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irst by train, then vehicle and now electric car, Canadians have a new way to travel coast-to-coast. When the Last Spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway on Nov. 7, 1885, marking the first efficient way to travel coast-to-coast, it would have taken a Jules Verne-like imagination to predict that 127 years later you would be able to make the same trip in a personal vehicle run on

electricity. But that day is here, as evidenced by Kent Rathwell’s trip from the shores of Newfoundland to the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Victoria in his electric Tesla Roadster. Rathwell drove the length of the Trans-Canada Highway, juicing his car along the way at charging stations installed across the country by his company, Sun Country Highway.

Rathwell stopped at one of those charging stations in Colwood just before Christmas. The station at the Royal Bay Bakery was installed in March. Bakery owner David Grove owns a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle and had the station installed so that he and customers could “fuel up”. PLEASE SEE: Electric car manages cross-country trip, Page A4

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Ferry service expands without going public Don Descoteau News staff

All it takes for Barry Hobbis to realize the value in his company's Baseline commuter ferry service is to drive back to town from Colwood during morning rush hour. Hobbis, founder and vice-president of operations for the West Bay Marina-based Victoria Harbour Ferry Inc., has occasion to check on things at Baseline's West Shore dock at D jetty on Department of National Defence land. “It’s been bumper-to-bumper just trying to get back to my office downtown,” he says. “It still amazes me that that kind of traffic exists. And it continues to get worse.” Baseline was introduced in May as a private venture, when CFB Esquimalt cancelled its Blue Boat shuttle for naval and Dockyard personnel who live on the West Shore. The company recently expanded its service to include Victoria Shipyards workers, instituting runs leaving Colwood at 5:40 and 5:50 a.m. to accommodate the early shifts. Baseline's daily passenger load has grown to more than 500, without being open to the general public. Currently, all passengers must have DND security clearance. “Studies have shown that 48 per cent of (base and shipyards workers) live on the West Shore,” Hobbis says. Of the company's three 40-passenger boats, two operate continually and the third is used when the demand calls for it. That has

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been more often lately, as the popularity of the service grows. With Seaspan due to ramp up its operations soon at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, more capacity will be needed, Hobbis says. “We have to be very aware of capacity," he says. “The last thing we want to do is leave people standing on the dock.” The company has been actively looking for a larger boat for the past six months, in places as far flung as Texas and Greece. “They're everywhere,” Hobbis says. While the Colwood Crawl – a more appropriate name might be the West Shore Wait – continues to fuel calls for light rail and other forms of rapid transit, the success of the water commuter service makes more and more sense, he adds. “In terms of future transportation modes, I think we'll recognize even more so that water is the way to travel when you live on an Island,” Hobbis says. Victoria Harbour Ferry is also among the groups looking into possible commuter service from the Royal Bay development in Colwood to downtown Victoria. Hobbis says cities such as New York, Boston and Seattle recognize that using the water to create “connecting points” for commuters can reduce road congestion. editor@vicnews.com

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Rock scalers worked throughout the evening, Dec. 23 securing the area after a rock slide on Saturday. A 1,000 pounds of rock slid onto the Trans-Canada Highway on Dec. 22 around 3 p.m. The rocks fell over the northbound lane. Yesterday, rock scalers used hand tools to remove remaining loose materials. The highway was closed for 20-minute intervals from 6 to 9 p.m. while the work was complete. The rock slide occurred about 250 metres north of Ice Cream Mountain near Goldstream Provincial Park. No vehicles were involved and no one was hurt. Shortly after the slide the highway was closed and later opened for single-lane alternating traffic at 4:30 p.m. The highways was fully open at 8:45 p.m. The Ministry of Highways and Transportation is investigating. charla@goldstream gazette.com

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is given that all persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by proposed Bylaws 343 and 344 will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed Bylaws at a Public Hearing to be held at the School House, 1589 Millstream Road, Highlands, BC on Monday, January 7, 2013 commencing at 7:00 p.m. The lands that are the subject of the proposed bylaws comprise parts of Lot A, Section 4, Range 3 West and Section 4 and 5, Range 4 West, Highland District, Plan EPP24734 (“1150 Bear Mountain Parkway”). The lands that are the subject of proposed Bylaw 343, which would amend the Ofﬁcial Community Plan, comprise approximately 24.6 hectares (60.8 acres) and are shown outlined in bold and noted as, “Lands subject to OCP Amendment,” on Map 1. The lands that are the subject of proposed Bylaw 344, which would amend the Zoning Bylaw, comprise approximately 6.7 hectares (16.6 acres) and are shown shaded and noted as, “Lands subject to Zoning Amendment,” on Map 1.

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Kent Rathwell lets everyone know it’s all good from his Tesla Roadster electric vehicle as he pulls into Colwood.

