “But I have seen concerns from those neighbours (nearby) and I think they need to be consulted on it and at least made aware of what the plans are. Maybe it will have little impact (on) them. We just don’t know.”

The drug-using community has its own thoughts about the new model. Inclusion was top of mind for the Society of Living Illicit Drug Users (SOLID).

“We hope that this shift in service delivery results in renewing peer-run services and ensuring that the specialized knowledge and skill of our membership is recognized in the delivery of services, by and for people who use illicit drugs,” the SOLID board wrote in a prepared statement. rholmen@vicnews.com

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Christmas churchgoers seek connection to spirituality . The church is broadening the appeal of this year’s program by including traditional carols, as well as contemporary music At St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Douglas Street in downtown Victoria, Rev. Ian Victor sees a similar percentage of non-congregation members attending their Christmas Eve services.

While few come looking to be converted or even enlightened, he says many have incorporated the event into their family Christmas traditions, enjoying the singing of traditional carols and the feeling of goodwill that envelops the room.

To make tonight’s service (7 p.m.) more accessible to non-churchgoers, St. Andrew’s will focus on readings with broad appeal, Victor says, and a sermon “that doesn’t presume prior knowledge of the message.”

St. Andrew’s church elder John Mitchell finds himself busy with details surrounding the service in the days leading up to Dec. 24.

But once things get underway and he’s able to sit down and take in what’s happening, he sometimes finds himself transported.

“I like Ian’s sermons,” Mitchell says. “And sometimes what he says hits a nerve with me and I can feel God’s presence a little bit more.”

Victor explains that phenomenon with a reference to ancient tradition.

“In Celtic spirituality they talk about ‘thin places,’ those times when heaven seems a little closer,” he says. “I think Christmas Eve seems to be one of those thin times, in that it provides (an experience) outside of the everyday.”

Mitchell notes how some people turn to God only in times of crisis, or when they feel they need a lift.

As a practising Christian, he always has a place to go to find comfort, he says, and it doesn’t always mean going to church.

“It’s a special time for Christians, too, but for people who are trying to live as disciples 52 weeks of the year, it’s not that much out of the ordinary,” Victor says.

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Freedom feels good at Christmas Butchart lights bring holiday cheer to street community

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hen he was first invited to Butchart Gardens, Terry wasn’t sure it sounded like much fun.

“I didn’t know what it was going to be like,” he said, his swollen hands and dishevelled hair hinting at the rough Roszan Holmen nights he’s spent on Reporting Victoria streets.

His reluctance, however, was no match for Rev. Allen Tysick’s persistence. After a few gentle invites, Tysick simply said ‘Be there.”

It worked. Terry – who didn’t give his last name – boarded a bus for the field trip. He and Tysick met for the first time about a month ago. Terry woke up early one morning outside a 7-Eleven to see Tysick’s face peering down at him.

“I said, ‘Who the hell are you?’”

Terry said. During the cold, rainy night, someone had stolen his sleeping bag and urinated on him.

“Al saved my life,” he said.

Terry refused to go to hospital, so Tysick loaded him in his van and drove him around with the heat on until he

warmed up. When a leg infection forced Terry into hospital days later, Tysick visited him.

It’s what the Dandelion Society is all about.

In 2011, Tysick resigned as executive director of Our Place Society and launched his own grassroots organization. Rather than being tasked with top-level administration, he now works directly with people on the street, helping people by lending an ear, a ride, a coffee, or a referral as needed.

Every December, he brings 50 members of his street family to Butchart Gardens. This is the 10th year the tourist attraction has handed out the complimentary tickets.

“We do many things in the community,” said Butchart Gardens’ spokesperson Graham Bell. Ticket giveaways happen often, but aren’t advertised with a press release, he added.

“To us, it’s about doing these things for people, rather than for the recognition.”

For Tysick, it’s about giving his street family an opportunity they normally wouldn’t get.

