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Jane Hammond sips tea in the home where she hopes to host others if a temporary commercial business permit is successful. If granted it will be the third permit granted in the last decade by Metchosin.
Metchosin ponders TCUP Temporary commercial permits only issued twice in last decade Charla Huber News staff
Jane Hammond and her husband Peter dream of bringing their farm back to its roots.
Before a teahouse restaurant becomes a reality, it needs a temporary commercial use permit, or TCUP. The first time the Metchosin couple visited the farm, it was for afternoon tea. The Kalima teahouse opened in 1977 and operated until 1982 when the Hammonds purchased the property. PLEASE SEE: Permits renewable one time, Page A13
A pager beep alerts three Metchosin teens to every emergency in the district. They awaken in the night to dispatch calls for car crashes, house fires and cardiac arrests. When a few of Grayson Kerr’s friends became junior firefighter’s with Langford Fire Rescue, he thought it would be a great opportunity. He approached the Langford department and learned he had to apply with the department in his community of Metchosin. “It’s an awesome program. It’s a way to get people in the department when some halls are struggling to get members,” Kerr said. Metchosin fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop said most junior firefighters stay with the department after they become 19. These junior firefighters can’t respond directly to calls, but they can rush to the hall and help firefighters gather equipment and clean the trucks afterwards. “I like to listen to all the calls and show up and help too,” said Dallin Madill,17. “They do training like the rest of us,” said Dunlop. “We treat them just as a regular member. We give them a pager and want them to feel valued and important so they take it seriously.” When the teens are out in the field or during training they wear blue helmets to differentiate between the adult volunteers. The junior firefighters also play a key role in public education and fundraising. During the three years spent as junior firefighters the teens study and take courses through the Justice Institute of B.C. When they turn 19 they only need to take a couple more courses and then the become certified firefighters through the National Fire Protection Association. PLEASE SEE: Junior firefighters often fledge, Page A11
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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
COMMUNITY NEWS
Aboriginal new year an opportunity to celebrate student successes
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Kyle Wells Reporting
s the Saanich First Nations new year dawns, Sooke school district will celebrate Aboriginal student success. The event tonight will celebrate aboriginal students successes from throughout the school district. Student work from more than 940 students of all ages, including include poetry, writing, artwork, aboriginalthemed projects, will be on display. “It’s really important to connect with our families, all our families,” said Kathleen King-Hunt, principal for aboriginal education. “It’s really important that
we’re together, doing things, having the opportunity to celebrate and be proud of the accomplishments that (school district) 62 is continually generating within our First Nations communities.” The theme this year is the First Nations new year, which brings the wexes, meaning the moon of the frog and the sacred season. “So we’re celebrating the new year,” King-Hunt said, “the new beginning, getting ready for finishing off a good year at school and looking back at all the great work.” Along with the displays, the event will
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feature performances by aboriginal hiphop group New Addiction and oral storytellers plus visits by local chiefs and elders. There were also be an early learning station for younger ones and a traditional tea table, a first for the event. Food will also be provided, including wild salmon tarts. The public is welcome to the event tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at Spencer middle school, 1026 Goldstream Ave. The First Nations grad will happen May 25 at Camosun College. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
As a part of the Be A Tourist in Your Own Hometown event happening throughout Greater Victoria from Thursday, Feb. 28 to Sunday, Mar. 3, Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites will be free for those with a coupon. The fort will host interpretive programs and games, along with military re-enactors on the Saturday and Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. Be A Tourist tickets are $10 and available online at attractionsvictoria.com. Visit the same website for a full list of retailers.
AGM welcomes arts newcomers West Shore Arts Council Society hosts its annual general meeting on Sunday, March 3 at 3 p.m. at its office, room 20074495 Happy Valley Rd. New members are welcome with dues $20 for an individual and $30 for a group or business. To attend RSVP to info@westshorearts.org by the end of today.
Juan de Fuca hosts booksmack
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Savory elementary students Claire Sim, Grade 3, left, Madeline Sim, Grade 5, and Alvin Apolinario, Grade 4, all sport pink clothing won through the school’s promotion of Anti-Bullying Day. Schools across the West Shore will celebrate Pink Shirt Day today.
Get Booksmacked at the Goudy Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library. The popular program comes to the Goldstream Avenue space on Thursday, March 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. In an impressive game of fast-talking, a tag team of avid readers review as many books as possible in the hour. No registration required. editor@goldstream gazette.com
Think pink: students celebrate respect Kyle Wells News staff
Students throughout Sooke school district are taking part in Pink Shirt Day activities promoting compassion and speaking out against bullying. “If people get bullied than people should stand up for everybody and not bully everybody,” said Madeline Sim, a Grade 5 student at Savory elementary school.