Electric car manages the cross-country trip Continued from Page A1

“Highlands Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2007, Amendment No. 5 (Amenity 3), Bylaw No. 343, 2012” General Purpose: Bylaw No. 343 amends the Official Community Plan (OCP) by adding a new Amenity Area in Chapter 2 – Land Use, called, “Amenity 3 – 1150 Bear Mountain Parkway.” The bylaw also changes the OCP land use designation of the lands shown in Map 1 from, “Recreation Tourism Land Use,” to the new OCP land use designation, “Amenity 3 – 1150 Bear Mountain Parkway”. All OCP references to the “Recreation Tourism Land Use” designation would be deleted. The proposed OCP wording for the new Amenity 3 area expresses that the majority and eastern portion of the subject land is to remain under conservation covenant to assure proper functioning condition of the forested and riparian ecosystem community. The bylaw also adds a definition of proper functioning condition to the OCP. The proposed OCP wording further expresses the desired future to develop the 4-hectare area in the western portion of the land providing that certain community-related conditions are met. “Highlands Zoning Bylaw, 1998, Amendment No. 32, (Comprehensive Development 2 (CD2) Zone – 1150 Bear Mountain Parkway) Bylaw No. 344, 2012” General Purpose: Bylaw No. 344 creates a new zone, “Comprehensive Development 2 (CD2) – 1150 Bear Mountain Parkway,” and adds the lands shown in Map 1 as, “Lands subject to Zoning Amendment,” to that zone. To create consistency with a 3-party conservation covenant on a portion of the property at 1150 Bear Mountain Parkway, some land that is currently zoned Community Institutional 1 (CI1) is proposed to be zoned Conservation 1 (C1), and some land that is currently zoned Conservation 1 is proposed to be added to the new CD2 Zone. The new CD2 Zone is an amenity zone. If the amenities stated in Bylaw 344 are provided to the District, the uses will change to predominantly residential, with a potential total of 39 single family dwellings, 7 cottages that are essentially smaller single family dwellings, and one mixed use building (residential, assembly, daycare). The zone also has an area designated for Community Gardens and Green Space. For any person wishing more detailed information, the proposed Bylaws and other related material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding holidays, from Tuesday, December 11, 2012 to Monday, January 7, 2013 at the District of Highlands Municipal Office located at 1980 Millstream Road, Victoria, BC V9B 6H1. You can mail or deliver your comments on the Bylaws to the Municipal Office or by fax to 250-474-3677, or email to LBeckett@highlands.ca to be received prior to 12 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

“The inspiration has come really from talking to EV owners across Canada,” Rathwell said during the local stop. “The way that you guys have spread the word has made it easy for us to get this done. It’s a pleasure being in Colwood, definitely one of the leading communities in the country and probably North America, for that matter.” Rathwell left on his trip from St. John’s, Newfoundland on Nov. 17. He took his time, stopping in communities along the way to talk about his journey and, of course, to recharge the car. The Tesla Roadster can travel 245 miles per charge, about 394 kilometres. A second electric car was towed in a trailer for the trip as a backup, but it was never necessary. Rathwell always managed to get to a charging station in time and the little car managed to make it through any weather thrown at it. “Somebody needed to take it and

get it done, it’s been waiting way too long,” Rathwell said. “Why not have Canada become the leading country? We’re recognized in this country as caring people and with one of the most difficult climates and geographies to conquer and if we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.” Fred Wissemann, Leaf Club president, welcomed Rathwell to the bakery, along with Mayor Carol Hamilton, Coun. Judith Cullington and electric car vehicle owners from the Victoria Leaf Club. The Leaf Club presented Rathwell with it’s newly created 2012 ECO Award in recognition of his accomplishment. “People had the vision to put a railroad to connect the country,” Wissemann said. “And then they paved a road right across the country. And now we have a man that has a vision to do the same with electric cars. … He created the world’s longest green highway and we’re very happy and excited about his accomplishment.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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The District of Highlands will be accepting grant in aid applications for the year 2013 up to and including January 31, 2013.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the District of Highlands in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Council or a Committee of Council. This includes being published on the District’s website. The District considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address are not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

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A look ahead to 2013 TEACHERS RETURN TO BARGAINING The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation finally reached an agreement with the province after nearly two years of stalled contract negotiations on July 26, 2012 – just four days shy of the agreement deadline. This winter the negotiations return. Tara Ehrcke, president of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association is hopeful bargaining for the next contract, mandated to begin by March 1, will run more smoothly than the previous session, but she’s far from confident positive change is on the way – at least before the general election on May 14. “Most people saw the agreement as a truce,” Ehrcke said. “Nothing much changed.” She won’t rule out the possibility of reaching a deal prior to a potential change in government, but the chances, as she sees them, are slim. “There are so many unknowns. Will the election change how parties function in bargaining? I’m not sure. If there’s change in government, will that change bargaining? Likely, I would say.” Following a successful Supreme Court case against the province, the teachers’ union now has the right to bring class size bargaining back to the table. Since

the July 26 agreement, the province solicited feedback on bargaining structures. Coupled with what Ehrcke says is a certain change in government two months into talks, leave too many variables to predict how the next round of contract negotiations might transpire. And there’s the untouched issue of salary increases. “As we’ve seen with other public sector unions – nobody was prepared to take further zeros and I’m sure that will be the case with us as well.” •••••