At 5 p.m. Monday, Tysick greeted people at a designated downtown corner as they arrived by foot in singles and pairs. Soon after, an ITT Wilson’s tour bus transported everyone to their destination in Central Saanich – another corporate donation.

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“Three cheers for the bus driver,” called Tysick from the front of the bus. A chorus of “hip-hip hoorays” erupted.

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Terry called the experience beautiful.

This Christmas marks an extra special one for the 51 year old. It will be his first spent outside prison in more than 20 years.

Terry was released May 15 after accumulating sentences equalling 28 years behind bars.

He moved to Victoria and has been on the wait list for housing for the past four months.

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China delegation inks partnerships Renren is dubbed China’s Facebook.

While it may not have any cachet on this side of the Pacific Ocean, a promotional post about Victoria could yield big returns for the tourism industry here.

On a recent delegation to China, Tourism Victoria agreed to market the city of Suzhou on Facebook and Twitter, in exchange for the same socialmedia promotion by the Suzhou Tourism Bureau.

It’s one example of several agreements resulting from a 21-person delegation to China in October.

City of Victoria representatives, including Mayor Dean Fortin, and those in the business, tourism and educational sectors spent 10 days visiting five cities.

Other highlights of the trip included an agreement between the Sooke School District and the Mingde School in Changsha that will bring 50 Chinese stu-

dents to study here.

Changsha is also looking to invest $100,000 to bring 50 Victoria students to the city for a three- to four-week summer exchange program.

The delegation also met with prospective Chinese universities, investors, tour operators and trade officials to discuss processing times for visas – the main bottleneck for tourists from Asia. rholmen@vicnews.com

Operation Snowflake sweeps up drug dealers Daniel Palmer News staff

The Victoria police added another 14 people to its naughty list after undercover operations in well-known drug dealing areas in mid-December.

As part of its winter action plan, VicPD is conducting Operation Snowflake, which includes an increase in foot patrols, road blocks, traffic enforcement and

undercover operations.

VicPD has arrested seven people in and around the area of Douglas and View streets for selling to officers. The latest operation took place in the 800-and 900-block of Pandora Ave. “VicPD is not taking a holiday when it comes to targeting drug dealers,” said Acting Insp. Dave Bown of the focused enforcement team. “We will continue to implement our Winter Action

Plan so that everyone has a safe holiday season.”

The counter-drug operations have resulted in 27 charges of drug trafficking, with many of the accused facing the potential for stiff penalties under mandatory minimum sentencing legislation, police said.

One person charged has 319 entries in a police enforcement database, Bown added. dpalmer@vicnews.com

Teen girl escapes abduction attempt in Colwood A 19-year-old woman is safe after running from a man on Sooke Road.

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22 Minutes star lends hand to Metro Theatre Walsh brings solid characters to raging one-woman show Daniel Palmer News staff

The line between humour and rage often rests on a knife’s edge.

No one embodies this truth more readily than Mary Walsh, a stalwart of the Canadian sketch comedy circuit who brings her one-woman show Dancing With Rage to Metro Studio Feb. 19.

Perhaps most recognized for her Newfie-infused satire on the longrunning CBC series This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Walsh incorporates many of the characters she has played over the years into the show, including the infamous warrior princess Marg Delahunty, Dakey Dunn, Mom Reardon and Tim Horton’s loiterer and close-camera gossip Connie Bloor.

Dancing with Rage follows several stories, from a blind woman who regains her eyesight to a mother travelling the country in search of her lost child.

Throughout the show, Walsh embodies her classic and emerging characters in seasoned fashion to illustrate the rage brought on by modern politics, capitalism and pop culture.

In her 25-year comedy career, Walsh has received

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In her years with 22 Minutes, she made news headlines by humanizing and humiliating stiff politicians outside Parliament and by ambushing press conferences, all with an endearing east-coast accent and cheekiness.