“If you get pushed around you might get hurt,” said her sister, Claire Sim, Grade 3, “and if people talk to you meanly and treat you bad.” All through the month of February Savory students have had the chance to win pink shirts and pink bandanas by answering questions about the anti-bullying campaign. Today Savory students will attend a special assembly on bullying, complete with student presentations of original poems and stories on virtues. Principal Jane Penn said she likes to focus
on the acceptance message, more so than antibullying. “Sometimes you can get stuck on that word. So I like to talk more about how we promote cooperation and kindness and respect and empathy.” A dance instructor created a flashmob routine the entire student body will break into during the assembly. They will dance to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
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City of Langford NOTICE OF LAND DISPOSITION The City of Langford hereby gives public notice of its intention to dispose of approximately 550.8m² (5,928.8 ft² ) of land, which is legally described as Lot 5, Sections 112A and 5, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP17516. This land is to be acquired by Roderick McKenzie and Amanda Neuendorff in the amount of $419,000. Jim Bowden Administrator
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POLICE NEWS IN BRIEF
Vandals tag man sleeping it off West Shore RCMP are looking for vandals who spray-painted a man’s face The man was passed out under the Six Mile Road overpass. Police are pursing the case with the possibility of pressing assault charges. “There’s a tag that was put on his head, with initials, so we’re hoping maybe somebody’s able to recognize that,” said RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Max Fossum, adding this is a unique case. “(I’ve seen) some stuff at parties and stuff like that, where somebody got tagged, with a marker usually. But this is pretty serious.” Rubbing alcohol would not remove the paint, but it is coming off with time. RCMP ask anyone with information to call the West Shore detachment at 250474-2264. news@goldstream gazette.com
Jasminder Bhandal, left, wants to keep the woman he calls mom, Surjit Bhandal in Canada where she has family to care for her.
Saanich senior renews fight to stay in Canada The federal government granted Surjit Bhandal another opportunity to apply for permanent residency in Canada. Her original application was denied last month and a deportation order sent. Bhandal will reapply for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. While this process continues the deportation order is still standing – with no set date. “Any day the order can go through and she’ll be sent back to India, then if she wins she could come back,” said MP Randall Garrison.
Bhandal lives with her nephew Jasminder Bhandal, his wife and their children. She raised her nephew and he calls her his mom. They say she has no family in India and there are no senior care facilities. She has limited mobility and is unable to fix her own meals. Garrison was notified of the new opportunity for Bhandal’s family, but was not given a reason on the change in decision. The family was living in Langford, but recently moved to Saanich. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
United Way achieves $6-million goal News staff
Workshop aims to help community endeavours flourish The University of Victoria’s Office of Community Based Research, in partnership with the United Way of Greater Victoria, presents Moving From Vision To Action: Making Your Community or Neighbourhood Project Thrive. The March 9 workshop, to be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the James Bay New Horizons Centre, 234 Menzies St., is designed to give volunteers practical tips to get projects off the ground, making their vision a reality. This hands-on event features experienced resource people who are able to offer the tools and strategies necessary to make projects a success. To register, visit visiontoaction.eventbrite.ca. editor@goldstream gazette.com
determine how best to let the public know of the work the agencies are doing. “It’s important that donors know, real change happens because you gave,” Hughes said. On the campaign trail, more than 480
workplaces participated in office fundraising efforts, including 33 new locations. Those kind of numbers, not to mention the overall total, provide a real sense of optimism for staff and volunteers, Hughes said. “It tells us that
even though we came through a slow year, it’s not acceptable to slow down. This means we can do some of the things we planned to do at the beginning of the year.” The three areas of focus for the 2012 campaign were children’s
wellness, ending poverty and building a strong and caring community. Moneys raised from the campaign will be distributed this year. For more information, visit uwgv.ca. editor@vicnews.com
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did. Justice and common sense prevailed,” McCreath said in an interview. “It’s been quite an ordeal for two years. I just want to work with these guys and put it behind us now.” McCreath, who has a prosthetic left eye and only light perception in the other, and who runs with a guide, had asked the VIRS to allow him to start the 2011 race at the same time as the wheelchair racers to avoid the heavy congestion within his pace group. The race, which has held up to 10,000 runners, launches hundreds of participants onto the route in waves based on expected finish times. The VIRS denied his request and argued the new route through Fairfield established in 2011 should ease congestion spreading runners out. During the four-day hearing in October, McCreath testified that the crush of runners for the first two kilometres of the race made it dangerous and frightening for him and his guide. A veteran runner, he has competed in six TC10K
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The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered the TC10K organization to pay damages and accommodate a blind runner from Saanich, in a written ruling handed down last Thursday. Graeme McCreath, a running enthusiast who is legally blind, lodged a human rights complaint against the Victoria International Running Society and TC10K race director Jacqui Sanderson for not allowing him to start five minutes early in the popular April race. Tribunal member Marlene Tyshynski ruled that McCreath’s complaint is justified. She ordered the race society should accommodate blind runners, that McCreath should have an early start time and that Sanderson must take antidiscrimination training. The society must also pay the 66-year-old physiotherapist $2,500 in damages for injury to his dignity and $590 for lost wages. “It’s quite a victory. I’m very pleased with what they
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Blind runner Graeme McCreath, left, with guide Carlos Castillo run in the McNeill Bay Half Marathon in September 2011. races in all, including runs from 2006 to 2010. But as a two-person team in the packed 50 to 55 minute group, McCreath and his guides were unable to quickly adjust course or stop in response to unpredictable moves by sighted runners, while amid hundreds of people. “Although I love running,
it has become a real ordeal. It is too unsafe. Most blind people would never do it,” McCreath said during the hearings. The running society suggested in its testimony that McCreath’s request was too close to the rollout of the new route in 2011, and would have possibly changed the structure of
the race as approved by the City of Victoria, which could have required more liability insurance, volunteers and special permits. The ruling showed there was some debate within the running society board on allowing an early start time for visually impaired people – a similar running category to what the Victoria marathon started in 2010 – but the request was ultimately denied. The society argued that the new route was reasonable accommodation to McCreath’s request. Tyshynski wrote that Sanderson’s testimony at times was vague and inconsistent, and that overall, the society didn’t show any compelling reason why McCreath couldn’t start the race the same time as the wheelchair group. The tribunal judge wrote that the society’s concerns about liability and extra permits were “speculative” and offered without evidence. The society also didn’t offer evidence that the 2011 route reduced congestion, she wrote. Shannon Kowalko, vicepresident of the VIRS, said