VICTORIA SEWAGE TREATMENT In the first half of 2013, the CRD will hire an independent commission of experts to oversee the $783-million secondary sewage treatment project. The external team includes professionals in the areas of wastewater engineering, business and finance, environmental science, archaeology, community planning and First Nations consultation. CRD directors have been vying for at least one spot on the commission, but the provincial government is unlikely to budge on this funding stipulation. The project will go through a planning phase in the next year. Partnerships B.C. will provide advice

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Tread carefully into new year While many sub-plots will surface in 2013, a potential provincial government change and the return to a two-pronged sales taxation system may have the greatest impact on Capital Region residents. We can expect the B.C. Liberals, using their advantageous position as the party with the ability to make funding announcements – new or simply restated – to keep the pedal to the metal playing catchup to the NDP in advance of the provincial election in May. Facing major budget challenges like all municipal governments, school boards and other public bodies, the Liberals have a tough job to deliver on promises of a brighter future for British Columbians – especially with experts forecasting flat growth for B.C. One area where Greater Victoria will see the seeds of growth, however, is in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry. The development of Seaspan’s facilities in Esquimalt and increased capacity at Victoria Shipyards parallel the training of prospective workers at the nearby Industrial Marine Training and Applied Research Centre. All of us will be affected by the switch back from the 12 per cent harmonized sales tax to the combination of provincial sales tax (seven per cent) and GST (five per cent). While some estimates put household expenses at around $350 higher annually under HST, we’ll be interested to see whether consumers find that money once the change is implemented. People who eat out often may find the most savings, as the food service industry goes back to charging GST only. Another brighter note is that despite the gloomy predictions, shopping options continue to expand for those with money to spend. Not only does Uptown continue to lease new retail space, the Hillside Centre expansion is moving along, and changes afoot at Tillicum Mall, with Target coming on board. Like many consumers, however, independent shops and chain stores in other retail centres in places like the West Shore and downtown Victoria hope to hang on and stay positive through an uncertain 2013, as the economy shuffles forward. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette 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.

Needed: creative transport options Thoughts while crunched into a invented. car seat at Swartz Bay: When will A socially-smart business leader the next ferry sail? Wish I had a might change the economic laptop. scene. New York mayor Michael One of the computer-TV-phone Bloomberg, net worth $25 billion, giants promised us a free laptop, gave $600 million to the anti-toas a reward for switching our affilibacco cause. Could he mobilize colation. Phone calls drew answers leagues to swamp corporate boardfrom a series of troublerooms with demands for shooters, after the “press honesty, and strengthen one, press two and wait” the co-op sector - one routine. Each agent promperson, one vote, workers ised to send the laptop and customers are the immediately. It never owners? arrived. The car in front is lightShould I totter through ing up, Another false the lines of cars in the alarm. What benefit came rain and darkness to coffrom changing B.C. Ferfee and a bathroom visit? ries into a half-way busiNo, the ferry might come ness enterprise? Semi-priG.E. Mortimore vate status does not prein and the cars could Think about it move. vent revenue falling when The car ahead starts fares go up, or prevent and then shuts off its transportation paralysis engine, a false signal. Another when storms hit the strait. remembered thought: Sociologist Former premier Gordon CampLaureen Snider pointed out that bell and colleagues botched the the world’s financial system gives transportation-planning job, but it’s dominant advantage to wealthy useless to blame them for their faith traders who use computer algoin an imaginary “free market” and rithms to make thousands of trades a fictional struggle between “free per second. enterprise” and “socialism,” (as in As Snider noted, numerous studhealthcare). Commerce and social ies show that the unlawful acts of care are interwoven. corporations cause many times Arguably, inspired re-weaving and more injury, death and financial problem-solving are the skills we loss than the individual robberies, need to find in a 21st century sucassaults, drug deals and murders cessor to the politicians who built that fill the jails. Yet most corporate industrial muscle and social-sharing crime – from unlawful dumping of sinews into B.C.’s political econpoisonous wastes to selling flimsy omy in the 1950s to 1970s - Social mortgage-based securities - goes Credit premier W.A.C. Bennett and unpunished. No effective corporate NDP premier Dave Barrett. They crime-control strategy has been both showed the leadership spark.

Hopefully the NDP’s Adrian Dix will match their achievements. Bennett, a hardware-dealer “private-enterpriser,” created two public enterprises, B.C. Hydro and B.C. Ferries, and strengthened B.C.’s public railway, while preaching against dangerous socialism. Barrett launched the Insurance Corporation of B.C. and the Agricultural Land Reserve. Technology may provide part-answers to the Island-Mainland transportation puzzle. Can improved ship-stabilization devices enable ferries to ride more comfortably through storms? Can B.C. develop and export such devices? Could the new submerged floating-tunnel technology – calculated by engineers but never yet built – be tested on a short Vancouver Island span (Nanaimo-Mudge-Gabriola islands) for possible manufacture, development and export of engineering know-how, and a possible future Island-Mainland link? Maybe. Could the dial-a-bus system now under trial in Helsinki, Finland, plus folding rental mini-cars at transit stations, transit-friendly tax policy and municipal oversight (lacking under Gordon Campbell and Stephen Harper management) plus railside transit-oriented development, actually reduce the number of cars on roads and ferries? Maybe, again. The car in front of us is moving. The ferry is here at last. We roll aboard. I have been spinning transportation dreams for three hours. • G.E. Mortimore is a longtime columnist with the Goldstream News Gazette.