In 2011, Walsh made national headlines for knocking on the door of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who promptly called police and attempted to have her arrested for trespassing.

Walsh comes to Victoria for one night only, fresh off a two-week run at Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre.

She performs in support of Metro Studio’s Raise the Roof campaign, where partial proceeds will go to installing air conditioning in the theatre.

“It’s really exciting Mary is launching (our campaign),” said Heather Lindsay, general manager at Intrepid Theatre.

In partnership with the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Intrepid will be putting a new roof on the studio and upgrading it to a theatre in 2013.

“The most exciting and relatable thing is the air conditioning, because I think our audience members can really relate to that, “ Lindsay said. “Most of them have been in a hot room with us at Mary Walsh, a stalwart some point.” of the Canadian Tickets are $100, but $50 will go directly sketch comedy circuit, to the fundraising campaign and will brings her one-woman include a $50 charitable tax receipt, she show Dancing With said.

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SAANICH NEWS - Monday, December 24, 2012

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Uncle Geoff has travelled the world and returned with gift boxes for everyone, however he has one special box that is not meant to be opened. When curiosity gets the better of Pandora and she opens the box, panic, chaos and hilarious pandemonium ensue.

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ora of characters will make the work accessible to a wide variety of audiences,” Destrooper said. “Ballet fans will appreciate the artist’s technical prowess while the novice audience can simply enjoy beautiful dance and a fun story.”

The Gift is a story of hope and Ballet Victoria is a troupe that is hopeful many families will be able to attend.

“Every year for our holiday show, we offer tickets to charity groups and we will do that again this season,” said Destrooper. “We also realized that we can do more. We can offer families entertainment that is affordable, fun and that hopefully, introduces young people to the arts.”

To give area residents an opportunity for a family outing, the company has reduced all tickets for kids 12 and under to $15. The inexpensive ticket is valid for all four performances of The Gift of Pandora’s Box at the Royal Theatre.

The Gift of Pandora’s Box leaps on to the Royal Theatre stage on Dec. 27, 28, and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and on Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at rmts.bc.ca and 250-386-6121.

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Chargers host holiday special The break is over as the Camosun Chargers women’s basketball team hosts its annual Christmas break tournament starting Friday (Dec. 28).

Visiting are Vancouver Island University, Langara and Mohawk (Toronto) colleges.

Play opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. with V.I.U. and Langara, followed by Camosun vs Mohawk at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Dec. 29: 5:30 p.m. Mohawk vs.

VIU; 7:30 p.m. Langara vs. Camosun.

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Highlanders leave W-League for PCSL

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Camosun Charger Julia Murray hugs the ball against Kwantlen Eagle Haeley Williams during the Chargers’ 64-59 win earlier in the PacWest basketball season at PISE.

Crimson Tide ready for return Regional rugby competition amps up Travis Paterson News staff

Kenny Goodland isn’t from this Island, but he knows a thing or two about its storied rugby team, the 107-year-old Crimson Tide.

Goodland, a Newfoundlander, suited up for the Atlantic Rock during the nation-wide Super League of years past, and faced the Crimson Tide many times, including losing to them in the finals.

Now Goodland is taking the helm of the Tide as new head coach, with co-coach Roger Robinson. The longtime Castaway Wanderers duo have partnered before, leading CW youth and U20 teams.

They’ll assume the same format, with Goodland, 36, handling the forwards, and Robinson, a former national player, organizing the backs.

They also have the help of local rugby great Hans de Goede, as manager, as they shape the latest version of one of the oldest rugby teams in the world for its Jan. 26 return against Vancouver.

“We’re coming off a popular tournament with the (America’s

Rugby Championship), and a successful tournament, so hopefully we can ride the coattails of that a little bit ,” said Tide coach Kenny Goodland.

The Tide’s senior men’s team won’t look much like the last one, which hosted touring Irish side Ballymena at Esquimalt’s Bullen Park in 2009.