the organization won’t appeal the ruling and will abide by all the orders set out by the tribunal, including establishing an early start time for visually impaired runners. “The issues for us were in the interest of safety for Mr. McCreath and other participants on our decision not granting an early start. Certainly it was nothing to do related to being discriminatory,” Kowalko said. “It was about doing research to confirm an early start for visually impaired runners could be done safely.” VIRC will work with the City of Victoria to establish a visually impaired runners category with a start time before the main gun for this year’s race on April 28. “No one likes to see this happen,” she said. “We respect the tribunal and its decisions.” McCreath expects to run the TC10K this year. “I’m glad of the ruling. I don’t know why (the running society) pushed it so far,” he said. “It’s just a run. It’s not the Olympics. I’m glad the tribunal got it.” editor@saanichnews.com
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More bureaucracy is not the answer So-called problem houses can be found in virtually every municipality in urban Greater Victoria: unkempt properties with notorious reputations for drug dealing, stolen property, loud parties and dangerous characters. When the B.C. Liberals introduced their Community Safety Act in the legislature on Thursday to target this problem, it sounded like a good idea, at least on its face. The legislation will establish an office where people from anywhere in the province can anonymously complain about a neighbouring property or resident. The office will take steps to substantiate the claim, then force the property owner to clean up their act. A lot of this is happening now at the civic level. People complain to their municipal hall and/or local police detachment about a property thought to be a drug house or a place where drug addicts try to sell stolen goods. Police in Greater Victoria field most of these complaints – more than they can handle – but eventually many of these houses are targeted by street crime units and some are busted in raids. Municipalities can revoke occupancy permits for houses used as grow-ops or those that are otherwise too run down for safe habitation. Local governments can also seize houses, but the legal process is long and onerous and can often swing on whether the property owner has paid their property taxes. It’s not clear that the unit created by the proposed Community Safety Act will fare any better. Unless it is particularly well staffed, it’s likely to be overwhelmed with complaints. Residents can wait a long time for problem houses to get busted by police or shut down by municipal authorities. It seems unlikely an outside agency could work any faster or have the manpower to investigate even a small fraction of legitimate cases. Why spend taxpayers’ money on this instead of helping people on the ground? Municipal officials, bylaw officers and police detachments know the problem houses, know the individuals involved and are eager to make their neighbourhoods safe. This “community safety” bill looks more like Liberal window dressing in advance of the May election than a program that will create a coherent policy to help B.C. communities.
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The Don Cherry of TV science He has a white beard and a bully up as a pet regulator protecting the pulpit on CBC television, but he industry from stricter oversight. doesn’t use it to promote hockey Mostly the show focuses fighting. on places like Dish, Texas and Instead he sucker Dimock, Pennsylvania. punches the oil and The Texas segment gas industry at every talks about traces of opportunity, with neurotoxins in residents’ increasingly flagrant blood samples, blaming disregard for the rules this on gas drilling and of science. Public “fracking,” the new swear broadcasting referees word of professional keep their whistles in environmentalists. their pockets, wary of The evidence shows offending a legend. some people have these He’s David Suzuki, Tom Fletcher traces in their blood, and he has evolved from but others don’t, which B.C. Views geneticist to TV celebrity suggests that more likely to his current role as the sources are cigarettes or Don Cherry of Canadian science, an exposure to disinfectants. angry curmudgeon lashing out at Pennsylvania and Colorado are his enemies. key stops for the anti-fracking Earlier I wrote about Suzuki’s crowd. For centuries there have hit piece on the Alberta oil sands, been places known for methane featuring selective pollution studies dissolved in groundwater, typically and a celebrity turn by movie from shallow coal seams. director James Cameron, who This is where you can find a toured the alleged carbon crime rustic fellow to shake a jug of well scene in his personal jet helicopter. water and touch his Bic lighter to Suzuki’s latest Scud missile of it, producing a brief blue flame. misinformation was launched Feb. The standard sequence moves to 7 on The Nature of Things. It’s called a sink and faucet, where a more Shattered Ground, and it borrows impressive methane fireball is heavily from earlier shock docs that generated. target hydraulic fracturing for shale Suzuki’s voice-over notes that this oil and gas. is the scene that really gets media While clearly aimed at the attention. There’s no evidence that surging shale gas industry in B.C., drilling caused it, but hey, it’s TV. this hour-long program offers little Science, meet Hillbilly Handfishin’. about B.C.’s long history of gas Protest sequences take up much development. Suzuki’s voice-over of the program. Moms rally against refers briefly to B.C.’s Oil and Gas a gas well near a school in Erie, Commission, insinuating it was set Pennsylvania, forcing evil Canadian
corporation Encana to back off. An elderly Quebec woman sobs on camera, convinced that a nearby gas well will trigger a relapse of her cancer. One bit of local content is a segment on fracking-induced earthquakes, presented with sombre alarm by Ben Parfitt, go-to researcher for the anti-industry left in B.C. These are detectable by sensitive instruments, as is the case with some mining and other industrial activities, but according to the Oil and Gas Commission, they don’t do any actual harm. It should be noted that Suzuki doesn’t do much beyond reading a script on these shows. He has people to load up the propaganda weaponry, just as his ghostwriter in Toronto cranks out the relatively innocuous weekly columns that run in some Black Press publications. In fairness, most episodes of The Nature of Things are in the original spirit of the show. A recent program on an ancient Egyptian aquifer, voiced by Suzuki over National Geographic video footage, would be appropriate for a high school classroom. The same cannot be said for this anti-fracking screed, which is plainly and recklessly calculated to twist public opinion against a crucial B.C. industry. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Home robot reminder keeps seniors alert They call it the Wonderwall. It helps forgetful seniors remain in their own homes. Leon Gettler tells us in Gizmag that Wonderwall “can find misplaced keys and glasses, check blood pressure and sugar and, in the event of a critical health problem, call the doctor or mobile nursing service.” This project from the Technical University of Munich travels inward from the entrance hall of the house. Biosensors check the resident’s health in each room. Wonderwall will soon be on sale. Couldn’t a national health and seniors’ department save billions by providing Wonderwall cheaply?