‘Canadian and U.S. industry group agree on anything is a rare thing.’

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Horgan looks back at 2012 In politics, 2012 was a busy sion, defeated it anyway. year. In Ottawa, Thomas Mulcair Another example: a private continued to show Canadians members motion to institute a that the NDP is ready to replace national anti-bullying campaign the Conservatives with a that was also defeated by the progressive government that Conservatives, thereby missing respects democracy, promotes an opportunity to really reduce our economy, protects our envi- bullying. ronment and much As the NDP’s Public needed federal serSafety critic, I continvices, and restores ued to show how the our standing interConservative’s supnationally. posed “tough on crime” The Conservaagenda actually damtives continue to ages public safety while ram through legimposing high costs on islation that cuts taxpayers. services and puts In the area of correcCanadians at risk: tions the situation is cuts to employment becoming a crisis, with John Horgan over crowding and inadinsurance recipients, forcing people equate services for prisMLA to work until age oners with mental illJuan de Fuca 67, reduced health ness leading to increastransfers, destrucingly unsafe institutions tion of habitat and navigable for corrections workers and waters protection. inmates alike. The list of Conservative deciUltimately this makes all of us sions contrary to our Canadian less safe as an increasing values continues. number of offenders are Two examples: recently the completing their sentences Conservatives defeated priwithout getting access to the vate members Bill C-398 – the rehabilitation programs that so called Grandmother’s Bill would help keep them from rethat would have allowed sigoffending. nificantly more drugs to be Conservatives have also put sent to developing countries to national security at risk with combat disease and help precutbacks to the budget for borvent deaths. C-398 was widely der security. supported by international In my other critic portfolio on health agencies, and even in the LGBTQ issues, I have continued pharmaceutical research industo work to make sure all Canatry, but the Conservatives, in a dians enjoy the same rights. mean-spirited, ideological deciMy Private Members bill that

would give transgendered Canadians equal protection under the law continues to make its way through the House of Commons. During the past year I was proud to award 30 Diamond Jubilee Awards to deserving constituents in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca who each helped make our community a better place. Locally, though unemployment remains too high and full time family supporting jobs too rare, there has been some good news on the job front in this riding. I am pleased that the jetties at Esquimalt Naval Base will undergo extensive upgrades and that the federal government has adopted a shipbuilding strategy that will result in longterm skilled jobs at Dockyards. Looking forward to 2013, I know my constituency office staff will continue to provide top notch service for the residents of Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca and my Ottawa staff will support our efforts to oppose the Conservatives destructive agenda in the House of Commons. I will continue to fight for E&N railway funding for southern Vancouver Island and to preserve our precious West Coast environment. In particular I will work to block increased tanker traffic and to reverse the dismantling of federal fish habitat protection and enhancement. John Horgan is the MLA for Juan de Fuca.

LETTERS More guns, more problems I agree with Wayne LaPierre, vice-president of the U.S. National Rifle Association, who, in a statement in the wake of the shootings at a Connecticut school said, “call me crazy to put armed guards in schools.” Yes, he is definitely crazy, as are the many Americans who follow his philosophy. Remember the high profile shooting case at Columbine high school in Colorado? There actually was an armed guard who tried and failed to stop two students from killing more than a dozen of their classmates and one teacher. I was in the French army in the early 1960s during the Algerian conflict with France, which was followed by the war against the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale). I know

a great deal about guns. This is probably why I don’t own one. In Canada, I don’t see the need for them. More guns do not solve violence. On the contrary, more guns promote violence. Unfortunately it seems that too many Americans love guns more than life itself. I am not against the American people, only the crazy ones like Monsieur LaPierre. Philippe Bures View Royal

MLA pensions only part of cost Re: “MLA pensions saddle us with indefinite burden” (Letters, Dec. 19). Someone once wrote that polititians are like rats: what they take for themselves is miniscule compared to what they destroy in the process. Joe Hronek Colwood