But the revival of the McKechnie Cup has brought back B.C.’s three-way regional competition, and in a festival type format. The Saturday of rugby will feature a triple-header against Vancouver at Westhills Stadium in Langford.

The premier women will play for the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup, the U20 men for the Dunbar Keg cup, and the premier men for the McKechnie Cup. The Tide had its first assembly of potential squad members in Cowichan earlier this month, but many players, including some top UVic Vikes, were unavailable due to exams.

“That was really to gauge the interest and we got a good start,” Goodland said. Things will move fast now as there are only two more sessions, Jan. 12 at UVic and Jan. 20 at Cowichan.

The B.C. Rugby Union established some key rules for selecting the team. No import players, which is logical, and no national team members, which makes no sense, Goodland said.

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Former Castaway Wanderer Kenny Goodland has taken the helm of the Crimson Tide.

“If Rugby Canada wants to look at this as a pathway, which, as a regional competition, would be ideal, then why not play the carded guys?”

About a dozen of the nation’s top rugby players are playing professionally overseas. The rest are in the B.C. premier league.

There are some loopholes.

Rugby Canada has scaled down

its national team for now and that means CW scrum half Kyle Armstrong, who played two games in the ARC, is available to the Tide.

The Ontario import has been playing with CW long enough to be considered local. Like Armstrong, Robinson also played for the Tide.

Otherwise, to be a true rep side, there’s also an understanding to use at least one player from each club in the Vancouver Island Rugby Union, though all teams were represented at the first tryout.

“We’ll do our best, I guess,” Goodland said.

Other players who have looked promising are Cowichan veteran Robin MacDowell, a handy fullback, as well as a strong UVic contingent, with Oak Bay’s Shea Wakefield, Pat and Doug Fraser (unrelated), and Jake Gylnicki, former captain of Canada U20 team. sports@vicnews.com

The McKechnie Cup Jan. 26, with a triple-header of Island versus Mainland matches at Westhills Stadium in Langford.

-11:30 a.m., Ruth HellerudBrown Cup (premier women) -1:15 p.m. Dunbar Keg (U20 men) -3 p.m. McKechnie Cup (premier men)

The Victoria Highlanders top women’s team will return to B.C.’s Pacific Coast Soccer League after three seasons in the United Soccer Leagues W-League.

New general manager Mark deFrias said the decision to discontinue the W-League team does not prevent the Highlanders from remaining true to its vision and commitment to the development of the women’s game locally and nationally.

The cost of travel has always been the challenge with the women’s team, which survived with a title sponsor last season, and played as the Peninsula Co-op women’s team.

“With the changing landscape of women’s soccer it would not have made sense for the Highlanders FC to remain in the W-League for 2013,” deFrias said. “We are strong supporters of the USL and look forward to continuing to compete on the men’s side in the USL Premier Development League.”

The Highlanders played many successful seasons in the PCSL as the Victoria Stars.

Velox rugger named player of the year Velox Valkyries Shannon Kane is the Canadian Direct Insurance Women’s Player of the Year for the B.C. premier league.

A back rower, Kane was an integral figure in Velox’s undefeated 2011-12 season that ended with them winning the Adidas Women’s Premiership first Gordon Harris Memorial Cup since 2008.

Velox led the league with an average of 45 points per game, and Kane ranked third in her team with four tries.

A former national team age-grade rugby standout at the U19 and U23 levels, Kane has recently spent the fall pursuing bobsledding.

This past November, Kane was competing at the North American Cup and continues to excel on the track in tournaments held in Whistler and Calgary.

Four Valkyries received Player of the Year nominations: Jesse Olynyk (14 tries), Lindsay Anderson, Natalie Tam and Selinna McGinnis. sports@vicnews.com

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Riding a relief from severe allergies Pennies for Presents buoys Children’s Health Foundation Natalie North News staff

As a newborn, Ethan Schandl had severe reflux and troubles eating, sleeping and feeding.