G.E. Mortimore Think about it “The Machine Stops,” a science-fiction story written by E.M. Forster before the invention of computers, conjured up an early version of Wonderwall. In Forster’s counterutopia, individual humans lived worldwide in isolated underground cells, connected to a central machine
that served all their needs. People seldom visited one another. If an individual felt sick, he/she could call a doctor-apparatus which bulged down from the ceiling. On today’s computerbased Wonderwall, a home machine offers such suggestions as “time to walk with dog.” It calls help when needed, and provides information ranging from bus timetables to family phone numbers. My mother and I could both have benefited from Wonderwall early in our lives. She was smart and quirky. I still am quirky. I dimly remember a huge slaughtered python being carried on the shoulders of African guys through city
streets in East Africa, where I was born, and I remember saying “poor little insect,” as my parents used to remind me. My mother boarded a train and suddenly remembered that she had left me behind, perched on the shoulder of an African guardian. The train had started; she had to order it to stop. Nowadays I have a ramshackle memory; it requires brief bursts of emotion to make it work. I could use Wonderwall now. In the Wonderwall house, a robot carries things between rooms. Wonderwall has the features that each client needs, from shoehorns in the hall to easy-reach cupboards and
stovetop monitoring in the kitchen. Recovered clients can make return trips from needy forgetfulness, back to renewed self-reliance. This turnabout strikes me as the smartest and most hopeful feature. It defies my late wife Peggy’s favourite cartoon, a portrayal of a roomful of turned-off seniors staring into space. One saying to another: “Just think, if we hadn’t quit smoking, we’d have missed all this.” I quit smoking in my 30s, after losing my sense of smell. I half-believed that my wife had quit smoking too; but a sharp-nosed friend who came visiting unexpectedly when Peggy
was out of the house, assured me that her breath still smelled of tobacco. X-rays of a spot on each lung confirmed this fact some years later, when doctors viewed her as too frail to endure treatment. But she fooled them. They estimated only a few more weeks’ life for her. She lasted two and a half years, long enough for her to look comfortably over her home territories in Hampshire and Dorset and pay a visit to Turkey. If Wonderwall had started 30 years ago, and had nagged at her about smoking, she might still be with me now. • G.E. Mortimore is a longtime columnist with the Goldstream News Gazette.
LETTERS Readers respond: Gorge fishing, B.C. Views, rail Overfishing impacts herring in the Gorge Re: Where have all the herring gone? (News, Feb. 15) In the article, the comment, “It was nothing to get buckets full of fish out of here,” and yet he wonders where all the fish have gone? I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Seriously? Even in small amounts, if enough people take from our natural resources, eventually we will be left with nothing. Why are people so determined to point a finger of blame towards others instead of realizing that we are all responsible for the depletion of our natural resources. It has been proven over and over that when an animal becomes protected it eventually can build its population. My final thought to this article is: have these people stopped fishing off the Gorge therefore becoming a part of the solution, or are they continuing to fish accepting that they are a part of the problem? Cindy Kappert Saanich
Complex reasons for change in the Gorge Re: Where have all the herring gone? (News, Feb. 15) We have lived on the waterway, Portage Inlet for over 30 years and have the following comments. There are changes in the waterway’s environment, such as the Canada geese who come in large numbers and pull up
the eel grass and eat the roots. We used to have herring and sea-run trout in the water near our float, but no more because there is no eel grass for cover. The second cause of this reduction could also be blamed on the fishermen. Who needs 700 hundred spawning fish in any case? You can buy a bucket from the commercial fisherman for $5. As regards to observing the spawning, I think it would be extremely difficult as all the shallow water eel grass etc. has been eliminated by Canada geese. The harbour seals are also coming in after the dwindling supply of herring. Robert Russell Saanich
Climate change science not ‘pseudo-science’ I gather Tom Fletcher (B.C. Views) does not believe in the science of climate change – odd that, since virtually all climatologists, ocean scientists, etc., agree that fossil carbon dioxide provides a new boost to atmospheric cardon dioxide levels now and increasingly into the long future. So all fossil fuel production and use has a high potential cost to us and our descendents. Why does he label this “pseudo-science”? Because he doesn’t like the conclusion and so prefers to deny the antecedent. Of course some fossil fuels are worse than others. I believe coal is particularly bad, so if we combined new LNG production with a moratorium on B.C. coal that might be an improvement
on the status quo. Only science can tell us whether fracked LNG is less harmful than coal. In any case fossil fuel producers should face high carbon taxes, preferably internationally but if not, better here than nowhere, to direct the economy away from fossil fuels and into a more sustainable path. All of this is common sense, not dishonest or pseudo-science. I don’t think Black Press should be printing such rubbish from Tom Fletcher. Let’s stick to science-based opinions. Jill Leslie Langford