Alternatives to burning available Re: “Burning a better alternative” (Letters, Dec 12) This is precisely the attitude that I have witnessed from burners. Strictly no alternative. My two suggestions in the past are as follows: firstly, fill a hole or ditch with material, sprinkle a light layer of soil, let nature work and then plant something. Secondly, spread leaves thinly, use mulching lawn mower, spread resulting wonderful product around vegetable gardens, shrubs and borders. The letter writer makes it sound like there is a line-up of fume belching trucks just waiting to haul her debris away. The fact that we are allowed to burn next to schools, playfields and the downtown core is

absurd. To have three guys on call with a vacuum truck starting in the fall, with a plan stating which neighbourhoods will be collected, would be a great start. I think Langford’s bankbook could cope with such a start. I have personally witnessed what people burn: from vinyl chairs to lead-painted construction materials to all-out garbage. Again, it is not policed. To state that I should stay indoors on burning day is precisely the ignorant attitude that some (burners) have. Why has every other district banned it? The complete ban will come and the sooner council works to instigate some form of curbside pickup the better. Again, we are burning a valuable resource. John V. McGuire Langford

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Kati Debretzeni, one of the most sought-after baroque violinists in Europe, comes to Victoria to lead the Victoria Baroque Players in works by Handel, Heinichen, Telemann and Vivaldi. The performance is on Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. at the Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets available at rmts.bc.ca.

Lunch with Lieder The University of Victoria’s School of Music begins the new year with Lieder at Lunch and Around the Baltic Sea. Lieder at Lunch is on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 12:30 p.m. It’s an exploration of the German Lied repertoire with Sharon and Harald Krebs. Two Views of Mignon: settings of Goethe’s Mignon poems by Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf. Bring your lunch to enjoy with the music. Admission is free, the concert is in the MacLaurin B-Wing, Rm. B037. At 8 p.m. enjoy the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria with director Yariv Aloni, in Around The

Baltic Sea. Hear evocative music from Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Denmark including Sibelius’ Suite Champêtre, Atterberg’s Sinfonia for Strings, Eller’s Five Pieces, and Nielsen’s Little Suite in A minor. Tickets, seniors $30, adults $33, season $85, are available at Ivy’s Books and Munro’s Books. To order tickets in advance, call 250-704-2580 or email galianoensemble@gmail.com. More information is available at galiano.ca. The performance is in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. llavin@vicnews.com

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When professional turns personal Documentary filmmaker raising money to finish film

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Monday, January 14, 2013 7:00 p.m. Esquimalt Secondary Auditorium APPLICATION DEADLINES MOUNT DOUGLAS & ESQUIMALT SCHOOLS February 1, 2013 (Part 1, Application Forms) February 4, 2013 (Part 2, Portfolio and Testing) APPLICATION FORMS For prospective candidates will be available at the meeting or can be picked up at: Esquimalt High School, 847 Colville Road or online at www.esquimalt.sd61.bc.ca – or – Mount Douglas Secondary, 3970 Gordon Head Road or online at www.mtdoug.sd61.bc.ca *PLEASE NOTE: This is a joint meeting hosted by both Esquimalt High School and Mount Douglas Secondary School. Applications for grade 9 classes are now being accepted at both schools.

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When Krista Loughton set out to make a documentary on homelessness and the struggles of addiction she never imagined how personal the project would become. The film, entitled Us and Them, became so personal, in fact, Loughton had to set it aside for two years after filming before she could tackle the job of editing it. “I basically took a couple of years to just heal myself, to the place where I could actually go back to the footage,” Loughton said. “For a long time I’d try to work on the film and I’d just end up in tears.” Loughton and co-director and director of photography David Malysheff began shooting the documentary in 2006 from an idea Loughton came up with after meeting and becoming close with a number of former addicts when she lived in Vancouver. Through the help of Our Place Society founder Reverend Allen Tysick, the filmmakers met and started to document the lives of four homeless people in Victoria. From 2006 until 2010, the filmmakers followed their

lives as they struggled with happened. And that’s addiction, homelessness and documentary.” their attempts to heal. Ready to once again During this time Loughton approach the film, Loughton is became extremely close with trying to raise enough money her subjects and each became for post-production. The goal is a part of the others’ lives. to raise $25,000 by Friday, Jan. “There was a lot of good 4. She is hoping the generosity moments and depth and of many will be the key to insight into the lives of my raising the money. friends, as they became very Businesses are invited close to me over to donate larger this time period,” “For a long amounts to have Loughton said. “But their logos appear time I’d try to it wasn’t making on the credits. significant changes in work on the film After the film has their lives.” been finished and and I’d just end sold to a distributor, During filming one of the worst all profits will go up in tears.” imaginable situations - Krista Loughton back to service occurred: in providers for November 2009 the homeless in one of the subjects of the film Victoria. died. Stan Hunter died from “People are dying at an pancreatic cancer. His death alarming rate and they’re drove home to Loughton how suffering,” Loughton said. important her project had “That’s my intention, to show become and how much help (the audience) that and to the people she was following induce compassion for people needed. that are living on the street, so Through this and a that we can, as a community, confrontation with her own address the situation.” personal problems, Loughton By the News’ press time found herself becoming a on Friday, Dec. 28, more than subject in her own film. $7,200 had been raised. “My personal issues For more information and also became part of the to donate visit indiegogo.com/ plot,” Loughton said. “Not usandthem. on purpose, it’s just what kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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ARTS LISTINGS IN BRIEF