His mother, Fiona Schandl, was sent home from the hospital without an explanation, told only that her baby was failing to thrive.

Three years of testing eventually led to a diagnosis for the Schandls, but one that offered little relief from their daily struggles.

Ethan is allergic to food.

Now five years old and just 15 kilograms, Ethan lives off a diet of broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, squash, yams, applesauce and hypoallergenic formula.

“It’s an ongoing battle,” Schandl said of her son’s eosinophilic esophagitis. “It’s something that he’s going to have to live with forever. It’s not a static condition either, so these six things that he

has tested fine for could turn on him at any point.”

Ethan works with a host of medical professionals for issues related to his allergies, as well as one weak leg and core muscle issues. The Schandls have long been connected to a team at the Children’s Health Foundation in Saanich, from occupational therapists and physiotherapists to speech pathologists and dieticians.

This year the foundation’s Bear Essentials program gave $1,000 toward horseback riding lessons for Ethan, a therapy intended to strengthen weak muscles, a result of his nutrient deficiencies.

The sessions yielded unexpected results for Schandl.

“It gave him an activity for him that wasn’t food related, that didn’t need a lot of energy,” she said. “He absolutely loves it. It’s his special time, a time that he’s able to control things. With his diet, we very much control it, but with the horseback riding, they let him take the lead and tell them what he wants the horse to do.”

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chicken, beef and oats. Schandl had added pork and corn to his diet, and both caused adverse reactions. Each time new food trials begin, so do the rounds of scopes and biopsies to determine whether or not his body will accept the foods.

He has already endured 12 procedures, including several biopsies performed under general anaesthetic.

“When he wakes up, he doesn’t like to eat and he doesn’t like to drink. We typically stay in the hospital for longer than most kids would for a procedure … because he won’t let enough liquids in to get the IV out. This last one, he almost passed out when the IV came out. That was pretty scary in itself.”

Despite the ongoing hospital stays and the physical challenges his leg presents, Schandl says her son is altogether pleasant to be around. “He’s lovely, happy and smiley and super funny. He suffers a lot, but you really wouldn’t know it to see him.”

The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island is one of this year’s recipients of funds from Black Press’ annual Pennies for Presents campaign, along with the Victoria Salvation Army.

Pennies for Presents is an Island-wide initiative, but all the money raised here stays in Greater Victoria.

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New children’s isolation ward opens at Vic General A new pediatric isolation ward at Victoria General Hospital is open.

The room is used to treat children fighting cancer.

“The greatest portion of funds raised for this project came from families whose children have experienced cancer and benefited from the care at Victoria General Hospital,” said Melanie McKenzie, executive director of Victoria Hospitals Foundation.

“They gathered together through a number of events to raise these dollars and inspire our community.”

The isolation room will protect children from infection when their immune system is compromised and provide additional clinic space to allow more children to receive chemotherapy and supportive care closer to home.

“When you have a child with cancer it exhausts you emotionally and it affects everybody who knows you,” said Derrick Hamilton, whose daughter Jaimey has been cared for in the Pediatric Oncology Unit at VGH since 2005.

VGH is Vancouver Island’s pediatric specialty hospital, treating 90 per cent of Island children.

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commitment and energy behind this project are inspiring,” said Dr. Brian Sinclair, medical director of pediatrics.

“Not only have they supported their own children during challenging times of illness, but they have made a significant contribution to improving care for all children on Vancouver Island.”

Construction cost was $135,000, with $121,500 raised by the community through Victoria Hospitals Foundation; $8,100 from Vancouver Island Health Authority and $5,400 from the Capital Regional Hospital District.

“This critical project is the result of families seeing a need, finding a way and making a difference that will help kids and their families as they battle cancer,” said Graham Hill, Capital Regional Hospital District Board Chair and mayor of View Royal.

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