Rail projects not always the greenest route The green movement has moved on – not all rail projects are by nature the best, most sustainable choice. The link will guzzle more energy than the conventional road, given motor vehicles are increasingly more fuel efficient. It’s not yet sure how much the proposed rail link for transport will really cost. As we have seen countless times, cost are always underestimated. The only certainty is it will be more costly than upgrading the roads. And let’s face it, money always gets spent first on the most practical and commonly accepted form of transport, which guarantees there will be even less funding for rail. So, we have to favour the genuinely smart and sustainable projects, which are unfortunately not rail. Lisa Perry Victoria
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Junior firefighters often fledge into full-time volunteer work Continued from Page A1
“It broadens their horizons with their future life goals,� Dunlop said. “They learn to understand other people and to see that there is more to life than school, cars and girls.� Sam Harle,17, and Madill are second generation firefighters. Madill’s father Mike just retired after volunteering for 13 years and Harle’s father Neil is a five-year veteran. “I remember hearing my dad’s pager go off in the middle in the night and he would go off on calls to help people,� said Madill, who plans to pursue a career in firefighting. Metchosin has 37 firefighters including the three juniors. Four junior firefighters are on board at Langford fire department and most move on to become full members when they are 19. They have 52 volunteer firefighters and eight career members.
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The junior program in Langford is only open to teens 16 and 17 years old. “We don’t get enough time to train 18-year-olds before they turn 19 to become full members,� said assistant chief Scott Davidson of Langford Fire Rescue. “We have better success when they’ve been junior members for three years.� To join either Langford or Metchosin’s junior firefighter program all applicants must be at least 16 and live within the municipality. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
Teens Grayson Kerr, front, Dallin Madill, left, and Sam Harle train as junior firefighters with the Metchosin Fire Department.
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Charlene Chambers watched as her son Asher transfered between incubators and heaters during his stay at the Victoria General Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. A $123,000 donation to the NICU from Variety, the Children’s Charity, funded two new Open Care Units that convert from incubators to a heated table so babies don’t have to be transfered between units to undergo procedures. “These regulate and control body temperature with minimal
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If the temporary permit is granted, the Hammonds would have it for three years and could apply for a threeyear renewal. The farm on Rocky Point Road was established in the 1870s and called Glenrosa farm. While the name has changed over the years, the Hammond’s have reestablished it back in its original name. “We would come for afternoon tea and she would have scones, pies and other baked goods. It was also open for lunches, but there was only one thing on the menu so you had to have that,” Hammond said. Now they would like to operate a restaurant offering lunch and afternoon tea out of their home.
“For nearly 30 years we have pursued a rural direction and we’ve proven the success of that.” – John Ranns “Metchosin doesn’t encourage commercial activities outside of the village core,” said Hammond. “The permit is a way we can introduce this to the community.” Only two TCUP permits have been issued in Metchosin in the past 10 years. The most recent was granted two years ago to the Metchosin Arts and Cultural Centre operating out of the old Metchosin elementary school within the village core. Another was granted to a
boat repair company outside the village. The permit was renewed for an additional three years and has expired. The applicant never applied for rezoning. When the permit was offered to the Ship Happens business, Mayor John Ranns said the idea was the business would operate at the location until the permit expired and if it was a success the business would move into a commercially zoned area. Of the Glenrosa proposal,
Ranns said, “It’s the first time for this type of situation. You can’t move the house or the property.” The original teahouse at the farm operated prior to incorporation. “Before I can make a decision one way or another on this I need to hear very clearly from the public. This is something I want the public to debate on,” Ranns said. “For nearly 30 years we have pursued a rural direction and we’ve proven the success of that.” The farm is near Pedder Bay Marina, the Galloping Goose and Matheson Lake park. Currently the Hammonds operate a small bed and breakfast. Even if the permit is granted it would take the couple several months before the project was off the ground. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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1991, when he was a student at SMUS. “If I could like it as a teenager, our students today should be able to connect to the story,” This spring, Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse McLeod said. will present The Secret Garden — twice. As a student, McLeod was heavily involved In a strange twist of fate, Ballet Victoria pres- in theatre and he wanted to make sure his first ents its dance version this March, while a ver- musical as a faculty member resonated. sion of the Broadway musical pro“I wanted something that hadn’t duced by St. Michaels University been overdone, something challeng“If I could School (SMUS) opens tonight (Feb. ing for the performers, and somelike it as a 27). thing I had a connection to,” he “We plan our calendar roughly teenager, our explained. “The Secret Garden was two years in advance,” said Paul students today my top choice.” Destrooper, artistic director of BalThe book version of The Secret Garlet Victoria. He booked the theatre should be able den follows Mary, a newly orphaned with no knowledge of the SMUS pro- to connect to the child, as she is transplanted to a duction, while Morgan McLeod, the new home with her mourning uncle new head of theatre at SMUS, had story.” and invalid cousin. Destrooper has - Morgan McLeod never read the famed children’s the musical in mind this summer. It was the McPherson’s staff who book, but seeing Shamata’s version first noticed the doubling up, and, while the attracted him to the story. close timing may cause some confusion, both “I enjoyed Michael’s rendition of the story directors are confident the shows offer differ- very much, particularly the creation of the ent experiences. mother’s ghost as an active participant in the “Ballet Victoria’s production is inspired by the narrative,” he said. “It was very touching.” play written by Michael Shamata,” Destrooper McLeod, whose previous theatre credits said. “We have no spoken words, but kept the include numerous productions (as both direcessence of the story intact using dance, mime tor and performer) at the Chemainus Theatre and acting.” Festival, said the musical takes some dramatic McLeod’s work will also be partially inspired license. by a previous production — he saw The Secret “The musical gives more weight to the adult Garden during its original Broadway run in roles,” he says. “But it’s still the same story — Special to the News
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Grade 11 student Ellen Law plays Mary Lennox and Kyus Hicks (Grade 10) portrays Lieut. Wright during a rehearsal for the SMUS production of The Secret Garden. magical and heartwarming.” The SMUS production runs Feb. 27 to March 2, while Ballet Victoria takes over March 22 to 24 before taking its
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Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone Saltwater Theatre takes on composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim in the production Side By Side By Sondheim, starring Sara-Jeanne Hosie. A ravishing musical retrospective of Sondheim’s greatest works, the cast also includes Alan Macdonald, left, Alison Roberts, Mike Delamont, Kat Palmer and Joseph Bulman. The show runs from Feb. 28 - March 3 at the Metro Studio. For tickets call the Ticket Rocket hotline at 250-590-6291 or go to saltwaterinc.ca.
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Island Music Video of the Year: Red Rocking Chair, Qristina & Quinn Bachand; Beez Kneez, Annie Becker; End Of The World, Michael Wood Band; Love-In-Idleness, Versa; Hot Spot For A Hobo, Trent Freeman; Love Is A Con, The Ghostbirds. Island Vocalist of the Year: Caroline Spence, Amy Cunningham, Annie Becker, Jillian Reece, Sean Hogan, Wil. Island Songwriter of the Year: Kendall Patrick, Steph Macpherson, Annie Becker, Chris Ho, David Sinclair, David Essig. Island Artist of the Year: Sean Hogan, Steph Macpherson, Chris Ho, Annie Becker, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, The Sweet Lowdown. A full list of nominees is online at islandmusicawards.wordpress.com. The gala event takes place Sunday, April 28 at St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria. More information and early bird tickets (until March 1) are available at islandmusicawards. wordpress.com. llavin@vicnews.com
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It’s hard to sum up a 17-year career. But as David Feys of Feys and Hobbs Catered Arts prepares to move onto a new chapter, he used one word to describe it: wonderful. “We’ve done some magnificent parties and events, and as an event manager and planner, I’ll continue to do some great parties. We just won’t be making the food ourselves,” he said. Feys announced on Monday he is closing his catering operation and canteen on Oak Bay Avenue, effective March 1. His focus, as he plans to continue with product development and event design and management, is on life balance. “I have a personal issue that I need to give particular focus to and I have a long standing contract with a corporation to do event planning and management, and it is growing and opening new doors for me.”
Thrifty Foods bucking up for kids cause Kidsport B.C. is the charity of choice for Thrifty Foods during its Orange You Glad You Helped a Kid fundraiser campaign. The company is donating $1 from every four-pound bag of Buck brand oranges sold between Feb. 13 and until March 5. Funds raised also go to local chapters, including Kidsport Greater Victoria and 10 others. Victoria Kidsport general manager Patti Hunter says it costs roughly $250 to outfit a disadvantaged child in a season of sport.
Hair salon team truly inspiring From coaching volleyball together in Calgary to becoming business partners in downtown Victoria, Sarah Krook and Kathryn Genereux are a great team. According to Krook, Genereux wanted to open a small business where “everyone felt special, welcome and appreciated.” That dream became reality
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Three organizations, represented by Tom Woods of the Canadian Rugby Federation, left, Sooke School District Board of Education chair Wendy Hobbs and Colwood Rotary education co-ordinator Heather Ratcliffe Hood, are promoting rugby on the West Shore by providing team starter kids to local schools.