Chamber Music Series – 2013 Led by Maestro Pablo Diemeck, the DieMahler Chamber Music Series begins Jan. 12 at St. Mary the Virgin church, 1701 Elgin Rd. in Oak Bay. Tickets, $25, are available at the door or from McPherson Box Office, Cadboro Bay Books, or Ivy's Book Store. Tickets for the entire series of six concerts may be purchased for $110, or $60 for three concerts of your choice. Special senior’s group discounts are available. The season begins with New Year’s Favourites, Diemecke leads the DieMahler String Quartet in this first concert in the quartet's 2013 Spring Chamber music series which features music by Strauss, Lehar and others. On Feb. 9, the concert Romantic Composersfeatures music from Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. For more information call the McPherson box office at 250-386-6121, email diemahler@shaw.ca or go to pablodiemecke. com.

Learn Scottish Country dancing Vancouver Island Scottish Country Dance Society presents a free open house on Jan. 8, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Victoria Full Gospel Fellowship Church Hall, 550 Obed Ave. Learn to dance and have fun. Enjoy a lively evening of Scottish Country dancing, no partner or experience necessary. Dress casually and wear soft-soled shoes. For more information call 250-598-0207 email viscds@shaw.ca or go to viscds.ca.

Singers audition new members The Crystal Singers invite new members to join for their Spring Season starting at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at St. Aidan’s Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s Street, Victoria. It is an auditioned women’s choir with an eclectic repertoire from classical to show tunes, folk to jazz. For more information, call 250-3600356.

Hear Moir at Solstice Cafe Vancouver-based musician Daniel Moir will be performing at Solstice Cafe, 529 Pandora Ave., Jan. 4. Victoria is the second stop in a multi-city tour of Western Canada and the U.S. that will take the young folk/rock songwriter from Alberta to Salt Lake City, Utah. Moir performs solo Jan. 4 at 7:30

p.m. Go to solsticecafe.ca for more information.

Jump, jive and wail Swans Brew Pub jumps into the new year with a lineup of blues, rock and funk bands. See House Cats sing the blues at 9 p.m. Jan. 2, the Tom Lang Band rocks Jan. 3 at 9 p.m., Backstage Betty plays

Jan. 4 at 9 p.m., the Groove Diggers get funky at 9 p.m. Jan. 5., The Moonshiners turn up bluegrass and folk at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 6, then jump jive and boogie with the Flying Saucers at 9 p.m. Jan. 7.

Get ready to head North Movie Monday sets the stage with the film that started it all, the

incredible Nanook Of The North, followed by Passage a National Film Board production, it’s a docudrama that tackles the first attempt to find the ill fated Franklin expedition. Admission is by donation at the Eric Martin Theatre at Jubilee Hospital, 1900-block Fort St. Go to moviemonday.ca or call 250-5953542 for more information.

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Tsunami debris to hit coast this winter Natalie North News staff

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 the West Coast 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,” he 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.” Ocean Networks vets all such images then sends them along to authorities in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Ministry of Environment, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “It’s important that (debris) gets recorded and the people who will be able to do that are the ones who live or work in the area, the people who are actually out walking the beach on a daily basis and able

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Murray Leslie, with Ocean Networks Canada, snaps a photo of a box marked with Japanese characters at Telegraph Cove in Cadboro Bay for a demonstration of Coastbuster mobile app. to say, ‘Hey, that wasn’t here yesterday,”’ Leslie says. Residents on the West Coast, from Washington to Alaska are about to start seeing a lot of debris that wasn’t there yesterday. The bulk is projected to be a mere few hundred kilometres from the coastline, and expected within a matter of weeks with the normal circulation of the ocean. Winter storms could see that debris – more than a million tonnes – wash up any day. Winds have already pushed lighter

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objects floating closer to the surface of the ocean to our shores, says Kate Moran, president and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada. Oceanographers expect denser objects are below the surface and floating too deep for satellite recognition, she says. “If (an object) is large enough and we can get good dimensions on it, it might help scientists understand the ocean currents better, because it has a certain density and they can calculate the depth at which it was floating,” Moran says.

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Uses for the app, developed through a partnership with Simon Fraser University’s spatial interface research lab, could also be applied to a range of tracking initiatives. “Say there’s some kind of impact on coastal fauna, like oyster beds, or muscles, or clams – we could actually have a campaign and people could document where they are and where they’re not. “It could be applied for other things: surfers could use it to document where the best waves are,” Moran adds with a laugh. “We’re open to promoting other campaigns if there’s a need.” Last June, Cara Lachmuth, volunteer coordinator for the Vancouver Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, led a group of 16 during an annual clean up of Vargas Island north of Tofino. The group picked up an entire tonne of debris in a single day on Vargas Island – a hefty load given the requirement to log all of their findings and submit an annual report to NOAA. “That’s fairly intensive work, to take an entire year of data and write a report,” Lachmuth says “To have an app available, so we can submit it all instantaneously with pictures is amazing. We’re volunteers and anything that lets us get more done, we’re all for.” The free Coastbuster app is currently available on Android smartphones and tablets. The iPhone/iPad apps are awaiting approval from Apple in the coming weeks. Check out information on the project at oceannetworks.ca/coastbuster. “It was designed to be used even by a kayaker, someone who only has one free hand,” Leslie says “You can become a citizen scientist.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Rivals on ice, coworkers off it Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League mid-season review

both get through the first round, we’ll meet in the semifinals,” said Johnston. Until then, the foursome says it’s not a big deal to work together. All of them were on shift two days prior to the Cougars’ 7-1 drubbing of the Braves on Travis Paterson Dec. 20. News staff “It’s a pretty good deal to work here, because we get our game days off,” As the junior B season progresses, Coulter said. things will likely get increasingly awkward “Around here we’re all buddies. If we between four employees at Kirby’s Source play the (Braves), and win, we try not to for Sports on Cloverdale Avenue. rub it in too much.” Brody Coulter, Mark Walton, Sam “When we play each other, it’s kind of Johnston and Sam McMullen all carry like playing your brother,” Johnston said. equal roles within the store. They stock “If anything it’s more fun – you compete shelves, sharpen skates, help customers harder.” and handle front desk sales. Naturally, the conversations at work But on the ice, they’re on opposing have their barriers. Injuries are the No. 1 sides of the league’s biggest rivalry. no-go zone, a place neither team wants Coulter captained the Victoria Cougars the other to know about, though it’s to within a goal of the Cyclone Taylor Cup blatantly obvious the Braves are hurting provincial championship right now. There were last year and is poised five midget affiliates in “When we play each to finish that mission the Braves lineup for other, it’s kind of like playing the 7-1 loss. with B.C.’s No. 1 ranked team. Walton is an “We hire these guys your brother. If anything assistant captain and is because we know they it’s more fun – you compete have a strong work ethic exploding offensively. Johnston and to get where they are harder.” McMullen are in their junior players,” said – Saanich Brave Sam Johnston as third years with the Kirby’s store manager on competing against fellow Braves and are part Sean Tackaberry, a Kirby’s Source for Sports of the team’s rise to Cougars alumni from 12 employees Brody Coulter and years ago. second place on the Island. They too have The re-aligned VIJHL Mark Walton in the VIJHL improved offensively, will feature a wildcard but also carry heavy game for the final defensive roles for their team. The Braves playoff spot. The last-place team from have cut themselves a clear position the North division will play the last-place above the rest of the league, but not quite team from the South division. on par with the Cougars. As of the holiday break, that meeting And that’s where the fun with these seems predetermined as the Kerry Park four begins. Islanders versus the Campbell River If the Cougars or Braves are to win the Storm. Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League The date is already set for Feb. 17. championship, they’ll have to go through This year’s VIJHL All-Star and prospects each other. games are Jan. 13 in Parksville, hosted by “It’s a divisional playoff format because the Oceanside Generals. of the expansion teams, so assuming we sports@vicnews.com

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Brody Coulter of the Victoria Cougars, left, and coworker Sam Johnston of the Saanich Braves, right, insist there is no bad blood working together at Kirby’s Source For Sports. They’ve also been playing against each other since minor hockey, Coulter with Juan de Fuca and Johnston with Peninsula.

Win or lose, Royals draw Travis Paterson/News staff

Kirby’s Source for Sports employees Mark Walton, left, and Brody Coulter of the Victoria Cougars work a regular shift with Sam Johnston and Sam McMullen, right, of the Saanich Braves.

There’s enough gimmes out there I figure even I can take a shot at one without missing. The Cougars winning the VIJHL trophy is one of them, though I wouldn’t count a healthy Braves roster out of it. As far as my Western League prognostications go, I’ve missed a lot more than I’ve hit with the Royals. This year I stepped out on a limb and predicted 40 wins and a first round playoff exit. Through 33 games the Royals (17-14-0-2) are on pace to win 37, a tad short. If so they’ll certainly make the playoffs, and likely the third place team, currently the Kelowna Rockets (23-10-1-1), for an even series. sports@vicnews.com

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Facts about “aging” eyesight As we grow older, the lenses in our eyes tend to grow stiffer and less flexible. As this happens, the lens loses some of its ability to focus on near objects. This condition is called presbyopia, and it occurs in all of us – becoming apparent around the age of 40 and progressing as the years go by. Most of us notice this when we find ourselves holding books or newspapers further and further away – the “trombone” effect. Sooner of later this will go from being annoying to being unacceptable. The good news is that presbyopia is correctable. In fact, the optometrist today can supply you with more options to correct this problem than ever before. Among the available options are: Reading glasses: If your distance vision is still good and you only have trouble close up, full or half frame glasses may be the answer. Bifocals and trifocals: If you need glasses for both distance and close-up, the new generation of bifocal glasses can solve your problem. Modern bifocals are lightweight and attractive, unlike their predecessors. Trifocals have a section for those intermediate distances, just beyond armslength. Progressive lenses: A relatively new advance, these are designed to mimic the focusing action of the normal eye. They can provide the advantages of trifocals, but without the lines. Task specific lenses: People in certain professions, occupations and hobbies that require focus at particular distances can benefit from a variety of specialty lenses designed to meet their requirements. In addition , there are contact lenses which can help some people with presbyopia. If you are having trouble seeing close-up, talk to your optometrist.