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An event is already planned for April 5, when SD62 students will visit the Rugby Canada facility in Langford to play a seven-a-side tournament, meet national players, learn skills and enjoy a barbecue. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
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The Oak Bay Bays proved once again they are the class of the Island by winning the AAA Girls Island Championships at Dover Bay secondary in Nanaimo on Saturday. Case in point, Grade 10 point guard Morgan Roskelley, named the tournament MVP, potted 29 points in the first three quarters of the final versus the Claremont Spartans, as the Bays’ starters rested in the last quarter of the Bays’ 82-47 win. It was a repeat of the Bays’ 54-38 win over Claremont in the South Island final a week prior. “Roskelley is usually a pass-first guard but she saw some opportunities and scored a lot of points (on Saturday),” said Bays coach Rob Kinnear. Oak Bay’s Lauren Yearwood, a Grade 10 student, was named best defensive player. The Bays are top contenders to win the AAA provincials March 6 to 9, at the Langley Events Centre. The host Dover Bay Dolphins won the Islands’ third-place game over the Spectrum Thunder 58-52. Because the Island gets 2.5 berths at the AAA provincials this year, Dover Bay plays a challenge game at Oak Bay this week versus a Fraser Valley team. It’s a tough loss for the Thunder, who looked promising entering the city playoffs third overall in the standings behind Oak Bay and Claremont. Oak Bay, Claremont, Dover Bay and Spectrum finished first through fourth with Stelly’s, Mount Douglas, G.P. Vanier and Alberni each suffering double knockouts. Island first team all-stars: Lauren Yearwood (Oak Bay); Marissa Dheensaw (Claremont); Haley Cabral (Claremont); Emma Cunningham (Spectrum). Second team allstars: Chloe Campbell (Oak Bay); Michelle
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Mount Doug Ram Abby Goldschmid, right, competes for a loose ball with Dover Bay Dolphin Hannah Rudson at the AAA Islands in Nanaimo. Dover Bay won 66-36 as the Rams lost both its games. Thalmann (Claremont); Olimpia Ruffalo (Spectrum). Visit vicnews.com for a recap of the Rams’ surprise third-place finish at the South Island championships.
Lambrick dislodge St. Mikes The Lambrick Park Lions struck back at Saanich rival St. Michaels University Blue Jaguars to take the third overall at the AA Boys Island Championships in Nanaimo on Saturday. The win gives the Lions the tournament’s third and final spot at provincials, while the Jags were forced to play a challenge game versus Elphinstone (Gibsons) in Nanaimo on Monday. Lambrick won the third-place game 63-45 on Saturday, a rematch of last week’s AA boys South Island final, which St. Mikes won 58-51. Lambrick Park and SMUS each lost in the semifinals but met in the third-place game with dominating wins in the consolation bracket. Both won their opening rounds, but eventual champs Brentwood Bay beat SMUS in the semifinal 65-53, while Lambrick fell to second-overall Wellington 72-65.
The Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons are headed to provincials, but couldn’t get past Duncan Christina in the Boys A Island final, falling 79-42. The Gryphons take the second of three Island berths for the A provincials hosted at Abbotsford’s Columbia Bible College, March 6 to 9. Powering the Gryphons were first team tournament all-star Mattias MurrayHemphill and second-team all-star Adam Kwasny. St. Andrews Sabres missed the provincials and finished fifth overall, dropping its final game 70-57 to Maaqtusiis. Sabres’ player Brendan Smith was a first team allstar.
Spartans spear Bays at cities The Claremont Spartans are the 2013 AAA champs for the South Island, popping the Oak Bay Bays 62-50 in the final at Reynolds Secondary School on Saturday. Mason Loewen continued his strong season, pacing Spartans in the final with 26 points. Mat Hampton and Liam Horne led the Bays with 16 and 14 points, respectively. The Bays never trailed by much, as they entered the fourth quarter behind by a point, 41-40. But the Spartans were too much and pulled away in the home stretch. The Belmont Bulldogs came back from an early deficit to win the third-place game over the Mount Douglas Rams 76-60. The Rams were up 15-7 after the first quarter, but the Bulldogs took over with a 25-10 run in the second quarter and never lost the lead. Spectrum Thunder beat Stelly’s Stingers 79-67 to win the fifth and final berth at the upcoming AAA Islands at Mount Doug beginning Thursday. But to be there, the Thunder played Alberni (No. 4, North) in a challenge game Tuesday (Feb. 26) in Ladysmith. Results were past press time. sports@vicnews.com
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The UVic Vikes men’s basketball team swept its way to the Canada West Final 4, beating the Manitoba Bisons 86-70 on Saturday and 76-70 on Friday at UVic’s McKinnon Gym. Senior Terrell Evans (Las Vegas) scored 12 of the Vikes’ first 16 points (21 points total) and added eight rebounds in a dominant effort Saturday. The Vikes will face the Winnipeg Wesmen in the Canada West semifinal at UBC’s War Memorial Gym, 8:45 p.m. on Friday (March 1) for a chance to play for first, Saturday at 8 p.m. Lose and the Vikes play for third at 6 p.m.
Regina ends Vikes women’s basketball season The Vikes women’s basketball season came to an end on Saturday as they fell on the road to the Regina Cougars 68-66. The Cougars won the first playoff game one night previous on Friday, 70-57. It was the last CIS game for Vikes Debbie Yeboah, who led the team with 24 points Saturday, and Chelsea McMullen.
Vikes sweep podium for men’s 1,500-metre swim UVic Vikes Eric Hedlin (15:13.23), Will Brothers (15:16.68) and 2012 Olympian Richard Weinberger (15:26.80) finished first, second and third in the 1,500-metre swim of the CIS Swimming Championships at the University of Calgary. Hedlin was named 2013 CIS Rookie of the Year. Vikes Olympian Stephanie Horner led the women with gold in the 200m butterfly. Vikes also grabbing a CIS medal were Keegan Zanatta and (200m free) and Weinberger (1,500m free) with bronze.
Track team breaks 25-year-old 4x800-metre relay record Vikes Jenica Moore, Kendra Pomfret, Grace Annear and Rachel Francois raced to a time of 8:46.94 in the 4x800m relays, setting a new Canada West record and winnig No. 1 CIS ranking going to the CIS Track and Field Championships in March. The Vikes men also won the 4x800m relay as UVic won five gold, four silver and four bronze medals in total.