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grassroots movement started by various First Nations is ringing loud and clear in Victoria. The Idle No More movement stems from the work of four Manitoba women – Nina Wilson, Sheelah Mclean, Sylvia McAdam and Jessica Gordon – to rally First Nations that are frustrated with the federal government. On Dec. 21 the movement boomed its message through The Bay Centre in downtown Victoria, where dozens of people formed a drum circle and hundreds more looked on. The peaceful protesters played in unison for about 20 minutes while others linked hands and participated in a traditional round dance. Victoria police and security guards looked

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on, but did not intervene. The protest then moved down Government Street to the legislature. According to the group’s website, idlenomore.ca, Bill C-45 gives the minister of aboriginal affairs and northern development the power to easily privatize reserve land. The groups claims that would allow oil, nuclear and gas companies to tear up land for profit. “This is an attempt to take away sovereignty and the inherent right to land and resources from First Nations peoples,” reads the group’s manifesto. The group also supports Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who started a hunger strike Dec. 11. She is demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to address First Nations concerns. Spence made headlines in 201l when she declared a state of emergency in her community due to the the poor state of housing. The government intervened and sent emergency supplies. Learn more at idlenomore.ca. – with files from Red Deer Advocate

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Students launch UVic into the space race Team nets third in national satellite building challenge Edward Hill News staff

A blue glowing laser light draws the eye to mechanical gizmos and circuit boards, all crammed into a rectangular metal frame about the size of a loaf of bread. This small, humble device is the University of Victoria’s first shot at designing and building a micro-satellite. If the university had a space engineering program, this would be its Sputnik. But this project was completed by small group of driven electrical engineering students who worked in their spare time to complete the UVic ECOSat project, the school’s entry into the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge. Originally a competition involving 12 universities, the UVic crew made the final round of three in Ottawa in September, a brilliant accomplishment for an underdog team with little funding, few resources and originally, scant knowledge of satellite design. “When we started in January 2011, none of us knew anything about aerospace or space,” admits Justin Curran, 26, chief engineer of the ECOSat project. “We came in 100 per cent cold.” Each university team had a goal to build a “3U” cube satellite – 10 by 10 by 33 centimetres, weighing about four kilograms – housing a payload of real experiments, wired to

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Two years of work is encapsulated in this small metal frame that is the beginning of the UVic space program. From left, Shayne Casavant, Dan Kennedy, Justin Curran and Justin Saukarookoff are part of the team of UVic engineering students who attempted to build a micro-satellite. receive and transmit data, and tough enough to be punted from a rocket carrying a large satellite into orbit. The UVic group quickly found out that a DIY satellite building guide doesn’t exist. In an age where seemingly anything can be found online, the ECOSat team said there’s not much out there to help guide the construction of a device that can stand the rigours of near-earth orbit, about 900 kilometres up. The team would cold-call engineers at companies such as McDonald Detwiller and Associates, a Vancouver-based technology company that designs satellites. “You work in a vacuum. No one tells you how to

do it. It’s a lot of trial and error,” said Dan Kennedy, 24, one of the ECOSat engineers. The project had a $25,000 budget, which helped pay for a co-op student, materials and industrial grade circuit boards, as opposed to notoriously expensive space-grade electronics, which have been subjected to radiation. “Overall we did a good job with the budget we had. We had three payload changes, and changes on how the satellite was configured. Nine months ago everything was thrown out and we started from scratch,” Curran said. “A few times I said this whole thing is a waste of time. It’s

extremely hard but it’s doable. You just need the right people who are dedicated and willing to sacrifice.” Key to the entire venture was finding experiments that could fit within the chassis, and wouldn’t overload other electronics. Fortunately for the team, recently graduated UVic electrical engineer Shayne Casavant, 26, works for

Esquimalt-based AGO Environmental Electronics, which donated the experiment equipment and rescued the project. The payload experimental components centre around the magnetic properties of pyrolitic graphite. Had the ECOSat been launched into space, the remarkably novel experiments would measure how pyrolitic graphite shields components from radiation and how it could be used to control the orbit of a satellite, among other properties. “Controlling guidance only by magnetics has never been done before,” Casavant said. “The idea is to use it for a drive system in microgravity. With no gravity, even with a little force you’ll get high acceleration.” Concordia University won the first round of the satellite challenge, and has a chance that its device will be launched into orbit. The UVic team expects to submit an improved design in a few years to a second round of competition, although it will need a new generation of students to take over. “We’ve got two years to find new kids to pick up where we left off,” notes Justin Saukarookoff, 24, who worked as a co-op student on ECOSat. “Anyone out there entering university in a year or two, this is a good point to join the club.” For more details visit csdc.uvic.ca. editor@saanichnews.com

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