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Helping families escape homelessness Jennifer Blyth Black Press
While Greater Victoria’s high cost of living can make finding affordable housing tricky enough for a single person, trying to find a home for a family can be even more challenging. Despite a small increase in vacancy rates, Victoria remains one of the most expensive cities in Canada, putting housing out of reach for many. This can include the unemployed, those who may have lost work in challenging economic times, as well as those who are employed but in lower-paying jobs. “In our experience, most families who are homeless end up being single women with children,” says Shannon Whissell, Manager of Communications and Fund Development for The Cridge Centre for the Family. Many of the women The Cridge Centre works with are escaping relationship violence. Often severely isolated, without material or community supports, in addition to having shattered self-esteem and confidence, their choice is to live with the abuse or to be homeless. While several shelters are available locally for those fleeing abuse, there are few options for other families who find themselves on the streets for other reasons. Typically families are less likely to use emergency homeless shelters due to safety concerns, or may be prevented from doing so due to restrictions on children or pets. And because Victoria’s homeless shelters only have two family spaces, even those who do choose that option may well find the space full. The result is people who are “couch surfing” or sleeping in vehicles. “We don’t know how many are falling through the cracks,” Whissell says.
Greater Victoria’s high housing costs can make finding a home to fit a family a challenge. Another group The Cridge often works with is young parents, who may be bouncing between friends’ homes or staying with family members without adequate space. While new home spaces have been created, many haven’t been designed for families. And much of what’s being deemed affordable is still out of reach for many, Whissell says. According to the Coalition to End Homelessness’ 2011/12 Report on Housing & Supports, in 2012, the hourly living wage required to maintain an adequate quality of life for a twoparent, two-child family in Greater Victoria was $18.07. This is the hourly wage both parents would have to make working 35 hours per week to cover the costs of living – it does not allow them
How can you help? • Get involved in the discussion around homelessness and the needed services. • Volunteer – a variety of opportunities are available at organizations around the Capital Region. • Donations of food, clothing, supplies and money to provide services are essential to help community organizations continue their much-needed work. • For information about the Cridge Centre, visit www.cridge.org • For information about Pacific Centre Family Services, visit www.pacificcentrefamilyservices.org
to service debt, save for holidays, a second car, their children’s education, to purchase a home or for retirement. More than a quarter of people in the region earn less than required to sustain an adequate quality of life. For a single parent trying to support a family, the wage requirements are even higher. The high cost of living materializes in other ways as well. When the vast majority of a family’s income is going to keep a roof over their heads, very little is left to pay for utilities, food or other necessities. The Report on Housing & Supports found, for example, that 19,000 individuals accessed Greater Victoria food banks in March 2011 – including more than 5,500 children. In fact, 49 per cent of people accessing food banks were families. In working with women and families, The Cridge Centre operates The Cridge Transition House for Women and supportive transitional housing, allowing families access to counselling, financial literacy programs, education upgrades and more. The Cridge also operates a very successful Young Parents Outreach Program. “The clients can direct their lives in a way they haven’t been able to before,” Whissell says. “We’ve had young parents who have said they wouldn’t have finished high school let alone gone on to college if it wasn’t for the program. They achieve success – sometimes for the first time in their lives – and blossom.”
Finding help for youth & families on the West Shore For the last year, Bill McElroy, Chair of the Pacific Centre for the Family, has been spearheading the West Shore Emergency Housing Task Force to secure emergency youth housing in the West Shore. But throughout his more than 40 years in social services, he has seen a growing number of youth and families at risk. “The real issue is there’s nowhere out in the West Shore for them to go if they leave home or get kicked out,” McElroy says, pointing out that nationally, youth homelessness is the fastest-growing segment. “The statistics seem to indicate that if you can nip that in the bud, you can (reduce the likelihood of them being homeless as adults). And where homeless youth are growing in numbers, it’s not surprising that families are also under more pressure. “The other thing that is disturbing is the number of families who are on the verge of homelessness,” McElroy says, pointing to contributing factors like the recent economic downturn and the pricey Victoria housing market. “There’s no doubt about it – a single parent with kids is in a difficult situation here in Victoria. “When I was growing up, if you worked hard you could get ahead, but that’s not the case anymore,” he says, challenging myths and misconceptions that people who are homeless are unwilling to work. In reality, more training – and more affordable training – is needed to get people into the higherpaying trades jobs the government and industry both say are going unfilled. “Every project over the years that has involved training young people with skills has been over-subscribed,” McElroy says. It’s that kind of training that will give people the skills that will not only make them employable, but also build the self-confidence and self-worth that can take a beating when someone faces homelessness. On a positive note, “I think were on the right track and I think the Coalition is doing a good job, raising our awareness,” McElroy says, asking people to consider what kind of society we want to have in Canada, and in Greater Victoria. “Just because people are homeless or at risk of homelessness, it doesn’t mean they’re lazy or drug users. For some it’s just the luck of the draw. Some people have the ability to bounce back easily from adversity, others don’t. “We were raised in an environment where you help your community and you help your neighbours, but we’ve kind of lost sight of that.”
Unacceptable. This is a mobile home for some Greater Victoria residents. If you agree that homelessness is unacceptable, tweet #unacceptableyyj to @homeforhope and go to our Facebook page to spread the word and end homelessness in our community. @unacceptablevictoria
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